The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-05-20 00:00:00, page 2

: _Committee, and after three readings adopted
a m^unty of three fourths at the meeting; and
^ Li> than forty members can establish Inch al
vrarons &r additions.
gw In ail calcs but those, in these Rules ex
crpted, a bare majority is to decide any question:
no; cd, rt.CT rec rfvnmcis can tr#niact bulinefs.
And io these and all Rules hereafter to be eftablifh
^ ~ we bv vn&yrvr turn, do each, arid every of
^, dhemniy pledge ourselves to become amena
\—flighting our faith and sacred honor—Signed
wino.l fr'anas and Sealed with our Seal here
orntu annexed.
• S'mrrer -advancing, old Brakes begin to crawl
hum cocert and spit their venom." Anon.
" Poufe satire, rouse, aflume thv antient fwav,
"t- rag f cr th thefe(milereants to the light of day.
Anon.
Mrs. 7 IMOTEY,
'' 7de heart of man ir deceitful above all thin gs> and
Tfperatdy. wicked." A good old Book.
{ ^ONGRATULATIONS attend you; your
Press is incontrovcrtibly a free oiiq Jemmy
Ldßer, the pretended editor of Lloyd^T/ening
b(df, cannot with all his original and acquired
iniolent afiurance, dispute a fabl, delf-obyious to
ifrmeancft capacity, evidently apparent even to
an Aristocrat's comprehension. Both your cha
ra&er, and driller's, arc Madam abfolutcly fixed,
they equally remain perfe&ly unequivocal Tre
Printer who uninfluenced, pubhihes impartiallv,
the arguments pro and con refpe&ing any contro
versy, in agitation, merits and will rective the just
tribute of applause due a corded thus laudable,
and party itfelf is Constrained to acknowledge the
propriety of such procedure. This acknowledge
ment however enforced by the concurrent teftimp
ny of truths, too firmly eftabMihed, to admit of
contradiction, though drawn forth by a potency
equally irreliftibie as death, 'when cver^ medici
nal art and physical prescription prove abortive,
Comes with a wretched grace, Torn feme perfor
ates, who would fair attempt to extenuate their
guilt, could they by their adroitness escape the Im
milwtirg hep of cohfeflich, were'thev so fir Veiled
in the arcanum of political manoeuvre, as to de
fend with dignity and make a virtue of necelhty.
It is a manifeft token that the cause is bad and
totally indefenfible, when it cannot bear the light,
for no set of people will endeavour 'to monopolize,
to eugrofs a press solely in behalf of their own
p T Plications, unlcfs felf-confcicufnefs whispers in
them ears. “ Your arguments ate weak, your af
f^ons falfe, your behaviour infamdus, and ah
arfwer to vour miferablt productions, mnft natu
rady exyofe you in a point of view, of which it is
L ,rd to determine, whether contempt or detefta
ticn. will be the consequence." The Ariftocrati
<A Gentry, have they conceive a Press at their
command, with an illiberality incident to dema
gogies, they iifue prohibitory mandates I date
nothing, 1 make ide of no other proofs fopportin^
tins declaration, than what I am Furnished wit^
cut of Miller's vehicle of falsehood and scandal.
Toe abovementiohed impostor fays that he braved
"' '°" rt °' Kin g' s Bench; why does he hot now
dh'fuy some little degree of that fortitude, which
if we may credit his own improbable accounts, he
at one period possessed—why at this day humble
and bend the knee? Why admit in his' Gazette,
an anonymous scurrilous performance, the falfhies
of which can be only equalled by its puerilities,
a~d refufe to insert a state of fad's attested in ah
affidavit hitherto unanswered, and containing the
vindication of an injured officer and Gentleman,
whole real signature was annexed. And dare such
a Printer stile his Press free and uninfluenced?
Ought not this abjed petty tool, if he did but mo
mentarily reflea, blush at his consummate mean^
nefs, at his despicable pusillanimity? To drop
Mr. Frinterlin^, he is a theme fcarce'worth fol
lowing, a fubjed hardly Worthy of taking up
either the reader's time m my own. It afforded
me Madam, singular pleafute, to peruse in one of
your late Gazettes, the effufions of an author who
fuhferibes himfelf a “ Steady and open Republi
can." Ile and he alone, from amongst ail who arc
in eppofnion to the good Whigs, of this Common
weal, attempts the argumentative Brain; as for
dirty reflections on personal appearances, infernal
lies, the product of depraved imagination's, or dis
tempered heads, they fall beneath the animadver
sion of ary but a brother hired Avthorbn,! and
would disgrace any Press but the State Printer's.
