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^,^^^1 tetht^cr, mill be dhis
A^^ribu^. one half thereof to the use
61 hie Untied States; & the other half thereof
, o the use £ the person, who, if an officer of
lafpcetion, shall fitft difeover, or, if not an*
°^" r ,°' inspection, (hall firft give informa
tion of the ,use, matter or thing whereby
any of the said penalties ^nd forfeitures (hall
have been incurred.
Sec. [§. And be it father enabled, That it
th all be lawful for the President of the Unit
,l States, whois hereby empowered to make
fech Compensation to the officers of infpec
tton employed in the collection of the duties
aforefaid, and on refined fogar, and on the.
duties upon carriages for the conveyance of
persons, and for incidental expenses, as he
lhall judge reasonable, not exceeding in the
whole five per centum of the total amount of
the said duties colluded.
Sec. 16. And be it further enabled, "That
from and after the last day of March in the
present year, the several clauses ind provis
ions of the aft, intitled “AA r a& laying cer
tain duties upon fnuff and refined sugar,"
so far as the fame^fhall relate to the laying
- and collecting of duties on fnuff manufac
tured in the united -States, ihall be, and the
fame are hereby repealed ; except as to the
recovery and receipt of fach duties on fnuff
6s shall thenhave accrued, and the payment
& drawbacks on' fnuff exported, and as to
the recovery of any penalties and forfeitures,
\ which ffiall have been incurred, before, and
on the said day, but the revenue to arise from
the duty on fnuff manufadured within the
United States, shall remain charged with the
fatfre appropriations as if this a& had not
sassed ; and that this a& shall continue in
force, until the firft day of March, ode thou
sand eight hundred and one.
Approved, March 3, 1795. *
George WaJbington.
Rev. Mr. WILLIAMS's LETTER.
for THE FEDERAL MIRROR.
Messrs. Russell & Davis,
WHEN any thing appears to the
public under a fißitions name,
men are generally inquificive to know
the real author.—some pieces appear
ing lately in yout Mirror, under the
signature of 66 Freethinker," has
puzzled many to find a father for the
fame——Slander took the hint, and
thought it a prosper affair for her to
manage, fatigues herfelf by night and
day co find an object on whom to
vent her store of malignity—at length
breaths forth, 'cis Mr. Williams, of
Meredilb.—Pandora's box is opened :
Therefore, I, Simon Finley Wil
liams, reply—When Slander brings
forth, her offspring is ever in her
own likeness—l never law any of her
progeny tope true shaped—when The
Ipeaketh a lie, The fpeaketh of her
own ; but no wonder if such noxious
breath should cbme through such a
Orga*'# head..
I deny the piece, on the faith olm
honest min, flawing in any manner
my production; or coming forth by
; my patronage.— Whether the report
was spread to draw from me articles
Os Faith, I know not—for this lam
not obliged to submit myfelf to the
humour of the capriciousQhe Bigot,
and the Prowling EntbuJiaft-A believe
for myfelf—l do not*wi(h to believe
for others—neither do I ask others to
believe for me—l am at any time, to
any man willing to give an answer of
either the faith or hope that is in me ;
but ask the favour, that as I, as yet,
have not feat any thing to the public,
to which I am afraid or ashamed to
put my name—l may not receive the
nickname of either Freethinker or Ve
rita—l have neither part oor lot with
either of them, as co their present dis
pute, but join with the poet ——'
For forms of government, kt fools centefl, , :
Whatroer's best adminifer'd,i, best :
For modes of faith, kt gracekk.zealotsfight;
He can't be strong <wboje life is in the right,
da faith and /,% the ^rlden^ difagrte,
Rut all mankind's concern is Charily. ,
4Rm#,^f^J^W^^ tbit or,egreat end;
fr ,/ God, ,^bkf, mankind or so.
When m e n,fpu,fe^
they ^re rfpendin^ time about ab in
°"P, Kekgion
nutahe id Welf- tit not believing
lffl|;%te me#, and wade humblf
wi&feb^ it U much of the un
happine.fs o@e prefect age, to.chink,
of at leaden act, m if future ferity
depended Solely on a few excem!
forms of wc&p, and on articles of
With., He who lives agreeable to :he #
dignity of human nature, has his heart
enlarged to God, and that gco&efs
maeifeft in God, whole bosom glows
with love to his fellow men—has chac
happiness the world cannot deftroy—
and so far as he adsto this given rule,
" To do to others as he would wish
others do to him, in like circumftanc
ei"—he ads right.
