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to ud obscure inn, called “The Three
Swans," twelve or fifteen miles on
the road towards New-York. It
was about nine o'clock of the fame
evening, that a carriage, driving ra
pidly past the aforementioned ian,
and wheeling into the stable yard,
stopped in the rear of the building ;
•and Squire Wild ling, who had been
waiting its arrival, rushed to the
door of the vehicle, and endeavoring
to open it, began to speak, in a soo
thing tone, to its inmate :
“Mi stress of nay soul!” he cried,!
as he fumbled at the handle of the
door, "forgive the rashness I have
been guilty of. ami believe me, that
tnlhmg but lire ardent passion that
boms within mv bosom, could have'
caused me to gsvc you a moment's
eneas-ifs ss.—~g WM ino latch 1
lie in »» lor**')—‘ Xic hie—
•rtit kfw. Term, «<n.l open Ib-ss »n*
t'ernal doo:) —ts at yonr and ,>p " a ir.y
honor, tortowe—■ov cry thing——
At this mom.' fit, Tom, by a vio
lent jerk foroert oneri Ihr unyielding
door andthe inmate «t 1 tie e.arrmgc,
anxious tofiscsfu*. springing quickly
out, Mark T*m»h n her tvait-dress.
rvii- eutoided in the arms ot \\ dd
bng
‘ Why, master : roared she, “an t
yoo ashamed <>l yowsrli let me go !
jot me gv ‘ —rf lis black, you sha'n’t
phy «orh pranks wi’ me ! —you is a
pretty white men, an’t you ?—but
I'll go rrght dowe to York, and tell
old master of you —that’s what 1
w.il!”
0 Wildling, petrified by astonish
ment, did comply with the wench’s
request, and let her go —and it is e
ven thought, from the quick back
ward movement that she made, till,
enable any longer to retain her equi
librium, she, falling, seated herself in
the soft mud in the stable-yard—that
his disgust communicated itself to
his actions, and that be gave her a
•light retrograde momentum.
“Tom, you rascal!" roared his
master, as soon as he recovered the
usse of speech, " what, in the name
of all the fiends, does this mean?’
“ I know nothing more about it
than you do yourself, sir," answered
the servant; “ I ’beved the order to
the letter, sir ”
“ You did, with a vengeance !”
muttered the disappointed squire.—
Then perceiving that some of the in
mates of the house were drawing
near tlic spot, attracted bv the noise,
he spoke in a low tone to Tom, hand
ing him, at the same time, a bank
note from his pocket-book, to be di
vided between him and Dinah, on
condition tnat «Mv<*n their
lips to any one about the events ot
the night. Such a promise was ea
sily made, but not so easily complied
with ; and not many weeks had gone
by; whin Tom’s ludicrous mistake
became the common theme of con
versation and laughter, in that part
of the country.
On a pleasant evening, in the ear
ly part of November, nearly two
months after this affair tinspired,
a- t' lliam and Sally, now. joined in
marriage, were walking arm and
arm, through a grassy lane, iutend
ingto ramble down to their old tryst
jog-placfc, a servant in livery rode up
to them, and, respectfully touching
hr- bat, inquired if he addressed him
self to Mr. William Thornton. On
being answered in the affirmative,
he Landed him a letter. It ran thus :
Nfw-Youk, Oct. 2, IG2O.
Sir—l have the satisfaction to an
nounce to you, that the unfinished
Invention ot your late friend, Mr.
Srhemelv, lias recently been sold,
under my direction, to an ingenious
mechanist of this city, for seven hun
dred and twenty dollars; I'r m which
sum I have .deducted three hundred
dollars, (that being half the amount
of rar. Schemely’s note, with your
endorsement, which I herein enclose
to you) and the balance I have di
rect dto be deposited, subject to
your order, in the bank at C——.
Hatii g been informed that the en
dorsement was an act of mere friend
ship, oti your part, l cannot consent
that you should lose any larger sum.
I have lately beard of a disgrace
ful affair. in which my son was con
cerned, while spending the warm
weather in your part of tire country ;
und can only express my pleasure
that his dishonorable intentions were
overrul and. The ridicule which has
attached to him in consequence of
the termination of his base design, I
am much in hopes will have a salu
tary influence on the rest of his life ;
should that be the case, we all shall
have great occasion to bless thf.
MISTAKE.
1 am your obedient servant,
Soi.OMON WILDLIAO.
Frew the New York Americun.
