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FOR THE ARGUS.
ORATION
ON GOVERNMENT.
Delivered on the 4th July, 1810.
By WuH^ROANE.
[concluded.]
% • '
/ If a republican government, which I
consider the bee; in theofy, should pro- j
mote the -felicity of one nation, why |
should it hot cquMly contribute to the i
prosperity of another ? The po>#*ts in J
which human beings resemble in eve* |
rv climate arc infinitely more nume
rous than those in which they differ ; j
they possess every where the sa.ne |
senses ; those impressions which af- j,'
fVct one man, affect in like manner his ;
fellow-man. It is true wc differ inha-j
bits and taste, but taste is an internal I
sense and common in some degree to ;
all mankind, but habit is an accidental j
difference. V I!
Men long inured to despotism may '
appear patient under their suffering1*, '
hut this is by no means a proof that it
is the fit and genuine state of such un
fortunate beings ; they may neglect
their most valuable privileges and be
subjected by fear j but freemen will
obey the call of justice. Teg^h those
unfortunate beings, instruct them in
the absolute excellence of republican
'institutions, enlighten and prepare
them fer the great revolution, and they
will seize with ardor the high boon
which is proffered them.
Perhaps an inconsiderable number
might at first cling to their prejudices
and m a small degree be indisposed to
listen to the voice of truth, but this
i\anr-btr from the ve> j nature of just
sentiments, must in the ordinary course
of things perpetually diminish, and e
very new convert woul be the means
qf converting otherg, who would he in
spired with the gloriom idea oi liber
ty ; Add to this, that generations arc
passing rff the st.ige ifff life like the
waves of the sea, whilst the children
of each succeeding race will possess o
pinions more unalloyed ; will abandon
the prejudices of their forefathers, and
adopt more independent sentiments
and habits of thinking ; this positi
on is demonstratr dby our native coun
t'y. What a change c id not Peter oi
Russia effect in his savage and untu
tored subjects ? What a revolution did
not the bold genius of a Spartan legis
lator produce ? The glory of Sparta
immortalized Lvcurgus. That wise
legislator combated the threfc simple
lot ms of government so as to serve as
a lemedy and counterpoise to the evils
of each other, and no republic preser
ved it* liberty and laws lorfger, or en
joyed z greater reputation and prospe
rity.
Hut there is still another objection
which ought not to be passed over.—.
The enemies or liberty and equality
liayc considered an^y^cnaive country
incompatible with a republican govern
ment. They have thus by imagiaarx
<3*mediums ingi-nioudy supplied the
want of those solid qojtctior.fi which
t> ^ y have rttdcav red in vain to fmd.
'I he error which limits a republican
government to narrow oounnaries,
seems to owe its rise and prevalence
to.'he confounding a republic with a
tfein<?c racy, mid applyirg to the former,
reasonings dr.wvn lrom the nature of
the iatten—The difference between
them is very cbviougkt In a democra
cy the people convene and exercise th*
government in person—in a republic
tb^y administer it by their representa
tives, and by tbr9 great principle of re
pYeaentation, the largest political body
may be concentred, and its Views di
rected to 4 f y object which the public
good rcquirts.
America claims the merit of malting
thi» experiment upon the largest scale,
and ol realizing th| great truth, that
nothing cr.n be wanting for her preser
s vMion but an uniform rotation in of
fice, and that fair and equal represen
tation which w *-.ccure to every man
equal rights and privileges.
Those sophistical writers upon this
subject lived under despotic govern*
menty., ar.d they have endeavored iq
palliate their evils by placing in c .m
I parison wi h them the vices and tie
} tecta of the republican, and by citing
.. as specimens ol the latter, the torhu<
len ilemoniii.it s of ancient Greece and
Italy.—fiat they iorget that thojc de
‘
» 7 n I
mocracitja were unacquainted with re
presentation, and hence arose all their
calami ies.
As the natural limits ofa democrat
cv is that distance from the central
point which will just admit the most
remote citizens to assemble as often as
their public functions demand, and will i
include no greater number than can1
join in those functions, so the natural
limits of A republic is that greatest dis»'
tauce from the centre, which will still
allow the representatives of the people'
to convene jus often as may be neces*
sary to deliberate upon public affairs.!
Can i. hi* Said that the Unireo Stales
exceed that limit ? It wiU not be said
by those who recollect that the Atlan
tic coa3t is the longest side of the uni
an, and that the representatives of the
most distant states are not chargeable
with greater intermissions of attend
ance than those from the states in the
neighborhood of congress.
