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

dannerto the pilot, only il the awful 4 frnitiefs
hour of his fhipwreck. Education, on the other
hand, by diauGng, far and wide, its conftant
and trapquil light, warns him OF that danger,
before it arrives.
The tribunals Of juaice expound the law to
the trembling culprit, only when about 70 pros
nounce on him, their fearful fentence. Ednca.
sion, by intillng the fpifit of the laws into his
infant mind, hetorc it has contracted the Rain Of
guilt, prcferves his innocence.
Legislators Of America initiate the benehcent
example Of Warrington! Along Gde of the ya&
dungeons which you have built to incarcerate
your fellow men, erect humble fchools tor ,heir
.inarueiion. Let the ipiIes of academies and
olleges eniiven the gloom of your BATTLES. At
tract to your laws, the generous homage of viz
they are calculated to inipire the guilty and the
ignorant. Dungeons, whips, and gibbets ara
the degrading Insignia Of despoiilm-- At moff,
they can only punilh. /, is education, national
education alone, that can prevent crimes. At
tack them in their fource, purify the fountain
and the frcam will be clear. Enl;ghten the minds
Of the riGng generation. Unfold to them the love.
Inefs of virtue, 70 often cloaded by prejudice and
habit Your code abounds witsIaws which project
the property OF the citizen. bow few have on
hitherto enacted 60 pfeiersc h!s innocence. You
wifsly encourage the culture of tie foil from
which a!sfgc portion of the people are sof necef.
fly eycludct, by fearing its traits to their legal
proprietor, but You have neglected common
foil, far mote worthy Of your care, the Human
mind. Inu have laboufrd &c iaeid the mere
y
LEAVING If 10 tie tind inpAr OF p4fion, you
have d,.on;et rim 70 IF dt!tfuaion. Would you
b,a;lh id!eneis, TIC pa.en, OF 70 many yicesf-
Make abcur, the natural duty OF man ia The
furce OF lis labGasnce, iefpettsble, by early IN.
lasing habits CT indu&ty, among the child.
rem OF The poor. Would you chei;a, among
thole, who have LEAR ia1esett in the inaitutions
offociety, a love for their coun.ryf Enable them
to regard her, as a common parent. Let the
republic dilchargc towards her children, the duty
of moitler, and Che will receive frsn, them, f.
liaI obedience and affection. Genus is not par
tial to wealth or aneeaty, in the dia,sution OF
her favors. From the nunbe. OF rhoie unsoTtuo
nate children whom you You'll aeopt might afite.
What do FAY! perhaps, from shcfe children of
Wahiog,on, may aSl:, passiotifn as pure,
w!idom as profound, and courage as daunifin
as iafpited Wshingtoa flimIef. All! Is it not,
here, that fmp!e aiimcnt invigorates the body,
health qaieksns the pu!fe, and genius, urged BY
necefity, preaes with unccafng effort, along
the ardueus afcent to famcs OF rhe poets, the
orators, the iatcsmen, the herass and phllofo-
piers, WHO have delighted, inaruded, and adorn-
ed the world, how many, in every age, have
fPrung from the hardy fchooI Of adverEty! AS If
to confouad prefumptasus wealth, it is TO fuch
men, thas nation chiefly owes, its glory.
-Cheer up, then, my young frieads, and let
U, join our prayers to that omnipotens being, in
whole temple We are aftmbled, tia. be may be
plcafed, in his infinite mercy, to draw from the
inexhsuaiblc trealores Of his providence, future
Wathing,ons. to perlea the plans of him whoie
birth We commemorate, Whole life We hsnOur,
and whole principles W. ardently .cherifh.