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Had he difcrsurfed upnn the obligatimus and du- tiicsufthe Americans refuéting from the‘ fignal deliverancewrcmgbt for them by hcgaveyn, his language could not have been far difflrrent fmm that which he ufgs: vafith the j’e7;zr.r on the; fuhjcéi of their mer1mrablede1ivera’nc:;:: frannaxxfigyptian oond-» age; A Finaliy, had: Aha feen the dangertowhich A the pecpleoft%hiVs%c011nt1*y%wouid beexpofed, af. get they mould obtain quiefpoifcffion 0f theland, and grow rich. wbm r/jay flaauld /mi/dgaaa’/y luau; %e’.r"a)2c2’ C1"L£J6’[_[iI7lAZ‘£7zii}I,%¢c71?€I2f[JE'iP' /yards and their flack://:aV~rZd be ma1’t:'p[z'ed, and tbcirfilmr and gold be znulii/2 fed, the danger of i‘~;>rgc1:ti‘ng their deli- verer and the principles whigh once governed them, of being" iifted up with pride and high things, of plungingiyltc vice and beconming alto. gather abfo,rbe.d in purfuits of*fc)rdid flrlfiflmefs, the ram fr:alen1x1lle- A ; rity to tenmunce their imtnediate (:l6;3tCIl,Cl&I1C€ on heaven for lubfilllance by that molt faluybriauéy land virtuous occupation, the cultivation of the ground. A A l % Loox: alfo at the fierti/ity ofthe foil, its Ti-ztariery _ and zyitfulpraduélianr. I would not taxalt~ your country % A A .-l;t£?0UTl’lfTyl’I1£lLl€l%€ re.l'pe&s above every other pow; M011 uvfll).e4gl4;)b€3, nor X1’12ll%1f3Air a xmare garden of Eden. But inthe «fzmple: lzlxzxééuage of the taxtfi, we may lay, it is a gland /and ‘We all lctmw liét wellrewardslthe cultivator,“ and yields thE:1nBC,(:’f- i72::rieVsofls1fe in gaod ab1mdam:e.% If a few fpotAAs lontthe earth canbe fiflglfid out wt;iz;:h furpals ;£>;ur country in thefe nefpcfts, yvctltalrgiw; fa» large a traft, covming lb many dAcg;re%es and en'1b=.ra<:'Img afo many clirnatels, Iquellion whether its equal man be found beneaththe fun, which ihall lml& throughout fa good. ~F3‘on1 the climates; where ;the ground alm(>l_’c fpOI1l3Z1(3C3*l.li:ly tllpoum forth iLS riches, alclmghthro’ the I1'1ldaTll6lr€};{lther,‘ and nmthwarcl to the pe:reArmialAl frolls, a lun- dant harvells. "Over this imxxulenlle ltraét are fmmd but :“*ew bharrenlheathls and no deferts of {.;.nd.h Its n10untai:1schic_fiy admit ofzzultivation, and what cann'ot be cultivated are l'Cf€T\'i”3i1'S of ;’.1l"c.+fAul ma-1tc:=ri;1l3 laid up inlfiore for the future wants of its inhabitarzths. To an urlxrefleflixmg mincl its a;:xtenfi~ve ~waltehr;l‘n1ay [dam to be a walleg but am who thinks %colrre€l;ly* wlilllranlg llithemlll an mcmg its*bleffings.l lF0rA*tu=r1lalte indeed for A th_i*8 wide regicmlare the feas embnfmneld in its rentrgzi, and the nvalblle llramzulsl which in;te1*fc;:él: it in vam- mlusldilzwéliozxs. A A A A "€?§»’m.a'r Otlwf cmmtrv. for fo large an extentg *;willl l‘»:::2lr Eflrillpalrillfxil ?AA‘If”\xre cal‘: our eyes to dl;{’- l A mm C3f'2i:m., we llmlAl find fertile trafts and cities full <:2l' ;2ele;;vpll¢l: lbuzz their country is inwterféfledl with majnm :mciwt:srfeA moumalns than ours; and abotlmls in unwholefomc morafles. Alf‘ welcomg .onward to A[I2;J:A.:.1'.,. we meet with good lfllan‘ds”étnd Almhjm lvezxu-tifillul provinces rich inllvalualvbllelfipzfodulc-2 A A ‘$011.43; but flmélalrllwalltlelswcmilt l*th«::=rl!e;;’ h,I‘ftl1¢A‘1lW4@~’ V * mull‘; ; C I r::5mfi7+: finm‘ Arzwia }and Egypt, 1 m*fmt7 do“ we fee?‘ A.H7::::il*n1Q{?t luxuriant i1Hda;;cd algpng the Abmvks: of; thuVNile:-~i:>ut by wh2:.%t% is it“Turmuncicd i’ TI‘<;i% the f}::>u:th is thv: bxmlmzn country mf fhebais, um-«At iJ13“:at"3ited ezrxnepr by pH:md::ri%mg Arabs, whom it“ fmves 21%; an fheztrwr mm the purfiait of man. In mttmrc1xre4éh'0%zwas are cieferts of fcorchiug farxd, tmally tzzxprcwduflive and the means of d%i*v:=.-nrs cam hlmiries. .As: tc1zfIralvia,i«t has’ lung: been d1v:%d%€d” into Fe/ix, Petrm, Dzykrm. i. e. plea/ant raug-%',%%%’” barren. Can Anzerim be thus d1vid%ed?% If one: third pzmofrmr country be H01.-'£u:zppy in a way‘ of aénxirxence, yat where is the third Lint eminemw Ry d::ferves% the name ofa ‘barren .de~fl.:-rt ?%—-»----If new come fax-that on and look into /§’_,fr im, thtfe aifm Zmras. fanda and wafies prelemt the:mf.;1ve4s., ans? no very fcrtfle regions are to be fcmud. I5’ Vwcz, tum northward to Emma. the ezye fixes with dc» Eight can an Italy and an Fmmeg which perhaps aw. u,nequall~:.:d by any part wfthc w~orl'd for miidxzefa wf ecztirmte and fe~r!:iIi%ty cwf foil» A In thae’«la1tt%r mu- fpczéit Eng/and may bcadded to thufe charming «:{:mnt‘tiVes; But%we%i$fe¢A:at‘V the fafne inflant an i:z;?Jofpitab{e Narway. a bleak Sweden, 21 funkm .D:rz2ncz’r/fr. and a great part of Rzfli-2, Gemzmzy and PM m are As». brwken, indifllarcznt cuuntry, Pawugat and 5‘}>zzi22h4;we xmchirzg ax-tra«:ordinary to reccvmme:nd%t§fmm. On the whulmEz¢:‘ap::ta1;em« collcafiivcly does”: by no n"ma11s¢.'x;ceed an equal e:;;t<2x‘xr ofour ccmmry. A A A {hall bu»: juflt advert In one 0-thexr rmiwnm, which is Syria. ’1‘hc-: very couwry defcmsed A by’ Mmfcs in the; ftffitf was little cm‘ noth»i:ng. fupc-.:riAor% t(*»thr.2.w!pr’ac we%iz%.