Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-02

Yrent WILDE alleged to require. The ffehel
en,,nfsror sees round France, states chat dare
! not disobey him. Yet he. calls them lndepehu
ent, and has gone no further with them tlla' 5
| to require the prohibition of British manlufac,
lures. We seem already to nave chosen llie
| llpnoiiain,y that they endure by scohstralnt
Who will doubt that ifnthe balffed and hum
I bled England were at peace Tomorrow to. mi our
! measures would be most obnoxlously frames o'
as general Turreau might be instructed TO suS
lsgest them to Mr.. Madison
Surely we know enough OF the french cha-
! racter to expectthat shewlll accomplish every
thing she possibly can by herpolicy. her
! arms will not be used, nor even sheWn unsea-
| sonably. Until her friendly and unfelt domi-
nation can he allowed to take root, till we lose
! the idea that we are any thing, and become
| quite familiar to the contemplation OF the pow
Eser of France as every thing, and especially
while Britain may be allowed to: keep any rem
nant of her greatness, would the cunning Oh
+ Bonaparte permit him to ask tor more lna n,
merica than he can quietly obtain by influence!
| And what more could he desire, than congress
is already in the train of conceeLng nus he
would girdle the British oak, and leave the sap
less trunk to perish by gradual rottenness.-
We should thus help France more than live
Joined her in the war.
1t was thus old Rome called states her allies
till they grew tame in the yoke, and thenrshe
erected them into provinces.
1t is certain that we could not resist her m
A,lence-it ascertain that ne could not endure
it and be free.
What is to be done? The answer is, nothing
Nothing, while we have rulers OF a character
filter to have power as@prefects, when we are
subiugated, thar to call forth the energies OF
great people to preserve their independence.
Rulers who will not arm one snip, but viii pro-
badly yet lade ten with tribute, and who VIII
never think of any other way to disarrn'a con-
queror than submission.
If Washington were at the head OF affairs
we might hope that we should provide against
danger, as other nations doby preparing force
and treas:lre-ti.at we should study ecohomy,
bat net be afraid Of necessary expense, that
we should not provoke i war with France, bot
on the contrary do every thing that honor would
permit to avoid it still, however, believing
that the surest way to preserve peace IS to re-
spect Justice, and to make adequate pIcpara-
ton FOR war, We are well aware how prompt
the 1atterers Of the administration will be TO
misrepresent these sentiments. It there Is
really no danger, and would to heaven that 1t
could be made 20 appear. let.thesc remarks pass
for unreasonable. Weltintended they certain
ly are. But if there IS danger, and ITS aP-
proach be no farther off than peace between
France and Great Britain, whith very porfl5iy
is already concluded, then let those iatteters
tell the people, independence has It's price,
andexpence, and ships, and arms v-onlt so
beyond it-tcll them slavery Is cheaper and
will gIye them rest.
We will only add, this country might be
safe fit could Be wise. fit could resist the
:faRuence of France it might battle her arms.
NorR-No. 4. ought to have appeared next
after No. 2, as it was written to explain that
last mentioned.