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MILLED(JEVILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 5, 1827.
No. 1, or VOL. VI II.
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The following beautiful effusion from the pitt
ed muse of a lady of Newport, R. 1. (which ap
pealed not long since in a boston paper) the
Editor of the American will he pleased to insert,
if lie thinks they may afford pleasure to his ren
ders. L-
THE LOVER TO HIS MISTRESS, ON THE
RlllUAL EVE.
It is the tender twilight hour,
And glimmering through yon russet bower,
The dying light is Seen,
Giving a faintly golden tinge
To the rich mines that deeply fringe
Its lattices of green.
The mellow whistle still is heard,
Of that same dear familiar bird,
We used to love so well ;
E'er I had known the parting pain,
Or tiliss of meeting thee again,
My own dear Rosabelle.
Ah Love .' thou never canst forget,
When on the green our hamlet met,
And merry pipes were played ;
Iiow from the dance we stole aw ay,
And tremblingly I led the way
To yonder lovely shade.
We reach'd the bower, the moon beams fell
Full on ray lovely Rosabelle,
Making the fair more fair.
Like vines round marble pillars hung,
So round her polish’d neck were filing
The sunny wreaths of hair.
Her angel face was turn’d aside,
The lilusli of innocence to hide,
That o'er her features stole.
We ne'er before had been alone,
Nor had l ever dared to own
The love that fill’d my soul.
Oh ! tell me why in that strange hour,
Beauty had sucli mysterious power ?
For though convulsed with tears-—•
W it It passion not to be repress’d,
2 threw myself upon thy breast,
And told my love iu teuis \
Tiiou wert subdued ; I heard thy sobs—
lfelt thy bosom’s answering throbs—
Thy tears were mixed with mine.
We knew that every doubt was done—
Our hearts laid melted into one,
On feeling’s holy shrine.
But when the shock that open threw
Our bosoms, to each otliei’s view,
in gentle numbers died—
The morn of love - ’ttvas heaven to trace,
Just opening in thy banning lace,
In all its blushing pride.
Then, Rosabelle, for memory’s sake
Our way to that same bower we’ll take,
That saw love’s roseate dawn ;
For this is Courtship’s latest eve,
And there our bridal wreaths we’ll weave,
To grace the coming morn.
Alljnature seems our bliss to share,
Spirits of Joy are lu thr air— *
They wave their rainbow wings,
And shed, on this auspicious night
A glow of pure Elysiuu light,
O’er nil created things. ROWKNA.
5h® following interesting Story is copied from
the New-York Mirror.
THE VETERAN’S REWARD.
If the French revolution has presented
To us horrors till then unexampled, it niust
be owned also to have furnished us with
some striking traits of humanity and mag
nanimity. Many persons of both parties
voluntarily risked their Jives to preserve
those, of people, whom the unhappy state
of the times compelled them to regard us
enemies—and these acts of generous de
votion were not uncommon among the
military, who, by their profession, mid the
horrors they witnessed, might he suppos
ed less susceptible than others of the soli
feelings of compassion.
Luring the civil war, in a skirmish that
etui taken place between the republicans
and the Chosans, several of the latter
were made prisoners. When the -troop
had halted to take some refreshment, they
stopped in a plain near a spring, aud form-
rn S n circle, placed the prisoners in the
midst of it. Their captain, a very young
man, who had but lately attained tbe
command, seated himself at some distance
upon the trunk of a tree, and taking some
provisions from bis knapsack, begun to
refresh himself. He perceived one of the
prisoners speak to his lieutenant, and di
rectly aiterwards advanced towards him.
Delmont remarked as this unfortunate
man drew near, that bo bad no other
clothing than his shirt nml trowsers, which
were in rugs and covered with blood, and
that a linen bunduge, also stained with
blood, covered his forehead and bis loft
eve.
