Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-25
- hack on America. She

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r.a'i0a 3 3 asserting the cause Of freedom ;,
nauiiy o. o,. -; her purity, Of rearing a
shous, 'l a. .pa.,, durable fabric, whsrs
iaf ana, ana, " oss.ion has 50 often spread q
licsnlieog1s nd : drsary wilderness.
hshi,u1' =. -as .earch in history for merit sa-
Shall W. h;.s Shall We open the fables
pcri0f . 'l;.r and darker ages ofshe world,
ofihs sa = he more enlightened annals OF
Ortarn . IN modern nations The legends
ancient .1o T have faueied no nero
Of ~ s1aiFP'.--They proclaim the impetuo,
50 iau \. passions, and the weakness
. 'AS ,, ~ Of human reason. Eyen fla-
ans slsu IN * conducts Us from the gloom
sa y ,, S within the cultivated Dor
81 Dl pNssnement, entersains US with lt'tle
d'f' :. The ,he struggles ofambi'ioO, and the
! sl l ma Of vain glory. The menumea's
T ,a1l a,ioeiua heroes, are erected on the
-'ia sti Pl, ashes Of villages aud cities; on
'lo S..oI,rion Of provinces aud sile ruins Of
ibscss s. Here we behold Csssar' who
snPas.. 10 tbe bosom of the state which
allst 49, - sIs infancy with tenderness, and
s in.rs.s Il. maturity with houor, devlses
cow 8, ne conquest of the world or an
p sa-' u who having conquered IT,.
Ass Z. -.,iuq, of his ambition, signs for
y W - .nbdue.--Are we called up.
'l'.a'. .dm;re virtue? lis ID a Cato,
t..sI + sinking under misfortune, and bury
;ss' Z his owa, grave the last hope OF
=. = .n,ntrv ,ris 10 Brutus who in
= effort Of, despair ,urns against ms
'vo bosoa, the avensins sword winch
haven had Lent him to destroy tyrant.
How unlike their virtue was that OF
Washington, appeal to you. ye gallant
,ddi.r,. who, 10 the fearful distress OF war,
s,,vf from his mistaken constancy, your
H., r.liaace! Like Eparninondas and
P.Io,idas, he had the glory OF rescuing
.bi, country FROM the grasp OF tyranny.
Possessed Of superior wisdom, ne pre-
served, what his valor had acquired -
Th.bss Tell, as he had risen. with her
brave defenders. The liberty ct America
survives her champion, bur that iife she
owes to his councils and his influence. -
Yes, my audience, the advice and the lame
|OfWashingson preserved -us from disunlon
land iguomluy withstood the overbearing
.0Quence Of so many orators, aud raahed
| that costi,unon ofgoyerument now indeed
become the pride and boast OF Ame.l-
| ca, but which, at It's adoption, was viewed
through the false aud Jealous mediums OF
pecOuceived theories, of localand clash
ing interests.
America had scarcely time to form her
Rev Institutions, intended to correct the
srorsand supply the defects OF the cenfe'
t''adOn which conducted her through the
Revolution, and to place her illusuious
sala, at the head ofthem, before war OF
unprecedented extent, calamity, & horror,
fs'Esd In Europe. An administration,
scarcely organized FOR the purposes of IN
sas government asd tranquility, was,
4 cnce exposed, in ita external rela-
G0a',ie situation mere embarrassing
saaa war itself; neutrality towards our
4e'nsr friends and enemies. BY Persua.
sol BY intrigue, by threats and insults,
u'O'Ilgersnt powers, in this new contest,
'VuSat to make America s5andon a ueu,
a'NY' as necessary TO her, as il was sdi-
S1@ themselves. The most subtle OF
~, ~p's nations, placed in situation pecul'-
-! interesting to humanity, epdeayored
NJ. r0a ~ her generosity, and to identity
~ eaase with hers. Believing that
d; %a adherence to neutrality, if not of in.
r'nsaole necessity, was of inestlmasle
=: . the national credit, the infant arts,
m'lg commerce aud newly acquired
I,'y o. ms country, Washington opPos.
nv. Nv 'nslE efforts, all his strength. He was
B H.. r' -, The design, however, which had
cru. 'Ollsd In its direct attack, now sough,
|ni.; ,ss0Gs route to its object, by uader.
I,,,. N.Y. the Popularity of the illussrioas
.0a; vSlan who stood 10 its ways Here,
En- ss' was bafned. But twas not with
a Use Il afforded the genius of that