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CKKTLKWKN,
The task oa have assigned to me
Is difTicult to perform ; but, aS'it is your
vi i, I wave personal i'eelinir, and
•make the If I equal yon
pe. rations, it will I c because those
extiertations are moderate, and yon are
Indulgent; but if, as it is most probable,
disappointerl, have the can
to allow, that the fault lie? In
•a great measure with you*-elves—that
yn i m ide an improper selection when ,
yea Cx. d upon me as the orator of the
(lay.
i. vintrit to the master of the Lyre,
yonr L tnre,it bard, to sing your praises, !
am 4 to warm your fancies; I must be i
content to appe 1 to your sober senses', j
And, If I shew jnst cau*.t* for congratu- !
latitm, to the members of the Society . it j
rrav add a zest to the festivity of the J
day. _ j
In contemplating the extent and infi-!
nite variety of the universe, we are lost '
in its immensity—and man is but an '
atom: yet let the mind be directed to j
an examination of its own pow rs; its
nntrolltble expansion--, facility ofinven-1
tion, accuracy of reasoning, and facul
ties of enjoyment, an-l Ik- rises in tne j
sc de of beings almost to aD< ity. With J
Intellectual powers to whi h no limits}
are perceived, he can quit, almost at ]
pleasur-p, the ties of mortality*- range!
through nature, and admire toadora-l
tion. He can enjoy, unsatiatecl, the 1
Contemplation of the works of infinite j
wisdom; h can, even in this world,;
enter mmn whit mu-t constitute the'
lilies of future existence. Capable as I
livm is of being all that can be wisin I !
and admil%d, his pas.ions and vices, i
unrestrained by a "-knowledge of their j
eff cts, frequently place him beneath '
the brute, and sink him to the demon !
ll t is either the opprobrium of ere ation,
or an etherial flame, giving light and
■warmth to all within its sphere : the
connection with matter so slight, that he , !
remains unsullied by the coinniunica- j
tion.
In tracing man from thi otlie ;
civili til state, we see the fully of those j
pursuits which spring from our passions; i
we cannot remain unconvinced that he ,
is a lohc-t, wiio gives up the improve- j
no nt of his mind and the pleasures of
intellect, for objects which satiate in
enjoyment, and are only valu el be
cause, difficult to attain. We shall see
the life of the savage barbarian, and un
tutored peasant, so embittered by care,
e>r so hull to reflection, that inebriety
anel sleep are resorted to as the first of
pleasures ; suspending for a while the
consciousness of existence, and its ac
company ing evils. On the other hand,
the man of intelligence and a cultivated
mind avoids those pursuits which would
involve himself Ik ethers in difficult!
enjoys-whatever isbtau'ifu) in creation ;
he knows the true value of those objects
b men pursue ; he will Hot give up
the exercise- of his faculties for tie plea
sures of the beittle, or the respect of
ty for the stupid ttreams which
fallow Intox'tei tion. If the term of our
tence bemtaimredby theau cession
ed our itleas, the man of reading and re
flection can scarcely be constderetl as
within the ordinary limits of days anel
years—be travels through burner ages;
is transported to all regions, and enters
by anticipation on those pleasures which
are reserved for society in its most per
fect state.
( n the lives and manners of indivi
duals the « Sects of reading and stu iy
are best seen. For, whether it is, that \
the mind uninfluenced by the passions,
in contemplating and commenting on
the acti tis of those who have been
in- st roe pinions in the history of the
age e»t their existence, becomes ena
m< i-.. d -f virtue ; or, viewing the ef
fects of those actions, and passing judg
ir:' nt on them, with- ut the bias of the
motives which imp. lied to their per
form, net, it forms a c< m ct estimate of
what ha-sbeen generally prized hy the
vie bus or the vain—the consequence
seems to be, that ed making nun more
consielef atej Cempef ate, and domestic.
The lives cd' philosophic and literary
men prove this ; for, of all whom lu
•grafihy has recorded, they are the
niilele-st and most amiable. Imleed, so
uniform and noiseless is generally the
tenor of tin ir ways, that it is oifficult
to gather Incident enough to make a
t» iiatKw of the tile of the most emi
nent among them interesting.
