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? v. W . if, 44 "3? H3f .4 V - 4 4 Ours re tie Ptarifi ti Vnwar'd by Pa Vol: I. Tuesday. StBER 23- i0' JS" y '; TC? gi r'B'l t "- " Vr ! iSLTk' il. it NO RTH CILOLINA iTpKYADVERTIS ER. 1 H v i r FOR THE REGISTER. AM ADDRESS Lo the ri xEOVlt omm VNIFED;TATES; v A' EpUwtoindii! of the . f Pubis JifndCbaratfter. I Lffl 'J'r JIonc faction to feize the perfons of - t fffii$&&ySfy$ j their opponent and transfer them ffff; U within the lines of an invading 5iretlo5ikVo i, . vfl: . ; enemy", and cwiil you VySPIgUStbthebefthppesJ look for relief r - faifucdfReimBhcan liberty, Jfv' . .-ii..J7A fcil 5rn' -wnhihr penpal r.ght 0fH ?tftVOlves tor i voti ft tindltte tne rients ot . :,Vl ... i il i rw fZ7a Z1 " trr- ' r, , 1 tierimerltbwvorKi nas ever yet n; attetritcdV.'bf freemen, to j btifh ; ftigpyciienf fi ars, nnreine iniBiuuon ora rtp. n rre , n i Ti:' debteJ for that (hire ofWiticd nand . your im- dWeing ffiepW enjoys-1 1 A n. l:on mPar"-a!' lanthropHic, refined in manners--JkJftident. it remains . .u.JVT; r - :j ii a!1 0f vVfnmem "affords rouclvjl great anl con'fi Rent .efforts toipro--und ' ia hope-1 aW : fear, amJi raote?the univerfal eftahli fhraent of atcontjiuexl corioffion oi nations j hich ftli agitate the European J orld, aidthreate s to involve our j wtfteTh..ttemtfph'' i:its -ruinous j vbrtex. Your iarmces tor peace i and the virtuous ortsoi your re- n puDiicair ions, nye niinciw prc fervedou from tie fatal cut fe and ala'mity;.bf-ari j : ' Purfuing, withnifled confidence, the mea lures ranihohoilhy tS' the fundanjeital principles of rbtir 1 governmeft; conceivdnhc offlffiope&6 f iu tteft, rtiid ft iceries of war and coAftifion. Vou have been placed, nbre than1 once, -on the precipice ?t deffrn&ibri. Se ceding from the principles avowed to! the worldasltbc bafisr of siBur Kepublican In ftitutions, the pillars ol Arutocracy have aritcn, and in the direleflion of American truths, the world has been aftonifhed. at your retrograde turn and rapid advahcejto Monarchy'.' ; : ; A review of palt events will but prefent the painful fpeclacle of po litical apoftacy, amid ft the wreck of principland tlie creation cf lyitems equally fubverfive of li berty, peace and happinefs Suf fice it to fay, that new and unheard cf doclrines have been advanced, precedents eftablifhed, and laws enafted, which go to fap the very foundations of public liberty Hence have we feen, in the aban donment of cohftitutional truth and principle, cdnuruclive freafon avowea, ana tne ngnt or trrai oy jury of the vicinage1 ploded in our courts of juftice. whilll there have been begotten new and arbitrary principles o'i alienifm and feditibn, with an extended and bouiidlefs lyftit of common: law adoplld y apm?ign nation, ;anoncycrfef incorpotated into any Ameri- !can code And executive func tionaries have not Seen flothful in rmrfiilnrr nn?r irrtlrwir nf !ar perfecutions and prolcriptions, of pcrfonal difqualifi cations for poli tical opiniotis, aiid,reftraintg on the liberty of the pfl1J or in pro, Noting, by every faculty they pof feflcd, fyilems of extended i'nflu wqe and wafteful expenditure; tting the creation; of heavy and oppreiiive public burdens, in nu. Serous and unneceitary appoint, tuents to office, a (landing army, a permanent navy, augmentation oi HHc debt, loans at exceflive and orbitant intereft, and finally, ad. ditionaV and aggravated impoft du lIes, excifes, falt-tax and land-tax. . Sut, fellow-citizens, if in addi- tlm tO thl dart Public evils, vnn arp irtA frnm lh 'Qited StaiM o-,.w?:U Pn any thing;' that "the BritiCi iOnifitutibn is. in the ftr t t mm a . lenie, a