The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1797-05-15 00:00:00, page 1

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^!'^^ from,ears face."
/'X """'™ m °' c frequently influ
cnees the condaft of mankind,
than thia. Itfo mttimes serves as a fife
tonlu% to excite them to action ; some
times, as a difoafive, to deter them/n
--tftiotf^ in cases of hesitation, it serves
„an additional weight, to determine
she choice ; and, to those who are cpn
vi&ed qf errors or improprieties in their
„ condu& it is a universal consoler. The
consideration, that " I will be all one,
seven years hence," enables them to
bold up their heads, and look forward,
with courage. F
It would be more than barbarous to
deprive mankind of so rich a gem as this
maxim ; I fti^ll, therefore, by no means
attempt to confute it ; but only give a
few Specimens of its use, by which its
tire value may be ascertained.
Tommy, the ?,her day, t@d his mam
ma. he was not going to fcbool.--
“WhU" ftysthe^ran. ^ Be^^
Tais Tommy," 1 Want to go a flfhing,
with untie Ned's boys." " Why T6m
my,"ffr the good lady, " you played
all day, yesterday •,and the day before,
y^u went to the ratfig ; you have not
been to febeol, for federal days. Ibe.
Iteveyco muflgo, tb day." Tom pleads,
and urges his reason. Finally, the good
mother Thinks; that m day will " make
no odd,, seven years hence," and, to be
'itd of his entreadies, she lets him go.
'Mifi Prim has a option of making a
vith, to Judge Wimple's, this afters
noon. It istte, five has not been at
home, an afternoon, this fortnight.—
But, she perfaades herfelf, "It will be
all one, seven years hence."
Mrs. Prattle too; would go to fee
confin Tim's folks, this afternoon ; but
her husband is “ over head and ears, in
business." He hat several workmen;
and therefore intimates, that it would
be well for her to stay at home. Her
children too, arc fqualliag about;
fame sick, and some half naked. How
ever, she ha&a frodigicus inclination to
go ; and ad she fancies "It will be all
one. seven years hence," she gives them
the flip, and leaves them to their own
deftrudion.
'ln short, tho' this maxim has great
influence, in determining the adions of
men, yet, I cannot but think, that it is
mbch more powerful, with the fair.
Many a lady, whole virtue was proof
,against every other temptation, h^s been
overcome by artfully infinuting, that,
" It would be all one, seven years
hence."
The student has likewise frequent oc
casions for trusting 10 this maxim. It
will, sometime,, induce him to spend a
.social hour or two, with his companions,
instead of delving in, the abstruse fai
ences of Mathematics and Philosophy.
It may, sometimes lead him into feenes
of riot and diHiparion; sometimes, in
volve him in difficulties ; but. in his
greatfft perplexities, he will mil find it
ufeful. What better confutation can
be have, than the hope, that "It will be
all one, seven years hence ?" ,
I could give several more (hiking ex
amples of its use ; but, as" It will make
no odds, seven year* hence," I shall de
fer them till next week.
.OBSERVATOR.
'■ inn lowin' }„:.
From the Gazette of the United States.
The WARNING N°. IF.
TrHE emiffarieiof France, when
driven from every other expedient
for extenuating her depredations, have
a last refuge in the example of Grest-
Britain. The treatment which we now
receive from France (fay they) %,
fro^Gret' Bri^^ "if li's 'apdogy
were founded in fim, it would Bill be a
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—DEDICATED TO POLITIC^, AND THE 3RLL£S-LETTR£S.-=
Quid vsrvm, atqvx dmcxns, cvit,.—lmpartial Truck pad Ufefulr.cfs we Stud,.
miserable fubrerfuge. For what excuse
h it to France, or what confutation to
us, that (he, our boasted friend and ben—
efidrefs treats us only, not worse than
a power which is ftigmatifed as an en
vious rival and an implacable foe ?
The conduct of Great Britain, ap
pealed to in justification of France, was
admired by all to be inexcusable.
The Gallic fictions thought it so ex
treme as to call tor immediate repri
sals. The real patriots differed from
them only in thinking, that an armed
negociation^ o end in reprisals, if un
attended with success, was preferable
to immediate hoftiliry. How dare the
men wh% at that period were the cla
morous champions of bar national dig
nity, how dare they (1 afklfow to stand
;4,oh # ,>n„^ not of.moderntloir"
(for in <hp propriety of this all unite)
but of tame fubmiffiun, —of a servility.
abject enough to love and cherilh the
h^od which defppihus, to kiss the rod
which (linos us with unprovoked lath
es ? What logic, what magic, can ren
der innocent or venal in France, that
which was so criminal and odious in
G reat- Britain ?
