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go to hell; for where can tel go to escape
him—if I ascend into heaven, fays Dav:d,
thou art there—if I make my bed in hell—
behold, thou art there.—This text then is
nothing to yonr purpose. Another paflage
you exult in, is from Rev. 5, 13— Ana every
^ creature, which is in heaven, and on the earth,
and under the earth, and such as are in the sea,:
arid all that are in them, beard!faying, bbfag,
and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him,
t^at fctetb upon the throne, and ur.:o the Lamb,
forever and ever—From hence you conclude,
that all mankind will be happy, and spend a
long eternity with God, in hymning the ho
ly wonders of redeeming love, let their char-.
aders be never to bad, in this world.-—-
Glorious dodrine, for wicked men—if it be
true—if not, it will be an awful disappoint
ment tothofe who trust in it.— Let us exam
ine whether these words are a proof of the
point, according to the connexion in which
they stand— -By looking into the context, I
find that these words are apart of that dox
ology of praise, that was fang in heaven, up
on the great occasion of the Lamb's taking
the book, sealed with seven seals, out of the
hand of him that fat upon the throne.—ln
this doxology, I find three classes of beings
represented, as joining in concert :—
Ift. The four beasts and four and twenty
Elders, by which we are doubtless to under-,
:; (land the church, or all those redeemed from
among men, for thus they explain them
selves, in their praises of the Redeemer
Thou waft slain, and haft redeemed us, by
thy blood, out of every kindred, and,tongue,
and people, and nation— They de pot fay,
- all of every kindred, and nation, were re
deemed ; but only a part were redeemed, out
of that whole, and got fafe to heaven—to
redeem out of a whole, does not mean to
take the whole— The expression will not bear
such an idea ; therefore, the faints in heav
en have no idea of Universalism ; they make
no use of it in their songs of praise. This I
think is a very forcible argument against the
dodriue, that it is not true, for certainly
they know much more of the divine plan,
, than the meft enlightened on earth —Their
declaration is decidedly against you, Mr. F.
T, and may convince you of your error.
2d. I find that the Angels, another order
of intelligent beings, joined the chorus, with
the redeemed church—These is nothing in
their note, that strikes up the Uaiverfal tune.
3d. I fipd the whole inanimate, and ani
mate, or irrational creation, represented as
being vocal, upon this joyful occasion, even
every such creature, in the starry heavens ;
on the earth ; and under the earth ; and
such as are in the sea— That this lass class
are not in the order of intelligent beings, is
.very evident, from fevera] considerations ;=-
Ift. because the Revelator had before mec
tioned, Angels and men, the only classes of,
; created rational beings, we are acquainted
with ; therefore, this third class must beir
tational, unless we fappofe the infpir?d ped
,man guilty of a needless tautology, which is
not fuppofable—2d, because of the evident
diftinaions pointed out between them, in a
number of particulars. ~ t.
'^ The firft class are frid to fall down before
the lamb, and worship him that liveth forev
« - er—No such thing is predicated of the last
L class—The firftare said to have harps, and
golden viols full of odours —The latter not
—Tile firft are said to be redeemed by the
blood of Chffl=The latter not—The firft
are said to be made kings and priests to God
' — The letter not —The firft are said to be
such as shall reign upon the earth ; the lat
ter not.—These pointed diftinflions plainly
prove to a demooftration, that the firft class
are rational beings ; the latter are not—
Therefore this passage explained, agreeable
to the connexion in which it is placed, as
fords you not the least aid, Mr. F. T. but
perhaps you will objeft tatlie above reason
ing, and say—Those pointed diftin&ions are
not predicated of the second c ass, and yet
- they are rational. I answer, their being
called Angels, proves them to be in the high
est order of intelligencies, without any oth
er note of diftindion, but as to the 3d class,
there is nothing distinguishing in the whole
description ; it is true, they ate called crea
tures, but this is a common name, given to
every thing, ^nd will suit a stone, or a tree,
as well afam an ; and is mostly applied in
scripture to the irrational part of the crea
tion-but perhaps you may obj e &. and fay,
that this every creature is laid to be in heav
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der— ——l aniwer, there are three heavens,
spoken of in the bibte-ift, the serial heav
en ; zd, the starry heaven ; 3d, the residence
he must mean the former; tfie lirafiimate
IteiYen and every ^feature in it-—But per
,none mv tilifr oniert T everv
' 'creature is represented, as being vocal, and
^raifingG^,an#ffle # La^ ^nfiver, it is
nature, as being in an ecttacy. ^ I hus the
mountains are said to skip like rams, and the |
rnfl Tacob —Thus in Pfalfn,'
the whole viable creations is called, upon to 1
rejoice, in the. profpea of Christ's coming —
Let the heavens rejoice ; let the earth be
glad ; let the sea roar, and the fninefs there
of; let the field be joyful, and all that is
therein— Then fh^ll a|l,he <reesof the wood,
rejoice before :he Lord, for he cometh —and
after he had come, and finifhed his work, and
had re-afeended to glory to fulfill the book
of God's decrees ; it wa. very proper, that
another inured penman should represent
hem, as actually uniting in the general joy
and praise of the Angels, and the redeemed
church This text then on which you, and
other Univertaliftsj lay such great stress, may
be rationally explained, agreeable to other
parts of scripture, without including one line
of your scheme—nay, excluding it intirely,
and so may every other text in the bible
VERITAS.
