THE CONSPIRACY OF .KINGS. BY JOEL BARLOW, Esquire. ETERNAL Truth, thy trump undaunted lend Peopleand priests and courts and kings,attend; While, borne on wefcern gales from that tar fhorc Where Justice reigns, and tyrant# trefrd no more. I'h' unvvonud voice, that no diiluafioti awes, That fears riof'own, and fceks no blind applause. Shall teil the blifstlv't Freedom sheds abroad, The rights of nature and the gift of Goo. Think not, ye knaves, whom meanness stiles the Great, .Drones' of the Church and harpies of the State,— Ye, whole cufcil fires, foi blood and plundc r t<jwi d, j Sultans or kings or ciars or emp'rors nam d, Taucht the deluded world their claims to own, A-nd raiie the Cr cited repti'ts to a throne, Ye, H»ho pretend to your dark ho ft was given The lamp of life, the rhyftic keys of heaven ; Whose impious art* with. maj»ic fpclls began When shades of ign'rance veil'd the race of man ; Who changc,fiom age to age, the Uy deceit As Science beams, and Virtue learns the cheat ; Tyrants of double powers, the foul that blind, To rob, to fcourgc, and bjuiutizc maukind, — TJunk not I comc 10 croak with omen'd yell The dsre damnations of your future, hel 1, To bend m bigot or reform a knave, xVy <»p"uing all the scent s beyond the gravv*. I know your cruiled fouls : while orif defies In sceptic scorn the vengeance of the fk'es, The other boails—" 1 ken thee, Pnwrr divine, *' But fear tree not ; ih' avenging bolt is mine." No ! 'tis the present world that prompts the song, The world we fee, the world that teels the wrong The world of men, whole arguments ye know, Of men, long curb'd to Icrvitnde and Wo, Men, rous'd from floih, by indignation flung, Their lliong hands loos'd, and found their fVa» ie tongue; "Whose vtiiie of fire, whose dr •Teen rung flee Shall speak to fouls, and teach dull nerve to feel Think not, (ah no ! tiie.wcak delusion shun, Burke leads you wrong, the world is riot his owrij Indulgs-oot once ihe thought, the vapory dicam, The fool's repast, the mad.nan's thread-bai e theme, That nations, riling in the light of truth, Strong with new life and pure regenerate youth, Will shrink from toils so splendidly begun, Their bliss abandon and their glory (bun, Betray the trull by Heav'n's own hand confign'd, The great concentred ftake,the interell of mankind. Yefpeakof Kings combin'djome league that draws Europe's wtoole force, to save your fluking cause ; Of fancy'd hosts by myriads that advance Tocrufh iheuntry'd power ot new-born France. Misguided men ! these idle tales despise ; Let one bright ray of realon strike your eyes ; Show me your kings, the sceptred horde parade — See their pomp vanidi ! fee your villous fade ! Indignant Man resumes the fhaft he gave, Disarms the tyrant, and unbinds the (Uve, Difplaysthe unclad Ikelctons ot kings. Spe&reQ of.power, and serpents without [lings. And (hall mankind—lhallFrance.whofegiant might Reut ihe dark veil, and dragg'd them forth to light, Heed now their threats in dying angmfh toft ? And She who ftU'd the monfier, fear thegholl ? Bid young Alcidcs, in his gralp who takes, And gripes with naked hand the twilling snakes. And dread their Uiadows trembling on ihtr wall. , But grant to kings and courts their ancient play, Recall their splendour and revive their (way ; Can all your cant and all your cries persuade One power to join you in your wild crusade ? In vain ye (earth to earths remotest end ; No court can aid you, and no king defend. Not the mad knave who S sceptre stole, Nor She, whose thunder (hakes the northei 11 pole ; Nor Frederick's widow'd (word, that (corns to telj On whose weak brow his crown reluflant (ell. Not the tri-fceplred prince, of Austrian mould, The ape of wildom and the (lave of gold, There(a's (on, whownh a (ceble grace, Just mimics all the vices of his race ; For him no charm can foreign ftrife afford, Too mean to'l'pcud his wealth, too wile to uufl his (word. Ptep o'er the Pyrenees—hut you'll.disdain To break the dream lhat (ooths the Monk ofSpain He counts his beads, and spends his holy zeal ' To rai(e.once more th' inquisitorial wheel, Prepares the faggot and the flame renews, To roast the French, as once the Moors and Jews ; While able hand* the busy talk divide, His Queen to dandle, and his State to guide. Ye a fit great Pitt to join your defp'rate work, See how his annual aid confounds the Tuik ! Like a war-elephant his bulk he (flows, And treads down friends, when frifhten'd bv his (oes. Where then, (orfaken villains, will ye turn ? Ol