Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-22

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br worked It his wav 'ha, gun boats
could greatly injure ships Of war; and if
not destroy the M, csuld injare them SO
! muth as to render them unmsnageab'e.
fSpeech to be continued
~GasssAe
PROM TIE AMERICAN CITIZEN.
OUR NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
It's betterto be muchabus,d,
xhan bu. to know't a little.
sHAKsPFAKE.
Opposed to nv ease, feel'ags ard com
fort haze undertaken a task which, al
though extrs mely agreeable to uine-sen,hs
O. our citizens. regfee is Unacceptable 70
the remaining few for at a period Ike.
this. whsn gu independence is ,breatened
wtieo The h,rd hard Of foreign .yran,i is
upon Us, secrecy dtecnag our national at
fairs, it Is ,nhpiels to be regretted, lha,
+ whether from deep rooted prejudice, pre-.
determined j~ncrednl'ty, or ANY other cause,
q ~dissentian5 should DC found amongst US.
How e@asiIg sight | glide along upon the
surface OF Il qaset ard mor6io currens toto
The oce.o OF rational dtgradaion and sla..
vey!
But, Informed a. / am, and experienc.
, ing those feelings which tha, information
necessarily eAcites. / must and will do my
duty, and le, the consequences follow
iheiew whose displeasuse | may COW 10,
cur will, an sure, ers long thank me
IN their hearts for my ptesentexeruoos 20
avert a terrible calamity. 10 the mean
time 1 will Go stoop 60 notice ,ie empty
clamors of sinisoe men. BE assured that
when our national afaifs are settled, | shall
be found among, the foremost 10 The hela
IcfPoliical confess against the feaeralbarty.
But his is no time tor party. ihe NATION
should "rou.e Itself like a lioo and shake
the enemy irom IL" !.
The Immortal poe,from vhao I have
quoted, no where exhibits a more accurate
acquaintance wi'h,homan nature, with he
very essence ot lhe mind wish all IFS .di.
vers,hed operations han where heeays-
'tis better TO be- much a6usfd, aud DOT 10
know 1t, than 20 be much sbus'd, and
/ knoW't bu: little, for IN he To- mer case q.
buse can give uSn pain, while IN &he las,
ter the very anticipation af evil, beyond
what we do know, is Sse:s soiesabie han
the evil itself
He that's robb'd, not wanting what IS sto-
len,
Letshim not knew Is and ne not co5b'dat
Il all. -
s gen;ieuau OF education, grea, resnec-
liability aci ~talsuss, wsso represents one OF
the MOS republican c%2ua;ies in this sta,e.
who nas bsen a saiform. jealous & ac.ise
rtpabl,cap, ssid who IN theeapacisy CT 40
ELfcToR. sseotsd for Nr Iefrfsoa, says
IL a ic &c, OF shs 81 ins,.
" 1, appears To be. the order Of gne dav
" TO keep every thing 10 mystery oa,,i we
i" are plau ges4 into 90 anstcessafy avd dis-
"gracetul uvar. to meg, the views and 10.
+" ieresl oi---
NV opinion IS, a,d ltcwoolG be that of
apy INTEL gent gentleman on reading ,he
letter hat ,he btonk should bs hiied0p with
the word Buoambarse.
For 10 another partoft the same e,ssY he,
says,
III hope IN Ged that N. Yc,k never will
$" sobnlt TO impsriatdecYees'
.Loes the reader csil for proof bat we are
ct .his meusu under The Secret conrrol-
ard direction of ,~poleon? What proof
does he want? What proof Gao he ex.
Pect,
Let him recolEect tha, the doors Of con.
.Tgress were closed.
Thar "ewo miserable ezfracts' only Of
gen Arms'topg's correspondence we've laid
2 before congress, and ,ha, even with respect
20 those miserable extracts"(A
and Champsguy's le,tersI The lips of4Gon-
g'ess are clossa with the seat of legislative
&-konoHr.