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. From the Eagle.
FARRAGO. '
Now I have %ot a Ewg and a Lamb,
' every “one cries—welcome Peter!”
6 Old Saw.
ET Ewes and Lambs therefore
ye Peters of my acquaintance, if ye
wifi) the world’s eftimau.on No mat
ter if your booklhekes and brainpan
be empty, provided your garners be
. full.—Without weakh, I tell you,
folirary Merit goes on her way sor
rowing.— Jacob, -zealous to conci
liate enraged Esau, chafe rhat Hocks
and herds Ihould be harbingers of the
conference Though Time,was then
A- • —
young, yet-Jacob, as the phraJe is,
wa^pld. He was a prudent, money
getting, money saving fhephtrd. He
knew that it was nonfence to talk to
a man cf the world, about industry
in the service of Laban, or gallantry'
in. theaffairs of Rachael and Leafed—
What would it have fignihed to have
told a romantic tale of love and ho-
W, or that the miles of the fold
werefukained by this.padoral 2; pren
tice, that mailer Laban m ght net be
injured. Why,he would have been
laughed ax by every Servant in Esau’s
Train ; and the sojourner of Mount
Seir would have puied brother Jack,
who could indeed talk finely, but
wanted worldly wildem and—Cash.
The trumpet of Fame may be fouhd
ed,but Will not be heard,urdefs made
of gold. When we have oxen, asses,
and flocks, men fervaots, and women
fefvants,then there is no danger, left
flighted merrit ** be in a corner
thrown.” No —'ever^cit in the ftrter,
will leave his yard of tape unmeasured
and cun forwards to embrace you.
Are you eloquent, and hope by
charming the ears, to challenge the
commendation of men ?• Burn Quin*
til tan, smooth the Dog’s ears in your
Cicertf,and invoke some dumb Deity
to tie your volubile tongue. I tell
you, in the words of Lydgate, the
merry monk ofWeftminfter, that for
want of money you cannot speed.
Art thou honest, and after pay
ing thy utmost farthing, demanded
credit for a beef iteak, upon the score
of thy integrity ? “That coin will not
pass here,” will be to’d thee by every
, hostess in chriftendom.
Does the etheriai fpiritof genius fill
. thy brain to the brim, or haft thou a
taste for the fine arts, and, with tick
ets inferibed—Poetry, Painting, &c.
knockeft for admittance at the doors
of great men. The porter, whom
thou canst not afford to bribe, will
shut the door and sneer at the Ihab
binefs of thy coat. If thouexpofe ; ft
thy talentsin the maiket place, cus
tomers will ask if the man of genius
can fill a writ, cr make a foappiH, or
a prayer extempore ? —No. Then
his goods are uhfaleable. Nought care
we for his stock cf learning—How _
can business be tranfaded without
n stock in trade ?
Old philcfophers were wont to tell
Anthenian a'nd Romsnauditors—that
the ^oods of fortune were of little
worth, compared with the endow
ments of the mind. This is an abfo
lute-dodiine.-—You might as well
exped to find a coin of Otho in the
purse, as such a foment in the
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mouth of a modern wifeacree.—He
fees a young man, making a timid
bow,at his firft entrance into this great
Afkmbly Room—rhe World. —He
jogs his neighbour Humdrum, who
is as purse proud, “as himfelf, and
asks if the ft ranger has any Ewes and
s Lambs ?
I saw a lad 6f 'pirit, ’tother day,
out at elbows. Why so tattered and
torn, Eugenio ? I remember you
were at College the leader of a cl^.
