Gazette ot the United States.
PHILADELPHIA,
'RiDAr evening, i.
1 lie latest intelligence ab injimo imports
thht the news of .the preluded death of Tef
ferfs'n -had reached tbofe borders. Where
upon a convention was called by Voltaire,
Mirnbeau, and Gohdorcet, to devise a
plan for receiving his red-lkinn'd (hade
with civic honors, Pluto, indignant
at the approach of Ic, foul a monller, fucu
denly wrapt the fraternizing miscreant in a
more fulpPiureous flame, whilst a friend, flit
t.flro' ttle hideous glare, proclaimed,
Jt?lie.r(on ftiil lives to curie and (course the
earth. °
The reported death of Mazzei, wliilft it
tilled with a lion ill mien t tjie difcipJes of the
Devil, excited a mare extensive sensation a
r.ioi'g good Federalifti, than the occurrence
could jnftity. It was natural, to be sure, to
haneft men, to rejoice at the decease of vice
arid immorality in the world ; and so f.r
the death ot our vice, would be very well :
, ® u . t m any political point of view, it is dif
ficult to perceive of what importance it could
prove. The good is at -bed equivocal : As
thus; Jefferlon died, Jeffirfoii was buries
Jefferftn rctiirrtetd to dust ; the dust is
earth ; of earth all men are made : and why
ai that earth whereto he was converted,
«nght not a more deleterious compofnion
nicceed to his prtierfions ?
Stever and M, 1 Kean.
The attempts that have been made to
pa.liat- the guilt of Stever, or rather of
,4'Kean, reminds me of the following anec
dote (related in Bofwell's Life of Johnfcn.
• Bjfwell was endeavouring to apologise
tor a lady who had been divorced from her
hufbar.d for adultery, alledging the mifcon
iluit ot her husband, Sec. &c. in her de
fence—Johnfon (lopped him at once with
, this excellent remark ; " My dear Sir, ne
ver accuflom your mind to mingle virtue
and vice. The woman's a whore, and there's
an end on't." Let us us not mingle rogues
and honest men ; {he man's a thief and
there's an end on't.
NATURAL HISTORY.
The follo wing Anecdote is wo/thy of no
tice, as it flitws the domeltic nature'of the
Lpwing, or haftard Plover, ( Fringilla Va.
n , 7 as as the art with which it con-
C'l ates the regard of animals, differing from
itleit in nature, and generally conf.dered as
hollile, to every specie» of the feathered
tubes. Fwoof these birds were put into a
garden, where one of them soon died ; the
other continued to pick up such food as the
place ass till winter deprived it rif ita
* "'PP'jr ; neceSity soon compelled it
to draw nearer the house, by which it gra
dually became familiarifed to occasional in
terruptio s from the family. At length,
one of the servants, when (he had occalion
to ro into the baok kitchen, with a light,
that the Lapwing always uttered
l? cry tetvlit to obtain admittance.
, c ' oon K rcw more familiar ;as the winter
advanced, he approached a> far as the kitch
en, but with much caution, as that part of
•the house was generally occupied by a,dog
ami a cat. whose friendfhip the Lapwing at
rngth cor ciliated so entire'y, that it was
1 is regular custom to refi.rt to the fire-fide,
»» soon as it grew dark and spend the even
ing imd night with h i.-j two affociateg, fitting
close hy them and partaking of the com
forts of a warm fire-fide. As soon as spring
appeared, he liftoff coming to the house,
ai:d beto k himfdf to the garden ; but, on
the approach of winter, he had recoOrfe to
bis oid fheltcr and his old fiends, wlio re
ceived him very cordially, fkcuiity was
pn-duftive of insolence ; what was at firft
cotained with caution was afterwards taken
without reserve He frequently amused him
fdf wiih wadiing in the bowl, wfiich was
let f.r the dog to drii<k out of, and while
he was thus employed, he (hewed marks of
the greaieft indigii ition, if tither of his
companions presumed to interrupt him.
ma. «ATN>,
lIOWFA ER infidels mayTcoff at
the following pious effufion—the truly re
ligious of every Christian denomination,
mult be pleal'edin its general circulation—it
was received from London last week.
the 8181.8.
