Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-09-28
To the Editor efthe Washiagt0a Ie1sr0zst
TEIcre follows the Letter 70 Tom PANE,
(coNcLuDEp.)

Permit me now dear friend, TO take a re-
Prospective view Cit shall be a confined one)
of our cause In England, before and about
the time Of our flight from that delightful
spot, in order to save ourselves from the
Halter and the Gibbet. You cannot but
remember the time when the Abbee Gre
goire, the Markee Della Fayette, and the
Bishop Of Autun sent our society some OF
the shoots from the genuine Tree OF fiber.
ty, in that free country, with particular di-
rections for planting aud nursing the
tender shoots. well recollect, they
recommended the soil Of populous Cities
and Towns, as most favourable to their
growth and prosperity; and where the So
vereign Pcople were most enlightened, and
of course taught Liberty, Equality, and the
Rights Of Man. Here also was a far pros
pect blasted by too much haste, never |
fear to return IN that rich country, nor in
any other where the English language is
known; where the works of those Samp-
sons of learning and eloquence, Watson &
Burke are read. Till the fatal fourth Of.
November, 1890, when that old fanatic
Pedant DIR. Price preached on the Rights
of Man TO our society in the Old Jury,
things had gone on as well as could have
been wished. The Age of Reason and the
Rights of Man went hand in hand, and
were making silent and sure progress
through the land; unnoticed and .unscruti-
nized by the learned; the scales Of super
stition and bigotry were falling fast from
of the eyes of the people, and they had be-
gun to discover a faint glimmering OF the
true light; and to catch as itwere bird eye
view Of the promised land; when this IA
tai sermon was preached; and to add to the
folly, not only preached, but published
These, my friend, should not have been
our arts; we should have worked as itwere
under ground, in the dead Of the night Gas
we always have worked when we have sue
ceeded) till our plans had been properly
matured, then the stroke should have been
as sudden as lightning from the cloud; and
our enemies would have fallen into our
hands, incapable Of any resistance; instead
of which prudent course, our schemes were
notified abroad published upon the house
tops, and, mark the consequences; they
attracted the notice of Watson & a Burk !;
who In less than SIX months time gave US
and our schemes to the wind scattered US
into the four corners Of the globe; some TO
Botany Bay, some to France, some to A
merica and other distant regions; where if
a Robespierre did not incarnate us, we be-
came poor niserable wandering vagabonds,
ignorant preachers Of the Rights of Man /;
without any hope Of 8eeing them realized,
or tasting their sweets. When [ reflect,
which my nature or my conscience forces
me to do, on the misfortunes which as a
body Of modern philanthropic Philosophers
we have experienced in France and else
where; when reflect on my own misera-
Bic condition, brought about by folly and
wickedness, am almost drivento madness
and ready to renounce Liberty, Equality,
the Rights of Man, with all the plumber [
may ever be entitled to from their propaga-
ton. Nay the Tree of Liberty itself.
cannot my dear friend but remember such
things were, which were most dear to nue..
/ cannot forget that | once possessed a Tai
low Chambers shopin Mapping; well stor-
ed with every article necessary for the sue
cessful prosecution OF my business, where
you and | and other friends, particularly
WILLIAM LOWELL, X X
one Of our disciples (under whose roof |
find by your letter, you now LODGE used
to hold sweet discourse about the Rights
of Man, can never forget my dear Mol
ly and her three sweet children, pledges OF
our love; but whittier am wandering
Pardon, my friend, this weakness am
msyelf again. What is a shop although it be
well stored? What is my dear Molly and
her three sweet babies, with independence
! and plenty. coynnared to the hanniness of