The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-04-06 00:00:00, page 1

THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN,
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at half per cent, discount.
GREENE 3c CARTER. -
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TAKE NOTICE.
WUI be sold at AUCTION, on Monday
the 7th of May next, at eleven o’clock,
A. M. on the premises,
*T*HE Right of Redemption in a Lot of
* Land lying in Providence, eastward
ef Col. John Mathewson's dWeHing-houie,
fronting oto Waahlngtjh-stneet 40 feet, and
extending back lOQfeeton a lane, with a
rood Cellar-Wall 35 feet by 32, a new.
Barn JO feet Square, a Well of Water and
jher Co JWf ePC d*rawd the ropert ' r
SALJLSV%AGLEY. .ddmMMtnttrir.
N. B. The amount of thp mortgage, the'
dower, aM condition nf safe w»|l be.Oiadc
known aefee time aad piacb dfMu. «
ANCHORS and GIN.
lust received, and far sale by
GEEKVE V CARTES,
M their Auction and CcWimtosion Store, on-
Four Anchors, iMbfunt sires, warranted.
< L?" Order*for Anchors of any siae will
be attended to at the shortaat notice.
They alto offer fbr'ffilt.
The Manuscript and Copy-Right of a
new pronouncing Spelling-Booh, by the late
AMos HwnW, Esq, This useful and
ingenius work, which the authour was
three years composing, will be sold on very
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LOOK HERE!
QP HAT elegant three story Brick House
* and LrtTbeloaging to I. GBJiW
WOOD, In Westminster-street. near the
Theatre, is fee bale for R3OO Ims than it
* cast salxiiM k three years ago. For for-
L tber particulate Inquire of Deacon Josxra I
yoLLBB, nearly opposite.
| JfcrrA IK Hip.
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Just received and for sale by
B. and T. C. HOPPIN,
T? WO Hundred Kers of Lard, in the
* finest order, and of an excellent qua*
lity. -
. Pack <®» of E«fi*»h Goods, consist*
•ng of superfine dark Fancies, Cambrick
bhirtings, Lfiach Platea, London Patterns,
Furnitures, &c.
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COPARTNERSHIP.
*T*HE publick arc respectfully informed,
* that the subscribers have entered in
to Copartnership, and Intend carrying on
the JEWELRY BUSINESS at
under the firm of *■
BURR WHITAKER.
Traders are Invited co call at their Shop
ovCoasttMtion-HNk Where atty artfctfsfo
the Jtsrsgav Ltffp may be had, manu
factured tot a supetnr manner, on terma
that cannot but prove an inducement fur
future application.
CHRISTOPHER BURR,
Josiah whitakbr. .
N. B. Wanted immediately, a Journey
man who is an expert workman at the
above business. Also, a lad about 14 years
of age as an Apprentice.
Aftrit S, 1816. tf.
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Smithfield Union Bank Bills
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Exchange for Providence Rills; or
at par. for West-ladia Goods, by the sub
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WHO lAS roi SALS,
A general assortment of GROCERIES,
which he will dispose of on as reasonable
terms as any ether person In tow cash,
good paper, or country produce.
Wanted to purchase. Flaxseed. Oats,
and good Butter, suitable for families use.
17*He informs bin debtors, thst all Notes
and Accounts which have been doe six
months, will be pot in suit alter the 15th
of April, without any further ceremony.
AHAB CAPRON.
1810.
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Tur question having beetf stated—“ Jtall
this bill pass F*
Mr. Pottaa spoke as follows: This to
to raise a voluntary and involuntary army
of one hundred thousand mon, and I am
opposed to it, because! think it calculated
to do much injury, to cost muck mooey,
and to do no possible good I and I should be
pleased to be informed by the Hands of
this army, whether it to for defisMe, of
fence, or if arms be the object t If for de
fence, against whom I Is there a gentle
man in this house that expects an inva
sion of oar territory f I presume net. If for
offensive war. Is there one in thia house
who wishes speh a contest t I hope not. If
Can gregS.
HOUSE OP aBIUBEEKTATIVES,
Tuf.sdat, March 20.
