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i£ l)c inquirer.
\ HICIIM'JND. AUGUST 10. 1610.
J O a THE ENQUIHER.
The following elegant Oration was pro
nounced at Boston, on the 4 n d »y of Ju'y
before the “Hunker llill Association ”
^^aiid in presence of the Supreme Executive
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by
Daniel Waldo Lincoln, counsellor at law.—
It displays tne acquirements of the Scholar,
and the spirit of tlie Patriot.—It is published
from a copy which was transmitted to Go
vernor Ty ler, with the accompanying let
ter from the committee of arrangement—!
It is proper to add, that this 'very compli- !
xnentary letter to our Chief Magistrate, one
of the fathers of ’76. is sent to the Press
m uUoui his privity or consent.
Boston. July 14, 1810.
SIR.
We have the honor to address you in
coni rnnty to a vote of the General Com
mittee of the “ Bunker-Hill Association,”
tuid request vou to accept a copy of the Ora
tio v delivered on the 4m July last —In com
imiiiicating the fccl.ngs and principles, which
led to ihe glorious event of cur revolution, it I
is peculiarly congenial to <>ui grateful sen
sibility on this occasion to render homage to
tht virtues of those patriots, who contribu
ted thereto, and to < xpress individually our
jjcrv.i.al respect for y ur character, and our
tha ks for your continued support of me
Republican institutions of our country.
BENJAMIN HO.VlANS, 1
J P SMITH, > Committee.
WILLIAM HL \GiU>VE J
q?/!rs Excellency Cover >
nor Tyler 5
O R A T ION.
Tyrant, beware! Dire not to invade 1
the sacred righ's, chmten-d to Nature’s '
children by Nature’s G >d! Dare not to
provoke the vengeance ot valor, the indig j
i atiun of virtue, the anathema of Heaven!
Restrain the savage myrmidons of Miy paw
er from the sacrilegious violation of peace,
the prostration ot law, die destruction of
estate, and the sacrifice ot life !
Such were he dictates of reason, ere u
tuirpmg pride trampled on the prerogatives
and illinium'ies of freemen. Such were the
arguments ot justice, ere legisla ive vora
city wrested from the stubborn hand of la
bur the wages of toilsome industry. Such
were the petitions of loyalty, ere wanton cm
elty had cm died the mantling blood ot kin
died atf^Ciio'i ; or annulled the hallowed
obligation of filial submission. Sucn were
the mtreaiiesot humanity ere the ministers
of royal barbarity were unleashed, ere ruin
revelled af his harvest home, or death cele
braled his carnival.
Was man rdained 'he enemy of man, the
spoiler othis fellow ? Wasit enjoined by the
eteruai fiat of the Creator, that the parent
should become filicide ? Was it appointed
by the universal legislator’s edict, that the
immuiati n r>f her offspring be the mother’s
glory ?—— England ! Be ihy unnatural po..
licy accursed! Toy protec ion of thy wes
tern colonies was tlie oppression of Tyran
ny. The exactions ot rapacity were thy
fiscal resources, the subjection of thy go
Vtrnment was the del)vstinent of slavery.—
When p itieiice was exhausted by repeated
acquiescence to leiteiadl aggression; when
complaint was answered by insult, and su
peiadded wrongs replied to remonstrance;
■when endurance became degradation and
submission meanness, out g dla t sires dared
to vindicate their righs and resist the Ty
rant’s power Bui though injury had can
celled the connexion, and outrage had seve
red the tie ot loyal relation, filial attach
xnent continued still dear, and separation
ytas painful as the parting of love.
Dark and portentous as the thunder cloud,
feurtul and fatal, the Stygian wave of royal
vengeance rolled hitherward. The shares
ot America lecofled at its approach. The
j' liiily m mined with dismay, the forest shades
* d k. :sed iuto right, tlie echoes shrunk to
** lot i caves, all nature shuddered at the
innus.rous i urn
Fhe story of the events of the revolution
tu rd not be recited You remember, f r
y -u nave beheld your stieets blush with
lii it’sb barbarity Y m have seen the inan_
g't • victims of the fifth of March sacrificed to
tne* niries by luffi.tt violence You have
hi aid the groans, and watch, d .he lingering
tl ct) of the mart) red Monk. You were begui
It-i ii your arms by iosid.ous treachery. &
betrayed to itie insolence of a licrn ious
soldiery Pestilence entered your dwellings,
danger encountered you abroad, famine
scowled in the mavket place, and despair
haunted your solitude. The thunder of
Bunker’s bights pealed on the startled ear
of apprehension, the knell of vanquished li
berty.
