AN

ORATION

‘IEELIVEREAD ON THE FOURTH of JULY}

M‘ THE NoR.T’1—1 MEETING HOUSE’,
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   SALEM, MAssAci4xUs22:T:m

rem ICHABOD NICHOLS, 

 

 

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tmxuwzzn M JOSHUA cvsnxmw,
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AT a large meeting of t/ae Fzmzxum .RI2PU.E'1’.IC'ANS of Szzlom,

llvolclm at Comserz‘-Hall on .1‘/not 4.z‘lJ of ffuly, 1805, it was UN..4NI-

MOUSLT mated, ‘T/Bat tbe tlvorzlnr of tire meeting be prcfintod to .M1a..
ICHAVBOD N I C H OLS , lartz'u.r,fi2r tlae excellent Ora,/ztfon wlicb
be lm: £1527: day clelimred, at the /blioifaiiozz of tboir Conzrnimo 
flrrarzgeznerztx, in commemoration of tlzo In¢lependence of the Uniled

l State: of Alrncrioa ; ‘mad that lye be regzxg/Zezl tofzzmi/Zr or ocpy for
we przfs-. A

A ‘info fial.

V0 arm), Tlaat 2‘/Se Committee cf flrmngomemtr be regzu;/led to

wait‘ on Mr. NICHOLS for flu: purpq/79 of mrryizzg 2‘l.'7e Maw wot: l

B. GOODHUE,

I"n_.'/lclerzt of flu: Moétlng.

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SIR y 7 l y l V
I am llceply _/Ezrglflble  z‘l:e_l.2onor,‘ tbaz‘ l.m.r boar} clone mu: by
my rzflefialle fellow citimonw in “loci? vota of lbanlv for my Ora»-

Salonz, _‘j"uly 5, I 80

lion, and rogue‘/Z of a copy for 1/3: jbregfiw--Izulaiol: you loam‘/E2 politely y
tommuniooml to ma. lWJatemr may 5; my own rwi J£’.f, izz compliu
arm’ will: tlwinr, Ifllmit tlgo pwformance to puolication ,- not clouoh y

érzg tlml any apology, that can on made, will be camlidly cor_z/klerccl.
I lmm Ilse laorzor to lo,
‘var re of? all ,
y out:/jlwuilvlllo‘/Z:I'warzt, l »
y y y sICHrl.BOD NICHOLS, go’.
TIM Hon. WILLIJM PRESCOTT, l l
Clzairman  Ila: Federal Clommitlocl of}
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A I-IIS is the anniverfary of ouripolitical nay

f tivity. he The day, on which we rofe to fow-
ereignty, and took rank among the nations.

Lethe no tongue, no be11,lno cannon withhold

its joy,  Decency, A patriotifm, policy demand it.

’ BUT, my fellow citizens, however glorious in

itfelf the event, we celebrate, it is impoflible 2.1-;
together to abflraét it from the unpleafant Cite-

cnmftances, under which we are convened. e Up» V
on this oeca,fion, alliflmuld have felt their bro. i
tl1erhood,:;md been a1Te1nb1eclto‘have rejoiced 1
together over ‘thofe exalted privileges, thofe no»-«V
ble treafu¢1;§§wV&AW4wl1iVg;l;eW their anceftorsi have  _
tlneathed them‘ ; _ to have congratulated eachotlier, uh
that they remained inviolate; that no i daringfi ‘
hand had rifled, no linfidiousi canker Wes lcolr;

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wording theme or; r-with honefi pride to 11aveeeexu1tec1r;
that they weretheirs, and ihouldt be their chil-g
dren’s. A day, upon which 311 ihould have confo-
ciated to have quenched the burnings of every
inflarnedpaflion, and removed the gnawings of
every macerating, enmity, over the feitive“ board.

