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WiSsjjKt xe b'cis H.- galdcu dr-.ys,
Hjj (>ty po’ip Awe jica {hill ’it-,
g ory fpr-adn? t-i the hour, disk skies:
every Fai fl-.i hauls th* affsasbled chi-ms,
SB yj. c <jueen <3t" empires, and the nur'cct a m*. .
...here her He aor s mark their glorious w?y,
■p t mM for the fight and blai r gcn .he day,
Wp E «o4;tams theirs-e F s; Jfc’erihe conqu’ringplain,
W >M,d fighting
Th'ir cagYr i wc-dt pron. . ueui carnage blend,
And gha't.y >xths thei; raging course attend •
Her mighty power the uibjtft wuld f.nli fee*
For laurci’u txnq -est wait* her high degree.
See her held veffelr, lulh ng « the mnr,
CrtA.d' * ana iweep the w at’ry plain { j
by C ‘.nmerce, at the me. -hams door
. U iicde the ut.’Vuies o, er-hd.ftantfh ic;
o>, aim’d with thunder, eat.iegjilty oe
R (h 1 ig with death, and aim’th’.mini ng blow.
3.i ev’ry K im that heais thv rump o: /Tree,
<hu*ke v the uiftan* ter or ol h-i name.
W*. ——.-t.TO.H«r— l»' -
*TT A NAVIO: Al QUERY.
fort of m n flnuld be Priniir?
m oft- s- queft.on which 1 reits ir. Fate,
W he -) ir.tih nj*, rop *ta ve uure?
V j'hould he low deadly ma.ice or hate?
,Shru ; d he carefully mind h s own g me,
) Tho’ he prod rates hr good name-as others,
Regardlelii of tcabbing men’s tame, *
T : please fe for his fenbli g brothers? •
Should he dre. m that the Fy*y %~C
i?s.:ends to illib’ral abule; (
Cr when verging to Lie en . .I* tts,
The word EattooMhaCKAituin excuse?
should ke jom with a prit uriiwlihg tribe,
Base in'eftive to scatter abroad ?
► Should he bind hiial'df firm to one fide?
Should he trudge partiality's road?
Shouid he fpHcer that Heaven’s boon Trtti
Which cn Nature, dame Art now bestows ?
„ Shouia he daub it with mil’chief, or wipe
Off theteintot each fowl wind that blows?
Should he pleafeeach anonymous spark,
With ir.fertlng his nonsense in grain ?
Should he puff off their squibs in the dark ?
Should he father ea h child of their brain?
Should the eonteft of persons or things,
Meet his pref’rence in.. Liberty’s page ?
Shcu.d he care who the man is that brings
Him that Grist which may better the age?
Should the nation’s welfare be his drift,
Or dealing in Hander’s retail,
Thus give to the D— —l a lift
Thro the makers who vend itwaontSALt?
Should he dabble in libels, and toon
,/■ tth impunity knock dcwn.the lawj
A.’ fe, or delame, or lampoon,
Acd .wppole his print free without flaw?
Ah tot Jf be allow’d
In cal* but to give my vote free,
I ih? I fay wfcai I think we ail vow’d
we swore <• to Liber tv.”
In society’s bonds*®}*
The rights of each mail t- maintain,
Re examine thel’e eights and yc«’H find
That each man makes one l 1 : n%e chain.
Who then thus alone can claim rgHt,
In society’s justly praiz’d Art, >/' / -St'
And with the farae4iand in day ti6HT,
Plunge a dirk in society’s heart.
The ft sedom of all muff depend
On our walking by level and square,
. And fupsorting each right to this en-i
That A L l mankindpartakeolooafare
Then believe me a Printe r (hould be '
All as one like a piece of his Press,
His mil- j 4 MACH! NE FI R M and fr.ee,
* Tut DETE RM I N’o ALL VICE tO fupprefj.
• ‘houli never presume to depart
t n the fine which fecut es to each neighbor,
Lbc'iiv.motion in person and hea: t,
His Good Name art .1 fruit of hit labor.
, When terfor.a! things incommode,
Which feme times may happen in trade, '
ofer them to th ’ ?e r so n ’-s abode,
But never hi? ~<vn trust degrade— f )
Pu*a FRTNTER’S trust, .
