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Vol. V.
T P E S O A Y, July 29; 1800.
224.
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THE
NORTH
' From the BoIon Cerit'meL
r No 111.
indent ejablifhments are abijltd byjlow andhiper
9t( meant,
Kit. RUSSflL, - .w ' i ' ' -
I have heretofore in a brief and'eu'fory manner,
'flcttthedjf political life of Mrcfterfon by fchich
, it will be (ecu, that an inordinate ambition, a thirtl
I ' for public lionofiran U dtiLifictionsanil a tupviityjor
rative fonn'ra of this mib'vbutriotinn. '.' With fuch con
rative for
cluhvc proofs cf the interellcd and felhih policy which
he has uniformly purfutd, 1 might venture to rcft'thc
public decifion upon the purity and exalted viitue of a
man, who has inllituied himfrl. "t Court ofilnqifittoh
upon the motives, the. deigns, and the Integrity o the
-molt eminent mew in our countiy. But I have engag
ed to coulidrr- his theoretic,! character in religion, Jhito
fophy and politics, and although thejubject will be both
dry and laborious, ..yet as it is certainly improvement
and ought to be intending, I fetl it my duty to ac
quit myfelf of ray engagements.
Men, who undertake to perform actions, or com
mit crimes whith are of an atiocious nature, and which
bring dowrt upon them the deteitation of mankind,
r-n ullw aim tn arrnmnlifti rh!r views in f?ctet i ' and
jP( ' - 1 7 . . j . , ,
-fpuIative-andLviftonary theorifis at
foundations of fociety, and overthrow thole maxims
aud priciple8whichhaveheen hitherto 'facret!-rihut-ptcttaht;
Hence it
he had with the ardor and fincen'fy of an iafatuated
higotf ferioujly contended that a fub'ic profelBon of fi .
thcifm was uot injurioiia 'to fociety j I fliould have
pitied his errors, and have obhurairjhcjnjwith my
tcaf""Burwiih of Voltaire and D'A-
lemkrt, he has attempted to tfffft by ridicule, what he
could not accom plilh by reafonirp. The elegant and
tefiAt'ti philolopaer of MonticellU who has given a po
li(h to the character of the American ftyle, and who is
jnalter of the boldelt, as wtH as the mod beautiful
inaagery, when fpeakirig of the aweful and iublime
Tubjed of the jbciief of the exillence of a God, fays in
the langtiageof Billingfgate. " if - my neighbor fays
that there is g (yg it-netther pch my packet nor bredit
m leg What language could low wit and malice
nave u vuea more calculated 10 ituen tne oignny anu
importance of the fufcjeft upon which he was treating f
Are fuch expVt.-fliint becoming the awful foiemnity of
fuch a qutftion I Dathey cotrefpond with the rcveren
ifol awe ", ..and fiHcere idevotioh of k icaI believtr in the
exillence and attributes of the Deity ? Or, foigiving
or overlooking the conterrifiuwt' nuarc of the. ex
prefliong, have tiey "tendency to convince of pur
fuade ? Is there any force ia the acjfonin ? Certainly
not. Let me a He th'e fhilofopHrr of Virginia, ifhis
hero, Buonaparte, (hould fend his myrmidons and feizc
the Conjulate in this country by th- bayonets of the Jot
3 y denom na t r . prejutitcel
tehm to Hv. artful and unfufpeded means
would bt as 'lmpcfiible to produce dirtA common law
' , proof, that Voltaire, D'Akmjbcrt, Voluey, f nd jef
fcrfon were either drills or jtbeilR,'a3 that Genet
bubed our leading Jacobins, or that Graham 'aFually
cut the plates ot the bank bills which-he was cortv Sedof
trrTaairinTrrwflHheTefoTcdCT
rule of law and common feufe, to require fuch e vidence
as ihe nature of the caft will at! rr.it of. 1 do not,
thetrivT;-, cxptct t. punce, thai -Mv. J'fTerfon has
!'ccly 'nd-culed ihe Chrijlian ,.i?.3ni-hi--hc has
cxprL-lsly dciiied tin eijlencs of revelation, o the be
ieff aud attribute f.GtJ.- I do iiot pretend, tmrvf
can poiiK oni a pi-fijge in his" works in which he iz
clatt s dl teveaU-d rvlijnoii to be a farce; andthat the
ntfoft.rhnrof a fuuie;ttatcTiral)!.ic bt ar invented by
otJ-jls But I pledge my rtputation as a vntcr, ttat
i pnive tt at he has maintained do&iiaes, which
hve conviiiced "'"me-that, hc-is 'an ; infidel, and which
teudo the datruction of all religion, crJer, and civil go-
vefnmrJr , . - '.
