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THE jEOLIAN-HARP
An LxtraHJrom" The SYMPATHIES of SOUND." tfc.
(-4 Poem, not pubhjhcd.)
WHEN funlcfs twilight dims departing day,
And silent darkness, in her wonted way,
Rolls on the deep'ning Ihades, till closing night,
Rcpos'd in {lumber quenches human fight ;
When, inward turn'd, and wand'ring now no more
O'er hill and dale, the Soul can best explore
The regions of Idea—where wonders rife—
A never-ending train ! to mental eyes
Give mc to listen in the lonely room,
Where fitted to enchant amid the gloom,
Th' ytoLiAN Harp, with ear-bewitching wail,
Drinks in the current of the airy gale :
When dealing breezes, easy on their way,
Creep on the cords, and vibrate these to play :
Then, O what melodies uniting flow,
Harmonious trembling to the breathing wo :
Such foftly-foothing modulation swells,
Tingling the firings among, like distant bells ;
So mournful dying down the finking wind,
As pours a stream of rapture o'er the mind.
Htifh'd then the found a moment paufinglics,
Till rung fymphonious sweeter tones arise,
Twang'd in melodious millions—firing to string,
Romantic, then their fr>ft Pianos fmg ;
Full, lull and fad, the fairy accents fly,
And speaking perish, tell iheir tale and die :
Till conjured by the breathing'breeze, again
They come, they swell, and fink in foffer pain ;
Borne on their magic wings, to fwift decay,
Unnumbered notions, rising, melt away ;
Back, back, to distant days, forever gone,
They charm the mind with the memorial moan :
For, from the far-fled past, on airy wing,
The necromantic melodies can bring
The joys, the sorrows, long, long since no more,
That tlow'ring dy'd in worlds enjoy'd before.
The pensive-pleased foul with many a sigh
Insetted thus, grows fad, and knows not why :
Whilst misty pi&ures (hooting through the mind
In mingling currents, indiftinft combind,
Haft , haste along, as new fucceflions flow.
Soft, sweet, and fad, in joy, and folcmn wo.
Or, dim refle&ed, visionary things,
From future worlds, Anticipation brings :
Drawn thro the rueful light of umber gleams,
Or yellow luitre etherial dreams,
Event on event, op'ning. without end,
Whose closing links man cannot comprehend :
Stiuck from the transient, airy, elfin things,
Whose playful fingers sport amongthe firings :
A higher animation moves the mind,
In tender s&nsibi lity refin'o ;
Till caughtj>y Sympathy to fields unkown,
Where free from Matter, Spirit dwells alone, —
The foul renews its primitive employ,
And taftcs the purest inter mundane joy :
She feels harmonious from the trembling string,
Congenial motion, Music thence can bring ;
For fare that spark of never-dying flame,
Dcriv'd from harmony etcrnal came ;
And thus attra&ive touch'd, expands away
so other worlds of far fercner day :
That unrcmembev'd ftatc, from man conceal'd,
Where mind deborn fits in its native field :
For who can tell, when earth's dark days are done,
But future time ihall fee a brighter fun !
For, present ills of poverty and pain,
Like earth's own darkness, arc not fen* in vain ;
But from that very source IhaH joys arise,
1 ranlcendc nt glorious to the good and wise.
THEOLOGISTORICOPHILOSOPHOLOGOS.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
LETTER. No. V.
MR. FBNNO,
DISTANT as the evils I have enumerated are from us; (low as
would betheir growth, were opinions like these adopted,
they would be no less certain. A more gradual manumiflion, if
inhtbitancy among us is thereby understood, would infufc its
baneful cffefls only by flower degrees. Sure we arc in duty baund,
to transfer the blclT:ngs received from providence, unimpaired to
our offspring : It cannot be right td charge our posterity, out of
geperonty to our slaves, with evils subversive of the present fclicity
ol the empire. Here I mull ftopj-it will be said, and I believe
it, that I have attacked opinions flowing from refpcflable sources;
therefore I almolt expect, to be largely lepaid in the fame coin
but as I did not mern, either to offend, or to dictate, if my o
pinions are honored with the notice of a learned criticiCm, I la
ment, I can only improve my judgement by it, as my leiiure is
taken up by avocations, which allow no time for controvcrfies.
From the grounds I have travelled over, I come to the means
to obviate the evils I have represented. Benevolence is, I know,
natural to American freemen, they will bellow with liberal hand*
blcflings upon others: Confident thffthis fmtiment is general,
I will, in my next, submit to the better undei(landing of an en
lightened public, a plan of thi-s tendency : To lei Ten slavery gra
dually without a fliock to private property : To manumit without
injury to society the (lave, who has deserved that favor, and to
provide for him, as well as for those who are already (lamped with
this maik of munificence by their generous masters.
