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Jr ROM love and filendftup’* fonft denies, again
You fly AiTisua, to the distant p a.n.
)!ut ah ! that plain no more a charm can boast,
1' ill’ii are its honors, and its vardure loft.
Thro’ ben ling groves the northern blasts relbund,
And fade each varied beauty o: the ground ;
Theit loves forget, the feather’d songsters fly
To leek some happier clime and milder (ky :
While dark brow’ditorwn in dreadful pomp appear,
And low’.ing winter flints the tardy year.
Our hopes and vviflies wave the hasty wing ;
And fly to antedate returning faring.
And fcarct enjoy’d its gentle, plcafing reign,
When circling fcafons close the year again.
E’en thus my friend, ’tis thus thro’ life we go,
I’orluing bid's and still pofteiTing woe.
Anxious our wiftie- to their perioJ haste,
Contemn’d the piefent, arid difprov’d the pad.
Happy the savage, who, all wild, untaught,
i’roves not the mental misery of thought;
If is utrnoft wish to triumph in the course,
His nublcft glory in corporeal force ;
Or haply na unti g fame’senfanguin’d ear,
lie ioil* the tcirois of fuccefsiul war ;
Enough that thro* th’ adm ring tribes around.
Ills name and adlioin, traniient necJ, reiound,
Nor covets to tranfinit his well earn’d praile,
To i ifmg h tiroes of fuccecding days;
Con ten ted that one pang alike (halt close
she period of his ti iumph and his woes;
Bieft that, ’mid prefect joys, he docs not bear
The painful prel'cience of a future care:
Boasting the fwcet refinement not to know,
Bv which our plealures fublimatcd flow.
O fcr.fibility ! wliat charms are thine,
Sweet flailing sadness, divine !
K nif’d totiiy praise, no more I give the drain
To flow prolific of imagin’d pain.
Parent of friendfliip, joy-difpcnling pow’r,
By thee what bleffingt chear the r.dvcrfc hour!
By the; the spring docs balmy fwcet exhale;
And longs of gladncfs swell the vernal gale ;
By thee the light-wing’d plcafures frobc rounJ,
While booming flow’rets variegate the ground;
In vain, without the joys which you afford,
Might bounteous autumn crown the loaded board ;
And l’olt’ning even sullen win’ers reign,
Thou giv ’il the I'ulocc of our every pain.
Troll ms, Amelia, were I doom’d to dwell
The tenant of fume lone, ietiueller’d cell;
No gentle flMnft, u> wli»m I might impart
The woes and plcafures of a facial heart;
Some beauteous tree or blooming flow’rct near.
Should sway my paflions, and divide nay care.
By this I’d pass each flow-retiring day;
Joy in its rife and sigh in its decay ;
And when d.ii k clou It the face nf heav’n deform,
For tins I’d tremble at the throt’ning storm.
J N E CD U TE S.
IN the trial of a cause before a certain
court, a learned advocate offered to intro
duce.! copy tis a written instrument in evi
dence—the opposite council objefted to
the copy as not being the best evidence,
and required that the original writing
ihouli! be produced—the learned advocate
then offering to l'wear to the truth and ac
curacy of the copy as it was copied by
hiinfclf, was alked by the court “ why the
original being in his possession was kept
back”—he replied “ that t.he original was
in old /.r.y Latin, and therefore he had
brought an English translation on accunt
of its being more readily uuderfttood”—lt
was then urged and finally rei'olved, “ that
tin English translation could with no pro
priety be admitted as a pet fed copy of a la
tin original, and that the original must be
produced”—But the ingenious council re
plied, “ that it would be necdlcfs to pro
duce the original at it was in no refpeil k
£M-"
IN Eating the fatigues of his official
duty before the Britffh Rouse of commons,
fume years ago, Mr. Dnndas said “ he had
no hefiution in confefiing that the multi
plicity of affairs in which he,was unavoid
ably engaged, rendered his fit nation truly
irki'ome and difficult. Hour after hour,
from the ti ne he rofein the morning, till
hour after hour he went to bed at night, he
found that he had undertaken a tajk which he
teas unable to perform /
Mr Dund.rs being newlv married, the
lift fentertce was caught and perverted to
a meaning, which at once occasioned the
too ft vioitut fits of laughter; and to mend
tbs m ttcr, Mr. Sherridan, in the conclu
sion of tfis fpcech, in reply to Mr. Dnndas,
iroaicallv cxprelLd ** his furrow for the
Right Honorable Secretary, who had can
didly confided that the home department
was a talk superior to his powers I”
A PERSON having two ungracious
sons, the one robbed hint of his money,
and the other of his goods; his neighbour
coming t» condole with him, told him
“ h* might sue the county, fur ktjfvjs rcb
**"•* ; '-iveetnjc% and Jin™
From RuJJTs 80/lcn Gazette.
