The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1797-10-24 00:00:00, page 4

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From the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
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COMMON SENSE,i#D&iab.
XVI.
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LIBERTY AND EQUALITY.
^^7IIEN this-lovcly braq: of fitters
landed on cur ffibres^ with Smiles
cn their faces, and the olivf branch in
their hands, they were received with o
pen arms. We looked with the eyes of
a lover, and every thing, via Paris, was
charming. The graces themselves, had
they visited our fca ports, would scarcely
have received more attention. All orders
were emulous to prepare dinners and eat
thecivic cake with their new guests, A
gentleman, who had at least his share of
notional phylofophy,w3senraptured with
the new corners, and refclved, as he was
fond of French factions, to introduce
their etiquette into his family A coun
cil was called, and Sambofooted among
the rest Children, fays hfe, this is an
age of reformation. We save improved
upon the Eagliffi principles of education
and government, and the French upon
ours. It is fully proved fate are all born
free and equJ. I have adhered to the?
erroneous notions of our forefathers long
enough. Hereafter I wiH lay aside com
mands and punishments, the inffruments
of tyrants, and" you Shall be governed by
reJon. Your own judgment, instead of
my severity, Shall corre& your faults. It
Shall be my part to request, and yours to
comply. " You berry good, maffer ; I
tanka you, maffer," fays Sambo, with a
low bow—" I like your resolution," fays
Edward, the oldest son, who had long
Sighed for liberty—" That's your fort,"
cried matter Billy, clapping bis hands—
Miss Betsey courte fyed —The wife, whose
claim to equality was already established,
was pleased with the anticipation of Some
thing more. 4'l w ^s j°y an d compla
cency. A civic dinner ensued. A little
,dispute arofg about the propriety of Sam
bo's fitting at the table. None Showed
resentment, or used high words, but Bet-
fey and her ma'am, who insisted that lib
erty and equality were never made for
negroes. Inward could not fee why
black and white might not set as well
together round a table, as round a wo
man's head, and observed that these col
ours, With almost every other, had often
been good companions on his mi'am's
fiead-drefs. Ned was a, Shrewd fellow ;;
he forefaw Sambo would soon rule the
toast, and wilhed to secure his favor.—
The good man fettled the dispute by a
conciliatory proposition. The.family
were to wait on themselves, and Sambo
to relinquish his equal right of letting at
the table with them. Excessive good na
ture isoften the introdudion to quarrels.
, After dinner the matter wished to tide
out of town. Sambo was requested to
laddie the horse and brush his boots.—
The horse was prepared ; but when the
boots were called forSambo was blacking
his own Chocs. He waited patiently till
, they were ready, then went out to mount
his horse—None to be found— Ned un
derstood the do&riae of equal rights, had
ridden off his father's horse and left him
in the lurch. He begins to fnfpea that
his new du^rine, which seemed an angel
in theory, would be the devil in praaice:
like hefty converts, he soon becomes an
spoliated The next day a number of his
friends were invited to dine with him/
and difeufs his new Dtintioled. Sambo
had pitched on the fame time to convene
bis companions ; the sooty tribe had tak
en possession of the kitchen just before his
matter's party entered the parlour. He
x thought imfelf lord of the kitchen, had
referred a tew of the best pieces for his
own table, and was handing round the
second bottle ip celebration of his inde
pendence; when the maid related his pro
) ceediogs to the mistress. She talked
loudly on the fubjea. The matter blufh^
^ ed for fliame, stepped into the kitchen,
and invited Sambo to tend the table, at
the fame time reprimanding him for the
freedom he had taken. Sambo was too
much ' intoxicated with tire fpirltof liber.
' tfcid'W^ty^ fear'or obey, but
USEFUL MISCELLANY.
FIT FOR FAMILY U£E : WRITTEN FOR
Walpole Meridian; BUT WILL
ANSWER in any wber.-tran.
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEYS
The late Gov. Chittenden.
From the Vermont Gazette.
——“ Take him far all in all,
We ne're shall lack n,on bis like egain."
TO preferv: from oblivion such cha-;
rafters as have been eminently
mfeful to society, ought to be the busi
ness of the biographer. And we should
be happy, if thermits we are reftrided to
in the present essay, did not too narrow
ly circumscribe usin our attempt to draw
the outlines of the character of ourlate
worthy Governor—we hope some abler
pencil will add all the fine ftrekes to the
portrait, which itjuftly merit!; and,
when newspaper paragraphs Ihall be for
gotten, the impartial page of hiftory fliall
place his honoured name among the lift
of heroes, philosophers, and statesmen,
who adorned the American revolution,
and dignified human nature.
