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PROPOSALS
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IN THE CiTY OF AUGUSTA,
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i Mirror of the 1 imes.
THE universal promulgation of
truth, and the general dtflribution of know
\/r ’ ledge, are objelt* of the firft importance in
every country where liberty he* left traces
“ of her footfteps, under every government
vrhich confnlts the happiness of Man.—
•• Knowledge,” said the Great lord Bacon
n is power,” united with virtue” it certainly
is liberty Where igncrauce reigns there
vice triumphs and despotism governs. As
man becomes enlightened authority will be
limited & mora'ity,rcffored—Knowledge &
virtue are the bases of freedom—the one
us in our rights, the other teaches j
ns fmr duties; the firft (hews us how to
conflrtvfl the bt fl poflible form of govern
ment, the last requires us to obey it when con
firudfed. It is therefore advantageous every
where, but nt a Ptfubiit it is absolutely re
s, crflaiy, that correct info rmation fhou'd l e
widt’y diffufed and easily obtained: For
i tbert 'tis the pi optt who govt rn *lbty never
intentionally choc ft* bad leaders or approve
wrong measures, yet they are liable to error
—give them true de ails and they will judge
correctly—for on plain grounJi the people al
w-ys form jn/l opinions ; whenever they mif
lake their own interest ‘tis owing entirely to
want of information in the many or want of
fconefty iu the ftw But tstinjive political in
formaton is not to be acquired without much
labour, and few have lrifure to study the
A fteins,compare the opinions, d; perufc the
, piges of l.ocke, Sydney. Gibbon, r Home Sc
Vattcl. If an acquaintance with the true
principlcsof government & duties of a citizen
could be inquired’ only from huge fclios
Sc difiufe treatises, it would be seldom fought
. er.if fought, the plough, the hatchet, and
9 the saw mult Band ftitl. Some cheaper and
cafier means of iatisfjing curiofuy and
ptv,curing information mult therefore be
looked for; and where is intelligence,
ehrapnefs and convenience united with more
advantage, than in t!>e clofelv print* d col
umns of the humble News-paper ? Our
countrvmct, ?p 'er>r so we'l convinced as
the ufefulncfs of periodical prints, and have
so vrry libera'ly cnrour. ged them, that we
deem ii unnecifi'arv to in fid on their merit,
anda’moft hefi ate to rt.qufft public pat
rnn-ge for another News paper eftablifh
■tent.
v, e t C?n nrumY- bftle firrpr xrhaf xtten
hoimiy « ,ff*'urtry can perform. The
t|)j|{iciple«otour Paper, like our own. will hr
, üblican, “ but the fame freedom cf opin
whicli we cla m f.'r ourfelvcs, we wifli
y*ll others tc «nj< y.” Civil and Religious
# is the birh right of evry man, and
* he who will cot extend the fame indulgence
9 to alll parties, and all fetfl, which he wishes
1. f° r !»»» own, is already or deserves to be a
Dave,
To fnpport Religion and morality will
be cur pride—to encourage literature our
•ndeavi r—no communications calculated to
do either will be refnfed ; no hint will be
4 neglected. In a free country it is neceflary
that the law fliould be neither vagoe nor
A Unknown, all public adts of the State leg-
Iw illature, will therefore be published as they
L come to hand,
r The MIRROR OF TKF. TIMES will be
•pen to all who canvass public measure with
decency, and in examining the conduit of
individuals, as officers of grvemmeut— it
know—“ Ao Party but my Country. No
Jrunj but ‘Truth."
CONDITIONS.
1 The MIRROR OF THE TIMES will be
publiffied every Monday, on a royal
flieet of an excellent qnality, and good
Type.
H. The price to fubferbers will be three
dollars per annum, paid half yearly in
advance. 1
HI. The price for advertising will he fifty
eents per square lor the firft infertinn
Sc thirty seven and a half for each con
tinuation.
IV '1 he paper will he delivered to Tow n
f ulftribtrs at their plates of abode and
thole tor the country will he d< ne „ r
in packet! and delivered at the
Office.
r ] he Subscribers,
H AVE removed iheir Stock of
Goods to the Store formerly
ctetipied bv Mes*rs Watson and
Herbert, "here they are just
s opening
extensile assortment as
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
hardware,
CUTLERY,
STM IONARY, &
SADDLERY.
