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nf Great Briu!n«?one i.ll in their
r tn conquer and enflave
: I- ■';«
ev failed ; they are now■ ftn»-
" ,o overcome us by policy.
% cannot be forgotten by you
citizens, that, that government
„ok p eafure m fending over
H ,e armies of mercenaries, to
complete the work of death
amo n2 us, burnt our cities and
towns' ranfancked our houfes,
robbed and plundered our wives
sn d children, and left them in a
fiate of llarvation !
Rouze up citizens, keep a
c ood look out, guard well your
political funds, fuffer not thofe
hirelings to Tap the foundation
7vour liberties, neither will
vou do yourfclves julhce to per
mit any of their wicked and
unfair meafures to have con
nexion with your interefl, for
jt is an old maxim, and 1 think
a true one. that when monarchi
c 1 and republican governments
form connexion, that tne mo
narch deftroys and (wallows up
the republic, into which pit, I
ivifh to God we may not fall 1
While legiflatures can tranf
cend the bounds of the confti
tution, tear down its walls, and
jump over into the thicket, form
inflrumentsin writing of oppref-
Con, and call them laws, while
nvn in office arc aXuated from
private, and not public motives,
while individuals can be feduced
and made the inffruments of
delufion, the welfare of our
boafted republic, the dignity of j
ouracknowledged independence,'
together with that admirable
p inciple of equality, will be
upon the rack, and clofely bor
der upon the confines of ruin
and diflfolution, I
It is not material to us, whe
ther our rights arc difturbed or
infringed by a Turk, an Eng
lifhman, a Frenchman, an In
dian, or our neighbour, fo that
v e are oppreffed and made poor.
It is very immaterial, what na- ■
tion or people, enjoy our wealth'
and liberties—we ought deci
drd'y to plunge the political
into the bread of the
‘I perfon, tribunal or nation,
that attp uipts to d ffurb or moled
our r, S ht s and privileges. Thofe
1 at are undermining us have
\ e r udenefs to fay, they are
,J Pporting government, and
audac.ouffv call wc the people,
and rubhijh” —For a mo-
? ent ’ * would aik, who pays
,e to fupport the govern
|? ent ? We people! When
is invaded who
c , n s it, and fights the bat
's We the people ! Yet we
J not good enough to have
Jn tain S to do with the admi
‘ rat ' 0 , n * nor even think about
ar pu ic fervants. Poortimes
L * l yet we hope for
tV ays - For 1 am told .
in circu f *. are feveral petitions
r l 0n ’ P ra >'' n ß next
laws° fS j t 0 ? peal fome of their
a c u *? d lnl,eu thereof to pafs
Qan S aQd purifying l aw>
to wit: that every man, woman
and child, that fhould be found
in the United States after the
tenth day of March next, th'at
was concerned or interefted with
the Britifh government, (hould
be gathered into bundles and
fattened together with tht chains
of pine-land Purveyors, and caff
into fome of thofe fixty-ton
Britifh bottomed (hips, and fafe
ly conveyed over to England,
there to enjoy the purity of that
nervous government. Then
republicans will be happy', and
not before ; and there is no
doubt of this bill paffing into a
law, as we well know the Ame
rican cabinet is in favor of the
rights of the people,
A GEORGIAN.
For the Loui/ville Gazette,
Mr, Day,
FOR the information of thofe
who may not have had an op
portunity of feeing the laft aX,
to regulate the General FleXions j
of this State, you will pleafc to
iafert the following :
“ That the General EleXion
(hall be held annually, on the
fit ft Monday in OXober ; and
the time of receiving the votes
(hall be from fix o'clock in the
morning, un(il feven o'clock in
the afternoon.”
Extract from the EleHion Law .
For the LouljvilLe Gazette ,
The AMERICAN,
’ No. 111.
Here let thofe reign whom penflont can ;
incite (
Fo vote a patriot h'ach t a courtier white :
Explain their country's dear bought rights
i away ,
1 And plead for pirates in the face of day :
With Jlavijh tenets taint our poifon'd
youth ,
And tend a He the confidence of truth .
