Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-07
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA GAZETTE.
MESSAGE.

To yeEeoe our rcaders, inthe present Mnguia
state Of foreign nezus and the bafyeancss Ct
domestic Incidents, We take tie liberty q
carrying them jssrzyard to the Cd Ufes ~
Mrsmber, 1908. M tbs Period the c0'
iect;pe 7visdoHl OF the GErffea States zriH
haze been assembled al tie city yIta sA-
iaeton and as Tie deliberations Ct hHs
enhehtened assemh!ass mist dsr1Os TIER
tont and ac,oaen fran, the communication
of the executiye, nc 7oi0 suppose the jo!-
igzoine TO be deloeysd TO boh hoaaes q
Congress By tie secretary III. Goes:
II hgssAGE.1
ON the eve, feIlow-cifizcns, OF ternli-
mating nv official dusies in the adniinistra-
ton Of our Beloved country, it IS with heart
felt satisfaction | congratulate you On the
present prosperous and nappv condition ot
the notwithstanding, with a lavish hand,
has heaped upon US numerous natural, ply
sical, and political beneflts-ae has blessed
our harvests with abundance. Our extend
cd cities have been favored with continued
health and our citizens exempted from
the aaiictions Of the old world, are happy IN
the exercise of all the inestlinatle privileges
ofeivil and religious liberty. Pursuing IN
their csln way their y Interests, the 60
vcrnaaent may look, with untallns conn
dence, 10 the Intelligent mass o. the people
for full and unqualified support TO All their
measures of wisdom and Justice.
Notwithstanding theextraordinary claims
upon the treasury, growing out OF the ne
cessitv we experience o~fproviding for the
public defence, YOU viii be happy TO observe,
by the documents herewith communicated,
that the revenue Of the present year is r,src
than commensurate to the actual disbdrss-
merss ana that 4 reasonable hope remains
that the outstanding sums, accrulng to tbs
tfeasury, will provide 4 handsome surplus
age, subject to your appropriation, TO meet
,sarv unforeseen contingency. In addition
to which, lie statements from the treasury
department, Also herewith communicated,
esaibit a remaining balance OF thirteen mil
hons p aoNars still uaappropriated.
Turningfnrom thcsescenes OF interior pro-
perity and happiness, it would afford proper
donate satisfaction, if, fellow-isizens, |
Sottd dHilOlnIcN you, tiidl III oltiSl r'itt-
ons Of the globe, the reign of reason aud
right was beginning to be restored. oituat-
ed as we are-tellow-menbers Of the earths
vast community-iti i, impossible that we
should remain insensiole to the events OF the
old world. AS friendsto humanity, we must
sympathise with the oppressed, and rejoice
with those who %rejoce.
The occurrences in Europe, recently I'M
folded, are of a nature to excite unusual SEN
sibility i'll all intelligent minds. From
Spain, once an independent and warlike ma
ton, but now sunk into nonentity bv her
own imbecility, our adyices though not Off
cial, warrant no other conclusion than this,
viz that Notwithstanding the temporary
resistance of a misguided and infatuated
poPulace, the correcting and ameliorating
hand OF the MAsTER-sPIRIT of Europe will
finally succeed in restoring a debased people
to the benignart sway of reason. The des-
tiny of Spain is in the hands Of him who