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HAVERHILL: ^ PRLYTED JSr W. B. ^ It, C MlEXy is 1813. ;s*^ m Vb\^ ^^ JWivlmri/poiU dug. iJl, IS 12. Pev. and Dear Sir, WE the subscribers have been rc((ue!5(t'(l, byyour p risbiILES. PSALM Cvi. 21. VFj, Tiir.r DE.spisr./) the pleas.lxt ljxd. fW^\\^?< Psalm is a short and conciso Jii«lorv oi* the muHIprud and X. "'.nprovoked ivbeiJions of the nnijratpfii! Israelites; and the wri- ter of it enmncrates their sins and provoeation* asaiuit the ;;o;)(ln>^ss and hlessin:;s of God nnto them. Jehovah had eoniliu'tei! thein safely through svjenes the most (ryin;.;, and thron^h dangers the i!\;)st formida- ble and imminent, and hro'iiijht them to tlie tMrnfines of the jironiised land; \,\\\ the spies hron^ht an ill report of it, thoui^ii they owned it was a land which overflowed with milk and ho^ey; hut that there were such diilienlties to possess it, whicji they thought insiiperal)le; an discharge of duty, and publicly to avow his warm, firm, and decided altachment, \<^ the country \\hich has adopted him as its citizen, and to the illustrious character who at present presides over it; and to this duty lie is urged hy lively gratitude, and the solemn oath which he has taken, of undeviating Hllegiunce to it. Yu\%'v...Enqn'n'e what are thane things which are absuliiteln necessarij to coiifititute a Umd pleamvf. And we observe, 1. That a climate the most salubrious, and a sail the most fertile and luxuriant, which may spontaneously produce, not only all the necessa- ries, but even the luxuries of life, may be rendered unhappy, and all tliese sweets blighted, and marred, through the intruding liand of some assuming and unfeeling tyrant. Such has been the state with the fer- tile lands of Port!!;,^:\!. Spain and Italy: and such is the still existing state of more prolilie Turkey. The God of nature has, in thoic coun- tries, scattered his gifts most profusely; but they are placed beyond the reacii of the great mass of the people; a favoured few, engross the sweets to themselves, and like the forbidden fruit of Paradise, no hand dare pluck them without incUi'ring the displeasure of their lords and masters. Thus, the kind bounties of an indulgent providence, are pros- tituted, and his creatures, who have a natural riglit to enjoy them, ar« IT" #" T*k rf» 'P tantalized with havini- them in continual view, but never are filled with the swcetnesH ofthtMn. This must turn the most pleasant and truiltul land into a sterile and painful wilderness; a land, which none of us, my hearers, would chuse as his home to dwell in,or as his place of sojourneying. 2. To render a land pleasant, its inhabitants must enjoy equal ridH* and privileges, otherwise it can be pleasant only to a favoured lew, while the great majority are rendered objects of misery, throiigli penury and distress; and thus, the comforts and blessings of civilized socict) . he abused and subverted, and even prostituted to tlie most ignoble an»l basest of purposes. We will demonstrate and illustrate this, net only from ancient, but modern governments. And here we observe, that so- ciety in every state is a blessing; but government in its best state is but a necessary evil,— in its worst state, an intolerable one. For when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we migiit expect in a country without government, our calamity is height- ened, bv reflecting that we furnish the means i>y which we sufter.— Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence. The palaces of kin^s. are built on the ruins of the l)owcrs of Paradise. In ancient Greece, monarchy was the government which they first formed; but this they soon fi)U«d degenerate into tyranny. Hence the term tyrmtt, was iustly applied to them. And, indeed, the word originally signified no mere than king, and was anciently the title of lawful princes. But monarchy gave way to a republican government, which, however, was diversified into almost as many various forms as there were different cities, according to the different genius and peculiar character of each people. But still there was a tincture, or leaven, of the ancient mo- narchical government, which frequently inflamed the ambition of private citizens, and made them desire to become masters of the country. In almost every state of Greece, some private persons advanced them- selves, by cabal, treachery and violence, and exercised a sovereign au- Jhority, with a despotic empire; and in order to suppirt their unjust n- surpations, in the midst of distrusts and alarms, they thought themselves obliged to prevent imaginary or suppress real conspirators, by the most cruel proscriptions, and to sacrifice to their own security, all those whom rank, merit, wealth, zeal for liberty, or love of their country, ren- dered obnoxious to a suspicious and unsettled government, and which fouud itself hated bv all, and was sensible it deserved to he so. What we have renuirked of Greece, will, with a few shades of difterence, ap- ply to ancient Rome. Let us now take a view of the modern governments of Europe, and examine how far they are calculated to add to the peace, comfort and happiness of mankind; and in tlie attempt our souls must overflow w itli gratitude to God, if sensible of the superior blessings and privileges we enjoy in this our favoured land. For, 3. A land to be pleasant, must have governors ^nd magistrates, qual- ified and suited to the dignity and high stations they fill; nor can they command the respect and affection of those they rule over, unless they are the men of their choice. For the truth of this, I appeal to your judgment. Should we feel happy, were a man to be forced upon us, as m ^*fc iro filled with \. and fmilfiil one of IIS, my sojoiirneying. equal ridiU 'avoured few, roiigli penury li/;ed sociclv' t ignoble and his, net only ?rve, that so- it slate is but For when we nt, which we ity is height- we suft'er. — The palaces In ancient 'tned; but this n tyrant, was y signified no li'inees. But liowever, was vere difterent acter of each e ancient mo- tion of private country. In vanced theni- sovereign au- heir unjust u- ht themselves s, by the most ity,* all those r country, ren- it, and which be so. What [ifterence, ap- r Europe, and », comfort and overflow witli privileges we stratcs, qiial- ; nor can they ', unless they ppeal to your ^d upon us, as ings revolt? Hut sIkm la sin u aiiu.i > , r,.j„e „o. you and ,.5 your persons, ^^^!;^;^X ^^^^"^^^ .3 b:.^ary,^he cu.e ;:,ui the ^f^^f^^^^-^-^^^^:^^^^ what !;; anchored ..ic ot V-^:: ow\le.Madi,^ t'.is l./an enlightened poopK-l call king, IS hered.ta J . ^^^^^^^^^^ a.h.ils every spe- It is a system ot menial ^^'^ "''"f' , I "'^'yj'^ and vlHue. ignorance and cies of character to the «'^';' ,! f ^^^ Jf ^^ h^i' V''< •>" "- -^""^ ^'''^' «t* Icings. ISO man more heartily wisUe^, iiiin m.^tu, „„, n,p ^ feikppy and i--raUe state of p^^^^^^^^ l^^l^am h avowed and open enemy oi ^vLa i^ u c " ''^ ' ^ ^^^_„^^^^ j i,^. ,„y ^t- principles which nothing can eith.r ;^ ^^-'^ ' *^ "'^ ' .i;\ ^{^^^-^ , 4u^ i\n- {achmint to ^-T^'^'^J^X:::^^^^^^^^^ ' -l'^' the ease and honor oi the •"""'"' ^;;^^5 J Hnidren, and governed by imwever lerlile tlit m)i , i o\y.v ..,oanin- under special urtsand sciences, deprived ol : s ^'' ^^; V;;^^;''^,;;^';^ ^,e in tlJe full marks of divine displcasj.re.- Let ^l^ ^ ^,;/J 4.;,^.. iV(,m ourselves possession a.'• ; l'^« i^eompLnsation f.v the \nen to be our rulers; ami while 7,.f^;\VrirsevS tat ions, which services which they render the l»uh u, m tl^ir '^^,''; ' . ".''^ , •..; yet rbul just and reaL,nahle; t^r the !ubom.r is v m^> ; 1;- ^ ; ^ ^^ goverleut in America .s wlu^ it "['S^^J,^ ! ' f^' i^^', ,,p..,e of lucre, trust, and not made a trade of, as in 1^' "S ^^ '^ ''.] > ^^ ^j- ,,,,5.1,. 4. That which constitutes a land ple.Mi t y' :^^^ j^ „^,^,,:,. To see every member of.it, in t^hce.M<>y.ne.>W^-^^^ lies oHiie; we do not mean, hat one ^ '^ •\'^r',i^;; Z,;. r^r here will erty. lV>r this never was ^-'f'- Jj^ ^^^^l^^^^oftle benevolence he some who are comparatively poo , *''J.