37:. N % mz-mvmw AT NE""W:-HAVEN bN*ézj"HE 7%zlr1&':§~1~*~]m.*ér, A..D.. 186.11, A ” % ."BEF(£)RE THE SOCHil"I‘Y OF THE CINCINN.A'1"L. FOR THE STATE OF CONl\»TIlCTICUT, AS- SEMBLED "J70 CELEBRATE THE AN-A NIVERSARY OF ms/m'1:3;:M.‘V:.£:x."1‘*:»1?’% 1i_NDE13‘}3T.NDENCE. 4 By T1—IE(;)DOR]i1 DWIGHT. .5153 mi, a'«~ fixhrifxzda/;?m mz1'i.r 1’fm’x~m:> r/MW’ 3" M36? «zcvmv libuffg of _,/Ew2;;m~ m""' H h on ' n I ~ f..3;"(.V.z,‘.‘;”»;~'i‘, i'i£::£1??!s:3:(lI¢?9AT fvmrz : }'.:r.+-15*/’§7.~.*.s' :w';'a."f'0 v‘m..'i.u‘c‘¢2d2 M /.3x.'rM £7m:‘m'.‘»c ,, (I'.u.'mz'1'.: ;af‘.mr*.fr:a,:.!';».;>;‘«.? a‘:a‘r.e ;wrwj/F2.. (L’.irL':1-I: 3%. (M % um-mamawmuuu Annlllflnvnl-Nvwvnm o~.w».«.......~...-am ....y ....m,.......».. ill!‘ HHMV ...~ .. .......- -.nm~n.-*‘ *4’ M W ‘,.‘:’,;'.:.m mm» W Mn ‘\ 1 ‘ " M ‘ ‘ ‘ * M. “an “ ‘ ‘ w , aw.“ < ‘ ‘ . <&_ ‘MN w J"! ‘r M "" am y "V r I‘ W‘ ‘ I ‘WM ‘ ‘M Q ‘ ru,,.g« WM.» M‘ 1- W. N“ W ‘N ‘ W“M‘m» ‘ ' " H , M W. ‘ 4,, _: A I rm. R ->W.. M“ W .412.‘ a meeting qf 2‘/.15 Comze&‘z'cut Sociezjy gf Cizzcivznati at time ' cizjy qf New-Hawen, 7%, A. 1). I801, rem Aquemaco wa§itot1"1"HEODOeRE DWIGHT, Efq%.~anc14pre..e $ent~~“e"*hifi?1'ithethanks of this Society, for his Oratioti delivered e before them “this. day; é.11d that the Tre'asurer be" directed to, pro.eu;'e three hundred Copies of the same for the use of the :; % members. “““““ w . A true Copy ’of~“Recor&, JOHN MIX, A Secretary. A »¢':*“»‘ :~«:::«»:::.»~«:.*:»~e:::s4::>~=:;~..«,~:::e>»::w:::=*:;«»::-:::s~«:;~»y;:::.»«: ‘ An ORATINL muwm—%wm -—---v----—w—o-u-uu_-n.a»».- I T is jprohrible, that the perfons who com-« pole this audience, have never met to celebrate the anniverfary of American Independence, withytfen-» fittiot1s.,”lfiz*11ila1' to thofe which they experience this day; Since the lalt year, the adminiftratiqn of A our national government has gone into the hands of “whom the generality of the people ofNew—-England have long viewed as its enemiee»----mend, whole prin- eiples,:1I1cl praftices, we have both feared, and rep- rebatedy. A change of this fort, in at country .lillo <:onm1u:1ity are furnifhé ed with the means of Z1C(1L.li"fiflg L1oI.'e1:'1.11 knowledge, on , all neceflitry, zmd irnpott;mtA fubjefts ; where the htonouxts, and profits of govexénxmtent, are open to all ;. and where the pore c1o€c:ri:o.es of the Gofpel are tconfizmtly preached E’ f3u1*e1y “ the lines; mve fallen to us; in pleafanteplacess, zufxtl we have a goodlyheri-« A gage” I 1n~u& weoflmlltbe flow to believe %tI1etma11,t who%promi'fes us better thixugs than we now enjoy. But, ‘rnyt A fellow citizens._, bright as is the fcene which I have attempted to difplay ;, tho’ your own confcienctes muft bear me A witnefs, that Iahave not in the leait exaggerated ; tho’ we have all the in- A ducements which are derived ftotxx long, fair, and unequ:'woca1 experience, not only - to be contented, but to cling to our governnment, aI1doutinf’citutions,t A as Ithe at}; of out fatety, 2»1g;air1.{t the ftornis of a Con-- A vulfedg. and quaking world ;, yet there is 21 oombi-» natmn formed againft us;._., which, with a vengeance, exceeded Abnothin but be its A Mterfeverance, and My g e y p 4 AN onzrrton. A 1 5 wickednefs, is labouring night and day for our den llruétion. This combination coinpriles‘ not only the iprofligaté, and abandoned, in the other parts of thecountry; but, to their fhame be it faid, it comprifes alfo fotne of our own native citizens. ls t it not enough, that the old world is in ruins 3] is it not enough, that fotne of the United States are fal- ling a prey to the rapacious monfter Jacobiniirn ; is it not enough, that the {term of fire and briinltone is confurning all the cities of the plain; mull; the conflagration reach to this little city, alfo E’ Is it neceflary to produce the evidences of this combination? It is an eafy talk. The {late of Con- neéticut, ever fince the adoption of the Federal Conl’titution,' has been united in lupport of its Fed-i eral Adniittilhsationt. In no inllance, has it been dif- r graced by a jacobinical reprefentative in the national members of Congrefs in their proftitutecl legiflature. This has not only given to the State an influence in the public councils, beyond its popula- tion, and wea1tl1;(7) but, it has placed us as a bulwark againlt the approaches of la diforganiaing fpirit. This bulwark defies every open and direct attack. Our foes have learned enough of our char- aéter, to be convinced, that there is a foundation on which the State is built, which mull: be clefircy- ed, before they can dernolifh its {liable fabric. Under the influence of this conviftion, the attack. .ha.sbregun in nevvfpapers, in toalts, in orations, in «Lll*31‘II10-I18, in fecret cabals, and in civic thankfgivings. Not only have they ‘vilified the chara€ters of our gazeyttes ; but they have at length affailed ibme ‘of the worthielt, and molt virtuous men in the State g;overnInent, tie» gether withthe whole body of the clergy, with the lbulelt afpertions, the tvileft calunmies, the molt ll‘lE1m€fL1l falllloods. tYes, my fellow-citizietis, the ‘outlaws of Europe, the fugitives frbzti the pillory, t rand the gallows, have undertalten to afliftlou1' town; .a.sbandoned citizens, in the pleafing work’ of adcflroyw let 63 A, AN ORATICNL Eing ‘Conneéticut. Sczereely an Autfotra appeare’, without an attetnpt to" ttcconmpllflm this defirable end. Every Republican ‘t7l7a.tCl1-TO“tV€.I’ bears on Its prof-== A ligate pages, an efi"ot*t towards the downfal ef Con, neéticut. In the drunken ztevellings of the fourth of Ma1"elt, over theinfutiated cup of Democratic intoxication, has beenhiccupped out the .rnin .05 to this clevotted State. Nay, teoxne with me nearer ,l1,otne-5»-.-in thesntidft of A the oSt:a.te, in this Very town, and in the fanétttety of Gsod, t;the,pe0pIe of §1COI1e neéticut, ta.nd_their government, have‘ been .reviled., ~ and flandered, their inftutions ridiculed, and their clergy contemned, and vilified. We havetbeen {fig-‘ xnatizeod as apoor deludedtllrace of lg1“101"3.I1t, opp1'ef- fed, prieft-ridden beings, too to difcern, and V too fpiritlefs to lallert our rightts. A Itisworthy of lpecuIiar'noticet,thalt in allt11efeaté- l he tacks upon Conneéticnt, both at home and abroad, the clergy are fingled out as the ohjefts of the high- ell; degree of :.=1ni.mofity. They are charged with havintg eftabliflmd a hie1'a1'ctl1y, and with contmuling A eleétione. It is even foberly declared, that Inch has been their fueeefs inpolitical intrigue, that there is fornted here a. fixed union of Church and State, tolteep the people in a ltate, of delufion, to bind; them left in the jeltains of fuperltition, andto llead them A blindfold into the molt abjeét .flaveryt of body, as well as of: n:1lnd.r “It might fafelyt leave this fab» eét Wltl'1ltl1e,C0flfCle11C€lS of the people, * after only en- quiring of them in thelvarious towns, andtfocieties, whether their Minifters are fuch doznixleering mill ehief-tnalting ngen P lWhethe1*t there the any perfons; more elteetned, more beloved, or more venerated 3.’ Whetlter they; were not among the warnlellz, and mo-l’c zealous friends, and fupporters of the tcaufe “ of their cot1ntry,dm*i1';g the late revolutionary war? A But, bias I feel no inclinatio11 to lhI‘1lI1l€frOt”11_ the tafla of vindicating the people from the charge ofwfuch ezctreme weaknefs, and folly, and the clergy from all *1» l W M eueroe t::t,::ttte"W AN ORATION. BE» exeaetsee, ataertt'£' reproaehon the fubjeét of political co1iduc3t,I will hazard V‘ a few ideas on this topsic; l Several pamphlets, and many newfpapeifieoluprnnsi, A have been written, and publilhed, by both foreign and dorneltic Jaeobins, for’ the purpofe of flandering the people of this State. The inhabitants are de- fleribed by them all, as groaning under thernoil: in-2 tolerable bondage, from ecclelialiical tyranny.(8) Our bodies, they feern to thinlt, are as entirely coni- trouled in their aétions, and our minds in their re- fearches, as were thofe of the inhabitants of Europe, in the darltefl: hour of t monkifh ignorance, and bar»: barifm. With all the exquifite fympathyof col‘-ii mopolites, they weep over fuch a fcene of fuffering, of degradation, and of delufion. Alas, my feli- low citizens, how dillzrefling is the thought, that in at country, where ninety—nine out of a hundredof the peopleare politicians, where every body difcullies queftions not only of government, but of Religion, and wherealmolt any of us, when calledlupon, can make orations, a poor Miniller, chofen by ourfelves, dependant on us for his daily bread, with a falary of a hundred pounds a year, and a houfe full of chil~ dren, ihould be able to “ ride in the whirlwind and direait the ftorm,” of our political atmofphere. “ But,” fagrtllefe anazious and alfizétioriate gen-4 tlernen, “ Church and State are united ; they go on together; they bear all before t.lC1t3t1"1-.”_ lt is ex‘- tremely fiortunate for Church and State, that they‘ are united ;"that they do n move together ;, becaulie, whenpa community is harmonious in its ‘eondu€t~,~~ I itsialfairs corhmonlyflottfiflu. I believe, however, it was never tholt at fin before, that the people and it the clergy of at State, were agreed in ifentirnént; for that there is any otl1e1?unio11,fbelide an union of fentitnent, in Conneéticttt, (e;x:ciep‘ti‘ that which fpririgs fr in it, via. an union of eondwf.t)Iibel‘ieVe pl area the Jaeobins will 1'1C)tpp}?t;“:‘l3,€,IlCl,.: a ‘When rnerrlfj V (II is El, M 18 H ' hANt ORATION. ydt‘hin1~:”aIike,t they are extremely prone to aét alike. t Pe“hhaps~5~itttthis lentiment was never more perfeétly realized tha11 in State. The "people, and the clergy, have everbeen united. They were united in the revolutionary war; they were united during the Federal Adminiftratiyon of our prefent govern» ment ; and they willprobablyretnain united in an attachrnent to the conltitution of t the United States 3, itothe government, and inititutions of the State in which they live; and in oppofition to the principles of Jacobittifnu. But, mull: they ybeirevolutiollizecl i for this? Is this harmony of fentirnent, and cottduét, a crime 5’ Let me enquire, if an union, as intimate as that which now exilts, lexilteld in favour of ]a- cohinical principles, whethlerit would be a crinte of to deepiadyc-fly A l‘ t A A » A _ It is; however faid, “ that therni1”1ifters, 1'egardlefa of their duty, preach politics.” t This is alledoged as a heinous otfertce. So far is preaching; politics, occafionally, from ‘being improper, that it is their bonnden duty. Obetlience to laws, and reve.t‘ence to niagifcrates, are both moral, and chriftian dtttiea, and aretcotnrnanded in the fc1*iptu1*ea. The minifm ters of iChrif’c aret‘lexprefsly charged “ to declare the whole.r:.*ounfel of God..’’_ is not good governrnenta l7l'&fll11g‘ P It is, then, the duty of a nliniftery to ten» 7 d.er‘thanl«:s to I-"hm, “ by whom kings reign, and A princes deeree juftice.” A Is not bad a government a calatnityfiltis, then, the duty of aminifter to join his flocis: in humiliation fee the judgment, and to pray for its removal. i A Finally, it is laid, “ that the clergy have another pt*t:»h.:fiion, and therefore they ought not to intern- naeclclle with politics.” If by this objeétion is meant, i that preaching politics? 21I1t';l preaching religion, are » incompatible, I have already lhewn that the former, as well as the latter, is, occafionallywthe dutyof a» Cll11"l‘flZ1&1’1ft/Illlnlllfll‘. If it means; that a politician l ought to have no other profeilion, it H lies equally a»-~_j Alli {ORATION, 19 Q‘ 3 i I“ i I gggainft almolt every man in the conintumty, t Seat-ce-e ly a man can be found, in N ew-England, who has, not fome other bufinefs befiyde that off a mere politi-nu cian---either that of a farmer, mechanic, merchant, lawyer, or fomething elfe. Befides, the clergy are as much interefted in the political ltate of the coun-- try, as any otlierclafs of the people. They have fam- V ilies to protect}: ;. and altho’ not poilelled of as much a property as molt others, the little which they have is their all, is as valuable to them, and of tcourfe, is as well worth preferving. The truth is, the fin lies in the Fed.era1i.i'n1 of the cle1*gy.it “Were they jam... hinical, they xnight tall: polities, they might write politics, they might preach politics, they might pray politics, with perfecft impunity. Yea, when Mr. ]efl'e1*fo11is eleéted Preiiclent, for the pious purpofe of forgivitig Federalifts their t1'efpafles, and of “ a=z;er-« camizzgiewii with gom:z’,’y’ a clergyittan may travel to a remote part of the State from his own flock, to preach politics ; nor will it tltefe confcientious ‘ gentle. men, who are lo il’1OCl§.Et:l at the wicltednefs of the Fede1'alc1e1'gy for p1*eac:hi11p; now and then in favour, «of good otcler, and gooclgove1‘nmentl, be at all dif- turhecl at hearing this privileged, paftor attempt to extrarft t ]at:obi1‘1i:l'm froxn the fcriptures, or to ailhribe Democracy to the yblelled J1.:I—toVAH.(9) The 1‘t32'tl0l)j€&l11 2111 there» things, is to difcredit your ntititititete, to decry youi' i‘elig;io11, to ridicule public wotihip, and to deiltmy your fabbath. The fexltitnents of the clergy, are the fentiments of Vir- tnous, learned, and pious men, and as fuch have 9'‘ great weightwjith the people. [he religion which A they preach is direcitly oppofed to the propagatiori of Jacobinifing the wa1'fa1"e_is between atheifm, and ehriltiaiiityg and the people have chofen theirj tide. If they czammt be detached from. their religion, if they cannot be induced to yield uptheir worlhip, and their fabbath, they cannot be T3VOlutionized.' TO, pitimulatfl you, my fellow.