AN Momoumcm ms Examm M @N H-IEA mum:-1 DAY 03 JULY £800, A , Sm cmmsmo"s-.Ar:om M -mm ANNIVERSARY 01:” AMERICAN INDEPENDENC3Em GEORGE SULLIVAN, Esgwxzm... h A *»*:mr»;4' mw MEN 0? RANLET, sxxsan, mxrwnggmpgmwaz, '3‘ ‘ 0 ' D‘ 10A ,0 "G A * 0 VIC’ ii o|i'*% oiiifi oifi 95% .n‘i"fié eg;‘% 0% E 95*‘? as ‘i% SIR, Exatcr, 5!/5 fuljii, 1300. I am authorized and defired by the Seleétmen of the town to" prefent you their cordial tha.n1«:snfor your elegant and patriotic Oration delivered yefterdzty, andto requefc 3; copy'f0r publication. At the fame time I cannot forbear expreiiing to * yon, frornmy own knowledge, the entire approbation and high pleafure with which. it was heard, by the company at Whole para 1 ticular defire it was pcompofed. I am, Sir, with no lefs perfon:-11 than official refpeft, ‘ lifourvery humble fervant, ‘ I , SAMUEL TENNEY; one o£”th¢B‘eara. GEORGE SULLIVAN,.~ ESQ”; Sm, I i I have to return you my {incere thanks for the very obliging manner in which you have been plenfed to communicate to me the favorahle, but perhaps too partial, opinion entertained by the Seleétrnenp and Gentlemen of the town, of the Orationv delivered by me ; and alfowof their requefl: of a copy‘ for publica- tion. Agreeably to their defire I deliver the requeflced copy. I am, Sir, with fentirnents of the highefc refpeét, Your obedient fer'v"ant,i I GEO... SULLIVAN... eflen. Jv«ne4=. ATENN ORATION. T-O yrcelebratee the annual return of thofe days, “i7 figvhich have been diflinguiflied by events important to the happi- znefs of the pe»op1e,.tis a icuilon; which has prevailed among all civilized nations. In eonforrnlity to this ‘long-cPcablifl-zed, this eialutaryinilitution, it becomes Americans to commemorate the aufpicious day on which the political ties, that had ‘connefled their country with Great-Britain, were diflolved ; and on which America “ aflhmede hex feparate and equal Ration among the powers of the earth.” Amid the Vail; variety .ofe~\}e11ts recorded in the hiftory of nations, none can be found more delferving of celebration‘, none that can rnorej11illy challenge the gratitude of a people, than the eftablifhment of our country’e independence. The day, on which the States of United_A_meric;_1 rofe from the humble condition of Brllilfll colonies to itlge rank of an indepen- dent nation, will be as memorable, as ittwas extraordinary in the annals of the world. Its memorial will be cherifhed while freedom {hall haveiv,otaries---It is flarnped in charaufters never to be obliterated from the records of fame. i V Americans, the celebration of the bi1'th-dayiiiof your empire. is dictated no eeieis by wifdom than by gratitude. By its gobfervance youimialce an annnali factifice the fhrine of free- dom 5 you make afoiernn declaration that you venerate and gfacreclly adhere to thofe glorious pxfinciples, which conduéied your country to independence; and you pledge yonrfelves never, to fttrrenader Maze‘ independence, but with your liven, Thofe noble, thofe fublime principles, which led to the .;i:weil21blifhment of our national ‘ihdependence, fwtayed ixfiithe hofomet of our famed forefathers. An ardent, at; invincible attachment to liberty formed a diftinguifhing trait their eharaétee. ‘ De- prived by the lawlefs hand of power of thofe rights, which they claimed from the Sovereign of the urlivrerfe, they fled from fword of perfecution in th_ei1_~ native laxid to the then uncultivated and inhofpitable fhores of A'1gne1:iea. Anithated by thenoblefl; motives, which can impel man to aétioeg they encountered with elieerfulnefs the perils of the ocean; they fetid at d‘efia‘n‘ee the pains of hu;ngler,: naltednefe, and ‘difeafe; they tegat-ded death itfelf with every fpecieseof tort31re,wl1it_:h the inge:1_1.ii.t){ of fav:ige_e ,, could inxfent, as fat: lefe terijible them flavverjz. After; fuflering