Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-30

aided Sc bis 'uttss Ssssitin;on sfprincipI,
and ssftS ED Is lis ii1p,,ieHse, 1. I .rn,.
iorn,iiaIi2 Having nor, Of lis Own :,
!, p.o.eet, sEei has the gryat-r leisure and =,
,i,aeity 70 take charge If The honor. Of r.,
ebuEtry. Upon The san,s principle, I ann
possahas Beau $50, and SOME Other of e
w6t.sse eo,nprsfs have hrer supposed 4, :.
vote tases aud .appropria;iess. He !. th.,,.
! fore every way calculated 80 set brave ne.
and generous ns.ions BY. The ems, willis, h.
hobbies OF with the spoil
Nothing buttkc power which by son,.
strange. mysterious dl.pensasion Of Prov.
dence, hess ms 70 have acquitted of beinp
hur,fulto my Country, could nduee m. 10
stain nv paper o. 10 pe!lute my Hp. with
the mention OF his name--Ma But Ii. heel
OF the sreJ OF, the woman shall b.ui,e II. ,
head xof.,hs serpsn.." Hhas public god
requires it--Cud himself hath commapd.d
il. The French faction 10 the hear. OF ous
country, in the bosom Of our councils shall
be unmarked. i deso,e myself to the task.
!. / will follow the sacred impulse Of con.
science and zeal, even il il lead TO ruin and
to martyrdon.4 I am Erepafsd 30 eneous.
ter their rage. Their ven2eancs will Dbl.
sue me through life ! and ys. i woald no,
suppress or softsn, q word for all the sp-
plaases and all the honors, which they ana
iheir master can bes.ow." - s..
Take his character from his own lips
compare, beseech you, sir, his late speech.
Is in the Sena.e-the Last especially, Us i.
appears in the National Intelligencer, With
those, which, no doubt, you have heard him
utter on the floor of the house Of represen-
tatives in Justification Of the revolutionary
governments of France, aud IN elimination
Of his own government, administered By
the father Of his country then Judge your.
self Of. his principles. Remember, sir,
that he was the only man who had the har-
dihood frhe coward will blaspheme his Gopl
publicly TO insult the, great founder Of our
liberties. What you once thought due to
the awful majesty of his character may be
inferred from the addresses of the house CT
representatives $50 many of which nave
flowed from your pen) in answer to his
speeches to the two houses Of congress.
But have exhausted my own strength
and most probably your patience and YET
before again solicit its exercise, for musg.
again throw myself on your attention, I
would beg leave to remind YOU Of the OPT
MON of some Of the ab!es, nsn in Europe
OF our present sGu,tiaR. ':shsse writers,
it is proper TO premise. are Mskreniou.
stickl=rs for our RICH, to the, colonial trade :
as bitter enemies 10 the o.dxr1 IN council,
and their" contemplate fsbricators - and
as great admirers of the character and adj.
minis-ra:ion Of Mr.. IsG:rs0n, as any men
III America. r. D. r.'-... ..s., ..
While they remain at peace, however
(say toe Edinburgh Reviewers, speaking of
ourselves, vol IL, page ,47s) ..and to con-
tnae TO prosper, their present government
will answer we'll enough. The truth is that
IN such situation tn y scarcely require
any government at all, and their political
arrangements are more matters of specu-
iation to the ambitious than the concern.
mcnr Of the truly patriotic. But war zusuid
give a tremendous shack to all these arrange.
ments; nor do we see, indeed, how they
could maintains any considerable q, my with
out the adoption Of different System Of
government" They advise q coa.oIida-
t'on. !" The very hish ,vases Of labor
zusuid make the expense Of their establish.
naent far gr utter than in any other country
in the uusrld;; and their anaiposhy to ali
ssrss Of taxcs rvanlH make It e, more diff
cult to dt'ay that @rt<ase. The govern
ment would become unpopular on occaslou
OF The slightest disaster. Party spirit and
local interests would easily graduate into
rebellion and the whole franc OF the eour
stitulion, /, appears to Us. would be in dan
ger Of falling to pieces I cannot acco,t
with these learned eri,ieks in the opinion
u" hat the state governments onshs to be
dissolved !" bu, with them agree /" that
the manufacture of our laws should be in-
trusted only 70 the nsaster-susstn,ea Of ths
country" ..,s ~ Il
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