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- r Hatty’s Good— not thtir Cutftj ;
Intended to make man mare just, i
B it n e v f ft degcterait arid worl'e /
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HOW ;t is nr, who^B
w : ta a V...aly ct. id't'ftc tol ~j
.. cf his own exert, ni?, V» fl
cue ieafe and r usi%\ , C.,fe w
Oith . u.nes hie—a..i has no . e->: VHBH
tu make himfelf for a io'..:’’ •*» ..co^B
his com.eras! Such men rare.- expo, cVj|g
the frowns cl the wcr.ti, as, through ti«f xr
ly it diiftrv, they are enabled to •
iH-nature of what is caiied fort.®
word often rifed by the indolent
fervtng, to fereen their indoler.c:
of application. Per’ons of this '
vigorous turn, are leu’mxi d’.fappo JB
th*i\ endeavors to eiiabiiftl
that fyltem of life, which their re-'Otinb!e
aims have pointed at as attainable. Far
different is ufualiy the fate of people of a
contrary difporition. Bv relying too much
on near expectations,' and bare pofQbili
ties, fach individuals may justly be ftid
to deliver themselves up to adveutioUs
friendfhips, and casual advantages. They
ate not aware that these ulually depend in
the caprice of men, who perhaps will oe
ftow them for luch qualiScationi. ns the
receivers wouid never have built a pre
tence upon, and for those ends which »
they never had in view —Whence if\ often
happens, that inability or difincirnation
operating on the benefited, their ’■fttefac
tors an idea ct their iuuo ence or
ingratitude, while they ought to 1 blame
theiiifelves ft)i miltaking the capacity or i
difpufuion of those whom they fcvn/ed— |
» rr» i.-j’n v ♦ unltßF’ti j
j for every thing which may offer. Thhy j
conferjuence, however, fliews the f; tal IJy J
convenience of having, through rr/f' )an .
agetr.er.t, forfeited the po’ve; to’.vhoofv
tiiat vocation in life for which we fcj*! our
leives calculated; and that by ipfftoientlv
resigning ourselves to the guid?mce of our
{tars, (if such an expreffioivmay be toler
atrd) ,vc of course lay otjtrfdves open to
those unfortunate emergencies tha- lb
conltantly attend thole who place too
confident and implicit a reliance upon the
f.ienilhip and benevolence of others.
Such a behavior may well be likened to
that of one, who, though polTefled of his
fight, (hould require the assistance of a
conductor, and imagine that without hin
he {hould not be able to find his way with
security.
Os facial virtuet.
NOTHING but virue can constitute
the happiness of society. To ghtthi
from injurit^ —to deprive no man Cf tl c
advantages .ne enjoys—to give to ever,
one what is due to him—to do good—to
contribute to the happiness of otn--—and
alfifteach other—this is being * uous.
Virtue can only be what contril tre to
the utilitv, welfare, and security of 1 ,*cietv
The firft of all social virtues s to fmani
ty; it is the abridgment of all thi retf:
taken in its most extensive fignifi a on, it
is that sentiment, which gives ever inch
vidual of ouripec ies a right to 01, hearr
and affetffions. Founded upon a cultiva
ted sensibility, it disposes us to do, to our
fellow-creatures, all the good inour j.owsr
It's effects are love, beneficience, generofi
ty, indulgence, and compallion. V*/hen
this virtue is confined within the limits ol
the focietv, to which we belong, its effects
are love of our country, paternal love, fiij
piety, conjugal tenderness, friencifhip, as
feAion for our relations and fello .’/-citi
zens. - i -''
Strength and adfiviiy ought to be rank
ed among the social virtues, became the)
defend focietv, or establish its security ;
and their effe£!s are magnanimity, cour
age, patience, moderation and temperance.
Those virtues, which have the good of fo
ciery for their objetff, mull ne t be lar.y and
indolent, like the chimerical virtues intro
du ’ed bv imposture, which often makes a
merit of heing useless toothers: icilenels
is i real vice in every alTociation
j’uftice is the true basis of ail the focia:
vir .ues: it is justice, which holds the ba
lance between the several members of fo
ci' y, and keeps it in anequilibrium,which ]
1 tedtes thof> evils, that might arise from
ri “ inequality, that nature has eftahlilhcd £
at on#, men j and even makes it contri- £
bu *T 0 the general good—which lecures j
U /individuals their rights, their property, <
ti'di" persons, their liberty; and pioteft- f
th im from the attacks of force, and the I t
ft ares of treehtrv —which obliges them to
b r faithful to then engagements, and ban- |
i files fraud and faiftt ood from amoi>; men f
•—kt t word, itisjuftit-. which,by mans j
if equitable law, and the wife distribution t
of rewards and punifhmc’i’ts, excites to fc
virtue, restrains from vice, cud lead? those <j
to reason and reflexion, whv 1 ) might be *,
tempted to purchale a moments:;' good, e
Iby doing a lalting injury to their i How- a
creatures. t]
} Cil \R ACTER OF JAMES 11.
