Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-11-19

ne can rob our Reighbors ard iGsi,. IN.
n,erited evils IN them VII GU; ietIHg
the recoil of our own ipja..ce OH eur.
selves.
Iii. thsught too that our Aoner, that
unde 6nsd principle which is too oftea
made the gloss for detes,aole crimes, i.
never to be tarpished, while We may
with impuni,y attempt to silly the DO.
psr Of other nations.
Thus it is ,h0ugh, dishonerable TO US
to Weld any OF our rights While we re-
opire Of our enemy to surrender nsuy
Of hers.
we require Of Grea, Bri,ain to feticl.
her pliyhtcd faith to the Indian tribes
under tho sophis;ical and vi KID pre-.
text. that faith is not to be kept With tie
untutored and unprotected chi!drtn cf
nature.
This same Subscription Of persons"
say orr commissioners never we're te.
fore the subject Of the care and protsc.
ton OF civilized state.
"Yield up the sarages to our ven.
cesuce We have she~n you bnw We
souId treat them in tic wilcs Of Geor.
cia Net man ofthsn e.capst TO re.
lac the humanity Of Gen. Jackson. Tic
dead tell DO tales. Leave ,he Indians
| to US, and you shall never u'nre be treu-
| Died with their complaints or teproech.
es."
Such was in substance the language
of christian ambassadors to ch:I:i,sa
nation. The reply we may well blush
| at
1.-THE Indians have fought BY our side.
They fought in defence OF their woods,
and their huus, their wives end their IT.
lle ones. We will not sbsDdon hem 10
you, mercy. We have promised then.
| our protection, end bile our ships can
navigate the sea, or our soldiers can
WELD sword, we will never for.ske
| them. We ask none Of ysur lands for
| ourselves We ask Tor the Indians what
you have rot taken from them. Wcs:
| or them that ii,le which ycur cspidry
has spared Ssch was The Bri,isa Ian.
| suaec We replied,
No. We RGs, Eight You touch cur
| honor If you deprive us OF the right &
plunde.ipg The Indians. Ps'ish orr sea.
| port towns; perish commerce ; perish
public and private credit; We will 81.
.sfy our vengeance on these aHprotect-
cd natives.
! THIS Great American people can ne.
YER admit that they are second il tie
onHict. Rome often made di.sdsan-
agcous psac.. France, Grea, Britain,
Austria and Russia have often done the
ssme. All nations h,vc 10 turns done It
when the fortune Q: war was against
hem But NC, though engaged in a
wicked aud rash val, though it esst rs
a m,llion for every hundred thousand
dollars, i, costs the enea,v, though she
axes provinces fiom Us while VIC take
acres froo, her, though our trsdr is an.
INITIATED and hers fills every sea, though
our credit is gone and 5ers higher ttsn
ever; ye, perscvcrc we will TO our eyn
destruction.
| Gu, enemy asks Infinitely less than
VI government expected. They wrcte
/ Dor commissioners they expected Bri.
ain would derapd all the Fisheries, the
elinqni.hment OF the India trade, AID
/ Louisiana. Bat when she asked ei,hs.
| astoni,hed at her moderation, and sus-
pccting skc is inAueseed by fear rather
! hap by equity, taking oounsel from their
Nv hearts rather than from her enlarged
views, they suppose. &c is afraid ard cry
out that her demands 30 infinitely short
| oftheir expeetatie are exorsitant. They
will no, lislcnyto them:
/ surely heaven VII never favor such
stusbalsnt and uuius, sp;f:t. Surely
I this people however deceived a. Asst
will never support their rulers in ,urh
war when 10 equitable peaco might
have been ob!aiHed.
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