AMERICAN I mm EP E. Pmoawotrwcifizm ow ':m1I~:.‘ ”l”'Hm'1‘YSECOND xxANN1V;EIas*a1§g§ ow H A E NC ;:m M .:m.za.ze1s:,1r«;r‘%T;z-11:3. (ZWJNWW 03? X7V;”()l%.(3E*£§.‘:'E”1?;3?.+%, % mf JOSEPH B.(3:;xLI§VVEI.¢L, A. ‘mmmmaemmwm A “ ¢x;a{;:ms-.au~ ‘ A W A ¢ 1? PIE: N m» gs: .”K“OLTRTI“‘E”f1N S~PIRI'1"ED P.ESOLUTIONS., A A m3oP'r12:D40N_1"I~m.c:»w.A&se;m1~«:*;A A «M *"“0x:«;vw?.a’7it2'o¢2¢v;z ¢zzisemm, 220% made» adm.vi::§.vmz7zdcer, x!a7“‘um aim»; covziervandcg mn- gzmziue !”g:;;:;“' ic:r~:;r<;~’:*. $25.. éfixmiwn agaizm Catalina.‘ -~w-mum ~?«!»2~ ~'5!fié amwws-» . N w:t3.ms1»xJ2:n mt §vc)w:m'r:mxa, A wBu~‘Is3xm.I=£ '1T‘1*£(")1”\/IA.&;?3, am A ‘V \ V «Mm»-mm m % %' %;ér:5".4.M %e2*”Ui1wsz%2v-:zf,zzNez*,%.2u’2'2I1xt%:r’E.m ; , 3; Jum§,.,...1 wa..:w BAm“n1~:, July 4, 18108. THE C'0MMI9‘9‘EI: afzjzointed at ame.etz'ng comvened at Bar- 3'8, £55» celebrate the a1rmivers;zz7*y qf‘.r1MERIc.aN INDEPENDENCE, in izehagf 9)“ ‘said nzeeting, 7‘C’L’2£T‘?I- thanks to Mr. C'ALDWE'”1ZL“,_f0‘r‘ 1 the elegavzzt cmd ficztriozic ORAYTION this delivered by % lriauz, and request a cojzg/for zize jz?'e.s*3. T3-xowmm %W;%WARD, % % % % JABEZ UPHAM, j % Committed‘. ELEAZER. JAMES, ‘M é \ -3‘;-9 -Jfiunu-nu. jvmt 5th, 1803‘. wrsmmrmmmmit, % ‘ ‘ % A ‘ ‘ A % LN‘ ca’m{aZianc%ewi2%k4yam‘ reg-uest, I transmit you a cafzy gflmy O.1M~HoNfbr the farms. % Q % A % ‘ U/"272!/z muc/3 w3.9j2.ecI: I am, Gentieme-rt, Your Obcdienz? Servant, JOSEPH B. CALDWELL. \ Aw ‘ % Tgtlxe Commxrmm. QRATIION, '---mun-Mun---» HEN surveying the progressive steps of our national existence, the mind will delight to dwell on those events, which have most strongly marked our national character, "The soul is filled with a divine enthusiasm, in contemplating the astonishing achievements of an infant people. Every bosom which cherishes a love of LIBERTY, is fired vviththc rapture of admiration, in recollecting the glorious event which has this day assembled you together. You have met here, not from an idle curiosity, to witness some childish spectacle, but in obedience to the sacred impulse of gratitude, to celebrate the Anniversary of AMERICAN Innsrsnnnncs; to commemorate the Natal Day of Lrssnrr; to hand down pure and unsul... lied to posterity, the memory of events, not more inter. «testing to yourselves, than to the whole family of nisn. The Genius of Liberty, compelled by the destruc- tion of the Grecian and Roman Republics to wingher rapid flight from the abode of man ; by the discovery , of Coltrmbusrwas once morepresented with an happy i «at asylum, an irnpregnable citadel, on which to A implant her imymortal standard. The sons of opprest humanity tthroughout the World, hailed With rapture the glorious event. T ,,They beheld the day of regeneration at hand, and satvii that they had only to shake pfl’ their chains to be free forever. About this era, the human mind was fast emerging from a Cimmerian darkness, which, for ten centuries, had over shadovvedthe World. The energies of Genius, which had either been smothered in the cloistered cell, or dissipated in scholastic dis» putation, were now dir_§cted,,,, to anobler theme, to a more interesting speculation. The irresistible rays of truth, dawning on a benighted World, began to pene. itrate the flimsy veil, in which tyranny had Iiitherto shrouded therights of man. Persecuted into reflection, they received» at =1 Single glance» ”.‘,¢.iF‘11v,e’i.i¢’,‘i°f their political degradation. A They saw hovvlargely tlieyhad been plundered of their_ just and unalienable rights l..., '1 To retrieve their situation was im ossible. ‘With 1 P the strong arm of government upon them, they could wily escape the iron hand of oppression, by flyingbe» .3,.~0ni.-_1 its grasp. Their only hope of regaining their long lost liberties, was in reaching some desart, shore, vwhich hadiiievei bowed in subjection to a sceptered tyrant. Animated by this determination, a small band , of patriots tore themselves from the bosom of domestic felicity, encountered» the complicatedmiseries of want and disease, and braved the bloody scalping knife of A tl1_e merciless savage, to enjoy the invaluable immuni- ties of which tyranny had bereft them. Inspired by the spirit of 1.1, see rrr and m na M: it nr. 1;: c E,Which had 1 acjsaziltetil than from fl1¢if11atiV‘3 land, their Political imi- ~ 5 tutions approached to an unusual point of perfection. Theirlaws, vvhich, to an uncommon extent, admitted the important prerogative of private judgment, guarded with cautious vigilance, the rights of persons and of property. They surmounted, with ease, t stupen». dens obstacles, with Which nature, in her most rugged aspect, opposed their progress. A dreary, uncultivated wilderness, by the magic hand of civilization, was madeto blossom like the rose. A gloomy, impenem trable forest was suddenly transformed into the field of smiling plenty. On every side was seen rising to view, the protecting roof of the contented cottager, While the prospect, aided‘ by the distant spires of rising cities, was rendered doubly il‘1l‘.eI‘€Stl_11g‘. Afar was descriedt thewhite sail of an increasing commerce, while at their feet was tmard the busy hum of indus- try. Buytyalas The period of prosperity was fleeting and transitory‘. The very Nation from Whom. they dc... rived , their existence, and from Whom, as its colonists, they ahaduhitherto ‘retoeived protection and support, un. der the specious pretext of obtaining remuneration for their blood and treasure, exhausted in at l'or1:ner War,u11equivoc:ally proclaimed “their Tlgllt tornake laws of suflicient validity to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever.” This infringement on their rights roused the indignation ofthe Americans, and co1npeIl- ed a nationoffreemen, justly jealous of their liberties, A to embark every thing in their defence. Innumerable and complicated