Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 9, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 March 1818 — Page 2

Frotn the .Win nai tni I Hi ,r ncrr. I'R.NC PI.'.S vF.Hsts PARTIES) of J-; f s .v s . .s o r Ml s.

The bid of Rights of Virginia con .tins the following s:ectioa f No live rmernmej n or I e of liberty, .in he pi'tcu bj any people, but by It ! rm . I 1 1 1 1-, '.X . i i . , m)i ration.

f, 1'i.rt , , moderation..

j u fa n tuc ; and bu

i j fun tin m nval

Srittctylct' A found this good old doctrine transmitted to Us by Our for c fa :.uT', Whom we c.'.ii heroes' of the revo utton we havfc been tor home years drawing net beautifu y spangled with Old and s :. I v i r, rich offices, and hank it ick. T is has whetted up the aealfor burfrec Ibi iiia of ;.;. rnm nt to such yotvk shave off several of those i i si mm

hm mii. to n ts. H i e mae vif tr?jv:it littt r t! c mo: e

lis huj the iB it is t '. Fits' as i tii n j p ed tori ii i n the ich r i; becottii s, fehd l ie more it cat) esw, the more devotees are found afcmnd it ; but, whether a gold and si vcr overnment, Or a gold and silver religion is better Contrived tor s iviug liberty and ou'.s, than such as arc moderate s plain, is a question in the decision of which, those u N eat the loaves and fishes, and

bse who su.miv them, could never a

ere arc two bun led so r rool d ill a

kin

( i nariv -non :

in itkui a ild the n a ilie-l eaded

. ipour (if such a fi rtir - may be allowed) a rnuhi utie of tapii ary (ibres so exretu n'y li a that t v. Lftiiotbe seen .ml vej o excessively strong, that they n Hardly be b oketj Nothing: is more pen to conviction than the nrsl ; it elds at once to a demonstration by !iuies but nothing is more stuhbofn ah I c second ; ii is easier tO s4ake20 ound ar ftirnents, than to rupture tint; of j slender B4anvents If, reader, you ar if "a different opinion I urtshyou would oodc rtakc tl e task and relieve me from forlorn hope 'The difficulty is vastly increased bya ircttm stance t common and st-aii-. r. rive oiaitt questiom k pray sir$ w ; -it p irv do o i i ro i at t e thresh I of an address to p u ty spirit, a pun tdngonjM tethereacfi matt makes his .: iMbti a iv .or i as it unule for im. lo nuV ;r to & set of men ot a sei of at iiu ipit 1 1 or ilo certain prtncrples be lopir to )ou,lbiitt you betong to certain mi p, w io disregard tiiose pritt' tpies ? w w ken a man splits himsetl into two n ts, and ,.iV(-. one hail to principles nd the OtlMJl1 to men, it often happens tat he ran ot possibly get himself into ne piece aatn i and n is no easy matter o find arguments Which will please one alf of hiim Without dispt easing the th

" uf what party are you gentlemen fH S"a!e present ; t ey all answer tOge OyV ot the republican party? How m prove it ? I adore Mercurv, tl e

r 1 1 I of hankiniMmd funding I worship

tuptter th Ood of patronage, I folio) w lars, tiie God of war and honour Kepi ie is mv deity. V mean, the b!ick . njth and idol oiartifirers is mine And a s the .asi. irevere the schoolmistress linerva. Five great (iods kouc Ood ss, besides sundry other inferior det? enlisted n t lie i-,!v, of parties aiint principles) are fearful o! !s i P ere exists but one etiance for victory i the si le of the latter namely that the i)l if wealth) having been impressed ito the sen ice oft he enemy arjpst his id is - to resu ne his n.TWl sta-

