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

pose, of indirectly plundering their
neighbors property, lessening the value
Of their productions, and hindering fhe
SAFE Of them by prohibitions and im1tssts.
This species of warfare also, causes
as much mischief to those who made it /;
as to those, against whom it is made,
for nations cannon practice injustice, s0ifh-
eat being punished for it,"
"This mode Of warfare to which the
nations oil Europe con6ne themselves In
times, which they call times of peace ;
is less useful and less barbarous. Its ef-
fects are less striking and less sensibly
felt, but there always results from 1t, an
equal and respective loss OF wealth from
cultivation and produce; and tho,e acts
oe hostility by which nations impoverlsh
themselves, and inJure each other, we
have the folly to consider as deep strokes
Of policy, as proofs OF The attention OF
the government to the prosperity and
happiness of the nation."
"In truth, it would appear, that the
best means of obtaining the esteem of
mankind, is to do them all the mischief
in your power, and ignorance peryerts
every thing iI their eyes. The first
NODE of making war, is sometimes found
fault with by the nation, when it feels
the burthen of its expences; neyerthe-
less, ii, will become popular, it carried
on with success or If, before it is com
nenced, tie people can be persuaded,
that THAR honor, and tue interests oftheir
commerce require it.
" The second mode, is generally APP
piauded it is reciprocal,y waged with
ne greatest esrnestness; each sovereign
i, is alledged, is master within his own
territories he ought to attend to the i'm
mediate interests Of his nation, to pre-
serve tina balance Of trade in its favor,
to give it the preferences in the market
nver foreigners, TO endeavor to make
them tributary to our industry, sc"
One would suppose. that this learned
and good man, was actually ridiculing
the systems, which our government has
recommended and adopted. Bat he Wa,
fadines fault with the follies, the errors
and vices OF European monarchies, it
never having been believed, that the free
and yirtuous republicans of the western
world, would have soon imitated their
example.+ But" Man is man and no.
thing more" Probat
MADISON, sc.
-Our present rulers, mus. as Mr..
Jefferson once said, have had their heads
shaved, spas la puterd Angieterre'-
| for fhrY have certainly copied The worst
features Of ner government he2py t2Gns
and tGres for useless 7par. Bnta he
asserts we shal! yet be saved, tor the
body of tbs free and thoughtful agricul-
turalisLs, will soon shrink from the bur-
thens, OF such war, and from the Sc
rious dangers to liberty from such sys.
TENS.
I LIE Trosne, sur POrdre Social. Dis
cours, 10. P. AS.
WerfmuHer's Danac, and Ogikoie's
Restrum.
Extract Of letter from a gentleman of
the City of Washington to his friend
in this Town.
1--WE have two singular exhibitions in
this city at this time; the lst a painting
representing very minutely, the story Of
Danae the other the orations Of OgI-
pie. The proprietor of the picture,
in order to accommodate the Ladies. by
sparlng their bushes, deyotes days IN
the week to their exclusive qualification.
They view the picture with closed doors.
am ashamed to own to you that Ladies
have attended this shameful exhibition.
The very proposition to exclude gem
tlemcn on the day assigned to the La
dies, carries with. it irresistible erter-
nal evidence of the impropriety Of their
attendance at all. To you, who are we'll
acquainted with the subject of the piece
| need say nothing of its Internal evil
dence. That married women should not
be. able TO resist the qualification of
their curiosity. can easily conceive, <
perhaps. pardon them: But, how parents
could consent to take thither their Mn
married daughters, cannot compre-
bend.
We hear on every Sabbath, exhorta.
tons from the pulpit, warning Us to a.
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