Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-08-14

could we otherwise ENJOY such conior'
as his world is calculated TO afford -
Excess in things OF themselves gooo
nav convert them into evil Fhis Is
particularly trueef the things now men.
toned when they essross the attention ).
when ,h,y are considered as our CHIEF
good; wen they are sought alter VIVID
unsa,ieble desire; hen they intoxicd'e
the soul, and incapacltate ffom attending
10 any. thing else They that quat be
rich, faA into temffaiio" and snGfe'
md ,nto many foolish aad hRrtfuf t"sfs
4phich droqOn men ~ deSsr1tetl@" Gnd per
nt,on. III S.. dor. wsre lsuad PRIDE,
lultacss Of brad, and asua dance ct idle
ness, neither dtu they strengthen To.
nards ct the poor and The needy Men
thus prostitute 10 the world what Goo
had reserved for himself. and acting IN
3pposi,;on TO his will, they are declared
20 he !. state OF enmi!y to HlW FROM
this crime am afraid A"e'lea cannot
ne Wind Gated. Since The .;vnlalloD Sic
has enjoyed uncommon prosperity The
industrious have found it easy to live IN
irdepcndeo,, il rot in afnuent circum-
stances. WHAT are the consequences !
Are Americans grateful to Providence
Are they frugal? Are they industrious!
Let an answer be given i:om our popu-
lous cities, the centre Of trade and the
receptacle Of wealth-what eXtraVa-
gance what luxury! what folly /! what
vice the disgrace of European coun-
tries, have not gained footing, and been
suffered to yrannize with arbitrary
sway? How is the gold become dim and
the most fine guild changed! Degene-
racy Of presidential nature, has spread
through the land. Americans seeming
to lead frugal, industrious, temperate
lives, which at once promote their honor
and happiness, have been intataa'ed by
specializing, unbounded spirit, ruinous
to the soul, and fatal to society. Shall
+ not yisH for these things saith the
Lori ard shall not my soul be Avenged
on such q nation as :his 8
Othressl,n is an attendant on the IT.
religious, and diss'pated Among o.
Their crimes fatal to man in Nnai.'i day
il is exprcssl, said fiat the earth vas tl-
led with violence. Before the ruin In
which Jerusalem was involved by the
K ,man army much oppression and VIC
lence were found in her. Take, as all
example of dis, an interesting incident
ip our Savi.hr's life: 10 iplimda,e him
TOM prosec atlng his work the Pha''>ees
took an Opportunity Of saying "afo him
get thfs oui, and deharf hence for tie
rcd 7yik k,lshee .Had he SAD unto them,
Ga yr AND hH that foe, 6ehoic / cast our
deOiis. andT do cw's fo-1ay and TO NOR
roev and tar M.rd DAY IshaH 6e herjeet-
ri .eeurr4httrss, must yak to.day
CID to msryozv, nad The day .foHowi"y
}o, IL cannof be t,a: a h,skhet PERISH ouf
Of j. rusJt IN ; q Jc,Us0ltm Jerusaleni,
ayhrch kMst IN hrntne's, and s'onest
tlem .Aat are sent unto fheS hcw often
qvouM Z Aeve altered thy ehEd'fn to
setAsr, as hen du'h gather her brood
urdsr her ,viags, and ye 70 nld NOT Hap
~ for Amsncans, their i'oerties civil y
re,iymus. ave secured by the laws ane
government IF their own choice. II Is
however, u be laanented, ,ba. oppressive
&C. due, is not altogether unknawn.
arn willing that transaction dlsgfAceiui
to one of our first comneroin! cities be
cast into The shade, although II must be
remembered, that the cup OF inlquity
already full, by that hoir'n dash, began
70 overflow " some states II Is not
easy to recover just debt, IN others,
slaves are treated with rigor unhecom.
ing in the treatment of the children OF
the same parent, the purchase OF The
same blood, the candidates for the same
immortality. Government offers many
reasons for prosecuting the present war
Would to God these reasons no longer
existed: War commonly includes blame
on bsth sides: The apostle James was
sensible OF this-Ftom whence come
4ror., and fighting among you !? Come
thev not hence, even Of your hsts that
zyQr in your members Ye list and
haye NOS: ye Kill and desire to haoe, and
cannot obtain ye fight and sar, get
haze not, because ne ask not: we ask and
receive NOS, because ye ask amlss that ye
maY consa,Re il uhon yoilr lists Ihos
the gull, Of nation 10 Increased, and
na,ionai judgments are incurred.
The natH,c OF these Judgments, and
the certainty of their falling upon pe'.
pie when incurred, I shall afterwards
examine.
WASHINGTON CITY. aug. f2.
The PRESIDENT left this on Mon
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