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I RISE to address you, my resspaactecfi.
Fellovv-Citizesxls, in Obedience to an i11jL11i1Cti0I.”lg
which K have felt it my duty 1: obey. I zmrl
seansible, fully sensible, than: my literary‘ atfizzaiinw
meme. have but ill qualifirzzd true” to perform the

Ataslc, which I have u11dc3rta.k:e11 to exe~‘cu1:<;:. lliuz;

a11h0nm~., so disti11gL1ishTu1g, coI1i*'e1~1*6:di11a m:;m»4
m~:*1* highly fl;1tteri1*1g to my fez t:~‘:1%i1‘1g's;;~%~v%*’  Imd amt
  K4 Arthrvfiaecé ta*z‘M“m1',, by &C~~
c«::p1;ing' time inviw;ic;m., ’VVi1:h VV"hiCh E was 1m1%1mr_
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pOS$(fSSq them, by resisting it, to i11cm tl”“;éirmpv.1~
mtgmn of not 42L::u;i1'1>r El ‘um esti17:mt*¢:*~: m:1‘%V~ mm“ “
3:» \

favor, and of :22, flu-stiAcii011s i1zdiffc~m:~:11ccz,~ toflmt 6:2»-
vezlt, on whim I was solicited to a1ddrr;*ss*§*r311.

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firm; day, whiczh game I1"1c1e1>e11$de11ce t0 om? 1::a.~»
‘£21011. ‘ "'l"h«3 }:>r0mL11gatio11 of t11a1ti111n101*t:¢flA uziciict,
which proclzxirned our s;~3oAvm*c3ig11‘ty, .2111c1*a1m.10‘u1"1cw
«cad our sr:pa1*atio11 from G1*ez5:,t»B1'itaim *f<;nr'1"21sA 21
s;riA2:1c:nvdi(i em in the EU’1‘i'1£EdS of our };1isto'rj,n %A.11

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‘£10 wiiiehwe We1~een.tit1ed V“ ‘by natttre, and the
British C011S1;if£L1ti01’1,”‘K/Vi.“ ever be cherished 
A our reme1nbra.nce, Whilst’ are free, and have
flue virtuefm prize$0urfreec1om.ii The Ameri-

ezm Revoliitieine svas  ii11o"t. an L1nprineiip1edi op 3051-» A
tion to 23. eo11stitLi*fie’ii:iliieimrcise of p0W€1‘.}W:,ii

govemxnent, Wlfioselegal subjects we Werééf3y2i1‘iC1
professed m1r§e1ves to be; but a laudablie re-i»
ssistmiee t()iieie1éji1Er1S,iwhic11 had Weiac1«:11oWIeidged,
we shou1dei‘?“7ifiiieii ac1mow1ed‘gede ourselvesi’ to be
slzwes-~—-aiidii ty1*a1*i11ica1elieroachments, to Whicli

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files--~itiiiWa.s a glorious staid ifoi1'i bur birth-L»
1*ightsi,eMw11ic11the rude hand of arbitmry power,

weiitiliitififeieiiniig inSelen‘eei, had violated; Those
briliizzm; aehieVei'mei:1ts i0fO111"i'i€TO€S and patriots,
'Wi1iee1*ii lmeve iHL1stm"tecit'i1e hi.sto1~y of the Ameri4
V c:2w1iReV*0iutio11,i iwithi i1Ti"lp€'i"i.ShE1,i31C g1ory,11aviea
ge~11eefi;e11y4%401'1x1;hie ianziiversmy, cmastimted the
s1.1bjeetSs of .§1dd1‘CSi"~5 2', but they are so fzmniliar
A 25:0 theii1*eee11eetio11, 2,M.’l(iiL‘1£E5.VC'3 been so frequently,
zmd so eloquently traced, as to rende1~ unneces«=
ea1~y,j\in my opinion, any apolegy for ideparting,
in seo111e1neasL11*e, from what may be deemed the
zipprepyiate themes, and from what maybe C163“,

":37 sL1bjeeit5ei.1;11e we i11ves1:igatio11 of whiell ma,y%l1iaVe
:1 tendency“f§ere11dex*%L1s,either wiser, or better
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N"I0“IW Ii‘ uT'I3"fl"l‘ we”

 fressin o11om§rA%A’:ni11ds tlmse» rizlci lets which A

giv-y:e%life and vig0ur~ti0ou1* 11atio1m.Vlcompact,4 am&
thwmce de1~ivi11g our ~ dL‘l't§T~ to s11_ppor1: 1:hAem,V we

enla.1*geV,~%as% it We1*e,0ur a.t4tvac111nent to our gov"-I» A

@r11mc11t~we:xtend At1m~111eAaIm of its defelwa, z~mdA
zmfltiply its securities. A A VV1“1atA%m*e the dutiess.
which NW6 owe to» <mr  cour1try,f  fl*N.1&"3'i; A thereforrctza
be: ~ amw L1sc;efu1 4 ~amdA i11teresti1*1g'& e—114qL1iry-—mT‘l1e1*c
have uf mm been such 1~epe:sLted appeals to the
pride of our mmlres, by an e:»d'1ibitic)1*1 0f~.t11e%
Iiights of ./Wcz:vA2---1:h..a,‘t it xnay 11-zgmlaza,,Am:1p1¢ofitabIe
to»d@4vawwa;v»%v<mmwlw.cm:iv1'1AAUf' time to a. c011si4de»—
mtioti of his I)2at'z};m9. A -

