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An ACT far the relief of Itkamar Can
field.
BE it enabled by tie Senate and Honje of Repre
sentatives of & United States of America in
Congrefe offembied. That the proper officer be,
and he is hereby authorized and directed to iffuc
three land warrants, of one hundred acres each,
to fthamar Canfield, affignec to Eliphalet Toni
linfon, Jabez Tomlinfon, and Abraham Shelly,
who served the United States as soldiers, dur
ing the revolutionary war, and became entitled
to the said lands by virtue of a resolution of
' Congress : Provided, the transfers and powers
of attorney are made out pursuant to the rules
in such cases eftabblhed at the war office.
THEODORE SEDGWICK.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Th : JEFFERSON,
Ficc-Prefident of the United States, and
President of tie Senate.
Approved —May loth A. D. xßoo.
JOHN ADAMS,
~ ,f ,„, ~ ,% UAW Stater.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled, That the dif
tri& and circuit courts of the United States
shall have cognizance of all ads and offences
xgainft the prohibitions herein contained.
Sec. 6. Provided nevertbelefs, and be it further
enaßed, That nothing in this aft contained shall
be conOrued to authorize the bringing into ei
ther of the United States, any person or persons,
the importation of whom is, by the existing laws
of such state, prohibited.
Sec. 7. And be it further enabled, That the for
feitures which shall hereafter be incurred under
this, or the said ad to which this is in addition,
net otherwise disposed of, {hall accrue and
be one moiety thereof to the use of the informer,
and the other moiety to the use bf the United
States, except where the prosecution fball be firfl
instituted on b< half of the United States, in
which case the whole shall be to their use.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Reprefentativer.
Th: JEFFERSON,
Fice-Prefdent of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved —May 10th, A. D. 1800.
^ ACT in addition to the ad, intituled,
" An act to prohibit the carrying cn the
save trade from the United States to any
foreign place or country."
Sec. I. ID E '' enabled by the Senate and House of
DRepresentatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be.
unlawful for any citizen of the United States,
or other person residing within the United
States, directly or indirectly to hold or have
any right or property in any vessel employed or
made use of in the transportation or carrying
of slaves from one foreign country or place to
another, and any right or property, belonging
as aforefaid, shall be forfeited, and may be li
belled and condemned for the use of the person,
who shall sue for the fame; and such person,
transgressing the prohibition aforefaid, shall also
forfeit and pay a sum of money equal to dou
ble the value of the right or property in such
Vessel, which he held as aforefaid, and shall also
forfeit a sum of money equal to double the va
lue of the interest which he may have had in
the slaves, which at any time may have been
transported or carried in such vessel, after the
passing of this aft, and againfl the form thereof.
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That it shall
be unlawful for any citizen of the United States,
or other person residing therein, to serve on
board any vessel of the United States employed
or made use of in the transportation or carry
ing of Haves from one foreign country or place
to another ; and any such citizen or other per
son, voluntarily serving as aforefaid, shall be li
able to be indicted therefor, and on convidion
thereof, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
two theufana aoikr, and be imprisoned not ex
ceeding two years.
Sec. 3. And be it further enaßed, That ir any
citizen of the United States shall voluntarily
serve on board of any foreign ship or vessel,
which shall hereafter be employed in the Have
trade, he shall on conviction thereof be liable to,
and fuffer the like forfeitures, pains, durabilities
and penalties as he would have incurred, had
such ship or vessel been owned or employed,
in whole or in part, by any person or perlons
residing within the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled, That it shall
be lawful for any of the commissioned vessels of
the United States, to seize and take any vessel
employed in carrying on trade, business, or
traffic, contrary to the true intent and meaning
of this or the said aft to which this is in addi
tion ; and such vessel, together with her tackle,
apparel and guns, and the goods or tiTe&s, other
than slaves, which shall be found on board, shall
be forfeited, and may be proceeded against in
ary of the diftrid or circuit courts, and shall
be condemned for the use of the officers and
crew of the vessel making the seizure, and be
divided in the proportion directed in the case
of prize : And all persons interested in such ves
sel, or in the enterprize or voyage in which
such vessel shall be employed at the time of such
capture, shall be precluded from all right or
claim to the slaves found on board such vessel
as aforefaid, and from all damages or retribu
tion on account thereof: And it shall moreover
be the duty of the commanders of such conimif
fioned vessels, to apprehend and take into custo
dy every person found on board of such vessel
so seized and taken, being of the officers or
crew thereof, and him or them convey as soon
as conveniently may be, to the civil authority
of the United States in some one of the diftri&s
thereof, to be proceeded against in due course of
law.
