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BY :5?-;nanzma%es vote :3)’ the Sfuderzte ef
Brown Universitk we are requested to return ymz their
thanksfbr your truly appropriate and patriotic Oraticm
this day delivered, and to solicit a copyjbr zflze press. A
JOHN THOMAS, }

College’

AMHERST ‘NIGHT’ Comnzitteeae

ZECARIAH ALLEN,
Mn. EMERSON PAINE. 1‘ % A %
Brown University, July 5, 1813.

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GENTLEMEN; A ‘ A
TIJE Address this day awivererl; I Si£l5»—
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I /zave the /zonour to szzéscrifie, Gentleznerz, 
‘wit/'2 mue/z respect, your obedient servant,
EMERSON PAINEQ

Messrs. Jami: Tuomms,
AMHERST VVIGHT,
ZECHARIAH ALLEN;

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onarton,

,  are assembled on this occasion to coxnnternn
ojrate an event illustrious in its nature, and important in
its consequences, to the political, the moral, and the re.»
ligious world. The lindependence ofa great nation is
an event in which the whole civilized world is interest»

W ~ ed. Our independence was not confined in its conse-

quences to this Western Continent, nor were its effects
to be limited by the confines of , Great Britain, or the
boundaries of the European world. It has given a new
and glorious mm, to the nations of the whole earth. The
cause of liberty is the common cause of man. And it
is common cause of joy to. all the nations under heaven,
when so great: and ifitir  portionoft11e~globe‘as these
United States, with one undivided efiiort, shake oil‘ the
chains of a despot, and shout to the World that they are
free. i A   A A t .

Tl1o»t«v,o,ice,; of Freedom is heard to the world’s remotu
est bounds. It is an otnen betokening good to the na..;
tiorism-«It lights up a smile in the countenance of 'woe----ii
Like the electric spark, the sympathetic emotion, with
instantaneous transit, . pervades every lzaosom---—-Everyf
heart rejoices in the common joy-—-,—--A cheering ray of
hope darts along the gloom, and glitters on the mantle

of that cheerless night which forever hangs brooding ov.» “
er despotic lancls--—--The tyrant totters on his throne,‘ and 

trembles for his sceptre----'ll‘he victims of lawless powet:,;

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almost forgetting that they are slaves, with half“-despairing

joy, respond to the music of Freedom’s voice, and “ shake
their chains in rude harmony”---Such were the effects,
when our fathers; inspired with love of liberty, and in-
dignant at the Wrongs of the oppressor, broke their bonds
asunder, and told the World, that they were free. Such
is the glorious psera we this day commemorate. With
what sentiments should Americans celebrate an event
so important, so illustrious, and so conspicuous in the
annals of the world. A
Wepare not assembled to commemorate the corona.»
tion of ap despot, or the birth-day of a Royal Infant desa

tined to hold in his bloodstained grasp the destinies A of 

the nation, and to scourge libertyfrom the abodes of
men. Nor have we assembled to celebrate with impim
ous mockery the day on which a Corsican Usurper rear-
ed a hideous despotism in the nation---But the day We
commemorate is that, on which was declared, “freedom
to the oppressed, and liberty to the captive.” A
 On this anniversary it has been the custom of many
to rehearse the long catalogue of wrongs“ that the Amer.
ican Colonies sufiered under the British dynasty, and to
embellish with all the flourish of rhetorick, the velour,
the patriotism, the love of liberty, that inspired our conn...
tryrnen, and led them‘ on to victory. But the whole
disastrous tale of aggression is familiar to this audience..
Nor can it have escaped your minds by what means We
pobtained that independence which gave to America a dim
stinguished place among the nationsof the earth.

a i It is not my design to call your attention this day to
the causes which induced resistance to the British Gov-

ernment, or to eulogize the achievements of 7’ our revolua

tion----It is suficient to say, that our cause was just, -an

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the issue glorious. God shielded the patriot’s hrwst in
the clay of battle. it “ He taught our hands to War, 
our . fingers ii to fight. ’?l r And we have, onllthis clay‘, the
greatest reasons for gratitude to that Almighty  eing,
who holds the sceptre of the Universe, who rules among
the kingdoms of men, who has been the Gocl of our
fathers, and by whose munificence, we possess this lane
of liberty, CllS’£i1‘1gulSh€Ci‘by the favours of the iMost
High, above all the nations under heaven. i

But it is in Vain to us, that our fathers had correct
principles, if we tliéirtty children forsake i2l1("31"fl----i-It is in
‘Vain, that the patriots of the revolution fought upon the
threshold of their country, to repel the invading foe, if
their posterity want energy, Wisdom, and virtue, to cle-
fencl and maintain that liberty and independence which
they procured. And gwhat shall the reflection profit us,
that the Most High defendecl our fathers, if we forsake
the “perfect way,” tread not in the footsteps of those
venerable dead, and provoke the Almighty to say “ E-

~ phraim iajoinedto his ' idols; let hitniilalonei 

As we have assembled to commemorate that day
which gave birth to our independence, and on which we
took a narneancl a place among the nations, let us in»

quireswnot into the twotigs that oecasioned our revolt-we

Thosewrongs have been avenged; A and we have no
cause to visit the tombs of those heroes who fell in bat»

A tle, disturb the ashes of the sepnlchre, and call up the

prophetic dead to instigate us to avenge agressions i din-
luted by the lapse of years, and shrouded with their pere

petrators in the silent vault cleath.-—--«But let us rinogaire
how we have improved that rich inheritance which our
fathers purchased with their ‘blood, and transmitted to
their sons. Let us inquire into the principlesandmeas-a



tires which have been adopted and pursued, and  a
View of some of their most obvious consequences. 
free people have a right to discuss the political princia
pies, and canvass the measures of their Government.
This is a right which ought to be ever dear to Ameri-‘
cans._.A.—It should‘ be exercised on all proper occasions, to

check a too forward administration, to prevent the growth l

of a formidable fztction, and to wither the first hopes of
dangerous ambition. A A A A l A A

A The responsibility of rulers to their subjects, is a»
principle that ought to be asserted and maintained at ev-»v
ery hazard. In this principle is contained the very es-
sence of Civil Liberty. Let a nation once renounce
this principle, and there is not one step between their
condition and slavery. Let the government‘ of any nan

tion be invested with ‘power uncontrouled; let the poo» A

ple transfer all their power to the government, subscribe
to the doctrine of “ passive obedience and non-1*esist~
ance,” and they are at once reduced to the most abject
slavery. F or where is that virtue to be found in any