%$%1:abit. Bmwaeen thelfand est Ga; maqn and the Z\7a~wAV%Eng[arzd Stare; there was in-» dmiéd a cc3z1fider::t;»1a mizmmblance. We recogniza itin theaie W-'.3TdS.A.. a land %%br00r§'s%% of_ watery;?g..~i;;A ,f¢ur;twinaamd depth film! firing am of t£w.c~ val/My _ A and" A V c‘ y and bilix. The face of Canaan was irregular amt! fomewhat rcmgh, proportioned nearly like thefa flares for pallu:-age and tillage. Herds and flcncksg milk: and dairy, wonl and flax were among its principal produélionsz thelle are“a.mong%ou+r’s« ‘Wheat andlvalrious grain wereraifed there: thefcl lweraife. ll There the vine was cultivated and winelproduced linlabundance: {o‘ it might be here. Their hillsabouncled in iron : fo do m1r’s. Ltbanon and various lhcights were fmnous for — excellent timber : fo are many parts of our coum try. In llmrt, we may confider our land as am- tber lCam:mn., the gift bf heaven, nof far inferior‘ tmhanlwhichwasl given forfanllinhelritance rm Ifraell l A A l A ll OUR proaulfiions are all A the fdllidl nccellafies‘ of life, with enough of its luxuries. The vafiousf climates embracedby our country are capable of alfordinlg every thing needed by man for his comfort, furhis. neceflities or for his pleafure. Cloathing, food, phyfic, nothing can be named but what is, or might be produced here. We have the means, when fpfficiently developed and irnprcaved, oflseing a warzd -wit/sin aurfelvex, of belnig llriélzly "anldl literally ‘ail Indepemdent People; Tho’ the extemof our territory ‘invites principal-a ly tolltlhe rearing clf theprime necelfarics of life, yet our filuation in various lrelpefts powerfully urges attlemion to the mechanic arts, to manufac- ’ wring, the lfilterl ofagriculture, to original invert‘- provement; AA tions of our own, andlto every Q philofophical imu IT deferves to be remallccd, that the location of our country relatively to wane: nations~, is a dill‘-*-\ tinguifhed favor attending it. A God not only gave A A us this noble inhcritance, but placed it fa‘ that others canlnoltl defpoil us ofit. A Clanaamrichlllandl lglcsod as itlwaslllillwas ‘fo fltuatcd Has to experia cnce A K ) that continue‘! aifttults from neighboring potent: kingdoms. Often were its inhabitants involved in difficulties from abroad, defolated by war, and $110”: than 01166 Conquered. Once were they {wept from their country and carried as a body into captivity. Similar troubles have been ex- eperienced to a greater or lefs degree by every portion of the other continent, none of which are guarded by a natural barrier like /Inzeriea. Around us the Almighty has drawn an immeufe pqyz» filled with water, and feems to lay to other nations, ‘Tottch notthat people’, to the Ame»- ricans, ‘ Keep at home and be happy”. l Sltould all other nations fink, we might live. Should all others cottfpire and rife againll; us, we might bid them defiance. The benefits of our remote fill!-~ ation have already been largely experienced both in peaceztnd war. Had we been fitoated rftuch nearer our enemy when he rofe up agaioll, us, the ptobability is, we fhould not now have been van 1 indepertdeezt people. Look at the unhappy fate of Ireland 1’ Or intlfxe late ttommiotione ofthe marrie- otts, had we been much nearer the fceoe of e€ti-» on, we flmuld probably have been vexed and fpoilecl to a more ruinous degree, if not dragged into the contelll. Tlnis circutnllaucletof rentatene/It will prove a‘ utore elfeéluel defence to our pollen rity, thansother ntatiotts exlpertilence in their ram-»”'*”t parts and batteries, whether fixed or floating... Thereby we ihellbe lefein danger ofinfeélion from foreign vices, of agitatiuro from foreign intrigues, as well astofldefolatiott from foreign warts. Thus H fepttrated, we lflratllthelin 21 manner comtpeolledtto cunl-l l A tivare the peaceful arts andto~enj~oy the bleflings heaven haslavifhed upon us. In peace we may t extroét the riches of the land and of rtltgej fee; -to. ‘peace fpread the fzul upon pourlwexters tto»1oter- change A ( rm 3 stlmngle our pzmcluélions, and, if we pleafe, ca???" them to the ends of the earth. VVEIEN we think of thefe natural adirantages of our cc>untry,% {hall we” not 5~le_f/s 2'/ye zzmlzel 94’ the Lar-dour Godfar tire gla0d;’a¢2dwz§ic/5 /56’:/allcll/.'7_V£{2.*£J€72‘Z£J E lBUlT frzmll woulcl be the valué of this gift, if it werc~;nc:t attended with blcfllngs of a mare lexalm ted kiifizd. Abeve irs richnefs of fell above the le::tenfi}?enefs ofits territory; above its abundant produltlions, above its rivers andpleafa.nt {lrean1s,l 'multmbr;-3 ranlied, CEVI-LIZATION, FREEDOM rand CONSIDER, my friends, thlebleflingofcirvilizatifl 2072. %Am:l ‘lconfiderthe im-ml~iI1*<~:en3; rifque laur fa... thers ran of lcmfing it. I flralll not lexpatiatc: largely on this lble-{Ting :: But Wwlfll fimply afk, Wh4at good our rich foil would have done us without it? Of what fervicle would have beam our excellent rivers and harbors, our fmefts of timé ber, our mountains of one? Of what ufe were thcfe to the wild Nativuex 3 To them the foil flept idle beneath the thickets ; the timber was {ha- ”ped lI0lI10jUf€£l1l. pulrlplofel; the valuable owes lily dlormantintlueir beds. l’1"he_ ‘ iy reduced to dilirefs. Drlficuities and great labor were to -heiencountered in cleariing the land, in carrying on tillage, in. defending their fettle-~ tnente. ”l‘he country afforded plenty of game to induce thetn to lltraggle and {carrot among the Nativee, who then were friendly. They had en veryindocetnrent to give up painful tillage and hbetake thernfelves forfubfilience to that firll: and eafieli occupation of man, omitting and fl/hing.’ But in them was difplayedthe power of education and habit. Moreover God kept them-----God encouraged their ihl3€11"iSt**-e.rG'Od aliified them to lay the founclation of a great empire; They were no more permitted to mingle with the Natives than God’s ancient ifraelwere ’Witl'l the canaa-» nitee. They maintained their arts. their iizziencieg, their manners, witlt their liberties and religion, trrliieit lliwfi pfroggreiiied with various improvements from that period to this. M A We are now led , my friends, to“ contemplate an tmfpealiable felicity. “rages of our country, and all our civilization would profit us nothing, were we under dt_?fl)0ffC it /fway.‘ Inellimablyrich and precious is that blelling which was put into our complete pofiiliii-A onby the EVENT age this day celebrate, the blefg All the natlural advan-V E‘ W'ttA.T 12, Wrralw weulcl our country be worth to us, ii? 4 we were tenants at will, vaffals beneath a hell: cl? griviledged orders and bloated tyrants with a Mbnarch at their head 3 Were our free and equal condition tobe broken up, our farms to be re-: figned‘to Landelbrds, our earnings to be mailed from us for exorbitant taxes, rent and tythes, were a few among us to wallow in luxury and the tell in rags, were bagonetsl and balliles to co- lverlour land and the wretched people to be kept A down by the force of terror, deprived of free fpeech, deprived of arms and totally unable to help themfelvesl I have 110 hefitatien to fay, the piéluteour country wouléd %ex;hib,it wcmld be far more deplorable than when itwas only ‘trodden by the rude foot ofthelfavagel and lfumlifhed ltzrkingp-places forfiwild bealls. I,..efs imerelling and far more horrible is the fpeélecl»e of a lande covered with mania fuch a condition, than with fenfelefs wood; isfiaciezy in fuchetlcirctxmllancee, than the gloom: cf .2 evilderyzaf/'3". Tltleflate of mz- time is horrid: buta {late of a’efi9oz‘zf[77'zt is more fo. Ifa. wife man were to clmofe between them, he would not befitate, which to prefer : he woulda take up hisdbowland Waimk, into me fwildernefs, preferinglthe Independence ofa. {wage to ‘the erouchinglmeannefs ofthe flave; A A A FREEDOM islthe glory of civillaecl elife. I-Ilowl ijnterelling, how beautiful, to look ever an em lte.nfive country and fee it pareeled into farms d‘refi'ed by the hands of freemen, what are awnerx, V ‘Wlm enjoy the fruits of their toils, having no lord-e» ly leigeiors tb vex, opprefe and melee them afra,lclg_ The golden harvell waves for him who railed it. The cattle whichlfpreacl over the Vales, and the A flecks ofthe bills are bi: who feeds them. 'M*alnl in this condition has that ufe of the eeltth, wlhichl thetgzreator clefigned when he maee armor, be h made C 13* 3* medeitnotdoulatforthie ufe of its inhabitants.’ The earth thus pareeled, thus cultivated, tlme en.-, jeyed by its inhabitants, exthiibgits ha fpefiacle ell; I femially clifferlent bath fmm the _/atvag: {late and; ftem a state of dej}w2:z'/‘m; It is civil perfeflien In is the condition no doubt the earth is to be in, if» ever it islto be hap;;>«y.----This free and generally?» equal enjeyetraent of the earth and its ptreduélioner by its inhabitants, is agreeable to that which wax‘ originally declared by the Almightyto his creas- ture nxamwlhen he gel-we Zximfiar /oi: fizad and am, e-very berbbearing/lied, and every tree andeverytbetg/$ fitparz the mrtb, and emery fowl oftbet az“r,.and every Ilfbirtg tzfaaz‘; /mt/3 life. All this does notimply that the land {hould be violently taken from its owners ancli an equal dillribution be made of it among the ntembers ef cnmmunity. Fat fromit. A What; « ie c~tx«n=*ienld.ed‘ fortlim ifiirlt of all that the membelre etthtgpwfing community lheuld be owners of the let their own ufe and benefit, lulajeél to no laéwls or feudal incsumbrancest whatfoeven f And fecondly,_that each individual lhould, on principles of perfeél: equality, be lfecured in the Mzlrs of his own indullry, lhould enjny his own emnixigs and every thing which he poflelles by “limit tneans. » ‘Wt~tet~t at people, whom the Letd has led to flhttlflin fuch e conidltitltieni of demlellic indpena. 