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SOUTHERN RECORDER.
V GRANTLAND & < RME.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1829.
No. 3 or Vol. X.
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HOMK I.SWIIF.KK TI1K ML ART IS.
>Xi- Il'jmi' where'er the liPiirt i-,
Wh-re'er it? loved one dwells,
fn cilies or in cottages.
Thronged haunts or mossy dell ;
■Jlir heart's a rover ever,
And thus on wave mid u ild,
The maiden with her lover walks,
* The mother with her child
• I is hriiht where’er the heart is ;
Its fairy spells can bring
fresh ■fountains to the wilderness,
Ami to the desert—Spring.
There are green isle* hi each ocean,
O'er which affection glides;
And a haven on each shore,
Wlipn Love’s the star that guides.
•’Tis free where’er the heart is ;
'Nor chains, nor dungeon dim,
check Ihe mind's aspirings,
,peu]ing hymn !
is Vhi its beauty,
ry and its power,—
Its "sunlight to its rippling stream,
And soft dew to its flow er.— Hin!cr Wreath.
LINES—Hv Miss Sherioan.
I do not love thee—:>u 1 do not love thee !
And yet when thou art absent 1 nin sad ;
,| envy even the blue sky above thee,
Whose quiet stars may see thee and ha glad.
do not love tbei—Vet i know not why,
Wliate'erthou dnest seems well don? to me—
And often in my solitude I sigh.
That those 1 no love, are m. more like thee.
L do not love thee—yet when thou art gone,
I halo the sound film’ those who speak he dear)
cli breaks the lingering echo of the tone
Thy voice of music leaves upon my ear.
pot love t'nei—yet thy sneaking ryes,
\*ith their deep, bright, and most expressive blue,
i me and the midnight heaven arise,
Olienrr than any eyes I ever knew.
I know I do not love thee 1 yet alas !
Others will scarcely trust my candid heart;
J—Odt I catch them smiling as they pass,
because they see me gazing where thou art.
Luminous and Crmchicivc Document !
We have not perused for a long time, a
Public Document which contains so much
truth in so small a compass, as the follow-
report. The ingenuity of the writer,
(whoever he may be,) appears almost to
Juvo exhausted the subject. It lias the
rare merit, besides, of being ns dense as
\t is conclusive. It. is nil “ sterling bul
lion,” which in tafore finical hands, might
have been.
■ diawn in French wire,
And thro’ whole pages shine
day set apart in the decalogue, for their
religious devotions. These have general
ly regarded the observance of the day us u
devotional exercise, and would not more
readily enforce it upon others, than they
would enforce secret prayer or devout me
ditations. Urging the fact, that neither
their Lord nor Ins disciples, though often
censured by their accusers for a violation
of the Sabbath, ever enjoined its observ
ance, they regard it as a subject oil which
every person should he fully persuaded in
his own mind, and not coerce others to
act upon his persuasion. Many Christi
ans again (Idler from these, professing to
derive their obligation to observe the Sab
bath from the fourth commandment of
the Jewish decalogue, and bring the exam
ple of the Apostles, who appear to have
held their public meetings for worship on
the first day of the week, as authority for
I so far changing the. decalogue, as to sub
stitute that duv for the seventh. The Jew-
lt is the opinion of the committee, that
the subject should he regarded simply us
u question of expediency, irrespective of
its religious bearing. In this light it has
hitherto been considered. Congress have
never legislated upon the subject. It rests,
as it ever has done, in the legal discretion
of the Postmaster General, under the re
peated refusals of Congress to disconti
nue the Sabbath mails. His knowledge
and judgment in all the concerns of that
department, will not he questioned. Ilia
intense labors mid assiduity have resulted
in the highest improvement of every branch
of his department. It is practised only
on tho great leading mail routs; and such
others as are necessary to maintain their
connexions. To prevent this, would, in
the opinion of the committee, lie produc
tive of immense injury, both in its com
mercial, political, and in its-moral hear
ings.
