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11 AN ADDRESS TO WINTER. , v inter i Tnier ot th' inverted year, ' Thy acatter'd hair with alecUikc ashes fill'd, .., Thy breath congeal'd upon, thy. lips,, thy. checks (;(: . ,; . s . . Fring'd with a heard made white with vtiuer " V,. "0WV . W ?t : Clouds, ; nan iuosc oi age; my torebead wrapt in . A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car indebted lo no wheels, . But urg'd by ftorms along its slipp'ry way 5 . . ; Hove thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, v , And dreaded as thou art. Thou hold'st the . f vsua:rv h-;: ;;;',. -j- A pris'ner in the yet undawning East, t Short'ning Jhis journey between, morn and. -;'v-r.-vv noon, - J . ; : -y. ;.. ' '.: ; : , v! ; ; And hurrying him, impatient of bis stay, ' -V Down to the rosy West. But kindly still ' Compensating bis loss with added hours Of social converse and instructive ease, . ' And gathering at short notice in one gt oup The family dispers'd,' and fixing thought J ,. Not Jess dispers'd by daylight and its cares. - I crown thee Kinc of intimate 'delio-ht. " - Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness', Ana an me comiorts that the lawly roof ,- Ut undisturb'd retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening know. No rattling wheels stop short before hese - gate ; ' ' :--:' l'; ' .' No powder'd pert proficient in the art -. Of sounding an alarm, assaults thene doors Till the street rings. No stationary steed Cough their own knell, while heedlees of the , ' ;.sound The silent circle fan themselves and quake ; But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom,! buds, and leaves, and ' sprigs, :' , ,. . And curling tendrils, gracefully dispos'd, 1'oHow the nimble" finger of the fair, " A wreath that cannot fade, of flow'rs that ; ' blow ' : '.. ' , "With tnost success when all besides decay 1 " The poet's or historian's page, by one Mad vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyret whose treasure of sweet ' -sounds ;,;-,;. The touch frqm many a trembling chord shakes out;' tinct, And the , clear voice syraphonious, yet dis And in the charming strife triumphant still, , Beguile the night, and set a keener edge "On female industry ; the threaded steel Flies swiftly, and unfclt the task proceeds! The volume clos'd, the customary rites Of the last meal commence : a Roman mal, Such as the mistress of the world once found Delicious, when her patriots of high note, Perhaps by moon-light at their humble doors, And undrr an old oak's domestic shade, Enjoy'd, spare feast ! a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy, or proscribes the iound of mirth. Nor do we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion phrcBsy, and the God That made them an intruder on their joys, " Start at his awful name, or deem his praise A jarring note. Themes of a graver tone Exciting oft our gratitude and love, While we retrace wij mem'ry's pointing wand, That calls the past to our exact review, The dangers we have 'scap'd, the broken snare, The disappointed foe, deliv'rance (bund Unlook'd for, life preserv'd, k peace retlor'd, . Fruits of omnipotent eternal love Oh evenings worthy of the gods! etclatm'd The Sabine bard. Oh evenings, 1 reply, More to be priz'd and coTded than yours, At more illumin'd and wth nobler truths, That I and mine, and those we love, enjoy. tech the -repubiica paeuei. ( Printed at Dtjnburj, Conn,) IT is with a mixture of , iudittmtiod anJ contempt, that we bbferve the defpl" cable .efforts vot certain newipaper pe- t U4ins iu iow rc teccs of rivaiunp uu TVE STOUT TELLER. THE sedentary wearers of long tales Civt me the C.lgets and tny spirit fails j Who echo conversation, dull and dry,' 2 JTibdlUVd with, ht tad, and id said , . Wc bustle, up-witU unwc rsiful spcrd And in the saddest