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A M E R i G A N W H I G. "THE. TRUTH OCR GUIDE:- THE PUBLIC GOOD OUR HMD." f L Vol. I. WlLMlNJONi (N.C-) TUED1C MARCH a I, 1809. No. 12. Washing roN City, March 3. THIS day will form a bright a'ra en the page of hjftory. .Never will it be fprgot ten as long as liberty "isdear to man, to$C it was on this day that TKOMAS JEF FERSON ret red from the fupreme ma-, giltrary amidd thebleflings and regrets ot mi lions. 'Itought to be forever remem- bered that this ftep was the'didate, not of neceffity, but choice, and tlwt it mani feds the mod illiidtious homage which the mind o1' man can pay to principle. That man mud be gteat whom the fpon taneous will of millions calls to the fu " pteme power : but hiw much greater is he, who, in the midft of active duties crowned with popularty, arid with a mind unclouded or weakened, rejedin the ea ger fuiTiage tint would agiinc'oathe him with the highed authority, withdraws to the retirement of private life. How mmy unruly pail'ions fuld ied..doea fuch an act evince I And wht a 'dinoyjg refutation docs" it not mfifett iheAproflijte xa--lurnnies that traced the actions ot his ad mmiftra?ion to ft lifter mojves ! Had ThJmh jEFFaKSos defired tj re tain power, there wis no competitor, he would hive been re elected Prefident by a .Tift majority. His fabric of authority was neither impaired, or like to be fo. He might (till have continuid to exercifetlie almoft commanding prerogatives of his ft at ion, to confer oifice and difpence pow. er, receiving applaufe in return If he had ptrfon d favourites, he might have gratified them to the fulled extent of his wifhes But this chtrge would never have been mide, but through the .olu e I channels of defamation. His favouties have ever been thofe, whofe virtues a:id talents he called into public fert;cc becaufTthe good of the nation demanded them. And this I J it (filendid a lot his public life provtt principle to have been his polar (tir. The hidory of mankind ihews that the deadlirit foe to li'X'rty his ever been the permanent dtpofifof pjwerinthe hands uf an individual, and that italmolt invtria bly terminates in the misery of atution Oar conflitution does not inlnbit this invediture but authorifes its continuance, !rovided thj people every four year re e tCk 'he fame hdivi iul. Hiere are thof ho think, and we profeft ourfdvet of -the number, that a rotation in the olficc of chief migiftrate would have been a fife guard to liberty. The point, however, we admit, is eitremr'y diriicult of fanf. fadory folu-ion Such is the infaiable Ihitlt of power that the mournfu hiltory of almelt every nation proves how feeble all conditutiont are aaind the overwhet ming torrent of ambition. If conditions forcibly (hut the door upon the re'i-ntion of the fupreme power by an individual of afcendint talent and amrwim, it it to be feared that rather than fubmi the whole f j Item will be fubverted by him It ws, perrups, becaufe the yeirt of Buonaptne did not allow him to be a 1) rcdor, that .he overturned the Republic, and feiied the tbfolute power, Be this qucdion, however, decked ss it may, while poor human nature retains its wretched tMoy, and white the condiu lion remains untainted, the truly great and good mm h i I only find, in thele cir cumflineet ftronger motives for difcoven irg 'emedy lor ih dreadful evil which has befallen v)rt nt ions, and having lound it, wi:i refolu'ely apply it. This has been dor.c by Wafhington and Jr fTer fon, Hid who. afiet ihrit etample will hcttaf-er be bo'd enough to noli- it, except for the mod luftdamial teatons VtOdi, indeed, mud be the ptftrntn..t of him, lto fha'ldare to fay, my ccunuy u greater nerd ol my,frtvicet, thanit had for thofe of a Wafhington of jr flVtfon It is