Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-07
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speeches are replete with metaphor. and
possess. in great degree all that ieIicitous
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isso susceptible. Ills eulogium on the I'M
mortal WASHINGTON. is OF itself a master
piece OF eloquence. In his character OF Bo-
,, adparte, ne paintsthe actions of that won
dertu parsonage in language at once sub
lime and imposing with all the cbasteness
and precisionof an historian, he recapltl-
lates his movements from the cradle 10 the
camp--trom the camp TO the throne--and
lastly from the: elevated station of an EN-
PeFor TO That OF an exile and captiye-there.
by confirming a truth. that power unsuppori
ed by virtue isliable to wither and decay
Ills speeches on the various Grim. Con. ca
ses, will be read with lively interest by all
classesof readers; and the citizens Of this
republic, may. while perusing the immoraji-
ties and vices OF Europeans, rejoice that in
TINS country such crime is almost unknown.
lis speeches on the Emancipation Of the
Roman. Catholics OF Ireland, need no com.
ment-they speak for themselves--and nm.
1910 TO mankind the history of a class of men.
VINO, although denied many political and ci.
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and ages yet unborn" will lament tbs ov
'stence 81 a code which prevents man from
worsbiping his Creator according to tbe ' d;n
tates OF his own conscience.
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