Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-07-08

government, when their just tights are 49,.
lected, their interests overlooked, their oni;,;
ons disregarded, and their respectful petidn,
received with superciious contempt, it isl
possible FOR them 10 submit In silence. !,
other countries, such occurrences praduce n
mults, rebellion and civil war. But in On,
country, peaceable remedy may be fomJ
for these evils in the Constitutions. Situated
however,, as you now are, eySry man must i.
quick TO discern, and active 10 apply Ibis re.
medy, Itmast be evident to you, th2t Ore.
sident who hiss made this war; Is hct cuaiGea
to make peace; and that The men wao have
concurrcd in this act oil desperation arc pi&da
ed to persevere in this course, regai lless d
all consequences. Display then the macs,
of the people in the exercise of your rights
and sacrificing all party feeling at The altar d
your country's good, resolve to dspace those
who have abused their power, and BETRAYED
their trust. Organize a feace farty through
out your country, and let all other party dis
tinctions vanish, Keep steadfast eye upon
the Presidential Election, and remember thai
if he, whose fatal policy has plunged you ino
this unexampled calamity, is again raised 70
the chair and if the abettors al war are to be
entrusted with conducting 1t, you will have
nothing to expect for years TO come, but 18th,
sound of the warrior anc garments rolIed in
blood - and that if YOU should by your aid &C.
celerate the fall of Great Britain, you wouB
merely deliver over your exhausted county
and cnslayed posterity to the dominion of a
tyrant, whose want Of power alone reStrans
him from the exercise OF unlimited dcspotsm
on the ocean, and the same tyranny in the new
world which be has imposed upon the old.
To secure full effect to your object, it will
be necessary that you should meet and CON.
suit together for the common good in your
towns and counties. Il is in dark and irving
times, that this constitutional privilege De-
comes invaluable. Express your sentiments
without fear, and let the sound Of your dsap
probation of this war be loud and deep. LIT
il be distinctly understood, that III sHpporo Of
| it, YOUR conformity to the rcqUioltonS OF bE
! will be the result OF principle and not Of cbooa
| If your sons must be torn from you by c'1.
scriplions, consjgn them TO tie re OF Com
OUT lCL lIteIC OS 40 sotoulN~A"t N+t>N t. ~ ~
tensive war
Remember this, unsuccessful, viii be ii.
! last effort of free republic; YOU must tXd'
bit to the world the magn.ninlity and conSlaHq
ola people, suffering under the oppression o.
their rulers, ard developing resources tor IT,
lief in their own energy and virtue, and IN the
| principles of their constitution, without de''
troying the fabric. Such spectacle would
indeed be most glorious for our country, and
! consolatory to a weeping world. The tneni
of the human race would rejoice that one iFt'
people has escaped snare into which It's g.
vernmcnt had fallen. Bur if blind with pN'
iudice and passion, we permit power 10 re-
main with those who forget right, we must b.
come the allies of France, and our only homo
will consist incur having been the last lFe'
republic.
Fin.lly, fellow-citizens, we are Constranes
| TO declare our opinion that the war, underpf.
/ sent circumstances, is a wanton sacthce o.
! YOUR best interests. That the proVocatlon6
not adequate to this highest and most sigma
act of vengeance. That were ii ever so Ha
! # OUGHT not to be pndertak n without gFead
| prenaratioa. Aud that the declaration OF VA
| il, in fact, a commission from our goverpme"
TO the British cruizers to seize On that nor"'
| Of orr commercial capital which has blneS
escaped the aggressions Of foreign nations A'
! the no less fAta! measures OF our own go'f%
! ment
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