Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-06

49, 49, I~o|SE SfeA"y tia
not iafiefed upon our counery, and connsrymien
with IMMUNITY. Americans have been whipped,
lcoarged, imprifoned, impteIeo, enl4ved, itao-
bed, lhot-Yet We have no redreis. Rather
than have one CITIZEN ignominionly whipped, /
ihould have shought the American people would
have r,fen in a body, hulred their beuaye1s
headIong from office, and food erect with aims
in their hands to Punilh every foreign outrage.
When hall we revive sle fainsing ipirit of our
country When fhail we pour 4 vigorous tide
OF health through her veins? In the name Of
hame and Indignation, we have bcea tIampIed
on long enough. Let Us pluck the reins from
hands, too feeble to hold them, Americans,
g awake, arile, OF be forever fallen"
Hump. FedralN.]
We have it from the best authority, and
with pleasure announce the pleasing intel.
llgence, that the works of the Potomac
company on the Shenandoah, are in such
forwardness, and the. force employed en-
thin is SO considerable, tina, the canal,
locks, gates in short, the eatire navigation
from river to river, will be completed in
the ensuing September: a concentration
to be prevented only by a failure in The pc
cuniary resources OF the company !; and
surely such a Failure Cannot and ought not
TO be appreherded when We consider that
half a million Of dollars have already been
expended on the Potomac navigation-that
the sum wanted to complete this great
work, cannot exceed eight, or at nos, ten
thousand dollars; and that there are four
banks in the Districs Of Columbia and that
OF the backs in the state of MARYLAND,
there is one with a large capital. established
on The wise and patriotic principle OF aid.
ing INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
Every mind beyond the size of a Pig.
ny's, will view this greas enterprise. SO
long delayed, but % h appily so near fru-
ltlon, in a light far more Interesting than
as d mere machine 70 reward the adven,ur.
ers tor their advances of MONEY, and to
promote the convenience of the land.hold.
crs on the banks of Potomac aud It's tribu-
tary rivers. IT is II LIVK, and a mos,
essential LINK IN the CHAIN, thai is to
bind together The ATLANTIC STATES.
Vain and delucise would ii be, to hope that
the union of these two worlds, separated
by mountains ainost irnpassable and un,oi.
hsbited, could be of long duration, unless
means were found 70 lessen the distance,
to remove the barriers, and TO cherish a
population between them.
lWashingt0n Fed
Within a day or two, we have had no
foreign arrivals, in this port, with news
Of any considerable consequence; nor has
any thing of importance b-en received BY
the mails. We are therefore left a, leisure
to contemplate, with serious attention., the
political changes which, FOR A TIME, are
~obscuring he character Of the respectable
state of Massachusetts.
Whether We turn to the page of history,
or consult the nature of man, the event
which has taken place in this stale is al {
vent which was to be expected. A govern.
ment, free as we're those Of the several
states, always did and always will cherish
in its own bosom the seeds of its destruc
ton. 1t Gao live ID difficulty. In distress
it commands the virtue and talents of its
subjects; common danger keeps the preten.
sions OF the imposser under control. but
in calm prosperity, when the noble and dar,
ing efforts OF the real patriot are no longer
pa, ic immediate and urgent requlsision ;
when a sense of security peryades he con-.
mnnitv, and the pursuits Of industry occu.
py the attention of the sober and vlrsuous
part OF society, then steps forth the false
eongued hypocri,es idle and desperate, he
addresses himself to the weak, the wicked
and the uniformed. He pursues his course
with nnrem:ring perseverance,. To love
quiet is the consrtut ionsl character of those
whom he would supptsnt and year after
year, he will improve occasion, until at last
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