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‘At a meeting of the Federal Republicans of Clnarlestown, July till», 131%.

Voted Unanimausgr; "That the thanks of this assembly be presented to
Joseph Tufts, Jun. Eaq..for his excellent Qration, delivered this day, and
that a copy be requested for the press.”

The Subscribers, a committee to carry the above Vote into eject.“ ,- with
pleasure perform the duty assigned them; and hope Mr. Tufts will cour-
ply with the wishes of hisfellow citizens.

DR. ABRAHAM R. THOMPSON.

JEREMIAH EVARTS. Committee.
SAMUEL JAQUES.

bGzNTLzMEx;

As the honourable labour which yourselves and my fellow citizens were
pleased to assign me, was executed from a respectful obedience to your
-wishes, I can (have no objection to submit the copy you request to your dis-
posal. And, with acknowledgments for your politeness, Gentlemen, I am
with esteem your obedient servant,

'.DR.AB-RAHAM IL THOMPSON.
331’-‘LEMIA.!£ nvmvrs, Esq,
MAJOR SAMUEL JAo_n1:s.

JOSEPH TUFTS,wJu1.~:,

ORATION.

Wxrrx no ordinary joy we hail the return of this anni-
versary. ‘ Our Innmrnunmncrnso dearly purchased, and
so justly prized, hasbeen lately rescued from the most
imminent peril. Its great enemy is fallen. That mon«-
ster willno more, by his influence within our country, pro»

pare the destruction of its liberty. We shall no more fear.

him in our cities, in our fields, or by our firesides. His
cruel power, so long exerted to fill the world with War and
misery, has passed away like a distressing dream. We
indeed behold its effects, and we feel them. Cities re»
duced to ashes, commerce ruined, wealth destroyed, for»
tile regions made desolate, and nearly a whole generation
of men out off in the midst of their strength, are the
Inournful objects which the civilized world now presents
to the view. iBut we enjoy the hope ofbetter” ida”ys.' "We
feel assured that peace will soon return, will relieve the

 suffering world; will build up the desolate places, will

prerive commerce, and rescue from the sword its ,victims..
Our attentionis drawn to some at the recent events in
Europe.   pi it  * —
iWh.en the victorious Russian army first arrived at
Berlin, they witnessed. the miseries which they had.
escaped, and which Prussia suffered. This illustrious
nation, which,previousito the French revolution, had
been raised to a very high ranl»: among European
States, was now reduced to the last degree of sutlieriug;
and misfortune. Her gallant soldiers had been compell-4
ed to join the invading army of Bonaparte, and their
bodies lay frozen on the dreary plains of lioland‘ and
Russia. Prussia was not only obliged to furnish Inenjtcontiué
ually to supplythe places of those whom. the sword or a
foreign climate destroyed; but the armies of the tyrant
had spread themselves over her territories. He}: caused
theltownsfto decay, ruinedgcommerce and manufactures,
exhausted the treasury, vvatchedlthel C0fl’Sl2H3.I1d.~'SBtI1’C.l1elCl;
the houses to confiscate colonial produce and burniEn-i-
glish merchandise. a He” let loioseiiiiupon the ip,eop1e,crlus1l4

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ty, lust and insolence, and made the government an instrn=~
ment to urge on the work of ruin. He deprived the
prince of all power to protect his s‘nbjects,bnt. compelled
him to oppress them Without measure and without end.
He compelled this insulted and ruined people under all
this misery and slramie to extol ltiznself who had thus tram-
pled them in the dust ; and to celebrate, by illuminations,
histriurnph over their own liberties. p ‘
No Wonder then, that the gallant Prussians,relieved
from. this despotism, mindful of their former military, re»-
nown, and stung to the heart by the ignominy they had en-
dured, should rise on their oppressor. Their indignation
did indeed break forth into a .glorious flame. e The new
levies, arrayed by their illustrious and venerable captain,
the aged Blncher, seemed endued with more thanpmortal
energy. In the snmmrer of 181:3, the st-andardlr of A Prussia
rraslspeen on the rightand: left flanks and ii: the front of the
pnhlic enemy- Her battalitons,c. badly protected from the

inolenreney of the weather, but always oheerful, joined ,

t11emselr»*es to those of the Austrians, thepflussians and
the Swedes. This unitedforce on the 18th of Octxmet
the tyrant at Leipsic, totally ‘overthrewhis army, and

foroedi him. to fly toward France with the broken remains ~

of his forces.