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for the FEDERAL MIRRQR.
Messrs. PRINTFRS, 7
LONG have we waited, with anxious ex
peftation and heart-felt desire, to fee
Freethinker & Veritas conclude their
nonfenficab balderdash; but, alas ! that hap
py period has not yet arrived.—arid the Lord
only knows when their printed folly will end.
Must the noble Federal Mirror, that carries
the effigy of freedom and equality, in the
title page, be so humbled and degraded, a,
to be the receptacle of Freethinker'^ nonsense,
and FeriMj's luperftition ? Forbid it, ye pow
ers above ! and let the Mirror be restored •
to its former utility.
You know, Messrs. Printers, that too much
of one thing is good for nothing.- Mr.
Freethinker has failed for the want of flock,
and rather than be beat by bis antaganift,
will keep publishing the fame old sixpence,
in order to pronounce the last word.
Veritas has undertaken to prove out
never-ending damnation ; he wants at least
a century to do it in,—and before half that
time is expired, perhaps I shall quit taking
the Mirror ; therefore, if I can't peruse
the whole, I would wish to drop it where it
is, and peruse some other writer that will
prove his work iri a shorter period. At this
busy season of the year, industry calls more
loudly for the plough and hoe, than for the
pen—therefore, Messrs. Freethinker & Peri
tat, p ! cafe to take up your farming utensils,
and repair to the field, and drop your pens
till cold winter blasts mav excuse your folly.
Concord, May 29, 1795.
Meeting of the General Court.
WEDNESDAY next—a high day for
Hanover—The general Election will be on
that, day in that town. -
Last Tuefda,)e'nnigbt diedjuddenly, inafit of
^e ,40, rbe /& Josiah Brtlett, £',
late governor of ttoufiate. Fidto
enjoyed the confcence of a free people, in various
ffetic flationtfie voas a jubflantial patriot, a
ujejul man, agood cb'i^ian.
From Hopkinton we hea&thatas adaugh.
ter of Lt. Chandler was getting sand from a
land pit, the ground Above fellon her and pqt
an immediate end to her life. A promising
girl of about 16 years, .
BY LAST EVENING'! MAIL.^
Tbe lattf, Foreign jnteltigenc^
: -:.: NIWYORK, MAY l 8.;;
'\ Yesterday afternoon arrived here,
so 40 &„ from Greenock, the ship
Amsterdam Packet, Captain Martin.
TlieLondon papers by her aieto the
28th March, ' -with which the Editor
tate§h:very obligingly favored.—
Such msteriab at require publicity,
shall be more fully detailed in future
Gazettes.— Though these it nothing
in the piper, that requires extraordin
ary exertion, yet the Edicts wilftyr^
ly give a sketch of that which uppers
, worthy of notice. ^^fo^
In the Courier, of March 26, itir
said, That aCcounU tof been re
ceived in town; that the tfanfpqrti,
and other veffeb, which were on their,
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them have put into Hull, and other
marito trite
m 4<iy have PP£ y ec been neara at.
pQ^meotion a decree 1
lation paving polled againir Dirrere|
1 & a
I That there were 13,000 soldiers
marched into Breit, about three weeks
before the abovedate, and are said to
be deftioed to the Weftindies, or the
Cape'of Good Hope.
