The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1792-12-31 00:00:00, page 2

• For the MIRROUR.
_ Ma. Russell,
You have publickl, declared that the MIRROUR
Jhould be a FREE Paper—roar Reputation for
Truth depend, upon the Insertion or Rejectton ts
the enclosed.
-A Writer in the Concord Herald, who
A makes considerable Pretensions to geo
graphical Knowledge,has asserted that Connec
ticut is the happiest, and most restecta
-PBLE State in the Union.
I am not so fond of Controversy as to deny
3 thefrft (though very disputable) but the left is
a falfehood no less impudent than notorious.
The Mouse might be indulged in his Vanity
if he called himfelf the happiest of the four leg
ged Race ; but if he was to boast himfelf the
greateft', fome ofthe larger ones might chas
tise him for his Arrogance, if the Magis
trates and Politicians of Connecticut suppose
their State the happiest, let no Man dispute it ;
for Conceit goes a great Way in such Cases ;
.perhaps it constitutes a large Portion of their
relicity ; and it would be ungenerous to de
prive them ofthat, at the Expense of their
-Ignorance: But when they, of any of the
Emigrants of that exalted State, have the E
ffrontery to assert that Connecticut is the most
refpeaable State in the Union—it is a Duty
incumbent on both Writer and Printer to
prove the Assertion falfe.:
Did this partial Dabbler in Geography ever
hear of such States as Virginia, Maryland fo'enn
fylvania, Newyork, or Mffahu/etts —States,
_ either of which form a far greater Link in the
Chain ofthe Union than Connecticut — contains
a far greater Number of Inhabitants—fends
more keptefentatives to Congress, and conse
quently is more refpedable I Are not Num
bers, Property, and Territory, the important
Desiderata which convey Refpedability ? Per
haps I may be miftaken,(for idon't write with
that Confidence which diftinguilhes the Scrib
bler ofthe Herald,) but I presume there is
more Property in either of the Cities of New
jork or Philadelphia, if not in the two Towns
(united) of &fauand Salem, than in all Con
neaicutr.—But it may be said, to the Honour
ofthat State, (for I write with Impartiality) 1
that flie has bred some excellent Writers.l
Other States have produced Writers crowned
with equal Laurels. — Cennsaicut may with
JLiftice be proud of a Barlow and a Trum
bull; Mzjacbujetts ofaWARREN and MORE-I
ton, the Seward of America ; NewbampJbire
of a Belknap; other States of a Fre-I
NEAU # and Humphreys—Writers whoare
riot merely an Honour to those particular
States, in which Chance (riot Choice perhaps)
Misplaced them, but to the whole Union.
What would a Foreigner think, if, on peruf-;
, fo g one of the American Newspapers, he
Should read where Connecticut is called,he most
refpeflable State in the Union ? Would he not'
exclaim, Good Heavens ! what, Connecticut
the most refoedable State in the Union !—A
State whole political Fathers, composed the
celebrated BLUE LAWS—ri Cede, inde
pendent of any other Stain,enough to cbnfign
any enlightened People to eternal Infamy—lnl
which State the Inhabitants of a populous.
.Town, after supposing all retreat was cut off
(by the croaking Assailants) as the last Re
source, dispatched a Committee with a Flag of
Truce, to fettle the Conditions of Capitula
tion to a Company of thirfy Bull Frqgs!
And Connecticut the most refpedable State in
the Union ! Good Heavens ! if fheis the fore
moft, how despicable are the reft?—Theyi
most be cursed with the Memory of some
thing worse, (if worse there can be) than Blue.
