Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-09
CAPTAIN WHITLEY.

III Tie tIme Of TIC AudlI "a CdPte ~ nlk0y
at New York. wc offered . view Of the
subject 10 a light somewhat different from
that in which il has generally been repre-
scented in the papers. AS the sentiments
then advanced in the Repertory were ia
yorably nolicedb BY federal editors, generally
we presume they were deened correct
We are confirmed in our first impressions
and cannot but feel a considerable degree
ct surprise, that his conduct isslike 70 pass
into oblivion, without any attention from
the governments Of the United States. We
ever considered the death of Pierce %
a secondary consideration. The audacisv
OILS foreign commanders exercising lille.
gal power within the jurisdiction of the "
States, if such was the case, oBght most
assuredly to have become a n~a.ioDal cone
cern. II was over apd over asserted that
that this was the case. We do not vouch
for the fact, but to this day The papers
friendly 10 the administrators take il for
granted, and on that ground continue to
rail against the asrocity of the transaction.
We would then seriously inquire why the
guardians Of the nslion's honor and rights
stand aloof 10 this business, and srfEcr all
this spbraidiag from their W supporters!
Whatever be the in,eDIono Of Duane and the
Jefersenian editors, it is most obviously
true, that if our national rights are suffer.
ed to be violated with impuni,y, the fault
is in our government. During The federal
administration, when American property,
mere property, was unlawfully taken atsea
by British cruizsrs, 3 hue and cry to which
there was no bounds, was raised ..
gainst the administration, because it did
not 0 to war, though the injuries were 10
a train Of redress, and have since been ac-
tually redressed. What Will these misc
rsbIe grsmblers now say for themselves,
when the national sovereignty is insal' ed,
and with the consequence OF a destruction
tor lite, and the bowers that be, pass by the
disgracefsl and alarming occurrence with
total negleet.
We would not be understood to wish
this country might be plunged into a war,
with any power ; democrats will certainly
not say We wish to see war between usa
Grea, Britain. But if the circumstances
Of captain Whiiby's firing upon the coaster
were, as they are constantly stated byour
ministerial as well as other papers, his
condncs aud the injury done US, ought most
undoubtedly long ere this, to have been
the srbjec. OF 40 Official remepstTauce.
What was the conssmpsible proclamation
of the president? Who cared fer II! What
salyo was il for the honor Of an insul'ed
nation? A mere ssbject of ridicule cat
home aud abroad" VIII British COM
mapders trouble themselves about MIR. Jef-
%ferson's~ vaporing 10 a Washington newspa.
per, and refusing capt. Whi,by cabbsge ADD
pota,oes? Capt. Whitby is acquitted, and if
Mr.. Jefferson has nothing more to say, he
acquits him TOO.
(Boston Rebert0ry)
IT may be made a question, whether a Pc
riod of pure simplicity and innocence ever ex-
listed? Seneca expaciates in praise OF those
times, (epistle coy and the poets have been
lavish in their description of the golden age
but the history of mankind has nc proofs OF
the fact. An ingenious writer says, " The
first man who was born into the world killed
the second-when did the times of simplicity
begin Z"
WOMEN may be compared to fruit: those
that fall to the ground, OF their own accord,
are generally tainted and good for nothing /:
but those that will not fall without a good deal
Of shaking, are sound and worth having.
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