Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-30

though this contrast should turnisn NUM-
lia,ng proof, that the slaves OF in'qui.ous
ambition can carry guilt TO he'ent ""''-'
dwarfs the best virtues Of, The best and most
heroic OF men in the comparison? Or are
we, sir, 10 ccEfne both our .entments, ard
our expression, Of adherence TO tetty viii
lisps TIRE n bling beneath the foot the lew,
and having nothing but ccrdcr ard respect
for the traitor " ho has abused the reruta-
,icn won for him by the enthusiasm for e.
quail laws, nay, to tr:mPle al! law humen
and divine beneath ,he besial hoof of mill
tarv desrotmm T? Bear with me air, and do
not ccrfound the warmth of general feeling
with the arrogance Of personal presumption
if abandon the character OF a defendant,
and speak with the spirit of man, who
knows that he haa performed duty and a
service, ard claims The esteem due 70 him
for such perfo, nance. The error which of
all others nest besets the public mind, ard
which vet OF all Others IS the most degrad-
inc in its nature, the most trtmerdCus IN It's
cons, qutncts, is an inward Pros'ra'lon OF
tie soul before enormous power, and rea
dness 70 pallate and forget all in:qu'tits to
winch prosperity has welded itself as IT
man were only pupPet without reason and
free will, and without the conscience wh''h
is the offspring of their union, puppet
played fl by some unknown power as II
success were the broad seal Of divine ap-
probation, and tyranny itself the Almighty 3
inauguration OF a tyranl
Planned merely, lis common felony;
Accomplished. an immortal untcrlakires
And with success comes pardon hand in
hand:
For all event is Gods arbitrcment.
WaNensrein.
81 have styled the present ruler OF France
q wretch and monster, but on hat occa-
sion Were these phrases provok ed by his
Veni v1di viei victories over the armies OF
Russia, Prussia ard Austria No! have
denounced him as remorscless tyrant, and
the enemy Of The human race. But was it
| because he had sworn the ruin of q. Btl.
tain, and had exhausted all the resources OF
his stupendous power in preparations Tor
its invasion No! exulted indeed, that
his army of England lay encamped en- his
coasts, like wolves baylng at the moor, snd
lha. he is condemned to behold his vast TO-
,ilIas as worthless and idle as the sea weed
that rots around their keels. exuittd, in
deed, as became Briton; but neither
reviled nor even blamed him. But that in
order to crafty his rage against one coun-
try, he made light Of the ruin Of his own
subjects that to undermine the resource Ct
one enemy, he would reduce the continent
of Europe to a state Of barbarism, and by
the remorseless suspension Of the CONNER
cial syste m, destroy the principa! source Of
civilization, and abolish midde class, ,hro-
Gu, Christendom for this, sir, | declared
him the common enemy of mankind |
have spoken of him and his power with alb
horrence, because it is only by a clear con
ception of its foul and dalk foundations tina.
his power can he effectualIy resisted. In
what other terms, than those of execration,
could | describe power, which subs1Sts
for the greater part, in The consistency and
svste matte perfection OF lis posSessor's vi
ces crime corresp ondiug 10 Chine, villalny
,nuencheG and banicaded by iliainy An
AN additional motive was supplied by the
necessity of directing the public attention to
the morai cons quences of his TYRANNY, and
that these are far more 10 be dreaded than
the worst Of those outward and calculable
evils, which chiefly shock the imagiuations
of men. What cad will the Tyrolese do
themselves by their heroic assistance tx.
claims one man. What are the Spaniatds
fitting for !? exclains another-as if man
were made only to eat above ground, and
be eaten; as if we had no dignity to pre-
serve, no conscience to obey, no immortal.
ity to expect.
:. There is class of men, sir, who make
point of rejecting or disregarding all ar
crnosnts that are enforced with warmth Of