Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-07

reScln0 unGsT OUtAaSAc $3.50, = q.
Unlcss we give him this, a. we did the
.uop.intereourse law, 20 barter away ana
entertain an hope that he may make good
barua;n for us, with this, AZ we sones Hat
tered ourselves be had done with .hs,. - ---.
This, would have been, an excellent bargain
-icdeed, easi. is now. pretty universally ;. &C.
sknowiedrsd that the non. intsreourss law
was ssver. worth srsiasle cent, ands there
! fore ;iasui6eien: to give validity 10 mere
pSfole agreemens, pfovidsd the shing
Proposed in exchange .had been ,authorita.
lively conveyed, and there. had been" 40
9aw in the title deed. But T. fear that, if
this thould be as we'll snld,t we should be
equally disappointed 2. to the.pay.
San: it is 70 be presumed, that by this
time we have pretty well learned the Pr'n
: ciples and. dispositions f',hose nations a
ssain.t whom we have been 90 long COM
planning, and the power they possess tor
/. casrs,ng them into full! effect. With our own
situation, the temper and disposition Of cur
people; and the powers Of resistance we
psssess, we ought always TO be acquainted.
: Il it,not then high sime, that we' should
coms TO q. Gxed determination, as 10 the
course most proper and expcdisnt for>usto
psr.ue !; and.no longer hal, besweentwo o.
pinions |? IF war willbest answer cur .rur-
'pose, and nothing else will satisfy as, let
Us have war, and haveh immediately, and
no: keep thisuation in a perpetual state OF
uncertainty and alarm. l. have. no doubt
abus that'a war Of twelve months would 80
farther towards satisfying the people Of this
country, than fftseR months of embargo,
and twelve months Of non.irtercourss, put
together. Blu. ifPeace is thought the most
desirabler> as we'll as the most sxpedient in
our present situation; let Us pursue the
athings that make for peace, and not keep
up and continue system, which can serve
no other purpose, but tor vex and .irEi.ate
those whom we dare not fight. a...y
Some gehtlemen, who, in che course of
this dicussion, have talked The loudest
for war, have, afrvr ALL lowered down, and
their Illuminating speeches by
acknowledging that such are the general
dispositions of cur people, and such the
situation Of our country the surplus fund
;n oar trea sury, which VIC 20 ,oftsn heard
sf, being somehow or other sreduced) that
war a. this moment would be ine1pedient.
If this be the CASE why should We be Pur-
ssing measures, whose probable tendency
is to provoke war Immediately! The time
may not be- submitted to our choice. 1T
may come at a day that we|think not OIL
and find us still unprepared. Would Il not
then be more prudent in US to look to our
real situation, to consult the solid interests
Of our country, than to BE- spending our
whole time in devisiag and attempting to
execute projects useless to ourselves, and
which carry nothing with. them to 'Eose
who have offended us, but empty threats
and vain den uncia,ions Against France,
70 be sure, not only the operations bat the
language Of our government has been gen
tie and mild. Not sow:,h respeetto Great
Britain though, in my opinion, much Sc
vcrer trestasses have been committed on
our commercial rights by the former than
by lhs. latter at the samr time that we
have had a dear bought treaty with the
former, bat have suffered our treaty with
che latter, under which the country enjoyed
the most sRsxamplrd prosperity, to expire,
when We had the Offer cf lie reacxal. We
Anowshae the British nation are bad enough,
s6ut do not think sha. they have fetainsd
and engrossed the whole of human dePra-
WHY. We have some reason 70 believe; that
our ancestors, though called pious, brought
with them portion Of It t. this country,
and that !, has BEEN rolling down thro' The
veins OF those that have goae before VS., IN.
I'll a fulI shars has come into our Posses,
sion. re say che lesss Of ourselves ip shis
respect, I'VE are no. psrfect. And hayiag
our portion ofths nicral, we have otaaits
50 n:aeh reason 70 complain Of, The natural
evils OF Me-. We are psrresualiy calling
the British hard names, which, hewexer,
does them no hurt. and can do ~ no good.
How often, IN the course of this diseussi0n, 4
ha1s we hssfa a murdered Pestee, q gle.
3sraeed- Chesapeake, and Copsshagsn Jack.
soS, reseundsd thsough this hall, whHs
he atosy.of The more tragic scene OF , = as-