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Las diagrammes suivants iiiustrent Ie mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 mmm ILLUSTRATIONS " i^MI OF THB .'.'ai,.... . - '' - FULFILMENT OT THE PREDICTION OF M E R L I N,— . ^^ OCCASIONED EY THE LATE OUTRAGEOUS *?^ ATTACK OF THE BRITISH SHIP OF WAR ^ «* •2^ # THE LEOPARD, ON THE ^ ^ ^ AMERICAN FRIGATE CHESAPE.KE, . k'ti . ij* '' AND THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THE *^ PRESIDENT, v ;' vi: SUPPORTED EY THE CITIZENS ;_ THEREON: .w.^.^-: O • ! . :■ ^2^ JOSEPH LEIGH :— Copy Rijjht fecurcil— ^According to adb of Congrcfj. THIRD EDITION. IportsimoutlD. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, Nov£.MBEa, 1807. IvfKiiJBbjJ *2^^i!^^^^ViVV;Jr-V^- ^^^■*^-^'^?^^-$' !« L.' m^ 'iS-: y ,v ~~ •■ 'inwi i ma i P"""» mummm ADDRESS. TO Richard E. Lee, Efq. Mayor of the borough of Norfolk, Virginia^ and all other the Citizens of the United States of America, who are influenced by the genuine principles of Anno 1775 & 'yS, — and more particularly the citizens of Norfolk^ Port/mouthy and its vicinity, who aflem- bled in June, 1807, in order to take efBcient meafures of defence at this all important crifis. Rejpefied Friends tff Feflonv- Citizen j /— A fuperficial genius, it appears to me mud readilf allow, that it is fo ordered in Providencct that we live in a ^ay, pregnant with the mod interefting events ; and that it ^ill 6inaUy terminate in favour of the great family of man* kind* there has not been a (hadow of a doubt in my mind for many years paft. It is a well known maxim with the great bulk of the enlightened,-^remove the caufe, and the effeA of courfe ceafes. The late outrageous attack of the Britifli fhip of watt the Leopard, on the United States (hip of war, the Chefapeake, in which the dignity and fovereignty of the United States received for the moment a wound — in my humble apprehen* Hon, compleatly fulfills the predidlion of Meklin, a celebrat* ed ancient Briton* who lived in the fifth century. After be* ing in the full belief that every fentiment would in due tiiT^e be fulfilled, in order n get the opinions of my then fellow* citizens, I got it inferted in the Oracle of the Pay, edited by Mr. Charles Peirce, Anno 1 796,— Mr. Peirce, at the moment, feems to have been influenced by the pureft of motives* in order to diffufe light } and of couife the typps then under his immediate direiftion, anfwered the purpofes of Omnipotence in permitting their invention ;— I heard of its being copied into foigj^ of the Southern papers, but no notice taken thereof that ever came to my knowledge. Soon after the elevation of i>iA*Mwiiii.t!Mfl^'^ mmm 4*4 IWi 6f our prefent illuftrious Chief to the PreHdential Chair, t had thsm inferted in the Newhampfhire Gazette j at prefent under the diredion of two diftinguiflied citizens in their Xwi^.-^hui \JiHl had "0 notice. lur advanced in life as I am, I loclc back with a fehfible pleafare» that the prime of life was in Corns degree devoted, to help to rear the independent flng of United America. Language fails itie to depi^ to you how very fen-' fibly it wounded my feelings, when I firft heard of the rccenC indignity offered it, — and you may be afTiired, I Ihall be ontf of the 'aft tp defert, — if need be. Having for my own amufe- iftenr, made my remarks on the different periods, wherein it flruck my mind in the moft forcible manner that this lemftika- ble predidlion was fulfilled, I (hew it to fome of my confi« dcntial friends, for their candid fentiments, and by whofe ad-' vice it is now laid before the public tfibufialj with this requ:(l, nbl to be over hafty to receive or comkmni until it is thor- oughly invcftigated, each one for himfclf ; — and in orJer that you might form clear and juft conceptions for my comiraj ibrwarj at the i»refent moment, — You will peimit me to nn- tice, that I am by birth an Englifhman, unir.^uenced SLud unpctt' \fi9wi ; — a native oi Dunfter, in the country of Soroerfett ; as my parents were, in the ftridlnefs of fp;ech rigid nonconform- ifts, tliefe was early implanted in the mind, when tender, the moft elevated ideas refpedling religious and civil liberty, and of cuurfe a rooted enmity againft all ufurped power eitl)4r in church or ftate. When young I was fent over to Neath in GlamoTganfliire in fouth Wales, for the purpofe of an edu- cation, and put under the tuition of a Mr. Lhviehn, a noted fchoolmafter, a gentleman well verfed in the languages, and >»as in unifon with my parents, refpeAing the right of con- fcience and citizenfhip ; where 1 became acquainted with the works of Merlim, and can well remember of the honorable mention made of him by Mr. L/envden and others. Early in life I was fent over by my parents to this country, to a noted merchant of this town, a fchoolfellow