Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-02-26

| eAieuu WIN Tue uluuSiOO OF OFT own, auu
will become more solid as our free instilu-
tions acquire greater psrnanency.
IL, under ordinary circumstances, aud
10 The common course OF things, tie pe0-
pie OF this country have felt themselves
authorised 10 eulogise thsr own ins,itu>
tons, they how feel themselves impelled,
by sense OF duty, 10 persevere in the
same habit. The times are ou' Of joint"
and the political atmosphere is Flied with
portents. II bsboves every individual ia
This community, who prizes his own tor
tunate situation, 10 watch with an atlen,
tive eye the course of passing events. 1t
IS the duty os every votary OF freedom, 10
be Jealous and alert in behalf OF liberal 10.
! siitniions. Ii is obligatory upon all those
whose hOrison OF beney0lence and philan-
lhropy ~ not circumscribed within very
narrow limits, TO proclaim TO the world
their sincere conviction tbat the bappi-
ness and moral worth of man IS essential
Iy connected with free government. 4
lofty and extended fsbric has been erect
10 point out TO all the coDveuIenCes sod
Refreshments OF the structure, as we'll as
the foundations upon which il repOses;
the solid pillars which support it, and the
msssy arches which contribute TO The
strength and security oil the edihte.
The situation OF our county, in rete-
renee to Europe. becomes daily more pro-
minent;- and the events that tfanspire
there, continually increase in isteres, and
perplexily. The seeds OF freedom, which
have tesn sown proiusely throughout that
continent, appear 10 have tsllen upon an
unkind and stony soil. Ere the plants
could attain 10 any degree OF maturity or
vigor. their growth has been arrested by
nIpplng frost. The natural productions
OF southern Europe are usually sale iroIp
the influence OF byperboresn storms bot
the politics OF Italy, oil Spain, snd Greece,
have withered under the dsleterious cbiils
which, issuing from the frozen rtgious OF
the north. have swept over those delicious
countries. As ireGmen. We Cannot but
sympathise with the eXsrtions aud suffer.
ings Of those who are cOnlendiUg in be-
half Of liberty: as men. nothing CAT be TO-
reign 10 US which u connected with The
cause Of humanity.
Ii may be interesting and useful 10 take
a rapid view Of The growth and progress
OF liberal feelings throughout Europe The
history Of that continent, d0rIDg The last
Ave VI SIX centuries, presents Us with tna-
ny topics tor reflection
The revival of literature 10 Italy, and
its subsequent diffusion, Ioused the intel
leCts ot mcn the invention VI prlaiihg
enlarged tbs field OF lis operations TIE
discovery OF America stimulsted 70 Te-
doubled exertions and the reioImaliUn,
which commenced under huber, CONNECT
ed with press which, though much re-
strained, has occasionally enjoyed par.
tial freedom, gave a powerful dlreci,In 10
this moral force towards The cause OF civil
and IeIisivus liberty. The Confirmed u-
iuence OF SO macy powerful ca,isrs
speedily changed The lace Vi Euiope.
The arts were reyivsd-scIeDcs i.hppraI'
ed -coinmeice oyersIepped eli counts
but those Ut The globe---lIiefaiuf held
out new ~reaihs 10 decorate The 1roHs ct
Inaumerable aspiranls, aud thUugGt seem-
ed 10 eXult with The freshness OI hew
birth. al lis liberation from the 'iammels
which Gothic barbarity and ecclesiastical
poiiry had imposed. The various impoT-
tant incidents that IraBspIred ln GeIinsUy,
France, England, aud Holland, aIrsy.d
intellect in active aud incessaht oppose
tim to intellect; aud the cause OF truth
aud reason uniformly ga,Hed 10 ev.iy con.
test, Wba!ever result may have LeIs.i.n
the immediate COlnbataDts. ! he pri@.I.
pies Of science spread even while = anI,u
war within The lang, OF bis enemies --fe>
ligion became purified aud tree, IA he at
ieEpis to rivet The chains vi Papai sapre-
macy--lIberly raised some o! her most
faithful and Jealous suHs amid 90. y.mi-
dons OF the petite Charles snt The D.oD.:y
PnIlp-tbe coolest between Int tbsiis
tponsgch and h,s parliament, ssscd III ihe
destruction VI the power Oh ILe ilhULe
aud bierarcsy, and the Revocation Vi tie
edICl Ci Nantes reCoileG upon ine LEie-
lsnliug tyranny which plsnaed snj sxr.
cued that iDlquIlou. and lMpViIIiI hvs-
sure.
In despite Of all opposition the cruse OF
freedom went en-. Haupd,h, end Locke,
and Sidney, ana Montes9uieo, and inou-
sands OF Utbels, contributed by Their Va
riOus iabe.s to swell lbe tile. In tins
county, the principles l"r "bitn such
men had exeIted themselves al length
found home. The dreams oi theorists,
and the specuis,ions OF philosophers,
seemed 10 have forced IN America q vest
laboratory, in which they migai be sui.
jectsc 10 actual experiment.; and liberty
acquired new visor, iroH 0uf successful
attempt 10 Overtuin lhe authority vi The
mother country, and 10 introduce a Tree
con!ederated republic, based upsn The
rights OF man. the unparalleled and SAN
culinary atrocities pefpetrsled duripg the
French Revolution, tsDped The ardor OF
many liberal siuds; and while they re-
doubled the hatred, augmented the power,
OF the Toes oi freedom.
Notwith,tanttng, however, many unto.
ward events, The Cause advanced iiher. .
ty, though repfessed, was Not extiDguish'
"a The encressed a .Hus,n OF .nuca iinr-