 A That a11govm:n1'xmnAt is an eviV1,%tI1£;3I1ecesw
sity 01’ Wlmiczh will bi: remoV<::c1., Wham 1m3,11 slmlli
.21.tmii'1Atc:2 that Astate oA;f'AAAA131JAA3:A¢: _i.3.'113€.’113.g‘€311C3§3a 1,0;.w11ic}:;:
tI1<:~: pezfer cAt:.-zbAi1ityAAof his. _11a«tAu.1“,e ‘VA.i111i i11AAA%Aa;;A; A:A.s1:;o1%‘.s;

t;Ai1m:, axcwzmce him, is a.p0$i1:i0x1, AAWhi£:%hAAAAA1na11y* A

writm*s of great ‘A‘ dexterity of sop11ist1~y,”z:a1‘1d
ssplendid popularity, lmve, in %AseV;e1fa1AC¢1¢%bratec1
p1*odL1ct"ions, ma-1dc~: the basis of their1*c-:as011ing~,
and the foundation 4of‘~1:}"xeir %visio11aryA~:thmriesu
Em: if we talae expe1~ie11ce, observatican,4%m“1d the
co1Iected‘tasstirmo11y of ages for our gui+es, we:
shall be impelled to the c011c1usi0nA,~‘th“a;1; man is;
my being, so %i"1npe1:'f"ect in his nature, so limit»
ed in his u11derstandi11g,:‘t1nat %1—1ewi11Va1wa:y¢s rm
quire the :::o11trou1 of governzneltvt-~wt1:'1a.tAhe will
alwayvs possess p.:msi<>m~,w11ic:11w-oughtto be sub»
jaaztficl to m3t1*a.i11£:«»-tha.t ffi:‘5Wi1‘1*?»a1ways AApt*actiacs

W

W M H fl U — II‘,

V vices, which ougltt to be subjecte& topunish»  

rnent. Society is essentialtd our liappiness-W4
Society cannot exist Witliout the protection of
governtneiitm--Governtnent ,therefore is so far
front being an evil, that it may, in the true ancl
legitimate sense oftheword, be denominated a

"blessitig--ma blessing which tevery good man

will consider ithis duty to preserve, by contri-
buting his services to the support of that system,
under whie»eli*ir=,,fI>esmaychance to be placed. A To
decide, on abstracts principles, which is the
best forrn,,inf,go_vepr11 ment, is iinpossiblei-w-Every
    

    

manners’,genius, and infortnationof the people."

To prescribe one form for every nation, is no

less absurd, than the application of the same

medicine to diseases, differing in their natures.
A republican government is not best for every
people-i---though that people are unquestionably
the happy, whose government is republi-
can, who are capable of supporting it.

"The government, utiderwhich we have the
liappiness to live, may correctly---'vvithoL1t vani-
ty, enthusiasm, or afikactation, be clenorninated,
in theory, a free Governinent----Its originiwas
legitimate»-wlt was neither imposed by force, nor
by conquest-4-a-but was deliberately forn1ecl,and

voluntarilyjestablishecl,t  the people t"lien1-

selves, Asgoiverittnetitp thus constituted,iit is
the dntyofaeveryonempvho shares its pprotec»

7 I
V "iW”“‘”ll*“"‘l"”l
tiebgto supportguancl if wecoiasider the bless»
sixmgs, ’wl1icl14l 1aVeresu1tedjto\1.1s‘fimn its estaba-A

lisl1me11t, m_1rV’se1’1seof ‘the obligation We are 1111»-4

der tostipport Alt; must be ixmrleasedl l'I"he sup»
portllcf our govezrnlnent, will not then be con;-b
sibdered :3; mino1*' duty--«---of doubtful obligation,
wl1icl1 zmaybe d‘lSCl1£Uf'g»;"3Cl byla frigid Vneut1*ali-
ty; but a dutyof binding force and primary
importance. Our attachment to our govern-
zmenrlvvill not then be ‘a febbletie, to be brmlzzen
by every breeze ; it will not then be a. do1*1+r1ar1t
aflectioln, to be ex11ibited,a.s‘lc“.‘t)l“1*V‘il’.€1fllie11ceshall
 op§wWblb°iryl;lll*“lllNol!l    it will be mu aatiw,
a1~cl<mt, i1npel‘li11g pr11'1c:iple ; i11Vig()mtL=3d by dif-
fix:-.ul.ties., zmd st1~eng-tlaexlled by opplositicfmm. '1"be
patriot, zmcl 116: only A is entitled to that honol1*a~

ble cl1a1~a,ctcr, “ wlioscz coxmriluct is” mégntlated but

by 0113 :t‘x1c)'tiv<=:-M-1:lf1”e A guod "of hibr lc:oL11‘1t1r‘y§l” ‘Will
with am A a1*dor,l~llWl*1icl1 lclzmniwt  abatbdwi-l«witl1‘a
comltancy *'Wl1lCl‘1l cz=m1mt be Wt-rattled, C0l11“I1f‘llT)l1lt€3
his e2re;rtio11s to the support ofltlfis systexnm

Believiiug it, in tlm i111passi011ecl1anguageof tlm A
eloquent l’Vlo1>.1>..Is, "‘ 1:0 be lthe l;)01‘1C;l of ‘Our union

-—~--tlmjt on it depend our l“1a.1"1no11y and oufipeace,
tlmt W‘1tl1out it, we slmcmld S0011 be plunged in
all the lalorrors of civil War»---tilnatthilsbcountry
would be cleluged with thcblood of its inh:a.bi--

