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may add u(or jjation and oppreffioa
whether by the one, the few er the
many, are ftM uAwpation and op
preffitm. Farions in a free Mt
are m fa^ so aftftocMciesi
ThoeghMaßeft the fpecioua
garb of patriotism, they #re not
the fefe dangerous. Whae is the
tyrant that has noupttftwdeda 1
mem forWbattd "hopes, and de
sire df revenge alhirdcbut too of
ten the appearanceof public fpir
ir.” No one who has studied the
human heart, Will readily believe
the passionate declarations of a
violent partisan; hor the pretend
ed difinrereftednefe of a notorious
seeker for office. An hOneft man
Seldom solicits confidence or pre-
Ar*
Acrnicnr*
When we fee a num
ber of individuals, felf-aflbciated
and felf organized, for the prdfef-
Jh/purpofc of exclusively proceft
ingthat liberty which is the equal
concern of every citizen^ it is nat
ural tb enquire the cause of this
extraordinary patriotism. A Gran
ger to be told of Such a lociecy in
a country like ourswould conclude
that its members were a fee Os
honest lunatics whom the benevo
lence of the community ought to
provide with a private mad house.
The ablmdfry of the thing could
produce no other inference; But
unhappily worse than this is the
cafe* \ ? lr Is a malady that tfireds
them, it is ofthe molt malignant
kind; their breath is peftiferous,
and their excrement poisons the
had.
In spire of *Ke fathiohabte Un*
ms efthe present day human na.
ture is yer human nature; and I
Thepeople being the only le
gitimate source of authority, any
power hot derived from them mu ft
have for its objeft an interest fep
tTate frdm theirs, and be danger
ous in proportion as it incorrupt.
A corrupt administration may be
introduced by other means than
direst bribery y a depraved party,
or an aspiring individual, ata time
When the public mind is foiled in
Security, by flattery and deception
may carry an eleftion incompati
ble, with the welfare of the coni- '
munity. Thia is not only pdfllble,
bur own experience verifies the
faft. -
MR HUSSELL,
WHATEVER tends to de-I
ftroy the in valuable Sinh* •
righc of Americans,ia free repfe
fencation, cannot be deemed an
unimportant fubjeft for public
discussion, Even the fmaiieft at-
Wchpt to injure thia palladium of ’
our liberties ought not to pass
unnoticed. But when we fee a I
formidable conspiracy again It the ’
constituted authorities ofthe coun- d
<rv» an open attempt to ablorb ail iI
infiud^ce and all power* the call to
oppose anddeveiope becomes loud
and irrefutable. I
Di^ppoineed afnbirion.ttfent-
Political Miscellany.
FIOM TH* COLUMBIAN CXKTXM&L. ’
Volume IX.]
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American Herald of Liberty.
*4-'•? * A ‘ - - r
| love Os the people? No age eg
I country has produced such ar
I one. But hiftory is replete with
I the tboft solemn oblervatians, fot
!] Id,wed by khe basest treachery.—
I With the example of the world
I before usj and the observations
I which ouroWn day has afforded,
I we (hall be criminal indeed to fuc-
I render our dear bought privileges
[ to any individual, dr any cabal.-**
I A bemficent providence has fr
voured us with all the varieties
I of foil and climate t our citizens
I are tn general honest, virtuous and
1 enlightened^ and we bnjay as
I great a degree of personal fredorn
J as can be confiftenc With the state
lof society.-—Our conftitwions of
I government are the deliberate and
I unbiased choice of the whole
I people. Our rulers are periodical
ly elefted, their powers circum
scribed, their mealures exposed to
public view, and tribunals eftab-
I lifted for the trial of the highest
officers. Thus firuated, what oc
casion can there be for any extran
eous influence ? And does not
such an influence, as it counter
acts the operation of go< ?rnmenc,
thwart the real interests of the
people, and conduce to ereft ty
ranny on the ruins of a free repte
fentatioh. lam now treating the
fubjeft in the m Ade ft manner that
its nature will allow j the worst
confecpitncts are jufWy to be ap
prehended, and 1 maintain that no
kind of cohndenee is due to the
men, who have taken the lead in
the Jacobinical aflbciations which
have been farmed in America*—*
They must be enemies tb their
couhtry to peace and order*
The virtuous La Fayettb so
longago as June-17921 conjured
his countrymen co “kt the reign
of the clubs give place to the reign
of the law । their ufbrpadon, co
the firm and independent exer
cifeof the con ft ku ted authorities ;
their licentious diforganiziing max
ims to the true piinciples of lib«
erty.” Such is the language of a
man, whole devotion to the cause
of freedom cannot be dodbted.—
Had his advice been followed,
France would not have been dis
graced, humanity would not have
been afiiided by the enormities
which marked the sway of Robbs
pierre, the chief of the Jacobin )
club. The eyes of the French
nation appear to be at length o^
parted 4 fevefal of the principal
jacobins have (offered upon the*
icaffoldj and there is a prolped
of the total abolkion of this inter
nal fed in that republic; While
we drop a tear at the recollsdion
of the mderit^ which the clubs
have brought upon the French
people^ let us guard a gam ft their .
