Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-02-08

- fe,Fenee. ErOgftSsafSsy tnSy
q ;.sd an inguence which control
ssqa ~, Il,e functions Of the State,
"a - s,tbc year 875. they exercised
rau = little short Of sovereign.-A-
pew pew Is Italian politics. they partiei
esp ~ a the inirignes of the sur
PA,' A;ng prineipalities, ard for the
Iss ."oses Of family ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
I sas ;uyclyed their country in long 4
i e's,,ops wars. Ii is not denied,
u w.. q this family belonged talents
ssId;snositions which rendered them
- =. boast Of their country. They
IS ehslIished their city with the no
. 81. specimens of art. and gave that
- ss.,,ragcment to literature. which
'ssOred to them the happ5 fortune
e augustus. to be always celehrat-
An, The scholar, and the wit. Pow
,rlui talents, like the brilliant ele-
aso, OF Gre, are useful when pro
".rly controlled. but terribly dcs-
,.ue,ise, when suffered to range un
hacked. When wealth and extern.
s.. family connections are super ad-
gsd. they becsme dangcrousto public
liberty. With all these advantages.
ne family of Mediri subvested the
Dsrrt;es Of their country. and have
altered to subsequent republics. a
beacon to forward them Of similar
danger"
! Although the civilized world is
hushed to repose, it cannot be amiss
nor uoproiitable 10 take a retro
,ocetiye view, now and then, OF the
tremendous tempests with which it
has been agitated for almost the.
fern Of a whole gene ration.
TwpDty-six years ago The people
Or France experienced what they,
termed a Paiiiical Regeneration !
Which was attended with demon
strations of the utmost Joy. not only
il France. but throughout these
United States. Ii was fashiona
h, maxim in France. and here too,
that. a nation 10 be free, needs only
10 wilIit; not considering that it is
thousand times easier TO conquer
Eberyg,ss the cant phrase was, than
il is "a preserve il,
The French having the will TO
be free pni that will in execution.
In the year 1889 they burst the
bands Of civil government. and de
elared themselves free people
That year was s,iled by them the
FIRST year of liberty /; and their Sc
neral aec!ama:ions and shouts OF
pyrent the weIkia.
On the 18th of August 1792, the
Row ralers OK France decreed. that
iothe date of liberty, the date OF
quality should be added in future
nall public acts and the decree
tSelf Was datetlt'thc Fourth year
Of Liberty. and tho first year and
day Of Equality"
What a splendid spectacle! 9'hir-
y millions of people, not only all
free. but all equal The whole ma
SOn had sworn eternal hatred 20
royalty. their body Of nohIes they
asd destroyed or barished --All IL
ues we're abolished: all ranks were
lsseiied, Il was at that period that
Ncaiorcet, the greatest dreamer
perhaps o. earth, writing TO cor
respondent abroad, dated his letter
nom New Heaven.
During the reign Of liberty and
,1aailit, the blood of Frenchmen
vowed man;iuldiy more prOfuse than
@aay former period of their history
wen under the worst of their mo
narehs.
The hapless French finding what
ways holds true, that tyranny is,ia
!, ~ shape so detestsh BILE and formida-
40 as When exercised by a muI
S % Of ryrants; they submitted
~ dsstinies to a single despot.
- lie scourge eff nations was
r RE espeeiaiJ the scourge Of
lie French, after immense 81
aees and immence sufftrings.
~ NJ got hack to the old paint from
4" ,aee they set out" What zcilI