Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-05

est to Stanu ai0Ot from the e0ntes'
TO Irmand justice from the party com.
hitting the injury. and to cultivate D.,
a fair and honorable conduct, the
friendship of all. War became at
length inevitable, and the result has
shrwn. that our government is equal
20 Tat, the greatest Of trials under
the most unrayprable circumstances.
Of the virtue of the people, and of the
heroic exploits Of the army, the navy,
and the militia, need not speak.
Such then, is the happy govern
mrnt under which we live; a govern
n Mt adequate to every purpose for
which the social compact is formed
government cleCtivcin all its branch
g. urrler which every citizen may by
his merit, obtain the highest trust re-
cuSuized by the constitution whiCh
contains within it no cause OF dis
cord: none to pat at variance one par
tim OSthe community with another ;
a government which protects eyela
citizen in the full enjoyment of hi-
rights. and is able to protect the ma
tom against injustice from fOrciSl
powers.
Other considerations, of the highest
Importance. admonish US to CHERISH
oar union, and 10 cling to the govern,
ment which supports 1t. Frtanatr
As we are, in our political institutions,
We have not been less so in other Cur
cgmStanCeS, on which our prosperity
and happiness essentially depend. 81
t!ated within the temperate zone, al.
extending through many degrees 4
latitude along the Atlantic, the Unit,
sd States enjoy all the varieties 81
climate, and every production Incl,
dent to that portion of the globe. Pc
nctrating. internally, to the great
Lakes. aud beyond the sources of the
great rivers which communicate thru
oar whole interior, no country wa
eyr" happier with respect TO its d.
m .. Blessed too with fertile soil,
OF" pr ,duce has always been very a.
b4alant. leaving. even in years tag
ka~t favorable. surplus for Tia"
wants ofOur fa'i1w men in other cDUn.
E;rS. Such is pur peculiar felicity
thii there is not Il mart Ot our anir
thar is not particularly Interested
Pr>s"ryinS it. The great aS?icalCu,
interest of the nation prospers undo
it, protection. Local interests "a"
no. less fostcred by it. Oar fellow.
citizens of the north. engaged il IA.
Yigltion. find great encourage nrn.
being made the favored carriers Oft
vast productions If the other port; ,.s
o. 'Ie United Strtes. while the inhab
h''3 II these are andy compensate
In heir turn, BY the nursery lor sea
mrn and naval force, thus formed ani
Feared up for the support nf our cpm
mal rights. Our manufacturers sil
seneroH encouragement by the pn-
Icy which patipnizes domestic in
dIStry and the surplus of our pro-
duce. steady and pr"itab e markct,
by local wants, in less favored parts.
at home.
Such, then, being the highly favo.'-
ed condition of our country, it is tia
interest Ofevery citizen to maintain it.
What are the dangers which mena
Us If any exist they ought to be as
tertained and guarded against.
In explaining my sentiments an this
subject, It may be asked, what raised
Us to the present happy stat InN
did We accompli.'r the revolution
How remedy tile detects Of the frs
instrument Of cur aaipn, by in.9gsin .
INT" the national g ,vrrnnent sutRcica
power fUr national purposes. withla
I'm airing the just rights of III, states,
or affecting those of individuals :.
How sustain. and pass with glory
through the late war? Tire govern
ment has been III the hands of The
people. To the people. therefore. amr
t. the faithful and abe G'positurieS .,
their trust. is the credit doe. Had
the people uf the United States been
educated in different principles /; had
they been less intelligent. less indc-
pendent. or less yirtuous, eau it b.
believed that We should have maintain
cd the same steady and consistent ca
teer, or been blessed with the same
Srcess ? While. then, the constituent
buy retains its present souns and
Saithiul state. every thing will be
sale. They will choose competent
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