Tbo vnrious departments of govern-
ish government was a theocracy, which! ment require, frequently in peace, always
enforced religious observances; a.cd tho' in war, the speediest intercourse with the
the committee would hope tbut no portion j remotest parts of the country; and one
of the citizens of our country would wil- important object of tho m iii cstuhlish-
lingly introduce a system of religious co- incut is, to furnish the greatest and most
cream in our civil institutions, the exam- 'economical facilities for such intercourse.
Hrsobed, That the Committee Imi dis
charged from the further consideration of
the subject.
CROMWELL AND BONAPARTE.
The following powerfully written coni- 1,0 Iovet > to surround his throne with such
the middling orders—so strong a sympathy
with the feelings and interests of his peo
ple. He was sometimes driven to arbitra
ry measures; hut he had a high, stout,
honest English henrt. Hence it was that
parison of the cSurnctersof Cromwell and! ,m " iis H ,lle ft,ul Blake, licnco it was
Bonaparte, is extracted from an article in ' ll,l,t lle 'flowed so large a share of politi-
thclust EdinbuibliReview, entitled “JJal-| c "* bbl!rt y to Ins subjects, and that, even
lam’s Constitutional History.’
n similar description which I have eter
witnessed, even amidst the most rich and
romantic scenery of our British lakes and
mountains. Were I to attempt to account
for the exquisite enjoyment on beholding
the setting sun between the tropics, I should
perlmpssay, that it arose from the warmth,
the repose, the richness, the novelty, the
glory of the whole, filling the mind with
! when an opposition, dangerous to Ins potv-1 the most exulted, tranquilizing and beauth
| er and person, almost compelled him to ful images. Dr. Philip.
Mr. llallttui truly says, that (hough iti er 1111,1 P e,M ’ n » “linost compelled him to
is impossible to rank Cromwell with Nu-, S ovcni l, y **ie sword, lie wus still anxious
poleon as a general, yet ’his exploits were! to le,,vo 11 E cr,n lrol » which, at a more fu
ns much ahive the level of his contempo- V0ml)l0 N, ' l , ,son » institutions might
furies, ami more the effect of an origi-! (T r ‘j'g’ W’c firmly believe, that if his first
nu! uneduetted capacity.* Bonaparte was
PAins.—There is to bo found in Paris/;
a curtain class of people who subsist up
on the credulousness and good nature of
trained in Hie best military schools; the
army wliieli lie led to Italy was one of the
Imcst that etor existed. Cromwell passed
his youth and the prime of his manhood in
a civ il situtiou. He never looked on war,
till he win more than forty years old. He
laid first to'orm himself ami then his troops.
Out of mvJovicH ho rrcui^o nu unity t tho
1 urlmmont had not commenced its debates Others: the y have a decided interest iti
hv disputing histitle, his government would i being apprised of everything, whethertrud
Imve been as mild at home as il was ener- or false ; they put down in their uccount
getio, and able abroad. He was a soldier ; j current, if I inny use this figurntivc expres-
he had risen by war. Hud lus ambition sion, everything they happen to learns
been ot an impure or selfish kind, it would These trifics are the coin in which they
have been easy fur him to plunge hiscoun- pay for their dinner, or their admission to
try into continental hostilities on a large 1 the theatre; they brmgfor their stock somfi
which j pi r cc ° r wh,ch fora*.
Some of his enemies have sneer-1 a minister of the police; he may make
[ilu of other nations should admonish us
11 watch carefully against its earliest in
dication.
With those different religious views, the
committee are of opinion that Congress
innot interfere. It is not the legitimate
province of the legislature to determine
vvliat religion is true or vvliat false. (Jar
government is u civil, and not a religious
institution. Our Constitution recognises
ui tvery person, the right to choose his
own religion, and to enjoy it freely, with
out molestation. Whatever may he the
religious sentiments of citizens, and how
ever variant, they are alike entitled to pro
tection from the government, so long ns
they do not invade the rights of others.
The transportation of the mail on the
first day ot the week, it is believed, does
not interfere w ith the rights of conscience.
