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' .. . ' AND " . - " . . Noftk-Carolim if Ourj are the plansof fair delightful petce, Unwarp'd by party rage, to live like Brothers. . .'l....a. : . . , . Tiiursday, August G, 1807. Vol. VII T. No. 411. THE FOURTH OF JULY, .WeeaWv to a request of the unanimous "voice of the Officers composing the first Rutherford County Regimental curt-. Martial, a numter of respectable Cui zensofthe County of Rmheiford, Nor h Carolina, met at - Col. Gilbert's in Ru therfordton, on Saturday the 4th ot July, 1807", for the purpose of ctiebrat'uig tlie anniversary of the Irtdependencc of the United States of America, When aKer a few introductory" tehiarks. made by Messrs. Felix Walker and Villia;n Por ter, the following Oration was delivered by Dr. Thos Holland agreeable to apie vicus request of said Court-Mavt.al. Citizens, Sentiments of patriotism huVe sumnwntil us hither W'e assemble to lister to ihe sound of liberty at this timia eciWing throughout the United Sfatcs. And behold I come jn the youthful spirit of our country, to hail the memory of the dead, to congra tulate the living Patriots of -To, Und to felicitate the ming generation 0:1 '"the I'-appy return cf this day, most memorable in the annals of Ameri can history. Thirty one years have new" fully elapsed, and time, with the besom of death, has swept from s iriohgst us the patriots of the re volu- ' tion, leaving only here and there a iey -headed relic as monuments of political and patriotic direction.- But their 'endeared memory can fiever die--vv anmu.u? vj.tc-.-t, Lee, Montgomery, Wurr. n and lht theii' brave compatriots Will 1 forever m the person-.htl teatui es 01 immortal glory. -1 France com nemorate the eptch of Napoleotr's reigiii on the dowr.falof her republic. Lei England greet her festivities and her nativities : in fine, let universal Europe (Asia and Africa" listing with delight) unite in commemoration of the political '.existencfe?6f Monarchy. But be ft our parts, fcllow-mzciis, to celebrate with acclamatory joy on ly, tlie glorious Fourth of July, Sc venteeen Hntulfed and Seventy-si;:, .whereon oppression v:uii -hcd as a cioud from the face of our country iind Independence .ranked us among the free nations of the earth. Behold America.respiiing the soft .breath of peace and; reguhlican liberty, whilst tiionarchy.hords in fetters the rest of! lay worui, anu wmist peace auti n berty, leaving wild ca'rage ar.d ha vock to scqur -through the hnd, --ecm ii .i-.vn IVorri Europe never, never to return. 1 The mind is now naturaiWi led to!! tKr fiir.fi'mnhitinnnFnur cvprnnent. 1 1 and to enquire" the origni establish - inenl" atiiJ advancement c: a system ! c'rfranized- so mucii in perfciion nut the unsuitable speaker who ap pears before yon to-day, fcels hi in- Adequacy .to the ia?k assigned hi -n Yet he hopes to find resource from. :is j inahility in the good natureVl copclti- tions and effervescence of the audi. ! I orri, rccipiocating in harmonious j sympathy, the sentiments which elovv ! in living warmth in his breast on the ; Occasion. Europe had loo sr. been envrlopcd in the dav nicrhl of C'thic itnotwnce and ?upers-.itiou, and literattire had scarcely begun to shed the dawn .of 1'gtit o'er society, when the noble mind, and enterpriziug spirit bf ChiiisTOPiiKR Columbus led hi, hke my stic' fate, to the discovery of :rnew woild in 'he Western Hemis phere. On the eleventh day of Octo ber, fourteen hundred and ninety he landed cn the Island oj St. Salvador, and took possession of it in ihe iiHine of their CasYdian Majes ties, Petdinand St Isabella. The tveut ;?.ve new life and vigor to the Eu t ipi ans : a spi; it. of enterprize light-j ti up every mind ; it diverted them ' '.:n the civil broilsof reliinonsbio-! t-y in which they were engaged, and! ven accelerated the inchoate ad vancement of science'; for a rumour v.. J go.ie all-oat, that Cold and Sil- v' ex:st"d in pltntuul difTusion, in ; 'Me very sotf of the couf.try, and beat ' tr )tn (!!;.!: , to tongue and horn eMr ear w'nh the most infinite nonular credulity. uSoH England, ever and j anon attentive to orDortunities cf na- ' va: enterptize, hastened with tjrdv il yes -tit t.., hi ovit-a lliiet under the !! ommarul ot bebastiarl Ca bott, who' ft .1 . vi; j- c.l IMC IIOV J. rMt.IfS mi to'ivteen hundred -?rd nrnety-evt n. r , . , .... .1 1!.. T T t . . ,1 t?, i.'tt: no p.tttonti were made hv V ?. -li-itain to s-ttle it until early. mJi ..ie :cve:,tenin enf.u y. Thiscoun-l try wi.civ- civdia-d man now extends r his vast, empire, and enjoying, all the rich returns which agricultural, commercial and scientific' pursuits can bestow, was two hundred .years, ago a wide extended wilderness, the wide abode of savage men and beasts.; Didst thou, illustrious Raleigh, or thou, great Smith, whose noble en terprise rirst led the way to the set-, dement and establishment ' of $ his country, .recognize this in event ? Oc why eornest thou here Xo forego the pleasures of civilized Kfei The romantic connection of Smith with the Indian-. Princess Pocahontas, and the cruel fortunes of the primeval co lonists, are descriptive scenes, better and more laconically represented by the Indian war-whoop, tomahawk &z scalping-knife, than tny , language of which I am capable ; I commit them to your imagination.- However, emi gration from religious intolerance in Europe, to America was at length so great, that ob'slacles of this kind (all Indian opposition became a mere nullity. Hence, in 1761, we find thirteen established colonies beginr ninp- to launch their commercial ves stls on the mainland to commute with the merchant the products of their agricultural labours for the manuufacures of the mtchanic. When alas Great-Britain viewing with a jealous eye the rising state of her colonies, sought to enslave them by means of oppressive ta:n tion a!icl prohibitions. But the me. raorabis stamp act, which arrived first a! Boston, may beastly, term ed the harbinger nf Jntclerable op pression It clouded every citizen's countenance; with distress. The church bells were murBed and told a funeral knell." The' act itself w.r hawked aboutthe streets as " the folly of England and the ruin of America." and at length, was burnt by the en aged populace. Allegiance now shrunk from its watch tower, 8c wild fury maddened through the land : And Great God 1 in a short time af ter the colonists, in their remon strances to Great-Britain, could de clare, You have excited domestic in stirrections among us, taken awu our chatters, transported .us beyond seas tobe tri. d for pretended o fit nces, deprived us of ftee.tiial by jury, and iniringed every right of )urs, sacred to man. At this lime then, when Civil Government sprawled Irom hei seat, and giddy Anarchy gave the reigns when the wheels of society crushed and sundered into shatters. i hy the ponderancy of governmenta 1 affliction 'In ileaven's Imoeria a I Imperial Name, what other resort was there but to a Revolution ?; There was none. Hear 1 oh hear the voice of CoriWes? at Pliiladelphia speak as ! iVom the high Heavens " We the : Representatives of ihe United States ! of Amirica.' in Confess assembled, appealing totheStipreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our inten t'on, 00, in tiie name and by theau thoii'.y oi the good people of these Colonies, solemnly declare that these i United Colonies are, and of right j omht to be, free and independent 1 States ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection be tween us and ihe crown. of G. Bri tain is,- and ought to be totally dis solved ; and that as free and indc- pendent States, ihey have full pnVer j ro levy war, conclude peace, con tract ajliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things, .which independent states, may of right do. And lor the support of this, declaration; with a firm reliance on the' protection of Divine Provi dence, we mutually ' pledge to each otjier our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." Horrifrc war now spread its baleful ruin throughout ! the land. Farms that once bloomed with 'fruitful crops, and houses which once afforded the deligh.firl scenes of filial, fraternal, parental arid conjugal felicity (their masters gone t their country's defence) -looked how de serted wastes, and are only the mi serable abodes of solitary women & children, breathing in taciturn sad- ness over their distresses, when no comforting sound of'peace, no voice. of safety meets their ears ; and none other than the crying shriek's of the wounded and the dismal roar of .the emhaltied cannon. (ireat -Britain transpor'ed large ar- mie's across Ihe Ocean, aiwf