Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-11-22
From he Bal. 1slssrssh.

II AZ.
oar pubic papers, it is said now haa
|cold, barren and uninterestipg. SWSsOes
now treated with noaccoupts oes. ~ "
no murders, no esactions mo,s s''les
titan the sword, Ino contlse,,ss'Fa sl
These arcadian dreams are ,an s.'sas
from our eyes. Instead of such eyL:,a
ling intelligence. the columns Of o"9 rsl.
lpers are crowded with dull & un;n,la
ling fscts-such as these, that on. q
ARRIVED in such a harbour, l. spoEs up
|ther ship in such a longitude and lafs quo
on her homewarg bound passage De
we are very free to confess, that We Ivy
lilly rejoice in sucha change we rps; ;''
| that.we have no accounts of blosS aug
murder and of confagration, to prs,.''
to our readers; werejoice that tie ces
motions that have 50 long agita,ed 4
civilized world, are subssding hi,
pose; that.the fields Of Europe viii shar.
lgleam with golden grain, instead II
points of the bayonets--that INSTEAD :
the deafniNg shouts of victory, or ~
lgroans of the dying, we shall hssrs.I
songs of mirth and InerrimeAt tp,ound.
ling from the blood stained siIspp, /
These fellow citizens, are the eaS,p,
why our public journals ae pronountJ
cold and barren; it is because the rbi,.
wings of mercy are now seen twhk60,
in the sun-beams Of Europe; tits h.
cause the angel of peace, has obtsinei
we trust, in heaven, a decisive victor
over the daemon of war. We trust tIs
we speak the sentiments of every sAr,. |
|tian. and of every patriot, when we 81,
that we would not willingly dip the n.
|ges of the Telegraph, in the blood Of o.
fellow men, to render its ensanguna
columns, interesting to ourreaders. AID
+it is really subject of complaint, lit
marine intelligence occupies SO lan.
portion Of our public journals wits |
this but to inform Us, that commerc. i T
awakening with recuderatiye enegr-.
that her snow white wings are triuEh.
antiy Swimming over the surface OfewT
sea and BEARING the redundant tea.
sures of Europe to cur shores that The
ocean is now opening bis wide domain
to the exertions of manly eDterprze,
and that our proud stars and stripes arc !
shining in the sun-beams Of an European
horizon. This is the intelligence If
which our countrymen complain, nea I
they deprecate the length of our nstM
articles. In fine the public mind has
been so long pampered BY accounts d
bloody battles, and ofgreat political q.
plosions, that it reeuiressOme degreea
preparation, before it can wlllingyrt
noance them altogether. We iorsetfa
a season that the magni6cence oiatArens
lis built on the ruins of cottages that
fame when she inscribes the name dan
hero in her archives, dipsher pen inas
blood Of the human race. Let US BRING
the case home to orr own bosoms who
wishes now to behold the bursting OF the
enemy's bombs over Fort McFIepry aa
raining such masses of exploding iron
On the unprotected heads of our country.
men, that we may have an opportunTY
10 celebrate his repulses again Let Us
hen, instead of wishing a renewila
such awful spectacles, thank our caeats'
that the day of horror is overpast 70
gentlemen, we have no intelligence
bloody battles to pamper the pabllc CT
riesity now. Instead ofthis. we can pre-
sent you with intelligence Of the e cOun.I
try's expanding prosperity. y :. SUN A.
spectacles are not so dazzling 70 w
eyes. as those which we have aiIe'ui
witnessed : let 1t be remembered 'fhst :
is from the mercifsl intervention Of ~
vine providence, that they are 1e .t ~
Let it be remembered, a @s
this curiosity can only be gratiilled 'ou ..
full extent. by INDUCING in the wo.''
passions that belong to human na'dls
that what is new denominated the Va
renness of cur public journals, IS o, ,.r
stoned by the prosperity OF our cOun N.Y..
Let us remember, that while We es ,s
visited by such awful calamites, et .a,
patriotic heart wished for 'eturn . i~I
season, that we ROW enjoy-they VIM pr.
in fact, that the pages of our fuD'lsy%r
nals would not display sucn oe1P lit
terest, such painful anxieties. M ,or.,
further be remembered, that 1t ls E ~
than idle that it is criminal to VIZ, sss 4 T
revival of such scenes shat the NV, %,r
our fathers, brothers, and trlenas, ~
asain. be staked on the douDus. ts.t
precarious issue of battle, mere. :.d;r.
we may enjoy an opportaniitty o. ol. resp 5
the account in paper whlie sea. ids j
the quietude and repose Of our ilrs -