Government,   which will secure the people agaixist the

most Wanton abuses, when they have lost Atlie power or
resistance '1? A disposition to abuse power is a striking
ieattzre in human depravity. There is in the heart of
man a haughty malevolence which prompts him to ag-
gression and abuse. Man possesses a Wantonness of
«disposition which, when uncontrolled, induces him to
gratify his selfish passions by the degradation and misc-
ry of his fellow-beings. Let such a being become ab~

solute, and Where is the subject in his realm that shall A

not become a slave? This is no . exaggerationmlt is a
plain unvarnished tale. History, e:<:perience, and the

common observation. of men confirm this truth. If

A history ‘did not record the infamous deedsof a “Nero, at

Caligula, and la Bonaparte; if history were silent respect-a

ing the wanton atrocity of Despots; if the archieves of

human infamy were blotted out from under the face of

heaven, and the abornirrable deeds of antiquity effaced i
from the records of the world; our own observation

would furnish us with plenary evidence, that it is in the
heart of man to abuse whatever power he possesses.
We need not recur to history for the truth of this re.»
mark. We need not cite for proof, the infamous rec-
ords of Eastern despots»-We need not rehearse the
deeds of a Robespiere, or a Murat; nor point the mod?
ern sceptic to the fell tyrant of France~—--We have exam-

ples at home--—-The records of our own degradation rena y

der the position doubly lucid. Turn, then, with indig-
nation, from that maxim in the new-fangled code of

French politics, which ofiers you the doctrine of “ pas- t

sive obediencef? _ the fcorrectnetss prof which ythey prove by
the cogent reasoning of the Guillotine.

A free people should be tremblingly alive to thir 1ib-
erties, and “jealous” for their sacred rights.

On this anniversary whatmore propier theme can be
selected, than review of the past transactions of Gov--

ernment, and the present aspect of our political con-y

cerns ?

Our presentjbrm of Government is, beyond a doubt, V

more favourable to the enj oyrnent of rational liberty,

than any which has been previously adopted. That

form of government only, which efiectually s secures ra-
tional liberty, and the rights of all classes of the comma»

T nity, can be esteemed perfect. The form of govern-

ment constructed for these United States, was, undoubt-a
edly, the best that couldhave been adopted in this coun-

try. it is seldom, that virtue suffieient for the adoption
of a perfect system of Government, exists in any nation.
At the time of the adoption of our Constitution, there
‘Wasp-r1'lO ismalllpolrtion of French Principles, in America.
Already had the morbid efilects of a French faction be...
eome apparent. are The multitude had already become
giddy by the fumes of licentiousness, and French Phi.»-
losophy, that bane of republics, that deadly foe to Civil
Fr,eedom, that pest engendered in night, that “ abornina»

A tion which malreth desolate,” had been swallowed in

maddening draughts, and the infuriated faction had join»
ed in the “ hue and cry” of trans-atlantic regicides. It”
was in the rnidst of these growing evils, that a form of
Government was presented to the American‘ people for
their adoption. And, though not the best that could
have been devised, yet it was, probably, the best that
eould have obtained. r A A l i

The unexampled prosperity of the Union during the
first twelve years after the , atloption of our Constitution,
evince the superiority of . our republican form, of govern;
ment over all other goverrnnents of the earth; ll Twelve
years experiment in the most critical period our repub;
lie ever witnessed, was sufficient to exhibit the true char.
a.ete1;of our political institutions. And the form of gov»-
ernment xvas found to ansvver the most sanguine e:apec-
rations” of its authors. Under the administration of
lfifashing-tori, the prosperity of the Union was uneztamu

, pied in history. It was unequalled in the proudest days A

of Greece. And Rome in the zenith of her glory could
not Vierwith America, ll1tl1€"g‘OlCl€11 days of our repub~
lic. Smiling Peace waved her olive branch ovtett the
land, and plenty crowned the cheerful board. Successat.»
tended the labours of r every class of citizens. The vvealth

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Tet” the mecitaxtietincteasedg and enlivening prospects chemi-
ed him thro‘ugI1»ti1e labours of the day; The husband»-
mm was z.-mimated in his toils by die hopes of a sure ire»-
WflFd‘u Commerce was ezxcottfaged and protected, and
eczttteredt opulencize ti”t1‘0LIgh the nation:
“ Fail were 0~m* cities‘ tziiz.‘/2 t/"zé why ‘art,
“ Azzdtn-ade, c272(Zi_;'og/‘ in every busy etreett
‘‘ Jlfinglirzg -were /zc*ai"cZ.’.i’--1’«-~i% %
‘< V Tlie uatiorx pmepettzd Iiotxvitltstanding‘ the eiiiorts of
tintt faction Wlticim had new becomefdrmidztbie, and ready
to sieze A with unhailowed grasp upon our “ goodly heri.

‘tage,” A and pollute the eourceei at‘ our prosperity. ‘ And“ i
‘When their political Palilixtutrust, mused from Utopian

dreams», and pihilosop-hie reverie, was called tea the heilim
ef . governmentg, with an “overflowing tf&aSLfi‘jT,~”» 

found the nation in the “ full tide ef su4ccess~ful‘ experi:-‘
   These ifaxittist eivixaee, tiaiztt our form Of Grioverrl-I

merit is calculated to. insure "a high it degree‘ ‘(if A ntxtientd
1trmspe1‘ity,t;;;g.»t jtttt A Wiseadmihistttttien; A The
preiserttt e’tttba.rassmeuts of this nation-, the evils which
hm tlately buret utpcm our heads, and overtvheltned us:
in disgrace zmd ri;1i11, result» not from ‘any: defect“ A in 011:-
Cwdrlifitittfliifiiflait sihey lame mt resulted ffiom any new
“ attitudesfi of ctlte beIlige‘rentt I1£ltiOI-”1S;- which required
thepolicy that has been pttrsued. No new evils; in for;-
eigni relations have arisen, since the daiye‘ of Washilig»

 

~ Atonr, wltieh: dematndedi a different cofurse* from that Whiehv

I V was pursued in the “ golden age.” of our republic. The?
dieastmuist state of our a:fl'airs, the degradation atnde ruin
df our ctountry, A can neither be attributed to our Conistitttai

tiom,t or to tlfxe“ novel "“‘ attitu d»es?’* of foreign powers.

