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

-.~,,,ar revenue of Ell Europe wouid pay. lhS
ar;,v Of her chiefs and their underlings, who,
d0nb, saw. our time is Short IS unsuitable,
!, thc proseriptionOfa million rich emgrapts
=. conGsca,ion Of one hundred thousand
an miles Of territory have, for twelve years
'1d streau of wealth more cop;ous than the
ffshlad PstaoIus. all whose sands were gold. Ibe
.Sol0t;ou,srs Ike the,host xerxes dfink Fivcrs
's.sont ouenehins their thirst. The military
n5wer Of France viii not fail, Therefore, tor want
Of means.
Nor will the conmotions, to which govern.
n.nt By usurpasoR is liable, dlsarm her Of the
means still less OF the spirit 10 annoy her yet 10
..ndeot NEIGHBOURS. N>w disturbances woasd
o,iy exsspsrSie her alons, nhrm the Ia.
Mrs e ferocity, that dis.ioguisi her rabble
and leaders, and furnish to the yitfors tie rev
means that the plumber OF Their vmqushed
foes wohId supply Ialtuss Cesar stabbed,
bnr when Brutns and Csssias, the assassins, were
deseated and slain, Octayius and Anthony reward
81 their soldiers by turning the farmers OF ltaiy
OUT If possession and bsstowing farms on their
veterans.
Il mioSs, indeed, be f1ewn, that although the
government by the f@ord is Of all the mott oicous
and the aof unRablc and rurbueas, it Is, ne.
r.ufelefs, of all forms, or rather extremes, the
bardeH TO change or to reform. Wien once.
Rome fell under military government, it re-
msintd fubi@a to il for more than rhenland
yssrs. when il was fdbvcrsed by the arms OF
oiOaccr and Theodofic. Yet, during that long
period, many Opportunities occurred TO retrieve
lis republican liberty, i. il could have been re
trieyed But il was irretrieyable.- An awful
lcHon for America, Let US conGder our demo-
cratic fpirit las already accuitoined us 10 MODS
and Intersections, and 10 the power Of mob favor
ties. elected to high Office. Mobs are rude AZ
miles, and as rhsfc are ostener caiedt land longer
employed, rhe tranftl;.a TO a government by the
chef who rules them is By degrees that are
quickly pslr-d, yet TOO ,nienhble to be marked
The nailes, the forms, the intitutions Of liberty
NAV fill fubif as they did in5Rcrle, & ater hav-
ngplayed tragedy, lnk into io!e.nniy ridiculous
pantomime. If liberty ever dwells in temple,
The fpirit Of democracy is the FIRE that confines
ii. The military drfposifn, thar, ike the cindeFs
and afhss, remains after the eonh1grssioo, Will
not again be liable 60 the aston OF FIRE, but il
cannot be reconstructed into temple.
Nothing is therefore, less proosblc than the
permauenCy of the present rollers OF the French
mlscallcd RepubAc, or more probably than thu
duration of It's aauas fofm oftyranny with all its
violence and proagacy.
France is too powerful not to be ambitious 50
for power inspires amntian. evenInore certainly
than ambition leads 10 power She IS also, am
4 bilious from the charader and texture of her go
yerooent The danger TO al independent seates.
arises, therefore, tom her having so much power
& and rom lis being Of bad sort. A gisnt',
81 bulk is animated by demons spirit France
N is a. sncUY that is never TO be reconciled, ne
yer 10 be trusted, never TO be net with any thing
short of al tho force and yalor OF those shs
wOuld'naaSe her prey, till her gigantic prepor
derance isrs5uced nearly to its ancient fze tlishe
lawful Bourbon Prince are restoreiby some corye
ntion with the powers of Europe, and very little
81 limitation of The prerogasves of their crown, o.
until the antagonists OF F,ance have SO far in
Creased territory, resources or discipline as 10
SIS counterpoise her tremendous superiority.
II Happy woad it Deit the Ffech were fit fof
Republican Liberty but they are not and th
record OF their ua65ness is as irreversIb!e 81.
awful as that Il death himself whose wasteiu
@o's the revolution has done. H ppy " suid it b.
u they We're even f. TO sustain a limited or m'A
co Monarchy, but they are not. Theit ola NJ
naf1hy was bad governments bur gsoes ugh
i0r them as good as they could oear its usag
were known& had become che IS ands restra'ns.
So Ever sinee that fell, mere baute force, either
# 'nOos or afm.ss, has governed them. Those VII
Viii DOT be tued 5yaeasoa must be restrained b.
power and hAPpy w,llit be for Frenchmen,
1aey exchange enc iron dominatoD Of a usurpei
that dlsdains all limits for The mild and mercitl
We OF a M2parchy, that was subyerted becauss
scuped to pass them.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. I.
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