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ROYAL LINCOLN,
II ai of Fi/b Sl eet.
HA? juft received an auuiiiokal allbrt
ment tf frefh
s kasu.\ a nr. f. con ns,
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pearl, black & green Caml»r»rk
Peliece Flannels Furnituies
Superfine ami common Copperplates
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black Flannels Fancy Mullins
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ftile White cotton Cam
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Hair Ribbands Cotton Balls, &c. dte.
1 bale of BLANKETS, of an excel lent qua!- j
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F.verv article of the ah »ve Goo's will be
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January 8, .810 (tf)
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January 2 2.
rpRE fubferiber hereby gives public notice i
* to all concerned, that ilie has been duly
appointed and has taken upon herfelf the
truft of adminiftratrix on the eftate of
E7.fc.KlEL THURSTON,
lare of Portland, in the county of Cumberland,
mariner, deceafed, by giving bond as the j
law direA*She therefore resells all per
fons who are indebted to the laid decealed’s
eftate, to make immediate payment ; and thole
who have any demands thereon, to exhi >it
the fame to Hzckicl Thurston, her attor
Dty‘ ELIZABETH * THURSTON:
mark
Jan. H, 1810. __
printing*
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£J;c monitor.No. X\ ill.
_
“ Tr. buna* bf taH xvbat b Uer tbwglh can tife,
** Thin man * p> ejutnptin* o* tu r/tor tori'* dan* t
That we lake a prudent care for the lu.ure
is the dntaeof common ftnfe, bui to he con
tiniul y abferbed in care* tor the time to come
is the height oi folly The lougeft term of
httmau life mud be ihort, and the uncertainty |
of its continuance another hour is a truth to
often repeated that it ceafes to he felt. That
we fhall after death enier on a nevtr ending
Hate of ex’ftence is alio a truth which few
have the hardinels to deny. Notwithftauriing
thefe truths are fo generally acknowledged,
yet fuch i* the infatuation of men that they ;
ar® con (hint ly planing lebtmes of future huh- )
net* “ which the long livers in the world ha'e, !
and undegenerate days could fcarce have !eil
wre for.” Men are ever blind to their ap
prnachiog fata till it ha* overtaken them.—
t hey run heedlefsly along, faying with them*
lelvcs “ to morrow ihali he as this day and
much more abundant,” wit he.tit coulidering
that the next nfing fun miy fee them num
bered with the great congrcga-ion of the dead.
The apoftle James notices this thoughtleis
fpint in the following (Inking manner. ‘‘Go
to now ye that fay to day or to morrew we
wi*l go into fuch a city and con.inue there a !
year, and buy and fell and get gain ; whereas I
ye knew r.ot what llial! he on the morrow, i
For what is your life ? It is even a va.our
tliat appeareih for a little while and then van- j
ill.eth away " He then proceed* to give this i
concife direction. “ For ye ought rather to !
fav, if the Lord will we fhall live and do this |
or that.” Would people hear in mind then
dependence on rlie divine favsr for all things
‘hey enjoy, we Ibould feldom fee them run
ning into fuch abfurdities a* they do. liut
alas ! alas l moral defilement is written in
moft prominent characters on all their actions
Notwithftanding their friends ant! acquaint*
ances may fink into the grave around then, *
yet it feldom occurs that perhaps their own
knell flu'I give the next fiuiile(» warning ro
others.
i
If N-.,w-'"'rlean», Nov, 24, Mr John Lowell i
Jun. aged ‘.'0, Ion of Mr John Lowed ot Bath
(Maine )
" Died in England in July last at her
brother’s house at Cambrook, in the 68 ih
year of her age, Mrs. Paine, wife of the
notorious Tom P-ine, author of “ Tlic
Rights of Man,” to whom she was marri
ed at Lewes, in Sussex, in ike year 1761.
She iiad lived only three years with this as
sc' tur of righ*s, wli m a se paration took place,
occasioned by his brutal behaviour to her,
since w hich she has lived with her friends.
She was the daughter of Mr. Olive, a res
pectable tradesman in Lewes. Site lived
much respected and died sincerely lament
ed, a fiim belie’.e in Christ, and the truths
of the C .ristain religion. May his last days
hr* l ko Iter’s.”—[ALis ! this pious wish did
nnt uvitii j
G’.r'onrti Cortircss.2d. Session. j
HOUSE OF P. TpR F.S R NT A T1VE S, |
Friday, Jan. 5
A communication from the lecretarv of war i
4
tran.muting a ftateme it of the expenditure
and apolicaron of all fuch films ot money as j
have, prior to the 13* It of Sept, lad, been
drawn from thetreafury.
Another communication from th?fecretary
of war, a communication from the fecretary
cf the navy, and one from the fecrc;ary of
the reafury, were read and ordered to be
primed. The reports are relpe<5hug accounts
in thole dtpar*men s
In Committee ot the whole upon the re
port of the Committee u, ' n the Rules of the
Houle. Mr. Pitkin in the Chair.
