The Litchfield County post., 1827-09-27


willing to undergo the risk Of an erial voyage
for the sake Of The honour or profit of the I'M
dertaking. At length negro man Of his own
(whO had previously viewed the ground, and
found that he could escape from the calibre
into the bushes) apparently embraced the
eventful undertaking. For this he was to get
his freedom. 200 weight of powder was Civ
en- to blow him back, and large umbrella to
| break his fall on returning to the earth, and
| in entering the atmosphere Of the moon. Thus
provided, he entered the crater, bat, on seeing
| his masters back turned slipped into the
woods. The match was applied, and off
went the mammoth cannon. But Cuffee took
good care to hide himself in the bushes till
his return might be looked for by his master
and his return cargo Of powder was exchan-
! ged by other slaves who were in the secret,
TO supply him with necessaries during his ex-
| lie. For it must be remembered that, in Vir-
ginia, slaves are closely allOwanced, at peck
of corn meal per week-what they get more
must he by theft. The lower orders of soci-
ETY. carry on a considerable contraband trade
with slaves in stolen articles. The two humid
red weight of powder was considerable stock
J in trade, and the neighbOuring negroes lived
well as long as it lasted.
But Cuffee's festive exile was doomed to be
Of short duration: One Sunday, about three
weeks after his supposed flight, he WAS seen
in company with large number of other ne
groes, in the neighbourhoOd of Mr.. Beverly's
quarter. The master no sooner got word
than be few to the place, and enquired Of the
adventurer what news from the moon and
why he had not Immediately come to the house
to give him intelligence Cuffee told him he
| had Just lit on the earth-dat de moon was
de coolest country in de whole world-de
negroes .dere all free, and live like de masters.
This last remark SO irritated Mr.. B. that he
bound him hand and foot, and sold him to an
Orleans trader. 1t must be remembered that
no words can so wound the feelings Of Vir-
ginian as talking about the freedom of ne
groes-and Mr.. b. was one of those who car
ried his ideas Of the diUine right of slavery to
the greatest height.
In addition to all this, the whole neighbor-
hood had got word of the escape from the
great gun-last of all, Mr.. Beverly himself!
So that his sale might,in part. be owing to his
own deception,in rather wishing to deceive his
master than to break his neck by flying out
of the calibre of gun. 1t seems, after the
failure of this bold and truly original scheme,
that Mr.. Beverly gave up his philosophical
discoveries, and lay quiet till lately; when he
thought something might be done towards re-
suscitating his fame, by coming to the West
ern Country, and setting Gen. Jackson and
Mr.. Clay by the ears.'
I From the Ed;abargh Reries.1
Our firm conviction is, that if the seceders
return to Office, they will act thus; and that
they will not have the inclination to act other
wise. And what must the end of those things
be. We answer without hesitation, that ifthis
course be persisted in, if these counsels and
cOunsellors are maintained, the end must be
a revolution, bloody and unspairing revOlu-
tiOn--a revolution which will make those who
hear of it tingle in the remOtest countries, and
in the remotest times. The middling orders
of England are we well know, attached to the
institutions of their country, but not with a
blind partial attachment. They see the mer-
its of the system but they also see it's faults
and they have strong and growing desire
that these faults should be removed. Ii while
their wish for improvement is becoming
stronger and stronger, the government is to
become worse and worse, the consequences
are obvious. Even now, it is impossible to
disguise, that there is arising from the bosom
of that class Republican sect, as audaciOus,
as paradoxical, as little inclined to respect an
tiquity, as enthusiastically attached to its ends
as INSCRIPTIONS in the choice of its means, las
the French JacObins themselves-but far SUI
perior to the French Jacobins in acuteness and
infOrmatiOn-in patience, in caution, and in
resolution. They are men whose minds have
been put into training for violent exertion.
All that is merely ornamental--all that gives
the roundness, the smoothness and the bloom
has been exuded. Nothing is left but nerve
muscle, and bone. Their love of liberty is
no boyish fancy. 1t is not nourished by rhet-
, orc, and it does not evaporate in rhetoric
( They care nothing about Leonidas and Epam-
inondas, and Brutus, and Coolies. They pro-
, Tess to derive their opinions from demonstra-
ton alone; and are never SO little satifed
1 with them as when they see them exhibited
3 in romantic form. Metaphysical and po-
litical science engage their whole attention
: PHILOSOPHICAL pride has done for them what
t spiritual pridedd for the Puritans in former
] age it has generated in them an aversion to
the fine arts, for elegant literature, land for the
! sentiments of chivalry. 1t has made them ar
\ krogant, intolerant. and impatient of all supe.
riority. These qualities will, in spite of their
! real claims to respect, render them unpopular
, as long as the people are satisfied with Their
= rulers But under an ignorant and tyraniea
= ministry, obsthately opposed to the most
= judiciOus innovations, their principles would
5 spread as rapidly as those ofthe Puritans for
4 merly spread, in spite Of their offensive pc
D cnliarities. The public, disguised with the
: blind adherence of its rulers to ancient abus
r es, would be reconciled to the most startling