Johnson.
Fellow Citizens,
FROM whit ht« already been re
'marked and prom’Ted, much fevrnty
* ani reproof, may poflibly, be expeded
I But, the man who thinks and adi wth
a becora ng fpirit, is the caufe of an
abided country, is fure to he affailed
by thofe, the gall of whofe ink is milk,
when compared by the bitternrfa of their
hearts. W th me, the love of my coun
try is a Itffon of reafon, aud the detef
tatioo ot its enemies, a moral du y,
unconfcious of fear, noraduated by the
hope of reward—l have little to appre
hend and Ids toexped; ftlll, I hope
to be cool in decuion, tho* warm in
purfuil and unwearied in perfeverance.
It has been obferved, tha? injury may
be aggravated by iofult, and that iofult
may be embittered by pleafantry. The
ijufticc of this fentimeut is fu.ly verified
in the condud of a certain party, on a
recent occaGon. Few who think cor •
redly, can tell the detriment, which
the republican icdcralifta have fuftained
on this occaGon, thro* the nvfchicvous
influence of the Britifh fadion. A
partial vidory, which it obtained by the
mod unjuftifiable means, has been the
ground of fhtmelefs etulta.ion It io
time for us to look out, wc arc involved
in the qu ck-fands of corruption and the
• fhoals of monarchy ; we arc in fad,
i threatened with irretrievable ruin,
mad know the origin, and fcan the
, influence of the iofufferable party, from
which thofe ev la flow ; it mud be e*
* ! pofcd to the face of day, that it may
i become the objed of detellatioQ sad
horror I entreat of you therefore to
devote ynur (Vrious a'tcntim to evils of
which involves the prpetuity of your
C'vil and tcligious privilege*. A cool
bead and a warm heart may dill fecuie
our political falvation.
Let the perils wc have brave'y en
countered and honorably overcome be
remembered by every genuine Amer'can.
May the ie.*olleAion of them infpirc
him with a true cftimatc of the ftCvdom
of his country. It is firioufly to be
wifhed that the worthy offspring of the
war-worn citizens who were infulted and
barbaroufly famifhed in captivity, or
expofed fo the pcrtHential gloom of a
prifon (hip may revenge while they
abhor the unmerited injuries and unna
tural cruelties of a maternal embrace.
I his is the origin, and fuch in part
only, the conduct of a party which
ftill coot nues cumcrms, aftivc and au
dacious. The dread of te;ribution drove
a herd of thole dcfpicable wretches to
the dreary wilds of Nova Scotia. The
benevolence of the American charadcr
on the other hand, tempted many of
them to remain. Their fnivilling and
diffimulation, aided by the dark defigns
of a black minded ffatcfman obtained
them the forbearance and even the pro
tection of a people they would cheer
fully have facrifrccd at the inlatiatc and
bloory (brine of monarchy. The un
! looked for fucctfs of the latter induced
' the former to return and congregate with
their fellows. Thus were the advocates
of monarchy and th* enemies of good
government admitted to an afylura in the
very bofom of the republic* Weak !
or incotnprchenlib'y wicked policy !
With whom could it have originated ?
Wc furely cannot hefitate to derernvne
when the infamous letters of Pbociar.
arc rcci'llcfted. Tht author of thefe
letters is known to the public. Me is
gathering the fruits of his intrigue in
an office of emolument and honor, in an
office to which the uniform fupporl of
thofe his partisans has enabled him to
climb, and it may fairly be fuppofed,
that had their influence bem fully com
menluraced to his adroitnefs cupidity
would before this time have been crowned
with a diadem.
Americana, ray too paffive and crc
! duous countrymen, again I charge you,
be on your guard, be v.gilant. The
hour is rapidly approaching, when you
may be made to tremble at a tyrant's
frown, and behold your boaffed privi
leges vanifli like the morning dew !
The ants, abfoibed in induftry, conftrutt
with (k>li their little habitations, and
patiently provide for futurity s—But the
frail and infecure hillock is diflipa cd
by the fury of a tempeft, or levelled
by the foot of imperious man. The
wealth and induftry of millions dffappear
in a moment, and even their liberty is
only to be regained by timely and vigo
rous exertions. Meditate on th a a!lu
fion recognize your lunation and cfcapc
mpendmg evil. H..
