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KNii Parnajftan Voom, - Ile P 1 N K of M O D E; A New SONG. P EAR girls, by try life, ■ 1 mud have me a w fe, Yor a>ld Vv 1 w T a a will quickly be near: 1 want a loud «t ice, l o fing you my choice, That all ye fweet creatures might hear. O, for one who's pofli A, Of much gauze on herbreaft ■ ■■ AimI no fign of theught to be (huw'd, ho can truly difpife, . • - What criticks think wife. And Huzza for the fink cf tbt Mode* On her perfon and giace, h^ly paflion i place, 1 have little concern for her mind f Let her b“ hut foil drefl. And puff’d out in the ch ft, And pretty well moddled behind 1*^ Behind, did I fay. When at this time of day, Thetra n of the bat .er fort comes | When Swift's vnnJerful ivenderf Ought in troth to knock under. At the fight ol fuch c- ri:.us bums. Such a tiiCiion as this, Wat breught up by a Mifs-——• Convenirnce ard (hanie muft have taught htTf With Uls virtue than pride. To iVell at each f.dc, When fw't'ilirg about thefame quarter. 1 mean ftie foi uld wear, A crape-cufliii'.g, for hair. The quic'Kcr to give her mmands, When bilKts furrru rd her, And vifiis confound her, One can nevc r have time on iheir hands* 1 wifti flia mighr fpell. And rtad pretty well. That my hillet—the may not miftakeit $ Let ih (kin of my dear, B; as fhrooth and as clear. As chaik -eatine can ck arly make it s Let htr laugh in r-nc’s face, ““ And fwe;ir with a grace. Let naught liV.c religion bt fhow’d. Let hr r tl.ink men fools all, And r.o Heaven but a ball. And huzza for the Pink of ibe AMe» ANECDOTE. A n Irifli gentleman was lately carried before a magiftrate of London, charged with aiiaulting and beating fome watchmen and others. The watchmen a? ufual, were not ve ry conCftent in their ftory, one de clared he vs as knocked down with his cane, another alleging that he was ftruck with a cutlaTs, and iome accuf. inghis mcrcilefs hand as the inftru. ment of laceration. Their examina. tion being concluded, and the gentle man alked wnat he had to fay in jufti- fication,hecandidly conftded the libera lity with which he dealt his pugnScu- lar fas^curs; but at the fame time af- fured his wodhip, " that he had no- thing in his band but his f/iJ » From the Charlefton City Gazette. [Inferted by defin^ A Dialogue betwpen an old Puritan and a Friendy concerning the pre vailing fpirit or external charadcr- iftics of the public affairs of the North American Hates. Puritan, X7RIEND, I‘*am glad to J/ meet you, as you by profefiion are verfant in things fpiritu- a1, and we Puritans jn things eternal; our ancclfors, who ^ere a plain, fober people, wijre offendea at the reforma tion, with the external habits and veft- ments of the old mother church, which were Hill retained in our country ; and bccaufc we diffented from them, we were pcrfecuted, and obliged to leave our native country; and you Friends have ever been a plain, fober people, averfe to all vain fhew and empty parade :—Pray, how "docs the new world appear to you ? W fFriend. Truly neighbour Puritan, the new world appears to me as if it was turned uplide down, and as if the manners of the prefent age, and of our children in particular, were total ly reverfed ! Extravagant, rarce pro- ceffions, vain, unprofitable Ihews in our towns, crpccially in your town and ours, exceeding Roman triumphs when they had gained the greateft con- quefts, and for what ? for a conftitu- tion with which one half of the citizens arc diffatisfied: this feems like unto Caligula’s marching his army to the fca fhpre to gather fnclls, and return ing home to a triumph ; fo that from the highnflown encomiums, myftcri- ous ^proceedings, and fufpicious cif-^ cumftanccs of this Cohftitution, I ve ry much fear the conftitutors were not influenced by an impartial republican fpirit, nor guided by the true light within ; but that they arc leading us into a fool’s paradife, and that we fhdl| loon be as tired of the Governmenti as Sant.ho was of his kingdom. But friend ]?ffitan, in what light do mat ters appear in thine eyes ? Puritan. From my own fimplc ob- fervation, and from the information given us by Martin, Gerry, and others, it feems calculated like the Roman Hate to aggrandize itfclf, and inftead of lightening the burthens of the people, rather to draw all the fubftance and wealth to one common centre or feat of the empire, to command the purfc and the fword ; thefc and the abrupt arbitrary manner in which it hath been carried on by a profound fecrecy, re- fembling the fecrecy of a Turkifh Di van, by high-flown encomiums, and perfuafions to the people to truH im plicitly to the w ifdom and integrity of the conftitutors, as if they had been more than human and fallible men ; and as it had not been the right of the people in general to fee with their own eyes, and yield their afient to thofe laws by which they were to be governed, by the partial & undue influence pra6liced upon the preflTes; arid laftly, by the ra-. rcc flicws and poiiipous proceflions fet on foot, to dazzle the eyes and lead the vulgar blindfolded, by that falfe glare and bewitching ftratagem, by which all the fuperftitions and idolatries of the world are Impofcd upon its blinded votaries ; by which apothecaries gild over their bitter pills: thefe and many more fufpicious infinuating art^ .appear to be the means by which this clandeftinc production lath been en deavoured to be crammed down the throats of the people. Friend. Nay yerily neighbour Pari, tan, thee has dilineated our political proceedings in a very unpromifin^z difagrcai^ light, but was there nou fufficient centre of power, a centre of authority, aim-chain of connexion wanting ^tweim tliefe ftates ? Puritan. My dear friend there cer- tainly was—no human government was ever pcrftfted^at once, but the de ficiencies of our government might have been ji^nded, by adding to the power and of the common head the wildom and ftrength of the whole without too much ^veakening the oun works of the fortrefs or capital by adjuftingorappropriating to the public tranfafiions pertaining to the expidi- tion and good of the whole—and by rrfcrving'to each ftate all its internal rights and immunities, viz. the taxino- contributing its own money ; the arranging, difeiplining, and command ing its own forces in fubordination to the general government ; in a fubfer- yicncy to the general authority ; and in a proportionable confiftency with *thc united plan, and concentration cf the whole ftates :—Friend, it remains to have thy opinion of thefe mat ters ? Friend. As thou art deflrous of hear ing my opinion concerning thefe mat ters, I lhall give it freely—I am afraid that the fpirit of the world prevails in our public affairs, rather than the true fpirit of wiidom, or of a found mind; that an exorbitant fpirit and thirft of power, of pride, and ambition, is predominant, rather than a fpirit of humility, condefeenfion, moderation, and juftice; every one feeking and purluing their own private iniereft, to the neglc6t of the public good—a fpirit of dillipation, impiety, fraud and injuft ice mark our times, and when this is the cafe, it is juft and confiftent with the wifdom of the divine moral ad- miniftration of the world, to leave us to fuffer under the confequenccs »>f our vices. By our loyalty or obedience to the laws of Heaven we hold our lives and poffeffions in this world,8counight and title to an unfading inheritance and an endlefs life hereafter; it is there fore both our duty "and intereft to re form what has been amifs in our pubr lie and private character that we may become a righteous and holy peo^ pie that G(^ may plant and build us. "w I. L M I N G T O N : (North-Carolina) Printed and Publiftied by BOWEN and HOWARD, at their Printing-Office, nearly ofipofite the Market} where. Subferiptions for. thi* Paper (at FORTY SHILLINGS, per Annum) Eflays and Articles ef Intclligencewill be gratefully receivcd-^Adycrtifcments inferted on realonablc Terms.
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