Alexandria Daily Advertiser

An Allegory.--Two fellow travellers were pursued by a Lion, and in their eagerness to escape they hurried unperceived upon the verge of a precipice that overhung a gulf of hideous depth, and at whose bottom lay extended a Dragon with his jaws yawning horribly to devour them. They grasped hold of a tree that flourished upon this fearful spot, when lo! at its roots were seen the operations of the insidious Mole, covertly undermining the foundations of their support. But, heedless of the dangers which on every side awaited them, these inconsiderate men began quarrelling about the fruit of the tree, and whilst engaged in this silly strife the reptile at their feet succeeded in dissevering its roots --The tree fell --and the foolish travellers were entombed within the jaws of the monster beneath!

Application --These TRAVELLERS personify the American nation divided into parties. The Lion is British violence driving our countrymen into the gulf of French influence, at the focus of which is seated that devourer of nations the dragon Napoleon. The TREE is the emblem of our independence, to destroy which the Mole indicates the under ground labors of the emissaries and traitors in foreign pay. And what else should be the fruit but the national welfare? the cause unfortunately of bitter dissentions between brethren who have an equal interest in its promotion and which, unless wisdom seasonably takes place of madness, will wrest from America the PRIVILEGE of quarrelling EVEN FOR THE TREE ITSELF.