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

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% mean md unworthy submissions. Wat
!. mi, .ubmis.ion, at which W all FEEL 80
indignant? To submit, II ] understand IL y
: yrYb active, and implies something rolun.
= ,r; ! ..s;slinen, ss or conaplaeenry in the "
80, 10 whieh.we maybe reduced Blu,
,.,d,,r;nr the, things We cannot avoid is uet
..,,h b,o n,iissioii.% i presume 1t wead not~bs
.S.-med mean submission in stripping,
thu, he did not rashly dare the giari, TO SO
ssnea,,al aeembat. And is it Submission,
81, for Us 10 ack knowledge that two are less
.hau four; thar q. gIn:b beat il, not equal tea
fr;ra,e; that the Chesapeake dared not
.on. with the Leop tina, our aittle na.
w Is less than, che aavy OF Great, Britain ::
| e This be submission, ahrh are we IN pro-
,.r state 70 submit. But ilhink it Is not.
No gentleman can. be more rsluctaat -at
submission than rmrself. Ea. am hsm.
Die enough 70 say, that a patient endurance
Of those evils and prirssions, which We are
at present really unable to control, especi.
ally when we have 90 many advantages
within our power, is evidence Of more wis.
dom and dignity oil character, than . weak
and unavailing resistance. Impotence and
pride bu. lily accord with each other. Some
gentlemen talk much Of the Importance Of
maintaining the honor Of our ration. That
,his is an 'i'nporsan, obiecsl agree. Buff
by honor is meant a thing ,ha. may be Sc
cured by doing justice, loving mercy and
walking humbIy, then we have il in our
power notwithstanding British orders or
French DEGREES and need not 60 to wa
for it. Ii by ~natieaal hanor is meant ma
,ional splendor End Ssie.y, in order to OBJ
tain shis,'w must turn our attention to the
acquisition of wealth, and le, not the enter
prizing dispositions Of our cilixens be re.
strained by our own regulations. II by ma
tiunal honor is meant a quick resentment Of
real OF supposed iaiuries, and we have an
inclination to discover it in this way, we
shouId,c consider well whether we have abb.
lily 70 give rG-c: to this object, les. in the
tad we b. cioalhcd win shame.
Ian, sir, as sensible as any one ought
to be, Of tho injuries We have sustained
from the British and also from the French,
though Of tn. latter little is said, but going
to war with either in the prcssn, situation
of our country, especially tho fnrmrr,asainss
whom our luminosity seems to be princi2 al-
ly excited, would in my opinion exrase Us
to still s.verer fate. It is wiser to bear
the few Ills We feel than suddenly 70 &v to
olhers that we know not Of. ....... /
III: arguments thar gentlemen have
made use Of ia favor fthis bill tIxve &c.
morally been urged with view Of diminish
ing the aPPrehensions Ct evil, rather than !
afording. a prospect Of any good to result
from,i,. The iihibitng British & French,
armed ships the use OF our waters, which
seems to be very generally approved,
think to be Inconsistent with state of peace
with those nations. believe it is a thing
that never has been done by any nation 70
the armed ships OF another, unless in war
excepting our own, and we have already !
experienced mach evil and no good from !
the adoption Of that rash measure towards !
the British. For, in the FIRST place, we'll
knowing that we had not power to carry it
into eject, they did not at all regard it
but continued On our coasts for several
months, the presidents proclamation to
the contrary noswishs.andins--anI sf.er-
wards j, proved an iu.aperab!e obstacle to
an adjustment Of our differences with tn.
government Of that nation, which nigh,
otherwise probably have been settled b. thu
mission OF MIR. Rose, and saved millions
OF property to the people Of this country,
which we have Loaf by our foolish EN-.
barge ard nou.in,ercoursc sys,;n..-Be.
sides think that denying those com
mon hospitaliies which are due" from
one nation, at peace with another. may be
deemed violation Of the laws Of neutrali..
~, by which we profess, at present, to be
governed. And that such was the opinion
Of 4 majority Of the members Of this house,
when they passed the present Nor. inter
course law, evidently appears from their
leaving out Of tina. lsw any inhibition az 10
shs armed ships Of France. That, indeed,
was much stronger case than the present
Tor shea11Re pretended 10 aide with Rr;,a;n