Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-03

|sbonlis able heresy they are 70 be c''asec
from whatever ofifiS q they had held !: and
their renovaI from oiiict is 70 be Instant.
y faill0wed 5y gibbeting their chafae
tiers.
Q. Issuch procedure jassihed ~
sespedable 5rseedsrfs |,
A. II is !: the republics, beth IN
France and England the reisns q the
Edwards, a, d the Henrys, Of Richard
third-of queen Mary--of the whole
Stew arts - and also tie records Of the STAR
chamber, furnish variety Of precedents.
in favour Of such compulsory uuy0rmi-5
~ precedents, which had heen buried
III der the rust Of time, and are therefore
venerable fol their antiqultv.
Q. What is liberty ofspeeeh?
A. Its the Liberty Of speaking well
OF the present administration, (Mr. Burr
excepted and OF all who have obtained,
or shall obtain Offices under it, iii Whate-
yer ways or by whatever means.
70 Be continued. Balance.
THE aflivitv Of the human mind,
which viii noi ipfsr paufe from shoaghr,
il, ever il, puffait of mater on which 10
exercife II; and no, fponer has attained
enc objett ihaa, fsaresly allowing itieif
time TO dwell upon the enjoyment oftiaat
titles off painting IN iearch Of another. -
Thas the war between France and Eng
land has for feyeral months kept the
public mind IN seTmena Of anxiety. Gu
fioii;y and fuipence; and now thar doabt
has yanilhed, its msahsand mode OF pre-
vention, and its probable confeGaenees,
occupy more or lsfs the confederation OF
every one, and already excite much vague
fpecplanan, and much groundlefs diieuilon.
Will there be war when will it 6egia
where the queifions Of every mouth but
week ago and now where, when, Or
how will il end, takes the place OF thofe
and fupplies colloquia food to every com
pany To collate and TO compare every
circumaance attending the bLiiueis, and
from the flightei materials which the
newlpapsr intelligence from Europe at
fords Us, dsduee and offer 10 our readers
luch interences, as our previous knowledge
of European politicks, aided by our belt
realoning, can help US to, is no ieis cur
duty as Editors, than our medication as
the friends of fociety at large. The diff
charge OF that duty fhall be always next
car hearts, and the objects we ailade 10
always 10 our view. Whenever I'VE 60
wrong, let il be remembered tia; We ipeak
concerning matters in which fron 3seir
very nature there can be no ecI
which even TO shoie who, itanding --,
mott elevated Gtuations in Euf5pe- nj y
Zee far, are bur very obfcurc y,rlI,
difcernable- and which, thssss -
TO huGlble beiogs Ike Us, at this o,sauce,
afford room tor no more than rational
conjecture.
We confess then, that the conduit Of
Bonapafte appears the most extraordinary,
unaccountabie, and indeed extravaganza of
any we have ever heard Of, read, or even
imagined. Making every allowance for
the infinitely varied, motley failings of a
man at once SO simultaneously great, low,
and wicked, we are still at a loss for any
rational, probable footing upon which to
pntit. We. know that successful dsna-
go5nes, and knavish popular leaders, when
they orice set the ring in their nose and
the bride BIT in their mouth never fail to
curb, torture and Cypress the people who
submit to them. We know that even
men born to power, nursed under canop'es
of state, and swaddIed IN purple, are in
general more than sufficiently harsh and
rigid in the exercise of that power, and
that upstarts are universally intolerab'y
despotic. unfeehng, and tyrannieal. We
know that men trained to blood, like dogs
SO trained, passionately love and pursue
the scent of as long as they live. We
know that deep guilt is remorseless, and