-citizens, to perfeverangfi ea c , AN ORATION. irrythe combat, I begleave to fuggeft to you lfome, of they confequences which will probably take place, “when your golvernnient, and your inftitutions are deftroyed, A A 7 A The great obje€t of Jacobinilm, both its p0lit-f i ical, and moral revolutions, is to deftroy every trace of civilization intheworld, and to force mankind back. 210 afavage ftate, "Whoever has watched its progrefs fince the commencement of the French rev»- olution, mull have made this remark. A , The means adopted for this pu1*pofe, are too ‘welllcalculated for the accomplilhment of the end. In the firft place, they undermine all moral, and religious principle, When. the heartvhas ybeenithoroughlydivefted of all its refinement, andyhumanity, 7% and,i,o£, all fear of ac.- lcountablenefs, they make their attack upon govern- A ment. t Thisfalls an eafy victim to forces, previozifly depraved, and prepared for bold, and bloody at- chievernents. The moral, and focial warfare is can- ried on, by enlifting on the Jacohinical fide, every “Pallion, audtevery vice. Tl1e poor are excited «to ‘#9011 the W9r1d~ hoftilities againfi: the rich, by the melt falfe, and art‘:- ful by reprefentations of injultice, and loppreflion. yWealth is corifidenfi only as the means of acquiring power and influence '; and wifdom, andiivirtue, A as the means of c enabling men to exercife pat tyrannical fpirit. ’ Religion, which inculcatesy a fpirit, of ‘ meek“ inefsiliand lbbriety on thofe in power, of a charity on theafHuen.t, of refignationon the ‘unfortunate and l afiliéted, andirof penitence and reformation on the wicked, formsia barrier, in the way, which at all hazards niult be removed. Thus wealth, and its fources are ever profcribed ; the means» of fcience deftreyed ,; and the authenticity of Religion denied, and ridiculed. V/That’ more necellary than fora fyftem lilce this to be carried into effect, to forcerymeni " rhackward to that barbarous flare, in which theywere grovelling, when the light of , chrilltianity [ beamed AN ORATION. :2 r Noris this empty fpeculation. The truth of hill tory is at hand, to fupport the doétrineg. When jeroboam rebelled againlt his fovereign, divided the ]ewilh kingdom, and placed himfelf upon the throne of the ten tribes, he found he had advanced but a little way towards the quiet enjoyment of his dominion. The religion of the nation prefented a difliculty, which he, being a good judge of human nature, knew it was abfolutely necefi"ary to overcome, or he mull lofe his crown. “ And jeroboam laid in his Zmuzrr, now {hall the liingdonl return to the houfe of David. lf this people go up to do facri- free in the houfe of the Lord at jerufalem, then lhall the heart of this people turn again unto their Lord, even unto Rehoboarn, king of Judah, and they {hall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of judah. Vllhereupon the king tO0l§. counfel, and made two calves of gold, and laid unto them, it is too much for you to go up to jerufalem ;. behold thy gods, 0 Ifrael, which bro’t thee up out of the land l of Egypt l”"* The confequences are plain and natw nral. “ T he thing became a fin,” the people went to worfhip before the idols in Bethel, and in Dan, priells of the lowell of the people were made, new fealts were ordained at thetimes “ which ‘lea- TI‘Ol30ElI’11/.7(.’ld de”-"2'.){'/ha.’ in y/l2i.s~ own /secret,” the nation funk into the molt bealtly idolatry, tyrant after ty- rant fwayed over them an iron fceptre, until they "were conquered, plundered, and deftroyed ; while the author of all their calamities obtained for his re- ward, a dreadful denunciation of divine vengeance’ upon his profligate family, and a perpetual idetel’ca- tion among the children of men, as “ the icy’ Nelmt, to/;70 rmrzdei lfmel ta _/En.” Wheti the authors of the French Revolution, be- gan ferioufly to plot the fubverfion of their govern»- ment, and the ruin of their nation, they alfo com» menced hollzilities againfttlteirlleyligion. Thisqtho’ I Kings, chap. xii. ver. 26. 252. T AN ORA'I'IONt unclonbte-dl”ylcor1~uptedT from the pure pri11clples‘”0f timitive Clttiltianit 7’ et ineulcntecl man of ite‘ P 3» Y Y ddétnttes with energy, and fuccefe. Tlln 0hl'e_n. trance of A the izthbatlt retnttittedg and the people hearcl l‘l‘Q1n the pulpit, the tetmts of the law, and the hopes of the golpel. The etlllezteyl of this reli-t ion was too grea.t, f'«;‘).l’ the entn.plet:e lhccefs of the plans of tlmfe ztbantleneagl Cl12t'l"i1LC.lfS6l’S, who led the alfault upon lthnt tlwezateai nzttion. t ACCOt‘tll11gly, at?» tel: afetles of itv.t.l.ht:t:l: Ei,.‘?:Z'l'3.Cl‘?ZSl11'J0lf1 the clexrggy, land upotl publii: wo1'.llftip, tne ttzttinnal legillzttme ltrtlclc. 21 j hlnw, W‘l1h":l1 pe1';feél:lj,r ttnfweted tl1€lp‘tl.1“pOll‘3 in view. They cletltnyetl the Cf.l11*1lh;:tn l~%ia.let.1tl.m.‘, fixpttllgflcl from the recordstof tltne theholy fztblrntlt, i11llZlI1l- teal fenllt en times "*‘wltichtheyl1acl ldevilhd in tlzteit > own tlthearttsj’ L; and p1'OCl2}.l111t3£l 3 Theathenillme, 3ltheill:ica.ll worfhip, calcttlated to ritlienle every lthing; ¢_f«1C‘1’€'Cl,l to haxnlh all veftiges of religions zxdomticm, reproach nntnttg the nati;~<:>nts.” and to cm1lE:*e1*21te the molt hitleottt, ttxtcl deftxwftivtz vices as the c-"ocls ef .th.enation. The <:<:»nfi.=:.t1ence:<;t 9 C) ve1'ele:xw- peétecl. The I1£ll;7lO?&.1 has enltihltetl the ft110l'l. clef01'n1«- ed, at'l’1£lll101‘1‘ll3l€.‘ 13i€t't1te, which the eye of 1113.11 ev-~ er belteltl. by l1«e1*neighb0ut*::, 2Ll3l‘l01‘1'€Cl. by the good, and flmnt1ntilb*y thsz we1“l«;l, lhe ltat; em.-l« pl1Et’l".lC;1ll§T'“ l)tf3CO1"I1t3331~l1lll\l1’lg,, zit l:>ye-Wnr<;l, and 21. A Ittflmll not L1ncle1*talte by evidence, o1'argu1nent,, to thew, tllat the Jactfhins of this country‘ are as ntalignant, and asprofligate, as thol'e of Ftnnce, After hztvinglteztrd them jultifyt the French in all their overturnings, and tltrouglt the whole courfe of theht bloody career, until, profeflhdly with an at-A-5 dent 2tt~l’eé’tion for Republican principles, they tap; plaud the L1ll.11’p3.’ElOI1, and clic".‘tate1“ll1ip of the man, l A who hast eltablifhed over France the n10l‘cndefpotlc- ~ govern*t11ent in Elurope, if men me not convinced of the tame eharaétetz,andttdefigna~ of our Jacnhirtstl, Ifhoulcl expeél to ofier eviglence tn them in vain»; t AN ORATION; :22 3; I ‘That théir courfeis as11early' the fzlnze, as the mun-1.. ilzsmces of the two couxxtries will allow, will not ad» mit of a queftion. Dete1*1x1im~:d2lstl1cir lall: effom 1:0 fulpvert: Nmv—England, zmcl pa1#ticula1*ly Conneél:-» icut, and to fubjcaél us to» the clrmdl"ul fwptre of J9.-— czobinifm, they have cor11n1e11ced1;hei1* attack; againfty iilmt part of our fyflem, "‘ Where our great fl1'ength_ lies.” They have {let up tlmir 11116-a.nd—cry againfl; our clergy, andourre-ligioll. lVVe‘a1"e traduced as flaves ; We are b1"ancla=:d 213 l'1yp(i3C1“it€S. Our laws to lupport ]_‘€lig’iOl1, am €ll(i’I10r.lll:l1'l11l:led ltymnnicalg, and an artful, i11tem;;l c:fl’ox*ltlh21sylb<~;:c3nl made u11der. the flimfy cc)vltariz;;.;,; ml mligiuus tcallerance, tollbrealc. in pieces tl1is" (Zl(f3ll"l;l"ZMi’3I'-ll('.l1'.