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YOU-have been cetefti MTfly im-
pofsd upon by a duty fellow f this
county, David ?, Rzbinfon, who
has appeared fevefal tirats in yout
paper in a confuicuocts'rnanm r. I
think it my duty to give yo- infor
mation of th:s tatfc, aVihofe (publica
tions have given greiltL. offence to a
humber of your fubferibers who are
acquainted with this fellow's cha
racier. He. has intruded himfelf 0"
the notice of the public, arfd has
pafTed ( no doubt, . with you, s hr
has with others unacquainted with
him) as a man of worth and reputa
tion. That the leaders of your
pajer may no longer be deceived by
a worthlefs character, I have drawn
up a. buef account' of this man fince
lie came to the county of Orange,
and beg you to give its confuicuous.
place in your Regitlcr of the- next
Week. 1 truft, Sir, that in juflice
to yourfclf and your readers,you
will feel no reluctance in giving a
place to this account. I feel truly
hurt to fee fuch an intignifica it fel
low impoting upon the public. To
Tee a man, vvitri whoa is alloc ia ted
every !ow vice, who has pruliuutcd
every honeft principle, and who has
languifhed in the filth f Ja jiil lor
R:& crimes, inventing himfcl with
the important characicr of teaching
our citizens thtir moral and politi
cal duties-, i enough to route the in
dignant fee1iu;$ of every honefl
heart. Surely the virtuous part I
- fbciety ought to difcouiuenarica an
rifijtdlyluppreis every aitempt which
Uafcnefs and ir.famy mike to public,
confluence. We doubt, irny men
of the fameclafs with this Robinion,
through the medium of the papers,
pafs current with the world as -inch
of wrvrth and refptciability. lr :S
impoffible for Editors of ewfpa-
prs to k:iow the character of all
thofe m?n who Vnte pieces Pu
licatiotf V but. w$TCver it is poiTi-
ble, let fuch impudence be pun:flaed1
with the fcvcre laflb of lruth. li
is sny wllh,. and I believe it t be
yours, to have the pages of the " Re
gifter,V eonfecratcd to th purpoies
of Truth and Virtue : I fincerttl)
; hope- that none of its columns will
, ever again be polluted either with
the name or writings of fuch men as
David R. Robinion.
This an, who has endeavoured
t0 raaki the "World believe he was
... honoured -with an Add re fs from the
citizen of Harrifonkurg, in the
county of Rockingham. Virginia,
publilhed in your paper lately ; who
returned an Anf wer to faid Addrefs,
and whole name appeai s to a publi
cation'of fotae length in your paper
of :theKqth inftant, came into the
countyjt Orange, about 18 months
. ofilrpeaTjrieo. He palled on to
triellelghbourhpod of the Dutch
fe tlement on Haw-Riverain which
he noirefides. He came there. with
out a hat to his had,? or, I believe,
a Coat to his back ; with his eyes
much bruifed and f welled from fome
The Editor af the Rcgtftsr knowt no.
triagethe charafttr of David R. Robinfon.
frnrhii writings (maay of the fenti meats oi
vhleh woUld do honour to any nan) he had
canccived him to lie a very different character
frora whit he is here reprefented tf be ; hut
.as thiajaforrnatioa cornea from a gentleman
on 'holc coMtnuaications ii fcaf Mrted reli
acce, iM corfeftnefs cannot he iloubtid. And
aa he wuid ht fair Itint ou4tenaiacing Vice
and Immorahtr of aitr kind, be is etuallv
toua w imraarai ana viciaai ptrioa'i
jip Morality and Yirtue. t
fi'trfr bca'nhs4 every naik. oF
,hav ioc come 4 rem - and warm from
tne men oi iemc orouici or i ip
niinhAtifft In Vt i heaftlv nlirht.
