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:iT---,l,:...L..-.: . - . ; . 11 in 1 " ftfcA' 1 -g ej tsss eM eNs fea vK9 UrrtttcribV4terkn ofthehte Ampricaniirmy' The Duty of an AMERICAN HERO. - j 4MSf JKfja iJTAJUtijgji.iu ,-,r . .. " T-YK' lsthtt maiil 'to virtue's eaufe is deaf, L WhafoHm fullering country drops a tear s' Bar To rife her champion in the ftrife of arms j :'; ?To guard her falety from imperious force ; Him A To guide her armies and direil her courfei.. Compel her. vanquilh'd enemies to yield, "r-i ; , And rear her atches to the bloody fieldV . . U k. mm r.... n V,i..i.:.- i...." -r; " . c k.u ins 111 V'V'itiiiiuia 9ipmc, c.:. When jnjjr'dL freedom mourn'd her flighted laws And blalkdJeftions. tremble at thy breathi, War's dreadful clarion 'dram her miirdernns found. fame .means by which It wai acquired, and bis con tttct-bas-Htnhrmiy-t)eeu iiwaetmtedy iidom, moderauonand bripnels. He, though letting gra titude to r'rmcc, did iiot chuWto givejip tbe fyL tem of neutrality- llavingonce laid down that line of conduct, wlijch "both gratitude and policy point ed ut the nioftipnprbe mf4ueti,-i)ot-ll the infults or provocation of the r'rentb minifter Genet, could at all put him out of his way or bend him from his purpole-tntruIted ifh ine care oi the welfare. of a great people, he did not allow the mifconduc nt another, vrnh relptct to mmlelt, tor one momc to interrupt the , duty which be owed to thenvr withdraw bis attention from their interefts. he beoDle over whom he Drefided. he kuew to V ac' quainted with their right and duties i hetrrd ,or their .own good lenlc to defeat the enectsA ,,no,c arts which might be employed to inflame rniflead their minds, and was. i'eniible that a pvernment could he in no danp-er. while it reta:ntr,e confi- for huy patience to fubmit to ; and yet the felEflr "ASTrWfljr9nndirig in the good feme of iheirilow ciuztcs, ccnlcious of never having bc jrjyl their truft, and .coking only tothe Inteicflftf " r.opl they reprelenud, lound tio caofe lor war"" uarrci in inr noveiiy ormauncis 01 (rencuprin s, and ihrcaa.-MLalbii)Eton-Xcjt.iio.rcrUiBal kftntnient at infults which did poI provoke, becaufe hey could not degrade hiovl! Such has been the event of twdreaunanons viewing the fame cfr. cumftance8 in a different temper and with different fcnlationi : both had been equally inlulted by, this new and pielumptuous republic ; in the bofoma of -( both, attempts had been equally made to Ipread the doctrines ol that republic both were equally iota efted in jhe prefief vatioiv f the- print ip' of il order and regular government t jetwing to the different councils that direcled ihefe two natiopt, i . the Americans are at this. moment the undilmayed, undegraded, and uricmbarraflcd jpeclators of the lavage broils of Europe, while we are engaged. in a. (Iruggle, at we have been this day told by our Mi- . nilters, not for our glory and prolperity, but for our . actual exillence as a nation." ,",'..,:- s. The Marojjij or LANSDOWNE. . k . ' Our next point, my Lords, is te look at our - - onduet-tentral-powerilSbe-Marqui8rherer-- praiied the anlwer ot M. de Bernitolt, Jvlinuter of inmark,jii onofjbe of independent Hates that he ever faw : he recom- 4neuded-ino 41 udentslirpol i t ics as a leflc n ; and he77 I poke with equal, it not higher praile, ot the wif- -aom moderation and temper dilplayed by the Can ton of Bern? t " if all, the world . ere 'inundated wi h tolly, wifdom would retire and take inciter in the Canton of btrnes but no power on earth, the ' ' Canton oXljerne itfc dom, more - dignified moderation, than had Mr. VVafhingion and the government of Ameiica. He had diiplayed, lhall i Jay (iayt be) the grandeur of .' monarch , he diiplayed all the virtues, all the v iC dom of au hunelt, and an enlightened man; he dif daiiird to .follow the exampJejLtboicwho-4!oe -t . n T-- ' " t