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Corpora magnnnimo‘ fzxtis ,ePc"}im'I’i,rafi'c Lconi,  % ‘ 

Pugna fuuru finem, quum jacet hostis,'halhct. OVIDJ
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The Diffiaficm nf Information, and Arraignment ef a1l.Abufi:s,;
at thc%Ba;- of th¢‘p;;b1ic%RqaVfon%,      %

% V “   ""  %%Prcfid~eri1;’"]'é7-fI'crfon’s Speech.

% -«-—-nut£~:4'£!1-:~1§nni--- _

“ I wifla finccrely, that your good Example, in endeavouring
to bring the People: of thcfe United States more acquainted witlx the
Laws and Principl-csof ‘the-.'ir Govcarnmentz, w;1s' followcd.-—--Thfiv
only rcquirc a proper Undcrfianding of them, to judge‘ rightly on all
great National Qgefiions ;‘bg;;, unfgrttznatcly, infinit¥c$mor’e Pfiima.
is takcm to blind them, by one D;;_£cyvmjf6n of Man, than thcrc is to
open their’Eyes by the other ;‘v-:,\i%l?iic: 1‘*i%, in my Opinion, is the Source
wt‘ moi‘: «of the Evils we labour _m1der.?’ % ?~ % % §

Gan. %WAsn1Na'fi’o'N.’s _Lctter to Judge Axtmzscm,
« %d'atcdyg_;th March, 1799.

 Nnwvronlw (.RZvvdc*»Is*I¢;11d) Pri‘n tc“2d“a’c fhe Ofiac‘ cf the: Nfifporu
% % M Mercury»--A-.1891. % V

At a1\/Icctifig of the State Society of Cx1~rcIm~u'r_x,
A V jab: 4th, 1801:,

RESOLVEQ

A % ATA H A T the thanks qf Ibis Society 17: presented to
WILLIAM HUNTER, Esq. far 2/36 0 R A T I 0 N,
this Day deliwered, an 1176 /1mzz'*z:ersaryqf' flmarican Indc»

Jpz.-nakncc ,r-Av and that Cal. Archibald Crary, CoZ.-Henry V 

Sherburnc, Col. Ephraim Bowen, 'wz'tb zbe Secretary,

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wait on Mr. %Hunter, and regucfi /vim zaVfurr1i;9b Ibo? S0’: A

05:!) witba Cqpy _.fi2rV1’ubIz'catwn.  _ A  
 A :   ‘A A Extraét frgmthe Minutes :

ROBERT RoGERa,&m%‘ .

Era -rum‘

SOCIETY 01? CINCINNATI;

% or -run.‘ %
A-STATE 01+‘ RHODE-ISLAND.’
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rnonovmczn AND rvnnrsrrzn AT 1-um: nnqvxsrfi

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wrrn: SENTIMENTS or HIGH nzsrzcrg

TNSCRIEJEZD IIY THEIR. OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,

TnzAUTHOR

4 A A Enxow-iCn~xzl::Ns,l

 l A   HEN, if ls confitlcred, Iinéler what peculiar
bircumflandesl, I havel been in‘duc,cd to accept, the giharc
‘lalfigned me.,¢in the clelcbt‘atiol11lof thislclay,-——1hlope and
I believe, lafl’eé’c3:tlon  will ‘not: bebimputedlto brim.»-=-4VVhen
‘IA declare‘, Ibbineverlrofel, in any aflbmbly, with more un-
feigned (liflidence “and ‘appreherifivc embarralTment.-~
Thcjrequlefi of the Socilelty of the Cincinnati, came ta
Vmp, follatc, alsmlollvrcclude any idea, of formal or elabo-
“bratlel preparatilon ; butlit Cami: lllikewifel recommended
by lfL‘u:‘.l1‘ma1'ks‘: of honorable corxficlbence, accornpanicd by‘

" luch friendly promiles of indulgenbcel lbr irnperfc.é’tion,
1 and apology fo1~e1-rm-,, and fo enforced by the pcculiar
inte;reft,‘tha1i focietybaveinl,t11;el glory of this lclay---thai;

N I felt llmyfelf obliged "not to‘ clifobey fo ulrlgentland re re.
fpeélablel an inlv%itation.--A-I feel too further elneouragled,
when‘ -I recollcfi, that Ihave to addlrefsl you, on a fubjeél:

A on whicl1XrefclarChl bilslnot only unnecellary but ‘ufclcfs.
 ”Wl1¢n* I fpealr. of the acquiifition of our Independence,
”   cf the chm-msofl freedom, A of the invaluable blefiingsl of
‘ Ma Cronlllitutionl uniting liberty with ordc‘r,3 of a wife ‘ad--=

' l   1 miniflratiorz

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In7iniifi,ration eontriving‘. good, and diffufing benefits»-g-1'?

have but to utter, in the prompt and unpremediated Ian», M

guage of the moment,» the infiinétive fentirnents of my

_ own heart, the invincible opinions of my own unden-

fianding. And I {hall find thofe feelings and opinions
accorded to by you with correfponding harmony, with
anticipated conviction and zealous co-operation.

We alliknow, this day is confecratejdas the fabbath
of freedom, the Lfeflival of reafon, the jubilee of our in-
dependence; that it commemorates, one of the few re-«
volutions, whofe objeét was the univerfal good, in which
the prize obtained was as valuable as the blood thatiwas
ihed, in which the chiefs were aétuated by pure, and
difintereiied motives, and the people contended on found
and rational principles, for their legitimate rights and
inherited liberties. i In firi€tnefs,i perhaps it waswno re-
arolutiqn.~—«It w,as,a,., natural feparation, -.:§fi‘eé’ted in the

ifnllnefsr of time,i”o”fithe larger countryi, from tl1e,;lefsp.-«=5-~

‘ child was of iaige,ii—land ichofe noilongertolabouruné r
éyyrler _t%he,,plegtal jjdifabilities of infancy, much leis, under
 flparental opprefliion, but determined it to exercife
_the_»  andwlegal “perogatives kofpinianhood.--A,t it the pe-
, .§1jlilo,d,;lvv{l1ien aonrl difierencesrbdgyan, the ableflyminifterthe

,annals of any country can boait, had t tight Britainher‘
gfirength,, and made Europe tremble at it. in Our mother
_~(,;3ou,ntryl was then proud in glory, flufhecl with con-
fque;{i,,and,elate with i, the joys of..ii'nccefsful poW"er;, ..But
;_i1*er fttnation was rather, fplendiclwthan a.profperous,ii,iaIid
;'“'v|Vh:¢‘r jyifitories a while they ezfzhaufied her. refourccs, had
,.fliInullated ,, her iaavaace.l - ?T.he; icompaét with the Colo-

iI;;,ie3sl,,py;vaspl never accurately defined, andluntilithis period

,1; xvtrirefn ,it.y_waisiconeeived theyuérnight rninifier‘ topthe ne-«
Q icieflities of the S,tate,_tl‘1eir importance was nieiver, duly

,apeprecilate,d.l ..The right arrogated by Britain,‘ am,uDt-

 A fubftarlccxittoithra-t~ of ‘mkinel 311 ouriiipr0P6ri¥r;iWith~
, i‘;o¢1rt;_p,a,:;u}3oo11fent.“>The afliertlion of this principle,,, even
   orb    i  t   hi it ti " ' tease.

before .%it WasA%~~acc,o%m%pani¢d A with an ~a;tte1npt» to? gnfprce
iI;;,,waf;; fufficicnt to rqufe the attention and 1'€g:f_lfia.nceWpf

M this4country.»-ea-'I'hisv%,rcfifla.nge Aer3n2y:1a,t:e%d; from that 1111.;
mnquerable .":1‘I)w.iI‘,‘L.l‘t.“‘ o,ffrc¢.dpm we Incl; cL‘e1‘:i;Vs=du from Qua‘ A

%‘2LIi¢e{tors.-:—-T4h,e11urfg:of‘grea,tthoug11t§%ar1dma,gngnimous
iI11i'eflfEi.0,I1‘-5?, a’fp‘iritMt”h at fiimulated by a:virtt1;0u,s; jflmloufy,’
Iiadvgnlafgcd and e%1ciVaIcd our" conceptiqns«mand:iin,» thg

“ Iangfiage qfMi1tori had, like the inf»1 u~cn;c"§ o£%%AH%ca,ve:n,”,:

xaitifig-;Ad and en1ighte*ncd% our n1indsL+—+We kn§w,Awr;rady,

‘mired, \w:;1ca_v cd, ‘fthc %conVPcitution of om‘ mother coun-gs
t~ry,*the% p,I’i11Ci~p1¢.S_‘ ofhe1t%Qo~mmQIjL1a+w, tl1e~.e_flf'entia_1% "anclj;

V  (;h?grt¢rs,_ angi vib1atqdM_thg‘4c1o1i§pa6t of (mi

£unda,mentalma:<irr;‘s of‘h%cr1iber;ti*cs.-rT11e fpirin c2.§ci1:a;c1;
here was the fame that inflchc prcirious? century ,ha;d th;cir¢,;
gppofed loans, bc%nc:vQ1¢nce%s,4  and fl1ip-money, a.nclra.s~
Chatlaam has cxpAArefI‘evd; it, ca,11eclAAa,11 England-on;its:1¢gs_,;[
and by the bill of rights vi~ndi“c:aAted%%t11e Britifh co1;1Pcitutio.n..n
0urVr&evq1ution4 did not po4mm:n;:cc Win‘; a%~firugg1e«to4%Arcp¢L;e
am irr_;m,odi;;;tg:;2;g'grcflidt1.%_ We wcric 1rzoAtAh~urriz:Vc1in;co fcsgf
fi‘fta_r1c;:c by vtllm ‘fling qf :i:mmedi2;.te f4Q‘pp%re?ifi0%n.~mW¢A“an.tai;.1
«gipate%c1Athf¢ evil, a,nAc1Aju%cl:gcd qftlm %pr<;‘Lfl&'(1r¢Vo.f the Tgricvaf
since’, by th_«: badnézfs; of the pri%n%c;i‘p1c%.~.#-And% as ‘it ha,s;~
I,a:een~wcl1wfa,id, we wgured miAs~;g;overnVn1cnt at a diPca.1:1c:e:-

-5-eeandj fnufl’t thy: a.ppro,ac;11 of tyranny in‘ Aevcfiytaintedii;

g’a1c.. 4 We fq.pn;pc 1?~.(_1¢ijVcd', t11‘a';t; Gqrc:a.Vt+ABArita.in  ;i.ef::~z‘ant..;

gcpd from 11cr¢11,atut1a1. Vaifcétioxis,” a,;n<1%a1icna;1:¢d4from 1161*". *
mofi c[ndc,ar§vdM[em‘0ptions, that with 3, b?ofomM$ fricnd{hip:,
fp_urcd into,uf1p.pvp,ea.fa.hl1.e ha%Vtrcd~,» flue nojlongcr fmi1e_dup%o.nf
1515 with par&cnta1A fqndn_efs, I-nutL,1nd.ger:thc: pretcncé of pro-.-TI
tc€t_ion, op,prcfl7ed_;us‘ with %affli€tivc*%*“cXa&ions,m«We ‘re:-Afi

