Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-01-02
Foreign.
From The ". Z. Nat. .advocate, Dec. 25
TIE QUEEN.

THE QUEEN.
The arrivals yesterday, frem Eng
land, bring no later Intelligence than
that received by the ship James Mon
rue-in fact, they have not brought SO
late-but on looking over our files, we
have been forcibly struck with some of
the Queens answers to the numerous
addresses which have been presented to
her. They breathe a language NOR
tally destructive to the power of kings
and contain true principles Of liberty,
calculated to create serious impress
siOns.
We subjnin snme extracts to exhibit
the tempe" 81 the times.
"Where a country has been long
governed for the benefit of few. it is
mot surprising that the people should
be C!a.morous for such exten ton of pO
litical rights as may enable them to
check that corrupt influence, which,
while it lasts, will, more or less para.
l,zc the moral energies of those within
tho sphere of its agency, and finally
sap the vcr, vitals of the constitution.
ALI political institutions, like tie mate.
rial fabrics of man, are composed Of
pcrishable elements. They contain in
Themselves the principl, Of decay, of
which the agency, unless scrupulousIy
watched and carefully retarded, is ne
YER sill. But how few governments
ever see the necessity Of early rcfurma7
is too late to be beneficial. They Ell
tier never intend a remedy or they
proCras'inate the application till it is
applied in vain"
The following is an answer to the
address of the. Letter Press Printers
The language is truly republican.
/" The Press is at this Dioment the
only strong hold that liberty has left.
II we lose this, We los" all. We have
no other rampant against an implacatlc |
foe.
" The press is rot only the best Sc |
curity against the inroads Of despotism,
bat IT is itself a power that is perpetual
~ checking the progress Of tyranny, Il
the number Of its adhe-
rents. That sun never rises which
does not, before it sets. behold some
to The friends of Liberty. To
what can it be owing, but to the aeen-
cy of the Press! The force of truth
is ultimately irresistible; but truth,
some adventitiOus aid. moves
with sl"w pace as to be imperceplible.
The Press gives it wings. The Press
docs more for truth in day, than.
m"re moral teaching could in a cen.
Jury.
What is it that has made the mem.
,ers OF the Holy Alliance turn pale
with dread? 1t is that the Press has
Inspired the love of Liberty even in the
sword"
The following is the reply to the
Operative Sawycrs" Of the Dock.
ards, and contains some remarks
shich will not he paIatabic to royalty
The faction which is 80 strenuous-
y laboring under the show of a iudi.
iai p oce'ding to deprive me Of nv
ishfs, is the same which has, for ma.
y Years been making such monstrous
nroads upon the peoples Iiberties.-
Yit!i that faction the most Interesting
uestIon is. not whether tie Queen is
inocent or guilty: but whether thew
hail retain their usurpei domination ;?
hey we'll know how to throw the n
'"ak of morality or religion over their d
ordid views: but with then, even tho
esradation of the queen is a mere
aes''on of place. They consider the
ueta an obstacle in the way Of their I
'ihshness. and they think that thew
ever can be secure, shile she posses.
g What they never acquire-the affec-
ons of the people. q
" No member of the House Of Rruns It
lex ought to forget that it was tLe
opie whi placed their family u,on IN. c.
rome. Ii the people arc n 1t the sole