Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-14

49, ROW In The HalflC Vi GA eiasssto 80 Aoe.Ss
important are the governnae mt ma testing tne
wisdom and fidelity for which they are SO loua
II apnIauded Ii We are s already at war S.
/ If war is 3 actually commenced, as is assert
ed in the same breath, is It wise, is IL faithful
to the American people to sit tamely still and
suffer the war to be carried on againsf US, while
no preparation is made to carry 1t on by US ]!
| Not a step is taken to raise trcepssor provide
military stores; not an orSer IS issued ior
manning even gunbeat. congress, III whom
the constitution has placed, exclusively, the
power &C making way and OF pfeYlthng the
means for carrying it on, are not convened.
Why this apathy? We arc ,sotT united pco-1
pie. Citizens of all deseriptl TONS, and all par
ties, have declared their: reat.aesf TO devote
their fortunes and their lives 70 ashe defence
of their country, and to the eaecttIon Of such
vigorous measures as the government may
think proper to adopt, Individuals are even.
volunteering without authority IN preparations
for defence. The citizens Of Norfolk, with
spirit becoming Americans, have manned
the Gun boats which were lying in their wa.
tiers, and are ready to resist any further hos
tile attacks that may be made upon them. Why
is nothing done for the defence OF other ports
five are to avoid destructive war it must
be By INSTANT PREpARATIoN--'aot a moment
as 10 Be lost; and We beg that this declaration
may be noted and remembered. Let Con-
gress be Convened without delay let appro-
priations be made for procuring and bringing
into operation the means Of defence. 1t no.
thing better can be done at this late hour, af-
ter war, as we are told, has been actually
commenced, let the merchant ships IN the
port of New York be purchased and convert.
ell into floating batteries let an efficient gar
,rison be placed in the fort on which Phiiadel-
phia is to depend Tor her safety In short, let
the world see that though We love peace, and
would preserved it ct any reasonable expense,
we are not prepared to sacrifice our sovereign
ty or our national honor. sBet letit be recoi-
lected that impressions Of this kind are not to
be made upon a hostile nation by the resolu-
tons OF toWn-lneetings alone. They must
be seconded and rendered efficient by the acts
of governments. he conclusion of the whole
matter, therefore, is, that whether pre1ni-
ditated war has already beer commenced, as
asserted by the Aurora; or whether we are
1nerelgsih Imminent danger of one for which
We are utterly unprepared, it win be little
better than treason In the government to de-
lay SINGLE dayora single hour in bringing
the resources of the country to bear upon the
object. five were a divided people, If we
had ;epowerful faction in the nation disposed
to embarrass the operations s'of government
and to encourage a foreign foe, there would
BIZ some apology for the inactivity of the ex-
ecutive. So far from this being the case, the
very party who have uniformly been opposed
tothe temporizing policy Of the present adj
nlinistration, have now come forward and
publicly pledged their lives and fortunes for
tie execution of any measures of REAL Be
FRsc s which the government may adopt.
From the Lancaster 1oxynaI
I clasp'l the phantoms, and found them
air;
G O.! had weigh'd them ere my fond en-
brace
g What darts of agony had miss'd nay
heart =
You've.
AM hurt, said I, a: the otlium cas-, on
nisan.hropy. In speaking. OF nissan
,hrope, nothing is more common than TO
say, such a one is a cold hearted misan.
thfope-aud,he saying would be correct,
s ifappiyed, 10 ooe who vas misan.hrope
by natures but doab. if such a being ex.
isis, and as, inclined 10 think tia, misau-
shropy is acquired. and ninety nine times
out Of an hundred the resll, of wounded
sensibilisy. Is is natural 70 every man 10
Judge the hearts of Others by his owa--
and hence. The cold selfish and unfesliag
man expects not tahsd mothers the virtues
ofwhich ~ feels n,m self in apab.e he re-