’ fufad hcr fpcc_;.ious bo..u.nties,when'fl1c ha.d%%infufcd"%.poi»f<im»

into thcir four:1ta.ir1.+ Wh_pn fl*1cxAtrc:a.t.c‘Vd us; w%it;h;7 ncglééizh

' We did I101.‘ reproach hpr, when flmi: governed u:s ?by afi-5:

ffiéftion, A We rcjoiccd in and acknowledged her fupcrin-A,
t'.ending%a.uthor1ty." But when ihc»cauf'elefs1ya.nd'ci?u<~:1ly*%
cfhangtad her condufl, ~ Withdrew%h¢r afFc8cions, +*inf1Ei;nged+

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w+cVdi%wit}1dr‘éww" ‘om’ allegiance.’ It w %asx1ong.; howeiierg
before vs5ré‘cou1d$expe1 from our ibofoms o%%su<r..o1d *?a*tt‘ac}i.;.
.mentAs4-9-our A honefi A and ;; %iheredita'.r574 A% prejudices:-é=eWe
lingered around the manfion :ofou1*~fa;thVe”rs, wc fl{<cd from
itwith reluétant dxfobcdience.--—VV%cA.werc not impelled
 mérc 1%ovc of Achangc ;” we were: ccmvairiioed“ th:”ac%%%Anroi‘
thing 3but the2m%ofi“ imptnious nefcefiity '1 could fijufizifyi ire?-V
fi{.’c:ance.--4We%fonc11y,%V varicdi, and rcnewéd our attempté
at re"%conci1iation..¢——%‘Wc appaaled %to'ythc jufticc .LofVthei
parliament, and invmked’ the mercy of the peaplew-a-‘W5
qI1ote%dL7t~he'ir*%Aown laws ; i we claimed the benefit? ofI%t%hJei1=?‘
Owxi>confi.itut'1on. ~ Wc pathetically fupflpilicatcd theA*kin;:;
dred fpirit of VF.%ng‘1%iifl1%liberty--w-t%hc: guzuvdian of our Amu:-.2
tual happinefs,» and the-3 impartial defender of our c¢om-i<
Inon?‘eaufe.»-w-But, in Britifh coufrficls, “j %%ma.cInefs.:VV:‘*:1%u1ec1*
the; hou7rA ;1”~ %Eng1Va.nd w%ou1d4hav% e forcctl us to dr‘i;r1k the
cup:?o§mhuini1iationL to the very d'regs~e-and have com-
pcl1edus%to u.r1conditio'na,1~ fl1bmifli0n.--«But A'mer:iIca§r1s%,*
taking; ccunfel from their couragez’, nobly ref01vedwto'
hazard “:%a11--.-to»feek freedom through “yeafrfs of»toil,: ":.md=
feaé oéf ¢b1r»od*.  ut, holwrwzms this rczvtolution <§ond?L16’ced 37
comp’arcd% to pfmany. which preccde.d,? and ondwhich has

fo113c)”w:e»d%,i12%;~e+-~it%prefentod the ”ca.1m% ‘ and ‘quiet of A r-cguw M

latcdj .foVcicty—-+it'wa.sV afifingular wphenqmcnon, A a, civi£l'

wan ‘waged wit11{mi1dncfs; Aa rcvolution condzzéted with;

a1_*dVer.¢;,;z;%'I?her<2.have: been too many attempts; of 1ate,‘:toA

&c“feAnd% ~dur ‘réevolution, 1ip,on* %:wrc>n5g7 :princi%p1es»-—at~o4 a;ttri;,i.

butq to im firfi mznvers ‘vvxzongx motives, and tovforce 

4m;1nca‘“ ana.1ugy$ b,etWcen:¢;Vour».re%zmlzzrion;_ and the F1~e1ich”
‘mheraién. ‘ % 3 %      .    %  1    % A

 in propoftic3n‘a*c%:we arejjroud of the American

A qfiaraéier, we ought% to " refift ‘this’ % attempt, and..; repel this‘
A;cE:ufation.-+1-VV4e4%% invented ;no:~new princip1es~.~»+“ we?

mdvedgwithin definitc limits for a. definite obj'e€t4.”.4.....V
Our. Was"groun‘ded*.on: law,  asto itsxcxificnce not»

. ' 419ni.§d. byth¢~ Who1e;na;ti*oIx~:a.glz;in%it \i:=hoLm we: contended}?

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'A1‘1d‘asA 1:6 A its %cAoAirreé’t ipp1ica;tion',I 6AAA4acknowI"ctTg‘cc1 
mofi Ven1ight¢ned~;amlA1:efp_e&able. flporti”%on of that nation;

M--L--Jt was '1'2lW-2+-:Kis1;),:fUp,[3(>17TE of which its: ablefi :tApe:nsAAAAAAAand:‘
mbfi crloqucn’ -1zm~=:+gxz”esy had bé:c11AA.éxe1~c.id"ed,::“; and »its_ :gre a.t-afi
A¢f%IAfpi1‘it~s 1i=aw::a6’ced4 and fufl'a.i:¢;d.»%A I 1 Our: objeéhwas my
have the Vbexicfitsa ‘ofathfat iacknoW1e,d% cd_  .:War.

wits‘ i‘ not one of ;;azAxibitio1A1A% or AA;;g§ra%nAdizem»eht; lbu't‘%“Of

i:icA(e: aim M r1eceAflity.~;-JWe fwefrck oa(::oAn'omAic2Ll% of blbowd, an d}
conduflced our«unhap.}5y Mbut§;ia:1W;it=a1=3I.e c.ontefi, as ra.~tional-

arid zLcco11A1=iit:z:.b1?2fi beingAs:; Thrflegvvild, del;ufiVfe;  fafdi-F
1:1a;tiI1g‘,N.bL1t“T:f£:1IitH:fiiC- thcc)1:ics'. of liberty; and%equi"a1itjr, thcf
m‘Yspring‘A :fof}?ff mod=emA f:imes% were never adoptcdr by us,
much1efs~fu=rioi1‘fly propaga.ted.AfL   “  41      
«THAESE. p%rim«:ipIeAs,: forapic1A'i’n%¢their movem.e.nts,~;fou
t”e»i€rib1e:‘;iAn'tlmir:A perve-rfion, Afo f- ra11y;Ac1efiru<f’LAive in their~

£:0An;feque,nccs, were ill fuited toAQ111‘_ notions of Afa.fe,‘, tor.»

dcrly ‘andyiprafiicable freedom.  A , A .'   » v  .
; «Nofrw1'rHsrrANDmc it has been \c1e+c1ared‘Aby twhoau-A-IA
thor‘of the Declaration of Inde,-pe"ndcncg,A“fi tha.1:_a11 rriem
ZLI‘.‘€T'C1”E21t€d equa1.,A”Ayet¢th~is to: uAs;,A was nova, dangero”us=
I1?OV‘t:‘1ty', becaufe though badly eXpr efl'ed, it was rightly
underf’cood.A V _ . A ¢ A A "A A
IN the:-.ye;. of mu?An%icipa.1 law equality is afacred prim;
ciplc; wh:ic:hi only tyiranhygud iArijAufiice w'111%vi;oI;a=1:e, it is
the %groL1.nd4woA.r*k+w ::~%0f%mu‘t1f1aA1;A1"a;f'cty, arid the bafisgof all

judicialdecifion. According to itsprecepts, opulencg

eanrclairn’ no”pAr‘cfe‘rence,;rank:no%pre-eminence.« % A A

% 7”  BU'I  cqua.1iAty,. in its new fenfe, as a. po1itica1Atr1jthA

l=‘1ifCOVc1‘Cd.by" wmctaphyfical fubtilty, We never havc*he15a.
aclcnowlcd-gcd,” ‘However fpecious or even fublimcleinr
theory, we kn ow theimpofiibility ofafcertaining its 1%imit,s.,,r

2g_nc1i‘ts_confcquent liability to abufe in pra&ic:e.* V _ IT

 * Far :1 copious illustration qf ibis suzbject,  a1(1d I11; .r'bAurAc¢ qf tbcse

rgflcctions, we rmdcr :'sTrqf'erred to a quark  Jufidriaf merit, ‘ “
firos/Jcct a/‘tbe relations '-zuizicgla suésist lwt.{zum,°§z #58 Fféfifib R¢fi1l_5'11€;%;
and tZre‘.Hcl*rJct1'c ;Ba4y,"4“ qurittcn in Ircizcb éy 0 5301,35 and at Rejzuis

iiyunufiblcucl Weiss, mm-.6” qf t12¢Caum:il ¢"_’fB€7‘?W‘~

. “Ire it bad; &A.1ie,thé.t+all; vIita<.nkind atieoeecreeteded‘ ¢.qu.:->31“-g-_~mf
gtnd? if it?  logical dedufition from I tl1isn,pofi_tion,f1:ha;t
every: :.one is” entitled “to the fame righttsn--a.nd if this
lS0uth,ern States, e3;o1ude.[ ftfom the cxerlelfe of efvelry
right 3; ‘.:fli€:it+?l .NegT%roesv, [forming the? lalrgefl . portion. off
tlgelt populatiorie  V  ~ do 'w1e,T 7in"ttl1is;:~Sta.te,.t infift
on certafinl‘ qualifications; to bellow the righte"of;fuffrage .7:
 do all the States, and all the World, exclude the
other fe3;f1:o'rn;al1efl1a.re in government ? They are the
fairefi, the molt a.rn_ia,b§,le, and in general not tl1el1ea;.fi;
intelligent paftt of ma.r1kind.l The truth is (wha.tev“eu
may be ptetencled to the contra;-y)~uti1lty and Cxpflre
dliency are the only vital 'princlple‘st of good government
llflave,‘;é,nd thofe; Alike flavelsgdlwhdo ate extremely‘ deg.
‘evident, e1tt‘remlely”igno.ra§nt, extremely indigent, and
fiercelybarharousg, ought tqsbfie excluded from alltfllare
i~ulgo:fernrTI1etnt.-1-¢Fo11l a. Very contrary :rea.fon,, among
others,Hought thelfaii--{ex to be excluded;-+4-~intereIling,

 

 

 

 

  fa.fc:'ina.;ti.ng, with power.‘ to direét us at their will, anldj

eqieecifeladeufpotile. fvv_a.%yr ofvter our atfteétioons ; once to a.d~.i
mitted, they could command every fuifrege, man engrofs
3 éornfp:1ete‘dlmonoopoly.of power.~—-~The rt-ifes, and fall] of
Em§pires,the fate of na.tlons. would depend on theograeel
of.pet»fori_l,lollorl the beauty: of features, don; the llulftretqf anj
leye,”len,u1et~conmur of :xbofo‘m.f ” A‘  " ”'  V A A‘

Loon: atlnaturet, tfl1eluo whereprefents the imege ofi
equal‘i_tly.?t  Her operzttiontf and pro;du€’tiot1s a.te% infinitely
dive1*fi4fiefcl5;“ v Her ltupendoués. whole is bound togetl1e~r,fljj§
.3? tconootenzttedtlll*lferiV%esA of..g1*a;ldatio.11s and inequalities, task
fillatlll ”   A  U ‘V ‘L d A     A 
 WV‘!   7"?‘ Gzoldlem ctv¢lxl~=11’C§'T8”ll Clifiinfgo . g l l A , ;

. W“ T,7Vhof'e llx:ong.o.embrm;e, 'l'1{«.:Ml(.lysM_IjttF_V§tVC11%,A_‘\i?lVl'1VE.l earth, and main.”