‘&;a.11ts,»and a, brother’s arm be raised against ltlm‘

bosorrx of 3; b1*otl1er.,” he will clingto it, as the:
rock of om‘, sa1vatio11~m-he Will“ grapple it with

l H.  Of    b  “ l

u ‘ « m m — n a um

A Itis mt only our duty Ate suppo1*tmixfAgem

er1f11"r1e:1t, but its A admi11Aistra.tiQ11+—~Sul:>jection to A

tlfize powers that be, is tl1AeAof reason, and
the in.jL1n.etion Aof reVel;n,fcAiev1‘1.AAAAA IA}A.}_}A7al11 would be
the ins set eA;zccAeli1ent As ysteniof Ago?vei*n111AeA;1t, which
the Wisdom of m:«.mAAAe elve1* devised, if those A 3.13»-
peintecl to 02114 A A A
itsVblessi11§3'3a1night, Withimp'L1Anity'., in the per»
fQ1*Al1isVneeAof the duties of their offices, be at»;
rested bythleldarinslmnd of oimositioxwa or de-
pimd Of t11ei’atta¢11me13tofthe peoplmby the
sliémleless insiiiuations of lslahder.   To those,
 llliglii dignity; 4 and impertam
rustofilslcgislating   01?‘) presiding
in iitsi ce:,mAeils, a, libeeml confidence is due.) It
i5 0111TiW%€=1*¢Stthat our iiaticm sl1ould be P05“
sessedAoifia.;Ael1araeter to eommamd respectmm
every high minded man feels for the honor of
lgiiscoiirnzry, A and is preucl of its glory,  The
eliaracter of a. naxtion depends essentially on
that Of“ V edmini8t1‘atiiO11~r-~if 5/mt ifsv imP0tem39
the tnatiion will lstand low, in the estimation of
the W0rkl— s Withmlt tlie cmlfidence of the peas»
ple,eve1fyadmiiiistmtion must be feeble. By’
f.i‘:»3.1pAp0‘I'tl1‘1g'tlf1’f3 aclminist1~s,tion,, We elevate, as it
A 7lVf3:fr;ea theAA11aAtional clh2u*actei'. If power has pasgu
W sse;cl~ii,:1tobiee;lt*he Aeeh:¢:i1’1clis;of tiiese, towhose eMlevm.io11
  we: were opésvsed, still *W;€  Ilotirfilfiasfid fI‘<§>;m
the Qbligalgienofobeclsie11ce~-~-Obedience iifljtllat
ease lies no) mere» tl1sar1l  A “compliance with a law

     
 

ry itinte e:§:ecL1tion, zmcl dispense A

whicli we ourselves ha.Veiie11a.ete«:i,i” To 3. ec,o1:.e,,A- ii

stituetional expression of the will of the peopiie,
we should evferiyield a prompt and willing obe-
dience. It isiiinot intended by these A observa,-

tions, toiiiexfieulcate the slavish, disgracefuli doc-A

trinei?~ioifj2a3.9ivve aberlience and V’ no2'z~1~esista72ce.-W

Base and degenerate must that man be; who

would invite the B11CY'OaCh1'I1€1‘1tS of tymnzrzy by
servile adtxlatiotl, OTjL1Stify its impositions by
abject isubmiseion. Liberty is deem to ti1e1‘1ea,m:

(if a freeman, and he, who ‘WOL1id 1"enom1ce item

but with his life, cieserves net the mune.

' “‘ ‘What. eqii1s%titiutcm_ a.~iSe:t:a.m~:? ‘
“ ii"~¥##~713/liifingiihiggiix niximiod me-vn,——-~~«
‘:5 .Mm‘1., win.) tuhcxir (.i!I!i1i(hE3 lmmw ;
“ But know their ri,g>;hts3,, aria], humming, da.re‘mz1inta.iu.
“ I’rev¢-uni: the I<)ug»; zzitmzcfi Now, 1 ,
“ And crush the tyrzmiz, while they rend the cimin.”

Our goveirnmenti is “‘f-(11.13-1'C1e‘:(ii,“,‘0‘n'i"thai i1~:ig”h’ts~:»

¢9fth€])e0}DiB. Its objectis their preeerwxtiozii

Blind .s;ub1n%iesio11ioreervileobecliexmeieno: an A
A mong its pri:1ci:31es»~-f01' the st2md;;a.1*d <;»frigh.t

and Wrong efpoli.tica1 Hic.m1dL1ct,we do: not appieai
to the actions of om: 1*L1ie1‘e—«mVVeA1mve a eL11*ei*',

a, 1*nm°e cletermixlateteet, to wi”1ic:11<iher*e is 22; isseitm A

isfactory zwpeal. W33 have esmbiieiiecl p1"iI1Ci-
pies-w--VVeh21ve 22. Conetitution, Ae¢::m~dir1g"to the
terms of this eoiniaaect, welmve 21 rigie1‘t to be gtgow
emed. ”We have arig~11t to a111:hez1dvai1tages,
that will result from :51 jusst 2mdimp;:a.rtiz=s.1 .EM..i1‘I1i11--
istmtion ofit, ShoL1idt11e1*ef'0re, in an evil hour,
the adzni11ist1"a,ti011iof our g0Vei*mne1'1tp;issAime
1 AB A ‘ A

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$31056. "‘W’hO,. fawg;etti11g the %dL1*::’.i.es bf t11.ei;~11i.g11
£smt:'r£-011, 211141 Lmmi11dfu10'f i1:s_ dignity, s.hou1,;]_ fie.
base *tL¥.1e11<1sae‘2‘.m3s into a, fa.cti011,a.11i1nated with
pa.ssio11s,1;7;1@ nxosat hostile to the best interests of
<&‘he§.r cm.111t1+y, and to time very ezxistencut-2 of that
d1::.mte3.~, Lmdm xvhic:1‘1 they ha;d, bee’-:11 caI.1ed .1303
Mt, and fmafn which they derived thcszir au1;11or-iv
1iy.,.ti1e obligation of obé3di:61'1ce Wouldthen cease,
zsmd 0;;.*:posi%ti.o114.b@co111e a, duty. _ The support of

  the g.§~ovcr31mc311t, . ,tVh.fa first  of political duties,

wezrnlizl of 11€C‘é‘::E$‘:3i1‘y involve in'itan opposition to
the    .      ._   A  . .

 

 ofpposition. I zu~4.1<3éLi*: not a resistance by
force Thou h undoubted} '1 km t " f "1

 A . ya gra1r1o1»
1eg21.I', oppmaaswe smd Lmconstittitlonal acts would
 resumptimm of pmver by the pmple, zmd
file m‘z*r10i~v2fl by 3’f.+:"m::ae of 25.221 a.c11ni11isit1*z.m.oI'1 ‘L11"lW01°--

‘thy <)"1‘f"fl1<=:-:§.1* co.x.1fid€nce~~—Yet :1 p1*'L1<'1r:nt people

.\V§;1.1‘Sufffi31“, as lmimgas sL1fl'e1*i11g is cezmsistellt

'Wivi:l‘1 tha;*. p1*@.$s:;>1“v‘m;io11$ of their 1ibm'tic~:s~?..

