Y -wVlV:;! 'Asn 'PEOPLE
V :i- UNI 1 ED S t ATES. ,:f .
CITIZENS,
f.irr icuiv thrown but on al
".S.'-cierics wish-.n the Utpted
:- ...".e relnrctable a.flurce
viV t'r.e public attention.,
; rtc:i: r Vj,i,.!5 lijffle fccieties'ari?
fV-:r ".;:r.v.c:ifjl i.xp oiiionng 'the
i r cV rt ui the ,eItU rd ; in -their.
'pr,: c thevihave been decreed .
ii'ei. it. I w and government. - Nq
.j., !huuecr barlh f and 'indecent, tiiar
t.V v'tt Vc i:ot Sec j iht-niu to cfeferve ;iio
r r
that
1 I I- 4 I
r; r -,;jifr nrsv.vver tiarK una . noma,
i. -s y' !" m a:?ribted ' to . t hem- KI6
"q kM( -y!-c:i t;);i.t hae adorned an A
t : . or n Home:, has been laboured jro
b;cfc n l:;ir actions aiuj their principle?.;
r . t m i a m .r! T riff r-o I - r i'i "
n u;on fto:;i one end of the
otter, i . ,
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Art
i'!i:fcrimliiife reproach-
Si. JVC
cor.'e
. t e
;rt !ror
.
from the me-in-
initt'nji.jralTy excsteinJiiuti-
vciit-'i the innccciu ; but.com-
' irch iV ilippo'cd to co:niiue
. -. tit
wnJ"m ai'U cuu mi, as wenas
i vtclire to wipe them aw.:y. . And
.-.t - t thni pals on innoticeJ would,
r . " ' tit" Tne ilfp.iblicair Society
Si, be to luuiruc to tneir own con.
' f. ; tr merit thote injurious ap.
' ' :ii ot the liiilurber of pubtic happiv
z. ;:ie. incendiaries and the petty tvnnts
.r,tv. tle alTaliins of virtutr and charac-
- ht have been, fo liberslly, heaped up
iiem.
Aid' thrush, from a confeious
.prety r.f their own .views ; and conduct,
i ::e Tee no neteflity f;r a public v7ndicar:bn
th: tnfelva, )er, Vefpel to the rujers o-
;'ir,ri coun:n .wcV iiotwhhftarding' the
Vrj.I-'nspt foremen, they have never loll
1 (iii'at 'of,; 'to therr own character whjervthey1
2b!ivel:re : tot we good opihidnfor their
-.ci;3,.enrJ' which it - is their- pride,' as
we
imrrelK to revere : and to that con-
I iii-tuVo.i h ch they Tjok upon-as the nobfeit
4,-fe grtlo.-huxnir. rights7 evt-r yet dew
, t d h he vvikfii-n of man, prompt tnerh t.)
h ;I?re t:r truth; . hbth as to the part they
' hav ri Jled r'-rpedtng the late iufunrecboh, as
' ,-;f the ' .general reaons and principka 'of
'.. rheir !n(litution. - -" - OV
irTu-il, that "we fhoold be thought-to have,
'h ' inV ' manner, '1 contribute. to the on-"
pin YicVupport of an - jnlurreclfon .which we
deplore, as1 the mo( grievous cfiftjonour that
evif : ef ll our country,1 -affc us the mere
" fenfib'iyjn that, at the very, early. period," we
haifened, 6' refolutlbns infertdd id the pub. 1
i. wnki Tn p vnrfi ' f iiir r in li cuiduiu iiiMiia
'on of ii: ;Carfd tiave" "ce by -very nieans
III UUI , j -i 1
a worhy : rcpre- '
endeavoured - to ; dif-",
ell it. Well convin
ced of the! tnfeperable connexion between
Javy anj liberty f and that be . principle inj,
- enf :coha"itut;on w
Will of the juajorft (hall 'prevail'' Js not on-
-the call.ot inc. executive
h4 In J irulv. bblerved .by 4
fenutive xi cur 'ftate,
Jy, the molt. " lummofti" out tne oniy prac
rxiciblepruic'pleof rational freedom, we be
1 . held with ai much ibdignation, at leaft, as
r aj others of lour .fellow, citizen; an attempt
; toXiolate botb; andhefitafed not a moinent,
uisoiiabua 3hd pubUcJy;toexprelVif. Bid
o5f Vccureri derive thd feritiinenisthe havf,
ib fotitfdtnilyt Tmputed Vo us from tlJefe our :
IUU . . ... . i -C
derftands its right,; will not ue apt toneg.ecr
"them, and a f natioiniipus: for he prfcr:
vatipn of its rights will, not,: eafily,; fcUt a
facrifici toa?tiliceff,TWw has.
: "ever 4teen the? 6nfeqoencc bf ftignofance,
'i add Jb people ever et Jbtt tljeirlJibertier till
W find firih k)ft toe' knQwletftev.of..ttjem..
i JyJoW- how" Ss this knowledge mtre. likely to
be acqtiired and maintamca tnanamciig io
cietyof inea whoto the cpnllant habit of
n -jitrarinP- their rifihts, adds, Jike ile,
: that bt pMyiDC! Ihcin 10 all ,he proceedings
' of our public bodies ; and who erijoyjng he
i. . . . - : l. i ; n w t wA-r An r a t - , nri infill rv t.&jiii iniii.
