Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-01-06

1t IS much TO be wished tba Itn 'Il
slslators assembled at Wa Va, Tus lie
would not deem it beneath tbei i'nsiop
ty to borrow a hint from the r' y aS' n
one year and from the birth Of la anas q
They are assembled to devise v S'''Aer:
means for the relief of their e ya.s and |
Impoverished and bleeding cn "aaS'ed
they are regarded as the only hnn VI
they know very well that norhin, ana
soaring and elevated poliry. n4S oat
bat a firm determination to . s aS,l;la !
sectional interests to the general ya ,"J'
nothing but the exercise Of a mani S'"u
trioiisn, that dares to brave eye" ~, pa
guy and $. andal in the discharge Of g1 %a
~ (; nothing but fixed and iS' o ~ w
disposition, that feels itself comn ..aV
TO act III snch a crisis, can pose;h r,'e'
feet the salvation Of their country e'
Now if sach spirits, and mamy s'.,
there are IN the floor of Couprs'.
would come forwardin the eatset IF III,
New Year, and bury all their api,nn,;
ties in the grave of the last. nntn,a
standing ourpoIitical winter keeps p aD.
with the natural, we might very sa.
expect the resurrection of yersai bmns
We might expect. although at preIcnt
surrounded by such frosts Of desno"
dcncy, that cur politics would SOON now
take of All the ,erdure and bloom Which,
the earth will in the course Of fou W.
volving months exhibit, and that autum
nal harvest would CRAFTY our varmpst
an1icipations---but it may be that tbe
time devoted to lofty action, To msrIv
self sacrifice is past; it may be that W,
have already in this early oulspt Of on,
existence, followed the example of a,
older Country. whose prime minister
once denominated patriotism, to be no.
thing more than ''tlse school bows flights
of classical learning )" it may be that
pompous promises and mean performan
ces are to be regarded in this countr
as the only proper tests of political in. |
tegrity and that we are now, ITO adon
the solemn language of Washington
already running that course Which
has marked the destiny of nations."-
HE fact is too notorious to be denied,
and it is With mixture of grief and as.
constituent that we speak it, that our
countrymen have departed no less from
the honesty than they have from The /
simple Ii, es and simple manners Of their
ancestors; they have followed not only
foreign habits and foreign manners, bu!
also foreign vices. We have been taught
not OILY the customs, but the deprasiy
of European moharChies. We have
found that the road TO the temple Of
real popularity is hard, intricate and
dangerous Of access and We hay found
also that a species of popularity which
can be gratilied by Office, and which re-
CARDS salary as an ample indemnif- /
cation for all the sacrifices of virtue and
honor made in its attainment, is cheap
and easy of access. From the time
that such ideas as those above stated
have been INDUCED by our countrymen,
orr political course has been retrOgade;I
we have been falling in our own estima-
ton.
We should rejoice even in the pre-,
sent crisis. if it furnished but rational
hope of bringing US back to the simple ;
city Of antient times again. The al
mosphere which has long become loaa'
ed with slagnant and Presidential va
pours, ofIentimcs requires the interven'
tion Of the purifying thundfrbolt. out
political horizon has long been opPres.-
scd with murky g!ooms, and some ssl-
Eating engine must be employed, before
we can respire the elastic freshness u
the mountain gale. q long and spleh-
did course of prosperity is but too apt,|o
brutalize nations, as we'll as individuals
The sickly SybaIite who had KNOWN
nolhng but voiuptuous indulgence haI
so refined upon artificial wants. as 10
complain at last, that the rosr-ieavcS|
lay double under him, and brulsed ms
tender limbs. Misfortune is severe
but a salutary instructor she sPeaN
not in the siIvery tones of adulatIof
bat she thunders her menaceS, ana az
plies her sounding scoarge. We nav
been long under the tutellaga OF .Hp|
Goddess, and it is from her dlScIpi'i''|
that we must now expect to learn WI" .E~
dom. Many of our members on c 'n'