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A deduction of 33 J per cent, will.be made to thoa who advertise by the year. ; Iy 'tribunals who had the; undoubted right! " jt, y v1! adoption or rejection. New Officers were created expressly for the- favoretl and hireling minions of the sovereign, .and the only .original anil le gitimate object of their .institution as trust for the people, was perverted by the Office holders, by u$ing them as -sin. ecjaresr for the benefit of theriiselves, and as engines of oppression, by which they. preyed on the body poiitrt, and destroy ed its substance... A hired soldiery was quartered -o'er the land to keep'the peo ple in awe of their culers : and in tme instances the blood ofthe 'inhabitants-was innocently shed to propitiate the favor and answer the unholy purposes of-the Crown. These and other acts of ty ran - nyenumerated tn the catalogue of crimes and abuses of that bvei -memorabic instru ment ivkiK rkitrkiti.nr1 IKait 'aminini. f tion, were perpetrated on the unoffend ing Colonies. . i But still, all this, sufficient as it was, to justify resistance, although it gave the nrst impulse, was not the main-spring which kept the ball In motion, and final ly bronglt into existence the proclama tion of our inalienable rights. Many of thc odious acts of the inntish parliament were repealed. The rigors of Colonial America sufferjng.were often mitigated. had able friends, though in a minority, in the Council of Britain, who plead "with truth, and eloquence the eause of Jive Co- ronics. ine genius anu intrepia doiu ness of a Chatham, a Camde n and a Rich- ORATION, Delivered by Col. D. 51. BAR RINGER, in Con- cordi N. C. on the..-tth of July, 1837. J, - s . . . , . Frm-ow-Citizens t The occasion-upon which we have met, is full of interest to tit who are concerned for the fame of our common country,- or desire the continued r . . r r . - . cu,. c rW, 7:7-; mond, the splendid abilities of a Burke, IMS uaj me ,uoSl.Crcuanu rcrereu Pf- - , -w iUliatPffttia nhe. arm. t ...... fkhS..MAl TAnlait Irnm rm ark tfh-M. 1 - - ' ner anu rational uuscnrnnw, mere J i ,, . , . i . i , - . often gamed important concessions to the well be derived an exalted pleasure, and ! ,: . nFuL rt-tl' ... r and dismay into the ranks of despotism. On the other hand, the Colonies were bound bvthe most endearing attachments to England as their common mother. l hey spoke the same language, anu cue the fire of enthusiasm. And whn that bold champion of freedom, the eloquent representative of the ancient colony of Massachusetts, moved in the Consressi of Plriiadelphia, that the Colonies ought to be ' free ami independent, amenable to no nower but God. and no s-overn- ment but the,ir own, lie but proclaimed the ardtnt. wish of all "America. Thei glorious day hal arrived ; fatal to the! honor and interests of Ureajt. Britain, and! full of hopes to .t he friends of freedom.; The b ri ght es t e w el was n o w s t ru c1c fromi the diadem of the British Crown and America .. stopd redeemed, regenerated and disenthralled assuming among the powers of the earth- the .separate antf equal station to which the.laws of nature and, of nature's God entitled her." In reflecting upon this period of the dispute with the nvolhftr country, f;onth first'passage of the stamp act to the fina) separation from the first sense of injury to netition remonstrance and ultimate defiance, what reasons do we find to ad mire the wisdwm and high: moral courage of our forefathers ! W ith what tenacity of purpose did they cling to their priqeif pies"! , What firmness, moderation and prudence guidel their councils 1 While the, British Cabinet was weakened and distracted by its folly, impolicy and disf sentions, they stood firm and undismayj ed! No insolence or intimidation, of pow ers could drive no partial concession of riht could reduce them from singleness of purpose, .through which, with mor racter of our institutions, the "Revolution would have been in vain. By .the decla ration of Independence, our forie-fatliers had launched the little bark cd" tbeir coun try's hope upon the sea, which seemed at the time, almost without shore, Proud ly and gallantly she had borne fierself a- mid the horrors of the storm. The tern pestjiad jceased, the land was descried ; but towards the harbor were seen imrni nent dangers- of shipwreck, ifrooi the rocks and quicksands. -of weakness and disunion. These vver