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for theEAGLE.
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f '4& wetri^ Tatiras by 6Whh#b±fttft, z
^ A^d psOiobs are the elements of life."
ROM * view of the opera rion of
' &fyaffl<m# ip the moral, Jet o&tento
the political, world:When we fopfid,
*R ire fluftoatinti; animofirv, and con
fuken in which the world has been ,
kepr, ever fice .the creation, aadahe 1
waaradd revolutions, which hrepaik.'
cd the projpefs of time, we are natural-I
Ly fed to ioqaw%fekat are the canfesl
from whence they have affeo 1 Ifit|
belfacd, that,fopon a thorough inveftl-1
parish of this qreflie»,it will be found,
|fyhai,hey hive t^eir priori , ultimo,!,,^
—iff & pilons oftadty And. thatthefe
ar, ite secret fprin,from uhence ^te
issued that formidable train of evils in
the political world,which have derang- 4
ddra feature,; and ftaineti every ni
tion and every age with blbod. ^f
1 When the human race firft Began tef
populate, they foon° found by, experi
ence, that mankind were possessed of
futh turbulent paffionv, that kfrs im
possible for them to exist without gov - f
ernment. 1o a governitynt therefore
they had, recoerfe; in order let feeure'
thtinfelves from the violence and out
_ rages ofeach other.,:/ 'ft< ] '?; ';
.But the ad m'ihiftratort of governs
nterft, b&g^fMfeffed, in Common, of
he fame paffiohs arid propenfittesGwjth
,eir±&w men, hare often been led
b,ibeewibitant Just ofpower and the,
tore oftgold, to facrifiee the sacred
tehgtymg&^o^
■M&m&fe passions have
ra#rerafaiW in their uncontrol
breaft of men of en
rheytimmcdiaiely
' relinqfy^hgffin humblepatL which
trfpfem zMni&ic * tach ; theyare no
!Ui^ff inffue^ by to pro
mote the happiaef# of edicts, but seek
to aggrandize themselves nt the expense
Ufthe public weal, Mod po facrifice is
too great, or too dear to be withheld.
Even the lives of their fellow- men, if
they obfirufttbeif favourite plan,rare
no longer regarded: and noifooner
have they obtained: a fufficiency of
power to fercen tbemfelits from the
flahd of jufti&ev tban^hey trample with
'iffipunit, on^he rights „f human na
4me,<atid thocfabdi&laiftialag
* Here then iithe origin of tyranny,
& has its riL in the passions of men.
M'cle &y not (offered unduly) to pre
, pokdtratd in & human mind, and to
,fotp tte^helm of reafoo, mankind
would bye efcafredthtefe dreadfube
vib wbith tyranny has inipofed^ Rc&
son would bate ta&glit tb^in fb feel,’
bappißefsby endeMvoAring totfffufe it
TC##^%%^
dagefo4 wrefchedndG. And in
pursuit of .fuchj&n, object as thisihe
c'^tfT,^^ >,vw '°
enlist u^er the banner ofgeafon ; and
whiteve#&e should pointta, as aw ob
m#3^ ^x
ru&w ,Fo& the EAGLE. '
04, ^ „fa«,w ^^% fofc
r^ft'Al ©way jbefrbmte'lk.
^^l^^:
@cwß ag%4nere i@mone 1
mofecan & .and a elmeamtio I
more deterrq
tofasfett
worse than a beast; is a fight that every
virtuous mzn win turn ff&m wirtypity
arid contempt.' &it hot fiirprifing that
ten, who, when fbberj are agreeable
cbffiptiforfr arid rifefarmemberf of so
ciety, will; by the inordinate use of
ftrtmg dtirtfc, mSke therirfeives con
temptiblr, "alia their families mifera
'bfei.*'jifyw ftante)
4 j^ tendered un
happy by the introperahee of a Aqfci!
*!&fy*t? Hfo r e ric not feet
tdo mtffl^^d parents " with
-fifithd : &rr graves" by trie intem
perance of their children , These are
qtteaiohs, tfilft/forAhel&oor df my
;country, I wifo could be #nfo„&i in
,the negative. )#- ,
Young men, drink odl to excels, left
you become dronka'db, and lose your
good namely and With them your ALL.
irate wine ^elife, and n& the bane of
) f&fetef; or yoil Will find, to#late,with ?
ICa^ffiri to the play, " ffiat every' inofbi
nare cup is unbleft, and the iogfedi
im tea Devil !” ^ ^ fr ^^
i'MORALIST.
F&f NEAGLE.