part cry, droll indeed. - vifion among hs States cf the Union. : We" feel indignation becaufe we -kntiW j their will is Sufficiently flrong to devif? , and execute thefe " wuked fcheme's 1 We' feel contempt becaiife. nbtw'uhllandirtg'' . tweir miponiion, we Know xucir igiiuraui-c is too obvious iot be obfetved, and pro perly treated. Thefe creatures ' who ire as ignorant of the fcience of government, , s 'they are deft it u te", bf candour and, re--finerhen.; will fit in formal conclave on the defliny of empires, and deal out .their inuructions toitateimen, anu.tneir opiir ion on the extent of territory and popu lation, which niay be fafely embraced by . .one neneral feovernmenti with as much pompofity and felf.importance, as if the whole univerfe had fufpended its opera tions to liften to them v"" If thefe deftrucVive feniim'eots could be traced no farther than to this- defpicabl? origin, we mould leave tnem to tne OMi viou' which would eventually receive them. out we regret to una tnem too frequent among thofe eminent federalMv vhofe precepts and examples may be too ; fuc- cef'ful in inculcating any dpdrinc, howe ver ablurd in its nature, however muchie v'ous in its effects. . Our readers fand many honefl cit'uena who are not our readers') hav been ftudi- oufly excluded from the fphere of politi cal truth, for many years. ... Such efforts . as have. been made to extend the citcula tion of juft principles and correft infor mation among them, have been difcoura- ged and impeded by every obllaclc which a large and active matoritv could throw in tne way. iut thete clouds are diiper f r t r . unjj. - uariineiJ recede ; a ml we c m . brade this favourable afped of things to exhibit to the people the imquitous ef lorts which have teen operating againft.. tnem. rrom the number and relpeclabi. lity of otir patrons, we infer a rapid in creafe of repub'icanifin in this part of th ftate, and we hail with fiicere p'eafare, the approaching revolution of fc'miment. ' Miny, doubtkfi, are unacquainted with the efforts above referred to, to pcrfuade people of the propriety of admfion of the United States. Such efforts havs been and arc Hill in operation. ' As a prelimi nary to this, much hai been faid,' In onr Itate'communicaf ions, of which our Con-, ncclicut goernors late fpcech is a mode rate fpeti men, rf the funeriority of cer tain (tates, in virtuous habits, informa tion, and the profeflion and practice of re ligion, over other ftate. The idea is al to advance.!, that the habits and difpri tions of the people of New-England, dif. fcring materially from thofe of the fouth ern and wellern ftates, render .a general Union unnatural and precarious, (tliefc fhort-lighted gentry not confidcring, that the very elfence of harmony refult from an union of contrafled natures). Natu rally progrttfTtng from thefe pofitiohs to the inference which their views prompt ed them to draw, they have argued that the welfare of the nation demands a divi . Hon, and we have the . bed reafon tobt licve, that many a federal brain is now marked, by. the pencil of' imagination, with the traces of territory, boundaries, and lines of demarcation of the divided country Diiided Country ! Does not e very friend to America feel a chill of hor. ror at the very idea, much more at the evident dcfien of its enemies to rea!i?e it Variety of occupations, manners, cli- whkTi ar KaVmg to t lemtorj of the United States, wtll reach to an extent too great to be comprehended in one nation that overfo large a tract ot country no one admininration can noia competeni juru- diftion. Tbe'advocates of this idea mould recollea, that,;ir TClpecl to enlargement, of territory, the meafurcs adopted by our Wivetvnmeht ari infinitely fupcrior to the European fyfletxi of colonization, If ft new Hate, requires new cxcrnuna anu auui- tional patronage rrom tne union, 11 auo affords additions! refJurces, and addition al Grength..; tscling.iruts infant pregrefs, its deDendeuce oh. the elder ftate its en ergies will be directed with peculiar fohci- tudc. to the proiperuy ot tne wnote. i ne i ter nates convinced tnat me interetts 01 the new ftate arc incorporated . with, their own.