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Laws of the U. States.
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No. I.
By the President of the United Stales of
America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, by an act of the Congress of
the United States, of the third of March,
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen,
*u much of the several m ts imposing du
ties on the ships and vessels, and on goods,
wares, and merchandize, imported into
the United Stales, as imposed a discrimi
nating duly of tannage between foreign
Vessels and vessels of the United Slates
and between goods Imported into the U
wile.l States in foreign vessels and vessels
of the United Slates, were repealed, so
far as the same respected the produce or
manufacture of the nation to-which such
foreign ship or vessel might belong, such
repeal to take elfect in favor of any fo
reign nation whenever the {’resident ol
the United States should he satisfied that
•the discriminating or countervailing du
ties of such foreign nation, so far as they
operate to the disadvantage of the U'n**l
Slates, have been abolished ;
And whereas satisfactory prorf has
been received by me, through the Charge
d’Affaires of the United Stales in Sweden,
under date of the thirtieth day of Janua
ry, one thousand eight hundred and twen
ty-one, that thenceforward all discrimi
nating or countervailing duties in the
of Norway, so far as they oper
ated to* the disadvantage of tho United
States, had been and were abolished.
Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, (‘re
■bidetil of the United States of America, dr
hereby declare and proclaim, tint so
much of the several acts imposing duties
on the tonnage of ships and vessels, ami
on goods, wares, and merchandize, im
ported into the United States, as imposed
a discriminating duty of tonnage between
vessels of tho Kingdom of Norway and
vessels of the United States, and between
goods imported into the United Slates in
vessels of the said Kingdom of Not way
and vessels of tho United Elates, are re
pealed, so far as the same respect the
produce or manufacture of the said King
dom of Norway.
(liven under my hand at the City of
Washington this '2oth day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-one, and
the forty-sixth year of the Indepen
dence of the United States.
JAMES MONROE.
By tlie President:
John Quince An a .vis,
Secretary of State.
No. 11,
By the V resident of the U. tiled Slates of
.‘hutnea.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, by an act of the Congress of
tho United Stales, of tho third of March,
one thousand eight hundred and liUeeu,
so much of the several acts imposing du
ties on the ships and vessels, and on goods,
wares, and merchandise, imported into
the United Slates, as imposed a discrimi
nating duty ot toHiusga between foreign
Ves.ols and vessels of ihe United States,
and between goods imported into the
U- Stales in foreign vessel* Se vessels of
■the United Stales, were repealed, so farm
the same respected the produce or manu
facture of the nation to which such lb
reign ship or vessel might belong, such
repeal to lake effect in favor of an* fo
feign nation whenever the President ol
the United Slate* should he satisfied that
the discriminating or countervailing
duties of such foreign nation, so far as
they operate to the disadvantage of the
United Stales, have been abolishc I:
And whereas satisfactory proof has
been received by me, under date of the 1
eleventh of May last, that thenceforward
■all discriminating or countervailing du
ties ot the Dukedom ol Oldenburg, so far
a* they might operate to the disadiou
tage of the Uniteit Stales, should he, and j
were, abolished, upon his Highness the I
Duke ot Oldenburg’s being duiv certified 1
of a reciprocal act on the part »V the bin-1
ted State* -
Now, therefore, J, James Monroe
President of the United States of Ann iT
va,do hereby declare and proclaim, that
much of the several acts impodu- du
ties on the tonnage of ship* and vessels,
and on goods, warp, and merchandise*
imported into the > United States, as im
g*ose a discrimuiafcwg duty oftoniuge be
tween vessels of trie Dukedom of Ol 1,.,,.,
burg and vessels of the United States,
■and between goods imported into the Uni
ted States, iu vessels of the said Duke
dom of Oldenburg and \ csseJs ol the Uni
j ted States, are repealed, so far as the
same respect the produce or manufac-
I turn of the said Dukedom of Oldenburg.
Givecu undenhy hand, at the City of
Washington, this twenty second day
of November, in the year of our
Lord .one thousand tight hundred
and twenty-one, and the forty-sixth
year of Independence of the United
.Stales.
