Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-20

petite OF eur stpubhe, Wlthons mas Ps'nsi :
9 From lime .immsmesial, Che susssssfill
maxim Of ambition has been tp divide
and eenqusr." and even free goysrnFs,snss
have % hf sanesiensd L, for pSsvensing che
unien, and preserving the subordinAsion.os
shsIr colonies, 40 70 disseminate isalouslss
smonsss them.
retaining ,he eeioniss which 6rst formed The
y. States y policy which In the early pc:
Rod Of their separation from her, exposed
them 20 ihimiGsm danger, and was their
mos. formidable foe.
Bu, the goudssnss Of the eolsnisls pre-.
vailed aud with population no. exceed.
ing two millions Of inhabitants = with tx.
seu.ives and judleiiirS almost wholly op.
posed 70 them / with regal troops In their
ior.rysses, cities, and principal towns. TO
awe and eontroul them with few arms and
military stores and wiIheul public funds,
or "a organized government 10 conduct
,htir operations they adopted this rnet.o,
4" United VIZ SsAnd, divided We fall y and
their union, successfully commenced, and
wivmphan.ly terminated the revolutionary
war. Had a party spirit then prevailed, is
would have btrn fa1l II would have
plunged The patriots Into thu abyss Of IRE.
irievable strSl,udti twould have sxeharg.
ed their exalted stations q man, for THO. Of
U srnsrleSs Au,omrta--And EVEN srinentrd
10 tic u. 8. now are, by excellent federal
md state constitutions, II the inyiSibls hand
Of foreign influence, or Of deep rooted do.
mtS,ie pre- uGiers and animosilies should
obtain the aserndaney, they will too late
discover, that thr hss Of unieH. Is the tSs
efH6rriy! for however remote we are from
fo,sign nations, or lulled by prospects Of
their frt ndship, should our union b. de.
Ssroytd, intestine wars must ehsue and
soon convert this beautiful, populouS, and
cultivated soun.ry, Into barren, dspopu.
lated waste.
Bu. will not foreign powers, viewing rs
they do these lourshing commercial states
with the invidious eye OF competitors, seize
the favorable opportunity, tor destroying
their competition! asd with ease will they
effect it, should orr seeding section OF the
coniederacy, requiring Az equal number TO
Oppose it, leave but remnant Of the nation
to resist foreign invasion?
If we take view ofthe two gigantic
combatants of Europe, France and 'Grea,
Britain; nations to whom all others are
most indebted for their progress in ar,s-and
sciences, and for those useful discoveries
and ipprovementSswhirh adorn society and
promote human happiness = nations unri-
vailed by land and sea; who in-,heir cen.
flic,s have nearly destroyed the independ.
ence OF continental Europe, and threaten
that Of the four quarters Of the globe If
we reflect on the measures OF rheir mighty
governments, We cannot TOO deeply regret
tha. they have lost sight Of their own dig
nifty and honor: or why do they not apply
the powers entrusted them by Divine I o.
violence, TO complete. no. the misery, bus
the happinrss Of mani Why 90 they not
immortalizs their lame by recording II, nor
on the Sorrowful fombS oil slaughtered mil.
lions, not on the assVla,s-ruins OF mournful
pfinsiPsli,iss,r kingdoms and smpires--but
on lhe brilliant pages Of illusniovs philan.
.lropist--.en t's durable ahnulsloi| Tho sr.ss,
the good, the God like bensfsetefS Of man b.!
To The civilized world, the answer ID
subject Of tho deepest regret aud grief
lnordinass ambition and powsr, allies on
The land, Miles on the ocean, are 10 insa.ia.
bic and unmsreiful 40 the rslen.lrss grave.
Unparallelsd'wsals agriculture, manulas.
lures and commerce, but furnish endless
magazines OF fuel ~ feed the unqusnehabls
fame Of ambition and power, lawless
ind beundlss power, 10 on both sides In.
pliSidy obedisns to her sovereign will Oh.
legations OF svsY kind, political. moral, and
religious, arising from The rights OF nsu.
srals, from the ines. solemn treaties, from
public law In general, and from humanity
Itself, are neglected, cancelled and treated
with insaNbls contempt, every beam OF hope
TIA! national justice would resume her Vie.
waited station, has been vphemvrI-gluer.
Ing In the morn, IL has been dim Ut noon,
and extinct In the eve. H...
France has charged Great Britain with