To have acquired a fondness for
Tending, and to be e.rir.e. <■• nvinc, cl that
it is the principal source of amusement
and instruction ; that it enables us the
better to know*, and discharge, our d.i
--; tnat it is the •;
from which all thatisHtheramia
agreeable.flows—is to have laid a basis
on which our ln.ppiness miy safely
rest; in prosperity our guide, our con
ion in adversity, General M
is the parent of toleration and
manners ; it teaches us to conti nan the
foolish trammels of hypoeiicy ; it pre. j
v« ntsour becoming the dupes of whin.
ing and canting knavery ; and,it nervt's j
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the patriot's arm, to meet the rod of
political oppression. It is the divieiiag
line between the freer.ah and the j
si.ive.
Ahacknied, hut never to be exhausted
Ct oi Felicitation presents itself in I
eve ry consideration connected with let
tern : the advantages which mankind i
has derived from the invention of print- I
ing. To the press nlone, elo we owe ill
which make's the present air,
to those- which have passed. This '
mighty) and irresistible weapon In the
■ oftrdsh, has prostrated the fiend
of superstition, and liberated the hu
man tninel from ►in* dark and comfort
less cc-iis of religious intolerance ; by
its powerful ajd, the blood-stained ban*
nirs of feudal chieftains have been
I wrested from their gripe, and hung as
trophies on the altar of civil liberty ; —
the miserable vassal has risen from the
dust, and taken a statieri among rational
■s, The sons of Genius and Com*
: rherce, thus ,-ideel, gave the riches of
: the East,and a new world in the Went,
jto esrfrausted Europe; an asylum to
j Oppressed humanity, and a resting place
|to science, after traversii'.i>; the clr
! cumference ot the globe I With the in
vrnt.on of printing, and the revival ot
! letters, man received a new stimulus to
; exertion ; the abuses which had
j sanctioned by ages of ignorance and
• irism, tottered to thrir bases, ant)
fell in ruins about tpe heads of their
j supporters. All that pious fraud and
j superstitious terror had *.-xtort*-d from
j repentant villainy, and was accumulut
] ing for the purpose of entombing' he hu
i man intellect, was arrested ; tlieshatts
)of ridicule, whin pointed by truth and
j launched trom the press, were more
j powerful than the thunder of the Vati
! can ; the libraries which holy monks
\ had preserved from tiie eyes of the
( profane, and the benefices which they
enjoyed, became the lawful prize ot
their antagonists anel conquerors. A
I new era opened, and society propelled
by si ii'iice has been progressing towards
perfection with an accelerated velosity.
Each succeeding age started from the
j point, where the preceding had stop
ped, and took a flight, beyond what the
• most vivid fancy had dared ntem
plate. The feelings, and the reas. n ..t
{ every one will support me in these as-
J set-thus:—for, ne. one who has turned
the crimsoned page of history—who
.has examined the state 'of society, in
j former times, would wish that his lot of
I exister.ee had been cast at an earlier
period.
As the invention of printing was the
happy means of liberating mankind
from the shackh s of ignorance and bar
barism ; as it Has been the medium
through which knowledge has been
Communicated from man to man, and
age to age, so has the liberty of the
press, been hailed by freemen as the'
saviour of polrl ty, and dreaded
by tyrants a.- the great, and only c
foal obstacle to their schemes of ambi •
tion. Can we then, wbni all that We
value as most dear to' our happiness,
and the welfare ot our posterity ;
all that our fondest wishes anticipate for
future generations, are dependent on
this great boon to man, a free press, I
ever patiently see it violated* It is im
possible! And, happily for us, it is the
ai .I.or of our political afk. Y> c
mast be traitors to the constitution under
which we are happy ; to the country we
love, and to those solemn recognitions
of our rights as men, which God • 8
implanted in, and reason mad.- Known
to us, before we shrink from itsdefeuce
at every hteard.
