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.