The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-07-01

William Jones', not now remembered
With sufficient exactness for quotation,
which afford an explanation. They go
o the idea that il is not moatcd walls
nor pointed steel, nor any 'naniInate
provision, however powerful, but II Is
the hearts Of men, free and courage
Gus men, that constitute the buiwark
nd power of nations. The British
hret has now no impressed Anne, leans
IN board, the American SHIPS no BIZ.
ush deserters, TO preside over their ina
noeuyres. Their vessels are as well
quilt, and found and equipped as ours
are. The difference is in Tire men, 1,
aust be there and there alone. What
difference The British seaman Is ss
hardy, US athletic, as experienced as
the American But he is degenerate
from that Briton, who, brave / and
mazed the World, when Mr.. Addison,
the wing. wrote his anima,ipg invoca
ton TO liberty-that liberty which is The
i'ue and only cause OF al British ex-
cel!ence-
Thou Liberty, oh Goddess heavenly
bright,
No longer art the Briton's I'm by day, ard
ftar by night,
No longer Crowns with power Brittannia's
ile,
Nor makes her barren rocks or her bleak
mountains im,le;
"A pauper now, no home his deeds infrire,
No home on ihore his deeds by ieato fire
til impossible that people of pau
Pers can Continue 10 lie the great pc -.
pie which the British have been
ihere must be sense of individual in
depence AMI importance, or there will
be but ilt'le national. grandeur. Tn,
hrao mas his lent Tor the display Of his
hospitality, and the Russian cert has
his nut. But the sinews of B itish po
Puiation are unstrung in poor houses
he budget has unnamed them
wrought upon through those primer
pics ct representative government,
winch alone, as they go directly TO the
pulse OF every member of communI
w. are calculated 10 call forth great OK
eruo.s, the British people have beeu
used by improviient ministers beyond
tbelr capacity--and the moment of ces-
sation from eXertion leaves them un
done-wlthout homes, IN y are unre-
presented Ia the domestic affections
without sutfrages they are unreprc
presented III the egI'lature--interGICt
ed migration and unable TO subsIsl
without It-aow car such men be cuUa
totgeemen---io fl eGmeuwho have home
aud families, and votes, aud rights G
fight tor It's quite impossible Blu
did not the BRUSH vanquIsh the vIc,ors
ot the Garth at Vittoria, at Toulouse
and at Wateri %, they oyercame mer
more enslavcd than themselves, the
mere remnants and substitutes of the
'nvinciole soldiers of Rehu6L can France
-Besi es, on those occasions they
had the P'puIar impulse, the instinc,
Of emancipation and independence OF
their side. They had with them tha
personal enthusiasm which every A.
merican sailor AM soldier is armed
with IN every action In vain will Eng
land extend her colonies and conques,s
In vain will she study Seamanshlp, gun
merry and RaVai architecture in Ameri-
"a In vain will she push her com
merLe into every latil ude, and cover
ner commerce with an armed marine
1t is all, al! in vain, unless she rcyives
the English people by giving them
homes and making them happy The
result of the first naval battle between
England and America, excited univer.
sal amazomsnt--so much so that ma
ny we'll affected men in this country
rere for housing our little navy after
wards and not exposing it 10 any posi-
Die elimination Of the splendor of it.
'scEtchen. But each achievement eX.
ceedcd the last; and perhaps their late
silent contest before AIgiers surpasse.
them all Let US sacrifice therefore tc
Liberty! While her tempt continue
% be crowded with American votaries
England ana all Europe will in vain
endeavor to initiate and equal them
Engiand and Europe will continue
to be astoDishcd at their gallant and ge.
nefous aC,ious--and in that very as.
constituent OF Europe will America al
ways find shield for her safety and d
sword for her wars