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MISSSLLAITSOUS.
A REVOLUTIONARY RELIC.
ing memories of British wrong I    Walton—I micht j     .pi,^ following I.rctnrc is given to the public in compliaii'-'o witli Ihc vvish ex- I sliellcr, nnd protection would it afTord to any who mi jht bccI: nn asylum, and
IcH you of your fuUicr Lutehercd in the sill nrc of! pressed in the annexed nolo:
midniglit on die [ilains of Trenton ; 1 iiii^lit picture j
hiairny hairs tlnlilileil in hlood;  I might ring his
death-shriek in your ears.    .Shchiiirc I niiglit tell I
you ofa iiiutlior butchered, and a sister outraged—
Hanliiigihn, April 13, 1S'14, Gkoiihi; I'.iri.ou, Esq., The following; eloquent  revolutionary Bcrmon,
preached on the 10th .Sept. 1777, the cvc of Ihe bat-I   ,    ,      ,    ,       , ,       . , .    . .    i • .       . .   .i    r    . i i-        i .-       - .i     ../.. „
'       ,,        ,     . .' .      .„ ! the lonely farm-house, tho niclitnEi-anh, tho roof in   interest to thc l.ceture you delivered soinc limcsiinc upon tlio "Ac;)!
tc ot llrunilyvvine, by tho  Itcv. Jacob Prout, to a , -" > nl' the Linunr !-y.ll:r" nnd !'.-eliii
.   ¦^  ,..,     ;       . .,,,_„ :.,   .,   I (liinies, die shoutp of die troojiers. a.s Ihey despatch-1 "' "ir"/'"" •-¦¦"¦'•- "nu .11.1111
and a refuse in itu hiisom.if ail il.s nienilicrs «crs 03 entirely uselcas, as ictrcaiit and faithlcus to the obliijations they owe lo others, os tui: i.jftT-on-suLj.tii, nnd this multitudi'of his half ruined vicUmsl" And, descending; one «tcp lov»er in search ofthe inilietioiis ofhis uselces liuniuees upon lhe social body, wewerogs, nnd isuoraiicc. and poverty, and sqiialidncs's, marking hid liack, und scattered liniad-eaHt over tho land.    'I'hey rise up into view wherever wc turn our eye
billy I Tliey iiecoiui»iiiy liquor-;
She £ast aood Bye.
Farewell I Farewell' is often heard.
From thc lips of those who part; 'Tis a whispered lone, 'tis a genlle word.
But it sprinija not from the heart. It in.iy Hervo for the lover's lay.
To be sunji 'neath a sinntuer's skj-; But givp tne the lipa that say,
Tho honest words, " Good Bye."
Adieu ! Adien ! may greet thc car,
In the guise of courtly Epeeiih ; But vvhen we leave thp icind and deur,
'Tis not what thc soul vvould leach. Wheiie'tTwo ^rusp the band of those,
We would have f.irever nii^h. The flume of frirnJshiji hums and glows
In the warm, frank words, "GooJ Bye!"
Tho moiher, scndini? forth her child
To meet with cares and strife, Brcathe.s throuirli her tears, her doubts and fears
For the loved one's future life. No cold " Adieu." no " Fare'^elf lives
Within her clioking sigh, But the deepest suli of anguish gives,
" God bless thee b'ly—Good liyc !"
Go. watcli tho pale and dying one.
When tlieglon^c hus losl its heaini 'When tho iiioiv in cold as tlni mariilu elono,
And thc worid a iiapsing dream; And thc l-ttc-!: pre.isuro of the hand,
'The look of thc closing eye, ¦Vield whul tho heart muil understand--
A long, a last " GooJ Bye !''
Sbc Scatblcsrs Smile.
I lawonc in her matlenhood
From whom the lifo had fled. And V et so lovely vvn-i her face
It seenied she wns nol dead !
Her eyo-lids as in klcep were closed. Her blow war. white likecno-.v ;
A sicilc still iiiigered on her checks. As if'twas loath to go!
And it may be a smile so sweet.
So quiet nnd serene, ¦Was never on llie healthy brow
Of living maiden euen.
Perchance the ivoiid'r.ius bliss which bun
Upon her raptured mind' "When first she woke in glory's courts,
Now lc,''t ltd trace behind.
Her end wos peace. I thought that they Who love J licr should not groive,
For theso last words diey heard her say, " My spirit. Lord,  receive 1"
And when th'y laid hir in the eaith Her cheek still held the liloom ;
That smile so sweet tho gentle maid Bore wilh he; to the tomb !
Would it he strange if brighter tints
Upon the liliiosoms crept Which grew aliove the sierrj spot
Where that iiiccli maiilon slept 1
Gdtbscmano.
BT   WILLIAM   n.   TATPAlf.
'Tis Miilnight—nnd on Olive's brow The star is tlimniej that lately shone;
'Tis IVlidniirht—in the garden nuw. The sull'ering Saviour prays alone.
'Tis Midniglit—and from all removed, Immannel wrestle-i. lona vvith fear;
E'en the disciplp that ho loved Heeds not his .Master's grief and tears.
'Tis Midnight—and for oMicrs guilt Thc man of Sorrows weeps in blood)
It'et He. that hath in anguish knelt, Is not foiaakcn by his God.
'Tis tVIidnight—from the heavenly plains. Is borne tho song that angtls know ;
Unheard by Morl.ils aie llio striiin.s That sweetly soolliti the yaviour'.i wo.