., l;.Dg;;st;u;o thefeuo gradations and. inequalities undo you via
elagtethe lam invert meolplm, ind annihilate the A fyftem of
wneitutre.-mg-And as it has. been happily_il111fl:ra.ted.A--Low-,
dr but tl1e,fu~ittmits‘»®f the mountains 2Lntl1e~ve1 the furfac?

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l 451*’: the‘ eéafth, ailclfroifi thafilmoanmt tlucifclwilll   A 

921- vallics fior riVerls,,:circulaltion-vorfvlsgatzitiora,‘ tlmre cam

rerriain no mcium q€ll'.h"¢ff*"lan}.l iinivcirfal laridity hr cmbifi
gencralinuudatim will prevail;   one of hi-i~llp.rédulc;;l
tions is naitmfcrmmlé diverfificcl lahd'un~equal than ~inthat;:
of man.é—--Shafill ;1m":l C(3II1vIDa217E3’Cl‘L8;‘j7ll1“"lfl€l‘~OI".‘Ilf‘ybl1l plcafclthcr
mama? farclinaryl ta".lr¢nts who; ;;:;ga:zl¢ S‘ at the lvdafluing crf
w”ax*esl;,%*or amules hlimlbllf with thebeautiy anldllvarilety cit‘

the {hells on the flmrel, to N‘Ej‘WTO‘N who comprehending ‘

'lZhiE‘.(l21l1‘l‘C;l'(_)wl: that iarnmelnfczly fubliitfxe objeél the bcceari
thatl:layllbefm°c them,  revalve: in his mlighty mind this
theory bfttildles and th*e¢p‘owcr% lznflasttraélcionwéand is led by
the l‘cl?onftemp1atilon of“‘i‘].\ mturcs Worksup to  G:*o‘d.’3

 IN the moral wlofld, let:b;1t:t}1e,fcythclofcqualifiy,inoW * A

down.m«mm level, all ;the gx“:x.cll°a3:il"c>“1:1sl: ancl.elcva’gi0ns of
focietyg. wh a;t.aly dull anduninltererfling flat, vvoulld prefcnt
itfelfiwl-{W;ith*nothing,above laim; to i<‘~avh7at could 1'r;anllaf~‘

" .$p'i!1*e’l,?; i =  ‘,lhelré.'*wou1d  aféfivity,émd.'ind-1_1fb~y} E:  

th.é~fpi:rlit‘7of cmu:1afidnl?. .Wh‘erc the proludlll (lilll'.lIl£fi0I‘l;B3 ‘

”0f’I.;.‘x2”l1‘tll¢..?  The g:cr1’cnouslllremumxrations of ‘melrit?-MI
‘dwell the longer, on lthisichwimaficalll notion, for thouglr
/che illufiraltionl of its‘ formida.ble confequences is cabvious,“
lrandlits mefrutation is cafy---«yet Izropagatccl, by feéls anal

V {Dhi‘lof0p.hiflS., with inficliouls 1:13 dufiry, zu:1d,de coratccl‘ ivith
tithe lfi91endidLw1ol:t11*s olfl5c10qucnlr:c+——~it has in lreality bccri
 the wzzaufe of the dclufion of thoufand S, ofthe murder and
A mifericsafmilllions.  Via.gu€lykdcfir1red,erroneoufly under-.
lllilfiood, the multitude lllmve deermzcl lit, a certificate ofrigllf,
 .pe3mitting them 3120 lfcizde by violence, all that the llwifdoms

l()f'S'.tB.lICl5 hac1‘hithei‘t‘o witkuhleld, a. »pallport authorizing" l

. plunder and l7defilrué’cion.l»-«4-It? lms ‘begotten la. flats of war»

tare, of thc pooragainfi the '.tfllCl;1l;--=-?OflEl1"f3 ‘citizens, aga;inF£

lthofe Whom theylhavjcmappointeécl to: reprefent and lcon-W
  troul thc:r_n.»-+~I.tll;i11fa.llib1y wgaklcns fuborclination; infrin-A
   “ox#clcr.,; violates p<éa.ce;;: lcmdlangerzs fécurity,   ‘difcurbs‘

lwperircy and harmony.

II

 ;propcrty,l and lannihilaxes Etlljj.‘t;h‘€‘5fC3l1—'I'Cé—$‘ of:lpublic* pro{3 

Ix»:

in?

T

and metz1;phyfieia;1.i liberty féunrdfed Man? this equiaglidty ; for

, like 1‘ ether? K mere abfirafitionis, ewe“ irknewii it:~w:1s» not to be;

fouriiid;-¢m~Vie7'ie it did not with ttheax: bf ta :vai1dra1.,t level in at
momeht, ‘What ta.ite;, if indu.{irjf :1 and refinemente had been»
ages, in  ereétirig.4-as-—Un1ike;',t:;thier;r revolutioniiis in Franc e ?.
the righ‘ts»‘tTef man did: not 1Con"fiitute vitithieusgrni: a pt1eai,fo):;
the deflruétion of the rights:‘oifer‘tcitizen‘st§—+—We did not ufe
the fovererigntyii of the people, as a pretext forrtherfubvermr
fion.eorf.icivi1fociety, ;th:e ietextinétiont ofrrmora1ity,Wa.nd the:

we in #1:: anti reifohzitiori,  wmtendied. . né’5t;7   far an: abfifét@§"~

~ove1tthi‘dW pf re1i.giio‘n.~4We interfered: not with 5 the :con-it V

ce}rnsof ether natiions; wedid not arrogate to ourfelves 22,;
right iitor.d«i€ta.te%czonfizitutions, or drive powerlefs ebutun,-.;
oifeinding nations under the yoke it of our ‘domin~ation.-—-
:rI71liE;i:‘p=a.t1‘iOtii‘I1‘f1 animated, ‘ real injuries inflamed our

i ;fpirits”_; we fought forour.coi1ntry,*ouraltars, ourhornes

.  or, im pelleedri by rwilrdi ambit ion for fame; for plunden,

stir extended power.‘-9»-$MTc re: up no “conititution, as the

; para.g0i'1§ of perfeétion, andfthe model drfiimtitatiion;-—~§As

pthe.rido1, rbéibrdi which all the na.tion.s of the eart11,Ctve1#e

Iltc)“ fall down zlmcl worihipu-1--under.rtherpenalty ofheing
_cafi:: tinted “the burning ufiery furnace; of; our difpieafure.
No State has marked with terror theprogrefs of our ar-
rrnies, {presiding defoiation.-A»-1\To‘iStatehashad to mourn,

i sinrcpentzmce and uafiiiétioii, the tincurnbranee of rom-

...friendfl1ip..: We did not imitatethe crafty cruelty ofthci
., liyrantg who" ha;Vi‘flg all-ured  Vi¢9[iII1S 1 7120 Em.
..hra‘ce,_e as if in fport, the beautiful but lifelefs fiatue of a

F t,Veni1si, ‘found a dagger fpring ‘, from her iboforn, and

j—pi€rbe them to the heart, In what,V theng does this
rpretended tfimiiarityiieeof the French 'rev'o1ution to; ours

:‘ confifl EWIS. itbecaiufe; they threw down the mild mon-

archy of:Louis, to make way for thedefpotifm; of .Eena~
~tparte ?---.-is it becaufeir they have ereéted thr.e.r.immmTc
pyiraimide «of their power, upon the ruiniofiemipiresgwitll

» the hammer” whole nations, eanc1I.’ici:n1entie¢l it 3 with the

5 r   A,“ g  is bioqd.

n
-
0 cv

‘hloodir of millions E’-3-— liiowc fintllthis i*ef'erhbIa1'ice' in an
hxpiring C:0mI1‘1E:1”:C€', in a difcouraged aigritculture and an-
nihilated manufaélures .7’-“---——»ls~it., becaufe w’e.borroi2ved the
aid of revolutiohary tribunals, fanétioned, inurcier by law,

.o,n«;l encouraged, €i:ll‘E1fliIIi2ttlOn by legiflativebountic*sfi-‘—-15
it; in_th‘e itliot ritlicule of all religion, and boafiing profef—

{ions of mad impiety P----In the adoration. of afflatue of .

;1iberty, beipatte1*ecl with blood from the contiguobsiguil-
lotirae ?.a———l1'1,.the before unheard of worihip of a harlot,
—t1*icl;ecl out as. the goddefs of reafon, iirra gorgeous
drapery, fo thin and adheiive as to heighten, by afiieét-—
ring to iconceal her meretricious charms, to flimulate

infiead of fupprefling itmauthorized clefirc; Has any

~man here, been bold er-rough, vxith his ejrei: looking
_abroa¢:l on nature, feeing the poiwer of Goo, tleclaretl
in all his worlcs, from the inofs that creeps round

tl1eroc1<.:, to the fun that blazes in the heavens, in

Vwfullil (lay, with the reproaching blight of _thatifui1‘.j,

darting onliis head,_ has any man her’: been bold

. enough to deny his e.xifience,uto fpurh his rréercy,lto
«deride his power» E‘:---3'1‘ he French revolutionvcjas a

comet, :oot~one of thofe that Milton, has defcribed,

9‘ fl'1ak_ing,r from his horrid hair, pefiilence arid War,
and with; the fear of change, perplexing I‘/:'onarchs.,” for 

the imagination o1"l\/lilton, whom we have hitherto been
taught to ofizirmatc, “ as no plagiary from any thing hu-

1| man, but whofe lips we can believe, to have been touched,
a by ferapliini with hallowed fire from the altar of heaven,”

his imagination even, was not hold and wild enough to
realize zmy,aha1iogy of a French Rcvolution.i-we-It wars,» in

. ‘reality fuch a comet in the moral world, as the fears of

alironorners, l‘1iaveiprecliéi;erl is at fome fatal period ‘tonn-

e nihilate the natural;;~’-«~who,fe prodigious bulk, burfiing with
5 accele1'atedve1ocitj*,into awilclc ocentric orbit, and fedwith
flamiing; fires, is to cleflroyall the lawsof attra.€tion, and

 h;r<-:al«:. down all the balances of nature ;-a-L--intierfering with

. ‘D

613.5?’



