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J m ;vs&: advam-ac 1W ll.I ik.!c of kupt; -.t ifor. cat !i i i'.i i'SuI f them is made to con tribute hU induMry to lite promotion of tto i;cu ffl 6tock of comfort. Each invulid bcin, uncle iikwttciKMt fit a fumciinicndent. cannot ' i . .. i -i.:. .1.1 I.! ...II .on practice his uyp.tnnv an.i imc. umuin liou IiIh 'ue propui tU'i of Lh.r by uffci ted ill neis. -By these meant the public wouhHic dis burthrncd of it drone upon the poor list, and nil who were real and deserving objects of char ' ity would systematically apply their industry to the benefit of the institution. WluhMheir ex ertions would be so recited under skilful man agement, that their health would bo more effec tually promoted than if left to their own indo lence and caprice, the public would bo a great vainer in the airirrceate profit of their labor. In jtlrc whole machinery of their industry, he.iwr uiMTTmpcrfect service oRficsd fwrctclicd "coin- pauion in suffering miht be so applied as to do i ach individual more benefit than his most labo- -, M - - . I ' . . nous.c.xn Uoiii, unaiiicu Dy lysicm. iciuv. the notoriety and humility of a residence in a loor-hoHscf would render it too revolting to the ; ,1 pt idc of! sturdy bcggars'lto bo.numbcredjnipnij its tenants. No doubt i entertained in some p irts of ... . . ! .1 i irginia, uu mat, in process 01 umc, mu uwi-i prudent management, poor-houses, instead of Uing a "burthen to the Mate, will actually prove u source of revenue. This being the case, noth ing further need be said to demonstrate the deci ded preference due to this mode of maintaining the poor, over that which has for many years pre- vuifrcl in South-Carolina. 44 In many districts of the statet the demand of the rommissioneis has already reached one-fifth if the general, tax. The amount of this tax, thus collected, is enormous, and increasing every year. Let the funds thus drawn from the taxable part of the inhabitants of the state be set apart, but for two years, and they would be amply suffi cient to erect three spacious and commodious buildings, in the most approved si'uations in the Mi.tc. lor the recepiion of the poor. And the ...'ikers whose duty it would be to superintend ihtir treatment and reetilate their industry, might '""l7r1iiVorsom"cly compensated,' with bul'a tithe of il.c present enormous amount of the poor-tax. The truth is, that this tax is so little felt, (prc:tt as the aggregate amount of it is,) that the I.mior is far from being general against it. To induce a people to undertake the reform of a bad Treasure, it s necessary that the operation of it upon them must be cither partial and unequal, u rstrcmely grievous ujwn all Neither of those inconveniences arc felt here from the ope iv.'.ion of the poor-laws. And the circumstance of every district electing their own commission ers of the poor annually, seems to stop the elec tors from complaining of any injury resulting from the assessment of their immediate district representatives. 44 Under such circumstances as have been enu merated, it is ulwuys extremely difficult to abol ish a long established usage, and establish in its "WCatf-one entirely new.- ' Thi3-difficulty I3 ren dered still greater, when the measure proposed to be adopted is of such a nature as to be com menced at 'a considerable expenditure of the pub i'u money. 44 The objection in the mouth of every friend of the old system, would be the great expense of :iie new, and the uncertain issue of the experi ment. Large and costly buildings, it would be said, must be erected, which, instead of lessen lr the 'burthens of the public, or adding to the comforts of the poor, . would, in a few ycirs, fall into disuse, moulder into ruin, and serve no other purpose than to demonstrate the folly of their projectors. The solidary, apart ments and mouldering walls of these buildings, fd-ely calletl poor-houses, instead of exhibiting the cheering scene of thriving industry and well regulated economy, would utter the most im pressive reproach upon the visionary whose head first conceived their existence. Instead of dis pensing the comforts which are indispensable to tne sustenance ot many onnc cniiaren 01 want and misery, who are to be found in every com munity, the plan proposed would drive them into such close confinement and dvudgery, that. they, would prefer to take refuge in the grave from the inhumanity and