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MINERVA, A N P R A L E I G H A DYER T I S E R. J? J L B 1 G .--Published every TUESDAY eyJHOPGE eEOYLAN, Printcrs Tb ttiE Statf. 3D r:; rOL. V. TU E S D A Y, July 1; THE NORTH CAROLINA , f ft If if From Jknks' Portland Gazette. ! ADDRESS. To the EleSors and "the EltHort of the EleRWt ot HtiindttrPrffidentfbrUnhedtite their writers have fo far overcome 'that fear-which made them tremble even at the imputation, as to be gin to acknowledge ,l,eJufbf tand .??i?A,A?JJ,niX. prTTent Tor contemplation the deftruction of the cov.di t utioth- and etur n of t he ol4ctMcdetatidaThe-fame Fillow Citizens, - TO remove at onct -all-daubt-and eftabliHiei confi dence between us, I think it proper to ftate that I was born in America, and that my forefathers have been born in this country for more than one hundred -and fifty year. I add tcT this, that 1 have been no indifr ferent obferver of public affairs For nigh twenty years, and from the refult of all I have fcen, I am a hearty friend to the prefent government of my country, lin ger thefe circumilancei, I take the freedom to lay be: fore ton a few. at I think timely bbfervations upon the molt important of all elections, and if the candor and uprightnefs which I feci do not fenfibly appear in . the wh ile courfe ,o.ihem lihalkbsjoore gpf pit unite than I anticipate. It is a humiliating thought, and if the red of the . vorld had not at prefent abundant caufe to be afhamed r of ivfelf, it would be in the eyes of foreign nations a 'difgraceful fact, that on every election of any import ance among us, we hzvc a ftrugglc which docs not at all depend upon the merits LyXtb?J?.?.M3w.!?!Ly.P on their fuppofed principles ; and as if fomcthing we re ueceffary to fet off and fit.ifh . t hjs .bjicjeeclejo the' higheft advantage fthc bout of cqnenuonis our xifence as a ratlon,tvhich. one party is willing to pteferve, and the othei ftms to think bed to' dedroy. Thi, though we cannot f eit, is the figure we make to diiinicrclUd fo'figner ; and the mifchief is, that by length of time, and by uking various names and forms in obedience to all the cravings of individual vanity and the nvanett 'qaalit;es ot uU' hears, the true nature oF a gantejLhicijjvoujM .hyg Jll ck'd us, had it been a- brupt and definite at hill, has e.ot only pervaded our whole fydem, even to the .minuted ramification, but by this dffufion it ban becorre fo incorporate and im perceptible 83 even to be dtuu d. It is nothing (range ' for men to Aide into htwation of wlm h they are uncon ' fciou3, and whith they tiiemh Ives defeft and dcfprlc 5 Vi'Vmit Jnfiduous nature of this prajitufitiLniakej it 4&g rcce.esr there is nothing, more important to us man mii wc ftiould be oftcti apprized of what we are leaft-likrly to perceive, I fay then, that a difpute in this country' which at different times has taken all the current and even fame amiable forms, has finally Regenerated- with, out our being conflantjy aarcuf tht'gratluai j et verfion, to a q iarrel about our national txilU ncc. It h to be hoped that the is honed y enough Kit to nuke us (hudderpt this alarming (eduction, and tread-back the mazr path to fome tight poiition with luitable humility. liberality which permits to fay that all religion is falfe, certainly-would-make-n-f?f pIe-of-a mere-civilrordi nance ; and as there is no factilege where there is no thing facrei, neither, I fuppofe, ought there to be a ny Jianging for rebellion. They do not therefore reply within tlicfe four years, but they admit io four years, more they will not only admit,' but they flHrouttjiU-T ' V f ' h and fo by degrees we fli3ll be cheated of what we took to be ftrong ground, that they were aiming, at the conduction, and be reduced by their effrontery to a mere denial of the expediency of (jeilroying it. ' And if they can. familiarize this, qucftioh to the public