The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1789-12-26 00:00:00, page 1

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WHEN poverty and wretch,
ednefs present themfelres
to a man, though bat in
perfpeaive what a group ofill fhapen
fpettres croud on his busy fancy to
aggravate the horror of the profpea.
Negtea; cold contemptuous afped,
~- lours upon him ; while apprehension,
with Contagious sorrow deftroyi the
Very efence of his comforts, and poif
ens all his joys.
Sweet Hope! thou sacred au
thor of the foul ! thou sweet deluding
ill! Thy mighty power alone can
buoy the wretch above the horrors of
his fate,calm his deranged senses, and
diflipate the mist that bars his view
’ from happiness.
But after all, what is it that the
World esteems misfortune. Polinas
entered life with principles that re
rf-flea honour on human nature, early
imbibing the fenciments of morality
fte determined at all events to adhere
to them. But suppose a villain had
injured you and afterwards fell in four
p>wer, said his friend. What then ?
said Polinus will stooping to infamy
Biflipate his guilt? Will two becom
ing guilty lighten the load of depra
vity ? If not why Should I put myfelf
bn a par with the man whole conduct
is adisgrace to humanity ?
Polinas preserved his integrity : He
attended to his business carefully) but
. he attended honestly; and benevolence
beamed forth in all iis conduct: His
praise was in every nioath,multitudes
approved his sentiments, in specula
tion, but alas ! few had the conftan-
Cy of mind to carfry them into prac
tice. ~ „
One misfortune crowded on the back
"iff another, the numerous friendrfwhom
bis benevolence had relieved from
distress, and who had sacredly prom
ised to return the money generously
' advanced id their favour by Polinas,
had unfortunately made engagements
that put it out of their power to pay:
his debtors, were Unhappily so driven
by others, & their neceffitits so g/eat,
as to render 'it impossible fdr ttierri to
, fulfil their contra&s; and those that
dealt most largely with him, sensible
ofrthe honed simplicity of hii inten
tions, and his flight acquaintance with
lot &chicanery,laid their schemes to
enrich themselves by his means;..
Encompassed wittt calamities; Pali
ihs failed: His ruin was complete
-=4nd fuddea ; he Hardly escaped the
^goal. To higfiteh his distress, hfe
^ grind, was continually goaded with
the ifonical comlifteration of the
World; *ith expressions of pit,, which
never had been felt by the condoler,
and hints of imprudence from those
Whofe*rain hie had averted at the ert
fence of hia own, •
. Environed found With these mis
fortunes, lie passed his time in a
gloomy excidhon from joy, &solitary
sadness took full feoffelhon of hi, foul.
Amidst the tirades of the evening he
foundered about the city, without bn-
Imefs, without money, without refpec,
lability, arid confequendy without
friends.
• Alas! said Polinas, is depravity
univerfal —is dilhonerty the result of
man's delitrerations ? Are the virtuous
, designed by providence to bear the
I preffare of rtiisfortane 1 is life under
I lire pressure of the laid Worthy our
, acceptance; or ought we patiently to
exist odder a weight top grievous to
be borne ? How changed are all my
brofeeas ! How- gloomy my appro,
lmGons4 Let me this put a period
to my woes and mortal exigence to-
INEWHAMJ?SHIRE GAZETTEER
For the MORALISTS;
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gether^faid Polinas dalhing his home
ly farHrom before him, the meanness
of which had given rife to the folilo
foy..
At that instant a hungry mendicant
entered his apartment, and humbly
imported a small portion of the des
pised refreshment. Polinas made him
welcome the pilgrim raised his eyes
to heaven, poure<Ffrch the acknowl
edgments of a grateful heart for unex
pected providential bounty ; he finish
ed his repast; and rendered humble
thanks to the supreme difperifer of
every needed bleang r then paid his
refpefts to hii hoft,wilhed him peace,
tranquillity and departed on his way
with joyful heart.
Polinas bluffied For his owri gli!t>
The important lesson of resignation so
forcibly inculcated) shot through the
very centre of his foul. I thank my
God said the now humble Polinas, I
thank the father of eternal mefeies
for sacred confutation amidst a grohp
of fancied miseries. Let me learn
wisdom from the humble mendicant
and do no more so wickedly..
