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NEPHEW,- i By your neighbour have heard of youiv intention of, be- cominsr l a canamate torrewresent lyouf county In the State Leeislai iure,vwnicn: grvepmekfrucri 'plea sure: 7aVrHayecrea your integrity; and purity of Drmei- f I ple.: y But as" old men are fond of 3. inexperience majl make it useful to A jl ta the 1 ? j Uu giving y ou gucH utifies; ot tte .most, pteasing to , young - Jlen.lI shall lav succinfeacrdrifint ; H of whAt ldld ribtldowHileinpub- a iick ure, pqiniioui -wnat iwjisn you 1 . sense wilt dictate tft-vii'voiir; .. per; course. y;.- mitfyyiy' li-t V5heriff;f in wHichl ;bffice Iclid'ribt ; distress' the Vdeborejthery pwir : any oinerv persons: emoiu- f "tJ.e';tiettPfio;;deiy. J 'yitjoldft fomli tH I - .ir.oneV longer than I hai. an opiDor tiiaity of paying him--contentmg .of ,m'yofiicei;: - By?: .thsconductf:il 1 soori became shrifi . quired thejrobdiAvill ofilmyfellow . I citi?ens in: so hhi (lejreie tiat :; ..i,fig;J6r ;4 seatyu ' the?State ure, I iv electld'balai-ge' bntyj pyer ell - they candidates Dnred wuli m J e ct i c h ; L did not- inake iis e of :ibper mennsi?IfjiidlnotsIander ppoients iibr, tell lifes : upon did not boast oty.myspwn inor ' Heride thehjs; :I: dicl -riot frthriveM;of;'')Jrc' ng iWealtliy, I j -d; always Va style cf he:- itnlity 'which , ftve ansverea tiie saiP-e pur- I thist Avi t! o y t 'any ;. vi ewt to v - yet T y -y ' tu r j c f r.U r: ' v r: i .-.... , f HUjfiSDAYyjULT iyisi. or ;j cock-fehts. Still, I was choice in my company r lor J the honest and intelligent were aiwav's welcome, whatever their situation I m me. ixo ranK or. preiensions could jeyer induce (me y tp receive with more than constrained civility the scoundrel or the hypocrite: it is true, by i thisj means I procured Va character for sii&ularity fwhichI M retain to this davi Vet I cannot Keln ? thinking, that were 11 to pursue niv i I nlrml. tn'-rp urnnWi K fir- r..,,. J-drels- and Hypocrites than at pre- : eciu wok mv seat in tne iPflEi iI'T'' i-flirt frnm a Hpc .VU r. ,,V1f :.sM,;, ,i t ...... . t?iy ? , vt i i ; ..a ion? -.speecnes -on 1 K; T r , . y 6 -; j " ro1 HOvell under- stand; but tl; :i:y ; ceveral sessions ''as-merely a yea and nay man -always paying strict attention 'to what was - going on, so as to be able to tcorreetly. In a short time, I became disgusted with those mem bers who. seemed to jhave attended the legislature,' not for the purpose f serving . their ; "couutry, . but to serve themselves or thrV friends: this led to ; such bartering of votes, ''hi PH it in the power of those who iunpnncipleci; enough -to take adyahtage'of ittol eveiy offibf consequenaitt h estate litlvtriose ot their party.v;Jiave seen judge barier$d far aencrala governor jbrtewtor, c. &cbut l dicl not viiagwcauyscii .-;uy joining- ln.inese ealsbut5 ppposeand mgs,:!cai assert seryicesor twenty .years, 1 never didybarter; rnyvotI:jey :yoie;fok?aJfe "-rr himself.1 I-never -voted for ahy vqf &thosey (office-hunters who wetytederahste and republicana in another-, rand wlnqnetin ti on were in; riorainatiojInten ed myself with; putihg ioHaiblani: :ticketpfal 5Hbus'fforp nll;that ofjudbclieyin mosto my colleagu es , that it was oTlitde; conseten office protfic cien t legale kiwledgei Yoii iiiay thcrefqf ey 4magin e; mylestrpmere gretj Syhenll kaw; a federalist or an bffice-Jvuhte upon the bench, ypu iwllt probably ask mey why I wasyin tliisy cas c eo fastidious? tSimpIybecause i wasxonvince'd .no" cfRcer. in the State has it sex much inhisypower to disseminate'iiis po litical ppihic)ns a judge; '- nor are there yA.tnen Jvi thin the state who . takeimorCpams to do ;soi besides; jne. paironage tney possess in ttav"! J?fijiit'tienti of Clerks of th e SUperiohcourttlycouf ts of equity, who-again rna 'useytiifir i nnutnee for party purpose's.