^'^ .!",,!' ''^'.^j^ „r hunger, all of the rich. But that none shou d «»^- ^^,« ^^^ houhU.e able Mho are in the enjoymenr ol heal h, '" ' ^'^ '" 'f j^ ' We i.less Cioi} by ujode-ate labour, to procure thp conuor>. c>i in^- f- (] i (hat Mich a nica.ant Ihu.I is our ;uheri(anc»«. Tl^-rc is a suHineiiCT ,)f .read for a . Let (he people hero ho but diligent, and T V v yl « w.II place them ,„ a state of ia.lepe...Ienee. (? ho v .lillWentVfhiH Vuiroramp"\r, '?'■■'"''' 7« ""^rrovidenee favored them ui'th a uitl I land? \> reply, prov,de.ice has n.,t I.een to them sparine ii. U gitts: hut through (he iM.nnln,^ craft of men, i hese ^ifts are T'JoJs e hy alew choice spirits, who riot in luxury, at the eJpen roV ?he la hourer he mechanic and the huslK.ndman: We .ill e^xplain our mean- in^~l he cinof ma^,s(rato of En^-land receives a million sterlin- eiory vear; the other branches of his family, n.arly the same sum, andaE A. all (h.s ,s yvrung from the hard eariu.^^s of the labourint; poor. It s th s wretched system yvhich causes the land to mourn, yvhieli c myvds the s reetj yv.th beggars, and yvhich drives men to the despemte ac^^ |. vadjng the property of o(hers; for yvhat yvill not hunger impel mc.; ves lesrihirJ' "^^"-'^'•'^'•S-'l «o"H. present have Ln yviU, thei;. ,r ^ie V frnn .1 *"" • 1.'''" '''"' '''^''''' ^"^ ^^' ^^'^'- B"^ »<^t us turn ditJon I H I '"'^ s««ken,n^^ s^^ones, and contemplate our oyvn con- Iit.on on these happy shores, a.»d yve see an extent of territory, tyvelve t.mes larger than England, and the expen.:e of the sev ru£^^ irZoV""^\''''!^J^''''!' '^^'"^ »^^-'^^' whic1»mUu;e ante* -wZ „!f-" '•' t'' "^^'''* "^^^'^"^- Thus Moses describes them rlXn ".V/,^."''^''"^'''"*^*' *''^t ^'^^h statutes and indgments T« righteous, as all this Layv which I set before you this day?"'^ Without Its "ft gITJ' ''''^'''?i P^'^P'^' '^^« - »»^"- th^rrefiued s^y"! ages. Iha Gospel is a pearl of great price; it is the glory and honour .t sdiyation. Inide and commferGe, may gain and i)re*ervp an estate' oul' wU:\Te'V'"^ 'r-^' '"^ ''? ?•' ''^^ "ouriJh an';;:; up tl I to diVeclus t e iu. J • " '""""'^ i':^^'sht is removed yvhicl. iiable «V '?' l"*: 1*^'^" J*^ removed which can only enrich us In lh.» ll,P t?„*l f I "'" */"'l"'' " «°"'l'a'«I to Heaven, an.l so ealle.l ni. .„ 1 ?i i *7."' "" '" "'" '™'" »f it. Ill"} «™ said lo be easi down to ,ell. See Malt, lo, 3J. So that what resemblance there i, e tTem trhdr'R'r"'''''"'^--; that there i, het„::rthe"a GolnXle^lt, ,,tl „; "n ».*'^l"'f''"" *™™ «'"li «" "'« when the 3 When the Ik ff '1'"''' ''"''"■■' "'"' ■'' »'"' .i'-'lg^ont, sne- oxeeute the ,Ie;,r„e,iv;. rte^::%'a'i„^;t t d^'' vTr' TT^'w hea" the word of God i, rc.„„ved, the sirJn^th of a nation departs The or Jtoanee, of (.od are the towers of Sioa! The temi-leTasnot o ,i; iHirieiicy ;)f a few years rent is this, (lie Piiijuiry lem with a sparin:* in «'iij»rossp(l of tlie la- » our inean- rlinsj every and a lon^ niioiis size. 5 poor. It ieli crowds rate act of impel men with their, let 118 turn r own con- try, twelve apartments what is al- ls of ^race land, and Israelites ibes them: ,^ments so Without 'fined sav- nd honour n the way an estate, ron up th(j> ich is aide '., In the atos in an 1 so called re said to to he east; e there is I the want when the lents 8HC- rub to the nanded to When The or- lot only ii |>lace of worship, but a bulwark too. The ark wa* often carried by the Israelites into the camp, because there their >ilrenji;lh lay. And when David was chased away by his son Altsaloni, he takes the ark of the tttbernacle,as his greatest slrenj^th a^ainst the dL'feetion of his son and subjects. This blessinii;, my hi'arers, we enjoy in a peculiar man- ner. rh« heavenly manna profusely descends around our lents, and ev- ery one may worship (sod in that form Stud manner which he thinks accords best with the volume ol inspiration. 6. That which readers our land the glory of all lands, is to be free from all religious establiHluneJils, the bane of society, and curse of hu- man nature. liCt ns enlarge a little on this sentiment. All religions are iu their nature niild and benign, and united with principles of mo. rality. They could not have maHe proselitcs at first by |»rofe.*sing any thing which was vicious and persecuting, or immoral. How is it then, that they lose their native mildness, and become morose and intolerant? It proceeds from an alliance between church and state. The inqiii* nition in Spain and Portugal, does not proceed IVom the religion ori t^inally professed, but from tikismulc animal, as one calls it, engendered t)etween church and slate. The burnings in Smilhfield, proceeded froin the same iieterogeneons production; and it was the regeneration of this strange a.m\ni\\,afterivar(ls, in the nation now called the hnlitark of our r«/t«-io«, which revived rancour and irreligion among the inhal>iiants there, and which drove the people called di>»senters andquakers to this country. Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly-marked feature of all law-religions, or religious established by law. Take away the law-establishment, and every re- ligion reassumes its original benignity. Here in Americft, a catholic priest i^a good citizen, a good character, and A good neighbour; the same may be said of ministers of other denominations,and this proceeds, independent of men, from their being no law-estaldishment in America. The Constitution of the United States hath aboli-jhed or renounced toleration, and intoleration also; and hath established universal right of conscience. Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it; both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself tlie right of withholding the lilierty of conscience, and the other of granting it. The one is the pope armed with fire and faggot, and the other is the pope selling or granting i'ldulgences. The former is church and state; the latter is cliurch and tralUc. This is the perverted state of things in that kingdom, called the ivorld^a last hope. And though the gospel is there preached, yet it is the misfortune of many w ho love it, to have a minister imposed upon them, who is an enemy to itj and which minister they must support, with the tenth of their tythes; eventhougli dissenters from the established church; and what adds to the turpitude of all this, no man can hold any place of tr«st or employ under the gov- ernment, who is not an episcopalian, without first receiving the sacra^^ nient of the Lord's Supper, on his bended knees, to qualify him for of- fice. Must it not be duplicity, nay, the very essence of hypocrisy, in any man, to call such a kingdom, " the bulwark of our religion." Use I. Let us to-day, deplore, and lament over our manifold sin% i MMM TT™^ / ■w. . 8 ^vliich havi.' fnnjUt'd (unl to Irt loose iipaii Ui» one ol' liin sort- jinlu;nM'ii(*- 'n»a swoi'l is tliiiwii, ami inor.' thiiii pndnilili', while 1 am aildn-HHii^ \ fjite of war i^ always precarious and nncertain. Let not him who piittelh »«''J,^"f *"'"• In sTlort, every sigJ of the times, indicates her speedy diwelution. Cer- Uiriy the rigiteous God will not suffer her wicVed and horn^ ravages to «,^navenged, even here upon earth. Let us wai awhile, and we maf Uve to see the time, wherein it .hall not be said by the voice of foith, but by the Yoiee of sense itself, Babylon, the great, is fallen, is faUen! B :§»■ DISCOURSE It. '^ ^"^Mi" PSALM 106. 2i. i'EJ, TitEY DESPISED THE PLEASAXT LAJ^D. r'l'^IlE speaker, in (he forenoriii. called your attention, (o the disfirf^ i gijishi- ; goodness of God, wiiieh has e'xempted m a^ a people, from the hunlens, oppressions, and calamities, nnder which the nations df htirope sfroan,and which Wri'Tg froi/i the inhaoitanis, the most plercim^ fnes. 0,ir lines arefallohiu pleasant places: vea, we have a goodrv Iiewtage: but some among ns, like Jeshurun of old, have waxed fat atfd are kicking agaJiwt the rock of salvation. This leads us, feEcoND... To fxhibit the. characters n^ho despise the pleamnt land. W6 charge no party, solely, a^ iiitplidated in (his crime; Init shall at- tempt to ilemonstrate that there are sirch men Among us. And we wiM, as we pi-fllceed in our description, adhere to the criterion laid down by our Saviour~you shall know them by their fruit. 