}f5‘«':‘:w.r.rA of fl;}.€‘ m:1*wss or f.m.11ts «of an a.dmii1i~«%

. :~;tmti011*Awilljustifir“ a I‘t3S0£"“£ to anarchy.”

. fffl ;1sc<::1*min the p1“ec:ise% point, at '*.:.vhich
wbediemce ouglu: to cease, and 1'ms:si%sm11ce begi11,iS
in~.11;>oss*.'11:a1e~»~a.11<:1were A it p0s:5i13Le,, would be at»

<ms:n&ed WM: d£11'1g61”0L1$ c011seqL1e11ces-~~1't4wo‘u1d

involve‘: the ixavestigatiwns oft1"1osr;~. pri:c‘mip1€:s.,

whi«.';:11 G1;i§:§h.t‘fl0t lightly to bc-::“ sL1bmittt3d*t0c1i$w .



u‘m3tu‘uunm

ctmsionwma-p1"iI1ci131e5,, which may becoxnpated ted

‘f];1;hoS(3 pilletrs, » E 1:116: t depth of Vvhosc fotmdatiotl
Ea»I].I}~()t." be;e.xp1ored, without itnpai1*it‘1g their
stt*angtt11.??;:E?Vhen a case  th at 4 tvfll justify 1~esis‘t..
mnm'@'J{“=":lMm.CL1rS’ it will bring with it its own indicam

t‘ti0f1s~+~~“ The necessity will be appatwnt---a rte»

cessity paramouttt to de1ibc:mtiot:1-~~t11at ttdntits no
dtscussion, zmd dfm:11:=.a.nc1&t 110 c:videtttce.”

Bgut if We are tme to O111"S€1V'(i‘S-~-if we pas»
sess that virtue, ”wl"1.ich is the: vital fprirtciple of
1‘613L1b1iCkS~~=~t11C right c>f szgfi‘?}tt~cz(g~ewi11ette1* affc;>1*d
art, masyaNa,0t1mtitutio1m1,t anti :.-td<::‘qtmte c0t~t~~s:ctivc
0f::tl1t}.1t*: c::1*mt's:~; QT EJt.bL‘lE~3fit$ of at W‘62fli£ or wtid:~;t.+d
adtnittisttfatiottt A But it is; £t,1;1”l1t1j},VWOl‘t1%‘ty ofb<:~:-»
ing written in Ltsttcrsa OfGO1d_., t11C)L‘tgh ig1”10t‘2ft1’tC(:
he-ts 11tit~;t;1nderstooc1 it, and 1‘I1¢’:?11iC('3‘pf31L“V"€31"t(’:(1 itzw
that  ttztm: SO1I1’C‘1'iII1€S,0111:(i)“Wl1.tV‘S(OT.‘$C€f11€I11i€.“S»

A M N 1115,11 E]§cctAive Gavernment,1iI:e"bttr;t,t0 se-4
lfictetndclttplite t11ose,%bywh:oAin tltetpowers of
sovctmgtttyarei to be exe1~cised, is ttn import.:=mt
trust-M-a tmtt whiclt it is ottrduty to cliscltarge

with the most setcred regardtto the inter:-zsts of

Qttr ccmntry. Thte frete:«;‘t1tgov¢1~n1t1c2nt o1iea1*th
tnay degemrate into ty1~anA11y,;4ttttu;n der at corrupt or
wicked admittistration, an‘d : 2r1lt.t%«t1~ibse provisions,
Wl1ic114wttristdomV11zts deviscatlL1:§;z*‘Vi‘tt11e security of
persottt and property, A 5% 1‘€t‘1d61'€d nugatory.-w--—~

 freeconstittttion isof but little worth, if thofie

A ttppoi1t.tt~,<itotttdmittister it tattie too igt1orant totum A

,., ,
if-'3
‘II B‘

awn,‘

eiet*stat1d its principles, or too wiclzedrto regard

i then . in exercising therefore the right oif.st1f~i

frag:-3, we ought to act under the most ? solemn,

nnpressi-ons of our obligation toqexercise that

1”ig‘i1t, according to the dictates ofreason, , and the
eternal principles of jttstice.-we-W'e cannot, it is
true, he a1*raignecl and punished by any earthly
tribunal, for an abuse i of this power--»-but the
consequences We shall experience, in the misery
anddegraclation of our C()L1l‘1tr‘y’----Z?t1‘1(l we shall

 accountahleto our God. A 

There are, however, in every society, rest-

liess * and R pertiir ~ vymtyeitalents than
integrity, artclloi. more atnbitliolii thaneither, who

are ever impatient to elevate themselves to place
and ‘power, “ from thatstate of insigntficance, for

Wltiolt God and Nature designed them”------Una-
hle to effect their purpose, by direct and honor»-

abie means, by proving their title to the confi-
dence of the people, by exhibiting a disposition

ands abilityto servers‘ them, they resort to the base A

and contemptihle arts of flattering their passions,
to impose on their understandings, and of excit--
ing their jealottsies, to 1nal«te‘the1n the victims of
their prejudices. A i i

By artful misrepresentations, the people are
induced towithclraw their coniidenceirom men,
‘Wl‘t0, from their talents and integrity, havesu~

periot; claims to it, andtosenttustr tltepopwers of 

13

‘Q3 ‘IVH in Au uu~H=IgI'

grieveruutent and th6»gL13.I‘CiiaI1Si1ip of their Rights
to the hatudsof “ those, Whose pretensions are
i"ouudedtoI19'zea1 without knowledge, or abilities
Witi10ut+1fr1“01"a1 principle. t * t

