Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-13
May 8. 1895.
From the Baltimore Federal Gazette.

ldeQrs. Ynndf and BrOqOa As we have heard 70
much about economy and OF the whdom diff
played by our prefent rulers 10 the late treaty
with citizen Bonapartc, whereby we nave &C
CURED " the exrenGye and fertile province of
LouGana by a fair and hQnef purchaie, for a
confederation which will bear no proportisn
with the millions that mutt have been expend-
ed in raking an unjuf pol dion by force"-I
have fent you an extract of a letter from
gentleman in England, who ha, good oppor-
tunities OF obtaining correct information, land
relation of Mr. efstlon) whereby it will
appeal, that We have not made 70 fine bar.
gain as fome perfons with US 70 believe.
IMPARTIAL.
Frosz g<xtlcmzn in Br9el to his friend IN tbs
/. BriaoI, Oh ID. 1903.
g The ftuatiop Of this country is known TO
rhc world We are IN monetary expectation
Of an attack from mott implacable enemy, that
looks on this nation as he only impediment in
his way to univerfal foyereignty over not only
Europe but Amesica TOO /; notwithstanding you
chofe TO receive LoniGand ON bis hands aud nor
curs, when we offered your ambaaador to PCT
you IN poaeiEon, for which you have Gnce obig.
cd yourfeives TO pay 70 much money and, what
is worie, for which your mean lpirited and wick
ed ambadador at Paris, confcnred to be the tool
OF Taileyrand's inve6tive gainf This nation.
Is But as we are in the hands of God, {if our
national fms have not 70 provoked Himlas to
renounce and give US up) we do not fear any
eayt5ly enemy."
The force of habit and the extreme danger Of
fixing any bad habit, particularly that of Dyun.
ke6ues, may be aptly illustrated by moralizing the
following pic &c of natural history -
'ss On the Coast of Norway is dreadful whirl.
pool, called bythe natives Maelstroom, which
signifies the navalof the sea. The body Of the
water which form this whirlpool is EXTENDED in a
circle above IS miles in circumference. in the
midst of this strands rock against which the
tide. IN It's cbb, is dashed with inconceivable flu,
~; when it instantly swallowed up all things
which came within the sphere Of It's violence.
e No skill in the mariner, nor strength Of
rowing, eau work an escape. The sailor at the
helm hads the ship at srst go in current
rent opposite to his intention it goes round in
circles. still narrower and narrower tll at last it
is das5ed against the rock ana en- tHely disap-
pears"
And Il us il fares with the hapless youth thar
falls under the power OF any vicious habit. AT
6rst he indulgss with Caution and tinldity, and
struggles against the stream of vicious inclina-
tions. But every relapse carries him further
down the current, 1.-THE violence of which increas-
esl and brings him s,il nearer TO the fatal rock
IN the midst of the whirlpool; till, at length,
stumhea and su,dued, he yields without a lstrug
ele. and makes :hipwrcck of conscience, of ntere9,
Of ,<tstafioH, and of every thiug that is dear and
yaluab c in she human character.
Ii should also be observed, on the other hand
that, g.od ba5is ara powerful as well as bad ones
therefore no better advice can be given 10 youth
than The following :--Cboa,t The asf rahosel
and 5ssf 4oay Of i;uisg, and babif sOil /0'a make
inse agyssasls."