France the outcast and o( earth the (corn ; What new-made charm can diflipaie your (ears ? Can Buikes mad foam, or Calonne's houle o( Peeis ? Can Artois's (word, that erfl near Calpe's wall, Where Crillon fought and Elliot was to tali, Burn'd with the P.tc of fame, but har.nlcfs burn'd, For fheath'd ihe sword remain'd, and in its fheaili return'd ? Oh' Burke, degenerate Have ! with grief and ftiame The muse indignant mult repeat thy name. Strange man, declare—since, at cieation's birth, From crumbling Chaos sprang this heav'n & earth Since wrecks and outcast relics dill remain, Whirl'd ceafelef's round Confulion's dreary reign Declare, from allthele fragments, whence vou stole lhat genius wild, that monstrous itiaCroi foul • Where (preads the widell waste of all extreme!, darkness frowns, and heav'n's own splendour beams ; Truth, Enor, Falfeliood, Rhetoric's ragim* tide And Pomp and Meannefi, Prejudice and-pfidc ' Strain to an endless clang thy voicc of tire, ' Thy thoughts bewilder and thy audience t're. 1-ik.c Phoebus' fori, we lee thee wing thy way Snatch the loose reins, and mount the car ot day To earth now plunging plough thy wafting course The great Sublime of weakness and of force But while the world's keen eye, with generous glance, Thy faults could pardon and thy worth enhance Wfjcn foes were hufh'd, when Jiifiice dar'd com mend, And e'tn fond Freedom rlaim'd thee ai a friend Why in a gulph of brfenefs fink forlorn ? ' And change pure praise for infamy and scorn ? (To be ccncluici in cur next.) CHARLESTON, (S.C.) June :6. t Yesterday, at halt pad one o'clock, John Fuller was ex;cu ted according to' his sentence, for at tempting to pass a forged note, know ing the l'anie to be forged. J-i us to his execution, he addrefl'eri t l wj diencein a firm, manly toneo voice, declaring that he was not a =ii, ti> die—to hinf death had no terrors.— He acknowledged that he had) ed a \icious life—that it had be: ■ bis greatell pleafui e to commit o • of ihe in oft flagitious nature ; L. so lemnly swore that he was not guilty of the crime for which he was a::out to fuffer—that no person ever iolri him, as had been represented, that the note was forged ; and he earnest ly intreated the fpetftators to be care ful how they gave teltimony in a court of J iitlice. He then thre.*> him lelf upon his knees, and prayed ak<ud with great fervency and apparen de votion ; in which he was a flit c<! the Rev. Mr. Hamett. When he was told that th hour was come, he arose w :> t uttrioft cotnpofure, and confide ;>) faying that he wa6 going lo <: i world of misery for a world 'o; y and immortality (through' . eric and inicrcelfion of Jesus C ift) e was quickly launched into etc: iir\ " The chiefs of the Parisian fays a .London paper, " have reft v v?d to prefentH fwordtoM.de laFayjstte. The handle of this, which is cuiioui ly wrought in gold, exhibits thefead ing events in his life ; his departure for America s the tranfacftions of thn sth and 6th of Oiftober, 17S0, n ! the return of the . n der his protection. The blai: posed of Heel found in thi and tempered in England. he sol lowing infeription is engra :d upon it : " This blade will spa blood, but will give force to the 1. - lc is deflined to make the cotiftit ion res pecSed." Friday last, arrived here, ihip Las rens, Marlton, London, 49 days fr«rn the Downs ; schooner Fiffcer, Cole, Madeira, 40 days. On the 1 4th in it. in lat. 27 31 —long. 72, Capt. Cole spoke the brig John, Cant, Hnwfll from this JJOrt Wjund to Cape-Francois— out 8 days—all well Capt. Cole brought with him two Madeira grape vines, with grapes growing on thein, for the purpole of transplanting Here. It was a very leading and avowed opinion of Mirabeaii's, that, in form ing the new constitution of France, the nobility Ihoujd be annihilated, and the clergy reformed: but that various prerogatives, and an exten sive share of power, ftould be given t'> the crown. His last words were— " If you make your King a cypher in the beginning, he, or some one for hnn, will make cyphers of you in the end." " , BOSTON, June 30. [A very obliging correfponde■ ; has favored the Editor with the folic* nig extract of a letter, dated Havre, dpri a , ; 70?. " Before you receive this you will probably have heard of France hav ing decided on war against Anftria. Altho the maritime power of the lat ter is much confined, yet as there may be some privateers out ofOltend, and others cruizing under the Austrian nag ; we have, through our friends suggested to the Minister the neces sity or giving a convoy to the French lhtps home trom America. 