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RICHMOND, WAYNK COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1825.
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tTAiT.xo. VIII. JOHN JAY.
rt.Sitl nun, whose long retirement, fie scenes of public life has prevetii nam from being recenth familiar
he t-ingJcS 01 misiiing jmmuu ions, is
ti.e most worthy characters in the 1 States. H' was bred in the I ..f the reV'l'iti(n, i-i thonui;hl J in the principles of the rot stitutio- , ,. with M-ilis" !! Hamiltn. lie lai t r ) in -i.lale to the satila tioii rl
t jl'; ami i conspicuous alike lor !i (h"'-- of hi- ju.lnei)t and his le.nt'iirernr)t. H- ore upied the situa- , .'Ciiief jutire of th- Ui ion, when he xll ' l upoii hv Ic'sid'nt Washiniiton ti.ite an adutm'nt of ditf. rence t o i tiii rotntrv atul Great Britain. hl xjuv cat upni him in consecpieia v treat oflTiMis nearlv forgtten;
. U nmembcred as an evidence ol the v ot partv riiie. The eviN proctiOti d lVm that treaty never occurred. 1 aivar.tae to commence under it"
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u der the hatred representations irty are M Idom to hv relied upon. Mr. i.i tins insfatice. not a noice ii
I micv. He had heen previously rmw d in the character of Mi"ister,ahrn;d. vrii-d with him to the Court of Si. i - i.i 1 jtirnate knowledge of the itdei - i : rouetry. pure intentiotis at.d
itn, ij;ht of reputation. Haying fufil
t (iufv with a' ilitv, he seemerl to k ir m the turhuencf of popul ir et. and o r retired to the tranquil X'tn-r t rf pru ite lif. ; still the fliel.d c.'i try, Imt wii.dlv unamhiiioiis of n ho .ors a? d dNlha'tions. Tie-e kn.Mvthe world, and iutlv appreciate
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the piedomi..anl teatures in tin chai.iiU r tor of toe oppresed to assert his rights! of Mr. Jay. His st)le of composition, as a and demand redress for her injuries? No! diplomatist and an argumentative writer, h We trust there is a redeeming virtue in our is classically English; free from affectation fellow citizens which will urge them and verbosity. A person well qualified to unite with us in abolishing Domestic to judge, has pronounced it a perfect mod- Slavery. We invite them because we be
jel for foreign ministers. His integrity t.as Ii ve it to be contradictory to the law of never been seriously questioned. His Nature in violation of the commands of i passions have ever been subservient to his Christianity hostile to our political union ' ..111 I . . 1 1 " . ! 1 ?i
rens-ou; aim ne nas viewed tne most ranco-1 daagerous to a portion ot our wime poprious endeavors of wanton malice to ii jure ; 'illation inconsistent with our professed his name, with the complacency of achris- j love of liberty degrading to our national tian. The imaginations of few men have c aracter and in opposition to the feelbeen less corrupted : and he derives .from of humanity. Then M not this p-
this circunistaiuea purity of thought, which jjpalling it justice bring down the wrath of
sweetens tlie exalted meditatio. s to which u otleiideil Heaven on our country join he has devoted the remnant of his life. j w ith us in the endeavour to benefit manTlie character of a man like John Jay 1! kind, and he determined that your zeal
I is easilv portrayed. There is no anibiiru- shall n )t waver- o.ir 011r exertions dimiu-
j ty about it; no duplicity of conduct to j make it difficult of delineation. A fewstrokes of the pencil answer the purpose.
Moral, religious enlightened and urbane, he has won u ivetsal respect by a simple and unostentatious dignity of manners, which surpasses !htt which is acquired by the most studious attention in the school of the graces.