To what ieattse, then, are we to refer these‘ eiéviis ?‘ That

evils do exist; that we hzwe stmk into the msthermotst
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abyss of degradation and disgrace; that thisnation isw-W
not “balancing on the point of her destiny,” and “ tot.”
tering to her fall”-----but already fallen; already taken her
place in the ranks of infarny, impotence,» and humilia-«
tion, are facts too obvious to be questioned. The sun
of glory which formerly irradiated these Western shores,
has sunk beneath the horizon, and withcl-rawn his last set»
ting beams from mortal ken.-. Liberty is preparing for
her departure:----»Sl1e is waving her hand in token of adieu
-----Sheihas embarked in that fatal boat of Gallic Philos-~
ophy which lands her ill-fated passengers in eternal es»
ile-----She will soon be wafted. on the “ wizard stream”
of Democracy, a returnless distance from our sliores.
‘Whence these calamities ? Whence this so sudden
downfall? To these questions, a cursory view of facts
will afford satisfactory answer. i i l ‘ 

A slight recurrence to‘ the Constitution will Cvillety
that the protection of commerce was one grand object
oonjtemplatedr by the navigating States, Whichl induced
them to enter into 7 the apolitical a compact» lWhilel that

policy was pursued which favoured the commercialise in» 3

terests, and which was contemplated. by the Co1:1sti?tu-
tion, notw'ithstanding the embarassments occasicned: by
an opposing faction, and though our means were intcon».

lsiderable, "when compared with those po-ssessed by the
‘f powers that be,” before they commenced their out.»
.. ;;age‘ on: commerce, the nation: had no rival in prosperity.

If/'t?§’as the" policy of VVashington, whence we derived
 prgacsperity and glory. ‘With such illustrious exam-

“pies” ‘:bCfQ1"e his eyes, regardless of the best interests, and

11_€gl€Ctf11-l,Gf_tl1€ most obvious good of the nation, What
‘Visionary theorist; bewildered in dreams, “ in wander-

irng r,na:gs'es lost,” could have been expected to pursues

  the hearts of Frenchmen, and a ghastly, nialigxiantlfl ‘ A y
l was kindled in the grim visage of their gloomy , 

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a policy directly opposite to that, by which we had acquit;

ed our opulenceand glory ?¢ Onewould have suppos-

ed, that in this path «of   glory and national prosperity in

which VVashington trod, straight as that path which leads
to the courts on high, and efiulgent as the ecliptic road,
a “ way-faring man, though a fool, could not err.”

But strange to tell ! Blind to the interests of the pub-
lic weal, as if their optics were rendered dim by‘ the
heavenly light that encircled the head of VVashington, an
inlhriated faction, opposed to commerce, smitten with
love for the regicide republic of France, “ restlessand fond
of change, impatient to realize the golden visipns which
played about the head of their Philosophic Leader, imag~

ining, that while deprived of that Elysium which the
-Sage of Montecello and his Quixotic disciples held out

in prospect before them, they were deprived of the sove-
reign good, and having forgotten, or never l(I10WI-1, that

“‘ to innovate is not to reform,” rejected that counsel  

rwhich, ihacltsughtl tiwaywofpeacefiearedlito save.

reign povver the idols of Democracy, and shouted to the
astonished populace, “these be thy gods 0 Israel 1’? s 

This, this was a triumph indeed  F‘ As thevlast peal
of thundering heaven” it shook the tottering   base of this
Westerit world. i It burst across the deep, and its f ech-i
oes‘ were heardalong the Gallic coast»-«--The well known

voice was recognized, as it echoed from camp to  l

along the ranks of Democracym-ulnfernal joy dmcedmiin

  

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Europe felt the shock. The votaries of Civil F reedonn
had heard a of the achievements of Washingtone-They*

«had heard, that Americans were free----Their hearts ghad
responded to our joy, and they had chaunted tthe carols A

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«sf mxr libertym.-Jfhey had turned tlleirveyes on Ameriaia A
as they abode of Freedom, and an assylum for the oppres-g i
sed;—-T»-They had beheld our glory as the star that A guideql

the Eastern ,1 Sages to BCtl,'il€_hCH'l-=--~.-A.I1d to them itwas
likettrise a token of Silly’at,l0fl.--BL1t suddenly, .wilc;l up-e
roar is heard “*1 with pale afi‘rig11t”--—-“ Uppepar such as
heard on earth, till nowa, was ineverfi’ The cliscnrdant
sound ibreaks from the Apalachian :lV[0UI1tEll1lSw*-':[tblUTStS
an Snowdenfis peak, and echoes along the heights of
Cheviote-we-Britain starts fromher repose-l---lThe sea-Ems
bosomed rocks that sustain her soil receive the shock,

and fromfi their hollow _caverns inly gr0a11e—mEuropc’s A

freenborn sons hear the lpimtentous spund, and betoken
resistance-—L.--For it is the rudehuzza of Democracy-2--we
The sound is prpxhetie---It is a paralytic stroke to Free-.
clam:-wlt {presages triumph to France---Tlieir fairy wfiis-i
ions vanish like the golclt-:11 dreams of day-break, wihen
the naatin song clistilrbs the slumbers of “H13 pillow.

V  The men who tjvere now chosen to direct the public

  com-user ' Ametica,s were lI)e1na0ct~atic«-~'l‘1aeyi% were

hostile to commerce-we-They had A ilnbibedlthat ޢl"oe,;_~,1;i-.-

eentious spirit of regicide Freedom‘, which i11ada,lr¢:\%ol11.q

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tidriized France, and now menaced the whole civilized
"world. They were enthusiastic admirers of Fre11cliLib-
erty-.-»-—-They were ready to make cotnmon causei with
France,  revolutionizing the Empires and Kingdoms

A A When this fell cause triumphed i11Aimerical,;tvell.
i might every lover bf man heave from his labouring E305?

 

oma propheticisighl‘! A-there ‘wasthe patriot lwhose heart
 not bleed ? Where was the man who feared the Glad

of Heaven, and. whose heart was wamteid with chaaia;n  

bcasvalenceg wliosett eyes were mt crlim with ‘weeping at

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that portentous n1o1Y1€,11t,, when the Pmvers of Darkness
shouted triumph? VVhat lover of rational Freedom could

behold without emotion the fair fabrickof American Lib-A 

erty demolished in one evil hour by the polluted touch of
Faction? What man among usrwas that who beheld this
wreck of freedom, who saw the American Republic dash.-
ed against the rocks of the Gallic Charybdis, who heard
the winds of heaven, when first they swept throu the
wreck, mutter a boding sigh, and foretell, in piteous ac;

cents, the future destinies of America Wliereis the man i

among us, who witnessed this scene, whosemenrs have

heard of it, or who has read it in story ? And Wi‘1£.1‘l:'i

were his emotions? Had he drunken of that Circean J

cup which the French Sorceress has given to the nations ?

