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Vol. II.) AThEI.S, GEORGIA: PRINTED EY ALEXANDER M'DONNELL, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1809. TERMS OF THE GEORGIA EXPRESS. 1. IT will be printed weekly, at three dollars per annum ; one half to be paid in advance, the remainder jvr the expiration of fix months. 2. Ad'vertifcments will be charg ed at the rate of fixty- two and~a half cents per fquare for the firft infertion, and fifty cents for each continuation. 3. No papers will be difconrtnu ed without a notice to that diedj nor then if in arrears. All letters directed to the Editor mull be poll paid. The following Gentlemen are autho rized to receive Subfcriptions for this Paper :— Clarks boro Po ft - M afte r. Jeff erf on —Maj. Edwin L. Harris. IVatkhifv'ille —E. B. Jenkins, efq. and Mr. Edward Bond. Lexington —Mr. Miller Eieming. Oglethorpe —Mr. Samuel Shields, and William Lumpkins, Efq. Walnut Grove —Mr. Lee Atkins. Goofe-pcnd —Mr. H. T. Woody. Madijon —James G. Sims, Efq. Greenes hr o'— -Canr. T. Dawfon. Sparta —Dcdlor W. Terrell. Warrenton — Pcft-Mafter. Powelton —P oft- M afte r. Mont i cello—T ho mas W. Harris, Efq. Mil ledgeviile—] asncs Bozeman, Efq. Eatonton— Chriftopher B. Strong, Efq. Elbertor. r—Col. VYm. Chiftom. Petersburg —-Alex. Pope, Efq. & I)o(5l. Watkins. Vienna — S. B. Shields, Efq. Wilkes —David Terrell, Efq. Sc Dosftor Bibb. Lincoln —Captain N. Allen, and Capt. John Hughes. Louifvilie —Me IT. Day Ec Whee ler. Augufta —J. S. Walker, Efq. Be Doftor Smelt. Waynesboro'-™ Col. John Davies. Sanderfville —Mr. Wm. M‘Mur ray. Savannah —Mr. H. H. Moun ger, and Mr. A. W. Scribner, The following Oration was delivered by Mr, Robert Scott on the fourth of July. inspected auditors, ON the return of this aufpici ous day who can be filent, on the fubjedt of this day’s commemora tion who can fully exprefs their feelings. On this day freedom raff ed her welcome head and bade Co lumbians to be freemen, when the patriots of our land declared that we fhould aflame that free and in dependent ftaticn to which the laws of nature and of nature’s god entitled us. Hail favored people ! Hail aulpicious peiiod! ever to ftand confpicuous in the annals of hiftory, as the day which gave birth to this free, fiourifhing and happy people. Three and thirty years this day have tlapied fince you became a free and independent nation; in this fnorc period of vears it would be juft to fuppofe ns very interefting icenes GEORGIA EXPRESS.. RUN T 8 AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED. |>ne taken p:ace j but when we look bark and beheld our country pafilrsg from the extremes of danger to fafety ; from the tumult of war to the tranquility of peace j it is to be prefumed that a nation in fuch a fituation, and with an untried form of government, that it would require tome experience in the governors t • make the governmer.. duly ref peded by tne governed. This was the remit ; but thole heroes who performed fuch prodigies in the field of Mars, now displayed equal abilities and fteadinefs in the cabi- They have formed us one of the oeft of confutations, which not only preserves for us all the liberty we could w:fh, but unites us by an indifibluble bond thus they have eiiablifhed for us an invaluable in heritance. This inheritance has been handed down to us by every mark of an honorable conveyance j let us therefore emulate the lauda ble example of our fathers, by ex erting ourfelves in preferving our rights undiminifhed, ‘our honor un tarmfhed, and our freedom unim paired, or, in a word, to remain as free as this day made us in 1776. To accompliiH this great good and wonderful work, if is requifite that we fhotilu have a correct nati onal pride, founded not on a vain or ideal fenfe of our own perfonal importance, but on the very plain, vilible, ar.d diftinctive features, which characterize our method of thinking, which point out our ha bits and which even make our very inftitutions to differ from thofe of any other part, of the globe. The abfence of this national pride is the very ground work upon which is built a gr-eat number of the evils which exift in our country. It makes us the fport of every faftion, let it be whatfoever it may which raifes its hedious head in Europe, and is tranfported to the very bo ifom of our country. A juft pride is the only firm fup porter of all true virtue on lafting greacnefs. It infpires us with con fidence in ourfelves, by convincing us of the value of fuch confidence, it pc fTcffes us with a dignity of cha racter which makes us confcious of our own worth j it produces within us a decent independent fpi'rit, too proud to aft favors in a humiliating manner, meek enough to grant them to others when not folicited in ar rogant terms. It makes us confi dent of the powers which nature has given us, and gives us a fpirit and defire to exercife them, with a conftant and aftive inducement, to their improvement, and with fupe riar talents of adapting them to ra tional purpoles. It makes man a practical inftead of theoretical be ing; his arm is foon taught to wield with dexterity the imple ments of induftry, and his mind per ceiving the powers which have been given it, is foon induced to practi cally applying them to the general benefit of his fellow-citizens. I r his high cime, my