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BOWLING GKKJ'M
. JOCKET CLUB RACES,
TV
y v ILL commence on the laft
\VeJnefday in February next, and
continue three davi.
The ft.fi: day’s running, three
rrcirs and repeat, for a pur ft of 300
doiia-.s.
Srcond day’s running, tv?o miles
and repeat, for a pui k of 200 dol
lars.
Third day’s running, one mile
end repeat, for the entrance money,
and overplus of the fubfcripcion.
Each day free for any horfe,
maie, or gelding on the Continent,
carrying weights as follows :
T hree yean old, 90 pounds—
/our years, too pounds—-five years,
lio pounds—fix years 120 pounds
—-aged hortes, 130 pounds. Three
pounds allowed to mares and geld
ings.
By order of the PRESIDENT.
Oglethorpe, Dec. 53.
G I
MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND K.NCWLSDCI SHALL SZ INCRIASZD.
Insurrection—Retellion !
i There never was a more defpi
cable conceit engendered by fickiy
brains than that which has been
born of the federal party, or rather
Eltex Junto party, refpe&ftg an
inlurre&ion againft the cciifli uttd
authorities of the U. Stares. When
men. rebel, they muft have a iub
ftanual motive ; fomething that nor
only ftings them, but ftir*gs them
to the quick, which has its ongin
in wickednefs of heart as well as
weaknefs of head ; and lomething,
too, which can be remedied by the
rulers againft whom rrbdlt’ n is
mainrained. Well, have the New-
EngLnd federal:fts any fuchmotive ?
Does the embargo fling them too
the quick ? Do they not talk a
freely, eat as much, and ft q> as
f undly at they did before the em
bargo was * nailed ? Are their
churches fhut up ? IDs govern
ment afked them for taxer ? Has
it feized and thrown aly them
into dungeons ? The KIP’ Junto
talk of tyranny 1 In what does it
confift ? Where is it to be found ?
Tyranny ! Stra ge perverfion of hu
man reafunJ Will my countrymen
forever be. the [port of idle phanta
citr’s ? Opprcjfion ! ‘What do they
mean by opptcifion ? We fee the
g avermnent libelled in a thoufand
filly which are uttered by the
prefPs every day we fee met lings
collected to defame the aumindtra
tion, whenever two or three knaves
Or dunces can begot together—one
appoints hifnfcif chain:,an ; ano
ther ft-cretary ; and away a firing
of relblurioiis go to rh? newfpapers;
the government is blamed in ail
que-ters by every wiftacre who has
a memory for parry cant j and the
prefidenc, his mmiftcrsand the con
greig, are befmtartd and bedaubed
in the ifif.ft pert ftnd fcurrilous ftyle
imaginable.. And yet we are con
tinuallv told of thr tyranny of the
admin tft ration, or the opprcjp.vc xfls
of the governr ent ! Veniy this is
a ft:a ge world we live in 1 and
there is, beyond all queftioo, no
fuch thing as pleaftng the taft-rs. \>f
fome people. Vvhar, I pray q.ena,
and they crave ? Trade, you will Gy,
Well, trade kr them have v hen it
can be got. Put trade (iky tne
Junto of EfTcxJ at a:l events —-
There we differ. We who are for
the government and for the country,
and for the embargo rather than
war, snd for war in preference ro
lubmifiion, we fay, trade upon hono
rable terms j vve ft ie for no (mug
ging, ineaking traffic. Fairtrade
is our right and w.ll have it.—
We have no difpoficion 10 beat tke
bujh , as the adage goes. We claim
our own, and we muft have it be
- our foreign aflfdrs are adjufled.
Trufi to the merchants , one frge po
litician wiil teii you : and w hat does
that imply ? Why nothing iris and
nothing more than to profecute a
ckndeftinc trade, fkulk along ftiore,
run away from every thing we meet
on the ocean, go juft where his
Britannic msjefty pleafes and no
where elfe, turn tributaries to Eng
land, and pay for the privilege of
beixg kicked ar*d robbed, and Hog-
ged into the bargain. Make peace
with G. Britain , lavs another ftio
par.t gen r kman. There we difi'Vr
again. Y our Eft ex J ir>co men want
to make up differences with the Fin
ghfh without reparation, and with
out lecurity for the future. Now
we want both ; we want reparation
and lecurity too. We will adjuft
matters upon terms of amity with
her, provided (lie lads lies our meft
reafonablc demands. We do not
afic of her impoflibilme*. We do
not require her to reftore our mur
dered citizens to life 3 we do not
requeft her ta violate the laws of
the grave—and thole crc the only
laws, perhaps, fne has not violated
•—We,do not alk her to tie Mr.
Canning to a whipping poft, altho*
he well debrvfs it ior his official
infoler.ee; None of thele things
are required of her, Wc merely
demand common hor.efty ; the gift
of ‘ what belongs to us—Wc only
deft e her not to pillage our fhips
and not to ileal our leamen. But
let us return to this faid rebellion.