were the distresses they endL1recl,un»- ll A ltilthe memorable day We now celebrate, tvlremcworn out by continued persecution, scourgcd, pyastyvexidurp anee, by the mercenary minions of arbitrairyttptovver, I 6 appealing to Heaven for the rectitude of their inten-3 tions, they proclaimed their INDEPENDENCE to. the world! To support the high and important rank, they had thus heroically assumed among‘ the nations, they pledged their “ lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.” You all know with what invincible firmness and undeviating perseverance, they pursued i the grand object of their wishes. “ An infant people, with no other «resources, and with no otherysafeguardm than an unclad, unarmed and undisciplined militia, staked their all on the issue of the combat, and resolva- ed‘ to conquer or to die. The Genius of Liberty, from the heights of her favored land, displaying from her ex» tended * arm the «reward of their valor, bestowed her be-nedictionsi on them as they marchedtto battle.” , But to detail to you each particu,1arh0I‘1701‘=5 t,0,1,'?:"l A count the various battles which were won, or the hidden feats which were sustained; to pourtray to yourminds the alternate hopes and fears which agitated the bosoms of your anxious countrymen, would produce no other letfect than to excite your indignation, or distress your feelings; ,Sufi*ice it to say, that a people, who had thus ‘solemnly sworn to live free or die, with lmatehlessin- trepidity and heroic valor, , compelled the crowned heads of Europe to acknowledge their 1 N D Er E N D E N can . America, disentliralledsfrom foreign dominion, was suddenly lcompelledto turn herpyattention fromlwar to ya fpeace, from the armed camp to the labors of“ the cabi-~ » met. Her provisionary government, teeming withlim; fperfections, iwas already totteringto its base,.‘The‘ “Hero, who hadwielded the sword of war,was i called «to preside in ‘the. councils of the Nation,.»iTl1e pro-— A 1‘. i ecedings of the Convention, in their splendor and im- portance, rivalled the "achievements in the tented field, and from this illustrious band of statesmen, we derived the grand charter of our liberties, in which our natural and civilrights are solemnly guarded, and defined with ‘peculiar precision. to The venerable patriot who had ilyerl us, like the children of Israel, in safety through the perils of the Wilderness, vvasunanimously selected to perpetuate, by his counsels, the happiness and l prosperity of the coun- try he had so nobly defended. Thus situated, under circumstances peculiarly auspicious, inhabiting a. country, enjoying, to an equally boundless extent, the it means df internal navigation and external commerce, ifox-twelve successive years, did the people of America exhibit to the World, an example of increasing populai-3 tion, wealth’ and respectability, unparalleled in them. nals of time. The arts and sciences were peculiarly ltllfi objects of governmental patronage; the white sails l‘bf"‘an‘.ii ezttending commerce waved on, every sea; the produce of our soil, Waswafted to every fclime ;’ yourltar- bors were crowded with the ships of ‘ every maritime nation on the earth, and our infant naval force was . rapidly acquiring strength, toprotect us from insult and outrageon the ocean. l r l r I it But the * restless spirit of faction, and the insidious ‘wiles of unpriucipled ambition, arrested the progress of our glory, and committed the dearest interestsjof our country, to the jeopardy of hazardous andiuntried ex, periment ! The spirit of innovation projected new Schemes ofpolitical alchymy; all the riches ofythena. lotion have beencast into the crucible, that tlieymighthe. ‘ . e rtransmuied into golrdr; for eight years ,ou;-» adaprehavle s W , been industriously toiling at the furnace, and We are this day called upon to behold the wonderful progeny of their labors ll 1 A l A country, prolific beyond all others in its agricul.. tural productions, and hitherto pushing its growth with unexampled rapidity, by an unrestrained inter-3, course with every nation of the globe, is suddenly touched by the wand of at migl1ty magician; its em- terprise is arrested, its energies are lparalised, and its strength has decayed ! To preserve, ‘uninjured and unimpaired, those “ resources” of the Nation “ so es- sential in time of War,’’ (the ships, the produce and the seamen of our country) every port on the seaboard is hermetically sealed by our experimental Philoso- phers, and our frontiers are fenced in by the armed min» ions of their power. r Our ships are thus secured from destruction, by perishing in our harbors; lrmillionis of our surplus produce are preserved, by decaying in the field or the storehouse; and our sixty thousand fisherrnen and seamen are either prowling in our cities, begging their bread througli the country, or seeking a more honorable subsistence in the ernployrnent of foreign powers ! i If a hardy and industrious trace of freernen, bola dering on the provinces of the detested Carthage, 'Wl1lC‘._l1, by the decree of the niiglity conqueror of Eu-A rope, is to be blotted out from the list of Empirres, should hazard an attempt to continue an intercoursep it which they have hitherto subsisted, a rqyczi A proces- lamation denounccstliempas REBEAL s, and their owit brethren aresumrnoned to the field, to chastise their presumption at the p0i1‘ll'., of the bayonet‘??? Lestrthe l i V p i p .