From the WESTERN STAR.
THE CORDwAINER —NO. I.
STRANGE times rhefe, my dear read
ers—What would have been laid in the
reign of kin ? George, had a paltry Shoe
makbr prcfumed to wi Ite in the News-pa
pers ?— 4< \lercy on us! why the very
frones 1 the street will begin to cry out
next ! " —But. the world is getting ftrangt
ly topfy-tufvy—"We poor vulgar trade fmcn
and labourers, thanks to Mr. Paine, and
Genera Washington ! begin to hold up
tour heads, and look about us
The great ftace of the world is at pre- j
fenc crowded with aiftor::, and with buly ]
and imporrantfrencs—cene- which in their j
tendency and effeifts tome home to the bo- t
foms of us all; and as fomekocly observe*, j
"We are not (locks and (tones.l am no j
leader or promoter of factions ; I stay in
duftrioufly in my (hop, and d® not run a- i
bout among my quiet neighbours, to let on |
foot clubs and foeieties. But though 1 do
not presume to dictate to Congress and P>e
fident W ash ington through the channel oi
a fodery, I have now and then a whim in
mv mddle, artd cannot reft 'till it is out.
1 had always a huge liking to the quill, and
an itching to appear in print, though I am
a poor hu-nble mechanic.
I hope it willnot be expe&ed that I am
going to undertake to write an ©flay upon
government, or toenlift in any party de
pute about it ;—•!(> such thing. When a
nation takes me in the head, my way (if *
think it may be of any (ervice to mankind)
to out with it, in my own fimpte way; and,
fink or swim, leave it to bear its own
weight, if it does the v*or!d any good, ye
are welcome; if any body dil'putes me, and
offers to enter the lifts with me—*»l thank
you for nothing ; lam off—l have only told
th? world wh at I thought, and you have a
right to do the fame ; why should we quar-
I pretend not to rank myfelf very high
as a politician ; I profefc to be able to tell
whether the government under which I live
be a good or a bad one ; and to diftinguifti,
in its variations, when it is good, and when
bad. But this Ido by observing its effects,
and not by fcrutiniaihg the ftrutture of the
machine, and finding which wheel is too
large, or too finally oi out of place. I look
at. the degree at which the mercury stands
on the scale of the political thermometer.
They tell a great d al about "Ariftocra- j
cy," and "Democracy." I fttall not ven
ture into thefuhjedl of these ; all I know
about them is what I have accidentally
learned from News-papeis, and ,the con
vei'fation of others, that an Aristocracy is
an oppreflive, ard of coutle, a bad go
vernment ; and a Democracy, a free and a
good one ; and conlequently that an Arifto
fcrat as tbey call him, is a bad man, and a
Democrat a good man. I have
formed foyne more particulrr notions of
these character:*, and lhall hereafter take
the liberry.of ftatirg them
1 beseech the gentle reader to afford me
his candour. 1 did intend to have introdu
ced myfelf to him a little more handsome*
Iy, and to have made my entrance as an an
thor with fometluggof aflourilh; but Ned
Hipper dont undertland your congees and
your compliments ; he mult r/?ly upon plain
solid fentlment for luccefs.
Front the Wejlern Star.
TThe CORDWAINER.—No. 2.
I am going to tell what my notions
are about Aristocrats and Democrat#.
People differ, I find, in their ideas,
widely. I have heard many called by
the firft name, who were not so, by
amy means, in my view ; and others
cail themselves by the second, whom I
could not allow to be such.
When I fee a man blustering and j
fuming about the extravagance and mis- .
manapment of bur Governors and Le
gislators, and damning the inequalities
which exifr in the State, the avarice of
office, and the oppressions and fufferings
of the people, 1 view this man at all
points, to discover whether his actual
conduct in life correfpondends with his
pretentions; for on this I mod fely. 1
will initance one of my neighbors, un
der the name of Maro, to Hlullrate
this.
Maro is a man of much property.