1 HOU bit {Ted Book, be near my heart !
What joy divine dort thou impart,
When, with delight, thy sacred page
My fix'd attention doth engage !
May light, and pow'r, andgrace be gl>'n,
T* Ihe-.v the path that leads to heav'n ;
The precious promises apply,
And bring the great salvation nigh !
How kind is that inviting voice,
Which bids me fee.k immortal jcys !
Nor Irfs tns threat'nings would I prize,
Which warn me where my danger lies.
Both food and meu't'ne here I find,
To nourish and to heal the mind }
Hence suitable supplies I gain,
In health or sickness, ease or pain;
Not alt the wealth that misers hoard,
Such precious treasure can afford !
Nor can the joys of 'sense impart
Such fatisfattien to the heart !
What thoo ccmmandeft me to do,
With vigour would my foul pursue }
And .(earn, with equal zeal, to (hun
What thou forbidejeft to be done.
Thou blefled book, be near my heart !
And may I never 'vtth thee part ;
From heedlrfs. y«eth to hoary n»r,
StVU Jet'me love thy sacred paga. i
It is no bad fpscimen of tbe taste of a
lufly young widoto, that (he fete&fed for her
camaradc the captain of cock-neck'd troop.
Epigram,
On tbe vending counterfeit gilt buttons,
instead oj tbe real article.
That guilt has puuidiment to tVar,
It (lands on rea ton's ground ;
But where no gill did e'er appear,
Who can be guilty found ?
Then on what ground, Logicians- fay
Is this flrange do&rinc built,
That Button-gilders—guilt betray,
In works quite free from gilt ?
For if by want of gilt they (hew,
How much to guilt they're prone.;
' Tis palling strange that guilt should flow,
From giltlefs works alone.
POLITICAL. <
From tf>e Boston CentlneU
THE JEFFERSONIAD
No. V.
. r " Merchants are ufeltfr, and mechanics (ire the mile tools
• of their cujiomers
l j ' " JEFFERSON'S Note.j."
MR. RUSSELL,
WE have witnefled Mr. Jefferson's
disinterested unj.'piyijg patriotism, Ii s re
verence for the l)eiry exemplified in his
j' " pocket-picking" eloquence, his record foi
' chrilHamty manifefted by his boasts& d'l'rj
gard cf its sacred institutions, and i t is time,
that we fliould proceed to examine: the cor
rect ness, and conliftancy of Iris ' t'ocories in
politics and philotophy.—As my* observa
tions upon that head will be chiefly drawn
from that high fourceof elaborate confeiEon,
which " mine enemy" has furniljied mc:, to
wit " bis book" and as that is totally di (ti
' tute of any regular order, which. I can fol
low, I fliall pref«rnt the public with filch
curious and interesting matter :is occui s to
my mind, without ftudiid arrangements
' -ONE HEMARK however, I mufl call the
, attention of the public, the full confiiera
• tton cf, before I commence my critical ope
rations ; that this famous book waswi*jtten
j! in the year 17.81, when theauthor hatl
much leii'ure, as the extreme dangers of the
country had driven him from bis pos t.—~lt
is the result of calm and serious deliberation.
—He had then 110 view to the :
. : therefore exhibits the man tr'jly, in
I his native colours—his prejudices which in
• Philofopheri are always obftin.ite, generally
; ""curable—his bigotted theories which no
literary man ever abandons but with his
life. He hud at t|iat time no miotive to
concealment, it is therefore free ijrom the
| bypocricy of his later produftions —By this
■ fair, and unerring Uartdard, then let' Mr.
: | Jefferfon be tried, a/id be prrfuaded, my ft I.
