Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-26
FROM THE BALANCE.
A philosophical Deduction fran the D0ctr;ne
0f NIqteflaiSn1.

# f'i'1f0SophlcdI OeducH0n jf0Ai me D0ctfiIe
of Mateyia4ism.
EVERY man in free & amy, whether he lie
gentle CT implc, hss al undolbtcd right to offer
his wares at public market; and even though hey
fhould appear unfahionable ard bungiing, il they
had been wrought according to his be& Xiii, it
would be cruelty hard to hits him cut Of the mar.
ket place. Jua 70 it ought TO be Rejecting IN.
feAeaual manufactures. If a man is perfaaded
that he has farted good thought, or made an i'm.
portant and useful difcovcry and is conicicntiouf.
ly cooG,aided to diibardci. his mind, he feems
entitled to indulgence and civil ufage, even tho
the thoughr llouii prove TO be Gaie, or the dhccs
very trivial and uie!efs.
Without further prologue, information is re.
fpecffully given 10 the public, that d!lcovery
in natural philoiophy has lately occurred TO their
humble icrvant, which he verify believes to be
10 manner new. Even Newton, in all his.
profound rclearches, had probably overlooked il.
After adjuaing fngle preliminary, will pro-
coed to the main object.
The dignided pride of philosophers mind on
originating dilcovery in the principle, or oPe.
rations ofnaturc, and the lufcoufnefs of his ideas
while foodly anticipating immortal fame, ars
truly indeicribabe: but will rot diGcmbIc it,
that however elated my own mind had been in
the fit lnfance--howcyet, in he moment of
new born rapture, might intintfy have clap.
p;d my hand upon my forehead, and fsncicd thar
perceived immortal laureis budding and grow
ing there, my towering hopes have been in no
Uncomfortable mealare, blighred by the following
ominous incident.
Filled with The thoughts Of my own growing
Importance, and conttrained TO give fome ven, TO
my delicious .enfaiions, / coald think of no one
10 proper for COMPLIANT and adyi(er, as my uncle
Richard Sober. Uncle Richard has had excel
lent advantages of education he has Rrong
MUD, bat his conceptions are angular and tho
a warm friend, within very narrow circle, hs
feems to be di[guRed with mankind generally,
and bis remarks upon them are, conceive, much
TOO feyere.
Well, uncle Richard, SAID I, there has occur.
red 70 me- wonderful discovery in natural phio.
sophy, and confidently presage that it viii make
my fortune and immorta!ize my name. then
proceeded to state to him minute!y the nature OF
my discovery and its probable importance to the
human race; and, in the fuIlness of my heart,
could not help mentioning rtarm mind had 6nc-
tuated whether TO transn.i. II 10 the English Roy.
al Society, whether TO communicate II 70 some
learned Society in this country, or whether TO-
publish it in newspaper; and that had almost
concluded to have it published in the Balance,
believing that from thence it might catch the
notice ts~lne Of the iterasi and obtain general
circulation. In further open ug the secret recess
ses otmy mind frankly declared chat had ne-
liberated, whether TO honor my prO5u5tlon WIKI
my real name, or to publish it under i'catous
gnature and that the latter method, all things
July considered, had been preferred, because IL
might afford me fund of amusement; as some
would npute this pew philosophical discovery "
some fellow Of the Royal SocIety ii England OF
% some academecian in Paris; others to SONG
character in this country, who !iaS
iaally re marked, thar, after a thousand c'nJeC'
ures had been made, and hundred paAphetees
md newspaperial battles had been fought IN VIZ
iication of the opposite prevailing opinions con-
:erning the person of the author, would the0s
o the astonishment of both putIes, come toFwafG
With my prarer name, and fix the attention, a.
We OF Europe, as of America on myself. lhis
,arrangue, Which, from kind Of pretcrnaturas
low Of animal spirits, | had Delivered with un'
common fiuency, was succeeded b. long Pan'1'
had fixed my eyes stedfastly upon uncle Richard
and s'on perceived il his countenance such syRP-
toms OF dlsapprobasion, srung me- 60 the very
rearr; at length. after had urgz1 him TO give
MS opinion, be thus began,