Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-29

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man mnli be Uniform in his conduct, or
all The leeters of nobility of all the kings
lace the days Of SOLOMON, would bur
leave him tuck in his native mire. If
perlons, having in general refpetts claim
to this character, hop. under covsrof iu-
pefheial manners, and extrinfc qualities,
TO MAX thofe practices which diigrace
even the vilett presenders to manhood, they
ought TO be laid bare TO view their pa
tents ought 10 be ihook.
But, 10 return to the inbje9 with which
we fer OUT. We fay that nothing is more
evident than this, thar there is an univer-.
fal confpiracy among the democrats TO
crulh the freedom Of political diicufion,
and to ffiae reafon and argument. In
every eGay of theirs tbt Befile and The
Bozoqrisg are legibly written. In their
underhand efforts, faye in thofe offome
who would be thought above fach things)
we can trace the fpiglt Of the Holy Brotbe,-
bad working ike an old mole, or rather
like an old goaip, and making inquilsion
for ilandSr, purveying and prowling fer
food for perfonal icandal, in order 20 flop
the dilenliion Of political fubjetts for out
Of difcufiion truth emanates, and TO them
truth is death.
The psilage taken by the democratic
writers from The P0yf FoiiO, and banded
about of late, has been actually called
treafonable and fictitious. Here we fee,
as with glsE, the germ Of the WORT ~.
ranny. Win men who are either 70
iaameIels as TO maintain proportion
knowing il to be wrong, or 10 ignorant
| in the meaning of words as well as OF
| laws as not to know that that charge is
wrong, there is no ule in arguing. But
| this we viii fay, that every citizen OF a
free country has a right to dicufs abfratt
| qaeeiors OF politics, 20 ayow his opinion,
and to fay, if he thinks it, that any one
| form Of government under heaven is vicI-
Gus. For our parts we will, and we with
others as well as ourlelves, to make the
bet ufe of the flort time which the def
pctifm OF democracy ard immortality now
| getting to a head 10 this country will al
| low, by peaking freely and loudly our
| opinions, upon that ipirit of policy which
bids fair TO be the deRruttion of all thar
| delerves 10 be called human in the human,
race.
In the defposifm of France, MONIES
| oursU freely difcpfcl the merits and de-
feefs Of every kind Of government, and
| 10 far from being accufed Of treafon, re-
| ceived unequivocal proofs of appreciation
from all France, and all Europe. To the
fame deipotifm, into which not an atom of
democratic power had ever crept, Rows
sEAu publifhed that mott democratic
! work I" The SofiQi Couyaa,' and O.
theirs filI worfe, and never heard word
about charge of treaion or (edition.
The Emprefs of Rufia caufed g Black
fone's Commentaries" in which defpotifn
is 70 roughly handled, TO he tranlated into
Rn1ian for the benefit Of the people. In.
Denmark the mof free diicutlions are al
lowed. And in England did nor Tom
Paine publifh with mpunity his " Rights
IF MarS" Thus il France, Rulia, Den
mark, and England. that difcudion isan
thorifcd which is called tfeafon in Amcri-
ca. What Americans, are you all blind
Do not PROTECTIVE mentions Witt your
dreams by night, or your reveries by dayf
Lock you through that long, fine, painted
vito, which the political puppet thew
men Of the day have daubed upon the fcene
before you, do you NOT fee the DECEPTION :
Do you not perceive thro' the pores Of
the Rimfy canvas the ghmmering of the
light behindi Do you not hear the buz
and the laugh at you, of the performers on
the aages Do you not hear the clanking
of your future letters : No, no fuch thing
Then put yourielves under the guidance
of thole who will take you by the hand
and they will lead you in fafety through
the dark meanderings and complicated
,,,,ch;reru ,,n3er the face tiU thew hrior