- will feel thp propriety as well as the neceffitV of f extending their counte-'5 nance and protection xowaras it. riom fuch Itronz, mutual incentive?, the firm- eft,.' fafoft-union inevitably enfues. When'r a monarchical government acquires a co lony, whole extent and internal means nproach to a degree ot competition with T"oper culu i-. .and1 the knowledge of their vatioa ana. in .tome count es n.h..-- may be deemed neceffary; . another com mittee may be appointed to folicit dona, tions for the furtherance of the ; ohi-A 1 Thus it is probable, we may in a few. years traife everjr kind of Rheubarb, Saftron vj. ampnire. anaotner ntjh Medicines in a high degree of perfedion, : the pur, chafe of which, al.thongh unnoticed at prg". fent, yet annually drains' this country op coin,. fum perhaps beyond any one's im. agination ''' -V-vv" ; ' j Pi. Several different forts of the feeds of valuable' exotic plants lately imported, are now on hand, which are at the fervice of any fuch fociety virhen called for, :f ; ; the parent country, the refources which that colony aftordrarc ufually eaten up by the, extraordinary exertions whicn are found neceifury to protect or keep it in fubieclion. When a republicangovern mcntacquires an addition of territory, it receives from it new reprefentatives, and fturesa moiety of its peculiar, commer cial, agricultural or other advantages ; thefe reprefentatives bring to the national '; councils a reinforcement of general and local knowledge they give additional wildom and ftrongth to the government of the union, and the union in its fupcrior experience and energy, patronizes and fupparts the infant (late. It -is a prominent excellence of1 the re publican fyftem of government, that It is capable of embracing a great extent" of country and population, and that in pro portion as its teir tory increafes, its abili ty to'govcrn it increafes alfo.. . ' ' , Our-union -onte -cotiTititd of only 1 3 flatcs-there are now 17 has it bten found more difficult to maragc fevti: 'teen than thirteen i Are not the tnergics cf government as compficnt," though di rcdlcd to a greater variety tofoljcds, as formeily 7 'Certainly they are and we tit fire no better example to exhibit the ; juftice of our remarks. How long will ihcfc diforganizers I tliefc enemies of urion, continue their hof ' tiliiies ? How long will they pcrfevcre in their tflrts to impede the execution of Vile mej lures ? How lone will thev in- fiilt common fenfe, and throw (tumbling blocks, in the way of truth? Are they determined to pull down republicanifm, -I L. .1 1 11 f 1 . even iHou'm u.cy monia. involve tne whole nation in its ruins? The moment that a part f the United States accompliflies the fatal frnaration. it confignt itlclf as well as the red, n inc. "vitab'e deftruclion Fellow-Citizens, the event remains wun 1 (JU It you regard incie ruinous attempts, according 10 1 lie injunction of your beloved Wafhington, with a frown ot indignation, 1 heir defliny is fixed ; and they link to that o. bhvion from which they ouht never 10 have rifen. , :o: FROM TH K BALANCE. (Printed at HuJont JfcwYork.) . BOTANIC GARDEN. JOSEPH HAMILTON, M. D. And Health Phylician for the pnrtcf Hud. fon, in hc Hate of N'ew.York, 1 KLLN 1 5 his relfeCltul lalutations w - M I4. " " mates and difpofuioni," fay they, ope- I the Phificians andinrgeoni, through. fieigtnit-ipcrmancut uuiun. do- 1 uui mc unHcaaiatcs, ana riutnoiy tntii POLITICAL. Rarely have we seen thenewspapers loaded .with mare scurrility and Impudent