Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-02

the rest re main to be trained 70 IN: art, and
,;srh.ns ia be + Urn. The timber for rear.
ing up an important navy 'syst IN our tor
sests and perhaps in the acorn. And wish
,,xe might never have occasion to call tor the
sformer or procure the latter. SHALL we, then
in this situation. goto war with a nation,
who. for centuries, have made war their
trade Shall we attempt TO capture 'he
ships of uation who has 1t IN her power ef-
.cien,ly to blockade all our ports nom Gsor'
ola to Maine, ana in the course of few
months to sweep from the ocean every
vessel we may venture from our harbors
hut if we were to 60 to war with britain
and could promise ourselves success m
humbling the pride of that naughty nation
| should we not in fastening her downfall,
acee leratc the period when we should ne-
come the humblc vassals Of the g:sa, mas
!. ter of the wo'ld and then the wrongs we
should have to endure would nc longer 50
under the mild name Of tJespasses. We
should apply a hsrsher term ii allowed to
give them any name Al all. E,.5
1t may be enquired what then shalt we
do? Shall we become slaves 10 Britain tor
fear Of the shack'ss of imperial France!
Shall we voluntarily submit to the unrea-
souable demands of the one under an APP
prehension Of the severer tyranny or the
other? The. answer must be. no. We will
give H., quit claim to any thing to which we
are entitled. But not maGly refuse to en-
Joy any because we canno, at present ENJOY
all wit clfPtt.
traverse the ocean every where at pleasure
shall we abandon it entirely, and burnsall
our vessels for t-ar of losing them? That
would be like the folly Of the man, who
having had some trespasses committed on
his plantation, should maSranimously re-
solve 70 hy to the mountains and give up
the whole. would not, in madness, make
u voluntary surrender of my cornheid',
merely besause my orchard had been rob.
bed. Let us make tn. NOS, OF every al
vantage stlll in our Eower. Tit be the pc.
hey OF foreign governments to lay unjust
restrictions on our commerce abroad, let it
he the policy Of ours to see that it is not
shackled with 200 much regulation at home );
leaving our citizens to til" quick sighted
guidance OF private interest, and they will
soon find the path to wealth. Tile wealth
of individuals will become the wealth of
the community to which they belong. In
this We shall grow rien, as nation. Riches
will enahie to be richer still, and being
richer still, we shall! have the power, and
having the power shall not want the d:sPo-
siton TO assert II! our righ.s so shall we
become great and ilo,rlshng nation, and
so may we continue until cid time, like
Sampson in his wrath, shall pluck the pill.
lars that support the world.
1t is because think, AID think honestly,
that the adoption of these resolutions would
have tendency to bring on CLOUDY, ifnot
stormy day, and deprive US Of ihrse de-
lign,fui prospects, that cannot give them
the sanction OF my vote.
Mr.. johnson. Whoa i consider it my
indispensable duty TO address you, snail
apologize neither for the manner nor the
time-and, however feeble my powers, to
speak the sentiments of those whose conG-
dence and whcse affections have placed me
here, is source Of Happiness which can
not describe. 10 BE- silent on this occasion
would do great injustice to the love Of na-
tonai honor aud the patriotism Of the dis
,riet represent, and in fact Of the state in
which live. The gentlemen in opposition
to the resolution have given an extent to
CHS discussion which has involved our TO-
reign relations with all the world. l may
be permitted, therefore, without being con-
.sidered prolix, 10 embrace in my remarks
the disavcwed arrangement and the event
MISREPRESENTATION shall l be considered az
wandering from the subject to take view
of the situation of this country at the time
Of the disavowed arrangement, and to men
ton the great events which pressed heavily
upon the eve Of this period. What was this
situation and these pressing and imposing
events previous to the arrangement. Our
embarrassmen,s had never been so great
since the revolution, nor our injuries so
Numerous, so serious, so aggravated-the