Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-09-21


the crimson plains Of Waterloo, where the
blood of our fellow creatures flowed in
such mighty profusion, that the fertile earth
seemed 10 blush al the outrage offered TO
the choicest works of Heaven, and for
space of time was glnted with the polluted
draught, til! the almighty, with a fro"n
upon the agsressors, threw veil over the
! dismal scene
Let us now ask ourselves the cause vi
this dreadful carnage . was it to gain
immortal happiness ror all mankind, " or
| if possible, was it for another purpose -
| Alas NO, the simple story is This, that all
this dreadful slaughter was in cool blood,
committed for the purpose of placing on
the throne of France, contrary to the peo-
! pies interest and inclination, the present
contemplate Louis, man who had been
living Tor years in this country in idlencss
and wandering trCm one corner Of the
island 10 the other in cowardy and vaga-
bond slolhiuiness and con!emp.
Let it be remembered at the same time
that this war which was to reInstate tbs
man, has tended 10 raise landed properly
three fold above its value, and to load our
| beloved country with such an insurmount-
able burthen OF Taxation, that IT is too Ill
tolerable 10 endure longer; IT has nearly
annihilated orr own fourshing trade, and
! is nov driving our merchants and manu-
lectures 10 poverty and degradation.
We call upon YOU therefore TO join us
with heart and hand to eXterminale tyran-
ny from the face OF our native country.
1t affords us pleasure to inform you, that
numbers of your ranks have voluntarily
mixed with US, who are fully determines
in defiance of the threats OF the Borough
nongers to aid NJ in our just and Constitu
tonal career. Our enemies are resolved
u.on destroying The lat vestige OF the ma
turtI rights of men, an! we are detarmIned
70 establish them, tor as well might they
attempt TO arrest the sun in the region OF
space, or stop the diurnal motion OF the
earth, as 10 impede the rapid progress OF
The enlightened friends liberty ana truth.
The beams of angelic light that have gone
forth through TIE globe hath at length
reached unto men, and we are proud to Say
taat the Female Reformers of Manchester
have also caught its benign and heavenly
Influence it is not possible therefore for Us
to submit to bear The pondrous weight OF
our chains any longer, but to use our en-
deayor TO tear them assunder and dash them
in the face of our remorseless oppressors.
We can bearno longer to see numbers Of
our parents immured il warehouses, our ia
theirs separated from our mothers, in direct
contradiction Ia the laws Of God and the
laws of man our sons degraded below hu-
man nature our bunhands and little ones
clothed in rags, AMI piulng on the face oil
the earth. Dear Sisters, how could you
bear to see the infant at the breast, draw
ing from you the remnant of oar last blood
instead OF the nourishment which nature
requires-the only subsistence Tor your
selves being dIauyhl OF cold water? Ii
would be ctiminsl N us 10 disguise any
longer the dreadful truth ; for in the midst
of these privations, five were to hold our
peace, the very trees OF the forest and
stones of the valley would cry out
These are few OF the consequences re-
sullng from the mad career OF the Borough
mongers war, 10 say nothing OF the thou
sands that have been slain, the widows ana
orphans that have been left destitute and
unprotected, the hypocritcal hireling, will
biasphemously tell you, thai these things
are Of Divine ordinance in vain does he
publish this to reason and common sense.
The Great Author of Nature makes NO dis
tinction OF person.; the rich and poor are
all alike to bin /. and surely the toiked
lightning, the awful thunder, the terrible
earthquakes, and The bowling and flaming
volcanoes, are sufficient to ohastise the most
obiurate, without man becoming the op>
pressor of man. We close the disgusting
scene, for language would fall infinitely
short in painting the portrait of our woes
IN al! its horrible deformities
In conclusion, we earnestly entrcat you
10 come forward-posterity will bless the
names they see enrolled under the banners
of Reform. Remember that all good men