Our foci*-ty lias* now CJtifted long
etlOUgh to develope its tendency and
merits. Combining as it does, improve
■ mrnt with rational conviviality it af
fords, I hope, to every individual of
which it is compofed, more* fatisfaC\io*n
than lif derives from any other foufce of
equal expencc. Its bonds arc thofe which
n- ture has ufed in connecting man to
man ; effecting by united exer'ions
what no individual can accomplifli, and
by comhining the fmall pow: rs of each
bellowing a great benefit on all.
It is proper that we fhould occafion
ally meet to ent.erch.tnge fentiir.ents ■
that we fhould feck the efteein and cul
tivate the friend (hip ot thofe we refpeeft ;
for happinefs is but half enjoyed
where there are none to participate.
To fee the finding occontented face of
the friend you efteem, is of itselt, an j
enjoyment beyond, what ,'ievrnif-.nthrope
can hope for. In this.country bled a
bove all others in its civil inilitutions,
thole friendly greetings fhould fre
quently take place. We feel nothing
•overninctit but its" a'-lvan:
00** tor religion's fake, —thoi'e
odious.divisions of lociety, in its diiTer* I
ent calls or clafiVs, which have nd
foundation in or in natj
thofe hatrdAs and jeaioufies with
the munis of men are pjifoned aj
each oth i, to pn vent a union of t,
pT fled ; thoic I ihiei which de
baf. -the miiid and eotai wretchedneft on
: thoufauos, in the* < Id World aye un
known and unfelt by the citizens of
, America. Here man way meet man
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEJ, HARRISON SMI TH, PENNSYLVANIA AVKNUIs.
NOTICE.
T
• HE Subficriber wifhing to lesve the city
, offers for fale the properly where he now
1 lives, viz. TWO LOIS in Square XS.front
ini* on B ftreet 78 icet 3 inches, xnd runniii-j
--bactt 181 fret *nd halt. The buildin*r* are a
convenient Fr.ms DXVELLING HOU3JK,
Smoks Hotifc. 8c Ice Houle ; two Lime Kilns
and Lime Houfc ; like-wife a handl'ume gar
den.
On the fouth of the ftreet in f*|nare P9 is a
wharf, fufficirnt to hold aoo cords of stood at
1 once II this p.opcrty is net fold at private
1 fab hefe>rc the firft day of May next, it will
it day be fold to the liiji-hctt bidder, on
j thr premifes, at 4 o'clock ♦*. M.
Terms, one third of the purchafe money
1 will l>e rceiuired In 60 days, one third in fix
months, and the remaining third in twelve
months. The purchafer giving l.'g rotes en
r- the city or s>corg*:town banks, with a
-rood endorfer.
JOHN STEPHEN.
March *i— wtM
\
FIFTY* Dollars Reward.
O rOLBN out of the flabls of Mrs. Eliza
beth Wells near Anne, Prince Georges
county on Monday night laft the 6th inlt. a
ULACK HOK..SK ; he is at this rime a ib-cd
dirg which makes him appear brown, he has
t fear under his throat which has young hair
that i* very black at this time * he is about 14
hands I-» high, Bor 9 years old, paces, trots
and gallops, has a droopt rump (hod allruund.
Ten Dollars will be psid for the horle alone
and all reafenable charges and the above ieu
v/ard for hurfe and thief by
GEORGE W. WILLS.
April 10— 2ft
Treasury Department of the United}
Stales, April 2J, 1807. £
Whereas the Commillioners of
the Sinking Fund, at a meeting held on the
43d d**.y of March ISO 7, did rele-lve, that the
fum remaining to complete the expenditure ol
the annual appropriation of eight millions of
doli*-r», fhould among other purpofes he ap
plied to the reimbud'emenc of the taus -ni
iislf rsa ct«r. stock, created in purfu
ance ot an atSi of Congrels, pal Ted on the 3rd
I day of March t**9s.
