Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-12-16

creuit OF the nation, ana TO carry on TIT
war to he raised by loans and taxes
5 100000 more--we have the enor.
nous sum Of 5 9l,ooo,o oo.t extracted
from the welfare of our people for the
year isl4t-And for what! Yes for
what /? We are gravely told from tn,
chair Of state, and by the minions Of GO
vernrent, that these expences and pr
vatioDs are cheap price to establish the
character of the nation for courage and
to acquire military glory. Thus do the
rulers Of republic, whose duty it is to
expect and promote the comfort AL
happiness of every citizen, require all
manner of sacrifices from them of blood
treasure, toll, and the endurance OF want
for the tinsel splendcr Of military glcry
and conquest-and initiate the mad avn
bition of an Alexander, Charles, ard @
Nspoleen--namcs which viii stand or
, the records of history as the scourges
OF mankind. and 10 aIl ages must erect
with the detsstation Of the virtuous and
the Sise.-Forthe phantom, national e'o,
rv, We are called upon to f. ht. Bul is
this the real motive ofthe war? Let US
for few moments enquire. Is IT ny,
rather mist cast iato the eyes of tbe
people, to conceal from their view the
lowest ambition of their leaders VITO
it cannot be believed have sacrificed the
pubiic sood and general comfort, for ar
object so evancScent-they have a per-
,onal object more important, in thes
views ssap any other. The tontinusnc
in powers Til. s,as and is the real M.
tive oftbc war--that the dvnastv of j. !:
ferson should be continued l. power, s
to this object, not orly our commcrc !.
our agriculture, but u the people vii,
Submit. eyoa our liberties sill be sacric,
ed without rem rae. I've anxious zca;
OF Kentucky and Tennessee for war pro.
duced il. Thew held in their hands n
fate of the last presidential election
Udless Mr.. Msdison Joined in the
views, he was plainly told nur votas ~il
he given to another In Justice to him
it must be confessed that he Welded re-
!nctan,ly.-Thus have The intsrss& an,
mercy Of the frontier atates heea Saeri-
feed 20 the warning spirit, ambition and
svsrice OF the West--and the destiny Of
his great continent committed to the
Smperage Of Kentucky and Tennessee.
This rnna continue to be the case -,
long as me flsn'ic states '!td to the
n~n interest! shall sn!far th"mse'v
- be dir drd as to their political rcur'..
Ncaruckg s. Tennessee will cQnsinu
turn the scate and The present system
IF Britain be pursued, until the ships :
the cas- shall rot al their vhsrves' III
the las, ren-asns Of It's capita shol' n@
spent il military en,erp-izes-uR,il p
haps a gigantic military force shall he
organized, able 20 dictate to these Unit
ed States new form Of governments
subversive ofthcir present liberty. Such
may be the fatal issue OF this war ofonr-
bition and Of conquest. This in all hu-
man probability viii be the ultimate
mighty gain Of our people. the es'ah.
liahment of an arbitrary government
~, Aismissne these probable though
not ir mediate results from our view
Let us enquire when viii this wa, pro-
duce peace aid commerce sgalh vii
our corosests &c the western wilderness
scs re.es,ahlish both or either? 1t il
plain. however succrss;ui we nav be on
,h- Lakes. in Canada md owe the
Indians--on all our ttlan'ic frontier. we
present ;nnumerable vulnerable points.
acccssihle's nc maritime af'a"k ofouSr-
nenv. ;vbendinc his eFnrtsagainstthese
he nav not only keep all our military pn.
pula,;ouin continual S vexat'ous arrrv,
bu, frequently inflict the most irrepara-
hJe wound. on some G: orr praudeS
cities. Let the war assume ITS most ag-
u,aya,ed form, and no mortal can fnre-
see the ccnsequencesto our eastern from
tier. or estimate the calami'ies which IT
must suffer to procure an extension ~