Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-14

II that magnitude, PERHAPS, that one DFsss''>
g exclamation would evaporate It /: ne 1''s'
Informs :, himself whether this ne'shoof
a,onld occ,st a chas7enge-6nding that bis
nr,nc;ples do not allow him to f'.Fe WIN
IMMORTAL THINGS, he strides on,
apparently /. big with the fate ct Rome :;
and in a most public and clustering manner
hr;n,s ! pair Of weapons, and offers one 70
h,s ns;phbor, in the street, with vollies OF
;ncoherent ga.conade; which, OF course
.accofamg to his Just calculation, brings a.
.bont them a sufficient number OF good ci-
tizens to stop any further operations. ms
is the safest way Of acquiring glory as a
Duellist; there is no possible danger IN
M;, mode the only disagreeable thing at
tending it is, that the public unfortunately
have dis,ernment enough to see through the
whole plot. and the shallow ass, tor pre-.
Stunning to palm it on them tor genuine
eyinees so palpably his want OF sense, that
he becomes the butt, the sbort and pity OF
all who know him!
After sincerely craving pardon OF the
grave reader for the levitv which deemed
almost indispensable in the description OF
some of these 6 lads of metal" will make
some remarks on the practice OF duelllng
peneraHu. The determined votary to this
kind Of chivairy has mid aPpellatlons when
he is called desperate and mailman =
We intitle the gan,ester to these, who ven
turcs all he has in this worM to the issue OF
single chance; but what comparison does
he bear to him, who, with, the most studl.
ed indifference to the amazing value Of the
stake, throws up his interest in this zUorla
and that which is TO COME Not the
small dust of the balance! The loser here
may retrieve his fortunes at a future day
but him who is discomftted in that game
necer retrieves! He goes where there is 10
zvork, nor decice, NOR RETRIEVING
1T impossible that man of this stamp,
ever sat down, and seriously counted The
cost, according to the understanding that he
Possessed whether h~ bv Christian, d
Deist, or Gf there is such creature) an
Atheist; as in either case there is such an
INFINITE DISPARITY in the object sought,
and the risque Of seeking it Is he confirm.
ed in his belief of divine revelation? Then,
sent out of life in his ozvn 1vay, he iatrmaes
himsel nncalled, a 7Uanton offender Of one
fits severest laws contemptuously giving
up his talent that he hal buried and virtu.
ally saying, there thou hast that is thine, y
a useless donation for which / thank thee
not!
Is he a Deists Then he having 6rustrat-
ed the great design of his creation-Aying
In the very teeth Of every reasonable con-
ceptlon he can form of the Divine Attri-
butte, and evincing an aggrapating disre-
gard OF the first great act of beniGeence to
man is, most clearly, meet for his utmost
displeasure Is he an Atheist? He ex-
changes certainty Of life, which produces,
by the acknowledgment of the most cavilling
misanthrope, in its cheqaered vicissisudes,
some pleasant incidents, some fair prospects
-verral springs-interesting meanders-
happy consummations-somethine, along
the road, that prevents him from crying
"aA IS barren" he exchanges this for an
uncertainty and, to put the best face on II