nereiy act .upon tnejojmiatxry, out wnq raile a cry 7 And Peace.deliehtful fersph ! Imile around! , x What deep felt raptures did this hour Imparts' What Ilrong emotions hurft from every heart; j When firfl we faw the bloody conteft end. And hail'd our country '1 Taviour and its friend ! -r - Yet form that country felt. oew alarmsr"? And cHd its hero to difpel the tlortn ; . ; To check the caufes of.domettic fti ife. Arid mould the expiring fabrSck into life. " With generous Waf mtfi you i heard nation's pray kr. With parent hand oar (batter'd datej-enew'd," With wifdom temper'd and with ftrengtb endu'd t And in declining years, frefh toils have brav'd. To guard that rmpii e which your ariokjd favd. J But fee new'fpeiares lift their horrid fhapes 1 -: : .Nowrivil contefls rileand difcord garlfe; Content uin fiercely fwejlsjtsjarri ;And faction hifles.thfo' her hundredthroats- - Intent our infint velTrl to o'erwhelm ; . ; -7 Or chafethe long tried Pilot from the helni 1 Yet let not frowns like the fe- thy hopes impair, ' Nor drive thy fteady patience to deTpair ; y- ' Butletihjr eomiiry,. atiA'f meimetrfreCf:r' The manly efForts of thy generous love. Trr Defend their heavn-born fights; defend thine own ; -1 ;.I IVet charter'cl powers from La vvlejs "elaims.be known-! r .2. Like forae tallciilf, which w,indgand waves aiTnil ' Stand thou the bulwark of the trembling vale :,L And while fuch threat'nwg ills around are hurl'd, O rifle tby glory to preferve a world ! ' Citiz?n Lenier, a French writer cnihe new con .n5fntion,whm wifh the man to pcfltfi who is foTBe"clisfced with tecottyeftfnA?OT.s.:and-: dende and attachment of its fubjei3Sj achnient. in this inftance, not blindly adopted, ,nSdence . not implicitly given, but ariiingfrom tK conviction of its excellence, and the experience r hleffings. 1 cannot, indeed, help adni ring tb wifdom and the t'ortnne of this ereat man. nobat hy- t lie term. fortune; mean tn the fmallef degree to derogate from his merit t but notwithnuing his. extraordi nary talents and 'exaUed i-eg'''ty innull be con fidered as rtn2ularlv torto". bit he lhould have ex pctieticesLa lofrwhicr. I ofeldontfalliio-tbe por tion of humanity, and lave palled through luch a variety ot lcenes, wi-Jour. ttain ana wimout r proach. It mull inched create altotiilhment, that placed In circumllanies fo critical, and tilling for "a I"... . r . 1 i iVf.Hnflminii.'' Ills ICTICS Ol IIIUC 3 UaflUU IU lUUIUUUO, UH VIMIICI lhould ntver onre ; hae been called in queliion , that he fhould', fn hai 'WelnTiancifiwr-fieen'ecufeu either of improper inlolence, or of mean lubmiiTion in his traductions with foreign nations. Jt ha been referved tor bim to run tne ra'ce of glory,wjtb out experiencing the imailtit interrupuon to the brilliamy of his career. The breath of cenlure hal oty ared to impeaefi-thr pur nyirrondultTriioT irt order tliat they 111. y at upon it j he'oppofed him. felf to the madnels ot the moment, and fecuted to tne oeople ei Amerita the blelUngs of peace, in fpfta f themlelvesi Wbat is the conltqucike ! ReflecRT ' has proved to them, the wifilom of their govern . ment: wliic!' has collected flrcninh and itabilitv by the mealore." . - -T' thought, a mere ideal character, has drawn that of the Prefident with fuch truth and accijracy that all who read mufl own it fo. . V.To grf al firm:fi o character, to a fund of wnnom acquired by Jong experience from bufinefs Si men, he (hould ioin that conciluto'rr fpirit which tempers the patlions, flifles contentions, and rallies all private intert!! uiinilili mmni,,. ;.,...n I! I ' m.wiauia HUM Lll 111 II J liberty, jullice- and'. order. His. name mulLncver 'iX "ave been an ached to any of twofe parrier which" have rent the republic, ana left in many hearts, fears ; ; --fid: rerentmenjHejrHift'liaye pflcd the revolution , Without bavinjg dilhonyu-.ed jiimlelr' by its errors, ..or given occafion for fufpicjon of ambition or ine .