Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-17
:, -. pu5las..y II III: Alsranar.. Gazette

wax the appointment Of Mr.. Joel Sar-
,,.w as ambassador to- France, Was ilsss IA
nounccd, felt an emotion OF sorrow, "l"'h
! il. vain erdcavored to express. nose ioei-
;ngs havS not subsidized: Oh the broad o'S'' "a
NY coua5ry' sa2aor, they were bottoincc' '"1'
/ considered as insui,cd; Aid that IT Is tue
privilege of every citizen to support
would not have troubled you again. ols'
On THIS subject, had 1t not been ior 'hS oii''-
,usocss oil some Of Mr.. Barlow IS trends
= .Ja,xor.l 10 prove that Mr.. 3. was an enc
nv to Christianity, that he had iabored 70 SUP
v.r, i, and Of course, that he was an u''-
&, character to represent this nation at 10
reign court This was my opinion sheh' anu
j, is my op,aion nov. As clam not per-
soar &C lu,int,nce, no enc Can charge INC
with p rsonal cnniity towards Mr. barlow:
sh,.a.. scorn to be Actu.tsd oy such d mo-
tive.
But the ydherents Of Mr.. BArlow have as
serted that he has been illuminated. y news
paper, published i'll phiiade!phla' called the
Democratic Press, has undertaken to defend
him from the charge which brought against
him, by s.yin, that his writings were all H.
tsa,isd 10 prevent the uHion OF ch'fch ana
v.,te-. a,., s,;. this purpose the editor OF that
psper has published extracts from Mr. " Oar
lows Advice to the rtiyileJsed Orders 10
enable YOUR readers to Judge whe,ner chs was
nir. B,.rlow's oaiy object, inclose some PAS
x,pcs from the above mentioned work Let
cyary American, who loves his country, VINO
does no, :. wonder with foolish face Of praise
., the vanity OF nodern MluTlna'i, peruse
these and then, after pundering OF the an
,oxsd advice OF the iiius,r:ous Washington,
lst him decide, whether nc is pleased TO tind
Che most important concerns, perhaps the
destiny. oe this nation, coaiided to Joel Bal
low
Fran Bar!osY's .s!o;ee to tae PTs0isd ''e4 Or
ders.
9Could we form an estimate OF the lives
lost in the wars Ind prosecutions OF the CHRIS
t,a Church aloae, should Ind Vt nearly C.
nj 70 .hc number Of souls now existing IN
Europe. But It i. perhaps III mercy to !nan-
t;,,I RI, # We arc not able 10 Calculate, w;:h any
.ccnracv. even this portion OF human calarnl-
,ls When Constantine ordered that the
l;sr,,r,hy should assume the nanfe OF christ,
. ,,e ,r,. net 10 consider him IS forming new
weapon Of destruction; be only changed a
name, which hid grown into disrcpute, and
Nau,d serve the purpose no longer, Tor one
TAFT was gaining, sn extensive reputation 1t
bc;np built Ola t.itl, thst WAS likely to meet
,h,. assent of a considerable Portion or mail-
kidd"
:. rhe report cf Zosinus, respecting the
,,o,;,cs which induced Constantine 10 GIN
brace Christianity, k,s not been generally
credited, though the circumstance IS probable
in itself all the author IS cods.delId III otner
resDects "A. historian OF UGdoubtcd ver1clty,
HAVING written the history Of al, the ernPerors,
down 70 his own tine, whlea Was the begun
niar of the fifth century. Ills account Is,
TINT Constantine could not be aamlttcd into
M. old ps,a5iiaaed laGrcA q Ceres at EicuSls,
,,o account CT the eaarinity OF ms crimes, IN
,se murder OF many of his own family. Bat
~, his dem .sline admission, tie hicrophant
,,;ed orr with horror, " Be gone, tho0 pacrl-
eide. whom the Gods viii not pardon" The
Christian doctors seized this occasion to se-
n.inistes 70 the wants of the emperor, on con-
di,iou that inc would administer to theirs the
bsr,-aia was advantageous on both sides he
decl,red himself Christian, and took the
church nader his protection, aad they pro-
bounced his pardon"
"Waas CayiStiaa emperor ever aao oct
u kNa rySIx
>er right to establish religion than tne ccuiN
dArsois His nasnc, to DC sure, IS oarlcSqoc
upen every possible virtue, aud satire upon
human na,arc But why should this hinder
hin from being an exccueAt &dsocasc Tor "a
Rch:sion cstaqhqne pa
"Whea poor, ignorant, pisieas mortal is
SGT up for inc Sos, WIS, aaass be the man
cannot conceive Of any person going seFa>
cesly to aeoatessiona, and believing IN the e
quality Of rights, or possessing oaae moral Sea-
ainens that is worthy Of a rational being"
q m ,~,s,nys,a, S,,.a yraSYs xrhii>h rather