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Two St X uaLt xoh..TtnTl '; I: nt:T ;i r. s. r t k a w Xyj I'ui.i ;n 'AJuane -y 1-NoV ( 0, ; Xlje doctrines advanced in fupport of $eprofecuti6n of Mr. .Crofwell, goo completely to deflroy that right of free t t laUigatioa fo com pletely tp Ihield the Prcfidcnt from all the accountability to; ; the people, nay even to place him beyond .their reach,- that nqtnan ought to be in different to the iffue;if the pfincipleli 6nce eftablilhed that; we have 'no tight to make known the mifdeeds of men in jCeVA elections -will be mere infulting arae; v,J'he people are to be kept in ignorancrtrath. as it refpects the charac ters.ahd conduct of the public Servants, -.folded-, , Thjs Jsjiif Argument whi ch is pfeficd in si, variety of ftiapes----it'is "one wcfthe choicefUruiVof that Bohan Opas ; which thedemocrats' call tfie tree"bf Ik : a' berty.Btf ''fileat' and be ignorantis" the prxvi lege of the day. Let nothing con cef hihg Our rulers, unlefs it he the ru multuous rear ot applauding fycophants, .But tliefpiritpf thtf.jpphftitutioni8 'itit j We hare ever been c fo The fafety of the people is the gran di mias we ; faid WI.e VOtC ". ' ;;'" But it is faid if the truth iY allowed as a juflification, the prefident mull attend every tnai. . Is this Io f : 15y the fedition jnElv : ihe: orefident is - deoendenfuoon them. -At any time during the four years or which he is eletecrj he may indeed be impeached and removed by your repre fentatives. -But does this provifionex-clude-the people from the inveftigation of his conduct and character, or is it for their greater fecurity kwithe periods of elec tion Nay if the pretence ha? any foun dation at all ; if the people are not to be informed j ; ifthe truth is not to be piib lifhed concerning our rulers ; tf in fine we ale Tuffkiently ;iecurev.hccaufc..tbe prdr- dent may be impeached and removed, why the folemn mockery of an cletUn ? why not place him in the chair for life ? ;- Or is this to beihe point, 4vvheaihe4 ground now taken is fecured r If we are not permitted tc difcufs his meri'rs, how- are we "to vote ? In the name of God Ietr us not bemockedrwith fhadows If we are ITpihUpifony fhinj lrmitted to-vote.; let us at leaft be allow. Mrho lhail dare to lnlnnae this Jawnt a ilagicrbus fndion, meet his' reward, a- inong thieves, robbers and murderers, in the groomy walls of a prifonlet his fafe be embittered by tbe complaints of children crying for. bread let his mifery be completed by the fighs and tears ol a forlorn and helplefs vife, feeking the companion or her delpair. i his is a pic ture,A and a too .faithful pidure of that democratic liberty, -which now threatens our fecurity and repofe. Itfuitstheflave, the iool of the party to day but, mark mpfapoftate It tomorrow irmay be your own. Nay, there is not one of the pep-.-fcple,, who can be fafe, ' unlefs he puts a bridle upon his tongue, and cringing be - for e the-meanefl minion of power, -Hke-a dafbrd 'yeilds at. once the right to think :mi the privilege of giving publicity to his thoughts. t ';: , -V " Such ii the fyftern i prepared for Hjs fuch i the yoke: under which we are to pafs, unlets the fpirft of the narioh fhould Je rptafed the'people affert their rights Jet it riot, however, '' be imagined, that the chain of flavery, z which rapidly ap proaches us, is prefeiited rough, uncouth; and clanging - that thole who have forg ed it come upon