Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-08-12
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Ss vHIy.E the sympathy Of our citizens Is
sx,,rassed in generous wishes, and ferVel's
y,,..vsr.. for the success os the Spanish arms
sss.s;;ast their cruel and treacherous oppressor
ws;le the recollection Of what we had our
selves suffered. BY invasion and war, sxei'es
sf tRs five Ra'ai9 bea Rs and
]. ! correct sense of justice, ought to render
those feelings and sympathies universal IN the
United States--what IL the sentiment OF our
r,slers, andin what manner is that sentiment
expressed, on this trying occasion
Look arthe prints under the special patro-
nage of the Observation-Disclosures the con-
tents ofstkc +" Washinston Mentor paper
S catsblised with an express and declared view
Il, the promotion OF Mr.. Madison's election to
the presidency of the United States; mark
the labored and shameful SANDERS which it ut
tiers. and the dreadful prescription which 1t
slenounces against the whole Spanish nation
Z Deyoting this unfortunate, but mag; snlnaous,
race Of men 70 the utmost extfeme.of human
suffering and disgrace, this paper, has pro-
nounced them unworthy OF the freedom Tor
which they contend, and declares t7at the
4 6 ehss ening corrective of war, atxl the anne
g liorating policy Of Sohaparte, are required
q 10 In prove them condition !!
Dc we boast ourselves a free and enlghten-
en- peope--do we profess ourselves Reviewers
iii the Christian Dispensa,io We assume
the common attribu cs ofman IN his civilized
condition--aYld yet coaEtena,lce the advocates
= of such horrible, such detestabie sentiments
What is the conclusion, which every ho-
nest mind must draw from the aycwsl Of such
doctpine in Gazette established TO advance
the interests of a candidate for the highest Of
{ Ace IN the United States The conclusion Is
Irresistible That the ioicy by schich af rs az
recte1. Is a. vcted 20 the Deshot. zshose crust
turyssse IL estoasrs az TIE er1ae're Of every iia-
s4r4oie, hu7uane, just, and gsnerous oifs,ion--
xsNor.is the Inference unwarTanted, that the
same devotion would be practised in case
much nearer home. The vie tool, thai would
enslsve another nation, would not defend the
freedom of his own.
rgt viewing this reprobation Of the Spanish
csusc, BY such an instrument, as deeply at
feeling the best interests ofour coantry, itbe-
h0vesthe people of the United States TO lose
S no time In uiis ring to the world fAe1r contra
B dicsion of such unworthy opinions--Nor can
thcy more en- phatically pronounce their ais-s
sent than by expelhng from their confidence
the forsign hcrtizQn, from whom those opini-
ors have enanated
. LettAe american people advert to the con-
sequences of continuing such men In the adj
1ainistration oil their attt::irs. Willthe Spanish
nation and her colonies. In a;.s event OF their
struggle, forget the cruel wound which is
here inflicted on their feelings and character.
If sl.bdne4l, will they not lend a ready VEN
geancc, and become observation-disclosures in
the hands of their conqueror, TO retaiale ire
same wrongs, which they have suffered, on
the abettors of those wrongs--if successful,
we sevou;iy hope they will be, can they for
pet that hey have been SO against the wish
4 and the endeavor of that very people IN whom,
under similarity Of circumstance and suffer
ins, they ought to have found, if not IN &C.
tive friend, at least benevolent neighbor.
Dazz.ed by the splendor Of their own at
chicyements in the revolution war, it is pos
sible les citoyrns JEFrEsscS ef MADISON,
may have lost sight of many minor oceurrcn-
8 ces We must take the liberty, however, TO
= remind these revolutionary worthless, that
there were some scenes IN that drama. not
8 less int eresting than either tbs flight to Car
fer's mountain, or the renewal of Congress
from Philadelphia to Princeton--and among
those incidents, it would have been grateful
and elecorous to have recollected the supplies,
: essential to the prosecution of the war, which
were drawn from The Spanish colonies
There are respectable gentlemen still living
I'm Philadelphia, who were sent to procure
those original supplies, which could not have
been Obtained elsewhere.
But we will close, for the present, these
mcmoranda so disgraceful to the admins
tration of the American government, with
the following question
What would have been the sentiment from
Georgia to New Hampshire. it during OUR
.rprrcrr for freedom and independence,