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AUGUSTA— PRI NTED BY DANIEL STARNES «t Co. WEST END OF ];ROAD-STRFET.
PKOPOSALB \
by DAN IP L STAR NFS A' CO.
* For tulljtin fls Sulfcrptien a •nttlNKfunpop:r
IN THE CITY OFUGU3 V,
TO BE LNTII LED
Mirror of the limes.
TIIK universe! promulgation of
irnrh.tnH ihe general diftribuMon of known
Wt;e, are objfdt* of *lie firft importance in
t vcry country where liberty hat left trace*
other font dept, under every government
which cor.fults the happinet* of Van —•
« Knowledge” said the Great Lord Bacon
“b power, united with virtue" it certainly
it liberty. Where ignorance reigns there
vice triumphs and dcfpotifm governs. At
run become* enlightened authority will be
limited & morality restored—Knowledge &
virtue are the bale* of freedom—the one
inftru&s us in our rights, the other teaches,
us cur duties; the firfl fliews us how to con
flruA the belt poflible form of government,
the la ft moires ut to obey it when conftruc
trd It is therefore advantageous every where,
(but in a htpuklic it is abfolu'ely nccefl'ary
that correct inlormation should be widely
dillufed and easily obtained : For litre ’til
the people who govern. They never inten
tionally clioofe bad leaders or approve wrong I
measures, yet they are liable to error—give
them true details and they will judge cor
rectly—for on plain ground, the people al •
wsys from just opinion, : whenever they mis
take their own iriterefts ’ti* owing entirely
to want of information in the many or wain >
cfhoncftyiti thc-yi™. Rut mt-njive po'iti
cal information is not to be acquired without
much labour, and few have leisure to Itudy
the systems, compare the opinion* and pe
rufc the pages of Locke, Sydoey, Gibbon,
Hume and V*U< I. If an acquaintance with
the true principle* of government and duties
of a ciiir.cn could he acquired only from
huge {olio* & dift'ufe treatife*, it would be
seldom fought or if fought, the plough, the'
lutrhet, and the saw mud stand still. Same I
thraper and eaficr me;-i* of fatisfying curi
efity and procuring inform tion mud there
fore lie looked for ; and where is intelligence
clieapucf* and convenience united with more
idvantsge, than in theclolely printed col
umns of the humble News-paper ? Our
countrymen appear so well convinced of
the ufcfulnefs of periodical prints and have
so wry liberally encouraged them, that we
deem it unncceflVry to infid on their merit,
*1 ahnoll I efitate to requed public patron- I
*S e fct soother News-paper edabiifhment.
We can promise little except what atten
tion, honeftjr & indudry can perform. The
principles of our Paper, like our own, will be
Republican, “ but the fame freedom of opin
ion which we claim for ourfelvct, we willi
*>'other* to enjoy." Civil and Relij-iou*
liberty is the birli right of evry man, and
he who will not mend the fame indulgence
to all parties, and all frdfc, which he withes )
for his own, is already or deierves to be a 1
Have.
lofuppnrt Religion and morality will |
oc our pride— to encourage literature our I
tndeavi r—no communication* calculated to i
do either will be reuifed ; no hint will lie
n«gl,(dcd. If a free country it is necefTary
t 8t the law llmuld be neither vague nor j
Unknown, all public aids of the State leg- t
ifl«ture, wii| therefore be puLliflicd as they i
tome to hand. |
Tke MIRROR OF THE TIMES will be
<jpcu to all who canvass public mcafure with <
decency,and in examining the condodt of I
•ocividuals, a, ifliccis of government—it
*.l lcow —“ A'» Parly tut my Country, No
tut TrutL " '
CONDITIONS,
I- The MIRROR OF THE TIMES will he
pub 1 1 died every Monday, on a royal i
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"euation.
rc paper will be delivered to Towp l
hubferihirs at their places of abode aiftl
! I<> ‘ L * or the country will be dene up >
•n packets and delivered at the ETO i
Ctlice.
NOTICE.
, months afterdate sppii
ff 1 ".’ 11 he made to ihe honora.
e lr,t i‘'li t it,r Court of Columbia
,ur Ivave :o st'll 250 acres
Miami, moreorlt.Ns, on the big
li'?I* C A ' ° 1-2 BCrts iu
' adwi * t°utuy, in the 14th dia
,l L ’ u * * ,e *°kt lor the benefit of
i * Nu s and creditor. of John
~ 1 ' * °f Columbia Coun
ailtn'rs
UMotui pitman.
