Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-25
r.os THE NoRrH AMERICAN,
.,,h Revolutionary Influence.

j ,s;ye country,
W. ,be same temptations TO beceme
~. a. their neighbsrs, Who were
~ 10 on every eide By the ocean.
n" ..otu-v. the en'espri2s OF England
az making rapid inroads on 'hs com.
= Franee ADD for some time past
I s,.uch merchan's have been conassd
W owe markets.
s.r.sity therefore becsme a virtue,
!, french writer's, no way inferior 70
mails 10 address OF Industry. ~ order
..,oncile their coun,rymen 20 such
\ ..of ,Alpgs, and reiieve them from the
s .,,bes OF others, but in which he
- and sensible, by tar the greatest
4 4 heir oatioo, never participated,
I .,.iducnsly inculca:ed the advantages
- .cueulture holds over commerce.
IS usual, The dilemm produced apo
I T,,r.me, from which that constellation
4 .mncries, the ecouomss ADD encyclo
H., were DOT exempt; they GOT only
i led that nations were impoverished
r,de, bur II a, the profession degraded
q roiessor, ADD that mea had lost just
8 mach of their happiness as they had
!. nssd 10 their iossrcsurse with each
o.
he ba,barism which such theories
decd, originated ell the horrsrs of the
oh revelation, aud tina, military dis
IN which now amicis the void. Tae
S.bsodmse Of Frauce, as weil as these
her subjected s!lies, yield all 70 arms
de amy, < as for the devoted Freoch
d kchsots, who, partial TO reformation,
y hoped TO see their ships weather
uorn in dock, it they survive, they
Sarctly 6nd resolution enough to d.
.h.ir ch.Idrea where their stately and
prlshable stores ADD changes staud,
ynuOuuded with rubbish, anu hsuoied
pulss.
dresdlul warning this, to theoretical
tan.s of every country!
rem the little temptation TO leave
IIBGv so healihfal aud frul,iel as France,
ha, vaot of en:erprize and nautical
which, joined with other causes, loss
French the few colonies ihey had
kd, aross another attempt as making
e Of oscessity, equally prepesseeons.
Coas,eiia,ioa disc svered thai, though
}Tases were So happy IN he Haet OF
,aIlon, those of America were T;etch
IOrmsd aud endowed by nature; that
vry air and water Of their country
destructive of every species OF be-
aod that COLONIES here were not
he keeping-demons:rariors which,
he separation of the u. States from
aud, were held TO be as firmly essab.
do he miod Of lord SaeGeld, as a.
Toe problems Of SIR Isaac Newton.
dsusions Of lord Sheffield have been
|! disayowsd by the British board OF
Failure.
s'lns this philosophy, indesd, that CT
'nta, al ;he head Of which was ,he
III Presidents, who was bound =, least
hid himself, boldly and justly pro,
bus most OF oyr late public mea-
have every appearance ei proceeding
hrm conviction that commerce Is
''ous thing! that thsy are best ct
f ave least TO lose !; that we airs best
Ved whea we stay a. home.
distance some Of those measures, |
oeeln With the Finances.
ne eoTmercement Of The federal ad
aanoe, in 1890, duties were esea-
O0n;he importation OF goods, which
'sd 10 troa 20 10 per cent. aud
- or millions of dollars. Other
Avsre l2i1 10 sssis. the revenue, acd
edeg people could not complain -
Yards the duties were gradually IN.
TO from IS to IS per cens. yield
MHo1+ millions; aud since The de.
H'@1a;nis.ratioD, ell other duties or
y Whatever, have been abolished. and
@le ourihea of national debt anc ex
LAID immediately upon that dc,
Ass OF people, the merchants and