Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-09-26

longing desire FOR immortality it mus
| be had, and yet they have not soulenougl
| to stimulate them 10 Dc a gfea. and goot
action, Yet they must try and i've forever
The seekers Of fame long ago tat upon al
.xpe,,ient, which answered their purpose
and is praetised to tits day with success
Nov, as formerly, when nsitihr virtue MOI
honor, nor any, other good quality, y, they
should chance to possess one, VIII ontalt
||ssfor them life everlasting, they throw OH 'ht
mask and say, Why can we not render on'
names immortal by undoing what Others
have doneand destroying the iabors OF others
which it has taken agts to perform surely
we ran obtain Immortality bg destfoy'nss
what others Obtained imnldttahtyin erecting (!
Thus said the Saracens, when, IN favaglng
Egypt, they found at Alexandria the most
splendid and magnificent library the world
ever witne ssed it has been the work OF
ages to collect it it would tell well IN his
tory, as fact, that it did not take halt the
time TO destroy it. Accordingly it was
committed to the Aamts /; some OF 1t IN
piles, and other parts Of it III various ways
and for months they used it as fuel TO cook
their vic,uals, and TO warm their baths. T.
ratostrs,us burnt the 'Mmple of Dianna, at
Epkesus, with aviewsto perpe,nate his me-
mely. And we read in the history OF Eng
land of man who in order to cut figure IN
history, procured for himself the honor OF
being hanged at sIyburn. ARNOLD turned
traitor for lame, and Mr.. Jefferson, 10. be.a
philosopher, searched the, swamps OF Lou'-
s;ana for horned frogs, and the banks OF the
/ Missouri Tor Mammo.h's bones !, made an
experiment. on his country by laying an un-
limited embargo, which, it it had been en-.
duredas much long,r as henished it to be,
would have been q miracle, and procured
for him anothtr lind,ol Immortality than he
wished it has as itis-he zvonq have live
beloved, and died famented; ard like tie
great Washirg ton, be SPOKEN Of forever with
praise; but he lived and still lives exccra,sd
Ike will die and America shed no tears
his memory viii live forever in her ,hosom
for she can never forget the man, who hss
done her lasting injury. England has had
her Cromwell, and France her Robesplerie
-sinju;afed men," who under the osten,
sible Plea of seeking :. thrq5Ngh blooa
and cernage, Meir long kst liberties,
sought nothing so much as immoEialits.,--
France has had and still has. Der BonapaEte,
and would to God size zvould keep mr. r.
perhaps in him the world is tu.haye "a
mother Alexander, and after his. demise,
be sliced into piece meals. by has generals.
He is now fighting under l}fetsnce OF re-
storing the liberties of the seas. but in reali
ty to enslave the whole world. The seek
els Ct fame in this country are generals!
men fer whom nature has Gone much, tut
education more. They are lovers of power
and promoters of faction and when in the
majority, if they have not as good an ofie {
carved Tor Them as they eSreaed, or think
they deserve, they are Immediately seen in
the minority; dissatisfied with. Every thing
chat is done by their rulers, ard decla;n5ing
in every grog shop, that thee must te a
change of m,n. Those who, under mild
laws, and in literary institutions, have had
IN opportunity TO improve their faculties,
enlarge the mind and acquire more correct
notions of right and wrong, where the one
ends and the other Begins, are the men from
whom our county has the:most to'hope and
the most to iear--,hey arc all Of them able.
some more and others less, to advance the
interests of their country and acid to the
stability Of the government under which
they live. America expects this from al
they eve it to her for the sfavors they have
enjoyed under her government in their
Youth and the protection she promises to
extend to them in old age; and her grateful
sons will not disappoint her. But there are
some who are ungrateful, and destitute Of
love Of eountry-having Jess principle than
ambition, and less public good than sell in,
.terest in view, they are for Cesar to- day:
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