Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-07-01

PosstOie adyant.,.l
Of this state of thugs Ihist,eaa""'sss'
his cnnfedera,es. have in death rs S1u
every consolation rendered BY ro,.i e
and they have by SO doing, eyrs sS'!
what may be denominatee! the rsnss sfa
refsrm---they have .scft a sn, s.oI
sphere for their Successors to art i'''
nor should we be at a!lsarprised if ,.i
should attempt to make the muIt;,ai
believe, that tie disine,law is a, a. VIC
an imposition, on natural right, a. S's a
human. Thus While EneIisllmeO y. ~
engaged in disseminating the Ijsh, &c
the gospel far aud vide amongsthesh."
and sa age lands, there is a ferocM'4.
inihelity let loose at honc, that thr, ''
ems the most appalling consequences
church and to state. 1t is idle .,S
worse than idle--it is prescriptions, IT,
attempt TO prognosticate what S;lIh
the result OF this perturbed STATE NJ
things. In France, We behold SWIM
toms Of the same turbulent and restIes,
disposition, and it is stated with conf
dence, that another plot has been de-
tected for The assassination of the INV
al family. 1t maj be laid down as an
axiom, that wherever there is such q
piece Of moral machinery, as Church
and state. and infdelity, gains hume.
rical ascendancy, there must be reyo.
luton. 1t matters not, whether this
church. he the church of Rome or of
England. provided it be only the church
established by law infdelity is equally
hostile TO the existence of both. Ike
pope, in the former case, furnishes
target for the arrows of inEaelity, and
the bishops, in the latter case, are e,
qualIy exposed to the vengeance Of IN.
belief.
Amidst the ominous Revolutionary
forebodings, presented by Europe, the
monarchy of Portuga! seems, in great
measure to be forgotten. That mo.
march has abandoned the crown aud
sceptre, and the palace of his ancestors
land has converted his metropolis into
a colony. This is an unnatural sac
Of things in the existence Of any mo.
narchy, which cannot, In the natural
course Of events, ensure permanery to
any dynasty. Mould George the foufs,
for example, il he should remove to IN.
dia, sway the royal sceptre ever Eng.
land? Most assur eddy he would not
Spain has furthermore considered POr.
tugal in the same light, in which We
have considered the Florifas, as a Ter
ritory belonging to her, which she me-
ditates to take possession Of when
ever favorable moment arrives
Spain has been awakened from her lie.
thargy.
She has been regenerated, and It'll
evident from her South American pre-
tensions, now con'emplatcs deeds OF thf
highest exploit. The papal power t
all effective purposes abolished in tLi
peninsula, still maintains a formldadl
hold upon Portugal; and it may almos
be laid down with certainty, that If tn
inauisi,ion is abolished in Spain, it can
not preserve a triumphant ascendancl
in the other country. The Portuguese
and the spaniards both fought tosetheI
under Wellington, against the tyranO!
ofFrance, and this has produced a lei
low feeling and a sympathy bet%ee'
the two countries, Cor any eYer'iOn'
made ia either, toy ards domestic re-
formation.
Portugal is thus situated; abandon'G
by her monarch, and subjected to all
the influences Of re, olutionary SPAN,
with a government At once naughty alu
cowardly, inso!ent and contempuvS'
with abuses enough to demand wv
rough reformation. both civil ana II, n
Iigious. The weakness OF almost al
the present European dynabties' 10
passed into a proverb, and the 's !.
monarchs, while they are EabourlhS"
prevent, do in fact bring about fs,",
luton. Such a description OF men ta'
no more prevent q political comnlo'l' 'n
than waterfowl, resting On the OGs ~.
of the ocean, can hush tao tuin'i' o. Wv
pillows. IL
1t is some consolation to reluO''
like our own, that the great mora :.
e ut that is performing such prouS1"',
IN Europe, is allowed here its lall p' ~
and that there are no royal dykes ~
nominated thrOnes, to obstruct hs 70,
sage. Our politica! waters may nue. ass,