Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-02-07

emoeror has chas,issd Us by the connsca'
ton of so many millions ofproperV, IS the
very ground upon which his Jealous admit
,ers in this country vindicated the Berlin
decroe. h seems 10 take malicious ga
,;sfac,ion in reiuting all the arguments
which We so iugeniousIy and kindly urge IN
defence of his measures, and IN seoure'hs
US himself for ever, act OF compliance 'o'o
which we arc betrayed BY our saGernsss 20
couciliate his favor. How either OF the
acts Of which he here complains could have
been offensive to the dignity OF France we
do noe understand bur we suppose tnat
this phrase was introduced in order 70 al
ford AN opportunity for the just bot sarcas'
tic lesson which follows ;-pamely, that
" dignity is point which admits OF no
compromise" Fortunate would it have
been for US, and for our administration
themselves, if they had eomprehendsd
sooner the truth and efficacy OF this doc
trine, or if they could feel the sting OF the
insoIent and maIignsnt application which IS
intended in this instance, and has been al
ways intended, whenever similar PROPOSE
tons have been directed to them from the
same quarter-But "these watchmsn are
blind they are shepherds who do not un'
derstand. "-isaiah.
But it is not with the absur dity or the
falsrhood of these benevolent professions,
or with the inmediste dangers which they
portend that we are mos: powerfully struck.
We are most AFFECTED and Disguised with
the base hypocrisy inherent in these pro-
cerdings-wi,h that vile spirit Of dlsslmu-
lation which they display, and which dis
honors human nature even more than all
inc wanton ravag-s of tha sword. When
we read such assertions as those which
close this letter of the duke of Cadore-
when we recollcct the circumstances under
.. which they are made, and consider that
| the individual from whoa they come is the
absolute master Of large portion OF the
elube-we blush for the age ia which we
live--ard fee ourselves still farther reno
we'd from The era of true civilization, than
| were the contemporaries Of frudal despo.
| tism. 1t is Justly said by the author OF the
travels of Anacharsis, that the truly barba
rou. age is not that IN which there is the
greatest ferocity Of manners, but that in
which there is the most hypocrisy in sen,i.
mrnt. Ii steele teritablrment barbara
mes, pas celui GU il y le plus de farocite
dams les meurs, r'ais celui GU il y lie plus
de fausse dams les sentimens."
We cannot conclude this article, to which
the Importance of the subIec, has induced
us to give an extension not contemplated
by cur general plan, wishou: reprlling an
accusation which will, in all likelihood, be
preferred against us. We expect TO be call
ed thr blind apolog;st Of Great Britain, and
the zeaIo,s Of party. These epi,he,s we
disclaim, because we know that in de-
bouncing the views of France and in re.
proba,ing the measur.s Of our admin;stra-
ton, we have bu. one object and that is,
the good of this country--to the institu-
tons of which We are az ardently alta ched
as any Of those who may think fit TO as.
perse our motives. We bear no enmity or
malice to the men in power; but We will
protest against their ability to manage the
affairs Of this nation, and must express our
fears for her safety aud publish our wara-
iugs.
" While such as these
Presume to lay their hand upon the ark
OF her magnificent and awful Cause"
Great Britain, we know, has heretofore
often abused her power in her relations
with the United States, and may, hereafter,
abuse it. At any other time, VIZ should
be as vehement in our opposition to her,
and as indignant at her injustice as the
most clamorous of ner revilers are now.
But we are overpowered by the sense of
evils impending from another suarter,
more formidable and pressing than aoy
which she is either able or disposed to in.
fic, upon Us. The love OF our own .ecuri.
ty urges US to feel lively sympathy for
her in her present struggle; 70 waive the
discussion of the wrongs which she may
have done US, even to make allowances for
those which may spring Out of the line OF
conduct which she may think imposed up.
on her by the necessities of her situation.
We should,-in laying claim 10 the most
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