Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-03
Thoughts yrorth the notice Of common
men Of all parties.

men Of all parties.
In the 5oth number of the EdIn-
burgh Review. are the following Oh
ser, atoms. which merit the serious
attention of the people of these Uni
ted States, az well as those Of the
.. sea girt isle" since they and our.
selves are composed of very much the
same sort of stuff. Con. Co,rant.
"The difference between prudent
and an imprudcnt man in the manage
meut of his concerns is this: The
former calculates thecnst OF things DC.
fire he determines upon buying 1t
the latter begins with buying it, and
never thinks Of the price until he has
IN paw il. a long time perhaps after
,he article is consumed. The good
peop!e os this country are very much
in the prpdicamcnt of the imprudent
man, in all that regards the conduct
cC their affairs. and more especially
their wars. When they are at peace,
aud in pleRty. they begin to stare a.
broad OH every side, to find out some
cause to quarrel, .anh they never
fail TO succeed. II they haze no sub
iect of DISPUTE Themselves. they know
n friend who has. and that is just as
rood or if their friends have M quar-
rel. they Know one which they onght
TO pick, and he must he set TO do IT.
And then IL there be squahhle gong
ON any where. no matter between
whom. or about what, they speedily
contrive tn make friends with one Ut
the parties. in order to be admitted IN
I, a share Of The sport-To tell them
that they had better be quiet-that
they are as we'll off as they can be
and that it is time enough to night
when they cannot help it-wnnl1 ar
yue little knowledge of their DISPOSE
tiou nor would it be at all times
.at, exnar;ment-Ennallv Vol" ma1ld
BE any attempt 10 make them consider
the risk and danger of the projected a.
musement. To calculate, is termed
cold at the best; to speak Of danger
Is Z" cowardly !" 10 talk oil cost IS
"stingy." The nation is rich--how
can its vast resources be better en-
Moved than in curbing her rivals, and
extending her power and renown =
So 10 war we 60, with all our forces.
Aftrr a few years of failure, or 1t may
be of success. (for to the present qnes.
ton il makes mighty little difference)
the rich nation begins to feel pinch
ed, and the vast resources are no Ion
ger f,lnd to be inexhaustihle.
"Loud characterization aree,ery where
heard over the costs of this ruinous
contest and all agree in wishing i
could be terminated with honor and
safety. This however is not so easy.
st il was to begin it and according
", some years more are spent IN
what the vulgar phrase calls throw
ing good money after bad: aud at
length peace comes to the satisfaction
Of every one.
IS The burtAens Of the country are
now in reality very great and the re-
storation Of its prosperity demands
many years of tranquility. 1t is, strict
" speaking. far from being 'rich
;ts resources are no longer 'rast,
but there's much virtue in establish
ed usases az to names /; and it has'be-
I. come the fixed custom to call the re-
sources of England ineNhaustibie.-,
A lew months Of peace makes all i'm
paticnt again and again we get INTO
a MIR. without rejecting one instant
mon the sums il must cost. or reck~
oning up the means we have len 10
nav them. The same round Of failure
and success is run as before {: and We
are left complaining bitterly al the
expenses broughtupon US by measures
which 10 human being could ever
doubt, were perfectly certain to cost
enormous sums" :,
Thus far of the sentiments of the
Observation-Disclosures, which as We
saiJ before, are deserving OF the seri-
oss notice and consideration OF the
pcoufe ON both sides Of the atlantic
iadeed there never was period. we
believe, when. throughout Chr'sten-
dom. such number Of eyes were SUD
denly open to the horrible sntif' as
well AZ secular evils Of war. as st
the present instant :-an auspcIous
Al hafver