To your affrighted vision, Charlestown
flamed the funeral pile of freemen. You
gazed with honor, as the curling smoke- of
her ruins ascended, in awful grandeur to the
skies, and bore the accusation of a nation’s
^vrungs to the footstool of eternal justice. You
witnessed your warriors’ fate, & lamented the
death of your heroes! Mourn not for them !
Tne> fell untimely, but they fell like stars
of ihe firmament, and marked their radiant
course with glory I Victory’s captive ban
ners wave around Ihe scphulchral monu
ment. The laurel luxuriates on the sol
dier’s grave Fame will publish and geni
ns chronicle their illustrious achievements.
The measured period of revolving centii
. rits will not limit their renown. The splen
dor of their names will endure, till the last
cycle of concluding time Bhall cluse the me
mory of human greatness.
While sensibility writhes in the recollec
ted anguish of those wounds, aimed at free
doin in the patriot’s breast, while memory
in inournlul rwstrnspect reviews the (errors,
pints and t^fieiings off that dread conflict,
■winch emancipated millions from the op
pressor’s yoke J gratitude will consrerate
the votive wreath, and bind it blooming on
the coi qneror’a brow.
On this auspicious clay, valor plucked its
most precious gem front Britain’s diadem,
and broke hr despot's sceptre. On tliissa
ci- cl nnrn. liberty prevailed, ami despised,
op, rested and injured colonies became fiee,
seveieign and independent states. Hallow,
ed l>e the anniversary of Columbia’s glory !
L* . the huzzas of victory giect its matin ray ;
let ;lie acclama'inns of iriumph salute its
western beam .* Let the shores resound with
the song of gladness, and the borders e
f.ho ttu peal « | j j ; <>r on this day. Ameri
ca was .(’solved from Lite curse of British
vanntxiott,
The fhte of Yroserpine was Caledonia's
destiny. The s turd of Englttud dyed the
flowers of Lothit.it with the blood f liei
ehiefiains. l’lie fleeces «>f Tweedale weie
chased by the winds, and vul ures and ra
• ens gorged on the mountain t< ps. Ruin
usurped the Cheviot hills, and famine lorded
L«miiiar Mutt, the foedaiy of British cun
• XIOIl.
Freedom loved to rove on Snowdon's
heights, or loiter in the shades of Peiiniun_
mawr, for Cambria was her Paphos.
-——Hie illius anna,
“ 11“’ < til tts fuit.”
At Llewellin’s fall liberty and science fled.
1 lie bard struck bis mournful harp, and
raised the song of grief The weapon reek
ing with his piiuce's blood, pierced the
heart, where melody had birth, and hushed
the voice of tuneful inspiration. British con
nexion
“ Made huge Plinlimmon bow his cloud capp’d
head.”
British connexion has blasted the green
fields ot Erin, and borne the torch of dhest
ruin to the cabin of her peasantry. It has!
strangled Genius in its cradle, and hunted
virtue anti valor to the touib. British con
nexion has desolated the delightful plains of
I.dos'an, has crimsoned the wave of the
Ganges with gore, andclmaked the Hurrant
pot»ier with .he remains of sltughteied in
habitants. But the awful hour of retributi
on will arise, when India’s wrongs shall be
avenged; when the Shamrock shall fl urish
fair, when the monumental marble shall te
cmd Fitzgerald’s virtues and the epitaph
ot Emmett be inscribed by a freeman’s hand ;
when the denunciation ot Merlin shall be
accomplished and F illiessin’s propheev fill
filled; when Scotia’s hills shall wanton id
native luxuriance.
I lie collected wisdom of a ransomed land
“ ordained and established” a constitution
of governnien a niagna chartaof American
liberties which secured by equal law*,
the enjoyment of equal rights of every Citi
zen ; and forbad by eternal interdiction a
crown to ambition, and a mitre to fanaticism.
