The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-11-18 00:00:00, page 1

YT7 HEN „ Contemplate .the fcrmida
ble combinations which havelolong
existed in the world againit be interetis of
political Liberty* it it iUton<(h >g to find
there cac be a inan lining who iscu enemy
to popular aftocwioes for i.s lapport.
Where is the cftablilhmeni, of anti-re
volutionary date, which is not pregnant
with aristocracy and defpotilm r Not only
Religion and p^ucs true even the liber
al Science#are iatefed. Wiitiefs die Co
,erwcan Altronom); (for you mod k^ow
J have dipped into these things fi cd I
have commenced an author,) A pretty
gory indeed ! that the bun, ike an eat
tern despot. fhoulc fit (hre^ctyin ma
j^y, and we provincial planets and facel
lites figuring and coqgeiag about him—
This looks &c independence ! It is well
&r such fyftcms and their sticklers, that 1
am az at the bead of the jacobin Club •—
The ingenious reader will forgive a little
enthuf^fm on fucb a fubjea.
O, Liberty! Lioe tv! «Mountain
nymph, tweet Liberty !" what wrongs,
• hat indignities, what treafoos, have not
been prettied upon thee and thy cause !
The time is at length come for thee to a
tenge them. .It is long enough that thou
halt been driven an exit, from the pleasant
and the Iliflud walks of ire e^th —it is
long en^zh that thoumdi roamed ih
gtot, detoq a^d LveaC,CT paXe and
acorns with the Scythian and the Arab —
it is long enough that thou haft fkulkec
with the Swift, the Welchman and the
Highlander, in the wild andjogged moun
tains and faltneffes of the earth. Throw
aside the mocafin, the blanket, and the
plaid, and come ; but bring I pray thee
thy long ftaft' and thy beautiful red cap.
Why Ihculdtft thou linger ; or what Ihoulu
detain thee ? L! thy champions Band
with open arm# to receive thee— they have
strewed thy paths with oblations and in
cerfe—they have prepared forth. refiaer.ee
a Mountain —" a great Mountain"
—not a MuNTAIN of flirt, of recks, and
of woods, but a political Mountain ; that
Mountain which after naving broken
in pieces the " Image" of riefpctifrn shall
• 4 fill the whole ear b." They shall take
thee by the hard & lead thee into the pal
aces of the ci-^hvant Geat—then Shall be
hold and take the luxuries of fallen majtf
t, —thou ffialt eat and drink in plate, and
when thou rifett up to go thy way, lo ! it
it shall be found in th; lack's mouth. No
longer a ftr%ng&, and a vagabond in the
earth, all men fhli be brought to thy
presence, and if there be any whom thou
ffialt not acknowledge, or wh) ib 11 re
fufe to acknowledge and pay homage to
thee, thou (h it not want avenger#.
<< Far that two-handed engine at the
door,
“ Stands ready to finite once, and finite
no more."
That modern patriotism ir divested of
the lukewarmness which marked the polit
ics cf former days, is, perhaps, principal
1, to be attributed to Mr Paine, and are
Democratic Societies. It is trie that in
the age of Roman virtue, a Brutus flew a
Cesar. thus facrificing one victim at the
shrine of Liberty ; and r there he retted —
In later times, t noble 'emanation cf the
spirit of freedom in Gteat-B Attain, bro't
the head ofa tyrant to the block ; but
them—it spared those of his family and
Jfands. Compare these with the coup-tie-
Kehl 'which regenerated" France exhibits,
and tell mertthey deserve the riame' of
patriotifra. 1# short, the principle of Li
berty Gem#to be vofauifaaatl, Bader*
[No. 34. ofVoL. lE]
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% From the WESTERN STAR.
THE CORDWAiNER—N°ii.
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flood until now. It »a, well if foe could
extort fame small irxm unities from the
grafo of defpoqfm—it was ,1g if (he
could attain to equal privilege. —-Eu:
4 ' they order th:£e things better in France."
The convention decrees a rrqurii ten oi
men to go to Flinfto to fight IT Liberty
the officer call, on the Citizen to march :
Citizen. " What is required of me ?"
Officer. " Totight f dr ihf Republic.?'
Citizen. “ M, principles are averse to
j war."
;Officer. " Here is thedecree. Monfieur,'
Citizen. " But for what do we fight?"
Officer.. 46 Liberty and Equality.'' '
Cutznn. " S ppJel do & profefs Re
pun.uanifm i"
Officer. " There is year anfver." {Paints
I tothe Ga Ratine
C.tizen. " But is this Liberty ?"