VrQWario-mr-'Uie-'fubjea of the dHUirbati- '- ptrtect ob v NrT dbabofc-r
Vi..iL'".a't,;:,Jtiv.-:.. --n.t,- I nrinrne with practice f-.INcr ooest6.appe,r
telol.tUoni f Jt cauuoi uc x-.ci mtuj, niti,
deilAri rbiwE!e;vho havVa right to
V beintrd frotn lbme condua of ours, or
( . Ji4ve; A Jronr me repon ot xnc icwrciry
v !cf ,ttabryrfttm with a -pfofeTed
View " to eivijHe cinxehs at Iar4 full- int.
furreciions among the citizens ? Have lejj
by letrer or otnerwiU, exhorted rhem to -
-perfevtre- in pppofitibn to the laws ? Have
we iyn pathized with them in the grievance'
either reaor pretended, which they afft2t-;
. ed to labour under Have.we, to this . day
cxprefled an opinion oii.the hw.cf excife, ei-
ther bn way or. the btii-?rro 'alHtbefe ;
'quclVions, wqh our hands upon our. hearts,
and appealing to-him who Inoweth the) fe
crets of all men,; ye pofitiyeiy. anfw er j no.
Why then, -has our conduct been reprefent
ed as like, that of fo many crocodiles weeping
over thefe very laws and : that conftiiuuon
which, inwardly, wc were Tefolved to de-
(troy ? .was it becauferhat, in " this countr ,
dungeons, chains nnd. death awaited j the
man who wt uld dare to exprefsa dilppro
lotion which he felt refpecting the" form or
the meafures of government. i' . tl,j ,
Va it .becaulie. that, if real grievances
orprtlTed'uf, there, was po other. mode; ot
getting rid of tt era I than by the dircml iand
precGnous refortto "civjl war ?jVas it! be-:
caufc that it would nr t have deemed wiler
to leek rcparatiop in the good -fenfe and jul(
ice, than in the blood 'of Tour courifrymen ;
to have tried' them fry; petition ;bcfore.sWe'
provft-kttPtltem o iRebeJJioijT?T V as it j be- '
cauie tra among us the huerty.bf :he pre's
: was inters jfted; and liberty of fpeechieckorJ
ed (edition, that we.lhbisld be under ibe ut-f
c flUy c f puriuing the? nioil law.lul knd :b I
the moft unlaw ful mearis, ard of-;;Tmeetii
in the daik.to perform incau ration'! agabft
a law which we had an aver Con to, 0ragainltr
Conltiiutipn wh eh! we " did not . approve ?
It wtalld kok indeed, as if, pertbjiialrannr
or'inpatience of puljlic iiecurity whch,! we
thank God, is yet the natural nd conftituti.
unal rightSOf all our citizeiis:vvherhfT tiidi
vidualiv ; or. collecavf y,baa ino littje j'jjarf-i
nor h ; the idea of ;a . fcripol for acuirin. a
Ktefee of the narure of JSWs aid Wefn
ment mrw ablnrdihan, h ,t of o,.e fcracoui.
ring a kr ledge! of ,allkomy and the ma
hemat,c5. nd.f frorij aht Ler Z
learn to trace the wan uVrin s ol a iJane?
tain fflctf of cerrain laws at.d t overnment
to a: people I .A,,d .ftajWcclcjiefor the en.
ct-nragemenr, pflthen eancft . arts amor,
men, meet wjrii the public approbation an3
eiicour.gement, while a foc;eiv Jet ihc llu.
h0bh? ??Hl 91 the freedom
the ctty and ; the h3ppmea c f nian be
deemed tmwojtbyo regard., But if be.
heved at this; kncwieV, ;.m it, turn,
wouM begecapirubt independence, both
irj feminiem and ac-ticnf.vovra Je to the
admiluon of flavery. j
' Theiman,. who, to the naturqf love adds
the true knowledge of frteoWwUJ nor, ea
fiJy be deceived by foriis and names which .
exhibit.bat the apre. nee .without the real- )
Jty of what they hnve been : bare authority
.withoutmtb orjuftue l&Milldttpfc ; and
reci: cuitom and prejudice no fuither than
a? tbnjF, appear, to be. founded in reafon and
nature. ha;1 uated to confider, himfelf a
in theconducl of oui accuks;tir asitif-fthai4
the cenfnre- which, . fon iaught we ,kbow
;fonie other 'iocie'j iei may have deserved, '-has,)
haftry at jealt, been exrpndedfo us. 'Iier
oui 'fellow citizna - judge r 'bn'the opinjons'..
