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October J. ,- , -. , SO-m
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months.- Her residence may be found two
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flood. , . , JOHN Y. HICKS..
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JL. a part f a large lot of Jiitiddling Bacon, which
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FROlrf HtNT's MERC&t AN$s' M-L8AZINE.
memoir or M&Tnf AiIctJ
, The tharacters of 'gfeat and good .men
-belong; to mankind ; and there is no duty
more pleasanl or Useful; 'ihan that -whieh
seeks the recognition of lheir.virtnes, . and
stimolates in aftei life to the imitation . of
their example; . :
Few men have 'ever won a larger space,
in the pttblic Tegards thart Mathew Carey;
and what constitutes that fact one of tpecur
liar gratification to those who 'knew him
bes1,? few- indeed jweffeeverinoie-deserTirjg'j
of public esteem. - There isThen an agree
able service that we. may render unto our
selves, in-fitqdying arigli: if possible, the
points of his character which went, to make
him what he was. . ..
Mr. -Carey was born in Ireland, on .the
28th of January, 1760. His father was a
very worthy man, and by the prudent exer
cise of his traded that of a baker, amassed
a handsome fortune. Jn earl life; le was
not remarkable'for any extraordinary exhi-
hilion of hfe intelfectual jpqWers ; and his
education, previous to hi3 reaching thB age
or fifteen,' Was mostly confined trithe branch
es of V'comrndn Eiiglish oburse. When,
at that age, it became necessary to select a
trade, his own inclination as depidedly in
favor :.'pf thrtt of a prmter, and thowgh he de
clares Tiis father warviry mttch oppbsed to
ttiat avocafion, lie ' wai finally able to over
come the aversion, and went as an appren
tice to a Mr. McDonnell, 6f;Dublin, a'print
er and bookseller, who 'was tempted, being
very poor, to take hira,:in consequence of the j
thirty guineas to be paid as an apprentice Tee.
He represents himself t have been a vo
racio5 reader, previous-to his entering with
McBenriell; and, like Dr. Franklin, in ear
ly life, he had raaile friends- witii the keep
er of a circulating library, Vbo-used td snp-
f ply him clandestinely With booksj as his
latner was opppsea to n is perusing me pro
miscuous works usually, at that early day,
J to be met with in auph an establishment.
Tn:consequence of .what.iie always coh
siderd, inearly life,lhe carelessness of his
nurse, he .was lame in one. foot from ibea
time he "was a year old and tljough he ever
appeared to regard this as an unparalleled
calamity, it wasno doubt, the means of
securing him more studious habits irt earfyl
iue taan ne .womaouieTwjse jnave poyse?s
ed, inasmuch i3 his infirmity seriously pre",
vented his ,minglingin those athletic sports,
which always take up a considerable porr
tion of youthfuLdays..
He spates that his fitst essay: as a writer
was when he was about the age of seven
teen, and upon the subject of duelling. It
was produced in consequence of a -hostile
rneeting between a fellow apprentice and
the apprentice of abookseller named Wogan.
The.dinicftlty grew out of a personal alter
c?tipn -between the lads. which ended in
blows. Wogan very improperly urged Jiis
apprentice to send & challenge to the oppo
hentt which was accordingly presented, de
manding a meeting in the Park on a certain
day, and Wogan went "out With bis'lad, and
was the master-spirit of the whole affair. -MrCatey
regarded this as most exception
able conduct on behalf of Wogan, and,
therefore, consequently wrote " a-bitter de
nunciationin the Hibernian Journal, a paper
9wiied in part by Mr. McDonnell. Young
Carey became knoWn 41s the author, and
pes toe receiving a severe reprimand, nis
fellow apprentice, 3 poor orphan,was finally
dismissed, to appease the temper of Wogan J'
Carey was deeply inurgnant, and lost con
fidence in McDonnell
The next productidYi of which he gives
account, was a pamphlet written in .1779,
ih regard to the oppression upon, the Irish
Catholics ; and this, from itsTesults, proved
to be one of the most important events of
his arly carder. It shows also, much of
the ardericy, patriotism, andlove of liberty.
which we shall see werei through life, lead-
mg raits in the chafttcter Ijf Mathew Ca
rey. It takes '' it;eimprehensive
survey of 'the grea JrjpesXf universal
freedom, which eric4cad;ti.en, and was
then, securinff. rfbtinyifor'fier own sons.
but for ifie. natioi$f ttJbSo)it. follow her
glorious example ,. V
Itwill be pertinent to repnnt, jn this con
nexion, a. single paragraph,' sent out a3 the
parachute of the obnoxious pamphlet : '.
