The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-11-26 00:00:00, page 4

At length, the Hiro, Patriot, hade adieu
To mighty toils ; instant, a nation rose,
And whilst to bim it gave the wish'd re
repofe, [joyous flew,
On fwift wing'd gales which more than
United millions roll'dthefe tidings round,
In Ateu, Washington, once more i, found.
From that high hour ; important, grand,
; august,
Has been thine awful charge ; with fer
vent zeal
Tntenfe, devoted to thy country's weal,
Faithful, haft thou perform'd the glori
ous trail; [for p,;
Food, food of peace ; and yet prepar'd
Such ever be the chief on Empire's ear.
• The United Statu are indebted to Mr
Adams far tbe exterfan of tbei- limits &
tbe jecurit, of their fifariu, which the other
comwffi^ra were on the point of ceding to
tbejtoo, of Brito, hr titfrefo o f
N^r deadliest calumny, the foe to truth,
That can eclipse an Adan^s, Washington;
Or robe in night's dark Shade the spotless
Life, peace Secur'd ;—twas thine to Speed
away
For courts in pomp of Mjefty invest ;
And as thy country will'd the high be
hest.
Thence waft a new born world to bright
er day ; [oflight,
Till thron'd sublime in noon tide blaze
Pale Europe faw,and Sicken'd at the fight.
To the, to tta alone, Columbia owes
Imperial limits,boundlefs pow'r of trade;
And all the treasures of the deep inlaid
Where fate's harpoon, the Shouting <wbalo
throws.
Too firm to yield ;—A, fogmw' filmy
thread; [fpread.*
And Britain's firmer net, in vain were
Ere time," imperial time's firft hour be
gan,
; As these grand Fed'ral States account of
time, [fublime;
'Twasthine to warm the breast to deeds
And fire the patriot foul of free born man:
Truth, reason drew thy sword ; that sword,
thy pen ;
It flam'd ; and rising millions tofe as
men.
Columbia's rights by nature's charter
giv'o,
Thy je<D felf, an Empire's hope and
pride
Defended, won, on war's empurpled
tide ;
Whilst tby strong seal on binding com
psa driv'n,
Gnve independence, freedom, ev'n to those.
From whole fell tongues th' envenom'd
Upas flows.
Hail 1, glorious ,#/? ! 'tis not the cank
er'd tooth
Os vile ingratitude; nor yet the breath
Os pois'nous slander, arm'd with moral
death;
Return'd ; —applaufive thoufandt bade
A^hail;
And one raft empire's undivided voice,
George Wajbington, of right, its primal
choice,
John Adamt,call'd from lov'd retirement's
vale; frefign,
Pleas'd with the tho't, that/Wd its Cbfof
His civic diadem, must then, be thine.
THI Hibulet.
[B, the desire of a Friend.]
From tin Oracle of tee Day.
AN ODE,
Competed for the 19th of Odober, 1795,
the Anniversary of the Birth-Day of
JOHN ADAMS,
Pr&flrt of th United States of America.
A Bard, who never bow'd the suppli
ant knee
On Durah' splaifi ; yet ever prompt to
praise, [lays, 0
When virtue, merit, nvortb, awoke his
Presents, Ilhfrioui Chief, this Ode to the;
Tho' far unequal tow'rs Dcedalian flight,
And high above still flames the orb-of
light. r
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
Mr. Davis,
— the following
— — If you please — — A, D. 1798.
IN a large company of So
cial Friends at an inn, was
one conceited untamable ge
nius of a stranger, whose
plentiful lack of sense was
equalled only by his great
vanity and talkafoenefs ;---
this was endured patiently
as possible for a long time,
till with pungency of wit and
gesture, a certain gentleman
attempted to silence him with
the following
STORY:
" A Fox travelling abroad
to fee the world, happened
TO come to a Meetinghouse ;
the doors being open, he
;went in---rotind---and finally
;up to the balcony. Soon his
attention was fixed on the
bell ; he looked—gazed—-
espied the tongue, pushed it
with his foot ; tunk it went
against the fide of the bell
with a loud noise— only noise.
The Fox looked; again did
push with his foot ; ran^ the
bell went again, which al
most stunned his ears, but no
other effects followed."---.
" Aye, laid the Fox, you may
tunk and you will, I know not
who or what you are; I nev
er saw you nor your like be
fore ; but this I tbink, that
you are a Jbort.neck'd, thick
fail'd, bare-headed, long
tongued, 'noifybevil, A burst
of laughter, and all eyes fixed
on the stranger, readily help
ed him to the application,
and cured him for that even-
Should war's wild tempest pour in Gal
lia's form,
Thy servant clothe in panoply divine;
And firm, at glory's post on glory's line,
Thence may his arm roll back the raging
storm;
And Adams, Washington, combin'd as
one,
Forever thine, as ffiines the cloadiefs fun.
Around that fin, tenebrous mists may
rife;
Thick murky fogs, and dark wing'd
tempests roll ;
Fell lightnings flilh, or thunders rock
the pole;
Yet pure, serene, 'mid ever lucid Ikies,
The lamp of fire emits essential light,
In floods of boundless day, that know
no night.