Rosseao, in his S -c:al Compact,com*
;iares the territory of a state with the
iimensions which nature hath assign
id to a well formed huoran body, be
yond which she produces notniag but
Jwarfs and giants ; so in a body poli
tic, there is a limit or a maximum, b<s
/ond which it cannot extend, because
:he administration of gcr rnment be..
:omes always more difficult, as the uis •
:ance f rom the seat of it increases. The
distant provinces or portions are like a;
heavy wtight at the longest end of a
ever i but upon unity of exertion, de
pends unity of interest { and so long,
iellow-citizcrts, as you are fcopv iile-i
gibte] this imaginary lever either va
nishes, or the weight will be supported
ny rhe power.
Extensive as the government of the
United States i«=, we ne..dnot fear any
evil from that source ; wise laws ex
tending their influence to everv part,
wiU be an adequate security—Let A
me/ica study political economy in aii
it* branches, love virtue, and exalt m»_
ru; she will thus inspire each .rising
getierati >n with that Amor Patri
wh*>ch will be her Kgis in every trial.
Ye.«, Americans, it in our boast to
possess a country vast in extent, uni
ting all the advantages of climate, soil,
and production ; flourishing fiom the
benign influence of good lavtrs, under a
Iree government} the gift ot our an*
ce»»or*, which we are bound r<> protect
br ou mu U«l err s an * latibr—it is
he fabripot Am, ric «tt v dor aud wis
dom, which I ru t -.- vit be -imitated by
surrounding nations* To this mauls
spirit ;>n i enterpr 2- posterity will be
indebted for so valuable a possession,
and the world lor that example, which
America has displayed in vindic tion
ot private rights, and public happiness.
Had no important step be< u taken
by the leaders of the revolution, foi
which a precedent cculd not be disco
vered—no g vernmert establi bed o!
which an exact model did not present
sent use If—rhe per pie of the U. Stater
might at this moment be numbered a
meng the melancholy victims of mis
guided councils—must at best hive
;-tCti laboring under the weight ©1 sortu
of these despotic forms, which have
crushed the liberties of the rest of man
kind.
But happily lor America, happily 1
trust for the whole human race, they
pursued anew and mote noble cours.
—they- posses-ed Spartan valor, and
Athenian eloquence—the voice of .1
lieniy, a Madison,ahcl a Jefferson was
heard, and they accomplished a revolu
lion which has no parallel in the annah
of history—They reared that fabric ol
government which has no model or
the fjice of thu globe.
Let us then learn to estimate its va
lue and justly appreciate its blessings,
Let us consider the liberty of the pres
as the palladium ot our political exis
tence ; and if we ard united by tlu
b inds of real patriotism, we slv-ll live
at home invincible, and abroad illustri
ous. Discord generated by foreigr
, iniluence, can only arrest the glory
I which now, and for future ages, pro
miseft to await us.
Then let us be the mu'til guardian
i of our mutual happiness ; and finally
J let us w ith one voice, pour forth h6l;
j orisons to Heaven, that we may cr
long, hail the br.ght cm when iyrunn'
j Ritd despotism may be banished Iron
1 the globe, and mm turn his attentio
| to the noblest objects, the love of hi
fellow-mao, auJ ihe veneration of hi
|Ood.
L'cndon, July 15.
The pecuniary embnrraasmeuts df
the commercial World at the present
juncture are beyoud precedent find
almost beyond hopes rff alleviation.
The devastation ib extending far and
wide throughout the country, where
ever^degree of business is stopped,
even in the public market. The fol
lowing is a list of the stoppage, of
country hanking houses communicated
to us (Morning Advertiser) y ester- ,
day :—.
Exeter, Plymouth*
Salisbury (two) Sh^ftsbury*
Toiness, . Shrewsbury*
Chester,
The Gazette of Saturday has an
nounced the failure of two country
banks. -
July 23.
The defaulters who were announ
ced on Saturday in the city, were prin- \
cipilly coufined to the sjock exchange
except one broker for an inconsidera- \
ble sum. And although thrre were 13
or 14 failures, 4t» the stock exchauge j
declared on Friday or Saturday, the
hinds rosfc 2 ptr cedt. on the latter
day. J
The following are arr*oiig the Loti- ,
don mercantile houses under embnr
rHSsmfcnts. Messrs. C»ace, Sharp* <
bisher Sc Fisher* Ro vlaudson anti j
Ij^tes, Rowlandson, lsr.ee Sc Co. Har- ;
dv* Otiley Sc Co. They have a much
greater amount of property than the ■
sums they.owe.
