Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-21

ito the sticking place. Then England wa'
combined in what has proved afeeble, IN
efficient coalition, but which gavejust cause
bof alarm to every friend OF freedom. NO"
the liberties of the human race are threat
ened by single power, more Formidable
than the coalesced world, to whose utmost
ambition, vast as it is, the naval force o.
Great Britain forms the only obstacle.
| am perfectly sensible aud ashamed oil
the trespass, I am making on the patience
of the committee but as know not whe'
Their il will be in my power to trouble them
again on this subject, must beg leave &c
continue my crude and desultory observa
tons. ana not ashamed to confess thsy
are so.
AT the commencement OF this session
we received printed message from the
president of the United States breathing
great deal of national honor and indlgna'
ton at the outrages we had endured, par.
.icularly from Spain. She was specially
named and pointed at. She had Pirated
upon your commerce, imprisoned your
ci,izens, violated your actual territory ;
invaded the very limits solemnly establish.
ed between the two nations, by the treaty
of San Lorenzo. Some OF the state le-
t.gislatures (among others hevery state on
which the gentleman from Pennsylvania
relies for suppor) sent forward resolutions
spiedging their lives, their fortunes, and
their sacred honor, I'm support of any mea-
sures you might take in vludication OF your
injured rights Well ,sir, what have you
done? You have had resolutions laid upon
your table--gone to some exPence tor print-
ing and stationary pen, ink and pa
per, that's all. Like true political quacks,
you deal only in Aandbills and noslrums.
Sir, blush to see tbs record of our pro.
ceedings, they resemble ao,hing but the
advertisements of patent medicines. Here
you have +" the Worm Destroying Lozen-
yes" there, " Church's Cough Drops
and to crown the whole, Sloan's vegeta.
bic specific" an infalHble remedy for all
nervous disorders and ver.igoes Of brain.
sick politicians each man earnestly adiur.
ing you to- give his medicine only fair tri-
al. If, indeed, these wonder working nos
trums could perform but one half of what
they promise, there is little danger of our
dying political death, a. this time a, least.
But, sir, in politics as in physics, the Doc.
torais .ottimes the eaost dangerous disease
and this | take to be our case at pre-.
sent.
But, sir, why do TALK of Spain There
are no longer Pyreneas. There exists no
such nation; nc such being as Spanish
King or Minister. 1t is mere iuegle
played off tor the benefit of those who put
the mechanism into motion. You know.
sir, that yoa have no differences with Spain
-shat'she is the passive tool, of superior
power, to whom at this moment YOU are
crouching. Are your differences indeed
with Spain? And where are you going to
send your political Panacea, resolutions and
handbills excepted, your sole arcsnum OF
government your king cure-all? To
Madrid? No: You are not such quacks
as not to know where the shoe puches-,o
Paris You know at least where the dis
ease lies, and there you apply your rene.
dy. When the nation anxiousiy demands
the result of your deliberations, YOU hang
your head aad blush to tell. 7ou are c}raid
to tell. Your mouth is herms tically seal
ed Your honor has received "a, wound
which must not take air. Gentlemen dare
not come forward and avow their work,
|1much less defend it in the presence of the
naiion. Give them all they ask, thar
Spain exists, and what then ?-After
shrinking from the Spanish isckall do
you presume to Bully the British lion ?
But here the secret comes out. Britain
is your rival in trade, and governed as you
are by compting.nouse politicians, you
would sacrifice the paramount interests of
the country, to wound that rival. For
IsSPain and Fraace you are carriers !; and
from good customers every -indionify &c RI