The petitioners for its d.seontinuanee ap
pear to lie actuated from it religious zeal
The delay of the mails one whole day in
seven, would require the employment of
special expresses, ut a great
sometimes with great uncertainty
The commercial, manufacturing, and
agricultural interests of our country are so
intimately connected, as to require a con
stant and the 1110-1 expeditious correspon
dence betwixt all our seaports, and be
twixt them and the most interior settle
ments.
bravest fud the best disciplined, the most
orderly 11 peace, and the most lernblo in 1 • ly remarked, that in the successes oh-I sure of their aid,"in return for helping-
war, Uiq Lurope had seen. lie called Ull( |e> r his administration, he lmd no them out of some scrape, in which they
tins hodv^nto existence. He led !t to con- L orsorm i ^nrc; as if a man who had rush- never fail to involve themselves. Theif
quest, fc never .ought a battle w tthout | ^ i„ nise |f from obscurity to empire solelv ! employment is to give publicity to what-
gaining (1 victory. lle J 1 • ... ...
the hi
tern.
property,!heir attachment to the laws mid
religion of their country, tin ir submission
to the civil power, their temperance, their
industry, are without a parallel. It was
. . c 11 I alter the Restoration that the spirit which
The delnv of the muds during ' . . . , ..
. . .1 c their great leader had inlused into them
the Sunday, would give occasion to the ; &
JB - was most signally displayed. Attbecom-
' inand of theestablished gov eminent, which
had no means of enforcing obedience,
lie led it to con- , .
. . .. .personal share; astlnintmv
1 ." 1 j U ed himself front obscurity to empire soli
tever guinea 11 1 by his tnilitnry talents, could have any tin- 1 ever news it is wished to spread abroad,
.... from military | und to find out the source from whence
. .... .... . , enterprise. This repronclt'is his highest J has emanated any news which it is desirtf-
st triumphs o Ins military sys- ( „i or ,.. j„ the success of the English tin- hie to suppress. The progress of intrigue
IV respect which his troops paid to 6 J - ■ ■
(. J victory vtithout amiiliihitiug the force op-, J . e • 1
eat expense, and ,. v , ., ■ p Worthy reason tor slirmknti
. . ' ’ posed to 11m. Yet lus tntiniplis were not , -. , r , ,
rertiunty. , 1 ■ .... enterprise. I lus reproach
employment of private expressc
an amount, that probably ten riders would
he employed where one mail stage is now
running on that day ; thus diverting the
;>0,000 soldiers, whose bud
I I1IIIIIII ** (III t|il 1 . ll.lv> > 11V v I « 1*11^ 1 1 1 -.1 1
a . j J ’ , . • . ^ 1 uuil ever seen, either m domestic or 1
revonue ot that department into another . . * .’ , . .
, . 1 • !• ,1 ♦mi . Uinentnl war, I1111I down ttunr arms, am
crannel. atm sinking tlx* establisiunent .. ... , ..
m. • •. .• tired into the mans ot the people—the
tufa fi n? ntiv 11 Inntmil v mr.nmBnru . 1 1
no enemy
con-
und re-
iple—thence-
vy he could have no selfish interests. Its
triumphs added nothing to his fame; its
increase added nothing to his means of
overawing his enemies; its great leader
was his friend. Yet he took peculiar
pleasure tu encouraging that noble service,
which, of uli tlie instruments employed by
an English government, is the most im
potent for mischief, and the most povver-
never slackens, because there are never
ending wants which compel its promoters
to have their minds incessantly at work.
An intriguer who is inactive, soon finds his
way to the hospital; an active one, on tho
contrary, would reap a harvest from an
1 gy-slioll. An intriguer is thoroughly iii-
formed of the tender connexions of all
Ids friends: always ready to advise either
ful for good. His administration wus glo- 1 lover, he sets them by the cars, in orderto
into a state of pusillanimity incomputi-.,. , , .. . , - , , ,
, , ... i- 1 ,. ‘ -torvvnrd to be distinguished only by stipe
hie with the dignity ot the government ol ... . ~ s 1
1 \ . nor diligence, sobriety, and regularity
which it tsa department. 1 0 - h 1
l’ussengers in tho mail stages, if the
which may be commendable if confined | rnailsnrc not permitted to proceed on Sim-
to its proper sphere; lmt they assume a po- dav, will he expected to spend that duv, ... , . .. , , .