MANY truths fall into the mind, as
imn y good feeds fall into the ground, and
jj~ there without lprouting. Take an ex
ample. The power of the people, when
it is abused, is not liberty, and it is fine,
like all other power, to be abused when it
is left uncontrouled.
If then the facts aflumed by the Jaco
bins were as true as they were falfe, if the
French people were as much the authors
of the public measures as they are the vic
tims of them, still the very nature of tnofe
measures would prove, that true liberty is
wanting; that the supreme power is not
controuled, and that it is abused.-
Uncontrouled power is tyranny, and it
would be hard to teli why tyranny should
be amiable, because nobody knows who is
the tyrant, because it is every body’s folly,
or prejudice, or rage that acls, and no
body’s fcnfe or virtue that Tefirains. In
such cases the mals of the peopleonly seem
to play the sovereign. They are in fad
not agents, but instruments. Their pow
er is Their physical force which destroys,
if it obeys, their own blind impulse, and
enHaves, if that impulse be imparted or
‘directed by demagogues. Liberty is a
treal'ure that requires keepers, and regular
government is as neceftarv to its security
as locks and watchmen to the fiores on the
Long Wharf. If the convids of Castle
Wand should happen to be the watchmen,
or should be the Diredors of the banks,
what would be the security of the goods
andtreafure? French security.
The power of the people of France, ad
mitting they have it, might augment our
abhorrence of them, by (hewing that their
dispositions are as bad as theirproceedings,
and that the crimes of the rulers are the
crimes of the nation ; but surely no repub
lican is bound to confider it as his affair,
or the cause of France as our cause. The
difference between our republicanism and
that of the French would still be the whole
difference between liberty and tyranny.
All forms of government are susceptible
of tyranny. Why should we love French
tyranny any better than Prussian ? they are
both, though not alike, supported by the
sword. The Dey of Algiers, and the Di
van of Conlfantinople, foften the terrors
of their despotism, by mingling with it the
nfluence of superstition, thus rendering it
efs odious and more lading. Let it be
conceded to the declaimers upon liberty
and equality, that the despotism in these
governments is the proper object of our
hatred. Let them in return admit that the
degree of liberty enjoyed in others (and all
the European governments have some) is
the proper objeft of our affectionate at
tachment. Confefledly England has the
most, next to France. This the Ja
cobins cannot very well deny. If they
will not admire and love the Englifli go
vernment, as the English thcmlelves do
with paflion, and, as in ItriCt consistency
with their pretended principles, the Jaco
bins ought to do, at least they ought to for
bear to hold up the cause of France as the
cause of. American republicanism. The
success of French tyranny is not our cause.
Any other tyranny as much deserves our
good will.
But the idea of popular liberty being
kept out of the clutches of upstart tyrants
and demagogues, isincorreft and contrary
to experience. We fee liberty in France
as its worst enemies would wifli to fee it,
busy to make itfelf odious and defencelefs.
The mainfpringof the French government
has been moved by fewer hands, and the
people have less to do with it, llnce the
King was dethroned, than before. Barras
is now more a king than Louis was. He
will not be king so long, but he will have
a successor. The next greatest villain in
France is the heir apparent.
Such a Hate of things exists in France,
as renders liberty impossible. It would be
easier to govern Algiers by a town-meet
ing. It is a (lander of our liberty to fay
that our chance depends on their good fuc
cels. So far from it, their failure will shew
that the lecurities we have provided are as
important and precious as we and our an
cestors have held them to he. The divi
sion and balance of the branches of our
government, manners, morals, and know
ledge, form checks upon our rulers, and
checks upon ourselves. Ou r liberty by
having some bounds, may have some du
ration. Its excess is its disease and its mor
tality.
