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h -nge. Thru- ,h not i-’.f 1
t , if,
1:,.!.- r 1, ■* on ass r.-occv And yet L have
bee”' 1 . ..- r q with fpern’ati ?n.
// ‘-tthfayton. And infamy has covered
th( ■w i > nude the charg*?.
Fr.wi ‘.n. And infamy will cover those
vb -fc envenomed pens are now busy in
ki,during the m ‘ft iiluftrious characters.
Wf.erfir, who was cradled in liberty, will
live to fiei.it calumniators covered with
unievr 1 ?.! contempt.
ll r asrtn?lr.n. That man has rif.-n be
yond my highest hopes. And what is
m ’r, wc-e it poflible tonffi n him a high
er ifation, he richly deserves it. Happy
the country that has finch a chief magis
llrstcj.and Hill happier the - nation that is
worthy of him.
!■)rcnlltn. The American horizon is
not altogether without clouds ; and the
p ts- nt fun (hire mav not be without in
term-.flions. But take my word so it,
this man whom 1 sometimes, perhaps
va ! y,t. ke pler.fure in cor fidering as my
pupil, v ill long lie a friend in every peril.
Power has not corrupted, nor con it cor
rupt him. Its only effedt is to animate
a id (X’ ?.nd his native ’benevolence ; to
make him trove *6l ive, and theinftrument
o : more rxtenfive good to his fellow men.
V/asiinvton. Yes, his character (bines
with a pure and ftc-ady luftre. He has
promised nothing which he has not per
formed, while he has performed much
which tie river promised : That such a
man fhonld be deluged with obloquy—.
Frcir.L in. Is a proof of his eminence.
1 in 1 car. administer to you fomc confo
lat; in on this point. 1 know him well;
and I know that the calumny of hisene
rni. s gives him little pain, and that the
ftrorgeft sentiment it excites is pity for
those that revile him.
— f ‘. | ;. Op - -
NORFOLK, Oiftober 21.
Captain Cox, of the brig George
from Ter.crifte, gives the following infor
mation. That he saw a letter from a
lvfpcdtuble heufe in Madeira, to another
in Teneriffe, dated the fth of September
v.lich ft ..ted, that an American vi-fTcl
had ; arrived at Madeira, the mafier of
which reported that the latter end of
i‘-ugn(l he p: fl and 19 fail of the line un
der B it ‘fill colours, having with them
f vi-ra ! others They had tfie appearance
o! havtngbeen in a very fi vere adlion.
This accuiit curt cborates the intel
ligence from Marblehead. Ledger,
Tt is dated in a letter from Baltimore
to a gentleman in tnis place, that Mr.
Monroe, cur mirufter at L.oridoii, has in
l.is t’ifpaiches to the government of the
United States, recommended an immedi
ate declaration of war againfl Spain, ib•
t&n+mrr-j - 4 wiltt-;.-ti-2
C.T-;..cTia Rcnubnc fn,
S.-vV ANN T AH, Novrmber, y, Clop.
For the (jtorgia. Republican.
THF. I.IMNf R, No. XIII.
For emufnftßn hulls a t!otifand ftn.s,
*1 h. i e.ie by one fut Joe.
S H AK IS? R AX.
Man is born with facult its of
improvement. That the mind is endow
ed by nature, with certain peculiar cha
re fieri ilical qualities, is obvious, from
the degree of perfedability to which
forms attain, while others to whom iiir.i
lar advantages have been afforded, fink
into comparative infignificance. Nature
forms the base ; art, and education com
pete the fttufhtre of the human mind.
If the architect has no foundation upon
which to rear his edifice, he can never
pcrfcdl it ; —lf the foil is fertile, the
cultivator receives a compensation for
ho tod, by its bounteous produdbions,
it barren his labor is unprofitable, and his
expectations disappointed. So, if nature
has moulded ti e mind for literary pur
suits, application, and instruction will
gradually enrich it with the Itorcs of
feitper, and the rewarding draught be
cr jiionfly sipped from the I’ierreau
But if dtfttned for other em
j 1 yrnrnts, than the sedentary medita
tions of the cabinet, though its native !
flerility may be improved by arduous
devotion, and attentive admonition, Util
it will tcldom, if ever, attain any extra
crcli ary dr . *-< e of eminence.
