Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-10

are for giving up this, look ABOUT and see
what other sources of revenue our country
can furnish. Experience, that mothsf OF !
wise 10 m, has already instructed US, mat e3, !
else laws are too odions in*maay parts or
our country, 10 BIZ borne !; indeed THIS
.o,,rce,of revenue would at best be trlfilng,
Personal properly is of a nature too occur
and TOO Liable 70 shift and change to become
a safe and permanent soarce OF revenue.
The sale uf The puollc laads, relied on ey
some. is an eapedient, Wllich on many ac
cnuots wlli be slow K Inc flslen. bat5iithe
sentiment prevails Of leaviasg commerce. 70 20
.,ake care OF nselt, ADD my ustions are cor
r4cr ,ha, such a IN sssure tyiil sparalize,tss
industry of the sfarmer, ls' may very Justly
be doubled; whether our 5wiid.lasrds VIII
-.npe, WIN . ready market. What then,
would ask, remains, but land tax, 10 sup.
nlv fund to meet the necessary calls OF
Tar government; a tax so odious IN many
narts of our conatry, as 10 DC one Oh 'i'e
<now erful causes OF the overthrow 81 one
ad min: stra,ion, and Il again resosstas 10 /
may possibly prove the destruction it'a4 o aao'
Their.
Should considerations Ike these tho'
roughly pursued. prove insniteientso osa-
vince gen liemen, tina, the cdmnercces thiS
country is worthy to- be shielded ey hef
protecting arm, may despair of dong 1t
perhaps, by any further arguments Il may
! be- 10 my sspower,o sdduee. Butit Is e e.
talnly deserving the reme rssbtance OF 'tlls
/ honorable BODY, that our government, oy
the course il has taken, has long since
pledged itself to support the riga's ana
4nter es,s 0f our merchants Upon 'ne ocean
/ Aside of the immense revenues drawn
Isfrom their eurerprize and industry, we
! NAV consider che, measures alone, adopted
EIby our goycrnment 20 protect ana gaafAh'
tee their interear, by comprehensive, foreign
I nations and arnaments tor Their defence
E as haviae the direct eject of Turing them
20 enbatk their property upon the seas
with the most implicit security, and with
| ainaos, q certain assurance that this proiec'
ton Should beycoatiuued. IN short, l 90
not see how it can be denied that these
/ privileges are entitled 10 the protection OF
more sacreo, wnTcn are enIoysd u3 our
| fellow citizsss upon land. Jeo,relinquish
any OF them would be tskihg step TO-
wards a dasardlv abandonment OF our in.
/ dcPepdtnce as nation : and would be an.
nouacing 70 every people on earth, thar we
/ have become 81 tame and submissive that
~e are wiling to be converted Into simple
! tools ard instruments for their use and
| profit, and to- desert the defence of our
own sacred rights. Whatever course DO.
l4sicy or wisdom might have dictated to, this
naliona isrsor; respecting commerce, it is
evidently too late now tore,race our steps
may, We cannot do it, short Of itreachery.
towards the mercantile interest, and with.
outrrnderlng ourselves subject Of deri-
sion and contempt TO all Easope. If we
shrink on the present occasion from tha,
bold and energetic course which the times
seeEa so,caH for, what respectable figure
We shall cut in history his will Be oar
story The American nation finding her
commerce in the VI edi,errsneau pes;ered
by thePetty bartarous powers surrounding
that sea, l1!useersd and talked mariully like
Bob2di in the play. low this hero was@e
2'nvincible, or he would nos have talked so
yaliendy. g Twenty more, MI 'em!
twenty more, kill them. soo!'' But the !
nomeHt Jheir rights uaon the ocean were
assatlsd by nation at once Respectable !
and powerful, they n1eaplY sh+unk from
the contest, and II vain lid their admired
executive endeasor to railv. the representa-.
lives Of The people, NJ suppoft,of the fit IN i
and digniaed measures which he reeorn. /
mended.' 49,
If therefore il is clear, as Il trust is,
that commerce is the great supporter of
agriculture. that is at the same rime the I.
most rational and most prolific SOURCE of
revenue and riches to our country. and if
In addition to his, government has pledg-
ed itself TO a vast body Of respectable G.. .
tisens inc every part of the United States,