Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-04-24 00:00:00, page 2

, in the course of ihc nhs ;w-ctr'sisiz—ct
73 WMWK ]! thy Flsil \- n. .<.-l .*
si , -)'Qd, sio—Ilﬂ perct'ovc um; ; .; ,v .. ,, -
-ct- discussencet'mg into hc n. rsius ul :ct-L :
m jub between Mr Smith and T". - ; '— -.-.n,
Y'" {Dd usxou dﬂgd to honour n si. \ 19- -u the
M., orss mum'mm of a'l usi. w- vvlit-1
If" 'peshlpl you may havsi- c-ss '- ss'si " si ,.ul
' "Zsitm Nlched chws great swim! '- (sihictlatt
{& God of (ny urcngm. B- .x- : .dusin1ctcd_*
nothing m !.mh- r srv m m int: mion
ctsisisssiﬀﬂctm tsioadd anothcr stone w Uw be'n; wrav
id qs dolYne-u and (on) w'ni- : .! ss' usincd
si'hnk' !.ctm memorable nun- . \"- ct n. ]
. even on !hc .ﬂunr us Con5nse—a ; 7 :; z'eged
?? siss ss ' lvhould lust") to take sit: _-1*-;-.- an
Qss "toss- ot my tmmurssily, as. ;ssh- : tam
si ' fﬂlg'mg he hbtary for huge: ct'sirsitus Imm
si! "Gqsiidu, and Pusscndorf, 'ant' Vtsi z- que ton.
, ", find Months, and Bynckrsius? . .k. [swerd
ct pMWZMMTAPI tssroctnSmoHct-si :.tL Trimam
rx w.85sizW—_**;Lr£e :! patvh'd ug nale. eb'd
sssiwcteqdc ofu-m'P—td'work sihsi v-holt up
.. _' dipeech ofeightcen dﬀwcmy'colnmm
f- lsitbc Natiunll lntclhgrnccz. to the great
_ si ifieetiqn of the fend-ers of .hat lprightly
, *—'and'in"5n30u5 publicatiou !* '
* ,Who doe: not see! thsi .t'zncisy of the .].
ss untied c'it'he unhappy t'? 'tJ-nnosthf com
'nn'mu olthe whole, i! tion: no wiu'ily
dderibed-in the R- 'Jn 'n lv-ss n the npcaker
\ ct—tht house of wsi 24 18 cozt-tpctrtd 10
"due, when- 5- vvlng I'wrr in
:" si ! ' si ' - .* ,
F-ss' 4, ._ . "I 'sir. _ ct-si'si ," " ,
:, .:\ o\ si ..- _, "4. ass" ., -_ ctss 9,
-'( _ , & .---— - x _
. I . 1 ;hksi -dsisi\ .- ﬂ—ct .;sssf-n: . l.}? ct'sidiss'ss _. _
—5—d— Muhuct'N fish- 't u_-—D*l W—wss __ \
\ silndudolu um dcmlpdonum e upcnhcd
Wd on this occpdou; lost þeymul.
' "Meat rnd ou-umh pmomum. Ho
land pa- n m killed. did his humbk
' m] xo'nddtmblo mark; md
_ _ss , sihldmorp. worn tho ,knsspwllx
_' - w— lss momh-phshcnh "ﬂun- [m.
M wan !: m; .ouzmovect In an
'Wl Ill Nﬂfipomdlyvond
- Nct r love no) onn cho-lmlqu
-. -, si ,OM um rem-kublrwmd
,-ssss ss WNWM "Hope!!!"
lon'. " Add letmc cell ve-u. an, sin;.r ;. un :xcn
bet'essen dle Unitcd Smtcs and (In Bma'm,
' atMi: mio, gsomng any of a pqncnim ,.{_
cciqucne. wr- (hue lcssiued and wnc—druwn
Biniﬂefions 'andlmpsshcmions of the [ass o'si
anima—(cdnuzchiy a dead Inner 85 to
Punct) win. alsim what. has .pnsvd. car
on che faco- of it me damnzng evidence
Of the treachery, by wlfich le mit have be: a
eﬀected." Your orators have been pewh
inly huppy in um: of theirctlutmd sc
--ccmbn.- _Trinu'm Shandy, ssa-mou no'ca.