*-our earth, rl’Cl1€‘jOl)€(?t:llef1t ocean muft O‘v*c1”tVl1€.l1T1‘1lS,l/fill‘
~ Wl1yi1‘led;;ro;ondii11 ceafelefs agitzv:i.ox1,xve mull be abforbecl
in Litslfiery bofom. 4 Our 1"(::VOtlUlZl0l'l, founded on mild,
V ~8.I1lCl.6l'1t.,‘.a11C:l€tl:‘lOW6Clpri11C.lplcS«.,t prel7ents to the mind’s eye,

1 a.ttbrilllilz1ynt planlet, owhich :itl1oug;l1l it formed from the be- A

gixmiog one of the ba‘la.m;es in tl1e.grea.t order ofnzitttre,
othougluit haritrolledforagesinunboumlecltl'paee,"~theibolom

_ of its ;GoI3,”’;’ and W.a.Stl{lI1Lllt:Cl- into being, when tth.el:1igl1eft

.f2ti;l let there be; liglutl yet, unfeen by mortal eye,unknoW1=1
 totmortal calleulation, it fudtlenlly glittereclin the front
V. of l1ea.v[en,~ fhetddingl ligl1t, landllife, aml joy.»--But it’ ap-

peared in purfuancc: ofthe1"egula,r, lteztcly zmdetemal
lmvs ofym-ttttre, intcomp‘-etion of the trrevocable decree

* of ;l1'1lfinilZ§3»l§.I1DWl6(.lg6 and omnifcient power, like the llar
to in thlellilalhtlae herald of good, the l'la1~bing:et1* of felicity.
 Axvayt \VIlJCl'lfIhl.S .pretended analogy! How is it,tl1at?clelu..
 “lion ll1aslTo.llo11g and powerfully operated, that tl1ot1fanele

llmve [t€tl{€.I1 pride, in what, if true, Woulcl have been dif.»
grace, and derived an imztginary confolation, lroln ace»

V ;p1oL1s,fource of afi:lié’r.ion.

  lI3rU1;‘.pe1*l1 a.ps,t they will idly deelcwe this‘ rel'embl.anee,

is ¢Z.?§1l1iblt€d in the filxnilamtcsu/Z of the two revolutions.--~

Are we then to degracle =our free zmcl happy conllitution,

V with the Conftitut'x,o.~“1 ,£.>.»:=<r*/.’7(z1/2.9 exilllng in France. Lillen

to the: llI.l1,CO.lO’Uf@Cl tlelbriptioxl of this goverI1ment, by the

 alisllyeilt tllatefmctzl of our t)VVI'1.C011Ht1‘y 't-‘* Behold a conffil,

lfottttezt years, eleéte-tl,y not by the people, but by a conl'er-
1 =mto:~yo fame, feltlcreatecl, and fell‘-€:o11tiz1uecl.—g—-Ozjgo
V brztnclt for tf<m;rteen..ltl1;e lothcar for ten years.--~Oxt1etllm1nol1

‘Wl1;”.:l1~ a. lfi-«ghtl to debate the law tpropofecl by the Conful,
but not 1:0fp‘FO}")lOll‘3;-+1-AT1O‘lI’l161’ branch.‘ with a~1*i;g§ht, “ne~i..

‘1 ytlter to Cleljate nor propofe, butll merely to allermt or clilflent,
 ; lowing to the people, lxtotlzittgllmtore ttha.netl;1e plmntorn
to 0ft*1”€p1‘€‘,lt"331I?ttlC‘rn.,' or the ufelefs p1*lvile§",5r;»:, of cle‘fi5gIiatir1*g
 oneartentlt of theirlwhotle mafia,‘ as ca.ntli<late.s i.m;lil'critni-

m.tel}*:foz*tl1e oflices of the ftate, a<:c"’ordi11g to the option

\

$5?

fluvvlutu-I-mun

of a eonfervatory f¢«natle,--4-Belaoldlll in i;"l1l'_sM 111agic%1a1iLlL

the1*r1 of republicanifm, the O.(.ll0.L1S form of rea1%defpo..
tifm, ,g'arnifl1cdV Mancl clefcr1cl~2:cl, by the bayanats of more
than five hu11dlred thoufzu1Admen,l in difciplinecla,rrVzLy.”-{-
V Our excellenttconllitutio11foundetlt on the tt1*ue,,princit$

plcsg Qf‘1lb6ll"lIy', a.clclomn1ocl;ttes« itfel1ftto.tt~the natlurlc-: ofma.t1,%V

andunites with th at liberty, 1':-llzmint. A ‘National ha;ppinef$,~
with the pcrm2Lne11tfecu:1'ity of that happinefs,is itsultia
mate and bc:nefic:er1It objeét;— to. tl‘11s‘eI1d all 0-lIl1€1‘t(3l)._l€':.faLS.,ll
muft be confidered only. as rmztns ;, even freedomitfelf,
is valuable only,‘ A as a, 4mear1sl indifpenl‘a,bly xllecelllarly to.
that end. I will not fay our CO,.I:1l‘)[lCutlO‘I1ll‘S perfexilc, but
it is the only one which, fomxeclby the tleliberations of

wifdom, has been vo.1unta.rily adoptetl,‘ Witho.uti tumultlt
---—-~withoult :1. fufpicion of in1%;arope%1*lin.flu§:11ce by a great
and intelligent nation.. But I do fay, let it in fubltance be; TL
perpetual. Spcclulative men may cleem it an imperfect
ti;on,ltl1”a.1:, in fpiate of the czxrefult Rtt}e1'1.tl0I1_’CO;ltS confltruc-all
tinm and the zttltemptatllniccalty lnoizgingy and adjufting its
balazlces, tl1elrc tllill reznttins  poweri in tpcrlu-.Lp,s %a.n«
iingle large State, j; to retard or defeat thce 0pv6_1-‘.atit0«1’lS«Qf?

t. m  A. .t  W the;
V -1‘ t Ham.2'!wn. . l - % ~ ) j M t ,

fit No ..$'t;;ztc: Wb;z.c bitlocr-tlol a/Jpearcd to Zia n~:r)‘”re '50::-vilzcecil‘ tbdn ozzfs"
cf :1»: neclessigi‘ qf a:'lZ2e7~z'ng to we can s-titution unaltered and im-
im/)cz:'rea’\..’ No alnswer fitamll any of tile‘ Swiss to wet Virgz'7:icz and

.Ii7¢ntuck,v resolutions, -zuas more manly, decided andfadcral than om-.5“. .

The same aversion to cbmzgc ~wasl1.».:?ld_upz'rz- our ans»:-vc'r' tor the
rmsolutions from the State cf Vermont. It wince: in nwsz: unequivcx;
ml language our attaclmzwnt to federalzbm, arid ccantairzs a distinct

j;anc.;g;yric- on we adm itz_z'.s~trzztz'c9n§s' botb of Wasbivzgtaiz and Adams. “ Our

.l.'.'qgz'.s-lczt1,:rc: agbfmzred to 6:: apprebenstive of tbe engrossing jmlicy oftxba .
ltirg-a stcz%tex*, and qfVz'r‘g'z'n-fa ~z"n particular‘ ,-.-__ and in tin: t/5: last cm« At
qf we small smtes». Tigzese %

saver it enlarged on tbs duties and: intern:-st:
an.s*-wars passed‘ *wz't/lwut ofxpasiltlion. %
«Hazy is it to 15¢ accazmtedfur was tbs polztzcs ofsomc mm, tben as

well asvnaw bigb in qfice. are so tuzztarialfii cbmzged. In their oficial V
capacities and uizder oficia! ras}57onsi:5z'iit:'e.s', tlugy scmctimzcd rwztb. tbatr W
names mzdmotes I/5835 qns*wers?......T12elast answer -was adoptedumzznzu ;
mcmsgy mlzztc: as _7~zmc 180.9. Wzfj it it tbcztt undxzr we unpr0P”‘fW~’>”g

WW 7 Vt l ._ , at H, ausfiztcagtm.

éf

 Vt hole»-Our experience, has taught‘ us’: ‘he appregue
bend, A that at fame unfoxétttnateamoment, a large flats;
byretfoltttely pu11ing$he1‘ie1f beack,’ Q1” hafiily th1*pwing
tierfelf fqtwatd, Jmay fnap the ligaments of the union;
gt; draw the ‘power A efé the tizhqle, concentrated ixatq
herfelgfi Sqo_'rr1e.‘:to_o_a qtteimloufly pe1*1’1;aps,% have deem;
ed it an impei-feétiqn ~ih pau.-r eonitittttiton, that we a1feno;t%t

~a;1—1Qwed to "enjoy i ‘f6-11‘-..1‘flO1'6 than ?%fQuryears,” in a1*etrea1-:1

from ‘gmeit, "the'de1icious ealmof public trariq1:t311ity.f

A ‘='1"hey may fiippofe this too great a flimulus, to th'ewar- 7

ring; ‘prejudices and pafiions of ma,n1<i11d.-5+-a./Ztxand that-the‘;

g;ca_“Qr1feq1;gent%exi17tence of parties,- with their alternate tri-A‘
txmphs; and defeata,¢do4es net afford, ea‘pr.ofpe€’c offproug
gfeffive i'rnp1*ovement; frpm the perm;anene_Vof any ’ad‘.._"
tntiniftratiqtt,-5-~'I‘hey fay, our cqnfiitution" p1*omifes,’ anti
hag h‘itI~£erto 1*ea1_iz:ed of bleflingsk, the rielt and luxuriant‘ *
harvreIt‘o‘f tmpickV”q1Viniates-~¢-~yet alike thofe climates, we 

are perhapég fentencedlto endure tin periodica1_ returnst.,;
the ealamity of a hurricane, ‘which may fltatter the fair.
fabric of our Afel¢’icity,“ fpread atnund us extenfive and

1f;ournafi.i1dAeef'o1‘ati:on, and with its ffequently attendant if

earthqualze, throw dtown the pillars, and fltake the fottn-V
aatietisef foqiett. it certainly  at! imP.erfe£ti.on in our

coxtflitution V

auspice; qf.tl2e saméltmen we lntzm: éeen szzdlcvzfy drczrwwiz, into ta-In: ‘var.-4 _

 tqf tV:'rgz'nz'mz pot.z,cwyi 4?. Was zlmitr fmtnzerc conduct artful, dissent.-_%

élingt and. frczzzdulentzf ,7“ of lzatxe they sutldenafy Vmzlcvarmt their farzrner t
¢9pz'm'ons., and r-cp¢1zted.r'.3/'wbat" (lacy 22010 £13670: 1561"? ,f077N.¢’7' errors 3; A
or do tlvqy. adopt fl71dv"€j‘tibt éy turns, tan} qystrmz ofj)olz't.ztc.s',_federaZ on", t

iz‘nti-«federal, as“i'taszu't;9tt/Izeir purpose .3----Arc tingy. patriot: qf steady

minds anciicndeviatfng .f?1:'I:72C4!Tf)1l§‘.$f, or baw tbgz a’db.«_:i'¢*(X tq qnytplan 
p.f':.lz'r_¢yt; 6zzi"."zt£aa2: 6}]‘70*£'1tczi12z’ng ojica. enlarging patranagg, and securing <
cmolzmmzt ?m.Sztre{;.rt tlvasa wbo for1ner%{jitzzcted_..wu£tZ> t,b“em.,z'12 :zp)'2c'1rc7zi-A A,

gwincidéncae :23)’. opt.r“m'az1'“Zxatz‘c‘ a'%rz"g/5: to demand’. an azzsvzuer t.o tjvcse qua:-,.

i?z‘a’n.r.%.:  Candid iznmyers e%:>cfil:'¢£t_[y gitz.a1:%M71zig1:t too, in we jbresmt statev 7
Qf'pczrt‘%:e..s't ltave the éesttefact. These a.n.mwj3 -would fzerlmps acanstzl r
flute an czm,{.>lc apalogyhfiar ttzlweir z'n¢jonsz'stenciea, and con*vz'rtce us tbaq,

igabat bas..t.bé .af:jmara_nce qfT§indefansz'(3lc treacbery and tergivcrsa;_iq)g“
.)§f'z~a2_zl1,«.6a_2¢n2‘¢:;5lc, anclpqtriotic re{2c2zt_qzzcao_ 

17.‘

Min ‘

;eonflit'ution arifing though from 44 the limitecl"powers of
the humanmind, A that it rhasrlnotl ‘ilprecilion of language
adequate to thecliflicult. ttaflt“ or rclefiningfthe ciiverfilied
powers ofour various and interfering authorities, and
that ulliee, crulliedlto pieces, by the collilion of %confli£St«l\
ing jurifdiétions, will frequently be dep1ored,*“as the

w%eteping and bloody vigitim, of this inevitable cleficien-j
ey.-«—-l—But “Hill, I would iezaclairn with the ancient barons.,i