and an intimate friend of my father's,*— he was a warm zealous friend to iha liberties of mankind ; fo that, when the fatal moment for my native country took place, in the commencement of hoAili* ties, Anno 1775— 1 was not at a lofs to determine how to conduA at that rventful period. During the revolutionarf war, I rendered this country all the fervices within the com* pafs of my enfeebled abilities ; at the final iflue, the then fu< preme executive did me that juttice, as to caufe the public fcal of this State to be put en my public cbaraAcr. ' , • John Alofattt Efq, At \ mmm V • ^ At the prefenl order of things taking place, rthoughfmT- fervices in xht prune ^ entitled ms to be noticed in the decline of life ; I therefore made application to fome influential charac- ters in this town, to no effi.Siy — owing I prefume, to ir .ike pro- vifion for their favorite dependant). But I am fo far happy to be pofre/r.d of a mind fuperior to pefft for I do not envf thetn their princely fortunes, or their favorite dependants oi their competency. I am well aware that this my prefent devel* opement of this enigma of Merlin's may dagger for a mo- ment the minds of fome, in confequence of a confined idea* that the fpirit of prophecy has long flnce cealed with the Apodles ; but probably not being acquainted with that fcience of fciences, the fcience of Correfpondence, might fiill avail,— yet adir.lciing I am rin>>ular, I hold that the one and indivi- fibb great Supreme, for reafons unfathomable to our finite undei (landings, has, in all ages of the world, feletfled inftru- inents and endowed them with the fpirit of prophecy, in or- der to be communicated for the benefit of mankind, — as well likeuife do I make an efTential difference between the fpii it of prophecy, and miracles, — the latter I readily allow, have celled. It is as firmly fixt m my mind as the Apalaci'ao mountains are to the centre, that i:i all ages, indrumentshave been fele(fled at the hands of Omnipotence, to bring abopt his purpofes in this fublnnary world. It is in this point of light that'I confi.Jer the .(Tembling of that illuHnous band of pat- riots, who aiT.mbled at Nor/elk, rcfpciSling the late tranfadl- ions, between the Leopard and the Cbefapeake, and the fpi- rited letter of the Mayor of the borough of Norfolk to the Briiifh commodore ; — which is the fole motive that induces and emboldens me to prefix his name to this my prefent pub- lication, without previdufly obtaining his confent ; and I in- dulj>e a hope it will be confijered by him a fnfl'icieni apolo- gy therefor. Devoutly hoping that the rulers of my native country for once, will be difpofed to take roeafures to prevent, an open rupture between the two countries, and fix matter* in future on a durable bafis ; — undoubtedly you will join in fcntiments with me; and after committing each one to the ail prore^ing arm of that BtiNC that is able to protedl, with permiliion I bee: le ive to fubfcribe rryfelf, Teur optrt and Injl^xible friend^ JOSEPH LEIGH. Port [mouthy Auguji 13, 1807. MHntll mit>» PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON MERLIN'S PREDICTION, , 1/: . t '"THE LioN^ is an emblera of Great Britain, '^ and it is well known liow much fhe values herfcif on the prow- cri of the tnaftcr licail of the foreft.—Thc COCK, is an emblem of Trance ; we frequently read of the Gallic Cock, — The DOVE, is an finblcm of America, as is well known amougft the learned, fur ihrfe coj>cnt reafons ; Chriftophcr Columbus was the iirft difcoverer of this IvaU VVcftern Continent, and Columbia is fignifirant of the Dove, and \ the Dove is well known to be an emblem of iunoccnce. 1st. cc i« >» When ihefava^e is meek and mild. The frantic mother Jhalijiab her child.* [MERLIN.] WELL might the royal Pfalmift with an up- lifted mind exclaim, Lord what is man, that thou art mindful of him. And in other of his produc- tions, when under the influence of the fpirit of truth, he very readily and juftly acknowledges that the ways of the Almighty are paft finding out, or in other words, unfathomable to us the muck worms of the earth, when compared to the Deity. — I thus introduce the fubjed with thefe obfervations to notice that foon after the chriftian era, that truly interefting epoch — that the fuperior light, with which it was ufliered in, foon began tp dwindle, and alas ! man, fallible and pliant man, foon felt the fatal efFefIs thereof : — It is a very interefting adage to go to the foun- tain head for the pure water ; — And as long as the priefts of the altar aded up to their original inftitutions in the promulgation of the Gofpel of Peace, and princes did pot forget they were men, A 2 ^ refponiible .M ■M iil Ml ? [ 6 3 rcfponfible for their anions to the author of all good, — every thing went well. But when the infernal marriage betweeo Church and State took place under Conftantine the great— Jmark the confequence, — the fummoning the counfel of NiCH, wherein the one and indivilible great Supreme was fplit in pieces.