}V:rmont,and the St, glean! piviampaiat, giring the “‘1ic"direc£” to the sllandegzliii i “' 9‘ See the President’s Proclamation, against the “ REl:‘uEiLS’,’ of V intercourse _ between the - different sections of‘ the con; tinentfshouild be “ anzbarrassed by too“ mzzcfircgul.:z- tion,” the Chief Magistrate of each State, without pre- tence, or color of legal authority, is constituted, by the - great advocate of egzzol rig/zts, to be purveyor of sup-— plies for the people, to sell indulgencies to his ZoyrzZfa- ‘ oarites, whenever a lucrative speculation oiiers, by furnishing food to supply themouz‘/2 of labor .’i Should an attempt be made to transport, on our own coast, the produce of our own soil, to supply the wants of our com fellow citizens in a sister State, though the law‘ should be summoned to decide, and a solemn judicial decree should give sanction to the enterprize; yet the arm of etszecutive power is uplifted in defiance of its authority, and a Presidential Horrzezl is cotnmisa sioned to sting back‘ the e to its hive M6 ‘It is thtzs an intercourse by land is restrained by the point of the bayonet ; it is thus ‘a blockade is added to an embargo ; hand it is thus the supremernajestyof thelavvi is pros- trated by the terrorofmilitaryforoe z t In searching for the causes, which have resulted in I this degraded and disastrousstate of our country, which impoverish in the midst of plenty, and create an unex» ampled distress among a people, surrounded by all the physical means of comfort and prosperity, it becomes necessary to extend our inquiries beyond the pressure ofthe present moment; that we may tracethe gradual A progress of the disease, from its earliest symptoms, to y l its present most alarming crisis. A It is, hoWever,bu1; t of little “moment, iniestimating the political character A ii‘ r 1 at See judge ]ohnson’s,daclis~ion Charleston (5. Cu) in thfip \ 3 a cat,‘ Uniaa 10 of our rulers, whether the measure, which has already pmduced,a11d is still produucillgk, Such af train of in, spfierable evils» the eemeiuniiya was a Wanton, un- neeeissaryaiisi preeipitete exercise of pewer,oran ere- pedient of itievietble necessity, resulting from theiW.eak- neee 01‘ Wi0k€d11¢55- ‘Of former measures-e Had it been true, that the l1os,ti1ee aggressions of thei_Be11igerent povvers hadi11terdieted to? us everynook and corner of the ocean} that to push beyond the protection, of ‘ our harbors was uiniievitable capture and condemnation, it would yet have be-eliiirue, that these: aggressions Wtere iiwited byuthre feeble endfpueiilanimoue policy of the present administratiou.~ A e H t A i Whether the total neglect of the commercial iuterw ests of our country has resulted from :1 deep. rdotedu hatred of commerce, andbf commercialimen, ‘e‘ as um» preincébled adezzezzzzzrers, and t/we esspontiiarn qf zlze communiv? if” A from Iierrmv ami niggardly local jealousies, or from the vain and visionary theory, that “ Acomme1'cc%flozzri5fi¢’S mart em/zen Icfl to prewar: z'zseIjI,” i yet must certain it isu,(,tI1at, for eight. years past, our pacifie%¢and plmilosophieal rulers lmave been most i11t1us— t1‘i0F‘31Y¢'?‘1P195’¢da in demolishing the maritime de- fenee» Whieh been begun by their I>reeieeee~u sore, am vvhgioh they found in at state of regular and rapid pregressiqn. “ Tllerewas a time to build up, andi thererie etitne to pull down !”ii"It was’ the sound ancleettled Dolley ef our WASHINGTON A e11<1rADA‘i1\iiS2Lrt;h.:c1;c, Wither ripeeplei ii‘ whose farma fir? 011 the Ocean: auduglieseharvestsiriare gathered iI1;€‘V€FY seaT,’t’t as our commerceextended, an uefficient naval fercé 2 iwould become necessary for .titS,iitpretectiqn. Assumingthisas an axiom, tested by the experiénéé of everyage and A counttry, tl'1e;e‘ommentcement of la a systems of» self defence washoeval vifitlm the establish; , mellntl of the Federal C.onsAtitut’ion7.$l ‘T he s7§stemA ‘had advanced, as thelmeansl had increased, by the increase , of our revenue, inla sort oflaritIi1,mielti,ca—I lproigression, ; and had it Aclontinuned unint:erruptedA till the present a day, the present day would not have witnessed our na-» fidnal degradation, but would l1avebeen.to_ us, eInphati- sally, a day of GLORY and INDERENDENCE our political experime11ta1ists Were, resolved, tlfitat the people of America, like the fabled i11l1abitantsof_Laputa, shoulcl become a nation of Philosophers; and" that Whiletheyvirere engaged in the prdojitaldc firocess of est. traetintgv awnbaams from czzczzinéers, they Should not be disturbed bythents, g and hamrfier"! as In our navy yards the stroke of labor was suspend-A ed ; the materials, iwhichl haclbeen diligently collect? V cd,were as diligently A clispatsetzll % D~oeks*~ proj ec1:*Aed A shin“ dismantled 5; and to s an? claw-ate, tl1el natural npfogress of decay, by a 1ea"g*uél“vvitlh llhe destroyer, «our tnouldering’ Navy was driven lfromi thee ocean, to fnrnislx fond for worms’‘’ in the plutridl Waters of? the Pawmac .,’ ~While this process of deteri‘,-2 otatiottt and destmjction ltltuts ‘F in the full tideVo”‘i' \ successful experiment,” the people were “'5 sootherif t ‘lélse annual lullaby of at Pi*eside11t’s message, inltol silken‘ sllumbers and golden dreams!” They wefe told, the genuinel eant‘ of hypocritical dtemagoguesyll ? itteAvery eel an country, from the time of Aasaiatltl to A the present lmorn?ent,~ *‘~‘ that = sintéa“: be lA’:made yundges lcmd” all alatijse‘Ad“’“lfhey had‘ A A 12 once experienced should at once be corrected; that the ‘ least possible portionof food should be takenrfromg ?