13l'$l7l:C3.t»'3lIlClg{€:fl¢Y’£1ll¢?Vql.13.lill)’,C3.!1 alfe obtain new tianal Independence, freedom from the claims of all dcfpots and exterier natiens to interfere with A their eom::crne»g and can enjoy undifputed the pri» villege of {elf gevemment, it mull be acknow--* A ledged a happy eircuntllancei a great thing gain-= ed in their lever. Rarely isthie privilege to be obtairzed ; never withtmt a llruggle. A So numer- ous are the Harpies which follow , lM‘an where- 1 vet hegeestto ifettle to prey uplont his fubanee and A (rel) send defiilelhis dearefl enjoyments; that there is no people without fome of thefe foul creatures ad» ‘ tvancing their lawlefe claims over them; and for the molt part with their talons firmly fix. ed upponf their interells. It is exceedingly difficult to filence their claims and to be wholly difintangled from their grafp. Thus If-. rael bade tyrannic end inexorable Pharaoh to deal with, and the Americans at Britilh King; There is no portion of the civilized world” but is, or has been, claimed and ufurpation attempted to be fete up by albme one or more of thefe heredi- tary or felfmade dlefpots. Some Ild.il,O,l"lSlll‘é'tV§€ ' firuggled to rid themfelves of thepells, and have failed, Fortunate indeed is that people whole l exvertionsn are crowned with fuecefs, who can makiethernfelves acknowledged by all princes and nations of the earth to be a Free, Sovereign ~ and Inrdpependent lfeople. 11;‘, after this, focia a people can have a. governs e A repent among themfelves exaélly luited to their own free and equal condition, adapted to their genius end tgnatzoers? adequate to ell the purpofee of private fecurity and national protection, {lrong to pzuzz:/I: the evil deer-.r,*. yet nbtto df/‘courage tlmféz who do well ; in a-word, a government that {hall perpetuate their free andhappy {late of fociety, and not defpoil them ofpit, we may exclaim, i farrumra: nimizmz agricolm .’ happy people l for» itunate beyond expreflion I THE fleetch I have given ores rather defigned to be in the abllract, yet have I not defcribedi the gfrzzeritans .? Are not we that very people .? Is not this om-political condition 3 It is lo in every refpect we have ntentionedr That beautiful “and happy {late of a country which is exhibited by independent cultivators, generally equal in theit‘! pollefiione (as) A poflellions and petfectlylequalt in theirprivilcges’; enjoyingthe fruits of their own labor, fitting me»- der their wine; and, figtreer, ‘ and beefing zzanelltkr maize I/me afraid, is certainly the {late of the Americam. A Complete Independence of all nati- ons, princes and clefpots on earth, and a full, tuna-« dilputecl right to exercife fovereitgnty for them; felves and manage their own concerns, belong certainlyto the Hmericanrg This day witnefles pit; for now was it neat. ARED to the world, and by our bravery and the help of God, the world acknowledged it. Finally, a government fuited to the genius of the people, adapted to their free and equal condition, adequate to private fecurity and public defence, llrong enough to punifh evil edaerx, yet not 2/.ny'e who do well (livithout violating its prit1c.:iples,) certainly it is the privilege of the /Imericanr to enj-:;>y. A05 happy people, then AMERICANS! who can be compared to you? fWhatether‘rtatien thro’ the wide world injoys fuchpolitieel beatitude? Lung may you enjoy it, and refill every attempt to rob you of it, un- der whatever fpeclous name the attempt may be 1'i1Eldt3. A Much of this bleflednefsl we owe to the ewe: which we this day celebrate : Let us there- fere rejoice and be glad. _ % Ceuep earthly eircumflaneee confer ‘txptm mertcernplete happinefepand leave no want ex~ illlng, wemiglit here clofe our remarks. But we are cenfcilous of an imxnortalldielliny,p and it beeeznee our concern to feelt. an interefl beyond the grave. Uttfzztiefled with earth, the feul de- fire: at lbetzer caunlry, that it rm /2eeeenly.~ A T‘o crown therefore the felicities of our ccmdi-p tion, we are bleltwith the knowledge efa‘ molt A excelletxtflelfgioaz, the tmet>eL or Jesus lCH.R13T~,3 1 With tl1e‘t772i.M* and Iytstney of cut tetrellriel Cmmll A Y ‘we, lfxfil We have 35: head q/" 19% lwfzicil came dawn frmll V Elellalezm and ygirvezb life wmta we world; we have km-ma: which enduretlw farezver. In the gofpel Amzvznzzm Amen-1~c.». is opened to our enraptulred view, of wlhich the one we now poflefs is but 3 fi1irxttyph.e. Ityextenlds with infinite beauty over the eveyriafling hills on high, preifenting lpallurefs green with imlmlortall verdure, and \ llreams of endlefszpleafure. Pure isits light and mild its elime,fm- the glory qf Gad mligbtenez/J it and we Lamlt is the light thereof. In that region all Nair: are wiped away, and were flzmll be no mere dmtl’z,=«ng£tber /brrorw, nor crying, neiz/yer _/be/I I/Jeri’ Eeanymalre pain. Such is that countfryl which the gafpel difelofes. he Empheticalllly ix life and im... V mertaiiiy lwraugbt to ligblby rim gcyjbel. Fcm tjhefe glad‘ tidings we can never be fulficia emly thankful. What is this world, What is a beautiful and extenfive territory meafured byli- nite circles, what even is liberty with all our in- valuable privileges, compared with the interefl hywel have in immortality ? As it is {aid of the (fi- flifiianx, fol we may fay of the bleffings zy'I/.ri.r pre- ffmtlzllyzurzei, 2.