(Pi -. ■ Coote's. Hi/lory of England.) ti
HIS did nor rife m’dioc- t!
rity : th** were neither bontompti- v
bly dull ; brilliant. He cul- a
He tm ;
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■y vprighr in thole ira.iT.fcV
ti°ns in on had no to. I
He his political attachment*
as weil of love ami f: itndfh p
His courage was refpe&abte, »nd
had bcnW displayed, before his accelfion.
both >n i. I naval department?;
» 'i/he decline ct h’s fe, he seems to
havciTeer. enervated arid *5
hyve loft ail \he i;an:v n&ii. of his voi:*b.
'y An invincible *y to the
/religion, anti an i* . »«it adoption of those
txlravagant notions vs the royal preroga
tvve, to whi.f'l* 1.. ct »i*'-3TiOule of
Stuart were so remarkably devoid, were
he canfc-. f James’..
d himfclf as the vicegerent
rodr.g bv indefeafible right over a
Haves. The laws of the realm, he thought,
•vere only obligatory on the people; and,
as the national f* ith was inconsistent with
his own creed, he deemed the private ties
of his perverted conscience a futficient
reason for offering violence and insult to
’he reiigiv)usfentiment3 of the community.
He was encouraged in his views by the
i>ong d-c'arations of unreserved obedi-
ce at j mind fnbmiffinn, which the To
ries, du....g their temporary triumph over
the Whigs, had laviihed on the crown ;
■ut, when he had invaded the constitution,
md aimed at the subversion of the protef
iant eliablifliir.em, he found that those
from whom he had exptfleu a full fubjec
tion to his will, were more inclined to
'iraftile the maxims of their adve.faties,
tan to follow the I‘ervile leflbns which
Had been J&ifdy inculcated by ihemlelves.
In his f’Mterior demeanor, James was
courteous and polite; but he had not that
,ra'. eful address, or that suavity of man
ners, which diflinguifhed bis brother. In
he domestic relations of life, he was mild
nd humane ; in his public cha
nrter, he was barbatoufly severe and vin
iflive. He wa?temperate, but notchafle;
ior even his pretensions to the praise of
pietv, nd the remonstrances of father Pe
tre, his and chief counfellor
could n fpreventhim from indulging him
(elf in adulterous commerce. j
A letter to a gentleman, who, after /educing
an amiable young lady , forjook her, and oc
cajioned her death.
To Mr.
I AM so well acquainted with your cna
ratter, that I make no doubt of you/ !
receiving this letter with cold indifference, (
it lead, if not with indignant flight; but, I
fir, I ;.fk not now your immediate atten- i
tion to it—your mind, I trust, has not loft |
all its fenfibiiity, and there will be a time, J
when this letter may aft as a moni Jh til! j
then, what von have done will afipear to
>e no crime; and you will continue to ex
rend your criminality, until to do wrong,
(hall become your study, your pleasure,
and, as it were, your duty. If the many
vices, which degrade your character, leave
you uncertain of my meaning by this let
ter, know, that the purpose of it is, tc an- :
nounce the death of miss whom
vou basely betrayed to fhume and dis- ,
honor. i
Yes, fir: this n'ght &e lies in her grave, ;
a monument of your infamy, and an ex-
ample of the noble pride of virtue, that a 1 - j
iows not its poffeflbr to live in flume.— e
Os her dishonor you have the wretched ,
merit—may you also have a flure in her
contrition !