eye and ear, the bufinefs, like that bf religion, is balf done ; fur what we havfr once proftttuted wc no longer or rather none ai .11 10 the guillotin. Thcfc ere net fid itious dangers. Tliry ait but plain eafy, and na. mibl coafcqucnces.oLoi:er,ri.ifp which, God be: .praifed, c hau 1.. t iei tk n ' , Vidoli tins mV,r?,;it MiJx slaut-y h 2 1-4- h ru in hS tavoui ? rherc hjs been mnhiW faid uhfrh a mu n t braitcTrffr dent. Nether his abi'ijies lu's integrity, np.rjiis pat riotim are part:cuTi' nectd. If he i introduced it muft bc,bc-au( ,f n)meyrrv jfltntidl rarianre of yuvaiiviif uvinilll J 1 1 III etwten hun Mr. dams ; and if tbeie refpect. There is in what is called the new philofopliy a rhoft mean, unworr,hj and ignorant procedure. It admii man to be imperfect, and tlifliU vhicli he can do ii impeifeA ; yet it affefts to fcotlv the bctt he" can do, and advocate fome hidden good. Tt admits our na ture, and Ridicules us for not being above it .. J t con -feflVs the want of help and mearf, and rejeels all that tines which they pretend to dcfpife,"' would have de fciveH, and would have Keen trcafe 1 with contempt. Mr. .Jcfferfon, in his letter to Mazzci, which can not be too much read and meditated, on, fully declares in 1 796 that, " WE SHALL BREAK THESE L1LLI PUT I A N TI ES,'" meaninp beyond all cn trovcrfy, and s I faid before, withrnit denial, THE CONSTITUriONor the UNITED STATES. Now this noboJv pretends tjinyjlvherej6 other name by wnieti iviu jettcrion oupnt to oe Known, befides patriot and philofophcr ? Is there -not fome o ; t h er d elt i n y more proper for h i ta th an t o be Pr efiden t of t he States ? May he not -very well depriciate the " Br tijh form of Government ? Surely this is the tisne when ftt the olominationoj cfefoaliort Jlandlng tvher: ii ought noU whether yo take it for fcripttrre or wit. A well uiiglit a wotr nave tuijc2tta-,jrCiion have any (hare ih'the gove iion. . Certainly iuflead of it, he ought to be bound to keD the peace. - But for the fake of a clearer coRCfpvfon of the thing, let us fuppofe him'Prtfient with fuch principles, and with followers in abundance t-o provide for. Go vernor M'Ktan miirht be brought as a cafe in point, who dif nLiced all the old officers we arc informed, though appointed by Governor Mifilin. who was foppofed to be no better atte&ed to the general government than turn Jefferfon ? Throwing alide all that i9 commonly faid of the latter relative to religion, has he any pretence to excel or . e verfTo v ie with Mr Adams in the great re quires of the prtMtncy ;'l What exhibitions have we had? There fiiould be itigge (led fome need which w: have of this n an. Are we wietched or piofpercus. . that Mr. J:ffer!on might be the means of putting us; outiof citf refent t-oriditionf is cafi'y'uncljrftaodrbtir what isoui preicut condition i This (hall now be con liJtred. , 1: might be enoupjh to fay t!;at our government has been fo adrr-inillered in as Aorrwy a ' feafon of worldly contention as ever exillcd, as to aeqm'ic anj prcferve purpjy n j;ood ,i pi a ion, and . thatcf all nat 1 0 usr - But this tin ugh true, is fo rreneral a declarai ion, that per Jia p Li UKilLnotJlxi kcjcr cry. Jam-, w UU-lul l-o ii ienvI t may be needful to fome thai.Uir f.uultie rjd bf ceinpe'ITcd afreln- to notiee' th" greitt advances which we have male towaids a nation.! govfiti.nent, which are at the fame time the Viiy rhing"' whiih 'ie ereales of ' Ytlliput'ian ties," prefHrr;i,r on. the pr. judices of the. : prop e..hve rtfti'ly coi.li i . eii .ppioaches to mon archy, affecting to -view ih coi l; itution as no lefs fur- uuniab e ; byjis pteltntfiieVds a ban .by-themfelTeg. that isjtttimati'ng tlse full place I take it we lull n-Jt Jie willing to put outfclviS pn this rq't gtom.d ef fuupofing .thecon tlit a ti,cjalQiejM.;J) 'u.u -.luit-i'tu t -w t iu t c v. d t i m ai n tain it wiili lit j lioufy