% An anniverfnry, that was defigned to anfwer the

fame amicable r purpofes .With the celebrated
Olympic fefiival of ancient Greece : on winch
zgll, o-f,eveI'Y t~»~rI1£mi1¢:r, of ¢V€1‘Y pflliticeal efétbétutrey
aonci of my  garb of fentiment, fhc;u1c1,ohavtc V

A collefted to jhave. recognized their? indiyidnafl-ity A1;...

to have ;tfe}1yt,y that they yvvere .A,mericans ;,y and,‘
while warmed by thecontemplation of; comxnons
interefis, common bleflingfls, eornmon *gIories,t
while glowing with the prido of nationrra1~‘\rchoar«
a_éi:er,to;‘have melted into uniony How mortti»-*

A fyingbtherefre  throoughtri _thato “"»l,1pcxI]‘:‘-id day,:~

when a11,rytfOJ: 112116 A Inomenttat 1ea,{t,fl1on1 ha.ve~~f
eeny incorporated yintoyioner body, andrbeeon aniw
mated‘ With: .4 one foul, fuchtor diyifxonts, yfi1TCh.

A tiiunimfitiesy oultdexiit,  toot rrender as; concur»

  hops; o
t~io~n,;tha«1;;o“’€heb nearer “their: 3‘,,Ppr0aCh;\\thC\%;fij§'V'.r

Iafillflérof parties A not; only im15r3.€ficab1e,but, per?-»f’ A
 mortifying: t1xec<onfide1:aw
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 How much foeve”r,'ii my refpefized felloiw citiw
Jzens, ai difczuiiion of Federal and Antifederal
meafures and principles’ might be to your vindica.
tion and toiyour honor; yet, as it wouldinevita-a
‘bly lead us into comparifons, not the Iefs invidi-
0us,ibecaufe they might be fair ; ahd tio reflec-
tions, not the lefsi irriéating, becaufe "theymighyt
{be jufi ; we feel ‘1 cofifiraihed to‘ deeline it. 

‘mmnent,  W2x1i’ii?cn‘mities   ‘and 'idif’cif1€'tion§  

flioulidlbe forg'c>tter1,i and when yen and I all real
patriots are 1amenting,that they” are not; itvmufli

be~iaseuncongenial’ to yoiuirifeelingse, as unfuiitable i

150 fzhe oecafion, to’ declaimiupon inflammatery

poififs. A FbfAdiecl”a.n*ia1i3ii'o%hiis"“ti1e~7eI37“ alternative, 7

after the judicious ilmemionof more  fubjeéis,
which ‘you have irecei%red~Af1*om»* my .ipredecefl"on.
Leavinig " thefe irnportanti topics to i t11‘Of65 Whofcé‘
iemirfe of Pcudyand extenfive acquaintance with

 political world have given greater authority‘ A

to‘th’ei1:*opinions wee foiieiti yourattention, for’

1:he"few*‘minuies‘, we propdfe toeeengaigeit,  an   A
exmfninatiah ofifome “of the prinicipal caufes  A

 

there-—u  ” P¥~~i~~d.ifE&vencesi; which, at this 

miemtiih f>:1rtituilai*gifiit i:s:impoflib1e,i inm:  A cuiliarui
1y‘i;€O7 "d”€PI'x€C3t"6i  grarxci  if':‘_.,1j1ii.i[1  profectmtisonof = (‘.116 ' i

fi1bje€t,wei..iha;11<i*ii be “To 4form%1n4%ate,; A  we 
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szfhy corifideirations,-not calculated to promote the?

«taufe of harmony, religion, and   Fedetalifm, we

ihall feel,‘ that We" have Vfome claim upon your‘

approbation; A ;

u «, Ann, fii-rlt, it can excite no fnvrprife, thatiin ajnaé?
tion of republicans, Where the mind, as if effeétingi
the independence of the body, feems difpofed to
deviate for tdeviati'o‘n’s fake, * the egreatefi con-+2

i tmriety of opinion, even‘ upon" the mofl: 0bVi0113

fubje€ts,fl1ouldexift. : ‘When left at libe7rty,e; the

hntnarrintelleét feems to delight to {hoot out into

upon that :difpofition to ; tyrlannyg fool hatuiral“

wild and fantaitie notions. But, waving this
fentiment, nfo different are the underftandings
of different people ; fo yvariousp are the mediums,

