Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-11

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l.issest there most and will be a powerful
parry is En glad opposed 10 a war with,
Amerioa, and who, if IL sskes place, will.
seixe every OCCASION 70 terHlnats lt, pre-
.vided that We om our parts do net make.
demands which the honpr, and perhaps the
exissraee Of than country cannot comply
wnh. There is i material distinction be.
tween war undertaken in defenecscf our
own honor aud Independence, and that
which is unaer,aksn for the Parpose ct de-
sstruyinr another aatlof,; OF the former
character we hope will be every war 10
which America shall engage. With Jus
lice snd honor tbsn, arranged on our SIDE,
our enemy NEST respect Us. the more 30
when interest aid The sentiments OF respect.
Amorg those who We ale 10 account as eur
advocates, are the. great and formidable
manufacturing interest, all the merchants
engaged in American commerce, the W.,
India merchants aud planters, and apor.
lioa Of The prudent and liberal Of all class
ses of msn. We ask then is u, policy IN us
TO depsiys ourselves OF such aids? Sure-s
~ oct.
With seItiinents-sach as We have express
ed, We have thought that the invecuvc with
which the .gVhole British nation has been load
ed by many of the public meetings and some
Of the public prints, was neither just as APP
piled to tic zaho!e nation, Or wise ON our part.
II the sentiments expressed BY the meetings
and in the Papcrs we gailrtle to, be taken as
the public sense of America, the conclusion
Will be that it is not the particular outrage
committed on Cur flag, and the lmpressment
of our scanen that have excited our resent
ment but that those circumstances are seized
to express our general sentiments IT hostility
and adherence. The people OF nation who
arc stigmttiZcd With the epithets OF pirates,
I1srdcrers, assassins, sc. must hare long been
the objects of detcstation, and as such ought
to be extirpatcd. Viewing the subject int this
light instead of our making friends to our
cause in England, we actually invite the whole
nation to rise in arms against us. D1oll1te7 IN
niodo, .je,sitcr III re. Incorporate abuse, Vi
oIcncc and inyective, cannot aid a bad cause,
they may inMre q good one. That there are
..sss.ss;i,s, pirates, SC. Of the British nation,
We have too many abundant proofs to doubt,
but rEat they ara a nation or bafbarans, rob-
bers, &c. cur cooler Judgment denies. It's
not Ter those to whom, these terms cfrepvoach
and invective arc applied that We feel, bat VIC
feel for the dignity of our national character.
The duties OF an ed:ter of a newspaper ne
oessalily cause him to peruse the papers OF.
his own and those OF other countries, by which
lie .act, uircs q more accurate knowledge otthe
style III which those Of his own country and
foreign journals are conducted. than any other
class OF citizens IN the community.
The french journals rarely contain any
gross 15use Of the English nation, though
! thcv examine It's policy with the utmest seve-
rity Of criticism. There are afew ofthe Eng
Iish papers, that deal out muck coarse abuse
Gil tie French nation, and particularly on It's
present chief, bit they are not ciassed among
thc respectable papers. Cant:or obAlses'usto
coafass that the American newspapers are url-
rivallcd in asperlty, Cejoest, who we are sor-1
ry to acknowledge was patronized by Federal
lists, carried personal iEvective beyond aay
extent before X, own he left US, bat his per-,
nicious example remained behind he at
tempted the same plan in his own country,
and eoatem pit and insigni6cance, as an editor,
we're the rewards OF his efforts. After THIS
DEPRESSION, VIC return to our subject-~Ey a
calm and digniGed COURSE, let Us commas
the respect Of the worla, Including the nation
we may contend with; III a few words let our
maxim be NOTATION as Mopo, sEp FoRTIr
TER IN RE.
A more apt, ard ito oHr fssiings) a
more acceptable Illustration Of what we have
advanced, does not offer, than that which IS
presented BY the conduct Ct the citizens OF
Norfol::, on the late occasion. By a happy u
EioA of irnaness and moderation, the citizens:
of this place have acquired the appreciation
and respect OF all parts OF the onion--i ne
same conduct Will always be productive OF the
same effect.
LONDON, Juae 4.