Xhe d'Oldcn IQdg^cd Cloudj
BT JOanPII J. GURS'ET.
large portion ofthe American soldiers, in the pres¬ ence of General Washington, anJ General Wayne, ond odiers of the contiiirntnl nnny, was recently discovered among some old papers of .Major John Jacoh Schocfinycr, an olficer ofthe I'cvolulion. It should ho perused by every lover of palriotism. KEVOLUTIO.\.\liY SEH.MII.V. " They that take the sword shall perish by the sword."
Soldiers and Countrymen : We havo met this evening perhaps for thc la.^t time. Wc have shared tho toil of the march, tho peril of the fight, die dismay of the retreat—uliltc wc have endured cold and hunger, the contumely of die internul foe, and outrage of thc foreign oppressor. Wc have sat, night after night, beside the same camp fire, shared the same rough soldiers' faro, vvo havo togeilier heard thc roll of the reveille, which called us to du¬ ty, or thc beat of the tattoo, which gave die signal for the hardy sleep ofllio soldier, vvith tho earth for his bed, tho knapsack for his [lillovv.
.4nd no-.v, soldier.s ond brethren, we have met in thc peaceful valley, on the eve of battle, while tho
cd their viclim, Ihe cries for mercy, the pleading of of innocence for pity. I might paint thia all again, in the terriblo colours of the vivid reality, if I tliought your courage needed such wild excitement.
But I know ynu nro slrong in the might of the Lord. You will go Ilirth to balltic on die morrow vvilh light licarls and determined spii ilj., though die .'solemn duty—the duly of avenging thc dead—may rcst heavy on your souls.
And in the honr of baltle, vvhen all around is darkness, lit by the lurid cannon glare, and lhe pier¬ cing  nm.skct fiash,   whrn the wounded .strew die
a port of ils horrid retinue—of its trcphicb-i ured that greal gootl can but result from , Where it works, tln-y ate produceil. 'J'licy are ils logitimato olfsjiring—its ver¬ ts ptibliealitio, liigellier willi an ardi'iit iiiteiot in lliat i-uuse. which wc think lain and spoiitaiicous fiuit.'-'. Oh, lel each picture lo himself Ihu deploraolccon- your Lecture is su liiL'lilv calculaled to promote, we rcspei'tfiilly ask ynu to ilUion of the community, if they were the furiiiltirc of every house, the iiihcri- i'avorua vvilh a copy for p'ulilicaliun. Knowing the deep and ailding interest ' tance of every tiiniily. and prepare liimself lo sil in judgment between tho you not only IlIani|¦c^l but foel in this cause, wc trust you will comply wilh our   liqiior-.sfllcr ond his counlry '
request.
A. K. (.'OKNVN, W. 1'. OUlilsu.V, E.V. KVERllAUT, A. W. BEMIDICT,
JAJins STKEL, W. 01!B1S0.\, I). .M'MURTKIi;. S. MILE« GUKEiVf,
"They that that take die sword shall peri.sh bv die sword." ' j
You have lakcn thc sword, but not in llicspiiit of j wrong and ravage.    You havo taken Ibc swurd for I s, for your wives, (jc your litilo ones,
Uut lo ull lliese, ho adds u heavy liunlcn of actualpiiuperttm. Not content in withholding liom society ils jusl cInini upon himself,—wilh inducing niulti- tiiilcs of otheis to repudiate ils fundamental laws, and defraud it of ils just dues—with covering yel iilhnrs of il.s members vviili poverty and rugs — lie set- ties this more nearly finished ii)U'cinicii of his sinecure Iriidc, his «c/"o//if.K;;frs, upon "every vvard. borough, und lownshipf" ll is a truth, viell kiU'Wii, that nn amount equal to j, if not a greater (iroporlion, of the pauperism which con¬ tinually laxi'S the country, is produced bj- liquor-selling. Let any one cxaiidiie the privale hislory of tlioie foi whose support ho is taxed, ind he will find ihi.t at least that pruporlioii of them, have been reduced lo lliut silualion, by Ihe direct or hidirect agency of the liquor-seller: and that, but for him and his bu¬ siness, ihey would in ull iirobabilily be useful members of socieiy, supporting themselves, and aiding in the support of the very few vvboiu misliirlmic might else have mode thr proper objects of public bounty.
And now, tho cainnuiniiy, nrouscd bv injuries and burdens incieased beyond poverty and di'stitutioii. Kay, if this conliiient, with all Us olmost iiilbiilc ro- d,,. j,„„cr of further cuduraucc, frum the lelliargv in which it has ben bound, sources,--all the improvenienls with which industry and silence, iiiiniKteiiug lo | {^J^^.,^ jtgpj.p steadily ond sternly upon the liquor-seller, olid calls him to accoun- thc requireiiiciils of social lil'e, have enriched aud adorned it, und all llio inillions ! ||,|,||j|y_ .^nd what can he answer ? L'o cannol deny Iho charge; for hu of treasure it coiilaiiis, were his. anil, stunding "solitary and alono'" in thucciitro I li„o-.v.s lliat it is true,    lie knows in his In art thai his busincBs is of nu benefit
THE RESPONSIBILITY
If any ono here pi
s.srd all the weallh of this to'.vn,—the town and all ils ground and the dead litter your path, then remember J wcaUli,—and were doomed lo a solitary ocriipnlioii of ihc po.-session, no oilier soldiers, that Cod is whh you. The elernal God | humnn being within, or permitled lo conin within, one thousand miles ofit, itis fights for you—ho rides on tho battle cluud, be I ""t easy to conceive how he could bc enveloped in eircmnstances of more utter sweeps onw.ird vvilli Ibo march of tho luirricaiic di'irgc—(iiHl.tlio Av.ful and Infinite, fights for you, and you will iriumph.
