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  and confin¢d..

We argafihmblad, onthis anniveirfaryifiefi-. V

“kival, my Countriyzaigen, to commemorate the
memorableepoch ofgjthe Birth of our Nation .;

"Tim fourth of ]u1y,fi_n thief: year of our Lord A   _
ne thoufand ffeveni hundred and feventy» fix, V

was the day of the Political’ Nativity of the

A: ‘United States of America.’ It was then, that

  we emerged from the minutenefs, and depend»-

  am, of a colenialexifiencc, to the niajefiy

M  ma iconfolidated, and formidable Nation. Ifi

 _that’We took our rank,  as o;tjf1e,7aj..;.«   =

  mong. theindependentrovsreignties the

V iiiworldva Forourwilliw be FRiEE§i;ii‘:iD11rpi1b1iC* V

 ifoiigmg declaration that we would Le-1%ifo,i
  7*i\i UfVia“flzlaration, ifounided in principle, the c:fi'e6i

 of iiegzefiity, and uttsrly irrevocablg, _was,ii.»u1i-- A

 iigiar Slodgthe guarantentofiourffecdom» W6

;en1;e"redj

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entered mt uptm a work, which We meant
pufillanimoufiy to abandon; Our eiieifgy

“we determined fhouid be effeetuai, orthat,

like the Greeks at Thermopylae, we weiuldi

leave no triumph in tllehands of our oppref-
fora. A In this refo1ution,iwe11avfte not been
fruftrated, and the prefent day compietee two

A and twenty years of our national eitiftence.

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As this is the moft folemn, and the motif
general political feftival of our country, as it
is the great day of the United States of Amer...
ica, a day of peculiar giadnefs, which We eel»
ebrate with the ardor of extenfive hiieuity, it
feerps requifite to be fure of its propriety, and
to poflefs a confidence, ifi fuch 21 eonfidenice
may be rationaJ.Iy'indL11ged, tlmt there are no
ecmfideratiens wlxatever, which the adverfaw
i‘iesi,tor the femipatrietie friends of our Ixicle-i

pendence,andtotf ourNationaI Govetmnent, A

earl jttftifiabiy a1l.ege, to obfcureits Ai’pIAe11der,‘,
or damp its joys. No‘ wife manAwiH abam-?4iit
den himfelf to an infiecenti hilarity, ifeimidieid 4 ‘   A
on  immorali and indefcnfiblebafist.iieiiHe i  f    
will yield himfeif it to the govertitznefiitiiiof ream   A
fenigiand proceedno fart1i1er,‘itha1iihe"feelsat S

i1irrifeif17}.1Hpo1'tedi by her iAndubitab1ۤ deciifiiie.

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., ‘AA Have we, then, reafon to glory in the events,‘
which this day celebrates, or have We not Q?

A ADO the tile, the progrefs, the local effects, and
extenfive pol-itical confequencesof A cur indew
V p pendent natioiial exiftence, juftify the public
A it celebrity we give to this Animiverfary 3 Are

AA we afting like children, pleafed with their -

toys,and playful with the inftmment which

 is to corr'e€tthem.,; or like men of Afolid fenfe,

pleated with a lfolid advantage, and capable of

i'ubmitting,unblufhi11gly, their conduct td

the narroweft fcrutiny? , A | A A
A Revolutions, it mutt be confeffed, are not

  always juPtifiabcle,or prudent. They, are oft-~
  en incumbered with complicated fuffetings,

and net unfrequently terminate in accumu-:

A lated_pwretchednefs. And the fpirit of revolu-3

tionifm feemseto be now the political, “and

A » a moral mania of theday.; We mull take care‘,
A     ,ef*e0111‘p creed, then, in this refpeét. Much ‘ '
  li1*evetrenceis,,,unquefiionab1Yduct t<> prefcripve

             team And in t;a1<ing“dcwr;ia vaa building,
fwehave reafon tip proceed cautioufly, left We
 ‘,ilbe*p,Qverwhe1med in its fall. Yet, neither p1‘ee-:-

»    fcriptienonthe em hand» W the hazard of
     tev01utin0nthiwtheI*» will iufiify ienominr

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of he d1"um3 they preferred » in glorious hehefe, ~hin AA

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ions forbearance, under nofcormus, and mfupg

portable abufes. ‘  

There were thofe, who, when the language A '

of Independence vaas aflilmed 5 when the ch1oc-
mine of fi1bjeE’tioIA1Awas about ‘to be publicly
and authoritatively abjured,-, whenethe HAN...

€0CKSA? the ADAMSES, the SI-IERMANS’, etheo
FRANKLINS, and the RUTLEDGES of our 4
country, flopped forward, with the intrepidim

ty of veterans,m:1d hazarded their heads, by
figning the inAPcrument of our eternal fepara.-3
tion from A the Englifh goverxmient, flr1ruAA11AIc
back from the imaginary gulf, into which they
fuppofed us to bep1u11gi11g. Holden by pre--»

poffeffioxls in favor of‘ the then mother coun- A

A try, our 1:r'e1‘i1b1ing at the moft diftant found A

n

t11ebedo£unz~emingrubmimen, mhe honw.

Aor of cAoAu11fera<§AiEi11g t1A1e‘machi11a1:io11s of Def-2% A A A

pots, and giving birth to an independent,e an=;d:  
flouriIhing' Republic.   ThereafeMtI1ohfe,eo:at’ehhe f .'
theeprefex1td:iy,eeewho thiek,thatour fituationo     

  

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maimedixiereeolonies.   Axudethere are,per«   

few,theopix2ionj, V    

A    revexxzeen vxiasthe‘ infringe’mem:eA

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peeks, wiricb ouglrt never‘ ‘to have been br'o—»~

ken. If moral principle have been p1’0f’r1'at«-

ed, we admit, that we ought to proceed hefi‘-~
tatingly, in exalting this day into the fupreme

. feficivityrof our na~’rion. But, wlratcompaéf

exified ,-, Where is. it to be found ; in what ‘
A page of what book is it printed, or Written 3.

by what law of Nature, of Nations‘, or of
God, is it fupported, which bound us unre»

  fifiinglyr to endure to be judged, in quefiions
of property and life,-, to have modes of gov»

ernment irnpofed; officers and troops quar-.~
tered upon us g, to have our commerce fhackled

in every direéirion ; and “to be taxed, to any

amount, vvithoutbour confent _;~, in connefiion
with a government,‘ too, partly eleérive, and

 wholly fo in a department, which extends a

control over the national finances P By what

A ,_ compafizr were we r bound unrefifiingly to
‘ rieeonr principalmaritime places blockaded,-5

