The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-08-20 00:00:00, page 4

POETRY.
NIUIIII, gcq _
, For the Constitutionalist.
WHEN govern'd by Britain we cheerful o
bey'd,
'Till she threaten'd to chain us and fetter
our trade;
Then we rallied our force, we opposed with
disdain,
And establish'd our rights to the land and
the main.
But from what I can learn by the paper and
letter.
Our rulers have kill'd what they only would
fetter,
And for great length of times have been rack
ing their brains
To find something stronger to bind us than
chains.
The President's measures have all prov'd
so bad,
We can't have a worse man, unless he be
mad;
But a wise choice of rulers our country will
save,
And commerce though buried may rise from
the grave.
As to those who partake of the loaves and
the fishes,
We cannot expect they'll comply with our
wishes;
But all those who work the ship, hammer or
plough,
If they ever unite, it must surely be now.
[As the last verse of this little piece, as re
ceived by the editor, does not make so
good a close as the last but one, he hopes
the writey will excuse him for omitting it.]
The following enigmatical Piaster is
extracted from the Boston Chronicle,
and strongly savors of the patent man
ufactory of "Honestus," (better kown
in this part of the country as “ Old
South,") whose nostrums have be
come "as notorious as the physiogno
my" of the patentee.—" On the 6th
inst. the Legislature of New Hamp-•
shire assembled at Concord, and agree
ably to our former accounts, they are
republican in every branch. The of
fices have been filled with gentlemen
who are true to the principles of re
publicanism, firm supporters of the
constitution and highly honorable to
the state." It will go but little way,
however, towards healing the wound
ed reputation of New Ilampshire, in
discarding from office such a man as
the late Governor Smith; for even
the democrats themselves are forced to
acknowledge,'
"That, for tlieir souls,
" Another of Lis #Jhom they have not,
"To lead their business." [Troy Gaz. .
* The above was written oh receiving a let
ter from a friend, and a newspaper containing
die last embargo act.
f The pay of congress, only while conjuring
how to carry the Embargo into effect must have
amounted to $114,927.
Misunderstandings. Secretary Gal
latin seems to be peculiarly unfortu
nate in his conversations. No one is
so often misunderstood. John Ran
dolph misunderstood him when he said
that an attempt had been made by
President Jefferson to obtain money
for the purchase of the Floridas before
an appropriation by law was made for
that purpose—and when he added that
there was no cabinet. Now it seems
Ambassador Erskine has twice or thrice
misunderstood him in conversations
relating to the misconduct of the
same great character. It is a pity
opr head men cannot speak plain
English better. — Trenton Fed.
When Voltaire, D'Alembert, Paine,
& other infidels, attempted to destroy
thedivine origin of the truths of sacred
scripture, they readily perceive the best
way for them to succeed was by using
ridiculous jokes. In imitation of
these French b' rs, some of
our leading demo* ^c papers, attack
the serious charges made by the feder
alists against the views and principles
of certain democrats, with puerile
attempts at wit, thereby hoping<toturn
the publick attention from a serious
investigation of those charges ! If our
liberties, and independence are breath
ing their last, ought oeir groans to be
blended with farce and comedy, to ren
der them more musical ?—Cent.
Honest testimony in favour, of fed
eralism.
At the celebration,of the 34th anni
versary of our independence at Wind
sor, WASHINGTON'S Last Legacy
was read by Capt. Josiah Dunham. A
democrat who happened to be present
at the reading, and mistaking it for an
oration, was asked how he liked it.
"The first part,” said he, " was very
good ; but before he had done, there
to too much federalism in it.”
« A House divided against itself can
not stand."
The democratic camp already exhib
its die confusion of Babel.
[LATE OMISSIONS.],
^isefflan^
" Every year is productive of even ts,
solemn, vast, a*d wonderful. It ter
minates the lives of millions, and, like
an irresistible current, bears on the dy
ing children of men to the grave, to
judgment and eternity. It appears,
from the bills of mortality, that in this
heathful climate, one half of the num
ber of those who are born into the
world, die under twenty years of age;
and it is computed that, taking the
world at large, one half of the human
race die under seventeen. It is esti
mated that, in ten years more, includ
ing those who are born and die In that
period, and of the number of those
who were more than seventeen at the
commencement of the ten years, anoth
er number dies equal to the other half
of all the inhabitants of the earth ; so
that in about twenty-seven years a
number dies equal to that of all the in
habitants upon the globe. Some have
estimated the inhabitants of the earth
at a thousand millions; others at nine
hundred and fifty or sixty millions.
According to the first of these esti
mates, there die, annually, about thirty
seven millions of people ; about seven
hundred and twelve thousand every
week ; one hundred and one thousand
seven hundred and fifty daily ; four
thousand two hundred and thirty-nine
each hour; and about seventy every
minute. On the lowest computation
of nine hundred and fifty millions of
inhabitants, there die yearly thirty five
millions one hundred and eighty five;
every week, six hundred seventy six
thousand six hundred and thirty eight;
in each day, ninety six thousand six
hundred and sixty two; every hour,
four thousand and twenty seven; and
sixty seven every minute. Amazing
mortality ! What an astonishing stream
of souls is rapidly born on with the
tide of time, continually shooting into
the ocean of eternity, and appearing
before God io judgment !
