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S Chloe, the fair, in the heat of the
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day.
Beneath iW cool made lay afletp,
The roguifh young zephyrs, in frOlickfotne
play, j
Fann'd the lawn from her bofom to peep '
Young Damon, whom long the coy maid '
; had defpis'd,
Arriv'd and ftood gating in blifs 5
Then love tapp'd his fhoulder and boldly
advis'd,
To fteal (with fweet rudenefs) a kifs ;
Tbe Ihcpherd obey'd ; with fuch ardor he
prefs'd,
That he broke the fair maiden's repofe
She Harts, and the robe quickly draws, o'er
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While withfliameand refehtment it glows.
Nay, prithee, dear majd, thy brow now
unbend,
Archly fmiling, reply'd the young fwain,
If, by ftealing a kifs, I my fab" one offend,
She is welcome to take it again."
Well pleasM with his boldnefs, fair Chloe
reply'd,
Reparation fhould always be free ;
Then if you no longer would have ine to
chide,
Yourfelf mull return it to me."
Enraptuf 'd, the theft he with hu'reft repaid,
While love thrill'd with tranfport each
vein
Since which, when he e'er Heals a kifs, it 11
faid, .
Chloe makes him return it again.
ESS AT ON WOtyEN.
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converfation of men to awaken
The
their vivacity and draw them from a negli
gence, into which, if they were not ftimu
lated by a defire of pleating, they would
certainly fall. That defire produces the al
lurements of the face,, the gtace of air, and
fweetnels of voice ; for whether they fpeak,
move, or fmile, they think of rendering
themfelvea agreeable ; whence we may con
clude that it is tbe men who, in fome degree,
oive charms to the women, who without
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them would fall into a four or indolent tem-
er. Beiides female minds, ovcrwhelmned
y trifles, would languifli in ignorance, if
men, recalling them to more elevated ob
jects, did not communicate dignity and vi
gour. 'Tis thus that the two fexes ought to be
perfected by each other. The manly cou-
rage of the one is tempered by the foftneft
of the other, which, in its turn, borrows
from the fame courage The one acquires
in women's company, a milder tincture,
while the other lofe their female levity.
Their different qualities balance each other ;
and it is from that mixture the happy ac
cord arifes, which renders them both more
accomplifhed. The variety of minds may
be compared to that of voices, which would
rather form an agreeable concert, than a
grating difcord. If men are of a ftronger
form, it is the more effectually to contribute
to the happinefs of thofe who are mere
weak; one fax was not defignedo be the
opprcflor of the other; the intimate con
nexion between them is for general advan
tage, and thole ridiculous debates of fope
riority are an infult to nature, and an la.
gratitude for her benefits.
We are born women's friends hot their
rivals, much lets their tyrants j and that
ftrcngth which was given us for their de
fence is abufed, when thereby we cnfktve
them; and to banifh from fociety its fweet
eft charm, that part of the human ipecies
which is mod proper to animate ir, would
render it quite infipid. v
The truth of this has been proved by the
people of the Eaft, who joining together a
fenfe of their own areaknefs and a brutal
paiuon, have regarded women as dangerous
companion, againt whom they mad be on
their guard; therefore tbey have enftaved
that fex, to avoid being enflaved by them,
nd have thought too much love, gave them
title to mil life them 1 but thefe tyrannic
mailers have been the firft victims of their
tyrannic jealcrufy. Devoted to a lonely me
lancholy life, they have fought for tender
ienfottons in vain a arid ft their fan (Uvea,
Senftbinty, with tbe delicacy ever its com
panion, is only to be found in tlie reign of
Ireedoa, (ince they both necefTarily thun a
society eeU of thoie faring wheuce they
aoight grow. Thefe, and fuch like people,
feek to recompertce themfelvesfor a'loft fen
fibility and delicacy, by arbrutifh voluptu
oufhefs, which only ferves to numb their
fenfe and brutalize their foals.
AMICUS.
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Lcgiflature of Maflachufetts.
