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qualities oi his neuri ,• ■ *
\vhither he i vi< .ved as ad
mi god or a . pu Ivon.
( /'; rtsmouth Orth le.)
WISDOM IN GOVERNMENT.
“As t be twig is bent the tree inclines.’
•Nay, a worse prejudice than this, if exclusion from the rest of the world ; any man because his purse is empty- stt ange actions, and above all iiu
p s ible, has been imbibed, and that submission to this, or war to prote. “ 3. I will advise no man beyond pale ickly looks, nia le me thought-
from an impression endeavored to it are the only alternatives we hav» my comprehension of his cause. ful and extremely melancholy. A'.-
be stamped upon us in our early day left ; and our submission, be the rea- “ 4. I will bring none into law wh though they had neither praying or
of childhood and oppression, thatson true Or false, is the one assigned my conscience tells me should be preaching (I am told they sometimes
mechanics and fabricants were not,by the other nations of Europe for kept out ol it. (have an exhortation) their worship
honorable, that penury and depen-interdicting us from their ports “ “" n ’* 1 ~ c 1 ’
der.ee were more honorable with the - *
5.
Thus we see England pursuing the cause of humanity ; and this com-
the same course of policy towards usjprchends the fatherless, widows and
... . . name of planters, or merchants, or ...
In the neighboring British provin-ij., wvcrs< crjurse morc desirable at this day which she adopted more bondage,
es ot Canada, lew, perhaps not one jthan ease and independence in thelthan a century ago. Happily for us, u 6. I will be faithfv
Abovc !:ne of mamifuctuier or inachanic.—jwhere she then most severely oppres-
Mav we not then exclaim, accursedised us, we are now beyond her reach,
be prejudice. She cannot shut Boston harbor by a
Let us notice another ill that arises proclamation, though she can find ar-
lii 500, can read or write,
one half of their legislature is said to
be equally enlightened.-—It is so in
opaiu and Portugal.
The effect of education is acknow
ledged to influence the mind and in
so very powerful a degice as to go
vern our conduct thro’ life. If the
effect is thus powerful on the indi-
vidual,it surely will not lie thought
-strange when a whole community
should receive a similar education,
that th^. same habits, the same man
ner of thinking, nay, that the sunn
prejudices should pervade the whole.
The Canadians have had no educa
tion, but ihcv have habits, stead)
habits, m v hich no alteration has ta
ken place for hall a century ; igno
rance is here ditary : and it ignorance
•is bliss, said the baker, tis folly to be
wise. The effect of the early habits
of life on society in general, in the
United States, is fell in a powerful
degree even at this late day ; a se
ven wars war, and nearly five times
as many ol peace and sovereign inde-
pemhnee, has not been able to fix a
national character to warm the hearts
from absurd, nay, more than absurd
prejudice ; it u as common an opi
nion as any on common subjects,
that education is not thought ner.es-
sary for a mechanic—if a boy should
De intended for a manufacturer or
mechanic, and taught to read and
write a hand scarcelv intelligible, and
got as far as the rule of three in a-
rnhmetic, it is the opinion of steady
h..bits that it is quite sufficient, even
lor a millwright, a lock-smith a ship
I will never be unmindful of was solemn and impressive.
Their singing is something similar
to the ancient mode of counting the
notes by 1,2, 3, and 4, and although ,
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cess to her legislature with her gold ;
she can make no municipal regulati
ons now as she did then.
We have the power to establish
manufactures, when and where we
please, notwithstanding her long suc
cessful influence upon the ignorance
and blindness which is found in con
gress.
We abound in raw materials, it
wants but encouragement from the
people, and the fostering power ol
1 to my cli
ent; but never so unfaithful to my
self as to become a party in his crime.
“ 7. In criminal cases I will not
underrate my own abilities ; for if mv
client proves a villain, his money isjanil
carpenter, or any other, for we mean public sentiment.—In fact, the very
not to be particular, yet it is a fact,
efforts of Great Britain to ruin our
commerce, will prove a blessing to
the country unless we should be mad
enough to engage in war to procure
an article abroad which we can make
at home, and which we ought to do,
wild and something like- that of cur
American savages, is not disagieea-
ble.