thought to rtducijKhese , States to uucond- tional submission. ; But the . best n blood of :he country" was waged for its detence, and she found furious re sistance from the aged citizen to the youth who could scarce lift his rifle. France united in our cause, and the unconquerable spirit of Freedom at length .prevailed in impelling the British forces to, surrender and ac knowledge the Indepebf.nck of At merica; Such, 'North-Carolinians, i' the story of therRe volution. But the particular situation of this State spreads a gloomy, melarscholyoVer 'he mind. The unfortunate civil dissentions in the cause of lilerty and oppressionjywhich split our land, are scenes m the grand theatre of 1 the world which coiuemplation shud-1 ders at. I forbear to awaken in! :hc minds of you, 41 Old Friends," the horrors exhibited at Ransom's or it trie. Cow-pens, King's Mountain, orat Moore's Creek. Let Ihem sleep o'divioiH in your memory --Admiring posterity, to the latest times, will ne ver cease" to pay the especial tribute of commemorative veneration to the virtuous VivTmr and integrity (in times the most trying)ofthe Revolutionists, there and in common with ihe vota ries of. freedom, to shed a sympa thetic tear of commiseration over the wretched apostate partizans of G. Britain. And to theLadies, whose ippearan?c here tc-day f ascribe to that American feeling so prevalent in' every' heart, I feel that . I should repeat the compliment which history confers 01 iheir patriotism. When in consequence of the heavy duties levied by, G- Britain on all articles of foreign importation to the Colonies, the citizens resorted to an abandon ment of British manufactures, the' ladies were the first to enforce the resolution and to attire themselves, with their families, in the more use ful and commendable work of their hands, disdaining eveiy thing fo reign. And did a husband, a father or a brother linger in the caue, or go tardy on to battle ? No indulgent dastard, love warped the female judg ment ; hear but her voice, uttering m spirited tevms, " Liberty and Ho nor, or Dea' h,'' cheered his resolu tins and hastened his pace, and at last ditl he return home, bearing for his spoils the wounds of his enemy ; her tender care 'and solacing par lance was his kind physician and bal sam of alleviation. But to return Te FeHcral Con vention now met to form a Constitu tion, and the work of their hands is the inspiration of Heaven, " Free dom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, and Freedom of our Person under the protection of Habeas Cor pus," right of trial by Jury, " Su premacy of.the civil over the milita ry authority." Administration Sc le gislation by the representatives of the people, and equality of rank, are in herent and unalienable rights of man ; rights which no power however high, no force however formidable, should for a moment arrest from him - Yet, fellow-citizens, they are esta blished and rendered permanent in no constitution of government in the known world but ours. No bastile can here immure our citizens from the "light of Heaven, no arrogant bi shopK no haughty Isrdling, no armed forces have a right to impose on us heavy exactions and arbitrary laws I had like to have said lhat Liberty and Equality reign here triumphant ; but no there- still remains an objec tion : my countrymen, look at our own 'slaves Behold their wretched ness ; yea, behold the disconsolate African, dragged far from his na-j tive country, trembling captive, led to be consigned with his posterity to everlasting slavery.' Oh I wretched impel fectability of man arid all hu man concerns J History holds in re cord the narrative of few former go vernments in the civilized world, which either have not been destroy ed by invasion or preceded negligent ly on to dissolution, by accumulating oppression. The Republic of Rome, 'nay the Empire of Romeitself, the .family of the Stuarts in England arid of the Bourbons in France, bear no torious evidence to the truth" of these assertions. But supposing the worst, can the time ever come when the springs of our government shall lose j their elasticity through, the people's negligence, and hi borne, down by the load of administrative oppression j or be too dull, too imbecile to rebound from the subjugating arms of foreign foes, but, sink an easy prey into his tyrannical