Let us fuppofe Mr. Pickering, or
Mr. Hillhoule, or Mr. Floyd, at
the head of the whole Efl'cx Junto
—one, two—fay three nundred per
fon^ges—clad :n fteel, or juft what
you pkafe—their ’pockets full of
pancakes, or other eatables. We
will imagine them all tiained and
marfballed for a furious attack up
on the democratic part, of the na
tion. la this cafe it would be but
common benevolence and chriflia
niry fuavity of thought to fuppoic
Mr. Pickering would fay prayers
before he went upon death doing
bufinefs of Rattle, Mind 3 I far
nothing about cowardice—l know
nothing about that-—I leave that to
hiflory. Bur, we will fry he is at
prayers ; he rolls his eyes towards
the Heavens 3 he invokes the be
ne fience of the Deity upon his un
dertaking, acJ all his followers,
putti: g their hands upon their
hearts, with moft devotional coun
tenances awaitthc fignalof their lead
er. Ac luch a moment, Common
Senfe tteps up to the hand of rebels,
and demands the object of
hoftility. What, think you, would
rhey anfwer l They could only
Hay, if they faid any thing at all,
that they were about to attack the
government of the union—that go
vernment, under which fer twenty
five years they had lived profpe
roiiftv and happily; increafed in
their hoir.rfHlia and in their exte
rior refpe&ability : that govern
ment which tolerates every thii g,
forgives every thing, except infec
tions of the laws. Such an anfwer
would Fad to folemn and impref
five reflexions-—every man would
perceive that he was gchig upon a
very foolifh and traitorous expedi
tion—that he waa net about en
gaging for his own rights, but ef
pnufing the caufe of a fore gn pow
er ; tne murderer of his country
men ; the author of mighty wrongs j
terror would ftiake his foul fear
would agitate his limb; ; in every
fhadow, he would think he Aw the
gholl of Warren j in every mur
mur cf the breeze he would be
lieve he heard the reproaches o l
Montgomery’s fpftit. Pr-ftra-e on
ti;e earth the wretched dupes would
fall, imploring God’s forgivenefs
and their country’s clemency ; and
fifing up in hafte, fly fir away front
the iiaiefu! and contagious prefence
of their Rader. If the adminiftra
tion could> indeed, better the con
dition of the nation, and llubborniy
refuted to do it, why, then, really,
there might be a reafonablc app;c
henfion entertained of rebellion j
but men v;ill not rebel for nothing;
for mere clamor ; for a politician’s
drearn, or the crooked views of ao
ariftec atical fa<slion. - The govern
ment Hus not, by its counceis, or
by is a&iona, bro’t this nation into
its dirfteultits, and the people know
it: they fee it more more every
day j ihev know the cattfe is in Eu
rope, at St. James and St. Cloud ;
In the heads and in the hearts 0/
that wicked old man George the
thirds and that ambitious: young
one B arap trtc. To tell the truth,
however, I do riot feel half fo muefi
ei;mity co the latter as to the fot>
mer. Nape Icon has nor, like a
cowardly call fF, difgra cd our flag;
nor in the unit ‘piling moment of
peace, fricndfliip, and typicality,
poured abroadfi ieof bullet into a
national fti'p of war, God knows,
he is tyrant enough 3 but he is noc
fo bafe, ■ fo barbarous, fo treat hc
rou?, fok'ndlefs, fo vile a tyrant as
his brother king, who Iks upon the
throne of Britain—Compelled td
refort to an embargo, lorclv agaiikt
their wifhes, cur executive ha 1 ! for
a / ear boldly braved the unthinking
curfs uf a horde of mercilefs po
litical Jan’zzaries. But the people
—-the fovereigq pt ople, have Ipm ti
ed thefe daliurdly dtludcrs ; they
have beard —they have feen —and
they under fl and, llow could they
for a moment believe that a man
refigning the rcirs of power, going
to private life, could have a difpo
fition to tyrannize ? Flow could
they think, that a man who is juft
coming into power, to whom pop
ularity is precious, and * good name
more fo, could court public ind.g
nation by a flagrant dereL&ion cf
national profperity ! Away with
fuch contemptible thoughts. Far
hence let fuch vile abiurdities be
baniJhcd.
Colvin's Monitor . *.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTA*
TIVES.
January 24.
Mr. Nicholas (aid, that there ne
ver was a period in any country
which more required the union and
exertion of a!i its c i iz- ns to extri
cate it from its difH. ulties, than the
fuuation of this country required at
the pretent time. The two meft
powerful nation*'of the world (Od
he) are in a ftacc of war # gain ft this
country. Their aggreflions aga*r.ft
us have been continued for twelve
months ; whiift we have ufed eve
ry honorable means in our power
to avoid war. I have rtp a edly
declared my determination never r >
fubirnt to the wrimgs rcccit'ed;
(No. 39.