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no ‘ll” fond-ifon of many generations*— anti the.r followers are obliged to re fpond, x ‘ L t h m be accused’— but anew order of h is embodied many exiting exorc frr.s, to loch into the myfleriows antiquities, to rend the unconsecrated veil, to (hew the people that the holv of holies is not local, at that the day has palled hv, when he, who touched the mountain, {hould be (lone. Among these I have sfluxed the task of speaking to you de finitively of the union ot church and (late in our country. “ The great events of a few past years have gradually introduced the light neCeffiary to this portraiture. The pa (Eons, engendered in darkness, and which seek concealment ti’ii they can come forward with efiech, liave (low ly and tmfufpeTingly met this light, not aware that toroc were witching the moment, when thev could be di(Vm<Tly leen. Page 7— (t Ncw-England federalifm ap peared to b e prutefr ant, and to wish the down fui of hierarchies, till the church of Rome be tan to totter: then it began to pray for her n-eftmbhfhment, ardently as faints for re buddir, - the v fils of jcrufalem. The French, vho nii tfiat time had been our pood friends and nliirs, were called a set of atheists and anareffifts. No curi s were roo five re to implore on them for abolishing hierarchies and for fuftxrrding the oblcrvance ot that day, which had been before devoted to the difho nour of Go \ y and the ruin of man. No pity for oppre/Tcd humanity red s ained the rage of. our church and (late men. No cries afeenoed to hea\en for relief of freemen. With joy the combined troops of the throne and the al tar were announced no hurling their thunders on ievoted France. The paflions were grad ually rail ‘. The cries of infidelity and mo dem rd. io'opby were founded through the counny, and the rage of holy church and (late n ep w <s uiredleO aja.’nft infidel France.— Even the loyahft Barrucl, a papist, became a lavori t, although at the e a pence of our pro testant anceflors,-he /Mbigculcs and Wald enks, he criminated France. Every little ftihjeft of a political prelate took in charge the caule of God and fettled in his narrow n ini aqueftion mighty enough for the great est tafoms of the two contending worlds A little cumberer of the ground, a miserable ( portion of dud and ashes, o which rhe worms are heirs apparent, decides on the counfcls©* his M t!:er, anil decrees in his behalf that the holv father had been wrongfully dtilurbed— i that the king of France (hould be refrored— t;vir the throne and the akin (hould be more c> deiv united, and that the old order of things Inouhi be revived. To express these mighty decrees anew vocabulary is invented to abide the friends of civil and religious liberty, and to compliment the tyrants and murderers of! the world. —Was this the fp-iric of ohrifti.ini-; ty, or of church and (bate ? a New- England federalifm appeared to be cbrifiian> till by irritation of the public mind, and falJe alarms, federal power was able to lail'e an armv and and to create exten sive eftabiiflvmer.is of wealth and grandeur, perficllv confident with church and date uni on, bur actually armaments and batteries .igjir.lt the peaceable kingdom of a humble, I 1 e.icenicr. u Nevv-EnHand federalif.n appeared to be federal, till a change of adminiftnuisn def trovrd ih? grand object of church and (hue, v/Kch always was, power to the leaders- tie lufion to the followers, and ruin ;o opposition. ft sen this feci•.•raiifm cried out tor dismember inent of the fur- s—the dcadiof tederaliim.” P.i e 9 — v; While bufietings and perlecth tiors were the lot of chriftims, the knowing ones avoided prokdTion; but when it was dif covrred that this religion could be made am engine of irate, and that civilians and eccle liallies could fufiaineach other,it became fa Al ien “6k to proScis. ‘'The firjl union of church cc dflate in Chijiendom was the corner ftene cn bit hJatav was to build his fabric cf infidelity ITgh priells prayed for kings ; kings fur ihiked laws to ficpporc religion ; the Saviour’s pro.; life to iu.ft.r.n bus church was forgot ton, or his i o.ver to fulfil the prom lie was doubt el. Fl.s piblme decorated the walls cf church s ; but the knee was bent and the rye >fte i io his holinds, t ie fountain of all f.fi ritual power, and to his majesty, who kept that fountain ovei flowing with the wealth of a iubiu ga t v and wor 1 and. * f This magnificent tir.kn having for cen turies overipread Qiriftciidom, and having humbled by perlccutions and cruelties every ilicceeding cials oi reed chriftia-ns, was at length abridged by the reformation, in rhe couri'e cf a (ingle century, among the church es called refer vied, that of England became ir.cit conspicuous (or the lame union, widen m its turn v. ..s abridged by the puritans, who ft. :t fettled this couture, and New-England, can claim die uninterrupted iucceihon or tliis cticrch vine! litre power. <c The