AN 0 R A T I 0 N, PRONOUNCED 5rULr4,iA;so4, AT THE RI-EQLJEST 01+‘ THE si:LEcTMEN3F THE TOWN 01? zaoszrozv, A IN COMMEMORATION OF THE .t12ai2z;imm~*sa¢*_y Qf Azmer£ca7~z I2VzcZ:j)c2zrZ€72c¢’. J3’? IJIE. ‘2".!:(O.Z3».'2'./i’.S' DANFORTII. SEGON1) I!“.DITION. Stami res gc*fta1ss....c;_mt:qnc memorma digna videbantur perscribcre, ca hagis, quot} mihi :2. Tpc, at mctu partibus reipubiicac zmimus liber crat. SALLUST, I3. Caz‘. Vivorz:-3, on pc:ri.fl'ons d?g1m5 dc Iibcrté, '.Et: finragcreotms bicn plixtot, q“m%1c:lq11’ anmur qui nous flatter, A. dafcxudre clu joug at nous at nos 1-Exats, % (_,;u" :5. contraindrc ales coeurs, qui rm 1': donncnt pas. % % RAcxNm,*%9"r«zg«z .23!:‘z'/.’:rioz7.. A‘ A AA A BOSTON, PRINTED BY RUSSELL. ‘AND cuwmzxz, A1894. ‘V0-TE~OF THE TO'VV'~'N. AT a Meeting of me Frceholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Ezgflan, duly qualified, and legally warned in public Town-Meeting, affembled at Fmzcuil-—HazlZ, the 4th day of July, A. “D. 1804. On motion, I’/orcd, That {he Seleéhnen be, and hereby are appm'n*'ec1 2 Comnzittee to wait on Dr. TI-IMAS DANFORTI-I, inwthc name of the ‘Town, and thank him for the elegant and fpiri1:edy..ORA'rxoN, this day delivn t’:1‘C:d by him, at the requefl: of the town, upon the Anniverfary of the Ind cpena dence of the United States of America ; and to rcqucfi of him a copy for the V zlmrafs. Attgfl, \ WILLIAM COOPER, Town-Clark. --~—~«w “V BOSTON, ULY 8 . mzN:r1.£M.r;N, J 4’ 1 04‘ T}I~~II*3 Oration delivered at your rcqueflz, is mofl: humbly fubmittccl to your difpofal.‘ “With great rerfpcélz, Your rxxoit obedient fervant, A THOMAS DANFORTHJ ; We Sclcélmm ¢j'.B¢_:flm. y y ’ y r ‘ ' /5: ‘iii hi T3 Oeazfzbvz, §"0. {%"%fimmww- eNATIOl\TAL honour, and national inde... pendence, conflitute the primary and eflential char» étételriflics of a free, brave and generous people. If the former is allailed, the befi blood will be facti- iiced in its defence ; if the latter is threatened with deflzruétion, it will roufe the fpirit of the nation to the nobleft enthufiafm. In proportion to the ac- tion of indignity, will be the re-aétion of honour, and the blow of arbitrary violence, will be return»- . ed with the preternatural flrength of convnliive power. Aerumren by fuch fentiments, manlcincl, at various periods, have been incited to refift the op» A preflions of tyranny. mreviewing, however, the revolutions of focie» ty, the piéture they exhibit is more often defaced by the deformities of vice than ernbellifhed by the beauties of virtue 5 the point of refi Vaniflies at poll 6‘ cu V lelliewni; new forms have continually a.1’l?f€n‘ff0m the ‘allies of old ; irnbecile ignorance perpetually renews the llzene of error and calamity. 1‘I~t:aoU<,::1-I the long lapfe of ages, we fearch in «vain for that people, among whom Liberty has long been cherillzted, with a conltant regard to the dig.- :nity and welfare of our fpecies. It has either dc» generated into l_icentiiou{‘nei's, or becotne tributary at the throne of ufurpation. Mankind have hated tyranny, without erlleeyming liberty; they have re- pulfed reltraint, wirgthont feelting to know the bounds ‘of right, and vainly have contented tlietnfelves to repel the former, without labouring firmly to ellablilh the latter. A At the lhrine of fupetfiitious and political fanaticilin, more lacrilices have been made, than grateful offerings of praifeto heaven, for the fuprerne advantages of rational liberty. IN thofe enlightened Republics of ancient time, twhereliberty