The Kentucke gazette — Lexington [Ky.], 1787-08-18 00:00:00, page 3

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To ths coop ncm or Ktntucle
IEllMiT a fellow citizen aftiend
and well w :he to bespeak your at
' icnocn to Hie mporta t avJ inie eTng
- fube3ofa’'e)i -iionofth:s Jiftrctfrom
thellneof V:gina- ToroinnJ yauof
yo-ir p'C'ent fituat:oif ani ’ n you of
the U'fe which at chin time ihieiteus
you he''oct will nether be ddsnci
UituCJeleiy nor dilaicb 'e finccupon
a nglu notont of ihcc ihngs yourfu
tuichippno s or mi'eiy ai a people ul
tm ceJo eiJs
VVie 1 the lives ani property of a pen
pie are at ftaic a your now ale they
cannothave their eye too m ich opencl
nor the r icc'ings too si ich aware '-e I
Icca le itisne'e Tary to fee where the
dargc ncs in oider to gaid aR'int it:
beiiu 'c me it does not poeeaJntoie
fioin d fo e n than a iome-lic cauie :nor
ia it the Icidm chaiafeia aunnp
you aa fone wnll iniruite: over
the e you will have thcconirouling pow-
c fiong as Oj etainyoir vii: -e a 1 1
love of I berty- Iti not the h ’ft c
! me i of -'-n liar tho Jangc us the e
yojaie ab'e to iepel an 1 t coi l e if
yoiwciC permitted to ’a o the naims in
your haul: itisnot thve things I fay
bit tliep cfet: poftu e of your a'Faii
wlrchyou have the gie-ttcft icaion to
droid
Naturally dctatchc Ifrom the biJy of
the ftatc : Coni tutioniMy cirC’iin'eribe I
in yoar irifi tlion an I Iimlttii m your
- power you CJnnot cna3 Laws for y mr
o vn peace an I faf rty are unavo J 'bly
fibetl to fo-ne which arc conn ary to
1 tothofegrcatenK ani incapab'e o: ex
- e ucing other m ore adapted to ynr ft-
' tuation thuscirc :mftancp I applicat'on
bach been ftnle to Virginia foi an act of
reparation flic hath granted it on terma
which have baciuckiiiwlc Ige I juft an 1
ic I'oPab'C ' in th’S fit nat on i lay H
1 berty and In iepcu Jancc offe e ' you on
Ihconchanl on the othc- fee hcfitaii
cui oppofitiort ani even a rcr-ifal of
Ihatoffcr by ift ny Than this what can
' be more aim m ng? ieyu fat s'iel wih
w your pic cnt fit nation or do you not feel
the ncrcTuy of a change of meafurcs ! if
- you do fupprefs chit pe n'eious Tpriric
of indolence and pufilaniin'ty whch
i fohids your doing to day what you
ought left von fliould be called upon
tomorrow to diicharge fome other du
ty Is it nnt apparent that ff you do not
taka there ns of Government intoyour'
bu'la (bat they will be placca in thof
ofotbers for yov And nn yno fiibm'e
to thirl Car you luppofeihaiyourhvcs
ind piope:tic‘ that re ycur deneft
rights tnd libcit'cs will bemoicftciuc 'n
their hands than in youi own i no It
would be infult ngtoyour un’eiftand
itigss to conceive fuch an opinion A nd
yet one or the other oft' e emuft tahe
plrce Youi f tuition i d:swn to a crCs
and your ncccflit cs will demand it
You pcihips ae foorPcd with a belief
that the Icg'flrtuic of V'lginia will do
every thing for you that you need on'y
ilk and obtain Put how de'ifve
this expef ation! Ml era1 and bene
vo'ent rs Vigin'a may he: however
I fay ft-emry be difpofed tebesr your
cnmplants and rcdicfs yocr picvmcs
jt is not in her pov cr She hath not
faith to remove mountains 1 She can
r or lender a ban en wildcrrc's hrbita
' b’e! She cannot lcfcn tl c dillarcc be
tween Dai viTe cid Riel mcrd ror
can fl’C charge the local fituaiion of
c urtiicv which the hand of nature
hih dfTeicnily difpo'ci jndmailcJ
wiih oppcf e character : in fuch a
m-rrer as to icndei the Laws and cu
