" ‘ -9” V 3' H‘ H‘! (. ‘gt’. §1'.¢j' Wt! “ ax . )1“ 4 1% V 1»; ,»fi’r"’ ,4, 30 R A T 1 0 _/AM/g '5ELTVEREEi é A £3‘ érH.w 12z'Q_vEc?.z' er -rim: 'd‘m=“rc5iei52s A .13Y12iLIjzxH 13A1iIsI—I, A; % % }...;. ....... .... ..;.......;.'....%.Ha31, O hail, % i ‘ My much Imred native land 1 New Albion, hail 1 The happiefl: 1-calm, that, round his circling COUI'F3‘9 ”" The all-i"earchimg fun lneliculds, ......... % but Sims eflab1iiI1cd5 in thy cheerful bounds, The noblefl: i11Pcitutionsmz1n hzisafeen, V Since time his reign began.‘ % Drwttm“réf';% F F‘ 1 ; A A A V mm; % mxwrmzv BY j0$I:'{U.A cusmxrqag. ‘_ W * i805. i American peep e. AN 0 RATION. IN the celebration of this day, fellow citizens, we a€t in concert with all parties of our great Republic. This day,wl1en, like a new: flarein. the l1cavens,t we appeared among the govern-« ments of the world; gives hilarity of fpirit,andf ea ‘ * of pwéfenltiment, to e ery tclafsi of the“ iiTi~IoUoH in the fmaller concerns of life we have our interfering claims and oppofite views, yet in the orb ofclay we have one harmioniousi intérelt, one comrnonfelicity. A So on other fixba jeél:s"vve have our difFeren'c political opinions; but in the celebration] of this political ubilee A all parties have an equal initereft; here we all Iiiirxeeti we gladden thfepaflingg momentsy a A it ~~ \ pp 011 pfricndlyp ground, ‘ oMay harmony of feclin gt E 4 fl" % THE: antiquity atndqbenefitstof annivferfarry ceiea. brations, a few ebjefts Qf the American revolue. tion, and an addrefs to the niilitarygl now" invite your frfiendlty attentions A ..5.?§;NIVERSARX’ celebmtions have been con-f.dw:_ erred. ufeful from the early ages of?-time. Tl1€?': firft event comm"emorated_ by fizated fefcivals, which has come down up use from :;,1ntiq}1i.ty,iii+'; the deluge of Noah." ‘Wit_h4 facxjed rites and T015 ex1_1n~preceflions this eventtvqas celebrated int Egypt, Sy1*ia,and Ca11”a.é1Ln‘.f*t This for ages wfas 24 flzanding evidence of the event, kept a.1ivea,_ efeax of ‘divine j“udg1t1‘ents,,$ twahs 2. prefling atjgtts, meet to 3, holy life.’ M--\.“-.£%‘»"\“ ‘ «»1#”‘v \ ‘ A cotU::~xc1L_ frotn all the States of, Gyfrenqpe megs mmuazzy ‘at Plawtae 3',‘ the .inhabita.nts¢5we1je M A cbnfeg, ct*ated'te%the fervite of the gods, einp1_oyecL_ only in offering prayers ” fs,cri%fiCes4 for the welfare of Greece, becaufe to them was afcribecy the hon()1' of 9. iviétory qverf'the“Perfi:tns.'ff Had tendency to keep taliize '4 “ martial flies tin‘t A 53* See Faber en the Cabi1~:i,; and Bryarws ¢°;na1yfis$9f¢et.j4‘}»tx%:;7_ ¢:ient’tMytho1ogy, M % e t % st‘? “flutarche 5 :3 Y thofe ancient republics. The Paii'ovei' of the Hebrews, the Chriitnms of Chrifiians, hand they Hegira of1\/Iahqmctanss have had their iinfluenlga-.w)w‘ on focietys 5 I15: modern times anniveriiwy celebrations may A be mnnbered among the permanent infiittltionsmg of foeiety, The birth and death of difi;inguifl1ed“ perfonages, the revolutions of ftaites, and various other events, are publioly celepbrapteid. A Among, thefe, none perhaps are more ixnportant than 1'e--_ volutioxls in government, No revolution in the; xjecords of hiflory has highet claims tolafting ‘reg; me ebranceethgm the eftab1ifl1menptof the Ameri..,,, f reafonaa ble caufe, jnfter principles or ifiixe, So definite was the objeét, _fo nqblepthe defign, fin profound the meafures .01‘ our country, that as to;:.r¢¢’ur1~¢nce to the revolution itfelf xnuftpalways be-, 1i%'h1m.rYa ind fqinitimes nigafiiaryti A . ,* j :1 A 4ii':,IIf]‘fJ.I.S the bi;th.day of our nations. A This day; mash fiathsrs declaredthey would be free and irztle-it P.6’7ZrC7!