Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-08

!. on. j preach she language Of i'll DIFF
!. oaised modification. In every Part Of
: Pc Union, tbs faction is IN he age
J. Mes Of death, and in proportion as
I fate approaches, il gnalhes Us teeth, ard
: IsrueeIes. Ny arrival has truck it
8 IS wi,h hydtghabia il IS Ike the
{ lvht OF wafer 10 canine ma .ineis.
All this is mighty fefio;,s and folemn.
q,bs conclufcn, alfo is remarkably RENE
a.,a,e and modeft. As 10 the 6ra fen-
,sncc, il is certain thar The citizens Of
America derive their information al,aoa
,xsle6velg from Newspapers. Very fey
n,l;,ieal pamphlets are pahiibsd. II
t,oe fatcs, il is comnon for members CT
cooorsls 70 wGire circular letters to their
eocfituents. But Ihefs TWO foulees of IN
formation did not, when put together,
nroduce one. Ave hundreth part Of the i'm
,rrsf;on which aries from newfpapers. o.
4b;. MIR. Isferion was prefeely confcious,
when he paid me fsx,een dollars for writ
mo paragraphs in the Aurora. At that
time, the preGdest gave it as his fixed
ooinior, that newspapers were more like.
" to be irlprefiive than books. He was
uerfsaly right. MIR. Paine may tell US,
Il he can, where people are to get infor
nation uaiefs from newspapers ; or by
what other means they are TO judge of the
fsg0lity OF government : As for the
,nsravemeut and prgpsrity ofthc country,
they are above the eneoaragsmeutof any
sovernment. They arife from the Efforts
Of individuals. Government is chiefly
known by the expence whlchir locations.
Itisa fort of complex confable, a Jan
t5ag h;rsd TO keep tie peace. and nothing
more. In Common S<nls, Mr.. Paine has
very fully explained this doctrine. He
obfsryes that icciety aries frc,n our zeQnt;
and government, from cur viees. The
definition is perfect. Government is to
Iociety, what bride is to horte, or a
dofe offalts to the human body. They
produce no poit;ve good, but they pre-
vent the exiftsncc OF evil. Is q nation
the no-e syefses3u: for being taxed, or
does a cornfsld produce better crop on
account of the rail fence that fu-rounds il ?
No! But Till faxes aad rail feRces are
often receGary; and you may with
equal reaion lay that a rail fence enrich
ed your land, as thar taxes proraae the i'm
provement and pTolperisy of the coentry.
All this explana.iCn has been frlly proved
BY Mr.. Paine h;ursli in an hundred p2r-
ages of bis Rights 81 Men.
] return to the fubjst, Of ncwfpapers.
Iniaait:s Their weaknelss 81 ability, that
mutt decide the tate ofesery adEainiirati-
On. Put the cafe that the reafons upon
each Gde are equally good, and that all the
prints of the one party are entruaed TO
conductor as richly gifted by nature as
Thomas Paine. Put Cheetham, and
Blake, and Jones, AID Mis- Smith, at The
head Of his adyerfaIies. They could have
no more chance witt: Paine than Madifon
had with Patrick Henry or than the mo-
dern writers Of farce would have with
Shakespeare. In fx weeks, ne would
make them Gy, ike chaf before tie vinSs
ard do l,y himlelf ha'e the auflneis e !.
preGden,'s election.
/" When his body sr.sissa. 81 Y. Size
barkings o. tsribbliag, ssra @issis
ours, pals 50, oothias sss
what moves tla aod,- s@
what are Aloes;eana ess'': ss,ss 9 sket'
Newspapers.
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would be iuch az s.sse.'is, IS 9. &st:
and neyes will ~ s's}s. U.s. ss}9'es
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