‘9‘I2olz:zr2usflmzrrm'i{” Let us refill; innovation, andlbeirvare of‘
pretenclecl improvernent, however fpecioufly propofed,

in this age ofralh adventure, and heedlefs eXp€1"ln}eint.—--ri
The ehalle ionic liruétttre of our conftitution, admits not

a '_

abrilliant burclen, an incongruous exerefcence, which

the eye of’ legitimate tafie would tlifapprove, and the
virtuous, andindignant difapprobation of our country

i tlefiroy. Yet flander, “ more cruel than the fworcl,” has-._

imputed to Tome ofthe belt charat‘?ters of ourcountry._. the
very framers of this conftitution, whomone woulclnatu»
rally fuppofe to be fond of their own work, and who by
their aétions have fhown the molttonfirmetl and partial‘

the Corinthian capital of nobility, and a crown would be

aiieétioti for it----«it has attributed to them, the firange and A
r,himeri-cal notion of introducing monarchy and arifioc-t» '4

racy. A And this calumny was propagated by artful am-—v

bition, autlt caugltt at by ltupid eredulity when the-fer
'ahara€’cers were in the dutiful adminiliration of their
regular authorities, under a confiitution they had {worn l

to fupport, that guarantees a republican form of govern».

lment, that excludes i~‘l:ars.,*titlies, ribbands, and allthe
abfurcl gew gavvs" of artificial pre-eminence, and defines‘ V‘

with unexarnpled preoifion, the form of eleétion, the du.
ration and extent of the powers of its execiutive-+~Wet
have too much reafon to believe, that thefe artful and
dangerous calumnies, were meant merely as a cover to
dark deligus, and unwarrantable intentionsr--the IDCTB

liufi‘ and firaw of a party,V«erfed in ltratELg6m$, burnt to

raife

,Il,3

V

“i9aife%ai:i;‘1»nl~a:l«:elto covermheir advance, totl1eat:t'acl~: of the

 depolitory of loL1r.rig,hts, the moll 1"a<:red cita;le1% of
‘oilxj ”f1‘€‘:Cit(Zl.OIl11.--‘.5°L1l‘1I)t3Et<?gA~'.l_ of fac1*ile5>*iious plunder they,

-xfaifed the eefirfi cry.  A It“ is in vain, to p!.‘f:t('3I1£Zi,~

otherwife, there are men in our CO1.l1”1‘€1‘y” who hate its"
c;_%on£iitutioon, and lchiefly bccaufe, havi11g%brol;e11 down;
the O1ig;arehiels,(previou’fly ezxtiiiing in many of the fiates,
itl1as.tlaken away the means of their dangerous pre%-erni-y
neoce, and raifed a mound againli which, their enraged
aml'“>ition beats in vain. They were a. formidable band
w*ho% olppofed it in its commenoexnent, who retarded it in
its progrefs. and who have fyfiematically clogged the‘
wheels ofits admiuill:ratio11.-—-»'l"hc: evidence on this point
is toofirong; to be relifiezl. This party, atthe period of%tho,
formation of the iCO1’1lllll11l'.l.OI1, in an exorblitant Ptyle of“
glooniy pre_di6i;ion?,del‘cribed it, as a monller, which 1.111;-
ci1}ai*ned u=po11lthe people, would ma1~l<_ its flepsin their.
blood, ancliidevouri as its accufiomecl diet, their riglusi
and privileges. This hatred, if it e::i*f’ced in language
or in iamagiz1~atior1 orily; would have been hamllefs and

traniient, A'L*>..1»‘t:% 1;1_1eir' condutl laffo1*ds proofs that it was,
orfiginallxyy fin%cere,eanjd that itremainsl1,1ual.ter;ed. '1"he; 

amendmelnta to the .CiO1'1i-lltlLltl¢l11,l are too U.I1lX'I1p_O:I'l1a.f1lT,
3.1141OI‘1~pOl.1'1’£S"tOOl!1figjI'1lfiCa.I‘1t, to lrave reconciled them
to awfyllenu tluery <le«teilecl. V V e e

 this party had objefiecl only, to particular plans of
adxl1’xiiz1Vifi1*~alt~ion, and l'ometimc~:s approlved others, we might A
have—e{i.1ppoeel:e{1::it11p1'ig;l1tin its intentions mid 11011:.-:li in 
purl"L1its.-am-Biititlhae lmlil"crimiinat‘clycondleziined every Ad
tli-irigg, imépeaclflecl eiverylperfaano A as Iflllcll umleritlue ad-I 

meia1ri{lratio;:1 oflwafllington as of Adams.»—--—-lts 1} publiw
ca§:iioi1s,i have been ipointed, againll tl1ecox‘1llit1I*tion.»-+-we

They

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H See ii;;,fJ;q_%2;,§fi§c;LIcir among? ot]Jz:_rr'inatmcrouxijmi/Ilica£z70n:, .Prie.xit_lfy3’i.s;

Lc-gtt.é%1?$‘L—-4:-C;-zlZ;;r;c1’er’s_ quot/E s‘...-WT/53 ‘Times a periodical pg/gar  Vz'r}.., .
‘g;':.';*zi..rL.~—...+‘1",5e Latter tolfllazeie. and an address’ 0/‘lone Wortmcmlof‘

_,.:‘l":z*z::l-—1'i;.rz’:, on the accession cfzlifr. jcfersaiz to 2:12;: P;-g,«.~jd¢n;~y, £.g'g§,.§:;%¢.

he

Inlnnnri

hey have fifeqtiently, m.ti€1ea1ikward,% and forcetl coma

parifozis 0!’ it, with the things, which in France have been
ca.l.lecl conilitutions--r--fo manyof which have appeared,
in the courfe or the lail ten years, only to difa.ppear.~L~;tt
“Thelclan;zerousiltheo1‘ies, the crude philofophy, tl1€i1’2l.V’5fi
Inet~a.pliyIicksr anrlw the falfe rights of men, lfoiviutter1y%iit1a:
conjiiftent, with the 'rational,?ilea.cly, and fober prinéiplen

()f’“Oll1"7CO1'1iii‘liZUtlOI’l5l18.V6 been openly, and atvowedlyiiap-;.’
p'1*oved.-—--«The partieulmr objeét of their hoitility, isrthé,
3Senate.~—---They “with to {trike out, this bright and beltptoa

portioned feature, which reflec‘?ts a. grace, upon thewhole

‘of our oolnllitutionll. gThey with to "giire us, a. fabricof

government; which, fupportecl only at its two extremi;
ties, will fall in at tl1e firil preilitre of calamity, and pull

it clowr1i‘oc~iety along with it.--—-»'l‘hey difapprove, likewiife

of the unity of our executive power.~—-'l‘hey have even
praifecl; that five~lheadc:cl monfler an executive clireétory,

it and irecommemled it for imitation. Let usrfora.mo”-

fment, reeolleét tl1€:'Cl'13.1‘1Et0;t1‘, of that defpotifm. Jealous
of each,other’s power, clarklyrplotting imitualdeilrtiétion,
wearing fecret armioiurin their very cabinets, afraid each
one, of the machinations of the other, but more afraid
of honefi public lI1tll~g'1":£l.tlO'I1.,lllfify retired from the public

A view, micl fecltlclecl in fplenclicl palaces, entlezWoured‘to

drown care am} cor1fi:ience,irin‘tumultuous riot and reve-
ry. Tlieyi took however with rclautioius dread the mant-
ling bowl, in fear that even-hamlecl juilice had dropt her
poifon there ; zmd ll”ll1Cl<..lt:1‘€(l as they received the embra.-
ces of illicit love, in l:‘«=::»‘:;1“"tl1?;1t Tome or/yer Charlotte (%'_1or‘tl\a.y.,
animatecliwitli heroic courzigre zmcliiungtoma<ir1efs.hyher

A own a.£’1LlCOt‘11‘1’C1‘y’S\v't‘()I'1f);S.,WOL1l(Llil‘L¢38.tl1ill their bofomsthe’

clagger t%he3~r <lre{’ervecl.-Like tliefavage IJomiti:.m.as cle-
fcribecl by Pll1}"_'§f.'i"i‘ never ifiiuingz; from the clerk den of
their retirenicznt, but to lap hurnarn gore----to riot in the

~ A A A cle-

M SM "K572. Pmzgyric. Trojan .m:t. 43.

in

jun--wllfi

Heltrufilioh sol? thmvorrhy, anti iilapufiritoaua; and to pot 

to execution. the mifchiefs_th_ey had been brooding over
in darltnefsm-rzeve'=r iifuing from_ their folitucle, but to

 fpread the folitutie of Dreath.--—Thxs i_s not an exaggerae

iedi pi§‘.t11re.—-Bonaparte, when he felled the Hydra, re-
lated its liifiory. anal all France re-echoed, aflent and ap-
p'1aufe.—-—-+-_l*low is it poflible that there are ‘any To raih, ae
to be iviylliiig to €I‘1CO11I1_"1'C€3l' the defperate chance, of rea-
Iizing thefe feenes in this happy country ?-‘--No, let us
hover round the holy ark, of.our*confl_itution, borne as it
iezon the fhoulclers of the people, and may that hand he
év_szitherecl,itha“t is held out even to touwch. it runlawfully.--'-—
May that conilitu-tion, i-till roll in its naturaalancl regular
orbit, and remain 1il«;.ethe great machine of the world,
itnworn in its parts, unimpaired in its beauty, unweari-

ed and undifiurbed in its motions;

hp Lee us never forget our freedom dcpenrlls on our an.
jeient principles, our pure manners, our native infl:it1'1-

,tions, our beloved reli,gion.,y Let us not tranfplant to out“
ifoil, anal errgz'aft upon the liocklof our liberty, any ballarcl
A eiétotict.-—'l“hough itm ayrglowp with rich luxuriance, glitter
; withgolden blolloms oI"prorr_1_il'e,i and allure with apparertt-
lydelicious iriuit--»--yet it will enclofe particles of rapicl
V poifon, anclthe people that eat thereof pfwill furely pclie.
“Let us not be precipitated again, into the abyfs oft:l1ao:=;

and éma1*ehy.-‘-—— oet uaflill retrerenice and prefervethe in;

 fcitutions, which the wifdom 0l:Ql.l1" forefathers has pro*viclpped.*
N They h ave,t,el1*e€ted,a at: the triumphal trophy of their con-7

qu-ell, O'V,€.I”i barbarifm-=4--ancl of their eflabliihment of civil

_; focietty, a well-confirtiéted brid*ge..4———-It reliskon the three
 , ggrand i larch es, of property, ofinar1*iag*e and religion--- Over
‘ this weniaypafs to the enjoyrrienrt of peace, fecurity and
 h~‘iPPiD€‘fS» Gibclwin the high-priell of jacobinifm, with

all the train of petty philofophiils, who form atsyit were

. a band, of fappers and miners, for the French camp,

have wielded pyagainfiptheypleyp primary principles alltheir"
l ~ “  weapeuer

F

2143:: 

iveapons of dextrbus fdphiflry,and direfled againft t1§EFn7

all their arts of C()AY.“€1”lI’ 21ttack.*¥%—~I’1*operty, the‘lb21fis df I

civil fociety; they xfeprobate as any odiotts monopoly,
which they hope the raging of their “ tempefiuous fea.
of liberty,” Iriayt o‘ve1*Wl1eln1.-~Marriage, audits attend‘-L

ant clmrities oflife, conjugal afl‘e€’cion, filiali,pviety,;l pa-A-A A

i*enta.1Alfondnefs, fraternal endearmentéx, they ecleAemA, as
fomany impeclitnents, to What,-in’ their dial7eél:,A is termcci
the perfeétability bf mane;-Religibn (I lfpleakof it onlyas

the fpring of pdptulzir goivernmeritgand as itis pdlitically 

benefibialt ; of its higher attributes I am unworthy and

"unable ‘(GA fpealz) i‘eligion,-I-*~'--a prir1AAcipleinb”mA"n andi1'illirA1c— ‘>

five, in the human heart, lb eifeétive of gciod, Io’ p‘tolduc-M
tive:0fAAAieliCAity ;~”-=#~thzttp“rin'ciple5 which 'r‘cllraiI1s Vfwhillc "it

