Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 30, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 June 1808 — Page 4

POETICAL ASlLUMy

TO MORROW

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proud confcioufnefs offcciirity in in the enjoyment of" property, peribn and eharacer. it is for thefe

high purpofes that our prefs was

ordained ; but the defendant has

rendered it the degraded vehicle

of foul defamation, of this 1 Complain, not merely as collide for

the pUmtift, but as the humble ad-

vocate of my cottntrv. 1 his is a

crime againil liberty lierfelf. It is

corrupting her cenuntl : it is de

bauching her veftals. 1 here was a time when the prefs of our coun

try had an exalted character, when

at thp call oi the preis the Amen can puife beat high when the

J prefs was capable of Hiring the belt

blood in American veins of rout

ing a nation to glorious enthufiafm

ofcallmgirom the plough the

rm may indeed defcend vponjthey infult h.m v m ii until charity opens a ndgh-'nal damages : itiluyUa h:g door; the rude wind of record the tormenting

Horm

him

bor

neavcu

uncov

forv

or if vtavm r it may not,

' i-i i r ti i i s.

With what caution to-morrow conceals piougnman, irom me cioiei uic

i t

it affiirs icnoiar, irom tne naunts oi con

. I in irii 1 if it fit? mmi rT nimirnra - t r

u:- .. l. fortune nr no tit tn.v mem wi puuiuiw, iw

ManislurM by the butterfly afpett it With i a AYaihington and a 1 1 - JHamihon the immortal battles of

wcaTS . . . I American indeoendance Whv

VV uue it may, or t, ad ,ftlefs jnflu.

r r,j-i tkMA ence : became it was tnen me

,v . . vehicle of truth. It was publish-

we ome , fif1 if,c.i nhr tvnc m ILnrr

But its fecrets we never muftlnow : Linmnt:nh nffirjPflt tn lilenee

Por fancy's fair paintings are hope's ricn-j cav; of the casuift anc rernove

est mine, the doubts of the fceotic. But

While itmay,cr it may not, be fo. jnow our prefs has loft its character

Will the poor tar leate his lioine,- y- has " forced it to become a prof.

brave, hopcieis ot gain, Jtitute in the fervjce of Iicentiouf.

mere nomi-

.imp on the

ng declara-

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;overedi;.iuily. But he looks, tie or nothing he w.U not again ivard to better clays : he has enter .the hji.ctnarj- ot Jul ice ior

vet an hook left to hang .an hope rcdrels. vv nen injurei ne win xi rnii ..(nl..tinn rheers not co there to be uilultetl. lie

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he heart of him whole character, will icioi t to wnat are cancel con. uis been torn from him. If in- arable means ; or to allault and locenthemavlouk.like Anaxago-'battery : or to the dellruction of

ras, to the Heavens ; but he mult property or to the midnight

be conllrained to teei that mis .dagger. "

world is to him a wilnernefs. j For. ivhither lhall lie go ? Shall he!

dedicate himielt to the lervice or

his country ? But will his country receive ? Will Hie employ in

her councils, or m ner armies, mc

man at whom the " How and un

movinc: finger ot fcorn" is point

r .

Seas and tempefts, both pregnant with

woer arm ot a jury to reueem it irom its He will not hut he vrlll, if a jro'spelt degradation and reftore it to its ... . .. . i j

remain,

That it may, or it miy not, be so. The coy little mils would be free from rellraint, Were (he fure (he unmarried muft go, "Wlio can Hatter, Cgh, ogle, coquette and paint, While it may, or it may not, be so. The maiden of forty with bugles would ihine,

Could (he hawk fome young fooling or

beau

But her dimptet, turri'd wrinkles, compel b'." The plaintiff has been wit-

her to pme,

While.it may, or itmy not, be sc

4 As long as to morrow keeps one day ahead,

Till Greenland's a ftrangcr to snow Fair profpe&s will hang on .as brittle thread As it may, or it may not, be o. ?. Schrti.

AMERICAN ELOQUENCE.

