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[PUBLIC ACT.]
AN ACT vesting in State ofPeuns.il.
vanls tbe Right < f th" Unit.il Siali's |<
all Fines assessoil J r tbc nonpe'forrr
pi <if o( MiVnia I) ty dining the late War
W'tb C3‘ out Britain.
Me it enacted by the Senate and Ifovse of
JtrpveeentaUves of the United States of
America tit Congress assembled. That si
I thdiVs vhchtbe United Sl„t(8 have to flu
I #l. m assessed upon the citizen* of the
9 stat" of Feßimyb ania, for t!ie nonperfur •
f*oe ot tiilliJiH duty cb rmg the late ’* ; r
Dvit-i Oeat Hr it ■in, shall be, and die S’uru
hereby is, vested in the said S.au*
Sec. ?. And be it further enacted. Tha*
|Ji moneys iti the hands of hose win*
Dow lire, or heretofore have been, m;*r dials
cfd, pnty tn-whsL. which may have been
coll cted fp*>m tlie fines aforesaid, «f'er
denuding the expense of assessing and
coll cling, shall be paid by them, n-spec
tp-.lv, t'the trc usiir'Tof die RA'd Sialo.
See. 3 find be it further enacted, Th t
the said fioes shall he re.covi re by ih.
•aid State und* t such teg' latinos pi” vis
ions, and taslricMnns, as sir 11 be prc.ctih
«t' by the Legish'tnre tin roof.
Se.C. 4 And be it fwther enacted, Tim*
the Said State, profiled it sh 11 accept of
the provisions ol this act, shi'U account to
* the United states fi r the sum of tine,
thousand two hundred and Unity-eight
d liars and forty six cents, if that amoon
nt tne k» J fines shall be collected i; he
|o* ihecxpensts of three c arts nuin-ai
I hi lin the said Stale, for the trial of tin
•aid dtlmqm i ts, of which Colonel Thomas
C* Villcr, colmel Wood, and colo
nel Thomss Moore, were, respectively,
Trcsidtn s
PHILIP H. BAR'tOUB,
Speaker of the House of Uepresi ntutivea,
JOHN OAILI.AWn,
President of the Senate, pro temporft.
P tVashiiictoii, Mav 4. 1822.—Appro -d,
JAMES MONHOR.
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STROM THE WORKS Os B. BARTON, THE
QUAKER POET.
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Ijl jDOst thmifii't loro, in the season of spring,
To twine ihw a flowery wreath,
Anil to sec the lietutifnl liirel -lree fling
Its simile on the grans hrnrath ?
Its irUissy leaf, and its silvery stem;
Qh! dost thou not lore to looh on them f ,
An,! dost thou not low, when leave* are creoniNt, 1
Ami Rummer has Just begun, '
When In the silence of moonlight thou leanest.
Where glist'ning water* run, I
To see hy that gentle and peaceful beam, j
The willow bend down to the sparkling stream ? (
And oh! in a lovely autumnal day, I
W'hcu leaves arc changing before thee, (
Do not nature's charms, as they slowly decay, j j
Shed their own mild influence o'er thee f
And hast thou not felt a* thou stood’st to gate, 1
The touching lesson such cones displays f I
It should he thus, at an age like thine; (
And it has been thus with me; *
When the freshness of feeling and heart were mine, (
As they never mote can be ; I
Vet think not that 1 a*K thee to pity my lot, J t
Perhaps 1 sec beauty where thou dost not. 5
Bast thoutcen In winter's stpnnlest day, *
The trunk of a blighted unit,
Jtol dead, but sinking in slow decay, 1
Beneath lime’s resistless stroke,
Bound which a luxuriant Ivy had grown, 1
11 And w reach'd it w itb vculure no longer its own ( 1
■
rerchancethou hast seen this sight, and then, I
As I at thy years might do, I
Mass'd carelessly by, nor turned again
That scathed wreck to view, (
But now I can draw, from that moifldVlng free, ,
Thoughts which are soothing and dear to mg.