KNOXVILLE, July 30.
Departed this life on the 25th
inflant, after a fhort illnefs,
Colonel George Nicholas ; In this
patriot the friends of liberty and
of republicanifm, have loft one
of their brighteft ornaments.
It is not Kentucky alone that
has caufe to lament him. Fear
ing neither power nor perlecu
tion, and boldly refolving not
to fhrink from his duty, he never
ceafed to examine, to cenfure,
and to expofe, with ability and
■ with firmnefs, all ufurpations of
1 power, and violations of his
country's rights, from what quar
ter foever attempted.
His lofs to his country as a
; ftatefman and a patriot, will not
1 perhaps be the moft to be re
r gretted ; to the rifing youth of
I Kentucky, the future hopes ol
their country, and to whofe in
ftruftion he was gcncrouHv de
voting a portion of his time and
talents—it is irreparable.
It the public fenfalions at
this event will be fo flrongly
excited, and the public lofs fo
deeply and extcnfively felt,
what mull be the fenfalions, and
what the lofs, to a tender and
affedionate wife, and to twelve
hopeful but infant children ?
tr NOTICE.
That the Members belonging to
Capt. Connolly s Jcfferjon Troop of
Light Dragoons, are requeued Jfl
meet at his Iloufe, on the lajl SA~
TURD AY in September , precifely
at ten o’clock , armed and accoutred ,
when an eleftion mill be held , for to
eleH a CORNET , in the room of
J % B. Spivy , who has removed .
By order of the Captain ,
William M'Dowcll, fec'ry.
Augujl 20. y
To be Sold at Private Sale , Jor
Cajh only t
ABOUT Iwo ihoufand a r rci of ?ir
luab.’c Qjk and Hickory Lind,
fituated on the waters of Giants Creek,
in the neighborhood of Louiffille, The
Subfcnbcr would fell the whole body
together, or divide it into Lor*, esmay
bed fuit the purchafer or purebafers.
i For fur. her particular a, pleafe apply to
the Subfcriber, at J >fej h G Poinci’i,
iu the I owa of Louifville.
Gabriel Bailey.
N. B. IF the above Land is not
i fold by the fiift day of October neat,
it will then be fo’d in fma'l and conve*
I nicul Lo'S, at public auflion, before
the Market Houle, in Louifville.
Sep ember 17.
; A BARGAIN.
1 For Sale, Cheap for Cajh ,
1 \ VALUABLE tract 1 f L*ND, of
500 Acrts, of the vrry fi 11 qua ity,
. adjoining lands of Frank Jones, I lug on
. ihe Ogechee Rivrr, about qo miles beio*r
I Louil ville. For lunher pai titulars, pleafe
apply to the Suhfcriber.
George W. Chifolm.
| September ro.
CAUTION.
WHFPtEASiny wife,M'ry Simmons,
has eloped from my bed and board,
■ without any provocaijon • this it 10 f«*i
warn all Pcrfoni whafoever f r-m credit
. ing her on my account, a lam determined
not to pay any debt* of her con ruling.
Benjamin Sammons.
July 26, 1799,
The honorable the Inferior Court of
the County of Jefferfon ,
THE PETITION of Daniel M'Dowell
humbly fh'wrth, that being erfined
in the gaol of this County, for debt, anout
58 days ; and that he is unable *o fnpport
hunfclf during fuch hn coi.finement, and
therefore prays that he may b« admitted
tort joy the benefit «t the a<s>, provided
for the relief of infoUenr Hcbiorj
Daniel NTDowelL
September a, 1799.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY\
AS an Apprentice to the Print
ing Bufmefs , a LAD about
13 or 14 years of age , who has
receiv r d a tolerable good education ,
and can be wed recommended . Ln~
quire at this Office .
Augufl 6.
BLANK. LETTERS
Of ADMINISTRATION\
For Sale at this Fruiting Office.