The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1796-01-04 00:00:00, page 1

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MONDAY,
■ -rfov, ' JANUARY 4, 17 9 6.
[The author of the Farrago, jajil, 1I C
celebrated among tbe friend office litera- .| Q 1 1 h hI A ^7T ""T"""-
fire, for mil d elegance bis wri- \ i ~, °°d °',be Saint, waxed warm
rare, for w "
fogs, fas, at length, become afober moral
,^ and commend a' week, vtfftfo to
the Public, through the channel of the FAI
HER')MussVM,&m*r the fgnattoe of
The LAY htsCHsiu His Dodrifo
are orthodox and c&frlic. calculated to in
fam the heartsmendthe he art;while bistye
mo, beautfoll) exem/tfes the " simplex
mundiiis cf Horace ;— —The attic
te%efs tf/fy Prompter, being barfly
blended with the traffic fe^it, and ,&, of
Addison. Infuture tbrfrf column of the
' Eagle will be demoted to bit weekly lab
ors. And notwitbranding the want of
teffeafqr the Clergy, which is fofafeion
abl, and Jbamef ally prevalent on the banks f
onr River, nue ra^ffl but think that the
precepts and pfecifles ofindtfri and vir—
tet nui/Igraft,) °ur readers worn certtyed
thoughthe channel of weekly amnfcmnt :
cfteciallyfrce the I, ay Preacher ajks
ofbisfleck, "no otherfalan, than ,'heir re
fomarion ;'' which, as it will enrich, ra.
sher than impoverifb, the farfc, we trnji,
will be neither "jcantil, nor grudgingly
Ftom the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
" /# tbife days there was no king in Israel;
and every man did what was right in his
own eyes.,
AND when there wan no energetic
government in America, each of
her fubjeas will dofo too. D? not be
'<&^e%'myT^
week, I choose to delineate, political,
rather than mbral truth. You know
that from the establishment of papacy,
tathe time of Archbishop Laud, the
church has always affected an anxiety
for the State. I Should not be a true
Preacher, were 1 not sometimes to for
get that our order are minister, of the
Prince of Peace. The enforcement
of virtue, and the reproof of the
finner do hot always delight:
We muff fom?ti.nes fpeculateon the de
;cree fCtefar that all the world Jbonld be
taxed, aid femerirites enquire whence
ceme wars and fightings among men. As.
the whig Divines in" 1775," were ' n °
grumemal in deftroving the old govern
went, perhaps a Federal parson mas of
fer some reasons againfl subverting the
item.
The studies of theology, and the la
bor of writing these sermons, do not
occupy the whole of each week, 1 have
leisure to talk politics with my neigh
bots, and to read many of the new (pa
pers from the southward. From them,
and occafipnally, from an evening's
ehat with some traveller from Boston, I
learn that certain restless and perturbed
fpiritsj under the plausible title of
" Democrats," are laboring anxiously
to teach prufelytes the soothing doftrines
ofiiberty and equality. Liberty, such
as the Fifhwomen of Pari, en
joyed, when they treated a Qieen
of France, like a proknute
of the stews; and Equality, such
art Legendre and Santerre could boast,
when the butcher's stall of the one, and
brewer's dray of the other were, in a
Revolutionary government, on a level
with the throne. I have been in the
habit for many years; my readers, of
turning over authors, who wrote in the
earliest ages of the woild, men who un.
derftood the meaning of the word,
"libertv"as well at feaft as the mo.
draw From foch books, and they are
of the hioheft authority, I have learned
that civil liberty confits in doing what
ever does not militate with laws, re
ttsaihiriv individual excels to promote
the public weal. Observation has fur
ther suggested that there are a few, and
how few ! upon whom the Parent of
wisdom has largely bestowed that &-
riglfpirit, that bold and fnblime genius
which he has chosen to withhold from
the majority of mankind. Yet farther
iff obvious that in thTrace forTto™
"",,• ^ "ill but few reach rhegoal,
,d,bear.the priae. ft fol|& there
fore, that he of ample mind, or ample
purse will dired the councils, and vom
mand the service of him who is ueak or
'?':''' a °d that equality fa a visionary
&him. God and nature hiving theft
fore created fach eternal dHtirainns
how prefumptnous, how unavailing fax
an American bankrupt to proclaim in
the market place to his deluded hearers,
that they have been amused with an 1
old ^iflfa/L ;b, ttha «she. frrrsnt
migh< r<@r, w hrrehe lift, 1% hi, n>a
ft<r, acu that the. plough bo„; confeiuos
ofeqnaht, , might journey'd -Philadel
phia, and cla ra the Presidency from
Wafhingion.
