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ST3 ' i-. lacpositdi cf emus; The. Wounded If ufar. AljOltfTcAthe banks df the dark-roll rag&K nube", V I : ' . 'rr . ' -Fair Adelaide hietl whttt the battle -was oe'r, -O whither, flie ery'd, haft, thou. wandcrVl vny lover, . ? ' Or where daft thou welter and.bUci oath fliore t ' ' '"What vofte hare I heardl 'TwasTOy Henry that figh'd, . - , , " AJliSourafulfnehaftta'd, nor "waiuler'dihe . , far,", : ' . " j . Whja bleeding and low, on the heath Ihe de'-' By Vh? lghtof tHemoO) hier poor wounded JFroja hUbofom that heav'd, tfie laft tor re n was fearnfHg, t. And pkie -was his vifage, deep mark'tl with i, . a fear; . '..r.v And dirn was that 3 1, ie txpre&veJ j That smelted in love,- and that'kihdled in v war. . -v- How fait was fair Adelaide's heart at the fight t b How bitter fne wept o'er'th victini of w ) Hft thou come, my fond love, this lift tvt rowful nighty To cheer 'the lone heart cf thy wounded Huffar:? - . 'l' Thou flialt live, &e replied. Heaven's mercy -yansv. .... . Each angttivroTirrd-AMI forbid me to mourn!. "Ah. no:' the la ft - fv0 ngnt ot tne racrrn mall to Henry retura j Thcu charmer of life, evjer tender and true ! . Ye titles of. ray lave that await me afar I - - r e j ---" wsi His fauitcririg tojigue fcarce cwuld murmur When he. funk in her arms' &e poor wgunoco miliar ! A TOUCHSTONE Leading Partymen- in the United i ; States IT is a fair Teft of the demerit of parties in theUnited States ran- di&ly and efTeelualfy to' afeertairt. which of them is "tnoft un friendly 10 tne teaerai - conititmiortr Thi& unfriendlinefsmay be eftahlifhed by 'pen deClarafipns, jacorifi lent with thepriiicipleiof the conflitutioh. and by ah and.optnions calculated to bung tijajt Ihimjraent into difre pute. It is hoped that the people vrui pruaentiy attend to. this difcul ; fion, which, i fo ffreatJy 'concerns them, ajdwhichitispi'omiredftatl- uc uupdxuonaie ana iair. i:ne writer of this paper will beset ho temper, in his fellow-citizen but , what they may carry vath them in J to the! Tempjes bftte. Almighty, inflammatory or deceptive politics have never been 'his flu'dv or hit practice; - and they are pec u 1 iarly improper on the prefeht occafion, vhicistXo liighly interefting and JCet u$ begin iq a candid fpirlr, witfithe late attempt made, in the Senate.of the United States, to dc ilroy . the ; conftitutiohal divifion and . Fepaation between the judicia- TV power, and the leffiflative power, by.pJacirig,the Chier f ufiice of the I "United States for irt in his abfence: the next Judge of the Supreme fe- I deral Court) upopa graud commit)! tee of the LegiOatureU : James Rofsi I Enquire, a regular-hred lawyer, at Senator for ;PennfyIvania. (whom Mr. Pickering and all our, federal leaders had j uft fupported as Go vernor.of that (late) Mr. Rofs. we fay, as. qhairmah of a committee of the. Senate of the United States. drew and introduce a bill into that body, by which a;grand committee of twelve members, of the national Legiflature, and - the Chief Juftice or next Judge of the tJnited States ; were to decide, without any fubfe- quent cOntroul of the Legitlature, upon cafes refpeSin the election of the Prefident and Vice-Prefidehti J The Electoral votes are to be opeh- ed arid counted fby theconftitutiOn) in the prefence of the two Houfes ot Congrefs, who thus have the pow er to judge whether thofe votes be rightly given: or not under the cdh- Hitution. . This power,, this duty- thishigh.truft, tbeLegiflatUpC could not con ft ifutidnally delegate even to a grand committee of