, low-citizens, that whatever maybi his pre
| prcfeffions, hew is the mirror in which
; you may fee the man as be is, and where to
: serve the objedts of'ambition, he has modern- j
1 ; ly difclainjcd or ccntradidted his own do£l
-1 rines, let it be considered, as unequivocal
' p oof of the insincerity, frailty and hypo
crisy of his cha/after.
No Jacobinic ditty has been so often re
prated, and no one in ft:ch me'incholly
' llfains, as the impolicy, the wickedness" of
• encouraging Britsb Manufaftures This is i
' a never failing spring of democrat c elo
quence—The mechanics of this country,
1 have been not unfrequently roused to pa
-1 roxifms ot rage, by this interesting topic,
' and in tine sombre pages of our history, are
recorded mobs and riots, the fruitful offspring
of " Chronicle denunciation" of foreign I
manufaftures. i'he mechanics, too, have !
been taught to believe, that they were the I
sinews cf Government, and have been told, ■
in my tpir.ion with r.ason, that they were a !
principal lupport of the government by their '
mduftryi intelligence and virtue : But '
what fays Mr. JesTers n, who is row vaul
ting into the chair of state ? Hear this, thog
manufadturer of ropes, ar.d exciter offedi
tion ! Hearken, thoti raodeft man, of I a',
and vote-making induflry !—Lilkn and blnlh
for yonr support of the man defpifes
you " The political csconomifls of Eu
rope,fays Mr. Jefferfon," have eilablilh
ed it as a principal that every (late (hould
endeavour to manifictute for ilstf, and
this principle like many'ctlieis we'
transfer to America, without calcula
ting the difference of circumflances."
" 'lhofe who labour in the earth" (that is
the Rox'ury FarmtrsJ "are the chosen
people of God, IF EVER he had a cbose:t
people, whose breafls he has made his PE- j
LU LIAR deposit for ftibftantial and genuine
v;rtue." [Mr. Jeffei son is a cultivator of j
the earth, modest and virtaotts man !]—H
goes on, •« This is the focus, in which he
keeps alive that; ftcred fire whiih-otherwife" j
[that is, if the Virginia and Roxbury far
mers »er? gone] " might efc.-pe from the
face of the earth."—*• Corruption of mo- i
raV' fays Mr. Jrfferfsn, » is the MARK i
SET 011 those who not looking up to Hea-['
ven, to their own foil and industry as does l
the husbandman for fubfidance, depend for J
it on the casualties and caprice of cuflomers."
—ls this true Honestus ? If it is, you and
your matter are at variance. The Philofo,-
pler proceeds—" Dependence begets venali
ty." In other words, yo'u mechanics of the
United States mr.y be bought and fold
" Let 11s then" lays he, " never with to fee
our citizens occuuied at a worj: bench, nor
twirling a diftaff." Let our work (hops
remain in F.wope." «' It is better to carry
proviiions and materials to woikmen there." j
" 1 he loss by the tratjfportation of com-J
I roodities across the Atlantic will be made in
happmefs and permanence of the govern
ment. ' *'The MOSS of great cities &3d
julf so much to the support cf pure govern
ivervt, as SORES do to the flrength of tht
iiHman br>dy." See Mr. Jffforfon's Notes
pages 173, 4) ai:d 5.
Frcm ths above extrsdls the following
•prepositions aremanifeft :
lit. That Mr. Jtfferfon is an enemy lo<
American manufadtures, alfolutely and for
ever, because we iliall always have land to
cultivate.
2d. That he confideri the trade with
Great Britain our molt valuable trade, be
cause (he is the cheapelt manufadturin,'
and now the en y country which could flip
ply us.
3d. That he of course approves of the
British treaty, or otight to approve it; as
it keeps us in peace ieith the only nation
which can furnifh us.