AT fc a pra&iee which has been
earned to a laughable length, in pub^
;liffiing czfual d^ths, to caution people
lagainftexpofing thertifelves in a like
'mtato ; as <riding on the tongue of a
, cart, (wallowing too much gingerbread
at once, or (offering infants totcreep
,B{fe& boiling teakettle. Os this we
h^e a curious example'.from;S(ock
p&rt in Engtand. It runs thus ;=" On
Sunday lait; asWfc Abner Bendiffi flood
ify;"^ himfeff at a glass near actable,
a tnr,which happened tobe in the rdom,
lobferving the motion of the razorat hit
^roat,.^nd}fupp^&g„^^^
ed upon the table, and, fuddrnly catch
ing Mr. B. by the hand, occafityred hira
toctffach a gMhacrofs bh gullet, that
bis lite rs nearly despaired r/.—This is
an awful warnings people nor td|have
themfetoes in any room where tlrere is
&bat ffi^fenr/'. 1••
^ JOHN ^UTTONMAKER. ^
R -tin
yiAS an eagle „s hovering in the
air, he observed a lanib, tirade a Hoop at
him,and carried him away in hjspounc
cL A crow, weaker but-noftefs gree
dy, feeing the exploit, undertook to
imitate it. But, instead of CTrob, he
seized upou an old ram, which* was cov
ered with 'Jong wool ; and so entan
gled his drawsfin the fleece, that be could
not disengage himfelf. There! fays
the fhephqd,.now I have you. ' Your
efforts are ufeleC, '< ihey cannot extri
cate you. My children (ball keep you
for ajdayf^^ will teadh
crows not to imirate eagles, nor,under
take any thing above their capacity.
% CvukrU oEMoral Maxims. 9
' r# y "'' fc^rt’' '
"VV e often priy for what would
^^T^ propitious Gods, fays Juvenal,
have mined whole families at their own
Orogenes and Cicero both parity
ed by their elQqbence.},^ J}
The traveller ^hqhas ndtbingto lose,
^"'" P "^^""''^'
;¥"., ww ^^^^
to allociate with Fortune.
^" willing to wed Vi^e with
^ fofte < tolfy.
{ffip%swm*4 *h4 >only, m&rtatci
zm©i
ttempung^CTm
;Vice in a confpic^pps ebarafter is
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TUESDAT, ofy^^t^^
# fr@& [N. r. JCom MERCIAL Ad
'r VSRTISE,, .:
M,E hayetael, received from En
gla&d,&pamphfe. entitled,.'Tßr
,€,n&Q fobe Fr^b Government towards
Qb&fflte ts %CTta,"addrefcd to Mr.
GaQatraa member of the Houfeof Rep
refrutatives of die United State,, by
D,fifoet. T%I pa@dcM^
a b&tyflory oft|te condoft of France
t,ow@Wfyrs, from the firftinrafion
of tbatJitfc republic by Gen., Mbnte
fqura, about the year 179%,'t0 ^folk
f^bjngation and annexation to France,
fa the prefect year, kit too lengthy
for a newsier, and begfothe general
fabric contains, are freffi in the mem
ories of most intelligent Americans.—
But the introduftory address to Mr.
Galjatin ii of to#much importance not
to merit infection. It (infolds ^ %
Jieaty fri&do, France, the errors which
• he indulges so regard to the views of*
F^npectyd assures bipi, that France is
pulhing towards univerfd.dominiti^p.'
translation .
" % MA GALLATIN, member of the
R^fe of Reprefatattees of the United
&ateri of America, for the State of
Pettrfylvania,
" SIR
7TO whom could I, with more
propriety prefect the picture of the
'"t, o ' the French Direftory towards
the Republic of Geneva, th,g to'oneof
nwfcompatriots, to ^citizen hf Gene
va, Choris at parent placed in a diftin
gu&d fixation among; the Reprefen
tatibq of the, united, States of Amer
ica 1 Your success in your adopted
country, doubtteftyfc not ekti^uifh-'
"' a ^'^^ for itiat whith gave
Jo'^'^in^m which your talents,
devriopement, to which „> u owe your
elevation. The nameqf Geneva, awa
ken, in you fentimenh of gratitude and
love, and *Oe fhamefut perfecuripns
which it has fuffered, griiWM fail to ex
;citd your indigtratfon.:'
"It was in consequence of ftefog
youfr fpecch in CohgTehj'bli the 19th of
April last, (i,'qß) r'hztl determined to
"adfyeQ ,o°;i<>ujhis froftil 'parpphlet. f
feens, fir, that you yp: entertain do,ubts;
%bpK the gradual byt # >u°devi,ring,
!ma^h of the^futpaiianHrf the gpvern
jmen| ,of France, as appears in the fob
lowing passage of the said difeourfe.
": The Committee imh. that if we
''' b ft' c '"'' fa " c gnfr° on st e p
by flemn her courfcs^^^a
gaiuftthis country. mere matter
&fM^atton. It is possible France
^° ° n '" *'' way. Let us, how
:ever Dot aft on speculative grounds, but
qffipe ^r prefect foaupn,[an<f if
betterithanwar, let ys kcepit." Speech
of Mr. Gallatin—Pb^ade/ybia Daily
fold^rtifen zgth of April, i,g& Yoty
regardthen as a matter of {peculation
her prbjefl :cf invasion, her unbridled
^mbitfon, the art wiffi ^hich file profits
of evety citcurnftance tp spread difun
iion, and prorogate he£ principles a
mong the people whonffy fatehds to
subjugate, ^d the system, of which the
has never fortl^omen, left fight, of
ffibjugatingre her power, her friends
.and her enemies,,by &efyfeg efo ,ts
;by negotiations and treaties,dnd after^ardt
/ fo^irig. them, iff fa Soft frivote pre
^texti. The fading of Ltvv is per
fe&ly applicable to their whole condu&
« Perfidy never wants Rpretext for yi
folating engagements.
