Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-13
From the fsaslut Republican.
.sroytsHING pREsCIENCE Of
h'io BURKE.

!. Tho fol!oU;ar extraordinary manner,
- -, progress of France under
.. aasoeeediaes Of its then legislative
ts ;.t,,ler,. and their principles OF the
l Dasrs os A MAJORITY through the se-
.s,I desootisms that afterwards rose y
ssIl ~ that Of Bonaparte. Wisdom and
s.oias, merely human, can SO no Tar
tier.
..nnosed Of its units. Every individual
~ n equal right with the others to orr
a :.sts what afterwards is TO became the
= # the majority. Whatever he NAV
isvlnlk endeavor to accomplish. He
Sas ! rigat, therefore, in his own particu-
H., 70 bssak the ties aud engagements
Which bind him to his country and he
,,sar;;p,t to make as many converts to
Il, ou;;,,ions, aud to obtain as many as
saeiate, ia his designs, as hecan procure !:
Eor hog can you know the dispositions Of
~ majority to destroy their government
hath tamoering some part of the body !?
Van must BEGIN by secret conspiracy,
hat you may end with national confede-
rstjOu. The mere pleasure CT the begin-
rs- must be The sole guide as the mere
rleasafe Of others must be the sole Ill
snate sanction, as well as the sole ac-
tatiag principle in every part of the
n,yress--Inas ARBITRARY WILL. the
hst corruption OF ruling power, sfep5v
reD. poisens the heart Of every citizen.
B, such doctrines, ali real lore to oar
country, all pious veneration and attach
neat toits laws and customs, are oblite-
raieI from oar minds; aad nothingcan
result from this oninion (giz. that ma
jority have a right to govern) when crown
Into principle and animated by ,liscOn-
tent, ambition or enthusiasm, Bot Sc
res Of calsoiracies AMI Sc 'itions, some
tines rainous to their authors, always
ioxious to the state.--.N'o sense Of GAtg
en- pYpsase nan from beias' a ieaa5er,
era foIlarer in ssch enterprises. Notn-
insrestraius the tempter; nothing guards
te tempted. Nor is the new state, "a
brcated BY such arts, safer than the old.
What can preuent tie mere 1riil Of aap
person 'rho hopes to unite the sciiis Of O.
tiers to ks qgn, from an aitem2t ,risolly
i,ocsrtaHs it s-it wants nothing bit a
disposition to trouble the established or
der To give title to the enterprise.
When this principle is combined Hith
ne theory and practice Of the French
issembly. the political, civil and moral
regularity is aggravated. " Get" say
eey, = tie possession Of pewer, By any
r'nas yoa car, into your own hands, &
aea subsequent eonsent-Wnat they
call an ailrsss Of ADHEsroS-(no mat
m whether cajo!ed by trick or extorted
y force, makes your authority as much
ne act Of the people, as If they had con-
Erred ornu Won originally that kind and
Nsree Of power, which without their
PERMISSION you had seized upon"
his was precisely the fraud by which,
many years afterwards, Banaparte cheat
@e PEOPLE into their sqbmissia,t to bis
'easqlate, and afterwards practised with
wal Success whea he chose to be their
'aPeror. 1t is astonishing the Nsagacity
WA which Rurk Inferred, with such GER
aa'F the consequences of The PRINCIPLES
10y the French reyoluti0nists-and
x accuracy with which he has described
" Proceedings Of that future usurper.
~ TINS backed by 100000 haycaets, is
s y. TIE marderers oi,alihoaest principle
us country, the Infamous ahetters Of
lparle, and of all ,illany, would call
"sa'es Of the nation. Now reader,
IN asl'a what prophetic precision Berke
49,. ne pctare--ani remember, that
us wss drawn dozen years before
sw Consulate Of Bonayarte
"aat," icontinnss this great many
A. &oiid with sach horrid discordance
.sa0ral ear as this position. That q
, ss,e with limited powers may brea.
49, SO'R engagements 70 his constituents
|m 3 a authority never comnitted tc
ea % ;,sA things at his pleasure and
rsn as can persuade large numbel
k,,Da. natter him in tie power he has
s,, wv mat ne Is ahsolved in his own
ass e, aud oasbt to stand acquitted
e@,tse mankind s--0n this scheme
a,.ss' sF q the experiment ber;ns @it'
IN. b.. pe'jarg. That point is Ger
as,,, ne must take bis chance for tht
sxaecs. .uarssses. This is to max,
eescs : q 'ilIaiuy the standard Of in
as s,. 10th was then alive We
aSe s that all this woald fellow
" an s aatter themselves tina
snas,, sfe arerse 20 monarchial 90
ea.o. 9!ian the French were ~ IA