It is in ither difncnity vM- a monai chv it is lue

is i' uly to resume ids If rightly invoked

The tci n. lo n bur nv a- I

earth-moulded demon and never by heaven bom patriotism. A transitory party meteor, by temporary seductions, corrupts the loyalty of human mind due to the galaxy of good principles, established by tin: patriots who effected otif revolution. 1 he question ti Stated so plausibly by i forking thief, hidden from the judjjre under cloud of selfish desires, as to. "rcss out the ati i'vNi. inie ol be ti tying the interests of otf ritemporarie i pea I fu turitan . ' 1 ta es of adhering tp power, and sharing in pattto iagef are not dlSC vrred by the cu prit himself to be th.'- saints Who have enlisted him under the b mm is of a preilomiuMit party) and in t e service of its ephemeral leaders. He even changes hU idols without remorse and validates in bis principles without scrople, ielfaatislied with the distinction of adhering tn a predominate party) however busily employed In iddlngtO this bur! ns of an existing generation, tir in preparing a m tsa of oppression to be transmitted to postci ity. I h.e etTor of party prejudice) though varnished over by good word-., to conceal its had effects, infuses the crimes of a government into individuals; venality Becoyisthe ruling passion; a complicated tvV' v- necessary to deceive the intcilh nfrj modern UmeS) is substituted 1 or the d:ct modes by Which free ;.-o". rrst w Ns destroyed in ancient nays ; and at Ifieesare Used without end to plunder the people for sustaining a Combination and gi atifj ittg accomplices. The natioo is reimbnised by flattery for the oppr sston it suffers, v ompromises for the security ofpowef and Wealth ensue among the leaders and servile submissions multiply among their follow rs. A coalition between a Chatham and a Bute, r a o and a North, become precedents for combinations between pretended patriots against the public good ; and i.v ' teHCe tj f ar'u is f r a h d an

put if consistency and the exiidence

he would have one reduced to dust and ashes ; or have this party joined him as an atonement for assailing his system, or with a design of participating in its triumph I Has the sun ei ef seen a coalition ot parties, from I'ompcy, C'.rsur, and Crass!) flown to the w is and lories of England, produce blessings to thi people, or securities against oppression? Are fluctuating combinations f or acquiring power and wealth, goOd guardians ol permanent piinc4ples,tir safe hostages for measures subversive of tin ends by w hich they were suggested ? If, however the people should conclude that the glory of exhibiting a new spectacle to the luminary which las travelled with time, is rescued for their own parties, they Will continue to trust to the protection of tutelage, and in the safety of Confidence ; k save themselves the trouble of judging their own affairs, Sc trusting in th' ir own judgement put where is the foJly of looking bach 0U our progress, and forwards upon its tendency ? A nation which refus i to etract caution bom experience, can oi ly ac pu re k no w led ge fro m calamity , embittered by an bicapacity of removing evi s arising from its own torpof and a conscientiousness of deserving the oppression it sUlTets, from having neglected t excr.ise of its understaiidii f until it had lost tiie power of reaping from the best boon of God to man, the most delicious fruit it can yield. Do the dreams of fanaticism, or the intricacies of casuistry, prove the truth of religion, or t ie sanctity of its advocates ? Why then should political z. at, however ardent, throw an impenert'rublc mantle over v icious measures ; or p ausibie professions be admitted as a satisfactory substitute for beneficial actions I The artifices opp sed to investigate t.s, however candid or to deductions f oin undeniable facts however incon'est h e are the fust and almost the last obstacles which common sense Ims to encounter. Shall we shut our eves, and harden our

of fi ti cal rttut upon the authority of hearts like IV.aroh and his K.-vpiiat

this same Foxorofa Burke, who lived

in the practice of the cheat, anil fattened upon its fi nits Wakened fiom tiie stupefaction swallowed in the narcotic of party -names by such coalitions, the Bnglish peoph now look back at the fraud w ith aatoi Ishment an l h .ve ob iterated thewwords l i; and toiy, from their pcflMaj v a - o h--ture, with indignation towras party patriots) and a mixture of contempt and

is.