JAMES MONROE.
Dy the President:
John Quince Adams,
Secretary of Stale,
"••SSSSSLJSSSS'.'. -■!—
FROM THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL.
Advantages of Travelling.
Messrs. Editors. —Although I have tra
velled a great deal during my li(e, I ne
ver experienced so many inconveniences
us in a jaunt I took a few J lys ago from
I this city to . At an early hour 1 took
my scut iu the stage, in which there were
seven people ; on the hack seat sat an el
i derly lady and her daughter ; iu the mid
dle a Frenchman, a woman with a sick
- ly looking baby, and a fat purse-proud
1 looking citizen, who seemed wrapped up
■ in the consciousness of his own import
" ante, and on the front seat a sea-laring
. man, a son of Ksculapius and myself.
- We soon, however, slopped to take iu
another passenger, who, alter keeping ns
\ alu'l half hour wailing, made her ap
■ poararu e in the shape of a female ot a
l: bout 40 years of age, followed (without
l- the least exaggeration) by from'J to 10
** persons sending messages by her, such as,
j “remember b« to John ; tell Mary I’ll
ir soon bo up; takv care ol the bonnet,”
in great piO.ffsion. Before the lady
took her seat, she put in*Uie stage, toge
ther with her trunks, bags a .1 bundles
. enough, 1 firmly believe, for a person go
ing a year’s journey, and that eye-son-,
that pest of the traveller, a band-box,
. with an injunction from her to the pas
sengers to take special care of it, and she
wa« just stepping in, when she c ried out
“O ! I have forgot the cantelopcs,”
and with this a servant was dispatched
f into the hour, who soon returned, bring
ing a large basket full of those things,
and wa* proceeding to placfe them in the
.. stage, when the Frenchman, who had
displayed great uneasiness at the lady’s
* quantity cd trunks, Sic. halloed, “ Ah!
’ ha! madam, mart Hue! more tings!
more tings ? eu veritc, madam, dere is no
’ room,” in a great passion, and the rest of
■* the passengers exclaiming against the im
propriety of her so doing, she was pre
-1 vailed upon to leave them beh'nftl, and
* took her scat in sulleu silence and we pro
ceeded on our journey.
As none of the passengers seemed dia
u posed to enter into conversation. I did not
r attempt it, and we had proceeded several
1 miles without making any thing more
than a few occasional remarks, when the
'. following conversation took place lic
' tween the elder lady and her daughter,
1 on Ihe back scat, “Oh ! mother !”
’ “ Well, iieckey, what’s iho matter?”
■ “ I have forgot nay ruffles iu the little
hox.” “ What ?” “ 1 have forgot the caps
and ruffles,” “Well, Ido say for me, I
s never heard of such \ ile doings during the
H whole course of my life—forget the caps
*’ & ruffles?” “ What will we do, mother:”
“ Whul will »edo ? Why we will do
I" without thorn, you fee kless creature, and
l " have them sent up to us.” '-Oh ! dear, 1
e said the daughter, half crying and sunk
' into stillness, to chew tlie cud of her own
thoughtlessness.
My situation was the most unpleasant
one imaginable, the lady’s band-box was
0 placed close to mo, and her trunk under
0 my feel, so that my knees were literally
J thrust into my mouth, and every jolt of
the stage brought my head with great
‘ force iu full contact with my knees, which
caused no little pain ; indeed, so great a
blow did 1 receive upon the dement ol
1 the stage from off a large stone, that 1
" actually loosened one of my front teeth;
11 but the lady, who was the “cause oflhis
y effect,” totally disregarded my conlor
p tious, but every now and then thrust her
head in between the passengers, and cri
ed, “ take care of my band-box, take care
j. of my hand-box.”
To add, if possible, still more to the
j comforts of my situation, tho breath of
I the sou of Esculapius on the right side,
was far more disagreeable than his own
assskolida. and he on my left was a great
chowerof lonacco, and spit very often,
so that it was ten chaiues to one, if there
was any wind stirring, that 1 got the
whole of it in my face.