O smile notnor tidnV it a Worthless thing, I
\ \ If it be with instruction fraught; {
J That which will closest and lougcst cling, f
Is alone worth a serious thought.
Should aught be unlovely which thus can shod.
■C race on the dying, and leaves on the dead f
I / ‘
1/ 1 Bow, in thy youth, beseech of hhh I
Who givctli, upbraiding not— $
That his light in thy bean become net dim, 1
And his love be unforgot; .
And thy Ood, In the darkest of days, will be ]
Greenness and beauty and strength to that.
A d\ er \ is emeut.
rr
1 HR public is inform ed, that the sub
I icrlbers have this day formed a’Partner-.
$} ip under the style of Hour & Ruin
I ' Their Office is on Washington street :
lh* sanie recent y occupied hy the ia»
mentioned of the firm. Their practice
trill be pufaued in the countra of Rich
IDond, Burke, Columbia, Scriven. Wash
ington and Jefferson, and in the Federal
J -Circuit Court for the District of Georgia.
W. w. HOLT,
R. B. ULJLD.
t July 22. 6t
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From the Charleston Courier July 29-
( Latest from England
Our files of London papers to the 12th
and Liverpool to the 14lh June, were
received on Saturday, by the ship South-
Carolina , Captain Easterbv, in 43
days from Liverpool. From the Ex
tracts below, it will be seen that the
prospect of war between Russia and the
Forte, was at an end, and that trade be
tween the two countries was beginning
to revive.
The West-Indla Trade, and Colonial
Bills, are stated in the Englishman of
the 9th, to have been read a third time,
and passed in the House of Commons,
on I* riday, the 7th June. But the Morn
ing Chronicle, and Liverpool papers,
in giving the Parliamentary proceedings
of that day, do not mention the circum
stance. No particulars of the provis
ions of those Bills are given.
The extracts from the Irish papen
continue to present a melancholy pic*
litre of the sufferings of the inhabitant!
of that unfortunate country, from fa
mine and disease. Subscriptions wen
still going on, and liberally supported
in vat ious parts of England, for thier re
lief-—but wc do not discover that parlia
ment has yet adopted any measures foi
that purpose.
Spain continued in a very unsettlcc
state. —In many of the provinces, th<
factious, headed by the priests, had cans,
ed great disturbances. On the 28tli
May the Cortes addressed a message to
the King, complaining loudly of the
conduct of his 'Majesty and his Minis
ters, in confiding the government ol
sonic of the provinces to persons whe
are obnoxious to the people—and call
ing upon his Majesty, in very plain and
determined language, to adopt the most
energetic measures to restore tranquility
to the country, and to drive from the
soil of Spain those ecclesiastics and pre
lates who preach fanaticism and rebel
lion, u never to return to blow the fire
of discord, and light up the torches ol
superstition.”
France appears to be perfectly tran
quil at the last dates. Thirty younp
men were apprehended at Paris on the
3d of June, in consequence of some re
cent tumult there, but they were all re
leased the next day.
London, June 8.
"Wc received the Paris papers ol
Wednesday, last night by express.
The news of a great naval victory by
the Creeks over the Captain Pacha is
confidently stated in accounts from
various quarters. A letter from Augs
burgh, of the 29th ult. states that “ the
Greek's fleet has decidedly obtained an
important victory over tire Captain Pa
cha, whose fleet was destroyed in part.
We expect with impatience further de
tails respecting an event which, under
present circumstances, is of the highest
interest. The Captain Pacha has re
entered the Dardanelles with the wreck
of his fleet.” A letter from Odessa, ot
the 12th of May, which our readers
will find below, alludes also to this en
gagement.
We have elsewhere spoken of the
transactions at Constantinople. A let
ter from JStuttgardt, in the Constitution
el, of the 30th May, says—
“ Notwithstanding all the pacific
news of Vienna, we do not believe here
in a speedy re-establishment of direct
communications between Russia and
the Porte, nor even in the maintenance
ol peace. There are motives for doubt
ing much the sincerity of some of the
Turkish Ministers in tlie dispositions
which have been annouced for some
time. The entire evacuation of Mol
davia and Wallachia is also doubted.