innumerable toils and incredible hardeips, thofe illufirious emi- greets Weonverted the wilds and tiiotttiteiizs of .Ptmeri;ea‘l‘ itztto time feefélrie refidencet of fW=d°me For a long fexjies of yeaxjs from the-itime in_ ‘xvi-1i'eh%lo_u;i_* ‘e_ott_nt2;y hecl a_r1fived at fuel; a degree of imvpottance; asvto’ attraélt the e.tten4tioti of the Bri_ti_fh_ goverhment, was regarded in other ligltt than as art inftrumeht of commerce. A ~:gi_rh.ich were mede, and the 1_-efiriétionsi x(2vhieh4 were imgofedi upon h_er,;we_1:eM all of la eoifntnercigtl nztttttfe 3 the _incom2enien_ees, wlgihch. tfefulted: froth tl1erx_3:, were fmall and were felt tyitliotn: eitlurmur. Atrierica11s bowed tee them with famed fubsrgaillive reverence, .215 ehildreni to thelfleornzjriztnds of it parent. ‘While Gr;eadt-ldritadin ‘exereifed hezj fuptethecy in 1:egL.‘:latt'i_11g ‘the eommeree elf our ieotiziitty; wh:ile4‘fl}eAco1;tet}.ted herfel-E.’ with ‘monopoly of out i trade, and‘ made he etttefhpt cirznvfi*otI;._ us 1; revexiue, our fiittiée /t.io11 w.ee.sVprofi3e1"oes arxcle floprifliiiiag ; and the commerce, powerg. V and grdhdeu_r of Britain ‘1“a1\‘)i:(.l:l_;jfl?“l.E1'V1CIT@'£11}g.€_de-. Had this etnli‘ghte1g_« ‘led commercial poliey been purfuecl, America Igeiightt lyflng l;1'c1V:_’£: %eontinuedai1appe11dage_ of the Bori.tifl1‘.empire._l A l Immediately? after the eonclnfiion of aiiwari the hoofi H ‘glorious tfltll-E! arms ‘ of Englancl of any‘ to he found in heri”’l1ii7- 7 this pleafing eiycpeélation. 5 tot)’ ; ‘-957%?-T; Which "$11? fiirmidable pewers of France and l Spaip were humbled and compelled to form an inglorious peace, the fcene was changed---a new fyfiem wag prepared for the government of pup country, this period pf prolfperify, when Britain had fubduecl the natural rivals of he-1; graludeur and had reached the l1ighefi point of greatnefs, a deliberate Plan was _c_on_certed to reduce the inhabitants of Ameriea to a flaw of flavery. As Americans had _fl1,a1_fed the fioils and dangers of the war againfl F;*a1,1ce and Spain; as they hade_fl1ed their blood for the aggrandifement of England, and had _contributed to the fgccefs cf her arms ; they eapefled tppenjpy, in pommmg; with the ref’: ‘of the emphre, the bleflirlgs of peace“andtl1e nclvan. But they were nof long permitted to ipdulgec The folly and blarbarity of Britain foen PTEf§3nIC.Cl po them the melaneholyllaltelmative pf {lavery or death. from this unfortunate are the afihirs of England abe- eTam‘ediPcraé‘;ed; tl1e‘fpiritpfhwifr;lom, offended at her mane, abandqnedllher eeuxqeilsi. and the lfufim ofher glory, declining from its tgneridiazg, appeared to hallen to its fitting. tages pf vi&ory_. V In an hour of ixufatuation, a leer:-upt 1nliniPcry,p in order to relieve Great~Brita1a from the Qpprefllve weight of an im- menfe national debt----to fupport her towexing greatnefs, which excited the envy and alarmed the fears of Europe-~—and to {up- ply her future extxfavagance and profuefienml-eoxmeeived the 11r1jL1Il, impolitie, and ruineus fcheme of railing a lfevenue fromA:me:rica. The Britifh parliametat 1-3.lTe1‘ted the unlfeafonable, the unfounded e-lc5laim_ of ixnpofing taxes on Americans without their confejnt.l '1."l1eplfirfl cxefcife of this pretend;-d fight appearedin the menace. able lllamp Tl_1i_s tax was impaled on our eountryrnen by an 'a{l’eIhhly'of men, in ewllich they were 11ot,p and frrym tlzeir a ‘local fituation could nptbereprefealtecll. ]’I‘lie people of Ameri-A pea lme'v_v it to be a pléimjiple of the Englilhpco;1llit1.'1tion, the prime ileges and advantages of wvlmleh they claimed as theirbiz-L115:-‘igl1t,f A‘ tlmat the property of no man ihould be t-aken from l1l;m without this eenfent, or that of his reprefcntatives. pNay nmre, they knew \ 6 it to be a principle founded on the eternal, the immutable laws of nature and of