Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-11-28
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1917.
From the n. L. Daily .4drer. .N'Or. "a

mences on Monday next, is looked tor'
at least by the publishers OF newspapers
with considerable soliciIude, with the
hone that it may furnish them With mate
rails for their gszettes, of character ra-
ther more interesting thnn the late dsarm
hes placed within their reach.
1t seems to be imagined, By many per-
sons, that, in This state oi profound anu
general peace, the coming session o' 'ne
national legislature will not produce
much that is likely to engage The atssn-
tisn or excite the feelings OF The co'nmn-
nity. What it may produce We pre'e'a
mt 70 foresee. But it is scarcely posi-
HE that The attention and the feelings OF
the people Of this country shoald ever DC
AZ Indifferent to their highest concerns as
to disregard the proceedings OF their &C.
neral legislature. This nation is still IN
It's youth, it is extending its haeItaoIe
limits, and multiplying It's population IN
6 wonderful and unexampled manner
|, commenced its national career under
different circumstances from any other
that ever existed. aud upon principles,
~, Great measure, novel and untIied by
any preceding community. Although the
laws and habits Of many Of the Oldest
states may be considered is fixed and ad-
iusted, yet very large portion OF the
country is new and unsettled-new states
are constantly forming, new constitutions
az government, Of course, are framing
and going into operation over commun-
ties. whose existence, as such, is but OF
Yesterday, and whose laws ard insti'u-
t;ons are necessarily to be enac,ed ard
appIied to the general circumstances and
sentiments of those over whom they are
to operate, and whoss conduct is by them
to be regulated and controlled Each
new state assumes its share of duties to
the nation Immediately upon receiving
from the nation its political being, and.
ef course, the laws and general affairs OF
tho nation must have an Intimate rela-
tionship with the laws and concerns Of
the several states. In this point Of view,
the business Of congress will always COM
mand the attention and excite the deep
Interests Of the country at lage..
1t is altogether mistake to conclude,
that when there is no war or national con-
1royersy OH hand, there is netting to en-
gage our attention to our datienai con.
Germs, We are vastly more interested
in peace than we can be in war. Peace
is blessing Of the highest national i'm
portauoe, and On it depends, Under Pro-
violence, our prosperity and happiness
War is national Judgment, and never
visits a people without bringing in its
train the greatest evils-disease, death,
desolat:on, and misery. If we regard
sur own highest interest, we shall, as far
a. We can consistently with our character
as a ju,t and independent people, avoid
war; and in the same degree shall we
cultivate peace. Peace is more impor-
tant to the United States than to any O.
Their nation. We can never be conquer
ed by any foreign power. The few ma
tons whose numbers or military charac-
ter might lead them, in other circum-
stances, to wish for such an achievement
are So far removed from US that they can
never hope to accomplish It. We have
nothing in any portion, Of our neishbor'
hood which can ever give US even a mo-
mentary uneasiness on this subject.
South America is held up TO the public
view as an object likely to engage the at
teution of congress. Probably it may
But itcaunot but be borne in mind that
South America is not Moth America
and that the Spanish provinces are not
the United States. The people Of thi:
country, attached as they may be to free
dom, and opposed as they are in thei1