Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-08-01

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Of all kinds be multiplied in this unus,ns @t's'
disastrous contest. Where too, are oa aid
perienced captains, and what lVashiDo,"a.e A'
left to inspire and conduct rs? oNp
We enquire also, when all our prep,r.,
shall be complete, if they ever Can BE- ''uIa
are we 10 gain by war in any degree sdco "S
to thceyils it brings upon ourselves? Wfr~s
shall we strike for tie redress we seek "e
count of the orders in council and nr"
ment? The British navy is out Of our Wv
and superior to our own. Her armies ,,s
invade us-no triumph over them CAM
probably be obtained. Her Possessions
north might probably be oyerrun at AMY
mense sacrifice of blood and treasure: bma
we want extension of territory Are ~
worth the cost and will we consent to cs~,
son and maintain large armies in those rs.:
ons of cold and barrenpess, to secure ,ss
during the war !? and can we hope at the a.1
of ii that they will be relinquishcd 10 Us ~
England? Will plivateering and our pntrin
volunteers, and even our courage ava. Ny
when there is no point to which we can eHr'
tually direct our attack IS it not evident, FL
low citizens, thatafter all these immense NJ.
parations and expenditures, and which -,
after year musthc repeated, that we shall /,
put on our defence, and instead of attack ard
injury to our enemy, and satisfaction obtained
for wrongs, our armies. and all our effsrshs
exhausted in barely projecting our teriOv
from sudden irruptlcns, and securing our q.
ties and towns from destruction? Will thj,b.
satisfaction for wrengs, or obtain our rights.
On the other hand, will our enemy be idle, 0,
is she Incapable Of doing US harm? and csDc.
cally if our troops are marched to Canada.
We, having declared and commenced warupOn
her, is it not 10 be presumed that all her pow.
ers of iniurng US, will be exerted Do
VIC not expect 1t, and can We Justly complain
if war with all its horrors is retalated upoBus
seeing we openly wage it by public law
We should betlay our duty and be unworthy
of confidence, were we to suffer our feelings
and our resentments to blind us to these con.
siderations--a prudent nation, not wasteluloi
It's own blood and needless of consequences,
will weigh their means and their dangen-
They who decide on war and rashly plunge
into the guIph it opens upon their country
without counting Its cost, It's length, It's uR'
certainty and inevitable miseries, we may re-
spect their motives aAd their spirit, butt is
our bounden duty to warn our countrymena'
gainst such councii!ors--if warning in oPllu
a case is requisite. It is wrong to infams
our minds to vengeance aed rush into great
er evils, even In "a lust quarrel for particular
offences, where our country is the stake, Ind
there is danger, nay almost certainty that
our loss will be Infinitely greater than our
gain. We are instigated, however, to fight
for honor---to venture SO many blessings ac'
tually possessed, and to undergo so many
certain distresses in order to evlnce courage
But, fellow citizens, who doubts the courage
of Americans The world Will witness hg
them that it is not fSar but frudenef, anda
love of country that restrains them from gar
in the pursuit, of which so many nations have
lost their liberties, after glorious struggles NJ
their lust establishment Do not thereloFe'e'
US be hurried into it, for what mankind cAln"
norI Letus ratherthink ofthe honor OF securing
Peace and Union let us prefer the ho"O
which discretion and humanity dictate--''''
Of saving and preserving the blood ana woo.
sure, and virtue, and religion, and haPp"''S
of our dear country. Let If be our Non0 "
hreUent the introduction of standing aflIie,-
the increase Of taxes and public de0t--tns I ~s
tresses OF private life--fathers, sons anu O's,
thren-our friends and fellow citlzenS-,c: ~.
patriots, torn from their homes--os'u"a
year after year, in this perhaps hopele" s0'
test about orders in council and lmprcssl04 .sa
And what must emhitler all, dying u" #
side of the tyrant of France and desuo," uiI
republics. Aud who shall say that ou's 'r @
not fall by the same hand which has aio 0 INN.
other low, when by our aid he has accou'p, ,b",
ed his designs on England. Has DC 'p' haze
weakened and ruined every people VIM -
Joined in his wars or trusted to his prp"'.s m
We cease, fellow citizens, to rem #
these direful but certain consequence sons
hrotrac.ed VAR. Your own cool REM" ks
will go far beyond the reach OF these '. Ioub.
to open to you its certsin mlserlesnas.h Zee Of
ful issue, and multiplied horrors n seenes
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