1 lie sight of so much misery sensibly
touched the heart of the young ollieer :
(liiil ho was still more moved when the
prisoner said to him, “ M. le Commandant,
1 have saved the miniature of my wife
will you, when I shall he no mure, have the
charity re remit it to my mother, Madame
Dtijilessis, at Latuballe? My wife and
children teside with her.” Too much
moved to reply to this touching request,
Delmont gazed upon him in silence—am'
he added, in it lone of more pressing en
treaty, “ in the name of heaven do not ro-
* lls « me! If you do, they must always
bufitir l'totu Urey; ijjuonyj'Cb of my lute, for
it is my intention to conrcnl mv name
fi'oln the court martial. Thus they will
have no means of ascertaining « hat has
become of me ; hut if they receive the
portrait, they will he certain that I would
have parted with it only at the hour of
death.”
Delmont was still silent ; in fact, his
mind was occupied between the desiroof
saving the prisoner, and the difficulty, or
rather the impossibility, which he found
of doing it. Duplessis, believing : hat be
had no intention of granting bis request,
became still more urgent—“ Iu the name of
God ! iu tbe name of all that is dear to
you!”—“Say no more,” cried the other
abruptly, the commission is a very disa
greeable one, but still I will not refuse it.
faking the miniature, as lit' spoke, be put
it into bis pockety ami added, “ Will you
eat a mouthful of something, and take a
drop of brandy ? it will refresh you.”
“ i cannot swallow,” replied Duplessis
—“a lever consumes me, and 1 am impati
ent to reach our destination, that 1 may
escape from my misery.”
These words made Delmont shudder.—
Ho looked earnestly in tlm face of the
speaker, and disfigured us it wits with dust,
sweat and blood, there was something in
the features so noble and touching, that lie
could not help resolving to risk even
thing in order to save him. “ Listen to
me attentively,” cried lie—“ I will give
you u chance, which, if well managed, may
preserve your lile. Say that you entile tu
•ell me you could not continue to march,
and I have refused you any assistance.—
Go back, and complain of my cruelty to
tlie same officer who lias allowed you to
come and speak to me, and try to act so
that he may solicii me lo icave you behind
with an escort, to wait Ibr a vulture de re
quisition. I will take care that the men
who will guard you shall be drunkards ;
make them drunk, recover your energy,
and escape.”
’ All, my God! if it were pos sil*le ?—
Rut you forget 1 must have money to give
them and I have not u single sous !”—
•• And, unfortunately, I have very little,
only four assignats of live francs each—
u will find them under this piece of
meat,” continued be, wrapping part of his
provisions in paper; “ be sure you are not
seen tu take them out: uud Godspeed
you!
Duplt ‘ssis turned’ away without speak
ing; but tbe tears that started to bis eyes
were more eloquent than words, lie fol
lowed Delmont’s directions so successfully,
Hint iu a lew moments afterwards the lieu-
nant came to tell ihe captain, that tbe
prisoner, to whom ho bad given provisi
ms, could noteat; aud that a burning fe
ver rendered him incapable of uitirebing.
Delmont replied with feigned harshness,
i hat il the man could not go on it was bel
ter to shoot him at once.
“Wliatl” cried tho other indignantly,
“ shoot a man before you know whether
lie will be pronounced guiliy or innocent
by the court-martial!—You. cannot seri
ously mean it, captain.”
“ Fray then what would you have me to
do with him! for you know that l cannot
remain here to watch him. My orders
ire to proceed, and I cannot diminish the
force of our troops, already too small for
a part of the country like this, in order to
leuve an escort with this man.”
" Rut look at the stale iu which he is!—
Three men would bo qniie sufficient to
guard him, till we can get a voilure dc re
quisition, which no doubt tnay be bad to
morrow ; and, certainly, captain, you will
not say that you e.auuot spare three men?”
“ Well, replied the other, with feigned
impatience, ‘‘ yon sliull have it your way:
but remember I ti II you, you are bringing
me into a scrape. However, since you
will have it so, tell Corporal Guilard, and
La Porte, and Desmoulins, In remain with
uni: we must now set out.” The lieute
nant did not wait for another order; lie
made the men carry the prisoner who ap
peared to ho dying, into a hut. Delmont
recommended them to keep a strict eye
over him, as they would he answerable for
him if he escaped ; and be set forward.