“The great armies of the allies, with resources continual

ally ezilarged and numbers dailiypaugmpented by the acces-~
sion of nations recently disenthralled, advanced, relying
on Heaven, impelled by one wish, and glowing with one
resentment. They poured onward like a vast flood, not
to lay waste‘ fertile fields, not to sweep away the Works of
art, andpto destroy the children of men, but to fill regions
of ipsiorrowf and death with life, and peace, and hope, and
plenty,» and joy. Their approach dispelled a night of

dreadful gloorn.p lThey.were hailed with songs of’ gratin ‘

tude and gladness. They "wplere borne alonglfliltela tem-
pest, shut their thnndpers appalled only the tyrant. p
Before them lay France, one immense scene of ruin,
oine; widely; etxtelnded realm of tears.“ There were in that
nation more thantwenty millions of human beings divestw
ed of almost everything except the consciousness or tlteir
sufferings, compelled to yield, one tenth of their young;
men annuallyjto the sword. There. was not one g glad
heart inlthis vast. multitude,not one who had not been be.
reaisfied,-of some kinsman or friend; Yet no one dared to

T  oojngplaitlpa j llfhronlghithils i great field: of it death no notice of

II10IJ§‘I1lI3,;£,“«r.. was heard 3 sorrow‘ fesrteredl about the heart, out
waslfelt,’but‘"not seen: V    it  ‘ T ‘ ‘

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t'Suchwe.s.tl1e prospeet before the edvancingtarmi-es.
Far different» was the ecene behind them. They had
burst the chains from around the pirinee, the noble, and
the pleasant. They had wiped away the tears from every
eye. Tlaey had given: the tranquillity, the calm delight,
which comes on the mind suddenly relieved from suffering
and danger, and fills it with unima.gineb'le tenderness land‘
joy. They “saw iridleed throughout Germany the fo'o‘t«-
steps of ruin, the deep marks of the revoltutionlary fire
tthey had sotrecentlly eXtlflgui»el1edll But they beheld alset
the ssynuptoms efreturninlg tpro-:-sperity, like signsof spring,

like nature reviving on the rzivegee of Winter. A -

The allies next entered Swit:zerla.nd and irelieved it.»
That country, for many centuries the l'evou1~ite fabede of
Liberty, respected by ell the nations of ‘Europe, waslearw

W ly betrayed into the lrlancls of revolutionary France, zmdl

stripped to the rmked rocks.» The mountain nymph Wee

scared from her hills and wilds, and the motmtein echoes
had long been mute to every sound, but that df serrow.

The allied armies then enterecl Franceby wayllof Switw
zzerland. About this time Bomxptwte, perceiving his‘ lire»
sources failing, and his army daily melting away, while
that of his enemy pressed tbtward with increased etrengtla,

declared that hlelrenouneeed all tlwughte of furtherlereellk

quest; that is, that he rellnquislmed the continental eye-in
tem. Seen a€tex"Wa“t'd. Mr. Madison, taking into considelrau
tientlfie deelaratitm of Bonaparte, and also thee reasoned on:
which it twee lfeutlde‘rl,t recommended to Congrestethe rje-l

peel oft7l1\e_“I‘eM1‘idtiVB‘syetelng land it wet teecerrlinglly ere»-» A

peeled. 2 Time perished what in Europe lwifielealledl the
continental system, but in America, the restrictive syistem;
During; the latter part of its exieltencel, it was attended

both in Europe and America with tmheard of barbarity,  

cruelty and tyranny. In Ge1*mzm‘y,’3l'= a few montlte since,
an instance occurred in *svhi~cl1 womelx efell ranks and
ages, ltAhe%%tl:mgl1tex*e»of ,~fl'eE and warlike enceetomwere
ebtnpelledltcl lelyout in "the epierl aixyon fertiificatiionsglaifedl

subjected tetlthe whip of 8. French drivtetf. l-Atthegeamet 4

time females, vwlxlttever migllt lie thejirl title to eeteern varid
reepect,lwere_l eiK1p'tii§i€d to the puéniehmentof feletie; : If
any four were Fonz: eenverslixig in the street-ell theyetlwelre,

cclmdtemtleld to be wfltipped lit open: ditty, em} in“ ltl1et«fae’e§ A bf e
iallarge4cityl. i  l t I.  it     N W
In Axnerieeltlu1rlimg1:l1elastsltegeeofltlhelrestrieltiee, mt d

eohtidtnenltfal eyetern,r ipertmlmll propelttyt-i%f lfldulnldlmeivileng in“

any élireeltion, A was mmtle Mali-able re arbitrm-yd seizlute.  Alli 

mlmmtlnicattidh by water between different‘ parts ofthe same
i ‘Y’ At Hamburgh, by command of Davoust.

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state was prohibited. The public roads were infested by
men clothed with executive authority, who were watching
to plunder the innocent traveller. , The people were forbid-
den to retire from these oppressions, and were confined

t within their own borders. This unequalled tyranny was

felt severely by Massachusetts. -,This state, mindful of
her ancient fame, proud of her strengthgand conscious of
her resources, seemed determined, after all hopes of other
alleviation‘ should fail, to make one great effort to relieve
herself from this accumulated ignominy and oppression.