themfelyes, yet Mr. Rofs's bill formed in a de liberate concert with the federal leaders in both Houfes. werit all that length arid was fupported to the laff, by ftkteeh Senators. But it did not Jfophere. The bill prepof- teroufiy arid uhconrlitutionally made the cfiTef Tuftice of the United States (thohe is forbidden to be a iiiembet of the federal X.eeiflature t member of this grand committee - of the legiflaturej In the abfence of the ctiief juftice the riext judge of.th Supreme coiirt (flilla mCrn- erotour iupreme judicial tribu- ' - 1 " "f t.m',' -'' ' 1 . 4 X'-j-r. V'"'V-HW,atertcifl the firftTiriifi ttalj 'wastb fit-as an efficient, mem b f Ihl t igrAiici iipmm!iteeV..oF; the :Legifl.aurei l In vain -has it beeii that bur excellent conftitulion has; drawrt llro'nfeand vrvjble line: be-: tweehthelegiliative FuricTions . and thbre:crthtr courts of law.; in vain; & it, that the conftitutton has corti-i knitted tnts great pqfAver, amy ana tru ft Ip the tiro 'legiflmivb houfes, exctuAvety of ail our other con Hi-, tuteci authorities ; ;in vat is it, that the con Mitution'has not aiTigned this momentous bufi riefs 'to the Judges .of the courts of law ; in vain .is it that the conftitut'ron hasafficned to! tjiote Judges vholeiome powers '6f a Judicial nature only, and that it has Clearly defined thofe powers, for thfs biUvfuppbrted in the Senate by J Mr. Kols ot fenntylV3nia, ivir, Tracy arid Mr: Hillhoufeof Con necticut; . Mr. jGoodhueVand Mr. "Dexter of Mtfffachdfetts,' Mr. Green, Mr. Read, Mr. Loyd; r; Wells, Mr Latimer ana Mr Paine, "Went to cive away thofe Very powers of the legtflature to a mere rommlttee : or twelve or tne regiuature ana 10 a Judge of our courts of law. .;TiUs ari ofHccr appointed byjthe rreident-i Or any one of the lud&es appointed by the'rrefidentmight have deter- mineci wnetner a rreiment is eiect ed, tlio' the efecldrs" ire forbidden to oe omcers : Alecona judge mignt decide,in favour pF'atliiefJallice, tvho'tnight b'e on the f eurrx amqng the "cariaidates for the PreGdenYs Office, and thus make himfelf chief Juftice In Ihort, when the lines that fo wifely clearly divide the legiflar uve, xne executive ana tnejuGiciary powers in jour excellent conititUw tion are; one'eb vet'leaped by the tern -p'orary ofTeiTors of our .delegated authorities, there is no end to the e- vils, the' crimes and the corifufion that will enfue. r friends and fellow-citiseVis. we do hot, like fome of the federal par tymen, raife a cry of jjaepbins, &c but we fairly and calmly appeal to y o ur certain knowledge of your con. lhtution, and to your ioberunder iflandinrrs, for a cafe wherein fo dan gerous ah inroad upon the conftir tutien, has been attempted by thofe oranaeqas. anti-reaerai. Kememoer. how the bill was luporteisoii valueyoiir future namff fufier' not party fpirit or 'pe fohal attacV menu to blind yjoux eyes. totVvafl dangers of tliiSrecehtanmdnftrous attempt. . Kerhemper that even orr iheieaerai tiae, one memoer, a law. yer, anda Tudxre. and a NewiEmr- ianq-man acKnpwieagea, tne Dili to. ue unconmtutionai ana tvrannxcai. Wheh you read again then; in the much abilfed letter to Mazzei. that I Mr. TeFFerfon thought, fif the letter oe reauy nis ; tnat tntre are iome a- mong you, who would wrefl from i'Vou. that freedom for which vou fo long toiled and bled, remember this daring attempt upo'n the rights of the two houfes of-your fupreme national leffi&ature; " The intentional non execution of uhelaws is a breach t)F the conflitu tion on the, part of a chfef maciftratc, as much as a rebellion is to waee War again fl the