The writer whose demerits I proceed to comment
or, signs “ Steady and Open Republican." Let
he covering in wh : ch he vainly endeavours to ob
feure h, principles he developed, and I apprehend,
a wolf in {keeps clothing will appear. A touch of
' „^os fy ear , win make him p a , to ,, t in his n 7.
tw^ermity; the black hue of bis political tenets,
opened tor critical dtfjuihtion. For
f~ ^,f r i? ? question, might with jufice,
auumea toe title he new iforfe —but tempera
muiantur el nos mutamur cum illis —daftly changed
arc me sentiments, widely diuonant arc the actions
of many, whom formerly (and with reason then)
we deemed the props of Republicanism, the vigi
lant gurdians of Freedom's Hefperian fruit. Is it
not lamentable, carries it not with inexpreffrble
energy, a convi&ion of human nature's deplorable
imbecility, when we are from the impulfcs of rea
son, from the dictates of felf preservation, as a
free people, coerced to view with cautious, with
jealous eyes, men who tomb few waning moons
pad, we implicitly relied on, in whom, with jus
tice we repoled an absolute confidence? It poign
antly stabs my feelings as a man, vitally wounds
'my pride as a human being, when I indulge the
mortifying heartrending reflection, that the case
is not only as above Hated, but allo, tliat it can by
no means be considered a novel one. The hiftorf
of 'all nations and of all ages, holds forth to our
"ght, presents for our inspection, examples of a
like nature, fpeculurns of a similar kind, In mo^
dern times, "within thd course of the prelcht cen
tury, has^ not a Pelham and a Pultney, 'clearly
eVtiiced now difficult is the talk, how nearly
fruitlefs is the endeavour, to find untainted and
unshaken fidelity extant among us. VVith Aftrea
each other generous virtue, seems to have winged
her flight and fpurhed this earthly globe. Our own
recollection may furnifh us, with another melan
choly imlance of Broking apoftacy, in the life of
Britain. Pitt, whole fugle 'n;mc, claimed the
gratitude and commanded the refpe6^ of applaud
ing millions, vilely bartered, ignominioufiy fold,
his well earned popularity, his inestimable honour
and sacred patriotic zeal, for a feathet and for
mammon for a title and a penfion—from the peo
ple's darling he (how shall I write it) dwindled,
funk into the Minister's penfionary—audibly pro
claiming that— Hombres mutant mores! See then my
countrymen, retleft my fellow-citizens, upon the
facile lapse of virtue into vice, and learn the belt
of liear^s, may be corrupted bv greatness the
strongest heads, can become intoxicated with gran
deur. Let a thorough knowledge of, and acquaint
ance with human nature, place you on your guard;
watch the designs of ambitus lordlings, and
frufti ate tne plains tliey invent for your deftru&ion;
blast the plots they ate contriving, for their own
Aggrandizement. I protest by all that is good, ho
nourable, or just, that no other motives guide this
pen, than the Imccreft, the most ardent wishes,
for the common good: no other zeal animates mV
bread, except the love of mankind in general, and
the duty 1 owe ray natal foil in particular. 'Man
in a subordinate capacity, is ever reliefs, repin
ing, difconter.ted: he pants for an equality; he
brooks not Objection: to cast oft the yoke of in
feriority, what ease will he not give up, what
temptations of luxury will he not refill; will he
not overcome! What hardships will he net under
go, dangers encounter, the bloody field will he
ftiide, the clashing of swords, the cannon's roar
daunts him not, war in all its horrid pomp, int ; -
midates him not, bis refolutioh is fixed; he j reff $
oh to the high prize before him; with danger, with
trouble gains the precious pearl, with joy, with
avidity grasps it, ana fits down a few moments core
tented. Ah! That this happiness should be but of
a few moments. Yet so t is; for—the grand de
sideratum obtained—naturally as the forked light
ening, preceds tiemendous thunder,,our quondam
advocate for pure and undefled RepuXicavifh?, our
great fickler for levelling systems, changes his notes
strikes up a new tune, and convinces the worlds
that it was the Tyrant in lieu of the fyranrty;who at
traTed his hatred and prompted him to refifter.ee
at the rrfque of his property, accompanied with
perliaps, tne d ?icfs or a numerous helpless family.
He who often declared bis ultimate wish was to
have no fupetior, but the laws, is now converted
or rather perverted. He is a new man—he is born
again, but alas, what a calamity!—lnstead of be
ing regenerated,}^ mull be considered as sot
fated. Ils desires expand—his ambition soars,
whilst every afbon, marks as the motto to his cOat
of arms, “ Aut Crfar, aut mAh® la
(to be Continued.)
From a LONDON Paper.
To the PRI N TE&
Origin of the Grey Mare's being the better Horse
SI R,
J HAD lately the pleasure ofpaffing a verv a^rec-
A able evening in a mixed company of both foxes
where the conversation happening to turn unon
the propriety of that power which men usually
arrogate to thcmfelves of,ru!ing over their wives
with despotic fwav, a young lady ofwit and hu
mour then prefert, replied, ^ it might poffihiy
he so sometimes, hut much oftenef the grey Mare
is the better Horfa" and verv obligingly entertained
the company with the following account of the
rife of that proverbial faying, which is made afe of
when a woman governs her hufhard.