The pretext (we know) of France is,
that we have permitted Great Britain
to treat us in the fame manner, and
that (he a&s on the prin^ip'e of ajail
recaliaiiot/ ; ^nd her deluded or de
bauched adherents are mea > or prutti
tute enough to ,re-echo the excuse.
Let us grant, for argument fake all
that can be pretended <.>n this fubjeft,
namely, that through want of energy in
oyr adminittr^ion, or from the opinion
which is entertained of, the fituanon of
the country, there has been too much
patience under the opp.efli>ns of Great
Britain—ls this really a juftiticatton
to France? Is a defta of vigour in
the Government pf one country, or an
under estimate of its means for repel
ling injury, a fufficic.pt cause far an
other government, lavish in profegiom
of friendffiip, to imitate towards it the
aggressions which it has fuftered from
an Oppressor ? What in private life
would be said of the man, who calling
himfelf the friend of another, because
the last had too passively allowed a third
the enemy of both, to wieft from him a
portion of his property, (h)uld deduct
from this a pretext to strip him of the
remainder? Has language epithets too
severe for such a charafter ? Is not the
guilt of unjust violence in a case like
this, aggravated by that of hypocrisy
and perfidy?
But this is not our only reply. The
truth is (and a truth we may boldly
proclaim) that we never did tolerate
the aggressions of Grea- Britain ; that
we have fleadily refitted them, and re
sisted with success In the refera
ble attitude of an armed negociaiion,
seconded by the felfdenyine and very
influential weafu re of an Embargo—
,:we sent to demand a revocation of the
orders under which we fuffered, and
retribution for the losses which we had
fufhined. The orders were revoked
and the retribution has been flipulated
and the ftipylation is in a course of
, honorable and liberal execution — The
redress of ancient grievances, on the
ground of a reciprocity, demanded by
every principle of re&itude, has been
fuperadded to that of more recent ones.
Out flag at this moment proudly waves
on the ramparts which had been so long
detained from us; and Indian butche
ries along the whole extent of our vast
frontier have been terminated. More
than this—the tedrefs obtained from
Great-Bmain was a principal caufe^fl
the happy accommodation of oUr dif
pre with Spain-of the t%hi^ b f
our right to navigate the Miffifippi, and
of the establishment ofa Southern boun
dary equal to our most sanguine wifhes*.
These are the fruits (and immense fruits
they are) of a vigorous though temper
ate refinance to the aggressions of Great
Britain.
'Tis therefore in every sense falfe,
that our government has permitted
Great Britain to do as France is now
doing. Except h,e and there the ac
cidental irregularity of the commander
or commanders of a particular (hip,
there is not one clear right which the
laws of nations entitle us to claim, that
is not now refpe&d by Great Britain,
and to a degree unusual inthe hiftor,
of the treatment of neutral nations by
gre# belligerent powers.
It follows, that the foggeftion on
Which France bottoms h?r ill treatment
ot us, is a frivolous fad a colourlefs
pretext. .'Tis to confound alljuft idras,
to confider a temporary forbearance as
a permillion or acquiescence—to pre
tend to retaliate upon an injured par
ty the injury which it has endured from
another, to pretend above all to retali
ate that injury after it has puffed, & has
been fell retied. We are bound then to
conclude, that our real crime in the
eye of France is, that we had the te
merity to think and afl for ourselves,
and did not plunge headlong into war
with Great Britain, —that the princi
pal ftream3 of oUr commerce, from the
neural relations of demand and supply,
flow through the channels of her com
m-rce—aid that the booty which it
&rs to rapacity, exceeds the organifed
in any of protection.
Bur a country containing five millions
ofyedple, the second in the number of
its fcamen, that prime sinew of maritime
forc% vith a varied induftiy, and an
export of &xty millions, underfeeding
iw rights, not deficient in spirit to vin
dicate them, if compelled against its
will to 'exert its strength and resources,
will under the guidance of faithful and
patriotic councils^ be at no loss to
conceive its despoilers, that there is ,#
much folly as wickedness in such a cal
culation. I'his reflection ought at once
to console and to animate us ; though
the remembrance of former frienddrip,
nd a spirit of virtuous moderation,
will induce us (till to with that there
may be some error in appearances—
that the views of France are not as vi
olent and as hostile as they seem to be
—that an amicable explanation may yet
dispel the impending clouds, and brigh
ten the political horizon with a happy
reconciliation, 4
AMERICUS.