unavoidable, but from a change in the course, and a tho- rough repair in the vessel. As United Colonies we had gained our liberties, as United States they must be perpetuated. The revolutionary sage ' and kernes, uoitlv the father of his country at ther head again came to the .rezcue, and the Constitution of the United States, that immortal rnon ument of human wisdom, wa the result of the deliberations of the Convention of 1787. The adoption of this Federal Com pact, by Conventions of the respective States, and the selection of thei) est and greatest men of the .nation as its rulers, put our government into successful ope ration In the contemplation of these great e vents, my countrymen, our hearts are irresistibly urged to do reverenceto that great and good man, whom theunanimous verdict of his country pronounped to.be And what Cf used their ruin i ..These are the anxious inquiries that crowd, the mind of the reflecting-lover of his coun try on a day like this. What -sofemn re sponsibility does this republic owe to itself and to all future ages. If this great ex- perfment of self-govern mentw under all the ad vantages of success whicji we erfjoy, shall fail. When -and where again shaft the sun of freedom rise, and' its vestal fires burn with "-such virgin brightness ? Let the people be loyal to theineves et them lay -aside he besetting sjirrs, and take warning from the recorded mis -: fortunes Of republics. We must knoW our dangers and be ready to avert them. To preserve the blessings of liberty, We must practice the great lessons of our own revolution ; let principle alone be the rule of public action, a& it is the. only standard of private morals This. is tlie only 1)cacon light that can guide ut in safety; No exploits however brilliant, ho public services however great, should mislead us into the-support of measures which destroy the landmark ofliberty, the sacred rights of person and property, or invade .in' the smallest degree, 'the forms and securitiesjbf constitutional government. It is not' sufficient that a man shall have been n great benefactor, or shall have even ventured his life in the defence of his country, to entitle him to an indefinite- and uri watchful confi- first in war, first in peace, and first in tlence." -The most despoficustirpers have the hearts)f his countrvmen" We would thu served their count v. The coffers render everv nraise and eratltude to all 1 of Rome were filled by her Caesar and mu templation of the events by . which the day has become illustrious, and wisdom from the lessons which those events have trans mitted to our time. Here, we can all meet on the common ground of our country's welfare. Let us then lay aside all political animosity ; let us banish all corroding cares j and drive away every thing which may interrupt our friendly intercourse. Let us dedi cate the day to the spirit of patriotism. Let our desires be hallowed to the single wish of our country's good': and our con- uuct be unstained by any act which may ,un1a uftltf JK:,.u hua bc unworthy of ourselves, or of this day, comnp,m:ap. Tfie neonu ol and gratitude to all, of Rome were filled by hei than Roman virtue, they sought only their i without reference to thejrradeof thei H the world with the snlendor of his achteve- country's freedom and welfare! Patrio- j merits, of the patriots of our land, and ments. Yet Caesar passed the rubicon tisra was the nerve of their argument j especially to that glorious band who pro and Rome kneeled to her master. Even the poiar star 01 tneir actions; vd themselves Vrue in the times ei our 1 fcngvand embraced the usurpation w a But, now; the arsument was exhausted, hrreatest trial, onlr a Vrttle remnant of tyrant under the Renublican name of TCliere was rio appeal but to the sword, whom is still lingering among us. But 'Protector of the Commonwealth,,? and The sword was drawn and the scabbard I Washington stands aTone in his elorv." France, his moved- France, was drag thrown away. The peaceful husbandman ( Look at his life, look at his absolute surr ged a bleeding victim nt the heels of her becomes the citizen soldier the states render of all authority, more than nncer Emperor, while he bestrode Encope like man become the warrior the voice of l uhder peculiar circumstances of diffieul-1 a Colossus and kingdoms vanished at tlie patriot orator is changed for the clai-fty and embarrassment) and, then, what! his touch. The .very fields of. France pro rion of the battle field the bloody con.