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From the Charleston Times.
CONCLUSION
Os Dr. Fitzgerald’s Communication.
THE subject was this. It had
been for some time debated, what
form of government should be
substituted for the present, in case
of the success of the Grand Ex
pedition. Some supposed that
the Russian Emperor would be
very much disposed to reserve
tlie decision of this question to
himself; others suspected that the
Grand Master, Burr, would take
cure to stipulate for himself, to
have at least a veto upon this ques
tion ; some endeavored to dazzle
us with the glories of a great Em
pire, one and indivisible; others
were for promoting divisibility to
.infinity, that every one might
share m tiie loaves and fishes. As
to the present form of govern
ment, every individual was a
gainst retaining the least vestige
of it, because it held out so little
encouragement of the pecuniary
sort, to those who devoted their
time and talents to its service,
which every man in the Society
wul resolved to .do to the govern
ment which they should them
selves establish—at length, after
much discussion, the History of
South-Carolina made its appear
ance, and there they found that a
limited monarchy was full as good
as,a representative government,
and it was by a large majoi ity, de
cided, that they should have a li
mitecl monarchy. They accord
ingly proceeded to ballot; but,
upon opening the poll, it was
found that every individual had
voted for himself. It was in vain
to hope to get over this difficulty;
there was nobody to argue against
it; on the contrary, they to a man,
contended that it w as strictly cor
rect, decent, and dignified, and
cited a precedent of a certain
Chief Magistrate that was, who
had done it more than once, and
never blushed at it. The difficul
ty was increased, bv a communi
cation from New-York, inform
ing us, that the very same thing
had occurred there, and it was re
solved to send on an Envoy to I
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consult with the respectable]
branch of that state, on this deli- i
cate question. He was accord- !
ingly despatched, and it was at j
length agreed upon, that it should ’
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
:be decided by lot. But as the
i monarch elect might not be in the
| most unquestionable safety, even
: from his own associates, without
the protection of a military iorce,
the decision is deferred until the
arrival of the Russian army.
Although I felt apprehensive
that this extraordinary exertion
might fatigue my patient, yet the
necessity of the ease urged me to
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propose to him one more ques
tion, lor it was evident, that only
whilst under ihe influence of ap
prehension, could 1 expect any
information from him. Six
months of such company as he
had been in, w ould have corrupt
ed St. Dunstan. I therefore pro
ceeded as follows :
Doctor —There is one thing.
Sir, which appears to me utterly
unaccountable—why, const lur
ing. your extensive foreign con
nections, you should have totally
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excluded foreigners front your
Society.
Patient —That question, Sir,
created a great deal of discussion.
It is impossible for me to recol
lect all that was said on the occa
sion; but I remember among ma
ny other things, by some it was
contended, that if we were once
to let foreigners into our secrets,
there would be no keeping them
out of the Society; wc should be
overwhelmed with an inundation
of them. Others thought that
they could not safely be trusted
with the important concerns that
the Society had in hand; that
there might arise little local jeal
ousies and disgust, that would
prove fatal to our great purposes;
that our Society should, if possi
ble, be as pure and unmixed, as
that of Eden, and equally dispos
ed to participate in one common
fate. But there were many who
contended that it was wholly in
consistent with the greatest good,
to deprive any description of men
of the important privileges of
their institution. At length arose
a member, equally distinguished
for good sense, good humor, and
good living—he was one who
spoke seldom, because he had to
rise; and never made long speech
es, because he had to stand. If
you will hand me that pocket
book, I will give you his speech
verbatim, for I took it in short
hand.
‘ ‘ Sir, I am a man of few wo- ds,
and shall therefore come at once
to the point. lam for shutting
the door, Sir, against all of them;
every mother’s son of a foreigner
in creation; not one of them
should cross the threshold of that
door, Sir; French, Dutch, Scotch,
English or Irish—l am not for
having the confusion of Babel a
mong us.
“ But to consider thepn sepa
rately. As to the French, I need
say but little; they are seldom
disposed to thrust themselves in
to societies, uninvited. As far
j as I am acquainted with them, they
j generally observe towards us,
' that decency and deference which
] distinguishes the man of breed
j ing, when welcomed to your hos
’ pitality. As to the Dutch, or ra
ther Germans, they cannot he so
unreasonable as to complain, for
they have set us the example ;
but independent of that, the cha
racteristic habits of that people,
their sober, sound understanding,
and attachment to peace and or
der, leave us nothing to appre
hend from them. With regard
to the Scotch and English, they
have generally too good an opin
ion of themselves, to feel at all
chagrined at such an exclusion;
they have at all times a sovereign
remedy against care, in a glass of
wine to the health of their crazy
old King, or the salvation of those
sailing castles, so formidable to
our commerce. But, Sir, they
have no more reason for com
plaint, than the Germans have—
are we not excluded from the pa
tronage of their great saints, St.