As Delmont had foreseen, the general
refused to receive his report, and ordered
him to go himself the next day to present
it to tho commissary of the convention.—
Before lie waited upon the commissary,
the three soldiers arrived without their
prisoner. The Corporal declared, that,
notwithstanding his appearance of illness,
he had tried to escape in the night by a
window, but tbe men being upon tbe alert,
’lad all three fired at once ; be fell dead
ipoll tbe spot, and they bad buried bini
there,
This tale was told so naturally, that
Delmont could not entertain a doulit of its
truth ; it cost him a great deal to dissem
ble tbe pang it gave him*; but lie dared
not manifest any regret, and taking with
him the three soldiers ami his lieutenant,
ho went to make l.isreportto the commis
sary,-who, after hearing all the depositi
ons, told him very roughly, that tie had
done very wrong to expose three brave
soldiers of the republic only to convey a
sick rebel to be more easily to be shot —
that however us they had done their duty
by shooting him when lie attempted to es
c.ipe, and hud returned safely, the uffitir
should lie passed over, but that he ruiglii
lie certain, if such a thing occurred again,
his conduct should be sharply inquired
into,
The commissary finished by giving him
n fresh order to murcli with ids detach
ment saving, at the same time, “ i believe
you will he commanded before your de
parture, to shoot the men win rn you have
brought with you. I am waiting for the
order ; and as soon its I get it, ! will
transmit it to you.” My readers will be
hove that this was enough to quicken the
motions of Delmont; in ten minutes he
had marched out without beat of drum,
ami they thus escaped the horrible office
of executioners.
Delmont’s detachment was ordered to
march to ; w hile on the road, he re
collected the conilnittiioli which lie ac
cepted from the unfortunate Duplessis—
and ns ho had to halt at Laiuhallc, lie de
termined to fulfil it, though he felt an un
speakable reluctauc.fi to bo hearer of suoli
news to a mother. ••
When he presented himself at the home
of Madame Duplessis, the servant who e-
pened the door, supposmg he was billeted
upon them, said to him, “Citizen, inr
mistress cannot lodge you in her house;
but she lias arranged with the innkeeper
over the way to receive you in stead.”
“ It is not lodging 1 want; I must speak
to your mistress in private.”
The poor gill turned as pale an death;
and went with u look oi terror to inloriH
her mistress. Hemming iu a moment;
she led Delmont into no apartment, wliera
he found an elderly lady, of very prepos
sessing appearance, and a beautiful little
girl, four or live years old at tor-•. i.-. s
“ 1 w ould wish my daughter to be prevent
at our conversation, sir,” said she, “go,
Pauline, and seek y our mamma.”
Delmont would bnve stopped the child,
but slio disappeared in a moment; ami be
fore lie could determine to begin, a beau
tiful young woman entered. She looked
at him with great emotion, aud tho old
lady then said, “this is my daughter.—
You have a commission far us, have you
not ?”
“ Alas ! yes, a sorrowful one.”
“ Aii! not so, best oflricmds, of hcncfuc-
tors—lie is waved 1” “ Yes,” cried the
mother, iu a transport of gratitude, “I
owe you my sou’s life. Agatha embrace
the preserver of your husband,”
Built embraced him with tears of joy.—
The lovely Agatha brought her infant
boy, and her little; girl, that they might al
so caress him to whom they ow ed a fiither’s
life. All ! how delicious were those ca
resses to Delmont! never in his life hail
he experienced such pure, such heartfelt
pleasure.
“ Rut-how is this possible ?” said lie, at
lust; “did they not lire? they told me
they bad killed anti buried him.” “My
dear friend, they were so intoxicated that
they would not have been able to kill a ily.
Heaven bo praised, he is now in safet\,
and is recovering very fast. All! bow l
wish that you could see him, but that must
not be. But now tell us, are you oonie n
and the rank uud half pay of chief de-bat-
talion.
The worthy veteran throw himself into
tho arms of his friend. It would be diffi
cult to way which tvas most affected, lie
still lives in the enjoyment of this ttoblo
reward of bis humanity. Need it he said
that he makes a worthy use of it ?
itay at Lamballe?” “ No, I can only stop
et to-iiiu r lit.” “ Well at least for to-nighl
you will stop with us ;” and Agatha has
tened to get an apartment prepared for
him.