This is therefore to give notice, that the
principal of the laid Four and half per cent
.Stock, will 011 furrender of the certificates be
p-iid on the ift day ot o<stoher next enfuing,
the dace hereof to the refpec-tive Steckholdcrs
or their lawful Repr«fentatives or Attornies
tiuly conftituted and author ted, either at the
f rcafnry or at the Loan Office as the cafe may
he. where credits have been given for the
amount of ftock reflectively held by them , &
that if sintered whirh may hen be dueonfaid
ftock, will alfo be paid tti the refpsciive Stock"
holders or their lawful Rcprcfetitativea of
Attornies duly conftituted and authorifed
It is further nude known for the itiforma
tlou of the parties concerned, thst no transfer!
of the f»id Tour and half per cent. Stock,
either Irom, or to the books of the Trca(nry,
or from or to the books ot a Commtfiioner of
Loans, will be allowed after the firft day of
September enluing. and th«* intereft on all
certificates of faid ftock, which fhall not hsve
been lurrendered in purfusnee of this Notifi
carion will ctafe and determine on the d3y
preceding the day, hereby fired for the
reimburiemcnt thereof.
ALBERT GALLATIN,
Secretary of the Trealury.
April 6—wt»3o
jas a friend and brother, he may feck
happiricfi in ft is own way ; and whiift
( he tliflurbs not the rcpoft; of others, lie
1 need not ti ar that his own will be bro
; ken in upon. Thja fentiment we ought
I to feel and exprefs upon every occalion :
1 lor whilft it gives us a confciouinet's of
tiie peculiarly fortunate (late we enjoy,
lit will alfo give as vip;or and decilioii
!in oppofing thofe inroads which cor
-1 ruption or ambition may be delirous of
i effecting. It was virtue, aided by in
telligence which attained anel fcctired
to us tiie blefling of peaceful lociety \
!it is by virtue and intelligence only that
j they can .he tranlmicted to iucceeuing
generations. 1
Knowle-dge and the fpirit of freedom ,
j have been much dilToled by reading
locieties and book clubs. Wliillt tbe
mind is tieafuring up wilV.om, it is kept
alive to the occurrences ot the day ;
and the love of independence keeps
pace with the expanfion of intei
le£t. For where man examines for
hinilelf he will prefer the tru li, which
when once imoibed can never be again
totally eradicated. If the peopl* are
enlightened, there is no danger of their
becoming a prey, either to knavery or
ambition : expofure and difgrace rttuft
follow all attempts againfl a govern
ment which fo many are iutcrefled in,
and able to defend. Every one who
loves our government btcaule he under
(tands the principles of it~ organization ;
and fees wherein it is capable of con
tinuing the bleifings lie enjoys under it,
will when it is menaced, not only give
it his fupport because called upon by
law fo to do, but becailfr he con.
iit the belt eilate and inheritance he can
tranfmit to his children.
MONDAY, APftIL 20,1807.
TO RUFUS IvltfG, Esq.
Sta,
From your silence on the s-t'iject of
my~ letter of the 4th Inst; 1 presunrie,
that I am not to be: honored wiih a re
ply. Perhaps this m.n be owing to my
temerity in addressing him, whom Mr.
C •' tman calls *' the first man in ihe
com.try." Of the h ighJt to which your
friends exalt or wish u> exult you, I
Confess 1 w;.s not aware when t-rashly
ventured to question the propriety of
some part of your past condo
thought that, in this country, you had
many equals ; and I protest i imagined
I that Mr. Jefferson, for instance, was
I your superior, You wul,
1 bops, excuse r.ny ignorance in this
respect, and attribute it to the circum
stance of my being an alien, anel of
course not yet sufficiently acquainted
with the local politics of this coun
try.
though you, sir, have not ha»ored
me wiih your notice- I have been abun
dantly honored by your friends; and
yet, extraordinary as it may appear, I
mean to pay little attention to their as
siduities, but to envelope* myself in dig
nity like y<mr own. As fai\aß they
have attempted to attack my character
I shall leave it to be defended by others, j
or rather to defend itself. Not that 3
nffect to be insensible to the value of
public opiuion ; hut in truth, sir, in the
present pressure ot professional busi
ness, 1 have not time; to dojustii c both
to you anel to myself; anel I think it of
infinitely more importance to the Com
munity, in the existing crisis, to make
known what you are than-what 1 am.
You are the: candidate for public f ever,
and your conduct is the proper su'ject
of public enquiry. Permit tne, howe
ver, sir, before 1 enter upon that in
teresting topic, to make a few general
observations touching myself. Mr.
