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IRISITIiLO^GENCE.
From Garrick’s Morning Post. >
f During the late Vacation this distiii-^
! wujshed young Irishman received many
I ieinonatratioas of public gratitude* from ;
tommunities whtrt- he had been per
ifonally unknowp. The public dinner j
gave to lbm in the city of Cork, And the
addof >the Catholics of Limerick in* j
siting him to a similar distinction in
Sdrat city, have been already cqmuumi
cared to the public. At Killarney he
| was received with acclamations and bon
§ res—and the unusual but iiUefesting
spectacle, of hunting the red deer, was
celebrated to dp kirn honor. At adi -
ner given in the neigbborhoood of Lil
ia rney, at which Mr. Phillips and Mr.
‘'Payne, the American actor, were pre-j
oent, a toast was given in combined -re
ference to the two strangers* and the
two countries to which they belonged—
Mr.. Phillips after the toast was dranjk,*
t*eplied to the company in the folio wing
Ifnanner-: >
< It is not with the vain hope of re
turning by words the kindnesses which
► have been literally showered upon me
, d-urinfc ifief short period of our acquaint
oftce, that I now interrupt, for a mo
ment the flow of your v festivity.—lndeed
it is not necessary—An Irishman need*
no requital for his hospitality ; ts ge
pesbus impulse is the instinct of his na
Kure* and the very consciousness of the
set carries »ts rccompencc along with iu
But, Sir, there sre sensations excited by
«n allusion In your toast under the influ
ence Os which silence would be impos* <
oible. ‘lo.beassociated with Mr. Payne
tnpst be to any one who regards private
virtues and personal accomplishments,
« soui ,c of peculiar pride, and that feel
ing is not a I ttie enhanced in me by a
e recollection of the country to which
we are indebted for his qualifications.—
Indeed, *tbe mention of America has ne
*ber failed m fid mp With the most lively
emotions. In my earliest infancy—tfiat
tender season, when impressions the
tnost permanent und the most power
ful are likely to be excited, th& story of
her then recent struggle raised a throb
|n eyery heart that loved liberty, and
•Wrung a reluctant tr bute even from
4is com fitted oppression. I saw her
O'>um ng alike fhs luxuries that would
and the legions'that would m
’ timid ate—dashing t from her lips tndfr
cup of European servitude, ana
through all the vicissitudes of her prov
traded conflict, displaying a magnum? >
pity that defied misfortune, and a mo
15[tration, that'ornamented victory. It
(tv as the first vision of my childhood—it
■will descend with me to the grave. As
m man, then. venerate the mention of
Kmeiica | as an Irishman, I coii*
Bfcde her claims on my affection. Nt
ftcr, bh never, while she has her
tiemory left her. can Ireland forget
t&e home ofhpr emigrant, andy the as
wy lum of her exile. No matter whether
[ lijer sorryts spring from the errors pf
l enthusiasm, or the realities of suffering
1 *U~from fancy or affliction—from fiction
or from sact —that lhust be reserved for
the scrutinity of those whom the lapse
if ages shall acquit of partiality- It is
pr men of other ages t,, investigate
and record ii » but it is for the men of
every age to hail the hospitality that re
#eived the shelterless, anti love tbb feel
ing that be trie n tied ‘■the * un q» tuuate.r-
if America qafls on our gratitude,
fqy Vhe past, how deeply does*she draw*
ypon our interesriwJlhe iuittr^—rWho
Cl sayi that vvhen>in its lollies or »i 3
crimes, the old world shail have luier-V
mu ail the pride pi us civdiafution, ifu
murfnature may not find its destined
ATHENS, THURSDAY, MAT li, 1815.
reiwiTttwjm in the neitf. Perhapi when
the temple and the trophy 51i4.1l have
mouldered into dust ; when the glories
of our name shall be.but th£ legend of
tradition, ind the light of ottr discove
ries only live in songs—Philosophy may
rfde again in the Shy oF her .Franklin,
and the .glory rekindle at the urii of her
Washington* Is this the vision of ro
mantic fancy ! I appeal to history—the
monumental record of national risefcnd
national ruin. Tell me, thou reverend
chronicle of the grave* can the splen
dour of achievement ; or the solidity of
success* secure to empire the perma
nence of its possessions? Alas, Taos
thought so once, y et. the land of Priam
lives only in song— Thebes thought so
once, ye|. her hundred gates haVe ci*um
bled* and her ven tombs are but as jthe
dust they were destined to come (notate ;
So thought Pavskyra ; where is she ?