We may easily believe that bo did tint
refuse their hospitality. They told him
iheir whole situation, without reserve.—
Duplessis had determined to emigrate with
nis wife ami children ; bis mother resolv
ed to remain behind, iu order to preserve
tbe family property. “ I shall not repay
your twenty francs,” said Agatha to him,
“ nor will J take back my portrait; my
husband desired, if ever 1 was l’ortunute
enough to see you, I should tell you to
keep it, and beg you to regard it as that of
u sister.”
The next morning, Delmont was forced
to tear himself from this amiable and
grateful family, whom be saw no more. —
Twenty years passed away, uud found
Delmont, at the time of the restoration, a
disbanded officer, who lived with a widow -
i'd sister, upon the produce of a little farm,
which lie cultivated with bis own bands.
One evening, un elderly man, of gentle
manly appearance, dismounted at the ve
teran’s gum, and throwing himself in his
units, exclaimed, “ Heaven be praised,
my dear preserver, that 1 am allowed to
thank vou once, at least, before i die !”—
It was Duplessis, returned, after so long
an absence, to end bis days iu bis native
country. He bad entered into morc.nmiio
speculations in England, bad been fortu
nate, and was come back rich. Delmont
congratulated him heartily uud sincerely.
“ And you, my dear Delmont, how is it
that you are not more fortunate ?”
“ Aly friend, 1 do not complain ; 1 have
quitted the service with clean bands, and
a clear conscience.” “ And without pro
motion J” “ I linve not sought it,” “No,
but you have well deserved it; I am not
ignorant of tbe wounds you have received
in your various cumpjtigug.” “ I only did
my duty.”
Upon this point, however, the friends
could mil agree ; but Duplessis soon drop
ped tbe subject, to talk with bis friend u-
hoiit bis present situation. He found that
lie should soon be compelled to quit the
farm he occupied, its jl was about to be
sold ; be did not complain, but it was evi
dent lie felt great reluctance to leave it.
“Ami wbitt price,” said Duplessis to
him one day, when they were talking on
this subject, “does tbe owner demand for
it?” “Twenty-three thousand francs,”
(nearly one thousand pounds.) “Thai is
lucky, for it is exactly the sum you have in
Laliite’s bauds.” "I? You joke.” No,
indeed, I never was more serious ; and so
you v, ili find, if you draw upon him to thut
amount.” “ But can you think thut 1
shall roll you?” “Nolutnll; the money
is yours ; it is the accumulated interest o!
your twenty francs.” ‘‘ Impossible.”
“ I will convince you it is very possible,
aud very true. It is my wife’s plan! and
this is tho manner in which she has exe
cuted it. As soon as we were settled in
England, she laid out your twenty francs
iu materials for embroidery and artificial
Rowers. Blie vvoiked at these, iu her lei
sure Lours, sold them to udvautagu ; pur
chased materials for more, and constantly
cave me, every six months, tbe profits of
her work, to place it in the public funds.—
We lived retired, anti she bad consequent
ly much leisure, and worked incessantly.
During more than twenty years, this fund,
at first so small, lias been constantly in
creasing, till it lias become tbe means of
rendering jour old age easy. Rut it is
not cuongh that the old age of a lirnve and
virtuous man should be easy, life ought to
receive, a public recompense for Ida ser
vices, ami 1 bring you one. Means ltave
been found to represent to the King, that
your career has not been less distinguish
ed by biinianiiy than by valour, and be
shews Ids sense of your services, by pre
senting you will) tbi> crosg of Louis*
EVENING PARTIES AT WASHINGTON.
Extract ef a letter from Washington City,
dated, January 7.
