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* ou ;r»y re/or.' Tor thiuting tho moment of flint appearance i* at hm !. The general tex's cer tainly are, that no man can fell the (Tv or hour, for it is (kid, “ that he fh ill come as a thief in the night;" that as it was in the d.ivs of Noah, fo it fhall he ; that we (hall he eating and drink ing, and giving in marriage, and occupied in our ufual purfuits. it is alfo faid, that the Sun fhall withheld its light, and then we fhall fee the Son of Man coming in the clouds of Heaven, with power and great glory. Rut though it is to be thus hidden, there arc general figns given by which we may know its near ap ptocch. The chief of thefe are. the fall of the papal power, and a very high degree of infidelity In the 7th chapter of Daniel the papal power is delcribed under the name of a little horn of a very extraordinary nature, that was to rile up amongO the ten horn? of the fourth bead. Sir Ifaac and all the bed com mentators agree, that this little bom was to have power for 1260 years, and then what is the language of Daniel ? •* Hut the judement fhall fit, nnd they (hall take away his dominion to ron fumc and to deftroy it into the end. And the kingdom, and dominion, and the greatrefs of the kingdom under the whole Heaven, (ball be given to the people of the Saints of the Mofl High, whnfe kingdom is an cvcr- Jafting kingdom, and all domi nions (ball ferve and obey him." Thus the kingdom of the Melfrah is to raife at the fall of the Pa pacy. Vow can any man doubt that the 1260 years of Papal power are long fince paft, and lliatth' judgement if fitting that is to confume, and to deftroy it into the end? I 00k at what has happened unto it, particularly during the laft ten years and fay if we ate not to expeft the im mediate accomplifhmcnt of what remains ? In regard to the infidelity of the times, being a warning to us, Chtift himfelf, in fpeakirg of his fccond com ing fays, u ncverthelcfs (hall I find faith upon earth," not meaning certainly that there would be no faith, hut that there would be a very high degree of infidelity. Now look at France, one of the greateft countries in Europe, openly denving not only the New hut the Old Tef tament, fubflituting the 10th day inftead of the 7th, and even attempting fo abolifh the memo ry of Thrift, by changing the nera that bears his name. In quire into the ftate of faith in the furrounding Chriftian na tions : nay, inquire at home, and anfwer me, does not a very high degree of infrdelhy every where chara&crifr this laft year of the 18di cen(ur\ ? I come now, fir, to the moft interfiling part of what I hav* to fay ; it is »o point out my rcaf< ns for thinking this is the diftin guifhed country in which the Meftiah is now to appear. The ftonc that is to be cut out of the mountain wiihout hands is fo fall omhc feet of the image, and fo break the whole image to pieces. Now, that would not he true, if Thrift and his army were to appear in any ether ft rjtrfry that is a c * t,IC image; therefore all the roun frirs (hat was rompriicd in the pabylonifh and Affvrian Empire _sn the Medo-Berdan Empire, in (he Greek Empire, and in the Roman Empire arc pofi tivcly prec’udcd, 1 here is ano ther light thrown on this que(- tinn, by a naftage in the 41ft chapt. of Ifaiah, “ I have raifecj up one from the North, and he fhall come, from the rlfmg of the fun fhall he call upon my name, and he fhall come upon princes, as upon mortar, and as the pot ter treadeth clav ” 1 hi? is ma nifeflly the Meffiab, and we aie therefore to look for a country north of judea, whore the p»o -phery was given. The new world is out of the queflion, be ing no where a fubjeft of pro phecy, and as the Image is ex cluded, it can only be in the Ruffian Empire, or in the king doms of Denmark, Sweden or Ireland. The army that follows the Mcfliah we are told amounts to 14 4000, and there are few paf fages in the Revelations of St. john, that denote the place where they are to be aflcrrbled. One is. “ I faw them harping with their harps/" Another, “ I faw them Handing bn a Tea of glafs, having the harps of God.*’ Another is, “ That they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean " Another is, “ And he gathered them together in a place, in the Me brew tongue, called Armageddon." Now, what refp< £ls the harp and the fine linen peculiarly applies to T reland and not at all to Ruffia, Dei mark or Sweden. 1 he lea of glafs, I think muft be an I (land. And 1 believe the w’ord Armageddon in the Hebrew tongue Armah or Armegh in the Irifh, means the f: me thing. At all events, there is great fitni liiude in their founds, and Sf. Patri& thought pioper to make the city of Armah, which is the old name the (cat of the Church Government of Ireland, Rut befides the facred pr.flagcs of Scripture, there arc Tome very particular circumflances attend ing Ireland. She has never had her fhare in the wordly profperity, and has only fince 1782 began to rile, and 1 know no inftance in hiftory of any na tion beginning to profper with out arriving at a fumrrit. of feme kind, before it became again depreffed. The four great empires rife prcgreffively weft of each other, and Great Biitain made the laft toe of the image, being the laft cpnqueft the Ro mans made in the weft. Now Ireland lies dircdfly weft of it, and is therefore in exadily the fame preguffive line and it ne ver was any part of the image, nor did the Roman arms ever penetrate here. The arms of Ireland are the harp of David, with an angel in its front. 