A through which every thing», may be viewed 5" and
A‘ lfo greatly are the appearances of, objects a,ltered,';d y
i ‘accordingly to \“‘.‘£h‘e": diyfizanoces, l at; which n they are

contemplated that difierences‘ of opinion’ with

i l mien: , to them muft neceflhrily arife ; to that,» n
fiercely any thing can be adduced, concerning‘

which mankind uvniverfally agree‘; ; A conititu-~
non of i things,’ which, in a political view,»
feeme to iili:1ve"‘ibeen  deligned by Providence
for afcheck upon the intriguesof the ambitious ;

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 gnon in powelfi, ‘ Did everyoofubje€t*oappc2‘1i::.
in the hfzune point of View to every one, it:
would not be difficultfor an artful ruler tov1naLfl«:t
his defigns byficonformfing his mea'furesoVoto7 the
prejudices of othc pc‘0p1e,to the pifevzfleot mode,
of t11inking.o But, now; however. coricéaledohiss
defign, Iiovsfover plaufiblo his 1noeafures, itjis 1111;‘
poflible, AL t11,at~ arnid the« infinite v %v;1r‘i«ety  of1igI1ts;f"
 whic11“t11ey Willoinftantly be,zipprae1;en?ded, tho
1;1*ea.cheryofl1ou1d efczxpe unnoticed. Thus lib£t1*ty1
is guarded with almind of Argizm jea.1oufy. I7V1mt
one bye overlooks, zmothgzr dc-:toe<S°cs,.o Though;

A $111 thefé hundred eyes  hgwe bfien h11].f”3d:t0\ fleep

by 7the' fire-.n Tong of VA“ liberty, equality and 111199
rights of n1an,”o itois not :1 fuppofcablé cafe.’

A II? th<:t: ffoxvgoingo réé.flec7:i%oos be jufi*, if .e1*1‘one~;
oufncfs of opinion be ib compzzxtibflle with right‘-4
mafia of int::éntiox1,ois it not unfgii‘, isoiwt .1‘*1otooAixz—-
_juc'ficiou.«:§., to throwfioutn tloxofounqimlified re»;
ggorimimticnnsfi wI1iCl1,‘hoW¢Vc3? apgglicablo to thofi:-A;
for w}ozon1~tI1:::yw¢1*e .i:ntti‘.I:1C’4€(l1;,(3£l1f!JLI1.0t be to 
ny, wh;o, %newg:rtloio1ofso, owillo 1a11'ui‘c_—icU3{_/ f;§‘31,thC1n'!'
{elves A imp1iuzzt_od?% A  Hoxwrever 1‘oaf§JI3a.b1¢ it may
be to impom to all 111164 gelleral Pf%inCip}oes_ofo*t}1¢::
opzujty, to xx.=*h:?:::?i§; t’ifu::'y be1~owang;, and to oharger

W E v . t'1'1VxIe'::.:s:%N:

 to 
them with the tendency of thofe principles, with
fupporting men and meafures, that look to the
ruin of their country; when the cllarge con-
tains refleétions upon the motives, l the under.-
itarlding, or ‘the lcharaéter, it cannot be appli-
ed with too much calltioln and difcrimination.

5 Thofe, who may feel tunconfcious of diihonefiy or i

had intention, will be Wounded, will be irritated,
by any epithet, elm litnpliespéthlem  and, believing
others to be as in~noce«nt, has thelnfelves; will be
the more attached to their party... Delnoclfat,

jacebin, fool, knave, are terms of very different

import ; however they maybe confounded by
the fuperficial, the hefty, or the loquacious. N 0-
thing is more injurpiousgpeither in religion or pg.
litics, than to over-mate. You may prefs a man
with his errors, with his crimes, till he feels con»-

Vified andafhamed; but themornent youimt-

aggerate in a l pfingle point----the initant you exa

tend your lineltoo far, he is through-----he is per-t» A
feétly pilrmocent, Forgetfulof the charges, that l

may betrue, he dwells only upon the falfe; So
near are the extremes of guilt and innocence.
To apply to l our 7fi1bje&; nothing can be more
impolitigthan to Pcyle A him it Jacobin, who is

