Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-26
From the AS z. Evening Pest.

Skrnw6 SHssV sVfteefs ssVN y ~ 49, ~ - ~ ~
cao,a;o Loye'sle,ssr which ve publish.
lishsd on Saturday, is republishsd il The
.Cisizcn Of this morning accompanied with.
the following remarks by the editor Of the
Clinton paper. r hey will surprize most
readers We readthe with smile. Blk.
months hence they will occasion surprise no
where.
Remarks, By cneet6an.
9I know OF aud care b0tlittle how the
rema,ks which, ana nowabolt osmake will
be received. During my seven years cd.
torship I have expressed my opinions OF
passing events independently, lcaying the
reader 10 Judge of them as he maythink
fit. sS
RI the letter Of captain Love does not
,aise the indignation Of every man that
reads i, 10 The highes. pitch. our prospect
81 rem aiming long 40 Independents nation IS
rot very HaAering. have no recollection
Of ever having read any lhing 60 insoiens
and insulting,
But what better can we expect IN atoms
are like individuals !: This is an old doc,
,rins and new doctrines a, this old times,
however they may Aatter the multitude,
VIII NOT pass wilh.,he rejecting. II indi.
yidual A will suffer individual B 20 kick &
mai-trea. him wi,hout due resisianceh he can
s hardly imagine any Emit 10 suffering.
Cool calculations of pecuniary benefits,
or o,herconsidera,ions equally mean, have
induced us to bear not little kicking with
sJob.like ps,ience. The Spanish JackaA
has ccnle mp,uously aspit upon our gabsr.s
due" arc We have very admirably and al.
most vi,heu: murmur wiped il off The
British Lion, more daring, has preyed up
onus in our very houses. without meeting
wigh,he resistance which self-pveservasion
requires Insuls, borne patiently and With.
out resistance. invites insult. We know
il theoretically, and we witness II in prac.
tice.
One Of the ends of political society is
5 10 defend itself, by means Of lis union,
from all insults OF violence from without.
IF me society is cot in a condition to re-
pulse an aggressor, il IS veryimperEect; It
wants lis principal support, and cannotiong
subsist. The nation ought to pat itself 10
such q state as TO be able to repel and hum.
bic an uoiust enemy. This is an import
ant 5u'y, which The care Of It's perfection,
add even preservation itself, imposes both
onthe state aud its conductor.'*
Are we in a.condition to repulse an enemy
from rpithont 2 Certainly not, generally
speaking. and particularly in this quarter.
We are not placed IN a condition By govern.
ment to enable US to de- end 0nrselDes This
Important. fact, which s.ares us full in The
face ant brings insulls upon Us, should In
duce US TO prevail with governments TO do.
us itlstice. ] make no inviduous compari
sous. All our administrations have been
alike ineficiens and indifferent In that parti-
cular; il is fault common to all parties
ard if as i suspect it is principally owing
10 the great influence of Virginia in con,
gress, ]. may be allowed 70 say that that In
Ruence should be diminished"
Remarks, By Coleman
That we entirely approve Of the above
sentiments, need hardly be observed TO any
enc who has been in the habit of reading
ibis paper for FIVE years. We would be the
last TO sew political ealousies, but thatVir.
ginia, thar proud and haughsy state, that e.
rery to commerce, has always had too
much ipHuence in our public councils, is a
ruth which muss first or lsstbe acknowledge
&C by'eyery man living East of the Poto-
mac. That she claims as of RICH. the pre-.
sidency for one of her cisizeOs, has for.
merly been openly avowed, and that che
means TO persist in this arrogant presen.
sion is apparent from the style Of her pub
lie prints. The federalists have long been
engaged in an ardaols and patriotic. but
unavailine struggle 10 resist this domineer-
ing spirit; We shall probably at .henext
election see the Clinton party engaged in a