Messrs. Colas Sc Co. and Messrs. «
Brickxvoods, Rainier St Co. are among |
the failures fn London. .
The fluctuation in the funds yester- |
dav mornin<v was fim
nium was done at 2 per cent, discount. <
Of the embarrassment produced a- ;
mong the country bankers, there lu- <
therto is but very little abatement. 1
The Baus c-f Sn^land, vre understand, ,
anxious to concur in ahv Measure that
can be suggested for the relief of the i
mercantile wonJ, "Vida i. Sr.-.i obu* ■
v ction of the evils oF the too extend- ;
ed system of the counrry banking,
feel much ditficuhy in an emergency
so critical and delicate.
Among the list of bankrupts in 1
rm sJay night’s Gazette, wc aie sor- '
r:;o see that once solid commercial
character-*-** John Buli.”
\ The fallowing acco-int is more speci
Jic than the preceding ]
L< *Dou, Julv 1G.
Bankrupts.
Nathaniel Craoch, of Exetet, mtr
h at ; JohtiJk'ahshav, of Liverpc.o’,
Icater in earthenware ; Thomas God
wm, of Queen-street, Chcap»ide, mer
chant; janes Willi!*, George Morse
jukes, James Grey Jackson, and John
Lbngley, of Salisbury square, Fleet
>t. merchants.
The pecuniary tmrbarrassrtient of
the commercial world, at the j resent
juncture, are extremely severe. The 1
devastation is extending Ur and wide- \
ly throughout the corn try. Accounts
have been received ol the stoppage of
ievtn country Banks in the west of
England.
I..W- if l
•J -J - ■ •
Nine or 10 more failures were an- |
nounced yestetftay in the city: and,i
we are sorry to add, that several more !
ure expected. •
We trust that the shock given to
credit in the commercial world, by
the stoppage of last Saturday, is nap
pily over.—Tua wise and liberal con
duct of the principal houses, f. / com
ing scastnably forward to the aid of
thOst! who were the must J kcly to he
affected, lias given a check to the evil
and cenfidence is pretty well re esta
blished.
The commercial embarrassment ir
Dublin appear »>to be not inferior to
that in this city ; paper to a large a.
mount, uflfcs yesterday returned from
, Ireland.
Tbe run upon the London Bankers
’ for the last lew days has been enor*
mom, but the alarmists have found
tho establishments upon too firm a
* rock to be shaken by any fleelinc
i storm.
Mi-aery of the South of Ireland. —...
! We are sorry to state, irum authentic
1 accounts, that very gtner.d distress
' prevails throughout the South of Ire
* land.—;'i’hat heretofore flourishing
4 district has sunk, within the last
* twelve months to a melancholy conk*
lion* The mercantile Ui^ircs which
have occorred to an immense amount!
in CoTk, Waterford, Limerick, and
the lesser towns, have nearly annihila
ted all trade and confidence : they
have grown since last November, to
nearly two millions In the value of
ioswes. One very recent insolvency
in Limerick alone, falta littlt, if at all,
short of 160,00(3 £.
London, Saturday, full? 21.
half past 7, P. M.
Mercantile Credit.—The alarming
ihock given to commercial confidence
ias induced us to inquire into the
itate of the accounts of the principal
lefauhers. The following particu*
ars of the debts and credits of
louses, were presented to the commu
te appointed to luquire into their af
airs, this morning. The members of
he committee were Messrs. Shawe,
Langston, Tort, Graham and Peele.
Greave and Fisher—Debts, £ 503,
>00—Credi's £ 632,592.
Rowlandson and Co.—Debts £ 233,
>33—Credits £ 339,432.
Hardy Oitey and Co—Debts £ 311,
502—Credits £577,775.
R»ulandson, Bates and Co.—-Debts
C 285,898—Credits^ 330,444.
J. Gooder— Debts £ 331,590—Cre
lits £ 437,209.
In Messrs Jacobs concern, by their
>wh account, it appears that the ship
dng property amounts to £ 100,000,
ind they state their surplus to he also
100,000. The amount of their total
lcb'ts i? given at £ C00.009.