aition better suited to an ecclesiastical than at a tavern upon the road, generally under ll( j, ul jst. 1
to a civil institution. They appear, in circumstances not friendly to devotion, mid |
many instances, to lay it down as an axi- at an expense vvlneli many arc but poorly j((.
uin, that the practice is a violation of the able to encounter. To obviate these diffi- 1 1 ’ *• 11 am,
law of God. Should Congress, in their cull.es, many will employ extra carriages I a ‘ ,c '« imte l ,nrnllcl . botwe « n <,,,e "'ho has
legislative capacity, adopt the sentiment,! for timir conveyance,and become thebeur-
it would establish the principle, that the ers of correspondence, as more expudi
Legislature is a proper tribunal to deter
mine \\ hat are the laws of God. Should
Congress, in their legislative capacity,
adopt the sentiment, it would establish the
principle, that the Legislature is a proper
the pursuits of peace, from the other niom-
, hers of the community which they had sa
lved.
■ation, wo think Cromwell far
NaVoleon.—‘In civil govern-
' there can he no
become the special messengers for convey
ing it considerable proportion of what
AVe trust, that Congress will henceforth, cations with which almost every page of
and for ever “ be discharged from the fur- j modern history is stained, no victim ever
suffered, but for the violation of wlint go
that the effect will ultimately be only to
stop the mail, while the vehicle which con-
iribuuul to determine what are the laws ofi veys it will continue, and its passenger,
God. It would involve a legislative decis
ion in a religious controversy ; and 011 a
point in winch good citizens may honest
ly differ in opinion, without disturbing the
peace of society ; or endangering its li
berties. If this principle is once intro
duced, it will be impossible to define its
I hounds. Among all the religious prose-
rtous, but with no vulgar glory. It was
not one of those periods of over-struiuc'
and convulsive exertion, which necessari-
I I v produce debility and laugour.—Its ener
gy was natural, healthful, and temperale.
He placed England at the head of the
protestant interest, and in the first rank of
Christian powers. He taught every nation
to value her friendship and to dread her
enmity. But lie did not squander her re
sources in a vain attempt to invest her with
that supremacy, which no power, in the
modern system of Europe, can safely ef-
noked only the dregs of a besotted fan- ‘‘'^hL^.^hl^uad‘Hobcr wisdom had its re-
uiicism an done (o whom the stores on n- wnnJ> lflicdid not carry the banners of
tious than the mail. The stage propri- ! son alR . 1* 11 ° h<| P iv "ere open. Ut '°] the Commonwealth in triumph to disturb
( tors will themselves often furnish the I®xp re6S,ons ’ « -«’■»» '« us, convey the itllls . if |, c did not adorn Whitehall
travellers with those meansof conveyance; 1 1,1 - ll, - sl cul,, f u, | ,nm ‘ c g^atcountrynmn. j wi * tll oils of lhu Studtl.01.se and the l.ou-
[n ! Reason and philosophy did not tench the v| . ( . - lt ’ j lf . f j;,
conqueror of Europe to command his pas
sions, or to pursue, as a first object, the
happiness of his people. They did not
prevent him from riskiug his lame and Ills
would otherwise constitute the contents of P.°" er 1,1 “ lViU,lic contcs£ th , e P r "';
the mail ciples oi human nature, and the laws ol
-• ,, „ 1 „„ the physical world, ag mist the rage of the
Nor can the committee discover where' . 1 1 . . B ....
. ,, ■ . ,1 1 i.’.i, ' winter, und the Jioertv oi the sen. J hey
the system could consistently end. It the 1 ...
, J ,■ 1 1 1 1 ... 1 did not exempt Inin Irom the lnllucnce ol
observance 01 a liolyday becomes aieorpo- . 1 . .