-, relied- intrigue; ;. He mult hainOpndered fuch tit n - -tial fervice to the repuftliailQ merit great elleem without having created in tbe m'.nds ot hi country-. x jtnen,- any Inquietudes or jealoalles. - He piut be no ft ranger to the exterior relations. the fclence of which , I. ? ten?s ro maintain the penc: $f the fl.itt'abroaJ, nor jto, v.v- the knowledge of Interior adminillrationr "Which fe ' cures tranquility ot home. In a word, to princi Eles of integrit y which are proof agiwltaoy attaVkf e fhould add good and found principles of liberty and. a pure, annjightefied patriotifni." , the eye of envy? to raile its malignant glance to the elevation of hi Virtues. Such ha been the1 tran: fceridant jneiit. and the unp.iralelled late ot thia iU Uidrioua man I Happy Americans ! w lisle the hirl wind flies over one quarter ol the globe, and fprcad; every where defolaion, you remain pritrcteu from its baneful elfects by your own virtues and the w if. lorn ot your government - Separated trourhutopi by an immenie oce.oroii teel HOT lbe4 effects.jit thole prejudices or, paflions, wli.b copxn tin bpafted feats of civijizatjon JntoJceesoihorro and bloodlhed. You'piolit by the' folly mid madnels MlfitenthBgTOM vagabond or a rafcal. vM,,6v,.W v -V EXT R A C T. HTo makisjtttja-wecefiaryxo maVthtippjthu ire-Hs- Vex a vliild in early; yerrtr'ols his wifhesfd for notched. . ' From a Charifffon taber. ' " . lefTrsTPrinters. -"" . . , . r vThe wddom difplayed by the Prefident orthe Ur : nited States, through the dangers which have threat ened tbis country, for fome years pad, from the Pr,,nt uropean war, has been .oftennhe theme of f : 1anffvf ip-in Afh.ii niihti.. i i!i.m' . .7 - c - - .w.M.nv,, , v 111. 1 ii c, uuwcvrr, ew eulogies on this great character, which can be iriore . flattering to an American than thofe of fuch cHlingtiifbed ftatefmen as Kpx, Sheridan, and Lanf. .dpwnc..-I therefore fend you fur publication LthefoN - lowing exteaaa from their fpeeches in tbe parlia tnent ot England. . - , :vv,'.;:.:;y-:--i.'.; M. fo X. r. . Here I cannot help jaufing to contemplate Pre- fident VVa(hngtonF charttTer f very- dill erent from that which has been difplayed by Brltifh Mi , niftera, ;: How infinitely fuperiojrmu(tppear the . fbirir and principles manifeiled in his late fpeech to Congref, and cjiaiacleridic of the genius of his go V?rn merit, when compared witb the policy of mo " dero European "courts I . Hluftrious aianTTderiving . honour Jefs from the fjplendour of his fit uation, than from the dignLy of hi mind, before whom, all bor " i rowed greatnefs ftrtk into significance, .and the , princes and potentates of Europe (excepting the members of our own royal familvl "become little and contemptible I He has had no occafion to have "ouric w any tricsi eijoiicy-er arts ot alarm ; kit authdrity liai beett rufficientl fupported by the an alylum to ti.ole bl- fli iPS and virtues which they wantonly contemn, i t uked'y exclude frrm their bolbro! cultivating the" arts 01 peace under the -influence of freedom, you' advance by. rapid llri'es to opuleace and diltinclion, and H by any accident- you. Ihoutu-be-compelled to-take napt in ill rtr.f. nt tlnllQ nnv rnnt pfl tf'vni jn!1 yai 1.- in mi y nviikJi.ff, t...,.i.,.. .lj viiiuuiu nod it nectflary to avenge ini'ult or repel ipjuryj the world will bear witnefs to the equity of y our fent i- ments,' and the moderation of your views ; and the fuccefs ofyour armi will be no doubt'proportionate to the julfice of your cafe " 7 . Mr. SHERipAtC : r " t The noble Lord Mornington) next retails to us the condud of citizen Genet, the emiflary of France to the United States cf America 1 Hete, a gain, 1 give the noble Lord his facts j I admit every thing, as he Hates it, with rel'peft to citizen Genefr; I agree in condemning the impolitic outrages he pradifed acainft the eovernment of America.