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THE CRISIS.
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THE LAST TlME— save ONE.
——Long have! waited ; but YE would not
help— Alas 1 bow often have I called, but ye
would not fair—ln vain have I utterred my
ejaculations—in vain have I laid, '' with
out the Rain, the Corn withers.” “ If the
Stream be withheld, the Mill cannot go?'
&c. &c. Yet alt this was m%W- -and in
general it has been metaphorically received.
-—A—-BUT—— _.
The ' urgent withes' of the Papermaker
(manifefted to me) have reduced me to the
alternative of informing all, who are indebt
ed to me, on Book or Note, tor Newspapers.
&c. before the partnership of Rrssell &
Davis, that unless they make payment to
me, by the 19th of July next, their accounts
will be put under the Guardianship of an At
torney, and the Protection of the Law, to
be enquired,or "in the Name of the State of
Newbamp/bire."
lam, Gentlemen,
your and the public's
devoted humble servant,
ELIJAH RUSSELL.
June 19, 179;.
Domeflic Miscellany.
veritaTUnt^freT^inker.
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FOR THE FEDERAL MIRROR.
HAVING in a series of publications tak
en up, and confiderea all the principal
texts, and clauses made use of by'Mr.F. T.
to prove Uhiverfalifm, and shown the incon
clusiveness of his arguments—l now call up
on him, to take up, and examine all the prin
cipal passages I adduced in my three firft
publications, to prove the other fide the
question, and show the inconclusiveness of
my arguments ; point out, if you can, that
those passages mean no such thing as a dif
tinßion of human character, in the morning
of the general refurre&ion, and universal
judgment, establish by strong and invincible.
reasons, the grand point in dispute, that
men fhdl not be finally Separated to two very
different & everlasting states —This request,
Sir, is realonable,, ^fle no more of you than
the golden rule requires—To do to me as I
have done to you—as 1 have given those pas
sages yoatbrowted in my way, such a particu
lar anfweTas I ttyik confident with the scope
of the divine penman in the context ; so I
desire you now, to give those I throwed in
your way, a particular arafwer—ffiow what
they mean —reduce them all toa consistency
with ycur Scheme.—ls you do not comply
with this reqqlfaionJ fta!| have fufficient
ground, and the public alf& to think you
are incompetent to die talk ; if you can per
form it, then let it speedily be done ; rack
four brain ; summon up the amazing strength
and fertility of your genius, upon so impor
tant a crisis ; and mind and prove things
well as you proceed ; ever bear in mind, that
the most dogmatical assertions, as it is evi-,
dent; it is plain beyond a doubt, the Scrip
tore fays so, arid so, and so—will never a
mount to a proof of one single point, nor will
the ravings of a madman, calling firebrands,
arrows, and death, prove any thing more
than that the writer is in a state of insanity,
and will soon need to be confined, left he
Should harm himfelf or others. Such kind of
treatment of a fubjed is despised by every ju
dicious mind. No Mr. F. T. if you in
tend to do any thing so your purpose, you
must enter upon tht business with coolness,
and deliberation—you must name the chap
ter, and the verse, where those passages are.
found, thaf are against you, and enter into
the very spirit of the connexion ; you must
compare scripture with scripture, and take
the general drift, and current of the whole ;
and if you will follow these diredions impar
^tially, and can prove your scheme to be true,
b, fair arid rational dedudions from thecoo<
, neded chain ofrevealed truth, you will fatif- +
me and the public, and have innumerable
: frofelytes, and be cried up for ill great a man
r in divinity, as Sir Isaac Newton was in phi
' lofonhv—But if you can't do this, is it not
your strength lies, and reduced them into a
rational corififtency #hh the doßrlne, that
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all the finally impenitent and wicked shall go
away into everlasting punishment ?— This is
undoubtedly rcafonabl^ —But I very much
scruple whether you are fufficienHy convid
ed to make a found convert. I shall there
fore, in the remainder of this, and some fol
lowing numbers, proceed to administer sev
eral more corrosives, that the dangerous dis
order, with which you have been some time
affiiaed, may be featched to the bottom, and
an affeaual cure be made of a poor diftrefl'ed
patient—For me to ad the part of a faithful
physician, in his case, I think must be very
grateful to the public ; for what eye did not
weep, what heart did not fvmpathize, when
they fee him in one of his publications, in the
utmost anguish, turning to his brethren, and
uttering in mournful accents, his dismal
complaints—(that the flood-gate of hell was
flung open against them, and his Infernal
Majesty venting his spite through a poor
weak inffrument,) and endeavouring to com
fort himfelf and them, with the consideration
of the shortness of their time. The speedy
approach of their dissolution, and certain de
liverance from all their troubles, arid efpeci-.