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EXTRACT
From a Sermon delivered on the 4 of July Lift,
at JmucU, Xeto Jerfoy , fy the 'Reverend
F. Gui.’:<. Ihe Au.hor aftergiving a brief
dcfcriptioH f our excellent Gmftktukn , pro
—“ WE ought, therefore,highly to va
lue this excellent Confutation, which is the
fa ft t\, happiness and glory of our country;
and we should Rand by'and defend this
palladium of our liberty and independence
u&amft ail the attacks of internal or exter
nal foes. Indeed it must be gross igno
rance and ftupiditv, or a deliberate and
wicked intention, to oppose the prnfperi
ty ,md happiness of Amenta, which ex
cites any to Sander or defame our present
government or jtsadifiinsftraiion ; mr thev
are both the choice of the people ; they are
both endeared to us by experience and tri
al ; they are both fau&ioned and ratified
by: the express, the avowed, the public
and repeated declarations of a great majo
rity of tiie mod wife, enlightened and pa
triotic legislatures, as well as individuals,
throughout the Union. It is enougn, then,
to excite indignation in the bread of eve
ry true friend to his country, to fee men
profelTing a great concern for its welfare,
who at the fame time endeavor to promote
difaffe&ion to the government anti its ad
minfftration ; and under the (acred garb of
patriotism, like political ailafiins, conceal
a dagger to plunge into its very vitals,
O WASHINGTON! thy country’s
hero, glorv and defence ? Could not thy
long tried Services, thy hard earned laurels,
thy disinterested patriotilm, thy noble ta
lents, thy distinguished virtues, . which
compelled even envious Europe to confer
on thee the palm, could they not secure
even thee from those (hafts of malice, when
like a fkilful pilot, thou didst diretft the
helm of date, and brought usfafely through
the (form, in spite of threatening rocks and
quicksands? Then virtue itfelf cannot es
cape them. ’ for thee we fear not; the at
tempt is fruitlefs to afperfe thy name it
lives immortal; it (hall remain untarnifti
ed ; and when on yonder brilliant (far that
glids the purple canopy they cast a blemish,
then let them try to blot thy virtues ! But
it is for ourselves we fear; we blufti for the
diihonor which in this attempt Come dar
ing paricides have cast upon our country;
thy closed wounds are made to bleed afrefli
at this unnatural condudt of these degene
rate and apoftare children. And is not
this illustrious instance enough ; must we
still add another to the lift of defamation ;
O ADAMS! wife, dignified, firm, en
lightened statesman and patriot, thy coun
try’s pride, its bulwark and its-watchful
guardian ; vain are the plots, the intrigues,
the flatteries and the threats or Gallic foes,
vvhilft thou prefideft over us. But as.
Washington thy predeceflbr, so neither
haft thou escape the tongue of envy and
detraction; and like him, resplendent in
thy virtues, thou mayst defy the malice of
these puny enemies, and laugh at their
scorn; for their censure is thy highest
praise; while genius, talents, integrity and
love of country continue to be objeCts of
efteeiri, thv, name (hall be enrolled among
the foremoft of thy country’s worthies.'—
A constitution like this, administered by
men of such splendid virtues and talents,
can never fail to command the attachment,
veneration and (upport of every judicious
and enlightened mind, of all the friends of
libertv, order and good government. And
how great must our happiness in this ref
peef appear, if we contrast it with the pre
sent French administration, and the situa
tion of civil government in France; where
men of the most abandoned character, the
most ignorant and unprincipled wretches,
taken from the very dregs of the people,
and noted for the most diabolical cruelty,
vvickednefs, dissipation, treachery and in
trigue have often been entrusted with oifi
ces of government, and have exercised ty
ranny that beggars all defeription. If to
this we add the ease with which this great
event, a change of conftition, has been ef
fected among us without civil broil or
bloodshed, notwithstanding the great vari
ety of opposite opinions and claftiing inter
ests, which must be concerned in such an
extensive territory: If we also confider
that a similar change in France, has been
the occasion of the most dreadful civil wars
and scenes of more than savage cruelty and
(laughter; has overturned the very foun
dation of civil and religious society, broke
through all the bounds of moral obligation,
and instead of a mild republican govern
ment, as their profiled objeCt was, they
luve eftabliftted a military despotism, ten
thousand times worse than the arbitrary
monarchy which they destroyed, and have
exchanged ONE for MANY tyrants!”
SUBSTANTIAL PATRIOTISM.
He following paragraphs are extra fled from
a patriotic addrejs delivered by gcv. Trum
bull, io de legijlature of Counefticut, on the
i oth infant.
