Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-04-17


. BECAUSE individuals! who can give
cod security, and particular states that
Rave. honestly and honorably maintained
s;r GOOD faith, can, for laudable pur-
no.es. borrow any sums OF money at
common legal interest, and, as have
understood, even for less; which de-
r.or.tra,e,, that the national govern.
ment. Tus .conduet entitled IT. credit,
could obtain all the monies Necessary
for the svsltare 81 the United States.
= Because it will be the duty OF up
r;pbt men in the national legislature,now
and hereafter, to withhold their sanction
from every act of usury and extertien,
and % refuse to mako any provision for
the fulflmcnt Of usurious contracts /,
and thus present lenders may, and pro.
badly will, incur the total loss OF their
loans. The men who, in their public
measures, especially for the last $ years,
have shown so little regard to the fu6Hc
velfare, or rather, who have sacrificed
i 70 their unhallowed views and pas
,ion,. cannot be expected, when their
purposes have been accomplished, to
pay more regard 10 the interests OF in
dipiduaIs.
8, Usurious contracts between indi-
viduals are so secretly conducted as &C.
neralIy to escape detection but all the
usurious loans will "be proclaimed on
the house top" Every individual lend
er will be known, and the rate of his
exterior. Every man, therefore, who
has any tenderness for his reputation,
will avoid such loans.
s. The best Of all reasons, and the no.
bIest motive, to withhold ali voluntary
aids of money or services, to carry on
the present war, will be, because it is
unnecessary g. unjust; because if there
were even the semblance OF justice to
excuse it, yet the sacrifices of the thou.
sands of lives, and the many millions of
money expended and expending in car
rying it on. exceed beyond all calculation
the value of its trofessed object, it this
were attainable {: but it is not astainabie:
it is therefore war without hote. 70
expend the public money on it, then, is
waste, a species of robbery committed
on the national property; and the voice
of the blood of slaus htered citizens will
cry to Heaven for vengeance on the au.
thors of this war, and the money.lena'
ers who become their accessories and a.
bettors.
7. Because, as without money, and an
immense quantity Of it, the war, on the
present magnificent plans of numerous
armies and invasions, cannot be continu'
ed: those who loan their money to the
government are essentially and prinei.
paIly chargeabIe with the f'rotsnsasi0n OF
this great national calamity. And this
is an additional reason why the lenders
ought never to be reimbursed.
TIMOTHY PICKERING.
March -, 1917.
From. tho 3..evH Daily .1svsrsiser-
F. /" America" says the Emperor Ma.
poleon in his speech with infinite com.
placency, America has required to
arms to cause the sovereignty of her
flag to be respected. The wishes Of the
world accompany her in this glorious
contest. If it terminates in obliging the
enemy Of the Continent to recognize the
principles tina. the flag shall protect the
merchandise and crew, and that neutrals
ought not to submit to paper blockades,
Gall is conformable to the treaty of u
trecht) America will meri. the applause
of the world. Posterity will say that
the ancient world had lost its rights. and
the new hath recovered theM."
Here then you have it at full length.
We are to fight till we establish the prin-
ciple that the flag protects every thing
that sails under it,"-enemies property,
articles contraband of war, deserters, G..
nemies themselves, no matter who, no
matter what-a Gag a passport which
mus. neither be Questioned or violated
Now as am a Republican I am al
ways content to submit to the will Of
the majority, and if my fellow-citizens
are Quixotic enough to enter the lists
in such a contest, l have not word to
say against their right to do it. only
wish them to understand the subject in
dispute; and to count the cost Of pursu.
ing it.
From the Same.
Changes which take place in mems
minds on the subject of politics are fire.
quen;ly induced BY such ambitious or
personal motives, as deprive the gentle.
men who change, Of that political eonsi.
Iteration 10 which otherwise they would
be entitled. In this State, however,
within year past, there have been ma.
ny high minded gentlemen, who dis.
dairing the imputations which have been
cast on them, have Withdrawn their sup
port from the administration, and their
influence at elections, and among the