Had he listened to the Syren notes ‘ of Gallic iF1‘€€dQIl'l,‘

which were ehaunted to the evening breeze, and infect-

ed with spells and incantations the very breath of morn»

ing? Did his heart respond to the carols of Frenchlnen,
WV1Tl€¢!1 they  thetriumrhsof rflarknerssr and led   up
the cleeth~idanee of Democracy ‘:9 And does the distant
echoes of this infernal jal‘“gOl1, even now, sound delight..-
ful in his ears ?-.w~.The11 let him retire from this hallowed
p1aee,this Jdnyconsecratedo, -and sacred to thecause of
Freedom 2 on His heart cannot be in unison with our

enusew-I-Ie is enlisted under the banners of Frenchmen-4-i

He will herefinclno nutrirnent--a-Trutlis ungrateful to
his ear may this day be told-ow-«I-Ie hears the mrrninig voice
-----Let him. not disturb the devotion of this consecrated
place, nor utter a discordant note to interrupt the harrnonyi.

Stlfilflr me, then, briefly to allude to some of the lead; A

ing Il:1€‘t1:311I‘€S of the . Democratic adrninistration, notice
the desi—gTt of these measures, and call your attention to
their r;?l‘ii:‘+C:tSr

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C’.o11ttne1"cizd restrictions are among the most pro‘ruit»

nent in the reign of Democracy. From the well known s

politics of the men now inpower, their election to oflice

justified the suspicion, that the policy they would put-

sue, would prove destructive to our commercial inter.-
ests‘. VVhe-ther the “ Chief of Montecello” had matur.»
ed his plan of commercial restrictions, in the recesses of
Philosophic retirement, or whether it was suggested, af-
terwards, by the “ new attitudes” of France and Great

Britain, are questions which I shall leave, to be discuss— ,

ed by the curious. As it respects the isszze of this com-
mercial warfare, the difierence cannot be material, wheth-
er the system was matured by the Hero of Carter"”s
mountain, while he philosophised in his cave, or by the
Knight of QL1lK0tiC renown, in his more famous lucu-
brations of the Palace. ‘Whether the pretexts for these‘
restrictions were foreseen by the prophetic ken of our 11--
lustrious Seer while they existed only in the regions of
possibility, or whether they were contemplated no soon?-
er! than their ‘real existarzcc, they were siezeid with an
avidity which ustifies the conclusion, thatthe Embargo
-----though of apparent Mushroom. growth?----did not start

‘up into mature life and being, like some untvholesome

productions of nature, in the silence and darkness of a
single night--—-»That it was not, for the first time, contem~
plated in the “secret Session” of the national legislature.
Buton this shall not insist, because it is of minor im-
portance. A i t i
That in some period, our Government has de.creed

the destruction of commerce, their mode of proceeding
and theiravowed hostility to trade permit not the most A

sceptical to doubt. V ‘When afive years “ experiment”
at commercial restrictionsi has harassed our trade till the

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national revenue has sunk from seventeen, to two mili.-!,

ions and an half, and, to complete the climax of oujtrage,f*-

a V/Var with Great Britain has swept every remaining
vessel from the ocean, where is the man who will haze
and the expression of a doubt, that the extiltction of
our commerce has been somcw/wre, and atysome time
decreed ‘? ‘ A A t V ' A
But Why destroy commerce ? Can it be supposed,
that the destruction of American Commerce is the lead»
éng object in the political career of M cur administration ‘.5.’
Can this be the ultirnatzmi in their longand zigzagrycosurse
of political leg'erdemain? Or ashallgwe consider the ac-
struction of commerce as a secondary object, a means to
facilitate some higher and more distant acquisition ?----
These are questions which interest Americans. A  
N 0 one can believe, that the destruction of com...
merce was contemplated by our government, as an ob-e;
ject in itself desirable, or beneficial to the nation, ,3 Coin»,
merce hats th6“S01_.11’Ce whence flowed cmrtmost ,dis«
tinguishedblessings in the better days of our republic...
This fact could never have escaped the sagacity of Mr.
Iefi'erscn..i Nor did it lie beyondtthetleen ot'l1ispphilo-
sopl1icbre,thren,i Whc at the nccl of the eirecttitive «waged
the,runl‘1a1lowed War against pcotnnterce, The fact is con-
spicuous to every eye.» Like the light of heaven it stares
those schoo1—~m~en» in the face who deny its real existance,
This policy, then, was to promote the acquisition of
some far other object. a Commerce is not deemed-—-ev.-t
en in the midnight cabals of Democracy-----an evil in
itse{f.' But an evil, only, as it forms a barrier to their
dark designs. This barrier must he removed---Hence
their enmity to commerce, is

id

., lint What knight}; theme, big with icotiseqtieiicee at V

eternal moment, do they contemplate 2’ .What scheme
eo ‘fraught with everlasting 'co'nc'ernment to our republic,
what object so vast», What design so invohving our dean.
est rights, and most important interests ‘.9 Is it a co»-op».
eration with France, in her project of universal conquest ‘?
Has the fL11'1erica11 Government leaguetl with that hideea
one Despotisni, and conj ointly with the fell Tyrant of
Corsica, commenced a war against the liberties of the
World ? l Upon no other principle can We account for?
those commercial restrictions which have -figured so ‘cone
spicuously in these “latter days” i of darkness and error;
‘What other principle induced that neglect of preparing a
naval defence ?* This neglect was indicative lot? their hos-l
tility to cornmercea A Without a linaval protection,’ what
commercial nation can long be secure 3?’ If Governrnent
had favoured leornmerce, would they not have made prone.
visions for its defence 5.’ If commerce had been favour‘-'~

ed, would that little navy which fell into the hands of ‘

Demooracytlhavelirbeen reduced t 4 by selling (or ,g'itrir1”gl to
way) a part to France "? A What i11duc“ed, the op Sager  of
Montecello, in one of his fitful hoursl‘ of “trying experi;
ment,” to theink of drawing our navy into a dry dock: ?1
lhVhye was an “ overflowing treasury,” instead of ,being
appropriated to the navy, squandered on at paltry fleet of
Gun:-boats, the purchase of Louisiana, and Torpedo ex»
periments, of no use, except to drain the ptilailie chest, and

prevent the increase of a navy, that, whet} Franlee slionld

enforce those decrees, to effect her continental lan, 
Greatritain should retaliate, our lcoinnierce might a ‘b”tej7‘:= ~
defelncele-sis ? But why leave commerce «defenseless?! t
that it might be destroyed ?~ But why destroy Ar com-s—~«

merce, the life of republic ‘L?   l l at

ii’