'At a time when America, by a desperate effort,.
has nearly emancipated herself from slavery; when,
laying aside ancient prejydicosv a Catholic King be
comes the ..avowed patron of Prpte4ant freemen;
wnen me tyranny 01 aoriusn raruament over ire-
land, has been annihitatM:.by 4h6"irnrerid spirit jof
Irishmen ; tt is a most afflicting reflection that you,
my:untrytnen, the raajority of that nation; which
ha shaken, pfff n unjugt English yolje, rejnain stiH .
enchained by ono mfiniUly more gallujg: lhat you
are, through your owrpusiilaimity, daily irjsulted
by impudent, mehacing'advettisemenls from insig
nificant parts or the kingdom tiiat a few iyraIuic6l
bigotarln McatW and Wexfofd ptcsuro to take into
their oiwa h and s the-legislative and executi vo part
of our Govtrmnerit ; jnul with a-diclatonal power
prescribe laws to their feUow 60010.
us 3he issue, produced much excitement ; ;
and, ParUatoent bei jh: session, thife Duke
of ILelpsterArowght it before the House !of
hotte, 9tna jS tr Thomas i Gonnell v f fi a the
Iiousef!Cbn1nions fIthideu0utikedJ
....i.iT...ii".-Jt.. . i ., . ... :7a
ireasonauic -aiAiocuiHousi anaiquoiea . ire
proof f the f rebellious views tof th q. Roman
CatholiArlJnfortnrfately fpr the caue ofl
truth and- hu man jiptsrt, r Utere has al ways
been found in poor . Ireland i cringing syco
phants to Government? who at all hazards
would sustain the powers that be It was
4 declared to he in this spirit that a body of
Komaa Ualholics possessing .not a parti
cleiofi riiat -patriotism which t accomplished
the Irish insurrection of 17-98, which de
clared - America a Nation, of Freemer"--deauttHaced.
the-puhjicatioa .of yonng.Carey,
and .offered -a reward fog-; the. apprehension
of its author. JHj& father was greatly alarnj-ed-r-took
steps to have -the pamphlet . sup-pre.ssed-ajid.by
the advice of-his friends,
j-.the son was secretly put- on board a .Holy
head packet and setit iov France. He waff
introduced " to Dr. Franklin. who had -.a
small. priming office at Passyvillage-rieaj
Paris, for the purpose of reprinting his des-patches-from
America, and other; papers."
He worked a. while, fpr the Doctor, and. af
terwards, with Didot, le jeune, on some
English books, which that printer was re
publishing. In about twelve months, the
excitement haying died away in his native
country, young Carey returned home.
While in France; he was ealled upon-by
the-Marquis de la Fayette, who was seek
ing information relative to the condition of
Ireland, and wesliall see that the great pat
riot and friend of American Libertydid Hot
forget the acquaintance when Tiewas sub
sequently in Philadelphia.
'After his return to Dublin, by the assist,
ance of his father, " wlwf frad in the meaA
time purchased of McDonnell the . balaircel
of hw.son s apprenticeship, young -Carey,
then being twemyi-two years. of agejset up
a paper -called the 4 Freernans Journal.'-r-It
was commenced in October, 1783, and
is described by, its Editor, at enthusiastic
and violent." It soon obtained n extensive
circulation, had decided influence ori public
opinion, 41 fanning the flame of patriotism
which pervaded "the land, and excited the
indignation of Government,, which formed
a determination to pt- it dowu." On the
7th of April, Mr. Foster moved rathe House
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01 commons,
"That an Address be presented tin the Lord
Lieutenant, requesting that he will please issue his
Proclamation offering a. reward for the apprehen
sion of ATtfthew Carey.' PdrRumentary Rzms-
, 1783, 4.
