The Louisville gazette. (Louisville, Ga.) 1799-1800, December 17, 1799, Image 1
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
Vot. I.J T U E S D A Y, December 17, 1799. [No. 46.
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STANDING ARMY.
Mr. Parker,
« We flail feel the frongcfl mo
lives to Jail on our knees % ingra
titude to Heaven , for having
hen gracioufly plea fed to give vs
Hrih and education in Amer'ca t
and for having defined us to
live under her lazes. We have
reafon to exult if we moke ov.r
emparifon with England and
the Englfl conf i tut ion.”—la
America , there is no funding
army" j
(President Adams.)
A motto to a political publi-j
cation, is as proper as a text to
a fermon—the literati are fond
of Latin, Creek, or H'brewj
mottos —it is confidered as a!
wondeiful evidence of learning, •
when a piece is introduced in i
thofe languages, and Pome per
fons are fo pleafed with a lan*
guage they done underfand, that
they are preffed with an idea,
that the man who under (lands
Latin, &c, mull be a paragon of
reafoning. But aiming at no
fuch fuperiority of under Band
ing. I chuPe to give my motto
in plain Englfl —thus every
I American may underftand my
text, and bringing fo fuperior
an author as the Prefident, I
flatter myfelf that the force of
his argument will not requ’i e the
energy of Greek or Hebrew, to
give refpeftability to his obfer
vafions.
In plain Englifl therefore, the
Prefident returns thanks to Hea
ven, that in America, 44 there is
m funding army ' —in plain Eng
jifh, Doftor Thatcher Biles it,
the moft fuccefsful weapon
wielded by tyrants." Warren,
Hancock, and others, in the
a me emphatic language repro
ve r, as the* defiruftive ma
chine of defpots—after fuch a
c.oud of witneffes, can any man
cutate to proclaim his detefla
ti°n of fuch an eflablifhment in
America ? *
After fuch charaaers being
mentioned, it may be ncedlefs
to introduce the opinions of
others—as their weight in the
P u ic mind, is ponderous and
latisfaQory—Orould we then at
any /yurtperiod, fee any enfigns
P a /oded through our flreets,
7 ,c . n ca ”X the tokens of a
I *l®?’ ever y republican
I Will view it with as much
TrT* 35 a chriftian would
I 0f ,he at
I fulnh^ e d ‘ U lh the mar, v r in -
I g TK ed .'? J the confla gtation.
I the A ? lfdorn ar4C * patriotifm of
|to-e wir iC3nrulers * fondly
I D f ewill never lead us to realize
»he horrors of a Banding army
—relying fo fully on their in
tegrity ai d upiightnefs,wc would
wifh to fupprefs the idea, that
■ cenes of dtfolation will ever
excite our difapprobation of
the ir conduft; but while we have
monuments belore us, of the
tendency of ** jmall beginnings
we ought to c bferve with an
attentive, critical jealoufy the
moll minute movements, that
| may in time lead to the compleat
cflabiißimcnt.
i I lb 11 conclude this number
with an exrra£t from judge
I Pawc's oration—the learne^.
| judge fpeaks with his ufual pre
| cihon and fiimnefs; and though
' 3 oi ng in that day, \ et the ma
turity of his fentiments adds
| lull e to the patriotifm of his
icfpcfted lather, who fo early
i inculcated on him the fol owing
jfub’ime piinciples of repubhea
njvi,
41 There is the eflcnce of all
power(ul liberty. Not to with
draw a fentiment alre/dy engra
ven upon the heaits of this au
d ence, it is fuch a liberty,, as
that every man who has once
taßed it, becomes a temporary
foldier as loon as ic is invaded,
and relents any violence offered
it, as an attack upon his life—
hence it is that, in free Bates, 1
as fuch y there is no fuch thing as
a perpetual Banding army. For
the whole bod) of the people,
ever ready, flock to the general'
Bandaid upon emergency, and
to preclude the ufe of that in
fernal engine, I fay infernal en
gine, for the tongue “ laborSy
and is at a lofs to exprefs," the
hideous and frightful confequcn
ccs that (low wherever the pew
j ers of hell have procured i:s in
' troduftion. Tuikey and A ; giers
i arc the delight of its vci geance.
I Denmaik, once over-lwasmcd
1 with the brave inhabitants of the
j north, hash Hereddepopulation,
i poverty, and the heaviell bond
age, from the quartering troops
among ft their peaff nts in time
of peace : ij it can be cat ed peace
when robbery, conflagrate n,
and murder a c let h ole upon
the fons of men. Indeed, it
is laid i h t no notion ever kept up
an army in time oj peace that did
not loofe its liberties. I believe
it. Atheans, Corinth, Syracufe,
, *nd Greece in general were ah
i overturned by that tremendous
i power : and the fame power has
i been long operating with other
I caufes to humble the crefl of
: Britain. Let us hear a paffage
from Devenant ? “If (fays he.