1. Men may be said to despise it, when they make light of their pri- viJegcs, either in a natural, moral, or politicat view. First, in a natural view. The Metcies, which we call riaturar. aro those which are necessary for our nourishment aild support; and that we, as a people, abound in these, is evident to alF. We live irt a land ovch-- jiowmg with a rich variety of God's providentia! goodness. Here is ho leanness of teeth; our streets are not crowded with our feJJow-creatures, soUciting the aid of our benevolence—nor onr ears assailed with the melancholy talcs of indigence and distress. The parent, with pallid cheeks, hollow eyes, and trembling limbs, arrest notour steps with im- portunate cries for relief to their helpless infants, pining in want, and the lamp of life reare gratetullv. If he had sent us a bit oi bread in distreHS, by a nviracleies he did lo Elijah, by the ravens, we should retain it in our memor^. But the sense of daily IWours, soonest v ear out ot our minds, which ap as g. - 1 mira«lD8,as any in their om\ nature, and the product«4 «f ihe same power. .... • •» i „« ,«« Secondly, We despiseour moral and spiritual imvileges, v\hen wc rcieet the truths of revealed religion. ThiS is one of the crying sins ot oiir land. Errors wb-ch were aLaost obsolelej^ are reviving, and the urolessors of'those pernicious doctrines, are dany multiplying an«l ni- Teasi.' by which tie glories of Christ are laid prostrate in the ikist; ind the' bj^-et of the christian's dcntrest hope is degraded ami bi^nght down to a level with a creature, so that we had need to tremble a the prrpects before us; for thene sentiments, like the exp nsion of a subtcr- Janeius fife, may ere long burst forth and spread r>Hn, slau^hU r, and death a laroum!, shonUfthey become the creed of an established reli- S ' I etlone say, we live in an age too enlightened, lor rejigious ^,e'"*eeut^^n t'> gain head. But stop; let us for a moment exanume live {,rce of his re'^tsoning; and one remark shall sul ce. Could any of y l^^"eVe vble patriot?, who iojfully took the spoiluigo your good., ami wa ltd your way through fdood to gain the pmnaelc ol .l»erty, could vou no rat the close ofyour national struggle, that m the year 1812, lour Xviiti.ensshould\e.ome objects of persecution, lor an ^ ment to those very sentiments, for which so many of our iuth^rs bled and died And nLa.e the characters who fonjent an.l the very nng. baders of this intolerant spirit.^ Are they not those wi.o profess the a> ^Sd'^llnhl^pleasant land, who makeligM of the gospel, an.1 will uoraUend to the preaching of if, orif they give it a hearing, refuse to comnlv ^vith it* j ,st ancVreasonable requisitions. It is not er.ough, to _bo w\uih; the visib -ark; so was a cursed Ham. Eet us not receive .he grac of God : vain; but adorn the gospel, by a gospei spirit, and a go^- '^T^^'^'h^ he strictest propriety, be ranked among Uiede- uise svvh c a. on religion into their service, and make .1 the trumpet se m^rau^^ 'n>.e gospel, is ihe gospel of peace It vvas tJod^'l by angels with GU.ru to God in m '"g^ ^^f^^^ 1 'II tr.\»r,» rii-Ut ilic author 01 it, is calieii ine rnutcot ;::!;;« ^IJ^V^^^ i^^ i^"owi;rs how maJ^-^Uien,. 'must hat soul bo, witidi would, convert itr into an engine to irritate, " d, nd fla.:^^ the passions of men, to strife, bloast uniuunl. litil must noi wery imparii«l per.^on admit, that, to promote a spirit of (jihcord and ihsuuH.n among oui selves, is not the vwiy lo redress, but the sure metli- til to laeue them tu greater aggresbioiis. L.'i- us frov. a, im!lgnant^ ^t M Itl liuve takea but when the ery g«^ inuii Sueh ebndiict t; and Jhasi a a flies in the Sdelitv: for no govcinuient. Ixod. 22. 28. f thy people, igher powers. e ordained of nance of God; II. Jude calls '. iicsh, despise [*ea(er prop to ;s against the ded advocates , defame and an who, when \e his now de-> But all these the esteem of tid silent con? illitions of ig. he roaring of } every strat- late the aft'ec- s Satan, who a. Never did Goveriimeul. if tlie human e cannot say, icl, to a«titcrc ea«h. How so fair a fa- item, ubich, y. We grant :ii; but ihiij u- at the head , which for u 1 or ewuld Sol- idi(y, have iiui n»ustn(K (iihcord and e sure metii- iniiignam^ ^t 13 every attempt to disolve our federal constitution, however sacred may H their functions let us regard them as missionaries of hira who is the father of lies, and a murderer from the beginning. When men counteract the means which the wisdom of our bxeeu- tive devise to assert our rights, redress our wrongs, and maintam our national dignity ana honour-M.r even when they be cold and lukewarm iriromotinl them. They come wilhiu the charge ?f ««;«/• S"^«^f; racteis may use plausible pleas, to extenuate their conduct--»uch as the temper of t'he puLlic mi..d, the persecutions they *,hall ^^^ fpoted to, and the losses they shall sustain; but if these pleas are va id now, they were valid during our revolutionary war; and had the patriots of that day, displaved the same spirit, we should be groaning now in E, ^yplian b.ndage. Let such tremble; let them arise from their torpor, lest they subject themselves to the anathema pronounced a«iinst some in days of old. See Judges 5. 23. Curse ye Meroz, saiH the angel of the Lord; curse ye bitterly tb* inhabitants thereof, because they pame not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the ""when men turn liberty into lioentiousne^s, and take shelter undei? the lenity of our law, to degvade and abuse themaj.-st^y of the law; this has a tendency to destroy the liberty we en.,.»y, and lay Pjosti^ate in ruin, the fair edifice, which has for thirty years withstood all the rudt shocks to which it has been exposed; either by exciting our legislators to lay some restrictions on the press, which at present teems with so many inflamitory, virulent, and infamous publications, or else reducing us to a state of anarchy. Let me, on this occasion, advise you my hearers, to adhere, iiiUexibly adhere, to the principles of Republican, ■ ism. But at the same tinie, bear and forbear, with the insulU vyhich your principles may expose you to. Uemtvmber, our constitution is folded on he right of private judgment, and that principles cannot b!,de.trovedbythe force of arms. No; let reason and argument be iL only weapons whicli you will use; and if violence be heard in our land, wuslini and destruction within our bonkrs let them not ongmae f.om those who call themselvc-Hi:cpuldicans, und iriends of our govern. meat: but from those who assume to themselves, the exclusive privilege of bcina the friends of good order. ." . », , , *«.» i:sE t. Let us, to-dav, lament over the ruin of lapsed nature, itnd over the jarring, discordant, and destructive eifeets, which sm has in- troduced iu all our national calamities, under all the pressure of the times, and in the midst of personal s.-fferings. Let ys hear the an. swer of God to all our murmurings: Thy way, and thv do,„.s, have procured these things ^^nto thee: Thi? is thy wickeanes. becuuse it is litter, because it read. Ji unto thy heart. Lei us h.unldo ourselves under the mighty hand of God, a.^l by 1^ th in tlie Redeemer, and gen- nine repentance, disarm a frowning God of that venge.nce which we have demerltcd at his hinds. , . , i «i^„ j wUW 2. Let us, like sonmny I\Iosese«. stand in the ^ap. and plead W I Ood, that he would spare us, a gailty people, «"V''^V i f n' /a« a eoulliiuiia.c of Ihose priwl:«v-s forwhi^a our iutl.rsiongbt, bled, and h 14 lUed. 0,lct iM not barter them away lor present enjoympiils, but pa- tieiitly submit to, and bear a few privations whilst the present contest contiiiiiea; and tljongh nuich ol'our property may be exhausted in tho struggle, yet it is better to leave our families the possession of our present privileges, without the posses^jon of a cent, than to leave them millions of dollars, with the entailment of slavery. 