A Memoirs of the Life and Writings of
POETRY,
ers CD Bn
THE RESOLUTION.
BY W. MAXWELL.
¥ said to my heart, it is time
To leave off thy follies at last,
For past is thy flourishing prime,
Thy flourishing prime—it is past!
And chang’d are the fanciful skies,
Once rosy with Love and Desire,
Yon star, and these shadows (hat rise—
They say it is time to retire.
Liove chain’d fe a while to her bower,
As blooming as bower could bg,
Where beauty with magical power,
~~ Sat smiling—too lovely for me.
a gazed on ber languishing eye,
And felt the wild throb of her breast,
‘But she left me, she left me to sigh;
And what had become of my rest.
Next pleasure seduc’d with her song,
"Her song was ted sweet for my ear,
Unheeding I mix’d with her throng;
"Too merty to think or to fear,
She gave, and I drank of her bowl,
Nor knew what was lurking within ;
Twas madness, “twas death to my soul;
The chalice was poison’d with sin. i
"Then {ame blew her trurapet aloud :
And ty heart beat to arms at the sound
And I rush’d with the daring and proud,
Till my brow with her laurel was crown’d
But sad was the wreath that I won,
For it fever’d my temple with pain,
1 felt that my heart Was undone,
And I sigh’d for sweet slumbers again,
But ReL1610x now found mie estray,
All languid and fainting with carey
She rais’d me at once as 1 lay,
And sav’d me from cruel despair;
4 Oh quit this dark valley of wo,”
She said, with a whisper of love.
+ Ifyou would be happy below,
Set your heart upon heaven above.”
Farewell | now ye Passions of earth !
Too little, too base for my heart !
Ye have led me estray from my birth;
It is time for you now to depart!
1 have wasted the fairest and best
Of those days that my Maker has given
Then oh ! let me husband the rest
Henceforth Ilive only to Heaven,
a .—
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
It is amusing to observe the continued
efforts Gf the British borough-mongers and
Mministeralists, to undervalue and depreciate
this country; and every thing connected
with it. This conduct proves, that while
they affect to hold ug in contempt, they are,
in reality; writhing under the tortures of
jealousy. They admit that America has
produced some great men, but modestly
attribute it to their direct British descent ;
as if nothing gond or great could possibly
originate from any: but a British source.
The arrogance and ridiculous vanity of
John Bull have made hima laughing stock
throughout the world ; and we believe the
time is rapidly approathing, when his dis-
gusting sclf-conceit will draw down upon
his head the contempt it so richly merits
The writer declares, that as we live among
Indians, we shall shortly acquire their cus-
toms and habits, and become Indians also.
By the same rule, the savages from our
lakes, who are now amusing the London
cockneys with their yells and warwhoops;
will return to this country polite and ac.
complished. Englishmen! For the sake!
of the Indians; however, we hope it will
be otherwise ; as’ the exchange of their
frank and simple habits for British duplici-
ty and egotism, would be to them a most
unfortunate occurrence.
The following is the article to which we
allude. It is from the London Evening
Fost of March 13, 1818, LBost. Par,
——
{ther her inhabitants descend from their
{pressing on them, God has, by the gentle
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
reader’s time to occupy a moment of it mn
tal place of his birth. His immediate pro
genitor was English, and his education, his
intellectual organization and even his phy
siognomical character, were entirely so.
How little amidst such circumstances;
must be the influence of mere place of birth
{when affecting a single individual, or a sin-
ole generation, every naturalist knows
With regard, therefore, to Franklin and
the few other great men whom America
could once boast, we unhesitatingly say,
that she owes their greatness to English
organization and Enghsh blood. With a
more extended population, she can now
boast of but few illustrious men; the fur
British origin, the less will they retain of
the. British, and the more will they acquire
of that Indian character which the all pow-
ful influence of climate, is unceasingly }
and insensible influence of climate, given to
the African, amidst his burning sands, tha
This is the first volume of a series, in-
{tended fo conclude the works of this cele
{brated politician and philosopher, dnd ar
{the same time to contain a great proportion;
{of original and highly interesting matter
grom his pen. It would be a waste of our
lauding the first authentic publication of
the works of Franklin. He was an Eudyou? «Four, sir, <I should be happy to
glishman in every respect, but the acciden-
bs,
& The doctor, after the fatigue of the day’s
'{iravel, had set himself down to supper
{when his landlord began to torment him
with questions. The doctor well knew the
disposition of these people; and, appre-
hending that after answering his questions,
others would come and go over the same
ground, he resolved to stop him. ¢Have
you a wife, landlord ?* ¢ Yes sir,’— pray let
Madam was introduced with
rp
me see her.’
see them.
introduced.
the house; and being answered in the neg-
ative, addressed himself to them, with
much solemnity. «My good friends, I sent
for you here, to give an account of myselt'
my name is Benjamin Franklin ; Iam a
printer; forty five years of age ; reside in
Philadelphia, and am going from thence to
Boston. I sent for you all, that if you wish
any further particulars, you may ask, and I
will inform you 3 which done, I flatter my-
self you will let me eat my supper in
peace.”