us in "tliat.terrible defor tnity which would fo naturally be tspecl ; ed from the atrocity of tliedefigri , -Not' vf6;lltough the biffing of Vhe- ferpsnt is ' heard, the cloveh foot is c6nicealed.;Ve areH to be ajproat.hcd by the Invaders of tmr i lghts mall the plamnefs of Vepubli tion on that lubjeft.: JJ') AVhciTlucha portion of hi.t fan ticrcupii is nbftr'acled from Hvater ai n " n I 1" iif Anvil . law the truth might be given mcnderice thefreezing contradict us here Men were indided, tried and convifted under the fedition law. Did Mr. AdarhS ever attend any ctn hcmefly-5ur. fears are to be foothed1 ihftance of Gen. "Hamilton. .r.-Did the de 1.7 diucjuduug xdm't wuue tne cnains are riveting - and wheii wiwalfe into a . hhowledgeof our iituajyonTitwi ibk like -the people of Franceconbtppl'atmg the ' defpotifm of a Bonaparte. - -'If the voice of com plaint "can be filers-ced-if the truth cannot be fpokenwh'ere is your: fecurity r If, like the: kings of If v rael, our prefidelits," governors and 'le gislators are.to be c6nfidere"d';.M twh onmud, the intereft of the people may , be facrificej their mofk precious rights , dellroyed, who (hall dare to murmur ? v And if. any fh ill dare, the defperate pa triot, who raifefi the warning 0iee5 will be ftripped of his propeny by a fine, and left tp ponder upon the rights pf d free' citizen in a duroe-znA when this cruel ty is announced and deplored by any one "his portion will be the fame. -A ; ..... , l " - ma wny are ve juDmiorrimrtre gradation r to this abafement this com plete delpatifnir . Becaufe, fays a fettled , ; enerny to republican liberty, in the Ple beian, becaufc the tVefidenr Bfujel to .impeachment, and if he does wrong Con v jrefs mat tem ove- hinir And are not the perpfe as fit Judges '-whether he does ong as.the i.Cohgref; l -ZU tfte power 'to le taken from the' people entirely ? Is J our canting hypoct ifyV cche to this at : laii rx t? ;v.;" . r it. k- Swrely- this is k bafe article to rrliflead- Jthas not even thefembkfrieepf arguroenfi 1 W hen under, Mr; AdamS the fedition law .''.Avas.paife3,''irhiicri 'p Emitted the truth to -be given in evidence, : jhfederalift tho ' accufed, and accnled hfa1H or wifh ; mgto ficreen thier Prefidehrfrom exami ' Katjoiv; never ufed an argument like this. 't tfas referved for the friendi pf the peo- ptrto declare you-"have ntf interefl in the '::. midotl of your IVefident-let Congreft ei3er-you;muft : 3ufitaif. If this if aot jl5Jacl(jrmr;ot-e doclrine ia , Plebeian,-Janguiii; hayloft its "fates trials ? Nonpt one. rl he libels upon him were outrageoufly falfe-it was. never neceiTary. But perhaps our democrats re af raid that -when any thing. is alledged againft their Jefferfon, it will be fo fatis facloriiy . proved that it may TCquirehis oath to counteract it. But after, all, e very argument on thisfcore allowing the filly pofition, that.Mr. j'effer Ion's attend anceis neceflary) drawn from irmnvmUn "tttct- -while the privilege of producing phes Avitnefe-f-oi jufl if ying one' s elf by J giving the truth in eyidehce is aV, an" inherent j an unalienable riglt. . And wHat tvef Inconvenience may in certain -cafes be felt by the prtfident, that can never be a reaftn why a fingle individual mould be deprived of his right But the times are fadly, changed Yfferday we heard from. curolSce hunting hypocrites, nothing but declamations concerning the rights of ..the people. TtTday they are ttsr be facrificed to the convenience ej ihe pref dent 'l And thele men dare to polute the holy name of republi canifm. .