Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-09-29
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In the management OF the busi-
ness ofprivate life it is q most ne-
cessary part Of knowledge. to know
10th the real and the relative worth
Of things. Aud it holds equally good
in m managing public affairs. As
private man 10 the practice OF ex.
changing his gold for pebbles, pound
for pound. ought to be sent to the
lusatie hospital /; SO. and indeed
uueh more. should a commission OF
lunaey he passed upon civil rulers
who barter away the wealth. aad
even the lives Of the people under
their care for q thing of no value.
And yet this has been done BY the
rulers of America and that upon
most extensive scale. Already a
great many million of dollars OF the
United States money has been spent
in a long and fruitIess series OF at
tsmpts to conquer Canada. Airea-
DIV much American blood has been
wasted upon that object; and yet
the object, If attained, would De
woodworking. The great body
Of the peoDle Of the United States
would be neither richer; nor safer,
nor happier. for the acquisition OF
Canada !; though it might fill the
pockets of spectators. and multiply
ioaves and fishes to the dependents
on executive bounty.
Again, the ultimate object. or ra-
Their, what is pretended to be the
ultimate object Of the present strug-
gle. is equally Insignificant in point
ofreal worth. Were the British 60
yerpment to be coerced into consent
that the American flag should pro-
tect British seamen, il would be no
gain to our own seamen. but rather
manifest and fatal injury forihey
would be supplanted in their oceu-
patton by hords ofrunaways, British
and Irish. Thousands and scores OF
thousands of alien seions would be
engrafted on the American stock. to
the impeyerisbment and ruin OF the
natural branches.
So would the matter stand, ifihe
objects aforementioned were attain
able but they are net attainable.
No man of good sense and good IN
formation expects. now. that Cana
da will be conquered by the Ameri-
can arms. Nsr does any man ofthis
description, to which soeyer politi-
cal party belonging, soherly expect
that Great Britain will grant. on
compulsion, any better terms Offset
clement, than she would have grant
ed. voluntarily, years ago. After a
seven years war ; after expending
bundreds Of millions /; after losing
many thousands Of lives after
drinking the cup of misery to the We
nv dregs-no ELECTROMAGNETIC trea-
~ would be obtained, than might
have been obtained by Mr.. King, had
he been permitted to proceed, or
than actually was obtained by Messrs.
Monroe and Pinkney.
How then is the present state OF
things TO be accounted for Can 1t
be. that the understandings OF the
president and his councillors are SO
darkeued as not to perceive that this
war promises no equivalent for the
miseries suffered by it? No. they
are not SO blind. And Why did the!
reject the repeated offers of an ar
mistice Why did they decline i'm
proving the fortunate occasion of the
repeal of the British orders in eoun.
Gil by taking a correspondent step
toward friendly settlement ! Why
was Mr.. Galiaiin, French subject.
a native of the dominions of the Emu
peror of France, sent 10 Russia, to
treat of peace with England, when
II was known that Admiral Warren.
in our own neighborhood, had full
powers to open aud conclude neso-
citation for that purpose I Why have
the presidents communications 10
congress, as well as his own paper.
the National Intelligencer, been
fraught with hitter invectives against
England, even since the fabrication
Of the pretended embassy for peace
with her? Why is every thing yet
done, en- the part of our administra-
tion. that can be done, to enflame the
feelings of the public, and, OF course
to reader the war interRinabie :!
And more than all the rests why