We had go he about half our journey,
when a stage drove biliously past us, the |
driver ol it cracking his whip and whist
r ling to his horses ; “ah ! ha ! are you for
that work?” exclaimed our driver and
( began to drive hi? horses, in a fall gallop;
I j he had just accomplished his purpose,
| that of getting -ahead of the other stage,
when off came tho wheel and down we
' went with great lorce, as my poor face
can fully testily—the child cried—the ;
\ I rent hmau vociferated inn fui! juirhlan I
—the women shrieked and the citizen
gate out his intention of speaking to ihe
proper authorities, i would hero make
f -• shglit Agression to say that the many
I accidents tied occur, owing to the dri
.. J vers, call loudly for tho interference cf
J the proper authorities to put a stop to u
practice so disgraceful, by which so nia
, ny lives arc risked by their unprincipled |
conduct.
I Luckily no one was hurt in body, a!-'
though the lady . f the bandbox was sore
‘ ly afflicted iu mind, for with all her tries
| t‘to take r are of her band box,” it was
completely smashed, together with it?
contents, which consisted of, as she gave I
*to ;< new l»oimot whii she j
j had just bought the day before. Indeed
1 was so mu Ini-lion like as to rejoice at
Iter distress, because I thought she would
never again bring a band-box into a stage.!
The injury the stage sustained I v the
fall was so great as to detain us mar three
j hours whit h made it very late at night
i before we arived at our place of des
11inatiou. Dot Messrs, Editors, I have
come to this conclusion, ifevor I have to
use a lai.il carriage again, if shall not be a
stage coach, provided I cau in any way
compass hiring a private conveyance, free
from band boxes, trunks, bigs and bun
dles.
AN OLD B \CIIELOR.
NEW-VORK, SFPT. 2.
5 One Day Later from England.
The ship Factor, arrived at Phila
delphia from Liverpool, has brought
London dates of the 25ih July, one
day later than those received, and
published by us on Saturday. They
do not, however, contain any thing of
particular interest. The most recent
accounts from Spain continue to re
present every thing us tranquil at
Madrid. The council of state had
addressed a representation to the
King, as to the conduct of his minis
ters, in consequence of which several
new appointments had been announ
ced. Besides the Duke do I’lnfanta
do, the late minister of war had been
ordered into exile, and other persons,
more immediately attached to the
King’s person, were expected to share
the same fate. The rebel guards af
ter being separated into four detach
ments, were sent 100 leagues from
the capital, their chiefs being detain
ed at Madrid. Intelligence had been
received from Catalonia of the cap
ture of a strong fortress by the Con
stitutionalists, the factious having
1 10,000 killed and wounded.—These
’ disorders, it is observed, with a weak
’ and corrupt ministry might have ac
i quired a dangerous characlerr; but
i the seven heads of the hydra are cut
■ off at Madrid, and, under a ministry
' worthy in all respects of a free ua
) tion, they will soon disappear.
, The municipality of Madrid pre
l sented an energetic address to the
' King on the yth of July, in which
they attribute the disorders, with
. which Spain had been alllicted, to the
. bad faith of a great number of his
, ministers, and to the indolence and
> intemperance of others, and call on
j him to consult those only who were
[ virtuous men who alone have the
> right to the glorious title of Liber-
I als.” To the King himself they say
“ Be, Sire, theirs/ Liberal in the uu
\ tion.” At Bilboa, Cadiz, and other
j cities, the news of the revolt of the
i royal guards had excited the utmost
indignation. The militia took up
! arms, and swore to die in defence of
J the constitution. Addresses, expres
. sive of the same sentiments, wore
. every where drawing up and turward
-1 ing to the King; who hud caused
’ different ordinances to he issued, in
which he testified his satisfaction to
{ the regulars and militia, for tlicir
1 good conduct in putting down the in
• surrection «f Ids guards.
