Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-19
Original Miscellany.

What does one dog owe 10 anoiher-one
horse to anolher---one hog to another =
Even nothing--in short, no animal, though
we call il rutionol, owes any thing to It's
fellow. Bnt man, psraking of that spark
which ,cs call reason--what are the fruits
orhs nationality? Why, 10 be slave ana
an enslayer every where throughout The
earth.
Were this earth what il apparently should
be-lhat is, did man every where meet
with safe, easy and certain subsistence,
and climate suitable TO bis feelings, 1t is
evident that no one could possibly ensiavc
another. When this earth shall every
where produce sa!ubrious fruits-when the
air which should contribute TO lite, shall no
more bring sickness or dcaih-wle en- man
shall no longer stand in need of any other
lodging and bed than those OF the deer and
the leopard, the lords Of the world will have
no other domestcs than their children, and
these wdl have so much natural affection as
TO assist them in their old age.
In this state, so very natural, which all
ouadrupeds, birds, and reptiles enjoy, man
would be as happy as they: dominion would
then be chimara TO him, an absurdity
which no one would think Of; Tor who would
make hustle to get servants without any
want of their services Should any indi-
vidual of tyrannical disposition and ex-
trao7dinary strength, take it into his head
TO make slave OF his weaker neighbour,
the thing would be impracticable the par
ty oppressed would be an hundred leagues
out Of the oppressor's reach before he had
taken his measures. Thu: freedom from
want would make all men equal. II is the
distress annexed to our condition as rational
beings, which subjects one man to another.
Not that inequality is in itself real m'sior-
tune-Athe grievance lies in dependence =
It's f, fno consequence that one nanls ia
his highncss or another his honness-oui 20
serve either, and be obedient 10 Them, is
the evil.
A numerous f. mily has successfully cuitl-
waited a good soil, whilst two small neigh
boring families canrot bring their stubborn
grounds TO produce any thing the two poor
families must either become servants to the
opulent family, or extrpate it. One oil the
two INDECENT families, for subsistence,
goes and offers lis labor 10 the rich; the
other goes 10 dispossess it by force of arms,
and is beaten. The former is the origin oil
domestics AMI laborers, and from the latter
slavery is derived.
In our calamitpus globe, it ia impossible
that men, living together in society, should
not be divided intoitwo classes-one, the
rich, who command the other, the poor,
whd serve or obey these two are subdi-
yided into thousands, nj these thousands
have their further subdivisions and grada-
tons.
The oppressed are not all absolutely uu-
nappy.-"USt Vi lUem DtilIS DoiH uiItSi q
servile state, continual labor preserves them
from too sensible feeling of their situa-
ton: but whenever they do feel il, wars are
the consequence such were those be-
tween the plebeian and patr;cian parties in
Rome, and those OF the peasants, in Ger
many, England and France. All these ter
inmate, soon or late. in the subsection OF
the people, because the great have money,
and money can do every thing 'sit''n
state; for between nation and nation it Is
otherwise. A nation which handles iron
best, willever be 100 strong for one, which,
with its abundance Of gold, is deficient in
skill and courage.
Every man is born with strong propcn-
sity to power. riches and pleasure, and ma
turalIy delights in Incidence: consequently
every man is for having the money and
daughters Of others ;swould subject Them
to all his humors, and do no work-at least
Only what pleased himself For men with
such dispositions to be equal, is as impussi-
bic as that two rival professors in calings
Of great fame and emolument, should not
be Jealous OF each other.