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r HAL EI G H A D V E R T IS E - ' .. . ' yv, , . . ;- .... iv. . . ..-.'. ; - 1 .... . 1 i ii., , f ,'t , j i3J:7 9, 1799. UNITED STATES. - From the Commercial AdvertiferA BARRUEL AMENDED. No. I. - : . ' ; iiThe Akbe Barruel has, with greaHabor, compil ed and publtfhed in 4 volumes, the " Hillory of Jaco- -The great objeAion to this work, is, that in: blntfm. 4cad of unfolding the principles of m an which origi liat all Jacobir.ifm on earth, and giving the whole hi flor? of its effect, he has limited his inveftlgations to ne branch of the evil. He traces Jacobinifm to the 5Ia,ve Uurbicus or Manes,- who in the 3d century,--founded the Manechcan Sccl, and afterwards through the Knights Tcmplers, the" Albigcnfes, the Mafon,s,; the Philofophers of the prefect century, th? illuminati, to the Jacobin Societies in France, which have filled that country with blood and carnage, v There may be fome truth in all this ; altho no man Will beUeve that thefe Se&s have been conne&ed by a "fySem tontinucd aflbciations r aHd wittr regard to the Albineenfes and fome "other Se As the author 'is euil- ty of graft calumny Many of the Sedarics who have ; sh'flcnted fiom the Romifh Church, have been diftin- gutlhed for their quiet, peaceable behavior, and have vidently had no other object in view than to reform the moft grois errors and abufts. ;" But Barruel has never once probed the evil to the bottom. " '. "". : :; jjuMmifntA& a:new-wori. iiotHts meanfng is definite and well nderitood. It confiits in an oppofition to : the eftabliihed government and ififtitutions, and an at tempt to.overthrow them, by private afibciations orJby--violent and illegal means. . The principles which give rife to Jacobinifm aie found in the hu.naii heart, and are as old as man ; iiay' -. more, if we can make any thing of the few hints in ReTelajion- on tirebcljron L9lPJg?. tbf.principlcs in-t. fecled ths'.HjgHer orifers uFcreation, befwe the world was made. Certain it is. that not a fpot 011 the globe Vasever been exempt from principles of Jacdbtnifm. The fource of the evil h pride. Everv man thinks Hi's 85" weiifoundcd, as thofe of his neighbor, he thtnTts r;e j mtener cainrc prcicnc knows as much as any man, or rather more : that be trad-.et their milreprelentations. -JNo Ivc now exattiyv.ti)e oia ccvii mnrKeu out me nlan of 'iiitritrue which has been fince Durfued. He I - - ,r . kas a3 rood claim to riches, notice, fame rank and o f- Icc ; and he is as firmly perftiaded that he could govern a country, or city, better than his neighbor. -7 7 Thefe traits of man are univerfal ; the confequence is tib man will bear a fuperior or a rival without a pbr tibu cVjcaloufy iin'r, and finally of difcontent. The man .who has wealth, office, talents, and. the notice attached to them, is firfl envied, an J . afterwards hatsd by meu who have not thefe advantages! . The difficulties at tendiag the acquifnion of thefe enjoyments, often pre vent thofe who are deftitute of them, from open at tempts to pull down thofe who poflefs them ; but the v$'and the fpirit to make the attempt are always in exigence, and always ifi operation. o man ever en joyed any of the extra bleflings ef life who had not num.. . Iiera atonnd him', who would fl rip him of them, it he 4oikldoJt with fafetyno man, is elevated, without being ; furrounded with men who think they are as well ihtltled to elevation, and who would pull him down if , they cotild, an j take his place. '., ' , v. Here u the rijtn of 'rfac'olinijm. 'It fprings from Ta tufa! and the paflions refulting From it, nvy, ha tredyamb'))i)H. In fhort all Jacobinifm is founded on Jif- . centiht. Ad as the paffions'above mentioned are in! e- fentin ..''man,'. Jacobinifm n-.uft have been coeval with hiawASnch is the fea The hiilory of jacobinifm there.- , ibrc is no more than a relation of all t he different modes 1 in which the principle" of pi ide has been operating ever nncc me crcauun. - 1 Whether the (ketches of a rebellion in heaven by the angels ' who kept not their firlt eftate," are to be un . dcrltopd in a literal fenfe, ; according to the common pinioHj or are merely a divine allegory intended to de- '7 pift thXcharaAcr ot roan, is riot material in this place. SulHce.it to fay, that the relation furniihes an illujtij. us picture of the natural principles which give origiu )o. Jacobinifm.'