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CIKCULAK. To thr the pcop'r nf ihv l. States. In inviting our follow citizens to join in
great cause .. u-tice and humanity,
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it seetns aim -t unnecessary to dwell upon
the reasons which should influence their ! cordial co-operation. It would he an insult to their feelings and undet standii , to iHippose. them unmiedful of the rights of their fellow men, or indilf rent to the honj or of their country ; ) et.it may le well to j direct their attention to of the calam ities itiSeparably cont.ccted with slavery, and to strive to awaken the exertions ro-iqui-ite to effect it abolition, j By tin' law of Nature, all men are enti-
i titled to equal priyihecs; and, although
the artificial di-!t ctioi.s of society may ii ive abrogated it in pr k lice, they are unable to justify the destitution of a riht. waicii claims f,,p the Afiican that frt'edom which the express and implied w ill of the Almighty has declared to he inherent in every individual ol the human race P tere U n ottii i in our llepub'ie -40 deeplv calculated to promote sectional j '.'ah uly as the existence of slavery : The coo dieting p dicy of l av e-hol ling and nonsiaye holding, state, will increase with its u diappy c.iuse. We have already seen to what extent it m tv be 'carried, and it repiires u clfirt to imagine consequences from future excitement, the most dangerni to our political existence. There is also much to he feared, in manv States,
ifrorn p-n -ical aiporiorit v of the black population. Toe. innate principle which so Istrongly impels to the acquisition of liberty, ; is, in itself, sutlicieut to arouse the energies of the slave; but when the conscious
ness of nutru rical ptwer unites with the desire of vengeance, arising from long oppression, the influence of example only can he wanting to enkindle the exterminating rapacity that usually attends successful insurrection. O ie of the strongest reasons that should induce us to exert every power for the suppression of slavery, is the indelible disgrace it brings upon our country. A people enjoying the utmost limit of rational liberty, who proudly claim the name and rights of freemen, tolerate in their very bosom the most unnatural and cruel bondage. This glaring inconsistency, in part, justifies the sneers which the advocates of arbitary penver are continually casting on the boasted liberality of our political institutions. We are trying the great experiment, wljc t er liberal government is best calculated tor the happiness of man; and opposers sb-ze with readiness the argument, that one portion of our population is dependant for its luxuries, and even for its existence, on the abject servitude of another. The power of example is lessened, and patriotism turns with disgust from our practical application of that splendid theory, which declares that all men should he free and equal. Is the participation of natural right to be graduated by shades of complexion? Shall one man lead a life of thraldom, hecause Ids skin has darkened under a hotter sun? Shall he he the perpetuated servant of his fellow man, because deficiency of intellectual power, naturally resulting from a want of education and opportunity, have given him less keenness of perception, dis-
qualilicd him to stand forth the viudica-i
jish, w iiile a single; spot in our land is
ted by a slave.
As tne most effectual means of accomplishing this desirable object, we would re-
1 commend the forming of Associations, believing that by thus combining the etTorts
of individuals, their exertions will he more powerful than singly directed. We respectfully invite a correspondence on the subject of this address, and the communication of such facts as may from time t ) time come t your knowledge. By ordered' the Acting Committee of the American Convention for promoting the abolition of Slavery, and Improving the condition of the African race. OTIS AM Ml DON, Chairman. ISAAC BARTON, Secretary. Philadelphia, Mnrh 25, 1825.
From Noah's X. V. National vorate, June 14. The Inquisition awl Ferdinand the VII. Don Ksfeban, a Spanish exile, now esiding in London, has just published Mem oirs of himself, in which he relates a variety of curious and interesting particulars relative to the treatment he as w ell as others, met with from the king of Spain when in the exercise of absolute power, and as to he c aracter of that prince. F.stehan had called this imbecile Monarch a fanatic, and the Inquisition a tribunal of blood and horror, which brought him under the scouige of that body. He was examined and doomed to their rack: At the cries of the 'rack," some" of the familiars entered, and seizing me, almost dragged me down a narroyv staircase to a subteraneous chamber, where the feeble glimmerings of a lamp sc attered light cnough to add to the horror of such a place. Various instruments of torture decorated its damp walls; while in the middle of the room stood a burning brazier, a pendulum, a pullv, a: cl a rake. Immediately the holy myrmxlons began to strip rne of my c lothes with as much eagerness as a tigei would tear to pieces the unhappy victim on which he had jtl.st sprung. This done, I was stretched on a' frame large enough to admit my body, and which, besides the two bars that formed the extremities, had another in the centre convexly raised. My head and feet passed under the bars of the extremities, while hi) backbone rested on the middle bar, so tlVit, my stomach being much higher than my head and feet, respiration was extremely painful. In this posture, the chief inquisitor, who, with the rest, had followed me to this chamber and taken his seat on a little stage raised about three feet from the ground, asked me if I would be converted to our holy religion, and acknowledge the justice of the proceedings of our beloved monarch. I replied, that all the horrors of inquisition would never force me to the acknowledgement of a falsehood so palpable. "Then," said he, let the torment begin; hut we protest that, in case of injury, of vessels, or even death, the fault can he imputed only to yourself." Immediately I felt some drops of water from the top of the chamber upon my chest. During the first ten or twelve minutes the pain was not
