Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 25, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 May 1812 — Page 4

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-I ; POETICAL SYLUf. From ihk naiknm i . U h llig knckii. FAXE'VEl. TO PEACE. I h itf IN kd lit e. mpfk ry'd peace, To thee l ive tun'd tlr total (bell ; Now, the tUrttag llnin mull rralr Ilulhtr notes the il mon Uveil ; Then t iff ttkft 1 II I fnt 'til that hour That I' rs my lountiy's wroros reJrels'd Dilgrttt wouM he tny bttteftl) dower, It llill 1 ilafp'J thee to my brealL Ami vet To bttUtfttUl is tl v reitrn, S Iwect th Amaranthine bowers, Tht hk- th Cvgnrl's dying (train, It foothes yet gtieVtt the narttng hours. But tare the r w - II ! My country rail'Twere state ft tftaftltt m.w t (bnnk ; I balle to iiaii Ucr (aCttd walls Link'tl with her late, to lMin, or link. Our COUtltrV c.ili-- tie turn. IWfmt ! Hf like the Lion from Nil kit ! Th ' Counts . cT. K rtl tU ik s Oiake, Vl;at men tan a , tint bravely dare I Ttll the prnd Tyr nt of the waves, TiMt this is Vi UttiH .lear bought I Mid ; That rather than se Iv ghnd'? lave. WVll fight and die upon the ltrand. For hit Iwfctt Liberty r-fuV, And rovt .linuil hm mountains wild ; Corteut, in humble guile abide?, And innocciut , a fudrttW child : Guard then tin tt bh fTi gs frtttH the foe ; Unfurl the ftanJatd plant it high ! Strike , linke, one git u, ttWt common blow ; Live free, or in the lafl ditch die I1 Spbits of fire ! aw ke ! behr! I The traitors on your vitds prey ! Tis Hntdb fund 'ti IVuith gold, WhkCh llcls V U ll Hltlfb VVVi Yet Ihoilld the florin i warfare rag, And nun kg4lln nun tllUlin the (hock, W ild e the iwfyl buttle w,mp d ue tint itHttyl dv a to mock ! M r, v, IttOftllty! belt th.-rm . Mtrvv, the attribute ol Heaven, V r, ol its t,oilt can h.dl uiUun, And bid the wamot lilt toriv'n. Spiiit of Vtngftntt ! bear the plfi Tbv blrding brother h(r tv lave ! St-; lop the loHllgt fee th3V Iff On ct.Me to conuur tor the grave I BoldWt I lh v bWl tle fvht, Thy freb'ig- Old thve fpaie t(tt foe ; Knowing thy wrongs, obey what s right) " Nor due to fttikt a coward's blow. Arife, GollimhitiN I ,:t. rd'e A m! mm ottt mort tb cltooin wing ; And as thou footH) thro1 r tive Ikies, May Victory UlQOhftiit itu g! Then gentle pr.cr. rek ry'd love, Agin we'll cbmb ib- mooouin! Itetght Aga;n thttMIgh tttllil t VnUltl iov,, And bw hVt wtli new delight Apt I 0, i(Ht WOO! k TALI OW, A f- w uih'. fMti, Ai o 4 CjUantitv of I llo i H for which calh will tc glVtO t ; j e at Una oiUcc.

From the Desk of Poor Robert

the Scribe. If your children you'd command, Parents, keep a lttady hand. Out pdi lon uied to lay 'jufl as the tw ig is be 01 the tree inclined and therefore every little tellow of Us, tag rag and bobtail, uled to be obliged to lay our catechiim every Sat urday afternoon And rethinks 1 can trace the Infill ence of the ierious leifons in the Conduct and opinions of every man wiio was brought up under tlie vcnetable paf for. I he government as well ds education ot children, is a matter of the Hioft momentous concern. Mrs. Hatty is as good a difpoliiioned wo man as you hnd in an hundred but (he don't keep a Ready hand with her children. - Tommy, faid the, let that clock Cafe alone I uiiuny turned round, whittled for hair a minute, and went to work at the c lock again rornniyt faid (he angrily, it yoitQVtt let that clock alone I jrtj!jny W;; whip you 1 never did fee inch a boy, faid the mother, he don't mind a vord I fay v-he continued her knitting, white l orn con tinned at the clock cafe till over it tumbled, and dafhed the clock and calb to pieces, i he mother up with the tongs & knocked poor 1 om fpraw ling among the ruins. Tom roared like Bedlam, and the kind woman took him up in her lap was forrv fhe had hurt him, but tlu n he Ibould le.u n to mind his mother, and Riving him a piece of cake to ilop ins crying, pi ked up the urns of the clot k. What w as the conL tjucuce I Why Tom, whii wi ll a Heady hand' to govern him would have be comj; anan of w orth, turnt d ut a haltv ill narurcd wilUin, My neighbour Softly, good Woman, donl whip her poor dear little children, howevci bad they may conduct, to; they cry fo loud and fo lung Ihe is afraid they will go into fits. et (he keeps a rod hang i g up over the mantle piece ihreatning them evciy bout in ibe day Old captain Tcfly (wore his children fhould be well roverned. So lu (aid by a rood hickory, and for even trifling offence, thraflied bis children till they w ere beaten into hardihood and fbatnelcfs nei--'A hen thev appeared i the tbeatl e of lit p, thev were only lit ov robbery and