I of his vast possis lion.s, ho could boast,
" I am monarch ofall I survey. My riglit llicro is >o.m; to di.'ipulo"!
though thus surrounded vvilh abunilanee to make a great naliun licli. lie might j p„ilor.srd. lliatwliut he bas done was for
lu I.ny, Ho knows that if liquor-selling had never cursed tho laud, lhe evils ciuiineratcd would not make it groun. lie knows thi;i. .411 know it. To deny it. woul.l bo to deny what every one knows, and, if candid, must acknow I- eilge to be true, lie caimot deny the chnrge. He vvould not dare to adilnce,. in tills fcrtitiiiy, lii.H cerlilieale of "/«'f/i'« rijiulablc cilizen!.;" though judicially
'TUE.lCCIl.-H.IIOIUTI
sunliirlit is dying away behind yonder heights,  tho , ..      , ' ,.       , , '    ,    ,     ,     .  " j envy Uui lot of I..i/.,irus beg,.;ing criiiubs.    The poverty that begs I'rom door to   ^yhat excuse Uicn, what jtistificalion docs he plead '     With what nrgumciit
.unli.'ht Hint to-morrow  mor;   wiil  glimmer on '      ,    - , ) ,        ^''\''"}^''J°'T'''^,]'i'^'>r,''y«MW^hu\W ri-cc'n-ri (0^ conscieiic.-, and before his accus'rs 1-
' ...    , ,       ., •,       ...      i »"''  "«»b ""''  '" yo" "'0 prai'iise IS, Bo ot good   even among n race of semi-savago men, for Ins ton thousand empty cdilices, in I ^yill he ilonv' bis oMi'.Mlions to his Mlow-men, and to his countrv »      Will ho
scenes of blood. U o havo met, nmul tho whilcii- I ^,,j,^.,._ f^^ ^^^^ f^^,^ ,,^^.„ ,„,.j,j, „,^ ^„.„^j j„ j^,^,, | ,,|, ^^^^-^^ „,„„,„y „,,i,,,„i„„- ._t|„. ^,.11 of n prison, wher.. lio could only sec the | p„.,cnd ihal'lic has u lUoial rigiit. while he cnjo-.s the public assisiancc and i rj- ing tents of our encampment; in times ot terror ond ; ^^^^^ ^f ^^,1 ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ,_^|j^ ^j^.^^^.^ j^^ |ji„5,p)i(,|„y ^f j hand that fed him in thcsb-kly rays falling upon him Ibron^h a sky-ligl.t unly catch teiliim. lo puisne a business which conlriluile's iiollihig, in rolurn, to lhe public gloom, have vve  ga'liercd   logelher—God  grant it' q   ,    ,,       ,   ,. ,..,.;-/, /„, ii.- „,.,.rd i die dislnnldin of civilized lilo ihromdiit wnlls, for the um esti unied raiiyo of the , wel.uie, even if thnt business did not ri'imii evil for goud!    And, if ho haa not,
i mny not be for dio Ia.sl lime ,",    "'     ',     , ,     ',,-       ,,., „ | v^'^ntiiU'nt;--tlie iiiiist iibjeit and degrading vassnloi-e lo Jew or 'I'uik, for Ihe ] has he a right to absolve others from that obligation; and make oU
It is a Bni,.mii i.ininent     Hroibr,.,,   A„r, nni llin I """' ^'"^"""^ "'"' «diliei's, I bid VOU »ll | secptro of liis wido diiu.inion.    Every man, in other litngnuj-c, is inimoiliately j worthless !      Will be pretend tbat ho has a right to mako pnuiiers, and tax Iho
I u.iu iiiLui.    niMiiiin, oois iiuiiiii. ^,^^^^^.^||_   .Ma„y ufu^ |„„y r,d|i„ tho fight ofto-miir-I and entirely dependant Upon llioi-e aiomid him.    Ko niic is iiiilcprmlant.    In ^ useful iiidi.stiy of the counliy vvilh lheir support ?     Will he claim Ihc right in
the wise ai rangement of Proviilence, no ir.ini l.'ns Jur hiii,..tlf.- no one can ! live upon the biboui-, lo rise upon thc niin of others 1 Or, will he my, in disre- live, or enjny die coinfori ami ailvaliliige.s of civili/ed life, n-ilhiml the aid nnd gard uf every olillg. t'oii of dutv,every impulse of graliuidc, patriotism, and hu- ass'slu'icc »/'oTiii;ns. From this iiiutiuil dependciii'L' of onv upon anotlier. of, niaiiily,—"thus I make a livelihood:' it is my vvay of suppoiling my family : I each upon all, results necessarily a responsibilily ofevery mini to his neiglibnnr, . cannut be acrountiiblo for tho enni ei/uev ces of my businesF." This, indeed, ia of each ol ils members lo Iho entire community, for lhe coiilribution uf bis agen- „1| he can s-iv ; but let him refiect, before ho vcnUires to moulh a pica so palpably cy in lh.it general nssistiiiico and inulectioii, vvithoui which no eomiiinnilv and uticrlv linselissi. Let bim not rashly liaMrd a sUp upun diia last rolten couhi possibly exist, or any one enjoy ils benefits. Without Ktiiipiwiiig the ¦ ,,|„|ik. I.et liim lake cnre! If the lawfoiness or propriely of any biisinr-ts bo xi.stcncc ofan implied contract entered into upon this reasonable ennsiilcia'.ion. i jud-el of oulv by lhe profil it vields to those who pursue it, there i-s no syflcm t die formiilion of socieiy ;—indcpendont of Hie ties of sympaihy and brother- ! of r.ibberv ami c.xtoitiun which this jilca would not justily.     It vvould juulily.