‘L€i*t <:>f 01.11“ mxtionatlhappinefs. Nay, it wc)L:lldl"ac21l1l1,l l;lmtytl1=c clc:m1inee1*ing politics of forms: of t.l1«:: lzx2~g;cyll, mil lmL1gl1tiefl: ‘otates in the unicm, ll"1aclf<>1*111ccm cm;11l*xinmtion to defiroy all the iémaller Stmtczs, rmd elpcclzallyC1o11:.1c2é‘cicut. y’Tlf1c {hock of this mult:i1”a1*ious atmclc, requires the refow lute, anddignlfledlexertlon caf all our courage, all our firn1nefs. To excite that courage, and ta ‘lbw.-ngthen that firmnefs, ll«;~:lL us furvey tl1elPtate,inml which the Jacobins are endeavouring to plunge: us, a:r1din.tolwhich we mufl: expeifizl to be plunged, if we fuffc-:1: ymufelfves to be vancwilhled by the ezxlemies who havelrifexi up ggainfi us; The: favomite dac- wines of ]'2xcobinifm,l are,-e--1:lmt co72m2erc¢> it (I zlzam ‘xv/mt/l? jbrndzaces mzz‘imzzz[ i77IjJ0‘ZJ£-W‘{fl}7}lé’72l"--~-~11l"12lt ibcra: is rzacgfllzrily cz cmflmzz‘ ‘z.e2my’zm5’ Zactwzczmz the ‘wealthy, and 1/36’ i72dige¢zz"»-wthzlt awzcemvzi/2 if [mgzwd fa ojkprw, cmd ergflmze Me 011%’ y/bcifify y ;zc'~z“a7zt;6lv ” -1----1:’hat weal:/2 nzcz/cw‘ its a 7mZ2["mzn--«that emery 77za2~2 in power is, (:2 mzlzzjla, la vvillazixzmwthatl izmmrlsllrzizld mligiazz, lm~c’ 7202‘ only mu.‘ ¢zmffl€:z2'y mgreu V dimzzflr in M75’ Ac/yvaraléler qfla rzzlcfr, but zméy my Z"7"Z£1‘/T7 rig’/’qzzal{ficati0ns.y 9 'Thcfe ydyoétrines zxrenot publifhecl lblely imfcholh newfpapers in the country, llwhic:l1 are ; yeditecl by Unitecl I1*ill1rms:n ; A they h9.VebeeI1 triumph- A zwtly‘ p1.*omL1lga.tgd “in »N6w~E1'1gIa11d,ll and A111 State. We are told, that “ff 4 rrzmvz islfl/1€4Zwi2f£2l my AN ORATION. eoeczlt/s cmcltpower, lie is it peer 43;’ five reizlm” that “ the great meiz =w/J0 are to gczirz by e‘very_/yflem iizjziriozcs 2‘0_ff“£’6’(l077Z, care 2‘/ac be/Z iiformecl men in /5... ciez‘y”1‘---that it is cz real misfortune to rziize-z‘eizz‘lJs cyl" _/‘acigsy, r t//mt 2‘/Je oz.‘/yer tem‘/9 /laezilcl be oybpcflecl to z‘l2em”, ---that A“ it mzfl never beforgcytteiz, that tlse argzi-~ mem‘ clr~czw7zfrai72it2‘12e ceiizcideizce of great and we e and Zmly politicians in public 7IZ6‘(l/Zl7"6’.$‘ is of all at/bers the mg/l czlczr'mii2g”--+~that “ 2‘/Jeje are tlae only men. wboiiz we have to _fezzr"’--~For “ fame are aye» reiztly more /Joly tlwme t/seir neighbours, 2‘/Jen ilsey meddle wiz‘/9 your politics, , tlaey are 7720/} capable deceiving you ,- their lmlimfs may recoimrzcizd tlseigz to lrecz-ven, but it is no gzzczrcmtee for 2!‘/aeir political rec--" tz'z‘ude..”1 The inferences drawn from tllefe doc-«A, trines are thefe-r---thatytcommerce, the: greatfouroe of ournationa.1,i,a.s well as individual weai1th,iil”io11ght:<'to A be repreffed anddifcouraged---tI1at jealoufies, and A A wranglings ought ever to exift, between the poor, and the rich, the citizen, and the I‘1.'l1(‘i‘1"-----that‘ merit of no property, no information, no morals, no pi- ety, are the fittefl: perfons in at community, to take charge of its great political, and focialyinterefts. I might here thew, by Va natural, and cafy deduc- tion, that this gives us the queftion.----that the rulers now in oflice, againft whom thefe things areswritten, and publifhed, are wife, zmdvirtuous; tha.t,3 asthe objeétsof thofe who propagate them, is, not only‘ A todifplace the peyrfons now intoflice,b»uit to i put in i their room, “:1 fet conformable to their own ftandard, that they are, in reality, only eleétioneering for them— ” felves. But In ur ofe is of a more ferious nature. _ A _ Y P P N _ s It 18 not certain, that thofe who fpeak, or thofe who publifh thefe Jacobinical doétrines, underftand. their real nature, and exterit. T'hey are puppets, n1o~1 ved by a zvzcg/2er—.6a7szd behind the curtain; They are therefore to be confidered, ynotimerelly has thetlatl-w '3" Extentsand power of Del.,p2tge 57, Ihidy £7, I Ibid13ztge3'6. ~ ORATION; 2.: igssge of the writer of a newfpaper paragraph, or of thpeptifpealter of an oration 3 but as] the opinions andleifentinients of alpartyj, fem; into icirculation for the purpofehf proving the public ,tafl:e, and of trys: ing the ‘public fpirit ; to prepare the way for their a introclu” ion into a full, and fat_alp:racEtice.i or if they fuftained only the former charaéter, they would be defpifed as the ofihpring of weaknefs, and deprav-'-l ity ; but in the latter point ‘of View, they become ferious and alarming. They are derived from the fame fource, whence have ifliued thofe impure, and ipefiilential principles in politics, in morals, and" in religion, which have deluged to great apart ofpthe globe, and whofe billows are now rolling towards thefe weilzern ihores. i i If rnenpof Wealth are in faél noblemen, if our indnitrio~1is in farmers, mechanics, ,merchants, and profeflional men, after, having paifed lives of la? a bout, and frugality, are to be branded as an arifto-, cratic nobility, and thus rendered odious tO“_ their neighbours, and countrymen, and held up to View as objeéfts of free and indifctirninate plunder, in the firfl:':revo1utio11 which may happen, where is the in-e ducemeiit to inclnftry, and economy? The road to honour and eminexiee, will lead through habits of iloth, fpecnlation, and procligality; fome of the inoit important focial virtues will be reprefiecl, dill cnunteiianced, and contemned; and fome of the igreatelt foeial vices will be i’cin1nlated;, encouraged, andlrewardecl. An imputation equally bale, is alfo caflt upon fei-«l fence. A Wifetmen, it is laid, can reafon moreingenn ioufly than fools‘; therefore, that fo“>'o1:~3‘ are the fijtteft men to govern, is the inference. ‘What is this, but plainly, and direélzly avowing, that ignorance. is the only virtuous {later of foeietyl if Away than With it I A your fchools; Will you train up your cliildren, Iwely tohecome pefts to the community 2’ Let them j 153? 26 AN, Ol{ATION. grow up like the calves of the {tall ; utterly unaca quainted with focial, or moral duty; let them pafs‘ through life poor, defpifed, and enllaved; and part froni it like the bealls which perilh. But the lait article of this creed, is that yvhich A ferves the _me{l:‘particular notice--»--Piety, and moral» ity*1:rot“only are not necefiary ingredients in the charm aéter" of a ruler, but are in truth, clifqualifications. We have often heard it gravely contended by vicious l men, wlien {truggling for an eleétion, that morals, and religion, were not eflential to thecharaéiter of a ruler 5 but never, Ibelieve, until the aera of “the new order of things,” was it confidered, that a d good maniwason] accountiofi his goodnefs, unfit to be a ruler. I If principles of thisfortyare to prevail, and our praétice is to conform to thern,lrwef i not only be forced to believethat “‘ the fun of Fede-so ralifin is fet,” but that there is not even a T/7/'z‘[!