x ..«''P. W. °""~ :2 x ’ ’ .c.'/,7 ‘/« (7 ¢:a>t‘/— ;:r'e~*::z¢--;r“.::€"’ ,, W J’, DIS 00 U R s E [- DELIVERED, JEILY 5. 1802,; f IN COMMEMORATION OF PEMERICA INDEPENDENCE. “”‘”***""“'3“7""“"""”“"*~*‘5"¢>“*"5"““3*“*35°“$-I=:~;‘.=::>«::-«::>«::aee:>¢::»«:;=«»«::r»«.:wx:»<:::.»;:::~e:::»~«:::z-:;- B N 1:. “ Y ATI-IANAEL MMONS, D.,D..,. Pafior of the-: Church in Franklin, -::~«<::~=:::>«::«<:»::n::w:::-c;:s«;;»«:.;«a>«c>4c><:»<;:»«e:«:&~-:$t~~c$2~:=»«z:a»«::»m<;»«:>«::~c:»v::»<>«c::-«~“+«:::r<:»~:, Mmi com’ mam‘ SECURED. "*l3<£1'= EDITION. -:a~<::*»:::ar«:~!s3z~:»«-;:.~»«::...»,.... W E N TH A M, (Mm; PRINTED aw NATHANIEL HEATQN; Jun... NXMMMK x8»o»:z,‘ AT 3 Meeting of 3 number of Inhabitants cf’ the Towns of’ Franklin, Medway, and Bcllingham, at’Adams" Hall in: Franklin, July 5,? X803, % Voted, that Mr. Hmmn Mataaéfi Dr. Nathaniel flfillcr, anti? Mr; Oliver Emit/J, be a %Committca to wait upon the Rev. NA...- THANAEL IEML-10NS_, 1;». 1:2. and thank him for his caicellent anclr jpertincnf Fifcourfe, d&1ii?ére’d in Cbfnxixetfioiatibn of our nation-- % a1 Independence, and to requefl; 'a{ Copy for the prefis. “Attczfl, Assn. PIARDING, Clmé of Me M£¢ri:2g¢ % G£i~rrLIar{m1~:, . I have no fcruplc En confenting to the publication emf the Diii’ courfe, which I'1as'obtainedxyour approbation; and I onIy‘re. « gamer, I was Auname to plztbé its lééding fentimiznts in :1 clcarefi; _ mad &rongé:r1igf:»t.L M V I am?,.with much v1{efpe‘éh.— . Frfiflfiling 3152}? % X’ Gentlemen, your tisbéedient Srzrvants. N. EMMONSL, ’ -A-::~»'::-:::»=:‘:‘;«:::»=:-g-:=’-;::«~r.:>’<>«t»':=».:-«« V M J V Exopus xtz. 14.. tdayflall 12¢ zmtoyoufor a Mewzoriai. ~ NOTHXNAG can be more ezorrefpontd”-4 mat with the joyful occafion upon which we are: zootnvencdt, than this paffage of divtinzet infpitration. It contains the axprefs command of Godto his an» mzientt people, to wmmemorate, everyiycar, the an!”- picious day of their nattiontal indepctjdcnfie. Fr%o%m at fingle: family, in the coturfc of about four hundzfécl t years, they rofc into at mtmemus andt independent nation. They were of the feed of Abraham inthe: litm of Ifaac and ja.«c0b.. ATM «farting font 0? this pious patriarch was} carried into Egypt, where hewas‘ raifcd tofuperior power, and where he becametha happy inflzrumendt of preferving his f3.thc:r"s family, who rapidly increafed toanumerous peopte. Dtur- V ing the life pf Jofeph, his infaxttnation were ex» tremely profpetbtzs and happy; tbt1t,fdtr:~.e time A ,é,fte.t~ '4. after Aihisldeath, theytfound thernfelves in a “veiry wretched condition. There arofe a king in Egyptg A who knew not jofeph, and who attempted to dimin- A ifh the growing population and firength of the chil-- dren of Ifrael. Among other arbitrary aas, he fet over them certain officers, who treated them with intolerable rigor and feverity; but the more they fighecl, and groaned, and complained, the more they were oppreffed by their unfeeling mailers. At length, the God of Ifrael heard their groanings, and railed up a deliverer. Moles was born, and "provippdentially preferved, educated, and prepared to execute the graciouls defign of Heaven. God vouch- faved to {peak to him face to face,Aand give him an»- thority to go to the king of Egypt, and demand cle- liverance for his chofen A people. Though diffi-. dent and reluéiant, he accepted the divine appoint... rment, l and undertoolt his important and arduous» work. He repeatetdly applied to Pharaoh, and re» peatedlyrnet with a repulfe; but being clothed with divine authority and miraculous power, he brought fitch a feries of fore and wafiittgjudgpments upon him and his fuhjefls, that he finally gave his full con— fent, that the peopleof God fhould leave his king;- t dom, and return to the country from which they came. This was the joyful day of their Independ». 