Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-08-24

sH On Eagles wings im5nosIai Aahaels ny, :. -.
ss While yir tuous actions are bu; born and die'
OF. the the vices which cast a shade o..
serthis paragon of animals, man, some are
SO much more pardonable than others, that
they scarcely retain the character, though
they possess the essential quality OF vice.
and TO the hasty eye appear to rank among
virtues, when viewed IA comparison WIN a
the vices that are near them. Ihoseyioea
which arise from the natural passions, ard
thoseIthey are many which shoot IRON
virtues carried to excess, rarely tan to De
Judged with indulgence; anti to the sttict
moral eye itself seem diminished by their
motives. Even where, in the selection OF
! q vice, good taste is displayed, and no
rancour of heart appears to Turk at the oo.-
ltom oft, the candid and Liberal mind will
consider the company of the former, and
1.-The absence Of the latter, az grea; extenua-
tons of its guilt. But where vice is seen
Whose fruits shew, that.it has had It's root
ldeep laid in foul, malignant, and corrupt
heart, vice which can only exist IN COM ON
pany with the most sordid impurlty OF soul
and the most grovelling meanness OF heart
and yulgarity of mind; the most generous
ard most charitable turn from itwlth abb
Ihorrence unextenuated and pnnilcd, aud
oa,hias disgust and a is guilty ss WIN
| above all others, which POSSESSES this ai,.-
nate baseness, which takes the blacklist hue
from all Its motives, and from which rot
one ray of light ever broke, is SANDER: :
! tits not only base IN itself, but te,ds to
i make all who hear it base also. is in-
durable, because the heart from .w,ich it
springs must be as corrupt astthatof the
4 carrion which has lain for week undr the
retting blaze of an equatorial,s sun. 1t is
i the crime, which, if we could be Sc fool.
ish and sinful as to suppose Gods attributes
] less than infinite, we must belieye to be.
out OF the reach Of Heavens mercy. tits
the crime against which society up
on principles of self-defence, SHOULD raise
their hands as against the FIRST murderer,
and should chase its agents down as they
| would BENGAL Tiger, or bruise their
heads as they would that Of Serpent. 1t
is the curse of mankind-the curse even of
| the wretch WHO'S guilty of it. Tits to one
! sex heart canker, to the other disgrace.
In woman, il is indicate, harsh, cruel,
hard hearted, vulgar, aad untender: In
men, it's cruelty, baseness, meanness and
cowardice. Yes,can we keep our ears open
for aday, and not hear enough to impress
us with the notifying persuasion,, that
there aremany who deIighsin that abomin-
able practice-Th hat there are many, who,
though above propagating, will with plea.
sure listen so, and circulate the tale Of
Hell; and many who let it pass without
having The merit of even internally con-
demningsit.
That there are .muititudes In this life
who are SO .forlorn as to make choice of
vices for thsir deformity, we every day
witness: SANDER, atthe very bestdeform-
ed, seems to be adopted bv some, in It's
various degrees, with avidity proportion
ed to the righteousness of its shape, to the
extent OF its rnischievous effects, and to
the inyeterate virulence and turpltude of
itsouality. Over the faces Of those, a per-
aon bur moderately skilled in physiogno.
my, will see, perpetually playing in a lam
bent fame, all the varied displayof diabo-
lical expression, winch may be supposed TO
arise from a bad heart, as the fingers Of
JHalie run along the keys of it, striking eve
~ note of sin from the highest to the lowest
of their gamut. The face seems inhnman;
a piercing lively malice CLEANS in the eyes;
the muscles of the nose are. contracted, as
if the eIfactory nervesweresiolen,ly assaa-
cd by an offensive smell; and the lips quiv.
er as If there were small snakes forcing
their passage from within, through tbs
pores of the skin. In word, the whole
countenance, though TO the needless eve