» Ought we not to exalt? ought we not to be filled with
unspeakable gladness, that the success of the allied ar-
mies has "swept from the earth the relentless and cruel
powerso fatally exertedto render us miserable gvhas without
our efforts broken our chains before they were completely
rivetted, and dispelled our well grounded fears of oppres-

l sions, still more dreadful than those we endured?

l Hard would be our hearts, and insensible to our own
situation, and destitute of sympathy for that of , others,
shouldwe refuse to join with emancipated Europe in be-4
stowing the tribute of hard earned praise to Alexander the
deliverer. t r w

t This Christian conqueror entered Paris on the 31st of
March in triumph. But here were seen no features of the
Roman, triumph. He had no kings chained to his chariot
wheels; but he came to restore monarchs from long exile,
and to confirm the independence of kings. No captives
marched in his train, laden with chains, pressed down with
despair, and condemned with their posterity to perpetual
slavery; but many a martial band followed. with joyous
step, newly redeemed from unrelenting and merciless op-
pression; and many a martial banner, but lately unfurled
inithe causeof tyranny, now, washed from its stains, waved
in the causetof truth,,iwith,all the pride of ancient chival-
ry.., ,He- showed no spoilsof conquered provinces, no
plundered monumentsof art, nolfstolen wealth; butin their
stead, men rescued from death, and disengaged from the
work of ruin. The solemn pomp did not proclaim a king-
dom subvelrted, or a province laid waste, but it announced
that twelve nations had regained their ancient rank, and

liberty, and happiness. This martial splendour did not
“appear, that men might be excited to deeds of war, but
i litgsp last radiance here shone forth as a sign, that the last
i , hattplrle  had been fought, the last victory won, the last ty-
7 rant conquered; that the dreadful voice of war was hush»-

ed; that the long and heavy storjnghadl_.ceased; that at

happyland sweet ; repose, awaited a weariedyworldt

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Where is now the dreadful conqueror at whose name

the world trembled; whose armies Europe was exhaust-

ed to form and support; who had carried his arms into two

continents, and his influence into both hemispheres? A

small island of barren rocks is now his dwelling place.
He who commanded kings, is now a pensioned subject.
He who for seven years held the commerce of theworld
in chains, dares not nowlrestrain a boat in the harbours of
Elba. He is tortured by unavailing desires of revenge.
Remorse has settled around his heart and fixed therein a
sting, whosefpangiknowsri. no mitigation. =Uuavailing re»-
gret, and iiniexpiablerlguilt have taken ltheirvaboidein his
desolated mind, and dwell there like the owl and Cormo-
rant in deserted Babylon. He hears the imaginary sound
of chains, and recollecting the numberless private injuries
he has committed, he starts at the fancied footsteps of as»-
sassins. The visionary forms of the murdered Picllegru.
and D’Enghien haunt and terrify his slumbers. T
Heneeforth let not man distrust the justice of Heaven.
This is a great moral lesson to mankind. For there is no
solitary mountain, no deep andlretired valley, no remote
forest, no obscurecottage throughout Christendom, where
the power of Bonaparte has not been felt. Let his and-»
Inirers andimitators, if any yet i remain, bewarehowir they
continue their defiance of truth and Heaven. For the
sun will faillin his course, sooner than punishment sehtill

fails to overtake persevering guilt. .

"rHad r the * p American government disregarded the com»
mand of the tyrant, that there should be nohneutrals; had

it adheredto the determination of Wasiurnorron, and kept.

itself disengaged from the politics of Europe; we should
have seen our commerce olontinue to flourish, many
millions of property gained, and more saved. Many
thousand valuable lives would have been preserved. The
constitution would have remained unviolated, and our na-
tional honour unimpaired. We should have preserved
the reputation acquired by the revolutionary war. a We
should have been respected for wisdom, as well as hon-

oured for courage. Our joy. at this moment would notfbe

chilled by regret, nor overshadowed bylrfears. . tWhile the

T immense multitudes of Europe unitein one solemn hymn

of thanksgiving, whiehtreajohesto Heavens; we too rooinltl

have joined our voice T toitheirs, and swelled ptlheirjoyful
"sound, without being compelled to weep for ourselves, and

to mournp over our departed glory» v i  

r In Eur-ope“”theI"continental systems was loueiof thelast ,

evils that followed in the train of thietyrant, and tlxelbitterp

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fruit of ail the rest. Its approach to a. devoted kingflam
was usually anenolmoede by the eentrenoe of a hostile army,
which always drew its Sll;b53iSt61lE6fi'9I11theiHV-fideid c,o1m-
rtry, and in a few 1 ¥‘ “  T  it a desert. The tyrant
foraged and laid waste ;;the fields, seearehed the houses for
money and p:revaieion;S, Jeirippedeteehe ehupeheeeef theiy ome-
ments, and burnedrcitiee and villagee  Wou1,defighei at

dieashtrozue heitele, hxzeak down the spirit of the country,

and edeetroyite eoldiere. The next day he would de-

esthrne the prime, drive Iheeancient nobility into exile,
and scatter the ancient constitution to the winds. Thegrx
he would erect this pillaged and ravaged counltxfy into 3.