The following extracls are from

the lpeech of George Grinin esq.

on the trial ot Lavingllon vs-

Cheetham (in New-Yurie for a

libel, 'J'his fpeech, as honor

able to the feelings and talents

oi the orator as truely defcriptiye of the duties of an Kditor, will be read with pleafure !) the friends of free and honell difcufiion. Phil. Gaz. 9 Yes, gentlemen, the defen. dant has forced the prefs to become the dillurber of public quiet theaifaflin ol private reputation. Our preifes, gentlemen, was destined for other purpofes. It was dellined not to violate but to protect the fancity of private rights. It was kindly ordained by a beni ficent providene to inform, expand and dignify the public mind, h Was ordained to be thc watchful guardian, the undaunted chain. pir,n cif liberty ; not t hat fyren word hbertv which isTome time

Ut' 1 i'jnh Jatuu.i to allure mankind ti!i')H;p. the nure and iinps and W Mntain and precipices of revoliur';iuit tliar i i ? ; rty which fpreatis lanuers of its protec

tionovcrmm in the walks of pri

vate lite, ana tves

nefs. Jt requires the avenging

primitive utility and grandeur.

In his attack on the character

of the plaintiff we are conftrained

:iH

JOHN WOODCOCK. SADDLER, Uc.

AS commenced bufinefs in the hocfe

on Main Street, formerly occupied

t J TIT II r n

ed? Shall he bettike himteli to bv .-. i--the fire fide ? The ttbry of his (,:on. lnS,Xp,r.,nce ... Lurope and A.e, . lL . N C7L ls fllduity to buraitls thr excellence 1 grace will enter his own door ibe- of hl3 miterijl,ys and thc nuui,ration of blt

lore mm. inu can nc ucai vuipriceS) hc flHltrtl bimn if, i.e will meet you, can he bear the lympatliiling UUu ,ibfral fl,arc of pui)lic patron agonies of a diiheiied wile ? v-aitj Hr is hKo about rrt,ting a n,agi,.

June lit, 1801.

arm of a jury to redeem it from itsklress. Will you deny Kim f his

redrets : Is cnaracter vaiuaoie : Oil this point I will uot infult you with argument. There are certain

things to urgue which is treiifoii

he endure the formidable prefence! ter houi, .and intends killing twice a wtH of fcriltinifing, fueering domef- jFarmers will plrafe hve their braves well

tics 2 Will his Children receive;ftd, as he will only kill the beft of jbecf.

intlruction from thc lips oi a Uis-

graceful father i

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Gentlemen, I am not Tanging on

fairy ground. I am telling the

plain ftory of my client's wrongs.

by theruthlels hantl ot malice nis character has been wantonly mas-

facred ; and he now appears be-'

fore a jury of his country tor re

LOTOR STOLEN, r"TVVO notes, one on E. Stout for eighJ. ty odd dollars, the other on George C. Snvot for twenty dollars all perfons are hereby cautioned againft taking an af. fignment on, or trading for fiiid notes as I

have received the full iimoant. of each. ar,d

given clear receipts anuift them.

Philemon Stout. May 29tfu 1808.'

to admit that the defendant has aeainlt nature. 1 he author of our

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been too fuccefsfui When fo being did not intend to leave this

much is faid fomething will be-point afloat -at the mercy of opinbelieved ; Conllant attrition wears ion, but with his own hand has he

away the folid rock. But charac-

rocK. ltis at once tne mou valu

able and delicate of all human pof-

feflions ; It js tarnilhed even by too

kindly planted in the foul of man

ter, gentlemen, is not made ofan inllincl love of character;

to pride. It isthe ennobliugquai. ity of the foul : and if we have hi-

much handling, "the' winds of'therto been elevated above the

heaven may not vifit it too rough-

tcn down. Any man in fociety

may be written down. No man fs

ranks of furrounding creatioir, hu

man nature ows its elevation to the

love of character. It is the love

of character, for which the poet

proof againft the artillery of the.ihas long, the philofopher toiled.

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prefs. But has it come to this ? the hero bled. It is the Joie of Pe "1r",T:l: "J wcvrr,- obfrrvc thac

s of our country hecharacter, which wrought mirac- "'" , . . mjM printed on an un.