Publi/hed by Authority.
Sixth Congress 0/ the United States,
At the firfl fcffion, begun and held at the city of
Philadelphia, in the Rate of Pennsylvania,
on Monday the rd of December, 17,9.
Laws of the Union
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
file ©nitea^tatesi
PORTSMOUTH, NiH. Printed and Published every SATURDAY
the United States,
JOHN ADAMS,
President oftbe United States.
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORT
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LI.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1800.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enabled. That in lieu
of the commissions heretofore allowed by law,
there shall, from and after the thirtieth day of
June next, be allowed to the collectors for the
districts of Alexandria, Pcterfburgh and Rich
mond refpe&ively, two and an half per centum,
on all monies which fliall be collected and re
ceived by them: To the collector for the dif
tiiC tof Boston and Charieftown, and to the
collectors of Baltimore and Philadelphia, three
eighths of one per centum: To the collectors of
Charlcfton, South-Carolina, Salem and Norfolk
and Pertfmouth, three-quarters of one per cen
tum : To the collector of the diftrid of Port
land, one per centum, for and on account of the
duties arising on goods, wares and merchandize
imported into the United States, and on the
tonnage of (hips and vessels,
Sec. 3. And be it further enaaed, That it shall
be the duty of the collectors of the several dif
triCts of Philadelphia, New-York, Boflon, Bal
timore, Norfolk and Charleston, and they are
hereby refpeCtively directed to deposit for col
lection in the Bank of the United States, or at
an office of discount and deposit of the laid bank,
all the bonds taken, or to be taken by them, for
duties by virtue of any law of the United States ;
but on all money collected by the said banks
the commissions aforefaid arc to be allowed the
said collectors in like manner as if received by
them.
It has not been thought proper to
mention the name of the gentleman
who has engaged in this important un
dertaking; but we learn that he is
an eminent literary charter. " The
work is to be executed on an extensive
scale. The invaluable manuferipts
bequeathed to Judge Washington, by
his venerated uncle, are numeious and
8^"
Sec I " ena^'d by tie Senate and House of
D Represent itives oftbe United States of
America in Congrcfs assembled. That from and af
ter the thirtieth day of June next, there shall be
allowed and paid annually, to and for the use of
the fcveral collectors and surveyors appointed,
and to be appointed pursuant to law, and em
ployed in the collection of the duties of imports
and tonnage, in the diftrifls hereinafter-men
tioned, in addition to their fees and emoluments
otherwise allowed by law, the sums following
refpeCtively ; that is to fay : To the collectors
of Faffamaquody, Waldoborough, and St. Ma
ry's, two hundred and fifty dollars each : To
the collectors of Machias, Great Egg Harbour,
Little Egg Harbour, Perth Amboy, Bridge
town, Sunbury and Georgetown in Maryland,
one hundred dollars each ; and to the collectors
of Sagg Harbour, Brunswick in Georgia, and
Dumfries, fifty dollars each : To the surveyors
of Bermuda Hundred, one hundred and fifty
dollars ,• and to the surveyors of Newport, Pro
vidence, Port Royal, Alexandria and Saybrook,
one hundred dollars each.
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 19.
Having at length engaged a gentle
man of distinguished talents to assist in
writing a Hiftory of the Life of the late
Gen. Washington, this work will be
immediately commenced, and will be
compleated as expeditiously as the na
ture of such an undertaking will per
mit.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker 0, the House of Representatives.
Th ; JEFFERSON,
rice-Prudent of the United States, and
Prudent oftbe Senate.
Approved —May 10, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
An ACT fufeplementar, to an aft intitu
led " An aft to eftablifo the compensa
tion of tie o&:ri employed in tie col
lection oftbe duties on irnpoft and ton-
An ACT to provide for equalizing the val
uations of unseated lands.
