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SATURDAY, March 24, 1792.]
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL bjr JURY, (hall remain inviolate. Conjittution of Georgia.
AUGUSTA: Printed by J O H N E. SMITH, Printer to thi State; EJfays* Articles
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Upon building Caflles in the Air.
THIS is a business that has produced more
great men than are to be met with in
tiftory, and wherein a man that has been un
fortunate in all other.*, isfure to succeed, upon
the ealy condition of applying himle’f to it
in earned. It nmft be owned indeed that
the pleasures it affords are entirely imaginary,
and consequently of a very (hort and preca
rious duration. But then as the materials of
Ibis kind of architefture are uever to seek,
and the application to it neither expensive nor
laborious, the frequent repetition of the en
joyment makes amends for the fleeiingnefs
of its exiftencA. . And lince rSafon itfelf is
only the initrumcut of happiness, it will jufti-*
fy the mod fanciful entertainments, provided
they are inuocent, when they relieve from a
sense ot pain, or suspend the. (orrows of an
efHifted heart, as these are frequently known
to do.
Among the Stoics it. was reckoned the truest,
the essential character of their wife, their
ptrfeft man, that he drew all his enjoyments
from himfelf, and did not depend upon fo
reign objefts for his happiness. Evefry thing
that was not in fiis own power, that had not
its source within himfelf, or that was capable
of being ravished from him, either by the
malice of others, or the iniquity of fortune,
Was, according to them, a matter of indif
ference,and neither to be c'uirted nor avoided.
Upon this hypothecs, a Cajlle-builder will
be 'found to aft mod philofophicaliy. For the
edifices he raises, and the riches he grasps at,
are in the (tricteft propriety his own ; so
much his own that no body else can covet his
poffeflions, much less invade them. And
though he may be sensible that other people
are carrying on their wonks as well as him
felf, yet he has dill room enough to build on,
and need never be afraid of their encroaching
on his territories. Nor is it a small addition
to his fatisfaftion that he can refleft on the
justness of his title, and dreams in his aethe
real apartments with a fafe conscience, since
they are his own, both as to the matter and
the form; a circumstance which, according
to Grotius and PV{fend orf* conftituies the fulled
and mod perfeft right.
But to be serious; though people may, and
often times do carry the sports of their ima
ginations to an extravagance, and raise them
selves into visions that may have an ill influ
ence on the conduft of their lives; yet dill
this anticipation of felicity in our present (late,
is not only natural but unavoidable. In all
human affairs, the end is ever prior in our
intention to the means; and we draw the
model of a building, and contemplate its
beauty, before a‘ fingie done is laid in the
foundation.' To do any other wife, would be
to aft without rdafoa and design, and make
the life of a man as comfortlefs as that of a
brute. So that we are all caflle-builders in
some degree or another; and the only dif
ference between a' rational and whimsical
cattle-builder lies in one point, that the former
is better furnilhed with mortar than the other,
and by that means makes more fobftantial
and durable work, though net Co magnificent
and beautiful as his competitor. And in some
cases his competitor seems to aft the more
reasonable of the two, for he makes a (hist
to enjoy, in some part, the end of his labours
GEORGIA
every hour of the day, whild the other per
haps consumes a whole life in plodding for
the means, and drags on a wearisome being
without coming to any end at all; —a case
but too frequent among the great adventurers
for power, riches and glory, who makfe the
pursuits of avarice aud ambition the whole
purfuitr. of life. How happy had it been for
the world, aud themselves too, had Alexan
der, Caesar, and Lewis XIV. fat down aud
peaceably dreamt themselves in poffeflion of
all that empire and renown, to which they
not only facrificed their own repose, but the
. peace and welfare of mankind.
From tin European Publication.
NO time ought to be loft in North Ame
rica to introduce a general attention
to the right indruftion of youth. Combina
tions ought to be formed in every county,
province and city, for that purpose, and small
academies, infiead of large colleges, ought
to be promoted, particularly under the clergy
men ; by which means a brood of learned
clergymen will be cfiablifhcd on the conti
nent, and every parilh will have the feeds of
learning carefully town, which will produce
a virtuous and prosperous people hereafter.
The education of the female sex ought to
be particularly attended to, and the fatal er
ror avoided, that a woman’s chief excellence
consists in being able to make a pudding.
