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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE;
A N U
REPUBLICAN TRUMPET.
Vol. ll.],
GEORGIA. LOUISVILLE:—PubIifhed every Tuefdav, by AMBROSE >A Y £ [ AMES lIELY, at 3 dollars pci ann.
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NAP PER T *NDY
In the trial o f the celebrated
James Nap'tr Tandy Efq. m
Dublin m May laft his coun
fcl, Mt, Curran, flaled as fol
lows :
Vr. Tandy was arrefled on
the "4 f h Nov. 1798 and
clcfe until the ill December
in vir ue of an o»der from the
ferrate of Hamburgh This or
der was ohiained by Sir James
Cr-wftrd, the IVitifh refident,
who had been dirc&ed by lord
Gr -nviiic to demand as the al
ternative of wai his delivery. It
{tewed as if Mr. Tandy, in the
feventy fourth year of h»s ape,
wss a man of tor much confe
rence tothr moia) and milita
ry I* fhm of his majefty's minif
tei*, and the powers of Fwiope,
to be allowed common indul
gences, It teemed as if the
wildom of the whole continent
of Futope, the diplomacy of
Germany, wtre pur in **qui{iiioo
agiiril this venerated man ; even
the eirperor of all the Rullia- s
kis m jeftv's glorious ally, *gainft
uh<m it would b« a mifprifon
of t»ea!on to fpeak diOefpe&ful
ly, d»d rot difdMn to interfere ;
this conftellation of (he North
with whom the Urfa
Majr>r was but a flow wo*m)
«bove all viritu flood forth to
combat and enchain 'his for«ni
dahle old man. In fbnrt, Del
hgesnl and civilized Furope
leigued together r G tender the
itndn mercy of bis majvfh’c mi
■if Ur's inoperative i n hi*
ka!f or lather the gibbet of his
kody snd lo\al ravens of his
country, the feafl of picking
bones In purfuanee of
fuch a mighty confeder cy of
tht hurortean powers an order
aas itfued from his majefty** f*-
cretary of flate, and th<» miHra
e inhabitants of Hamburgh
v ' fre obliged, in compliance
'Wh fuch u combination of king
v 1 influence, to trample the
hws or common juflicc and hu-
Jrar 'flv, and to give up Mr.
Tandy to thofc pre-eminent
Pylons that demanded him at
a price. He was thrown
prifon, and as if the evils
hich wrre accumulated upon
iis aged body, did not fufficient
jy the reverence and
bumumty which is due to age.
°s if Tfligi on magnanimity,
0r which ifii glorious war was
Undertaken, could be exempli-
and pourtrayed by afls
worthy of the mquifition
'"" r;e was loaded with chain, 1 —
! Va, nfcot room or a boarded
. of,t would have been irdulgen
c,es unworthy of the cotnbincd
f c ft’crs tf Europe i.hca^oppof-
T U E S D A Y, Octobf. « 7 iftoo.
