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1 Tutettif-Jii Shitltigf per tier." . T u i liD :'XrYj.:jAN.t;Wirt; i3, 803.' 11 Vot. VIII. Nuwi. 3 j4 'row tie Cap Pear Her did. RKSPECTINGa chara&er fotto toriout as is that of Thomas Paine, much tnuft be expcded by the pub lic. Much has already -been written in the papers throughout the United States. It has,Jhowevr, picqued the democrats exceedingly that the fede ral hewfjpapers mould . abound with' irequent jpomment ana Keep animaa erdon "oh this man Thomas Paine. "Why?" interrogate fome-of thtfe gentry, Why do the federal nswfpapers teem fo unceafmgly with inveCives on Thomas Paine ? ; We, grant, (ay they, that T homas. . Paine was reprehenfible in publifhin the. Rtafon j tve grantjthat as; an American charaSerhe is buried in the grave of revolutiont :we grant the atrocioufhefs of his offence wnen he aflailed the reputation of Wam- ihgtan -ce grant theimpfoprtety: his forward & intiufive interfererice with the .public concerns of this country, "and of his groce ribaldry on characters of worth and eminence nnce4u&-aTrival.-7-Butwhyrt:onti-" nuethey,Twhy perfecutehim ? Why peififtjn declaiming againft one who can do no harm ? Why, in more, harrafs him in accourfe which mult terminate in his difgrace ? t The plain queftion which paves ' tne ay for thele jforcremonllran ces will not be denied. Thefequel of . the quotation, is, I believe cor rect. , Admit the fidelity of the cita tion and I frill furnifti a better ;an fwer, than the mere notoriety of his character. Chief : Magidrate of 'the American people, we cannot,; at thisjime, harbour a doubt. -'. ' - Hie, why ttoops he. to invite into the country, a wretch caft out by England and fourned It by France ? Why, , vanifli perfonal and political aignuy at tne approacn or tne wretcn, and in the familiarity of their meet ing ;Jr?Whyi Itoops he tobofom up tne mend on his arrival f - Why, bids he the itream or vanity and fcur rility flow front his pen ? . "Degraded America ! ,thrice "de graded country how mtiful is the eftimate of thy dignity in the eye of tuf bpean -greatneis r liow uteebly Sounds thy nave I -. now taded rooks thatiflag which under the elevated and commanding aufpices of an A- dams, icuthoned in triumph the dif. taut fhores of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean j Blum 2the.jnolL humble peafnt -at the proftration of The conduA of the executive of the Unfted States in regard to Tern Paineis .tantamount ;to an open de- fclaration of a coincidence of. opi nion, with Paine, in whatever relates to politicks, in whatever relates to the awful fubject of religion, and in whatever relates to the venerated name of Wafhingt.ori. In this, (tincuence, in every rei tel fo offenfive to a virtuous people, the democrats, may defcrv the reafon which influences the federal erditors in calling luch a profufion of invec tives oh Thomas Paine.; I appeal to all impartial men, if the extraordinary attention io Paine, the voluntary ptoteftion which is ex tended to htm, the itrange dbunfe nanee afforded to this atheiftical va gabond, do not argue (Irong inter nal approbation of his condud and principles. I appeal 16 all fuch men, if this suTemblage-' of circumfiances does hot proclaim more forcibly than even language itfclf, approbation of the paft, and incitement to renew the ftrics of iiilq' u our aaions ; if it doesjiot leal wi h his approval that -that mifchievous and dcteftablc per rprmance entitled Ibe A&t i Ren fi if it does not fahdion 1 beyond all controverfy, that indecent and vi rulent libel on the charader of the great Wafhington, (tyled his- letter to Mr. Wammgton. which has been . read by the honeft citizens, of this country with never ceafing execra tions upon its. author. It is, on the part of the executive an open ana aanog avowal to a enlightened people, that he'nourifh es principles averle to that ' balan. ced liberty which exiUs in its higheit perieQion in the United States of America.;'!: .. . ". .... v ' h is, on the part of the executive,- y ypcii ana aanng avowal mat he entertains principles inimical to the f ijgibri of our countrjv to the pure codtrmes of the chrjltian faith, it is, oh the part of the executive. an Topen and daring avowal, that as "c was hoftile to the living merit of our illuftrious- Wamington, fb is he Jow, rav 'Jat. war' with the good ne which i-grateful people have alijcd. to his mcmary. -r .7 . : I hat thele are the opinions of the that dignity thou wouldft be roi to maintain Blufh, at the low, unhal lowed enercourfe between thy Chief Magtitrafe . and the 'crime named outlaw ot tngrand the icotted lcotn ed, remnant adventurer of France ! Aireft, imprifonment and ignomi ny would be the doom ot him who