It is indeed said that a momentary suc
cess has been gained by the party of
Lord Jnrangford ; intrigues of the se
raglio have been put in action, with re
spect to which we are promised details;
and other news are announced as likely
to transpire soon, probably of the ut
most importance.”
But the most important article in
these papers.is the Message of the Spa
nish Cortes to King Ferdinand on the
st.ite of the country. In this produc
tion the Cortes paint, in lively colors,
the calamitous efforts of the King's own
party to deprive the people of the bene
fits of the constitution-; they condemn
loudly the appointments which he has
made, of wicked and worthless men, to
the command of provinces, who have
been guilty of all manner ol' enormities,
and they call on him, in language not to
be mistaken, to concur honestly with
the Cortes in carrying the Constitution
into effect. This he will, of course,
never do; and the warning will only
serve to satisfy other nations who, by
the attempts of their Governments to
prevent things from taking their natural
course, are J'orced into revolution, that,
in changing the Government, they must
change also their royal stock. The no
tion ot divine right can never be driven
out of a legitimate head.—On looking
over our translation of this document,
we find that the following passage of
the description of the conduct of the
Priests who are now busied almost eve
ry where on the continent in endeavors,
the inlamy ol which it is impossible ad
equately to characterize, is omitted in
the Quolidicnne from which we made
it:—
“They preach against the liberty
which our Constitution guarantees;
and, sacrilegious cud perjured, they &-
naticizc ami stir up the people, form re
giments of the weak whom they seduce,
. and mix with banditti. With the in
cense in one hand, and the sword in the
other, abusing their influence, arming
themselves with their audacity, they
1 rush on to stir up to insurrection*, dp-
B press, pillage and burn cities; to cause
” streams of blood to flow, and to con
* vert unhappy Spain into a dreadful the
‘ atre of civil war, in the deceitful hope of
p annihilating for ever the National Glo
e ry, Liberty, the Throne, and the Re
■ presentation.”
? These achievements will, no doubt,
j entitle them, should Spain vomit them
* I forth from the soil which they have
profaned, to an ultra liberal allowance
y from the parliament of Great Britain.
; Morning Chronicle.
June 10.
But turning from Spain to (he North,
s what do we behold ? The Court of
l * Copenhagen overjoyed at the honors
showered on it so lavishly by the King
of England, the proud Sovereign to
'* whom King Louis was proud to de
dare himself indebted for his Throne,
18 and who would not condescend to bo-
l * stow even a word on the fallen Napole
e on. Well, but times are changed ! It
*5 was only the other day that a Danish
? * ( Ambassador might cool his heels for
l * three or four hours at a time in the
,r anti-chamber even of an English minis
ter, and consider himself happy if he
d could escape without experiencing an
0 insult, certainly not less mortifying bc
i*' cause it was delivered with coolness and
™ non-chalance. It is not much longer
0 since the forces of that very King stript
e him of the noblest jewel in his crown,
k and since even the retention of the
remnant was subject to considerable
0 doubt. And now who but the King of
■ Denmark ? The King of England
sends a man of war, in proud trim, with
1 heraldic personages to invest his Majes
y ty of Denmark with a high prized order.
L> And what gives the Danish Sovereign
'* in return ? the Sound, or a Bride ? or
* both ?
( ‘ We should not be surprised to hear
'' the Court writers expatiating soon on
the ancient connexion and intimacy he
(ween Denmark and England.
K In former times England used to
0 dread the vessels of the Danes. The
'* matter is now reversed ; for whatever
tjic feelings of the Court may be, we
suspect the people of Denmark augur
little good from the vessels of their E ti
ff glish neighbors, whether they come to
burn towns or give orders.
y Morning Chronicle.
s It is confidently said that the Spanish
a Ambassador nas received a note in ari
- swer to that of M. Zca, in which Spain
p invites the European powers not to nc
-1 knowledge the South American States.