However, before I go imo an explanatory dil'cuflion of these
articles, I mull fii ft predispose to the fubjeft, what I have said in
letter the 3d —That " if nations are not compelled by circum
" (lances, they will fuffer no (laves among them." I apprehend
that some of our southern States are in that compulsory situation,
becaufethe ntimbrT of freemen bears no proportion to the extent
of ground : This has greater influence there, than in the northern
States, where the climate is favorable to the conflitution of a peo
ple of European origin ; but when the {outhern Slates have acqui
red a population, proportionate to the extent of ground ; when
cultivation will have made the air salubrious, then (laves will be
nearly as needless there as they are now in the northern States.
Considering also the countenance, which the fathers of the fe
deral government, our worthy rulers, have given to agriculture,
■we may fafely conclude, that this will be productive of many
inventions, facilitating, and abridging handywork in agriculture :
Yet taking only what is already invented, (h'ould gentlemenchoofe
to make use of them, not only half the quantity of (laves in the
southern Statt s would be fufficient for agriculture, but there would
aHo be twicc as much ground tilled as there now is.
FOR THE GAZETTE Of THE UNITED STATES.
MR. FEN'NO,
RUSTIC US in his third letter tells us, that he " was compelled
to travel over philosophical and hiftoricalgrounds,to find
tiie place of the -wool hairy negro in the ordfr of nature," and con
cludes, that as the ox is born to till his ground, so ii the negro born
to be the fl<ivc of other nations. " Moll lame and impotent con
clufioti-'—even could our philosopher prove that the ficep hairy
African is an inferior animal to the long haired European (which
1 hope I have shewn to be a falfe as well as ungenerous idea) ilill
how absurd is the notion, thcrt nature JhoiJd form an animal, endue
him with reasoning powers, and place him in a clime congenial to his
frame ; only that he Jhould be torn away from that climate to serve ano
ther animal differing from him only in the colour of his jkin and length
of his hair. Our philosopher tells us, that amongst animated be
ings, the weakest is ruled by the strongest. This we are to sup
pose is a law of nature—a law tor man—that whoever is ftr >nger
than his neighbor, may seize him and fell or force him to till his
ground, or whoever is wiser than another, may over reach and
despoil him of his property — What becomes of the generous prin
ciple which teaches the strong to protest the weak. P No, this is
not the nature of man—"she savage does not so—'tis the civilized
European that takes advantage ot the superiority, civilization gives
him over the untutored African, and robs him ot his liberty to in
dulge himfelf in luxury—'Tis the civilized European that cor
rupts the African, and prompts him like the white to betray his
brother—and such philosophers as Rufticus, would persuade the
European that he is right.—Neither is the (heep hairy African in
ferior in strength of body or mind to the European. Civilization
is all that gives the boasted superiority, and according to our phi
losopher's principle, the most powerful nation has a natural right
to seize on the property and persons of the weaker. So not only
the sheep hairy negro is born for slavery, bat the trorfe hairy na
tive of America, or in short, people of black, brown or read hair,
if another people have force or cunning to subdue them. Most ad
mirable philosophy ! After all his pains and trouble to convince
the world that from our inferior nature, we black, sheep hairy
negroes are marked out for flaves.—Rufticus concludes that it is
impolitic to keep us so.—~ Then why endeavor to lower us in the
eyes of our white brethren ? Are we not already fufl&ciently des
pised ? When my daily work is done, and I put on my Sundays
cloaths to fit myfelf for the converse of thoteuvphilofophic men who
patronize me ; as I pass through the street how often do I hear—
Kye ! Mafia Mungo ! you ttnka you buckra ; while another curses
the damn'd proud negro ! These are the sentiments which the pen
of a philosopher is labouring to encourage.—lf pride must be the
consequence of human wisdom, may I still remain in fimplicityof
heart, a plain, unphilofophic, black, sheep hairy, free citizen of
America. AFRICANUS.
THE tnagiftrates of Liege have ifl'ued an order
to the following purpose, viz.
ift, That as the wearing cockades was only a
signal of the nation's wish to have the regulation
of i6B4aboliftied, and thepoeplere established in
their rights, there did not now remain any rea
son for wearing them, as ther had received two
fpecific aflurances, one of the 29th of November,
and another of the 1 jth instant, in the name of a
powerful Monarch, stating, that they ihould be
protected in those rights. They therefore invi
ted all the citizens to leave off wearing cockades.
2d, That refpedting the point which related to
the Burgess companies and Patriot guards ; it was
evident, that being re-ellablifhed in their rights
of 1684, their existence was secured; atthe fame
time they refpetftfully assured the Serene Princes,
that they ihould be carefully employed to main
tain peace and tranquillity.
3d. They recommended tothe citizens to con
tinue treating those troops (the Pruflians) with
all the care they merit, as friends and prote<flors.
