Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-06-08
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hronoht into action the enquiry will be, are
Won for vour country or against It.
The above is extracted from a war speech
Of MIR. Grundy. It presents at snce 10 Niew
untruth and nonsense. The united energies CO
Of the people in the contemplated war Will !
never be brought together but by the arm oil
mower. Their energies from the start VIII DC
united AGAINST it by every lawful means IN
tne;r. nossession. Those energies have alrea-
a., commenced their operations, In that re-
sDect. the distinction of federallsts and re-
,,nhI;cans will cease As nation the Peo-
nJe are at this moment opposed to war-ask
thsr, Individually. Do you wish Tor war or
embarool--No. Do you think you VIII De
MADE more wealthy or happy No. DO
80, mt End Yourself more or less injured by
the late and present measures OF your rulers
Yrs. Have not hundreds OF once opuleht anu
banny families been reduced to poverty ana
distress by those measures! YES. WIZ not
,ruch more destruction ensue from war ana
Fmbarqo2 Yes. Don't you suppose that al.
ter bloody and protracted war, desolatlon OF
.;t;es and towns, s more millions OF exPence
than the Canadas are worth, the business OF
Ord.rs in Council, Spoilation, &c. must be
ter,o;nated as it did commence, by negoclatl-
-, and motual concession? MosT CERTAINTY.
IF not ninety nine, at least ninety OF an nun
5rea would answer as above'-There is no
%, IN the Union that wishes tor war, but those
who hone to be benefited thereby. Or, those
=, and ont of Congress, about whose uecks
poranarte has twisted chord, as MIR. Grun-
5u acknowledged, and declared on the floor
Of Congress to be the case: That party, when
the French govemmeRt boosted TO our Am
bassadors they had in the United States, and
which Bonaparte has so secure, that ne de-
clared they must obey him, or he coulo eS-
nose them II is most astonishing, that the
President, and the leading ]acoblns IN Con
cress should be so ignorant OF the real sentl-
ments of their own countrymen. But Its all
nretence-They have by Infamous means got
the country and themselves into perplexlty
and dishopor, and they are ashamed' and nave
not the courage to retrace their mlry track
Therefore they are compelled to make asser-
tions they know to be unfounded, In order to
src,asn in blindness and iniatuation the weak
adherents, who are necessary TO the promo
ton of their nefarious purposes.
Ronaparte's National intelligence says,
&C The nresent crisis In our affairs EXHIBITS a
curious phenomenon" 1t seems this serVlle
tool of Napoleon can, as by accident, speak the
truth. But can help him to two much more
extraordinary phenomenons than he has stated.
The FIRST is. that of a legislature freely elected
nv tbe people and anenable to them, pursuing
measures most disastrous to those very people
and against the will and opinions OF the same
people. The other is, that persons who Will
at this moment condemn the measures OF their
rulers, and admit that their own sutterlngs
have thereby become intolerable, and that 1t
would be we'll to have change OF men, Will
~ the next moment give their sufrages Tor
chose very rulers. Perhaps this is to be &C
counted for on the sGore OF that republican &C.
mon-Party
This same disciple of Bonaparte, complains
of the "steady opposition" which has been
made to the two last Administrations. ms
onnosition was continued, and hope will re-
main steady and strong, so long as the admi-
nistration continues so steadily partial to the
tyrant, who has so steadily, for many years
plundered, burnt, sunk, murdered, and de-
stroyed the American people and their proper
~: and IN language the most impudent' die
tated TO his humble, cowardly American 60
vernment, what path alone they shonid dare
10 travel. And our government have travel
ed and are travelling on accordingly. Oh /! lg
nominy Oh! villainy! OIL treason /! Oh
our county,!
This same common sewer of imposition
the truth, further observes, 1t ever facts
furnished pledge for sincerity of motive
that pledge is to be found in the unvarynF
principles, and Conduct of the administrator
of our government This is most extra
ordinary good one--It is true hit for 1t IS ;
demonstrated fact, that Jefferson and Madison
have been, ? years, unVarying IN their tT4n
cinLes and conduct, as to promoting by every
species Of deception, the destructive machi
nations of their imperial master. This howe
yeris no subject Of wonder. Did not Bona
parte select Jefferson as his President of thu
u. States Did not French government