SIMON F. WILLIAMS.
Merideth, April 8, 1795.
FOR THE MIRROR.
OBSERVATOR. No. XIIL ,
WHAT astonishing malignity,
doth sometimes take possession
of an human heart ! An elderly
gentleman, 'the other day, was con
versing with his neighbor concerning
the various principles of religion, that
existed at the prefentwa. And so
set was he in his own persuasion, and
prejudiced against ,11 others, that he
positively declared that if hit only son,
was not of the fame principle that he
was, in every particular, he should be
willing to fee him fuffer eternal dam
nation ! O! what prejudice, en
vy, malignity and superstition, doth
such a heart difeover 1 If there is any
eternal damnation referred in store,
for the wicked io heart; surely that
gentleman ought to search hit own
heart, and fee that he walks worthy
of his vocation. It is truly alarming
to a candid mind, to indulge the
thought, that any of his fellow mor
tals, will fuffer their prejudice, to have
such dominion over all manly and ra
tional fenfea, as to be willing that not
only a fellow creature, but an only
son, should fuffer eternal punishment,
for flu other rcafon, than bcpufe he
did not think just as he thought re
fpeding religion.—What a piece of
madness and presumption it is for peo
ple to fuffer such horrid expressions to
drop from their lips ; for they cannot
but be sensible, that they are as fob,
jest co error as others more wife than
themfelvei. But 1 think it is often
the case, (though a very absurd no
tion) that the most illiterate and un
learned, arethemoft ftiffintheirown
principles, & at war against all others.
' Methinks we never should be instru
mental in deceiving ourselves, if we
can possibly avoid it, especially in a
point we know not the certainty of.
We should not lay too great a ftre ft,
an any principle we profefs, that is of
a doubtful nature ; such we may es
teem all those, in which multitudes of
men dissent from us, who areas good, |
learned and wife, as ourselves. We
should always aft with great cautious
ness and circumfpe&ion in points,
where it is not impossible, that we
1 may be deceived. Intemperate zeal,
bigotry and prejudice, I think never
make their abode in the heart of an
innocent man, for they are highly
criminal in their own nature ; and yet
how many perlons, who strive to ap
pear eminent for piety, fuffer such
monstrous and absurd principles, to
; take root in their minds, under the
colour of virtues ?—But 1 will not in
sist, least I weary the patience of the
'' •^^ FOR, THE M/RROR.,\
I^^T^^NlTO^;.
ILL, ,n ^ number, reduce
nnantitu and fav that on? I
I th ,^^^^ ^ I
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relith the better, and keep wind out
of your ftpmach—The man u^o has
been weatherbeaten with storm% and
famifhed with hunger, would rejoice
to find feme bread, chough it were
but a little.— The use I ftiall make of
fithis reduction of the proverb, is that
the man, who owes two thirds, of
three quarters of his interest, had bet
ter put his farm upon sale immediate
ly— Land is high, and will fetch a
good price— he may pay his debts,
and have something left to purchase
a new lot—and bear his charges to
Kenebec, or the New State—where
in a short time, with temperance, in
dustry, and aeronomy, he may fop
port hit family comfortably—Where
as if he neglect the present opportu
nity—waits till a turn of times—and
pursues the fame courfei, which have
already reduced him—his whole loaf
will soon, very soon be spent—and it
will be exceeding hard for him to trot
away into the new country with emp
ty pockets—Tavernkeepers will look
four when they find he has no money:
The private man is loth to give a
way his provisions for nought—The
landlord will not trust him without re
ferring the right of foil till he has paid
the uttermost farthing—he must go
ragged, and half starve two or three
years before he can be said with pro
priety to live.—How many have re
duced themselves to this wretched
condition by their own extravagant,
and folly.