3. Let those, wha openly express their disaHection to our govern- ment, pause, and reflect upon the criminality of their conduct; for God himself bears witness against those sins which disturb society. In these cases, h&is please«l to interest himself in a most signal manner, to cool those, who make it their business to overturn the order he hath estab- lished for the good of the earth. He doth not so often in this wortd punish those faults committed immediately against his own honour, as those which put a state into a hurry, anil confusion. It is observed, that the most turbuJent, sedifious persons in a state, come to most vio- lent ends: As Corah, Adonijah, Zinm, Ahitophel draws Absalom's M word against I>avid and Israel, and the next he twists ahaiter for himself. Absalom heads a party against his father, and God, by a goodness to Israel, hangs him up, and' prevents not its safety, by Da- vid's indulgence, and a future rebellion, had life been spared by the fondness of his father. His providence is more evident in discovering disturbers, and the causes whi«h move them, and in digging the con- trivers out of their caverns, and lurking holes. He dolli more severely iu this world, correct those actions, vvhich unlink the mutual assist- ance between man and man, and the charitable and kind correspon- dence he wf J have kept up. i. How lost to gratitude,and love oi' country, must be such of our deluded^ citizens, who can rejoice in the disasters of those, who are engaged in warfare, against our prouil, insulting foe; and are ready to weep at any success which attends our arms. Even the brute beast is attached to the spot which afforvls it pasture; but they, more brutish, would tear lo pieces the foliage of the tree which screens them from the storm, and, unlike the beast, maliciously invite others to join them in blasting our fairest prospects, and laying all in wide ruin and destruction! Js ntft this too evidently the wish of those among us, wlw make use of ev- ery artifice, and twist and turn all the patriotic measures of our Exe- cutive, as being under the eontroul of French influence? which their own conjiciencecannolsubscribe to, neither do they themselves, believe so. But the evil object they have in view, they studiously conceal; and this outcry against French influence, is raised as ami^it to blind the eyes of the public, and to subserve the design of pulling down our present ^rulers, and to raise themselves on their ruin. Should thty succeed' id their nefarious plan, what would be the destructive consequence? Why, w^e soon should see these very same people, who are so clamor- ous against foreign influence, forming an alliance with Great-Britain, offensive and defen^ve, which would involve us in the same ruin with herself. Let us, for the truth of this, appeal to stubborn facts. Who is it that justify, and, if they cannot justify, palliate all the insults which ^ve have for ten years past received from that government? If they Is, but |jft- ierit contest isted in tlio uon of our leave them our Kovern- ct; for God y. In these ler, loeoul lath estab- this wopid honour, as 8 observed, D most vio- Absalom'^s halter for God, by a ty, by Da- red by the jiscovermg g the con- re severely tiial assist- correspon- >ur deluded' sngaged in ^eep at any attached to vouKl tear I the storm, in bhisting iictionl Js use of ev- 'oiir Exe- i their own believe so.. l1; and tliis the eves ir present y succeed- ^sequence? o clamor- &t-Britain, ruin with sts. Who iuitswhicli ' If they 15 \^iitrage all laws, mural and divine, by impressing thousands of our gal lant seamen; and if, either by bribes, or cruel vvhippings and flog:^in;^^, they are forced to enter the service, their advocates extenuate tbt-ir fonchiet, by observing, that it is impossible for them to discriminate betweert our people and their own, as our features and language are s«» similar. With such reasons an'J arguments, they justify the cruel wrongs, inflicted on our unhappy countrymen, who are forced to join ailtl assist the common enemy, in their murderous work, and who are per- haps this moment, embruing their hands in the blond of their ii'^'arcst friends and dearest relative. These predilections for a government, which is sowing among us the seed of discofd, sedition, atid treason, and which wishes to tear from ns our dearest rif»hts, demonstrate ^ where the bias of their minds tends to. Nor can a word be nttered iu their hearing against the British, but what they resent more than they would blasplR'nIy; this speaks volumes, and evidently points to us Ihi* <»l»ject which they have iti view. But let them tremble for their condfK't. The great mass of nur citizens, have too long tasted the sweets of lib- erty, to exchange it for the gew-gaws of monirchyi It is eiiough for nsto ivill to be free, and, mangre all the attempts of anarchists and monarchists, we are free. And let them not suppose, that their mis- deeds shall go nnpunished. The day of reckoningis fast approaching, when the strong arm of law and justice, will overtake them, and maki* them sensible that even in a republican government, their is energy enough to crush the guilty. 5. Let not the exertions of the religious inhabitants of England, in- fluence your attachment to the British government, as if the large do- nations contributed for the support of Missionaries, the distribution of Bibles, and other religious purposes, were the acts of government. These are the generous eftbrts of its subjects, of individuals, groaning iinder the pressure of taxes. And how mueh more would these indi- viduals contribute toward these benevolent purpo-^es, were the demands of government not so numerous! So far is it from true, that the Britisit government is friendly, that it is opposed to the spread of the gospel amongthemillions in Asia, For, within eight years past, the government of England rejected the aj j>/iation of the Missionary Society to send missionaries to India, to preach the gospel; and which subjected that society to the evpense of sending them to New-York, from whence they embarked to the place of their destination. To conclude, Men brethrm, and Fathers, Let us, to-day, take afresh survey of our National, our State, and .«ur personal Blessings, and let us entertain them with a godly jeal- ousy. Let no man under a pretext of liberty, cajole us.out of our priv- ileges. With all our calamities, we are comparatively, a happy peo- ple. We can boast of what no other people can^ The sovereignty is in our own hands. We are not bound, as in France and England, to crouch like beasts of burden to those who goad, and add to the weight of their chains. Our rulers, are our servants, and not our masters. ii 19 uy uur ircc suura|^Sy t-nrv uuvc ucni cxcvaicu lu iuv:i( cvativ.;^ 16 Citations; and if th^y •werve from the priccipals of liberty, we can den troy their official dignity, and reduce them to the ranks ol private citi- zens, without having recourse to acts of violence. The miseries at- tending the French revolution, must be yet fresh in your memories; and we hope, and pray, that no aspiring demagogues may be permitted to rise up among us, whereby ♦he proscriptions, assassinations, and mur- ders, of a ferocious Marat, and an ensanguined Robespierre, may po- lute and stain our hallowed land of liberty and equality. Aiid toil, my young hearers, read, frequently read, the histofy of your country. Emulate the deeds of your sires, whose patriotic arms, put to flight the ruffian hordes, which Britain vomitad on our shores. 