Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-11

government. 10 accomplish this end
propositions are said to be made bv II.
court Of Vienna, towhich Russia ha. ARA.
ded, and The Duke de GalIois 10 be dos,
patched to Naples for the purpose of e,m.
munics,ing them TO the government and IL.
national parliament. The answer .sDDo,
arrive before The middle Of February, and
hostilities will not be commenced upilM,,
period. The Marquis de RufEo will sunni,
the place Of tie Duke de Gallo at Me eon,
ferences during the absehce Of The laas,
From the Ntur- York Daily .adr,rs,s,
We find in our file Of {" The ,rish
man." a Belfast newspaper, the sneecb
Of the President Of the United State,
given at length with comments by fl.
editor, Mr.. Lawless. who makes coo.
trast between this speech and those Of |
the king of England. Mr.. L. ss,s;~
The kings speeches are cold, Is.
less, freeing heap Of materials, mt
together in the most clumsy manner.
and only calculated to lower the litera
ry character of the nation. Neverdid
America rise so triumphant as she does
to-day in the person Of the President.
Mr.. Monroe-calm. dignifed, sinpIs
and dnaffected-as il to represent the
giant greatness of the country Of which
he is the respected head, in the best 4
most suitable manner-he goes on with
all the peaceful solemnity Of a states.
man. looking down upon the world
from an immense elevation, neither to
be agitated nor intimidated by the
storms that blow beneath.
America, breathing the air of free.
dom, exhibits . great people, in the
enjoyment Of the utmost latitude Of
thought, and the most unbounded Iiber.
ty ofexpression of that thought which
the most jealous advocate of human Ii.
berry can by possibility wish for
There every man may tpeak his mind
OF the government he lives under, With.
out the hazard of an exofficio informa.
ton. There, the greatcr the truth told
by the political writer, the greater his
justification. and the NOR certain his
triumph. There the Executive can do
wrong, and can be assaulted with impu-
nifty by the press, when this wrong is
committed. There the public is pro.
tected by a press which can only be
silenced by remoping the evil complain.
ed of. There truth and falsehood find
their proper level-the calumniatOr
who makes charges he is unable to sup.
port, is abandoned by public opinion
What! Mr.. attorney general, can thi;
be the fact, and still, no instructions
no violations IF the public peace-ns
treason-no danger to the order Of
things as established by law-no dsaf.
fection-an everlasting peace produced
by the very means which our sages as.
sert could only produce everlasting dis.
content; yet most true it is. that the
extreme liberty of the press in Amer.
ca prevents those evils which restria.
ed press in England invariably pro.
duces. In England, the people and
their friends are abused in the most
insulting and exasperating terms, and
the press which defends that people is
subject to the rod of the attorney gene.
raj, because it merely repeIs the blow,
ond throws back on power the language
which is used against the people,
What is the consequence That thu
public heart has no ventilatur-it ex
periences no relief-discontent and dis
affection follow, and the 20, eminent &
people are arrayed against each other
with q relentless and unforeiving ami.
mostly. 1t is this Liberty of the Press
and Freedom Of Thought in America,
which insure the responsibility of 60
vernment. 1t 10 this which gives to
Mr.. Momroe's speech the character il
it possesses Of simple unsophisticatsd
truth-laying before bis country, in an
horest and ingenious tone, the entire
political map. neither conceaiing nor
exaggerating-full Of confidence in the
strength Of the country, az long as she
possesses constitution which calls all
its energies, physical and intellectual,
into action; but see further. The peO.
pie OF England are pressed down b!
luad Of taxation, which almost deprives
the majority OF the accessories of life
either excessive luxury or excessive
distress meek follower of Christ in
the possession of troentu thousand per
AMnum, and thousanda arnund him