Bold Ijanguage. — We may well
say that a crisis is approaching.—
There cun be no noubt that the ques
tion will soon be tried in Canada,
whether our representative govern
m nt is to exist or to be extinguish
ed. An awful and tremendous cri
mis approaches, not only for Lowerl
Canada, but for Upper Canada, New !
Brupswitk, Nova Scotia, and it will
extend itself to Jamaica
It i- now announced by the Quo
bee Mercury ofthe 27th hist, an of
ficial paper —that as often us the
people ol this province—the free
holders and land-holders of this coun
try. return into the assembly, gentle
« *1 « hr,’.l , n •>,. r r .tr 1
fidence, and who will not surrender
to the executive the uncontrolled
dominion over the taxes, of their
constituents, and con equently who
will not give up all their influence
and power in the constitution, the
government will turn them out: yes
fellow citizens the expression in the
government paper is—will turn them
out —mind that fellow citizens—and
if you are not fit to be trampled into
(he mire by tyrants and clerk-archics,
what sensations will it excite?
The Mercury of the same date,
conducted by official men, announces
another project, which equally with
the tyrannical exercise of the prero
gative will annihilate our constitu
-1 .ion.
Unless the House of assembly
surrender the Taxes of the country
,to the Executive, and consequently
> place the whole country and all its
1 concerns at the merry of the Execu
tive. the Legislative Council, the
majority of which receives a large
; amount of the public monies at plcas
-1 nre of the King and Governor, will
, m luiure pass no money Bill for any
| object. Charities, Improvements,
! <>r others, will harass, punish, and iu
| jure the country; and the Governor,
following precisely the doctrines of
Charles 1., of England is to take,
according to his discretion and pleas
ure, out of the funds of the country
whatever lie pleases.
These arc the projects announced
in an official paper. Lot the Coun
try not disregard them; last session
th ir practice commenced. Now if
the country is not roused by those
official declarations, it is the basest,
the vilest Country on the Globe—it
is below Naples or Spain in wisdom
or spirit But what is to be done?
All that the Constitution and the
Eaws allow, while the Constitution
and the Laws exist. Establish Con
stitutional Committees in every Par
ish and County; establish a Ccntrul
Committee; form Resolutions and
Address to the King and the House
of Commons), and as the Principles
with which we are menaced may be
brought to bear against other Colo
nics, ami in time, Commissioners to
the House of Assembly in each.
Canadian Spectator.
Extract of a letter received in this city,
per ship Alexander, at Philadelphia,
dated.
“LIVERPOOL, March 9.—The
Barnet, from New Orleans for Glas
gow, has been wrecked near Belfast.
The Ocean, from Charleston, the
Enterprize from New York, and sev
eral other Vessels, names unknown,
flic nI3U 1 Cjlln tvrl io Lo l vo (
Cotton Market today lias been tol
erably steady, and a fair business do
ing; about 2,900 bales have been
sold, 900 of which arc Uplands, at
H ."—lb. •
Eropean .Yea s.—We find nothing
in our tiles of ljnglisli and French
papers by the Liverpool and Haver
packets which gives intelligence ol
interest not received by the Colum,
bia from London; but there is a mas
of miscellaneous news from the cons
tinent, and notices oflccal cvents
and much readable matter, which
we shall prepare at leisure. Affairs
in Portugal are by no means settled.,
neither is it apparent that the rebel*
are utterly discomlitted; they have
been defeated in several actions, but
they seem to rally with fresh spirit.
This must arise free facilities af
forded *hy Spain, and by the jealousy
entertained towards their English
friends. The priests take an open
stand against the charter, and seem
to be flush of money. The Queen
secludes herself, and is in constant
fear of being poisoned. She drinks
no water but such as has been three
days under her own lock ami key.
and then only after seeing its effect
on the servant who attends her du
ring that time. The rest oi lier per
sonal economy is the same. Yet,
from the treasures which she com
mands, and the faithful conns. Hors
whorti she consults at midnight, she
is enabled to busy hers If With the
destruction of the new representa
tive system not only on the northern
and lil-guarded verges of Tras-os-
Montcs and Galicia, but in the capi
tal, under the very nose ofthe Ex
ecutive, though supported with all
the aids of English forces, and the
prudence of the diplomatic corps.—
It was discovered tiiat a company ol
the 9th cavalry were preparing to
desert, ami upon their seizure it was
found that they were furnished with
an almo t wanton abundance ol mon
ev and equipments.