313093 and this day God appointed as a fianding Me.» morial of that great and‘ happy event, t A A A A The A 5 d,’7The caufes and circumfianccs, which conciirred to bring about theindependence of the Iliraelites, are folimilar to the caufes andcircurn llances, which concurred to bring about the American Revolution, that we may juflzly conclude, there is a peculiar3bro— _p7‘z'ety, in commemorating the Birth~Daylof our na- tional exillence. Many inllances might be adduc- e ed from fcripture, to illuflrate this conclufion. God fanfiified the fabbath, for a memorial of the great work of creation. He appointed the bow in the ‘ clouds, for a. memorial of his preferving Mercy to Noahand his family in the mmidllc of 3. perilhing world; He ordained, that the pot ofrmanna and Aarorfs rod which budded, lhould be kept as per» lpetual tokens of his fpecial kindnefs and awfuljull tice. He likewife commanded his people, whom he conduéied through Jordan upon dry ground, to tcakeliones from the bottom oflthe river,and raifc a lalling monument of that miraculous interpofition l in their favor. jufilyreafoning from fuch inllances as thefe, Mordecairwith the exprefs approbation of Ellher the queen,appointed the days of Purirmto commemorate the great deliverance, of the jewe from the hand‘ of I-Iamant Each of tluefe cradles ex» aélly applies, to the cafe before us, andcornpletely illullrates the Propriezy of commemorating the Day, upon which we took the ranlgand claimed the chant- aéter 0f at free and independent Nation. ii A ' A l A ll But 6? what ll’ furtlter propofe in the nrefettt czlill eourfe is, to point out fome of the important put, a poles, which may anfwered, by keeping up the remembrance of this great and interelling event. Firll, it mull: have a tendency to give us a real- izing fertfe of the overruling hand of God, in all that takes place in the moral, as well as, in the nat, aural world. While We obferve the common courfe lol’ nature, which is no other than the common yeonrfe of providence, in producing tfimilar effeéls in a limilar manner, from day to day and from year to year; we are extremly proneto lofe a realizing fenfe of tlmt invifihle hand, whielt governs all nat. ural eaufee and moral agents, But when God comes out of hisrplaee, and lhaltes kingdoms and nations, by fodder: and unexpeéted revolutions, we are eonflirainecl to awake from our llupidity, and? W to know that he is the LC)17tD,"“Wl’l€) governs the world. ‘Then vilible manifel1ati‘on of’ his overruling ‘ handti in fuch uncommon and extraordinary events, Ptrikes us with a ltrong convifition, that others more common and ordinary, are equally under his com llant and contreling influence. Nothing is more eafy and familiar to onr minds, than to trace caufes i into all the variety and multiplicity of their eflleélsq i”W‘hen we recolleéi and contemplate any great and; nnufual event, we naturally conclude, not only that tilfithafld of God was in that, but in every other eye», vent, 7' tent, which appears to have been intimately 0:;-~ motely conneéted with it. Who can contemplate and? realize the hand of God in the work of creation, without realizing his hand in upholding a';mdgO‘ll’tf:1‘"I1~ ing the wor1d,from that day to this P Who can con» template and realize the hand of God in the del’truc- tion of Pharaoh and the reclemptibn of llfrael, with» out realizing, that he governs the kingdonusef men, and gives them to whomfoever he will? Hence 3 fianding memorial of that great event, was wifely calculated to give the people of God a realizing fenfe of his univerfal providence. Accordingly, he direfied them, when they celebrated the day of their deliverance, to reltearfe in the ears ef their children, the evils they luffered and the fee-hes they few in the land of Egypt 3; and to recount the great and diltinguifhing blellings, which flowed from that memorable interpelltion of providence in their f'a.