The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-04

ehors was antidotc 20 the potion OF their
doctrines : that learning and genius did
not make the potion palatable that
the. mitchell was evancicenr, and all
theic productions will be concealed for
ever, under che tliickeit veil ofobIivion.
IfFrancc found hec claim 70 ;upcrlo-
risy upon the military fame fle has &C
qrired, we mutt acknowledge, thar, OF
thar ipecies of fame, the revolution has
broughr her large accedions Driven
FROM the fnrine of liberty, ihe fosind
a refuge in the temple Of military glory;
btt will her military fame iultify this
Claim to iuperioriry ; Will hittory ra-
tiiy THAI claim ? Has lhe placed the
Huns and the Goths, and the Vandals
above the Roman ti3me, becaufe their
military force triumphed at lait oyerthe
ancient feat of liberty and of iearaing
Do we admire the military atchieVe-
menrs OF an Alexander, 60 much as We
condemn the murder of a Clysus, the
general thar had fought under him ;
Who dwells now, BUT with horror, up
on the exploit of Tauerlan, q Charles
the Xths or Zing's Khan The i'm
partial pen ofhiltory haslong fnce torn
the iaurels from their brows; and TAIN
cd them as the fcourge OF the human
race. Their ambition was all perfonal,
becaule in the purfuit OF military glory
they coniidered nothing lacred neither
ehe faith OF treaties nor the indepen-
| dence OF nations, nor the rights Of PEG
pie. The world was their victim, and
man was their lave.
But France has acquired great mill
tary fame, have we no naval glory TO
counterba'ance it ? Are the Victories
OF the hrtt Of June, of Cape St. Vim
cenr, OF GanPerdown, and of the Nile,
iets brilliant than thofe of the French in
Italy, and in. Germany Has France
one naval achievement TO iet off againft
chem And have we acquired no nj
hilary renown Was nos rhe coEful
hlmielt checked and defeatedat Acre
by our Britilh Cour dc Lion, Sir Sidney
Smith, and handful ofmen Was NOT
his army; was not his veteran troops,
that had heated Auftrians, Rul1ians and
lral'ans, were nos they afterwards con-
| quered and driven from Egypt by Bri-
| Glib folders On. Wha5 other ground
then does this boaftcd iuperioritY ref?
| t4aYc any nieful cIifcoverles, any IN
Ventions for the beneiir Of the human
race, during the revolution, palIiated or
clminlihed the enormous guilt Of thar
event? We Fecolleet two---the Tele-
! gFaPhe. certainly an ingenious invention,
ulrfui in times of war, bur which can
never enlincnsly contribute 10 the bene-
nj or hsPPineiss of mankind; the orher
invention is that Of the Guillotine. OF
bclh fhefe discoveries it may be faid,
that they tend TO accelerate the work
OF human deftru6tion. They belong
certainly TO the revolution. We might
aa.i TWO other dllcoverieS. the undoubted
I legitimate offspring of the revolution,
the N9yNdsg and FHjfIYnde5, che Loire
drownlngs, and the LIONS fhootines. Il
| is not a little TO the fonor Of our own
n&uon that We are able TO meet thefe
Inventions with rwo Of very different
! description With two chat will cat a
brlght luftre on the Brici{n name 70 the
lattlt ages with TWO tflat viii make the
Brlnif' nation bleacd il whatever quarter
OF The globe, and under whatever form,
prayer and praife arc addrelItd 20 the
dlwne being, with rwo rhar arc alone,
Tor The Preierysfion Of manlif1. Need
| we name them need We ineation the
/ dild!co'ery Of the vaccine aaa Of the
| life boar.
We might purfue the fubiea fur
ther; but we purpolely conclude our