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From an essay on the Divine Authority
OF *rn& NEW TESTAMENT,
By DAVID BOGUE.
There a r e no false Principles in the
( New Testameut•
Whkn I vend the writings of those
ancient historians, orators, poets, or
philosophers, which are so highly
celebrated as to form the text-books
of m v'ern education, l am grieved
to see the multitude of false princi
ples with wfiich they abound. Am
fitfon is fostered and recommended:
the love of fame encouraged: milita
ry glory is displayed before the youth
ful throng, in the most facinating
colors and those ace represented as
tbt first ot human kind* who bear a*
way the laurels from the ensanquio
ed field. Literary pride is fanned,
and incense offered to adepts in
science. Admiration of wealth and
distinction is generated ; and the
prqfanum vulgus , (the poor
is pointed at as an object of hatred
or contempt.
From these fevered, may I not
add idolized authors, I turn- to the
New Testament; and l.find myself
in anew world* \V hat a difference
of mind and heart! A spark ofe the
same spirit I do not perceive: j
cannot /discover one false principle
from beginning to end. If it be said
I am a partial judge, 1 challenge the
acutest unbeliever to peruse the
book with this view. Let him point
out one false principle stated with
approbation, or recommended to im
itation ; and I will give up its claim
to diving authority But no such
thing is to be found
Here is a remarkable phenomenon
which must be accounted tor by de
ists, In a satisfactory manner. Will
it be said*. “ They were JJe s
But does this remove the difficulty ?
How came 1° be wiser than o
tber people ? Merely their being
Jews, will not solve the difficulty.—
Josephus was a Jew. He lived near
ly at the same time with the writers
of the New Testament. But in
“ The Antiquities of this nation and
in his “ History of the War with the
Bomans* it is easy to detect a con
siderable number of false principles,
Philo, his cotemporary, is chargea
ble with the same faults. The tal
tnuds, the productions of the most
learned Rabbi sos a following age,
are still worse.
But what is more remarkable, we
do not find a freedom from false
principles in Christian writers, tho’
they derived their ideas of truth and
duty from the New Testament.—
Commentaries have been written on
th is book in almost every age.—*
With a pure text before them, they
have had every advantage for fur
nishing the world with a pure com
ment s but they do not
In the ancient fathers, how easy is it
to perceive the false principles of
Converted pagans and philosophers.
In latter ages, the false principles of
the F< tidal system often rise before
out eyes. Every commentary of the
last century, without exception, tho’
it was more enlghtened than any
preceding* will furnish the attentive
reader with many examples of the
same things How extraordinary
must _this appear to the adept in mo*
ral science I Some fishermen of Ga*
llee wrote a book, in which not one
false principle is to be found. There
is no other book, in which they are
not to be found. We find them
crowded in the wisest of the ancient
heathens. They are to be found in
Cotemporary and succeeding Jews.—
1 hey are to be found in* Christian
commentators, from the days of the
apostles tb the present time. Nor
would the most enlightened disci*
pies of Jesus, who now adorn his
church, be able wholly to escape the
same censure Were they to at
tempt a,history like that oi the gos
pel how many errors should we find
and how many faults 1
Let him who rejects the New Tes
tament, assign a reason for this.—
Will he say. “ Though Christians
have not been able to write a book
, wituouc interspersing fajse princi
ples a Hume, a Gibbon, a‘Voltaire,
a Rousseau, could with ease accom
plish it V’ May not a Christian with
iu* ice retort, 44 What they could do
is best known by what they have
done V* But do we not perceive in
them, false principles, and evil dis
p«- ti » ■» without number ? Were
this a treatise , and not a sketch , how
easy would it be to bring them for
ward justifying a disregard of God
and of his worship, <tnd patronizing
ot recommending pride, ambitii
sensuality, a- contempt of others. Su,
&c. &c. It will, indeed, be obvious
to t most mauverteht observer. Umj
li<. standard of moral stilt imciits ant]
cone**h tis lower titan their* Still,
then, die New Testament stands a>
|4t>iu, arid without a rival. Uitinv
inspiration win account lor its *upt«
riority and singularity. Let him.,
who will not a more*
satisfactory reason.