0, prove yourselves to be the decendants of those, whose names will •hine with lustre on the historic page; and should you, like them, be called to avenge your country's wrongs, provi, that you not only in- herit their names, bnt likewise their courase; that you will not detract from their glory, but maintain with your blood, undiminished, the fair inheritance which they have bequeathed you. And,0, that a double portion of their spirit jnay rest on you. AMEN, and AMEN. ■NaaMHWMMlibi \ y, we can den »i* private citi- miseries at- memories; and permitted to ons, and mur- ierre, may po- :1ie histoty of latriotie arms, on our shores i ge names will , like them, be 1 not only in- vill not detract oished, the fair ), that a double 3 AMEN. Appendix^ ^0 t\e above Jiseounes %\ie lubjotn the following reviews, which hate been cold • municatedi in the frst of which they are considered merely at Viier^^y, and in the tecond,'ai political productions : -to which xve add a parallel, exhibiting to the reader not only the pnve ionrcf: frovi which this reverend gentleman draws the instruction witk which he feeds his flock ; but the honourable manner in which he does it, by refusing to give the tribute of acknowledgment U whom '*""""""■"'"'• EEVIEW I. THE present is an age of /lamfihleta. The light which beami from the press, in lhes« days of darkness and blood, seems lo over- Whelm us with " One tide of glory, one unbounded blaze. ' Nor is this light copious only, — it is remarkably intense. The human mind, in the uninterrupted enjoyment of peace, becomes inactive, and fancy cea-jes to spread her Mringsj and reposes in torpid Rlumbers. But) blow the blast of Warj tod £\n is life, ardour and strength :— the pen of ihe erudite is pointed for the combat, and the lips of the eloquent ere open to persuade ;-"{renios, by collision with geniUs, is dazzled with its own scintillations, and reason turns with astonishment trom the subject she is pursuing, to admire the profundity cf her own re* searches. The press is the vehicle by which this mental lig.jt w communicated from mind to mind ; and in the present age, that light appears not only with a'l the intensity of the solar rays, when con- densed by the lens, but with all their variety of colour, when refract- ed by the prismatic i,'lass, or by the rain drops of the east. 1 bus we find in the newspapers and pamphlets of the present moment, relig- ious light, moral light, political light and various degrees olscientihc ^^Ina pamphlet now before us, entitled « Two discourses delivered to the Second Presbyterian Society in Newburyport, Aug. 20, 1812, the day recommended by the President of the United States for national humiliation a.id prayer j^-by the Rev. John Giles"— we are pleased to see not only the several kinds of light which* we have mentioned, of a// which, we presume, there is quantum aufficity but also a very animating gleam of rhetorical, and a particularly splendid blaze ot grammatical light. In the observations we shall make upon these discourses,oUrobjectwUl be principally, to illustrate these unmual traits m productions of this kind, by holding up, to the attention ot the reader, passages in which they are more particularly conspicuous, -and that not in the order of their relative merit, but in that ot their succession in the book. These beauties meet us on tne very thresh- hold :— in the second sentence, the writer, speakmg ot the Israelites ^ and the Land of promise-saj s ;-« but the spies brought.an ill re- « port of it, though they owned it was a land which flowed with miilk « and honey ; but there were tuch difficulties to possess it whtch they thought insuperable.^* — &c.— p. 4. " To render a land pleasant its inhaWtants must enjoy equal rights and •• privileges, otherwise it can be pleasant only to a favored fev/, while th« « • ffpeat majority are rendered only objects of miiery, through penury and dia- •• tpess ; and thus the comforts and blessings f)f civilized "O^iety. Ae abused, " subvened ana even prosutuicu w luc iitw»» i^tiuwM 9.i.-» — -^ r— r ac-.... ■,,.;f-~i1Tr-ir«>ni . / i I: 18 Till now we did novktiow that such and which were correspondent or correlative terms as used in tlie former ol' these passages. — And wc were at a loss la determine how " be abused'* was governed either in the infinitive or subjunctive moodi till in the next sentence the clue is ^iven by ihe luminous proposition thai ^^ gcvernment in its best state is but a neccssary^evil." Here no one can but observe what a flood of lij!;ht burst-sat once upon us.— The reverend republican, since leaving England has contracted such an antipathy to government, of every description, that, not satisfied with emancipating man he gener- ously undertakes to disentltial even his language from these odious restraints of t^overiiment, Ag-a:n p^ 5, " Let us rejoice that we are in the full possession and free ex- " ercise of the privilei.'e of selecting from ourselves, men, to be our rulers ; s»nd •• 'while we give them a comptnsatlon for the services which they render the " public ill their several statiniiK, which is but just and reasonaJble ; for the •• labourer is worthy of hit hlrr." Now some, who do not**"*? thingt, would suppose there was here a kind of hiatus^ as the hearer must be expecting to be told something proper to be done, ivhilci &c. but here the delicate hand of the master is t>ecn, in sufl'ering the imagination of the hearer to have a little playi and fall, by its own etfarts, upon the rest of the sentence. |!Bui to proceed ; page 10, "The parent, vi'iih pallid cheeks, hollow eye» ' .and trembling Uinb&, arrest not our steps with importunate cries for relief to •• their helpless infant' &c.—Ag»in " The Uruelites forgot Coci their cTaTJOHr, *• %\>hich had " done great things in Egypt." In old times, when Addison^ Johnson and Dlair, were at the gram- mar school, they contracted a habit of making a verb agree with its nominaiive cz%e^ in number and person, .and of making the relative luho refer to persons, nvhich to things : and this habit was so fixed upon tlitm that they carried it with them to the last. Even Pope felt himself coristrained, by the same illiberal rule, when addressing the same Infinite Bemg of whom the sacred politician is here speaking, to say " Thou Great First Cause, least understood, ** Who all my sense" 8tc, But in these days of superior light and liberty, all ideas ol concord In a sentence appear as useless and absurd as do those of government. We presume that when this learned gentleman was in England, a//a# " ^aVo»»" (vide p. 9,) the Babylonians, being tired of these old fashioned rules, were beginning to get things up in a little better style ; and being conversant WKh the heads of department, or peihaps, more properly with tht defiariment of heads, he Was the first to receive from authors and orators of flie first grade, those emanations of light which he here sheds abroad from himself, as from the radiant point. Not being ufi to these splendid novelties ourselves, we can but admire in him, the ease with which he declares that " xhe parent arrest not our " steps" respecting " their helpless infants," and the dignity with which he invests the Divinity when he makes the Israelites forget God their Saviour ivhick had done great things"— The spKciraens heretofore exhibited go, principally, to illustrate the beauiijul : but our author occasionally soars' to the sublime. The ve- ry page from which the two last examples were taken furnishes ui ■ - .*.»lU»a»...>l.' I,, ,,^^,| |l,g,,)jgj^^,|,,j,||,,,^^j^yg|^^ \ 'e correspondent I passages. — And J governed either ;xt sentence the rnment in its best : observe what a republican, since > government, of ig man he gener- m these odious ession and free ex- > be our rulers: s>nd ch they render the :asonai)Ie ; for the here was here a >e lold something nd of the master to have a little sentence. leeks, hollow eye» t cries for relief to God their Saviour, re at the gram- ■f> agree with its ng the relative bit was so fixed Even Pope felt 1 addressing the I here speaking. leas of concord in of government, in England, alia* id of these old ttle better style ; tr perhaps, more to receive from IS of light which iant point. Not n but admire in It arrest not our le dignity with [sraeliies forget to illustrate the ')litne. The ve- len furnishes ui i9 . t with an instance. «< But the .f«.v of dai'y ^avors soonest rjrar on ^of our minds, which are as great miracles, aa a..y in ihtir own na- i. turc, and the products of the same power "-Here, .f our auihor dots not shed his usual light, it is, we presume, not without design. Sublimity is so great an excellence in style, thut it is cheaply pun iras- ed at the expense of every other. We mubt not expect, partuular- fv to have a clear and defti.ite view of tl.c ohj.ct, nor a full conccp- ion of the sentiment Ihakfilh our minds ^vilh sublime emotions. We must not therefore inquire whether " the sense of daily tavois .