black- jniardism, against the Legislature and first " clhcers of the general government, than are contained in those of the lant maUs. 1 1t is astonishing that gentlemen will notice the extreme impolicy of their conduct. It is a truth, obtious as the light of day, that this mode of proccedur U -takuUtt'd to injure themselves more than the objects of their malice. Already has It gone far towards ru ining their' credit and influence with the people. We cannot employ against them a wckpon mure sure of success, than to iu!Tcr flic tn to proceed in their oU way , or wish ; ll cm a speedier potithid dcuruction, than llcy are Inflicting upon themtches i for, ' Vice,tof at.cd,needrlttQbleta., They talkofrelisicm ! they talk' of ehrls- tianity ! If any thing hal been wauling to set their incouitcncy in a more RUrinc, light ilwcrethU! S'wt only the spirit they ditcover Is the Of potlte ttt all th ;il is thmtian, but the s mode they puttue to fifed ttwir cods, n the ; way of the Kvit ()ne, whne pUns were l- ways o conitructcd as etcttually to redound '.th a Unfold vcn:ea:re upon hit own head, li st chrWiUiiiiy inadk her prgrts againt trery rp,viin ottclc, hy the irresMshte t:.er ;y rl her uw rt virHtcs, mrtlntitfntUntu, fi-it'jihaiitj, and IryiA. I''' Gbitrvttjrj J phifts I. dots not this identical variety con-' tubule by the mutual alhflancc ol mutual wints, to form the firmed bafts of union ) And will not the very caufes which har monize and preferre us when united, de ll roy us when feaaratedi- Are not tte harmony and beauty ot architecture made up of parts different, and even oprofite, in their (hajes and dimenfions 1. The piece which projeils is joinad to that which recedes : the convex is united 10 the concave, he. and thus ftrength and beauty are produced by an union ot oppo file principles. It difference of difpofition and fituation Is a vslil argument a gain ft the unioo of llatc, it is equally 10 agaibft the union of individiuli, oilamilirs, and of focietiest upon me ume principle mat we oiuoire the former, we may annihilate the latter, anddtilroy every kind of povcrnmeni, c- vcry fodilrompacl. It was this very dif terence of difpofition and Ctuarion that hrll cihihitcd the nrccfiiiy of political sf- r 9 aa ..i .' locutions, ami tne recufvciiing aim regula ting of thefe, li the primary objccl ot eve ry rational goternmcnt.' ' Thus the very reiloni the tcdcrantlt ptve for divilion, o reran I r red flatly to convince us of the ne. cr.Tktv of union. 10 their feridus corifideratlon i llc follow - ing plan for creeling, maintainii g, and pcrjctuatirig a Botanic Caidcn throughout the republic. Ihi 'Garden is to extend through every ftate in the Union, an en. cloture to be in each county. Thus it will fufficiently engmfs all climates iirtht world, wherein, it is probab'e a fuflicien cy of all forts of foil may be found to pro. duce all forts of vegiiationin ihe world. In order to execute this plan, let three, four or more rhyficiani and furgcons, in fome one cout.ty brgin, by farming themfclvei Into a friendly alTbciatioo upon this liberal and CathoPc .Pru.tiplc, that any other lawful phylk'un or furgeon, within that county, upon his fubfenbing .to the articles of the focietv, fhall become a member thereof, and at Ing otganized, having a chairman and clerk, or piefidcnt , andfrcrctary, let the fociety. appoint two commiruei the one to be called the com mittee of the Garden, the other the cor. telponding committee. The duty of the former, to be 10 over fee and manage ihe'Gtrden, according to the directions of ih focictv. , The duly ot the fatter l correfpond with all thole Medical and rbi'ofophical T ; ALLMAND HALL , HAS FOR SALE, : v At his BOOK-STORE in Market-Street, opp,.' . site Dr, N. Mm, - December 13, 1803, THE North Americin Pilot, being collection of Sixty accurate Cbnu d4 Piant,diawnfron 9-. ginal Surveyi, , .. ;. ChifUof iiom kindi, A variety of Blink. Books, , All kindi of Shipping nd other Bli ki, Beft DuurrQjli,Wfeti,SeiicgW,R,it Ink Powder, Plr, thick pult folio, thio do. Lctiti t &C, &. . ' I'encili, Ac. . 