RtWi'i'as teffa as an admiflioa to pt.blic cfiire, I
kr ov.' lave been conderniied v this ape of lileia.ij arul
virtue - 1 an one of thufe unenlightened mtn whu tlill
bt jicvt them highly ufetul to a ri'jruljf 'and well oniev
edfociry nt J btlievc the nioft loofe of ih& mo
dern p!;ilVophcis in tins timitrj, ex rpt the ll'uniinati,
admit tha a belief of chrillhi.ity upon fome principles
is really iiidifpenfible in civil rulers ;. they have on'y
contended, that the Gtovtrnmcnt fliould not ex.iend its
pinjitctiori and patrousge to she fid bj ChfiJTihns only."
.But as Mr. J.'ffi.ifo.i, ly as the c ar 1 7b I, (and
.before the fublime idea of d'pofittg the Almighty is fu-
ccneo dv u anion, ana moauum his; wuucjsvj
Alonticilli, and they mould commence the reign of
Emtahtfra
wou'.d thefe things cither " tick his pocket
or break his legs ?" I Hull enlarge on this fuhjed of
hu jefferjon s piety in my next,
opened her damnable tongue, a. d Wafhington became
a dupe and a traitor. But the. d-Iufiou foon tanifti
ed. Time had covered him with gloiy, and his ca-iE?51!!?.?Jt.fctAAtnc-an4
Hifamy f '-. by every good ani
difeerting man. But the fame fulky ungentrous.fpi
rit remains. Thorc wbo have fpent thr it lives in the
ferviceof their countiy ; thofe whofe talents aRd whofe
virtues entitle them to giatitu.de, iefpc and auihaii
i) , meet oppoiition, hatted and dettaclion.
That laudable candid jealoufy, which jjught etct to
djihcguifl hc examination of .the characters, ttanfac
tions and motives of men in i.ffice, has become, even
among many who are uot inimical to our con Hi tut ion,
a conftant, fault finding, mean fufpicion ; diltorting
every public tranfdion, and imputint; the wotft de
figns to the raoft upright iDtenti'ins. The fame mode
of conduct with the fame attendant arcumlbncrf, is
now applauded and now condi mncd, as panic ular ob
jeds may Fuit. Sending Mr. Jay to Great Britain
was-impujed - to" pulilhaiiT.itvr Warwar rrwas hi""
cry. But under timilar circumftances, three attempts
at reconciliation w'th France are imputed to what?:
To a determination to w.igf war with that power,
and draw clofe. the cords of affrdi ion with England.'
The molt upright, faithful and fteady.condu.dY in the
executive, is no mean of meeting thr good opinion f
men, v.ho, wiih . ; .'
DEC I US.
Frcm the Baltimore Federal Gazette,
HOW ..lixtenfive,- how dcfpoijic is tne government
1 of pnjudke In all the . concern. 1 of life, we axe more
of left ihe fubjecti ol her controul1 In her Itgnt, ge
5iyiSS . forbearance -ptt-
liilanimityf c.ur.ige ramaefs,. vnjtue !lentation, alid
religion hypociyfv. Now like ihe drukird (he. fees
double : atid
A nd courage jieyer to fum.ii.5iyjkl.
Irlf-Eenron'W roolt inveterate op
pofition, till the prefect adrniuiitration dial! he over
tuincd, and tliemfelvcs -in office?, once hiled wi'h ta
lent i and integiit"y. . ' CA1US.