Kepublic that " an J ritaxy Prefident, and Seriate for Il life, tan alone fecure -iron hsinnl- nefs;- and that in theonfliftf Vltl opiniorii which prevail in our country, ' It is admiflible for rc.lc i'fevr;ke e favof (he ; J tAm ;r . u ... as Lf.C.M ...u rJ . " r T .' S V Hrf ur nation charaaer, andj v wuuic name aaa$ luw a icffiilator anddtatefmen ftat:" U rflRSON. ir,.. :Jn him then concentre1 vour orient views and your future luuimous nv an active are. ot republican liberty, andT the perma- neftf happinefs ot the great family of mankind, he will neither difap- mt yopr hfiipfci nor defeat your withes i-ookinto his palt lite, ex- amine all his conduct and- it you Can dtfeover one inftance of pbhii .calapoftacy or the dereliction! of a ripiplicanprincipjcf then withhold fromirn your confidence and your iujrrage-':-ii - ,. ; either fuffer yourfelves to be deceiyedbyj jihe; camniqus;eflprts of electioneering partizans, the real enemies of America, to depreciate the moral and political character ol the man whole nartie fhould befdear to every republican heart, lit is through the turpitude of thefe ene mies, that the pure virtues and pre eminent talents df Jeftetfon ftand reflected, wtth undiminuhed Inure. and prefent him to the world asv the mend and benefactor of the humad race. See the te ft imonynf thfe ve nerable Judge Pendleton, Pre fi dent of the Virginia con veht ion, pages 100 and i6x, pn the queftiori frir a dopting the federal cbnftitution, who fpeaks in the following; em phatic words: " I kriow and Highly refpeel the great abilities ofuMfi (J JefferforiProvidence has, for the nappineijs oi manKinci, accompanied thofel abilities with a difpofitioh to make life of them for the good ot his i fellow-beings." Honourable teftimonial of an aged and veteran ftatelmari, who could contemplate witn pie2Hure tne lupport ana pas tronage "he had yielded to the youth ful virtues and'rifing ta-lents of Jef ferfonin early life a teftimonial as honourable to him that?gae, as to him that received it. v : j ; But refting on the fame high and refpecled authority of Judge j Pen dleton, fee what he further fays in the fame debate, in reply to the art ful infinuation then made, that Mr. Tlfferfon, who was at that timeab- . ti . r . t. Tf ' '1. J !p . . tent as nnmtter or tne uniiea states in France, had written fentiments hoflile to the adoption of the federal coriiUtutiorx, and advifing its rejec-tiont- I haveXeen, fays Mr. Pert- dleton, the letter in which Mr. Jef- ferfon has written his opinion upon tms luDject.it appears inat nc is poffeffed of that couftirutiop, ; and nas in nis mind tne taeaioi arnena inc it-r-He hasin his mindthe very queftion of fubfequent or previous amendments, which is nowlufrdef conlf deration. His fentimeirits on this fubiect are as follows: I with with all my foul that the: fk;ft hih conventions may accept the new conftitntion, feecaufe it will fecure tops the good it contains wmeii i think great and important. I vwilh the four lateft; which ever they be, may refufei to accede' to it; ftiH a mendments aje fecured." He ther enufnerateSdl he wi'flifri Peered, anC adds - Wc nil carehoWevef that neither" any otner ODiettion tothefbi diice a fchifm in ojur union; would be an incura ble evif caufe friends failing but nei rfi-umte. Are fh jtents(ks Mri Pendle ton) Impui of thofe vho,wih to mendtlT1 nc;w uucs,iuc m aiuc ftates i?ofitnrWtutv. are lus I5ccauie it wm lecure to thim great ana umportant, ana ne wiifes t h el other tour may r e t uie it he thinks it will tend to ob- n neceffary amendments But e would not Wifh that a fchifm JhouldtaJte place iri the union on no ron U deration, lttnenwearciq