-- vtbr. This could hardly fail of eaufing hoththem and their children, to acknowledge and realize the hand of God in all events. A ' A A The Tame important purpofe may he anfwered, by keeping alive the remembrance of the eventful clay of our national Indtependence. The hand of God was clearly difplayed in preparing the way, in railing up the infiruments, and fupplying the méa,nS9 for the American Revelation. Thotlgh no miracles A were wrttght in eut fever; aeln the mile of Ill-ael 3,; 4 yet 3 pita...-at-noun» yet thofein thetcahinet and thofe in the field were favored with the peculiar fmiles and influence of Heaven; And though the armies of our enemies ‘ were not plttttged in the mighty ocean, yet they were one after another, by at remarkable concurrence of eaules, delivered into our hands. ‘Who, then, can eitherrecnllefi or contemplate the cemmencement of our Independence, withtzurt realizing the hand of God inthat great event, and in the furprifing train of conleqttettces, which have flowedtfmrn it? Ifany thing can prevent the general fpread of a.theifm' and infidelity in this favored land, it leems the com» memerating the day of our national prefervationl and independence is calculated to produce the dc» firable effeft. This is one very valuable purpofe to he anfwered, by recognizzing the hand of God in making us a diflinft and independent nation. Secondly,,the recalling to remembrance the auf-» 'p‘iciou%s day of our feparation from great Btitein,i3‘ lluited to: fill our Vheartstwith gratitude for all the public and private, civil and religions bleflings, which we now enjoy. A. ftream of every kind of » ltnnwledge V and a. Ptream of every kind of wealth,” has bee-n flowing in npon us, in confequence of 3.11- fnming at nattlnnal eharaéter. Our independence , lnsn:.ttn_t onlyenlarged our borders to .21 Val’: extent; hut tall?) opened 3. free intercoutle with all the com» tnereiel world», Our wealth and knowledge are not only 9 only doubled, but the means of inerea-fing méfi, are tertfold increafed. We have, perhaps, more ex- tenlive and promifing hrofpefls before us, than any other peopleon the globe. And thoughat prefent, {:1 thick and dark cloud is hovering over tts; yet there is-reafon tohelieve, that the bleflings of our independence will extend and lincreafe to the latefi generations. Now, all thefe hleflings in enjoyment and in profpeft, may be traced up to that memora~ ble day, which gave us an independent Ration a- mong the nations of the earth. And in contempla» ting the great goodnefs of God, in fuch a fignal interpofition in our favor, we are prepared to dill cern his loving kindnefs and tender mercy in all the happy fruits, which wehave long been reaping from it. It mull: he, therefore, both pleafing andrufeful, to preferve and perpetuate the memory of our naw. tivonal Birth-Day, which has produoed,and {till prom» ifes, fo muchbenefit to this wefiern world. Thirdly, there is another good purpofe to be anm fwered, by the frequent recolleétion of the day, which difconnefited us from the Britilh parliament; and