Mr,
In his notes ifuoporteiS of a fyfle'i'. wludi, once in operation,' will
inrginagee'-fays ul
3 of government ex tend only to fuch afts as are injuri- own heads ? ' ' 'i
(on Hi his place, was tnttmvited in-rflmtfbroscnea.aiv mans
. . . . 1 r f . .'...11..
oDinion, that.it wis improper to matte any ieitgtuns utau
tett. a condition' "of admiilion.-. to olBce
on
ers of covernntent ' extend only
0X others -t-But it:d,e mt no injury !or.my notgn-bout-
to fay.'. there me twenty Gods or VO GOD.1' Here
then 'it is Wiiifcfted, that Mr; Jcfftrfon contenis
that an itheij may ba as valuable a member of fociety,
and as worthy lof places of t mil as the molt firicerf
Chrirttan. . . ' '. "T7' '. . , .,; , .,, -...i . - -;
-For, if my netghiour is mt-VLt good -a'lftaflandjM-va--
. luable to 'ocictyv'bccaufe he is aif"
m.ftfJlrLbelcattfe-I-'f an hdve no-conridence tip not
deve tdvaotagj frmthft4tacnts 'and fcrvices of my
: AtheifticalWgibour ; Afd I counted ' again ft 'he iu-oyy.6flht-tailJuWtme
and enlightened '.JeSei fon,
that I would not trull Voltaire, ; ThomiiJPjinf , or the
fe'f, with either mv Per-
. ' . t . ' i '--iL.i-tA-
d now like the jsunidicedypcrfon flie be
!m!cl8 rvery ofhcroi-jef tinged fyith an unratural hue.
In oolitics her oower is univerCiI hjui irreQjijW'.
HirrT-8;"Ctnt:.ntf 3t "Iher-TVcufirs "'of the mind ; guaids
with circuriifpef.lion the approaches of tluth, ami the
airaiilts of rcafon ; not ftiU'ers their entrance into the
inclofurtsof intrikaual operations. Shefwear3 the
.Andes "are mule ."hill's, and public virtue lelf iitereft.
She ftes angles in the circle, and t hefpirit of Cromwell
in WashinotoiJ. She dKcovers filth in the diamond,
andueaton in Jhh Adam-1': U.the lahW ef wif -dom
to throw off her yoke ; to caamine men and fads
as they are.
With how much heat and violen-e is agitated the ap
proaching election of Preikluit;. 'How vehement,
how pafiionate the ftiuggle. Is it Vot the combat of
nimrinlt." whofe'viftotv fiiall. enliven, 'a JvanceV, cllab-
liih ; or benumb,... congeal and delhoy the eiiWgies,
the honor," the prolpeiity of uni led t menca ? Do we
not find ttiatTomc fettled 'fy Iters ol oppotition to go
vernment,, which for 1 3 years.-fiafl . has perplexed and
'dill orbed oiir 'national councils.,' now more tliinl ever
united ? Aie not their defigns conceived, cftablimed,
organized, and purfued with fccrccy and venemoul for-
thude from StT"Mdrysio-'St. LVwxVn3b'"hAt
mans have, lc large a part or ourpiuexojipjLiUi
corront : and the uotonlcious protectors and
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RICHMOND, Jr.'y 15.
( Fnrn the Exxinir.er.)
Baltimore, lit July," iflboi
Merirtother T-mt-s. '-' ,7 ', -
"-r- iiy accidfBt 1 faw a Card direflcd to me by the
"writer of a httcr dated at Piiilaphia, 7th May i8co
of which an cxtr.'icl was publiflud jn your paper ftyled
' I he Examiner" on' the 20th of the! fame, month.
In my note to you, a: Richmond, on the, 26th,pf May -
1 rt-rvii?"- yo4, iiiiwtu. me &.nuor or tnatjettii, uit
I delireTot nooio uptWttii u vmn titu naurv, jneae
hi$ name with the printer ) in fmc of the news-paper
printed at Philadelphia ; that I would prove him
falfe, fc:ndalous, wicked and malicious Jlanderer and
calumniator ; that for this pur'pofc, I would fue him in
the fupreme court of the conimonwcnlih of Prnnfylva
nia, and that if he would appear to the action, I would.
content that he mit'ht give the' truth of his publication
in evidence to the jury "afhhfulljulifoolfohTMfiti
fon fof this proportion was, becaute the author of thia
Utter had wilfully and bafely, ad againll his owii
knowledge, mifreprcfented my conduct as piefiding
Judgc'cf tlfe chtuit court of the IJnited State9 held
'in -Philadelphia in April .laft. Any perfon 'who! will
take the trouble to compare the ftatemtnt of the trial
of Mr. Thomas Coper, as puMifhcdby himfelf, with
the ilatrment made by the author of. the letteratludcd
to, will dellic .ro fhrthrTrcH';rrTf1ieredUlMr7
Cooper,) of the b'afe mifteprtfrntation, and the bare
faced falfehood and calumnV.of the Utter." When any
one publiflies a libel on a Judge, he is liable to a pro-
fccution by way ot tndtclment ; and he is alfo ion ct to
1 e'niitafjhn: ' A tlf AhatApfay'f oil the pro- .
