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Ke.pT. J The Ethalion feritifh frTdats hai ntirr t- b,t hav do o. povoke this .hoftility ? Indefajgab!e rrrcbpiivaurfLipr fcf iS cuns l11 the ,,at Paehei potiUii?' This,' r- -w mm, iLf nr DDI v rtiia fliv, irnn ri rit ' iw ai , u7 lI lliciuai. II UUk lllW VII- riV . 1 1 jr ' . . . . . I . DDL- I u.icu,iQr iocr moDic;, a nze coroer v Fllom,th ,olb June, i.y"8 to the rcth of Feb. cruizes, from the leward Weft In dia lEUnds, Captured r t French ori rying 71 guns and 518 men and alfo took no merchantmen, j -J TiierBritifo (hip Argb. in the? Mediterranean, hat captured a Spanih frigate, -called the Santo o ; PcsSf mailer mounting 42. gum, befiJes fwivels ?r,d cohdrns ; having on board 280 feamen and 250 foidicrs.. She was tittuailed fofour months and had juft gone to fea, ". ? '4 s.-! t : K -V - . K. ; ;:. The britifli bns L'Efpoir, in the Meditefrai fcean ha taken a Spanilh xqbec, called the Afir ca, of 14 gunfij and 75 men, after ao afiton of aa hour aijd ahalf in v which the . Spaniard hrd 9 hilled and 38 wounded,- and the EngUtfra killed, and 2 wounded, j -An iS gun Spanifli brig rn a vviy tt!ic commerccment of the engagement. The Garapqf armio, French frigate of a3 guni ti caft aa, crew fald to be faVtdi , f - . The numerouair iHrfatitns in Franc hare bet a fo greatly tincreafed, that the legihature hit been (everal dayt debating' new njeafuret for preyeaiiog theni ' I 1 f f " The i Spatiifti trribfflador has .been j ordered from Ganitantinr.ple.- i , " . 'i ' y . An Americ?n in London has inveted m perpe lital log. which being attached to tn rudder, i to commbnicate to perfoni ori deck the prop refe t)f the Teiftl. t -v ' - -' :. The theatre of Odecnhaa, been burned at Pa ti?, witSi ill iti appurtenance?, and three per fns who wer-endeatcurlug to prefctve fomi Valuable artitlea; 4v . ..j tairx It is faid will go out, by appointed minef ter-of the interior ; and Neaofcbateau,- removed to fbme piher important fitnatiaon. JV . -' A citiSeneft Mosard has been thrown into prifon at Prrii, acenfed of emigration. ' 1 A violent infurreftion has broken out irt the Swift Canion; of ; Centif " fomented (fay the trench papers) by Anuria ar.d the pnefti." II Mil I I lj , , F3tcLt.rtT Extract: , THe Fajt Sermotk of Dbdor Horfe has been much anil highly fpok?a of, and I ami; happy in bavin? it in mr, power to lay the ftliowicg tx traa from it before my readers. J '; f. I ,. , '! Yoo wiSl perceive, my brethren, from this CQrfcife ltatemect of fafts, that -we. have in truth ftcret encmiei no:afcw,, fcattefed through our: "Country; how manY and CKeDt in thrrri nr fnnr inuancer in what places we; khpw isot ;lencraics wbofe profclied jdrfign is to fubvert and overturn our holy religion and our free and excellent go vernment. And th? pernicious fruits of their in fiJious and fecret lTjrti, muft be viUble.to every eye not obftinately clofed or blinded by preju dice Among thefe fruits mj be reckoned our unhappy and threatening political divons; the tiiteJafingabufelof fur wife and faithful iii!crs the virulent oppefision pi feme jof; the laws1 of our country, and the mcafurcs ; of thev fupreme 'cxetutfve; the Pennfivai:ia infiirrcflion ; the iiicuurivus circulation ox Dcnefoi and corrupting books, tod the cenftquet t wonderful fore ad of i-ihdeJity, inrpicty and immorality ; the arts made nie .cfp. revive ancient, prejudices . and thejilh