  A A A it it only

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only a Democrat; and to call him a knave,'who
is only 21 fool. ' A

BY thefe and fimilar meavnsn has not rnuchinju.»
way to the Federal caufe and much irritation been
produced, that might he.ve“beenn avoided ? Are
there not,,my refpeéted fellow citizens,.many Va}-
-ltuable d young men rifing into n liffia Who he though
attached; as.they ought to be, to the creededof
their parents, are far from having eftabliflled their
political» opinions 3.. not to mentiona thoufand
others,e.who, though, from fomeunfortunate cir-
cumflances, they may: be notninallx “ your. oppo-
nnents, are {till open toatruthv ande»conviétion»?~ 
fey, have not: the rafli and ent.h*ufié1flie:‘ coneduéte

‘ed indifcreetly in {tigmatieing thefe withtepitwhets,
v_vhich‘: they may not deferVC«;t~tand' thusfixinge.

them in :1 party, vvhichntheyet mig11nte:;.ottherxhfvife

A ha.ve«defe1*ted 3 Itniswatcomxnon a,da.ge,t,t11at no-e

thing more direftly. tends to make onebad, than

the reputation _of* beingkfoeq Fen: this obvious“
reafon ; it removes that reftrainttuex upon» vice,

that confiits-in the dread of being eexpofedfor it.

May hwenotaik too, and we *vvou1ddoit;withn

becoming deference, whether, , WhenJ% fome

have had the ingenuohufnefs A and independence A

"to ccmfefs their errors and comeover to your
f‘ .'I .‘ .; - C I C u “ ‘ . N t
fide, 11: has not been Irgurzous to the caufe of Fe-
deralifxn to triumph upon the occafiomgxnd tohpld

A th'e1ng'upf6“p'uh]ic eview; whether it has not.

‘probably’ deterred manjf, vezrjr many, from ex;
pfeffidg “their i‘e:iIhthou_g1its; and, if Wnot Wholly’
fheowing up their erxfoheous A politics, from difi:
eafdixug the”1n”ofi obnoxious poi1"1ts.  one is
ikvillingté 'ac1é110w1edge V e1*i'én:h;_h Ihu.ch lefs, td
hh:a.vel1i:; ackfmwledgment made public. 4 No
(me is willinghto he feet: corhirig from 21 hohufeh of
 at    e V       he " 

To thefeh, and the like indiferetions and 1nif11m11g

agements it has been owing, thathfuch an im-
p;1iTah1e"1ine has been drawn between the parties 1%‘

. atI1ihghwhiehhv we tlxemorelament, fellow citigl
Z€nSga_$  coneeiiie, ihahthhit Qperhawtes to your par-1 '

‘tfl?‘iCi1I3.1‘f‘ai{'?c1<I1V%?.1Z;11tfi.f.§,‘€‘;Vb:éC11i1{€é,’ likehthe “‘ great

g;u1p‘h,that is firéted,” we all knowh §v11ere, while

its 0hflrfi5tien ishxnot Aneeded to prevcalttlle psi?-
fing frhrx1ei1$té>t11em,itfo‘ itleplorablyhindehfs the

Coming from thei‘ht'o us. Let it be for thofe,

x%eI1<)fe interefl; it is, to k.ee'p  every; ihvidious
difeincfizion, to '"{‘;‘X.C:.lt6 prejudices, to inflame the
  thhhe moflr. haudaehious 0ut1‘ages upmi
 A V p1“ivate_

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“pvixrate o<:ha.rac‘?ci:rA toprovoke us totrctztliatcfln
fine, to keep t11e.que£tion fron1'tu1*nit1g upon any
thing but the truth; but let thofo, whofc: cauf:-: rafts

