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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‘.

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'.Et: ﬁnragcreotms bicn plixtot, q“m%1c:lq11’ anmur qui nous ﬂatter,
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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.
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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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 <?ff<?1‘5lL3*l power: W?’
are ﬂwes :0 evrfelvelsy

THE‘l{.T1.0Wl'€dg€ of the princlple on which perfeét
_clvil llbertyl depends, is doubtlefs as great a delicler--

etumin political fcience, as a knowledge of the
gzaufe of‘ lifeis natural phil,ofopl1y. Empires’

fucceeglganlcl fyllexps pals away; nations perilh, and
govermfnerglts jégre §iXtif1g1.1ill’1§2Cl,l)IJt the laws of truth
ore eternal _; ‘an‘;cl Ahappylwouldit be for manlvgixld,
if in p‘0liti‘Cs, as in phyﬁcs, expeyiment was tlne
llanclard, by wlajch to‘ tel’: the good or evil texldency
pf laws; to. lhe P0191 excluﬁclz of .hYP°l11?ﬁ$ and
ppxnloo. A

rm all go3.*er1;aments, tl‘l€l"§'3 mull he a p1"eponderat~ A

lug inﬂuence, al'm',ereign power, doulntlellz derive
log its ‘origin from the people, but guaranteed by
furéﬁemenml laws: in order that rehc liberty of all

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Ihunuunlwwltm

In-an-u-in--at-vunﬁl

may not be .the‘“ {part pf the li,certtieufnefs of any‘.

There never has, nor tl'te1‘e never will exill a true
elemocrapcy. If, faysthe _el,egar;,t author of the Social
Cotxlpaél, zffztcrc ‘@7676 a people pf Gods, £125): might
Zn: gowewzed dc’-m0cmzfz'cczZ{y, lﬁaﬁatejbpeiyfkfl will never
éclolzg ‘to mqm. In our own govert‘:me11t, fo happily
blended and equipeifed are the powers, of State,
that though fovereignty exiﬁs, it 1I1,a_.y be {aid never
to remain ﬁxledp, but like the vibrations of the pen-
dulum, gives to evgsry part zmd portion, its uniform

. fpring and a€tien. The ft:cler_al compaél is not

merely the llsietclu of liberty, it is the work complete,
it is the only _:;_”§<Z2*\'(:!'I1I‘lI1(f.‘rllZLll1Clti‘3("l1C:’£1V€3l'l, yet known,
where every man may be {laid ttr» c:~;ercife his right,
in the pa;;gr.eg;aete f}~'llem pf powen",
xeztfur; and the a11'%li)gy of zuatgwe, lilezethefasili form

of the Imuman body, it .exl1ibits the beauty,llrength =

amcl proportionls of a well Q1”(Zl€l"§3Cl fy ilexn. The ex...
eeutive is-*.li1;:~.7. brain, the LlCllClEl1"y' its lllllgs, and the
lC:,f$‘l'ﬂa.tlV{3 its wlmlel1em*t, circLtlating_.§ the very pa.bu--
lum of its exllltem:c<~., andj illuilag tlzte powers, twh-ich
warm at1diuvigorat.e its renmtell extremities. As,
elellzrxmtpial ta tltepexilleuce of mar bodies, astare the
ltmtin, lttrxgﬁs, or heart, equally eilential, are the
cllillinﬂt and indepencletrmt branches. of our govern-
ment, to its life and prel"ervati«;:m. Drawn out of
the e;~tpe1'ie:x1ce of ages, it contairns the principles of
,3. Republic, ftxblimelyreéliﬁed. It is the palladium
gel‘ your future peace, a bond of union and Ollllgi-.1-..

