Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-18

their principles in politics and infdelity.
The works of Paine met their appreciation;
but they though that fome of the mem
bers were capable of producing works that
would anfwer the purpofe ttll better
The preiient, Palmer, was unanimouily
chcien to compofc fyitem of Deifm which
he accordingly did, and eatitled it, The
Principles of Nature"
The corresponding committee feut an
address to Thomas Paine, the, al Paris,
with a copy Of fhis book Of Primers to
which they received "apoli,e and en-
couraging epife in anfwer, exho:ting them
to perieyere in their proceedings, and that
he would ioon be over TO America hi;I.eif
where he truilsd he fheuld be iuffered 10
fpeud the remainder of his days in their
company The letter and book arefaid
to have been fent by Chancellor Linying-
aon. And this briggs TO mild the le,ter
which the faid Chancellor publi!hed 60 this
fame Tom Paine, inviting him 70 retasn
TO America; and, by the bye, it brings
TO mind TOO, the afettionare and refpeet-
tul letter ofour luxurious Prciiden, TO this
wretch, coaxing him TO come as far as
poai5le 20 this eGiam fsr d5qrsDta tA-
gifivts.
The author fays, he has been informed
that the fociety fent lengthy addrs/5 with.
copy of the work TO Mr.. Jeferton, and
that they received an anfwer, but which
he had not fsen. Do the public deGre TO
know what kind of "a book this is, which
our Chief Magihrate received and thank.
ed them for 1t would be breach of de-
corum TO give many extracts tromit: the
following ihall fufhce-
" An examination of this lyaem Ch,;f-
tianity will thew that it is calculated to
annihilate every thing valuable in human
exittence-to create ealefs wars among
the nations of the earth-to deAroy do.
metic ranquility-diicourage indufry,
and arref the energetic progrefs Of the
human faculties in their career of beneficial
improvement. /" The Bible is at war
with moral virtue, the peace of fociety,
and the beit inserens of man. I" This
book contains maxims AMI commands
which are faid to have come from God,
which would difgrace the character of any
honea man, and make him I, candidate
for State Prifon or theGallows. Bur
This author, not fatished with having gone
all this length, has, III fecond edition Of
the fame work, acknowledged himfelf to
be an afbeiG. After lome remarks on tie
New York Review of the work, he con.
cludes thus, g Permit II miferable atbe
IFS, 10 bow with great humility before
fuch iplendid talents and fuch comprehen.
FIVE views" Now, Ifagpoie, the devotsa,
defenders of MFR. jcferion will FAY, he had
NOT feen this edition when he lent his
complimentary anfwer. They are well
come to allthefs petty lhifts for thei. idol.
1t is all that can be iaid.
Beiides this prelent from the Society,
to the PRECEDENT, one of the members wrote
a book on the " liberty ard Hcentioa/ns)i
of the PRES aadfb uacoutrolaJle nature Of
ths bxman niaa," and tent it 10 him.
8. The Philofophic Barber undertook
the tsik of forming political tract, which
he called An Ebay On the Liberty OF ehe
Preis. He dispatched copy Of the work
Immediately, when inilhed, 70 Mon5icel-
10, and received letter from Mr.. Je99fr-
jan, eomplmxnting bin highly on tie
production, and expecting at the fame time,
his ia,isfa6tion, that the United States
were b,eGed with fucf authors, or words
TO that purpoie.
The principal Object Of this pamphlet
was TO aid the hue and cry againl} the ic-
dision law, which enabled the writer or
printer if profecated1 to give the truth in
evidence. It is full of 1r0r2s, au9rds,
,zvora,, but much Of the Godwinian non
(snCa of tbe day. AS his deGyn is 70 have