he oaffed alone- the public rod,
(omc times to the affright,' and Jotnc
times to the-axufement of the fpec
ta tors;' Being an excellent mecba
aic, Ke quickly fouridemplcymeni ;
but, being a drunken impudent,
quarrel fornc fellow, he was dilmiffed
from aim oft every lioufe where he
engaged to .work. He wandered
about the neighbourhood in this
manner for foine time, tvhenhefud
denly ditappeared. Some whim or
fefigrt led him into the county of
Randolph, ' where he was appre
hended as a vagrant and for a breach
of ihe peace, and lodged in jail.
f Hera he piefended to become deliris
ous, and acted the fiypocritcfo well,
that the court, which lat a few
Weeks alter he was committed, be
lieving Kim to D deranged in hi
roisd, tcrc'k compaflion on him, and
after trial and ccnv-ftion, agreed to
difcharge him the officers of the
Court gave up their cofts, $nd hu
manely ntreited that, he might be
d:lchatged. This was accordirrgly
done. In a few days he returned to
friths neighbourhood of Haw-Rjver,
where being taken violently ill, and
expecting to die, he made a full dif
4lo!We of the hiftory of his hie to
two men w no waited on him. Thif
narrative being very
different from
-the one which he had previoufly
given 6f himfelf, confirmed the fui
vicious Which the neighbourhood,
from rhe firft, entertained of his br
i'ng. a dangerous vaVahf'nd ; fo,r hs
came there an entire ftranger, v,j:h
qut z (ingle voucher to r-commem'
him, leaving, according to his own
iccount, a wife and ieveral ImalJ
hildren in a remote part of Vir:
- if
ua. As loon as'nc recoverea iiom
h
lickes, he fell again into hi:.
old vices, and was ieveral j times
Upon the pomt of being apprehend
ed, and lent tojail under the vagTani
tt. iji th:s he had intimation, ana
probably th? fear of a jul operated
io poueti'illy oh hts mind, that he
1eterminci to fave himTelf by ic.
claiming his conduft. This he has
one in iomr mrafure ; but he lull
reraiul Ins former grovelling pro
penfitics and unpardonable pre-
iumption. lit kas always endea
voured to take an actrx part in the
politics of the country ; his exer
tions wcie a hrlt oonhned to me
neighbourhoid, but lately he has
addicilsd hinrfeif to the public at
large. 1 believe, Sir, that it could
afily be proved, that he. with a cer
tain coadjutor of his wha has taken
Robmfnn in tow to anfwer certain
purpofes, fabricated the Addrefs,
laid to be fent from the town of
HirnTonbur,. in Virginia. This
coadjutor of his alfo, it s Well
known,.-from the ttile, &c, waj the
aulhor onjthe oiee'e infeited in your
paper" of' the 19th inflant. Upon
the whol Sir, you may be afTured
that this fame David R. Robinfor.,
t$ s trifling a fellow as ever infected
ny heighbourhood ; and if fuch
men arc lulfered to pafs unnoticed
if.thejr prelum ptuous impudtr.vO ii
not'checked, ve may quickly bid
adieu to decency ; the worhv part
. of th: community wll be trampled
upon by the w thlefs.
' A Friend to Truths Decency.
branjc, Sep. 28.
REPUBLICAN ADDRESS.
TheioUowing interefting proJuftioo has be en
occasioned by the impehdirtg election in
Connecticut, icptefentca bold lkttchof
Federal, contrafted wih Republican Prin
ciples and Meafnres. By reminding the
ctize of pad danger, it is admirably cat
culared to Wken him to prefent vigilance;
The feuti meets, the, facts, the re'afoninf
though fecially addreficd to thepeopte. -of
Connecticut, will, we doubt not, be -read,
whh plcafure by the emeens of No'rt
Carolina.