roior put pole we have r.ei'ber time nor room to review the dtiimdi. tion of Mr. it iter f,n. The tributary tf. fetlwn nd unlhalen confidence ( iU great mats of the people, even under cirS" cumdances perilous and unprecedented! are its bsltdefe'ice. Nothing "but fterlina gold cwdj corrif pure ott bf ftctt'tt r, nrK frnrrt iO 1. u. lUi&ZiJkt MtW ' lion that make uj olir pdnufation that X ftands on ground fo pre-eminent? Noi one, & yet we haveiny, Very many, git & good men. However' party fpirit, male volent in fame lekftv highly excited in all, miy m th collisions of thedy, have detrafted frpm his merits, the tim will come.'and that fhsrtlv too. when very one will allow fti n to hve been a great and good man, and when thnaue of Jef,' ferfon will be uriivetfally ilTjclied ' wh ' thole ot: w afhington aid Franklin . Tliere is, fellow ti'izsnsV.fomething 'inexpreihijlv tender and folerhn in the ...... - - ,f political departure trom im og us of oufc1 J!fr:-....:n.. J r:.j c n ..: n l uuiui)uiiiica inena ana oeiercor, now much has he contributed to our haooinefs' f I How various complic ted. and arduous" .tiavt Deep the;icenes lhrouh wtOch. he lnsp (T d! Forty years nave been al-notl unceairing;y fpent in your fervice ! What pod of honour hss he not'fiiled, what grade of political duty has he not difchar ged I How many anxious moments has he hid for your we fire ' How great the dejjt, how profound the obligation to fuch a man ! But vad as the debt is, let i$ rejoice that it has been paid! that ve" have been and dill are ;;ra'eful for tie fervices we have received. Let us fee a jult pride in the reflection that the alTtc tion and elteem of an enlightened natbn cmcel all ob'iuation and that this is tel. towed to the fx on Thornis Jeferfon Lt un too remember that the day has at len; h arrived, when praife cinnot be mi.talen for flattery, or be afcriSed to i npure mo tives. The leading e e nents of a nition s happinefs are liliTty, knowledge and wealth. 1(T (led of thefe, i- is i.npoTiVe for anv people to oe miferable. During Mr. Jeifcrrm's a Imitultra.'ioh all thefo have been ei'her increaftd or Itrengthencd. Libetty has fubmit ed to no fe ters, the arts and fciencet li ve advanced wi'h un p ecedented (tepj and wealth outrun every calculation II it he an indifpu able ax on, that a tree it kno n by its liuit, herv ita criterion w! i h ;nno- be mid-ken or unfelt. I is hif, that on this day lights up the grati'u le, awkens the regret, and Calls forth the blelfings of millions. INit In, Anfxvrr of th Pr,JlJnttf tbt United Statu it (lev. fyfr't lttt,r h him tnl fin tlx AlU'fi tbt irnrl AJ,mhl of Yu-gi. ma, ali 6 Amutr tbt AdJrtt. SIR I have duty received your favor of the I Ith, cov-ring refolutions of th Ceneial AlTembly ol Virginia on our f.i. reign relations, anJ in addiefs to myfelf on my approaching retiiemrnt, and I a.'k leave, thio' tlie faT channel, to return the enctofed anfwer. So hing can give me moe fincere fatnfaition than this km t and hoicrab'e teltimony from the General Air.-miif of my native date, a ftatt in which I have drawn my fird and Ihi I draw my ated breith. h to which I retire with inexpreffible p'alure. I am e.jaa!ly t-n(i l of yoir goodneft in the .ppr .ving terms h which you hate made hit com nuncation. The cancurre nee wf a veteran pattwf, wlia Irom the fuit dawn of the levolu ion o this day, hat putfu?d unvhangeab'y the fane honed coutfe, cannot bu be flattering to hit fel low.laSor.it I pny ou t0 accept the artutancct of my Cnccte cllecm and ref. pva Tl I, JEFFERSON. Ifa tMttUtntj, Cv ljr, Tt if Gfrral Afmhfj 1,,, init. I revive with ptu i.r fe ! bility the rTeflionate addrrft of the Gf netal AlTem. bly o( my uaurt flat, on my approaciun retirement from the office with which I have been honored by the nation at large. Havin? been one of thole who entered into public lifer at the commencement, of an ra--the rhod, extraordinary which the... hiftory' ot man has ever yet prefentfa ttrhia con templation, I claim nothing morej for the parj l have ated in it. than common merit having, with others, faithf ully en. deavorpd to do my duty iti.tbe feveral da. tions alloted me. In tUemeafures which you ate pTeafed particularly to approve, I have beeq aided by the wifdora and, pat. 