‘ the mouth of labor ;'”p thattheir yokeshoulcl be easy and their burden light ; : that no griping taxgatherer» should belfolund at their doors ;‘ that the national debt should be wiped away with a sponge, without impes... ing on the people even the labor of squeezing it! w These inflated promisesvvere popular and captivating, and the l people were rapidly caught with the gilded bait. . i Proselyteswere multiplied with more than Ma~ fiometcm rapidity, and every riew convert, lstrolve. to make atonement for his former, errors, by the zeal with which he should propagate the doctrinesof the imposu» tor. :l‘l1us surrounded by the multitude, and flattered by their applauses, asfiiring clernagogues began to fancy their work was accomplislied, and that no change of time or circunistance could the“tconfidence they had so deceitfullyacquired. A ~ _ M But in an evil hour the destroyer came! The imbe-1» cility which had marked the measures of a _/ee5*Ze,. timid and wczwrirg administration, though invisible at /zame, toitheeyes of a people so blinded that they would not see, did not escape the keen and penetrating glanceof aspiring and ambitious conquerors abroad; lOur come- fnerce presented a lure to their appetite for plunder, Our government had not the .5-pirizw rcseiztazz z'7z.9zzZt,tiand they had aolzzzzzarigy surrendered z‘/ze tmeapm io_redres.9 an injury 1 They had not only withdrawri all protection‘ from commerce,Zvurz't wyasprohzlfiized 1*‘/ze /'zzzmZ2lcr_z'_'gf/M :0 protect iz'.s'e[f. Captures lwerescornmitted withijmpu-z pity, and condemuations followed ewithouticomplainta A ,‘fl‘he Gram‘ Empire required money, to; payot-Epathei«worl;«_ A i men Whom she had employed to forge and rivet chains on thetsurrunding Iiingdoms and Republics. Our;:’Com+~ V merce did not furnish suliricientpltlnder for their pra- pacity, and a contribution was demanded to supply the deficiency. Under the pretence of purchasing a terri- tory, Withouttitlel or boundaries, la dozzcauriof FIFA TEEN: “MILLIONS is granted, to‘ appease the venm geance of him, Whose tender mercies are more cruel than death I ' A But humiliating concessions and millions jbr tribute are insuflicient to purchase a peace with him, who has i said, in his wrath, mere size]! be nopeace rill Erzgiarzd is deszroyerz’. These haughtyilslanders must be extern1inat- ed, that the freedom lot‘ the seas may be restored 1 Their” Islands stare blockiaded by an Imperial Bulletin, while not even a single %'Igil1’)«b(0a‘:t"i/i‘S‘A!‘t‘i‘1be found within, p'erhaps:,an hundred leagues of their coast! Yet the opening of this battery ofpaper Mat is deemed sufficienti”, of itself, to annihilate our intercourse withEngland, that, ytinhitb-> itinp; the exchangeoft hour ;~pro‘dnc‘e for. their rmanufac- tunes, the United Kingdoms and their colonies may be starved into submission. Greatbrizczin, in iselfdea fexrce, attempts to retaliate; and the decree of ~ Milan; derzaziazzalizes every ship that shall have been searched by the Englisln shall be bound on a voyage to England, a or shall have paid ~ any tax to the government l of that country. Wl1er1ltanp explanation is dernanded of these outrageous and unprecedented measures, we are super- ciliouslytold, that a War exists between England and -America, and thatour vessels,vvhich have been captured»; shall only remain sequc.sém*cd, till we havehad a lcllanceto i piassoeiate against England, in resrarizzgz‘/zefireedom cg/"tine l 14 seas.’ 91% On r irzagmzrzinziozza and indeperzderzz government; ‘ finding that the cause cannot be decided at the bar as public reason, cliscreetlywithdraws itself into a’ calm and dignified retirement; “and, that its philosopltic rfiveriesf may be no longer disturbed by clamors‘ about merce, very wisely decrees that cwnnzerce shallno Iona ger exist ! That France may have no occasion todoubf our devotion to herinterest, all commercial intercourse by land with the British Provinces is interdicted‘,tun-a- ~ der the ingerziozrsr pretext of preserving our shipping t and seamen from -capture 3 The mighty Emperor; V however, isnotryet satisfiedvwtth‘ your submission, and We have not yet drank sufficiently deep of the cup of ‘hiumiliaition! The “ dispositions expressed” by our Governmental are not yet sufiiciently ezzplicit for his pur.- pose. VV e have as yet only Iairlc/azvrz COMMERCE in obedience to his mandate. ta/icing ARMS has is been issued, but has not yet been obsequiously obeyed. i The cargoeswhichi were only scyueszméa? to Wait for a declaration of war against I Englarnd, are novviorzbr confiscated,’ and their proceeds l ittedto Paris; becausevvaris not declared! The last: act in the drarna remains yet i to be performed”; andlithe ‘fcubrtain is r only dropped for a moment toshilit A A the scenery, andprepare the dresses and deeoratiolmsi Perplexed as the situation of our C'ountry[&hi’ard*i’i rendered by theoutrages of the Belligerent*“iPo’Wers, it has been dernonstrated thattheruinous destructive A remedy,.wl1ichro.»ur political empiricis halved iadoptedr,r‘i"isit* infinitely worse and more dangerous than pt11es“r;diseaser; THsIRTYNINE MILLIONS of the Sb x * See Champagny’s1etitegr to Gen. Arimstrong; rplusprodtlcé p ;;l{'5 of our eountry,areA~perishing-on our, hands, not because the mgrlggts of Europe are closed against us; butetbecause A tine native enterprize of our citizens is repressed, and theyare not permitted to put at hazard the fruitseof their own labor. Nannie/zstantding z/ze ‘vexatious decrees to/ziclz been letzelled against us, yet, we}; were 2:/ze eqczceptiozze to 2/zose qf Britain, and em/'2 z/ze ineomjoezenqy qf France, flam /Ler 72ez=val imbecilizgy, to execute, the gascenadizzg threat ‘w/zie/2 was to sweep us from the ocecAz7z, zfzat ‘we mig/zz‘ at z‘/2219 momemr /zatve eeen ]mreu- izzg, safe and zmmoleszfed, Cl eommerce, equal, at least, to 2‘/that ‘rt:/zic/z ‘would be permz'zted to us by me potvwe ‘ Europe, ‘were I/zcjy 72o°w restored to perfect kzmrzguillizy and repose A A A 2 A ‘ ; ~ 4 _ Mill“ Apt permit, and the occasion perhaps would notjustify, aim .ex.aminetio1~1, in details, «of the ditto on which this position is founded. A Snfficetit to say, it is the resulttof t1 thorough andAde1iberateinvesA»; tiga.ti.0p,tbytAthose AbAestA, acquainted wi.thA theAeomtAt I*€E@i&i A concerns of; ot1rAA And " yet, AiFell;o:w Citiz.ens, your inspired Alegielatore, either guided by an invisible tlnzmd, 01;? blindly confiding in Presidential infallibility, vvithoutdeigninge to develope to their