See I " '""Red by ''' Senate and House of
Reprefeutatives of the United States
of America, in Cengrefs uffembted. That the com
missioners appointed under the aft, intituled,
"An aft to provide for the valuation of lands
and dwelling heufes and the enumeration of
slaves within the United States," in thofc Rates
the valuations and enumerations whereof are
not yet closed and returned to the treasury de
partment, shall be and hereby arc authorized
and empowered on examination a,d confidcra
tion, at some general meeting to be convened
pursuant to law, of the lifts, returns, valuations
and abstracts rendered to them by the assessors
within their refpe&ive Rates, to revise the va
luations of unseated lands in each and every
assessment diftrid of their refpe&ive Rates, and
in each and every fub-divifiou of such diftrifts
refpedlively, and to vary and adjust the said
valuations by adding thereto, or deducting
therefrom such rate per centum as to them shall
appear just and reasonable : Provided always,
That the relative valuations of different tracts
of unseated land in the fame sub-division shall
not be changed or affeded.
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That the said
commissioners may direct the deductions and ad
ditions aforefaid to be made out and completed
by the principle afTfTors of the aforefaid assess
ment diftriels rcfpedivdy,or, if they shall deem
it more proper, by their own clerk and by
such afliftants as they shall find necessary and
appoint for that purpose : Provided always,
that the compensation to be made to the
said afliftants shall not exceed the pay allowed
to the afliftant aff-ffors by the aft aforefaid.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Th: JEFFERSON,
Vice-Pref dent of the United States, and
, President of tbe Senate.
Approved— May xoth, A.D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prefdent of the United States.
BUSHROD WASHINGTON.
August 16th, 1800.
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LIII.
In chap. 2<l. of the Book of Daniel, there is
a most concise, sublime, and comprehensive de
scription of the four greatest empires that ever
were in the world, under the figure of a great
Image, in the fbape of a man. It is agreed by
Sir Isaac Newton, ,and every commentator of
eminence, that the head oftold was the Assyri
an and Babylonilh Empire; that its bread and
arms of silver were the Medo-Perfian Empire ;
that its belly and thighs of brass were the Gre
cian Empire ; and its legs of iron were the Ro
man Empire. But Sir Isaac Newton well ob
fcrves, that by the legs of iron was only meant
Italy, and those countries which never compos
ed any part of the three firft Empires ; and when
the Roman Empire was divided into Eastern
and Weftern, under two diftinft Emperors, in
the fourth century, the Weftern was made up
of those countries accordingly. The feet and
toes of the image, which relate to the Weftern
Roman Empire, are described by Daniel to be
partly iron, partly clay, partly strong, and part
ly broken, and as iron and clay co not unite
neither were they to unite. Now the aad
accomplishment of this is highly worthy of at
tention. By the ten toes it was predicted, that
it should be dvided into ten kingdoms, and Sir
Isaac proves that this was so in the year 408. —
It was after this division to be part Riong, and
so were these kingdoms, for the followers of
Mahomet and the Turks could make no perma
nent conquest within the bounds of the Weftern
Roman Empire. It was also to be in part broken
in its power, and so were these kingdoms, for
they in vain poured forth their millions of
crusades into Asia, without being able to make
any permanent conquest there. As iron and
clay do not unite neither have they been unit
ed, from the year 408 to the present day.
In vain did Charlemagne attempt it—in vain
did the Emperor Charles V. attempt it—in vain
did Louis XIV. attempt it. No, the God of
Heaven had declared it should remain in a di
vided Rate, till an Universal Kingdom was to
be cfbblilhed on the earth. Kings and their
Minißers; without knowing it, have accomplish
ed the fulfilment of this astonishing prophecy,
and that balance of power which has for so ma
ny centuries been attended to in Europe, is
neither more nor less than keeping up that
broken Rate of the Weftern Roman Empire.
Before I go into the remainder of the pro
phecy as to these kingdoms into which the
Weftern Empire was broken, it iscurious to con
template whar h.s happened within that boun
dary in the comic of the last ten years, France
dethroning and putting to death her monarch
and going through a variety of bloody revolu
tions—the Austrian Netherlands taker: from
their ancient Princes, and made part of France-
Holland revolutionized, add her Stadtholder
sent into exile—Switzerland revolutionized—
Venice annihilated as a Rate—ail Italy for a
time revolutionized, and though reduced by the
Austrian and Ruffian forces, yet Rill in a Rate
intirely unsettled—The late Pope bereft of all
his temporal dominions, and dying a prisoner
in France, the new Pope not even elected at, or
residing in Rome—Spain bordering on revolu
tion—Portugal in danger either of being revolu
tionized or subdued^ —the affairs of Germany and
the house of Außria in a critical situation, and
Great Britain engaged in an arduous war, to
which we can fee no terminal >ll. Thus Sir,
the whole, I may fay,cf what was the Weftern
STR,
FRO M the conduct pursued by adminßlra
ticn during this session, and the means that
were known to be in their power it was not ve
ry difficult to forfee that this bill must reach
that chair. It was not very difficult to farefee
that it would fall to your lot to pronounce the
painful words, " That this bill do pafs/' Aw
ful, indeed, would those words be to me, did I
confidcr myfelf living in ordinary rimes: But,
feeling as I do, that we are not living in or
dinary times—feeling as 1 do, that we are living
in the mod momentous and eventful period of
the world—feeling as I do, that a new and bet
ter order of things is about to arife,and that Ire
fond in that new order of things, is to be highly
diftinguiflied indeed, this bill has no terrors
for me.
