Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-08-24

n N'id'iOii, NSi.' CiIo OI'S-N IN S-'>i'ii'1-
=. u Newpors, r |. on the 4In OF july
AL, BY iy,L!iam Hnuter, Eiq. Among The
cl5ui OF e. hemeral PRECAUTIONS on this oc-
caaoa, II IS with y.eaiure We meet with
.ac naked b hyie nervous ard erudi'e;
~ fcntialouts correct and manly =
I'D by pa:riotiia, genuine and tersid.
-. recent, ciaaoters On this day, inftead
q .i'@l;ra;:ng TIC great principles Oh which
,ar Undergraduate was toaaced-ln.tead OF
yr:3rl:ng The Invaluable maxiu!s OF neral
.y,y a@i civil tubog3!narion, without
w....h foc;cty is bat wiliesne!a-have
,nci; invariably rendered ,he;r diicourtes
the vehicles OF the mott detpicab.e dec
,.lacs. Inaead OF erdeavouring 70 unite
or citizens in an univerial band of amity,
tasv have wickedly icsstered the torches
Of diicora -pros,olga,ing nothing but ha-
,,,d aid intolerance towards each other.
N1r has the evil o: sheie productions
terminated here. III is tavourite topic
wl,h theic Orators, 70 detamc anu ahuie
The brlHh government, WIKI which We
arc in periett peace End understanding.
!he,e is as much vice as indeCorum IN this
coUllf. II has tendency to excite IN
oag citizens an improper pafualiiy ior
Tsauce, Wills at the fame time, ii unne-
c&1riy reitoii,atcs an,ipashies aud preju-
Gilc5, Which, as a nation, it is our
irte;ct tos bury in oblivion-Arlerican
oaght TO check 70 malignant and danger
oa, fpilit.
Tie author Of the Grafton before US,
af very modeitly appealing TO the can
10, othis audience, IN behalf of an hurried
ryoduc,ior, reverts to the nature of the
>yeu;s which had rendered the 4th of Ju-
II glorious and memorable to America.
Ii tracing the origin and motives of our
tryou,ion, he repc.ls with becoming dig
ni,y the atsemps which has frequently been
made, to draw an analogy between it
AID me revolution in France. In a few
vord, he marks the lines of difference:
" We invented no new principles
+" We moved within definite limits for a
definite objet," Our right was ground
&C on law, as 10 Its exiilence not denied
by the whole nation againa whom we con-
tended. And as to ITS correct applica
lion, acknowledged by the mott enlight-
snet and respectable portion of that natl
on.-lt was LAWN lurport OF which its
albeit pens and mott eloquent tongues had
been exerclied, and It's greasef fpirits had
acted & iuflred. Our objest was to have the
te2en;s Of that ACKNOWLEDGED law. Our
W.T. was not one of ambition or aggran-
drel11n,, but of juttice and necefity.-
We were economical o: blood, and con-
doc'cd CIR unhappy, bar inevitable con-
te.j, as rational and accountable beings.
Ihgie Wild, deluGye, fascinating, but fan
tatnc theories of liberty and equality, tie
offspring Of m dern times. were never "a
d'llei by US, muca lief, turiouGy propa-
g';>t,"
Pudding the fame fubjed, he fays -
" In our revolution, we conceded not
tar ~ aotErad and me5aphyGcal liberty,
founded on this equality, fer like other
aaUa>tions, we knew it was rot to be
toud. We did with the axe ola Vandal,
level IN a moment, what taNe, induhry,
a03 rcdnement, had been ages in erecting.
taHke the revolusioniits IN France, the
lights of nan did rot contti,ute with US,
ap!ca tor the deRructioa of the rights OF
citizens. We did 10, uie the Sovereignty
OF the peop'e. as pretext for the fubver-
~ OF al civil !ocieiy, the extinction of
r.yrahty, and the overthrow ct religion.
Ne inter!cred not with the Corcsrns of
II nations, We dId not arroga;e 20 our
.srys a right TO dictate contributions, or
i, t poweriet, but unotter.d.ng nations
ya>sr the yoke Of our domination. True
.rsto tn animated, realinjuries inhasled
CT / rit> we fought for our country,
g, ~ltars, Our homes.
Not, impei!>d 10y wild ambition for
NE. for plumber, or extended power
* let up DO contribution, as the paragon
u .>rtection, and the II del of Limitation.