Sir 11. Clinton, commander of the
British and Portuguese forces' seems
to be popular, but the Portuguese
utterly reluse being commanded by
Marshal Berreslord. The revolution
is by no means ended.
We have another fact to state,
which places the morality and taste
ol royalty in an entire new light.
The Prince dc Pucklar Muskan,
10l Prussia, who married a daughter
| of the late Pi ince de Hardenberg has i
divorced ill's trife for the purpose of
marrying the ex-queen of Havti,
widow of Christophe. The Ameri
cans who have visited Port-au-Prince
in her time, w ill remember that she
is a till, greasy wench! as t lack as;
the uccol spades, and one who would-’
find it difficult to get a place as a ’
cook in this city. **i much for royul
taste. j
IWI ,„ T f , 51.,» i
GEORGIA STATESMAN, MONDAY MAY 7, 1«27.
den, arrived at Leipsic a few days
since, by ajdiligencc. Having taken
an outside place, and the weather
being extremely sev-ere, his hands
were frost-bitten. He alighted at a
small inn, win re he lives, in the nv'st
plain manner. It must not be infer
red, that because the X king was
frost-bitten that he is in poverty. —
lie prefers plain mode of living, but
has doubtless from Sweden an al
lowance sufficient for all his wants.
If the great naval force at sea from
Egypt, only shares the fate of pie
ceding expeditions, the Greeks have
nothing to apprehend. They have
great confidence that the Turks will
never again obtain possession oftbeir
country. The French and English
ministers at the Porte have repre
sented to the Reis ElTendi that it is
the general wish of the Christian
powers to have j»eacc.
Eleven thousand yards of cotton
cloth (moat of which is printed for
calicoes) is manufactured daily at the
Merrimack Company’s Mills, Mass.
Fires in canton. —By the ship Nau
tilus, at Boston we learn that there
has been two fires at Canton. The
first took place in October, and de
slrqved from 4 to 500 houses at the
French Folly. The second was in
November, in about the same place
where there was a fire some years
since, and consumed 700 houses.—
No American or English property
was destroyed.
A squall. —During the heavy blow
on Friday morning, a small periauger,-
bclonging to Haverstraw, wnsthrown
on her beam ends in Westchester
bay, and rendered unmangeable.—-
A boat with tour men, hastened to
relief, and on arriving where she lay,
found that a woman and child had
been rescued from the cabin, ami all
on board safe. —lb
The Baltimore American thus no*
tices the Fair that has been held by
the ladies of that city for the bene
fit of the Greeks. The idea was
happy and characteristic, as the re
sult seems to have been gratifying.
The Fair. —Though we pique our
selves on having reached those years
when gewgaws lose some of their val
ue everrio the most eager spirit,
our philosophy was fairly upset yes
terday by the brilliant display of tri
fles to which the plastic hands of our
ladies had lent elegance and grace
The fragile fans, the transparent
screens; the pincushions fit to be
touched only by tbc fair hands that
made them; card racks enveloped
ii* and op borne on the wings
ot butterflies, resplendent as the far
(aired blue ones ofCachemire; pen
wipers that we would no more think
ot soiling with our grev-goose quill,
than of wiping it on the hem of a
lady’s robe; music, flowers, and od
ours; flower vusses of-feathers, bask
ets of clirvstals, slippers small enough
for Cinderella, or easy enough to
soothe ttic uneasiness of the most
arthritic toe;’’ all, even to the prices,
were of the highest order, and, by
the Midas touch ofthe fair venders,
were in the course of the morning
transmuted into gold. No wonder !
lor like the tiny slippers ofthe French
man, they seemed all to have been
made, as they were sold, “in a mo
ment of enthusiasm.” 'The beauti
ful saloon at Lite Masonic Hall, not
diverted from its purpose as a tem
ple of charity, was embelished, how
ever, by more lovely priestesses than
ever officiated in its mysterious prc-i
cincts before. " ■
To be serious, however—the dis
play ol beautiful trifles exhibited to
great advantage the invention and
taste ol the fair artificers, themselves
the greatest attraction of the scene.
The throng was great, and too good*
humored on such an occasion, not
to be liberal; and the fancy mer
chandise is in a fair way to undergo
a farther transformation into large
stores of food and raiment for the
objects of the charity, the amount
received being about $1,900. Near
ly the whole stock disappeared with
almost as much rapidity as the ram
bow tints, from which their gay col
ors seemed to hav been borrowed.
