Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-23

motives and the consequences Of , No,
sure productive Of q sacrifice Of blood ara
wealth, Of which We can form no preY;
nus esiin ate.-if our motives should +.
Of a character purely moral, ard ". p,
solve to eniarcipafe orr Mexican br e,h,s.
from motives Of disinteresteJ hum,ft,
from our sympathy in their suf,r;rc,
from out devotion to the great csu., A.
liberty. we shall exhibit to The uniyens,
n"vel and most interesting spec,acl.
But il We mingle with these exalted f,sl
ipgs any consideration of a political =,
commercial mature. such As general, ds
termihe the conGuct Of other nations: y,
should endeavor to form some Or, vim.
estimate OF the respective weight Of tke,.
consideratons.-That which NAV !. h,
med Of the political Importance Of Men.
co must ATHEIST be very vague and con-
jectuI al: and like al questions Of ri.
kind, should be considered in lis orns.
sing As we'll IS eOncurrins relations n
our Interests. Perhaps We may calcust,
on very beneficial and lasting result.
from the favorable impressions which on,
kindness and good Offices will max, -
But gratitude, although an honsrsb,,
n.ahIy virtue, yet il often found to be :,
spp es.ive one in the commerce of ind;
vidsal.; and il does not seem TO inp,,,.
much in its application to patioBs. n.
gIver and receiver estimate its oblin.
tions to opposite rules. and general,
leave the account snliquidated. But 4
NAY be no bad rule to measure our o..
Pectatious from others, by the extent d
the retu rs which We made to Fsan,e On
q similar occasion. From her We r..
oeived the most important, We may 81,
indispensable, aid, in our revolution.
Yet, during the course Of herr, so int.
resting n the cause of repubIicani.u
and SO calculated TO awaken our symp,.
thies, our military strength was At no
time eIerted in her favor, but was at or,
time actually ragged in opposition 70
her: nor does our book If "a es shew II,
smallest item Of preference to her coz
msrce yet we acknowledge our obl,ss.
tons, and speak kindly Of our benef,c.
tor. The new governments will probably
do as much, and we shall have no rght
to ask for more. But 10 the estimate If
the commercial consideration we can
proceed with more certainty, and psrti-
cularIy in the case before %, we can
bring il to the test Of sober stafistics.--
II is here that little ~ill be found to en-.
courage the hopes Of those who have fan
cied that as soon a. Mexico shall be free,
we shall ee an uninterrupted stream Of
wealth flnw intr every part Of our couc.
r,. We shall find that there i, a great
difference between the existence Of wealth
n Mexico, and the possession OF it here:
md although the warmth Of our magma
ion may identify the one with the ntber,
We shall find that The union can onlv b.
'dected BY the ordinary process Of labor
nd industry-we shall see that silver
nd gold are the principal staples Of me
commerce. Of Mexico, a. wheat ard to-
'acco are those Of Fhginia, and that who
yer goes to Mexico tor dollar, must car
y an equivalent to purchase them But
se have aired p.edged ourselves to re-
ume this subject in another part Of this
discussion. We therefore beg leave to
vare It for the present, OBJ CRYING, incl
|entally. that al" itting that Mexico ~ere
low free, and her commerce open to the
'orld, and such in point of value as il
as been for many years past. the inter
curse which We now have with the SIN
lie island Of Cuba, is e more value to
he United States in one year, than that
nth Mexico would be in ten!
In addition to the commercial views
re have taken Of the consequences Of q
var single handed with Spain, We will
Aer suggestion Of political nature.-
lac we any certainty that we shall con-
nue. and end ne war With her aloee ?
5 il not possible that we may find our.
elves, in the course of the contest, en-
aged with more than one antagonist 2
We know not what treaties she may have
nth other nations Of Europe. which. in
Of such engagements, might
e DESTROYS Of csItivating the most inti-
'ate relations with Us. This will be 9
subject for our consideration, when
g shall deliberate 90 this question.