Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-19
FROM TIE REpERToRY.
TIE EHR0EIcLE.
No. II.
No. II.


Ii our attertlon to AnttonyPas7s.n, tht
public teacher Of Democracy ia ;h;s't town
the man to whom the readers Of the Chroni
Gle are now indebted for the opinions they
receive oil mea and manners, 1t is.not only
out of our power, 1out f,fT from Our 'nellna'
ton 10 dcpiot the scenes OF his youth. =
Our knowletlGe OF this bersenage'' as hS
modestiv styles himself, is restricted with.
in the period This coming before the world
ia the character Of q self boosted .. mich I'D.
ulired aathor."
In the Republic Of letters there cannot
bea more disgusting or more contemplate
being than an auihor by profession. BY
this We mean, schiller, who imagining
himself possesseddf some talents, set them
Up at auction, and is ready for IN lenominl,
Gus support to exert himself to the utmost,
in blasting the fairest reputation, or IN Jas
flying and Supporting the ioulest ignonlny
1t seldom happens that such men, the ma
tare Of whose professions avows a derlllc.
tor Of all moral priaciple are employed IN
the cause of virtue. That the present edi.
tor of the Chronicle has been such, ever
since he has obsrudcd his ven4l productions
on The public, Will be proved from his de-
clarations and writings. He is not to be
considered as Poiislcal partlzan, tor he
has vii;hed government IN the exercise o.
Its Justice upon culpriss, and he has as lnve'
terately siIlEed those individuals, when the
reward o. MS 4nercena.y labors was denied
I, is true, the hopes Of gain have some.
times induced hirn TO Offer his condemn
ing aid to the friends u truth and honor
bot the Just mpte,tich generally Az az
cd: the unnatural PROPOSE soon SCARED HIM
into malignant opposltion.
That pasquin abused his sovereign VII
no, sink him in the essen OF many OF his
readers, who we still hope have grace
enough to detest kim, when he is found tc
have added hostility TO religion ard virrus
70 dislo1 atty. We shah nottherefore dwell
on his liblss on the king, the Prince, o,
pthrrs Of the Royal family. But Pasquir
has evcrbcen AR open enemy to the minis
lers Of our holYreligion f; his works abound
slh attempts to lidicnle the venerable pro,
iession and bring christianity ITSELF into dis.
grace. Hence he introduces the "priest.
hood as a race Of impostors, versed in stra-
tag+m and hypocrisy, wh3 She1o hemsel0es
to an9d az achwm." Professors OF Chris.
ianity he reviled as Gupes or madmen. =
Thus inspeaking OF a character, whom even
his enemies respected as possessed OF toe
raost exalted piety and ackno wiedged absl-
ties, he says
. Ike Methcdf bam;ay he ravel thro' th,
earth,
Ana lei Owl its comforts, and own'd tn. NEW
BIRTH
His f:nfcs lay proa:a,c, his rssfon was BIT,
Gle then completes his rhyme VITA the
following barbarous violation of metre and
harmony.)
And he dfeam'd of pagas5s and Atbenias wit. =
But Pasquln was not more famous for his
bold inpiety than for the dirty vulgarity and
obscenity of his language. OF this it can
not be expected that we adduce evidence
in our paper. Let those who are disposed
to have further satisfaction obtain if they
are to be obtained, the works ofthis [" adj
mired author" His appearance in this
country as a champion of Democracy, af.
terths state ofuttsr degradation, into which