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fend means of improvement, while their parents
jive in ipunder and luxury^ and we poor orphans
"have no choice but ig,or,.nce or a charity school.
One.fyde®, ard f,iremt after another is introduced,
±ut 1 hear of none for our relief; and it is much to
be feared, that in a little time, the amount of the
debt, and the consideration that the friends of the
'country,fond helphis widows and orphans are the
only fuffihers, will be bfed as arguments against
p a y |n g any part; and our certificates, the legitimate
children of the old continental, will Share the fate of
its parents ' My uncle has been good enough to help
sne to a ! ttle learning, and 1 have Some taste for
reading ; you may be fare a fubbfyio near my heart
would bad me to authors which treat, of public cre
dit, and funding money, and 1 can truly fay that I
have not met with one who does not confider the
punctual payment cf interest, as a fundamental inva
liable principle, not only of honesty but policy—in
ou. case I might add gratitude, for these neglected
Uh>e>& Supported the war in a very great degree,
Wb n terirs, trimmers, and such like characters, would
neither pay taxes, bear arms, or even lend a blanket
to out poor Soldiers Starving with cold. Whereas
now—but I die not trust myfelf Let our men in
power take care; the patient abiding of the meek
cannot lad always. There are Sufferings to which
human nature cannot Submit ; ours have been borne
with unexempied patience, but to starve contentedly
is not given to mor f a s. We have feelings; igno
rance may aggravate; but certainly cannot lessen them.
The country we have abjured and abandoned, and
watch we daily reprobate as the fouled fink of de
pavity anl corrup ion never treated its creditors as
we have been treated by a country which boasts of its
integrity and patriotism: but let it cease to be our
boatt, till She cry of the widow and fatherlefs shall
cease to rife to heaven, and the voice of their distress
is no longer heard in our Streets. Let the ruin of so
many families and worthy individuals, by the conti
pen al money fuffice; a Second breach of public
faith will not be bone so patiently. lam too inex
perienced to fay wha- ought to be done ; but necessity
will dtciae the proper mealures, and firmnefs and
perfeveiance 1 trust will not be wan ing to pursue it.
An ORPHAN.
Mr.. Kollock.
Thfddo^i^g Dtfertatidns n^. Health arefubmitted to the
public through year 'Journal, by their most obedient,
'very bumbeJe vant I MachaON.
jeoey Ca^to, 'January 2 cl, 1782.
AS rotate upon these thi g, give tb,jelf wholly to them ;
ibat th. profiting mat appear to all. I Tim.lV. i§.
, ¥ EXr to an anxious care and solicitude for
the welfare and eternal felicity of the im
fortal foul, that noble part, that emanation of the
divinity, the preservation and temporal well
being of our bodies demand our particular attenti
on. These though so wonderfully o ftru&ed,
andelegantly formed, that the must luxurious fancy
cann t point out the least imperfection in them, or
the m ft exuberant wish desire that they had been
more perfectly finished ; yet, from these being made
ip of such an infinity of nice and intricate parts,
and being obnoxious to numberless accidents and
irregularities ; few, very few, ever arrive to any
competent knowledge of their own amazing Struc
ture, and of consequence become capable of know
ing and distinguishing the true causes which may
injure or molelt them, or of regulating and adjust
ing them when impaired.
Had man continued in his primeval rectitude, bad
he withstood the temptation of his grand deceiver,
the Study of the healing art, now of so much import
ance to the human species, had been altogether
useless and unnecessary. In that truly happy state,
man enjoyed an uninterrupted Scene of perfect feli
city; no sudden vicissitudes of heat and cold, wet
and dry, so unfriendly to our bodies, ever happened;
all was temperate, serene, and fair ; the purple
gore run ever fluent, through it’s pervious canals,
without hesitation or delay, and blooming health
Shone forth with all the beauty of the mod finished
Shape, complaisant look, and rofey complexion.
Pain, disease, and death, were then unknown ; but
now, how quite the reverse, is too tragically evinced
to all ! The necessity, therefore, cf cultivating me
dical Science, in order to remove or alleviate, as far
as may be, the numerous diseases to which we are
daily and houriv exp fed, mutt be obvious to every
person. And as this Science is of such great import
ance to the happiness of all mankind, and of such
an obflrufe and intricate nature, it were religiously
to be wished, that none was employed in the service
but such as are well qualified by a thorough know
ledge of the human fabrick. the operations of na
ure, and the powers of medicaments.