Conscience was tef • nconliiiod, as 'he benev
olence ot Deity. Here the Mobed may kin
tile and cherish the sacred fit me, the Bta
min may explain the mysteries of die Vi
llain, the Ilium may expound the precepts of
Mahotnei. the Levi e may declare the ordi
nances of the Talmud.
>( Ui iiie i iMe Indian, whost* untutor’d mind
“ Se» s God in rl nT, r ears him in t wind,”
m ay offer to the Great Spirit, the effusions
ot superstitious adoration; and the apostle
of the blessed Jesus may pu disit the words of
life, and proclaim salva.ion u> redeemed hu
manity. The church, tabernacle, mosque,
pagoda and temple may rise in undistinguish
ed toleration No tests awe the will, no in
quisitorial Synod forges fetters for the mind.
1 quiry is t ee as thought, and opinion unre
strained as the air of heaven ! The press is
a safeguard of public rights. It is the mes
senger of .ruth, the herald of science, the
interpreter of letters, the amanuensis of his
tory and the torcher ot futurity. Like the
sun, it illumines, the gloom of the Gothic
night, irradiates the shades of ignorance,
and pours a flood of knowledge on the world.
I dilates the perceptions of man, extends
his intellectual vision, inspires his heart with
sensibility and his mind with thought ; and
endows hi.n with p ist and present omnisci
ence. It directs Ins way to the Pierean
mount, and discovers to faith the radiant path
by angels trod to Zion’s holy hill O may
it Continue tree, the faithful ward oi civil
liberty ; may the rigid censorship of public
opinion preserve its puri y inviolate The
bondage of ignotance is the vilest slavery.—
Education only can teach mankind to appre
ciate, to enjoy and to secure the blessings
we commemorate, as the ideot unweeting of
their pi ice will barter jewels for a glittering
toy ; uninformed posterity will surrender the
privileges, purchased with their father’s
blood for any specious imposture. Teach
your children wisdom, teach them the con
summation of wisdom—virtue. Instruct them
to compute the value <>f Liberty, to esti
tinnate tug worth ot independence ; lest
art beguile and ambition sudject them, and
in the bitterness of suffering they should
smite vrv.if tombs'ones with their chain:. • and.
curse the sires who bred them brutes. E..
duration will instil noble sentiments, will
elevate the mind to liberal' y. generosity
and magnanimity, will regenerate, and give
sentient existence and intelligent being —
Silpei ior to sot did views of selfish advantage,
the enlightened Citizen will devme him
sell to his Country. Ip the sublime content
plation ol universal good he will disregard
the insignificant considerations of petty per*
sonal oi local imercsts,and disdain the pal
try bickerings oi party collision.
L..ke the enchantment of Circe’s baneful
ouj), party spirit has 'ransforrned mankind,
uninoulding reason’s mintage ” I( has fro
zen the current of the heart, and paraliz d
[ tlie pulses of love. Friendship meets a stran
ger in torgotten sympathy ; fraternity turns
aside ft Out alienated affection ; and paren
tal tenderness petrifies in final estrange"
ment. The demon of parly spirit has per
vaded ev n to the penetralia, and subverted
the alta's of the Penates while enthron ed
i on the ruins, he triumphs in domestic dis
cord. Party spirit has invaded places most
sacred, reverend and h ly ; has polluted the
judgment seat, ami proianed the temples of
the most High History points to her san
guine leaf, the mourn ul memorial of party
rage. *See, Mat ius’spear reeking with gore !
— Behold, expiring breath lingers on Sylla’s
blade !—ran the drops be numbered, thai
fall from Julius’ sword f Can the stains be
scoured from Antonins’ helm t Mark the
rose dripping wi h blood ; where brother
falls beneath a brother’s hand ; where man
is iinhuinanized, and the savage is fleshed
in kindred carnage ! Father of mereies ;
Let no such be the destiny of my country ;
Let not ih_ evening star go down in blood !
Lducation can “unlock the clasping charm,
and tliaw the Humming spell” of party spirit.
By informing man how little i*an can know,
it will relax the dogmatical pertinacity of
ignorance, and infuse a temper of candor
and conciliation ; not the obsequious concili
; ation, winch receives and adopts errors ;but
:that, which forgives them.
