Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-28


lard. butsmuis certainly ieIufe oaftlyss- eas
,beenSRaied that III trade carried OH oesWsca TINS
country and England requires . crsdis aod espital
OF forty OF City millions Of dsliars. wiisn q
check is PIT TO a Dfan.h OF train when Dc s
L,eh9a relation 90 our whole coinncfea concerns,
tending to all parts OF uue couatfy, and Con-
nee I'd with all the buly occupatiens as well as
stefulcomforis Of civilized life, we ihonld an
ticioate no ordinary evil. II mutt be eit at once
al the ,psblc treafary and by the private Pufiee:.
SIC Il continue. it mutt eRra both countries IN
difcfimiaa,ely, thoagh perhaps uneqnal'y. II Il
fhould there Aop the thuttls, II matt here run
{ the picnph Thesmcrchant muf lint.his enter.
p,ife. and the farmer would want cuitemef.
Foreign articles would rife every day 10 price IN
our marker. Our cwn produces would as neeetia.
lilly fall. TIE E7gifh, by enforcing Their PIinl-
eiple, would leave us to murmdr anu repne IN
dungeon OF our owa chaofing. The trade they
would compel us to abandon they would carry
On indirectly themfelyes !; and thus gam partial
Indemnity for orr luf Irritation, but toollihs
mode of retaliation. In this trial of" who
could do the mott HARM" il is plain that there is
chance Of Eagland's expJhng US TO tie great
ea evil. Az leaf we mutt inger much: With a,
limited diiperfed trade, a rsdaeed capita! and
credit. and diminlhca revenue, we ceuld-not
boat much of til. pleaiure of reyengc.
All this isallow.d by tiiofc who arehrging ss
70 RI. uicide of non intercourfc. Bas they de-
fcnd ,hemielvss by an aGuran=c derived IRON the
Gtuatiop' Of England, ct This msalufe'S inducing
! her 90 relax her claims as beiiigeleht anh 70
yicld 10 90, dsmao..s. with nab OF dit ppaias-
cd mqcu aaurets aud their aarying wnkmsn,
they expect TO in,inidate rhe Britiih cabinet aud
TO compcl ia5m.m N to ouretefms. Is there any
thing ialitory so frppoft this expettatlanf The
miniasy Of England has beeen generally mace OF
ferncr auff They are at leaf taooorn enough
torasusg.e before they iurFender TO Pefcmptory
demands. They have Imported the nation a.
cainH the weight anc eppieflion OF abiolute and
inevitable evils, notwithstanding treason at
harae, and triumphant Toe abroad. They viii
NOT b.-us,erly difmayed at Hca(ure. which
they know never has and never can be carried
into complete ef ca, while the face OF nature anu
ptGi,ns of man remain unal:ered. they MAJ
At leaf thew little Gmneis where the evil 's
matter of couisesufe, ard try what ieiief may ee
found in more adventurous enterprise. tor they
know Bonspsr,c clothes his army in Enghih
cloatns: ard that we can as cat!y exclude the
lipht Of the sun as ri,c manufactures, OF Man
chcfer, Liverpool and Briffol, / ne national
pride will Eeaai!yasu init TO seEe eyii, rather
than facriEce It's claims 10 eur threats. AZ inc
, a orITI,f To ri -ttrtr' --rs,.----"~ NUM-
-P5Sf Eng and in Europe, as,wc hope from our
own reaIittions on her trade, at hcme and il is
wiiee never to diErover TO others by experiment,
| that cur frcinahp OF cnmity il not of io'much
importance as they efeemir.
But have we any reason TO think from
1.-THE situation aud late conduct of England,
that she will resi- con;ented with the state
Of discomfort, which will only injure her
IF she cannot enjoy the benefits of peace,
she will and must avail herself Of the adj
vantages of war. Ii she cannot prof by
her connection, she will very prudrnsly en-.
rich herself by its discontinuance. An
hundred millions of dollars, which our
unprotected commerce. offers her, will
more than pay her extraordinary expenses
incurred in her naval expeditions, for The
little time we should be. inclined TO con.
test, 10 which there is SO little to be acquir-
ed. Her present naval establishment, adj
mi,s Of complete destruction, of our
trade in spite OF our gap-bos,s and decay
ing {rigates. We undoubtedly should oc-
easion her some serious inconvs niecce,
but nothing would be gained which
would serve to restore to life an ami.
khila,ed commerce. We should. do what
men could DO, but we could not change
the order of nature. In oar present cir
cumstances we could rot expect victory,
but defeat. If, therefore, England con-
ceiyes she cannot safely abandon the prin-
ciples she has assanned, without some cons-
pensation, we must expect from her siiua.
lion temporary hostility if We Invite il,
especially when she will from this change
become the carrier of the world, and az.
euire somesindcmrity for the loss of a di-