1 he crow n cf Ireland is the apeftohe crown. Tradition has lerg (poke of it as a lard of faints, anr,ifwhat I expedf happens, 'hat prediction will be fulfilled. Rut w hat I rely on more than all is cur miraculous exrtrption Derr all of the ferprnt and ve ccmcus tribe of reptiles. This appears ?o m? in .h* Light (I de gree emblematic, that Satan, the great ferpcnt. is here to receive his firft deadly blow. I have before given you feme reafens why we ate to expect the immediate coming of the Mcf fiah. In my opinion that bill that now lies your table proves that it is at hand. What is the Britifh miniftcr now at tempting to do ? He is attempt ing to annihilate Ireland as a kingdom thrugh it has remain ed difiirft from aH others, time immemorial. He is attempting by the rolls of the two parlia ments, to make it a part of that image, which was completed in the year 408, as if he knew bet ter than the Cirator what ought to be the fituation of nations. As well might he enafr, that from 'he day this union is in tended to take place the fnake, the viper, the adder, and the toad, Ihould thenceforth live and thnve in our land, for each is equally contrary ro the will of God. I therefore do nor hefi tate, even in this moment, to dccl are, as 1 did in a formerde bate, that (his ran never be an operative law. I do not hefitate even in this movement, again to p'orlaim to this houfe. and to the Britifh andthclrifh nations, that themdependenheof Ireland is w ritten in the immutable re cords of heaven. Sir. before I fit dowm, I think it right, publicly to declare the conduft 1 mean to purfue, fhould this bill pafs into a law. I mean, fir, tofubmit to it with out a muimur until it be repeal ed, or until the fun (hallmiracu lous w ithhold its light and an nounrethe appearance of Thrift. Should this bill receive the roy al aflent, I mean to inculcate in to the minds of all who ate fpnngfrom me, or over whom I have the leaft influence, to pay it the moft implicit obe diercc, till the Mcfftah (hail in perfc n demand their allegiance idling nnoer the ftrong ccnvic tion that I fed of its certainty, 1 fay. fir, to ycu, and toeveiy member in (his hrufe, no matter on what fidt he fits, or how he has voted, if he in his heart loves Ireland, let him rejoice for her happinefs approaches. 1 lay unto every man in this houft, and out of this houfe, if he loves virtue let him rejoice, for the triumph of vinuc is at hand. I fay nnto every man within a» d w’ithout thefe walls if he be the friend of chtiftianily, no matter of whatever left he be, •ft him rejoice, for its glorious Auibor is about to unfold all that is miflericus, and to remove every doubt and every difhcul ty. I fay unto every man within and without thefe walls, whether he be a chnftian or not, if he Cncerely loves his fellow crea tures, let him rejoice, for that K'eftiah wl 0 fullered cn the crefs is ab( ut to accomphfh ail the ( bjrdls of his million He is new about to take away the curie ihat followed the fall of / dam, and (0 renovate the earth He is about to eftablifh a religion founded in judice, in truth and in lighter ulrefs, that (hall ex tend from pole to pole, ano which ft.all place this hitherto ' wldcJ oro niifi ivorld nr cn the bight ft pir nacle of hr man happinefs and human g> r - SAVANNAH, Sept. 12. A gentleman who came p a r. fen per in fie fr hr oner Kitty which arrived on Tuefday J a (* in (even da) s bom Fallen i n Maryland, informs, that before he left that place he law j n a Balt imorc paper, mention made of the arrival at Norfolk of tie American commiffioncis from the French republic, and that they had effc&ed the obieft of their million. LOUISVILLE, TUESDAY, S'ft enter 16 , iBco. ' We learn that Me firs, Alflon, Grove, Stone, Macon and Sand ford, are rc-ele£lcd meriibers of congrefs, for North-Carolina. The public fentirrent ought never fo abandon its duty, Ji* berty is an object too valuable, too important, to be deflroyed by negligence. Republican liberty and demo cratic firmnefs, are the bell fafo guards, the furtO pledge of pub lic right and national happinefs, Wt h ave gained our liberty ; but a gloom has been ih own over the profpefr ; the clouds are row difperfing; but ifev will gather thick and heavy over our political horizon, unlefs we continue fi»m at our pods, and exhibit that republican vigour, by which the evil has been ar refted in its progrefs. The lap political will and tepamevi of Theodore lederahp , of Map fachufetls to wit :— I. Theodore, confcious of political mortality, and knowing from the prefent complexion of politics, that the time is rot far difiantwhen pure repubhraniinj furh as was contemplated at the adoption of the federal conOitu* tion will triumph over all anfio crats, among whom I have beeu a corfpicucus character, and that all our well formed plans# which we have long been digefl-* ing, and part of which have brer put in motion, whereby a ccn fidrrable afcendency has b« n gained over the fovereignty of the people, will be crufhed* and that the liberty of thcnatioij, and freedom of the prefs, will be guarded by Jeffeifon, and hil ever watchful party ; and that thofe fond of a Hntifh coalition will have to (kulk in the daik— • and feeing it will be impcflible for me to buffet it againfl iigh? and realon, and that 1 muff linquifh my pretentions to ao elevated feat in Congrefs, which I obtained by finets and elefli' cnecring intrigue, and which in leality I ought never to ha' c filled. I have thought frt t( J retire from public bufinefs, inconfequence of that refoluticU have artfully addrefTed my cor ' ftituents, erdc voting to imp'O 5 them with a belief that the g ,f3t ' eft part of my life has been do voted to their lervice ; and the/* taking all I have laid, as flowing