Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-09

., ,he means efeondsrtirg il tee saeets'-
f,, termination" He appears to have
.ome notion. of a Providence, but cant
think he means exactly what he says-or
perhaps I don't understand him. Now
believe in the final balancing of all ac-
counts, and l shall think strange 1.-The has
not some few items to settle, for the IN
,aeakabie distresses and butcheries of
the defenceless families on our frontier!
He adds, "May we not cherish this sen.
timen. without presumption, when we
reflect on the characters BY which this
war is distinguished! Dees he mean
the military characters" that have IL
lumined our hemisphere with the blaze
Of their talents such as Hull, Porter,
Dearborn, Smyth, sc. or does he allude
to the ertlons they have achieved as
happy presage of what Heaven intends
to do for US
He goes on to say that Sin carrying
on the war, no principle Of justice OF
honor, no usage of civilized nations, no
precept of courtesy or humanity have
been infringed" Stick pin there,
while we look back little at Hull's su
gar proclamation. We find him there
trying to do deed so repugnant to
" ;ustice and honor" SO counter to the
" usage of civilized pations," so void Of
courtesy or humanity" that even b.
napar.e, great as were his extremitics in
Russia, and intreated as he was by the.
villagers TO be armed against their own
country, turned pale with horror at their
proposal see his reply to the Senate.(
| never could account for the dust we
have been Kicking up at Florida, which
belongs to a country at peace with Us
a country which at this time deserves
the commiseration and good wishes e.
the whole world. Several ysars ago /
recollect our government looked sreedi-
ly upon this colony, like Ahab upon Ma
both's vineyard, and sounded Bonapartc
to ascertain whether he would interfere,
if we attempted to wrest it from the
mother country; bat he, intending soon
to clap his own claw upon the mother
and all her offspring, told Jefferson to
touch it at his peril. Since that, Bona
parte has signi6ed to Us that he had a
eandoned all hspes of it. So much for
our "justice" and !" honor"
He next inveighs against the British
fsr taking the savages into their service.
How passing strange and unnatural this
thing is to be sure. But let Mr.. Madi.
son be invaded by a country twenty
times as numerous Us his own, and let
him have at bis disposal. Indians, ne
groes, nlula,tOS, mustees, lascars and
hottcutots my kingdom to drcat he
would marshal them all. But il rs a vul-
gar ad.ge, "whss is sauce for goose
is not always sauce for gander -
If it was he would have remembered
Hulrs clumsy attempts at seduction,
and have borne more lightly on his
next charge Of " their attempts to d'sor'
ganizc our political society, to dlsmem'
Der our confedcrtcd republic. HapPi-
", like others (such as Hull's) these
will recoii on their authors" SC. take
this to BE- nothing but touch at the
policy of the British,
which is about to make. the war press
heaviest on the authors Of it; and to
suffer the eastern commerce to go on
And that the countsract-
ing, or cnv;ou, Bill, prohibiting our east
srn brethren from enjoying any benefit
Of which .ve could not partake, did not
pass into law, we need not thank "the
dog in the manager"
The mex, thing I don't fairly under.
stand is, his saying The sword was
scarcely out of the scabbard, before the
enemy was apprised of the reasonable
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