JST AUTHORITY. "
STI
CANAL LOTTERY.
OFFICE, 149 Chtfmit-flreet, betwien Fourth I? fifth
streets. "
WARRANTED UNDRAWN Tickets for sale at the
above Office, where is kept a corrcft calcul of
the real value of Tickets for public information.- —alio,
a faithful numerical Book, open for intpeiSion, gratis. Hani
Prize Ticketsiu the above, New-Callle, or Waihington ties
Motel Lotteries, purchased or exchanged." , thui
N. B: A ghare in the New-Theatre to of. j-
Navmbtr 23. § Q e ,
George Bringhurft, of 1
COACH V HARNESS MAKER,
RESPECTFULLY iot'orrrif his friends and the public, <-»
that he has removed from Arch-street, to No. 2$ in this
north Fifth-llreet, adjoining the Episcopal Burial Ground, anC(
where he continues the buiinefs of
Coach making in all its Branches. A b e
He makes all kinds oJ. crane neck and per-ch Carriages,
iuch as Coaches, Chariots, PLxtons, and Coachees ; also,
Chairs, Kittereens, Gigs, Sulkeys ; and all kinds of Har
ness, with plated or brass mounting. He hath a good £
supply of the best materials, and a ftoek of the best sea- wit
ibned wood. " y
Orders liom any part of ths United States will be du- r n
iy attended to with the gdcatell punAuality and dispatch.
• His long experience in Lufinels, his care in the execu
tion of his work, and an unremitted'attention to the de
lires of his employers, he Hatters himfelf will piovsfuth- \VI
cicnt recommendations. fide
He has several iecond-hand Carri ges for sal«, viz. a
compleat Coachce, wirh*a coachman's feat and Venetian .
blinds all round; a Plixton ; a Chair ; and a Sulkey with
a'falling top. n0
All kinds of Carriages fold on Commission, and Car- tre
riagos taken in to Itand by the month or year. of
Apprentices wanted to the Bufmefs.
J'bilaiehb:d, November ai. t,t,&s3».xawd*
TO THE PUBLIC. lre
MINIATURE PAINTING. £
A Limner from Paris refpcilfujly informs the public, j
that he paints Likenesses in Miniature, in such
striking and pleating a manner, as will, he hopes, fitisly .J*'
those who may employ lain. His Li.ceneffcs are wai- lat
ranted, his fittings fhoet, und his terms easy, in}
His Room is at No. 2, north Fifth-ftreet. or
November ix. § I 9 t - t, O
P. S. As he lhortly intends returning to France, he
invites such I .adies and Gentlemen as m.iy be desirous of en
having their Portraits drawn, to take advantage oi the ty
pref--nt time. tre
Portraits. pj
ANY Ladies and Gentlemen, who are desirous of hav
ing their Likenesses taken, may have them done by
applying to the Painter, at No. 1 il,corner of Union and b >
Fourth streets, wh--re they can be referred to specimens. du
Oiftober 19. eod fe
the pc
Tiifurance Company of North-America "<■
TNFORM the PUBLIC, that they make lufurasce againll ac
J. Fire, on Furniture, Merchant!»l'e, aed Houses, at the
rate of shillings and Three-Pence for One Hun ||j
dred Dollars for Hazards of the firft class, and for Hazard-
ous articles, at an advance'proportioned to the riik.
Nov IQ. ' a,]
luition of the French 1 onguc,
IN AN IMPRgTtD r..JiN..KR. l | J
P. L. PORT/• £R, pi
AFTER examining the French prSriunciation, with
regard to the lets«r« made use of to—exprefe it, ; s
and th; difficult)** which neccffarily occur in its being
foop acquired by foreigners who apply themselves to the
fludy of the French tongue; difficulties arifing—ift. m
Fro n the different ways in v.-hich the fame found is re
prefented —2d. From the sfual way of exprefling differ- ta
ent founds —3d. And from the want of means fit to csrf-
vey to th: miud, these founds with fnnplicity and clearness.