How ditTerent was the government of my old ti tend Aim well and his wife if one corrected a child, the other never interfered. When the firfl ray of knowledge began to dawn in their infant minds, they commenced a iieady courfe of proceeding

I hoy never directed what was improper to be done, or mifunder Hood, but fo long at the child refilled thro temp I a they continued to punifh until the temper yielded A fecond whipping was rarely neccOa ry a Heady hand' a mild but firm manner of ifluing their commands, w ere al w ays fure to produce obedience It Wcis an Invariable rule with them, when they were in a pallion, never to punifh their children Never to promife the minuted thine to them without pet forming and yet their children loved them mo I tenderly -wantoned ex play ed their little gambols aiound them with the utmott free dom Yet at any time a look would awe them into lilence, and a word was fure to be followed by the ftri&eft obe dience If it was convenient they came to the table ; if not, without a murmer they v aited they grew up pat terns of filial obedience and affedtion, mnd added to fociety the moll con eft, ufeful and re l pecf able members. Litt en to old Robert never ft rike a child w hile ou are in anger never interfere with your hufband or wife in the correction of a child in its prefence 1 he parents mutt be united or there is an end to government. Aever mak light promifet to children of rewards or punifhments, but fcrupuloufly fulfil w hat you tit) promife Begin early with your children break thei temper if it is high, while J OUng ; it may colt you and them a pang, but it will lave you both fifty afterwards and then be Heady in your go v ernmenr LTle the rod fpa ringly ; it is better and eafier to command from their love & refpect than by tear. Keep i he fe rules, and mv wont for it, your i. hildren will be a hap pinefs to you while young, ex an honor to you when they grow u p. (Gleaner 70 CAP ALL! 'Tis not enough tor F.:glanel to 1 eep every thing from the ocean 'tis not C nough to Ileal and enflave our country mtrH-,t is not enough to Bog, butcher and hanaour brotheu no, fhe mull have a

fuhlimer employment. flic muli lay her bloody hand which blafls all things, on the holy bond or American union ! at the very moment her hypocritical lips w hifpt r peace ac the very moment ihe avows herielr to be the moft devout

ly intent on doing every thing connitent with her dignity 6c j honor, to biing all things to M amicable atcommodatio jar thai moment men of Ame. rica, her dagger enters the vitals ot this nation. In the very midfl of you fhe places her hireling Ipies, fecures her advocates, rallies the difaffec. ted, dilaffecls the onfufpeifted, matures rebellion, ck promilcs fatety to treafon, J o Iiave vmted your Chores with her hoflile et?, to have laid vour cities in afhes, this would have been war open liUidifgui fed war but to come Healing in to your territories, fomenting ledition ieducing citizens from their duty, encouraging them to arm tor a civil war, and promifmg them a (Ti fiance in the horrid work of butchery devaluation and blood, this is a cri ?;e to which the commu niry o( nations has fcorned the appropriation of a nime.r T his is a work Britain makes Confident with her 'dignity and her honor !' The whole catalogue of Britilh aggrellions, , great indeed as it is. is here tranlccnI ded in enormitv bv tins one. j j barbarous attempt to plunge the national family into the horrors of a civil war. A war w hich would have reddened the polls of every door in i. Y ngland, and fcattered deflation into its i emotelf corner. I hat all this has not been accomplilhed, we arc not indebted to the pood will of j Bngland ; nor to that of Come

on this fide the water:,, who, under countenance, and with a view to the 4 attainment of their object too far fuccceded, in (educing one half of th.c community into the w ildefl extravagance, ck the moll aftonifhing madnefs. ( Mercury.

0,2.77 AMERICAN SLA MEN Are reported by the iecretary of Rate as having made known their detention on board Britilh flops of war to that department. It is highly probable that a much greater number never have been able ro make know n their fituation FROM 1 HE ft e:;s or B. STOUT. rfimrmi o thk tiihritory and of THK LAWS OK IHK U M I T E D STATES.