party fpintv by, ccnce.alirg cr difguiflog the truth, and propagating falfhoedi J ard Itltly, the ap parently fftf matic endeavcuri made to deftrcy, not only the inftuencp and fuppctr, but ftbe of ficial exTftence of the clergy. ; H , 1 ne ceiiruciioaortne tffrfin an countries is evidently a part of the French CyHemj and all their engines are noV at work to ?ccompliil"i hv The clergy have been. among, the firl vic tims to tht fang'iinary revoluti"! s'ng fptti: -wliicli nov fcnvu'iCei the woild. IriTrancer' Si , in 1 the ouritnes whkfr, Ihe has- febdued by ' her intrigues and her army the clergy. bave Ven in ilmoft atf irsftan?es cither deprived ofheir Iiv isgs, feparatcd; from 1 their pscple, plundered, iniDrifoned.' baniificd nr Inhnmanlv m ffur rr!. t have a letter jfroui a refpeftable correfpondeni in Lurapc, Milorming me, that wherrtbe French; fame years ago entered Holland, a proteftant countrj, and bldred -rt ith as pions and learned a injhiftry as any on ;the globe, oneof . tbeir.firft objetiswas to difplacerome of their irioft 'rcrpec ta,ble and influential clergy, and to crncertmta furet for depriving rainj Hers and umiverfiry pro effurs of tbcic f legal falaries. How. far they, b yye proceeded in this disorganizing bufinefi I am riot informedt." V . i ! ly charce elledged rfcainft them. "But is thhra-' nv new crime ? No t. it ifc9rM. f!hriftiniiv .ny. U;iss oldas the. -priesthood itfelf. f7The :prieis and propltets under the Told Teftarrient jf dirpehfatiori ;. Chrift and hii aponics, Under the J' Hew; thefaithfhl Chriftian Clergy in every age . and e very cniry- h that ' :is, thev have inculcated (utjiflion to civil ma-' eiftratef , and obedience to the la wa : have' caii i tjoncd the people againflaniracfides and divifions; warned tlifiri of thsir dangers,; whether t franj lorcign or domcflic enemies vand baVe exerted their talents and ir flu4i;te to fupport the religion and lawful goyern;nreirt t.tbeir country. : ilap-f '' peal to the facrei fcripluresV arVto bifjory for the. truth of ;whi iVhaveVairerted.; 'And. what have the clergy on the prefect day done' more than we have u It Hater' ? VVhat have they don mere thin. tf.e clergy of this country have always done in times of danger? What-mor than has cnnfeqticrre?.. : Rrprcsctes fri :vfndltirg lit mies of Chrift and L riiinT- -1 - dii deem honour. b!e. m w w ' m' ut.ri urn 1 1 w , brethren, , left the fituarjop of heAmerican pea ole 0e'nerali.' bltko iht th au.au c-iir- prev1otis ibV thiir awiul .and deplcirablf over i tbrotrl'anff which; is thus. deVcrlhrri l-tv'it.-?- enVrget)tf iflfcr i.ni i f ,Tbe fchabitntsV;lre fays,? Termed fearful of lingrptfefnVnsi indilFerencc. tnd,ttere-tfie ?meant "to put them'oh their guards ;'iVue-i6hini; " who di!h)rbd tl."e geaeraf quiet1 ptevifti rea for dercribiijg to'them-thtir difbrder.? ! . "Tbej con teft which ibw engages. the aiten tion a nd fills with fearful apprcht nfiens all the ciyili2d worLilogDlarJaLtrkind'j It isl conteft'of liberty sgamft dcfjjolifm ; ;cf jpcperty azaioft rapine i. of religion ar&lhft; inimetv ; of civilised fociety againft-theAftrtryers' i;f all Jfo. cial.crder,., T4cfejerm's;fcebl cprefsi the jca-! neretoiore Been required .and expeuedj f rem j. lamities wichthe pticciples anl arms of France. them i ' And wt fur itnin whit r.nlv idont j' l' tinti nrnlira :;n L;. t. . 