Laws or Bull Frogs —haply that Foreigners
may take the Mirrour in his Hand, whichl
will obviate any ill Impressions made on his
mind by a partial or Ignorant Scribbler plac
ing one State (injurious to tier Sifters) in a
higher View than it can stand, when tried with
the Square of Truth, and compare the impart
tial Effufions of an honest Indignation with
geographical Bombast. - ' :,;
This Scribbler asserts, that there are large
Emigrations from his favourite State-Mrue :
So there are from Ireland; and i can be easily
accounted for in both Cases— they cannot live
at Home ; they muff either run or flame—t
poor Sonis, they merit Pity : No Wonder
they seek happier Lands. —Butis it to be reck
oried'among the Advantages of a* State, that
-~ = — ^ • "fye ,
h, Mr. Freneau, Editor of the National
Gazette, printed Jn Philadelphia, is one if the
mefi celebrated G/nxfaof America.< - ;
Hie bears more Children than she can main
tain ?—lf the Wives are allowed to be good
! Breeders, the Husbands must De allowed to be
■ bad EcOnomifts.—i would grant the Advan
' tage ofmore vhildreu than Victuals in a State,
if £ feppofed the Indian War would continue
rforever, and Harmer or St. Clair be
Commanders. The Ohio World would be an
. excellent Resort tor the Emigrants of Connec
• ticut, I &# conclude, by writing a few
Words receding our own State, which is faft
increafihg in Numbers and Refpedabiiity.—
Should a Perlon now travel the fame Road, in
'the Summer Season, in which he passed but a
few Years before, he might ride by extensive
Pastures, covered with grazing Cattle, and
I Fields waving with the Harvest ; some elegant,
imany convenient, Buildings, . where before he
rode through a gloomy Wilderness ; and hear
the whittling of tile Ploughman, and the low
!ing of Cattle, where he heard before the rude
I Concert of Wolves, and all the savage Tenants
|offhe Wood.—There still remains much
i Land unfetrled 4 ud uncultivated ; and if a
,hiong theteany Emigrants from other States;
;we could reckon lets from Connecticut, this
{ State would form a'much greater Weight in
the political Scale, than prefect Appearances
I(howeye^fluirermg they are with this unwel
come CiQumfonce) juftify any Hopes#—lf
we hive EmQ, Fits let them come from Maf
fabujetr, nurtr m Covneaicut, or Rbodeifland.
I have given this Ihort Account of our own
State, because there appeared a Piece in the
Concord Hers. lately, from the fame Source,
I suppose, as this 1 have noticed, wrongly en
titled a 'Deferipion -of Newham,Jbire ;in
which all the eattern^ and the most refpe&able
Part of the Statewas as maliciously detracted,
a§ Connecticut has since been ridiculously ex
;tolled — Port moteb, our metre polis,was fhame
fully abused—a Town as much fuperiour to
l any in Conneaut, as a Connecticut Horlejocky
is Inferiour in Honesty to a Newham,fare Far
mer—a Town, which, though it has not hith
erto (perhaps) equalled the great Expira
tions formed ofit from its natural Advantages
for Trade, is at present rapidly increasing in
ICommerce—a Town celebrated for the Polite
-Inets of its Inhabitants ; the Number, Beauty
and Accomplishments of its Ladies—where
the most happy Tranquillity reigns in every
;Neighbourhood—and the most friendly Inter
!courfe exists ; with all the easy pleasure, re
fultihg from chearfol Circles and polite So
ciety. A Citizen of Newham,Jbire.
For the MIRROUR.
Mr. Russell,, ,
I Shall notice in a future Paper some envious,,
malicious Strictures* supposed to be aimed
at a lately eleded Representative to Congress,
under the name of Zeluco. The Viper need
' got flatter himfelf Screened from Chastise
ment under the Maik of Concealment—a
Man who is pad enough to defame, is vain
enough to boast—and licentious vice, can find
no Security from a. Publick, who feel for the
wrongs done a faithful Servant.
A VOTER.
_•■ rawiin am,l^cntprCTnfflHnwraßt wtajetmmtß
By last Wednesday's MAIL
FOREIGN.
GERMANY.
F R'ANKF O.R T, September 24.
Assassination of the King of Prussia., ,;
jAI Circumstance has occurred here, which
has occasioned much Alarms. On Application
from the Prince of Ccnae, a Person of the name
of l'Eveque, who is by Profeffion a Dentist,
and is established at Stra/burgb, has been ap
prehended in Confequenceofa Discovery hav
ing been made that he was engaged to assas
sinate the King of Prussia?
