Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-02-20

rieaa cabinet had been fulfilled;
would at this lay. have been poured
ont upon the heads Of the Canadians.
It is not owing to the tender melcie %
Of the American administrators -
the homes Of the Canadians are 10.
at this hour mingled with the ashes
Of their habitations. H IS gas, =
noueh to make an excuse iof any
purpose. when a victim is destined
TO lie inundated every hedge pre-
SCENTS sticks for the sacrifice. Inc
lamb who stands at the mouthof the
stream. will always trouble the
water, if you take the account o.
the wolf: who. stands at the source
of Il, But show good to us. bear,
inc any proportion to the muiupileo
evils, proposed to be visited upon
them. There is none. Never was
there an invasion Of any country
worse thsn this. in point of moral
principle. since the invasion OF the
West Indies by the buccaneers, OF
that of these United States. by Gap,
tain Kidd. Indeed both Kidd and
the Buccaneers, had more apology
for their deed, than the American
cabinet. They had at least the nope
of plumber. But, in this case. there
is not even the poor refuge of eup'-
div. We have heard great lamen-
tations about the disgrace ofour arms
on the frontier. Why, sir. the dis
grace of our arms. on the frontier,
is terrestrial glory, in comparison
with the disgrace of the attempt.
The whole atmosphere rings, with
the utterancc from the other side
ofthe house, of this word" glory
-" glory in eonnexion with this
invasion. What glory? Is it the
glory of the Tiger. which lifts his
Jaws. all foul and bloody. from the
bowels Of his victim, and roars, for
his companions of,he wood, to come
and witness his proves and his
spei!s1 Such is the glory of Cling
his Khan and of Bonaparte. Be
such glory far. very far, from my
country. Never,-never.-may it
be aecursed. with such fame.
a." Fame is no plant that grows on NOR
tai soil,
Nor in the clustering foil
A." Set eff to he word, nor in broad ru-
mour lies,
I" But lives and spreads aloft, by those
pure eyes
" And perfect witness of all Judging
Jove,
" As he pronounces lastly on each
deed"
May such fame as this, be, my coun-
try's need
But the wise and thoughtful peo-
pie. of our northern section, vii! not
confire their reflections to the du
ties, which result from the actual
condition of those colonies. and their
general relations. to the United
States, they will weigh the duties
the people Of the United States owe
to themselves. and contemplate the
effect. which the sutjusation of those
Canadians will have upon our own
liberties and constitution. Sir. 1t
requires but little experience. in the
nature of the human character, and
but very limited acquaintance. with
the history of man. to be satisfied
that. with the conquest of the Ca
nadas. the liberties and constitution,
of this country. perish.
Of all nations, in the world. this
nation is the last. which ought to
admit. among its purposes, the de-
sign Of foreign conquests. States.
such as are these. connected by ties.
sopeculiar; into whose combination
there enters, necessarily numerous
jca!ousies and fears; whose interests
are not always reeoncileable and the
passions, education and character of
whose people. on many accounts, are
repugnant to each other; with con-
stitu,ion made merely for defence .
il is impossible. that an association
of independent sovereignties, stand
ing in such relations to each other,
should not have the principles Of IFS
union and the hopes of its eenstitu-
ton, materially, affected. by the col
lection of a large military force: and
its employment. in the snbjugation
of neighboring territories. 1t is ca
sy to see that an army. collected in
such q state Of society, IS t!.at.
which exists in this country, where
wages are high. and subsistence. %.