Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-01
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THURSDAY MORNiNG, JANUARY !, $50


to my readers. May plenty crown Their bSaSds,
and contenlment preside in their famiirS Nay
Joy light up their eounlena"ees, and their hearts
be filled with happiness; and may the hand Of
a merciful Providence guide and protect them,
and lead them in safety 10 their LIES end.
We have arrived a, another starting place in
our existence. A New YEAR has come to tell
us oft repeated tale, which finds Blu, few and
he. dIess lls,ners,-while the old year has fed
with the cares and Joys, sorrows and delights
which were its accompaniment. Tne New
Years day may, indeed, be day OF joy; bur the
10y is sometimes dashed with sad recoIlec.
lions: the picture which fancy then paints, gen.
orally, has its tinges Of melancholy, and shades
of doubt. Who is there, that, pausing at the
moment where we now are, and casting his eve
back upon the scenes through which he has
passed, Can stand unmoyed? 1t is at such a
season as Ibis, her the mind halls, as il were.
between the pas, and fulurity, 'ha, W. are mos,
ap, 10 indulge in these Kind Of feelings. lii.
natural tina, We should no,D revert 10 he days
Of our you,h-:o the halycon hours which are
passed--to the companions Of our childhood
We ask "where are they!" and when Echo a.
lone answers "where are they" no wonder ,ha,
he full hrart and fearful eve, should bstray
those tender points Of our humanity, which we
would wish 10 conceal. But truce with this
Nv disposition is rather to follow in the path
Of "5right eyed Hope"-to indulge in pleasing
anticipations, rather than grieve for the past,
or despond for the future. So once NORA
happy New-Year. joyous may il be! fuLef all
that can enliven our days!
If we look abroad upon the world, and reflect
upon the condition in which a New-Year will
find its greater part; aud, especially, when We
contrast it with the situation Of our own cosn-
try, we have much rra,on for eongra,ulotion.
From three.quarters Of the GLOBE 1.-THE name Of
commonwealth is past and gone" The chsias
Of des2otism are riveted upon the people, war
is sweeping away its thousands, darkness covers
mems minds, aud the fear of famine is adding
TO the general distress. Here The sesse is
changed. Peace spreads her w&gs ov the
land Liberty is felt, seen, andstnjoyed ,hc
light Of knowledge is abroad, & the necessities
Of life abound to profusion. No Nation was
ever so favoured-- none had ever such esuseto
be thankful TO The Gver Of every good and per-
feet gift. Even party violene. which, in Other
countries, often overturns Governments, tears
up social order, and goes to the shedding Of
human blood, is here Invested Of its fearful cha
racter. The whirlwind rags, but it does no
serious damage; and when its fury is speix the Z
storm ceases, a calm ensues, the troubled eies
mens settle in tranquility, and the political at
mos here is again unclouded. A grand expe'
riment has here beer tried, and i, has most glo-
riously succeeded l, has been demonstrated,
that, "for Nation to be free, i, is sufficient
that she Ills il"-,hal man is competent for
self. governmen,-,ha, Liberty is power, and
thai Freedom can be nationally enjoyed, under
the guidance Of laws which prohibi, crime, and
restrain The licen,ious dispositions and unruly
ps ssions of men. God grant that every revoIv.
ing year may find US in the full enjoyment OF
all the blessings which result, from this union
Of Law and Liberty.
Nor have we reason to complain Of our own
inGivid ual lots, nor Of where they have been
cast Our town has been, for. the past year,
blessed with an unusual degree OF health
trade has revived, in no small degree, and bu'
siness brisker than it has been for some years
back Added TO this, we have The cheering
prospect before US o! Canal, bringing 10 our
streets the produce and wealth of rich and pop
uous countie, which now FIND other markets,
and different outlets. AIexandris has capital
enough: we trus, her enterprise aid public
spirit will, hereafter, be commensurate with
her means.
cannot dismiss nv readers, without word
or two Of ourselves. have been This day twen'
weight years engaged in conducting newspa*
per in Alexandria. know but Of three or four
in the United States, who have continued so
long active members Of the editorial corps
During this time, have had my share OF the