. T, I '*}' l , ,av f an assortment of
pFOI S, which they will dispose of
t n tin must reasonable terms : they
, lave aUo on hand, a
L QUANTITY OF SALT,
1 /U cf vhtch they are determined
!° , ,0 " as »ht V can pomiblv
i ] e ‘n S l ' lace cr Savannah,
t «or Lush or Produce.
ft. '-a i uche « Van Sindcien.
Pai Gctouer 24.
MIRROR OF THE TIMES.
NOTICE.
THE COPARTNERSHIP OF
Harrison S? Hamilton
WILL this day dissolve hv mu
tual convent, all persons who are
indibted to the said firm either by
note or open account, a»e request
ed to come forward and discharge
their respective debts, as no longer
indulgence can be given. Those
having demands against the said
firm are desired to render iu ihrir
accounts for settlement. Ihe
books are placed ir. the hands of |
Mr, John T. Love, who is duly '
authorised to receive payment and
settle the business of the said Grin
;at our store. The goods on hand
wdi be offered low for prompt pay,
until the 20th of December, and
if not disposed of b* fore that day,
they w ill then be sold at Auction.
Andrew Elarrifon,
J «mes Hamilton,
Nov. 9, isoß. [if]
1 he Subscriber
HA S removed to the house next
below Mr. James Murren’s Store,
and a few doors below hij foimcr
stand, where he has lor talc an
assortment of
Dry Goods & Groceries ,
A!fo, a large quantity of
Manufactured Tobacco
or AN EXCELLENT QUALITY.
All of which w ill be sold very
low for Cash or Produce.
He is in hopes that those indebt
ed to him by bond, note, or open
account due last winter, will make
it convenient to settle their respec
tive debts *n a *hort lime, as HO
longer indulgence will be g;v*- n
than the law has or will give them.
SAMUEL FEE.
November 14.
I—l — ■ i II .m, rn. mm - r r-- -
Ten Dollars Reward,
TT TILL be paid to any person
V V for apprehending JOHN
WYNN, who deserted from my
company of Artillerists, on the
14th inst. he rs a native t f Geor
gia, five feet six inches high, thirtj
four years of age, has grey eyes,
fair hair, lair complexion—by oc
cupation a Taylor.—Whoever
will secure the said WYNN in
goal, or deliver him to runy com
missioned officer in the atmies of
the LL S. shall receive the above
eward, aud their travelling ex
pences horn to the place of deli,
very or confinement.
ADDISON B. ARMSTEAD,
C'ajjt. Ur S. Artillerists
Commanding •
T GHENT.
THE Lower tenement on
Mr. Samuel Scotl’y lot, qccupi
ed the lalt year by !chnlon&
Richards, is to let, and immedi*
ate polleflion given—For terms
apply to
SAMUEL S. STARNES.
Oft. 24.
TO RENT.
A STORE n the central part of
Broad street—Enquire of the
Printers.
October 17.
t
CAUTION.
i
I FOR WARN all persons from
trading for a Note of band I gave
John Boyd, for i)5 hollars, for the
Rent of a Plantation that was not
in his paasession, and thereby has
taken me in through defraud, and
therefore I will not pay it. alti f
due the 25th. Dec. 1808.
JEHU EVANS.
Edgefield District, Oct. 7‘
> >- 1
“ hold the MfßfcOß up to u\TVzT..''~-SAMesp(are.
- 2 *
| Administrator s Suk.
(hi Frkhfif fht'%!,h tity of j irccn.
her next, at the late'residence
of Samite! M'hiticy , of Lincoln
county dec.
WILL B 2 SOLO,
.ALL the personal property of
said dec. the Negroes e.aepted.
tliut can be (o.iiil mi that dsv
ALSO, will be hired ,‘or orie yeaß,
the negroes belonging to said es
tate, and the plantation rented for
"aid ceri.t of one year—The trims
sale, hiring and tenth g to be
, made known on that day bv
J. GKIN AGE, Aifin’r,
AT,L those indebted to the estate
of the late Samuel IvLXinev, of
Lincom countv, will make imme
»iiu:e payment, and those having
claims will rentier them in accord,
mg to law, as immediate provision
may be made lor payment bv
J.GitLNAGE, Adm’r.
November 11,1808.
THE CRISIS.
The corclusleno which we have
hitherto drawn of a favorable ad
justment ol our differences with
j European powers, have been bot
itomedupon the honorable, just,
J and conciliating propositions of
our government to the counts of
I France & Gr.y at-Britain. ll thev
, prove unfounded, thev will only
;go to shew that w< have been d:».
posed to place more confidence in
the iricWly dispositions of St.
