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- HQUISVIkkE :—Fublifhcd every Tuel'day, by AMBROSE DAY, at 3 dollais per ann. payable halt yearly.
G£'-1 a ’ * * _
from the Boston Chronicle.
A we ll armed militia, the only fare
end cheap defence of nations.
IT betrays confcious guilt* of
an extreme and unnatural jea
joufy !n the government of a free
country, when it is not wiling
to place its laft refuge in a well
appointed militia. In furh a
community, it i? even an inftPt
tofuppofea STANDING AR
MY in time of PE ACE, would
be necedaiv to defend it againft
a foreign invafion, when the
citizens are always ready to fly
to their flandards, to repel the
enemy. There is no example
of a well governed people, in
the annals of hiftory, who have
turned a “ deaf ear” to the cfy
of their country in the moment
of real danger. There are ah
ways men enough to be found,
who are eager for the prft of
honor and patriotifm, in a juft j
\ and ncceflary war. They will
never forfake the government,
when the government does not
afiudly confpire again ft their
true interell. They will never
feek a retreat within the “ lines
I of an invading army,” if they
It do not fear a more d-endful op-
H predion at heme. The policy
I of a fiee government muft be
II deferable, belbre the fuppofi-j
I tion can be admitted for a mo- j
B ment, that any part of i‘s “ mem-,
B bers” would adhere to the inva-j
B ders, or give them “aidorrom-
B fort.” Such an event would be
■ a prodigy in nature—. Did it fo
H happen in Gteece or Rome?.;
■ Bid it fo happen in America ? j
H Did it fo happen in France ?
K Dave not the militia in theft'
■I nations been found fully fuftki-
B f° r a!! the pirpofes of “ de-
B fenfivc operations.” It is not
■ meant to be infmuated that in
■ the caie of actual invafion, or,
B* n cy le of imminent danger
■ that an enemy fhould be in full
■ P°lfcffion of feme of the p v in
B 3 ! fo’trcffes, as was the fo6l
B ln °ur late revolution: that then,
■ 3 certain part of the militia
B lh® u ldnot be embodied, armed,
I P ald and equipped, to ferve
■ oaring the war, with a proper
■ tjam of artillery to re lift and
I , e . ea * their incurfions, and to
I .‘ ! ' e them from the country,
I . f 0 unteers 'vill always be found,
II *j,‘ e * r j contr a£ls are punc
I ua y ciilrharged, who will (bon
■ econie an mvinfible army—for
I then ffght for everv
■ dear to (hem. Their
I , *' es ’ their children, their li
■ ' e,t 7» ad the bleftings they
I a ki VC en j°>’ ed » and the irrefift-
Pl tn e .r; vCB w htch impel them
I hn <e to '’indicate the
I * ncr * and maintain the
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
T U E S D A Y, July ?, 1799.
RTAION AND TRUTH LMl'.-lh 111 I.
rights of the STATE, again ft fo
reign pollution—dorncflic trea
chery would be impoflible.
Even thofe political mal con
tents who lately joined the Bri
tifh aimy againft their country,
had fomething like the fcmblagc
of reafon to juflify theirconduft.
The ariftocracy and the clergy
of France too had been fo long
in pofleflion of all the honors?
and emoluments, as well as of
almofl all the territory of the
nation, that it is not wonderful,
they fhould abandon the foil *
which non:idled them, when its
j
precious fiuits had been fo long;
exclufively devoted to theirj
maintenance at tlje expence of:
“ the people.” Such “ orders”j
and deferiptions of pcrfons,j
would naturally cleave to thofe;
who would promote their per-i
fonal views, even by the ruin of
their country ; or, wculd be
| fine to fupport and continue
| them in their horrible ufurpa
tions. But bach OR D£RS and j
DESCRIPTIONS of per fans I
aie now not known in America.
In the firft of our late waragainft
the Britifh, we had not a (ingle
piece of artillervon its carriage.
We had not a friend upon earth
who could then furnifti the ne
ceflary apparatus of defence,
I much lefs of attack : and yet,
I we finally furceeded in the ho
! norableconteft, notvvithftanding
j the unwearied aftivity and efforts
of our internal traitors.
We had neither civil arrange
ments nor mi itary fkill. The
! Britifh. befides. had poftbffion
| of Bofton, New-Yo kand Phi
ladelphia—for they had tioops
in all of them. Our fir (I officers
had not then fo much profeft
fional knowledge, as tinny of j
the exifling colonels, even ma-|
jors in our prefent train lands, j
The invafion of this country!
by the French, has been fork ufly
reprelentcd as a probable event,
to give a currency to the idea o
a STANDING ARMY being
neceffary, and the militia incom
petent. The dreadful bill oil
cofb, already threatens an accu
mulation of the pubbe debt be
vond the ability, or inclination
of the citizens to
Every mercenary unneceffanly
raifed and maintained, isa drone
in the hive that exhaufts its
Tweets, without contributing h:s
proper fharc of labor topreferve
its flock. The militia on the
other hand, find an amulrment
in their martial exercifes, after
their diurnal occupations are
fulfilled. But the invafion of
this country is but the dream of
i an over heated imagination, o
: the work of an infiduous policy.
i The French could not invade it,
if they would , and they wou’d
not if they could. An attempt
of this kind, would be on their
part, -fitch an aft of extreme
folly ; fuel) an outrage on every
principle of common fenfe as
to put it beyond the fear even of
the moft fordid credulity. They
have not had in any period of
the prefent war, the tranfports
to convey their troops, or (hips
of force to proteft them on their
voyage. They have not even
an objeft to be attained, which
couidmakeaconquell beneficial,
j T hry can find here no kings to
■ punifh for perfidy, no ariflocrats
j to be reduced, either as to power
or property, to the fiandard of
a juft and philofophic equality
| wuh their oppreffed fellow-citi-
I zens. No ecchfiaftiral digni
itariesto he humbled to the pri-
Imi ive regimen of the gofpt 1 :
a STANDING ARMY then,
can have no view to a foreign
invafion. Heaven fend that ft
| may never be employed in this
(young and happy country, for
the horrid purposes of erefting
an internal defpotifrn.