oem- fiuericd;By his opinion at ally e tA;i i f v it and fecure thereby rfrircart citizens of America. groundlefs calumny yet find curren cy tn our land, that Jenerkm is an- itederatift and enemy to the cdnftl utiort of the United Sitates l Reflect and afk Vouffelveti whether. if iri the prophetic fpirit thai dictated his remarks oji t he con ftitutions as ne e .: i: it . . . '. lore quotea tne contention qi rour itafes had refuled to accede to it, until amendments were obtained, you would probably now have caufe, to regret the exiftence in your country of an alien add feditton law, ot the lately adopted doctrine of conftrUTctrve treafon, and above all, ot the ; ruinous and difiiracefuf reaty witn Ureat-Untain r Equally repulfive to the maM- nant fucgeftion that Mr. Tefferfort is an enemy to religions the public records ot his native f tat e, prefent to the world in the ftatutc book of their laws, the celebrated act " for; eftablishing religiour 0 freedom" drawn by the pen, and offered to the affembly of Virginia, by the hand of their enlightened and illuf- trjious fellow-citizen: Read, ye fa naics, oigots, arq rengtous nypo crites, of whatever clime or coun tnr ye be, and von, bafe calumni ators, whofe efforts to, traduce are the voluntary tribute of envy to a charatter more pure and perfect than yotir own, read, and''' learn-, and practice the religion" of f effer ... fon, as difplayed m the (fublime truths and infpired language of.hii ev.er memorable Act for eftabli$hr: trig religious freedom, ' thus: ; " Well award that Almighty God hatjbt created the mind free; that all attempts to tnfluerict it by. temporal punishments or. burdens, or byxjyii incapacitations; tend only to bjegel habits at hypocrify and meannefs and area departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord poth of; 'body and mind, yet chofe not to propogate it by coercibns on either as was 'in his, almighty power to do j that the irp'J pious preiumption or leiMatorsana rulers, civil as well asecciefiafticalj who, being themfelves but fallible and uninfpired men, have affumed dominion over the faith of others, fetting up their own opinion and tnods of thinkirig as the only true and infallible, and as fuch endea- The federal CoTiftitution was oppofed by many of the bejl Friends the country tit the ftate in which it was fir Ji preented to' the Conventions For ratification, becaufe it was feared that, if tt Was fufered hpafs without amenamcne .ai inavziimcy cjwrf luniiy might. &t floft for making any attempt to amend it. It will be fceti. however, that from the efforts of of the molt enlightened nun in the United (States, and of the Virginia LczifldtuTC in particular, after the ratification of the Confutation, thofe amendments were added, which now form fa ejferitidl d part iff it, and which itpj jnoremthan probable have forined ' powerful . chick &Pf? thi afpiring temper af-4kofe famous de magagut's, . who, Jvnder -pretenfions to fedtraUfm, ererendea90itting i pro mote, the mofil fiavif and deftru&ivc fytimt tftteQU.lVoTjd : ') vourin&to imrioft ; them dii others, V ' -i - . ' : . i ' - ' ' - . nam ettaDiisneq anq raaimawcuwi religion overlthe ereateft part ot the world, and tnrougn au umq- that to compel a 'roan to;jj,lu Contributions df rribney fdr tHe' pro- U r L -k. - Air. paganon oi opinion wuiwn ; vf believes is fihtul and tyrannical: that even the forcing him to fuppbrtthis or inat teacner ot nis own reuiwu nerfuafionris denrivincr him of: tn6 r rT .7.