jufiice. i They forefaw that if this claim of tax- ~ ation, unlimited in its extent and endlefs in ‘its duration, were acquiefced in, they would be flaves; they would become pen- iioners on the bounty of the Britilh parliament for all that they , poffeffed. Not content with impofing on Americans this unwar- rantable tax, the parliament aflerted their fnpremacy in the mofi: unqualified terms, and declared that they had ariglit to bind them in all cafes iwiliatfoever. Thefe claims at once to unjufi-, fo unconftitutional, and fo utterly fubverfive of liberty, were in- dignantly rejetit-ed by three millions ,_of freemen, who were deter- mined to facr‘i'fice their lives, ratlter than to exhibit a tame, fer~ tvile fubmifiion. The people if Great—l3ritain, lillening to the per!-imrlive voice of interelt, and imprefled with a belief, that in proportion. as their brethren on this fide the Atlantic {hould be loaded with taxes, they Ihoulcl be eafed of their burden, were pleafed with the iniquitous fcheme of the miniftry; and warmly advocated the docftrine of parliamentary omnipotence. Americans Rated their rights and the violations of them, and remonflzrated in the moderate, but dignified and determined language of freemern Britons regarded the I‘€’I'fl01’1[lII'3.1'J.C€'S of opprefled freedom, as the dictates of a daring fpirit of rebellion. V They did not reflect that the principles, which aétuated our countrymen, had always been confidered as facreci by their ancePco1's-J--iThey did not re- V fleet that they were the fame principles, w_hich once infpired the illullrious Hanson: and thofe glorious patrons of freedom, who dared to oppofe the arbitrary irnpofitions of the honfe of Stuart. The liliing, mifguided by men, who did n.ot rnerithis eonfidence, and indulging a wiflr, fo congenial to the nature of royalty, for arbitrary power, approved the rninifterial expedient and the proceedings of parliament. He, who fhonld have pro“- 1”.€v5l€Cl‘tl1e violated rights of his people, gave his fanélion to their riitbveriiota. He was deaf to the united ‘voices of reafon, julliee, ,,§’ it-fihis much injured fn:£3jeéte~i it _ _ Whett the inliabitants of‘ otmliiiotilntry perceived, that the King had united with an unprincipled’ miniPtry to reduce tliem to flavery, they no longer viewed him‘ as their rightful fovereign 3? they jtiltly conficlerecl themfelves as releafedr from their allegi-~ anee‘ to tlte crown.‘ Allegiance was tile priee wot’ protecftion; when the King, Far from protecfting, attempted to degrade elem and humanity, pleading in behal” in America. 7 V tioa {late of vafialagegitlieir allegiance was at an end. Appealing to heaven forzthe ‘reétitude of their intefru tions} andthe jullicel of theirlicaufe’, the‘ 1~ep:rlei"e1-natives of tlielpeow ple"of. America; agreeablylito‘ the wifltes of tlifei-1* confiitttents, or! tlte FOURTH D21’? OF 'f_7ULTi Ii7i7l6‘, delclafed the United‘ colonies to be free, fovereigm and i-ndep-elnclent llzttem Americans, let us eontempllate the noble, the gt-orionsz fpeélacle, which oureountry prefented to the world, on the day which we are aflembled to commemorate. Such an ardent love ofilib.erty,»fuch a.- degree of patriotifm and determined bras» , very no nationeever exhibited .. “At tile tirne‘ wltenl ou“r' national exilteneeleiothmeniced, tlr1t:'Il'1i'litarly pfowefs oft Great-Britain was the fubjeét of praife and adfniratiorl in every quarter of the gI‘olie; {he was lb}? tlteiirnoft f"o‘rmi'idiable power the World". (fiteen 'of'ltl1e feat her mighty fleets were triumpliantlyvciavfteid over every part ofiitliei widelyexpandedocean; {lie ploflelled troops well dilfciplined, and‘ feeond to none on eartlfi in Bravery; the threatened" to dellroy the balanlbe of’ power, Whieh European fovereignisi had long _ en- deavored to mlaintaing and on the prefervatilon of which their poffeflions depended. Tlie rtioft powerful Kings felt theirltltronee» linfecnre and dreaded ‘the exertion oflfher arttis ; the lnati‘onj‘s of En:-ope trembled attthe rnle-nation of Her name; A Ci-reat-Britainithus f01‘f£:2:i)'ie v'vas~oiif’ciinaite1y de'te'1'*rhiiie‘d‘ ta)‘; fubdue our country. Alrezt ,3? had her hoftile fleets filled our ‘ports’ «Sc heriioitile armieshadfprefifd defoiation, on ourpfhores. At this mo- ment :1 people, ailmoft dnknohvn to civilized n,atifons,w:.