Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-18
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,hc ,carity of food and other nt-
,rcsscs in sng'snd beng somewhat aoa''
ed hy the propi,ious appearances o' Tue
new harvest, the ,la;uVbar ccs arising OUT
O, them which 50 long kept the curt
The Parliament. the magistrates, aud the
rr;ntc,'s devils on the alert, have 50 SUE
sided. and lett the rer,urbed spirits Of
tie daily press in that country I" r0a"
abroad for subject, to keep them in mo
ton and now VIC may look 10 have an
endless train Of discordant jargoH about
South America; inihc course OF which the
Patriots will succeed and be defeated
aud the Royal cause be ruined and ~lum-
phant at least three hundred times IN the
course OF the ensuing year. With equal
certainty may we anticipate alternate
censure and applause, coed wishes AID
cxecrations. which will be poured forth
with Ill the devotion Of which the scribes
Of the court, and the scrlbes OF the NAL.
contents, and all persons Of that kind Of
piety and virtue are capable. The A
merican reader, however, will do well, to
receive them only as so many specimens
OF newspaper poetic prose, IN The eo"po-
sitipu Of which the invention Of The WI
tiers, is the most valuable and extraoTdi-
nary Of their materials. The real truths
and genuine matters Of fact which occur
in the political world would not supply
the columns OF a small weekly paper with
subjects worth the trouble oiPelusa!. We
are therefore, in contemplation OF oui 4
musements somewhat indebted to the
daily tale mongers Il romance writer's
but LET not our admiration OF their iRyen-
ton and gratitude for our entertainment
carry us beyond the bounds OF discre-
non, or induce us to regard any OF those
exercitations of European fancy, as wor
thy Of belief, until we have some higher
authority for their truth than the yeracity
OF paragraphists.
The profound gravity and ami.ble sim
cerity with which thnse high authorities
commend and recommend, advise and
dissuade their rulers from or 10 this con-
duct or that, is not the least amusing
part of their character. hea, one o.!
them speak and you would imagine that
the sovereign power and It's cabinet Of
counseluEs hung upon him To catch The
DEGREES oi wisdom and sound policy drop
ping from his lips.
Whatever be our sentiments respect
ing the struggles for independence in
Spanish America, lssys ole which tp-
pearod IN Mondays National lntelt!-
gencei) WE shall neither counteuance re-
beiliUn OIL the one hand nor de,-Jolism Oh
the other Withsut waiting to utter a
comment Oh the hardness Of heat WHICH
could induce this paragraphist to with
draw from all tie parties III this contest
the Important aid Of his cuuurenance, We
cannot h.lp wishing that in extracting
the passage, The American editor had
specified the name o! the paper from
whicn ne touk it, that We might be S. lar
al least, enabled 10 form presumption
respecting the kind Of rebellion, aud the
kind uf despotism therein particularly IN
tended. Whether it is the despotism Of
the Patriots or uf Ferdinaud-Tke re-
beliinn OF the colonial subjects against
their king Or OF The king against lis colo
MAJ sutlects. The time has been, IN
deed, wnen tHis wouid require 10 ex-
pianation-when even IN Imagination
fairots could n, be conceived guilty Of
derpot'snl, nor rCbelliou be imputed to
kings But in these times Of change,
ant mutual Interchange Of chsrac'er
when tue old subjects ui contention, rri-
viege \ pretogative have so much truck
ed with each other, tDat If their iorefa.
therS were to come from the dead. they
would not know one irom the other. aud