that is, to teach us how to fupport and preferve our own excellent government, which we have hapa pily adopted in confequence of thMa'tdifconneE‘tion. To illuftrate the truth of this ohlhrvation, you will permit «me to unfold,’ in the molt confpicuous man- ner, the govetmrzg mcttitrcs, and fimdamtmtal principless A B A l 'wh‘ich m Iuuul-cu-ado-nowfl A W“"44i"C'1:i-.COnfpifCdVid Eri’r2g%A aBo1'1‘f0”!II‘ f6paY‘€-MOTI Vfafif Greaxw B*ri:ain;. A T hefc thiVng_;s, of late jfears‘, haw” bgcngreatly %mii}cmdé:%z“{%c»<:«d4 bf}? fw*rn"cg ant} g‘réa:1y” 11;ifrEzprefe11tbd% by: éithms‘. I wjfl e*£*%n«‘“1e::v:":«'%’c;‘r, th'eréJ¢ farm tp Yet thefe points in mm miifi clear‘ ligI’}%t.4 A It has bcter1jL2‘£":3y ohferveci by a jmfici7ot3s aA11deTu‘ght it mam.” AW Mia“ ctjmrnencew mctnt of 0t1z‘ c()mr0vc2*{"yKAJME We mothervcotxntryg wte had not the leaf: drama novr imenti“0nVo‘f bacon)» ing i:ndep‘m*d%eh, A whicla for aught we lmew, might %be‘ irxcreafcd f§'d%xnV ye‘a=1-;.:ftc;~year~a7nc1 from age: to age,Wc*:%c0mApIaihe&%' an%“d"% rem*0nfi1*atec1, and fi11a11y*pmi‘tiox:z2d to fie erxé-A _ erripmd‘ from? taxaiibn upon the girwouizid of baring“ nu refp;mfen4tation~‘ in the Britifli pai1~IfAan1ent.i This“. % ind1i 1g”en ca;-r_‘ um c:ouldx 1c}t*0b‘taiI1 by the fie Ineans, anflfi there fem than-nvlnw& ;77i,3zer%e2i“”’c>a‘.'e we _l"‘&fd}\.Vf3‘(i to Me o.;tr¥:mi°.:;. ‘Ac:c%ord"”i%ri§lyt «WC pre'fL1Arned%A to exercife our original and indepAcn‘d«~% {gent rightm fufpend our.commercia.1intercouirfewith .G;e~§1;t3x£taiMn.° .Th;Zs .§_va,s msanfgldarcd by Lhem.oth%¢; ,{l;izx1e11e.§dia.te;ly e:gpofed.; I; has; npw, thcreforeg ;b;:lc:)rz1hl:l rlegcefllary to 100}; back to {he furflclzlmcntal A prinpiples of the Revo.lu_ti0An.l Thcfe arc: the plmpew lzxfiterion to determine, whether thole in adminillrelm A film are lgqrlfqiqg meafugres tq fupgzorg, Q; tolclg,/£Ara;;g ;l1%:‘: A y * a , v ‘ ‘ éfjié genera? g“«j*{r‘e%r&n4fiié§zi€. ’W;1e2‘e is ho flep&g;t:er? éalcuiated, pérhaps, to prefer\“reVand perpetuate alfii «bur civil a“ncI¥ re'li”gio“z1s privijle‘%gL<*:s%,i‘th’a:1i’ to1*ecogf~ nize, vi'ndi\categ and tranfi ni4t ti‘) fuwre augewé," the‘ grand:%a'nd fund'amentfi‘}i-principleé’, i1‘pO'n which w_eS declare?! our‘ Independénce; and built our Federai‘ 5C0nffitutiom This, if any thing; muff eventu%aIlyA- A zfefioré ‘peaiccw and harmrjmy m‘ the pre {sent prof<:{TedI‘-’ 3"}! 2nzz}fed,~ but aé’tu‘a%Il§7 ¢‘liv‘idVecl VSjtzttes. 5Could we on’?-‘ agriae £0 adopt the very pfinciplies of our Indve?-t péndcrzceg thc-are is fcartczly .21 dbubt, but that wé fhould {hon Eiafve filth men in admihiflwratiwon, Em” '~wou’Id wander the g?o've%rnn1en“t accept‘able to the ‘V g,eop1‘é in genefal, and foVrmi dabl¢ to’ all foreign‘ pow¢fs’. ThusAit appceam; that a frequent rccollAecL% «ion of flié d'a}} of our natiémal I?nd"ependence,Vmay’V fiiave a‘ happy tendency tomach us our dWep%endVcnce{' upon Gpd, our obligations to hti’n“1,;, and the import: ance of mza.iriata‘in_ing%thc free and eficient govern? ment, which we will enjoy, but are in danger of lofing. %; A A few pcrtfnent and juft dechgflions from what has“ befiflfaidg‘ fhall nowclofe the dAifcdAutfe.%‘ Tlxia fubjeét clearly {hows us, in 1151:: firif placeg «why we: condufied %m1r% Revolution A withifo m"uch*‘ more. rppderation anci: fucc_¢:f"s,“t1i‘an%thae F ranch can-I d11&.e4d thcifs. At their firfi farting of’ut to obmin civiland re1'i"g.i2o1i's¢ fre~cdAom;,¢we generally fu.pp'ofc:d5 Mn’ 153 in thla mrmntry, that nltmy itztenclcd to tread in (my flew; and lmitxm: cmr czxmxuplc, which led "us to ap...A I‘}l£‘l.l.