2 A note is stated to have been ad
dressed to the Ministry by the Eu
! ropean Ministers at Madrid,declaring
> that their courts would regard any
■ attempt on the King’s person as an
I act of hostility ; and the British min
[ istcr, it is added, had transmitted a
s, separate note, the object of which
> was to announce, that England was
• determined to protect the Constitu-
J tional throne, and the liberties of the
{ Spanish nation. On the other band,
, the Ambassador of France is said to
have left Madrid, and that the Span
-1 ish Minister at Paris would, in con
s sequence, be recalled.
it must be acknowledged, that the
i disposition of the present government
t of France to assist in the restoration
1 of absolute Monarchy in Spain, has
j been too glaring to be any longer
I doubted.—The assembling of so
; large a body of troops on the fron
s tiers, under the pretence of guarding
■ against that which no longer existed,
is ofitsself a strong proof of the sm
, patience of the French ministers to
interfere in Spanish matters. This
1 inclination, however, is not so dis
-1 covcrable or so dangerous in an open
1 assumed hostile attitude, as in that
detestable and underhand policy,
whirl) the Cortes of Spain have lute
ly discovered, and boldly charged a
gainst France. Whatever opinion
may be entertained of some of the
leading men in Spanish affairs, it does
appear, that the desertion of princi
ple or duty on the part of any of the
members of the Cortes, has been ex
tremely rare—-What better guaran
tee, then, is necessary for the protec
tion of the constitution, than to eon
tide in the councils of men, who, like
j the present Cortes, commenced their
labours by a voluntary sacrifice of
I their own pecuniary interests ?
j RUSSIA, TURKEY & GREECE.
1 Accounts received at Odessa, on
J the —7ill of June, from Constantino
! pie, say, 4 ‘ that a special messenger
i had arrived there from Vienna, with
! an invitation to the Sublime Porte to
I send a Turkish Commissioner to Ra
miuee Podolski, to treat direct with
our Court.” A long article is put
forth in one of the Frankfort Jour
nals on the political relations of Rus
| sia and Turkey, and dated St. Pe
lersbnrgh, in which the Emperor Al
exander is made to disclaim (in op
position to the numerous statements
i to the contrary, which have appear
jed in all the foreign papers) every
thing like a disposition or inclination
to favor the Greeks, either directly or
indirectly, in his negotiations with
Turkey. After a laboured attempt
to show, that the Russian Cabinet ne
ver intended to allow the peace of
Europe to be disturbed, and after as
serting that the u Turkish Empire
was recognized as an integral part of
Europe, at the late Congress of Vien
na,” this singular document proceeds
to stigmatize the Greeks as rebels,
whom the Emperor Alexander was
bound to put down, on the same prin
ciple that has concurred iu reducing
the insurgents of Italy. Had he act-j
ed otherwise, “ would not all the Ca-.
’ binds have reproached him with tin;,
greatest inconsistency, and perhaps,.'
. even with ambitious views ?”
In what point of view, then, (con-;
1 tinues the writer) is our contest with
; Russia to be regarded ? It proceeds -
■ from a private difference which the j
1 two States have to settle between,
. themselves, and which the Emperor
. has admitted to the mediation ol|
i Foreign Powers, and rather hasac-!
, cejrted this mediation —because his [
■ j direct relations with the Sultan are
> i broken off—because the present po
litical interest of Russia makes the
- maintenance of peace necessary—be
i cause his magnanimous heart prefers
. peace to military glory—and, lastly,
i because all the monarchs are unani
mous in maintaining the statutes of
. Europe, as laid down at the Vienna
j Congress.
> The state of the case is simply this:
■ 1. Russia is in a state of difference
- with Turkey, but which has arisen
t from the breach of treaties and the
t law of nations on the part of the
f Turks, and in which the Greek insur
- rcction has no direct share.
2. Russia has not by any means
- shewn a tendency to offensive war,
3 but it is able to repel every attack.
i 3. Russia has signified to the Tur
-1 kish Government, by the intervention
2 of England and Austria, in what man
s ner the ancient relations may be recs-
I taWished.