Nssc ample of Sagiqiams md levity, Isiod
i-g' to no penibk conclusion, 'u mon lppo ss
Iikly quoted. Sound: and Dr. Mop ne 1
the but Inthoriym man could have been (
_ What!: 6 Dollch _,ct
? Gdzm'ed shﬂan. _ --
jn'ccmotly devout 't. . 'MJUH
_ -u' sum," Pirt m " .., and :h unhappy
our mioiusi-r It that cfmr. has tu- --n cumpd
kd (0 dedare, " that 29 app'u. !? am- srga
ivﬄl the French emþe-rssr, or to tiu- law
nations, would," si.r_ cl l'st urndtICt ul
met to tsims government, '* ln- literally
-appedling to thqdcsiqd; m)- -mnd rehuscs w
cmbrac- !hsi' im'mhle, impdlmahlsi pcctsimt oi
dimctut-sibcsitwten Mr. Sunnhand Mr. jack.
"TWZMC fi—ctc sir": "ss si-si-ﬀzi vct'ss --
\si\
A-, si.
- si H—
.— 'ct'
Willia—mmn
siss ss 'KWQssWÞUM
, -—ss_ssct-—-—si ass'siffiesinmm}
. : * si"! "met 'IN
ct'fﬄt
B'lsinmlct. I.". shall see] r.- 'ct *-- , ﬂsig-ssi'
ctlﬄhto participatc m sithis dien .si.. As
k! the npture ofthe Cnesiapsisi . ...zd ctctsi,
indolent, qﬄcial menne's o: Þ'... ct-wwhen
. * IIQTYK ;
.. . m 'ﬄuss wbu'ld M'bc understood ssto
.ss'. a!
.. his 9" ssi'si-ss' si'si' 'si "" lgi: Me long- de.
um
"_ Lik-cad Prumrslzrss-u ctfsi'sfern'd lo M.
" And. former: cava-n, 53, ,,ss.ss
" ln'oain he looks n. Pin,- \, ,... clock :}
" Whsiffi'. UU/mrt-ssl'ikr. l'n. .: o_-' (zuﬀsim,
' " Woe. —
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t' .
ss'si . *-si ct - t ? .
' . fish,". ss ( ass? ' si pe
: ; si , - .} . \ .. " w n'
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i'si-siissz '
4 -.
!
jss ; - ' si -.,*si ctsissct, -. *--- , _
um' lul- ,: _ .
; '_sio ctsi- -_ 0 . si'ct Ik— ss_'. "
...udm- .to no; _ ,ssv, ,by;
?!Zmpt. fish k-qilmy cnmi- -— - . ,
ssnd welhlltdnak_gbe_l.si
t . . s I hlsio ' - ,, kl ' .! , . . fJ'l'Vi ( .
Mild " t' " ' \
"lion. siNccticriss sisiwisss ictf-dullov If 'ii'ii - ce
gedoned-w,-silo-£W—siludsi si-Ysiosin are- not.
;iguonm, 'lir, du: your mit) nassof nue
! and—hic' brother. (no't to m & other mass
bete of the" family 'compsincsst) labok under
soﬄetfiingctssnwi'e' than fn'e're" impum'ron-of
public: jpeculadonctgo uaxctagpbunr. -A warss
,.ivith England (up [ny noihin'g of qbg'r ?b' "
jects) wo'uld at fonce smock" mnssct-fssjcuhmry -
into this objecfisi' Thus She robþþ'sissswfico'
he bsin riﬂcd the housezfﬀs-tcmpk'dctw fim-v.
nssiyor'a'on to siconml {he but Iaryct-Do you si
know; cir, thar'sicho pe'dplc o Norfolk ny: ;
than a formight or 3 weeks before ehe- rupu'm: '
wish'che'Br'ni-h minincr, which cssected so]
'auddc—nly the price osour produce, {n'enei'll i
Smith um'duplicatc advicsst boau- -to Eng
land—that one of them put in at Norfolh for
repair-s—shat she wan rc'paired with the ut
most txpedition; & tharssshe a'gem who went
m he-r refused to take a Uinglc letter from an!
person in that "town ? Are you appr'ne ,
sir. shmyou are, at thin moment, a pri
eunerof nate in your own palace? That
umsulmions are held unnn vou' bv the
proictuunt-l stateman, chzmcellor Oxrmtirm,
retired tn tht achwl oi'Gustavus A doiphus,
has indeed de (land " that 'til inu-ncciva
blc with how sum]! :! portion of wisdom
-the ashnrs otsiotatec and tmpires ate con
sidumu'si-hut even he adtmta-that tsiney re
quire some. _And the portion thut would
,. . m mal! indeed in the eyes of an Oxen
ntie-m—how vant. how exhamtien don it
Sts.p-*M* m thust: ofyout' simpcrtog, Iris ap
ptnuding at-crctary. This in : mournsui
suhjcct. 'l'u what tauae, I pray; )uu, uir.
