Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-06
from tie BosroN GizETrE.
AGooD STORY WELL APPLIED.


= AGOOD STORY WELL APPLIED.
II happened shout 10 wears ago, that the
Fl glisb House ct Commons, by certain mis-
advertures, were thy own into such petrlexl-
ties ard CONFUSION t,1at they knew ret how TO
steer ti%lr course, or what measures TO Pre-
Tcsc. The nezhbors had sat together, Tor
some tine, III silence: When Sir Dudley
Carleton, Whohhs,i been "a seavotager, arose,
ard spoke IS .t,Icws. =
81 ilnef 10y 4 great silence Il this house, tlat
1t IS NJ nj inc &c be heard, Dyou please to give
ne ,lr lArtierce.' lff.y~ very ftly compare
TIC nes' e.a -os this kcGse into sc'ne OF ny
ndsfortcAes 'y sea, in my travels fer IS w
were tousd uHo Marsei!les, by overnight Of
me mariners, J5e nlistook Cur course, 2 q =
III fortune met with sand; M0twas 10 sool.-
cr'overpasi, Y ut We fell or. ether; ard h:r-
Te escaFecf his Likewise, We net with a tiird,
ard III tat' we stuck fast all"the passengers
BENG nrd ,tlisnayed BY this disaster--s.s now
we are he ( in this house. Atdast an Old ex-
PSrlehc9 mariner, upon consultation, firm
CD ulft the spcedicst way to cone out from
inc SD Is, was to know how we came there.
30 !" blocking, ard bekoldirg the compass,
ne 10 lnd, ty Goirg in npnn suck ro.rt, we
werg zEreae.t ;,.te tiIar strait wherefore We
nw ST take new point 70 rectiiy ard bring US
GU Of dagger
This story Of old Sir Dudley is 10 less &C.
: ommcd;hie tc certain great folks Gil this side
q tie w~ter; than It WIS at that time &c She
/ English CoreTro,ers. Tie government Of
re United Ststts .nay be con- pared TO ship.
his political ship, tor several Ct TIE last years,
| l's been amcIig tie Cuioksands, striking TOW
| ae,irst one strd hank, and then against
! another; ard tie darger Of wreck ard ruin
! has been, ard yctis. constantly increasing. Ia
the mcan tine al is confusion ald lubbub
;sooard---or rather stupcfacion.
Eow if the captain and pilots OF the political
slip, would but consider how they came aIrong
these dangerous shoals, and resolve to retracc
their course, there would be vet some chance
CT escape. This ship, whilst Washington
commended her. was the very best sailcr in
the world. ard never oEce struck, or sprung
ale..k. That illus,rious old cap,:in MIXED
wei! the compass.
He kept the slip exactly balanced her
hulk clean ard tight, and her tackiI.g ali in
gccd OrGer and he seized and improved eve
Lot SO Jefferson, Madison & Co. Whilst their
negligence occasioHed the slip to become IT,
toierably foul. ard dangerously leaky. they
must needs aiter her course. Eelce she get
among the shoals where she asll he lest, I'LL
less there be charge Of officers beard, or
unless what is rather to be desired than
hoped her present steersnen tack about, get
cut where they came iii, ard then Icllcw tie
track Of the first captain.
To speak plainly, the vexations att ending |
cur foreign relations and our interior rational ,
concerns, the loss Of countless millions of pre-
perty the ruin OF trade, the bankruptcies Ct cur
merchants and shippers, our pcrplexines at
home and disgrace abroad--are I'll owing, in
great measure, to q departure, by cur late
ard present administration, from the wise,
honest and disnifed policy of Wasfir eton.
That great and good Nan was truly STYLED,
T6r-Pather r his Country. As well in PEACE
as in war, his single object was his coun,ry's
interest. He had no political party to build
up, no sinister ends TO answer. He had dis
cernment to know. and virtue ara resolution
to pursue, the right way. His policy, both
foreign and domestic, was impartial open,
honest and honorable. And had his example
been followed, all would have been well.
The political munmerv of lis two last sue
ccssors, who utterly abandoned the plain AID
II Die path that lie had marked out, Las occa-
stoned most Of the public evils We have cause
10 apprehcnd, as we'll as those we have already
felt Nor slali we ever again see good tines
in this country, iii the United States he GO
verned with more wisdom than at present.
The people have employed their endeavors to
gather ''grapes Of thoris. and figs of thistEcs,''
long enough to be satisfied Of tie futility aud
folly of the experiment.