Jonrn ties Debate
r -.7*. ■
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- Extract of a letter by the S. Carolina.
« LIVERPOOL, June 13—Since
j die receipt of the heavy supplies of Cot
. ton the latter end of May, our market
has been declining, and the public sale of
. last EViday went off witout spirit at full
. l-4d. per lb. reduction on previous
. prices, on Boweds & Orleans,and l-2d.
per lb. on Sea Islands. Within the last
two days the demand has certainly im
proved a little, but is fully met by the
holders, who seem ready to avail them
selves of any opportunity to realize, act
ing no doubt upon the impression that
very large stocks still remain in the dis
! ferent ports of the U. States; which
I idea is probably correct, tho’ we can
i hardly bring ourselves to think that the
1 rumor is well founded to its full extent;
if it is, your crop must have produced
several thousand bales more than was
■ ! ever known, which in addition to what
■j we have on hand, would afford good
, j ground for the present depression.
“We are willing to hope, however,
! that this will not prove to be the case,
. i but it will require some time to allay the
present feeling on the subject.
, “We annex the present price* of the
. day. Cplands, 7 l-2d a1) l-2d. sales
, j chiefly making from 8 to 8 l-2d; Sea
. ! Islands, 13 1-2 a Kid. to 20d. a 2s. for
} prime brands; Orleans, 8 1-4 to Is.;
i Alabamas, 7d a 9d; Rice, 10s. to 16s.
per cwt.”
■ From the Richmond Enquirer
i It has been stated in a Philadelphia
i paper, that Messrs. Rodney and Nelson
i would visit S. America under an uuder
, standing with the President that he
would nominate them as ministets to
the next Senate of the U. States.—This
must be a mistake. It is now said, that
neither of these gentlemen will go out
under existing circumstances. Why
should they ?. They have no power as
ministers—and if the doctrine be cor
rect that the President cannot make an
original appointment without the Sen
, ate — they ran be entitled to no pay y in
t* this inoficial character. Without pow
■ er, without pay, without official dignity,
* unable to command any respect for
, their station or to transact the public
business, would they go abroad in this
i non descript character, with only the
1 contingency too of obtaining these ap
pointments ?
The Boston D. Advertiser truiv sug
-1 gests, that should the President deem it
■J. expedient to dispatch ministers to- S,
• America, he had better convene the
, j Senate at once.
. j It is said, that the President doubs
>; bis own constitutional power to appoint
r without the Senate —And that he will
r not. —The reader will remember, that
- when the bill which appropriates SIOO,-
; 000 to the S. American Missions was
- before the Senate, a motion was made
. by Mr.,Laton to amend it so that the
f President should not appoint without
• the advice and consent of the Senate.—
■ Mr. Rufus King contended the amend
ment was unnecessary, because the con
, stitution wns sufficiently explicit on the
i subject. The President could not ap
; point but to offices “ that become vacant
: during the recess.”—Mr. Eaton agreed
in this doctrine, but cited the case of
some of the Ghent ministers to shew
that such unconstitutional appointments
, had been made: —he understood that in
f that case the Senate had acquiesced,
s Me wished to arrest so unauthorized a
t course.—Mr. Holmes of Maine con
> tended the constitution was explicit e
nough on this point without any such
, amendment.—Finally Mr. Eaton ob
/ ¥
- served “ that having referred to the Ex
- ecutive Journal of the Senate, from
t which the injunction of secrecy had
i been removed, he had found that the
r principle acted on by Mr. Madison, in
j relation to the ministers who formed
- the Treaty of Ghent, had not been ac
i* quiesced in, but had been protested a
i gainst by the Senate ; it was, therefore,
- not to be viewed as establishing any
1 precedent, and he would withdraw the
r amendment he had offered.”
t
, 05 s ’ Indian Treaties.- Mr. Walker
> has already declined acting as commis
> sioner in a treaty contemplated to be
f held tvith the Cherokee Indians. Messrs.