4'.fi. That he considers all the merchants
of the United Slates, io many curfa instead
of hhjfings,\ corrupted, ver.il, dependent sy
cophants, who will fell their votes, their
rights, and their confcicnces to gratify the
caprice qr obtain the good will of their cus
tomers. .
sth. It'is a matter of curious remark,
that while Mr. Burke has been abu'fcd a3
the tool of ('efpotifm, for calling the great
mass of the people, " a swinish multitude,"
Mr. Jtfferfon, the friend of the people, the
• hater of tyranny, the advocate of revoluti
on, compares his matters, the sovereign
people, to ' fores in the human body."
In vaio (hall he fhitld himfelfby faying,
that he alluded to mobs for mobs cannot
exist without men—those men mud be the j
dear people whom Mr. Jtfterfon profefles,
ani only profeffet to refpedt ; —And further
it was of that ver) mob, and a worse crea
ture, a l.ondon mob, of whom Mr. Burke
' wa» speaking whtn he uttered the phrsfe
so obnoxious to Jacobinic ears.
Whatever may be our opinion of the j
corredtnefs of cny of the above sentiments <
of Mr. Jefferfon, it i 9 certain that they are !
' itJ diredt opposition to his prefect laegnage, !
and conduct—to the profeffions and princi- >
pies of his models, the French, patriots—,
and to the maxims and dodtrines of the foul ;
fadtion of which he is ths head.
But Mr. Jefferfon is as inimical to Com
merce as he i« to manufadtures.—This might !
be fai, ly inferred as a certollary from the
above proportions.— For if we can have no
mechauics we can have no commerce—His
denunciation extends to all clajfts of citizens
, except husbandmen. In page 275, he fays
" as the aggregate of allothtr clajfes of citi
zens beats to fo is the found
to the unhealthy parts.—lt is a barometer
[ to measure the degree cf corruption." 'So
! that cur merchants, mechanics, lawyers,
; physicians and clergy, are.all, theUcfound,
| corrupt parts of the community;
But Mr. Jtfferfon has left nothing to
| doubt, upon this fubjedt. In page 290
of the fame famous work, he declares " that
it might be better for us " to abandon the
ocean altogether ; to leave to others to brir.g
what we shall want and to carry what we
can spare." " This would make us invalu
' able to Europe, by offering none cf our pro
perty as prize and turn all our citizens to the
cultivation of the earth." " It might ba
time enough to seek employment at sea, when
I the landna longer offers it. ' In other words,
I when wt have cultivated every acre of this
extended continent, it will be early enough
to turn our attention to commerce. Here l
then in language riot to be mifunderttood, !
! this pious, learned, patriotic, atjd -wife can. I
1 didate for the firft office,, in a great, pow
erful, enterprising, commercial nation, ad- ! '
j vises and recommends the abolition of our •
1 commerce. Indirect terms, he disapproves
the carrying trade, that Italking horse of Ja- 1
! cobinifm —the ground work of much-famed
' resolutions of the wily Madison—The great, '
avowed baffa of hollility to Jay's treaty—
and one of the molt fertile and ufeful topics
of flreet-corner harrangutfs, and town-meqt- j
iog eloquence.
