Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-01-03

yGWlH&AGSs ~ 9xA0eA tso ~ 800 Il 3, 81
lths epsmy, as The best means Ct ds-
lfsa.liae our avn but lst me ask yos'
can you dsau the British shipping
later you, BY an attack nPsn lana.
la snd Is not that, the species sI
ssares, which ravages our sea beard
and which can be smplsysa no WHARF,
slss Go, sir. and ask the nnfsr-
innate man, whose all has been dcsr1
trsyad upon your sen beard whose
wife aud childrea are withsnt home
and withsut bed. If the invasion Of
Caapda has been Any profession to
theaS. Coz and ask the sea-fafiug
saan for wbose rights, you have pre-,
tradedly waged this wieksd war.
whether the invasisn of Cshaae has.
assured his safety. or increased his
views sf future prosperity. A:Wsald
act Insult yoar feelings by peaniHg
their reply. Thcre is cold blood
ed pride in the e0mpssitiou OF some
,nsu. that eaa calmly sacrifice the
bappiaess Of thousands to visionary
thssvy. When tka oitizsHsof George
towa and the district applied to Mr..
Mad; son for defence sgaiast the pro-
basle attempts OF the ensmy npea
then. he Is said to have replied, tbat
ha had afforded them the kast pessi-
bic protection. by the invasion Of Ca
nadia. Could not the Rass 81 BiA-1
deHsb.rg, as it has been ladisrioasly
called, have cured him AMI yon tec
ofsc prspsstereus a faliy? or what
is sf Msse serious eeaeera, cannet
the niseries inflicted upoA ysur At
laatie brethren Raaks yeA abaadsn it {
Is there aa ether way Of satisfying
the eupidity OF your western fs'lsw-
ers and supporters. than peopling
their wiIderaessss. with the uafsetu-
nate wanderers frsm our dssslated
sea board TX IL sir, that the osfise
van now fill. has raised in your.
Mid, the mad ambition Of being a.
bic 20 accomplish, what the assidni-
ty Of an Eussis, aad the brilliAasy OF
an Armstrong were Incompetent to
ateaieve. slr is it, that locking up.
to the highest rssRd Of prsfsrmeat.
you wish to surround yourself With
all the patronage and power vhieh
aa immesss standing army can throw
upon you. An arAy Of recruits you
cannot get--s beggar'd treasury has
thrswn yea apon the wretehcd scheme
OF MILITARY conseription 70 fll your
ranks. Such an army will never as-
compiish yaur purposes. The free.
men of America have Hst yet last
the spirit Of their fsrefatarrs. They
kssw that the power to cypress wss
aeser given to rulers--ast even TO
these Of their ewa e,ioise--tt is nei-
ther wise. aor prudent, aor proper,
Ger scvcrnMeat to pursue theoretic
reasoning, to conclusions Of pratt
cal error. Because fAe safety of the
people is the supreme law, because
armies are necessary TO that safety
la ease Of foreign war. does it fellow
OF esurse, that all aaeans are lawful
FOR raising armies in such state Of
things. Thers 10. as gseat differ
ease in the means Of accomplishing
this end, as in that Of executing the
laws, in free and in despotie gevsra-
meats. The punishment Of crime is
not sabaitted to the will Of an i'm
perioss basAaw, aar is the basfiaa-
do inflicted at pleasure in free
country, and yet, to punish crime, is
necessary TO social existence in Nil
eawmaaities. The Constitution OF
our free and once happy esantry ne
yer intended to maks regular sci
disrs of the mi!itia-Lsag and set
tied language had drawn the differ
cnee between standing armies and
miiitia-the oae was fer temporary.
the other fer permanent ssrviee--the,
enc was for conquest. the ether for
dcfenee-far tnis it was that frssMsn
eaerished the one aud frevned upon
the ether. They had oaly il view TO
preserve their swa, without assailing
the rights and property Of others.
BY this mcaas and by this anly. ex-
eerieaee had convinced them. was
iihsrty TO he preserved, against the
dariag strides Of vicious ambition
Classify them, or do what yeu please,