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THE TKIFLEH, No. 11.
Mo \d.\Yj November 7.
"■There i, a joy in grief, w \. rn p< . aec
m the bicart* ol ike fad"— t/i£ J AS.
kEVIEWIMG yederday the
altered re mnant of an ancient
J)iary. I there found lome
relicoions on that penlive
date of mind which uftially f uc .
to (Irong, and plcahng,
but tranlirory emotions I lies
aie dated 1784, and piefept a
laithful piDuic ol my heart a*
that period; when it,'like them,
was warm, melancholy, and tn
ihulialtic. As the eHu (ions of
iuac »«vicc, they may per
haps, receive pardon from -he
old, in whofc bofo.ns all iindlar 1
lenlations have long fincc been j
extingutfljed : to the young I
offer no apology, and forbear
® comments on my fotmer
1 m age, which has
chilled mv fllould ai|()
leem to have blunrcd my fenfi
h'jny. Let me only add, that
J liave often remarked some ver -
J es on a similar jubjui, among
tny jddl poetry, which, lince the
pctulal of thelc rclletlion, I he
hevc to be my own. Under
this iinprcffon, I prefer t them
#likcuifc to the public, lor if I
am inillakcn in the owner, no
doubt there arc many who will
kindly undeceive me.
December 15, 178^.
“ REFLECTIONS ”
u I have often thought there
mud be lome peculiarity in my
/dilations which cannot he ac.
counted for on rational ptinci.
pies, so widely do they differ,
in lunilar situations, from thole
of moll other per lons with whom
I have con ver fed. They lean
to exill only in a ctrc'c ■ The
dance, the jell, the song, in
short, lociety alone can give
them animation. They ffudi.
oully endeavor to prolong the
continuance of every plcafurc,
and eke it out even to the very
dregs. They defer the hour of
departure as long as pollible,
then rife in an illhumor, hur
ry home dtfeontemed, and re
main lo until lome new atmtlc
tnent is proposed, or the former
one forgotten. l o thefc peo
ple the spirit ol departed plea.
urc, appears in the form ol a
malignant c! teuton, clouding cv
cvry profpett and blallmg e\e
ry joy—to me he comes like an
angel ol the Harry Iphcrc whole
wings, ll.illi not, indeed, with
the Sun’s refulgent sue, but
beam more inodclUv, tho’ leL
brighty, with all the beauty and
all the mildnef* ol the lunar
ra>s.
44 No one enjoys conversation,
no one prizes gaiety mote than
I do. Society is dear, perhaps,
bccaufe it is new to me, and I
enter i: but with eager
nefV, not quit it without regret.
44 's et tho’ I am not blind to
the charms of beauty, nor
* 4 deal to the voice of wit, tho’
4i mu Ik plealas, and long tie
-44 lights me, Hi!) tliere is a mure
44 fee ret, deeper, Sc. lels tumul
-44 tuou> plcafuie felt when all
thde dear cnclraunents have
44 vanillied. ’ bis tinged with
“ 1 kn >w not w !*»r, ot tnelan*
44 choiy that makes it sweeter.
4: Mv heart is fuller, my brain
A clearet, mv whole toul more
4: feretic. AH wi’.hin me is be
‘‘calmelas if bv the intluence
HI 44 ofceldli.il melody, every evil
44 paflion llrcps, and all my
*• feelings a r e not unlike thole
44 inspired on the ocean, by
44 that glorious and tnajellic ob
<4j“tl, a iplcndid Sun, Petting j
44 atnidil clouds of puipic and
fluid. \
IVk 44 i kefe pager, should they
{ “ ever bepcrulci by any other
44 than inyfelf, will form ur.ht |
44 Ullipible to evciy one who |
44 has not felt w hr.t I dtlcribe— .
44 l wifli them to be !o.”
/ be Spirit of d<T,ai ted Pleami e.