It is-true, in theutmoft extent of the phrase, that
“ We are fearfully and wonderfully made ;" and
the more we enquire into the nature ot man the
more reason we have to admire the wisdom and pow
er of the creator ; and the greater occasion to c< n
fefs our own ignorance. But the laws of nature
are more within our reach, and to gain an acquaint
ance with them is an occupation worthy of a true
phylofophcf, arid without which ho man deserves
the name of a physician.
Such, however, is the prejudices and infatuation
of mankind, and such their extreme propensity to
catch at every ideal means of alleviation and re
prieve from pain, that they frequently dellroy their
constitutions and Stamina of health by the injudici
ous and improper applications of emperies and il
literate pretenders to the divine, the health.giving
art of physic. Such, moreover, is the irregularity
of their vicious desires, and so untradable are their
lives that they commit daily violences upon their
constitutions, and too frequently counteract the
salutary operations of the belt directed prescriptions,
and hence kill themselves by their ighorance and
obstinacy.
It is unaccountable to observe with what care
men obtain the belt assistance for their diseased cat
tle, and the milt Skilful artills for the performance
of their mechanical business, and yet pay so little
attention in fele&ing good advice for the repairing
and preserving their own health, and that of the
endeared pledges of their connubial bliss; but fly
to the firlt medicaster in their way (whether male
or female) ^d fwalfow, with greediness, their un
principled, and, too often, pernicious prescriptions.
They do not confide the mending or cleansing of a
watch to any who have not spent fcveral years in
considering how a watch is made; what are the
requisites and causes of it’s going right, and the
defects and impediments that make it go wrong ;
and yet the p curving and rectifying the move
ments of the molt complex, the most delicate and
exquisite, and the most estimable machine upon
ea th, is entrusted to people who have not the least
notion of it’s Structure ; of the causes of it’s moti
ons, nor of the instruments proper <0 rectify their
deviations. Hence, Ob horrible diflu! Stupidly
imbrue their hands with ads no less detectable than
downright suicide.•
The molt genuine understanding, enlightened by
the belt directed researches into the constitution of
man, the means of health, and the causes that im
pair it, together with the operation of all substances
Q-„ V^u the body, Tnd their affinity therewith,
fall valtly Short of that consummate knowledge
which they contemplate and wish for, as necessary
for guarding the precious dep fitum of life and health
from the inroads ot pain and disease. It is no
wonder than, that ignorafft, unenlightened minds
Should be guilty of great and fatal errors both to
themselves and friends, in these important points.
I hope, therefore, the public will not view me as an
intruder on their leisure and patients, while 1 call
up their attention to an object so important as the
recovery and preservation of their health.
Whilst the speculative Phylofopher is contending
about the origin of good and evil, and disputing up
on the obftrufe points of physics and metaphysics,
the practical good man will content himfelf with
enquiring what will be most conducive to the ease
and happiness of his fellow creatures, and in (elect
ing arguments to induce them to pursue the means
therefor. A cursory attempt of this kind is my
pefent design. Confeious of the difficulty of the
talk I am undertaking, and my incapacity for exe
cuting it with elegance, or that jaftnefs I could wish,
I am heartily disposed to beg the indulgence of the
public on the imperfection of my honest endeavours.
All who have any knowledge of the Science of phy
sic, must be convinced of the difficulty of adapting
advice therein to the comprehension and general
utility of the populace. lamby no means afham
ed to acknowledge force of the following doCtrines
and observations are Selected from the writings of
my prtedeceffors. But none are inserted except such
as are founded upon the truest phylofophy, are ap
plicable to our climate, and coincide with my own
observation and experience thereon.
I am not without my apprehensions that these
writings will meet with many rebuffs from satirical
minds, and perhaps entire condemnation by quacks
and pedants. But sensible that the bulk of wife
and good men ad more candidly, and think more
jultly, and that
" In great attempts 'tis noble e'en to fail."
I shall proceed, difregardiog their snarls, and
contemning their malice. Should I hereby become
any way instrumental in freeing one of my fellow
creatures from torturing pains, or lingering infir
mitita I Shall think my&f more amply repaid than
LONDO N, October 12.