and care, and thttefoic 1 (hall wait to have it Ihvwii wluiei 1 the government hae dev putted fr:r. it, takiug it tot granted that if all that we enj.ry ii tottliilcnt with it, thrre is no monarchy here but what is the conliHutioi!, and that if there is any It is a pity that there is Tuch a cloud o'ver wha; is : fdf, and put i his own followers. " It is remarkable called thi-ub!ic mind, at tithes j at le.ia, one cannot j that thefe pimcipleB, when in power are very violent tut feel forry for it, thoh it is the will of heaven and aSyfive, r.s well, they may be, intending not to w . . I r 1 . 1-1 V. ma Till hat A believe a man murt be made of extraordinary vn? teti'-H who, at this prcfent time, cannot be impr.effd . vith fome belief of what I fy. There is, however, anothcr difraceful truth whTch Trnull lay down be fore I advert to evidence, which'is' that human nature is a great fclfdeccicr in the concern wkich it takes a . II!-. .IT.."-. . . ., .1 I " A. J M A nf Kilt K ClAfl'a'l fupport but to deftroy, though they are mrc deceitful th in a l)in prophet before. Wc may fuppofet then that in pin (uance of the plan to break the Lil ipntian ties, t h o f c w h t a t . p r x fe n t g us r i t h e m-at the ol i ffc rent avenues by which they may be affailable will-he dif; miffed, snd efpccially when this will be tollowcd by bout public affairs, ; and the ccnduH ot both lides is Utie oourjie aavamagc or iuFFy. w:.r y, more Gwintr to a torpid indifference than to any active needy d.ic.ples and lelow laonurers in tne ia.f e pi- os intcllitrcnt choice. It is bv means ot th-s maoience ouign. . w..1-vm. - JOICWCC ' - - , ii' r I . 0 . . . 1 -n ill ji Jl : . . ..t..,.i 1. .i...i K.mJ l..4v( rftHnperfixnafittetrtwtrttfat T -7 il- , a T ' mi iu icmtKi siiv ...... ... 6 .- ... .. . 1. Ami.nmlnn i ... i-nnP iiit n 1 iitdiviual has tne-wideit rain-t i t fret cam. s tu tnat i men wiio were uciu upuii i'v -- r . This being faid let us recur-to the fituation of this country before the coi;il itntion exided, when we were in ati ahnod hopelifs llaie of adverfity and danger. The principal part of thofc whom will decide this elec tion i.eed only be referred to this ; though God only I;!iov"how thofe will be convinced who are to j udge iu future cafe?, unlets by wifdom hardly to be expected, or mifery that is much more ctrtain. The conftituti on has combined the interelts and fate of all the dates, delivered themfroxn individtial apprehenfions, and pro--due cd out of the chaps of wretchtdnefs, a healthy, vigorous end eafy conditions. Acting under it we find ourfelvts capable if any undeitsking which the general profperity may require. We govern ourfelvei, and can in fotrufmcafure govern external circumdar.ces . , by means of the pre feiit firmnefs of jourxonneflioo and our unity of action. All our public and private con cerns are in a date cf.ftTf y, and ihtfc is no didfud or difficulty of any kind whichis not infrparEble from the common lot of humanity. .'I'hc fmg!e dates may pur ; fne thctr natural wilhcs ::r.d their interc fts '.without ob- .!- k-... ... . t,;i. fr,,,.,v,U rMfrfpW. out of which it crows ! Wc lhcu!d be -in a hate ot.an tlllliPS Cl Wlfiti tiiuujjii a nun. Tiwiiv. w in 1. . v ..... , , 7Z. - S " . ; . m ; r t : . , . I . :' , a r " no mote about them, it it were pollute to ruuie tne arcny m ;. lluggard facu!tis of th's for t of people to the degree ot letiofpiction and corrparifon, ftill there is more to be done 5 for it is to be feared, that after all, our patri: otifm is but a remote intcrtd, and that, with the es ceprion of few, mankind facrifice te almod any of their' bafcr pa flrins more ' frequently and with a bctrjnU than to this But while that (tw cpntinue virtuous and , a&ive, it is to be honed that the true taiin wi.l be pre (c rvfd as well in politics as other things. .ff four years ago it' was fufpected that Mr. Jefferfon ' as