solemn voice of nature seem to echo tbo sympathies I r  i     ,• .,    r n r
'    ' i row—Cod rest llio souls ol the ralleii—manv of us
ofthe hour?    The fl.ig of nnr countrv droops hco- ,•    ..,,.,     .        r.i    .- \.   c. ' i
' !"!'•-     I mny livcto telllhcstory ofthelightoflo-morruw.ond
vily from yonder itill, tho  broi'zc has died  awav ' .    ,, »   ,,    .,, .       , ,. .,
, -    111 llio mcmorv of all will ever rcst and hii'jcr the
along the trreen plain ot  I'liadd s  Ford—tho plain '      . . .'..,.       . ,   . ,.
' '        I quiet sceno ol this autumnal niitlit
Ihatspreada befure lis, glistening in sun   hght—the
quiet
.Solemn twiligiit advances over llie vulley; tho woods on the oippositc heights fling their long sha¬ dows over the green ofthe ineaduw—around us nro
When vve meet again, may Ihe  long sliadows of  ced I
heights ofthe Branily wine arise gloomy and grand beyond thc wale.'';-, of yoii'ler stream, ami all naiure hold a pause of solemn silence, on tho cvc of the uproar, of tho bloodshed and strife  of to-morrow.
" They that tako thc swoid   s-liall  perish by the ' and fro among the tents,   lb '"¦''"'•" I that murks Ihc cvo of li.itilc.
.\nd have they not taken llic sword 1
Let llic desolate plain, die blooJ-soddfiieJ valley, j twilight bc flung over a peaceful lanJ, tho burned furm houso, blackening in llio sun   thc       Clod in Heaven gro.-it it. aacke-l villiges and the r.iv.iire-'  '-wn, c.siver—bt |     L:-'"'!., i . the   whitening  boucs   of  the  butchered   farmer, strewn along thc fields of his homc^^lend, nnswcr— let the starving muther, wilh tlio  habo clinging to Ihc wiliie.jd broa.-l, that can aiTord no suitenance, let her an.iwer, wilh  the dealh-rnttlc mingling with
the tents of Ihccoiitineiilal host, Ihc suppressed bus-   hood, rcsiiltiiig from our relalion as cliild.en of commoii parents, nnd members   equally with himself, the slave-speculator—the usurer thc cheat—thc gambler
Uc of tho camp, the hurried tramp of Uio sohlicrs to : of ono great fiiuidy.—and of the pluni leuehings of Uivinc rcvclaiioii.—m««'.s | —ilie'ullerer of spurious money—the highway-man. He can neither deny, nor stillness and
IICO   '''''''/ '" '' ¦ "-"o''""""' " wiilten in legible characters ujion every pliaiie of hu- i escape from the consequences of his business.     And, let him know thai the
' luuiisocii y—felt in every ennlact wuh it.    It  is proclaimed wilh lhe nlmost | communitv, awakcoiid determined, will hold him, before lhe liar of public opin-
" tineltie. s by the voice of r'-ason ; urged by every impulse of humciiily ; enfor- | iim where"lie i.s already arraigned, to a strict and sev 	
-       - .       - --       J igned, to a strict and severe ncrountabililj!      It^
y lu'.-cssily.    Luok around you a moireiit, and lell uio whal culling, what | object is not vengcnnec, but self-defence—self-prcservalion.    It calls not for les- I'lrular pursuit of mon, vve. as a community, could spare.    Wliich of what aru   tituiion ; fur llmt il knows he cannot make.     It Elands ready, on thc contrary, . called " the learned professions"!—whnt one of the vurious iii.'chaiiirnl pursuila ? | to confer i'reo forgiveness, uiicondilional pardon   for lhe past, if he would only I Try the t;.-:pcrimeut of dismissing from the pulilic service, and dispensing wilh, | dcsift from furdier hijury inthe future.    And, if he rcjic*.8 terms soira-^onablc, ; on.: nfle.   aiiut'u'.r of the larious lawful Cidiiniv- of m.-ri--nfllii; |iroi-es.jional I to giaeiou,;, let him piep'urc lo bear, unpitied, its righteous eoiiuemiialion 1 I man. Um  fnuier.  tho piiiiler. Iho  iiieriliaiit, tho weaver,  tailor, batter,  tan- j     Bul he must answer lo more serious charges.     Thoso alretdy considered, , ner,  shoemaker, and  on to Ihe lust on  the long list, nnd before you wuuld   be   lieaHy as ihcy nrc, dwindle into iiisigiiifieancc, in compariscn vvitii others to ¦ uble tosay, "1 »jr i.vokpeshknt, 1 live i:ro\ .mv owx uEsoewci.s, isn own   which heis equally obnoxious.     Although no ono hns a right to disregard tho .¦«u iiin'T oa iiEBPoxsiiirrr 'rn urHnns," you would find yourself inhnbitiug a   obligations, which"he owes to the social body, wiihout wluso aid he could not wiTfivim. or r.iviii.r lhe wibluruc.isin inoccasin.s. nnd feeding upon dried fish and j live, and slill less lomake a tinde of robbing die public tif tho ume and toil of jeiked venison!    