Sir, I did intend co have gone at some length
into hiftory and the sacred predictions : but as
I purpose, in a very few months, to give co the
public a work, in which I shall fully express my
opinion as to the vast design of this terreßial
creation, I shall for the present confine myfelf to
such passages as will support three positions :—
The firß is, the certainty of the second advent
of the Messiah ; the next, the signs of the times
of his coming, and the manner of it ; and the
last, that Ireland is to have the glorious pre
eminence of being the firft kingdom that will
receive him.
The Speech of Mr. Francis Dobbs, Member for
the Borough of Cbarlemont, in Ireland, on the
third reading oftbe Union Bill, having been mfat
ed in the Irifo Papers, and as their mfatement
was copied into the Star, nue think it our duty to
lay before oar readers the following correß copy
which me have received from an authentic source,
and which we can therefore assert to be the real
fubfance of what that gentleman said. During
the sos ten minutes after Mr. Dobbs began to
fpeakfome Members thwf+ proper to laugh, but
afterwards the ms profound flence prevailed in
the House till the Speech was concluded.
THE MESSIAH.
will afford ample materials for fur
niflrng not only authentic Memoirs, of
one of the greatest men that ever trod
the earth, but will also exhibit a com
plete Hiftory, both civil and military,
of American affairs, from the firft dis
covery, down to the close of last year.
" General Washington's private
Journal, written by himfelf, will prove
very advantageous in delineating the
Biographical department of the work."
Mr. Dobbs' Speech
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Empire, and which contains the most polished
nations of the earth, is convulsed from one end
to the other. But the next and last part of the
prophecy of the id chapter of Daniel will tell
us the winding up of all those eventful feenes.
After having described the Image, Daniel
proceeds, and fays he beheld a stone cut out with
out hands, which smote the Image on his feet,
that were of iron, and clay, and brake them to
pieces. Then were the iron, the clay, the brass,
the silver, and the gold broken to pieces togeth
er, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshing floor, and the wind carried them a
way that no place was found for them : and
the Rone that smote the Image, became a great
mountain,and filled the whole earth. To know
more exactly what is meant by this Rone we
have only to read the 7th chapter of Daniel.—
There, the four great Empires are more minute
ly treated of under the description of four beasts,
and inßead of the ten kingdoms being describ
ed by toes, they are made the ten horns of the
fourth beast—& when their detraction is men
tioned, in these words, " I saw in the night
villous, and behold, one like the Son of Man,
came with the clouds of Heaven, and came to
the Ancient of Days, and they brought him
near before him. And there was given him
dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all
people, nations and languages should serve him;
his dominon is an everlasting dominion, which
shall not pafsaway, and his kingdom that which
shall not be detroyed." There cannot there
fore be a doubt, but that the stone, & the per
sonage thus pointed out, is the Messiah, and so
does Sir Isaac, and all the bet of the commen
tators explain those passages ; and there are
many texts in the scriptures that corroborate
this explanation. But for my own part, if there
was not another pillage in the Bible, than what
is to be met with in the 2d and 7th chapters
of Daniel, nor another commentator than Sir
Isaac Newton, I should not have a doubt of the
certainty of the second coming of the Messiah.