};d maxi pamrmxllize tlmir zcaloumexertions; but llmfty llzgllw: lmlg {lace given us abundant evidence, mi’ m.u"' Cl§};T££“§€;‘§l£}l\.l$ and dangerous mifiakc. Their 5 lflllllifillll ;:sr‘izlzc:':iplt:s amcl ultimate dcfigrn .. }~:«r;+rl'ivc;: M all civil zmd religious ordgr.8 filfaaillzr xzmmly llmrlalxlg m frmzr tlmmfélves from opprellion, £J&s\z‘lI\‘€-liii’ M :«;“lLxI‘m:lil<:»m.l;s;*: ‘tlmir own g«1verr1en.¢m, that 3_"!§’l‘;lll*(‘l alllimrirll Wzim tax im:x*:;>:im::c: UNIVERSAL DE» r:,:lH%l;tlll;M‘?:“lr'gy :l:I,m"l lllvlcfilvfi thelworld in anarchy and l*~«lwl;lxl‘:zlliiaml “.l.‘l"m:y wma as much dppofed to the }.,lx”£m::i;:alc::.é~; cmr rx:*a:::;l ms mvcmum... Cm“1d0r(:€:t, who was one of A tlm: flrll; .2;l.m:.l lxlfwlctlll: l’ric:t'xd3 to their revolution, and wlm wrcm: in fllvar of it, cxprcfsly fays, the Amelr-» Al imzxrlm ;.2m::~ l‘l:1rl‘C§hiI%d tzlm Fmnclu in pcnlitical knowl- ‘A l;::ll;2;e:r 3,; ;.:;a.m““l ma lml.Ipp()I‘t l‘li$ aflartian, appeals to out-3 I%“l€,llll§Yl&l (CM¢‘1llltul;i(:lm, ‘whiczh is built upon the: princi« +;llm; a¢::lf“;-ll xllnlm lL“§l)Vl:§rl'lI.W.;l”l1tg acvzlnpcafcsd of three orders... In ¢fi3l§¢'llljl;lillll’l sand: tlllsl, be mzgxintaimad that to be the bell l?Mlzl*r*: ml" ;gmv:nl~rrzzmtmz, Wl”llt.“:l1 CZ()l’lfill2S of one body, M all ;mw..:f:: c:lmxmc*r;:.cy; amd fans did the: otlmer French w:’*lM:lx“ll in l~+l.‘>l‘ll*lZ"l,l§lt“ tllmir rwmlutlcun. Hlflllcifi it is ev... lii4fi|§.l*f tm*l¢’ lil’1<~:l,..£ Hwtr lllrmmll Rcvcylzxticnn was beglunancl :*:;.lm*ir;~lll ml fbr ex lmag; time, upon dcmocragticl przfizci- ;,u?m. wlllntlll w:;~m lmwrimzly dilfmw:-:m from‘ the foumclll principles $¢lIIouu-Ill prinlciplles of the American revolution. Audit was «owing to fuch dlemocratic principles, that they furi- ouily went on making and unmaking one cfionflittié ~t~ion after another,’and fpreading miferyiandideflruci-a tion among them felves, and arnon,-g furrounding end diftant nations, until Bonaparte gave them a contlIl:i§§ tution-, which they found they leouldlnotl fo eoafily alter. The French atited fiotn ‘motives and princi- ples, which had a dircét tendency to dell’tro,y all re-A ligion and government; but we a~&ed frotmrnotivesl sand principles, which were friendly to all the ‘civil and religions rights of «m’a-hkizndt Accordingly our r¢vo1»ut~io‘n produced a free and ‘eflicielnt :govern«-t mam ; but >thei7rs:produ'iced, in thewfirflr*ih{tance,%per~ fe€t lice’-ntiolu'*N»sw'x*rtw‘rmzir, whether they ztpproxve or dill- atpyprovey of the meafures of thofe, who are-tlimilme-» diately concerned in the rad'mini{trati'on of govern»; ment. t ‘But if whatuhas been {aid be jufi, we have a*~fiandard,i'by which to try the political fentimentey of every maN,n,y every ‘politic-alparty yatnong list It has heelnfloblervedl, that the fundamental.prtnc1:- t pics of the American Revolution, iwcrelneither the Q A principlcse 18 Imfiauuwg-unuuuufl primal-plesu of more momrcldy, nor of room aril"loo- racy, nor of more derrxocracy, but theft: of amixm? mndl duly balzmcod govcmmont. None, thereforeg. N can be real fi*iez'lCls to the Conflimtlon, who do not approve: of tho porilncioplcgcs of the Rcv'olu_-lion. Ancl." ac:co~rd*l'ngl to this crite1%i'o«n, no-ixhorl M”onarchil’w, I101.‘ Arilfiooratsgnor ADemo_c:rats, nor Republlicans, mo f!“ié:”1’1‘.!(lS to the Conffitutiong‘ but olnlyo Fecleral» ills, who have uniformly lapprovecl a,i1clfu‘pporte‘Vt’3.