"m we to ascnhe this dcnrth oftalent in our
public countm; (hll gmerai decline of
character in our public men; whether for
* ahtiity ur im- grity ? Why in it, dis, (but
I you Iouk..u-und in vain (or oucceuoru wor
tht- as your uiti contemporarirl. in what
.ver cause the soiution of this melancholy
pr-oluem sh-ll hc'touud, thxfactit not the
ws- humilintiuz and aiurming. Retirc in
to _\'u\lk own bmom, and not younels, if
wnn ouch a pongren, scarcely cnpzble of
; tundutting th; aﬀain of thecountt-y in time
L of peace, you would trust younellsito carry
ss un war with any gown- superior to the cot
ssuin os Batbary Shall we look to1he
state legiolatutu so: the auppiy of those a
htlitiet of which congreu itdcstitute ! Alas.
sstm far as my observatiun extends, we shall
sicaot our eyes in vain to that quarter for as
ssi-ttanc'c. The same dull, spiritlcu inca
pacity tecmsto pertade cvu'_\' dt-partment
wring, and jobbing, and chaﬀering, aml ]
hargaining !usi' offisic-s and conuacu, are the
order of the day. But be asnnc-d, sir, that
w hntcvcr be the: cas: with their representa
iiv-sis, :lzr pcc/zle- have no? dctgencratcd. They
w !! evu' Lmusiauk their [was. (this is no
sM/dp/N rsi/Z-ssion as it r-.spccuz thrmj—timr
je num: and their mcred/zonar in : war en
t.:cd mio to send: the embczzlen of their
;.ssnz-ancc m atch: Vc ib: wuilcy purposes of i
the -..l;ukru,ninbxti. o.
When sihc n-ss-pcs which the friends ofss
freedom once entertained lrom the French '
i—cvoluziup wsi rsissqucnchc-J ct/brever'! When '
i} Great Britain w:- behcld the {seem go- si
vemmem m Eumpess connected with us not ;
more by language than by commune, penci- !
m-sinu as siwdl u policy would teem lo dic- :
si uoTr.
si * Thawriter would by no moan: wish to '
[be understood n niting an lndiscrimlnm
scemuw on the members oscho iwo huuuo of ,
'eou on. - Thou no men a lie holiovn of
1 1th ty und worth In M ] but in who! unto"
'will they be found! Cmdnly nofundcnho
Motion of tho sunny comput. it would be .
. lnvlduoui to momlnn ny pmlcullr por-onl. ,
!! would bouncimdld, too. totdcny um th.
rpmmungrm Is may iupcdoi- to 1:
! nammm. "um "or "honoura
' I" (zed-un. There du dun . audien
No leaning of men am the in: election,
lungs on the mlnlmiw {um which unl
'ssﬂn' : um and him Wc-d mue au
;ct m, of- Imllut. mam. however,"
, Mfcthﬄphr Am, lioun,"—
lsiumoctnu- undon- (si! in Woman. of
' MMWÞM debm in the *
mutanm .oihrdctnm-mu
]; ' " 'ss _ ssmvaU-h
mmmmomdhp-sim - , ss - .
." \si'.ss _ ty-si si,.-'.._ "
of the state. 'l'imsi-scrt'ing. and election-_
Smiths, the Giicsn and'Ltibﬀs. in {thich
)utu- present interest :tnd't'uture same are
natkr dinegarded? Are You not astonish
. d when you behold the danct'ipticn of men
h) whom you atccurtounded? thn you
cumrmpiatc the thar'actcr _-os .thc avuwed
tum-ortcra ot )siourvgovernment in congrﬂs,
andthv cnmpontion of'thnt body! That.
:
i
W (if. du"; WM 'When-"man!!T
m curdled in thine]: of the My
si "lowe in the cum-zutiw Wid
ss'sssnd dfcttfidfyrrpl, ihd—Mjﬀn-sitho
iþmsictctpsi am chamzositlcugfw
ss-si M " sin. fie sssstb't'
gssrim Melbthf' oslehh Which. . 'si ss 3
..si.....--si-ss "Umeqrsied nsin'thsi bctlsiooei" ss .ss
"Of human unjficapndparcctnle' (can. ""
sitatesitsinen on whom we are to sely to cope
with Bonaparte, when every obatacle to his
power shall have been removed! '_Alls!_
sir, his Talleyrands, and Champlaghye, and
Berthten, and Lesebvrea, and eye, and
Soulta. opposed to our Doctor S/opa in
council, and Captam H'eas'eht in_ the field,
are fearful odda! Although in the "tune
—Ioud but not deep," which our patriotic
legislaton have imprecnted on the brllige
reota, they teem to have'twailcd themtsielves
of the famous precedent of the cage and pi
ous Ernulphua.9 yet, to their astoniihment
and dilmtty, neither' worde —nor proclama
tiona. noa—fesolutiona' however angry, or
undignitird. or acurriloua, have brought
them great oﬀenden to ajust- sense osthcir
ttam renions- What'thenrsimaina to be
done.