-; But still worsej the possibility (nay I have heard it xis s e r t edv k tt o thing has been) of judges sinking the judge in the po liticiah,: whiin(the of, th e i r du . 1 es ? -C Tli ere ; are ; many pth c r th i n gs , s uch s m e m b e r 3 s u p -portingtheir republican characters by voting for resolutions pledging their IWes and fortunes in auppbrt of the administratibn of the Gene ral Government, and heir y fede ralists and enemies to ': 'all t' y rest of the.stssicy - It i true, 1 . y-enc- rally voted though I "never for ti:ei.i; ' T. I l-.r.vc al- 1:...., : QUI ME COM koTE Rl T (MELIUS NOk T a KG CRE CL AMO) V c rl.EBIT, KT IK91GNI6 TOTA CAWTABITUR URiB."' vl't f.'y BYy BRYANT v3RAMtitE; ES- Hy uot '. men; iwhichDl should 'fee jtHe; golden rule of politicians) There fore, pledging myself to support an ad ministration, .whatever - their fu ture measures may be! is ar stretch I oi conndence : which ought never to be placed in any IseV of men, How ever wise their administration may: have beeni for men are liable to err:- secondly, hexlause I saw the men who supported these j resolu- Uons,afterwardsj refusing to lay a I small additional tax in order i to place the state in a proper attitude of defence. it : v . , The, most i galling thing, to . me during my publick services, was to hear the federalists boast of being le jo fill aciail the imorfant offices' of fAr tofand that if two republican candidates Were to ofFer for the sameykppointmenti that .'-lie who procured : tt&irsufiport must, be electedtrxhusi proving that the, le gislature: held number I of mem berfi whbwere jbhly nominal re publicans; or so'weak, as to be in fluenced by the insinuations of their , i:.ti ' Jj yy ' y '4i J i politicalopponents. : It is true, that )a"fmority:.; of onfriesWtUre;fdr;- mail7;yeFs i Has teen republican;;! hll T'OtY enMf tn eiiir it aii vannhl licns are a rope 6f sand, . : . .. . v ; . Jf vru'" DOMESTICK. ' cOnstI'i ution & java; y ROMHENT.COMvADVERTISER. The) English official account of the action,; between the above ves- seLs, nas at length Reached this coun- try in the form o a letter, stated to be from lieutenant . Chads tOt lohn Wilson. :Cr6ckerv But thei i palpable misrepresentations with : which the letter abounds,' create a belief, that , i t v w as not yv ri tten i by '.lieutenant Chads; for, as' a seaman, it is to be presumed - he never would' have y-iy:i.; J v t,i:!ir fiJ -Vy . luuuaiucu z-iinseu m tne; manner kat letter does commit him. -It is therefore a fair inference, that the letter '.-was! written by Jchn Wilssn Crocker- to .hit?; self by order, cf the Admiralty. But be it from ei ther, it carries its own refutation; an&necds only to be read, to show the absurdity and falsity of its state ments; When, however; Vuch evi- .dent marks of the want of ma;;nara- mity on the part of, ah enemy, who had proof ofJuV being well fought by his foeVahdertainly experienc ed generous treatment after his cy - lure; are exhibited to thc pi lie, it then becornes'anact: of b it mo' iusticeto expose ' :.u:h i. ." rah in Its proper " colors, ai. stau . rhich delicacy alone.-' . vards . presd. , sion the-ycl alluded to.x . v The first : ii:hud fee, hnd si. 11 notice in .