Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-07-12

RICHARD SAUN MI no i;
The following is happy exercise Ct t s'
and viii find its way to the hearts : .yeu !
) sas to the understanding of the reader. /.
From the Luzerne FsasralaSt ]. Y
Mn. pslxTER, }.
= Asst week took view ofthe sits,a-
ton of our affairs with Eurole--and IT.
must be confessed that the picture was q
most forlorn one. All the powes OF Lu-
rome with whom we have been nIhablts OF
intercourse. are at enrnity with ls-a knot
of disputes exists with them all, tat the u
nited wisdom of the nation would hardly pc
competent to unravel. Whether the sword
must cut them time alone can determine.
/ Wei. SIR, q,la1relling as we are with Eng
land, Spain and France, ought we not at
least. to have the consolation Of being con-
tented at home Is this the fact? Are the
peopleo Of happy' Do they prosper Is mo-
nev plenty: Is business lively : Does har-
mony reign among Us:
Come with me, sir, TO yonder epinence
that over,ooks the union--aast ;yo'r eyes
esstward-do you see tha. aifesiasf'sha, bat
sloop Of wa5-she is stationed there in ee esp
junction with the soldiers-for what To
attack our enemies? No such thing. All
the energies of Mr.. Jefferson are exhausted
against our citizens. These warl;ke prepa-
rations are intended to prevent our mer-
chants from selling their produce to those
who would purchase. Look to the north.
The man whom you see at the head OF the
militia, is an officer Of the pacific president.
He holds Mr.. Jeaersons proclamation inhis
hand, commanding the military to prevent
the citizens Of Vermont from going to their
usual market with their produce, and alho'
cargo.
Do you bshold yon lsrse town--that ex-
pands itself to our view! That is Boston.
Are the people all at church! Is it sabbath
with them to-day? Oh no! You. mistake,
the streets are thus dull because ali business
is suspended. rs -
And what is the use Of that huge fosest Of
dry trees, that spreads Itself before the town?
You behold the macs Of ships thrown out of
employment by the embargo. Just was your
idea Of their appearance, for indeed they
seem like an immense forest whose limbs and
foliage have been torn from their trunks by
the desola..ng win,.s of winter.
Let us proceed with our view further
south. How gloomy is the prospec5. Scarce
a sail spreads its white bosom TO rhe favoriny
winds. Hark The sound Of M1irth breaks
through the stiffness. Il is a vessel IRON
Roston-the owner IS the friend Ct the CO.
velnor-he is Of the right scct--SuLivan
has given him permission to speculate upon
tie wants Of the people, and 70 import tour
into Boston. 0 that We were all democrats
THAT we might all have E.onopoIies, Or ali
be contented, while we swim IN the sslft
current to destruction.
The city you see before you IS New York.
The people, as they have notaiag eise to do,
are amusing themselves with bugying The
bones of the British and Hessians that lay at
the Wallabout. While there was any chance
of making money!, humanity slurnbersd Ii
their bosoms.
Let US rest ourselves, while I write an e.
pitaph, to Place upon the tomb:
We've buried here, with counterfeit ed MONS,
And great parade, aheap q mould'ring bones.
Full many year beneath the open sky,
Have we permitted them expos'd to tic;
And whether they belong to frientso or foes,
No living mortal cares, as no one knows.
!, (. ri That hoy
friends.
And now interr'd them to promote our ends
But hush 1.-The fact let no one dare to hin, on,
That we have BURIED These, to RAISE old
Clinton. j..
Pursuing our southwark, let US