Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-05-10

1894
80 nv country exclaimed Robes.
plerrc) "hAd destiny made me the lnha-
bltant o! a foreign and distant land, |
should have addressed continual PRAYERS
to heaven for thy prosperity. should
have shed the tears of commiseratl"n at
the recital Of thv comhAts and thy vlctO-
ries my attentive soul would have fol-
lowed with an anxious ardour, every
motion of thy glorious revolution. l
should have envied the glory Of thy re-
prrscnta,ives. am Il Frcnchman,' am
one OF thy repre- st natives. q subllme
nation receive the sacrifice OF my be
ing; happy is the citizen who is born
happier he who can die for thy welfare"
Now mark the seQual. Five months
after Robespierre had palavered che peo-
Pile with these expressions OF melting
ten lcrness towards them, Dubois GRANGE
reported to the convention, the follow
ingRr,icle :-'' Almost all our consIde-
rable farmers are thrown into prison the
con,equcnce is that their capital is eat
up, their stock gone to ruin, and our
lands hive lost the almost incalculable
effects of their industry. About the
same time, it was calculated that the
prisons OF Paris alone, and its environs,
contained 81 900 people, meanwhile the
guilloline was in daily operation. In all
those horrid scenes Of cruelty and car
mage, Robespierre, the pretended lover
OF the people, WAS the Hrlnci pal actor.
Reader, Whenever YOU observe man
so deeply in love with the people that he
improves every occasion tor giving ut
teranfe to his patriotic passion, CAREFUL
" inquire whether his benevolence re-
markable as husband, as father, as a
neighbour, and as ms mber Of the par
ucuar community where he belongs. 1t
vow 6nd that in these social relations, he
isin no wise distinguished for benevolent
conduct, YOU ma% rest assured that he
is hvpocriticalty and knavishly counting
power; which he should chance to OBJ
tain according to his wishes, there is a
we'll grounded presumption that he would
use it in the manner Of atvrant.
Especially beware Of men who are
Jealous patriots in prof, sslon, but are
licentious in their principles and morals.
Men Of loose principles and prohigAte
lires, often have an Unsuitable thirst for
power; and their object generally is to
set themselves above the restraints of
Law, and to CRAFTY with impunity, their
prde, their revenge, and the, various
evil passions and propensi,ies Of their
hearts. Possessing no senslhility Of
Conscience, and bound hv no moral ties,
tn scruple not to use any base means
th't rAAv be likely to accomplish their
ends. they s0othe and t4wu and make
t4r pretences and Aattering speeches
b., As soon as they have accomplished
their ends, they drop the mask and dis
,lAN the true features OF their characters.
Among the sons Of David, Absalom
WAS the most vicious, and he was also
thr most greedy Of power.-This same
A1salom was crafty fellow, %hd knew
.tnl well how to spread his snares.-Cor-
rupt and cruel in his dispositions, and
prepared to reach the last extremity Of
hum.n WickedneSs he yet was plausi-
be and insinuattng in his manners. The
ambitious wish that he calculated, "Oh
that were made Judge of the land"
was veilrd with the atluring pretence of
PATRIOTISM. He coveted the highest Of
h-e in the state, as he pretended, for
mere regard to the. public welfare, Or tina,
he might do justice TO every man that
had any cause or suit; and what by kiss
ms some, and shaking hands with o.
theirs, he stole the hearts Of the people.
Poor fools they reflected not that the
man who had murdered his brother, and
who was plotting to undermine and des-
troy his father, could not have the
warnings OF affection which he pretend
ed, toward them. No.-though thew
knew him to be villain in private life
tratrlcide, a paric,de in purpose, a
deoauo hee who scrupled not to proclaim
hIS hlO,. On th, houSA t,,D ~ ,h.,