Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-03-01

ha1 vSN3 ~ ID uiia paO'aOtc, kilAt SSo''oNiJ
in the ufs Of tie exiting itoeks of provi-
ions will be :cs.d nccelary, as well as
an increaie OF them by further iupplics
and il appears TO US, that the prices 0,
presifons generally may be expected to
be higher in the FIRING than they are at
prsfent.
Ma" il THE J'ya, .larse tse to mas.'
~ Dr.. You've.
This is language TO LET'S of lcsip,ure
than OF experience. From the pulpit we
are conifantly reminded of the fall OF M"
lot his natural prcpentity to I'm Of the
predominance of his paGicns over his yea-
ION, and Of the necehity Of iome /a,berior
control, in orter to refrain him from the
perpstra,ion Of evil. Every days expe-
rience, no iefs than the hiitory OF every age
OF the world, confirms the truth of theie
petitions TO what sra of tine can we
reserswhen the hand Of man was not lifted
sgainft nnan-when Tome petty dipu,e
about fmall portion of land, or point Of
honor, did not drench the earth with the
blood Of its children! Yet were we to
liten to the tales of certain dreaming Phi
.lofophers of the pre!ent day--,o the vIR-
rUoUs REPUBLICANS OF our own country,
we ihould be periuaded in the very face Of
hiaory and experience, that man was
harmless creature, made up Of ,he milk II
kiadxe/s, and alike indifpu!ed to si0. and
to take offence. From philosophers and
politicians of this Ramp, we hear notking
chat is harlh to the popular ear. When
the public are told the wEoleiome truth,
which is the radical principle of all govern
ment, that it is the primary olJea CT poll
tical contributions and municipal juftice
sc to fave the people from thelnteIves,"
what an outcry is RATED by demagogues
againf the eloquent and able Genator who
has the frmnefs to ayow this fentimens.
The exprsaion is repeated, and reproba,ed
as calumny on the people. For this
Mr.. Morris is held up as an arjpoeyat, as
an enemy to the liberties of his country
and yet if his idea be not jua and true,
all our codes of criminal jurisprudence are
nonenie. Why are we daily told from
the bench of jufice, that in focie,y the
right OF brivate ,eVenge is taken away :.
That altho man has right to 4ettnd
himlelf, he has no right to rtaliate an in
jury. Are not allcourts of Juice, III faet,
founded on the principle OF "iavins the
people from themfelves :" and does not
the contribution of every fate, and of the
United States, ref on the fame BATS? The
Object Of each is to pre!erve fcciety from
anarchy, thar is to prevent the people from
preying o. each other.
HsPpy mott happy, had it been fol. the
6ta PhiloioPhic Legislators of niierable
,e3sbEeax France, had they iet on, on this
wholefome and found principle, and not on
the Affirmed maxim, that" man was
peaceable aud inofenGve animal :" or to
uie the word of our democratic but vifon.
airy Proficient, borrowed moa probably
from his friend CondoIcet," that govern
ment Mould be founded not on tie fear; or
fsllits Of man, but en- his Jtn/e Of rigbi,
and on the predominance of his Joeiai over
his dj:ioeiafpaAions, and fhould be 10 free
as to refrain hin in no msralngbf, and 70
f,m as to protect him from every mor0i
7ywsg." Let on, fyitems Of government
once be founded on this ltreaiativt plan,
worthy Of q GodN in or a Paine, and foot
we ihould ave CIR La Vendee--onr reyo-
lutionary tribul.als---our republican n,arri.
ages-our Jsktlaee; ard our aoyadss-thas
i. in plain Englih, the prevalence OF
general aaatchy-.he demolition Of the
rights andbulwarks Of cur property the
uncontroatd reign OF the ,aaions, nnehesk-
ed BY ksxiedge or by principle and
vice, Ignorance and idleneis, tliumphing IN
the fpoils ,fvirtuoas iudu.sry and over IA:
rearaiats e law, juaice, and humanity.
(N.f.Ca1. AdV.J
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