Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-22


IS Gus .a 20 f,rf sfafss, we wilt never allow il
o. y -,,s Of any but fSef featss never OF any
% ,-nce. and still less if possible Of any
MA, democratic government. Both are TO real
L., alien and abhorrent--ooth alien and a5-
&C.. "a those men who, if the states were tree,
ns "a 1. likely to preserve then, SO. Here We
*O4 .,ryeaders oct hastily TO suppose that we
sss . scattering words, making assertions,
" I;te the ssasd reas0xsr leaving them to SHIFT
s,.h.mselyes. We promise TO make good what
.sv by i,resstable proofs taken from history
:, ,bovsyeris may surprise rhst historical To-
.0;sn and economist by tee very cases which ne
ss;n.,lf has selected TO illustrate his ossa real0s
Gg. a.no.-.,;a. sra NOT nm
..,se,,. ia dificuis thing ontwosaccounts, first
ss.i,;s hard 70 prove q negative. and next as 1t
..;m,oss;ble 10 disproye matter of faef. II a
Him reasonsr were 20 attempt it, Eve do not
~ IS ,urd one) he wonld begin by shew-
.~,,,s+ those persons whom history represents
.,,rrateS,,lly treated, either did never exss, or
III net deserve any thing from their country,
m;f they did were rewarded IN short he should
{, prepared TO shew that history in chose IN sanc
&c fase-or else he should sprodnce from his
.oru instances of gratitude ofnumher and masni-
LII. .nfScient 10 counterbalance the other-but
AYR ,susd rx0ssstr attempts No such thing. re
ssr into ,heiregion of hypothesis and argues up
Sn suppoiticn, no,i upon historical fast. He pas
..s over as If they never existed all the men of
,.,, ,;rtue. patriotism, and heroic achievements,
oh, have been left unrewarded, consigned 70
.an, or Punishment, or perhaps murdered, and
rarA,rs away the question with suppos,.ions
Gaze Of abuse Of public favour, which he endea
yours 70 corroborate BY some few strained instan.
re-. from all which he not only would infer that
democrScies have not been nor are ungrateiul,
but almost goes the length OF saying shaS no in
diydua can be entitled 70 has couarty's grasiVude.
He saws that men who have served their country,
oyerrasing their own desert, general shink what
,hey have received too little, and struggle 20 get
more, though to the ruin of their country ; aud
that when this is found to be their aim, the PEG.
pie become nsgratefal, because they Will not be-
come slaves TO their own servants. Now we de-
clare that although we have read history much
and atsentiyely, we are at loss TO find an IN
stance 10 justify this assertion, IN the way itisin
tended tot applied. The gentleman instances
Nerosbut why we cannot conceive. Nero owed
not bis power to the g,od will or affection of lshe
people for him, or to bis cajolery or deception OF
sheen. He cauas TO che empire monarch by II
ile--he had not 10 wade to it through the puddle
pfdemocra;ic deception, or the tricks and Ylainles
Of the dem4gogue. His Crimes were confined e
the enormir;es of the oespot and monster ready
made: he.haa not the double damnation on his
head of aggravating hi: attrccious cruelty, abo-
ninabe lus,s, and Enezauaplea tyranny, With the
guilt OF climbing up 20 rhe power OF committing
shose crimes by the perpetration OF the most gross
acts Of fraud, deceit and perhdy to the people.
He ser FIRE TO Rome but he did not kindlc up
the fame of seditioa, mutual hatred and animosl-
~ among the people, in order to take advantage
Of them and ensiaye them all in the scufiie.-
be was the simple despot by bith, and mon
ae1 by nature--he was not the successful dema-
eogue, seeking 70 be the bloody despot. He
has nothing to do 1henin the question. How he
came to be ioisted into it God knows.
Gratitude (says oursound reasoner) IS
doubtless due from the obliged to those
"who oblige them as long as they do not
"pretend to measure or force their own
reward, nor to use others Ill upon the
pure merit Of having used them well"
This we confess is no trivial acknowledge
ment considering the moral thinking OF the
writer. 1t is however something OF the
selfevident kind--as is also what follows,
viz. " that there is such a thing as the car
ceiling an obligation in public as we'll as
" Ia private life" All this is obvious e.
nouSh-nay, we know that the very fact OF
having conferred an obligation is held by a
Certain school of moralists to be of itself a
cancellation ofthe bond. In Athens partl-
eaarly are innumerabie instances OF this.
The mobs under the counsel and instigati-
on OF their demagogues generally consider
Cd stupendous act of public service a AUST
motive To Dublic haired They felt thathe