MR. POTTER’S SPEECH
OH BILL TO Dg*ACH ORB HUMDRRh
TUOVBARD KIUTIA.
We should then moat carefully consider
the Importance of the Christian Character;
recollecting that, (if we are Christians,) we
are the salt of the earth, and the light
Of the world.” Many eyes will be upon us.
Many will derive good or harm from their
observations upon our conduct. We should
then endeavour to stem the torrent of im
piety and wickedhen, to diffuse the savour
and light of divine truth, and to adorn the
doctrine of God our Saviour, “ letting our
light shine before men," that our good
works, as living sermons, may convince
our feliow-sioHers of the excellency of re
ligion, and so tend to the glory of God and
the benefit of mankind. Oh this account
also the Christian must by. no means con
ceal his sentiments. For God does not en
lighten the minds of his people, that they
should put the light under a bushel, but
that they should hold it forth for the bene
fit of others. We should therefore seek to
shine, by professing and adorning the gos
pel in our circle, whether large
that We may answer the ead for which
God hath * called us out df Rhrknem into
his marvellous light.” *
9c6tVt Corftmenfarirt.
Fntbar, 6m April, Mid
Christ is the true *• light of the world."
But.his disciples and ministers, shining by
the light of knowledge and holiness de
rived from him, are, in a subordinate sense,
the light of the wdrid also*; and defuse his
trptM hnd salvation around them, where
otherwise darkness add wickedness must
reign undisturbed. Their profession, cha
racter and doctrine render them conspicu
ous : as “ a city set upon a Mli, they can
not be bid men Will Itak at them, and
make their observations on all thdßtvords
and actiohs, in order to form a judgement
of religion from what they sue. Indeed
God intends they should be thus compicu
ous and observed, that they may commu
nicate their light around ; a* men do not
light a caUdle to conceal it, bat that it may
be placed eonvenientiy to lighteijf the room.
It Is therefore thefr bounded duty, and
shnnld be thehr grand object ad to T*com
. friend the truth, by their pious and edifr'-
ewi’Wttofr ©sad that men
'Wg Me their good work* fedte
faith and love, and thus be induced to glo
rify their God and Father. Fbr, such holy;
examples and abundant good works soften
men’s'prejudices, win upog them to attend *
to the truth, and are Instrumental to their
conversion, by wh|ch they glorify God, and
become his worshipper* and servants.
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nrrinr 1 M I IMS J "
F©» T«* RnoDE-lsLAdp
MORAL AND REMI»U9 VIJdTS.
No. XXXI.. -
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Salt Is preservative from cor
ruption in the material world, and it gives
a seasoning to all our viands ; but if It loses
itssaltneaa, and bee ooflrs insipid, it b the
moot Worthless of all substances; being un
lit even for the dung-bill, as it is rather
conducive to sterility (han fruitfulaem.-*
The disciples and mhgeten bf Christ are
scattered about, as salt, |a different parts
* n ° r,d J thaMfcirtWWer-.
safab examples, ptboum end pvayers may
bf Impbty and tin, and be
Instiimental taaesponmg mda*s mind* with
grice and boUMete. Bat tf they be u*
sound in doctrine, unboly|b life, or vata
and ehmat Mi (rittmnstlMt, they disgrace
their profession, art a scandal to their Mas
ter, prejudice the minds of men again*
the truth, or seduce them into errour; and
so they become the most worthless and
wretched ef mankind. Every approach to
this renders a Christian or minister, unfit
to be the salt of the earth, and deducts from
his value and usefulness.
