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^nfmed; but in the other, you violate a
principle, and the consequence may be
ruin. Consider what would be the*im
pression on the public mind, that in con
sequence of party opinion and feelings,
the defendant was acquitted. Would
there still be recourse to the laws, and
to tile justice of the country ? Would
the passions of the citizen, in a moment
ol phrenzy, be calmed by looking for
ward to the decision of Courts of law
for justice ? Rather every individual
would become the avenger of imagina
ry transgression ; violence would be re
paid with violence ; havoc would pro
duce havoc ; and instead of a peaceable
recurrence to the tribunals of justice,
the spectre of civil discord would he
seen stalking through our streets, scat
tering desolation, misery, and crimes.
oucn may be the consequences of
indulging political prejudice on this day;
and ii so, you are amenable to your
country and your God. This I say to
you who are Federalists ; and have I
not as much right to ' peak to those who
arc Democratic Republicans ? That li
berty whicn you cherish with so much
ardour, depeuds on your preserving
yourselves impartial in a Court of Jus
tice. It is proved by the history of man,
at least oi civil society, that the moment
the judicial powers become corrupt, li
berty expires. V\ hat is liberty, but the
enjoyment of vour rights, free from out
rage or danger ? An J what security have
you for these, but an impartial admini
stration of justice ? Life, liberty, repu
tation, property, and domestic happi
ness, are all under its peculiar protection.
It is the judicial power, uncorrupted,
that brings to the dwelling of every ci
tizen, all the blessings of civil society,
and makes it clear to man. Little has
the private citizen to do with the other
branches of government. What to him
are the great and Splendid events that
aggrandize a few eminent men, and
make a figure in history? ilis domestic
happiness is not the less real, because it
will not be recorded for posterity: but
tliis happiness is his no longer than
Courts of Justice protect it. It is true,
injuries cannot always be prevented ;
but while the fountains of Justice are
pun , the sufferer is sure of a recom
pense.
Contemplate the intermediate hor
rors and final despotism, that must re
sult Iroiri mutual vengeance, when there
is no longer an impartial judiciary, to
■whom contending parties may appeal,
With full confidence that principles will
be respected. Fearful must be the in
terval of anarchy ; fierce the alternate
pangs ot rage and terror; till one party
shall destroy the other, and a gloomy
despotism terminate the struggles of
contending factions. Again I beseech
you, abjure your prejudices. In the
language once addressed from Heaven
to the Hebrew Prophet, “ Put off your
shoes, for the ground on which you stand
is holy.” You are the professed friends,
the devoted worshippers of civil liberty;
will you violate her sanctuary? Will you
profane her temple of justice ? Will you
commit sacrilege while you kneel at her
altar ?”
MISCELLANY.
Sympathies of Love.
To Stella.
Didst e’er thou feel the languid eye,
Electric, catch thy own,
And did thy panting bosom sigh
W ith rapture then unknown?
Didst e’er at twilight’s pensive hour,
In thoughtful musing stray,
To weep, in Contemplation’s bower,
Thy little cares away.
Did e’er the mourning bird of eve,
Impassion’ed, sooth thv ear ;
Did s ympathy thy bosom heave,
Or shedst thou not a tear ?
D;d e’er thou mark the smiling babe,
By a fond father prest ;
Or to its mother’s bosom laid,
I?) fondness, still more blest ?
And didst thou see content and love
Beam in the father’s eye ;
And did my vows a blush improve,
Or wak’d my prayers a sigh ?
These sympathies the Queen of Bliss
Attunes our hearts to feel,
1 bat Lovebshould not, cold and remiss,
Let Sorrow on us steal. ObeRon*.
[Even. Post.]
An English Anecdote.
A simple rustic boy trudging along
with a loaf of bread under each arm,
met the squire of the parish, who, being
offended at the want of an obeisance,
sternly said,44 Sirrah ? I think you might
move your hat.”—44 So I wull,” replied
the hoy, 44 if you will hold one ol my
loaves the while.”
Cure for Druj^kenness.
There is no habit that is more bbsti
nate in its nature, or more ruinous in its
conseqences than that of drunkenness.
It sometimes happens.that people of ta
lents, as well as of generous And amiable
dispositions, fall victims to this deadly
1 evil. And there are those whose life its
a painful conflict between virtue and ap
petite. They are aware of the ruin that,
is before them—they plainly see the pre
cipice down which they are plunging f
and they make solemn resolutions of aJ
mendment, and struggle to get the ma
stery of the vice that “ easily besets11
them; but in the hour of temptation their
strength fails and they relapse. They
are then filled with remorse and shame,
and renew their resolutions and promis
es, which again they soon break: while,
in the mean time, each successive relapse
weakens their strength and increases the
| strength of the enemy.
1 hus their doom is like that of Sysi
phus, who, as ancient fable says, waa
condemned eternally to the fruitless toil
of rolling a heavy stone up a steep hill,
which, before he got it to the top, al
ways tumbled back, and left him to be
gin his labour anew.
Now there is a very cheap and easy
cure for drunkenness,—it is milk regi
men—Let the persons whose thirst fot
ardent spirits has become unconquera
ble, totally leave off the use of animal
focrl, and live wholly on milk, and he
will happily find that his thirst for liquor
will decrease, and in a short time entire
ly subside. The rational ground of this
might be shown ; at the same time the
truth ol it has been proved by actual ex
periment. A, B, and C, are invited to
try the experiment.—They would find it
a prudent kind of self-denial. Any rea
sonable man would willingly part with a
limb and suffer the pains of its amputati
on,rather than lose his life; and surely it
would be infinitely better to confine one’s
self to a milk diet, which is nourishing
and wholesome, and would become very
palatable, than to sacrifice fortune and
reputation, and even to cut short life it
self, by a course of intoxication.
[Balance.]
Miscf.li.ani.ous Thoughts.
Nothing can he more entertaining or
instructive, than to survey mankind un
der the influence of different customs
and manners. But if the peculiarities
of other nations only excite the smile of
ridicule, or the shrug of disgust, we shall