Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-29
ALEXANDRIA,:
sorTu AMERICA.
.Hl.sD3y. SEPrrxssR 90 1917.

question respecting South Amerea' VIM"
bT rlny VIII be regarded a ditheult al
solution; BY others as dangerous, ana
bv some few, 10 doubt, a. perfectly ex-
trsyssant. if net oIini, al. To US 1t aP-
na,rs not one Of these. Indeed il IS dill
fcult TO conceive how any material dif-
ference Of opinion upon the subject can
exist among the p ,rie Of the United
States, uGless we suppose that there live
Americans who disown the principles OF
our revolution, Or who forge that such an
event makes a rart o. our history. Shall
il be said that We, who With incomParab'y
weaker IN tive. to stimulate US to resis-
lance against the mother government,
than the Spanish coloDists have, grew
inpatient under car sstjectlon, and thuh-
dered at the gates Of the governments Ct
Europe TO acknowledge our independence,
were capable of sPuruing from our doors
with Suspicion and contempt people
not moved by speculative jealousie', bu,
soaded BY merciles, oppression into des-
peraton, and 10 that desperation endea-
vouring 10 throw of the iron yoke Of Fer
diBard IHE ,yrant, or perish in the at.
tempt. In asking US to receive their en-.
voys, do they require Of Us more than we
ourselves IL the day OF cur hazardous ell
fort for independence required Of France,
and Spain, and Holland-Or than France
and Spain Doth desPotic monarcbiesl
granted to cur supplica,icns-and HOi-
and the most selfish and c,rcunspect Of
all nations readily youebsafed. Ard
shall we refuse 10 the cause of truth and
the erie, Of fellow creatures oppressed 4
,ramped upon-shall We refuse TO the de-
nands of that idol Of oar hearts, LIsES-
rr, that boon which the ole tyrannies of
tie world conceded 10 our infant s,rug-
giles in that glorious csuses What would
have been our condition to-1ay-where
would b. our republican institutions
which the emigrations from all parts OF
Europe loudly proclaim to be The guiding
light, the great refuge, The brightest hope
at wo:ld till tina, event involved from
! its beginning in darkness and in bondage.
TO which hope never oame'-wha,. We
saw, would have been the condition G!
this country, il Louis XVI. consulting
only the tin.id policy Of Geld unfeelias
heart had spurned our ENJOYS from his
court, and tod them that they were not
the enyoys Of an established governments
What If Charles III. welding at tllat
time the sceptre Of the most gloomy and
int,!erant despstism in Europe, had said
ago back to the place from whence you
came, and tell those who sent you that
kings know too well what's due to them
selves, and the prerosa'ives ct establish
ed governments, 70 nOurish. Or BY their
aid, or even aequiescence, TO encourage
the growth Of system Of liberty, (the
germ of which i contained in your PIE
sent equisition) tina. if suffered to raise
its head, will extinguish, in no long time,
; the very name Of monarchy upon the lace
Of the earth :" ADD he would have spoken
F, prudentl, But did he !--NO-The
| conpunctious visitinss Of nature entered
! his heart, and the feelings of the a.an tri-
umphed over the pride Of the king and
pet,ifoggiDg solicitations Of the frigid po-
litician Hence il is hat We are at tar
day-not dependant colonies. And shall
We re republicans, existing BY the IL
| seral donations Of two absolute nonarchs,
granted q: their oSn apparent hazard and
Certainly to their ultimate injury--shslI
We, tor fear (!orsootbl ,ha, We may come
o some mitls trouble BY It-for fear
that We So uld 10 stretching cut hand
20 match tins siiueg ing infant 90; e tie
| lre, s4Ggs our skirts oE raise blister Cd
our hnsIs, skuiS a~sy i,om tha, ~hick
taey encouuter ed, ami confirm the ie-
| ,,a,-s thar has Ions aa.n ,hrpwn imam