It would seem by the 7th and Bth sec
tions, that those guns were not to be deli
vered according to the provtoione of th? Sth
section, but that they should be deposited
in arsenals, rented for that purpose by the
commanding officer, in the care of an ar
mourer to be appointed and paid for keep
ing the same in good order, to be delivered
out to the several companies of volunteers
either to he instructed in camp duty and
discipline, or when called into actual ser
vice, the arms, &q. to bptome their pro
perty; paavith-d, that before suah votan
■ teer shall be entitled to receive hie gun,
dec, he shall produce from the commanding
officer of hie regiment a certificate that he
bee performed the service required by his
engagement. It will therefore seem by the
4th and sth sections ef thio bill, that the
soldier bad unlisted and received his boun
ty and was bound to doduty; but by the 6th,
7U» end Bth sections it was entirely option
al with Mm; if ho performed the services
be is to hove htopay, and if he did not,
there to nothing binding on either side. Let
as now pursue and examine those volun
teers in the performance of their camp du
ty. Who to to command I And by wha|
law ? As soon ae they vetunoeer they are no
longer under the command of the Continue
militia officer, and they are not subject to
tile articles and rules ef war, by the 4th
section, until they are called feto actual
eervieo. Sto that you give a bounty to tile
volunteers for doing nothing, while she mi
litia are Obliged to arm themselves at their
own expense, and do all the duty for noth
ing. All this may be sight and progpr, but
If it to, 1 must confess I bnw not oupxlty
isfactory excuse to the commanding
his arms shall revert to the United Stacks.
If therefore one of those men, whenupHed
to do camp duty, should appear without a
uniform, when the law does not require
It, nor furnish him with any clothing, yhtil
he is called into actual service, he to to for
feit his gun for not appearing in his uniform
before he is furnished with it by the United
States or made his duty to furnish himself
with it By the 4th section he io entitled to
receive his gun immediately after returnfe
made of his name; if he. should refuse to
do this camp duty, you have no power to
control his person; the only penalty lathe
reversion of the gun ; you, therefore, dis
possess yourself of the gun and have no
control over the person or the arms; your '
only remedy for the arms would be by suit;
if they should refuse to re-dcliver them, to
recover the value.
disposed to send an army into this countiy,
it would be in vain—.she could not send
them. If, therefore, there is not the least
pr°apact of an Invasion, and the government
are not disposed to declare war, where is
the for this army t But it is said,
<hH It *ot a standing army ; that it is
only an array of volunteers and detached
militia. 4 have always understood that vo
lupleers «nter into an amy to do certain
services without signing an agre«MM foe a
waatain.liam, «r recaivi< amr bounty 4 J*i
that as mod as a man signs an eaUatateat
for a certain time, and receives ha bounty,
from that time he ceases to have any will
of his own, until his time expires. He be-?’
comes ja tegular soldier to all intents and
purposes, to be shot or hung or otherwise
punished, according to martial law, |t
would seem by the 4th section of this act,
that each volunteer must sign an engage
ment to serve the United States according
to the provisions of this act; aod aa soon as
he is called into actual service, under the
authority of the United States he shall be
subject to the rules and orders of war, and
that he can be called into the service of the
United States to any place out of its juris
diction not beyond sea; and by the sth sec
tion, that when the return of such volun
teer spa# be made to tbe department of
war, each non-commissioned officer ahd
.private shall be furnished by the United
State* with a musket, fee. in complete
order. Thoep two factions, providing for
the enlistment and bounty, taken by them*
selves, the man having enlisted and having
received his gun as a bounty, would make
a complete regular soldier of him, and he
would be obliged to serve his time out. But
when you examine the 6th section, syhich
provides for the ten days annual encamp
ment, if not called into actual aervice, you
then find the penalty for not obeying or
ders, which declares if any non-commis
sioned officer or private shall foil to attend
and perfornuhis duty, either hi tbe camp
fo*foaM.garxMa witeM*ercalled upon,
we were at this time at war with al! the
world, we should not want such an army
as thia. Great-Britain baa no men tip spare
to send here to invade our territory; and
if she hud, she would know better than to
doit. And if France was ever su much
sufficient to discover it. J will Have ft to
the honourable Chairman who reported
this bill, he being a military man, amf iMa
of covite a new kind of arujy, to recaneite
to himself what appears to me defects and
inconsistencies in this bilk The other past '
ofehtsarmy that are (failed militia are de
tached fcr nine months, without any boun
ty or arms, and they are as regular aok
diets far that any ef our standing
army* We find fault with the English for
impressing their seamen in time of war,
but here we draft or detach our ipen ftp .
nine months in time of peace, and 4< b
conaolaikm to a man was W**
he gobs aa much against his will 4'
he had been Impressed in the first mstowW.