PROSPECTUS

Of a nctvs.papcr to be printed in Louifvttle

(K.) under title of the KENTUCKY JOURNAL, By GEORGE (J. SMOOT, HAVING been for fome time fince folicited by my friends to eftablilh a psprr in Louifville, have at length come to a determination to publiCi a wetkly News-Paper in that town under the above title. The Editor deems it of no importance to impcfe upon the publick, a lon lift of.fervicts

wnicn printets oiten pronnle and feldom

Shall the pref

indeed converted into a tremendi-iies in ancient Greece r the love of

I r . .i i i r . t. i. i . i. ; i.

lous engine ior writing uown QWdv-.cjaracicr is me -tragic on u nieii

acter: Why, gentlemen, it it is toiKome rose to empire. And it is be thus proilituted inflead of be-the love of character animating ing a blefling it would be a fcourge, the bofoms of her fons, on which inllead of rendering national America mull depend in thofe apthankfgiving for its inflitutron, our proaching crifis that may 44 try country ought to be on bended men's fouls" Will a jury weaken knees in fervent fupplication to this our nation's hope : Will they, heaven for its abolition. For it by their verdidl pronounce to the would be a fcorge, compared with youth of our country, that characwhich, the inquilitorial wheel and ter is fearce worth poffefling ?

revolutionary guilotinc would be! fc If thefe confiderationtfare difinltruments of mercy." 'regarded, let the jury repefit at t4 lam one of tin Te who believe 'lealt the. public peace. Let them that the heart of the wilful and the not drive the defamed tomadnefs deliberate libeler, is blacker, than' let them not compel him to bethat ol the highway, robber or hil'come the avenger of his own

who commits the crime of nud-lwrongs to feize with his own

nightarlon. I he man who piun- hands the fword of julticc. I ders on the highway, may have wilh to be underilood : I allude the femblance of an apology for'not to this particular cafe, but what he does. An affectionate fpeak in general terms. We read wife mav want fubfiltance ; a circle of that philofophy wliich can fmile

of helplefs children raife to him the over the dellruction of property

Supplicating hand for lood. He of that religion which enables its

may be driven to the delperate act poueilor to extend the benign look by the high mandate of imperative of iorgivenefs and complacency to necefiity The mild features of hi murderers. But it is not in die hufnand and father may inter. the foul of man to bear the laceiaminglc with thofe of the robbetion of Dander The philofophy md foften the rouzhnefs of the A'hich could bear it we Ihould def-

Nlade. Hut the robber of rharac- nife: The rrlitrion which rmilfl

ter plunders that which " not en- l)car it we fhouid defpife but we riches him." thouch it makes his (hould be contirnined to lav thnt

neighbor k poor indeed." The.' its kingdom was not of this man who at the midnight hour con- world" Man when calumniated (umes his neighbor's dwelling, will have redrefs ; he ougct to have does him an injury which perhaps redrefs. And when he enters the

aiks oi pn IS not irreparable. Induftry may temple ofjudiee, and fpreads beto aim the rear another habitation. The fji c a jury his bleeding character,

partial principle, uninfluenced uy any re

aru 10 party, ana invrlhjration into the conduct of public officers Hull always claim lis frrions attention. KfT.ys origii.al, or feleatd, on fuhjctf public, or locl, ai d 11 others which may have a tendency to amufe or rdify, flull always have a plate in this paper. On the above principle it is f'ubmitted to the public for patronage, and he only liopei to be fupported, as they lhall think him worthy of it. CONDITIONS. The KENTUCKY JOURNAL :flia be printed weekly, on the day that may appear moQ fuitable at the commencement, on a good Ty? r and Paper, aud fliall contain as much matter as any paper printed in Kentucky. Price of lubfeription will he Two Dollars in advance, or Three Dollars at thc end of the year, ptrr annum. Advertifr mn.ts of no more length than breadth, infertcd three weeks for One Dolly, and Twenty. Five rents for every continuance. Longer ones in proportion. r3"The fir (1 number will probably appear on or brforethe firrt of AuguH nrt. Subfcriptions to the above paper received at ;his ollkr.

BLANK DEEDS For falc at Lhis Qftte.

FROM THE ri? ESS OF E. STOUT,

FRIVTF.R TO T U K TKltRITOHY AND Of

THK LAWS Or THK UNITKO STATICS.