Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-04
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MT IL AOI UIJSC OOuoPoAsS 40 IAn) a6 >h~
devil with the French, iure enough, and is
making himielf king. You ufed to lay,
that the French nation would hortly re-
eeablilh monarchy, and now, fuppofe,
you viii dub yourfelf prophet.
FedtrahH. MY concIufons, refpeeiing
this fubiesf, we're founded on plain realon
and common lefde, aided by fope know
ledge Of the hiAory Of man. ] make no
pretenGons to the fpirit ofprophecy: but
ince you have given me the hint, l would
remind you of the wretched mifapPlicsti-
ems Of the Gribtare trnpbeths by fome Gle
rical sn,hulaas of your own party. When
fome time ago, l attempted to awaken
your fen6bility, by defcribing the unPa-
rallel'd fcenes of cruelty and murder, which
had been aaed in France, you aPologiied
for thoie enormi,ies, by alledsing that
they were committed, under the guiding
hand of Heaven, for the accomplishment
of the predicted downfall of An,ichriR t:
Nay, you went 70 far as to fay, that all
good protsaan. chriltians ought to fhout
an Alleluia at beholding the torments of
the expiring /" Beat" And, for my con-
viaion, you remember, that you handed
me little book, which had been written
upon the Gubjea by the great Doctor Fun
gus, wherein, as l told you then, there are
greater qualifications Than ever lawyer
uied a. the bar. And befides, you row
fee that the Doctors comments are entire.
ly falfhed by the events which have late
ly happened for Bonaparte has entered
into alliance with the ghoaly father, the
Pope, and has re-efablifhed poPcry in
France 70 that this fef has now become
predominant there, while the other chr'ffi-
an denominations are placed at the feet of
the papal power. Far be il from me to have
mentioned this with appreciation: lam hear
lilly a friendI,o the equal ri h.s ofall ch.ift'-
an fetts and denominations, & cannot but
view the recent eRabl,lhment of popery in
France, and the contequent degradation Of
the ieveral claHes of protefan,s, as mea.
fure totally unjua and fraught with awful
miichiefs-But, in the mean time, what
can our great Doctor fay for himfelf'
Democrat. The bet may miis it,
Doctor Fungus, I mutt confeis, has been 4
little out in his reckoning. However,
l believe that he publilhed his opinions
with an honeA heart and with the beR in.
tentions.
Ftdt,aha. With his heart and his in
ten,ions l have nothing to do: hope
his heart is better than his head. Sure l
am that thefe mifapplications of fcripture
prophecies have had very mifchievous ef.
feas "inafnuch as many we'll meaning
people have been led thereby to rejoice at
deeds, which ought to have filled them
with horror. And | think you yourfelf
are among the number. know you,
neighbor, to be humane feeling man.
Yop would fhudder at any attrocious cru
city, Especially murder, that ihould be
committed among ourlelves and under
your eye; and yet the murder Of thou
lands and hundreds Of thoufands has even
feaAed your mind, by realon that Doctor
Fungus has made you believe, that it was
brought abou. by the immediate agency
of heaven, in fulflment of the predictions
of the facred Book. For my own part, l
believe the Doctor would have been much
better employed in gathering cockleihells,
or feeding his chickens, than in mixing
and publihing fuch commentaries upon
the prophetic writings.
Democrat. Neighbour, you bear ra-
ther hard both upon the Doctor and my.
felt, (Afde NY eonfeienee tells me, 'M true,
5ui f4coa't s1pn n.e him. Ifyou pleaie,
we will drop this fubjea. Our CONVEX
fation begun about BokAPARrE. Ihad
a mott exalted opinion of that man l
verify thought that he was raifed up to
deliver the world from lavery, and that
he would ipread liberty and equality to
the ends of the earth /; and truly it grieves
me much that he mould turn out an i'm
poaef. Il lhould foonsr have thought it Of
any man living.
FedersijF. I we'll know you have had
a mott exalted opinion of BoNAPARrE.
How often have heard YOU prefer him 20