L.l< w t nett y* J ~yt tual art P"Jt, PLafant \
aui mom r/nl tuLt l
'JHBfuul thrilling mum nit. of plcafurc ■
wrteoVr, I
m Ami the gh.w, &. rlie charm, that beauty
hid ihcd
On the ftenc and the mc/trent, eiiftcd no
more,
J’l.r the magic of btauty, with beaut* had
lied s 7
1 !c!t •*> .11 thole who can feel, must have
frit.
Whin h ft to whate’er can enrapture or
p't.de,
Or a* *1 I had fern the ilhifmn* which melt
At conn...ltd into Sicily’s fc.».*
t Or rattier like one who had travail'd from
t-r.
Fo the home whtnic he once liy miifor
tune w*• hurl.d,
. W.'icn he Cud* it uvrfpitad with the ruin*
of war,
And tmnfelf ai it were left mliuc in tf't
u>»< U,
Abfcvh'd in tint pensive A mournful mnod,
Ai l t>u my love unpreiT'd (nlh.w reclined,
And oill it.e p.ft fccne of <rnjoyineui> re
view, d,
And recall'd every lmniuou* trait 1* my
mind..
The word* of a spirit diluted tny ear,
Oh ! ne’er will inch accent* delight it
again,
For Word* so mclodioli* so bcav’nly to hear,
Wtra never yet heard by the children of
men.
All 1 could I but catch the expreffton divine.
And with it the grate and the larvoi that
I hone;
In whatever he spoke cculd I make them
hut mine,
Immortality'* wreath would be justly my
own.
-
Hut ala* ! the uttirnpt Wa* prefumpiuca* fk
and vain ;
For tho' l rrni-tnber the vifiou full well,
1 feel that 1 ne'er can deferibe in ir.y drain’
What the tongue ot an angel were Wanting
to tell.
Calnt wa* iiia brow a* the twilight of even’,
Sweet was hi* breath a* hive'* holicfl iigh,
Soft r/a* hi* voice a* the music of hcav'n,
And mild as the angel of mercy, hi* eye.
" Poor mortal" ! he whifper'd, thy feclingi
I know,
“ Difmil* then the dread whieh my pre
sence infpite*,
“ l com* a* a friend to dispel the foft woe,
'• Which t follow* the ftep* of fucccfiful
do fires.
" In the day* of your hoybood I’ve ktiovfn
you to mourn,
“ Wliilft you watched thedecliueof the
holiday fun,
«' For the joys that were over no more to
return.
M Till the land* of 3 whole tedious week
should he run.
“ From thr jay fetlivc circle I've feeu you
retire,
" And as you abandon’d the jefk and the
song.
Ah ! why, I have heard you full often en
quire, |
" Should our joys fectu so (hurt and our
furrow* so loug.
'* I have marked a foft sorrow flea! ov»r
your mind,
** Wlicn the hour of departure from Aim*
drew nigh,
" And ala*' you exclaimed, there i* some
thing I tind
" Whieh mingle* the cup of my bliss with
a ti b h.
“ Could you ahvays injure the bright fun of
“ Sav.vke* it not dazt.'e and scorch as it
tliinei,
“ And would you forever rchgn its mild rays
“ -ks fplcndid, but fjft, to the weft it de
cline* *
i •
“And have not the mills which its gloriei
ohtcure, ,y
, “Their life and their beauty, and do thry
not lltewr,
“That at times to enjoy, we at times mefl
ciuh.V,
“ And that blif*, were not bliss, it uncload
ilcd by woe t
O yes, son of brightnefe” I cried, '* it is trne,
** My plraiunoi departed, thal! henceforth
- he d-ar,
“ Ami joy's wtWeft tranfport* petition to you
“ To crown every blits with one rapiu
rous tear " £
* I ant nut tom! ot notes, Unslv,
because tlu*.y gives Hie trouble to
write them, Sccoii<l!v, because it
givtvi my ftictuls trouble to read
tlu in, ami morn trouble ti untlt r
, stand them, anil lastly* because
they take off the attention Irom the
; mam subject ; but »n tlrls case I
think a note is necessary, lor thr
s*ke of tit* unlearned reader who
may not be acij'iaintrd with the
pbe nonomon here alluded so for his
• r her information, tltcreforc I re
fer to any Kncvcloptsctda, article
“ Pat 1 Morgana,” where a foil ex
r*
pinnarton will be fotiuC '»f this furi
ous spectacle*, collected by those
whose business it is to explain evc
rv thinjr,
s' » 4
CONSTANTINOPLE* Ju!y 31.
