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' MEIE&B(DIR(DT!fiffl IPAWIBIOT I the icxoRjxr axd degraded of every xifiovor clime must he ex,k;htexev, before our earth c ax have honor ixthe uxiverSe." VOMJMK I. OI.'KKNsnOliOUOII, N. C. STUIM)Y, JULY 11, 1829. ' NUMHrtW 8. tiik (;ii:r.siu)Koi (;n imtkiot, l p; tntd and published every Saturday morning, by WILLIAM SWMM, At Two Dollars per annum, parable within three month Ir'iin the l.itc (t the first number, or Three I) liars after lie exfiir.it; n t th it poind. F. irh sn'ise v'hev wi'l V at lihevtv to discontinue at nnv time wjihia the first three months, hv p xv for the numbers it i (1, :u'i "i"'iiir to the :i'v" c terms ; hut no paper will he disi i in' iiiue ! until '1! arrear ;res ;ire paid, an'l a f lilure t.i .ir.h r 1 1 i 1 s oiiti'Hiauce will he considered a. new cui.ie-n.'-nt. 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It eein h it llie skeletun of an addres-i ; but if it contain ativ tlm'i;ht th it voiiiniv j i li appropriate tor your paper of t!i- 4tli of .Inly, it lias fallen into in) hands, and on are at liiuTty to use it. The annual return of this festive dav, is calculated to cxand the htart of the Patriot and Christian Avith gratitude to the Supreme Governor of the Universe, who holds in his hands the destinies of Nations, and who, on us as one, ha. for near half a century, poured nt o many of the choicest blessings of huntau life. It wifl he recollected that it is not et half a centurv jince these if-at, first principles of five Government, which bad for so many ages lam hidden bv the crafi of ciateMiien and the fraud of pmfs, again reappeared with tmre than anetent grandeur in the Deolar rios the liberties of Americans, and (he upholding pillerof this mighty Copfetierate d Kenuhiic. The paes of hi-ior , T,a Ve '"nofrfim'itid'Sanrcsrdafe of time, held the record of an event so important to the cause of human happiness. In every point of'liijht, in which it can be presented to the mind, we are arrested h reMstles evidence of the ameliorating intiuctice d those jirinciphs of free, popular government, drawn in that sacred instrument by the hand of a master, and tested by more than forty years of practical ap plication. It is only in countries where the will of the people operate htftlligent and few, to govern in the 2ta:- and wiiere tree inquiry and unbounded tolerance, in matters of religiaus faith, pervades the church, that we are to look for ihe human intellect in the highest perfection, and human society enjoying the greatest decree of happiness, of which this stale of existence is capable. In the fonner, the most vir tuous and meritorious are selected to govern, or ra tuer as the organs thro'' which the people govern them selves and here it is, that faction, by the necessary evolutions of the government is circumvented, and its poUonoira schemes blasted before they can ripen or con taminate beyond alunited circle; and in the latter, no civil tribunal assumes to judge in matters of con science, and extends; no temporal aid to one set of christians above another, hut equally protects all in their established modes of worship. Religion bigot ry and blind zeal, those fell Demons that have de luged Europe with Wood, and disgraced the ; chris'lain name, arc here deprived of their power to persecute ; and wc are delivered from the curse or Religious . Intolerance which, tike the deadly Upas, yet covers our mother country with its baleful shade. ' Let us look back through our history and see whether realities will justify the picture thus hastily sketched." Forty hix years ao, the country, from the Atlantic to tle Alleghany Mountains, was inhabited, ; with extended' intervals between, by thirteen colo nies in a state of tributary vassalage to a Sovereign on the other side of the AtlanticOceahi iiA few more re volving years, and we find those colonies resisting the tinjust exactions of that Sovereign, putting their re sources of war in requisition, and bloodily contending for their Independence. Here"bpeus a field through which the fancy of the poet might wanton in luxurious flowers, and the patriot feel some honest pride when the names and deeds of his ancestors were recounted in connection with Bunker's Hill, King's Mountain, Little York,"&c. But as these bloody and warlike recitals arc most predominant in (lie most barbarous nations, h as they tend more to feed jthe vanity than to mend the heart, we shall pass them. 5 It is enough that through the firmness and perseverance of our ances tors, they achieved their independence, and changed the aspect of things in this country.