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4 r - :"r ; I' . - I T . . t Wej T . t s . - 4 Tar the rayetltvill Gasctte. i wnm"' " - ltntinutd frml. S-) ' -A NATIOKAlIeliabiiMChttrch JOL and Clergy arofe alfo oa the fame ground, and i cohlinaed for the ' fans teafans. The great influence Which . men eduation (efpeciallythofe who ffumed a facred charafier,- and became the fpirituai trnfteeiot the people) had Tfrtkt minds ( the irnorant and fa !erAitiai, excited a jealoafy andfeaiv eftfoncMen of candor and good fenfe - fiiould promalgatc the truth, aad diA cloft the irtifict as.' deception ef nsa "parchy, and excite the people tooppofe the crown.: Toil ineft probably fegsef. ted the ideaT&f attaching the clergy o the intere ft of the Monarch, as an efen tial aid' and fupport- VA church wai ''therefore eftabllflied as national churchy and a clergy employed, which created another feperete iatereft i, and i by beinst incorporated into the fyfteaa of government, oecame one io wum pHlari it the titMwiwi&fffi&. a fource of oppreflioa to the people: And thit monarchy mzht ftcareall the benefiti and advantage that could be derived from an ecdeflilical edabliih- stent, the charchei are denomioatcd the nlv true chnrchvi. the rclicim tke n It pare and moft holy religion, and the ciergy tervaaii oi we muh , . commjllioned, dedicated anJ let apart by the divine fpirit to maintain and teach ' the truth, to miniHer io holy tiling, and ' eondud men to eternal happiflefe. fo fucli device, cakalated to influence cfiSnn thcpuhlic e ii !iioa io fivcor of fuch national rdiripai, if added Irilir), Hoaoar, wealth and fpecial fv6ar, mre held out and propofed. by tHe go- crniocat to all eenfotmlJls, ai- encou rtrcmemtandrewardtoatheotherhaad, I rofcriptioa,pcnalticaid punifhment I "i;e'deouncedagain(l, and inflicted oa 1 on-conlormiU. inu mucn toriac people. 1 The clergy are bribed, if pofli tie, rauca nigner wej arc oni"guu. dd by, ranks, eloathed widv digaitie, rnamented with title, ana rewarded ."with the toil and hard-earced wages f the dependent, induftriou poor. Let I fpecial purpof of leading men to eter I rial htr.nu.efi the nnoreiadiced,' an.'l fhackled miad cannot but cenSder the j Objcot to oe ox a very oiurcn imiui-, u.'tO feenre the abilitie and inlumce of the clerrv tothe intereftef the crown. J Royal favoun.'eferve loyal and grate ,f al retun. . Heace we find, the nati- . tjnal elrgy never contradiA the will of .the monarch, ner oppofe the mcature .f the crown, however oniuft, oppref. t five and void of truth aad reafoa. ' Bnt oa the contrary wi find, that mcritTnat-1 i tesof real religion deflrinei, nhich tend to ealithten and enlarge the umu, . to prpmota enquiry and inveAigation, -J mmm the heart with featiaients , good will toward all men, are either . . atgleted, or fwallowed p io dogma ' and creed, or concealed in ambfguity . and myftary, while the principal doc trine and precept explicitly taught It Inculcated, are the excellency of their moft holy; religi'oa, the duty cf refpea tad febmUEoo to their fpiritaal ttachcrt and guide, loyalty to the monarch, pafCve , obedicace aad oon-rsCftanu, the excellency of the geernsnat, aad tke eieefiofroyalgoodocfandvirte - jand ftqaently exciting ia the miad of the people a fpirit of contempt, difnft and inteierancy sgamit people 01 euer ' nitieoe, and other religion perfuaftoni. By a due conuJeration of there parti cnlart, we fkx'.l be led to a di&ovcry of i the original ttue caul of an Uto tait ', cut on, which have taken place ia the . , werld.;, ; . . 