Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-15

of destruction to detO rEl the face OF nature
and introduce anew seta things The y.
States requires all wisdom, ali her dignity,
and all her strength, to stand arm amid the
shock of .waring nations, and brave all the dis
asters Of the tines, t5
Dreadful will the hme be when war Is ex-
! tended Il n the centre to the circle of the
globe--when human batchery and slaughter
appear to be the only work, the only business
of man--Wflen amid al the ruins of European
nations, andthe decline and fall of states here
tolorc solid, tic United States are compelled
to pursue a p.a.l w..licfmay tend TO It's safety
and intesests,s it surely will need the stern and
intlcx;bie voice OF pstriotisnl, the GOODNESS OF
reason, a great and noble confidence in union.
'oliiics heretofore lyaii on, party ground, and
! gaidedas MACH by paeijsliice as ~ National
. feeling, l1isist now be supported only by the
irn, tsle durable, the usbeiiaiDg chord OF u
Mon. Union IS al We must rely Oil. The
arm q government, however strong, It It
wants union, caaaa; possibly resist all the
shocks, tie shrocs, and commissions of con-
tending empires. In Republics c!ashing IN
terests divide, pub.ic sentiment disagrees, and
TOO great portion Of jealousy and faction IS
mixed Wish their asclties, Let the United
States i:'ovc e. e6csptiea 70 THIS FAULT OF re-,
publics, lefsus viii j vice OF intiexlble una
ninlity, andthe ardGt Of mistaken courage,
publish to Mankind taar the great palladium
0s cur liberties is erected IN OR hearts, tkat
whea the general good and welfare require
It, we are an extended,sn int;visGie circle OF
uilloa < confidence. l>mired by tie nations OF
Europe, for the elegance, the perfection, and
feiic;ty Of CUR government, which stands at
once a I.lodel OF political improvement and
re fiae mcnt; let us again sncW them an IN
stance hardly escr known, that our republican
institution IS free from envy, jealousy, dis
cord, and iaction. The United States is "a
bout 10 be involved in the dreadful Ciisis OF
things, to take a part III this grand efana OF
universal warfare md misery ; therefore let
lbs make it a sacred, iayiolaDle, and unaltera-
BILE rule taat cur liberties, tcnets, and Mde-
pendence arc founded ON the mighty rock OF
union. By union, we gained our lndepend-
encc, by disullion We will lose it. Consider
ing union as the rock Of our political salvati-
on, and the only hope &C preserving our liber-
ties, II is incunlsent OH every American Who
has the interests Of his country at heart, TO
fortify and guard it by ali his wlsaoIA, 81 his
vigilance all his energy Had ii rot have
been for this noble sistus we would have been
now kneeiiag attae throne OF dcspsic pow-
-. we. ,,eya- World haYe nnfastened ire
Z, 1,.,.AAlu4.s
from the gazing yose ct tyranny and slavery
a strong incatcstiol CT this excelieEl quati-
", md firrniy riyetina it Oh the hearts ofiouf
co1a.rynaen, freedoms win never wing he
night from oui shores. and we will never aid
to the nnnaeroas exaiap les OF republics tSllins
sar want O, THIS virtue. T seems now t!lat adj
hearts are United, and aith Sagh Il IS establish
ed certain aad ineyitabls pnnci:le, that IN
free county, the mind and the tongue saouid
be free, vet now in ords TO preserve UNI
on our 'op,nions are SO ca lhed, 81: senti-
ments are 50 conveyed, Rs y lot ocacite the
least symptom of ieaious%, orr The mos distant
h;nt Of party spirit; op;liol.4 ought to be 50
discussed that il Ii argument y touch to-
pc which may opefsss I: 5sinst s ne justice CT
conduct al our government, We S. lould candle
ii with proper sssgree q cesaecst III finidity,
;i..d rese rived Cav on, MIA a dilirss nee which
esnnet ;aE into e,lHstlon the actions of our GO
Yeigl, mt, ana Wits tone ofthe live lest sense
os feryld pasriot:sm. As i is Ii:sl babIe we
shah take 4 palg in the dreadful ca'nrest Of
thin IS Whit. now agitaie the civil ,zed gobe,
NC must sum up all Our bravery. we must
W lite all our strength in erder to stars1 firm
u nd. unmoved at that dreadful crisis Of things
which is about to deaage the SortSiWif'i blood.
On the ocean, commerce no ohset speeds
lscfs way, and the harvest CT wealth formerly
rcapcd from the seas, .must he converted INTO
tSSat OF carnage, slaughter and disgrace
France and England establishing principles
directly woualnng us' in eur national honor
and neutrality, equally, affect cur Interests
and safety, and equally doscfvespur just
our honorable retaliation Both government.
have issued their 5ecress, marked with the