1 Floyd and Cuthbert will pursue the
i same course, inasmuch as they arc both
. candidates, in their respective counties,
. for seats in the Legislature. An entire
i new appointment will have tp he made.
Milled'gevilie Journal.
Wc have the best authority for saying
i that Governor Clark has never intimat
. cd to any one that he had an idea of re
signing-—nor does he entertain the most
i distant notion of retiring from the station
; he now occupies, with a view of so
■ licking a seat in the Senate of the Unit
> ed States, at the approaching ejection.
ibid,
, WASHINGt-ON,(Geo ) Augusts.
The two deputies who went in pur
suit of Henderson, returned on Monday
last. E'rom them we have been inform
ed that Henderson and Cressup arrived
on T hursday, in the middle of the night,
at Augusta. They immediately cross
ep the bridge to get in S. Carolina.—
The gate-keeper informed the deputies
and the marshal of Augusta, that a
man answering the description of Hen
derson, followed by another, who must
be Cressup, offered a ten and a five dol
lar counterfeit bills to him to change to
pay for the toll. The keeper took hold
of Henderson’s bridle, but he relin
quished it when Henderson lifted up a
loaded whip as to strike him, and when
he perceived lie had pistols in Ids hol
sters. Henderson told Cressup to pay
for the toll; and both went off.
Vineyard is not yet dead, the physi
cian says he may yet live.—After he
was shot he was carried to the house of
Mr. Osborne Stone, where he receives
great attention. The humanity mani
fested by this worthy citizen of our town, j
is really to be admired, considering the !
trouble and inconvenience the wounded
and tuff irtunate man must occasion to
the family, and the disagreeble feelings
it must excite to have such an inmate.
News.
Da CousigßiufcuV.
as barrets and X ST. CROIX Stq-ar
6 Hogsheads j
WHICH WII L BK SOI.II 10W AT THE WHAIIF.
ALSO—
A Neat Second Hand I our
wheel CARRIAGE, rnadr, ex’pre.-'y to
ordei, and lm. little used j ulnch wid be
sold for little more than half its value.
By
(x. R. Lamar,
At the Counting Room of L. C. Cantc/ou
« Co,
.Inly 22 4t
1 Dealt* d Dvuub.
TH£ PHILADELPHIA ASYLUM
F'R the Deaf and Dumb, being now
completely organized, and under the
car- o( David G. Seixas, an experienced
teacher of that description of peisons, is
ready f r the reception of pupils. Appli
cations made by parents or guardians to
the undersigned gentlemen will meet
with prompt atention.
Richii d Povatl, .Vo. 115. S 9th it.
Washington Jackson. .W 75 S 6th st-
U rn. /‘lice, 2V> 36 .V 9th st-
A.cholas C A line ede, corner of sth and
Eo-oeli streets
John Swift .Vo. 38, A 6th st
. ... - ySpmittife nf Ven’l Superintendence-
Jnjy 29 t
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W»i are authorised to
announce I.kwis Uarhis, Esq. ms a candi
date to represent the county if Richmond
in the House of Represenlives at the ap
proaching election.
July 25 tde
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Ol/ 5 ® WE are authorized to announce
Leonidas Watkins, Esq. as a candi
date for a seat in the Representative
branch of the nest General Assembly.
, July 29.