I He minim ot the United States is the
guardian of their independence. The arms
consecrated to freedom are preset ved to de
tend the liberties they won. T'lie son of the
brave will protect their piccin.us patrimony
ten rope rnay marshal her legions in dread
array ; and a dt spot's will may move ttie
organized automata to systematical destine
| *ion ; but necessity lifts the soldier's i*luc
J *ant aim, and directs the onmrditatcd blow.
America aloue possesses the tliewe*1 and si
news of war Liberty is the inspiring (icni
us of ht r Champions; and - their country,
he friends of then bosoms, ttie children of
their love, theirselves, their homes, and the
objects of their accnstomecUofiettude and re
Raul, are their impulsions to action. If
lie-e motives suffice not, their father’s
ghosts would croud the battle field, and ter
rify invasion
Liberated from the thraldom of foreign
oppression. Columbia moved on “ with uir
blencht-d majesty .” Plenty crowned the col
ivator’s toil. Science and art, vying with
successful emulation, conferred the meed
of merit and the classic bay. American
Commerce yoked the winds of every sky, and
treiglited every billow ; until the Gallic
Comet which has swtpt the orbs, gleamed 1
desolation on the seas ; until the lawless
ambition of Britain essayed to usurp the ele
ments. i
Independent America could not bow her
proud spirit to tame acquicsence in injuries,
to compliant submission to wrongs She
shuddered with a mother's fears at the re
collected horrors’ f war, and hesitated tnde
vote her children to the slaughter. A tem
perate, dignified and prudent policy resorted
to the sole and salutary alternative, an cm
bargo. Had ibis measure been enforced and
c nuinued. the Commerce of our Country ,
migli’ at this day have been free and mi- I
sbaikicd, as the wave of the ocean ; the ,
property of our citizens secured from spoli
ation, anti the honor of ihe government pre
served untarnished Unhappy Nation !
HitUei to thy escutcheon, was spotless, as the
Idiy, which no sunbeam lias heckled. l’liy
tame was fair anti brilliant as a c oudless
morn, until it was blotted with the foul tbs
grace of factious resistance to authority.
Commerce is the copious channel of wealth
and the medium of universal knowledge.
It is the patron of agriculture, and nurse of
the arts. It incites to enterprise, and re.
comp-nses industry. It associates the vari
ousmembers of the human family, connects
the regions of the earth and approximates
the poles. As a profi able servant of »he
common weal, let commerce be f s ered and
protected ; but let not the independence of
America be sacrificed in mercantile specu
lation ; let not her distinguished immuni
lies and inestimable liberties be the booked
and lege red items in the account of foreign
trade.
The progressive improvement of domes
tic manufactures is a cause of present g a
tulatinn and rejoicing. Inuumcrous hills
woiteo with fleeces; imiminOered tallies ta
bor with plenty; the plains waie with lux
uriant harves s; the teeming eai th disci: ses
her secret treasures; universal abundance
invites the artist and the arts. B, tenmv
ing the necessity of resorting to toreign
climes for supplies of the conveniences >f
lue, domestic manufactures promote the
real independence of our country ; and
strenghten the bonds of union between
the confedera'e states, by establishing inter
nal commerce and increasing their mutual
reliance.
While the tempest of war has desolated
the natioi-s while the whirlwind of dcstruc
tion has wasted the kingdoms, and overturn
ed the thrones of Europe ; while the sword
has consumed the people, and a deluge of
blood has drenched their fields, and over
(lowed with polluted streams; our native
skies have continued serene and fair Peace
has inhabited our borders, and security
dwelt in our towns. Our civil privileges*
which were achieved by valor, h ive been
preserved by wisdom. Our comforts which
were gained by enterpuze, hate been m_
creased by industry. Our institutions which
were founded bv liberali y, have been fos..
tered by munificence. The principles of our
constitution of government rmnain uticnmg
ed; and so long as they shall endure, and
the integrity ot the federal union shal comi_
nue unimpaired* Americans ra^j ivjoicfe in
the freedom, sovereignty & independence of
the U S. They shall endure forever, liy
our brave father's memories, by the awful
shades of revolu1 ionary martyrs, I swear,
they shall endure forever,—.for, “ though
individuals may perish, truth is eternal.
The rude blasts of tyranny may blow from
every quarter, but freedom is a hardy plant,
that will survive the tempest, and strike
an everlasting root in the ni»st unfavorable
soil.”