The Oratorio getting up, with the
same charitable intent, will present
n still more refined attravtiori.. The
choicest music is in preparation, and
all the amutucr talent of the city in
training, under the direction of the
ofthe best professional skill. We
do not doubt but the earnestness of
our fair friends in this matter, who
have been its first movers, and sole
conductors, will be responded Jo on
this second occasion, as well by the
taste as the liberality of our large
musical public.
.V. American.
Pennsylvania. —Falsehood is soon
detected, and when once exposed,
recoils on the inventors. The Adams
presses declared that at tlye late
caucus ol the Pennsylvania Legisla
i ture only thirty-five member? were
present. The Intelligencer, Journal
and other coalition presses Shouted
for joy. Gen. Ogle has written to
Gol. IJinns to correct the small er
| ror. The General says there were
I ftghlyfive democratic repvblicolum*
present, ” and several more wer
coming up to the meeting when ii
luoke up Pennsylvania is like a
rock on (he question —not to be
moyc'l. f.Y. Y. ilnqvirer.
Statesman
MONDAY MAY 7, 1827.
Our Governor. —We are now happily able
to declare positively, that Col. Duncan G.
Campbell will be a candidate fur the office of
GOVERNOR of GEORGIA, at the next
Election.
In common with the great mass of the peo
ple of this State, it gratifies us not a little to
perceive tlmt, by this announcement, we now
have, with the will, an opportunity, of invest
ing that long abused office with tiiu people’s
choice. The moral power which is to bring
this about, is invincible. Justice, Grati
ri'DE, and acknowledged merit, form its
attributes. The deep-working energy of their
influence upon the elective franchise ofthe
freemen of Georgia, will, we trust, be strong
united, and irresistible. The auspicious mo
ment has arrived when the friends of social or
der, religion and liberty, may once again
moor thcirpolitical ark, so long “tempest-toss
ed,” under the shadow of tiieir own vine.—
With the dawn of prospects so propitious— of
results so triumphant, let every man a wake,
and approve himself the friend ofa Milder
Administration.
W’e have admired at the facility with which
some men can shift their principles; and
what is still more admirable, these changlings
manifest as much indifference of public opin
ion, as a gentleman would in changing his ri
ding dress, for one more suitable for the draw
ing room. When men can shift their princi
ples as-easy as they change their garments—
when they condemn tomorrow what they ad
vocated to-day, and the day after caress and
applaud what they scorned and villified yes
terday—such men we believe arc dangerous
in society—they are ripe for intrigue, and
prepared for any scene of corruption which
chance may throw in Iheir way. W’e justify
ourselves in making these remarks, and in
applying them to some of our citizens, and to
some of our public presses, by stating the
facts, that since 1815, these men and these
presses have been the loudest, and most un
wearied, in condemning the Ilmtfcrd Con
tention as a traitrous assemblage, the tendency
of which was destructive to the happiness and
union of our country W’e arc not the de
fenders of this celebrated convention, but we
would ask, bow stands it in comparison v ith
some of the leading features ofthe ad minis
tration of his Excellency, G. M. Troup 7 W’e
hardly ne*d advert to his Excellency’s be
seeching appeal to the citizens of Georgia,
*to stand by their arms ” —for what reason
were the citizens besought to stand by their
arms 7 to repel invasion, or suppress insur
rection ? No, it was to resist the authority
•delegated by the States in the F. derul com
pact to the General Government. Neither
noed we advert to the “ Report ofthe Commit
tee on the state ofthe Republic,” proposing a
division of the States by observing “ that the
hour is cane, or is rapidly approaching, when
the States from Virginia to Georgia, from Mis
souri to Louisiana, must confederate, and as
one man, say to the Union, tee will no longer
submit our retained rights to the snivelling in
sinuations o, bad men on the four of Congress.
Our constitutional rights to the dark and strain
ed const ructions of designing men upon judicial
Benches." —neith r need ivc advert to the
fact, that in 1827, the sixth and seventh di
visions of Georgia Militia were marshalled,
and held in momentary readiness for the
field, and the munitions of War placed in con
venient situations for their use. It may be
asked for what purpose these divisions of Mili
tia were ordered to be held in readiness, to
suppres insnrrection, or repel invasion ? We
answer No—but to resist the execution of the
laws of the United States. It may also be
usked what course was pursued by those per
sons and those presses on this ccasion, which
60 often cried out treason to the Hartford
Convention, were they alarmed at these trea
sonable proceedings, said they aught against
them 1 We answer no, they were the unwea
ried advocates of the whole plan.