They begin their dancing with one
step, then turn with four ; tin n twel\ t‘,
jand turn ; then twenty eight, and
better in my pocket; and if not I holdjtarn again ! the longest without turn-'
he option. ling was forty eight, which finishes
“ 8. I will never acknowledge the the tune. These kind of motions
omnipotence ot legislation, or consi-jquire strict attention, so as Co prest
that a thorough knowledge of practi
cal mathematics is absolutely neces-
arv to become master of many trades
the very principles of which cannot
be comprehended without. Nor can
the dyer of cloth ever be a perfect >»nd at the same time tax our exports,
master of his business without a and then open our ports to all the
knowledge or chymistry. world. For so necessary are our ex-
This neglect of education is a se- ports to the European world and their
rious ill; that ignorance and preju- colonies, that they can scarcely, exist
. .diet should grow up together is not without them ; that they will come
oi thousands, with the amor patri®,Extraordinary—it is to be expected, for them there can be no doubt, and
nor to emancipate our minds or dcs-hj at to sc . c ( h; s p T ejmlico nursed as the prices will be in our power to
u'nv the (fleets ol early education^ j s j n a rc p u blic lilce ours, without
any efforts to correct it, that deserve
der any acts to be law beyond the spi
rit of the constitution.
9. No man’s greatness shall ele
vate him above the justice due to
mv client.
10. I will not consent to a com
promise, where I conceive a verdict
necessary to my client’s future repu
tation or protection, for of this he
cannot be a complete judge.
‘*11. I will advise the turbulent
with candour; and if they will go to
law against my advice, they must
re-
r\ e
regularity. They seldom look at t a h
other, but keep their eyes fixed ei her
on the ceiling or floor. After cl: nc-
ing about two hours they came out as
they entered, and retire to their dif
ferent houses, the men to oik* a| art-
ment and the women to another for
they neither talk, walk, nor sleep to
gether. (Doubtful.)
Their gardens are kept in the nea
test and best manner; weeds I saw
none. This is emblematic of then-
religion, lor they say 14 weeds ancl
lore they “ refuse all intercourse
with the world*” Their vegetables
exceed any in this part of the coun-
w Inch taught us as coloniststhe habit
of abject submission, and made blind
obedience a duty. Submission to
the will and regulations of what was
ridiculously but artiully called the
parent state, was enjoined and en
forced in a manner the most pos
live, .and at the same time the* most
degrading to the people, and yet was
:t submitted to, and possibly would
s ill have been, had not the greed)
avaricious stepmother over stepped
ail bounds, and attempted impositi
ons beyond the power ol the people
to bear.
No sooner had our forefathers
cleared a spot to raise bread lor their
sup|>ort, than a jealousy took place,
least their industry should procure
them wealth and that wealth make
them feel their own weight and con
sequence ; to check this as far as pos
sible, some restrictions were thought
necessary, very early adopted and
daily augmented, such as the prohi
biting them the interchange of com
modities from one province or place
to another; for instance, a hat could
the name, eveu where most boasted
ol, is something so absurd as must
.trike every thinking man with won-
icr and surprize. It is a prejudice
which every wise man and every lo
ver ol his country should endeavor
to destroy. Perhaps there may be,
and indeed I believe there is a fault
m the constitution of the United
States that tends much to depress the
establishment of manufactures or
give respectability to our manufac
turer, by encouraging in a particular
manner the merchant, and which,
while it deceives the agriculturalist,
is drawing the wealth from his pock
et imperceptibly—we here allude to
that article ol it which forbids all or
any revenue to be raised on the ex
ports of the United Stales.
1 liis clause naturally compels the
legislature, rather than lay a direct
ces for us. Those who wish to keep
up the present pernicious system will
say, that this course would destroy
our carrying trade. We do not think
so, because by our countervailing du
ties alone we could meet them there.
But for argument sake let us sup-
pardon me for volunteering it against fruit cannot flourish together,” there
them. l '— ’
“ 12. I will acknowledge every
man’s right to manage his own cause
il he pleases.”—(Connecticut Cour.jjtry. Their property is in common ;
| tb * 8 it might lie supposed, would tend
D< .-aii Swift having preached ani*° make them lazy....but it is not the
assize Sermon in Ireland, was after- case * 1 hey manufacture all their
wards invited to dine with the jurlg-! wea, ? n S apparel, and deserve much
make, at present they make the pri-ies ; and having in his discourse con- crecbt i° r ' ts solidity and neatness.
sidered the iweand abuse of the law, fhey ai so make whips, wheels &c.
he had homo a little hard upon those,lo -'- - ' with the garden seeds
counsellors who plead causes which' 1 * 01 * vcjJtMbh-s, they offer for sale at
they knew in their consciences to bei tbe different neighboring towns, and
wrong. When dinner was over, and generally find a good market,
the glass began to go round, a young! These Shakers are a sober, honest
barrister who happened to be present, oru * industrious people ; but I dont
pose it wouUl—we are of opinion took occasion to retort upon the, Iik v their religion. “ Increase and
tKut .1 1 ... 4 1.' t i .
that il the hands and capital employ
ed in foreign trade were employed in
agriculture and manufactures, the
net profit at the end of the year would
be equal if not greater than it is at
present.