new kingdom, pleceson theethronee new P111108 Qf esmange
language, and ,exalt all the eworst -mentto oflice. After»

word he Woulddiaeperee his emyrm«idDns el0ng~t.he *S110r¢S.

Last ofeall, the eontinental sgnstfim Woolgl rear its giant form

:from among these extended ruins, and deafken with its

withering shade ibis wide ecene of h10ped,;aX.1d piflagea and

mourning. V ;

But none of these emvage rites -preceded ..t;hee§introdu.c«
tion of the .ooentinen»tal eisyestem into America. Toeethe

every momentheof its :appear;anee our memchentes were eproe-
-per-one and our eommemse eheextensivae-m The people had
mot been called by the government to make, any deeper-
hate resistance : no swarms of fgereeignfires lined hour «ooafite.
.B.uf the system Wee enforced by men, eepeakine fheevsname

language with ourselves.‘ N0 sf9;1‘.eigI1 standard had ewarwehgl
ovevrhour fortresses» Om: ‘temples remained entire. The
youth had not fallen on ihe high plezcfis of the field. No
mahreke of he .deeoleti.on were to he eeeen» N0 fflfltfieteepse ‘.Df an

eeimmding army were zvieiblewi1hei11e0m‘eh01‘d6rS- A V g

A A“?A,;eeee%It:ieeetreue%the fathereof me §«Q,1§1—$;te‘t!1-<,t.On=g»thGefJZZi§}fld$.~aY1sd
W sompaniorne of VVA;‘S:I'II:NeG’.T Om *13fl£;Ve.I1$lTeble eowldierie the

A reevolhution, had been ee.d:iep1eeedee;£mem \ Ihee goweexnmheneete. . It
~ is: true jtheir‘ pglaees beeenee;5upp1ifid‘ hyeaenhof 8! diffiw
he em eh{aracter‘,e more disti7n»guishe(1e,{by their ,1ohv~e of 1301137

parte~«then by etheirhhzloveeogf tru;theei1d “V~i1‘33I1r$.3.-

 A I shall 11othen¢er.~ien.toe.the «;1ieg?us1iegeedet=a‘ie1of «the evi:dwf=sHW“=*

of the eoennection ewhich existed between our %a.dmi;jnistra-

etion and Bonapaerte. - Even now their praises of him ;ha.ve
 hardly ceased- The adulation of some of 311135? 3~€1;1<1*3eJ‘48nf’8
Wfofiowed him to.eEfIba, and.m»ingh6d in eteraenige deiessonanee
wiethhthe curses of a1leEurope.e The einetifctttione eendihe
ehergeeouroese~of this country were dzevoted to theoauee of the

H tyrant. A The constitution, endeared ~10 111$ eee-l1111~31’i0&eI1
epeoijpjlevhy the :r.e»co1le;ction of  63I'~5,¢»fTfifl'1
V which seemed to hove been reared ;lik6 eomweefeir tfxefi W

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endnrfefor ages, to nourish by its fruit, to refresh byiits
shade,"and to be a protection lfrotnttevery storm; this‘no-
ble monument of wisdom, which appeared to have been
framed to beinvulnerable andirnmortal, has , under the hands,
of its enemies, its present masters, been pconvertedas it
were by magic into lalformidable engine of tyranny, adapt-
ed to carry into effect the cruel; system of the French
ruler. « *  .    i   i ‘ “
The press poured ‘forth unceasing praises of the tyrant.

In this flattery all joined, who opposed the adoption of
the conlstittttionnnen of darlrandresltless mirids, who felt
an instinctive love of the gloorny and “fierce charjacter of
Bonaparte. He was praised by all W110 were dasnledwiitth
false grandeur go by all who were in haste to obtainjtoflice,
by those who longed for an nnrestrained indulgence of
vicious propensities; by all who longed forthe spoils
of war 5 by the timid, who thought submission would be
safety; by men ambitions of distinction; by pthe feeble
minded who had’ been cleoeivedt; and byia great body of
honest uninformed men. under the influence of party
spirit,tand“whlo thought their leaders ii1'1fallihle‘, A  t