- But Frbthinccham was jnaicled rivths confiltentr-wefay ETWft FREE Clfj1 ZEN BE pu:iSHtT-OR PUEJ-J5HINO The t-roth. . (ECONOMIC AL ESS AYS No. V. 'our numbers "which ' nreceded this cftay appeared under, the title of The vuv.uinmw.dLi u nicr. . - ris (lie iwcj will be extended to embrace fubjetls not' itfictiy agncururat a more-conspfenexi; fi ve title becomes neceflary .V :; - T fh ? tprc Iimate the ufe oHcVitiTumhierl wouidpc a great luxury, vvjld be bene- fidatlCjltlVamd.TnijB feryient to jnrpofes ol rpr6Ht. .TAs the mode of conllruOing ice'-houres and the xncthod of preserving iceiare little known, in this country. 1 bebeve I fhall render wim.,tmnuic iti VIV.C1U lilt WUUiH. UJ Irtl' 1 1 ..1 r J TniTTTrTeTn the fun, and at thefamc tlmcadiiu'c afree circulation of - air ;'?or, ahoufa 15 feiet; f(iunre:may be creeled over the pit, thcv" walls of which may be 3 or 4. feet hihr-&. roofed in. the uiVal .manner, j . there ' fhoiild. - be lattice w in Jbws in i the , root and gable ends ; and hi; eaves ihould be IclfiOpenj-or athatcnea roor raifed ' c or "3 feet on pohV would an fwer nearly a$ wrell, and he xxpence would be trilinS' ; ' l He, door mould aU ways be on; the nor n fide. ' Iir)y in the winter the. interfaces be tween :j he' ice ch'ambcf . and the bank ihould be filled., with found, dry, clean firawr clofeiv- nrefied it this mould - be "done earfrto prevent- he lank from freezing. -4f it faould be certain that.the - ilor js water-tiaJit,5 the .1 paeeunaer .me . jloor mould be filled with flraw, or what woiildJbeTter3vCqu r fhould be fuppoi fed againli'the oor, leaving a fpacevbetweenthat and the bottom of the pit., if the bnttpm of the pit is a moilt foil, it fliovjld be covered a ant, did fus couglel even pre(ritwat he had publiflied the truth I AVas it not exprefsiy proved that it was falfe ? Ahfwer apoflate. - And yet thiscafe is cited tojuf tify, the profecurfon of , Crofwcll ! liuf allowing (lor argu'meut fake) that . every thing' ebnelfy Gen. Ilamiltcrn then was wrong, does that make a repetition or the cnbVtiiiry right now. Aliov, if you pleafe, that the federalnts had profecuted men m abundance : does that juftify ihe'F ifecu tionsof the prefetif 'day. Prpve firil, that the mere object in controver ty wai whe-. ther the federahfls or ; democrats, fiiould be the profecutors and yo"ufuargtimen!sr may nave mme vvxigm. men ..i your ptict(j tba .hey da own comeihon, youtffnptxDnrena tor, wi?h the fides of jauice, ror uceriy, jiius vi ym- zens rou ccritend" merdr for the rkht to oppreisit isfrclle whyjufttfy your ctoomram -1 ds whscb yoti then mi!rcpiefer.t- thp flnnr fc,Jv h-t nfnf tepub'ic odium, r Even- were i ;i.fe-. iJe th-A&z r 'r J.nV dcfnl dee ed to exci they wrong, you cannot be right-and your arguments prove thaf ypu are already k felt debafed, that you arroga'c no longer, pre-eminence in jufUrein - regard- for freedom -your declaraioT?s are, .we pof fefs power and it mail lfrp.' - i Yes, this js'your patriotifrrjP-'tl-: i your republp canifm' falfe and hollow as the heart of tiypocricy itfelf :' Vv :;'rfv:r'. '. But in fegard m Kbels the fedaalifts have been always incpn ftlent., : By the fedR. tion acti' libellers were permitted to julti-r fy themfelves by giving the Xrutfj in evi dencethis we Ravethi$ ir all we d- mand. But truth is ho 'protection to fc defaliits yet thi viblation, of all right is pretended to bejuftified by precedent.