Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-07-09
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taas uas.er wniaa We have lived and prospsred
st,,.r tue gtss st,f liic re yoldttoa has nav De-
come f..shionaoie with the chief men IN
power: aid with all their influence and au-
tnorleg. mas ilsiiioasiy been attempted to DC
brougg1. iaso sc lvral APPRECIATION. The Az
,npr o;t,iis sxperime ltal system, the phloso-,
pGler OF islonsiceiio, imbi,csi, It IS supaossi'
tie ruli.a-ats Of his plan in France, wnlss he
assoSiatesi with Cosld,rcet and other OF the IL
terau OF that day, whose gollen dreams OF
periecta Siii.y were realized inthebloody fruits
Of tEat revoiui oa, which has 50 Wondrolisly
ea.ied in lie tyraany OF 3nlap nte, and tae
sus;iigation to his power of great part o. Esl-
ROPE. In such school, and at such time,
have the FIRE spun notions of the speculative
clan / am about to Sieyeiope, been engender-
ed by our American philosopher, and unhaP-
p;ly for his reputation and for his country, ne
has found the pro- as alton Of them, to aeon
siderable extent, to be task OF no great aii-
: feulty.
The theory they would establish goes to the
: destruction Of commerce and navigation, as Its
pri,nary objects, and to make the nt,lon pure
IL ao,icultural and manufacturing, seems to
con,nrise the great outlines OF their practical
eco,anv. Wat alterations may be projected
in the political system, have not been SO
psainiy discovered; bat SO great = change in
the practical state OF things, VIII obviously
produce what they may conceive necessity
for material changes In the constitution. IN
making this . nation OF agricdltur.sts and ma
nufacturers, their great nooel is tac empire
Of China, viii II has little or no trade but With
foreigners who go thitaer Tor that purpose,
and Of course but little or no navigation The
bulk ofthe people inhabi.ing that vast empire
are strangers to the arts of commerce, Whlca
constitute the prosperity and the safety OF
most Civilized ssates--!iyinA undcra despotic
%. ernn,ent existing for ages, they have no
rule of conduct but an irnplicit obedience to
laws w Inch they know not ,at 10 OBEY. in--
dustrious they are from necessity, but q spi.
rit of enterprise and of emulation IN improv-
inc shsir condition neither exists among them
nor comports With the genius Of their govern
ment: that beng alike hostile to such a spi-
rit, ard GO that system OF loefty and cluaity
which are the basis OF the government, and
the birsh-right of the Anerlcan people -
Sucn it is eoaceiysSl, IS the asSsSn OF our
philosophical innovators upon, ana sucn .ieir
model for the imitation CT the tree people OF
these United States-their specloas, aVowed
motives for so important and SO unprscedcnt-
ed a change, are, thatwe shall thereby be re-
ieyed from all necessity or temptation to war,
and afford no pretence to foreign powers to
make It upon us---tllat we snail or course De
saved the expsnccs of malatainlng navy, AID
finally 10 make us, In the language OF Mr..
Jefferson, chosen people, IT ever there was
one. cultivators OF the earth In peace and qui-
ct, having none to make US afraid.
This happy state of things, the produce OF
fanciful Inauguration, unattempered by sober
reason and relec,ioa, may look extremely
feasible in theory, but unfortunately, like
many other brilliant notions Of yaie philoso-
pny, the plan is utterly impracticable. It Is
not calculated to suit the temper and disposl-
ton, the habits, and customs, OF free, en-
tsrprizing and high minded people. compos-
Ing the mass of population in the American
republic. The idea our abandoning com
nlercial pursuits, of retiring from the ocean,
is perfectly incompatible with the spirit and
genius of the government as we'll as OF the
people There is nothing in either to Justify
the application OF such novel painciple.-
Wnere is the authority to be found by which
the occupation of the merchant may be des-
troyed, any more than that of the planter?--
Are not both equally and alike entitled to the
protection and the countenance of goyern-
ment! This sacred principle is ensrafted
in the great family compact which binds these
states together, and toquestion It's validity ar
CUES an excessive ignorance, or such great
political turpitulc, that nothing can excuse.
The riches and Consequence of some of the
states, are derived chiefly from commerce
and nayigation--depriye them of these, and
they sink intn comparative insignihcancc.--
They lose their just rank and weight in the
nation; while the agricultural states, not be-
ing afSecteiby the stroke in the same degree,
acquire an asccadency In the public couacils