1 NattenaJ rtliginn, recommended by ficb porwerful argamenu at wejih and hrmor, managed by men of addrrfi and . ab&uc, who art fp:cullj Lttrt.lcJ in I tht faceef of the fcheme, and the whole pffed off it peropohl ceremony, form and (hew. could net but have it inten led effect on the minis ofthofe, who do not in matter of religioof from coa fcieac or riition?! pnaciplei,id there- fore it was to' be relied ttpon, that fuch cdabli&tncau wiuhl attach moft, tf not all the influential and ignorant people of the nation to the fjrdem of church St ftate, and fo unite the intereft of the no kilitT: inAintereft of the clerer. itt the. fupport and defence of the monarch, ut- to be tutiicierit to ktep the people lecure in a Rate of fubieflion. ,l ' - At timej, however, and notwfrhftan dtng thefe wall ef defence which mo narch haVe ereAed for itheiir fscanty the people hae beea .fo oppicffed,: that they have been jaMijed' to oppbfe for toe purpoie 01 reoreu ; mo jonmiiati thefe iofarreltiont hate been fo power- fal, j&at the crovra hat been obliged to compromife. CThii is theUftcoftd caofe tf.the. reodtScatiom and Umitatiof i which have obtained is feme nation. By thu the excctUciof monarchial pow er havf been circunifctibed, and foWt meafure pat under the controul of law and(Ublififed rulei, whereby the peo ple have keen relieved la fome degree, fron the evil efAi of defpotifni, parti cularly .with, refpeft toexaiuofls, penal tiei and pani&menu. -But, altlionVh Mere u an apparent, an la lome n cular a real difference betweea ablegate and limited monarchies, yet' the differ . ence t not fuch as to change .the n ture er peculiar qualities ot the govern meat -The principles fnndamentallyi the fpirit nd objefl, are the .fame .m botli.rlhi aitsrranditement ot the mo narch and hi latellite, is the grand ob je.1 of all monarch f to attain which, tt u equally neeefury n all, toitbale, fubiusate aadop?rcft the people. fupport the uaoonnded pride and am tition, luxuries and vice of the fev few well born, men Uvotfreo, require a fa- ertnee or me uoeny, me inieren, r.l Ait . . 1 A el fare and happiasf cf the- manr. For proof of this, confider the condition of the people in the moil limited .and bill modified monarchies. . Obfervc the pa lace, the fltleof life,' the proflitacier, mcnt, together with the IaTcitloa enjoy mentiotthe kinr. nobUitr.'arftber.en cedtlergy. On the other hand, obfefve me cottages 01 ina latroarer, ine werx J (hop of the mechanic, their means c fubfiilence and mc4e of livioj take I notice of their ignorance, bitotry, a'nd J fci!e habits of mind, ly obfetvatwa J of th! natnre, we (hall find. a fmall pro- I portion of the people, exalted to ;Leer I treme heieht of power, wealth, & tern paral happ.nef j and the grctt body of them debafeJ.'Tttfuced; afidTahit to wc I extreme depth of wrtdednef, crouch- i in aad bowing under mooarchial pow I er, andariHocratlcafcendencyiandfup I fering all the evil, of which a fjue of I renders their condition ftill motedeplo. I rable ii, that this wretchedntf t entail- ed on them from generation to genera I tion, lliere i, it is true, in limited mo- aarchie, aoJav iwr any direfl exercife of power, confining them thut h fuch .a ftate of fervility. , Sut all the avenue by which they might cfeape and attain to cjrcnmftancet mote eligible, are fe cured and ocenpud by friends, minion, and the fpuiioas brood ci royalty and nobility, which i efTetaal a abfolote I rower or pofuive law. The difTerence I between thefo two drcrtptioni of men I tncttenul circunilance !. extremely ids i and confident? tlity