Mr. Carey was also prosecuted fbr a li
bel on (lie Premier'. - He was' finally arrett
ed , ir. his own office, and conveyed to the
housedf the Sergeaht-a"t-j.irnTs, L'Estrange,
as Parliament nad jireviousty adjourned.--BuV
Parliament re-assembled" on the lth
of April, and he was taken before that
body ; and, to the astonishment of all the
friends of any thing Ilk liberty of speech,
Mr. Carey was, by a . (vote of forty-three
to forty; committed to Newgate. On the
14lh of May, 4-Parlianient havihg adjoitr
ned and their power of detention in prison
having ceased," I was! (says' Mr. Carey)
triumphantly liberated by the Lord May-.
or.1- 4"But,"r he adds, "although thus
freed from the clutches of Parliament, the
criminal prosecution fof the libel on JohnJ
Foster, the Premier, like the sword" pf Da
mocles, was suspended, over my liead."
The Attorney . Generalf having beside filed
a bill against him, ex officio, to.prevent the
action ofthe Grand Jury, it was deemed
best- that he should quitf his native cotmtry,
inasmuch as justice was obviously to he
denied by those in authority 4in his own
native land. Accordingly, in the disguise
of a female dress, to escape the myrmidons
of Government, fie took passage on board
the America, on thej7th of September,
1784, and landed in Philadelphia on the
1 5th of November fqlJowing.- .
In the difficulties and embarrassments
that had attended his prosecution and im
prisonment, his means had much run down;
and when he landed, on the wharf at Phila
delphia, he was an entire stranger with
scarce -a dozen guineas, in his pocket! .The
newspaper had been sold to his brother for
.500, to .be, remitted as soon as. he could
conveniently do so; but his hopes from that
source were almost blasted, for he never
received but dS5Q, iher Freerftan'-s . Journal
having ultimately perished 44 partlyihy.the
persecution of his brother, but chiefly by
Government's setting up a paper wkh . the
same' name, in .order to take its custom and
destroy it." , ! ,
But a ,yery pleasant and: unlooked for
event gaveiew courage to his hopes, if jt
did not, indeed add a, bright coloring to ail
bis after career.. We ave said before that
the Marquis de la Fayette had made a call
upon young; Carey while he was at the
Pri nti qg Office of Passy, 'in.France. He
was theq at Mount Vernon whither a jel-
law passenger of Mr.
Carey's named Wal
deliver letters chich
lace, had repaired, to
he brought ta; the Marquis. The Marquis
made many enquiries of Wallace in relation
to the affairs ol. Ireland; and obseryed thai
he, had. seen Van iaexount of the Parlia
mey proceediiig against ' the persecuted
printer, : Mathew; Carey.' Wallace inform
ed the Marquis, lhajr he , can)e -pas.engerv
with -Mr," Carey, and that he was' then in
Plitadelpliia. Subsequently, on the- Mar
quis's arriving in Philadelphia, he 4 wrote
Mr.;Cvey t noti .desitiug call at his.
lodgings, He f received me, atd Air.
V&rGpd iS wi(H:real-JsUdn.ess.ppdolfr4
with -roe Jon i Ihe persecution. I had uiider-
gosin4Uire' "tkilqjj-iny.:! prospects;; 4and
i v.: t:-Lt,i . . . .
liaving told hinxiinlendedAo set up a news-
!?l??T:!d
HJ r.CUUlUICUU.iUC- IU ,tU I1CUU9,
Morris and. others. Nemorningi a letter
was handed to. me from ; him, .containing
four one hundred dollar notes on the Bank
of North America; but it contained not a
word in reference to-Ure enclosure." This
was a noble act, worthy of the man, wjio
had expended a large portion of hfs. nrincJe-
ly ..fortune and rfrceLy offered his life, 10
the cause of American Liberty,. He 'raeetsjsrons, e continued to wiejd-hkpen against
a-poor, persecuted young mail, destitute of ihU relic of tle ages of barbarism, which
friends ; his heart expands, and he freely
gives him inearrs of making a living, with
out the remotest 'expectation ef returnt of
of eveF again seeing the object of his Doiin-
v3
It is due to Mr Carey to state, that he i
'subsequenUy-se'pt .&e AlarnnLs j yaliiabS I
prescjaudwen, h-. arrived inour (tooi?
tty in'lh2'4i in broken" fortunes, he. sent
hinij also, a pjieck at- New York, for the
luH sum ot Urur hundred dollars, which
Lafayette Very' reluctantly received.
