Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-04-25
ALEXANDRIA.
SATURDAY MORNING, April IS.
"To sHEW
THE Very AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME
HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
+" TO sHEw
THE LOAN.

On TINS SUBJECT, WHICH, mas .. r
pearance of Lottery Scheme as any thing we
ever read. The writer says, that the ad-
Uantages to the individuals who may Make al
vances on this occasion are TOO great and 90
Vious to escatse The penetration Of monled men,
Yet he afterwards goes on to detail these
great and obvious advantages at considerable
length. No schemng Ticket Vender ever
set a more ingenious trap to catch gulls than
the two first sentences of the last paragraph
of this Essay. They are in these words -
g Besides other motives for these remarks, we
have been influenced by the rumor that the a
e,ents of several eminent foreign bankers are
waiting with the view of subscribing extern
siyely to the loan If this be a fact, it is not
improbable that, considering their usual saga
city in such affairs, these gentlemen scW near
IN monohoAze it, unlees our oGyn CITIZENS come
forward zyith Shirt and tromftness." Our own
citizens have here timely warning to be upon
the watch, and not suffer foreigners to bear
of the frize
1t is not our intention at present to say any
thing respecting the policy or advantages OF
this loan Every monied man will probably
make his own calculations. But we are strong
ly impressed with the opinion, that IT the pro-
posed loan be really as successful as this writer
anticipates, it will be in great measure ow-
ING to that 5aleful measure, the Embargo,
which has checked the usual course OF mer-
camille enterprise. Men will lend money to
government, when they have no better way OF
employing it. In fact, we should not be at all
surprised, if one of the objects of the Emoar-
go was, to produce this very effect
Several of the Democratic papers contain
paragraph congratulating the nation In the fol-
lowing exulting manner -" The Embargo
terminates on the fourth of July, 1912 Is
this accidental, or is it providential ?''-We
have no objection TO allowing our soothsayers
every fashionable way of encouraging our TEL
citizens to war, such as examining the en-
trails of slaughtered victims, or watching the
fight of birds Bat the imposition OF this
Delphic Oracle is entirely too palpable. The
Fnbarpo terminates on the second of July !;
and OF course has no connection whatever, ell
Their accidental or provdential, with the
GLORIOUS uIrIn.uay VI hnCiICan freedom. 1t
is absolutely disgusting to find men talking a.
bout the projected War, as if it was 70 be
another war for Indepe ndcnce. We have al
ways been Independent since tie 18th of July,
l776, except indeed the dependence we have
unwarily placed upon foreign emissaries,
feels and traitors. Our liberty and happiness,
we trust, will be maintained in spite of them.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Ninth CHATTER Of the Third Book Of Chroni-
cle8.
Now it came to pass, that, in the third year
of the reign of James the Son of Thomas, of
the seed royal
James sent out writing, directed to the
princes and the great men, saying:
Behold, make a decree that ye all come to
me OF: the fourth day Of the eleventh month,
and gather together near my palace on the
banks OF the Tiber, to receive my commands.
SO they all came,
And James sent them letter, saying: The |
King Of Danglen hath injured me: have re-
buked him, but he needed me not: am de-
termined to destroy him, so that his name
shall no more be heard among the nations
And have called you to fight my battles.