  F {hips ofwad1*hoveringdonour ,cafis,rtoI1o1d,

E  _ bus in terror; ourldflourifhhing towns, andde-»
  _fenceIefs villages, reduced to aihes ; our citi-

riensjunhoufed, and flaughtered; the favagee
excited , to found the war whoop around our

b&efrontiersb ?;fld1ort,;d to be tied down, hands P

_e and

iat*1d”f'eet, and apreiied’ to a political death, tm-Q
der the weight of a government, with refpei&i

 

to us at Ieaft, abfoluteiy arbitrary, and flea»?

grantly cruel? Had the orifginal appointmente‘

of Nature, and the radicaipeinoiples of Libtera
ty, the mot’: familiaraof which is, the aoéizzeine,
that power originates with the people, andi is

“ fubj eét to their’ modification, ever been fo come--’

pletely reverted, as that a territory fo remote-am
1y fituated, to extenfive, fo evidently deftined
to a: future u‘m':ont‘ro11abie greatnefa, the nut»-
[cry of an independent yeo1naniry, Wholly um»-
acquainted with the monopolies of the feudal
vafialage, fhould be holden, by any nuoraie
"bond,t:oyie1:d to fuck unboundeci aggrefliima E’

Do notltlie waves of thetAt1antic, the v’aTrie-¥~“

tieeoofte our climate, the tp1'oduétio11e ofow:  A "
  foi1,”the Itratatofour mountains, and euriin;
meafurable foreflfs, it prefentinga the ampI*efl:i

1 materials of an immenfe fu-ture optileme, and

a perfeéi: national fecurity, proclaim, evei1ieit1'e A
the ears of infaency itfelf, a difl’eren.t» language

If refiftance here, then, we1'ei11 n1awfuIi,iit

mutt a‘1ways“beutnt1awafiu1 5% and? to iiiindiulge at
tho’ug>ht; of oppofition to the moi’: perfecft"

d€fPOtifIfl,~'»f mutt 7 ever be e a A crime. 011  this 

Bm   A   Principle»

 

principle, tlxelong repucliiatecl iidibgffillb 05’
yaflive obedience andenonrefiftance, the alarm

ling dofirine of higle1i~ehurcl1men,: and pelit-«av
ical bigots, is i11c0ntmvertibly eltebilifliedi:
Nay, is ettabmheebcyond.its~~origi;11a1 .pl"B~==*

‘ tenfionsi.

But We IV€l‘8lCl1ilClI‘€3n~. Be it fol,» is it 

A violation of filial dutyto €3fOapB~,13l18»»ClL1“lZCl1(‘3£§“ it

Vefdefpoticy aiideruel fathers Pr

With refpeéirto thofe W-l1o~-vcieubif the poliw
ey, or public utillityl of our Independence in
faait, it mightit be fuffiCl€I1f~‘CO—*all(, m*11etl1ei*it:
be better to be ea» child or 21- 1na11.. 3;» an 21pp1'e1i~»~

A tice, ora-matter ;.t¢ .apupil-, or an adept in all

knowledge 33. flave,wh0l1as his'- talk fet, amii

_ his pint of V1‘l£.§«€ given him, or the irrefponfiw

blew manager of tan» e-Xtenfive p17opert~y?. Tm

it A what..aitra.nge political incredulity are tliefe‘
it tnen fubjeéti’ By what kind»ef political .arittl1»=
A metic4do. they calculate P To appreciate the:

utility of clue N~ati.onal. I.ijidepenclenee1dulyf;

T we mufc net 1 ook through the a-undiced \ eye

  prej utiiee,.. or of foreign attachments _.-,i but,
A the clear viiion" of u:nbiafi’ed,< and ~CXtfi1'1::-"'
five obifervation», we mufi juI’tlyTefti1nate the: *

   prog1*efs;efatrbitm1'y A pow.eMr,, “wl1eniiunrefif’t~e~'

itmgl it

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llflauluuu-cull-you

‘:Iin~gly:*iacimitteEi; itstAefFe<‘5ts on the body-politic}

in cramping. every effort of g.enius,~dil'c0ur-A?-4
aging enterprife; and .exhaufting thefpringsi;
of public profperity 5 We muft lo-ak at facile;

as they e exit’: in xegionsigfaabfolute colonial

dependence 5 we mufl: :reviewa1ll the pail: ipa-»=

ges of A our own political hif’tory,i duringlthe

A period which has elapfed sfince the declaration
of our linélependexicle ; lconfider .tl1e unparalw

leled increafe of our population, .cmrA .:com-

meme, A a11d_0uz* ; improvements “in arts, and

learning, the i11eomparably,exceIlent nature A

A of our political inititutions, and thefpirit of

enterprifei, which is diffufed even to the e:”x--
tremities ofour ticountrly is and with the eye

of all ,the..propl1ecy we ‘p0flefs_, whichmayeil

  foemevvhat A conje:Sti1ra1, but %confidera*bly»icer.it 

lain; Weerobahle,p1ungeiinAtoA far edit
taut A periodsw,;lj’ie:l’eelfViia 7: » growing ‘ilprofpetity; id '
eorrefpQ11deI1t' to what we   t have .alr..ead.y ex»

perienced. 4 A

lWith refpeét tioxezvhat Aisv-pal“: we “have more 4 A
tlian conjeéture,  VW'e;gl:1a.V.feiifldllbitablei tfaEi:.‘i A
, 0naiigeneralel’cimate4of ithe: pr0Agrel7sAof bur A _
national affairs;   iduring' A the itawo and twientyd

 

jyearselwhich have Aelapfed, it will appeal‘;     

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AA  profperity has Been in fat? advancing,”
  with anacczelerated fpced, excccdin the moft

fangt1inoeo:predifi«:i'ons of our warmefi political

ocakuloatorfi. ‘ W3 havoexh~ibited*21¥phenome--s

H011, which. the world never raw, a nation
deliberately conffrufting, adopting, and e:.>r<:*~"--
cuting,o under fihguolar aufpices, without blood,
ahnoft ‘vfithoutooothe quarrel of words, 3. form

A of go'V€:rnmen1:, fraught with wifdom, and

adminifiered with firrxmefs. ‘We have moved
forward, with our fwords in one: direéfiony

and under the gui_da11ce of one Captain. We: V

have V followed HIM with bloflings, into the:
retirements‘ of a tranquil old age, and have am

o tacked ouorfelves, fave a few reftlefs partizans,
A with equal zeal, and confidence, to his Wovenw

arable jfucceffor. This is the pafc.
And what is the futhre? Here, I am fenfi»

VA oble, political enthufiafm has fometimes ofoarw.
ed,‘ till it became dizzy. A But, unlefs our

divifions, our cowardice,o or our libertinifm

A bfcureit, what ~hind¢rs, oobut that the eyeof
A political faith terminate in a profpcét of um.
A & bounded, and irradiated glory, as the triumph...