. 1 i n . r Itnat most pernicious ol suiierstitions, a lire-
rateu in our institutions, siitdl we not lor-1 1 .... .. , ‘
bid the movement of an army; prohibit I tut.il.Hn.. i hey did not pro
at. assault in lime of war; and lay an in- strV(! lum lrou ? 1,0 ‘'.ehnation oi pros
perity, or restrain him iroiu tndeeent que
verument denominated the law of God.! the wind while upon the ocean on
To prevent a similar train of evils in this | day ? Consistency would seem to require
country, the Constitution has wisely with- j it. Nor is it certain that we should stop
Ifeld from our government the power of here. If the principle is onoe established,
leiiniug the Divine Law. It is a right re
served to each citizen ; and while he res
pects the equal rights of others, he cannot
be held nine liable to any human tribunal
for his conclusions.
Extensive religious combinations, to ef
fect a political object, are, in the opinion
of the Committee, always dangerous.—
This fir.'t effort of the kind, calls for the
establishment of a principle, which in the
opinion of the committee, would lay the
i foundation for dangerous innovations up-
| on the spirit of the Constitution, and up
on the religious rights of the citizens. If
admitted, it may he justly apprehended,
that the future measures of government
will he strongly marked, if not eventually
controlled by the same influence. All re-
tliat religion, or religious observance
shall he interwoven with our legislative
acts, vve must pursue it to its ultimatum.
We shall, if consistent, provide for the c-
reetion of edifices for the worship of the
Creator, and for the support of Christian
ministers, if we believe such measures will
promote ihe interests of Christianity. It
is tlie settled convict.on of the committee,
llier consideration of the subject.” i suffered, but for the violation of what go-1 junction upon our naval officers to ho in,- - . . . . .
[Richmond Enq. verument denominated the law of God. | the wind while upon the ocean on that violence m tulvers.ty. On
IN SENATE OF THE V. STATE*. ' T ... .min nf ,vd< i„ tl,i«:,i„v» ,r„..),l w „. t,,™,,.ir,. the other hand, the tui.aticism of Cromwell
January29, 1819.
Ordered, that, in addition to tlie usual
number, 3,000 copies he printed.
Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, made the fol
lowin'’ Report:
The Committee to whom was referred the
several petitions 011 the subject of mails
un the Sabbath, or the 1st day of the
week, lit:pout : *
That some respite is required from the
ordinary vocations of life, is an establish
ed principle, sanctioned bv the usages of
nil nations whether Christian or l’agan.—
One day in seven has also been determin
ed upon as the proportion of time, and in
conformity with the wishes of the great
majority of citizens of this country, the
first day of the week commonly called
Sunday, lias been set apart to that object.
I he principle has received the wmcUon p'tism commences by eoWinu- j not exercised in virtue of governmental j bus intoxicated almost all others, sobered | ed clouds, common in those region
jtion and inllucncc ; and when that influ- j indi
e suit
never urged him on impracticable under
takings, or confused his perception of the
public good. Inferior to Bonaparte in in
vention, he was far superior to him in wis
dom. The french Emperor is among
conquerors what Voltaire is among writers,
a miraculous child. His splendid genius
was frequently clouded by fits of humor
ms absurdly perverse as those of the pet of
I the nursery, who quarn Is with his food, and
I dashes his play thing to pieces. Cromwell
that the only method of avoiding thefie was <' ,n P ilat,cul X ,l Repossessed has never been ... the
consequences, with their attendant train ,n ' ul f nl,nc,,t , H re . e ’ t,,,lt ,ni *seuliiiu und! equator. I merely at
of evils. m adhere strictly to the snirit i lul1 robustness of mind, that equally d.flu- hasty and imperfect c
vro; if lie did not portion out Flanders
and Germany into principalities for his
kinsmen and his generals ; he did not, on
the other hand, see his country overrun by
the armies of nations which his ambition
had provoked; lie did not drag out tlie last
years of his life an exile anil a prisoner
in tin unhealthy climate, und under an
ungenerous gaoler, raging with the impo
tent desire of vengeance, and brooding
over visions of departed glory. He went
down to his grave in the fulness of his
power and fame; and left to his son an
authority which any man of ordinary firm
ness and prudence would have retained.”
TROPICAL SUN-SETS.