‘l”l‘l1Tlf?:nt. Imt there lie even? for mzmy pmrtios arroyo-ng us, tlwry alm all, except Fedora alifis, l"%:rntimlenmlly oppofcd to the Conl*cituti='on, and wmxld if my had power, ololltroy it» If there be any Monarchills among us, tlmy would give an pow-» or to the Prsrficlont, which ‘wlooldl deftroy the Con» fiitution. If there be any Ariltocmts among us; lllfiy would take: away all power from tho Prefident‘ 'o.m;l Roprefontativos, and give lt to the Senate, which would d‘of‘l:goy the}: Confiitutiotn. If there be any ‘Republilcanls among us, who difibr in frmtimemz fmmall czrnherparties, they would take away all power -{mm tlm l("mllcl%ont, and‘ Senate, and Roprcforltativcsg which wm.1lld~ clefiroy the Confiitution, and immedlb f zmsly imroducgls complete: anarchy and confufion. 1’:’»ot, if Llama be any Federalifis among us‘, and I’ ‘ trufl theyare very numerous, they woulcl have thc powers, whlcll are already delegated to the Prefi- dmzt, Sonata, and Roprefentatives, forelxrctr remalml lo tlmia: hzxnols, as izroper checks to each other, whicfm would A 19,». fllilm-aI~& ‘ Woulfl el’fet?tually% efiabliflt the Conllllitutien to the l «end ef" time. There is -not, there gzannolt lbeanyd party among us, wltoere friendly tothe Ctmftitu«- "tion, but only thofe, who are fentimentally Fecler-d alltills. To tmalte tltis point, "if pollible, clearer fiill,e~ let me call up to‘ your View fame of A the mail ettti-1., ment 'Fetleral;if’ts in the United States. V Prefident WASHINGTON x.as.»t«,-ct and dtieda. Federalilt. Pref» idem ADAMS is the gm: patrtbn of Federalifrnlf PXNCKNEY9 Pxcttmtrm, and Et.LsVveR'tH, «alrel Fedelralillls. To name no I’.t"10”l'E, G-ovemors jzty, firtstmma, Tt>..-mtntj 1,1,9 and GILMAN, are Federal-all lifts. Were tmt tltele celebrated Federalilts emi $-, ttemt and dectdetcl ‘Extends to the American RevoLue.*.l: . tlon E’ Haw: they met fixaee a%ly and zealloullyyfupmm ported the great principles; whit:11 led to that great event? Have they not been perfeflly Confiltent in their principles and condttél? If all this be true,tliert" ‘teal F'ederalil’ts are the only real frienclsto the pref-ll ent general goverrttrtertt. All Republicans, or all A who dilllfzr in their political femiments from Feder- 7 alifis, ltzwe departed from the principles of the Rev- twlutiong and mairttainprinciples repugtmnt tn the” Federal C0nl’titut.ion; and if they ztfil confifiently, mullzpurfue meafttres, which ultimately tend te~dc«- firoy it. A 4 But, thirdly, itfisa jttfi eonclufion from wltat has A been faicl, tltatlthle pedple in general threugltottt then‘ tUnited States met in fentiment real Federalillsg The tlhave bfteenl tlbotrt andteducatcdt. under .~gotm« 7. l t . e1:_tame‘tttat 1365 ...v‘ _ Dip-OIuI% cr1ilinentsJ‘founhded npgyn _rigltt, principlem “They A hiaiveluzatpproiretliltyf the Declaratien of Indepencl-.~. cage. They have adolpted the federalCcn{ti- ttltiona A They have, For a dozen years together, cxperieneed the happy efiieléis of its operation-. Tltefe circutnliances mluft convince every impartial» mind,“ that the great majority of‘ our citizens do re-— ajlly lapprgvetthel found principles of Federalifmo I knew,,ihdeed, there is ai very larzgelnumber, whog gioryin the name of Republicans», and really think they care” not Federalifis. But to what is this (swing? ' It ttcanngt be owing to their ‘education, nor to their longchabits of thinking, nor to their adopting the fiinciples of the Revelation, net to theirl change bf‘ fentirnents; but it mufi be principally, not al-all tegethcr, owing toM§/information‘, They have been- told, that Republicans are friends, and Federalifls‘ are eneimiesy tell the Conftittttion’ of the F edergtl gov» ctfntnent. Talging this to bea fair and jufl reprefenta aticm of the two principal parties, many honefl: and A viyrtuouls ciytiyzenyy-t, choofe to join the Republicans, whom they ‘view asthe finlcere fupporte rs ctf the Fed» eral Cpnllzicmtioln, which ltheylardently delire may he firmly mainetayinled and eflablilhed. All thefe men are trueyllfeciyexalifis, while; they thinli and call them.