-! a picture, beside the ambition of a Bo- claimed the desolation of his tyranny. The rict of arms ts begun, j naparte, a Crom well, a Cassari Jhistofy of her woes is written in blood. 4 rhe world knows the sequel of that I No, my friends, there has been but one Yet Napoleon was the idol of Frenchmen, poverty.- ihey acknowledged too, the j sanguinary contest. or seven long years Washington. Whatever, in any age or the glorined benefactor; of his country. wisuom ot tne maxim mat uovern-iv aouoiiuuy it sioou. - aidiu every country, may nave oeen tne crossness on out wny muuipiy exampiesr row.er . ' - .- .- f. . . . !. .... f.l V'.y V , . . I - ... ' . 1 .... ments lone established should not be I hardship and privation every peril and political idolatry, whatever the splendor I wilt intoxicate: men jnll be ambitious. changed for light and transient causes." disaster and under every aspect of ah I of military glory, whatever the base sy- j Perhaps they-should be so: but it should But there were principles involved in the ever-varying tortuoe, nope still gleamed cophancy of the parasites of power, a be the ambition faithfully to serve, not to cu mere cou ui ue noiiurougu me uKraucsn. u ituuui means laiuiiut nisiory win aecrare mav vnere j eusiiiTc iiiuir cuuiury. tuc viiuuusitmui nrnmuc. 1 h npnn! tt fh I Tnlnnioal wit hniit rreilit witnouc encouragement. hs hon nn nrrnnfl" VV aithinortnrt. Hp I tinn ot a VY asliino-ron. nnt the vaulting rished the same institutions. They look ed' to her for succor land protectiQn; They knew her strength and inexhaustT- ble resources their own weakness and ing themselves n self deadatibn to the! highest bidder and hungering for office Iwith the vile proverb f the mendicant. that "beggars must nat be Choosers7'-- , such a vile crew would be more exhaust ingr to your treasury than the bought legions of Rome more voracious d your substance. than the locusts of Eeypt and more poisonous to the life-blood of Republican liberty than the. Simoon- of the deaerti But.yre would have every citizen of a free republic, to be aquaintejjl with the. fundamental principles of his' Government to kihow hU rtghtsP-and- dare to maintain them to cherish ft dis interested public spirit to -perform aff his public duties" with promptness and alacrity aqd especially, never to slight by omission that-great' public privilege, which is the corner stone of the buiftfime. , -the riphitf ytrcfc untrammelled and intelligent exercise of which is .so essential to the preseryatiooT i liberty. Sometimes in-our country, it is morti ifying to hear, otherwise good mcnf" ex- . press the utmost indiffcrence abput pub lic affairs. . ' It was not worth their ttmeor trouble to vote, or perform other public duties: it tons of no moment to them who filled this ' station or that if others could live rul prosper under any kind of laws, they could too. " JSu ch sen timentsare as dangerous as they arr hu miliating and unworthy a freeman.; Of what avail, is Hrmy friends to toil andL- 4abor if we shall uotreap?' To accumUK late during, a life-time and hoard trp for our offspring, a weatth that maV be rswept away, the very next generations By a ruthless tyranny, the deeds of whicn were sowji in our own day-grew vp'tfri der our own negligence and were cer tain of maturity, unless blighted.y the germ' by those1 who alorTe had the power and the motives to destroy them V Do we owe nothlngftb the memorjr of ouY ancestors? It was not sa with them, else we should not have been free. Do we owe nothing, to Ourselves tn OuT posteri ty to "mankind to the cause' of liberty herself? If we would fulfil these obli gatioosvre must ckeep our foins gir ded and" lights burning" Freedom must not be sacrificed at the alter of nrarice 3r Vhciestival anniversary ot American in- claimeil all the riffhts of British subiects. save the unbousht sympathy of the friends is first and alone on the lists of fame desire of the imperial conaueror. A aii iiic micui aitvru ui liiis i xvlm- i . i ii . - irt:i r i 1 ....t:n : i ri. r i i : dependence. festival of freedom, we are; first under the highest obligations td render homage arid gratitude to him,' who is peculiarly the patriot's God who holdeth in his hands the destinies of nations who is the au thor of all our blessinsrs. political, social and religious who was the pillar of fire, that guided our ancestors