The gazette., 1799-04-22


IeHemy 70 rally, and do not drive him IN every
friction quite out Of the field. Let Us con.
| fder what the conno1 La4v IS, and how II i th-
n1oa precious birthright Of Americans.
fhall not amuis mylelf nor PerPler the rea-
der with technical definitions, but endeavour to
be underfood. The common law of FnaI,rd
then, is tlssEhole juTifPrudence Of the nation
except the regulations made by the aatrra
civil and canon law. More plainly. Il i H.
immemariaI braaics Of the nation. Yer p,ore
plainly, it is the deciions Of the Judges on tIors
points wherewith the legiaature has not ceeD
occaGon to meddle. In fhort, It il he orcorn
my of Old England for about thoufapd wears
When our anceaors colouized this conrtr,,
they not only brought it with them, but tbey
could not get lid Of it,, nor do without It, II
was their very education, and all the notion
they had Of living together. 1t was not mere.
ly brought over in lhip, nor naturalized by
act of The general court, but it was interviewer
with the fouls Of our fathers, and infpired The
milk of our mothers. ID did not come a beu.
ging to Profigate printer, nor lesk protection
from a wretChed attOrLey-but it came AZ The
police Of Tyre vert over to Carthage, TO make
The wilderness biclom, and like providence ~
blels ingrattude. Il IS not Gcare crow at DIFF
tance, but always Preient with rs, enters into
the competition Of y I our thoughts, forms our
habits ard finally conRitutes ourfelves.-
No leis important to US is the common law of
Lcglaad, & l1oh a thing It is that The Jacobins
vih true jacobnic audacity pretend to crilicife.
TRete fellows would uDde tske, | dare fay, to
7eriua6e you that lie blood il your veins il
nnnece4afy and tyrannical, thai the colour cf
OUT Eiin had Oettei be black, and that bTe tn
ing is troublefme. They are blockheads-hut
the mlchief Is that thev are cl4morous block
heads, and the people giving them credit fer
aoneIty (which, BY the way, they have not q
particle Oil do not perceive that they are igno-
rant ID the moa contemplate degree.
But after all, | fuPpof- the common law
might fnd, and even Be allowed to be excel
lent, if It were not he ENGLISH common law.
There is the burden of the fong-the everlaR-
ing plague fore Of iacobin's confidence. He
would freely tublcribe to any fort Of French
faith, and iubmit to any fort of French law
lurrender bis property, give up his wife and
children, and lel hg God-but the very name
Of England makes him fick-he grows pale,
and his heart dies within him at the mention
Of the triumphant enemy Of France. P.or fel-
make one grand exertion, and ihake off this
mot lcandalous attachment. It would even Be-
very clever if he could conquer the Pitifnl pride
he feels in holding out and remaining obRinats
to the end Of the chapter. 1t would even be
Omething If he could learn To lupeG that he
has fallen into univerlal contempt.
We on our iide are not attached to England,
but we barely defend and maintain our habits,
our cuAoms and our llws-and ii it lo happens
that :hel: are of Englilh origin, how can we
help it, and who but jacobin would 20 abouc
to deny It : feely own that | relpea Eng
land for being th= mother of tuch goodIy
lylem, as wei as tbe mother Of my fathers.
And till our Judges havs been long enough in
pra9ice 10 fOIm lav-book Of their own deci-
ions, lhal turn back with pleafure and conf
dencc 10 the Engliih authorities. IN Englsnd
there has always been a regular lyRem, aud
you may depend upon their deciiions with As
much nfety as you can believe that they would
not commit luicide. Say whit YOU will, the
Britlh laws will govern this country forever
z Can tbf Ethiopian cllngs Dir fm, or ne leopard
bir Bot Z" Colonies never lof., nov can they
politely divea themEIyes Of the habits Of he
mother country. We may try, but we cannot
turn Turks nor Freedmen. Our fathers have
formed US As they were formed, and We are
fol ming our children in the fame manner
Every child is already Rudent of tie common
law Of England -aud his habits Of think
ing are TO be found in is books. H will one
day be furPrifed 10 Zee how natural are its ad-
publications, withou Perceiving tbar they are
his own, and were lis fathers before him. 1t
is, 10 lhort, and viii be, the fdmi ychaTaaer.
and in it we iee-purlclves.
We'll now for peep at France. Can any
body tell ne what is The common law Of
France The Lord only knows whether they
have any law at au there-but defire to know
wbeIher We can all % to fpeaking French.
r., a.. G-v,7orrrtpcr IN Our flpui-