Every blessiu'i wo have, from Uial peuecl'ui seciiiily which i olhers, (itted bv capacity, education, nud liidit, fur usefulness, the active energies tliO murmuring tones, that mark tho last struggle j Lm-j^ „„ j ^o^ ),pj,(,t i,y ,-y^^_ merciless and unpity-' encircles na when we lio down and when we rise np—nay. from the means of I of the nalioii vvould still, perhaps, htr able to carry it forward, in its onward forlit'o—letUicdyiMgniolhcrandherlMlicau.s'Acr.'I ing. Uio sword gleams over our land and Uie dust   '''"'''"'""^ and improvuig the mind, and storing it vvilh useful knowledge,and , march of prosperity, with Ihc whole army  of liquor-sellers, nnd the loungers. It was bul a dav past, and onr land  slept  in the i of the suil is damocned wilh thc blood of our nci di  ' °'' "'""''1'^'° "'" "r'"" "l''."'".''""""""',! '^''"! "" •"""',' '^"^'"'>': ''."*'" '" ''"^   "'"^ P'»'l"''s. and vagabonds Ihcy make, i"iaii^in.g to its skirls, and pressing it
,, ., „r        iJ,'    „,„ „„,, „,„    „ ,„„' „.,_„,    , «°'i'^"""i.ienca wun tin. WooU ol our myli- , n,.,„ eoifvcnienre ofa road to mill, is conlerred upon us tlirou.gh llicinslrnmcn-   duwu.     Poverty and begsary. in lhem.sclv'es considered, nrc not die worst of
light of ii-acc.    W ar was not licrc-wrong was not I i.ors and friends. j ,ality of social nid.    Every ono leceivcs beiiefils from socieiy :  -very one owes   ev i's.   1'he despised ond afllicted beggar, .spurned from the rich man's gate, to
PKA YER OF Tin; KEVOLi;i'I(l.\. I
G.'-cat   Fatlier, wo    bow  before Ihec.    Wc in-,
voko thy blessing, we deprecate thy wralh; wc rc- ;
turn theo thanks for tho pust, vve uik thy aid   for '•
th',' I'ulure.     For wc are in  liineu  of trouble, oh ! '
amid the waste of tho wilderness, nnd the glad mu- | ,„„p_,_ ^,.^^ (ii;oii,ii; WAHUi.voTo.v—showcr Thy : 1°"". "P"" "'".v »'¦''"'' "f '"''i"- industry, und csamino carefully tho employ- I     HI. Tho liquor-s'cller is arraigned on lire higher tliargo of flooding the land sic of human voices awoke tho silcnco of tho forest. | counsels on the J lonurablc   the  Conlinonlal f^oii-' ""'"''' "' ''"^ f'^iuim'iii'.v. wc find them all moving nnd working together, like   with crime, breathing upon it ii moral pestilence, blighting the enjoyiiient of ils Now ! G'ld of mercy, behold Ute change!—Under I • •. ,i    ,    ,     ,'      'i r   . .i,        i    ai^v'urately luljiHtcd parts of a iiicce of iiilrii'ulc macliinery, tor the prosperity and   prosperitv. and destroying ils peace.     .Vlosl of tho feuds which rend it—of tho
il.„ .l,„,l„,v nf n ,„'o(..vt n,„I,.r ib„  . ,„.iitv „f ih,.     ^"'' '' ¦"     """       ' ™™"'" "'° ™'" 1 Well being of llio wholc.—wiih OUl' prominent and nhii.ist solitary excepUon--- i crimes which agitato and distract it, and fill it wilh foar, and cuver it with dia-
tlie sliadow otn pif text, under Uiu sanctity ol  iiil i ,,;^,^ ^ .^j^ ^^.^^^^^^^^ ^_^,, ^flij,.,;,,,,,^ „„^,^ ,,;,„ f„^ ^^ ¦ .j.jf j. y^^,^^y^ [..^..^ ()[.. .j.„,.. jdi^l ;oK .SELLER!    Every olhcr retri.lar call-1 gracp.-nro traced to n common .source in the grog-shop, where Uio liquor seller name of Gud. invoking the  Redeemer to their aid, , ,j„|,j^ p^^.j,^,^^ i^i,^^ ,._^_, j,^^, ,^^^_^ ^^^ _,^,,^|,__ | i„j,^ „'„h, perhaps, this one cxcepiioo. dues its part,    'i'he bnmrman, even, per-   is slntionoJ, holding the ll'iod -He, aud coutrolliui: lhe desolating tii'e.     When
do these foreign liireh'ii.,'s shiy  our  people!    They       ^^^ j^^ Uie hour of defeat oh! God of Hosts do '' *"""='" nccef.i iry office.    Uul who can iioinlnut one bciiifit wliiehlhebu.-liicss   his business is bri.ik, the sluices open widi', iml tho firry torrent, ll.c l.'.va f.cm Uiroiig our towns, they darken our plains, and now !   .      .     ,„^^,,„. „„ , ;„ ,,,„ ,!^„ ,  f , ¦       i i   .,'        "'^''"i bquar-scllcr, as such, confers  ii|ii)ii die^coinmuuily,   in  riliini   for  tho j ihu eiator of a vi Icaiio. bursts rapidly and wildly, consuming vvhut it touchcj they encompass our posts on  the lonely  plain of! Chadd's Ford
our slay, aud in the hour of tiiumph bo thou , benefits and bic.ssiug it confers upon him !    Who can  point rut llic giiu.l it } and wilhering and blighting fur beyond Ih-touch" of its waves.    When his bu'
"They thut lake tho Bword."
