The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-01-13

pre- his scy you have deprecated.
Lock &c Englard at this me- mept. To
wlat state have tley rot reduced he,
Over this vast island, for " hose wealth
C winds Of heaven seemed 10 blow,
covered ss she was once, with the eor-
feous napilc oi successful agriculture,
ii studded ever with tie gems Of art
tld manufacture, there is scarce row
IN object bet industry in rags, and pa
Ience in despair the merchant with.
ut ledger; tie fields without her.
vest the shops without a customer
he exchange d serted, and the pa.
zet;e crowded, from tie heart rerdirp
cen meDts on that neiaIious system, in
support Of which, peers and contract
ors, slockjcbtcrs end sirccurists, IL
5hort the "kele uained, coilarod, pam
peied ard rapaoious pack Ct minis,eri-
al teBgIes, have been, Tor hall cen,u-
y, III the most clamCIcus and Giscord-
ant urroar! During III this misery,
how are The pilots Of the state employ
Cd Why, in feeding the b'oated uIam-
meth Of sineoure in weighing the far
| bings OF scme undelll res salary; IT,
preparing lrelald Tor garrison, opd
Ergiard fer poor house; IN the
structure oi Chinese palaoos the de
coiation Of Dragons, aud the erection
IF public buildings. Oh it's easily
| seen We has c . saint in The exc hsquer !;
| lie has studied scriptvre to scme Iut
pose; lie ian,ishirg people cry on,
| Tor b. eat, end tic sIri, tutal n mister
tGiNes then stones! Such has been
| he r,suli q ne blesstd Pit system,
| " kich, enid oceans Of bleed, end SEQ
millions expenditure, has lett you, al,
"a trophiod tarklupt ! have heard
before IT states IUiIcd Ey the SisI,a-
| iona of TICvidcrcc, Devastated by 10.
mine, wasted 10y fre. overcome uy en-
/ cnies but never, until new, did l see
| . state like England, Impoverished by
her spols, and coIiquc'ed ty her sue
o.sGes! She has fought tie fight ci
turcpe she has purchase all us com.
lined Llood,; she has subsidized all its
Dependencies la lhsir own Cause She
has conquered by SEA she has con.
quered by land she has got peace
and OF curse, or he Pitt apostles Cuio
not have made peace, She has got EcI
" indemnify for the past ard security
ior The future :" srd here she Is, after
all her vsriucs end all her victories
surrounded by desoIsiion, like ei.c ii
the pyramids CT Egypt, amidst the
grandeur Fl The desert, full Ct ma enifi-
ceDce and deaIh-at once q trophy and
a tomb The heart Ct any r,Ge citing
thinks that the war. thus sanguinary il
is operations, thus cOnie.seoiy rui.
nous in its expenditure, Vas even sull
more o6ious in its principle II was a
war avowedly undertaken for ihe pLr.
poye Of lot cling France out Of her un.
doubted right OF chusing her own mo-
uarch.; var which unrooted the We
~ foundation of the English col st,u
tion-which libelled the most glorious
era iD cur annals-w hiCh GeClared ty
ranny ererEa, and announced 10 The
people, snid tie thunder Of artillery,
hat no mstier low aggrieved, their on
" allowable attitude was that OF slLEFiI-
caiion-which, when it told The FiCre j.
reformer ofl793 that his defeat was lust.
told the British re foImtT OF 689 his tri
unpb was treason, and exhibited the
terrific farce of prince OF the hous,
OF Brunswick, the creature of the re-
yolution, Offering an human hecatomb
upon the grave Of James the second
What else have you done /? You have
succeeded, indeed, in dethT oning Ma
poleon, ard you have dethroned a me.
rarch, who, with all his imputed crimes
and vices she'd splendor around roy
atty. too powerful for The feeble vision
Of legitimacy even to bear. He had
many faults do not speak to palli-
ate them He deserted his princi Piles !;
/ rejoice that he suffered. But stin
let us be generous even in our ermi.
ties. How grand was his march How
magnificent his destiny! Say what
we will, sir, he will be the land mark
of cur times in the eye Of posterily.
The goal OF other mems speed was his
starting post--crowns were his play
things thrones his footstool@-be stIode
from victory TO vicIoryA-his path was a
"plane OF continued elevations - Sur.
passing the boast of the too confident
Roman, he but stamped upon The earth,
and not only armed men,but states & DIV.
nasties, and arts and sciences, all that
mind could imagine or industry pro-
ducc, started up the creation of en-