Thomas Chittenden defeended
from refpe^able family, who were among
the firft fetters in the then colony of New
Haven. His mother was lifter to the
late Rev. Dr. Johnson, father to Prefix
dent Johnson, of Columbia College, N.
' Yorks
He was born in E&ft Guilford, State
of Connecticut, in the year 1730, and re
ceived a common fchooheduca tionin his
own town, which in these times was but
indifferent.'
Agreeably tp the custom of New - Eng
land, he married early in life, viz. when
in his zoth year, into a reputable family
by the name of Meigs, and removed with
his youngfooufe toSalifbury,in the coun
ty ot Litchfield. Here, as he advanced
in years, his opening worth attraded
public attention ; and by a regular ad
vance, be sassed thro' the several grades
in the city, to the command of a regi
ment. He many years represented his
own town in the general assembly, .nd
discharged the office of 2 justice of the
peace for the county of Litchfield. Def
ti:ute of a finished education, without a
learned orofeffion. he allied himfelf to
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personally in the field. By his natural
liability, good sense, affability, kindness
a ,,fyty. be gained the confidence
of his fellotfuzens ; and many impor
tant offices Thich the town of Salisbury
had to bestow, were secured to him.-
Ifermined to lay a foundation for their
ode enou^oo forget the overtures of the
day belorahHe unfwefed abruptly, he
mutt be exceed for the present. , The
matter thought it time to resort to the
old filhioned instrument of commands
and punishment, or rather, without
ft^pfi^g t° think, began to use them.
High words arid hard blows ensued.—
The noise reached the parlour. Every
white face reddened with blulhes and
refer,tment, and liberty and equality were
echoed from each corner of the kitchen
by the Blacks. I need not relate the fe
queL Toe gentleman never hears liber
ty and equality pronounced without fluk
ing his head: he has often declared he
had rather have the old boxers, Castor
and Pollex, in his house, and that he be
lieved if they Were allowed to run at large
in our country, they would do more mif
chiefthan sword and famine. He deals
in extremes. Liberty, uncontroled, ex
perience proves to be one of the worst of
tyrants; accompanied with good order
and good laws, as she was one of the firft
settlers in this country, may she be found'
among its last inhabitants. Ido not pre
tend to write for nations ; my pen if em
ployed for family use, If you are a fa
ther, and your boy begins to prate about
equality, take off his hat, hang it up as
high as you can peach, and bid him do
the fame with yours; if he fays he is not
tall enough, bid him fay no more about
equality, till he is -of equal stature with
yourfelf. •.
AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.
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"TO RAISE THE GENIUS, AND TO MEND THE HEART."
FOUR different sizes of the Bible toe
now passed through the presses of rhe
proprietor of this paper, viz. Folio, with
50 copperplate representations of Scrip
ture Hiftory- Royal Quarto, with and
without concordance—large DemiQfta
vo, with and without apocryph^and
^ D *^r^±^
Bible.—This last is just ifloed from the
press, the types for which were procured
at;very great expenle, are exceedingly
well executed, and employeda number of
workmen four years to complete them.
They are n% all Handing, and are to be
1 me
rdinbufr ana the unireriitv rrintinir
Him fee nf Oxford and Cambridge En m
oland A rrnftant funblv fofcoarfe and
copies,
quantity,
I iinri nfth> nirih An out < h thic fmill
industry—tend here heaffifted and (n
--courged many new fettled In the year
1776, the troubles qccafioned by the late
war rendering if p&effjy for him to re,
move, he ? purchased an estate at Arling
ton, and continued in that town until
1757, when he returned to his former
refidCnce in W.illifton. During the troub
les occasioned by the claims of N. Voik,
on the New Himpfhire gra , ^, Governor
Chittenden was a faithful ?dvife, and a
strong fapporter of the feeble fetters —
During the American revolution, white
Warner, Allen, and many others were in
the field, he was afliduoufly engaged in
the council of fafety at home ; where he
rendered essential service to his country..
In the year 'yS^benjhe state ofVermont
afomed tye powers ,of) government and
established a conftiu'ion, the eyes of the
Freemen were immediately fixed on Me.
Chittendenas their firft Magistrate He
was accordingly elected to that difficult
and arduous .Office, & continued therein,
I yeaconly expepted. until his death. To
presume to fay how well he conduced in
the most trying times, would be arro
gance in an individual ; let the felicity of
his cpnftituents evince, let the hiftory of
Vermont declare it. From a little band of
associates, he few bis government furpefs
an hundred thousand fouls in number ;
he saw them rife Superior to oppression,
brave the horrors of a foreign war; and
finally, taking hcr opprtffor by the hand
receive her embrace as a fitter state, and
rife, a conftellatiort in the federal
dome.