£ I'l am fj ignorant of the true cffuf
, of. difference, beff^ parties W
America, that I fnall be cautious of
pronouncing a hffltyjudgment on them.
if you have fappofed, that you fee
in the French the true friends otf ber-
M, , i£you have taken The declaAniens
of the Efreaory,'for&.,
rheir condud ; if you imagine ^
(they are & protestors of weakness, and
the defenders of the inrereft# of @l
-
Mm'h^^ft I^^^ t'^* ' hav 'diffused
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Number 13
a fmill state, whose independence they
were bound by the m ost folcm n treaties
to refpeft. Follow them into the com
plication of their infamous intrigues.
This is not a great and dazzling point
of political mtereft. It is no Crom
well who uferps a throne—it is a for
ger Mho compeisa feeble man, with £
knife at Eis throat, to sign away to him
all his estate, and afterwards, to boaff
of the legitimacy of his title. I know
not, fir, what direct consequence you
will draw in fetation to the politics be.
tw f, F ran<3an d America; but you
muffg in regard to France, count for
nothing, justice, generoty, and the
mott sacred engagements, and that in
the employment of means, lh e is the
~^ audacious, the tooft perfectly in
different to morality, the most oblique
and deceptions of all that ever disgra
ced the most scandalous and iniquitous'
" !Tr royalty.—Yes, out ofi the pel-
IT 1 ""^ of : thc French Diredory,
Machiavel himfelf appears a prodi
gy of virtue, and the cabinet of Philip
zd, the fanftuary of good faith.'
"I confine myfelf so fa&—l fay lit-
Ile of perftty. I may perhaps be de^
ceived as to their character ; but I can
not mistake their system. It makes lit,
tie difference who fa thfir director or
minister—they are firth as circom-^
faces make them. ^ Sueh will men be
come ufi^ the di(organization of gov
£tnment and the proftitutiou of laws;
Such will become almost ever, &,
however irreproachable to day, provid
ed^fhould be pifad in a ffate of dis
order, fatal to integrity, and favours—
bletocrimea. ~^^^^^^^^
'' Ihave thus disclosed to you what
appears to me important for a man in
X^ ^ic, where you have, an oppor
tfuCUyto ?fc j/i^^^fe^ri" '•
great patiod, and to preferredft from'
ibofe changes, in which the chiefs rafe-^
ly retain their probity, and where the
IWt of their fullerings/ is the lofi of
their estates and their lives. ; ,
f^ / have the honour to W,sr, -~
jorir
D - CHAUVET.
Kevfington, aid ‘June, 1798. ,
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L'A^aa to amend the aft, entit
led, An a& laying duties on,
rftaroped Vellum, Parchment,
and paper."
'' r '^ a aed— d%feta,te& Hcufe
>"4? ts Re,refaaQ Lo f & United
Staj^f America h Cotyffi > "ffimbWg
^That whenever any petfon, other than office
ers employed in colleflhg (he revenue of lie
United States, (frailapply'to any supervisor or
iqfpeaor of the laid revenue, at the office of
such fapetvifor or infpe&or, for the purchase,
at one lime, of ify quantity of vellum,
I parchment, or paper, fiamped and marked
ft the manner direaed by the a &, entitled,
" An a& laying duties on flapped vellum,
parchment, ipd paper," thg whole amount of
the durtiti on whitkquantity thall be ten dol
lars; or upwards, foch favertifor or infpe&or
'^ ^, d h erey,*,^ d an) requir
ed to deliver tb fueh pferfem, fueh quantity
ofml parchfofr paper;ftfe%:
amount of the fair duties, after deducing
thereto, fare, Sad &b^centum 4
^^^&^.
Squired to allow. #
? fa/*' it farfe"wmeCTim. whenever
any , ftam P ed parchment,, ffiallbe ^
applied for, arid delivered, in the manner a
forefaid, the laid purchaser, in order tote,
come entitled to th^ afarlfaid deduaion,
&fa^fi^fr&r infeaor, til #
additi^ @ the fr^rif slid f a r^
fonable rate fbrand on accanat of the price
of the said valuta OY parchment, whitb rate,
tie Secretary ts & Treafarv D ts& ^'i
^ ofifed foiled ~,fyg& #
^&#^' to# ^^ # ^ ^ ^ \
hi cal e°aion of ^ ^
I QP^enmen^, or
I time the whdid a&tMimt of th*'duties'
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