—is feen‘ to difé pute the ai'bitra;ty claims, zindtohid deifieiieeiito themighty of Britain. That an infant nation‘ *9‘ with fearceiy a) weapon to are tack,” unfiipported by any alliance, Wit11'oi1t governmenpt, without; funds, who heheld in her troops valor without difcip1ine,ii1ofiiddar,e to contend with _that gigainticzi power, the thutideir of iirhofe 3L1‘i’h$ {hook the rehrioteft cbtnets of the ezirth, could not fail to excite the grez1tePc ztftonifhment. ‘ The fortitude, and determined fpirit of our countrymen were admired, but tileitcanfe was regarded" as deiperate. Buoyed pahove the" tctfor of death, the ia’ttentio.t§,f of" Americans wastvdireéted foieiyp to the freedom‘ of theii- Colin-_~‘ try; All the jarring, urifoci:a7.1,,fe1fi{h p,;1Hi.onsi,,__of i the heart gave place to’ the purePt pzttriotihn. They reiigned their property with cheerfulnefs, rind deitetmined to fiicrifice their lives for the iibeiity of their in:-ttive lzmdt V They dec12u"e'd'that if theirhoufesi ihotiid he pconfumed, and their property wrefled from them’ by the _hand of tyranny, they Could retire to the vtildernefs and hen; joy” the luxury of being free; if death fhould be their fate, in death they ihould obtain thatlibe-1‘ty, which in life they were fora biddento p,ofl‘efs.- p The diversified hif’cory~ of theivtorltiii't»i*il1 bepirs’, ‘min confuited, to find 3. nation exhibiting fueh at degree oflpatri-p.‘. otifm and .1 poiieflihg fuch high_-toned heroifimii Three million; of men, itgigh-minded men, {Wearing on t1ma}1:m~ of fieedom“ to preferve inviolate thofe rights and privileges, vvhicii they inherit; ed from their fathers, andto tienfmit them unimpaired to their, pofterity, or petiflt in the ‘gioriofis attempt, the mofl; a.ng:Ltfi;,.L the rnoft fublime pfeene, .th.at human ‘imagination pvcan pfttggepfi, Thoufands, whofe bofomsi on theibirth~d»;1yiof our empirepglppowed, ‘with the pureft flame of‘ patriotifm, haxrie fallen martyrs in the eaufe of libertyiandp their country-5-they have feaied their ptins-A eiples with their blood----and have been tranflated to their native ikiiese. A i A 9 Arnéricans, it is our pride, oL1&rbo:1B:%to fa'§r, thcfc were ‘our f'athor5‘.” Let us imitate their i%llufl:rioi%1s exo.mp 1c,Hfor by it they havetaug11tus the impo1~t:.11itV1eflb11 of republican virtticg oThey11ave taught: us‘ that‘ property‘, nay life itfelf, fhould bf: cheerfully refigned, when the Welfare of our country demands it, Humanity forbids a recital of the various‘ 218:5 of c*;ue'i-» ty praétifcd by Gm:-z1t~I3ritain during our revo1utio11aryowm:. It ‘will be fuflicient to obfiarwzg tlmt wiwthjthe aid of her merconazrjr troops and the favagos “of tho xvilderncfs, H16 w:=.;s ufiable» to over- ocomo our countrymen, wvI1ofcfox"titudc-oond bi*;Wc1*y rére&ed% eter- no.1 moxmmoentsyto tI1%ei1+fam¢; oThc Irufrcrlos, wlmh Britzfin had "acquired iriformer wars, and which promifed to flourifli in per» %pc:tL1z11 vczrdurc, now wizzhorecl on her temples; After an i1'1c:;f“F:;:¢f. ‘tool lhffigglo Aofl %fevenV yours, jaftef waflixzg tI'1et1fe:2z.furesa11d pm. fufcly 1:1V*i1'11i11g the blood of the peoplmfhc: was compelled to ac?"- xkx1%mv1edge"tho .