Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-07-19

mar H." and the whole is fa,thf.,,,.
presented in this picture. In ths r.
ter and in The distance arc seen ,ba
trance of the town, with Tie tant0s ~.
troops marching out, and also cline
of York river. and the entrance Of r..
Chesapeake, as taken on The SPOT s"'
Such is the general and hasty cn,;.
Of one one of the finest pictures th;s
country has ever produced. both !, s''s
performance in the art Of painting. sos
as subject upon which no man. Wv.
boasts drop Of American blood IN g.
veins. Can look with indifference .7sas
lonk without FEELING it grow warme, :.
his heart. as he fixes his eyes ,rpou N,s
sight before him, and becomes amin.
ted aud enkinsled at the train Of assa
Citations it calls up. It dues honor t.
our country. to the patriot heart tbst
designed and The skilruI hand that cys
cuted it; and we should be wanting n
our duty to our fellow citizens, Gid ws
not urge every one to avail himself of
the present opportunity to witness hi,
elegant specimen Of The fine arts. BY .
native American, before its rcmnyaI
1t is in the large ball room at Washiup
ton Hall.
A CURE For HARD TINES,
Ertract from the Charge Of Judge Ross,
to tie Grand Jury Of montgomery
County, Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen of the Jury--i shall taks
the liberty Of saying a few words on
a subject which may not seem to come
properly under my notice at this time,
But, it is SO general topic of CONVEX.
sation, and has been SO frequently han.
died in the newspapers, and in pam.
phlets, that think it will not be amiss
10 introduce it in this place. The sub.
.ject to which ] allude, is the hard times
You are here, gentlemen, from the re.
mote parts If your county, and you
have doubtless heard variety of eau
ses assigned for these hard times. Our
Legislature have had the subject under
consideration--they have talked of
loan Office, Of stop laws, of law for
great internal improvements and
great variety Of projects have been a. j.
tated by them; all to obviate these hard
times. But their projects are all vi.
sionary; none of them calculated to do
the smallest good to the community.
Congress too have been engaged on
this subject they have thought that
some great change in the tariff, or some
inport"n measures for the encourage.
mcnt OF domestic manufactures, would
help us out Of the difficulty. But all
this is perfectly idle. The projects
don't strike at the root of the matter.
l may be singular in MY views, gentle
men, but really, have thought So much
on the subject, that | can't avoid ex-
pressing my sentiments, what ever you
may think of them. have no obiec.
tons to great improvements, I am, by
no means, unfriendly to our own manu-.
features; but then think that, in or.
der to cure the evil, we must all act in
diyidually. Letthe work Of reforma.
ton begin at home, and l confidently
believe we shall soon get rid of the hard
tunes, that are 50 much complained Of.
To he calling out for legislative aid,
wlile we ourselves are idle, is acting
ike HE man in the fable, who WheE his
Wagon wheel was fast in the ditch,
cried for Hercules to help him, instead
ofputting his own shoulder to the wheel
We must help ourselves, gentlcmeD
and if that will not answer, why then
We may call Hercules to assist us.
We are too fond of showing out 10
our families; and in this way our OK.
penses far exceed our incomes. Our
daughters mus, be dressed off in their
silks and grapes, instead of their linsey
wolscy. Our young folks are too proud
to be seen in a coarse dress, and Their
extravaganza is bringing ruin on our
families. When you can induce your
sons to prefer young womea for their
real worth, rather than for their show
" hen you can get them to chuose vile
who can axe good loafof bread. anu
good pound ofbutter, in preference !"