vord sliall perisii by thc
Brethren, think me not unworthy of belief, when I toll you that tho doom of tho British is near.—
our guidi
Teach us to bo merciful. Though the memory of gulling wrongs bo at our hearts, kiiockin.;; for adiiiiltancc, that ihey may fill u-i vvilli desires of ruvcngo, yet let u..', oh ! Lortl r.p.tre the vanquished though tlicy never spared u.-i, in their hoiirot-buteb
does! Who is lliere to siaiid up und say it docs .vnv I 'I'he bu.siiiess of the I siness is dull, lhe s'rp.iin is narrovved, and the area of thc Diornl vvi s:e propoi. li'jnor-scller, to say lhe very len.st of it, iffimh no rrnl benefits In any. Vjew- j tioiinbly eii ciimsei ibed. Crime and il.s consequences ebb and flow, rise nnd full; ing it in the ulmo.st charity, and in Ihe mnsl favotirnl lo liulif, and keeping in Ille | wilh Ihn fluctuations in Ilis trude. When he is most busy dealing ont Ihc mad- back-trroiind, out uf.sight.all lhe incxprcssiblp evil it vvorks. il alnne,of all olher ning and demoralising liquid, tho courtn aro mo.'.t busy Irving violators of tho c lilin 8 followed amongst us, cheats society en//i'f/y of its dues—flils. utterly nnd law nnd dislurbcrs of the peace. When tho bar I'ooms aro constanlly always, lo " render unto Caisar Iho thincs Ihat are Ca;.sar'f." Societv protects [ rrmvilcd with cu.stomers, the prisons u hll   ¦  " ¦'¦    ¦
prisons ure filled w ilh c inviels.    When the liquor-
Think me nol vain, when I tell you lliat beyond U:o j pry and blood-alied.    And, in thc hour ofdeath. do
thou guidons into the abode prepared for Uio blest;
A d»rk cloud vvas .skiitiii.T the breadth of the sea,
A frown on the brow of tho West; And nature wus shrouded with sadness to me,
As it sank in the Ocean to rest:
But the Sun that was wrapjicd in a mantle of n-oo,
Its radianco begins to unfold; And the veil that vvns dark'uiiig Uio billow below,
Is fringed and emliroidcrcd with gold.
This scene Is lhe token of mental relief.
While it charms anil refreshes lhe sight. It bids mo believe that tho cloud of my gtief,
'Willsoon wear a border of light.
The gilding ofhope, and the beaming of love.
Victorious o'er sorrows and fears; Are heralds o: merey from Heaven above,
To dlumino thia Valley of Tcftra.
cloud thai now enshrouds us, I sec galhoring thick and fust the darker cloud and blacker storm of a Divino Rolribulioii.
Thoy may conquer us on to-morrow ! Might and wrong may {ii'Ovull,and vvo may bo driven from this field—but Iho hour of God's own vengeance will coma !
Aye, in the vast solitndo of eternal space, if in Iho heart ofthe boundless universe, Iherc throbs llin being ofan awful Gud. quicli lo avenge, and sure to punish guilt, then will thc man, Georgo of Bruns¬ wick, called King, feel in his brain and in his heart, the vengeunce of Uio Eternal Jehovah ! .V blight vvill bo upon his lil'e—a wilhcnd brain, an accursed iulollcct; a bight vvill bc upon his children, and on his people. Great Cod! bow dread tho puiiish- nient!
A crowded populace, peopling tho di u?n towns where the man of money llirives, while the laborer starves; vvant iilriding among tbo people in all Ibc forms of terror; on ignorant and God-ilcfyiiig priest¬ hood chuckling over llio luiseiie.' of millions; a prouJ and mercilcs-j nobility ndiliiig wrong lO wrong.