Thu ntal lias brew since the
evening ftf the 28*b, in a slate ot
the piratr*' comierrtstifin. "'ll It an
Selim wi-iii d to reestablish lb*' mi.
thorny of ihc I’crte, and to keep
a well paid standing amn on foot.
It was this rich occasional bis
i fall on the 2fl'b of May, 1807-
l Mu-tapbia ll.ibact.ir, Pacha of
j Rmischuck, man of • 1 »•* intention*
proposed a plan for reestablishing
that which the 28ih of May had de
•'roved. Me came to Constan
tinople, \v:th a corps of trusty
troops, caused the fait 10 use Ravag
es' Oglmi, ( odi'tiamlmt of the
Cast lea es the Dardanelles, ami
chief author ol conspiring against
Multan Selim, l« be beheaded, the
Mufti and all tin new Ministers
of the Sultan, Mtistapha to be de
posed, the Aga of tlie Janssarie* i
to be stranglcdland the most im
portant posts of Constantinople
to he occupied by his troops. The
grand Vizier, the new Multi, and
several others Members of the
Divan, declared themselves the j
partizans of Mustaphia Bairactar. |
1 he Sultan had no suspicion of 1
his priject ; on the contrary, he
thought himself so secure, that on !
the Bth inst. he repaired in the j
morning to Bcsectach. But the j
Sultan Mother having got infor
m uionof it on the 2Cth, Mustapha
IV. returned with all expedition j
hy st» to the Seraglio, whilst the ;
Barba ol Kudschuclt was enter- i
ing it by land. The Pach t caused
the new MuCi to inform that Selim j
only wai lawful Emperor. Mast- '
tqiha, far from following the ex
ample given on the 28th of May,
by Ids uncle Selim, who voluntar- I
ily descended from the throne, or- 1
dered the inner gates of the Se- 1
rag!; >to be shut. The soldier*
ol iiie I acha, however, speedily
effected an entrance, but they
found the unfortunate Selim dead
and covered with blood. Seized
with horror at this spectacle, Mus
tapba Ban a. tar. and the Crandeew
of the Porte, caused Prince Ma
homet, the lust branch of the reign
ing dynasty, to be immedately
proclaimed Km per or—this prince,
who is about IJ years ol age has,
lor the last fifteen months, been
co n fined with the Sultan Selim,
who during that space, instructed
him in the art of Government;
On the 2‘Jth the unfortunate Se
lim was buried at Your, by the
bide of his father. The Pacha
ot Rudschuck, the whole of the
at my and all the respectable inhab
itauts of this capital attended the
funeral. During these melaucho
ly occui rences, the public tranquil
ity was not in the sligteat degree
j interrupted.—The greater pau of
the assassins of Selim have been |
executed. We know not w hether I
the deposed Sultan is btill living. ;
Some people assert that he has j
been strangeled. Mustapha Bai
ractar has taken possession of the j
Grand Seal. The Grand Vizier !
is a prisoner in his camp, for hav- ,
ing revealed to the Sudan lother
the plan of replacing Selim on the
throne. There is no doubt
that the Pacha will soon be appoin- I
lid Grand V'zier.
Eleven ot the principal partisans 1
of the Sultan Mustaptia were this
day sti angled in the Sertgho.-
i he Kislar Aga (chief of the eu- ;
nuchs) who assisted in the murder
of Selim, was executed on the j
29. h.
To tiiomas jei-fkhson
* i
President of the United States.
1 o thos- characters whose lives
have been distinguished by an ad
herence to virtuous and patriotic
principles, and whose endeavours
to establish, on a just basis, the
public and private rights of indi- '
viduals have entitled them to the
appellation of “ ihe benefactors
of mankind,” the plaudits of their
fellow-citizens, on their retiring
from the scene of political labours,
have frequently been expressed.
