Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-03
8 a;IfyailDrta Dajlp aobtrttssr



,,,.r.sasl, 70 the inyitrtisn Of the mayor ct ne
.s,,,,, 81 7aur,day % lssly so7 - 7'te meet
- ad;ourned to she Theatre, svhe's JONAH
pro J, psos., ESQ. ssas chdses chairman arg gig
fsroaaas DrsEALE, secretarys e y9as fAe's
uusx ,roUs s. Is RE LIED dsJ 5siosps -
THERE. having been too much reason to
sonc,,,ae that the various and repeated lnstan-
80 &c a.rvrression and insult, which our nag
has s,,ssa;ned from British crulzcrs, Proceeoca
=. fyo,o the rasscorous hostility OF the bil-
in s,rernment, or from systematic and ig-
,or,;n;ars. but deceiiful calculation upon our
, tan,sness il being forced, BY compulsion OF
,nsra~e. into humiIiating sacrifices to their GU
snidity or their pride; i has been VITA pa
tience not ,lnmixed with a Just lndignation !;
from . love Of peace whose sincerity has been
sufficiently demonstrated by the trials Il mas
withstood. that We have seen every prctenslon
Of .t,at government whether advanced Under
anv color Of. RIGHT, or arbitrarily assumed as
an sinnoyatioD not subjected BY them to ANIL
cable negotiation, but at once ana Wilhouls
warning, blantly exasted by open lotee vline
on our part, not the demand OF mere t !.
butredrcss for grievous and Irritating ihluIies'
satisfaction for lawless outrage & violence, nave
been submitted to the inevitable delays OF Pael-
fic remonsf rance, and every dehnltive result e.
valed blythe pufposed REPRESENTATIONS OF alpio,
matte discussion. A love of pcsse, cherished
rs 4 clear. principle of deliberatel and reason
ed conviction, as sentiment OF eniigntched
humanity, should never have been nllstaken,
by the most inveterate promoters OF war and
violence, fer the pusillanimous suggestion Of
b sorlid Interest or tinliti5y it was well hoped
that all ,ha world would have seen sufficient
cause to allow both the spirit s shc capacity tor
!. manly assertion ofthcir rights and an heroic
defence of their country, to people whose
devotion and whose proves IN the puohc
cause had been hailed as an llluSrlous anu
aninlating eaamplesto the nations oithe earsh. :
Little indeed ought it to have been supposed
!, that, of al others. the British government
should calculate upon the ultimate success OF
! system Of terror and coercion.
Preceding occurrences in the intercourse
between the two nations having for same time
turned our thoughts to the possible necessity OF
sach resistance on our part as might relusne
the flame of war, it lis with no hasty disregard
or infatuated Blindness to the changes attendant
upon such an event, that we enter upon our
+ present deliberations. We have been well a.
ware that tie British nation would find them
selves most obnoxious to injury frcm whatever
weapons of offence it might be In our power
to w;cld against a foreign foe: that wrongs, of
I such outrage as almost to bring in que stion the
integrity Of our existence as an independent
nation, haze been conloErded in the perplexed
aud entansed mazes Of negotiation, till the
nearly assuaged sense of inNry has been wax
cdto anew and aggravated feeling of resent
/ ment BY some more CALLING violence: that e.
ven If the obliyious hand OF time couldsaace
from our own recollection the extent and the
atrocity Of these injuries, still It was to be ape
pretended that each disgraceful instance would
be sedu!ously reposited in their memory BY
the enemies to our peace and independence,
and become precedent to sanction future re-
| petitions; until the competitors In the strife
of war and Lloodshed shall become emulous
of the privilegesof trampiing upon so tame a
subject, We have perceived that # compell-
ed to become party in the strife OF warning
nations, it would instantly become the clear
interest as we'll as duty of every inferior aar1-
Il time power most scrrpulously prospect every
exemption from beligevent xeSation, aggres-
sion or insult, which we naight atchieye against
Ensland IN the event OF SUeh contest. j Ct
have we forborne every act OF hostility sug-
y gested either by policy or resentment: not
4 only have We suffered, without retaliatipg,
the spoliations of predatory cruisers, but e.
ven the unh:,Iewca violation of that sacred
tie which binds the free citizen to his republic,
& the prompt and cslicacious yindieation of his
personal liberty. Iinmured in the loathsoIne
fwisons Of the ocean, our citizens, in sight of
heir native shore, have invoked rescue and
Protection in vain those shores have only
#seryed to reecho their groans, and to rsye.be-
a rate with the igroninious lash inflicted by the
y hand of foreign tyranny. To suffer beyond
this with0ilt resentment. would he Sea hness