conSitution oh. the part of the people.;. : When Jthe, ederal Senator .W.rav Blount was detected in a proietl fa criminal and dangerous, that, it prbduceld, a idr-. mai enauirv dv tne.i?ranainueit ot tnis nation (the teaerai riouie-oi Reprefentatives and that inauirv if- 4 iuea (alter montnsot inveittga.tidn in a regular , ihdiclraeht or impeich meni fbr high crimes arid mifaemipa'V norsj to jbe tried beforeihe. Sfenat e j when the vant of :turildiiirtn Ariru bccafiohed that trial not to take place jn tnat poay, it louowea or courfe . .t i l t f Iti ? ".- that William Blount layunder the inoii certain ana icrious notice 01 the Preildent 6f the United States. The cafe was of vafl importances it involves war, and peace with a neighbouring power j theexpendU ture of public treafure and theflu- fion 01 human blood.; - It involved corruptions of our Senaidr: arid b- ther functionaries by Great Britain. It was real. It was ho tale of a Tub, or Tailor's plot, . jRefpeci for the Hohfe of Reprefentatives, who had with'great unanimity, found various charges to be fupported by tell i mo -riy and vouchers, feemed to.require the molearlyarrtd ino1l ferio us atten tion of the Government to the cafe. Take this matter, fellow-citizens home to your prudent minds. Aft yourfelves fpjr any. good, hay any phufible reafon, why the Prefideht did not order the Attorney-General to profecute WillamBlduntin Phi. ladelphiaor in TennelFee, where he openly refided. and where none of our aerai ompers leemed. difpb- Ted to malce mYratdf I.Hts Fo-:fi : 1 jett .was 1UH.0J ?V2f v common 1 law. for wiiicl tried tuajiy lprcomadrr law Ittrifdicticiftolem the law ofJaticms; rt Was. violent- Iv affain our trcafv Xvhh Spain (on e o ftheTupreme 1 atvs'o f the 1 and) and it was axainft. a" clelr, exprefs. and highly penal A61 of Congrefs. When the Prefident in la notorious ahd lear. afe omitted to dire 61 William Blount tt be "profecuted either in the federal or fiate'Courts, did he .fulfil tlie obligations of his high & aw ful pathof office by which he bdiindhimfelf, in obedience to the Confliiution, . to take care that the laws (hall be faithfully executed ?" Is this the manher in vhich .he re fpecls oaths founded on the rverity of the Chriftian Religion ? Wis rliere any doubt that the cvidencesof W.Blounrs criminality were fufiici- to luppprV a proleciUion at law, wheti all tlie numerous Lawyers in theHoufecf Reprefentatives of both parties thought them fufheient "for an impeachment? Didcnot thecon- itution"di6tate"td the Prefident to tae care that the Laiv (liould be faithfully execufed ? "Did the Pre fident refpeft its-injuhttions ? Dd not ivi -l lean nang in Canada , tor fuch a proietl again ft ,'Enland ? It is to be Wondered at, that it'is fup-. pofed by many'that the influence of England hasaffecledthe mo ft impor tant -proceedings o f the go verrimen t jtiett ; It is a : memorable Cirpum U a rice that Chiftiolra, who was one oFMr. Idurit's men, and had his paffage to England, paid by Mr. Li ft on the Briulh miniit-erv wrote to; Mr- Pickering from England, hadk pafipoit frbmour minifter Mr. King, was even written to by Mr. Pickenngand was, found la ft Win te'npen the lift of public . Agents to trade with thole. Indians,- who were to Be led by W.Blount again ft a peaceful, neighbdarihg foreign power. W"ho can blame the- writer of the Jetter to .Mazzer, if he per ceives in fuch faft's, and an hundred others hemay kripw; ft rong evidence of an. angTo-monarch'tc-aTiflocratic faction in the United States. What influence prevented as flrong a re commendation of this afe