He has within a few years purchased a
farm not far from where I live. When
he purchased, there were a number of
small plantations adjoining it, owned
by persons who were ju(t setting out
in the world, and had very little pro
perty, Maro had set up a (lore of goods
in the neighbourhood, and gave large
Credit. Nothing was more natural than
for these people to be getting this, that
&nd the other, at the (tore, and Maro
was very patient about his pay. Maro
in this was accounted a nice man. It
had gone on so for fevefal years—when
a sudden exigency made it neeeflary for
Maro to realize immediately all his
outstanding debts. This, to be sure,
■was putting his customers to their
trumps, who had thought but very lit
tle how or when they were going to
pay, and whose accounts proved to be
(no impeachment to Maro's ho'nefty)
much larger than they expe&ed. In
short, theif farms- were given up into
the hands of Maro—'and where used
to {land their flank- cottages and log
huts, their little,- clean door yards and
gardens, the passenger novv fees the full
barracks and the inclofures of cattle,
belonging to the unfeeling Maro. Now
this man may fay what he pleases, and
be a member of all the Democratical (
Societies in the union, I {hall always
call him an Aristocrat.
It is otherwise .with Mentor, ano
ther of my neighbors. Mkntor is
called the Aristocrat by many, because
he disapproves of Dempcratic Societies,
speaks difrefpe&fully of Genet", and his
followers, and is warm in the praises of
Prelldent Washington, Secretary Ha
milton, and federal measures. He is
never heard to vent any complaints a
gainll the administration, or to intimi
ate that there is corruption at helm.
Mentor, in his private life, is the very
reverse of Ma.r.o. How often have I
known him to exert himfelf, even to
the material injury of his own interest,
to aflift and relieve a poor man in some
exigence, in which he was in danger of
being ruined ! He too has a neighbour
hood of people ; but infteadof entrap
ping their property, and contriving
| rtieans to root them out, much of his
j time and his income is employed to re
i lieve their neccfQties, to aid them in
the improvement of their foiall farms,
and to enlighten their minds on iubjc&s
Tinted to their capacities. He is a fa
ther to them, and they love and refpeft
liim like children. They may fay what
they will, this is the man that I call a
Democrat.
I have met both one and the other,
now and then, of an evening, at the
Inn; Maro ciirfes Mentor, for an
irifernal A-iflocrat ; Mentor thinks
Maro'i' darling focietiet, and his violent
politics, will do his country no benefit;
and forbears to add anymore.
PARIS.
MADAME Elizabeth, the ill-fated
fitter of Louis XVI, fell a vi&im to the
sanguinary system of republicanism on
the iothof May. She was followed to
the fcaffold by twenty-five perfoHs, con
demned at the fame time, but was not
fuffared to fall under the wedge of the
fatal axe till the heads of all her fellow
fufferers had been struck off; and (he
died indeed the last of all. That ami
able and moll virtuous Princess did not
fuffer for any crimes of her own, but
for the offence of others, which were
falfely imputed to her. The revolution
ary tribunal itfelf considered her death,
j as a political neceflity.
r ■ '/ ' . I
Having ascended the fcaffold, (he im. ]
mediately cast up her eyes to Heaven, j
and prostrate on her knees, wringing her,;
hands., demanded of the King of Kings j
that fortitude which the horrors of her
situation had rendered so neeeflary. I
Having continued in prayer till the mo- !
ment when (he was to submit her head
to the enfangnined instrument, (he ad
vanced with perfect resignation, with a
kind of heroism inspired by religion,
and perfectly leiigned to the deciee of
Providence.
Though (he bled the last among her
25 fellow fufferers, (he displayed a
courage, a fortitude, superior to them
all.
In her prayer, (he refemblcd the ce
lebrated Magdalen of Le Brun, which
used formerly 19 be an object of admi
ration to the curious in the church of the
Carmelites at Paris.
When (lie was palling in the cart
thro' Rue St. Hotiore, several attentive
spectators could difcerneven in the eyes
of her executioner an expreflion of pity
which in similar cafei riles often superior
to constraint.
The people accustomed to such fpeft
acles, saw this scene of honor with
great tranquility and at the conclusion
fliouted, long live the republic 1
Thus died the virtuous Elizabeth Phi
lipina Maria of France after having lived
with amoft spotless reputation, 50 years
and seven days.
Legislature of Pennsylvania.
House of Representatives,
September 10.
A bill was reported to suppress the
infurreftion in the western counties.
Ordered for a second reading to mor
row.
A member had leave to read in his
place a bill to enable a number of free
men of the firft election diltii& of
Northumberland county to hold the
election in the town of Sunbury, the
court being to be held there at the time
of election.—Ordered for a second read
ing on Saturday.
The petition of Oliver Evans was
called up and referred to Messrs. J. Shoe
maker, Rofi and Lower.
A member read in his place a bill to
raise by lottery the sum of 7500 dollars
for the purpose of erdfting a college
house for the use of Dickinfon college.
