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SATURDAY, OMer 25, 1788*
GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE
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- INDEPENDENT REGISTER.
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Mr. SMITH,
(Concludedfrom our luft.f
THE condition of a soldier Hands i<>
the fame honor there as it did in
the mod glorious times of Rome; the
11:0ft refpeftabie citizen is as proud in the
rank, as thefirft raagiflrate of the rq>ublic
is in the fcveteign council. The honor ac
quired by excelling in the ikillof military
manoeuvres, is the cause of au emulation*
in every citizen for the ferviteof his coun
try, and the uobleft - means of mcritiug the
praises and applanfes of his friends and
relations'; an emulation- which was never
found yet in any troops entitled by chance.
This emulation is encouraged by respec
table nwgiltrates ; they prefidc themselves
in their camps, and there partake'of their
military enjoyments: they, infpefl the
troops of the republic ; diflrrbute premi
ums to some, praises to otbers, and en
courage jthe new raised corps; it is but
rarely they have room to find fault with
any.
But until we have attained to this degree
of perfeftion ; in the mean time that we
wait the iuftrutiione of a confederated
power, which we durst not, perhaps,an
ticipate; let us endeavour to find out a
means of defending the (late ; let us fee
whether we are able to insure the fafety of
• our frontiers, by flopping the depredation*
which are committed there, and prevent
migration which is the fatal coufcqpeuces
of them.
I would wish that tfie frontier counties
ihould furnith a fourth part of their mili
tia to do a continual duty on foot, only in
their refpe&ive counties ; that one divi
sion of the rest keep themselves always
ready, as a corps of reserve, to go out
at a moment’s warning on any urgent oc
casion. ,
I would have all the other counties fur
* nilh the fame proportion of tlieir’s to do
duty on the line which Congress has de
termined between us and the Creeks. The
quotas of the latter to form a feparate
body, though commanded by thfi fame
general officer. Each county’s quota to
form a company, which ihould have two
divisions; each divilion have a field piece,
and every man mounted on a good horse;
armed with a sword and two piflols, and
provided with a leather box, containing a
cartridge for the field piece belonging to
his divilion. If these troops were com
pefed only of citizens and men es un>
THE
questionable charafter, so much the bet
ter. It is unnecellary to give a derail of
the extraordinary and signal Cervices that*
fuchttoops would be able to perform;
every military man will ieadily perceive
them.
Let it be determined by drawing lota
which part of the militia ihall have the fir ft
honor to gr> and plant the American flin.l
ards on the different nations determined
upon: Let each of tbofe citizens, before
they let out, swear to be faithful to bis
colours, Sc thus lhew hiiufeif worthy of
the confidence which his country has re
plied in h:m : let the commander of eat 5
company on their flart add refs them near
ly in the following manner.
Brother citizens and Joldiert!
The Bate (lauds in need of our Cervices;
son* of us are igooraut of its actual fi
xation. Au enemy more daring than
formidable, more cruel than courageous,
(till lay waifi our frontiers. Encouraged
by the little resistance they have hitherto
met with, they are growu bold, and soon
a great part of our-country will become
desolate : Soon the savage, who may ruin
and dertroy us one by one, will laugh at
our pufillauinhsy, and boast ofhaving dri*
ven before him the vauquilher* of Albion.
Let u« prefetvc the remaining blood and
and property of our brothers, which a
savage enemy dill third after; let us sup
port our uatiouai honor, which a fugitive
lias dared to quefliou.
If there is a man among ns ungrateful
enough to-refufe his services to bis couutry,
let him turn out of the ranks and tetire,
and thus (hew us-the enemy which our
couutry is uourifliing at her bread. If
there beany who feel a want of courage,
i let them now declare thcmfelves, and lay
down their arms; in order that we may
1 range them among the utensils of the
v kitchens of our old women, or give them
as toys to our children, and that they
may, one day, laugh at the name of their,
owners. >
Let tbofe friends to their country, who
are willing to flep forth in iu defence, be
as well difciplincd as time and circura*
[ dances will admit of, and deliver them
that military code which they merit. At
our return home, either by a relielf or in.
confluence of a treaty, let every citizen
keep faimfelf always ready, as if he was
to start the next, morning on another expe-
this continual-date of pi eparation
is the only guarantee to an evcrlafting
peace; the only means of keeping the
fatht between ne and tit Cretie ahuajs open,
. bright and clear*
|Tou ra. No.ax.i
If I am afced whether lamio a public
line, to write on politic#, 1 anfwcr, no—
and for that veiy rcafua Ido it. If I was
. a memLe of any of the branches of go
vcrnmci.t, I bad hod io ufc my influence
iu tr»iQ.; to have had put into practice that
w hith I could not cmphiy my time to write
upon. Bcfides, born in a free country,
and now citizen of a free country, what
ever little influence my voice may have in
public. s :irs, the right ofeitizenihip isfof
uoent i<< mike it a duty in me to inftrnd
»u) felf therein Whenever I meditatejoa
; governments, I frcl a fecrct (ausfaftioa io
finding always new reasons to admire thar
mod under which we arc going to have
the happiness to live ; and perceive that
the cnjoymc.it of u will rest folcly on (lie
will of the citizens.
If I have been so unfortunate an to be
guilty of any indecent tranfpurt in
pafiionate effufion cf my heart, I ympt
such aa I may have involuntarily offended,
to pardon the tender affections of a true
.. patriot, and the ardent am} rcafonablc zeal
of a man who feels so greater plcafbre,
than that of feeing ail bu fellow
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NEOCOMI.
THE Commificcers of the town of
Auguita will dk the' loth day of
December text attend at the Academy tv
receive sealed propofala*from any person
or persons for building a Wharf opposite
•he Augufla Ware-fcoufc, to be one bun
died and fifty feet iu front, and to attend
. as far as what tnzy be tcimed low water
mark, to be framed with good fmara
pine ranging timber u by ix, piled and
filled wp with flone ahd sand ; to be ctui
pleated on or before the firft day of jftao
By Order ts tie Board,
Wm. GLASCOCK, FrtAdat.
Angufta, OQ. jj, ,788.
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Notice
IS hereby given to all persons whom it
may concern, that there baa* been
twenty-two pounds eight (hillings/ with
cofls of suit, taken out of my band by Ao
bert Walton, Gibson Woldrage, nod
George Douglafa, ofr debt doe to Will
ham Dooly, on z Vote -of hand
an order of Cour/tbe 23d day <jf ASS
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tMSAHAM