countrymen, for us to begin to think, to feci and to aft for ourfelves, to forget all foreign prejudices and attachments, and to break the iron chain which unfeemingly connects us to the car of European interefts. This will never be done until we have a more exalted opinion of ourfelves, and lefs of others, until in fine we adopt a national charac ter. You will nor, you cannot doubt but that our condition & cha ra6ter are efientially different from that of any nation of the old world. The profperity of our country at prelent unrivalled, and the reprefen tative principles of cur govern ment are new features which never have been imprefied on the national character of any of the nations of theeaft. Our freedom of occupa tion, the religious toleration which exifrs in cur country, the cheapnefs of lands, and the aflual cultivation and proprietorfhip being united in the fame perfon, together with the abolition of the right of primoge niture, have each equally confpired to caft cur charadler in anew mould. Thefe are the great caufes which have produced our prefent profpe rous fituation, caufes which if not perverted will complete our nati onal charadler as far different from that of any nation of Europe as light is from darknefs. There the national character is founded on prejudice, on feme trivial circum ftance, or perhaps on the very birth and exploits rf a fingle individual. Here on the contrary, it ought to be interwoven with the principles which were on this day held forth by the fages of our land ; it ought to be commenfurate with our ra tional exiftence, and our pregrefs to future greatnefs ; thefe princi ples would then leave the whole field of bodily and mental exertion open, and would irffure the greateft harvefl: to him who the moil fuc cefsfully cuhivates it. The benefits arifmg from the ef tablifhment of a national character are incalculable. It would lead us to examine impartially the princi ples of foreign governments, and would generally tend to an abhor rence of and deteflation towards them. vVe fhould no longer be taught precedents unworthy to be imitated, and which have no appli cation to our fituation and circum ftances. Our would be purg ed from the jargon of the Gothic age—being txpreffed in plain lan guage, they would be ur.derftood with eafe and conftrutd without difficulty. We fhould fpurn with indigna tion the baubles and trifies of Eu rope, and boafting of our firopli i ty of drefs and correfponding man ners, have more regard for our comfort than the gaudy trapping of flaves. We fhould Earn from ex perience the greater the cultivation the mind receivts, the more the man rejects the ornaments of drefs, g-andeur and equipage. We fhould no longer have a longing defire for the things of a corrupt lot Very, but on the contrary, fhould practice the gulden principles of fimplicity, frugality and temperance ; the pa rents and fiipporters of freedom, in dependence and peifonal refpc&a bility. Vffiovulng every production whether foreign or dome flic by its true value, neither over valuing the former nor depreciating the latter. The arts and fciences would have new life and atfivicy given them, no longer looking to the eaft for all that is fcientific, grand or fub lime, we fhould be induced to <x ercife the mental abilities nature has given us in fuch a profufe and bountiful manner ; and without en larging on the fubjeft, we fliouklf by ettsblifhing a national character, become whac we ought to be, a truly free and independent people. Since then fuch invaluable and laftmg benefits are to be derate from the eftablifhment of a nation al character, affift as much as yt can in completing what was on c day began, for the remembrance the pall, if it operate rightly, mu! infpire you wit/a the mo ft Jauda f rmbicion, that of adding to me iY fame with which you begin, ‘j world has feen you great m fity, ftruggiing without a tboup . of yielding under accumulated t,U ficulties. Bravely, nay, proud’ encountering diftrefs, and r:iir<r • refoiution as the ftorm enema": ‘ All this is juftly due you ft r y fortitude has deferved the char-.’ Let the world then fee that % < u bear profperity, and that your. neft virtue in time of peace 1. qua! to ycur braveft virtue in t, of war. rmmi “” 1 "* ■” ■ - -~t- r-ftrw K T OTIC E. WILL BE SOLD On the Jecond Monday in Sep ton next, at Oglethorpe court-hou, Lexington , A valuable lot in fa id town, ate on the public fquare and in the plan of Lid town a*, i 11 —being a lot formerly p> by John Hunton and the u. fale not complied with. ALSO, Several other back I ts i town. The terms of ic -n made known on the day < ‘ ftl By order of the Inferior June term 18^9, ISAAC COLLIER, < July 8, 1809. FIFTY DOLLARS RLVv Defertcd from fhe Mai’ r S. lome time lafl March Creek Nation (M. TANARUS.) I'a ton, The above rewaru v. ii en to any perfon who will . faid Bren ton in M .Hedge vilic. application to Cel. B. Haw, agent of the U. S. for Indian affair he will iffue orders to the chiefs to have him delivered up. loh 11 B. Chandler, In the Poft-Offce Department. June ioth, 1809. A FEW COPIIIS Of a Sermon Preached in Vindication Of Revealed truth, i ;v * ■;) is produced fame oj ice fir on; ■ eft Arguments Poet re ligion adr,ii/s of FOR S A E AT 1 I\> 07s:zt SHERIFi ’S BLANK H FLEA FOR SAIL 4T TIP OT'Cft (No. f>o.