feemed to have fixedi her lafting refi- dence, and where the clefire of being free exilled, A when liberty feemed totally iyextintiit, how vain were their efforts to preferve it ;like the lall convul» fions of expiring nature, they but ferved to acc,eler-- gate de.cay,. THOUGH it coll the Macedonian more blood to A conquer a few cities of Greece, than all Alia belide, yet Greece, torn by the difl.r.aE‘ting opinions of her gcitizens, vitiated, corrupted, divided, was no longer flee. A Carthage, degraded and overwhelmed, 1:: ‘J?’ Mlallfllflfi ‘ the clofe of her Pnnic wars, degen‘era'te, exhibited but the dying fpirit of a heroifm, which coil: to‘ ”Rome, in her tuVrn,dear%bought viélories ; vi~&lories which clellroyed her liberties, as they exteneded her domains: the manners which had produced a Ca-. rnillus anda Regulus no longer exalted ; Cato’s tears could not avail; Auguflus arofe, and though the zlhadow of liberty was prelerved», the firbftance was dellzroyed. zrrxe eaufes which have produced the del’truo- tion of defpotifm, and the emancipation of fociety, in modern time, have not been accompanied with more favourable reliilts. y BUT for the entliufiafm of religious opinion; Great-Britain perhaps would not have aclcompliihs ed the reformation of her government. By her prudence, her conduél, and her courage, an Eliza... beth had infpizred, in the minds of her fubjeéls, the molt dangerous fecurity 3; of which the Stuarts had profited, but for the more powerful fiimulus of puritanic zealflt IN fome Countries, l10WGVE.’1',- liberty has kept: pace with fhnaticifm ; has peri-flied with it. Never would the United Provinces have attempted to break thechains, impofecl by at Phillip, but forthet terrors of an inquifition=.. The martyrs of their freedom, were impelled by all the horrors of an Auto dei~Feé'.‘l To ere-El thofe altars, at which alone 111% Would Worfllip, Holland was neeeflitated to 1” Sec Note“{a;). gt forin the fyflem of a Republic,‘ doomed, at its hirtlig to fall a facrifice to avarice, diflention,‘ and the meri- tricions arts of a molt powerful and fanatic neighs i bour. THE events which have pailcd in review before us, are mollimpreflive. We have lived to behold the changes of empire, more rapid and more awful, than when in torrid zone, the thiclcening clouds a—- rife, to bnrfi; in {lreams of ceafelefs lightning, the vengeaince of the flsiies. . In their flruggles fo1“ti’ght, A wehave feen an ancient kingdom reduced to a metre i wreck of hortor,iwaPting itsilviital fenergies, to fill up the meafure of tnoft condemning power. ,WeihaV'e beheld the throne of the Capets tumbled to its bale, and from the blood-fiained ruins, we have Teen 21 power arife, in fonn more hideous than Mednlifs head. Even now, hy d,ai*i11g ufurpation, is her fcepe tre fwayed, and gallant E1*ance €fXl”12tUll€Cl, proPtrate tfleeps in the quietude of defpotilitn. Could Tacitus mile in thefe latter times, how would the atrocious baxbarities scommittecl in the beloved Lntetia of at Julian, enltindle the fire of his fiyle; in what hot“; rors, would thefe crimes have been delineated, by his indignant and immortal hand; the bsnifhment of an Ariilides, the murder of la Phocion, fttrnilht not more infirt1€iive leiions to pollerity, than the in- human bUI'.Cl)€1"};’ ofan unfortunate monarch, or the tnore wanton fac1'ifice of the eminent Lavoifierfi‘ A 4 IT is a. fearful age. VVe feern born to behold goodntfs profirated, virtue defiled, talents corrttptg *5 See Note it ML