If you want more men, enlist them*
tittag b meant by this bill more tfiaa thb
formerdetadnueate hiving the saam dUd,
the (weplobin lb deceived, aad V am, feta *
a useless expense. This detaching rod oik
chnspipg will be attended with many eVila
and bad consequences, aug will dbtatfr the
minds of the-people very much. The cons
mon trainings that last only nMlday aorvfr
to corrupt the morals of the lacaatfawsyouth
vary much, and improve them very Ikfta
in the aft of war. Thb encamping will
be a pernicious thing, it MH be a school for
vice and hnmortUfty; it wiH tee a new 1
thing io many places and parts of the
country ; ft will collect many idle and dis- *
sipated people together ; it will be the
means of a general suspension of labour ta 1
many places in the neighbourhood of thb
camps for a patt of the ten days at least—' ]
The officer will hsvemo power to contrdl
the soldier. The soldier wHI tfe rotaased
from the common militia tad, and they. Mb
not amenable tn the artfeles end. orders of
war, untH they are callejl tat* aotust ner*
vice. In this situation and under tell these ,
cirCutu stances it would be weft to have a
religious camp meeting to aucbeed the ml- J
Ihaty, ate according tn a saying of the great
est personage that ever was upon earth,
who said that he did not come toast! the
righteous, but sinners to repentance, Open,
ing a great fiefd for a man of piety and ta
lents to exercise his ingenuity la proaehtag
to these fmspb In order in amrWl Ibf Hr
instate lheir minds. *
We are te ad fear of au Invasion, naffi ,
Initsis tfe Object of tid the
] Southern people arondtaa well armed us
the Northern, wwaro great fami
ly, let us distribute arm* to the several
atates, according to the-aMpteWJ®* Motah
iitia. And if unfortunately wo should ever
be invaded at any poilp, we obmrfd Mt
want for men to use ttaarn. It Would nut
be atked-to what parlya\jbhb betoged,ot
what nation had invaded tec The miHila,
on such tn occasion, 4on Id obeerfaUf
him out and do their duty and keep* thb
field until they Could be relieved byretu- • 1
lactroope. J ■ .
.The militia are generally composed df
pooiMnea, whose burdens aiw altaady Mtnte '»
then May ought to be, and Hut few of that
etas* ght exempt from miH( :4y duty by of- \
fioth add b believe that thtey do ini wWh
the <me Wpdrodth part of thk property &
the United fttntds. Why thm>\should Bfr *W
do ail thb defend hl h nowdKfo
a poor about fifteen dotlata U equip
hitMcif, and iff fab has sons, it tripta Mm db
much mere for thAm, besides alltitair thne
. at trainings, which b-a poor mdnb Estate.
Ifh man baa property cotnforute-
Me support of hWMmny, with
he dab pay a tex Without feeling any fat
jury from k, and a< Id to Ms property. • *.
If he has but a scanty support for fib
family, ail you tak a from him you MMi
from their real neettasfttea. ~ /
W hebes an property and gMtefata oMh
hb-tadly IbtoMr-farqmo oup|MVtad as Steteta
and belpteM familyJ avery day y<M
such a man oat ef hbwMriaim jfou tajaro
teb family » Ms time tel gtebvappteTl «MI
dependence. \ . \
What b tohtedtaeaf *th a faaaily, >
the head shoald fee detached and aval W
for nine months! Btapky frill barofy iro*
port himself, ho Wil have noahiog ta bare
with item but hb prayers. \ . -,x
1 amnctcßMtad Os thb bMlbteta H
appears to be 4 faVouHte metaure of tte
admlnbfrMfea. .1 hgbktac id bobsuse <
think b'wm do modi harm aadappesaibta
good, beaeese it win-pat lhe uMtebtegßNd A?
wlfft tlhiftek it
Mo pod teewefiotal mbtearo wfl! auppote g >
:6am the best of motives, end as I abmmi
consider kin tbst view, I shall apfana it, ■.; <£
But If I wished to kger* the pawdiffiMs l ,/S 4 4
mtalmraciea and was Mfoeneed bp aft
other motives, I wotiM rsMsle eilnbt, gad J
would nm prerem the paasagn «f k W ta
thbbiUsa^rdo* 7 ! eaStat
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