Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-25
mo. 1888.

Europe, presuning on her superior re-
hnemsuf, or relying On her superior pow
er, parceIied out this vas. contineut among
her princes. The rishs which she AFRO.
ganfiy usurped over its soA, she exteud-
ed over The persons OF her own children,
whom she planted amidst lis immrasIr
bic wilds, uot ia the spirit of aa anxious
mother, providing for numerous and
INDECENT offspring, bo. 81 ID .artful sEdia
satiable syrant, who cijesishes. for while,,
the victim which be mean. % Destroy.
Her rival princes ros eonseus wiis the
theatre Whicbthres quarters II ihe habita-
bic globe ard he b,s.ndiess oeesu afforded
TO their fesllsss ambition, cfien transferred
the seat Of their w&rs,o the shores Of our
rivers; and even, to the lonely values eif
our nsoGntaios- Iheroar Of ,hsir caunoa
descending alcng our'wsstern waters, and
penetrating the Utmost rscvssesc cur 60.
RESTS drew the blooc.thwsiY savage froa,
his gloo:ny covert. Fire ard sword, la4
waste our, defencalsas frontier; The rner-
CHESS tcniahawk was inlbrued in the blood
ofthe aged and iuhrmi Of helpless mashess
aud infants. Peace reiuinrd. Bur place
yielded'to America, 8 slender atonemeHs
for the complicated evils Of sucha war.
Instead O.. Liberal commerce. unbosoning
on her shores, the treasures ofeveJy cline.
and bearing away her Productions IT return,
TO every marked, the monopoly Of single
nation, jealous OF her growth, limited her
supplies, 10 its own resources; and coli-
tracted The demsad tor her superauisles, to
lis own wants. a. length, the unsuitable
avarice of her opptessor sought to rob her
of the poor pis,ance, which even aarro8
policy had hitherto spared America sup.
plicated--H Her snpp'cations were proudly
rejected: She remonstrated-He remon.
strances, were indignantly spurped. She
determined 10 resiss;. aud the armies and
Reets Of mighty na.lon, preparedsa over
wheinn her with ruin.
In this awful hour, which threatened to
extirpate liberty from die earth, the peop!s
Ct America rose, undisnaysd, 10 vindicass
their rights. Seafciling FOR chief 10 con-
duct them TO battle, their uuaEimous, their
Heaven directed choice fell en- Wishing
ton. Fall of that noble spirit which the
love of freedom inspires IN generous
breast, ,bus with THAI diEidcnce which is the
inseperable companion of genius, hs obey.
ed the voice Of bis counsay.
In those boundless wi.ds, WHOSE dreary
surface, then, presented scarce solitary
trace Of civilization and whose aWfh and
gloomy silence was occasionally suspended
only by The nocturnal hoWlings of beasts Of
prey, the frantic orgies of savagss, or the
dreadful. nofa -uf war, the soul Of Washings
ton had been ezfly formed for The high and
noble destiny which awaited hin. His
mind had attained all the qoahties Ola He
no, before his body had reached the yiSor
Of maa. He had achieved victory
which surpasses tnoss Of the greatest con.
querors, which no enemy, no, fortune her.
self, conld ever afger wrest from his con.
staucv and frmness; a victary over him.
self, over al the aIlurenlents Of pleasure,
and thsiucen,ives of vice--oysr every win.
dicsice OF malignant passion; victory.
without which, indeed, all the sriumphs OF
conquest are bot an empty pageant, and ali
her laurels liable to sFeedy decay.
That provjdence, which so often guard.
ed him IN the most imminent hazard and
thrice rescued his life, as i, were, frcn. the
grasp Of death, permitted him to receive HIS
frst military lesscns in the school Of ada
versity-
In four years Of unsJecesafui war with
the most sayage. united a1th the MOS, sub
tie enemy, he ll&d learnf1the hard duties.
ofobeying commands which his Judgment
condemned; Of bthoiding with forttude,
a misery which ne could nor relieves OF
curhiag his ardcnr Sor milieary glory, by
the higher ambition OF t,eing rsstnI 70 his
country.
Before the Fortunate tertninslion of,his
codrsge. coasenbmase experience. His be-
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