Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-29
June 90.

June %. eo3t
Arrived, fhip Fabius, Captain Farrell,
AZ days from Cowes.
May Sd, Lizard bearing N. N. w.
II or IS leagues, fpoke the fhip Walh-
ington, of Bottom, Richard Rois, matter,
IS days out.
June ga, IN lat. Sc, "a, n. long. IS.
40. w. fpoke lhip Governor Strong, Ma
than Reed, matter, days out from Balti-
more for Barcelona.
June s. In LAT. 81, II, n. long.
90, 20, w. Spoke lchooner Sparrow, OF
Alexandria, G. Coleman matter, days
out, bound TO Surinain.
June 10. In lat. So, 81, long. r.,
IA, Spoke fchooner Rebecea, Tifdale, OF
Norfolk, days our, bound to Grenada.
The Anniverfsry Of American Inde-
pendence being at hand, / take the op-
portunity to recommend fufpeniorof
buiineis for that day.
Il was with dissatisfaction ] have wit
neGed, for fome few years back, ,ner-
chants and Others keeping their flores open
on The day which every American fhould
rejoice, for being native of free and
independent country. Whether it pro-
ceeds from meannefs, ] cannot tell; bat
in my eyes. il appears to originate fran
jeal0atsy and a fear ofyour ne;gb6our d.
ing rather mare 64fnsls tbNu youysJf-
bur furely the triAing fun any perfon
would gain by the buinefs done on that
day could be no object, when compared
TO the honor we would do our town by
paying refpeta to the ipirit Of rs.
I'm AlsxaadyiaU.
HOW difficult it is for men to refrain
their natural difpoGtions, we may every
day perceive. The dictates for the heart
will often be an overmatch of cunning.
How completely does every writing of the
democrats betray the hidden tyranny Of
their hearts. How plsinly do they avow,
that if they could help it, the federal preis
houid be lock-jswed forever! Thofe in.
confident fouls; bodies we fhould lay; who
fill the air with buzzes about the liberty
eftbe PRES, like mufquitos in night of
Auguif, make no fcruple to ufe every
means TO flop the pen by artidce, by ca
lumny, by menace, by more mean, bafe,
unmanly, ungenerous and ungentlemanly
detraeion, than the mott rancorous old
tea drinking midwife in Europe would
ifoop TO make nfe Of. From fuch things
the man Of honour, and the gentleman, re-
coil as they would from the fling Of a
make, the pollution of jakes, or the in-
lection of a Jail diaemper. That there
are perfons who, according 10 the notions
Of men of their own kidney pats for, and
expect TO be called gentlemen, and yet mix
with this tllrong of md zarks, we have
heard bur let it be recolleded, that it is
not let of patriot words, or monkey ac-
lions, or 6ddIiug and huting, or capering,
or bowling like dancing mater not
horfes, carriages, iide tables ftoled with
Madeira, and boards grooming under the
luttih, i'll aforted plenty of fungous
pride; nor fine houfes, nor fire clothes
No {! nor even rank or Office, that can
conifitute tie Gentleman. The gentle
man, that character than which none can
pretend to one higher, is ieated in the head
and from early habit and dilpoGion is i'm
movable, unmixed, Interchangeable and e
ternally the fame. The real gentleman is
as unalterable in his way, as the jacobin
is in his. Some of the mott mean, aban-
doned and contemplate characters that
ever brought difgrace upon that relpe6ta-
Die profei1ion-fbe ARoy-have been able
to aHume the character Of the gentleman
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