V A A Does not the history of our country afford
evidence of this 3’ A Has not this sordid tgarne been
played atuotig us again and again, with almost
uniform success 5’ Have not our best men, men
of the brightest talents   zmd purest virtues, beeu
th1"ust froro ofi"1Ce, or condemned to obsCt11"ity'
to tmtlze way for the hypocrites of patriotism E’

A Yes,Athe .?t.SA%.€3i‘i‘.€:1‘S andwdet'e1td.et*e of our
Rights, in those time:-tmwhiclt e1u%phtttiea;11y tried

mens souis.i..the authors of our Independertce...

and the founders of that r;.a.1t~ fabric, the Nattiouzri

Government, towhieh, under Hettvezt, W€,0WflLt
our prosperity,1ta,ve ibfietttti assailed by everyft
change, that 1n£tii.C:eACO111dinVent, or fialshood utw t

ter. “ Their ttames tire httug up iuthe tables
ot'p1*oscriptiou, .:t:ud art joined to 11"1Etii.C.C Efidfift-—
vours to tnake their best ttctiorts pass for crimes
mid to stain their cA112t1*::tcters*~’+~+Wl“1at though they
staked their fortunes on the issue of that com

At-est, Which" termiuztted, iu theaeknoW1ecigeme11t

of out" Indepertdence. ‘ Wltat though titer jeom
prtrded their livestin the battles of the revoi.u-
tiott-w~VVhat though the uniform tenor of their

«conduct jh3.SArb01"I1€ evidence as strong as c"*~ proofs

K ofhoiy Writ; to’ of their love of rational iiberty, and

H $ C M H D IVW

the“ legitiniate rights of men. Malice has; not

been diverted from her purpose...patty spirithae? V
net‘ ceased its p¢':I'S€CU.111(.)i'1..i A Low 1I1il1C1€(?iCL1_1”1~:-“'
nitig still repeats the tale, Awhile ignotimt e1~edu1i—-t

ty swallows it, with all the avidity, that Eve did
the glazing doctrines of the Devil intitiie Garden
OfiPE9.1"adiS€...ti1£liZ these? are great men,..ene1nies
to the common pe0pie...fri_e1td3 to m0natrchy.....
and to c0mp1*ise the black catalogtte oftheir crixnee

and ‘their A guilt in one A compretietisive A 6f3pi1.'i'1E3t---

Old Ybm"es.i % % % V
V Ye basereviiets oi'evii*tLteia11dex”a1ted weirthf!

Ye uflprincieie   

 

ble ADAMS a. Tory..tW11eii*1;thiefiailitiipertaiiti 

debate of that miemoreiate day, which vms to re-
S-uitiil chains or en1pire--~«-elevating his mindxto
the mag*:t1iet11de of the oeea1sion...he cast “ his oath
of allegimice in the fietee of his sovereigti,” mid
eailing to his aid the genius ofeioqL1e11ce, steed
forth the bold, decided aclveeete of Indepen-~
denee? A A “   it ” A

Was the noble minded, the genemus iieert-§

t3d,i)L1t ill-fated HAMILTON, a. Tory, when at the
A head of a, gallant body -of Americans, he Peneotm-

teredthe Aveterani hiositst of Britain, and czitried

death and defeat into the trenches at Yorlttewxif’ .

   ewes the Stiviour at ehtscountrymtae tbea.ti-ii

Mfied VVASHINGTON, “ the firsctntour dat1:tge?t*s..;i

the wisest inmtr idttysef peace”...vvaehe;7a;rf’I Qty,

A15

Wflwh flflllfillfl

when, ;:te1ir1qL1ishi11g~ t}1AeAease tof 9.FflL‘t=e1’1CefA;Aa;nd

  the p1eatst1resAoft retiArement...putting at hazard

his life: zmdthis repumtiotuhe devoted! himself to
tltetsmrvica of his comttry, 4‘ and p1t1ngedAActt1.A a.

A ‘ p11.1X'pOS€ big with death 9” Was he at 'T01'y, at A

the I'f3t7t“C&'t fmm New--Yor12;, a day that covered
At1AA1earms-VA 0fA:“A1n6rica Avvith defeat ‘and fiisgrztce,
when PUYSLIEC1 and gaadedby a triumphzmt en...
tE§my»~«S11E1mt:fL1Hy deserted by his own tmn-~-dis»
tlaining to fly, he desperately bated his bastxm
to ‘the: a1$s;ti1i11g foe, and i11vtfl$;ec1 the tstrmkettmf
deat11 tat terttuitmte the ztnguish of his so~u1?--»--
T0%ry%,tAéiAttAtIie% close of the Wal‘, when
.‘3n'1...?L1t”‘&.“()'L“tI“1(;'1tA:<;:!. by :E!..b1“a.V‘C: but discmttettted army, de-
tttmtedtto 1“1i$purpo5t=:st~~»t11e Itibertieswof histcom1--
tAry., a.At11i$ di.€sposa1-mulm nobly threw away ::t.I1'lbi«-
ticm, m"1dI‘i.Si11;;;‘ atbmve thumzm tmtttre, with sub»-

A 3,'tI1it‘?tfiAiV1A3A«:-» httmility, 4 resigned tum the hands of his
I m1:ttAtAt:Ary that sW01*d,Atvi11ct11 had bwetu drawn in
lwr ciéfizz-1106? A ‘A A ‘A AA A V A

A   Naczd F41 tpause fox’ El. reply 2’’'’- No 2 A yum:
mzvn illdiglmllt fE3tE':1i1'1gS11tlV€ given the lie to
t1'tt:st.2 511;-uneltzss, tnalignzmt, 1.mfou11ded slanders,
i1Ot,L1'C'C;®t1‘AA Which, tt1*equi1"es tattcontempt of truth,
“A” .1111: audacity c:yfftt1sh0od” that would almost c’te-»
A371ytIn‘t:31‘itt(i‘Vt'311 t«o«f31€ sttfftrtitlgs 0f ow: S.'.~wim.1r..

