Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-11-26

The reason is, he adds, ths want Of fc
euaiary metive. In this lies tue sr'o''
Il il not hccuniary soffOe tna1 IS w.
ing to fiji your armies. Iii naarafme'
tine in which you are deficient on'
whatever difference of opinion may e1'
list among the happy and wise ysomanry
of New-Ergland in relation 70 the ps'a-
ciple and necessity Of this war, there Is
very little, or at least much less dtver-
sity of sentImsnt concerning the INVASION
of Canada, a. mean of prosecuting II
They do not want Canada as an object
Of ambition. They do not want II az an
object OF plundcr. They see no imag'h, :
able connection betweea the conquest OF
that province, and the attainment OF
those commercial rights. which were the
pretended objects Of the war. On the
contrary, they see, and very PLAINLY 100
that if our cabinet be gratlhed n the
object of its ambition, and Canada be-
come conquered province, that an a
pology is Immediately given, for ex-
tending and maintaining in that country
large military force, under pretence
of preserving the conquered territories
really, with q view to overawe the
adjoining states. With this view oi
that project, the yeomanry OF New En-
gland want that moral motive, which
will alone in that country, fill your ar
mics with men worthy enIisting. They
have no desire TO be the tools Of the am
bition otany man, or any set of men.-
Schemes of conquest have no charms
for them.
Abandon your projects OF invasion :;
throw your shield over the seabeard and
the frontier: awe into silence the In.
dams in your territory; fortify your
citiss take the shaCkles from your com.
merce; give US siips and seansn and
shew the people Of that Country wise
object cf warfare, and there will be no
want Of men, money or spirit.
! proceed to my second objection,
which was to the inequality of the ope-
rarion of the provisions Of this bill. Il
is never to be forgotten, in the conduct
Of the government Of these U. States,
that it is political association of indie
pendent sovereignties, greatly differing
in respect of wealth, resource, enter
prize, extent Of territory and prepare.
ton OF arms. 1t ought, also, never to
be forgotten, that the proportion of ply.
steal force, Which nature has given, does
not lie within precisely the same line Of
division, With the proportion of political
influence, which the constitution has
provided Now, sir. wise men conduct
ing political associalionihus construct
ed, ought always tc have mainly in view,
not to disgust any of the great sections
OF the country, either in regard Of their
interests, their habits or their preiudi-
ices. Particularly ought they to be eau
usus not to burlhen any ofthe great Sec
tons In way peculiarly odious to them,
and in which tho residue of the state.
cannot be partakeJs, or at lea;t only in
very small degree. think thi. priv
'cIpls OF political action is incontfover-
ubis. Now, sir, Of all the distinctions,
which exist in these United States, that
which results from the character of the
labor IN different parts Of the country,
Is The most obvious ard critical. II the
southern states, all the Iabolious indus
TRY ct the country is condsctcd by slaves;
In the northern states it is conducted bv
the eomanry, their apprentices or Chill
dren. The truth is, that the only real
property, in the labor of others, which
exists In the nerthern states, is that
which Is possessed in tina. Of minors;
the very class of which, at its most vaIu-
abls period, this llw propo.sate sivest
them. The planter of the south can
look round upon his fifty, his hundred
and his thousand of human beings, and
say, "these are my property" The
farmer OF the north has only one or two
"eHe lambs" his children; of which
he can say, and say with pride, like the
Roman matron--" these are my orna.
ments." Yet these this bill propose, to
take frem bin; or wha, is the same
thing, proposes to corrupt then; to
bride them out of mis- service and that
too, at the very age when the desire Of |
freedom is the most active, & the sp!en-
dor Of fslsc glory the most enticing. |!
Yet your slaves are safe--there is no |
project for their manunission in the
bill. The husbandman of the north, tho
mechanic, the manufactures, shall have
he property he holds in the minors sub.
iect to him, pat to hazard. Your pro-
perty in the labor Of others i. safe
Where is the jus,ice-Whcrc the eeua.
ity of such provision
1t is very we'll known-in eur coun.
~, indeed, it is obvious from the verv
nature OF the thing, that the exact peri.
ID OF life, at which the temptation Of |
his law begins TO operate upon The mi
Tor, is the moment when his services
'esin to be the most useful to the pa.
ent or master. Until the age of Is, the
10Y has hardly paid to tie parent, or
al Il