_r$’{72f3i_ Immediately the government aflixmed :5 new form, the ilawsia newp direfition, publie» opinion a impnlfe, age the people shagriéftero EQ Ill charafter. A. Ifetrofpeétiof fiirfi PI'iI,1CipieS,_ like a, college of cenfdrs, may reitorey the purity of other? times. We fee how the corner {tones of they go, -vermnent were laid; ii how the fabric rofe, and i What was the original form. THE liberty which our ifatliers fought wasnot an imaginary ljhantorn ; it wasw not the deftroy» ing demon, which in fome countries has brolszen, all the bonds of fociety, and thenybeund its vo.. taries in the iron” chains of defpotifm. Our far; there wereitoo wife to purfue, too honefi to wifh, fuch an object. A They only defired to be faithful flewards, Mafiieétionate children ; to execute the truit, to preferve inviolate the facred inheritance, “ they had received from thyci1~_c;;;gnoWx:red‘~ anceflg but from neceflity. Qf new; and“ unjkoownflprivig “ riot innovyation or ycherrgct, leges they Iradrrio idle “dreams; A To drefeind their agriculcture arid“ commerce, "their infiitutioins, fag, cred and civil, was their higheft ambition. ~Th‘eir‘ rights’ were tyrannically afliiulted 4; they indig... naritly repelied*the atfaiilt. ii A Acco_rdingl’y,_in they far-W-fzimed iDec1aration‘f of Irrdependenceg com. plaints A or ii I 55 See tflcidreifiesi of Airrzerician 1 Corxgrefsii M P§'_CVi0’1.§hSii, Atop; Ju1y4.I776~t A % E 7 ‘J piaints c5f"%inju;iés are multiplied, but nzsiaaraeifié of new pleafures is Wdefcrib‘éd; 1'10 era <51’ flew felicitiies is named. Though it was an objefi {<3 1-oufeall the eiiergies ofAth“e“count*1~4y,the4 people were not flattered with atny Utopia dfn‘(WVe‘l% p“1*i=- vileges. The thought was too abfu1‘c'1, todAwic‘1t%~ ed, to be whifpered to the populace. Our fathers *’uver%ef never amiifé-:dA with the chace bf pdliticztl "rainbows ;“ nor fe+i'ioufljrVe1np*1oyedin fabricati.ngi volcanoes for the {port of facing villages, ttnwné V and kingdoms blown tq 1:116 four winds of laaarg £761.); ‘V I Amom the reams” of the Dec1a*1+ati*on Wm - :“- A 1 ?Britain “ has mfade jtidgtes dc-at {pendent on his Aki/i11[fdrA% iétcrlu re: officesg and ei=e&e*d ac‘ xntziltitudd of new offices ; he has: kept flzanding armies among us in time of pciaceg he Alma combinetl with o”t*11'ers ‘to? fubjeé’t us to at A jurifdi;@rfi‘O%n" foreign "to mi%1*5” %c0nzfiiiti1t’iOn lie: hats” mt off our trade, taken away oi11‘%.c~11art7eVrs, alteiflg” ad‘? &tha forms; of V our government, ie::«cit~e‘ daomcfiic infurre6’cio1f1.:’M" Here i4$V’ evideridé‘ %c‘o”I1‘.~.«.V clufixmv, that t1m.e»bjc€tdf th‘e"~%reVTC§1h1tioi1 v7V%1swnot field of pofrfcflions, but the enjoyment of the amzient inhéritance, beyondthc rcwcfi cf tjyé-A A A A N\~°‘I7”‘%nt7w ~ ‘Q, a;$m% ~¢su4 . 4,.,, Am, tags A Iii: -E 3 :1 iiéthtgs arni. Our fathers wete not enehantefi ‘with a fairy 1antLv\7s}'he1¥e Va Wpo‘;1iticv2tl millbeniiuunii fliines ;-%whe1'eb no aitarsx burn; no ternplesrifeg "hob Ckdd is owneci,Manc1 family names are loftin hniverfal licentioufnefs 55" but they were zittaeheci to theerights they iiadpoifeifed, to ¢t1iei«rnannet'3 ii they had adopted, to the venera.b1e,~infcitu;’tic‘)ns ‘which had inade t11e1niwha.t they were. Ihefe they, ‘VVt_§1'€;d‘.