Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-07-02
ALEXANDRIA:
THURSDAY. JULF 9. 1919.

with giadness; auu swell e'e'J Now
with gratitude to the Supreme Being for
his timely goodness to the children oil
men: nor will they who upon common
principles of we'll poised patriotism and
.elI-preservstive caution, have d's''ksd
running the hazard Of war that would
throw Us back in the race OF national
prosperity for many years, by an o'hcl-
Gus, premature interference in tore'gn al
fairs, beyond the demands Of right or the
limits Of reason, feel one atom less sa-
tisfaction at this happy event. than they
Who have brawled SO loud and sononsen-
sicaIly for 4 scufls ,-indeed we think
they will feel more unmipgled pleasure
satisfaction less alleged BY private
counter.motives; since the former are
Influenced purely by that genuine uni
versal phila2throphy which fills the bo-
SONS of disinterested men with anxious
wishes for the happiness Of their fellow
creatures; while the latter are shrewdly
suspected Of having regarded the cause
of the South American patriots as a pre-
text that might easily be made sub'er-
Went to the petty machinations Of foul
and pitiful private ambition, and con-
yerted into fire brand to kindle the
temper Of the misiudging, restless and
turbulent, into q fame against the gov
eminent, whose patriotism, prudence,
and vigcur have stayed fhs plague, which
a few Disconnected men (perhaPs only
one man, angered That the presidents oPi.
MEN Of his merits fell rather shors(t hs
own) had endeavored BY side xihd'-a
iussis pro crepitu-to introduce intP our
affairs. As their zeal, therefore5-was
more mingled with selfish purposes, their
joy upon the success Of the Chilisns will
be naturally more sober; and it will be
well if that most fortunate accomplish.
ment be not cheapened to their hearts,
By the sense that il will diminish the
number Of their prete1ts for eenssre upon
our administration.
SrEsxE somewhere SAYS that "if the
sacrifice of character be once resolved
upon, it is easy to pick up sticks enough
from every hedge to offer it up with."-
This is true but what kind Of sacrifice
must that be , What impious priests they
who offer it, if they approach the temple
where truth aud virtue aiore should find
entrance, with fasgo,s Of falsshood pill.
fered from their neishbors fences p
What a sight to see them swelling ont
their leathern cheeks in the act Of putting
their bundles Of dry hemlock and rotten
twiss and straws, to blow up a fire which
is scarcely a fame when it sinks into
smut and ashes They who would fam
drag Mr.. Monroe to the altar, are still
more at 4 loss than those and remind
US Of the children Of the INDECENT in that
repertory Of impudeut lazy beggars, the
district Of Columbia, with their noses
blue with cold, lounging at the door OF
carpenters work shop for the shaving,
BY which they lose hours, which il ho-
nestly employed might give them tooG,
for the blaze Of q minute, which being
ertihguished leaves taem to starve, while
they degrade their species BY the mean
mes, If their pursuits.
. Yet whatever the faults Of those may
be, it is pretty clear tina, some Of them
are, in all probability, thus far disinte.
rested-that they act from pure love Of
mischief, and are not governed by the
orders Of the person into whose hands
they think they ar. playing; for that
person has sagaclty enough rather to de-
cline such pern.cious damnins aid If hey
would let hir, alone A certain high
reaching noisy orator Of the rest." FER.
fectiy agrees with his officious volunteer
agent PAuL (of the CONF assl. that Mr..
Monroe ought to have appointed him. The
said high reaching orator, secretary Of
state, asd that for not doing SO he ough,
to be erected ost Of the presidential chair
hut would much rather, no doubt, that
Paul had not iniersered {; because he has