Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-03
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Among 80 ~ ,sve followed }ns Fg4a.e
rsS,,J.,t,on, and sAs psstsns = syssem Of
s;c,. !, has insfoaaesS ny e IS noae
Sarsso 4, aaghs and coaduees2izrdfsw more
1909. raoi S.s1ary, and Ii has created ia
s. aIatu.iiug ss,an the dojlIae wlse,t msa liv-
tie msnds Of man. The whole, great ia.
ipa, whether, " more raischicvous than
LENS arc j. oIsnkinds: Whs,hcr the adyan.
bsnch9iAssl sosiety .sde rigesffem the ezsr.
cages genius under proper coniroXl and
cisxlors, IN pfs,no.ing virtue andstllity,
~ suoS been Of late in6ailely counter bar
4aaced ey the evils which wieksd aw5ltoas
anu rapacisy armed with the internal cner-
gies OF eeolns, devoid of paaciple and
unchecked by Conscience, havoc i-sebrro't
upon The civilized world. he potency OF
/, supreme talents 10 great good or TO great.
i evfi, is 50 immense, aud gthe ponsipiiis2
annexed to il 50 a@fal, that a MAO who rs
honest eoough 10 fear the dang of wrong
and wise aenougn.so oisIruSs his own hrm.
mess, would IA netsrun down the sluggtsn
s,reanl Of lite among the dull, tr,an incur
ig the dangers Of that turbulent ocean lnso
swaich sae exercise of Superior genius sci
dom fails 10 lead andin word, so'bettra-
! ther yrluous, dull and obsare than pur.
s.ehase conspicuisy al the hazard OF those
most inlperIao, interests which arc TO &C.
scrass hereafter when all sEaas We ssr0ggle ter
IL this life viii be sWePtiato perpetual 90.
llpion.
lSut whatever it might be that the wise
Y of ,his earn would be disposed 70 choose,
il has pleased the most wise nor &c teavs
them choice. The duisnust move on 10
sneir Iowly track however ambition may
occasionally suggest discoDsens to their
hearts; and the n1anof genius must take
his talents with all lis risks. and Without any
4-othsr qualification than the. sense that he Is
So far a free agea; that he raay, provided
Z he will but subdue his worst passions, exer.
else his powers 10 good with as much ease
and ia6nitely more ultimate honor than 10
evil.
liz this latter predicsment, sir..you now
stand. 1t has pleased God TO soachsate
you very extraordinary Saieuts. Along
with them he haS buckled az swfCl weigh.
OF responsibility upon your back. If you
4can suhdue down The pride which toe gene.
rally accompanies talents, to "a wholesome
level YOU will feel that though marked oas
as the probable Instrument ct high dispea-
alloaB A2s ar sa ad Rys a N as without
gard 10 yourself or any hayward fancies OF
your own, you are bound To perform, under
penaltv of eternal misery and disgrace.
Nor will this rejection be weakened BY the
remembrance that sometisnehsretoiorey
greatly abused those gifts OF ysuF Sod by
: 1asking them ubserylentlo purposes which
yoor conscience tor some months pass mas
sompslled you openly TO reprobate, aud 70
party which your honor and feeling have
induced you publicly 10 abandon.
Do not mistake me Sir! ar. not one
of those who condemn by wholesale :. nei.
tfler will | sequis by advases. .Whlle /
say thar the country have righs solooG 70
you fer a SYSTEM Of conduct Numerically
opposite to the greater pars of yoes past, {
can aud ID my heart circumstances oi ex.
tenuation for the past, which saPpors the
hopes entertain ef yea for the fntnre..--
He knows but hstyc ot nsankipd who in-
sists upon finding the vivid energies CT
lively fancy aud youthful genius unlncum-
bered with It's appendage OF lndiscresion
and romantic exravagance. He has bu: a
frigid heart who rakes 10 the channel OF
evil to find motives for the alterations of
minds ike yours, when they may be found
sin~ the consultation of such minds them.
selves. 1t costs me netting TO suppose chat
the errors of your political youth were the
wanderings of warm imagination, roa,
lining riot in the over jealous pursuit of a
specious metaphysical good, and urged to
extremes by an insemperate vivacity of iu-
tellect. j have ever been. at your worst,
reven in that fullness of hydrophobiaoal flu
~ with which you pursued Judge Chase,