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it Know To IB TRUE, THAT I WILL DECLARE j--4ND WHAT I FREL IT L. . . - f <-- é he tel ¥ a w? j“; ba 16s, nib, & orer anl kes tQ’ coorers Town, (N., ED: b comnts nre a ' 28 me's * +6 . . 2th + PRES g 80 Cy ast Aurea 1% \ ; veges 10% 9% m x \ M'g,&\ y very much so, bavigg- taken up .with ay for- adviee and got some person fo correct what liGle of your own composition this conts nunication.contains, you think you can crow bout ® young.schelarscomposition?\ with safe- » Dos Fal © < I wil now take 'a view of your character, ccording to. your own tacit ackpowledgnaent. n my former address, I shewed that you was offended merely on account of Waiskey-driakere being exposed, that you was ignorantof the nature of religion, that your wrote under the inffyence of Sir Richard, that you was. ig norant of (English grammar and composition, and [ have proved to a demonstration in. this address that you are a liar. - Your character e. thersfore stands thus-an ignorant, drunken, malicious, envious, lying partizan, and: a friend to Whiskey-driukers. 60 20 If L. had supposed your character quite so black as it now appears, I should 'never Have taken the trouble to address you. ¥ou may gqpzlated pra ihe s been bail ® a Ise you - rest assured I shall not notice you § facts, as much as you please. CLIO, N.B. If you conclude to write again, I will thank you to inform me, how/many banks Ot- sego lake has at the south end of it, and -how many of these banks the Village stands on 3 for you 'say \the village gtands on banks of Otsego Iake, at the south ¢ d of the lake 1%. and likewise, whether. there is any difference between an Huropéan and an American, as you assert that < Mw-Jerscy has supplied the vil- lage with a number of C. Cooperstown, Seht. $5] 1809. > Bk 'self 61‘s” iece Peged and ommunica- Out a single sem- Pehin .\ vindication of \. - he nable Judge, and Eself Rye. You begin a wonderful display ublic in Latin, that punk !-<¢ Ungar ad | FROM THE CONNEGTICUT COURANT. . ~f © Or PRACTICAL PATRIDTISM.~ ,. [zte A ° As © the doer of é'waxfl‘lglifiig‘fa‘tiflc to nformaation \ the christian. character ratke hranctre -that professes and promiges rif dots not ‘7W‘f3fl 'the things which ate - com andell, so they, fibM}er's whose lives avecbyried in employments which ESyegret\ promote the welfare of their coltntry) better 'S‘i%fi\€eiL~ bes is e 'A Res- fmflrwififit do Jess. 'the former is practical, -the 'ds, and the other of deeds ous and pruée‘fit mething to the publicstock. 'ground they brake tp of “legit; {if}? louder and iff eit [you rrt - The patriotism G ines, - Your Emde tak South Fonteli¢ay\ as one consists 'of w perqurnames - Skifful, industr] to him- - are daily adding s ved to By every acre. C ~Youe hase repré® stronger, . ou éall ithe Travel- ~ y nd: the sanae, whilst ¢ was it. fleece 'of may per and dn thesame y-the >, numerous names From) thenrall otherclasses of peo- le derive their main sastqriance and support ; insomuch that the whole human race would soon dwindle down to stattering hordes of 'gavages but for the labours of the field. Honest and ehterprising Merchants promote © f the ifiterest 'of Ithe po'untlgy in a great degree. rhe assyiagd NO | They take off the surplus of the produce of and there Bas 10. agriculturey send it to market, and give the published thew three farine; in exciiEn e, citheg, cash, or the foreign fgned Cero; dndas0 ~conveniencies figife. Experience is a severe tar conclusiot, $2“ny Apreteptor, but its lessons make the nost deep e'éhfisagfi’e-“ZMF” in the \aud Tasting inspressions : and our late expe» \which is diritted (4 rience, under|the operation of the embargo, production, whichi€ directed | has effectually taught us < the intimate and ust; therefore; acknowledge.. necesshry h‘anctipn between. agricultipe afrd y,-and cannictexPett ~\commerte: that the prosperity or decline of have yor wevei'lf | the one necessarily involves that of the oth- the tmaths | \A\ > aer.