By the above account, it would
item, that all the defatli&fs have a
_i_1.^ __1 1_.L_ ......
jui ctuu uik au'-uuuta
ire correct. Vfe understand that the
ivc first had a meeting with the Dank
Directors, and that it i/5s agreed by
he Company »o giv^fhem time on all
heir bills in the har/is of the Dank, on
specific condition/ as to security,
vitich are in th^i /course of arrange,
neut. 1^
V/c hsve to d»^ two failures in the
Mercantile market, not very conaiti
uable, and one p> incip.il and sorrvr -
mnor ones on the Stork Exchange.
ITIISH ACT OF UNION.
The Common Council o! Dublin, at
heir session oi July 20, adopted two r .
olution* against the act of union, to whirl
:-,ey attribute much o the distress of Ire.
and ; bt.ngby it deprived of **• a resident
jarliament/’ which would tuar her griev
\nces_, and redress them.
The Board of Aldermen did not corf?1
:ur in the resolutions of the Council, but:
appointed a committee of eight todraft ar
.tddrefs to the kina and a petition to par- j
liament. * j
The Common council alts passed a re. j
solve to remove the portrait of Mr. Fos
ter, the 1 .re speaker of ahe house of com.
mons, froth the mayur-ajty house»btliev.
ing him treacherous to Iceland.
A Philadel| hia paper mentions that
at a late trotting match near that city,
ahotbj trot t d a mile in two minute;
and IQ sei.ond3, befere a light sulkcj
constructed for the purpose.
On the 17th July in the vicinity of
Quebec, the frAat was so severe that
most of the cultivated plants tvere in
jured, and, what is more remarkable,
some of the wild plums were wholly!
., _
J>tters from Cnpe Henry (late Cape
Franco**) state_> that his b'ack.Uccd mu.
jestyof llayti treats the flag and ships of
the United Stntea pretty much in the '-’yle
his sallow..faced brother, the emperor of
France, dnestarHis cr*iizers> [onanv ot
them manned with Americans] send in
American vessels sans eeremmue, und hi*
»*ble niajes.y take* tbo property and pays
for it at his own price .md u*<W.
Host. Pup.
SMUYlY UHEAT.
In Young's annals, vol. x. page 231, We
have the following txptrlm.nts, which
Will je useful to farmers of tm» state, whom
ficltU are sub|ect to raising smutty wheat,
I bowed founeen tf-ds with the same
wh'.at seed, as black wita the smut as cv
cr l saw any.
No. Ij S'iwu dry, nothing done to it, had
377 smutty car*,
2, Washed well in clean water^ had
325 do.
3, do in lime water, had 43 t] ,
4, do. in a iyefeot wood ashes, had
3! do.
&t do. In arsenic and salt mixture,
28 do,
6, Steeped in lime water 4 bouts, ha<
12 do.
7% do. in lye 4 hours hud 3 do.
8, do. in arsenic 4 ho »r» h»d 1 do.
2, do in It me water 12 luur , had
f> do
10, do, in lye 12 hour* had 0 do
12, do. in ar»en c 12 hours, had 4 do
12, do. in lime v. a»er 24-tvoura, had 0 J .
13, do. in lye 24 ht.urs, had 0 d«
• 14, do. to the arsenic 21 ^><irs, had5 Co.
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BATES’
Virginia Almanack
FOR 1811.
Containing, beside* the usual astronomi.
cal calculations, fcc.
Letter from VV L uu* matism,' Drop3v„^
bert, Eso ot Washa Rowel complaint,
irgton c ty, on the pain ih the Back;
great and annular P.les., So*e Month,
eclipse of the Run, To prevent *to»«f
which will take fruit from failing
place on the 17th before it is ripe.
Sept 1811—particu. To dye a beautiiuT
larly as 8£tn at & durable black.
Richmond ahd its Scale of tleprectuti,*
Vicinity on ff paper cur
An ingen ous egs*y on rtucy, established i
the subst.mce of ihe by the General i
Sun - —Ditto on Assembly ol Vir_ M
the Moon, f<c. ginm, Nov. 1782.M
from the Critical Frosty Cellars “
Review. Anecdote cf an 1
I'he cotnmbn Lot=a riah Sib’dier ih the
l>oem* American revolu
Account of a new inu tiooary war*
vention for DistiU English Monarch*,
ling, by P. Arring. Acting a Pun.
ton of N Carolina: Meteorological jour*
An account of a new. nal of a wife’s
ly invented Domes. temper,
tic Spinner with Maxims &c, 5ifc,
six spindles, which List of civil cfheers
will do as much in Virginia, Gov.
work in a day as $ fernor, Cou.ic 1.
or 6 persons ^in the lors, Judg s of
common w .yTmade the Court of Ap.
in Alexandria, price peals,H'gh courts
froivi in If. ,1.11.. ... n. _
and may be mana. eial Court, &c.
ged by a child of 10 Delegates to Gene*
years old. ral Assembly.