.lin: but hcnids not. by his business, in exteniling protection to bis fellow-1 sellei's business is every where patroni/ed and profilable, hi.-i counlry mourns, 11,-iiiliers; or, if be docs.it is the pruteciion the wolf gives the lamb! It firds { and wcejis, nud blorila. When prosperity in his trade brings joy lo bis home, lim;—on 1 It  bites ils hand!    The uselul callings of his fcllovv-nicmliers pro- i and gladnisa lohis hiart.iUills many a li"ome with anguish, and Uavis In many
le him nnd his lumily with every necessary, every delicucy nnd convenience; 1 u heart •• an aeliiug void tht) vvorld can never fill."    What n trade!    I'et such,
so slinll vve return Ihanks unto theo, Uirough Christ   and he gives Ihem—what! roisus !    He makes no return.    He is a deliiiqucnt ' in truth, il is !— In the vears 18111 — R, when tho nuuiber of taverns in this
our Rcdci'inrr,—fioii I'liosfiiu 'iiii; csvah—Aiiicn ' "' "">' ''"'.v-    ^^^  '¦'"' cvplur in society—a mere panpcr upon it Imuiily.    If j county nveraited 74, the'eriminal prosecutions averaged 7C in each year—76
_     ' ; the community   were to willidiaw from him, and leave him  idune, he would I bills of indielment or sureties ofthe peace,  brought inlo this room; inthe
-~~~ • I starve; while his removal from their midst, would be but llu- leuioval of a public j years ISH—2—3, the taverns iivciagcd  13, and the public prosecutions 4C :
FiowLKs ASH Suiii'iis.—Why does not every   cliaigo, and would bo hailed by thousands, wilh licarl-fcit siiicerily, and in the   and Uicn and now. here nnd elsewhere, ut least 4 of U.e criminal proeecutiims
lndy who can alford il, have  a geranium or some ' l>'n'''«' licucvoleiicc. as a public blessing. had and have their origin in llu ae ei-t.iblislinients for " the accoiMn.idutioii of
other flower in ber wiiidowl    Tl is verv elm in    il- '     '' ^^""^ eomnicnces llic liquor-iicllcr's rrsponslbility.    It lias n deeiior fiumila-   ihe public." Examine thc rieords of this court, and of every other court, and ycu
¦     .. •'."'''''—"''   li.in than the abuse of an  hunest trallic  by exorbitant enaclion, wiihout ren-I will find somcUiiog approaching this nice propoition between tegistore»l  grog-
clienpness is ncxtto noUiing, it you rniso it from   dering any reasonablo equivalent in "value."    His tiiaok, sepaialed from all ] shops and recorded crime.    1 have examined bete;—go you nnd look, nnd seu
seed; or from a slip ; oud it is n beauty nnd a com-; ils consequences, is,  i>- iTsi;i,r,a contravention of the fuud.iuienlaMaws uf , ivhether 1 apeak the trulh.    And, having done so, nsk the judges—afk the ofli-
panion.     It gives an air of cheerfulness and quiet   "ociely ; ii practical " repudiation" of the Iirst obligation ^ of man lo his fellow . cers of the courl—ask all who have been its constant attendants and the parlici-
lovclincss to all around, and is ever an evidence ofl ">»»•—"'"'''e citizen lo the couiuiunily,—of Ihcpnttiot ofhis country.    Ir is or   pants in   its business.—and thoy will all bear united tcstiuiuiiy, that J of the
a refined luste and pure heart.     It was lliu n
F.AL nr.Mu-rr ro ant. I crimes and misdemeanors which hnve llius been the subjet'ts of invcsligaUon in
If Uiis were all. nociely might cancel Iiifl nbligalions, and release him from hia j court, and wh'iicli have rent, and acilateil, and laxed, an:! disgiaccd the county,
of Leigh Hunt, dial it sweetens Uie air, rejoices ; responsibilily.    Ifhe would e.xnct noihing else, it inight bi.l him reach out a   and filled it with " lamentation and mouriiiug," of all thai make up t'ie black
tho eyo, links you with nature, and is soinethiiig to | "^"re grasjiing hand, am! bikn n yel Inrger slinre, n Benjiiiiiin's jioit'oii, from i cntalogue from tho most Irivi-.d luisdemeniior to murdci',--huve resulted, dircfUy love A,„l ;r if n^,„„.i l.„.« „„„ i„ .,i„r,. ,1 .^..r. ' Uiotcouiiiiou stuck to which his busiiicns conlribules nothing. But this is not or indirectly, from the cursed traflic In intoxicating liquors. Oh, it is Irue, that , „ 1, r ,T ' ".•^°" " "•'""'•." *=;!"¦ ! nil. Oh, U.at it were ! It is but Ihe beginning of his rospoii.-ibiliiy-bul a crime keeps even pace wilh the roiwr-selkr's husiness .'-Irue, thlk ; and not iiiicr 11 hatelul thing, even if you neglect it; lor, i i'„,ther lo the )ionderous load wilh whicii be btirdcns the communiiy, in suiipor- every man knows il! Let our " landlords" come here nnd read this history of though it is all beauty, it has no vanily ; and such j ting the idlers and |inii]'ei's bis business mtikes. ' their doings in the doclicl of the courl of tjuarter Session!.!    Let ihem compare
being Uio case, uud living os it does, purely lo do ' "• He not only fails to add to the cominon stoek liimself. but solislracts largely iho list of taverns with lhe list cf indictments! I.el tlicm esomine, loo, Iho re- food and affji-d vou pli-arure how will vou bc able ' ''""'" "' '*" ""' °"'j' '^"'^'^ notliing for the public good, but prevents others from cord obiluaries in the iuqursts of Iho coroner i and osk, as lltry read of one af- :'       ',     ". ,    ;,, '.'   .'.       .     .- I duing any thing—and ru!is the eeuiitiy of ihcii services, nud builhcns it vvilh I ler anoihor whoso ili.sfiguri'd corpse had licen picked up from tfce earth, nnd ri'K-
to neglect It. vv e receive m imagination the scent: n^.i,. support, also. Hi.-i uwn business is not nicicly u.iihss, ils drags others cued from the birds and wild bvam,—nhose -.vork was Ihnl ? And oh, if such of these good-natured leaves, which allowed you lo into dissolute iillcncM, nnd seduces Ibcm from ciuiloymrnlsv. liich are vnful,- evidence carries no coiivirlion to their minds, no disquietude to their brcnsls. lut carry ofl" their perfume on your fingers; for good- vvhich, unliko hia own, the eoinmunily cniiiiiit ilispejjsc wilb. Ii cpash, ill ! it at least rcniinil Ihem of that record with which thev mny not sport! But naturcd lliey are in that respect —ahove nil other   """"'' '^'° '"¦ *¦ '"""""*''''' "'"""  '' "'^"'^^ '" "'"''^' """" '""" ""¦'' ''''"'"''""''' "''>' ='"'" records eir evidciu-e ?     Whv eerk higher lestimony lhan thnt of the
 ,...,., , .,  ^—., I ,,,,', r     .,    ,"     .',.       , I ness  lohis bar—I'.oui llicir olfices nnd shops 111 his b.ir-ioom;  lu malic llieui i senses!     Every eve has seen,—evary cnr heard,—evci-v member of the bodv
ivirr.ipt lolhe very heart; arislrocracy rotlen to tho ] pb'i't'f. and filled lor Uio hospitality of our room. ^ jj|,,_ ,,nj drunken, nud woithless—loungers uud drunkards, if not pnujiers linJ j poliii'.: fell, thc awful trulh.     All know from personal libservatioii Ihat almost
vagabonds.    It ceases  to yield liiiii prulit, the  vciy moment il  ceases to im-' every nll'rav. riot, nssnnit nnd battery, or mob, Ihnl is ever breuking Ihe public poverish others,  nnd rob Ihe communiiy ;—to clothe his cliildien in silks and | peace, and spreading ahuni, nnd tenor, and insecurily, and dcvaHation, und
templing men to deeds of wo and iliath—theso aro n part of the doom and llie reliibulioii dial shall como upon the English llironc and llic English people!