‘  fiflff? intercept tho foxelight of future citm

antA¥l£¢que1 of our national Pcruggles? What

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fies rifing, with unecfualied? gdrandeur, to vi.ew,
fuperb monuments of humem art and inclufn
try erefted, diflant foreflze converted into
fruitful fields, rivers meeting rivers bynaviw

. gable cgnals, and dour innumerable fllips, wav-»
in g theirihiped p€I'1d61'1’£8 over all oceans, and

 every dif’:rié’c of the g1o‘be P What elfe cam

prevent our feei11g,‘befUre}1ar1d, future unim-e

verfities founded, .ai1d;e*i§‘dmp1y endowed; fur-—
ture VVASHINGTONS 1'ifing; to defexxdg fzmgire
ADAAMSES to? illuminate their country ; and a
genuinc-; andaratioxlal Chriftizmitty, 1'ifing~ fllw-~
perior to malignity, anddfophifin, to mora1—~»

‘Time, and felicitate the whole 3!

Let ncme talk, then, of its having been
better Afar u‘8dd£f‘t‘ ‘have remained mere colonies.

Let us fpurn. fuch xuarmwf, and inglwious con».   d

eeptione. Feeling that ewe ARE,1¢t us~1"e17c>1ved

thatweWxLL“BEa Nation,at1dnever1ofe fight d

of the momendtvvhich gave usbirth, nor of

the illufcrious charaéizersd, who led theway,   A

in the adventurous flight, from theNwin4gO9

 delufive p1*ote6’cion, tofcvaringeorid our? jowm. A

pdinionds; as A we pleafed-.:  5

,  at fee, faythe Idulgewarm advocates,  or  A

 

mere. Afpeé’catm:s of4ourd Independencegeedede 
A 4 A A Awhithez”

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A whither you arenaow poigiixig. ‘ See how '*tl1le'f

more eprudentlcalculations of A) the Wifer ; f0I'~:t
are about to be realized. See how you have

been torturedby one. nation, and are new
the mereelfport and lplayething of another.
0bfe1‘ve your commerce broken, your nation--e

al _dig,;ni.ty precipieatfleel; ;d}o.wn -to the deepefli

A degradation, and ‘youe~i=li=.«eou%ntry like ltobe af.-
“failed by the irreiiilile’ ;p.ha1an;Xese of an all
conqueziixag Republic. lO.bferve to what. your e

r:evol‘u1tio11 has given birth. in the maflacres

A of revolution upon revolution in Europe, and

fl1e«coililion of arities, the increafe ofcorru ..
P

tion, and the blafi of .calumniating fa-Etion.

in the U1-1ited.S-tates themafelvee; ~ ~ A A
V W76 fheuld. be unwilling to amdmeit, from

tliefe fuggefiins, .a conclulfion »Cl-lfl'1OI10.1‘al)l§?:

A A ii to our Independence, or extenfively £0 to our

i .acouI1t1"ye_; nor {hall We, without the moi’: flib--,

iiamtial A evide11ce.. We deny, -‘that we gave

ll e:aaznple,i or furnilhed pa:treonage,l~toltl1at end-V--A

 leis ringing of clliangee. owlfixich isheard on the

otherfideofV the Atlantic 5 or to that reftlefs,
A fpiritof ifaélion, which pollutese the ftreama

ofourownl public profperity.  It waexiot

  ll  pride, knpatienteof A EL rational obedience 5 it _

wee .

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was nee‘ tleliglxf in bl‘oodA;- Alt lwa“s“AI'1‘0t infidel

 

A averfions, or unbounded 1'1be1‘tinifi'n,AlWhicl32
impelled us to take our.Pta11d, A and retain itA‘.;l
It was thepri»1:1ci,ple of fel-f prefervetion. AA It

was the genuizle loveof our" cozemtry, taking
fuchl‘ all f’tep:with "1*e1ué’ta;lnce, and eounteraéling

A a thoufandi oppofite attachments. It Wa.SlCI‘1'l-
el necefiity. A And are the faélious‘ among
eurfelves, the demagogues of a- party, or the A

retailers oftheir infidelity, and ealumneye‘ 3-, are
thefej ‘lthelegitimate children of your country;
as an inclep"enden’r, and confolidated Republic?
N 0. They are a ’fpurious_,,ofi‘sp1'ing. Like
muflwooms, th‘ey11ave-a recent, and unfolide
eXifiem:e;.A The proper couefe of our nation»-
al energyl will make “ them fade, a-ndgf wi4:~her,A

]iiketl1e1eavesiI1 autumn.  A      4

  ’la‘rJAe*“ net the public errangemezzte of  A
e*fi1‘“'Agovem’z11enlt,lunderreits irecentladminiilrazu V  A
ems,   capable of a fair! and llonoreble Vanda” 
cation ?   The I5J1il~i%2ed‘ States have-ebeenib fare
from ftirniflaing an example of diflurbyingthel

orldemf 1:11"ewor1d§,  Ours he‘el~yybee11uni~—v

£oI'mlyA§thle fufl"ering,and the pacific let, VVe._  

A have llbeenmerely th“e‘ll‘c'>¢bjeél3s of   aggreflion 

aggreffiyo11., indeed”, which wouldi have prmroléé



4 e. any other f7:w‘ereignty on? earth to a Vieiedt
,§feta?iation., ‘We have been fpeiled of our“ 
V propertyyewhen purfuixgg; a fair, and neutfai

commerce; ~ The very power from Whiche Wiei
;‘evo1‘ted, ed in a. moment of temporary fuCC‘3,fS:.1
Jgdrotxndlefsly indign-ant at our A partialities for
the French nation, then firugglirig for Iibere

V ty 3 pamtialities which We confefs as general”

anddfe1'vent, but righteous; b1'ok~ein ulzgon
our dhonefc trade, and inglorioufly {hipped us

A of the earnings of our toil, and enterprifea

But, extenfive as thefe dvielatiens of our prop-3
erty were, t11ough refolvedly tenacious of the

rights and dignity of an independent gover11-«id M

ment, we did meet immediately gird on the

{word of vengeance, as the Madifons, the

Gileses, and dLivingf’cons of fhe country, would

 have had us do~ne.e We did not, without the
  xpelfee moderate" means of negociation, rufh

%t;0i1C€, and precipitately,   into thesoceanof
carnegfiw  A‘ greater Wifdom, ztndl more

A difipafliondate .policy, < We firfc jialked with Glut‘

A A AA epprefl"or. V A We demanded indemnity,eand ob--:4

tainede it. Our differences‘ we fettled, by 

eb1o0dlefe4 accommodation, "and an amicable- A
 a.djuffment;‘dS«ome, infcead of imputing to  A

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an exceliive fenfil)ility,l' infiflthat, inlthis inw
fiance, we dlfl101101‘€d ourfelves, by fervile‘

AA-conceflions. To them we anfwer, that, if ta

aél tlae part of firmnc%fs,mingled will: mode--a
ration, be to be difhonored, We were dill-mu»
cred. Let the lovers oflan En,glifl1»‘WartaI;e
that fida of the queftion, if they Choolfeif.