faith defiroyed. Beholtk tbat country, itrbere from the chaos uf feud.a;Ibarbarifin, firfi; arofe that fpirft of a freedom, which gave peace to virtue anti dignity ta xrianners ;, wthere liberty ‘grew majeifiic, nouriflted on mbuntain foil, ncw ftmkenand Ade-.; preflbd, faitbound in chains, profferredfriendtfbip and bfimbedom proclaimed have wrought ;% Rome has came again _.;t Switzerlandglike famed Acbaia’s confe- deracy, mufl fall at prey to! that protefitiong which ~dePtx~oyed the t,lafl;: hopes of ancientbliberty; sues: have been the rnelancboly refultsg, Whfllflyb the patifitntts of the multitude form the fource of pmver, when demot:t*acy, under the malflc of liberty, flalks among mankind, dealing out Iiéence to her in-» ftrriated progeny, to gorge in human mifery their mad dcfires. ' AMID this Waite; degenerate time, the phtiI“antht'o- pit’: moumful looks around him, for form: favoured clitne, to rail in paacc his wearied mind ; ttntning his rcaga1'ds towards this weitern world, in the glmv of A fenfibilityhe dtztmmds, muft men be the everlalting dupes of fyflems begcutten by di{’temperedit11agina~ V tion 9 Doesba“ blind fatality hold the cleftiny of em-— pire P 13 liberty ab celeftial chimcara which plxilpfo. phy implorcs in vain P A ‘AMERICANS I defcended from alongbline oftven-. ‘arable ancefiry, educated in the eafltefi habits ofjufl: authorityg diflinguiihed for cbarafier, mzmners and prmciples, it was referved‘tfo1'you to accompliflltlifi V [13 A A A A Ii-$3 l?tobl‘ei’c Work» of time; or blailf, by’ ii-mil‘ar’folli'ea‘, 3”}? fimilar calamities, the fairell hopes of creation. ‘WHILE other nations mull trace their origin mat ‘plu11de13 conquelt or blood, it is your peculiar priw vilege to behold in the firll fettlers of your couné» try, a race of‘ men, as refplendant for the luflre of’ their virtues, as memorable for the glory of their a« ohievemenm. l A A A AT tliatlpe1*iod, when the human mind began; to?" awaken, from tlze lethargy of ignorance, excited by the invelligatiorrs, of ad Luther, a Calvin, and a Grow- tius, your'eam:'el’tors volmitarily refi‘gnec1’tl‘1e pleafuies of domeific life,l1azard‘ingtheirlives and ifortuines to enjoy, unm“olel‘ted, fequeilez-ed’,‘tl‘1e riglits of con-* fciente; Can we in ima‘ginatoiion’ carry back our view, to the period of their flxlt landing on tliele then. inhofpitable flames, without em.ulating that at... dot and that zeal in the human cliaraéler, which im the lapfe of? fcarcetwo ce11turies,lhasconvvertecll the frightful wild of theilforefl into fields and valliest, i11« to towns and cities, into fiates and etnpire. “ so the dread Seer, in Patmos wa-ftewlxo trod‘, Led by ‘the vifions of the guiding God, Saw %%heaven’s dim vault its circling folds unbendz, And gates and fpires, and fl:reet‘s and domes dei'cend,+ Far down the fkies ; with fans and rainbows crowned, V , M Tlie new‘ formed city, l-i'ghts«the'world. at=ound,.v”' ‘I-‘Ha:-R iammediziate defeezidantsil were not leifs re~ ‘ A 1 I -u ' I 4. h nownecl for their h£1.I'd1l100d of courage,.or tl'=1c‘."’:11‘ V1-». gar of intelleél ; aindillwlaile other couln.triesp,in' their N. wmnnmulin ‘firtzggles againfi oppreflion have heen loaded with crimes, which have induced good men to prefer the woril of conditions to the hazard of change, “yours; was the In-oil ~elevatedefl‘ort of magnanirnity and pa»- triotii'm.p Slow in its rife, it exhibited the ealmnefsl of delilaeiation _; refolute in its _%progz'efsw, it nevern departed from the ;regularity