- yfellves Republicans. They ought to be viewed in A their ttweflifigyht, anti nunjbered among the friends 1» efwtheitycountry. There is no douhtbut they will’. fen3_n=appee%rl;fo, ‘flue eyesoffolme beginto byeQpen- T e*d.,:an£1thn' been ‘9.R€T¢l¢iV¢scl*hai*l1¢3*¢lP“bli°a“§‘t V are the real -enepmieg pf’ the Qo1;[fiitutio»n, ancl clét=e;r~ mined to glellyoy it; whillle “the Federalifis {are its: true Friends, and (leterminp$ec},ltofupportit. is a truth, which a,A_ll honell and “well-pnteanihg Repub«C licans, will {opn difccmer; and the dipp§’cet:fery"lwill§ prompt them tgappeawr openly er; the lilgle of ~U!'l-.}l-l fogm, confifient Fedegallfls. The fedetal lpartyistlin-4” Creafing, and the republiclztn party dirlminifltingly andlin all prebability, the time is not far“remote,~ when name will appear to be Republicans, but thole,‘ who have renouttcegi the .principles of the Amefié can, and adopted the pppinlcziplles of the French Revllo-V‘ lution. Andif all the people in Amllerica werelndtat «tn to be dillinguilhed according to this criterion, WI'lO'*’lfl l Gain believe; that one in ten oughttolbeecalledilaifle-st publlican? The truth is, all the Atmeltican people; except a few indtilviduals, who have been; corrupted: by French politics, are fentimentallyFederalifis. A Permit melto obferve, in the lafi place; that this Anniverfary properly belongs to the‘Federalifis’,:t who ouglzttolimprove it, in promoting the bell in-vi terefls of their clountrly.e is prefumption in Re... ‘ publicans It)" claim_ this day as tjhelrotwn. 'I-‘heytare the 1'-nen,whlo laave .unifoxrmly applauded‘andju{li- efiedlthe Frenclt Revolution in all its tutmings and windings, and who {till pant aftetf =Fsench.Zibe}l,‘2: and t ggmlizy. ll Can theyhafve any ju{’cVpreten’ce«l;,t0 'cevle—-j bratep the America}; Relvolutlironi’ pNo_; they are apoftates from the true principleseof the Revolu}-' align, and; 9*‘ ccufeguenlyea ap,9fiatcs’efr9mP“f*F€d~ V W H l ,¢ra1l~ Q2 eral government. It is ahlhrd in the extreme, For ' their Orators, on thiS"cla.y confeicrated to commemo- rate the bell ymoralneligious, and political principles, to trumpet the ‘corrupt ‘principles of democracy, an, airchy,inficlelity,and atheiftn, through our enlighten» ed and well-.-int:lo€trinated nation. Let true Feder-~ "elills expofe Afuch hare--faced abufe of thisitnernorial of our national Independence; and convert it to its ' proper end, "which is to promote our national prof» perityand happiinefs, _ . It is a part of the proper bufinefs of this anniver- , V fary,l to enlighten the people into the pure princi» , ples of our Federal Conlltitutiou. r If they could on» ly be convinced, that our general government is founded upon the principles of our late Revolution, almoll every man would be entirely fatisfied. All {gem to be,» agreed, that all our politicians, who brought about the revolution were true patriots, and meant to fecure therights and liberties. of the people. IF, therefore, the people in general could only be made to fee with their own eyes, that thefe true patriots, who brought about the Revolu-» tion, aéled upon the fame prinoiples informing and, M adminiftering the Federal government, all theirt groundlefs fears and complaints of the Federalille wouldiinflaynstly ceafe, Let them itnprove, there-, fore, the