On the virtue, dilligence, and fullicient
learning and sentiment of women, depend
the colour and texture of the chat after of
their sons.
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PARIS, Nov. 18..
IT is remarkable, that in the various tu
mults that have been excited among the
populace on accouut of the proteflants being
allowed to preach their doftrines without
hindrance, women haVe been the fold aftors;
and on several occasions have gone to such
mifehievous lengths, that even the lowed vul
gar among the men, have voluntarily aflifted
the ci:y guards in reducing these priest-ridden
viragos to reason. This ungovernable tem
per in *ur women, is not difficult to be ac
counted for. lii times pad, it lias been the
policy of the teaching clergy, always to make
lure of the tntflrefs of the family. No pains
having been previously spared to make them
lincere converts to the tenets of bigotry and
fanaticifm, the men, of consequence, became
an easy prey, and Were cot so much attended
to. The principles of intolerance having by
these means taken such deep root in the minds
of the lower class of our females, no wonder
that the laws of equity and juflice find it dis
, ficult to inspire them with a tolerating spirit
in matters of religion.
Notwithstanding the present apparent pub
lic peace' aud tranquillity, it is visible that no
small unealinefs exists relative to the very
considerable emigrations that have taken place
these some weeks pail. It is a matter of se
rious concern also to fee such quantities of
calh every day transferred into foreign coun
• tries, which ought, in juflice, te remain in the
kingdom.—There is bo doubt of the reality
of the preparations making by the French
ex-princes; and however dilcouraging their
~ profpefts may seem, they are by no means
deftitutc of powerful friend*. The pailagcs
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leading to the French frontiers, are aa much
thronged by people, night and day, as the
road between Paris and Versailles. The
French inhabitants on the frontier provinces
are extremely exasperated againlt the frontiec
fugitives, and have unanimously declared*
that upon the firft authentic news of an inva- '
lion, they will immediately burn and deltrojr
the buildings and pofleffions of the old nobi
lity, and will give no' quarter to any perfoo
whatever, who is found in arms, and m fa
vor of reftormg the old government. It is
ccrta ; n, that if a civil war does break oul
(and as far as depends on the emigrants, that
will certainly he the case) it will be one of
the mol! bloody that has ever happened in the
annals of mankind.
Netwithdanding the very considerable num
ber of FrSuch officers that are reported to
have deserted their polls on the frontiers*’
(some fay 30 or 40 thousand) it is proved
that these accounts are exaggerated. A letter
from the minister of war to the National As
sembly, dates the matter as follows: The
total number of officers in thfc French ser
vice is from ten to eleven thousand, frona
which have deserted not more than two thou
sand, exclusive of the body guards of the
king and princes, which are something Ihore
of 1400; and perhaps 8 or poo more from
the old reformed corps j so that the whole
number of deserters is between 4 and 5000,
Who have resorted to the several rendezvous
of the ex-princes.—lt it certain that the num
ber of soldiers that have deserted to the party
of the princes, is not near so considerable as
that of the officers, and confideriug the ob
ifacles that the German princes have thrown
in the way of recruiting for the French
princes, it doe* not seem probable that they
will ever be in a condition to invade Francd
with any profped of success.
AUGUSTA, March 24.
Columbia county , March Term, 1792 V
The following Charge was delivered by his
Honor Judge Walton to the Grand
the county aiorefaid.
Gentlemen of the Grand .Jury, 1
THIS county, although new in its lepflraff
crittation, is a considerable portion o/
one of the mod ancient counties in the date
and many or all of you are well couverfant
in the duties of your present appointment:
They are, to present offences againd the laws
for public examination,,without regard to
any thing but truth. ' The spirit of party,
which has been too predominant, h2s made
impressions of disagreement and produced
confqucnces of much inconvenience. It is
high time that these Ihfeuld give way to a"
more happy underdaodiog. Had not the fac
tions in the deet of Columbus ceased as they
did, you would not have had the honor of the
name of the great difeoverer of America ter*"
. minated for your county : I heed not men
tion in particular that I have in view the evils
which have afofe from the iiinerancy of your
court-honfe and jail. Eut I now take leaver
forever of a fubjeft which' has been equally
familiar and diftreffiag to me; and fincerel/
and as ladingly with happiness and profperitjf
to all your citizens.
Glftm E WALTON’/
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