-I ie- hprobate tbe indecent intuits he offered to Prefident wafhiflgten ' I clilapprove ot nu erection ot Jaco bin dpbs rn that country his edablifliirrgTiofiiulaf tribunals for the judgment of pr'z &c. &c. But why has the noble Lord overlooked the event of all thel'e heinous and repeated provocations ; America remains ueutral, prolperoua and at peace I Ameri ca, with a wifdom, prudence and magnanimity "TJEST Meertfiljoltlcsj; per dozT XJ In barrels, per barrel, which we have difdained, thrives at this moment in a (fate of envied tranquility, and is heurly clearing the paths to unbounded opulence; America has mo nopolized the commerce and the advantages which we have abandoned. I h turn yoar eyes to her, view hefrfituation, her happinefs, her content ; ob ferve her trade and her manufactures adding daily to her general credit, to her private enjoy mems, and her public refources ; bemame and government ril ing above the nations, of Europe, with a firiiple but commanding dignify, that wins at once f he refptft, tbe confidence and. the affection of the world- And is America degraded by this conduit, and by this condition ?-Has Wafliington debated himfelf by this temper and moderation i Has he funk bis character, and made himlelf contemptible in the- eyes of the high-fpirited ftatefmen of Europe fWillthe noble Lord attempt to prove this, or will be abandon his inftance and Jiis argnmrntf The condudi of the mncftnalendinguctr a miiu America, is brought by him as the ftrongeft proof of tne enmity ot the rrench to the peace and. exuting gaverments of all tiations, and of the neceflity of all nations uniting agsinft them; and thebehavioar of Genet himfeif, js Rated as an outrage too .grofs - :v','; - -. Mr. Fox undoubtedly meant, ly men of integri ty dndftnfit tapaie of tfulj eflimating his condud. 1 he firll Hep towards corruption of fociety, is an invafion of doiheftic love and confidence. The firfl: -tlep towards bitrigue feduclion, infidelity, and ne glect of children, is to make it difreputable" or in fafhionable for hufband and wife to appear together, in public places. .r:.frii''r AmericaiioTrows half her kes from the dregs of" European cuftoms. Coxcombs, vitiated and debafed by. the cultonis of falhionaWe litein pld citieSj-crofs tbe Atlantic to be fet up as models of fafiiion in A merica, and to laugh out of countenance the virtues that make our happinels. - iZ...'f . To ape the Europeans in drefs, in the cut of a hat ; Or the fhape of a gown may be tolly ; but to imbibe their vicious principles and Imitate their licentious manners, is to betrayrour country and facrifice pof terity. " . ' . .. .' The B R E W E R Y, jit the foot of 'af Mount, on trtfs Creek, i Has ready tor aaie, ... per barrel- 3 X)o HaJf do. , ' I IO In fmaller calks, at the rate of as. 6d. per gallon. . The calks when not furnifhed by purchaler; to be paid! for or returned in good order. : - . - - . " When the expence of this undertaking is' confider ed and the Continual demand for money neceflarr to carrf on the worklis contemplated .it is hoped! no perlonsdefirous to encourage this wefuleftablifli-J tnent, will lie offended at the information, that the' produce of the Brewery is fold only tor ready money. Fayettev'dlerMar(h 30. . ; ... '.' 5 :-J .W A N T E. D, immediately,' ' . . 20o Beef Hides, green or dried. : - 500 Horfe do. . ; ''j,v:'"':;; v1;.:" itS'i;;And'".Jo Calf-fkins, ;';..-' . alh. and a genei ouS price will ba given by FayettevtU, April s. WHEATON & TISDALE. F O R - S A L E, r Ihonary as Genet to I I wheaton fcTifdale irl this town. PoflefBon may be had on the firft of Auguft next. For terms apply tfr - - 1 ' VT3 ISAAC HAWLEY FOR SALE AT THE PRINTING-OFFICE, ' H O D G FCRQ.R TH-C A R O L I NA , : ' ; FOR THE YEAR I79?.i i .
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