-succ - l A i stnution 4k , large frigate' disproved by tl supposed by tl; va,. to be tlie . Ave re ..informed iiad . Jago' but four- days ..r . . : rri 1 of the Java at thrt It all the ofzeers cf tl 2 lava. , j lieutenant. CI '1 him"'y ' ':ar,;' v. hilst on boat d tl: j " and the essed t -v j-j.. ,.. . - ,, - . v -. v 'z. , . .. " v ' -;' y - - y. ; - -. 2 " ..;: -;- -v-T--- -y . M ., :', -. -. . . . -f y rs . " Vv - " .v- " ; y-.: Vi 1 " mCMSO. AND ."HUOTINfeTcM. which - appearance was in ' conse quence ; of her being disguised with paint.y 1." v- r The second assertion states, that' the Constitution" tacked and made all sail away upon the wind; and at the. same time mentions the Java be ing sto windward. ;The" absurdity; and contradiction of this, sentence must be palpable to the mind of every seaman. ' I y " : The third assertion, that the iJon- I aiiiuuon opened ner nreat one, nail mile: distance, which was not re turned until the Java v2lsk close up on Her weather-bowy is followed by a declaration . of the same ignorant . wrtiez:u S that they could not bring her to close action'' althoucrh . thev werec75j?upon j hrryeatherbow ana to- windward: Ana he admits, that the Constitution was lying too, and says, the Java had x- greatly the superiority in sailing y i-4' 44 Our : opponent evetdedcte cc 'ttori and fired high" If Yy yitcr of .that. letter had been :rj and spoken the truth, he v. ciy have ao :; exposed herself .to a railing fire to get the position of close ac- knowledged, that the Constitution iV! . 1 . . ..1 T 1 - won; anuv mat ine.java, oiievmg the Constitution to be the Esser. ith: carrohades, 1 mcdel every posi le mancEUvrel to prevent thq Con-, stituuon V closing - with - her. This was j nowever, enettea in spite 01 all the exertion en board the J ava and so clb.s'e a "position, was: taken, that it was presume4 the action would have been decided Ayithout further manceuvreiboth ves3els laying with in pistol shot, the Java to windward, y i-.U' ':.1 L in L' it so-mat eacnvessei couia onng an her guns to bear upon thef r;ther. Biityto the great astonishment, of all on board the Constitution, the Java 'put' her helm up and wrorc round, to get clear of the' excessive ly h e a vy fi 1 e fro ni t!;e Consti tution, thereby - .exposing herself to a rak ing fire. If it' had beeriythe.inc.li.- nation or intention of captain Lam bert .to hay e boarded, which that writer asserts to be the cas.e, be certainly could have taken a posi tion favourable to such an attempt. But lieutenant Chads told the com modore, they never liad'any . ihten-; ticn of I' boarding, and observed, u Gir, again? t such a ere y as5y ours it would have ?been impossible, to have . succeeded.'-The;; 'cknw ledgcrhent of the I'vvriter' cf having. 'q great': pat t cf. her:: crew killed rand wczijidedrtheii1 bowsprit, and three ir.asis gcner$iv sral guns useIrss-Z-?::a?2y cf their . r,iatcs and midship :.::n Ulled, and ' the. greater c'part xvziniihd"; is a sufacieiit comment "y on the assertion that theConsti-r tir n fired: high, a's the. mastl It- vcs at least, mat tne nun.as well : raasts and spars, wasthe bB c f her aim.' The assertion' that J ava was riot able to l!.keep the r gage, is equally false .With' dr.ersj she retained, it during 1 0! a b f th c action,' aad on eve . And y. hen the Java, at 5 : ,t I,-'Aci"-her flag, the 1 laid' under her lee . d;at petition cemed' the" lava's 'fb : l.e t!;en shcu , - - ' vi :.. g v: It Java, " gust on ."a cvi- : this , i; ..lj.. i ' . .-.-- y qjr " . - -' A-y - - . .....ttH?.:, y : v.,yw- ---.r'-r H - .-,.