ally from one Veritas, the growling author
of their present calamities. Be not difeour
aged Mr. F. T. I cannot yet b, persuaded,
that your disorder is mortal, though the
fymptems .appear somewhat alarming, yet by
proper application, and a ftrift regimen, I
make no doubt of your recovery.—l perceive
that the apostolic pills, administered not long
since, have operated pretty powerfully ; that
is a good ffgn, when medicine has an effect
upon the patient ; and though fomeof these
pills are bitter, and go against the grain of
nature ; yet, Sir, 1 should advise you to take
them plentifully, upon an empty stomach ;
one when you go to bed, and another when
you rife in the morning ; fee that you digest
them well ; it will have a good tendency to
purge off peccant humours ; to dispel wind ;
to scatter the miffs and clouds from the brain;
to brighten the eye of the foul, and enable it
to discover the difference between one object
and another ; to lay down right promises,
and drawjuft conclusions —ls you will follow
these prescriptions exeaty, thafrifr&^rot
profped of your recovery; otherwise, it ap
pears to me the disease will be fatal ; and do
not despise the advice, because it comes troop
a poor weak instrument—Yon know the ,Al
mighty has been wont to work by weak
mearM, to confound the mighty, and base
things, and things despised, yea, and things
that are not, to bring to nought things that
are, that no flefh Should glory in his presence.
Do not think, that Veritas is your enemy,
becaufe!h, has fold you the truth— No, be
wishes you, and the^reft of his fellow men,
Ihealth; and filiation upon the true plan of
the gofoel ; but he does not wish you, or
^they, Should be' deceived; and walk on fe
;curely in the mists of error and delusion, till
you drop suddenly and remedilefly into the
, pit of ruin ; he therefore view* it, as the
most friendly a&, to endeavor by the help of
God, to rescue you from your damnable her
esy, and restore you to sober thoughts, and
principlesof rdigipn—A corruption of prin
ciple eye# has, and ever will be attended with
a corruption of praaite, and therefore it is
the duty of every friend of mankind, to guard
them as much as possible, against the errors
and exorbitance of the former, in order to
preserve the purity and regularty of the lat-
I ter.' F&C<;
VERITAS.
The Interested Marriage.
A MORAL TALK.—[Coar/u/ef.]
, -.1 I*# & Her ==a|k4 * : %•
Q RUNSDEN was not the only person
chagrinned upon this occasion. Mr.
' and Mrs. Willis themselves were concerned
at the revolution which Mr^Dorman's lega
cy had produced in their daughter's mind.;
They had a real regard far Mr Brunfden, as
they knew him to be a sober, diligent, frugal
young fellow, and rejoiced on his account as
I well as Patty's, When the fortunate ekprefs
arrived; but they were as unfuccefsful in
their enquiries into the caufeofthe alteration
in her sentiments with refped to her lover,
as he had been : She only told them, as the
had informed him, that flie chose to remain
as she was. Y Q
The truth is, Patty's mind began to swell
with ambitious ideas I She looked down on
her walking lover ; the looked up to those
among her female acquaintance who rattled
through the ftrects in their carriages. Hav
ing now a fortune to demand a coach, Ihe
wis determined hot to marry without one.
C 0 NCO RD, FRIDAY, June 26, 1795.