A Fafis, wl1iél1 no reafonlng; can lAova;fthroVv,

our policy. A V A A

“ Short, alas, much too fhoft, was tha inten-
val of our repof-3. No faoner had we repel»-A
led the attacks, wllich were made on us on
the ant-*: hand; than we were allailed, with
more intolerable, and ungratafL1l azmayaace,
on the otlaer. The Frendzlm Republic, to

amply vif1cllca'i:e, at once, our morality, and

Whorrl we had beenfo Warmly» andfo genan 
°“flY Parfiala €V3“5“ days   Whfifllhfi“ A Pf1"U§f§1¢  A  
was mo1’l:' convulfive; when her politicalfate  A

hung in the poize of excefiive danger, rather

than of uncertainlty 3 when {he had notl even A

put herfelf into the pollute of an orderly ex;

iflence; a lRepublic,'lvvl1ichl has ’heAretofo1*6

taken us by the hand, with expreffions of page

‘ culiar fraternity, Whicl1 has c>rd:2red our col»-—

orsto hang fufpended in the very cl1amb.erllolf

t8"

, .

her Legifl'at3fve“ Aeemety; and Wm: has fer

frequently given us thevovvs of eternal a-Em
Eriance; forgetting her vows,and»herf1‘iendm

thip, proud" with recent. viftory, andi vaunting:
in the p1‘eeminence of her martial glory, ha"sr

made: inroads upim us, of the moft pemi-—
eiottse and flagrant nature. She has not on-
ly coxxxmittedw the m ofl‘ A predatory ravages pm:

our commerce,.bu.t malttreatedat the perfons of

em‘ counteyxnen», and contemplated the entire
excifion of our govemment- Reeling-uifl1ing,e

tota11y,..herfi1'it O-flT€1Tfi«b1€;v&.‘fid, as I imagine,,..

ttea1:obje<St,t LIBAAEIMW‘ 5; and, in her internal?

agitatiensg, having joftled out, or eAXter1ninat« V
ed, her men; of moderation, and virtue; her"
Fayettes, andaher Barthe1emys";, exalted, ‘a1--¥»

” “ moft to madnefs,«tby«1ibez'tin;e fentiments, 

A  acctimulated power, the has becomte, not 011»
 Iyto others, but to us, the haughty agg1‘eflZ§m
1 —SVportingWitheth[e firft .principVV1es of juftice 

A irnfatiable, beyend  decency gvnot aflttamed‘

V to rank‘ 'her£e1t'T withatthe moft femeiouts tbarw
.}:ariane~on=ea1'th; and, While the talks of fra--
tternitye and liberty, rea11yrefp.e8ting 11othiug_

. butt*euZrz3‘7zzz* rczfie regznzz 5 A {he pufléxea £lfide~

A     all, who flzand inttthe Way of her   omnipotent  

  A Willa

:9  

-twill Ho‘i&’i'11g *‘ha1f’Europe, which {he has

zmxroltrtionized, but m-ifwably exhau{’ced, run- VA

».»dVe1' the terrors of her vindifiive arm, {he i@
new ;e4::<e1‘ting ‘her utmoft efforts, direfily -01?
éndirefily, t0 ovmerwhelmher mofr formidable
xival. The ixgland f'G'1'eatB1‘itai11, {he would,
i<fVpofl"1b1e, precipitate to the , Iowefc iaby-fs pf

tthc ocean._ And, exafpe-rated "that we are A

even oxxrttmrms of peace, andcommerce, with
ibis 11e1'l1atc:d foe, fl'1.e..iS ~rc:ae:1§,r to extsrlninate
usalfiza. AA AA A A  _

V I am not an adept in po1i,tica‘1Etar?r.icAs;; 4anc?1?
21$ would not comport with the nature of the
tprefi"-:11t bu*fiz1efs, were :1 able, to defcend to a.

difcuifionof the points in difpute, between.

France, and the -United Vsmces. j Sczveral corn-5
:p1aint&s&,; as .'tIr1e 4:ground% of  difp1eafure,_ have:
«5}d€1'1h1’Q1.’1 ht Afqrw  b  A 4:the%1‘6.m:I1 Minifw

*ters, Bust, Awemthey 4we11‘afou11dVed; coulfi % A

A they bf: fubfcantiated by incontfifiible proofs, W A AA

would they all be‘ equal A to the fingle, ‘-form

did, contemptible, 1~evolL1tionizing a6’: caf[A‘-+   
diet, in his appeal to the 1260916 <2>f i_h~e  A  ,
nited StateAs;fp1'eadiAng~amQn/chamrcbmbuf-   
rtible materials, ; andAina1n.om;ex1t of popular   A V

"~W.avering,V4’ on purofe to Vburn dov'v'11% th  A

 

 

edifice of our co’untry’e liberty 3 aiming,
while generouflyyfoftered in thebofom of the
country, utterly to fubvert its moft invalua‘...

hie intereftsfi But thefe complaints, it apt»-at

Pf33I_"S1'i7O me, and I think the opinion will be
fupported by the futirages of all men of can...
dor, have been ihewn, by  Pickering, Mr.
Harper, andlour Envoys to the French Re-
public, to have no foundation. Our efcape
from war, by the treaty of London, which
has made fuch noife on each tide of the Atm
lantic, has been drawn into view, as peculiar-

A ly offenfive, and as the principal, and jufti-,..

fying reafon of French depredations. , Go,
fays the haughty Direétory, a body of def-.

pots, now the concentration of all authority.
in France, and as ambitious, and imperious,  
 A has Louis the XIVth, at leaf’: ; ego, and undo
y, the tcontraéta, into which you have entered,
A ‘twithout advifing-a with us, with the cabinet of

St. ]arnes?"s, and then We will talk with you.
But notgga word before.‘ What, then ! are

A A r We amenable, in the management ofyour pub-»,.

yinterefis, to the Direétory of France?

yo, 3 Havewe no right to negociate terms of fecuri.
  e » ‘ty, and ,cn:,1meree,without the conient ‘of thia

    domineering

2! 

