Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-03

The United States to re'inquish their clii-
zenshiP, "a bill upon the rlaa Of Paddy 5
proposition, when, having quarreiied with
his mother, he prayed to Gnd to unborn
him again. was called among the orders
Of the day, but the bringing of it forward
was negatived. l have said before, that
this act, ii carried through, would not
enable any man to do single act, whith
he might not already do without it. In
deed, do we not see n.cn every Day -
aouncing country, parents, relations,
principles, religon-nay, their Ma.isr
himseIt-and yet who prelents TO si'p
them Thea l say, aitn hasIsr J"cSy
Lati'at the lawyer, III boRc -'Hiat
good can come OF its-Nohe. Bat is
GOOD the object oh, 10 DC sure! Bat
that is another question. Would not the
better way be, hewevcr, to confer clTi-
zENsHIP OF THE WORLD, by act OF CEN
gress, on all Americans vino wish tor il /!
Melhlnks hear some one ask, How is
that possible ?--To which | answer, that
according to my simple cotton, ii il ju.t
as possible as to thrOs' off our American
citizenship. The next step in common
fair play, if this bill should pass, will be
to enact declaratory law making known
to the good people of the U. STATES, that
it shall be lawful for them TO expose new
born babes, whether their own offspring
or foundlings, to die in the streets and
hishroads, of hunger and cold, and bc
devoured by the pigs +; since, if they owe
no return Of allegiance to the old society
tina, protects them, that society is under
no obligation tc feed or take care Of them,
or save them when unable to save them
selves, from being trampled upon Or de-
voured or at least to enact that the
babes shall not take upon themselves the
ranks and rights Of citizens, till they are
able to take care of themselves. 1t has
been observed that there never was such
an outCry against general lanaticIsm, as
since the volcanic eruption OF the French
Revoiution-And Why ?-Because SO ma
ny US Of like to ride little iaratical hob.
by-horse of eur own. Whether the sect OF
shakers who lately made an incursion in
to Ohio. or the sect Of cosmcpolrss, ride
the higher prarcing hobby, it were hard
to tell But l rejoice to find that Con-
gress are not in hurry to gall themselves
with riding upon the cruPpcr Of any Of
them.
A private bill yesterday, however,
gave rise to a debate, and as the history |
Of the affair, as well as some of the re-
marks made upon it are somewhat siDgu-
lar | relate than TO you. Some time
during the revolutionary war an honest
citizen, more periodically jealous tEan
sel[i.hly prudent-his name John Thomp-
son--sold all his land and expended it
for the new government, raising soldiers,
and devoting, with i, his blood and SER
vices to the revolution-his account was
stated and acknoa lodged by the proper
officer, but, on false pretext set up by
a captain A., who owed a large sum
of money to government, which va. not
liquidated at his death, that Thompson
had received from him a considerable
part of the money due to him r. by the
government, aud that the accounts could
not be balanced till this set off was allow
ed, the public paymaster refused to settle
with Thompson, though he PercmptoriIy
denied As charge, and challenged,
and repeatedly, for years, solicited TO
have it substantiated, or his accounts set
tied. At the end of many years his claim
to the money he had laid oat was all
mitted, but government thought proper
to refuse him interest for il, and this bill
was introduced for the purpose OF giving
him that interest; but on legal qulrk
that no interest could DC recovered on an
unsettled account, doubts ruse in the