, ‘Such a mass of men joining with one voice in their loud  
ndrnirationi of tea ntilitary adventurer, stainedi with nnnrder,
and blackened with every crime; who proudly triutnphepd,
in his initqnityi ; who, with horrid blasphcrny, had claimed
their attributesof‘ the Otnnipotentp; who had enlistedialtl
the bad principles of *hun1an“nature in his service, ,who‘ was
atrthe head of the greatest combination of vioeltagaipnst;

prior-tnei cae,m1d had never seen; was an object truly

alarming to the minds of good men. The great founda-
tions of society seemed to be broken; up. Some were
ready” to believe, that an “Eternal Providence had entirely
withdrawn its regard from mortal men, and that a great
moral chaos was approaching, wheretruth and falseholod,
fraud“and honesty, order and anarchy would he mingled
in wiltdoonfusion,landi left to a strife without termina-
tion, But the iwaysof Heaven” to men are now vindicated.
The spoiler has restored his spoils. The exile returns
to his inheritance. yHe whose power protected and whose

success encouraged every species of wrong and outraie,

now lives a more awful example of divine_jnstioe,? than
had ever beenof prosperous guilt, 4 p p _ . V A,
While, the continental system was pressing heavily on

every Jportion of America, the adnainilstrationp were ten-
y gaged in ceaseless enfforts, to beguilelpthreppnation into a war
with~’ ‘England.ought not*‘to‘ be) forgotten by the

American people, it certainly will be reiznexnbered by pas»
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ter;-ityr, that the present war is the sazlguinpary offspring of
a "single wilful error, from which it sprung, like sin from the
head of Lucifer, full armed for the \ro*1'k of our ruin. The
proof is on record.~p V M p i it “ A

t On the first of May“, 1810,. a law was passed, which had.
heen» prepared bylthe Presidenfs own hand, having the
appearance of itnpartiality, but intended by the assistance
of other ‘manneutl-'x~i‘ng;,,' "then going on, to be ulsedto with-
clrawppthelli nonintercourse with France, and continue it
egainst Great Britain; It. declared that the nation repeal-
ing its decrees beforethe third of March,p1811, should be
1'elievcd 'fromtl1epnonintercourse,.;;which should be reviv-
ed. against the nation refusinipga repeal. A series of skill»
ful artificee had been commenced the preceding; Inontih{pol'
December, wthpisch was at letigth pcrovrned with success, and
produced tihe letter of the French minister, idatedt Au-«
gullst5th,ptpi1,810, repealing the Berlin and Milan decrees,
lprolvpided England would i repeal her orders, Evlery step
of thiesetipliproceedings is deeply interesting, because tepvery
step led ldpirectly to the needless effusion of human blolocl.

iVVith this letterbefore him, the President must hareetseepn i

that he had“ only to be silent andfpeace would continue,
that he had only to say the decrees were repealed absol-
lutely,i‘antL the nation would be plunged into tllatiwer},
wlzrichwllad been the darling object of his long and labo~
riouspstaratagems. He chose the tlatteri, and proclaimed
that the decrees were repealed. V i p p r l

iltfrnight be questioned whether such an assertion at the

preeent day, now that truth has regained the ascendancy

inoEjurope,i would be successful. a But at that timepoliti-

“call cralsetaioon pewasp phonourecl becauseof its 81.lC_C¢lS‘S,i3._lll€lt

sreetpectetdplr pbeciause of its power. Itrntarclned in ppthetraiin

of conqueringlarmies,, and provedits assertioensg} like Map l

l1onieitl,l)jr"tl1e s‘lwteoir:d.i'° p  1  V t _    t , t
 l.’I‘he procplarnationiiwasi believed Jtolbe trnei by a very
large majorityf of the nation; [X Thietlgretateritpart believed
it, became it was ppMpri‘i‘M«adiso‘nl’se proclamation. Some_be-

* liereid it, ,fbecause7”tlhey welreiideterminepd never to doubt in ‘

ten y case the iinfallilzrilailty of, the supreme political ppontifli.

The more iinteell;i_gent=1 Were" deceived by the wilful Tmis-

ltranslation of merretnch letter. p The few of the war par-
ty xvlzo saw thle“”a1*tifipce; ifa-pproved and admired itg Itwas
in Frarin N that l.Fte»d»et*all Writersr lproved repeatedlmppandlin
bindery; plpfoslsibtle wtay,L.pthflat the ‘lclecreesl were still in force.
iil.I‘l1ey liatdijpthte same success astheistoldier in .Ossian,j who

dretw Vsivord against the wind. i_.“'I‘hey7, iliikeihirn, could

tp‘pi”erce, could not wound.  Theiiifatal error triumphed

t1V6*I‘ argument.

i Well then, more than half the Arnerican people he»

,lievted,that; the Berlin and Milan decrees were repealed,

while all the restof the world knew they weirte not; knew
that since the proclamation, they had iheeuedeclared the
fundamental laws of the French empiire; knew that the
seas were still bright withnthe fiamesof” deniationalized
American vessels.  i A, * r r it  

Seeing ~ this, error firmly fixed in the understanding of

i the people, the administration thought it was time to quick-

en it into life by kindling itheiriiipassions.  Accordingly,
having demanded of England a repeal of her orders, which
they had previously taken care shouldbe refused, they
made aloud cry that France was just ; that Einglancl, proud
and vindictive, persisted in her orders in council,was de-

termined to ruin our commerce, and trample in the dust 

our independence.