of men accuftomed to'fhi'nk "idr.Tiheniicfties,
werelv : well aliiirei tljat ' ftjong jafTerii-
ns -without i3roof, will ior, reVdiy,;be;cre
uited againft os, ar.d that,' even Oibuld Jthey,
-we have, . itiS(:tlexonlcicufnefsJeitbfi'not
having delerved thera. -j 'f jr.t
' Wnh refpett tbrthe reafons anid principles
of our inftitutibny jthAt.ithe' pnbh"c;;ba$ hot',
before beef. polT i-fled rof tRem, has-been 'more
nwlhf towant of attention -tfcaa of refpedt in
us to their gbodJ opinion.-Wheo. v e ' fOq- I
templatea the nutory oi nanons w nicn i naa .
loft their ; f reecjom, r foitie fromtjgnbfa'ncc,
fome from (upinenels andr fqUie'frbmVihe-iu -
irigues'nd artifices of an, .bitbus men, itap
nearcd to usthat a wife peoplexot ld oouex-;'
hibit too much tare and, activity in the. pi e ;
lervation of that lnvaiuaoie s piemng, j ? f
mbng ethers wliith "occur red, Vthe ,eftablilh- '
merit of alfbaety," - where cbjea.fh-would "be
Vtb ftudy the laws and ci:nftitutionbf .their,
i t .j'-nlKpr cntintritsaoJwarch'the ODC- ;
nwn r i .
rations of government andi lcrutin:zej ;the
o 0 r- l;r. ah1.;1 f . I '. Tli v" . : .
i.Hul;y , ciuicu wnii au others, Ui m the
gut of his creator, to the enjoyments cf b:s
life. Ms uuderibndinirt his Drrnrrru
his iibei-ty, he wll, before, Jie.niigns them
to any, man or kt of med, be, prompted to
er quire by what ri-ht jtjis-thi-y demanded :
them- . And this wi'l, admirably fit frrn for
promotinga. thTl eftc contemplired by
itutionrhat of r.e(5fting,thc iuirigue :
arid ricip.rtcf nf amFii!nne Li. -. ' 0
: . Tnaf there have beeA'fbfb'-nien irit all
coamhes, hiftory, butopV wellconvirices
us .5 fhat there may be fqh in ouro.' n ct.th
mon 'prudence would prompt ua ro fulpeft.
And that thefe men (hpM .have Jomc o!her
controul over the.nthah whar barely refuhe
froriXl jt Cohftitution and tfiews is an opi- .
nibn't derived from expriVnce, when ' we
cpnfider- how Caefar by prefervinir the; fa
cred nabics bf Senaxc ad- i ohful, .had- srir
principlesnd condut of men-in poer; ap:;
reared a very likely means of r'aftecling ; ili "
,o cuauv inc wiioie nature: c t government
in JRbraeJ- and haw in fdcceedihg' times,' t lie
free GoVeKtiinents bf Vebice, Geevp, ;rhe
United Provinces and bf fe'verat Sthpp rm.n-
c
tri'es'btEurppehav been !ch nge'd the niifc
iiito Ariftbcraciei "arid ;vet rtsained the nan c!
ot republics. Thea;!vance.c orambit-ori ? i
often V roubb the inb(Hecr..t ways,; it h
-?ppeartu: uimci -ihu un:ce:iH iimik Ol r! J
vVionV-of patridtiini atid even of 'icorn fcV
i public life. V
441CIC arc jiuidyica -ut , men wno " r.aver
ventured tliel h
'theirjives in the ft TficG of their country,
tht '.they v niighr, at teafds. abiidft the
' ftupid gaie 'of pojiular V 'amuatipn. Aide
'down', Jikeniolteu'oltf'InWiU Wry vi
tals. t There are' Initances, ' gain! of o.
thers uho'fetUiouykbryhjB poreit zeal -for
the' libel ties jef rir nBi haVe",been cor
rupted in . theircpF ogr'f s and 'coIaV 'never
atterwarcis , be induced ii jay dowri the au
thority which ihe JgratJude of' a 'nation or
the ceceflities of the'trni?i had intrufted to
. them. And icappe'ared to us ' thaf? abde4 A ; :
perteel freedom of lpeech and ifr the prefs.
a locieiy-of mtforWhbie dUty it sihould be, to
watch tne prcceeuings 01 our cuqix oincers.
i'i rl'A-Lf12 Vujrftn'l 'r'ililMri- -r
WL-iiiin lurin iiul Luc jean i ciuct-iaiiitf iji-' cri -?r.-
lid neceffi'tythis' Uicxty
lafm ap'dVrtlxifcongVhefr. fehVw c! ',;
nc rAiifp'tWem; to a conterrpJatibn rf -l ;
VtV: Principe w,t?;practKer .
J on ' B-rr: a
.rftPJOIH DJ:iMvnt J?ave r.es irii t . . , .SWrMilli. hrtnciDlefc-itharf. any.
Fnc rrMifp'theiR tb a cbnterrpJation af v.'1
fenfe of thir danger.' Aa hst tK& .
the alarm be, fometime, fj.fc;1.. ; . r :
that reabn, never be true. ?-r : -c: t 'i ;:-
; aeoodmaii, f ometimes.'liinb " "
Janty ?nu repuiauM, ""ji.ty -:
that reafbh," never Ke de1? r- '
f wile a Ckfir rWliattB? ,
?ced aSrdhey JWflie f
well f j v;n .more.
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