Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-12

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dence. In the reign of David, their ter
ritory was greatly enlarged, while the
trump of fame fptead afar their victories
and conquefs, and dittant nations courted
their frienaihir. The wife policy Of So.
lomon in cuItivating the arts Of peace and
opening lources of commerce, fsil RATED
the nation to a very high degree of
lence and refpesability. But through the
extreme folly of Rehobeam, his fon and
fucceGor on the throne, difanion Of the
nation was effected. Judah, the mott pow
erful tribe among the whole, and the fmall
tribe OF Benjamin, confederated together;
while the other 10 tribes formed ano.herie-
pasate contaderacv, each having it Own ex-
ecutive OF King. |, might have been hop,
ed that fubiequens reflections would have
aausgcd the malevolent pailioos, which
were excited in the hTa moments OF their
leparation. In their peculiar circumaan-
ces, there leems to have been every poiii-
bic motive for thole ieparate confederacies
to cultivate harmony between themielves.
They wers brothers, originating from one
common flock and their religion, man.
ners and cuttoms had been the fame.
The furrsunding nations be held them
with abhorIcl!ce, ard wifhed to roof them
on, Of the earth: and in the mean
time, the proad monarch OF Babylon poe
tically called " the hammer Of the whole
eartl,' was ,h:n mani.et'ng his an,blti-
Gus views If univev!al empire, and had
began lis conqneits. But th.ie circum-
fiances ana considerations notwithstanding
TIC two contederacies waged aga:na each
other ,nceaant and imYlacaple wars and,
by ferries Of Of mutual ravages and car
mage, attended with an exterminating fu-
ry, they, at length weakened and exhauf-
cd one another to fuch degree, as to fall,
hra the ore and then the other, an eafy
prey to the aevousing jaws Of the afore-
mentioned Dragon of the Euphrates.-
This ikctch Of iacred hihoty ipeaks Ian
guage, which cannot be miiunderltood.
Like an awful Monument placed on
rock ana lifting its terrific top to the
clouds, i, Hands to warn the people of
thcic United States, Of the inevitable
ruin that would fucceed the diiTolution Of
their general c, ntederacy. Should we, in
the fame circumstances, act in manner
totally different from other nations !?
Was human nature in the antient Hebrews
and Greeks, efentiaily different from hu-
man nature in the Americans ea-Are the
latter 70 totally void ofam5ition, of fel-
fin nefs and intrigue, and 70 abundantly
r.pleniihed With the milk of human kind.
nels, that their feparase, independent con-
fedsracies, bordering upon each other,
would continue in a fate of permanent
peace :--Viion,ry expectation, I'm
the event Of diyilon Of the union, there
would ihoot up in each, the rsnkea weeds
which ever grow in Natures Garden
there would foon ar;ie mutual riyalhips,
infdious m,,iaues, heart-burning jealou-
iies and deadly hatred and the flames
of horid war would be enkindled. Stan
ding armies mutt then be Imported
The frontiers of each confederacy would
De expclea to their mutual incurlions and
ravages the bloody lcenes of Syria &
Of Greece would be acted over again and
the now peaccable fields Of our Country,
which blels the hutbandman with golden
haryels, would brittle with the infru-
ments of death and be Overt read with the
CORES of toe lain and with "Garments
rolled il blood" At length, perhaps,
III: awful drama might clofe with a toreed
rsxnisr rnder the iron yoke Of a depot.
But it may be laid, j." The United
States Of America arc filters, and will fill
regard each other with affection, though
they Gould be divided into lsparate con-
federacies. Let hiitory aniwer.-Read
the hiGory Of ancient Greece.-Advelt a.
gain to that ke;ch of /aer<d bJqay, which
has been quo,ed.-The tribes Of Hrael
were bound to each other BY the ties of
near confarguinity, as we'll as offamenefs
,f n,Lor,. ,,d relio;on. hur when they