‘War having been declared, the administration seemed
to themselves to have gained their object. They could
now emerge from their works of darkness to behold the

storm they had excited. They could now lay aside the V

cloak of the magician. They could throw away the wand
of Prospero, and seize the club of Hercules. , Their victo-
ry was won before the nation began to bleed. s ffhietlirr
triumph was celebrated before a battle had been fought.

They had placed the nation onthe footing of one the

States oftthe confederation of the Rhine, weakened by
the "same restrictions, fighting in the same cause, beneath
the auspices of the same master. They had placed the
nation in a current that would hear it to ruin, without their

assistance. Relievedfrom the labonrof deceit, they had

leisure to behold the dlelighttful prospect before them.
And surely a more splendid vision never met the eyeofra
tyrant. They saw in ioaaginationi, large armies of icon»
scripts pouring like a deluge upon the Canadas, the Amer-p
ican stpandardtiwaving over the ruins of Quebec, and the
continental system binding the Lakes and the rSt.LawI-

rencei in bonds more firm than the polar ice, with ‘chains

not to bef,,~,idissolvetd~ by the breath’ of summer. a V;F;rotm

anotherpiartl theyili seemed to hear the s“h~outs of victory, i

dian died awayiintogthei silenceipof tdeatlil. ‘ r

and listened whilefthe “last cry of the last persecuted,ppI_n-t

Their idisteitnperedyfapnc ‘beheld roneimore scene; the
noble spirit, rfirmin the cause of truth,,,irchaiued,,iin its clay

tenement ; , every tongue frozen byitaerror, , the lipof elo-

quence mute, and“i,f6V¢i‘y heartthatWoul’dnotyielditC=

them its integrity, yielding itsblood,  I

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it It ‘was one of. the first principles in the tyranfie eyetem,
that its- upersevering opposers. were unworthy. of proper-
ty andof life; that other crimes were to be encouraged,
thisof» 0ppo,si.tionj always to be punished. Our rulers
therefore, in the tfirst of the war, oeusled itto be proclaim.
ed. in e.fl'e,ct,.tthavt it ehotuldtibe aicapital. offence for a Cane.-i
dian, in some cases, to defend his own house i; so that, if
taken fighpiting his invaders in his ownidwelling, provided an

Indlien should. emsislti him, he might be killed in cold blood, ~

evenon hisoown floor, in presence of his wife and children,

  Without trial or judge. . ' i l l .
.The progress of this war has displayed one more scene i

of cruelty, before which all its other enormities appear
l,il.:e tender mercies.   p    p t .
Againstpthe. Creek na,tion,.an ancient people, inhabiting

‘ an extensive and fertile eonnt1:y,a most merciless and em-‘ l

terminating: warjhas been waged: The invading army fell
upon that nfeeble naptiion, like the destroying blast of the
deleert... .They burned every house, destroyed, or car-
ried awayell provisions, slew multitudes of women and
eh,i,ldren:,=and at the first of the onset killed every man of the
hostile ‘part of this nation within thetreach of their arms.
Bl1t'a‘ more rllreaclfnltl fate awaited“ those who survived.

They are in a vast forest destitute of food. The children

andthe aged swoon away with hunger, as if wounded.
Throngl1ou.ti,on1- extensive frontiers, the scenes of so
many reoent'cont'liote, there is but one spot where the eye
of on American cam rest with satisfaction. It is where
the battle waeifotzglit with federal armour, and guided by.
a. feuderall hand. It isthe spot Where Penny conquered.
Happy would itbe for America, if her present rulers

could repent of "their crimes. I‘ If‘, warnedpby the s.u.d;den i

tindiawftll fall  the tyran.t’,jtfhey could turn‘ from their
la.hours”ofpp deception, to ilIlB.palll]«SlOf truth and justice.
But this oannotiher. ‘ Baud, rnlers;,pneveirtlprepent till they are

