The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-11-28 00:00:00, page 4

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The Parnaffian Field.
FOR THE MIRROUR.
<Meffrs. Editors,
Perhaps the following txtraas from a late Pom,
called " An American Tale," b. Mi, Helen
Maria q,liams, a lad, celebrated in Europe,
wilhtford am^emeut to man, of ,our readers.
4— JUBA.
t'q^^rim Tale is an evident copy from
Dr. G^R^th's Hermit. In the Doftor's
'a'^mtefelady's l<> ver had disappeared,
'"^^■fe' n ^ e had died of grief for
'" his suit, dresses herfelf in
man goes a wandering. Inher
rambl^^ffiecomes on an evening to a her
mit'' retreat, and is courteous, entertained
by him; and the cataftropbe is, that ibe dis
covers her loft lover in the hermit, and he
his tender and repenting fair a#? in his wan
dering guest.—Miss Williams' tale thus
opens:]
" A Hi pit, all the pangs I feel,
"If pit, e'er ,ou knew;—
'' Acaged father's wound/ to heal,
" Thro' sane, of death Ifls<w.
*'Perhaps my banning fleps are vain,
" Perhaps the warriour dies ! —
'« Yet let me frith each parting pain —
" Yet lead me where be lies." -,
%r
Thus to the hf ring hand foe cedls&'
Nor Jruitiers her desire, V
The, led her panting to the walls.
That held to captive fire. ~
" And is a daughter come to W,
" These aged me once more ?
" Thy father's pains will now be lt,,
" His pains will new be o'er !"
The lady is in tears. The father speaks:
" Tbofe tears a father ill can bear,
" He lives a, child, for thee ?
" A gentle famth,twithpityiug care,.^
'' Has last his aid to me.
^Born in the wefar, world, his baud ; \
" Maintains ifyi^ cause,
" And fierce again, Britannia's band
'' His erring Jword be draws ;
" Yet feels the captive Britain's woe ;
', For bis enabled mind, , ;''
~.%eri the name of Britain's joe, f
“ In love of human bind.
'' Yet know, my child, a dearer tie
« Has ta'd bis heart to mine i .~, ~ .
" Hjmonrns with Friend,/,s bel, 7feb,\^
"Thejoutb btlov'd of tbine."
The lady expresses her gratitude for the
kindne^ ami to her father, and enquires
feher lonr..
" 0 tell me wberem, lover fell!
r The fatal sane recall;
" His lafl, dear accents,,ranger, till,
'• 0 hfyeand tell me all!
" &Qifk%TO Hlev, the jQ, fr, .
, fe),[bis fpiritjfo
'' Sa,,&fy@bis clo,ng ge,
" As if it ttykifor®! ,
"'The wej&rn ocean roll'd in main
" Its porting viteves between,
''M, Edward brav'd the dang'rou±ain,
«' Aid'+ta?dour nativefce^h.
'« Soft 'ifo heard this artless tale, . #
"Ab,,ream for ever dear.
" Whose ^ a %, as tbg,a,'d the rode,
~ Rectiro d,a love?stear. t ,
" How could a beari that Virtue lov'd,'
" (And fare that Wrthfy)
^Lamero&fyttfe! hh&wpto
3ftdW^>^ Wte^
c.s. ^ffo^^,
" hen ay the pends are ffU, n &
-^^^% %
" So calm was bis unpfrdfeal, ^f
« More no Qpfrfrfa^
"So e@;&bste«^ wrab A. b
" Upem&etofim^
^WbeemtWdear ddti^
^lbeard the batch's fearfulJrok^i/- R .';
^/^T^^^
'" MoJVttedro^hvttfAl fr—"~ ^
'' M, sorrows foallvjtiblif&tre, ;
Qwi^tCT^
«< BqflffiPrtfert^hffltyfbrar^^ #\
^Nhßftvakrot beteO^*^^'^
Political Mifcellany.q)
from THE MEDLEY.
THE SOLDIER- No. 111.
.—.———etc =-^^ ,^^
" FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS''-
YES, Fellow Cinzffl ! and it is
aftubborn thing the Soldier
has undertaken co combat : and ac
cording to th^ worn out, but very ja,
adage, “ Set a rogue to catch a
rogue," the Soldier will set his
stubborn thing of a fa&, to conquer
and bring Prisoner to you this stub
born thing of governmental oppref-,
fioo.
What we.conceive of injustice and
oppression, is some particular fpeciei
of coaduft of one man or body of
men exercised towards another, which
is not equally exercised towards the
whole. According to this sense of
the matter, the Soldier confiders he
need fay 00 mo?e rehriog to the spe
cies of oppression manifeft in the
clause of the militia law, which com
• pels ore part of the citizens co do pe
nance to government, and exempts
another. Si,ce this aft can be (oft
ened with no milder epithet than
THE CREATURE OFARISTO
CRACY, —.(An Ariftocrat.!=- Ab
horred Creature !)—4 ty, since this,
is its true name or title, I will prove
to you, Fellow Citizens, it is not a
law of your own making.
iAll laws of our making are found
ed on the unadulterated prtecipta of.