“ I2" 23 5/26‘ mL'zz.n2, it is tfzerteazzse, my .s‘0zzZ_,'

‘“ .405‘ me not zrzzzme it to you, you c)’ztz.s*Z.‘e e.s*z‘o2‘.s' ,:

“‘ It‘ is #26’ crzme 5”’ V r

V\.7c will pass in silence over that policy which has for
twelve years post 1‘egt11ated our foreign relations. We
will not inquire why a fbreigzz despot has been suffered
tokdictate in our councils, and point out the measures
Whicli our government should pursue. We will not in-
quire for what reasons theesame power has been suitered,
with impunity, to heap insults, abuses, and outrage, up»
on this nation----VVe will not ask the reasons why mil.-
lions of the property of our merchants have been confis-
cated under the iniquitous decrees of the Imperial 1306*

oer, our merchant vessels burnt upon the high seas by

Gallic frecbooters, without provocation, without prete'x”t,
rind our mariners confined in Ioatlisorne -and pestiferous
dungeons, femished by hunger and disease, while no
:measures to obtain“ redress have been " taken by our
govornnieittgrr ~'~no“rre§iiettt1ireeto t tI1ehat1ghty~invader of our
rights, not even. at remoristrunce, or complaint, worthy the
broken spirit of :21 Geizoese gully»-slave, and wliile the lit»
most that the E;1;'ecutivc* of he nation, prozzditof their ti:m'.1e..
pencience,ootxld findittin‘Iiis7het11*t:1ito do, or to say, is to
mime the burning of nierchzmt vessels as “ the most (lie;
trehring of all the modes by which the be11ig;e1*entsexer~
eitse power contrary to1*igi1t.” A" i

VVe will not inquire for wlmt rezmsons ah Britishtreaty
was - rejected by the Iiineoeuitive, and why principles, be»
eause they were inad1nissible,t have been made a “ sine
qua non” to adjustment with the British government.
We Will? pass ‘$3./‘i.’thril1(}.i§3J'I'1£II1t silence, over the chicanery
of Faction,» the tricks, the iintpositiozis, the exaggeratioiis,

the ofiieialcolouring anti rent of fhctionaries, to protract

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a disagreement with to Great Britain, excite the war-tone,

and prepare the people for a declaration of hostilities.---
T he reasons for such a policy cannot be imistakenaa-

hey are apparent as the light of lieaven---The,yt need
not; benamed. 4 i 

The superficial observer--unlettered in the “dark dc»

signs of cunning, -guileful men, unversed in guilt, him-

self, and a stranger to the thousand arts which treachery
has invented, to involve and betray, the unwary-mpmay be

easily duped by the artful, nor suspect the baseness of
his betrayer, till he is. led to the threshold of l infamy, and
all the horrours of destruction burst, at once, upon his
astonished: senses. " i  i

» ' Those unliappy and destructive, prejudices to which
human, nature, is subj ectl in ~ this state of frailty and, igno-
gja.nee,,r ‘note ‘ufnfrequently l occasion mistakes ruinous, and
fatal,  linvolwtéiéi’the~~deh;gied. victim, in infamy and
crime. Charity for our felloiviiiéitizens,indnees,.,the. he»

lief, that from such sources, thousands in this nation,
haverre,;ceived»their lhias, stand, become, the dupes. of. Do»

mocraey; Their;  in that, unholy cause may arise

from honest intentions.‘ VVith such, the lovers} of Cijvil.

fireedom mayiiexpostplate. Let them see their mistake-wt
Let; them learn the character and motives of their betray»
exzseealétemovei the veil from their eyes, and expose, to
their naked ‘vision, the dark‘ designs of Denaocracyw

iUncover it to their inspection the arcana of ahonfxinable

deeds, and let them lmow the F‘ proofs of a conspiracy,-”

?they, will turn, with abhorrence from these paths of guilt, ‘

a1?1(1§.,i&:Ild_.'%- their willing aid to arrest, and stop, in their mad
career, tlxe betrayers of their country. In the ears , of

sushi men, speakinl at: voice»,that shall, be audible ;; and, .
l witha a‘ tone that i shall gain achnittance to 11:16; soul, , re»

rs

V hearse the black catalogue of causes ‘w?l1"ichi lrave obscum
ed “our glory, impeded our prosperity, and v sbrought us,
at length, to the very ‘threshold ofinfatny and ruin. Let
them, hear, till the disastrous tale is familiar on their
tongues, why We are engaged in a war with Britain, and
‘wfzythis ‘nation is compelled to drink of that cup of ig-
nominy which the Murderer of Europe has oil'ered,‘to
the world. To this audience, it is unnecessary, to re-
hearse the causes of our disgrace, or to mention the ole»
signs. IV/Ly we are forced into this ‘war with Great
Britain, and with What design the government is of these
United States bows obsequeous to the nod of a foreign
Usurper, is familiar to every mind. And that proud

spirit of independence which acknowledges ‘none but

rightful sway, need not be incited by persuasion, or «urg-
ed by additional motive, to contemplate, with righteous
indignation, the sufferings, the ignominy, and the Tfuture
destiny  our pcopuntry... , p i r a A, V    A  ~
l  r Symuifer  hoWever,etorf   iatntttretdfltlte
present war, as it presents itself to the more! view. A
moral people will view, with sentiments of horrdur, those
measures of their government which, though reendueive
to pecuniary interest,  calculated to corrupt  ‘de-
inoralize, and provoke the displeasure or  righteeus
Governour of the worlds. r,S;ucih a people will inquire in.
lito the j‘us-rice‘ of public measures, and condemn, lantdideu
‘precatfe, not only, such measures as tend todisgrace, and
l the ruin of their dearestinterests, but such as are, istitheir
nature, indefensible on the principles of justice and sound
morality.‘ That the design of this ‘War is to ‘aidria trans-
atlantic despotism which A aims at universally do‘minsion,,‘we
‘sl-all “not: attempt to prove, because it t is ‘too ol:1iviou’s tn
be mistaken. VV ithout some! other reasonsafor this war,

 

