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115 of g-:t>ng wpeJed tbo.e
xiom iaws. thofe wfrm*.
, of rour liberties, which
ireftnt adminiftration have
d. I am fearful that many
, v fellow citizens are not
iently apprized of the ill:
-quences likely to refult
the alien and fedition bills,;
ftotn Handing armies in
of peace. I will point
O yoa fomc of its baneful
b. and the influence thofe
gives to your head fervant,
’refidcnt, and bis adherents
your liberties, your lives
property. The firlt I (hall
:e is the fedition bill (for I
not call it a law) by that
fou arc prohibited the liber
f freely (peaking your fen
nis upon the condut of
Prefident, the fenators arid |
ibersof the houfe of repre
itives in Congrefs. Though
are your ferv'ants, whatever
be their condut, how far
cr they may leap the bounds
:ribed by your ineflimable
litution ; however they may
n and cnflave you, you mull
:omplain nor even utter one
fpeftful word againft them;
>u do, you are liable ort
-ition to be imprifoned two
s, and fined to the amount
doo dollars, though you are
worth 10 ; in that cafe you
t lie in prifon till the fine is
; the lav/ might as well have I
impriionment for life to;
r men :—horror of horrors
an American dare not feru
:e the conduct of his repre
atives* I now come t 6 the
i biJh But ftrft let me afk
conftitufes the great bulk
the people of America ?
cipally aliens! Who fought
battles of America, or in
r words who affifted the
“ r cans to gain their inde
lencc ? Aliens! And ought
not to participate of the
ingsef America ? Certainly
ought! I think I hear the
-crats, the modern torics,
ibettdfc of oppreflfion fneer,
ay, m my do not underftand
an alien is, I'll tell them,
not born within the
iiaionof the United States
aat an heinous crime ! But
turn by the alien bill, the
rnment has invefled the
dent with power to order
alien to depart out of the
e d States in three days,
out the benefit of a tiial.
tawoi thiefl and beftofmen
s » arc liable (from the
Nation of a vile mifereant)
1 ordered out of the United
S upon the flimfey pretence
s inimical to the pre
adminifhation. We are
' uo apprehenfion of a fo
war, what necefliry is there
l . Coding army ? The an
*s obvious to every one—
*agoon us into the mea
-1 or government, to force
t * he exci^e the
? =a. tlie alTefs law. and to
our tongues, to
bend our necks lotheyoke, while
they chain it fad upon us. By I
thele plain flatements of fats,
you find the Prefident, and his
reprefentaiivcs polTefs more au
thoritv than their conflituents
; granted them. The fervants of
the people are become mailers,
*and have made fervants of their
maflers, in order that he may
not be called to an account, or
receive a juft; reprimand from his
true mailer—bindsun his tongue
and gags his what
j I have here dated are fats, read!
the Words of ybur conflitutlon.
11 Congrefs (hall make no law
refpeting the cftabhlhmcnt of
religion, nor againft the free
cxercife thereof, nof infringe the
liberty of fpcechjOr of the prefs."
I may therefore afle whither
( are you going—will you blindly
run into the ditch—will you like
the afs of Iffacher, croud down
between two burdens, and qui-!
etly be laden by the torics and !
Britifh with intolera- j
blc taxes on one fide, and an
army of 30,000 men on the
other. Can free dtizens bend
their backs, with bumble, abjet
fubmiffion, like beafls of bur-;
den to their ambitious riders.!
You have the load on your I
backs already—filence will not
make it lighter ; it i$ probable
that the tories and ariftocrats
will get on the top of it, fpur
j and Icourge you. Witrefs, Mr.
j Schneider, of Reading, Mr,
Duane, of Philadelphia, andi
Mr. Callender, of Virginia.
Perhaps feme of my fellow
citizens would wilh to afk me!
how they (hall vote at the day |
of eletion, to prevent as much
as they can more oppreffive laws
being paffed, and to get fuch as
are bad repealed. You have
but five candidates, the one for
the fenate has no opponent,
therefore you have no choice;
and if you had, I know but few
better republicans than the one
who offers : in the other cafe,
the man who has fought for the
liberties of his country, who has
been uniformly a republican, is
certainly the only charater we
ought to tiuft with our liberties.
1 fhould not give my fuffrage to
a man who is not capable of
defending our rights by any
ocher mode than merely voting.
Give me the man for a reprefen
tative, who, when he ftnds the
liberties and privileges of his!
conftituents being about to be
torn from them, is capable of
vindicating their caufc, and of,
impreftingthe houfe with a fenfe
of its error. How often does 1
hiftory furnifh us with inftances
of a well timed oration faving a
whole ftate from definition. I
Take care to give your vote to
none but decided good repub
licans, no comtniffion hun ers,
fpeculators, ariftocrats, or mo
dern tories ought to have the
fuffrage:. of free and enlightened
republicans.
Number* of mv fellow citi
• zees as well as myfeif, have often
heard this rx predion :—The
| county of Jefferfon has never
been well repiefcntcd. That
furely is a reflexion upon us,
as an opportunity now offeis let
us wipe away the ftain.
Before I take leave of my
fellow citizens, let me give them
a friendly caution—l am appre
henfivc means will be taken on
the day of eleftion, to prevetit
republicans from coming for
ward to vote; be Vigilcnt on
that day, my friends, you in
i particular ought to be mindful
how much depends on your
voting, be (ides the difgracethat
awaits you if you are baffled
out of one of your mod valu
able privileges ; be allured, the
ariftocrats, the modern topics
will be more than commonly
a&ivc on that day.
