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From the BJtimore Federal Gazette.
C? There is much truth, independence, and
Jpirit, in the ubequsnt aaa es.
A NUMEROUS and refa e party
ot federal republic celebtated the
4t.oi" Ju'y, Chir'-pn Oea county ....n
Mooda.- 1. , "wrier- harmony ajtdjbciai tn
lereourfe prevailed The company dined
under a tent pierartd for the occafion, and
ppoiatef TkmaicW Pfideot and
John JUiliir, Elq. Vice Prefidcnt. 1 he
Prcfident then nuVe th:: fo'lowing addiefs to
the company : . t -'
Felkv)'Cltzens
. WE have been told, and all of u5
believe, that there are times tor all
thing!?; and happyfhouldl 045 copul
j confiderthis epoch as a time lor
the . s mtrican people to rejoice--tb
fl'emb!eas foimerlyinthe confident,
f -ngt h of their uniorj "and the glo
ry of their power. But departed in
the time, and doubtful its return,
when the watworn foldier fhould
niqer the companion wl his labors,
fharerinhis lame, -without dif-
. Jr. ! Such are the unfoi -tvnute c
ents of the prelent period, that al
though equal virtue and equal a;
tachtnent to our country and conlli
tution exilt in different minds, yet
the machinations of uefi:ring men
have fo worked uptfnihe undcr
11 afidi ngs of many pe Ions, . pofTefk'd
01 tbe felt ir.ftn ions, as to induce
them todifcard men whofe political
career co mmence il with the r e vol u
ticn, and wbo!e virtues will be the
theme of suture ages. Every pcrrfon
prelent can call to his recollection,
Jomeevi ence of this lad, and the
annals of this time . wilLfurnifh the
hiftoiia'n wiih ample materials to
tranfnait to pollerity ihe rnalue with.
purfue ard driven irrm effkej meri
who had n ade the public good thiir
end. Ntithti ubleurity ot birth, ncr
want of irfluentiab connections,
flood in the way to pi to rment, un
der the late ol der of .things. - P.lcrit
and abilities came .':p f r a memori
al, and integrity and talents k-und
heir due reviatd. He - v hid the re
verie ! . On' this au'U-icious .day, fa
cTed to the cattle of thatin-fl-ead
of littering to details filled
with the app!aul'e .due our national
grcatne "s, we hive. to reflect that the
voice of the people has placed on
-the pinnacle of our government, a
man who ipurns" at tne lervices ren
dered in; the .revolution' ani-by
whom virtue has left to reward its
votaries. Perhaps ere "the 4th of
July is marked in anoih'sr calender,
the people who - boldly dared in the
fucri 6oufc oi Jibctty and mini, may
be conliirned . to" receive a .foreign
-yokerand auoretgu: power ! 'I iut-
your fouls dildain the thought, and
that your arms would repel the at
tempt, 1 have no qudHon -but vi
gilencc and prudence ars as necefla
ry in the camp asbr .very in the field.
Let us devote kunctrring to thofe
rinciplcs, md every one of u3 ex
tort His neighbor to ju'Jge fur him
elf ; to look into the book ot our
public 'tranidiprisj,- and torrefied
whether fuch men. and . luch mea
furcs as "are there exhibited give: a
confident hope that our political
bark will efcape all the dangers that
threaten without, and mnce us
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Let us confui r whether meafurc-,
c&fcuVated to divide afeiotinfended
to dtilroy; ' Let us look back in our
own time, and . wc fhatl fu i tholt
heroes who obtainedior: us our glo
rious mdepender.ee, forming a con
ititution and admjniftcring . a o.i.
vertiment to the happirvpfs of all -V"caf
. we.fliall alio find " w hen in
the ful-tide ct 'fucccfstut -experi-ment,
f a mdcreant band pppfn,,;
the lawsr?nd bidding defiance- tr its
prncers.-influcnced by a W ad.-S"
, Venturer, vho now fills the. firft de
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"Twntjrfive Shilling ft
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partment in our treVfuTyy and to
whole fidelity the tax . on our induf
try is all configned. By what ma-
gic infidence is rhe fpirit b) Ameri
cans fo deceived ! Who of all the
American people that wirnefll'd the
revolutionary ftrUggle, could have
fuppofed that the influence ot a Mf"fi:
t' Pton,, who at the head of an unpaid,
uncloatbed; and . almoft unftd y o
manry foiltdthe forces of Jthe-mpft
warlike nations of Europe, and by
hi? magnanimity and vitruefo great
ly contributed to the etlablifhment
of a. conllitution and government,
founded on the pui eft principles of
repubhcaniim, fhould when in the
priiiiifej?f syers. vi t tue1 and .in th
adminiftration ct that government,
thus have his infiueiue dtftroyvd by
hour of danger, deierted his pJt.
