Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

EX TjMCfS 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.” gCT* PLEASE ATTEND . ALi. those indebted to tne Sub scriber for tuition, will oblige him by calling on Mr. Jcisiab Newton oi M . Golding and malting payment as soon possiole. m. w. ooamNs. 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 WASHINGTON EEMALE ACADEMY A SEMINARY is openedby Mrs* Bowen, under the immediate inspec tion of the Commissioners of the Washington Academy, where be taught every branch of useful and ornamental education, with uuremit ing attention. Every effort will b& made to introduce the pnpils gradu ally loan acquaintance with those ac complishments that are sought for a& indispensibte requisites, with sedu lous care, in forming the manners S and polishing aud proportioning in struction. to the abilities and temper of the pupil. Needle work of every kind taught f Jdain dowering and fan- 4 cy work, embroidery and filagree. The terms are sufficiently low, and he health of the place is such, it is 4 hoped, as to make the institution a% object of general encourage menu TERMS. Board and tuition 100 dollars pay-’ * able quarterly in advance. J “ Music, French and. drawing, extra* charges. « j-.r l*o find their own bed and bedding- Washing pti year, It dollars.