Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-28

having an extensive pallVlldSSi III oliiSS'
other public benefits to bestow, and OF another
man who had none.
Well, as the government by their own un-
wise and unwarrantable acts, have deprived
themselves of commercial revenues, what IS
to be done Money must be had 1aey would
borrow : but folly only will induce any one to
lend, without funds pledged to pay and re-
deem the principal and interest IN time Of
feace they dare not lay any internal ta.1es--lt
will hazard their popularity. They have
found remedy They have made law I'M
posing land taxes, a stamp act, excuses, salt
tax, SC. sc. NOT to be ieUied anil 7car taxes
Mace. The sooner therefore wartakes place
the sooner they viii obtain revenue land that
revenue my enable them to borrow money
To induce the people to take the bitter pill
they have sugaredit over with q promise that
these taxes shall be abolished in one year at
ter the end of the war; Such men as are Ca
pable of reflection and calculation know that
this will be impossible. The war once begun
will continue, if the PEOPLE 7vA bear il, for
many years--as long Us the war between Bo-
naparte and G. Britain; and this will be at
least as long as he lives, and he is now In the
prime Of life, and Of ambition, which nothing
short of the conquest of the globe Will satisfy.
During the war with Great Britain, our conf
merce will be annihlated. No revenue then
can be drawn from that source. BY dry taxes
money mustbe raised to support the war, and
to maintain your government at Washington
for making laws pregnant with mischief, dis
tress, and ruin.
Such, fellow citizens, is your prospect.
trust you will not endure it. The remedy is
in your own hands. Cause your unwisc and
unfathtul rulers 4" to return to private lite, =
This is simple, easy remedy-the remedy
prescribed by the constitution four common
wealth.
Massachusetts is the most commercial state
in the union COMMERCE Gin connexion
with the fisheries, and both with agriculture
and the mechanic arts) is our life. We Can
notexist, but in misery, without COMMERCE.
To establish COMMERCE, to give it SECU-
RITY, and obtain from it bountiful REVE-
NUE., were primary objects in forming ma
tonal government. COMMERCE, with its
reOenue was looked up to as the great cement
of the union Of the states. Let the national
government destroy COMMERCE, and the
UNION will be dissolved. Let US then hold
fast our COMMERCE, that the Union may
be preserved. We entered into war with
our parent country because of her commercial
o1thyeS$ions and we declared ourselves indie
pendent, among other reasons, " because she
had cut off our trade with all parts OF the
world" Our national rulers have for many
wears afflicted US with infinitely more griev
Gus oppression; and now for second time have
cut off our trade with all parts ofthe world"
This cannot be endured. The remedy, | re-
peat, is in your own hands. You have but to
cause your officers and representatives who
approve and support these destructive mea-
sures, "toreturn to private life" Do this |
and you will be saved. Your pending cleo |
tons will seriously influence, perhaps decide |
the great question of peace or war, Happily |
YOU will soon be rid of chief ruler who tor |
two years has dishonored and dsgraced you |
i'll the eyes of all our sister states. You re- |
member the parable of lothian, g when the |
trees went forth TO anoint king to reign over /
them" The taireSt trees refused. This was |
not your case. Neither the Olive Tree
would have withheld from you his fatness
--ror the" Fig Tree his {" sweetness" nor |
the Vine" his generous Juice (Which cheer !
eth God and man. Deceivers persuaded |
you to believe your present chief ruler pos |
sessed Of all those excellent qualities: but
experience has shown him TO be miserable |
6 bra1nble" Your choice has now fallen on |
one that will yield the Peaceable fruit OF
But this goodly tree must be !
Standing alone it cannot shelter
YOU fyom the impending storm. 10 drop the
fgure-The zuelfare of the state-the resto-
ration of commerce with all its attendant bless
inos, and the PEACE of the UNION will
depend on the men you choose in May, to re-
present you in the general court Heaven
direct and bless your choice
TIMOTHY PICKERING.
April 10, 1912.
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