Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-15
From the N. Y. EVENING FosT.
R EV EV.
Ntouroe's EmbaGy, or the conduct OF tie
Government. in reati.u to our CLAIMS 70 the Nd
visation of the MilEnippi, cendie'el."

on tie embassy IF mr.. Noarot, as 0ne q
The prominent nndebaSaGsyittt -tealareS m
tie eeudu9 IF i5e present 0dn'4's'ra''01 !;
5m an IN iufimotiou fr0m aJrifua, tbaf q
pamphlet on this sabjsa apGs mtbs press,
from The teu ef TIE same a6le 10rtfr'
zv5osr Address on the Cession of Lousi-
ana, and iranslai:u fran fbe Ffexrb mr.
m,ral, haze g;,ven such gener4l saf'!fae-
ti9n, I'VE haze so4,ttd far tb> fnblieaf'o1
IF tbs sef1ud predut7oa, 6.fo,s 1oe f9m-
mrneed any comments q 0ur 0zr,, an ms
ue7y and exbaordinary mission. The ing
mexf offbe bubht has 1alJ eontfrmfd re
o5mjaa ne gaze # lbt merits Il The fist
performa11e. We shall nosa pysefe4 10
si've sams aecouat .f the are Ae,< aansAne.
ed, vvbieb, if zoe are not m'sl<d BY ar
attachment 10 the cd45e he has ssbsa;ea,
4v:H adj to bis reputation as a G0riter,
and strengthen tbe general ofi1'en IF Tx
7vsakuess and impofy gffbs measals PR
suea tor The ,eeovrry IF ore ef tie msst NJ
paluaMe rights eftbs nation.
Surprise at The iaexplieable conduit and
sboyt ughtea vi<elus IF fbe eafbo,s q the
embassy, is The f'a euotion qve feel, ard
lie ex2resnou # il ferns natural amt
easy ntyoduRio~4 10 TIE examination
oftbe 4visaom Or tropr.efy Of f6slr mea.
surts.
" The conduit of governments: is (ome-
times esGly predicted. They who are
converfant with the hiitory OF the world,
have reafon to expect Ike cataarophe
in dramas that have general resemblance
10 each other. Fattion and revolution
are, in all ages, productive Ct uniform
lcenes, which teach US nothing but the in-
conGHency and folly Of human nature.
Sometimes, however, there occur events
to which the keeneH fo,efisht was blind
which consound and defeat all our ca!cu-
lations, and compel US 10 admit, that raen
are fometimes, in the mott important
cafes, aftuated by mere infatuation or ln-
family.
/" Who, for inaance, could have ven
tured to guefs that the DIANE OF Lonidana
would have concluded in an embassy Net
the opponents of the pieient government.
II is true the Firlt Magiarate fands not
at very luxurious height in their ef-
teen. They never dreamed that for,i-
tude and magnanimity were in tic lift of
his virtues. To Zee great way before
him; to decide promptly acd reio!utely
to prefer the arbi,ramrnr OF iwo!ds 70 the
contef Of wits; to difcoyer that feafona-
bic war is frequently the flrea means of
peace, and the mott efectual way to PIE.
vent bloodfhed, were never thought to
belong to him. In ordinary cafes, there
fore, what could we expect bur that the
Prehdcnt would heGtate; paufe fhrink ;
remble at the found of war? Whas ellie
could be expected by thofe who regard
him as weak, viiionary, timorous and IT.
refolu e; whole hand is well enough qua
lifted for the nice adjaement of quadrants
and teleicopes, but far TOO feeble and IN
lfeady for managing the helm of govern
ment.
+" But whatIis the fupreme nagatrate 10
government like ours !? What bur the MI
Mon of hi. N: 1iisers, the tool of legiAa-
tive majorities His conduit is ieldom,
or never, entirely dictated by his own
mind. Ii mutt be modified by what he
forefees to be the will Of his party, or il
will be nugatory. Representative or Sc
na.orial concurrence is requiiite TO make
it etfcttuai. What is iniome degree true
of all PreGdents, by virtue Of conaituti-
al limits, is in remarkable degree, true
of the prelsn.. His character, In the
eyes of his political opponents, while II
inclines him to cowardly and dilAtory
measures, in cafes where deciion mut |
be made by himfelf, dilpofes him to lean
upon the aid and council Of lhole3who for
round him; to ltudy t.. interef and pea
lure his parry, and 90 do, not What is