Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-11-20
TO BufaIoP Il was TO prepare theehil-

dren Of israel to be Tree j. was TO give
them laws, ard teach them how they
were to be respected; 1t was, that at
least one generation, including many
idola,ers, should die; SO it 10 with the
present generation. Though powerful
in numbers. uni,ed in faith: and pos-
sessing wealth and intelligence; yet
coming as they would from the borders
of the Nile, and the Niger the Caspian,
and the Baltic; the E%uphrates and the
Hudson: their DISCREPANCY Of views and
occupations. Of habits, and Of talent,
would render i, difficult, extremelyd diff
ficult, for them TO unite under any form
Of government.
As they were prepared to enjoy the
frat covenant, so equally must they be
prepared for the second; and this can
only be done in a land where they are
free by the laws, and by public opinion.
Our country mus be an asylum to
the ancient people of God. Here they
must reside: here, ia calm retirsment,
study lave, governments. sciences be-
come famllisrly known to their bretb-
rem Of other religious denominations;
cultivate the asefol arts acquire q know
ledge of Legislation, and become liberal
and free. So. that appreoisting the
blessings of just and salutary laws.
they may be prepared TO possess per.
maneDtly their ancient lana, and 60
verD righteously.
The scriptures are not without pow
erful references 10 the land then undis>
covered by man. Malachi says, From
the rising OF the sun even to the going
down Of the same, my name shsll be
great among the gentiles. &c.'and Da.
vid, the most beautiful end inspired of
poets, also reters to tbis quarter of the
glote. If ! take the wings of the
morning and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the west
The typical land of milk and honey
we already possess. and II invites emf
grafton as en- asylum for the oppressed,
and a land of peace and plenty.
While on this subject, We cannot a.
void, like others. wandering into the re
gions of CONJECTURE. These are pecu-
liar times, particularly in the east. IL
is Do, difficult to conjecture what re-
sul,s may grow out OF the presen, con-
test between the Greeks and Mussol.
men We think the destruction Of the
Turkish dynasty is at hand. Greere
will be free and powerful. Austria and
Russia will settle their f. rm Of govern
Dent, and become their protectors
Russia Will embrace an early occasion
to march to Constsntinople; and the
Turks driven across the Bosphorus, to
combat with the Persians and Tartar
bordes, will be eventually cut off. The
islands in the Mediterranean In posses-
sion Of the Christian powers, Palestine
and Egypt, and the command of the
Red Sea, will follow. TIE Jews. rem
dered capable of g%overnDg. from liv-
ing under mud laws, and acquiring, az
they will, strength, stability. character.
wisdom aud wealth, will be restored TO
the land Of Canaan, by and with the
consent and appreciation of the Chris
tiaD powers, not only in the iulflment
Of the prophecies, but IN atonement for
the expressions which the chosen peo
pie have unjustly encountered, from
those who entirely mistook the mild
character of the Christian faith. To
restnre them under the present stata OF
things. would be dangerous, If not im.
practicable.
DY DYSPEPSIA AND DYSENTERlA
Our readers NAV be a little at q stand
20 know why We have placed the ma mes
Of these two diseases together. The
reason 10 because we conceive there ex.
ists some analogy in The nature of their
proximate causes-that In both, the
%viilous cost Of the stomach and intes-
tines is partially or wholly abraded,
and the nervous coat left in a state Of
unnatural ex posure. In dyspepsia the
stomach 10 theaeat Of the evil-its coat
is abraded slowly and there exists little
if any febrlIe affection in dyse"te'y,
the difficulty lies in the rec um and
large lntestines. the abrasion is more
sudden and complete and attended by
consequent fever. The pain, and In
fact every symp ON of both these CON.
plaints, confirm this opinion, and al.
though it was suggested more than a
century ago by some of she Scotch
physicians, it speedily, bot unjustly.
shared the fate of many other theories
which existed at that period, but which
were founded moro on hypothesis than