possession -The. ,princi ples of our govemmentv republican spirit forbid the thought It neyer can. Balance of povyer in Europe & western disseveration of the union, are jargon topics of the dayOur ci tizens interest themselves idly in the ruthless disputes of Europe. Some would havsthe grand, army of the French Emperor swallowed up in a victory of the combined powers of, England, Russia and Prussia, whilst others Wdud recognizs with the most coftlial delight, Bonaparte's arms in Poland and even in Russia, as of late in Austria, sweeping before them, with torrent course ali opposition But, my countrymen, ail sympathy in us for Europe should be at an end. It matters little with us, whether one tyrant or a dozen oppress that quar ter of the world, since liberty can no longer exist there, and since whate ver, would be the event, 'this nation would remain nearly in the same station : but if any thing, let ihe most civilized prevail. I remember the Russian barbarian, Suwarrow, who, at the head of his army after having taken and besieged Warsaw, in Po land, butcheied the captured citizens, not even sparing the innocent old men women, and children. I care not for Benningsen, 1 sympathize not for the King of Prussia, nor should we regard England with such over- weaning affection See her piracies 8hd depredations on the Ocean ; let a death blow be given to them. The late attempts of Aaron Burr to dis. member the union, I regard not as having been excited by an impulse of the West, but as the wild infuria lions of disappointed and desponding ambition. We have no reason, no cause to suspect our western bre thren of entertaining a spirit of disu nion ; their dearest interests vi!l not permit them for a moment to indulge the idea. The East and the South, the North and the West will find it mpre and more, as internal manufac tures commence and population ex pands, their inseperable their indis soluble interest to cultivate a sp'n it of union with each other; It is the main spung of Representative Go vernment it is the prop ofour safe ly. Ours may be called the polar star offigovernments ; France has al ready essayed to compass her political sail by it, but lost her way in the full tide of experimental endeavor. The generous Hibernian and swarthy in habitant of St. Domingo have felt its influence ; and even the distant tant Polonase behold its corruscatious in stupid astonishment. Emmet, con demned and in .the hands of death declared, thahe wishtd to effec tuate in Ireland ' what he said Wash ington had done in America, and I what Kosciusko had unsuccessfully attempted m Poland. Oh I valorous Kosciusko, thou whose generous ser vices in the American Revolution are st II remembered here with grati tude go on, go on, give freedom to the Poles ; be the Washington of thy country, establish a free govern ment in antient Poland, and be it American. The time .13 -fast ap- proaching, and I hope riot very far ; distant, when r.ur norts and harbors shall be well fortified with all the : I hdd, r l c,Hf ? of .fry, on the se , - , .. , ; : : cond Monday m August-next, replevy ihe implements ot defence, so tnat as , . p,oper!y levi;d give special bail,' and plead electric reds, they may render fruit-n to jssuj, that final jnugmcnt wdl be en less the thunder of invasive war, if i tered agamat-him. ever it shold direct agamst us its an-;! WILLIAMS, Clk-. . gry bolts. When internal commerce j : : ' fand manufactures, extending tnem- selves through Ihe nation, shall con-, WATCH & CLOCK MAKER, nect the most exterior with the most f j p Espectf,llly informa. the' Public, interior parts, by the firmest bonds . JX thjlt he has now on trand,, finished and of inseparable interest. When uni-1; finishing, a nandsome Assortment of ex-., versal science ahall illume this coun- i client EIGHT D aY CLOCKS, war try as a clear lieht lor our citizens ! "td. equ I to any made-Inor imported' . .... wu ,1, Ar,',.v .o jinto the United States, winch wnl be sold to walk by, through the daik mazes ( Qn reasonab eterms 'He hopes that Gen- of human life, and along the devious 1 tlemJn Wisbing to provide themselves with ways', of virtue and republican liberty. ; ! ood Clocks will give him 'the. preference, And when men of every description i being settled in this place, and as he will shall stand here on the same equal ; ; r,r1 K.,v rr. tVtf Qif eniil i and independent basis of freedom j Then, and not till then may we be- gin to contemplate the promised! heavenly round of millenium years. THOS. II. HOLLAND, j David Dickey, Esq. was appointed 1 by the meeting, President, Coknel i Richard 'Lewis Vice-President, and ! A. M Gilbert Secretary, after wh;ch ; the following toasts Were drank : 1 , By the Tnsidcn - The Anniversary of . American Independence. - 2 Br the Vice-President The President -of the United States. 