- -y..y.S... ' . - '-'r. y . - ' . ' 'tj . ". '. r- , : y - --m -t rr . ill!. . . ! ' . r. G UMBER 45 r Sis. Mi i manceuvre wasiade for the false pride of desiring hat in the repcrt of the action, My duration should be lengthened.. Our presumption proved ccrreciS)Dn -bearing down upon her she.aijjck her flag the seT cond time, althggh neither vessel y -fired a shot afts I minutes past 4,' ' - and the action hprig continued pre- y r cisely one :hou:r minutes a great part of which t&e was taken iip in f 1 he last asson, respecting the. number killecignd wounded on board the Co5isituti6n, is also in- correct. . It is pfact that she had; I" Dot a man killeiiXvhen in close action ' with the JayaUJnd her killed and : ' principal pajtqter wounded, were, ' at long shot. ' HC-harity induces me . ' -to believe, thatbe postscript to the letter is, a forgfjiK if the letter itself . be not; lor; Lt.. Chads sawther Hst of the;'kilWi and wounded on board the Coriyitution (and made '. a minute of tljj same) which cor '-T rectly stated 9$led and 25 wound- -ed, : includinithe CommbdoreA ; . And not a maHf our wounded." di- ' - ed until some iiiie in January, after 5 the Java's cMi had leftjis. ; We lost. only ..'4.' cffethe wouiedanclY" ' : some, of theipRdied north" of. the -rY equator.' yet spostsCVipt -"statei - : that, on the 3fff ' Dec, 2. days afW n -ter the actioniof our (the Consti-ic -- tution's) wofijded, are! since f$ dead.". At- apj time he, letter isy y dated, Lieut. lAads could uot have the kiUed lounded ;dn;boafcJ r ; ' He Java; fbrfil was .the third day i ; spners wetVfeMovpd. from the. Jas - : : ' VyThe ollowHg plain" statement of ' i v facta hy vanjmerican,n may be ; . reliedonks' precdy correct - r. ' : '; ; : AiK MWl on'bo'ard the U. S. V ,y y ,i ......... i, j Vvi4 r i i. 'a ju ; .1 . VI ;"y:.,- . A true statement of the relative force of the Ui; S. TrVgaie.'Constitu- tion, and the wtiUsh frigate Java:-- ; y y; ,y GUriss- d- dfni: " : Uun deck, vf0 Uun deck, y 28 v " y 'l . y Quarter deckjf 16 Quarter deck, ,14 y , d i y Forecastle, d-jfJ":-f'--'Firea$tIe;Vd' d o".-''v'' Ciy; ;-dT,d ' U 1 1;" ySHjftiig gnn; i 1 ,-ydyy 1:- v-r V d i-V.J .V,;:yr;y .y;-'d V-- 'l''-''vd.''-'.'1S4.d--'-UV'-i- 4Q d- '.:''. '"".;.: -:)? Weight of liot tn a Broadsides: - : oHsxiTUTibir.: v lh bz d oun deck, iguns, ib. shot Ouartef deelafand F"nriV!itt7 - : II carropadei C91b. ? oi. each, 325 -5 Forecastle; rj;: gbn,i:21b. ' 2iJ ' if"?- - 11 J - lilt 6ta ; As 'to UheflBritish report of the' . d ? .d-diyi3-yd" -v-d-r -yy.-.Vy . t. ;ry--.v-llM ;.k ;';-:. :-'r 'd'd-; 'd '.:V dd,,i;.d-;--( kAi: "vdd."lbs.drS;y;-'d' d .T; GundeeH; U'nlClb. il: each 26 y d, v Hd d ; d .QuaerVdcclt, .., od-vV'F ;;-' VP;-" - "' T'' 'V i carron adcs,fjltO 0 zdxsch, V; C-u-v'Jd di:'yd : .t FVrecastle. V-U'i : " 12 r";dd ' : . d ddf dd iz t- fit"-0 ; -" ! d; ,f ' .. -; -" 'y - t bhiftmg guny r d vyiy , c:y - 04 dy, r Vd; - r number cf ,nfej& on , board thell java d; i-f- uciiig mturrctti, mc ciacerstoi tne y ri? ...IJ4-1A. y y-" the Constit n, respectincc thev 1 r.tiiTiber of th iVa's crew. d'X.ieut. 'd. ut. . rla.rshall,,prcvi - ously to the; febners.-.beinor all rt - llT,;d tuticn, on.betlt asked the. number cf men the jfrUia'had. board, dhl ingaie toniution arc not in tne -v v ' y. .;; least astonisHtf, well" !:nowtng the f 'tc;i-:-V fact of the ii cillctrs of thdlrkva did use cn board d"d V '-' ;. ;d' d:? , .,-yy y y , e . t . - .... -. . . 4. y . . l'ijr-remitihd?r sec lzi fageS d:-:;-, ".-"y.'.'d'- 'Si d fd-'-.d- .-y;yures I rac::t
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