Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-13

very much farprisd, indeed, 70 hear that
the reign of Democracy has not yet corr
menced in this happy cline. The poor
fellow imagin-s, perhaps, thar becauie his
pr.fs may ran glib wi,hsh oil Of govern
meotal patronage, bis millennium is con-
fumma.ed. Blu, Apocalypse mutt tell him.
thai this is nothing TO what he hall YET
fee. He hsll, ere feventy times feyea
days be accomplished, behold. whole wife
is a p.eiid-nts daughter, raife up in,gteat
rate up in the great Sanhedrim of the ma
tioa, and FAY, Behold, citizens rsprefenta-
tiyes, yon vile body, the Senate! What
is i, but al in.o!erable order of nobility
ana;naof ariaocracy. LIE, il be ieitroy-
ci. .. Aad 10 che Senate lhali, IN. an IL.
F ltsnt, TALL. He hall moreover ra'ie his
voice aloud, and, in accents of oireful de-
nunciation, utter words like thele-What,
fnal, we, Representative Citizens, in this
age and in this Temple Of ,Reafon, after
having broken at %the.foot ofthe altar Of four
G,ddeE, that engineo of tyranny, the IT,
dietary, which Curb,d the propenfities of
free-born man and dared to limit our pow.
crs-Shall we iatfer thar detefable twig
OF Monarchy, the proficiency, to choak the
growth of the Tree Of Liberty, under
Whole ,hade alouewili our goddefs re,,ofc.
Then hall the proficiency be ALTO done a
way, and all power he given to a great and
voracious beat with thouiand tails and
al hundred heads, having on each head
zen horns. Ana this beat hall be called
~4m3k!9ian, the Mammoth pack horle Of
Democracy, which, f,on its W vicious
nature and TO amufei miitfeis, hall keep
| 40 a continual warfare between Its W
msm5e,s--the ,ails endeavouring 70 de.
Arov the eyes Of the heads and the horns
of,le heads goadlng the tails to d~efrueti-
on. This will be under the reign of Demo-
cracy, and the whole land fhalIgroan, for
the warfare of the heat will be grievous to
| all the inhabitants thereof. Then hall an
hermi; phiiofopher, VINO had, when young,
preferred the tempeauous fea Of liberty
TO the calm Of de!po,ifm,' and in ripper
years the calm of retirement to .fecretarial
honors, gratefully propolc to dctroy the
beat and 70 rule over the land-but the
beat will not fuGs. him--for the reign OF
his keeper, Democracy, will not yet be
endedl AboeaJHt.
Ped. GaS.) =,
mr.. Ebpsb If Yirgmia, wb0 Sn
G:ee:d Mr.. Giles.
A few days ince, in looking over the
columns Of the Virginia Examiner, an n
ploymens in which we DO not often IN.
du!ge, we were prcTented with the follow
ing address from from sue of the people to
his fellow fovereigns.
To The tsapk IF P~ooubntnn, amelia, Cbg-
nyf>ka, and GssehLand.
Fellow. Citizens,
The counties Of Powhatan and Gooch
land being attached 10y the new arrange.
nent OF difriGfs for the election OF mem.
bers of congreS) to the counties of Anne
liza and Chcaer6eld, and MIR. Giles, the
prefnt representative of the diRria here.
tofore competed in part of Amelia and
Cheterield, having declared to me his de-
termination 10 retire at the clofe Of the
next FELTON, OF congrefs, make you an Of
fer OF my fervices as your representative.
The difinguilhed Gation at prefent held
by MIR. Giles among the republicans OF
his country, the confidence he has jufly
acquired by his exertions for years, and
particularly during the Taft fe0ion OF Con-
grels, render his retirement a fubjeet Of
regret, not only to the republicans OF lis
ditr,a, but TO the friends of that princi-
pie, Throughout, the United States All /
can promife to my fellow citizens, if Il
have the horror Ct fucceeding him, is a
&eady adherence to principle & an honef
exertion Of the little talent / poaefs IN aid
ing,he grea,woiko of reformation 70 happily
commenced uader our late republican con-
srefs. The meafures adopted during the
laa felton, Of ~conerefs afforded relief againf
the ~preGare of exiaing evils. Il remains
for the republicans to guard again& a fu-
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