FEE ire
_. THE SHOWER OFFISH.
I felt really happy when I came to. the
conclusion of the paragraph, entitled « anog-
ther wonder,” to find that the shower of]
fish which fell on the Boston common, wag
not larger than could be consumed by the
populatior. pe
¥
dark surface which modern chymistry has
taught us, most rapidly radiates heat, and
to equatorial ones ; subject only to triflir
exceptions from elevation of land, conti 3
ity to the sea, the course of winds, and sim.
ilar great, yet subordinaté causes. W: d
this increase of colour increase the degrees
of sensibility, subtility and artifice, and de"
crease muscular power, energy of action,
openness of character, &¢. The red men
of America, though of modified colour, in
this respect obviously approaches the Afri-
can; and to him are the British settlers on
his soil every day approximating, by the
powerful, yet gentle, insensible and saluta-
ry influence of climate. Already, aiter 3
few generations, has the anglo-American
acquired that sallow complexion, that lank
hair, that peculiarity of feature ; that ¢ aus,
trum quasi spirans vultes’ (which in chil-
dren of European parents born in equitori-
al regions we call Crecle) and that vanity
and subtility of character which distinguish
the Indian, and which must increase in eve-
ry successive generation, till no trace of
distinction is left between them. The
United States may, therefore, produce their
great men—men relatively great ; but they
will be men rather of Indian than British
genius. She will as vainly Jook for her
Franklin and her Washington, as she does
for those prodigies of ancient days, whose
bones are turned up in her soil. The same
reasons, politically viewed, will satisfy the
inquirer, that America never can be the ri,
val of Britain, as some people vainly sup-
pose.
the more remote her people are from Eu-
tions
WE
DR. FRANKLIN.
Boston. In his journey he stopped at one
of their inns, the landlord of which possess-
which is, to be inquisitive even to imperti-
[the conversation turned ot
frogs and fish, and much scepticism. was
xpressed by many of the company, when
Fhe more populous she becomes,
ropean origin; organization; and mind, the
‘more will they be a feeble and colonial races
and less formidable in every political rela-
The doctor, in the early part of his’ life,
followed the business of a printer, and had
otcasion to travel from Philadelphia to)
ed the true disposition of his countrymen
’
Twas pre
Tre x ¥ i E ef | a 3 uf 3 :* 0
sent some years ago, where
he raining of
x
suka
1 Scotland (whose veracity
) puted) asserted, that just as he
was leaving his own country for this, there
ell such an immense shower of herrings,
at the surrounding inhabitants seriously
: pprehended some : malignant distemper,
As respects that fall of Herrings, my dear
sir, said ‘a gentleman who came from the
same place, I can set you perfectly at ease
Two days after you left Scotland, the sky
darkened—the wind bellowed—and there
fell such a tremendous shower of salt and
water that the Herrings were all in pickle
before night ! | Charlesten Times.
——
3 one disp
PROPOSALS,
To furnish a supply bf Vaccine Matter to
Subscribers, on easy terms, for a limit-
ed period of years—with the prospectus
ofa plan for raising a fund by volunta-
ry donations, to establish and support a
permanent national Vaccine Institution
in the city of Washington.
1. Any physician or other citizen of the
United States, subscribing te these prope-
sals, and paying not Icss than ten dollars,
shall be entitled to a constant supply of the
genuine Vaccine Matter, as often as the
same may be wanted, free of any costs or
charges until the 1st day of January, 1823,
should the life of the undersigned be
spared so long. Certificates of their sub-
scriptions on receipt of the same will be
furnished to all subscribers—specifying
the amount subscribed and the privileges
herein engaged to be secured to them.
Provided nevertheless, that should any
subscriber to these proposals be found
unfriendly or hostile to the institution, his
subscription may be returned to him and
his special privileges therein, shall no
longer exist. And provided further, that
sheuld the number or subscribers be less
than five hundred, it shall be at the op
tion of the undersigned to return the
whole amount paid to him, and be there-
on released from any furtber compliance
with this engagement.
2. Should a pérmanent national Vac-
cine Institution be finally established as is
now. contemplated, every subscriber to
these proposals having paid ten dollars
within the present year of 1818, shall be
entitled forever thereafter to a free supply
without paying any fees or charges for
the same.
es herein secured to him, who may at any
jnence into the business of every stranger.