-la»-wfi left to cheer a benighted world. The Pteps to this extraordinary pofition are thefe---All men in power abufe it----the more a man poffelies the confidence of his fellow citizens; the more he can injure them---al good than will neceiiarily pofiefs more confidence, is than a bad rnan-—---therefore a bad man is the fafeflz ruler. That is, in plain Englilh, the greatefl: vil-~ lain in the community is the fittefi; perfon to rnake,~ and execute laws. Graduated by this yfcale, there can be no doubt that Jacobins have the liigheft quali- fications for rulers; i Itrufthowever that there will be forne dillicultyin perfuading the people of Con-~ necfticut, to govern thernfelves by it at prefent---«Its will not be an eafy tail: to perluade them, that the State will be inn" happier lituation, when its rulers are beggars, idiots, and ltnaves, than when they are poflefied of property, learning ancllvirtue; But this plan of improving the fltate of l'ociety_,i A ti o is carried much furthter by an Englifh writerce-e lebrity, from whom our cofmopolites .haVef:5tli*ai;vn 1-the molt important articlesaiioftheiricreed. A Godwin, ~ AN ORATION. _ $1 in his “ Enquiry eoncerningPolitieal _]uftice,” hash dra.w11 a full length piéture of fociety, when men flmllheve become perfeét, when human nature {hall triumph over death, and a ftate of llperfeét “‘ Demo-A L cratie equality” {hall exift. I {hall only notice afew of the fentirnents, towards the clofe of his work, which may ferve as a fpecirnen of the whole. ‘When confidering the fubjeft of 2. Itate of equality, he re- marks, that “ the inftitution of marriage is a iyitem of fraud.” in the courfe of his reafonings on this topic, he advocates Et promiieuous intercourie of few- ee----deeltares marriage to be a monopoiy of the worfi: l~:;ind----~and finally clofes with the following paiihge--~‘“ he aflate 0]’ egzmclityi it will he a quef-i tien hi no l’mpOI‘1Z2‘t1’1Ct"., to krnow who is the parent of each inttiividtuztl child. It is mnj/Z*ocmcy, feih-lo*v'e et1dfa.111ilyyp1ide that teach us to fet a value upon it tit preietit. I ought to prefer no human being to a- nother, becaufe that being is myfat/’m~, my wzfe or :myfm, hut beeaufe, for reafons which equally lap-~ peel to ali unclyerltandings, that being is entitled to px'eie1'enee. One czrzzotzg the 772ecy'zzre.r ear/Jic/5 will fltcaflirue/_y he dié?."at‘ed by f/Jefbzrit of a.’e7rzocrzzcy, and tlnczz‘ y)ro£7.aJ2[y at my great‘ dyiersrzce, is Z‘/in" abolition cf jitr7zm22e.r.”(9) Here, then, from 8. philofophical madrnam, we have the remainder of the piéturerof I produce. Let us: furvey the whole fcene with :1 rep- itl eye, that its bezmtiee rnay he b1*ought into a narm rowergview, and the mind he fzmsfied at once. that Ptate of foeiety, which Incohinifm is ftriving to Wehave already feen, that our rulers are tohe defpemte in their pecuniary cireumftances-wmreadyto prey upon, and plunder the people in every mode, which the pofieflion of places of power will putilin— to their hands-wthaty they are to be ignorant----utter» ly unztcquainted with either the fcience of govern-. ment or the hiftory of man, incapable of reafon-y ing, either from experience, or by analogy, the tooth”. of paflion, the dupes ofintrigue, and the ilavee ” 2238 AN ORA‘TION~, of co1'1‘uptioi1~—-anti that they are alfo to be idefiiitutel of ~II101‘alS, and religitoti. Of courfe, regyardlefsilof laws humtut and cliyinefl they will defpife jufticefl tramplie under foot the liberties of their country, gppcopheue V the holy fuhbath, raze the templesof God, e.t1d‘e:xtingui1’h from the breztlt every idea of future ztecountability, of adoration? and of praife.i i Ti From this lketeh of the body politic, the tranf-e». ition ieweeiy to the piéture of private life. tAn;infl:i-t- tutiouorclztiued by Godthimfelf, from Whicthiattede. :a:°ived” all the fuhfiantiel bleflings, and deliglttsiioif life, is declared to be 5‘ 4 /“went; qffmud.” That moi’: intimate of all iconneétions, that molt endearing of ' '3~l-1U«ni0flS..:v that tfourceofpurteglatnct exalted a.e‘eeion,y t fife Téfiflfidtfiflldefifiafifi f61iC3tYa from fociety. ii jA_nd ‘What is to be the fuhftitiiithlit , ly iuteticourle, ab;rt1te.lt feufuality, a national p:tofti-ow tution l A. ttatural confequenyce'y of fuch E1 {fate of things immediately follotve, ‘ “It is. of no import. ante that we lhoulel be able to clifcover our own chil»; arm” in this ftttte of“ Democratic equelity.t’t’ Al A3 than as they open. their eyes on the light of the fun, tthey ere to be cult out, E3.lD'c1Z1,ClOI1€C‘l,t and forgotten 5 1f10tie’:V€I1/. 21 ntark fet upon tlxetng, by w11ich, when the fummer of hteis over, they may be fingled Gut ~froih'the iiumenfe ileelt of the human :race,jand hreughti into the fold hot“ peace and fafety, befo17ethe_y fltornts Ofiv1‘fv"%’lI1‘i€i‘:1‘ begin Ate {beat upon thent. A _ Fllial piety, though the pra€tice of it is tencoum... gecl by the promife tot /mzg lzfi’ “ in the land which tthelLord our Gad givethue 3” though it is folemu-a tly deelared by Gi0t:lil.hiI11fel:F, that “ the eye which ' ruoclzgeth its father, and idefpifeth toyobey its mothter, i the ravens of the Fmlley. lhall. pick it out, handy the young eagles lhzill eatyit ”. is here extinguiflted from the world. Old awe A wit ‘A out comfort tandlwithoutta , ‘ Q 7 9 l \ 1 itay, without even '2. folitaty hand t tam tocltiithe «gradle oyfydeyclining years,i’ ’.1:o removeithe thornsfrom the pillow of difeafe, or to clofe his dying eyes, wattle; childlefs,iandtttloue,n1ufte:.t;plo1*e through‘ 3; with derzwfs Of beings lilc.ieAilxi1nfelf, llis dieury paiiage to theioglrave. A A I ‘W A . if ] N ay, iitlie. very names which we Abea,r, 'the_1and-5 Ifiarksi of our “ title to domeilzic felicity, are ,1 to be :i*emoveol,' and all is to. become 3. common field, expofed to therange of every lawlefs, and Vicious f00tfl:5P9 . K/Ve have now reuchecl the confummation of De- mocmtieblefiieduefs. WetiihaveV 21 countrytgoverned by blockheads, andl<;11aves.; the ties of marriage,witl1 A allits tfelieities, are fevered, and deltroyed our wives, afindiourclaughiters are thrown into the Pcews ; our children are cztft iutothe world from thebreafc, and forgotten ; filial piety is extingttiihed; and our furm :m1mes,ltl1e only ruarlz; of diftinétion a.mo11g fanulies, A lure abolifilecl. A ~Czu1 the imagination paint any thing momdreadftll on this fide hell i’ Some parts of the: fubjecft tire, im;lAeetl, fit only for thorfriol contemptlaw tiou.A ¢But let me point out to you, the progrefs of 3. iltilfillllg tl1roL1gl1tl1is dreadful fociety. The offspring oii---»—-he knows not whom ;, iniltead of feediug on the neélar of l‘llS 1I1Qti‘.l€1"S- tbofom, call: out a vagaboned zuuoug cofmopoliteé, with hearts harder than ado-» muutt,t and t:o,lcle~J: than 'tl“lf-: froits of G1'€€11laI1(Zl, to pielt: 3. I1’l.ii‘E:I‘2?.l‘¥l.t.