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' A'4^gaaA»'
MONDAY, AUGUST 3, J 822,
It will be observed, that, the Gover
nor of Georgia disclaims any intention
of offering for the Senate of the United
States; and whatever our opinions
might hgve been before, it is very certain
that we have now no right to say that
lie will. We have beard however, that
his partisans are in array throughout
the stales and that they are unusually
eager to obtain places in the next Legis
■ Jature. We all know that the Gover
nor’s party, professes to entertain no
political feelings distinct from the rest
of their fellow citizens, excepting their
i personal attachments to himself; and if
these endeavors have no relation to him
| sel, what then can they mean ? Is it to
. perpetuate a -party, that only regards
■ measures because of their reference to
i men ? this would be, “ the madness of
■ | many, for the gain of a few.” Such of
his friends as were at all deserving of
office, have always been honored by the
• people; and such exertions can only
have a tendency to foist creatures into
situations near to which a blind fidelity
to their leader only could carry them, and
in the possession ol which their absolute
merit never can keep them.
Let the people of Georgia look to it.
Hume says, inat no person should be
trusted in jjolitics; —besides, we all
know that man is but an automaton of
high degree, the very creature of circum
stance, and a being only able to ejtert
that kind o ffree-will which in passing
from the cause goes to produce the effect!
Added to tills, the atoms of the mind,
change, as well as the atoms of the bo
dy; so that it is not impossible that with
out hjs even seeming to know it, the
Governor of Georgia may fritter away
into a Senator of Congress. Some im
portant revolutions have taken place in
an “Hundred Days.”
It appears from the Georgia Journal,
that neither Gen. Floyd, Maj. Walker,
nor Mr. Cuthbert, will act as Coinmis
sioner to treat with the Cherokee Indi
ans; and the Secretary at War
wdl be reduced to the necessity of mak
ing new appointments.
It is very surprising, that after the
reprimand given to him by the Senate
on the subject of military appointments,
that this officer will continue to act in
direct opposition to law itself, and to
the plainest dictates of every man’s un
derstanding. r i he Constitution says,
that, “ The President shall have power
to till up nil vacancies taut may nap
pen during a recess of the Senate, by
| granting commissions wiiich shall ex*-
! pire at the end of the next session of
Cpngress.” Cut, with respect to these
Indian Commissioners, their offices
were created by virtue of the appropri
ation law ; and R 3 soon as it had pass
ed, the original vacancies were created,
and Were continued merely, during the
subsequent recess of the Senate. And
as their duties would probably be fulfill
ed before the next meeting of that body,
it is obviously without the power of the
President to make these appointments;
and as it was perfectly within the power
of Mr. Calhoun to have advised the no
mination of three persons during the
session of Congress, yre think that the
War Department has openly disregard
ed the rights and wantonly insulted the
dignity of the Senate.
I( the u Army Candidate?’ intends to
violate the Constitution again, we hope
he will select agents entirely from his
own party. It will be the 29th of Sep
tember, before his Commissioners will
be at all enabled to act upon the sub
ject of their appointments; and we all
know that upon that very day, our an
cestors were accustomed to servo up
the first Green Goose in the season.
05 s * James Adams, mentioned in our
last, as having been killed by a fall from
a window in Broad-street, was a native
of Boston.— The papers in that city,
are requested to mention the circum
stance.
The Poetical communication signed,
“ Phoenix,” cannot have a place in this
paper.
\
Delivered on the Fourth of July
, MOUNT PERRON ACADEMY
I .‘Columbia County,
5 ■. BX
i GEORGE CARY, Esq
t Puhlishid at the reijneV of the Commit
(' ' *
Fpllow Citizens • . • ..
1 . Your call Upon mo to net as the oi
r gan of your national ai
. saddens me with a fear of coming i
finitely short of your
this occasion, but makes jne proud of
> repetition of your confidence, ia
t committing to my ii.tluquent tom.
