Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-03

things. as the peOple iiSie 10 2 = -, go
to, which among other advantages ss VIII saw
this country from the reflection OF giving a
cain the preference 6 in trade to our ava
r;;c;o,, enemies. 4th. To import some
N ami acturers of the best gunpoWder IN.
E urope from place, where the h'na 40 ''
follow no other trade, and who must know
how and where to find easily and coplously
the necessary ingredients, considering the
immense quantity they make, and the low
nrice thew sell it at. 5th. To excite the
spirit of emigration in people OF noble, 1fee
sentiments, which must be the certain con-
sequence of letting them see, that iiohof ],
are impartiallv bestowed on settlers DIS wei
as natives. and Of sending with me a per
son proper to give anae'yantageous laea .,
the natives of this noz0 free country. Aitho
/ could point cut many such, Mr.. Madison
is in my humble opinion the person exact a.
" calculated for the purpose Atfable,
agreeable, modest, learned, sensible, vlrtuous'
he would be the delight Of all persons from
the highest to the lowest. from the phlloso.-
pher to the ignorant and his mathemati-
cal knowledge joined TO his other attributes
would soon introduce him to the CONVERSE
ton and esteem of that ansiable sovereign,
whose friendship would be Of more service
to this country, than that OF many princes o1
superior power, for reas ons rot proper 10
mention in a letter, whichis even doubtful
if it will come to your hands. Elr. Madison
would likewise lie very proper person to
bring about what think could be OF great
service to the American youth Tor several.
years to come, aid would give great satls-
faction TO the grand duke, as he expressed,
when I mentioned it in my conversations
with that prince, on my intended emlgratl-
on. had already observed to him, that by
what knew of this country from DR.. --,
Gel. , and Mr.. 49,, the English were
greatly nisinformcd, and especially those IN
power; that indeed both nations were mis-
taken as to the dispositions towards each
other, that tic sparks ofireedom lately dis
covered in several parts of America, and III
several instances, far from keeping govern
ment within bounds, as the Americans ina
gined, exactly suited the plan OF the king,
Lord Butte, and Lord Hillshorough; and
after mentioning several anecdotes to dc
monstrate THEN a, ent;ons, concluded with
the probability OF the grand revolution hap
pening in as few years, as many people
thought would require as. then CD.
served, that his grant tc t.,s Of the .xEorta-
ton Of people and materials fer the I'M
provemenis q nv new country, mus
produce in the inhabitants a desire Of
forcing trade with lis dominions, notwi,ll-
standing lie English prohibitorg laws +;
and having translated to lin a para
graph of Mr.. Adsms's letter to me, since
his return to Virginia, | inferred from il
the probability OF the assembly undertaking
the scheme was about on national scale
in which case they would find it necessary
to send ne back for the purpose OF making
proper and large collections in company with
native, a person of speculation, able tc
derive from that part of the world all the
possible advantages 10 this country. Such
a person, said. would easily conceive the
superiority of Pisa over any place IN Great
Britain forthe education OF Americas youth,
as have demonstrated to your royal high
ness, and if that should take place, it would
fix the basis of a lasting advantageous nlu-
tual correspondence. InfactI reccnamend.
ed that place soon after ny arrival in the
country to col. *ss*x&*, who then declared
his inclination Of sending there bis children
as soon as they were Of age. That prince
not only expressed his satisfaction at such an
expectation in his countenance, but in clear
words. He Immediately said !sSueAo sa-
rebhc nsoho henc-1hat would be very well.
Pisa is a place of economy; furnished with |
all requisites to learn every branch OF use
fui knowledge convenient to Leghorn, but
sufficiently distant from trade and luxury |
and Ole of the best situations ever saw.
.4lbhea was the name In time OF the antient