The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-08-18

p"i'phiSt, OBSCURE 4 confess, and IN that III.
Hated language you seem 10 inherit yo,
VIII lind it thus written, The ball of EN-
pirc has held its course westwardly, ans
plays its corruscatiors as it runs its race
He wrote this pamphlet upon the appear
ance OF the Boston port bill, and YOU ma,
plainly, and hope aliectionately, pcrceiv,
by it that he ioresaw the setting OF the SUI
nfthe British empire, which your finger il
endeavoring to stay, and the rise of an en-
pirc here, which, with equal efficacy, yo,
are striving to obstruct--I imagine yo,
will be perfectly satisfied then that the idc;
| OF an extensive empire is not novelty, ant
,hat you will accept of this one quotation
IN lieu OF the very many speeches and pam
phlets with which l cannot think of over
loading newspaper, simply adding tia
you perfectly we'll knew that the foreseer
addition oil Canada TO the union was actual
ly debated about, & formed strong induce
ment TO the adoption Of the very constitu
| ton which the Massachusetts, or rather n,
odious party among them, now say was in
| tended to exclude it. Ifthis is establishes
| 1t will be incumbent on you TO shew us Tn,
! rational distinction between Canada at In,
north-cnd of the United States, and Loui
siana at the south. The language ofthe con
shiution however makes all other iDforma
ton and reference unnecessary-NVe Their,
read in the Sd section of the 4th article "tha
new states may be admitted into the union.
This you admit is very broad sS comprehen
sive, but you assign for its operation solel,
some parts Of the old states which mich
secede from the pare mt stock and wish Il
be formed into separate state IF the uniol
and tins you do, Notwithstanding the vcr,
next sentence in the section provides, sc
parateiy Tor the very case Of such parts 0
state so seeding, and gives congress
| power 20 admit them also into the unto,
with the consent Of the state from which
they should have seccded-To what then
sir, does the first sentence of this sectio,
apply! Had the convention no meaning j,
II! lfyour construction is right the conven
| tlon was composed Of ideots, and nut in ;
sentence which, III no possible event woul,
have any application--Is this the mode il
WHICH you treat work which has Gen
"ashington's name TO it Or is all you
pretended reverence for him to result il
| proving he had not common understanding
but, sir, your argument goes deeper still
You pretty clearly intimate TO us what yo,
| wish should become Of Louisiana-If un
derstand you right, you maintain that tn,
| limits OF the United States were establish
cd oy the treaty Of Paris in 1888 Ii will
| follow then that as those limits were set
tied as between England and the Unite,
| States, and Louisiana was not mentione,
England has the better right to il, for witt
| the distress into which the bare name Of tn
emperor OF France throws you, you sure
ly cannot mean to give his empire such a.
addition, and do not know that there ca
be any other candidates-As YOU insis
then that your own country cannot acquir
| 1t, and will not hear Of France, 1t must b
England you wish should possess it an
you are probably pretty well acquainte
with her anxiety on the subiect-Ii this i
your drift, your conduct and your argu
ment will still continue uncontradictory-
But 1t seems you dread these new an
unconstitutional arbitcrs Of our fate" whor
you describe as both "remo,c from our in
tcrCsts as well as ignorant Of them ''-Wh
the two eXtremities of the empire Shout
have such opposite interests that they can
not be regulated by common government
lyou have not condesccnded TO explain, bu
when you TeproaCh their members with ig
norance permit me to ask you if you rcalI
formed that opinion from the reply of som
OF them to your invectiyes in congre. S
you did, you differ very widely from TIL
rest OF the conmunity-l admit you hav
some reason to feel sore, and have acte,
prudcntly in taking the shelter from whic
you are now venting the dregs of your We
nom-Looking on you as the common sew
or OF set in your native state who are en-
deavoring to bring calamity OF the deepes
i dye upon US all have addressed you in
diyiduaily, because l think the over rate
talents you possess are prostituted to thei
purposes, and that you are so blinded wit