live in th fame country where rutore hold out bmcSts and adv.tntige equally alike to all men, a qi:flion n ttar.Ily Aiif By what mean was it. diP.crer.ee mJe f i.tce it U m Teft th: extreme wealth of the one, did not refdt from fupcrior ab:lhii, indartry and pradecce, . rthe wre tcbrixcr M the wnrr, from waattf them. The txfweru tt hand. it i the! nawral and neceftry confeuence of the princlplti and fpirit of a monarchial "government,; whether abfelnte or limited. iSy T1 - before cbferved, that one objeft of monarchy it coaqueft. It ii fo ranch f 80 object that in hi ftorj we find bat Tery,few, accounts of lings' governing for any length of tfme likijrcafonabls rlen, with a view; to prbanpte the great' eft intereft and happmef of the people. Waf by long eftabliCbed cuftem andha bit, ii fo generally confidcred an occu pation peculiar to vac dignity of mo sarcht, tharhifteTiana have uniVufally treated rational and peaceably difaofed in" in a 'contematuour manner,' and considered, thent nfeleft being inca pable of governing;, 'tiawotthy of crewnt ana whole memoir are, fcaret worthy ofprefefvtng j; while thofemo. arch who lave been enpared ul the , Q ineft warti who have fhed the mail 1 blood, who have laid waft: Xk moft J eonotr.es, whohiTe con&'sraua . tht and who hate been guilty of thi ; moft injuAjce, cprrcSolS zn$. inhumanity, ate handed down to pofterito by hiftori )' m the htgheft ftrauis otpanegync at tuebeft and ref ttft f ra.pt wd ths moft fpiendid of chars teri. fcpukt error and prejudice, tn.l'tencsU Ly ; ma tlvti of private iatereft, bavin ccte teined aad adopted the fpirit xS xao aarchtcl pride and vanity, and titti a value -oa martal atchievemects, t raey alwayi be cxstAed and relied up cp, t.at io long as there are uocarchs in, th-yirjd, Ij4ng wars will be prtf fecaud, it the no ft ready and 5Aa a1, and ia ltdt tht only method of rai fing a monument of imatsrul fame., laefe conf.deratloat, with otheri have pcrfaacled me that all mnazrchi al f yftemi jcfjovernment trt p artixl, and movi or lefs hoftile to the iatereft, welfare aad aappiacf of the people, and therefore 1 eaanet approve1 them t far 2 conceits that the only oh jceV.if gottrnmtnt orght to bt the e- qua! rood and btssttt of all tie tecw pie, aad fct this reafoa, Vccacfe I am c!iar!y of cpln'oa that the principles cf repullictn.fa are better adepted to the gtnniae ends ef 'gevernment, ' asd la thehr frse optrailoB are nor prodac tire of facial hspplnef 1 embrace .them, as confthaia; the bsft fyftcm hi thcrto propofed to mankind.: Without a mintta conCdcratica of the particu lar excellencies of a republican fyftcm (fcr I ceneeive St tmaeteitary) I (hall oalv ohferte one effirttial Qiality of St, which ii, that it fpirit and natural ten dency ute peace. lMiakindareaitarally frirads and not enemies to one another t and If they live aader fuch a govern ment at will permit them te pjrfa their own iattreft aad owa happiaei, they never woold, even were they fo inclin ed, rifeoe their welfare and happiatl to the uncertain UTue of a war i aad fo far am I cosvinceJ that a republican government tends the moft cfcduallt to the prefcrvatton of peace, that was fuch a ft Htm eftablitaed' throaghoot the world, t am perfuadtd a aatioaal war weald atw agata happen. The fe Inrtaacc which might be meatioaed, ftroot It favour fuch an omaion. Tlie Cantons of Switaetlsnd, fornterly'the moft pctfcA republic ia E urope, have for ages preferred I ntatrality, amidft the rsgt of numbtrlefs wars which ha furtonnded ihcm , And I am convin ced there it net a man in the