Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-11-12

An men having the same origin. are Of e.
qua antiquity as 10 ancestry; 81 nature
has made no d,iiere CO ~ ,heii formation;
sfrip the aobIes Of the world n,ke., and you
cannot discern their nobility; dless them in
rags, and you in their robes, AMI you vii
find poverty and riches are the ooIy
DISTINCTIONS .Nachidusls Florence.
The princes Of Europe have found on
manner ut renardlng tneir SUBJECTS "
presenting them win aDoIt two yarns "'
hIus. ar red -, green J,ppon. Should +e-
neral lose leg or arm IN bate, he receive
two yards OF ribbon. Should al a'no's'
dor accomplish some great negotiation he
is rev arded with two yards OF ribbon. h"u
while an European king has yard oil r'b-
bon TO dispose of, there will be 10 want OF
generals and statesman. G0ldsmsm'
The first of the Greek writers, who treat
ed of polite al economy, was AenoFhon' anu
bis treatise, though short is inestmable.-
He Iaments the bad economy OF the pubic
administration-he confesses and lanenls
the consequent poverty. wretchedness ana
igaoracce OF the people; and be maintains,
that although they were from ignorance DIS
qualified to share in the public admnistrs-
ton, yet the share of knowledge which they
possessed, and to jealousy they were Indebt-
ed for the share Of liberty which they pos
sessed; as there was constant effort among
their wealthy fellow citizens 10 enslave and
oppress them. Burden.
The science Of politics, is the science Of
political economy-so little understood + so
constantly senatated; it is 10 the moral world
what chemistry is TO the natural; Tor a. the
one embraces the substance in nature, the
other comprehends all that regards human
happiness as member OF society. The
right management of a family, Is a well re.
gnated poIice-and a good police is reallz.
ed only in a good economy-tbe case Ut
a family is The case of anatlon. -Burdon.
Political economy embraces subjects al
mos, infinitely various; iol after The :orIna-
ton of government, which mu't nave that
object in view solely, all things else come
under the denomination, but where the CO.
ve!nment is radically bad, or where it is
good and pernciously or perhd'onsly sdmi-
n.,ered, it is ia vain 10 look lor political
economy. Burden.
Wherever it is hab,ual to disparage fe-
males, 10 deTide marriage, or to make NO.
men the subjects o; satire or ridicule, there
must be necessarily great moral depravIty
and but slender sense Of sell respect.
Ledya,d.
In Ava, a common beggar is no where 10
be seen; every individual is certain CT sus.
tenance; nbch i! an Individua cannot pro-
vile by personal labor, Is provided by the
comuunily. Col. Symnes embassy.
TIE decei'funess OF history is complained
of by all who arrive a, nowledge; II is e.
very where so detormed by the prejudcts
and passions OF historians that IT presents
labyrinth out Of which there is rarely any
mode of ex ricaton, but by considering IT as
a moral composition pointing out The d'heT-
ence between good and evil, and preparing
the mind TO pursue the one, and bear the O.
thsr when unavoidable, v ith Constancy.
Burden.
Those who make laws for the ,mprIsOn-
ment oil debtors have assumed, that every
Deficiency of payment Is the crime OF tie
debtor. But debtors are not exempt iIom
the sIClssitudes OF lite. Johnson.
There is story in Psusanias OF plot for
b.traying city, which was discovered by
the bra ying OF an ass; the cackIu.g OF geese
saved the Roman Capitol; and CalaIlne's
conspiracy was Dissolved by prostitute
these are the only three ANIMALS as lar as
remember famous in history as intormer..
SuG.
RESIGNATION.
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