of fyftem _; irrefiflable to its ipuripofe, it unfolded the luxuriant fources of talents, genius, heroilfm. A A BUT‘ for -the vain pride of miriiflry, and its hpeffi-~» dious dependants, b-eoothers had not "mingled their blood, intwarfare with each other ;, and the world 1‘3f]'lgl1tlflI«lV€ beheld the rare and allonifhing fpeélacle of an aged parent ccnnfecrating, at the altar of free-« dom, the rightful fovereignty of his defcendaxits. “ W11‘/z filial jziely, zuzl’./2, more Z/M72 Roman. cfia7"z7ty, 7 you /tad opened If/ze yozuf/y’zaZ bofmz, cfyow" cxulwenzazce, £0 cm exhazylcd momzmt/*2, ;” ‘but the pride of power fi—- lenced the voice of na~ture,tl1e”fata1 blow was given$ and we were fevered forever. LQNG iince have we flieathecl the fword, to re-«~ fume the implem.en~ts~ of peaeerfurl life _; anxious only to preferve the invaluable privileges, your anceftors had er-.m1ed, by .211l.thehardll1i»ps of fuflering human- ity, the wife, the honell and the good, now fought the calm and fettled {late cnfan efficient government, A by which alone the wants of mankind, and the peace of foc:iety,can be fatisfied and preferved. At length to our enmptui'ed View, the foundations of the temple of" freedom arelaid ; its majefiic pillars are feento 19 ,..-:-.-m fife; its dame unfoldsgetnd liberty,“ éwhich, as yet; had hovered hover 21 counltxy, where {he had been in«- -Tlfitehd hto dwell, now home on the wings of our eagl.e, ‘;cle_l7c%g=:%x}c_ls griomphant, to this her blell, her l_a{l: _e_1bode.; 13 then the pride of the nation, fuperior in your bofomfs, to ,every other interell and ambition ? ‘Is an enla.rged,4aon enlightened afietlion towards the ,confti‘tu.;tion,a{fixe[d principle in the breafls of thofe, to whom we have leVq.1fc-rd our original power. Such ‘are the feelings ‘whielx this oeclavfioo fhould lnfpire. If We have 1i.l>.s:‘1'*5Y Without a jail .au,‘thQr;i'tY:» or glove scrnmeni xgaithout liberty, we have con’tended in vein, Wfiare War?-3. W11 th¢f¥e~V.¢3 ,l my,Countrymen», not it cloud had 3.»- :tifen‘,» to olaftztim the profpeélc, Wliicli has zmimatn ed our l-mpes ; but , alas, dzttigt-:1*s lmve arifen, fzll-«V ready e:2ti~ft»,, dztngers iiaft::p;1r2tble f1‘om the nature of all ft*ec,gove1*mtrm:nts ;, Cl3t1”1g‘tL’1‘S, which form tlm: vtary eileiicc of tlitrzir ftaeclzitit. '1-‘lie cmfty, the: iiibtle, the tcftlefs, mcl the difi:tp~p»0intt:d~, tl*i.efi’::, are the» boaited iheralcls of liberty, d::,1"tia,gogur2é,. who, like theirlbrcstlweniof antiquity, will not fail, to appear populzug. like old Dilogtnc-m,prleaching up ttontcmpt ofpowers and clisgnitias, they molt eageiu ly dcfim, and provoltting, by their cl1a.1'1atan1*y,. that thirit 21-nd jeztloufy of the millions, which team afuiider‘ the vmfy cords oi Society, A Such are the’ imam wltohavt ever ufed tlic people as a Inert: ladder to mount the throne 0f power, who fl-a.ttcr- A to deceive, and fcaft yo-1.11“ vanity, vvliile-they rmb y0111‘.11I1d6.‘3l‘l.7C£l.nCll;I;1gS. In fuch hands, to fuck at power, with beings of fuch. a call:, will you. intrult 4 yourtdearcft intercfts 5’ Shall foreign bodiesnou- riflt ftomlyoulr Iuxuiizmt bofom, While native Ci» A , ttzens are alicnizedlfrom your fottcrring care it Re» ié u—-up...--aq- eaence mi peapeayt eonaaute time ciiiizingfiifltingi charafter of the citizi-iii the real inhabitants, the real proprietors of the foil, they only are the true citizens, they only are the American People. A 4 IT is 23. ci1'itic:a1 nioineht, jiwhen parties, vvhieh are formed from various views, will not permit the people to concur in the general good. Such moments», if repeated, Inuit end in defpoti..fm.