Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-10-18
TO THE PUBLIC.

TO The PUBLIC.
When We Consider the personal qualities
of the sIateSntH whose na,ie> are affixed 10
The Declaration OF ln,.ep, nuence, tie peri
luus ucca>iut,- wnlch demanded the exercise
oi The r wishunI aud deiib.'raiion. and the
influence itheT councils on the interests OF
manh iud, NE must acknow ieage that very
rarely aore I'M, oring Spectacle has been
Offered 10 the worlu, ami W, shall seek in
VAN III tht annas OF nations, Tor an event
nor no Iii,y ., COmmtU 0rdtI, n, and oi ENG
cUetI>htu forever IA lie heats oi graz, iui
anu = nerOu> Etupe. he love nt luGepeh-
dtnCy l. IuieIwUr, with the frame au,i con-
stluilun III The hunsn mlnd. Ii Is almost
thu tr>i sentiment mai animate, The mfaut's
features in the or eie ANA amongst at! TIE
actions nj entcTpiiZ, OF man, none IL s
awaSrd utu aCtIvI 4 gre tier eXeTtlOR al tie
yIrluuuS euer-i,s vi his nature, none has cX
cited a greater " rmth o ytuetaliun, and
has more im erlous ,,ains upon our graft
IL 4, tnad resistance o tyranny and political
ags r. ssiun.
In A., rGpu itcan states the FIRST tribute If
geuIds has been PAID t. the patr"i or he he
ro y ho mas promoted the C.u>e ot liberty and
maintained the HiepeGt, nee ANA dignity OF
M n he dDtnaieu canvas and breathing
marble have rescued his features from The
gra. OF 0ealh, aud the pen OF the historian
H. i.,>cibed ths achievements 10 The IHpe
rIsnanIe records tame. Ii would indt ed
br TO tavor bile prey nostlc Of he perpt tuIty
of our ;ep luiic II nsttu hons Ia disCovei 9n
ins.R- luillty 10 TIE obligations we owe Tie
memory OF the l!usri0Ls patrons oi Aunerlcs n
freedom. hey have raised US, lay their
Al, a
foreign power, to The distinguished elevation
OF sovcrei9 ana ude pen en people; they
have asserted aud maintained The imprescrip-
tiue rights of humanity by the mutual
pledge u their pledge OF the ir lives, thei' for
tunes and ;hrIF sacred nonur> ;" and as long
as yutue 6,.'ds her em.igc in the hearts OF
their successors, the example Of these gene
rouS heneltCtrrs will moi be lost tuthe world:
their names VIII tot pass away nor be forgot
ten, or tiirir gtrrlous deeds be cuGfnunded in
The cOn,lnuu an Ca>ud. transaction of lie
Irgr,tIluOe IS a wee that IN nations, as well
as iudVI iuiis, indicates the last degree of
degenerocy AMI corfu, tinn ii is vice that
implies the dh>cnce Oi every yiuur ii was
IN the age al CdII@ula that rhe name OF the
ScIpius was, pr. SCrihed, tnat the state OF
Bru;uS brought eatii ON it, posscs>or.
- | he glory at our ancestors is the light oil
posterIly," ami the homage of The lt 9 can
not De offered IT, the merits OF the ilu,lrinGs
Ie ~ with an eiteCtUai or Sterilt aCmlr3hou
CIR, at and spteudld ac,l"as will seldom e
achieved bv men who have hum ne or or,ii-
nary object, IN pro>p CT. | is by coniempIa-
TING the lie .md character OF those who are
marked ou' trou the muIuut.e ty then emf
ncnt qua'i les, that we hecum+ mhloil> ri
thei. virtues AM tHCT II noWn. h. trophies
Of Nit q interrupt. the sleeps of 'fhrmis-
ocl-s; dud ihesrur hearing the exploits OF
Hercules. " as hfpd VIII lis spirit, and be-
Came he SnCces>iu rlyal of his fame The
ru!e say ge OF he desert listens with rapture
to the deeds If ms ancestors. and hangs a.
round his hut the embitms of Ills fathers va
lour,
More need not be said to enforce the utility
of Me publication we have undertaken, and
which We nov ,uhult 0 he patronage Of our
fellow ctiZei.ss vain a hope, that from the
liherality at Their enCom gen ent, we shall
be able to pres, ut it 20 the public worthy OF
their APPRECIATION. We musi Itg emil fnr the
: illustration ot many # the characters Of our
biography, upon ;hs geueruSitl o. their sur
viyiny relatives aud friends, Il furnish us with
whaievt INIT resting mat, rails may he IN their
possession; for which, with our 4r,teful &C.
acknowledgements, we promise a copy of the
entire work as a compensation.
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