Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-08
.xER,oAs PROSPECTS

In whatever light the Unlted ota.es arc
considered, says the Baltimore FeaeraI
| Republican, it is very apparent that they
| are destined to fill an Important space a.
moppst the community Of independent
nations. This idea prevails not only IN
this quarter Of the globe, but 10 Europe
likewise. Turning over the pages OF an
English publication, we found these sen,
timents expre,sed-" Inc Americans
posse IS a sort of adventurous enterprise,
urder the pressure Of every difficulty
That ought to put England upon her
guard ; this is evident" continues the
writer, " from the events OF the last war.
and demonstrates, lin his opinion) that
the United States are to become, and a.
no distant day, the rivals Of the English"
This sentiment is expressed BY an En-.
slish writer, at season when que would
! deem it almost Incredible that he could
have entertained thought so despsnd.
ing; at a season when Buenaparte, late
ly the cunqueror Of Europe, lies like a
victim at his feet, imploring his mercy
when France is huI.5led, and when all
Tie allies of Europe seem to regard En-
gland as the prime mover Of the CONT
Mental machine; when his government
was never mere for rc.;c;,,aclet /, their neigh
bors, either in the field or in the cabinet;
when they are spreading over the rich
domains Of India, TO an almost lnmea-
surable extent; when, in short, their
victories and sloty abroad, can only be
rivaled by their security at home. Why
does this writer express himself in sven
Responding language, at a season hke
this? What is there in the growth OF SO
youEg nation as ours to cast shade ON
the glitteriug visions by which he is sur
roundeds Is the prospect Of a nation yet
in its infancy, capable Of exciting such
serious alarm to people almost as tanl
liar to victory and glory as they are to
the ravs Of the sun Are we then, as
America ans, to feel no exultation, no no
nest pride in all this , Are we to be told
; that we fatter ourselves with the COLI
temptation Of dreams of unreal great.
/ ness, when we see such sentiments ex
pressed by those who had formerly been
taught to despise us as unworthy OF no.
| tice d! No, lellow-citizens, this is not the
fact England beholds her own laws a.i
institutions, all the free principles OF her
constitution, expanding themselves over
a whole continent, instead OF being pent
up in an island. She knows that these
| laws have been, as it were, the rursery
of her greatness-that the freedom in
which we have been brought up, leads to
noble daring. Now it may be said that
all this is but the rawlings Of fancy-let US
! then cast our eyes towards the Western
wilderness, and behold those forests that
have been the ASYLUM Of savage beasts
and savage men. falling beneath thr stur-
DIV axe OF the husbandman-the spires Of
our temples glitteriug over the haunts Of
the tigcr-let US behold the waters Of our
naive lakes, thuse immense inland seas,
whitening with the snowy wings OF com
merce-let us behold the brown Indian
plunging deeper into the reCesses Of the
wilderness. as if TO screen his eyes from
the dazzling beams Of civilization that
penetrate the foliage-Iet Us behold all
this, and doubt, il we can, that these En-
gIish jeaousies aud appreheIsions are
well founded.
H.reulsm er urque," has BEEN long
known as proverb, and it is an ackuow-
lodged fact, that English troops do not
display the same bravery, the same en-.
terprise, the same thOrOugh.going conf
dence of triumph, when cOntending with
Americans, that they do when contend
ing with any other foe. How shall we
account for this : Probably in this way,
that the English find the same indomita-
Bile spirit as anilnates their ewn bosoms--
undisciplined yalor, that rushes headlong
on the hostile bay0ne,--a' contempt Of
death united with an avarice Of glory.
The English see this, and they are dis
concerted at beholding these evidences
Of a spirit so nearly akin to their OWL
they respect iu a foe, what they have
been taughl to respect in themselves
They feel that the contest is between
freemen and freemen, not between Iree-
men and slaves. The Americans display
the same vigor in the arts as they do in
the field and in one more century it
will be seen, whether our countrymen
will not become Formidable rivals in both.
Franklin's Music Warehouse, BostoA
This is all Establishment, Of which as
Americans Il Bostunians, we are proud.
The building, which is very lofty 4 spa
cious, and devoted entirely to the object