In correspondence with a prac
tice which appears consonant to
propriety and justice, We; the
members of “ The Baltimore Bap
tist Association,” convened by up.
poiniment in the city of Washing
urn, embrace this opportunity of
expreasipq. our sense of vour nu
merous a nd important services in 1
the cause of civil and religious li- j*
1 * V, ‘hid in promoting the wcl-'
fare and hsp’nr«» of the people of j
the United .Suites. In reviewing j
the arts ot your public !iF r . our j
mind* ire forri! l v impressed with
the recollection that you were the >
author of the Declaration ol I rule- j
pendence ; an inurnment in which
we recognize the vindication ol
our wrong*, and the object lor
which government is instituted.
Since vour accession to the fi'st
office imhe union, the tendency
i>f vour measures has been to ad
vance 'Nr proiperitv of the nation.
We \ een relieved from the
•
pressure ol unnecessary taxes ;
our national debt n.i-. been greatly
diminished ; we have been sreur t- ,
td in the enjoyment of our politi
cal rights ; and in the language of
tiffe prophet we may exclaim, “ f .
very man has sat under hu vine
anil under his fig tree, and none 1
to make him afraid.’*
V hil>t the European world is j
agitated and shaken to its centre ;
"hilt the ambition of contending
empires causes rivers of human
blood to fl ny, and the. peacelul
field of the husband man is con
vened into a scene where only the
i din ot arms is heard ; whilst the
; labours of the artisan are suspend
ed and the i mplements of industry :
, “re exchanged for the weapons of
destruction ; it has been the con- j
stant aim of your administration
| <0 P r cserve and eusui e to us the
I blessings of peace ; a srate best !
[ calculated for the n»i!d progress
of our holy Religion, and for the
; happine s s of man. it is to be la
i mented that, in the prosecution
of this laudable design, the injus
tice of the principal belligerent
i powers has, fur a lime, suspended
; our usual pursuits, and subjected ,
; our commerce to the rapacity of
those invaders of our rights.
We consider it proper, j n the
capacity of a religious bodv, to
expreca our feelings of gratitude
and sentiments of approbation, f ur
your exertions and services in be
hali'of religious liberty within your
own state. The friends of piety
must ever remember that the act
passed by the Virginia legisla
ture in 1786, for the establishment
f»l religious freedom, emanated
bom you: they must admire the
principles on which this law is
founded, and the manner in which,
by it the rights of conscience, the
first fi? most essential of our rights,
are illustrated. The active influ
ence of your virtuous labors could
nor, it is true, be felt without the
limits of your native state; but
the cause of religious freedom is a
common cause , and for your efforts
in behalf ot any part of the com
munity in this respect, the rest
must be impressed wih greateful
j and sympathetic feelings.
On retiring from that high eta
j t,on which you have filled with so
i much dignity atid credit to your-I
self and advantage to your coun
j tr >’» 11 ' s proper tor us to express ,
j our approbation of the reasons
which influence you to this deter
mination. 1 hey evince that at- j
tachment to the principles of re- ;
publicanism, and that regard to
j th« liberties of the people, which
i have uniformly characterized your
i public life. May this example
be venerated by msceeding rulers,
and considered as a model for
their imitarion ; so that our repub
lic may continue in purity to the
; latest ager. And when you have
ceased to act on the stage of
i man life may you receive the ap
j probation of :he great Head of the
i Church, and finally obtain a seat
in the mansions everlasting life
through the merits of the Lord
Jesus Christ !
Signed by order and in behalf
of the Association, this loth day
of October, 1808.
Oil ADI All B- BROWN,
Moderator.
JOHN WELCH, Clerk.
1
lo the members of the Baltimore 1
Baptist Association.
I receive with great pleasure 1
the friendly address of dir Haiti- i
more Baptist Association, and am
sensible how much I am indebted
to the kind dispositions w hich dic
tated it.
