Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-05-31
From she .seis. York Examiner.
TIE LATE NEWS.

NUlS 10 the cNpCu'r"~' 80
usesent war, that we should, by so do
~ make a virtual league with Bona
u'r,e, an actual. ifnot a formal alliance;
and tina. after all the Efforts we should
E. on, selves able TO make the attain
rnent Of the objects We had in vie"'
would depend, not upon our own, but
unon Napoleon, triumphs. IT 1t was
necessary to the establishment OF Ame-
rcan RIG hts, that England should De de-
fcated and FRUSTRATED, 1t was not 10 A.
,,erics that it could be done. The de-
nocratic printers and politicians have.
since the war, uniformly justified their
snxiety for The success of the fyranf, the
great enemy and destroyer OF repuohcs
and republican, liberty, upon the ground
that his successes was necessary 10 our
saT,,y. Such an argument seems moi
anreasors ble and has been in most IN
stances urged, | believe, with periect
si=ceritv. But it seems TO have escaped
/, these politicians, that exactly a. we corr
recred our des,igies with those oil bona-
psrte, we had no control over them !;
.nA that therefore, the most un"'se
ihiog that could be done, was to place
car.elges in situation, in which II he
.re,uiled we should be placed at lis
eyuercv and In which, IT he should jail
S.e should be placed al hts mercy and
Ia which. ifhe should .taH, ne should DC
placed al TIE mercy OF hisenemies whom
: by The declaration of VAR we bad so
rsshiy made osrs too. Prudence would
have Suggested, that if our prosperity
denended upon Napnleon's success, our
interference could be of very little avail;
and that our object might De attained
without incurring the expences AID be-
iny subjected 10 The calamities OF war.
Ga the contrary, il was plain enough,
that ii he should fall, by which means
England would become more powerful,
and perhaps less yielding than ever, we
should only have made our condition
worse than il was before. Ii even the
sdministra ion bad enjoyed the conn
denoeof the whole natioo; lt,hey could
BY loans, as we'll as taxes, have brought
Into practical operation all the resources
Of the co,ntry; ifthey had even been a.
,se TO use the means thus 10 their hands
with skill and eficacv still il seemed
pslp.ble that the contest must after all
be decided in Eur he.-And, therefore,
i, appeared. 70 rejecting snd reasonable
men, CLEARLY expedient, to wait tor the
close If the great tragedy there, striving
in The mean while, to enrich & strength
en- ourselves as much as possible, 80
that if the conqaeriag party shosid prove
unreasonable and arrogant IN his Pre'en-
si,ns toward. Us, we might be IN si-
to,t,nn 20 resist. This seemed the dis
Greet course; more particularly TO those
who believed that we could expect We.
~ ilttie from the justice or kindness OF
eitbe, Fraace or England, when unable
TO opDaSc them.
rne Difficulties, moreover, between
Us and En- Gland, had grown out OF the
war between her and France; and the
Disadvantages under which we labored.
especialiy the orders in council would
csase 70 exist, whenever that war ter
minated. In one word, It was plain that
il Boaapar,e should triumph, We could
exncct nothing from his justice, MS
kindness or his gratitude. But u, on
the other haad, Grea, Britain shssid be
victorious. and if her policy in times
p,are critical and even alarming 20 her
safe.y, had indeed, as has been SO repeat
ediy asserted, been one OF inJusuce,
malisnity and crueIty,it seemed TO 'oi'
low necessarily, that under the JOINT IN.
fIuence of her irritation and success, our
sufisrings would become as intense as
she usd make them. am aware tha'
ia,erly the bireiings and duPcs Of ad-
minis,ys,ion have given out, that Rnssis
and probably The other powers allied
with her, will insist upon Ensiand's a
bapdoning those high maratirne pre-
tensions, which ipierferfere With the
riyb,, Of all nations. am neither pro-
phet nor statesman enough to receive
or r.si>t this prediction. But | may be
permitted 20 remark, that II there be a.
nv GOOD sense In this idea, thee our war
must appear To bave been sui more un-
necessary. III in the success OF the al.
lies, and not in that OF Bonaparte, We
were to found just expectation OF a
RESTORATION of the liberty OF the seas
tben ciee.Iy we ought to have abstalned
from aldiag Bonapar,e, which We did by
attacking one of the powers otihat grand
alliance from whose triumphs we were
To- expect such desirable results. 1t IS
pleasan, as well as painful 20 terrace de-
mocratic reasonings. While victory
seemed TO perch on the tyrants standaIs
II IVES from him that se were TO expect
the freedom oft seas Bet no sooner
Is il s,certa,ned that he Is prostrated
and /" none so poor to do him reverence"
+,,sp IL is discovered, thas the thing we
seeg. - The freedom OF the seas" wsl
e he his rnnnn.