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than those adduced byits advocates. these hostile 1116213‘-r
'l11‘€S would indicate an imbecility of mind by no means
coniporting with the known character of the Ad1ninistra-
tion. ~ i :, it   , A ‘ A g
If the design of this War  to aid the policy of France,
it requires. not the spirit of prophecy to foresee the issue.
should th.e plan succeed according to the wishes of its
projectors. it We may safely presume, however, that the
end contemplated by the ruler of llrance, that inclei'ati--
gable enemy of the lnnman race, will not be accomplish-3
ed by tlais war with Great Britain. The feeble eilbrts
which We can make towards the extinction of that mari-
time power, will only increase her superiority by redu-
cing her enemy. She is invulnerable to our attacks...
Her sea-girt Isle bids defiance’ to the united forces of the
world,“ and her bnlwarlzs can never be battered clowntill
the high hand of heaven  uplifted against them. Like
the awful genius of the deep, she sits collected in her
oW‘n- strength, and poised upon her own greatness. l She
isnotplike the empire of ranee, of . ephemeral growtlt,
bloated to gigantic blllkv by the heat = of . civil cliscord,

blown to. elevation by;al sudden gust of chalice, and A de-:-* l

pending onaccident for a precarious beino-. l Her power

y is the gradual growth of ages. The "foundations. of her

greatness are laid deep and firm on the everlasting prin-
ciples of a Wise and well-.directed policy... .011 these
principles, her increase of power has progressed-- -.-Mass
heaped on mass, and consolidated by titne, has arisen by

firm and cautious gradations, tilla towering, magnificent,

and mighty whole has been formed, w hieh smiles at the

feeble assaults on of her foes, bids: a proud defiance to they

mouldering touches of time, and will rernain li1T1I1‘t0Vt1lJl(:
as her sea-embosomed rocks, when the Apocalyptic Drag»

on shall have long since ceased to ltemry her glory.--»=

iA,aainst ~ this nation, the powersof Europe have for ages
unsuccessfully fought. A She has beheld, without dismay,
nation after nation fall into the ranks of her enemy.-as-A
Fearless of the assaults of the gigantic Despot of the

Continent, she sits a calm spectator of his ravages; and

vvhile he tramples upon the necks of vanquished Europe,
and ‘riots on the spoil of kingdoms, she hears his proud
menaces without emotion. Her navy rides on every
sea---The pinions of her power stretch from Mississippi
to the —Ganges----She holds “ ten thousand ,thunclt.‘rs’.’ in
her g1'asp, and the terrours of their burst are felt from
the rising to the setting snn. A What maniac. politician
will augur the down-fal-1 of such a‘ power ? But s/zozzld
she fall, from the same zeta might we date our own dis-A
solution --.--"I‘l1e same hour should We fall into the ranks
of the Corsican Despotism. i it

If there existed a paobalnility, that, by the present
War, the down»-fall of Britain would heA eff‘eeted,AA our fears
might be alarmed for the safety, not only of America,

but of the civilized World. But since she remains, and
probably, will ever remain, impervious to her toes, itis A
ns.elessA to contemplate the evils that would i attend the

catastrophe.  A v t p A, A i l A
Let us then consider some other features of this
nrtlrmfeatures Which, as amoral nation, should more im-
rnediately interest us, A A A   A V
t The invasionA of Canada, viewed inits moral izarmfe,
cannot fail to fill the breast of every good mm, with
horroun Q Are the British provinces involved in , those

crimesof which we aflect to accuse the British governs A

ment ?. Ixlave t/zey ixifringed upon our Airightsiflalve
"rfzqz; impmssecl our scanners ? I-IaveA t/zcy Acooperated

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as

Witlt Great _Britain in “her System of Blockades, and tie»
sisted in executing her Orders in Council? This is not
pretended-it--~—They are no more conce1*ned in what is “call.
ed “British aggression,” and no more guilty of any in».
iquitous act of that governrnent, than are the tinhabitants
of Malabar, or the fabled giants of Patagonia. Before
the late unrighteous attack “on Canada, they were peace»,
able provinces, in friendship with the United States, dis»
posed to he amity, and mutual‘ commerce. They are a,
kind, social, hospitable people---Their interests, as well
as those of i the Northern States, were concerned in that
state of peace and friendly commerce which had long
subsisted between us. ” ‘ l

' But these provinces are nominally under the Goveni-
inent of Great Britain : and this is our pretext for inva-
sion. They are subject to the “proud Mistress of the
ocean ;” and this is their crirne. For this, we arm our
legions vivithi implements of death, and commission them
to slaughter and devastation—-—-For this, ‘rec'ruiting-oiiicers
are commissioned‘ to enlist that dept‘aved,. a11d‘Wortl1le‘ss
tribe of beggarly factionlaries, tithe iiinherit A Britisha‘ hate as
their only patrimony, “ iiSon‘s_ of Belial iiowri with ‘insoéi
lence and wine,” the restless and discontented, sweepm
ings of jails, and wretches prepared by farni’liarity with
crime for every desperate deed---~—Antd, ’l*1at'ing congre-a
gatedthis polluted group of desperadoes, ”(anexecrable
banditti,) they lead them forth to Canada, for the purpo-4
ses of plunder‘, havoc, and destruction.----VVill not an in-

  'l1§'blta11t or a “Christian land, pause as he reads the as disas-it
“trous tale .9 iAnd, pausing, will he not ‘inquire, if the

rude ages of Feudal barbarity have burst the fetterslof

Death, shalren oi? the festered ceerments of corruptioml

and resuscitated from the slumbers of la thousandyears?’

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Why is it, that We are engaged is such a war? A It
will be answered, i“toi11jure..,Great~lBritaini:?’ “ This
is the only place in which she is vulnerable.” But is
Canada a part of Great Britain ? Are those provinces
the British nation 4‘?---Tluey have no other concern with
that nation than being; nominally under her protection.
Let it be conceded, that it will injure Great Britain to
loose those provinces. And does this justify our attack?
While we injure the British nation, Wl1iCl‘l. alone has been
accused? of crime, do We A not involve an unoffending
provinces in unutterable calamities While» are strike a
feeble, cowardly blow, at the interests of the l3ritisl1na«-
tion, which, after a lapse of iaifevsir years, she will not feel,
those peaceable, and unoffending, provinces are involved
 ruin---i-are dashed, and broken in the Whirlpool o£ our
ambition. and cupidity. Were these possessions of Great
Britain as howling Wilden/1es»s,M fromiwhichxi she obtained
supplies, for her, navy ;, __Were these provinces inhabited
Qnly by herdsa.0i5*r€fitfl£*§a11diwilldoasses; meretlier itreas#-
ures. ofgio1d,i'and:~silver deposited in the  Iilountainsgi and
pearls scattered upon the shores; the war would bear
another complexion»-«--But» these provinces are; peopled
with /Harman’ bpeingsw--Our nei.g;l1bours,. our friends, our
brethren are ithere«----Their wim:-s,i their daughters, their
‘f little ones" have their habitation there-«---The sheep of
the pasture, the cattleuponl the hills, the forests, the cul-
tivated farm, the stately a dome, the humble cottage, the
wealth, all that they possess, belong to individuals. In
the prosecution of this war, thousands of this devoted

