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©fthe people—.that curfed voEe !
It * panic into the ft uteft hears
and the fun fame folrlier Ih unk with
out a ftrugglt into the paltry citi
zen. Ai appeal to force, then, in
our prcienr eahaufted ftate, will ne
ver do. No—
,r Our better part remain*,
,r To work in clofe defig i, by fraud
or guile,
ct What force effc&cd not; that he
no left,
€t At leng'h from us may find, who
overcome*
** By force, hath overcome but half
his foe£.”
During the harangue of Caution
attention hung upon his words,
which appeared to give general fa
tisfa&ion.
He refumed—My friends, (have
thought deeply on the crifis of af
fairs. I will not deceive you with
hopes which I do not myfelf enter
tain. The time for us again to
triumph cannot come foon. Our
enemies pofi'cfs the confidence of
the people. Their chara£ters are
fair, their mcaiures wilt; and uni* is
fonse extraordinary event oct'U<
that confi ience rauft increafe. I
cannot too h g ly extol the policy
of our frlends in the Enaceandthe
other houfe, who feizing the fleet
ing moments, ftrovc by every hu
man art to hurry the nation into
war. fudging of thi* by every o
thrr nation ; they had reafon to
hope that the fame ftratagem that
ha* fubverted the liberties of the
cne would have dtftroycd thole of
the other. But events have proved
the temerity af their hopes, and
have funk lower in the public ef
teem than we flood before This
ftracagem, permit me to fay, has
loft its effi. acy, unlelt to injure its
b ft friends; and me lefs we lay a
b>u it ths better.
Bjc we have other refources—
However pure the character of our
opponents, and however wile their
mrafures, wna. arc purity and wif
dom unaccompanied b public cf
teem ? They are mere drof*, chsm
eus of a childifti brain, unworhy
of a man of vigorous underffand
ing. It is true that public efleem
no y attends them. Our only chan, e
fpri .gs fiom deftrovlng it. This
ca in >t b” done bv a coup de-main
—out it may be effldtcd by gradu
al and infidious means. As to the
mealures ft the g ivernm nt they
cannot fo eafiiv be miireprefcnted.
They are fully known, and their ef
fects a r e felt. Yet, let us io , on
tha.’ account retrain from tne tile of
every politic to defame them.
Lrt us rail the love of pea e cow
ardicc—the regard for economy,
nillerablc patriotum— the cauauus
aid fpanng exercile of pow r, a
hired of goad government—and
the repealing odious taxes a mere
catch for popularity. Theft a.e
and übilefs daring reproaches, but
b on g often urged, by being ex
hibited in every lhape, they will
ga n f me credit.
This, however, it a fubordinate
x ficc, and from it mu h cannot
b< <xpe£trd. There is fortunately
another rclource. The character
01 ur opponents muft be proftrae
td—their private as well as public
chatafters. Once induce toe peo
ple to doubt the motives of their ru
lers, ad you may toon render their
mtafteres unpopular. This, too,
win . .ltd fuipicion, thac demon of
co* fi ience. I have faid that we
mult proftratc private chartfters.—
Here, thank God, the field *al
our own. There is a conlcious dig
nity in innocence that dildams to
•tdwer the tale of fliidcr. Let,
then, thac tale be told. Let it U
circulated in wkilpers, in convivial
companies, on tne fl >or of Can
grtls, from the bench of juftice, or
the public prints as circumftances
may recommend. What, though
the piece of families may be inva
ded by the malicious tale, is not
the end in view great, and ought
nor aft minor c >nfiJerations to give
way ? Let then any thing and every
thing be faid. The more the
iHs ao'ice will be taken of them by
thofe they injure, and the ftronger
will be their tmprtflvni on the igno
rant and uninformed. We have a
majority of the newfpapers on our
fide. Let them be Ailed with tra
duftion. Their Editors need not
be afraid—the abminiftratiqp is too
magnanimous to appeal to law for
rehref*.
Let the fame mcafure be dealt
out to tiactr public characters,—
Deny all the good they have done,
and afcr'be it to hypocritical mo
tives. Ab >ve all things never a
b*ndon one ground. Endeavor to
c n vince the people tha: they are
mife:able; and that the nat'onal
eftarader is the fcorn of the world.
This is my advice.
The Preftdent. Gentlemen, you
ha ( 'e heard the advice of our hono
rable friend. To me it appears pro
found and politic. D t you approve
it.
Many Voices. Wc all approve it.
President, Swear, then to prac
tice ic with zeal vouifeives, and to
recorrmeM it to rnhers.
