Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-15
Fran t5e CaAaLEsroN COURIER.
O5}srvations on Doa0y BAKERS Letter.
CONTINUED.

O5jsYvatioas on Dod0r BAKERS Letter.
CONTINUED.
WE are to take into confederation the
tpecidc points upon which the obiervations
hitherto hazarded upon Doctor Bakers
letter have been founded, and TO demon
crate, which we hope we thall be able 70
do irrefragably, that party zesl or per-
'fonalat,achment has 70 f.r got the bet
ter OF that genleman's Judgment that he
proteiIes to be the friend and adhesent OF
man and purity, while, with an ind'g-
nation that does credit 70 his heart, ne
pours forth torrent of juit Insective up
on the very crimes of which they are to
certain extent goilty, either by attual
perpetfatton, by mifpriiou, or by aiding,
abetting and encouraging the perpctra-
tors.
!" Revolution tfays the Doctor, ipeak-
/" ing OF Panel IS the mans darling pat
iion.''
J" After he fnifhrd a revolution in A
/" merica, he went TO Eatope to partake
{. ia more revolutions. =
g He iaps the foundation ofeyevy po-
:" liticai infitution, by firing up df-
!" content amongt the Ignorant, alarming
!" the credulous, milreprefenting the mo
i" lives of men in power, and ineulca,lng
|" doctrines which go to produce civiI
g war
6 Tom found England would not dc
!" FIR him, and he Jfole over to france
!" here this political volupfpary could glut
!" his PATTON for revolutions he bad been
!" by turns an Engli(h, an American and
g a French citizen, bat 10 much did he
6 prefer the laf, stat be bsesussd their
/" nstional leglA 4ture with taking feat.
/" From this digni6ed ltand did he look
" on wilhou, emotion, and witness the
g hocking maaacres OF thoie horrid
s." times but when his colleague, the
I" ,yrant R3bsfpierre, had ufarped the
+" power over the guillotine, and decissed
g shatit was the insere& of America 80
/" arref Paine then, & nor till then, DO
g we find our hero alive to the miferles
" of France, and bis own dange,.''
Thofe are the Doctors words words
of which he may be proud words which
if they are traly fymprona;ic Of his fenli-
mems, and really lGae freu thehesrt will
aandhjln IN ifead, when pride & vanity, &
ambition, & all the jargoo, the csylls, the
cabals, the influence ard 5n1rigues OF par
ties, will be fwept into eternal oblivion.
But let US inquire how ,ar the pralfe la
fined apon ar gene ln5 and 5uuaue Exc
eufiue, (shefe 100 are nc Dossors woEds)
is reconciiable 70 lueh ientlmens.
1--we are 10 collect the principles of
men from their actions, we ihall hni that
the very lece OF asom The Dostor pro-
feles TO think F. very fayorably, have
been ever rather disappointed than avene
20 revolution, and revolu,ionitfs, and mott
particularly friendly to that barbarous re-
voluton which, not confined to changing
governments, deliberately planned, and
70 a great extent effected, as fatal revo-
luton in the mind and morals OF man
kind that revolution which gave rife TO-
,he ihockipg maiiacfes and miferies 60
pathe' ically lamented by the Doctor, aad
he efetts of which viii be telt and re-
membted as long as language hall i've TO
convey to PROPERTY the hlaory Of 'hofe
ines.
The Actions, nay, the trivial expreai-
ons OF men of high authority, are great
and weighy matters--fueh men are fop
pofed TO weigh their words before they
give them utterance their deliberate
conduit, however, fureiy mua be taken as
authorized matter, records OF their hearts
and principles and we venture TO aaert,
that no great man has given more nne-
quivocal teit:mony of his attach nens TO
revolution in this way, than our worthy
PRECEDENT has done.
Ia the hre place, we fay, without fear