‘3tatc%s of America free, ’fovc1~e§gn, and inde-- "pendent. Om": glorious .1~eVo1t1tion:1ry‘Vvz1r was fficceedofi by an ‘advantageous peaoce; At tclxisv tir:t'm Two-113:1 but the flmdow of :1 national government. % ‘ Our *oco11fedemtion was n1'er::o14j7 a*fyfiEeréo. of recommendauion. It vms f'ormec1%:=xt :1 poriod of diH:ref's and viiizangér; when our Aenernies Wort in tho bofom of our country 2.114 uour’ houfes xvere in oflames. M It; fi~:§xmei~s built :1‘ i2i%IiomzV:ry fabric ¥on‘oo't1iooof2111:a.cious idea‘ofpt1b1ic;}:oz11'ec1, confcioufnofi; of fek:o,x'i1;y %%1oofamodot11o bm1ds of “ur1io%n,, :.=:,11t;1 t‘i1c.'.%:L<:i:.'ic:c=: of Cozzgrxzii: % 18!! its Vwontori inflomaczc. 3”} 10 uu V % “For a fear-fern the friends of -our liberty and iiidependence ‘imagined, tliiat they bad fondiy zmtidcipated halcyon days, fcexies of happinefs 'cvbicl1,were never to be realifeii in our country: ;; much "did tiiey Fear tfiat we 11ever"fliould enjoy timfe bleflings, ‘which our revolution feemed to prornife. The war had corrupt- ed, the morals of our citizens; Loveiof country was no loingef the rniiinge paffion ; the defire of private gaixv. had fupplanted the {pix-it of public good ; and a difpofiti-on every where appeared to facrifice thelintereflh of the com-muniity 9.»-ttl1e flirine of axarice. Our commerce was at its lowed ebb, our money had vaniflued, 1‘21n<:'is hzid depreciated, private confidence, the friend of in.duPcry,_ b>;=i..i ceafed to exifl, andira.-;iL1.»Pe2-y itfelf had almofi difappeared, becnufe it Iizid little hope of reward for its toils. Our credit and ddrefpeflabidlity as 21 nm:i”c>n, were lofi. Debts, which were the price of our independence, and 115,- the payrment of xv1iic11.”tI1e faith of our couzitry had been repeatediy p1‘ed§_,;ed,i remained 11~11di,fcharg- ed, and without any fi1i.t-ablye’ provificm for their payment. There is no fymptdm of nationaf _di'f0rder and ixmfignivficahce, no indicaa tion of impending ruin, which did not form a part of our public calamities. Tiie co11fedieration"h:1d,in vain attempted to raifc us-from- our di~Pcrefl'ed and pz-oPcr21r;e fitwation ;.,it was too feeble. to afford relief. N , _ In the midi} of‘ the dfleepefl gloom, widen our political Iiorifon was dzxflcened byfthe thickefl: cloudsof public misfoftune, the dz-my-fiar of our lmppy conPcitution arofe to rill-udminz1te~ and ‘ »~ conduéft our countryto refpefiaibility and happinefis. To form a. perfeet union, cPc2,xb1ifl1 juflice, fnfure domeftici tranquility, pm"- vide for tiie common defence, and to fecure the bleflings of libw erty were die grandd objedts, for the attailmrient of which thebpeo. file of Anieriea (J1’({2l,'1'.1'1t2.’(id their national Governrriene. A govern» mednt,di:vox*tby of our i‘11'du{’cridousrevoiution worthy of thatcn. i lightened, that augiajti aflienfxblny of. patriiote who formed ; and of thelpeoplewho :,f1dopted‘i't. Its f1'amg;rs derived from theiexpderienee of other ages: end’ of other ccmdntfieisdg Tn theory. i it is“ unrivalied, in pracftiee i'l‘.S’f14mO1‘y* is eomplet-eljir juftified. 11 mum...-....i...4..... .............,,._...._,... ID!".F1.1‘ ‘Z "3‘.""“'.......»na"'”"iil‘;ii11Z'J.’k“.IlU ‘No fooner did this gave.-rn»men't commence its o‘perations, than the clouds of zrdiverfity were c:1i{iip21ted,iike rniii, beforeeiie gior‘io,us luminary of Heaven. Under its ziufpieious ii"1‘"fl1.ie1ice America has progreffed more in happinefs in the ecourfe of a few ye,zu's, than other nations have in centuries. To a perfon, who ccintem- plates the flourifhing Rate of our country, flie will appear like an ancient nation advanced to perfeéiioii byprofperious enterprife, fuccefsful induPcry, and :11‘ long icourfe or". fintunzite events. To our unequalled ccmiiitution {he is inciebtzed for her fafetwy, her profperity, and her fanie. J " It is equai.Iy the ,iiiter,eIi:onc1 duty of Americzine to pteiferveei and iperpetuzite thispledge of the future ,happinefs grandeur of their empire. It is no lefs the fate of nations; time of individuals, to ‘have