Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-05-22

IONS,
Had never been known in the hiped do
rninions IF,s~sns Js~,.Ail
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SOLEMN REFLECTIONS.
show futile are all our edsrss to evade the
celebrating hand Of time As ! travelled the
dreary waftes of Egypt, on my journey to
Grand. Cairo, topped my camel for while,
and contemplated in awful admiration. the ftu-
pendaoas pyramids An appalling llenes
prevailed around-fuch as reigns in the will
dernefs when the tsmpeA is hufhed, and the
beats of prey have retired to their dens The
myriad. that had once been employed in rear
log ihefe lofty mementos Of human vanity.
Whole 5ufy hum once enlivened the fobtnds
Of the delcrt, had ali been f~ept from the
earth by the irrehftibe arm of desth-all
were mingled with their native dua-ali were
forgotten Even the mighty names which
thefe lepule:.er, were de6gned to perpesHxses
had long lnee faded from remembrance
hfiory and tradition afforded bur vague con-
lectures. and the pyramids impaired hunIli-
a,pg Ieaon to the card'da,e for immortality.
Alas! alas faie to mylsif, how mutabls
are the foundations on which our proude!f
hopes of future fame are repofed. He who
imaginss he has fecured TO himfelf the need Of
deathIefs renown. indaIges in deiuding vifons.
which only befpeak the vani'y of the dream-
err The foried oblieik triumphai arch
the fweIing dome, ihall crumbl0 into dur,
and the names they would preferve from OBJ
livion, fhall often pafs away. before their own
duration il accompiilhed."--Sai~sgsnd;.
Thofc Who low, to witnefs their
ccuntry's PROPERTY, who feel them
felves ennoSled BY its grandeur mar
jultly now with adoring hearts ac-
knowledge their gratitude to the au-
thor of all good for his manifold ia
vors. A day ought to be let apart
BY the great Council of the nation
for united America to offer up her
gratitude to the Supreme Difpoter OF
all events, and humbly to implore .
continuance Of his favors. II would
add peculiar dignity to the Prefent
administration, thus in the outlet Of
it. to implore the bcneacent inter.
venion Of Providence. We pro.
fefs to believe in a experimenting
Deity, who in the darkelt hour Of
diltrefs, and by means infcrutable TO
any eyes but his own, works out =
glorious ds.iyerance. Such has been
the Rate of our country. Congrels
arenow ihortly to aHemble, aud how
different will be the proipeets at the
beginning of their prefens FELTON,
from the conclufion Of the lait. We
fuddenly fee the resurrection OF
Commerce and Agriculture and Ma
tional hope. 1t has produced
change 20 aufpicious that the whole
country REBOUNDS with sPplauic.
Thefr are the b.eGed effects of that
policy, which f,rlaking abitraa and
yihonary ground, ;reads on the hrfn'
er ioil of experience, where the foot
iteps of Warrington are iiiii difcer-
nible. IfAmerica viii not profr by
experience, if her former fuiferinss
will not teach her wiidom, and to a.
void the load that leads infalliably to
ruin, we may calculate under the au-
fpices of Divine Providence on many
remaining years of liberty and indie
pendence. Her fore ard ievc.c
chaltifement will not have been in
vain. During the administration of
Warrington, we felt in its blehnss
the juitice of his policy during that
of Jeferfon, we learnt it By the milf
cries occaGoned by the depsrture.->-
PROPERTY therefore invites, and ad-
verify warns US, to recuf TO The foot+
tteps of Wahin ston.- y. .4wsrirss.