If Bulwer had embodied the earl ycareer,.
fMr. Ca"rey, he might well have said oft
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him, that
H-y.H.vir jdviii, v uitu lute jtbtrv vm
For a bprght manhood,' there is no such word
As fail.
Actuated by this dauntless spirit, he imme-
Tr, tVia lr!nmf iiil. -!.! i -
.diately commenced a newspnner in - Phila-
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aeipnia, caiied.the 4 Pennsylvania Herald
He purchased' Iris" types out oT his Ihtfe Tor
ttme, an'd as a bookseller named Bell had
recently deceased," among" whose effects
was an "old and much worn press; Mr. Ca
rey proposed its purchase j but Col. Os
wald; who published th'e Independent Ga
srelteer . -regarding the cornmerice'ment or
another with rival. eel ins, bid against.Sfr.
Carey, until he raised tiie price of the '.old
press to. $50, nearfy as much as a new one
of the sam6 kind . was worth, 44beiuff'," adds
Mr'. Carey, 44 one third of my ihcTe forr
The first number of his newan'aner 'was
issued on the "5tn of January, 1785 and
the history .of itprogress shows that hoiie
but " an' undanp-ted "inind jmd. indomitable
s.pirit would ever have been" successful if)
ltseslEOjlishraen. The Editor Was a per
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fect stranger, totally unacquainted with tleTdeuceL intelligence,. and industry, and these
feelings,' prejudices, and wishes" of those
he had com anions'. The first deciriVd
impression which- the fiewspaper mader
was the comnienCefhenf, in its eohvniits of
the English newspaper practice of reporting
-in exlenftOt the: Speeches of the'House bfi
Assembly. This was then noyel - in . this
country, and soon ;made the IlefaUl muGh
songfit-espectally s theEditolf showed a
wonderful faculty in making hi reports ac
curate. He was niuch aided ii rthis by" a
most tenacious memory, which-wasat the"
bottom, in all lns after life, of "his stdrifrg'
away for ready use, probably .a greater
body ' of valuable statistical and Orlier
knowledge than-almost any rhan of tiie
age in which he lived.
Parties, at this .period, ranhih in Penn
sylvania, "as they dil elsewhere; Col. Os
waltf, of ihe.tjazetteer, was Iheorgan fbr
one "party, and'wrote a very violent attack
uport a society of foreigners, styled, -"die
newly .rdopted sons of the United States.
Mr. Carey, Av J. Dalfas',' and many oilier
powerful writers, were menrbecs, and they
annoyea the party yeryniuch wrth their
pens, Col. Oswald denounced the 'society
as 4fo reign renegaooes,'- Mr. Qareywrblei
a reply, in whicn were these sentences :
' " National reflections are as illiberal as they Jar
unjust ; but from Americans, they are something
worse. A great pajt pf tbe-armies thai nobly gain
ed America her independence,- were aliens, or "for
eigners,, many ol whose country men are now tne
subjects of obloquy and reproach, lmean French;
Germans, Irish, etc." . - f '
A hitter newspaper contrpversy" ensued,
which" finally terminated thus-: j Mr, Carey; !
in speaking of some of Colonel Oswald's
paragraphs, holds this kHguagf! : . ' ...
1 he literary. assassin, who baeely attptnpts to
blast a character, w a villain, whether h -strut In
the glare of day a ferocious Colonel Oswald", with
a dr&weansir countenance, or skufkS as" Xutius,4
concealed for a qUar.ter et a century.'
Col. Oswald made his reply V J
44 You r-being-ft -ciipple is y out main piQtec;tionJ
agaust.petsom.l,jnsilts. z
Mr. Carey's.rejoinder was : '.
Thongh I am a cripple, there isfl cert-iin nwde
on which I would Jbe en e'quality". This hint is the
less nefeisary toja rwui" whose newppaper freguently
holds outthieats of comirrj to the point" '
Tliis correspondence Mr. "Carey reprint
ed in a satirieal poem, entitled, The Pfa-
gi ociirrjliau, aodressetl to- uol. Oswald.
- a a m rw dk
1 he latter Tetariled it by a Captain Bice,
who said,'44 Colonel Oswald Considers this
a challenge." Mr." Carey coolly replied,"
"It-vvasfco intended, and referred him
to a IVfr. Marirhe, French gehtlcmari, of
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the house ot rurnoigill,- Marmie, 5l Co.