1 *Tbit confeqKence wasfa refee* and fore
told, , And the predict ion was confirmed by
that part of the declaration of war of Spain
% a ™Jl Great Britain, which maker it a
charge against the latter, that in the Treaty
with the United Stater, for " jbe bad no
ref pea or confderation for the known rights
of Spain," and in the sudden difa,pearance
after that Treaty, of the obftacler which,
bad ft tag impeded oar negotiations with
Spain.
&,CT CT) ALEXANDR!A, APRIL ,
In consequence of an invitation from
the Ancient York Mason,, of the Alex
andria Lodge, No. 2%, to Gen. George
Washington, he joined the Brethren on
Saturday tail, when the following ad
tirefs was delivered, to whiCT he made
the fubjoiped reply, ^ After which the
Lodge went in procession from their
room to Mt.AiiOTs tavern, where they
partook of an elegant dinner prepared';
for the occafiun, at which tb< uum^t
harman, and unanimity prevailed.
✓addres s.
'Mtf refteacd Brother, ™\,
The Ancient York Mafors, ofLodge
No. az, offer you their watmeft con
gratulations on your retirement from
your ufeful labours. Under the SU 4 *
PREM^ ARCHITECT of the aniverft,
you have been the mafler work-in in
ereaing the Temple of Liberty in the W„,
on the broad bafia of equal rights. In
your wife adoinittration of the gov
ernment of the United States, for the
foace of eight years, you have kept with,
in the Compaq of our happy confticution. ,
and afled upon the square with foreign
nations, and thereby preferred your
country in peace, and promoted the
prosperity and happiness of your fellow-•
citizens. And now that you have re- ^\
tired from the labours of public life, to"
the refrfbment of domestic tranquility,
they ardently pray that you may long
enjoy all the hapinefs which the Tertef.
trial Lodge can afford, and finally be re
moved to that Celestial Lolge, where
love peace and harmony, forever reign,
and where Cherubim and Seraphim,
Ihall hail you Brother! ,'/
By the unanimous desire of Lodge/
No. u, /
JAMES GILLIES, M^r./
Gen. G. Washington.
REPL Y.
Brothers of the Ascienl York Masons
of Lodge No. 22, -r,
While my heart acknowledges, with
brotherly love, your affectionate con-
S mediations, on my retirement from
e Irdoous toils of past years, my grat
itude is no less excited by your kind
withes for my future happinefi.
[fit has plea fed the Supreme Archi
tect of rhe Universe to make me a hum
ble instrument to promote the welfare
and happiness of my fellow-men, my
exertions have been abundantly accom
panied by the kind partiality with which
they have been received—And the af
fuiancr you give me, of your belief
that I have a&ed upon the square in my
public capacity, will be among my
principal enjoyments in this Terrestrial
Lodge.
GO. WASHINGTON.
T OASTS.,
I. Profperiry to the most ancient and
honorable craft.,fy
1. All those who live within compafsL
and square."
j. The Temple of Liberty-cm May its
i pillars be the poles, its canopy the hea
vens, and its votaries--all mankind.
4. The Fatuous Nine.
£. The United States of America,
6. The Grand Matter cf Virginia.
7. All oppressed and diftreffed—
whereverdifperfed.
$. Mafons' wives, and MaTons'
bairns, and all who wish to lye in Ms
lons' arms, ±
9. May brotherly love unitia|l4%
tions.
0T 0 ROTHSR WASHINGTON.,
The Lodge of Alexandria, and all
Masons throughout the world.
AFTER HM HADRXTIRED, ]^
^ Our most referable brother
GEORGE WASHINGTON was >
drank with all Mxfonic honors.
GLASGOW, MARCH,.
The failing of the Dutch fleet from the
Texet occupies the {peculations of politi
cian. What i$ their obie&? They cannot
be bound for the Cape ofGood Hqpc. This
° isaipinft aH probability. Nor is it likely,
bound fixfyWco-lndto.it is possible a fy
fauadron with a body of land forces may be
bound for the Euftflfr; but it is Win& %
provaonit,, mat me uyicn wn, prefect
tempt to recover their poffifoxto the M
Itfeem, more pra@lfo expeditions ^
,rotf the general plan ts keeping Great
Bntain iafcrpctual afam.Some aaual fl -
be made the better to 'tm
^ Number
a d£§ r.'
XLIII.