great, but as the operation was prolonged, it became excruciating. Bv the sensation, it seemed as ifa boring instrument was applied to my chest. From time to time they asked me if I would be converted to religion. kGo on, monsters,'' cried I, the religion of the inquisition I abhor, all your tortures shall never convert me to it." Traits of Character in Ferdinand VII. Many of those amorous intrigues, which- he carried on in a most scandalous and notorious manner, sprang from the audiences which he gave to petitioner . Whenever lie sayv a lady at them, who pleased him, he nodded to the captain of the guards,
who, in his turn, made a sign to a garzoiv who never failed to go and meet the far-' petitioner as she left the hall, and inform her he had orders from the captain of the guards to desire her to call at his apart rnonts, on the following day, at such an hour, to receive his majesty "s answer. Hither the king came and granted or refused her request, according as he found her to grant or oppose (lis wishes. Some of the most abandoned women have, through similar means, and under v arious pretences, obtained large sums of money. The author pledges himself to the truth of this disgraceful anecdot Among the favourites of Ferdnand was IVdro Colledo, better known by the name of Chamorro: 4klle had been a waterman, and acccm-
panied the k'ng of France, when he had
served him in an interior station. On his return to S;ain, he made him hisguardaropa, and likewise his limosnero (a situation which had always beei. filled by the patriarch of the Indies.) As a specimen of this fellow's Wit and Ferdinand s mental refinement, I sdiul! oely mention 01 e of his hon-mots, which aff .rded infinite delight to our royal master. "Dots your majesty ask for your gentil hombe?" said he buttoning up his coat, uhere he c:mes. ' 'Does your majesty wa: t his Avuda de Camar?"" unbuttoning his coat, and standing still, "behold him here.' "Doc s ouf majesty want hi faithful servant Chamorro?' taking off hi coat and flinging it awax, "here he is,' Yet this fellow, stupid as Heaven made him, gained snch inlluence over Ferdinand's mind, that he often obtained for his friends some of the hist Sz. most lucrative offices in the kingdom."
The Lce Merchant's Dog. Who would imagine that a dog had been made serviceable as a clerk, and thus made for his master a hundred thousand crow 1 s? And yet an incident like this happened upwards of thirty years since. One of those industrious beings, who know how to make a chaldron of coals out of a billet of wool, determined in extreme poverty to engage in trade. He preferred that species of merchandize which occupied the least space, and was calculated to yield the greatest profit. He burrowed a small Mini of money from a friend, and repaired to Flanders; he there bought pieces of lace, which w ithout any dange r, he smuggled into France in the following manner. He trained an active Spaniel to his purpose. He caused him to he shaved, and procured for him the skin of another dog, of the same hair and the same shape. He then rolled his lace round the hod) f his d g, and put 'over it the garment of the stranger so adroitly, that it was yvas im-p.i-sible to discover the trick. The lace being t1 uis arranged in the p destrian bandbox, he would sav to his docile mcss-en-ger, 'forward, my friend." At these words the dog would start, and pass boldly through the gates of Malines or Valeiennes, in the face of the vigilant othc ers placed there to prevent smuggling. Having thus p issed the hounds, he yvould await Ids master at a little distance in the open country. There they mutually caressed and feasted, and the merchant placed his rich packages in a place of security, renewing his occupation as occasion required. -Such yvas the success of this smugglei, that in less than five or six years he amassed a handsome fortune and kept his coach. Knvy pursues the prosperous; a mischcvious neighbour, at length betrayed the lace merchant, notwithstanding all his effort to disguise the dog; he was suspected, watched, and discovered. Religion Bright as the morning star dressed in the radiance of the sunbeams, cometh the seraph of immortality. She approachcth in white robes, her eye is fixed on the heavens, her knee is humbled in the dust. She teacheth the yvay of virtue, her precepts are simplicity and truth. Her profession pure and undefiled; the duties she enjoiqs are plain and easy. Attend to her counsel, and hide by her instructions; so shall peace he the companion of thy reflections, and haj pines the partner of thy contemplations. In the practice of piety is satisfaction on earth, and its reward is on high, in the regions of bliss and imim itality.
Pests of Society. There is not a more intolerable nuisance in the world than an inquisitive, intermeddling, false friend. Nothing more formidable than an opulent scoundrel.