Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-06

go. 6s,g 1here one wefe gratiaed.
'l.,r was an ample fad opened tor tie
s,st;oa cf ambnioo, nor that ambition
s'eh erises 10 excel in doing gocd-bu'
sm5;.ion Eefce and cruel --impstlenF
,ooaof.ioa- IN .Smbision which is nov
'SaTjng 10 dSa5cy The reputation Of Re
.,.l;i,s il Coonetaicnt-- wh:ch, lince tbs
eacy, has been anoeahngly inaicting
+ts,y on nasn--whieh has siobetedsthe
ID fame OF Wilmington, ard which has
|s,,e!y tuned Euscpe mo cac sreat laugh
Fl houfe OF human victims.
The funding fyaem was : neafare Y
asrsy oppoied 10 tie feelings CT he
ubsrs &c Cougrsis trorl the foush.
fh0, Inc debt agia: the United States,
vas incurred for The general defsace, afti
therefore fair debt sgainR the laisn,
ret Il was principally owned IN Psnnlyl-
Ianl ard tae aates TO tie northwaFd Of
bsr. Il was NOT pleafng TO shote whe
4 ros Swn i, TO contribute Tor its
; gmsns. PesrsstiGn yielded to feihih
ieE in this iniiance, as II has ./omftfues
done ia osheFe.
TIE prosiGons of tie national govern
msot " ere calculated 10 soaeE commerce,
and particularly 10 sug'neas American
Clipping. The exsTa dntiss, wilels lad
on forsign bottoms, and on goods import
ed il them, among other msasures, cor
tributed greatly 10 this end. + WIS terc
{ssn thar, without luch duties, he fhips
i other nations, would come 70 our ports
and traofport our produce TO foreign mar
k,,s. 1hefe duties operated TO prevent
This neafure ard TO inereafr hip building;
his, TO the northern fates, was an OBJ
isa Of great importance. The Sa'hern
asus faw, in this ard other regulators,
rbe encreafng wealth Of New Euglsad.
This was no ccntclation 10 sheun Hence
the prefent ccngrets is attempting to repeal
ihof. duties. The undenisble con!equsnce.
ofarepesl will be, that other nations Will
Immediately commence carriers Tor IS: this
Will disniuilh eGentially Tie wealsh Of
New England, ard this being wsll undsr-
aood by Our merchants, thsSe il but one
opinion among them On the iubjea.
lis frrprrsing thar a Connesficat nan
mould have any doubt. on th;s quession,
VET we find Abrahs:n Di.hoP, WIG sar-
pahes many cFeeds fos his parry, .hoaga
rot ono of them his any confidence 10 his
publihed a treatiis, eropgiy
srging that cur hipa aioaId be destroy Ell,
and other NATIONS become our carriers.
Such treatiie, ore would apPreAeod,
weold be as little fs!ifacd among tie N.
Englsrd merchants All iAip builders, IS
a treasile in favor Of sepeai;ng ths tax on
diRilIeries both are we'll adapted for the
climate Of Virginia, where shey build few
aips, but manufacture much whiikeys. IN.
N. England it is yet deemed more adya.
ssgeous 10 morals asld health, and more
conducive to profperi,y, TO be celebrated
for The number of our ihips, than the aun-
Der Of our dii1ilIeries.
The war 10 Europe, which origsnased
in the French revolution, tended 60 aug
meutsthe cPpo6tion Of which | am freak
ing. France, al this period, broachsd
iet Of new doctrines, on asmof every lub-
jea. Allihe maxia,s in politics, morals
and religion, which had been fanetione
by the wIdom Of ages, were openly ex
Plodsd. Thefatcinating theory, that al
rsaraints upon the paiiious, aud that go.
yernment i,ielf were CURES, was adyocat.
60. It was proclaimed that new era bad
segan, and The people of the u. States
were kindly invited TO Aft Frenchmen to
sAahllth imllsnnium, and participate
with them in its joys. Self government,
alone was enjained, and weak and wick
ed men swere afured that they were focn
to be perfect and GedIike. Il was par5
st the fame fygem TO eon6der Great Rri-
tam as IN kofiAiy with the reH of the
word. and thar ~ ,yas tba dutv of all no