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. Two & DO L t, F ft ft 1 . awn. Payable 4Y Wy. J PUBLISHED (Wekkly) BY WILLI AMvBOYLAN. L Pay" it inc.. ncC. : vol. 10. RALEIGH, (N. C.)' MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1805. No. 496. PENNSTIVANJA POLITICKS The politic cif this State at this mo ment attr W: attention of the Union, bur not tattfAthan they merit, for it is no ordinary Mifewhjch is there depending. lie canoe or whs tfL1 1 dutiuuu times jnciined, fias vtdom noticed the prefenf co$eft between 'thofe who have been htsfjaffociated in a common caule," for the aru&ioir of. principles teh the better parkof thafcrnow, do, : m affect, to reverence. Our readers will bear id mind that the following addrefs is-not the language of Federalists, but of Republicans. We take the li berty of befeeching our readers to perufe itftnth attention, and to remember that It Js V pitlure drafrn by thofe who have aifintimate knowledges! the views and. defigns of their prelen'" opponents'A' .kriotf ledge derived from unqueftioaabfe. furcesl ' va. .. t;;," 1 We hav ;e-piAfrliftied this addrefs, with air its capitals, italicks, -dame;and (tars, il brder that "fit might reach -our readers in its primitive nate from the Foreman's IourmlTiV Norfolk ledger. MTajWir'JVtf'W.v A GbnstttuthnWe. When " jponaence. , ' : v Wii come ft iends of the Gon&Ki ric5n Yeicome friends of peace and order Yajme- together to defend Constitutional tlertiPjfifa Jjrice of blood the nroducetiMiaWthe fource of our 'profpertfy- vj&'folerfl it.agaihfltfoi; reign renegadoejr.'twwLiBtner reiueis ipi-; rits, who delight in coqfufiqn. g JYou come to uni.te your, council! and endea- vours, to reclaim fome worthy men, who have been -milled by th holt of office hunters ; a hungry crew, who wifh the - Conftitution dhTolved; that alttfftrrices may be vacated, and depofed'of anew. Never was there a time which called more loudly for tbenion andgexertions. of honefl men Certain evil teits have raifed a itprm,. hoping they anirec't The Republics is ik dang e k flliSj Repubuck is in dan q sr. The Con ftitution of the Union ') The world's .. hit, beft' hope." The Conflitution of Pennfylvania, our own treafiite, and our children's inheritance, are brought into jeopardy. Attempts are making to del troy the Conftitution of pennfylvania. We fay, itdestrw it : for if the adventu rers who are feeKing a convention, are able to carry it, they wiicarry them lcl vcs, as members of it ; The Conftitu tion will fall into" the hands of its ene mies, whence it never can efcapevAnd think you-will the wprkof deitfudltion imd corUtmon end here ? No, felbw ci tiz'ens. The ConMifynoiyof the United $tie w kss democratic and more ehnoxi tus tt theprirtu, xAiread? thev clance their fhafts ; at it v though they wim, for f J . m . m t ne preient, toiconceaf the extent or ihp . intended mifchief. They, ejepeft he . revolutionary Ipirit, (which isinfeftious) .. . to extend to the other ftates. How often do. you read in the prints of the party, that " the citizens of other ftates anxi- ufly wait the event in pennfylvania, and ftand ready to imitate 5ur example !" Suppofing the beft that we ran fuppofe, that our people,- wrhetl "hi the example ; of revolutionary Fraiice;:keep back their hands from blockf; fnrely feven years of ajiarchy will Icarc fuffcee, to revolu tionize Pennrylvariia, to change the Con- suuuuon orjne umtea orates,, ana to make correrponding changes in the Con jtltations t of the other .?.iixteen:- ttate.. Fellow citizens; pdo you not fliiiddcr at Jhe proled Of spending sWfmijkr in a sfaiecj aomeuc uarjurttntjameraividvi " iifraimt the son and thr.kott against iht j'a' therthe xiiarizie tf Vfe-drMroyed-he hai(LoffHenSsfufi rent avhft'r-.priprrty inture-the peacea'ote citizen pilhged and - oppressed biwedu nfid dispvrate ruffians 7 LAx the endc.f this revolutionary period, perhaps a ntthrr par'ty come into power ; begins iki: rvtrk aiieiv and retry 'thetitf 'of it pretfeceiscrs ' . - This ii'no imaginary fcene.. It is paint . . in'tronithe'lile. Look tu the once peaceful mountains of Switzerland