1 he plan propoled is, that the convoy (hould fail from the Cbel'a peak every 6 weeks, from the 15th June to the 1 jth November, for Brelt trom whence the (hips for the chan nel will be sent 011 with one convoy and those for the Bay and Mediterra nean by another. We have every af furanee that this plan will he adopt ed ; and we are promised that it will be speedily announced to you by the trench Minister, or Confulin Ameri ca. LKG ISLATURE OF 'MASSACHUSETTS. I lie feflion, it is fnppofed will clofc this day— Of public bufinet's, the pr !r C j^ al oll j ecS which has been dif "Ce onr la,t > has bee » that of uiltiictmg the Commonwealth Ma ny reports, and many amendment of reports have been made—l.aft even ing the bafinefs was brought to a close, 1 by the concurrence of the House with i 46 the Senate, in one of the amended re ports ; and a committee was raised to report a Resolution conformable thereto. [By this report, theftate is divided ,ito four diftriifis. No. i, confiding »f Suffolk, Efl'ex, and Middlesex, to choose Four Reprefentaiiyes—No. 2, consisting of Worcester, Hampfliire, and Berkshire, to,choofe Four—No. 3, cbnfiiling of Plymouth, Barnftable, Bristol, Dukes-County, and Nantuck et, to choose Two—No. 4, confiiting of the Province of Maine, to chodfe Three —making Thirteen.—To com plete the number to 14, the threefi'rft diftri<fts, at large, are to choose the other Representative.] f , July 2. In the House of Representatives 011 Friday lalt, the committee on the pay roll reported the fame,amounting to the sum of Two thousand one hun dred and fix pounds, twelve {hillings. Same day, an engrofled bill in ad dition to an a£t entitled an acft for in corporating certain persons for the purpose of building a bridge over Charles river—was read, and palled to be ena&ed. Sfnt up for concurrence. On Saturday the House concurred in the amendment of the in the Resolve providing for the choice of electors for Prelident and Vice- President. The Hon. T. Skinner, Esq. brought down a Resolve empowering the Go vernor to provide an entertainment in the Senate Chamber the 4th July. In Senate, June 30, fenc down for concurrence. In the House, Read and non con curred. A committee (confiding of Meflrs. Heath, Dawes, and Lyman, 011 the j part of the Senate; and Mefl'. Robbius, Euitis, Kinfly and Collins on the part of the House) was chosen, to requelt his excellency the governor, to ad journ the court to the firlt Wednes day in November next. , The committee reported, that they had waited upon his excellency the governor, and delivered the meUage, and he informed them that though it would have given him greac pleasure to comply with the rtq_uelt of the le gillatui e, yet that the duty he owed to his constituents and to the oath he was uuder, forbid him to grant a re cess to the court that evening ; when the resolve for diltricting the com monwealth, which was of the highest importance to the llate, and which had occupied so much time of the giflature, had been before him only twenty minutes—that he had not e ven read it through—that his con science and his duty forbad him to give it his signature, till lie had had an opportunity to consider the fubje<ft with that deliberation which the im portance of it required—that the mo ment he had done that, he would fend the secretary with the information, and grant them a recess. The House then adjourned to Mon day ten o'clock. PROVIDENCE, June 30. The Hon. General Alleniblyof this state, which met last week atNewport, adjourned on Saturday without day. Among a variety of other business, the General Aflembly, in their late fcffion, palled an act incorporating three societies, for the purpol'e of con ftruiSing three bridges—one over the upper, and another over the lower ferry, on Seaconk river, and a third over Howland's ferry. The two for mer will greatly accomodate this town, and the neighboring towns in the ltate of Mafliachufetts ; and the latter mult prove highly advanta geous to the island of Rhode-Maud, by connecting it with the main. On 1 hurfday afternoon* the fir ft pier of Weyboflet bridge was erecfted. ALBANY, July 2. On Saturday evening at 7 o'clock arrived in town John Jay, esq. the gentleman who at the late election had a majority of legal votes for go vernor ot this ftaie. He arrived 011 the tnorning of that day at Lanfing burg, and was entertained at Piatt's inn, by the refpeifiable citizens of that place, who