“ fupport in a world where Charity lets *1;AlC)i:zl Cflf'LA1lL1”1l) full froni her table 5 A trained up without so ifiliztil, or ii frzttemztl felltiment ; loving, and belov- ml by "~§I0l’1flI11aI1 being; ignorant of himfelf, and ignomillfi of his God ; in ficltnefst ftienldleiis ; in deatlft deferted.t Wliat can fuch a {late of Society l;Dreoi£lll'§m::t' lwhutA it end in but mifery '1 From the fituation of at; iudividual, extend your thoughts to a x1ati%on. ; andfiiom a nation to i a* wlozrld, ‘View,l for at A momuent, ttn1illio11s of ‘ fuichwretches as. o I ltavetleiicribted, A Think of aworld full of ignorance, impurity, and guilt ; without juftice, without fciettee, withoxlt afle€tion_., without conjugal felicity; With» go AN ORATION. out parental love, Withoutfilial piety, without do. meftic happinefs, without worlhip, without a prayer, without a God! What can fupport the human mind in the hotir of diflzrefs, in a World like this F Infitead of the confolations of faith, we lhould find the mad- nefs of defpair-‘----inflzead of the fortitude, and refigu nation of Chriftianity, we lhould fee-—-~ ~ “Vwhetting his interdiéted knife, A l Grim Suicide, the damned fiend of hell”-----—-l-v inftead of the accents of adoration, and praife, we fhould hear “ weeping, and wailing, and gnafhing of teeth.’’, a Is there -ay e_l1a1*m, in this P Can even 3. eofmopolite find at rayof Comfort here i’ A ’ Lathe people of N¢w—Eng1érid”, ‘l efpeciallr the peopleof Conneéticlut, A enflaved and deludedi as they are, Tcontrallz it this Tartarean Ptate, with their own real, and fubftantial bleflings. However flat. tered they may be with the arts, and fawnings of Jae»- obinifrn ; t however fecure they may feel, in the hour of revolution, from the tender care, and at-l"eé‘cion otlrythofey who profells to much anxiety for their good 3.; letthetnrernen1ber,‘l that the people of rnany‘coun-- tries have made the fame experiment which is now offered to thern, ti and trulting to the fame fecurity, havebeen irreltrievablyenpflaved, and ruined. , l,When the reigns of t powerare uintheir hands, then thefe friendslof; the people, convince, thofe Whom they havelfeduced, that all dependence on their engage-~ rnents, and promifes, is vain.‘ Then '4‘ your cov... enant with death {hall be difannulled, and youragree- ment with hell {hall not {land y: when the overflowing fcourge {hall pafs through then ye {hall be trodden down by it. Frorn the time that it goeth forth, it {hall take you : for morning by morning itlhall pafsi over, by day and by night: and it {hall be a vexa.~ tion Onlyto underltand the report. Forpthebed is .fpll01‘l33irlth?1W1}pptphat 3, man can itretch’ hirnfelfon it 3 “AN ORATION. l 3;.- Iéfifi » and the coveringis narrower. than that he can wrap himfelf in it.””“ ‘ . the contrary, how glorious will it be for COI1-1 neéticut to Ptand firmly amidft the convulfions, and downfal of the nations of the World. rufting in God, and adhering more clofely than ever to her ‘government, her morals, and her religion,----i cc High (fer the wrecllts 0: Tan fl2%e’l.l Pcand fublimes V A COLUMN in the me ans 0 ywa e, (Its cities humbled, and its glories pail) MAJESTIC ’1vmo '1“HE_ SOLITUDE on 'r1tm2:.’%” * Ifaiah 2-.:x-viii. 18, l8cc.§ NOTES. :4 (1) I DO not mean to include among Jacobins, everyntan who is pleafed with the election of Mr. Jefierfon. i The im«' tnenfe multitude offitlfhoods, which havebeen circulated through this Country, for feveral years pail, have deceived many honefl: people, who had not the means of detefting them. To this dc»- {cription of perfons, are to be added fome of warm, and enthu- V fiafliciminds, whole difpolitions are good, and whofe intentions’ are honefl. Multitudes alfo for the want ofjull information, are V led aftrayt‘ None of thefe, are to be confidered as Jacobinm i But, there are men, to whom the term is Iltriélly applicable. There are men whofe object is to accumulate power, for thetpnr- pofe of gratifying their own inordinate ambition ;' there are men, who are defperate in their pecuniary affairs, who cravethe emol- uments of oflice; and there are men, who ftomi a depraved, ~~ and diabolical fpirit, intend by convulfion and revolution, to throw every thing into confufion, to deflroy lave, to ibaniih juflice, toll excpofe the property of the indullrious} and wealthy, to the robbe--i _r,i;es,p£ the idle and vicious, and to open the flood-gates of_iviice,« iandirreligion.--eThefe men are Jaicozsmst Among them“ are’ % i i 32 A ‘N O T. E S, Americans-—--and_among them are a hall of foreigners, eipecially hf the denomination of United I1-ifhrnenz. If we are to learn the principles of liberty and government, from_the,Coopers,'Cal,« lenders, Duanes, and Cheethams of England, Scotland, and Ireland, we have got to pals thro’ a tremendous, and bloody fchoDlin~g. It is to be hoped that there is "I yet too mush pride left in the.A.meriCp_an bofom, to fubmit to Inch degradation, Time {hew whether it be fo or not. I am, however much d€:.ceii- ‘red in the charaéter of New-England, iflhe will fulfamit to it for a great length’ of time. If the people of News-England will ‘at.- tend to the private characfters ofthe leading Jacobins among them ,1 they cannot miftake their real ohjeéts, in all their elements about tyranny, rhonarchy, and priellc-é:rai"t.o » it i* ' (2) In alBaltiniore paper, Tome time fincie, ll‘~lew",-Einglancl was called “ THE La Venn:-:5 or THE UHITEl3 STATES.” This language is nottnn;noticed,.,,by11ts. It is well known, that La Vendee is that part of France, which during the earlielt part of the Revolution, remained attached to the former governfnent, and refilled with great force, and »heroifin, the jirarious ufurpa- tions, and_tyrannies,iwhich took place in the Nation. This car. led forth the vengeance‘ of the Robefpierres, Marats, Barreres, l andeother blood-thirlly yillainsnivho fucceflively ruled the French people, and La Vendee was for years, the fcene of the molt inn defcribable rniferies. The fields were walled, the towns were plundered, and burnt, and the inhabitants, men, women, and children, were butchered thoufands. _l — (3) It may perhaps he tho’t, that there is a degree of arm- gance, in clairning in any fenfe, for the State of Conneéticut, a dillinétionfrom the other New-England States. To vindicate the remarl«:s in the oration, the following are fubjoined. Every perfon who has read the principal Jacobin gazettes for a. confiderahle time pail, mufl have feen that there is exi£tisg‘a;,pe, tguliar anitnofity againfl the government, inflcitutions, habits, cler-~ and people of i Conneéticut. To cite all the [proofs would be anlendlefs taflt, i As a fpecirnen‘,itake the following from the Re- puhlican Watch-Tower of the 17th June I 80 1. l r . “ CONNECTICUT POLICY. From the firil: fettlernent of this State to the tpreiient moment, the great body of her citizens in authority have been uniform in nothing but their Heady oppolition to the principles of republicana ifm, and the enctouragelnient of afanatieal fpirit fuhverfive of all jultcivil governpmentg " ~Th,e, original cltaraéter of the firfi fettlerls, totally unacqtiainted lwitli tlteijult principles ofiioiyil -inflittttionst has he‘ent*ttan,finittedo;thro’ fucceeding ages to the prefent itirne. The fentinients of the {late have been marked, as well while a colony as no with a ilieadineis that enrol-udeys both. retrogradationi ‘hncl .ac:lvancyemetit,- Likeen igfchmueg inanimate’ and inlihoveeblei the bidsydefiance‘~to-theyimelioretirlgillpifogreilionyiyinzaeleon Zaoth _fid.e.s" Qf .l38i*;”‘ The adirancemient ofipolitieal feience”, ‘generated ‘ by