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THE GEORGIA JOURNAL. VOL. 1. MILLEDGEVILLE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1810. A-.-Miffg N ). U). sas————— FUtfLISHED BY SEATON GRANTLAND, \ (PRINTER TO THE STATE,) ON JEF FERSON STREET, OPPOSITE THE NORTH END OF THE STATE-HOUSE TERMS .THREE DOLLARS PER AN NUM, ONE HALF TO BE PAID IN AD VANCE. ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE THANK FULLY RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED , AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES. 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- A Great Bargain May be had for CASH, in A TRACT of LAND within one mile of Milledgeville.— Enquire of the Printer. August 15. 42- 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. 41- -tf 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- **!*»