Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

The first coup d'oeil of the new order of Knighthood, cannot fail to gratify those who have believed with Burke, that the Age of Chivalry was gone: The principle of fraternity, which existed the prime bulwark of Chivalry, till certain modern quacks drove it out of vogue, by usurping it as a cover for rascality, bound every Knight by the (once) forcible ties of honor to preserve, protect and defend the interests of the order, and the person of his associate, at all hazards and perils. Such was Chivalry in its primitive state, when tyrant order had not shackled man, but free, to follow inclination, was the mode. How much will the rising generation owe to Sir A- G—, and Sir J— N—e, for reviving even the memory of those blessed times! The Age of Chivalry is not gone: From the old world, indeed, it may have taken its departure, and left her degenerate sons to become the prey of wolves, tigers, or cannibals—But we have enrapturing evidence that it still lingers here, and that here it still has votaries, who "on, by the spur of valour, goaded," can stop the wheels of government, vilify its administrators, and advance with firmness to rescue a brother from condign punishment, amidst the united execrations of all puny lovers of decency and dignity. The Age of Chivalry is not gone: Long live the Knights of the Wooden Sword!