‘/lmt tbey are not «wart/sly to be tampered witir the glory that i: tabia‘lr*eiz2a1edyin my A‘ Toy know new to prepare ourlelves for that glory, to know A lhomlltolbecoilmei ‘citizen's of a llate which (hall endure when the falhon of this world fhall V have V palfed away, mull be accounted the greatell, the mall: inellimabile favour that can be lbellzowed ‘upon any people. The genuine gofpel is a brew ligionlof thelmoil fublime‘ diflzoiveries, of the riehel’: confoilatiens, and alpatrern of the purell; mentality. V In it we fee all that is defirable, all that the afliffled fouleneeds, mad all that the apt»- “ idem: fpiri: ofmrln lalngzsier. It eonductslyy tllrb’ 3-spay; qfjl/Ea,/122921126/if mm’ M1123 lagfpmce, and le‘a‘dys A A yup mjoyls sang,/}0e:,*3::2£*.’£ r:f."2l.."y;‘:i'l’iVj"2'LL’..-l" cf glory. It tells how l C H7 B how wemay return to God, how 8D_iOy«l1l32 Fe» A Von, howlferve him acceptably. The piety Hit in. "fculcatesis fimple like nature and of the timer»- ell kind. Hypocrily it ebliors. It bryeatlies hevolence. A Its precepts area; circle of the belt morals. Conformity of he-zttt and life to this; fuperlatively excellent religion cannot fail to make a man happy both here and hereafter: ‘Wherever he exilts, he can be no other than t happy. THE enjoyment of this. bleffing is cues em»- pheticttlly : for, here we have the free eater-cg’/22 of our religion. To ha.VC3i,7$. goed religion near us, and not be elltzwetl to ettercife it freely, or with» but great t‘ii‘mb£l.fI‘alTti’ME:l1l3a cetminly is at ditninuh tion oftlte bleflietr. Here we they tltyittlt, and A we may worlhip, not merely as worldly policy directs, butipes the Bible, truth and common fettfe dictate. We may freely approach the fotirce, the fountlatiort of things, and efitalmitie for our; {elves withoutfear left we fhould find the truth Variant from this or tltat creed. Here we may A be cltriflians, not merely by the force of yuintlil‘-5 ctimineting tradition, earthly interell; or i terrific fuperllitien, but an prizzciple. Itr futchya ‘flare of religious freedom, Scepticrt they exill, antllfiery bigots ntay ereillt ; but tl”teT€:‘ is the faiteft clftence for GENUINE Cttetsrmwe to A ezttilf. And I tlonot believe 2'1. {late offreedom is; by any metnts fo favorable to the e:.x:illat1c_e of the farmer as allttte of int,olerence.p A lIp lcoyntetnpltttye this country, at fame future petied, age lE1I_1r.'l of tltemoll emumnp C‘HRIyS‘TIANIT‘Y‘. Fer, I con- tentplttte it, not only 213.21 letttlltaffeizzuend ttlatftti elf bape, but‘ytwht;tpi3ps;ree!er t/bee 2'Z7e/2’, a lame’ CHARIT‘.i'. ,.After Scepties {hall ceafe to lwitnele V .‘tt0‘nl’t-3t1l'etc:O often difplttyetltttttlertlie gerbief t Vligiom c :3 ) ligsjion and after they {hall ceafe to have caption?-A nrefs and folly offeredd in anfwerd to their too dcuri- ous enquiries, they will be» attracted by zhe Tub- Iimzty, the amiablene-fs and the conlodlauiordndisdofthér gmfpel to its embrace. After ‘madd bigots dfhall ' haw: fufliciemly dextgaufted their fire and malice vvith%m”1tdc:fi‘ect. and wirnefl'ed long ennughd the patience: adrd:ddbexd'2evr;;I:-:nc'e of their injured victims; it n1ay“be‘hoped they ‘will graduaily be led to liflen to reafon, and like Saul of Tarfub be converted to the way they perfecute. Indeed the time is not far off in my View when the Ho-% NEST oflall feéksd will unite: in fellovufhip and bro-« therldy coniuaurdgicdrn, tho’ they may niilyretain that variety of ‘wurfhip which wedmayd fuppufe die; but ur*1plcafir*g to A the Father of A the univerfe. They 2:25;,/2? mute in thefe refpefis in heaven .----~ and where is the inccmfiflency of their beginning {to do it on earth ?—--Tluus, when all tbefe, fiait/1, zbopex 8: nmre efpecialdly CHARITY, {hall abound dnacng us, we {hail exhibit what no country be- fore us has exhibizcd, a CI-IRISTIAN NAT]0Ng ‘Eben Am-e;rica V7111 be a {till brighter type 0! heaven? ' d ‘ V A Both for odm“F?eligion,dthen, anddfor the hap-as py circumflaxme of free fdalerationd in which we enjoy it, let us-2.. my friends, lift up our heart!‘ and bldefs the God of our falvation. A 7 Txm: forbids further enlargement on the id» terdeiiing objeflz we fer out 60 contemplate, .AMxm1cA,, the goat! /and we live £72. Not halfi ' has been {aid which the fruitful fuhjccft affordsd,-4 anddthe Idirtledthat has heendoffered falls far bediowd the excellence of the theme. In viewd however;" of thedpartifcduiz:1‘s we have mentid»nedd,dnmvd I‘ not e.~.::wh-0:’: in the aninmatcd language ofddzhe PfaImifi;. Oflvs i 5 :19 9 l0flr2g‘um'0 3'56’ Lord anew fang. 0 tie}: your éandilczllye people : Show unto God with tbs mice n {if triumpb. Sing praye: to God. flrzg prefix; Sing Wei/2*: zmta our King, flngprai/2’: : .301‘/J yatmg nzen and maidens, old men and cbildren, /at ttbezn prmflt the name of the Lord. ‘ l ~ AND amidll thefe fprightly iexortations of Do; vid, may Inot be pertnitted to minglethe f+1l.uta.. rycautiolns of Mofes, that we do not by our folly forfeit our ineflitnable liberties and privileges in the good land which is given us? There is a flzrangze propenfity in mankind, after they have experienced lfignal deliverance and are brought into the full and quiet enjoyment of entinent p A good, to loofe the irnpteffions which j;‘&lCCOII'1§)21I1i-l ed their deliverance, to fall away to other prinu ' ciplesl and as it were to other gods, to plunge into ungratefulandlcorrupt courfes, highly pro. voking to heaven, and