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Georgia Republican,
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SAVa N ‘rt.fl, Jauui y 13, ibcs.
Additional l ift of Letters rental
ing in the Loft-Office g\ji. De
cember.
A.
Daniel Al’cn, Charles Afli, Efqr. Ifaa** \
Irraiiam , Joan Aiuicrton, Dianna Anneal *
B.
John Bnlry,’ Mrs. E isa'ietb B’ v rn,
VViliui n Bemiis, Mil . Emilj M llife:, Kr
i.fr Benton, Cliarh . Baldwin Kfqr. G<
Baillio 4, John Bi r-jr, Young Beckham,
James Bullock Ef<p I <hn lleek, H t’.
Butler, William Bole ‘r, Dorl’r NiCoias S.
lh arl Samuel ilr-iil'.f iriJ William Ull ler,
Wi liarn Brallsibrd 3, Major J >hn Barnard
Capt. .Savor/ Boole Captr. William Brown,
c.
William Campbell Elqr. Crook and Sea
man, Robert Ctnini gin .1 4, Cap'. J-'lni E
Copp, James Carr,piie 1, James Cameron,
Doftr. William Cocke 2, Richard Capes,
Michael Canavau, Archibald Campbell Eiqr.
Pheriihas Cory, Jol'cpli Clay juiir. Clqr.
U>*j
• D.
Aaron Dunn, Mrs. Saiah Davies, I.ov
run Dudley, Capr. Samuel Dcuit'on, John
De Haan, Ilaat Davenport.
L?
James Erwin.
F.
John N. Fry, Bruxton Foard.
G,
Samuel Mil. Amelia G-ieraril
William Green, Abram Gendr.it Ei jr. W'i
bert Glover, H b< rt Greer, Julia Gilliiian
John Gibbon.1 9 Henry Grave.
M.
Cap'. Qhirles Hard., James Howland
Da*' 1 ’ Hptlfeal, Zachariah II kins, fame
E ll'.mi nm 3, J. leph Hawes, End Harris
George Herb, Frederic Herb, J .'.in llcnji r
l
Enoch S. Jenny, Mrs. Defier J hnftnn.
John lion and Koberrfon, MIC.. 1-r Jenkins
O -on J 1 .ms 3, l)r John I. |e"i.ins, Cror y:
Jones, Etq a, \Vt Hum !1 J ilinibn, David
Jackson, Mrs. Sylvia J.ickfou.
K
\tif, Polly King, Mr Man C. K.eeger,
I*. M’Keiu, Elif. Maj. l'hns. King.
L
John I). Lewis, F.l'q. Charles Lindergreen,
M
James M*Murray, Mr. Afilunv, Al.fs C;i
the rilie M Hieen, AEi'hni Maher, Alexan.le.
Mn hay, Norman M’Donald, William Mi)
lone, Daniel Mir eh, Sv . • ,ts : r->n, H A.
M'AUillcr, |am< .M’ ‘.aiie, M M dm, Divii
MC nrmicr . ilubi a Mimtfnr , M 1: is Miller 2,
Mrs Elizabeth M’CleOil, Peer Miller, Jnhi
Mi nit fort, John MKinnon, John Marlliall,
Darby M’Donagh.
N
A V. Nicell.
P
Mrs. Aune Sonfm Putnam, Gibbrrt PrP,
Tam II Pratt, J Itali PenlirM, Aiexi. Pratt,
Mr Phillips, I'li A. Pc ii.oi k, Davi l Pin
ioUjCapt. Henry Putnam, Gc
men.
K
James M Roberif n, David RulTel, mis
Elir.aheih Kcdinati, M.s. Ami Reynolds
Wlutm.el Rogers, Walter H gi-i
s
Rullll Shorter, Thomas fieri, Mai J ihi
Scriven, Jaiie/ A’ ainron, Mrs. Mary Sullivan,
J-hn Siibns, Crrfhatn Smith, Sweet a.
\’i illiativ., James Simm., Tinn.ia. ‘palling
Edward Swarbreck j, Swckhonfs and Kmi
man.
