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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*