a portion of alloy mingled Witi,1ti1€:i;t' purefiiiliiippixiefs---«N Their brighteft Nfunfliine of profperity will aiwayé be attended by its cloud. While on this .:1ufp,iC~iOI.1s anniverfary.we*eongratu- lute each other on the flouriihing fituzition of our country, we experience a degreenf regret iarifingifrom the refleétion, that the pieafing profpeéi may gfoon be darkened, and our fonde{°c.expeé121- rions blafled. That our glorious ’CO»1"1fi-ii£l1i'.i:01'l ii~siaHii:i1e formidable enemies, both foreign ziiaei ciomeiiic, is :1 truth of :1 fer-ious and an warming nzztune. Can it be doubted whether an)’ Foreign power wiflies to fee ourigovemmem: icieihoyed, and us 3 divided, caiebafed, end deg~1'.:1ded I1IA.ti@-I'l ? Let tI1e‘}iiPcoi-y of our country for :1. few years paii be -eoinfuiteei, and it will furniiii the mole irrefifiible evidence of the feet. The riiing -geeetnefs of America is viewed with jcaloufy and fear by iother nations. F1“1‘L1i‘1C~€’:, wifhing to iii; as emprefe of the world, ‘lees been particu- i Ierly jealous, arid pzmzicuilziriy hoiiile to our e.ountry.. She has in various infizmce.-3 zxttzxckiiei our £ovexe'igi1ty,infu1ted“ the peciple in the perfon of our Prefisdent, plundered our commerce, im.prif— iO1”'1t‘.3Ci and rrmrdered ‘ our citiesens, rejeéiecei our 1'l'1i1"liiiL¢31‘S of peace, mid attempted “to ciegmcie usiifzwim the r;§,11L: .offi'cemg:n to the: bat}: condition of tribtitziry vaiiiile. ii 1% ‘..,.....-,....._........... ............_.. , America has nothing to {ever from tlteerms, but every thing fromthe arts‘ end linfluencel of foreign nations. Foreign influ.ence is “ the delhfoying angel of republics ;”l% tl1Qf€. of an- cient and of modern times. have fallen before it. France has lboailed mtlch of her diplomatic fifVkill,_ and her influence has _% tale njfays preceded her arms in thofecountriels, which the has conquer-2 ed. In order to leflabliflt it, flue has overleaped, the barriers of Crezttion; barriers, which nztttlre feems to have formed forlthee fecnritgr and repofe of nzttions. In % vain did the towering Alps, oppofe to her their frowning precipices, their Pcupendous rocks, ttncl eternal wilds. Italy felt her i_nfluenc:e, and mourned the lofs cut‘ its liberty and irtdependence. In vain does the veil Atlantic roll ‘its Inighty wzztere between our country and France. We feel the effeafts of her baneful influence, and unlefs we ere infpin ed with 21 fplril: of wifdom and of vigilance, America, em out 2, vic”li‘1'n to her fyflem of delefion. Our country nourifbes in her bofom a fa1€l:ion,% coexten- {1:ve»with,our empire, protefted by and devoted to the intereft of France, which «plots the defiruffion of our 1't;2ttion21l governmmtt,‘ and would rejoice to fee it proPcra._te.' It is txnquelliomtably true, tlmt faftions ever have and ever willtecxriil under free govern.- ments.‘ ,T'here, is no dj3.1‘lgC31* of their dellroying liberty, unlefs‘ they are aided, by 21 foreign power. Ifittt when they are taken un»- der the proteé;'l,io'n of 21 foreigza In-ttiott, become c>l>edient to its will, anal :a.rewiel¢:led%:ts an iztilruntent, by wltiell to deflroy the 5,_7;ove1‘nme11t oflra people, they ztretrinly lfor_mi',d2tb1e. If we turn, our‘ eyes to thofe cotmtries of Europe, whiczll 11:,-we been conqu.c:r7-r ed by Frzmce, we_fl'1e.11.;,find tlntt fl_1-ehed in all of l thern fn€rions,rA»» by \vl_1jc%l1 her principl%es were clilfernirtated, her cleIl‘ru¢.‘.tive inflt1-l encc was errtenhded, and with \\*10f€.‘ COO.pCI“21tlO1'1 their deluded-A7 i,nlntbittz3.nts t‘retrcrd_eprivedl of thveibr con£li;tutio11s.,, their ~li;berties,* y 1 and i11dependence.X ex” 1 'l7l1'e%_,f}tdStion1,i,11% %%ou,,r,,eon;nt1~y A-lwearosee mofi: threatening, peé”t,~. it is the more d:en0'e11@.,X;l:.=;,,,_.rbee;tt1_{e,oittfiveills sits. llollile. deg 13 'l.""""""