Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-05-15

,r,,,r;t,,de of ills. to which we are all SUB.
;ect: these we should diligently, seek, aad
embrace as the FIRST object Of our bounty.
ON the stormy passnge oflife how varl-
ons are the trials and mistoriunes which
encompass & distress the mortal voyagers.
To some the almighty hath distributed
few droas of bitterness, from the cup OF
woe 10 Others, he hath allotted the over
aowings of misery Look into the haolta-
tons Of domestic society do we there
behold a single mortal exempted from sor-
row! Balance the state OF empires; now
much reason have we 10 commiserate the
j Affections which render their inhabitants
wretched Flow sort a time has elapsed
since the CONCLUSIONS ofyorher countries,
crowded our streets, and covered our shores
with scenes of naked calamity Well can
L recollect the wild and maddening fea-
trees of.ehose want-oPPressed fugitive,
who fed hither to avoid the horrors ora
serviIe war, in land were massacre aud
assassination had long been stalking at
large separating friend from friend ; tear.
ing husbands & parents from their wives
and children, and rending every tender
tie ofaffcction, ofgratitude and humanity.
Well too, can I recall the soul pleasing
emotions with which beheld the hand OF
benevolsnce eutstretched for their relief:
without inquiring, in that sad hour, Wfe-
Their their own misconduct had had any a.
gency in creating their distresses, the tear
was wiped from their eve, and the sooshing
voice Of sympathy spoke peace and comfort
to their grief distractedmlnd.
Alas therscen was not there closed
I How many of those forlorn and helpless
victims of savage barbarity are daily thrown
upon our protection How many during
the late eeason of inclemeocy, shudder-
ed and persisted beneath the double
scourge of hunger and cold! Uaused to
labor, perhaps unfinished with the means
Fof being employed, and restrained by
modest pride from the degrading solicita-
tons ofalms, how many now pine in want
and destitution! Bereft of every earthly
support, robbed of friends and of all that
rend .red life desirable, heart broken and
disconsolate, they raise the supplicatipg eye
to heaven, implor,ng by look of silent dis
pair, the benign power who gave them be-
ing, for the scanty means of preserving it,
while tits his pleasure that it should be
borne.
Plead not, We who have the power to
give, that We know not where to bestow
your bounties -. Go to the house of
mourning -.
Hxpofc yourfelvcs to feel what wretches feel,
g. That yefraay throw tae fuperfux te them,
Z" And flew the heavens more uf--"
Explore, with secret. caution, the mansions
of distress. we will require DO other
guide than well-intending heart it will
condact you TO the residence of yonder
forsaken and solitary widow, who raises
her streaming eyes towards her only hope
and stay. Silent, expressive, eloquent is
her grief, while the assalling cries of in
FAINT hanger pierce her soul with many
sorrows Now she speaks to her naked,
starving little ones! Hark, listen to her
mournfu accents ss Alas my children
! have neither ' to protract your COM
fortress existence, nor raiment to guard
your shivering bodies from the weather
{ Your father is gone forever Death hath
blasted every opening prospect; end a cold
unpitying world is open before us! Hush!
Hash !-ny teader, helpless inpocents !-
Shame and the dread of the harshfrown OF
the unfeeling shall 40 longer restrain me.
will raise aloud the voice of wretched.
ness; | will plead for protsction in the
sanctuary ofthe Almighty until compass.
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Have pity upon her We who are in aau-
ence every child Of humanity have pity
upon her for she is old and poor and full
of woe ! The hand of God hath pressed
sor~ uponher! Shall she plead &c christians
thus md shall she not be heard O cherish
the sacred flame of mercy, and let a god
like ardour in the cause of the unhaDsv,
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