“ Pleasure uud gayetv continue without
abatement. Crowded rooms are tlm or
der of the day, at which one moves about
with great difficulty, aud io half an hour
becomes hot-pressed into a fever. To
some, this may be pleasing, they may find
piiumyn tin- busy limn arotitul them —they
ul.'mfvflBJcOrporaling themselves with the
mass, take to themselves the share of
pleasure which it is supposed belongs to
each. But tome, such a squeeze is pro
ductive of any thing but enjoyment
Could I ensconce myself in some cool and
quiet corner, and through the 1 loophole
of my retreat,’ peep forth upon the throng,
listen to the conversation, ami thus carry
away u picture of the whole, without my
self being an actor or u sufferer, mark
the characters, it would indeed be do
lightbil. Rut such cool measures are im
possible, when one heroines a fragment
of the body. And he is so feelingly re
minded of his own individuality, by an
occasional bore of his neighbour's elbow,
that there is little room for observation :
self preservation being the active motive
ot the moment. Of the conversation,
however, little could he said—the formnlu
is too well established, and the topics al
lowed by it, are too limited to afford much
latitude. The musts uiul the must nuts are
peremptory ; the fojtner few, the latter
many.
" Von must trflk of tho weather, of the
last party anil of the last reigning toast,
while you must not talk of politics, you
must not electioneer, nor discuss law, po
litical economy, science or theology.—
The ladies understand this thing much
better than the gentlemen: Nature and
habit have instructed them ; but to u man
unaccustomed to speak when lie Inis noth
ing to say, or to be silent when |ie could
speak to the purpose, I know of no sitnu-
tion more irksome, tlmn to he placed,
where to some hundreds lie must snv cer
tain words, and them conveying no infor
mation, amt merely repeating what every
one knew before. For instance, when
the party is crowded, tho circumstance is
observed by every one in tbe room, to eve
ry individual whom lie addresses. If on
the contrary, the party is small, every one
takes advantage of the fact, and informs
hisfrieiuls around him, varying bis miin-
nerof doing it as occasion requires. If
the weather is cold, every one remarks it ;
if il is warm, you bear rt on every side ;
and thus reap the benefit of learning the
vast variety of manner in which the most
common phenomena of nature can he ex
pressed. Truisms are multiplied to mi
immense amount, and nothing is said that
cannot he established, or indeed which
Inis not already been proved to all, lest a
question of the correctness of any state-
moot should he discussed. The only sure
ty one has of making a tolerable figure in
this situation, is to he able, hire Grutiano,
to “speak an infinite deal of nothing.”
“ But, of nil the miseries attending these
sociable parties, ihu perverse idea ofdniio-
ing in this state of stew and suffocation,
entails tiie heaviest load on those who are
singled out as the elite of the assemblage,
for that most perilous nf untune*;-/*.*.
ring; it is true, is made, when the bow of
tin! fiddle is drawn gravely across the
strings, to intimate thut the floor must In'
cleared, and thut, where it is difficult even
then to keep one’s leet for the press, room'
must he. made Ibr a wultz. By the way, I
should before have said, that waltzing u-
lone is hero considered supremely genteel.
Quadrilles have given place to this grace
ful German dunce ; and it is not uncom
mon for ladies to indulge, or rather per
severe, in its roundabout motion, until the
heads of the spectators ate giddy, and the
pretty dancer herself turns pale. The full
climax of perfection uud perseverance is,
1 believe, to go into a swoon ; but few,
however, have reached that eminence.—
Tbe endeavor to dance iu a crowd is, in
deed, at once laughable and vexations,
and reminds one of I lie performance of the
juggler, tvlin dapees the rope with bis feet
iu a basket.”
Jonathan and the Carolinians.—An u-
genlfor a tyoodeu clock manufactory left
Connecticut a few years ago with a large
quantity ofliis ware for a southern mark
et. in passing through fcsoti I It Carolina,
lie found a ready sale for his clocks; hav
ing disposed of them all hut one, lie be
gan to retrace his steps; but on arriving
tit tt place where lie bail disposed of one
of bis clocks, the purchaser challenged
him with being n cheat ; that bis clock
wotdd not go. Joiintlmii looked ut tiie
clock, and very gravely observed “that
bo had one bad clock whioh be did not
intend to sell, bi t through mistake you
have got the one, I have un excellent 'one.
left, the price is 1 ut two dollars more, and
I vviil warrant itto run forever. The ex
change was made, and the purchaser, did
not object to thedifi'erence in tbe price—
The trick proved so sucbes&fVil, I lint Jona
than continued tbe same route home
which he had travelled on going out,
keeping one clock to exchange, for those
that would not go, which proved the case
ut almost every stopping place.