ourjrevolution, has neithertiichafiged heryiconilitutioii nor .af'l‘ez':+"z.z- tam ; has hitherto had little perceivable efieét upon Conneélicut. Ltke the agitatedl billows {he rolls aliong, eolnifufed lierfelfllancl confufing others, bearing down her opponents as they come into conteét, and linking theiiriif poflibleinto the loweii abyle. xf fanatic ‘emigration fer ziz _;ba2;:paring, deizmfivzg crzzml atrzii-«c/»‘r§/17.iazz_prig/Z~ band, irendersithem the dupes of their cunning, and fubfervient to their poviier. The mad rantings of Dwight, lll-LC the ancient thundering of the Vatican, commands the mofl reverential and im- plicit refpeét. Ariel the citizens, really honelt, bait ewveloped biz; _lfi{pe::/3255023, are converted into inllzrmnehts by the cunning oftheir prieflly ,1‘L1l€.1“S,7l20 debefe themfelves: aecl to exalt their opprei-Tots.” A “One would fuppofe that this ’peflhge it fully filficierit for my §purpo,rfe. Tho’ many bitter thixigs are laid about Nifiwwfillgilzllldg ‘ yet no other State is fingledlout in this mamier. y y But they have gone farther. They have in plain terms de-A clared, tha.t the’ we might fiend it out the left, yet we {hotilcl eventuzilly fall. i V i The States of lhlafihcliufetts, and New-Hzimpfl'1i’re, 2mdp1*ob- ebly Vermont, have many inllitiitiiohs in common with Co11neEli- exit. Tli‘eir,infiuence is equéill.y beneficial. The former, how»'- ever, tho’ eviclently gaiiiing ground iince the left yeah‘, is much .'«livid.e7:l. Mr. Getty had at verylarge vote for G-ovemor, ageinll one of tl7l.€1TJQilZ”S?l1'l1LZOL1S, amizible, and r«:’l”1.>eaE‘t21ble1tie.ii' in the }Unite«;i ‘States. Nevwflampfliiire, tho’ leis cliviciecl, Frill proclug- jeed more vetee egeinil IGOV. Gilmaui than -could l11lV('3 been found. againll fo Wortliy and able a Magilltxme, ii’ jsicoliieiiiiti had not y erept in among tliem. Thefe, :—.m<:l nismy other con~liclem_tion's,’ williferve to thew, ithat Com'1e<.’~ticut is viewed by the Jecobins, as the greetefi iohllacle in the way of their cie.miit.io1i. Audit is with reference to this fuhjedit alone, that flonxieeticut is con{ider- red asdiy{’cingt1i:{heelifz'om her tiller Stzites above-—nienition_ed. In moil points of Vl€W_», h'lafi°ael1uiht'é;e, l‘l€\’J~H&l11plil1lT€, Vermont, and ‘COI}n€L’l£lC:L1tz‘1112{'y be eonlidetecl at cm. Their manners, their habits, their politics, their morale, are the fame. i It is to be hopecl, 'whateve.r' may happen in the iUriite5;iStates, that thefe igliatee may never by .;i‘tiym'.ztc>t'v:zr::l event he diiizidetl. E 34 _ N 0 T E S". A ii The lf'ollow.ing ftatement will fhew the average amount of theTA;nnual charges of the State of Conneélzicut. ' - Salaries to the Executive and Judiciary depa.rt- l Dol-lsl, l i ments l — p - - - - 7684.. ‘ Debentures of the General Allembly V .. I5“,OOC‘; “Debentures of the*Supreme Court of Errors i ‘ l 300 "judicial expenfes for coil: of public profecutions l 3000 Expencielof New-Gate Prifon - -A --_~ 3000’ is l Charges of “Pampers and Vagrants -l_ l -y 3000 « l l r p 32984 Contingent expenles, comprehending all other “ _ eitpenfes of the government, fi1Cl13.S arrears of —— l l l V‘ old debts, grants from the Treafury, 85¢. on V i prisoeztepefitianr. - .- -l ‘ 10,500 43484 e A ( ;)i 'I‘he inltrurnent iirhichwas ealiiealtiuefire Conifltitution ‘ of lConnje€ticu;tl,.l was formed in the year 1639; " I -lleetehlof * the principles contained in it, the Rev. Doftg Trum- bull, author of the excellent hillory of the State, makes the following remarl<:s--—--“ With fuch wifdorn did our venerable an- cellors provide for the liberties of thenzfelves and their pollerity. Thus happily did they guard againft every encroachment on the rights of the fubjeét. This probably is one of the melt free and happy conflitutions of civil government which has ever been fortn- ed, The formation of it, at lb early 21 period, when the light of liberty was wholly darltened in molt parts‘ of the earth, and the rights of men were lb little underlined in others, does greathon- our to theirability, integrity, and love to mankind. To pofteri-y tyindeed, it exhribited a niollhenevolent regard; Ithas eontinw nec:l,- with little alteration; to the prefent time. The happyi com- fecp;1'eneepsi0f_it, which, for morethan a‘ century and half, the people loft Conneélzieut phaye ervcperierieed, are without del"crip- ti0n._i‘::sg"'l 1“: y hi TheplColonyafterwards obtained a Charter from Charles the Second; Soiperfeétly had the original Conltitution anlivered the pnrpofe, that the Charter was little more than a re—el’tabli{h- ment of the firll Conllittitiong with fomewhat more Eixplicfilzllells. By this Clizirter, the Colony eonduéted its affairs, until after the Declaration of Inclependenlee in 1775. It now becamepabu l fflllltifly neeeii'a1*y for theypeo-ple,‘ jnll emaneipatedfron1 a Colos- nial Rate, to form for thenjfelres a Cfonltitution for the future reg» nlation of the bodypolitie, Aeeoireiisngly in O€teher\1776,theLe- ’ gzpillzttulrpe of the Stete,enae”ted‘ as feilletvs, i*i2;.l“ lpThEtt,tl1C ancient form: of _ei-sfil g0”&'t.‘3l'lI£I1t?l‘li7,. c:onta_inedyrrin“tlie¢C?harterf'roin Charles i “ll Ellie. of Con. page ll V N O T E S. the l"eeoncl, King of England, and adopted by the people of this Stntc,i_//Baillie and meainthe civil Corgflituriorz oft/521: State.” This Charter, of courfe, flzlandlslllat thehead‘ of our laws, as the only Conftitution which the State ‘pofl'eli‘es. It is probably an eventt‘11nexampledin the hiflory of the world, that a community, emerging from a Colonial, to an independent State,’ lhonld not have found it neceffary, or expedient to alter the formof its Government. ‘ t This Charter irnpowers the inhabitants of the Corporation to plead, and to be impleaded in legal fuits, to ha re afeal, to choofe yearly a Governour, -Deputy Governour, and-twelve Afliftants, to hold two General .Afl‘emblies in a year, to appoint and admit Freemen, to eleél: oficers, to ereét jndicatories, to ordain laws, to impofe fines, and to erect wharves for the pttrpofe of drying filh. Witli no further powers than thefe, it would fecm impel‘-= fible that aCol.ony, or State, could poflibly exill in peace and fafety,for lb long .a time, as fince the year 1639. Such how- ever is the no, and it is owing to the reétitnde of the Adrninill tration of the Government, and the efifedls of the Inltitntions ell tablifhed under it. All tlile defects in the Conflcitution have been firpplied by practice ; and the prafricalraiigeis as well underllzood, astho’ every principle had originally been reduced to writing. The State of Connecticut is divided into fubordinate Corpora- tions»---—-Firllinto Counties---the Counties into Towns-e--tlie Towns into Societiesm-the Societies into School Did’:-iéts. Each of thefe Corporations, poflbfies Legiflative, and Executive powers. It is very obvious, that to fill the various offices in thefe 'di{l:in£t Corporations, will require a- great number of perfons. All of them are appointed by the people themfelves, or by the State Le- giflature. Perfons thus appointed to oflices of truflt, and diftinc- tion, by the fitflrages of their fellow-citizens, feel an interfell, anda pride in the Government. The interefl is common, and not derived from the hands, or good graces of an inclividual ; and ~ therefore operates forcibly in favor of the peace, order, and dig- nity of the body politic. , Tliis 01'gi~1I"ll‘Z.':1tl0I‘1 of the liltate, proviclesafchool, for the ed- ncationiof‘ public cl1a.ra:~ ‘“ -4 .».a.ou;—_s_,,. M . NOTES.