1 4. Negociations are actually on
2 foot respecting this matter.”
2 Regarding the above as an authen
- tic document, we are not surprised to
r find it stated in the London papers,
- that the late atrocities at Constantino
r pie had made no impression on “ the
i* great and pacific Alexander,” who,
t we are now told, lends a deaf ear to
a the representations in favor of the
f murdered Greeks, and feels only for
- the insult offered to himself in the per
il son of his Ambassador.
It is singular, however, if matters
1 had boon arranged betwixt Russia
i & the Porte, in the way which has been
> so often mentioned, that neither of
r these powers had shown a disposition,
- so late as the 25 June, to relajf in
their warlike preparations. At that
- date, intelligence had been received
- at Odessa, that Alexander had not
r withdrawn any part of his army from
f the banks of the Pruth, nor had the
i Tin ks given up an inch of ground in
- Walladiia or Moldavia.
i Accounts from Constantinople, to
i the 19th June, contain various des
s criptionsofthe enormities committed
- in that capital by the soldiers of this
e ‘legitiina! ■ government.’ The Asia-
O O
1, tic troops are represented to be no
-12 wise be hind the Janissaries in deprav
ity, and the Grand Vizier is stated to
- have narrowly escaped with his life
amid the scenes of murder and con
-0 fusion. (i Religion added its assist
t ance to successful villainy. The tri
ll umph of the true believers, the folio w
s ors of the prophet, over the Christian
r nations of Europe, was celebrated by
0 every cruelty and insult that could be
- heaped on those who profess the same
g faith with Englishmen.”,
1
* SA'I UiIDAY, SEPTEMBER M,
1
* Mr. llanxon,
As much has been said and writ
. ten upon the late act of the Governor,
1 in relation to the Secretary of State,
2 1 have not been a little surprized to find
5 that no one attempts to point to the
, remedy which is certainly in the pow
. er of Col, Hammond, and thy onhj
■ one for his relief in the case, I mean
’j the Judiciary. This is the only tri
, j bunal that ran affix a constitutional
r j and binding decision in the case.—
f Whether the Governor, in the exer
cise of his judgment, has erred or not,
is not to be left, in such an important
matter as this, to the opinion of indi
r viduals; nor can the I egislature move
1 in the case, Constitutionally, as it now
’ stands :—their vote, whether for or
' against, cannot alter the case. The
t Judges ot file Superior Court are to
■ pronounce upon, and decide what
■ construction is right in all matters
‘ arising from the letter of the law or
. the constitution; which decision must
i be final and conclusive.
■ ..The remedy in this case for Col.
Hammond is open before him; let
. him apply to one of the Judges of the
1 Superior Court for a Rule, which is,
t and must be granted, as a matter of
course, for Mr. Whitaker to shew
* cause, why a Mandamus shall not
> ' ssue t 0 displace him and restore Col.
I Hammond to the office of Secretary
■ of State ?
But as Col. Hammond has not yet
; adapted this method, it would be well,
. for the satisfaction of the public, that
[ upon the return of this Buie, the
j opinion of all the Judges should be j
i had; this can be done during the ses-!
jsion of the Legislature, as all the;
: Judges will no doubt, be at Milledgc
! ville during the first week, if not
longer. There is but one point in the.
i case, but that one is important, Was
‘ there a vacancy ? It is agreed on all
hands, that if there was, the proceed
-1 ing is correct.
i _ »■
j We commence, to-day, a Review
jof the Sermons of the late Doct.
j Kollock, by a gentleman of classical
| and literary attainments, and of great
i worth in our community. It will be
1; continued, until finished, in every
1 Saturday’s publication. One or two
1 columns, (even in a common news
: paper,) devoted to a subject that
' “ concerned! us above all others,”
i will, we trust, be received with plea
. sure, and read with much profit. All
• we desire of the reader, is to peruse
the present number, and if liberality
of sentiment, and beauty of diction,
’ have effect, a sufficient surety will be
. afforded that proper attention wall be
i paid to the succeeding numbers.