-the ^i favours" themselves or " our mimh" ore the " miracles ; — for the moment we determine, that moment the sublimity vanishes. We could not possibly suppose that sensr could be the vnraclts, be- cause « sense" is singular and « miracles" rlurul,-«ere it not that bv the magic power of" Liberty and equality" introduced on tlie ast nace of the book, our wtiter has made, the sh.gular « sense equal to the nlural " wear" by making them agree as nominative and vcrl.,--- of course we do not know how tar he may think proper to advunc-- .t in dienity : nor do we sec any objection, *upon principle, 'o its be- coming not only a miracle, but many » miracles." Beiwcen '• fa- vours" and « minds," we think the chance is nearly equal ; tor as mush as is gained by " favours" in relation to the antecedent scnten- Tes, so much is gained by " minds," from Us uroximity to the relative. This we think is a briUiani instance of the " f oid obscure — a bnght display of " palpable darkness." We pass over the eloqwentand gentlemanlike compliments whxh on naees II and 12 he lavishes upon his fdlow- labourers m the vne- vard of the Lord. But while we admire the generous fiow of civniiy and respect which must be so gratifying to his brethren, the clergy, we must not lose sight of that meek and modest spirit of clnis- tian charity which breathes in every sentence, and animates the xvhole current of his remarks upon them. Our attention however ia arrested by the closing sentence of this clerical eu ogy, which runs thus—" Let us frown indignant at every attemfit to dissolve our ted- « eral constitution, however sacred may be rA«r functions ; let us " recard them as missionaries of him who is the father of lies and a .c murderer from the beginning."...Let those who can, pass tlmsen- tence without admiration,-as well as thaone next following. "When men counteract the means which the nvisdom of our Executive dernse to assert our vights"-&c...-The8e two sentences, must, we presume, be politically correct, and theologically orthodox,-for he who is ab e to Scate "their functions" of "every attempf'-and then conwr^ «.r- VrTauTrntt- into « missionaries*' d to make " wisdom" harmomze with "devise" must surely be able lO make the rough things of divmity smooth, and the crooked things of policy straight. Igain, p. U. " Ahitophel draws Absalom's f -''^ .^.^'"^L^^'^t ' and Israel, and the next he twists an halter for l^^«^self- -"J^^ "«^', what ? Here again he compliments the reader by suffermg the deh- ciency to be supplied ad libitum by his own imaRmation. If le may be indulged yet a little longer, we will encleavovir to con- fine.our spe'cimens ^vithin as nariw limits as we can, in ^.tice to^he tr;;^^^^^^^^^ ;;me;^(p. i50v.hich ao.. .:* 20 •* in manner and form following, to wit," " Thete firedilectiom for « <* government, which is sowing amoni; us the seed of discord, sedition " and treason, and which wishes to tear from us our dearest rights, *' demovstratea where the bia» of their mindt tends to** Here agnin is dit^playcd that republican hatred of government, which seduces from its nominative the allegiance of the verb. — If however the eye is wea- ry with too long contemplating these polished samples of grammat- ical elegance, each of wliich"might be connidertd as unique, the far will undoubtedly be ravislied with the rhetorical harpiony, and tUo force of nnmbevs with which this sentence closes. There are many minor beauties to which we cannot descend,wlthout occupying more space than can be devoted to lucubrations of this na- ture : the reader cannot but observe them, on even a hasty perusal— they al! go, like tliose who liave brought into notice, to shew a gen-, ius improved by science, a taste formed upon the most approved mod- els, a style chastened and elevated, and a fancy whose vagaries have been restrained by the cool dictates of reason. Both the religious and political sentiments we intended to pass over, they are above our humble reach, and must be left to those who are better capable of judging of such " high matters." If the matter however be equal to the nmwwfr, too much cannot be said of it. There are yet three tlyngs which we cannot in justice to the rever- end gentleman, neglect to notice. These are his consiatencyy his modcaixj and the love he displays towards his native country. First, hhconsistep.cy: Our readers must undoubtedly recollect that His Excellency Caleb Sthqjig, who has been raised to the dignity of rtiling the free, sovet tign and independent fieofile of Massachusetts, in hislateproclaraation fora State Fast, speaks of Great-Britain,amongoth- er things, as the bulwark of the religion we profess. Our lepubncan divine, (may we not say our divine refiublicah) on page 7, speaking alSo of England, closes his notice of that nation, with these words — " Must it not be c/i// raileii prisonef. If I f)r not, through ft Reader, dost thou recollect the story of" we afi/ile$ "f If thou dost, the modesty of thi«» passage, which is but a small portion of what is exhibited in the whole, cannot be illustrated by more appropriate types and fipures. But we cannot lake leave of this very accomplished author, without advening to the deep and feeling sense, he seems to entertain, of the obligations he owes to his native country: that holy devotion to the land that gave him birth, and infused into his mind, by the iiberal edu- cation it afforded him, those exalted sentiments, those generous re- collections which a; e poy red forth through his whole book— That profound veneration for the religious establishments, that aidtnt en- ^ thusiasm towards the laws, and that respectful aiid ^fft clionate zeal for the chief magistrate of England, which form the ^l/i/ia and Omrga of his discourses cannot but convince every reader that he who is thui filial in his attachments to his mother country, must he unshaken in the grand purpose of ennobling and exalting the Qharactet of that which has flrfo/jrfrf him. * We cannot, perhaps, close this article better than with the followr ing lines from Churchilly-a. man who once dressed in the gown ^nd sur- plice ; which however he left off, after disgracing them and the holy profession to which they were dedicated, by the most wanton piacti-? ces of debauchery and intemperance ; but who at times felt and ex- pressed in his writings, sentiments worthy at least of a layman, tho* they may not be fully equal, in point of patriotism and- elegance, Iq vhat now flow from those among us who minister in holy things. ♦• Be Enfjland what she will, ■ W Uh all her faults, she is my coun/ry still.— The love we bear our Country is a root Which never fails to bring forth golden fruit » . *Ti8 in the mind an everlasting spring Of glorious actions, which become a king. Nor leas become a subject ; 'tis a debt, Which BAD MEN tho' ihey pay not, can't forget j A duty which the good delight to pay, And every man can practice every day. — ~ That spring of love which, in the human mind Founded on self, flows narrow aud con^n'd. Enlarges as it rolls, and comprehends t ,The social charities of blood and friends, Till, smaller streams included, not o'erpast. It rises to our country's love at last, And he, with lib'ral and enlarged mind. Who lovet hit country, cannot hate mankind.—— Howe'er our pride may tempt us to conceal Those passions which we cannot chuse but feel, t There's a strange, something, which without « brainy Fools feel, and which e'en wise men can't explain. Planted in man, to bind him to tha>. earth. In dearest ties, from whence he drew bis birth. II Honour calls, where'er she points the way The sons of Honour fellow and obey ; If need compels, wherever we are sent *Ti8 want of courage not to be content ,• But if we have the liberty of choice. And all depends on our own single voice. To deem of ev'ry country as the same^ ■ • .'