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She didnot continue long in a Rate of wir
ing for a husband with a coach : to increase
her joy, the man who solicited her hand had
not only a coach, but a Title. An^minent
merchant, who had made a prodigious figure
and who had lately been knighted, paid his
addresses to her, entirely for the fake of her
fortune ; in a great measure, for the fake of
bis title, the listened to them. She felt no
p\ , > ffeffions iu his favor ; but his appear
ance dazzled her eyes, and the rathef thild
ifhly exulted at the thoughts of being a lady.
Sir Peter Jenkins inherited a considerable
fortune from his father, a plain, plodding
citizen ; but from the time of his corning in
to possession of it, he had taken more pains
to impair than to improve it. He was ver,
sharply looking out for a woman with more
money than wit, to enable him to recruit his
finances, when a friend of his pointed out
Miss Willis as an objed worthy of his atten
tion. Sir Peter, extremely ready to avail
himfelf of his friend's recommendation,
found it an eaf, matter to be introduced to
Miss Willis^ and bis introduction was soon
followed by the completion of his wishes.—
To the sincere concern of Mr. Brunfden, and
not at all to the fatisfaction of Mr. and Mrs.
Willis, who thought that she had used her
firft lover ver, ill, and were not dazzled with
the splendor of her second, Patty gave her
.hand to Sir 'Peter ; and by so doing gave
herfelfa right to the enjoyment of her lega
cy- . .
Her legacy, lady Jenkins received, but me
did not enjoy it. Sir Peter, having married
her merely for her money, and being a man
too much devoted to himfelf tolove any other
human creature brea hing, treated her with
so little ceremony, with such wickedness and
contempt, after he had got her fortune into
his power, that she, before the expiration of
her firft matrimonial year, fervently wished
she had been plain Mrs. Bruufcen. Th?
urihippinefs she endured as a wife, prevented
her from receiving any pleasure from her ti
tle. Sir Peter's cruel and unmerited ufoge,
effectually cured her of her ambition ; and
the patron which ambition had driven from
her bosom. rapidly returned. She sighed,
she wept for Brunfden ; but vain was every
heart felt sigh ; fruitlefs every falling tear.
She was married —she vm miserable. In such
mirations as these, bad wives strike upon ways
to relieve themselves under the weight of
their afflictions, which good ones never dream
pf. Many a modern- wife, finding her hus
band totally disgusting to her m every re
spect—a Wretch—looks upon the ftrta objer
roance of her Nuptial romi by no means riecef
fdry. Boldly breaking through them, she
singles out her favorite man, and Attaches
herfelf to him; yet no longer than his be
havior is agreeable; She then ——-
But lady Jenkins Was not a woman of this
fort; in spite of her cordial aversion to Sir
Peter, daily strengthened by a series of the
moftgalling provocations, she would rather
have died than have brought a ftaia upon her
honor, by proving unfaithful to his bed. —
Her resolution with regard to the preserva
tion of her honors was in the highest degree
I la#dfibte; her fufferings in consequence of
that resolution, were ftyere; for she could
!not help feeling sensations at the fame time,
almost fufficient to make her guilty of crim
inal proceedings. Brunfden pitying herdif.
tresses, andloving her more passionately than
ever, pressed her so warmly, in a long letter,
after several difeouraging anf*ers, to put
! herfelf under his protection, and to rely up
ion his fri&ndlhip, that she at last consented
to close with him. The place in which they
agreed so live together as friends, till they
could be lawfully united, was Georgetown,
and they set but bn their journey, in away
which would) they imagined, (efficiently
guard them from a parfait ; but they were
mistaken Just when they were within a few
I miles of their retreat, and were, indeed giv
;iog a loose to the most agreeable reflections,
bcc?fioned by their fuccefsful elopement,
their chaise was fuddenl, ordered to flop, &
Sir Peter himfelf appeared. Brunfden was
, immediately commande^by; Sir Peter, with
a piftol^at his bread to return the lady ; he
inffead of obeying him, twisted the pistol out
of his hand, ahd Shot him dead. He then
turned to recover lady Jenkins, who had
fainted ; but in vain—her eyes were closed
forever. °
Be this an admonition to ava
ricious and ambitious persons of
both sexes.
4
.FOREIGN.
FRENCH NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Sitting bfzift April.
rHE following is the tetter of credence of
the Ambassador Extraordinary, froth the
King of Sweden, just arrived.