- We have already fhewn; that precedent cinnot juftify miquity-v-xBut to place" the . merits of this- conrroverfy beyond .the. Teach of "fophiftry . we -nave alfo fhewn, tSfij,t SuTptefident;; was it evef fcnined by a law," which filerteed "the toifce of truth point commences ana it pecomcs ice. v"2j 'fhecoolcft fixations which cap be conflnifled in. this climate in iommer, will poflefs.a temperature of 55 degrees, which is that ot wells or 0. the earth a few f eet -below the furfacc. (A Ice poffe0"es the .Angular property of "reTain- ing other bodies in contact with i t at the fame temperature, tit whct its' fluidity commenced. (4-) 'f he power of .air to conduct." "heat is greasy increased byj fioifture. (5. Some fubftancertranl-mit-heat. freely, as metals andarealled conductors of heat ; others Mt I difcul y'j as wool, fur, flraw,-&c. ;nd are call ed non conductors. J he'e principles are to be remembered snd applied in the conflruction of jce-houlrs. . , ' '1 he heft fituation-fot,..a'n""Ice-houfe is the north fide 'oJ a l:iii near thi? top. 1 it can be fhaded and nrrheijme timeop'fn to the free adtrifiion ol r.ir, if i-; to t.s preferred, but, the i eneTit o! fnadewill not maKe amen ?s -ur Hie in cifects of confined, air. Drg'a p'ir t we've feet Iquare at -'cp, ten .at tottomy, and nine feet deep. '1 lie earth' thrown-out may be kid round the --mouth f Hie pit to maV e a part of t his depth. The bottom, of the pit mult be ona fmall declivity to 3he corner where there jrnu$ be.;a drain. From this- a Imal! fpout rjufl proceed to carry' nlf the water. 'J'Kiq fiout Amu-Id. detcend C(?n.fidet ably from the pit, ex cept near its outward cxrremi'y, v. here it- fiiouk! afcenda httle, and formfcaeurvp that "would exceed byfotnethingthe di ameter of the pipe, fo that the debreffcd part or bottom of the curve wif always ftand fall d water, which will prevent the ad million of external air. . -Dig holes1 in the bottom of the lif ntid fet therein four perpendicular "cdraer-fioUi!, and an. I mtermediateotie on each fide f hele pofts will form a ffiuare of eight feet in the middle oft hepit ; but it muff be no- not come in ont-ct the pit. - Let three or four,!- fleepers fiippOrted 'it the ends be inM acrofs th?' lOuare'includcd by the pons, ineir upper, eciges .auout a loot mi its to l.cj one of the weakeft conductors of he-jf. i It would no'doubt b.e preferable to flraw I .tgtfurround the tee. chamber, but the c x . perimentjtre believe las pcve.r jbeen tried. The , ice ihould be collected in ' t he coldeft Weather and be -expofed one' night to the air after taken from the wa- y er, which-will -raduce its; temperature K feveral degrees. - Tt fhouM then beleai - " en fmall, sivl while putting into the; houfe, Diould be occafionally Tprinkled . vvith water and then. beaten together to -.4 ! 4 . Wt.W4 . Wl tdzr ihil hlrtir.1 is filled caver the whole very, thick with " - . . - - 1 . 1 1 . ftraw. ,';.;;.: -. . Such a houfe as is here defctjbed wnl contain' ten tons. It may be t ui't at an expence not exceeding 20 or 25 dollars. 'i hofe who are not particular wirh re gard to expence may plank up the fijJes of the pit, and cover it with a rooffuired to their fancy, yrv ; 'v' ' At IYJ rs: Marfhati's' tavern, on Gloufter point,;nejr Philadelphia, an ice houfe is built within , a lew Reps of thp ; dwlhng houle, ii.p.n v open fitju'atio'tiiV.Q low ground and near the' margin of an , ex tenfive drained, meadow. 