Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-09-20

nave been for some time past detailed I'M
our journals. Assassinations are aImo,t
as frequent. Thus we have ceased I.
contemplate the sanguinary massacra0
lately ordered by the desolator of the
world, in order to have cur attention in
voluntarily called to scene, Of murder /.
possible, still more hideous. The ,orr
oblivion Of all religious and moral pri,c;s'
pie has doubtless no slight effect in NO
duciDg these desperate resolutions. Br.
another cause is to be found i, that can
tempt of death which it was ai.nost neras
sary to inspire into youth, VIII, mcue nm
fortunate than the victims of hiinotanr
seemed all destined to feed that varTk.
fury which the fall of an ambitions pv
travagant, and ferocious tyran, aIore
|could terminate. Bat that conterrt
which forms part of courage. does rpt
wholly constitute it, as man seem to ho
|leve. In the name of VIII It sacr;Gca
would he claim our gratitude who in TO
voting his life for hi, county, should hayo
no tie to b eak, no affection to reprct y
lis by lmmolating interests which are do.r
to that which is the greatest of AL Ss'
public safety, that the sold who h,s
not ceased to form part of SOCIETY," in cnu
sccrating his life to its deience. merit f.
have a profession in which lie is s;w,s.
bouhd to forget himself for the general n.
terest, surrounded with honorable de
tinc'ions. But this spirit so noble, in it,
proper place, ought not to be that Of tbe
great booy o. the people i; AID if as Tho.
mas has sai'-Who hGses & fs IS on bo6
terms uith himself, it is al Iea,t a. muck
to be feared that he who, with ,ut necc.
lslty, cherlshes this savage, idea within
himself, may sooner or later flash by bp.
ing on as bad terms with otbers''
These are sensible and lust obseya.
.tions-though our readers vii nat fail I,
remark the disposition to throw on us fl.
blame OF these frequent Suicides and as
sassinations in France. With respect 10
the crime of suicide, the instances are
|unhappily too frequent in this country.
But assassinations are more rare be;e
than in any other country in Europe.
We now submit to our readers an ev.
ample of the pernicipus influence Of Fl.
revolutionary writings OF voIraire and
Rousseau upon the youth Of France. The
intelligence is furnished us by our cum
correspondent in letter dated on Man.
day last.
"a very extraordinary example of Che
fatal influence of the doctrines of Vol.
taire and Rousseau occurred on Friday
evening at the royal college Of Henry ~
in the infant person of ID scholar NOT four.
teen years age. The youths name n
-, brother to the director of -. IN
ia walk the lads of the college were taking.
he deyiated little from the ranks. and
was punished according to the dlsci-
pine established, with several hours I'M
|prisonment In This prison he formed &.
.perpetrated the resolution OF hanging him.
self, and previously to its completion, lett
Che following document on the table,
MY WILL die happy -
l bequeath my body to the pedants--
my soul to the names OF Voltaire and Jean
Jacques Rousseau, who tau ht me to des-
plse all the VAIN supersttions of this
world, and all the absurdities propagated
by the faulty of men, and the a;rocious
subtleties Of JeceItfnl priests.
| have always acknowledged a ST.
preme i'eiug, have always thought the
only religion worthy of that Being was
Virtue and Probity. | dare ahn ~ that I
am guilty of 10 transgression. nctwifb-
standing mortal weakness and fragiIity.
appear before the Supreme Being viii.
the words of Voltaire-
Un beize honnete homme,
Tn DeryiS charitable,
Trouveront plut OF grace tes yeuE,
Qu'un janseniste lmpitoyabIe,
Gu qu'un Pontillc ambitieux,
" A virtuous Bonze. charitable Dey-
wise, will sooner find mercy il thy eyes,
than pityless Jansenisl or an ambitious
Pontitf.."
omnia debentur mort, paulumqus mo-
rail-,
serius ant citius semen properamus ad
imam,
Tendimus Lac omnes. hac cest domus
ultim1. Jc.--0vID.
AS to what concerns my terrestrial pro.
perry, | dispose of it thus-'To
Delatre-my barrack
Devil!lere--my Librarv
Levallols my tyso Golfers
El.no,nl T..