by the Senate to the Pre fide nias they gave in mecaieot JJuaner'.,. ; The.flatei'lgo vernments ' are not only ejreiitial parts of our political fy flem, but they, are entitled by an exprefs and fpecial jrpuiation in the federal conftitutipn. to the efteclual defence and faithful msinleriance of the General government ih their re publican . form. u The ' United States,. faysthe national con ftitution, will guarantee to evry Hate in the Unioil a Republican-form of govern ment." Mr. Adams has told the world, in eiFeci, however; that this guarrantee may be interpreted to mean any thing; for in his anfwer to the artillery &c. of Bennington; Vermont, in 1798, )ie:fay s 4 re pub lican government maybe interpre ted to mean ariy thing.'! Is it pof fihle for us to find, in all the extra vagancies of the warm fplrits ori ei ther fide in this countr)', anexpref (ion moreferioufly derogatory,to the refpeFubility and obligationVof the federal con ftitution, more rioftile to its force and efficacy, or more juftly arid reafpnably alarming to the ft ate Gbyernments? And yet with this juftly offenfive lan uaffe within our knowledge and recorded in the pub- uc. prints, men;, nave; been -turned out-X)f office. deDrived of Drivaie bufinefs and employment, dad mark- ed upon ' black hits, -'vho refufed :tO figuapprpbatpry addreflesi Do uui tucic un ngh.p 1 ovea leriousnoiU ility Jo the conftitution of-the U. States to exiifjamohgiiie leading man at 1 eaft, iti the iederal party or connexion? It is really a matter of curiofity and alarm to bbferve how differently Mr . Adams views repub licati government, vheri fp'eakinrf of, the Englilh . conftitution ; and in reference to our affairs. He extols theritifh conftitution, in number lefs forms andpafFages, tiiroughout his three vofumes ; and among other corapliirents,he fays that " the Bri tilh conftitution is, i ii the flrilefl fenfe, a republic." . How is it that tomake nothing of the moft import tant claufe of our conftitution, he fays a " republican government may be interpreted to meany any thin " throwing eVery thing lcofe, and tattering away the folemhccnftitu tional guarrantee oi the ff ate forms okgovcrniTient, f0 which he1 had fwprit; by his bclief in Chriftianity uuu yet he ulks, in reference to th inn. ffovernment. o the r lnaftriafenfeofthe word,a republic. citizeiL. vtbo knowjnirthis, fhpuld Wnt ot the G doubt whettier Mr.; Adams is an in.l tenigertt, firm and ferions-triehd to the repbiicn confjitution ol the United States? Is there any con fiderable man of P3rty. who .has refTed himfelf fo .indecoroully, cr to as to induce greater doubts of his fidelity as a citizen ? Men of deco rum, faithful friends of our confti tution, forgive this necelfary free do:n. .Thefe doubts are-not of our ownraifin.they areot'Mr. Adams's ovyn produclioiu It is very important that the fe publican form ot go vernmer.t fhould be Faithf ully prcferved to the States, for if they were to become heredi tary goverrime'nVs.they would forth with impart the hereditary qualify to the Senateof theU. States, which' is made up of the reprefentatives of preferred to put it3hirevdtroon, ;T thrift Vtati'rrrsvornmiante .ihrf rrsr r i t ifo ah.h T.!.. .f,U!l. 1. .. - . ' l" rrepreienir yes. 01 tne people. our govLfnents were to become hereditary in the executive, and in one legillatiVe.Wiufe, .and if the t Other-ho u fe-. were to be cholen as j Ua on; Veal occafibn3 asf far to a majority ) by three or four thou fand ejeftpTS, in, proportion to the Britilh Commons, then we fhoul-rl, according to Mr. Adams's creed and favourite