Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-12-26

/ 20 him Ia GOOD earnest - ., .ooN ~ :.
,bangh i am bu. poor fellow, l concern
| mvsslf as little about religion asthe grand.
es, Of you genllemen." i Was the gene.
raj opioi on that political revolution would
soon arrive, and that fanaticisgl must give
way 10 The phiiesophic spirit OF the tines
They wished happiness those whoseags
still allowed thsm TO cherish the hope 81
witnessing this great work.
Only one individual of the party appear.
ed TO withhold his applause from our con-
versa.ion, he merely laughed now aud then
at our enthusiasm. This was Gazette, an
eccentric but an amiab!e man. He at
length broks silence, and said, with the. ut.
most gravity" Make yourselves easy
gentlemen, you will live to see this great
and sublime revolution which you 50 anxl.
ously desire. Yes. Irepeat that you will
live to see it." "Thas may be, rejoined
one of the company. man may moi be a
wizard to foreteH anything of that Sort
|fsAgreed but il requires more ,han com !
mon head TO know wha. is Go follow. Do
you know what will be The consequence of
this revelation, and what will become Of
you all during ii 20 "WeH, Let Us hear
them" said Condorcet, with sarcastic
smile. |" You M. de Condorcet, will die
in prison, and by poison, which you will
take to escape the hands Of the exeeu,ioner
SO great will be the happiness Of this revo-
iuiIouary ERA, tia, people will carry their
coses constantly with them in their Pock-
ets.'
langhter-"M Csao.te." said one of the
guests, ",his story which YOU have been
telling, is not near SO pleasing as yourDt-
able Amoreux Gan unconnm6ny entertain
ing novel by M. Cazos,e) But how do
GU come by prisons prisoners and eyecu-
TONERS? What have these 70 do with rea-
son aud philosophy" "'Tis in the very
name Of philosophy" answered Gazette,
Gin the name Of liberty and humanity, ,ha
reason will rule in the manner predict
il will be the express reign Of reason; tor
% her alone will affairs be cree ed through.
out all Franse, and the other temples will
b. shu, up" .'Upoo nay soul" interrupt
ed Chamtort, bursting into coutempia-
Gus laugh, "yoa will not be one OF the
priests that VIII perform the worship Of
reasop." '' hope not, but you, NJ. de
Chamfors, will be one of the mus; worthy,
Tor you VII; open your veins with razor,
out you will not die till several months sf.
seswards The company looked al each
oihers and The laughter became still louder.
You, M. de Veg dAzyr, will OPP q six
veins, one after the other, in a fl OF he
sout, ADD die the same night, A.for YOU
Messieurs Nicholai, Bailly and Male
sherbes, you will all three die on The scat
fo.d."
= Thank God" cried Roucter, &c ii ap-
pears as if the speaker was determined 10
wresk all his vengeance on the academy
he has dispatched the, acadrmciaDs in a
terrible way, but as am no. Of heir nun
Der. be will surely be merciful TO me "
5" You: no. you too, like the others. will
expire on the scaGold" "He mast have
coaspired." was now the universal cry, "to
extermioa,e Us altogether" "No, have
not,"--are we thea to be conquered by
the Turks and Taf.ars? and" By no
means; as have already said, you will
then live under the sway Of reason and
philosophy alone; those Of whom you
may expect SUCH treatment, are nothing
bu, philosophers, who, like yourselves,
will have nothing in their mouths but rea.
son and philosophy" The company now
whispered to each other. :. it is. plain that
he is a perfect foot he always tries 70 ap.
pear eccentric in his jokes /" That may
be-" said 'Chamfors, I" but this humorist
should be more cheerful; his stories smell
too strongly of the galIows. But, tell me,
Gazette, when are all these things to hap.
pen?" :" Scarcely SIX years will have
elapsed, before all that predic. will be &C.
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