until we are overwnelmcd bv a (leJul C

ofexpence which will not exhaust i'-. fury on an infatuated monarch and a smail army, nor on one (Feneration r Ought party nanu s, or the robes of power, to plaster oyer a gangrene already infecting many of our good old principles, and eating on towar s the heart of Our poiicy ? cs it is said, parties, a-

dorned with the jewels of

pre . s-m ;i

k i A. .

omrnt to aazzic tne u i. -,-t Tii inc ol

derision at t' -v own folly."' v the t ,K nation, and to convince it tmft an

begets repentance bordering upiitv l. terminates in a i rstem of

when two combinations

cnainsiorgeu lx nveucuuurim t period th -a i is nation (ollishly imagined t'ne w igs and torics ( as they themselves loudly asserted) were entwining its blows with laurels and pioviding for its prosperity by projects, now proclaim by the rattlinur, that national confidence in

parties on ins i

oppression too strong for resistance Compromises and servility between dema -ogUes hypocr'uically hostile, and principles apparantly incongruous, Ve advertisements to the people, that PMties have resorted to the arts oi pawon age and cort uptton to sustain power and feed avarice. Shall we diregard the admonition and suffer the catastrophe ; or inquire of Ettglattd what site has gained bv the substitution of party patronage and corruption for royal prerogative, or the avarice of an individual ? She answers, enormous taxation a Country studded with p. or houses & pri ons great standing armies a debt wi ten ligures can hardly reach, and famine. Two p ir of parties have tl u ished one in Lngtand, the other here, the drama of the Ijrst pair terminated in a coalition, as soon as the object ot tl eir mock battles Was detected, and the artific became a subject of derision. Fused

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F. X OENKKAL SSO H T M K X T O

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SLCU AS

BrtfcA Ot, Baten an's Drops, Antibillious Phis, Sec.

Tin ll'iee, astine,

plicit confidence is a safer security fort iron and Nails, completely assortecL

liberty than visrilance itself; tl at natiJ

otism and consistency are exhibited by an adherence to parties and a disregard of principles ; and that good men oil gl t to rally under the banner of a govern

ment, Without regarding the end&loi

Which it Was instituted. W hat government, 1 owever op

sue; what party, howev i ircei

What man clot! ed with power, however corrupt, have failed to preach such doctrines? When did any one of this ;a up allow to those who exposed their designs) or obstructed tiieir nefarious piojeets, the merit of integrity, or tl t Hue of patriotism ? Did ambition or avarice e ver kiss the rod of correction r Have our parties received good advice, or just chastisement with gratitude or com p lace uc) ; ( r luivr ili u m r t trcd In all ages treason) persecution) ordseeproach, is the dole viea t out by tiie prji trators of abuses, those who iakAily

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A.Y EXTENSIVE SU1JL 01 School II oka. Slates and Stationary. '. (i number of Select 1 ok, istorial, Biog raphtcal, Reiigiotis and Miscellanious. Suificisnttoform a verj useful country oi neighbourhood Library. Steel Plate, Mill) Cross Cut and Whij S;. s, S)im Cotton S; Cotton in the Bale, Sn ad U Mackcral, (o.d Watch Seals S; barings. HE HAS 4 V BXTEHSVB SELECTIOS r-t INDIAN GOODS, And a great variety of sBAsosABLt substantial & AKoi articles not hen enumerated, suitable for town and com try As an article of use and suhstam i

e Otthe public against party axattc..; hc wi mention a patent ambition. Nay, the public usvd,

STEEL GRIST HULL

.... .. .1 I v.. !.... ati 1

USUV. 11 IVM Ulli , I !..