€t€I'1'I1i11€dL to A preferve, Q15 perifh in fiiilie _CO1’1t€fiZ.f;. l‘ A i':['I—Ir:1r ttiways ciefencied themfeives, when hifailed by their favage neighbors, or threatened by Eu1*opeani powers ; fwith 'dii"dain5 therefoteg theyfaw Britifli armies landing on our fliores; “without the confent of out legiflatures.” Thin ]'~_\Tew-England’ alone are probably more ‘than one hundred; and: _ fifty ‘thoufand troops, - completely“ furnifliedtfor thetented field. In thiscommon- wealth are A upwards of fixty-four ““‘tl10ufand$ A Ranksi _of more vigorous men . breathe not the V air of tiny country ; legions of more couhrageous i:o1diers;fQrm4notthe armies of any princetor ccm-‘« % rnande~r..~ " ey‘ ecured;.'thisiday we enjoy it. In t *3‘ See Godwiii,ifai1dtSpeetchesiin the Nationai~Convériti?cmx ef fiance- iihe ii ‘rnander. 'Y'“e"wou1d., myfriends, {mile at invira? r’-iion, and defy the glittering arms and thundering L i ‘artillery of any foe. A 11' was an objeéi: of our fathers in the revoiua ’tion to eftablifh the right of legiflating for them-- felves, free from the degrading Weight of 4 foreign. influence and damcflic uflzztver-y.. This they had al— ways claimed; this they had demanded ;‘ this s txheyyhad poiieiieda Therefore was it an article of formalcomplaint in the declaration of indepena dence~r--—-.-T he king of Great Britain “ has refufed. to pafs other laws for the aecommodation oflarger rdiitriéisiof the peoplegunlefs thofe people would I 4 1 n0f*1*eprefentation in the legif-r lature, a right.inefi:imable td’"them~, andformidaa hie to tyrants only.”°*" t ‘ AN independent judiciary was another jevvei in the crown for which we contended with one of the mofli; formidable powers of the worlda Therefore it was complained, “ He has made judges dependent on his will.” To fecureall the B t ‘ 4 r immunities '7" Is ‘there any conceivable dtifiierence between the ignoa minyof relinquifliing the right of reprefeiintatioyn; andfgwiv-qI ing imported flaves the power of nullifying that right: ‘an. '....r xe g immunities and 1f>rivilegese~L purchgafedb by the vim. ttue-,A, the valor and blood of thleti1*lfatl1ers,waslthc objeét of the revolution. To give pertmtanency to th:eir literary ‘arrangements, their fchools and colleges; to place ttheirl relzlgiousbilnftitutionst be-t V yond the lllunhsalltowed tttouehlleof foreign influence 5: to glivel all poflible fecurivt-yr to evangelical ~ or_di-« nances-; to preferve \| the fi-m->ple' manners-5 pure mottalsv, and fanléttifyinig ‘r~eligion,.. of other‘ times, our fathers put in} jeopardfirr theirproperty,tthein ztifeputation, lthzeirt liberty: andetheir livesr *W?hat»»t A they iwreffed‘ by violence" frotnthre paw of the" Britjfh Lion,;let u%s~« not l'ofe* byflfotth-a=ncl indiffera» V ence... Let uls~no’t,glike1'tEfau',t fell our invaluable. l birtll-right fornt moment oefgfatalindullgence. Let; AA A )3! s»ntttl;gjowtawajrllwhatl colt our-7«‘“' tithe st thefiéfilver andtgold, their «ea1"e, their fafea.» ty,and their bloody. ' A ‘ A * ‘~Woogn=nrt ~»y6o'r1* know tliee lpri5ce“ofl our‘pri'viIeges ;: tl1eepri‘cet~oAf our~li~ndependencet; the price of tllist happy day, {'0 ldiflinguiflted in the htifiory of tour‘ <’:o11ntry?g »i*magi~n2itioln then let 'u'st vifit >‘th$:: ‘ flzreets of to Lexington ancl C"oni:ord", crimfoned; with the blood of the flgin. There fathers ancl’ Ions fell by their own doors, in View of their trefl'ecl’,. ll E II J rtreiled, difiraéied families. Thence let us afcen the heightsofeCl1arlefl;own; hear the artillery roar 5, fee the ‘veterau troops of Europe advance; feelthe town wrapt in flame; fee your country?