Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-23


! 10 exuit IN thsSfataE policy Of our sdmlniss
] ration. until The thunder Of the Leossasd
has ronsea them fson, their stupcr, and 81 4
Elsctcrized them with perception Ct our
exposed and al this moment, helpIes IS sltu-
alton. Evileuough, We have mentioned !;
/ but where, ask our readers. IA the good
/ The good. and il May prove incafcutablle,
fis, that Mr.. Jefferson pelsy has come g
Fits crisis. tEas been weighed IN the "a
taocc ofsexperimenes and foned wanting
/ The whole nation feels, at this npmeni,
| what mistake, what 4 misfortaossit issso
I be left naked and defsnceless TO The worlds
i One Of the most furicus eulogis'set Mr.
/ Jefferson, and the cantlpg nasims, by whiea
| he has governed himself and enieebifd the.
| nation, cxclains il lhrse Impressive words,
Eve want aud must ultimately have an ct,
!. hs;ent armed force of some kind, and ii
The government will not provloc Que foru.,s
why not by voluntary contributions prepare
| ieoursclses? The latter clause Is most
severe. reflection The administration, but
1.-The former is s genuine federal entitnenr.
Let us all unite 10 that, let isbe nor oaf, a
Federal bur the universal American seat
ment the voice Of ,hepeople and The voice
/ Of govetnmen. and the national character
vii! yet retrieve lis digaMy nd rsspec' abb
lily. We shall not keep uSisisfefs Tor q
/ length of years at iorrisn courts merely
TO announce TO cur government negls & ard
evasion. Let the page OF folly, flom
/ which our rulers have preacheGaor sears,
I be turned over forever; aud len US aetfr IN
the conviction that among nauons, 70 " :
Err is more respected than REASON 5
Let US possess the one 10 enfofcethe oSksr /
This is.he read andthe olly sure road TO
permanent Independence
We hope, now the spirit Of our govern
nnent appears to be up, It will be remembered
we have not yet received any redress. for, that
nonstrous catalogue OF Injuries and Insults
detailed in the Presidents message, about
ten months ago, as having been neaped upon
us by Spain, until his s torbearance hid come
to a pause,
By the bye, the publication Of that mes.
sage to the world was, we must believe, a.
most unfortunate thing for this country -.
] Such tale of woe Such insult to govern.
mcnt Such cruelty to individuals, 6 left to
starve on desolate islands ~ Such vioi41ions
/ of territory, eyacions and rapine /! All this
| was published to the nations of Europe, arc
lsthsy have seen that we quietly sat down, an!
suffered ourselves to be thus abused with in3-
lpunity. We mast not expect TO escape IN
suit, if it be understood that we can do no
thing but whine; and if Eve do ny thing else
we ave a long arrear to settle Mr.. Jefier-
sons pacific policy has been his glory AMI The
boast Of his party. His plan Of gsttirg al0f,g
i without making any provisions for the de-.
fence OF opr rights, has been extolled as al
fording a most hattening contrast, With the
! Washington and Adams policy, of preparing
In peace for war, as far as the resources OF
the country would allow. And where afs &c
now We have or are preparing a host o.
i gun-boats, though the last Congress threw al
| possible ridicule ON this c!irncrical s. stem of
defence. Would our Lord High Admiral
trust himself with hundred Of his .gun-boats
+ three leagues from the ,oapes of Virginia in a
rencontre with two or three sail Of the line J?
And how are our harbors? We observe a
committee has been sent from Norfolk to ex-
anime one of their forts, ana see that guns be
PLACED init II New-york has at length OBJ
tanned q committee from government, to see
what can be done for that city We might
/ pursue the eaquiry but it is unnecessary to
u expose the nakeaness OF the land And what
1 is the state of the national treasury Let it
meet the appropriations made by Congress
ianathere will be little to spare The,dag Of
calamity now threatens us. Business may be-
! totally stopped, and the resources of payIRg
taxes fail us; but heavy taxes must be levied
/ Naval and military force may be Immediately
[ wanted Our new frigates are about rotten
/ Supporters of Jaffarsoaian policy. have We
not enough Of this picture Cast your eyes
around you. Ifyour senses are at last awake,
s the use,ot them Will make Yeus trernbIe.