Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-16

prorcrty ii the iortS OF Tie iCi. by !. zeal
llavery, paid them The heavy and iusa;Ii4;-
ING tr.butc Of TIE. fruit Of their labors.
I he rights OF cdDmpn,i ard tls;1e took
away a tor,ion OF sheiI iarvea. Ina, Of
L1aGhle deprived them Of al public PIC.
petty, and ,he GERS bore heavily u,on heir
pcrlons and lscir domains. I lie yaGa!s
took oaihs OF isalty and homage to ,hei.
feigrior, and recognized only his judges
and his enicers. Tie magiRrate who re-
prefcnsed the eommclity was compelled,
among tie infgria ofhis dignity, 10 bear
the ie,tal lseiy. lie ehacc and filming
were equally intcrdieted, a,d tie mott
difgraccinl runifhments awaited the pro
pric,ct vho .hould dare 10 kill the gam
which ravaged his fields. 1he feignios
heard his prailes chsunsed in the church
he alone was iaiu,ed by every one in tie
directs, fold the inhabitants, with tie foil,
and the iight extracting from them tie
fame marks of fervisude. The right Of
royvee oppreGed great par. of the pea
iantry, who repairedby the fweat Of ihei,
brows the public roads, which more FIRE.
quently ferved the purPcie of luxury thai.
thofe of agriculture.
The government was daily lofng its
confederation by vices OF another detcrip.
tiption, and by errors which betrayed at
once it weakness and its ignorance. The
abandonment of Holland, Notwithstanding
70 emn anurances and the chentatious pa.
rade of protection the impolitic avowal
of deficiency In the finances the uleleG
conyocation Of the no,ablcs tie fcandal.
Gus proceeding which expoftd to ignominy
before the tribunals, and in the preience Of
indignant Europe, the roya! lnajeRy and
one ofthe fra digniries of the church
every thing concurred to fhake the BATS of
the throne, and 10 hafen the moment OF
its fall.
Frenchnlen, you loudly called lor reform,
and an aicniihing concurrence of intorma-
ton, and an union of wills Gill more alton
ifhing, hafened the moment of regeuera-
ton. Abufes were removed, prejudices
combated, the bonds Of feudallty broken
the fortunes of the clergy limited, 1.-THE,
abolifhed, and the peafaniry emancipated
from every kind of oPpreiiive yoke. Titles
of nobility were fuppreGcd thar ofcisizen
ennobled and every one according 10 his
talents and his virtues, may look forward
to reputation, employments and honors.
Tolerant laws permit every ieet TO have its
own fyitem of worihip and its own priefs,
without any dread of perfecution or infult.
Such were the benefits Of the 18th July.
At 70 former period could ipectacle
be contemplated more augut than that
which was then prefented TO France
when from all 1idcs of this yaH empire
there refunded the fame. voice, the fame
cries of union, and the love OF glory and
of liberty. Genius ard virtue directed
this grand movement, and after long labor
and violenseforts, they gave to the word
the example of the regeneration of poo.
pie founded upon the laws of jufice and
morality they traced new path in le-
giilation, & fubhituted in the plac. Of laws
made for the intereR Of one alone, laws
eftablifhed for the happiness of all. Then
every event feen,ed TO pron,ife you the mott
happy definy; bur fcarcely was the Object
attained thanit fed from our grafp. The
ferment of PATTON led to excefs in vain
thofe who had RATED the constitutional edi-
fee endeavoured to defend it againft the at
tacks of party the general interea was
forgotten factions formed themielves on
all fides, and TIE ihock and fchifns which
they produced led at length TO the total
ruin of the government, and TO general
Reorganization.
AZ this moment were forgotten thofe
iublime principles and falutary, infitutions
which had been conlecrated by the I 9TH of
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