through the nay, more. While tnejr narj.no liberty, as ot liberty tor ner own saice, we s tin main- the streams or his renown, spring from generous connuence towards meir ruiers, they understood it, they had no country, tained the unequal hght throughout the the pure fountains of private, integrity is the attribute ot a free people. When They demanded the rights of self-gov-1 gloomiest 'periods of the Revolution, with land public virtue. They will continue surrounded with a cautious wisdom it is eminent, the rishfby nature to pass their the most formidable rival the modern 1 to flow on, widening and deepening, do.wu a noble virtue. Without this defence it own laws. 'Fhey declared that when world has ever known. Confiding in tlie the channels of time, till the whole earth Ms an instrument of destruction, ready -protection was withdrawn, no allegiencel God of battles,- and the justice of .our shall be covored with the ocean of his for the use of the first slave to a false was uue ; mat tne power to protect siioum cause, our revolutionary army never e-f glory ; . amunwn, r an itTer-weninj; amij, - - A a a . ...:ij ..11 r ... ' I .VtJ- ,.... W IllIITIIPttV II I V II fa H0VI1I II I iriii III llll T1II1II .a . :: , " , ; tneir consent : no taxation without re- tical Canaan which not he a pretext to ensluve them; spaired. lTey liatl an a bitting coavic-1 But to re that they would not be taxed without) tton uf their-triumph. They felt that,, uieir consent ; no taxation witnoui re-r rt .i ik i;n iv f emit v. ami unnn I .... . . .. I "w -y-- -- ' - j "it w-- a' i navACAnrAva vn a i a mm rmnr t r tifn a w u a whose superintending providence alone L.P9t nttMrn of dismitA nf artinn n re ?an safely'rely Cor-- continuance of ijc Sldc and jnia on lhe otier,t These these inestimable privileges Let then, t prineipiSt hvch lay at the foun- we spirit oi piety, anu uieapiruoi patri-cf SOcial order, made a wide gulf k The plains of Brandy wine; Trentoi, tt tern K. n nt t a1 luhiln' ibo Ihla 1v iiulnirra I. .. .... I C. ... .' . . - "vui, m.o-j '-"- between the contending parlies, impass-Monmouth, tfuilloril, lorktown anu ma a graieiui recollection oi tne aeeus k.au ...i...i .nnna0;nn a u r..wt n.t.i fi w. . .. . - auib uui ui mutual buiikcsiwit anu m i - i iij aiiulul i rrn kfuhw - uium It is by her prereryation alone, that wef can continue to enjoy the rewards of an honest industry. VVe mdsttbeware? too of the day of prosperity ; when the thief cometh as in the night-time, theji wiU corru ption that , ban e. , of republics, I be most ready to undermine our institutions by depraving public virtue and intro ducing "luxury's contagion weak and vile." These will penetrate where 1 he sword cannot divide asunder. Greece noble Greece was already humbled by On the field of warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would no stain the purest rill That sparkles among the bowers of bliss. turn. By our attempt at a new pampered by the grovelling parasites of her corruption for the yok of the Mace , t of self-government, a new power, for their own aggrandizement j Ionian. Rome in her meridian pride isen in the political firmament, who boast of their servility to their chief, waa a traitor to herself and with her in which have gives immortality to our an cestors, and on this .day renew our vows to imitate the virtues of those to whose memory a whole nation Is .doing honor and to perpetuate, as far as in us lies, the principles of public life by which their names have been- eternalized, and our happiness can only be sepured. Presuming that every American citizen is acquaintedj with the details of our con test for freedom ('if he is not, he should be,) I shall not attempt to address yon on the evants of out Revolutionary -history in any stricter methodical manner ; but I hope to be indulged in that train of reflections, &.in giving utterance to those emotions, which are naturally excited in every Americon breast upon the annual recurrence of this memorable day.. We should remember, inycountrymenj that the controversy, which -resulted in the Declaration of our independence on the 4th of July 1776, was one -of p.rincipe. It was no miserable party question of a day, which might divide the opinions of men for a time, and -then be forgotten forever. It concerned the fundamental principles of society. It was.not so much the consequence of a practically oppres"- sive despotism, as it was