Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-28

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! and drawoT the bad blood from the system;
But Ia what viii it end is the enquiry
which claims a more serious consideration,
because OF more importance
1t will certainly be the duty of congress
to relax IN no measure of exterior relation,
It'll a full and de6nitive arrangement has.
been made, zvithoalt erceptio1., which may
secure the good faith of par;ies-for the mo-
ment OF yielding IS the moment Of opposite
trlumph-and by our too credulous belief
the English Cunning (Canning) NAV think
to calole Us By fair promises and procrasti-
nation, as he has endeavored by hectoring
and pedantly. but we have been rocked in
the cradle OF suspense long enough we are
not to be always Mla-to4S; tits now our
duty 10 act, and to act determlnate, for the
nation cannot be in a state OF less hazard I:
perhaps the national elasticity may never be
bent down to such spring, and it is better
to hold il there, ready to throw shaft of
olive or launch barb Of steel. till the ma
tlonal archer snail sound peace. or war. A
promise has been given: And what is a pro-
mise Il IS G l'a.sacb Of trust, Honor? n
feresf,- ~ orally! dgs.ssraadisemen. With
sucil q perverslon OF Old phrases, which US
ted TO inspire yeneraton for the whole sen
tence IN which they were named, have we to
deal. Ever since our independence Great
Britain has been promising; her kings CO.
Eronation oath IS q promise to upset Poperv,
| yet ne 'ea8uedwith it in Spain, she pronis-
ed emancipation to the Irish Catholics on
lthelr union, yet they are in bondage; and
did she not promise in Jays treaty, as sa-
cfealf and as solemnly as she has promised
now, 70 respect our neutral rights, vet she
tofceli on us her orders in council at differ.
ent times lnviolation of that treaty, which,
thou5n II has been abused by her, has never
been annaiied, but respected by us with b.
ETY.; and did she not promise, till her pro-
miscs have become like Radix Reno's pre-
scriPtions, noone 7oiN take then but this is
the way she does lt-old minister's agree to
be turned out-Tthen new ones cannot be ac-
countaoie tor the old ones acts-and the old
ones are no longer accountable for their own.
thus by hocus pocus 6 pass" trick of
legerdemain, is all responsibility thrown
from tie loins Of the government, and they
are clean and ready to make-new promis-
eS.
Surprising that negotiation may be con-
Guided with good faith, congress has to per-
form duty which they owe to honor, to
conscience, to patriotism, and to policy it
is, not TO leave unprotected our i,lfant, our
national manufactures: whatever claims o.
+L L., e
cur own should be satisfied first: our coun-
trymen lock up to congress as the patrons of
their establishments, the, preservers of their
property, the promoters OF general good,
and the nurses of national independence
the widow halls them as her friend, the or
phan as its guardian, the poor man and the
needy as their benetactors humanity bends
in anxious silence for its fate,
ssPretpr'd 10 smile, OF drop tie hcnsiue tear"
raise, shield, protect and cherish them; have
their benedictions at the altar of Heaven for
you-thtir prisons echo through the celes-
tial dome thy praise; think how many thou
sands are dependent On you for their future
peace, and on you for their future ruin how
MANY have sunk their last farthing under the
faith pledged, the language held Out by 60
svernnent and congress, in erecting machin-
cry for manufactures. and how cruel, how
objectionable the sin to lay. an axe at the
trunk, worm at the root, a mine at the
foundation of their prosperity: can they
consult foreign interests and forget their
own can they give wealth, and power, and
grandeur, and solidity to an estranged peo-
pie, and poverty, wretchedness, contumely
and decay to their own? We cannot suppose
them destitute of every ray of genial feeling
for their country welfare. but that they will
lay prob .bitory duties On such articles as We
have the means Of producing within our