Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-07-09

nation 70 De Tree IL DDS only W WIN -
By il too, Ignorance was instructed-the
force OF long established opinion complete,
iy defeated, and the first article IN the creed
OF liberty settled beyondthe powero OF future
councils 10 disturb. mean the great preser-
yer Of liberty with order-.imean atru,h that
no patton can with safety for a moment 10Y
get, that taxation eau never he just with
out representation. The proof and re-
ecp.on of these truths abundahtiy pay us
ioT the act of suffering, and taat OF coniem-
plating the scenes of slaughter ana misery
which lbe revolution 50 often witnesseu--&
for that almost boundless expenditure OF
treasure which buriened US with debt,the
wealth and economy OF the nation have mol
vet been able to liquidate. And here we
cannot but remark the difference in the ac-
tuating spirit OF those vino effected the rev
oiu.jon 10 England OF. l64l, and that winch
guided the actions OF our iliustTious sases
and patriots. In England, freedom was not
benefited By the struggle but our fathers
transmitted TO us a well balanced liberty,
rich in the products OF internal peace, IN
dustry and glory. They p anted tree
whose immature fruit more than repaid The
labour and difficulty OF its cultivation, whose
ripened product must enrich their descen-
dan,s, and place them among the most pow
er6,l nations of the earth. The discomfort
and rnbellious inclinations Of England IN
IG1l. received their original impulse IRON
IN. enthusiasm of the Scottish conventIoners
and never did refined Athens so exuit, IN
difusing over savage world the sciences
and the arts, never did generous Rome SO
please herself in viewing the establishment
oflaw and order by her victorious arms, as
did the Scots in communicating their bar
barous zeal and theological ieTour to the
peighboring nations. Ii was the madness
of enthusiasm, the unhounded wildness OF
an ignorant and unregulated fancy, which
overturned law and order, destroying both
church and state, while it buried the throne
under the ruins Of the constitution. Rea..
soning from the principle of this fiery and
bloody ordeal, we could not expect to see
the British constitution emerge with ITS
checks and balances more nicely adjusted,
lis principles better defined and establish
ed, or lis proportions more beautifully reg
ulated.
But after this fever Of national intellect,
this fanatical deirum had passed away, as
might be naturally expected, the old 60
vernment and the old rulers were restored,
without any provision for the prevention OF
those political evils which must necessarily
lead TO new connections, horrors and
destruction. In our contest, the great
principles OF right reason were violated by
the admins ration OF Great Britain our
ancestors knew the nature OF the wrong and
provided against lis recurrence. Their
great aim was to secure-not temporary
relaxation OF tyrannous authority-not the
erection Of one and the destruction OF ano-
ther form OF worship-but liberty OF action
and freedom Of thought. They had too
much good sense, too much political WIS.
dom, 10 think OF uniting IN the same com.
pany, the airy phantoms OF speculation and
fo,.cy. with the -sten.:.! ier"rs Of n"..--
and Of ,hinss. While then we recollect
that republican freedom, driven from the
old, has sought an asylum in the new
world, and that she is yet struggling with
tyranny in dubious fight, for the possession
OF a very considerable portion OF II lei US
inculcate upon all, the necessity oil pre-
serving the spirit Of our institutiops-the
precious inheritance lett US by our fathers:
let us exclaim with sincerity, though in the
language OF poetry:
go liberty!
Parent of happiness, celestial born,
now cur care
With US secure, prolong thy loved retreat,
Hence bless mankind, while yet among our
youth
Even vet tE.re are to shield our equal
laws,
Whose bosoms kindle at the sacred names
OF Adams, Hancock, Washington and
Green"
The destruction OF the power and 60
vernment OF James ii. was an inevitable
consequence of the march OF the human
mind; ami the revolution Of 1888 followed
as necessarily from the erroneous prlncl-
pies of that oi 1871. Men had become too
enlightened, either TO be led, back 10 all
the corruptions and superstitions OF the then
popish church, or TO rush into the furious
excuses Of the destroyers OF Charles l.
The difference in the principles Of the re-
voluion OF l6+l and that OF 1858 IS dis
tinctIy seen, in the H1sent population and
industry, power and sp!endor OF the Brl-
tish monarchy. 4 series Of inconsistent
measures in the government Of Great Bri-
tain, previous to the declaration OF inde-
pendeuce in l776, had aliena,ed the colo
nies from their duty as subjects, and from
their natural affection TO their common
country. In palliation OF the impo!it;C con-
duct OF England at that period, it was said
that she felt the impossihility OF supporting
such an establishment as her successes in
the war OF 1856 had made indispensable,
and at the same time of giving any sensible
relief TO the weight OF the public debt,
without making those paris of the empire
which she supposed had been benefited
most by the expenses of the war, conri-
butte somewhat 20 alleviate the burdens OF
the peace. This was the ostensible ground
for taxing the colonies; out the philosoph-