of tyrannical claims under which that despotism was attempted to be enforced, and which, if allowed, would have consigned our fore fathers and their descendants to the eter nal subjection of arbitrary rule. It is true, the Colonies were at different intervals. born down with almost every species of oppression, lhe most unrighteous exac tions were levied on the fruitsof their la bor. Their laws weretraropled under foot. and often entirely dispensed with at the ..:m ..t - Tr .i . . "in oi a capricious rrince mjjir legis lative assemblies, elected by the only righUui source, were crippled, and some times wholly frustrated in the exercise of meir just powers. The judiciary was prostrated before the footstoot of royal authority: their iuda wi- nnnfnA Jiv and suVrvient to the will of te King; the fountaJng of a pure administration of justice, socntial to liberty were cor- $ ine people were subjected to loreigrt junsarons without their coii sent, ihe lawsVhlch they enacted for "eir oenent, wereWten reUined by the vine, witnnut nftinavt.....i i il - . ' ' uriicu lu ineoni tal abandonment of the ground occupied j fut charge, attested their bravery. Ma- by each. Power would not release its) ny a bitter campaign witnessed their en- onetime they would seem to prevail; a grasp. Truth and jbstice could not de- durance. Victory at last perched upon gain, they are crushed by the strong arm experiment sun had ari? I would not attempt, on the present occa-tand crawl through their own slime, to own treasure the price of her own cor- a. I I I " A 1 - : I XL. I 4kA tMnlotAl Ar lkMilaf Iam m ma a . .a . a . m sion, it i na tne aoiuiy, to oescnoe iuc i we i"" auiuum;. iwi vutve. irnption ouitt tne tnrone oi me a; assart influence it has had on the destinies of Let the people then be distrustful off on thc ruinS 0f public liberty. Yes, my mankind. Its beams have been scatter- those in authority, holding them at Ufriends1 .liberty may be sold and the ed to the most distant lands. Our pnn- times in strict accountability to them- lneonie Dav the tribute money, -What selves, as the only rightful source of 4caiinot-be effected by violence and u power, ana io me iaw which tney. nav"ldacity, will be assayed through Iraud- imposed on their servants, for their own hntrgae and corruption. The ver repre- security, dj mcir uns b.uh yC kuw genfatiyeg 0f the people - aV-. 1 . I ci pies have noated on the wings ot tne wind, and the most ancient institutions have tottered beneath their force. At may be empiiyed . m f .1 . I .1" I 1 J them, it tney be eviit lei tne axe oeito mislMd them. Those whom ih " . . a a A . rail ft ft a I a . a . I rl I .11.IX XL . I. ... .IL aV .1..... ... . Ik I. . . . . sert their standard, uponwhich wes en- their. banners. lhe goal oi laoors apu lot despotism. Alone piacp, mey dutsii jam io me suntwiuiuui reiunancc w,l,llhave-placed'as sentinels on the watch- graved " Liberty equal rights equal trials was reached. Their country was forth in the fitful blazes of a false de- out commiseration. JNeither, my friends, Howers cf freedom, may either sleep upba representation." The answer which that free, I mocracy, and again, they are extingursn- can uoerty oe uestroyea uy a nrst anu their pests, or be bribed and seduced, .to great statesman and philosopher Doctor What, then, my countrymen, must have led by the tyranny of ah inglorious ambt-1 single blow; It must be assail ed. by j tter- the false cry of Mlltejli'Vintl Franklin, who was the honor of his coun-been the feelings of that haughty 'arid ry and benefactor of the world, gave to misguided nation, who had taunted dor he British Parliament in his examinati-infant country with her reproaches- who on on the state of America, spose the i had threatened io ride, oooiea antt spur- prevailing feelings of his countrymen. j red, over thc honest yeomanry of (he tie was asked it the taxes on tea were j land, and some ot whose officers bad repealed and certain other grievances re-boasted that with a single regiment i of dressed, if America would then submit ? Jinfantry they could drive all the unnalu- His courageous and emphatic reply was, ttural rebels oft the continent of America? . a'' I -71 .. I . I . i tion. If the people ot the old world betcrei anti gradual innovations ine iruu tppaCe when there is no or ace: bribed true to themselves, and we do not prove must be. ripe before u is plucked. lheu,v reward or the hope thereof and se unwvrtny i our own gieai eiauijnc, mt aiiftawiMcajiviiaiii -. "-"itiuced ay the oase iear or i os ing tne emoi ultimate'-fate of these principles, is' as apd sometimes -connived at. Like thef urnen(s 0f a station , of which theV never sure and retormmg as tneir irum is eter- sneui luieiuigs.oi vc wi , imuuu uwiwere wo'ctnlr. nai. lhe volcano may Durn witnin uor j eiuuiiHiei oi a iHigmy tircr, hiwm a time, but its final eruption is as inevi- confines its terrors; at first, they are d is- tabfe, as it will be overwhelming. regarded for their insignificance, till at But, my friends tt is in our own land, last, the wide break 9 cleared, and the c ... ..'