\ Remarkable Pro* Delegates to Con.
phecy. by the late gress.
iit-V John Wesley. Superior and Conn.
Simple cures for the ty *C mrt days ia
following diseases Virginia
[ti.e greater part Ditto in N Carolina,
original rec:\x.-»J
viz. I he Croup, * This remedy has
Cotns, Pet er?, Ul* been used by u re
errs, Chilblains, spr-ptabic gtntltmaa
A uoth^ achej Ague ot Richmond in,7 or
ami Few - Ri>t«. 8 iiistabci s, «r*u
w?.ya wWi succei...
JUST RF.CE VED, a large and elegant
assortment of
fau, goods,
which will be disposed of bv wholesale or
retail very low far Cash, as follows.
Superfine Cto.hs and Ca&s.inici es, Se.
rond^ do dor Coatings and Fiwnne!?,
Baizes and rJ vv illcd Fiannc’s, Cotton and
C nnen Cambrick*, Sattin and Lustring
Ribbands Dimities, all kinds, Seeded and
l-eno Musi n, 1st qo Jity, ’India i.eno d .
1st Plain & Figured Jaconet Muahn, T; bby
Velvets all colours^ Corduroys Cords *niU4]
Velvets. Point and Rose Blanker?, C UonW
and Worsted Stuck ngs, all co'oursj i'o.v. M
coi;e Sr*c)i and Horn Combs, So;iib z
and Borabazene, C .Fringe Lace, and Ink
Powder, Cotton and.Tit:tad Laces ..ss nu
Calicoes aud Chintz. Found oc Fuck*
ajjc i ms, Ladi. s and Gentlemen’* sho t
Mil Gloves, Extra long Kid Gloves ter
Ladies, Kniv*.s anil FofitiBlurted, l‘ocL”t
tnd Pen Knives, Table and ”1 ea Spoons,
Linn n and Cotton Thread, l7o. y Combs,
‘'"1* tied Bed Ticks, Cotton, do d >. B.ue
'in.I Orten Sarsstncts, White aud Brown
Linnerrs, 1st quality^ Co* ton Shirting*,
French Imitation Cambric*^ Cimbrmk
Musbhs, U.<ndsntio and rudicat Hkls.
• eluce Cloths, all r.olourSj Sewing Sdk,
nil r.olnnrt Writlnv nti/1 I t. Dam/,*.
AVeslcoatinga, and Paitenftet, Sturt t.ui
Jet Buttons Cotton Umbrellas.' An a*so> t„
ri cut of Military /'lun.cs, F.poub'u and
tvlver Cords, Silver end Gold Thread,
s.lver ant! Gold Spangles.
I he above Good* bring particularly sp«
iected for Cash, and w.li efcpo.ed ot >n
the lowest terms for Cuth or Town accept
Unce s.
__ L. JOSEPH 3t
Notice.
to make immtdlsu pujmen*, and i!.o»« who
have oprr. ac.<an*»its on tn • bo Ki«f h* mid con*
tern, art requeste d lOeome to a senUmanr, w.tn*
out which no longer indu'jpnte will \,r. asterd.
ed.
DANIB1 HIGGINBOTHAM O'CaJl
New GIaw^m*, Scprrm *r 1st, ltflO. WW
ho 1 ICE. **
'rJAOMjs 4J.nxuyc. L Cr O *>qfeftfihr
inf rrn t tie let- i d« end the puUn^io W)K>
r*!, that they Vsvr r.j-ned Mote Ju .he h»v «
rif .mrly Mm led I* Dar-hl il!rgiP*v,»n . r
Co. m the town of Ne* Cls^ov'l wff>»e tky
will kerp a gt.rtttl supply ot GOODS tofr*
Ahia 10 thr reason, which they are determined to
sell on the lowest teimi tor u>ih, country pro.
Suce, r-r to those that they can rely on fotj/itric.
twlitfi
New SrptemUo? Aff
Rees’s Cycioj edia,
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l> just Received