Convinced that to r.move .these difficulties, or at least
to lessen them, is an attempt worthy the attention of to
those who are desirous to learn the French lauguage. ht
P. L.Portier, most refpe el fully olfjrs his fcrvices to
the enlightened pu'ilic of this city, in order to teach the
French tongue, cfpeciajly the reading of it, by a-method 1"
yet anpra&ifed any where. m
, This .method", simple iu itfelf, is to convey to the mind, bt
by means of particular charatflers, every kind of founds, th
and words, without any regard to the letters used to com- t j
p«'fe them. 1
Each ckaraiter -(fill exprtfs one syllable, representing to
the mind the only French found proper for it; these ch?.- bt
ruiltrsare so cafy to form, and o recollcdt, that tlie mean- th
eft conception may thoroughly tmderftand them in leii l a
than a month. n(
As soon as the scholar is acquainted with tl.efe eharac- .
ters, he cannot he at a lass in the feading ef any French
words, because he will find in the table of fharaihers, and °i
observations th reon, the right way of pronouncing every It
proper word. o
Another advantage deriving from this method, is to
enable the learner to adapt thefs chnraSicrs to his own
tongue; wh-eh if may find very convenient, either to w
write private notes, or even, corre'fpondwith any o*e hav
ing a knowiedue of them. ri
The intention of the author is to keep an Evening Jjj
8c1k»1 from 7 to y, and to uttend at the houfei of those i- ( |
J.a.fics ,-.w G-nuei. 11 w.io -uay be plsafed to honour |
hint witli tlieir cou-r. nds. He .will teach every day, | 111
one hour by lesson, during which, he | ti
Vill do his utmo;l to deserve their favour ' ;t;
He presume to affme liispatroJis, that the greatcft. ]
punctuality lhal! be obferveJ in his hears of attendwe, j
jr.J that neither care nor pains fh. !1 he wanting for th ..r | 0
La..(oveuutit in lea'dii.'g, writing and lpeaking the French 1 Vl
language. Apply to No. ISI, south Front Street, between p
Sf>'r * and I'i November 17. % eodlw. jjj
_ , n
r ~f~*HE LOT of ground 39 i set 3 inches front on Fifth- e
JL arvH 114 fe<*t deep on Gafkill-Oreet, took pof
fciTjon of by Hurst, as Attorney to William y
fubjedt to a ground rent, for ever, of twenty
f\*ir pounds ten lhillings and seven-pence half-penny per
a.ir.uin—Alfo, to arrears ot rent due firft of January, P
' % 1796, ninety-eight pounds two killings and fix pence to j
the fubferiber. d
Susannah liodnsy. /
Philad. Nov. 2t- *3t. c
.To he htold, ..
r T"'HAT handfoipe (eat ne:.r Princeton, the property of j
A. the late Rev. Dotflor John W'itherfpsofi, known by
ire'T'e of TUSCULUM. It conlils of a neat >vell t
vdked stone House, two ltories high, with lour rooms '
o\i-each.floor, and a crllai under the whole There are >
lUtachfd to it one hnndred atid fifty acre. <*t Land, more ;
cr let's, -ajhl chiefly incloftd with good and durable !Une
"f-siceo. /Of these about eight acres are natural meadow, | '
fii. acres itrSificiitl l'own with red clover, and from twenty | 1
to thiit-y Wirt woodland. On the premises there is aI 1
valuj'lie Otehaid of yonng »nd thrifty apple trees, a fra- I
liied barn and f'.abits, two corn houses, a grain loft, and
iairiage house quite new, a n; B stone r.iilk houfs, and
near it a well, and a conilant fpnng oi water. For
l.rir.s a.Fply to Thomas V.Jounston, F.fq. or the Rev.
b, MUEL S. SsclTH, in PriMeton ; or to the fulieriber at
Ann Witherfpoon.
TuJwlum. NVv. 2t.
STRICTURES on a publication, mtitliJ " Fea- I" P
turcs of Mr. Jay's Treaty, from aS. C. paper. .
