Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-05

ship is no. very astonishing to all those well
acquainted with your lordship's peculiar
turnof mind. Your lordship now declares
openly for war,and by so doing have chang
cd your ground not that there is any diff
ference in the tendency of your measures
for several years past; but what you could
not bring about eovertly, you now attempt
openly. Ismuss be confessed you have ma.
ny, very many plant fr;ends; and who
in public, in action approve, what in private
they condemn and excuse themselves by
saying "shey are sorry the thing was bro's
forward, but seeing it was, it must be sup
ported" And it is seriously unprecedented
that some Of your dear friends, while they
are compelled to run down tie gutter, as it
were; and stand god father for your bapt-
ling, wish both you and the child were in
close hug with "Old Nick" r
AS your lordship has determined on war
it might be as well to set down and "couns
the cost" Perhaps your lordship has cal
culated more wisely, by referring that sub
ject to the first lord of the treasury, who
has very sagaciously laid down this axiom,
that man can never want money while
he is able to borrow" Aud the aphorism
OF the immortal poet concerning that dead
ly dissase-"the horrid consumption Of the
purse-bor:owing fingers and fingers it out
but the disease is incurable"-is laid by as
itwere upon mus'y shelf, with tina, rub.
Dish and lumber, as your followers are
pleased 10 call treaties upon the law of ma
tlons--doub.lss, for the bes. reason in the
world-because they do not understand
them. 1t will readily b: confessed by all
your lordship's friends, that there is more
good sense in this axiom of the chancellor
OF the exchequer, than in The whole of the
sreasurer's report. There is, however ,one
rejection which seems rather iotherwise--
NAMELY, how is the capacity of borrowing
to continue (what is crsdit) when the means
of refunding are not apparent I will tell
you my lord, the only answer which can,
Or is in any way requisite to be given, is
this--:ha: of all funds the worst fund is re-
fund and when you borrowS Especially
for the purpose of carrying on war; never
think Of this 9.ssracJu!Ema.
Now L" I am up" my lord, permi, mo
TO tell you, shall say no more to you at
this time.
l sincerely hope that whoever may read
this address to his lordshir, will not think
Ihave dealt too freely with the high chan
cellor. 1t will be perceived that am truly
his friend, and that I much admire him
for his honesty, intelligence, patriotism,
and universal benevolence qualities which
he is known eminenily to possess. What
greater evidence San we have of these facts
than his ardent desire for war? First his
wisdom--tbe war can be carried on with.
out what is vulgarly called the sinews of
war-MoSEr-Hisb enevolence-in setting
our people to cat the threats of our fellow
men, and whose friendship and custom we
stand in need -pot tn mention 1ettins IN
the savages to massacre our citizens on our
defenceless frontiers. His pa,riotism in
placing our country 10 this forlorn situation,
in which we should be obliged to seek ALI
ancs and friendship with him, whose uni
versal philanthropy is such, that he is de-
termined no nation or country shall escape
his embraces. And lastly, his honesty in
affirming that all his actions spring from
the pure love he bears his. country--a self