in full concert with the French revolutionids, that he was at the head of the malcontents of the United Statesj that their principlp. was averfioii tii the confti' tution, that they had fet jut to oierturn it f and that " they had. made- fome progrefs in the public niind for'! ' thi- purpofe 5 I fay, If this was tben fufpecttd, it is iio.w certain. Four years file'nce under fuch accufati- 4)iis "would be enough to imply the-difficult y of refute. ing;thernV:Surely.that:.'jsrtyi have been often enough challenged to the 'honorable open fix-Id They do not pofasattfcJnKi and yet they have not, and I do not fay it at a venture, rni;' t Jl! tn the'rharires aainlV.them,'. which are . .iviivw . - - r . .. a nd con ilantly enjoys complete fe. uriiy of property and plea The cafe could not cxid with; j '.Aure8. lhe pa r ticular atvt pov,ri.mcr)t rhjch have . ... CI Ij I . l'...t.iMH tt-t.frl it it . n h ir ri-jltnf.. iI.jji- ArtiAr.i out a horrible civil war. connacncc wouici ue ai an : piuuuy j.mv y - ." ," wr1' end, and the pureft integrity would be ferocioufly in-; this fingular date of fiUtMy, ii i-; ut foi fuch an effay fultcd. All ties would be diffolved and even the late i as this to enumerate ; it 15 enough fur the prfent pur- condition of France 'might be enviable, to us. Are pole that nobocy can utn) u. v e ptllels, we ei joy thefe drearrts ?- Rtflcft properly o.i caufe and effecT;, and yo u'w il 1 nbt.be c ft h ate ptuo 0 . .' "r ' " Arid how would d and our foreign relations ? Recur to the Mazzci letter At pnfent we are on very good terms with Great Britain a'ud the confederates, and we are likely to be on the fame swth France. Our ener gy and loyalty have made usrefpeft able enough" to be on a footing with other jnations.; ' But fhould we for. fcit tbefe their cffe5l would alfo oafe. It is terrible to think of the confeqqenccs of recalling miniders in weak and turbulent times, and of foreign applications ;to the government of a Jiftfafled people. Suppofe in furreflion or invafion when funds are ruined, credit oneand union itretrieyeabie. Not merely the con fr deration would be rCdortd7 but even that would not hold tpgthcr a montcirit wt fhoiild relapfe further.to Ahegoy cjrnme iaft anchor would not bring us up.. 1 f thefe two fhould cive Vav. we' fhould revert to jacobin fotieties and quite intelligible and pretty black, Perhaps it h 'not, committees of coirciponocnccuu .mm,u M " ? , r. .f.nr. r h,I,m-,.n( Vrif thrff is but a terv Ihoit iter geWata-tHayAo ) .itfr-ia'mc conf te or incic. i yur y gr m yiB.ii at.. y g-?r: . T", " "f " '' .'fj,r r ; ? -t;...- 1. . 1 . i-i 1 l i ana weean-ao every ii-iu wiinn arte itpuDiic ever did or ever will. What m- ijrbdc mai-deol? ; ; "Furlher, Mr. J. ? ff o i'-i. if ii h j tt'V to M , zzei fpe a k S of i tle rejiull'icangcvsn nunt 'u.huh cartied us ilrrough the danger t of the v.ar." Ii, 0 c pu U1.1. tale, we have al fo a republican goycnimt!i''wbtcii has Ciiiried us thro dangers of a much more 'threatening kTijd, and ftich.as the former one could ntver have rc hltcd.. 1 the night'eft recollcftion mud convince uj ihat,had the confederati on remained, we fhould loDg.bt 'ore thi ti:ne have been torn to pieces by the late European convulfions. It mud be lefs to every one to unsgrne. the. milenes which wc have efcaped by virme of thefl Ttlllputian tte'r and which very fairly arc'to be taken into the, fum to tal of ojr preft; happy-condiiiriv :r Let us now advert to the advantages of pcrfcvcraace .1 in ore - rftllt 'P?L fYAent' - V ;Mr-' Tf ffefin-ilgfter vre in utt expectuc win lapourat lome rauicai or preicnt s principles aiid mcsfurej without .delay, as an introduc., tion of his nibte effectual reform It may be fuch as . r" For remainder fet lql PgtS) " Vi . ..!:- '. . : .... -. - ':'.. ' ' : ""c-v ' : ' ";' "'. ' "' ' ' ' '''...-'';.'''' 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