t Th<s, however, i; one of those darling ]
feptiments of 'he Pljilofopher,s foul, which ,
with the ardour of parmtal affedtion, he i
has 11 this day cherished and supported ;• ;
Btlieve me, honest and induflrious mer- ,
chants ! too much funk in torpor and inadt- , ,
: ivity, it is the favourite maxim of this lead- 1 ;
er of Taßion, that our commerce m;ifl be ' |
.destroyed—" De/enda ejl Carthago" is the 1
perpetual motto of his life', and he will not ]
reft coi tented until he fees your anchors i '
t-eaten into plough- shares, and your rudder ■
I irons into pruning hooks.—Do you want ' 1
' further' evidence than his own explicit dec- j 1
laratiops? Perhsps yi u will fay, that he ' |
has changed his system of policy, that ex- j
perienct has taught him the lelTons of wif- I
dom.— Know then, that time has riv tt.d \
. him in his prejudices. The errors of his youth 1
' like the imperfeftions of the ag d oak, have 1
ftiffened and become incurab'e by age. 1
| When the proportion for arming in de- j
fence of our cow merce against French aggrcf- I
(ion wis made, this great patriot revived his
old dodtrine of the impolicy of encouraging
commerce, at>d with the rapidity of eledtri- I
\ cky, ths fliock was inftanily felt in the ex- <
iremeties of the jacobin body, in Maine and I
j Georgia. In one (hort month we beard the i
• fame language in Tcnncffee and in Buxton, 1
Jin the province of Maine ; the patriots at 1
• Cambridge, Roxbkry, Harvard, and /thing- 1
ton, feeling a lively and perfonul interest in '
the commercial welfare of the country, in <
which they were so large partakers, recom- '<
mendrd the laying up of our (kips, and em
p'.oyir gour seamen on the land, where " they 1
would soon make the <uiildernefs to blojfom as 1
therofe " See the address from Abington. 1
Nor is the prnjedt yet abandoned ; it is i
a fadt well eftabliftird, that this is the fyf- I
tern Which Mr. Jefferfon arid his party mean '
j to pursue, when they get intp power. They
I openly contend, that it is the interest, and I
the policy of the United States to ceafs to :
be a commercial nation, and confine them
selves to agriculture alone. That in this 1
way we flnll avoid European contelts, and
all the of 1 rraval Yfhblifhment % ''
that so necessary are we-' to Eirrppr, that
they will eows and beg us to pait with our
fupei fluities, ancl take thsirs in exchange»
and that this will promote our pecuniary as
well as political iim-rdts. Thus Ocrificing
to the vulgar prejudices of the lat.ded in
terest, your cities, your merchants, your
Teamen, your fifheries, your artificers con
neiftec} wit!l commerce, and all this to the
eventual ruin and deltru&ioli of your agri
culture. For miserably (hort sighted inuft
he that firmer, who does not perceive that
his ii tereft is diredlly and beneficially af
fedled by the flounfiling Rate of our com
merce ; or who can believe that his pro
auftions will hear a higher price at market
when faddted with the hi avy expences of
foreign carriers, and expufed to the impo-'
sitions which would nrcefTarily arise, from
the diminution bf the number of compe
titors for his various products.
Such, however, ever have been, and such
with increased violence, still art the preju
dices ot this foat!)erii phrlofopher, who fe
curv in his cool grotto at Monticello, and
fanned by his Haves, who are the cultivators
of HIS EARTH, looks down with tran
quil indifference, upon the diftrelTes wliish
would, arise to the induflrious merchant and
laborious mechanic, upon the annihilation
of that commerce to which tli*y look up
for fuppart.
I (h ill consider some further theoretic
opinions of Mr. Jefferfon in mv next.
| From the Connecticut Coura>4t.
: No. IV.
. i To the People of the United States.
i : lam now to tftablifh the last part of the
: firft propofijion, viz. That Mr. Jtffsrfon,
, ! and his party, have long endeavoured to de-
Jiroy our Federal Conjluution. And here I
shall remark once, for all. :hat I cocfider
every effort which has been made, every
I plan which has been pursued, by the demo
cratic party, as being direftly or indire&ly,
1-chargeible to Mr. Jefferfon. He is fop?rfc&-
ly their chief, that we might as well impure
mexfiires to feet without heads, as toafcribe
condnit to any of his subordinates, with
out prefuppofmg His consent and approba
tion.
Having, as T think, (hewn Mr, Jefferfon's
hoftiit! spirit towards the conflitution, it will
not be surprizing, tiiat he should be found
on the fide of its enemies. Accordingly
the moment the government begins to ope
rate, wt find him at the head of a party or
ganized to fruftrate its measures, and to
check its progrels. From the eflablifhment
of the funding system, to the end of the lall
feflion ofcongrefs, the party has pursued one
course, viz. to oppose the government. Thcfun
ding Jyfteoi, the bank, the proclamation of
neutrality, the treaty withGreatßritaiu, the
railing of troop< tbe eftablifhmeat of a navy,"
the direst tax, the Alien and Sedition Law's,
the annulling the French Treaty, flopping
the ir.tercoufe with thte French, &c. fkc.
have each in their turn, been opposed by
the democratic party, with the utraoft ve
hemence. Now, if it could be ieafonab!y
fupprfed that thin party were friends to the
, ConJlit-at:on, and ogiy disliked certain meaj.