POLITICAL.
THE ENQUIRER.
A New move on the Chess-Board.
The Olive Branch arrives at New-
York. A beam of hope and delight,
now springs upon us, to light the
vesta of futurity.—Are we mista
ken when we behold at the termina
tion of this vesta a just and honora
ble peace for our beloved country ?
The Olive Branch arrives, and
. brings us, what ?—News that a Con
gress is about to convene at Paris,
to settle the basis of a General Peace
—and’ that our embassadors have
been invited to- take their seats.
August [ what can be more so. than
a body of Deputies from the greatest
powers of the Earth, assembling to
adjust the claims of contending na
tions, to pour oil upon tSe agitated
billows ; and once more give peace
to a struggling world.?—One cannot
anticipate this spectacle without e
motions of wonder and sublimity—
What amass of talent will be collect
ed! what an occasion to call it forth !
From the borders of the Pacific to
the Atlantic, from the North Pole to
the Shores of the Mediterranean,
the Representatives of the two
Worlds, will meet together to weigh,
to balance, to adjust the interests of
Europe and America. An Amer
can cannot ca4t an eye upon this au*»
gust scene without emotions of
pride and delight. While the
crowned heads of Europe shall send
their courtiers and lords to represent
them, the deputies of America will
appear without title or magnificence,
.with heads and hearts erect, repre
senting the only great republic on
earth, and breathing the grand but
simple language of men and free
men.
At this Congress it is presumed,
Russia, Prussia, Austria, the states
of Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Den
mark, Holland France, Spain, Great
Britain, and America will appear by
proxy. Poland,. poor Poland alone,
will be without friend or representa
tive. “ Poland is. blotted from the
map of Europe.* ’
What standard will be used in ad
justing the affairs of Europe? Two
rules have been ‘pursued in these
matters. One goes by the name of
the Statu Quo— the other the Statu
Quo ante Bellum— the first takes
things as they are \ the other, as they
were before the war . From what has
leaked out from the cabinet of the
Allied Powers, it is that
the last rule will be pursued as near
ly as it can be ; and that matters will
be restored to the State which they
were in before the Wars of the
French Revolution. France will
then be cut down to her old limits ;
Austria will regain her foothold in.
Italy. * England will be induced to
give up all the ground which she had
gained— to Holland and to France
respectively,'all the Islands and. the
colonies* which she has captured—
England, will then have gained by a
more than zO years war, a large in
crease to her navy and an enormous
accession to her public debt . But
put up those ships to market to-mor
row, and they will not bring one
hundredth part of the masses of debt
which she incurred from the days of
Mr. Pitt. Her naval Glory would in
deed be something in the account, if
it had not been s6 lately and so deep
ly eclipsed, by the victories of a
young and a rising people.
As to the dispute in which we are
engaged with Great Britain, it is ap
parent that if Great Britain joins in
the invitation to our ministers, the
very shape which the Congress will
assume, and. the style in which every
thing will be conducted, will contri
bute to smooth the way to Peace.—
The. greater part of its Deputies will
have some sympathy for us ; because
most of the rights, for which we are
contending are their rights also—
The crown which*will shine bright
est on that theatre, ’ is that of the
Emperor, who has more than once
tendered his Mediation for peace.
Not only Russia, .but Sweden and
France** have an interest in our
commerce, and of course it is their
interest to free it from the restricti
ons of wai> May we not suppose
e too, that some of these powers may
be ambitious of another distinction y
and that they will say to our minis
ters ; We are giving peace to Europe
\ —let us give it to you. afso—Will
. you join us in the scheme of giving
peace to the world? Let us once
more shut the temple of Janus. We
C.iii upon yOu to join in the work.—
Let an* agitated world enjoy tranquili
ty ; and the New world in itsjolessings
with the Old.