Many Voices . We Swear.
ACTION at SACKETs HARBOR.
On Sunday morning, rke 19 4of
Juiv, capt. M. T. W >olky, of
the Oneida, lyug 11 Sacket's Har
bor, difeovered fr m the maft head
of his brig five fail, ali BmmlH, viz.
the Royal Georg, of 24 guiu; the
Prince Rrgrnt, a ne* lh 0, ftuppof
cd of 22; the Elmira, 20; the Se
neca, iej the name ft -ic o her not
known; ab* ut 5 leagues and fla u,
beating up for me harbor, with the
wind dead ahead. The troops were
immediately called to arms, a;d ex
pr (T Cent fo call in the neignbor
irjg detachments & volunteers, w <0
arrived in the cou fe of the da. t*>
the am unt of nead’ 3000 Soon
after fun* rife the P i. c R gen’
brought to and captured tne cult ;m
houfe boat, about 7 mftesTrotp the
harbor, on her return ir*m Giveliy
Point. The b ai’screvr were i be
rated and fint or. fhoec, wnen a nuf
fer.ger to col. Bdlipger, the com
nu ,dant at the aaib >r, demanding
the lucrenier of the Oneida, and
the late B nib Ichooner Ncllon,
fe id for a breach of the revenue
laws, an i fi; h g for a privateers
anu declari- g, that in cafe of a re
fulal ro furrrnder the vrIT- Is, the
fquadron would burn the village, or
lay the ltuub tans uadtr con r bu:i
--o. Soon a’tcr this capt. W jolfey
left the harbor in the Oneida, and
ran down within a league of the
Iqnadron, .when he returned and
m red his vefifft on a line with a
battery eretfted laft week, with
Iprirg* on his cables. Capt. \V.
being the molt experienced Engi
neer prefent, left the O .cida under
the command of a lieut. and went
on Ihorc and caok the command of
a 31 pounder mounted the day be
fore on the battery, the other guns
of which confifted of 9 pounders.
i*y this time the enemy had arriv
ed wthin g’in-fhot, the Royal-
Geoigr, as fl g fhip, ahead, and
fi ing was commenced from the 32
pounder. This was returned by
the fquadron, which flood cfF and
01—and a br.fk cannonadrig was
reciprocally continued for more than
tvra hours, all our guns being well
manned aid lcrved—and it was
plainly difeovered that the Royal
George and Prince Regent were
much injured. At this time, as the
fl*g fhip was wearing to g ve ano
thcr broadfide, a ball from the 32
pounder was feen to ft. Ee her and
rake her completely, after which
the lquadron firra but a very few
guns, aud bore away for Kingfton;
our brave cutzensgivi g hree hear
ty cheers, aiid grfer*rgtne ears of
his majrfly’a faithful lu jecis with
the w il remembered tune of Tan
kee Doodle, tram all the mufic at rne
p ft—not a man being hurt on our
fide.
I’he effi ers, detached troops,
volunteers and citizens univcrfally,
di 1 prayed a degree of firmntft, iu-
and patriotilm on the oc
cafion, wor hv the Tons of freemen,
and defenders of republican gov
ernment.
The aifition ws* maintained with
in point Hahk fh >f. Moft of the
cn my’s balh (truck the ro ks be
-1 w the bakery, and one 32 pound
(h-->t was picked up by out c.-nze *,
it havn g lodged near the bicaft
woek
EX.'REbb.
AUguTt - it.
THE Northern Mail has again
/ailed. We are almeji tired 0/ re
pelting this old tale. It is to be Jin
lerely regretted that there is fitch ve
ry great irregularity in the Mail to
this place, lnjtead of receiving the
Not them Mail once a week, .as con
trotted f or by the Pajt M&fler Gene
ral it has become little better than a
Mail once a fortnight. Two of the
late failures Are jaid to have been oc
caftan* dby the death of hsrfes As
this has uecc’tns fo common, we may,
we prelum: attribute the prefent fai
lure io ibe fame caufe — and fit it down
that another of tbeje POOR animals
ba* quit this ft age f attion If tto e
remainder of the prefent fit of horjes
which the Cont ratter has for the con-
veyance of the Hail, were to (hare
the fame fate- we might then reafin
ably txpeft tha ‘ in the file It ion cf a
new fapply he would have an eye to
thofe that could perform the duty, with
out danger of dfappointment Wc
are not certain whether it is, or is not,
a duty incumbent on Poft Mafias,
when accidents of this kind occur, to
procure the neceffary means io forward
the Mail to its place of deftinaiion
If this is not the cafe, it is greatly to bs
deftred, that fuch an arrangement could
be made— it would obviate many diffi
cui.ies and give general fatisfeSHon io
the People ,
VHE Senile of the United States,
by rejeSfing the Bill from the Houfe
ef Representatives, authorizing the
government to take psjfejfion of Eaft
tlorida, have left the fate of Geor-
V*> in particular, in a very critical
Jituation. The Eaftsrn Bifrtdl ef this
fate has every thing to fear for Us
fafety, lbe known policy of Great-
Britain is to affail her enemy by the
mojf cruel , the mof inhuman warfare.