1 have heard of a Howard who foam
his fortune and his life in (he petty Offices
of adminifcring relief and tanjo t to in
dividual wretchedness ; but what is that
to ;be xamile of that “ real great man,
that Noble of nature," wh) goes
from Country to Count//, " .wupaffing
sea and land," desmin# iog andc^Htva
ting the Rights ^f man. god dealing
forth from hs pen the bailing of emanci
pation to nations and empires.
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/ INDIAN AFFAIRS.
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N £ 0'- r O R X.
CITrKILL, O t. a.
[4i obliging cj^rfpon tent at Neiu-Tonun
has favored us with the following extr^hi
of a letter jrcm Mr. R hert Newman,
'who peffd through that town, on bis re
tu n from capiruiij, to Kentucky, where
be belonged]
" BEING informed that you wish.
ed an exited cf what has recurred to
me fi.ee my capture by the Indians, from
General Wayne's army, in order that
you might transmit it to the Cat&ill press
—pursuant thereto, I give you the follow
ing account : I was captured, return
ing from the river St. Mary's, to Bea
ver-Creck, about it miles in advance of
Fort Recovery, the firft day of Augrft
My then position, with refpe& to the ar
my, was favorable t> me, byixercifing a
little art, and telling a" story, to mitigate
the barbarity, and avert the cruelties,
which prisoners do generally experience,
when taken bv the savages -But it will
be eecefftry to trouble the community
with those things only which concern me
and the Indians.
" They asked me a number of ques
tions, to which I replied in a manner that
1 supposed most likely to secure my own
eafc anddafety. amangft them. They
themselves mi.de but .very little. erqui?y
'concerning' Gen. Wayrte's army, ur his
intentions.
" I was from thence hurried away to
fte Delaware .owns, a little examined,
sandf and generally believed to be their, friend.
Fromrtheoce to the - foot of the rapids of
tewMiami of the Lake, where Colonel
'Mt,e lives. He made every enquiry
jemdreing myfelf, -General Wayne, anc
the hfof his army ; and M, he feemec
to waneso gain cf me a great dealof.in
formation or intelligence, I was very lit
era! in gratifying him in- his defines.—
But the character .of Col; 'M^Kee being
so notorious, I (hull pass it over, only
mentioning that he doubted my friendship
to the'lndiarfr, and fufpetted me,as a spy ;
and that he is one of ihe molt eminent
^merehaate ia the Galfewg wade, anct^a
Off er. '' Liberty ! man dieu! vop, a
9 1 —-3 Ar&ocrrf, and talk of L ber
ry ! Y rar ver, Pea is a renunciation of
n„- —Sirze him, oAdiers ! and away to the
tribunal."*—-So ftrougly fortified is that
sacred caulel
TuEsD^r,
l^ft V^teugri
November 18, 17%
" The Gov. wished to know whether
Gen. Wayne (or Mr. Wayne, as he call
ed him) had Congressional orders from
Mr. Washington, who is the head of the
mob, in his language to attack the fort,
or insult thqßritish flag at the foot of the
rapids. 1 told him 1 knew nothing of
Wayne's orders, or what Coogrefs h.udi
rcried him to do. He wished that Gener
4W#XBe would dare to attack the fore—
if,be did, he would focn put a period to
the. war: And the m~de he would adopt,
would be to cut off General Wayne's ar
my, and make a couqueft of Kentucky ;
destroy the mob ; givc honert people good
government, and thereby produce peace,
harmony, and good neighborhood.
R. NEWMAN.
" N. B. Captain Brandt was when I
left Niagara, at the month of Bw&foc
Creek, holding a ccanfel, whether the
lavages in ths; quarter Arnold go and al
6ft the hoftil, Indians in driving General
I Wayne from 'heir country ; and 1 rather
.think they will go, because the ,British
are pressing and urging them to war.
" All the soldiers (out a very few left)
are sent from the garrison, at Niagara
and Lake Erie, to this new. foil, at the
foot of. the rapids; and their places Ap
plied by the militia.
“ This fame Mr. WKee who accom
panied me to Detroit, was the man who
carried wampum and aa invitation to
theHtwons to go, ta twar ; and I was pres
ent when he delivered it, on his way to
Detroit.
kind of Quarter Maftef General to the
lafea 3'lmy, in the le:vuc of jhe Bit-
Uh. From th^e I was conducted by
4, foe Til-mas MX e (who is a Bituh
ihcer, and was in the battle fou^bclhc
Lift day of June, at Fort Kqvo,)to
Detroit, Tap commanding officer at D^-
1.0% particularly enquired whether Gen,
Wayne intended to ma<cn to the fuoiuf
the&pidsfe attack the B itilh port at that
police, 1 told him I knew nothing of
Qua. Wayne's deiigni (particularly) out
f here &rad be a friulh port in his road,
# o doubi ne would i&t it as he would an
Indian village. He seemed very much
lapprized .that General Wayne (h?uld al
ter nis courle of march ; and th light it
iidrcatld firne design againit that Fort,
tying that his former intended rout, was
IQ in- old Miami village.