Without pretending" to instruct. much
len to dictnte or to preacrihe _to you, sir,
may' ! be permitted to suggest whether the
ssmostlosty language and ptete'nsiana com
part with the trsourccs of second. and
third rate powcra ; whether circumstances
ought not, and'will not (in epite of dl .we
can do) govern m, inatead of our govem- ;
in;; them .* whether there are, or can be n- ]
a right; so absolute as not to be limited i
and modified by the poature of aﬀaira and !
the exiating state of things? in other]
Worda, air, whether in the fixestion" as
our concerns with the other nations of the '
earth, we shonidiook to our'otsim Ratmrcea
and to their: ; to the actual aituation of the ss
world; or turn to the statute book ; or to \
the ntuaty authoritico on national law, loss
our rule of conduct ? And on this subject, ss
sir, if you will pardon the liberty, ( wiilss
relate one otlzcr anecdme. .
It were devoutly to be wished that the tek
rific power of the modmi Z-iug'm Femdpn"
no firmer by:- than thesiprayen oshil Galsi '
_-']0 Ammassuct "Think. zct box 'shg (tlem
'u hich he has embodied m his" .erssvibe' Ire nbt
Jess appalt'mg that) the tremenglihssi ph} l-l'esil
force whichhe wicldt. 'When'k 'cmþloyosiss
blodhcads, iris net to his oun' Edmtcil'c,
but' to thou of other nations. He would—
qpum with contempt from his presence Toes
cvemhe lpitiitlm creatures, with then- ah
aurd, imbccilsie measures, who hue ao long
Agure'd n leaden to our legidative coun
cilt. The blunt, uommeable bounty of
'Ma'ct'm', wottld n noon sistnd Imploymeht in
his service, :: the pert quuacity of
che empty ganul'tty of , the frothy
nootmsc of .or the impenemblc ﬂu
nid'nv of + And yet, these ne the
An irritablc Virgima gentlemen arrived !
one cold and day}: winters night at a ferry (
on ]amca liver. The boat wan kept on the
other side- and our impatient 'squirc vocisc.
rated most louclly for the terryman. Un
luckily it was Saturday night and Charon
had gone about a mile oﬀ to the next plan
tation to anoint at a dance. A boy haww"
was despatched for: him, bin the very 'cir
cumstance which aggravatcsid the gentle
man's impatiencc, viz; the darkness and the
coldness of the night—terved but to returdsi
instead os acceh—rating the movementaof
poor Charon. At last however with slow
and reluctanc steps he came. when, as he
was luosing the boat from her mooringa, our
unfortunntc trlvcller saluted him with a]
vollcy of cuncl, n_choice n Ernulphus si
himulscould have cmncd—threnteoing him
with inltnnt chaniacmmt so soon." he
thould reach the oppmite shore. Our he
ro was ajuot'tcc of the peace, he Well knew
the right: as : virgmia colour]. lad what
the sight. of a poor blnck scrryman. Like
name of our membm of congmo he no
too mnguanimom to conlidor tho ful men
of thing.. Like Sterno'n judlehtu critlc.
he thought only of tho ltop- nued. an
winne !! occttmd to poor Chiron, (soc c
qo-qn. si si'
0 Apd et thou mon cell thoumlvn n.
publlum The holy helm! psthc inquiri
tlono ullod Mcmohu chrltlnl' si
( Thou un bond dfiosiutty In filling ths
blnh without 'ohl Into . committed of the
whole houn- . . ' ss -si =; ss
: Cuptnln Wnul—o ntlottbubh hunt
Smellct'l 'Rododcctk Rmdpm, Imly sil'
into . tpuch in an .hm ofnpmo _ ss
with :! llttlo unmony .. du MÞM w
under the unto! the : " won;
mt moon: ndct ,. Wi
tap, thosiohnm! ""- - ct
.. 1
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. - ., -' , :, A.. -'*
ss<
.
sinhooYd siperiihfsi-si'sifssilbssfiﬄss." ' sin" M'CMM
siressacbsschc nextfidwctsisi'sifsi-HÞWÞ o' ned
bit sihxsiidzef ss0ffsctsi1_d9m9isicl3 _hc 9 ' ;!