— As it is foreign to my intention to give too lengthy a detail, luffice when I fay, that it was fo permitted that the union of Church and State, funk man, the nobler part of the creation, into the moft abjed ftate of llavery, as the hiftory of Europe will clearly evince : — But in the fulnefs of time it was fo or- dered, that the invention of types took place, and it was worthy of notice, about the time the re- formation under Luther^ and the fpirit of difcov- ery by the Portuguife round the Cape of Good Hope, anH the unexplored regions of the Weit under Chriftopher Columbus. The Englifli, ever a(5tive, in the rergn of Queen Elizabeth, firll eftablifhed a colony in that favor- ed fpot of heaven Virginia ;— which name it retains in confequence of her virgin ftate. Her fucceflbr James the firft of England, and fixth of Scotland, a haughty, imperious and weak prince, in whofe reign the unfounded dodrine of non- refiftance and paflive obedience againft the Lord's anoin e 1, was carried to a high pitch by the then ftatefmen, and confirmed ah orthodox doftrine from the then haughty and imperious prelates of the eftablifhed church, aiid the inferior order of the clergy under their controul ; — however, a chofen tew bore an honorable teflimony, and by way of deiifion, was firft honored with the dig- nified name of Puritans. His fucceflbr Charles the firft, with a laud in the church toco-operate, fo ^ [7.3 fo far from relaxing, carried the nefarious doc* trine to the higheft pitch j — fo that the ftigma- tizcd Puritans were under the necefllty to enii- Igrate to this then howling wildernefs,and firll fct- Itled at Plymouth ; which by the way of eminence, |I conlider to be the mother of New-England ;— [and 1 would wifli to indulge a hope at this event- ful moment, that the fons of the firft founders of Mymouth would walk ftcadily in the path fet be- Fore them by their worthy prcdcceliors. — It is- ^)rihy of notice,that,with the exception of Penn- Ifyivania, whofe proprietor, the great Wm. Penn, , jthc firft founder, not confidcring the right of dif- Icovery on the part of the. Europeans to be a fuf- ficient ground for him to fettle the lands of the- Aborigines without their leave firft obtained, took . 'the honcft and peaceable mode of making pur- chafes of then) as the colony extended ; by which Ijudicious procedure the colony of Pennfylvania [enjoyed the greateft of all bleflings. Peace ;— while her fifter colonics were (with fome exccp- Itions) generally engaged in wars, — In many of. iwhich, the greateft of barbarities were exercifed. ion the unhappy vi(ftims who were fo unfortu- jnate as to be taken, too fliocking to relate ! and. for more particulars niuft refer the reader to the hiftory of the times. — As the colonies increafed, it had a tendency to raife the mother country,, Englftnd^ iiito iniportance in the eyes of Europe. It is a well known facf, that the French had here to the northward extenfive colonies, and it is well known, the French and I'.ngiiih have for centu- ries paft, been rival nations. — ihe incroachment of the French on the colonies, after the peace of Aix Lachaple in 1748, laid the foundation of the war of 1 756,— The unparraiicd lucceis of the Eng- lifh, K i \h I \ i i ■ 1 ' ••8* I C 8 ] lifti, \n every quarter of the world, and more par- ticularly in America, where the lives and fortunes of the then colonids were devoted to their then mother country, whofe councils were under the dircdion of fpirited and upright ftatefmen, which terminated in the peace of 1762, in which the Britiih became fole niiftrcfs of this vaft Northern Continent ; — By that meani an univerfal peace with the Indians or Savages, (fo called) took place, and which in my opinion fully compleats the enigma, contained in the hrd line of Merlin's prediclion. — And now with painful fenfations I proceed in order to devclope the fecond. The prefent ill-fated Monarch of Britain, when he mounted the throne of his grandfather, was dread- ed -abroad and beloved at home ; and in his firfl fpeech to his parliament, boafted of his being born a Britton, and gloried in the name ;— how long he kept his word, let the impartial world judge. Having for his preceptor a haughty im- perious Jacobite, who was foon noticed with an important birth in the adminiftration. The na- tion foon felt the fatal efFefts thereof in the refig- nation of that great and upright flatefman, the the Hon. William Pitt, and others in whofe ad- miniilration the arms of the Britiih nation were carried to the higheft pitch of human glory. Soon after the peace of 1 762, fatal for my native coun- try, their councils were then in the hands of men inimical to the liberties of their fellow fubje^ts. The confequence was the adoption of meafures that infringed on the liberiies of Englifhmen j which threw the Britifh nation into diforder — and with the affiftance of a venal parliament, en- acted lav for a permanent revenue, to be difpofed of at the pleasure of the crown, independent of the .