In 182-1, these changeable men and chang
ing presses, poured forth a torrent of abuse on
Gcncrul Andrew Jackson : they said he was
a “yuibbter," —that he used “finesse," —that
“ political principles were of no consideration
with him,’” —that “ he was arrayed against the
Southern States," —thut “his mind was weak,
violent in his temper," and that this weakness
and violence “influenced him to begin a work
of tyranny and injustice," —he was represent
ed us being “ incompetent to eonipi ehtud tin
meaning of the plaint' ~o rds," —that his elec
tion would “jeopardize the free institutions of
o ur country," —he was accused of threatening
to maim several members of Congress by ‘‘cut.
Hitg off their ears," —hi was said to he “ en
tirely devoted to an oppressive system of taxa
tion,"- that “ his supporters were enti-repub
licans," —be was accused of “ always abusing
the authority vested in. him." —he was called
“ a:i intemperate chi*jlain, pleased with the fa
cilities of paver." When these reviler.t had
“exhausted the argument,” and emptied their
store-house of epithets to cap the clim.ix, and
fix eternal stigina on the man of w hom Joffer,
son said “ Honor and gratitude to the
MAN WHO HAS TILLED THE MEASURE OF ills
codntrt’s glory,” they published the follow
ing:
“We now give what is conclusive—Gen.
J’s. own words. In May last, Mr. Patterson
of Philadelphia, esented a grass bonnrt of
domestic manufacture to Mrs. J. The Gen.
in his letter,. ackuo a lodging the receipt of it,
uses the following lungun&e—‘Upon the
success of our manufactures, as t lie handmaid
of agriculture and rommerce, depends, in a
great measure, the independence of our coun
| try.*
“ There was a time," says the Gt orgiu
Journal, “ when this gentleman was regarded,
even by the frunilt of Mr. Crawjord, in no tin
feu.mbit point of tine, but note they are off." 1 .
1 is, tin y were ofT, anil their votes were grm
lou sickly jiuiti; an, and to a Van Cure(>! — j
Wiien are we to believe Uiese nit u were bones!7 j
at the period when Gen. Jackson “ was view - j
id in nc unfivcrob!'' light"? or in U Hv.lm i
their slanderous tongues and presses were ar
rayed against him ? or in 1827, when he i s
their favorite 1 Has General Jackson ever
changed his political course ? has that weak
mind which they accused him of, been strength
ened by declining years ? —W’e presume the
Genera! itmaius the same unchangeable Pat
riot, and tiie hold and fearless defender of the
rights and soil 'of bis country. The aberra
tions of ti e Troup party aie entirely attribu
table to themselves. —W’e will attempt hereaf
ter, to show that the Hon. John Forsyth*
around whose standard they nre now rail) ing,
has been a leading spirit in their vascilluting
policy.
A Dinner was given to John of Roanoak on
the 13th ult. by the inhabitants of t rince EU
ward County, on the occas.ou of tlic festival
of his late election to Congress; but the mas
ter of assemblies was not there —he was pre
vented from attending by i'l health —the toast
and the bowl went heavily round, and of their
speeches we have heard nothing.
Ths arrival of Van Buren in Virginia is
thus noticed. “The little Dutchman and his
tail, arc speedily expected in this quarter, from
his flying trip to South Carolina and Geor
gia.” It is supposed be has got matters well
nigh completed to make a President for tlic
people —such an uwff too, as he can warrant;
and should there be any doubt or difficulty in
the case, we verrily believe he would sooner
serve himself, than that is country and friends
should be dettitute.
The Richmond Whig, in remarking upon
th* influence which New York is seeking to
wield in the political contest for the next Pre
sidency observes that “To detach her from
Adams, Clinton is to be brought into the field
at the eleventh hour, and that if tie should be
brought forward and supported by his State,
the almost necessary effect would be to defeat
the election by the people—when the House of
Representatives having the game in their own
hands, might olect Clinton or Jackson, as
they might he prompted.” Now our opinion
may not be worth much, yet we are fully per
suaded that Dewit Clinton's influence will ra
ther aid, than oppose the General’s election 1
MAPS.—The delay which has attended the
receipt of the Maps of the Western Teriitory,
as advertised, is unaccountable, as it was un
locked for. Three weeks since, one dozen o!
them was received as specimens, with a letter
of assurance that the whole ofthe remainder
would be transmitted by the next mails.—
They have as yet failed to come, though daily
expected. By the first mail alter their arri
val, all who hare ordered, shall receive them.