the Gonftitution, This Confliturion
declares, " No aMa, nor corporation, 1
\or affectation often, have ate, other
title to obtain advantages or par
|fe^ and exclusive pßiviLfcs,
l#io from feft of. & cwramify
tian mbat arifa from the con,deration
^fstntlcts rendered to the public," —
What ffiall we confi^er as "ser
vices rendered to the public ?"-
What 1 confides as such, and which
entitle# ± man dt body of men to
exclude privileges:' is to labour or
devote our time co the calls dithe
public, without receiving wpectirfiiry
reward therefor. In this fenfa justice
would requite that they be granted
exclufire privileges— Itot the fact
it, the, do notferve us for nought
—Thtir chief objed is to get gain—
Thccharaaers mentioned in my l#ft
efo , exempts, serve the public, and
receive the public's money is , com
penfetita Ler o^r Constitution but
fay these cbara^en shall receive no
more coinpenfation for their services
than wha< : kat present fa#^ the
Militia— (NOTHING)—and that
the Militia (hall each receive from
one to fix dollars, a day when assem
bled, I am apt to think our Repre
sentatives, Judges, Juffira, Phyficiaoi
and Millers, with their long cata
logue of exempts, a would with m
much alacrity && rheir muskets,
as' they now attend to their fev@av
ocatibns.. But more direaly to the
point—k is not atiwbtto Wlte.
^=_fr< tot camera
" equitable and IMPARTIAL in
terpretation" which we have agreed
all our laws Ball conform to^ku not
the Government is not Republican.—
X't^ ^W^M
Eflkr but p«»#l—*lt is not
^ to rr^ ^re
hrtffifcbuftA/An fttfrat°A I °hl
ululllunai,pro ▼ •,f
pd hv rnmnarincr rnp rfan'Gt'Mimmim 1
find it aflnbborn fa&. —lt will lead to
the irqujry why such a &w gift —
|texifts from this -.caufe=-Every man
is defleas of potoW i when obtained,
that fame delire propels him to txer
cife it for promoting big own private
wealth, grandeur and independence.
—ls he can arrive a. | the last mention
ed futomit, he kpews himfelf secure.
——So our Legislators—they fpupd
t^t government, taking into view
the present disposition ok man, could
not exist without being tacked by a
Military Power.— This, power coqß
not be fuported as it ought, wither }
drawing abortion from the wealth
the, are mly accumulating, or com
mitting a,coo glaring ad of oppref
fioo, by demanding affiftfce lor its
fypport from the purses of their tooftir
tets : they therefore have chosen to
ft,etch that authority io anotheftyQ
—by faying the Poor (ball bear the
burtbem of the Ricb.—So we poor
Soldiers mutt near the toil and heat^f
the day, to save the makers anc dif
penfeis of the law a few pence, qr
health,fweats.'
Yet all que Legfflatprs must not be
condemned. ; Facts must appear.—
The last session of out General Court
trial was mide to bring the Military
establishment upon a more equitable
footing.—lt failed. —To prove (here
are some Members in the Leg flature
that acknowledge the present exiftihg
law opprefflve, and are concurrent
with the Soldier io dpinion. I will
here give m. Fellow Citizens' the
ideas of one of them, communicated
§by_a letter to a friend :,
In hit own words-*-" We bowraif
leda Committee to devise a remedy for
I @Militia, and report. — But Ifind in
\tto body, as well as others, there is a
greet number, if the, know there is a
foot burthen to & borne, if %can
\lieep it ofcheir mfalty&^^
igtybefeifrity hgbt."
Thr Representative srf;fyffr
himfelfa Republican. In pla^wordt
fire confirms inf affirtito/chid ,%off
«> ! ^ is the orilj requifite^ $&
Iforward oppreffion,—it isiru!y in
humiliating thought, that such Should
[be the principal charaaeriftic of the
.Members of the General Court of
iMa&chufetts I—That State which:
was the firft to oppose the tyranny of
a foreign Government!— Yet be pa
tient.—A Reform is not fit didant.'
In a future number I will give you
the principal objections of our Legis
lators to a Reform in the Military fyfc
f s^°.
Religion is a sacred thing. It
should be handled delicately.—i ihall
• therefore convince you in afew words,
|of the unconftirutionality of exempt
ions from this essential part of the
burden of civil government; on ac
|count of religious fentimenn.—The
:^m a of few 4% ^@w
declaration of rights exprekly declares
IQ" And every denomination of
Christians, demeaning themfelvet pea
^^^
&the proteaion ts the to: And
yfobordinatibn of , %^
Ideßpmioapon to amber, jn,if vec
t be eftabli|tedtykrah% ait ho
Ithis deviation from true reaicude is
fe frm ly fa, ~^*^
iff found aft whereby /to ft
feeH^,^,^^^
t dutoata d^w PEOPLEre
b* those of the am* denominations
Uteri and ShakerClW^
lempted1 empted from Mihra^ duty., &not
in t&tehpommgp W&4 ^y,«/rF"
tt nriminAtinilft lot It DOC Uwvl^inUTre'l
enceagur to demean myfel f 0 a god
fubjed, and Chriftran, yet I am com
pelted to hrzsrd mv life and fortune
to defend thei^ without the shadow
of a fimi^ar favour from them.— This
is ng, that " equal Pra/fffiM 0/ the
Law" which aur Cooftfcution design
ed us. It is therefore an unconftitu.
tional ad, and ought and must be re
fofed. Oherwife I would recom
mend to ah m, fellow citizens to turn
Quakers or Shakers, as may bes suit
them.
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