Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-13
From the Connecticut Con, mt,

A curious specimen Of Ctinses PolirN
Nothing has q greater inaaence On
Buis OF natisn than the example q
lis rulers. Sensible Of this, and av, SIS
that the utmost attention to ag:icu,' &
was required Tor the sus 'onta'ion s
qa-t people he governed, Vent. w
feisned in China about one hu Died US
-eveory years before The christ al era, -
ysgsd his subjects t, ltirlte t,. I.
aid. by Ii. exampis oil "ughrsx w.
n, o. n hand, the lani' O-jIrsn. {,
hi, palace /; strictly -nj, in. It upaa-s
ministers and men ol ha court 20 b.,
ii. plough on spp"Intrd day. that.
lmple of Ven.tI, IS said t. have By
followed by the enpar"ts ever since s.It
ne subordinate orders Of c"srse ss.4s.
ilg az icsi;ure a. an Elm. ioymont ',,.
r ,nurab'- and even sacred. rur,usd u
with such ragerne.s fro one genera "
20 au,ther. ~ that sea ely an acteNr
be spot Of srnnni ~ tia vast -prso,h,l
raan eli uneri'lyatcd' Euteiie hHIS.
count Of bIna, says 'hat" WAT max,
thu Chiuess up.i-rg" such incret le u
tigues il cui:i.a'rEL tie e-'th - ~
barely heir private Ia' res, b-t "a II
I ie y"nr a.iSu ra,a 40 g'icIiiure. az
,he e,tcrm whlcr he nrpr0r- rDss 4
ELVES have slwa > had for >, fro,a /,
icuGumsny men %! he empire"
There is No tl"up hur hi Chine spk
ic. Is well sAtss - RE psrrcm,sr G..
icum,tance, itae Chinese, tina Iuau..
'arlb.e meAsu y Il is vim to- ~
q territory tan tn"a>sna r:iivs ~ l-l.,
aid Intern huJured 10 1readrh tssa.
~ "a alton Di nea " h'-y ;f,rdicd D.,
Ion poraia''sn n"A : eEe thIIG 1
that 0i tre wh)!. WDr...
ne par'icl!l- circg,I taHccs O. g, u.
ccur-r,es reLds il 1.-THE inp,acfc.1 4
% AZ urd. toi.nitats altuectne, the p Il.
tie OF tie 'nHssr f,r instance
IN England it wosid b- iTrpraetic,,,,
With me;scu It w"hid d absurd. YaI
IA ~ country rerha?s. e1cs..t "l'I d
Iaa.icul'ure REGARDED viz dill thar a'tsr.
ton an respect "hicn its uJmeasur4u.
merits.
IA Eng and its..f, tho h sne Of II,
he-t colt ya;.d cnuItries Esrors i,'i
i, large prnpa.ition funcu,tiva ID
and wasted lands su5 is the oyih n
uf some VI Us sE>st W. era, that "a!
c0uoi,:on OF Fog !an W.; I'd have bes2
much better Than u no'- ~, il i al
employed many thousand o! those haLs,
as cnltiv'toTs. which it H. empIov.t n
manui' ctu iug iar all It's neishoors.
The destinations "i The country W. I've
in eridenti, seems to DC marked out b'
the finger q heaven. ia many @"s gn''
harhnurs, mlcts. and 'Eab'e !Ne:'
clearly denote tina; it " fashioned f.;
the purpose, Of Navigation ard crn'me g
and none bat sickiy brain coa!d ihi.k
Of REFRESHING rs canine ce, or u rerd'
ering 1t wholly agricultural, To-
>amv time it is Ii oJyiOu, f. re@aF.,
that Gus naia depenlrf ce i. upon ~
culture. II mus; ever lie tie NAN ''4t
.; our surpor', aud il n fact tie CsI'
sure source Of wealth.
In dis view: Tie ex:r,ple Of he CT"
ness demands no incr nSiterab" meg
sure of cur imitation. II tLpy have e.
red IN one extreme, have eITed "
the otos.t .1tia.r. If with TIE an.
culture has been tioateI With supcrs ~
nus venc alton. "ith u. IL las been tee.
e. with ia,i,dious n.s.cct. The t,a'
are large. bat tAe /. ofers ae fe" ;
these fields demand the LABOR Of to-.
sandS ard scores 81 Il, u-aads, WHO are
npn ready 10 tlmish. Ot sIe top prudl
to till item. Capital i vested IL a'noi
aRy thIhg, rSIrrT man employed u, 10
proving toe sm, and IL Consequence
there is out very 81 all POP oEf'on @
even the older Earls OF Il is country Hht'
can b. sad 10 be ell cultivated.