(r hale or to Kent,
T2UCT or law,
lit ltUat * C Lincoln county, con*
I,lr C three hundred and fifty
to* n e,} **° re w less, with 6u:i-
L I,n r*oveineiit», For parocu
*!•**»> v to
i y an binderen,
I
MIRROR OF THE TIMES.
—iwnw wn r in w
< FROM THE AUBORA.
To the Eleventh Cengrefs .
More than 50 years age
Ur Franklin puuiifheci an in
j (trufctive eflity to Ihew how «•
l large cake might be made a
imall one.
The mode of accomplifhin<.'
this nobie bufinels, was veis
1 (imple, and very ealy j it was
'only to begin and take ou 1
one mouthtui on every given
j part of ihe circumference of the
cake, and lo go round a mouth
fulat a time to ihe place oi be
! ginning.
The commercil cake of Aj
merica has been a very, fine
one, many a man has iud his
plumb out oj it > but it has now
come to that point when w e ma\
have to determine whether, by
taking fuccellive bites out of
our cake, w e may not In Her
it lo beail eaten avia\—ai d no.
thing be left us but the remem.
berance that we had it. In
ihort, whether a great commei*
cial nation by pudumg the
fame principles may not in
| course of time become a Imall
one by lit It lehnquifhing one
branch ol the commerce, then
another, and io be linaliy teh
without any cake or commerce i
wiiatever.
This is a (object that merits
your coniideiation & in order to
be prelectlv mailer of it, it may
not beamifs to remind you that
in the year 1783, alter driving
our enemy ft am our fliore, (he
acknow'ledged us a lovereign,
bee, and independent nation j
and we desired to be a com.
j mcictal as woll as an agricul
j tural nation ; and this all the
j world admitted—we had a right
to b« and (or jo years we
d d progreis rnolt rapidly
hone difhculties came acrois us
j)n 1793, but they were then
| ihot’ perhaps too lightly of
j (ome lew indeed w'ho remem
bered and admired the piinci
peis on which our (ovcrcigniy
and independence were elL
bltlhed, were for adopting luch
tnealures then as would in their
opinion have removed the diffi-
I cullies thrown in the wav ol our
commerce ; but they were op.
posed by others who I presume,
had been admire*s of Dofctor j
| Franklin’s notion of making a
j large cake a fniail one j and
j were for crying the expe, intent
I of making a commercial
! nation a little one. And on
this principle I prelume, ii was
that the famous treaty of Mr.
jay was made ; (uttering not
merely the bite pa(t but 10 take
levcral larger bites in addition ;
jo (h«t when you came to look
at the treaty it was nothing but
f a bite altogether.
And on this lame principle,
I prelume it is that we hare re
linquifhed, at the dclire of G |
Britain dittcrcnt branches of
our commerce, until ail that is
now left to us is through the aid
' o( the 10th congress, confined
, 10 au indnebt commerce v/uh
; her.
Thtough the means of ihe
1 public: k. prints, 1 underOand
. you arc about to make a change
1 in the (yttem, and upon a di-
I tect trade wiiti iier, but to clc'e
! K j rhrougb the help of B«uifh
! oiiiers in council, With all the'
“ HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE.” She keSjfCA *C.
e*l of the world. How this
*bn will succeed, a lirrle lunc
vil! (Ik*,-! believe ii will ad
irably auiwer the pmpofe o
'duciug us from a great com.
netciai nation 10 a very liitle
me.
You, huve no
ioubi thoroughly confiueret;
,ne (übjefcl, Sc are fully la ufuci
m your minds (hat it is for the
mterett and sdvantage ot out
cotirmv to confine our con*-
4
rnerce to one nation, (peaking
he fame language wuh our.
/, (elves, raiher that* to trade with
a vaneiy « f nations, with whole
cultoms manneisand language,
we are and ought to remain un
acquainted With !
And as on this principal a*
large number of our vettcis
mult become u(clefs, and num
bers of our (eamen want cm •
ploy mem, the perfu acting the
Briulh government 10 take
them iruo her employ will no
doubt render theie men great
ittvice; and when it is con.
(idtred that it is at the tequell
anti (or the advantage oi the
Butilii nation, that we agree
!to facrifice our commerce, th *y
•cannot in rcafon leluie to cm.