Already bus fhe let loofe tbs favage
Indians on the Patriots of E Flori
da, who have taken up arms to free
the)r opprejfed country. Ibe fate ef
Georgia, forming only afmalUfetlion
of tbefe Lnitsd States , has no power,
has no right, to lend her aid as a party
to the Patriots. Could fhe , without
violating the facred cotnpaft by which
tbefe fates are indijfolubly bound in
one cammon Family , ajtft the cpprefl
id Republicans in her neighboring ter
ritory, there enifs net a dotbt but fhe
weuld do fo. Th: uniform Republic
can fentiments which pervade her Le
gi/DtU'-c, and the Patriotic con duff of
of her Governor, with regard to Flo
rida, afford ample teftimonv that her
will , at leaf, is good. How, ttosn,
can tie citizens of Georgia be of fer
vid io their brethren of Eaft Flori
da ? There is a way in which they
can participate in their toils and dan
gers, and (hare the fruits ef their pa -
triotifm No authority prevents them
from going to Raft- Florid. (Vbcn
there they can join the Patriots—they
can affil in conquering the country—
and FIVE HUNDRED ACRES cf
excellent LAND, and the emanci
pation from BONDAGE of many
of their Fello w Creatures, will be
their Reward. Further, it is ejfential
to the REAL Independence of Ame
rica, that both Eaft and H r tft Flori
da become an integral part of the/e
Untied States . Will Georgia's Jons,
then, not fight will they not bleed . is
obtain this fupport to our
Independence ? We are well affured
they will. We are not a degraded or
degenerate race, but the mighty fpirit
of our bathers is in us.
Argument, on this point, to the
Revolutionary men who are ftill ali -e,
would be unnectfjary They know tne
value of (he prize for which they
fought—they will tell — yes . they will
c mm and their fens to defend thofe
Kighti which their valor and their
blood pu*chafed. To thofe who. like
eu'felvts, were too young to partici
pate in the pci ft dangers and difficulties
of our country, we will jf“ k in a
language Which, in cur opinions, be
come the times. Our fathers fought
they bled—they gave us Liberty !
Let us i6ok to them and to our pofte ■
rity—jhall it be told to future times
that the prefent race of Americans
have fvffercd the great bUffings of Li
berty to perijh in their hands ? Fir
bid it Heavsn l—-And if American
Liberty is to expire, let it be after not
laft /park which can be fir nek fro*
the lltar of the Revolution is extin
guijhed!—Let no grey headed Revo
lutionary man witnefs our degenera
-91
The prefent conic fl is not to place a
favorite iefpst en a tbr >ne —it is to
preferve ibe fiver eignty and the ma
jefty of a Free People—it is that ths {
poor and the rich may reign together—
to place the bumble and the affiring
on the fame Political level. IV 0,
then, can be indifferent ?—Let us :ll
jdin heartily in repenting, t( Curfed be
he who doetb the work cf the Lord de
ceitfully, and curfed be he that with
holdetb bis /word from blood”
THE account in our laft ef India 4
bn fill tics tn Jackjou county, has turn
ed out as we had wijbed , it was a
falfs alarm, and tbefe of the inhabi
tants who had fled, have returnedta
their hemes. Ibe affray between Mr,
Kidd and four Indians did take place
but no lives were loft . IFe could wife
that there was feme mode by which
thofe who circulate reports ef this
kind ctuld be feverely punijbed. Thera
was a tints, we believe , in this ftate,
when ar.y man in the frontier fettle
nienls, whs fbeuld be guilty ef circu
lating a falfe alarm with refpsEt to
Indian boftilities, would be feverely
bandied—we wifh again to Jee that
time revived. Hew ever, tie Militia
cf that county have evinced, that if
there was real danger, they
would be at their pefs—ready to de
fend their country.
{£?* WE have endeavored, as far
as time would permit, to fupply
the omiflbn occafioned by the
non-arrival of the Norther
Mail, wirh fuch ftleclioas fron
the Millcdgeville paper* were