1’
John Toby, Nico'l Turnbull, J tines Taylor,
Ci I. George ‘lump. Mils Eliza Tat,, all,
William C. Yongc.
w
Stewart Wallace, Jofepli Welchcr, Abner
WoodruiV, Joiiah Whitnev, 3 l* | and K
Vallottiui, Mrs Man W'dlv, Arehibad O.
Wilkins, Jacob Wood. Elq. Gverge \\ heeler,
Thomas Wi'llen. Hughes Walton 3, Koheri
11 1,1) tr.iel W \ lex inder C. \l y 1,,
Thomas Wallh,Capt. Ephraim Wilcox.
I* reach Letters.
B
Madamt BmillineeaigMonGeurßerthclo:,
Madam Boric.
c.
F. B. Coqmllion.
D.
Mooli cur Dalleraaque, rare Mr. Bout lie.
G,
Mr. Graffe', Mr. Grand Mt.fun.
K.
Sir. Ke rb’jLV.
L
M. I.’Antique. L’llomaca, M La-a/.e
M.
M- Minaud, M. M.uibcrt.
B-
Madame Paifot.
\ r .
Madame
Englilh Grammar, Mcrtat tin
and Mathematical School.
THE SubiVribcr's IcH<h4 will open on
Monda 14th i.itl. for the mi!: ac
tion of gtnlttmn.
The Public are rcfpec'lfullv afTnrcd that no
.r\,!u :i llh 1 pared to lecuie to pupils at.
tsMidiu;; I ills tciio I, the bell a.uUtw e in
tia.iiug a.. 1;c.l a.id ma.iiy cl curtoti,a habh
of iea .and accurate couap ‘lition ami a l.t
edi v in appymgthe pi iuctplcs . i c*icula*Km
to Us'.iial !u.’ r'i
In the rc h u a ions of the fchool, in t’.-
cboicc ol baoiss and by even on.er luitabc
■itans, 1: n mol mxMHk.li eniieavonrtd to
CU ’ivaie i the papi s thel'c i.ald sand prm
cinl.-s iviuch ■ ulili-u'c \ iituous and in.clu
gut mei.ioers ol ten: 1 •
Wm. Green.
Jnrmirv 10. ts. 3S.
Mh RCH V A ISiixM
TRIEo iur laic at tiii&
of? ics*
PROPOSALS
FOR CARRYING
Mails of the Un tcd States
ON THE
Fothwini P'jJl Ronds , ivlllbe received
at the Grntr I Pofl Office , in IPnfhingt n,
unlit the fourteenth day of funitary next,
uu Li five.
IN GEORGIA.
104. Tion yVugulb, by nittle River,
/.incoin c i>, Petalbuijr anil lfibc.\o;i,
to Franklin c. h. once 0 wenk.
/.cave I'rauklin every Piiurfdv noon,
and arrive at /tfugulla on Saturd.iy by 8
p- in. Leave a/ugulla every Sunday at 5
a m and ariive at , ranklir. c h on Tues
day by noon.
ioj. Fiom by Columbiac 1
to Wadnngton once a week.
Leave A upufta every Sunday at 3 p m
and arrive at on Monday by
4p rn Lcd- e //’alliington every ‘/ucf
dayat 8 a m and arrive at on
/Fednefday by 10 a m.
ict). From /Faiiiington. by Bunis’s,
Aexi gton, v/tiiens, /Fatkiu.ville, and
Ciarklboro’, to Jackion o h once a week.
I.eave Walhington every Tuesday at
* a. rn.Riid arrive at Jackson c. li. on
Wedncfday by 6 p. m. I.eave Jackson
c. h. eveiy Sunday at (3 a, m and arrive
at Walhington on Monday by 4 p m .
107 From Walhington. by (Teens.
boro’, Richardfonvilie, Sparta, Georot
town and Warreuton, to Louisville once
a week.
Leave Walhington rv rv Tuc-fday at
ij a in and arrive at L.ouifiulle 0,1 Friday
by 11 a m. Leave J.outfville every ln
dayat ap maud arrive at Waihiugton
on Monday by 5 p m
ICo. I 1 rom Louisville, by Saurders
ville, to Fort Wilkinson onte a week.