--—--» Have wewitnefiieci them ‘; aiizz your own confcien» ces, 1*.eviewthe eventful periods of your hiitory, recolleét the annals of ’85 ; fearce had the God». defs of Liberty lighted on our flmres, when infer; rerftiont, that fiend of‘ all focial order, threatened‘ her with inftantt extimftionei §,W'y'OI11‘v guardian gem niust had not yet funk to eternal re-it ; again file awakened to truth ; again fl1e animated to Vitto- try. The monfier, though confronted, was not deftroyed ; in aifumed ano novel fliape flue fleals .retreat, totbreak anew upon our peace; recolleéit V the period, when with what anxiety you itoodi trembling, leafizeon the altar of opinion, fliould be ~fac:rifioedthe.p1*ofperity of our icountry ; happily" virtue triumphed, wifdom p1*evaiIed,. the confti-a tutiont was adopted. In the congratulationsof‘ ithe ipublie joy, the rage of party feemed toiiave funkaway, like tired nature file {toilet »to* reit, ' to co11e;8ci:anew her e3.-;:hau{ted— firength. Awakened M by difappointment,ibeho1d Faétion arms anew in all her power. The Savior of his country, could fcarce efcapethe venom of its rage, ibielded by i iMinerVa,yzzr2d'er:z degeneracy amid 22:72‘ Mac/'2 Zzim, now 17 fate beyond the fltiesg, calumny darts in vain her zxwrows, at the fepuichre which entorribs him.-—--‘ Keep I ah keep 3. the hallowed relicsgtiilforne bet: 1 tier day £113.11 reftore them, to. the monurnents of thy fathers. A Not fo, his nohle friend, the venera;-W hie ADA_.Ms_ rlieiiihasi furvived to e'_Kp€1‘i€nC‘€,11OVV; uncertziin is popnlar fame, how profitable is re-_ venge, how expenfive is gmtitude‘; in the Cairn of retirement, behold the good rnanreiting fecure, on the tftaff of his bright honor. 1NsArrA'rE, this malice of phrty hnows Anti hound ; the fitrne cnitfes, lufi; of pride, airarice, rnad :1rnb’itio7'n,I1zrt1'ed zrndlove of pe1‘petua1change, linve commenced their condemning 1abor~s zxnnong us. A Philofophy indeed, has ajffuriiedta new face, but lmsihe produced any thing new: A Where is that lmrmony, that perfeét tratnquility, p"h2;n}~ A tom of prornifed hzrppinefs, vzrnifhed in air with the breath ~’;v11ic:harihounced it ; “ it isinere anti~ quated folly, varniflred up anevir ;” the fanaticifrh of 3. fnife Wifdom, 21. ncmik of virtue, thefe are the delufive attraétions of the times. IN vain may We difguife ; the fiorrri is gather- ing, the diftant: thnnderhzts alreaciyreached tis, honor and worth are depofed, pait fervicesforgot- ten ; the my poifon rages sit the Vitals of the con» Pcitution ; if this fpirit is never to be quenched if to gratify the views of th‘edomin2:rit party,conti~‘- A nual changes are to be made, in tI1efundamentai,1 C , 18’ T cu-u-unz-nuu-u principlesof your co1npa.€t,we {hall foon-ilofe fight of its fair features ; the people will no longer rye’-e cognize the original‘ initrurnent. of their union. FWAC-TION, 1”'e-«uynited to itfelflyrnay eixhib-int 21 pow-:-* er, againitwvhich, the divideczl“ forces of the Suites,- might ihrucldyer to regard ;. but let tho-fe who now {Way unlimited‘, andwho, it is faicl, on the ruins of the Coniiitution, wioulclitereflcft an~cie‘nt dominion, paufe, and rernember, that here inthe North, be-a gan the fpirit of a.