Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-05-08


Ito famine. In that case, rs cents bounty
would be more beneficial to the Attain
tic farmer, than Is cents duty; because
tho farmer consumes relatively moro
grain in conducting his business. than
any other description of persons-The
farmers remote from commerce would
not be affected by the duty in any way.
This proportion would be ridiculous if
there were not mischief and insult in
it. With those two ingredients, it is
contemplate. Hence it is seen that the
effects of the same measure in these
two countries, pIsced in contrast.
ed conditions, mast also be con-
trasted. Why then this affecta ion of
imitation, at a moment TOO, when 6. b.
is herself ashamed Of the folly and mis-
chief of her own monopoising system?
Bu; upon this bject, there ia matter
of higher considesation-are the pow
ers of ,he two governments assimiiated?
The British government asserts the
claim 10 omnipotent powers-powers
over all the persons and properties o
all British subjects. The government
of the United States asserts, that all
rights and powers are originally with
the people; and that governments are
! founded upon mans consent: That the
legitimate rights, and powers of all 60
vernments are derived solely from that
portion of the natural rights Of man,
which he has consented to give up for
the purposes of the government -
The question then arises--is the right
Of property natural right? If SO, did
man ever consent to give up the whole
of his natural right of property to goo
! vernment? or did he agree to give so
much thereof only, as was sufficient to
pay all the necessary officers aud a.
! gents of government, an adequate com'
peDsat:on for their services? The first
question involves the inquiry, respects
! ing the origin and foundation Of the
right Of property. IF it be 6 natural
; right, it must necessarily be coeval with
the creation Of man; and, therefore,
must be looked for in the principles of
his creation. The sacred historian
tells US an substance. that after six
day's labor, God created the world. and
on the sixth day he made one maa out
of the clay he had created, but God
finding it was not good for mao to be
alone, threw him into sound sleep, and
during his agreeable repose, took out
one of his ribs, and me,amorphosed it
into q woman. This according to the
sforesai account, is the foundation Of
the sexual system of the universe: al.
though the development of its effects
was postponed for some time thereafter.
But, as the sacred historian has omitted
to tell US, how the rib was replaced, as
our own anatomical observations in.
forms Us, that there are now as many
ribs on one eide of man, az on the o.
ther, and the same number on each side
of a woman, as a man; all arranged in
like order, and symmetry, as such an
operation. is inscrutable to our finite
perceptions; and 1t would be difficult
for us finite mortals to comprehend,
how the rib could have been replaced
after its metamorphosis into a woman;
and as, moreover, the sacred historian
has altogether omitted to tell US, wheth.
er or not, the Same modus operandi
was observed in the creation Of all 9TH
er creatures, and things; some scePti-
cal minds might raise some doubt, whe-
Their the sacred historian might not
himself have been misinformed upon
these points, through a tradition OF
nearly twenty five hundred years, Of
barbarity, superstition, ignorance and
fable and whether some Of the most
material facts in relation to the princi.
pies Of our creation, might not have
been forgotten during so lung period
do not mean to rely upon this recital
altogether for the principles of mans
creation. In stating my premises, l
shall discard every thing which 10 not
known, and may be doubted; and rely
upon nothing, but what is known and
cannot be doubled.
l,ls then known, that man exists; and,
therefore, must have been created
Thai his existence is founded, aud con-
tinued upon the sexual system. That
the love Of the sexes 10 one passion i'm.
planted by God in tho human heart.
That it is the strongest of all human
passions. Besides man, it is known.
thata variety of animals and other
things, were created, and exist in the
world: and that the whole OF them were
created upon the sexual system, under
various notifications. The uDiiormi.
ty and universally of this principle
would seem to demonstrate, that God
acted by general, not by partial laws.
Man was also created with appetites,
and capacities for enjoyments; and there
were also many good things created,