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Robbins, when lie iTfucd the man 1 ife, wh'ch r onfoun led the condiorional departments and deftroyed the independency of judicial df cifion, We will not, fellow citizens, fwell the catalogue an further The grounds we have ftated are nmole enough, to give you a general idea of Mr. Adams, and his adminiftration. We will in the next place, advert to Mr. [e(le«Ton, and en deavour to fhew that he oug it to be eleaed for thefe rcafons : 1. Becaufe he is a republican, and firmly attached to the con flitution of this country. 2. Becaufe under his admi niflration old principles will be rc-eftablifhed, and your govern ment ragenerated j Various, fellow-citizens are the forms of national fy Herns of government, and lave the rc prcfcntalive fyfterrt, they all in volve a dercli£lion of thefe eter nal, unalterable truths: 1 hat the people is the fovereign, and that man is ?. percipient rational be ing, born to the inheritance of certain ri.-hts, caprble of feeling injuries, and of redreffing them. Whatever may be the I pecula tions of theories, O' however nice their difoiminations—Hill, an impartial upright inveftiga tion of prahlical relults, leaves us this melancholy inference, that they all tend to keep the human race in a Hate of degradation, in order to gratify the humour of a child a woman a madman or a fool ; or, bv unlimited de legations, to enible a Genghiz, or a Tamerlane to carry on the work of bloodihed and dv.fola tion Such is the fpint of arbitrary government* — It is only in a democracy, or reprei-mtative republic, thathu trian nature is refpedled—that him afpinng to the H ition de fignaten for him by his maker, expands thole faculties, which diHingvHi lum from the heads that pc-i lb, and entitle him to profcftiou and happinefs, ■ he dogmas of an enlighten, ed pin I Tuphv have taught us that all beings a v e «onne6led by an indilohible chain ; and that certain things have been ordain ed antecedent to the effe&s of human ingenuity; which an founded cn ere tialjudicc, and which prefcive the unity and harmony of the nmverle. The energies of natural rea fon hare rot as yet been able to trace thefe things to their fourers * —or to dive into the abvfs of ultimate r ales; U is fatisfred, it bom efFefds it can deduce the nature or eternity of their on gins. The cHctis of .epubh ran I-11 cm have evinced the immutability of their caufe; they have for obj fts, the good, the wcbarc the felicity of man kind ; their oiigin is among thofc pre eHabldhcd events, which are buried in the bofom of divinity, and cotemporary with the fitnefs of things, T any one is Hill perverfe enough to fhur his cits to the *oi e of truth, let him convince bis undcrHanding, by drawing a companion between the vatfal of a Help r, and the citizen of a republic; he will dilcover the one crawling in the dud, while the other wdks ere6t, and wrapt in tranquility, knows no Tune dor but him whom his will has exalted, and whom dm will can deprefs, whenfoever it is requir ed by the imperious di£lites of perfonal fafety, or nation d ne cefFity. To this (pccies of p >- htical order, Mr. JefFeifon has profelfed his predtle£lion, and defended, with all the vigour of a mind lo eminently endowed fo greatly zealous in promoting the domination oi reason and of truth. Who was it, that at the im portant area of your revolutiona ry contcH, declared to the world the realons for your affuming a didin6t Hation among the pow ers of the earth ? Fellow Citizens, it is not nc celiary for us to recapitulate the virtues or the opinions of Mr. jefFerlon ; you know, and he hasdedared his.attachmenttohis country and its conHitution. lie has never alt tripled thro' the means of dclpicablc fatbon, or machination, or infidions conftru&ion to enflave the lor mer, or fubvert the fatter—-He is contented with both, and will fupport them. 2. Under his adminiftration oldpnnciples will be re-cH \biifh ed and your government regene rated. At one epoch, citizens, no one was afhamed to exprefs his regards in the caufe of rcpublic anifm; on the contrary, every one felt an honefl pride in bear ing 'he appellation of republi cm; and gloried in having (lied his blood, and exhaufttd his treafurc, in c flablifhing the in dependence of his country, and giving it a conHitution winch guaantecs to him and his pof teiity a republican inftitution. But, alas! Irow Hrange—myl tciious, and inconfiHent aie the ways of men! The fame ch»- raders that at one penod cx halifted the language of eulogy on freedom and its blrftings, are now their fevered 1 hey fpurn at the republican name ; with them it is contemp tible; and undei the more Ipe emus denominations of F dera lifls, and friends to erde: im pole upon the ddeemment of their countrymen, by railing at the evils attend m: on dernocra cy and republicanism 1 he tumults,anarchy, and bcentiouf ne(s of republics, are the wea pons with which they aflail thole (yHems ; becaufe with them the abufe of a principle indicates its radical cotruption To the predominance and ditFufion of fcderalifm much of the dclufion and many of the errors of our countrymen are fo he attributed. To a foreign in fluence much more is to be at tributed ( ould it have been predi&ed at the period we have alluded to, that the American people lo loon, after a liberation from their thraldom could have forfeited their claims to