Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-31
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nEssRs EDITORS,

49,, oa Government and Liberty, by
81, I4ayas. a very sprsghsly aaa lpgs-
-, ,,,,,r, We walt MAINTAIN that sae
federa.,s.s. >yho.asc to me democrats =. shiy
as-14 70 162, oughs 70 be pei dnltlsd 70 d.
h. 20 selves 10 any tnnoce Mt and =. nan M
Lee o,aausf. iteeftainly issery harmless,
hsrsnse wuhout any effect, 70 laugh ana
.ra.s Df ,he iollles OF our political
80 The dali dolsncads, the cfassa ca ca
min Of sae democrats, are preol 10 sis
scy, h. II WIZ, aud The jasei'0s OF. SATIRE
90 siSsu,p, 20 reform them by Iidic taa
..ct,s blocks with razor. ne
.,sI.se,,,e derived from the Wit, the humor,
IA The farms. if DOT The substance, OF leS'
;saI -sssonias. containsd IN the ensuing OK.
tracts, will amply reward Inc pans q sfsas'
cribirg.
sss0, many absGrd principles, concern.
-. government and liberty, have OF late
bysn f,ssemlnased with unusnai iadusify !;
--,,c;sles as false as misehievoas, as IN.
eousisssnt with common sense as WIN al
human society that il seems necessary 1nat
,hev should not pass qnise unhouced, sspe-
eialIy as they require nothing more .ns0 20
be fairly stased, TO be retatrd.
.,-F,rst. then has all men are born e
o,.,. BIZ which proposition, If IT Is oaiy
meant, that al men are equaiIy oofn' thas
i ,ha, one llan is as uiaen born as aAo-
,ber. / shall not dispute IT'S trnsh nas 10
s,s,y = be, sepse i. is entirely ialae; for we
asijv see that some are born with beautiful
and healthy bodies. and some WIN frames
distorted, and flied with the most csploF.
able diseaecs; some Wiih minds ifaaSn
w;,b he sSeds of wisdom and genius O.
thers with those of leintisfn and madness
seme. "by The laws aad constitutions o.
their coustries," are born TO tae inherit
ance Of afIlaens fortunes anS distinguishes
honors; Others, TO alife Of pose'tT,labor,
and obseurisy. How these can DC sa'd 20
be bern equal, cannot comprehend II
by This pronosision is TO DC understood,
that. a, the tine of their birth, all nen are
possessed OF an equal share OF power,
wealth. wisdom and virtue; wasn they are
equally Incapable Of possessing any tnis
would be no less ridiculous, than TO assert
THAI al! men are born vi teeth OF the sans
lepgeh, when none of them are born Win
aay teeth at all. Bot, supposIog 'asy were
all born equal, woold this prove, what IS
always intended TO be proved by u, thas
they ought always to continue so 'ere eau
any argument be drawn from thence,
gaiast their future Inequality and' suboful-
nation Mussp no mac presume to &c SIX
feet high, because perhaps he was bofo
Of the saa,e size as anothsr, who is now
but four? Must no mau assume power .
yer another, beeause they were bern equal,
tha, is, because a, ;heir birth they were
bath incapable OF exercising aoy power
whateger? Thus. We see ths ra.gh!Y argn.
ment, drawn from she supposed natural {.
quality Of mankind, by which all powers
and p.incipa!ities are threatened to be Q.
vestarown, is entirely false, and if true,
is nothiogs;o the purpose tor which it has
been SO often and so poglpously introduce
ed.
Secondly all men are born free.
This is so far from Being true, that the
first infringement of this liberty is being
born at all; which is imposed upon them,
wi,houttheir consent, given either by theu'.
selves or their representatives and it may
easily be shewn, tia. man, by the conssi-
tuition of his nature, never subsists free
and independent, being, from the first 20
the last moment of his residence On this
terrestrial glode: where, during the first
nine months of his exis!eace, he is cenhn-
ed in dark and sul,ry prison, debarred
from light and air I'LL, at length, by an
habeas corpus. broughs by the hand ofsome
kind deliverer, he is Sc: at liberty: bur
wha, kind Of liberty does he then enjoy?
lie is bound hand and foot, and fed upon
bread and water, for as long period no
anoner Is he nnbonnd that be makes sohad