Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-10
J2Rib Dopel.
PROPOSALS,
FOR PRINTING BY SUBsCRIPTIoNj
TIE LIFE OF
JASON FAIRBANKS:
4 NO VE l.,
FOUNDED On FACT.
Win SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS
TRIAL AND EXECUTION
Ey q Gentleman Of Maa4ehuletts.
Extrad from The Preface.

ExtraG from the i'fetaTS.
=" IN recording the Actions OF taole Perions
whcie lives are TO re n,un:;ory ezan'P'Ss o, the
paiiiurs, AID TIE drc~.,u co;.itsHcnsss OF ;at!r
unill.!:eG inau gcncc--prudence, IS wel as !c.l
libi.i,y and principle, lhuuld promp, rs 20 c. |;
in iuch manner, as 20 unite TIE gfc.te!t poll
bic urii,y 20 ,hc public, with the 'eah roitIhe
ii Jury to the feelings az their friends va tn
/, mer principe, the nve ihuud n1c be too
mucn ee a,ed, mr. !.l2a'd /, BE- too = gh;y
charged with .has KING .. 4tstinIent, VII l.,
however tlihlonabv Ii n,ov DC, tends only niii-
,c1 To thc refinement AMI corruption q pam
pered imagination
A. h iacts in themle!ves Aaai il TO nect
O coiou.in, or cmoe.i!hu.ent 10 hcighle.. t'."l:
ehca-i, neither will the fmplicity thc n.o-
raj, which {, naturally flows from them. dciIvc
q new force from rhetorical decoration Ee
ityie therei re III ud be nnlplc and nara i've
without aifec. atom or fate iertne!.t, in ofocr
to itrine .th uu1ly led In p.e.ion, hr cuinity,
as we'll as the un eriialdins CT 'he y.u hui ani
ga. 1t fl uid be intenln ny led WITH iu>h rciec-
sons anG remarks only as a:c intimate coEnscs-
e with the events, aud flow nn.GtCLleiy Atni
,heu.
{. The H;Rory of JASON FAIRBANKS,
n!ul nec-Garily be a R.sd OF tiiltory Ct TIC u
man Heart, Wandering un er the dcuio,s Oh a
d,lordereo masina,i II, nielitabie P, III lis, aro
perhaps the policnons c"n!equences Oh "il.eo
nd v.tionary theories, I'll !t eli. cts he C NJ III
deed feel, but whole ta.4c hood ana fbit;iy,
h. had IL iih-r tic maturity OIL judan,cL h'i
le.lni,,y, t. deiplic or det.ci.
&" The mrd rtvolts from evident ia.k 10 Q,
and Gct.or is rs force, whe.' Il departs .ion'
the. e1embianoe trta,ity. AS he action, th~Ie.
tore, and tAe incidents tAt,cn ely iinliS. and
the &C, ncy Of the event, (ho~ ever ri US ME nj
be tn nlc.t.>n) pEceiuaes tbs lubituption Ct &C.
neral ficti N, iu,h only Can bc Introduce: S Is
N he mott Ultimate anaogy With h .iutj Ct,
4na n.ssht be iuppoed realty, without any
vilstou If truth or probablil y. he gfaveit
hlttoI lans iuiu.ih from their O~n ttolk, the
ipeeches f their orators, and the harsngurs o
thei her an. the vie iAyings they pu' into
rhs muu h, of ali their great men, ieive 10 iI,ut-
tr4te the mott hr.ki,Is point OF view, the
manner OF thinking mott peculiar TO the char &C
tiers and the lituations Of ;ho1e they Celebrate
Thus far, then, an author may he allowed to
proceed, ju.t,ned by authority, and lnvaed by
,ubhc z -, :-wha1ever 1cntincnts, therefore,
may be fuppoiea analogous 70 thofe "puions
and illuftrative OF ,hnie diipoii.ions, whssh pro-
duced the various incidents, and eventually the
tragic icere in WHICH he whole terminated, may
be eonillered as the faithful Transcript, rot III
dee of hat vas actually written or 1pokcn, but
OF " ha, va, though aHc intended 5y TIC psincs-
pal aSsor n tll4s fatal catatt-ol nc.