Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-16

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linc itself by the -Irurderaof myriads of
It's citizens. While thus weltering in its
own blood and seemingly in its last aga1ies,
we have seen it spring forward in the pa
roxisms of rage, bearing down all before 1t
with irresistible might, binding the sur
rounding ntaions in letters, and spreading
havoc and ruin far and wide.
We have seen young man OF no name
or family, an adventurer, foreigner, who
had fed upon the bread Of public charity
we have seen him step forward, puthis biss'
IN the mouth of this furious nation, scourge
it4with his whip and goad it with his spurs.
| We have seen thirty millions of people, who
generally, neither feared God nor regarded
man, who had spurned all laws divine and
human we have seen them, one and all,
bend their necks to the yoke OF this usurp-
er. Wehayc seen them, all as one man,
become the tools of bis ambition,a mighty
engine in his hands, that has been welded
by him hither and thither at his pleasure.
Like the lie Goat IN the Prophet Daniel
that touched not the ground as ne went'
we have seen this modern Alexander NOV
ing in his career Of victory with astonishing
rapidly, shaking the pillars Of every 60
vernment within his reach, 'overturnlng
thrones at single blow, putting down and
setting up kings, and still adding nation at
ter nation to the train of his conquests.-----
We have seen moreover series OF Incl
dents remarkably tending, from flrstto last,
TO promote his views. All this we have
seen already; and what willbe the next act
in the elrama,or what its catastrophe, omnls-
cience alone can fortel.
eM1he kingdom is the lords, and ne is
the governor among the nations. He
stitch upon the circuit Of sthe Heavens"
and q darkness is under his feet" Divine
Providence rules and overrules the affairs
both of nations and of individuals and a.
midst the commissions, the confusions, and
the changes in Europe, it constantlyn,arch'
es forv ard with .unerring wisdom toward
the accomplishment Of i,shnal purposes.-
Yet, while we acknowledge with awe, the
dispensations of Divine Providence !" in
staining the pride IF human glory and bring
! ing into contempt the honorable of the
earth - also while we entertain firm be-
lief that it will be so ordered by the Dispos'
er Of all events, that good will finally grow
out of this state of things--we do, in the
mean time. not the less detest the instru-
ments of cruelty that are filling the earth
with vie.ence and with blood. They IS mean
/ not so,- nYither-do theis hearts think so.''
Their aim is not final good or indeed any
i good to mankind, but to advance their own
ambitious views and to crafty their cruel
dispositions. And they are to be resisted
on the same principle tfatwe would resist
and destroy robber, an assassin, who
should attempt to plumber US of our proper
ty and to murder Our wives and our chill
dren. Napoleon's fall may be as sudden as
his elevation; or if, for the wise and holy
purposes of Divine Providence: his pow
er should be continued and not farther en-
larged, there is still power above, that
has fixed his bounds which he cannot pass
pswer that never wanting eventually,
to those who duly con6dc in it, and are not
wanting to themselves.
The signs oftke times" are truly aw-
full. The tempest grows louder and yet
louder; and in this alarming juncture, it
behoves us to bethink ourselves of our own
safety. Placed as we are at a great dis
lance from the theatre of general uproar
and carnage, and kept, as yet, out of the
vortex, we are in this respect in an envia-
Bile situation situation which we ought
to contemplase.not without lively gratitude
TO the Governor of the Universe, nor with
out heartfelt compassion for our suffering
fellow beings. Never had ia nation more
means of happiness, more urgent calls for
patriotism, more frequent or more solemn
warnings against internal divisions and dis
sentions; yetwe turn deaf ear. Instead
of uniting like band eff brothers to ward
off the hloW.thaf threatrrss :sls we are i.ut