Columbia, favorite of hsaven. and hope of
the world ! Rejoice ! Nature and Art unite
to adorn thee! Wealth is thy handmaid,
and wisdom and honor attend thy steps !
The eagle will soar to the stars, and build her
eyry, where danger cannot climb. Nations
will seek shelter undvr the covert of her
wings. The corners of the earth w ill bound
thy power, and the confines of eternity limit
th> glory 1
fat tljc enquirer*
A TREATISE
ON POLITICAL LYING,
JReafiec’fully dedicated 'o the Federal
Primers in the U. 6’.
Gentlemen,
In the course of the following
disserta'ion. it is meet that we go smooth
ly and regttlarly on, as they do in the more
abstruse sciences—that is, through dtfini.i
on, axioms, divisions and theorems or rules
DEFINITIONS.
1. A Political Lye is a salutary falsliood,
intended tor some public good.
2 A Political Truth is some pernicious
tac-t. which is tube kip ,likt- poison,out of cir
r.ula. ion,
3. The Public Good is our own good—on
the nut hot tty ol the JJoel} that •• self-love &
j.soc at are tin same,”
4 The Federalists are the Outs, who wish
to be the Inns—your true exclusive patriots,
who i ry to c< zeu the people for their own
benefit.
5. Fne fieo/ilc—A many-headed monster,
who unfortunately rules the roast in this
country—the great reservoir, which receives
every Lye that is told
AXIOMS*.
1. The Tru'h should never he tolil where
a Lye will answer the purpose 17“ Thus the
people will soon be incapable of telling a
L\e front the truth—and tiicu the business
is done.
2. Always tell a lie, at least an if you
believed it yourself.-“To make others
weep, you know, you must weep yourself.”
And, therefore y ou must tell it with as grave
an air, and as xeiious a tone as that of an
historian*
'•*' 1 ell a Lye with as much generality as
possible—shun, as far as you can, all the
accompanymeuts of names, times, places,
circumstances—The more general, the les
ca|)ahle of detection.
4. Never tell the same Lye too often, hit
alway-. h ive a fresh s'nck at hand.
5. Never waste your Lyes, lest the stuck
be <oon exhausted without effect.
6 Those who succeed as Lyars, must ai j
east be suppuseu Cujiabic ot telling the truth j
The** jjznSrai Rules will suit an sorts of
Lves —Let us now proceed to the particular
classes oi Lves, whH:h may properly form
'he /leads of our discourse. On what points,
let iu ask, is the art of political Lying em
ployed? Certainly on those two geeat divisi
j ons, a .out which Politicians so frequently
leant—men and meaaurea—or as our Law
has it. Persons and ’J'/unf's Our theme,
na'uraliy blanches oir therefore, into two
fiaria ; \w fiera jnal ly es, or those which
relate to men and characters; and real lyes
nr those which relate to measuie**, causes &
consequences. Some persons have a knack
at the one, and some at the other. A tew I
very happy geniuses, indeed, aie olessed with '
both accom. Iishinents.
Part I.
ON PERSONAL LYES.
Dean Swift, \vh - has pieceded me on this
branch of .he subject, divides all Ives, rela
tive to reputation, into three classes ; the
detractory, the additorv, and the transl.no
ry*—“The addiiorr gives to a man a 1 ,iger
share of reputation than belong* to him to
enable him to serve some good end or pur~
pose The detractory or defamatory is a
lye, which takes Irom a great man the repu
tation that justly belongs to him, for fear he
should use it to the detriment of the public.
The traitelatory is a lye. that tratisiers the
merit of a man’s good action to another, who
is in himself more deserving ; or transfers
the demerit of a bad action from the true
author to a person, who is in himself less de
sert ing.”
1 he first, of course, relates to your own
party ; the second, to the »thi r ; and the
third, to the one or the other.—Very const
d-i able art is to be use.fl in turning all these
weap.ns to your own advantage.