A setting sun between the tropics is cer
tainly one of the finest objects in nature.
From the 23d deg. north to the 2tth deg.
south lallitude, 1 used to stand upon the
deck of the Westmoreland an hour everv
evening, gazing with admiration upon the
scene which no effort cither of the pencil or
the pen can describe, so as to convey any
adequate idea of it to the mind of one who
: neighborhood of the
itlempt to give you a
of the national legislature, so far as
tnit a suspension of all public business on, . ,
'h’U day, except in cases of absolute ne-W l«‘gms to operate upon the political
ecssity, or of great public utility. This Uustittitioua ol u country, Me civil power
principle, the committee would not wish to
disturb. If kept within its legitimate
•■phere of action, no injury can result from
its observance. It should, however, be
in mind, that tlie proper object of go
vernment i», to protect all persons in the
enjoyment of thetr religious ns well as ci
vil rights; and not to determine for any,
tvhetlier they shall esteem one day above
another, or esteem all davs alike holy.
W e nre aware, that a variety of senti
ment exists among the good citizens of
this nation, on the subject of the Sabbath
. day; and our government is designed for
! i'e protection of 011c, as much as for anoth
er. The Jews, who in this country nre ns
tree as Christians, and entitled to the same
protection from the laws, derive their ob
ligation to keep the Sabbath day from the
t'mrth commandment of their decalogue,
and ia conformity with that injunction,
pay-religious homage to the seventh day
ot the week, which we call Saturday.—
Due denomination of Christians among
U -S justly celebrated for their piety, and
certainly as good citizens as any other
class, agree with the Jews in the morn!
obligation of the Sabbath, and observe
file same day. There are ulso many
Christiana among us, who derive not their
obligation to observe the Sabbath from
the decalogue, but regard the Jewish Sab-
ath as abrogated. From tho example of
the Apostles of Christ, they have chosen
1 e first day of the week, instead of that
soon bends under it; and the catastrophe
of other nations furnishes an awful warn
ing of the consequence.
Under the present regulations of the
Post Office Department, the rights of con
science are not invaded. Every agent en
ters voluntarily, and it is presumed con
scientiously, into the discharge of his du
ties, without intermeddling with the con
science of another. Post Offices are so
regulated, as that but a small proportion
of the first day of the week is required to
be occupied in official business. In the
transportation of the mail on that day, no
one agent is employed many hours. Re-
ligious persons enter into the business w ith
out \ minting their own consciences, or im
posing any restraints upon others. Pas
sengers in tlie mail stages are tree to rest
during the first day of the week, or to pur
sue their journey tit their own pleasure.—
While the niail is transported on Saturday,
the Jew and the Sabbatarian may abstain
from any agency in carrying it, from con
scientious scruples. While it i- ti am pot
ted on the first day of the week, another
abstain, from the same religious
of evils, is to adhere strictly to the spirit I IU » ro.msu.ess o. ...mu, mat equm.y umu- | lus , y and imperfect outline. The spien-
of the Constitution, which regards the scti ,, 1 ltcl!e ? t '" 11 health, w'litcli, tl our 11a- | jor of the scene generally commenced u-
irenernl government in no other light than tlo " a * l li , lr " a , ht - v has ( )out twenty minutes before sun-set, when
that of a civil institution,wholly destitute P (!CI,lmr |y characterised the great men ot thu feathery, fantastic, &, regularly chrys-
of religious authority. England. Utilized clouds in the higher regions of the
Wlmt other nations call relmiotts tolcr-1 Never was any ruler so conspicuously I atmosphere, became fully illuminated by
atiou we call religious rights. They are I horn for sovereignty. The cup which | the sun’s rays; and the tine triackntcl-shap-
tot exercised in virtue of governmental I has intoxicated almost all others, sobered I ed clouds, common in those regions, were
indulgence but as ri"hts, of which govern- i him. Ilis spirit, restless from its htioyan- j seen hanging in the concave of heaven like
iuo!it°cannot deprive any portion of citi-jcy in a lower sphere, reposed in majestic fleeces of burnished gold. When the sun
zpiis however small. Despotic power I placidity as soon as it had reached a level approached the verge of the horizon, ho
nuu invade those rights, hut justice still congenial toit. Hohnd nothing in common, was frequently seen encircled byu halo of
confirms them. Let the national legisla- j with that large class of nren who distin-j splendor, which continued increasing till
turn once perform an act which involves I guish themselves in lower posts, hut whose. it covered a large space in the heavens :
the decision of a religious controversy,; incapacity becomes obvious as soon ns the j it then began apparently to shoot out from
and it will have passed its legitimate j public voice summons them to take the
bounds. The precedent will then he es- lead. Rapidly as his fortunes grew, Ills
tablished, and the foundation laid for that mind expanded more rapidly still. Iusig-
usurpation of tliedivino prerogative in this! niticant as 11 private citizen, he vvas a great
country, which has been the desolating !general; he vvas a still greater prince.—
scourge to the fairest portions of the old The manner of Napoleon was a theatrical
world.” Our Constitution recognises no! compound, in which tlie coarseness of a re
adier power than that of pursuasion, for volutionary guard room was blended with
eufording religious observances Lei the the ceremony of the old Court of Versailles.