. 'I . . I. - .' .. . . .. 1 .l ... No -never, until you. relinquish aU right) She was now forced to recognize as ian that we have presented the best evidence land is overspread wun a ruinous inn- or pretence to tax and govern the Co.lb-1 equal among the powers of the Earth , that j of the practical benefits of a free govern- dation which no human eflort can arrest. nies without their consent,-they never I very nation whose name she had. stigma- Jment; and illustrated by our example, r oppose, tnen, tne very nrsi snu-smau- will be reconciled. No, fellow-citizens, they never would tave submitted. What was the pitiful oppression of three pencea pound on tea, compared to the great-and eternal prin ciple which would have been sacrificed These are the men who seejt popularity by the ldw arts of hy pocrisy not as the result ot. an honest and efficient performance of public duty : the men who are without credit to them selveshonour to their place or Tjenefif. to the public Yes, my friendni demagognestnay in fest us with the breath of their hollow rif- and whose interests he had snurn-1 the cardinal maxim of thfe greatest ffood est advances oi the invader ot consum ed at the verv' foot of the throne. Ito the ereatest number." In the retros- t'ronal freedom. Entemal vigilance is But,on this side the Atlantic, my friends, pect ot the last hall century, (a short era me pnceoi liberty," wnetner it oe assan-ianii unprincipled profess h i of devotion atilf sublimer spectacle was exhibited in a nation's existence,) what a splendid ed by the bared arm Of open usurpation, toour interests! With all thVcolors of to the world. We see a whole army, fresh from victory, conscious ot having! achieved by their valor their country's true, clouds sometimes darken our horizon nr.casional misrul mav have naralvzed in their submission f For the preservati- independence, for which they had bled our prosperity and invaded our! consti on of similar principles even Britons at every pure, and suffered every tribn- tution, but the native energies of our uicmscives nau orougiu tne neaa oi tne ation caiamity. We see this same countrymen and the all -pervading influ 8ti plar'c 10 the. block 4 What, then, arrtty turned away without reward, from enCe of our principles, have, and will a could have been expected from this struar- ii ta.au Wo aoo th.o n..;n tn'mmnii nr ovdfv ;mno.rmpnt tn X ar - - I All 1111 IlwT ti VI mO)M MY VVW O- aiaii gisiii !., raa vvvs wvvi ta f vs w a-v same army nnpatd-r-unfed-i unclothed our national happiness. Our population and discontented as it was, with every .has increased .seven fold; our States have means to reap its own recompense; and doubled iiv number; our commerce ha eVery motive, but their own and their extended to every clime and nation.; we country's glory, to seize the moment of have been victorious in war. and happy in their power. We see such -an army yield peace; our language and. religon have cheerfully to tlie precept and the exam- spread far and wider our agriculture and pie of their illustrious chief, who jvad manufactures, and our science and arts, been-the light ami the life of the Revo where they existed before, have improved; iution, sitentPf disband themsetves and' where they were not, the wide wilder view for the mind of the patriot i ft is or by the still more dangerous enemy of Jtne Tain-b6w---.and all the devices of the y 1 - - - - O 1 gle between power and right, however long it might continue but a final sepa ration of the two countries ? To this complexion it must come at last.' What was in the origin of the contest, scarcely dreamed of but by a few, was now be come the popular will, lhe distinguish ed statesmen, who guided,- enlightened and expressed tne public sentiment of that day, who had an ticinated and desir- ...... .: . ed this end to the controversy, now gird-1 ti without murmuring, to sek their riess lias bowed before them . ed on their intellectual armors unfolded ramsril frhm the OCCUnStionS Of PriVate 1 ' Ami wUl m nnnlpvmpn. fn h i ,- i-l ' I; C a. ill i.