‘ A 4;’y'M ills LANGUAGE OF YOUR.,_'.FALLlNG,mBRETHREN, Ann yous 131:’? Inc; muss rro you is, Biz‘ ,AL.so RI;‘AI9)Y..’A’i. . , Thefe pallages are from Bifl1op’syWsllingfoird Oration. No comments are neceflhry. It may beifaid that the dpilnions of A-‘A braham Bifhop are not Worth notice.. -But let it be rernembhred, that the qfliceqf AjCal[eEz'or;qf 2‘/Jeportof _Ne«w=-Hagfven, ./.m:.v fieangifliv an to t/:e_0mtar’.r FATHER AGED 78, by the Prelident of the United States.‘ _ 1 A A A _ A i From the Repfiblicafi W'atoh-To'ivér of May gotli, i8c‘>:t. A ~ “ Noah Weblter is not lefs attached to this grand ultimatum of their hopes, (the ellablifliment of a monarchy) nor lefs vigilant and aétive in its profecution. _ But his peculiai‘ fplieie of aétion is not in l\Tew—Yol'k, tho’ here he embraces every ofpportiinity of thrul°c‘ing_y his poignard into the fides" of lrepubliomii in." But in this city the prevalence of republicanilin is unfsvorable to a. flail difplay of his monarchial réjvings; A The ancient ' 124255;‘: of Con- nefticut, and the chains of eleitical idoyminionn which bind the lilllefs citizens’ to its dellruétivc will; is more con genial with the promulgation of his ant'i~1republiCan_0pinloit1S.‘ In this infatzzated fiflion of 1/3.» ramisigyg tho’ contemptible in talents, he isa chain’; pion itlsflzfian. He has recently made an attack upon Mr. Hilltop, abounding in fé:urril’ous epithets, but pdwverlels in argu- ment. i For Wcéflsr to contend agairg/lfizc/3 apezffong naturalbz ex?- cim the idea of man contending? .,scm12vs=2" OMNJPOMJVC5.“ Coizmzéiim cut but produced many flrnalds, it has alfo plroducéd Piuldings fuf-‘ ficient to deteét them.” i V A ‘ At the clofe of Sam. Morfe’s adiiertifemeiit of his in’tentio'n to remove from Norwalk, to New~Ha.ven, is an zicldrefs to Re~ pnblica:ns‘,l in which are the following paragraphs". W“ That Conneéticut, compared to her filler I’c;i‘tes,* po{l'efi'es a; “craft mafs of prejudice, is a faét generally admitted. And“ when it is conlidorecl,‘ that the ambition of her leading clasrziélers o-I Verleaps the bouhdsl of republicflan government 3 tlzxe prefeiit litum atioxi of the (late, cannot be thouglit a inmttei: of indifi"eren"ce, to the interoll of the union. V M A 9“ 'I?ov»»-~«eAnleourage independent republican pi-i1'#>c:rs, as the bell means of conveying riocefliiry iriformation to the citizens of Con- nmfticut; is the duty of every republican throughout the union, Whole finances will afford it. IT IS '15:-11; omxr STATE, I-‘ROM wmcn IMMINENT nnnons. T0 ow. iuasustxcsn SYSTEMS," is to ssy.spm:¢.snsNnnn.” A V taking alittlop2tins,i I migltn; fwell this lifll: of qumstioins to an enormous fize. I trufl, however, tl13.ttl10ll~3E1lI'eaCly clown,‘ will be fuflicient for my pnrpofe. Hovvever yenllzwed they may be, either by fiiperftition, or priellcrallz, tl1eypeople'ofNew—l£ng~‘ land’ have got fcnfe enough left, to zippreciste the inherits of ‘l.l1yOl~C‘~ i s?‘ Ibid pa. gs; “ 1? ii NOTES. ivhovthus tracluce their chara£tet', country, gev'ers'ament, and telie. gion, whether they ipring t”ro:n.l2ler QW‘I‘1fO1l9 or are the renege.-an ‘does of Europe» t l (9) “ T 0 have {aid thus mucli in favour of Republican princi-r. plea I hope will not be cieemecl to favor of party-fpirit. For It jeiti defignating the a.t:Itnowlegecl. principles of my country. Atfl I beg leave to add, timt they are principles. of etema.l reétitude and equity. ’ Jfiqbulviicarzi/E-n can mi morelne confidered (I paflrfgzg tlmn imnmteble trim.‘/3 and 7'JZ:~§""I7§7tC0Zf/‘Nil?/.l‘ can be eoniidered :1 party; _.:‘f22d Z€:_/bulilicmm ‘can 920 wzrzaaue if-:3 1:1,;/Zeda faflian, I/Jgizlz, mztztre, ma- Q/I922, ayzrlfci-,ifJtzzi~a with ‘rewrite. fl'U=rHot2,, -man fie tailed a%,fmfi'z'a22.._ For fil1€{C‘;})I‘lflClpl€S 1-eit en the folid bafie of nature, are clear at the fun to the eye of xeafon, end 2/me. 55515 z'.tfz¢[/ of t/mm from 155»; girzraing to ez_rtrl.: at l ' l ’ l “ lWl1en Jefiis Cl1riil;eig;u_a.11iie, .5"very m.:zxz'm and every precept fie gam, Io fin‘ as applieationeztniilge made, «tum pzwcly Rtjp-u5Zican.”j; Let it be remembered,, tllélllii the ‘W. are called by themfelves Republica.ns,but by an 31f“? bbinsw-wthattithe fentiments which the Preacluetiiin t 13 ermiioritill calls Rapubliearz, are the felltlmelflts of the congregation, whicli he was then addrefli,ng which are ]’acobinica.l, and that the caufe of the meeting was the eleftion of Mr. Iefierfon and Col. Burr, and then it will be underlliood wlmt the Prez-.1.c:her intends by this p;1i..21ge-~It is; Mat My femfirizzérzzfir z‘/ac: jlacofiii/z.r C0mzec"'£'icuf,lM tzrm.’ 2,‘/53 Urzztezl States, are .c0m‘az"7zm’ in I/Tye Bifile, am! am ifqrzu fi$'{'772£la‘:’!if? afe rflm will qf Gad. Fortunately fer Coiineflictit, the nmnbct‘ ef jlaeeliinicttl cleqgyxaaen in the S.<:‘a!.~;~, it fimill--—--none" we-4-ii émedirzg i‘.~5n'ee. A (em) l%Iiti.c:il Juitice_ Vol. :2. pm. 1568. I"lt1il.'%% Itmit; vmrt.l'iy mt’ remm'l<, that Cit.i;tc:n Pieliezti, the Coxii1txe1‘eial Agenetw ‘nf %lt’$t1c,>i2ztpaI'te in % the United lfitzites, 11ncler_ the;ne'w_V iC1c)mrcentioi%1witl‘1 17ram:e, finee ltais 1-eficlemie lieifei llafi ifliied lpro-. P{)fi1‘i$ for republifliing tl’JlSl“\7V01”l<2 of Godwizgll_$fQtf_M3eii£2azzc_y€t Qfazu?“ i€;“/itfit2‘..:3II.S‘ at largiyi Is it not a little lingulsir, that the firft Peeps of at French Di--fglaizzatigzm cliamifier in this c:oL}.ntry,. fhould be to in-«A firttdfic our eot111tryme‘n in pa/item‘, and vrzomlr. \Wl'1at is {till more % 1fingitla.1~ in the prefent inllance, is this----Goclwin is an Ezzglflré zwmz, zmd wrote his book in tire Eng/_zflv [t?7lgZl(Z£'t?, wl1icl'1‘it Miles‘ ' n ‘W u will gzijcilrszible '13 as well tindeijitotidivby our countxfymen, as by a 1' lffiincllw See O‘vt;f£‘COI'1‘1lt'W‘ evil with '3‘00lCl”----‘£3. fernrmn t delivered at Wailin -1. l __ M ‘_ _ .0 V‘ r?::_ ‘ _ 3 _r ‘ :xort1,iCor1nee"titi1t, Nlarch _IItl1, mot ; before at ziumerous colletitioii of i thefi:ie1"ids; cat" the Coriftitiztion, of Theixias jefferfon, I”refldent,ru1ci of ‘.r'”LE31'O{}iBuYl'iViCC*PI'€fi€nt (if the United izltateei. By S'I”.:4‘:. NLEY iGP;'lS~ ‘ i 4‘-'4 % wgoriigregatioxi to wthicllithie fermon was preached, was coinpofetl 'vcla_f:g of m.;m_Vwhq NOTBEZS. 4;; man. Pmt, if it true, as has been ufialiclld faid, that this;-: 1’ Y . work is‘ ufieci in the Virgiluia College, for the inrficruéfion of t}i1eia:' youth, we can at leafl: con‘je¢' t11re‘ who is yatthe bottom of 1114:: plan fnrr 1“epubJLi,flning_; it 1ll{1d,C3l':t]3 6 wing of Citimm Piclzom