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5. i;. i ; Uli ! even Ue to .huuiu f m taw, which, boeer u aaTiod 10 ieme!vU he'th .embftnee oHnequaW, which ,1.ik1 ne- response in ibe heart of the citisen, and which will be evaded iiin Hl! remorse. The wisdom or ktf.UIon ii cipecu ly.seea ta grafting !. oo conscience; i rA(!M nlB, , s iLisnuu v, no wan cuty,x. c. i kvkmrnt r 1111 aw hit i 1" r V 1 11 1 t, vn. X!.....o7.43r W. ?i 'Vt ' IV ' fMt. of V Vv w HA. hi inj h Wit 101 iM ,' V U nil 4-1 -A he ; rs lrtS Wmin CwillU will ( fV. IHI a4itrl'aaM vrrk t,IMflt;. thlgr aufi "rkVi rai: n'""t cop 111 it a it fcawciaca. W;e as the attention of our' reader t. the ' 'i!!wtnj cca"i and aMe doscriptiwi of Ues 4erWiv-ri :'. . "'. ; ..Edt.CHiitr'fM& Enquirer, Wajnistfoit, J4i), :G, -.18.11. viz. M'1J&. Wc biter, llayoe, and "Wirt, (I ubiU the table orator,'' for fcrtain reasons j) auJ ycii will,, or cou'ic, ask Ittf , which ti the greatest ? h f that it quti tn which mi$hr. p.iZii even the iii.ompriH)1e tact jcJ critcal acumer ol Francis Jeffrey him. .-II 1 wiii. however, venture to tell .1 . M I wanted an experienced n'dvo rAJ iiiliar wi'h the prmgH ot- hu . Kt 1, to plead nc a knotty case ' ate, cnilectrd 1 vigorous in , hS finical in d cii in dreplv ' JlSrr7ToI no(T'6re3itrJict- .. rt je from i' Cnb-webij nat, n- hidiojl, aid graceful ia hu cloru tiort tieing d )a every point, in h id S'iVjd hrch; to the exact m-aoiff al precrdrnti and fore- g jnccjJL!cliii2S5w capable of trac- -: p-i icipif, wtThnurprT7rg iltllT th. 1 'inuosititHiiiito thefoun ni'i u.:d ', u" t ' 'or" the" Year Ro'rfks; .-, -! o,:si, -brluvi.-.g t'-e law, in x. . jjlj (jL'th1 i" . agartei,l. b? ' a nice I . "II- , .-T-T.- l-,.. ...1, 2. V t wt-re prof CHted or indicted f ir a librl, or oppreitctl by a petty "dre'st in a littter brief authtr. itv" ider the fonnA ul law, and wan ted a-i f Ivorate, who, ptfrning thr tnn;-s f lumbering tones of Hritinh i nsnrudence, as inappl':c!)le 10 thr ti.uophi'itoc'ted adminKtta'ion of jus vks in commonwealth of df mocrats, wjuM ground his argument rnn:U juini the constitution and statutes!, -;-thr -littt'd "f wWiTtiflfe.O:ii rmpe?"Hd . habUs of the pc"Ple antl ....,-w...gtia of. liisiroytTonVent '..'ihio t, -Pt'ijaated, apojJilar, a:'d pre---:w..ciui. d'jctmes of 'r ms ciatiti; ,1 to Hayoe, aad 'ebster to AVirt but, . wiucr, ,ui 11 ur superior to tnem all. Improvement inJicuUure.Tne greatest od almost exclusive obst iclc to iinpr.venaeois in agriciilturt, is the prejudice existing in lav ir of old svs. .tenis, or rather want of system. Tfte practices letroed from their forefathers aid any attempt at mprovemsnt upo Vheiia is treated with dcrisiin' and con lempiA-Tiie.ajwriJVujt I r-r-ytftn)h n. ..n. i i ? ? -i i n l ..C. Iu nAh'. ..n 1. V ' ii,.. I ttti "i ri it. i trmmcM ...jr ii.i . in i . . . - . .. . v. . L . i p take, view of our agricu tural com ujunity as a whole, we shall find the rcmafk not 04ly generally true, but muc.i more so than a casual observer would be willing to believe. Go where yon will a thoughtless and csre- less adherence to old customs will be met with on all sides, with but an oc casional exception. Here and there, a beautiful mansion, well arranged brii-yard, well tilled, luxuriant and properly fenced fcldV healthy and thrifty orchards, and improved stock, will be seei like a' bright str in the wildvroes . of ..cp'avnaUaorCmuty. meteors of the system. The most uo. accountable rircumstnte in thV state of things is the, fact, tht the great suc cess tht UoiveraIlv attends these in. ta'U.fi vf Improved pfaciite lU?.s nnt diptrse the doubts and prejudices Of" the neighboring frtmrs hut so it They view the fine crops, fine cattle, and all the other fine thing, -results o( a wise practice, as the result of acci dent " O! he is a lucky farmer," tcr tiouble about th- cauae f his pfpspejrnvv Indeed his great success is itseii, tv the wuuk-ess of human nature, no small ibsude to his ex m- pic beitig Toll Vwed 1y his r'nelgViorg'." It too often