Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-11

the court and YOU, S-nt!eWea oil the JnrN-
There sre set Ul men IN the weird oil
such a tedious, tires"mr, troublesome,
irk,ome. trianS kab,ude, tem?er and
disposition Of mind, that they contos',
perp!ey. contuand, cntangle and pnzz'r
every Circumstance in every cause "hia!
they undertake TO .rutcct, defend, justify
or engage in. Instead Of coming to the
point, thing, mstter, business or debate,
they de,iate, way and fly OF thcrefrom,
When we expect truth, satisfaction, con
,ictiun and decision, we 6ad, perceive,
observe ard remark nothing but uncer-
tainty, ambiguity, d ubtislness and diff
Guilty. This, may il please your worship',
| humbly apprchend, conceive, thInS,
presume and surmise, is owing to tedious
ness aud profxi'y: the nature, genius
aud extent or which shall consider,
weigh, dHani;ne, e1pa'ia'e and scretinIze.
In the first place, ,hen, Twill show, prove
and demonstrate the nature UI tedious
uess and prolixity by showing, proving
and demonstrating that there IS nothing
so unnatural for the business Of tongue,
speech. uttcrarce or language, as not 10
cOa.e to the point, argument, c0ntempla-
ten or question at once point blank,
slap dash and conciseIy, without any pre-
va icatiOn: equivocation, retardation or
any ctrcambcndibus Whatsoever; aud
new, ia the second, succeeding, follow
ing Ilace, point and preliminary, core
to p, omulgs;e the genius Of tedioasness
aud prolixi,y. which is done, perfected,
performed and brought about by man,
Testing that they have no genius at al !;
aud so far from any man OF genius ma
king use Of them. none bur your esrcg'-
oas. absurd, ridiculous dHIts, dunde'-
heads and b,Ockheads ever admit. receive
o. embrace ans such notions ideas, max
ims, p.iuriIlcs Or tensts. Thirdly beg
leave, according to order, forrc, series
and succession, TO animadvert upnn the
extent cC tedieusuess and rrali1ity: this
is managed bv demonstrating that It is
Infinite and withou, bounds. and. cOnse.
greatly. an have nONextent. And now.
nav il please your NO ships, l viii open
the caase, spring, origin, fountain rise
AMI foundation of these cws, which -
s,u'alGgy - wa'ch is the telling, speaking,
aying, delivering, utterin-, p:o ouncing,
diVu's'ng, drclarl' 9 rrma' king, observ'
ins, repeating UT expressing the same i
ienticaI, individual th.ug an hundred
ard an hundred AID an hundred hundred
ines over; and now NAV il please the
court, beg leave, pardon, permission
ard sufcrsnce TO lay dow only six and
fifty pa tico'ars: every particular sbai
cUns;,tUf only seventy div! lions; every
division stall couprr' end, contain and
corsi>: Of on'y eighty subdisisiousi eve
" subdivision shall be cnnciu'!rd with
the six aud iortieth ariic'e; ana every
article shall consume, exi end aud cost
90 more than IN hour and hail.
lfworthy Of n2tice. your inserting the
above will s.ariiy A FREEMAN.
Fl ON then T..T.rc .ldrrr.iSsr, Oct. 6.
some sean en-. lateiy arrived IN THIS CT
I, from lla,Apro. have banded Us state
a,enr made hg sUMc Americans, in con.
fiaemept At that place. with request
that II nrg' be published, in the hope
that government NAY 0Hrrd them relief.
The statement is sisred by Peter An