The affairs of Liege is likely to produce some
troubles, though the Pruflians have quiet poflef
fion of it with 9000 chosen men ; but the Impe
rial chamber of Wetzlear, on the 4th instant gave
notice, that they will not listen to any terms of
accomodation, and insist upon the Prince being
re-established dire«fily in all the powers he for
merly enjoyed.
The Island of Jersey takes the lead in the pre
sent patriotic reformation : and as soon as the
above resolutions were carried, a communication
thereof, and an invitation, was immediately trans
mitted to Guernsey, where the opposition was
much stronger and more numerous, but where,
however, the rights of Briti/h fubjerts at length
prevailed.
A model of the Hebe frigate has been exhibited
before the firft Lord of the Admiralty ; it is on a
scale of sixty feet to an inch ; the ribs are of po
lished steel, and the inafts, decks, k.c. of gold ;
the guns all steel, their carriages gold ; the fails
of silver, with the blocks, and every rope as fine
as a hair of the fame. This beautiful epitome,
of the firft frigate in our service, was executed
under the direction of Mr. Knight, purser of the
Hebe.
The Spaniards at Malaga are building three
ships of the line, one of 70, one of 50, and the
third of 40 guns, heavy metal.
Extratl of a letter from Monteliniar, Dtcember 2
" On Saturday last a confederate camp, of be
tween 30 and 40 communities,from Vivarez and
Dauphine, was formed on the plain of Auriol, to
the number of 12,000 men all armed, with pro
visions on their mules for two days. These brave
citizens took with great folemnky the following
oatli :
" Wf French citizens on both fides of the
Rhone, from Valence as far as Pouain.all in bro
therly union, rejecting all forts of diftindtion,
swear on our honor and arms, consecrated to the
defence of the State, that our will, ftrength,and
fortitude, are devoted to our country, to the sup
port of the laws ena<fted by the National Aflem
bly, and to the King, who so greatly deserves,
and has so just a claim to our love. We swear
mutually to al&fb each other in the performance
of so sacred a duty, and to employ our army this
very moment, if necelTary, for the service of our
illuflrious brethren of the municipality of Paris.
We ihall look upon as criminal towards the nati
on, all those who ihall dare to insult, either by
word 9 or writings, the decrees of the august Re
presentatives of the nation, and those who Ihall
RUSTICUS.
376
LONDON, Dec. 31.
not pay all the refpecft wliich is due to the mo ft
just, and most popular, and the moil beloved of
Monarchs.
" Nine commissioners have been named for the
correspondence of this patriotic confederacy, who
are to meet at Voute, a finalltown in the Vivare?.,
on the 24th instant, where the regiments will
fend some detachments/'
Accounts from Vienna fays, that Prince Mau
rojeni, Hofpodar of Wallachia, was not only in
the interest of the Emperor, but that it was he
himfelf who invited the Auftrians into his coun
try, he having no other way of securing both his
life and his treasures, of both which he was like
ly to be deprived by the Porte. This accounts
for the abundance of provisions which the Prince
de Cobourg found every where on his way, after
he entered Wallachia, but particularly at Bu
charest, its capital.
To convince the people that in pafling from
the Turkish to the Austrian dominions, the change
was for the better, the Prince de Cobourg pro
hibited all plunder under pain of death ; and
gave the ftricfleft orders to his troops to pay ready
money for every thing with which the inhabi
tants (hould furnifh them.
The Prince, to avail himfelf of the consterna
tion which the taking of Bucharest had occasion
ed among the Turks, staid only one day in
city, and marched out the next with a confidcr
able body of troops, to penetrate farther into the
country, and drive the few remaining Turkith
troops across the Danube.
NEW-YORK, MARCH 3.
The following is a copy of the roll of Counsellors,
and Attomies sworn in the Supreme Court of
the United States.
COUNSELLORS.
Elias Boudinot, Thomas Hartley, jth Feb.
1790. Egbert Benfon, John Lawrance, Theo
dore Sedgwick, William Smith (S. C.) $lorgan
Lewis, James Ja<ckfon, Fiftier Ames, George
Thatcher, Richard Varick, Robert Morris, Bth
Feb. 1790. Samuel Jones, Abrmham Ogden,
Elifha Boudinot, William Paterfon, Ezekiel
Gilbert, Corn. J. Bogert, Feb. 9. 1790.
ATTQRNIES. .
William Houston, Edward Livingfton, Jacob
Morton, Barth. de Haert, John Keefe, Peter
Mafterton, William Wilcocks, Feb. 10, 1790.
The court then adjourned to the next term,
viz. the firft day of August next.
On the 15th ult. Arthur Lee, Esq. Barrister
and Dotftor of Laws, was, by a special order, of
the Supreme Court of the United States, admitt
ed a Counsellor in the said Court.
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