The Kentucky gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1792-02-04 00:00:00, page 2

J:riy lyfygi”"’ ”
A fa well ddef 10 the poo1! people
r Kew "cky— — b-’ A IfC “
riiv ni nd Cqtivusn--
SlNCli he publication of my Ml
ad Ire e Mr H S B M an J o
(her -trends of cnm-UKica nunfenfe
b-ve a-temored-to give we and e '
Fl eStand amih f duntvns 1rfntn
©riur lad newcpiueifj butl'kethe
II emiui who fa d—— he v aava(
1i le vnr g evthum 'on ihe he id
an i ned h a fill aaniil a n ft — —
tey bne ai fled 'her am nd
b u hi tfenirivt-a gee 1 con
lem tall d f ia ionJ infwe1
the o'tjectiona wn eh we filed aganil
cimnr’ee thev hue pi cUd as
the hefmeil dune-oafleit facia
Wii-rhncVei exiftsJ'"ddc'do''tni n a
vn th noone ha 'enda and o decide
OiqU'ftiona which bey hve een and
been odd iha every one bfiJeihe n
fa?e chalet fa not to he in t iur
Wildcat ot-hec pven'irn o leg'fla iiie
o he coun rjrYJP-JeeJ then la e rub
Iica ionaae nievery point of view fo
in e 'nem and 'con emptibeihit o
- undertake a fo mai leruainn of ahem
vo'ild be in infiiti on ibe good ifcife
cf hepa'il'C
0 a dorti ne however has been ad
vanced by 'll S B M tnich I bg
lei e abide iu (cm (nlx-s becau'e I
th nt it peculiarly miichievnu In
cu GXMe of’ihe 7 h of ihe P'e
fan om h he reli at of fame who
wi I n it l ow the pe tide any - fit ire
in p ie na ing government (by 'he
b no fuchiemiment hai appeared
p any of our pa cs) and then lie
goes 0 if 1 un'mftand him ugh'
tp pio:e rhv a iw when we a e he
giD'i fig a new govemmen a convert
tj n c ho fen under a law of VigitTa
ar il not be ruffij:enily authorized to
fjiine a c nfiiiution for Ken ucky
If ihe E eel on of (he convention
fc d de end id fo’ety on ihe laws of
Vrginfa I conlefs its authority would
be deic an- bur this II S B M
knows is hot the faft : the end the
time and :he manner of making (he
E eiion wee direAed by a former
c invention of our own reprefentiii ves
ft ihuitit fiddly and properly an in
fii utionof our own and iu being in
qcnfmmiiy to a lav of Virginia can
a k v cii'e if id tht eftimation of any
yp- :onyl mind- ‘ I (hall fii c 11 he ma
te lalcircumlincei pt the cafe that
1 tia prop1 ic y of whai ha been done
tpiv pi 'e (B’df appear In 1776 mo
nllu wt on of govinment tut tne
Qa'eof Virginia was eft-mi Died by a
eMivpniton of the repir'eirative f
‘the people apd I h pe it will Heafe
HiS8 M tint this convem ir n wa
(finnan under (he dl ettion of cuun-
ty cpmpii'tt'es By ih' confti uiion
we we e al b und and flaall fo eMf
feminjou:d cxeeAt fo Jat astDe
gjiMj irily of the people content to d f
foive 'ho obiigaiion1 But ' inth'S
eonfi u ion it it I'tovide1 tk ihe
le'jfli'uie may tfiiblift oc 01 m re
guveriimentt wtftwaidly of iheAle-
eTenr eonliiBtfonbf
the Feopral gove mcntweiliblfl M vestac tn hprMnt
’ d by(bo cental cl c’vfcvtiuyni of jri muJl t4 r a -
cf the leTTcfen'atfvft of h renpTe
in ihe refH-Aive T! to ifii-
tunon forbids a new fif'e he eeci
ed wuhtn hcjuofdion or aiy o her
fti'e wrh'ut t- cnicnvof heleg’f
Urii e of ihe fi'e conceieJ as well
- as of the enng e‘ auif jy ih s coifi i ’
- tu’ionWe alfi a eal bound
When e-xenvemtw oTtrrd repre-
' fen atives of (he peop'e of this dip
(net in 1789 dsiaed that afepcia
tion of the dfiiid fium iheo her paits
of V-lgima was expedient wha: next
ouh: 10 have been oonr I'elaie
omielvet loJepenJent wi ii ui ti ne
aduf Sach a laih and d fuioeily pio '
ceedihg woulj hive been irnly ic
be liou and uhjufi-fiin e txioe we
hod &! (hreommt f onr I'aicnt
ft a e 111 -a ticular juo oi me union in
pCwai ' The confem ot V rgm a was
aikJ and a uw o ameu iefciit
UtJi the coiidu on of he fpe a un
1 an ai o ihe mnnei id ch fi -g a
coiiveh'iun wh as the ra efen a
tic i f he e ’p e K TiUickv we e
to take thefe'i'nd linn iir- c nil re a‘
linn ana tieem'Owe'eJ f they iimfe
- to- baksa fea-ajpn 11 ri emu
piopofed and Cmg ef t)i uld at to
th nk po c-r 'o ciiifLM! to deci he
lectiunof aa her cuuvcn pianofrane
- actnli"rnii6n f goc nu:ei' for ha
new ftte All h has em dne
Vug nit mher i'a'congief mi her
'part and Kentucky on lur l an liaie