FtlUw CtiiittT, tt
THE general cOramiUcot. the
republicans of Connecticut folicit
your candid attention to the'pblitU
cat uiuentions wnicn at preient agi
tate this State, a fubjecr highly inV
tcretling to every man of yoUjwho
loves peace and-liberty :V
: On this fubjeft yon vhave;: been
addreffed by a numbei of federalils;,
con yen ed , at Hartior d on the - .3 1 ft
of4May laft. : : .7:Y":
. We would" deem ; ft ,'amiappl(
cation of time arid a, departure from
the true, dignity of fcrioU? difculliori,'
to notice what is-ex epuohahlc" in
theiraddreft; for our obietl: is not
to Jifove that the iddrtfi is deficient
tn candpr-and truth bul to proVe
tnattne.mais ot ciuzens, oim i.par
ties,' iiave jin ineftirriableommpn
intereft. in the protection of which
it behoves tnem' to Ufiite p?atitl to
prove ; auoj-' that: fedefalifro i ;
dereliQion of that 'common inter
eft, a baleDet laying 6f it into the
s ot its enemies. We lpeal;
hcrc'ofthe lejderirlifm of It'-aders;
lor we know full well 4hat ihe te
deralifm; pl tbofe who leaS is one
thirig,and pftofevwho f6Uow is
another and a Very different thing;
The federalift, in their addrefs,
oblerve, that tbe origin xjthti dif4
fentions which difttirb the tranquil
lity of this ilate, is fo well known
that it cannot be neceiTary at this
time to examine Cr explain it." We
think otherwife. We1)elieve that
the great laaczy of citizens ol both
political parties, have the lame in
tfrefts, the fame principles, and
the fame genera! views, with regard
to the iiieans cf promoting their
profpeiity, and protecting their li
oerty. We believe therefore, that
fo far as Aiilpn lions do prevail, they
muftbe'ihe ofTspring of mifinfor-
mafidri, of miilake and that, to
put ah end to thole dilfentions a-
mong tnat mais oi xnuzens wno
have no private views, no partic'u-
1 r rr . . 1 1
lar interefls hoftiletothe common
wealth, frothing more is necelfary
than a true, a full uriflerllantfinsc ;
ot the origin ot thele aillentions.
? Arciheretl intereltsof that cl.tfs
of onr fellow-cimens who a:e lti-
led federal, hot'tile to, or different j pofhble, that vaffilage to which,
from the intereils of republicans ? ji they fay, God has, by an ireverfa
Has nature, or has accident adap- ble decree, deflined thejh'aman
ted one kind of happipefs to one race. Falle! Footifh! impious
poiticanet, and a different kind -j theory ! They feektodeprjvetheir
of happinefs to a different feci? An fellow itien ot their. dearclli rights,
opinion like this is as abfurd as ! of all that gives 16 life, 6 all that
dangerous ; for however the arts of gives to man a val uable pre-emi-;)lauUble
ambition, or fkilrul wick- j nehce above the brutes, and jufliiV
ednefs, by exciting and mifuidingi themfelves by the moll cruel, the
hc zraf of uninformed and tinfui- !j moll degrading of calumnies; by
peeling integrity, may hav'e been
able to airy citizen agjinft citi
zen, neighbour again ft ncig!ib(ur,
md to pbnt diltruft and hatred
where cotihdeAce and fVietidihip
ought to grow, ilill it will remain
an unchangeable truth, that lepub
Ucansand federalift muff be free
men oi Ihves, happy or wretthed, !
togetlier. ;
Far then from us b.r rancour zmd
every pafhon, whipe we make to
our fellow-citizens a candid expo-;
fition of our vicy ot the Origin of
the dilfenficns that how exHi in
this (tale, of thofe eflenti.l piiiici
ples of government, in which the
theories ot leading tederalifls differ
f rorn thofe of the republica-ns and of
the oppofing fy ncms of public mea
lures advQcated and purfucdby the
parties refpeciivelV. If in the
courfe of this expofition we fhall
find ourfelves under the necefiity
of animadverting with feverity on
the conduct and views of men 6p
pofed to us, let it not be faid thai
we have violated the rule we haVe
prercribed to ourfelvcs, that we
permit paflion to make us unjtiit !