constituents the lijgldell CAauSt3sA of this strange and unprecedentcde pro.» CeC1L1m,,_p_Wr§qt1iI‘€ only the tranpsiexit period of at single diurnal session, to prostrate our coM;ME1toA1.: as at nu;i4- Swim» and to bury our AGRICULTURE in its ruins ! p_ ' If a bQ1£1AAa11d intrepid statesman should dare tt:opAarra~ignV7 p‘ the motiygeeto this rneaettre,-lieie-:e11ot,it is true,si1enoed : by the stiletto QAf,,theas:sAassin, buta page~qfIt/the at A is commi,seiAot1ed toreason himinto eo1axoie*tion,t it A by the unanswerablee logic; tofa leaden syllogiesm E; in 3 * Sec Mr. Kcy’s Speech, and Mr. Lyon's Gin: ular Lettertto his Consitituents. ‘ afi ‘Hi It is thus, FELLOW Citizens: Ye who lculti» vate the soil, who turn the furrow, and wield the scythe and the sickle ;‘ ye whohave been set apart, by Presidential flattery, as the chosen people of Goo; who have been so peculiarly the objects of his pa-A ternal care, that he would not “ e’en permit the winds‘ of heaven to visit you too roughly ;” ye, who have been cajoled by promises, that no taxgatherer a should be found at your doors, to levy contributions for the support and protection of commerce; it is thus, that, in a single year, bya bead roll of Embargo ilavys, by an act? original, an act additional, and half iaiidoz- en acts, explanatory and supplemental, you are taxed to more than half the annual income of your farms, in ,2‘/zc czrznz’/'zz'lczz‘z'o72 cy" commerce, and 272.9 consequent depre- ciation of 2/2: fruits of your [moor I I I . Your flocks that feed upon altlltousandi hills; * your fields now waving with the ripening harvest; your A granaries now bursting with the redundant cropsof a former year; these are the orators, which pronounce, with overwhelming eloquence, the eulogy of the past, and the iunvarnished character of the present adminis-— ‘itrationl! m U , lg i r Isthis strange and mysterious policy to be ascribed tea the intrinsic weakness of our government, or the undue i jbropondorance 0]” any floreigrz power in the councilsof \ our nation 3 Among tllioselivvho were early deluded by V’ the specious and plausible theory of out A philosophic. politicians, we have3fou11dsome,iWho have beenfaith- i 4 ful to their country,iby descryingthe dan b er and sound- ing the alarm, Fromthe mouth of one of their mtostdis-» p tinguished champions; ..one,_who, if edeludezd, is yet, 4 honest: if ambitious, is yet independent; one, who’ “ Would not flatter NEPTUNE for his trident, nor a JOVE for his power to thunder ;” from him it has been proclaimed to the Nation, that the very man, who now v guides the Executive councils, and to whom the man-- tle of authority is to descend, has attennpted topalliatef our base and cowardly submission, by an open avowal, that FRANCE HAD REQUIRED MONEY AND THAT THE REQUISITION MUST BE AN~ SWERED ! From the montelilt of this avowal, he has told us, his confidence in the government depart-« ed; and from this rnornent, is there an American,» who, at each returning Annliversaryt of our IANDEPEND- Enos, (if Providence has another yet in reserve for us)‘ willllnotlt crimson with sharne,l orglow with indigna- t tion, at the remembrance “that this sacred boonii has beenthus jeopardized by the treachery or cowardice of the guardians to whom it‘'W&1Sil'lt1‘l1StCCli !, A A t E T~:fl:»ns the blood of our infancy rwastedto resist the dc» mand of a paltrytaxby the most powerful nation on the globe; and shall the full vigor of our manhood yield to this imperious requisition, because it is urged by a des- pot, at whose awful nodthe crowned heads of Europe“ l have trembleidandpobeyed? Shall we truckle to his au;«--- thority, froma cringing fear of his mennces, or a blind? and stupid predilection for the cause in whicli he isens \ lrgwiied E‘ To quiet the fears of the timid, (if there r be any A such, exceptpamongn those to Whom our destinies are’ l A .confided)naca*n itbe necessary to" remindi'tl1ern,.thatun~ . i l til the Hclifi'srEngl~and are swallowed up in thecavern»s. A ' A ocean,o_r herifloatingcastles aresweptaswsjr from: V : pogttsreurface, we r are as rmuchbleyoand the ranch f Qfflhifiz Ia ‘Wrath, or his ambition, asif We were the inhabitantstofA another planet A Althongli, like a. Colossus, he bestrides“ the kingdonls ofthe European world, yet,.between, us and his myrmitlons, there is a gnlph whiclltlteyrfean never pass, unless we are first leagued with :himti,,§to~ wrest the trident from the Monarch of the Seas! his towering pride anal bonnclless projects of tcoinqruelst, he might as wen attempt a to scale rtlte awbattlements of Heaven, as to draw ,uswithin? the vmttex» of his powAer,A unless we should fifrst conspires with him’ to hreiak down the barriers, which Go :a~= and Na runs have A erected for our preservation ~ t t l l. i as t Are there any in this assembly, -so much the slaves of early prejudice, or the clnpes of more recent i;nfatn- ation, as to believe that England is our enemy, because We were once atwar with her ; or that France is fighting the battles of Re_publrlcs,bccanset her? Arnurd‘erecl Mon-4. arch once was our ally? r France, from the earliest ages, has been seeking the clestruction of England, and was _ Willing to assist in shearingj her locks, by,lopping,o&' ‘her, colonies, Awhich hacl‘ contribn-ted so much to llfili‘ , strength. A She tvvas11otjwi1li11g,A however, to see anotlA1-~ er empire rising in another henxisphere, which atria future Aperiod, might rival i1'1.gl01‘y'. It was nly by the intrepid firmness and * perseveranee at‘ our revolts» A A ltionary t patriots, that she Was persuaded,reluata W acknowledgeour Infnnrrantnnnes. Has the character - or the N ationchanged, with t=he~ sangainary is t through Awhiclt it has passed’ 9 t Was their«amlaitin;aeat~ ° A Al’1aL1St€Cl‘WithAtl1€'i§l®tJ{l}Of'Afl’1(‘:‘bWt€:l1€r€i~(1*”OWVZE-@Ntt‘S, a land has the restablishment of another "t’ynasty,f the ‘ person of the mad andtanassiimirzgr rNAA9P a taoblitn in erated their ltatred of Englalad, or extinguisheazl their ardorfor conquest? The triple alliance of ,TIt‘sI'r bears Witnesstto 2!