“""""""-"-*-"-"--r-I mfiW£ figns beneath the garb of patriotifm. It is cornpofed in part of thofe pexffons who were the early enemies of our nzttional govs tc1*nment%, and warmly oppofed its adoption. They are embitter-t, edin their hetredin proportion as itthas been fortunate in its operations. ‘Such is their vanity, thatt they would fee their coun» try % in chains at the feet of at foreign power, %%rz;ither than their inaufpicious predicfiions refpefting it fhould be ‘difappointed. ‘But men under the influence of 11 Wicked mnhition form the lnrgefk part of this faction.‘ h'They1mte the wifefl; andtrnoft falutary me:1f'nres merely becaufe they have no hand in fmming them, Deffitute of thofe tr-1Ient95,hby which alone anlhition dean be gratifi-Ah ed ; or deftitute of that integrity, which is eflexxtialdto the e.I1nr- acfter of a good ruler, they feel; for eemploymentsin vain. Sigh--. ing for oflices, which they are deflinedrnever to enjoy, they wan-t der among the people, utte1~i11§;"the moPc malicious flanders ‘ref: pe€ti11g the confiituted authorities of their country. The profli-. 'h gate are the natural enemies of good government, and of courfe join the Pcandard of the fehétioxu. This party the organ which France exprefles her fentiments and her wiflies, hit is the inhflrumexrte, with which {he expected to defiroy our government; H In order to excite the fympathy and to interefé the feels; ings of Americans in behalf of France, the Gallic :FncS°cio11 do-L! eleres, tlmt: liberty has always been the object of ’that nzrriong fince the commencement of her revolution. But her conduit for years has proved the falfity of their :1!I‘erti‘on. "When hihc had repelled her enemies,‘ ePc21b1ifhecl her independence on the firmefth bofis, and had adopted fetch :1 form of governnuent are {he thoug;ht'" proper, flue" proudly rejected‘ "terms of peace, whiIcI‘1 were highly“ adv:-xntageons. She difclzrimed every idea of’ coxxqrlefiwyct for :1 loxwgtime conqnefl: has been l1ercobjecf§*. h Sire denied t11ee'r§g-ht of one rxetion to interfere inithet‘efh;1ire«of"zinot}':er‘; yet there‘ is fearcelyhe netiong, u.'hOfec‘ce.i7F:1ihrshfl1ehas not attempted to govern, nntd in whofe councils‘ fire hen not endezrvored to gain an nfcen» t em~m;~>.. J.‘TImt neither~ goodfnith, nor jnfliee, nor n'1oderetiorr eon1"eco;rem;%ttpeop1c ":1.gILi1'tff>}'L&1‘ hoftile ettenapts is ‘proved by her c-.-on--. 14 A n*'""="' it :..x.:mmt ‘VI--v ‘ «CI. n "E-t'e:1ti?;*ier1tiol'r’ our country. Every perfon of refieétion, who“ line zttterxcled to tl1e‘~condu€t of France for few” years pail, will per- ceive, that the ambitious pro_';eé'ts of Lewis XIVth. hitve been re—' -rived in that country ; or rather, -he will perceive the gigantic iisizemesl of that afpiring monarch dwindle to infignificanee, eielxenl éonipared with thofe of his republican fucceffore.l I if he French party in our C0t11'1_t1'}’,‘ as ‘in every other which France has fubdued, lies endeavored to render our rulers; objefts of jealoufy, and to wii:l1dr:_tw from them the corifide11c.<: of the nation. All governments muff be mzrrintained by force or by the confidence of the people. Public confidence is the main pil. l lar, w'hic'h fupports the glorious fabric of our American ‘govern- ment; deftroy this, and the tottering edifice mull fall to the ground,“ and our liberties mull pexcilhbeneath its ruins; Senfible of this, France and her ‘partifansg in our country, hzwewith un» ceafing efforts’ Ptruggled to infufe into the people a fpirit of il1ib- erel‘ tlilirbli, and to withdraw entirely their confidence from their rulers. They hope in this way to dellroy :1 government, which,‘ they cannot fubvert by force. It will be remembered, that the fi1ent;ii'i1nfufpekEted"’ firearm in fecret undermines and proftrates on the ground the mighty oak, which the tempelt, that‘ flxekes tire eetrtlt