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y OL . I.] T E S D A V, DICE M B E R ?4, 1799. [No. 47.
" REASON AND TRUTH IMPARTIAL GU,DE THE AT. /T.
LOUISVILLE: —Pubhihed every Tuefday-, by AMBROSE DAY, at 3 dollars per ann. payable half yearly.
from the Aurora.
Alexander Hamilton's p'oTc
cution again ft the Argus. is not
commenced under the (edition
law; for although he has
thought he was frefident under
fa ro/e—bt has lately found cut
that he cannot rule Mr. Adams,
as he formerly beaded of ruling
another perfon.
The Gallatin infpeftor, poffi
biy fuopofed that he could lug
jn the Argus, by terror, rs
“ money could not make the
mare go.
The letter of Alexander Ha
milton which we pubhfhcd, p:o
-felfes lb much attachment to the i
confi itution —fo much regard
for the freedom of the prefi—
fo much republican ,zca’—and
fo much feeling for his pecuniary
reputation —that like mother Cole's
religion, it is impclhble not 10
fmile and yet be indignant.
A Granger to American hiflo
ry cn reading that letter, might
be apt to believe it didlafed by
fmceiity and not by disappoint
ment. The failure of his projcdls
at Trenton, appear to ha we/ored
his mind, and he Teems to ferget
that when he afFcdls to rail at
faftion, that he dands precifely
like Lucifer after his difeom
fiture. “ Thw fickly cad of
death gleams over his vifage and
the fcowi ot falfe ambition
blackens on his brow/'
To judge Alexander Hamil
ton by his letter, it would fetm
as il he thought the public could
forget his defence —or
That he was the father of the
funding (ydem, that feheme of
coftiy iuin and fhame.
I hat he was the propofer of
a monarchical form of govern
ment in he federal convention.
That it \s in proof, that he
avowed himfelf a friend of mo
narchical government,
et this man, whofe moral.*
a e en egidered on the page ot
hi dory by his own hand—and
who( c hat ed of republican go
vernment is notorious—dands
orvv aid again before the public,
to excite enquiry and to revive
t e old and call forth new fa6ls.
Nothing but die irritation of
* cfperate mind frudrated in
ts ambition, would plunge into
0 much impiudcnce, or be to
),ln d to the knowledge which
tne public poflTefs. This man
an En glifh partizan accu-
, ■* rids out in the very city
W ff C / r , e was acculed, with an
1 e ation of difpiovinga fimi-
This man talks
e r^ e d°m of the prefs with
n r.* \^ tIOTI °f refped—this
CQ n U pillars of the
On dituuon— this man talks of
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
the pillars of fociety: (
Hitherto the lecurity and faith
of wedded love-, have hern con
fiderrd as lire main pillars of
fociety—and yet he talks, as if
he was an ornament to fociety
thtough the pr dice of the mod
j endearing vir'ues, the man talks
!of Jacobins! Fiom the contam
ination of fuch jacobins as him,
j God / Imighty appears at length
gtacioudy difpoled to deliver
us, through the medium of the
returning fenfe of the nation,
I and the wicked ruTs of the ene
mies of repubiicanifin,
Alexander Hamilton has been
; much irritated at the very idea
of his being at the bottom of
,an effort to purrhafe “ The Au
rora”— as if he never bn.d any
dealing with ncwjpapers!
From the Ccr.Jlituticnal Telegraph .
STANDING AP MY.
mammmmmmtmm*
Mr. Parker,
“ We Jhall /eel the Joking eft. mo
tives to Jail on cur knees , in gra
titude to Heaven, Jcr.hainrrg
been graciov/ly plea fed to give us
birth and education in America ,
and Jor having deflined us to
live under her laus. We have
rea/cn to exult ij toe moke cur
companfon with England and
the Engljh conftilutionH —In
America, “ ihire is no /landing
army.”
(President Adams.)
THE o»a ions on the filth of
March, are fo (bong a Iptcimcn
cf the principles maintained by
the pair o s who were adi-ve in;
the gieat cau'e of the t n erican
revolution, that they ought to
be held up even at the prefent pe
riod, as the poiar dar for our
future corded. T belt orations
contain the political cued of
our u publican government, and ,
wc fbould adhere 10 the fi nti-j
ments thev inculcate, with the,
fame attachment, as a chridian j
to the inf. itutes cf the gofpel. j
They are articles of political
faith, the orthodoxy of which j
no man can controvert, without
incurirg the cerfure of zn
« apod ate"—They exprefs the
fentiments of the people, as they
were received with the mod
rapturous applaufes, and the
1 orators weie ccnfidcrcd as apol
• ties, propagating lentiments,
' which involved the happinefs
1 and falvation ot our country.
It is our duty to recur often,
sro the firfl principles — 1 hey are ;
1 the con pals by which we mufi
5 regulate cur condudl —f hoy'
r arc the chart, by which we mud .
1 «xglo;c the Heaven ot fthty,*
jOiherwife we mav be “ thrown
into the wind,” and become
wrecked on thole quicksands
which have often proved fbr
tomb and dcdruLlion ot oihe»
nations.
