Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-01

& disinterested citizen may be permitted TO
] hone. that it will rise on tire fatlowed spot
where the apes of the hero Ecss. icpose, that
that portion OF Mount Vernon, viii at sdmc
period become the properly OF the nation
I nd be thus preserved IRON any ssiasant posi-
!. billy of failing into q weak 81 degenerate
han d. & To that classic spot o., liberty ier pi.-
grim yotaries shall repair from every quarter
( Of the globe J; and the patriot shall rsceiye
| his fondest inspirations IN It's hasianeholy
! grases-The Aag of our glory ard power
Shall be abased AN sai.iHg to the metropolis by
the solemn scene; aad It's ihunder slssit sx.
press tie grief and gratitude os america.
{ Time, that casts into blision all ordinary
beings and actions, wAl only add to the I'm.
Observation-Disclosures Of Wasiingtea,s rephtation
by comparing him with his successors anu by
snc,eStua,;l.:.. the blessings lie established In
the as,,gfse OF its nnmerohs &c Yo .tt,ons, II las
neyersuisplayed a character III Which 50 r,say
great qualities were coulbiued witAst, 1sA ins.
.perfections, and ii. may he considered as Is
highest eulogisssl, that his merits. csnbe lei.
|, ter exhibited by examining tie desaeIions OF
malice and e,iYyi than by lepcafs.rg tie prais.
es Of panegyYists III ,hus.it has been saic that
Washing ion was, by nature. ood and unfeei.
ing, tisathis nelitwssy O! aTegstise hind, ard
rather insiorbeafansc than. III action But Can
it be asserted that lie was destitute Of shcc
tons, when numerous instatceseof tlo forge
ofhis feelings and passi,.es,, when the warm
attachment mutually subsisl.,g betwcep l;ir.~- !.
self and l,n army, may. be resyneeteG by Ill
Whit be pretended that hs was a negative
character, when SO many positive proofs r.
his active abilities ala, zeal can lie sEevn ca
every side? .Sa.i}l polite reserve over lis
sentiments and feelings, @bi.e placed in "a
situation requiring the Utmost ei.cA,pspec-
ton, be'interpreted iptos reoroseasss q ten
per A foe viii cpnlponly t,etract flpIn
the virtues CT lis. .eorgueror; the sGeiected :
subject Of "a menarch. will aIxasss regard with
jealousy the character of a i.ii minded re-
publican and the man who has 10 peculiar
merit but in his fancy--no pleasure Int in
sensual indulgence, will naturally Ca, fisid
the sebriety of inco:rppible Yirtuc. 1t is rot
therefore astonishing that aIieen.ious poet Of
British coart That an uEgrateiul guest Of
American hospitality, who cauId ;fni ilotlirg
in this country worthy of his praise, but tie
entertainments of British officers, and ar use
less society of Bellies Lettres Ltcrati, should,
amidst his vulgar abuse of the, people, define
tie character OF their father.
II has also beer said mat Easlinston qras not
IRAN Of ge,4ips; that hensh Possessed Of a
good Judgment and ec2sunma!c. hrudence, yet
he uas Gesttaie Of e1ery entey7in5zing eualiie,
ard every brilliant yfacnlfy Of the n,ind But
s.ch an observation, even u correct, 7rouia tie
no asher.ioa on die character. Search tie hia.
tory Of his country and his Hft; eramine me
difficulties and dSahfioisfments he had to tn-
eouater IN his military career, and thru dec1de
s:.efiier any of7forf;taties scerc Afforded him fer
the ierfornance Of any splendid ertiost and
sa1ether TIE i0saeSas.d aftences sustained 6ythe
enemy do not arope the toticy Of his eenducte
EZtiity, zvaitA Is lie foundation Of 7soral obHga-
ton, IS also he enly just criterion By Which la
tents can zoe Gt,a-eciated That br1lhaacy Of
mind, (which So genera4yattracfs me admiration
Of The vu1sar, is rarely seaUica6le either TO the
,.vo,ld or to the Being so ricls endcaved; and
its rash and irregular. eeerAons, both in The CO.
6lnet and Tie field, are. oniy calculated, in the
.svos,ds Of thefoek
$50 point a moral or adorn. a tale"
Bat the benefits conteyred BY Harrington onAis
country shall attract fhe lane ana. admiration qf
mankind, zuhfn both The cautious satgre # his
enemies and The feeble fsraiseS fins hanesyrists
are alike silenced IN the dist In ages yer M
born, his name, IKE the Aabaauns q Constantine,
shall tredict q certain viefory TO The chamsiono Of
freedom /; and his eaamtlie, like the ashes fix
IAuair, shall raise some kindred st't'7t 10 eng
late his airlues5: Poetry sml,e.er decorate. his
ne,.. orr sv,th her sgveetest GREATS end fape
zuU s1l,ead, 10 every quarter Ct The glc6e, me
stlender Of his actiors.: In tie te'hles which
history spiR erect to The glory Of .9oe,ica, The
figure Of the hero shall oeeufy the most lom-
handing STATEN The altar, avhich his hand had
raised 10 the liberty Of his ceantry, shall blaze
Jorever high, and illuminate Inc most distant
scene and eDery shark Of feeling IN iAe bosom