iibertt is our motto — jsd rh\ i n or v cuidh
ed to fo formidable a rival, as
this prey-’ ended man, whofe
ho ry looks vibrate net with
the trcmu’ation of fca r o’ t* r
repro? rh* sof conf ierce buttle
fenfible evidences of a life vrrg
ing on eternity ; tbi fo?rridah>
f ge was 'hiown into a vaub 01
dungeon—two loldier, p* or
wretches whofe poverty or
ignomnee perhaps wh< ft* crimes
had drefled them up n the live
ry of murder, and given with
their hands the protection of
entombed virtue, two of thefe
w r e!e flanon«>d in his cell wi h
their naked fwords; as i the
venerable age of the (uur we»«
likely ro ft-ffen the hearts of
thefr ; iwno hfis we»r Rationed
omfide his door, as checks upon
rhe humanity of their fe’iow
flay; s, and the formidable pow
e* of this man of four-,(core
years. Out of motives of n eie
humanity no doubr no peifon
I ur thefe myrmidons of tyranny
•;*!« lu(F«ia<t In |rr 1 -r» , tl*»
applications for that purpolo al
ways piovco in vain—by m
genui.y which heretofore was
confide red as peculiar to the
vaults of thf irquifition. the
baflile, >nd the raffle of Mag
deburgh, thofc chains which
however intruded, carried back
to thefe who m p f (fd them ah
the hono» which they were
meant to confer, were fattened
fror; the ijgh' arm to the left
I- g; no doubt to lave him the
mortification of w riting ; but he
rngenui'y was rot limited even
here, for they were Tolbert as to
bnid the body already bent b*
age; and his limb were in cr.r
fcqutnce fev-icly -,nd blondi’v
!ai eiated by hb fettc»s; hi*
dungeorr wh’ih would ferm 1 v
its flzf to have b-en in fenced
for a grave, meafnred c’gb r f
by nine thr walls w.-re moifl,
grren and fogfcv ; and as t<> re
pofe, nature exhaufled, was
deemed fufbeient ’o fupply fhe
•bferCC of a bed—none was pro
vided, not even a fo itary ftrnw
nothing but the hare moifl
ftones to reft his w a ied carr'a'e
—mangled and galled by fetrns.
His fmd, for who would fuppofe
in fuch a flate that delicacies
would he provided, was flrved
to h’m in that fty 1c of pomp,
that lervircof jjnld and precious
fauces which obliterate in the
remembrance of emperots and
kings the fympathy of humanity
—no place, not even the folitarv
humility of eaithen or wooden
ware his meMs—
no knife nor fork entered hos
dungeon—bis meat was cur and
thrown to him on the foiled
floor, at if it were to a dog
nay, teo limes more humanity
would have been (hewn fo any
Vafl ! I< bis the order which
•he combined powers *ilL to
promote ?—bs this, O f. d of
Mercy, i«j thisthy rrligt >n ?
* r T.*nd\ w s attende * in
court hi h’S frn, |..mcs Tar dy,
Flc T J omas 'f’aud\ , ffq md
[ }nhr Tandy fer ior and junior,
lot the d un r v of Meath, and fe
i veral oth of h;s rebuives, men
of » f>e ru>fl d'flirguiiht d virtues,
and .ill men of v. ft ivopcr'v.
Mr T n U was - C OUITTFD
• X/
< on ti*rs tii I but rt-m t ded or
, a further Mai. at 1 oneg (h/,rs
for accepting a C* >mtr-iflion of
gen ral of hiigade in lb# French
le vie;.
KF DF>* A L C’TY, Sept. $
Mori cf j o:\i rrdcr and regular
I tcv^nment.
Vv her bi b md or violence
jby irtugiie or flatterv, a fel ot
{ m'T p'’Hcfs tl'.emTelvfs of un
rrnd u toi.nl or unlawful povy
v ' t n lUr mi IvCS 1H
i tfiejr 'r-iis of corruption, till
Iheif fer-ings heroine callous to
'njuflice, 01 ft n e to brutality
or violence thrr flop at no mea
fines, however rafh, or means,
b< Aever conrru T'l'bie, to waid
( ff th& blow, wli'th jnflier and
i ip/on art prep org f<* conhgn
them to their original obf u itx
anc infigmficanrr This poft
tior we have frequertly fet o
iflulratrd from the font idahle
Tphfre of u ( 11 rpir; *? govrrnm < -nts,
dr,l n to h.o d,' of bnnal “ fh uis;
and in no ir.flarce mo»c gl.niug
ly rnd for »eM< vs rmi'C appa
ler. th.«n in the ir.flance I am
a been to retrion. When I
contemplated 'he cflabhfl.ment
he Cdbinet in the d flndl of
Cr urrhia. I was fenfilde that
to lo rny duty to rnyfeif and t«.»
