Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-04-17

,I,O stated in the Montreal papsr' that
.rlsrwards published several severe
8 bsD' ~ the American government, un-
strl''1 ,;,le OFFS The Prospect before us =
da : ..ndsred familiar Gus all by the in
~ publications of another foreign hire
ta'Vs !. Being handsome man, and OF me
~ s,..,, without iatroduction he insinuated
'oo. ,fiOto the first families ofthe city Mon.
'p ) .,orting on their simplicity and some
a'@l nurses I; and SO much had he lngra-
as himself with them that they solicited
p' lin the first offices in the two proVin-
we dismiss this subject, we cannos
S., from extracting short passage from
roolish newspaper of September last The
B, was discussing another subject and
~ not at that time, unless it was Henry
,,,elE have bad the most remote suspicion
t,b. trick which has lately been SO success
hIv played off upon our government
:, the observations are peculiarly applica-
=. indeed almost prophetic So The pro-
!. 4 impoaure are generally 50 abundant,
a.,Dersons will always be found ready to a
Aodonthe regular course Of honorable indus
! and moderation, for this more speedy way
). wealth and distinction. Delusion, indeed,
=, hsen attended with such success in all a
-, that we might conclude mankind were
carer 10 be imposed upon, euen to their ostn
~, aud frequently that the deceit is trized
,yaorsion as it is e1tenSiUe. This, how
ever S not exactly the case on the contra
~ ii may be- observed, that The most certain
,r3 troducttve soil, or that which is calculat-
,a,o Weld the richest harvest to the preten-
isr ofany description, is to be found inthe nm
siIIngness of mankind to undergo the labor Of
linking. They seem always anxious to have
this trouble taken of their hands, and surren-
der themselves wiling victims to any reign
ipr deceit. But Of al tngtositions, those Of
the practising politician are the most iuera-
Sre"
Whether Capt Henry was the founder of
this political creed, or whether he was mere
" a convert TO it, we know not; but of this
We are certain, that as a practising politl-
can" he has vigorously adhered to it. On
the whole there is striking resemblance be-
tween our fortunate adventurer and the wor-
thy Mr. Ephraim Jenkinson, SO honorably
mentioned by Dr.. Primrose. Henry talks
very learnedly about the beginning of the
World" and so forth: . Mr.. Jenkinson was
fluent on the same subject; the Vicar OF
Wakefield was highly edited by his harangue.
tie too appeared in disguise; and after cheat
hsthe Vicar out of his horse. he commenced
aPrOtound discourse on the immortality of the
world 1t is somewhat in Henry's stile:--
Ay, Sir, (said Jenkinson to the delighted
pfson) the worlds in its dotage, and yet the
cosmogery or the creation Of the world has
puzzled philosophers of all ages. What
nedly Of opinion have they not preached
npoa the creation ofthe world! Sanehonia-
noa, Manetho, Berosus, and OceIlus Luca-
nus have all attempted it in vain. The latter
aas these words ;---.4,larehs'a ara kai ate!utai-
% 70 fGn, which imply, that all things have
neither beginning nor end Manetho also,
sa0 lived about the time of Nebuchadon-As-
ff' Asser being a syriae word usually appli-
@asasurname TO the kings of that country,
$ leslat-Phael-Asser, Nabon-Asser; he, ]
eh formed a conjecture equally absurd; fer,