at live o'clock, conducted him to T roy, where he eroded the iivei and was saluted on his landing with jifteen difchargesof a field-piece, by a detathment of the Albany inde pendent artillery company, an d a volley by the troop of hori'e ;~ a f ler which he went into a carriage prece dec) by the troop of horse, and f„] lowed in proctlfion, by numbers of citizens in carriages and on horseback to this city, and was conducted to the feat of General Schuyler, where th e whole company were mod hospitably and politely regaled ; after which the whole dispersed with perfect ny and good older. We are inform, ed that Mr. Jay will favor a number of citizens with his company at din ner, at the city-tavern, this day ; and to-morrow will proceed on his way to New-York. From a correspondent. On Satur day evening lalt, as Mr. Chief Jultice Jay, and Mr. Chief Jultice fates, (the two late unfuccefstul candidates for governor of thisltatein fucceifion) were making their entry into this ci ty, together in a coach, and were pafling the window w here a circle of Clintonians had allenibled overa jovi al bottle, the following old celebra ted loalt was given —" A bird iu the hand is worth two in the bulh." NEW-BBJJNSWICK, Jujjr j. ExtraEl of a letter from a-genthmmti* Kentucky, to his friend in Somtrfit, dated Wafbington, Ma fun count},- A \ pril %oth, 179-2- \ Mr. William Chambers went from from his store at this place, to the Falls of Ohio, February 25th, in a fniall open boat, loaded with flolir, whiskey, and dry goods, he ha 1 two men and a boy with him, and two women and several children went pafiengcrs. Between the Miamies and the mouth of Kentucky river, he was fired upon fioni the Indian fliore | —the ImNans whoop'd and followed him down the river about half a mile to a fniall creek where they had tlieir canocs, they got into thein, eighteen in number, one ca noe pu.'hed across the river to the Kentucky Ihore, and the others pursued the boat, kept up a continu al (king and yelling as they went.— Mr. Chambers had two mujkets and one blunderbuss in the boat ; but was badly provided with ball, and was obliged to cut bar lead into slugs — when the Indians came within fhoc he returned the fire, which put a ltop to their whooping, yet pursued and fired as fall as they could, until they got within thirty or forty yards of the boat, Mr. Chambers then fired the blunderbuss, the noise of which they seemed not to like, some of them no doubt felt, very fenfibiy, the con fluence. They had now pursued the boat about three miles, tliey then turned and went back ; the boat's crew received no damage, except a flight wound Mr. Chambers received in one of his fingers. The defence made by Mr. Chambers, considering the situation he was in, is thought here to be the belt ever made 011 the river The Indians in cases of this kind do not fight but under great advan tages, and then by their hediousyel lings, so alarm and disconcert the paflengers, that they frequently fall an easy prey to their savage barba rity. For the GAZETTE, of the UNITtD STATES. MR. FENNO, . . J OBSERVE a publication in the National Gazette of the 4th inlt. advises the Editor | not to employ much of his paper in replying the u court paragraphs," &c. which appeal in the Gazette of the United States*; this a. greeable to what fell from the fame writer, as I suppose, in a former number of that paper-- , who appears to be afraid of difTeminating t. e sentiments contained in the Gazette of the nited States. Now, Mr. Fenno, I hope the wn ers in your paper will adopt a different line o conduct—-and as they have begun, will go on set in a confptcilous point of view the P r ' and representations contained l'n that nation- I p a p er * . If si. It carries a title with it, which, if its 3 er ons and infmuations are not detpftedand _ C *P 'ed, may lead to very serious errors and mi - —It is happy for our country, that therea om „ of things does not correspond with the g • draft, which the pencil of a junto has beenn than nine months fetching.—Facts, ipe 3 ,, > an irrefiflable tone ; what do they P roc 3 that since the creation, the idea co J! t j} in ' i; z . the following sentence was never so ' 11 • . j (e( | Ad in any quarter of the globe as in the 11 State':—" That every man Jits quieth w«-< r vine, and under his own Jig-tree, and has him afraid." * 77,, r ua ;eJinr pnbn hoamr.conlaiMit"^' rvhic* its author fujpojed uai wrote at the Uz««9 the 'Cnitcd Statu.
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