^ -^ ^ mmtma i j i tiiMMBiiitrMi i i i i i nii i ^t I : j) i»Mift'Mca"> _ .. . r 9 T . ie colonial Icglflatures ; — and as was natural to :pcft, ran like wild fire from one end to the ^ther of this vaft Northern Continent, and roufed le peaceable, loyal, but fpiritcd Americans, who one man, felt indignant on this open violation their liberties. If my memory does not fail le, the omnipotence of the Britiih Parliament ras firft called in qucftion in the hou-^e of Bur- :fes in that highly favored fpot of heaven, r/>g/«/Vi ■But as I would not wifh to defcend too f;ir into irticulars, on a prefumption that the hiftory of le times are in the hands of mod of the citizens ; it it fuffice when I fay that prtv'ious to the re- ;al of that deteflable Stampt yicl, that in full irliament they declared that t'icy had, and ever id a right to tax the unreprefented colonies of Lmerica, In all cafes whatever. — I appeal to your indor and good judgment to determine whether was not in the fuprcme fenfe of the word, a fata! iab into the very vitals of our then liberties ; for my own individual part, I conftrue this lemorable epoch to be a fulfillment of the fccond ine in the firft fection. , < . » 2d. « When the Cock jhall woo the Dove, " The Mother the Child Jhall ceafe to love,'* After paffing of the declaratory aA, in confe- luence of the univerfal abhorrence with which le ftampt Ad was held at the hands of the then )lonifts — and at th^hands of the majefty of the jople, the ftampt agents were not permitted to |d. It was vainly imagined by fome, the Britiih Idminiflration would have let the matter have felled there, as the injuries and grievances of the tolouifls were warmly efpoufed by the genuine friends i I- friends of colonial and Englifti Liberties, witli a Pitt and Burke at their head in Europe ; whilft the then American patriots exhaufted language to fubftantiate the juftnefs and reafonablenefs of their claims : — but alas, to none effect ; intoxi- cated with their felf omnipotence under the idea of the regulations of commerce, an indireft tax was laid on the Americans for the purpofes of a permanent revenue, at thedifpofal of the crown, who in order to ftrengthen the arm of govern- ment, made the high offices of government inde- pendent of the grants heretofore made them by the colonial houfes of Affembly, — which had a tendency to expand the facred flame of liberty, through this vaft northern continent. In this very interefting peripd the French had their emiffaries incog, in order to found the difpofition of the Americans ; viewing I conclude, that the Britiih colonics were to Britain as the /jair was to Sampfonjof old. — I am thus induced to con- clude this was the cafe, as I well remember the then Continental Congrefs in fome of their ad- dreffes, held out this general idea, that foreign aid was not unattainable, if imperious ncceflity Ihould eventually drive them to arms, to defend their liberties and every thing dear unto them. Hence in my opinion this feclion alludes to that interefting period. - , , 4, " When men like moles work under ground, " The Lion a Virgin iruejhall wound,** I prefume it is a well known fact, that the Bri- tifti fecret fervice money granted by parliament, is the privy purfe of the premier ; through which means I humbly conceive on the great fcale to be the corrupt fountain from whence proceed a great part )art of the numan miferies, with which the great Family of mankind has for niany years paft been ifflicted. It was an obiervation of that arch trai- tor to Englifh liberties, fir Robert Walpole, that ivery man had^his price ; it was verified at this time ^^ hen the difputes were warpt up to an a- larming pitch between the then mother country md their then colonies ; one afferted the right )f taxation, the other denied it, in confcquence )f their being unreprefented ; and that repre- tentatiofl and taxation went hand in hand togeth- er. It is well known that the adminiflration of Britain frequently carry their infernal purpofes fnto tffeft by bribery and corruption ; and at that eventful moment they feleded as inftruments in laflachufetts, a Hutchinfon and an Oliver, of in- famous memory j^^Thefe inbred, hypocritical [ngrates, kept up a fecret correfpondence with their friends in England, who were hofiile to Bri- tiih as well as American liberties. Thefe infuri- ited fons of an evil genii, adhering to their ad- dce, ftrcngthened the arm of violence by