The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-07-30

gained yet battles must be fought and gain
CO before He0ce, SAT-, hoRorutie and dnr0-
Die, Can be obtained for ,hs nation. Is NOT
lSat man then, subscribing the interests of the
enemy, who to the extent OF his power, keeps
money from our Golfers, and men from ou,
:rmies And what, sir, is the greatest crime
Known 10 our constitution and laws! IF "a CT
tizen goes over to the enemy and arms in his
behalf, he is guilty OF treason The overt
act is consumniatcd, and the wickedness Of
his heart is demonstrated. Should the same
cl,lzen remain amongst us, and employ him
sell IN aiding the enemy by paraiziHg the
national energies, is not the turpitude of his
conduct, and his moral guilt equally great
Does he not serve the enemy as eiFc ctually I?
Nay, more, suppose he shall succeed i'll pre-
venting ten men from Joining the army, has
he notrendered the enemy much more ST.
vice than if lie had actually joined the ranL S
of the enemy, and raised the sword IN his
favor? To my mind it is impossible TO draw
line of distinction between adding to the
strength of the enemy, and taking from the
strength Of his own country. In both Cases
he is working the ruin CT his country, So
far IS that result depends on his eXer,iolis {:
and the only difference to himself is, that in
one case he Gorfeits his life for bis crime; in
the other, he lives an object of public exc
GRAFTON, and loaded with the adherence OF
ali good men:
While upon the subject of the war, and the
conduct ofopposition, suffer me, Mir. Speak
er, 10 devote another moment TO the almost
:ncomprehenSibie part which they arc seen,
~ act. They call themselves the friends 81
,heace; yet what step do they take to pro-
cure it for their country? Now that the war
RACES upon the frontiers, peace can only be
obtained by expelling the enemy from our
borders, or by negotiating with him. winch
method does eheopposition prefer! 1t cannot
be the former, because they withheld from
the government, SO tar as they can do SO, all
the means Of cffecting 1t. Is Vt the latter
hen why not come ont with candid de-
claration in favor of the Russian medlallon-
why not rejoice that an extraordinary mis-
sion is dispatched to st. Petersburgh A"d
yet upon this subject an lmpenetraoic si-
lence has been preserved, no sentence OF ap-
probation has escaped their hips troin them
we have not heard the emperor OF Ruasia
apPlauded for his friendly disposition mani
Tested towards this country, by mtcrposhn
his kind Offices between the two natioEs.
Sir, an eternal cry of peace, peace. peace
is kept up, while at the same time, ooJecuon
after objection, difficulty after difficulty, OBJ
staclc after obstacle, is thrown In the way of
the government, in every attempt made to
bring the war to speedy termination. Eve
~ attempt to negotiate is treated with rlti-
cule, and every means of carrying on the war
successfully is withheld, SO far as they can
effect it-ano these are tho friends OF peace
Can gentlemen believe that the American
people are to be deceived and imposed on
lN,rN lcI, 4 flIcf,.
by actions ? What does this extraordinary
conduct mean? For something must DC
meant when even q system of contradiction
is persisted in, with SO much pcrtinacity and
zea!.-Will gentlemen compel me TO Say
that self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is the object and
aim of many who practise this conduct
That war, protracted and disastrous, hngcr-
ing and ruinous, is the secret wish Of no
small portion Of the leaders of that party
which cries so loudly for peace war which
shall involve in ruin, the administration that
declared it, and which shall bring into pow
er the men who were put down by the pco-
pie twelve or thirteen years ago.
Sir, felt some establishment TO hear the
member from New York, (Mr. Grosvenor)
who had no scat In this house when war was
declared, who was not even in this city at
that time, state with so much confidence, liz
what events the war would or would not
have taken place. If the public documents
are referred to, it will be seen that the i'm
pressment Of our scamcn was considered as a
principal cause Of the war. In the executive
messages of that session, in the reports OF
the committee of foreign relations, it will be
seen that the language of freemen was en-
ployed, the liberty of the citizen being deem
ed more valuable and precious thanhis pro-