Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-21

stoFHp H. work or slavery OF the htiiiiail
sua'll' = ~ he PROCLAMATION and extinction OF
rec, a''u. $; ZION. as far as would be posi-
y III he impious DESTROYER. Soucn ana SO
ifo y. 81 are the motives, Which lmpel US US.
T's: 81 with all our might the most holy
- r. we support.
eauss IGNORANT that you and also your
laaaaYs he whole American world, are
hg With all these considerations, and
4 with the most liberal and heroic
WI q as IS evinced by your conduct
sol Sssaas;asn, which, in future ages, will
90 SSanisit 44mericaa ioyaltv to become
fau' ,srbal. to your own great glory as well
Plg .sst Of Ferdinand and the mother eoun'
y 'A g,t vou ought not, however, to take
~ ,,srf nv full exposition, which springs
] pD' from IN distrust, but from the necessity
" y .ayo;ng 10 view the whole foundation
II : intensity of the danger. The HURT
81 which agitates as, causes the emu
sJss 20 rock in thcir graves. 3'he risk
~ srsat II proportion to the perseverance
= ,,owrr OF the tyrant, and it would be
s.. ra,,4r 10 conceal or diminish It's impory-
49, ike the tinid patient, who deceiyes
~ Db,sician aud leads him inSo error, to-
= l,cr;;tice Of his own Iise. Nain coAt-
gares S not less ruinoas tran panic lear
p.,sdventure tbs very success of the first
sgores Of our undaunted brothers have
rOt permitted them TO sse at the elifaeusties
I'd magnitude of the enterpflze---aEid AL
5 Is hidden rocks which they ou8hF to avoid,
norder 10 save the vessel, In which IS en-
b,rssa the iiIustrio1s and generous family
i tgenty-two millions OF Spanish heroes.
Would 10 God, that in the midst Of them,
some Of theprovincial Juntas and also the
,aitOrs Of the sublime patriotic seminary
had used the most discreet and wise Ian
gIageof which the supreme Central Junta
Says availed themselves. | glory, nv dear
Cubans, in your generous fidelity and your
heroic disposislon-and can do no less
than applaud in my heart all the inhabitants
d America, who dispute this glory with
you.
But on considering that our triumph viii
be intahible, according to my view OF the.
matter, If adequate means are not wanting
Erthe prosecution of the war, which truth
must be as clear as light since the small cor
lerof Calabria could not be subjugated in
he course Of four years, | cannot avoid ex-
staining and saying, that as vet we bave,
done but little, whilst we do not renoance
the infinite number Of Unnecessary and an
essential articles, which we see every where,
IN and out OF our houses, In the religious
converts, IN the churches, and perhaps IN
the very hospitals. Far be from us that
criminal and fatal apathy, which has con-
Quoted other nations to horrible slavery,
and Eto be the execrable instruments
Of their mutual desolation. Let us be dis
Greet, and let US necessarily study the wise
0ook OF experience, that we may not give
nom tor late repentance, which may fill
sTlth everlasting anguish. Ipromise my
Sli from your intelligence, patriotism and
SlGlous disposition, thar nly paternal ex-
l9rsatlons may not be fruitless but at the
AiAe time ought to acquaint you, thas at
ss APPLYING all possible means in favor OF
NC mother country, or, more properly
.eakng, OF the cause of God and man, it
SO' tse deepest necessity, that we should
A0 mediate upon and pursue by anticipa-
aOl the most suitable preca Qtions for the Sc
curly and tranquility of this island against
ne arshces and designs of the usurper, not
YsdlnS ourselves up to the scnseless conf
'e0ce' that they arc iTnpracticahle or very
Snote' The experience of twenty years
rs proved to US the possibility, of many
snss, which, until now, had passed for
,1ons and brain-sick fancy, and which
1gnt . render US circumspect till the end.
ought not to be doubted, that this
fad oeing the key to the Bay of Mexico,
cquisitlon must enter into The calcnia-
so.s OF Napoleon rapacity, whether it be