Tow Tfyf, in early life, started, as
fair as any young fellow in the parish,
—he had a fine inheritance left him
by his father, was possessed of good
abilities, and a competent education,
& was considerably employed in pub
lic affairs—he loved bad company ;
and by degrees began to love strong
drink, till it got the uper hand, and at
lift the intire mastery over him, so
that he cared for nothing else—He
neglefted his bufineft—took no care
to pay his debts—never looked into
his accounts to fee how they flood—
followed taverns and grog-(hops eve
ry day, and at night, if he had the use
of his legs, would trawl into a barn
and lay among the hay —He was har
assed with one execution after another,
till at lift, all his creditors broke upon
him, took his whole estate, and there
was not enough to fatisfy their de
mands.—TOOT showed them a light
pair of heels, never flopped till he
got into the weftern country, 'where
he took a piece of land to clear for the
crops, fares hard—drinks brook-wa
ter, lays on a hammock of straw, and
many a time goes to bed fupperlefs.
Now he remembers, with sorrow, the
bread he has wafted, and wishes he
had ftopt seasonably, while there was
some part of his loaf left.—Let this
be a warning to all, not to follow
Tom's example, left you meet with the
fame fate—Look Over your accounts,
and if you owe half or two thirds of
what you are worth, make a speedy
dividend of the loaf—pay of your
creditors — and if you can save a little,
it will be better than none.— No men
carry Sharper knives than creditors—
and if they have the carving of the
loaf, there is scarcely ever a piece left
—the original owners therefore fee to
the carving yourselves— fend home
what you have borrowed,—and with
the remainder, try your luck on the
hills of Vermont, or on the banks of
Kenebeck.
\^[published BY DESIRE.] %^
JUDGE HALE'S TESTIMONY
I tythe inward and tßfyffibU Guidance
f ofthe Spirit of God,
feared that truly fear God have
I I secret guidance from a higher
^me^ " the Spirit oHrrtWhvif
dom," that doth really sod truly, but
fmetly, prevent and direst them.—
Any nun that Sincerely and truly fears
Almighty God, relies upon him, and
calls upon him for his guidance and
direction, huh it as really as a son hath +
the counsel arid direction of his father;
and though the voice be not audible,
nor the direaion always perceptible
(or difceroible) to sense, yer, it is e
qually as real as if a man heard the
voice faying, " This is the way, walk
in it."
And this secret direaion of Al
mighty God is principally seen io
matters relating co the good of the
foul, yet it may also be found in the
concerns of this life, which a good
man that fears God and begs his di
redion, (hill very often, if not at all
tim%fiad,V
I can call my own experience to
witness that, even in the external ac
tions of my whole life,) Was never,
disappointed of the best guidance and
direction/ when I have, in humility
and fincency, implored the secret de
re&ion and guidance of the Divine
Wifcorn. :'. - ^ ^,%
The observation pf the secret ad
monition of the spirit of God in the
heart, is an affedual means, to cleanse
and fanctify th, heart, and the more
it is attended unto, the more it will
be conversant with the foul for thy
infttuaion. In the mid ft of thy dis-,
ficulties it will be thy councellor ; in
the mid ft of thy temptations it will
be thy flrength, and grace fufficient
for thee ; in the midst of thy troubles
it will be th, light apd thy comforter:
only beware thou negled not the voice
of this Spirit ; it may be thy neglect
may quench it, and thou mayest nev
er hear that voice more.
It is impossible for thee to enjoy ,
that which must make thee happy,
till thou art deeply fenGble of thy
cum emptineft and nothingness, and
thy spirit thereby brought down and
laid in the dust. The Spirit of Christ
is an humbling spirit ; the more thou
haft of it the more it will humble thee;
and it is a sign that either thou haft it
not, or that it is yet over-mattered by
thy corruptions, if thy heart be Rill
haughty,
Watch, therefore, the secret perfu.
afions and dissuasions of the Spirit of
God, and beware though quench it
not, nor gfeve it ; be sure thou ob
serve this voice; this wind, that blows
where it lifts, if shut out, refitted, or
grieved, may haply never breathe up
on thee again, but leave thee to be
hardened in thy fins ; but if observed
and obeyed, thou /halt be sure to have
it thy monitor and director upon all
occasions ; when thou goeft out it
will lead thee, when thou fleepeft it
will keep thee, and when thou awak
eft it will talk with thee.
These are faithful, weighty, and
true sayings, happy are those that wit
ness them so to be.
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