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THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
VOL. 1.
MILLEDGEVILLE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
12, 1810.
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of the fifth of March sacrificed to the
furies of ruffian violence. You have;
heard the groans and watched the
lingering deesy of the martyred
Monk. You were beguiled of your
arms by insidious treachery, and be
trayed to thi; insolence of a licenti
ous soldiery. Pestilence entered
your dwellings, danger encountered
ciation of Merlin shall be accom
plished and Talliessin’s prophecy ful
filled ; when Scotia’s hills shall wan
ton in native luxuriance.
The collected wisdom of a ran
somed land “ ordained and establish-
ed” a constitution of government, a
magna charta of American liberties,
which secured by equal laws, theen-
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August 15.
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W anted,
market place, and despair haunted
your solitude. The thunder of Hun
ker’s heights pealed on the startled
ear of apprehension, the knell of van
quished liberty.
To your affrighted vision, Charles
Town flamed the funeral pile of free
men. You gazed with horror, as
the curling smoke of her rums as*
cendcd, in awful grandeur to the
ne w o an( j here the accusation of a
■8t.
you abroad, famine scowled in the joyment of equal rights to every Ci
tizen ; and forbad by eternal inter-
le numbered, that fall frdm Julius n'g internal commerce and increasing
word ? Can the stains be scourei
from Antonias’ helm ? Mark th
rose dripping with blood ; where
brothers lull beneath a brother’;
hand ; where man is uahumanizeil.
and the savage is fleshed in kindred
carnage ; Father of mercies ; let not
such be the destiny of my country ;
Let not the evening star go down in
blood! Education can “ unlock the
diction a crown to ambition, & a mi-[clasping charm and thaw tile nuin-
tre to fanaticism. Conscience was leftining spell” of party spirit. By in-
unconfined,asthc benevolence of Dei
ty. Here the Mobed may kindle
and cherish’the sacred flame, the Bra-
min rtiay explain the mysteries of
the Vidam, the Iman may expound
the precepts of Mahomet, the Levite
may declare the ordinance of the Tal
mud,
forming man how little man can
know, it will relax the dogmatical
pertinacity of ignorance, and infuse
a temper of candor and conciliation ;
not the obsequious conciliation, which
receives and adopts errors ; bu. that,
which forgives them.
The militia of the United States
A sober, induftrious Weaver.
the Wghe'ft 1 wages^i'n cafh^and his board^nation’s wrongs to the footstool ofi” Or the rude Indian, whose untu-L the guardian of their independence
■ • eternal justice. You witnessed your #«..-i—s—i l ' rM - , r '
for particulars, enquire at this Office.
April 10-34—1/
i> Journeymen Taylors
Wanted immediately.
JAMES B. McCREADT.
Auguft 8.
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Nine months after date application will be
made to the honorable the Inferior Court
of Baldwin county for leave to sell the real
jfhd personal estate of Sarah Slaughter
dec- for the benefit of the' heir* and errdi
ti>r* of raid dec- SAMl. SLAUGHTER.
Auguft 22 44— ni9tn
The following elegant or ation was
pronounced at Boston on the 4th
of July last, before the “ Bunker’s
Hill Association,” by Daniel IVul
do Lincoln, Counsellor at Law.
Tyrant, beware ! Dare not in-
Vade the sacred rights, chartered to
Nature’s children by nature’s God !
Dare not to provoke the vengeance
of valor, the indignation of virtue,
the anathema of Heaven ! Restrain
the savage myrmidons of thy pow
er from the sacrilegious violation of
peace, the prostration of law, the de
struction of estate, and the sacrifice
of life!
Such were the dictates of reason
\rn usurping pride trampled on the
prerogatives and immunities of free
men. Such were the arguments of
justice, ere legislative voracity wrest
ed from the stubborn hand of labor
the wages of toilsome industry.—
Such were the petitions of loyalty
ere wanton cruelty had curled the
mantling blood of kindred affection :
or annulled the hallowed obligation
of filial submission. Such were the
intreaties of humanity, ere the min
isters of royal barbarity were unleash
ed, ere ruin revelled at his harvest
home, or death celebrated his carnar-
val.
Was man ordained the enemy of
man, the spoiler of hU fellow t Was
it enjoined by the eternal hat of the
Creator, that the parent should be
come filicide ? Was it appointed
by the universal legislator’s edict,
that the immolation of her offspr ing be
the mother’s glory ?—England! Be
thy unnatural policy accursed ! Thy
protection of thy western colonies
was the oppression of Tyranny. The
exactions of rapacity were thy fiscal
resources, the subjection of thy go
vernment was the debasement o.
slavery.—When patience was ex
hausted by repeated acquiescence in
I reiterated aggression ; when com
plaint was answered by insult, and
superadded wrongs replied to re
monstrance ; when endurance be
came degradation and submission
meanness, our gallant sires dared to
vindicate their rights and resist the
Tyrant’s power. But though injury
had cancelled the connection, and
outrage had severed the tie of loy
al relation, filial attachment continu
ed still dear and separation was pain
ful as the parting of love.