\ ©Ceage from: the -labours of agriculture, dishonest wad commerce dies : destroy-sommefce, and senjure. al.that the farmer raises beyond the wants of his own ponsufimption ke pél'iShéSi Se C e \*- The invento®s of useful arts # deserve well ely to cof their country.\ - Whoever discovers and shewed by | makes known| any superior method for pre- néorly extend» serving lives, for saviby labouiy for multiply» werd fine 3'zaid you' and facilitating business upon land or water dtrovert thesk .is iwruly a benefactor to his fellow citizens in \ig | to mankind in'gengral. age since - world begam has been more-inyéentive, perhaps; than the present one ; nor is any remarkable for mventions and iinfitevrements in the dsefyl arts, than the people of {in} - United State@) c o nen k n) [22 C 7 s b F s \ ~The mar who improves our or car superior to those that had been in'the country before, 'is a 'benefactor to the whole nation, ~. u. \ -* At has beenterma d Wr Sthat.¢ he | riculture; thit the': introduction. of 'red clover se, thit the ase. to Ise received The jnitsscon 16 your thirg ted by' its: profits for the pecuniaty' expenies. proof; viz. the followiag quo» ouses very .of this <quotitron: you ait Tong and extremely i’misaj'eyjshihgl‘ ~; And the ut. theother part you | Shee} may eventually,perhaps,. be as* 6 narrow» streets in . profitablé 'to theipeople of the United states eght to \ Tic is: -as the article of.clover was to the 'English. . Indeed the profits -and advantages that play - et gorrme to -the - nation from this breed of ani- is | sols; withi 4 B . beyond < him * ~~~ The intelligen! aletilatiofs | 38, 900) .. jand faithful, - composition.\ - Bravely4 (Bid you, ever' . a young cock, when he was beateng . setout and rub till he got where he tholuglht ‘ItYQs \ =C .that you was malicious, envious, 'a And no age since the \vite the readers careful attention to therh, bar ~ flicks, by. the inijortation of domestic animals .\'Thatthe chiefs of a paity, to which the des- inked by an-old \writer on ag» 'this countcy 'with France in her contest for nio F himself secure; and them crow ? Yau appear - lab : could mi ore lly spare tiem than' somé of those who tie aHigher rank. ., © > JAH these classeg of people we thay proper ly call Arectical patriots. And if to these be added the wholé number of those: statestfen aud civil officers in:the conntry, 'who are ca- f : pable and faithfél; who hquestfy eadearor in . their respective departrivents, to make whole» some laws, and 56 hold the scales of justice even-piffting ' altogether, they would make, «it should seem, pretty large mass of pragti- cal patsigrism. _. 0, C e ut tlikre are\ yet ~several other classes of - people tliat éfiéulfigw' \6 means be overlooked in this.our genéral survey. , _Virme, conpetiéd with a competent degree .of knowledge, is the very Ws and soul of a free Republic: | Whilst that is preserved, free- dom is ina manner sife ; when-s/af leave; a nation, goes with it, or quickly fol- laws. Therefore all those whose business it is to teach and promote virtue and knowledge, and who'ghly and faithfully apply themseives in a very emifient degree. + Faithlubsand prudent Afiénésters of he gosfiel, are. incalfulably Heneficial: to national interest. \Fhe seeds of virtue and picty- which they sow with sugdess, are productive of order, integri- ty, social hirmony, temperance, industry, fru« . gality; and all those dispositions and practices which teng to render a people free and happy. Every one that is reclaimed by them from er- this business, are' benefactors to. the public to ~ yor. ang vice, is the same thing as giving the. nation a sound for an unsound member. ® > _. Instruttorscof children and youth, if skilful their baginess and faithful to their trust, de- Serve to be classed aniongst the choicest of in _ bhenefactors,.---» They sow the good seed in the minds of those who are im.the spring of life, when it will be likely to take the deepsst shot.