In your boyifti vear3,l remember, vou
hade fair for goodness and wifdofri; j ■ (.
fonal acconaplifljrr.ents seemed to embel ti
lifh mentai worth; but the influence of o
bad company, and the power of a latent t,
bad disposition, soon changed your con- I;
dtidf, and eftablifli your chara«fter.— d
Wealth, and external advantages furmfii- tt
;d you with means; and you thought it o
argued a want of spirit, not to employ m
these, in the ruin of innocence. i know, tc
that many have fallen victims to your arts, «
who, in fa£i, had little life but reputation,
to mark the diftiti<9ion, between them ai.d h
th.e worthless. The conquest, over such, c
waseafy, and therefore, to you, filiating g
tnd unft.ihior.able, * L
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ai d
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igr. raili of that
pe ■! yo’i diofe, for the accomphfhmeß
of ytTr designs. You intcrpofed, ere id
taw* of right and wrong, the nice boun®
irf *>/ prudence, could be eftablifheß
You ' id your plans, with penetration an*
fubth*v, and concealed their depth, witll
or. fy. The viflim of your artifice!
had nc r vet learned, that one might fmil!
and deceive; and, at a time, when (he be!
lieved every one to he as much a friend tel
linceritv and undifguifsd truth, as herfelfj
you taught her, by fad experience, . whal
happier females know only by report
that an ingenious mind is ever in danger,
from the machinations of a defigping
world.
—-Every crime, like this cf yours, takes
f'om the general character of youth, and
ft; mps a degree of infamy on us, whichg
heightens the common prejudices. But!
independent of this, were the confequeu!
ces of \< ur profligacy confined to one a!
lone ? V/as Emilia the only fufferer by htflj
folly a:v your guilt?—No—your cruti®
has even extended beyond \ our in?eoti®j
—even beyond the grav- —think, 5‘ ®|
her parents. You never were ignore t V
their worth, nor a stranger tr* their h-je.n®
! ft:ip. Ti. s daughter was tneir only c orM
loit, saved from the week cf a nurr er®B
family, and the tender care, that :i adefl
desirable. But tire horrois cf fir.i^®
3' p.-vntmrnt a-e only defter,
cfFe&s. So baneful, a. '’ 1 *'■’ f. c®
theft* been, that »i is pr Tia bi?®®®|
reaches you, there win nor ft- vt*
dividual belonging to the faniily®
proarh vou with your bafetyds.
Do not, fir, review tJujprnournß
lamity, with a (mile cf
pcw er. Do nor trace tne ft.eps, .
to tv, and boast of their furcefs. Yn®grV||
nocaufeto elevate your mid—vHßh
urrp 1 .. v.-r virtue—you tnurrpi
humanity—you filtered at the
" hieh you oA a finned ; and
objetft, v. ith an unfeelir k speed. ®®B
But, fir, although you carrvfl
pride to the lowest gteve, .our
with temperance and virtue, ha* r
permanence, nor certainty. Pci fi.®®[
ments will come, to make you
when you least expect them. The day®
of year seeming prftperity wear to tr?i®|
e"d; your pleasure decays in everv enjoy|H
ment. All Lhat serenity, which seems to*
light you th» way to happiness, is but the ■
“ unreal n uckery” of a deluded mind— J
a cloud of misery hangs over your head, I
to darken the days of remorse—when they J
come, as soon they rmift, you will be the I
firft, to pronounce, that you are unfit to m
live, yet more unfit to die. ■
Rtferve this letter, for the firfc interview*
yOu fhal! have with yourfelf. If that uj-R
tciview be of your own seeking, it will oil®
a friendly diflnafive; if not, and you bJm |
driven by disease, to seek for death, it .rilral
join wuh your bitterest reflexions,; y|jß :
end will be ;n,terabit’; as your Etc k.s i.®|§t
vicious.
A N E C D O T E S. /i
THE epithets and figures that ißft ,
people make use of in tailing a itc'yM
truly ridiculous an ’ laughable.
once related what had happened
the following words:—“ I was crofftng
arge field, nod when I came near the mid* W
lie, a bull followed me, and roared like H
kundcr ; I flew like lightning to keep out M
if his clutches ant 1 , being in luch a trf I
nendcui bi:*rv in getting over the fence, !■
ore mv nrt edits a: if heaven arid earth vttrt !
omng together. Wm
“I THOUGHT yea weregoirf ioc:n/M
ate to night,” laid Thaddy to Ned, at th'R>s|
dub roo4». ** No” (replied Ned) “i h v ß.,ft
»ot here firjl at lafl.” “ I’m yiad r s thn’B ■:
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