/zeir Zo'z:.z'7z,g kinrlners towards England 5 and for proof of the unnmbiziaus character of lter sove- reign, the modernhistory of Europe speaks to us in language,-vvhicl1 never can deceit/e. A ITALY, and SWITZERLAND, and HOLEAND, and Poatrvear, and SPAIN, all but Poariroaa, successively his faitlmful allies, have been successively bound in chains to the triumplmal car of the mighty conqueror. Kma- .oo;Ms and PRINCIPALITIES have been parcelled out to perpetuate the splendor of his name ,; PRE- J-ATES and romnrares glitterin his retinue, and nxzrnanxea l12;'lVC been plucked from their orbit, to add to the lustre of his imperial cliadem! i...SPnIN, thetlalet victim to his desolating fury, presents to us a beacon, to warn us of the pdeetiny which awaits the deluded allies of this all devouring ‘empire. His revolutionary emisssaries crowd the capital of this haughty ltingdorn; an insurrection, is fomentetl to drive their feeble monarch from the throne; and While the crown is clesoencling to its legitimate owner, he is invited on a visit of state, to his imperial brother, that it may be caught in its fall, and rest on the head, ofa mus/iroonz King, who now wields the Sceptre over these faithful allies of their new lord and master! l ,Wl1ile pursuing with ‘F giant .s*z‘rz”cZe” these projeote oftimiversal domination, can it be vainly irnagined that the only remaining Republic on the globe, has eluded his glance or hounded the boundless prospects of his l to ambition i’ ,Vain and fatal infatuation! Let onrtrulers pl pursue their favorite project, toimite us witlt the Tea. A l nrate amrxrmtto destroy the navy andcornmercei of £20 Rrrarn, and we "may all yet live to see the werkre last hope extinguished, in the eternal extinction of our GLORY and INDEPENDENCE! l g l to The picture I have drawn, and the prospect I have delineated, are not presented to lure you into lawless combinations, or to rouse you to acts of outrageous violence, against the authority of the government and the laws. Were such my purpose, the firm and un- shaken iipatriotisrn of Newenglcmd would admonish me that my attempt would be idle, and my ellbrts abortive. The dignified submission my the constitu- tional will of our RULERS,‘ for which you have been so peculiarly distinguished, is arsuiiicient guarantee for your patient resignation under the evils you now‘ suffer, and which are 7 indreadful prospect before you, until a constitutional remedy can be safely and sea- sonably applied. This remedy is to found only in the sufiirages of M_IL,I..Xo:‘NS orrnnsmnn. Thestub. , born perseverance with which the destructive theory” ~ l1a_s been pursued, through a series of more destructive ~ experimeiits, for a period of eight successive years,i leaves to us no rational hope of a change, but in a thorough and radical change of our rulers. As if by the kiutl and gracious interposition of Heaven, to Vres- cue us again from impending destruction, the crisis t of our disorder has overtaken us, at the period presented by the C_o“nstitution, for the renovation of the ebody politic, bycomrnitting it to the rnanagernent of more skilful physicians; Where arethey to‘ be found,andg « how are they to be invesjtecl with power? ,“~ There is i yet balm in Gzileczciryancl We have aP/zysicion tl1ere!?’, In , a crisis not less {porteutous and alarming than the _ present, when the powersaof, E,u1*opet,t.,..r.had“i;f*€$ol,ved, tu me 2151 force us into their deadlyand destructive conflicts, the guardian genius of VVASHING TON, which had once be.- fore plucked us from the deep, saved us again from the destroying angel, and encircled us with the rays of A his glory. The spirit ofWs.sH1No’:ro1~r has fled, to in-_ tercede on high for the salvation of his beloved peo- ple! But he has left on earth his precepts and exam. ple; and, in the train of his pure and enlightened follow»- ers we are to look. for those, who have treasured‘ up his precepts as the doctrines of political inspiration, and who have imitated his example in all its earthly and irnitable perfections l From this groupe we are to se-. lect the most firm, intrepid and enlightened of his co»- patriots, who will rapidly tread back the steps We have so rapidly descended, and again conduct us to the pin- nacle of our glory. l But is the delusion so incurable that the remedy will be perversely rejected? Indications of returning rear i son invigorate our hopes, and stimulate to incessant and redoiubled * exertion. Our i “own a Commonwealth, the last victim to the ravages of the wide spreading pestilence, is the first to exhibit symptoms of conva-at . lescence, and will soon be restored to her vvonted vig- or. Her example will vivify, and the cure will be not less contagious than the disease. Disunion and disorder have crept into the ranks of the enemy; the» tion is rising against faction; and the whole encamp- ment presents a scene of confusion and dismay. “ Now, then is the accepted time, and1'1otvlistl1e l day of salvation!” Now is the auspicious monient to form a solid and impregnable phalanx, composed l of the talents,the integrity, the patriotism, the indee A pendence and the courage tot‘ our Country, to face ,the t i ‘.32 enemy in the field, to lmirclt into their strong holds anti drive ttjtm fl‘0lT1 their intte1>=1chxi1e11te It A . A £.liViCll.1t‘llS toflteitliet porty,who ardcotly osperity of their country, andltwflho lizawe '-(i«l€t;‘l ass to the means by which it imay be , 1: those, who, item recent andinclancltoly A J iave scent tl’lf;‘2’if1€2Vi;l:£3tl)”l‘t’?. tendency of the ex... hich lies been tried, unite with brethren of the lsameti principle, lwho lmve only yet lbcen clistim guishedhby a difference intlnatocesizt and we shall all be REPUBLICANS, we shall all be FEtD1}1‘RA LISTS,l[)I'tOm.Ot« iog, with a sincere and single heart, the glory 2ln(1ll;£1}J¥- piness of our common couxttry. Tl1e~friends of .r§I'gri... czz/zztzre are the [friends of Conznzcfirce, for their‘ ilttcrcstfi :tI‘<:‘;0I1€ and indivisible. The friends of flgricuZzm"c zmcl C'ommerz:e are the advocates of all cfficicnt mtval ~ force, for by th~i:~:~; only are they to be%t protected liagaitlst Violence and rapihe. ‘Elie ampporters of our INDE.