Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-01

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olson down 70 Winkelmsn. T' ma
me right, ny jus: and generous st,s ;'.s
Jndge not my poem as a work &c n ,'''@
eannot Judge il nor class it. nor o,'E
II IN tia, respect becouse !, is nv 0's
htoz9 Il is rno's! work can ;,, "
care Pfonolnee rrcn its tendency, y
7hciai 1T, ct uron every candid NM; Nv
am eenhdsn Gu viii yet JOIN NE !,
mon. out lei NE rereat my PRAYER Ill., h.
Will rot mist:Ie ,he Spirit Of tic = -.
tion. Il is hor from vanity that ' ss.,
my book is not work Of genius h ' 50
inns in it are not ny own thew -, ~ Na
they arc those Of good men tia, Lsv! Wv
before Us both thy are drawn from ~ N
gospel, tFcn history, frcm the pnl." 1
volume q moral naiure trcm lhf wv,
soce and tie lnsApeTltntc Of unhappy ~,
IN his various struggles a:tsr happ irt %''
from all his errors and all his OBJ iects n !,
Social state. Esy Only resle lies in pm;
them together with fidelity. Nv v So'S
only transcript Of the tablet OF nv r,;n1
imprest with these images as thew r,,, ~.
fore it.
You will see that l have nothing IN J.
with the unbelicvers who have attacked X
christian system either before the Fr,n,I
revolution, or during or since that monn
ncntai period. l am not one Of them ",
say | resemble them not in any ,hinr els,
you viii now add that resemble them M,
in this.
So Ear as you have discovered cause 4
the failure OF that revolution il the renuD..
alton Of the christian faith, by these VII,
held, III stormy quick succession, the rem,
tyour government, thank yo1 for he
discovery. was in want Of more caus.
than | had yet perceived, to account f,I
the unhappy catastrophe Of that sicaa::
struggle OF AL the virtues against al, The Vi.
ces that political society has Known. leu
have discovered q cause TT; there is such
thing in logic as the Cause Of cause.
have thought, bat perhaps it is an error,
that the reason why the minds of,hr Frcnh
people took the turn they Old, on the break
ing out Of the revolution, WIS to Be found
in the complicated cercmonjals of their wcI.
ship, and what YOU yourself would tern
the non-essertials Of their rslIgIoa.
The reasonable limits OF letter will nj.
allow me to Go justice to this idea. Iogn
it the proper deve!opement would lsfan:
FIVE times the volume that l shall give pl
the present communication. The lDEtmc'
rable varieties of pomp and crcuo'!an:
which the discipline of the church had IT.
culca;ed and enjoined, became 50 ,'ac0Tpe,
rated with The vital principles OF lA'A anu
practice and these eXterlors "Sfc over
loaded with abuses 70 such Degree nf'
to discriminate and take them down, WIN
out iniuring the system, required a nsS'
eve than tie people can possess, a S'Fao',
hand than can comport viih the hu'"''I
movement Of a great revo'nnon.
The scafoliing Of your church. perm,
me to say il, had so enclosed PyF'c'I'~
overlooked and underPropt the bIId"5
that we could not be surprised, tho, s'''Y
prieyed, to see the reiormer lay h'S 0'n1'
ike blind Sampson, to the great sa's!a1'
tial pillars, heave and overturn the Tln'
encunhered edfce together, and bury mN
self in the ruins. Why did they MAKE
goddess of reason? Why erect ;iarI:
A mass of dead matter i'r "n ,s
energetic principle Have 'he couras.'|,
good friend, to answer these Guss''V", ~,
You know it was for the same cause 'Ir
the people of Moses made their s"la, n,er;,l
The calf Apis had from tine 'n'''S' ~.r.
become god in Egypt. The peof s,. "l
in the habit of seeing sheir divine p,' .S no
in that substantial boval iorn' El1l s, II,
horns, four legs, and a tail; and 'n.i ' ,.e;.
was SO Intervene in the texture 9. . n,S
mind as 70 become part of the '''t' sso.
man. The privstions incident % aor ca.
nation subjected them 10 !, 'n" r.rrs