dared to conduct into the prefence or the hrit coniul t trance, a be ing fo confummate in vice, fo defpi cable for his habits, fo debated by his anociation. ; 1 And fhall the pride of the real re public of America crelk itfelf lefs lof tily than that of the tyrannic demo cracy of France; 1. Shall the culprit who trembled at the frown of in u fur per, fly into the embrace of the legitimate executive of an auguft na tion? - Ye who are' the warnvbut ho- neft devotees of the prefent Chief Magiftrate, as you value your rtligi. on, as you value your liberfy, re flect, that the opinions of Thomas Paine, muft be the opinions of this Chief Maai'itrate. Reflea. whether fuch a man is fii to prefide over an enlightened, over chriftian nation. Kenect, 1 adjure you, now. much the national character of your coun try, fi nlcs in the n a m e of cfylum forTom Paint . ' . . Our forefathers fought for inde pendence. -t For religious, no lefs than for civil liberty they fought & bled. Let us (hew to the world that we .are the worthy dependents of fuch anceftors. Let us fliew that we cherifh at leaft enough of fpif ft to fupport that independence for which they fough'r and bled. That independence which cannot furvive" the deprivation of our mofals and the over throw of our religion With th'ejamecaljn determination, with the fame iteady . valour, with which they faSced a venal, corrupt andj prelhve miniftry, let- us front the bodying: forth, legions of "-atheiftical; licentious,- overbearing democracy. Yes . Let is mow ere it is too late, that we have lenfe to difcover " y- rwniy whatever garb H ' rftay ujfumel that we difdain the mean ahd .flavim'tem per' which can brook the adtivddef potifm of irreligion and crime with their "cmntfefs he.ids noJef3,,than the abjefl; mind which' crouches be neath the fway of kings and nobles. In fplemn array then, let us prepare to guard and to'fecure. our morals, our religion and oar liberty1 againft an executive whe'thus boldly affronts the opinions and the principles of the nation. In folernn array, Ict us .prefent ourfelves to an executive who heaps mopkery ana intuit on ,the e lief cf the Redebmer of the world. ; AV oppofitioni thus manly, ,fea fohabls and patriotic,;. wiJlferve to obviate thofe pernicious effects which might, iri allhnman pi obability,. re mit I ro m a fame acquiefcence in the Conduct of the executive as itcoh-cerns- Thomas Paine ' - Thele moral effefti will be enlar gBd'upon in a future paper. ' ' ; CINCINNATUS. JUST PUB LIS HE D, ' And for .Tale at thek- Priating-Officei in Halifax, and Raleigh, at 4 dollars per , toooor 4 cents each ; 25 dollars per 500 Wjf cents each t7 dollars per grof., 4 dollars per half grofs ; 7; xents per dzen, ind 1 cents a piece , - " HQDGE & BOYLAN'S - - NORTH CAROL INA ALMANACK, Being the" ferth ifter: Bi.Textile, or Lejp 71 Tef, and the. 'ajthtSthof Amerjcrf x' ' : Iadcneil Jence. " Calculated for the State of rorth-Carol.na, being precifety adapted, to the Meridian and Latitude of the City of Raleiah, - - - it'--":v: Noritf-Carolina;' ... Conuining the Lunations, Kiting, and Set ting of the Sun, Moon, and Sowen Stars, Sohr and Lunar cli(et71Ccaurk' able Oay$6e. fcc. ALSO, Fifteen Dollars Reward. OTRAYEDi oTwas ftolen from K) the lot of Thomas White, late of Fayettevilk. dec. about- the, i ith of 8ept Jalt, a-dark Hoan Mare, branded C. D. on the buttock ' of the mounting fide ; fhe is a natural pacer, neither her age or. height is f-ecollefted, but fuppofed to be about nine years old ; fbe has been worked in the waggon of the dec. and. will probably bear the mark of the traces; and fhe is weU known aboat Fayette :yillcVba!tS6tT( will be ber, or a much greater Reward if fhe was ftolen and the' thief can be convicted. IsaBulla. Whi n; I FsfettevUe, Pec. io, l8oa. . EXTRAORDINARY Pheaorneoon Origin of the Grej MarC s b'eify the better horfe ' Oa - female ncatntfs after marriage. Peach treel. A remarkable in-, ftance of . fideliy and attachment 'n a dog Extraordinary roemory. A remarkable in- trance of longeyuy. American longevity Cure for the bit of a mad dog. The lawyer s prayer. Means of prefcrvhig timber in Yeflels and bridges. Cure for Cancels. Rec pts for the Cholera Morbus. , Recipe for a cough. The choice of a wife. On CelU. Take time by the forelock.- I have feeh.'and I have, not teen, Owe no m'Xanlf thing. SeeThe blind begger dariCe, the cripple fing. On a Mr. Day, who ran away indebted t his landlord.- .To be fold by Nicholas Branch.', A boxicg mttch. AdertiftAient. Bewart of a couple of Defperate AfCtffins. Beware of another Villain. Petrarch's idea of Books. Multiplication. Calculations ropaKuon ot the United States. Cenfus of the inhabitants of North-Carolina. .Govern mentofthe Uaited States. Lift if the mem bers of the; feventh Congrefs of the Uaited otates. federal courts Sup' erne, Circuit. and Diftricli North-Carolioa tlate courts Conference, Supreme and County. An ex.