The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-08-11

| ted picture Of the state Of New York
casting her eyes over the ocean--wi,-
Messing every where, the triumph of hel
genius, and exclaiming, in the language
| Of Eneas,
oun regio 10 terris nostri non plena ia5oris.
Sir, it was not in the moment of hi,
umph, nor with feelings of triumph, thai
| Eneas uttered that exclamation. ltwas
when, with his faithful Achaies by his
side, he was surveying the works Of ar,
with which the palace OF Carthage wa:
adorned, and his attention had beer
| caught by a representation OF The battle.
of Troy. There he saw the sons o
Aiaess and Priam, ard The ierce Achilles!
The whole extent Of his misfortun.s--
the loss and desolarion OF his friends. the
fall of his beloved country, rush upon his
recollection
"Consti,it, ct iacirynans Outs jam locus in
quit, Achati,
en1 resio in terr,s nostri non plena laboris ?"
Sif, the passage may hereafter have .
closer application to the case than my
ELOQUENT and classical fiiend int pded.-
For if this state Of things which has al.
ready commenced is TO 90 oh-if the
spirit OF hostility which already exists in
three Of our states, is To catch BY conta i.
gion, and spread among the rest, as from
the progress of the human passions. and
the unavoidable conflict of interest. it
will too surely do--what arc we TO ex.
poet Civil wars have often arisen from
far inferior causes, and have desolated
some Of the fairest provinces OF the earth.
History is full Of the affecting narratives
Of such wars, from causes far inferior
and il will continue to be her mourDful
office 10 record them, till time shall be
no more.
Sir, if there be TO friendly hand to
extirpate the seeds of anarchv which
New York has sewn-you will have
civil war.
The war of legislation which has al.
ready commenced, will according to its
usual course, become war OF blows -
Your country will be shaken with civil
strife. Your republican institutions " il,
perish in the conflict. Your constitution
will fall. The last hope of nations will
be gone. And what will be the effect
upon the rest of the world Look abroad
al the scenes which are now passing on
our globe. and judge of that effect. The
friends OF tree government throughout
the earth who have been heretofore ami.
mated by our examples, and have held
1t up before them as their polar star to
guide them through the stormy seas of
revolution, will witness our fall with dis
may and despair. The arm that is eve
ry whsre lifted in The cause of liberty,
will drop, unnerved, by the warriors
side. Dsspo,ism viii have its DAY of
triumph. and will accomplish the pur
pose at which it too plainly aims. twill
cover the earth with the mantle of mourn
ing.
Then, sir, when New York shall look
upon this scene Of ruin, if she have the
generous feelings which believe her to
haye--it will not be with her head aloft.
in the pride Of conscious triumph-sher
wrapt soul sitting in her eyes'-no, sir,
no: detected shame and confusion
-droopiDg under the weight of her sor,
rowland with a voice suGocated with
grief and despair-SOeY, may she, then
exclaim,
| Quis, jam, locus,
Qua regio ferris, in nostri non plena laboris?
A BARBER GUS TOAST.
| a Tobsor, in PennsyIyania, gave the