I shall however add what is the opinion of the
Jewish nation, because it ought to have great
weight, as they are in fad a standing miracle :
but I shall firft premise the end accomplish
ment of the prophecy as to them, which has al
ready taken place. Moses, near three thousand
years ago, predicted that they should be pluck
ed from their land ; that they should be scatter
ed over all nations ; that they should be every
were found, but should have a resting place no
where ; and that they should become a bye
word and a scorn to all nations. It is now near
1700 years since they were driven from Judea
by the Romans ; so exadly has the prediction
been fulfilled, that it would be impossible, in
the fame number of words as were used by Mo
ses, to give a better hiftory of them. Every
Jew experts the coming of the Messiah in pow
er and glory, when their restoration is to take
place.—And trange indeed would it be, if they
did not exp^d it, when those very scriptures,
which contain the prophesies as to their afflic
tions, have a thousand passages as to their fu
ture happy Rate. I shall, however, content
myfelf with giving you one of the plained and
strongest. It is in the 23d chap, of Jeremiah —
" Behold the day is come faith the Lord, that I
will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a
King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute
judgement and justice in the earth—ln his days
Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell fafely,
and this is his name whereby he shall be called,
the Lord our righteousness. Therefore before
the day is come, faith the Lord that they shall
no more fay, the Lord liveth, which brought
up the children of Israel out of the land of E
gypt : but the Lord liveth which brought up,
and which led the feed of the house of Israel
out of the north country and from all the coun
tries whither 1 had driven them, and they shall
dwell in their own land." Thus, fir, all the Jews,
all the best commentators, and I will be bold to
fay all the best informed Christians, unite in
the opinion, that the Messiah is to come in
power and glory, and to be actually and in per
son, the King of the Kings of the earth.
I shall now, Sir, briefly give you my reasons
for thinking the moment of that appearance
is at hand. The general texts certainly are,
that no man can tell the day or hour, for it is
said, “ that he shall come as a thief in the
night ;" that as it was in the days of Noah, so
it foil be ; that we shall be eating and drink
ing, and giving in marriage, and occupied in
our usual pursuits. —It is also said, that the Sun
fhai; withold its light, then we shall fee the Son
of Man coming in the clouds of Heaven, with
power and great glory. But though it is to be
thus sudden, there are general signs given, by
which we may know its near approach.
The chief of these are, the fall of the Papal
power, and a very high degree of infidelity.—
In the 7th chapter of Qmiel, the Papal power
is described under the name of a little horn of a
very extraordinary nature, that was to rife up
amongt the ten horns of the fourth bead. Sir
Ifacc and all the bet commentators agree, that
this little horn was to have power for 1260
years, and then what is the language of Daniel?
But thejudgment shall fit, and they shall take
away his dominion to consume and to destroy it
unto the end. And the kingdom, and dominion
and the greatness of the kingdom under the
whole Heaven, shall be given to the people of
the Saints of the Mot High, whose kingdom
is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions
shall serve and obey him." Thus the kingdom
of the Messiah is to rife at the fall of the Pa
pacy. Now can any man doubt, that the 1260
years of Papal power are long since past, and
that thejudgment is fitting that is to consume
and destroy it unto the end ? Look at what
has happened to it, particularly during the last
ten years, and fay if we are not to expeftthe
immediate accomplishment of what remains?
In regard to the infidelity of the times being a
warning to us, Christ himfelf, in {peaking of his
second coming, fays, " nevertheless Rall I find
faith upon the earth," not meaning certainly
that there would l>e no faith, but that there
would be a very high degree of infidelity.—
Now look at France, one of the greatest coun
tries in Europe, openly denying not only the
New but the Old Testament, substituting the
xoth day instead of the 7th, and even attempt
ing to abolish the memory of Christ, by chang
ing the zra that bears his name. Inquire foto
the slate of f%th in the surrounding Christian
nations; nay, inquire at home, and answer me,
does pot a very high degree of infidelity every
The army that follows the Messiah we are
told amounts to 144,000, and there are a few
passages in the Revelations of St. John, that de
note the place where they are to be assembled.
Oue is," I saw them harping with their harps !"
Another, " I saw them Randing on a fa of
Glass, having the harps of God." Another is,
" that they were eloathed in fine linen, white
and clean." Another is " and he gathered them
together, in a place, in the Hebrew tongue,
called Armageddon." Now what refpeds the
harp and the fine linen, peculiarly applies to
Ireland, and not at all to Russia, Denmark or
Sweden. The sea of glass, 1 think muR be an
Island. And 1 believe the word Armageddon
in the Hebrew tongue, and Ardmah or Armagh
in the Irish, means the fame thing. At all e
vents, there is a great similitude in the found,
and Sc. Patrick tho't proper to make the city of
Ardmagh, which is the old name, the feat of
the Church Government of Ireland. But betides
the sacred passages of Scripture, there are some
very particular circumstances attending Ireland.