Upon a motion to make it the order
of the day for an early day, Mr.
M'Lene observed, that the bill read was
before the htmfe at the last feflion, and
had now been taken from the files ; and
(hat as the house had already teiblved
not to take up the old business, he con
ceived'the motion improper.
Mr. Evans conceived the resolution
alluded to could not bear the confti u6ti
on which the member would put on it.
The question agitated in the house was,
whether a committee should be appoint
ed to bring forward the. unfiniflicd bufi
iiefs. This the house judged would be
premature as the Gov. had not then
communicated to the house the buiinels
for wbich the legiflaturt were convened;
but it was not intended by the vote giv
en on that quest on to preclnde a mem
ber from bringing forward, according
to the rules of the house, bufinefi which
he thought worthy their attention.
Mr. M'Lene added some words in
reply. _
Mr. Swan wick conceived th -it while
the special bufmeis of the feflion was in
progress it was the duty of the legiila
• ure to improve every interva of lei
ftire ; and certainly no subject could have
a stronger claim to the attention of the
house than that of education. Proba
bly the want of knowledge and inform
ation in the mass of inhabitants in the
western counties may be justly regarded
as a principal cause of the present un
warrantable proceedings in that quarter.
To this fubjedt, he Ihould, most proba
bly, before the close of the feflion,
himfelf call the attention of the legifla
tutv and solicit their aid in behalf of the
academy of Philadelphia.
The bill was finally ordered for a se
cond reading on Friday next.
The anfwerto the governor's address,
as reported by the committee was agreed
to.
The report of the .committee on the
land office was called up, amended,
agreed to and'a committee appointed to
bring in a bill.
From the Eagle.
THE RURAL BEAUTY,
A vii,UCE ODE.
LIFT the window, lift it high—
Who is (be that's tripping by ?—
It is ray little sprightly Sue,
With .pouting lip and eye so blue,
Dimpled cheek and cloven chin,
Taper arms, and waist so thin,
O'er her neck her tiefles ftrown,
Curl'd by nature's hand alone.
It is my lovely Jhepheruefs,
I know her by her fitnple dress,
Her raven ikirt and faih of blue,
Her ftocfcmgs white, and coal black (hoe,
Her milk white gown, all pin'd so fall,
ltfeemi to love the waist it clrtfpj.
Yes—'tis (he—l know her by
Her jaunty beaver, o'er her eye,
While the nodding plume above
Seems to beck me on to love ;
Yet, I come, my tempting Sue,
Sec flie smiles to meet me too.
Now my arms her waist entwine ;
Now her hand is lock'd in mine ;
K)W we to the meadows stray :
Plod, dull care, thy own highway !
Now, eve's ftilfnefs soothes the ear,
See, the half-orb'd moon appear;
Now it mounts with majesty,
Skirts' with light the fleecy Iky.
Checquering all the sylvan scene i
In the rivulet breaks it's beam.
15y the mantling pool we rove ;
Hear the cooing 6 of the Dove ;
Hear, intrane'd upon the plain,
The sameness of the Nighthaivk'j Jlratn.
Now we scent the fragrant thyme,
Sweet fern and the eglantine. ,
Theni I vow, Her breath excels,
All the fragrance, that flie smells.
Then, I point to Sue afar,
Planet red—and twinkling star.
Then we view the gernmy crowds,
Now gleam—now Ipft in flitting clouds.
Vow my Sufatfa eyes more bright,
Than yon faireft flar of night ;
Vow, that all their ihining host
Fail to count the joys I boast ;
Then, between each chaften'd kiss,
Tejl the tale of future bliss.
When my Sue (hall be my bride,
Aud grace my cottage fire fide.
Then I whisper wedlock's joys ;
Future group of girls and boys,—
Girls and boys as fair, as Sue,
Honest as their father too; —
Now I feel her pulses beat —
She burns me with her Mushing cheek.
S.
UNITED STATES.
LANSING BURGH, Sept. a,
A gentTcman recently from Canada, in
forms that the uneafineis there Hill prevails;
he further adds, that the inhabitants are
almofl all armed, and their arms secreted.
