Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-02-14

.hough it 3, without doubt, a tissue Of 4,
most inPuden. ialsehoods and Ii. rn' wy.
contumeiiaus irony, that any State Navy
ever embraced, or that any encmv h.,
ever insolen. or m.idious, ever di,,a,rs
At It's h'st appearance the predomnsa'
party was .xhiitated beyond m.asur. .";
our merchants were generally credsIo+1
enough to suppose thar The golden er. -
an unshackled aud universal trade w..
bout to b. revived. A little rea.ss
since has damped the expectation. Of hs,I
The merchants, prone as they MUS, '
to credit the possibility of any .,'. &c
things eonfermabls to their seeming ~
rests and their eager wishes, lose couid..
as they reject upon the contrsdir,;"
which il is necessary to reconcile, b.r.
any reliance can be placed upon the tr,i.
rations, or any positive opinion be form.s
concerning I'll. intentions of Bona..r~
The we'll meaning members of our major.
tv, whose intatuation on the subi.c, IS
France extends 10 most exfravapan, 81
miration as we'll as panic fear of her DOVE,
were perpIexrd by the duplici.y of the l,nn'
guage, and somewhat disguised with IA.
gros,ness of the fattery, which are bu, ton
apparent, even to their own eyes. in ri.
ditiomatic 6iHetdoux. But the active s.J
designing spirits those who. either from
treaciiery or blindness, are SO indus,riou.v
labouring TO convert our mild republic in.
to furiou. democracy, and our free coun.
try into a province OF France, sxu.tea ia
tie opportunity which this n-w vicissitud.
seemed to afford them, of ripening rae no.
pular disconsen:s agains; England. and Of
CONFIRMING their own dominion. Thy saw
at once the utility Of the crisis for their &.
lections, and the immense advantages to be
obtained over their antagonists by affecting
20 credit the GeAecole1t professions Of b..
uarartr. The same belief is to be irooos.a
upon tbs multitude, and they are then, b..
fore ths .quet is known. ts be Represented
as the saviours Of the county. in having
thus, az i, were, miraculous!y charmed
down t.i. antipaihies
Th. chief sosrce Of citation for tii,ep, and
the nose import,nt considerations for III:
public, is The tendency 81 the new decree l.,
widen the breach between inis couslry and
Great. i;riisin. I. is nrtoriou, thar ths,.
is not waiting here R,u!titude even of in.
:el'igent men so strangely infatuated as T.:
desire war with England. and to hail, al.
,nes' with transport. every Incident ca!cu.
lated To promote that object To maar.
the destruction Of the land Of our fer.L
theirs would be the naost satisfactory Of Al
public evrEts. and 10 the estimation Of nn
fey. the great modern drama could asy.
40 other catastrophe nsore confornabie 10
the interests Of the United States. ShouId
Great Efitsin now refuse to ALADDIN h,r
system nl blockade /; from which we are.
tor rnany reasons, iseliord 10 suppose that
she vii not dspart, snd ~hici, our drma.
Gosues arc very far f-cG wishing to g..
re'iEqaisised; no "ifcts eiu be adm tied, q,
passions or 2sJudiess left uaass 4j;ed. ina,
may see"ncii- the puhlic mind Ia III. nioa
desperate OF all measures, a var with t1a,
power. The country has betn mare than
once drawn TO the briuk of this fata! preci.
pice. AID 1t Is now sansuinely expecfed,
fnst We wtA cast ourselves he4ciass 1850
tic abyss.
oach Is the doctrine whict Is already
urged tn she democratic g.zr,.es. and ":
eaast et'nt=ss t',zt we arc aat ss.thoat our
tears with regard 20 is suecesst Ua!ss,
the aa;adiy b. ensisat-aed 81 this qls-
ncn. and reused 20 just sense Of ti,c d.a'
gers TO which they ~ii! be e<pa.sd b. say
torn OF alliance snh Fraace. osr foi:y m.s
s~sil % ne pitch which her emis,lries and
her dupes have in visw. afea Of xeat "a.
aesssz,'Sing add VAIN trmpefs nay D.
hezsed 2od blinded by aegu meals riaa'i5ls
dfsed. and thu Psrsoa tsas is COZ sas 0s.
feasials head Of the prevailing pary may
either sAaer the medrra.e,n OF as t.mpef
20 ne os.r5ora t,y the sio.e.sce al hi. 49,
c'a'~'' or e"nfen+ sn rsDnasr th,;r H'ssi'0<.