Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-26

aEto he Balance, atld ds q ftoW " ia 49, 's
ue:gh nollliug, tie aeieending haie Can
onsy IL k,,ownby fs!hpenling tl,en irnpaT-
,i&ily. =
Tie writer, tken, with great aexieri-
" ard isirusts lla1ss all The arguments,
witch ,bemcts iat,,ie advocate Of czeeo-
tiye u.eafures capld iiiggcit for 'lleif VIZ
d,cation. 1t is NOT nsecassfy 70 PFe.cns
COR readers with sfete feaEenipsS; the}
are drawn IRON The ufusi topics OF tie eA-
pence OF waiiike equipments; the propa-
bi.i:y efamicablc atjoftment with SPAN
lie gropriefy 81 eqaity Of hrft EefTe'eot-
ing 70 tie King re injurious condutf ct
tie iasendant ofGsit complaining 70 ne
mater, before wepqnill The irrvant; ne
principle Of thc law ofraticns which re-
qoires as 10 appeal 10 the foverelgn againt
TIE acts Of theiabjet, and TO alccFtatnhls
dijpoiiiion to repair the wrong committed
before we appeal to arms 'he probability
tia: the in;endant AGED without authoEi-
~, AID would be promptly puniihed; tie
ayeriion of Spain 10 war with the Unised
States; the iniuGice Of Our pretentloos to
the pDslfou Of New Orleans, or The DO
ninion Of the country The falIy'of ieek-
ing an extenEon Of Cur territory, WHEN
one half Of the country under our jurlf
ditiion is unpeopled and wlldsrneis;
that all we can fairly claim IS The Tree
navigation Of tie liver ard that Spain
will. on the hra application, uneoub:ed-
ly reaore il to US and EMIL oor wrones
can reach The throne IL is unreaicnable 10
complain, or TO mugnur al that delay,
which the d;Gance between Us and the
unsiterable laws OF mature muit neceilarl!y
cIcste.
To fuch pleas, however rlaufble, the
reply is1eady, cogcnt.and eonclufyc.
" For, in TIE Tiff place, whgt is cur
anhafiador to fue for? a certain injury
acerues from the conduct OF . foreign pow
et, and redrefs is fought. l]ow what is
the injury fuaeained on this occsaon, and
what is The redfefs that IS Tough, No
thing but the reforatlon q the privilege
Nothing but the diiowning of tie orders
which the oficels plead; their recall CT
shsis punilhmenf, and he placing Of af-
fairs on their former tooting.
/" So then, I who live upon the pro-
due of nv fam, who derive from il all
ny pleafpres and conyenieuce$,. WHO have
no other nsansot raying M debts, per-
forming my g.ements, Ffocarieg de-
ceneies, corafcris, necefaIies fer myieH
ard my children, huf BY Telling she pro
dua at tie uext nayket, Zee my desncfne
encompaaed by wall, ard ali paaage
from my ground denied me. In confe-
quence Of this, the produtf Of ny fieids,
already reaped, moit lie and per.ii1 10 the
furrows or tie grSnsiy, and the ground /
was preparing 10 pianr, NUT be abandon
ed 10 the wor,blefs wesds. 1his FninouS
rearaint muA contip1e, and though ia,
nifealy INSULT, though il may beeaily and
auexbe,fvr5 removed, though proYifion
can be eiFsetually made againit is recur-
renee, ycy nut patiently endure The lofs
and the igroa,g, until the author ct i
ehoofes to repair The wrong, How J BY
pulling down The wall, ane pronifilng not
20 rebuildit : Is it tbus tina. he is TO com
penlate me for the deitutaion OF my har-
VETS, tie ruin Of ny credit, the defeat OF
al my worldly fhemes? Is It tbs that
the nation is 10 be unidentified for the lots |
of all the revenues and people, all the |
agricultural and trading flock, which the |
freedom from unjua gefraings could NOT
fail to have produced
For allthe injuries already fufained,
we are TO deem ourielyes amply comTen
flted by their dye0ntiaaa1fe! Spain vii!
admit flor fhe cannot deny that We have
filtered much. To our complaints The
will lend patient ear, and Will reply
sc Ter fhe onGru6fions BE Teinoved.'' Is |