Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-21

'haD Ao0ctl00eQ tuS. m"Aspt VS.suJu1USes IN
.d,zzlins anrlbu.ssF % regal power ~
within The grasp Of every daring and ambi.
,t;ou. mind. The nature of the tines n.
.minen,ly Gale uiatsd 70 Try the stability sed
force Of your republican government. Ifit
survives the present state OF things, there i,
no trial over whi:h IL may NOT eventually
triumph. It's q defect inssparabIe from
free states, that while thev are OF all o,hsn,
most liable to corruption aud v~enality, they
are all destitute Of the prompt and ~eaicen.
means of remedy. The strong arm Of mo.
narchy can pluck from its bosom this evil.
Blu, how shall we attempt in a republic to
crush the ~incipirnt movements OF e~onspira.
cv. Can we institute a dictator and invss.
him with the bloody axe and the rope! eau
we call into existence a body Of men like
the state inquisitors Of Venice. who may
place before tbs hardy traitor the engine Of
torture We may do I'll this. Blu, the
statute of liberty must be yelled, while IL.
axe Of the exeeu.ioner is fulfilling the com.
mands of a stern and memorable necessity.
Few democracies have outhved these vio-
lent remedies that have not bsen supported
by the sense and virtue Of the people.
/ To whatever point Of the horizon We
direct our view the prospect Of. liberty is
overcast. France. who promised univcr.
sal emancipation to the nations Of the earth,
has herself become the victinr ct r~eslstless
d~espotism. A dsspo,ism that 10 Leading
her devastating armies over the iairest por.
ton of the globe. Mahomct issuing from
the bosom of Arabia or Atilla with his my.
Rad cf Huns was not a more deadly foe 70
, the liberties of mankind. The once proud
and independent sovereignties of Chris.en'
dom are humbled to the dust. Amids: this
( ruin and this CONFUSION Of empires and
kingdoms, there is one nation thu. has brav-
e. ,hs-fury of the storm and still exists to
set bounds to the rapacious hopes of France.
From your hostility to this nation, about
the existence Of which the fates Of your
own country are indissolublv sntwined, have
flowed all the pernicious measures which
have nearly surrendered our freedom to
France. But recollsct, sir, should ths
shades Of general despotSm invade Eu.
rope, the sun of liberty will not long cor.
Time to enligh,en the regions Of the west.
He will descend blushing into the waves Of
the Pacific and leave US too to the horrid
nigh, Of despo,ism.
Bonaparte shall no sooner have cloyeu
down the liberties Of Great Britain, than h4
will turn indignantly upon the American
republics and trample them cut of existence.
need hardly insist on the motives that will
urge him to our destruction. Apprehrn.
sions that our existence may prove fatal TO
the repose OF his successors, will dissuade
him from permitting Us ever TO beeom. 4
great and Powerful people. He know, that
tree governments are the nurseries Of en-
terprize and talent. That from the bosom
Of republics have sprung those prodigirs of
genius and valor that have ehasti,ed the 10.
science Of tyrants. The sword. that cut
down the Persian monarchy was forged in
a Creeian Republic. The Romans, a free
people, overrun and subjugated the whole
world, and when Rome lost her freedom
and sunk in the languor Of despo.ism, it
was the free ard untainrd barbarians of the
north that dismantled her of her glory
Bouaparte himself sprung out Of the jar.
ring elements of tumultuous democracy.
Blu: enough Of this.
New, sir, along with the freedom I have
taken in addressing to you an episde, I
have pressed you with some warmth-Bu s
it is a warmth inspired by affection for my
country. I conclude in the words Of ono
whose language and sentiments gave digni.
ty to his subject. ~ do % pretend ia
understand those prudent forms Of deco.
rum, those gentle rules of discretion, which
some men endeavor to unite with conduct
Of the greatest and most hazardous affairs
Engaged in defence of su honorable cause,
I would take a decisive part. should
scorn to provide for a future ~retrest, OF
keep terms with a man who preserved NJ
measures with the public. Neither the ab'
jecs submission of deserving his post 10 the
hour Of danger, nor even the sacred shield
Of cowardice should protect him. would