Leave Louisville every Friday at 1
p in a.. . a. rive at I'ort vV dku.fou on Sa
turday by 4 p m L- ave Fort WiLmioa
every .Saturday at 8 p m and arrive at
Louifvil e on Monday by (, a m.
109. 1' ; om Riceboro’, bj I'ort James,
to Tattnall c hand from Riceboro’to
S'unbi’ry once a week.
I.eave Riecbnro’ every /TeJnefday at
11 a maud arrive at .SVilnn-y by 1 p
m Leave Sunbury every /Tcdin-i.lay at
4 Ii in and atrive at Tattnall c hon
Ft id.iy by 6 pm. Leave Tattnall c li
every Saturday at 6 a m am! arrive at
A'iccbaro’ on Mindav by 6 p in.
NO fit : .
1. IHE Poft-mtiler General may
exp J.te the mails and alter the t 1 „
it arrivals and departure at any time
during tiie continuance of the contracts,
he (lipulating an adequate compensation
for any extiaexpenfe that may b-. oc.
-aii .ncil lintVcbv .
2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for
sioeuiug and doling the mails at all orH
ces where no particular time is h cifud
3. For every thir.y in'nutes dcla (nil
avoidable accidents exccpied) m arrivinw
iltei the time pit! ; 1 bed ni any contract,
lie contractor ill all forfeit one dollar !
if the delay continues until the depar-
Uiie of any depending mail, whereby the
mruls deftiu.d . for fueli d-pitiding
ma:l lofc a tiip, an additional forfeiture
ol live dollars .hail be iucurred
-4 Ncwfp.ipcrs as well 38 let: .is are to
ne Icit in tin’ mail ; ;.nd jt any person
m iking proposals, defiies to carry news
papers, ol her than tlioie conveyed in tile
.•ad, tor his own einoluiiiiint, lie inuit
ftatc in his proposals for what fuin he
will carry with the cmoluimnt, and for
what him without tiiai emolument.
5. Should any person in king prepo
sals dt fire an alteration uj the times nj
arrival and depaiture above lpecitied, he
mult llate 111 his proposals the alteration
defiled, and the diflcirn.ee they will make
in tht term, of the contract.
6. Ptrfons making proposals are de
lired to llate their pric ~ by tiie year.
I'hofe who comia.t will receive “their
pay quarterly ii: the months of An ;uit,
November, February and May. in one
month after the expiration of each c.uar
ler.
7. No otW tlian a free white person
(hall be employed to convey the mail.
8. Where tne prop, kr intends to con
vey tiie mail in the body ol a llage carri
ai;e, he is defied tu .tale it m his propo
sals.
9’ 111 ‘ Poll-madcr General reserves
to himf.lt the light of declaring any
contract atau end v henever three ft:lures
happen which amount to tile loss of a
tup each.
10. The contracts for the above
routes are to be in operation on the ti. l
day ol Apiil next, and are to continue in
force tor two years.
Gt'JLUN grangfr.
Pust-m,uter General.
General Post-officj:,
U fhingtun City, *i\cv. 13, iScq.
‘aw 14 January
lixtcuTivt Department, Geo.
LeuisviUe, 2 jtb Dec. iSo 4>
O CALI D p'opofMs will bt
it Loved ar bus clepartmenc
Uiii 1 tntc iodi of January nexi
■ lu'ivc, lor contracting for the
mt.nj, u 1 mg and Stitching
one tliouli. and C>, iet, of tin
Joarnals of cacli branch of the
General Allcin uy of u ,a 6.ate,
or vlayand Noveiuber bcfTions
i3c4, and one the uland Ci pus
if the Laws palled at thoie bes
.ions. A laiDpic oi tac type and
paper wi ii whi i: the w .ik wi'ii
be executed, fhrwnv t’ae hze o
the iheec a; 1 J extent of inar -in,
nt .it ac o opan v ea h propof.il.
t he perlon wkh whom the con
craft is made, wtlT have to givr
bond with fecunty in the sum o
ihice tlioufimd dollars, condi
tioned, that the work, fliiilbc
completed ar.d deiiveicd at t u
Executive Office, on or brtoix
‘he firit day of April nrxr. The
Laws to be Hitched m blue pa
per.