~freedom,' whofe fire eleé’cric, refufcitateyd to: new exiftence, out once palfieci country gland, fhould thefe“ P/3'i[i/finer” of the South, whiclikind I-ieaven zwert, dztreiventure to {heer us,of the Pa11a,dium,y0f‘, our ilrength, is there , zstimongyyotx that ion of Prizun, who like Helenue, would betray his country 2’ No, not one, in folici plralenzaz joined, 238 great Achilles to Agamemnon, I tltinkyou would tell the proud foe, through our bodiesyrnuit you pats, ere you violastetlige‘, yfanétuary ofour fneeclrom. l A MAssAc’HUsET‘~rS, God‘ he‘ pfaifeci, {till} re‘tai‘11e~ her azttachment to the inflzitutioxis of her progcni- tors, her love of , pofterity. Strong, inher habite of induftry ; firong in the hardy. valor of her fone, firong in the virtues of herilluil:rious.c:hief, may ihe continue to Watch with eager, c2u?.1tio,u,s,, refo, lute eye,the wary movements of diforganizing time. Yes, truly, the hope indeed is ch,erifl1ed,, t that you willlbeyfound the champions of truth, 1 The ‘late magnanimous refolution of your Legiflam y Scg('1\"otc fa} 4 Hill-I-an 9‘ V I mire l1:2‘tS pulled, gone forth, not to zwre-it from ..confiituted autllorityits juft power, but to -main» _~tain, if poflible, tlmt balance, which colnititutlee the very form and eflence of your republic-e--—eq.ual -treprefentation of freemen only, founded on the gimmutable principle of jult liberty, :the.,ri,g=ht of _£ufl'1'21ge.?’* A i A A A TI-I13. greatteotitending powers, ¥wl*1rofeuwars have agitated ellllft world, Ptill hold in liatefnl enmity. Ambition is not fatiefied, pride has not realched her bot111daries, vengeance is not done, theltfcailold now llezmts with the blood of in4_ju1ied,iinuocent royalty."l Gen we furvey thcfe fcenes, and as we drop the tear of fympathy for the eontinued rniferieeof man, and not; ‘feel the fecret glow of gratitude burfl: firo‘”m”o"ur bofomsy, in praife—tol1eaven, that thefe are the -places ,»,€I)f our fathetts, A we poflefs a country we delight in ; here agti~ ttculture unfolds the richeft abundance of the earth, commerce rolls her exltaufilefs treal'ur.es from either portion of the globe, arts and fcienceare univerfa1- ly diffufed, the fources of education are priyileged to none, we have the religion of nature and of na- e ture’s God, open to the wot-{hip of all. Let us then, in the fyfiem of our political afleirs, regard man as he is, not merely an imaginary creature; who wants no rules to bind him; but as R being felfilh, though facial, devoured by a. cruel egotifm, :fub_jeEl: to vices, to weakneiles, and infirmities, which have ever defied the powers of human Intel-r *' See Note (cl) i 1'20 lyeét. Lettusyadapt the code of _Qu1~ laws, to the pop» t1latio1i,i1idttfttldeld the fplendorbfyem-pire,pl1ilt:v{}:)pl"1y fllall «realife her fondefl expetilatiion, A pt0pl1eu:ty {hallbe t utterly ac- eomplifl1ed_:,yand tbeutree of libetrty, planted by the zeal. of your anceftors, nottrifliietl and fttpp0rt;ed by the continued care of -T.l1r€31..I‘ A-{uc"ceflb1fs,t flxall flourifh in perellnial life, and millions yet‘ Ltnbmrn, as they refrefh beneath its grateful flmde, {hall hail, tinlraptures of ceafelefs flX.l1lt231tl011, this feilival of yourglory.“ A — ‘ NOTE {a} Page 7.. y *1‘ If it be true, fays a late political writer, that in ‘revolve. tions, enthufiafls are necellary to advance beyond the markgvai: .