fending lercenary troops in order to enforce their unjull md imperious edids. But mark with attention, ath grateful acknowledgments the kind interpo- ption of the Deity in favor of injured innocence, |n the feledion of a Hancock, an *Adams, and a ''arren, with a goodly number of diflinguiihed )atriots at Bofton, (which at the moment was uonfidered by the then venal Britifh miniftry and their fatellites this fide of the Atlantic, to be the lot bed of fedition) through whofe inftrumental- (ty were obtained the letters above alluded to, rhxch were laid before the then Maflachufetts af- fembly ; and (hocking to relate, they ftrongly recommended ^n abridgement of what was then • The Hon. S. Adami. • Called 'M BIMMNl ft; If C «2 ] called Englilli liberties. In order to avoid pro-l lexity, I muft beg leave to refer you to the hif-l tory of the day for , particulars ;— Suffice thenj when I fay it finally terminated in the battle atl Lexington, Anno, 1775, and which in my opinJ . ion compleats the fulfillment of the predidlion ifl| the third fedion. 4th. -^" ••'" *' Wjen the Cock and Dove the Lion Jhall fighu " The Lionjhall crouch beneath their mght** Previous teethe commencement of houilities atl ^Lexington, Anno 1775, the then general congrefsJ ufed every exertion within the limits of humanl wifdom to prefcribe (unlefs they had laid profJ trate at the fiirine of defpotifm every thing that! could endear life,) in order to prevent a dimnionl between the two countries, they in the moft fub-i miffive manner implored the interpofition of| their then Sovereign, but to no eflTect, — they re^ monflrated to their then fellow-fubje<^s the fatalj efiecb that would accrue to both countries, butl all to no purpofe. In the interim they were not] idle to ad fully up to the iirft law of nature inj order to prepare for the worft, — -fo that, foon af-j ter the attempting to deftroy the public ftores atj Concord, the Britifli were cocked up in Bofton ; by whom, not by mercenary troops, but the Lords of the foil ; and being defirous of getting a littlel more elbow room, they made an attempt to obj tain it ; but the reception they met with at Bun-! lcer*s Hill, made them snore circumfped, as by| fad experience they then found, that they had t( combat with a People that were not to be trifled I with. As it is not my intention to give you tool lengthy a detail, on a prefumption the hiflory ofj the times is not fcarce,— fuflice it then when II fay ^. MM t «3 3 V -„:..■: r, tliat after having to encoiintfer witli tiunief- lous foes without, confiding of Britifti, HelTian, ' iWaldedters and firitiih favage allies, &c. likywife^ hoards of fecret enemies within, and repeatedly ^receiving a fpecimon of Britiih ^/tf;?;^^^, in their rantonly firing whole towns at times over our l^heads. In fpite of all oppofition the avenger of rrongs fo ordered it, as to enable us to capture a rhole fidtifli army under bluftering Burgoyne, [Anno, 1 777. This truly interefting event in my reak apprehenfion had a tendency to raife the [Americans into importance in the eyes of £u- [rope, for it is worthy of notice that the next rear, France acknowledged Apnerican Independ- ice, and became the ally of United America ; rhofe united efforts in conjunftion of other riendly powers, compelled the BritiOi to make rncceffity a virtue, in diflblving the political union, [in the peace of 1783, in which the 13 Atlantic [States were acknowledged as Free^ Sovereign and 'tdependent, and in my opinion deveiopes the migma of the 4th feftion ;— and here for a mo- lent the firft ad of this dramatic tragedy muft id. " When the cockjhali guard ihe edglt^is neji^ ** Thejiars jball all rife in the weji." During the American Revolutionary War— their potent ally the French Monarch fent over to the ai&ftance of the Americans a powerful leet, and a body of land forces ; in which united, they weakened the power of Britain much, par- ticulariy the capture of Lord Cornwallis, in Vir- ginia, with his whole army. I have heard gen« lemen of acute and deep penetration, make their >bJG;rvations, that the advantages the officers and a foldicw m 4 wppp '^V; ^A '^' t '4 ] foldiers in the land as well as the marine fervicc, > gave them a fair chance to inveftigate the nature of the difpute between the Americans and the £n- glifh J — and it ever appeared unto me they fucked as the babe at the breaft, from the Americans, their ideas of civil and relieious liberty. — For it is worthy of remark, that K>on after their return to Europe from America, after the peace of 1783, the feeds of the Revolution began to iprout, and for a time flouriihed, until it was en- deavoured to be Cut In the bud, by the coalefced powers, enemies to civil and religious liberty— and which compelled the afierter^ of the rights of human nature to have recourfe to arms.?