a’l -letui " coifen’ei ta mJ ia fied ihe fo
c inpaA — — Thn Ken'iieby
Anil bee ec ed m o a tepaia c fta e
on 'he e ma and cci-d ron "anJ in
the mame liipuia eJ( anJ a conVe i
(Ln 10 frame a cnilru imi if gov
eminent fur it has Leeo ihuien ae
coidiulv
1 Now 1 woulJ afle what is lacking
to the moll pet feet good otdei and
liberty in the progicla of (his bufi
nefs? We ftid-ihary for the fecuuif
of liberty and (he public good we
had enteied into eneaemcn’S wi h
Virginip in 1776 and with all (he U
nited Stares in 1788 which ate not
diflolved and which no in'elligenC
fnen i lo the jiie glonou Ameiicm
tevolution' wili'agrce to diiTulve but
at iha lama time (hat the people of
Kentucky by the confent of all pir
tie have as fall liberty to devi e
a cnfiI:u‘ion to (heir own lki gi
if thefe prior engagm-n s did not
exfi It Diould however be agan
noted thatlbir libeity can only be
eXtftc fel in confnimiry 10 thefe pil
ot engagement ani 10 me compact
cit fepaianiin wh ch the Kiiuuckyana
ini 799 volm'a oy enteiei into with
eah o ici and with the other mem
bers of the union : yet thcie feftric
tuns il-i not abridge anif liberty
wh ch we can rat'on illy w in to en
j 0“: they only operate as chek'- to
anarchy facruii and- fedition the
mot 'drcidful enemies to INsrty
Viy then doea II S B M intro
duce his detlamit on on the fuSji’CC I
And why d0rt he quote the aflertion
from M Haines pamphlet oit'ia
f iH x-hh ra h ct?icr tfrrht teht -
ful grtnrnmt Hjsi Vji
iiu anJ ait the other Amer cm itatea
’ ft paraldv enteied into i’uhcomfai'ts
' ami tlK'i jointly enterni into a fede
rd co npact (herebv to fjiure thr-ir
feparate comiaits fiom violation i
and tinea le think that 'all tliefo
cimipaas niiht to be i (Tilved or
that the Kentuckian ught to be
abCoivrd from their ohlij 11 n be-
ca’ufc each indivhtud dd not actu-
aly give his confent to thrm f He
apiear to have Tone meai1 of
the kind and a horiid one r it is
though it feems to beauihbrzcd by
the quotation he has made
M Paue i a ioiiia wi er of
fome note ard hs hily on iha igha
of Mm Ujjhc 10 'e leean'e I - a 1 o
a-g:a-h b e ifTcng ro lit y bun he pa
h’Cft II S B M hs'pO'vJ
re-iity he ilurg of ibefci ficc aiJ’
he ha cumen the dng fo hi 4'
f im an at'piche: (ion that ii w-uivl
h: fv- irv ro c irmitee — the I
Ul- uh ch ho Wo ih'pt In -h hp
it lo tn (liver f h c'"id ix oMr
-P ne t iOe--s of- -oLticai— tilluiii nt
rf any knd eich nd vJaa wulout
eiuep'ii n in i-ft c e n he cui"i
ni ton an i ( j 10 1 fnl 1 he her
II S R M hin nij-i y'f
h -Rut 1 conn t ai firor l Ii c iim "ce
1 In: T e'en ( the ()lluiiiuW
lirdj c nfi ina ir n m
Veu h ii 11 ecelvf poliicH
drtiine I ran anv m n new I na
an ncl whirh tim e o 01 w i- h
Caimnt tg t tuie-i ?'ce 1 i - -
iseiidenilr he cafe of 'le quota i"it
font Mr Paiie le ca ihjm o’eibat
the peoilv of fim- coun'lV 10 ally m
dependen ' rf rrch n he rd if 11
mankind Oiou'd sllrmb'e 'ocftabliDi
a gove nmem’ 1 it itohnbie 'hat
they will all afleoi 'le nd unanimouf
lyag'tc -ott il-e-Jivm fAidi- it
rearonab:e char the t'cfin flnufle
defra ed by bnv oa-trw abCi-iree or
' d iTcn'ing voice P-Ye'wn hoot every
Indiidud meets and c nrur cr Mr
Paine ptinciple be g'venjjj’ no
vernuieivMa beertall fled ti if
' It flvpuld happed 'that a government
was begun by unite' fl cmrcni on
th pnnvile it mu ft inlriaoiy f ct
ci-me loan eid fm by iuih cem
pact it if gene ally agieed ilim nut
canmr b ::d ihe r fuccefTot Wiu-fl
thoie who en'eief into-ihe cmpt
a-e alive ihey only will ie 1 -iindg
sol Is foi-nai they are deal ail ihw
juil authoiitv of 1 heir govrn mm' w1l
an I elv cca e foiever Ties confe
flueme M Paine himfclf doe moll
ftieniiuufiv argue to lie the la! in hit
fame pam- hle' Bar commro ien e
dictarvs ht fuch an abiu d pnreue f
fb ould be ielinqu:(hef and 'hat we'
Ill mid feek for one which isinoie is
(icml and convenient
T On h t point poll'ical trrrei c(
mu h higher credit ihani'mr Pvne
have lumiDied us wih a pi'ni‘o
’ whivh is ra tonal in iheibeo y and
' convenient In pit'iice Tney found'
c vli focte' and govemmen'— on 'he
w II of 001 and the rub:cgnni"’""
fccc tiocuy tod piofyeiUyaeib