Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-10-19
BIZ JOHN SiJNDERSO.N.
TO THE PUBLIC.

~ i!tE FUBLlC.
When we consider the personal qualities
OF The statesmen whose names are affixed 10
the Declaration of Independence the peri-
lOus OCCASION winch demanded the exercise
OF their wisdom and delibcraton, aud The
influence OF their councils on the interests Of
mankind, ne must acknowledge that very
rarely more imposing spectacle has been
offered 10 the world, aud we shall seek in
vain IN the annals Oi nations, tor an event
mort worthy Of COMMUNICATION, ami of Icing
cherished forever in the hearts Of 4 grateful
and z, lerous people. he love OF injepen-
dence Is interviewer with the frame and con.
stttullun of The human mnd. IL is almost
the first sentiment thai an,nlates the infants
features 10 the cradle and amongst all the
actions md enterprises OF man, none has
awaHed INTO activity greater ext rth,n ol The
yIr,uous energies OF 'ils nature, none has ex-
cited a greater warmth III generation, aud
has more i'm erIous claims upon our graft
tube, than resistance 20 tyranny and political
aggression.
In al republican states the first tribute OF
genus has been paid Ia To. patriot or the he
70 who has promoted iIt Cause Of liberty and
maintained the independence and dignity OF
man. The animated Canvas and breathing
marble have rescued his features irOn The
grasp OF death, aha the PEN of tb- historian
has Inscribed the achievement, 10 10. uape-
rishable records 0 lsn,e. Ii would inu'e
be no favor bic Drosnostic OF he perp,tulty
oil our republic 10 inslitu iUiis t. dJsCO,el IN
hI,.nsibility 10 tue oblIsati"Iis We owl the
memory OF the iiiusirloLs palronsof American
freedom. they have raised us. by their
magnanimity, iron. thu arbitrary dominion OF
a foreign power, to the distinguished elevation
of sovereign aud indepen lent people they
have asserted and maintained the impresciip.
tinie rights Of humanity by the mutual
pledge OF theig pledge OF their t'yes, then lor-
tunes and Their saCTed nuiior- :: and, as IO3E
rs virtue holds her enI.Ir ~ tue hearts ot
their Successes, the eXalnye OF these gone.
rou, senelaclors " iii mol be los IL the worlds
their Dames will not pass away nor he forgot :
ten. or their glorious deeds be confounded in
he common and casuai transaction Ui lie
h,gr.titude is vice that m rrsloDs, ss we'll
as indivi iuais, indicates the last degree Of
degeneracy and corruption IL Is vice that
implies the absence OF every vi.ur |; il was
in The age OF Cdigula that the name Of the.
Scipios was prescribed, that The state Of
Brulus brought death on its possessOr. .
50 The glory Of our ancestors is the light Of
posterity,' and the homage of the IyI.g can.
not be offered to the merits of the iilu.trious
dead with an eiiectuaI or sterile admiration.
Great and splendid actions will seldOm be
achieved by men who have bum NE or ordI.
nary objects in prosper. II is by contempia-
ting the life and character U those who ara ;
marked out from the multitude by their emi-
nent qualities, that we become emulous 0t
their virtues and their renomn. Fhe trophies
of MiItiades interrupted the sleeps Of 'ftsmise
toclss; and Theseus, hearing the exploits Oh
Hercules, was fired with his spirit, and be-
came The successful rival oil bis fame The
rude savage OF the desert listens With rapture
to the deeds of his ancestors, and hangs A.
round hi, hut the embems o. his fathers va.
.lour.
More need not be said to enforce the utility
of The publication We have undertaken, and
which We non >Ibmit TO tie patronage ofouf
fellow. citizens. with hope, that irom the
liberaIity 81 their encouragement, we snail
b. able to present Il TO the public worthy Of
their appreciation. We mus depend fur The
illustration OF many Of the characters Of our
biography. upon The generosity VI their SUR
yivihg re latives aud fiends, H. furnish US with
whatever interesting uattriaismay 'e II, their
Bo,ses.isn; tor which, with our grateful ac-
acknowledgements, We promise copy OF the
entire " orE as compensation.
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