Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-03-02

rendin. sight which that snce mag
n;feent edifice now presents to oul
view shows the folly and wiskednes'
OF the policy Of sending the regular
force TO invade Canada. Il is Mr.
L.swis's opposition to this psiiey tina
these gentlemen call ION you to con
denim. 1t is because MIR. Lewis ha.
refused to tax his constituents, ant
TO raise armies for tho avowed pur
pose ofinvading Canada that you ar,
required to turn against him. Task
what has the government done viii
toe army put at their disposal! Th,
waole has been sent off in pursuit o
Canadian conquest; sent to slaugl.
ter people who have not, by any
conduct Of theirs. offended. Yet fol
withholding his sanction to course
like this, do wo find Rev. Minister
of the religion Of peace & good willie
wards all mankind. arfaisning him
before the public bar. aad thereby
iustii'ying the avowed object Of the
administration, ofinpdding and con.
ouer;iag Canada. That Mr.. Love s
tue other members OF this grand
cem.n:ttec should be mad enough to
Justly a policy of this kind, was to
be expected nat because it is cor
rect. hat because for them ts think
cnrrectly upon any poIitisa! subject
would be as strange and unexpected
AS ii has been TO find the Reverend
Mr.. Liitlejohn their leader.
Oar country is at length blessed
with peace, which, no doubt, is az
ceptable to ala harrassed and oppres-
se.l people. bat the terms Of which
are ,tisgraceful to tho administration
that declared the war, To what are
we Indebted for this peaec2 Not, it
is believed to real desire on the
part OF the administration. Can a.
ay man who has attended to the con-
duct aud ayowei ohjeet oftbe ADM
abstraction, believe they would have
msdo peace upon any terms short OF
the conquest Of Canada, and a surren
der of the right OF impressment on
the part OF Great Britain, if they
could have obtained the men and mo-
ney necessary for that object? Mr..
Lewis and those firm statesmen with
whom be acted in Congress have. by
withholding from the administration
the sword and the purse, saved the
aatioa FROM ruin. He has, by his
votes, contributed to preserve the
union. He has compelled tho adj
Biaistratiea, as far as his exertions
could. to abandon q war commenced
in wickedness and continued in folly.
If Mr.. Lewis had voted for the men
which we're iatcaded for the conquest
Of Canada, he would have eontribnt.
ed towards tue creation Of that im-
mense load of debt which is entailed
usen the people, Whist has the ma
ton gained by this mad, quixotic
WARP Read The late treaty. IT has
COINED peace, and that only. What
were The causes OF war as set forth
in TIC declaration Of the 18th of June,
1919? The complaints against Great
British in that declaration are-the
irnpressmeat Of seamen; the princi
l,:es Of blockade as commended for by
the British government; and vari-
Gus Other principles Of that govera-
nent which are there aIledged TO be
raiuous ts the j'.st eommcrcial rights
OF .asneriea. The President in his
declaration Of war. suais up oar
complaints in the following emerge
lie words" We behold our sea
fasiag citizens still the daily victims
efiawIess pioleaes, committed Oh the
great common highway Of nations.
ersn within sight of the country
which esoes them protectioa. We be-
hold our vessels freish,-d with the
products Of cur sell and Industry, or
returning with the honest proceeds
of them, wrestsd ftom their ia,cfa
destinations, con6scated by prize
courts no longer the organs of pub
lie law, but the Instruments of arbi
trary ediets; and their nnfertunatt
cre1cS dispersed and lost, or forced
or inveigled in British ports into
British Heets whilst arguments are
employed in support et these dggres