Unhed State, bnu deprecate a war. a the treated cf human calasaStSe, ualcTi theribe feme, whole avarice or amWaff- meott ttrn their view to thepluadcrof private property, , . , 4 (tUc'tiiml) txr ANTED, an Apprcn V T ; t;Ce,t0 t,, PRINTING DU SINESJ-fitniix: of tht Frmttr. LETTERS rmivi:i ihf TvV'Qu FtfrtftviiU, NniiSiffi. f IOHN ANTHONY Mania iouu ty, Jofeph A nderfoa, E fq. ; Hol Chucky, ftScrfoii coiiaty, Aleaade'.' Atcria, 4 veriahtroagt jy i-Vl . ; il B Jobst V'lfban, rayetterille, f a . must Baldia g, Cape-Fare MelT. Jou d and Burk:, Favetteville. VC-iMatthew 6lark,PamteT.ller j D. Charles Diekett, Mackay's fer ry, James O'Donaald, SallivaQceuatyi' .Gabriel Dtrbuatl, FayettcviUCi Jofrptk Jacob Edyi FaytttavUle F. Francis Farrall, Chat eoantr CJamea Gref a, joh Gillchrift Raft-Swatapj" Ana Caewell, Fayette .ville,' James Glafgow, Fayetteyilla. 1 H. ToHa HidLiark. (Iran, tnrtn ty, Ifaac Hawleyi FayetteviUeJola Bladta inuat. .. .. - J.-iNfihan!el Joae, Efqair, Wak eoanty, Fhas Jones, Caplia county tvr. Jackfon, fen. Fayetteville, Samuel Xsiiea, Efi. lUrtxa couaty, Joh -11 , . kmci, Aivces cocaty. . -s if t K. Edward Halt - FaTetteville. Haafen Kelly, Bladca county, Williana Ilerr, Efq. cart of John Ilea, Captaia Ktrvia, Big 5taay-iK.ua. : , L. Wilfiaa Lee, Raaiolph eeua ,'Ufeph LUUbriigejSwaa Jborough. ' HPuncaa K'Farland, RiikjeoniS cauatyaArchibald sVrida t. Moor counrr, jjonaud M'ivay, Richsaon coaty,yW. Ifoari, Cafwall ctuhty, Cllbrt v liofi," Tfibefoa .. coaatv Captain Lcxrt Ifvntae, Martla county, Robert M'Kay a, Ire'f el cannty, Rey. EEdward Eltiag, care of ferry ". " u acTarbe,JchB E lliott, Cumberlana! "rV.?? ' U coaaty, Oeorce Elliott; Littltf-River. - V V Angus McDeirraid; Fayetteville, Jaa M'Willaa , . -tobtfta coanty, ' Joha M'Neil, caro of Daaiil Rav. Karda 1 M'Qoeea Chatham conaty. CapU' Ar- J . chibaTd U Kay t, Fiyttev31e", ratrick , tVAtthur, FayerteviUe, IIecbr li- ' Qaeio, , FayetteVille, Alexander Ma calftcr.'Efq. CilmVerland corJaty, Aa-; rew M'ixiaxce, Rtwaa county, Mai co:m U'rnertoa, rayeneviue, Joha. 1.1'Leod, Fayetteville, Adam M'Inwfla Favettevnie, Dr Archibald H'Do: nalJ, Fatetteville. Joha MTedria- Fayetteville, Daniel M'Eay, RichmoaA' coaaty, Ronald MThetfoa, Backhora Swamp, Stephen Mermt, Coleftridgt. N. .Richard mil,' wale couatg Alexander Ntiifon, UnSew county. . ; U CoUTho. Overtcs, FayetteviUd ' P. Barrill Perry, Franklin county JcfepbPyne, Fayemville," Jame Patr terfon i, Chathxm, Jeffe Pott, Cam beltoa, Richard Powell ,; Lunbrtoa, n . waiter Kantf, t ay ettevoie. S. Wm. f tewart,Davidfoaceantr. . Stephca Smith, Dulincoaaty, Robtrt Smith, Moore couatv, Jame Steven, FayeitcviHr, Benjunia Smith, Blna) ' Banki, John Smith, Black River, Rf tarn Strong, Little Pedee. ' t vtRebert WifUay, Erelia county. Sarah Willis f, 'Caviberlaad coaaty, William WUlfea.Tsjt tfville. Arthut Walker, Ycfdtll county, . Bniasaia Walker, Rowaa coaaty, ma WiUiami Watt ceuaty, Jofeph White, Camber land eeuaty, lleary WeHley, Elegat ; ceuaty. : J. SIBLEY, P. iC TEN DOLLARS REWARD; -- - ' mmmm RAM-AWAY from the fabfcrlbe oo Sunday, toth Jaae laft, a NEO R 0 MAN "V ' ' Hatted CirW, be has a yellow) completion, buQry hair,! about fix feet high, well made, of an indolent difpofu tion, of lew word, sod about jt yeart of age, be was purchafedlajb-fall frors a Mr.. Solomon, Black cee'cb, 8. Caro lina. Whoever apprehends' him', aal give not tee to the fubferiber, fkall be ca titled to the aSove reward, ard all rea inaie criarfs. fWJul JA.!E3 ERENAiZ. tin .Ax.
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