An cxcife law, (lamp aft, and
a land tax, are the fit ft ft nits of
our late military inhalations.
Impolitic laws are fometimes
enafted, that a STANDING
ARMY may be rained to cxc*
cute them ; and the opprellive
charge of this fortnidable inllru
men' of power, in its turn, will
invariably render inch laws in
r ifpemible, for its regular fup
poit. National profpeiity', in
efiirnate : i? the appropr ate
re fait of individual happimTs—•
i Where there is the lead polfible
coil to the citizen, consilient j
with the proper order of (ociery,
■there is then the belt podihle
!3 d m ini ft ration • Lxpnfive mi-'
| lit ary arrangements mu‘l pervert
the accuflomcd order of things.
Already they have opened to the
(anguine hopes of [ome, the i
flattering prolpeft of finally |
compoundingour prefentrepub-;
lican infiitutions, and of form-|
ing on their ruins, an indolent
and opprellive ariflocracy, and |
a bafe & degraded PEOPLE, \
O O
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The SUBSCRIBER |
licg leave £<* inform his Friend* and the
Punlic, that he hu commenced the
Commiflion and bactoiage
BUSINESS,
On T-Ifair’s Wharf, where he ha* Suit
able Stores lor ;he reception of Good’,
rod Produce ; and revert ul!y tcnde.s bis
Cervices to hi* F*lcn<‘s in that line.
Samuel Hammond.
Savannah, June 6, 17^9.
WANTED TO HIRE,
By tie Month or Tear,
A NEGRO M A N.
Enquire ut tin Cfsi.
i* January so.
To he fold, at public auftlon,
On TUESDAY,
The 6th Augufl next.
In the 1 own of W in(b*rough, Burke
C untv.
150 Acres of I. A N D,
Kel aging to the E laic of Jams*
M c Qj x»w, deep fed, Ivirg on M‘Be«a
Creek, adjoining lands ofThoj. Miller.
Con iiionj, C Hi.
Hv nnVr of C< up',
Daniel M‘Murphy, admr •
June 18.
F O R S ALE,
At the Oil-ICE of the LOUISVILLE GAZ*
£ ‘T'TEy cheap for Cafb,
NIME pair Gold Far-Rings
Tweivc pair round Gold Wire*
Six G'lt Seals to tell the day of the month
Six Silver Bottle fables
Six i’lrttcd do. do.
Three Silver Tea Caddie Ladle*
Six Plated do, do, do.
Four pair of Silver Root Buckles
Six pair of Plated Spurs
Plated Whins
F >ur Tl/O'if.tnd Needle*
One grocc large feat I Button*
Cotton or Tobacco will bo
received in payment for the
above Articles.
M.i:« h |2.
JOHN BL A I \X,
Has jor Sa V, at his Store, cheap
jnr Ca/h,
1 he following Articles, viz.
IRISH Linen 4-4 wide
Brown Sheeting
(Jznahiugi
Brown Linen
Tit klcnhmgt
H uni hums
Colored and plain Nankeen*
Tambourel, Sinned, S >i igged and Plain
| conet and Ho k M fiin
Mullin Shawls and Handkerchiefs, Boole
and J.ic<>ret
Gentlemens Netk Handkerchiefs and Cra
vat j
Calicoes and Chintzes
Pocket Handkerchiefs
Rla< I’, Blue and Pink Durants
Kbbuiuß, Ferredrgt and Tape*
Sc ah g v ilx and Twift
Mr s Womens and Youth’s Cotton *n<3
Woiftcd Hafc
Lndics Shoes
Ginghams
Man: he Iter M fl : n
i Si Me* n T d T nmrntr
j I>. worth’s ami Wrld'ct’s Spcllirg Bot kl
Fe cral Readv Kctkoncis
W1 iting Paper
G L and P m ted Buitcnj
j Lai gr and r.nall Jo.
I ra Canni! ers
Pea K. ives
kuivc and Foi kl
I able Spoons
11 ca Spoon*
! 1 k Pois
I Sulio s> an( j larje
G l ' n b f{s
N ccd cs and Pins :u j
I himble*
I Cotton (j rd* No. to
jamdcaand Wed India Rut*
1 1 c crilTc VV inc
j Apple Brandy }
1 S ,g ;r a id MulafTcs
j H y on Tc 1
ColLe and Chocolate
K tilms
Pei per and Spice
Copperas
Hcu Rifle Gunpowder
Shot all rr cd
B ark.il g Balls
Sal:.
ALSO,
A qir.nti'y of Mti’lClNES, vi 2.
Rdcnec of Peppermint
J Hop an., Rhubarb
riritifh Oil
T artar
Calome 1 #
IVithy a large and genial nflorfment ef
icge.her *i h a variety of
oilier anir cs > too tedious t'* mentis n.
junc 4.
BLANK D EEDS
tor Sale, at this OJfice,
[No. 24.