Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-02-27
Far the ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
ALEXANDRIA, ssth Feb. 1911

evening from Washington, on 'ou' '"'o
the United States, and do not feei averse
to communicate my remarks through the
medium of your respectable paper T" you
chuse to invite me by paragraph winch
will meet my eye, as / travel to the soo'n-
ward. You must not however promise TOO
much to your readers. as have 40 pre'en'
sions to deep research in botany, m'nera'o-
e., or any other branch OF natural history;
nv remarks will be the spontaneous dictates
of mind heretofore accustomed TO con-
template European objects only, and they
will chiefly point to the growth aud cui'
,ure Of these productions which have rem
der, America celebrated 10 the remotest
corners Of our globe.
/ have been as,onished, delighted and
Disguised, by attending the debates OF Cou-
ess for some days past. The Capitol IS
handsome building, and the halls tor the
Senate and Representatives are magnificent
and commodious in design, and combine
the utmos, elegance and beauty in the exc
cution. There is decorum and respecta-
biIisy of d, meanor observed by the mem.
bers, thai form very happy coatras, to the
British House OF Commons. Buteven in
this respect, MIR. Editor, could not bu:
regret an eviden. want Of difference to the
Speaker, in set OF wandering, restless be-
ings, who, like the Appariiion Of Care 10
Gays Fable, were every where but the ST.
iua;ion in which their presence would havs
bsen desirable. The most prominent of
| these was avery personaole man who, l am
told, is dignl6sd with the delicate tile of
Nancy Dawson" I am quite ignoran,
OF the history Of this grn:lemsn, and feel
very reluctant to speak of him on that &C
count with d,srespect.
Ga Saturday las, heard speech from
Mr.. Wright who, was told, had once
been governor OF Maryland. He wrought
himself into 2rodlgious passion, and as
Oliver Goldsmith tells us, to be always sus.
picious OF VITA, passionate man says, telt
inclined TO do as Sir Joshua Reynolds did,
when any disagreeable sediment was VI.
tered in his presence, TO shift my ear. ,rum-
pet, and crafty nay ocular sense only.
But unfortunately for me in this instance, I
did not use an ear trumpet, and was forced
to listen The subject, Mr.. Editor. was
the non intercourse with England, and as
10 good argument offered to MIR. Wright
directly in It's favor, he made vigorous sp-
peal to the passions of the people in the
gallery and others, by asserting tina, Eng
land had impressed ten thousands Of due
brave fellows Of American citizens iu,o h.
navv. 1t was easy to d-duce from this sg-
erosion, shat America ough, to go to war
with England, and in the mean ,imc to de-
nv ITS trade 10 her, which would 70 his O.
pinion infallibIy ensure her ruin.
l shall be very much obliged 10 Governor
Wright to inform Us Of the data ON which
ne made this calculation. A. England has
hundred snd threescore thousand regular
seamsn. why not tell .humper a, once,
and say that one half are Americans? Can
Mr.. Wright prove to me that single hun.
dred men have been detained under the
impress Law, who could prove their citizen.
| ship? Mr.. Editor I have good grounds
for believing he could not prove halt that
number, and il he ever succeeds thus far.
will satisfy an impartial hrarer, that En-
gland has been unjus,ly b=reft of much
greater number of her regular bounty sea
men, by certificates of citizenship Obtained
by a residence Of few days or hours
only in the United Stases. But Mr.. Edi-
,or ;f Gov Wr;,b,'s o,otivrs uere dictated