Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-20

ternatiyes, either 10 renounce the most iu-
crativc tradehe possesses, the carrying ZOE
theseont;nent, sor openly attack the nation
which stands in the way OF n. Should ne
prefer decentralization, aud withdraw tronn
the sea altogether, which IS scarcely posi-
bic. the effect will be the same, and he viii
be equally entitled to the gratitude ct the
grand managers.
In case Spain and Portugalshoulddecline
the aeaeyous proposal Of their beaefarsors,
and refuse to give up their crowns and trea-
sures TO the puppets until compelled, Eng
land becomes their ally of course, and the
neutral who win not haye given up TIE car
ryine trade, either stops his intercourse
with thesretroctoxy pGttiot "-'ebels, or en-
tess into open warfare with them; and,
whichever it may be, becomes tributary to
the cause OF the adratnatlsts, and the CEN
temptible instrument th~roughsvhieh a power
directly, invulnerable, is impoverished; and
nations to which he was bound by solemn
t-re.t;es. and more sacredsacts of-friendshp,
are o~verthrown,
Such, in fact, is the history OF theapart
which has, been played n taesUnlte States,
and we have been forcedto take AN the hor-
r;ble interude.now performing. eHow sun-
ike this part, my countrEmen, is that per-
formed by afeW. Swedes, who, byssettlng at
defiance, the naenaces of every usurper, ex-
torts the 4respect~ef the worst. Not sone
circumstance here related, can be referred
to fortune ~er accident, those great frst'
cgases in the creed of proaigates, moante-
banks and idolatorso !
Who thenscan be surprised, that the no
vers of the machinery at Paris, bursting
with self-approbation, should have dared to
upfurl, II. the face of the world, the screll,,
on which was legible-S'3Fe 0coett tAe So
crifce Of tie trading clan, as a Pte9sss8 me
smbestont interest they take ia 0ny assggraa7s
dG2e2nent.D
Thus assured, ifnot of active participa-
tion, latIeast of passive acqulescence, by a
power which h~abitually, furnished most es-
sential supplies to the devoted @sstatss, the
want Of which,-upplies completed the sra7
poverishment began, by TIE infamous prince.
of peace and rendering the duration OF
this system, according to the Entertainments
formed, for the best purposes by q gene
people;; round their own torbearaace,
and the constitutions difficulties Of a change
here, the authors Of the dramatic interlude
I'D nat peGlscs te enGSsasf s eadeitt seea e ia.
mirers of chance and fortune, who are also.
the ,worshippers of the wonderful, by a.
p~onnpoust declaration, Mat tie 5Rtberta! PUP
pet should cro1un MS brothprNt Auzrid, and
bAaaat his staadQrds ga fhe-M9untasps Of Rr-s1
tusul, between which places ard his forces
there was not, at that time, nor could be
for a long time afterwards, a single battery,
or BODY of men equal In nurnher to his own
Life guards.
NotwithstandingStae flIflment Of the pro-
phecy made by the managers themselves,
and.which. they themselves had secured the
means of performing, should have openeds|
the eyes. of the people at once, the influence
of the democrats was such, that little, or
nothing e9ecsuai, was accomplished nntilI
the interlude was nearly performed. |
Happily the United States possessed citi-
.zens capable of turning the retiring princi-
pies of the administration to good account
at last, and by Sudden display Of real re.
publican energy, operating on q little demo
cratic resignation, it was forced to ,relin-
quish the self-destroying and disgraceful
first, by opening the intercourse
with Spain and Portugal, those very coun-
tries whieh2had most suffered by the inter-
sresnum, and afterwards by a friendly COR
r~espondence with their allies the English
Net it is yainly hoped torkeep on terms with
she Grand sDramatists, and that they will
voluntarily repay by an act OF compiance
on. their part, an act ofcompliance to Great