- To.thjese colo nies have succeeded Ararly asJany independent States, where the "cotnlorts of Uh'j with many 'of its legaTiCics nnd'too marry of its luxuries- are enjoyed. Jjtignificent edifices every where meet the eye of. the travellor, not only as private dwellings, but aaihe fommon property of a sovereign people;' and these lalst are set apart as Houses of Legislation, Halls of '.Justice, anodes of Scientific Knowledge, and Sauctu- ariesof Ileligjon. . v - - , But when we tut n our v es towards the western1 Pacific Oce an, realities appear romantic. Our popu lation, under the auspn es of that aU'ju-t council of the nation, I mean the Congress of (he Unitrd States, in its vigorous increase, is rolling to the west, and the i'Om.'S ol Religion and Science are blossoming m that extended wilderness, so late the abode of "savage beasts and savage ine-i." Already hive we recogni zed, as members of the I'nion, a Tennessee, a Ken tucky, an Oln, a Louisiana, a Mi omirHn Indiana, an Illinois, each possessing ;t territory, larger in extent than imperial Koine could host in the proudest days of her military g!oi y and acquired by a more equita ble means than lb ai of conquest. To consider the natural importance of (he western section of the Un ion, with regard to its capacity tor sustaining a dense population, its noble ri ei, its fertility of oiJ, it9 sus ceptibility of internal navigation, and its exemption fi oi negro Slavery, would exceed the limits of this address. We can hae no adequate idea of the future power and greatness of a nation now containing, ten millions of inhabitants, increasing in a ratio unexam pled by any other natiou on earth, spreading over eve ry variety of soil and climate, and holding the UmiU of! their territory on the shores ol (he Atlantic .yd a cilic Oceans. 1 ) we tlii- dav commence the 47tn vearofour see. (Jcor, ur-or-nm, ur-or-is-wn. My stars what latin I Ave, tip the lenrner to the Iratlies But I never could decline it. However, in English it stands thas : "The gift of Heaven, the charm of earth, the joy of the present, the promise of the future ; the in aMrenee of enjoyment, the charitv of passion, the sacrament of love. Love! Oh! what is life without the relief of love ? Oh dear! Mr. Editor, Pin alf met amorphosed into poetry, so here you have me : Heaven k iows dear maid, I love no other fair? In thee lies all my love, my heaven lies there. Prepare your coach, to 'me direct your course, Drive fiercely on and lash the lazy horse ; And while you ride I will prolong the dav, And try the power of verse to smooth your way ; $ik down ye mountains, sink ye lofty hills, Yi vallies be obedient to her wheels, Vo si reams be dry, ye hiudVing woods remove, Tis love that drives, and all must vield to love." Believe me, Mr. Editor, your most self-Ioviiig de Voted brother of the Isle, Celibacy Domesticated. N. B. All that I can say to the "quriesM of" Do mesticusVis this; TouUcry 1st." I only know the "aversions" of the present time. To "query 2nd." ewfJitttttnlds"Wam,, ?for -i r; Bma'd wiiyr l?oj C. D. existence as a nationand lind otirselverea "5f uery-i.'- tJe prolakU consequencejt'? are old the means, in aiiijde abundance, of. redressing any ; maWs in ah indance, "wilh a grace for ev'ery year, and rong or injury mat may ue o:nrea us, and 01 ciias- 0 -ui"u VV"; tising the aggressor ? yes, the Union preserved, and theso-positions cannot be don bled, yet every patriot will pray that no occasion may make it necessary to call the military prowess of the nation into artioi'. t :s at all times dangerous, and has not 'infrequently proved the overthiovv of tree governments. It is to the moral iniluenee d ur happy form of government that we are indemcd tor our present prospects and s li a: cm i). ' lA'tut the mi comfiliin and aimoxt true, ''1 . 