Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-09-30

deaths for "a hours ending this morning at
1oo'clock.
They acknowledge with gratitude, the
receipt of 100 dollars from gentleman,
who has requested that his name may not.
be published, and so dollars from another,
also, ten dollars from MIR. G. w. Craik.
ANDREW JAMESON,
Chairman.
6 The d,ea9fpl Nate IF t,spa,efiop" in Eu-
rope irems 10 have created paoie 10 our home po
ntieai dicudions ana the columns which crit
wee devoted 10 mangiing AID cutting up federal
men and meaiures are now employed in Geaow-
ing upon the eneaies of Bonaparte Tie honor of
democratic inveetve, and in invoking The blels-
ings OF Heaven upon England by emhaiming it
winch were ciogged by Wahingtpn, ADD laid up
If The time Of Adams are now drawn forth, and
their wheels begin 20 be fst in motion. Already
they creek altsic--they meye bar Aowly as yet;
bur We hear them working, and can venture TO
aRste the public thar they may foon expect, what
between The afduify and iaduifry CT cur Cts ~,
ant:c ]acobins, and the efficacy of fome excellent
eli, whereof much has and more will bemp0rted
from France, 10 fee them very ioon as ndoisti-
ouly and actively az work as ever yea, we hope
until their axlcs take fire and burn hem al up.
That domeAicmaice ard aulmoiity !houl5 give
way 10 foreign concerns w0uld he a novelty 10
hcman affairs, if it could not be accounted TO-
the nearer 10 home, the nearer lhc grudse: the
ennitics and III, vengeance OF evil dlleor- are
mary degrees Eore horrible and more impacaoe
than thofe OF foreign warfare. Toturn off hefs
fore from the maf,cre of feaelalilS 70 thar q
England, would appear odd to al! but thoie wh
are in The iecret. As for thofe who are NOT in thz
fecrct, let them remain TO- and wonder.
One would think from tc way things a re M
naged that America was in The political benll
rhere one of thofe little maeraole planes called
facilities, aud that is rtYoiyed rQond shoie enor
nous ones England and France, that though The
moves In circle OF her own tits RiIi ci;cum
fcribed one round thofe planets Whole motions
fhe is itl obliged 10 follow through heit wait
orbits, wheiher their track lies lbItBgh bufmng
heat or freezing cold. 30 indeed, here are fem 4
ingenious dlicoyerers who would max US beiisye
But their theories are 10 our opiaIous ta.ia -
They want proof--they wani he cit OF expet.
mens and we hep: they ever will want il.
This poIitico Astronomical dacoyerv YVES hr
made at he beginning qf The Fseneh revolution by
an eminensitar gazing ph;lofopher who from his
French observatory ar Monticello endeavored TO
alarm the people Of this country with mott por
tentous appearance which BY turnng his te.elcope
burbqity the wrong way, he perceived in the
pol,tica! lemilphcfe. The brightef confellatior
chat gives glory ani lnare to our Gaze q ,ae
canopy-7bt WGJ@iagtou Sidas, liz ie7sgined Q.
pretended TO imagine thar be fay moving cri
of its orb and falling into that OF The Georgian
S;dusfome years Gnce dncoyered by pbilofapher
OF different mould named HEascHELL. The
fuppofed dicovcry created much noir---eat ne
alarm. None believed it but lone pretended 10
beleveit. The almanac makers had foInelhing
new to put in their alaapacs, the political aitro
logers were fupplied with new means of pref
tions from adociations, conjunc,ions, conjecture:
and things before then unheared of and unknown,
and of aiarming rhe multitude with Prognofiica-
tions OF pprtentouS phenomena and general
alarm every ore knows is the fntf time tha
can Be thought of for every KIDD of impoflure
whether it be picking peoples pockets, shereavng
them on their fenies, or plunderng them of thel
political rights.
The fallacy of the pretended discovery was 500 |
perceived but some remnants of error and farui |
attending it still lie asleep in the cchwebbed ca
vities of certain empty heads; and these suppl
cur aforesaid political astrologers and almanac
makers with the means OF filing up the gaps il
their hollow productions. To speak plainly. A
conspiracy with England is still the cry. And,
in short, America is held in so very Inundated
state that according to those gentlemen she is no
thing, but with reference to England or France
The base, knavsh aristocracy of Ireland never
made more false and Infamous trade Of their war |
whoop, Of Po9>yy, Wbae5y, Fyeneb invQsion, g
Preteaasr, hougha all within sight Of Their shores #
they existed at all, than our benevolent, candid |
democrats do OF England and English connections |
though at the distance of 5000 miles, and though |
they know that they might with equal truth speak |