Ten years ' of revolution arid conftitution- lTruiidirtg, nave notenaoiea tnoirrepuo- ucans to recover,- tneir loit peace j me A: waft e of property, a , century wiHTcarce repair; and the lofe of life and morals never cart be reftored. Look to the Strtin United Province. -. The Work of re volution began therein '37, and it had not cfed'at the cammeficemeiit "6f the prefeflt year I heir beft blood has been fhed ; their colonies taken : their trade annihilated, and they ceafea to be an in dependent nation. To paint the hor rors of revolutionary France, the. pain-- ter muft have feen theguulotineat work, mg this day. What is to be done 1 In the fir ft place," 'l us bur if here our petty quHrrrlx. 0, the idcred altar of the Consti tution let us nai rjjice our partn passions and prejudices. Lei the nam Republican 'aW FEDERALIST be sunk in the namtQOH- iTlTuxioNALisTS which applies to ail Let ui, postes our mind of tke vugnitudt cf our common danger ; and let us unite as a band of brothers, for vvr common dejence. Littus join heart and hand and pledge our-. crues 19 eacn omer, to use everu fair and ho l tt J ' and fufyeyed the fcatfotds befmeared with human blood : hemufthavp vifired the dungeons where a million ofprifon ers languifh unknown arid unpitied. He muft have heard the atmolphere vo wwith the groans of the . dying, and felt, himfelf, the fcourge of the opprel- for : then, dipping his pencil in blood, he might give us a picture if France MIND1N0 her Constitution. Friends of peace will you calmly; ftand by, and fee your deluded coun trymen ru(h Shtb fuch a fcne as this r1 Will vou tamfelv fee them, even endan ger their own peace and yours, when you can prevent it t We lay you canpre vent it. Already the enmv it naiiick- ft ruck. Courage ye champions of the conftitution. The foe is confounded & meditates a retreat. Thofe who h ve gbried in the name" -Revolutions thofe wiro nave recounrea 10 manv va man e revolutions, to reconcile you to the oneJ 1MCT IlICUlliLC u TCVJHttvtt muic 11KC W fiat vfiich Jtiucifer produced in heaven- ft rone, hold nf the convention. Thev jihd.the people unwi I ling to furrender of Duane & Cd-TTie federaliftfay ncw" fteady and virtuous Germans, headed by jMuhlenburg and Heifter, have arm ed in defence of the Ccnititution. Its' enemies nowt give up ihe c6nteft. In this county at leaft, they ceafe their open aflaults and depend on ftratagem. The folk, ti the, flomritutionmiwill depttid on -.the 'rATiMnic'Jrt vie next Assembly. eh) I . 7 f T ' . No matter how the petition Hands for or atfainft a conventioh. An anneal is now 'made to the people on the fubjecl of the Conftitution.- Its friends and foes will exert themfelvesy in pfomoting repre fentatiyes ofLtheir own pripciples. If upon counting heads in'tbg reprefenta tive chambef, a majority are found un friendly to the conftitufjon, it will be confidered as a decifive proof, that the people wifhacfiange: a contention till bercalledrand the Conftitution perifh. Yet murk the at t fife. In Berks county, in Bucks,' probably in all the counties, where the Qermans abound,the agitators recommend their candidates, a friends to thk Constitution. Thev tell vmi. fhp legifrafure have nothing to do with the ounncis ; inai ine peopie at large, ana they nly, have a right to alter their go vernment." ffawrvai it altered bej ore? By a Convention. Who called the Conven- . tian The Houreof Reprefentatives. " But pray gentlemen," Jay they, "be compofed. I'he convention canr onlyt propone amendments. 'J he people have a right to ratify or reject them." How were the amendments adopted in the year '90 ? Was the Constitution cf 'that day -sub-, mated to a vote- of the pefpk ; :, h was not. And are our prefent conftitution. mend ers, likely to be more camplaifanr tHof fellow citizens. "J hey will prefent lis with a .confticution, founded on their Own wild theoiies of government, .1 he people uorn but with revolutionary ltruggles, will accept of it, forthefake of Deace . thev will accenf it heranfe no alternative will be left themrbutaf or-f fit tt cornwon - Jvow then is the time to keepliooi 'iooi pvt. ?By fwud or force, our opponems will endeavour to return repreleriflttives,- who thintiwith them; In our county, they hope to Aide them in unnoticed, 'with'wn. the Tanner. And truly if they can make Simon go vernor, no matter What conftitutifirlwe have. , '1'his mild, compilable, good sort of a man, "will" TuXlhemTdrnould'and' twift the Conftiturion at Dleafure. Pro vided always, that the tame vet of inefi who- have slandered- the gov ernour and convulsed the state shtuld go to Lancaster again.