W people will “ shed their bloodini defence of i their liberty,

a_nd.their possessions, dearer than life A itself} Unhappy
victims 3 They bleed in vain. Their brutalinraders
aredeaf tothe A

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A -- “ tvtfa'ow"’s we-.55,
“ T/ze v2'rg2'72’s sfir'ie2l', the z'7y’t':z?22t”.s' z‘i*emt')lz'ng, rfrg/.“'

‘Widows and orphans will be multiplied in their
streets----T heir fairest possessions will be pillagedw--'l‘ht;:
poor man, driven from his cottage, will behold his wife
and children, houseless Wanderers, perishing with cold,
and famished with hunger; or, sent hintself to-an une

i timely grave, leave the wife of his bosom with her help.»

less offspring, Within the hazard of a merciless banditti--we
The rich will see their wealth “plundered by the soldiery,
and their wives and daughters exposed to the cruel in-
sults of brutal ravishers. A fair portion of the continent
will be laid waste, ravaged and destroyed. And that
wretched portion of the inhabitants which may survive
the tempest, and outlive the wreck, will have lost all that
tvaswdear to them in life. Happy, “ thrice, and four
timeshappy,” had they nobly tenth beside their fathers
and their brethren, while they fought for their country,
for their liberty, for their parents tottering under the in;
firmities of age, for their wives, their children, and their
paternal “inheritance! V These are some of the effects
that will be realized, should the War terminate with that
success which is contemplated by its authors. A 
My Vi/hen these invaders of the rights of man shall have
accomplished their unhallowed designs, when they shall
have drenched the» plains of Canada with human blood,
when they shall ltave strewed their cities and their pleas-
ant fields with the corses of their slain, glutted their own
rapacity with the spoils of the vanqnisheti, and appeased

theirfrotyning idol across the Atlantic, let them see, that ,

tl1ey‘‘be”able toanswer it, to a wounded, bleeding conn_~= or
try, a ‘VlOlfil2{é3(l conscience, an oflendetl God» i_

its

 A But i it is tithe, thatwe turn omatltentisn to same oi‘

 the esters produced in this   country by the policy that

has been pursued; p

/The present is the irlost glodmjr period which Ameri-
ica haseiver witnessed. The dreary gloom bf I_I1ld’-nlghii
darkness is so: =c~hea=-zest to ithe bewildefed traveller, if a
ray ‘of hope ‘dart acfdsls the dismal waste, and point his
utmost ken to some hospitable cottage. In ‘our revolu-s
tionary struggles, the jtisticé of our cause, and the alter-
nate s1ict':ess'es ‘of battle, a inspired the ’constant hope of a

  happy and g1osous termination of the c‘of1test. When
our indep'en‘denc'e was acknowledged, it ‘was a time of .

joy and gladhess b9f._.heartto»l~Americans5 a day of triumph
to the ‘‘‘‘ "o”f'"Freedom:. There was, indeed, a period,
be-liore the adoption of our Constitution, when darkness
overspread the landm-'—-Clo1i1ids obscure'd the prospect for
a moment, but i were soon dispelled. A bright» and
éheerfull inornin‘g' was nshefed pin; andlthtough  ldelig-ht.
ful sn1nmer’sjday[lvtie ‘bashed in the sunshine of uninter-up
lrupted prosperity. But how precarious are fortuineis
smiles! The sun of glory, by whose invigorating beatns
the nation had i been blessed; Was, at length, obscured in
clouds, and a’ tempest ‘fraught with fate, lowered dark:
and terrible in the distant horizon. By degrees  burst
upon us, till the land became inundated with the odious
flood----It was a teinpest of Dentocracy-—--It was generat»-—
ed by pestiferous it exhalations from the Gallic Coasts.
Wlfile this storm was gathering in the political atmos;
phere, but few were aware that‘ it was laden with the
magaaines of fate. Many who viewed it as portentous,
were still disposed to hope, that impending blackness
would be soon dispelled. And when its malignant con?

tents had even fallen in torrents upon the land, and we
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had seen the fame of na.ture blighted by the withering
touch, hope, falacious hope still looked beyond the clouds,
and descried the face of heaven smiling and serene. We
have been yalwgays willing to believe, that though we en};
dnred the evil for  time, our deliverance was sure, %e
ltaire indulged in idle visions, and fed the fancy with 
real prospects---But gnow, ye delusive hopes, ye fond,
but empty dreams, lye vanities, it t A i
 “ ever lying, ever c/z.eatz'ngtmz'n, W V  

4 Izerc are ye now, and wizczt is yourc‘722aunf_.”’ A
   Butt turn yotujgeyes on the distracted condition of our
country’, end the gloomy scene which presents itself,‘
your tfiew,  la sutlicient comment onthepolicy that hag
been pursued.   It was a %eo11sequence;, natnrelwly, f
jnstly ttntitcipatecl, by the adherents of Washington., that
the rélicy   wlxich commenced in eighteen hundred
efie: if»P‘t1f$ue91»Weu1dterlninatcinthe ruins of our ¢<>un~
try.‘ The policy of Washingtotm, as therhistory, of out
Qrosperity evinces, was calculated to secure the best inst

teresteef the  American republice By fair analser of

reasoning, the reverse at this   might be ianticipated , 
an opposite policy. And the present staterof rottrrnationvg
ail iiztiiitirs proves, beyond controversy, that such reasoning
tires correct, and the inference just. Our navy has been
reduced, our commerce destroyed, our national revenue
ditninislied elmost to nothing, out‘ national Debt ittcreass
ed, and the rnation precipitated into a war,, unprepared stoic
rneet the enemy, and without resources , to maintain the
contest. ,  The I1¢~s‘1¢cfr of naval Preparations hmcleft 
1inrigation,i  our extensive sea#bog1rd*defe11cclcsse~gg-gs
he devietiota from that 11eutr:ai1 pztth which Vlfashington.
ei1=‘Su€d»11a$ terminated in open lmstilities with Gffieie
Britain-e--0ttr idefenceless seaports fared *I1oW, exposed A to

