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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE. Vot. I.J T U E S D A Y, December 17, 1799. [No. 46. “ REASONAND TRUTH IMPAkII.IL GUIDE •THE WAT. Georgia. LOUISVILLE;—FubIrIhed every Tud'day, by AMBROSE DAY, at 3 dollais per ann. payable half year!#. 1 1 nlmm Trcm the Conjlitutional Telegraph STANDING ARMY. Mr. Parker, « We flail feel the frongcfl mo lives to Jail on our knees % ingra titude to Heaven , for having hen gracioufly plea fed to give vs Hrih and education in Amer'ca t and for having defined us to live under her lazes. We have reafon to exult if we moke ov.r emparifon with England and the Englfl conf i tut ion.”—la America , there is no funding army" j (President Adams.) A motto to a political publi-j cation, is as proper as a text to a fermon—the literati are fond of Latin, Creek, or H'brewj mottos —it is confidered as a! wondeiful evidence of learning, • when a piece is introduced in i thofe languages, and Pome per fons are fo pleafed with a lan* guage they done underfand, that they are preffed with an idea, that the man who under (lands Latin, &c, mull be a paragon of reafoning. But aiming at no fuch fuperiority of under Band ing. I chuPe to give my motto in plain Englfl —thus every I American may underftand my text, and bringing fo fuperior an author as the Prefident, I flatter myfelf that the force of his argument will not requ’i e the energy of Greek or Hebrew, to give refpeftability to his obfer vafions. In plain Englifl therefore, the Prefident returns thanks to Hea ven, that in America, 44 there is m funding army ' —in plain Eng jifh, Doftor Thatcher Biles it, the moft fuccefsful weapon wielded by tyrants." Warren, Hancock, and others, in the a me emphatic language repro ve r, as the* defiruftive ma chine of defpots—after fuch a c.oud of witneffes, can any man cutate to proclaim his detefla ti°n of fuch an eflablifhment in America ? * After fuch charaaers being mentioned, it may be ncedlefs to introduce the opinions of others—as their weight in the P u ic mind, is ponderous and latisfaQory—Orould we then at any /yurtperiod, fee any enfigns P a /oded through our flreets, 7 ,c . n ca ”X the tokens of a I *l®?’ ever y republican I Will view it with as much TrT* 35 a chriftian would I 0f ,he at I fulnh^ e d ‘ U lh the mar, v r in - I g TK ed .'? J the confla gtation. I the A ? lfdorn ar4C * patriotifm of |to-e wir iC3nrulers * fondly I D f ewill never lead us to realize »he horrors of a Banding army —relying fo fully on their in tegrity ai d upiightnefs,wc would wifh to fupprefs the idea, that ■ cenes of dtfolation will ever excite our difapprobation of the ir conduft; but while we have monuments belore us, of the tendency of ** jmall beginnings we ought to c bferve with an attentive, critical jealoufy the moll minute movements, that | may in time lead to the compleat cflabiißimcnt. i I lb 11 conclude this number with an exrra£t from judge I Pawc's oration—the learne^. | judge fpeaks with his ufual pre | cihon and fiimnefs; and though ' 3 oi ng in that day, \ et the ma turity of his fentiments adds | lull e to the patriotifm of his icfpcfted lather, who fo early i inculcated on him the fol owing jfub’ime piinciples of repubhea njvi, 41 There is the eflcnce of all power(ul liberty. Not to with draw a fentiment alre/dy engra ven upon the heaits of this au d ence, it is fuch a liberty,, as that every man who has once taßed it, becomes a temporary foldier as loon as ic is invaded, and relents any violence offered it, as an attack upon his life— hence it is that, in free Bates, 1 as fuch y there is no fuch thing as a perpetual Banding army. For the whole bod) of the people, ever ready, flock to the general' Bandaid upon emergency, and to preclude the ufe of that in fernal engine, I fay infernal en gine, for the tongue “ laborSy and is at a lofs to exprefs," the hideous and frightful confequcn ccs that (low wherever the pew j ers of hell have procured i:s in ' troduftion. Tuikey and A ; giers i arc the delight of its vci geance. I Denmaik, once over-lwasmcd 1 with the brave inhabitants of the j north, hash Hereddepopulation, i poverty, and the heaviell bond age, from the quartering troops among ft their peaff nts in time of peace : ij it can be cat ed peace when robbery, conflagrate n, and murder a c let h ole upon the fons of men. Indeed, it is laid i h t no notion ever kept up an army in time oj peace that did not loofe its liberties. I believe it. Atheans, Corinth, Syracufe, , *nd Greece in general were ah i overturned by that tremendous