Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-04-26

.taucs, and syefwheln NJ with a ma
.itional debt, Al q navy already has done
Encland.-No eloqseRcs, no reasoning
3 could satisfy them Gifts utility.
A National Bank,is another measure
Of federal policy, which has met with
the most violent opposition from the de-
mocrats As would dwarf with Her.
cu,es,s 20 did Mr.. Jefferson contend with
General Hamilton against National
Bank. But experience has proved the
utility and even necessity Of a Natisnal
Bank, and all the arts of sophistry can
not find constitutional objection to es.
tablishing one.
IA one period the Gun Boat system
Fonal defence was the iavorl'e OF
dem.sx'acy. The federal party opposed
it as extensive inefficient and ridiculous.
Experience has proved it were more ri,
diculous than the fsderalists represented
it. ;,
A free, unshackIed Commerce well
protected, may be said to be the great
leading feature of federal policy. a
shackled and an unprotected commerce
may be said to be the hobby.horse Q! de-
mocracy from the period of Mr.. Madl'
sons famous resolutions until his last
message to Congress. But experience
has at length proved even to the satisfac.
ton af the leaders of democracy, that
I" the present is emphatically a COM
mercial ags," and that " the benefits
and blessings of commerce have at all
time. had powerful influence on civil
lized society" and that in our own
times their influence has been more ex-
tensive than ever" Would to God we
had not been governed by set OF driv-
lers, who have prevented vs. from en-.
ioyic., its benefits and blessings !!
This then is our consolation, that
unwise and peryerse as oar rulers are,
their minds are notinpersious to the les
sons OF experience-tbat although they
cannot or will not learn wisdom from
the experience of others, yet they are
not insensible to what they see, and tee!
the mselyss. 1t is to be sure aggravatlng
we somtimes find it impossible to sup
press the emotions of Indignation when
we reject how much the nation hassut.
fered from their folly--when We reflect
that they are instructed in the dear
school ofexperience at thePeople's cost.
But then we compose ourselves by re-
fecting, that it has been the fate of all
ether nations to suffer more from the
weakness or wickedness OF their rulers,
than from all other Causes, and we have
no right to expect exemption from the
common calamities OF humanity. As
soon as eur rulers can learn one or two
other important lessons in this dear
school, we may calculate on having
peace and free trade. In other words,
as soon as they get back on federal
ground 10 the federal policy, they will
get into the high road to prosperity
They mustlearnt that perpetual allegiance
is fundamental principle ofnational law,
and they must admit all the consequent
ces of this principlc-they must admit
that England has right to the seiYicSs
Of her citizens paramount to all sbses-
quent obligatisns they can contract to
other governments, they must give up
their doctrine of retaliation .-They must
also learn that free shifts do not of course
make free goods. As soon as they
learn these principles, and will have the
candor to acknowledge them, we shall
have peace. For ourselves we think
them in hopeful way Of soon learning
these principles, and whatever their dis
positions may be, necessity will soon
compel an acknowledgements OF them
Peace is therefore at hand: We are
confirmed in this opinion by the resolu.
items now before Congress, especially
that which prohibits American seamen
from going into foreign service. II this
is not an acknowledgement ofthe doctrine
of allegiance, we know not what would
be-. If they have right to make
such a prohibition At one time they have
tho same right at another time and stall
times, and of course have right to pro.
hibit expatriation.
PACIFICUs.