Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-07

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the way to their destruction. T'F"r
gress of our settlements we.,wa.l F M
ported, as they are by dense non >, = ~
has constantly driven them bart T aiH
most the total sacrifice of the la1a mug
they have been compelled to ,L, "GS
They have claims Oh tie magnaDi. ,t'
and, | may add, on the jrs,.,e Off ;.' 2
ton, which we must all feel ' d
We should become their real ho.
tors, We should p riorm the Office ~, ,I5 =
Great Father, the endcaring tile va:
they emphaticaIly give to the CLiaI ~" "a
gistrate of our Union. Their .o,e$ "
~ over vast territories should ce,,.
lieu of which the right of SOL, >2orr>
secured to each individual, and tis W.
terity, in competent portions. and
the territory thus cedcd by each ~ x
some reasonable equivalent s,,plI
granted, to be vested in permanent G.
for the support Of civil government r,
them, and for the education Other rS S
dren, for their instruction ia the ar,
husbandry, and to provide su,tpDar,
for them until they could provide il &,
themselves My earnest hope is, rir
congress will digest some plan, toauj+
on these princip Is, with such imrror,
ments as their wisdom may suggest, ul
carry it into effect as soon as it NAV )
practicable.
Europe is again unsettled, and rh
prospect ofwar increasing. Should ,b |
fame light up, in any quarter, how far
may extend it is impossible to loresee-
1t is our peculi felicity to be aItoIthe ]
unconnected with the causes which pr.
duce this menacing aspect elsewhere
With every power we are in perfect ar,
ty, and it is our interest to remain self I
it be practicable on just conditions. lie
no reasonable cause to apprehend vai- I
ance with any power, unless it proceed
from a violation of our maritime rights
In these contests, should they c.cur, and
to whatever extent they may be carried I
we shall be neutral; but, as neutra I
power, We lave ri gifts which it is our do .
ty to maintain. For light injuries it wi |
be incumbent on us to seek redress I'M
spirit of amity, in full confidence that, i.
]uring none, none would knowingly injG
us. For more imminent dangers g
should be prepared, and it should alwm
be recollected that such preparation, a
dapted to the circumstances, and sat
toned by the judgment and wishes of OgI
cannot fail to have good
effect, In averting dangers of every Kind
We should recollect, also that the ses.o
Of peace is best adapted to these prepara|
tons.
If we turn our attention, fellow citi1en,
more Immediately to the internal con
Germs of our country, and more especial
w to those on which its future welfare de.
ponds, we have every reason to anticipate
the happiest results. 1t is now rather
more than forty-four years since we de-
clared our independence, and thirty-seven
sin e it was acknowledged. The talents
and virtues which were displayed in that
great struggle were a sure presage OF all
that has since followed. A people who
were able to surmount, in their infant
state, such great perils would be more
competent, as they rose into manhood, to
repel any which they might meet in then
progress. Their physical strength wou.
be more adequate to foreign danger AMI
the practice of self government, aided b.!
the light of experience, could not fail to
produce an effect, equal y salutary, on all
those questions connected with the inter-
nal organization. These favorable anti
cipations have been realized. In cur
whole system, national and state, we Ia"
all the defects which uEceaslnc'
y preyed on the vitals and destroyed tie
ancient republics. In them, there were
distinct orders, nobility and a peoPe'
Or the people governed in one assem-
bly,. Thus, in the one instance, there was
a perpetual conflict between the Orders
in society for the ascendancy, in whI'n
he victory Of either terminated in the O.
verthrow of the government, and the fG'
in Of the state. In the other, in when
the people governed in body, and who's
1ominions seldom exceed the dimensions
Of county in one of our states, tumul'
'uous and disorderly movement, permit
ted only transitory existence. In li'l'
great nation there is but one order, lla'
Of the people, whose power by peculiar
happy Improvement of the represents