so thought the countries of Demos
thenes and the Spartan, yet Lsouidas s
tr;irop!ed by the timid slave, and Athens
insulted iy the mindless Ottoman i
r \ he days of their glory are as if they
had never been, and the island that was
then a speck, rude and neglected.in tUt
batten ocean now rivals the Wealth ol
their commerce, and the glory sot their
arms, the fame of their philosophy, the
tlocpju'ce of their oeh ate and the inspi*
ra.iou ol ’ihei. fiardsi \Y ho khall say,
then con'eii.piattag.ih? past, that Krvg
land, proud and p«nput as \she appears. *
mty not one day b». what Athens isf
and the young An cnc.. vet soar to be
what Athens was? ii.*p y w!..en tlie
Ku:opcan column shall have mouidtrea,
and tlie night ol barbarism obscured its”
very ru:n-, that the ..uiighty Continent
may emerge ft om the. horizon to rule
fonts time sovereign oi the. uscend
ant. ‘*
Such, sir, is the natural progress of
human operations* and iUc h the unsub
fciantial mockery oi. uuuian v rule, liut
I should t|>* t!risTdigression y
the tombs are at Oe.sX a sau# altnougu
n instructive subject- At all events,
they!* are ill suited to such an hour as
this. I shall etuieavoi to atone for ,n
by turning to a theme, which tomb*
Cannot inurn. nor revolutions alter: I
is tin: cdstom of your Board, and a no
ble.one it is, to deck the cup oi the ga>
with the gariabd ofthp great, and sure
lv. even in the eyes of its Deity,
grape is not less lovely wuert giowiiig|
• beneath the ioilage'Ot the palm tiee
and the myrtle, allow me to add one
flower to the chaplet wbijjh though it
sprung in Ameiica is no* exotic ; vir
tue has planted it, and it is naturalized
every w lit-re* V
No niaittr wai t may 6a the birtu
place ofsu-.h i mat, a:*W- >.s o.,t>n No
diurate a; 4 claim, no coon ry canapp-o
priate him—the boon of P.ov.ac .ce t
the hi man ra* e—his tame is ■ c term y
and his residence creation. 1 hough it
was the defeat of our arms, and tlit dis
grace oi our policy, I almp t bless ttm
convulsion m which »lq nacl his it
the heavens, thunjhred and the earth
rockedf yet, when the storm passed, how
pure was the climate that it cleared—
how bright in the brow of the Armament
wjs the planet it revealed to us ? In the
production of Washington it does really
appear* as if nature was endeavoring to
improve upon htrseti, and t(iat all .the
virtues of the ancient world were bin. so
many studies preparatory to the new—
Individual instances no .doubt, were
there, splendid explications of some
single qualifications* Caesar was me,*
citul—Scipto was Cwntinen Hanmba
was patient—but it was reserved for
Washington to blend them all in one,
and line the ioveiy chefd* oeuore of the
Grecian artist, to exhibit in one glow oi
associated beapty the pride oi every
model, and tin: perfection of even
master. Asa Gene al,*he murshalleu
*the peasant into a veteran, and supplieu
by oisciplirie the absence of experience.
Asa Statesman, lie erdarged the polic)
of the Cabine into the* most comprehen
si%e system oi general advantage ; and
such was the w» ; bonk of, his views* aim
tht philosophy ot his councils, that ti
the bwdier & tne. statesman, he almos
added ‘the character of the Sage. A
conqueror, he t£as untainted with
t:.e c'tme oi b|ood —a revolut.ouisi
rfoi. vas ii'ce Siam of treason i
for aggression commenced the contest
atid a country called him to the Com- ‘
mand. Liberty unsheathed his sword
—necessity stained—Victory returned I t,
If he had paused iHeYef history weight’
doubt what'Statiori to assign him ; whe
ther at the head of her citifcens or her
soldiefs—her heroes or hei* patriots.—
But the lasi glorious act crowned his
career, and bahiShes hesitation. Who*
like Washington aftet haring freed his
country, resigned her crown, and reti~?
ed to a cottage rather thati rei£tt in a
capital 1 immortal man 1 He took
itom the battle its crime* and from th;*
copquest its chains— lie left the victori
ous the glory of his Self denial, and turn
ed upon the Vanquished only the retribuu
Hon of his mercy——Happy America !
