Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-28
! Whom WASHINGTON, our pride and glo-

Till Heaven propitious, did our efforts crown,
With freedom, commerce plenty and reiloNh IS
when Shall this land, some courteous an
gel say,
Throw off a weak and erring rulers sway
Rise iniiul d people, yindicate your cause Is
And prove your love Of liberty anu laws
oh wrest, sole refuge Of sinking lana,
The sceptre from the slave imbeclle hano
Oh meier consent, obsequious, to advance
The willing yassalsof inperious France.
Correct that suffrage you lnisusu oeIo,c'
And Lift your voice above q Congress foats
s But vain are reason. etoquence and art,
And win the warm ffMsions Of the heart.
Ey'ns while j sing, see faction urge her Claim,
Mislead with falsehood, and with zeal lntiam i
Lift her broad banner, spread her empire
wide,
And stalk triumphant, with fury's stride.
She blows her brazen trunp, s at the sound,
A motley throng obedient flock around
"A mist of changing hue, DER all, she flngs'
And darkness perches OH her dragon wings!
4 AS Johnson deep, as Addison rehn'd,
And skill'd 10 pour conviction DER the mind,
oh might some Patriot rise, the gloom dis
pei,
Chase errors u,ist, s bre ak her magic spell!
But yain.fhe wish, for harh the murniur-
ing need,
OF hoarse applause. from yonder she'd pro-
coed !:
Ere-r, and view the sthropging coaeoarse
there,
Intent; with gaping mouth, and Stupid stare,
While in the midst their supple leaoer stands
Harang,les aloud and Rou.ishes his hands;
To adaIation tunes his servile throat,
and sues, successful, for each blockheaa
vote.
70 Oh, were made ruler in the land,
Your rights no man can better understand;
For the dear people, hoy my bowels yeafh ! Z
That such may govern, be your Chief con-
Germ;
Then federal.tyranny shall fee away,
And mild democracy confirm her sway.
The powerful influence of the knave's address,
In capers drolI the foolish dupes confess,
With horrid shouts the 5afrighted skyls rent,
And high In AIR their tatter'd hats are sent.
But should truth shine, distingaishingly
bright,
AID lay his fassehoods naked TO the sight
he Tries new arts to blind their wiling eyes,
Feeds with new batteries, hammers out new
lies:
Exerts his influence. urges an his weight
To blast the laurels of the good~and great;
TIL reconfrln'eI, the FOOLS uphold him still.
Their creed his aictun, and thei: law his will
Now morning rises, borne or golden wings,
And fresh TO toll the waking .postboy springs;
.Lo, trudging Oh his raw-hon'd steed, he HES,
Dispensing Suns. am. Chronicles, and Spys;
Men uniniorm'd in rage for something new,
.Howe'er unprincipled- howe'er untrue,
Suck in with greedy throat, thc giided pill,
Whose fatal sweetness pleases batto kill.
Wide, and more vide, the dire con,agion
flies,
Till bali the towns overwhelm' d with lies
Hence that delusion, hence that furious zeal,
Which wrong heads cherish, ane! which hot
heads feel.
In vain Italia boasts her genial cline,
Her Rome's prouf tow'rs, and palaces sub
llms;
In.vain the hardy Swiss, inus'd to toll,
Draw scant fubsistence frem stubborn sol!
Both doom'd alike, to feel, in evil hoar,
The giant grasp of huge despotic power.
Touch not their shores, fair freedom is not
there,
But far remote, she. breaches Co.un,bisr air
Yet here her temple toners to Us fall
Our rulers bowling to aaaaeiou5 Gaul
oh, let not rratirg History prcsisim
1 he foul disgrace, tie seancai TO Our narte~.