1 heard you pronounce eloquently
Ingenious harrangues. You conlu
med a hundred measures of midnight
ml ; and could not only read books,
but write them.—Cannot the coinage
ofFancy buy you a better coat? Ah !
responded fad Eugenio, my partial
friends tell me I have a good tide to
a tradl on Parnassus ; but it is “land
that none left money on.” 1 have tra
versed it oft and no: a Lamb or a Ewe
can befound tofacraficeon Fortune’s
altar. Eugerio looked willfully in
my face, and, spite of poverty, smiled
at a stupid world, which could sup
pose that Parnassus was a grazing
country 1
1 e apprentices,who have fulfilled
your seven years talk ; —ye scholars,
whose diplomas are recently signed ;
in a word, -ye, who have nearly
reached the eventful year of twenty
one, liflen to the monitory voice of
him, who, unchefiftied by the warm
fleece of Ewe and Lamb, shivers in
this bleak world, vaunt not of tal
lents ; fay unto yowfelvts, invention
is mad, and genius what doth it ?—
Buy Lambs, buy Ewes. By this
craft ye (bail have fame; for fame is
fortune’s handmaid, in chefe cotter*
manger times. Remember that the
claims of merit, will be like “ the
voice of one cryingin the wilderness,”
while the bleat of Ewes and Lambs
can be diftimftly heard by the remo
test miser. He will chuckle over ye,
and with an out stretched cordial
hand^ bid ye— —most heartily wel
come I
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ADDk E S S
x OF THE
CITIZENS of L’ORIENT,
TO THE
NAUQNAL CONVENTION.
CAN it then be true ? Toulon
has bowed the neck beneath the yoke
of tyranny ; and the Mediterranean
fleet has betrayed thecaufe of liberty.
The horror which this news has in
spired, no eloquence can express.—
Vengeance I Vengeance 1 Legislators.
Let all France rife in one'body, and
in every quarter ftrikc one blow on
the common enemy. The enemies
of her glory shall be no more.
Toulon, rebellious city, infamous
pillar of despotism, away.— ■—Thou
(halt not enjoy the fruit of thy crimes
but a moment. The irjflant ofpu
nifliment arrives 1 Tremble ! The
uncounted batallions of the Repub
lic, shall defeend a$ a tempest on thy
ramparts ; and yet aJittl^ while, and
thpu (halt notexift in the place which
thou dilhonoureft ; and on thy ruins,
Liberty shall erect an awful monu
ment,on which (hall b? inferibed these
words- JI er e.fiaod a rebellious ci
; once the depoftory of an efentidl
part of the resources of the Fepublic^'^
She committed, treafon.^ 4
T U E $ D A Y, December 3, 1793.
ADDRESS,
Preferred by the Cons id of the French
Republic* to the French Citizens in
this town on Monday lafi^
CLTIZINS,
He letter of invitation which re
unites us all m the hpufe of the
French Republic, h s informed .you
of 1^ djebt • You are now going to
hear read the cqmmiflion of the- ex
ecutive of our country, which calls
me to the honour of being your
Consul.
fintreat you, Citizens, to attend
to the .date of my appointment, and
observe, that for seven years 1 had
not quitted Spain. It is a mat
ter of importance to me that the
good and worthy people of Boston,
both French and Americans, have a
full convi^ion that I never solicited
the place df my worthy friend, Citi
zen De Le com be, & f have the fads
faction of knowing that such a pain
ful idea nev^r for a moment, wound
ed his feelings, and that fie has had
the delicacy in painting the features
of my conduct to all his friends, un
der colours which I Iholild be too
happy in imitating.
The ExecutiveCcuncil was willing
to confer oil me a mark of their confi
dence. It was known for eighteen '
years, that tne highest reward for my
lervices, (if ever I rendered any)
would be so fee myfelf placed in A
merica—th Hand of Liberty—and the
general arrangement which took
place in December last, presented an
occasion for this desirable object.
Citizens —yourConful undoubted
ly will commit some errors -tor
where is the man who is above it ?
But rest a flu red, he nevtr will dis
grace the name of a Republican,of a
Frenchman.
Some of our good Frenchmen es
tablished in Boston, aie not with us
at this brotherly meeting. But Citi
zens they are 11411 our brethren, they
are true Frenchmen ; their political
sentiments are known to us they are
Ech as will do them honour, even
to the eyes of France and America :
For he who glories in being a Free
man, is at the fame time a French
man and an American
Citizens —those two nations ought*
never to be separated ; although some
clouds hover round ; (that idea is wo
dear to the only two nations upon
the globe, —don’t let us doubt a mo
ment—but the fun of truth will dart
forth his rayand will diff pate them
—-Yes, the American Congress; the •
firft who lighted the torch of freedom
upon the akarof Liberty, never will
permit that mjfunderftandings Ihould
disunite brothel—No ; the voice of
Liberty will be heard—the happiness
of the two worlds depend on it. Un
doubtedly, that Goddess who has fue
lled the Americans atid the Ftench,
never will abandon than in their in
fancy ; and that augtnt body—that
illustrious Hero, who prefidesover it,
will certainly hear her voice.