The fame gentleman, after he arrived at
Plattfburgh, which wai about n days
since, had the following very melancholy
story related to him, by the firft character
of that place.—That a few nights previous
to the relation, a party who appeared to
be Indians, attacked the hotife of Captain
Nathaniel Mallory, distant about i; miles
from Plattfburgh, and very remote from
settlements, while a part of the family,
Mrs. M. and two workmen were up, and
at supper. The men hearing an uncom
mon rullling about the houle were much
alarmed, and flew to secure the door, and
Mrs. M. to a cellar hole under die floor ;
another workman who had gone to bedalfo
hearing the toil'e, and fufpe&ing the cause
resolved on leaping from the chamber win
dow ; but soon reco'llefled that his fafety
lay in remaining still in his position until
the house fliould hav ■ been set on fire, or
they attempt to search the upper room ;
this he could timely discover, as the cracks
in the floor favored him with a fight of all
that pafled in the room below, and the
loofnefisof the flairs would give notice of
their approach towards him. The refifl
ance ot the men was but short j the enemy
entered and immediately put an end to thfir
existence; they then feaiched the lower
rooms and found the children in bed whom
they also killed ; the Is ft was an infant in
the cradle whom they began to torture,
probably, expeAing thereby to raise the
mother bv its screams. Mrs. M. however,
Was enabled to refill maternal emotions
that would expose her also to their barba
rity ; they meeting with no success in that
refpedt quite killed the child, blew out the
candle, left the house and shut the door.
Mrs. M. flill remained in her retreat; the
man in the chamber thinking they might
pofiibly'lurk round about, determined to
remain there in secret until the morning,
if poilihle.
11l some time after all was quiet, Capt.
M. himfelf came home, who it seems had
been belated ; he opened the door, fpoka
and none anfw*red ; he took the candle
which he lighted, and on which Mrs.M.
left her hiding place, and on beginning to
relate what had pasTed, a volley was dis
charged through the window which drop
ped the Captain, and they entered and
i'oon put an end to, as they supposed, the
last of the family, and again retired. The
man in the chamber continued dure until
as late in the morning, as he supposed they
would flay for fear of difebvery, and then
made the'befl of his way for the settle
ments, when he fafely arrived and related
as above. A party followed, but .being
unable to keep the track returned without
discovery of any thing.—Th;* intelligence
being received through so refpcAable chan
nel we are induced to give it full credence.
* # * This Indian story appears to be
made out of a late Irish ftorv—only they
have put the woman into a hole in the cel
lar, -whereas the Iriih account placed her
in the chimnty.
Adjourned.
PHILADELPHIA,
Teflerday the Hovfr of Rcprefentativet of
the Jlate of Pennsylvania, agreed upon
the following unfiver to the Governor:
To THOMAS MIFFLIN, Govern
or of the Commonwealth of Pennfyl
vama.
The occalion which has called forth
the exercise of your constitutional au
thority, and induced you at this time
to convene the General AfTembly i» at
once fcrious and extraordinary.
A violent and unwarrantable opposi
tion to the laws of the United State 9 in
some of the wcllern counties of Pcnn
fylvanin, has long been a fubjedt of an
xiety and apprehension, but until the
present moment that anxiety has been
alleviated, and tliat apprthenfion dimi
nished by a flattering and delusive hope,
that a returning sense of duty would
banish from among our fcllow-citizens
all opposition to the measures of a go
vernment founded neither on a fortuitous
succession of uncoil netted events, nor
originating from the impure or oppres
sive fountains of fraud or violence, but
resulting from the deliberate and free
determination of a numerous and en
lightened people, and to the operation
of laws imposed neither by the immedi
ate will of despotism, nor obtained by
the corrupt influence of power, but
flowing from the voice ef an equal,
utiiverfal and unbiafTcd representation.
It mi\lt be a cause of the deepell re
gret to the advocates of freedom and
representative government, that those
in the full' enjoyment of such inestimable
bleflings, (hould, alike legardlefs of their
happiness and their duty infringe on the
rights of their fcllow-citizens, and by
violently counteracting the will of a ma
jority, afford examples, fatal to the or
der and happiness of society ; to all the
citizens of the Union a more jufl. and
peaceable mode of obtaining every ne
ceflary alteration has been wifely se
cured.
If our constitution (liould prove either
deficient or opprelTive, it contains with
in itfelf the feeds of its own reforma
tion, if laws are either impolitic or un
just, a complaint of our grievances or
change of our representation, open the
path to every desirable amendment. In
countries where the intercft and authori
ty of government are diitinft from, and
independent of the interests and will of
the people, infurre&ions may liave been
ranked among the most sacred of duties;
in ours, who can hesitate to regard it as
the most pernicious of crimes ?