'riotifta o$ the National Legtflaturttf & he talents atd virtues of the able cpidjutors with whtim it has Veen my happSueJ Pb be aflbciated.and to whofe valmble'aad faith. I ful fervices I with pleafure 'and gratitude (oear wimeis. - , , From the moment that; to preferve our rights, a . change of government became neceflary, no doubt" could be entertained th2Wjpablican form 'was mod confonant yilli reafon, witlvright, with the freedom f rTin,ari, and with the character and firu trrfrjirof-'Our fellow cithens. 'To the' fin cere fpirit ot republicanifm are naturally aflbciated the love of country, devotion to it's liberty, its rights and its honor. Our preference f that form of government has been fo far judified by its succefs an the p'ofperi'y with which it has bleflVd us I i no portion of the eanh were life, liber ty, and property ever fo fecurely held ; & it is with infinite fattsfacdion that, with drawing from the aftive fcenes of life, I lee the facred depofit of thefe blelTings committed to thofe who are fenfible of their value, and determined to defend them. It. would have been a great confolatiot? to have left the nation under the aHurance of a continued peace Nothing has been fpared to eflecd it ; and at no other period of hiltory would fuch efforts have failed to enfuteit. For neither belligerent pre. tends to have been injured by us, or can fay that we have in any indance departed from the mod faithful neutrality, and cer tainly none will charge us with a want of forbearance. Inthedcfire of peace, but in fu'l con fidence of fafety from our unity, our poQ tion, and our tefources, I (hill retire i.n;o the bofom of my rative Hate, endeared to me by every tie which can attach the hu man heart I"he allurancet of your ap P'obation, and that my conduct ha given ftiifattion to my fellow citizen generally will be an important ingredient in my fu tore happinefs ; and that the fupreme ru'er of theuniveife may have our country uu. der hit fpecial cue, will be among t'le latclt of my pt avert. Tilt JEFFERSON February IG, ISO'J. tssAr. HELPS OF MEMORY. . AS memory is the Store-?icufe of know ledge, it may be of ufe to point out a few methods of enlarging it, or accommodating nsprclent fize to a more convenient difpo. fal of its contents, i'bofe who labjur un. der any defeat in the naure of their fa cu'ty, ih mid carefully attend tothem and apply fuitabletemedies. The date of the me nory principally de pend on that of the brain i and il the a: r t be too hot or too cold, the former will ful fer loft . A ptoper mixture of heat in J toll, it mod favourable to rremory. tjord Bacon in lo-ne part of hit wotkt pie Icnoes particular medicinei for rcdoting It to a jult balance, where it if wanting Oar own esperien e, however, will teach us ho w to art in many cafct. Too much ilerp. by dupifymg the head and too hn;e, by inflaming it, are eittemet equally pf t riKMut to the utainment of k-jtmng I he iludent mult avoid nightly watching, J morning (lumbcri, ti he wou;d intr mpcr nee, which il not Irft fatal to the mind II ving fern how the brain it difpofd tj twttite, our cate md.l be direthd to the application of it aS"I refpecls memory We -fhould be careful not to commit things to be r f Aembered, until they are well digetted, -tod, w--a1li4kv4&.i.. thplciJd