'i - 't"if , (' f;r no'iriif nne LHltOMt'l.to, Qt'thr Tribf. of V. Crnlma, Chapter VI. irenglh, and Hot to the sword of conquest! what The fiuil end -rf all thars and in lirmcut .f the sons of Beli- could be achieved by con quest, the Kingdom of (i. , ki tae r md ahrm , stress coitiforit-r seta time to Bri-ani has done, or attempted her "overnmenl, pre j nv"t:t -""'l1 ltir mn m etmg .and waning 1,1 ill 1 ,1 1 . I nitier reier d t a a t ii- seu tew tut ir d"ins set fortii by .healed on a durali.e and energetic plan her policy,' t.uir cVrf-ivject -11 rcpcnunci; and re.ive to be won lor more than five centuries past, has been founded! ta u ever. on belligcrant principles, and what is her eomp-ara-f . And God hath said, that time shall tread down tive strength and prosperity to that of the United j the everlasting hills, and brush away the earth as he Slates at this time but how preposterous it i'to p,Sses bv. He shall sweep away the mighty orbs of estimate the givab.e-s of a nation bv her numbers of Heaven "into a heap of confusion, and the places which armed men and her ability n plumb r her neighbours! klJ.,vv ,H i noW Mj j,e wi(, emptiness. . what should give true re.t.nss to a nation, but to, I'iie sons if Belial" shall pass away; (he tern Hod those virtues abando nng which are enjoeietl by pi(;, (he tr.b'irc and the rag.shall be known no more ; I'lJ'illiV.. '.!!.. i;v:l,t.i:,i .. laf.ll aiiri UmJOiru-MM tingodlt shall ucrihlu ... iae any claim! 3. Vea. the L'reater and the lesser i;iiati shall be llnile in an indivaduai hel' ie he to that character f Acd ot the vces oppv 1 I to tl toe eve.lUuus ul .nil! - I .'X iesc id Jrx Mtv ' (iiiovjfi down ; and the priest and the servants, who minister ihu'eaulo. -nail al.ke he l.ri'.l Iie : .1.1! :.li in the use of oppressive weapons, f.um 1.01 he sin.l-n,. Sl);if, ,' O;",,! siuTTfie returned Uiito thedurighril lest part. May we not justly contemplate "the arts whence they w ere taken. ' a.el sciences, as nia. li a. ctaeiau n in ttit u progre-s . 'fne crv ol the people whom they have op- towards pi ifeedou. by the e-.t j tio 1 of those liberal passed, oftne" widow and fatherless, whose bread the principles ofg,,v, 1 ;, 1. .ent wh.eh obtain ir.the.e I'nited UVt. taken away, and of the upright and honorable, Mates and may wu not fci. crate ourselves in the Vll..;n thev h v e caused to h.i.i-er and faint, vv.i I tnew belli I J hat the improvement in the moral condition ot human sociejy keeps pace wiih these ? and that the barb.lroijs custiiins of ar anl s!aver which yet res main as monuments of the disgrace of the christian name, will ultimately disappear from the world ! does not all history show us that, as time glides on with nois'ess pinions, she s scattering blessings,' w ith a filent hand, on each siicceding generation, unknown to that wh'ch preceded ? When we look back to Rome, the history of vvho.e proudest day, Ihe American vouth read with enthusiasm we see ihe w ings of her Lagle expanded from Europe to Asia, with war and exter mination waiting on her imperial will: but what is she now ? Her gladiatorial shows, her absurd wor ship, her mock Deities, live only in song l?ut her arts and sciences live to bless the world. And has not modern Europe beeu long the abode of intolerance and Religions liberty t jet we find, even there, much that we regard with a sort of veneration Jurispru dence has there beeu reduced to a rational science, personal-slavery has been discarded, war, itself, has been reduced to a mere sytcm of hostilities compared with what it once was. IJut when 17m i0 Ameri ca shall have practkaily conformed her government to her declared priiicij Ics, future history will show all suiciding ages that it was reserved fortius Country, to erect an alter to Religion and a temple to Ration al Libkrtv, whose tall summits were Deacons lb the surrounding nations. -j. For the Greemborovgh Patriot. . Ma.' Editor: Pm all in a tremor. I hav'nt slept these two nights. I feel miraculously. li!es me! what a thrill! Porteutious! momentous! heigh, hoi I'm all a jar. God-a-mercy ! but I feel more concentrated. 1 want to tell you Mr. Editor, to to have a look there our little Island, 1 mean, that blessed circuinlerence where celibacy is the grand deposit nurturing upon its bosom, plants of the most exquisite beauty that evhale odours the most agree able warmed' by jhe congenial influence of its self exaltcdncss, and fanned by the breee of its-own pu rity. O, Mirahile. Dictu! Thrertened withinvaion! Yes, Mr. Editor, we ant to be kicked, tumbled, and thrown hurly-burly into the wide ocean of Matrimo ny, wiiere quicksands and shoals spread far and ma ny, where tempests ever howl, wiiere billows rage and surges roar, where Scylla and Charybdis yawn, jiud terrify the soul; 0 ! Mr. Editor, once ulloat,. thcrV no rrtttrrr. - A light Urecize is ever springing from the shore, increasing as it flies, urging to despair the poor soul who, in the moment of folly, commits his frail bark to the wave, awakening just in time to cast " a longing lingering look" upon pur halcyon I I. !i 1 " ! t . I 111- isie, a u receues u m nis view, to oe, oy mm pos sessed no more, forever. Uxor, by"hcavtns! let me . 