evidence and uetef.ab’e charafler ot tl.ree of thde unions will never be doubted. It is my province to coniidcr the tnuth, and ds the piety oi our anccdois lias formed ti:e basis of our thuich and tlur vive.g, and ftivx much ofpaflion, fallehood and superstition have been impreved :n the hifiory and appli cation of this pietv, 1 lhall proceed in the next number to speak of our anceflors in such terms as mv fublecl requi r es, and with the cx prefi, intent of (hewing that our church and flute unionifl*, claim to be heirs of the blefidm?, have actually ir.herited fome con It*- turn: parts of their religion, and that this re ligion is not chr.flianity. ” Pjcre i 2 — <f let ire now call you to look at our ancestors jufl as you would at a cials of men, coming here at this time, and con ducting as they clid. Dkl they r.y from per secution, beeaufc they hated it in principle, or was it because it was directed againfl tt.em ? At their firft eftnbhfoment here, they perle cuted with more violence than they had fuf fered. Did they leave their homes to find a little retired fpoc in the v/ildernefs, where they might enyjy the little, wmch man wants here belov/, and from which might afeend daily, and uninterrupted afoirations to heaven P Their firfl objeCT was extent of territory, and they combated (or it with a zeal and perfe verancc werthy of a better cause. Did they !cve humanity and peace ? But they were in constant wais with their tawny bretnren, chil dren of the fame universal Father. Did they love toleration ? But they denied it to Qua kers and Adamites, like then* had ilea to the fame country. If they loved civil and religious liberty, why was every exertion made to defuoy them? Expressly becauie they were fubitcL to p)aflions, like to those men, whom they had left. They fought, quarrelled, fin ned and ptuniihed, as often in proportion to their numbers as their poflerity,! except that the vices, wdiich arise from luxuries, could not attach to them/ 5 -f See die b’e laws ami T-urn bulks hiflory for fafts ro luftain tr.is lumber ; a recital of the cruelty of their* wars, the .bitterness of their difp .t.r, the mu!- t tude a :d severity of their pun’;(bincuts, the d-f<-c tion of iheir zealots, See. would tedious. It is natu ral, in turning those page*, leaf by leafi to obierve how rapidly the paflions gained a gain ft the religion of that age, and how these paflions bu; ft forth with an impctuciitv, proportioned to ti-e reUraint. 1 hose who wifli to citabhlh the (uperior piety ct enr an ceflors, mufl guard a 1 access to their hiflory cfreedu ailv, as Eden guarded, after the expuifion of Adam. CONSTANTINOPLE, May to. _ The plague continues its ravages in Smyrna ; it has began also to mafiifefi itfeii in this city. According to the last intciigence from Egypt, that country is infected also. In regard to the political ft tuition of Egypt, it appears to be ftiii the fame. Two flags of truce, which were employed in carring home French pritoners of war, arrived at Smyrna— they have brought back rich cargoes. A S wed;lit frigate is expected also m that port. MILAN, JUNE 14. , The Courier of Milan announces this day, that the king cf Sardinia has abdicated his crown in favor of his son the Duke or Aorta. VIENNA, June tc. In consequence of a notification made to the court by the French ambassador, that tilt firft consul Buonaparte, will be immediately ciedled to the confiilare for life, his majesty the Emperor has charged is is ambafiador to the French republic, Count Cobentzel, to con ra till ate the firft consul by anticipation in his rnrne, and to declare to him, that his im portant event is so much the more agreeable ro his ma.jcfly’s wifiaes, as he is purluaded t hit i: will have a great influence? on the duration of the general peace. FRANKFORT, june 10. Several waggons, laden with valuable fur niture, have set out from this city ro Oranjen fiein. The caftlc of Siegen, which will be occupied by the Prince of Orange, is now furniihing also. The magnificent armswluch his son, the hereditary Prince, received as a present from the French republic, are estimated at 30,000 -florins. HAGUE, June 56. Government has canted to be fea’ed up fcveral predes, fro.n which have ifined nume rous libels, multiplied by an abufl* of tr;e li berty of the press, and in which many calum nies'were thrown out again ft fcveral eminent public funaior.a ies of cite republic, and a uainft difierent foreign dowcts HAMBURGH, j t jne 14. The imperial Ruffian councilor cf flute and phyfiGjn, Von Boeder, lias inoculated pi it.ee Paul Freileriv.k, ion id nis fe. ene h:u;h nefs the heieditary prince of Mecklenburg Schev/erin, with the cow pox. The re (tut has been favourable. The fiipreme college cf physic and i.ealih at ELr! o, have now aim declared rhrmieiv es in favoi or the inoculation ofthe va ‘e:ne, and uub!:;!