excites envy instead of emulation, and from this cauldron the vials.of all the malevolent p usi'.us are filled, and their contents directrd to wards him. How hippv would be the condition n( farmers in th'u coun. l-y if the reverse if this state of thing . xisted ! TKere is nocou ttry on-earth of nature, are "little bet er ihan wIU mustard and cotton, tiSwpn ofh principal , itaplei and a iource o wealth to our country in 't( origioal touia scarcely Deapprspriatcd to tne use 01 man. -These ar?Jbut few instiace the whole catalogue of ag ricutiural products were ia the same state it human wisdom aod industry improved them by cultivation. If, lairly conclude thst the process f im proviment may be cohtiruaed i. For as fairly conclude that the works of man ire imperfect and a -capable' of im- proyement act infinitum. Leaf Minure- Orange Farm. -The recommendation of leaves ss a manure hy Mr, Meade of Virginia, merits at- iciiuun. 7 i neir value nas been satis factorily ascertained at Oranste Farm. in the vicinity of Baltimore. At this farm, they are collected by laree rakes. large baskets, and large carts. They are in the first instance, spread in great abundance as a bedding frr about 100 c!sj J?"' iHi ci'ves, oxen, horses and nogs. TRc co"w suWilicTnsIous' and well ventilated, the cows are kept in them, day and night, during the whole widter. and dunnt? the cold. . -j - , 1(1 wrt we-irhor nf ihrhr seasons. Each cow has her appropri. by their proceedings, to be in league with every ktnd of fraud and'mjur.tice. They proceed, as if they had aa intri cate settlement of ten thousand a yer to discuss, id su afjir thut iruht ai well be decided ta three weeks, ,$ in three hundred years. They let pvop: die, while, they are looking for re dress j and then alt the proceedings ire to bc'gm over again, by those who may think they , have ' an interest in tnem. unite one sun is peuumg, mayrrfish"liertilyhir iFBIeTaW' yers are of Opinio that they may spin out this mockery a year or two longer, I may not vex my dying hours o chi- cine, but let the villnny which their maxims countenance, take its c urse. As to anv relief in the yiher courts," (he had been speaking of the,C:urt of Chancery,) 1 hive, been tu them, and would hot trust the. f tme and for tune of any human creature t then, if I could possibly help it. I hve tried their jjstice in two cases ot my own, and in one, in which I was con cerned wiih others in a public prose-uU6n'rw1iereTtlPV-suffrf rd thl s f Coinmors in efftct, t t'ave the ta bles turned on them, and under colour of a defendant, be criminated for a aljciotm prosecution, know the m of oltl, and tm only sorry at my pre- allo'W-ed io travel by its side i und we would no', hebitaie to i,ub!iih the !:raogest conceits wliich hue ever iit.eu put f rtil by u:e u-Avl i nf p j. Ittical anthm.t"Ki.i.is, ifwe wtre A I nved, as we happ'h are jn t. j, jrnir. ha!, t. acompa.iv thai t e lefuw 11 they give knaves an '..opportunity:" of rtneatinc their offences, nd lauihinii at tliTm is y"i'r?jt''-iiii-.i.t mm i 'I i . e . ."V . ions hi which ire. know they are sust'eptibte, "Tiw present diy mav .very appro priately be called time t- try men's so hear a p lt?ical vortex is at "this.'ttio rneht.; If inc Ireed tm af industry., in f t k i ' i ' and h dter. Their dung and I sent departure, 4wt I have n t n l an those who. hive, for s mej'ears; tr. pled it ' under foot, wnat .possibility will th re be for its redclifi .'ui:r ' the CONSOLIDATED; GOVEitN. MENT, which is :no erecting with' all the speed of whi ft so hide,us n& gigantic a structure admits, uhidr ti e .' ' inm of a liince I Cstitation;. not this a question, cakulated t exciie the zeal, and arodsc the patjintio spirit of every man in the landfj wio believes that the liberty the hind is oue of the m ist precious birth.righU r( 'a uati n dencended f"onri freemen h Caa.lhrre be a political ; econo mist , even amongst those wmjs'eiii.riry"T4 pjrs nts exempt tticm from the lur- I I I t . S 1 moil aoa ousue 01 me pwtuuai w riu, whi can stand by and see tne vital tu tfiiits s( a "whole nation forever sac-- - rifi .ed, t gratdv theavaiice or the urine full into a troo"g. which' ext .1 .1.1 t .1 r i .. ' '. t' II . i. ...till am.I ..... .L.!, !g-i, WOUi 1 i'cntrout 2,mi io fie tiiuJcrn i map.es ot American Libeuv an'i Eji! ty, in ; ie. who teehtrr nhts verv T-u! a lv3ruiuTTrrr',n?is;m' ..of peechj.i i I thr press, iubtcai "f J; ..i.Ug up ins rgiim.iK 7u j, bland, - tV t in'l c3T,''rat',t -? lnib 1 1 u iTj.. .n;.in -tot r-- -l, i iff.. . ku u !v th-: . ir (1 -. ot" e l'. hin - '.