'u jr. 1 .1 iase up in judgment against llieui ; !. And wink: the) stand trembling over the lake of liriuisLjne, b ir.img wd,h ua pje.icUaoio tire, all the wages of iheir :ni pjity, the fruits and rewards oftneir opireslon and sin, will be heaped on their heads to sink ihein still deeper in the llarnes of destruction. (. Vet the sons of Pelial thought not of this in the days of their prosperity ; nor had they (he fear ol God belore them ; but went ou sinning with a hiah hand and beyond measure. 7. JNevertheless, when the righteous and compas sionate ruler stood upu the Assembly, as is recorded in the Chrouiclef oflhis tribe, and cursed them with the great ciirsea of truth and uncovered their rhanic and exposed their uncleanness, for a while they jum ble themselvs in the ddi,and thoulit of their latier end. 3 Chilled with horror, and trembling with fear, as they beheld their own nakedness and pollution, and the sword of justice upraised, they besought a man, cunning, wise and popular, to hide them under Ins mantle, and to prepare them if possible, to escape from the wrath to Come. Ann lo ! some of them were professors of reli gion, and some ol them were even elders and deacons aiixl priests, and had all this time been disfiguring their faces aiid pretending to serve God ! But their most holy things were tainted with sin. 10 Even the chanties they had given and gotten had been placed in the temple of their foul idolatry , lo oppress and alllict the people, and the usury and extortion gotten therefrom portioned out to prosper the cause of a hoi) God ! 11 erily this is more unclean and abominable than consecrating the wages of au harlot or the hire ol a dog. 1 2 But in the day of their humiliation and fear they sought n H to priest-craft for help, but to the more vir tuous craft of the law, which, of every other cunning and learned craft under Heaven, which giveth its help unto the ungodly for mammon, is the most up right and pure. 13 And be it hereby recorded, for the honor of ihe cloth and satche l, that had not the worthy man who gave them help, esteemed it no disparagement lo labor honestly in his vocation, he never would have accepted the great mammon and high exaltation the) proffered unto him. 11 And peradvenlure even now he will not he blessed jn" the end, and already wisheth in his heart ili.it all tlie Waters of Bethabara aiwl of Jordan could vf ash him clean of the filthy sty c heMias entered. But the sons of Belial felt the ; withering blast cjf the destroying angel as he passed near them, and dehehl with a fearful joy that yet for a little time Ion iA;r the tares were permitted to overshadow and choke; down the wheat in all this goodly land. But i nihle and alai niipg is the fiery indignation before the w u k ed. 1 G Atui hi the gloom of winter it was ordained ly I hem that when spring should spread forth her 10 be of beauty and gladness, and the singing of birds sboti Id cometht all the sons of Belial should be gathered unto the.temple in grand Pandimoniuin, and then de termine whether it were possible for them to do a good thing. 27 And if so, they were to break down the intake of their prna! and unclean propensities, which they had thee set up, and cause it to die before its appoin ted tim, and the people to be released from its sure and grievous bondage. 