C'deman has brought forward some ex
tracts from tbe reports of the secret
committee in Ireland.—l think it more
than probable that he was not himself
m possession of these documents—trom
whom tliPn did he* receive them . ? —
There is no person in this country more
likely to have them, than the -g iv.lem n
who was at the time, the resident mi
nister at London.—When you handed j
them to him, perhaps your memory
might have served you to state, that as
soon as those reports app'.are iin flu
prints of the day, Dr. M'Kevin, iV. r
O'Connor, and myself, at that time
stat. prisoners, by an advertisement to \
which we subscribed our names, pro
tested against the. falsehood and mao
curacy of those reports - for which act
we were remitted to close custody in our
rooms, for upwards of three months,
and a proposal was made hi the Irish
House of Commons by Mr. M'Nagthen,
<n Orangeman, to take us out aud hang
us without trial ! You might also, per
haps, have rectillecteel (for it has been
published) that while we were in that
situation, other state calumnies ace*i
dentally reached the ears ot one of our
fellow suftirers in another prison, who
wrote a letter to the. editor of the. Cou
rier in London, for the purpose ot con
tradicting them, and inclosed a copy ol
his letter to Lord Castlereagh. Upon
this Mr. Secretary Cooke waa sent to
iofi rm him, that if lie puolished the
contradiction he should be hanged ; to
that he replied that he was ready to
meet the event; upon which Mr. Cooke
told him that since he was indifferent
about his own life, he must know that if
ho-persevered, the whole system of
courts martial, massacre and horror
.shoiild.be renewe 1 throughout the coun
try. By that menace he was effectually
restrained. Had you thought of men
tioning; those things, you might have
jocul .rly added, that though these state
ment* might serve some present party
purposes, it was rather more unfair to
judge of us by the calumnies of the
Irian government than it wduld be to
judge of Mr. Jefferson and his friends
by (he editorial articles in tin* Evening
Post. The weapons you are using have
been tried in Ireland among my friends
and my enemies, where every tiling
was minutely known, an.! they tailed of
effect. If 1 had ever done any tning
mean or dishonorable, if I had aban
doned or compromised my character,
my country or my cause, I should not
be esteemed and beloved in Ireland as
1 am proud loknow 1 am ; 1 should not
the affection and respect of my
i countrymen in America-, as
you, sir, an.l ytanv. friends confess I do,
It would wotbe in the power ot one who
bad departed from the line of his duty
in the us ami, his common country, by
■ imply expressing to them his senti
ruen s of j ou, to elo yon such an essen
tial injury t\» I am accused of having
commuted.
■ charge made againstm€, is
lam an i . rl. ring in the
politic., ol Jns country. Be it so tor a
.n.uo nt, and let me ask why i.-. it that 1
ara an alien in this my adopted country
US', in consequence
it» pferencv, I -va- prevented
from coming to it in 1798, en I from be
»tur*llize<s upwards of ihree ye .is
Snpp v ng in. n iaat J should re
frain from roterm ddftrtg with politics
in over, other c*se; where you arc con.
From the American Citizen^
* PortUfiine teas not nr'uraiiztd,
and I understand that Mr. C*rp ■ nicr
** nst. Cu-.it-. v..
cernerlt feel myself authorises! t.. . -•. r
tbe fights oi a cltfaen a-; far as by
law I miv; for yn\\ known it .
blished rule of equity and goed -.en-a
that no nrui shall
(own wrong. Bui h « do .•. n i i'<\-»
wardf Not as a citizen, Imi as., wit*
j ness. Allow me to ask you, il I
1 a knowledge of f cts which Could
j prove Mr. Jeff rson guilty of a robbery
or a ch< at, and v lit to he- tru/ted with
power, would you think me culpubleit,
j hot withstanding my all mad*
j them kn>Wn to the public to |iv
j their being deceived and misled ? And
;sh dl I not be permitted be mse in con
sequence of your very misconduct 1 am.