! ploy our lupernumeiaiy (ea_
j men.
But gentlemen, permit me
' enquire whether in reducing
! the national commerce t.om a
great to a little one, by the
large (acrifices we have made,
and are about to make, to G.
Britain—that we (ball not on
-1 ly become little, but contempt!-
bie. il there is a danger of
this, 1 really think you wiil be
carrying your experiments too
1 (ar—it will be giving away the
| cake altogether*
Remember that our fathers
were obliged to fight hard lor
leven years to ettahlish an hon
orabie character, which they tl
letted, and ihould you iacsi--
hce that character, 11 may be
very difficult (ur you or your
lons to irgain it.
Do then, lor God’s fake, de
liberate; and con (icier well he
lore anothei lacnfice is made.
Nay, examine wiierher it will
i n °t be proper ro take inealures
to regain what ha>, (I believe
1 nuy (ay waatonly] been 1
thrown aw ay, ft is not yet too
laic. lam aware, as well as
j you, that Gieat Britain has
been lo long accudomed to ob.
tain acquiescence 10 her de
mands and orders, that she be
gins to conceive Ihe has a right
to enforce any order (he may
plcafe to ifiue.
In fad, her language is so
clear to the point (thailhe does
think loJ that no one can doubt
it i and Ihould you concede
the potht, alter her lad declar
ation, it will be lolly ever after
to reason on the lubjett.
We luve within oudelvcs
ample relources for otfer.iive
or delenlive war, if brought m.
to opetalien and on our own
foil can defy a world in anris^ —
' *hy is it therefore that we have
(uttered, and fill) fuHer, our ci
tizens to he robbed, murdered,
and canied into flaveiy t;y a
nation whom we have ourielvcs
conquered, and who, atnee we
! lucceeded m patching up a tuii
erabic peace with her, has done
us more injury that* Ihe could
poflibly have done had open
j warexifted. I have ever rail-
, *d itvv feeble vc:ice t again!! these |
things —but you have viewed,
a. d a majoiiiy among you, ap. ,
uear now to view them with an
ipaihv which has ar length re
ceived an epithet that lea tl of !
-sll they deserve, but motfoTall j
we h«ve to apprehend—When 1
tins llignra fixes ii!e!f upon a
people, nothing less than oceans !
°f blood wili wash it away. If
ever oppolition to British tv-
be intended, now is the
nomeiit to make a Hand—to
afleit our rights a$ a fiee peo
ple, Sc take measures for main
aimng them, and to op pole ell
and every atieuipt at encroach- j
;ucm. Lei me rtffieaf, the (ii(t
>Lp is to prepay f or defence. J
BOA NERGJES.
From the Charleltou City Caaette.
Reciprocal In finance
To tlie people of the United States.
The great cities of Loudon
and Baris are (aid by gazet.
teers to contain 150,000 dwel
ling houses& luppoling 50,000
out houses, (tores, factoric?,
Arc. theie ciries may be ellima
edat ioo,ooo houses ; which
valuing the good with the bad,
are at leaf! worth 1800 dollars
each this will make each of
these cities worth 560,000,000
o( dollars.— From the belt in
to* (nation, whicb 1 could p*o.
cure, the average lofles for
twenty years in each of these
K,reat cities does not exceed
.wenty houses per year, which
c'nrld be paid I or, if they adopt
ed the reciprocal plan < of infu
ranee, by one cent out of every
hundred dollars of their value.
It a hundred houles were an.
uually consumed, they would
be paid for by five cents out
of every hundred dollars of the
value of tjjeir cities, : yet in
;he(e very cities, the ulual pre
miums paid to infnrance com.
parties are from 25 to 100 cents '
per 100 dollars.
Can any thing place in a
cleaitr or (Longer point o( i
view, the advantage of recipro
cal mlurance, than the above
iiatcrneni ? Here you (cc that
ihe citizens of London or Ba
ris mutt either pay from *5 to
100 times the value of their nfks
01 mult rtmaine exposed to the
1 avagc-s of fiics perhaps to the
ruin ot himfelf and family. Can
youthen ci'izeus of America,
hefiotc to adopt a plan pregnant
with lomuch good to yourfelvos
and potteriiy ? Can you, citt. !
yens of Cbarletton, who are
not yet bound down by the
trammels of monopoly, (utter
(his golden opportunity to go
by you, wiihout (ccuring io
great a blcttmg ? If you do, !
tutuie ages will bear tettimony j
that you were either wanting in
good (cult, or in regard ro y our
own iiueicft and love of coun.
tty.