1 he pit.wa? du i feet deep then filled fi feet with logs imd flraw upon them. The body, 7 , of the houfe was lined and the-! oof Co- ) - ; ',' ""vlrd"M;i.th'-f1aT7'J'hebody-of ice Was-f-n' 9 feet high iTfeet above the rpjmd)'& ' was Surrounded with JlraW tri cdfttact' ' I with ir ; the ice was of the lize of apples. Inthe year4i757i fixtyicart-ldads of a one hotle cai tJfilled it ; ?.nd in il.e fo In w j 27 fuch loads f ifp'plied the f acrfiv . ; a j u.nil the liltVpAugti'K-ift. ' :andW:l-' t ?qp, tfifs-'.fipufe contrtihed ta.'uchtce,--v' 1 that it .kept- during the whpte tutprrier. S 1 v., '4 and until the Delaware y2s JyOzen overr: In Sily Count S;b'bTff fed Mr Bfy- t J done, fay, lhat fndw fjaju'iifnitead of ice and'is preferred it. The tnow muft.be hard packed.' j Tor further information tefpcfting ices';-;'-" ,5i lioufes, the reader is refercdTo a Valua- i til, namnlilff nri -"thaf fnhiV !-ltftV nub. . , limed by Mr. 'f homas Moore of JHary- - " land, from which much ofthe preceding v .Jl'heufetd which ices may be applied in furnmer," are various. . 'I heice cteams ,f are perhaps the Rfeat'eft'delecacieU, but1. ' T i ! ,m ' . f.: . ice puncn win una many-anmircrs.- for ihe.floor,fhqitd be narrow and two inches thick;fhoUld be jointed arid made if pofCble warcr tight .The floor ihufb extend a little 'irhoiit the Inner fides of the pons, fq thaf the water dripping from the hrals of ice hi id on it may fall on the flooti'hen' f ix 2 tiihk or fpoar at 1 he lowef end ol the floor to' con vey the wa ter tb the drain. The floor being com pleted begin at the bdttom4 and plank up oh-tinfides'tlle.:!nbftsith;thn plank; lapping the lower edge of each on the one below fo that the water may be keDtjon the infide. This done to the' top of the ports; (which fhoufd be even " . . . - -L I. .1 '.ill I ' wnn rne rop ot ine pit; , tne tnnuc wi 11 pe complete - except, tnat a layer or ipoie plank or ftraw; will be proper on the floor previous io puttine in the iccl A roof may now be put over it in any man; ner that will defend the contents of the pat from rain and from the direct rays of rsy.,j .- . y 1 Brydohe lays one bf the greateit.cordials to the ipirits in the hot lealdh jrt 4 icily is' ; 4i ice. or , jccu water,, ana aliens main nas cured' the0c6nfumtiorr. Both Brydone '" v- and Stolburg f ay that if is much prercrib-' 5 ed ih fevers bv the Italian nhrficianSiJ he ice iviagaKine viii oe. uie:m .n proervin - ir, crearas,v,Jnilkj hqupr?, '- ,.'v. Butchers meat '&x- A Salmon weighing 60 pbunrii wss irt the hotteft weather in July kept S'-idays eqnre in an.icc npuie anu wiic, urciicu '.p appeared asifjufftaught i. itialaid on the bed pf ice wi tltaJhin : fcatteiirtg or." ; maw inicrpoieu ana was, lurneu every day. .'y -.t.i -' v7vi.-,."t Mr. - Moore has- inve rtf4 n PnrfahTi il 4 Refrigeratory for carrying butter to mar- 1 - ' I t. ?.'-" Cl i . J ' . T!i I kci. j 11 is comuis 01 a ceuarjvciiej aim another of tin to be olaced insit but fo 1 as to leave room between Ahl twcr.ve Ui I.. rl: H' . i' -'" J . '' -; ieis ro jnuoence jce a rim or wooa was .?. - j made r6 ektend ko the'edgei of both vef ; fel, a lid wa fitted' at the top, .and the v.auic uuuicn cuvtjcu wuuiv iuduc '. - ll I t ' 5; J A 1 i I 'V- 1 iv:A::;:''t."If "if.' '""':'
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