Ore of the new rule-, reported, preftribes
that when the previou* queftion fhall be re
quirtd by one fif’h of the members prefent,
: i Hull immediately be put tc the ulual form,
to wit, Shall ihe main queftion be now put ?
'.nd it decide 1 in the afftimarive, fliall pre
clude a I further debate upon the main quef
tion. Tlie adopt on of this rule will put it
in the p wer of the majority, at any mo
merit, by calling lor the previous quefticn to
prevent the miuorit) from eipieflii’g their
fen. i men ts.
Mr. Livermore movcJ to ftrike out this
-ule, and lpoke at fome length in fupport of
h s motion. He thought the rule would in
veil the majority with a dangerous and def
potic power, which nughi be exercifed to the
complete proftration of the right of debate.
I his power he was unwilling *he majority
fhould pi fiefs, although he exptiiei to be in tie
m.rjortty him r!J bcji.re the ilo<e <J the lejjion,
Mr. bheiTey argued forcibly in h*vor of this
motion. He obferved that Bonaparte, when
examining the Abbe Sieves'* budget of confti
iu ions, was extiemely pleated w’ith that
which propofed a dumb lcuisla tub c ! He
hoped no fuch principle wou’d be recogsi
zed in thu free country There might pof
hbly bean unprincipled majority, aHd in that
cafe the rights of the minority would become
extimfk.
Mr. Rhea of TenncfTre was moll decidedly
in favour of gv-ng ‘he majority power to
put an eitinguifher up* n the nnuority when
ever they fliou d think proper, a'though be
JtJ not tvtjb it /i. be unJ-rf.^.d that be it ai leu f*nd
<f expujp'ig bit Jcntimenti than other gentlemen.
[Nodauger that it will be fo underftood.]
He would not admit the idea that there could
be fuch a thing as an “ unprincipled major
ity" . . .
Mr. E'y explained very c'e.trly that the in
tention of the previous quefticn, in the Btit
iili Houfe of Commons, wa« not to prec ude
debate upon the mam que&on, but only to
.prevent it oo a particular day. If it was de
cided in the affi'mative, the deh»re a'ways
went on. He was oppofed to the rule in
t‘. to
Mr Rofs was really not a little witty. He
would diftinguifh the majority and the mi
nority, not as it refpeided po'itical parties,
bur a« it refpetded the •dent and the talking
members, the former being the majority. He
felt it a little unpieafant, in this view of the
luhjedt, to truft himfelf to the majority, but
upon the whole he would riik it to place
himfelf in that firuaion He laid it was one
thing to talk and another to deiiirrau : Thofe
who talked the moft frequently deliberated
the lead. [Perhaps Mr Rots know* forr.e
thing of this by experience] He further
remarked that if gentlemen were precluded
from exprefling their fentiments upon this
floor, they knew borv to aft the fen ! and the
only difference would be, that indead of
giving their fentimenta to their conditucnts
through the denographers of this Houfe, they
would communicate them in addrefles writ
ten by themfelves. [What will republicanism
come to next ]
Mr Pickman argued againft the rule as un
conditutional Congrefsare forbidden bythi
Conftitution to ABRIDGE THE FREEDOM
OF DISCUSSION.
Mr Mni ie contended for the omnipotence of
»V.e majority. [Another true republican j
The minority fliould have no right to delay a
decilion, but by theeiercife of their argumen
tative powers [But how are they to “ exer
cife their argumentative powers,” when the
majority fliall have power to fay to them, Yon
fliail advance no arguments ?]
Mr Southard laid the idea of preventing dijc-if- J
ftonfruck Lim nvitb b r,ra ! but he would VOtC ,
for the rule, as the power would not be abu- j
fed. (What an “ Old Wing” Mr. Southard.
«!) . .
Mr. Quincy afgued ftrongly that it is the
NAT URE C» MAN TO ABUSE POWER. (What j
“ Old Tory ' Mr, Quincy is!)
Mr. Root and other Wbigt fupported the I
rule, and Mr. Dana and other Tories oppofed
it. Mr Dana conteuded that i; was utterly in
compatible with political liberty. He faid
that as the gentlemeu in the majority felt the i
WEIGHT OF EMPIRE refting ‘on their
fhouldtrs, it was not to be wondered at that *
they fltould wifli to make a rapid progrefs in
their courfe,left they fliuuld be CRUSHED i
BENEATH IT.
At 4 o’clock the Committee rofe without a
decifton.
THE “WHIGS” WILL TRIUMPH!
Adjorned to to-morrow—F. journal
—«//»«=*—
MR. DXNA’S SPEECH,
t
On Giles’ Refolution for approbating the con
du& of the Executive—Cuntiautd.