\ In theirhands' is the hope of the nation. - The children under theiv care swaméwgefi who _ will soon be grown up men 'and women, will, soon, he actors upon-the-great theatract Life, and if they 'ard discreet, and assiduous in en» Enowledge, theirserviges to the poblic are be- yond all prige.. > 2 s i i Parents who traifghip their in the f . and ar to v hosti ents & i ling the HC. d: af Bibra rmore an publ fonts _ asftaging those resentine \nities ind the injuries; heaped us by (; France, must extite in every bogom in which \SH dne particle of American. remains, if is | @ intended to infuse into the nation' the spirit of\ its chiefs, and to prepare it dor'phat tuingy$ war against human liberty, in which thiey gre so anxious to engagg. . | i800 ,; )e 0) }. These, who retain. in their recollection the events of a very few years, 'will not trequirk to | be reminded: of the 'maligngat industzy with - which every dnpbleagant . occurtence 'between the Upited States apd -Great-BRrifain hase en , magnified,yor. .of. the diferent complexion ' which lights afterwards obtained, haye invaria« *~ ly shed on those occurrencies--Seialfig with avidity the first. moment of those - who imtessantly watch fot the antatis of-intpel« ling this country into the war how. wagid hy. despotism against liberty, present <to 'the pubs lic facts not welt understood; itz the most offens . sive garb in which prejudice tan-cloilie them,; and with, bold and imposing comfidence,. astribe' them to such motives as Will best aniwer theit purpose. . The effect of: this perseverance is to be deplored, : If time and better information shall slowly unfold the trutlis, have been which leaye their prejudices behind them, and prejudices' have been cligr» ishedy which are neyer totally removed..\ The next event susceptible of is ° seized with- eqvuial avidity an®€\efapleyed with equal art. _ Thus the ferment is kept uppand the habit of considering Great Bartain asthe ~ natural enemy of 'the Unite® States: is Axed upon a large portion -of the 'people. 'This opinion, untrue in itself,! snd still more \ pernicious to us than to them», is well calou« lated to lead us into that warofexterminiation- ,- . . which. now desolates Evipope; and thus tobind i 48 frm their minds .to . virtue. and. thrte; free: abd happy -states to the, himphal . . ~ carof Bonapartes *t 0.91 0 20 e, t' 6s ._, The eal féisery . necessgrily. Going from 'the oppressive measures inseparably.-connected way they ought to'gdjwho teach theim what 'with the bansful gys'gemfliéfljn' sine degree make better, the' country is made richer and is good, beth by precept and examplé, and guard them from evil with theirvuimost carm, are well entitled to the honour of patriotisin, as well as of piety ¢ for they -do their best to: give their country a number of worthy and useful citizens. * That Min or that Woman, how obscure so- | ever in lifes who is a peacemaker, a promoter of order, amd an encourager of good morals, is a frrecitical 'hatriot, and really Contpibutes to- wards the best and highest interests of the na- tion. . 29 © Ol. Tpon the whole, we may fairly conclude that there is yet a vast multitude-in this coun» \ try,; each of whom, by individaal exertions, is effected what reagon & argunuént had altentpts*~ ed in taip, ~ Many hadi Begii-to perceive the' [ruin fite which thosb whopossessedtheit con« fidence were leading them, anid to. think more correctly .on our foréign reBhtiong. > In this || critical stste of things; Mxi Exskine hasbeen ° induced to transgend his Mstuctiqn®®ndto |.. sign a convention which his government dida? ~ | vows. This disavowal pretents \ghroceaiion : for inflabiing the public: mind and it ' once rgbre to W3? which is.£oo favourable to 'be neglected by th 16 neve € + o§e who merer hate and. never cair Tose sigma)?cféfigheiyféfikfiqrttg-~713'rsis;\ : leaders of the pmyty, and the 'pa6.