and the ihettvenst would l12I,Ve aflitiled in vain. They do not make ufe of force tolovertlnrtow my government ; but they employ’ the more dangerous, becztufe the more deceptive, infirm» mm of _ie3.loufy. "£‘l1is lfpirit; mull not be indulged, for it defi- rgro§*siii¢the balls on which elective governments are foundcde Tire A-iliglztefi cle_gree of refleétioii will convince us, that the iprinciples, Whicll tz-mgbt countrymen to A be A jeztlous of an herediitziryg fl1lO1i"iZi.1‘_C.l13 an hex-editztgry bodyhof nobles, and 3 hctlfc of common; riot epepointedmorg controlable by them, ought netlto be extendecl $9 rulersiof ltlteir owngeholiice. There is gnoggovernmeint, wliofei 3 ~m-l5,- llt'u€tu1*e;.efliords fecili libtitftil .grotmd:s of confidencelg as (mg l V 155 ‘ MVI1. Inftlm firll mrlgillrzite of our union we do not’ behold a: far:-ptcred tyrant with the lI'I1pft1‘l3.l(ll(-Ld€ITl glitteringlonyhis brow, adorned with all the fplendid attributes of royally, taking‘ tlm: govcrnmcrnt of nurlcnuntry, as his i11l1<:rita.ncc._ He is not ~prote¢—- “tell from dlifgwace and punillxmcnt by the ridiculous lfuppofitiou that he ‘can do nofwrong, and by confidming bhiswperfon as faclred and inviolézble. The people: are not liable to be opprellled by the lzxmvery of folly of an hereditary body of opulent‘ nobles, conlli; tuting la lnn;u'zlc;h of their lcgiflz1tL11'e ; nor by%lreprefe11l;a-Lives, c:ho-l- 11221 for finch 9. length of time, as to“ forget their duty to their cong- flituents. Our rtzlers am all chmfenh by Gurfelvies as often? l ‘ confiffcnt wftlu ltlwl welfimre of the nation. It will be our ownfault, if we N do not have men, to fill our public ofilceg dilli-nguifhed £029 tlmlr wifilom, ilz1teg~rity,land patridtifm. Our chief magillrate, and all our lrulczrs, are liable to impelbzxcltunerltl, rendovall from of-A flea, and punilhment for any crimes of which tluey may be gullty, Tlwir lnterell is To blenldled 'Wltl1 tl1atloftl1e people,t}1at they car: nnmkc no lzwvs to opprefs them, which willl not l equallly inju;-:2 tlleinfelves---They are in f'a& part of the people, alndlmull p:::-:i-- cipate, in common wifcl1 the ref}. of the community, in all the zzcli vzmtages amid dilZ1cl*vant:.1ge3 refultlng fronz tlié laws may maize, A governmexmt, thus lzozxllruftecl, is entitled to all the abnfilderlcczg wl1icl1 any lzumzm grwccrnmem; can merit. ll % % "Flue canduél of an: zzclnt-mi1°cration 1121:; been diélatéd by 1 lilac“ p1'ofoundell: wifclom ;:.‘.-zacl tbs: moi": penetrating f rcfiglnt. lzilcq, allxnoll every othcr nntiozx has been iiwolvecl in ‘(be prefent deli tr11¢.‘?tivl::J Eumpean war, ours has been preferved from it by gm enliglitcned policy, and has ilouriflzed beyond allilorrner' :2:~:amplar:. The phrtifans ofM'.l"ra.nce confpbredl ta-L flzmder our admi::i.:rl2.tfl0II,v and talked much flue fully and ruin of its nm:1fures.‘ Bull tlx-:: ‘voice of expexiréncc, the arable of matlz, has an.fwr.:rr:d «:dlltl1r.::‘:.*. W V l A V l 16 l 7 , Americans, in the fates of lthofcllunlmppyf naltic}z§s,wlilhh l France has fubdued,‘fweLread an.s:iwf'ul but inPclruc'tive l.<:~{l‘0n; »Wlll; % lldomland duty’ a.lil»;3:l.requilre "that l we": fhowuld profit by their mifi» vfoztunes. lTl1éil3: Ir1%elan'¢l1oly:Ill:ril’to:r”y informs us,.th*a.trld that the fame fpirit, whicli infiaircd our fathelré Land impelled "th€:lm' tb' am:-rtl «bur indépexmdencc, rurvim; ‘in tlm bbfdms of tliélr foils ttl defend .it.. l Relying on the axffillance of ftlzat Alnuiglity Bei11“g; whol holds "tlm fates of cmpirlels in Ixisl h:mds,1let us lnomy rero1ve to uf:-1-‘every cxe1—:ion, and to naaké §:verjy'lll'actlfice in f21'v0'r of cur country.»-»—let it be £116 firll will: of (“our hearts‘, film: tl1e‘lli‘be‘rlt)f,l indepemlencc, :11"xtll'1appl’m:1"§ of Ame‘-~ ‘rica maylbe‘lp¢rpe’tua1.*lll l A l A 4 l l A 4 " ’ ” .., l» ll