Addressed in so affecting a style,
our Ministers will sit down calmly to
. stale our wishes and out views. Trie
«principal powers of Europe will, in
fact, become the Mediator* though
ttT enemy has so lately rejeaiecMne
*nLei position of Russia.—Our min-
isters being so recently from their
country, will know whit she has
right to expect. They know he
zeal, her public spirit, her
fieing on the spot, know wha
they can ask and what they can get.
I bey will ask nothing that is unrea
son able—they will submit to nothing
that is dishonorable* A £eate that
shall be framed under auspices of this
sort, that shall be recommended by
the deputies of Europe, cannot bear
upon it the lineaments of disgrace.
Is such a peace likely to be obtain
ed? We are apt to think that it
is. Are we sure of it ? Far from it.
We have so many doubts about it
we think the profligacy, the pride,
the wounded pride, and the spirit of
the British Ministers to be so great
—that no exertions ought to be pre
termited on our part for the prosecu
tion of the war* Not one sinew
ought to be relaxed, not one cent
ought to be saved.—On the contrary
every vigilance and exertion should
be used to provide against the stra
tagems of a wily enemy.
Should &ttch a peace, as we have
spoken of, be received, who will not
hail it with pleasure ? The people
will. The great mass of the Feder
al party will, because they have no
eye to place, and they love their
country. The Federal Merchants
will be delighted, because a free
commerte is their vocation. Who
will grumble at a peace ? You see
that gentleman in the corner ? He
one of your federal leaders ; a sly,
insidious office-hunter, whose eye is
upon & place, who wishes to oust his
opponents that he may get their slip
pers—a being who loves himself bet
ter than h:s country—Such a man as
Pickeriny, or Hanson, or Quincy.
Such a man would plunge her into
ruin, sooner than see herenjoying an
immediate and favorable Peace.
*ln a formal Address to the Peo
ple of France the Prince of Schwart
zenberg, in allusion to the negocia
tions of Chatilion* asks them wheth
er they do not wish to recover their
Colonies .
** The Fisheries will be no bar to
Peace ; because France is as much
interesed in them as we are.
TALLEYRAND.
. ‘ .4 ‘ -T |
At this interesting crisis, the fol
lowing letter from the Belgiam Tra
veller, .[let. 82, pa. 340} will be cead
with equal curiosity and satisfaction.
Paris, March—, 1805.
My Lord—Several friends of Tal
lfeyrand since my arrival here, had
hinted that he desired to see me, and
offered to introduce- me to his acquain
tance. I have however* front various
motives, hesitated to converse with a
man who never had any principles of
his own, but who acted according to
circumstances—was a traitor with La
Fayette, a jacobin with Brissot, a.
friend of equality with Robespiprfe a
republican with the Directory, and a \
slave under Bonaparte—but yester
day his cousin, tWb Prince de Calais
called upon me and pressed me much
to come and dine with him to-day,
and to meqf the political luminary
of the nineteenth century.
During dinner nothing particular
occurred, except that Talleyrand
paid some compliment to. the consis
tency and constancy of the adhere
ents of the house of Bourbon whose
misfortunes, as a citizen of the r world
he sincerely lamented. Whencoffee j
and liquors had been served up, he
said to me,** in my cousin’s horary
there are some curious books 1 want
to shew you, as you pass here a kind
of savant—will you walk up stairs
with me ft*
When in the library he said* u you*
have now been he/e near three months
snd though a friend of mine, Baron
du M—invited you to call upon me
the first week after your arrival, I
have not until this time had the
pleasure of seeing you—and had it
not been for the compliasance of my
cousin* you would have gone away
without affording me what I so much,
desired, a moment’s conversation,
with you.**
When I assured him that 1 was.
equally flattered and: honored by the
condescension of such an eminent
statesman, he replied, u Well, then
I will speak to you frankly, and with
out disguise, not caring whether
what I told you here sliputd remain
behiud us in the room or go abroad.”’