The dp-oping energies of intellefl are
invigorated, and the noblett sentiments of j
ti e foul expanded by the contemplation
of tlude “alt objects in nature, which are
peculiarly flampcd with grandeur, and
lublimity. The man whose mind is oc- j
copied in deviling gteat, or comprthen
ftve plans of universal, and extensive eba
rty, will e'er be found,fuperior to the
machinations of fraud, and above the
■ crip'rz - .-copW-KT off! fi.Vj. Alon
of i;.3 rt, renders t-> fintirty all iJ.c*
‘{rood wilier; fit : < xtent of hit fticukits
will admit, cl,:. haters lire important r •!
live duties ot lire a■ f. 1 , la |:nw high
; veneration (h >ul-J that man be held, who
; endowed with Inperior talents, becomes
iukfol to It is fellow men, by inculcating
the pure principles of truth into the
youthful bofoin, by diffcniinating ufcful
knowledge, and by practical honor, and
; probity, affording a bright a..d living
precedent to those whom he inftrudfs.
.T he pradtice of one virtuous inlirudor,
I has a more operative effect on the youth
ful mind, than the whole cclledton of
! theoretical fyftcms, either of religion, or
j morality. The counsel, or admonitions
j which youth receive will generally effect
their actions, and that effect will be as
often perceptible in the conduct of the
pupils, proportionately to the influence,
which virtue, and morality are obfrrved
to have over the condudi of the inftruc
trs.
Can we then too highly appreciate the
character, whose life, untainted with
ciime, and supported by integrity is de
voted to the expar.fion of youthful intel
left, and to the cultivation of virtue in
tHe human mind ; —ln plucking the lux
uriant weed* of folly from the feeds of
ei*ightcned morality, fovrn by the pre
ceptor, and foflered by his txa 11 pie ; in
dilating the generous sentiments of• the
heart, in ftiengthening the mental ener
gies of the youthful statesman, in pre
paring him for the arduous fundtioos of
official life, in rendering him ultimately
a source of ufefuli efs to his country, and
of benefit to the world. The patriotic,
intelligent citizen, the pious divine, ihc
humane physician, the able advocate,
the f iithful lawyer, who penetrates into,
and unfolds the causes which make inno
cence apparently criminal, while he
explicates the degree of turpitude jvdlly
I attached to the real transgressor, a:i cuve
j their greatncis to the maxims, and the
; inculcations of the moral, fcieniinc in
! itru&or.
It is a remark 33 just, as it is common,
(that we require fotne ilimulus to awaken
our lethargy, to arouse our dormant vi
gor, and to call forth its exertion : forre
thing defiled, which txpedtation thinks
attainable, and which when once acqui
red fancy depicts, with her too often
rielufive pencil, as elevating to the pin
nacle of prosperity, the acme of felicity.
The great art of education coniilts in
presenting an ufefnl ohj-ft to the mind,
and hi rendering its pursuit pica fin g and
attra&ive.
Youth is the vernal period of life.
Frank, vivacious and candid, it is open
to the facinating blandifhmtnts of vice,
and to the deceitful avowals of pretended
friendfhip. Credulity is the child of
conscious felf innocence and is too often
doomed to filed the tear of rrmorfe, for
confidence misplaced. The wiles of hy
pocrily, the guilt of duplicity, and the
cruelties of deception generate the larger
portion of those efflidtive evfls which
wither the bloom of health, which palsy
the charms of beauty and paralyfe the
eijnyments of life. This affords a true
but mournful illuftratioii of degenerate
Ihaoits. Then let this truth be stamped
] indelibly upon the tablet of memory, let
I parental anxiety never forget, that one
evil propensity, one heterodox sentiment,
one grovelling idea imbibtd by youth,
may, eventually gender a gangrene, so
deleterious as to contaminate every part
of the moral system, and to bariifh from
the bread every virtuous sentiment
Gradually lured into the paths of virtue,
the coincidence of habit with inclination
will result, and prevent their wandering
in the labyrinths of vice. Mr. Paine
has with equal elegance, and justness re
maiked, that “ tub n our •would reform,
out miijl not reproach.” The language of
reproach is but the torch, which lights
up every turbulent palfion. Reformation
mud be produced by the foft, and pur
fuafive drains of reason, and affedtion.