A Ttoti11ust1'ate and eAt1fo1"ce the principles

A here advanced, by an .:tpp1icatiQ11 ta 01.11‘ mm 52»-

f tttatioti, a;sitmay it-.vo1veA t in it .2t7ni1nadttcxsiottc ’

upon the coucluct of our rulers, Whose ptfe»eA1'uiw it
uent merits, and illustrious services are, with V

their patrtizaros, the subject of unqualified eulogy,

will by some, undoubtedly, be cottdemnedirras

(la1‘ll‘1gly‘ presumptuous----no less presumptuous

titan it was in 1)z'omed'e to assail with sacrilegious
arm the divinity of Heaven. But liberty of
speech, which, to borrow the lattgttage ofanlem-—
ineut citriliah, consists in spealtting truth from
gooclmotivee, ancl for justifieble encls, though it
reltleet on m.:tgist1*atesorindividua.lts,iis securecl to
6Vt"31"'y citizen, in that great charter‘ of our rights,
the Collstitutfianai'tq-t.#:§l§Zl»$:35ig11etaC11\13.ar[y stillappeals
as the A rule of action.  ltiav;ifl:g‘iiitforibiir”ji1Stifiea,~—
tion, this high authority, let us, with cleeentbold-»
mess, direct our attention to those, in whose
ht-mcls are the clestinies of our nation. Let
us tgyittii impartiality ancl truth, e:>:plore tlite gtouncls
tugoii which reet their claims, so proudly urged
to our confidence and support.

The arcluous tttsl: of‘ putting into‘ operation
a new and untried system ofgovettnmeut, under
the embariressments C1”(i*3L1C€’:(ll)_')7 zm opposition hosw
tile to its principles, had been successfully ate-

coutplishecl. We posseeseclaprocluctive Enid.

increasing 1‘€V€111.1€, more tlmn aclequate to the

ordinary exigencies of the eout1try~»-a Vast debt, I

theprice of our II1ClEp€f!I1Clt£’1‘1Ct‘3«,t'i3t~tt‘€4;Cl been liqu7i~é

dated, andprovision made by law for its grefltuatl  

ezttinetiott. l

W H C H W K U8“

 Cc:mmerceencoL1raged and AA pmtectecl,

hatiheen extended to ehvery pm ofhthe world.---» 

A HWY hthat would have been easily improved
into a. _ec;_tahh1e ma,1~itimwe force, h:3.dhbeenecre«
ated\.%h%ch_§‘Theh Indian tribes cm ourhf1*011?tiee1*s‘hat“1
bee1*i%1'ep1*essedand quieted.”   By an armcable
adjL1s*tme11’cofdifiere11ces, peace had been e‘smh~
1ishedwitht11epcWe1°s of Europe .; and our

nation,expe1*iehcing thefull eem and opemtion A

of the principles hofh 01.11“ excellent ccmsstitxltion,
with the p1~ese1*vatic11 of her Imam:-----the vinchu
ca1:io11 of her rig11ts-----theestablishment of her
cre‘di;i:w+«»-te »aim_ei1mflGee of her (11 g1*1ity~—~—--zmd
the increase cf h.ereecm~ity Vvas exaltecl to ::a.
ileightcofcP1*~:):~%‘»Pe1*it3fsctinpamllcsleciic11h¢11i~Sm1*y»
In this bur highhéuld “E palmy state,”--A-in hthhisa om:
“ fullhtide 0‘fcSL1ccessfLj11eXp:e1éi1he11t,c7’ were the
presenthcadmixxistrathiocnhiweted ‘wmltlle xvowéxve

 

ofgoveirnmentwh     1       V     

 ‘‘ LAT: Eag1é‘~t0Weerihghinhis epri(I£mf' flight, I M e e ‘ h

V ‘“ Vvaa, by an wzowsing Owl ha.wk.?cl at, and kiI1’d.”
Would to God, that in the re1ne1“nbm11ceC)f'Wh_a.t
we%V4/’m=ve ‘éeen; we could forget ‘whaxwe czmwe»-~
ButIh~d‘esVcend hfrofnh this proud emi11ence~-94-I

A turri hfrhln these A scenes Of du1~natien’s happiness

and g‘1ory;hweI1icheI‘cannot revisit evfen in inmgin.
imtion, but"hhWithc melancholy regret, for flaey‘
have p?ase’edaway1ike ha dreamm-«-they h:;we mum»
ielmd. Iiltehefairyprospects, on the touch of the

A ' italishehmanmf hehethe? magician..........I m1‘*hh fmsm xhemmy

 C.»

-.- u u u Q uunys

 *5‘ Fbar1°:=:11 w:'mtc:,Vi11 which 11% s,a1uta.ry plant
taiatcsa 1*'0%ot, no v&:rdL11*equicl-“@113.”  Ha.vi11%A;g-dA*b;=;e‘nM%
p1a,ce<:1 in c>‘Fficz:’:, Lmde1' cizfcumstaxicessso highly
f:E"‘z.VOL11‘.a.bT%€ and propitious,‘wllataccouxxt can our
m:11“:1i11istratic:11%V now give of 1;1*1¢::ixr.»s%t@wardship?~,w
Maura they in1p1*ow:dt1;1e,se aclVamaVgf&As t“Q t11e%i11«
t@:1*a:‘:st of their couim:ry%,:fL11~11%¢dtheir b<:m,sted.p0p«

A 111;u*ityAto its pe1‘m1a11e311t%be11cfit 3» Can they sur...

