Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-06-30
For the Alexandria Daily Gazette.

It has bat two frequently occurred that
real merit has been suffered to pine in in
digence Homer sung his productions about
the streets for living Savage, Dryden,
Otway and others, were always poor, while
their works have, and will afford delight and
pleasure to thousands.
An american genius has just arisensbid-
ding fair TO be an orat # of the first class
his ora,ions are not delivered like child
although but seven years old, he feels his
author-aad makes others teel-and throws
character into every thing he undertake.
indeed he has been applauded, 6 even 10
the very echo that did abb!and GSsazn. =
But is this substantial Must We drive
this youth, to seek for reward and culture
on other sbores-forbid it Amer!cans-che-
rish your con plants. This youth deserves
encouragement, he has talents, genius, and
extraordinary capacity. The natural pow
ers Of his mind are unconmonly great,
and his retention strong beyond belief.
To any person of classic literature he
cannot fail of exciting x'teme pleasure
we againrepeat be reciles not like a child,
but like aman-and some OF ms pieces could
not be excellrd bN any man, THIS is no by
nerbol Cal praise-'r is truth-anei what any
impartial cltic n,ust allow hin. We hope
thai as h n,er3ts, o be will rece1ve support
among people who have ever been kind 20
str.f g rs and who must feel a pride In the
encoul aqement of every vittuous pursuit.
FROM THE " T WING POST.
Democratic nezOsbapefs.--Ihe Aurora
and other leading democratic papers are
daily filed with the mosr abusive paragraphs
against Great Britain, and the lowest sour,
rilitv against her chief magistrate. As a
specimen of this take the following extract
from that paper into which 1t was copied
from another democratic paper Ia Ken
lucky.
1--WE only desire the administration to
treat with Britain as they wou.c! with the
pirates Of Barbory. AS any PrudeM citizen
would treat with any william who plunliered
and robbed and attempted to MURDER MIN,
but who from necessity and Interest d, WITH
a view of completing the destruction 81 thai
citizen, and not on rhe cloak OF hypocrisy or
the mask Of honesty"
AS another specimen of the language OF
these jacobins, take the following from the
Baltimore Wig.
"Ifwe could forget the name OF Enc
LAND, we might forget the crimes with
which it is Observation-Disclosures, murder,
piracies. sc. &c"
Now submit it to the consideration OF
all sober, rejecting msn, OF whatever party
whether this is the language to be used at a
moment when the two countries are ABOUT
adjusting all their differences, new and Old,
by q treaty.
c Ont at last. "-The democratic editors
have forbore their attacks on MIR. MadI-
son as long as they possibly could divided
between their hopes Of his coming BACK and
their fears of losing him for ever bat they
can keep quiet no longer. lake the follow
ing extract from the Aurora OF this morn
ing. .
6 We this day give the message OF the
President Of shs 10th instant, to both houses
OF Cong ess and in this we see only nez0
trick Of the old game. Can this stulptd a.
plomanc s9phistry deceive any man IS
there man in the country such anideot as
to be imposed upon BY II :"
EXTRACT.
The word of God contains invaluable
treasures that can never be exhausted. 1t