She has never had her share in worldly pros
perity, and has only since 1782 began to rife,
and I know no instance in hiftory of any nation
beginning to nrofper without arriving at a sum
mit of some Yind, before it became again de
pressed. The four great empires rose progref
lively weft of each other, and Great Britain
made the last toe of the image, being the last
conquest the Romans made in the weft. Now
Ireland lies directly weft of it, and is therefore
in exactly the fame progressive line, and it was
never any part of the image, nor did the Ro
man arms ever penetrate here. The arms of
Ireland are the harp of David, with an angel in
its front. The crown of Ireland is the apos
tolic crown. Tradition has long spoken of it as
a land of faints, and if what I expect happens,
that prediction will be fulfilled. But what I
rely on more than all, is our miraculous exemp
tion from all of the serpent and ver:emous tribe
of reptiles. This appears to -ie in the highest
degree emblematic, that Satan, the great ser
pent, is here to receive his firft deadly blow.
1 have before given you some reasons why
we are to expect the immediate coming of the
Messiah. In my opinion that bill that now lies
upon your table proves that it is at hand. What
is the British minister now attempting to do ?
He is now attempting to annihilate Ireland as a
kingdom, though is has remained distinct from,
all others, time immemorial. He is attempting,
by the rolls of the two parliaments, to make it
a part of that image, which was completed in
the year 408, as if he knew better than the
Creator what ought to be the situation of nations.
As well might he enact, that from the day this
union is intended to take place, the snake, ths
viper, the adder and the toad, should thenceforth
live & thrive in our land, or each is equally con
trary to the will of God. I therefore do not hesi
tate, even at this moment, again to proclaim to
this house, & to the British and the Irish nations,
that the independence of Ireland is written in
the immutable records of heaven.
Sir, before I fit down, I thmk it right, pub
licly to declare the conduct I mean to pursue,
should this bill pass into a law, 1 mean, fir, to
submit to it without a murmur until it be re
pealed, or until the fun shall miraculously with
hold its light and announce the appearance of
Christ. Should this bill receive the royal affenc,
I mean to inculcate into the minds of all who
are sprung from me, or over whom I have the
lead influence, to pay it the moR implicit obe
dience, till the Messiah shall in person demand
their allegiance. Acting under the Hrongcon
vidion that I feel of its certainty, I fay, fir, to
you,Bc to every member of this house, no matter
on what fide he fits, or how he has voted, if he in
his heart loves Ireland, let him rejoice, for her
happiness approaches. I fay unto every man in
this house and out of this house, if he loves vir
tue, let him rejoice, for the triumph of virtue is
at hand. I fay unto every man within and
without these walls, if he be the friend of enm
tianity, no matter of what fed he be, let hint
rejoice, for its glorious author is about to unfold
all that is myßerious, and to remove every doubt
and every difficulty. I fay to every mao with
in and without these walls, whether he be a
chriftian or not, if he finccrely loves bis fellow
creatures, let him rejoice, for that Messiah who
fuffered on the cross is about to accomplish all
the objeds of his mission. He is now about to
take away the curfc that followed the fall of Ad
am, and to renovate the earth. He is about to
eftablifli a religion founded in justice, in truth,
and in righteousness, that shall extend from pole
to pole, and which shall place this hitherto wick
ed and miserable world upon the highest pinna
cle of human happiness and human glory.
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where characterise this last year of the 18 cen
tury ?
1 come now, Sir, to the mot interesting part
of what I have to fay; it is to point out my
reasons for thinking this is the drtlinguilhed
country in which the Messiah is now to appear.
The Rone that is to be cut out of the mountain
without hand; is to fall on the feet of the image
and to break the whole image to pieces. Now,
that would not be true, if Christ and his army
were to appear in any country that is a part of
the Image ; therefore all the countries that were
comprised in the Babylonifh and Assyrian Em
pire, in the Medo-Perfian Empire, in the Greek
Empire, and in the Roman Empire, arc pofitivc
1, precluded. There is another light thrown
on this question, by a paffige in the 41st chap,
of Isaiah. “ I have raised up one from the
North, and he shall come, from the rising of
the fun shall he call upon my name, and he shall
come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the
potter treadeth clay." This is manifeill, the
Messiah, and we are therefore t> look for a
country north of Judea where the prophesy was
given.—The new world is out of the question,
being no where a fubjed of prophecy, and as
the Image is excluded, it can only be in the
Ruffian Empire,or in the kingdoms of Denmark
Sweden, or Ireland.
WAS HINGTON's Legacy.
JULI A,