As o the additnry lyes, gentlemen, you j
must take care to observe tins rule :
Wn i. you ascribe awy meiit to a person,
which does not la long t<> him, the lye ought to
ne calculated hoi quite contradictory to his known '
qn- luies ”
For want of this rule, gentlemen now ma- I
ny mistakes have you commuted i Y <u have
deck* d out your heroes and your sages, with
sucu ia wdry and tinsel, that y u could scarce
Iv i •.pose up *ti auv man of sense, h they
must have “some good adventitious qual -1
ty given them,” and really the people in
tliiscoun-y are yet weak eu ugh toiequiie
it ; why have you flown off to such ex’remes
at <it.ee ? Why o*. dolt nut th«-ir accomplish
men •< in somewhat dig-s tbit- dosesf .Mr
Pi k ey might h*ve been held capable of
presiding ovei aj cky club, if you had not
pufftd bun IV ts fi ma • to be the head of
tut n» ion Mr. Pic ciing m g it have past
his days in silent contempt 1 he had not
been held up as a miracle f patriotism and
talents. Mr (ia-denici mtglt have passed i
as ;i harm.es b ibblcr if It’s strains had not j
b'-en dubln d with * :e name f.l el quence —
Maik the mle well, gentlemen —ynu must
not represent ii ungrateful man as •• rewar
ding a p-mr man lur some g_od . fli :e that
w.is done in*n thirty years ag..; but you
may allow him to acknowledge a serv.ee to
a person, who is capable soil to tp. him an"
other A man, whose pets, nal cou age is
suspected, is not a first to drive whole
•quadions before him; but he may be al"
lowed the merit of some squabble, or throw
ing a but.le at his adveisary's head”—A
woid to the wise i oh know —
As to the deli actoru Lie's, Gentlemen, you
must obseive the otlowing Rule of Swift ;
1 he character wli*ch j u w- iil.i ;.\o be to
your opponents, should not lx quite opposite to
the qualities 'lie p rv ms -nr hu >seil to v •
It is a rule in this science, that nothing
should he too tar s'lerclnd and the reason,
I believe, is, that the brains a.-id nerves of
people are elastictoa cetiaiu degree only —
they stait back at any attempt to strain them
—and like other elastics, they dn nut stop at
the point from which they sat • ut, but flv . ff
into the opposite direction ; he-.ec instead of
believing the excessive bad things which you
tell .hem of others,they begin to ascribe the
same qualities to yourselves Every lye should
therefore, have some colour of .ruth, lest it
should not omy be disbelieved itself, but taint
every other lye with the same incredibi
lity.
1 l»«is we are told, it is not “according to
ilie sound rules of ]iscudology, to give out
ot a great loan who i> remarkable for his
frugality lor the public, that he squanders
away the nation’s money, bmyou may fieely
relate that lie hoards ir. Of an open-hearted
generous minister you are not to say, that
he was in an intrigue to betray his country ;
but you may att'nm with some probability,
that tic was in an intrigue widi a lady.”_
For want of a little attention to tins par
ticular, what a number of blunders have you,
Gentlemen, committed i
Arithmetic can scarcely count up the nnm.
her of Lyes, which you have told, about
Mr Jt-ffe rsoo, but they were so very numerous,
*• that no man could swallow them all. _
More frugality would have been a virtue_
If instead of saving, that he had fled before
Tarlton in dismay, up to thecavesnf Carter’s
Mountain, you bad said of him, that his sin
gle arm was unequal to an host, and that he
was unwilling to tali into die hands of the
British, you might at least have shown that
he was neither a Sampson nor a tor . Y u
Should not have said, that lie tlid not Com
pose the Declaration of Independence—but
you might have salely said, that he did not
fbrow iu every individual expiessinn or
stop You should not have affirmed mat he
was attached to the French Police hut only
that he was fond of French cooking; leaving
the world to presume that it he was pleased
with their dishes, he might he seduced as o
theis had been through the medium of the
palate*—You should lirwate of these wimp
pet s. Gentlemen. They are so cursed dtf
limit to prove and the world is so cursed in
quisitive after the proofs.
In such cases, the safest way is not to
state as a fact, tlie thing which you wish to
circulate, but to state some subordinate fact
and then by inuendo, const ruction, taise rca„
soiling and the like, make out the great
point at which you aim. Thus, in charging
the Republican party with being under
French Influence, the safest way is to ask it
there are not a few French Bathers in the
U. S. and from their not cutting the throats
>f then* Republican customers, to conclude
that there must be a collusion and secret un
derstanding between them. If you should
he convicted of a mistake, you know, how
much better it is to be charged with a
breach of L< gtc, than a breach of veracity
— 5c how much safer a false argument is than
» falsehood.