\ <. - pers devoted to a baneful férgigninfluentd; |_ helping forward the' interests of the, nation«=- haye Seized the 'occpsiqn wite. ahd ._ > _. ' Most of them are little noticed, and staicely | ummindful ofthe restraints inposed by. truth; > ° thought of.: Keeping « the noiseless terior of their way,\\ they resemble 'the builiters, of Selomon's temple; amongst whom» ¢ there Nt o H Lu (e 10s s raom THs 0). The pigce féiflgfiedgfn‘skn AnMBnic ax, which €.. « aa by '+ 5 Pt w as , . % s . LPLSEWRL p ; C © 3 ' Wace at aod chit as. fat' ing {be convenicnhcés of life, or for expediting\ we. publish to days will be followed by 'a series NEW equally.candid, lnmingusjand solid.\ | We 47, dept Aicularly at the présent moment, then the ve- 'lations of the two codfirigs are to undergo iS - discussions in Conseqtience of the arrival - ofMpIaeggxgsofiM torte C Cele » 2k , 50% quf oud s » % - tines of America bave, for more than ciglit yeats been confided; toil incessantly to Teague a a r dominion; is a truth Which | has, Tong? which wc ze a false d@eteription. of - frorie Handers fiitd. England, fally coinpéinsa - sinte-been disclosed; .. Their {measures have - bee ? 4D & tefdency. not to be initundéfstoody ofa preceding war in England, that Hiad been ~ and' their fanguage. has been equally explicit, vally - £50870 coger \ {chempg,| iderariti to e attainment of this c } chi soi misrieprestntations et \ 'The consent of the peopse .to, this . execrable; _ s the only . dekidérarum to Ems apconty» fiiiéhfixenrfts';lapfiiz% C it.of this consent \has beef sought i gross abd ugremitfing. 2490 :* 'The eigepness with which we. orftér page of halla tentury; are the oppressive-system of commerenl. warige. - paingt Englind, which Bonaparte coiitintes to . ~enjorn on Hii vassils, is \ pets] Shani as well ag of the best interests ofour | have endestoured to cotivertat into a dausgof , - - war between twa nations wip - have every mow» \ ° ~ was neither hammer, , nox axiyogf any tool of tive for. reciprocal igfl‘oflmillfvzindf who ltte the ~ -~ groggyggared in the house w iile'it was build» (M112. free people uponicarth. pae L Cs upon his ands and ings 0 ; 6. 0200 00 n l 'in, t is impossible to: peruséithe Tate por CHT m Tu , 400 (S . \_. of the Natighal, Intelligene«s, especially that. |_ <0 S . .~) ¢ >of the ¥ist of August Withoni feclng a.com, *. iction, not to be resisted, thie Ahisetitor; who ~ , ~ is rendered irmportant by the «pbiplon . “h? 1,8 delivers fron. high authority to . '. _- the ruling party, is sousifigthe:pd : | - -g th ton t ax. s ty, blig wat: | Iwill hope-and.belietts-tB atfft’fic.;px&§i-+ 24. this ots'; .. der ed thit-de I feel much tore disposed to mst Ieations to: the retiques of zh¢t } ras so-lgng-and so fataliy.dotaifiated in- VY ast ington«-«Had, Mr. Smith, latyly.poid i viSib 40, «Monticelle, difict for the Fresh-4n A poured: into his, boom : the Tell ~yeratlf;=<that this editor bad reaur ington surcharged with, a -trialy.. England, and with - iif the .conteq these men w préciated, it willbe found to sé: duties,. of. patriotism to thake to the good sense of. the prope, the trantigtion with candor n 'to them ititsreal shapt, ~ to' do. L- ,; // A HE +4 C ”The feople flatly mi ~wilitst they. ailéviate . inflividuat distress, - do.. evils 4bg%e been universally. felt. .. The ardour ~sequences.dfenth theif | preatly projnote; the public weal. , Every Fife : with which the Amimisterfal papers, and. the 'the side < .. Frane * ~* !. they gave, every; discased. q‘xcgg’efi at they Jeaderk on the foot \of Congress «alled for yhe duy: (._ sestoreé to- fealth and sounthnéss, addy to \the: war with 'the koknowledged champion of the termination fm ~* | number abd giréhgthof the nation.. -_ -_ >-- andalf ref@fantiofnatiohalfiflependente «fll» i .* »uifactiters and - existii on can \never he 'on. tlie part of the Fren ;~ when eisployed - upon things: really agefal do - 'The Watchfileoliitadewith whith they seize. objeci-ulths ware is a art Yeudably : serve the public, (They - ate. come gvéry tiroumnstanice whit i gccjglent produces, shany facts not to, Ve CPF pud wn gal h (Ll \9. an l th d hoe t Pet Woos p & aol P _ Tt ‘g ' J- h I} - Ji“;“\“: J he a_ ‘ fit foe t\ _ \ I. h LC '\ + 1 | ' E Sx 2 ul * . 2