., A large numberjgf beng.headed by a difcontc ted demagogue or o'ngclgogue,! Satan, be lame uneafy vw.ith Jie government over them. Demo ratic evtings were held in heaven, to contrive means f dethroning God Almighty ;plans were foimein ficrit, for it will be obferved hifecreej is the maih in fredicht in trlme zniljacoTfrtifm ; .a civil war whs Com- i wenced m.the celerlial regions, a 001a enori maae iu wrell the fceptre from the king of heaven. rI his ftory, wbtch has b?en the balls ot an excellent poem, is 11m 01 Uiiia upon Jacobinifmjn the Engliihjanguage. Tke fecoriiinftancef JacobiniHtTin recordns tela ted i the ' thirds chapter of Gentfis.j My 'oWu and fafhbnable readers muftexcufe me for citing the Bible a9r n, authority ; for no boot extant furnifhes more ufefullcfloiis on this fubjea. " '. . " U1 raadeanCphped in Paradife, u - n agreeable companion, and furrounded with bleffings, than that arch jacobin. Satin, either the old devil, who raifed an infurreaion in Heaven and the-fa-ther of the fe, or one of his pupils andermffaries, be gan to envy the quiet, tranquil, life of Adam and' Eve, and to plot their ruin . ' - - It.raay fecrn a littlcftrange, what -motive cokld in duce Satan to wjA to.deftroy the happlnefs if the firft pair, as itdoes not appear that he had any expeaati on8 of enjoying Padirc himfelf after he had ouRed them. It is true thatJn many inftances, the jacobin who attacks the pofteffor of wealth and office, does it becaufe he wiflies antl expea to obtain the fame ad vantages ; but the hirUry of jacobinifm furnifhes baral elinlhnccs of men who dot dav and marht..tnruin the happineis 6f6ter7whhey have no idea of ever co- .mingj.n pQlTflfitjn of it themfdves. That is they do i. 11 c r i - f 1 m . . . ' inucnici tor tuc taicc Ot milchicf. They don't like to fee any man above themfelve?. it is the? next frratificaH.-u. r..,: ii a . - o--- or ir ni.,fcious wiiiie to ice others brought down to .v.u wiiu ui:ir own-utoation. j Nott-ihark the fcheme-oT the arch democrat,' Satan, to eftecl his purpofc. He affumcs the flianr nf ),., -l WaOTbhrirafpo carry, he is7ureloapproacn me people he means to betray, in the infidious llape of -ii.aiuw.ac pcpic a-rriHd to Iibertv. ItrpenMorm m This in th hlch':altdfmoicIrIcksare rZZZm.' -luciidcu i o mooem livehc people. . - The next Itep was to attack Eve when, Mark that, my readers The -td irttrigiirr let the example, wh-cli has been followed by," all jacobin ever fince, of beginning his attacklon thejjerfoa moll credulous; rnr.J tafi'y deluded by. his faciqating fpeeches, and whenab fent from hrr hnfoand, who might defeat his infidious wiles. Jail io modern jacobins and democrats take the uofufpeaipg.jWe in jheir wbrk fliocs. or aHemble bcmiaclofeoomswri begins by hrlJir.g up to view ah objea of defire, which, was prohibited under penalty of death ; and then con TiicTinfT5vIvbhad denounced the crime ar:d de clared the, penalty. That is he declared God had de ceived them the prohibited fruit was definable and if they mould cat of it, they woul&ggQKe . . This is democracy to pcrfealon; 'The modem Sa tans in the difguife of ferpents, pretended friends of li berty, beginjheir attack on government, by telling the jrovcrned, that their ru!erahavc deceived them, that they are tyiants, enadting lawa which are not neceflary, wrhich abridge their liberty and pleafures, and if they eat of the forbidden fruit, they thall not die ; that is, they may violate the laws -ith impunity. ; -The whole (bry of the fall of man, whether literally true, of an allegory, defigned to reprefent the beginning and progrefs of evil in the human heart, is a fample of jcobiiiifmi The "fpi bidden fruit,', wasreftiaint im ptfcd on man for his fafcty and happinefs -cr in other wods, a prohibition of all moral evil. The objea3 of Satan was to tempt man to rqeEl that relraint. Well, what is all ' jicobinifrh but the -fame thing. Govcrri ment h reftraint it confines men to their dutiesj and prohibits whatever will an Roy their neighbois. ' The jacobin holds vp liberty and equgRty and the rights of man, at tbe trmptrtion to induce the people " to throw off reftraint. A' what is the confequence ? Why they are "driven from paradife:" That is, they rob, Heal, plunder, and cut th oats f hey turn a Pa radife into a Hell upon earth. '.'. Now comes the flaming word which pointy every way "to pifvent the refugee tranfgreffors fipm. returning to Paralife.. Juft fo, la the political fall bf nations, where reftraint is removed, crimes fucced S injury treads up 011 the heels of irjiary till every mahjihds an enemy at his door Then to clofe the cataftrophe, the flaming fword, faaion, is planted to guard every avenue againft returning .'peace and cohfidchte. Quod erat' pro ban dum. : -. , ' ' 1 1 f- 3 bit is prcc.Tely whathappens in n9rn cW- Fbrtigne arc mfficiog in helping to a gcwl , government, and the ; foreign intruder into Parad,ttL Porctpines, that have curfed riationai from that A i- " ihe prefent. ; . . . . , r?719 No fcooer Had the burner of people