So niHch on that fubjeft. With
refpect to the other, there is this gen- j
tral phrafeolosy^: “ The obfervations
to which fo niuch extent has been ,
given in this letter, with thofe
contained in the correfpondencc
with Mr. Jackfon, will make you
fully acquainted with the conduct -
and the character he has developed;
with the neceflity of the ftep taken i
in refilling further communications
with him, and with the grounds on
which the Prefident infhu&s you to
requeft that he may be immediately
recalled. You are particularly in
ftru&ed at the fame time, in making
thofe communications, to do it in a
manner that will leave no doubt of
the undiminifhed dc-fre of the Uni-,
ted States to unite in all the means
the beft calculated to eflablifn the1
relations of the two countries on the
folid foundation of juitice,of friend
fhip and of mutual miercft.7 Confid
erlnu this ir.flruction as marking the
difpofition of the Executive, does the
refbiution before us correfpond with
that difpoGtion as exprefl'ed in the
letter to our miniiter at London or in
the Prtfident’s meffage to congrefs
at the opening of the prefent feflion.
Much has been faid (not however
on this floor) of fome cafe or cafes in
in which a fimilar courfe is fuppofed
to have been deemed neceffary ; and
a cafe has been mentioned of a min
iiter from the court of Vienna in the
reign of George the Firft. But as itj
has not been urged in this debate, I
content myfelf at this time with ©b
ferving, that the cafe of the imperi
al miniiter (Dc Palm) was efi'entiallv
diitinguiihed from the prefent, and
that as far as I recollect it I find no
thing to warrant the refolution be
fore us.
I have fome objection, however, to
the prefent refolution, becaule it
feems, although I do not here charge
it as a f<»ct, to have been too much
copied from a precedent to be found
in a refolution of a Britifh Hcufe of
Commons reipectiog an affair mate
rially different $ and in ionic part
there items to have been copied a
language better adapted to auxilia
ries in pugiiifm than to the legifla
i
Do you approbate the procedure of
the Prefident in caufing appl e tfion
to be made by the Secretary of State
in a ftyle of guarded decorum, in
ftru&insr the American miniiter at
London to rcquetl the reca 1 of the
Britilh minifter who has heen here
received, and will you fei. * a menace
to accompany the requeft ? In this
view what is the prepefed refolnti.
if it be any thing ? What is meant
bv a folemn pledge to the world for
calling into action the whole force of
a ration, eventually againit ft foreign
power ? if language has certainly a
meaning, it is a picvif.onal defiance
of war, lolcmr.lv made known to the
world—a rational cludler.ge to bat
tle. Have you weighed fully all
that is implied in this deh..tice of
war i Are vou prepared to fuft iin
it fully by all your means? Or can
you fay that you do tu t intend this ?
Is it pofhble that t» e rtpu;icmat;vrs
of the people of the l oiled .Mate*
ors of a great and enlivened re
publick, a larguage wh'ch the -irit
ifh Parliament did not addrefs to
their king. A refolution was moved
in the Houfe of Commons for an ad
drefs ; and cn that motion th^re was
objection as to manner of t xpreffion*
although the refolution was ultimate
ly carri *d without a contradictory
vote. But in the joint addrefs of
the Houfe of Parliament to the king,
the phrafeology was varied, and they
did not addrefs him in the flyle of
boxing familiarity.
Thus far, fir, I have confidered
the refolution before us as not war
ranted by the official language of the
Prefident of the United States and
the Secretary of State In addition
to what ha3 already been obferved
with this view, *t is to be noted, that
the Prefident in his meffage to Con
grels, has not even mentioned Mr,
jackfon’3 circular letter to the Britifh
confuls. This letter indeed, and its
being put into circulation, are uoti
ced, but not with laborious hardnefs
of phrafe, in the letter of the 23d of
November, from Secretary Smith to
Mr. Pinkney. But the Prefident of
the United States did not regard the
fubjc6t as worthy to be named by
him when giving to Congrefs infor
[ mation of the date of the union and
I recommending the meafures neceffa
; ry and expedient.
The Prefident’s meffage and the
Secretary’s letter appear expreffive of
a difpofition to ufe language which
fhould not in its manner be offenflve
to the Britifh government itfelf, and
to fufpend proceedings of an hcftile
character until an anfwer may be re
ceived from that government. This
refolution appears to be formed on
directly oppoflte principles. What*
Sir ! can Congrefs, can any men
think it neceffary to fay that they will
fupport the Prefident in refufing to
receive a communication from a
foreign miniftcr, or, that they will
fupport him with the whole force of
the nation in fo refufing ? You do
not expedt the minifter to force a
communication on the Prefident.—
This is too abfurd and cannot be the
real meaning of refolution. The
only manly idea intended to be con
veyed by the refolution in this ref
pedc muft be that the Congrefs mean
to fupport the Prefident in a con
flict with the Britifh government
eventually. Why, fir, is fuch lan
guage at the prefent time propofed
for adoption, as if it were either nec
effary or expedient ? The Britifh go*
vernment perhaps may not be per
fectly fatisfied with the condudt of
this adminiftration towards the min*
ilter from Great Britain to the Uni
ted States and yet it might be thought
proper to recall him; bccaufe unac
ceptable to the President of the Uni
ted States, bccaufe the President has
requeft *d his recall, and becaufe un
der exifting circumltancts the further
continuance of fuch a minifler in
this country might not be ufefu! to
the government that lent him. Do
you with to place the affair in fuch a
{fate as to render it peculiarly diffi
cult for the Britifh government to re
call him, except in prelude to war ?