A ‘upon being calmly heard and fa.i%1*1y undorfiood,

perflfi: in every tlxing mild and d»ifp_:a.fliooate. "Who
lgnows liow rnucltdépends upon fuch c'onVd‘u;€t?
ahd wliol-;nows%tl$1a;tfti%fA tholxoneft couldwbyyoany
meansbe g;ainod,iftI1e fifly, orAt11o 2'tc:a—‘2zty,Wo%r
tile 2’§'7z Could be ‘induced to quit tho  do-
;l'”€*rVt3d%dCftrL1CE‘ti011 would not foon fall upo11 tI1o“
t'c1minc1c1'? ..Anc1that,wit11out ahy £'upern:ttu-
tal interpofition.  T11cfi-2 men give to their pm-L
ty its setpeambilityoaxad 11mi11fupport.‘t "12; 4cV11era.a-.“
jrou zxrcetornally 1'*efcrred, when You profs your
Opponents wvitficloficiexzcoy of moral cI1o1‘ac§‘tc1';‘
It is loy recurring to t11e{b,‘t1121t1"nany', when facftsi
flare them in the face, contrive to I1ufl1“*tt1eir
Cloubts and cafe tlmeir conwfcicncm. It is by no-
ticing tllcfo, thatx1ot2tfotr§', efpeciztfly otthore,“

W§vho%I1avettattendod but little to the fubjocft, ztro

lcsd to the crudo opinion; that, "int politics, as

inore1igion,tht—:re are as xnanyt‘ great and good 4

than upon tthotoxie title, as upon tl1e‘tot»l1er
and that_t11o difputet turns Aupon tpointtsg t wit11
wlxich common people’ lmfve noconc4e1“4r1.‘If now;
by any private applicattioxié, by aoyinfinuV:1ting

% t tt:1ddrefi:,,A

addrefs, and few can refiftthefe tliimgs, when
backed by truth, by any means whatfoever,
co-nfiflent with dignity, thefe honefi; men could}
be foe far undeceived, as only tonwithdraw their
fuuport, and leave. the eharaéters-, and princie-r
ples, and conduft of their party to“ nftandi upon
t.l1eir own merits, What Could your d.efire. more 

; DEMoc:aA1:', Republican,theriname is :r1*otl’1i'n'gt--»v
you, that love your country, who prize religion-

and morality above every thing, convinced. that

everything depends upon them, who know,
that no man can have the leaft pretenfion, to-»
patriotifm or any thing good, who is defiitute
of them, why, why will you not look around
you? Look throughout your country, and ail:
howl  it, that fo many hungry adventurers,
fo many immoral, irreligious, urofligate men are‘

l upon myfide  How is A it, that fuchya elioud of
vultures, ravens, and birds of that black featlier,
are hovetingharound me? There inuft be can

rion fomewhere, There mutt be. fomething
‘Wr0n'>‘, fomepérnieious -tendencies, in my prin-
eiples, whether I fee them, or not, to induce all
fuch men to advocate them ; and that too with
fo much. zeal. N In religion and other things,
 A M‘ i A A  where

vehere the ibieflzimen are engaged in the 'beihi
caufes,I fee none of this impaflioned earneitnefs 5-,

i but rather languor, and indifference, and negli-

gence, Can it be, that, that ifot cares for any
thing but his bottle ; ,that, that turbulent man is

overturning, every thing to eftablifli good or‘-,-Y

dergy that, that knave is raging for jufiice and
the rope Ibefeech yozu, my refpaeétead fellow

countrymen, by every thing tender, by every

thing facred, be not deceived. rYour ‘political
principles, as they ftand modified in your minds,
may be perfeétly -compatible with honefiy. A But
it is not to much from what,you may think,

nor from A what others may profefs, were there i

nothing licentious in their profefiions, that the
principal danger is to be apprehended; but
from their proceedings, when they have
gained that confequence, and attained that
power, at which theyare aiming. »Can* you

believe,‘ that men, who are regardlefs of they 
duties of private life, who cannot be held by

the deareit ties, the fcrongefti obligations, 

be reitrained by the Weakeft 3 that»; they twill:

be governedby abitraét notions or by any coniid-
erations of duty or fitnefsn; that they will»

: not do ‘with your liberties, as they would with

your

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fireut pulrfes? fEven4tl1e bell: dlfpofed 1Iie11vV4fir:a§,,.