1*ender the f.:»;1i1< es~:.'ta,t,»e., co111n1it‘t€:d to tI1eir%care:.
and mama;gen1m11t%, “ L13”11VaSt€d~»a1?1d Attnimpairecl
by thei1*%[u%se  it 9”  Haws: 1% 1;11t3i1* AVpm'1niSaas een
'I:’L11fi11c:d? mve om» :4bur;dr:-;xfaV%%$%%jV&bean.%1é%sse.11ed 3
Hats 0ur%r*£;wc;11ue%b%ee11mare vise}
1y %m.mgea_               cm»
coura.ged, or bm::e1~ p1*0tei:%;*3d ? A%HaS%g'“t‘<é‘2Lti‘e1fi
pxwavision bmam 1rne:c1,e:»fo1~ “ t:1*1c.~3mal6fk311‘ca cf A om
C‘0unt1.‘§7 E‘ Ha,ve A we bec*01'z1Ic‘: AiA1::mi~e”1:fo1s1%nida;bIe‘E’
Has the peace, which *s.'»v@ enjoyed with foreign
natio11s,bee11 esta.b1is11ed on 21 n1ore .$;o1idba.sgis;i?
Have We beconm more resguectable abraad? V VI-Lave
the: 11‘1E;:“LI1éS%0fdm11}ES’tiC happiness beam i%11Cre%ased .?
Have the px-i11ci.p1es of the cons1;itution., ortlm

         

y 01* -pI‘DVid€3I1tm

1**igh.ts of the citizens bee:m:n0:*e sacxmly regardw A
A ed 3’ A Ifiythe prosc1*ipti011 Of one hali-‘ 0f“*cfhc:':
C%0im1*mmi1:y, as a*.1*1A %%Odi“ofis ‘?sAéi:f¥-~~Jt0 be excmtled
A fromoflice, fo1+t11t~°: heresy of”thei1* ljolitical sen;

A t4im<:h.ts,%L% a A _c1eteVfmi11a)ti.o1i A was ear1y%an11o1111cé(§jl

¢ byt11eac1n1i11istrati0n5that g+ove1*111n"erfi: silouflti A

be conc1uctr::d ozxpmy pr1ncip1esw~%;..anc1 ax: 

A \ir[as1nadé% 011 ‘£11 at   i11c1ependenACe «sf 111i11g15“4;vV1iich
  is that ~b1*ightest""featL11*e in the claaracter of frmw

hIIilNfil“~Clfl .
W,“ I‘ W !‘»m as. uuuuuu .,

n1enw,«;Aj;and on “that right {3ffOpiniG11,%V31iCh it $543 AW»

¢:rCI”%th€irAduty to4AA4exerciseA-   "f11e%nciep:e23d6m€ of
the Judicia,Vry,.%%%%<311e M’ the most v'*a}.11aNe pravisiorms
  sa eAssenfia1»to the zmre 
p§,r:i%a1 ad1ni11is£ratio11%A4of juzstice, has been 616:»
sjtémyed. Fifteen millions of dallars have V.bec:11

me.:pe11r1edAfo1t the»0%s~te11sib1e pL1TpO»S6—'Ofgpp;§11'%Ch3.;-2 
sing   fa dtfigzrrimry, ,un”ce1*+t:%a.i11A A in its %bc>Lm.darie‘s,

dot1%btfL11yiflits tit1e,frL1itful in controversy,do£"1m‘
possible advalmtage, beyondthat Which, antmrior
to the purchase, was S€CL'fl“€ii‘d by treaty, u~n1e.ss
a.§vWth’e t114ea;.t1~ei"<3r t11edi$1313+y Ofj8;’I‘}3ifII'3.1.‘yPOVVGI”,
it  thexwcefption 01’ despot»
ism. In 0Lu* foxeigla xmcagntmtiolas, a. p2u*t’aa.L 11-»
lib%B‘I‘2£1‘4flflfi'lV’ AA ’Waver}in palitzy  1121 S  A b’Aerc11Vs:%{adopted.
By*disingen1.10L1s and paltry amfice, a treaty 1122.95
been evaderi, with%+tMha1t11ation~, wit11whomA it £5
(M1115 mghes :%imeresz t;c::s~   Q ;[W1uo‘s  a,t..
tae1as %vzew ¢-;u«-e V *¥V‘m0st i%mm:§:diate%1y*"v"Li%1&11era~b1e ;
a.nd~xv1xo Vin4c:o11tending f’Gr%?V11e‘%ri%ery« existenazeg
fights ur batt1es,Aa11d t11?e‘batt1es of civilized
mam against a 4:fiE1"xd«1i1:e% despotism;%%w%1i0s%eV Very
being is at %war with % tiara %‘%AIibc~:rties%A Qfthe %Wo%r1ci.
 em-y  circL1msta11ce%has bAee1irAartfL11Iyims«

 Vmdfi exaggarm;ed,%%w tb AWe<x<;ite A m.1rm*-zsezmtw W

mam, % 3a‘md%A en«1is%t* A"oLIr %pre‘§L1dices% wFagai1;1£t ' %Gre at
% Bri~1:ain,w*-While mlaing ezdvantage V of her $itu*-.

mio1'17,a,n 11ngeA11ero11s~% 3.1;t;%e1*x1,};:1t*« is madefl, to 'E:—z:tcm;

from her Ilecessityconcessions, which she% can» 

A4a1<3t;m%ake ccxrxsistemly wvith ~11 e1:' safety, the mcmt 4V 
 %‘tame, %11mnb1e5j2xnd &;p1*ost1*a.te%spirit is%n1a11ife%ste~d A E

A i11gyielcled,b,¢w

M T fi fl D W fl ‘ K ‘ “

bmder the wrongs, and injuries, and insu‘lt:sl1ea.p.~»
ed upon us by Flfance. Her numerous,» and
wanton violationsl of our rigllts, and imfractidns
of her treaty are pal1iated--~the eloquence of

tl1eVSen.ate, bedeclzzed with glittering fallacy, is

put in requisitiunto f'urnisl1 apologies fbr her
irz.1Eb.rr1oL1s cmmduct---all evidence of her ixmultirxg
dema.nds., .:-mcl degmdhug proposals, is stuclio11s~
ly suppressed, orextorted from the executive by
zealous and pe1~saeveri1e1g i1“I1p0I‘t'L11’1it}7---.‘é),I‘lCl two
millions of dollars. (itis said onl*1ig11 aut1'1m*i-ty)
w“e1~e%plaeeclib1'1 l.“.1lSl'm,I”1ClSl for the purpose of be-
.ta*iZ2ute,t0 the Gg::zZgf'.z'¢.‘ Usu;3!;2c*7~. V