No, we vilf endeavour to be ftncttv
j a ft, and as we will fet dowri nought
in malice, fo We will extenuate
i
1
nothing. We will fpeak to our
fellow-citizens with the puirinefs
which belongs to truth In an ho
nell and ardent purfuil?of thofe in
eftimable cbjcfcls, public peace and
liberty, we will not'paule to calcu
late the importance -to ourlelves
individually of the love or the ha-
fj tied of the enennet of public peace
and Jioerty. hxSP''. -
Hiftory teaches.us thefe intere fl
ing f atsbalrqnoi hc rernoUit
agv&- a fw? meji inbvery nation
have haa the addrefs to nuke the
multitude the;r' property; that the
only intelligible, dillincti ns that
hav q been know u. a mo ng rt en have
bcenthoTe of rn after and fUve that
ihe datJannals of dcfpotifm'have:
beenl'nrru pled and en I i ghteaed
by fome jileamS of liberty, by fblie
ribole ftrugglcs of bpprefifcd man W
break his chains and to a Turn e thaV
dinifiedftatiQh from Vhich he had
beeq;lQngiegraded i that the fuc
csf of thelc druggies base vet been
cf;mort;duration ; that though man
has ; been foiund1 invincible when
flrugglingfof his liberty, yet that he
has;nevir been found competent to
its proteioVt but that ambition and
canning have always fucceeded,
fcher,or later, in perfuidng the
firnpli unfufpefling funs of ree
dorjt to afftft in riveting their chains
anew r hat tholeIriort periods of
libfrty have indeed exhibited llff.
tpus famplcs of genjus, of energy
ahd of viitue, to whch degraded
ind enflaved man can Vever aitaiai
Jut thatin the long, dak night of
aeipouim, tneie,iiketne ntight con
rufcat ions of a meteor, hye only
Terved to give a more torcOJe per
ception of the deeploom tLt was
Ipread over the .world i
Krrirti tttV ...ULL '
"uWmW&?? incoriei conioir.rJUd
wthei various wilhes The lot
oh liberty , the true3riehds of meri, j
have in every cafe, feen Ireedoro
1 u u ve neu ny c ireu m u anccjic v u 1 1 d r
to eacb refpeclive experitnent.
Ttihave feeh n0thing.?to difcon
rage new experiments. They per
ceive in the projrrefs that fociety
flys made.and is flill makirigin know
ledge, in every intelletlual improve
ment, a! Aire, a eyt aiii prefage of
the future univerfal tri amp h of truth
afid of liberty. On the-contrary,
the enemies of liberty, men of un
controlable ambition and cupidity,
fay, that the experience of paft a
ges demonftVatcs that the raafs of
mankind iti every nation are, and,
from the very nature 6f rnan 'muil
forever remain, in competent jo pro
tel and perpetuate their liberties
when acquired; that their ignorance
and their vices incapacitate them
tor teit-govenment, tnat tni igno-
m rant muitituce are aeitiaea lorever
j; to be governed by the difjerning
1 ' 1 in- 1
tew, whatever may be the Ibrm ol
that government, and thati there
fore all that is to'be fouirht, or ho
ped, from the inflittitions OilfOciety
is, that they may be fo cont jived as
; to mitiffate. and render as aaild as
aiferting-, in fhoit, that the Divinity
has given to man no valuable pre
eminence above the brutes.
Happy would it have been tor us
if this nionftrous theory had been
confined to that country which
eave-'it birth. In liurooe. as the
O
multitude have been compelled to;
I psrfdrm the part of beads of hur
i den, there it feenlsalnWlt innocent
I to fpeak of them as fuch. Here,
1 in Anlerica.one would have thbiight
I that difcrctiohi if not a fshle of
juflice, might have protected us
from ihe inful't. But inordinate
ambition isitie growth df all coun
tries; itjuif ihes its depredations by
fimiUr pretexts.
