Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-30
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Address al Mr. Custis,
TO TisE Pl E k:s or AZ Us Isga31sS
eaSTIsDED,

deposition bs Providences for a greet agricul-
tus.l, manufacturing. and commerciai COM
lnonweaIth. Again, the aimost boundless la
tieuse Of our vasf possessions, embracing a
portion Of every SLIME, and every soil. shews
that nature has done every thing, and We as
vet 5t,t littIe, for Out. prosperity. Our noun
feins contain ores OF aliEhc usetpa kinds ias'-
ply but I.ts,e spldl which would tempt ear a.
yarice an.s wessken cur industry, ior the hand
that would seek gold, will audit IN hoaesSlf-
daStry. Our yallies snalie with glowing -
lures, and the hilis produce at oEee the timber
fer machinery, and naval defence. N very
sgknY paris OF or. northevn states, great I'M
proyements have taken place La agriculture,
and tie dawn Of cur manufacture Is last pro.
gcesssag to 8 happy day. From the eNcreased
wlsise 53tIltlssi,a, an, tie more ccnkaed space
oftacse portions of our qeuatry1 a more rapid
iniasors,aent. US to be expected, But II IN
tiess! Stit0ees, where the seasons are by 10
rae.els sasproDitioas TO the la5ors OF the tieid,
sise iahabitants Shall Improve in art to supply
swn8t nature Sas denied, certainly the southern
Geulfry, best with more genial sum ana
possessing a Ynuca greater space Tor action,
n4s,y 5lGSh {or rs appearance. Were socle-
5 tiss formed iii every state, Of virtuoas, patri-
os.a,sand well informed men, the knowledge
necessary ioe improvement IN agriculture,
might be difFused % t3le people at large, Tor
the beneGfoI tie community, ana the honor
OF tie school. We're every useful patent tor
.iIllp1 9vceaent in husbaHclry, or domestic ma
ppEacture, purchased by government, and
published for Tie use of the country, much
benefit would accrue to both. Were laudahle
Indictments offered for discoveries and I'M
pravemeats, o. for the practice OF useful me-
thods IN agriculture, or manufacturing sys.
(, TENS 1f affairs, a PraiSeworthy ambition would
result in the happiest effects. The soldier
receives a sword and vote of thanks, for gal
iaAtiy performing the &uties of his station -
Does not be who performs like duty IN guid-
ing the ploash, or causing two spears otgrass
10 grow NOW where but one grew before, de-
serve equally well Of his country
In Il word, let government protect and che
risb the infant establishments for the benefit OF
Sur coan.ry, and hold up the need OF honor
to ilina who snail wonhiiy serve her cause ::
sAe citizen will do the rest. The introduction
OF canals, Of roads, and bridges, and all means
whicl SHALL facilitate the communication OF
the various parts Of our country, would result
Ia vast benefit to the state, and hohly AID the
cause of domestic economy. 1t we are to be
denied the ocean, that great thoroughfare aS--s
signed BY Providence for the use OF manklnd,
anslon which the little bark otthe poor iadlan
has the same right to navigate as the magnih-
cent vessel of the primes. / say ii this right,
derived from source whose authority nc laws
ought 10 change, nor any civilized being cues
ton. IF our intercourse cannot be defended
BY like violence, and protected BY means
alike those our ageresserS, we must abandon
the ocean, and within ourselves, iorna great
mart, Tor al. the world to visit. China affpr.is
an instande which is precisely similar TO this'
but China affords no annals like ours no e
pooh in her history can sound like 7o-a Sreas
people s;rugging for their liberties, ana hos'Y
daring TO proclaim their freedom. May the
ocean never he abandoned, may the sovereign
of the seas dread the prediction TO Macbeth,
and fear that g Birnarn wood shall come to
D,psinan-, ;, and nav the American forests
aascend 70 o,iarI tho soil which gave them
birth, and protect the people VINO cherlsheq
their growth, and, as an hu:Aaie llialsiiisa''s |
pray God that American OAK, ana .lr0il' may
bear the fag of our country IN ylrtuous pilde'
10 al Qpgr,ers OF the globe.
Kut. my fellow citizens, let not the aspect
&c foreign relations relax your endeayors TO
proyide for your domestic wants, or to pro-
mole the cause Of your infant manufactures.
Remember, that thirty years since, at the
formation of the present government, It's IL
lustricus CHIEF, when inaugurateetto the hlgn-
est Gift Of lis country, gsas Ta'odg clothea IN
.gn,S9;,S,ls iseElsscft,res Was not his an ex-
an,sle ,serelss Of imitation, and ought not It's
( remembrance, at this late perlod, to cause
sASattiotic emotion in every American breast
Il OUGHT tfust it will The great, the viz
tnous Washington lived but Tor his country
each action OF his long and glorious HE, was
lesson 20 his country men and an example TO
the world. Thateseamplc is yet fresh IN your