-M'Duth iet ict I wo uld ftm hkt. vhaaiiutinojif xhcagricuU tural community is suscepiible of be. ing road- conf rUl)te nd i?appy, s in the United States. While in the msit favoured country except this, the Uhour of farmers taxed to .ilmost a n iiety of its earnings, it is here com pujiively MttvUited by the tsx-gath- 5 t, a''"! e(T-t".tve l J-tcr curd a g-i i' , md sieady in his outpourings :h i ri "ne-r storm more expert iu wvltn l il.anin iofli-ling bl ws t'l i- i pith with tppiTiit Ci th'vjoii -tie b..i.-u!!cHs prairies ot po. l.iii. .ii i n:i inv, a d, occaM-mally, pitntinu a ti iwer, by fs side vcr oil the .if rr. tn never A aloss, holding the l.x-n'i i.-rod h )ir after hour in s .-pei-se, tri p j'traving me convir- i '..I . is mm I in lang i ge concise, -n;inn, -forcible, and sometimes . re mic, h i, leaning ra.hert -ns--w'-i-ihaaj.3..th.irigsas. tn-vffr. could vindicate win surpass in en. ry eniir "f opini m" loog aT'i- r V 'rsoTi - had - eUaitcd. it,.and m ike even victory rnfll: its plumes, I W.iu'.j ( IVOH 4. V I wanted a sweet-spokeo fV if n sinoth the. sharp a'igles uf n !v t -met' fia.a3 a-cents to S' ..' off n -t it display t lively colors and reguiar order, no diverting tfi. audience with prkles of wit, and anop 'Stirling their Mparts V'di indignant declamation i , t'.css, and confiding, steering his courv tie a skillful pilot amid shoals and i'.ckssnds on a treacherous coast, in- ,tcnt only vipon the performance of his Juty and reckless of d.ngerMways trady to guard with vigilance, the ci tadrlpf freedom, and to rjuesti in with rigour.th eocroachmcnts of authority '-I would choose Mr. Haync. l4cbalrst M'DuSe is superior lou I compLtiot is m dc by our farmers against tht oppression of tsxes ; but let thrm look at the amount of taxes paid by the agnculiuristsof nvethrr, we cae not what country, and their (omnlaiuts will cease. Tt the'r condition is at prenctit not prosperous, in readilv a lmuied, but we contend that the fault is with themselves and imtYitig hut the iineximpled fertility of ur natural soil, and the prypicious .ess af our climue saves them from ut'.er ruin. Ilow long wo ild the far mers of England keep themselves from -ni vttim, if they pursued the system gsnerallv practised in this country ? It is not for want of sources of to- formation tSat so little improvement is made in our sgrieuUure ; bjt from the nepier t of them. I us arises from, besides a prejudice for old cus toms! prejudice agiint ' btiok farming'' tnat has broug'it our agncui turceven to its present stste. 'I'he fatt is that agriculture 1m derTveu as m ich benefit from the inventun o printing as any o'hrr department of hunan ind is rv. Thrmgh-ft -m- ltti-n of ihff prrss. firmers have heen the whole length (if each st4ble, so tat they lie not'at'-all on" t ScTfwn"'lFnT Into these trougns, certain portions of! the - leaves are occasionally raked. Their entire contents are twrievrrv day removed bv wheelbarrows in'o the barnivard; and thence the v are taken into the fields in ra!s, with wheels so broad, that. ihia-.lL important work, is never interrupted by the wet and soft condition of the gr und. At this form, it has been fiu'd that dung mixed with leaves, is spread on the fields much mre easily, and what is infinitely nure imoortont, much more equally, thn if mixed with straw. Bv thus using leaves, all the straw and corn stalksare tiitrnd try i sim ple ile s ni 5 f jia t a tOtsV irr : brnlcxfwr At certain sbnrt feed