— The Au^iaji Flanders was early in the conteft the theatre of war ^ and it is well worthy of re- mark, that the fsimous Charles the fifth, emperpr of Germany, ScCo was the fole heir of the ancig^t house of Burgundy, in the right of his mothpr, who brought with her the fovereignty of Flan- ders into the family — He added it as an appen- dage to the German Imperial Eagle. The impor* tance of the country is very great, and France in confequence of her being in poiTeflion, could. ex- tend her maritime influence, fo as to annoy the commerce of Britain, and prevent Aufiria from being a maritime power, Thefe weighty confid- ertions on the oppoilte ildes, was the caufe of the very many bloody battles/ought in that coun- try, which muft be frelh in the memory of no inconfiderable number ;-^But as I mufl be brief, in order to avoi4 prolixity — fu0ice when I fay that the wholefome Aouriihment of the mind, they were furniihed with, under the American fitars. Thefe faithful pupils, like robuil foldiers/ they went on to conquer, and are to this day in polleifion of Auflrian Flanders-^-the neil of the . , Imperial \ .C '5 I ■ ' '-■':■■■ JmpeVial Auftrian Eagle. So that I am clearly c£ opinion that the data and fpot fairly develope* the predidion, as corrtaincd in the fifth fedion« 6th. ^' Whenpoipi above the clouds Jhall fa'tU " ne lion' strength Jhall furely fail,** A Ihip is well known to be a large hollo\r f)uilding with decks — made to pafs over the fea with fails — by which means a communication is kept up between the moft diflant regions j and through the means of an open juftifiable fyftem of commerce the moft folid advantages are derived to fociety in the rapid difFufion of light, and by the exchange of the productions and manufiic- tures of the moft diftant cHmtfs-,- g;ive* employ ta millioJll of the induftrious part of the commu- tixty. But thefe cannot be the (hips alluded to, as it is not poiUble in the nature of things to make ufe of them out of their natural element ; — and here I think it might with propriety defcrve your particular notice, that nearly about the time of the commencement of the French Revolution, that fuch was the fovereign will and pleafure of Heaven, as to permit the invention of baloons to take plade ^-^and admitting I am not mifinform- cd, a celebrated gentleman of the faculty now living in Bofton, took a trip acrofs the ftreights of Dover, a:iJ was landed in fafety in France ; and which I prefume muft be the fliips alluded to, — And now let us notice the ufe the French made of them, — admitting my information is correct^ early in the conteft which was carried on be- tween the French Republic and the coalefced powers, they had men in the cars underneath the baloons, who gave the fignal from above, of the: enemies i '^ •.*?l!Hfs| ■■■.■■.■7 I I* IS 1^: 5 U #, t r6 T enemies movements, and by which means I ever -^. 8th. '■'"-*^^''^- — ' ■ — When /even and fixjhall make but one-^ The Lion's might Jhall be undone** • ' ' "We very well remember, that after our ftrug- gles in the revolutionary war, that the thirteen Atlantic States, were, in the peace of 1783, ac- knowledged on the part of Britain, as free, fover- cign and independent ; — as particularly mention- ed in the articles of the treaty, with an extent of territory fcarcely to be equalled by any nation on the face of the globe. The want of a federal head, in order more efFeftually to unite as one, was early felt to be efl'ential for the prefervation of the whoL ; otherways it was to be feared we fhould have become a prey to our ambitious and rcftlefs neighbors ; and which laid the founda- tion of our prefent General Government : If its firft and leading principles had been ftridly ad- hered to, in my humble opinion the citizens of the United States would have been the happieft people that exift on the face of the globe. As every refource within itfelf (if rightly improved,) is a ftate of independence, and tne rapid and un- precedented population of our country, convinces mc that we have nothing to dread from any pow- er, that may be difpolcd to try the length of fwords on the land ; and probably if put to our trumps, another mufqueto fleet* might be fixed out and be equally fuccefsful as the one at Louif- burgh. Anno, 1745. But to return— (bon after the *'■'■' ■ III I I i» * A term of derifion given by Morepang^ at feciog the KcwCngland fleet anchor in Carbaroufe bay.