iefpe£libility, under the dire&ion of that vety power from which they had de clared thcmlelves for ever dil united. Yes the exiHcnce of this influence is a fafct that can not be conceded, It has reared Tfs banners among you; it lias proclaimed a denunciation a gainft your country and its corn pads; it has directed its parti zans, to iffue their fulminations againft the tenets of vour faithi See then the neceflity of refor mation—of regeneration. Can it Be fuppofad, that under the adrninidration of Mr. [efferfon, this order can progrefs or can flourilh ; no one will be hardy enough to contend, thatfo little depends upon a change of cha radters. It would Teem that the ncccf fity of an addrefs of this com plexion fuperfeded by the well known fentirnents of the citizens of Georgia. Their re publicanilrn is unqucflionablc— their (ele&ion of chara&ers and adoption of meafures, bear am ple teftimony to the foundnefs of their principles, and the cor rcdlnefs of their judgment Notwithftanding 9 it would be difficult for us to remain filent, on a fubjed which fo rna»enally involves every right which can hallenge their refpedt, or ftimu late then exertions. We have not the confidence, however, to aflert, that what we have advanced, was not prcvioul ly known to the people. They have long been in the habit of invr(ligating the condudt of their rulers* of edimating their ptetenfions, and of giving them their due weight of confederation. All that we can reasonably hope, therefore is, that our communi cations may add another ipark to that flame which was lighted up in ’76, and which a return ing lenle of duty, has rekindled in the American bread. A. LOUISVILLE* TUESDAY, S pttmber 23, jBco. A correfpondentrecommends to the friends of the ' onnc&icut Burleigh, (the full (penmen of whole latlics appears South wardly, in the Columbian Mu leutn of Fiidav lall ) that they prefent him with a copy of She ridan’s “ Critic,” and enforce an imitation of the real Burleigh, famed for his taciturnity, as there 1 cpf dented ; for fhould this eadern fcnbbler, continue his “ lenes of papers," although he may not come within the pale of the (eduion bill, every man will fay he is fitting only for a companion to George Ghueips’s man H dfidd, and ought to be “ remanded” to Bedlam, or St. uke%, for attempting toadadi nate the high Jovereigmty of the people. Melds. Day Se. ILly, By publifhing the following, you will oblige a numbet of your fubfenbers in the County of Jeffctfon : \ claufc in the eleventh fee. tion r f the firll article of the conftimtion. re..ds thus, “ nor any perfon who has had charge of public monies belonging to the date, unaccounted for and unpaid, or who has not paid all legal taxes, or contributions to the government, required of him, (hall have a feat in either branch of the general alTembly.” 1 And 3 paragragn m the jour* nal of the houfc of fives, of Saturday tire i6th Fe bruary 1799, when John Cobb, Elq. was one of our reprcfenta lives, reads thus : “ The Houle took up the meffage from Senate, relative to the Indian goods, and concur red in the lame with amend ment. “ And that John Cobbs, Efq. who has pun: ha fed a part of the laid public goods, be indulged by the treafurer with a credit for the payment of the money due by him, for twelve months from the prefent tin e.” The honeft voters of Jeffer fon county will full alk the treafurer, whetlier the money here mentioned has yet been paid into his hands ; if anfwer ed in the negative, as 1 know they mufl be, then they will aflc John Cobbs, whether his tnodef ty would permit him to occupy a feat in defiance of the very words of the conflitution. A Voter, yi-rurn ■■■ 11 Does B. the Herald writer, when he talks of long pui fes,and buyingand felling, want another legifiature formed, that will fell, and buy too , the Yazoo lands over again ? He talks of 10l s prices —why miflefs, on reading over a Philadelphia paper, called the “ Supporter/' it occurred to me that one man's piice was to lu percede or luccecd (he fedcial judge Jeffries; and another’s piice was, if an approotianon of about two thouland dollars could be palled, he Would pro mile never to co»ne in the legif lature again ; and a third was, by the law, conlhtution, and legifiature. tmf>rtunately delud ed, fo far as to help hirnlelf to his own price. C, Died.] On the 22d of laft month, in New Jerky, Dr, James Box Young, Dr Young was a chara£ler which would have been cflirnat ed in any country for his high profeffional abilities, and his ge nerofity in exercifing them ; to the poor he was as eafy of acccfs as to the rich the purfe was no obje6l with him, and by the poor his lofs will be molt leverelv felt not only his medicine, but nra I fanes where wanted were liberal 1\ dealt out to them. In pri vate life he was affedtionate and friendly, and in public walks, candid, fincere. and determined. He was the fon of the h< n. Will iam Young, fpeaker of the commons houle of aflVmbly prior to the revolution. He has left an affectionate wife, a child, and an aged parent, to deploift his lots, as well as an only filter the lady of our prefent gover nor, whole repeated (hocks dur ing the prefent year, have been more than fufficient foi any mind but one fortified by pie cepts and refignation ol pure religion lo fultain-—He was to her not only the brother, but tha friend, a beloved and a tender relative. ALMANACS lor Sale at this Office .