Dark and portentous as the thun
der cloud, fearful and fatal, the .>ty-
gian wave of royal vengeance rolled
hitherward. The shores of Ame
rica recoiled at its approach. The
hills trembled with dismay, the fo
rest shades darkened into night, the
echoes shrunk to their caves, all na
ture shuddered at the monstrous ru-
warriors' fate, and lamented the
death of your heroes ! Mourn not
for them ! They fell untimely, but
they fell like stars of the firmament,
and marked their radiant course
with glory ! Victory’s captive ban
ners wave around the sepulchral mo
nument. The laurel luxuriates on
the soldier’s grave. Fame will pub
lish and genius chronicle their illus
trious atchievments. The measured
period of revolving centuries will not
limit their renown. The splendor
of their names will endure, till the
last cycle of concluding time shall
close the memory of human great
ness.
While sensibility writhes in the re
collected anguish of those wounds
armed at freedom in the patriot’s
breast, while memory in mournful
retrospect reviews the terrors, pe
rils and suffering of that dread con
flict, which emancipated millions
from the oppressor’s yoke ; gratitude
will consecrate the votive wreath,
and bind it blooming on the con
querors brow.
day, valorj
tor,d mind jThe arms consecrated to freedom are
“ Sees God in clouds, or hears h'.m|p re scrved to defend the liberties they
in the wind,” may offer to the Great wo n. The sons of the brave will
Spirit, the effusions ol superstitious protect their precious patrimo
adoration ; and the apostle of the
blessed Jesus may publish the words
of life, and proclaim salvation to re
deemed humanity. The church, ta
bernacle, mosque, pagoda and tem
ple may rise in undistinguished tole
ration. No tests awe the will, no
inquisitorial Synod forges fetters for
the mind. Inquiry is free as thought,
ind opinion unrestrained as the air of
heaven ! The press is the safeguard
of public rights. It is the messen
ger of truth, the herald of science, the
interpreter of letters, the amanuensis
of history and the teacher of futuri
ty. Like the sun, it illumines the
gloom of the Gothic night, irradiates
the shades of ignorance, and pours
a flood of knowledge on the world
it dilates the perceptions of man, ex
tends his intellectual vision, inspire
his heart with sensibility and his
mind with thought; and endows him
with past and present omniscience.
It directs his way to the Pierian
mount, and discovers to faith the ra-
On this auspicious day, v ....
plucked its most precious gem liomJJiant path by angels trod to Zion’s
Britain’s diadem, and broke the des- holy hill. O may it continue free,
pot’s sceptre. On this sacred morn
liberty prevailed, and despised, op
pressed and injured colonies became
free, sovereign and independent
states. Hallowed be the anniversa
ry of Columbia’s glory ? Let the
1 huzzas of victory greet its matin ray,
let the acclamation of triutnph sa
lute its western beam! Let the
hores resound with the song of
ladness and the borders echo the
peal of jov : for on this day, Ame
the faithful ward of civil liberty ;
may the rigid censorship of public
opinion preserve its purity inviolate.
The bondage of ignorance is the vi
lest shivery.—Education only tan
teach mankind to appreciate, td en
joy and to secure the blessings we
commemorate, as the ideot unweet
ing of their price will barter jewels
for a glittering toy ; uninformed pos
terity will surrender the privileges,
purchased with their father’s blood
British connection.
The fate of Proserpine was Cale
donia’s destiny. The sword of En
gland dyed the flowers of Lothian
with the blood of her cheiftains.—
The fleeces of Tweedale were cha
sed by the winds, and vultures and
ravens gorged on the mountain tops
Ruin usurped the cheviot hills, and
famine lorded on Laminar Muir,
the foedary of British connection.
Freedom loved to rove on Snow
den’s heights, or loiter in the shades
of Penmamnawr, for Cambria was
her Paphros,
Hie Wins arma,
absolved from the'curse of for thy specious imposture* Teach
m.
