Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1823-07-19

tile his liberty may have I
HI b 3oxen down. no matter with
what soiemnities he may have been
dGv0ted apon the altar Of slavery; mol
matter whether, he be- stranger OF /
s icurner, the tfrst m0snciit he touches
the sacred soil Of Asnefica the altar
aud The god sink fogcther in the dust;
his soul val abroad il her own ma
icst3 his body swcils beyond the naea- /
sure or his chains that burst from a.
round hi,es and be stands reJeemesi, !!
rcgcnerated, tisentisrallesl Fly the ire
sistiblc Genius Of Z UNIVERSAL. EMAS-
CITATION ----C onapafe this cnvied
state OF Matiaa,al felicity with the
condition Of tie aa:ious Of the
ancient or n4o{lerii age COM
pare it with the SITUATION Of our An
cestors, when they were the abject
vassals of hereditary despots, and you
will readily acknowledge that none of
them ever enjoyed to the same extent
that we do, the rich blessings Of poit-
! lea! and religious freedom. As then
our advantages are so very superior.
it becomes us to enquire how their
t permanency can be secured and the
4. virgin purity OF our Republican insti-
| tutions shielded from the deiiouring in.
Huencc OF corruption. tell you that it
can only be done by constraining our
Legislatures 4. the other repositories
ofpower, to- adhere rigidly to the pro-
visions of our admirable constitution
and by intoxicating on the rising gene
ration the proPriety of becoming ac-
quaintcd with its invaluable proper
ties, and by imprcssing upon ii the
; indispensable necessity of living in
the continual practice Of al the vari-
Gus duties of religion & mortality. But,
more particularly, conIurc the citi-
zens OF the different states of the Union
cautiously to avoid amy thing that has
) the smallest tendency to create and
keep alive sectional Jcalousies, and to
SOW the seeds of disc0rd between them.
/ Let them call to mind the monitory
: warning addressed to the world by
our blessed Saviour; that a nation di-
vided against itself must go to des-
4, truction, Let them contemplate the
disasters that overwhelmed the Gre
clan republics, and am assured their
good sense will point out to them the
, necessity of observing this salutary
admOnition Il also intreat them 10
shun as their deadliest foes the seductive
. indictments of delusive ambition for
power Il the enervating effects OF lux
ury &. extravaganza. Ii they observe
, this wise conduct venture to predict
I that the pompous dogiuas so frequent
} ly blazoned forth by those sycophan-
! tic politicians, that bask in the sun
shine of Royalty and fatten upon the
, dlstresses of their country men, assert
ing that republican institutions are
not calculated for durable usefulness
will be treated as the idle reverics of
distempcred imaginations, or the yue-
rifle defamation orprcIudice, envy d
malice, Now. as to the passing oc-
Currences OF the times, il must be We
ry fattcring to the feelings and CRATE
fol to tie pride OF the people Of this
country, to see that the cn!ightening
princi Pies OF liberty are daily extend
ing the sphere of their happy inhu-
ence, 9nd bid fair, some day or other,
to PROSTATE the proud dynasties that
now oVershades the happiness q con-
trols the fate of so la, ge a portion of
the human family. is this fancy, or
is it tact2 seseech you to turn your
eyes to the once benighted regions of
South America, and behold there
people, who, some few years back,
we're the wretched subjects ola wretch
ed sovereign; and the timid slaves
OF inquisitorial tyranny, many of
OF them now enjoying the heart chez
ring consciousness of being emancipa-
ted from the thralls of Spanish power;
For the truth is, ir dependence up
on Spain at this time is mere nulli-
ty. Ii we extend cur observation to
the theatre of European politics, we
will discover that not many years have
elapsed since all the great potentates
entered into powerful combination,
for the sanctified purpose as they sal
lodged" OF protecting the necessary
balance of power and the safety of
Europe from the aspiring ambition,
and wonder working military genius
of the greatest prodigy in talents and
political management that ever Ggu-
red on the stage Of life :" | alludc to
the far famed Napoleon Buonaparte,
the torrent rapidity Of whose success
IN sublugatiBg nations, bafJlcd the