“ From my agents,” said Talley
rand, “ I knew who you were, and
your business here, before you left
Holland. You are sent here by
count de ■ the minister of Louis
XVIII to. discover the spirit of the
country—of Bonaparte’s civil,functi
onaries, as well as his military com
manders.’* Without waiting for a
reply he continued, ♦Hell me sincere
ly what opinion has that unfortunate
prince of me, of my patriotism, and of
my principles l * Upon my assuiS
ance that I had not seen XV 111
for seven years, nor any of his minis
ters since 1799, he said rather ab
ruptly, « but you correspond with
them. You received a teJbr two
days ago from count de—-gAytuch
I might have stopper!—can you deny
: t ?** I told him that I had several
orrespondents, but all I could as
sert was, that my letters never had
any political speculation in them,
j * Then,’* said he, “ my copyist has
misinformed me. Here is the copy
:of your letter- Bn it you are not on
ty questioned about France as it is,
but asked to penetrate into futurity,
and to discover what it is to become
hereafter, at the death of the empe
ror.” When 1 declared that I did
not remember ever to have received
such a letter, he interrupted me by
saying u Let us converse with since
rity, and without artifice. You have
received such a letter,* and in the
postscript was the following ques
tion Can Talleyrand, a man of
. rank and talents, who has no great
crimes to reproach himself with, be
sinctrely attached to a government
of ill-bred upstarts, of middling ca
pacity, accused and guilty of enor
mities tell-me said I what ans
wer should I have given ? You might
have said, that I am always a gen
tleman in sentiment as well as by
b»rth, bpt that I love my country
and its glory above every thing—that
the prince whom I judged capable
and willing to promote it, whether a
Louis 18th, Louis 19th, or a Napo
leon I f should always find in me an
obedient servant and a firm adhe
rent. That during the whole peri
od of the revolution, I never was the
adherent of any particular faction,”
but spoke and wrote for every par
ty, that I supposed inclined like my
self. I will lay my whole political
life open* to the scrutiny even of my
most inveterate enemies, * and I will
defy them to discover any where the
partizan, while every act of mine
proyes the true patriot. Had for
tune placed Louis XVIII upon the
throne by Napoleon the First, he
would have found in me the same
faithful and I dare say, disinterested
servant, as long as I had observed
uiat he was sincerely bent upon
promoting the grandeui* and. happi
ness of my country.
Even should I have the misfor
tune to survive the present sovereign
of France, Louis XVIII, from the
opinion l have recently formed of
his liberality and patriotism, may
count upon my humble services, ad
herence and attachment; because,
with all other men of any historical
or practical information, I am con
vinced that the first Bonaparte upon
the throne of France will also be the
last, and that with Napoleon the first
the Bonapartiait dynasty >t will de
scend into its“native and original ob
scurity. All Frenchmen who wish
for the splendor and tranquility of
their country , and* who have no inte
rest or inclination to see the renewal
of the disasters France has experi
enced since the revolution must de
sire a Bourbon for a successor of
Bonaparte. The French monarchy
is now established upon a more firm
foundation than it has been since the
reign of Louis XIV, but it requires
also a great firmness of character in
its sovereign to prevent factions from
undermining a throne erected upon
the ruins of their power.”
I asked him whether, I could write
to* that friend, whom he supposed
my correspondent, the particulars of
our conversation. are at full
liberty” replied Talfeyrand, u to
communicate to him- sentiments
which I have not concealed even
from the Emperor of the French,
who esteems me for my frankness,
though he is not flattered with my
views of the continuance of his dynas
ty, as he firmly believes, that the
fortune which has elevated him in
such an unexampled manner will al
so make him the chief of anew dy
nasty and support the supremacy of
his family after his death.”