A riling hope suggested to Poliadi
happier feenet, or virtuous refignatfon
under Bufferings. Reflection told
him he had erred. That providence
which alots to us our various trials
kindly bettors a pro penfitv to hap
piness amidst them, if we will but at
tend the dilates of reason under their
operation.
Polinaspanfed : Lhave passed years
said he, in the pursuit of Imppinefs,
vainly endeavouring to bring my cir
cumftanees to mff .hind, and many
anxious seasons have I spent in mur
muring at the decrees of Providence :
Come Heavenly resignation cheer
my mind; and chafe away despairs.
Ml. RaNLET,
A MONG the v#^ polfte #.
dreffe, to the Prefi&nt of the
United States in his tour to the east
ward, and the answers, there appeared
none that discovered the o,
heart, grcatnefs of mind and indent
dence of the man, more than in his an
swers to the foclety of Quakers, the
ministers of the firft Presbytery to the
eaftwatd, a,d to the refpeaable - in.
habitants of the town of Port fmoirth—
tlM firft of these he tells the ''good
Friends, fyt "he is not a franker to
the religion and conduct of their fo
ciety^that bating their net being
willing to ftiare in the common de
fence of the nation, he ffiould con
fide! them WOE the ftft chfa Os
Be calm », fell, th, caret forego,
. All earth born caret are wrong,.
Man wants but, little here below,
Nor wants that little long.
I thank thee oh! myGad,th&tthoti
haft convinced me happiness is a ten.
ant of the mind • that it is neither en
tailed to splendor nor excluded from
penury : that philosophy is nearer to
nature thati art : and that the philo
sophic rtiind may possess the joys of
religion; tranquility and peace, even
in the lowliest Nation. If my views
are honourable, and my attention un
remitted, farel, in vain do I disquiet
myfelf if providence difappgints my
intentions. Supply me day by day with
needed food, so (hall ray foul be feti
fible of Its divine fa,port and witti
humble dependence calmly watt the
descent of the heavenly mannai^^
Such were the reflections of PaliA
u3: Such are the fentimeuti of en
lightened humanity.
Fer the New-Hampihire Gazetteer.
citizens."—To the second he fays :
"I am persuaded you will permit
me to observe, that the path of true
piety is so plain as to require but lit
tle political direaion==to this we
° o gh' <° ascribe the absence of any
regulation; refpefting religion, from
the magna charta cf our country —
To,he ministers of the gofpel.this
important , obje& is more properly
commibted=it will be yfyr care to
inftrud the ignorant, and reclaim the
devious, and pilot them in the path
of morality and feience,”— To the
krt/o? these, he observes : " I fear
the fond partiality of my countrymen
has too highly appreciated my past
exertions—if they have been fuccefs
ful, much ffiould be ascribed to those
who laboured with me in the com- 8
mon caufe/'-—This last idea falls with
great weight— on the one hand it im
plies, give me no mere than my due
—on the other, it reminds the citi-
Mens of their neglect to those who
shared in the common danger, and
fatigue's of the war— lio* many thou
faods of this clif, of men have , thro'
neceflity disposed of their heart -felt
earnings for two (hillings and six
pence ori the pound—and no efficas
ous law has been made to relieve the
diKreffed ; and h<fW has your army
been infalted by the newspapers,
teaming with representations, that at
any time it was in the power of the
President to have led this army and
countered the liberties of,America, $
however falfe and absurd this idea may
be, it has been long grated in the
ears of many brave and virtuous foil
diers—far be it from me to think that
fach an idea ever entered the heart
of so good a man^but ir ft did, it
muftunavoidably vaniffi and' rebound
ufow him ~Tnd so you mighta, well
undertake to scale the heaved of
search into the inriehnoft recefts 6f
nature—as to torii this virtuous ar
my to destroy the liberties of their
country — it is an army made up from
ritefpedable elafs of citizens—fama
lies, friends and connexions at home;
and have borne the danger and fa
tigues of tile war -Buffered hunger;
cold and nakedness, without Scarce a
sigh or a groan. — — This idea still
leads me oh to recount many feenes
through the war i—-UnderProvidence;
who commanded your scattered troops
at Lexington —troops that led^proud
Britons a dance of twenty miles on
end—who comirianded^ at the battle
of Bunker's Hill,was it a u^u/, or an
,Ifralite, § who drew the- beat from
his den, and wrenched tire wolf ftom
tie clift of the rock=who tiughtthc
brave Germans and rough Cahadians
at Bennington; that they were ori
ground, which , hey were wholly un
acquainted with.—-Was it one whose
Banners had heen fofteried by t^e
gentle breezes of the forith; or liar{
dened by the iougli winds of the
north |—Who faught for yog ontfe
i&frSept. and ori thefaibf Offerer;
riear Still Watefr, arid on the iytfi
caused proud Burgoyne to foffadef
hiihfelf arid a great army, f whicp
gave liability to yorir government, &
carifed a natidnril alliance.—Whope
netrated the Weftern torld and bid
1 Gentlesfcri foetid cotfdor.tbat cobfe
.& liberties of a W&r,ta,ebtofc
}frered fy their owe arm,, that H@
trety were gtargll, made #, of tfott
cafe of their own fr foreign nations
who would fight for u/y% tbM would
,a,ebra.