it not a, little difficult to fubjeét their pallions ‘£0
tl1elr principles M; and canyon expeét it of thee
weifit? No, v it is not; in human nature ; and the
events of tl1e.Frenc:l1t revolution are an eternal
demo:lft1'ati0n, that ltlis not. The leaders of tlmt
revolutionbegan. with ,tl1e fulalixnelt profefllom
me‘ 1l'eg211'clfo1* libe1*ty, for tl1eir%c0unt1*yj, and 
manleind. All was difintefeftednefsg all véas pe-
trietifm and plfilanthropjr. A Thefe rrl.re.etvir~L
“W'_t':I'ti’,tl.16l‘fV1» foe common, tl121tl‘all yeurbztfe,
 :Qmorzxlitiees,.a.s juflice, l10neftj,r,l1u1nanity,‘
endl the like tmflm, were clefplfecl zmcl trampled
l111Cl€l‘f0Gt. But lmw clld thefe 1t:-.lgl1t%y mexzoi-I
perfeétion concluélzi’ ‘Did they feerifice everf
thing to the public Welfzxre-—m: to their own agn
gmndieemeztt 3 Dial theyemanciplate their Conn;
try, and nialie it tl1=- freel’t,ttl1e jweelthleft, tl1e
happieft nation ugzon em*tl1——withmit fpilling av

 atop of blood F’ Afle ;1Pz;11'ifian.. Alla: 21 F I‘CI1Cl1-

man. A

  1’: is imaged amltlln to confider how thefe plfl»
lofopliere lmve nuienegedtlae queltion. Vi7'l1en tlzejrf
came ferwzsamil w;'ltl1 their petitions, all old 1'eceiveEl
p1*ineiple4s, ztlll ole}. Il’etl1oz*ltice, all political clogxnas
were tr.) be laid alfl§rle;t' 4 l‘E.t*ex*yltli%i.n was ltlT{l)lbe‘,tz11+;.‘l*-r-

en t

if :7 :1 o
 en tip anew. ‘Every point was to be inquired intoy
 and argued. Pure, unihackledl reafon was toibg
the {ole guide; But, as upon the firfi; breaching of
4 any novel fyitem, there will always be a theft of
 prejudiced men, Pcarting up with their objeétions
about innovation, experience, and tl1e1il«:eynyo_n-»
fenfe, it iywae foundneceffaryto anfwer th_efeeiin
 itl16epye22ing.ye And how did they rcmonltrive to con»-
i iiutethefe narrow-minded bigotsi ‘Why, by an
' argument, on which the French have fince placed
A their chief dependence in every political contro»
  'verfy-ml-the moi’; acnyte, _ the melt pt penetrating in

“thee World--#4-the pointof the bayonet. fLet rtheiry L

y opponent be ever {'0 i Pcupid, let the b1ockl1ead”s
A ikull be ever fo thick, there was always one thing,
that would find his brains, if he had any ~ a
icannon ball. a Did any one hefitate, did any one
decline to come out openly upon their Iide, he

 

was inftantly clapt into a dungeon, there to com A

_ template th‘e’*fubjeél:~a little,’ upon? an ‘empty Pro»-
tmaoh. Did not tlaieabring him to reafon, they had
 always onepiece of logick in referve for him, that
Hanover fai1ed,’;yywhicl1~;, in confequencev of its being
(0 mes/’:ra22iczt!;laniaii"air,l and the middle iterfiz beég
ingthe 1'noi’ti1nportant'part of it, might be called

_a guillotine, or a fyllogifm of the di.g;'um‘z‘i‘v€ Claib-
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b'y théfe and  ré,’“1iiti&:‘in*;*:;’ti'i6fi,

