Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-11-25

r0aUS; tucy pay no HluS's o
stage coaches without springs; they
have no poor laws, Il no monopoiies;
but their inns are inconyenient. and
travellers are leased with questions.
They have no collections in the line
arts; but they have no Lord Chan
cellor, and they can goto law with
out absolute ruin. They cannot make
Latin verses, bat they expend I'M
mense sums in the education of the
Door. In all this the baianceis great
I y in their favor; but then comes the
great disgrace and danger Of Amerl-
ca--.he existence of slavery, which
if not timeously corrected, will one
day entail, (and ought to entail) a
bloody serviie war upon the Ameri-
cans, which will separate America
into slave states, and states disclaim-
ing slavery, and which remains al
present as the fnulest blot in the mo.
raj character of that people. A high
spirited nation, who cannot endure
ths slightest act of foreign aggres-
sion. and who revolt at the very sha>
dow of domestic tyranny, beat with
cart.whips, and bind with chains, and
| murder for the merest trifles, wretch
| ed human beings who are of more
dusky color than themselves ; and
have recently admitted into their
union, a new state, with the express
permission Of migrating this atroci-
Gus wicksdness into their constitu-
ton! No one can admire the simple
wisd ON and manly firmness of the
Americans more than we do, or more
despise the pitiful propensity which
exists among government runners to
vent their small spite at their charac.
ter: bat on the subject Of slavery. the
conduct Of America is, and has been,
most reprehensible. 1t is impossible
to speak of it with too much indig-
nation and contempt but for it, we
should look forward with unqualified
pleasure to such land of freedom, and
such magnificent spectacle of hui
man happiness"
The following is an extract of a
letter from Paris, dated the goth
Sept.-"The coffin containing the
body of the late king. is now laid out
in state in the throne room of the
TuiIeries. After patiently waiting
some hours, and an application of a
few francs to one of the domestics,
got admission to see it yesterday Git
not being a public day, his present
Majesty having to come and sprinkle
holy water upon the coffin of his Roy
al Brother.) The walls of the pa
lace, close to and over the grand en-
trance, are hung TO a considerable
extent with black cloth, which is
! thinIy covered with guilt eur-de.lis
and silver stars. The hall of the
Marshals, and the long suit of a
partments intervening between it and
the throne room, are hung with black,
and very dimly lighted (the window
shutters being all closely with few
melancholy tapers; but on entering
the room where the body lies, the
eyes are dazzled with spIendor and
magnifcence of the scene; all isgold
and brilliancy. Amidst numberless
burning tapers is the Royal coffin, CO.
yered with a gorgeous pail of cloth Of
gold, upon which are the crown,
sceptre and sword. In front are two
snperbly clad Mace Bearers, and at
each corner a Herald at Arms, in
their splendid and chivalrous cos
tunes. On the left Of the coffin sat
the Great Officers of the Grown in
their rich uniforms and sparkling orr
ders, and on the left the Royal Al
moners and Ecclesiastical attendants
who from time TO time chaunted the
service Of the dead, and whose low
and mournful tones formed strange
contrast with the pomp and glare and
splendor Of what met the eyes. Next
to the coffin sat Prince Talleyrand.
He looked extremely dowucast and
very much exhausted, being obliged
to remain in the same position for
several hours, and amidst the hot
and unwholesome air engenderd by
great number of persons and an inn
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