1 1 r; 1 nrih 1 Ln J which the:wou&ds of a bleeding world will lit tell.;'. . ''. ; t.' i. : 4. : : H " TheH? fame principle, jisyl brethren, hicb havi produced InTsaUutabUiinijite rf in ether counfrjetj are deepjy rooted anp7wiif fpreadi ug through' ouf ow n? and1 are; preps ri the way!foV the a: m'et : which have 'cufplatcd Europe.1 Of the ffVt b a Frerch army, coV operating, with their partisans jnthisCQuntry we rha form ft me'ulea if we lotk at Swi zct latd As earfyaDecf mbejr ;t793 a member , of the national convention, publicly avoved it to bVa'parc of their plan to annihilate all privile ges, and to abolifh every ecUflaUicai incorpora tion, t 1 :i .Sc no:e (C.y -' ' them i ' And vet. fur (toinr whit r.nlv in?nN years ago they were Called upon to perf ci in a, a duty, $ tKet aVe noy ttuttsred and : abufed, and . r'1tntcd 'ID :-5?Pc?l.f?rtrfir nX evn noxicui bc-dy of mea. In Tome cf our newfpa- j per, whjeVre read;by too,'many with more at idity, 'and more ajth than the Ho Bibletfcejr. ai" continually reproached nd vii:fi d ; and e-. Tery low artifice is ufd tt leflen their influence! and ufefuhWs ; and what i deeply to be Ia meritcd; this poifon is gcdily ' fvv allowed, and affiduoiifly 'ciiflemiated by fome evep, 'who pro- ; fefs to be the watm friends 'and fuppbrters of chriftianityV and of the Chriftlin; miniftry. - h't- tie arethofe good people aware of: what they arei dnin'nr. f SrtU A t.t:. :iu-" iifi'ljLij l1! thejr prejudices,' they are in Uet aiding witfi all their influence, the adverfarics of religion; in fubverting its foundazious that they. are acVuig a partdircclly cyntrary to their Draversaiid' their j profcffiunsli I wpuld to God the veil miht be r wic cr ptiucn cm;iiiana, as are ignoratly affilting to puli down the pillars which fuppou the chriftian fabric, left they ' too fate dcplore'iheir folly amidft its rnin&!!M- ' So nu;metods indeed and bold havftbt ad verfaries ofjthe Clergy become, fa coi fident of incic liivugui) tnac vven in our leg.Usture tbeyl hive lately ventured (td bring forward ,and ftre-i nuoufly to advocatjfneafiirs, publicly to avow opinions, teWipg tirt Qly and alpnioft Jiifa.llibly j : to deprive a great part of the : pre fen t clergy j of ! , regular fupport,: and to difcopr ge and eHectual-1 ly to prevent jcung jneo Irt m epteting into tie .work of the miniftry. Ho W. tan we Recount for this general, uiicommonand determined opposition J to the clerg.rT The deep interefll which, theyj luve taken in th.polit'eal welfare of i their country, fui ely for the rcafons we fiave; mentioned, cannot b cofifidefed either as a good, i much lefs as an ad quate caufe for fuch a mighty ! effeft. It cannot with truth be alledged againft i them that they are deficient irr patri6tifm ; tfcat l they arc inimical to frsedem,' or that they have ! any intereft to ferve Tepaf ate ; fr ohi that of the! I peopff. Nq, my bieihreu, the5 true ground -:of i ppc((tin to the;Iergy of America; at the preVh fent time it; they are decidedly oppofed to - the! I hofltlg iefigns ani infiii 'ont arii of the Frtngh go- j i vcrnmertt. ;They are oppofrd -to thofe atheifti cal demoralizing, and deteftable principles, which their! eroifisries tare eiideavouring to dif. feminate. naur, conntf y4 as in dtl.si, t'pp.reparet the way for, our overthrow. Tbe.y arc a phalanx! in the way,' fo prtventths ; execution of thelrl impious delignj upon us. Thefe are the true i caufespf the prefent warefare jpgainft the Amell ncsn iergy. Aral pray iod e may ntver