Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-05

Acct, TO the poisoned shafts OF the bslIlge-
rents. But who, after having proceeded
so far, would be willing to stop! The real
friends of their country do not uphold this
bill, as high sounding assertion of their
rights, or as measure of digni6ed retail.
alton; but they advocate 1t merely because
they think it calculated to bring them back
to the gosl from whence they have started.
Here they are anxious to begin again, and
pursue the only right and proper course. -
Let the bill then be passed, ia its simple
, and native form. 1t needs not the garb of
a war proclamation, the gewgaws OF arm
ed merchantmen, or the still more iEpo.
, sing decorations of conveying force. In
stead Of these, let congress turn their at
! tention to the establishment of navy, not
OF gun beats and t0rbedoes but such ma.
Wy as would have been, ere this, chad it
not been for the mistaken notions of phi
losophic Presidency respectable and for
midable. In the mean time let US look
towards those DEGREES & orders, on which
we res, our complaints ; excluding all OBJ
jects Of minor importance from our view.
If am not mistaken, it is now uaive rsally
admitted, tina, the French DEGREES preced-
ed the British orders in council, about a
year: and that had we, instead of permit
ting ourselves to be made the dupes of
France, retaliated her DEGREES, the British
orders would never have been issued. Let
us then, after our commercial restrictions
shall have been removed, despatch mi
mister extraordinary to the former, and
through him demand, as an acknowledge
msnt of our rights, the immediate repeal
of her unjust DEGREES. Should our demand
be attended to, and her DEGREES repealed
the basis on which the British orders rest,
being thus removed, they will, according
to the acknowledgement of their author, fall
70 the ground of themselves. If on the con.
.rary our demand be rejected, retaliation
will ensue and war or intercourse
with France be the necessary consequence.
A minister might then be dispatched to
Gseat. Britain, on similar srrand and
have no doubt, but that the justice of our
demand, would be instantly acknowledged.
and the greatest bar to the settlement OF
all our differences BIZ speedily removed. 1t
not, assert (and without fear of contra.
dicticn) that from Maine to Georgia,
scarcely one true born American could be
found, unwilling to maintain his country's
rights. How noble would be that contest,
in which every action of the hand would
be directed by correspondent impulse
from the heat,
Such, Sir, are my views of the import
ant subject now before the public. Such
(I am confdent) would have been the con-
duct OF Washington Such actually was
the conduct of that poor old man, John
Adams, before his heart had been corrupt
ed, anil his hama prostituted-And such
ough. to be the only policy ofthe U. States
at present. have thus, sir, with diffidence
offered these few observations to the pub
lie. If, however, by means such as are
proposed, my country should be saved, l
shall be amply compensated; and will
thankfully offer up my prayers to Heaven,
tor having preserved, what may justly
style onime dimidium mes": in them
YOU have the sentiment Of one, who, ifhis
abilities had been proportional to his zeal,
and his strength of mind to the patriotic
warmth of his heart, would have addressed
his coun,rymen, more in the style and Ian
guase Of
NyrAT YYAN