I not a citizen, to testify to facts Which,
willprove you unfit to be ehtrum
thisc 'untry with any kind i [
j power? Whether P. -t-t-r Pore.apint or
I.Mr. Carpenter evei went through the
l'f>rmsof nanir. '•;•/.:.tion,* 1 knoWnotj
but pet-haps (hey might both be safely
I con ,i '• reel as --1 i» ns, and yet 1 have ne
ver he.;rd any of your friends censure
their interference In the politics of A
merit*. Ido not mention those gentle*
men as my model;-, nor pVopose their
example as my vindication, but 1 wish,
to shew the pliability of those prim :
which are to be erected mtoal>..
against me.
As a witness, then, sir, I come for
| ward to testify >ot to mv countrymen,
■ but to the elertfYs of this city, "to the
whole of the U. S. if you should ever
aspire to govern them, ;-.hl f now pre
sent you with my c vide;
In the summer of 1798, after the at
tempt of the people of Ireland tor'the ir
| emancipation had been completely <.!■-.,
feated ; alter --'very -.mud body bad
been dispersed or had sum .mitred,
except a few men that had taken re
'" tht- m untains of VVicklow -—.
while military tribunals, house burninga,
shootings, torture and every kind of
devastation were desolating and over
whelming the defenceless inhabitants,
some ol the state prisoners then in con*
tenement, entered into a i>eyoc.ir<tiou
with the Irish ministers fur effecting a
general amnesty ; and as an induce--.
u.tnt offered- among nth* r things not
neceslary to the examination ot your
conduct, to emigrate' to such country as
might be agreed upon between them
and tin- gow rnniPiit, When I consent
ed to this ..(lei, for one ( nd It was the
case with the great majority)l solemn*
ly declare that I was perfectly apprised
that there were no legal groxnde di
vered upon which to proceed against
me . I further knew that the crown
srdicitor had, in answer to the ennui*
riesof my friends, informed them there
was no intention of preferring a bill of,
indictment against me. So, much for
the personal considerations by which I
might have been actuated j. and now,
sir, to return.
The offer was accepted, the bloody
system was stopped for a time, and was
not renewed until alter your intern i -
ence, and after the British ministry had
resolved openly to break. Its faith with
us. On our part, we performed
stipulations with Hie roost punctilious
fidelity, but in such a manner ; l
preserve to us the warmest approba
tion of our friends, and to excite tv,- !
greatwst dissatisfaction of i ur enemies,
Government soup perceived that on the
s-ore of interest it had caleo-l ted bad
ly, and had gained nothing 1". -: :u
tract. It was afraid of letting t:.- go alt
to develope and u'eu-uhe v
presentations and calumnii s that Wtre
studiously set afloat, and h 're,
1 am convinced, determined to \:
Its engagements by keeping us prison
ers as long as possible. How was this
to be done I In the commencement ct
our negotiation, lord -Castlereagh de r
clared as a reason for our acceding t>
government's possessing a negative Off.
our choice, that it had no worst pi cs
in view for our emigration than the
U. S. of America. We In ! made one
el'-ctiontp-gothere,tt wi hedhmit-i have
our agreement carried into execution.
In that difficulty you, sir, afforded very
effectual assistance to the faithlessness
of the British cabinet. On the Kid of
September, Mr. Marsden, then Under
secretary, came to in lor.nets that Mr.
King had remonstrated against i r.r be
ing permitted to emigrate to America, i
This astonished t>.s all, and Dr. M l Ne«
s-inyery plainly said that he conMd :fed
this excuse as a mere trick betWetn'
ing and the Bri -b :;-. •■V-nmeiit.
Tins, Mr. Marsden detned*, aud on be
ing pressed to know what r asm s Mr,
King co il ! h .v. for pfevettilng us, wht»
A'ei\" avowed republican-■. from mi
gr,.ting to \m,rica, he a gr.'Bcanlv an*
swered v perhaps Mt. Kwg does not
fohaverepubltCats in America."
Your interference- w I di n, sir, in :"ie
the pretext ot detaining us tor fcur
years in Clistody, by winch ver. c,.
sive and Useful plans of settlement
. these seat, s n up.—
The misfortunes which \ ou b <
on the oiji ts of your persecution
were incalculable. Almost II of us
d fmr of tne best y**ars of our
lives in prison. A to me, 1 should have
brought along wall me my father unit
raid.iv AJbr*ucn
Mo. J*,l6