Gazette Of The United States

FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Extract from a British publication.

FRANCE is a mighty empire breaking from bondage, and exerting the energies of recovered freedom: and England, which was used to glory in being the asserter of liberty, and refuge of the oppressed—England, who with generous and respectful sympathy, in times not far remote from our own memory, has afforded an asylum to so many of the subjects of that very empire, when crushed beneath the iron rod of persecution—and by so doing, circulated a livelier abhorrence of tyranny within her own veins—England, who has long reproached her with being a slave, now censures her for daring to be free—England, who has held the torch to her, is mortified to see it blaze brighter in her hands.

England, nursed at the breast of liberty, and breathing the purest spirit of enlightened philosophy, views a sister nation with affected scorn and jealousy, and presumes to ask "whether she yet exists" Yes, all of her exists that is worthy to do so. Her dungeons indeed exist no longer, the iron doors are forced the massy walls are thrown down; and the liberated spectres, trembling between joy and horror, may now blazon the infernal secrets of their prison house. Her cloistered monks no longer exist—nor does the soft heart of sensibility beat behind the grate of a convent— but the best affections of the human mind permitted to flow in their natural channel, diffuse their friendly influence over the brightening prospects of domestic happiness. Nobles, the creatures of Kings, exist there no longer:
but man the creature of God, exists there.-
Millions of men exist there, who, only now, truly
begin to exist—and hail with shouts of grate-
ful acclamation the better birth-day of their
country. Go on, generous nation—let the world
an example of virtues as you have of talents—
may the spirit of wisdom —the spirit of modera-
tion—the spirit of firmness, guide and bless
your counsels, with intelligence to discern the
best possible—may you have prudence to be con-
tent with the best practicable—Silence the scoff of
your enemies, and the misgiving fears of your
timorous well wishers—Go on to destroy the em-
pire of prejudices—that empire of gigantic
shadows, which are only formidable while they
are not attacked.Cause to succeed to the mad
ambition of conquest, the pacific industry of
commerce, and the simple, useful toils of agri-
culture.—While your corn springs up under the
shade of your olives, may bread and peace be the
portion of the husbandman—and when beneath
your ardent sun, his brow is bathed in honest
sweat, let no one dare any longer, with hard and
vexatious exactions, to wring from him the bitter
drop of anguish. Instructed by the experience
of past centuries, and by many a sad and sanguine
page in your own histories, may you no longer
attempt to blend what God has made separate—
May religion and civil polity, like the two ne-
cessary but opposite elements of fire and water,
each in its province do service to mankind, but
never again be forced into discordant union.—
Let the wandering pilgrims of every tribe and
complexion, who in other countries find only an
asylum, find with you a country—and may you
never seek other proof of the purity of your faith,
than the largeness of your charity. Let public
reformation prepare the way for private.—May
the abolition of domestic tyranny introduce the
modest train of household virtues, and purer in-
cense be burned upon the hallowed altar of con-
jugal fidelity. Exhibit to the world the rare phe-
nomenon of a patriot minister, of a philosophic
senate.—May a pure and perfect system of legi-
slation proceed from their forming hands—May
you never lose sight of the great principle you
have held forth, the natural equality of men—May
you never forget, that without public spirit there
can be no liberty—and that without virtue there
may be a confederacy; but cannot be a communi-
ty—May you, and may we, consigning to oblivion
every less generous competition, only contest who
shall set the brightest example to the nations ;
and may its healing influence be diffused, till the
reign of peace shall spread
"from shore to shore,
" Till wars shall cease, and slavery be no more."