 

domineering Republic Ir? Mufti 02w‘ diplomatic
tranfaetions be fubjeéled to :Berfcrt1ti11y, before

they lean go into effeél? May rwerzotbe at A

peace wrlth a formidable nation, without bar
permifi'1o11Po Then’ let us bow down our necks

1:1r1cler%tl1e yoke patiently. ‘Letlus fubmit to .

l:>erocked in the cradle; or tumelclr out of "it,

juff as her Ladyfhip pleafes. out letlis no

longer talk of being and incleperxdem: melon.
Whatever opiniorl may be formed of tlmie
treaty with‘ the Court of Lo1‘1do1'1 5, vsrhetlrer,

on the Whole, it havrebeen a judicious, or en’

injudicious political meafinre, one tliing A is
certain, that it cannot be the leaff jufllficam
tion of French aggreflions.  Beeaufe there is

a fpecific claufe, in tlmttreaty, Whiclxutterw A

ly excludes its operation, Virjrcoafes ~i11te1'ferio_g

witlx pre6Xifl:ingtI”<’¢3-tiC*Sl.r B11f:thaf11hliSiSl A
not the caufew.rI_htl1e injuries heaped on us, 

even in the feelings of FranceVll1erfelf, is evi...

dent, from innumerable pof’ceriorevents. 

is evident, from her correfpondent treatment

of other neutral nationls A It  A from     _‘
all   here revolutionizrirlg meafulrresl. It is eviw   4
dent, A from heripolicly, and her avowed prim-l~o 4  A

ciples. A It is evidenfc, from her makin

tor

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to us the price of here friendfhip, and fifom

her own wanton difrefpeéttos the nielt fol»-
emn exifting campsite.‘ No : There is an-

other caufe of her depredations. .And it is

h€I‘«I'a1‘1”C0~I' againlt England, and her ~determi~

  nation to cruih the Englilh power, united

with the“molt infatiable thirfi: for {elf agg1*an~

sdizemeiit. A It is this diabolic, ‘(for I can call

it b no fofter 3; name it is this diabolic dif-he
y i M o .

V pofition, whicli is interdicitmg all the com-

merce of Europe, and draining the Pcrength
«of furrounding countries.‘ A A It is this, which

direéts her -clanclefrine intrigues, and her pubs».

lic opemtiotis. And itis this, which will re}-
duce thee,f Oh my country 1 to theitiolt igno»-A

minions fubjeftion: It is this, -which will:

bring thee to tell a tale of Woe, to Venice,
Genoa, Holland, and Switzerland, as thy for»-

Ixowing filters, unlefsi thou liafc a will to be

show condefcending

independexit, and unlcfs Pitividence preferve

“ Howrniltl, howtolerant,tl1o.w ami7cable,.. ii

 A J stout OW’1’1i government 3 Difliking ‘war, reluc:--is
    itantteiretalliatessfond of peace, and wifhings

    above all ‘

 

, onthe other hand, has been i A

igsiyfertthe privilege of;‘seXi£ting,, 
  v A A and A

23‘
finer! of reduc‘ing' to the mofi extenfive advan.»
tags, the legitimate powers of our country, in

 

' ai  m:ut1"a1ity, we have againfough1:indem~

nity, a11ciipeao.=:,» by V11egociatioi1, on 21 bafis‘ pew
feéfly accommVoda.ting. oNotfatisMfied with am...-
ple difcufi3‘ons»i ;with:eXa1ni11i11g clofelyoevery
point of pretended grievance 5%. with waiting
on the government of I~*‘ranc:eoinA; otlxepoeffon

ooof one 1\/Iinifl"c:rA 5, nor mfenting therepulfiver.

manner, «in Whioho4oheohas been treated go we
halve-fe‘:nt a tritlmviratoof Minifizors, "clothecl

with adequate powers, and infirufied to don
fcendo to*eve1*y poin?f:%0f; pacification, of which
ournational dign»ity can poflibly ~admit4;

While,  with ounpmxallelaod forbéaranficoe, we are

fufiaining injouries, withouto moeafure, and
Without roeaf:Erefs~. But, lo 1 what obI’Mcac1esiarc

raifcd to ff1'ufi:rateo1J;r rrieafur‘es,oanAd~t§o throw

was into utter defpondency, with4refpe<E’r, both 

to nationail redrofég and ropofe! Our Minfll
tars, forfooth, are céilloed upon to depofita
doumur of fifty fthoufand pounds4~fl_crIing;;
and to abanodon ‘to the A uncertain 5 7 an;d prroobao-

bly ofatxaaious,rerpambixity of Holland rem   o

V fcriptions, »thirty «millionshof florins mom “

before tho govemmfim; of France; Wiol1Vo%IFoéVen  

‘ A    deign

34-
deign to hear our compl.aints;* The qtionm
dam B-ifllop of Autun, the infamous Talley»
rand, blufhes not, openly to vindicate tire
aggrefiions of his government; and, while he
diflembles a fair exterior," fcruples not, by

 

“bafe infiruments of r diforganization in our

own country, to praélrife upon the people,
to attempt to feparate i them from their gov»

ernment, and itolthrow them into convuli-3‘
hi-ions, l and at the very moment that our no-
r gociations are going forward 5 meditating, like
~ Judas Ifcariot, to betray, and defltroy us, by

the lufcious embrace of the moi’: infa"tiable

3 rapacity. r Here, indignity becomes infupport--

able 3 and French policy, too infamous to be
i l i l courted.

i ” )* To the fubjeéls of liquidations, ciommutations, and
o my loans, as fuggelled by the agents of the French govern»-
i  ment, and detailed by our Minifiers, the Orator has not

H diefcrendead ; becaufe they were notpzof eafy comprehenfiyoni

to him;lanaar¢, in hisview, of no great moment. The

iquefiionfis,  wefhall addito the immienfei yfpbli-»

rations, and infults, weiihave already fuflained, a voluntas-

1‘  payment, to a large amount, for the unfpeakable mer;- ‘ n

i * icyofyefcaping beingrent to pieces, under the Harpy fangs

ofthig,mafpiriingygovernment ? It is normaterial, i in what

 I gyimodeythis paymentifis made; Thoughtthis is a hard can.

 edition, i iiltyiisjnoillxnpore, ithanjwhatrwe ought to be compele,

 leydyyyto perform,if we will liflen to it half an infiant. i A

 V   Q5”

Hunt:-I-nu-nun:-an-u-nuunillhn

courted. A I wm ‘proceed m fafthér,* in   a

detail fo Woufiding to the ‘true 1Cixrer%df% ?13b'w

arty. 4   A     4
 Thisview of   thi“gs {acme tome 1:6 ifl’ue
in the conctlufion,  ought to 1-efert11“c
Aorigin      ca1ami*eies,AA  Ame pefverfenefs

orour adm~ra1~aes , andnot to“A%"Aany1dep%xrVtuz~e  
fromp1‘udenc:e,dr tluty‘, in our own }5O1iVtit:é:1 A
V-ar‘1*angement4s 3, and that we may, ando1'ig11t‘,

notwit11i’can€1i11g, toicelebrate the~birt11<:>f Aouii‘
Nation, and rally rouvnd the fiandards   of om:
natibnalg<5vernme1it,;t1t1isAday;; Witl1d11tb:1u 
ing, A0111‘ Indrspendence, inits%o1*"'ig*iw:i,'i11§4its
operations, and in its "efie&s, f’cands coma

 

pletely exonerated, may I not fay E‘ fmm ew-

e:r‘y% imjgiutation. V That our g0verr1‘n9ie%mt,' 0::

V A < its adminiI’crations,i are ~Wit11out A an error, 
 ncmcontend;    its adverfaries,   from

:withwVoAt,4?5_ar?1

 

 VVwi*thif1, rnay  challengg»

&‘edA‘fdp1*o4duce it 11ot<5rious evil in cither.  