January 27.
Precifely at 12 O'clock,' bis Excellency the
Governor, met the twoJbranches of the Le
giflature, and delivered the following
ADDRESS:
Friends and Fellow-Citizens,
SINCE your latl adjournment the Prefix
dent of the United States has officially an
nounced to the Legiflature of the Union, his
determination to retire from the cares of
public life- When a citizen fo diftinguifhed
by his country, withdraws himfelf from the
Councils of the Nation, and retires to peace
ful repofe; it muft afford very pieafmable
feelings in his own mind, to be confeious of
the good will of the people towards him
how much more confolibg muft his feelings
be, in reflecting that he has ferved them
many years with purity of intention and '
difinterefted zeal. We fincercly wifb, him
tranquility in his retirement, and ftrong
conization in the latter ftage of life.
In purfuance of the provifion in the con- ;
ftitution, the people have lately exfercifed
their own fovereign power in the election of
another-Prefident. Elections to offices, even
in' the fmalleft corporations, are and ought
i to be deemed highly important ; of how
. much more importance is it that elections to
the higheft offices in oar cxtenfive Republic,
fhould be conducted in a manner and with a
fpirit becoming a free, virtuous, and eu
lightened people, who juttly eflimaie the
value of their facred rights. In the late
elections, the people have, turned tkeit at
ten tion to feveral citizens, who have render
ed eminent fervices to our federal Common
wealth in exalted Hat ions. Upon which
ever of the candidates the lot may have fal
len, the people have reafon to expect, that
his ad minift ration will be flrictly conforma
ble to the letter and true intent of the Con
ftitution, that it may long continue to be
the guarantee of our freely elective Repub
lican government. On fair and uncontroled
elections, depend under God, the whole fu
perftru&ure of our government fhould
corruption ever lhTert ufclf in our elections,
there would be great danger of corruption
in our governments. Although it is not long
fince the fubiecVof elections was under the
coufideration of the Le&ifiature, and a law
palled for the purpofe of further feenrity to
the people in the tree exercife of this inva
luable right ; yet give me leave to fuggeft
for your confideration, whether ftill further
fecurities may not be provided, fb that the
rightful electors may not be froftrated in
their honeft intentions. That elections may
pot be contaminated by Grangers, or unqua
lified perfons, may it not be necefTary, that
every man may be known, as far as poflible,
when he prefents himfelf to give in his vote ;
this may be more ef penally important in our
feaports and other populous towns, in which
many foreigner of all forts frequently re
lidc. I would be far from dictating to you,
hot I would fobmit to your judgment whe
ther, confidering the liberality of this coun
try to foreigners, and the frequency of their
naturalizations, it may not be eligible that
fuch foreigners fhould be required when
they offer their votes to the felectmen of the
towns, to produce authentic certificates from
the courts, by which they were endowed
with fo high a privilege, at a ted of their
citizen (hi p.
- As piety, religion and morality have a
happy influence on the minds of men, in
their public as well as private tranfactions
you will not think it uhfeafonable, although
I have frequently heretofore done it, to bring
to your remembrance the great importance
pf encouraging our Unvetfity, town-fchools
and other feminaries of education, that our
children and youth while the are engaged
in the aurfuit of ufeful ftieoce, may have
their minds imprefled with a ftrong fenfe of
the duties they owe to their God, their in
ftnnton, and each other, fo that when they
arrive to a fl ate of manhood and take a part
in any public tranfeelions, their heart hat
ing bean deeply imprefled in the coorfe of
their education with the moral feelings
foch feelings-may continue and have their
due weight through the whole of their fu
ture Uvea.