Speaking of Banding armies,
f they who believed this eagle in
r the air frighted all moiions tow
: aids liberty; if they who here-
’ tofere thought armies in time of
• pea:e, and our freedom incon
l fifltnt; if the lame men fhoidd
throw eff a whig principal to
• fundamental, and thus come to
clothe fhcmlclves w ith the dc
jefled garm nts of the tones,
and if ail that has been here dif
courfed on Biould happen, then
willthe conflitution of this coun
tty be utterly -übverted." It
would ex r eed the limits of the
prefent ocralion to exyati tc
upon all the inflances wherein
the liberties of Britain have in
faft fuffered according to the ,
viewy of Devenant, Suffice it!
to fay that a Banding army has '
been long fince, virtually <.ngi aft
er!, a limb upon her ronflltution,
has frequently over-awed her
par \svnt\)isyfonietmeshereleHionSy
and has earned defliu6tion and
maffacre into different paits of
her empire.
That Banding mercenary
troops mud fooner or later en
tail fervitude and mifeiy upon
their employees, is an eternal
ttuth that appears from the na
ture of things. On the one
bar d behold an infipid yecman
ry, all finew and foul, having
Beppcd out and defended their
ancient altars, their wives and
children, return in peace to till
thofe fields which their own
arm have refined, Such are the
troops of every tree people.*
Such were the troops who, led
on by the patriot Warren, gave
thefiiß home blew' to our op
picflors. Such were the troops
w ho fi led by Cates in the noith
cm woods, almoß decided the
fate of nations. Such were the
Poops w bo, under the great and
am able Lincoln, fuflained a
fiege in that rank
him and them with the captains
and foldiers of antiquity. Such,
we trufl, aie the troops, who,
inferior number, though headed
9 O I
indeed by the gallant and judi
cious Morgan lately vanquiflied
a rhofen veteian band lung de
dicated to Mais and dikipimed
in blood.
“ 1 hou who you UoHy wall lhall tn
verfc tltcic
“ Where tro .pi of Brltaifi% k vg OD i
BritaiL’s fon» I,
“ D übarg’d 11;c leaden vengeance ;
pafs not on,
“ E’er ihcu had b’ett their memory,
and paid
“ Thofe hallowed tear*, whicli foolh
the virtuous dead.”
Thefe were piinciples of one
of our prefent judges of the fu
preme coutt of judicature, and
we trufl that he Bill adheres to
them. How happy are wc,
when we have the Prefident of
the United States, a m nifier of
the gofpel, a judge of the lu
preme court, as living uiinej}es t |
and a Warren, and an Hancock, I
as fpcaking from their tombs,
that a 44 funding a>my is defryc
hve to the liberty of the pec pie '*
A Friend to the Prefident.
* “ Thai the yeomanry are the
bulwark of a hee people ’ — was t if
memory /r veSy in a cclhrated rx
tempore fpeech c) the honorable Sa
muel Adams, made in the year '73,
The feadmejs of dial great repub~
Juan to his political creed, evinces
that fentiments grounded upon juft
date zuill not enjily bend to a partial
in erefy or accommodate to the
changes of a popular opinion .
CREENSBURG, Nov. 9.
On the 23d of 06fobcr lafl,
capt. Alexander M*Lcan's Al
leghany and Armltrong Rifle
f ompany, confifling of upwaids
of 70 citizens, met to celebrate
the ele&ion of THOMAS
M 4 KEAN, to the governmental
chair. Having paraded in view
of the regimt nt, (it being the
general mufler) the following
toafls were drank, accompanied
with a volley of rifles, and the
unanimous plaudits of the com
pany.
1. May the 8:h of O&ober,
1799 be remembered by all
icpublicans, as the day which
advanced the patiiotic THO
MAS M‘KEAN, to the office
of governor of Pennfylvania.
A volley and three cheers.
2. May the m>rnes of thofe
who voted in favoi of john (ay's
treaty with England, the Band
ing aimy, the alien and fedition
laws, and the Bamp aft. be
blotted out of the congieffional
journals.
A veil y and three cheers.
3. May the fuflenng fons of
liberty, continue to for
tlx ir conflitutional lights, and
find an alyium in the United
States.
Three cheeys,
4. May every true republican
remember the covenant catch
made in the year 1776, which
was Pealed with blood.
5. May HI the executive
officers of the Bate faithfully
execute the good laws thereof.
Three cheers *
6. May the names of Findley,
Gallatin, and Smihe, Bnke ter
ror into every enemy of repub
licanilm.
Three cheers .
STOMNGTON PORT,
November 12.
Highly Important ! !
We do not find in any of tha
papers received per the mail,
(except the 15ee) the report
which has been tor Pome tunc
n