Alfrael Ptauio
. Srorf. . , ;J
t<Lm
the rude savages be still ? • tyho charg
ed bayonets on the right, wing of the
Brltifh army, and made the proud
commands tremble ? § Was ic the
hrertileft hirelings of Germany, or
some of your own persons, who no^
lack then hread ?—-Who checked the
progress of the, British army to the
forithward ; at or near ,e toupees,
so called ?=Wa, it not a Green ang
a ^hompfon, whole names ought for
ever to be .dear to America.—Who
difcobered Arnold's P'o"t? Was it not
some of you: virtuous citizens ? Who
fete £ he&ep and rigged bank of
tifeHudlon,to regain Stonpy-^oint If
Was it David,who lay ip his tent and
willed for the waters of the well of
Bethlehem——-or wds it, the. mighty
man who put their lives in jeopardy t
What said David ? He poured forth
the water .unto the Lord, and refaf,
ed to drink thereof, for ,tie lives of
those who procured it had been id
danger—and what fays our good Pre,
fident ? Great tribute is due to those
who shared with me in the common
defence of the nation.'
PARIS, OCT. C.
/IN the Marquis de 11 Fayette'!
arrival at VerfaiHes on Monday
evening, he demanded an audience n/
the K%; but courtly firaneft beings
then in its meridian glory, Mr toi'
perenitorily refafed admittance: He
then Signified his refutation of ,6,
quitting Versailles Until he had a per.
fonil communication With His Ma
jesty.;
, r tn the interim the ra^ of the wo.
men broke forth into violence —Th#
Guarded du Corps fired on them-#
The regiment de Flandres, and otter
troops, refufed to ad-,and the ill-adfc
vifety Monarch wii once more oblige
fed ;to recede from tii #, lofty pretenfion#
being allowed oaljfive.minotes con.
fideratina b, the Marquis, who de, :
dared, that he was charged by the
city of Paris, to require his presence
ih the capital— and in cats of arefd
fdl^ceuldnot be refpbd&e for hi?
life, 4''' "
The kihg burl into tears,' ahd dt&
tempted to hesitate—but convinced
at length that his danger was immi
met, he relhaanttyagred to feto@
onTaefda,• oh which' da,to pro
ceeded iahis carriage to Paris, with
tie Queen Monfic.ur, his Sifter, Appte
&c. in twelve carriages proceeded
and followed by the Parisian Gua^d,,
the soldiers of other regiments, ^
immense coritoerfe, of, people; ,nq
With the heads of $ Hu &de .Chat
eler, the Dulcedir GufcW and
Compth deLuGgnan, Carried on r pikei
in front of ike proceffon^,,. ^Q
the King wasa_irfynle^ in hi.
Carriage by the Piirice tfe Beauveau,
who on arriving at • ^ Thuillwiee,
attempted to follow his Royal mafter 0
but vias flopped by the Marquis de la
jfayerte, who told,wn there waa no
room for him in the apartments pre
riared fix hi, Majetiy,(
During this fingulaf and horrible
progeffibn, people nocked infrom all
parts of the country; and lined the
teate-and ike whole way fan the
. • Sullivan.
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