The human mind, lias with fume de
gree of aptitude, been compared to a j
bow, as analagons from their mutual e-j
ladicity and mutual uselessness, when in ]
a remiss date ; —The mind when unoc- j
enpied with fenous, or beneficial rtflec- ’
tion, may properly be said to be in a re-1
miss date.
, A bosom heated with the fires of emu
lafion, engrossed with the intellectual
labor ofiiterary pursuits, is chifed againd
the intrusion of vicious inclination. The
imprefiions received in youth, often ripen
with manhood, and continue with old
age. In vain are all the moral dedudti
ons of ethical writers, and the abdrufe
reaforings of metaphysical enquirer*, un
less virtuous proper.iitie* are ear.y embib
ed, unfits sentiments of probity and faith]
are the first principles h lldled into the i
youthlul mind. The Uiiucuh.y to be en- 1
; .-.ni r f.xsG. r erro'V’
”u:. i:v-o";Ti • o-dv to pave tb v;.v.
! t *•!(•’ idtici ig | e-mr.-rf, .ml ra
| ideas, i.< tin- moil {arduous funftuin <>T the
| faithful i> ftruAft. lodted evil p.*dp *a
jfi'i-s, co’ (i me 1 phah t, defy the fie v
lof the-moil cxppriccc d', and hafic the
cfilirts of thr mod purfuafive. It it nl-
I moil as cafy to fmootli the nodwfitie* of
[the mrjelUc oak, as to dear.fe the mint),
i which’ vicious .Antimr.rus has attainted,
! aid when thou: sentiments have been
! ftrecgtheried bj the indulgence of habit.
It is difficult to|conceal from the ohftr
vat-on of others', the ufualcourfe of our
rrfleAior.c, and men of the moll depraved
habits will in certain unguarded ninmv..ts
evolve the genety! train of their ideai>.
A man, who 5s accustomed to contem
plate otniiipotenl power, united v'itli di
vine munificence, dill.ibu’ing the vast
dispensations of supreme Ivnevolence to
favorite creatur.i ; or,whofe habituated to
rrfle& on the expended plans of a good, &
magnanimous com fe of life, will difeover
in his aftions the died, which such nie
dtations are adopted to produce. He ab
(lains from every icene, where temptation
spreads her alluriijg finres, and it be in
involuntarily led, where tie beholds him .
felf surrounded liy her leducing and d.e
ceptive charms, he re lifts their influence,
and corqneror by retreat.
Beauty, without virtue, is the fatal
rock, on which the bark of youth is too
often wrecked. So nnuitierlrfs an: the
allurements of vice, and with so fafeinar
ing a power arc they tndil -d, tliat tlu
energy of eftablifiicd principle can alone
fortify our pafiionr. agauill her alfiults.—
Without eftablith.d principles, as fixed
[regulators of conduct, (which in a former
[paper, I have already observed) incot-.fift
! cncv, and ununiformitv will peculiarly
-Itsrail)trize fife If the immediate im
pnllt- of the moment is the only Ilimulus
to action, how frequently will the impetus
of palfion hurry men into every difgrace
ful f[ ivcies of cxcefs, and how chimerical,
How futile wr! be their determinations.
Such individuals will ref.ilv; ta day to
he mod valorous, and good, yet the file.
J cetding day will evidence them all, that
, is d?Hardly and mean,
i lluguarded by principle, the fafeina
tions of vice will operate on the weakness
of their nature, and unlupported by the
adlive exertions, which accrue from a
fixed resolution to he virtuous, they soon
link into the satiated lap of dangerous
indulgence. The moll virtuous are ge
nerally feledted by the fianderer, as targets
ior the arrows of calumny, and so true is
[this remark, that noman, who is conspi
cuously pre-eminent can polF.bly escape
I him. Merit produces envy, and pt rlecu
tion is the spurious iflue of malevolence.