mrink' frcm fo ;E!orio6x- a con U ft. I earnrftly entreat ituUwho love chriftianity and its holy in ftiiution, to confider the nature and: eonfecueh ees of this con ti ft. Suppofe the, Crergy; van quifhed, their inffuence deftroyed, and their ofJ Cce abclilhed, agreeably . to the . wiflies and I del fjgps f their enemies ; what becomes of public woruiip ? of the holy facramenti? and of the Sabbath? jWitbont;.a regular: clergy, the two' former cantiorbe msintained, end the latter vouldfbonceafeto. be regarded. Arid wBVn thefe inftitiitions fhallvbe aboliflied, the founda tions of chrinianity fmk of eoyrfe, and! then vihat willtftt religient do ? . , ' . 1 ; I lamities 1" 1. t ,-', Junius t wjiifcu uckVluc fllj pulpitv I have heretofore given in-anextrtcltfr Boucher difcourfes. - which it may not h hereto repeat. : By politics. loo hot t . t ' t . w m .. j wrargling debates cf modern aiTtml bates which far too. often turn entireivw. narrow Jelflfo, srd ft rvile view s of psrty.V tetm has been, nd in difcturfes fruin tii nVL. ----- .-v- "vs RAiruf.f ci-aii more aig. n; djtnfe ;:.as ct mprehendirg.all that long lift of duties h:ch every man rwei to ifof ciety in h.s' public capacity. Every in is' at gqcd fulj clj as keis to be a g' ol neighbour j and to tt r ii a pache from being chargeable with b' irg uil ty pf a cenftfion of ruties, or of am.ming.a cha rafler which does not belong to him. that he iaa niiciiy wirninthe Iirie of his prof Hion,' which h explains as v.dl M hei, afce,vnd cpfcrcesica the people tcmn-lttcd to hi care tfceir public as well as their pi ivate dhties. Sucb prih cJare merally the tcslicg vcice of chriftian charity," ' 5 See a circular letter addrefTed fo tbei cler gy rof M.fluchufettsJ h. th. ,. .... , -..- . f nrj inferted in Uie appendix ' to my late tiaiiffi.ivira!r !H See note (D.) 1 Mallet Du Pan, P 09 .4- " I am aware thator thefe gloomy forebod-' ings, and-for this vindication of the l-rgy, I may, fome,. bewailed vifi.onary, fplenetic; ere-1 dulotis and fe!fi(h bot, feeling, ia Iofor. myj religion and my country, reproaches of this kind I thank my God are to me harmi.r. i Congou, ,h I declare w yon pi.!y .folerfa nd rAfcasblwreili,, I ,o p.rftaij ft.fltn of Ue I IN order td promote unanimity, and ollea the minds cr wills ef a r umber of ffe ol thefiift battalion c-f Riwf h, i reipcO ir P ciiV corning elefticn, e.tlre fnlfcribVrsvlii Jt crmpanies unrferthetrrmardot Cp rains IcHn Greham, Richarc Grthm, John Howard fchn Harvey, end Jofej h Krf cf Ml rt h2? I?" " ' r?' d HaC oftbe valry f'f the nrft bsualion o Rowan, in icrr ..,s- . as irquVry andcielitefaticn , co,fidrnn it juft, that cai h n( -thm tr- h.rt. 1': v. : . .tei J. . membrrto reprcfent tem in the, net Gemrai Afieiubly, from tf.ur Owi bvriy, e ccmetothe wSWrTg r'uhTri to '"ommerdand; do with the will of a larop -.! rcprtfent.; hereby re-mound,: Th?t.Mi?or Gauher, froni rh tVrd battancV,; be defied si Senator j rnd.Jc hr, MCtrkfe. Ffqr. frcm Vhe firft.battahon, ar,d M,j6r Thomas Catfon from thefedond, be ckaed as CorrmtPers to repre- .tnt this Coqny in the General Arerrbly f thig ..A wnAu"r W,WP" ?incy ot June, 1799.' AiLnau orviiMAJVI, Capt. i. ' JOHN GREHAM. Capt, JAMES HART, Capt. . . HUGH RQBISON. Efa. BENI4MIN PRAHDON, EfqrV i nun as cow IN, JMRS HOUSTON JAMES.TODb, , JOHN DOBBIN. 1 WI LLI A VT ER VIV, WILLI A M MILLER, ' I, : t
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