Cifizens, let usnoteniertairiadoubt
but that France and America will al
ways remain fillers-, and all oppressors
and tyrants of the world will Ihud
der with grief and confirmation.
By /^eMayor of theC ty //Philadelphia;
A PROCLAMATION.
City of Philadelphia* f.
TL^HE' -daring outrages which
were committed yesterday and this
day,on board the ship Rebecca,Ben
jamin Wyatt, mailer, just arrived
from Cape Francois, by an timber of
Frtnchmen > who from th^p dress
might havebeen taken for gentlemen,
are fcarcelytto be paraleled. With pre
medication, they assembled to facrafice
a passenger on board rhe Laid ship to.
their vengeance, for crimes which they
alledged he had committed in the isl
and of St. Domingo; and with the
baftft treachery, after decoying him
upon the deck of the.veffcl out of his
cabin,by specious promises, attacked
him with iwords, flicks and fills,and
knocked, him overboard; and while ia
the water -attempted to accomplilh
the affaffnation by throwing Runes
at him, by which he Lad received
many dangerous wourds in his head
and body, and would there inevitably
have perilhed, had not a number of
the citizens at the peril of their lives
come to his reicur.
1 his insult offered to our laws, by
a fee of men to whom an asylum from
fire and sword hath been so tecently
offered,indicates the basest ingratitude'
and not content with what had iuft
been perpetrated, many of them had
the superlative audacity to aflemble at
the city haii, where the wounded per
son had been brought for fafety, and
t here infclently uttered threats of their
future murderous intentions.
In order therefore that the perpetra
tors of those nefarious ads may be
brought to condign punilhment, the
good citizens who were witnesses to
what palled,are iequefted,for .thepub
lic\ honour, and the fafety of them
selves and fellow citizens, to point
out every perlon who was concerned
in the breach cf the peace, v. otmding
and threatning;. aforendd ; and in the
mean time, vigilantly to attend to
the conduit of persons so capable of
infuking^he laws of hafpitahty.
M. CLARKSON, Mayor,
Nov. 8, i/gp • •
GENEROSITY.
On the 23d of October uk. Col. Benjamin
Pierce, of Hilifb.-rough, having received rhe
commifiions for his regiment, invited his se
veral officers (tcgeiher with a number of o
tber refpeflabie characters) io dire with him,
and receive their ccmmiffions ; and after rhe
Cob had o’ifplayed some military talent*, by
teaching his officers the (alate, and other
m2DC2uvres,and thefeveral officers, bad taken
the oeceffiiry oaths and received their com
missions, the following toalls v^re drank.
1. Benevolence to all mankind, j. May vif-_
tee and religion be the governing principles
in the human heart. 3. May the clouds of
hereditary rights, fhadowa of ariflecracy, and
the darknefa of monarchal governments, ne
ver involve our Uad. ^4.’May the United
States be guided by 3 wife ccuncil and pro*
dent rule s. 5 GEORGE WASHINGTON.
6. May arts/cience* agriculture and manufac
tures increase and flouriffi. 7 May the Right*
of Man be facre^. 8. May war and carnage
cease, and thepfive branch of peace fit Re.
gent in th? cabinet of contending powers. 9.-
May Use militia at all times appear refpe£a
bio, and be the defence of our nation. <O,
May the cificers in Col. Pierce’s regimens
dtftingujfh thtmfelves by a careful attentive
to the laws of the State. 11. May the end
0/ all society be the public happiness. t 2.
May the remembrance of the ancient heros#
who fell in Freedom’s cacfe, be eegraven
the mind of every Son of Liberty.
Concoid Herald,
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