tiem, which when violated, will canvttlfe to its cenw

§_l:§3 tlte <;l.ellcg.1te frame Of your l.iberty,., A

Fcmnded in

77M»

tiﬁilﬂw

ooooza ‘is the fyihanu ‘under which yoL1_W ’have M
ggrqatly ﬂouriﬂzed; and will y()1.1----I-CE1l”l‘yO1.1., from
§.«odif;feror1~oe9 ignorance, ‘or pre{'umption,o fL1:%?or tho
futxdamomal po1*i«ocip1-as of ifo zzdmimble a ﬂ;ruE‘mre,
to be facriﬁced, to fzxtiate the oocrnxde whimﬁc-:s of turn»
kauhexzt il1ﬂO‘Jat§Oi1 P Wotalci you wantoniy riﬂa the
experiments of alohyrrai-copoliticians, when exhoady
its cmolloiucohzas been L1Io1f7:)‘¥d:;-;*€1ein you1*pro{'pet**ity 3*‘
Am not anoieom forms and il”3{‘U;tl1t'iC)flS now more
poxuﬁzélly a<ijn:z{“Lec1, and What furthe1' foctxritios do
yout reqo.io.:f;c 3’ From what fom‘cc:~s have we oauib for
j¢:=.a}oufy*'?‘ o%17“o2¢n):noww11onco muﬁ: we olook. for the orim
gin of our evil E’ VVhz1ot r:3'Lang;e~rs mull we dread '5’
Is it from itrs mo1=:a:rch~i~ca1 tendency, you m§p1*ehon&
mifchief tootho State ; a t1"1r'oorm~——-:1 oiadom. ‘Who
{hall wear it P N mona1'chy is ever to be: eH:ab1iﬂ1-
ed within the limits of our Union, the dead bodies
of your citizena will coxiﬁituto its bsxoﬁo, while
their blood owiﬁo »form the c:emont,o which muff
azma1ga111ateot;he odifcordant materieds. Is itoan ariil
taocracxy you fear ? oVv'ho?, on the de'Pm.z€tion
of 1egi‘Hatiﬁe riglat, wouldodaroe o'r'<=_::f:“£ a privilogged
o1*dor P Bafe, falfe idea ;; thazik God, we have, in»-
ziioedo, 21 onobility ; a mobility whofo ﬁordors are
founded on mex*rit“,; on virtue, onfo1idwoo*rth, ﬁzars of
the mind, not of A the body, theywill {him in hiﬁo-
ry"s lanai’: page, and point the PE'i\t}‘1 to honor and to
faxne. A th1*ono, or its titles, have no tc:-rrors for
you;,thc:17:~: are but vain and empty fhadows, mc-rm
bogbears of i111aginati(3n, doﬁgnecily hold up by tlue
fI?E}.*aH::.O1lS and maoolioioua, to diﬁraﬂ and ocleooixro tho

Ililw-wvvmvnil

ig;1101‘“at1t anti the 1‘}‘5.'lﬁ'11f01‘t'1'tCd'. If we have my ib‘ei,
if the councils of tlie~i1-atioitmult be cliilblved, audit
the fplezldid clome,, which liasy thus far fhelitered us,
mull: be rentiiii rttilz1,, thcdming erzmny will ziiliiil
you from within ; he will be fouticl atthe licart of
the city--wtlmt enemy is F}iE’ti'on, t‘he’canl<er~vwo1*m of
empires, in free goyet'nmem;s, e-ngeiidered by 21 tact
l*tt:m-lriaxit growth of the tencl‘e1* p"la,n‘t of fz*eed"0m.

A rwoU,1.I>,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

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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

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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}

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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,i1idttftt<y, extent and moral habits of the
people. W A t t

IN the archifves of your ltate, written on tablets
of brafs, let the folemn teﬁamlent ofyour 'VVAs1~1IN G»-
TON be depbﬁted; there, as at Delphoé, let your
flatefmen come, and ponder well the truths his beﬂf,
great xr.tind'con_ceived. «In the career of .fuc:l:1;W;ilC
dom, guided by fucb coutifel, we may indeed anttit-«
cipate, that in our future biliary, will be ~»u11fc>ldeld
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

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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».

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

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,

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