Died nt Norfolk, Vu. Mr. James Willi
amson, in tho 82d year of bia age—at
peace w ith himself and all the world. For
B2 years lie was a subscriber to the Nor
folk lieruhl, and never suffered ihe eeiui-
nnnynl period of payment to pass for one
dry, without n settlement of his suliscfiti-
ti'rii. May not an observance of thr jwi'n-
riph set forth in this act have lengthened
his life i
Fiom Nn. 3, of Political Disquutnoa*, pub-
lidicd in the Kichmond {inquirer.
General reflections upon Ihe contagion of
human Sentiments, and upon the tenden
cy of the American Colonization Society,
to concent,ate and to direct to its object,
the prevailing fanatical rage in favour of
emancipation. ‘
One fanatic, make* ninny—the old adage is more
strong, but less applicable.
Tho writer sincerely believes, that the
principle of slave labour in tbe United
States, is in danger ; and that nothing can
save it, but the wisdom, the caution, the
concert, and the courage of the owners of
slave property, lie pretends not to anti-
cipate the time when, nor the manner in
which, the danger may bo seep in pVacti
cal tvvglts ; but Ids apprehensions of a
present latent danger, arise froth tho fol
lowing ficus, amongst others, which lie
thinks, prove tho existence of the most
extensive and alarming fanaticism in fa
vuur of emancipation- J and from the po
tent influence oi* the contagion of human
sentiments, tnoio especially in this parli-
cularease: Tho fuuntieistn in this case,
probably received its first conceptions and
impulses from theoretic!* solf-crcatfcd so
cieties, Mini is now believed to lie guided
to its object by the American Colonizati
on Society. Although the British Go
vernmunt lifts, at all times, been so fastidi
ous upon the subject of slavery at home,
that it has dissolved the relation of master
and slave, the moment they put their foot
on British ground iu that relation ; uud
determined, that tho slave should instant
ly become as li-ee us his muster in British
land ; yet it has at all times, acknow
ledged the principle of slavery, when de
clared by international, or municipal law ;
has, by its own acts, introduced shivery
into this state; still enforces the princi
ple in her colonial establishments, and
has recently made u Convention with
the United States, recognizing the prin
eiple of slave property, notwithstand
ing there now exists most unprecedented
rugo in Great Britain for eradicating tbe
principle of stave lubour altogether ; and,
particularly, for changing it in all tier co
lonial establishments ; there are, ut this
tiuiv, iu London, more self-created, theo-
I'cticnlfsunliini'utnl societies, than in any
other City in the world. The object of
those numerous societies, is generally said
to be, the improvement of the condition of
man iu some way or other. The writer is
not sufficiently informed, to determine for
himself, how i'ur these societies liuvo fail
ed, or succeeded in their philosophic c<i-
joets; whether they have produced.more
good than harm, by their speculative theo
ries in the practical affairs of mankind,
but, if he were to form his judgment from
negative facts, lie should conclude, tlmt
they have done inoro harm than good...cer
tainly not much good. They have not
been able to stop the increasing tide of
pauperism in tbe country, generally, nor
the increasing tide of vice hiiiI misery in
the city of London itself. In the popula
tion of London, about one million, there
are 120,000 dissolute persons, who get
their living by unlawful means; and 30,000
vagrants, who rise in tiie morning, not
knowing where to get breakfast, dinner
or supper, or to lie down ut night. )u the
population of England, of about 12,000,000,
there are about 1,500,000 paupers. These
societies are now indulging their reveries
with the delicious anticipation of extirpat
ing slavery altogether, and of beginning
their goodly work with the emancipation
of the slaves iu the British West Indies.