j, U"' pervaded that $,. Paul p A ffi:f
fed as erea and inlependeot a spirit,
and a, much farferit), a, any Idler of
a club throughout & Uoimr.r- Ihe
government of bi, own country was a
vice royalty, and probabl, therefore, a I
ftricious and athi rat, one. He had
villted Rome, fell th power of its Em
perors, and lived fi+r % ears it f bj:&ian
to lau% which we u&h term uefy<rt.
ica letthis amiable apostle and man
of the world, though bold and o%inhl
in plan and execution, wa, so cenvinc d
nation^that, in his epifile to the Ro
mans, who, under thr reign of Nero,
would have been gratified by tmoi«tun'-
ar, logic, he charges every foul to l>e
fubjett unto the higher powers, h is
worthy of remark,and will (hew how
important the fobj ft was considered b,
the apofilethat he maintains the propo
rtion not by political, but religious ar
guments, for after declaring that all
power was derived from abote, he con
ci°de" ,g" la rly that refinance to "of
Gained 'government was opofition to
riie fu,reroe will.
:I have examined very carefully this
g reat man's epistles to various cities of
of the E?fl, a quarter of the globe coer
ced by the sternest laws, and cannot find
a single Sentence to induce change of
officers, or a popular government.
Neither Corinthians nor Ephefi 2ns are
sdvifed to elab subordination away.
Thefunding jjflem of Rome is tacitly
approved, for Paul enjoins a rigorous'
payment of the public debt, and if an
Ambassador were feut to negotiate a
Treaty with the faithtefs Parthians or
the hoflik Med s, the Saint did not,
When the Envoy returned, call upon his
god to curse him, or curse him him
jetf.'
But suppose, mv country men, that we
mould Confider it fupeifiuous, to have
h King, or what so the fame, good gov
ernment in Ifruel; and that every man
should be permitted to do what was
tight in his own eyes. Why at the
great^public table, if eac^ were allowed
to carve for himfeif; What tidbit# would
the great fcrambleh devour, and what
@ sorry meal would the majority make 1
I am convinced that if the fantaftic,
vision of "Equality" could be reali
zed, and man were to roam at large in
the wilds of freedom, that many would
faint by the way, and that more would
banker after those favor, herbs rfEgtft
they had abjuted.' We should be
guilty of every fpreies of outrage and
*x ce f\ We ffioald hear the voice of
wild misrule in darknefi, and the mob
that rageth,al noon day. If there was
no King in Israel, not to mention what
the w<,men wcy|d play, men weak! play
I|?e rogaeMith impunity, and neither
life nor property, wopid be secure. That
experiment infoliricks; we are now tri
log in America, if democratic project
ors perfeverein interiupring the procefi,
&ft rhac mankind instead ofbefa
ft^h nature, were do omed so he slaves.
The LAY PREACHER.'
Ei+eRTAIN ING SCRAP.
"ABOUT sixty years ago, many of
the ch:ef Saints, at Befton, met with a
fad aerification : yea, a mortification
in the firth.
" Captain St. Loe, Commander of a
fhipef war, then in Boston harbour,
heing&fhofc on a Sunday, was appre
hended by rhe Constables, for walking
on he Lord's day. On Monday he
was carried before a Justice of the
peace; he was fined ; retufed to pay it:
and fybis contumacy and contemptof
agthOTy, was sentenced to Tit in the
It>ck% one h: ur, during the time of
change. The sentence was put in exe
cu^n without the bast mitigation;
W^te the Captain fat in durance,
rf^gM^idra-es admonished him to re
fpft so fu § ore rhe wholefdme laws of|
the &o ince ; and reverend Divines ex
hotter him to reverence and keep holy
the ffrbbath day. At length the hour
expired, and the Captain's legs were fee
arl&rty,
a _-^frJ™? as he was freed, he, with
greCTet mi afarnefarerc li^ffkvurar *
Magistrates for their correaion, and
the Clergy for their fpiriiual advice and
Confutation ; declaring that he was re
folded to put off rhe old Man of Sin,
and to put on rhenew Man of Kight
eoafnefi ; that he should ever pray for
them as instruments in the hands of
God, of saving his finful foul.
" This sudden conversion rejoiced
the Saints. After clasping their hands,
and catting up their eyes to heaven, they
embraced their new Convert, and re
turned thanks for being made the hum
ble means of fuatching a foul from
perdition. Poud of their success, they
fell to exhorting him afreffi ; and the
most zealous invited him to dinner that
they might have full time to complete
their work.