In the course of the last dozen
years several merchants, no doubt,
have made large fortunes, if you
please. But look at the many, who,
in the course of the last dozen years,
in Boston, New-York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, See. &c. have been ruined
by foreign commerce, the one we fear
will more than balance the other :
tax lor the support of government, nonr * ook at our farmers, mechanics,
to lay a heavy import duty on every
article of import, by which, while
the consumer of goods imported ap
parently pays nothing to the support
not be made in Pennsylvania and of government ; he actually pays on
ttansporled across the Delaware in
to Jersey without being subject to
seizure, as well as the boat which
transported it, or the waggon and
horses which should carry it across
the line to Maryland or Delaware.
Mills for slitting iron were forbid to
. be erected, so that we might be more
dependent upon this greedy and un
natural parent ; and manufactures
were effectually checked : but while
We were forbid to work up our raw
materials, our iron and our flax,
we were kindly indulged with the
permission to send those producti
ons to this benevolent mother coun
try, to be manufactured into such ar
ticles as our necessity required, and
at triple the price wc could obtain
the like elsewhere ; but we were
taught to believe it was all in the fa
mily, and our population increased
owing to the healthiness of our cli
mate. the simplicity of our lives, and
the productions of our soil; the in
crease ol products which we could
not consume and dared not to ma-
an average one fourth more for eve
ry article he or his family consumes.
A man who purchases of imported
articles for 100 dollars, actually pays
25 dollars in duty and charges—two
thirds of which are in fact tribute to
a foreign country. Alter this arti
cle in our constitution, so that Con
gress may raise a revenue on all ex
ports anil the greater part of the sum
now paid by the American consumer
ol imported goods, will be raised
out of and paid by the foreign con
sumer of our produce. The farmer
will not find his prices reduced, nor
the merchant be burdened with the
payment ot duty in advance ; the A-
merican exporter may be permitted
to bond as in the case of imports, and
wc shall then collect from the fo
reign consumer ; foreign ships to
pay duties on shipping the commo
ilities, while countervailing duties on
and manufacturers, and see how many
of them have failed ; if they have
not grown suddenly and enormously
rich ; they have supported them
selves and families, and encreased
their capitals and their country has
been improved by them. There are
some merchants among us whose
fortunate voyages have made them
rich, but set these apart, and which of
the classes—merchants or manufac
turers, possess the most real and sub
stantial wealth ? Every man who is
well acquainted with fhe state of so
ciety, knows that the real wealth is
with the latter.
Away with prejudice then—and
let us learn to respect ourselves—
and cease to give preference to fo
reign commerce, to the prejudice of
domestic.—Aurora.
Colonel William Fatham, an Ame
rican officer of merit in our revoluti
on, was afterwards a Lawyer in one
of the Southern States, and lately a
resident of London, laid down * for
himself the following rules of profes
sional practice, which are recommen
Dean; and after some altercation on multiply” they set their ‘ices &-
both sides, the counsellor at last ask- ,£ J a ' nst * They say “ have faith and
eel him, “ If the devil were to die, believe as we do until the spirit re-
whether a parson might not be found vea * tbe truth ; don’t speak to or
for money to preach his funeral ser-! think °* tbe women, but give up the
mon ?”—“ Yes,” said Swift, “ and I world and have faith.”
would gladly be the man ; for I then! a
would give the deed his due, as I have Bishop Taylor once told a lady of
this day his children. his acquaintance, who was neglectful
' of her son’s education, “ Madam, if
In the immediate vicinity ot Wil- you do not choose to fill your bov’s
mington, (Del ) on a space of groundjhead with something, believe me the
about three miles long, and from two devil will.” The Spanish proverb
to three miles broad, there are now 1 " r "’ ' ”
more thanfifteen hundred sheep, near
ly one halt of which are different
grades of the merino breed—by the
next spring, it is said, there will be c,:_ T , , .
twice the ntt m „er. Mr.
has it—“ The devil tempts every
man, but an idle man positively tempts
the devil.”
who owns a flock of six hundred
sheep, has obtained a shepherd from
France, and some of the noted shep
herd-dogs from Spain.
A r . K Evening Post, Aug. 16.
(From the New-Tork Columbian.)
SHAKERS.