' uresol the government, there would be some
I apology for them. But, let meafk, if this
was their disposition, would tbey not have
proposed other measures, as substitutes for
; those which have been adopted, and in this
wav have offered a choice. Inflead of that,
N I think I may fay, without danger ofcon
tradiftion, tiiat the democratic party, has
' never prr poftd, or brought forward in con
gress, 9ne important original meafuic for
theco.nfide.ration' of the legislature, since
| the efiablifhment of the government, Mr.
: Madison's, (or rather Mr. JefFnrfon's) ce
lebrated Commercial Resolutions except
ed. But, is a government to be adminif
tcred without measures, or is a conflitution
; a blcfiing which flands a useless monument,
only to be gazed at ? This has not proceed
ed from incapacity in the party. Such men
as Burr, M>idifon, Gallatin, &c., are capa
ble of proposing measures, of forming plans
of some fort or other, Yet nothing of this
kind takes place,
i The only lcheme has been to oppose what
whoever measure has been proposed by the \
federalifts, «nd to use every peffible exer- j
J tion to f infinite ; in iliort to adopt the lan- j
guageof one of the leaders of the party, " to
i stop tbe wheels ef government." I am fenfi
! ble it is said by them, that it is ajl done from
j pure affection to the condition, that their j
motives are patriotic, that the members of'
the party aiefie friends of tbe people, the
exclusive guardians cf their rights. These j
gentlemen seem to forget, tba: honefly and j
sincerity, rarely make many profeffior.s. j
They shew their goodness by their works.
Is it a maik of strong sffettion to the con
flitution, in the democratic party, that they
can oppose tbe government ? If our funding
system is bad, what is to be substituted in
i ite place ? The federalifts did what they
thought befV ; the democrats fay it is vile ;
but none of them is good enough to propose
foniething better. Such eonduft argues
neither genius, integrity, nor virtue. li>
deed, it proves strongly the want of them
all.
Another very forcible bedy of evidence,
that the democratic party are endeavrting
to deflroy our government, arises from the
unceasing strain cf calumny; which"has been
poured out upon every friend to its admini
stration. As soon as the federal govern
ment began its operations, and its course
was in some degree marked out, the most
prominent, and influential charatfer were
defigrared for deflrii&ion. Mr. Hamilton
was ihe author of the firancial system. Ac
cordingly, he wag subjected t" the vilest
abuse, the foulrft opprobrium, wh ch coutd
be cast upon him, by the vilest, and fouled
wretches, which the dens i f mifchiet couid
- . -
furnidi. This prifiice was pfirftied with
out any cefiation, until he ictired from office.
Mr, Jay was appointed Chief Juitice. A
life of unfuilied Integrity, a long devotion
of his jjreat talents tj b;s country's canfe,
and the moit eminent nnd'dillingu'Unrd fer
vicrs, were ot^ilooked, and a torrcilt cfca
luniny tor years, was poured upon him from
every Jacobin locic-ty, iirltil he fniajit for
peace in a fmiation, which was hfs'obnox.
