Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-12-18

nada, because more capable OF iajuring our
commerce. If VIC were to got war, let tbe
for some better object than the tongues, OF Ga
NADIA. OF Cling the purses OF contractors on
the lakes. As to what had been said about
calculating ayarice. he believed this was the
first time nation was called upon to take The
most important Of al steps, without making
sny calculations. This was the true RSke's
Progress; and il such doctrines should pre-
vail. they would end in the ruin Of the state
Mr. Z alluded 10 what had fallen from him
relative 70 Gen. Wilkinson. He said TIA, IS
the gentleman from MARYLAND A.r Wright
had publicly declared himself that MAJ 5
friend. he should en6earer rot TO in3nrs MS
Mr.. VS. feelings on that subject again +;
but he had been compelled 20 wade through
such : mass OF testimony IN relation to the
Gvsl,,r2s's character, that he had TO mere
Gouh. al lis true dement's ;ts.i ke had Ct tbs
existence ora God aud he could not re-
nouu,e his belief OF either, but with the less
OF his reason. MIR. r, again asserted that Ae
rejoiced in our having descended fTom de
An,-lo Saxoas. He ssid it was owing 10 th.s
thai the expressions of the British govern
n.ent hzd been resisted. /: certainly was
haDor Circumstance that We had descended
frora such stock and il was IS certainly
misfortune 10 BE born = negro or French
n,sn. He read : lis, OF the worthless Q! lie
revolution These men, be Observed. were
proud of tbs Anglo-Saxon origin; but We
were anxious only about having tull-5.ooded
sheep and horses. while poor human nature
was permitted to degenerate until It WIS con-
vertsd into that thing called Standing sr-ny
He again &dvsrted to the ex;7eme iHpo.;cy o.
going 10 war with England. He said he had
been guilty Of the heinous political SIN Of max
ing calculations, not oliy IS 10 our cap.c::y &c
sustain war, bur IS TO the capacity Of the
enemy VIZ proposed 10 select He read an
extract from late work, exhibiting 8 stale
ment Of the power Of G. Britain; from which
il appeared TIA, the whole Of TIE military and
naval effective force amounted to upwards OF
10000 msn. He also read other extracts
from The same work, showing TIE cause
of her being able 10 collect 50 large force.
va, the sre@s na1absr Of persons iArosn ou;.
Q: employ ~ surplus population 4ni laHor-
saving machinery. This WIS not the case
with U.s. and he doubted whether 1t ever would
be, such vas Cur iaorGin2:e passion for &C
curing TERRITORY, Hc reP7oh.oad lie Rising
Ct standing armies, as his..l! d-RseroCs 10
Ebersy. We talk Of $4,000 mcn as : harmless
fierce. when C21- crossed he Rub:oon With
5000, and cooSh, ;2e 52ale ef P2.42iszli. vi;h
$, which made hin master q shssso-..33--
The revolution a he is.h B.-GIIaaine MS e.
fasceed BY = force sill r.oHe contemplate. /;
was his vie tsils o&ilsd = nse7oeI.aIy solder
tAzs hid s:r>a cise 10 81 the CSsars md
CgoawsGs md Boa2Pareez TIKI ever existed.
he acknowledge II VS. fashionable 70 s-eer
:, lie militia, particularly with those se.-a-
uae2 vko vo7e eP2u,ees, md Eaa, 1o,E:,a2-
S-zl3.rS, To- II tlse service they - sssa.
were Is vzg ,z,iiiiis;2 3 szy n ths ooun;-y. lie
was sind u ind ,,5zs this WIS I'd, 80 b l party