Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-08-17

to valuc---let the history OF France -,
victims 10 her principles be conssI,ea
shall find that it was by MODS that y.
shocks were givento that fabric of l,,a
and religion, which the virtue and w;,i1odf
successive ages had been employed :.
and which has shaken Europe TO The esaV
It's fall Il was by MODS that the bloc
scenes OF the Frerch revolution were ~.
1t was by MODS, under the different .ns. Ivy
tiens Of national conycrtion," "c.ntralr l1e
and Revolutionary tlibunal," tina, n. N' .
rishing republic of Geneva was in eio( 4'u,
months reduced to anarchy and slavery Wt
have our Robespierres and Cur Bouso,aF
they have the same materials 10 IL 4 M
the same advantages to derive FROM eur '.q
fortunes.
1t has been said, that the spirit wtiobr..
/. manifested itself amongst lis, is the sase ~
that which has subverted tie liberties II ii
nations. Lei US see how far ccmpariseg r.
the features which have distinguished il .6,..I
and those which MAX ii here, will teDp,,S
/. identity it.
DIvernois, in his history Of the reyoJnfon
in Geneva, tells US, amongs other things,
tha
dreadful scenes which, were intended for the
night OF tie .Sth.July, 1894, but took no .t,p,
to prevent them; or the Contrary, that thew
were suspected, upon good grounds, OF 6eiro
concerned in them.
1t is confidently asserted ard believed bv
! many, that the magistrates Of Baltimore were
apprized of the intended acts Of outrage BE-
the mob in the Two first instances i
is that they took no efficient steps to prevent
them.
The clergy, both of Paris and Of Geneva,
were pursued to the very churches, and drag
ged thence to prison amidst the Insults and
acclamations of the mob.
A clergyman, eminent for his talents as well
as for his piety, has been attacked IN the mos
violent manner in the New York Public Adj
vertiser and other democratic papers--has
been branded with the epithets of enemy to
man and enemy to Christ, and threatened with
vengeance even "at the horns Of the altar"
because on day set apart for the special pur.
pose of humiliation and PRAYER In consequence
of our suferings as nation, he did noteuo-
gise the policy which had reduced US to cur
low estate, because he dared to say that Great.
Britain had done more for the cause OF Christ
than any other nation had done
The union Of church and state AFFAIRS SO
much feared by those gentry, is certainly not
desirable, nor can such prostitution Of the
pulpit as would be made by converting Ii INTO
an electioneering tub, be justified; but surely
no duties can be more important, no relations
more interesting, than those which distinguish
us as citizens. Ittherefnre becomes the MI
nisters of the Gospel to explain and to enforce
those duties with the authority ct Religion 1t
is their duty to caution their flock against the
reception of principles as fatal to religious as
to political Improvement, to cry unto the Pso'
Die when they see them following tase pro-
phets, and falling down and worshlpPHg i'lse
gods, "images of stone, OF wood, and OF clas
In December. l775, the proyinciaICongFesS
of Massachusetts, resolved, that The following
letter be addressed to the several ministers u
the Gospel within that province
GREY. S1R-We cannot but acknowledge
the GOODNESS Of heaven in constantly supply
ing us with preachers OF the Gospel "oo'I
concern has been the temporal ana sp''io"'
happiness Of the people. In Day Ike tiHS-
when all the friends of civil and religious he
| berty are excrting themselves to denver 'as
country from its present cala'nltlcs' We ''"Io'
bat place great hopes in an order OF men VIM nv
have ever distinguished themselves III 'NV''
country's cause and do therefore reCo'i.
! mend that the ministers Of the Gospel ID t''e
several towns and ether places in !hl' colony
! do assist us in avoiding that dreadful Slavery
with which We are now threatened. 49,
Thus we see that on former occasion NV
aid Of the ministers of the Gospel was 'oli1n
ed by an act Of the provincial congress; a aJa
when given it was received with gra".uss,
and praise. Why are things SO dlfereNs w. ,..n
Why should that which was fqsr.o''s" .,, .i
be treason nozv Are the duties OF the suDJs .to
! less important now than they have hi'neI ~
, been? is the authority of the Gospel "taha,'
or the danger of slavery less now than nda IT. W.
| then? or is il rather that the "voX toPu,.
(! happens not to be on the present occasion "" n0