Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-07-09
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prince. We may now express our al
schment 10 her consistently with the
respect we owe to ourseiO;s. we re-
call remembrance that interesting Pc
Rod, when, in the fellowship o. arms,
oar souls were mingled at the conviviai
feast. aud our blood on the held OF gio3
~. We hook, exulting, at the pain OF
York There French and American
trnoos commended, IN generous STRIFE,
WIN 6rst should reach the goal OF vic'o-
~. srhcre, the contest for independence
was closed. There, was sealed our IT,
lie 40 be Numbered smong the nanons.
Thanh, G,d, We can, at length, avo~
the sentiments al gratitude to that au-
2eu., family, under whose sway the fleets
AID armies Of France and Spain were ar
rayed ia defence of American liberty.
rye then hailed Louis the Sixteenth
PROTECTOR OF, THE RIGHTS OF MAN
nrNo. We loved him. We depiored
his tate. We are unsullied by the en-
brace Of his assassins. Our wishes, cur
prayers, have accompanied the loyal
Spania ,ds in their struggle; and we
Blush that Americans were permitted TO
oder or,ly wisr"s and prayers
II w Interesting, how in''rnehse, the
history OF the las, 6ve-and twenty yeats !!
In the .prins Of l75e. the states gene
raj of Fcaace were convened 10 ward of
inpeGdhng bankruptcy. The derange'
-,
by The common arti6ce of cheating pen
pie into belief that debts may be safely
ineured WITHOUT ,nposing taxes. Large
loans had been m .de, but no funds pro.
yidea AT the opening of that august
assembly. the minister, Of finance de-
clared it would have been easy to cover
the deficit, without calling them toge-
Their, but the king wished their aid t.
correct abuses.
This hazardous experiment terminal.
ed, as was foreseen, by Intelligent ob.
servers, in the overthrow of ancient e.
-, spnshnea,o. TIVE States General u.
s,.,,-s.I -.ss<isr the name of National 40
sena.y, unlimited power, and used 1t
with an equal want Of wisdom and JUS
,sice. They destroyed the rights of pro-
perry; issued paper money; framed an
impracticable system of government, s.
release their king from prison to place
him on throne, whose Foundation they
had Undermined. Their successors o..
seftasned il 10 less Than year, and a
gai., tire the kmg into prison, whence
in less than six months, he was led to
the scalfSld.
THIS virtuous monarch, our friend in
the hour OF danger, was the victim of his
own goodness Ardently desirous to a.
meIiorate The condition. of subjects, for
whom he felt the sfondnsss OF a father,
be thought no sacrifice of power too
gre.tit it could promote their felicity.
fie nad beea persuaded that ais prero-
xalive, useleSs TO him, was oppressive
10 them. Dangerous error He had
been told, and believed, that IN their loy-
atty he hid a. perfect defence against The
intrigues Of turbulent de,aagogues F..
tai deiuslon This just, this mercitul
psinc., was led 30 execution amid the
in.ultin~ shouts ~ ferocious mob He
WAS guarded % ,silitia who felt horror
at the oEire. Tneroysl victim, collect.
cd In himself, wa. occupied, during the
iony procession, in b .eeching the di-
vine majesty to pardon his rebellious
snDiects. But the stroke which severed
from the body hrs innncent bead, cut
them OF from forgiveness, until they
should have expia.ed the crime by
length med years of misery.
o! il Sas crime against nature and
.aeaias, heaven. A murder most foul
aud cruel A deed at which fiends might
have wept. l was in Paris. saw the
Sush oil sorrow. heard the general
,g-oan. Every bosom anticipated the
sentence of an avenging God. 1t was
like second fall Of man. An awful
scsae Of affection, gull, and horror. All
were humble to the dust, save only those
who exwted, in screams OF diaboIc rap
turc, AZ sheir success in driving an as
seeabiy over which they tyrannized, TO
this nefsrious act.
-. Mark here the guilt to which factioa
leads. That assembly, in general. con-
slsted OF two parties; those called Gil
rondi.tes, at their head the Representa-
,iyrs from BorSieaux, Who wished for a
federal republic and the Jacobins, who
concealed, uader the lond cry tor re
nu5Iic one and indirisible, design TO
restore monarchy. Both of them treat
ed aith The imprisoned king. He trust
ed h;mself.,o the party OF the G'rohae
I, see s,ed lass criminal tsan the other,
and w.s more nnmerous. From that
ntaase,,s the jacobins doomed hlm to
e. .sss ssion; that shsy might destroy