-2 ' PE NDENCE are the supporters ofa system of fortiligcau A tion and clelcztce, for by this only are We to be perma-« neatly secured against external emnoyaxtce anal IlElV-21% is-ion it The friends of the Co2z.m’zu:tz'orz are the cue.» nties of domestic divisions, for by these will the Con» ' otitution betsubverted, and the integrity of theunion destroyed. The lovers of our LIBERTY” e are the -hence» mice of foreign influence; for its secret ntaohixtatiolte will eetrange us from our Country, and its insidious ape preaches will sap the foundations of our freedom I Guided by these unerri;ng , principles, transm.itted to us as the political legacy of our political fiather, St1‘ippiI‘1g‘ false patrliotisnt of the mask by which it may” ‘atteinpt to disguise its selfish motives or its ambitious clesigns, let us rally round. the standard 0fWAsr1IN @- 23 Ton, in Whatever section of the continent itmay be e1~eotetl;,‘ and we shall find it is planted upon our rock and our fortress ! r AMERIC an s 3 Let us now form for ourselves a creed A of political faith. Let it be founcledion those principles which gave birth to the Constitution, on these principles which preserved America from anarchy at l1ome,rand \ degradation abroad; on those principles which advanced our beloved country to an unexatnpled height of do.- mestic prosperity, and gave us a respectable and imp0s.. ing rank among the nations ; on those principles which have hitherto rescued us from the malignant influence of that desolating spirit, which has swept the face of Europe with the bosom of destruction ; on those princi- ples which can alone hereafter protect us from that Inon nssrorrsnr, under ‘ which one quarter of the earth groans in agony, and which threatens the liberty and repose of the whole civilized World! A y Let, then, the torrent descend; let the tempest of vvarbeat upon our coast; let the whirlwind of its Wrath sweep across the ocean ; v the pillars of our CONSTI'I‘U'- TION will remain unsha1~r.en,, for they are founded on a rock, and will endure forever, to support the imperm ishable fabric of our LIBERTY and INDEPEN» DENCE l l ’ rruxs maniinww A P P E N D II X9 7 %cON'm.1mN%c:Lf % OFOURTEEN SPIRITEI) RESOLUTIONS, ADOPTED ONTHE OCCASION. A APPENDIX. Afxer Zlze ORATION was o’elz'7Jerea’, 2!/ze Hon. SALEM Towm °wa.s' called to t/ze c/zair, and the following RESOLUTION s, being rqoortecl by at Cornnzitree, pee. viozzsly appointed; were reczrlmw-ezncleac/2 of zlzem sep- arorjfelyaclopted 53)! 2/229 UNANIMOUS vote of me “A ‘w'/zole, consisting of more z/zooz SIX HUNDRED Federal Republicans, flom A marinas A parts of zlze Coumgv. Amory ‘whom were our Represerztazzevee 522 C ongress from Z202!/z rlisz2*z'ets, and zrzoogy oz/zero Oji- eiol c/zaracters. A A A V Ill'w+“n~flll RESOLUTIONS... AS it is the right of the citizens of a free Rc.pub1ic;,'on every p1'oper'oc<:asion, to eixpress without restraint, their opin- ions of the nmeasumza of their Government, and the political conduct and character of their Rulers; and the Anniversary of the DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE lacing the. season most suitable: and appropriate for the public clcclaration of our sentimrmts, and a1so%fo1‘l;consic1e1‘ing emd c:ndea.vox~in;;+; R98 to correct the abuses by which our INDEPENDENCE may be endangered; and as the alarming and distressing statefoff our country, imperiously demands from us a bold, energetic, l and unequivocal expression of our feelings and opinions, and requires of us, collectively and individually, as a solemn and sacred duty, every peaceelnle and constitutional efiort to re- mecly the evils we already experience; and to guard against «their further extension, by removing the causes from whence they have arisen : Therefore, 1st.R1tsoLvEn----«As the sense of this Meeting, that the Na- tional Government can only besedministered in its purity, and rwthetprosperity of the People permanently promoted, by a con»- l Torrnity‘, in every essential particular, to the systeirnedopted end reconntnendedby”‘touij'be1oyed «VVMHING-ron, by a fro-~ l »quent recurrenceto his precepts, enda solemn reve1'ence for yllifiy example. i Ezrl. Rnsonvnn--Jllliat the course pursued by the presetit Administration has been, in our opinion, eeeriels of ttlartning innovations and dangerous experimentacgtti in which our rulers have oonetttntlylatternpteld to allure the popular taste for nova elty, by :1 studied and systematic departure from the prineiplee etid practice of their preclecessors. 3d. Rnsonvnn---That among these innovetione,we have eiewettltwitli rptecnliar concern, their deciclecl hostility to £30111“ tnerce (under the false pretence of economy) evince.-tl by their etrenuoue opposition to all the measures for its defence and r ‘protection of our soaicoaet“ and ‘com‘n1ereie1 citieefieo earneetly ‘pt1rst1e,:l byiformer atlministrations, and so zealously 1.1I‘g‘(3Clwby' znenof tried patriotism mad ‘long experience.