Iu our early struggles f or \\.
ber'V. religious freedom could
not fail to become a primary ob
ject ; all men felt the right, and i
just animation to obtain it was I
excited in all. I was one only
among the many who befriended
4
it', establishment, and am
but in common with oihe-,
portion of that approbation -h;.M
j follows the fulfilment of a ,j JW
Excited by 'vmngs to rfi-c' ■
j foreign government which Vti,
ted our concerns acrotdnSyj to 9
. own interests, and not M *9
the principles which i.isi’.ft.lj M
were obvious to all' tinder,,!
dings ; they were imprinted in V M
, breast of every human being - 9
Providence was pleased to dirt 9
the issue of our- contest in fav9
of that side where justice J !
•Since this happy seoaration, ml
• n; » ,,on has wisely avoided entail
Jjling itself in the system of Furl
' pean interests, ha, taken no ‘,idl
between it, rival powers, attache!
itself m none of its ever chanßi-J
confr' rracica. Their peace J
! you d<> me j u „j c l
| 10 cav:ng that to preserve and eql
sure this, ha, been the constant
! my administration : thj
difficulties which involve it how!
j ver are n-,w at their ultimate ten J
; an.l what will be th e i r issue til
alone will disclose. ji ut ’ be 9
what it may a recollection of o J
former vassalage in religion anil
civil government, will untie ,9
zeal ot every heart, and the enefl
g>- of every hand, to preserve thl
>ndependcnce m both which, ul
der the favor of Heaven, a dil
interested devotion to the publil
| cause first atdaeved, and a di!
interested sacrifice of private *1
: tcrest will now maintain.
lam happy in your approbatiol
ot my reasons for determining J
retire from a station in which til
favor of my fellow-citizens has si
long continued and supported mel
and I return your kind prayed
with supplications to the same Al 3
mighty Being for your future well
fair and that of our bc.'oved mm 3
| tr > *
I H : JEFFERSON. \
Oct. ir •
THE ST. MICHAEL- 1
Mr * Wilder one of the messen
■ gf'rs who returned in the g* M;.
chael, which reached Baltimore
on Saturday last, arrived at th©
of govenraent on the evenim?
o the same dav, bringing with
h.m dispatches for government.
It will be recollected, that cotwP
gress, previously to the close of
the last session, passed an act cm
powering the president to suspend
the embargo in case he should.!
during the recess, receive assur
ances from the Europeu power!
that out commerce could be re
sumed with safety.
To facilitate so desirable Jj
object, the Executive of the Uni.
; ted States forwarded to the Bm.sU
; ministry, by the St. Michael, *
! ? f r p >os '™\ W raise the embargo
d Great Britain would rescind her
i o ' r C u'T iJ J and -to convince
, the English that the American ad
| ministration were sincerely dispos
ed to deal impartially, and npoir
j principles strictly neutral, with re- 1
1 to Britain and France
--the president went further. I n
; the letter, explanatory of the orders
I of council which Mr.Erskinecom
ummeated to Mr. Madison on th©'
2J , ot last, the English
. ambassador staled the reasons upo„
Which they were grounded to be as
follow, nanieit:
“ His majesty lias been induced
hitherto to forbear recurrit g t o
measures of this nature by rhe e x-i
pcctdtion that the governments of
I the neutral states, w|.» have been 1
; the object of the French decrees,
■ Would have been awakened to a
J lut “ N,!>e of " bat they owe to their
interests and own rights, h would
have interposed with effect, ether
to prevent the execution of fit©
lenc i decrees, or to procure theijr
abrogation.
“But his majesty has been dis
appointed in this just expectation j*j
and perceiving that the neutral na-*
t tions, so far from opposing ai y’
efiectual resistance, bare submit-'
ted to whatever regulations Franc*
may have prescribed for givijg
ertect to her dcci'ecs, can nu
gcr refrain from having recourse
tc such measures as by retorting on
the enemy the inconveniences and
evils produce d by thi» injustice and
violence, may afford the only re-1
. in at mng chance of putting an eud!
to a sj .rerrr, the perseverance in
"Inch is not more injurious to his
majesty's' dominions than to nation?.