I'ut in this very gcncroua course, you must
emeniber this one Rule .
Const ue (-''fry action ofyour opponents in tin
[ ost unfavorable Sense—ascribe evtry thing to
ie worst possible motive-——keeping in view
•ifU’tbmg like plausibility.
For want of aucnrtinjs to this latter reset.1
,» . K * A* i t,
tAtion, poor tvlr. Coleman, cf N. Yor*J, *#s
never credited—tor I*is ingenuity was so of*
ten employed in twisting every act and fan
cying a lurking meaning in it, that it was at
lastlall thrown away.
In the translaionj Lye, you have this ad*
vantage; that the things themselves ate in ex
istence and require no proof; and tlu rs
wains nothing hut •• to put upon the public
a Jalsc cainic or a tal e author.—This being '
a combination of the two last; the same
Rules will apply to it as to them. That is:
hover * * tract from a man a tin nt which suits
his disposition, ft traitfer it to : uolher, to whoa#
ku *vi» <pi line* it is c.ontr idir.Mn-v.
Thus how ab«urd is it for you, to transfer
front the republic itis to yourselves the me
rit of paying If he public debt—the desire
o! keeping the mu ion n peace, especially
when we coo ptre vour ow ti ndne* in ’93
with that of Mu Republicans in 1807-*he
merit of retrenching he expt tires and at*
ritiage of the government—with a variety
of other portic lars, which are written in
the history of this (' u:h'“,. —This me
tempsychosis, Gentlemen, is re II to unna
tural. The blood will not n< m>* of Mans,
fusion from the one vein to the her
In Part theSrnl, w e shad proceed to take
up the Ukal Lyks,
COMMUNICA I ED roil THE S v Q.V IRE A.
Th" following sentiments are from the pen of
a man of genius and 5 gici'.y The present is
the time to press them into the smite of th®
public.
I own to you, that I do not fe* 1 s fished, with
this prominent station, whii li the m.i iso ri»i -e
cretarieb of the Executive Branch have gi adu
allv ai quired ; to such u degiee indeed, .« to
m. ke the^icnt Republican narty ro •:••• d* v • '••:*t
on them, than con .-ii-ts ••• tl) tit cent a • ' u:ie.
“ t he constitution r* cognises them u ureix in
one imperative sentence, plainly intend'd io as
sure their obedience to the responsii 1 imd ha
zardous authority of the president. Y*t for se
veral years l li ve had lei lings by no means | lea
sant, in observing through tveiy sn- lessee ad
ministration, that tbest m ni-.t rs ol the Execu
tive, have been more anil more confounded »nd
associated will the Chief M igigtruic, under tbo
questionable appellation 0/the cjb<r.er ; that they
bavi* silemly been drawing, eacii to htinsetf,ad
ditional p tr ui g«, aiul squa Is of appropriate
friends, ev n fr >m the Legi-i ture
41 heir true destination, Lk >:it* Hites, is to aid.
and ilium m* their primar t'lanet, and when
ever t! e\ shall draw to them so much mat*
tnr and m .11011. a*- to .»bscure their principal and
disturb the regular motion in bis orbit, it be
comes high lime that some corrective power
shi.iihl interpose t > reduce their momentum, and
red-cs th* anomalies of their move nv-ms—Ought
11 it tin Executive to evert its energy to sustain
its authority, in the full const itutiomd plen lude,
t‘ ougli he should vreitly dire to h-Zard his po
pul.ii it) !
FT The following oi.ragi uph is from the Win
cheiter G re'te. \Vo » iw the thing, when it
fii-->t sprung tom her form — we watched her
courst Iron: the north to the south ; we foreraw
the avidity with which the ierieral prims would
1 yelp .iml join in *he chare-we have seen tier
actually Hying like \r Id Hie, thtmigh all tlie
'prints of the Umied States—hut Truth issues
torlli at last, to put a stop to the career, by taking
the game out of their fl uids Here is the para
graph :
‘‘A gem Inman f <>m Lynrhburg infot ms us, that
he saw j letter from M Cm's. Mr. Madison's
privaU secretary, to his brother capi Cob a
tmg that M- Smith, the present svc.-t ■- .*f
state, .s <• 'e superceded by the upp- item • tub*
C"! Monroe to that office Wt give wi>
rereiv d .t ”—
We have seen a letter from Mr Edw.ml C-des,
the ptivale secreiarv of the president, *n which
he says th *t he knows of no circumstance that
could have given t se to - ami a report ’ tr C.