and in the time of pofperity fand fa e-
ty, was ever anxious to futn'ert .that
excellence which he coulu not iivi-
tate ? . 'i h at mifcrean ts ihcM Id feek
it r iavor under the toftetirg wing
of dilconttnt, i3 not to be wondered
at ; but that the good ienfe of our
country fhould give vvayto the fa'la
cious ai .d i; fidious councils of fuch
as are without tharacttr or attach
ment, is truly ma: vt lous, Painful i.s
ihe reflection, that cn fi.is tlay, when
pall Icrvices and generous rew-rc
w;ts tne tneme 01 panegyric, we
flioitld have to lecouht the fad re-
verft. No longer does n inifleiud
avor left on thofe, who in uefnee
of rapids, mountains apd climte,
held their fearicjs way, to win: their
country's clu!e, or lofe thnr.ielves
on firitiflv ramparts t Canadian
fnowsi .'JThe blood flaintd n,arch to
f rvand the hard i. tight, hiiulu.
oi the var. a?e.np rcqvtf j emntjbfi
ed,.and the hoaxy 'veteran is driven,
ffcni oflice, to procure lubfiUence
by the labor of thofe limbs w; ich
have been team d-in the feryice of
his country 'i he lad, and the rea
fon -or it is equallynotofious ; but
however, this conlelation awaits,
that ill .imerh-a it is no fhahle to hae
teen the friend of W Jhwgtotu ,. 'ihe
iciroval horn office will be among
tlie'brighieft.- lecords of their fame,
aiid hence the werld does' . know
"that 'izt prevails, and impious
liieti hear lw?y." . bikh men as are
.ready to fati ifice at the fh'rine of pop
u arity their country's' fa'ety and
hjppiii'tfs ; w ho at 1 day when doubt
and anxiety filled every .reflecting
mind as to the teinitnation ot a. war
which as unexampled in mcidenr
turns, lov tne iicvattation ana oar
ba'rity which marked its progfefs in.
the 15 world, arid from the evilfpf
which we vver in a great lieafureV
pirfiwA i.y the, wifend ft. m mea-
pf pfi'i vf-il Ly the wile and fi". mjne.a-
hires ot an adminillration, uneciuai
Ied for its virtues i Hay at that event
ful period, have we not fecn thofe
theoretical and deiftical philpfophers ; (fitution and Ckn ernineiit. Is either,
endeavoring to lap the foundation my fellow citizens, did any apprdv
on which all e-ur hopes had reded ; ' ed officer of that , government, for
and to make way to a repeal of the the. f pace of twelve yeais, embezzle
tax on wniiKey, iney nave prourateu
everv means of prelent defence a
gain 11 a lavage people, whole mjr
nudons we are told,- foon vv
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onthefhore of our weitern world.