Through their ihfiuettco, it is believed,
petitions signed by above 72,000 persons,
... .... .*^.i to the British Parlmmra.t
tiie last year, for eim..gti, fe .i.^. Hj-iiiCipje of
labour in the West indies. The British
ministry found great difficulty ip getting a
suspension of this fanatical, adventurous
proposition for one year, merely on the
ground, that the colonial legislatures mi^iit
bo Consulted upon tlie subject, and alter
the postponement for that time, obtained
by n majority of not more than thirty or
forty, petitions for the same object were
presented to Parliament, with 43,1100 ad
ditional signatures. If these sentimental
societies should succeetl iu their object,
amt the result should be such as occurred
iu St. Domingo, or what is worse, convert
ing these slave laborers into vagabonds,
tbe writer will then have no hesitation in
pronouncing the opinion, thut these phi
lanthropic sentimentalists will have done
more harm by their false theories, and
misguided feelings in the practical affairs
of mankind, than could be compensated
|i>r by the best efforts to comnernet it
hereafter, to be made by all tho sentimen
talists novy living. The Constituent As
sembly of Guaiamala, not only decreed
the liberation of nil slaves within its juris
diction, but dissolved tbe relation of mas
ter pud slave within ihut jurisdiction, by
the adoption of tbe British principle in
that respect. BOljvar, the great Libera
tor, has also, not only declared the libera
tion of all slaves within Ids jurisdiction,
but denounced the principle nf slave la
bour throughout the world. The inde
pendence of the Bomb American Btatcs,
mid their absolute separation from Spuiti,
are great political events in the affairs of
mankind ; but it is yet perfectly problema
tical, what kind of government wifi final
ly be established there by the diversified
ijtotly population of thut extended coun
try. The present jimspocta are certainly
not very fluttering to the friends of re
publican institution. Equally problema
tical is it, what effects will be produced
upon the conditon of tbe other govern
ments mid people of the world. One ef
fect is certain, that the liberation of tho
slaves there must tend to weaken tho
principle of slave labour elsewhere, by
converting a great portion of tbe human
race from supporters, to opposers of that
principle. The contagious intlueme of
this great weight of human sentiment,
both iu G, Britain, and B. America, is al
ready felt in this country, particularly that
portion of it, which comes from G. Britain;
Tbe condition of the l T . Btfttes is most fa-
vornbly fixed fir tho receptlou-qf ting gon-*
ingion, which is always ornamented witU
the appellation of “ moral sentiment.’’—
In about one half of the U. States, tho
principle of free labor is established, which
tloes and always will, indulgo a spirit of
hostility to tho opposite principle of slav^
labour. The sentimental, as well ns com
mercial intercourse between the United
Staten and G. Britain, is very strong and
intimate, and is seen in nothing more vi
sibly, than in the imitative, sentimental
societies established here, and which ltave,
as far as the writer knows, invariably dis
appointed the sanguine hopes of their en
amoured projectors. The history ofth*
origin, the ephemeral existence, nml ef
fects of some of thorn, would be amusing f
but there is no space for their insertion
here. The most splendid nml promising
of these, was tho female benevolent socie
ty in Nuw-Vorlt for the relief of the poor.
It was regularly organized—The vvritof
believes, regularly incorporated. It vviil
decked out with all tlm paraphernalia of a
legislative body. It ivusornnineiited with
thoir Fresidcuiesa—their decretory, and
all other officers of Ihe feminine gender.
It had the l'ressnt its command. It levi
ed its contributions upon nil its amiable
female passions—charily, benevolence—
love of fame. Tho uutnes of its officers,
ffrnl all its contributors, wore regularly in-'
sorted iq the newspapers, with the precise-
amount ofcontributions made by cucb.—
One natural consequence of these irresis
tible culls upon tbe most amiable of
tbe female passions was, u very large u-
mount of contributions. Another very
natural consequence of this very largtp
amount of contributions was, a modi
greater amount of claim,'tills for participa
tions in this great fund of benevolence—*
Accordingly, tlm paupers from all tho sur-*
rounding country flocked to Now-Yorlfc
for their respective shares ; and tho wbola
iund collected for their relief was found,
utterly inadequate to the demands upon if-.