The story of die event of the revo
lution need not be recited. k ou re
member, for you have beheld your
Streets blush with British barbarity
¥uu ItfUe seen, tht mangled victim
“ Hie currus fuit. n
At Liewellin’s fall liberty and
science fled. The bard struck his
mournful harp, and raised the song
of grief. The weapon reeking with
his prince’s blood, pierced the heart
where melody hail birth and hushed
the voice of tuneful inspiration. Bri
tish connection
Made huge Plinlimmon bow his
cloud capp’d head.”
British connection has blasted the
green fields ot Erin, and borne the
torch of direst ruin to the cabin ol
her peasantry. It has strangled Ge
nius in its cradle, and hunted virtue
and value to the torn!). British con
ncxion has desolated the delightful
plains ot Indostan, has criroscsied
the wave of the Ganges with gore,
and choaked the Burrampooter with
the remains ot slaughtered inhabi
tants. But the awful hour of retri
bution will arise, when India s wrongs
shall be avenged ; when the Sham
rock shall flourish fair, when the
monumental marble shall record
Fitzgerald’s rirtures, and the epi
taph^of Emmett be inscribed by s
freeroaa’i bafid r whfca ths denun-
your children wisdom, teach them the
consummation of w isdom—virtue.—-
Instruct them to compute the value
of Liberty, to estimate the worth of
independence ; least art beguile and
ambition subject them, and in the
bitterness of sufferings, they should
smite your tombstones with their
chains ; and curse the sires who bred
them brutes. Education will instill
noble sentiments, will elevate the
mind to liberality, generosity and
magnanimity, will regenerate, and
give sentient existence and intelli
gent being—Superior to sordid views
of selfish advantage, the enlightened
Citizen will devote himself to his
Country. In the sublime content
plation of universal good he will dis
regard the insignificant considerati
ons of petty personal or local inte
rests, and disdain the paltry bicker
ings of party collision.
Like the enchantment of Circe’s
baneful cup, party spirit has transfor
med mankind, “ unmoulding reason’s
mintage.” It has frozen the current
of the heart, and paralized the pul
ses of love. Friendship meets a
stranger in forgotten sympathy ; fra
ternity turns a side from alienated
affection i and parental tenderness
petrifies in filial estrangement. The
demon of party spirit has pervaded
even to the penetralia, and subver
ted the altars of the Penates, while
enthroned on the ruins, he triumphs
ny. Europe may marshal her legions
in dread array : and a despot’s will
may move the organized automati
cal destruction ; but necessity lifts
the soldier’s reluctant arm, and di
rects the unmeditated blow. Ame
rica alone possesses the thews anil
sinews of war. Liberty is the
spiring Genius of herchampions; and
their country, the friends of their
bosoms, the children of their love,
their selves, their homes, and the ob
jects of their accustomed solicitude
and regard, are their impulsions to
action. If these motives suffice not,
their father’s ghosts would croud the
battle field, and terrify invasion.
Liberated from the thraldom of
foreign oppression, Columbia moved
on “ with unblenched majesty.”
Plenty crowned the cultivator^ toil
Science anil art, vying with success
ful emulation, conferred the meed of
merit and the classic bay. American
Commerce yoked the winds of every
sky, and freighted every billow ? un
til the Gallic Comet Which has swept
the orbs, gleamed desolation on the
seas; until the lawless ambition ol
Britain essayed to usurp the elements
Independent America could not
bow her proild spirit to tame ac
quiescence in injuries, to compliant
submission to wrongs. She shud
dered with a mother’s fears at the re
collected horrors of war and hesitated
to devote her children to the slaugh
ter. A temperate, dignified and pru
dent policy resorted to the sole salu
tary alternative, an embargo. Had
this measure been enforced and con
tinued, the Commerce ol our Coun
try might at this day have been free
and unshackled, as the wave of the
ocean ; the property of our citizens
secured from spoliation, and the hon
or of the governmentpreserved untar
nished. Unhappy Nation ! Hither
to thy escutcheon, was spotless, as
the lily, which no sunbeam has freck
led. Thy fame was fair and briliant
as a cloudless morn, until it was blot
ted w ith the foul disgrace of factious
resistance to authority. Commerce is
the copious channel of wealth, and
the medium of universal knowledge
It is the patron of agriculture) and
nurse of the arts. It incites to enter-
prize, and recompensed industry
It associates the various members of
the human family, connects the regi
ons of the earth and approximates
iieir mutual reliance*
While the tempest of war has de
solated the nations, while thewhirl-
.vind of destruction has wasted the
Kingdoms and overturned the thrones
of Europe ; while the sword has con
sumed the people, and a deluge of
flood has drenched their fields, and
overflowed with polluted streams ;
our native skies have continued serene
and fair. Peace has inhabited our
borders, and security dwelt in our
towns. Our civil privileges, which
were achieved by valor, have been
preserved by wisdom. Our comforts
which were gained by enterprize,
have been increased by industry.
