Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-22

Neither the policy nor the enefeN or ~
heads Of administration tans pfotset ps sadl
home, where shall we look for protection !
Shall we cede ourselves to France by ALI
ance with her tyrant We commit nation.
al suicide, and die an ignominious political
death. We have the fate of half Europe to
adnonish us against such dependencs.-
Bonapartc, like Judas, kisses to betray.-
The only possible benefit resulting from his
good graces would be calmly IN from TIE
& tempestuous sea of liberty" and securely
grounded in the dry docks of despotisin.
Our imperial and royal ally would gracious
lysignify to us his paternal solicitudc for our
safety BY creating his well beloved nephew
Don JEROME PATTERSON NAPOLEON, king
efthese states and his .faitltui and trusty
general and blcnipotentiaty TuRREAu lieut..
md regent of the kingdom, during the M
nor;ty a chis said nephew. Our governors
of states would be provided from his gene
raj staff, Are Americans so soon prepared
for this political humiliation and voluntary
transmigration into reptiles Not yet =
Let us be ioosed from the shackles which
depress the nation put on cur armor and
let us like Spaaiards, resist she lure and the
fraud OF biood-stained son OF rapine. 0
support this position must we take the hand
ofEngland? Then would our catastrophe
be as certain though We may linser out
somewhat longer a di.sraceful existence
Both these nations have All itching palm tor
this country. They have contendyd for 1t
ever since its discovery, even when forest.
The oldest soldier and youngest student a
mong lis know this. But if q period when
wild and reproductive, it was an object OF
contest, how much more SO now when Il
might produce to conqueror or seducer
revenue or contribution of thirty millions
year. Against the lust Of conquest and
the pride of empire do we expect national
insfiee to defend US !? The term alas, is
no longer to be found in the Libraries OF
courts! Can mrek,aess save lis When have
we known tyrant lift his foot from the
neck of a voluntary slave! No: 1t is upon
the arm of God and the use of our own
means that this nation must rely for the re-
covery of its rights and for the maintenance
OF our independence. Under that almighty
protection we must stand BY our own
strength or country receiving foreign pro-
lection who were not ultimately reduced to
vassalage. Alliances have generally ended
in the same way the very instant prepon-
deranceo Of power and advantage has fallen
into either scale.
The great events now asitating in the
eastern continent, may, and it would seem
must 80 completely npy the warning ri
walls Of Europe that their avsrice would be
turned from the United States for time !;
aid great advantages, if improved, thence
result to our commercial enterprise. Lift
the embargo ieave commerce to shift for IT.
sell and, in despite of imperial decress, we
have open vast field for the display Of this
enterprise. We hare the British ports eve
~ whcre--Sweden aad Norwav--thew whole
coast of Portugal. and Spain-the islands Of
Minorca and Majorca-tlie whole Turkish
coast OF the Mediterranean, except AlgieIs
ike entire western and southern co.st Of
Africa-the borders of the Red Sea-lndia
and China--blaeleira, Tenerifte and the A.
zores--most of the rich islanl- Of the West
Indles-the Spanish and Portuguese coast
Of South America--the whole American
coast OF the Pacific Ocean.
And, what is more important to US, our
orv,: coast and our own fisheries comprising
more than four ffths of the commercial
coasts of the four continents, and productive
islands of the seas Shall we forcgo all the
advantages which. could be derived from
these sources Of wealth from dread Of the de-
crees Of an adventurer, who has grown po-
tent from incident, and whe the justice OF
Heaven may soon throw back to impotence
on his native island of rocks and sterilitv
A mighty man of valor who dares not send
a bomb etch to sea through dread of bis e