Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-06

PIE. iJtT CGlIiEtIlef lci toHleSe, dt'd
her wealth, multiplied with a raPldity that
the World had never iecn before. It was
curing this period Of turning SaeS that
PhIiadclphis, after lofing fifteen ,llouiand
lives By III. pefiIepe, doubled her Popu-
latlon; snlehat Baltimore, from dirty
village, became wealthy, populous, ard
wei i,uiit CITY. 1t was IN this fatb of
oJlfvisa that sffv theuiand families cut
their way throegh the bo!om Of tie tofeft
and The bottom Of the maflh, ard PEI pied
the favsge lolltudes Of the Chic, aad tie
Alii6tippi.
As Tor t5e PARK thGt il ag4ia hssdfin:s
NJ, it viii be hard 10 prove that che Pre-
fent governing faction are better men
than their PredscefloIs. More Of this, by
and bye. Buf, istting siide lie federal
government, there has been a lor8 a;ghf u
error, and it fill continues, IN ione q the
fare government. For example, the al
lembly Of Pennsylvania fpend ore halt OF
their. time in debating qobefber TRY 66Hld
adJourx p Their fgGions are noior.opi-
" prolonged thar the membefs may get
three dollars per day for aeteu3aoce. The
patria,ony of the Penn tarNIly, that rich
and noble Inheritance, has been torn from
the community, by fome Of thc5e very
men that were appointed to preiefye VI
Some years ago, pTiioner was devoured
alive by rats, ia the jail OF Phiiadelphi3,
and nor word was iaid Of it to the Jal-
lor. A mayor of Philadelphia breaks Up
Two private letters from Britifh ambaGa-
dor; aud republican governor tends them
to Tie tr1s Il A republican printer
breaks into rhe treafury office in the dead
of night, feais the books, publiihes gar
hled extracts from them and iniEead OF be-
ing fert 10 Jazz marblt, he is admired as
a hero, and invited TO dine with federal
| PRECEDENT Ali shefe matters ana mill
ons mere Of the fame fort, ieem to prove
that, although Mr.. Paine has been three
| weeks in America, the loag nigh Of error
is not vet at an end. As for The genuine
fume Of r0fionalhbe,ty, the Alien and Sc
| dition acts expired Of fhemieives. There
is no reafon for thinking that eitker Jei-
ferCon, or tie other heads of thai party
diiapproved Of the principle Of the Sediti-
on at. It was the particular exercile of
the law, which lhey did not like. The
patrons of houic- breaker cannot be fuf-
peted Of fcruples, or principles, of any
kind. Rcfisaal Liberty itapds juf where
it was Ave years ago. Mr.. Paine pro-
ceeds thus /:
]" As thc7French revolution advanced, it
/" fixed the attention of the world, and
6 drew from the penGoned pen of Ed.
" rnund Burke furious attack. This
!" brought me once more on the public
/" theatre Of politics, and occaGoned
/" the pamphlet, RIGHTS OF MAN.
6 1t had the greatef run of any work
" ever rublifhed in the Englilh Ian
guage. The number of copies cir
{" culated in England, Scotland, and
/" Ireland, beGdes tran1aticns into TO-
ss reign languages, were MIR. Paine meant
IS zvas between four and five hundred
s. thoufand.
Z" The principles Of that work were
the Game as thofe in Common Sente, and
i" the effect would have been the fame
!" in England, as it had been in hmeri-
's ca could the vote of the nation have
" been quietly taken, or had equal op-
portunlties Of committing or acting.x.
/" ifed.''
With all its energy and accutenefs,
Rights of Man contains much falfe rea-
foning. One of Mr.. Paine's favcrite
topics is rhe ridicu.c of hereditary
right. But something's that feem ab-
furd in theory are often very ufeful 10
practice. OF the fmall portion of repsfe
that Eorope hath ever enjoyed, great
,,art NAV he Traced RI this fame foolih