‘ i i ll V4~th. lRneoLvnn-;m+T1iat%we consitlerl the ‘interests of Agriw lycnlirurel andeommerce aeylineepalralaleg enltleve1~y attempt to hcreatela belief that theiyfortner can ‘lflourieh while the letter its neglected and depressed,‘ease‘grossiimpositioneupontthe under» letentlinge of the people, and an insidulous effort to cletaeh from l 29 each other, rlittercntl classes of the cotnntunity, twhotare united by the strongest ties of reciprocal interest and advantage. V p‘ RESOLVE-vD~—-«That the alarming V ‘experiment now in at operation, has already furnished to the advocates‘ of at fallaci‘on's* theory, demonstrative and melancholy proof, that the annihila- tion of Cornmerce is certainand inevitable, destruction to the agricultural portion of the People; 7 t l ‘ 6th. Rissoitvan---That the recent acts of the National Gov- ernment, interdicting to a Commercial People the free use i of the ocean, without limitation of time; prohibiting all interu course by land with the inhabitants of provinceson our borders, who have hitherto been accustomed to ’a trafiic with us highly profitable to our citizens; and also restraining commercial intercourse between the difierent States, by novel and oppres- eivie‘r3egt1lationa4--even if they are rneasures Warrantedby the (3onstitution,l are yet to belconsidered as of the last necessity, , i ‘andl‘onI‘y* ‘tobe li*“e‘sorteld.tsto “such a crisis of ottrnational af- p fairs, as will admit of no? =other‘ * ” "5 t 7th. "RESOLVED-wTl1at from any disclosures that have been i made by the Government, the present crisis cloes—nat,,,,,;,,i_ntour opinion, sanction an expedient of sucltdistressing ttentlency; and that if it has been adopted from any cause which is con--- cealed, this concealtnentlevincee either a want of confidence higl1ly~reproacl1fu1 to the People; or a consciousness of error highly ldisg-raceful to the aclrninistration. ‘ l t » at 8tl1.,R:esoLvnn--«-That iflthe perplexities in our ForeignRe- Iations have left to the Government no other alternative than to preserve our *1‘ eaaevztial 7"c’.9om'cea,” by the total suspension of iourCornrnerce; we yet consider those perplexities as result- ing, in at great degree,lfrom the former, feeble and impotent policy of our Rulers; or from an unjustifiable predilection for ‘ one oflthetflelligerent Powers, and an equally unjttatifilable hatrecl of the othery---may predilection and hattredlaltogethleriinu ‘u mix %..":-1:0 aompatible with our neutral position, and highly repugnant to the cliaracter of an independent nation. 9th. RESOLVED-emThattf1’Qln the 1)1'eei13itaneyfa{itl1 which the Embargo Laws were eriaotedm--froitm tlieitetinper manifestied by amajority of Coiigress on that occasion--wf1*o1n the pointed tendency of some of the supplemental acts---land from the ‘part-« tiale operation ¢£a11,las well as from events which have recent-A ly trai1spi1*ecl, we have strong reason to believe‘ that they were intendetl as a 'vi1'tt1al and servile eempliancei with the irr1pe1*i- ous rciquiaitionsof the French Government; stispending all eommercial vintereourse with Greatbritain and her colonies, outlet‘ pretence of equally protecting 4‘ om‘ re.9emf'c(?.9” from the dept-ecilations of the different iBel%1igerentPowers..i % 10th. Resonven-mThat the Administration of the National Government having that; forfeited every just claimfiwtoflour eonfidence,i;we__feel ourselves pledged to eaeli other, to use every fair and honorable exertion, in a manner coiiformable to the Constitution, to ‘ipi~odiii€e“"‘a eli‘aiige of men, has the only means of proclocing a radical clia11ge%ofmeaeuV1fes; an%d_thiereby restoring 0ilt?iC{Qu11tl'{yWit0 tlaletlifank%Jai1cl“idigtiity aiIioiigvNaitio11a iirorxi fvvhich she has 50 rapidly descended. 1 ltlfi. RE'iSOLV131Dw~Tl1at»iQ ace%omplish this purpose, it is, in our opinion, of the liigliest iinportanee, that Maszmeliusetta, the firet to eliecl the blood of lier eitizens in support of ram‘ Inw dependence, and the last to tarnish liar gloify by revolting fromlier ancient faith, should more effectually recover the ex»- falted ¢~i1al.";‘£t(.‘.t!31’i ahje had lost for a season, and retum from her ei'1~ore_te‘tl1e Wistlemtwliieli once guided he-2: Councils. 12th. Resommom--'I'il1at from thiaiday we will eonaider our» eelvtee plteclgeti, by a zealouseaoid cordial cooperation with our b1'ethren in everytttpart of t11e?Commonweal%th,4and by a more eflioient organizatioii of our strength within the County, not only to maintain and render permanent the ascendeney; ale» ready acquired by the friends of the Constitution in the 31 Legislature of the Commonwealth, but to finish the workof the reformation by harmonizing the Execultive with the Leg-« t islative Department of the Government. 13th. Rnsownn»----That we sincerely approve the determi- nation of the Legislature to exercise a privilege clearly vested in them by the Federal Constitution (and exercised by the Le» gislatures of a majority of States in the Union) in the choice of Electors for the two first offices of the National Governrnent -ma mode of choice, which will, in our opinion, conduce to a more fairancl unbiassecl expression of the public will than any other which can be adopted in these times of party influence and political intrigue. * 1 ztth. R ES0LfVI?iDF*WTl'1atW'(3. as cordially and sincerely dew pprecate the base and outrageous yattempt of ‘a Jllmority in the l latthelclose of their late session, hylintrigtte and management to usurpthe power of ‘ tliemajorityintdecicling upon this important subject; and that this attempt, as it fur- nisheslla etriltinig example of the arts which would be more extensively used amoiig the People in the choice of iElectors, furnishes also a strong and powerful reason for retaining the choice in the control of the Legislature, an-uunuflfflul-an-In VOTED, UNA NIMOUSLT, that the fbrcgoirzg RESOL U- TI O.N'1S', be /mZ2Zz'.s-lied, as the acnec qf 2:12.53 Meeting, in THoM.«1s’n J1iT.A.ss.acr1trs1ae's*s Spy, and as an xlrpenzvra: to the O12.»z2’.roN zlufe clay cielitzerecl-..i i i ./.'{Z!8.9Z‘, My 4, 1303. l?RANCIS BLAKE, Secretary. it