ions to the.fnes of our govet ntneilt. Mr. Ellf
worthj vpc of the abklt, and mptt virtuous
men, whichthisoraiiyctlif-rtouiHry can boast
of, has had tlie hardihood to rentier great ser
vices to his country, to cjc* his duty, ills
i ewai d has been detraitum. Mr, lackering,
heneti, plain, vir titoin, dignified, and able, '
in an eminent degr.-e,' in office, is vilified,
and defamed ; out of office, is puifiied to
the fohtude of the wilderpefs, to the lop'-but
in the defart, with a hue-and-cry of fluider,
falfhood mid villainy. It is not neceffavy t'J
add further names, except the preienr, and
former President rif the United
Mr. Adams, in pn lining thole meafares
which have been esteemed Federal, has fuf
fcivd more'foul reproaches, than the d-pra
ved inhabitants of Billingsgate bestow upon
each other. Common dect-ney—that plain
vulgar civility which is paid to the world in
gerieiaJ, uy the moil uripolifhed members of
I'cciety, fcaii been denied tn the Chief M;\gif
trate of the United States; aid conduct
more vile, than is pracfclfecl by thieves and
robbers, has beeji often 'ascribed to h'iin by
the Democratic party. As long as General
W alhington wasat the head of government,
he was the r>bje<ft of their highest vengeance.
Aware that his influence operated through
out the country, as an irresistible charm,
which ga,ve to goyen-menta sovereign ener
gy. to le'fife'n, to undermine, to destroy his
great weight, his uncontrolvble influence,
every art was pradil'ed, every falfliood cir
culated. When h( retired to humble life,
on the very day on which that affliaing e
vent took place, the audacious wretch who
fuperiotended the viieft nrwfpr.per that ever
difgracd a free country—the Aurora, pro-"'
claimed the day as a Julilce, a day r;f thanks
giving, that the man who had done more
milchief to the United States, than all others
was dripped of the robes of office, and re
alised to s Pimple citizen !*
Arc, not tl-eic measures directly calculated
to deftt-oy oun government ? Can we expeft,
that men of fair and virtuous charters, of
upright and patriotic intentions, of claimable ,
manner?, and eminent talents, \yill quit their
homes, their families, and their hufinefs, to
waste their cays in supporting a govern
ment which is falling a prey to sal/hood, to
a fyftetn of lying ; that they \v.Jl leave fitoa
tions in which they arc independent, refpeft
ed, and beloved, to' encounter evils like
those I have been spumerating ? It is
not to be expected. The democrats know
that they fliall finally wettr out the friends
of government ; that one after another
they will retire from the (form which beats
upon every head, and leave the ti.nftitution
"l Jerque adrift in that " tempestuous sea •
of liberty," which Mr. Jefferfon and his
party so much admire.
BUll LEIGH.
IViCIUS.
* T he f lowing charaftrr of general
VV I'fhii'gton appeared in the Au:<,ra of
March 6, 1797.
" Lord naw letteft thou thy.servant de.
part in peace fnr mine eyes Lt'ave seen thy
falration,' was the piVus ejaculation of a 4
man who behvld a Jk. dof /ap : inefs rufli- I
ing in upon mat kind —lf ewer there was a I
time that w> nld license the reiteration of
the exclamstion 4hat time it row arrived ;
for the mar who is the f urre of all the raif
fortun. s of (jui o untry, is thin day reduced
to a level with his fellow, ciuzer s snd is 00
longer prffefled of po»c- to multiply ovilg
upco the United 'tat It ever there was
a period for rejoicing, this is the mom-uc
- every heart in unison with the freedom
and happiness of the people, ought to beat
high with txultation tfca. the name of
W'. sh ncton irom this, day ct;.fcg to give
a currency to political iniqutiy, and to Ie»
galize corruption .
a new aera is now opening upon us, a new
aera which promifeß much to the people ;
for public measures must npw IWd upon
their t wn merits, and nefarious proje&s caa
no longer be fupportsd by a n in e —When
a retrofpeA is taken ff the Wajh ngtonian
administration for eight years, it is a fubjeck
of the greatest aftonilhment, that a single
individual fliould have canceled the princi
ples of repuplicanifm in an enlightened peo
ple, just emreged from the gulph of defpa.
tifm, and fliould have carried his designs a
gaiuft the pnblic liberty so far, as to have
put in jeopardy its very existence : —such, *
however, are the fa&s, and with these fla
ring us in the face, this day cught to be a
Jubilee in the United Slates.
Smith &c Rodman,
No. 14, south Fr:mts4rtety
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