The tide of war in Europe seems chang
*nS> a pd (nccefs, which for a long time
pa ft has been attached to France, is now
turning to the fide of the powers in alli
ance against her ; but whether France is
to fink under the weight of combined
power and domestic dilcord; or whether
by another enthufinftic effort (lie is again
to rile in this great and almost unexampled
ru ßgl e 5 whether one European power
prevails, or another finks in the contest,
the poiicv of the United States must be
ellentially ihe fame. And while our be
nevolence weeps over the calamities of
dittant nations our firft and great attention
(hould oe conftantlv fixed on our own
country, its particular interest and welfare
Our general policy (hould be American,’
not European. By continuing our offen
five and warlike while fur
rounued by contending nations, we (hould
>
maintain a martial and commanding-.,:
tilde, ready for all events; and while r ”
dious of peace with ail powers, we fl v ! ij
be intimately connected with none.
such policy «e may hope to prolong
tranquility, -and command the refpJdt J(
all nations. In this way we may er '.. \ '
to become truly and greatly indepemiem '
May the God of Wisdom influence
United States to this policy ; 3U( f /■!*
their deliberations are conducted with r
tion and decihon, may their adminitV*
tion be as remarkable for its active
as for its political wildom and difeernmev’
“ Although the general concerns of the
union are under the direction of the gencml
government,yet the individual states have
their particular duties in relation to the
wholejmoreefpecialiy they have atthiscritl
cal period, to guard with vigilance against
the arts and intrigues of the general enemies
of the union, whose insidious influence
will be particularly extended to individt;->{
states, seeking to produce divlfion and dig
union, thereby to weaken and enervate
our general exertions. This spirit of arti
fice and intrigue will be particularly ex .
tended to individual states, seeking to pro
duce division and disunion, thereby t 0
weaken and enervate our general exertions.
This spirit of artifice and intrigue will be
eagerly feized,‘at a time vvhen renewed
negociations with France are attempted
and is, therefore, to be carefully guarded
against, at such a moment, left artful infi.
nuatioir Tiould excite uneasiness and eafi.
nefs anu difeontent, and difference of
fliould lull our defenfive preparations, or
weaken our adtive operations. This duty
of political vigilance and watchful atten
tion, will I trust at this eventful period be
carefully exerted by the citizens of this
state. And may our almighty protector
guard these United States from the wiles of
intrigue and deception, and defend them
from the injuries of war and aggreflion.”
REMARKS,
From The Times, a London paper of Septmlir
4, on the late invajion of Holland.
THE accounts contained in the Gazettes,
and the private communication of which
we have availed olirfelves, are so clear and
fatisfaftory, that we do not feel any necet
fity of adding many remarks or reflections.
The zeal and gallantry of our troops and
seamen, are as conspicuous as the science,
resolution, and perseverance of their com
manders. They are both above all praise,
and to point out their merit is to diminish
it.—No service was ever distinguished by
more unanimity or more emulation. The
difficulty in landing the artillery wasonly
to be surmounted by frit (kill and persev
erance of British seamen. Admiral Mitch
ell has had a molt arduous and fatiguing
duty to perform.
The circtimftance of Admiral Story and
his officers declining to surrender to the
flag of the Prince of Orange is so equivo
cal, as to be liable to some misconstruc
tion. It may certainly proceed from their
attachment to the jacobin principle, and
French fraternity. It may also beaferibed
to the want of a guarantee for such a cap
itulation, as the Stadtholder, so far from
being a Sovereign, is only an executive
officer under the controul of the States-
General. But it is mod likely to be found
ed upon the personal advantages to be de
rived from it. Being no more than pris
oners of war, these officers may return up
on parole into Holland, and remain wit#
their families ; whereas, during the con
tinuance of the French influence, if the®
had surrendered to the Prince of Orange®
they might be sent to the guillotine astral®
tors or rebels, by the Batavian Director®
and councils. This manner of furreifoe®
is matter of regret to our brave tars, wa®
if a cannon had been fired, would Ev®
been entitled to confider the whole DiW®
fleet as prizes. The benefit, as it is e l -’ l ®
dent, of the mode of capitulation, is entire®
ly with the vanquiflied. fl
Very few prisoners have been take 1 ®
and as far as we are able to learn, very fo®
French were in the action. The Admit®
and General throw no light upon this fob®
jest in their dispatches, but the forces-h®
pear to have been entirely Dutch, and con'®
manded dy the Dutch General in ciV:{ ®
Daenduls. 9
The efFufion of joy which broke C>I H
upon the knowledge of this
eat was ardent and general. Theilh in /®
nations and other demonftrntions of p
lie fatisfadlion, were splendid and uni' e ‘®
fal. ■
Having thus seen the happy
of an eventful business, which we h-’-®
long contemplated in silent anxiety,
tru# it will be pardoned if we claim
little degree of merit for preferring
upon a fubjeft of so much
upon which we have beer, so much
to a disclosure. by the importunity c»' : ®|
friends, and the thougatiels compe-- ®
of other papers.
(C? AN APPRENTICE^®
Wanted immediately at this
Apprentice to the PRINTING
NESS—An aefive Lad, between -*"l®
16 years of age. % H