So, foreign arts, by pride, or ero'rice
fway'd,
In distant realms a gathering mist may
form ;
Curft anarch strive to wing rebellion's
storm ;
Or rouze /edition wrapt in f alien's (hade ;
Still on a world, the fa shall pour his
rays.
And burn the whole in virtue's awful
blaze.
Illufriots man lin all the virtues great!
Thy country's psetns nerve this feeble
lay;.„ [day ;—
'Tis (he that hails her Adams' natal
Her federate pow'rs ; and ev'ry federal
State,
To heaven's high throne prefer one heart,
felt prayer, [care,
" O be thy life, th' Almighty's cooftant
FOR THE MIRROR.
" TO RAISE THE GENIUS, AND TO MEND THE HEART."
THE
but she and Mr. Anti had
long ten making court to a
stout, two handsel fellow,
called The People : and they
had observed, there was a
certain charm in those words,
which operated to gain his
good opinion and, secure his
prote&tofrr^ut, as ill luck
would save it, this two hand
ed gentleman, after a while,
difeovered the artifice, and
declined haying any further
intercourse with them. The
circumstance that led to this
difeovery wag thi% There
was a^,publication of certain;
papers, called difpatchesfrgm
her bonds of alliance be
tween the parties were drawn
so close, that the complaisant
;fpoufe and the good Mon
;fieur, enjoyed the new bride
in Co. with each other, is
not material co enquire—but
several children—to whom
her policy dictated to give
fuel! names as, Democrat,
Liberty-era; Republi-crat,&c.
Not that she meant; by these
names, to express fully their
true peftiferous characters;
ing at least, of bis intolerable
felf importance and loquaci
ty. '
ALARMING CASE.
^pAKEN dangerouflv ill
[ at his feat in the Unit
ed States, the celebrated and
illustrious personage, known
by the name of Antifederal
Party. His case, as far as
yet has been ascertained, ap
pears to be as follows : The
firft symptoms ofcomplaint
were, a kind of stubborn mel
ancholy, or sullen dumps,
which happened some time
ago, supposed to have been
occasioned by the adoption of
the Constitution. However,
he soon after espoused one
miss Clamor-Against Govern
ment, a lady very deformed,
ugly and possessed of an un
toward, wicked disposition,
being an intolerable scold.
She, by her constant din and
everlasting noise, roused the
one thing is certain, madam
Anti became the mother of
good man from his sullen flu
por to a state of vigor and ac
tivity ; and his convalefence
seemed almost to bid defiance
to the ravages of time. In
this interim, Mr. and Mrs.
Anti contrasted a very close
intimacy with a certain rapa
cious, unprincipled, domi
neering mortal, called the
French ; of whefe company
they grew so excessively fond,
that, 'tis said, they beded 4nd
boarded together; and even
adopted one religion and one
system of politics. Whether
our Envoys, which set forth
in a very clear point of vi<w
thevile and detestable char
acters of their old Cronv and
dear Ally, the trench gentle^
man before mentioned. Said
Dispatches represented laid
Monsieur,, as a notorious
swindler, and savage plunder
er, destitute of every princi
ple that characterizes a civil
and well bred.perfon. This
true statement of things hav
ing alienated the affections of
the strong man. The People,
soon threw Mr. Anti into a
violent delirium or political
mania.
His termagant lady on this
occasion instantly had recourse
to a new expedient. She
changed her name into Cla
mour-againft Adminiftiation,
and with Sentorian voice bel~
lowed as loud against the
measure of Government as be
fore flie had done against its
constituent principle ; but all
to no purpefe ; she then
gave out that (he had taken a
big oath to support the fame
government the had been ex
ecrating with such zeal, and
declared she would religious
ly comply with the fame.
But this likewise was in vain :
the strong man was not gain
ed over ; and the poor pa
tient, flill continued to rave,
and his frenzy is yet increas
ing. The big oath, instead
of relieving, rather seems to
give him some qualms. At
intervals he was frequently
heard to utter incoherent sen
timents, such as, The French!
Scape Devils !---Democrat !
Loft Forever,--Sometimes he
will mutter out his own name,
and instantly subjoin Burning
Sulphur! Ghaftiy Spectres !
and then frightfully gnash his
teeth. Madam Anti has late—
ly employed the noted phy #
fician Doctor Twiftical, but
his piefcriptions as yet have
proved quite inefficacious :
the disorder still rages, and
'tis thought, unless some pow
erful antidote be immediately
admimftered, it will end in
absolute despair. The gen
tlemen of the faculty, or
those most eminent, are earn
estly folicitcd to take this case
,into confideratiun without de
lay—lt is hoped their atten
tion to the fubjedt, will be e
qual to its importance--- Ochi
erwife we shall soon have to
mourn in Sackcloth & Ashes,
and cry Bab) lon the great is
fallen, and the graven imag§
of her gods, (the five Direc
tory) are broken unto the
ground--and there is noq&
to save. D. £Q