, f CONCLUDED.] gen<
«« By the constitution, congress is endowed with well
f the power of declaripg war : Suppose," faj» he, thet
" that this had been aa «Sfenftve and defeniive al- w'as
• liance, binding us to join Great-Britain in hoftih- of p
i ties France ; could the President and Senate on c
thus negotiate us into a war ? I will change tit di
f*pjTofition, and then aflc hiin the quellion : when the
- Genet proposed a treaty in 1793, the fine qua nan aft,
of which was our taking part iu the war, (which rus
was happily avoided by the Piefident's rehifnl to ot [
confene the Senjte for that puipofe, and for * n f
11 this writer has never forgiven him; luppofe «o flh. ltrai
'> snce, offenfive and defeniive, with France, had been heal
made, would not Citizen Genet and his American pulj
abettors have thus negociated us into a war ? !>}' whe
s> the constitution, congress is empowered to regulate fluei
!' commerce with the Indian tribes: he afes, " what tion
right Uiere is by treaty to regulate our cojnmei'cc aod
with tUe Indian tribes?" And then he alTerts, that (hoi
" whenevei a treaty of peace and amity has hereto- pub
fare been concluded with the Indians, it has been ihoi
1 the conllitutional pradtice ot the Piefident to eall hav
on congress to regulate the commerce with them." add
i- \Vhat does this p.ove The calcs where the Pre
sident has recommended to congress to Tegulate La'
a the intercourse with the Indian tribes were only lior
l j" those in relation to tribes with whom there were te?i
1 no treaties, or those with whom there were only ps
r- treaties of peace, or those with whom regulations tl °'
of commerce and intercourse had net been ftipulat- wit
ed by treaty : But I challenge any one to produce ,nt <
an inrtancc where, after a precise flirtation by
treaty on the fubjeft of commerce, the Prelideot no
has called on congress to confirm that by law. 011 ft*-' 6
ths other hand, all our treaties with the Indian tha
_ c ,j tribes will farnifh inttances, overturning the whole. w ''
y of this writei's dodtrine ; some contaiaing Th
r- lations of commerce or intercourfs, otheis contain- S®i
ing grants of money, either by payments in gross eoi
or anntwl payments, and other* hxiug territorial
boundaries, none of which have ever been confirm
of etl by congTeis, or have ever fuggeded the necefli- in
he ty of luch confirmation. It was reserved for a tll!
treaty ivitb England to call forth all the venom of co:
faction againlt the conftitu.ional powers of tlie
President and Senate, and to excite to tlifcoveries 3-
never dream't of before. It will not be doubted
nd by those who have traced the source of i-ertain
dogmas, that a treaty •with France would have fuf
fered all thole conllitutional quellionj to have re- 'h'
poXedj in peace. A mind the least difcernkig will P s
:a not fail ta carry all these objections to'their proper ft'
nil account. ml
:he « Congress," he proceeds to remark, " have f"
in the exclusive (igbt to define pirttry." Had he exa
mined the a£t'of congress on the (übjeft of crimes
and punishments, he would have found therein a hn
reference to piracy by treaty. Congress knew so
well the extent of the treaty-making power, that «fl
they expressly recogaize it, by refering to cases of U;
piracy defined by treaty ; and this was done without
the idea of an objection. This, arnonjj.other p«Kots, to
,t> is at once a specimen of the writer's ignorance, g r
the and an evidence that he is not, nor has ever been, t' l
rft. in the itation wbish his herald has proclaimed. t0
re- "By the constitution," we are next told, "no ar
er " ta* or duty can be laid on articles exported fram th
any 'state." The 12th article is again prefled into c c
, a the furvice of this wri:er, tho' no part of the treaty, t' l
of to piove ihat the constitution has been violated : 11!
he fays, is it not wicked to fuppsfe that by treaty
t0 exportation of the atticles themselves can be
prohibited 1 Observe the fallacy of this argu- w
ment : The constitution provides that no duty shall c<
nd, be laid on articles exported from any state, that is 11
ds, thfe produce of any state ; therefore it is an infrac- C!
