Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-28
From fas BosToN CEsTlNEL.
ON raa NON tseEecouasE BILL.

hsy B'6A,i
IN m ,.i,ears of irritation We are too much
heated 10 corfs4.r the nature of she satisfaction
due tor Injury, the plopes means Of defence, OF LIE
coafedaence Of revenges To a& thus without re-
Action or toreGgat is az bet che folly OF passion
--Exoe:icnee reaches we hoald rathes take
council from orsfsR THAI cur feelings, AMI that
itisaswffe 20 conluls our daty as eithef
Ii our rights arc infringe, we VIII renewal
of them iva hour any unja& feerittiou. 4 IS
Eoolih show+ver 10 i--k this remedy az htis, oY
the abandonnlent OF tir,le we fill enl Y. Inc
lsl FeGsurce uf DEF pair is not % be eholen IN the
6,ft momeat of disappoinsm srs, ana perhaps the
: bsR ua5ac % gain al We WITH is toimProye all
we pofIsis.
Il IS irioofible for a man Of any Relation OF,
o5fsrvation 10 keep thefe ientiments ont OF Fnina
nc the pfef.ns critica! momsat. The diputesi
between shis country and England 70 lorg at.
tesded wish rigor ON her part and injury on ours,
. viii not aanis OF nsaeh longer VAN complaints
and haah determinations. They rnais terminate
fhors3y 10 Inc fleece OF var ufsPeaee. an wnat
way Mould we with them TO terminate, and what
are the psep:r means Of producing the end y we
!. deGre.
Do we NE with for war! No man OF expert
ruee or rejection will anfwcr in the sia NATIVE.
= We have nothing 20 GAIN, but every thing to
lcfs by it. Our neutrality, dofng the i9is a0c
prsiens European war has elevated our country
even .heyon the expectations OF sss mott son'ss,
&c politician. Notwithstanding all the tHjtfies
sTe have 4pGered, We have psog'eAed roie rapiasy
!fom national Bankruptcy TO natiohais weasen.;
while individuals have exchange competence lcs
fortune. Is il. th.n wife 60 venture on untr'ea
fcenes. 70 alter at onse our habits, empioyments,
and relations, and TO venture in games where the
winner is rco often ruined I! Il the event was
dou5sfuI, and the plef[ure of our attliIs executed
il, wife man would try TO reconcile hfrntef 90
8 the change, and fiudy che means OF rendering IL
! fafe Or honorable. But we are not in iltuasiSn
which requires an appeal to the laes rsiort.
No one can honeRly fay thatwar IS nerehar5,
until the means. of prcierving peace prove. una
yailpg. When this is the cafe, We may take
up arms With confidence, and the CONTEXT IS hay
and honorable, whatever may be the iisue. nat
definy can never be ieyere to any man, when
ftops him in the career Of paeriotilIn. The iafe
of. thar nation is glorious, which pcFisnes VISTA
Its fights. But as YET we have not ss'ea tue
means Of reconciliation, and need not alarm our
felves with the FAD images OF var. bel Us 'eco'
TO old mealures and we may hope ahmiiaf fs.
fuit. 1survPcaH war when the
French praSsiied all the eunages ane violence ct
barbarous times, we had ieconrie 10 ali the pcans
of paci6cation. Though we had nothing to fear
from her In war, which we did not fat.:r 10
peace, we fent embaify after etrbdiIY, and even
humbIed ourfelyss under abuie, when we night
have refentcd injury with equal honor and fucceis.
When we were at lait driven TO take arms, we
Till proE:red tn: olive branch. Il was thought
the policy OF our country, and it finaly refofed
between the two nalious the relations OF iTiend-
@ fhip.
When England at the commencement Of the
laR war was excited by avery natural and iimoit
iaRi6<ble jealousy TO oppre6 our commerce with
nnjuf srsarittious, many meaiures OF defence
were propoled by men Of different feelings. A
non inscrtourfc bill and the iequeara3ion OF debts
were then sdvifcd as propcer modes Of retalia-
tion The genius of America had not shen de-
fertcd her,, andtheie hopeless prejeeisswere aban.
.ioned, until other means heuls prove iueRsual.
Pacific ove5turss on our part faccssded, and CON-
mercial arrangements were formed By the two
countries, which proved equally conducive tothe
profperity of both. Our entesprize grafped the
world. Our fuceefs asesnal to the adventure.
We acquitted more THAI We hoped, and our hopes
: furpahed our means.
Ar the renewal of the prefent war VIC had pro-
Ceeded forIome time with ali the ardour anasEesl
ct good fofsrre. We have been topped again
"a our career by the renewal Of barlh and vexa-
sious refirisfisps on the past of England She
has again sppeaicd TO principles which we cannot
admit, ard claimed as rights, what We cannot
grant her as an indulgence. In the exercfc of
1beie affumed rights we End foarce of complaint,
for it has colt us much, and threatens TO coe us
much more. II is however nothing novel or
lmonirous, but partial renewal OF the injuries
weScomPlained of IN 1895. What then remains
TO be done @ .s.,-,t-ss