The seconds fixed on Saturday, the .2 1st of
January,-1 cto, ior me nay oi meetings
They met, accordingly, in.' New Jersey op
posite the eifyy Colonel Oswald, . having
served in the armv. was a nractfsed" shot.
while Mr. Carey never had drawn a trig
ger but nce irr his life. They were at ten
paces distance, when the "word was' given",
and the mstol oCColonel OsXtahl' shot his
antagonisi through the thigh bone, which7
laid hipa u6Tor jnearly sixteen months. 'All
tlie records 1 of the tfmes show that. 'both
parties be'hate'ieoollyf andrmagnhi
on the ground : aitd the1 resiflt " was more
fortunate 'than -most ""-deels are, for it ap
pears to have made the -parties --teel to
"ward feacfr 6thet"r withthe gerierins Frertch
like
man, .colonel Uemas-: it is astonishing
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a man after t ve .Toogh
witltlnni. - ' r . ;
This paper was afterwards purchased of Col.
Oswald's widow, in 1796, by J. Gales, the original
proprietor of this paper.
It is but simple justice to 3V&. Xarey 16 aUvays left .mjr meals when ; business tf
add here, that- hp deprecated "bis having any importance wan 'beig transacted." -engaged
in this duel durinir all hU after How difiererit this from the cntnm of a
life ; and, followrng up his early; 4mpres- !
has, thfougU a false notion of lienor, swept .
vvvvrn -r 4 mx JT A I I t
,wm..iHcrica so many vaiuaoio
Mr. Carey, appears to have acted .
thoroMghout with a firm conviction tliat-'it
was the determined burnnse'nf nlor.ftl
Oswald and his friends to blast his chamc-
crd.dastrojz hU-hH .ndured ftw.i
wai-u oy srnaiurai warmjnot temjieranwini,
he declares,- 440 one thing I was resolved:
if I displayed the .white feather, I would j
never see Philadelphia more, "
The next work in which Mr. Garev was
concerned, was the "Columbian Magazine,
wherein he: was interested with four other
partners. He.finally, lwweyer,- withdrew,
and cpramenced, the American Museum, a
magazine 4iiilended, to preserve the valuable
fugitive essays that appeared in the news
pepexp,' which he Continned until JDecem
beiv 1787. But the times were ot very
propitious fir magazines in r those early
days, arid-it should be mentioned as a mat
ter.of encouragement to oth.ers k) persevere
under great difficulties, that' Mr. Carey,
declares himself often in such a stale of
'intense penury,' .that he was frequently
compelled to vbojro w money to go to market .
As a specimen of his extreme poverty, he
quotes the case of.a German paper-maker,
lrvipgf fifteen miles from -the. cily, to whom
Mr. Carey haegiven a note for thirty-sev
en dollars which he. had. toeome to Phila
delphia five limes for, receiving the amount
1 in as many instalments. i
The marriage of IIr. Cary was the next
evemt of importance. Miss-Fiahavan, the
daughter of a highly respectable citisren,
who, Kke thousands of others was ruined,
by the revolution, was .-the' partnor of his
choice. She had no tlowep, but that of pru
are far richer than, any oilier that Cfn. be
beslo wed.. . She had united herself q Bjmzn
whose whole fortune consisted of a..few
-hundred dollars' worth" gf furniture, .and
some back, numbers of his magazine, com
paratively valueless as stkm as the work was.
abandoned. Jut whatof thatf Bothhus-J
rband and wife had mjnds filled with good 1
common serrse . 4 ncy nau im irnse priue
to .retard their efforts. v They ,were perse
vering and economical,, and together tlfey-.
resolved to rnake their-way in the world.-
44 We early," says th? husba.nd, 44 formed .a
determination to Indulge in nounnecessary
expense,-and to mount the ladder so slvv-
lyas to run Mtq-risk f having to descend..
What a salutary example is here written in
one sentence for the young ofQKrffy .