This Person has been employed profeffion
ally, in the Family of the Duke of Wtfrtemburg,
and attended the Dutchefs in her late Visit to
the Princess Ferdinand of Prussia. After he
was taken into custody, he confeffed the truth
of the charge-arid added, that he had already
received fifty thoufarid Livres, in Part of the
reward which had been pfomifed him for. the
Perpetration of this horrid Crime.
From tbe Meafufes vihich are now taking,
it is probable that many /additional Particulars
of this Bufiriefs will soon be known. It may
in the meantime be considered as an additlon
al Evidence of the Principles by which thofe ‘
abandoned Perlons are aduated, who have
ulurped the Condud of Affairs in Franc.
1 DOMESTICK.
GEORGIA.
AUGUST A, November 17.
WE are informed that a Party of white
Men from the Frontiers of this State,
has of late made an Incursion to the Cherokee
Nation, burnt one pfjheir Towns, and killed
three of their People—That two of seven Indi
ans of the aforefaid Nation, who had been in
vited into the settlements to hold a friendly
Talk concerning the late Murders by Indians,
were killed at Waßd's Mill, in FranklimCoun
ty, and a Squaw at the fame Time wounded.
These Tran Anions ace, no doubt, considered
by the Doers of them, as striking the Balance
onyh^ge Account —it is however assuming a
great deal, (to leave Humanity and policy out
of the Question) for Individuals to take upon
themselves to judge (and carry into Execution
that Judgment) on matters which involve the
general Tranquility.
— =Bttfcetefoß^=t =
SOUTHCAROLINA.
COLUMB I A, < November 10.
Notwithstanding the salutary Laws enaded
in this State, for the Preservation of the pub
lick Peace, the most flagrant and violent out
rages have been committed in Fairfield Coun
ty. The Perpetrators of the Fads alluded
to, are those, who, under the cloak of religi
ous Opinions, and wilfully blinded by the ne
farious Doctrines of some ignorant and un
principled Teachers, have been led to commis
sion of the most atrocious Crimes ; and, with
the plausible Pretext of serving the Lord, have
conceived there was no way of doing it so ef
feaually as by dispatching the aged and in
firm, Posthaste, to Heaven. A Number of
Wretches have beaten and abused a Man eigh
ty Years old, & two Women who both exceed
that Age, becaufc they happened to possess
more sense then their Neighbours, and were
otherwise strikingly distinguished from them
by their inoffenfive Condud, and the purity
of their morals These remarkable Singular
ities gave rife to a pretended belief, that they
were Agents of the Devil ; that they were
guilty of the Sin of Witchcraft, and they were
treated accordingly. After whipping them in
a most ihocking Manner, hot Coals were ap
plied to their Extremities, till signs of life were
scarcely difcernable. In this dreadful Situa
tion, the barbarians left them to the Mercy
of that God alone, in whose Hands are the
Issues of life and Death, and who will not fail,
in hisjuft Wrath, to hurl Perdition on this in
fernal Tribe of Hypocrites. There cannot be
any doubt, that proper steps will be taken tor
bring these fuperftious Bigots to condign Pun
ishment. Their number is said to amount
nearly to fifty, and they have associated them
selves together, in order to oppose the Officers
of justice, should they attempt to apprehend
them : We cannot, however, help indulging
a wish, that speedy and exemplary Vengeance
may overtake their Crimes; and, that they
may, by a sincere Repentance of their Trans
gressions, obtain that Mercy at the Throne of
Grace, which, in common Humanity to their
Fellowcreatures, ought to be denied them
here.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.
The Electors of Maryland, we
are told, have been unanimous in
choosing Geor. Washington,
and John Adams, President and
Viceprefiderit of the United States:
Extras of a Letter, ibis Da, received
from one of the Electors of tba
•State of New,orfe, dd/M Poughkeep
sie, December stb, 1792.
"We have just firifhed the ballot
ting for President atd Viceprefident ot
the Ulita States Rnd have given a
unanimous Vote /for the two Georg-
ES." . / #
[George Washington & George
Clinton.] <