A gentleman of a certain county in ^hgland^
having married a young lady of considerable Tor
tune, and with many other charms, yet finding in a
very short tune that she was of a high domineer
ing Spirit, and always contending to be mil
trefs of him and his family, he was resolved to
part with her., Accordingly, he went to her fa
ther, and told him, he found his daughter of such
a temper, and was so heartily tired other, that if
he would take her home again, he would return
every penny of her fortune.
, e °" gentleman having enquired into the
cause of his, com plaint, Aked him "why he Should
be more disquieted at it than any other married
man, hnce it was the common case with them all
and consequently no more than he ought to have
expected u hen he entered into the marriage Rate ?'*
Ihe young gentleman desired to be excused, if he
;la:d Ire was Io far from giving his aTen^ tto this al
fertion, that he thought himfelf more unhappy
than any other man, as ,his wife had a foirit no
way to be quelled; and as moil certainly no man,
w^o had a lenfe of right and wrong, could ever
Submit to be governed by his wife. " Sir (said
'" °, ~") v° u are .but little acquainted with the
World, if you do not know that all women govern
thetr hu&nds, though not all indeed, by the lame
method; however to end all disputes, I a^ree to
red the truth of What I have laid on this proof if
yoiiare Willing to try it. I have five horfainmy
t ffi ," harncfs th €fe to a cart, in which
1 I'T a basket containing one hundred evgs;
and if M passing through the county; and making
a arid enquiry into the truth or falsehood of m^
aneruon, ana leaving a horse at the house of evmy
man who is m a st er of his family himfelf. and an
egg only Where the, wife governs, you shall find
& r .^°, n ° bef ° r e y^r ho^^ I hope vou
" '"* y?"' ° wn c ^ c not uncommon, but
will be contented to go home, and look ripen your
own wife as no worse than her neighbours. If on
the other hand, your horses are gone firft I will
take my daughter home again, and you Ih^l kec,
her fortune. r
Ihis proposal was too advantageous to be reject
ed; our young married man, therefore, let out with
great —cfs to get rid, as he thought, of his
horses and his Wife.,
At the firft hyufe he came to, he heard a woman
with a shrill and angry voice, call to her husband
,^° '.°.\ h ~ do ° r: here he le ft an egg; vou may be
lure, without making any further inquiry. At thh
next he met with something of the fame kind; and
at every h'oule, in short, until his eggs were almost
gone, when he arrived at the feat of a gentleman of
ngure in the county: he knocked at the door, and
enquiring for the niafter of the house, was told by
a ftrvant, that his ma fa was hot yet stirring, but,
if he pleaied to walk in, his lady was in the par
-1% The lady, Arith great cdmplaifirtce, dehred
h lm to feat himfelf, and said, if hT business was
very u^ent fie would wake her f o fe t<) l et h ^
"T but har lmuch rather not disturb him.
, hy, really, ,Madam (said he) my bulinefs is
omy to ax a question; Which you can resolve as
well as your husband, if you will be ingenuoi S
with met you will, doubdefs, think it odd, and
it may be deemed impolite for any one, much more
a dr^gei, to ask such a queffion; but as a very
conquerable wager depends upon it, and it may
be some advantage to yourfelf to declare the truth
to me; I hope these confederations will pl-ad my
excufA It is, Madam, to desire to be informed
whetner you govern your husband, or he rul ra ~
over you?', " Indeed, Sir, (replied the lady) th^
quenion is somewhat odd; but, as I think no one
ought to be afhdihed of doing their duty, I shall
ma A e no fcfuple to fay, that I have been always
proud to obey my husband in all things: but if &
woman's own word is to be fufp&d in such case
let mm answer for me; for here he comes/'
Ihe gentleman at that moment entering ?he
room, and aiter some apologies, being made ac
q,ai,ed with the brifinefs, c ^ firtT)e d every word
his obedient wife had reported in her own favour
unpon which he was invited to choose which horse
in the team ne liked bed, and to accept of it as a
prelent. 1
A black gelding Bruck the fancy of the gentle
man most; but the lady desired he wonfl 'choc^
the grey mare, which she thought would be ver^
fit for her nde saddle. Her husband gave fubßan.
tul rerf^s why the black horse would be mod:
uefal to them; but Madam Bill perlifted in her
claim to the grey mare. " What (said she) fl
will you rot take her then ? But I fay you shall ;
for 1 amjare the grey mare ? s the better horse." Well^
my dear (replied the husband) if it muffle so" —
“ Y^ so ^CT^ (replied th/ gentlemart
carter) and I mutt take alt my horses back a^i^
and endeavour to live happy with my wife." °
Z ENO.
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AGENER OU S Price for Pink-rhot, final!
, and Seneka Snake-roots, will ^6 riven at
No# 92%, Diuad-ftreei, by'
STEVENS, RAMSAY & Co.