Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-09-13

,ays nc, tnan that creatures Of ~ aa,
l !, and rank, pr0nileouny t or 20,
ne advantages Of uafurs, ans II. INV 'o'l
fbe Jame faealtifs, lhould alvars |. #
one amonga another without 6 : '9s
tion or fuojeetion, unlefs the ls0,aiAa.
mater # tb>m all (GodJ Mould ~ H. az
declaration Of bis qo;ll +, ay
above another, and confer on BIZ oa'
an eVid<nt and clear 0bbaiu,meu,, ~ y
d,H5tsd right TO dominion" . n.
Now nothing can be more clc,.
that men are not born with the Gam. ~ !,
vantagcs. And idcot is not born n 90 .
the fame advantages as man Of orof VIA
fagacity a cripple or Hunchbsck aa
man OF lobuft body ard limbs, and ~ ~
we'll lymme,izcd fhapc /; a coward
brave man or Gckly man as on. :,
vigorous contribution. The eo,,r.
therefore TO which he alluacs j, .'
eq3aLy, Jult as human laws protea ,rs'
the lite and limb and property, and rss S.
the mott iiupid, and mott weak, and Ss NY
,noa worthless and of the wifea, y, W.
flrongeit and the beff. Bu, as to NJ"
teal equality, or as he Jays the rigb, ~
dominion, (Which means the right to s D,s
er ofany kindly he makes thar depend m
en- /" a mamfsf declaration efGod. ey;p
BY an <videut and clear apbsiatmsat.p
Now it is obvious that Mr.. Locke h..
meant an exception, and that that ex,.n
tion is the manifested will ofGod. o.,
how? how manifested? Mr.. Locke. sure.
ly was not weak enough to mean nothing
still less was he weak enough to enter n.
to that filthy frotln, that beas.ly de.eui.
bic nonsense, The aiOms rigkt of Sir Re.
bert Filnek, against, whom BY the byc
Mr.. Locke wrote that very essay. No
certainly not! He meant the will Of God
manifested in superior powers, and talents,
and in his own bounteous gifts confirm,
an evideut and clear a9pointment, ait al.
dou5ted right 70 d9mmi,1. And as sure a,
wisdom, sagacity, genius, and their pro.
geny knowledge must take the lead Of fol-
", imhecility, and ignorance, & strength;
whether mental or bodily oyerpower weak.
ness; so sure has " TIE great Dittsp,"
by giving to men unequal portions Of these
ordained an inequality Of condition in thu
life. In the works OF infinite wisdom
there can be nothing vain OF unproduc.
tive, nothing contradictory. The omr
scent and omnlpotent creator who ha;
for purposes known only to himself, made
us what we are, has thought fit to dis
pense his gifts very nnsqually in the ma
tural conformation Of man. Those unc
DUAL conditions, and the indication an
evidence of his will that inequality is ne
cessary. He saw that 1t was right, orb
would not have made that distribution.
Whatever the peeylsh, moody, insoltr
nature Of man, may at times urge hint
say or-so think it is not Only oar ddty
aconiesce in it cheerfu!iy, bat it is toll
to rebel against it. lufeAea, which coI
stitutes the superiority of human cfe'
lures over brutes, and makes man Lol
of the earth, constitutes also The distint
ton between man AID man, bY glplng OF
a natural superiority aver rhe tler,w
in time, marches forward to lss dessln'
ton, and obtains PRACTICAL superiority,
as Nj. Locke calls it dominion. TO- Al
the Almigbtylp doing 50, aaS pfoc'a ne
in voice too loud not % be hsatd :
every ear, that 50 far from making
intending us to be naturally equal, he h
80 deeply sown in common nature Il
principles of disparity, and so uaal5erao
constituted us in that respect that equa
lily is the thing of all others the most u
attainable by man.
~ !" Daminiiou. "-Mr. Leekt rs
ibis 4vord IN tbr sense Of 3o7Vfr, ar p