How altered i the mode" of .beginning. the
marriage life. riow-a'da3-di . Large ? rents,
expensive establishments, unlmiited debts,
4 routes and rounds of fashion, - are at once
launclied into ; and the young couple live
bp60.Iong as. petty shifts, contrivances,
and-deceplidus will sustain them,, and then
sink. intQ hopeless misery,frora-whichper-cliance,
they- never- recover, . 'aughtets,
tenderly-reared and who have- brought
handsome fortunes Jo their, husbands, ere
often -obliged "to return home to their aged
parents, who have to "maintain them, tlieir
husbands, and theirehiUlren a deplorable
fate foe old. age. ...ajhers have 'the un-.
speitkaWe miseF-y of beholding their .sonsj
in 'whom th&hopes ot after years were cen
tered, broken, down, indolent, reckless-, dis
sipated hanging on .society as pests and
nuirapces, instead of vbeeommg ornameuts-
andexainples ttfiU .Oh, 4 yhat masses, of
misery wdoid it not prevent, if the young
me'ii ofr par day .would adopt the shining
and: virtuous example of -that of the heads of
family, the incidents ofrtvliose lives we may
so profitably dwell upon f - i . .
They.lijFed happily Hogellier fornearly
thirty-nine years until the death of Mrs.
kCarey which occurred many years since-
rearing a family of -six chridren, two Itav-
ing-died in in-faneyj aBd one at. the -age of
seventeen. Ihe prtruentiat aaDits netl
principles .and stmng common .sense,
which ever .guided tliese parents, have been
"reflected in-the estimaUleicharaeters of their
children-- It will- oot be proper to speak
here, as we might be tempted to -do, of live
living ; but we m ay-be.al lowed the remark,
as proof of correct parental guidance, that
the gendemen and ladies of his family are
worthily ranked among, our most estimable
cijizens. The eldest son, Mr Henry C.
Carey, was for taaay years known as- one
ofthe extensive book "hoUEae of jCarey, Lea,
& Co., from which he retired few- years
since, "with an ample fortune, as the result
of strict appTication tobusinest, and unfal
tering mercantile honor. That gentlemani
too,is a good- : writer, and hi - last work,
which w'as upon political economy, has
met -high consideration from the ablest re-
views of our own country, and those oT
England alsa. - - , v
NAfter ihe relinquish merit of the Museum'
magazine, Mr. Carey fcoromenced printing
nnfi 'her.ksrdJiP'on a limited .scale, but by
(.the most nhceas'mg industry erseversmce,
and. integrity, m went on graditally extend
ing: his business, and -making, slow but mire
steps "to wealth; 4'Some idea,"? says Mr.
Carey, iay be formed of iny devotion
la business, from, the Iactr fJift, foaboye
twenty-five years, I was present, winter
and summer at the opening of my store ;
and, my parlor being close to the store, I
many of the present day. - Up. pretty much
fcaUightuihe. whirlpool f 'false society
, the-morn has w-astedvlnto ifobrt ere they
come out to their places of business, and
... !.. .. ' . . .
m uto aiurnoon, Histead off indiflff' the
ahop ihkv find it lrjdirvpnE!iMA t bbhK
rto whirl out of town ia al cabriolet." If
thftefam4.1ft nfunrhn mn). Hfitt.. r
rev is worth anv thino-. thnc hr. o
tlctermined to succeed in i life reforni aim.
gemerrrrosr b-bif -which are feure,rsoOrJ'
Ur or-later, to brine destruction odoo them.
Neglect of business, luxurious livinc at
tempts at show." and falso nride. art ih n.
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idniiiiiu eviis mat iifi in inri9th p
of the you ngJbegi oners of our " day,, of all
trades,- professions, ant) avocations ; and
what lessons of caution and wisdom may
.we not learn from the characters, habits,
and principles of the substantial men who
have- preceded us and wilt), by slow but
su?e efforts, went steadily op to positions '
from which -they had no fear- of tumbling.
Better to commence small, than fr begin
large and finally be broken down ; ; and the
entire history and experienee of all the
straightforward and' sagacious merchants
ofthe past, is a triumphant illustration, that
industry, prudence, $ndh honesty, are sure
to ascend, -m the long 'run,:'Where all else
may fail, Stephen Girard was once a jroor
sailor boy "before the mast ; William Gray,
a Ivuinbmcctiamc r amffeur Of Diwrtrt? -
a small ialay secretary1 in an insnTancr of
fice;. and. yet they- went up by their own
hands, became honorable merchants; -and
amassed princely fortunes; They1 were,
like all men who have made to themselves:
fame or fortunes, hard workers and closl -thinkers.
