Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-03-07


QUESTION, that the transaction is af an ordi-
nary nature, and one which does mot JUS
tlfy the mistatement or alarm which
has gone baroad.
Nat. Zetsl)
A correspondents fuggeas thar the. Ejitor ct
the Virginia Gazette has fslleb into an egor
refpcaiDgsfhe Federal candiJste f5s the p,e6dsncy
ST thc enfning election. Frs cxFetssd thar Nj .
King ard Ger. G. G. pln<kney Will be. fupp9r;ed
--bot the latter as PfsGdeni, the former as Wee
Psehaeny. Wtthon defrstiuag irssnl theme iii
aid prsyenGons OF Mr.. King, Il IS but fairsfo isy
thai the cordutt os Gen. Pincinsy 4, ths iass
elecfioa N refping to coalyioe wish the 81 tion
"a his native' Gate. who ia spor,ed Mr.. s assfon,
has ingratted op the minds Of bis ielio. cisizens
spsedilett,aa m his favor, which will be fully
esinced at The next election.
The Roman Empire is cbfnpu 4 10 have con
sained, IN tie times Immediately brtose ]ulius
Cesar and Augusus, more than orc bund 5ed .ni,s-
lions OF pc PIE. Al Italy, Sicily, Spai8 aud pr
tussl, AID tte greater paft Of the present. Iusk
ISL Empire, and the Barbafy Coast Of Atrica, 10
ge,he, WITH Egyrt were satjetted To- the NINA
tiop, buy meyer 10 tie laws u Rome @ilgyyye.e
governed by ProconSuls, who were sent Ike 60.
vernon Claiborne, each 81 chem with onr II two
lrgions, - play me Emperor iothe proynets.
The city Of Ron.e was amused wlsh the pagsan
II, q power, and the Provinces "ese crushed With
tie wei hf of oppression.
Our cquhtry, with fewer people, has greater
81,
the turbulcnt spirit Of democracy, and tie ineyt
table relaxation of all authority, on shr bali wild
frontiers Of an empire, still painless forest, he
d fi2ulty Of governing tie listed States, extend
ed as trey now certainly as great as Au.a
gusius experienced. Our Augustus, whose.
frGS&asG, coarage, eraff and mercy have been
found Vety ike the first Roman Einpesofs will
End it a. a little diff pls tees govern Provinces
by specs and m ssages. abe viii want the
leg,ans, or hs~wr4f 't''uw ithout their blyonets,
inturiatc mar at he sources Of
laugh at his ed,cts, and dig into his mountain Of
salt, stsoug as II stands. To let our vast from.
tier regions 60 ungoverned, and pay taxes or ler
it alone at pleasure, as Smile and Hnaey and
GELATIN wouid III 1914, wdl not answer. Thee
mus be power en-. u5h somewhere and power III
iuil activity too, TO keep ghe United States to.
gethet, or Trey viii beeS Of and thus our
asred euchase, 50 feolishly prlzed because il is
big, viii be, lost and worse than iost---tor, III
taat event, We shall lose perhaps MILTON OF cur
citzsns, ard many nu!iIons OF eur treasure along
with it, and moreover We snai have raised 10
strength ar eremY, whose conscious interioritY
viii seek hostile foreign allan e. What
bopeul crop OF wars have we then soWed the
seeds Of. TIE curses of pos,erify will be Bit
r., bot not SO bitter as their experience of our
folly.
Suppose, On the other hand, We govern cur
cheap bought world by a prstty LITTLE corps Of
twelve thousand men and Qnly baf dazenreg
nents OF horse, will not the solditi ctIzrps look
to their camp two th,.usand mics from Ma,h-
ngton as their country add their general as its
ruler and rgh,ful presden' or the pgocensuls
obey the orders from Washington, viii not their
power so little checked and rot at sll wa, ched,
prove oppressive to thr provinces as that Of the
Roman prcronsuis dido
III word, il IS either impudenr or shallow to
pretend that The zee pndcipies Of chr republican
governments can be applied, or made 10 operate
oyer hslf tbs western hemisphere. What then
have We b ught but revolution!
Erred. Toqva Her.J