- 1 r- J i illiu nilttl) lllj itvuun j ...x.. . V il l iT OI "V ure ana lire,"ea on 1 life-frotn the blessings of peace and It- the final" destiny of this our country? behalf of theincountrjmen, upon the in5rtf 'fhey had unsheathed their wea- Shall time sooti inscribe his epitaph o'r ........... . "s v nons only in ueience oi tneir country, the crave of our liberty t is there any anu spoKe and wroteon the great princt- lftey ,aid themdown doubly conquerors thmg in the tong Vista of the future to cast nla At human n A M .1 m 1 I. I -V. . - . i - r. I m 0. - - . . . - . . lZ "X;""" 6"" - of their enemies and tnemseives. gloom and apprehension around the heart uri i v i-nn vrai nr nr i nvn irv wiam ia a iirnftii . s . , . t w a . - - 'm. r ..r-7rf VV-W ' - " . verv Rhnrt otlhe patriot t .. Docs tne same late a 4ne lounuations oc the great neepr were j I": loose under he hiwl wait us, that befell the ancient republics, broken un t the tlorHt.mfp.nfJht: and I experience of its repose, unuer,inu new , .... , - r ? knowledge were raised, and the deluge order of government, was sufficient to swejftt aver theJant. The people now prove that the great obj ects of therecent goaded to fury -by the blood of civil war, struggle were not established on the best knew their righU anilprepared to defend andanreitfoundation f and that, without them. Thegeuini-pf etotuence kindled: a ceformatiou both ir the form and eha- and all the before us ? "They were, but they are not Gone, glimmering A school-boy's tale ta wond B I by por?rIte, tliey often succeed , for a time; -1 in leading even an honest and virtuous pep- false pretences, under the forms of the laws and the constitution. - Wicked am bition has a thousand disguises. , Some- pc from "he paths of truth. We are caught times it ndes. on the chariot wheels of wuh the illusion, until thelbubble buft(s-- it i.v i -.1 t i Li: : I . - ,t : "f.i.r - me laurct-uircAeu warrior orasuiues 11 1 and we are amazed in tne miusc oi our ruin, assumes the. garb of a fanatical sanctity ! nt our own credulity. Whatever .may bo of morals and religion, as destestable in the fluctuations of public opinion, the dem the State as it is concealed kMreacher- agogue is sure fri .be in the majority. His ous professions of regard forthe laws province is not to guide, inform, and b and constitution, and of unbounded tie- himself governed by a well-enlightened nublic mind; but to float upon the stream .1 -: A l t , f and the more me water are trouoiea, the better arc his chances for. the surface. " - Sometimes indeed, tlie flood retires and leaves him .to rot andtlecay the despised, victim oi nis own ;ariiiice anu rawwjess. yotion to the pepple "Cloth'd in the fair colors ot tKe public good, And to effect U ends, pretends the State, As if the State,by its affection stood." It mtist :be firnrlv met and and over- (Sometimes they are punished witJl Acorn come on its first approach andiin its sometimes drowned in the torrents. otpub- every shape. . ueiayis dangerous. . na- iuc lnuignauon. xeieat uoes noi tiiscour- bitoal submission is more than second age. It opportunity presents, xne poiiucal natare'', in governments; for the prece- wulf will again appear in sheep -8 clothing dent of tonlay, becomes the law tomor- pandering to the prejudices' ol IthW igiio row. Private indolence is disgrace, public rant prostituting the . fatrv WnSeaJthc anal hv is death. Private, enterpize is 'pebple's roan" and the rwr roaA'a wealth, niihlic snirit is safety. I friend" and arravins one class of thecom- In politics, as in religion, there arelmunity against another, as if the trtteret,r sins of omission as weu as commission, loi aii inva iree country, " rTj , rriondfi ikat re wnuld Have: all I lubtv linked together. If he be secure-m meur ciuntry, to be professed and hack-Hhe object of his infamous deception .....rniw;(.u'n.. rivn dei;.r nai will f Haudi at our calamity and mock when through the things that were, from such a trading beard fit only for ojarr fear- cometh'' contemptible. f . wwuVefaaW, (the thamblea of AH niarUt-place-ofrt! they oftea prove darwu. 1 ill ft 11 ' n 777 MdAwiMiim irininiiiiiiii