Attest,
GEJ. R. CLAYTOV,
So C r i r v.
GEORGIA.
Py his Excellency John Mil
lcdge, Governor and Coniman
ac in Chief of the Army and
Navy of this State, and of tht
Militia thereof.
A Pi\Ov-L ■- .1 A l l ON.
jT T J iJL.iEAn iu by a 1
yY act j ailed tiie Jitli day
Jor December inlianr. end ‘c
“ An Act to cc nipsi i'r. I ,aIT is
4f on il l e 1 it.is Bii,ii oi tee \J
“ Cnnee, latciy ceded by tu
t t'.i is ino ;s, i ; rctiii n wc h
in t ; .e Icudad u mts of tiu
“ btat- j” 1! IS eneett. 1
“ I lur it (hail be ihr th :f y
ci the ( Tovetaor tu iiij his i'ro
“ cl.iindti ni, co'r.nv’.n.'l n/ al.
“ peil-ir.j vi.j u-.-vc cr Ip .iied on
the id ito i >ii a ui theO.-oiie
* lately zucj nix J b/ ietlio;) ttn
<{ me Gi'eeit i. i to ri tii,
“ foi'ih witi; vVit i,,i th : JUi :SJIC
“ tioual liaii s o.’ the State, &nu
tc lor -Hiding ail further trelpas
“ les” —Arid {{ That in ca!c of
,c ic.wf.ii to obey the mandite o
“ th. laid Ei ‘cl.tmatio i, i- pin,
then b -coiue tiie doty of in
Governor to obtain c-car ...
returns J ah pc.-i os peril:,.
re I 111. , Wllicil ih ,i
“ be autheiT'cated tinner th
-4 ii-- i c. t.ic Cos t iiandin
“ Office is of tiie or ii:
“ Countv, winch m.y bod.
“ the Diffrsct whereon 1 u .
“ ihtlpaiicrc rcfi.le, ai l on
“ mad. on the oath of two or
“ ntore rc pc. table men, on ;
“ p.oye;: ‘■ • > the County ttd
jointn r inch Diltriffts i.r the
‘f purpoie o. oou.nitig them,
vc who fliail each be all j we.
c< the lutn of twelve a. id an hah i
<1 Cents for each io rev timed as!
“ aforelHid”—And T'.hac fuci i
< recirn Iball be .nade of iilcj
v< in the Office of tiie E*eeu- ’
•t live, and Ihdl operate com I
c plettiy to exclude the parties!
<c lb p-riilUng to refule, fro 1. 1
“ all intcjelt in ihe Imtt.r', 1
“ contemplated, an I to rev 1
<•- t at t!;e ill'umg any r , nt t ;
“ ci titer of them for any part j
“ of the lands in either crifion j j
“ divided Tnat if an. !
<v or either of the ikid TreipAiT r
“ Hull deny the ia:l of lie ( 1
w Having lo t ref pa fled as afire
la.J, ftCy fhail be entitled to
“ a trial by jury as to toe fuel •
“ o’ such treipafsjOn liling foch
“ denial in the Executive Olfivc!
-v within fix rnontiis after luch
k< r turns, as loon as the Coun
( ties in which luch trespass or
“ netpuLs was comomtej 1
“ lin'd be organ.zed; Provided,
tl 1 it rb.- inforiimr (hall tn ap
“ calcs not.iy in writing tHe per- i
‘* son o’ pe'"fons lo return u*’-. ’
“ v A: ..i •’ That ail peri .ns frou:;
lt an? orr,rr butte woo have ties !