im " tion of the constitution to exportation P 1
, of the produce of the Weft-Indies in American bl
h ? .. bottoms. Now, there are three points which take
an- this out »f the coaditution. 1. No tax or duty is nl
'c' B laid, but the exportation is prohibited ; 2. It is ' e
not of' the produce of the Uuited States, but of r '
the Weft-Indies ; 3. It is not a total prohibition a
and of the export, but in American bottoms : To ex
ery tend this cJaufe of the constitution to all articles ai
exported from the United States, would be prepofr. } s
,0 terous," for then the whole system of drawbacks u
to would be annihilated- Congiefs have always re- ''
av- gulated the teims 011 which foreign articles may be ,l
re-exported from the United States ; and may pro- •'
:n S hibit, when expedient, their re-exportation altoge- h
10lt " j ther. To argue, that beGai>fe a tax or duty can- 1'
' not belaid 011 the export of American produce,
he j the total exportation oft them cannot, under cer
j tain circumltances, be prohibited, woulj be to re- 1
j 11it.'in congress from exevciling the salutary power '■
y| of laying embargoes, (a power which hit been e- b
:ndi 1 vcn delegated to the President alone) and of stop- <'
cen ping in time of war, the export of certain commo- r
j dities, which might be iwdifpenfably neieffary for c
national fafety, a power which has recently been 1
fth- exercised. 1
pof- This portrait painter and delineator of features, 0
13rn who poftefles to lo eminent a degree the talest of
j; _ diflortion, having exhauited his genius in llje dif- c
arj', play of tbe numerous cases of ufurpatmn of
:e t« powei, as he calls it, by the Preftdent and Senate,
adverts nifxt to one cafe, which he terms an aliena
• lion of power. " An ail of congress cannot, (and
!£• can a treaty ?he asks) surrender the right of fe
qtieflering the prop#rty (meaning the cLbts) of a. '
hostile nation ?" He otight fir'ft to have shewn \"hat i
of such right exiftrd. Is it not wonderful, ami ac-j 1
jl countable for only by that perversion of ideas which '
seizes 011 those who make every tiling bend to a fa- 1
c are vorite doftriiie, that the fame individual who cavils ,
mori through many a long page at clear and admitted i
1 P oweis ' immediately after claim a power
ieut ' | not only not exprefl'ed, but only to be dtelueed by
:i 3 a j a drained and inadmiffibre conftruftion ; that the
1 fra- 1 dicklerfor a rigid adhetence to, and ftridt confiruc
, and t ; OI1 0 f t |, e p6wets derived fiom the corsßhutijn,
1 should be ihc advocate (when it suits his puipofe)
Rev '_ of art ulurpetioti of a right, which is not warrant
er at ed by any of that inltrument, 1 mean the l ight
of congress to fq.xrf.er debts ? I caty on this vvri
(. ter, or any of his admirets or alfociates, to put
w his finger cq that clause of the conftl'.ution v.liich'
» 2*
■ r
Kfch cafetheir arrangements mud be - or,, he ,
atneral, and applicable to all debts, domtft.c as tow,
i we'l as foreign. And yet this writer laments pa- man
thetirally that Mr. Dayton's propofit.on, which raou
. vvas fw an interference in private contracts, in arm in
- of Peace, and which was abandoned ttom a convitti- Sup
• on of its ÜBConllitutionality as well as impolicy, subs
: did not fuoceed ! Perhaps it will b, .feed, why hoi
, the treaty then guards .again* the exercise of an ings
j aft, which is not lawful ? Tfie answer i» obvi
-1 S: it was to reltrain congress by the injurious for
, of good faith and the fear of confluences, from
ft an exercise of fo-wer, to which, without such re- fane
, amßt, they might be prompted .» a moment o, J ep ,
n heat and resentment. A Utile knowledge of po- bee
• pular bodies will inform us, that there are periods, up,
r when they, like individuals, arc more under the in- toe
t fluence of passion than reafmi, and when canftitu- opp
, tional barriers have as little efficacy as arguments abr
c addressed to their judgment : on these occaU.r.s, furr
t (hould even the ties of tieaties be broken, it is of prol
public utility and for the national good, that there equ,
o Ihould be the check of other branches, who would
U have the injunctions of fulemn fhpulation, fliper- met
" added to those of reason and honour. , V
There are some other features of this po itical few
e Lavater which are fubjedt to the fame an.madyer- thir
v fions as the preceding ; indeed the whole piece ly f
c teems with the mbft barefaced misrepresentations wh<
V of the treat), or the moil glaring mifintcrpreta- ale
tions of the constitution. Every part of it might
r. with ease be refuted to the fatisfadion of every
•e intelligent and unprejudiced reader. But fatigued ma<
; y .-ind difgufled with displaying thus minutely the mi
lt monstrous abfurditieg of his do&rines, it will fur- ex
Gee to fun up the whole with this observation ing
that all which relates to fact is mifrcprefeiited, all f>«<
| e which relates to the constitution is mifconllrued. rao
n . The whole reasoning on the constitution, which
fonltitutes the efTence of this precious production, iy,
,f s concludes in this, « that no treaty whatever can tio
a l be made." . . r .
