Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-07-02
Mp TAGGART,s SPEECH.
CONCLUDED.

exhausted by the ienStp u nay iH'HeNS' 5- !,
IS still one other view of the subject 10 WhiCn
must call their attention., ]. e. that war win
Great Britain will inevitably throw US lheo ,t,o
arms of France, either as allies or as nuthole
dependents In the situation IN whlch VIC
will be placed, the distinction between al d.
" and dependent will be perfectly ltntaste-
rial. An alliance will resemble tue partner
ship In hunting between the hon ana the tes-
ser beasts in. the fable, in which although all
shared in the labor, toll and danger, yer the
king of beasts epgrossed the whole OF the prey
S DpT rank as an independent nation, and even
n,,r ndependence itself will be gone, and our
liberties will be surrendered into the hands OF
one who viii know how to convert them 70
the furherance of his own ambitious views
without waiting for our consent On this part
of my subject Iwish to be plainly understood
] have neither the intention nor wish 10 I'M
pute 10 gentlemen views and motives "hlch
they explicitly disavow. The advocates loythis
war tell us that they have nontentlonto lfent'iy
themselves with European politics orEuropeaf
confess, that they go to war merely In detcrce
Of their own rights, and whenever proper secu-
r;ty Can be obtained for thesetheyw be resdy
to make peace without having any reference to
what may be the state of>the war IN europe.
This looks very fair and plausible IN theory
and do no. call IN question the sincerity -
the declaration, ] only dispute the ptactlcaoi
5 lity of carrying il into effect. Can It be done!
We Sir the mo,Aent we become engaged as
party in Ibis var, we become identified in all
the ramiHcations OK the European contest
Surprising the war in Europe should continue
for 20, 80 or 40 years 20 come we must con-
tinue to be parties in it. This war which has
ragged so long must at some time have an end
however remote the period may be. In the
issue, either one of the powers must conquer
the other, or both parties becoming equally
tired ont aud exhausted by the war, will be
disposed to make peace on something like
equal terms, being content that as itrespect-
ed each other, things should yemaln pretty
much in the situation In which they were at
the commencement thewar Let us suppose
the first, let us suppose that, in consequence
of our engaging in the contest Great Britain
should fall, and a prince ofthe French dynas
~. snbseryient to the will of the emperor OF
France should be placed on the British throne
aud the whole of the British fleet should come
into the power and become subservient to the
ambition of Napoleon, are we to reap any be-,
neht! Will the freedom of the seas be any
better secured? Has either Holland, Swltzer-
land, Belgium or Italy, been benefited BY
what has been called a union wiki France
No man will make the assertion. We Will
be degraded intoa mere colony OF the great
nation. We my perhaps be considered as
too far distant to constitute an integral part OF
the empire, but the Corsican dynasty which
is so fruitful in the production of soverelgns
for other nations, after haviag flied the Bri-
fish throne, can without doubt, furnish aAo-
Their hopeful sprout to Eli that of the United
States. This would be perhaps the greatest
favor which we would have right to expect.
This is an event however Of which entertain
no very serious apprehensions. believe that
the insular situation OF Great Britain, connect
ed with her wooden walls, but above all, with
the irresistible power and providence of Hea-
ven, which is preserving her for nobler pur-
poses perhaps while she does not mean So,
will preserve her ultimately from the grasp of
Napoleon aud her long predicted downfall
On the same source we pay, / trust, rely tor
the safety and protection of the u. So But sup
posing on the other hand that France, from
some cause or other both unseen s unexpected,
should be worsted in the couhiot; surprising
her expressions which have beenmanY should
produce reaction among the nations she has
overrun by her arms, and degraded from the
rank of independent nalions, and they should
assist in her downfall, supposing she should
be eblissed to cencede to Great Bcitain all the
maritime rights which, she claims, and althe
colonies she OCCUPIES, and restore Hanover %
It's beriditary prince as well as I'll the conquer
ed nations 20 their former state Of indepeD-
dence, and become the humble solicitor of
peace, instead of the proud dictator Of its
terms, land certainly these suppositions are
FAR from impossible or even very improbable, }
would orr situation be improved? Whate-
yer rights we then enjoyed Oh the ocean must
be BY mere courtesy, and itwould III that case
be more than ever her policy to keep US de-
pendent. At all events peace VITA both nations