That avast number of flat bot.
I tomed boats are at Brest, as well as
other sea ports, indeed, it is said, for
an expedition in the summer.
That fen fail of the line were de
tached from the French fleet while at
sea, on a secret expedition, whole des
tination is kept a profound secret.
That a convoy was required for t|e
Packets between Yarmouth and Crux
haven. The answer of the Admiral
ty was, that no flip could be (pared
from more expensive services.
,: In the Telegraph of March 28, it
is laid; That the Earl Camden left
London the day before, to take upon
him the arduous office of Lord Lieo.
tenant of Ireland. He bears with
him the secret inftruaioos of Mr. Put.
Io the Chroniele of the 28th March,
it is said, That the Dutch Commis
sioners left London yesterday evening,
on their return to Holland. % We un
derstand that not one of the qbjeas of
their mission are accomplished ; and
that all difeuflions on )he nature c^
these objects, were precluded by a di
red refufal on the piftt of our gov
ernment, to recpgoue the authority
from which the Commissioners deriv
ed their powers.
That there is a squadron of fix fail
of the line, and another ot 8 frigates,
now on a cruise from Bteft.
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BOSTON, MAY 23.
From Port-au P? mt. Ma, \ft.
Extract of a letter from a French gentleman
in Port-au Prioce.
"We have jif received 2200 troops of the con
voy so much expected. 4500 vsere landed at the
windward ijl^nds. Toes indapt we have receiv
ed advice of the arrival at Case Nifala Mole,
of the Irtjb brigade of three regiments,coding of
the regiments 0/ Dillon, Barr, ^5 0 Welch, com
pfog a body of 1800 men. We exp& every da,
ten thoujand risen under Earl Moira, who was to
have failed in all March. England appears deter
mined to fffea the entire coined of ths, colony. We
only wait the arrival 0, Gin. Wlhafo, whois
CT,@tbis week, to commence the campfgy—
fackhsel, Leogane, and Petit Gotta,, ^ be the
frftobjiaf^ has been
'bfaedface the 14^ of March loft. The tyb of
March, Gen. Rigaud encamped on the plantation
of Trniftier, with fravy artillery, composed of one
24, one 18, two 4, and two 4 plunders, with
'.one 13 ineb mortar. On the 26 b, Cols. Marc
kam ana Montalambert, marched out at the bead
; 0,700 cavalry and infantry, attacked and took all
the miller,, ammunition and baggages From bis
own confeffion, Rigaud loft 3° o killed and wound.
,d. Our loft was sneonfuerab!, except in that of
Col. Marckam, whoje death is greatly regretted—
His death occafaned the retreat of the EughJb
troops, which caused that of the French with
them. We spiked up all the heavy artillery but not
jo tf equally as to prevent Rigaud s making uje of
them fifteen days after, in a battery that otofa
tbs posts of Rteotior, about 1800 yards afoce.
April 1 yh, Rigaud unm feed bis battery, 9 kept
I'u, a brifle cannonade,for four hours, on fort Bi
zot/or:. which was Jowellfortified as to receive
little injury. Thefire was aukwered on thejecond
day, with so much frl as to make Rigaud cease
firing—One jhdl hurft over the battery, and mor
tally wounded Rigaud, who diedfive days after at
Leogane, The report of bis death was communi
cated by foies ;W&'fffyal of a loldier and a
sailor from Leogarii, confirms it. Faubert fafr
' writers at tbe foutbward have recom
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all kinds of grain. From the high price of far at
this time, and tbq large demands for exportation,
if feme medfuret are ^fad^ed to preventit, we
antiripate a degree of scarcity never before known
in this country. „
From Philadelphia, May 14.
The informs are mow on trial—ther fate an
cert^. We are all peace-trade brforoauce
bigh^fr-^ us ^ <o fe,„
, %&ify^^ ^i„ c fc
fyfofoMfct ^^.
