Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-09-18
aIeranorta DAILY 6a,etts.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 10.

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On the 4,h of July was exhibited at Cam.
den court house, (North Carolina) a fine
MERINo RAM, of Mr.. Livingston's flock,
(New-York). After which was exhibited,
Mr.. LEMUEL SAWYER, IN an Grafton halt
a mile long, on all sorts of subjects. :" Were
ito suspend my voice, and leave you to all
the sublimity of majestic silence, you would
muse the mighty theme in an eloquence OF
sensibility tina no languages can ever ex-
press" Perhaps it would have been more
To Mr.. Sawye,'s credit to have stuck to this
silence. g The introduction of the Merino
breaks the last ink in the chain of foreign
dependence, and is calculated TO exalt the
destinies Of this country beyond the reach
of accident or controL" What pity that,
instead Of wasting SO much blood and trea
sure to procure our independence, we had
not, in 1775, sent to Spain and procured
some sheep from there, so that no nation
could Control US, no accident affect U.S.
Mr.. Sawyer dislikes taxes, and gives an
admirable reason for his dislike: " no will
is left the person assessed, but but pay he
must" Payment, to be sure, is the great
est evil attending taxation; but in North.
Carolina, they have complied fully with the
house an d slave tax laid ten years ago, in
every particular save this payment. Me-
thinks, if the constitution should immedi-
ately be altered, so that no person should
be eligible to the presidency unless the own
er of 10000 fuIl-blooded Nlerinos, nor to
the senate or house, unless possessed OF
1000, we should soon be able to dismiss
our army and navy, being placed beyond
ssthe reach of accident or control" Mr.Saw.
yer pleads with inexpressible eloquence
for the preservation Of the lives OF all
sheep CT never could plunge knife into
the breast of such creature. a single
glance from its gentle eye would arrest my
uplifted arm and wiring my very soul. -
What can occasion this sheePish sensibility,
aaaity or sympathy: The orator speaks
Of eating animal food as "most unfortu'
nate, cruel and unhealthy prediction s.
but if animal food must be eaten, he gives
up the lazy herd and Improbable swine
He will not consent that we should lay our
< slaughtering hands" on an animal that
furnishes us with raiment, and promises to
he the the most effec,ual instrument OF
reuibutive justice against our enemies"
Now we should suppose that the COW which
gives US milk, and the OK that ploughs our
fields. deserves our compassion as much as
sheep. Mr.. Sawyer is very happy IN his ad'
dress to the ladies: he calls upon the tar to
support with their smiles this rising germ
of national glory" There never was given
more useful precePt in rhetoric than that
of Doctor Blair, to notice how your figures
would appear if painted. Now think OF q
painting ala mode dc Sawyer, dozen beau
tiful ladies smiling upon an old Merlno
Ram. Taking the Grafton altogether, how
ever, miserable as i, is, we deem it excel
lent for democratic member of congress:
bnt bens fetal as the introduction OF this
breed of sheep may be, we do not wish them
worshipped like the Indiancow or Egypt'-n n
Ichneumon, as gods who can place nations
beyond accident or control.