Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-10
VIRGINIUS-No. III.
To the President 81 tAe u, States.

the subject OF al armistice fast ysar, and
on his FIRST arrival at Halifax, has been
attributed genere.iy to your deliberate o.
pinien, that it would be inexpedicnt to
relax the cxGrtions Of -vo1r armies to
conquer Canada, which you conceived
had been so we'll organized, distributed
and prepared that only reasonable time
was necessary for their final success
True it is your invasion of Canada was
sudden, and by the people Of that terri
tory wholly unexpected, nor was it be-
heved by the considerste part of Eng
land or America tha..such all enterprise
would have been undertaken by any Pre-
s:dent 9th United States. The disas-
t7rs to your troops were foretold before
the army was in embryo or Dearborn
placed at its head. The considerate part
Of beth countries we're willing 10 believe
Tat no man who was President of the
IInilcd States, could be so deficient in
the Knowledge of his own means to con.
quer, AND Of his adversary's means 10
defend, as TO venture upon such a pro-
jcc; rs the Wrestling from the empire
Of Britain their possessions on the St.
Lawrence and the Lakes Yet this mar
vellous adventure ycu have tried and
having been disappointed in your first
and greatest generals, in'your first and
most numerous armies, the conquest OF
Canada bcinS farther removed at this
day than X was at the declaration OF war,
If The hope OF conquering Canada in afew
months induced you then to reject every
approach to an armistice, now that the
enterprise has been tried in vaia, and is
bccome NV more desperate tnan before
it WAS uied, ought you no, to be per-
deferred on this account.
Having been wrong in issuing your
proclamation of November, 1910, '" hich
invoked US in the war; havlng been
wrong IN .forbearing TO issue your pro.
clamation last year, which was deemed
a preliminary article TO the cessation OF
hostilit!es, s would have stopped them
you stand before your country accoupla-
bic for all the evils which have been or
shall be produced by the war. To he
people Of America the President alone
is responsible, and not bis ministers, for
the executive acts Of goverEmeA.
You are accused Of doing that which
you ought moi to have done, of issuing
an unwarranted proclamation, which
involved us in war, and WHAT'S worse, OF
not doing that which you ought to have
done, Of not issuing another prociama-
ton commanded by statute, which might
and probably would have given hGuse,
and ii improved in a suitable manner,
permanent Stot TO the distrcsses OF the
people CT every description III the Unit
cd Staics-a proclamation which would
have held back the expenditures OF the
public treasure, ard would have arrest.
ed the career of our youthful, gallant &
ardent ccuntrymen, who too eager TO
add wreath Of honor to the American
name, have impetuously rushed Into the
field and 10 their -uniinely end.
II last autumn you believed an armis-
tice was unreasonable and would have
deprived 700 OF good chance OF SUBJ
DUNG Canada by coup de main, or i
you believed the Canadians only wished
for an opportunity OF changing their rd-
.ers s their government, you have been
mistaken and dc!udcd. Such reason
against cessation of hos,iliiics no lon
ger exists. Canaca has been well sup.
Piled with officers and troops, end al
things necessary FORTS defence. II Will
never be conquered by your arms, nor
is i, probable that it will be conquered
by your arts. Orif your Dissemination
TO :,n arlpistice last year arose from the
polic.o of co operating with France, BY