- men, your fathers, your brothers; falling on the bloody hill. See the rfurvivors, parched «With thirit, lfaintingi with hunger, exhaulted with fa- tigue, attempting to efcape acrofs the beleaguered Neck. In their flight fee tlléln team, and fall, and expire. See the wounded, forfaken,bleed- ixlg, gafping and dying. The valiant Warren falls; the friend, wounded by his fide, hardly efcapes. Pafs on to Rhode Ifland; there thebo«- dies of the flain lcover the field of battle. P.-e; cee to Fort Grifwold in the morningmlfeetthe courageous ‘garrifou; the there cruel refugee, rufl1 forwardg, take the fort by ftorm, and butcher every man they find. Acrofs the Thames the blazing city"“‘ fills the darin Britori and 3 9 ‘country {with terror.» Pafs on through tl1etfmol:. \ insruins of Danburvs Fairfisld ands N°?Wa1k.; d cafi your eyes acrofs the ~Sou‘n‘d; behold ytoujr A fathers; and friends attacked, purfued and dr-ivy en from Long Ifland byone of the moltVformida}- A ' ~ ' l t r l. fmblfi in *""' New-Landon. all I2 ll’ idle a-r1ni'es of the Br-itiih empire. Vifit pria Tons ofyour captive brethren in New-York; they fall like leaves of autumn. Approach not that dwelling of death, the Jerfey pri'fon-{hip ; to this, day the bones of your ,neighbors- whiten the.- beaches of the adjacent ifl‘andi.aA In a- word, call; your eyes from the St. Lawrence to the Savant nah. The footfteps of defolation, groaning hof-_ pitals, fields of battl‘e,tfcenes- of blood and death,‘ Ameetthe eye from every A quarter; ‘The ftreeps, of Quebec, the hills of Bennington and Saratoga, the plains of Monmouth, Princeton, and" Ger-»- Amantovvn, are loaded’ with the bodies of the flaina. The waters of Champlain, the Hudfon, the De-- A Alaware, and Branclywine, are red‘wi"th Ameri‘cam blood. Philadelphia, York, Charle{’con,r and Say. A We fiege and‘ ca1?tivitYi«. :6 Sim, ye lhades of Montgomery andother he-... toes, who fell in the rage of battle 3 fay, veneraa. "ble Warren, what is the value c of our indepen‘... dence ? Fallen on the fatal hill, life gufliing from thy wounds ; no friendly hand to Pcanch the “crimfon firearm, to raife thy head from the gory A turf, to adminifler a cordial, or to clofe thine eyes; A in“ that awful moment, fainting and dying, what ’ A A A would I3: 3 would have been thine addrefs to thy beloved. eountry ?” “I die, my country, Idie in defence ’*”‘ of your native privileges ; with my lait breath “ I entreat you to defend with your fathers’ Va... . “ lor their facred inititutions 5 facrifice them not 4‘ tovifionary fyftems of‘ modern philofop*hiPcs,, 5‘ or foreign adventurers.” SUCH is a faint View of the price our fathers gave for our inheritance. They fought‘; V they bled ; they died; and fhall they bleed and die in vain ? i Rather let everlafting execrations fall on the man, who by flattery or force ihall attempt to deprive you of your precious patrimony. [ Rob-t bted.;, ha,,,ou1d be the value of life to us, i theheirs offuch ace . 