r. > country, it w s neccflaty
nofordy to puhl fli what fliould
rr unafe in o'her papers but
wh.lever fhould fall under my
ow', obferva’ton, tending to ex
pr»e to deleft tion that party
whch b undern ining
ou ccr ftuurion ; this plan I
ha*f adopted and »•»
keopii g truth for my guide. I
waj fenfible that a profs, upon
the principles of the Cabinet ,
would have m my enemies here ;
ber i was aware of the many
femes of corruption and villainy
wiich hud been pra£lifed at the
intended feat of a defpotic ern
pne. Tbe publication of (he
proceedings of a fet of men in
Giorgetown, on
lat, gavi great offence to them
and their particular trends
Tlreats were thrown out againft
mi I prpaicd uiyfelf with
airs which I noticed on Satut
d;y laft, On hunday evening
I was inform* d by a trie * 1 that
fie thought lr(s ir»if ition <» Ofd
on the part < f rnv encores and
fhaf be believed ilkv were noC
then inclined to a emnt ufcio*
rute thei* rafl\ thr ats. In con-
Icqneocr of this m oitmtion, I
wet to mv dinner at the City
Tavern, v. r imprudently uo
armerl ; ’ Inv no appearance of
viol cnee or hoffilt* intentions.
Alter Hmner, ! nnfufpefl ; ngly
w iked to the pou h of the fionO
dooi and !af upon arh »ir wi k
m\ a»ms folded ; I I inn obferv
cd levrral per phr, w olr f cr»
were 11 r n e fo me, g'throng
round ; and I was 'non if rr -t
-t»rked wuh abufor 1 rguigo
for he pi bhc »t?ons whi f had
n.- tJe ; t r. plied thai h .rlf» epi
f lifts we.tr of no fcrvh.o u» any
code, and did not *lw;«vs injuro
the man on v horn they wer*
hcHowed ; that if I had jmhf.fh
cd falfchoods, the civil |.iw was
ready to dmmillcr fa isfaflioa
iv • y •"'»n I'vuil llirlUliiji*
and by th .I I was willing o be
iM'-d Infbad of aiming, h*
irritation jeemc* l to im rraf#,
and ft m fh< nuuib«> of fl uig
cis (to me) that h d colletied,
! beg n to (u'peft that lome la.
nous evil was irnendtd, lu
calling my qes aiounrt, I ob
ejvrfl .» pc lion at my Igfo
band, who u is aimed with a
Cub ah u ■("ui fen lo: g. nd
two m< bes in diameter ; I dim
caft mv eyes u, on the croud
b loietne oblrrved aimolt «v«ry
rr,.D to he umrd in a manner
lomet jir.g firnilar ; c*ccptinj
two young men, apparently ba
longing to the nnvy, who wot*
i.lieu di ks. began to be a
lirtie -1 rmed at mv fnm’ion,
mo,c particularly as I cou'd not
lee a rn n arnunglt them, whom
1 could call fiend. lam told
(Wr that there were luni: f'n
tlrmen prclent, who did not be
long to the conlpiracy, nor (uf
pctl ~ny violence; but thu I
was ignorant of at ih» time. At
this inHam, an allafTin, m gen
rletnanly appearance, began the
allau t ; be pretended to bo
wdkmg by me into the houfc,
to c quire for one of th« pipers
mqutdion; he flopped hidden
iy by my fide, and railing his
r ‘nb, unleen bv m*, levelled it
with full force upon my head,
I was very mud (h-cted by the
bio , but 1 inflan ly p*aag up,
and aiming a blow ,t Mm with
out .*ny weapon, f-inodycd
him from the finall pouh oa
whicii w fat ; I then caught
hold of my chair. nd was iait
mg it to defend myfc f, when it
was feized by fomc of the gang ;
i then, tinning mylelfwi h*uc
any weapon and pcceivi.-g
the Lmc mltant the *llaiUn pic-
[No. 88.