Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-06-11

.-caSt away ali party ulSl1hCtAois oiA AoiS
.ttachnents and prejudices--be Americans IN
name and in principle. Place at the head OF
,,onr affairs the man, on whose front nature
Sos in,pressed the stampof greatness Need
Tname De Witt Clinton, Coixm6ia's faO0r'te
.or-ber last best hone His character needs
10 euIorium, with his integrity and talents,
a;dad nv those whom he would associate with
h;n, in the arduous discharge of the duties OF
government, our country would once more
Save a place among the nations of the earth;
chen would her wrongs be redressed, and the
.couygc of,tbe earth, the tyrant Of The sea, the
1ovg6fu deshot Of 50. Dommg0, and the bar
-,--ous savage fthe speStern zyilds, alike re-
meet our power and court our alliance. Then
shall YOU see ourcommerce extended to every
cline, and our flag respected in every port
our forests converted into rising nayy--ln-
land navigation by canals, &c. extended In
every direction, and the arts and sciences
Aourishing under his fostering genius. Then
shall our embargoes, our non-lmportation and
non-intercourse laws, direct taxes, stamps,
duties and liyeried armies, vanish like morn
ing cloud or early dew. Then shall we see
the husbandnlan SOW and reap in the sure hope
of a ready market; and the sunshine OF hap
piness shall ilumine the land now oversha-
dowed with clouds of doubt and sorrow 20
We have nothing to urge in opposition Ell
Their to the truth or eloquence of these para
graphs. Who, we will ask, was the former
sanguine champion of those measures that
have led our coantry step by step into this
disgraceful dilemma Undoubtedly De Wit
Clinton. It is singular thing to find the
same arguments formerly used to prove Ma
dison's competence for the office he sustains,
now used to prove his incompetence. Thus
the intriguing democrats behaye--they will
exert all their influence to plunge their party
into disgrace, and then produce their former
opinions as evidence that their leaders were
not worthy of public confidence. Princi-
pie and patriotism are thus made mere games
of fast and loose, and are urged with equal
success by democrats either for the elevation
or for the downfall of their party.
Extract of brgadier general Huil's circu-
lar to the Indians on the northern frontier:
Head Quarters of the army on the Northern
Frontier, at -, Mag -, 1912.
To the Chiefs, Sachems and Warriors of the
nations Of Ottowas, Chippewas, Pottawatta-
mics, Wiandots, Miamies, Delawares, Mum
sees, and such of the Shawanese as reside
in the state of Ohio, and the territory of Mi
chigan:
My cHILDREN-By the treaty of Greenyille
and other subsequent treaties, you have &C
knowledged yourselves under the protection
of the United States, and the United
States by the same treaties have engaged to
afford you protecton-Your great Father who
presides at the council. FIRE of the nation, de-
termined TO fulfil all the public engagements
has deemed it necessary to send numerous
army on the northern frontier! In one hant
he carries the olive branch of peace, in the
other the sword Those who accept the one
will enjoy protection, safety and happiness
those who prefer the other, will experience
all the punishment his powerful hand can in
hlct. To MY command he has entrusted this
army, with an authority to adopt such NEE
sures with the chiefs and the several trib@s
of your nations, as in my Judgment may be
best calculated TO preserve the peace of the
country.
My CHILDREN
Long have lived among you; long have
smoked the pipe of peace and friendship with
you. Your ears have heretofore been ops,
to my counsel, and your conduct has proved,
that you have respected my advice. In al.
your concerns have ever felt, and continue to
feel, deep interest The present is most
critical moment. Every thing dear to you is
now at stake. II any considerations should
induce your nations to violate the friendly re-
latlons which subsist between Us, by commit
ting acts Of hostility, you will forfeit all your
lands, all your annuities, and all claims to the
future bounty Of our country--you will forfeit
indeed your very existence among US. If the
sutrages ard murders which have been COM
united on our defenceless inhabitants are un-
authorised Wy the nations, it is their duty TO
make the declaration, and deliver up to justice
the individuals who have committed them
This will be necessary to prevent an imputa-
ton on the nations IF similar acts in any in