fmis of ore cxtic m’y im soper for
thsjoihcr: then if he ernnot iciro e
t’ c cauie hopr can flc pi event the
grTcflsi
t rd is it rot tree that a a parr of Vir
pmiayouirihsbir aDiftiifl fi'C lundicd
nii’es font the feat of Gn cinmcni an
irtcivcpii'g Wildcrnefa of fever il bun
dled m 'cs extent: ihfeflei hy ho'lli'c
baibaritrs ardpafiibie only at particu
lar fca ons of the yq?f: Py the'e
u earn icr 'e irgdiflicult and pierarioi-s
the mod imjoiiant tight of fecmcn I
mean adc'efte lcpie'cntrtion Aic
not thce fafls and do they not pc
" pcc'ut'c the poflibility of a yeimcncnt
cinrct'on on Republican jsrincipalfl I
th nkiheflighteft attentionto ihe'e things
mull pioducc the cleaicft conviction:
if it flouid not trace for a moment
the noil obvious conferences which
inev tabiy flow from this difpofit'on of
things as their only fource and rot
f om ary thing thatViiginia hath done
or omitted to do
ift It deftreys the ycffibility of a
rime'y application to the fupicme execu
tive for aid in cafes of emergency
ad It fufpends the ope ation of the
benign influence of mercy by fub:ecting
condemned perfons v ho magjre deemed
-worthy of pardjgi to teJand lan
! guifliing imprifonment '
3J it reoiera the the
' j'v
LawsfceWe de'ays T!"cc an reaxe
the fprings of Government
4-h It fub efts to you peua 'ics si i"ng
from :giorance of the Laws : m ny of
which expiie bcfoie ihy - icach
this diftiift it
5th It Isyr you lisb’c to fuits in the
high court of appeals by which meins
the unfortunate poor and men nt me
‘ditcrity are complcatly in the jowet
of the oppulent
6ih And f:om the want of Law in
feme cares oblires you to fi bmit to ab!
tiary ru’es preferihed by the capiiceof
afew: thus cftabhfliirg danpe- us pre
cedents of Tyrrnny and oppicificn
Eut abrve all
7th It fib efts you to ihc incurfloirt
cf a favage enemy who after mui der
ing your file-ids and deftroying your
property flly out of the limits of the
Tiiftrift and are proteaed by the law
Yes m Coem ryncn the Laws forbid
your taking arv cffeSi'al mcafuies a
gainft them They foibid your march
ing an cxjHrdition inro their Country
Cinfidcring the!r mode of waifne
what i this in fpft but to bid you fit
flill sud receive the ftroieof the Tctn
mahawk Could a fepar ation do you
think place you in a worfe fituatlonr
Surely it could rot On the contrary
that it would put you In a better can
fesi ccly remain a doubt
Yet notwithPandirg the'e aicfafls
lherc ate fomc who do net think a fe- (
parat’on advifib'e and wfli to have
it put off till a later perioJ than the
prefent Icw will allow: Thinking
that whenever irthould be tfked it will
be giantbd Hut what affluence have
they of this? Rcfefl that mull things
aic ftbjeft to change Revolutions may
hsppcn in the ftate or contipem With
"the change of circumftatices mens opi
n:ons alter Virginia' toay confidcr tni
Diftiift as a necclTafy'api'endapc to her
ftiength or to her Ciown You infis
b:t a mod fertile foil and a country
that mull become-populous In your
hands thee circimftarces may le im-
proved into jhe ccitain means cf hap
pinefs in the hands of Virginia ’they
maybe converted into a fource of 1 eve- '
nee and a r in Tory of foldicu for her
own agiandifcmeut
Experience teaches that intereft go
vern all And aife you the on'y peo
ple who aie regirdle's of theirown f
Rut you are aft aid of reparation
" you dread the argmentition of Taxes
or the diminution of your Religious at -
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