?conlfolesthepoorA,whichi whales the pridegwhhile. it declares r

the cluties of the ifieh, powerfullyimprelling as itcloes;

the llefldri ofehrilliari equality,-—-That, tlieifatherl of the A
tmiverfe, ilodkis with an eye,of equal beneificen.cle,7o%ni the
whole family of 1'I12.I'1l4llIA".l.Cl.:‘-'-5-‘-'.l:-{€°:llg‘l()11 ’El”1.C'l'.)'§'LlII1 bfwound» 

ed minds; theretuge bf misfortune, Whole gentlcfhandt
flopes the path ofctleelining age, ancl fmocsthsrthc bed of
~   A e A A C A A  ldeath

n.._

""‘A“* Eabammc (;0d‘Aw“1'..fl4.fl7'-St London Edin'on,pagA';: 78i8At‘5oAo#l 8 ebaptcri
i, wlvgrre 12¢f%exAc1.aimsl agaz"nstj5AroAjbertfy as fbelebausé qfpil t/bt¢:,At26ulA,s'es of
aoeiezy, andtp%ropo.$;::: agreacZy_pm'ncz}<>1efar z't.r eq:Amlz'zation., To wbpm.
sqys be does it iielong .9--«-Itfe answers; toW.c';vz'ni wbo warzte it, . AA
He j2r0j)o.9e.s' an 'eAgzm1 dz'strt_b1.AzAtio_rz, page 799, page 8334 ’ " A V f
l Religibn, pagcl7Ag7--Hci“saysAe-rue ought to lay aside, as :'ntendeaZ
amzy for cloildrcrz in undeArstandh'2g, and contemplatcitbe wznmrq-dn_r£
principles‘ oftbing . , ‘ _'  _ e ,
Page 84,9-«---131a say: “ Tb: z’n.s‘titutio:A¢ marriage (IA system 4/‘
fraud-.”-mjiagc 8 go “' .7l’Ia1A'1jiage is 42 Idea, 5222:! the -worst qf all 1410:;
fin afikzir rfpraperzjz and t.6e mm of all j»roJb:rties.»--A-Tilve alzolitianz
df marriage -will be attended =wz't19 no e'ov'ls.”-..- We. W6. it l V ‘
.e~12’zdyc-t tZ>z'.s- baa}: £m.sSf2cz'A.s*s¢:d tbrwgfi sivvcral editions? in this eounh
try:-—~a72£l a new edition Az'sAnaw aclwrtiscd at Wasbington, sgapporncai it
is .mz'dA Zgy bggbmvery bzzgr/bpatranage.--—-It is even taugbt as a scbaal

1900/: in .s“u7m:' r:_>/1.6:: academics qf'Vifginfa. .Ma_y tbc t£7acJ’r;'eA.s afa‘ACam-‘r M

«giwcct mt.‘-t lead to we practices cg” at Rofiersjzicrre I .’ J

-12 n

an-annual-Q‘ A <

tieath----which beams l’rom Heaven the radiations of hope, A

foftened through the medium‘ of ‘I mercy, even on the

heads. of the wretched and the guilty.---~'I"hiso Religion, ‘
, the philofophiiis, the fabrica.tors of recent revolutions,

ridicule, tafifliicit and perfecute, and have confecleratecl

W their exertions to baniih it from the earth. n
f.VVI:I’IL‘E i the Sun of Chriflianity enlightens and beau» W
tifiest the: Ut1iV}'<:rfe,i like owls and bats, they fly with

envious clifcontentg from his fplendour, and chufe to

flutter in the difmal twilight of doubt and ig*nor.2Lnce.--+5
Or r‘;‘ ha;il4this Glorious Sun, to tell him only how they

hate his" bea.m5.” i or

T“ ‘BUT I turn vrithtpleafL11'e from the purfuit of t fo dreary it

afubjefic, frornthepath of dmrlenefs and blood, where
wandert the mifguideclviétinis of ydelufion, to brighter

 

‘ fcenicsi and fairer profpeétst. I feel my fpirit refref'h- ‘

ed,” andnas it were fullainccl, by the confoling idea, that
there arec'hara6ters, deferving of pro.ife.—---That jacobi-
nifm has not yet exiled from the world, all rationality
honor,i and virtue. ~ t l L

I IN taddrcfling the refpeéiuble Society of the CINCIN-

NATI, I difiinguifh a grouper. of W-orthies who, animated
by the principles, of r rational liberty, lmve fought, bled
and fufibrcd, for their country.»---And have a.cqu«ired,
for it", the glorious prize, of liberty and inclependexnce.-we
I clifizinguifh at fociety founded  theprinciples of honor

and benefilcenee.---Friendfliip tthieir nmeztns and benevo- '

lcncetheir objeét. A i t

A iGEN:r1.”zn.mN,t  Y A , t A \

" Gun country is indebted to you in an encllefs clebt of
:gratitude.e-~Not that oppreilive lloaclof obligation, which
weighs down the heart-——--but that delightful gratitude,

yywrhrich ‘F owingmwes not, but {till pays, at once indebted

end difel:wyrged.”--You are thofe,who engaged in the con-

 .lte£l*.

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wilt-in-«and

tel’: we now commemorate with early ardour audhonora.-

V‘ "bio euthiifiafm---who did not count the tremulations of

the bleem, to know on which fide the ba;la~nee” of fortune

,\ GVu1 il1 i u 7 You llepped forth the tehaimpionslloflyowr

eouxitrywyou were fuccefsfttl-—--but, unlike the armies of

"-ClRfii?‘&l1", of Cromwell, and ofBo.naparte:~,, you did riot abufe
the 8.fl‘6€fi0-I'1S- of yourczountrymen ; arid, in- the warmth

of their a-dm.iratiLon, cheat them of their liberties‘ 

plalined no. ercclufive glory—--emo permanemtltpre—eri1i-

rzence-,-..-—-you preferved an ereét integrity, an u.ul”u:1lieldy
ho11our.;--rAfter~ eight years of toil, Varied only by the
vticiiliitucles O.’f‘Cl‘a.‘I'it-§_._’,‘(.'2I~' and diltrefsw-—-—.VVi«th. impaired con-
liit~utions--”-VVitht forturies redt-mcecl in your A.country’~s‘
fervicem-With jut‘: claims, which an exhaufled country
eould not l5atisfy-, your e army feparated--=--N.[-any, too.
many, not to return to. their comforts, and their hotmcs;
w-but “= forced to beg.>;tl1-eir bread, through cliimese their
velour Won.”-W-You lingered. not in arms», but laid your-
Iiiword, yet wet with. the blood of vié'tory,r atthc feet "of-
the civil authorities of your country- You {laid but to
take an affeétiona.tele2we.of your iellow-Io1d.ie1's anclturm
ing from their tears, hu-rriedinto.a11.una.m~bitious retire-
n1ent.--—e:Th_i-,s forbearance was mlagrxgnitmoushmethislfccne
tmpa.ra.llc.1‘]eclj. But you are richly repaid. What isyfet
noble at reward; as the fc1;1fe.o.f' COnl‘(§“iO11'SlwT'Ca!,i3C11Ci.C‘?*'*f
The voice of five, millions of people, who acknowlt-.dge~i
you. their benefaétors, muft found in» your cars has foft as:

‘ o

themufic of the Sphg:rc_s,ya.s fwect 3v? the barging: of they

7?-3‘-1”§¢.1i59:.. 13011:.

Oh !- that every piéture I‘ have toprefentyou witl1,wa;swg V
decorated liketltthtiltslwith the goldentrays. of j__oy,_y but I fool‘, A

my mind fil1ed4_ywith,thofey
“ Thoug;hts which mufingt.pi~ty, pays ;.t
“. Andyfonycl remembrance lovesyto rail'c..”~»

R1.-V

  X<H?R.. father  gum: ta,h¢.a:VcIii--W7ASHlfiGT0N.‘i 1 '

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T

a. ,c jaraételr that fiantlst unrivalled on the lifts ofbtruc glory
” --—-ta. nggmc, that, infcribed ‘ by the hand of gratitude,‘ in
 ctharaétlerls of light, onthc pillar of eternity, {hall defy the

é.fl”gglts.lQf pxlvy and of time; and triumph over oblivion;

   indeed irrctrievableq-~Sotr1r.:l part pf this day

‘ought to be canfecrated tg dforrow. I  now Gentlemen,
contctmplate you,‘ asfabartd of brothers, wholjpenetmted
3}vith¢ Llfaprueel furrow and fympathy----fiill g:l1erilh, with an
cndearéd rrgmcmbrancc, thjcj virtues Qf your p2t:;clnt,--»-It
:lflSl'%l'10llT'1‘lI.‘1_d“I1::'l.‘L'1‘."tI‘€. to expcét, that thofe llrong and primary
emotlonfls, that early and inftinétive burfi of fenfibility,
which fprcading from man to man, from village to:ViL
l'ag"‘c,Afronf1 crityg to city, touched wary heart, in theirtpro...
g‘1'_¢l'r_,4 {and ‘lbftctted at whole nation iI‘1t0lAtears, could cm.
<_1urcft*>r¢vcr.,-——-Btxt tltcrc is at ‘was, deep,‘ as Well as coa-
pious. thatk d_0es not lbon t::5tha.ufi: itfelf ; a. patient a.n,td
cndurlirlgl dfe1*1*ow,».ttl%1atildoesnot haflily folicittrelief, tlmt
delights to rctaitn. tha i:*z1prellion.sdo_ffad11efs, and l lovesd
toglingcr with its team, I l l " A A 1 
l '  ':“d Tl1o’t ~Mcvcx9y ctrazfcfx-'{tc1n  f'o1't:ft birth, % l
t ‘{‘V :~TthraW‘s with the nmrnihg beam ltSd£‘.:W$ to earth ;, l
g‘? .Nq’¢ifld’oels tll1c_gchtl;e R032, mvlivle: fo fcaoinf, l ~ '
‘ ‘F B_r.1tb‘ath’d iri%‘:;atui'td:’s tears,‘ it": dropps till ‘n@on._"

cqnfcerdnpltatct you as ‘tI1ol'c, who, zmxiolus for your
§:Q;unt15y’tsgood, and apprehlclnfivg of its futur¢:clcl’ti11y,

