Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-03
From me CoHncetlcEt Cca-aSr.
TO CANADA


Three years ago lis, Dec. tie death ua5r..
Of our country's tr~Ge was passed ard si;1ct
Looking back to that cmI.ous per;od. se =.
almost .cmpteti 70 borrow the iaAgsgs q J:
lien he exccrated the day OF lis :2-..::gi.,..-
Let .Ae aay BE- ca'kenea; LIZ! Me a.tGles If
dcoM siomH lei nc jyafI Uascr ecnle .a,n,.
in. Ever. since that unbies: DIV when til tin
barge passed, our country has breh e.esp,-
passed viii, pcrpIesGics, AID sinking mi. a.s-
vrsce. Tic hand Of Napoleon S.s c.,s.,r
seen in the. embargo; KID mas 1cch ts..gs
seen in several subsequent measures, IR.la
al.sge.hct, haze brought our n;4isi. y ,!e.lti,s
door.
Among the nun4rUus evils whis,! .ase pp,-
ceedcd from TIC embargo x noii-lGtetscnss.
We shall TOW notice ,n.iy GIT ~, cgi salSl-
although OF great magnitude, las s,een sstsku.
noticed VIC Mean tho exp:.aiatioi4 ~ -.
numbers Of usetui cluzcls, III Quest q sscas.
sarics tor .iycilnCud.-l. is i.cf. TIL .cs 4:
thrce last years, cltizens oi ti.r C.ltro sL2-si
h.Ye 6cen pouring i,Io the Eanso.s. Ia a!aiyst
4 perpetual A,resia. Nuit..GdeS Of usrtiiI Gsr.
chaDics 80 we'll as entcrprlsiIsg trxs4..is, hss
gone thither; AID the greet eaccuT.-escsaas. 5
r,orc to follow Them. Snip ca,pezrc.s Ii In--
,iculsr ere fleeing 10 Canada, from the ha.-d 4
persecution II Ee,hc. We are crrdssig I-
termed that master 1uliocr az cnr, ii tassc
states, very lately tocs wiz, hiln aisJE-- se.-y
ship carpenters 10 canada, s..efe ts~y 60
have dollars DOB, slne Llf. CASH p1ia rl-sa
weekly.
The sinsic fac, Of vas. and perpe.cl s-s>
graticns From the U,,,tcd States. inc f,s> Z:-
nadas, is Of Itself q suihcien, p:cas 6 .be ioi5
and madness OF the measures OF o,H. 8coScrr-
mott. These emigraINs, generally speaking,
have left and arc leaving their homes. ,ni Il
eheice but OIL oompulsion- Ther lore Their
country, and prize its republican ins:ianiess.
They have eaca circle Of friends AID *.
quaintances, whose society they ahaIaioD gla
loa;hness. But necessity is laid npen .s>et.
They have no other aftermath e, tbaa G,a. {: x.
taking themselves 60 foreign country, IL
becoming the subjects Of foreign jus4stfa=i-
Oh, or Suffering want al home. As t. z.,cc,es
them, after they slal. have oh.G;s2ed xcsts-
mcnts in the Canadas, no consilnraSs1s vi
induce them 10 return. Both themselves ~
their pos,erity viii be losr to this co..-.sy;
and the loss, III some respects, Eiiy be ::gesas~
able. II the tune should come ae7.ia as.a
there shall be encoaissemeuts s:r basiplsA
and particularly fer ship building. woskxssNia
tia. craft viii not be found
And what can we think IF eores3nsa.,
that whilst 1t opeps its arms to rsceiEe ioseigs.
ers from the very scum of Europe, AID ,slxs
them voters after only tive .ealS -e.aG=scs,
wantonly drives its industrious la,iYe eiaz-es
into exile BY laws which deprisct en G. ltss
bread? What can We think IS soSesnHc.f
that purchases at the expenee of df.eea asdi>
CHS an immense wiidssness to be sxs=.5sY
its own Country, already too large, are IS .iS
tlirstng 5or asore territory; whilst 10y Eoos&s
and tyrannscai laws, it conpcis THOUSANDS a. .
most useful citizens to expatriate tLsnssess's
or staryes