“ The people of Detroit seemed very
much exasperated a 6 anu .he people of
& lucky, zed mace no ferret of their
prsj&s for the dedruaion of General
Waynab army. Col. Baubee marched
about the t^.h of Augult from Detroit,
WHO 300 men under hu command, tu tn
Binfh fort at the foot of tne rapids, in or
der to opp fe G.n. Wa,re and rtreng he#.
Jut garit &
"Woca the Indians and white peop<
returned from the battle at Revoke,), u
Detroit, with tee fcaips taken in the bat
tle, displayed on a pole, acco ung to,
their endom ; they were falutea mat the
garnirn, with the tire of three guns, ana
huzzas from the citizens.
" from Detroit I was tent to Niagara,
to Governor Simcoe, where, fimriar #xam
matrons, ,apd .whirrs, as at Detroit,
W, pig fa Tae Go-eraur ri 4*ng.
g daily all kinds of military stores to
the fort at the fool of the rapids, ammu
nition, guns, tomahawks, and fcalpiag
knives ; provifioas and clothing in abun
dance.
VH£ POPE
Hat been very indulgent to the monks
and nuns of Treves, for he has granted
them a dispensation, to run anna, as Jaft
as ttyw> attbe #„,«uboftbe fl%y .4 /
iFrqm thi ORRERY.
.GLE ANINGS of the HARVEST,
CQ^aed ft am Englife prime.
. .R. NEWMAN."
The following is the President's mes
sage delivered t@ the Commander of the
•Patriot Army on taking leave of it.
^United States, (Bedford) O& 20, 1794.
7'OHENRY Lem, Efa Commander in C^ef
0, the Militia army on its march againff
the injegentt in certain Wforn countm g
Fennfyltenia,
Sir,
BEING about to return to the fat of
government, I cannot take my departure,
without conveying, through you, to the
army under your command; the very
high sense I entertain of the enlightened
and patriotic zeal for the constitution and
the laws, which has led them cheerfully to
quit their families, homes, and the com
forts of private life, to undertake, and
thus far to perform, a long and fatiguing
march, and to encounter and endure the'
hardships and privations of a military life
Their conlud hitherto affords a full assur
ance that their perleverance-will be equal
to their zeal ; and that they will continue
to perform with alacrity, whatever the
fullaccompliihment of the obje& of their
march shall render necessary.
No citizens of the United States can
ever be engaged in a service more import
tant to their country. It is nothing lefethan
to consolidate and preserve the bkfrps
? of that revolution, which, a. midi §•
High treason in a barber !
A few cays ago, a poor barber was aft
prehended in bis own Ihop, and taken be
fore a magittrate upon ftr&ng fuipicion of
bring dififfe&ed to his Majesty's perfca
and government, and concerned with
divers otters, in introducing into this
kingdom, French principles and practices.
The principal charge again« the poor
knight of the razor was, that he had
cadfed to be painted on his fhop-win
det the following words—" Citizen, Ber
ber.—{have well for a penny—m^ cheap,
er than the guillotine !"
It appeared, In the course of the exam--
ination, that the prisoners name was foba
Cutset, in conference of which, he was
difeharged, with a recommendation from
the worthy magistrate, to call himfelf by
jcme other name, till the French arefourf
quered. /
I U
FRENCH BARBARITY I,
The refined cruelty of the sane CulotHC
has lately been manifefted in a Qriking,
point of view —Some of their frigates
have t^ken ten or twelve Scotch Jbipe, and
molt unmercifully put the whole of their
prisoners on board one of the captured
vessels, and sent them to Scotland !
»¥^4°**^^^*******^(
patriot 4 rmy.
Among the fanatic impostures, that in
feft this great city,one has recently sprung
up, who fays, he is Gul Atep»,'> nepb.
«w; and, however incredfoie it may ap
pear at this enlightened period,it is a fa&,
that numbers of all descriptions, admit
his claim to this diftinaiop, and believe
the prophecies, with whicn he pretends his
ancle inspires him.
THE GANG-WAY TO HONOR !
INCREASE OS CHRISTIANITY.
It laid that, four bun. red waggons will
farce contain the moveables of the elec
tor of Cologne, (who is a bifoop ;) wfrilft
a common pedlar's pack would have cotte
tained all the property of the whole twelve
applet !
Sir C. Turner, on the 24th Marche
<785, said in the Britiffi house of com
mons: " They now saw plainly that de
linquency was tie high road to prefer
ment ; and ifany leading man in the house
would fell his confeience, he would jn
fure himfelf a peerage. To commit po
litical crimes, was the fare road to tiuQ
perfions, honor, and ribbands."
[Whole No. 86.]
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