Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-25
From III. Coun.c,ieu; cseranL
TBE BRIEF RgMARKER.

The phiiosrphish OF ths iat
ltia,ed and largely on the feliei'ous coz
Idi,;op Of ,avass;. Those simple chi
den a nature. thew held up to vie ~
lmedels of human excellence. AMI as pos
lses.,ng the greatest sun Of nuis,n 'hI",'
tment, with minds snwarpea by PreJs
dice. and uith hearts unsJphis'Ies'ed q
ltrse to the genuine inPrlS> oil MANURE
their i've. t,sefted. tor,sotb. the express
image If p-imevsl isnscsnce. kS""ing
lneither n. CALLING letters n la" ao' mr.
lupnatnra! AID 7disus distinctions Of eI'i-
lliz.sion. thss. free a. the air ibeT D. rata
! ed. roamed tAeir forest, or toS''ber en-.
loved the sport. and Isstines Of .oHiai 10.
itercorr.e. witheut obstacle or hirdTahce
/ and whar Trough their Dwellings ~ef'
l,rssky csoia..s, nothing better 'aan dene
AID cave, Of rbs earni WAT though
their rsi,nen,. Il raimeut they bad, Wa
Foul ard -qsalid And what shossh uieitI
.can,v iond was raHeid aud rca;hsJfse :
Nc uauer Being aipsIs accusfSIhe1 o.
This va, # living, taty ds'lred "o'''h=I
Isefer Sithosi aay repihlnys 81 disc "a :.
rent. the, j,yfoiIy received ~hat nature
gave Esppy savage! happy n TIE con /
garrison with civilized Iau piains undel
the orusi powe, VI p.obis.ation. d"1:aed
20 delIe ire a3Fta OF Ples TIE oeeaii, tis
save OF sriifIci.i wants Ire prey u AIN
si;!Ol apd ayaIce. Thrice zap, Save !:
4 areeio.d ro napny than the cA'd Of
RESTRAINT. Of !aSOur. & o. c1se Jh.rei"id
tmste happy than Tie .i,Si,b Rnckworn'
,of civil ,oci,,t. naggcs ii b, .apeTiiuOEs
wealth and 81. Doss'ed . 4ad i4si!tE-
iuor.,
/ Such were the dream. Of f.rmer days.
even nf da,. nai leng past: Dut theJ are
isr,un nov 80 be ct GTssnis. SO ..ggebt
disco, cries have coFfouU ded the phla,e.
,ipInD Of aa,seau, ana Pu T. -h4r'e Tie
..ii.eipis. oil his ,cHgo.. Han. t-'s raH
it1a su.i fro and know ,dge n, Dceu "a.
ic es..-i. Great imesd, aud IA be- Vf.d
TALL former example, 1a- beea The acces.
t,ipn of kn0s.sdge. nH.ia nc last 10 y
lNta :. rssseCriD2 tie haiti oi 90 globe.
Traveller, and vOy aee.> have tTGverseC
a. il were the whce IirIus world n ewes s
ldirecln. New region nave oee1 eA.
Er,o,ed -; nation. sad tribe. i'.nr.il u.
sansn. or ,csTcsly knoUR. hsV, bern
tci0ssiY in-Fecrcd HEN morals Their nan.
ae-s. 4HJ the, no es # living. carefully
in"ted accurately DESCRIBED = the
result. a.. unts'oraSle. alike les the e"n
Id,tien and The cs1racter OF tn mere child
si nature Il is ioaDd that The tiIu
light. which are behela here and there
Ianid the thick darkness Of the pagan
"or d. syrsnc trem patIarchal ;Tatton ;
Ina, even IN civilized Countries in no
wise illumined nth the RAYS Of tie ga.
,lYei. the mos, eboNinahle & the lnssr her
rible practices in SOCIAL aud domestic lie
are sanctioned by lsns aud im,DemOria.
custom aud ,ha, the child Of nature, the
ne savage, is every where iound to
be 'es,le :, unfss,ins, trcachereus, and
Ter" ices ANIMAL
There IS Csc respect however in which
lpiilosophi'm has been no, altogether IN
the "rerg: it is tha, tie wage state
is the NEST natural. that is 20 say the
most congeuiai si;h the de5raTed feel
ing and Pro?ens,ties Of the human kind.
Weilolderer S0tial Institutes are mounds
Which'vir,ue erect against vieeand watch
vice is ever struggling TO 6emoii.h \
whereas in what Is called the state al
mature, every nan dyes what scene:h,
sim good .ndulging wWa little or co re-!
,iraInt in Whatever his heat incline
aim 10. And Of al things in the world
TAI. is the Sweetest, more gratifying :h's
to be clothed n purple, to dunk in gold.
and to sleep upon geId.' N,Ihing IS
'more natural 20 van than the love Of Ii
betty, or H,O,e delicious Ia his heart than
he full enJosmeat Of i---of tie h5srts
ii doing a. he pleases, If openly acrirs
every way and in eli cases according toI
his inclinatious, wIthou; dead Of punish
ment or tear of shame. Upon this H..
beEty which indeed j. the only liberty for
nhich cur fallen nature has sincere and
lprcse cripg liking--the Laws of regular
cove ngent, the customs and, op;niOrs OF
irtuous society, and above all, the m.
sh'uions OF a most holy religion. are gal.
nag checks
Hence il is, in a considerable part.
hat the ,rausitien from civilization to
savasRess is much easier lhan IRON the
latte condition to the former. AlmosI
very sa,aer feels 4 decides preference
Tor his own way Of lille, aud looks down
anon tie accumulated conveuisnees of :
isiyiiiZed man not with cold indifference.
but with utter diz ,ust and contempt.
! vi icc al the mealih thai lie nnrlL