Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-06

| warrior vi RuCiC OCiu XIII '"S
Iarch of the forest yielded himself ar
acknowledged vicim TO the supe'io:
powers of the unshorn lamb! H.
stances like those had hitherto been Cor
.iyncd to the pages Of romance. Ame'
RIGA transferred them to the pen OF the
historian.
Thus far we have accompanied the
object of cur affection through the VI
cissitudes Of doubtful, but glorious
contest. We have Witnessed her for
bearance, her magnauimity, her patient
ard long sufTcrings, her generous ardor
in Just and honorable cause. but above
all her eventua! and triumphant success,
Let us now turn for moment to the
contemplation of other scenes-seenes
of peace and of comparative tranquility
Passing over the lapse of few years,
| during which the fake OF our country
seemed still uncertain, we involun'arlly
pause at the dawning OF that day, on
which, for the first time, we behold
resort to measures for the pcrmanent
security OF the iDdepe ndence we had
achieved The Graded infant, snatch
ed from the Jaws of the devouring fame,
is at length plsced beyond the reach OF
lis farther progress. Our government
assumes pure republican form, equally
remote from the wild extrayagauces o.
| democracy, as from the unwholesome re-
sus.nts and prerogatives OF despotism
| w, siington too, who had directed US
amid the storms Of war, is summoned TO
be our guide iD.the calm Of pe"ce. Cn-
| der his genial influence, the bud OF our
property blows 10 It's iull--lhe gather
ing clouds are dissipatcd--a bright and
selens morning succeeds 70 night ot
ircouceivabic t!aFkress-and our coun-
rry is a, once elevated, as if by magic f.
the highes; summit Of national pospe-
rity
o. that his guardian genius could
still direct The council, Of NY COUNTY
could reanima;e the drnoDlng hearts ol
her surviving heroes, and conduct hsr
| TO the exalted destinies, that scemcd u
! avail, her earliest efforts But a.ss
The days OF cur benetActor are gone
! Scarcely had his generous spin; heG /
| It's eternal mansion, ere his precepts, his
example, nay rs very services, were tor
ten. The torrent of corruption, &C
! cpnuIated during his life, rushed with
! imiIr,uos;ty through the chasm OCCASION
ed by MS death, and descended on thf
surrounding plain,not like the bounteoos
! Nile. to ameiiorate its soil, but like tbt
waters of an impure fountain, to sweep
| froin its sta, face. every vestigc OF culture
and improvement.
4" Macies ct nova febrium
ferris incubuit cohors;
Sem~tique prus rarda necessitas
Lcthi corripuit grsduin."
Tedious and mournful would be the
| task, to recount the sad Weiss tudes
my country has Witnessed. since he
deviation from the principles OF Wash
inston. Yet on a day consec Grated
like this 10 freed dom, day which
tore asunder the bands Of aespot-
ism, and di,sipated 1--WE had hoped for
ever the dangerous doctrines OF uhlted
and unlimited acqule ,cence IN the mea-
surcs of The acknowledgements, 1t
would lily become US, protesting to b.
| frecmcn, to abstain from the open a. :
unresetved expression OF our SEM.
ments, merely with view to compliance
with acquisitions, urged not IN Tie splri!
| of liberia and enlightened zenl, but In the
coarse and insulting language OF uPstart
| and authoritative power We are not
prepared to accede, at this une, to prln-
cip!es, against which, during our revo-
| lutionary struggle, VIC coUtended so
| ARMY and with SO much unanlmity.-
Nor can we now yield al implicit aud
| undivided confidence to men IN power,
whom We then respected no longer than
| they appeared 10 be governed by sacred
regard to our country's interests Sa-
very under any circumstances is bitter
draucht. Tie poison is in the cup and
not in The band that administers 1t. And
to the truly independent mind, republi
can oppression, fer the very reason that
it is least TO be expected, should &c most
obnoxious.
Would 10 Ged we could feel cur
selves justified in subscribing t. that
philosophy, which, encirclng our own
rulers with imaginary perfection, attn
bnres all our caiamites to the injustice
CT foreign nations. Would 10 God We
could be fully satisfied that the beam had
been entirely removed from cur own
eve, before we attempted to pluck by
force the note from the eye OF another.
But alas painful as is the task, We feel
ourselves constrained to protest against
doctrine, calculated to mlslead the pub
lie mind, and to increase the burdens
calami,ies of the nation. For twelve |
long years we have been the unfortunate
instruments of political experiment.
We have witnessed the operation OF