Gazette Of The United States

Extract of a letter from Boston, April 16.

Several arrivals from England; bring us the state of politics and war in Europe, by which it appears they continue to act over and over the same mad scenes which for many ages have disgraced human nature; When we reflect how incompetent they are to govern themselves, how should our hearts expand with gratitude to heaven for separating us from them.

Some citizens of the United States when contemplating the errors or supposed misdoings of our own government are apt to depreciate its value; let such persons turn their thoughts now and then to Britain, and other nations of Europe, and observe the shocking sacrifices of blood and treasure and faith and honor and religion, and every thing that is called good—and they will prize independence. Mr. G—, who came home in the last ship that arrived—informs me, that the British and other nations appear now to be fully sensible of the growing greatness of the United States: I trust they will have cause to rise in their ideas of us.