n If his reasoning proves any thing, it mult result the
si. in that : for, he fays, " Congress, by the eo.ifh- cer
tution, have the exclusive right, I. to regulate im
0 f commerce with foreign nations and with the In- tr)
l, e dian tribes ;2. to take rtloney out of the treasury ; tl«
~s 3. to declare war ;4. to define piracy ;5. to a <
ed make rules refpeding territory ; 6. to borrow br<
,in money:'' consequently the President and senate
jf. cannot bind the United States in refpeft to any of
re . these objects : but in as nwch as no power but the _
'ill President and senate can make treaties, by the con
\er llitution, it follows that no treaty whatever can be
made in relation to any of those objects, and con
lVe fequently no treaty at all; for it is impofTible to
ca . suppose a cafe of a treaty which (hall not embrace a n
SCB one ov another of them. How will he extricatc ob
a himfelf from tins dilemma ? If he fays, u the trea- fit
so ty, when ratified by the President and senate, mufl th
lat afterwards be ratified by the house D f reprefenta
of tives," then the-treaty will not be njaoc Uy 'it. _L
,ut President and two thirds of the senate, agreeably C a
lts to the constitution, but by the President and (ton- m
ce ' grefs: if he fays, that after tie tie6ty is ratihed by to
en ' the President and senate, acts of congtefs mult pass 0 1
' to Garry it into efFect, then the President gnd senate hi
no are diverted of thci» constitutional authority j for bt
„ m their ratification would be inoperative, without the re
ito concurrence of the house of representatives ; and fl;
t y , there would be this further absurdity, that thessett t
J : nate would by a majority of votes 1 evife what they ai
aty had fanitioned by two-thirds. h;
be Such are the inconfiftences into which those tl
th- writers run, who, abandoning ttie plain di&ates of c,
i a ll common sense and the simple path of the conftitu- oi
tis tion, entangle themselves in the labyrinths of chi "
a c- canery and error : and yet, so great is the force
ion prejudice, so much are the understandings of fenfi- i,
- an ble men frequently clouded by the mil's of pallion, p
jke that this distorter of truth is f .id to have his ad- y
fjs mirers 1 A ftiperficial and cursory ptfriifal of a g
; s len»thy piece, artfully adorned with the flowers of tl
■0f rhetoric and the beguilements of fophiltry, may for «
j 0;) a moment mifkad even the well infoimed ; but ti
tx . they will, if unprejudiced, foot! fee the deception f (
] t5 and search for something solid and substantial. they f (
o f. will turn to the constitution, where they will find, «
cks in ph*' w nnd intelligible language, " that the Pre- si
re . fident and the senate have the power to make trea- h
he ties, and that such treaties are the supreme law of p
, ro . the land." They will then execrate the men who I
, TC . have prolhtuted their talents in thus endeavoring r
an . to impose on their understandings. h
, ce 1 shall terminate these ftii<stures with oneqque- t
, er '. tion : had the Piefident and senate, in the year <
re- 1793, when applied toby citizen Genet, entered r
wer into an alliance offenfivo and defennvc wit.h France,
e . by virtue of which the United States stipulated to r
op. declare war against England, to borrow money, to ;
mo. raise armies, to regulate piracy, and to regulate the t
f ov commeicial intercourse of the.two countries, would ,
ICI - n the writer of the features or his partisans have ut- t
tered a syllable of doubt touching their con'.tituti- ]
ir „ t onal right of making such a treaty ? 1
t of V A T E L.