-7;- .4 r.. P ...j. i.;: comtonapie Iiperty oi giving ms tontribilttons to the particular paf- tor, whofe morals he would make his pattern, arid whofe power he feels molt oecfuauve to riffhteoui- nefs, and is withdrawing fromf'the miniftry thole temporary rewards, which.Droceedincr from ari approba' tion of their perlonal conddcr, are an additional incitement to earneft arid unremitting labours for the in ftrdction omankind; that our ci vil lights hay no dependatiee on our feliffios opiniohs, more than opinions in phyfics or geometry that therefore the proicribing any citizen as unortny tne puouc conn- dence, by laying upon him an jrtca- pacity or Demg called. to omces. P trtift and emolument; unlefs he pro feU or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injiiriOuf- y ot thofe privileges and a d Vintages o which iri common with his fello w citizens he has a natural right; that it tends alfo to corrupt the pririci- pleltof that very religion it is meant to- "cmcoura'ge-', by bribing Mth a monopoly df Worldly honours arid emoluments, thole who will exter nally profefs and cOform to it ;f that though indeed thofe are criminal who do not withftand fuch tempta- tion, yet neither are thofe mnotnt who lay the bait in their. wyS fat to fuffer the civil mag i urate mn- truae nis powers intothe neid qi o- 1 T' . " ' 1 1 f pmion, and to re ft ram the profeiuon or propogation ot principles on fuppofition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy which at once deftroys all religious liberty, becaufe; he being of courfe juileeof that ten dency, will make his ooiniort the rule of judgment, and approve Or condemn the fentiments of others only as they fhall fquare with or differ from his Own; that it is time enough for the rightful pdrpofeS of civil government, tor its orhcersto interfere when principles break oiit into overt acts again ft peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great, and wilfprevail if left to The Friend of Good tirdcr' have dlmofih exhavjled all their low eibufi upon Mr. fefferfion for his li beral fentiments upon religious tole ration, without produ cin$any material proof that he is not a Ghrijlianr The drift of his. obfervations up6n the ubjcQ of Religion, are certainly the mo ft friendly totoards Lhriftianity. But, dmidft all the rancor difplayed dgainfl the Republican candidate, no cdktrafi is made of the char abler s of the Federal caniidatei. What are they ? Is Mr. Pinckney celebrated for his piety f pr is Mr. Adams farhous for ht Evangelical tenets? He is certainly no:Purit an, nor is he a difcvplt of eitytrLuther or the Pope. Nay, there is more than probability, tha his ideas of Chriftianity inly extend to an opinion that it is-good for example, while il is by no means of neceffary importance, except as a political in fir umeifti And what are thofe men who dre mdfl clamorous for a religious Prefident ?, The greatefl Bigots, allied with thegreatefi Infidels in the Union i Let the intolerance gf the eftablifhed clergy in the Northern States, their equHocal tenets as indi viduals C which are generally in pppi fition to their ancient platforms) tkei want of religious principle among their congregations, ana me cnara.Lter of all the leading Federal champions for Chriftianhy, be duly confidered and ii will he feen, that, the great ot jea irtxfiew, istaeflab impolitic meafitres of , Government, compofed of; A PRIESTHOOD WITHOUT RELIGION, ftp parted fa A COMMUNITY OF INFIDELS! Ayarit, then, ye de ceivers, -with your hypocritical cant ; n. let tne pure principles of Ctirt-!j "w vtAXy'.Jt '"if tianitv ftand and fiourtfh upon' their h edan exaropleVJtJsJ'" azmindtptzdtntkafiu '.: ' ! : Hon thofe Jierielf ; that (he is the proper and futttcient antagonift to error, ana haf nothing to fear -from thexon fiictirttefs by human intefpbhtiort dtfor tried of hef natural weapons, tree argument ana aeoic, cealing to be dangerous, wnen, petmitted 1 freely tc contradict: them':; . -.