A REPUBLICAN. .
For the Loui/ville Gazette .
On the Death oj a Friend,
IS then the order gVo, >be Cure decree
Pronounc’d, to fet the ircpr (on’d fpirit
free ?
*TIs gone !—the strherial (park ii flown,
j 1 he (oui of fcnfibiliry alas ! is gone—-
I He's gone cries echo thro* the globroy
j grove,
i Wh'.lft ew’ry foul with furrow fcems to
I move,
Creation confc/ous of forae untim’d fate,
With all her meteors mourns in fulcrun
date,
The clouds didill, the winds in zephyrs
figh,
; And robes of mohrmog kcll the szurc
fkf ;
Adieu, dear friend ! thy tide on earth
it done,
j Thy glafs is ended, sod thy race is run—
J Ah! what avail’d it, fcicucc bid thee
life
With philofophic genius to the Ikies,
Since O WILSON I not all on earth
could Lvc
1 hatanxiouagenius from the filent gr« re;
Like mud to like, dud to dud returns, i
While the freed fpirit now no longer
mourns
Thofe numerous ill, diTcafci, griefs and
cares
It late partook of in this vale of tears, J
i'be fpark is flown ! call’d from (bis
mortal (late
My gu de, my friend, too foon refigns
to fate.
Ye dear companions and ye happy few
Who, when be lived his many virtues
knew,
Leave your infipid mirths for you have
loft
All (hat good nature, or a friend could
boad,
Your am’rous jeds to folemn themes
now turn,
To virtues relics rear the immortal
Urn ;
j The admiring mufc with fofted fteps
fhall tread,
Nor crufh the afhes of his fi ent head,
Prffcrvc hit rc'ics in her grateful lays,
And weave him chaplets ot uufadiog j
i bays, i
Yes, with dear rem.mbrance yet prolong
his date, |
And foroe few happy moments deal from
i fate.
EUGENIUS.
JJJ
THE FLEETS.
A French Jhip ar ived Jrom
E urdcaux t at Charlejlon. We
under/land that Jht brought news
of an engagement having lai n place
between the French and Enghjh
fleets, in which the Jormcr had the
advantage*
For the Loui/vilU GazeLc,
Mr. Day,
I HAVE hesrd much ta’k of die
Un'on Society, curirfity iflduced
to pay them a vifit, i rdlfed fiom
force publications 1 had your
paper, to have found a num|H|f patri
otic fpeakers, men of talents,
capable of dlfcuffiog fubjfia of the
higheft importance j when to rcy afton
ilhmeat 1 found them lay slide import*
ant qucfti’oDs to give way for little iofig.
oificant ores, about Jrtfh Potatoet t
Dutch Cold Scklau, and fuch like noot
I'cnfc.
I remember in a cooverfttioo I had
with Mr. Cot, be mentioned to me
fcvcral patriotic members, who I knew
were good orators ; but I mud do them
the juftice to fay they were not there
he tight I was. If after this I find
them publifh fome good qneftions, I
fh<>uld be highly gratified to become a
member, and would give roy feeble fup*
port to fo (icellrur an inltfutinn.
A fi lend to Debating Societies.
IT NOTICE.
That the Members belonging to
Capt, Connolly s Jtjferfon Troop of
Light Dragoons, are 7 equejied to
meet at his Iloufe , on the lajl SA
TURDAY in September, precifely
at ten o'clock, armed and accoutred t
when an eleßion will be held , for to
eleft a CORNET, in the room of
7. B- Spivy, who has removed .
By order of the Captain ,
Williatn M'Dowcll, fec’ry.
Augujl 20.
r- -Y
To he Sold at Private Sale, for
Cafh only ,
About rwo thoufand acres of va
luable Oik and H ckory Land,
fauatcJ on the waters of Gram’s Cfe< k,
in the neighborhood of LouifvMe, The
Subfcnbcr weald fell the whole body
together, or divide it Into Lots, as may
1 h ft fuit the ptirchafer or porchcfcrfl.
* For further particulats, plcafc app y to
the Subfcnbcr, at Jofcph G. Polaci’s,
in the I owa of Louilvillc.
Gabriel Bailey.
N. B. If the above Land is not
fold by the fird day of Ofiobcr neat,
it wilt then he fo'd in fmall and conve
nient Lo’s, at public au6fion, before
the Market Houfe, in Louifviilc,
Sep ember 17,
A BARGAIN.
For Sale, Cheap for Cafh,
AVALUABLF TRACT of LAND, of
500 Acns, of the very fi ft qi’d'ity,
ndjoiiing land- of Frank Jones, lying on
the Ogcchee River, about 40 rude* below
Louifviilc. For further pat ocular.*, plcafc
aj ply to the Subfctiber.
George W. Chifolm.
September 10.
A BARGAIN.
To be fold, cheap for Cafh, or a
N.gro Fellow ,
AVALIIAB E tract of LAND, of
ico Acres, a .out two miles from
1 Louifvillct, adjoining lands of Alexander
} Gaft*, ell, ami others. For further parti
culars, enquire of Ma'hew Cafwell,
Patrick Magee.
September to, 1799.
The SUBSCRIBER
Beg* leave to inform his Friend* an 1 *he
PunMc, tf.«■ he ha* commenced the
Comrrlifrion and
BUSINESS,
On Tel aii’s W hurf, where he has fuit
able Stores tor h: reception or Good*,
and Produce ; a , ;J k r*fpf«ft ul*y <endc s his
fervitc* 10 hi* Fiicn s th it line.
Samuel Hammond,
Savannah, June 6, 1799*