-which wife men aim,: the Englifh owe much to the Puritane, -who, equally as oppofecl to Epifcopacy as to Royalty, aimed at the dellruétion of both.” ‘ The Rellotation tottheMo1’1a:rcihi1=- .x:a1 fyllem, under a more jut’: balance ofpower, “the definitive fettlernent of the privileges of Magma Charta, that noble deration, Mr. Hume obferves, as {Q eflential to the efiabliflxment of freedom In government, which accompanied this "change-, has proved, beyond all controverfy, the excellence and ‘fitnefs of the Conilitntion, under which the fubjeéls of Great—IBritait't havefo1ongflouri;1hed.t " _N J , A _y e > ‘ ‘mi u-.—-nua--—-nppu—u---ouuvu-an t to NOTE (6) Page 3.» Science will long mourn the untimely fate of this difciple of :1 Bacon ;~»born to’anv‘ample iortune, endowed with a ftiperiot intelleéli, he expended the former, while he exerted the latter; in the developement of thofe principles, which operate the va‘fri-- ous beauties of the mineral, “vegetable,-and animal kingdtoifna. Some molt iirzpartdnt expariwzmt: on -the phenomena of the ylata ter, he ‘wiihed the libertyvof a few days exiiiencte to lprefent to the world ;but France had . then no ‘need of llliihilofophers '3 the temple of truth was razed to its laafe, and his light was teat» tinguiihed forever. He was y of the long lift of thofe, who fell under the axe of the Guillotine, during the reign of terror, (as the honelt people of Eranee rightly denominated it) in x 793». 1, 1. l NDTE /c) Page 18, -“ A people who would preferve their liberties met’: be per» H petually guarding againlt the ufurpations of their governmentgfi ¢'3«~-’I3-‘ J-J-n-ad it V motetefpeci_:;tl1yif tljzey are e:~aten_cled over :1 vall; ttt-titory'.l The force of governmei1t cozfltzintllty prefents an irrefifiatble male, while that of the citizens is everyj3=vl1ere divided. Re-united to we-;~f'aé°tiori, it is e2.fy,:For it to de:l‘zroy;lil>erty, it znay effeét it even by the aid of calumny :~.1lone. V" 'fl1C1’;’10[l2 e{Tentia1 article there- ‘ ;§oreAi11tl1e Conftitultirm of :1 g;_*1*e;tI: people, is that which defends jf fovereignty agamft the attempts of the governxnent.” 'l‘hei'e t Vtubfervations, from the pen of 21 late w1"iter,o11 the French Re» :;e'_olutio11_, centlot tog ferioufly %confi.‘cl_ered itt tlligs country. any-unnu-an-quad-n-uuunuununauup ‘ :N;QT;E: my Page :9 Wi1Z£amzV.Ea._’y; Efquire’s, late Refoh;ttio11, Wl1lCl,1 Jhae 1*eeeiy~« _»¢,l’rl the «fanétion of t‘”12hel various branches of our State govern- _ment,; .aerteibl:utiom,tlfouI1tled on the purett republicaint prilncxiu plea, andltthouglal intended to efifeét, if 'pofl'1Ible,t an alteration i_1j1 at. given point, of thelorigit1al%edmpa-ét, ilstneverthelefstta telmtmge ttrifing out of the ur eney and neceflity of the tizmes, and fa.vo;r- able to liberty and 1:; e figfety of the tmion .5 EL cl'1a11ge, Which, if introduced, would ferve to outweigh. that uenjull px~e1:>o11tlc-1% ancy already exiltilug, and which will he fo greatly i11cre21fed by the Louifiazxai neceflion, :1. territory whlelm :tm1Pc be p1-i11ci_p21l'~ ly populated’ by fl:1.1ves.l Ifpopza[m‘z'm its to belthe {Entree ofre«- - tretfentatiom indifcriminatel ,,to ufe a certain he lifl2aLtox~t?s~ term ?_ .t Y 8% Y Aisllmi 11 time the tcgtttle of New—Eng1-and‘ flxoulcl be ent_it‘1ed to the ri it of fuifrgtge ; but I am in;c1ix1ed%tolthink, withAri{to~ ':l‘e,_the1*elis an efllential diillineition between potpulus and popftz- leris multituclo. Iwlefidenlce on a. given. territory which belongs to a Body ofzrmz, is neceflitry to conltitute 3, nation iti'elfl,a.nd gzonfeqtxently refidence, attaclnment a.nda‘cert:.-1i11 ri 11til11tll1e 't_e1l—r3itorey by freehold or convention is eflentiztl to com itute the %}';‘,,ileti«ze*r;,:;1ndetl1e people, in jwhom only fovereignty fllxozxldrefide, W»