“ paikd-as aforeiaid, and vvhr!
lhai! no: abide by rhe Lrocla-1
“ iDauon directed by this Act;
“to iliued, (hall be confkL
red as lianding in defiance
‘ cl t'"* laws oi tins Sene, and
“ the G)\ crnoi lh-*ll order ou
‘ a mii'Miy force compeliin t
‘ luen intruders to return. ’’
NOW IHLREEORE, 1
have thought iic to ilfue this my I
t’.ocla mat.on, requiring an
commanding aii perlcßS wuo
luxe iritlcd or refi ‘z on the
outh fide ot the Oconee nv-r,
on the territory acquired from
the CiecK. Indians, oy the trea
ty of l-ort Wiikmlon in ifaz,
or on the In. s between the lmej
eilab! ihe j by that treaty and
the Ocmutgcc river, immediate-1
‘ly to return v/.tfin tr; jurisiic-l
con.il ii.mts or the Sia.e, .m • >
enjoining it upon ail others t i!
debit from making fettleoierus j
on Hid territory. And I del
hereby require the Commandtnp |
Officers ot the Militia cf tiie
C-'ouncies adjoining said territory
■o carry rh.s Proclamation an .
•he aforef.ud Aft into eiF-ff, lb’
J j
•'arts to appoint perl.ms tor th.
’ purpoie of nuking accurate lifts I
of a ! Trelpaffers who In ill re full- j
to abide he lame, ddignatiag;
the inhabitants of tins State fro n ‘
those who nave fettled on hr 1
. lands from ether States, which’
■ lids are to be forwarded to the j
! Executive Office authenticated 1
in the manner pointed out o_v j
the Act hetein before recued.
‘ Given under my hand and !
tuc Great Seal of tiie State 1
at rhe S ate-H ruse in Lou
isviLLE,this twenty-leventh ;
day of December, in tiie;
year ui our Lofd, cigh een
hun.-.e ! ad four, and of
> t * / ’ > r T l
:ence or ju U-j.
nrci o.a'es of Aui-nci, i
rhe 1 we c -ninth.
JOl-iNf MILLEDGF. |
i B t,e G >veinor.
IT.)R : i :. Bu ay, • arete
ry of toe Slate.
1 god bAv;. r :-ik state i
j NOlffCbT
Nil ’ ftdfcubcr reruEls tlinft that are
•in i bird to 1 to cane icraonrdundfltte
\t r • a...a o * /• Lcf v/v //•? nrff cj 7v
jd’.’ it,// ns >o en ilk hvs: to felt v with
. ■■/( crviiitora, other’ll) j; thy evil! be jut in
t Suit!.
t
| Henry Dens! r
fin. io 38 /f. j
t; if irun mask.
Tue Hii 1 ! :>rv or tin? man wall the iron ‘
rn.ilk, of whom Cos much has air.-: (ty been
said ami written, will loon be augmented
vilu H lie L'ii lptx*t* A. pc :iuis \V:iu
I ‘.hi.ik> lmnleK nlik to rxp’ ii:. this myttery |
[ in ?. more k:is.biCtory manner, is prepar j
| ui r to ptiulifh his conjectures. M-. pre
-1 r s-n io to know ir-mr a letter of Louis j
, v\ I. that tins prince was acquainted 1
■ v I, the ft erei who that unfortunate prr
-1 ion ieai!y vi'.is, who lived ami uieu with I
|an iron ni-tlc over his tacc. It is known
: that one of the fnppoliiions which has ob. ‘
1 tained molt creili. is, that he was thecdnnt !
1 de La Vcnnsndois, natural (on of Louis
XiV.bytue Duiui.isdcLaVallicre. That ■
the motive to this extreme rigour was an i
1 act oi brutality of Count de Vtrnnndois j
; to'v.i and the dauphin. Tut a, the- count ’
1 was publicly ouied, it isfuppofed that;
j the funeral ceremonies perfor nod so- hhn i
I wett m.rely mod... to inifkml th. hillo |
j rians of that (i.uc, auo that a of w 0,.. ! 1
j was buried in his place. It is tiie veri-j
I heatu.u of !r.s enfli 1, and what it contains,
wi : ;.i is the Oi of the above mention,
jed leitcr of Louis XVI. now in the
j kinds of n inember of tne National Infti
| tute. The King ordered the Bishop of
; Arras to open tiie- coffin, and to take a!