Trcm every thing on w hich we can
r.rourd an. opinion, a fyftenr. -has
becn regularly purlucd ro fufrefider
our foveieigir.y to a nation vho Our redoubted financiers, as 1 men
have fubmitted their hapiincfs to a tioned before, teb us that they have
eitfpot. !o prove this to the fats-paid the public debt ; But how? By
faction of tvery unprejudiced inijud, ; borrowing of one ioreigner, and he-
it wouid beonly.necdlary., uadj ert'
roll e fcc-tfdtidV dtmaTlsSrha-.;
r dera nt w-)u rower, and w e fliall I
h: d au pngft themnhoie vvho by ;
lalfhdods ai'.: I ypocrify have c uled
iticihon to av". its dreadful front
aniui gft oni citizens, and obliged
our tov'cfnment to put on the. coun
tctiurice of leverity,and exhibiMhe
enerty of th'!t principles at which
t is the ioiiy and wickednefs of the
prefeol f ulef I tti level a, $&$frWst;
few.. ..pylons are Urangefs t1oJthe
manner in which that buiihefs comT
nehepdi arid we have all felt the.bur
theri nftthat tax which was .necefla
rily raifcd to defray the expence of
organising and marching the miiitta
to cruH an nfurredion, prompted
by mervhole noie novr governs bur
coyatry, "and who, in the dmgerous
hour,-rfieh ciiiidifcord threatened
to ffialtl Ouf. .Cohftitution to its ten
trej ild for thr: arrival of a Gallic
armytQ decide pur fate, and fix us
under fh'e juiisdiftion of a fadion
here ;who have acknowledged as
their chit f an alien, and in: conjundi-oh'-vcith
his aflociatts, has ever been
t n'dea XViiM " Wliop " thr w heels "ot 1
oir gVivernmenr, w hen they pro
grtffiaU with truth and' fcoB.or,..j.v..,J.
: ' 1 .herave now the reins and the
Secreta'of the wh'Ifkey -itd'urrecti'..
on (3; Wctfcnft : I6f eight r, -fio or
pofeld (fit adpptipri of our ConKttu
tion jlnij ufted with the principal
dircfljph'of the vehicle, and. if the
crnh'lacS of Amer r.i is continued
e moitluttly ru;i to ruin. hole
perh n, who sc once fondly be
Jieved, would bav flood a rampart
around the tree of our hope, are
ihii lly-femoved. and the. axe -of
luuctipnis teaied, aid ready to be
luel at 'the root. Ihe voice c-f the
pcopfe; alone can ftay deftrucfion.
Deception marches in the Prelidtn
iial vafljl and deiolation mutt bring
up iirt TTcar. ; Ai archy i with: her
twin-daughters, venali'.y a:;d y;ce,
fl and I ijyi y to tumble our Loa t ed
Conlltutio.n from its once 'envied
htiftjh .to thelQwelt abyfs ot wreteh
edi;ei !o more pi cud in repub
lieiin fuWsdo ve ftand like the fitm
regardlctK hears the; 1 baring cr ihe
ftonn, whillt the yielding willow
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hendcand brittle pine isfnapt from
its ba!S. . An enemy threatening
our borders, and alarming commo
tions difturbing our domeftic tran
qtJ.ity,, ought .to have rouied the
vigilance of our government, and
cauledittp adopt fuch mea furcs as
would have en in ed. 10 us faf'ety and
pr oltdjon.' But in preier 10 de
ceive and deftroy, ypu are tVU that
the public debt is to be immediately
paid ahhouph rhe internal taxes are
repealed.. Certainly-fuch duplicity
alone is fufficknt-to give ih'o fbmp
of infamy to a let of men who are
arrogartly 'and xclufively .ftrlir.g
tf-enife-U'es rt pul heat::.. From true
rcpubljcan charadeis the. w orld -has
witntut iinfadminittratiott incapa-
i ble cflaud cr deceit ; to whom po-
fiticaf 'pej lecution. as 'unknown,
and wnofe jull and milu - adm'miflra -
lion paled tvef withcut" rne 'car
front the HofcTof civil (1:h'o;d, wr
one tint of blood appealing en the
gore km band that unites our Va n-.
one cciii 01 inc pjtune inutiry, an
their tranfadions have been looked
at by the jaundiced eye of -malice,
and nothing but a condud that does
them the highdt honqr is difcoveK
cd,and the voice of truth is now
calling to the enemies to ccaie bit-
'ing. for they gnaw againif 'tf file
coming indebted to him foi the a
mount we owe to another, and, then !
claim our hich approbation of theie j
condud, wt.illt under every pre-
tence, our runus are lavuneu uu
ncceilarily away. 'I he repairs to
French Imps' of war have colt us not
alittle. and it a mode lately made
public is-continued, we 'have great
reafon to believe that much ol our
wealth will be lavilhed on the bloat-
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edilfirfteiiad!istiat0trlir
cafe, of war or embarraflment, the
impoft on the neceffaries ot life mufl.