on carthincreaf- head." The ftory tn fliort is tHu. Cain and Abel, two brothers who had the leait occafion imaginable let quarrelrrch his offenVrtlie? ah Lord had Tefpea to the offering f Abel; biit n ! the otfetiog . of; Cam, , The ' Almighty ; knew : their hwrts he knew that Cairi was not JiticcTel that hi heart was not right, and therefor? did not accept hit fcrvicet. What was the confequence ? Cain via. very wroln aod his countenance fell.' AH this is very rraturili ktat mark the iflue. CaV rrnijvcuuin,. DCgan to plot ; tfic f um 61 hT b bett n 'A I) ' 1 vvuvs iidu aDC imurrrf htm? nnt . .11. I ut Abel was morevthebica :of Gods ft.or , A er man and more beloved, than himfit i.ji... r v x 11 1 1 imnv t 1 did Cain contrive to gt t id of this offenfive brother ? Did heaccuie him and Mng him to trial before hii f V father Adam Was k public- and candid in : ki l ures ? No, no : he took thc Heps of all pure jacobin he took a private opportunity iB the field, alone. flew him. 1 - What an cxaA model- of the jacobins of madero objeaion they have againft men in brnce ? They will reply, perhaps,; that thte men are hot friends to liberty pr the C6n(lituton-but, reader, ; the true rea(jo lurk, in g at bottom, is, that men in VfScc enjoy public fa vor, and they thcxUw- do hot. Abel is rhfnrPrtfi and is norra cannot bear to fee his brother's incenfe rihigtQ heaven and to fftatifv his malignant Jfalonfv l,- Vi--iL' i put him out of his fight, infcindl pride X Infernal The tbit;d example of Jacobinifm raehtioned in hjC tpry, is ih"thc 4th Chapter of Genefis,-,r. While Adam and Eve were the only inhabitants on -the-Gldbfr hey-4wd-. c r yf e w-notives ibjxdnteatuuv and lived in peace, till another being, a foreigner by. birth, intruded himfelf into their abode and undertook to direa their affairs, TJhis I, was the origin -of foreign influence,"" Satan thought, ..he could .take bet-" ter care of our firft parents, than they could ot thm- cnvv l Infernal dilcontcnt LThclVare themneV,i troduced murder into the world", as foon as man was made, and' which under the various fprm$cf intble-... ------ ranee, fanaticifm, and Jacobinifm, have been covering . -1 . 1 1 1 1 j j.-c f. e vli 1 ' the caitu wun oioou anu coiuuuoh jrom inc uays Of Cain to this hour. . '. ' .-- :'' ' ' Look to fads ; ftudy ttie human heart and tnevcV ' ry fpot on the. globe, it will be found that a main mo- tive of all the democratic fchemes fot revolutiont in go vernment has been that the i.ord had refpea to the offering of Abel, and not , to jht of Cain The men who enjoy the public confidence, power and oflicc however upngnt ann eccueni. incir nc.art?, are incei. fantly the objea a of-jcaloufylnd hatred,- among the multitude of Cains that uifeft the earth. . . ( Look to our own examples. When Wafliingtoo, proclaimed neutrality in 193, and the Democrats found thcmfclves on the Unpopular fide,. ' all their countenances fell," When a treaty was made with Great Britain, " their countenances fell."-; When Ar dams was elcfted Prefident, ! was there a Jacobin ceun , tenancc in our country that did not fsll ? And was theie a man jimoiig them that did not, in his heart and defires, imitate Cain of old, take John Adanis into " the field.' arid knock him on the head. . ( ; , One word as to the fate of Cain. When this mur derous Jacobin was i qitfticned about his brother, he . was very infolent " am I my brothers keeper ?" But like other guilty wretches, he was finally obliged' to yield to his fate. He was dfivenjlrom the faccjuf God ,, and became a vagabond In the earth, wirh a'maik fct upon him. This is the ufuat fate of Jacobina. They begin their career "With, violence, enjoy,' for ,n fliort time their ill-forgotten confequence, (trutting their day xtmidll blood and ruins, .till juftice cvertakes thera, ftamps a mark of infamy on their foreheads, and drives them'. from notice, power and influence inoT the 'land of Nod," the Region of obfcuTity, and con - -tempt, where they dofe away th"ci lives. - ' Sic tranfit gloria Jacobinicorurn. "v . ',:::v .No, iv. . .V" .The mod. remarkable exampfr of Jacokinifm, re corded in hiftory, Barruel to thejeontrary, potwith ftanding, is that of the Arabs, whofe origin we haVo in the 6thjchapter of Genefis. It feemrf that Saiah, Abram's wife, had become discontented on account ol her barrennefs: A'hat is, fhe thought her condition in dy the evil, fhe3ad rccourfe to illegal means. This , is an epitome of all Jacobinifm. She fubllituted her maid-fcrvapt !h her. own place,who became,prcgnant by her hufbarid.TNrtvv mark another Jacobinic trait' .1 No fooner had this fervanttnaid been hocorcd with' , .1 4 - -1") rrS-' r
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