i power : and the fame power has i been long operating with other I caufes to humble the crefl of : Britain. Let us hear a paffage from Devenant ? “If (fays he. Speaking of Banding armies, f they who believed this eagle in r the air frighted all moiions tow : aids liberty; if they who here- ’ tofere thought armies in time of • pea:e, and our freedom incon l fifltnt; if the lame men fhoidd throw eff a whig principal to • fundamental, and thus come to clothe fhcmlclves w ith the dc jefled garm nts of the tones, and if ail that has been here dif courfed on Biould happen, then willthe conflitution of this coun tty be utterly -übverted." It would ex r eed the limits of the prefent ocralion to exyati tc upon all the inflances wherein the liberties of Britain have in faft fuffered according to the , viewy of Devenant, Suffice it! to fay that a Banding army has ' been long fince, virtually <.ngi aft er!, a limb upon her ronflltution, has frequently over-awed her par \svnt\)isyfonietmeshereleHionSy and has earned defliu6tion and maffacre into different paits of her empire. That Banding mercenary troops mud fooner or later en tail fervitude and mifeiy upon their employees, is an eternal ttuth that appears from the na ture of things. On the one bar d behold an infipid yecman ry, all finew and foul, having Beppcd out and defended their ancient altars, their wives and children, return in peace to till thofe fields which their own arm have refined, Such are the troops of every tree people.* Such were the troops who, led on by the patriot Warren, gave thefiiß home blew' to our op picflors. Such were the troops w ho fi led by Cates in the noith cm woods, almoß decided the fate of nations. Such were the Poops w bo, under the great and am able Lincoln, fuflained a fiege in that rank him and them with the captains and foldiers of antiquity. Such, we trufl, aie the troops, who, inferior number, though headed 9 O I indeed by the gallant and judi cious Morgan lately vanquiflied a rhofen veteian band lung de dicated to Mais and dikipimed in blood. “ 1 hou who you UoHy wall lhall tn verfc tltcic “ Where tro .pi of Brltaifi% k vg OD i BritaiL’s fon» I, “ D übarg’d 11;c leaden vengeance ; pafs not on, “ E’er ihcu had b’ett their memory, and paid “ Thofe hallowed tear*, whicli foolh the virtuous dead.” Thefe were piinciples of one of our prefent judges of the fu preme coutt of judicature, and we trufl that he Bill adheres to them. How happy are wc, when we have the Prefident of the United States, a m nifier of the gofpel, a judge of the lu preme court, as living uiinej}es t | and a Warren, and an Hancock, I as fpcaking from their tombs, that a 44 funding a>my is defryc hve to the liberty of the pec pie '* A Friend to the Prefident. * “ Thai the yeomanry are the bulwark of a hee people ’ — was t if memory /r veSy in a cclhrated rx tempore fpeech c) the honorable Sa muel Adams, made in the year '73, The feadmejs of dial great repub~ Juan to his political creed, evinces that fentiments grounded upon juft date zuill not enjily bend to a partial in erefy or accommodate to the changes of a popular opinion . CREENSBURG, Nov. 9. On the 23d of 06fobcr lafl, capt. Alexander M*Lcan's Al leghany and Armltrong Rifle f ompany, confifling of upwaids of 70 citizens, met to celebrate the ele&ion of THOMAS M 4 KEAN, to the governmental chair. Having paraded in view of the regimt nt, (it being the general mufler) the following toafls were drank, accompanied with a volley of rifles, and the unanimous plaudits of the com pany. 1. May the 8:h of O&ober, 1799 be remembered by all icpublicans, as the day which advanced the patiiotic THO MAS M‘KEAN, to the office of governor of Pennfylvania. A volley and three cheers. 2. May the m>rnes of thofe who voted in favoi of john (ay's treaty with England, the Band ing aimy, the alien and fedition laws, and the Bamp aft. be blotted out of the congieffional journals. A veil y and three cheers. 3. May the fuflenng fons of liberty, continue to for tlx ir conflitutional lights, and find an alyium in the United States. Three cheeys, 4. May every true republican remember the covenant catch made in the year 1776, which was Pealed with blood. 5. May HI the executive officers of the Bate faithfully execute the good laws thereof. Three cheers * 6. May the names of Findley, Gallatin, and Smihe, Bnke ter ror into every enemy of repub licanilm. Three cheers . STOMNGTON PORT, November 12. Highly Important ! ! We do not find in any of tha papers received per the mail, (except the 15ee) the report which has been tor Pome tunc n