1C ' And as apreparation for this great and sol. einn wjlnk, they likewise ordained that each one of them should, in the mean time, abstain from doing e vil as iiuch as he could, a id that the. rulers and serv ants of the temple should be exhorted to do so like wise. ' 191 And this set time came, bearing along with it the increased distresses and tribulations of the pen, ic- ; and they cast their eves towards the temple, savi-'ig, 2(1 Behold, in our simplicity and goodness ve have fallen into the hands of these son- of l5c li.ii, .ir.d wetyne labored for them tmttf every lreH --i-4w d, aiMijWery shoulde-r peeled, and the ep-of-onr cahni tficsj is drained even to the verv dregs : and we h.tv e bore all this in patience, when our fathers f. r a nr"'h les grievous bondage, rose up in w rato, and i'rpl tlie oppressor under foot. Behold, the sans of Dehl kn'jw all this, and that the least thing which ri niam etli for us now to do is to bring (hem b 101 e 1 he grent .;! ges ai.nl cause their image lo be broken dovv , and o. 11 tribute and bondage to cease foiever. miiiog more is wanting but for those who pay tribute, to a gi f e wn'h one another in this just thinjg, and it is done. .sid will they not now take heed, and while it isWt in their power, have some little mercy on us, or even on themselves ? But how can a chan thing come 01 it of an unclean ? Can Satan do good? 1 21 And when the sons of Ilehal had ef down to gfher in the great hall of ihe temple, a proclamation was made : Behold, a deputation from the people l Omelh ! ''22 And wherefore should their - countenavres change, and each man start up and put his hand to his neck, and think of his dest i ts f 23 And ihey sent fiuth, saying, come e 'oacta bly ? ' And it"ns answered tr'rfo- fhenv, vea, verily, peaceably and submissively; he not afranl ; for we mote not frntn the people t a!' d be lev. from ' ,y R mitfllt expect ampb joslice, ;ccorini; to voar ijih desert mit from the lesser shadow v imaT ratrd he people, which always serveth the yrean-r inn! ta keth the lead when sin or uncle -miess is to bt d e. Therefore he not afraid; for we be of vour own ki ney and whatsoever bin or unclean thing ) piny-e to do, we coirie hilher to bring it forward, as cm 1 g from us, and to do our uttermost to upborn and make it lawful. . 55 Arid when they had heard the-e tl.i: ;:. k;v. were comforted, and lo-k ( on;ae,a..d went lo.'f, a d received them jov fully, and bro ighl them it'-, .he great hall, and gave them a hugh seat in the ce ne gation of the ungodly, to do them honcr. 2( And when they were all set down In c!liu in the great h ill, they were a goodly ;s, ml) a:e d n en ot L,reat subsisiance ; but how had it been tn n ? 27 Verily, (d hadi said, th it he wl, la a; th up richt to the prtjuiliee of Ins own soul, 01,1) .cr eth tor him who will spe.nl it riotously. 21 herefire the 1 will a man datou his own oul tor the s;,ke of bestowing a fatherly damnation 0.1 his children ? 2!) This is vanitv and a sore evil ; and he w ere old men ; they felt the infirmities of mortal;!) ; nml wherefore should the desire to aftlie.t others ? '1 'n,e and thought and cart; had furrowed their cheeks : ii,e grave had cast its awful frost upon their heads, a: it Ms chill hoi entered their bodies ; and the h.deo.i- mon ster was now yawning with extended jaws for Irs r.; re and certain prey. They had slighted warning; ;.,, ;r dimmed eyes had read the mine ft kid written on ti.e wall, and their dtafened ears had heard the vo.; e from Heaven, set thy house in orlei , for thou slmit shurcly die ; and he who presided over ihem o.w sickened to give them the farther adrnoniljcn that tiiirf time is tt hand. 30 But the death ahotlt wh'ich they had gotten together lo deliberate, was not the deaih of their mor tal bodies, but ol their carnal and -i tnl m"j ens.tK s which were there embodied and lawfully s. t ujv continually pouring down the throats of ila the" cup of its filthy abomination, and b'asj htaV gainst the great covenant and oath whn h the rY and the people sware unto one another, and even gaiiisl the holv covenant of God whit h command, th mora! justice and right. ,i Ami the) beheld witk sorrow that the davsof their precious image were nkevi-e numbered ni d . lew, and took counsel among themselves 111 wu. t maimer it should die. 32 And the matter was referred . unto certain f the wisest & mi ghtiest aniong them, who should make diligent search, and set foith their opinion in ( wi. it manner it should live for the little time that )it law- . fully -remained, arid, how it shlkild tlie. . v .'J3 . And the great high priest -of the temple, the great Lord of the rag" and the "great receiver ol :iie , frihute, bein5'one great -andjyOmiyjersoi-.age, was of this itumGcir, and "the' representati ves-of "tlie ar image were added unto mem, that it . p: "at - 11 sin nr cfcail tiling inightJjeXounJjvvaiitiug, thev mrgliv bruiz
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