W A Let 113, then, Fellow Citi2ex‘13, '4Camf~.a%o1;11t
national Independence _; and 1‘efo1vc,4V&7iith
joinedhands, and folemn appeals towmighm
prote&ion,.thatwewi11 :10: f37ar't1:Nvit1i"i7t.,*

AAI-Iavetwe not reafof:1%tova1ue4itasf highly, V

~a$,LWhcn’ We fought “on” the %‘p1ai:1s Jof wSmf~.r飗--
   a 1)  VA  4 toga;

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toga? And are we rm  via be 

Mfolicitous to wrefl; i1:xo:-ad: of %t’11ie- AA hands of?"

AFrench«5 as of Eng1i£h4D“efpot®”? A V

A AA  ham ¢rmwv :a.¢r1fived,;»~m:3y €bunt’rymen,e

350- an‘ awful, am mbfc" in4t‘eref£i£iz1g*., a% ‘moft‘V'Aferi«§—~¢4
m1s  c1*ifi.s...» ADefeated-: is.-n our at?tempt9.‘to ne—-A

W .gocia.te- any actom-moda-tioi14 wi13‘h4the~"F_rench-;

g4.<.3vernIrrc11?c;. We feemzi togibe 1eff;~oI',‘ at‘ leaihl
to "bf: ' AMr apid1y*%appro4xixr1atin.g; Atb ' the 4 on-Iy ale-A

iternative of war. >It‘a,-ppears,.- that‘ all 

patri0t~ifm_;, our Wi~fdom;,. and our v'a1or,,. are rm
e fumrnoned to 32 m4ofb"fe1'iou.s triafi < It lap:-°

pears, thaiz Awa’ are to Abe~.~m“c}uceci“to A the ng-rcefw
fity, ei1:herfofre~figninVg our Igndependemce, or

ef c0nfexitin"g,:At0 d£:fe11d“« & %W11ich:*-{hall we‘

choofe .9: With1fu;¢hVAv4aA Eprcciousobjggétin view;

on the £ecu%1'ity of which th:fe1ici‘t4y» o£«. ukn»-A
born: millions “ for intimately A d<_1:pend1s4= ;f the
dear purehafe: of y.ears of public £uffm?in~g 3;.

  f01‘Whi¢h% WARREN. M0N:mo%M£:&R   Mm»

«am, andythoufams of i:11tr+;cpid;~;coum:=ry~~
men; hawe% BI» 52 and   %  "bfcrmflff

fema1e'vendernefs+has.=V fo   often; heavmv 
 aterna1;4 and c0nj;.uga‘1L fighs  is  cm»

 there4io;aeA perfon i%nthi‘sr‘h9ufe,% iS”" t}1~’$I€'E""

  m:»e~«perrona,na11  EnIaam5.%or   

4 «ant.

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;?¢°BcXijt whe w‘hc5I:c fixfexmfi sf t11;cw‘Uni:téd ,StatAcs,A,
W110 wi%I1 hfrfitaptc what micifiondto make,? Is;
flxere one individual if to  ;be fiound,    Wi31'l: 
ignomini%QuflyWiIhh91dhis  property,;, or his. 4
luife, W11em;favWrafi,m1:d%:A %£intcre£k&

isrdfipending  A V         

  Permit me h%e.»rem Areacitfie to  pafl’a:g.e,,;  

from an ..en1in.¢nt 4CiV”i1ian.?‘* . ~“4Th¢%4laW of

Go» no1«e*fs%VAex1joix1sawhole natiozx. to take  
*c,4am§ (inf their ;p1fe£erva£ian¢   does rim
vam   men.      is, .th31’@f01”3,.  jl1flT3. that they:4
fllould t?fi.1ploy4 form‘: againfl: thoffia A W110: Jdgfiwa

«¢:1arin:vthc%mAfe14ves4      ¢%ne~t~*n-ies,   violate film
law of fczeiabilitty %towa1"de$ t;laerx%1,. refufiz them
their d1w,fe¢;kd:m. dcprivé .1:h~e'm;df thei1* ad-7
Vafxtagm  to A deffifroy them; ‘ A  is.
thmrefom 51‘: tltne‘ of focietxy, iihai: 
P18.   A 4 4
dforts eff tmfe.    film» fixb%vA¢rt 7’£h.fif foundations»
of it; otherways the human fpaeiesé’ w4o11~id§

 
 

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become the vi;€ti;Vm:s of 1:?b%b~ery,%anc1% 
ti11fI1¢f$~  f¢¢I:’#13h¢  Qf  353" M

   

fp@a1§i4mgy%  ¢  

mi mai~ntaim;n  cm, % 

 

Qram iris ceftair!» 
     time 

*3 :Bmu.mA~gut¢, ma =meeA%Painre4i~p1¢sV cs«i¥ Mae=m:@4I,4and A

Pmitic Lam

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gflluvauuu-n-nah-nutufi

that the lfovereign,” in evvhrofe hands ii the inter--‘ 
efi of“tl1ei‘whole foicietyli is lodged, hes alright"
to rnakewar 5; but, if lit be lo, we imrufi, of A
eourfe, allow himithe right of employing ifhgi.
' L feverelimeans for that end. In a word, we
mufi granthirn the “power of levying troops;
  anycliobliging them to perform» the molt dan-

’ gerouis duties, even :atrithe peril -of their lives.

 the obligation underwhieh fubjeéls are, *
in ‘this refpeéi, is {O rigorous, “and firong;

~tl1at, flcriftly fpeaking, no man can be ex...’
A empred from taking up arms, when his co1_‘1n«-»”

try ycalls npon hirn for his aililiance and his

refulfaliiwould be a juft reafon not to tolerated

fuehieiperfon any longerin thefociety.” A V
 Having 4 taken this review ofrrthe pail;
having vindicated the attachments you ought

- A fiill, and with as great zeal as ever, to‘enter--

tain  for your Independence, and for”! your
Country ; and pointed you to that fcation of

valoxions, and determinedr refifiancel,  which
you Tare ‘bound.’ fo take ; permit me, now,

though I can claim no preeminence in will
doién, to folicit your attention to “a feiv in-
  terefcingg praétical, and prudential principles,

  nhieh are ifltlfl13t¢.1_YC0l1n€5tCd with our dw-

 ty," A 

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‘E39’; and AA 01115 fafety,A asfil individuals; _2mAd::.  Aa
community. A * A