* Isrsnk rebellion ephilotophy,\iUieaH'tbc tens^ REVIEW IL «• IV/uit manner o* thing it your Crocodile ?^ THE press has lately teemed yf\\b a brace of Sermoni from the pen of the Rev. John Giles. These performances are somewhut curious, but they might go clown to oblivion quietly, did wc not tliuik them a fair specimen of democratic reasoning and declamation i which is a tissue of contradictions, absurdities, vituperations and nou- gense. — In a short review of these productions, the writer will not stop to notice the bad grammar with which this work abounds, nor point out the fals^ logic conspicuous in every page ; for whoever views these twin bom gracea of democracy^ will see that the Rev. John Giles is as much unacquainted with Iain and Cam^ as he is with the con- stitution of his native country, and abuses the King's English as free- ly as he does the Court of St. James, or the Prince Regent. The text for these Sermons is a pointed and biting sarcasm on the fltiff-neckcd and rebellious Israelites — " Yea they dcafiiaed the filcasant land" — and this, by a side-way allusion is meant for those who are not idolaters to his Digon of power. — From a perusal of this scanty, and distorted picture of national happiness, we do not hesitate to say, that Uie writer is infested with the political poison drawn from thesewersof Godwin and Paine. There is a peculiar drivelling in the pupils of thisSchool,'by which we always know them ; for they struggle to f;ain at^eniian by bold assertions,— coarse, and vulgar epithets ; and by quaintness and eccentricity strive to make popular flimsy reasou- iuft, and false sentiments, which are subversive ! f^l' order and gov- ernment. " Government like dress, is the badf^e nf los' innocenc m,*' says Parson Giles, (and I believe Parson Pain' * a, fl v >cfore him.) This is dazzling and fine, hut it is neither.witty nor illustrative. Let us pursue this thought, for a moment, for whether the preach- er b and all are filled with the abominations of government ; and even the shades of departed Greece and Rome are called up, that he might «' lay them" with a curoe. — But England, poor old England, bears the burden of its blows, here he collects his manly wrath and raves most- heroically against Kings and courtly trains. Had the good tnan been made a Bishop in his native land, never, oh ! never, should we have heard this elegant invective j it would have been lost, we * We ohferved in reading this Vfori that almqfi every page is dif grated hy flagiarifms.-Very copiousex traSs are made from the books of Tom Painet with- out any acknoauledgment— probably a flight fenfe of Jbame isflillleft.—Tbe bearers of ibis mintfler are highly favored ebrisitans i ivho kaveuUihe hene- p of the Age ofReafon^ Rights of Man, andotktr nuorh ofthit infidel Paine, from the pulfit. h^- oni from the ire somewhut d we not think declumation i itions and nou- riter will not abounds, nor wlioever views ev. John Gile» with the con- In glish as frce- gent. ^rcasm on the led the filfasant >se who arc not lis scanty, and ate to s»y, tliat m thesfwersof 1 the pupils of y struggle to epithets ; and ' Himsy reasou« order and gov- 08' innocenc;,*' I' jcfore him.) ustrative. ler the preach- avernmcnt, like o wears but a than President mself is more a his flowing ca- re the preacher* ; ; and even the that he might England, bears rath and raves Had the good ! never) should been lost, we j;e is difgraeed by Tom Painet with- isftill {eft. -The have a'ii ihe bene' tkh infidel P«in*t S3 fear in Hie soft accents of his loyalty to his gracious ma (iter.— Ther f'f^; Q^\ J,„Mo TT;t'' wSrLfprCorrer'ce^rl' Z STn, Canned C::X:o:.^o« a„a !;,dustry -o ?'{[-■"«, -S":r comp - -lrr:r?u:dt^rdr:«:t^^y•r rf ii^;.; ... .eJo.. horrenceof the following sentiment f™™ ''■»^",'^ °' V ,„ therein it . "Letus>vai.awhile,andwemayli^etose^^^^^^^^ shall not be said by the voice o f^J'^' °'\' °y '!''■ ,.. Babylon, (England,) iheK-:'^; '■ 'TS ever rankled in the heart, or This is the most diabolical *'f «'"'"" Line But coming from wa« ever breathed from the lips ot a human Being, uui ^ ^ JJ ,- TmSer ofthe Gospel, in a -'f ,?„VeTt'\ "ig ou pur .T t'- land States ; preached ,n \P'»«2ttT-3urew'he sp ri? of Napol- it wears the marks ° ,'^= ^^^^I^X'^'al^r;^^^^^^^ sich a though,, ean is here; no fiend less than he could have P ^^^^^^ ^.^ We will now tate leave of the K=i'- .,,°™,^ ^,bouts, if such works ^^ ^^^^^' , r I. ^ofontitr near our hearts, in the dark- This pleasure we have felt, constantly, near our "*^^ ' ^ , tst hour of our political despondency, that mtn of intellectual we , sgi^iWis**'''^''*-**'^"^'-^*"-^"'""' 26 of pr.)l)l(y, and principle, in our country were found mostly in ^he ^a,L 01 i ecle.ali.ip. '1 he pulpiis(vvith a few wretched exceptions) iave btcn l.ep. Lorn the tainte\l air of democracy. The preachers of the ev^i lasting Gospel have sddom failed to oppose the torrent of '''' ll' KXalism be extinguished, the Priest will perish at the Altar, Rid the Altar be razed to the ground ; and the sad fate which the ene- mies of Enal.rd viJi for h, ., will be realized in the history of our tifwnfall.-SufFer.iinotjOGoDl stretch thy protecting arm to save Fortije gtnerol conviction of the public rftspecting the literary character of Tl e Rev. John niLES, I Send you a few extracts from the writings of the notorious Thomas Paine, with corrcbpondent one? from the Reverend Divine above mentioned-, which, to say nothing fiiore. have the ofiptarancc of bein?;: ropied verbatim from Mr. Paine, and palmed upon the wo*id as original. GMJLS-^ published in lCi2. ** Avd here we observe that society in every state Jfi a bltssiiijj : but Rov- einm^nt in its b^t state is but a ne- cpsfiary evil, in its worat stale an in- toli fjible one. For when yve sniTv-r op arc fxpostd to the §ame miseries by a government, which we mipht expect in !t country without povernment, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the tneans by Y\nch we fiufli'r. Government, like dress, is the badpe of lost innocence. The pal- aces of Kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of Paradise." Discourse Ist, p. 4. "It is a system of mental levelling : It indiscriminately admits every spe- cies of character to the same authori- ity. Vice and virtue, ignorance and wisdom, in short every quality good or h}>d is put on the same level. Kings sticceed each other not as rationals ; it signifies not what their ment.^l or ntoral rhai actera are. Such a govern- tnent appears under all the various characters of childhwjd, decrepitude and dotiige ; a thing at nurse, in lead- ing strings or in crutches. It revers- VA\-SE-published in 1776. "Society in every state is a blessingt but Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil, in its worst state an intoleral)le one. For when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government which we might axpect in a country without ^ov- f rnment, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by v;hich we suffer. Government like dress is the badge of lost innocence. The palaces of Kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of Paradise." Common Sense , p. 1. •• It is a system of mental levelling : it indiscriminately admits every spe- cies of character to the same authori- ty. Vice and virtue, ignorance and wisdom, in short every quality good or bad is put on the same level. Kings succeed each other not as rationals but as animais, It signifies oot what their mental or moral characters are." nights of Man, 2d part, p. 14i, pub- lished 1792. *' Jt appears under all the various characters of childhood, decrepitude, Mm*muiiXT'-n-^ 27 ftly in \hr. exceptions) e preachers 16 torrent of the Altar, ich the ene- tory of our urn to save the literary [tracts from (ondent one? say nothing 1 Mr. Paine, 'inl77S. : is a blessing; its best stAte , in its worst !. For when 1 to the same snl which we y without ^ov- is heightened lish the means ivernment like ost innocence, ■e built on the nradise." '. Sense, p. 1. ntal levelling : lits every spe- same authori> ignorance and quality good le level. Kings »t as rationals nifies oot what laracters are." irtf p. 14, pub- ill the various , decrepitude, GILES— /»«A/i«Acrf 1812. u. .he wholesome order of nature; it bccasionally puts chJldrjen over men. knd maniaca to rule the wiw.