be augmented. , An extenfion of
impoft on fait, bohea tea, colfcek
brown fugar, molafTes, &c. mufk
lurply the lofs ot tax on carriaces.
refined fucars. flamnt DaDer. whift
key, &q. . In cafe of war, money
muftt e ra'fed, or a dc graded ftate
of vaflalage Jubmitted to. You are
therefore eitfer to .become an eafy
prey,: or fuppcrt a war by a tax. ; on
the neetffiiries of life, whilft .mary
of the luxuries have ceafed tp yield
that fuppot't "which the lfdprn,of
the late adiniriifl ration hadrdrawn
from theni 'i he advantages of our
trade trt folelyrreHed on ior. the
fupport ot governfnenta lybftantial
evK'ence of Jh5 prppfiety ot ..; the
mealum adopt td f y the. late fyflern
of 'ikHy ics for its prefet ai jpn j. .- ai d
ouf gtstfftfde'iicallei forth, to tho'.e
gallant n.en who di'p'ay futfi
prowefs wi;hoi:r mfahj navy. . .i,on
ast)Ut , coa ft freed from t be dt pre
daiions of thofe wretches who had
pIQndei.ed pur Cnarnied.-ft.ips, and'
tdken cur citizens into ignominious
and tarfarcis captivity, i No longer
did they d;;re.to avail . thtmfelv.es of
I tfeperroiflionwiveh them, by a mi-
r.mfrorout lanu, wno, in denance
of the rights of his country, e-flefed
to the Frei ch . nation a f.crifiee of
all our merchant men." , bach bafe
vel'i was prevented as foon as it was
km wnto cur beloved and lamented
V,fi,ngnn, ;,nd the degraded mini
M) was -.cbiigtd diigracefolly to re
turn to Wi irjuf ed country, where,
atte;r avowing the fad, his abettors
procured fvotii him the higbeft ho
not ihaj his native ftate could bc-
man: the -criif tent condtd of the
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mcerent men : un the one fide you
fee a Munrot the lepreientative of"
his country, cfferiiig up to the1
French, what are now efteemed the
fine ws of ycur w alth, and after re
turning vith thi- load of infamy to
his government, y u fee him by the
dcir.ncranic band rewarded whir the
gPytrnn-ent of a poweiftll itsfe, and
ai! the party ft riving fo do him ho-me.-
JD11 the other hand, you fee
'the. '.Valiant Trunin and his brave
iifiociates, who glorioully defended
the commerce of their country, and
the honor ot our flap, reviled, con
temned, and iniuhed I y a let of type
men, who fix the implements of
the prei, accof cling to th' miniffe-
;. na'l ncd. But this condud cannot
j long prevail. 'Ihe iiijunes done to
the meritorious d.izen:
1 ciiuntry, will- call fo; veu
. their enemies, and the bra
t trull obtain retribution fo
zens of our
vengeance on
t"Kadgers
trud obtain retribution for the cru-
ewtrr txpei iencedin-a-difnal-dun
-Ho;i, where the mandates of a
ft. lib nanifter confined. ...him for
! i' ether reafen than .having nobly
:v.i ed the Joes or Coiumwa ; and Wo
a U vvtry indignity, ivhtn, tihry,
thought proper tor him to be dif
cl aTged, ordered him to depart from
their fhore-s, and tell his country of
the treatment he had met with; I
cannot coueltuie my addreU to' you
without j'gain entreating your vigi
lant attention to the prefent ftate of
our affair's. Be allured that it is ne
ceflary to be ready-to rendu- every
lervice yoiijare able 'to perform to "
jouf couirrty," and trult that a pro
per exercife of thofe powers, which
i lion and the Conflitution has ex
; tended to the American people, will
yet fve 'us froiri the' premeditated
evils' of our word of enemies, and
thole nations who anxioufTy' wifh
our downfaT will viiTfy look for an
accomphfhmcnt' ot their purpo ts.
' 'l'lic ilaf iT'ar" .of ftuir t:ui U'.ii! oin
illuniiHC out weftfrn lu'ii,ifphit, and the
guardiau ang 1 of liberty fh.-hnlf u-i'h the
fer.iph of itli.ion, and direct us , in lb.- mui
fuiuinatiua ot U iLai u-ao cuu ui.'h Li. .
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