Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-13

protection from these lawless adyenturers.
let us MOI withdraw il from the real Ans
iican merchant. Acting from motives OF
patriotisms, as welias Of gain, he combines
his own interest with iha. OF MS country.
Wnts sls is accommodating wealth TO n.n.
self, he Is adding 20 tae revenue and ricnes
Of his couatry, and while ne is searching
a market for she proaustions Of the faf'
nsers, ho is discovering something tnet
May contribute to shelr convenience aaa
comfort. lie is necessary hak 10 the
chan Of our society. {. here is a Reotual
dependence. betw,xl him aad the farmer.
n he interest OF the enc is promotsdAoy shc
success OF .he oe0ur. Ihls being the case,
these wo classes should be extremely csS-
,Iens hoW they salar thalkiaa vi JEALOUSY
10. grow up be.wtas them, that might even
tualiy prove "a source sot distress and Ca
-lamity to hem both.
i hope IL will nok be inferred FROM any
thing 4nat / have said, that am going 10
DC az advocate tor the proseetlon, even OF
American merchants, IN that Wild, extra.
VACANT carrying trade, 20 %a'ch soFle OF
-fham apnsar 10 extend thelr'vlSws. / shall
.r.ver agree 10 rlsk the peace aad safety OF
,b. as.i,,u in such cause. ttyeas.a doubt.
full gases, or where the law was not perfect
w clear. # they would embark their pro-
perry, let lube at their ~~e.haSaro. but
in carrying onrths direct ,raoe OF our ,coaaa
,ry.4ana even In the carrylagtrAde, while
rhev coat;ne themselves within III" atkaowe
l.doed law OF nations, / thlnk they are en-
,,s,sd 70 protection. And IN attos ding this
K take il thatwe arc pnomoilng
the real interest OF the conntfss by che.
rishing navigation to certain extsas,
we secure TO ourselves at all times the
means Of procuring market tor such ar.
tisles "a w have for sale. we furnish means
FOR promoting industrgs and We, make pro-
vision for the maintenance OF men, on
whose bravery and exertlons 10 the event
os war, we xsust always rely very much
sor oar defense. On this subject esnnos
express @r.y sentiments better thanl 'hnd
them expressed In a repors made ny the
present chief magistrate, whlle secretary
of,state, and which consider as declara.
tory Of The true interests OF the nation. 1
shall therefore take the shbSrty OF reading
paragraph of shst report.
81 IL, that is navigation, Rs a branch OF
industry. is valuable ;sus ga source OF de-
fence, essential. lis value as branch OF
industry, is enhanced by the Dependence
of SO m any ether branches on Il. An timss
ofsgenersl peace 1t neu!tipl;es competitors
Z for. employment in transportation, and so
keeps thas at its proper level; and in t'naes
OF war, tina, is to say, when those nations
whs maybe oar principal carriers, shall bs
at war with each other, il we have not
within ourselves the means OF transporta-
ton, our. produce must be exported lnrbel-
ligerenr vessels, as the increased eKpencs
OF war freight and insurance, and the ar
ticles which will not bear >taat, must perish
on our hands
"Bst !, is as a resource for lefense thar
cur navig alton will admit, neither neglect
nor forbearance. The position and cir.
cums,ances Of ,hs UnitsdeS tates leave thstn
nothing to fear on their land board, aud
nothing to desire beyond their present
1iehss. But on their seatboard they are
open TO Injury, and they have there too,
acotnmerce that must projected. This
can only be done by possessing rsspecta.
bic body of citizen seamen. and of~eFtls's
and establishments in readiness for ship
building
From his very brief view Of the: cor.
due, of the British government towards
as, and have cor1ned it,saerely to the
points stated 10 the preamble to the resoiu-
tion,s egerv eardid, every unprej udicea
person Think must acknowledge, thar we
--tre arrived at crisis; that wei1aye'Eeaeh-
ed period a. which the honor, tbs inter-
est, and the pablic sentiment Of the coun-
try SO far as it has been expressed, call
loudly on US to make . stand. The evil
*we have alrsady suffered is great. and it