James and St. Cloud than they
deserve. The efforts of our gov
eminent to bring matters to a
friendly issue with the belliger
ents may have tailei, but the
woild will very shortly under
stand that it is owing/.) their own
wickedness and not to our perti
nacity.
The American administration
for the last 12 months has exhib
ited an example of moderation
and forbearance which must as
tonish the universe. It was at any
time in the power of the U S. by
! combining with France to have
j ppressed and wounded England,
or by combining with GreafUrit
ain. to have tnjured France in
a vital part; but adhering to the
principle of a strict neutrality,
I »ur government hat; preserved the
I original position taken by Wash
ington, when the French revolu
tion first broke out, which was,
to avoid all connection wi'h the
trench or English, preserve an
independent attitude, deal justly
and impartially with the warlike
powers, and resist every encroach
ment which they should attempt
upon our rights.
The United States have gone
through the doctrine of neutral
ity from beginning to end ; and
ther foreign relations, have now
ccrce emphatically to a crisis.
How will the government of the
United States meet that crisis ?
I hree courses of conduct pte
sent themselves.
I. A continuance of the embargo
whihout any iurther preparation.
11. A continuance of the em
bargo, with vigorous preparations
for war,including the formation
of two armies, one on our north
eastern and the other on our south
western frontier with a corps-de j
reserve of select militia for the
defence of the central parts of the
union.
111. An abrogation of the cm- !
bar go laws, a declaration of war
against France and Great-Britain, ;
; premiums for piivateering expe- :
d'.tions against our common ene
mies, an invitation to the Spanish
j American provinces to declare in- ;
dependence, throw off all allegi- j
ance upon Europe, and unite with \
U 3 in resisting its injustice and i
tyranny—-together with the for-;
j mation of an army ol'20,O»0 men, j
j for the invasion and subjugation
j of the British possessions in dote
! nca.
I
MONDAY, Noremober 28, IPB*
sits-H. ■■■■■ ■ '»■ ■ .in,
, Upon these propositions, in some
! shape or another, our national
‘ legislature must deliberate and
must decide. Ihe representa
tives of the people are called to
high duties & they owe it to them
selves, to their countrv, and to
I posterity, to discharge them with
’ firmness ; and that they will per- !
| f*»rm them with spirt, with ener- |
’ j SV» with judgment, no man who is
, . acquainted with the American
character can doubt.
!j The present will communi
'Jcate, will explain and elucidate
the actual circumstances, the pos
itive aud contingent resources of
. ,hc country. He may, if h e pleas- I
es, advise what is proper to be
done. But the representatives of
ihe nation ought not to shrink
i <r oni their proper share of res
possibility ; they will net shrink.
If peace can be preserved l»v any
I means short of dishonor, of de-
| gradation, and of ruin, in the
! name of heaven let us preserve
peace. If peace cannot be main
tainecl consistently with what we
owe to ourselves as a rich enter
: prizing, and valiant republic, then
. let tnose means be adoped which
will produce the greatest advan
tage to the union. If war be ne
cessary, let us have war ;an arn“
phihious policy be best let that pre
vail. THROW* AWAY PAR-
I Y DISTINCTIONS. Imitate
the ever glorious congress of if 7 ft.
Let the congress of 1808 be like
a co^g l egation of sages, each one
striving ; nor to irritate, to per
plex, to thwart; but who shall do
the most for the nation in the pre
sent c»‘si St Let every man be
head ; ‘et evtry one propose his
plan, and freely communicate his
ideas; then select the best after
comparing, contrastim; and di
gesting the whole. From every
part of the union the legislature
will bring with them the senti
ments, their opinions of the peo
ple : they will express' by the
speeches, by 'heir votes, the wish
es and the wants, the feelings and
the expectations of the citizens
Whatever is resolved upon will
bo. supported, because whatever
is done will be the sense of the
people thenr.elves. May we not
hope for an auspicious determin
ation ? Certainly, if one thing
be observed—UNlON AMONG
OURSELVES. The virtues of
union are incalculable ; and at thi3
moment art; pi ««ioua. Its excel”
lency is too well depicted in ihc
following passage from an elo
quent writer to be omitted here:
“ Every opinion is entitled to re
spect, because we ate to presume
tnat it is suggested by the desire
of a general benefit ; but opinion#
encounter each other, and before
we decide in favor of one in par
ticular, wc are obliged to teniain
suspended between error and
truth. Each of them is presented
with equal advantages * nay, it
sometimes happens, that truth ap
pears naked & unattractive while,
error is decorated with ornament
and enforced with eloquence.
