Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-10-17

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ON TIVE
| lsas51ecg q aae ensuing Presidents 5aaesa0A
fcuNcLyDEn.a
Friends. counsrynnen, and Yellow &asnas-
fssar,x. ponlier well these taslngs. faa !aa@s
m,any 5 reasons for regarding the 'senretsy
of State :as an arnbeheTere 3,osa aas:e no
rexson TO regard him an 1ssristsan. tae
s,as new er :shtvn YOU has fstitA 1s his zppyEs'
NO. nor by ms Professions elthers SO that
,yn, may presume, without sancaaritahie-
! r,.s, thar il doe. not exist. Nay he pro-
a,,;3,sly would nat thank you for allowing a1sa
any credit on the score of sasrrplesh,p TO a
.vsters. belief in which he considers as IA
instance of great iinbeciaty OF ralaa.S 90
far from wishing TO be esteemed a heAese "a 10
thissgstesn, he laay possibly yasie sza1ase IN
soaring above :ssach wnlgar Prs9Juelaces, s'aas
wssth othes sublime xpecssasus o'n mas, peg
ceiive such degree of ,psr;a sctiashty an s,ss
nazua as STAY ensuue his happiness ssoth-
nut ss,v aseaaersaaoe SO another WORLD.
syho hit sauss sraiile, if sach nsn there 3se =
gNhe Wound nut weep, il Makilscn we're 9e
Weep indeed, with tears Of blood, should
we see Che supreme executive power. OF 2
christian nation vested m a nlssa, who pro
bafay conceixes Christianity with all ITS doc
times and sanctions to be nothing fncre 1ks'1
a ezsna,arsy de-uised SG5ts, or ,sonietnng sill
more dospicable3 O. that ! possessed a
voice that could speak in ahnnder faoln
Maine 70 Gro1,5ia, anG echo through AID oiif
borders the awful injunction
Di<cate iastslia1n rrrouad, et non trnaraere
Dives. ~f-Nrga
Fun soleu,niy indeed are we warned 70 .
this national duty. The further eve extend
oar researches, s,oGtica1, or historical, tie
les. do we Gnd airy thing, whach. IN go
nerswae1ats and states, aSaa IN the rerclat1-
ons of Governments, is absolutely ncz0 IN
kiraa. bat in degree, aseza beyond eo'nTpars-
son. The inSdelity and qnotancnesa o1 ne
sea1targ rulers do not always aarolFe the
guilt, or carry with them the Tun1saEn'sllt
OF Motions. As the people DO not concur II
ttselr elevation, SO aeither DO they always
partake IN their crimes. Whole FroaiSatS
dvnasties iaaye been swept away without asly
material disadvantage 10 the people at large.
TIE expulsion Of the Stewayts proved 4 Sig
nal blessing TO Great Britain asld li-s'ia1la.
BH tais IS not the case with -Ame1gcas A he
SINS of her rulers viii be visited uPor tlrelr
constituents: upon those who deliberately e.
ti1er nsesEatejy or immediately, invest them
with the execution Of. the laws, ana thus
constitule theap the delegates OF Heaven up
on earth. What an awful responsibility IS
this !? and il ii be disregatded by processing
Christians, can they DC SURPRISED, Il they
do nor find mercy 10 this dag OF wrath. nor
ror ard convulsion Let assy dispasslcnate
observer contemplate the national spear
ances OF the present naoment, the ciose OF
the eight years of Mr. Iesfersoa's elevation.
Let him look stedfastly at the signs the
tiasrs, and say whether they dc not porrend
disasters Of no couln1on magnitude; whe-
tker the warnings of the Lord az rsos abroad
IN the land. 30 caution this Racst favored
nation against the repetition OF an cfence,
which GA slae score of inaSlvertenCc and par
tlal ignorance he IS pleased. tor once, per
haps TO overlook. Another Deliberate choice
OF an nlabelies,iRg president, may very pro
badly Ell up the measure of oar guilt, and
shes the storm which is lowering over the
country will burst s1Er,n it with desolsting
rioaailce, which no mortal power can arrest
e Bodies of ncn, says an animated Christi
an writea4 8 are punishable IN tials world en-
fr. Ineteraity thereasen no families, churches
CT nations. If, therefore, a country IS 10 be
destroyed, It is tried, and condemned, and
executed here below. When we see an IN
dsvldnal signaer prospecting IA the world, and
ro% imsn ereiatelv rY,nishea- en,r faith is not