'Amctican PnQicil Navigitor, Himilton Maore'f Nivigilioo, Nicho'too' . ia: ' Tht Sctnin'i Complete Daily Afliatat, i New Ma. riiier' Compad, Tht Cap Fear Pilot and Chirti ot the Bar and Rivir 'v: SCHOOL-BOOKS. Diaonariei, Geog aphiei, Hittwyof England, FtH tet'i Afliilant, Lec't Ameiican Acconptani, School. 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TraQa " Oldcib r'l Remarka on the Hiflory of Eng'aod Bitifa Ao. quliitl. WHct'a Ancieal Patragca -Jeff ifoo'a N'H(i, hot prtfTed aditioo Ui. do. common . d. Johnttfn' Rambler P 'H'a Woika.Tha Ipeaalor.Seoeca'a Morala Wiii'i Log r., fardjet on Edoeatioo, Paina'a Woika BeikoaB'i AmjiicaoBiogr.pliy, Biographical D ooiry -Boiaaical Harmony, Puifuiiaof Liteiatuia Tliompfou'i Scatoni, Browa'a Poema, Blaomfield'i da. . 7. mmeimm on National Pride, Do on Solitude ThaMinQ'), pr Aoccdotcaot dUioguifhed petfonagea in the 15th century, Attaiadar'l HiBry ot Women, Koiaebua'a i'taya tiil of Kntaebue, Ftet Mfn'a Monitor, D'no Pocket Companion Spint of Deipotifm, Brigg'i Coofcery Johnloo'i, Jona.'a and Bailey'a Di&koerii D. an n Pocket ' d ' NOVELS and ROMANCES,. Tom Jonat, Arabian Taleajala ol iheTiaea,Oflobrg Einii y Cirl cf thMountaioa,C'iarlotta Tcmple.Beggir Boy, 4endfod it Mraton, InquiTnor or tovieiblc Ham. b ai, RoHaan't Ilobifa, Eelin, Tom Jonea, H'Boiical Mamotie. fool ol Q.lity, Adelade att itancera. Pet- . ptcaitiea or tbt Foituatt Elopement. Orlando and Laviaa or the Li'ttti- c, Tbn Adul'.ereii, Robinfnn Ciufoe, RiJdia and Dmarbaa, Cog Barnwell, Tba Kegro, Ltea im liopea, Theodore Crphon nr aba Benevolent Jew, The Man of Fealini, Rhodeiia Ran. dom, The Infidel Father. Elegant folio family Biblet xtith platt t Co do moo cjatrto do.' Brovn'a Concordance Wliiitfic'd'a Lift. Wall' Thought!, Rile and ProgM' of.Rc ig'on In the aoul, Chitich G.ernt, 1 Chrilian'i Gn de, laciamrntat D'rrCt .ry, A T'tatia on the Jaoct.noi.on el the Ura'a D.y, aVaon'ar of thiaird int Other W.iU, M'Earen'a e.itt Ifla, Sacrimantalta acb.lm.Watt'a P.'Mrni and lyna,nan. ta ot Urey,'Hreya Mfdita-.icx , Com nm Prayer BookvTbt CoulclHon ol faah, lWlojtit'a M. anorri.Edwardaaia h AffiQioa. lerinooa, CalmJn md Unturtatifm CootraOtd, Blaa'i tOMMM e Crace, Origin ot teil, Vc. Martin cnExtcutori, Tajlar'i fleets, lUf Oo4'ad. Etan'aUaya, Pothnroa) Obligation " tcn'a DiliefTea, P.cclor' Pia ce, . iel.'a F'u,u of Law, Fiiahattert'a Nat.ti BrevUna, LaUMeCale, Maitin'a ColleQion ol Italuiea. ' : ,' Hunter on tht BkoJ, A Treelut Plague and Yellow Fmr, Minur PhranoW'- A varittj cf Political and ether PamjMh tfc.lfc, " ALSO, ALMANACKS For the year 1804. ' I ftaclettel. and eentlrmen at the fucietr lo tht courfd of our wadinc throueli I 'fha'l dlrert.. Audcfpaiallr with Circum. the iak ircumentl of fcJeral flevrlpa-V 'KavWatort. and other commaaderi of tcf fell, at they null ju lge rroptr r. erder lo obtain the' gcrmi, cr fccJj of plar.ti. peri, we have fome where fcert' the liJU 1 cu'.otii iicaUtd op, thai the icqui&tioni Ten Dollars Reward. RAN away from the fubfcribcf.diirire the Holydavi, a NeRto M m' Jacob, about ja or J yean of ig 5 Jcl 4 or 5 fnchci high and vreU made, yell coropleaed, and hn 1 fear on bit forehead. The above if ward wi',1 be paid for con fining hltn In any Jail 00 the continent f thai I get l,?m, or oV.ivctlo him to me on Slump Sound. ALL maftrti of feJTe'.i and otheri r. forewarned from harbouring, employing or carrying him away. ' t KOnERT WILLIAMS. Wilin'irgten, Jan. 9 i8H HATES OF STOilAGii, Ax Witmtgtri, - ! " ! Tor the Year 1104. ro r uli at wis or net. 1 lf
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