example, be in the ffficleil fenfe, a Republic ftill ! It the good people of America confider men as. crimihaL ill-defignin and fediti- ou,' wno undaujiteaiy notice iuea .things in leading Federaiijls, and' who think they fee in fuch facis fad and alarming evidences tbat there i$ a want of fin cere attachment to our j federal onftkuUorj things muft have arrived at a melancholy pafs indeed. We cannot Believe that this is the cafe. It as hoped that the people- will confider for.' tnemfelves thele real prootsor dan gerous views and doctrines on the prefent; occafion. ., There is nothing more important in the whole fcheme of civil foci ety, than to devife afyftem of de fence againft attacks from, foreign po wers; which vvill not fubjet. tue nation to domeftic dangers. It is believed, that to faifhfyl govern ments nothing is more eafy - Hif tory has informed. Us -of vaft, nu merous and -never-failing dangers fromRG U l arv"'1 f armies. They :have dethroned Kings, anni hilated jRepublicsy expeHed Legif latures,' over:awed Elf-.6Fions, ba-nihedlublic-Functipna;ies,bro'ken Conftitution , deftroyed, Morals, and fold Empires to the. higheit bidders', -at the point of the fvvord. Oyr Conftitution, therefore, con templates them v;ith confummate prudence. America had receivedy in the courfe of her fhort hiftory, the moft folemn warnings againft regular! hired troops, from her Own experiencei The hiftory ;of the wrongs of mankind, and a JcnowH iedge ot her awn dangers and lut ferings; equally- admonifhed Ame rica to beware of armies. But, her country was menaced,, was in. danr ger, it muft be defended; With five rhiiliohs' Of people!, America had a million of men able to bear arrns. IA- foreigner knowing of this grand cqnftitutibhal mean of detence, wouia at once luppoie, that the Prefidentj as-cohflitutionai Commander in Chief of the Public Force, had laboured night and day to'preparc4 the militia for the mych-;talked-of invafion by the French. But has he once animated them by his prefence on days bf tnufter ? Has atilngle order of the Prefident' ;been ulued to the Secretary of War de firing him to enquire into the flate of themiiitia, at theawful cbii junffure, and make report thereof to- the Prefident ? rDid any order i flue requiring t he S fccret ary of W ar to do aunle thing to iiit39 eafe the refpeclability,difcipline,efhciencyt cohfidehce or comfort of the mili tia, in a day of trial fo terrible, and faid to be fo rapidly apprcwiching, that 40 or 50,000 regular troops (horfe. foot, artillery ana engineers) were authorifed to be raifed without delay ? j Was a tingle '-circular letter written to the Governors of the States by the Prefident, or by the secretaries of War or State, rej quefting them, in their places, to take care that the militia be trained, difciplined, appointed, and in all refpe&s prepared to iepel the ap prehended invafion ? Has the Pre fident recommended the militia to legiflative care ? We know not of one fuch acl,- one fuch order, one Inch letter, or one fuch communi catiori. Mr Adams, before his in- uallatibh, prOmifed'attentfqn to th mjljtia. A well regulated militia is'v neceflary to the fecurity of J:,,i.A:,uZ tej, Kvvf-v Poitrnaiter juimv.-- . forHf Dmkix$ Uti Quart in eyc'rly uc'oieding Paper; . fourttiLj. .nftit,,.:. n-nf - n ordinary tunes, if fo ' k much more f(v wt, -pSPalU.. is in arms, and when a vaU a! ! ? ld gerous regular force was nC' the difcretion of the ft raife. .R,,f w f" r?e!ldent1(1 I we are f .A., r , "t De in. V1- 1 . " 317 itriff r . r i , . ' O Ul kilt iident, which appears Uonr,. . lie Was AptPrminnA .5 . 