He enjoyed an excellent conftitutjon
until about a year before his death. In
oa. last he took an affeding leave of his
companions in General assembly, feel
ingly imploring the benediction of heaven
on them and their confluents. He
some time since anounced his decling the
honour of being efteemeda candidate at
the ensuing election, and died on the
24th ult. as we are informed, without
apparent distress, and even without #
groan.
'That Gov. Chittenden was possessed of
great talents and a keen difeernment in
affairs relative to men and things, no one
can deny. His cohverfation was easy,
simple, and inftudive; and altho' his:
enemies sometimes abused his open
franknefs, yet it is a truth, that no petfon
knew better how to compass great designs
with secrecy than himfelf. His particu
lar address and negotiation's during the
late war, were matter ftrekes of policy-
His talents at reconciling jtribe interests
among the people were peculiar. His
many and ufeful services to his country,
to the state of Vermont, and the vicinity
wherein he dwelt,will be long remember
ed by a grateful public,entitle him to be
named with the Wafhingtons, the Han
tocks, and Admates, of his day. Nor
were his prvate virtues less conspicuous:
In times of scarcity and distress, too com
mon in new settlements, never did a
mate display more rational or more noble
benevolence—his granary was open to
all the needy.
He was a profeffor of religion—a wor
shiper of God - believing in the Son to
the glory of the Father. Such was the
man, and the citizen Vermont has loft.
Superior to a prince—a Great man here
^mesrotii^^^-^MBa^fflore
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\price proportion ^bly lew <<'th<ft report
ed from Scotland and Erg^u.:, h^ been
attended with a very S<. u vy tx^afe to
the undertaker, and employed a larger
capital than any work issued from an A
merican press, he hopes fui able encour
agement will be given to the undertzk-
ISAIAH THOMAS.
, [Worcefter Gazette }
Mr.' Thomas therfts the ap
plauje an* Encour^ of
bis countrymen.—Let the pre-.
Jerence b^ given to bis editions
of the Bible.
EXTRACTED FOR THE RiVULET.
The Apparition.
TCEVTUC^HR*:^'•
SHILRIC and KILDA—
An Elegy, trar.flated from the Erse,
by Mr, Derrick.
T TPON this bill, where corftunt raves
the wind,
Clots by a fountain's murmur fewest reclin'd.
Ilifting lie; nubile o'er my dropping bead,
AJingle tree foeadsfoliar, frade.
Deep rolls the river thro' the hlofled booth ;
Tbs lake, with trouble waters, fwelle be-
neatb : r .
Swift &usn the bill the motley tribe defend;
No whirling cowherds nigb at band attend ;
No burner's born alarms the distant bill ;
TbT norm, site sane is silent all and fill.
Sad as the dense, when by i> mate forlorn^
Alone I fit, the lo,g, lotg day and mourn.
How plea,ant would the barren heath appears
If the lov'd mijlrtfs of „ heart were near !
With ber curl'd trsfofloating loose behind,
While ber joft bejem kifs'dtbe sassing wind.
But ab ! the wind unwilling thence to part.
Might bolt with treble bars of ice her heart.
She weeps her friends that lie beneath the bill;
Her tearsl'llwipe teatfrom thine eyes diflil;
And, to rn, father's bouje while thee I bring,
Swett comfort in my charmer's ear I'll fog.
Ha ! is it Jbe that yonder beams like light,
Or thefull lunar orb in autumn bright ?
The fan just rising o'er a fummer'sform,
Lefsfplendid firms than ber delicious form.
She speaks—but ab ! ber voice, bow weal &
low!
As thro' the marjby reeds joft breezes blow.
She.
Return'^ those fafe, m, SHILRIC,from the
Where are tb, friends, 0, love? Tlx, trav
elfar.
Os tby dtftmaion on tbe biU tbey tell:
I beard, and %/ ratefont that yen fell.
HE.
Yes, [ return, 0, love, and I alone ;
Os all my race betide furvivetb none.
No more the,' 11 blefi them in year to gee!
Tbrirgraves Ipil'd-onyonder plain the, rifa
But c. the barren turf, <wbj, pritbee,jaj a
Wby o'er the defers bill done doflflo, ?
Though, Sbilric, o'er bill tbovjeeft mo
roam,
M, bones are beam'd in tbelr eternal home:
Clos'd in the wintry banfe of death I he ;
Grief,form, lojs, drank all my whale dry.
ra, Kilda, bear !—fa fails,foe glides a.
<way!
Like the grey for. before the rifog day.
Ab! one word more, my love, 3 then depart ;
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Her brooding mungs joruea
\I,WIXUin the g^l? ,1,'p"""" ° " r^* ';
Genro
THiRIFULET.