Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-12-07

II OF that delicacy which is allied to ma
ny virtues, must be deeply reluctant to
give, TIE result has been, that some
among the least deserving have been
retained, and some in whom the requi.
. sites both Of worth and want were com.
bined, have been stricken from the list
A, the number Of these renewable re.
. lies Of an age gone by diminish; as the
!. decays of body, mind, and estate, Of
: those that survive, must in the com.
mon course Of nature increase, should
not moe liberal portion Of indul.
gence be dealt out 10 thcm3 May not
the want, in most instances, be inferred
!. from the demand, when the service can
be duly proved; and may not the las.
days of human infrinity be spared the
modification Of purchasing pittance
Of relief only by the exposure of its
own necessities? Isubmit to Congress
the expediency either Of providing for
individual cases Of this description by
special enactmen,s, or of reviving the
Act Of lst May, 1920, with view to
mitigate the rigour Of its exclusions, in
favor of persons to whom charity now
bestowed can scarcely discharge the
debt of justice.
The portion of the Naval force of
the Union in actual service, has been
chiefly employed on three stations: the
Mediterranean, the coasts Of South A.
merica bordering on the Pacific Ocean,
and the West Indies. An occasional
cruiser has been sent to range along
the African shores most polluted by
the traffic of slaves; one armed vessel
has been stationed on the coast Of our
eastern boundary, TO cruize along the
fishing grounds in Hudson's Bay, and
on the coast Of Labrador; and the first
service Of a newfrigate has been per-
formed in restoring to his native soil,
and domestic enjoyments, the veteran
hero whose youthful blood and treasure
had freely flowed in the cause Of our
Country's independence, and whose
whole life has been series of services
and sacrifices to the improvement ofhis
felIow.men. The visit Of General La
Fayettc, alike honorable TO himself and
to our country, closed, as it had COM
menced, with the most affecting testi-
monials Of devoted attachment on his.
part, and Of unbounded gratitude Of this
People to him in return II will FORM.
hereafter, pleasing incident in the an
nails Of our Union, giving to real histo-
ry the intense interest Of romance, and
signaIly marking the unpurchasab'e
tribute Of Great Nations social al
fections to the disinterested champion
of the liberties of humankind.
The constant maintenance Of small
squadron in the Mediterranean is ne.
cessary substitute for the humiliating
alternative Of paying tribute for the Sc
curity Of our commerce in that sea, and
for precarious peace, at the mercy OF
every caprice Of four Barbary States,
by whom il was liable TO be violated.
An additional motive for keeping a
respectable force stationed there at
this time, is found in the maritime war
raging between the Greeks and the
Turks; and in which the neutral navi-
CATION of,his Union is always in dam
ger Of outrage and depreciation. A.
few instances have occurred Of such
depredalions upon our merchant ves- .
sells by privateers or pirates wearing
the Grecian flag, but without real au-
thority from the Greek or any other
government The heroic struggles Of
the Greeks themselves, in which our
warmest sympathies as freemen and
christians have been engaged, have
continued to be maintained with vicis--
STUDIES of success adverse and fayora-
BILE.
Similar motives have rendered expe-
dienl the keeping of like force on the
coasts of Peru and Chill on the Pacific
The irregular anil convulsive charac-
ter of the war upon the shores, has
been extended to the conflicts upon
the ocean. An active warfare has been
kept up for years, with alternate sue
cess, though generally to the ad, antage
of the American Patriots. But their
naval forces have not always been under
the control Of their own governments.
Blockades, unjustifiable upon any ac-
knowledged principles of international
law, have beer proclaimed by offic rs
in command; and though disavowed by
the supreme authorities, the protection
of our own commerce against them
has been made cause of complaint and
of erroneous imputations upon some
of the most gallant officers of our Navy.
Complaints equally ground'ess have
been made by the commanders oil the
Spanish Royal forces in those seas; but
the most effective protection TO our
commerce has been the flag and the
6rmness OF our own commanding Off
GERS. The cessation Of the war, By the
complete triumph Of the Patriot Cause,
has removed, it is hoped, all cause Of
dissension with one party, and all YES
tige Of force ofthe other. But an un.