I have heard from others, that
Talleyrand, has itt reality more than
once advised Bonaparte not to look
beyond the grave the continuance
of his authority, and that he has
more than once, in Madam Bona
parte's drawing, room, been publicly
rebuked for his own opinion.—
« Should a Bourbon ever possess my
throne,” said Bonaparte, w he will
hang you with every other Counsel
lor, Minister, General, or public
functionary, who have beens my ser-,
vants or avowed themselves my sub
jects.* “ Sire,” answered fail yr md,
should he act so Imprudently, he
will strangle his own grandeur in
its cradle. Misfortunes must have
made the Burbons wiser than to begin
with hanging before they are se
curely established on the tnrone. if
they are prudent and patriotic they
will entirely forget the interregnum,
and every thing that has occurred
duririg it r from the 10th ot August,
1792, to the day of their restoration.”
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Apil 38,
# Notice.
N T mfe months afui date applir*-.
tion will be made tdNht how* labhf
the Inferior Cornt of Clark ( f umv,
(when sitting for ordinary jmjoK )
for leave to 9e)l two hundred an es
of land fthe same being more or
less ) being it. said county
on the waters of Porter’s ere k,
; granted to John Burnett, joining
lands of Brown, Moore and other*—
Also two hundred and sixty acres,
lying and being in Jackson County
‘on the waters of Curry’s creek, near
Jefferson, granted to Brantly.—•
The aforesaid tracts of land to be
sold for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of John Barnett, deceased*
late of Clark County.
JOHN F. E ARNETT,
Administrator w
July 7„ 1814.
GEORGIA* Clark count w
WHEREAS Sally Green has ap
plied for letters of administration oi*
the estate of John R. Green, lately
deceased in Camden county,
These are therefore to cite and acU
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of said deceased to file
their objections jn my olike, if any
they have, within the time preesri
bod by law or % said letters will be
granted.
Given under my hand and seal at ofjizt
this 4 ih July , 1814.
JOHN HODGE, C. C. O.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
Will be sold at the subscribers living
in Jackson county , on the %4th day
of December next %
ALL of the property of Johi*
Hancock, deceased, late of saiti
county:
WILLIAM HANCOCK*
- Administrator ..
July 7, 1814.
WILL BE SOLdT
On Friday theo 2th day of August
next, at the house of John Rutledge,;
dec. all) the personal property of
said dec. consisting of Horses, Hogs*
Cattle, Sheep, Household and Kitch-’
en Furniture, besides other articles
too tedious to mention. Twelve
months credit will be given ; pur
chasers giving small notes and ap
proved security.
RICHARD STUART, .
EZEKIEL S TANLEY, 5 Adm rs
June 25th* 18 14.
WILL BE SOLO,
Agreeably to an order from the
Honorable Court of Ordinary of Ma
dison County on the first l uesdav in
September next, at Danielsville,
200 acres of land more or less, lying
on the south fork of Broad River,
being the real estate .of Stephen
Young dec. Terms of sale made
known on the day of sale.
ROBERT YOUNp, Adm*r+
June 22 d y 1814.
NO ITCE.
All those having demands against
the estate of John Barnett, deceased*
are requested to present them legal
ly authenticated within the time
pointed out by law—and those in
debted. to said estate are desired, to
make immediate pavmt it.
JOHN F. BARNETT,
Administrator .
June 30, 1814.
GEORGIA Clark County • i
WHEREAS John Hodge applies 1
for letters of administration on the
estate and effects of James K. P*
Jack, lately deceased in Chathao*
County. /
These are therefore to cite and ‘
admonish alj, aqd singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections in my*
office, if any they have, within the?
time prescribed by law, or said let*
ters will be granted. 4
Given wider my hand at office thi9
30th day o/June y 1814.
JOHN HODGE, C. C. O i
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