«^GUsrarvs adolphus, by &
Grate of GOD, King of the SiotJn.,^ fbe
Goths, "and of the Tundab, Heir of Denmark
and Norway, Duke of Sthelewg, Ho/flein,.
Hormarie and Dithmar fen, Count of Olden
bourg, and of Delmenberfl—To the very
honorable, and very illuflrious, our friends
and allies, by us fine erely cherifeed,fhe citi
zens Repre/entatives-ef the French Repub
lic, ^c. eh.Sc"
" Desiring to afford you a proof of our
friendship, and our sincere sentiments to
wards you ; and to draw as close as possible
the ties of friendfhip, which for a number of
years have united Sweden to France; we
have, In conftquence, and to have near yen,
an interpreter, capable of expressing to you
our sentiments, conferred the charge of our
Extraordinary Embassy, upon the Chamber
lain of the Queen of Sweden, and Knight oh
our order of the sword, our faithful and well
beloved fobjea, the Baron Eric Magnus
Stael de Holstein ; known by his tal
ento and by his Integrity in conducing af
fairs, and who, for a long time, has resided
in your capital..
We hope, with confidence, that you will
receive with pleasure the efforts he will make
to cement the alliance of our mutual friend
(hip. —As we do not doubt this will be a
greeable to you; we entreat you, with friend
fhip and cordiality, to give every assistance to
our said Ambassador Extraordinary ; and to
give full credence to every thing, which, with
his adlive loyalty,.be will address to,ou in
our name ; and in virtue of our orders ; more
especially when he (hall assure you of our fin^
cere sentiments towards ybu ; and of our in
defatigable zeal to concur in our mutual ad
vantages.
Finally, we proffer our best wishes for the
continual increase of your prosperity, and we
heartily recommend you to the divine pro
teflion."
Given in our Royal Palace^ at Stockholm, the
23d Feb. 1795, during the minority of the •
King, my most element mufler.
(Signed). CHARLES.'
Umtataub, Rosen HANE.
ft, Tbe Address of the S<usedifb Ambafodor,
to which the following is an answer, having been
loaned, for tranjiation, bat been mijfelaced and
PRESIDENCY OF CITIZEN SEYES.
Seffioris 41b Tloreal, April 22.
The President answered the Ambassador from
4 Sweden, in the following terms;
Boron EricMagnusStabl deHolstein,
Ambassador Extraordinary from Sweden.
The universal applauses which have pre
ceded my answer, have fufficiently assured
you of the sentiments of this affemhly ; you
perceive with what fatisfadion we welcome,
in your person, the friendly nation, in whole
name you come to revive our ancient alli
ance. Partake with us in the sincerity of
this firft emotion of our hearts ; the pinafores
I of.the most affecting fraternity. The fple.u-
Idid homage you have paid, before the repre
sentatives of a free people ; “ to the natural
and imprescriptible rights of nations," does
honor to the government which fends you.
It is worthy to constitute an epoch in the
ihiftory of Liberty.
kTe owe to Sweden this folernn teflimony, that
fa has not waited for our fucce/s to maniftft her
good difpofitrods towards the French Republic.^
;Yes ! long before vidor,, everfaithful tothe caute
of Liberty, baa begun to loose the knots tftheo
action; which attacked us ; even at the periled
when thegntef dangers appearedfill to threaten -
us on all sides, the SweiiJb nation paid eulogiums
!to dur courage, and invoked bp ber secret wifas,
I tboje triumphs we toeface obtained; this waj
all fa could so under a King, who had wifoed to
discover himfelf pr/onally our enemy, without be
ing checked by the fear at the jams time, of lofag
fight of the true interests of his country.
Scarce had a chief more worthy of htr, mfumed
tbe reins of groermurnt, than wejaw him eager to
break tbe cbatn, by wbichGJarons the Ilid. me
deawoured to attach him to the League four l
mice ; since which, foe has always with the fame
loyalty reputed both their corrupt entreaties and -
in fol nt threats ; and as her attactontjor the
French nation well never degenerate, the Nattona
Convention think they may foe the Prmce you
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