deftrudive wiles in America; As
they cfaim exemption from every
serial obligation, let us beware
how we commit to tbena ouc facial
rights©-. , ' ■
I rather denomiiMte ihdTe allb.
rimed gemiemea, becawft
the words fdf vrwed
SATUR DA V, MAhCH j 4, t 79S .
•• ? . " IV,; ./ £ i. . . 4r. * * L . - ^l. M • -r .
r have given them to much offence,
i With their usual conflftency, they
i have infixed upon their rights to
• exiftye^rre ß /wf, and boated of the
■ | diftinftion; and, it the fametitn*,
I | have beftowad the most insolent
! I (ihoOgh impotent) abuse upon the
J Prefidenc of the United States,for
I Using the eXpreffion. They took
L occasion from these words io cam
• I pt/ wieb the feelings of the peo-
I pie । and reprefehted the Prefidenc
I as attempting to prevent the legdi
| or innocent meetings of our oo
I zens j when their own hearts k w
I that know iusH thing was ever in-
I flnUated. The faft is plainly
I this, a nUmber of ambitious de-
I ^gning individuals, have erefted
I political clubs, fbr the purpose of
I advancing their pwn private views
I getting Into office, arid in ffiort,
I direfting the whole affairs of the
country. They hivfc villlfied our
firft patriotsj they have em bar
raffed the government upon every
occasion * they have Avowed war
to be their obfed, and laboured
night and day cd involve us in hs
horrors; “ they have pretended
co legislate Without the fuffrages
of the people, without p^rfonal
virtue, abilities or experience f*
they have infulkd the people at
lafge, by declaring themfeivej co
be the only real republicans in A*
merica; and they have blown up
an infurredion Which though for.
tunately fupprefted, stains the hifc
lory of our country, and loads us
with an accumulation of debt. It
was the arrogant claims, and mif
chievons purfaits of theft clubs
that was mentioned by the Prcfx
dent; the right of the citizens
of any town or difl rid, co meet
and debate has never been queb
tiorted. And what American,What
freeman can bear the idea of being
ruled by a set of the moil unprin
cipled meri in the community,
without any Voice in the appoint
ment, or any Check on the pro
ceeding§ ?—Would not fach a
Rate be infinitely wOrfe than our
former bondage to Great- Britain ?
There it was neceflary to obftrve
tome fotm in binding the chains,
but here we are to luffer the tor- J
cure# of fl a very inflrded by the
unsteady hand of popular frenSv.
Sod^ cannot extfi •caitbofit gov
ernment. We are free, and in the
name of benevolence, let us re
main feh Whac is required of us
by those who find halt with oar
prefenc government ? That we
transfer to them uniimited,ihe pow
er which is now limited in the hands
of men of our own choice. A
writer who appears to have well
considered hh fubjed, obfervk,
chat “ government immediately in
the hands of the people* of citi
zens collided without law, and
proceeding without order, is the
most violena, irregular, capricious
and dangerous fpeciesof defpocifm
—a despotism much more terrible
than the fixed, Ready tyranny of
A monarch* as it may fprmg up
in a moment, and untxpe^dly I
AH police*! d initiations undiferiotive of
created by Uw r «4e iaconfi4et.fi
whl» the pntrCipleaof repubiicamfm—Ev.
f*y thing ihat divides weaken*.' Virtu<—
at cur Gounry—Dcieftation of lac
qwhuw, are among thy ch»t*se iOic. of
w republican* dt democrat*. Whoever
pro end* to pc& s them exclulieeb, or in «
deg/e.; a „ d lhfc feft
W foefoty.