naturally tending to bring upon them unfpeakable woes. This has been the cafe moire or lefs with every people whotever exilled as a free n,la,ti0.n.p The period of their «air. ~ me has always been their /ir/it period. After- wards degeneracy comes on. At fir/E their A reli- gion and worfhip are firnple and fiucere, their juflice fiern,their‘integtiry inflexible, their pa... ' triotifzn ardent, their courage invllincible» Every thing glorious in the hillory of Greece was tratnfaéted in the period ofit: Republics. which was its enrlieft period. The famous Roman Virizte was theirlcarliefl virtule. The llama might be ohferived of modem States, of Switzerland, of Hollandtosf Britain, inla wordtof every people who halveonce been worthy of the blefling of freedom. ii A _ A * A V A Bur after apeop-le comeetollbe confirmed in the pofieifiontof what their wvirtiue sprocurledp for L" “ them w. ( 20 3 them, w/.5312 may some to em‘ (me! be full, and ¢ fiuifid goodly baayés mzd dwell irztz‘/Bram, -w/Jen 2‘;/Mir lmr‘d.t' mad weir flack: flzztltip/y, and I/Emir _/Elmer‘ and gold 2?: nzu/tip/z'ex:'[, and all t/ma‘ I/Bay have it rzzuftip/led, thena lamentable fztlllizzgwwzry tcm ofzett ttakeg place, a change offpirit, ofvicws, of principles, of nwrals, comes on with change of outward clircuntlhtnces; and the pmgrefs is thm’ luxury,‘ profligacy, effcminacy, the lofsbf their libertic-:_s,l to eventual clcllrufliotx, or the horrors «of Revog lution. 1\rl'a/Es, well verfefldiln lvmowledge of man, forcfaw this gtznrttsolutfe of his people, and trzith his lall breath folemnly warned them of it bcfmrt-:3:thcyentereclthe lgoodllztnd. A $0 I/Va;//J»d ingtm, in hilslall: Legacy of adtviccto our natidn, has warned us on many inapmwjtanlt points, yaflly intctellittgto om‘ xgvelfarég A‘ A ” ' ' A WE may indulge” a pllcafing hope that the flr;*z;~ «gricmzs will fut-nil}: '0n€“’fOlll7&1T'y exception from all the: nations who lmve been befcare us in ad,-» t hating Rcedfztllly to firll principles and to early, {virtue and avoiding the broad way which fo nam- ny have tratrellcdl to dcltruélion. The exam» A plea before’ us are numerous and firikirxg and mtght tupmducel upon lust thisfalutary e1'ft~&;. Fcrhaps it is by me‘ accumulation of wretched e‘3;a.:11ples, ‘tltat the fortune of nations is finally to be turned. And: whcl knows. but that flnzerim A to be; the firll to rleapltthls fan€tified ZlI'.l'lpTOV€3-: \ ment 2' Surely it is tifllffi that fOIZl}UCh€.2'Kp€2”il'l1€Il~f- ttulttinfh-lufticrx lhoulcl ‘lbme~whcre_ccbegin to yield an eft7s:€t. The poi'ntingl‘s of%the2ivcr1‘ am in out :§%wcu_r. Tltere is mtuclat to hope-3: but: there {is c fe:»tr1ewhztttofcar.l c 11 Y ” A 7 ~ I\’§Q$E3‘5lrefl‘f3Cl Ills lpeaple, after they fltottlldl get t?;t3.i.4~z. pcllctlion’ of Camzmn land fhould have: gilttczz ma? twat“ fltlll, timt‘ A:/Ewz tllmyflsuuldi blcfrlllfil A 4 A ( fifiii Lardtlzeir God for me good ‘lewd’ aw/3251:‘ beheld gi‘. l were!/’l2_e72z, and charges there not to ferget% it. In t other places he direélzs them much to celebrate their memorable deliverance from bondage. all A wouldjuli enquire, whether it is a token in out A favor, that weof late years take fo little notice of the Atmivetfery of our deliverance,» and are fo little difpofed at anytime to blefs and ardently a- dore the Almighty for that event .? “Soon after“ our deliverance, we felt grateful for it; out te- joicings were animated, and we blefied God: not only on this Annivetfaty, but A ott every proper occafion. Now that we are eatitt of the good of the laml and are full, does it not look. rather like forgetting Ib.e‘Lord our Goti, who !}roz:gf.2t us form oztteft/be ball!/2‘ of lmzdage, to be thuls lilllefe to rej ..')l("Zll'lg and to praife E’ V BU t there is another fettfe, llill more limpotta ant, in which God may be forgotten. That is, ‘what Moles llatettin the te:tt,‘in not keeping bit camemrzdtnetztt and bit judgezenrt and bit‘ flatutetgttt This points to religious andmoral corruption, and probably to po.!iz‘t’cal: fer, the comttotand;-M merits and llatutee which tGod gave to Ifrael embraced cirtail olitjeéls as well as fpititual. Andi pethape the molt nothrioue inllance in which thatpeople afterwards depattetl from God’s tiom-J’ mandmems and Statutes in a civil tefpeét, was when they renounced their depettclenee on and demanded a King to rule over them, lthatwt they might be like‘ the other natiohe. This we know forely difpleafed the Alrttighty, whopte-g t mottllttated with themmoft eatneilly by his prog phet Samueltand fet Lhefote them a all the manner , efa hing. * But when they perfified and tlhetwed; A themfelvesttfoll politically depraved, he gave“ them A 6 BE all this, however, as it may, W63 mm furewthat relz'gi;2ur and mom! cori-izption is intended. And here let me obferve that Mofes places this corruption in not‘ keepz'72g tbs cammmzdmergts vf God. It is not a great sdealaf outward pretence and nominal pro» feflinn that renders mofcals acceptable in the fight ofjehovah. Tho” «due regard ta, decent outward proftflforz be proper, yet God is muff trgglv forgotten when we ‘forget him in our C072;/;gé?. he is mom: a ééfzrallv a’{/-» pi/egwhen we difpife him ” by our praéfice. SV;»1yé. an infpired writer, ‘fgbis 1'54 tlaélwvdecvf GOD that ye kgep M: commczm1.mmt:+ And Ch:"iAf’c dc:~1nands. if/by call ye me Lord, Lord,’ and zip 7202‘ me things which I My 3 The Jews in fqgpe of their: mnfi degenerate peri0d§ were fond of/ee§:z"ng Gm’daily,4 £9’ delighted to know /bf: wgys, asmzatian tlmz‘ did rig/2:602;/5242f’, mzd far/no/as not 2353 arcrirzance of 1Alm'r God: tbev rt/éed of /aim we ordiizamres 0 fju/21136., Me} de;’igl2t in apgroatbing ta Gad. 1W"1Je~gFare _b.