.*1:hey ‘had argued %doi2vr1 all ‘thehf difputa.nt§,y Akthéuy
fweemed, as is not *i1“nfi1:qxier:AAt13ithé ~c:1f’fe,  flies»
A%Aoodrfe é">f“a”w”arfi1 deba‘te,A to hwé ‘lea fight of the

premm; andm be <inLtentiuponr1Vothing, but ta}-

»»rying théiyf ’poéi'i1t.. Every iEhin’ghow“

E'invo1veda.nd cdnfufed; and noone can coiujéftufé,

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events

    it an :1  
stvcnits may take place ; whateyer political divifigv
ions may exift, they are alwaysto be’“o1iithe:
4L0p1'd’Sflde,p and onihisflde only,“ iThisis exactly
our pofition. Theyare never; ‘i for thefake of
fl1PpO1“ting any; favorite political lfyitern, A of upig
holding oriof overthrowing any adrniniitration,
to give encouragement to any party, nor in any
Way contribute to the influence and elevation of
men Wlilofe ‘n:1eafures,. =principles,aor exaitilplerwill
probablyoperate in therfrnallell: degree, to the

r prejudice of A religion or r morality. ‘ 7 “He that
lovethtr“father“ or“rnothe7r more than me ;” he that

loveth any caufe more than mine, “" is not worm.
thy oflxne~.’r’ Theyiparticular-ly fhonld remember
th’a‘t¢ “rigliteoufnefsi oexialteth a nation, but that
 isareproacli to any people lg” thattpublictvir-st
tue isthe fole bafis of public welffare‘r;filand upon
all loccafionshrinthe face of allroppofitiong fliould
openly countenance and fupport r thofe men;
thofe candidates foroifice, who, in their heron-:17
fciencesg they believe, have the deepefi regard for’
God” and‘ M faceted ti things  randy iwhofe‘ authority

and perfonalr influence » area moit likely to betlllexa;
erted in the promotion of piety landvvirttrafi
When the great body‘ of? this holy order; ‘When .
fhofe, iwhioi ihavelthlc fifongefi; motives l‘ to iintegri-3 A

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“ty and the bcfi inc-zans of ‘information, whofrom
long reflecfitidng attent"ive obfervation, and inti»

m”21te%§acquaintanccAV with ecyc1c:fiaPtica111iPg01*y a1*c:T
.A‘tb6V- befi qualified to judge of 1:113 tendencicsof A
things in refpefl: toreligionor morality; when’
fuclm a c1afsyofWmen,yanC1 inyNew;-Eidglanclit is 
I'aj.1~g.cfc1ars, rife alrriqfc to a‘:-mu in yoppoficicn my
i}%nyyy1jriIicip1es,yrori¢ to any” adzninifirationg, Whit?
may n0t%bc;yfl2;rt1ed 3 ‘W119 may not be a12tI‘1“I1€d 

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wlyiomfoy much hasbecn i1"1finuatc:d,we yczxll upon

0111+ A ’bretI’1reI1    itlhis affeinbly,   feliowsy in *
youth or ixxexpctsrieynce, to liflenyy toytheyyyyuncofin-y
tefced truti1,ytha.t alarge majority of the wifeflz”

and worthiefi in -this country are upon the fidstz

of Federalifm. A c entreat you,.G0d knows fury
the fake of ndinvidious comparifons, yytyo 1001:

around A you, and’ behcld how many “of yythofe,
vvho1~n we 11ayc~béenytaught:yte refpeéiz, to love,

to venemte, are here collefted and conflellatedhyy

yo infi1Vn1ate,A that you flmuld refign yburfclvcs

implicitlyy to   their authority, andy%degradcyo11Mr€

0~'vvx1 dignity fremrcfpeét forthcmy? By“ no

means. Lyittle. would fucli y a yfentiment‘ comport‘

withythc manly fec1inigs,thyatt1}1is occafion ’Ihoul;d
      gxcima

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A A thofe views, and fi:ate~ments, and refle&iQris,up-.~”
A q11  which wegform ou_r opinions 3’ Indeed it Acam

not be otherxzakifc. Situ.awted,',asV.w¢'ufua,l1j( zyreya
either tow M1611 fccludeda  too nmch i%nvo14ved:
in bufinefs, not to mention a t110ufand other ‘Cir-~

