Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-09-29

cowef Of our country 10 effect TIC Vdst any
desirable obiect'of domestic policy. But II
we emerged from the cradle to acquire IN
Jenendence, let not our manhood disgrace
the deeds of our youth. 1t with slender
!, cans we could obtain the treasure, shall
that treasure be lost when our abilities are
encreased? Will not America, the last OF
republics, leave better example tor pos
terity, and shew to the world that a vsrtu
ons commonwealth could exist amid the de-
eensracy of the present age
To YOU nv brethren OF the South, beg
leave to address few remarks. You who
boast that more genial sun has better RI
peped Your understandings than your north
ern neiehbors. and who feel the teryor OF
natriotisa, warmer in your bosonns from
YOU might have been expected a generous
exertion IN your coantry's causa; but whale
YOU have been diating en- the means most
proper to produce the desired END, your
northern neighbors with zeal and energy,
are making rapid advances to comfort ana
independence. That iIustrious state, which
formed the nursery Of freedom, and whose
vast commerce extends TO all quarters OF the
globe, disdsins not to patronise the piougn
and give life to the cause OF domestic eco
| nomy. Soon shall we hail those citizens as
the restorers Of me principles which their
example FIST taught US 10 venerate tor,
while we are discussing the &fals OF go"
vernment, with critical nicely, they are
( practising the virtues Of republic, by G.
recting domestic institutions, rherlshIng
| moral habits, and promoting useful indus
try. This is the true philosophy OF repub-
! llcanism. Those people arc an honor to
their country who fulfil It's preccPts.
| To the South, we possess every material
, conducive to manufactures, and iesl every
| want which requires their remedy, with a
population of several millions are attached
to our soil, ard who subsist only by our
| care. To feeling mind this fact should
pie ad with every argument, which huma-
| nitv could wish. For, III & period OF gene
| rel privation and distress, what numbers
must here experience every calamity, With
cut resource or hops.
| Are not those who labor to furnish our
Injuries and support our pleasures, entitled
to the comforts which justice and humanity
REQUIRE. Letno the slave who tolls for
our ease, need the small recompence which
4.a.u4. er,,endo. N|s every day hear re-
| peated, the happiness and prosperity OF our
country, and yet We see cur poverty and
| WIRE tchedness on cvcJy side a soil badly
cultivated, education neglected, idlencss and
dissipation prevailing, while want and mis-.
fortune crouds the road 10 the western coun-
try. This is too much tie state OF hapEi.
ness and prosperity in Virginia. Ii is a
poor consolation, to be told that We have
more talent than any other part CT the union
the best proof OF great tal:nlsls to devote
Them 10 useful purposes, and ii we are wiser
than other people, we might have made a
better use OF our wisdom. 1t VIII require a
great revolution in our domestic policy, to
produce those Improvements, which shall
entite this part OF the country, to the proud
distinction Of happiness and prosperity
That community is happy and prosperous,
which is independent, industrious, and fru-
gal which derives its supplies from its own
resources, cultivstes the social virtues, and
promotes the means of knowledge. This
community if not the wisest,will possess the
dcsideratum Of all wisdom, Happiness, and
prosperity. The vain and delusive idea of
great genius. has destroyed much of the en-
ergy OF our natures, and the principal proof,
which we can produce of our possessing
his quality, is the poverty which generally
attends it. Its a melancholy truth, that a
foreigner in passing through our country,
will not perceive those symptoms OF hapFi.
ness and prosperity, which are deemed sa.
,isfactory, elsewhere, in improved agricul-
ture, fourishing manufactures, enlarged
means acknowledge, and an industrious, IN
dependent people. These were considered
as national means of happiness and prosper
-. aaeord:nc. tc. tla doctrinec cG tha old