The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-05-14

me hope tnat shall never cease TO en-
terrain Of retursing TO my beloved coun
try in the day of the restoration ci her
Freedom -
In fos,criptum he promises to Lc
back "in 3 year or Two at farkesl,"
when his friends shall have .anquis.ed
the existing system
3zr. Co66etf and his Sens - Our la
test London papers have many remarks
in relation 10 the escape Of Mr.. Cob
oeti and his two sons. One OF the pa
pets states, that their departure from
London was unexpected and sudden,
Z" Few of his friends knew his intended
destination; and still fewer of his &C.
quaiDtarce were apprised tia, he had
Quilted the metropolis. TO those wbe. 5
transacted business with him Oh Sarur-
day so'nigh,, he said, in casual conver.ss
sation, that he should depart ea,ly next
morning for Worcester, or son,c other
distan, place, wlsre he in;elded 20 feet
the pui.e Of Inc electors and, il sue
cessful, should offer himself q candi,
date at the next general c!cctioa An
ter dcPositing copy For,the cufrea, cum
Der OF his register, hc actually ieit Lon.
don a. live O'Clock on Sundo, morniGg-
accompanied by has ,wo sons---IV William,
who is about %, an,! John wao is about
/ years of age.
The London Courier OF the III, IF
April, contains long article, auemp;-
ing to prove that aii. Cobbett's chief
cause Tor leaving England. was " an
excheousr process NJ the instance of the
Stamp Ofhce,' and not The suspension
oil tho habeas corpus. The article clo-
scs with the following remarks on the
politics and suppor, OF various newspa-
pers in London ~. r Com. .fSv'r
ltis rot little amusing to Find the
ds!eEdcr OF MIR Cobbc,t accusing his
opponents ol changing sides! TO do
CoLbsit justice, he himself never ad-
yanced any suC. accusation. He had
Charged sides on general politics at
!cast three times. end &c Lad defended
as wei! as abused every ins,ilu,i6n.-.
The church, America, reform, uniyer.
sal suffrage, &C.; On ali these subjects,
he had fought The question each way
three or toWr times over, and probably
hao discovered the most profitable at
last. We viii do him another piece of
Jns,ice--we believe he did not look for
or receive money as bribc for cspou-
sing any cause Certainly we know of
one instance, wherein : present in mo.
ney was offered to him for services he
had rendered, which could not have
been otherwise than ioierably large
sum, but he very handsomely rcfascdi,.
he derived benefits, however, from the
circulation 81 his work. While the
ne"sp'PaF press is charged with being
airee, and paid by tie ninis,ry, lie, us
see how that question really stands OF
fourteen daily papers in London, only
three are decidedly en- the side ofnin-
lsie!s' and only one OF these is very pro.
htaole. One Other paper is generally
on the side ol ministers The q: sersar
all against them; and the most prolita.
Die are these that are most violent a.
gainst them OF upwards Of twenty
weekly papers in London, not one es,
PouseS the cause 0! ministers zealousy,
TWO or three are neutral, but IL cut of
~ are violently against government.
Something of the same kind could be
shewn In respect to The provincial
Journals, II we bad room 10 day, we
"ish we Could persuade ourselves, that
the opposition Journalists choose the
sloe OF Conscience rather than of profit.
Upon this su5Jecs we a:;.ec with a pa
per oil tbs morning, iha, 81, is the
naae OF an opposition writer moi 10 be
Pleased. lie writes 10 the call and
vinegar OF the mind, because he thinks
II pays better than the milk Of human
k'LdHess he only bawls TO. hat he
thinka can"o, possibly be g;an,ed and
nothing excaeds nis vexatjon. when he
iInds himself caugh, in the trap of \ w.
ing praised government or{he leglsls-
'ure by anticipation
Liverpool, March Is.
40 The PUBLIC,
NY departure fer America will sur
prise nobody, but those who do not re.
h3ct a fall and explicit statement of
my reasons viii appear in few tavs.
probably on the 5h Of April In he
mean while, think it necessary for mo
10 make known, thar l have fully EN-.
powered person of responsibility ,o
manage and seltle all my affairs in Eo.
grand. owe my countryn.en ncst
sincere regard, which Shall always
entertain Tor them in higher degree,
'han towards any other people upon.
earih- carry nothing from my coup.
Try but my vale and nay childrco, and