• a0 a circoiar icttc in which they recamm nd ir. rhe .1 it ner the genera’ ir.t.vduflian :-f it, adduc ing rhe rcjions an:: un wh ;n theh’ rc c>:i’ mrndation is rounded. ALBANY, ArcVfr 2*. A number of the principal facherns, Chiefs and Warriors of the Seneca Nation of Indians, from Bull aloe Creek, have visited this ci ty last week •, and we are informed luve con cluded a ueatv with this flare, bv which thry cede their title to ail the lands reserved alang the Niagara river from Burr aloe creek to Steedman’s farm, including Black Rock,— This is doubtless a great acquititicn to this Rate, as well as to the United States,mot on ly on account of me value of lands, but alfu as it fccures the carrying place at the Niagara Falls, and the mofi advantageous fituatioia for eflabiifhirg a military poll to guard that im portant pals. Another objeefl in the chiefs in vifiring our feat of government, we are informed, Was to intercede for one of their friends, an Irtdian, who it is alledged has unfortunately killed a whue man, and which has produced lo ne agitation in that quarter —these Indians (late, that five inltanccs have happened since the peace, where Indians of their nation have been inhumanly murdered by the white peo ple, and tfiat in no infiance have the perpetra tors been puniihed for these crimes, and that this is the firfl infiance on their part. The f-.ct is undoubtedly true. The/ fay they have been afliduous in cautioning their voum r waniors to guard aqaintl evils of this kind, and they (hould therefore think it cruel if their brother (hould fuff.-r for this affi, especially as it is laid to have been done un-j : u tentionaliy under the influence of intoxica-j t'on and paiiion. r i ..cy vvilh.d if polfible’ that lie might be admitted to bail, flat us that imprisonment to an Indian is worfethat dea h. They cunfidered this as a re a (bn able requefl, and which they had been induced to believe might be granted confifient with our laws.— Fids however could not be done. They ’nave certainly a tied with great candour and mag nanimity in delivering up the accused, who is a near reU ion of one of the principal chiefs, and belongs to one of the firfl families in the nation, * Although these Chiefs con’d not obtain the full object of their wishes in the preier.t L ftonce, we ar told they have returned to their nation perfectly fuisfied with the treatment which they received from our executive, and with Ihe a durances he gave them that their unfortunate brother wool i be treated with every degree of lenity an \ humanity which the mildness of our laws admit. W ASHING rOM, August 3 0. O F F I CI A L. Under the infitudtions of he Secretary of the Navy, com mo lore Morris will employ conftantiv one frigate in convoying our out ward bound merchantmen from Cadis thro’ the Streighis, and another in convoying our homewa-d bound merehun:men from Malaga; and every convoy, v;lien in the Gut, vviil have an additional protection. The diftrihution of che other frgates wdl, from time to time be luch, as in the judgment of the commo dore, will a (Ford the best protection to our commerce, and as will mofte fie Finally repress j the predatory difpofttions of its nemies. RICHMOND, August 25. Extract of a Utter firm Cab ski Indiana Ter ritory, dated fitly 31. c< The Portawatamie nation of Indians, who reiort a coot the Illinois river, have so re cently as the 1 6th inst. opened hoftiiities against our cnizer.s, by killing two Americans about five leagues from our town. The chief mur derers are Furkey-F- -o', a notorious villain and chief; and the Manned-Hand, and ano • ther chief, with five other men. One of the men they killed is an old letder of this coun try, and the other a young 4 man.” Ex trail of a letter Tom IVafbiugt on, dated 26 ih August, 1 lio 2. ff The New-York will fail on Sunday, and the John Adams, being put in commission, will fail ui two weeks.” CINCINNATI, July 3 r. A letter dated Natchez, the nth of June last. from a gentleman who lately defeemied the river, contains the following interesting inteiii u-nce. “ We were attacked by robbers, near die mouth of white river, and a breeze springing up, prevented us from being boarded by two perogues, having in each fix men,vvell armed They hailed us from the fiiore, telling us they v.iffied to purchale fome trifles, and on our re refufunu to land they commenced the purfu.r. They originally confiftcdof three companies, and weie commanded by a person named Via son, who has kit the camp at White River, and scours the road through the \vildernefs. — About two weeks, ago they attacked a mer chant boat, and took pofieffion of her, after navung kiiied one of the people on board.” Lexington, August 13. Extract of a Utter acted St. Vincennes, July 27. << dkl Monday week, the Indians killed two men in the facdement 61 Kahokia.” 7b tic editors of the Georgia Republican* Q Gentlemen, 1 THROUGH the politeness of a friend, 1 I have jufi had a fight ot th.