- cellent WLite Paint. 7- , rjjT Country Merchanii may fuppk them- felvet vitb th'u Almanacl, bj applying at lie. Stores jf. Meyri JJana'donj, MacMillan iff Co. and Mr. David Anderfvn, FayetteviJe and Mr. JtbnHoTt, HtUbtrouibr-tn tbt ufual tuhoiefmle prices. Hillsborough Academy. THE Trufttrt of HillAsrnugh Acade my refptitfully inform the pnWl'ck, that it wilt' be again opened on the fit It Monday in Faonary for the reception nf youth of boTb, lexes, under the dircdun of George Jolififton, A. M". lately from Ed in. brghwho wuLteaclLtrjc .Ureek,-X.atm, fnch ndngiilh Languages, with :!ie pUiner b'ranchts of the Mathematicaj u tural and moral PVitofophy, Arithmetic anil JWiitiog. Tue pticc of Tuition the fame w the Uft y.iir. Board may be Tiad .upon " cheap . terms : in rcfpefiablc private 'raaiitles. f . The Truftees pledge themfcJtes to cafe the greateit "attention ' to be paid to ihe morals and the improvenients ( fuch as rriaybf fent to the Academy. V,WALT2R ALVES, " .rJ WILLIAM K1RKLAND, - WILLIAM WHITTED, WILLI AM CAIN, SOME time in the month pf Novernbcrj 180. as nea'rjy as I can at prefent re coiled, I entered iote an ob'igtioa with a Mr. HVilJiani Brown of Sumpter Diflria, South Carolina, to deliver h,im' at Statefburg; in tire faid State, about ' tie beginning . of January, 1 801,. a Ukely negro weach abput 2P years old; and having a chtfd about a year old, for whict he paid me in advaoc 200 dorars in cam, and. "delivered nic 4 horfe at 140 dollars and Was at the tirce of delivering him the wench and. child, to luive aidme the funher frm of 125 dollars. Some me fisce, I underftood that a certain Jefe Lee, then of Fayetteville N. Carolina, pur chafed and took" up the faid obligation, I did hope for the pure f having, .the fame difcoonted in part of his debt with me but having underftood that, the laid Lee has removed freB his former reSdeace, j fome' diflant prts, and fearing that be n?y attempt to transfer the faid obligation, I d thus publicly forwarn all pe! Ions whatever s from taking an affignment thereof, being de ermined not to fettle the kme with any other perron than the faidJeffe Lee, who owes me vaftly saore ,than .that . amount. . . JAMES HOWARD? FayelteviHe, Nvtmer x M, 1802- J ' SUtTAN, . ...DUNCAN CAMERON. Ililiftorougb, Jan. 1, 1S03.; f Sixty DolarsRewaVd.' r STOLEN from the Sobfcriber,; living in Franklin county,' withi two miles 'of Mr. hn Hunt's, on the night of the ;26th of Aogull, 1 valuable GELDING, 'a, chefnnt forrel, 10 or it years oldi about 5 feet high, remarkably broad .acroft the neck, joining the withers, a nattofal trotter ' ueither branded nor dockd.'! Whoever will recover faid horfe fo that the owner may get him, fha!I receive handfome re 'ward, and for the'thicF, upoa cOovift ien", Sixty Dbliais. ' ' - - , ,. -: - r Sfptembtr 3. MUSKS NfcAl-fc RISING font years old, will ftand tK enfuing Seafoo, t rny plantation oa Dry. Creek, in Chatham ounty, and will cver Mares at the low price of Fiye Do!-" lars the Safpn ;' Two and a half Dollars . the fingle Leap, and1 Ten Dollars to Ta lure ; for the Seafon and for Infurance, the Men ey .to be paid on or before the firft day of JanuaiV, far which Notes will be taken from thole not living in tbe neighborhood',' Security will be required j by. the,. Leapa' the Money to be paid at iht Stable Door.. ' lhii Lplt is untried, but byiomeof the bed Judcee he iV efttemed correftU mad. he.is upwards of five feet "high, remarkably ftropg and telive, daik chtfnut colourj vvell matked. SvLTAHii'.was rot by Dolon, whofe ptdi gree u fa unneceflary to recrpitulate, as b i wvetl known to b of tlje firft hlood in this country, and has got fome of the faftelik horfca in it. . Sultan's Dam is high blood- ed, fhe was imported into Wilmington from Bolton b'y a Gentlcrhat of the Turf; but broke . down .on her firft trial . flic ia Large and well mtde, and is to be fcen with the Horfe, as the Subfctiber ftill keeps her for Breeding. " ' ' Should the price for the Seafon and In furance be paid by the firft of November, it' may.be difcharged in Corn at Market. Price.'. . . : :.." The Subfcribcr will not f old himfclflia-. bte for any accident! whatever, but he will' have all pof&hle care taken of the Marcs. Good paflursge well fenced gratia ; and the Mares fed with grain if requited at the nftu t al ratesCHARLES LUTTERLOH. .! Dry Creel , Chatham Cwiy, 7? Dec 25, 1802. , J - Buchan's Domestic For site at this office . ".-,., V..'. . l , . . - . -:: ' " r'. . 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