Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-03-22

III No Ba''
s''n ! n. midst Of continued war;
s''' truths are well established ];
: ,.,d in every page which re-
Ssy =, ~ progression from less aFol-
t''d' W ,'o,s arbitrary government, or
~. 30 = popular government !, to an '''''0-
. e., or monarchy"
", :. |, 0o.sible, that holding sentiments
these this same MIR. Madison n;
J ~. come President Of the United States
:, have plunged his country into a
'''' which to say the least of IT. might
V" y, and even honorably have been a.
'' Was it, that being now at the
4o(, the government, and feeling the
If, the principle, that toseer afspays
80, rs hsssessor, he wished By
Of armies, deb.s and tares, to
inc many under the dominion OF
=, e., s,iners~se eTee"'iVs heSVer
an D.. (which God knows be
g. o. 5sp : lets all fofmer sxamPle) 8
. m, minds, 10 su0due the
t.,. =, tic heahle; to destroy republic
,,s..n BY introducing Inequalities Of
t,,,ops, and opportunities o. fraud such
:. M couauy under Heaven, except re-
,,iooarV France ever witnesse&) and
,,nmq the manners and "oralS IF
=. ,eoD,c (by the wicked means Of
sacrins plry spirit, and sqaandesing
,,- oublic money on party zcalpts) TO
destroy free government and establish
l. j, place al aristoeracyor monarchy!
Tae.s lhing, would seem to be his ob-
;ecs-Wnen man, conscioust that GER
sO means, viii produce certain ends,
Dract!ses those means, II is fam con-
clua1n that he is aiming to accomplish
the ends themselves. But another So
luliOn may be given to this difference
between principie and conduct III Mr..
Madison. At the time this pamphlet
vas srilten, the outrages of France,
we're about 10 draw down The vengeance
d or country Upon her, in open war--
Noibeing able, or unwilling to incur pc.
puAr displsasure, in openly defending
her Suggestions, Mr.. Madison artfully
resorts to another mode, that OF alarm
iDS the fears, os a free and moral peo-
pie, for the loss OF their freedom and
virtue, BY engaging in foreign war.
But when the enemies OF France, are to
be assailed, all danger vanishes and we
have been gfavels told, that I" although
smoaSst oar blessings, we cannot num-
oer an exemption from the evils Of eocr
get these viii never be regarded as che
srsafe,t Of evils, by the friends OF liber-
u aud Of The rights of nations )" and
ibis by the very man, VINO to dissuade
Us from "a war with France, ASSERTED !;
hat" oiGR the enemies ofhu5hc G6er-
y, war is perhaps tsoss to be dreaded" !.
Oh shame where is thy blush!!* Leav-
Ing the moral bestower, of fifty thou.
Ind dollars ofthe peoples money .pon
foreign swindler, for the purpose of
attacking the fair fame Of honest citi.
l:ns: aud the patriotic recommended
Of "a classification of the militia, CON-
p.lllng each class to furnish a soldier
curing the war"f which is no more or
less than on actual CONSUMPTION to re-
'Oneile these Earring sentiments of his;
and as the best commentator, by his own
ConducS upon his theory ofevils, which
'''sign war produces; l will take the
'oerty oil sending you the opinion of an
asle French writer upon the system of
var, embargo and commercial inter-
C'euon, which now ruins and disgraces
our country.
There are, saws this respectable au-
AoT, At this day, two kinds of warfare
''''lSd on, amongst nations-One, war
" open force, which carries FIRE and
sword into nsighbors territories, cuts
"eos thrOats, sacks their towns and
'p'ssas every where desolation < Death
40'' oarbsrous folly, generally occa-
''OaS as much mischief, to the aggres-
~ as to the enemy; for in his defence,
'S uies to retaliste The in;nr;e. he &c