In iteadlalt d.efisuce of the fit ering
licentious, the fcoffing malevolent, the
voice of interest, or the elare of wealth,
to pinfue with firm, undevialing Hep, 11
regular habit of life, diftated by virtue,
and reason, are the qualities of intrinsic
worth, and the pl j xtn of fcurrillity.—
The tenor of such a life is righteous —lt
is diftinguilhed by an uniformity of con
duct, directed to the attainment of virtu
ous magnanimity. Such are thecharac
terillic traits us his life, whom the ap
plaufive, and clamorous shouts of the
itnuliitudc, or their reproachful curfcsi
I can never fwervefrom the path of duty ;
in y.'hom t!.e smiles of fortune produce
not arrogant exultation, nor her frowns
difinay ; who, regardless of the sneers of
envy, or attempts to traduce his fionelt
fame, with Heady ptrfcverance journeys
onward, in the peaceful trail of confident
virtue.
Perhaps the annals of preceding tims, I
give us information of no character, who
approached nearer to the summit of per.
feition, than the just, and patriotic Ari
Hides. Unintimidated by the threaten
ing voice offadlion, unmoved by the bane
ful influence of personal aggrandizement,
nothing could actuate him to the peilor
mance of a deed, hud tie to the Athenian 1
interest. The amafied wealth of avarice, 1
the brilliant fascinations of ambition, nr- 1
ver interrupted Lis peaceful journey in the f
way of right.
Hccontended not with Miltiades, for
the command of an extensive army lor-;
getful of individual interell, and m
ry motives, when they interfered voi fi t lie
general intcrefti of the public. When
his personal enemy Tfietnyiloclcs coin- j
mantled the army of Athens, lie m h-a-l
vored by every pofiible, and patrioric |
effort to give fucc'fs to his eorflicts in I
vanquifiling the foe, that there!.y tb j
renown of his country might b: iucrea 1
fed. When the debility, and infirmity!
of age had difqualifcrd him for the mag
nanimous pursuits of his whole former ex
tencc, he afl’um and that ufeful charafler,
of whom l have above spoken, ( whose !
eulogy every patriotic heart is ready to;
pronounce), and prepared the youthful I
Athenian, for the future fcrvice of the j
1 “epr.’vi -. W'l ’• t’.; ac - ‘■ 1 ■
f urera of Athens at bis and o
i■r*l *r n the ivo:i- ! , i.•.. !> ;
I’m not fufKcient to difdnr.-.- nntc . f ‘.
I • xpenfe;.
But the faithful hiftoriai has rent!
his merit, and may the fitted pftr- y
emulate his glory, Li.
PORT OF SAVfANNk-I
ENTERED.
P G rxtorimrnt, JWRttt, PWtJr’fßj.
S'ehoon -r Rlh t, Jw;cr, Prowdettcr.
b‘oop Po'ySJlictfey, Bole.’,
Nancy, Go ham, C)xkfoo .
, b oty, (halier, BeavYH ivrn.
Antey; /ret, Murfiit, pAvUcncf,
Ci .It,A 0 ED,
Schooner Agtnoria, li-unetl, I't'.'imne.
fiulul.-y, BrciU'ii, Chirkjbm
Sloop Kitty, Boles, \tit-Port.
Lucy, Station, I Subtle.
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THIS SCitOOXF.IV,
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Ci. w ‘.j r .
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F r °nlr, (> HOUSKS of excellent qual
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(Ript. Rockies, from IMuladejphia.
17 K.m;s HU I‘TIiK
A tew injxvs brown SOAP, for Rile by
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Nov. S il ai
KHUC \ no Si
The Subfcriher rcfpeftfully iufornig,
Citi/.'iis of Savannah, that lie Ins
| commenced an ACADEMY near the
1 Baptist Church, and is now ready to
| receive Students, He will teach Rend
’ intr. Writing, Arithmetic, Geography,
i wnli ‘h- u r e of Globes; the Latin and
! Gre. k Languages, and other branches
I <>f Science, in which Youth are ufusliy
jinflru&cd, previous to their Introduction
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j to give perfeiSt iatisfadlion to alt those
[who may honor him with the care and
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I terms or other particulars, application
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| the Rev. Jof'cph day, Major Tfi .mas
I U- A Charlton, or Mr. Thomas
I JAMES ARMOR.
’ November 3 2 1
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Nov. 8. ts. 21.
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and fails- If mu fold at private fair, bet .re
Srurd.v- the 161i inH. (ii: will be put up ai
auction, at Mr. Holler’s auction I’ore.
Wm. Mead.
November 9 ;•
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