dif- ■ ■ - 1
of
From the Columbian Cs.vtinei.
ate,
ena ; SPIRIT OF THE TIMES,
and
e ' [From the publications in the Chronicle*, said to be
[if a> « proceedings of the town of Plymouth," the public
Vhat raighT (if they credited any thing iiTuing from that
j a C - foiirce) be led to believe that the inhabitants of that an
hich cient town were disorganizing antifederalifts. To free
r them from an imputation so difgraceful, we are happy
a V." in being able to present the citizens of the United
lvi/s § tateS( with the following PROTECT —which flronj;-
itted [y evi iKfa liiat the most refpedtable part of the citizens
jwer thereof, and thole molt largely embarked in naviga
dby fion, are firm friends to the Federal Government, to
• the good order/ and the confUtuted authorities.]
,; jn Whereas at a meeting of the inhabitants of the
iofe) town of Plymouth,oll tl e 28th day of Oflober inft.
ran- " for the purpofeof taking into feriotis coniidera
righi 1100 'he treaty entfred into by the President. and
wt-j. twenty Senators, and the goverr-mc-it of Great
p Ut Britain," it was hastily determined to dispense wish
hich' '' gspubli&cd iu iht Aurora.
the legal qualifications of voters, in confcquencc of
which determination, a large number of the inhabi
tants, immediately withdrew themselves, conceiving
the mseting to be no Unger a legal meeting of the
town. N»twithftanding which, fwndry persons re
mained, and calling themfelres the town of P|y_ v
mouth, proceeded to pass resolutions, reprobating
in lUong and indecent terms, the condudl of the
Supreme Executive of the United States. We the
fubferibers inhabitants of the Uwn of Plymouth
holding in just abhorrence such irregular proceed
ings, thi»k it our duty, publicly to manifeft our
" marked and pointed difapprobatiah," of the fame
for the following reasons :
Firjl. Becaule the treaty having received the
fandtioa of the Conftitutcd Authorities, (so far as
depends on the decifien df tbofe authorities) has
became in the language t>( the GcmiUtution,. << tlie
,! supreme law of the land"—any attempts therefore
. to counteract its operation, is an open and avowed
opposition to.the general government, and highly
; alarming to the peace of the community, js the in
, furredtion in the Western counties of Pennfyivania,
( I probably originated in meetings conduced witk
■ equ*l temper and mederation.
I I Second. Because the persons assembled at this
. meeting were incompetent to decide, on the merits
of so complex an initrument, as the treaty, very
i I few of them ever having seen or read it, and every
- | thing relative to the whole bufinef?, being previoul
: ly prepared by the original movers of the meeting,
s | who in all inftancej, have been hostile to the seder
! al constitution and the admiailhation of it, from
t its firft establishment.
Third. Because such meetings, and the efforts
i I made to convene them, by pra&ifing on the paf
c j lions of the honest, though uninformed, are in the
extreme dangerous in a republican government, hav
, ing a diredt tendency to introduce the empire of
J J licentiousness, which is only a short prelude to the
. j more permanent one of despotism.
hi Fourth. Because tha ftriftures made pn the trear.
, ty, in the aforefaid resolutions, are a mere repeti
n lion of certain inflammatory sentiments, which have
been echoed and re echoed to the public ; and while
t they contain the moll untounded, indiscriminate
[. censure on illußrious and amiable patriots, whose
e important, meritorious services rendered their soun
i- i try, ought to endear them to every friend of it,pay
; the highest eulogium to Stephens Thorafon Mason,
o a Senator of the United States, for a notorious
iv breach of official confidence.
:e Plymouth, Odt. 30th, 1795.
>f j Signed by 72 CITIZENS.