N o fooher was that war ifinifhed
which feVered the Amelricih ftates
frorn the Britifh Kinpiie, ihariam
bitldn marked 1 he tn tor her own,
and commenced her fecret machi
nations. We will pafs in iilence
the few years that preceded the
birth 61 our prefent federal confti
tution, becaufe during that period
the operations ot faction were un
organized and defultory; but no
fooner was a convention of ftates
propofed in order torevife the fe
deral compact, than they became
both lyftematic and alive. You
need not be told, fellow-citizens,
that .t this period, arid tor the a
vowed purpofe ot influencing the
deliberations of the propofed con
vention, Mri Adams, our late Pre
Cdent, wrote three volumes on the
fuojeclot government, the whole
fcopeand objetl ot which writings
was to prove that a government
conftituted precifely on the princi
ples of that of Great Britain, and
no other, is perfectly adapted to
the happinefs and protection of
men in all countries, and 'in all
ftagesof foeiety and that as fat as
thoie.who were to form a govern
ment for us- fhould deviate from
the true principles of the Britilh
Government, fo far would they
deviate from wildom and from na
ture. -The
convention when affembled
was found to confift of difcordant
Imaterials, fome ardent friends of
Vie elective principle tnrougnout
th legillative and executive de
partments of the government, fome
opc fome covert friends of the
hereditary principle in the execu
tive and in one branch of the legis
lative departments Here it was
that Alexander Hanlton flrenuouf
ly advocated anannihilation of the
laie goVeramehts, an Executive
and Senate clefted for lite. How
eafy! how very naturarV would be
the tranfition from Hamilton's
Governor and Senate, orto u'fe
European names, Kings and
Nobles for life, to Adams s here
ditary king and nobles ! The cNn-
Ititution, when tormeu,wasdecIartd
by theconvention that formed ifyj
' to be tbe refult of afpiritof mutual
concefhon.' Probably no tingle
member of tbe convention believed
it to be free from def efcf s. In one
point all partiesagreed. towit, that
? jlronget.bond of union than had
hithtrto bound the ; itates together
was abfolufcly.ne jj.
their exiften-e TK ' pCrha?Uh
were in enl welf XV?U
theconftifmi,b XvP cd
the good fcnf ofAefi
theybelievedlhatlrwh1
to them imdfkP
penment be fOind to bercallv f
they Would in rhe manned Zl
byiheinftrumVnt;rr.iFl.Provd
ed.
' .hwii u;
Some indeed
correft.
not lefs zealousfor a union l?tl'
ftates, but moTe zealous than v
brethren, thought they faw
inftrument unne:efljry tacilm.
that account iilti.Ai.. , 1
adoption. ThisiioCuredfniu
arid for the republican party J!
which' they in thefubfequetu T
gles co-operated, tod to whicbtht
in truth belonged, ihdnarue oJ
iederalifts. .
It mu ft have been manifeft (0f ,
very rile8ing raind, that
Who like Mr. Adonis, bdpivjl?'
- ainc
Bntifh to be the ftandard of KOoj
gbveriiment.muft have regarded oar
federal conftitution as if came W
the hands of the convention wi
difapprobation and contempt. n
nihilatjon of the ftate governments
and a combination of the ftaies un!
der one government, niua hav
been a necellary part of the plan
ot the monarehifts,nd accordingly
as has already been ohferved the
meafure Was brought forward in
the conveniion byMj. HdmiUon,
Not with ftanding tlis attempt was
defeated, and although the confti.
tution was deftitufot almoit every
thing which the monarches conQ.
d'ered as valuable in fubllance, yet
they unanimoufly fubfciibed u
becaafe it was all that at that tjmo
could be obtained, becaufe though
deficient in fubftance, in form it
was cdrrel ; ahd bccaule they ho
ped that, as it had the form, by a
licit f ul management of its powers
by an artful direction ahd manage
merit -of private iiterefts already
within its reach, ;hd of fuch as
from time to time i: would be poflii
ble under various pretexts to create,
to give it the fuHlance ot their
great model, the iritilh Govwa'
ment. :
7 it Ctninud.
