Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-21

So Rhe Hdmain3ssf ilQn spk kns =
y 81 rev sHey nlay BE found tslentss sslte-
] kfisy sisd Sdflisg @ The constitution. thus
1tlisinr az who are worthy - ljsssfitess %
she 4fsSt work az political iornsRsi
Al : crisis nof les alarming than khe pre-.
Ssens. & hen els.issaries from abs6ad were
serresIy jmpelhng us % take Partin sheir
cunfsnsions.s when infringe rhents Of our
neutral rights were not less frequent nor
uusraeeoua ihsn at tbs. present time, the ads
lsnainisafation of wv ashiEton preserved our
neutrality and rescued us from the vortex
Ewhich slsreassued 20 osefwhelm our national
indrpendenee. While, therefore, his precep;s
and his example ase continued 10 us for cur
| future guidance and direetion, our safety
can only Dc endangered By the perysyseness
Of our rulers. or the 6iind md sepseless In
I4atnasipn. 81 tlhs people. His name is writ
I ten; as the rainbow Ia the cloud, 20 rtmint
1 Uy that the troubled waters have subsidized
Fax his command, and "a a token that an
imitation of his virtue and reverence for
his example, viii. at all .:imes, found the
fury of the surrounding tempest, and as
suage Nc pillows OF internal faction. !.
Butif Z" domestic preiudices and amino
si,iss" are fostered by the /" Invisible hand
.oftcreign influences" Il our national Dig
nifty shall be forgotten, In q !" deep.rootsd
jealousy Of one nation, lor:an excessive:par-
tiality for another: Gf we are dazzledtby-
the spleadid achievement Of the proua op-
bress0rS Of nations, and lose, sight of that
boundless and inordinate ambition, which
is their most powerful, If not their only mo.
tive Of action If we are regardless os their
unparalleled aegressions, and Indifferent 10
the atrocities by which their obiee.s are
tromoted-by such course we shall be.
come auxiliary to their schemes of usurped
dominion, and eventually contribute to the
subjugation and slavery of our own eoun.
try. Shall we not, then, be prompted BY
the principles of sell. preservation, to watch
the motions, that we may shuu the influ-.
ence of those overgrown powers, who, for
getful of their true "dignity and HONOR
have" immortalized; their fame, not by, re-
cording it on the brilliant pages ofillustri-
oas Ph,lahthropists, on the durable annals
Of the great, The God-like beneiactors Of
man--bu. on the sorrowful tembs of slaugh.
tered mtlicns-on the dssolste ruins of
mosrniul .priaeipa!i.ies,' kingdoms and en-
.Pires T'i -. $751;. 49,.
We accord with your excellency in the
opinion, thai the Preseut condition Of Flu
cope, indlcatss'an indefinite continuance of
war, (which has become necessary 10 the
existence OF ono OF the beHigerents, and
probably, TO the future safety otthe whole
civilized weslG. - ..
During this unprecedented struggle is is
the irsr duty OF the government 20 preserve
an honest aad iHpa,llal neunali4 SO tas as,
it can be maintained, without kaz ardng
our national safety aud Undergraduate. But
as past events afford Us too much reason 10
apprehend,. that such position Sanaos 4e
long supportedasa inst the once as,pg. .Hnr;s
of The combatanIs, To. tuICe US mo pariI-
cipation of tlcu dangers AMI disIsssss, we
most cordially unite. with your xxcrllency
in the opinion, ttat sound policy Hld even
Ordinary discreet n, demand ot our govern
ment vigorous and active preparations for
a state If op'n hos,ihties with one of the
belligefent po.sers--5uch course is the
more obviously Necessary, iuasmuch, as we
have been admenishrd by most affective
experience, shat, in this cosflics of exser-
mina,ion, even peace is but state of war
fare in disguise and that The rights Of neu.
tralny occasionally violated by both the
eontendipg parties) are at length avowedly
subjected TO the arbitrary wilt Of govern.
ment, which acknowledges po other rule of
action, than that everyother nation shall be.
subservieut to the conquest Of its enemies,
and the unlimited extension OF its power.
We most cheerfully conCur in the senti.
ment Of your exeellency, that husbandry
and commerce are the two great pillars OF
the commonwealth, {" and thar not a right
OF either ought sobr invaded, or'impaired,
while she. in subordination to the general
government, has an arm to protect them.--
The sdistressrs We have endured from the
suspension of.the enc, and consequent dc.
preston of the other, admonish US, thar, AZ
we cannot long exiseswi.hoat the !" aud OF