Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-24

ed IN this place, at eLcYcn O'Clock The
Ladies were invited to take view OF tae.
supper room, winch was elegantly deco
rated with transparent painting OF
Washington at the east end of the room,
and opposite tot, a painting of a FRI
gate under easy sail; when the ladies
entered the room WasllingIon's March,
was commenced by a band which WAS
continued until The Ladies had al mos-
cd round the room All taken a view OF
the decorations on the supper table,
which We venture to say, far exceeded
any thing of the kind in this part Of tie
country, and did great honor totae pro
wider.
ON therecurrence Of thlsimpo days
ST is impossible for any real flicsid 70 bis
sountfv entirely to refrain from retracing
the services Of this great and glorious .~sss
ractcr, or TO suppress the sentiments which
must follow a contemplation Of the reward
-he has met with, from the ingratirude ofhls
countryrnsn. In the one and III the other
we see the leading traits Of republlcaalsn.
IL
TO call forth all the energies oithe human
mind, to rouse to enthusiasm that first Of
passions, tae love of counDs., and TO exalt
the meritorious individual to the highest
.honors Of the community. Dn no man did
liz ever produce those effects more power
fully than on this pfe-eminent PARROT; who
was the. Ifs OF our armies, the soul Of oar
national councils, and, IN q very greas de-
gree, the autkor of the exclusive good we.
now boast the enjoyment OF.
And what was his reward for awhoielife
passed in conferring Blessings on his coun-
try? Calumny and detractlon While lIv-
ing; opprobrium and obloquy whsn dead.
This also is characteristic Of d Rebud1ic,
such as the demago cues Of the e nited States,
would persuade US ours IS: In tier own
words Democratic Republic.
Scarcely had the constitution Of the o.
nited States been organized, and its chief
promotes appointed It's chief guardian, ere.
the jaws of party were dlstended to devour
his reputation. What cplthet degradatory
18th. most abandoned wretch who traduc-
ed him have we not seen pre6xed to the
name Of Washington? What crime has not
the internal machination of.an inimicaland
proAigate faction alledged against him =
What art, what device, what species Of vii
lainy.has been left untried, in order to rum
a fame which was earned by the patient en-
durance Of every toll, the unremittnIg ex-
ercise of every public and private virtue in
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Nor with his life could their malice ter
inmate. The day Of his decease was at
tempted to be established as a day of natl
onal rejoicinss That very people who now
owe their political existence to his prudence
his valour, and his skill in public affairs, was
boldly and seditiously called upon to cele-
brate as a jubilee thesday that robbed oar
country Of its brightest ornament, and put
a period to the career of its best and most
disinterested patren. Oh! no. That de-
liyered us FROM the traSlmels Of trGndIce,
and the tyranny of an a7istocrafical Uenera-
tfoa for man who deserves only our exc
Grafton as the declared enemy q ouy lgovrrn-
meat, and Of liberty -!
Gracious God and is the depravity Of
our nature SO unlimited, that even a xene-
ration for such charaoteras that Of Wash
ington could not have the power to arrest
the progress of mahee-; that the divine
splendor which enshrined his reputation
could be no protection against the sacrile-
glous approach of blasphe ming SANDER!
Alas no. he loved his country. His
whole life eyinced that the enemies either
Prosperity were his enemies. Those who
soughtt to bstray her interests, found in him
A vigilant sea;inal, whom nothing could de-
tach flona his-duty Of watchfalness; and an
opponent, whose name alone gave to every
thing it sanctioned the distinguishing cha
racteryot right whose power over the hearts