Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-11-14

Conslngent TeniatAs " $500 az -.
the former, our means or motives 70 il,Ju's
the commercial pursuits OF our DreShfeA
on the Atlantic, will now engage my AZ
tention. e.L.
When hear the suggestion MADE o. 'as
danger Of ever rigalling the Atlantic states
in their trade, really sir, expect some mo-
tive for nttsring them worse 'hah 'Sao.
rance. That the whole western coaaHy
musg. at least for lapse of ages CONTENT.
self uuder the iuiunclions OF nssute VIA
condition OF an agricultural ana maaus@e1
turing country is proposition 100 sv'osas
10 be seriously questioned by any one' :"
the present state oflniormauon u IS squ'1'
" known 70 the fisherman OF Nantucket,
and the rice planter OF Georgia, that itwisl
forever remain impracslcabse tor our SNIP
ping to perform a return voyage against
the currents of our long rivers: that Inc
port of New Orlrans4 cur only oataee'
must always from lis situation be lnoeieh-
sible, against single frigate, aud that from
our distance from the sea and many tenn
porary obstacles added to those that are
alrera9y stated 10 be perpetual and insuf-
mountable by our selves. - Inc Atlantic
stacesor some O.her commercial powell
must ever be carriers of our surplus pro-
duce from ". Orleans.
Il was no serious alarm therefore, OF
our being ever able to eneerta'n sh= proJecs
of approPriasing generally TO ourselves 81,
Their a pare OF their foreign or ea II II :
trade shas ils rs hHtlhia interest the scheme
OF a jealous and narrow minded policy
which they have succeeded to iniuse into
all our cabinets and councils against the
advancement Of our western interests since
the revolution which frnal The period Of
the reservation of she sait springs, to the
last moderate iaerease of the pflce IN which
are called congressional lands, our sresty
representatives have SO temporarily for
born TO expose 20 their constituents IA.
real cbjec! was the monopoly OF the West
India market. But tha, market they
FAUST share with AID iDderd ai1sudnl to Us
however GU political SITUATION nay vary.
Ii should not however be inferred that
the use we eau mike Of for great Gsauy
years 30 one, can materially i5lure the
commercial interest Of the Adani,c states
How palliy then has been the jcaioaay Of
us conceirea upon his groand. Eaw s,e&a
and Ireach 2 rs che c0ncealgent OF i. from
the peopl7 But how criminal have been
every system of all or federal and repfe.
sentative cabinets, as regarding this aiy.
sion OF the unioa, haw masked 10 CUR ciie
Gems SIC Wi ncw erqure.
A wiidnerness, that hardly yet had felt the
footsteps Of civilized man is pierced IN the
midst OF foreign war. Our adventurous CT
uzens first encountered all the miserieso of the
forest, and the savage warfare OF the Indians,
In prospect of acquiring q patlimony fortheir
children. Iaelr numbers are small, but they
maintain theirposts AMI even march against a
foreign foe on their frontier, whilst their orc-
thren are encountering him on the sea board.
After many yicissitades OF hardship and Priva-
ten, they are joined in the woods BY their re-
lations and friends,who only brought with Them
out Of the revolutionary war, their Scars and
wounds, they received in lighting for their
country, depending on her gratitude for the re-
compense Of their laboYs. Thus united, ali
strive IN common against the sayages and par
ticipate IN the equal prospect OF indemnity
from the state and from congress. In short
time they discover that those lands which owed
all their worth to themselves, are ceded to the
union Indian titles are setup and extilguish-
ed by some trinkets and some spirits and the
real conquerors of the country either confined
to the corn fields they had planted, or now left
to pine unknown, IN some more distant retreats
OF the wiiderness-such has been the fortune
of our adventurers into the country generally.
Twenty years ago, from Pitts burg to the Mis-
sissippi, particularly in Kentucky, such has
been the retribution OF our country to her chill
dren who have shed their blood for her honor
and Independence.
Notwithstanding all restrictions, however,