Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-10
Proposals
For Ppbtsshing By Su5ser;pss~.
THE SPEECHES
CHARLES rs! PHILLIPS, Esq.
BARRIsTER AT LAW.
Correctly printed from the English edition,
edited By him.eJ
4 HARRISTER AT LAW.

TIME publishers in offering the above work
! to an enlightened and discriminating
public, feel confident Of receiving that en-
enlargement which has hitherto been so IL.
berally bestow ed upon all productions of me-
rit. Among the many orators who have dis.
played their eloqueDce al the bar, beth in
America and in Europe, none have been
more successful in touching the finest feel.
ingsof the hear, an. exciting the noblest
passions OF the soul. than MIR. Phillips. His
speeches are replete with metaphor. and
possess. in great degree all thai felicitouS
c0piousness OF which the English language
is SO susceptible. His eulogium on the mn.
mortal WASHINGTON. is Of itself 4 MASTER
piece OF eloquence. la his character OF Bo.
sapdrte, ne paintsthe actions of that Won,
deriul parsonage in language at once sub.
lime and imposing with all the chastenrst
and precision OF an historian, he reCap,tu.
lates his movements from the cradle 10 the
camp--from the camp 10 the throne--and
lastly from the elevated station of an EN-.
peroT to that OF an exile and captive-there.
by confirming truth. that power unsupport..
ca by virtue is liable to wither and decay
Ills speeches on the various Grim. Con. ca
ses, wlllbe read With lively interest," by al
classes OF readers and the citizens Of tbs
republic, may. While perusing the IMMORAL.
ties ana wees OF Europeans, rejoice that ia
TINS couptry such crime Is almost unknown.
lis speeches on the Emancipation OF Tie
Roman Catholics OF Ireland. need no com.
ment-they speak tor tbemseiyes-and un-
foid TO mankind the history of class of men.
VINO. although denied many political and ci.
VII privileges. have always been known IN
| DE the friends OF their country in times Of
| danger and in bsttle.-The American reader
| must view with Indignation the various op.
| preston uncer which great portion of that
Saiiant ana patriotic people at present labor
! ana ages yet unborn" will lament the ex.
| 'stence OF code which prevents man from
worshiplng his Creator according to the die.
tates OF his own conscience.
ne publishers, therefore, feeling ANNA.
ted ny desire to present to the American
publc, specimens Of sublime and cbaste eJo.
| quence, which has been SO often ex.rted in
ne cause OF beneyolence and the nobIest
| rlgh's OF human nature, with respectful diff.
| hience invite the patronage of ali classe.
who are Interested in the display of national
social, and forensic ora,ory. " '"''
HAVE T. THOMSON.
'Meraadria, ID. c. Feb. /, 1920.
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