:xd1¢dita4tct«ldceply, again and again, 11p_on' its molt llatflliétivcd

'C:31al'flZ.l;ty.-fa-'-AI‘1d. "clerivintg yomf only l:conlTo1“2Ltio11 from
the prece"pts,"of wifdom, lcnovvd, that you cannot cptl1cr-yd
wife diminifh itsV'elil"eél:, but by infufing intofl your rnirids,
his pq.ttfigati,c; lprilnlcipltes ;_ land by an imitation, in‘? your

litrcs, ~IQf._th¢ private gfoodncfs of him, twlioffi lqfs you cl¢;=:«-it ~

plore. %
 Fnxgtow-CxdTxzEM.s,l  t t _ A “ 
 have vgntutccl to depart la, little from the, bca.t,cn,i
£539}; of ltthis cl'ay’s thenie.--wlmprcllccljwith thé nmgnani.-5
V “A  A l " l " “ A nwuslt

r 625
tmbtlfi fentiment of our firltl Congrefsw-4-who" tfaid,,“rrrto, the
Engli;{l1 rtzrtlom ‘We will holdyomasr the rreftéof man.
rkincl,tem:rniesrir1_o war, in peace .friends.—----1 rlmve “not

;mis—fpent your time,; and abttfed your patience, :in tin-

rflamintg Im.tirO1‘Ial; an~tipathy——-_-é—ingathering round;..your
hearts rthemalignities of our txettxrers»-44a;r1d fixilng.t‘l‘1esrc

thechilling fruit of lcalloust and i1'rvete1*ate hatre:d;rd#%=‘W'le

rrconquerecl.-—~lrx1 noble natures, fuceeffs ‘:iln}\fF)irt3A\:Sl gerterc>lT1-
lty.-l-—-'l’owarClsl at fallen foe; it fprirrgs up; thed'fior-fiv:dferiti-
ment of r:?lma.g{nanimity.t V Our-be releigi»o11 .fan<Stionst alld
flrengtlterts this fentin'1'ent; and enjolns, -est a. ”c1“uty,=_fE9r...
gioem’.s's'1y‘r z'r2j'zzrz‘c°.s‘.--4—'l‘he: very feivage, when Wa.rristeI.-1“clh..
ed, buries the hatchet : he invites his former loesr'toltlie
feall of frienclfl1ip--They fmoke the Calumet of peétcex
togetl1ez*-—»--'l"hey renew and brightenl the chain of atnity.

-%—-—'l‘l1o1;1g;'h the blood of his kindred has flowed, hc:aa “

Wakes not to the remembrance of the pail; he clcpreilee
himfelf in untutorecl eloquence, and, ufinlgythe images
which" the fcenes around him afford, he lho.pcs~theii*
friondllxip may fprcad, like the water: of the" Like‘;-t--4+
may fl0L11‘ifl"l, like the trees of the foreft ;-'-A-—rna,y endure,
as long as the Stzrrs of Heaven;-—--mayrlenclure,.‘until
they are called, by the Great Spirit, to this imaginalry
.Hea.vcn, behind the Hills,---and then: rforget, in; bier
extatic bountieS,--~.r.:.1l earthly to1ls,.a.l1 human ca.resi..'-t--‘-l-l~,l~
The encouragement of national a.ntipa.tl1ly,”is 2 policyt

fatal indeed for this country. As the world ritsr'rfituat’éd,‘

with nation oppofed tornation, and Confederacy rifingjup
ztgainft confedcrzuzy, .if we have hatred for one, svemuifl;
have afl’e€tion for the other.-W-'I‘hee jufio and.1jeafonable;o
requells of one will be refufed, theirfair privileges refiilal
¢Cl’,? while every thing the other commands-, will be blmdly

or claflardly concealed. Tlxc attempt atcllamblilhing thie e

policy ilstdn infult upon the good lbnferofthis;eountry2“

Our merit cannot be m;:1gr11ented,t bywthe dcflgradfitiblljwflfj
gray other rzatiazz. Let us eompareour r¢1at1ver.4rtfituatI0mll

and

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jun.-us-an

and without vanitywemay lfay wa are a. great nation,

We oughtlnotlto fuffer purfelves to be entangled in that:

_iI1trigues of any. Let us attend to plans of improve-.l
lment atllhome, infiead of lookingabroad for points mf‘

crantroxzelrfy.-«-—-M7:-2% have {pace enough, for the exercife
afour bell: a.fi7;-:él:ions ;'; ample objeflts, Worthy of our ten-

lderefh care,‘ ;A’itend tolthe Legacy of VVa.fl1ington--on.
fuppolrt thofellxxmxims of adminillration he purfued, and
“his fucecfibr adhcred to,-«You all recolleét the: efFc6~’ts;
V of that adgminillration, {(3011 after the adoption of the

lCon£‘titut'aic5n--r-how, as ifby tha eflhél of mira.culo11slp0W..

gr, order fprLmglout%of chaos, and light out of darknefsq‘

You Ware withoutlcredit abroad.-, Without union at l~10;n;1e..,
lWant oflcoxlfiderxqc had ruined commelrca, and public:
eredit h-adffnot even an cxillanlcel or name. As far as‘

(our ].eYC,COU.1C1'I'C£l.Ch, «our, wintryllprofpeéls were ob».

{Cured by {’co.rms,,l and botmclcd by impe.nctra.bl.~z*; ll"m:al“lsl;_

Yet 6m 21 lfuddcn, like the imlllmutaneous effeéls oflfpring. »

inlnorthelrnl climates, ferrtillizing ftveams of ‘lVB£’l.ltl"1, ifl‘uing~

from the fountain of public. c.recllt,l flowfccl3 through. tI"1is~

country, jufi before‘ facl a.'ml filent with diflrcfs, but; HOW»
rcfoundinglll ivithl thelmfy hum "Qf jayful menw--l
Thcfc fire.-amls turned round” algaixm.--«the wheel nf com-
merce, and awakened to motion and life, its various;
and complicated machinery. A Irxlpiritccl &g1"iculture with,
theforc:e;ang1 rapidityl ofverml veg¢tati»0n,, cVery.wl‘1crel

  diifuféd the “charms of creative cu1tiva.tioln,nnc1 tlfm: smith,

fmiled with ltlnelbnuntiful cxL1bera.uce of na.turc:.%

f WE all mull a.l1c.>w-,l thena1a.xi1ns of lac1rmi11illlrati*ox1,

than purfued,bylllou1-dclivlic Fa.tl1er» ‘Wafi1in.gton,ll wlemll

thejrcfult of wifdom, labilit5rl.,l' and virtue‘. We will dew.

our nation juftice ; itéonc,eiv;eclitfc1fto.be, as it really A
W15» the ‘mall fortunate nation on ca.rth., A And whim
1t%proudlylcha11engcdl ‘thc com.pa.rifqn,  gra.tcfu»ll‘y ac:- A

knoWl;edgcdgthe lcau-.‘fe.l And Why has~this.. delightful.

fmnogrcxiitefl gfor. fa; : flmrt a, -p,cr:'md 3.  .Why, lwhcnl thcll .

gQvernlment;V

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government oontinuedto eomlnunlcate benefits, ‘clicl the "
people ceafe to l1*'eciproca;te lgratituclef It was becaufe‘

foreign influence, calling’ to titsl alfiflarace the mofl amiable

propenfities of our nature, and appealing to the generous l

but miflaken notion of national gzratitudteg tinterlerecl in

ourCouncils; and, under the femblance ofgkindnlefs,
atlnfiniflered potent, foreign drugs, to fiirmulate a all the t
peccant hurnours, and petty difcontents of our country. ‘
4 Ever iince the alppearfalcce ol Genet, a party hastezxifi.»
ed, ‘ organizeedancl dil‘c;i;{:li11ecl, extended in-a conneétedv

line tllroughoutfthe Cfontlnent, that has watched with
ccafel»efs jealeufy every movement, and oppofed with
nndiltinguifhing“ hofiility every tnealure of the Federal;
admituillration.--4-#A‘ndyetthataclminlfiration,befetwithin-»
nuxnerable evils and lclifliculties, lzas contenflerlfu ccefsfully
with all.----Twto 3lI1l?llt1‘1"fi‘8LlO1'lSl~C1l’l'l€T1l€(_l by that p'artyt.,were
Tu pp refl'ed,Wit11out bloodfltecl; at w:il‘e and di gn-ifiedneutrality
waseadopted, and two foreign wars avoided witlnout diihoa
nour.---~—Under tl12Ll‘.3.(ln1iI1'1l)£1'E~tti()'I1 ourprofperityhas been-
uninterruptedlyfprogreflive, our *agricu1tt-xrehas reached

a the lnmmit of the Appalachian‘ hills, and our commerce,

clepollts on our fl’}O-1"€‘S., the luxuries of fqhinat, the {ore
of K an‘:.tl”c.‘l’mtl§a, the l'-alnics oi ]3»en.gml, and the f11't7*eI‘ of
Mmtico. Do you need undeniable proofs of the allleru
tion, that this aclxnlnillzration has been profperotts and
ltappy ; talsze them not from any one who has born apart
in sit, or who has regarttlecl it with fleacly, and oncleviating
friend fhlp. That man. cferteinly illufirioua, who ltae
overthrown that aclneuiniltration,and who is now llzratecl at
the helm of afl?aai1*s --Jlrefident Jefll-:rfo11l3i1t'1le1f‘. hasprm
lnounced its’nl'1ol‘c fplentlicl pataegyric, in a fpeeclz '\«"2tl1l‘£1»-
ble, to be line as a model ot'1i1emry elegance, hutclotahly
valuable as he has verifiecl this “irnportant political on.
He informs us that the governtment of this country" is in
“ the full tide of fuc:oefsfuI experl.ment.”-m-«W”ho made

this experiment ?---Whoa-clotucltuéted this egovermnenta 

'Walhington and A dams.   I1‘?

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IN this; early and generous recizntation ofpaiirerror,
accompanied by promifes of enooiuragementii to corn-
merce, of ‘F fasted prefervation of the public faith,” F?“ and

Qfiithe. )gi'ienera1 government in its ~Wh0.i£’.‘ conftittltional vi-- 4
gar," you xnufi: acknowledge the voluntary a;doptio'I1 of 7
they ii’pI'”11”1Cip1f3S iei=of.theii,i:federa1ztdminiiflration, and you

mufi with pride amid pleatfure hear thiS':fi1"2l.i1'=‘1 offpo_r1ta.ne-

one a.dmira.tioini zburft froni its moii: a.bj16*“3iY1dt_=fuCC6fSfu1‘
adverfatyg ‘‘ We are all F6d61"2L1ifiSa"” ~ Let 119 then?

