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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