bloldiors—I look around upon your fniiiiliarl'acos j '¦'"¦ widl a strange intereit! To-intin-ow morniiig wc j I wdi uU go forth tu battlc-for need 1 itll you that your j j unwoi'tliy minisler vvill march vvilh jou, invoking | ; God's uid ill the fight!—wu will iliaroli loilh to bal- ] I tic! Need I exhort you to fight tho good tight, lo ; j fight for your lioraesteads, and for your wives and I i children 1
My I'riiiiid.,, I might urge you to fight 1 y thc .^all-
it—somelhing analogous to clothing and comfort.
-\ MiLrrAiiT Bvi.1.—'Do you ever go to milita¬ ry balls!' in';uired n young .Miss of an aged vetc- Xo, my d.irlliig,' was the reply, ' I d.) nut like tlicm;   Iiost my luj by one once!'     Atlho word 'leg' iho lady fainted.
Thi) happiness or unhappincss of Wto depends moro on little circumstances or iiitcrisls of tl.e heart. Uian ono event, apparenlly of the greatest iiupor- tance.
bruadclolh, when it ceases to clothe the children of nllurs in rags ;_iu support \ bloiiil-shcd, llirough the commniiit.v, is but the spitit oftlia giog-thop acted out his family, vvhcn it ceases to beggar the fiiiiiilics of ollieis ! Koihiiig could be j ;„ 1;^ rockloos fury. .[I'liesc crim.-J are selilom vvitnessid when the liquor-Eoller more evident. Every man has the wiincss of Ins reason, the lenimoiiy of bis i„ r.ot abroad. Tliey are llie first fruiis of inebii itiou. tho eomiiindilv of his Irniric. senses, that thin is true. Every one knows th.it Uie business of lhe luiuor-seller j -]>he extrcino jiovertv, idleness, iciiiiranee, and dcpravilv, which givo birlh to thus degrades inultiludes from their api'mprinte posts of iiseftjlucss in lhe cum- almoKt every olher a'pocies of pu'lic crime which is conlinually mingUng biUer- iiiun ty—diosipates the skill, eneigy ,'inpaciiy and iudui try, w buh they are under , noss and sorrow in the cup of public happiness, poisoning the enjoy ments of tho obligaiiuns lo employ for die public guud. mlo dissolute idleness, and rcndors community, nnd ttinjjing ils vitals, leip oniopon it from the same Pandora's box. llieiu yet moro woitlile.s.s lhan himself. All know lliu; lor every iieighbourhnnd , I.^-t liqi-ni-sollinB prosp.'r and dblhso itself univcrsallv a»-to throw ils virus, nnd h.is iu examples—its seoi'i's of them.    Eiie.i can fiirm some eslim.ile ul  their   hreath its demoralizing breadi iii'o every house, r.nd who need be infoimed U'lit
rgregale miillilude, from the number be can ceuul willini a hllb'circle > Jhe vvhole laml wonli) be converli'd inio a Pandimcnium !      Let liquoi..scllii g mound hiiiist'lf; nnd every one, ea|i.ible of llnnkmg. cnu lorm some laml idea of., „„he and wa-te until ils bliudiling infliicnie be no lunger known, and who need the iiiiinen.se injury thua done to iho cominiiiiity—Iho cxient to winch it is ihiis i [,„ ,„|d that tho whole land, r.lieved from thia plague rnd i.arcnt of plagues, d and pimideied 111 what is moro efceenttal to lis will-b.ing llinn gold aod , would rise and glow in lhe bcauly, revel in the peace, and joy in Uic innocence.
I couipiralive Ed.en !
silver,—by endeavouring lo answer lo himself the question, " whal would tint   ,f ,
CC} ¦ D.)W Jt-'s., Patent Mermou—een fourth f i.gc
co;nmunity be,—what bencfitsaiid blestingi v.-ould ii riinfcr,—vvhat svmpatby, I