Nd news of any kind ^as be^n yet received
from America, Government are in th< molt anx
ious expectation ^of hourly ffpatcbes, as upon the
next dispatches from' tiffinquarter, will in all proba
bility depend the future profpeas cf the war. His
majefly feels so strong and so truly paternal a con
cern upon this fubjeCt, that when he yesterday left
St. James's, he gave the most particular directions,
that if any information Should be received from
America, it Should be forwarded to him immediately,
without flaying for the usual ceremony of making
out a precis f@r any of the cabinet ministers. This
circumstance, so very uncommon, Sufficiently demon
strates the supposed importance of the expected dis
patches.
Though the croakers of politics be busily employ
ed in p ophefying the capture of Cornwallis's army,
yet ministry have the molt sanguine hopes re pelting
his Situation. The boated blockade of the Chesa
peake by de Graffe is talked of at St James's a € ~bur
a very Short continuance, and that either the United
fleets of Hod and Digby will force him from his
present Ration in the courle of three weeks alter the
date of Graves's last dispatches, or ano her action will
take plac., more general, and it is to be hoped more
fuccefsful than the last.
The station chosen by Lord Cornwallis, accord
ing to the last dispatches is almost as strong as either
Clinton's or Washington's; provided he has provifi-i
ons and ammunition, of which there is little doubt.
Fayette and Wayne may attempt his lines but proba
bly be obliged to withdraw from before them, as
D Eftaing at Savannah.
Several councils have been held within the course
of the last ten days, by the cabinet Ministers, aflem
bled in Cleveland row, on the fubjeti of the vast
preparations which a e now makinga Bred, 1 ou on,
and the other ports of France, supposed to be intend
ed 6 r the ferret: us a^-^c?, sv^ ^=^
campaign The result of their deliberations has been,
a determination to lay the whole of the information
before Parliament, on its firft meeting, and to move
for an immediate vote of (applies, adequate to the
apparent magnitude of the emergency, to enable them
to difpa;ch a very great force to that quarter with the
greareft expedition. The supply neceflarv to be rail
ed on this occasion, adding <0 what will be wanting
for the other services of the ensuing year, in Ameri
ca, &c. have altogether been estimated at the immense
sum of 30.000,00)!.0
Lord Dunmore took artillerfy and floreftarce
amount of 27 cool over with him to Virginia —
to be feared this stock will fall into the hams of^^
enemy, if Lord Cornwallis Ihould not b&dabile' to
keep his post against th united^ force of Wayne
and the French troops under the Marquis de la Fay
ette.
An evening paper fays, that it has been determined
in council, to (end a fircog reinforcement to both na
vy and army in America, on intelligence having been
received, that the French intend making a grand ef
fort in that part of the globe, to detach effectually, if
possible, the colonies from Great - Britain.
The pirate Pat. Dowling, has again made his ap
pearance on the coast to the north He captured two
colliers last Sunday, which he ransomed ; he aho cap
tured a Scotch sloop, the Elizabeth, Archibald White,
master, from Liverpool hither, which he ransomed
for 800 guineas.
Waterford, Of? 10. The Mary and Betty, James
Bodie, maker, ofand from Whitehaven, for this port;
laden with coals, was taken last Sunday evening fiv^
leagues to the eastward of Talka-, by a lugger pri
va eer, Patrick Dowling, commander, and ransomed
for 250 guineas. Said Dowling took two other col
liers and a brig from Liverpool, with fagar and salt,
for Co#k. *
From the British Register for 1778.
DIED. December 26, ~at Flecchingley in
Surry, in the igzd year of bis age, Thomas Cock
ley, a poor labouring man ; be constantly went to
daily labour, till within three months of bis dea h.
At Paris, aged 120 ,Henry D Area:&
Feaucovoy, Lord ot Covicmont, knight of the order
of St. Loui„ governor of Bc^queine, &c.
by the applause of a whole host of unprincipled EL
ings. and red content with following the philari^
thopic pattern of my worthy prececeffors.
Having already exceeded the limits proposed for
this diflertation, 1 shall conclude with Mr. Pope‘s
words:
“ In ev'ry work, regard the writer's end,
" Since none can compass more than they intend $
“ And if the means be just, the conduct tide,
" Applause, in spite of trivial faults is due."