When however from thfc misappre
hension or depravity of any part of a
community, tumult and violence have
taken place, it becomes a matter of de
licacy and importance, to ascertain how
far the restoration of order is to be at
tempted by means of the civil authority
SEPTEMBER ii.
S I R.,
of the whole,' and how soon Its
should be called to aid its political
strength ; this is a fubjedt you have par
ticularly recommended t« our deliberati
ons, and although the manifeft distinc
tion between open, acknowledged and
continued violence, and an opposition,
casual, momentary and difavowedj may
in some degree point cut the general
outlines of legiflativc discrimination, vet
from the impossibility of and
describing future contingencies, muc(i
room mull be left for the exereife of Ex
ecutive discretion ; you may, however,
jest, and our fincereft confidence in the
just and hrm exercise of the authority
with which you must ncccflfarily be en
trusted. Whatever may have been the
public opinion of the competency of tho
judicial authority of the Hate at any palt
time, its incapacity to protett its own
peaceable citizens, or to support the of
ficers of the Federal -Government, in
the execution of their duties, can now
no longer be doubted j and should the
conciliatory efforts making, under the
auspices and by the direction of the
President of the United States and the
Executive of Pennfylvatiia, prove inef
fectual to restore peace and harmony, w«
have no reason to doubt that the wife
measures adopted by the Prefideitt, aid
ed by your endeavors to enforce a due
obedience to the laws and to repress a
narchy and violence, will receive every
support that the military strength of
this ilate can afford, but as fume amend
ments in the existing laws regulating
the militia appear elfentirfily necefiaty
:o give due energy to its exertions, we
(hall also take this intereftingfiibje£t in
•.o our serious consideration, and from a.
knowledge of the general character of
jut* constituents we cannot, on this qc
:afion, omit exptefling our iirmelt con
ldence, that whatever may be their in
dividual sentiments, they will always ul
:imate!y submit to, and cheerfully fup
sort every existing law.
Having never contemplated the in
:ended settlement and poit at Prefqu
fle as a probable source of embarrafiment
a the general government, or a foun
dation for Indian hoftiiity ; but having
egarded it as the bafisof future improve
nent, and a point of ufeful defence to
>ur. frontier inhabitauts, we looked for
ward to its progress with pleasing anti
:ipation ; but influenced by the fame
lifpofition you express to promote the
nterefts >f the Union and cultivate the
neans of peace we trust that on this
our meaiurcs will evince a
:andid conlidenition of the fatts and
notives which have influenced your offi
cial eonducf-
A cars of the public health and a du«
regard to the chara&er of the state ren
der a completion of our i'yftem for pre
venting the introduction of ptfftilential
diseases & an alteiation in the procee
dings of our Land Office, highly im
portant ; as it is only by a judicious ar
rangement of these we can expe&aeonti.
nuance of health or an exemption from
the just cenfuies of fu«h as may be
incautiously deluded by imaginary put
chafes of land. ,
The flourifhing situation of our
finances affords a fnbjeft of congratulati
on,as it must facilitate the operations of
government, & preclude the necessity of
recurring to the ordinaty means of
supporting the public treasury ; to ren
der this advantage permanent to our
constituents by a proper application of
the existing . surplus, as it deserves, lo
shall it receive among the other objc<fts
of your Addreis, a just degree of
our care.
Address delivered yejlerdsy by the
Governor to the Militia Offi
cers and Citizens.
Fellow-Citizens,
I HAVE convened you upon »«
occasion, as interesting as any that ha*
occurred since the establishment of our
independence, or even during the strug
gle to obtain it.
You all know the state of the infur
reftion in the Western Counties. The
hostile opposition to government has
subverted the power of the judiciary
depart ment; and there is reason to ap
prehend, that eveTy conciliatory effort
to recall the insurgents to a sense of the
j duty that they owe to their country,
will prove ineffectual. I dcclare to you,
with the utmost sincerity, that I have
been anxious, by every honorable means,
to avoid an appeal to arms ; but all that
the general, or state government can da
to reft ore peace, upon other terms,
seems likely to be m vain. Even thole
who were employed by the iri(urgenti
to confer with our cojpmifljoners, have
acknowledged that nothing moie could
be expe&ed from government.
Under these circumstances you are
called upon to determine, as freem«n
and as officers, what part you will aft.
From the defedls in th« militia i'yftem,
or some other unfortunate c#ufe, tbt
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