" The Captain tucked in the milk
of exhortation, as a new-born b the does
the milk of the breast. He was as rea
dy to listen as they were to exhort.'
Never was a Convert more affiduons.
While his station in Boston harbour las
ted, he attended every Sabbath day
their most fan&ified Meeting-house ;
never miffed a weekly lefture :at every
private Conventicle, vas most fervent
and loudest in prayer. He flattered,
and made prefects to the wives and
daughters of the Godly. In short, all
thefime to* could spare from the duties
of tie Italian, was spent in entertaining
them on board his (hip, ot in vifitiog
and praying at their houses.
" The Saints were delighted with
him beyond measure. They compar
ed their wooden stocks to the voice of
Heaven, and their sea-convert to St.
Paul.
" AmidA their mutual happiness, the
mournful time of parting arrived. The
Captain received his call. On this he
went round among the Godly, and
wept and prayed, assuring them he
would return, and end his days among
his friends in the Lord.
"Till the day of his departure, the
time was spent in regrets, profeffions,
entertainments and prayer. On that
day, about a dozen of ihe principal
magistrates including :he feleameo, ae
coropaniedthe Captain to Nania&et
Read, where the (hip lay with every
thing ready for failing,
," An elegant dianet „& provided
for them on bna;d ; afice which many
fowls and bodies were drained. As
with wine, the craft of their hypoctif,
melted away.—-Their moral see-saws,
aod scripture texts, gave place to dou
ble-entend res, and wanton songs. The
Captain encouraged their gaiety ; and
1 .™b°' e /hip resounded with the roar
oftheir merriment.
.J"" a f'" e " me > into the cabin
burst a body of Sailors, who, to the in^
expressible horror and amazement of the
Sainte, pinioned them sass. Heedless
°'f"° '"d ' n ' rea ties, they were drag
°/°° dec . k ' tfed U P> and Dipped.
Boarfwain and his assistants, armed
with dreadful cat-o-nine-tails provided
tor the oceafion, administered to them
the law of Moses in the most energetic
manner. Vain were all their prayers,
ftampingt, and curses ; the
Captain in the mean time abating them,
that it was confonane to their own doc
trine, and to Scripture, that the mortis
lication of the fle(h, tended towards fi
vtog the Soul, and therefore it would be
criminal in him to abau them a finite
lash. 5
'^t had faffered the whole
of their discipline, which gripped theni
from the nape of the neck to the hams,
the Captain took a polite leave, earnett
lv begging them to remember him in
their prayers. The Magistrates were
then let down into the boat that was
waiting for them : the crew saluted
them with three cheers ; and Capt. St.
Loe made fail."
Integrity and public virtue come
from the furnace like gold seven times
refined. Such will be the effect of the
Calm Obferver'scharges against the
Pr^fident and the present and late Secre
tary of the treasury.
From the documents pablifhed the
following faffs are substantiated; un
der the hand of Mr. Nourfe, register
of the treasury. That not a cent of the
President's falarv has been drawn from
th* treasury, without an appropriation
for the purpose. That in some instan
ces his falaty has not been drawn so fail
as it became due, and on one occasion,
more than 9000 dollars were due to the
President. That although advances
have been made to him, yet in no in
stance have they amounted to a quar
ter's salary. That the practice of ad
vancing money under certain circum
stances, has been ufaal at treasury.
That fach advances have been made to
the clerk of the Senate and to the fpea=
ket of the house of Representatives, for
the use of members ; to contractors for
the army, &c. That advances of thi<
kind are at times absolutely necessary
for public service. That this practice
has been known to Congrefs^ and the
accounts annually laid before th,m, &
they have never difaproved of the ad
vances. And lastly it appears that on
the ,oth day of S, p t. lass, the United
States owed the President 846 dollars. „
Pdaions mirft be in the agonies of des
pair before it defeend to such weak and
pitiful fhifts to anfieer its views, as the
Calm Observer.
Opposition has at length explained
its views. The writers only speak of
impeaching the president on the grounds
of violating the conftirutign in appoint
ing Mr. Jay,and of hi# proceeding to
make a treaty without the advice and
con sent 0f the senate.
His appointing general Sfotchir to/
command the army is affo held to be
unconstitutional.
The writers (or rather writers under
various signatures) disapproves of all -
the pfefident's appointment, to office,
except that of Mr. Jefferfon, who is re
presented to be a spotless patriot. They
then proceed to advifc the president to
tato, before he is compel'ed to it by
the voice of all America.
The tools of fye leaders must be bo„
I# knowleJge^ or they would not make