Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-11-24


treaty goes TO The Senate for rat:Gcstiop--
;'ennsylvanio e ". York, with free no.
pulation o. 2,o00,o coo, are notsatisfcd with
IFS terms but while they are held in
check by Louisiar and Mississippi, with
4 motley popu'a. Of 10000. TIE treaty
i: confirmed. warrant is drawn on the
treasury for FIVE millions Of dollars, aud
thus the foundation is laid 70, three or
fUu- ne,c !Stctes We say nothing Of any
repugnance OF Massachusetts to tie terms
OF such atreaty, Or having recently been
soothed by he Establishments of Virginia,
it is re babe her affections vii, tIayel
further south nunc mihi, nanc ali BE-
ngna.
Are we all born free and do we not
possess equal rights : and can this prac-
teal y be the case in government,
where one man in his private capacity
(for it results in this has the same power
in the designation Of the first officers of
government and in The appropriation O.
immense sums of money from the trcasu.
~, as twenty : This part Of The consti-
tuition must have been conceded by mo-
mentary necessity, and if possible, to
hive prevented it, should never Lave ex-
tended TO the new states. "Ytu had
your loot Oh my neck" sad the Dey Of
A'giers to com. Decatur, "and what
could / do p 1t is easy TO believe 1--WE
speak of human nature rs il j. that New
York, when she asks from the ten millions
she pays into the treasury. hundred
thousand, for internal improvmetts, find
ing her request frustrated by state in.
fnitely smaller than herself, situated
perhaps on the Red River or Missouri,
would feel mingled emotions Oh disgust
and indignation.
Whether the subjects above alluded 10
be or be not presented to The coDside'a.
ton Of congress this next session, they
serve as an elucidation OF the PROPOSE
tons have laid dowr they show rhere
the power lies that il is unequal. and il
is well known that power is mt long DOR
mant. IL should also be particularly
noted, that it will not be long before the
states in the south and west will have
it in their power to control every exc
cu'ive appointment, from foreign MI
mister to a secretary of legation, from
a maj. gen. TO an ensign. The part uhich
Virginia has takeu-hcr internal roliti.
cal situation-and the interest which
she feels in the erection Of new states,
we shall reserve for future inquiry
Anxious as we are fer the preserya-
ton Of the union, believing, as we Do,
that it is Indispensable for cur growth
and prosperity, as a great and four
ishing nation we invite The attention
ofour statesmen to this i'm. ortsnt subject,
that they may adopt measures which will
cOunteract the evils We anticipate, and
the consequences we fear. The corsti-
tuition possesses within itself the remedial
power and it should be exercised for
no one acquainted with the character Of
tie people of the north the spirit and
independence which actuate them their
enterprise, industry and hardihood their
1--we Of liberty ami inyincible deternina-
ton, but knows, that should there be a
general sentiment land this can only re-
suit from circumstances that war; ant it)
that they are oppressed, no matter whether
by the hand of despot, or by unequal
laws-no matter by whom, or from what
source-their Indignation would be vivid
as the lightning which flashes on the SUN.
mer's cloud their voice, deep as tie
thunder, that resounds through the well
hin, GUSTAVUS.