9 v‘ xv‘Il'4..;1w3\»3”"’*"*0fifi6u¢4.,;¢gg:‘;\g3l‘,451:“ G 1‘: W I ‘

  While 21 so1ica:uded"‘l‘o:»l‘ma-,lm1da::explec.

e tmion caf it are i11diCz-Med, no adequate system of

defence isacloptecl. Our extensive seaucoast,
bur commercial ww11s, and opulent cities, we
exposed to the Adepreclatiorzs of every inveclimg
enemy~~~tl‘:wey are E,1lT)21Tl1(lO11CCl to tlge jprotectic.“>:z:1
of a few pitiful gztrz~Z)0czz*e, to Whicl1 our 1m.v.al

esmblishmelut lms deg§e11emtecl.. By 5111 EM».

IBARGO, unprecedemed in its extezudt, zmd 1:111»-
limited in its duraticm.,” precipimtely ::md bl:i171d«

ly imposed, our fbreigrln l smd inlamdl Cemmeree A

are a.m1il1ilated at a. blow-m-our cm1sti11g«t1'ade

eubjectecl to illegal and a1*bit1'a1*y restriction5»~~—

and «Our citizens degraded to the COIT1Cll‘ilO17l\lfZ>f:
,&eRo1r‘1a11 slaves, by being made clepenclexfztfolr
  their bread on the bounty of their Geove1*11o:m.

Yes! 3.1: the jvery thne that the spi1~itbldftI1e pee»

fii

HHWHN U"'l¢fl“I

pie should ha:vefbe‘en a.Wa1a:e11“e‘d._, and invigora-

A ted by a manly appeal to ‘dleir pride, and to their

patriotism.----Could you have thought of flie L111»
1'1a‘£ut"a1: deed !---the cold, merciless hand of gov-
emmem is laid upon the ye11e1*gies of ourocouxa»
try~~.-he very life blood is cong~ea1ed«~—t11e Very
sinews of its strength are pemlized by the dead-

ly graep. I would not speak in the imempe-  

mte 1a11géL1ege of party; I would, and I trust in
God, h1o,es}:;ez11«:, and feel as an American. By‘
perverse .:md feeble eolgmcile, we we reduced,
I fem“, to them; sit.L1a.tion, Vfrom which none but
our enemies can hde1~ive ee>nesao1:;mom. To shut
our eyes; to the (1a11?1gt:1e‘s met fl1iel:;en zwound us
would he an aetohof t1"ea.che1'y; itwdoulcl be to
htish oLm"e<:d,ves to sleep on the giddy laeiglmt of
the precipice, or -even in the “ a1~1~m5 of death.;”
To *1neet,g irl he becomimgde1nent1er, xthe A events,
which may yetzmrait dusyit is 11eeesesary‘that we
ehouled rxuzgekze them the sauhjects of frequent con--

‘£empla.tim'1-~-that We eshmfdd fortify our minds~:,e 

mmcl ‘elevate them to that “‘ crisis oftlue times,”
in which we may be eedleecl to aet.d The pzaelic

esnfieey iedenot to bedcleepaired of; “‘ ‘We a1*ene*Vee

a,ut1'1o1*ised, (it ie they Sfexltilnexatand 1a11gL1a.ge 
Eomomm A BURKE) We A are never authorised to
ebzmdo*n doom’ country to his fate, or to act or ad;
vise, as if it had no resource ; whilst‘ our henmrt
ie som“xd,yit will find means o1*1neakethe1n.d The
heart of theeitizen is a pe1*e11nia1_;3pring of en»
ergy to the grate.” Under me direction of M1

‘|'“‘wW'“

aanownn-I"'0F**||ll

:2,cjiminist1*atio1'1, possessiiag; zmd drz:sc=:Wi11g our
zmnfidencc, the ability arxd 1‘(‘;"S0u1‘Ct:*S ofthis CM111...
mr will prove (:quaH:0.:-xny exigelzcy. T0*c1oubt
it is; :1 libei upon ‘time spirit ofthc peop1e.. Look
back: 1% the A 411:1 of JL11y._, 1776. A A "WE: Wm-':: than
a nzmoxa but in the cmclle of existe:11<:e.~ A 01.11’
p0pu1atio1'1 Wm; 31112111; *Oé%*:,11*2.u*my ’i,11”1C1i.S3Ci1)1i11(f(i..
No WAea1t11. N0 allies. No lmtxxe, but on the
map ofthe world. Yet did our c:oumry., impel»
ifidby a1*1L111co11quemble spiritof 1ib¢:~1*ty.,. mst

fmna hear these: imcL1mbrancc~:5“ ‘lilm »d:;ew.Vdr»p£

fmxn EL 15101173 rI1::me.,”and rise: up with ~u1M1<;ia1,n'1t@d
1*esmluAti}0n 1:9M1f€:$i%3V1:...J;ij1%%€¢,:‘tyrzmniced c311crQacl111m%x1ts

mf Crlveafis ABr«iminww?C}1?crti§$;A  :%1#it£xin’;Ad;$®”!‘%na111eA

"W»”:1S :1 t<:2r:ro1:* m the W0Ar1d--vJ11ose mi1ita,ry genixls

““ Assoared with a proL1d prc:--emi11ence.,”«(aver the

matiozas of Europe. H61‘ am;n.i<~=:s had gathered
i3.u;t°cs:I.~5s in every dime. Enqraress of tlm oc«::a11,
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of political changes, through which vva may be
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