ri;or. of the very men. who insult them with an offer of support and protec- tion. - ' - 44 These objections, founded .upon ti mid. speer ..." illation, ever have and ever will be urged against every new system, however worthy of experi 'man Thev- need no plainer refutation, than the imperfections which have already been shown to be attendant upon the present operation of the houses have already been resorted to in some of the sister stales, and that, in despite of similar lugubrious predictionsto; thosetltat"trould be pronounced here, they have realized the most sanguine hopes of their friends, and. have, .dis t'laved, amonir their results, the suncrior indut- 1 - . try and comfort of the poor, the diminution of the public expensevjmd an universal acquiescence in the. prefer mode of supporting the poor. "-And I eencfude that, from the increasing number and expense of the poor in this state, mu the clamor of aome. discontented citizens. the presently stem of poor-law wiH soon: yield to some other less bj,ectionable ; which, while it . ' lessens the expense of mnintaining them, will rca'.lvnhance the happiness of this wretched 1 . . - r .1. . .. . ..' Fhavc "detained vou so Am on This, tliat 1 . r- shall say i6ihinir,at nreserit. cn any other feature oX lh e South-Carolina laws; remain your obediet:t lum blc servant, II itiiliC.a.i I'iIjC a i.i will'' 10 l u:AuX ro:r,i ni.M.Ci oH'tr a iTiutaiu: i tho ansenio'i ol tlx Stun'cr 1" bcciiiis !, If ihn world lc of"'Iiiiiu as I think they mu.t be, that hii ilory of the in habitants be correct, (unless controverted, a inoi kinguJar train of rcncctions'wiil force tlicmiclreh upon their mindi, 11 well In regard to tlie indi viduul at tht collective character ,fr our town--and those who were al first ?Jscillating Ucome Mcdfast In their bclitff and those, who were in different will have good grounds to inspect but the association, who should know best, will aay. we might have aaved ourselves fi op. the neccs sitf of making any protestations upon tho tub jeet of our innocence, bad the, M Stranger" not practised that imprudenco hich ban proven the means by which the contrariety of opinions will suocevUvely jjain the adrantage over each other. The" irrjetui cs"vMcirTV6couri ImltTthC plcec sighcd by the 44 Stranger,' might, to you, as well at to him, appear cumbersome ; there fore, w-wlllnot now bo too ilftMr but al ihe sainc time appeano'lilm.Tas' a 'rtfilflf trbminott sensibility, whether, if the public eye were di rcctcd to him, and his portrait were ; a correctly drawhheonc 'whTcn'hrHal'palnled. (which could easily be done by the association, but they forbear from any pcional allusion,) he would not say, let the ink in thy pen be congealed, and thy hand paralyzed, as each man is named, andouti? sex but one. Is the" Si ranger" actuated cither by the noble principles of humanity or charity ? as these are the characteristics of a magnanimous koul. He might have been inebriated with the most rapturous hopes of effectuating a reforma tion ; and ibis might have been the happy result, had he have used the nu ll of the goose, instead of that of the porcupine. " Obstrvatiwicaches us, inadvertence and imprudence may be cor rected by the soothing band ; but that personality is only calculated to increase injured feelings, and blow that spark of indignation for moral re striction, which at first was small, into un uncon trolable blaze. How pleasing would it be to those who shall read this communication, should they know the one to whom it is addressed were a man who gave thc cxample and not the pre cept- 4 luw pleasing, would .il.bfi.Jlo.thc nianof morality, if he were convinced the " Stranger was a man of moral habits. How pleasing would it be to the Christian, if he knew that the 41 Stran ger" was a man who' worshipped at the shrine of his God. How pleasing would it be, if he was a man who attended to the various specialties iden tified both by the moral and civil law. How pleasing would it be to the virtuous man, to know that he did not indulge in the excesses of primi tive feelings. How pleasing would it be, above all, to the association, if he were to prove that he did not belong to that" Club" which so virulently opposes inebriety, and, at the same time, prac tises it. There is a rery proverbial, trite, and correct adage, which is applicable to ths present time 1 hrow not at a glass house, knowing you live in one. Now, as