• the sacred celebration of our comum
r happiness and glory. I bring to i.
f place nothing that entitles me to the
. viable distinction of standing up *
orator of freedom, but a devout loveV
* our common country. Under an hew
3 sensibility to my uttor in.-ornprlen-V)
, justify your choice, i should imvedod
j ed the honor which your partialityass u
1 1 od, that I might avoid the miscanL
f t which my feebleness exposed me li
f 1 not been unwilling that, as far an
pended upon my poor efforts, a sin*
' neighborhood in these free United Sttq
r should on this day be without a pul*
, and solemn recollection of the prim
pies and events which consecratek it
brightest day in our annals.. Wbenevj
I the return of this imperishable amiiv?,
. sary shall cease to bring,with it the a
thusiasra which nispirecL the’ devotiy
which realized the sublime declarotii,
• of Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-Si
? a national leprosy must liave deadeJ
\ every noble feeling.. A fearful am*
will then indeed threaten'the desfini
f of our countiy, and gloomily adtooni,
. the world that liberty is about to be n
r tombed for ever in the cdrruptocl bean
■ of her sons. Rut what. cfjßtix of tb
i cr.n obliterate the record of the acts; a
, what degeneracy of sentiment 'ey,
quench the peculiar spirit of this day,
’ in the hearts of Americans ? Fresfo
• by the nourishment of near half a cent*
. ry, the recollection of the mighty dcei
of patriotism, immediately kindles is
' into holy gratitude. As this day ami*
ally dawns upon our glorious countrr.
. our love ofliberty rises to a nobler puls
and we ardently return to the perk
when, appealing to the Eternal, upa
the immutable principles of justic
which himself had implanted, the letter
i d'colonial servitude were forever spick
t;n off, and the vengeance of anancien:,
powerful and warlike monarchy, maj.
nanimonsly defied. ’ We go with hi*
toty, while pride and joy tingle aloof
cur veins, to the door of the hall j
which were assembled forty-six ytaft
ago this morning, the-, most awful W
distinguished body of men that the worli
had ever seen. Our thoughts stretch ti
painful intensity, and our reverence ai
most stops the breath, while ;we vice
the venerable patriots absorbed win
the destinies of unborn millions. A
species cf hallowed inspiration invert
each countenance.—-Each eye appears
to pore with prophetic serenity ujtoif
the iuture, and eagerly peruse the pro
gressive strength and happiness of their
liberated country. The calm and so
lemn debate of wrongs and oppression
by the parent state, and of inalienable
rights and privileges belonging to tte
colonies, is now completed. The lidfr
ening of indignant eloquence no longt
Hashes from the peerless orators wio
ennobled even that noble assembly; s
the thunder bolts which had sublimely
shuttered the specious pretensions of iy
fanny, and annihilated the sophistry oi
slaves, quietly repose at the met ol.un*
shakeable resolution. The foundation*
i of a mighty empire are just about to bti
laid. INo ordinary passion? seem to be)
permitted to discompose the sacred se*i
re nify of the moment, or interrupt tlieJ
astonishing design of the architects.!
Tilled above resentment for the past,|
and fear for the future, an unspeakable |
majesty now sits upon every brow. (It i* I
not the majesty which servile courtiers|
idolize ip the pageants of thrones; but i
the majesty which renders crowns ri* j
dieulous and kingship a by-word—in* I
stalled by nature, and decorated by the
ruler of the universe with the unpurcli'® -
able badges of genius, ti}*tgpanimity
virtue. Why sits the immortal seWl*
in this profound silence ? Do they
fuulter beneath a diffidence whetbef
heaven will ratify the contempt
ted measure, and succour their county
in the eventful struggle to which tbtf
measure- must lead ? Can they
from uttering thp words of eternal sepe
ration from a throne, whose foot the
had not been suffered to approach will
an humble recital of grievances, but s
the certain risque of new rebuke am
contumely? Is it possible that tbe-t
sages and patriots still cherish in t;i *
recesses of their hearts, a filial lev. w*i
veneration for a country which had m
scotirgcd them from its shores,
oppressed them in their distant , h - v -
Or are they' still proud of calling
ton, Locke, Hampden and Sidney •
countrymen, and do they therefore
sensibly linger in dissolving themsel' I’* 1 ’*
finally from the land which emboson ■
their ashes, and Is endeared by
birth ? Listen—the sublime pause «
over. Whatever may have been - :;e
iindrfinnMe mixture of emotions ‘■ha
fluctuated in each illusirr-a-- ’