‘jpn.n.ished, and tl1e.ir7punishm.esnt often places them beyond;

the reach“ of repentenee.: - Wh.e;n, they once entangle
i,,llE:!I1E'el‘i??E:S in the mazes of eunning,, when they once en-
ter tihepaths of, iniquity, lthieytiiever return. The harpof

it i “Orpheus. could not recall them. tThey won their power

by artifice; and artifice it has been supported, and
mnet,be.suppo1*ted. while it continues. , Should theypleove
their d~eceip.ti,on,,,tlhose. Wihottm. they deeeitfe would leave.
threw...  “   i    l A

l Bent “this lfoundationtwill most lassuredllyp fail them. Let
thempoiee themselves: evepr so skillinllx _upon-, their high
pinnacle ‘; let them fill thecountry with false reasonings
and unfounded assertions; let them use the greatest

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endeavours to accommodate themselves to til1e.flnotuatiion.$

of public opinion; let them. continue iitheir accustomed
flatteries 5 let thorn alterithe constitution insome points",
and violate it in others; let them every year adopt new
states : --------,all this will not in the end avail them. 1 Ittmayl
prolong their power, but it cannotrestablish it- -They
know the time is approaching when the splendour of thgeir
power will fade, like a meteor, to be seen no more. ‘ iThey W
know the hour is coming when theirfrienxdswill fall away
from around them. iNo free people «ever continued for
a great length of time to support a political system of are»

A tifice and deception. It is impossible. «For eiither the
i people will recover their wisdom and afford a remedy by

their suffrages, or the violence and oppression which ale
ways attend such a combination, will at last raise an oppo-
sition that will sweep it from its sandy foundation.

We still have war, but we do not fight for indepen-.
dence, nor is our independence attacked. a   '

The war will doubtless be continued if the people Willi
support it. But whether the people support it or not, Mr;
Madison must yield the ground he has taken, lllt3...I1eW
and unjust principles for which he seems stilldisposed
to contend. In-Ie cannot rernain, on that. iigrouanrl.  He is
encaniped there alone, since the fall of Bonaparte. When
peace does come, it will come free. i It will not commie

‘chains. It will not come to destroy what thexwar has

s ared.  i r I i »e, .
Prilthongh Massachusetts has always respressed her ab-at
horrence of this contest, yet. she could notrenpeot an sex-as
ernption from its calamities. i Danger at length presents
itself to our view. Whiile this state beholds the warbnrn-
ing along, her shores, she remembers the eharacter of her
militia, and looks to them with confiden.ce for safety. W‘hten
theienemy attacks, she will not inquire by whom: he was
sent. She looks to you, soldiers, as her ornament and her
tdefence. She is not nnmindfnl of your correct prinicipdes
and exact discipline. In defending the soil, yoiurifeels
ings prompt you to be the last to pledge life, and thteiifirsti
to give it. You did not form yoniriPhialans2 tofassist in
extending empire, to obtain wealth, or to acquire fate ago
but to exert, like the great man Whose name you hear,
your first and last efforts in defence of your country. You
wish for no laurels, but those, which like WannnN’srcanibe
gathered on our own hills, by protecting our own soil.
Two years ago our mindsiwere filled with the most
gloomy forebodingls, timid our lives were burdened with

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unceasing anxiety. Such was the state of the world at
that period as to render it almost certain, that we should
be subjected, in a short time to all the horrors of the
tyrant’s power. We thought of our independence, of
the battles thatwere fought, of the sufferings that were
endured in obtaining it. sWe thought of the patriots,
those pure and lofty spirits, now in heaven, who, with
more than paternal care, led America through distress and
danger, to peace and happiness. We thought of our
country once respected by all Europe. We remembered
our former hopes, that the liberties of America would be
immortal. When we recollected these things, the ex-
ectation of slavery seemed too painful to be ‘endured.
It threw a gloom over the last moments of the dying. a To
many the thought of seeing a French army on our shores
seemed inslupportable- They determined when that hour
should arrive, to make one last and desperate effort for
their dying country. Short and unavailing they knew
would be thecontest,but the thought of death at such a
moment was soothing to the agitated mind, and reviving to
the overburdened heart. i ii ~
Others, more disposed to hope, turned an anxious eye.
to New Eng.§land,»full of inhabitants, abounding in institu-
tions for the support of science and religion, from the be»
ginning third of liberty, and not destitute of military fame.
Surely‘, thought they, the tyrantlrwill find resistance here.
This conquest will not he the work of a day. The South-
ern States “ like so many dying; sparks” will soon be ex-
tinguislied, one after another.‘ But these hills and moun-
tainséwilll be slow in yielding tothe fate of Holland and
Germany. But when they recollected that even New-
England was already half conquered; that the poison of
Bonaparte’s principles had ascended her hills,and crept
along her valleys, they too despaired. . l . r 
"Let us rejoice, this day, that we have lived to behold
the termination of these distressing fears. The storm
that seemed ready to burst upon our heads, that seemed
toicome more near every moment, has suddenly passed
away. It has disappeared. i It is gone. It will never.
return ! S i

Toma.