Jfcciitiou atid trial of Mr. CodpefT zm my cnf)ect as .
one of the Judges, happened in Philadelphia, 1 tfiere"
-fore ppofed to brt
of the libel in the 'Supreme C utt of that Common
wealth, and not in the Federal Court, as the author of
the letter-wilhes the public to believe. 1 arrr-a-rt fi-""
dent of Maryland ; the author is nat a.t efident of Fenn
fylvania,burt:it is believedof Virginia. The author
ot this letter fays" bcls not difpofed to efiteiyiuto
controvctfv in theFcderal Couit, wiih a TuTte of
, It' is caufed by that violent current of natiohal and
dbmeftic prejudice- which in one common dellrudipn,
fweep3 away virtue, reafoo, ami. truth. With what
eyes of mad delight did. we fooLlhly admire the tdm
mehcement of the French revolution. With what
,nr vn it rrlrhratrd bv all srS
uiiannvu vmi j rt . . . .
andclalFes. v'How didiwe horullly rejoice at-the 1 ri-4 thaurti:-tint?er thr exittintr practice of packing ju
"umph of a7evolution, the murder us vagaries oftwh ch ries." This obJVrvation could on'y have been jnade
U.. fnntirt nations with human hlood s rut the cords : to deceive the"public, to niake them believe 'that I
tia VV. I L)llVU 111 w w - - . -
1 - . -'m'' "I1 r . -
trm Arnft wKr-ro hutiam "numdl nfOtS COliTu 00t
reach then, becaufe if they, have no belief of a future
ilate, they would rob my purfe or cuMny throat; if
neither diface nor punimmentrihould tnlue the com
jnifilou of the crime. ," . .
If therefore, a dread ot future pHriiflment adds a foTemn
-and jmpHtant lanion to human hit s.any man and par--.ticulafly-anv
man of -public character,' who maintains
that tk'rejs no GoJrinfliftsa feverc wound upon ;the
iaflepleshwW?4
rily doss me and alltriankind wxArrebarahU .injury . B it
, I tf'oiiiid forgiveMfeScVfyiij it -hiUciX DttMitiaidcd; ;
of love and piety, which'cotinect man with his Creator ;
freed a nation from a load of unjuft oppnffion jn'd
plunged - them - to" iomyi'; trrcligioir and- a far wcrfe
tyrarniyi" ':'f ' '"'"",..' - ''
.When.the cruelfy of her tender mercies to us, her
black policy, her tnfidious u.tentions, becanie appa
rent to all, whdfe minds were open to inveftigatic ri ;
Tht''vvlirTabirb"ufy7"he
checkedpwci e not cruflied ; demagogues were intcfc"
fatlt in.fpcciousjigumenu
of the uninformed and - credulous to eprcfeHtthcT
caufe of France as the caufc of real li bertyT out jo wril
government, juft, and impartial -to all, as oppofed to
the tifHs of humanity, arid the ptogrels Ot tieedom ;
ahVdvcaterr-&ri
of their owncoutitry. But there was a barrier. A took place In Philadelphia, and a great number ol per-
togruntaia of chaucters -muiV-bi levelled, fouk. b&c
propoftd to foe' him: , in the -Federal- Couit for Penn,
ivlvania. and ig-dircctlv' contrary to the truth ; ad
alfofor the further purpofe of charging the Maifhaldl
Pcnnfylvania with parking juries in violation of h'8
duty,land oath of offio . 1 lie author of thVictjer
now propofes that , I fhonld itie him i n t !j T highell
Court of the It ate fa ''wl5r4;.rff- .wftfch .h.;..?.'.
not mention, but .l prduine.U ..VLrgHiiaand that he
will join iffae on the truth of the publication j and he 'n-;
ne xcs to-condit ions,7 1 bar ra ReTre
iffue to tfke thedepolltions of all 'witnlles to beueJ
on thePiai; and that each party give fccutity.to'in
fwer -ihe ultimate decifion of- the caufe. 1 .Ihsll ntit-
fue in Virginia,. becatife of the ddtance from bajmore
iona who ttliac there were prefentin the Couruanfl to
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