the desire of pleasing f makes a man agreeable or unwelcome to those with whom he converses, according to live decent or indecent manner from which that inclination appears to flow, the liberality of his sentiments, or the object which he has at pointing out the foibles or indiscretion of certain individuals ; we would advise hjm, if he wishes to instruct or amuse, to use less of the caustic, and add more of the plaster which possesses the curative qual ity. It is in vain thus to act, if the object of the 44 Club" be to promote virtue and correct evil, which we fondly hope was their object in its or ganization. I am very much disposed to believe, from the limited knowledge which I have of the 44 Stranger,' that he would not have sent that dia logue to a place which, like the fiat of fate, fixes Its perpetuity, had he have known the corisc quences wTiich would have resulted. Now, the 44 Stranger," in his conversation with the good citizen, states, that we, the ladies, will suffer our beaux to disadjust our capes, to step upon our toes, which arc afilictcd with corns, and smile and endure it. Who, 44 Stranger," of the ladies, would not be as much a subject for the Carolinian, or any other paper, were she to re fuse to run down a 44 scamperdown," as it is term ed, with an inebriated beau, as the one whom you have described as taking a drunken one rather than have none? The Stranger goes on further to state, that abominable must be the state of our society if this be the fact, as the mode cf proceed- Now, Mcssrsi Editors, he will allow other people, as well as himself, to say they have been to the northuahdaucncleji public assemblieMherecand seen drunken men ; and have also witnessed the conduct of the managers towards them. We approve of . his advice ; but, at the same-time, must say, he should have passed by the ladies, as it regards their encouragement of vice, in the silence :of - the- lambdas .we J&omJporitqjftess and necessity do so and he has'some relations of our sex who, like us, are women. JSSOCUTIO.Y OF VUVEX. of the Gfammafihool,dinbu sed by the scholars to exercise a strong partiality for such 'as were of patrician descent, and on one occasion uasjimartly reminded of it, by a boy of mean parentage, wlom he was reprehending ra therscverely for his ignorance much more so than the bdjlhought T"ewouId haye done, had he been the son o( aright fanQrablr, or even of si plain Baillie Jarvie. 44 You dunce," exclaimed the rector, 4k T don't think you .can ever translate live motto of A-our own" uadve place, of' ' the. ?w.- town of Edinburgh . What, sir, does vVmi-Drm: nu Jrastr;- meant" "It. means, sir," rejoine tlpe toy,sn art!y, 44tl;at, unTcs3 wc arc lords" son re need not come here." poor uiv:uurr$.wY(cr. .mour h.ixk's. l'iknd ! who connect ever ihr.c Inv.ty lines, beware of the bank. Utc it seldom, bi.t do 11 abuse jl." It is, like fire, an excellent bcrvant.bii a severe master. It I, like the uir we brcaihft admirable hi small quantities, but, when convul sed into a whirlwind, carrying every thing be fore it. , 44 DiJ you ever hear tho atory of the fos and the gout ? , It isa very old one, and you may think it very fc:ishoiielMil I;v5U Wj; leave to tell cry it in my own way. , t . . - 44 There was a fox, who, bung very thirsty, in the midst of a dry seaion, and iecing a well with water at 4he luMtom Ve ry tlKHtghtleisiy, and con. trary to his usual aagatityV jumped down into It tojl'J?lwlLyL,?I.n ho was. iwis.ficd, he came ...ttO.tLltliaL had donejjand was utterly, at a Um how to extri cate himself from the situation in which he had ihrow1irbiniieirnheVen was sd deep Ihut; with all his efforts, he could not jump out of it !' 'Pres ently, however, a simple goat, bent on the same errand, came to the mouth of the well, and, see ing the fox, began with asking him if the water was sweet i u Sweet.' exclaimed the fox, "aye, so sweet that I can scarce get my fill of it; won't you come down to taste it ? The long bearded goat immediately descended, and began to lap very freely of this sweet water. But, as soon as his thirst was .quenched, he returned very natu rally to the point which had just engrossed ti c attention of his companion 44,How are we to get out ?" 