professorsof Christianity recommend their {Cromwell, by the confession even of his
religion by deeds of benevolence—by!enemies, exhibited in ins demeanor the
Christian meekness—by lives of tempe- 1 simple and natural nobleness of a man
rat.ee and holiness, let them combine { neither ashamed of his origin, nor vain of
their efforts to instruct the ignorant—to his nlovation; ol a man who hud found lus
relieve the widow and the orphan—to proper place in society, and who felt secure
promulgate to the world the gospel of that he was competent to fill it. Easy,
the Saviour, recommending its precepts even to familiarity, where his own dignity
by their habitual example; government was concerned; he was punctilious only
vv il! find its legitimate object in protecting
them. It cannot oppose them, and they
will not need its aid. Their moral influ
ence will then do infinitely more to ad
vance the true interests of religion, than
scruples-^ tTw ohh.r’Uio.rof 'govertime.tt! any measures which they may call on Con-
is the same to both of these classes; and gress to enact.
»• .... r rhi» nntit’inniH'!
the committee can discover no principle
on which the claims of one should be
more respected than those nl the other, un
less it should he admitted that the consci
ences of the minority arc less sacred than
those of the majority.
The petitioners do not complain of a-
ny infringement upon their own rights.
They enjoy all that Christians ought to
ask tit the hand of any government—pro
tection from ull molestation in the exercise
of their religious sentiments.
for his country. His own character lie left
to take care of itself; he left it to he deci
ded by his victories in war, and his reforms
the hotly of the sun, in refulgent pencil
or radii, each ns large as a rainbow, exhib
iting, according to the rarity or density
of the atmosphere, a display of brilliant or
delicate tints, and of ever changing lights
and shades of tho most amazing beauty
and variety.—About twenty minutes after
sun-set these splendid shooting rays dis
appeared, and were succeeded by a fine
rich glow in the heavens, in which you
might easily fancy that you savVlaud rising
out of the ocean, stretching itself before
you uu everv side in the most enchant
ing perspective, and having the glowing
lusture of a bar of iron when newly with
drawn front the forge. On this brilliant “h .
ground the dense clouds which, lay near- j coming their own executioners,
st the bottom of tlie horizon', presenting
bringabout nreconciliation between them:
he watches every feeling of animosity and
passion : he invites some to partake in his
own unbridled pleasures, and watches on
those occasions the looseness of their mor
als ; for his vigilance is particularly direc
ted to places of improper resort. If in tho
night-time you desire to find out n man
of pleasure, he instinctively knows at what
rendezvous of gallantry lie is to he found,
the restaurateur he may have patronised,
the theatre he has frequented. If a giddy
woman is tlie object of inquiry, the meres
description is enough for him to point Jier'
out. In no town in the world, however*
small, can a person he found out mora
quickly than in Boris.
[Savory's Mcmoiri.
Dkhherate Enqou.ntkr !—We recently
copied from n Western paper, an account of
a fierce and deadly combat between a Mr.