H these idea* are theft the fccietiei
«« net only incem* atib’e with the leading
t'MU cf democracy, hut ate d an g«rou» —.
For they createjealo\4e«r4i«me the pn^
fiuh:-«*aßd fop the gronnd work o^power«
fol panic*. The wtrwion *ad fetal cod.
ft qaence* of the(e, every npm map fee by
looking into hiftcry* end observe the ti e
and prograG of diJUaaiQrtamooh more teiw
fol in their orig n—cr irte the tvtAMf
.-f 4?- ... r \ : ■'" '* <_ <- *
America i» m© m greti hops Bf
. patriots and pMofophers or cvet •/
dvilieed nation in this world. &ut • cCbl
observer of the federal incidents whicii
have tlmdr occurred in the courtCaf Ov?
ftiort exiftencc a, an independent Stobk;
would almost conCder it as a forlorn hops.
Never did a community enjoy i fed. »
favourable opportnnity, of tfcaoiifliing the
rights of mtn upon a wife and parmdnect
1 b*n>. The constitution, (or ratHef hSef
fay of one) which was formed at atitnS of
I revolution, and the din of wir^Waf atficli-
Orated in a feafoh of profound ^ranotfilitr,
I and guarded again# the power of abule,
I by all ihe wi/dom and cantioo^ ftafbral to
a oifce opprefied, but new jesloiW, and en*
hgbtened natfeE. W c Band :as a
fair eipenm*nt-By u? « h to be 4,*^
whether .he pke^t
Roofleau and others. Have bee* Ohty the
whimrical fmagfoarion or a wild fpc t ule
tibn,or the foiid fo^geftioni of good ‘enfe
1 he eyes of the world are upon us**VVe
are to be the glory and consummation c f
human wisdom and felicity, or me laR fad
proof, that it is really, not i n lhe
tore at mankind to becontemed with a ftatd
of rational freedom— That .hey are only
calculated to licit the dull of the earth, and
bow down their necks to the laptre of def
ponfm.
Emperorr. King,, and Ariflocrat.*, vieW
u» with a malignant eye. They watch
our motions—glory in our diffencions j and
will no doubt embrace every opportunity,
by. artifice or corrupfion, to fan the fire of
aitcord, and even by the force »o brake the
federal chain.—Having once divintJ, they
will next dtft^. h Will be then O AmeM
leans I yon will too late, rcmeu^oer thd
Grecian States—The European Perftens,
end Macedonian?, will invade your couna
try, and make you the unnatural execu
tioners of each other.
Os all the cloudi which have call a gloom
upon our locial etmofphefe, the democratic’
fdcieties ieem charged with he great elk
proportion of dehrudtve matter-^l (h a n
tberelOre agreeably to my lecond pofiiion.
codeaveur to (hew,
IVbertiH mr diinocratic are dan*
gtrtnit.
spread devaftatlbnehd fbim at any
time,in any place,Bcamorig any clafi
dfetiteQsi The tyranny o? a mod
arch is rhe Ready galej which
gives time to prepare for Its fat
agcs Jit enables the seamen cd
clear ffis decks and hand his fails i
the farmer tb leave his field, to
ffiut his doors and ihelcer htmfclf
ami his herds from the impending
wkm. But popular defpohfm iA
a whirlwind, a tornado of paflions |
H collefts id a morneht J a calm
clear iky is infantly darkned;
and furious winds bursting od
ther affrighted viftims while heip
kls and Unguarded, fwtep awa^
the fruits of their labor, and bury
them in the ruins. ’*
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