Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-05-15
From tie Baltimore Horning Chronicle

From tie Baltimore Moraing Chronicle.
FRENCH SENTIMENTS OF AMERICA.
Virgil says. beautifully. "Thrice happy race,
how blest are freedoms heirs,
BiCst q they know, what happiness is theirs.
The Poet states this question bypo,heti-
cally-"blest If they knou, &c. While
we ave mingiiDg IN the miserable party
ieuds Of the day, do We know, do we rea-
'ize those blessings so eIoauenliy described
such E n68eStysr itss We are no; surrounded
by foreign armies, menacisg death and
conhagration-do we know that the farmer
al bis plough-lhe mechanic at his anvil
the merchant at bis cOuntipgheuse-the
r,ch ard the poor, the learned and tn, un.
learned, are all the soyereigns OF the coun-
try that we iphabit-lhat it crown were
made tor an American King 10 wear.
crowns would become just as familiar as
our hats, and no more regarded. Let US
then change the phraseology OF the Man
tuan Bard.
Thrice happy race, how blest are freedoms
heirs,
Blest, for they kno,o, what happiness Is
theirs.
From the Constitutional.
PARIS, Jan lO.-The Speech of the
President of the United States on opening
the new session of Congress. is even more
interesting than the speeches pronounced
on that solemn OCCASION always are. I'm.
movable as rock which braves the waves
that storm around it. the government OF
The United States views from It's safe posi-
ton tn" tempests by which the whole OF
South America. and a part of Europe are
desoiat2d, & the threatening clouds which
are, even now, accommodating over the re.
mainder OF our continent
What picture this growing world pre-.
sents TO our contemplation. How it reno
Yates the hearts OF those disguised with the
miseres of Europe. A revenue of 100.
100000 (trancs) without direct taxes
which leaves a surplus of l9 or 10000
900, alter all the expepces OF government
are paid; an army levied froB the midst
OF the native citizens OF the country which
weighs neither on its population nor trea-
sury, and offers no hangers to its liberty
the maritime iroDtiers OF the state ,reCeIy-
ing, all at once from art, those defences
which nature has lett them unprovided
with :. population increasing without
end aud without fear on a territory, VIII ch
for ages to come, will admit of its increase;
a flag which W yes over every sea; the arts
OF manufacturing industry. developing
themselves every day on a soil. which We
looked on as only adapted to the tolls OF
agriculture. Such is the picture which is
of, red 10 us by the United States of A
menca IN Inc 4bth year of their existence
as nation.
And whence so many blessings From
national institutions, whose free and ma
turaI action is not impeded by those par
tiCuIar and individual interests which,
elsewhere openly attack, secretly under.
mine, or arllully alter and disguise them
The executive head OF the government
OF the United States had TO express his
views on those deeply interesting circum
stances, in which both Europe and Anne
RIGA arc now involved With what grayi-
~, with what exquisite judgment and FORE
sight, he has done il. How every thing is
cldssed IN his speech with clearness
and precIsioa. HIS words are those OF
truth, OF reason, otjuslice and OF humanI-
~.
South America-ylZ. the new States of
South America he says are now strong |
enough to rest on what they had obtained |
10 continue coDtest without any hopes |