" A new year and century are now
coming; the events of it will be vast
and momentous, and the earth will be
mightily shaken. The inhabitants of
the United States, according to their
usual rate of population, will, by the
end of the nineteenth ceutury, be
twenty five or thirty millions. Death
by that time, like a mighty deluge, will
sweep from the theatre of life more
than three thousand millions of the hu
man race. Solemn, affecting thought!
" While we drop our tears over the
graves of our ancestors and fathers,
shall we not learn wisdom ?
" Do we see kings, counsellors and
judges of the earth; the wise, the
beautiful, and the strong, covered with
the clods and worms, and reflect how
soon we shall be like them ; and shall
it not mortify our pride, bring down
every high imagination, and clothe us
with humility ?"
A Legal Pun.-=Some time since,
when it was becoming fashionable to
transform crops into queues,a celebrat
ed law character, now on the bench,
happened to call in at a barber's shop,
while a certain fashionable was under
going the operation of having three
inches of false hair tied to the back
part of his head, by the help of one
inch of his own. The operator had
made several attempts without success ;
the queue would not stick. Ilis en
deavours to grasp as much of the inch
of hair as possible, gave his patient in
tolerable pain ; till unable to contain
himself any longer, he first vented his
passion upon the frizeur in fashiona
ble and appropriate language, and then
demanded of the counsellor, if there
was a legal method of bringing the
offender ^ condign punishment ?
" Most undoubtedly there is," repli
ed the oracle of law, "you must have
him indicted for retailing without a
licnece, contrary to the statute."
From the (Philad.) Repertory.
Sir,
If the following interesting calcula
tion, from the Connecticut Evangelic
al Magazine of 1801, should be thought
worthy a place in your useful paper,
it is presumed it may lead to some mo
mentous reflections in the minds of
your readers. W. R.
DEGRADATION.
Pray Sir, how much wine can you
drink, and not endanger your health ?
With Cigars and a good song occa
sionally, I think I can put three or
four bottles under my jacket, in an af
ternoon and evening, and retire with
decency.
Then I presume sir, you are seldom
mortified by the necessity of declining
a sittingparty because you can't drink !
0 never; .I have an excellent strong
head, wine effects me no more than a
cup of tea does a lady. Indeed very
much the same—it makes me a little
gay and loquacious.
Strange perversion of reason !
strange idea of glory, that a man should
vaunt a real degradation of his nature!
Is physical insensibility all honor? Is
it a real cause of satisfaction that by
force of pernicious habit, the principle
of life is so far extinguished thgjthe
highest stimulants produce no de
rangement of the system ?— ibid.
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Dummer Academy, January 1, 1810.
REV. AND DEAR SIR,
I HAVE examined your " New
System of Modern Geography" with
much pleasure. While it excludes
much superfluous matter, contained in
other works of the kind, it comprises
every thing necessary in an elementary
work. It is well adapted for a Text-
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am your obedient servant,
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Rev. Elijah Parish, D. D.
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AGREEABLY to your request
I have with much pleasure perused
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matter well arranged, entertaining and
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countries. I think the influence will
be happy on the minds of our children
and youth. I am, Rev. and dear Sir,
with sentiments of respect, your affec
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NICOLAS PIKE.
Rev. Elijah Parish, D. D.
From Ebenezer Fitch, President of
Williams College.
Williams College, December 30, 1809.
HAVING examined, with as
much care and attention as the short
time allowed me and my leisure would
permit, a work entitled " A New Sys
tem of Modern Geography," by Rev.
Elijah Parish, D. D. it appears to me
to be accurately and judiciowly com
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well calculated for the use of schools,
and for conveying valuable and impor
tant information, in this pleasing and
necessary science, to the youth in our
country ; and consequently, to merit
the patronage of parents, instructors
and the American public.
EBENEZER FITCIL
Rev. Elijah Parish, D. D.
From the Honorably John Hubbard,
Esq. Profewer of Mathematics and
Philosophy, Dartmouth College,
Having perused Dr. Parish's " New
System of Modern Geography," I car
sincerely recommend it, as being wel
calculated to diffuse a knowledge of
the important science of Geography.
The work is richly stored with the la
test information, presented in a very
MY DEAR SIR,
RECOMENDATIONS.
February 15, 1810.
Having examined a copy of Dr. Par
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real merit, and cheerfully recommend
it, as well deserving the public patron
age. JOHN WHEELOCK.
From the Rev. Jesse Appleton, Pres
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Bowdoin College,Jan. 24.
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intelligent reader will perceive, viz.
that your "New System of Modern
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the subject. Many of your observa
tions on Palestine and other countries,
mentioned in sacred history, as they
tend to obviate objections against re
vealed religion, cannot fail of produc
ing agood effect on the youthful mind.
Permit us to observe further, that the
attentive reader will expect to find in
the next edition the correction of some
small inaccuracies which have escaped
your notice iu this. Weare Rev. sir,
with much esteem and respect, your
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YOUR " New System of Mod
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ui pertinent occasional remarks, are
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&c. SAMUEL WORCESTER.
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REV. AND DEAR SIR,
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