Cot BERT.
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ALARMING MORTALITY.
‘
In Dana, Worcetter coun
ty. Mr. Thomas Templar, aged
37. He was well 011 the a1 it
iiilt. and a coips the iucccedmg i
clay. F ive other giowt* per
lons, and (eveial childien, have
wiilnn a wetk, tiud 111 1'
lame town of the famedi(ordct,T
v jz. Mr, Simon Giealon, ageu
43 : Mr. Jon«» Had, aged ;
Mr. John V* hi.more, aged ,
MONDAY, February 3f>, I 810
Mr. John Johnson, Mila Sally
l oiman, aged 17 j Mr. Whit*
mote was well and at work
one day, and dead the next.—
Mtfs Tolinan was at the funcr.
el t*f Mr. \Y. and died hnlelf
j *he following day. The town
lis filled wnh terror. Several
were Icized with this mortal dil
temper the day the bearer of
this article lelt that town. The
ph) licians do not know what
to denominate it. It Appears
like the (potted fever. Some
ate taken with a bidden Hop*
page of the circulation of the
b ood ; (otne become immcdi
j atcly Ipeechlels—ye-’ow 6c pur
! pie Ipots appear in a lew hoots.
Pa lad,
-UtlT 1 V-. J.LI tiJ’JJI
C ONGRI SS.
IN SI NATE.
Ftbuary 8.
CANALS AND ROADS.
Mr. 1\ J 5. Porter, niter a'perch
of considerable length (which shall
be given hereafiei) on the subject
el internal imjuovt nuni, anil the
benefits to be derived to the U.
Slates fiout lost*ring and ptomo*
i ling them cHercd the following
resolution—
“ Resolved, That a committee
he appointed to examine into die
expediency o| appropriating a part
of the public lauds, or of the pro
ceeds 1 hereof to die purpose of o
peuilig 6i constructing suth roads
and canals as may be most condu*
cive to the g< neial interests ol ihe
nation ; and that they have have
10 report by hill or otherwise.”
Alter tome conveisation of the
propriety id authorising tht u m.
mince to report by bill, tht resol.
ution was agieed to without a di
vision, and a commute- appointed
consisting ot twenty members.
&EA-LET7 ER VESSELS,
i he bill to prevent tr>» issuing
of seadiiurs, except to certain
vessels was lead a third time and
pass* d
[ 1 he following is the bill as a
iiKiidtd—
, 11 enacted, &c. That in fu
tuft no sea-letter Vis>.tl or other
document certifying or proving
any ship o r V ess»<l 10 he the pro.
; perty * citizen or citizens of
I the United States shall be issued)
I except to ships or vessels, duly re-
I giati red or enrolled and licensed
as ships or vessels of the U. .S. or
to vessels at this time owned by
citizens <>l the Unit'd Stales and
already furoisdnd with sea-letters
or oilier custom house documents,
any law or laws heretofore passed
to the contrary notwuhstai d.ng.”]
On motion of Mr. Lyon, the
bili I rum the senate in addition
to an act to regnlale the laying
out and making a road (torn Cum_
beiland to the state of Ohio, was
passed through a committee of the
whole, Mr. Mtlnor 111 the chair,
and ordered to he engrossed for a
third reading to.morrow.
dhtacument of militia.
['riii# bill provides for a detach*
nuu» ol 100,000 militia to be ready
to march at a moment’s Warning,
but not to serve a longer time than
six months alter they arrive at the
place of rendezvous. Volunteers
may be excepted.]
1 be house resumed the consi«
deration of the unfinished busi«
ness of yesterday.
Mr. Dana’s amendment is yet
under consideration—
Mr. I 1 oup, moved to atned it
by adding tbe following words,
declaring his object to he merely,
by shewing how iuiproptr the
one proportion was to display
more siUjujigly the deformity of
ivihe otl.e,—
L» “ A*d that the state of Connec
tici:Kjti.e<i|i B idc-iauon of her ad
inLsfmt into the benate of the U.
State* tut terms of equality with
In 'iiatcs of New. Voik and i’rna*
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