'a-t iiic armv dv tn militia tllfimuttl;i frnrrV,."f J.r To r. is fond of checks and balance h civil affairs -ana h mull know they are more necelfary f0r Utary the civil power never hav;nw been able to maintain itfelf 2Ea;n alfblcnows o lVi , that, is othw conr.t-;' r fl fh1 Expnitiv- Prix. i"' J' ' 1 If j j .caufed the conjoined v.'sighi 0. me jf Sceptre, the Sword and tfoH'W fury, to preponderate. Has the Prefident ufedthemil'. ; coufd?.: When Prefident Vafo ingtpn lupp'reiTed the ekcife Infuf. retfioh, he did, with militia ii what neVef.was done in Britain X f: lreiana wtn their. Whole ibiulijL !: armyV Wamingtori ufed not one rt) ; uLar ,iiattahqn.; Wnen the Inru ; I reclion bf Fries in: Northamntil ; occurr-ea,-r:reiiaent aarns tiled nit t one battehonopmiiitia;! tiecollea. eu reguiaiiiroops proyuionai armk fegregated- corpj, made a militC U;migaai:-r into a regular 15ngadii f iu-' commanu tne- expcaition, arid Laid not cad . ouY one battalion a! company of hxitia "foot upon th occafion; Whc'n.tlVe:Koufe of Re. preiQityiy e, of tjieir, p wn motion had nrenareda. IsilF to ennhip y Pre fidelity to call out a refpsctablt body ot-miiitia,- even -jo. repel tW r 1 encn, iioe oenaie . introauctA claufe to enabte" the Profident no: to uienyofihe militiapf the ftate: between the wPotowmac and St CrOlX, irom, "Mai viand to Mali ihciufivehVeceivin?thisamendi ment (or alteration rather) the Repreferitatiyes, . rejeBed it . at, once and fent the .biJ L utmediately' backto the. Sen ate, expecting, that it would bc pailed, or as ufual con fefred up Ori.- But threatened with "dange of French irivafion, as h was faid we tlten . -were; the fenatd crorriile. ' but; pbfiDoncu ' this bill X K A .V. i 1 1 f 1 JILL. I ' f . . W LIA - -,r-W 11 n 1 ur 11 iMiirf 11r1r.11 l .rr . 1111 mx 1 1 1 1 11 hired infantry, horfe and artillery 7 without the militia balance, in grea. iCi iiuiiiircia man vvciuuu utiuic. confided to this government. The ; Senators appeared to wiih the dif ufe of the militia. ;obferved-Fjefore, w-iftes the clifufe of a ffanding. army, and contem plates regular hired troops with caution, prudence and apprenen- fion, whenever it mentions them. It- -views Handing, armies as inadmiffij-.-ble armies at teft as an evii, antf contemplates the militia with an invariable and uhbot'::d'jd con fidence. The republicans loveanj YV UUIU 1111 111C liliuua. -" . people; thofe who have a right ta judge, determine between the twa parties; whether the body ot the republicans and their moll able m injluential members have not mam fefted more attachment to this all important part. of the conftitution, than fbme at leail of -the leading arid influential men in the federal party. .Let them determine abetter excefiive outrages have not been committea oy miinai i-u corps, and let them point out lor punilhinent and reltraint wuit the Prefident or federal admsnirfra- tion or federal Generals hved. in confequence. Let thern ) whether in thefe refpeas he has; ken care that the laws were i, fully executed. ' , Let men, who value that oruer, 1 which grows by. the favour ot i ' ven,oul of a conftitution legiti mately adopted and faithfully ; cuted; confider well w&t has b faid. Letthem apply to both M of men this fair touchsto which might be imnienfely cnWg ed, andlehemthendetenni mong which party are to be .0 , the ntoft doubtful tnends, thcmol probable enemies of cur e..c , Ld unequalled Confof" lf arc" left faithful " than T1Ckering' WASHINGTON.; ! f . , T , r v 1 . l n "v state A..:?.. :
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