Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-05-28
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At public dinner lately given By the
inhabi,ant. Of Liverpool TO Mr.. ckE-
usa, their Representatives in Patlia-
!. men,, he gave the following toast:
@The immortal memory of the Right
Honorable WILLIAa PIrT, whose sys-
tenn and principles are leading the con-
test to so glorious result"
Song" The Pilot that wecther'd the
Storm"
Mr.. Causing then rose and said
Gentlemen, in the enjoyment Of So
cial OF domestic life, there is no man
who has not felt, when any particular
qualification is set before him, seDsa.
tion Of regret for the absence of some
dear friend with whom he would have
been delighted to have shared it. This
feeling, gentlemen, which We have all
experienced in The circle of our families
] am sure we all feel on public grounds
at the presen, tine, in reference to the
great name which has just been brought
before US. Gentlemen. we know, that
up TO the period at which, by the bles-
sings of providence, the late suspicious
Change has taken place in the affairs of
the world, in every moment OF distress
and difficulty the osme Of that great man
has been brosgh, forward by his enc mics
as the source Of all the sufTerings and
the origin Of all the difficulties which
we have undergone.
I" The evil tina, men do lives after them
The good is often inferred with their
bones"
So LET 1T NOT BE OF Mr.. PITT.
---If emily is still alive and active a
galnst hin, let, those who admired him
when living, acknowledge in the events
OF This time, the fruits of his long and
anxious labours and whilst rcposing
under the safety TO which his counsels
have ultimately led, let them mingle
with the enjoyment Of that repose a
grateful recollection OF him to whom
they are indebted for il. Gentlemen, il
seldom happens, that great men reap,
during their lives, the full harvest of all
vheir tolls, contentious, passions, enter.
prize and the full operation of q system
is not always seen, and is seldom &C
knowledged, while the author Of il is an
object of rivalry or Of envy: but when
the history of these times comes to be
read hsreafter-when events are traced
10 their causes, posterity will acknow-
ledge With one voice, that 10 the sfand
Of Mr.. PIT, in the early period of the
French revolution, and to the uniform
frmness OF his counsel, Great. Britain is
indebted for her present elevation, and
Europe for the security which she is
DOW about to enjoy. Gentlemen l am
desired to give the following toast:
!" May the principles of Mr.. Pitt ever
animate the counsels Of Great Britain"
In the early part his speech speaking
Of the government Of the United States,
he expresses himself as follows:
Gentlemen, says Mr.. c there is a.
polher question to be asked. BY what
power, in what part of the world has that
final blow been struck which has smit.
ten the ,yrant to the ground suppose
by some enlightened republic, l suppose
BY some nation which, in The excess Of
popslsr freedom, considers even a re-
preventative system as defective, unless
each individual inierieres directly in the
government OF the national concerns.
suppose BY some nation of enlightened
patriots, every man of whom is poli,i-
clan in the Coffee House as well as in
the Senate. ! suppose ii is from such a
government As this that the Prince of
Despo,s, the enemy of monarchial Eo-
gland, has met his doom. ! look thfo'
The Eurpesn world, Gentlemen in vain
ind there no such government in an.
other hemisphere do find such one,
which nodoubt must be the political Da-
vid by whom tie Golish Of Europe has
been bret down. What is the name Of
that glorious Republic to which the
gratitude of Europe is eternsily due
which frcmits hatred to tyranny has SO
Perseseringly exerted itself to hberate
the world, and at lssi has successfully
closed the contss, Alas! Gentlemen,
such republic do indeed End, but
out End il enlisted, snd God be thank
cd, enl4fed alone under the banner ef
the despo. L .5ttdaHss But where
was the blow struck where! Alas for
theory i-the blow was given in The
wiids Of dspotic Russia. Il was follow
cd upon the plain. OF Leipsic-by Rus
ssian, Prussian, and Austrian arms. Blu,
iet me not be mistaken. Do Therefore
arguey--de therefore give to our anita
gonist> the advantage Of arguing-that
Tree government God forbid What
mesn is tbis-,hat in approaching the
comparative excellence Of political in |
xtilstiona il is Idle, it is mere pedaniry
to overlook the feelings Of nature.