— It re- £uires some talents to b a common Mechanic, but to be a king requires lonly the animal figure of a man, a sort Icf breathing automaton." Discourse 1st, p. 3. '» But I must observe that I am not the personal enemy of kings. No man more heartily >«J8hes than myself to see them all in the happy and honourable slate of private individuals. But I am the avowed and open enemy of what iscalled monarchy, and I am such by Principles, wliich nothing can either 4ter or corrupt— that is by my attach- Irnent to humanity -by the anxiety which I feel within my self .for the ease 'and honour of the human race, by the Idisgust which 1 experienced when 1 Userved men directed by children, Ud governed by brutes— by the hor- Vours, which all the evils that monar- chy has spread over the earth excite ithin my breast— and by those senti- lents, which make me shudder at the Icalamities, the exactions, the wars, "and the massacres with which mon- itrchy has crushed mankind-" ' p, 5. •* Let us enlarge a little on this sen- Itiment. All religions are in thejr iia- ture mild and benign, and un^tedwlth principles of morality. They could not have proselytes at first, by pro- fessing any thing which was vicious and persecuting or immoral. How is it then that they lose their native mildness and become morose and in- tolerant \ It proceeds from an alli- ance between church and state. 1 he inquisition in Spain and Portugal does not proceed from the religiin ongmal- ly professed, but from this mule anu mal las one calls j'O engendered be- tween church and state. The burn- ings in Smithfield proceeded from the same heterogenous production ; and it was the regeneration of this strange animal afterwards [in the Nation noto called the Bulwark of our Jieligion] which revived rancor and irreligwn PAlNE-/)uA/w/.erf 1776-1791. dotage ; a thing at nursie, in leading strings or in crutches. It reverses the wholesome order of nature. It occasionally puts children over men and the conceits of nonage ever v>itdom and experience." p 15 ♦• It requires some talents to be a common mechanic, but to be a king requires only the animal figure of a roan, a sort of breathing automaton.' p. 16. •' I must slso add that 1 am not the personal enemy of Kings. Quite the contrary. No man more heartily wish- es than myselt to see them all in the happy and honorable state of private individuals. But I am the avowed, open and intrepid enemy of what i* called monarohy ; and I am such, by principles which nothing can either al- ter or corrupt— by my attachment to humanity— by the anxiety, which I feel within myself, lor the dignity and honor of the human race— by the dis- gust which I experience, when I ob- served men, directed by children, and governed by brutes— by the horror, which all the evils that monarchy has spread over the earth, excite withm my breast— and by those sentiments,- which make me shudder at the calam- ities, the exactions, the wars, and the massacres with which monarchy his crushed mankind." Fatness Letter to Abbe Seyeys, 1791. " Let us bestow a few thoughts on this subject. All religions are in their nature mild and benign, and united with principles of morality. They could not have made proselites at first by professing any thing that was vicioui and persecuting, or immor d. How- then, is it that they lose their native mildness, and become morose and intolerant ? It proceeds from the con- nexion which Mr. Burke recommends. The inquisition in Spain does not pro- ceed from the religion originally pro- fessed, but from this mule animal en- gendered between the church and state The burnings in Smithficld.pro- ceeded fropi the same heterogeneous production ; and it was the regene- ration of this strange animal m Eng- land afterwards, that renewed rancour and irreligion among the inhabitants and which drove the people caUe4 \ / /. 28 sjTionff t'le inh:ibU..nts ll»ere, and whicli (l.ove the people called dissen< ters and quakers lo this country. Per- secution 19 not an original feature iti any religion; but it is the strongly nwrked picture of all law religions, or rligions establialied by hw. Take away til.: law-establisliuient, and eve- fy religion re-asstimes its original be- nignity, liere in America, a catholic priest \% a good citizen, a good char- acter, and a good nuighbonr ; the same may be sKid of ministers of otli- er denominations, and this proceeds, independent of men, from there be- ing no bweslablislunent in America." Discourse lst,p. 8. *• Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration but is the counterfeit of it; both are despotisms. . 'I'lie one as- sumt'S to itself the right of withhold ing liberty of conscience and the other of granting it. The one i.s the Pope. armed with fire and faggot, and the ptlier is thu Pope selling or grantin_Lj indulgt>nc)es. The f )rmer is churcli and sttte, the latter is church and traf- *ic." p 7 . •'Never had a country so many o. penings to hupj^incss as this ,- her set- tnigoutinto li.i , hke the rising of a fair morning, wa.s unclouded and promising' ; Iter cnuse was good : her principks just and liberal ; her con. duct regulated by the nicest steps, «nd every thing about her wore the ^ark of honor." p. 8. vkmE^'pHiishedvnL quakers and dissenters to Amerifla, Persecution is not an original feature in any religion ; but it is always the .slrfingly-rparked fuatUre of all law religions, or relitjions established by law. Take^ away the law-establish- ment, and every religion r;e-assumes its original benignity. In America, a catholic pri-'st is' a good citizen, a good character, and a gqod neigh- bour ; an Episcopalian is of the same description and this proceeds, inde. pendeiit of men, fronri' there being no Isw.establisbment in' America."— Pmne't Right* of Atari, Itft part, p. 60. •• Toleration is not ths opposite of intoleration, hut is the counttjrfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to iiself the right of withhold, ing liberty of conscience and the other of granting it. The one is the Pope, armed with fire ;ind f-^ggot, and the otiier is the Pope, selling or grantin.'j indal^encies The former is church and state, and the latter is church aad tPHffi?. Istpart, p. 58. ' Never I say had a country so many opeiiio,2rs to happiness as this ; her set- ting out in life, like the rising of a fair morning, was unclouded and pnunising ; her cauae was good ; her principtes just and liberal ; her tem- per serene and firm ; her conduct re- julated bv the nicest stepa, and eve- ry thing about her wore the mark of honor." Fame's Crialt, No. 13, p. 18. These are some of the sentences, which Mr. Giles has pillaged from the writings of a man, dcscrvetHy consigned to infamy, and in- corporated with his discourse, without even the form of an acknow- ledgment. He was probably not insensible to the disgrace of being so nchly indebted to a man, whose works, he had termed "frantic lavings against the Christian Religion ;" although he atoned for his fteyeniy by pionouncing these works innocent, compared with th« writings of his Federal brethren in the Gospel. nal feature always the if all law blislied by iv-estub1ish< rje -assumes 1 America. 0(1 citizen, qod neigli' f the same Beds, inde. lei'e being merica."— Itft party p. opposite of intijifeit of The one f withhold, d the other \ the Pope, t, and the )r grantin.'j is church church aad rt, p. 58. ry so many IS; her set- •isinjj of a uded and gfood ; her i her tem- onduct re- 3, and eve- be mark of , p. 18. I pillaged fy and in- I acknow- : of being " frantic id for his with th« • I