Thev minded thei" . nven -. bwsiW
c . --, man ir
. T .1 . , - - . J
oess, and, what -was of infinite conse- .
uence, had no time to meddle with tliat of ;
other people'. ' ' '' '' ' T"-
Their example may we,U be imitated; for
rigid mercantile integrity, and Unfaltering
punctuality in ihe performance of every ob
ligatfon," by-all who- wish fto go up in the -right
way. - " '' - . - ; v - "
lH'V79i Mr. Carey wa a most eScient
member ofthe co mhliltee'' Of health, wjtl
Mr " Girard, and others, when 'the yellow
fever, prevailed so dreadfully in Philadel
phia. Both these gehUemennvere very ae- .
tive in tireir devotion - to the sick'. When. L
it.wa8 found impossible, front-the danger
of the situation, to. obtain 'any one to be
come siiperintendant of the hospital at Bush
hill, ' Stephen Girard nobly -stepped for-'
ward; and Mr.-Carey states -that Mr. G. .
4 helped to dress the sores and perform all
(t!ie menial offices for the sick. Mr. Ca
rey wrote a history of this dreadful calami- -
jty, givmg a 4 full account of -its- riserrog-
ress, effects, - and termination, -It - ts ' -a
hriHing narrative. - ' ; .
Irt the'same year,-Mr. Carey regarding" '
with deep commiseration the forlorn condi
tion of many of his-countrymen who carne,
to our shores, was principally instrumental
itf-ihe formation of a societyr called, The ,
Hibernian Society, for the relief of emi- "
gradti ffSiim Ireland ;an institution which
has'stnee done ranch good; arid is still nunt-
bered among our most beneficial societies
The next subject of public importance in'-'
which his" pen became deeply engaged was,
in 1810, oh the question of the renewal of ;
the eharter of the Bank of the U. States.'.
He wrote a serfes'of essays Warmly advocating-the
renewal, anl he gave much per
sonal attention to the-matter, as well at
home as the seat of the General-Govern-
ntent, which, afh those who are familiar,
with the records ofthe "times are aware,
made -him many bitter opponertls,-as well as;
many warm friends, according fo the char
acter of their views id regard to the measure
in sigttation. ' ' ' - "
About this tfrno 'sbme pungent, satirxaf -"
political pasquinades passed between .Mr.
Carey and -Wm. Cobbelti alias Peter Por
cupine, tlie former advocating Americanlib-
erarpoiiucs, ana me laiier uTiiisn anuTign-
toned notions'. But as they eluefly related
io things which -have passed -'-away,' send t
both vriteTS are passedVolFlhe'jjtage, it is'
not thought necessary nbwto'ipeak of them.
The publicaadn of The OliveBranch" -Mr.
Carey Tegarrisis ohe'br the 'most im'
portant events of his lifeirpll took place iri
l ft 1 4. ' The nnrriose which the author had
in producing it ' waail& 'eritf eavtir,-by a'-eao-did
publication of the follies and errors -of
both sides," to calm-the embittered feeling of'
the political parties'." The first edition wa '
produced withie the leisure time of six 'or :
sevetf weeks. Tt formed a duodecimo vol
ume 6f two hundred nd dfty-lwd pagl of
w h ich about eighty wera public dochotents :
It wa3 sold put immediately, ana the ftnthori
says,, 44I was preparing a ne W edition when '
the thriee-welcbme iiew of!eWeamd,Vr
which I thought wouldr?en&&Hiitfcce&&
sary.,,; But lie subsequently had jgdod rea
son to ckange tlftt opinion, by thcr Iemands
that caffte in; and ohfc edltiphfsflerJ anittet
was prepared , each'ohe' Wijell-iiig Bometrei-'
jsion or addition, imtil; within three -yfarst
and a half,, ten. editions were struek iOflTr
there having been, ever leu thousand copies
sold ., r..; - ; , . .,: . - v s . .i - : .-.
, Tbe-next large . work ne produced tas
'The Vindiciae HibeniiclB.''whichLmae
fits appearance in 1 SIB. His object in wtittOg
mis wor. was vw piuvc miuu&
positions, that, from thi invasion of Irelandr3
by Cromwell, the Government of that conn-
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