Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-11

Is}lo tie ~ ~ 3 49, $500 - - az ~
1road monument Of art, TO which tie ms
nory Of your faithful Chief may te.
attached. II fedtraiifn could aGix the
name OF Warrington to the capital Of en-
pire.is il too much 10 ak, for the honcas
Of democracy, tia there MY be a Jesdey-
IN DIX TO atrial the regard and admira-
ten Of future ages To your patElo'iin
and libsrali.y the hist is committed. The
matter would have been conhtied 70 the
feparate care otai,e Secretary Of the Navy
| had NOT lome occaional fymptefns OF Gun
mn Jsn/e which, he has yentured in iscres
array ag4:na the better Judgment OF tie
cabinet, indicated liz tia; calculating citi-
zen lisfsuR Of thu duration of our power,
and all ungracious refolve to effect ita-
fooblc comprOm:l. with the adverllry
tphalanx.
Withdrawing orr eyesfom the flores 0!
Europe to The bottom of thefc itases, we
aeholl i, pregnant with occaiions OF JOY
AID fcl;cita5ion. The fair profpea may
have been here and there obicured by se-
icral contumacy and augmentation bat
the march of pure ientimenr has, on the
whole been teady and undlfmayed. L
would be ungra,eiul, were I to emit
principal mention OF a late important o.
currenc- which goes far to jualiy the
friendly f5irit OF The aet relative to Aliens,
which hid the honor of recommending
to the lat Coagrefs. That more iieile
obtention Of the r:sh,s of cltiz .nihIp was
July their doe, cannot now be controvert
ed hnce by their fundamentally IN the
aate of Delaware, we lhall loon be hap
oily relieved Of thar Collin of hereby,
Whole rlthleE lamentations were wont TO
alright and c1ntound US. The propriety
Of fecond itep of oar joint concurrence,
in cheapening the article Of whilSsy by
aholifhing the internal duties, has aifo beer
;llultrated by an event of iignal celebrity.
You will conjettare that alluiion is had
70 the arrival in America of the virtuous
author of !" The Age Of Realon," and
independent writer OF the letter to Walh-
ington. The conaitated dePoitary OF
our wines, it was one Of the fra duties
Of my public agency to hold out to this
glorious and uncommon man blifsful
afylum in community, OF which he has
ever been the precious benefaefor. The
invitation was generous, in proportion to
the depth of dilrace and neglect into
which he had fallen az Paris. His re-
turn to this land has been hailed with glad
nef by all the veil Affected, and he has
been treated by government wlfa every
Difference il could beGow. Anlred of
your d.fpaGtion not merely 70 prefer to
him cordial welcome, bat allo TO enact
foae legal proviGon for his maintenance
il the profeca,ion of his invaluable labou1s,
| would advife thar the committee Of
Ways and Means be Immediately directed
10 take the cafe of Thomas Paine into
confederation. In the psogrefs of their
|doiags, it VIII nos eicape them thai pro-
fufo appropriation vii be rcqaihfe for the
item of domeGic difilled i,+ifiis. Impr>f-
ed with the magnitude of the emergency,
I fhonld myielf have ordered an adequate
application Of revenue, depending on your
goodneis TO cover it with the mantle of
law. Bet aruae Glamour had already been
every where excited againif remiflion
of fine, grounded on the fame principles.
The affair mutt expect from the vigi-
lance Of my friends, will not derive further
notoriety from any Indulgence of its diC-
cufion within your walls. On your kind
nefs repole, as hield ofdetence. But
with relped to the enlightened individual,
whole prefcnce has 70 much enlarged the
circle of our felicities, | have at leaf been
enabled TO referve for him !omc crumh
ling ilices ofthe Mammoth Cheef-. On
repairing to the archives of the republic
you may receive, with an Introduction to
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