Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-25

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, BIDS defiance to danger, aid to death itself. Il
was this which prompted the enlightened Co
jiumbusto traverse in his slender barsus, a.
boistcrous and unknown sea !; to perseyere In
despite of every obstacle, until he obtained in
the discovery Of now continent, the glorious
reward Of his labors. Can such a spirit be-
dang erous to our republican institutions -!
Does it not rather promise TO give them
strength and permanently by defending them
from the assaults ola foreign enemy
Butcofnmerce, says the advocates for its
extinction, produces !. ambition, luxury and
love of riches = with their attendant vices
Ambition, Isahsmer, is the growth of every
soil. 1t is found in the extended forests OF
~ America, as welIas in the populous CT
ties Of Europe. Republics, however, afford
thewidest fields for its operations, and in
.thera, therefore doesit most Frequently dis
coyersitsels. But history justifes the asser-
ton that in the commercial republics OF anti
putty, ambition was less generals and less des-
iructiYe, than in those which made war and a
gliealtuTe theiryprincipa pursuits.
Luxury and the love ofriches, with Sthe
;iccs which accompany them, are no doubt
promoted by commerce. But suchis the lot
ofhunanity that every good has Its attendant
evil w ere we TO remove by the extinction
of commerce,thc partial ills which it produces
q nsGltitude MP in their room would
make us quickly regret the: success OF the ex- /
perments Confsnerce'is universally allowed
to be "a powerful stimulus to industry; and
industry ifnot the mother of all the yirtnes,s
certainly preventive Of a number Of vices. In 4
ITS, and the sciences, allaayauce together
In one that is without commerce, if not retro
CADET they are at least stationary M
Commerce in short, trains upfa numerous
order of men,. whose employment enures
them to gerils and to tolls who are accus-
toned to look death In the face, anu therefore
regard itWith Indifference. An order ofmen
who by meeting on theocean the enemies of !
their country, preserve their natal soil from
the violation of hostile footsteps. An order,
to which the only free people of Europe, owe
the continuance oftheir freedom. For If e.
Britain were 6 deprived of commerce" and
consequently of her naval strength, instead OF
remaining 6 as independent and as powerful
as Ut present" she would be quickly over
whelmed by tie multitude of her foes. Re-
move sne llSuflnOuntabic- DaiIiSf WlilSIi ACl
navy presents, and she would quickly be.re-
ducedto t~c same miserable situation with
Holland, Switzerland, Italy and Portugal.
JUYENIS.
Mr.. Caspeper isFs- eiecteda member of the
house Of Representatives of the United States
for the state Of lagrth Carolina.
Some. lats accounts from Lisbon, state, that
tie French, general commanding in that city,
had seized all the hourin that port and was to
pay tie owners Of 1t at the rate of=l2 dollars
per barrel.
4 letter fron, Leghorn, dated Dec. %. says,
the American cargoes seized here by the
French, unde9 preteEce oftheir. being English !!
were returned under promise of a grant of
large sum Of money III lieu thereof, we have
paid 5 per cent on the amount Of your cargo
IN our hands and expect shall be obliged to
pay 80 per cent more, = ~ this y alotrob6e,.y
7sIat IS
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
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