Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-02-22
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sneak The present tenant o' ."e
chief magi,traey rejected. by tha'
whole section of cduatry, with the
exception of a single state. unan'-
mously. And for whom In favor
Of a man. out Of the circle OF his
ewa state, without much influence
and personally almost unknew".-
Tn favor Of a man. against whom the
prevailing Influences in New Eng.
land had previously. strong political
preiudices and with whom. at the
time of giving him their support
they had no political understanding;
in favor Of a nan, whose merits
whatever in etherrespectsthey might
be, were brought into notice. in the
first instance, chiefly. so far as that
election was concerned, by their OBJ
MON Of the utter want OF merit OF
the man, whose reelection they op-
posed.
Among the causes OF that univer-
Sal disgust, which pervaaed all New
England, at the administration and
its supporters. was the genera! dis.
like and contempt ofthis invasion OF
Canada. have taken some pans 10
learn the sentiments. which prr'a''.
on this subject in New England ana
particularly among its yeomanry ;
the pride and the hope of that cenn-
try, ihaye conversed with men.
resting Gil their spades aad .sa2ins
on the hanii;es Of their piousha'
while they relaxed for mo;n2ns
from the labor, by which they sup
mort their families, and which gives
such a hardillopd aud character to
their virtues. They asked What
do we want Of Canada We have
land enough. Do we want plumber!
There is not enough Of that TO pay
cost Of settia, it. Are our ocean
rights there? Or is it there our sea-
men are held in captivity! Are new,
states desired ? We have plenty OF
those already. Are they to be heia
as csnouered territories This will
require an ARMY there. then to be
safe, we must have an army here
And. with standing army. what Sc
curisy for our liberties :"
These are no fictitious reasonings.-
They are the suggestions, l doubt not
ofthousands and tens Of thousands OF our
hardy New England yeomanry men,
who when their country Calls, at any
wise and real EFFICIENCY, will start from
their native soils and throw their sAlelds
over their liberties, like the soldiers OF
Cadmus, armed in complete steel :"
yet men. who have heard the winding
of your horn to the Canada campaign,
with the same apathy and Indifference,
with which they would hear, in the
streets, the triIiing of jcws-harp, or
the tw;rring of a banIoe.
The plain trnth is, that the people 81
New England hays TO desire for Cana
ia. Their mora, scnsi nenl does not
Justify, and they will not countenance,
its INVASION. have thus stated the
grounts, on which they, deem, and |
have felt myself bound to maintain. that
this contemplated invasion OF that ter.
rtory, is, as it respects the Canadians,
7yanton and cruel; because 1t iEiilcts
the creates: imaginable evils on them,
without any imaginable benefit to us
that as it respects the United States,
such an invasion is senseiess, because
ultimately, ruiDous to our own political
safety; * 7vicked, because it is an abuse
Of the blessings of divine providence,
and manifest perverSlon OF his multi
piled bounties, to the purpose ot desc
lating an innocent and unofend!ns peo-
pie.
shall now proceed to the next view
I proposed to take of this project of in
vading Canada, and consider it in the
lic ut of a means TO obtain an early end
honorable feace. 1t is said. and this is
the whole argument in favor of this in
vasion, in this aspect. that the only way
to negotiate successfully with Great
Britain, is to appeal to her fears and
raise her terrors Tor the fate OF her CO.
lonics. shall, here, say nothing con-
corning the difficulties OF cSecuting this
scheme; nor aGoat the possibility OF
deficiency both in men and money. I
will not dwell on the disgust Of all New
England nor on the influence Of this
disgust with respect to your efforts. |
will admit, for the present, that an army
may be raised and that during the first
years it may be supported by loans, and
that Afterwards it will support itself by
bayonets. Twill admit, farther, for the
sake of argument, that success is pos
sible and that Great Britain realizes the
prscticability Of it. Now, all this being