- To prevent this, fo.far as Bucks county is concerned,: is the -object of our meet- to preferve it. ti II timpanrt rnnt ! rpflpr Hon Jhall have afcertained its faults, and pointed out the beft mode of fedrefs. Let jus do xvhat in us lies, to prevent" that an archy with which we tire threatened. For thlS-en.d, let us attend the Election let us take with iti the friends of peace : Let us vote the constitute wal ticket, headed by ihe illus trious CHAMPION of the constitution, who may otherwise become the VICTIM it. Thomas M'Kean has faults : bur they are loft in the biazeqf his virtues. He IS aide, he is attentive and vgilanznky above all, he t honest and firm, fo ad heting to what conference diftates. His admmiftrarion has proved, that he will not do an unjuft thing, to gratify a party, to ferve a fr iend, or to mortify an enemy. If he is cletted, he will be the teal efici rut governor of the commonwealth. If Mrl bnyder is eleCteda?K dmert pAi ofiANT of bTATliViltecutiVe powi1 er ''will be wielded BfcertaiS men in Phii ladelphia ; wtole iiarTies1; Vh'ole ttf ruv urs areno (ecrefrr f Friends and fellow-citizens scarry home With you a lively, a deep impression or tnert( that impends your cauritryj and xe trnportance of the pref( a.the bnlv chance to prevent it yibuf peaceful and unfufpedtine jiely.h DPurs ; i ci i tnem tneir rfangeT ; awake their energies bpng them with MU to the tlctVon.yOne.' united and mighty effort, aud P?JKSYLVANIA ONCB MCRI IS FRt E. ' fiAM'iT DLNGHAM Scc'iy. which we have paffed, to benumb ou fenfes, but we fhould awake to vigilance, and more than our former txettions. 'I hat ' the commonwealth shtnid tver be despaired cf" was amaxim of the anci ent Hcmanj, founded in patriotilm and gen cirf love of their TourlffyTTTO'dlrtt" worthv of everv man. whofe heart is not fUtu o the -cuuritry; in which it beats.. j l nat youi to wnom 1 adrirels mjielf, have no fch alien hearts I well know j and that you will not iuffpthe common- wealth tcrperifhrf firmly believe Bur1- BY WHAT MEANS SHALL IT BE SA VED? On this interelting gueftion 1 had hoped" that all federalilts would think and aft alike, and that we may do fo is the 6b jeft of this addrefs. Some of you may perhaps think, a kind of political amalgamation neceflaty, and that we mould unite in one body -with the more moderate or better part of the democrats, who form what is; Called the third party : but if aDy cf you' are of this opinion? I. hope the number" is fmall. Federalilm will admit ofl noi alloy ; and a derelicTion of its f undament? tal .truths, in whole or in part, for the' fake of ofHce or power, or for any other" temporifing purpofe, would be difgrace Tut to our lei ves,, and a degradationjo the name that we beanAC IpiriLof cori--ciliation is, T arknowlegevflen cotn- mendabley but it caa nevirte fo, at The' faci ificc of. Drinci cles alfotreiher en: r for others that areibut nartialitv ; jio tut iivysu nidi uu ivi cn um f will be ferjouflythotight "vAni fiom the Uciied States' Gazette. To the Febeial Electors of Penwsyltamia Gentlemen, The awful crifis has arrived, when an imperious duty demands, that we re ftet on our fiilatron, and cooly, but firmly determine,on the part we mould taks at the approaching eledion. The occasion is far from an ordinary one, & the event may be momentous to ouf felves and pofterity. It therefore behoves us to coniider well before we refolve, and then to atl as if our all were at ftake. A liftlefs indifference is feldom com mendable at prefent it is alrocether iri- exTufable. We have held no meet i net tsn the fubject that I was privy to, and