7 aethley i been" flaves ; had they taught us the drudgery of flaves ; pp had We inherited Pcripes, and fears, and chains, We might have borne them in filent, fullen patience A but now would they be altogether intolerable; In one way, andonly in one way, is it poflible for us to lofe this birthright, this high preeminence , m among the nations; by negleéiing er czbzzflng our ~ "i ‘i right qffzgfrage. Whenever Godihall intend to deitroy us, then will he give us to this mad- ;-aefsg this will be the harbinger of our ruin, While [:4] ‘While We faithfully iattend peur eleétions; while _ we elevate none to oflicebut men of talents anti integrity, the Barriers of l the ocean, the founclal... tions of theeverlailing hills, are not more im... mevable than our rights and privileges. as T11-efe, i we {hall not lofei till we deferve to be flaves. A To jullify thefe refleélsions, Clio yen net hear i warning voice from the tombs of the ancient re- it publicsp? ?‘ Our governmentischangpd and de-,~ ftroyed ; its name, is blotted from exi{’cence.” Geographers, l1ifl:"orians, and political writers, have deferibedl a catalogue of republics 3, but they are vaniflmd; their lamps are gone out 5 they are no where found. The United States of Ameri. _ ca are the only remainsl of prepublifiafl g0V’31'11'~ M is *1 llebe. es not lthisinw creafei our refponfibility B Is there not a fupplij. Czatioixltl in the gales from every climate andcoumé " try? :“Be faithful,gn¢0h ye ‘American people; be faithfulnot onlyito_yourfelVes,abu~t be faithful, to us ;: keep alive the celelliall” fire to guide us in “ the work ofbrealzingt our chains; preferve to use one example of republican ~ liberty, pl that we may fay to our children,» '1‘-here is a pattern of nation; at E. :3 Z! A reform stherel fee iwhat e1teva‘tionila~ntl gllofiylt of eharaéter a nation of frleemen may attainifl” I BUT the day his military; at requefi of A the Oflicers ofthis Regiment, I fiandmin this place: To you, fellow citizens, I beg leave to addrefs“ myfelf. The name of ifoldier inlithie country tzonveys an impreflion of fecurity and fraternal protetftion. In d~i1’fe.rent —{tates2 of ufocieltgy, ».and%un4- der differelnt forms of governrnelnt, the military profoflion is exceedingly va.r‘ioue.l Among £av2t-L ges 9. martial chlaraéterr commonly ipreclominatesr N Everything wears a hofiile appe,aranlcel~ Every E by W‘ V ‘:1 “ $ 9‘ table man is a foldier. From chilhood theyaré V V 4 and arts of their rutlei warfare. - Their? weuftomé have generally a rnilitaryfpirit. iThe~ir bufienlefs, their amufelmentls, itheir ornarnents~, their honors, are martial. The fame implements, which pro-v curejtheir food and clothing, aflhil their enemies; A Many of their fongs” are war Tongs, etheirf. dances A “war dances; their ornztments are terriblcyand their honors the rewards of perfonal valor. Their: i national inititutions hrcathei blood and deitrucéx tion. A A in :6 3 i it civilized fociety, profeflionsare emultipiiedtt ‘and feparzttet: ‘War in tmoit governments otccué. "pi6SOI11Y one clafs of the fubjeéts. Thefe have ‘pee-‘uli-ar ma.Xi,m,_s, and t manners, and feharaéters, and laws. ,Martia1 law is a branch of jurifpru-.. dence. t The military jvinfl-,fOI11e countries iisfo re« moved ifrom other profeflions, as tobe the intim- ment andagent of their oppreflion and flavery. _It“isjthte grandtengine of defpotifm thehands of ufurpersand, tyrants. A Not fo in ourfavored lend. : Our foldiers are reallyicitizens; they‘ are our neighbors, our brethren, ourfelves. Witll 3. few legal exeeptions, ye are all M the found and vigorous part of the Cotnmonwealth. Ye have f€W appropriate laws. % Tn your tlmnxlers, you]? Your re1i,n,t,‘,With the c0m~ munity'._ A The contagious licentioufnefs of Euro-« pegxn, Iaremiesmhas not been wafted acrofs theAt1z}n« tic. «One poifonous p1~ant,hoWeVer,imore fatal than the "upas of Java, has been tranfplanted from the (military fields of Europe, and fome,%y:o7f, the Rates it has taken deep root; fent forth es over defiihce to the fvvord of the magiftrate; while death walks under its ihade: but not at 111001: flouriihes in Nevv-Eng- A land; E 1:7 3 7:: la7z{e1Zi22glixll)Eere*la[n2vcfl unkeorwel A few», ‘Wm? itfy few infiances difgracethe annals of thefeltates. ' trace the ‘origin of this ferocious cufiom. F tttoiFrancis, king of France, 3*‘ who, in I 528, to Vina dicate hirnfelf from the reproaches of Charles, “emperor of ‘ Germany, fent him a cartel of den. Vance, gave him the elie izzfirzzz, challenged him to lingle combatyrequiring him to name the time, i and place, and weapons. Charles acceptedlthe: kzhallenge #5 but after feveral meeffages, and fare»- lcafms, all thoughts of the “duel were laid afide. But theexample of two futzh illullirious perfons gattrae atte, and produced a lamentable l e l A . acufl-om of duels became common; and thefejconteltsllof laonor were def’:-ruélive“, like wars among the ‘nationa. So infinitely i1np"ortant are the“ exam... fples of ldtillinguiflted men. If wicked, like falfe beaczons at the port of commerce, they ldecoy mortals upon the rocks of defcruétion ; like the A violated tree of knowledge in paradife, they com .v.e3: the world with mifery and death. LITTLE did thefe royal madmen confider wllat olire calamities they were pulling on thelllnman C ~ A race 5 ’’‘*Dr. Robertfon, . ‘trace’; how xnany invaluable [lives .wo"ulcl‘ be lo{l2~,“,: how many orphans, deltituhte and . defencelefex, liovir many widows, in all the anguifh of frantic grief, would {Well the catalogued of hopelefs fuf. Lferers. A Could’ they have feen the innumerable murdervs which have followedi, the drivers: of tears which liave run. down the face of forrow, and heard the fighs and lhrieksof ruined. families; would not their marble eyes haven diflblved,:.their ihearts of iron been broken by theprofpeél: of un.r~ ldefcribable horror ‘ V PR.EVI.OUSLY to this; however, in amore barbaa trons age, when the arts of reading and writing were little known, and evidence incourts obtain... ta .1 Q , ' an 5,, ' l i efcabliflxedbylaw. This waglllaieerent {mm dun elling ;,it was an appeal 'to>Heaven of perfonaal ,i.nnocence. Then viétor was fuppofed to’be§ acs. quitted by the judgment of God. It. was a fpe... cies of ordeal ; thelfame kind of evidence, as if the accufed, to prove his innocence, had plunged his arm into.-boiling Water, lifted a. red hot iron, or Walked barefoot ovef burning ploughfllaresf“ A % In’ ’>'* Robe-rtfon. *1: t tlloughtful, deliberate circtlmflzanccs of ring A T’ A E :9 3 11~l New-England, men have not learned in thefé barbarous methods to jullify themfelves from crimes. Here men difregard, the injuries they receive, or appeal to the righteousllavvsof the land. This is the final re-fort; this termiinates all controverfy. The valiant fons of l\Tevv—Eng—f- land have never fuppofed they owed their lives to a man merely becaufe he had abufed them; They have never found it a fulficient confolation for injuries received, to expofe themfelvesilto one infinitely greater. They have never {'0 calculata , ed lofs and gain, as to imagine that throwing themfe-Ives on thepointof their enemies’ fvvord, or givingthern leave to level the tube of death . , _, ‘ - 2.... * I V r ‘ w v- 1 ,’ M ,1, y y y ‘N , WWWW : y ‘N I H y y ‘ ‘any outrage on theirperfons, their property, or good “name. _ That cuilorn, which places , the i pp blackefi; crime, and molt fpotlefs innocence, the belt man and molt gracelefs vi1lain,precifely on the farnc ground, has never with us been tl1ought juf’c,orhonorable, or decent. God forbids it“ reafon and eonfcience approve the divine aw. . Thou {halt not murder, isthe law of God, i Blood V has a voice to roufe the heavens to’ anger; is Will the formality of fending a paper, called a chal; lenge, lalterlthe nature of the a&ion? the me ~ tfpation for A 20 ingeancl determining on the meafure, of feIeéli§~ng and agreeingwith a fecond, of writing and fend» ing the ~cl1a.llenge, of appointing the time, and; iglace, and weapons, and mode of tl1eloceombat,l of’ writing andfigning andfzalinga» lafi will anal} teltament$; will all thefe, or any other circum-la zflzancesoof reflecftion, italic awaytlle malignity of malice aforetl1ougl1t,»twhicl1 flee the elfe11ce of H'1l1I‘—~:- A der? enclxantment is in this prooefs, which changes, crime iz:1t~o__inn:o<:e:1ee,endoinfamy into Iepiiltetion 9, It it theeclmllengte, the naming of the time, and place, and inllruxnents Tllefn may at llighvvayman, going» forth to rob and murder, provide a. challenge, prefent this to the traveller? appointing the prefent time and place £m.~ the on? fat, pierce him to the heart,a~Ild.be called a brave; :rna11 an at cm. A ltlftea gallows, let lmim be elevatedtb fame pofi0fh°n°r~ , « ALL this is~omxig,’* ijcwm lperllaops be em, “ but “how \fl1a.ll we avoiclo the combat, when 3‘ challenged? Our reputation. for cou1*;tge, our dignity of charaéter, willtbe loft; boys in the 5‘l:P:reet will ‘point the finger of derifionf’ TI-IE fpealzerinl his turn begs leave to inquirfi‘, t it is poflible for amen of virtue,o£ctourage, . pighumanity, or of refleétion, to engage“ in a; duel; ole E M 3 1 he 13% having fl13.d____0'W of iivirfggag will henot fear the great God, who has n forbicit murder, who . has faitd that all murderers ihali have their part in tlxe lakevvhich burneth fire and brixnftoanei If he be aeiman of courage? will he not defpife the challenge of the Wicked, and difdain the {meet of fools 3'.‘ Shall fufch a man as Itflee from infult to the field of mad .2 [ A . IF he be a man of humanity, will hcnot, ceera-3 tainly confillt with his family on this awful hoe-gs cafion 3’ He is going to arfcene of danger; he in ruflling to iingle combat with his equal, and with equalweapons, or he violates thet1aWsaoft%honor,,. t V A ~ It ‘ Want eguai chance, that one ' "‘<».~/‘H ' n ) falls, he may be-the man. then enter " the apartment of his companion. Ilia looks awaken terror. He tells her»---«but. his tongue; faltersw--he tells her, that he is going to. etngage; in a c1ue1;et11at in a few hours flae may be an widow, and their children orphans. He charges her to be faithful in the. education%of their ,<:hi1~, )‘ tdreng, he chargesthern to be obedient tohep1fAa;~a he zfupplicates a divine blefling on them; he gives. them a kind embrace; he hide them‘ a tendem farewelg he goes M“ NO: 1115 HQWHA» ;W'9rd3* have reprotachcdfl himfelfp ‘ :“3’I°’W. I52?’ he,” L: 22 If heg, ‘-i”-”eXpe& my widow to be faitlifnl to 7 our ‘children, when I am voluntarily expofing myfelfi to negleél: them forever? How can I expeét thern‘ to obey her, when I am bidding defiance to the Iavvsof mam? How can I expeét God to hear my“ prayers, when I am trampling on one of his rnoi’t facred “commands E” : He trembles ; he reletnts; is '{it‘pofi’ible for him to proceed? I Suppofe his fury returns, or that his high fenfe I of honor rekindles his refolution 5 fuppofe he has fuch confidence in his rownhikilliiin direéting the weapons of death, that he has no fear of falling ; let him then anticipate the moil: fuccefsful iffue of the event. Let him in imagination rufh from the tears of his family; let him reach the ap. pointed {pot ;, let the feconds rneafure the ground; artdemplaceitifiie IEofnbiatat‘Ii:si;;ri iet him raife the fatal infirument; calmly aim at the heart of his foe; I-Ie falls; he flruggles 5 he is gone; he is covered with blood, and pale in ‘death. Let him attend the feconds and fnrgeons with the body to its late I dwelling. At the door he meets the ihriekingg, “heft of hufbands«,i the belt of fathers. Lon‘gfl1ould diftrafted widow gt he hears the cries of‘ the chill» dren and domeftics. He hears their frantic re» proaches, “Refiore my hufband; reitore our fa. ther; who will provide our fupport ; he was the we "E as A s ‘We I1-avebeexr happy, had not this cruel murderce?‘ jlhed hisaibloodf’ To the viétor this he fcene Amuit remain ideal ; for before the bleeding body‘ is conveyed from the fatal fpot, he Inuit fly; fly’ A from his viétory, fly from his own dear family, fly from his riative itate. Notwithiiandingthe praite and honor anticipated by the dueliiii, pub-1; iic opinion is too correét, {tern jufticeiea too vigi--» iant, to fufier him to remain in fafety. To doubt this would {how ignorance of public opinion in this part of the country. Voluntary baniihment for life is the lightefc puniflxmentfor the viéio» rious duellifi. ALi1«:e Cain, he hides from the pre-» A fence of God, and his former friends. Awful Wws her fword againii fmaller punity, covered with blood. Is it poflib1e,ti1en_, for a man of refleétion to proceed to fingle com» hat .7? A WHILE we thusfpeak, is it not evident thatA r:;rimes, would not fuffer a Wi%iEhAi"iitoIive% in im-so the fubjeéts we have difcufled are deeply imn _ A preiied on your hearts? ‘When have our fhores: been crimfoned with the blood of a duelliit i‘ We have read of fuchevents; we have heard of fuch perfons ; but we never faw their frightfui vifage. AThefe marfl1a11edcompaniee of infantry, V A” AA A A Athatr i"e4’i _ that body of cavalry, this coneourfe of ummecl ' A citizens, fl1OW your re'fpeét for anniverfaryr Celea brations. Your we-ll lmowti attention Io the rights of fuii1'age, proves your ‘ftrong attachrnent to Colombian independence. For their love of ‘order, their obedience to law, their praftice of ‘morals, or their reverence for religion; it may be prefumed, Without flattery or arrogance, that no t ieétion of the continent is more diltinguifhed. omen, my friends, ‘in the path markeditav “the {teps of your pious forefathers, with their A daring valor defend the inheritance received "from them 3; fupport their civil and facred inftitua tions ; devontly cherifli them as ye do the blood *Whf1n:hi1‘o1le ethr_o_1_,1,ig,i4A.aLQ1,1e.vv..11earts ;, cultivate their "heavenly % virtues, and follow A their meritorious examples ;Mthe-n, arriving atthelandof filence, lvvhere the Confufed noife of the warrior {hall eeafe, and garments rolled in bloocl no more be r feen, the Captain of our falvation will receive you as faithful foldiers, who, having fought a good fight and kept the faith, fliall receive a. «crown of rigl1teo11fne1'.'s, and with legions of an”. gels {well the chorus of immortal praife.