and converted into foodrrirmT appear that the cutting of so large a quantity of straw and corn stif ks-must br excessively-4bwou( T c fct, hawevcr, it, that the lobour of rutting is performed by two or three dogs, and the labour of feeding the TffJcn11re7Wy"tyn proper colours. isut l mio, thattlls lJ3'rtf'rtharrv-eft this ktrtd-ol juuice should exist i.i the country, ii n II. tnan moe at al Six &" a tfiirtt of Liberty in Canada. t'ro-tr :nc fott'Wng iiib.le i'V the 1 m trc.l Gitetle, il would setm tht thoCau dim ron'tmplt0 (It protMbiliiy of H lowing the eimpU v.f the peopia of iy rise to wealth and power upon their country's ruin.L.I lH,seoy tiitorf, whose mind is imbued with the truths of economicsfscience. and who is. of ty and true liberty of tins wj pie, depend upon the utumptired right f pursuing rhe business or occupation fir which their racnt.d and : physical p' tvers hrst q'tiltf-y- tfvflf-v Wis pre United Stieri epraiing ihoHist-lvtH pared ro stand oeutrd in a contest in sue will enter in'o comprinn with the older tnuntiiesof Kui m and take hrr ftluct anoar the ratio nrvr " pou nc.it. informed nf the objects of gricultursl attention in distant prti, ad thus been enabled ! to introduce such of them as were adapted to their soil and ciimite. But that everv surject ol ricul'ural attention is susceptible of impnverneut is easily proved j and if so, th ti it li the interest of I irmers to nke the iftaprovVmtnts will not be dented. -Let us glartce at a lew in stances of improvement that are now considered in state of perfection by farmers gierallv. U'iieat in Its na. tural state was scarcely any thing more hait (heat. Potati.es were smsll con-t-ecpulile r..ots huch t we st this time oold scarcely think of taking from the grouad.. Cabbages ia a state mi a r a woman. - I hese U g, moreover, w'uhouLihe. attendance oL a iy person, do pump all the water ueccssry for the whole stock, ss there is no spring or running water on the farm. Tuey also cut the hay which is gener!lv ted, ith a view to saving, in the troughs. They likewise perform other minor j jbs, such as turning the grindstone for the sharpening of the scythes, hoes, axes and other tools. In the hogpen, the leaves are turned ta-a grcaittQikt.lus.a long and ide building. Through the middle and its whole length, is a feed passage with troughs on each side, which, upon the plan qt "a chicKen coop,"are, fixed on the outside of the pen, so that not even a fo it can be put in them. O.i esch side of the feed psssage, there is a range of partitions to suit the heads of the hogs of different sites, It is in aid of Mr. M.-ade's rec m- mcfl-latioai)lsaj? as a manure, tnat r . ' ii :r TT-r-r reiereoce nas oeen mu u6i . . . uaCi.aaintf7 coiitiuued ...practice at this firm, ao'l : jjV.ty mcan is res tried t whicncan especially as the result i this pri'tice pIiMi:,'jy opcVaTe up'ia thrfublic miuS goes tolustaln' Mv idsr rin.i,t, nf .IDOorrrij nf which bout .-.j h V faPm,hieh foliar y wloue 200 acres are in cuUtvatmn. And iiJCiin c,mf.r therefore calls for a may not be out ol placj here,. to vtate tcorrrip4jn,i,g vig laace on the part of that the amount ol the. sa.fa.oi us pro- lhe frirn,j, nf lrcc from the mo her country. A cnr.gr hss uk'n place in the Kepresenta ie A his Majriy. an4 new Leislituie hi beeu convoked to trsnsatt the business of ths country. It is most tinccrely to St hoped, that bv their uniied tiecioos an end mar be put to all pirty ditTeiancet, rnd ths-H arijtuimtwt of sll pui.aily xll.ptue nuy iwaM.iedotjSf,jaUal4ii. tion of all pinies. r -.The prvioc j it S.J!nfr-. ro,B mewe is fxiending and her popuU'WiV inciessin. With a god soil und a hetl tTi ycTimt w H h jfre st-cii p btt Hiail vuluible internal resources, her fumt, detiinr is easily seen, and the fisterinj; ..C ... '.ll.ki.n.A 1 .ui.LliirA Milll uailU Ol Mil tiiiiKi'ttiiru M.R.w.ut. . i , . . . , i tend in-L.i iu i.h.im ibguftwf-ZV." ryvz r'-l 1": iI" volvinr the dcrc-st fichts of the Dre sent ag-, and the best hopes of pos ' terity f lJ..for:uuj!ely, we fear there -arc t )o mny suih, and sorry are w to believe it. Tiie day, however, will come, when th.