* firfi number of 1 the Georgia Republican. The eflablilhmerit 4 of a paper o:i the principles of yours, in thij M extremity of the Union, where truth andgbyf information have been so long concealed from j the people, was a thing earnefily wiflied by the enlightened part of your Republican J fri ends. They however expeefi, and have no J doubt, but that the mofi ftrenuotis exertions 1 will be made by the adverie parcy for the I difco.ntinuance, if not the total defiruflion of I a press so incongruous to their interefis and 1 views. Nevertheless their machinations I dare venture to affirm will not avail .* for j however tc imposing an attitude” your political opponents in Savannah may have a (Turned by \ the support of newly created citizens and men di fa fie died to the present happy admin ifiration, you will be shielded fro m the ma lignancy of their enveno.ned efi\>rts by a par- 1 ty more numerous, not less refpefbable, and : po fie fling talents not inferior to theirs. Certain printers gentlemen, the agents of J an arifiocratical faelion, have in fome of their publications a (Ter ted that the present admin- ] ifiration countenances the licentiousness of * the preis :So true is it, that were they turn y| to their own career, they would easily per- m ceive, and fnould be happy, that Mr. Jefier-■ son and his illuflrious colleagues efieem ic 1 more honorable to futfer the opprobrious epi- tuecs, Icurrihty and calumny of many of the public prints to pafis unnoticed, rather than ms admmiflration fnould be (ullied by such a Taw as adorned that of his predecefibr’s. ) mean the ever memorable Sedition AT. They also fay <l the press exciufively in file hands of a party will ever be efieemed fire 1 bane of civil liberty”: permit me to tell them ] that (entiment is much too democratic for’ j men of their politics. It is but lately that \ they thought io ; and I conjeclure they ima gine it to he the bane, only, when not mk fiveiy their o wn. i beg to trc-fpifs on you for a moment wniift 1 offer thole gentlemen a few republi can re dons why the £f present admimilrarioa j encourages the 1 centioufnefs of the prefsd’ ■ I wii! not detain you with any umrecefffary declamation on the inestimable value of outX : liberty j whose fountain has* been diflr.urbed,! OLU bhe muddy particles precipitated by ; v '*fe and patriotic Jefferfon : a liberty which is our boalt, the envy of our neighbours, and the source of virtue, Wherein is k more conspicuous than in the freedom of the press? I '* bor, unavved by the. debafirrg dread of arbitra ry p uni foment we examine the virtues, the vi ces, the prudence, and imprudence, of those who have hem and arj em ruffed with the le gislative and executive power of these (fates: - and whild vve inveftiqrate the importance of scientific inventions or weigh the comparative merit oc the religious, the moral, poetic, and hiltoric writers of antiquity, or of the present ■ age , —whiiff we are employed in enquiring, j comparing, farming of opinions, and defend ing those opinions, the public gains a DafSoiu for truth . \ But thefe’ ftsperior talents for abdrufe and? contemplative fubjeffs are adventitious ac quirements, derived from that freedom of en~ | quiry we now enjoy : Its influence is more jextenuve and momentous. This free aif— icutfion of all fubjefts whatever, uncontrouledi | only by equitable laws, f<> far from being the “ bane’* is that which conffitutes the very’ quintefiericc* of civil liberty ; it is its diftirr | guifiling character, and the mod efncacioust ; means of rendering it perpetual. Were the I freedom of examination into the public con duct or our servants prohibited by any one’ man, or any fiction of men, could; we nor then be fa;d to be at their mercy? When our opinions are by these means in their cullodv, ana under their absolute controul, ho.v ihaulT we make efforts for redress ? How (hould we address our representatives againlt me afu res we may’ think pernicious, if we were not per mitted to be inilrufted in the nature of the n* until we feei rlieir oppreflive effects ? Or how mould we be enabled to redtify the choice we j may have made of corrupt repnrfentatives if j it :s in the power of their friends to suppress I any account of their conduct,, except such as is. j bell calculated to deceive us? The omnipotent and omnifclent author of j nature has, in h; s wisdom, formed an igneous bail whole rays cherish this Globe, and has provided us with a lucid and fluid body for our convenience and relief; yet fire frequent ly proves deftrudtive, and the Sun is ‘often: times the lource of pcftilence : Ought v.~* then ro prohibit fire, or be diiTatisfied because the Sun cxiils ? Certainly no: I Nor ouoht ve to murmur at the liberty of the press in order to defiroy its licentioufncls. Since existing laws are lufficient ro ftioprefii immoral and licentious writings, all abridge ments and restrictions must necefTarily tend fo diminiih that freedom of enquiry on which our exigence as a free Republic depends. > Finally, our present admindlratbn Rands