Jed thereto,
much fornk ¢ How many children have
The children were sought and
« How many servants have
you I’ ¢ Two, sir,a man and a woman.’—
Pray fetch them.” When they came the
doctor asked if there was any one else in
of the Vaccine Matter for his own use,}
But it is to be understood that}
every subscriber shall forfeit the privileg-}
. He
time, without the consent of the under-}
signed or his successor, extend the bene-§
fits of his subscriptios to others not entit-|
$. Volantary donations will be
if forwarded to the undersig
the medium of the Post Off
zen of the United States,
wards establishing and su
tional Vaccine Institutio
Washington, upon an
permanent foundation.
books will be opened, and the amount of
all donations received by the unders; ined
will be regularly registered therdin, ang
duly accounted for tq the donors - aud \
ensure the faithful application, ag Nereis
pledged, of all donations made to this LD
stitution, the undersigned will give yong
with adequate security, and will lope
the same 1n due form, before the oSuis
of these proposals, 10 be recorded in
Washington county court, in the district
of Columbia.
4. Solicitors will be appointed, by the
undersigned, to collect donations, and.
they shall be severally entitled 10 a come
mission of twenty per cent, to be dedycta
ed by tnem, from any amount they may
collect. = All donations of ten dollars or
more; shall be registered in the name of
the donors ; but every dohution of a legs,
sum shall be registered only in amour
in the name of the solicitor, who may
have collected, and paid the same.
5. As soon as donations shall be receiv.
ed in sufficient amount, to justify a well
grounded expectation, that tiis I{nstity.
tion, can be permanently established, on
the plan herein propossd; a suitable lot
of ground will be procured in the city of
Washington ; whereon a convenient build.
ing shall be erected; and the titic to the
same shall be vested in fee, 10 the nome
of the President of the United States, to
be held for ever by lam in trust, for the
use of this Institution. And the whole
amount collected, over and above the sum
necessary to «omplete the building, as a-
foresaid, shall be vested in stock of the
United States; the interest of which only
shall be liable. 10 be expended in support
of this Institution: and as soon as said
investment shall be male, and said build-
ing shall be completed, public notice
taereof shall be given, and the name of
every solicitor or donor, who may have
contributed ten dollars or more, shall be
published with the piace of their resi
dence and the amount collected
scribed by them ; and a copy of th
shall be forthwith forwarded to every
subscriber, solicitor or donor as aforesaid.
And from thencforward every donor, who
shall have paid ten dollars of more, and
every soliciter who gshall have procured
fifty dollare or movdy to be registered in
his name, shall be entitled to the same
privileges, as are in the second article
secured to subscribergi=~Should this at~
tempt nevertheless fail to receive that ene
couragement from the public, upon which
alone any hopes are now entertained, that
an effective Vaccine Institution can be
established and supported ; the whole a-
mount of donutions received, by the un-
dersigned shall be retirned to the several
donors who may have paid the same.
6. The government of the Vaccine In-
stitution herein proposed to be establish
ed, shall be under the sole direction and
control of the undersigned, during his life
should the same be convenient to him .—
But should he at any time deem it more
expedient, or conducive to the general
welfare, he may constitute and appoint a
board of trustees, whose duties, powersy
and privileges shall be difined by him ;
and he may transfer to them all the pa-
pers, books, recordsy documents, stock,
furniture, funds, and advantages apper-
taining to this Institution, or whereof he
may become possessed from donations res
ceived by him to establish the came.—
Should the uudersigned however, nvilect
or fail to consitute and appoint a board of
trustees, as aforesaid, then all the papers,
books, records, documents, stock, lurnie
ture, funds, advantages, and appurtenans
ces aforesaid, shall upon the death or ree
signation of the undersigned, be taken
possession of by the agent who may be
appointed by the President of the United
States, in pursuance of the act of congress
entitled, “ An act to encourage Vaccina-
tion.” . Provided nevertheless, that such
agent shall first give bond, with security
Flo be approved by the President, that he
fwill conform bimself in all matters and
things, relative thereto, as the President
fmay direct, more certainly to secure the
bpermanent duration and usefulness of this
Institution. And provided always, that
every engagement herein nfade by the
undersigned, to any sdlicitor, donor or
subscriber, shall be held sacred and invi-
olate by his successors.
JAMES SMITH, ,
United States Agent of Faccination,
General Vaccine Institu-
tion, Baltimore 1818. ¢
pF Subscrifitions received at this office.
BLANKS
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
received,
ned through
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Independent «nd
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