In humble imitation of th<*
Piefident, let us then often fad!
on our knees to Heaven, and
with grateful hearts implo»«* the
protection of the Sup•erm Being
that ro dancling army may
threaten the liberties cf America
Let us on the fad and thar.ki
giving anniverfarics return
thanks to God lor the mercies
we enjoy, and mav cur | rai ers
to him ever afeend as inrenfe
uhile beleaching his parental
adidarcc to fruHiate every at
tempt, which may have a ten
dency to introduce this u infer
nal engine.”
T) rants view with an eye ot
complacency a body ( f merre
nariel—Confcious ot the wuk
ednefs of their ch fig ns, they are
afraid to trull the operation ot'
their rmeatures, to the candid
drlquifnions of the people,
“ Leaden arguments J are the logic.;
by which they decide controver- 1
cies, and w hen they cannot con
vince the mind, they chdroy the
bod} —a difeharge of mufqueny
is with them mere conclufivc
realoning, than the calm voice
of philofopby, and a phalanx
of troops are mere to be defiled
than a fynod ot patriots.
Republics are fupported by j
the afftdions of the people— 1
Monarchies are evcrjea.ous of
this attachment, and arc there-;
fore obliged to inforce their law.'
at the point cf the (word, by
Jabbing the heart, laihcr tlian in
forming the under/landing —
May Cod Alnrghty preferve
the L’rii'ed States tic m this till.
The extradt lor this day's
paper is t. ken ficm Mr. James
Lovel’s oration—This gentle
man cxpcicnccd the injuries ol
| a fiecrnan fuffering under this
' Icourgeof tyranny —The “ dogs
of war" were let upon him, wi'h
a favage fiercenefs, and lliey
1 purfued their victim with unre
lenting fur) —1 he rmniems c t a
! Briiilh riefpot, tantalized him in
the midfl of his lufferings, ar d
by their in r ults added to the tor
tures of a cruel imprisonment.
#l \\ r e have feen and felt the
ill cflcGs of pEcii g handing
forces in the midfl of populous
communities; but thule are
only what individuals fuller,
(Your vote directs rne to point
out the fatal tendency of placing
I Rich an order in jrce < rtres tala.,
indeed! Athens once was tree;
a citizen, a hvoiite of the j co
j pie, by an artful Oory, gamed
d ttifiing guaid of Ely men;
ambition taught him ways to
* nlarge ih.it number; he dt uroy
cd the rorrmonwealth and made
himfclf the tyrant of the Athrm
ons, Ccr/ur , by the length of his
command in Gaul got the after,
tiors of his army, marched to
Ro7nc, overthrew the (late, and
mace himfclf perpetual ditlaior.
I>V the fame tnllrumcnts, many
Ids repubhc have been made to
fall a picy to the d< vounng jaws
(f l \ ipnts. But this is a lubjfft
which fhould never bedilgulted
with figu.es ; it chufcs the plain
fllie of diffei ration,
“ I lie nue ftrength and faFety
of cveiy common wealth or li
mned monarchy, is tlie braveiy
of its freeholders, its militia.
By 'brave mditia they rife to
g’andiur ar cl they con e to ruin
by a meicenaiy at my. 1 his is
founded on hiflotic l fa&s and
the lame runles will, in Ginilar
rirrumfb nces, forever produce
the feme (fit Ms, j lift ice li ack*
1 /lone, in his inimitably clear erm-
I merit, nes, tells us, that “ it is
: extren ely d.ngeious in aland
iof liberty, to make a diflinft
| oidt r rf the probflion of a* ms;
that iu( h an oidt r is an objeft of
jealoufy ; and that the lams and
cci Jlilmun cj England oie Jlravg
-1 er*Joit,” C r.e aititlc of the
bill of lights is, th.»t the raifmg
oi keeping a ftandirgarmy w ith
in the kingdom in a time of
|tace. unielsil Le with content
lof parliament, is again fl law.
jd he piefert am y, theieforc,
though railed tf.e peace cjlahhjh
in nt , i‘ kept up by one ad, and
gottmed by another; both of
which ixpnc annualy. The
cin umllatice i:. valued as a luf
fict nt c/i((k upon lire army. A
els body of t oops than is now
maintained has, on a time, dc
(lioy ed a king, and fought under
a parliament with great fucccis
and g!o»y ; but, upon a motion
to disband them, they turned
ti eii matters out cf doors, and
fix' d otheis i > their (lead. Such
wild ihn gs aie not again to hap
pen, bt'Mule the parliament
have power to flop payment
once a )ear: hut arvia lenenti
quis neget ? which may be eafily
ipeipnted, “ who will bind
Samtjvn w ith 1 is lotks on ?*’
T he hill winch regulates the
army, ihe fame fine author I
I ha' e menfien d lays, “ is, in
many reJceßs, hajlily pinned , and
J tduces the loldier to a If a* eof
fl.ivety in the midfl of a ticc
nation. This is impolitic : for
flavesenv j the freedom of otheis,
and tc.kv a malicious plealure in
contributing to deft toy it.'*
l»v this Icanda.’ous bill a juf
ticc of peace is empowered to
grant, mitheui a previous cath £\cun