 

With, finoerityo ifiipport this Aadniiniiifation,"eotmmetncinig;
with iiichfi }"fp1€11d'1C1; promifes, and fuch happy aufpices.i
Wei_,}1%V.é an unquefiionable afiiuraneeii» of juitiee and im--»
paittiality, an indemnity from the fatal efffséts of party tfi--.“
umphe-:4»-VVei have reiterated ptomiifeos offlequel and exaét A
juitiicé‘ to jello men,” IUfI;.i" vvlmtevef religious 0‘1‘"p0]i.tiiC3".'1_

pe1%«f1iefion.?’~a—+--VVe have ‘ the; p1edged.hdn;or of out firft

imag;i.it12ate;i;‘thet he will “fix-eftore to focialfl interoourfe;

ti”1ti'1.“ti'1Et1’7i111C§1i“x3Z zt»nd!efI‘e<‘§tion, wi”t11outwhich,i Liberty A and:
Wen Lifbfiiffeilf, SLTC3‘ but dreary tliingtni’ Never uxiiniiiltia,

.irI¢15l“ of theft: prornises, and of his honor, he will feliiityell
tlieiporediétions ot7 evi1,o the effufions of our patriotic, but
tooisapprehenfizve zea1.; iMere1y btecaufe hispredecefioxi
zilipoyitzteieii N'1me“VVi‘1} not remove Iheritoirious and honorable;
men, whofe eonduét i’s:b12utne1efs, whofe c112tr::Lé‘ters are"
i1"rep1*oac1mb1e. Difdaining the gmtification of ignoblei
1‘€inf3l')LiZ1'1'1¢Z“1.1‘1t.,iiitCi never, in the fpirit of~imii'era.b1e quibbling
will ’E2’£i«ICt2LdVZ1I1‘t2LgCi_ of at clerical eritor, to interfere in at
idepartiznent, iplaceti by the tmeaning of the Confiitution
heyontzi his reach. Aloof from a.1I.’pat"ty pfetiileétioxxsi,
eztrneiily iblieitous to reunite public opinion, he will
firmlyorefifi the cagc1‘fe1fifl1nefs of his dependants. He’
Wi11I‘€I1“1i1'1(1 them of their‘ boafied purity of principle,
their ni:>b‘1e difinte1*efied'nefs of motive. He will deelate
to theym; your zeal for me, was attachment to What you‘
deemed the caufe of 1'1berty.---In my perfon that caufe has
olitained a. triumph, and in that triumph you have your

A reWat'd.. Hm

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 neyertviilt foirfeit all claim to public eficen1,to;~;foi  
infult the xmtivetalents ofhist countrymen, (talentshe fo
ably defended againit I116-[ fitczersof European aL1thors.)~fa.s, ~

migrncr; .

p,,.

to apipoint top the moft in1porta.nt oflice in his gifi:;2u:;It'o:.

I ‘T 0 his folicitations he will a1'1fwe1?vvith firninefeand‘, L

dignity. You may fir, forgetful eofeyour A own, haVt:tt;tr¢,33-es L
Toned yourfelf into acold and philofophic prefererxceyfor ~
this country.--But this ietyznot fufficient for our fecurity,

our interefis require the fizrong tiest,i theearly 4fympta.thi.€:S,
and even the prejudices of Iiative a.ttach1nc11t.--{1'§cs true
youtaare ardmedetwithttformidable talents, but their whole
energy has been exerciifed in oppofition to that govern-
” ment, that‘ has not only hofpitztbly aifordecl you proteétion,

’ but has fo1‘givetnyou1*crimes,*~‘t and extendedjtowards you. :

iuntexamplecl clemency. A I acknowledge‘ my perfona1,.ob~
Hgatio11s to you; But elevated to this hig11PEati0‘I1, yequala
‘Iyl bythc prudent p,a.t1~iotii;m of my opponents‘, as the
4 ardterxt approbatioti of my friends, I muittake ajcomxnands

ing View of my duty,Va.nd withymy mind purified from ‘p
the mifts of paflien, raifed by the heat of party centefi,

withLztjudg1nentunob{huredby prepofi‘efl"1on.,I mutt confult
Hie ihfety zmd the lmppinefs of the whole community. I
reluétaxntlyencomlter the reproach of per{'<ma1ir1g“ra.ti«-
tudew--»I regret the unhappy and compulfive neceflityof a.
refufa.1,bL1t my duty; my lmnor, my promifes, and above
3.11, the PUBLIC coon require it. A ~
— Streh‘ axed the emlargetd and liberalized ideas of this
eminent men. Such will be his ingenuous and magnaniu

A A  A A mouse

1' .‘i'ec- note: an the State q/' Virginia, 10. 110, -$'t0¢McIl¢-"5‘ 1%
Landon, 1788.. e ‘

gt Sec’ rzatm on Virginia, 10- 141%» A ‘ .

* Albert Gallatin, at Citisrzcn qf‘ Geneva. tl70u,g‘«5t It }b7‘_1£d€fl_tJ«‘*
wk the Kaemfil: qf an flmncsgy, ofiercrl lay the clevrzenciy cg‘: Pr‘*8S1d¢‘n¢
Wa .6:'ngter:, to the Insurgcnxs, intbe fir-at IYIFHFFWFIO73 '71P¢’"“€.?’l't‘
yam?! in 1794,.

3%

mous policy.i it Thefe are his unfolicited promifes, as

explained by the unforced con{’cru8cion of his memorable: i

Speech. If this policy be tpurfued--«if thefe promifes be
realized, the fentiments of federialillis towards this admini-
ftraition will not be thofe merely of cold allegiance, butt

offanimated flfiflalflll’. ‘ The tears of more than one half
our nation, excited iby what they [deemed the clifafirous

event of  jefl’ei*fon’s elevation to the l§’u1%efidency,i will i
fall not the eflufion ofdifappointment, but the tribute of

reconciliation and of love; ,
a ”'“ As gracious figns of fweet remorfe, ,  
W ““ Andwpious awe, that fear’d toihave ofi"en<;led.”

BUT yet ciitiaens of the State of Rhodiculflaiid, you muft

g't1ard‘ag'ainfi' dCCC‘3ptl.*0l.'lu'-***'Stlll. adhere to your ancient i
V ‘policy, beware of cunning, treachery and hypoc1“ily., « they;
are the friendly coadjutoreoifjacobinifm, they arel’1eagueyc~li'”;oia”

in uinhallowedifriendlhip to ‘uphold it.-4-t'l"‘hey teach» a;

man to bend tothe loccafion, like the ofierto the ibreeizyeo

Infpeciousalanguage,in deceptive phrafe, in fmoothncfs

of eloquence, and eveninyyfcriptural quotations, they
profefs whatfoever things argef good, ‘w:hatfoever— things;
are l‘ovclyi«,y whatfoeveritihings aarcaof good report, 1-1-‘7
merely with more artificeto delude, merely with they
hopeof violating with impunity all promifes and all
profeflions. On one day; in one fituation,*‘ they allowla

manta fpeak ofatheifm, with indecent levity, “ it neither
bfeales his legs nor piclcsliis pocl<ets._,”3;;t on the next day,
upon‘ another occyafiiongt with the hair of a Monk of A the In-»
quifition, emerging from his cell, with gravity of deport-
ment, feverity of afpeét, and folemnity of phrafe, he do--
1io:u'tly prays you may be preferved, by ‘W9 G01); in his
holy’ lceepixigr. ~ ‘ ii, TH;

~;f’r .‘§'¢e Ill:-. j*e_j"or'.9c2z’s amwer to the committee tlmt" announced to
1n'myZ9z'.v election. ‘ V i

11; See Notes on V2'rg.z'2rzfrz, flag-elt265. it i ‘

a** .36: the 1~‘r~g~siden:’s answer to 21:»: adchcs: from tlae lagzolomrci

Q7" i'§’r;’:t.'cZc—.fo'$';27.':£.

3I"

'l'm; Fedemlifts; muff remain true to themfelves the ~

' It 11 at V - » ’ 5'
f;:.t1- ra y room A the itztndard ofthett country 3 good.---v
1 hey mufi be unremitting in them efforts, to refute the
lorinctplkes, deteét the falfltoods, and eztpofcz the miftepre-
fentattons, of their unprincipledy adverfzwies. T"11ey1nufi
pour tnitrtuétion on the public mincl, they tmuft, by the
pen, and‘ the tongue, enhghten-A the people. . . 

WE Inuit attack the enemy on the 11-eights.-mlf there
 :1 man, as fame lmve-wven-tu1*edt«o fttggefit, who has held
htmfelf on power beyondi-the orhdinary term of 4 hereditary

m*0I1fi1‘ChS». by’ U:1’lWOI‘thy Cornnpltizmces, by the tfuhterfugesr o

of cunning, the arts of intt:igue,tt by ambiguous calumq

nies, whiiperecl in the drerl-:2, to defiroy the c11eratۤte1's of

out beft men,--~.»Sure1y as good; citizens you mutt Itttow

your duty-E;ta.n1tine cautioufly, judge with ca.ndort,,,

and a. hope of ieeing innocence and integtity V eftablifh;

‘Med, but above all things do examine, anclt» if the refutlt V
proves thefe fuggeitions to he truths, ate’: with a‘firm.nef$‘«tt_y

a. conflanoy, a.1=efo1ution,_ WO1"Chy~0f Freeman.‘
CITIZENS; or NEWPOR'I?~," A  A A A A

At'1"rzN:o to your-interefis.---By«anr.erxzpreffion of the
public will, which aS__fL1Ch we are bound to refpeft,
’ you have lately chzmged your counczils. But recolleét
*‘ the will ofthe majority to,be 1‘ig11f£fL.115 mufi; be reefon-V.

‘ 2Lb1e.”’ V 7 e F  7- h ‘
VVHAT isthe oortfeqttencze of this change ?~—--.~VVithout
an increafe, and with cireutnitancee inclicetive, of 9. di-

minution of your former opulence, you, ltzwe had an]

cncreafed: burden of tzntatioxt; irnpofedoponn you. The

decifion of thisn important quefiion was fotfeebly (I willfi

not fay treztohetoufly) Inallagfld-, that, you had hardly

a. voice in it. But I forbea.r.---.-No detail of tlyocel grievw

ences fhould datnp the pleztfuree of this da.y.;----AndI

mutt haflen to ztconclufion. “ t
NOT however without again folieiting your indulgent

candor, t,owa.rds this eddrcfs, founworthyyof the 0CC3.:~'

fiQ'n*;..

3”?“

Iv:-nun-an-III!

A flan, coinpofai at 2:. imfiy notice in ‘the: intervals yofprgi
ifeflioriml cmty, fc:a,1*cc31V“ moulded into flmpc, much Iefs,

poiiihed into elegance.-w-“And What aboivie a11iI regretx1ot
condenfcd into concifenefs. I Let the honambley invita.-

Itian, thepreffurei of thye_occa.fion, the glory oftllcz day, an

Zu'CI¢?.1'it wifll, and a, humble hope. of doing gcmd, p1ea.dthc

exteiiuation of my errors, and fargivtnefs of my fa.u1ts.-my A

Blzunc: 1m: not, if” I have ventured the attye‘mpt a,t1:11isiI*
tfirefiiang crifis oI*'pub1ic_:y afiiairs, to aroufe the public min?

from the y(.I3.‘11g‘61"C>1lS a.pa.thy which o_ppire1Tes it.----If I I have,

imzo, the chill a‘1f1c;i ftagnzmty lake of public O.pI1'1IOn.*~"""If.I.
have fpoimn, ti-uths with fome boldnefs-—----the times requitfc
it4**"fi"1f&I1y' objeét .to;. m_e., that Ihzwe done: this VVIthil11'1-
wm*ra.nta_b,1e byolcinefs.---I anfvver time in a free co,untry,
I lmve fpokcn the cliéiates of my feelings, the fugefiions of

thro.W*i1;2; pelfiale; which Iliope may undulate its furface, I

my underiia.nding.y-~I know who will objyeét, and I 

not ambitious to avoid their icen1"L11*e. If I may be allown
ed to 111%: the Imiguage, WI‘1iI€3I feel, the ifentiiment ofya.
great fiatefman, I would further a11fwe1",-I--tlmt “ the heat

flmt oiffianded them is the ardoryof yconvifiion, and that 

I szcial for the fervicye of my country, which Iy_1CitI1&‘.‘I"IiIQp.e).

mgr fear fl1a,11ii_n,fluence. me. to fupprefsfl

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