The lightnings of heaven could not r« -
sist your sage—the temptation of earth
could not corrupt yquf soldier l
4 ‘ I give you sir, the memory of
Geoge Washington.*’
From the Ulster Recorder of January 27,
published at Belfast in Ireland .
DESPATCkES FROM AMERICA.
Ihe insatiable rapacity of the mag
nanimous monarchs aad their agents at
Vienna* appears to have had a ppWer
iiil influence on the negotiations at
_ Ghent* T he suddenness With which
England descended from the highest
tone of dictation to the most humiliat
ing acknowledgements of American
rights, must have been caused by the ap
prehension that her armies and her ge
> nerals might soon be engaged tn new
continental wars ; or she might have
struck to the demand oi America in the
hope that a peace with-the |lartet might
give increased power to her voice in the
Councils of the Congress at Vienna. \ lit
cither case, it is no small source of con:
sedation to every lover of national mde
‘pendence, that the royal league of king*
\ nd emperors have so differed abotn live
division of the plunder, that the gnind
scheme of extinguishing tlie liberties *!/
mankind c#nnotnow be accomplished.—
it is not, said one of their spies to’iht
Haytian People* so much the Overthrow
of Bonaparte and the rcstofadion of the,
bourbons, as the overthrow of Republi
cs n principles in every country to which
the’r* power can extend, that is the ob
jed and the wish of those magnanimous
Soveieigns, who are now giving laws to
Eu ope. America, the asylum of the
persecuted, their hope and their conso
ktion, has put to flight the .d*c opinion
that a youug Republic, ltd on by the
popular feeling, could ne t withstand the
combined add well concerted shocks of
veteran armies* who had distinguished
remselves oy the mo*t splendid achieve
meats, and -dictated a government to
that nation which so long threatened
England With subjugation. It must be
acknowledged that to America the Vic>v
t t y was complete $ though ,4t will not
be denied alter the note s>f the *lst, Oc
ober from the English to the \m6rfcan
Ministers, which we give in this day *
paper, that/ the English gave up the
, point, and the leading point for whicu
sue drew the sword. Yet the advice
viiich recommended the*acknowleoge
iient Os the American powei was wist
t and well tuned. it has prevented the
‘stcessity of a more abject submission,
saved the British/Empire those
resources whiph dhoulcf not fc be squan
dered in such hopeless struggles* I lie
► passage to which we allude is,, as fdi
iows, in the note of the 31st al Uctpher.
•/ “ With respect to the forcible seiz
ures 6f flora on -board me i*
chant vessels on the high seas, and’ the
rights of the King of Great Bi uaiii to
the allegiance of all his native subjects,
■>nd with respect to the maritime, rights
of the British Empire, the undersigned
• anctive that after the pretensions as
serted tty GoVernpaent of the Uniteu
States a more satisfactory proof ot the
jl (mediatory spirit of lus Majesty’s Go
vernment cannot be give, than by not
any stipulation on those subjects,*
-•which though most important in them
-selves no longer, in consequence oi me
jii aiitinve paciflcation ot i.urope, pru-
Jtuce the saixye results.^
; J hen England why say to America*
Jihsvt your sword slioulu never be sheath
\tuuuift your right pi search, and your
seizure oT your subjects were
A.miited ? >Vhat is the conclusion
* which every man may now draw from the
Result of (he stVusrßle tli* jjber
ty of the sras is'vihHicateri ; that go*
veromei# cannot with impunity insist on
the service of their unwitffrtgn ubp ct% ;
that civil ancl religious fibferty has its
jilace ot refuse fjtiat if Irishmen be de
nied their rights,’ they noW It now rfi©
country where they can fjnd them ; that
monopoly dare not puttie them m their
retreat, and that the fibe coastituHon'pf *
America opens its arms to every nation
of Europe which has to complain of op.
pression.il We have heard that there
were hundreds of Irish me,n of Bahi-!
more; that they were Irishmen who
•hared in the victories of the American
Navy; was it the fee coi?s?itiiti >n of
Ireland which drove them into the
ranks of America f or w'Us it Wause
this Island is to visited by Providence
wuh plagues and pestilence Mm hish
have emigrated in thousands to
cultivate the fteids'of the new world ; to
breathe its free and honest atmosphere*
and adore tbeir Creator according to
the dictates’- ot their own <dns< ien< e ?
