Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-13

,"od ana rlght; but there is no man n !
1uted Of the king to hear thee, A,
ON saifmoreover, 6 O that wero a y,
Judge in the land, that any man a a,a
hath any suitsor cause might c.@s "'l
[me, and | would do him. iastieeT.s ~ I'M
was SO, that when any man came emu M,
to him to do him obei>ance, he n't e ~
his hand. aid took him and k;, sst ~ Ei1
And IN tbs manner did Absaom - VI
lsreal that came to the King fnr ;DS
nant. SO Absalom, stole the beaSs, @
the men'of Israeli ".0t's
Mark the craft Of this vile -
lie stood at the gate OF the cia 1E I b 81
lrangued the people as the, were Conn., ns 3
IN and going out. Strangers he tonk
tthe hand and courteously enou;r.I
them their. places of abode, kindly al
lag their business at Jeru. allen, 4, WIN.
The iound they had some law suit to 50.
ttlr, or other important business al i i
lroyal court, while he ilattered ten g,tF
Ibis opinion Of the goodness of theirr,ns.r
Ehe at the same time limited to them nh
llncapacity aid negligence of his fatber'y
administration. There is no man III
said, deputed Of the king to hear thee i
as much as to say, s the King NEGLECTED.
[you, and through his neglect You suEsp
wrongs"
A5sa,rm t'ien. with no uacommo, uo
fdesty proceeded to rec amend h;msaIrI
Tor Office. :. 0, said he, that were =
Judge in the land, that every man v ncS
|had any suit or cause might come unto
me, and | would do Inn justice Pr
What a patriotic wish And how MANY
a patriotic heart has devoutly uttered the
like ejaculation" o that might uetmy-
Iseif snug in sonecffice oihonor and pro.
lfitw w P'O'
! 80 pants the hunted hart to find
Sand taste the aater brooks"
! Were to be kind said AbsaFom. in
ihis popular haransae, | would do Justice
ito you all II would Tighten your burden
and redress your grievances" What
charming talk The people were all
Iears, all eyes, all attention. But
what raptures ofjoy must have seized
their hearts, when besides these kind ex-
|pressions, he took them by the hand one
alter another and kissed them. 1t is
'nething strange that he "stck their
hearts," as the sacred text expresses it.
= How wonderfully has AbsaIom alter
led of late said the people. lie used
to be so naughty that we were not allow
'ed to speak to him ; but now he is az
ineak as a sbepl erd's lamb. lie used
to have hard heart cruel nature: but
now his heart NETS with pity and
kindness towards us. We like him a
thousand times better than we do that
conceited hulndrum Solomon, who never
kissed SO mucb as one of Us in all his
Ilie." " Did you observe. said one, tho
we be dirty and ragged, II makes No
difference ; he kissed US all - Yes,
cried another, | came directly out Of
the field covered with dust and dirt. and
he kissed me-" /" And me too. relied
a blacksmith, he kissed ne, though [.
came from my shop without washing.
and with my face all over tesneared
with sweat and coal ,lust.' What 4
precious aan ofthe people exclaimed a.
thousand tongues. Though he has fine
chariots, fine horses and cIcaths, and bis
he'd covered with the swea est perfumes
and his hands are as white as lilies. be
loves US a.d even takesus by the hand
and kisses US. God save Absalom -
Kind Absalom, live forever!
The deluded people seemed in no
measure to have been shocked at the
norrid guilt OF Absalom in attempting to
lsurp the throne at the expense of biz
fathers life. They were not shocked
even at his proaigacy, in debauching
MS fathers women upon the house toP
in open day, and in public view. They
did not consider that such bloody and
vicious monster, cloathed with power,
would be the worst of tyrants. No, he
mad fattered them, he had told them he
was ther friend, he lad kissed tiem,
and by these means, ind STOLEN tkeir
hearts: and, but for the fortunate Cit.
cumstance OF h:s death, the nation of -.
rael might have found ia .Absa!om as
horrible a tyrant as Frarce did in Re-
bespierre. So the world has gone On.
from age to age, the credulous multi
tude have been caught by the crafty
tew, even as fishes are caught 10 T.