if individual lentiments are rqmied, they have-not to my knowledge been gene rally'comrnur.icat ed among, is. Under thele circumflances, it will not, I hope, be deemed afluming,in "one of your num ber, Hiole former fituatiohs otjife made him known to many of you, frankly to fubmit his thoughts to you, and then leave you to acT, as reafon, conscience, and love for your country may diftate. While I fuppofed it beft, for the way ward political opinions, that have" long convulfed the commonwealth and me naced its diflblutionv to be left to their' mad career, and to fpend themfelves in their own folly, I remained a filent fpec-' tatorot'their progrefs without interfer inc in their direflion. To this I un l?A from a real o fuppofed knowledge of nonourawy oore it when living,. i.uu itn i uic inheritance at tbeir. deaths to thofe whn rcr rar" nft of that nuiriber.-Soine'. ptners or youJt i& lard are but this may heaven foieU ild !. iar. iinitlnfrv,fli am difbrganizer im.be call of a convention;' and the defrrucvion of th nr.nf a of things, m tfje idle hope oftheproniil- j -il l i . uicu too in credible to be worth mtntioninir.' If re. fentmenr vxifts in the minds of anyxorh on yiw , u inay on proper occaiions be. excui7.D e, and perhaps juitifiable ; but Ms p.e rcife cannot be fo, where it carries virti it our own deftruaicn, and that of ov.r country, harge allowances fhould certainly be made for cur feelings, but tfcyy fhould riot be fullered to league us v ith the moft frantic and ferocious ene-r mies of cur country, for the ftke of def-" tiojing others, in a cale too, where we muft perifh with them. If we dd this, we are no federalifts ; but the blind and meicilefs viaims of pur own pailons, and we fhall be as defervedly trampled in the duft, as the infatuated Britons were by the Rr m; ns ; or, at the Remans were by the Ci.hs and Vandals. Some others I believe think, that I'll federalifts fhould ftand aloof. anJj leave it to the democrats and dilganizers to fight out their own battle that we may profit by their conflic, and reRain our former powerand Wuiuzhtliiltt. This opinion might per'llaps be Correa, were tnere realonab k nrrm),, tft.v.;, event, which thole politicians prediQ : J but I tear thev 5re miflakfn- nH thak if their yjyiV e is followed, we fhall he '"Jjll "in one common tuin by the luclutu.Vjon of a detpotick, atiarihi , bor dfrir,g on Vandalifm, in the place of li ".fv arid order!' law and reculaf covern. nciiL, wiui uu ir coHcumnani Ditiiingg. . Aurdfiod Loeifer be orioally the &me meaning. - . ' ' f i u u. i neni, wnn liieir concomitant Dltliines. j ..i-.- i . p r i-r e are at prefent ".in tne equal- particiriatiori day, from whatever caufe arifinE f ,V,trV, ,h.o n .fc i 7u- l th&i .-,k f.,.v :5 . I with others, ..of alHh;fe.thmg,-,but-our f i-I' r r j ' IIte coiift of all the reafon and argument Vfcat can uc urgcuiu picvcuiiij uxmi T.ney arrive at a certain point. That p.;lnf drained, hiftory and experience ha;f mownVthat the better part of the infatuated multi tUde, ; hke intoxicate 4 mued into sobriety ure aprto fan at the precipice" bcrore them, and m Kr.'nV fr tK- danger to which they had heedlefsly run. come; liHd if it has,"5 it muft be the pro- J y 11 1 l waie rederaIiUs to ponder wejl the fituarion of -our country, "ahd t(fufeirom their Cumbers, with re newed ftrengh for its prefervation: We JnetJd not (ujer the years of ihaftivity, ituTKDli entitles us to it. and if F hands of thofe. whofe devoted villm - ifij we lhall one day enjoyour due pro-" portion of ihenu ,1 his is all thaf Atin reafpnably expetlcd from anyYonftitu-' P? and s s . very thing elfe depends on cives, we man nave mucn to aniwer 0 w-- mmm for, to our country and pofterity, ic from ' '"''bJ iucouc Jiaiia, or an m timed refentment cn the other; we do not ei. erfour beft endea vc urs; to avert tbee- -vils that await fe-We fhould then con- fider, What conducl, on eur"pa!:f!"pro inifet to be moft faUittryv -v . - " - : . You will judge for ycurfelves, but it , appears to me that vedy communicating v - ----
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