What is the spectacle which Ireland
pusents at this moment a-
with America ? Were the men,who fol
lowed Ciiarleiriont to the temple of na
tional legislature to rise from theij*
tomb, and witness the miserable V ene©
whi m their hunible epuny-v txhib ted Ui
the woild- Giattan—ahaid to ask uH
quaiiftd Emancipation lor his Catholic
Countrymen; the latter petitioning and
petitioning and petitioning* and the tri
bunal to which they appear, rejecting,
and rejecting, and rejecting. 1 i.e Ca
tholic arstocfUcy whispering the Castle
in the contemptible accents of modera~
tioriy* nd the poor insulted peopled and
their bused arid insulted clergy, strug*
ghngto vindicate their ch-m arter ag-mst
the suspicion of the count s for whosE
elevation ih.ey have shed their bloods
Do we not see the last Speaker of the
lush* House ol Commons, the Right
i\on.*Jdhn Foster, Writing petitions for
,tlie imien Manufacture ; petitions tor
the Farmers, < Wt ,have to-day given
ti e petiitions of Louth; it is a picture of
.he distress which covers ou< coun l rv,
yet does the Right H'dK iohn Fosrer
imagine tlrjrt our*one hundred voices will
be heard amidst the fallowings ‘of the
manuiacturers of Ldiulo >* and M
ter, aucl Binning ham r Do«.s he think’
that the sigh of despair* coming from
the almost exhausted spirit of the lush’
Farmer, will rearh the he .t of an Eng**
rlish Minister when- assailed by the
threats of the starymg manufacturers of
: Lngiand l Let us turn -o that picture on,
which the eye may rest with a
consolation ; where the manufacturer
Will find employment, aiid their Worth’
’ “'ill be protected; let ms turn td the
lund of Freedom, America,-and contem
plate a great holding up t v irian-
Mnd the splendid example of national
‘■'■ mvincilnlity toundeS on national happ?-
* ness, union aud liberty, - if an argument.
” were wanting to urge the immediateand
unqualified eniaitcipation of tut *Catho
; lies pk Ire lane], it* would be the tr-dnipht
which America has achieved; it would he
■the example she holds out ; the Wduce-.
ments nay the tempta.ion* she offers to
.every -mam who,loves equal and impar
, iai justice, when.’ America bribes with
freedom should England threaten with
: disquah& ation ;;is this the policy of
good statesman ? would he rather, trust
to his Acts of Parliament w hich prohi
bit the emigration of the Irish mechan
ic, than to the concession oi rights
- which would bind hito by links stronger
than irbn to the land which gave him
.birth ? Had America been’ conquered;
the destinies of Ireland were forever
sold; as victory has crowned her:, arms,
she stands at once a lesson of in ,u ucuoii
10 the despot and the subject* * * 77,
*>*■ i * - 1 "” %i ,> sfy “• ■ t
From the Troy Tost of April 4,
| -./V EXRAC'iS FROM’
f ? ,\> General Wilkinson's Ijejencc , t ,
\ (*The trial of General W ilkins-,n has excited $0
much interest during the winter past that we pre
sume iv will be acceptable to,our readers m sec a
part'of i.is (letence. >lt is said t lie trial w ill be
publisher as soon as tne sentence of the Court
‘is made Known *he follow n.g extracts are made
;ftvra me esordiuai and conclusion ot the Gener
al’s defence.] , 7>
Mr* Frtsidem, and .7-*
o xentlenien of the Court ?
4i i'he case btiore you, however afflict
ing to the sensibilities oi a ©oldie r, has
*? > 7 .. \ .v M / ; ‘ ■*. *' J . S .• .K.
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