Our institutions, which were founded
by liberality, have been perpetua
ted by beni licence. The principles of
our constitution of government re
main unchanged : and so long as
they shall endure, and the integrity
of the federal union shall continue
unimpaired, Americans may rejoice
in the freedom, sovereignty and in
dependence of our brave fathers’ me
mories, by the awful shades of revo
lutionary martyrs, I swear, they shall
endure forever,—for, “ though indi
viduals may perish, truth is eternal.
The rude blasts of tyranny may blow
from every quarter, but freedom is
a hardy plant, that will survive the
tempest, and strike an everlasting
root in the most unfavorable soil.”
Columbia, favorite of heaven, and
hope of the world! Rejoice! Nature
and Art unite to adorn thee ! Wealth
is thy handmaid, and wisdom and
honor attend thy steps ! Thy eagle
will soar to the stars, and build her
eyry where danger cannot climb.
Nations will seek shelter under the
covert of her wings. The corners
of the earth will bound thy power,
and the confines of eternity limit thy
glory !
Albany, Aug. 13.
On the 2d instant; Alexander
M‘Cay, esq. (who sonrte years since
accompanied sir Alexander M‘Ken-
zie, in his expedition oVeHand from
Canada to the Pacific Ocean, and w’hd
is now at the head of another expe
dition to the same distant region) ar*
rived in this city, from Montreal, iri
an Indian canoe, manned with 15
hands, and on the same day; pro
ceeded on his way to New-York;
where, we understand, he will join
Messrs. M’Dougall Si Stewart, who
have already proceeded with an ad
ditional number of men from Canada,
At New-York, a ship is provided
anil in readiness for them to proceed
on their contemplated voyage, by
Cape Horn, to the Columbia river;
in the Pacific ocean, here ihey expect
to meet Mr. Donald M‘Kenzie,who;
;Ts mentioned in alate paper,left Mon
treal on the 2d of July, on an expc*
dition over land to the Pacific ocean*
Both companies form but one joint
concern, whose object is to open and
establish an extensive trade with thb
natives on the Columbia river.
We have not been informed by
whom these expeditions haVe been
projected, and set forward, whether
by the northwest company of Canada,
or by private association. From one
of them, however, taking its depar
ture from New-York, and receiving,
its outfits at that port, conjecture has
assigned no siY.all interest inf the con
cern, to the enterpriz’mg citizen* Af
the poles. As a profitable servant^ e ^ ^ ^ ^ * b
of the common weal, let commerce efrt er ? rize,-meriting the high-
be fostered and protected; but let est pni i 5e , and we sincerelv wish it
not the independence or Am'Hca ne
sacrificed in mercantile speculation ;
let not her distinguished immunities
and inestimable liberties be the book
ed and ledgered items in the account
of foreign trade
every success which the most ardent
anticipations can have promised.
_ . . .emperor his due.
I he progressive improvement
“ Render unto Casar the thirig#
that are Carsnr's—Give the French
Admit he is a
"‘'prodigy of parts : so is he abo at
! °*jprodigy of depravity, of cruelty ami
mor.
domestic manufactures is a cause
present gratiilation anil rejoicing.)*. ^ A ;,. r - rt he b lh * - reaty
Itmumerous h.lls whiten with fleeces of waTrior3 . but so much grea-
unnumbered vall.es labor with pleir-j te|> b the bffjmy that will forever at-
ty ; the plains wave with luxuriant ta , h tQ h; . name an(i menfory: sine*
the wars he has waged have been
in domestic discord. Party spirit h a rvest * i the teeming earth discbv
has invaded places most sacred, re-|^ her secret treasures ; universal a-
verend and holv, has polluted the bundance mvues the artist anil the
judgment seat,' and profited- the ^s. 13 V removing the necessity of
temples of the most High. History
points to her sanguine leaf,, the
mournful memorial of party rage.
See, Marius’s, spear reeking with
gore !—Behold expiring breath lin
gi rs on Sylla’s btyje '—can tht: drops
removing tne necessity
resorting to foreign climes for sup
plies of the conveniences of life, do
mestic manufactures promote the re
al independence of our country ; and
strenghten the bonds of unionbetween
the confederate state*, by establish
wars of ambition, of conquest and
murder ; and he lias multiplied
“ Ten thoutand fold Ifie Bn of MiH wh£
dew “ I Its brother."
Admit he has flf mind to- conceive
and a hand to perform, enterprises
of astonishing magnitude, and be-
yondthe power of any other mortal '*
but however, iathfe other- **!*»
