Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-29

urge upon another oppressed VI, >.
ties And in this crisis of ,hs A aeSN.
world why should America prs ,s. sl'iE1a
viii she gain any accession Of l;bsu upon Us.
the code of Napoleon be adoptrd an9
far as the liberty ofman is conc.. usfs:: q
land isone Of the outposts of Ams,;so En-
Ameeica should for an instant en,' s&bs
hostile thought toward. her. ,s" s''an
almost impossible. Does Amer; "s lou
our destruction +? We cannot brl;."a dsr.
we feel we cannot better close III, Ant
than by quoting the words Of IN ' suc:
American writer, lately cited win 81 'hnt,
by lord Marlborough, which It IT. ,rppap:
readers may have seen before "t
scarcely fail with pleasure to Sc. Is NY, vi
After abiding to the prejutlices wb rsIA>
vail in America against the British ." Pc
and in which the writer ingenouslv c p1P'
es he participated, until more u|;;s s"''s
quala!ance with our virtues made hna
sible to our worth, he says, ", SN
something not less than impious to 'r i
the ruin Of this people, when Won v;.s @'l'
height to which they have carried Ii. he 81, a'
forts, the knowledge and The virtue 81 , ,n
species ; the extent and number oT " va
foundations of charity /; their skill n 'S'
mechanics, by the Improvement Of vs ~
alone they have conferred inestim,N. 1
ne6t on mankind the masculine mo,,i
the lofty sense of independence, the ,rS
and rational piety which IS found IN .,
classes the impartial, dccorous and ,ti.
administration Of code of laws than which
none more just and perfect has ever b,,nn
operation their seminaries of edu,,,or
yielding more solid and profitable irs,rr.
ton than any other whatever; their emf.
hence in literature and science the urbsni
,y and learning of their privileged ord.n.
their dctlberative assemblies, ilusnared,v
SO many profound statesmen and brins,
orators. 1t is worse than ingrali;u!ea $
not to sympathise with them in III. prsa,.
struggle, when we rccollec, that it is from
them we derive he principal merit orou
own character, the b st Of our institutions,
the sources Of our highest rn;oymtns, and
the Gsht ef freedom is~J, which, if thy
should be destroyed, will rat long SHE'D its
radiance o7er this country."
LIVERPOOL, July .
For the information of our cOmmucal
readers, especially ofthose in the manus:'
turing towns, WE have completed in thsSsI
page Of this days paper,a particular accom-
OF the present state OF the manufactures o.
the i. States of America.
From this statement, which is highIyN'
rious and interesting, it will be seen what
prodigious efforts the Americans have beer
making since the unhappy disputes witt
this country, to reader themselves lnd:'
pendent of European supply. They h'r'
found that without this, shelr lately acfur'
ed independence is bat a name, and that
while they are dependent on other counn''
for some of the first necsssarles OF he, t1'
cannot pretend to maintain any na'Ioo''
dignity in their intercourse with to'ts'
powers. The DEGREES Of France and M
British o!d RS n council have taught them
this lesson, withou. which they would have
thought it their duty, as it certainly S''
their interest, to apply all their ludu''l'
attention and capital TO agricultural ,I puI' :
suits, for at least century to come. WIN
such aIarsce territory, So partially cu'''E'''
ed, it was far better for America to III
port her fabrics from this country, W'c''
long habits and enormous capital had pro-
duced every thing which she wanted at .o'
prices, and in the greatest possible P'r''''
ton. She has been driven from the course
which nature and interest alike prcscrOeEo3
to another, by which both herself and III;
country will, perhaps eventually be eq'1
sufferers.