Gibson nml it Mr. Durden, of Mississippi,
with sword I'niiijH, in which the former gen
tleman dropped down (lend, being pierced .
with five stabs, viz “three in the abdomen,
one in the breast, and one under the chin,
passing through his mouth into Ilia head:”—
We have something to match, indeed sur
pass, the combat between the herons of Mis
sissippi, in a most butcherly conflict between
two runaway negroes, which took place on
Saturday night last, in Hertford county N.
C. (nearly in our own vicinity,) the particu
lars of which liuve linen communicated to
us by a gentleman of undoubted varncity,
residing in the town of Winton in that coun
ty.
Tom who was a very likely fellow; a bright"
mulatto, said to belong to a Mr. Wotnhle, oP
Southampton county, (Va.) and Nat, who
formerly belonged to a Mr. Jenkins of Hert
ford, but who was sold by him to n Georgia-
man, had been 4 or 5 years ranging the fo-
rosiK of Hertford ns runaways They hml
lived together like brothers during all the
time, and had rendered themselves so terri
ble by their daring villainies, that numer
ous attempts were made to arrest them,
which they bud successfully eluded, end
seemed as if they h/ul obtained n warrant
from Old Nic to commit every sort of depre
dation with impunity.
On the night above mentioned, they were
at a fodder stack near tlie house of a Mrs.
six miles from Winton, which has heed
strongly suspected of being n hnrbor for nir-
groes; a dispute ubout some trilling circum
stance had brought them to high words, nntl
Tom at Inst becume so irritated that lie laid
down his gun, and taking a ronce rail from
the stack pen, struck Nat a tilow with it,
which felled him to the ground, and on his
repeating the blow, Nat drew a long hladed
knife 11 nd plunged it into Tom’s breast; up
on which Tom seized Ills gun and fired the
whole contents (buck shot) into Nut’s bow
els, and then reversing the weapon, proceed*
ed to beat him over the bead (villi tlie breech.
Nut at tint same time stabbing him in the
side and breast with bis knife, until filially,
Tom having shivered his gun to pieces in
laying on upon Nat, left him and walked
iibiml (it) puces, when he dropped dead.-—
Nat’s cries soon brought some of the people'
from Mrs. ’s, to bis assistance, who re
moved him to the bouse, where lie survived
only a few hours, during which lie gave the
preceding account of his sanguinary cott-
fiict.
Thus have two as desperate villinns as
ever defied tlie gallows, utoned for their
crimes, and relieved the horrussed neigh
bourhood which had so long been the thea
tre of their depredations und atrocities, of
further alarm, on their account—by be-
[Mfoli Herald.
their dark bides to you, exhibited to the.
imagination till tlie gorgeous mid pictures
que appearances, of arches obelisks, tiroul-
itt peace. But he was u jealous and itnpla- j during towers, magnificent gardens, cities,
RUSE FOR RUSE.
The following narrative, says a Hull pa
per, has been handed to us from good au
thority Last week, at n village uot many
cable guardian of the public honor. He forests, mountain?, &, every fantastic con- miles from Hull, tt laboring man ot soiuo
suffered a crazy qualter to insult him in J figuration of living creatures and ol itnn-
thc midst of Whitehall, and revenged him- ginary beings; while the finely stratified
seif onlv by liberating him end giving him clouds a little higher in the atmosphere,
u dinner. But he was prepared to risk
the chances of war to avenge the blood of
a private Englishman.
Ne sovereign ever earned to the throne
might readily he imagined so many glori
ous islands of the blessed, swimming in
the ocean of light. The beauty and gfan-
duor of the sun-set, thus imperfectly des
so large a portion, of the bast feelings of cribed, surpass inconceivably any thing ofi tured related tpapme foul proceedings in
tact, having paid a visit to his sweetheart,
and left Iter ubout twelve o’clock at night,
was surprised, 011 approaching tho church,
ut the sight of a horse and cart near the
gate. Suspecting all was not right, and that
they were ill that situation for no honest
purpose, he determined to make himself ac
quainted with the secret, which he conjee-