Mr. Monroe’s administration has
( been charged with the sin (an inexpi
able one in a Republic) of wasting the
public treasure. This is the fashion
able cant of the time-serving politi
cian, who, under shelter of the popu
’ lar cry of economy, abuses the pub
lic ear to his insidious ends. The
people are never so credulous as when
’ they are told that their money has
been ill-spent by those whom they
have clothed with public trusts. This
is well known by the demagogue,and
the arts that will best encourage pop
ular suspicion and weaken general
'confidence in those who administer
public affairs, are employed with the
} . cunning, but we hope not with the
success, that generally attend them.
’ Thus has Mr. Jefferson’s adminis
( tration been cited as the golden peri-
I od of our financial history; and Mr.
t Monroe’s compared with it as to the
only just standard of national econo
my. The following is the language
of those who are of this school of
economy. (i The one administration
was all care of the finances; the other
has been all prodigality in its dis
, bursements. The one left us unin
cumbered with debt; the other has
added to it; the expenditures of the
one was in harmony with the severe
] simplicity that best befits a Republic;
those of the other exhibit the extrava
’ gant spirit of monarchy.” It is by
' this sort of parallel that Mr. Mon
roe’s administration has been judged
to have departed from the maxims of
a true Republican economy.
What is the reply ? Have the de
magogues who have thus abused the
public ear had the candour to point to
' our census, and remark the increase
and diffusion of our population ?
Have the) pointed to the extension of
our frontiers by sea and by land?
Have they allowed for the increase
of our establishments to correspond
with these circumstances ? Gan a po
pulation of ten millions be governed
for the same expense as one ut'Jive ?
Can that part of our people which
• have pushed their spirit of adventure
far into the hunting grounds of the
savage, be protected by the same
1 military force as when its enterprize
1 was bounded by much narrower lim
its ? Or can a Navy which proudly
. bears the flag of the Republic to the
, most distant seas, and protects a com
merce which knows no limits but the
habitable globe, be manned and main
tained for the same money as the more
contracted one of Mr. Jefferson ?
Reason and common sense must reply
in the negative.
But this is not all, Mr. Monroe’s ad
-1 ministration has had to provide for the
redemption of a large debt created by
his predecessor. It has to move in
the path marked out for it by public
opinion (which has made a navy, and
an army, and a large pension list po
pular) under this incumbrance so
debt, and with this increase of ex
pense. Should that administration
he therefore blamed if it be embar
rassed, and be charged with extrava
gance should it even experience a
failure of means ? Is it consistent
with truth, or does it comport with
common candor, to judge the adminis
tration of Mr. Monroe by those tests
that were applied to Mr. Jeffer
son’s ? Are our public affairs go
verned by similar principles of poli
cy ? Are our establishments on the
same limited scale ? Are the cir
cumstances of the country the same,
and can the interval between the two
administrations be rendered a blank
in our history, so that the last war
with its attendant expences may be
entirely left out ot view in any com
parison between them ? Let these
questions be answered satisfactorily
before any comparison of the kind be
instituted. But we shall occasional
ly turn to this topic. It is one of
great interest to the for in
i proportion to the success of the eft* i
\to render Mr. Monroe’s administ^ 3 I
I tion unpopular, in regard to thesS K
jof its disbursements, will be the |
jto our national establishments. ‘ ■
: Southern Patriot. I
. FOR THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AM, M
[ GEORGIA ADVERTISER.