ifhoul3 be cdear arid jKttfted. very bjecl of thought fhouW bt reviewed in lucceffion, and canvafled with a fcrupu lous exaclnefs. When there is an imper' feci comprthenfion of ideas, theknowledge refuting ij unimportant . and ' tranfitory. Hiere can be no extei five degree of reten tion, without underftandmg. J he traces which ideas, pafling through , the brain, leave upon it, are deeper ' or fainter, in proportion to the-vigour of . .conception. ' Men who think'fuperficially.re feldom retentive i impreflioni "followne another fufiicieitly quick ; but like circle in the water, they vanifh as foon is they are made Inattention is the fourcefif this imperfedtion. They are at no pins to examine their ideas, to compare thei with each other, and difcern their agreement or difference. Hence their ideas are re tained for a fhort time, artd the mind is always kept in a date of blank. . Befides a jud underdanding method, is alio nectffary. It not only affifts us in the ad of committing to memory, but will ferve to retain or recall ideas which appear to be lod. Every one's experience fhews the advantageof methpd Forexan-p e.how eafily the (cholar gets off any p. fl".ige from an author who bferves a connection of thought : while the fame number of lines, compofedot independent fentenccs, cod fr.m infinite labour, and perhaps are at lad b dlv committed When there is no bond of union amongll our conceptions, out oti'y a random relation to each other, it cannot be expected that the mind fh .uld be ready in recolleaion, or dexterous in polling from one thing to another As man iscondantly bufy in amafliriT materials of knowledge, he would be env barrafled how to adopt the whole to ufe. ful ends, if he had not the art of lonntclmg idtot if tbt fame Iptcin or ctat When any new idea isacquired.it ihould be imme diately annexed to that bundle ot thini peculiar to it. I hut knowledge is divided into parts or fediont, accoiding to i's qua ity . and upoieach addition, the mind takes a geceral furrcy of tint part of it to which the newly en'ercd idea be'ongs. Hence arifct a double advantae, viz of imprinting frelh tdear, and recovering the mem ry ot o'd ones. Nothing can be more prejudicial to lit eraray acqu fitions than that hurr. ..f to which fome bufy fpirits are fuSiedrd. Kmnrjiama atitotrotnn, or. which the for mation of ttue ideat, as well at the rcte -tion of them, ii depencan', belong to loult inclined to peace and trattqui.iiv. HJ-r can memory exetcife her p..w ann.:fl tumult and dillradion ? here mu.l be no intelledual commotion vhiio , m tiifi of thoucht it carried on hut .. i compolure fhould be fludied. Wh never it read Of thmir.li n,..l I become the fut,a tf ttrnxjatuxn It tt ol inconceiv iht.- hrlntio mcm..r n. A.. emng imptefTunt on the mind, and win. cing now tar our lludiet have been well digelted. Convetfa.ion, like a mirror. diltovcrsour impetfedions in knowlert..,. inA nt f en f it... rt . I t. L I . t ' tit.ii w c ,JU lormeu il our pownf, f rittni alfo has a Vr rv ittintr iZ: dency WlKx-vrt it at n.int to wti e out any thing n a fair legible hand, will ,cifi. tate the bufmrft f memory The ad of wti ing hxig the at ention on each fe let and witd, the mind in tecollritwn, ejf... tetallt them in the Otdcf of fUctf.T...n, fc j tin fvn'enret or patagra h, 4rcnr.l1 s 10 thnr relative pUn It 1. I'i.to.fufclj, whoremarkt, that wtitin(t it apt o produce csreltfuirft and bjreleafmg n-Vmrnv from the frvetity of her tl. to weaken her pacr? ll.it tliit oSjrttion holdt not t n rtpetifnee. Witing u tener.!T (yU,,fJ 10 ftrrng'hen wek rre rrvorir, ind to ten f flu. genet c:wr( Care rroft he t km 1191 10 tVtttbarrr lh tt (moll ;
The True Republican or American Whig (Wilmington, N.C.)
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