44 Gad, that's true, (said the fox,) I never thought of that but I will tell you what we will do : Do you rear up, and place yourself across the well ; I will mount upon your horns, and thence jump to the top of the well ; and then, yqiMiBow, how easy it wiIUe forme to pull you I out J he complaisant goat did as he was re quested, and his companion soon cleared the well. The goat then claimed the benefit of his promise. 44 My dear sir, (replied the fox,) consider what you require of me ! how impossible it is for me to haul you out ! However, I am very much obliged to you for your assistance ; and, by way of showing you my gratitude, cannot part from you without giving you a piece of my mind: If you had only as much brains as beard, you never would have jumped into a well, without thinking how you were to get out of it." My dear reader ! take the same advice by way of moral x Never do you get into a bank, without seriously thinking how you are to get out of it . . ' Jin'irfr, :zr' !c comes, the herald of a noisy world, Cews from all nations lumVrim; at his buck. He cr had now cleared up, utal tl.c Lys 4 il.e increased the splendour of the situe. tl.c r,.' ri.igc was now thrown open, and every onC U1, ilicd with un immediate view cf lu r The at. clanutions were now renewed, and continued without Interruption till the centre cav&lcadu reached the metropolis, when they swelled into, -yet louder strain. A her tnaiesty proceeded thromrh the atmi. of the metropolis, she was received with the most enthusiastic shouts 01 applause About 7 o'clock, her majesty's carriage itcn. ped at the door of Mr. Alderman Wood's house. No, 77, South Audlcy street, where already 1 large concourse of persons had assembled. Tho whole stood uncovered, and rent the air with huz. ' zas, snd cries of u God save Queen Caroline 1"-, On rdiirhtin?. her maiestv aeemed mich fati and appeared to walk inta tho huse- lib me a m a ft .1 tlihicuity. :ne leaned on tne arms 01 Alderman Wood and lady Anne Hamilton. Iler dress w-4 a o!oe tilk nelisse. and a larce lechorn honn I ' . W - .Vfcf tledeWsc to the face and a Urge veil thrown back. The countenance of her majesty, when ihe alight. mA arrur-1 rYrrCti anil krn. lit in!) .f .l " Soon aer her arrival the crowd in the street called loudlr for her appearance, and her maim. condescended to show herself at the window, nod 1 .ir 1 r. I- -1 I. ' Mooiii nan un nour Hiicrvrnius, on anotner call, . she came out on the balcony, attended by AldeS man Wood, bowed gracefully to th4 people, and rctiied. Messengers were continually passing to' and front the houst, and several distinguished persons left their names in the course t)f the eve ning. Amongst them were the lion. G. Bennett, sir-H. Wilson, Mr. Hume, M. I tec. &c. Mr me a Buiiviwr general, Cillcfl - mx;i iftcr her i rival, and had an interview with her majesty. He remained about an hour. On Tuesday night, a number of houses on the Surry side of the Thames were illuminated in honor of the queen's arrival ' A great crowd remained in front of Mr. Al derman Wood's house until a late hour, huzzaing and applauding. All ersons passing thev obli- geu 10 ianc on ineir nais, out 01 respect to tho queen. ""As early as ien O'clock , a considerable crbwi! had assembled in front of the house and before noon the whole ttrcct, for a great distance on each j -f il. l . ... .1 1 . , . . with difficulty the carriages could pass through it. This scene continued till nearly four o'clock, when M. Alderman Wood appeared upon the balcony, and addressed the populace, requested them peaceably to retire ; after w hich They be gan to disperse. . ii . "Foreign. LONDON, JULY 13. In our last, we announced the arrival of her majesty at Dover, at 1 1 o'clock on Monday mom: ing; at 6 o'clock, a deputation of the inhabitants rwaited upon her, and presented a congratulatory address on her arrival, to which she replied in appropriate te rms ---The deputation Had the7 hon or of kissing her majesty's hand, and several la dies were in the afternoon permitted to enter, and were kindly received. The queen ascended her carriage at half past 6, and was drawn by the populace quite out of town, amidst the loud and reiterated cheering of an immense concourse. The horses were then put in, and the cavalcade proceeded towards Canterbury. When her majesty reached Canterbury, it was nearly dark ; the horses were however taken from the carriage, and the queen was drawn through the main street. Her majesty flighted at the Fountain inn, where the jnayor.and. corporation awaited with a congratulatory address, which was immediately presented in due