3 Bj Felix Walker--lht State of North Carolina: -. 4. By, CoL Wm. Porter The U. States of Amenca- May political wi.Vom inspire the minds of our Statesmen, and political intolerance b banished our, land. '5. By Hon. Jus. Ho'lardGe&rgt Clin ton, Vice President of the United States. 6 BvCapt. S. D Finley Our late Ju diciary System with a few amend rientsVv f . By Mr. Abraham, Enloe The brayed Heroes who fought and bled in the Arcer- . can cause. . . 8, ByXir. Holland No blind attachment to any man or set of men, but Un veirsal .Liberty. '"'i': After the Honorable Jarnes Holland had retired, ... . 9 By Mr Anthony Dickey-James Hol land, onr Rcpresentatve to Congress. 10 By Col. A. M. Gilbert -The Ameri can Fair. ATusiCj French and Drawing. . : T, SAM BOURNE, Lats Professor cf Music, i'ic, at Philadeh : ph. a, TS about to fix his Residence per- manently in the city of Raleigh, where he proposes giving Instructions in the above polite and fashionable Accomplish ments, to a select number of Pupils, on the following Terms : The Piano Forte, every other day, at fitteen dollars- a quarter. The Ftench Language, grammatically, on Mi nday and Thursday evenings, Frbm 5 to? o'clock, at five doF.ars a quarter. Drawing, every Salflrday afternoon, at' six dollars a quarter. T. Sambourne having obtained leave to place his Piano Forre in one of the Rooms of the State-House, will expect such Pupils as haye not Instruments to attend there ; where they w.ili aLo have an oppor tunity of practising at leisure houri. Those Lad es who have Forte Pianos will be at tended at their own houses. As he intends his CiMrters to be regu lated by those of the Academy, and on the same terms of payment in advance, the Pup Is who now enter with him, will do so for the remainder of the cuirent quarter, wH'.ch will end on the 29th of August, and of ccuise will have to pay only for that time. (j If desired, T. S. w'd instruct a few Pupils on the Violin, oji Tuesday and FrU day evenings, from 5 to 7, on ihe same' terms as the Piano Forte. lialeigh, July 15. Mr. Sambourne having obtained, his Knowledge in the abyve Profess ons from some of the first Masters in England, hav ing also had much experience in this coun try', and comes to this place with indispu table testimonials of Character and Talents, it is expected he will meet with encourage ment. His regulations being fixed so as to suit the Students in the Academy, those i'arentsand Guaidians who wishtheir Chil dren or Want instructed in Music, &c. will be pleased to communicate their deiiie to me, or to Mrs. Bowen ; asfife may be taught without interfering mate1riai)y with their present studies. YVV.L. TURNER State ojf North-Carolina. Surrj Coanp- Court, May Term,' 1S0T. Jonathan Haines, Agent. for John Steele, William' Hill. Original Attazl merit " Returned levied on hvq tracts vf land, ertcb conlainif g 640 mires, tying on the Yadkin River and Ytlkin Crcek the pro perty of William Hilly adjoining t be. land of Salathiel Martin CS Rally Mat thew M'Kinney." xN this case, it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, tnat the De fendant is an Inhabitant of another State, f it is ordered by. the Ccurt, that unless ti e Defendant appear at the next Term, tobe i .aVihn. LMUlVIJ, : be answerable for the perforrnance of all j Clocks made in his Shop. ! 1 He will also und rtaUe to clean and re pair Clocks of every description, within one hundred miles of this city, on reason able termsV during the Summer. Clocks and Watches repaired at his, Shop, with ij fidelity and dispatch, on the most reason zbi terms, Also, before the meeting ot the Genenl Assembly, A - I he will have an excellent As. sortmentofa'.l Kmdsot GOLD, SlLVEIl and JEWTLliElLY WARE, of the first jj 1CQr ,3 I T5M m m n m 'II it: til" I ft 1 8 i v
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