^' mm ■pup C '9 ■] jtftc Federal Government was organized and be* gan to operate, unfortunately for this country, there were two powerful parties in oppofition ; and here you will permit me to remind you, that [previous to the commencement of hoftilitics, An- [no, I yys^ through thechannel of refolutions, they )lcdgcd to each other their facred honor to fup- )ort the common caufe with their lives and for- tunes. The General Congrefs on this bottom' ifl'ued paper bills of credit, which for a while an- fwered a good purpofe : but the Britiih at New- ^ork emitted immenfe fums of counterfeit paper- loney, and with the ailiftancc of their friends, . [the fecret enemies of our country) got it into :irculation, which embarraffed much the general < :ongrefs ; and felf intereft having expelled the pofeffion of public virtue from the minds of fo* lany native Americans^ who were lavifh at the Irft onfct, had nearly ruined the caufe. The ge- leral congrcfe were not wanting rn their duty to- remind their conftituents of the fatal precipice to rhich they were haftening ; but their unremitted . efforts to fave their finking country were crown- id with fuccefs, in effecting loans of the folid :oin and other articles, effential to their very ex- lence as a nation ; which under providence. Is ittribute to be the means of our political falva- tion. But notwithftanding, imperious neceffity It the final iffue of the revolutionary war, com- )clled our government to make payment to the hardy and trufty foldiery in the final certificates )f their agent, who was authoriled to liquidate the public accounts ; — the want of power in the [general congrefe to make and enforce taxes lor [their payment, bore hard on the public creditors, [and which opened a door for a hoft of hawkers, (harpers. ■ 1^ asiUi t^Wtw^'sir^ IS liC- - ^ Jk : I;. i^_ C 20 ] fiarpers, and fwindlers, to become fpeculators ial the public fecurities ; many of whom undoubtcd-l ly were from the dregs of fociety, who were fol modeft as to purchafe m at about one eighth of thel value ; — the difcerning and influential amongfll this medley group of devotees at the fhrine ofl mammon, were adive to get themfelves andl friends elected as our fervants ; and how far they| were faithful,, let t*:e impartial judge for them, felves, — ^fufike when I fay that they eventually! £&ddled on you» that national curfe, a national! debt — in the afTumption and funding the abovel alluded to fecurities, (in preference to their being| eS:tingui{hed by the fale of the public lands at fair price) which alarmed I prefume. many of the| virtuous Republicans ; but when this felf cre- ated new order of flatefmen, the paper nabobs ^ hadl got a permanent footing as they vamly imagined,] under the maik of an efHcient government, the cloven foot of defpotifm foon began to ihew it felf; which brought forward tlie invulnerablcl pen of Old South, in the Independent Chronicle,! and fome able writers in the Salem RegHler andj other Republican papers, in defence of your tot- tering liberties y and here you will permit me to remark, that Etna, in the Ifland of Sicily, wasl confidered by the ancients as the mouth of HellJ in confequence of the deftrudive lava it occafion- ally emitted.; but the high.feafoned fcribblers inl many of the anti-republican papers,, very, far ex-[ ceeded Mount Etna, for they were inceflantlyl emitting every fpecies of fcurrility againft ourl friends who were honeft and bold enough to ftem] t^e torrent, and they were not backward to fab- ricate and propagate falfe and idle ftories, in or-l der to cloke the deadly plaa of the introduAioii| » of ^"'■"'^■■^■^Z»r- _ f 11 J a large (landing army ; and even (bme of tKc Wefts of the altar, were not backward to help to ;ttcr you with the iron chains of dcfpotifin, as a Ttain well known Rev'd Don, was ailiduous to promulgate his bug bear effays on the illuminati, therein a truly refpeftable order were implicated ■but Lihall forbear to recapitulate the many in-*^ [ovations on your liberties, and the tyrannical ^ ^s paiTed in the late adminiftration, as Iprefume ley muft be frefh in your memories : Suffice icn when I fay that ever fince the prefent mild id judicious order of things took place, thefer- ple editors of the oppofition papers have been leming with violent invercigners, while that it has a tendency to inner-- ite the arm of government, when in purfuit of ir real interefts ;— on the other hand, every aft the oppofers of our lawful commerce has been thefe anti- republicans (with few exceptions); Ltoled to th' Ities. The fuUnefs of time has ar- [ved, and the fcales have fallen from the hereto-- >re deluded but honeft citizens. The late vio* It attack of the Britifh ihip of war the Leopard,, the United States £hip of war the Chefapeake, is had the happy tendency to unite as one man, le friends of American liberty, in openly and ^anfully bearing an honorable teftimony againft: le recent indignity offered our national flag ; ^hich in my opinion compleats the firfl line of. ie eighth and laft fedion of this remarkable; rediclion of Merlin's. — A few remarks on the- |con d line and then I have done. Admitting any \ i '■n »'■■ /i t %jjljiUfjjk any confidence can be placed in the public