Ie j • '' '
i- Fur the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
>e J —
1- j " Iffaehar is a jircng ass."
o j WILLING to carry any burdens through thick
:e . and thin ; the dirtied roads, the mod formidable
tc obltru£tions the " hill difficulty" or the " valley of ♦
a-, humiliation" are all the fame to " ftrotig asses" of
ft this world.
a- On my return from a visit to a brother parfoß,
>ej_i llr.|.|-.. ,1 -'-an T,,n for refrelhment. a»d an Afri
ly can bottler held my Itirrup tor 1 vreSff limb to iif- -
n- mount. His hat was under his arm, his body bent
>y j to more'than a curve, and his looks »f criuging
ifs j obsequiousness for a moment angered me, rot at
te him, for I saw slave in the furrows of his chesk,
or but at the firlt gold coast navigators who thus da
he red to change humanity into a " strong ass"—Not
nd slaves alone are thus meanly subservient, I
le- to myfelf. I know some in that predicament wh»
ey 1 are free—ls it possible ? How free ? Why they
| have the keys to their chamber—they go, like
jfe j the winds, where they lift-:—they are oot in tke
of I custody of the officer—But avarice fends them
:u- j on vile errands, and to fetch or carry gold, they
ui- I " couch down" like Iffaehar the " (li*>ng ass."
of J 1 fometimesfee a little mercenary attorney" couch
if'- j ing down" at the bar, taxing his bill of cost and
>n, I pointing to the careless client that he has forgotten
id- J >'one (hilling more for this writ." I hear himar
a j gue, not with ingenuity, not with eloquence, for
of j then I (hould do him homage, but by rote ; croak
tor j wig sentences from the statute book, and hefita
>ut ting law from his " puddled"memory. I hear him
011 scold a trembling culp'it, as a toothlcfa old woman
icy fcoldsa wayward child ; a culprit for the firft time
id, whose only offence is cutting a twig from the way
re- fide tree. But this urchin avenger of public wrongs
sa- holds his dogs eared law iii one hand, anCi rudely
of puthes from him " sweet mercy" with the other,
'ho His bray, his stupidity, his callousness are all de
ing j rived from the house of " Iffaehar" and when I fee
j him with his green bag moiling for the last dollar of
> e l-j the entangled client, verily I fee as " strong 'an
e ar I<• a ss" as the patriarch did, when he gazed at the
rec l most (luggilh of his ahildren.
!ce, On some of those days, when Ido not preach
to myfelf, I fit down in the body feat of the firft meet
' ing house that I find. Occafioually lam inftru£t
the et J by an ingenious sermon modelled by a" work
uld man that needeth not to be ashamed," but when
ut " the clergyman is corpulent, red faced, and a heavy
l; ti- leaner upon the cushion, when he founds divinity
through his nose, when he copies the huge pages of
Dr. Gill or Flavel, and reads them without empha
sis, though I canno: discern long ears rising each
lide of his u ig, lam confident tl-iat fome 1 ' strong
ass" has mistaken the pulpit for the (table.
When a Candidate forCongrefs, instead of ftw*
dying the constitution at home, is conftastlyin a
0 bar room with, a mtig in his hand courting the f.i.-
iblic fragc» of the! populate. When, for the fake ot a
that vote, lie bows the neck of his judgment a> tic
tan- beckon of a fool, and resigns his belt grounded o
ffte pinions to Hide easily into those of his neighbour.
PPy When, like absalom he (lands at the city gate, tsk
ing every ftfanger faptiliaily by the hand, i .quiiing
zens his grievances, and hinting that, "if / were a ru
*iga- ler in Israel hov soon they would be redrcfied, the
1,"to most aarclefs ela£tor may auticipate \ irgiwia politics
liotter than the fun, battles against the funding n(-
tem, crude calumny against the President, zeal for
the French lanterns, and resolutions of democratic clubs
•n't- enough to fill both panniers of" a ftr»ng ass."
lera " Should lin a morning's walk c4r ride, (top fcr reft
• at f,:ne lug house Or cottage in my way, and te
if" l L urvy looking fellow, fmclling strong of naufe
with cmSs di'.ugs, poking frequently into old saddle bas'.s
1 ,„r phi jls, and feeling pnlfes which keep time with