Andrew and St. George? Is not
every man excluded, in fact, who
is not prepared to give a foreign
Sever i«’n orecedencc to the Go-
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vernment of his own country ? I
allude to a well known practice in
their national societies, in the or
der of their toasts. I come now
to the Irish, and they require to
be handled gently. If I had been
born in Ireland, Sir, I would have
been there still; whether under
ground or above ground, is not
so clear. But I would never have
quit, unless I brought the whole
Island with me ; or if obliged to
chuse between flight and a halter,
I would linger within arms reach
of her, as it were ready to seize
the first opportunity of devoting
myself to her depressed fortunes
Sir, should we succeed in our
great undertaking, I hope our
next attempt will be made in
Ireland. I would rescue the isl
and from oppression, Sir, if it
were only by transporting the
people from the island. Let
them come among us, Sir; we
have land enough, and they are
welcome, a thousand times wel
come to it. Oh ! Sir, I should
glory in getting between that
oppressed people and their op
pressor, and that shall be, when
they settle that people behind us”
—(here a gentleman interrupted
the orator, to enquire whether he
was not really born in Ireland) —
but he proceeded—
“l do apprehend that there
will' be great pains taken to per
suade them, that they have been
very barbarously treated ; and as
they are a people who would, at
any time, rather fight than think,
I expect that many of them will
be made to believe it. Too gen
erous for suspicion, they are
unwilling to distrust those who
approach them with professions
of friendship; and with a large
portion of blarny, and many
pretty things said of their coun
try and their countrymen, it is
very possible their resentment
may be ex sited. B\tt let their
passion subside, and we may
safely trust to the influence of
their returning good sense. In
fact, they have as little reason for
taking umbrage at tills rule of
exclusion, as the Germans, or
any other nation. They have a
SATL*RD YY, NOVEMBER 11, I^o9
Society, to winch, to be sure,
men of all nations are admitted;
but for whose benefit? for that
of Irishmen, exclusively. Here
then is an example set, of that
national discrimination, for which
lam contending. It is visiona
ry to contend, that that institu
tion is on a more liberal footing,
vrtiich holds out to you only the
privilege of paying your money,
not for your own benefit, or that
of persons of your own nation,
but of Irishmen exclusively. We
have heard much said about in
fraction of privilege. It is truly
astonishing that any man could
Hive contended, that this rule vi
olates any fight o>' privilege of
another; but still more so, lhat
they should hope to find three
men in the community such idi
ots as to believe it. What right
oi others is invaded by this rule?
Are foreigners restricted from do
ing the same thing that natives
have done? May they not form
Societies, from which the native
m;ry be excluded. They can do
it, and have done it; and are
therefore on the most absolute
footing of equality with them in
this respect. Let the m form these
countervailing Sock Acs; let the
natives be excluded horn them ;
and if there is a. man among them
who will murmur at it, 1 know
him not.”
There was much more to the
same effect, in this eloquent
speech ; but as it was now late, I
prescribed for my patient, at d
took my leave for the night, that
I might hasten to communicate to
you my discovery.
Pseudo Fitzgerald.
I Stop Thief!
Stolen
FROM the stable of the subscriber,
on the night of the 20tb ultimo, a
dark brown horse, about fifteen h.mds
high, spare made, and about eight years
old, a blaze on the forehead, sever.l
white spots on the weathers, occasion
ed by the saddle, both hind feet while,
a natural trotter, rides and draws with
great spirit. A reward of TWENTY
DOLLARS, with all reasonable charg
es* will he paid for the horse alone, and
TEN DOLLARS for apprehending the
lliiet
BENJAMIN HALL.
September 2. 8
Sportsmen, pay up.
SUCH subscribers to the Augusta
Jor key Club and Cherokee Ponds,
South-Carolina, races, as.have neglect
ed to pay up their respective subscrip
tions for the last races at those places,
are informed for the last time, that
unless they come forward and make
payments by the first day of October
next, they will positively be sued for
the s-uiie without any discrimination of
persons whatever. Thu subscription
lists of die above Clubs are placed in
the bands of Mr. Benjamin Pierce, the
City Marshal of Augusta, for collec
tion—He is authorised to receive pay
ments and give receipts to such as may
avail themselves of this notice ; as wall
as to c< licet by law all sums that may
remain due alter the above time has
expired.
September 2. .