«:me weft;/’i«e*d.fay t/a_ey,and may not :7 win-re» fore %5¢a*ve -we aflzfled our/but, and 1/you talég/2‘ nq ‘knowwledga .9---Grad eagplains the rcafon and tells them, %t/Jefqfl bee/Jefl wm-‘not I0 bow down rim bead like a bull rz/_/79., but 1:; 1045/2‘ Ibelmndr qf Awick-% cine/3, ta undntbe /yea-gay bur:/Jam, 19 /at the oppuffli msfgafree, and to break wary ya/‘ac, Io d;a1% bread I4 1179 hungry, to covveribena1?ed,* and the like. Bdring ma more min obiaiiom. fay: God, I am fail A qfburni-agfiérings anwdfaccraficex, incmgfi: is an abmx minmm zmw me, time mew mom: and fabbatlm Ma ‘ n ' g - N .. 1 «M ‘A ~- * ' " “ ‘ ‘ ‘ _ W ‘~ lfaiah 58.. * ll 23 )4 smiling qfcajjémblies, I cannot awajwitb. 1?: Mil!‘ iquity‘ewn yaurfiylemn lmeeting. But why, whagg made there. folem pretenders fo offenfive to heav- fen .3’ It is added. Tam’ band: are full qf bfaadf Waflayau ; make you clean ;“ put away the evil qf your doing: ; ceaflto do evil, learn to do we’:/1.,_/kefil judgment, reliwel the opprgflwlE’d,juag%e I/Je ft?!/Jtfle/.9," A pleczdfor we widow. 1+ A And what will Chrifiz» declare to thofe] MA N v who /lmll jay unto Mm at tbat clay,l Lord, Lord, luzrue we natpropbe/fed (i, e. preach Pd) 272 tlw name, and in 2‘/av name done mazzyf wazzderjul work: 3 1f«we may credit bis word: be will declare I never knew you, depart A frbm‘ me ya tbat war/E iniquity. Workismgl» iniquity is tlxcir mifiake, and .1 very‘ impor. tam; miflakc it is ! Again, Not every am tlvaz /ditb zrzzta me Lara, Lard, _//.241! erztzf ” z'm‘o the kingdom of lzmverz, M! be tlm‘ ldaetbf l/ac’ will .0)’ my Father wlm 13' in lbeaven. T multitude of folemn fcripture equally ap— pilicable _to the point might be cited. A Pet“ mit me juft to afk in View of théfe Icrip. tummwlhetheritis a token in favour of‘ any people, when the chief cry feems to be abongit; lE;?iCft’fI2tZl.l flaming! A praflfibzz, w.llimg Clm?/l, Lord, afld the like, while nothing extraordinary is faidl or done about gym’ 'zv0rk5? Gqd forbid that I fl1ou%lld%dilfco1In.. tinancc valuablie old Infiitutions. A am a friernd to themlland vvifh zthem, by all meamlll AA fupported. I only {peak compar:'z‘i~vet_y be- » A ~ A A « ~ tlvvefin“ __ ‘ A 4: 4 I .4‘ l“ .» .,‘ * __....t r «V 1 Ifaiah I. . W" tween i'}.C*m.ijane:i real 13¢-azafiiicazl » :*cIzg~z'nfiz. Lei. me then 21%; Isiiit 21 iiii'iavc:x'“2zbie ‘ tc»i1"1fx.~:q_ue*nce to men to” fhield them f1"oiI1' reproacluesi but the very" Fnésr o‘f'Chrifiian vinuiiés is fviolatedin the aéfof denouncing men Irzfiu iéziélsii. not for want of éeepz'7zg 2%‘/5e icozzzmrzmzd-»’ ifzerzis Qf Gm’, no nor even few iwzmc of dam cem: outwafd p2*qfe_fla72 E’ Can‘ all tiiis be Pigilt? ‘Would Mofces call this the way mt g‘o:f0rgez‘ Gad;?\WouilditI1eipmplaets caiil this ‘the nmfi: accesptahle thingwzo the 71V.I0Iif A High? Gain Cl1z*iftin‘hmven be {'0 difi"é=:rem: from wliathe was on ca‘2'*iI*1 as to iieiicuwi more a.pplaufe upon this calling inf him‘, Iard. Laird,‘ that} upan a’e:;=z’2;g z‘*/5*; rbiifgs =zk:=/Irzimb lye;/;zzz‘;£> E-”ihefe aI‘Gf¢33'i(’?L‘iS elitlqllifi-‘3lt'fi,> and I addrefis mam to my iT‘(?:‘.ii!(3\’i.7“*7CIiiIvi.7L'y£‘3i‘iS and A fel!ov_v..Chri{iians as \‘+_‘Oi"“i;'i”E}?’“ tr?» be ti1(‘)13§{ht Qfatithe ;:s-:*ef.=:zr1t pcarimci. .Zfl"c*.awzt pra/«jflifcm: 1Sb~ea‘,ut1ful; but I nmii thini~i::.;‘iir; is inme beaudful, ‘E0 keep ‘fire L‘02Vz;::2z:m;,*’2::c*2fi5 ”C}'i0n'»’ A Ami fi;ax"?.eij;«' i iizaii um: 1niii’i;.«si and iatlthe fame ftinfte not leave the mint. en» 225'/e and czmzmin of exterior religion unatu tended to and undone. There is room for “vafi improvement among us with refpeél; ' “to the former, a while we might alfo be more perfeél: inregard to the latter, Odi- “ous vices abound in many alarming flmpes, "Ofttrhe “hedious group, CALUMNY, PAR. ‘*'rY-4-—~tzANcoUR and Lrma, "fland mofi: confpicuoufly in the from. To a pitch tru-~ ly awful have th efevices rifen ofxlate. Ha-- Voc, dreadful havoc have they made of’ the Chrifiian graces among us and of our facial peace. All the befi interefls of our Cour:-~ .try are put in jeopardy by their means. %Americaptrenmbles to her center; and God lonlyknriowswhattherefult will be» Oh lthatltiisp powe,r might iflhe forth to arrefl ehecareer of thefe foul, thefe infernal def-4~ troyers of human weal Oh God ! arilie in thy majefly and firengrh, bruife the head oftlle old ferpent, the Father of Lies, and fend him roaring to the realms below : Fail» ten on him his everlaiting chains: there let him clank thiem in eternal darknefis, and go .110 more out to deceive the nations. «! Refcue thy people, and favethin.e heritage, OLord! A A l AFTER thefe vices,may7be ranked, je/fl 7"/7mg’/J, zirg/tzfizzdle ‘ztéveriee, przlie 7 med itzzzlirz jlvew, extortion, dzflzalzé/215'» deézzzzc/very at and manly others. which augur not well tor our’ } cottntrjr, JD (246) m"5uz1tx;y',.ancl Call aloud for ciimfideration and amenldment. “ A V _ I SHAL L foxjbearoaming ahy appcaragx-_ A £69 in the pa/z"z‘2?mZ regiofi. that might be’ ;confi~dcx~ed as 13/nutomotic‘, either «of our dé- cline or imppojgenuezat in pure principle. Tl1<~:- ezokenlswwe imve ljoentzoned came more :p:‘operly_ wiclmin the fplxeré of _che pro’acl1er, being of :3. 