Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-06

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US the Longitude. We mca not regie7 :.
equality Of reYefentation, hecsuG ,,r:r
latofs are often factious, ignorsat, or CO o.
ruP,ed. Uader fuch {yaem, We ~ ~
commonly fay, with Candisus, f" IL
Z" things are not 70 we'll Eere as in Elm.
s RADIO; Bat ye, they are eretty qvl4,,
Nj Paine fays hat off the ,o,a sc
I" tie nation couid have been qairtly -,
$ ken" &c. Fie mcN be perfectly cor.
feiops, that t'.ere was nct The fIra!le2
chance for it. In country, WI. re r.,
thouhnd people travel fifty miles 10 e.,
boxing match, wheFea Wcferirfel eIcc
ton has been decided by bludgeons, and
catlafes, it is q burleiq c upon common
fenfe 70 thiei, Of fucha lh;cg. |, t,rorc.
have lived leag enough TO become Gck e
revolutions. fnccre!y with tIat he
health and tie power Of Bonap4lte, his
w;{4on and his coed fortune, may BE pro-
longed fer fifty years to cone. Imre,.
fett and blunderiag, as cur federal corGi-
tuition is, worid rather 90 back fer
icco1d nine months TO ny jailor ard hene
actors, Mr.. Role, than tie the wincls Of
ferrous endcayour to fubyert it. /;
palling oat rct:en tooth it is pcG ihle to
break the Jaw bone.
In France, there canId be no change
for he wo,ie; and il is long free The Ger.
dision of the people las become irfinite.
ly better. n England, there might have
been . change for the worfe. The expe-
ricnce Of nine years ia America has cen.
WINGED or reminded ne that a mere eqaa.
lily Of rtt,sjeataf;aa is ret d certain rene
dy for all lors Of political evils, and that
the remoyal OF ore depot may be FEC
ceeded by the rife of another. Mr.. Paine
has called Cur attention to bis Rights of
Man. Iheie remarks are defgned to
cool The ardour OF enthuiatin. Hitherto
we find nothing in Mr.. Pajne's Hf let
ter, that feemS either worth the odius,,
or tie parade of his importation. Tie
theory OF his Rigbts If 1lan fands in d.
re6t oppofsion TO his picture of The United
States Ifequal approximation cannotle-
cure Us here, there is much Ieis reafcn for
thinking that it could have iccurei the L.
berty Of England.
/" But in tie midi of The freedom we
" enjoy [iays Mr.. Paine the licentiouf-
/" neis OF the papers called federal land
" know rot why they are called 70, for
I" they are in their principles anti-federsl
and deipotic) are dilhono- to the cha
rafter of the country, ard an injury to
its reputation and importance abroad.
+" They reprefent The whole people of A.
merica as deititute of public principle
and private manners. As 10 any IN
jury they can do at home 70 thoie whom
they abuie; or fervicc they can render
to thole who employ them, it is to be
Get down to the account of noify no.
,hinsneis. 1t is on rFlemelves the dif-
grace recoils; for the reflection eahly
prelents itfelf to every thinking mind,
I" thar t52/s 4obo a14ls !5rr1 1Vbes. thy
(" 9059 il. quoa4 0Jg|r beqv<r foall tby
g ebtajh ~; ard therefore they may as
g well take [as] general mono for all
fuch papers, WE AND OUR PA
/" TRONS, ARE NOT FIT TO BE
/" TRUSTED WITH POWER"
Mr.. Paine is one Of the laa men upon
earth, who are entitled to complain q The
licentioutnefs Of the preis. No writer h1'
ever taken greater freedom than bimielf
with popular opinions, and with venerated
names. The republican prints ere quite
as Iicentious as TIE federal. They ere
quite as much ga difhonour 10 the cha.
/" raeter ofthc country" MIR. PANE o.
covers the deepef ignorance in aftml's
that luch papers can be Of no iervice t"
their party, that they muf be Jet @s7"' f"
Tie account ofaojynotbjnsacl'. ne TWO
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