clmon an egtra !uctds'big', qsibiussactpisszqiectss
.anhalf adolhr, asidolhr! lsind nzbduk'rol
tum,!!si'ctChlfon whoghought the my 'qa
this arrangement mo liberal to bsi'cssz'idctl'sed
to with good-flish on the [um es (besi' high
contracting power on thc-olhu aid. :of the
water, had rejected all xh'esiu's-ctlpledssdid pe
! cuniaxy qﬀcn under : ourpict'cibn'zofssbq din
'vowcl or the. armngmcm: issvsshisin m "sum
of thingu should [be changed :si-but- sihp, cssould
not ruin the hold: of rum. Bishoussbssc it
impossible than ill [hhh could ;eiilsic siio ::
shn e to dluring. After n'm'ch lind,.lpenc
in ( e negotiation, in rcpcgtiog-indiodnct
terms the artich-c of pgrcemclsl'kz (: siexg
changing ratisiralibm. s Chmm _p.m ,"d' of
—wastcd oui- unhappr ni pvpisisi'shc river,
took him on hid lssmct ..( otbj—Wc he
wan unable to deW-Ml mimnhle hue
and laid him by the fire, when holes: oho
poor unhippy fron bisinm (ruchlkr, (whiln
'he set came the next more for hisboulc
of rum)w ruminntc bn ths converse of 5
samum pleccpt. and tihmzlv molving nev
er again * to see! right and forget" power}
xNolhing could have. Mduced. me to ad
drcu : personoge of your dignicy in-a nyle
thuo familiar. and, (an ! had thought) un
hecoming. but by havingss perceiwd that
\ Rodcriclssc Random and 'lsnistr'am- sway,
! and Shakeuprare'u Mclky Fool. with hit
! " lie circumstanziul and cmmu-rchcck quar
r relcomect arc :! the top usshe t'euhion, in the
In: policical. circle in the scounrry—ltmdf
arcl authori'liu on _ the ﬂoor .ol cong'reau
_ At length, too, ( perceive h has been'dic'.
cowred by some'os thou- whmnutau dy,
ss way:, but thin!- ssiomlimcc,'than evcnjin n'as si
tional nﬀain' circumstances ought ed " us: '
:.m idto .lccount, and thnuhr'Uhited me.
I (me not_ irrc'tricvnhly disgrnqed; 'ctbiicuuu'q
' their gan beats nrc nnt :! mntyh for the B'ri.
! tish navy, and Gemral Wilkimm and his
l
fi__ ,. _—'________.
army not quite equul m Bonnpdnc :: the
head of his legions; Thil. W-rrsscsikoncd :
ss dnmnable hercay a few yrunngnz but like
ss- othgr herenies it uppegn go begin to thrivi
- by penrcmion, and it l'eema'ss'nqctw eg'bs ;.
grecd that we way} and ouc'hnoþsitisindessouc
interen. in the most praedcisidblc 'w'ay, lad
that really lhrrc is no mlme 'necenicy
for hanging ourselves (like ]ack in lhc [all
of : lub) out osapiic, become m: Ire thw'art
cd in arnumcnt. ' .. '- .
7 -- . VW
" h'u, ﬂir'cacsir' Wsifi- ?? -
ct w "00"? sh'sslshtsin '
Non. B 'a late (ram am'c,!c"_<
appear: thaeyunv: Me cmm'z/MM sz
government, Me army and my m si
s ty four milliom 'Qs dol/cn,- "!?
vss which have been far ml' M si .,
WWW .
to,!hdctcsingehlpdg'ct ' .. ' .v: 1sict'ss '"LsiQ
amoueecctUu M.;nm _-siss 54 ssctlsictctsssisssssi
si , " " si .. " ' .vzd :, . , - _.,,*,,X
But lss have been too long diverted from
the subject'wbichsifirat promPted m tosi ad
dress you—thg immrdiate'ohjec! of my co
siucsiuctej on which l'havcssbnwwcd many
an anxious thought; to Which (with th'
blessings of God !) it ii tsiny 'sirm Weenble
purpose to devoce many an bodr-pfi labor ;
! mean the history, che chance, mid 'con
nrxiom of , che * sumilysie'ompaclsi' Then
] shall endeavor to trace thwu'ghssdl—sithc ra
mificaliom. and ! dull. preum m wish
ouch a body of evidence in relatioq'iq then
eople and their designo, at no man emp
sixg the character ofcommoo prudqnc'c', or
sornigh: ever veneund to tum;- '
Yo- mon'c election !. siM 7", si !:
" ' 4 0".
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