ol er, the in ii i

lem are hound in hon i

eoncerl m artioji is tUs ri

m opposition to iuals omposing to be faithful to

( I :

ob-

v m-r

vieti isii e same with both pa ties

it is di ho inp of prO

shrink h oi a part V s. Bui in a re

iSi p e. ipu s as win k arry on rernmeut in conformity itli iis

ire the proper olij ct of loy dty ;

irtuc is s 'need

itrpose of obtaiMinir ;is favor, together Irke some mctals the imjcture

has become harrier : to slipp v the

the delusKn, and coiijointiy,thou maneht avaiit emseivesof evei

patiou upon the lit erty and prosperity of

the peop.e, invented by either, during their possession of temporary power. The sn ck ui tri sp is sea upon human l appincss, m nufactured bv ach, sufiicii g, when United, to oivest t'-.e people ol all tl e ran spare and live no room foi future pilfering p ojects exists ; and their fr iii liuent hostiiitii s mrnatiouel plunder having no object ifter their projc i ts arc uted, the) of course unite theiyu'eCedents md their interests, to gatlraAhe ft ui;-, of the laws thet have severallmanted and to previ nt the ration fiom eracliCating out oft ie statute hook the Opprc S sionsof either, Is t i d sttnod to bec true picture of .'paities? HavInsfb i !i sua:- red in y trio'ic buskins ; having legislated profusely ; having created mauv precodents invented many projects, and enormously increased taxath n, are they rip f"r a oitv, and ttiocountry fea j f r ,! c btessings of a party coalttioi : lias the venerable ami honorable Adams reh weted the opinions of three long volutin s and gone over to a party

such is the dreadful influ nC of party,

leave not uniiequently bean known to Join tire cry, even unto death, against those who, when it w as too late, have been acknowledged to have been their best friends. Socrates, Phocion, and innumerable other patriots and heroes, have been memorable examples d this lamentable fact. I imoleofi was not commended by Dionysius, nor Washington himself allowed to he a patriot by i . eorgc the Third.

9 K iui fonntv.

r.IS. THOMPSON Pla

iff.

id When tuns cat

ito the Service oi parti s, ' ireirrad i all? undermining these principles', it is i fad converted iui treason, like an sd en pfce to 8 artv, in a iucmi irchicsl gov mment, w deh is contriving the death r the King Our -? ' are si f r , andwe evidently misapply the ; tgdsH precedent ofparty loyalty, When

i sufT t it to ti , lis

acip

aov part , a hose stroy tin n By rone ms howe -

hi 1st

l ire alaves from their alle-

snurious to Ic

BIJAH BROH Dci ndant.

Domestic Attachment,

N t c 16th ha i f December last a

Writ ofav.c oiei.t was i-stieH a-

g unsjj the goods, chattels rights, eglits and m"'ies of the above def-ltiant, which writ la; been returned with tj following endorsement, "legal service made, and John Patterson, Henry Merrick, las. WestfaH, Thos Colman, Richard Redford and John !. Bailey summoned as garnishees, :as. N abb, const." Ntw notice i hereby given to all persons concerned, that further and final procecdin fS will be had on said attachment, at mv office on Saturdai the -1st day of March next. . STOUT) j fi

that would grind sufficient for ten families: it is now temporal ii;, fixed and m:. be viewed by any persona who w ant su I a convenience in their neighbourhood." A", f v ery much dUtoted ; wellCheafi Good to ftunetutUmen but h "wishes it to he understood by a ?.'?.;. i t of persons who huvt bf cn Ion;' indebted to kim fiar if th - u do not call and fiau ot give i hi -ir now for the amount dut without further cfalay, his oxen wants red Oblige him. to adoif the .sfietdicat modi to coll Ct. Vincennes, Jan. i. l.sis 7 tf

.1 CALL

Attorney tit Law,

KHfl'I'S hi )d'ne on second str

opposite the POST-OFFICE. Vincennes 9th Jami rs 181k.-

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some

ebruary I

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arc bf Htl a Bla :k do, do. do. do. do.

hi office oj the U Hun. Deeds, Subpori as, Exi CU i'.ns, Summons, Administration letters, Indentures, kc. Stc.