ADVERTISEMENT.
,11 E bubfenber iiforms his friendi
T audthe Public ingicraV that he han
jsneral Affortment of DGpodj.Bookj, Cro.
ctr.Salt, &c. LikewirepQ Commifiion, Stilli
troia 30 to 130 .Gallop Urge giitaniWa.
hgaay Fraifee Lookiog-ClaTss. Fusucjw
Cafh Ukeu in Payment
0 i Peter Perry.
Fayetteville, Sept. i i.3.
Froft's Smithicid Lottery,
VArious Circunrflances render it
Heceflar to poftibnc ine Diawioj f
Froft'i Sni.hcid Loiipry, which wa: in
ttndeJ ta have beeo Jrawn on th: lecoci
Monday in Junt next. N early halt ihe Tic
kets reman unfold, ani a DtAwnz bafdo
j then t&kt Plrcc withod great Injury to the
rrop r 1 e tor . Th e D r avj( tig i s t h e r e t oi e putt'
ponei until the lecond Monday in lebruarr
next, at whith Time ' will pofuiveiy take
Place, and cbntirftre frn Day to Day, until
finilhe-i, whatever mdy be the iSumtersl
Tickets then reaiauiipjon Haud. From Ei
perience of the hales, latere is no Louhi tut
they will all be lold by tjt Time.
Lilts of Prizes will be jubliflicd inrheNewf'
papers, od Payment me on Demand. !em
Perfon io ' Raleigh (oij which public Notice
will ie given) will be ippoinied to pay futh
Prizes as may moft coie mentiy be iffittj
for there. Thole not ifemanded iuthe courfe
ol TweWemdriiksaucj the Drawing, will
Confide red as reliiKjuiiled uibe rropriewt
the Lottery. , . 1 ti k MA N At L R V
Miv 1 8. tR '" " -
05" Ticket ttfiveDoilaneach.toixhiJ
nf the Mjii.ifr. f Mr. louas trt, t
ohnfton; Mr. Charles Parilh, in itst
Mr. S. Turientine, .n HiMbjiou8h ; Mt.r
Henderfon, Chapel.Uill; Mr. S$ Lamer, i
Rockingham CouiHy; Mr. Johu Hunt,
Fraaklin Mr. G. Ropier, iu Stoke i Mf.
G. Banks, Averalboiough Mr.
ami, near Fayettevllle, aod feveral
Geutlemeo in different Parts of the Ste.
Higheft Prite woth 3,voo Doiln
many other valuable Prizes.
Mr. Froft is willinf that Perfoni hJl
his Tickets for Sale, hottld difpole ol J
Part of what remains oa rland, to fafe 1 n J
taking at leaittiVe, on Notes payable at Can
rnas next.'
FOR SALE OR RENT,
i I'M T II S CITY OF KALElCH,
Two Store-He uJ'J
. , . J fnf
rsl,-A ; ,n rc ent aianu -
Biifiaefs. Bothar yj'
haeeach a commodius Cwi!n"
V4reh0ufe. Thrfc U auached to bo:h
hotifes Sufficiency of GrouaJ tor "
witk Kitchearaud Stable to each, iJt
der them very tutuble for a iauU
r for youjai Men wU m g"1 Wlia w
thcmfelvei. . , . liefci
Poffeffioa mf one may oe 7 J y
Day of November next, and the J1-.
icth of the lame Moarh ; btn 'ui
nods are before the MecliM of lfj. ff5f
AUckbly. -For further r-r
to rtrjohi. H Mr. V. j
Merchant, Fayetieville, or h w .ti,
Rxleiah. Ut.,W either 0a the
will beyatttiided to
actcflded to.
'fW0XiW to the State J near the
ee Dollars