- timid and lukewarm ' will in vaiu endc tvor to mitigate the . fy!IUI,,r, ...it'.',.njiir Jl!i?7yT'ctraj" diy will come, wb, . the pwer iifthe . jp i. eV'niTf njrfiiV "It"m ac", w h Tch, if" wielded now in the cum: ofTrutfi audi " pttcp;-T'f - Libertyfe-Gtrrttiitwnj- srta tne I' a i ony woul4 -he . u iipotcuty will be as feeble as the idie wind There are certain euiiots wio pio- fets to advocate the c.usie of free trade, but who, through carelessness, or waot of reflection, admit into , their columns, wrtho-n- a ingle word. cl comment, articles extracted from oth er papers, the tendency of which, is to promote the views of the opposue"pafv ty. This conduct reminds one of the fable of the S:ag and the peasant. When that noble animal sought prouc lion trofu the pufsui tuf the harm m in, it was promised by the peasant ; but, whilst the latter d-oud to the pirs.i- ers that he haJ seen tio pans ihst w:it, he pi ted with hi finger u the spot where tHe lnfirtiiaaie vtcttm w concealed. The i flirts of ths tarill ptrty to fasten the restrictive system ducts, has for a series of years, been gradually increasing, and thitthe sales of last year, amounted to SJjOQ. 73. Fn th Uitrnal tf I. aw. CL'RKE'S OI'IMOS OF EN JLI3II COURTS OF jusncE. We insert the following as a curios ity not g-oerally known. Kxtract .from-a Isttet mitten ly Edmund vKi,to French Laurence, dated Slh February, 1797. But no wonder, that such vil- lUusas Oweo shoulJ proccrd as they do, when our Courts of Justice seem trade, to counteract the efforts whicti are thus constantly ! msking. It is, indeed, a duty which they owe to the cause of truth and to the country, not to be instrumental, ia the slightest degree, in giving coun. teoance to any publication which fa vors the policy which they know to Ik uusound and injurious to the public interests j but, if to plcssc any portion of their subscribers, they feci them selves bound to administer poison to the community, let the bane be always accompanied by an antidote. There is no dangtr from error when truth is ponsibility, then, resting upon -the-- conductors of the presst.wuo conscien- 1 . , ciously -believe io the truth of the free . rsdc doitrioesjs of po ordinary mg--l. witude. They have --a high Jtoty -to "-' " ".". perform, ooe which is greatly part mount to the duty they owe to any. - party or sect f politicians, or body of - - monopolist. They owe a duty to the counir), and one which they are, -at this crisis, solemnly clld sipotc perform. Can they , look at the. pro-. ceediogs. of the Lc gislatures of rmtlt - -7 Carolma, North Carolina, Georgia, . and Alsbama, and to the style and 1 iue ' uf the Messages of the Governors ci". those Sites, and of Virginia, and fan "I. c y t hatTuc TiT "de v .T(f6 n'TcJ'Th etall sTLT' ' " ' liberty, as has been by them p'tcla in ed, is iale vapor f Ctn they look , at 1 - . the style aod temper of the g'tat mss of the papers published s- .itlj of m Potmac,and read the opiwion enfi- , -djentfy expressed, evee by some wf t e most moderate politicians, th.it, opin . jyslroXv-WiJI, aue. zrs :.aL;.n v re'J.fr peod the salv itmu of the Union, and' notmenhat d mger-rs-at-hnd f Jr mi impossible---Whyg 'hen, will they, not step forward, and assist in averting tne calamity, lor canmuy u win me, weether the issue be disunion or cou ; , solidati n Betweeo those tw.oTsw." ' : ful rehtilts, we see no middle ground, except in the abandonment of the res " trit tive system. They are tlje ScyiU m snd ,Charbdis between wh;ch our ship of staie has to steer, and I0sv,oi4 them both requires nothing but that those whosa'diu the shipshflhiiye . c,ompas. to; direct thfiir.jcrsrTJ; This they cannot have but throaghi ihe instrumentality of the press. ' If the press, therefore, do' rot asuf'- upa' on the press lies the weight of th , responi'ibiUty of a shipwreck;- , r' i ''-, 'i
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