think* it. strange, that report *>> u-.* t lv tbi-li—
tote ol foundation should bo prnpaga’t d for h©
purpose of nrculding ruin >rs of dts-'i lion a
inong the mem eisoftiir e*t u'live, and of les
Sittir.g the c-iofic. n < of th. people in tli. admi
'* straiioi;-nd v< ty hard itul ed, that lus own
name should b.- m.tde tire of, t** give it any tiling
l kc a specious appi j icp
Our New^Or/eunti dates Pie to the 13'h.
ot July — it \v;>b stud, that Committees tad
been named it several of the cl ist • ic r s of
Wes Floi til i the intention <>• which was
to “ adopt some plan for a new government*
or seek re ress o! grievances.”
Governor Claiborne was in Staunton on
the 28th ult. and left it on rlie following
day, on his route to New_Orleatu>.
PRIME SALT-FETK3&D HAMS tor sale*
Apply to
GEO : G KEEN HOW.
August 10. lt
COAL LAND FOR SALK — By sir tic of
a de«*d of trust, <rxecul> d u> tiie subsenoer,
hr William Ellyson, alias Moody, in order to
secure the payment of a sum of money due to
Nicobon and Hod), will he sold to tl.e highest
bidder, for ready money, it 2 tcliariah Bro.ks’s
I'uvern, in the town •>! Manchester on Monday
the 10lh ol September next, one fifth part of a
tr-iri nf COAL L:iND lying in the county of
Ch sh i field, hi t tll-ng Greek, commonly kn wu
*;»*! designated by the name ol Wooldridge aid
Elly soil’s pits
Wm B CLARKE Trus.ee.
Manchester, Augm; 10 6.^[
AV \LU vBLIS TRACT OF I~AND FOR
SAEk.— vV dl bo a* l l tin i.o premises, ,hu
Dili (lay Ol September m xt, th.- I. VNL) where
on the late Colonc l W 11,a n Nebun resided, ly
mg in the uppere.nd id K ng William C.-noty,
oi l contains oy survey 1500 .rrt-x ; tin- I, ml ia
well adapted to the cullu • I C im, \V .1 ai.J
Toba co, it will lie laid «.fi before the n y of ale
" conven cn l ■!«, go as hi su t thus-* who may
wish to purch.H .e The term- of s de w 11 he
■ me half if the u-chuse m- ney paid in IZmoMliB
Irom the day of - le, iht oilier half in two yens,
the purchaser go ing bond with approved » mri
ty and a deed'd- rust upon the Land A good
title will be made by
(.II U<l.ES C. PAGE,
Adm r uutfi the will annexed
August 10. uis
1TIE Subsi i iber having remold .»» the
houao o.ipn ite die SA.m T. veni, fommrly
occupied by Henry Rirnks, esqr pri |»-..*cs #s .di.
Iisiung » SE »l IN VKV, lor the instruction of
youth, of hwUi sexes, and respectiully solicits >he
patronage of his friends and the public He
purposes teaching Wi iting and Arithmetic, the
English language gi Minaii.tiralh , Asli<>i,„tny,
Geog.aphy, N nr 1 and Mor.l l>h losopbv, s/r.
trying and Book Keeping, alid pr« no • ,, p,y
die most unremitciijj fl;uiition to tin m r d as
well as intellect ml improvement, of *o |, ,,,m|g
*' m.y bt cot fided to Itisr.aie. Her. mnv nee a
M "'•■’y n. xt. Terms twenty (He dollars per
annum, payable qvuu tei iy,
. . * B ilENMlS.
Jtdy26. w 4 w
GO* Mrs Dennis, who has been engaged ..,rne
.rtf* in the Millinery and M^nttja.MakinK bu*i
■ v ill be thankful lor any lav i»ri in i ,tli i (,f
'he.*c brunches.
*•* I hare acCommodation'Iii- a f< w b >v ’ r,
* lush would be received on 4. ode rale t J
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