
for the aurora.
This evening Mr. Ogilvie, it seems, pro-
poses to entertain the public with a discourse
on the progress and prospects of civil society.
This is a grand theme, to which I have no
doubt, after hearing his previous performan-
ces, his extraordinary powers will do ample
justice. A subject rendered, to all enlighten-
ed minds, so deeply interesting, by the events
of the present period, cannot fail of fully ob-
taining its due, both in reasoning and in rheto-
ric, from the hand of this orator. From those
who have heard the same discourse delivered
in Virginia and Maryland, I am informed that
he takes a clear and strong view of the effects
produced on the happiness of mankind, not
only by those more ancient agents, the revi-
val of literature and the invention of printing,
but by the modern revolutions of America
and France. He likewise traces, with a bold
hand, the influence of that memorable change
which has now moulded not only the destiny
of the French nation, by building an imperial
military and despotic throne out of the wreck
and fragments of preceding systems, but con-
trols the fate of almost all civilized nations,
by the power of conquest. He likewise tells
us what reason and experience enable us to
hope, or compel us to fear, from the potent
interference of Great Britain. A. B.