-'-. . - therefore enaSe'd fa the Gene tAfidmbfyf That no man fhall be criipelled to frequent or fupport any reriziousJwoTuiipj -paacc,vt j whattore rior fhall He be enforced reftiiitfiKlj!mblffted or, burdened m hisbcV or Eoods, nor fhallptherwife fufferon accbiint f his religion br. belief ; but thatf tallymen lhall 56 free to ptofefs, and by argument to inairitain, their opinions, in matters of relictionl and that the lame uiatun jio wrie dimimtn, enlarge, or anecc their civil eapacitiesi : ii- k iA tAtih w wll trnnw that this affenibiy; efeaed by the-people for the ordinary purpofcsof leg fta tion onlyj have no power to reftrain theiact of facceeding affembliesjeon-. ftttuted with powers equal t our own and that therefore to declare this aft to be irrevocable; would bo of no effect in law j yi-1 we are fe ; td declare; and do declare, that the rights hereby afferted,-are theatu ral iights of mankind, aad that if any aft fhall be hereafter paffed t repeal ihe prefent or to narrow rts opehi tion, fuch act willbe ari infririgexehC. ' of natural right. ; t lUtxMxi f die opponents of Mri Jefferfon require additional proof . of the ardent , piety and it ligious fervour of his mind, let them read in hif sNotes on Vifgiriia," --pligei -237, his reflections oh the fubject Ot flavery, expreflive of his wilboa for a grddudl emancipation, which V piotts apottrbphe. Gah,-.the:iU- berues of a! nation be though e crire' wheniwe hae removed their only firm baiis, a corivitlion in the mijlds 0 f trie pepp le, t tkatfh oft li -forties are $f lhe gift of Godf Tkzi they are not to be viok ted hut with his wrath? Indeed I trcniblef or my country wheri 1 reflect that God ls juftrthat kzsjufhcecannotyieepjfor eve ft that; eon fider.ing' numbets, nature and I naturlt means ohlj?; a revolution of the wheetlbf fotniije, an exchang of fitiiaioit- h'jSnm' pti1ible events: that it ay become probable by fupernatural rhterfe rence ! The Almighty has no atrrir bute which can take fide wit,h ui in fuch a coriteil. But it is impef fible to be temperate and to" purfu this fubject thro the various confi derations of policy, of morals, of hiftory natural and civil; f We muft be corehtedi to hope they vil! forcje their way into every one's mind. I dink a change already perceptible fince the origin ofjthe prefent American revolutjqri. The fpirit of the matter, isabatexl, that of the ftaverifing from 'the ; d'iift ; his corfdition mollifying, !? ioay, I hope4 preparing, under the aufpices of heaven, for a total ematicipationi and that this is difpoledi in t fie order of events, to be wiihi corifeml qf the maflers, father tharibethelrftt tirpation." t Again, iri t;he fame Notes,: page" 240, evincing his anxiety to 'culti vate a fpirit ot genuine virtue in the public mind, as the ftrre prefer vatiVe of republican liberty, he ex pretles a no lefs exalted ntiment of the cultivators of theifbil the yeomanry al our codntrys than' a. j ju ft Confidence in theorder of Pro I vidence to perpetuate, throtHrn, the facred flame of moral and rdi- gioiiS Virtue I " Thofe, fays JefTerfori, who la bour in the earth are the chpfenpeo- ( ale of God: if ever he hart rhofrri l people whofe breaft he had. made', U h oprnlfar dnofif fnrTfTKtlintbl gertmne virtue.- Jt isthetocus in which he keeps alive the facfed fire' which enherwife might efcipeJ-V i . from the . face of the'earth. ivGor- i ruption nt morals' in . thentlf or -j it . i i -''t-. cv.ir''' n- - j
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