Absconded from the House and F.niploymcnt
of the Subscriber, a Youth named Milton Par*
idise Stni'h—otherwise, called Milton P.
Smith, indented to the Subscriber as an Ap
prentice, or workman to the Printing business
till he was twenty-ore years old, which will be
on t!ie2Sth day of December, 1830.
The ob ject of this Advertisement is to offer
a Reward of One Dollar !to any person who
w ill return the said Milton P. Smith, sound in
body, arul with that .Moral Honesty which
will compel him to perform the stipulations of
his indenture: —as also, to forbid any person
furni employing, harboring, or trusting said
Vontli in anyway or manner whatever, as the
just and equitable provisions ofthe law will he
enforced against ali w ho harbor, trust, or em
ploy him after this date.
S. Meacliam.
May 30, 1827.
I should not have republished the above ad
vertisement, had it not been for the falsehood
of the following, w hich I have copied from the
Patriot of May Ist.
To ail whom it may concern.
Where**, Silas Meacliam, one of the repu
ted Editors ofthe Georgia Statesman—has on
the 30th of April, 1827, inserted in the States
man of that date an Advertisement respecting
my son Milton P. Smith: stating that he is
an indebted Apprentice to him, and that he
bas absconded.
This is therefore to inform, the pub
lic That my son Milton P i* not an indented
Apprentice to the said Silas Meacham or any
other man, and that he has not Absconded, tint
is with me in Milltdgeville, and that he quit
working, at the present for S. Meacham,
principally because the said Meacham did not
Pay him his wages.
Mishacl Smith.
April 30th, 1827.
To shew what amount of credence is to bo
placed on the veracity of Mishael Smith, I
submit thi following Certificates from Col. S-
Rockwell, and Maj. Wm. Y. Hansel, each
holding honorable stations in society, and alike
eminent Lawyers.
Milledceville, May 2d, 1327.
Dn. S. Meacham,
Sir —The instrument in writing signed by
yourself and Milton P. Smith, and Mishael
fcmith, his natural guardian and father, and
handed to me, with the inquiry, what sort of
an instrument the law would consider it, and
what are your rights under it, is herewith re
turned to you.—l am of the opinion that it is
an Indenture, binding the said Milton P.
Smith as an apprentice to the printing business
until he is twenty-one years old—and that by
it, you have acquired *1! the rights over his
services which usu lly appertain to the rela
tion of instructor and apprentice.
Respectfully,
S. ROCKWELL.
Milledceville, sth May, 1827.
y>R. S. Meacham,
Sir —I have examined the agreement which
you submitted to me this morning, between
yourself and Milton P. Smith, and to which
the father and natural guardian of Smith has
annexed his assent in writing—although the
paper maybe, in some measure, variant from
the ordinary form of Indentures, yet 1
am of opinion, that in substance, and accord
ing to what appears by the paper itself, lo have
been the intention of the parties, at the time
of the execution of the instrument, the same
cun receive but one legitimate constriction,
and that must be. that it is an Indenture, bv
which the usual relations existing in law be
tween master Aml servant are created.
Yours, Respectfully,
Wm. Y.HANSELL.
The oldjman coutradicts himself, by saviag
that his son has not absconded from rue, and
in he same sentence acknowledges that he
has lilt my employment, and is with
himself in Milledgeville. I have done with
Mishael Smith; (unless peradveniure if his
sun is retained in bis employment we mm
hereafter meet in a Cos rtof Justice,) tbo pub-I
lie will judge of Ibe truth ofvvhathe has, or
in ay hereafter say in hi* own name, or by an :
snonvciou* publication, on thi* subject.
8 MEACHAM. i
Volume 11.
An abridgement of a classical Tour
to Troup and Muscogee Counties:
Continued.
Chap. IV.
ARGUMENT
Reflections on Society continued— Religion
and Government revoluUonable by science
—Native grandeur and beauty ofr* )igion—
degraded only in the hands of man— her
prospects of a belter day—indicated in the
structure of mind, in that of inorganic Na
ture-universal propensity of man to wor
ship a Deity—departure from—Thomas
ton—a beautiful water-fall—the | arK j
sleep—Union of Music, love and tire.