Another vein/ natural consequence waq*
that the city of New-York became bur* •
thoned with these congregated paupers.—
I’his benevolent drama after disappointing
the hopes, and expectations of ull it is be
lieved, was wound up by the interposition
pf the state authority. It lias, at least,
ceased to decorate the columns of tht»
New-York Newspapers. Numerous, o-
ther societies of less celebrity have had
their day, perhaps with doing less mis^
chief; but no good. But the female be^
nevolent project, which promised the moss
extensive and permanent good to man
kind, was the offspring of the virgin
Queen iu olden times. Queen Elizabeth!
ordered her parliament to pas* a law, com
manding all the sheriff's of tho different
shires to prepare houses, and to collect pll
the poor, married, npd unmarried, to put
them in these houses, andJind employment
for them. The Sheriff; readily tiiudo a>
great ci llectiou of paupers. But, wee*,
astonished to find, that notwithstanding
the imperious command oftheir umnipo-
lent mistress, they cuuld not find any cm-
ployminlfor the poor, thus collected ; nor
could their mistress, nor could her advis
ers ; the virgin not being so fnrtuuute, us
to bnve Mr. Richard Rut-h amongst hot*
advisers; nor lias any of her successors
been more fortunate to this day. Th»
consequence was, whilst she was lauded
re the skies for the wisdom, and humanity
ot the pi'ojuet; that the paupers became*
cliuigeuble to the public ; which was not
intended, in forming the original scherhc,
and instead of affording them tho reliei
universally expected, they became doom
ed to misery; and their numbers Jiav©
continued to increase, until they must
ftioilly hear liow.p flip ’Rrbi^L nation juid
government; unless some remedy bo>
found, for this great practical evil, grow
ing out ofu Jiumatiedolusive project; iron*
which good alotio tvas anticipated—It is
thusHutui, not only that societies, arid go-
vermmmts become disappointed in the
practical results oftheir favprite theoreti
cal projects; hut it may also be observed,
that this will always bo tlie case in quo-
jeets intended to make extensive and sud
den changes in tbe established affairs of
mankind ; and especially, those depend
ing upon God’s inscrutable decrees, and
that, for tho very obvious reason, that’
suah changes are beyond tbe power both
ol governments and societies. Indepen
dently of tbe practical rage ibr einnucipo-
tioti manifested through the medium of so
cieties, the same piratical ppirit is now ma- •
nifested in this country iu a great variety
of ways. Although it is believed, thut tho
general government, even iu the bauds of
its present scheming intermeddling admi
nistrators, is not disposed to countenance
iliia mischievous spirit; nml that n great
majority of the most intelligent people of
the lion-holding states, view the subject
in its just light; yet it cannot be disguised,
Unit some intelligent, and a greut portion,
of common minds are dupes to its inffu-
etico, and take great delight in every eA
fort to prodtiQc that practical result—Ex
amples to prove this fact arc abundant.—
Witness the proposition made in Congress
and tiie sentiments expressed in the dis
cussions upon the Missouri question, and
since that iinie—Witness tho sentiments
often displayed in i’ujpits. Witness tins
most extraordinary,, and unfounded de
claration, recently made by a large ma
jority of the I’rtsby terioii synod of Oil ip.
“ That bolding slaves was hint) stealing.**
Thus impelled,by tbe superior influence o£
this practical rage, seeming ut least u*
prefer tire office of the politician to th«
l’ricst, turning aside from tiie worship p(
their God, and in direct hostility with tin*
meok, und humlffe ftpirit nf Christianity,
and the holy precepts of tiie gospel, parti
cularly that holy injunction, “ Judge nog
lest ye be judged,” Here these fanatical
i*riests solemnly proclaimed, gs the writer
thinks, an insolent falsehood to the woildjr
For which, in tbe judgment of the writer,'
nothing bpt flip blind rage of s funatiri*Kft
could be ofibted ttsiui apolpgy. Yes, thi*
contagious Vuge htffi found its way imp
our religion, and tbe worship of God. If
lias associated itself vyirH the baneful spir
it of'eje,"tipccttung. J4