I have been to see the Shakers, a
new and curious sect who worship
God by dancing. I went early on
Sunday morning, and fou id them!
picture, having found
by experience, that whenever he did
so, his pencil took a tint from it. Ap
ply this to had books and bad compa
ny.
FOREIGN.
ly would remain in order to support
and encourage our own manufac-lded to the serious perusal of those
i°res. [particularly who are entering upon
If we examine the conduct of Greatjtlie practice of law ;—after premising
milacture, naturally led many to bendjBritain, we shall find this object de-that these rules are said to have been
mauds our most serious attention :!established by him in conformity to
[prior to our revolution, when our General Washington’s parting injuuc-
commercc was almost entirely confi- tion to the officers of his army that
ned to her pon*, and no fabricated those who had beer, useful in a mi
irticlc, however necessary to our useJlitary lite should endeavour to be
their mind to foreign commerce
and the spirit of commerce become
a habit, it naturally grew out of this
..rtificial condition which was encou
raged by the power that profited by
us, it facilitated their supplies of raw
materials, an.
her, and as was
i (ouicts of men lor their navy
From our earliest infancy then
if provisions and lum
imposed, provided
luive
) ears
ai.tl i
tores
U , all
ev
our comfort, or our profits, was al
lowed to enter our ports, except Brit
ish manufactures, our commerce,
thus confined to Britain, was encour
aged. But now, that we by our in
dependence have acquired a right ot
commerce and interchange of articles
with all the world ; jealousy of tha
il* kind—and so very inve-jintcrcourse leads her to acts of ag
this power of habit or early gression, the most hostile to our
we cannot persuadcjrights, both of sovereignty and inde
we been instructed, and for
lorced to attend to commerce
" despise and neglect manulac-
•n, ih.
Oi l M ts
in luvor of il
genus pir
to relinquish any part ol impendence ; the interception of all our
saG, advanta commerce with other nations, with
manufactures, the clear and avowed intention to
qually useful in the civil functions of
society.
“ Fiat Justitia !”
“ Having adopted the above max
im (says Colonel Fatham) as early
as I had the honour ofadmission to the
bar, I have convenanted with inyselllalt the
that I will never
London futie 30.—A circumstance
of a singular kind occurred at Liver
pool on Saturday last. A man be-
longing to an American vessel in the
. _ harbor having been impressed on the
collecting for public worship in a neat ground of his being an Englishman
and large room, with two doors, one under an American protections body
for the men to pass through, the other ~ c A ! " ’ 3
for the women. I observed as they
came to the door, that they made a
short pause, and then entered with
great regularity : a profound silence
was observed till they got all collected,
then they began to arrange themselves
for their devotion ; the men throwing
off their coats, and the women their
shoes, that “ the dust of the world
might not defile the floor,” which
they call holy.
i hey stood up in rows across the
room, about two feet from each other,
ancl leit a space down through the
middle of about five feet The old
est ones ot each sex (keeping on the
same side of the house they came in
at) were in the first rows, and the
of American seamen taking the op
portunity afforded bv the people about*
the docks being absent at dinner,
proceeded to the rendezvous house,
and being refused admittance by one
ot the press gang, the only one then
in the house, they broke open the
door, and, seizing him by the collar,
dragged him on board an American
vessel in die dock, they then pro-B
ceeded to inflict on him the American
punishment of tarring and feathering;
and accordingly stripped him naked,
and rolled him on the deck of the ves-
sel, on which a quantity of tar had
been previously poured. Feathers,
however, not being at hand, they sub
stituted the more convenient article
of cotton, and having shaken a cotton
youngest ones and people of colour bag over him, turned him loose into
in the last. Alter making this ar-the town, driving him by blows along
rangement, three men and three wo-*' • *»
men left the others and went to the
space in the middle of the room,
where they* began to hum a kind of
wild plaintive tune, then one a little
more lively, at the begining of which
the docks, and through Hanover
street. 1 he poor fellow in most pite
ous plight, at length found shelter in
some ot the neighboring streets.
1 his outrage has been very properly
noticed by the magistrates, and one
faction
“ 1. I will practice law, because
offers me opportunities of being
[began and continued as long as bc-|and were & bv
lUore. JVly feelings by this time were men of war. 9 n,l
gh convinced that Me th and in !nonopoii/e the whole to herself, and! more useful member ol societv.
eleptiulciice would be the reward. V.o subject us to her old tyranny and
l will not turn a deaf ear to
one of
of war, and carried into the
quite different from what they were [Downs to the Admiral, who sent
d e rV’iTC? °. t,)C CCr " mon >; : th “ n to Dover to our agents for pn
•jtheir doLt.d melodies, superstmously soners. The General is at present