 Aiirefolutell defence of our national erigllts,

ageinft the iunbounded ‘violenices of eFrar1Ace, ‘L
by refzmzin g to arms, when regularly fem-—~
n:1onedeAby*the ivoice of our govemment, by
Ixojmeans comprehends all that we haveltoA
do, as good citizene. AThez:e are, in connecm

  tion with. this, otberpoints of duty, which

tlmepreflizrele of .circuml’cances Arendere equally
indifpenefable, andobligatory. A A A A A *

And, firft: Does itnot behoveus, and ell
pecially at tIxisec1‘ifie,A when the fpirit of in»
trigue is fo infinu.ating,lwl1en fafltion isle
daring,   and convulfiens are foAfreque11t,A to
extend the eyed of A the mofl: unremittedlviigi-l=

A lien   over; A eflablifhed, A : fol9tunateA
  Cfiilflitlle  Gevleriiment ? The abfolutc
  i neceflitylof ejudieious, and permanent form

of government,  ally denominated :1 Cori»

fiitution, ‘as the grand bulwark of Liberty, 1 is
among the radical principles of   a rational
jurifprudence. ~ A ‘ confltitution of Agovern»

ment, is the primitive Alconfent olfthe PeOP17e".AT\ 

in the mode of their political exifience; and
‘£83’ . therefore, the cream of freedom.  '.flAil'1g

V the   

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7% govc_-arnmentgf A A’    A 

 

 

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fin a‘ free governmenfc, A is paramount toall
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(it, ”-therefore,,tl1at° the er1err2ilesl7*of outtliappim
~nefs, foreign and” domeftic, V will , level ‘all their
»ma'schinations,, ml defliroyr it;   *Ar1dnee<:l:I lee.
ferve, that ffymptoms of "defigns, of tl1%is¥na.-

ture, have actually exifized 3“ Have we pl not

«been witnefles to the mofcflagitious attempts,
to break throughlithefioutworks, and gradual»
ly to underminegthie‘ fo11ridat.ions, of , this~bul«---
-warlc of oiir fecurity P So leng asp: tlxis is plre-
»fervedinviolate,:my Fellow Citizens, We are
fafe, but, "themoment this is vvrefted from
fins, weare undone. Let us, then, fallen the
eye: of peculiar jealoufy} on the man, wl1olin-~
fidioullydirecfis his cunning, or his eloquence,
againfi this palladium of our public liberties.

Let us conficler, whatifflreedoin a foreign name

.tion has ufed with exteriorl governments, Let
«usiiconfider the crafty nature of her policy _;
{how artfully, but deftruéiively, its peifon
«lisp  transfufed  and fraud A abrealt, by pruml
, ld,ence,.  iwell ass by valor, of her encvrmcus
ambition. ,' * it    ii W A  
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A ppantipathy,,lagai_nft, this nation,  or the other 3

ife1V‘es, entirely, of i all corruptive, foreign in»-~

finance 3-,: of all groundlefs predilection for, er

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‘  A is ufiitijlaginaialeg Wliatliefizténfive, ar1idipdr'»:~l_
nicious effefis, thefe principles lxave w%1*c>“ught,;.

in this icountr . Their confer uericeslliliave
A A A ‘ll

” been extremely mifclmievous. 5 Antipathy,‘lim1

one occafion, A name lniezir to lprecipitatingi ‘clue

A United Al States _.,]  ineedlefsly; A and irret1'ieva'Ib1y‘, AA

into a clefiruélive implication iIiIllti1f:.'flI‘11"g‘gi€§
of Europe. And a groundlefs partialitylis
now difpofed to refign, without the leafl cllr:~-A
fence, thel public liblertiem oreign influence

has A detached imultitudesl from as pmperll my 

hemnce tolthe rights of theircountry; and
form it has feduced toa traitorous imitzation.
cafi an Arnold. Nor is this influence confin-
ed to 1‘ public mealixres, and diraeft corrupticm;

but it dliffufes itfelf, ‘W'ilIi‘1/El1I1£liig1’l?:1I1'l:'iCOI11T«;-
A gion, Cintol all tlm ramifications of ftmietjy. 
A iffues A in Q“ fervilimdéption 701° ifdreign prinm

ciplcs, and “mainners.  7 It A A lays iusi 4 open ii to
intrigue,and-tolad'ifl'ociating-powfe1*.   It
pollutes ourireligion, and our honor; ancl
fubjeélzs Us to an inundation of A imported

follies ““ A It bows us doiwni,from erccft  

pofiure  fofi l1onéf:l, ‘Aandl llixidcpentlent ii A1’I1f':1'i-
cans, tmthecringingitieannefs of (lavas. W:
ihould be be:ncvol<*:-mt, Fellaw  Citizcnsyto

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  portance,ethet,=. rel5i=11qu~i£h;in¢ge a1%1- perfbnale re-A»

femtments, and—»un.generous eriminations, We

A fink déwn into~'oneeef’ormideb1eewhole ;~ £111-we

we make union the order of t11eeda=y 54 and
concentrate all the energies of the eceeuxmtry,
to the (me g1”5(’i‘«’:L‘lE-p"()i.I‘1t,»---*-”a.E=,h(’.’- fecurity: ~of all 3‘
If the*re‘%b3ee11ofe,-_ indeed; Who, agai1:1f’c"every

m%iee1i<E’cate of dmry egainfli every? fenteiment eof’

efratemity 3,; agei:nfi~. every‘. A ee11aflenge of com-V
fcie11ce ;. agzsenft th:e‘deman:ds,.. velziehmre thtmb:-—
*ered' in the ears of £en~fi«biI¥it‘y,e ifkoxn thee pub»
lic fuff'erir1gse,e wile-1.perf1{’c in t11eir deter111iz1ed»~

adherence, t?o~etI}eefC11erI1es‘0f ae f"e.1"eig:n:g0vw

ernment, to ehe utter fae1‘ifi4cea of em mci>fi;:
invaleuabie ir1te1*ePcs of our owrx, I ceaafefs, I

fee not hewe we can embrace~ theme  "I‘11ey

are A ‘net’ the Ale-few eeoulr enem.ies,e beceufe ‘theey
Walk in our fireeets. Beet, it ie tobe hepeeh
that tlxereare few of 1:hieeche.1*acE’cer.e “  -ee=1‘1Lef

 leaf: mode1*atie11v%‘ve'il{I, in this hour ‘eefi’
Q vd*a%nger,e and difhefe, %1iPcer'x Ate: 2u“gfimen~t,  am}
rte faefir. eeA11deitVis ea pleading confideeation,

thét thiseis iet».a.'e.:eeobvie‘Lm*~effe<E‘t of “i'eeeat1t em V A

e A VC;‘}:1tS «.