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invaders; and the period of their pulnder and conflagrat.
tion will be, protraotedr only‘ by the delay”: of A the’ enemy. t
A‘ V The l project of foreign conquest has oommeniced;

and Canada, is invaded, Without competent forces to in»,

sure ,success, and without nieansf to support the chivelrio
few who, like the Knight En-ant of 1?ornjance, have at.»
tacked forts, log-houses and wigwams, not doubting that
these are the Giants which must be vanquished, or the
Lernean Hydra that demands their Herculean strength.
This policy has withered the strength, blighted the

A prosperity, and blasted the l fairest hope“s'riz~.tnd the brightest

prospects of the nation. The destruction of the revenue’
has destroyed the credit of our Generali~ Governnientiii
and individuals deerni it uiisire io relievers the exigencyii of
the nation by loans. 'l‘he people must be t loaded with
taxes to support the government in the prosecution of
foreign invasions. Ill prepared are our it citizens to “be
burdened with enormous taxation, at this period when

the great sourcegof their  A      

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Commerce is destroyed; and ' with it the mans of
support are ‘withdrawn from thousands. Our ships dis»
mantled, and rotting at the whar‘ves, remind’, every  be.
holder of our calamities, ‘  tDi‘vested,‘  liabnndonédt, and
wasting ‘by, the loosening touches of deicay,,theyi present
on scene, gloorny to contemplate, as ideinolishedt temples,
and the ruined heaps of cities, depopulated byipestilence,‘
or ravaged by invaders. The cheerful hum of sailors
is no longer heard in our ports-41-I\lo longer” do you find
them at their accustomed task, furling the sail, and un-»
lading the l:7>ark~—--But, destitute‘ and hopeless, you be-
hold t‘hern~ “reclining? on the wharves-, or strolling,  the
streets without an ol:t>jiec:t.,---—«»'I‘he Workshops of the met
ehanic are shut, and the sound of the hammer scarcely

as 

assails the ear.-«---Our merchants are thrown out of em”:
ploy, and many of them '.§'11Il1’J,C(:i1'.-‘tr-I.4;,u'cll'ld€?(_1 property is TC-'2
duced, and the heartless husbandmall H9 longer an.tici-

pates the reward of his tOi1~:"'“"'CiYi1 Discord rages, and

an overgrown faction, poisoned with French Philosopliy,
fills with dismay the mind of every patriotic beholder---~

This is the scene presented to our view, whenever we a

turn our eyes uporr the condition” of our C(_)'t1I1_l‘I')7-_

., Was it for this, that our fathers faced the enemies 

their t‘:ountt=y, and repelled the invading foe? For. this

did they nobly defend their liberties, and shed their blood,
to transmit freedom and independence to their children ‘.3. r

VVas  for this that Wzisliington fought,  Warren
and i ii

 

" 'tgomery bled ?vDid those heroic spirits, th0S€»

venerated patriots of set_*enty-six, who told the World 
deeds of   valour, that ?“ these United States are, and of.
right, ought to be free and igl_d€})€l“1(_1§'311t,'” perform those ,

illustrious achievements, deliver their country from the
dominations of a foreign tyrant, that they might leave a_
goodly heritage to the rude hands of domestic nsnrpa-—
tiara anclhrtrthet; polluted touch, of Faction   . t r

r A faithful few arernain, true to that sacred oausorwhieh
warmed the hearts of our patriotic fathers.» "A faithful
remnant, true to, the “initerests of our bleeding country,
Vilith this band, is deposited the ark of American safe»,
tytg Let them form a phalanx round the sacred deposit,
and defend to the latest hour, this our paternal inheri,

‘ tanee. Let them watch with an eye. that never sleeps,

and guard with a zeal that never tires, the inheritance of
Oo1umhia’s, fr-ee~bom sons, On this Anniversary, saw
ored to the memory of that day which gave. birth to our

V liberties, let us renew our vows to rnaintain our freedom, t

.'§ll1,Cii11Ci,€p;§fiiC:i_€i}C‘_€, and defend our dearest rights 4 from 

at

the imrasion of’ every ~foe..w ~Thougl1.i theprospect A iai
gloomy and almost hopeless ;% though thioko%‘fc1o1;ds.tt
and darkness, are round about us,” we mayo not desa s
pair, ; The frieocla of liberty will not desertt the cause in»

thehour ofpcra. »   

A Let those who wpulcl rescue the American repub1ic_i~
from the iinundationsh of Democracy, step fO1‘l2i1”i1’l these. at
times of rebuke, and form a barrier against the odious ‘

flood, Let them tell the sons of A Gaul, that the fierce
spirit of Amerioant liberty is not yet broken down and
subdued.  Let them tell the minions of the Corsican,
,Despot,i that : Americans have sworn, and are determined
-"to be free. Let them tell the worshipers of the Fgench
Dragon, that neither they not their some will everewiem a
Gallic A chain, Let the sons of freedom announce in

thunder to the hetrayers of their country, that they will ‘V

never aicl a trans-atlantic Despotism in schemes of con-
quest, plmofler, and devastation” _
The only means to preserve our country fromt the

aleadly min which impends, are the dissemination ofV

tmthg .antl the propagation of souncl A principles, C oulfl
all the vehicles of falsehood in this nation be destroyed,
it will not alander my country by saying, that othere is
not virtue in her sons sufiicient to preserve the Rfipllb-v
lie. Men have naturally a predilection for truth, and art
ahhorrence of falsehood, And desperate is the depmvi.

ty of that maniwho hears the voice of truth, reoognizew

her heavenly form, and loathes, to obey her mandates.
L,et tmtlz be known, and sound prtinc:-iplea prevail,
anti‘ our Republic shall emerge from that gulf in which

"she is sinking; and instead of beholding the mehnohol»
ly prospect that now A meets our view, We shall soon hail

with rapturous delight; the returning days of out Pr0S»


parity anal Glory» lllzxlaélmoocl will retire lo llfis 0W1 mil.”
five aluminium, and lfllrromzr to hia sllazxclmry vdmnaim.
he principles of tlw “ Terrible Rt:pul)li.c” sl1all~rm

longer prevail in ltlw cmmcils of the nation, and all tllat
shall be seen of Democracy, will be her dezadlyjaxud

pollllted ruins" Civil anal Rcrligious Liberty shall find
.2: lasting residence in our Republic, and Peace ssllall
wave her downy pirzléms over united Anlcrlcam-For“
the Palladium of our Lilxarty slmll be sec11rm.lfi"0mtl1e
rude grasp of the Gallic Dlomcrdes, and the Ark of wt‘
Covenant shall be mturnccl from tlu: hmmc: of Dagom