Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-27


been found inadequate and to quad a as,s
life frem the asssssin's dagger, a better so,sIa
than innocence is necessary. The exis,en.4
OF these evils gave rise to the social conp,s
and their continuing to exist at this sar :
ssich alarming prevalence, gives the lie )"
all the visionary theories of atheistical ""
sophy On the he95ectadiity efnl1n, andt y
fishes the truth Of the Divine record, III, H.
nature is depraved, ard his /" heart lecei,f,
above all things, and desperately wicked"
In the heH1ieol world not less than tie ~.
raj, does this same spirit mamie st itself. In.
deed We are disposed to believe thu, Le.e i,
exertions are more unlicensed; for MANY Of
those WHO consider the belief in one or
twenty Gods,'' a harmless choi,e, Lessne.
forsooth, 6 it neither breaks ones legs, 10,
picks ones pocket" 90 not feel this ieets
cold restraint upon either their faith On py.c
tice. in political concerns. Here, I lie end
justices the deed,'' is the short, but ccrpr'
hensiye creed CT modern democrats. hi,
was the sanguinary motto OF the Girondes
the Jacobins. and the Mountain in Franz.
and with this bosom Of destruction bar.
they blotted out Of being every thing that Wa,
good or great within the sphere of their dead
ly influence. Marshalled under this bsnDc,
all the passions which make man devil bsd
their assignments, and they have been iesa.
ed--pampercd--surfeited with miseres I'M.
defined, and wretchedness uaimagincd.
The ssme. causes which have protluccl
.~su.h enorrnities in France, are Operating >.
mong US, though thanks to local circums;su.
ces, with less violence-Stiilt the people OUGHT
to be cautioned and kept on their guard. 1bey
ought oftento call up in review the fast, with
its dircful scenes, and to catechse them fnb.
fully, with reference to present and future p.
vents.
As nation we can become politically visa
in no other way for with little variation fbe
same principles, causes and effects which
have been developed in the rise and fall of
ether nations will mark or own SPLENDID f5n.
,isa TO the srave.
We have been led into these rema ks ~
having witnessed so often Of late, tic wicked
depravity of many of our democratic editors.
and others, in supprcsssns TIE truth, and
circulating the most daring and iniamous
falsehcods. Foremost in the long black cata.
logue stands the charge OF the federslists be.
ing toaies, n,oauehists, British tart'-cas, &c.
iris is a convenient weapon, besure, at all
times and in the hands of such worthless as
Duane, Cheetham, Barber and Co. and the
like, cannot fail to do wonders. II needs 10
foreign aid of argument or proof, & CT course
is never accompanied with any. A bold, in
,pudent repetition is all they need (; strange
as It may seem, this yile, detestabie mode Of
libelling the heroes Of orr revolution and Ike
real patriots Of our country, from the tongues
and presses of sex of foreign renegadoes,
has had the effect in some measure 10 attach
on odium to the very name, Jfdera! il
you demand the kroy, they cry, Tories !!
l}3oaarcaists
Ifyou call Particulars TO be specified, you
call npon duu'5 oracle which Can Only re-
echo Tories Monarchists Nov, although
these JacobiH pruhigates know perfectly well
that this charge has neither truth nor color to
support it, and when pressed on the subject
have not word to answer yet, the enaju-
rites the deed and they, like " the dog to MS
vomi.," return again to their lying and de-
ctit.
We viii Tot stop to demonstrate Nith thos'
unprincipIed foreigners who have colre hitn.
Ell to manage our political affairs for Us, ana
to enlightcn us with the patriotism OF English
mobs-- Irish insurgents, and French n'orail'
ty; from these, our expectations have ho!
been disappointed But there are those o,
monsst US, wholly tirth, are Americans aIc
who seem ambitious Of sharing With them t.'
injamous distinction CT slanderlpg theIr poH",
Cal fathers and bene factors. the woftiieS q
our republic-the salt Of our laid
We would ask the gise, the honfsl eoi'of q
the albany Register, if he, an American
feels no shame ---Ho remorse CT conscience
f: the liberal calunaDies which re has hear'
ed, on the leading federalists, in MS l'a ?''
per, and, indeed, in almost every paper y"