V/hat is the true rernedv ior this
inconvenience? U N |ox, UN ioif,
lhat irreu.ybie panacea a „ a j nßt
the evils of pertinacity. It it un
ion that composes the understand
ing and tranquillises the affec
j lions ; she stills the tumult of the
, passions, she supercedes personal
antipathies, she disenchants the
deluded senses, dissipates the
clouds by which truth is obscured,
I B^le anrds the rays of distinction i
upon the apostle of truth ; he pre
srnts her with modesty, he is re
! ceived without unfavorable pre
possessions.—J lonitor.
i _,
, A person meeting a friend
• who had lately laboured under
i a fit of the gout, enquired after
; his heaiih, and was answered,
“ Sc, sc”—“ I ant sorry you
are no better,” replied the gen
tleman, “ for I hoped you were
recoveied in toe toe
, ii * * •’i «
[No. VII.]
m>::K.iL quack erv:
Or, the Doctor physic'd by his own
pills !
By the following ertracts from
late federal papers, onr readers will
dudq;e whether open rebellion, Bri
tish alliance, and a separation of the
states, are not recommended iu
language which cannot be miaun
d restood.
From the Centinel “ Every
man will presume that he is not
bound to regard it (the embargo)
but may send his produce or mer
chandize to a foreign market, in
the same manner as if the gov
ernment had never undertaken to
prohibit it !"
From tiie Ileperiory —“ Wekncrm
t hat'd the emb&rgobe not removed*
our cititens will ere long set its re
strictions and its penalties at defi
ance
From the It behove* us
to speak ; tor strike xva must , if
spaking does not answer.*’
N. I'. Evening. Post. —“ There
ore thousands every day denouncing jf
the clabns upon that nation (tho
Kng.id.) as unjust and unreason
able, and openly declaring that ft
is our true policy to rescind those
claims, take protection under the
British navy, and unite with her
against the emperor of France,"
Boston Gazette. —“ it is better
to sutler the amputation of a limb,
than to lose the whole body. IVe
must prepare Jor the operation'*
This last extract is a broad hint at
the division of ibe union. In addi
tion to w hich the Centinel has pub
lished a series ot labored essays,
whose avowed object is to prove
the advantages that would icsult
to New-Lngland from such a divi
sion !
Gazette , again—«< Whej-- so««» W n
is New-England asleep ? YV’hrcfore
does she submit to ibe opperession
of enemies in the south, who are
themselves slaves, and would make
us so? Have we no Moses, who
inspired by the God of our lathers,
and will lead us out of Egypt ?’»
The foregoing extrude prove,
beyond the posibility of a doubt,
that there is a party existing m
this country, who are desirous to
dissolve the national compact, and
to produce a separation »t the
states, All the canting sophistry'
which this faction can offer, thro*
the medium of their prostituted
papers, cannot remove from the
mind <>l the real American, that
this charge is as true as it is infa
y»°u> and destructive. The above
extracts are calculated to rouse a
spirit ol rebellion against the laws
01 the country, which must termi
nate m a dissolution of the govern
ment ; for if the citizens should
“ “s* in opposition to the constitu
ted authorities, and set their restric
tions and penalties at defiance,” the
inevitable consequence wouid be,
a total annihilation of all the legiti
mate powers ol the national com
pact. The constitution being thus
violated, and the laws trampled
upon, the respective s»a cs must be
brought into actuation so distres
sing, as to be under the necessity
ol dissolving those ties by which
they are bound m their political
relations. While these pretended
reprobates of a separation of the
states, become irritable at the
charge* brought against il lein , we
on j- requ«« .hem be e^|ici ,
& tell us plainly what are .he ten!
deuces ol the above
Whal constructions can llycitiaen.
put upon them ? Can there be any
mystery in such unequivocal de
clarations ? It is absurd, and even
trilling, to alledge that they mean
nothing, when every sentence is
I Iraugnt with such strong marks of
resolution and perseverance to put
some very important business into
execution.
Wca-e called ou “ to amputate
ci limb f it la declare,l, we mmt
prepare for the operation. << | t
behoyes us to speak ; f or strike w e
must, if speaking does not answer i’*
What is the uieaamg of these asVe.