REVIEW, [I
0/ Sermons on various Subjects bu n II
late I Jen rv Kollock, I). D.JyJif'H
Dr. Kollock, was a man of noH
r i ordinary stamp ; and, as might have I
. been expected, the productions of hi, ft]
1 pen are such as to do justice to t|» I
t anticipations which his efforts in th e ft
, P ul P il generally excited. After all I
■ that we have seen and heard ofoiher I
’ men, we are compelled to admit tliai I
j there was a charm in his eloquence I
. which we have*never found in equal I
t force in any other individual. We do I
, not speak from personal attachment I
for our acquaintance with his private I
- life was small; nor yet from sectarian I
] partialities, for we are of a different |
e denomination ; but from the impres- |
sion which his public efforts made I
’ upon our mind, and from the sense of I
> that justice which superior eminence I
e in a divine ait clearly demands. It I
g is so seldom that we see a great mind I
exerted upon objects of proportion- I
ate magnitude that we cannot With- I
hold the testimony of our admiration I
s from those cases in which talent ha- I
- received anew splendor from theglo- I
e ry of those themes with which it has I
- been conversant. It is not meet that I
- those who have applied their great I
- powers to the cause of virtue and re- I
• ligion, who have counted the humili- I
e ty of the Cross their highest honor I
i whom “ Ardens evexit ad mtherc I
s virtus,” should sink into an early ob-1
y livion and cease to influence the des* I
s tinies of the living. I
d Dr. Kollock was remarkable for I
- his pulpit performances. Nature I
1 had dealt to him no sparing measure I
r of her most attractive gifts, and in his I
J hands her bounty was net abused, I
e nor perverted. , His diligence made I
• every endowment subservient to the I
- great purpose of his being. His line
- manly form, on which were impress
• ed the characteristics of benignity
e & candor : Ms clear masculine voice,
- which filled every ear with iustruc
e tion and delight, and the vivid expres
s sion of an amiable countenance, were
i all brought iiffo the service of his Sa
i’ viour, and made sacred by Christian
- charity.
It was, impossible for infidelity it
s Tself to listen to such an advocate
0 without feeling some good will to the
e cause which he recommended. lor
; in those affecting appeals which lie
- often made to his hearers, and which
1 were seconded by all the advantage?
-of a winning exterior, he seemed to
1 be fired by a holy ardor, with a good
f portion of which he inspired them,
bearing them along with him to
- heights whence could be descried the
- brightness of a happier world, and
J whence could be heard“ melody born
b among the stars.” For theconfirma
? tion of this we have only to appeal
f to numberless living witnesses whose
? testimony must secure us from the
- charge of exaggerated representation,
1 and who giving an impartial evidence,
- must allow the correctness of what
1 we here affirm.
? Though the Sermons which he de
i livercd had, in general, been written
3 out before hand, yet such was the
- power of his memory, that he needed
3 very little aid from his notes, and in
- the delivery of his discourses, he had
■ all the pathos and energy ol extern
i poraneous speakers, with much great
er correctness than is common with |
• such. His diction was generally |
! chaste and simple, and whilst it re
• jcctedall unnatural efforts to surprise
and gratify a classical ear, was yet at
times enriched with the finest al.'i
r sions. , . i
The writer of the biographical
• sketch prefixed to his Sermons, in*
; forms us, that in his earlier prepara
tions, he had made great use ol the
1 French preachers, and had consider
' ed them deserving of imitation. h>
I one respect, we believe that m!g)(
■ have admired the compositions
1 their more eminent Divines. He ap
proved the noble disinterestedness ot
persuasion and eloquence, which
shine in theii public addresses, hut
■ his theology came from a different
school. He had thoroughly studied
the works of Edwards and I uikr.
the latter, of whom he held in th?
highest possible estimation. NV e cai
never forget the terms of earnest ap
probation with which he first men
tioned to us the name ot Andre*
Fuller, whose writings he regarde
as the commencement ol an eia m
theology. “ Fuller,” said he, “
most perfect master of his subjec. ° !
any writer on religion that I c' c *
read. He uses no word witluii'
meaning and he never suffers n‘-
tneaning to lie hid. Though perfect
ly original in his matter, he is never
obscure in expression.”
Dr. Kollock is distinguished for
elevated and fervid glow of piel.» * !
all his Sermons and Discourses.
brings home his subject with gr*-- .
effect to audience, and mak p s f -“- ■