Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-04-15

4, a,i Sscal caicuialious, Pte
spP'@s a,onsy 90 the government; or
i. % 'V' that a war with England will be
B SSsF Ger expedition against the Indians
'o' sovernsnnnt is expected to find on
fre - Cd !. vhiskey? Congress by their
P'''s' .,her measures, has acknowledged
81 : ..ncv Of the non-importation law a.
pF l.od-why not, therefore, remove
IRE from their own citizens, whilst
p' :, !, he same time by putting France
~ IND upon the same footing open the
Do ,ore to the latter fer honorable &C
~ .;on if she is so disposcd--indeed'
'n a's;s measure is adopted, it will be diih-
~ impress upon the public mind what
h = have never yet believed that there real
" !, NAV be asked what will Bonaparte
: !. reneaI ofthis law ? Let US humoly
n s,en he will excuse it as measure
r. .o,v 70 war but if indeed we should
Inv forfeit his Jiieadslf, we shall nave
:, consolation in the reflection that nc
=, his enemies with more respect and favor'
!. !. does his trends, since even hated In
~, enjoys more advantageous commerce
! !. him and finds in bis ports more security
=, licensed vessels, than has yet been
.,.ed 10 the americans zp49na he loves.
WHIT Canonier begot tAis luSty 6tood
y,s,erday's Intelligcncer has brought the
,.s,;qu of War or Peace explicitly before
i American people. Inthe imperious sule
,r,,sastern monarch to his crouching vassals,
!. ars q Let War be forthwith proclaimed
.,Ost ENGLAND :" and afterwards" The
,biect MUST be dismissed from the debates
{ Congress-, and from our diplomatic discus
ioaso Is the writer Of these high-handed
.csrations Ignorant of the American cons'l-
puOr, or does he despise 1t? Does ne not
nav that 10 Congress exclusively belongs
,e power of declaring War Or does he be-
eve they are either too stupid to understand
2.
,s true interests of their country, or too cow
'dly to defend them /?
We wait with anxiety to learn whae course
lr lellow-c citizens in Congress will pursue,
ter being thus instructed in their duty with
I the insclence of a dictator. IF they will
lbni, to be thus degraded,-h they will qus-
ly Obsy the concealed mandates of Chief
man who is afraid openly 20
.sOmmend measure which he secretly coun-
Congress will sink SO much be-
cath the dignity of freemen and legislators -
zen indeed is our case hopeless. Not only
all we suffer the calamities OF war, but eve
other calamity which it may crafty the am
ton and avarice of one or two men to lnHict
pen our devoted country.
This writer in his warliSc manifesto, says
an is an idle objection TO war, that we are
y prepared for it. This, he continues, can
ne weight with the timid and pusillanimous
Ny; for, SAYS he, our preparations are ade-
nate to every essential object. But Colonel
aaHe has repeatedly asserted that we are en-
rely gnprepared for war. Is he one of the
a'lllanimous? This writer, however, after
'sriing that we are perfectly prepared, fur
ef asserts that the idea of any danger from
'aslon is absurd. He,froves that England
mot do US the most s@;hing damage in the
MOVING sctiafcetory way because she is
% much afraid of invasion herself, to send
'tany more troops!! Unanswerable argu-
lent And it VIII be allowed the more
Eight when Il is recollected that she has