Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-05-31

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lien, laws of christendom who havs
not the hardihood to throw OF every aP-
nearance of moderation and equisy:
Nevertheless condeming and detes'
ing ,fie folly and wickedness when nave
brought US into our present deplorao,e
condition, let u. calmly and Intrepid'y
contemplate its real features; let US
nour,ray it 10 our fellow-citizens, as 1t
IS let us give them what connsei we
can, that may ye, restore our country
and having done so. We may at ieast en-
iov the mournfu1 consolation OF Know
ing that if our country must tal'' " s0e
are INNOCENT
The territorial independence OF the
u. States is yet deemed secure. Inc
rights of cur seamen and the freedom
of our commerce are said to have been
long insecure. These rights and this
freedom have been declared so impor-
,apy, as to render it not only Jus'' but eS
ped;en, to commence war Ana nov,
what is our situation atter two years
con;inaapce of this war Il the peace is
n he no more advantageous, than our
arm. have been powerful, we can ex-
ne ct no peace, but such as our adverse
ry may be good natured enough TO a'!c"
US. Nobody looks forward 70 oeHer
neaee than this. Such peace, howe
YER. we are not obliged to accept. but
then we are either to continue war, by
which We can gain nothing; the only
object Of which will be, not to gain, bur
to preserve honor: or else we are to sub
init to peace, such as the good VIII ana
Measure of the enemy may vouchsa'e
us! This is our CONDITION. And the men
who have brought usinto 1t, arc support
ed as the wisest of politicians and states
men
Will ENGLAND be moderate ami rea-
sonahle in her demands ! Already the
instruments of administration express
their homes that she will nav. that the
allies Of England, of that England who
helped them to escape from the tyranny
Of Bonsparte, will insist that she shall
treat us, who Joined against Them, with
lenity and kindness; and that If she does
not, thew stond ready to quarrel and 60
to var qrains. England .forus TO such
deplorabie maniac faneles, are ttese MI
SCRABBLE wretches now reduced. And yet
they are as pert, as selt'suIiicient and SUI
Uerciiious as ever and the staring eyes
of ideot wonder, gaze upon them with
as much stupid admiration as ever -.
God help US, WHEN the ruisrs CT the ma
ton give themselves up to such tan'a'
sizes, and the nallon svcs itself up to,
such rulers.
No! our sit9ation il simply this:
Nat one 2oint can We torce from Great
Britain. Nj one point can we expect
from ter kindness, or ta2t OF her oN'rs.
F.om fear or from Kindness, then, we
Gun expect nothing. Our miserable ca.
binet bunglers have reduced rs 70 con-
,litlon, in which our hopes OF peace can
receive support but from Two CONSIDER
atoms. First, a general peace in En-
rope, resulting from the subvers'on OF
the Bonap4s.ean dvna'ty, NAV be made
90 as to include us. But who is to IN
tercede for vs., cannot conjecture. Not
the BaYrbons. whose prosecutors OF all
description. iacobihical and imperial,
have been held dcar to our hearts. No,
the Spaniaras. whose ministers, IN the
daysof her adversily and he rolsTn. were
spurnsd free, US, Will, we fowred like
spaniels under the insults ut the imPe.
rial m;nion. Not the Russians, who
haee already cen persuaded to abandon
their mediation. Who is to intercede
for us, then! All why should any IT,
terceJe ? What We have tn look to IT,
the second place, is, the moderation, 'he
Justice, the ma aanimity, OF the British
Governments, 1T time when her resent
men,s, and even her interests, may
urge her tn protract the war. The en-
ioyment Of such commercial freedom,
as we have a right, an dOdoubted, sacred
right, to claim, depends Upon her tenn
De.. and not upon our strength. ] say
ag.in, to her fears we cannot appeal &;
for what have We done 10 excite IL !
What. from the moderation OF her, who
has so often, and even usaer the presi-
dental hand, been charged with the de-
sign ofuri,ersal monopoly From the
Justice ri her whose contempt OF JUS
tee has been The theme no less at pre-
sidential denuDcistion, tran general DC.
mocreic ansthcmo From the mag
nanimi,v Of her. whose baseness, cor
rup,ion and profligacy, have f'r ten
years been the theme Of incessant re-
proach end clamor II the democrats
have, indeed, been right, it they have
been right a, all nav. unless the Bi.
fish cabinet is as moderate, as it has
been represented presumptuous and ar
rogant; unless it is IS impar,ially at d
disinterestedly Just, as it has been re-
presented wicked and oppressive un-
less n is az napnanimous, as It has bee n