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*~V6II*:s~ ‘Notwithfiandingfthc M11 offirehch

-sdiplornacy, it is fin%unqU€fii0n3b1€ trmh;
“that, in thisV<:ountry=.%4it is defeating its own

P.UrP0f¢8¢ s ancl thatVthe%uI?i<m »of%0urcitiZ¢ns

  is grcwingyAWith%%AanAa¢C61erated%fPe¢d» 4Pm-

portionatato the efforts.» %Which'-Wmade. to

.de£’croy ‘it. As Republics are, %in3 ~th<j:irAna--

ture, effentially democratic, union, to them,

wisiof fupreme importance. vDi.vifions,Vir1deed.,
.=cAontr_ah.jmm¢, in A.a.V11 ca.fes,; the “very nature of

f0ci€At¥~¢   They difarm i}tf»thep0ffibi1ity%of

daferm  M«e4Xhaufi   if-S finergvwainfPi1'e4itsd¢116+

mics with confidenm; and invite their aggref-—

fi,0n3~* ?DVi7’Me ‘?%et"£mP3’7’“a‘”‘“?IVIDEi ANDA “:G9V“"" %

JERMA V .the ,A~dar1%i1}3   maxim»  cf the A moi’:
mtf !3rf1»1¥‘P¢T» :1»   Afcholar anfd.% 
Vgreat¢fi¢ mi1itar7*wc11m5t¢r»A that   ~th¢ 4WA0r1d
ever faW.*' A _ maxim, :whi~ch , a modern huflfilrpw-

~ 311011has%€videar1rt1yp%1accd aft thé11éadofA4,its

political crfiéd-% A   $1-3l€:t‘:uSA|'fih-En», fzffifilfthvei-iU'1P0r"
tance of UNIQN 3 and afinkdwwn .intd one vaft
«column, moving wlxiihqr the call ofbur gray...
8rnm€nt%;dire<9w '..i7r flP¢Hed by M1
®:_1u+ti9n»¢m:WEV:¥*'ILLAWE INIM-E~NH+

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‘:7 r'“-jUL1AUs CmsAR, Sec his Commcntarics, and {ha

‘m1}£i»nmny0-f %Taci“4tI.m;;A}V   “   

than  as  friends to a A de1ibe1*ate,e eiinrnovablee

V A patriotifm, we repel, with A all our influence,

 with   eamwed Adetefitation,   tI>1atAAe«»firit

  “ctz1h1mny,A‘w1iich, like Pandora's box, ie
fceteerieng mifehief in every direffieon ; which A

Ewes to traduee virtue,’ whichitc:m11ot re-
Afl3mbI€.3 7 ar1dAwhicl1eean find confolation, 0.11%"
lyirithe prof’rrationef~a11 principle, and Orv
eA.ier?=AAee’I‘hat I our iflumienated cduntrye can be
extenfive1y‘corrupted, v by diforganizing ef»-.4
forts, however: in fidious 5 erg. that the people
0f the United Astates, can ever A be g11iltyofA
 exacmmoues ee folly of A fuAppofiAng,  that they,
  their goverrimem;  haAveaA Hivided intera.»
weft ; until fome total xeevoliztionbee Aeffeéfed,

‘I have, indeed, noidea. Equa1IyconfiAdex1t I
am,than,   A A Q     4

A e “ As «thepure %1impidA%f£ream; when foul with fleing, A A

"Of ru{l1inAg torrxents, am‘! defcending reins, ~ ~   A

 - ff  Woer:kseeeietf-elf ecleargg and; as] it; runs, m_fin»es;ee     A 
f"Ti1l, by degrees,iethceefloatingmirrorfllirxes, A \I e A

_ * ‘E Reflefis ,eqch‘flower,AAthai onAAtI1ebeofdei*grows, A AA AA
 W“ And” a new"heave~n;e in eitseee fair bofom; {hows :eAW e

  A the adrr1i11if‘crA21tic§nAof  fermef,  A
  A A prefeng. Supreme EXecut7iA”sfie, *wi11,.

 Permit me to add.  Is‘ *  n<:A>t*A in*xportant,,AAA

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L ' m  , ‘\-‘*‘ “ “ e e‘, ., \ ,\ r 4 - re‘
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§;11~'i’iS,i)f‘(l)girs%iiS, corhpiete1yAcieé.’mfeitfeif mm
aliithe fltains of a flanderous imputation; and

A appear, eventually, with Lmbor1'owed,AAamj1

unpoliuted purity. Yet, thecaiumny, which

is p<:mred’forth,a midi mofl unrefirainedlyg

fromiafome «of the prefles, "in~t*I1i’s ’country, is

an iizjury, a mifc/Jig‘; and a pgflz'Zeace,iw1iich 

the lovers of our country, and of virtuemari-4
not but repel.   A A “ A A

Finally: Let us ‘feel the importanc:e of ‘ a
deep refpeéi: for the infinite moral Govemar cf
the world ; cultivate an unaiterable reverence

‘for the inf’citutions0If hiswAorfl1ip 5, and adopt,
in our praéiice, that virtue, which the laws of

the univerfe prefcribeg, giving full credence fa

the maxim of wifdom, that “ Rightreoufiiefs A

exalteth a nation; ~%but,% that fin. is the re... A

preach **QfAa1'1y peeplef’ A iUnder,his iiiaufpices,

we maygi1*denthcarmoref arefelved {elf A

defence, andirefi confident, that nothing can
defiroy us, but our ci;*imes~, or that divided.
eovvardice, which is prepared to refign iatiie
moi’: enviable enjoymerits, liberty, property,
conifeience, yea, the laft drainings of [the cup

of eomfort, to the mandate of a rnercilefs tyw-» »
raxit. A cowardice,   Which, thanks to Provi, i

V A denee,

3%
dance, is fcarceee in America; and’, W1‘1ere’it
exiLfcs,e is an exotic.weed,, not the indigenous
produficien ‘ of o1i1r_ generous efe~il.e May an
oppofite patriotifin. {well every breafc ! May

e=1:heenamee%Ae.of VVASHINGTON make us 3.“!-

afhamed to retreat f from the mmparts of our
¢:ountry’s fecurity! And, though danger may
be gbeforee us, let us meet it with firmnefs ,;
always remembering, that “ Dulce at decommz
£y’z';bra*pm‘rz'zz mam‘ ‘;”’* that IT IS A GLORY FOR
.e.~FKEEMAAN, AND A CHRISTIAN, To DIE FOR.
ms _cemN:mYe In

  *He0RACE,.