: pr ,ces verbal ol ns contents, and to lend ■
iit to his tnaje.ly. Louis XV I. confe
j qneatly, did not know any thing certain I
lon this iubj ct I ins letter will be de
j p-liteJ m the Imperial library, as an hif
i torica! record, where any one may fee and
; read its comenu it is said, that after
(the public has been acquainted with the ;
j new explanation reejy to appear, the j
; mnn us the i”on nr.dk will ceale to inspire !
the Line intevl as he has hitherto done, i
; — Gi-u. de France.
The public is now about to be pla
gued with the hur.dreth fuppofitinn, |
■, concerning the man in the iron ma(k, in j
i coni.queuce of ihe letter which L uis
XVI. wrote to the Btfhop of Arras, to
have the coffin of the count de Vcr.nan-,
! dois verified, and which was found to ‘
; contain the bones or allies of f.m; dead
’ p.rion of the age in which the count di- j
cd. I hat Louis XVI. fliouid be igno- ‘
rant of what was known to ms a-.ccllors, i
’ and even the courtiers and writers of his
j own times, as totally improbable,
j li tn tne iste Loire of Richelieu and
j \ ih. lie were acquainted with the name,
’ birth and rank, ot the person known un j
1 dcr'.he name of the man with the iron:
j made, though in fact, this maik was of
I velvet, with iron springs. The particu
lars of this-person are now no longer
‘myfterious, since a manufeript copy in
Voltaire’s own hand writing, is j n the j
hands ot his 11 ece, Vel'ette ■
explaining the whole, and which, with
other iuedited manuferipts of that great j
philof jpher, are bequeathed by her to a ‘
literary fr end, on condition of not being i
printed before ten years after her death.
Many perfon* have, however, been per- 1
mitted to peruse it ; and we can assure i
our readers, upon the moil authentic do-
Icnment'. that the man with the iron
i me Ik was the l'on of the Queen Dowager
of Louis XIII- and the mother of Louis
XIV- by Cardinal IvLzarin, to whom
(he was privately married, and that be
was born in the Palace Royal, at Paris
1648. It is well known that Mazarin,
j though a Cardi..ai, had not taken Pricil’s
: orders, and that Louis XIV. always
(treated him with the fame refpeft and re-
I gard as if he had becc Uis parent.
It sftu . •m’ • st'i. i -i?
public 1:.tl h.ard (Ui i , . ... ... ,
caule, during hali e, in. ‘.O : was t ... -
ling about witti ;* p ivate .a.or. w. ... .it
Kiio'.ving I'-ho v.ere 1..s pare.', s?r re
latives. The author dying feme ti nts
after v.i r .! s fudde: i-'at BitaTtls, Uis pa.
per;, unfoi tunately uileovereu to yon .g
Mazarine, lu a h gii birth, who, in con ft
queuce, went to Fans auu expoltu ate l
rather iinpru 1 atlv, v- ilh Ills mother, who
Ito couceal what fire thought her famiiy
| u.lgraec, by lueli 3 tnaritage, co.dcnted
I to the treatment which her youngcil fo;i
! afterwards experienced and who on ac
j count of his ;reat lix-encf. to lita hrotlier
! Louis XIV. was obliged to wear a
I Liaek \ci>et ntafk o*._-r his face- lie
! was, ho wever, treated in his confine
: incut v. .‘li ail the ivfpcc’ts due to a prince
;of the Blond, & cvrn the governor us the
| Ballile dared not fit down ii his presence
j without his permiffi m. He was always
[ferved upon plate, with the choicest dilhes
land wines, and wore the fined clothes
land linnen.—Except Ids liberty, he
! cou'd command every thing, and every
1 one ;.b#ut him. Tiiefe particulars VuU
• taire had not only fiom his friend, the
old 1) ke of Richelieu, bit fiom the
; Duke of Orie-ans, the Regent under
L ;u:. XV —The lettter Louis of XVI.
‘to tiie Biih >p of Arras, can, therefore,
be nothing eife but a mere .natter of cu
; ri in y ou the par. of this Prince, if it be
j'rcfil ; but mauy think it one of the many
1 rubricated in h:s name by the jacobins of
l i 792 a.id 1793. —Loudon paper.
