Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-08
mo. 1866.

OF rejection With the strains or pleasure
that we should not forever boast in vain me-
morialssof the Past --but rather seriously ex-
anime the ftreseny with scrupuious Justice
that we may be the better prepared and guide
in our calculations of the .tatare.
AT this point in the plan thus presented to
myself, such as it was already completed and
arranged FOR delivery, instead of re,iyi,,g the
"details of an invcterate grudge. or.being atall
disposed to crafty it, antipethies, had pre-
ferred and had actually prepared to open with
this protest That after having solemaly de-
clared we should henceforth hold all the world
alike" enemies in war--in peace friends, -
and having yictorieusy ..allitained stand.
and redressed every evil the practice would
now seem neither generous, nor. polite, nor
consistent OF annually exhibiting anew all
those scenes of civil strife, which have vanish.
ed with tire lapse OF thirty years, and recount
ing over; s. the same dull nauseons taIe,'' only
varied perhaps blythe different embellishments,
appendages and aggrayations of fiction It was
also added, and SO meant to be pronounced,
that, if the object be merely to exercise ex
pertness in the illusions Of stage effect. we
should turn to some other sport less wantcn
and mischievous than that, of riyetling mean
and pernicious prejnaiees-. sharpening a ma
ieyelent sense of wrsngs never expected 10
occur again--and stirring up the fcuds Of old
resentment, which mutual interest should bus
ny IN oblivion. Such was the tone of copoilis4
ton, which it was wished to diftuse. and in
which It was intended to pro- eea. Z So snelden
" and sadly IS the wish mayled :.rai inferrunt-
! ed, that it could not nowbe ever. ,,er,tio,,sa
with proFriety, except to account t~any an.
parent want of meth8 occasioi,ed by this Ie.
verse, and TO lnstslce how precar:ous and IN
stable are our fond ideas, whes the style, in
winch hey might have been not unworthily
| Soucled buta few days ago, is contrasted with
Vt which it is now rendered expedient and
indispensable to adopt. The 6 deed of dread
full npte," which has Just been perpetrated un-
der the authority of the British flag, like al,
sleetrick paHg, has astoundcd every amicabIe
icehhg atd,t yet thought-sick and horror
struck asswe are at this fash Of stranoe and
enormous tyranny, it leaves us for a while. ;f
not without the power of ltteranru {, ~ l.as4
without the faculty of description. Were il
even possible to brook the insulting pretension
under which this act was committed, there ap-
pears in the manner of It's commission base
and savage ohduracy which nothing can excuse
or palliate, which must for ever stigmatize
these by whom it was done, or by whom it
shall be countenanced, and which in the Ame-
rican bosom must produce one universal groan
OF adherence, grief and indignation. Itmay
Z be now too late to ask, wherefore has this
thing been done, or how have the doors of it
been cmboldened to this shameless and detest-
able outrage, without some fear OF .fsrfeiting
a most exemplary atenement! Or is it come
to this--and are We really then left in SO igno-
1ninious a plight, SO degraded, aismantled,
disabled and delenceless, that not n,l,, 10
trade of our citizens MAJ Jc despoilcd and
frustrated at the lawless pleasure of every
marauder-but that, within sight of our own
coasts, our very seamen, in our own ships.
acting under the special orders of our own
government, may be assailed and brutally
murdered with ilnpunity! and when every
heart beats high, and every voice calls aloud
fer redress, the slow unKoying FINGER Of
scorn," shall dare to point to us, from the
other side of the Atlantic, as a people, whose
magazines of war are filed with words whose
weapons, and fortresses, and great palladium
Of strength by sea and by land, is but an eva
nescent gust of proclanlations, and pamphlets,
and harrangues, and resolves! If we would
answer this derision, andrepel the contumely,
let it be done with one accord by hearty and
efficient exertioRs to retrieve all past mistakes
and mishaps bet every littleness HE bask to
its covert, and popular infatuation be radically
and thoroughly recti6ed- land let us model and
Tx our own destiny on a bread, an fmmutabIe,
and elevated scale. not eyerrnore bent on fbe,
whimsical toys Of experiment, nor confined
to the yeering bubbles of contingency The
deep and deplorable injury which has thus
recently been inflicted, and hurled too whence
it was unlocked for and unprevoked, furnishes
common place text, from which there are
comments more pungent than palatable. which