THE CORUNNA ACCOUNT
ff rhe Snahlih victo*v at K&U111IOI#$
w G fincre e, g •
I lies have fond since driven the )paoi
I ards from Roufilloo into Catalonia.
r THE TOULON FLEET,
tebd^id tri& Lon-1
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ofiHeTthe, in ^l% But the h%4
ufadurers of the ttory forgot th^ tM /
Mercury, which if meg@ted among
the ships jmiffingftwas burnt bu Sit
Sidney Smith, when the English e
vacuated Toulon. .
FROM BREST,
wc learn, that a greater number of A
merican velTebare no^ in the pens
ot the French Republic, than at any
season since the commencement of the
war ; majy of them, it was feared,
would make bad voyages. Hardly,
any thing would fell for specie. Biead
was very scarce, and yet very cheap.
The reason cf thins, that the com"
miffiooers of the Republic purchase
flour in all the mercantile cities, at the
current price, and difiribute bre^ci est
the people, at a great diknunt from
the prime col This politic meafyre Y
although a talc on the Republic, is ac
tually necessary to preserve peace a
mong the necefTrou^ mul icude. .
SALEM, MAY 26. SUMMARY:
The accounts from Germany relative td
peace remain ineohfiftent. By one report,
Prussia is preparing vigoronfly for war, and '
all negociations are without foccefs. That
Ruffin has already marched troops towards
France, but their numbers and rout are un
known. Merlin, foppofed to be employed in
the Prussian negociarion, was at Paris, Feb.
13, and on thy 23d Go'ts had a Conference
with Bartholemy at Balle. Melih puffed Hei
dlebergon'the 25th for Berlin, his reported
that in the propofaLto arm the empire, the
king of Pru tfia said to the miqifler of Hano
ver^ he hoped a peace would render such a
merfure ufeiefs. we areioid that Gen. Mo
rxßu, who was so be In the northern depart
ment of the French tinny is dead, and Gen,
Michaud is^his fuccefa in that command.
The French^rmy of the Wqftern Pyrennees
consisted of 76 battalions, add extended 20,
leagues intoth^ Spanish territyr,,from whicti
they supplied themfeives wlh grain, wipe &
forage. They had fire igthened the fortifi
cations of S|p, |ebaftian, 4 nd,t,he French crui
sers entireiy-deftroytd the <x>mmerce pf the
Gulph of Gofcoigne, and had carried in ma
ny prizes. The French hive made some
movements in Overylfcq and it was supposed
to harrafsthe+ear of the/Ergffh and Han
overians, but it might be to .ffift in freeing
the provinces t orn any embair ffenents—
The English were enraged at the difyofition
of the Dutch,and committed many outrages.
The town of Zwall in,Over, (Tel adopted the
mealores of Holland immediately upon the
departure of the ^nglifh army. Emmerick,
a strong town on the right bank of the Rhirie
is in the hands of the French. Reports have
been circulated that Algiers and Morocco
had been induced to break with the French,
but it is said Algiers has also declared war
against Spain. We know no grounds for these
reports. In Holland, they have the addition
al joy to find themselves free from the com
mittee of fuperintendance, and the evils of
the maximum [great]. The French, it is said,
are dftonifhed at the difference between their
country fubjed to these reqwfi ions, and that
heldby the insurgents of Vendee, which wa,
free from them. The French hive delivered
Deventer and Zutphen ftom the ,Englifh>.
and these have united with the other fta?es in
their common cause. The Dutch have now a7'
reprefentationof all the ftafcs, iThe charge
d'affiirs of Poland has hada conference with
President Paulus in Holland. The neutral
powers in Europe have not negieded great
military preparations. Venice has decreed to
raile an arm, of 20,000 men.
The execution of Barrere, Brilaud Varennu,
Collet d'Herbois, has not only completed the tri
umph of Tallien and Freron, but avowed another
revolution of jentimmri, in Paris, Barrere was
President of the Convention, when Luis was con
demned, and declared that the tree of liberty muff
be watered by the bhod of the tyrant- Ctlot
d'Herlois, on the 21st 5ept, 4792, meied for the
eftablijhment of the Republic. He js „,w con
demned, as a Royalist. Billaud Carmes was
tbefrf, who denounced Robespierre, at the bar of
the Convention, at a time when the enormous pow
er of that arch jacobin nad prollrated all oppfc
tion. He is now guillotined as bisfollow confi- 4
rator-—“ Ob, liberty, what crimes are com
fitted in th) name !"
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