1 Messrs. Dl'kion iff Ptscund,
; Gen-ilk men,
Eiclnud nan extra A f orn a letter,
! w iiten by the celebrated Rousseau, to
j the Aicfibilhop of Paris.
File fuiiject ts of general concern, and
’ but toe little atte.idvd to by many.—The
1 i..fertiug it in your paper will ob ige
\ our molt obd’t,
JUVENIS.
The corf ft i of a Free-Thinker.
j “ 1 will confefs to you that the maj.-fiy
lof the scriptures tkrik.es me with adtnira
[ tion, as tht purity of the gospel has its
1 influence on my heart. Peruse the works
of our philof iphers with all their pomp
,of diction ; how mean, how contempti
ble are they compared w th the feripture !
Is it pofiible, that a book at once fa
I fin pie and fublimc, ffiould be merely ihe
| work of man ? Is it possible, that the
’ sacred person age whole history it con—
j tains, fheuld he himfelf a mere man?
j Do we find that Jte assumed the tone of
jun eumufiall, or ambitious feeduary •
1 What sweetness, what purity in his nian
j ner ? What an affeeding gracefulnefs in
, his delivery ? What fubliunity in his max
ims! What profound wil'dom in his dsf—
j courses ! vVlut prefeuce ot mind, what
sublimity, what truth tn his replies ! How
j great the command over his paffior.s 1
I Where is the man, where the philofophcr,
: who could to live, and so die, without
; weakness, and without ostentation ?
I When Plato deferibed hisimaginary good
j nun loaded with all the shame of guilt,
1 yet n-.riting the highest rewards ofvirtus,
Ihe deferibes exadlly tne character ol j
.sos Christ; the resemblance was l"o
linking taat all tne fathers perceived it.
“ \V liat prepoircffion, what biiudnefA
mud it be, to compare the son of bopliro
iiifus* to the son or Mary ? What an
I infinite difpropun tion there is between
them ? Socrates dying without pain or
! ignominy, caiily supported his character
! to the laid ; and if his death, however ea
sy, had not crowned his life, it might
have been doubted, whether Socrates,
with all his wild, .u, was any thing more
than a vain fophiit. He invented, it is
; said, the theory of morals. Othe s how.
j ever, had before put them in practice ;
i he had puly to lay, therefore, what they
: had done, and to reduce their examples
!to precepts. Anilides had been jult be.
. fore Socrates defined jullice ; Leonidas
i n.ld given up his life for his country be
; tore Sacrates recommended sobriety;;
bilore he itadeven defined virtue Greece;
abounded in virtuous men. But where
1 c °uld jefus learn, among his competitors,
that pure a.nl fublimc morality, of which,
he only has given us both precept anti
: example. The grente(l wisdom was
’made known amidll the mod bigoted,
fautacifm, and the simplicity of the mofk
lieroic virtues did honour to the vileit
; on earth. The death of Sacra,
tes peaceably philofophiling with his
friends, appears the molt agreeable that
| could be wifhec? for ; that of Jtfus ex
: prciliag in the mid ft of agonizing pains ;
abuled, insulted and accused by a whole
nation, is the mod horrible that could be
I Hared. Socrates in receiving the cup of
poison, bleflcd indeed the weeping eie
|cutjoner who administered it ; but Jesus,
!n ‘he midst ot excrutiating tortures,
prayed for his nierciiefs tormentors ! Yes,
1 “ the life and death of Socrates were
; thole of a Sage, the life and death of
j Jesus where those of a God. Shall we
fuppofc the Evangelic History a mere
‘fiction ? Indeed, my friend, it bears not
the mark ot fiction ; on the contrary, the
history of Socrates, which nobody pre
sumes to doubt, is not so well attested as
that of Jesus Christ. Such a supposi
tion, in fad only fliifts the difficulty,
without obviating it ; It is more incon
ceivable that a number of pc'funs fiiould
agree to write Etch a hiitury, than that
one only ffiould furniffi the fubjed of it.
Hie Jewifli authors were incapable of the
diction, strangers tothc morality con.
tained in the Gospel, the marks of whose
truta were so Jinking and inimitable,