7'éfigz'ousand mraz call. A BUT notwithflanding the things that :a‘3‘*e‘ againfl us as 21 people, tgherle is {fill room for fgmguincl “ hope, there “is occafion for lgreatjoy when we contemplate our counw-A fry. A Our peoljnlel fpreading over “a wide oxtentdf i:e':‘*ritot‘y will long bc“a‘i1 a’gri«- culltural pemp7le, add of Cotfrfé” will lie worlt to retaixa their fim'p‘Ie mariners, virtues and jirinciplc-;s botlilcixril and religious. It mlufi take along ‘tiifie to ~dpera'le on apeople thus” fituatccl anyconffderalble chzmgeltb t!zei:~ldé“triti1enr. l ‘A Much mayll"lbe‘l calculated onlthelpower of lwziblt. A P<::rl'1ap“s Wthis Wis not more cfi"eé.‘tual to jjreveht mn~foret‘a- thersfrom degefiefating into Savages, thah it will prove: witil1 their poflelrity 1:0 fave mm from Becoming Slaves, The ?gen‘el'.. all diffufion of knowledge among us and the means we have of prefcrxging it,“ the xfiultitude of books, ourlfclmoolweflabliflr A oiricn 1:5, a fiwgae p‘refs, and out A written Cofi~ . fiitutions of’Governmeh:, are favomhle <’~:.i1*"-~ ;€:t+12nl£l5a':1(:c*3, pmmifing much for tl'1'is‘coi1h. « Viv)?‘ . "5 Momzovm. ( 2*? ) MQREOVER God governs the woricl, and we may place firong confidence in his henignant providence, that he will not for--4 fake a people whom he has led thus far, \ Whotn he has diflinguilhed inwtime pail: witl”; ernineot favors, and for whofe profpericy he feerns iii]! to be interpofing. Let us fin. cerely remember Him this day by rrjoicing before him and blelling hie great name. And, let us Prill more truly remember Him by keeping his congmqndmenzf; in our lives. Let America rifein all its fplendor to animate our fangs 2 Let each one of its bla.-flings ex... citea tribute%o_f' gratitude. But let none of its benefits be perverted by pracitical mill ufe. Wlliltfi we blefs God for its plentiful and rich produ€tions,t let them not be made the occafion of intemperance, fraud, lexotor-- tion, nor the caufe offupercilious difiinéfi-~ (ms and pride. Letthem not be fqtzaoderm ed in luxurious diflipation, nor gripped by the fift of‘ avarice. Let the rich renpember the poor who have beenunfortunate in this good land: And let the poor of this COL{!,f,1- try knoiiv that they are rich in tcon";pa1*ifon with the poor of other cotmtries. I LE we blefi; God for jotlr inePrima... ble liéerty. let usbe careful 7292‘ Z0 zz/9 if for 2: cloak af.maIzicz’ou/he/3. Let us not {lander and ~c.i"alumniate,‘“be“c:a1i'f'e we can do it with int», puraitv. Let freemen fhevir at leaf}, let l C/Jrifliam mew that they can rel"pe€ttMagil‘-— ‘- irate: and refpeét oneanother, ou~ttlof'ehoieell "leriti ( =23 ) and from their own good fer-zfc, vvithut reftraints dangerous to their freedom. ‘I"tNALtY, in furveying the glories of Our country, andpouring forth our gratiw tude to hGwod',. let the Gofpelythe pure Go?- pelof the Redeemer, with which it is en- lightenedtmotve ourchief rapture. Shall tbaf lave receive an inferior tri4l*)ute of praifc, tn/afciz pa]/'ez‘b all underflmzdirzg, th at love which impellted» its illuflrous P0ff:?fI'or to mizlze bz'm_/2/7‘ poor for ear /mées, #542‘; we mfg/it 6:: erz'tcb.t‘whiechl carried hi1'F1f thm’ fcenest of. dreadful {'uff'ering_and at left the agonies of a Crofgllfort our falvation? Can we tlltittk of this unparalleledh exhibition of? friaend-he zlhip, and out-hezrrtst not Album within us,?_ Cam we contemplate it in all its heigrhttt and depth and length and breadth", and our boofoms not fwell with correfpomdem; fentiments of frienclfhip to him, and htmfi: forth ineffufimxs of grateful t«van£7pao»rt E’ "F for this love let rocks and» hills, A l‘e‘ Their laftizig filencze break, A A “ And all harmonious human tongues A V “l The Saviom-’s prlaifes fpeak. But: while we blefs God" for this unfpea. kzthle gift, let the pure Spirit of the gofu pel infpire our hearts and its precepts gov- A em all our ccmduft. A Ilei 2;; adorn the Jg;..l.l 37¢‘??? 0}‘ God our SdZ‘LJi0Z!f 5) well ordered lives. A V Letuss lci::'1honPtrate the fincerity of our rla-us « W e C’/WI-’ by /?'€t.¢fia%“ I555 cvmmtmdmnfta BY forth l ‘giving’ (29) givingou~1ienen1iesby doing as we would have others do to us,wand as we have op... Vportunitv, doing good unto all men. Then F will he fa.y,YE ARE MY DISC! P LES 114-- D1: 511). And we £11211! finally rife to poifefii that éetter mam-f‘ry ,A z‘£mz‘A bmvenly inheritance, that %cel¢-Rial CANAAN and AMERICA, whereisfulnef's4 ofjoy and flreams of plea?- fureforevermorc. A M E N.