But the light .of the understanding
is on the advance—a morning
down upon the human soul, and it is
reasonable the day will come, when
science arrayed in her proper omnip.
otencc will revolutionise the world
demolish the seats of its justice, and
the code of its laws—fling hack into
nonentity all the forms and fashions
of its religion, which now prevail
and bury in one lone tomb, the crimes
and abuses of Kings, and the letters
and mis ries ofthe subjected.
Religion honored and honorable
in Heaven, —bowing her gracehl
form continually at the foot ol (| le
throne ofthe great Uncreated,—re.
ceivmg his benignant smile, can.
not, it is impossible, cannot always
worry it out in the ‘filthy shred’s and
dishabille of this world, —yielding to
the whims and pr judices ot me.—
moulding herself to tl.eir transient
forms,—kneeling abjectly and sun
plicalivcly at thc*ir ‘brief authority.’
O ! ‘tis impossible, earth was not
made for her knee, but Heaven'. —And
yet she bows to its prescriptions,
cringes to its power, wears the dress
of its Milliners, galants, leads in tbc
front of its honors, coquets its time,
dances with its revolutions plays up
to its pumps;—‘tis impossible, her
soveriguty destined to empire must
be born. The capaciousness and re
sources of our globe, and the envel
oping firmament bespeak it; such
prodigious effects of creative ener
gy cannot always lie in waste, disuse,
abuse, but must participate in the
general interest, and active economy
of the Universe. Earth’s religion h
in disproportion to the grandeur and
majesty of earth’s workmanship
Laboring under a desperate cacopho
nia she stutters in pronouncing lo
her Creator, the hallelujah, she studs
up to salute Ins throne is too feeble
to be hoard amid (hose heautiiu!
symphonies, which rise simultaneous
ly clear and shrill and converge then
from all her sisters orbited in the
musical astral sphere—-from those,
which coast the frontier ot nature, to
those, which move next the Cheru
bim, against which echoes perpetual*
ly their congregated harmony
Must not all nature respond (o flic
Creator’s perfections, and in his so
cial conversation, send up a voice to
meet his voice. Science must dig
her ivay through the blue trails of fie
heavens, and Man’s immortality, dim
ly seen in reason’# argument; must
pour fresh through, to give earth air
full measure of consonant harmony.
The thing is possible—the whole
universe moves, gravitates round
one central point, and in conlinuaM
fort directs all its energies there,—
Man is a part, and must do the same.
Reason must be sceptered over pas
sion, and the Deity, a fossil must he
dug up out of the grave, where past
religions had buried him and brought
in sight ol Man, and he will worship,
-—worship will be the rushing irres
istable impulse of his soul, ior it is
the cement, which unites all created
intelligence, and fastens it to the
Creator’s bosom.
I would not he understood to say
all existing religious are lalse; iar,
far from il, but that they could be
better, that nature’s whole frame be
speaks and indicates it. Religion
spontaneously gushes from M-ids
heart, as the fountains from the earth,
and accordingly as his understanding
is enlightened, be worships a vissible
or an invissihle Deity.
The powers of his mind proper!/
•infolded, and two public institution*
would be all lie requi rs a Church
and a seminary, in Loth ol which bo
would have a deep interc-t. Aoulli
should be taught the Creator in t» c
sublime organization and mechanism
of the natural world, where th”)'
would behold him through the rocßl '
urn of his intelligence and power
which requires a seminary, in t} K
church they should be taugbt the le
ered Scripaires, as, a matchless sv
teni of philosophy, in trut! pure a •
iinadulteratc, addressed, tbroui- 1
kindness and love by the griatl
ther ofMankind, to bis children
Thus ho’h institutions would l«j ’’l
vrntive to Ibe same end, and educ<-
tion.be what it aught. The ir ”|
who has studied with success cn.
the cold frame of natuie, canno
withhold his owe and adoration lr°
the Supreme Being; they must m -
frnm his heart with irrisctablc ,R| .
nosity, the highest and mature- c
forts of his soul's capability-
I beg the readers pardon r
ing what belongs in common ■ ’
countreis, and that he wili recoi.
I promised to put down no
what 1 saw, but what I hdL . .
Leaving Thomaston, wc P aS
sun set a most beautiful water- '''
Here I contemplated thcro. *ȣ
thundering of (be waves, reflect* |
most charmingly the prismatic r-J