Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-09-01

and soresipht. IF they had done SO we should
mt now have occasion to aiude to jcalousles,
the existence of which it Is In vain TO deny,
however deeply they may be lamenfea, as g'a-
duaIly undermining the habituai attachh'en.
Of many for our confederation. we VIII ao-
stain from inquiring into their Jusuce.' IL IS
unnecessary; since, to render tlacrn danger
Gus to our prosperity, it is not essential mat
thev should be well founded :; 1t is sufficient II
they exist They will, i'll that case, equally
rankle in tie heart, bias the understanding,
and ALLEVIATE the affection Of whoever feels
them. To what are they chiefly owing why
is Vi,,ginia influence / by word IN the eastern
states; while no one tales of South Caroilna'
or Pennsylvania influence We arc not dis
posed to facilitate our success by encouraging
those eaIousies against Virginia influence
The best interests Of the union require that
thew should be allayed but we are convinced
they never will cease, while the cause or pre-
text for them remains. Virginia herself, as
she values the confederation, should abdicate
situation which she cannot retain without
wounding the feelings of her associates, and
weakening their attachment tor our union
Another evil has resulted from the protract-
ed continuance of power in the same quarter.
The agricultural and commercial states arc
beginning to be arrayed against each other,
and to feel as if they were not connected by
a common bond Of iterest The errors OF this
sentiment VIC disclaim; but the practical ner-
chants and farmers are prone, IN every coun-
try, to regard each other as rivals; nor VIII
either party ever patiently submit to be long
and exclusively governed by the other, OF re-
9ulated bv its peculiar views or tcnets. The
population and resources of this state place 1t
In the first rank, whilst Its local situation
makes it one of the fit repositories OF power,
until the dlstrust and suspicious alluded to
shall have subsidized, or the evils they com
plam Of Shall be remedied. 1t is a middle
state, not deeply tinged with either northern,
or southern preudices, 1t is emlnentiy com
mercial, and most extensively agricultural
would be likely to hold the balance even, and
to conciliate the interests and good WISHES OF
all.
These considerations would be weighty,
even in times of profound peace; but the eX-
steuce of war, furnishes another and d most
powerful argument New York is indeed
m1ddle, but she is also empbatically a fronticr
state. Whatever disasters may be produced
BY the wa,, She will share them as comraoh
calamity, and probably she vii! also teei them
with peculiar severity, as inflicted on hersel'.
We do not utter this in the spirit OF queru-
lous repnipg; nature has placed us IN the
post of danger, and our hearts and principles
determine US to defend il as the post of honor
But if our borders are to be harassed. and per-
adventure, our territory invaded, if our opu-
The
foe, does not the welfare of the union al Iarae
require that its resources should be directed to
the protection Of those exposed places, by
statesmen to whom their wants are perfectly
known, and who would guard them with at
fectionate zeal? Tito this argument OF gene
raj concern, we added somewhat of personal
qualification, should we do wrong II we
said--now that our fortitude is to be p cullar-
~ tried that our population IS TO be poured
out; that our property may be laid waste;
that our individual happiness IS pus at risk, we
offer you a chief magistrate, whose republican
principles you cannot doubt OF whose COM
Detency and talents to discharge the duties OF
that station, YOU are well convinced; CRAFTY Us
in his election. He enjoys our utmost comb
dence; be inherits the blood, the principles,
and the frmness of that hero, whom ourselves
and our fathers long delighted to honor; who
was the guide and guardian Of this his native
state, when the same enemy formerly desolat
ed our lands, and burnt our towns; who was
never appalled, in its utmost difficulties, and
whose ya?our and wisdom emnentiy conlrbut-
ed to the ultimate triumph Of America. If
we even urged persuasive like this, IS there
an American heart susceptible OF feeling, or
gratitude, that would repel our claim
(Io be continued.
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