Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-11
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k1eS sHcTc uC2Fot13 1riuTll E1Aeti IL tHS naAaaS
rof CIVILIZATION The European nations labor
s lag padsr the yoke Of ancient fecdalisy, re-
ssiscd tie conqueriRg armies with open arms,
or msintained al feeble and way sflieg op posi-
Won, but Franee herself, unable 30 obtain en-
are possession of her civil and political rights
Son,d nor CT .ccurses bsstow those tights up
OF. others, and the whole continent fcmalns
Antscr military sdcspotisin, though q thou
said degrees removed from that eharbarism
in;o which they had AL nearly plunged by the
8 ABUSE Of liberty. is bot one from Its former
bondage, by Tie superior skill and Judgment.
e.es "a ruler born IN indulgence and taught BY
opposition.
One people only, among the European na-
lions, they who received the frst efforts OF
lie revolution withSBe most counplaisant eye,
because they enjoyed a government alreacy
!. posniar, aim they alone, who, sensible OF the
advantage of this government, and the GER
steps Of theis neighRors, are willing to make
sacrifice of their blood and treasure, with.
stand the torrent.
We, the remote and peaceful inhabitants
OF this newly discovered continent, are the
only civilized people who have yet had no
share III the contest.
=
ing success for justice has long lost sight OF
that caNse WHICH was just, and laid the ioun-s
rSa.:cn CT his success in the people, and pros
yokec 1T that security which the sea affords,
lie cn.y remaining check to his arms, att
Temps ID govern even the element by his de-
cree.
The power which unitcs all the nayies Of
the world, and might listen with Indifference
Ito such mandates, forgetting too, the rights of
Others, lancing her retarding ordinance, and
! each has the perfdiousness to declare, RIGA
s stGK haps No trade or interccxrse .ssfb fhe g..
sher.
unprspared as We are, either OF these pow
! ers are fully competent 20 enforce their nn-.s
Just laws upon Us, and we have voluntarily
h;ockaded ourselves in our own ports, rs If
disposed tacitly to submit TO sllwithout al APP
pearance Ct force.
Tie novelty of those DEGREES and orclnan-
scs, mere than the bol9Ress Of them, seem to
Save plunged us into q pertec. stupor, a. state
of toTpid;fy the boidest statesman oflhe pre-
cent day, contents himself with asking his
neighbour whsn and how It will end whilst
1he greater number beg his Tst:cncc,s until
one or the other Of the eontending parties is
] yanquishcd, and then, why then according TO
these politicians, .4aerica may baze heafe az
che kangs Of The conqneror.s
Are we really TO prepare ourselves for such
an event. is this the meaning. and import OF
our resignation.
Good people cannot be serious In bestow-
4ng praises on those who have invented a re-
tirseg policy to the American nation, which
ever heretofore cdraDced. The same claim OF
gratitude might. be made by that man who
dug pit at his neighbors door or suffered O.
thers to co it and then very otfcisusly locked
: him in to prevent accidents.
It's not possible that our politicians speak
the language Of the American people. 1T IS
not possible that civilized nation,which has
tasted the sweets of independence can long
submit te be deprived of the advantages of
trade and intercourse with. the rest CT the
world, by the forces, much less by the frowns
sof any one quarter of the globe.
IF France and England were unitedin sem
4 lmelt IS completely as they arc II actions
or male their present warfare against Is joint
$ ~, am stranger to the character and ablIl-
dies of my country and co.ntrymen it they
Noald not defend themselves efectually a.
gains. the hostile armies, and make way thro'
the b,ockading fleets, or masnanimolsly die
10 the attempt.
Every blessing must be earned according
10 the DEGREES of Heaven, and in this We must
lay down life to End it according to the Ian
s guags eff the sacred text, and when driven tcs
the brink of the pit, it is more Eobleso jump
into it, than to be forced there BY the enemy,
says the immotal Shakespear.
1t is time, therefore, to shake off the ha-
bits. Of eSse and luxury, and remembering.
what our fathers did for Us, show by initiating
them, that We possess nothing but what We
deserve. g
That rank among the nations which was pb-.
taized for us By the blood of so many natriots.