HY HENRY SMALL»

[WRITTEN roe. THE OCCASION, AND PUBLISHED Br aeo_oes'r.]

VVHILE the morn of blest LIBERTY dawns in the east,
p And sheds on the nations a welcome resplendence,
May its rays chase the vapours that darken the West,
Till the world sees the day-spring of bright Iiqneraxnnnca :‘
May the blood-crimson’-d car i  T
 Of the demon of War,
Recede from the shores of Colzzmbia afar,
c HORUS. ‘While oppression, a.g-grelssiou, and tyranny cease,
And Mon hails the empire of Freedom and Peace.

From the plains, Vales, and mountains, where myriads of T slain,
Laid low by the Scourge of the eart/z, are reposing,
‘Mow rapt’rous and sweet flows the soul-cheering strain,
Vvhile the .5-jziv-its ofl267‘oc2.9 their forms are disclosing!
They awake from the grave,
To rejoice with the brave,
‘Who dated the bold enterprise, Eu-2'0/ze to save :
CHORUS. There oppression, ,agg1*essio11, antl**tyranny cease,
And Ma7z hails the empire of Freedom and Peace. T

0 dark is that breast, VVi1'€%l'f3"110 sympathies dwell I
And cold is that soul wliiohg~lo‘W’dti~rnot,=-owitla tdevotioh,
‘When, hur1’d from his height, the fierce Corsican fell,
Vvhose crimes kept the world in unceasing commotion .3.
N ow his legions no more T
Desolation shall pour,

ortoaus. Folroppressionf, 7?algg1'essioh,~ andf tyranny cease,
And ./Vfcm hails the empire of Freedom andfeace. ,

Though wide o’er «Colmnbia War’s horrors are spread,
And the patriot andsage, in despondence, are mourning; l
Yet not from her realm .rhas fair Liberty fled,
Still she lingers to welcome her splenclours returning:
And her VVA.s;a1NoToN’s name,
Shall rekindle the flame, ,
‘Whose light led our nation to glory and fame ;
eaonus. Bade oppression, ‘aggression, and tyranny cease, p or 1
And Mm hail the empire  Freedom and Peace.

Hail, morn of blest Freedom 1 we welcome, with joy,
The all that remains of thy“ ancient resplenclence;
For erst, when loud pseans arose to the sky, ‘ 3
'1‘ hey were wak’cl by the glow of urzsoz‘Z’di Indcjzeridmce.
Then the oeean’e vastttlbreast A _ to r
Was by Gomynerce imp1*ess’ci,t p" T T T ‘
And by Ceres each valley and mountain was dz-est :
CI-IORUS. O soon may oppression and tyrannycease,
And return the bright era of -Freedom and Peace .'

N or his raglriap shalte, terror o’er Europe’s bloat shore :‘

H'I/‘.M..ZI'v’“.
mt ‘IIENRY SMALL.

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WT-KEN first 0ul1*%llSjm;:1asl,%a‘pilgrim lmml,
The clarxge%1}:$$j bfltlhel deep defied,
 sought, in distant, bar ’1'ous land,
 Al The rzafixaxmm in their own denied;

To thee, Almighlzyflod ! their pa-ayelu,
Of deep and puma devotion, 1'ose:;,

Here they invokecl thy guarclimm care,
To save them from their savage foesw

Be11eatl1 thy smile, how $00171 a.1'ound.
‘Glmved fields, by skilful culture dmstg,

Rude forests bowed; and furious ssouncl
Of hostile tribes. was hushed to rest.

‘W'll1erc:"’ll311lc§::, in wmcls’ mnbrageotls grecrx,
The Indian litllllita llzmely fire, V’
New countless nmltitxidm are seen,
And cfities 5px~e;?.d,. ma clmnes aspire.

”l?l7hl3m mmr, lgnoralmcm and guilt, %

Pfltliffld their chill: ‘tcrrpor on the mind_,,
9-Scierlce hath splmmldid ‘temples built,
1 % And usafill Artta hzwfe man refined‘

‘Wham, da1‘kIing,,x,;s’e1' this Western W0x*l<;'l¢,
$tm*n Sluperatitiion held lwr sway,

"Fhuej Cl"mi$tiamlblanner, see 1 uza~f1.11*led;
Semi. lbursta tlmé dawn of Gosrm. day.

0 Than l_ hellfire“ whcise View sublime,
A1l¢.arthling“”s but as nought appear .1.
% ;T3till, to the latest hamr of time,
Disapensse th},* bounteous blessings here 2

Elm <.l:§lmll‘s11cceedl11g° ages ‘1'aise,
Axis? did their fatllers, famed of yore,
”E.‘l;'m'-2 carlnmnal aanig of g1'z—lteful praise,
l Wlilllllaatinzmzel’ mamas are known no momf