Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-29

ffutiicn; thar he wars aad chickering's,
which canno, fail IL enfue fooner or later,
mae Inevitably terminate IN the reit.to
ton of The river 10 rs nstursl owners
chat, 10 whatever evils or r'e.cnt cor
datt nay faillett rs heresiier, however
ardnors ard iapguinasy the cofhitt with
an eneuy in fell fcGellion, Amply fartih q
and completely Capped, nay prove, The
ultimate essnt is i,re. Eate has n:ani-
fsgiy iecrsea, that America n'uf belong
70 the EigI,ih nslne ard race. A con-
temion tet3esn Us, ard aay ife mott 70
tent nst:on Of Europe, who, hsii,'es ali
tie .iiladyan,ages Of diiiancs, IS iuFl-tt
T. tic llaus f.rutiny, aad e,erpvl inter
ferenee anu riyala1ip Of their neig bbour' ,
Gamer conrraveDe this decree.
6 Bur at whole door mna lie all the
;,iocd, which llall be flied in fuch con
ten'ions ali the dicord and difuoion,
which the ccniummatc arts CT tie French
iha.I diiFufe among Our people end our
councillors: all tie panic, tlin,ult and ha-
vock, which The iniurreetion ofour laves,
the diasnGon of our aa,es may location:
to Whole account mutt thefe n,ilsries be
placed To the account of thufs, who,
when vehe nenily urged by the general
ycice 10 prevent the arrival Of the enemy !:
when The a,gI'ea efJst was efficient to
prevent his arrival: when Esafonal,le aud
reiterated warnings of his approach were
thandered in their ears: when all the con
!sqnences Of his coming were aafoldsd-ress
BY bimJrf- refaf.d 10 move finger, to
tlir itep, for our protection.
The lar and not the leaf important
view, in which this fubjea is corfdered,
regards the probasle conduit of thar por-
ton Of our citizens mott immediately af-
fecied by the unjuit proceedings of the
Spaniih Insendsnt. vii! they patiently
wait for reGoratien of their right till
r. negotiations in Europe, are brought
TO clofei Will they fubmit in filence
and inatiion to wrongs, until thofe who
are invefed with The authority of govern.
men, have obtained tardy and made
euate redreis, og viii they feek il FOR them
ieives
I" The people Garnet lawfully move
but at their bidding. The peEm;ison
they refnle it would pe treal. II TO take.
Obedisnce to the laws is the hrh and mott
facred doty. Above I'll things, therefore,
mclt we deprecste any movement in our
weffern citizens to retrieve their own
wrongs. ShouId they 1alaually move
without the content Of The government,
thar content, which did not SO efore,
mutt inevitably follow after. The act
which We would rot authorize beforehand
ne mnl} lant}ion aiser il is done. Should
they be dieurbed IN their rev PETITION
by France or Spain, we moi} furrifh them
with fuccor we muR own them for Cur
fons. No oihc, option is afforded Us.
!" TIE branding them as outlaws, the
carrying on OF war againf them, to re-
claim them to their duty, or puniih their
Detection from il the refuial to acknow-
ledge them as iuch, would be a madnels,
which not the inclination Of the people,
nor The prudence Of the government would
allow them TO commit. And yet what
an opprohious example would this afford,
"a fatal blow would it frike at the very
foundation Of our government.
There are. many who i!iil believe an
event like this probable. Sulpence, IS
TO the ref,lntions Of the government, in
which they have been hitherto held, may
have occa!ioned the inactivity of ttiewcaern
Aates. As foon as the prefent ielEon ex-
pircs, and the unalterable refolution OF the
government, is known TO be in favor OF
pacific mealufes, they may run TO arms.
Such, however, is the influence of delay
to caol the zeal, abate the reicnsmcnt,
ana change the views Of mankind, that q
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