happy opportunity, which this anniverfary affords them, to diffufe this neceflitry and ufeful in-~ V lhjufition aymiongthe people git large 3 that they may V only appreciate, as well as cheerfully obey, the ex» eellent government under which they live. i A It 3‘? ts ' I or | at -“‘u'”' ' to It ts alfo very plrope'r, on th1s«anmverf’ary, to ex. amine the meafures of thofe in the adminifiration of government. They are liable, through igrzorancé or defign, to commit great miflakcs ; and it belongs to the 1p~eopl'e to fclrutilttifze their conduét, andlpre4‘ vent the fubverfion of the Conftitutiton, whichl is the grand palladium of their liberties. All ourrué lets in the federal’ governrnenlt ought to he tried by A the llandardtof the Federal Conflitotion. If they violate any of its fundamental‘ principles, in the laws they make or the affts they pals, they ltatttl condemn; ed for th e abufeof power. It is in the‘ ftzale of the Conftitution, they oughtto be weighed, and,eif' in that fcale, they arehfountl wanting, they ought either to bedroppecl from offihce, or fuffer fome‘ feverer mark of public dlfpleafure. A If attempts have been ' made, of late, to warp our Conftitution, and by de- A ltroying its checks and halancesyturt-A1 it intoarnon-y archy, or a democracy, thefe attempts ought to he viewed as unconflitutional and arbitrary. ‘Now; therefore, is the time to awaken the vigilance of A all? the true frienda to their country, and excite them to guard‘ and defertdtthat excellent government, which colt tl‘1e-tn fa much blood andltreafure to obtain. Thiseday. callsto remembrance the bloody fcenesof the late Revolution, when the flower of our nation -perifhed in the defeneelof their laws and religion ;; and when the die: was cafi, by the Declaration’ of In- dependence, whether wetfhouldlive as freer-mtenl, or die as rebels. If we only keep our eyes fixt up.» 1 l l r V 5 l to Q3 A V eiii On theVprinci.ples of the Revel time, which were wrought into the very elilence of mm" general gicilvx- ernmient,L we may eaifily determine, from time titne,wihethexieou1; rulers purifue _Itieafures, wlzich euiglut to alai-mw our fears, and roule our exertions to %defend our civil and religious’ liberties. "Let us api- ply the rule; , let usjudge with impartiality; and let us evtenttmilly ias-wifdoni and dutyihall diélate... Above all, let t1tsethiistiay,pila.§:e an unlhalten con» iicienee it; Cod, .tl}e threatening aipefle Q‘? eur arpuiblilc affairs. t.Tl::ou‘gh out natioti is dievieleciitnto parties ; tthough the vJl1eels‘o)fegg,yern~ ment%VVidrag‘l1eavily; andtthouglt the very feunldag» tiioris of civil andtlreligious orclerbegin to trembt-leg; yet let us realize and confide.‘ in that ‘divine, overw- 1-1.1ili1~sg.:heanélfitiihmieh cQi14duEm’ced usithrougli the i’t<_arms« arid tempeifist ‘of the late Revolution, which teflabtm» lilhetl ourprefent government, and vviliicbiisVitil4l$aible to ftreingtihen Maintl llpreiietvieviiit. A dltis eafy fer Cod tfo%mil"e inilruments and iiieviiife means for our “ pul)lic:V lifaFety';« eintltoavett the tlreatiiul calamities, which feem ready to overwhelm :us; ‘Let ustliisq Y iday fetup our “li3Z5”e7zezer, laying, fiitherto “bath the Lord helped us.i’ And while we griatefiiuilly recognize A the ~w%oinclers%0f his pal’: goodnefs towards our ri{'--it M flingfnaltion, let us humbly hope;,%“thatil;1e will not eailzi V ittui3.oiF,t butibr tl1isV%nedme falte», trfgke gs botlt holyiantl“ “ 4 llthlawa undettheelinfluefmt 0‘ ihifr ;\_1h0ly>.fPir£¢’ 3“? tenderthefmiles _<>if' .4;t1"1§s‘~ p0WclrfulaI1”dWm¢hfu1 mvsdenceu :A'MtEN« W