Permit me to call your attention to the
fobject of the militia of the commonwealth,
nwtil regelated milnk he Id in exact I u-
bordi nation to the civil authority fmdgo
verned by it," is the raoft fafe defence af a
Republic. In our Declaration of rights,
which exprefles the lent im ems of thOpeople,
tbe peoplehave a right to keep and bear
arms for the common defence. ' The more
generally therefore they are called out to be
difciplined, the ftronger is our fecurity.Vja
man, 1 fhould think, who , poflrfles a true
republican ipirit, would decline o rank
w ith his fellow citizens on the fancied idea
of a fuperiority of rircumftances : This
might tend to' introduce fatal diftinctibns in
our country. We can all remember the
time when our militia, far from being difci
plined, as they are at prefent, kept a well
appointed hoftile army for a considerable
time confined to the capital ; and when they
ventured out, indeed they took pofleffion of
the ground they aimed at, yet they ventur
ed to their cbft. arid never forrot the battle
of Bunker Hill. The fame undifciplined
militia under the command and good con
duct of General Wafhington, continued that
army confined in or near the, capital, .until
they thought proper to change their pofition
and retreated with h'afte to Halifax. If the
militia of the commonwealth can he made
ftill more effective, I am'confident you vHU
not delay a meafore of fo great magniturle.
1 beg leave to refer you 10 the feventcenth
article in our Declaration of Rights, which
refpects the danger of Handing armies in
time of peace. 1 hope we fhall ever have
virtue enough to guard againft thei'- imro
duc'tion. But may we not hazard the fafety
of our republic would we ever conftitute,
under the name of a felect militia, a ,fmall
body to be difciplined in a camp with all the
pomp and fplendor of a regular army
Would fuch an inftitution be liktly to be
much lefs dangerous to our free government
and to the morals of our youth than if they
were actually enlilled for permanent fer
vice ? And would they not as ufual in Hand
ing armies, fee! adiflinct interelt from that
of our- fellow-citizens at large ? The great
principles of our prefent militia fyftem are
undoubtedly good, conftituting one fun pie
body and embracing fo great a proportion of
the citizens as will prevent a feparate inter
eft among them, inconfiftent with the Wel
fare of the whole. Thofe principles, how
ever, I conceive, fhould equally apply to all
the active citizens, within the age prefcrib
ed by law. All ar deeply niterefted in the
general fecui ity ; and where there are no
invidious exemptions, partial diftinctjons or
privileged bands, every man, it is prefumed,
would pride himfelf in the right of bearing
arms, an$afford bis pcrfcmal appearance in
common with his fellow-citizens. If upon
examination you fhall find, that the duties
incident to our nrcfent fyftem bear harder
on one clal'i of citizens, than on another,
you will undoubtedly endeavour, as far at
is pollihle, to equalize its burthens
Friends and Fellow-Citizens,
I think it a duty incumbent upon me to
acquaint you, and our fellow-citizens at
large, that having arrived to a ftage of life,
marked in holy writ, and verified by con
ftant experience, as a time of labour and
forrow ; it is highly proper, both upon my
own au -omit, at well as that of the public;
to decline the future ft iff rages of my fellow
citizens for the office I have now the honor
to faftain. I have had this in contemplation
near a twelve month paft. The infirmities
of age render me an unfit perfon in my own
opinion, and very probable in the opinion
of others, to continue in this ftation ; and 1
mention it now, that thofe of the eledort
who may probably be too warmly attached
to me, may not nullify fheir own votes by
giving them for me. I have afways been
convinced that many others might have been
found to fill my place, with greater advin
taga to the commonwealth than is now or
ever hat been in my power. In the Civil
department during the timet of war .ml of
peace. I have lerved her in various flat ions
to the bed of my ability and I hope with ge
neral approbation 1 and I can fay with truth
that I have not enriched myfelfin herfer
vice. My w.-umefl thank are juftly doe to
my cooftttuentt for the confidence tbey have
repeatedly placed in me. When 1 fhall be
releafed from the burthent of my public fta
tion, I fhall not forget my country. Her
welfare and happinefs, her peace and prof
perity, ber liberty and independence will
always have a great (bare in the heft wifhet
of my heart.
I will endeavour to confide r the baftneft
you may lay before me with fidelity and
difnatch. SAMUEL ADAMS,
llofton, January 37, 1797.
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