form. She wJs received by the commanding officer of the troops stationed in Canterbury with the customary hon ours, in consequence of direct orders from gov rnmenU Her majesty soon retired to rest," and after taking an early breakfast yesterday morning, preparations were made for her immediate dc parturcr The people would not permit the bor 'sesrta'be'KttVviager.bui insisted ...upon drawing her majesty completely through the tovvn Every window was throngeCwitk-SpeC-tators, and thpCfgn the morning was very unfa vorable, the streets were also crowded with weli dressed PpkrThcccnc imioiogt and Micr j Through every village on the' route towards Lon don, the same enthusiasm prevailed. cr'"' . On arriving at the Green Man. Black-heath. her majesty's' carriage drew up, and she alighted. ', r , ucjMusiiun, anbuig irom latigue. rendered a thort. repose desirable. Xhc attrac- tion-;now-jptsw''moTcimenscvndm'ordcrtj?"prc vent confusion, and allay. Jibe thirst of curiosity, the queen, after partaking of some refreshment, appeared at one of the windows of the inn. Thi crowd, at ence satisfied and animated by her ap-1 pcarance, biirst intovchemcni and protracted shouts ppplausc'. Alter a delay of about 20 1 mloutcsj.ibc usu.cd hcrjutiita4s iJi?tvcat ! PJRU.UIRXT. u The Queen thinks it necessary to inform the house of commons, that she has been induced to return to England, in consequence of the meas ures pursued against her honor and peat fw some time by secret agents abroad, and lately sanctioned by the government at home- In adop ting this course, Rer majesty has had ho other purpose whatsoever 'buTtne defence' of her char acter, and the maintenance of those just lights which have devolved upon her by the death of that revered monarch, in whose high honor and unshaken affection she had always found her sur est support. Upon her arrival, the queen is sup Drised to find that a messatre ha. hfn cnt dntn to parliament, requiring its attention to written do cuments ; and she learns, wit h still jgreatcr asloii- fsnmcnr, that there is an intention of proposin; that those should be referred to a secret commit tee- It is this day 14 years since the first char ges were brought forward against her majesty. Then, and unon every occasion durino- that lorn peiiod, she has shown the utmost readiness to meet her accusers, and to court the fullest in quiry into her conduct She now also desires an open invest igation,"in which she may see both the charges and the witnesses against; her a privilege not denied to the meanest subject of the realm. In the face of the sovereign, the parliament, and the country, she solemnly pro tests against the formation ol a Secret tribunal to examine documents,' privately prepared by her n . i . . a .... i: , . , . aincisfliicji us a ruivcMiii UnKOWn 10 me lw of the land, and a flagrant violation of all the prin cinlcsof iustice. She relics with full cnnfidt-iicc upon the integrity of the house of commons for defcatingvthe only attempt "she ljaJiny:.reasoii to iri - - iiw v"Vv!! vvv vuciir o auu, mai ec- oeiorc any proceedings were resolyeu upon, snc had been treated in a manner too) well calculated toorejudgehcr case-iTHe omission of er iuiae in the liturgy, the withholding the means of con veyance usually afforded "to all the branches of the royal" -jalmiyvtlie reftisalcvcn; of an answer to her application for a place of residence in the royal mansions, and Jho studied alight, both o 1 English mmUters abroad, and of the aecnts all foreign powers over whom the "English gv cnimen t had any Influetitem ust be vie wed as measures designed yo prejudice the world agaii)st hcr ; and could only have been justified by and conviction -7T CifJLUBER'OF nr.PCTIES. . ;r ThorPai-is "journalr of Saturday last had arri ved this morning. In the Chamber of Deputic on the preceding day, the pending debate on the articles of the Election Law was resumed. A" amendment proposed by M . Boin, tending mat' rially to modify the tenor of art enactment in thft original Tror, was adopted by a majoiity of !?! It was insinuated by a speaker of the Cote Gonw that this amendment emanated. from. the,ints". ters, who, seeing the necessity of yielding in somff points, had secretly negocialed-its being prepp Wd, This was distinctly denied bUieJWrr : of the Seals, in the liivac of himself and roI . leagues In th"cci cf tit titcusj$ty wjSt-
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