Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-09-04


in. Before the brig OF war arrived, the
Portuguese fac was admitted at Pernam.
huco.
&" II was presumed that the Portuguese
feet intended to stop at Maranham tor
supply of provisions, and that Lord Coch..
rane would succeed in capturing nearly all
of them. Three English vessels were ly.
iug at the Moro with -four, waiting for the
ia of Bahia, and permission had been gil
ven at Rio to load for that place, but they
were under bonds not 10 90 in until 1t was
given up The brig Collector, OF Salem,
arrived al Pernambuco with provisions in
60 days, and Immediately sailed again Tor
Bahia"
From the Baltimore Uorn,ng Chronicle.
UNITED STATES AND THE HOLY
ALLIANCE.
Frarce and Spain are now at war, and
Il remains uncertain whether other powers
n.ay not speedily be embroTed IN this
auarre.. Witnall our ianced security, what
is there tn prevent our own government
from assault il the Spanish Peninsula is
conquered. War is moi declared more a.
gain, Spain, than ii IS against the United
States The representative system is tine
target against which the Alfred Powers
are taking such deliberate aim. 1t may
be SAID, that three thousand miles OF At
aniic interposes an etfeclusl guard, but
! this assumes more than is capable OF being
proved This is not the time tor Us to
take the welfare aud security of our be.
loved country on trust. II IS not TO the
iustice, or the humanity OF the Allied Des-
] pots, but TO our cannon that we must APP
! peal for pro ectIon against the members OF
| the Holy Alliance Are we recommend
ing a needless expenditure of public mo-
ney, when we plead inr the enlargement
of the army and navy? The cant OF the
| day is, at time OF 5ar prepare tor war
the maxim OF Washington was, 10 tune
! OF peace prepare ioY war Some are as
| ,,osal to think ihat-nn~ -oHicers, except
t 6nen engaged with the enemies OF our
country, are mere useless drones, that
ought to be discharged from public ser
| vice We hardly know how TO answer
such language These gentlemen who
would turn the defenders oil our counry's
honor adrift on the cold and unteeling cha
ritv of the world, were loud in their Cla-
mors Of admiration, when the standard OF
ST. q Gorge bowed in homage 10 their bra
very. Members OF Conatess could then
award them medals g. the thanks OF their
country, partaking in all that enthusiasm
excited by actions so splendid. But adj
mira,ion IS always short lived passion,
and il is found that those heroes who were
intbe day of cattle, the nations grandeur
and ornament, must he maintained al the
expense Of that nation IN time OF peace.
Meagre, lean facet parsimnny tx ends
her long, strIveIed, skinny fingers to lear
The epaulets from such gallant shoulders,
excl,lm'Dg at the same time ihe parrot
note, retrenchmeat! -ret,enchmenti-r
trenchment! Our houses and 6resides,
our altar, our wives and children are too
expensive to be detended-they must be
abandoned to their fate. Dismanlle our
frontier Notifications, and surrender the
unprotected inhabitants 10 savage vio-
lence-Le. our navy share The same fate;
suffer The ships ct war row building, to
ROT upon their stocks haul up those now
floating upon the Ocean. in the dry docks
abolish our Military Academy and break
up all our Arsenals, AT one tell swoop. -
This will be wonderful saving of ex-
pence, formed on the same profound CAL
culstiou, that the man made who threw a.
way a golden lever watch, because it re-
CURED repair. Out upon such economy
II IS the disgrace and scandal OF our coun-
try. Our officers are now as usetully EN-
ployed as if they were conleDiiDg with
the enemies Ct our country-psrt Ut this
gallant band are defending US from the 'a-
wages of the sea-others engaged IN ex-
ploring parties are penetrating our rivers
to their sources-others are visiting foreign
countries tor the aggrandizemeDt OF our
own, and returning with all that is curious
or interesting IN the great kingdoms of Ma
ture and Art They deserve. richly 90
they deserve, the confidence of their
countrymeD.
Some may think 1t visionary, but there
is not a solitary doubt with US that it the
Peninsula falls, the allied savogts will try
their strength by an invasion of the Unit
ed States Does England regard u, with
so rnuch affection as TO interpose her nava!
buckler for our defence? No: she still
retains ber hereditary hate, and j: is tar
from being certain that she is not covertly.
aud invldiously an ally OF France at the
present hour. The unholy Bandi.ti. it
they succeed against Spain, contemplate
'he subversion OF every Republic; they
look upon the world as their own, and the
numan race as much their property as The
butcher does the cattle that be is driving
Il. the slaughter house.