printd a lively reprefentation of the wrongs done by thcl Britiih (hips of war, has been nnade by the £xe| cutive of the Union to the Britiih government^ and undoubtedly an unequivocal explanation this head, as well as fatisfa^ion for the injuiivil done, is expeded ; which it is to be dcvoiitlyj hoped on the part of the Britiili, will be accedei to in order to prevent an open rupture, whid would be dcftrudive to both countries y — But| admitting for a moment that war muft be the order of the day — I think the chances muft be much againft Britain, for the following reafons a ruinous national debt, their commerce curtailed in Europe, and embarrafled in America, the pow] erful enemies flie has already got to contend witl that if imperious neceflity fliould compel the Aj merican* to join the powerful coalition, I muf Confefs I fee nothing to prevent the finking n| Britain as a nation — fo that in either cafe, I con^ ceive the Lion's power to be at an end 5 whid compleats the fecond and lad ad of this dramat ic tragedy,. ^"P mpR?" tht Bnligbttntd Citiunt of Port/mouth and «//eiuhere •• — I RtJptGtd Eritiultt-'Cntk(i6tt\ng it a crime of the firft magnitude igalaft \t majeft/ of, Heaven to wiihnold any -information calcul«ied in m^ binioo to make my Fellow-mortali happy while fojourning through this jlderneft world— are the Icadips moiivci for my introducing j(in the ird edition of Merlin) the fotiowiitg eztraA oi an original Letter »m a deccafed friend, for your iofpedioqa JOS£PH LEIGH. Ptrifrntufht N. B. Ot&Ulf 1 8o 7— —J®. liAR Sit» Dimirarvt 24th OOoher \^q^^~.^^g. *' Youft letter asd aUb the Mewfpapcri you were pltafed fend me I received rafe. and I return you my hearty thanki the (amt i and I thank you efpecially for your aealoui [deavors to make knotfji the Divine and Eternal truths (^ New Church ; I cau only iliank you,— but the Divina iman will give you your reward :•— Believe me my dear fir* fthing would have alCM'ded am greater pleaforc than your eable letter, — We mnft look to the Lord for patiedce and Bverance, the time will come on this carta when the Irines of the NewCburdi wiU be the Glorf, Honor and ippinefs of everj Aatiou on this earth ; Yon and I may m be in eternity, but w« can die in the comforting reflee* ^n, that when in thii life, we did our h^, to make known tht church of the LtMrd. I agree entirely with you that the :cefi of the French Revolution is fweeptog a way for the |w church of the Divine human, by demolilliing the powers Babylon and the Dragon ; and I am indeed ^rpriled that reat Britain hitherto a land of liberty, fliould fo ftrenuouily [ive againft the liberty of the noble French nation. For I lieve God createcC all men to be free, and the happine/s of ke nation can never depend on the ilavery and oppreflion of lother. North America I hope will Aowitfelf to be that [tion, which after obtaining independence and liberty, proved mankind that thefe bfeiCngs are e^entially ntctffdty to the [taining of a dill higher aiid*more important blcffing> name* the nill and free reception of genuine truths as now re- lied by the Lord out of his new Heavens. This will ;con* tute the happinefs of human nature, and in proportion as is new Church , is received, I fincerely believe wars will ife, and mankind will live in peace and friendlliip j .aiid 18 this Mttth will become, what for man^ ages paft it has h been, the kingdom of the Lord in the uUimates of ciea- ^n. WheMe-proceed wars but from that pride, ftlfifhnefs, id love of dominion, which the new church ifill transform ^o the love of God and the love' of human nature, and a ire to perform good ufes to all men. Toart, l!fe, J. G.'l JIfr. Joseph LeigH| Portfmmtht N» It» '"MM I .^f ■■m Hrm I .'. >.■ ^., I •i^ r 77ie Chejapeake M>f//acrc j Compofcd by a Revolutionist of 75. *^ Flat juJiiti'Ji mat Ccclu^.u." COLUMBIA'S Sons, rnnfe and defend Your yj,cr-<:/ riji !««■., and miv contend With ev'rv manly grace ; J-ct noi your Pi^edici-jj-jn manes Se difturb'd by Lyriutn's p'.Jns, To curft their daflard race. OpfJreflion's fons in blaze cf da/, 2»rbft C"wardly have dar'd to play Their engines of perdition— But let them know, thro' ev'ry v?in '1 jur crimfon blood flows with dildaio At your -A^^xxQV^d ccndition. li You fliculd uow .ti'^n ihi Held, And with fuhmilfion bafcly yield To fuch impcrioui bruttj ; No longer may you ever claim The honor of Columbia's name But rank with Albwti\ dupe:. Freedom (hall yet inhabit here,* Our manfions free from fervilc fear In fpite of coiuard clans^ And to the world we'll make it knowr;. That we defpife Britanniai'i thronci And all infernal plans. If JEFFERSON and Congress join, We can defeat the bafe defign Of villainous ingrates ; Then let us arm at evVy point. And with our blood, our caufe anoint, Andtiuft to GOD cur fAXis. * Columbia. ^l" k'f^ ( >