%31mP¢aAncesa%it is; imP0flib1e for 11% to afcertain

every dtrtrgtlxanngl  ¢very1pQintV for o1irfe1vcs.%4%
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'v¢%itigat;¢d, Alpng béfom W6   dcmdnfiratas

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t4ponot4he¥S5W110m fllall We choofe for 

t119’€iti¢S«3   Whflfnabilfi themafwfitx Of the: Wiffi?

aH,nd%g00d%?%V-7h0IV1%bUt thflf‘? 95 Whofe integrity.
wchavc ighe fulleii aiiurancez mgld on VV110f6t211_:w~
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Survey, t1‘1ey%§.c;mh12;gVsm» before ; yqu. Mark: the;
individtlszlag %tha.t compofcfitewbut I forget 
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 “By Aim “enumeration   of die epithets, 't*tht§;t

Have been giveit them. A Oh, why have  lived, .

 we behold “this ”fl1Jarn‘4tefu1i day 2 Why have We  

"titted the Afweets ‘of freedom, for foot; to be ’fl1ae«
kledby the hanfis of 0111' unnatural pareittsiiwhji, A
‘ye hoary-headed men; why this fi,tbafei1eI5‘:',i7thi$_eA
Aaitonifiiing degéneracy   Wil1%yeAiteair: , A
*AthewrAeathAfroA1n your “bArO‘AWAs   A’
this Worfe than rupemmuated fotiy  why, iii  A
Afoon to drop into the grave, will ye not 1ea;V:,eut5A
the A1*iAches, ye Alxtave earned 3 %Why, oh whyj, 
ye noAAt c1cjV1w'eyot1~r«,e‘yesupon the welfare :of%you"1r e

  ~chi1aireiatA; :;a;?ncA1t‘Afna1‘<;e*thAeAAhappimefs;Afeybdir pot.   A
teritythe monutnent of your  e?  fee me A

"re-ddeiiing iinnioeence. *’Tisfa1fe—-«-’tiis‘ aamname,

They are not thYpOC15if'€S. "1‘he‘y are not exeeram
"bIeAwretchesi. They have hot Abeen waiting tAA11?eii:
lives and their fortunes in eftabliflxing the Iibeiimi
tiets of their country to overturn themat th‘ei’il2i;ih
 they fondly hafped   tohave ibeen 1~epai"d Affib

‘all their toil and all tl1eirAifacrifices in contempiau

ting the glorious fruits of them, in the eafe and?
honors of their latter days. How cruellyhavc

they been difappoixatedi How A have .tAheY been A
AA branded as traitors, and v1oadedwithAinfamy’”!i
Waflnington  hixixfelfww-‘Wet did entertain *tAI1evI

flattering

Al 2&4 fl  
liletterlng delufiotu, that death _l1a.cl removed
hirn from the ingrzttitude of his eountrytnem

Hut fearcely had the worms yfelzred upon lrrlsil
_l:><:>dy*, when ltie lnfidiouesy enemies began upon
A ’_l_l1isl reputzttlozt. A HOW ltzwe they attempted

te pollen his fame! I'Iemtr have hired aflltfline

lbeenllabbing at his el"1m‘aél:er! But let them

perfilr. He is as far above tl1e:lr malice, as their‘
‘level.  el1a.r:::.vfter needs me defence-.¢ It will

% % defend itfelf. Let the blacleell clouds e:«ol1e€tan»d
 ltjurftupen» ltlm :tl1et.f.tmeintegrlty, that fame
' .eleV21'tl0}n,tl1at lztttrztcfts the fiery vengeance, {hall

contlufl: it all}, in zafety. Yes, let them attaele
with open violence. Let the “ z‘zmzzc[z‘u0zwflm”

yralfe all its angry‘ Waves. Let them heave tl1€i~3E'

mzmtling fpray upon the rock, lancll--fublidem‘.

A its bzzfe; Let therntofs their featnilng heads on

A lligh

 

W”l1ile‘ltl1c‘l fuyntfmiles - down in contempt

upon their rage. Never {hall they overwhelm
his glory: never {hall they ezzttinguiflx its fplem.

dor.