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Volume 19.] Huntin.^doh, (Pa.) Thursday Evening, October 7, 1819. [Number 24. Printed &: Publishei) (Every Thursday EveningJ BY JOHN M'CAH.VN. . , ^t% 2 fter annum, ftayable half yearly in advance. '^..V.i' !. - i — To my Creditors. Take notice that I have applied to ¦the judges ofthe Court of Common Pleiis, in and for the County of Cam l)ria, forthe benefit of the laws made ^.for the relief of Insolvf nt Debtors, and thcy have appointed Saturday the 16th day of October next, to hear me and my Creditors, at the Court House in Ebensburg, at which time and place you may attend il you think pi'^per. LEWIS MARIEQUE. .Ebensburg Jail, Sept. 2, 1819. An election will bc held at the Court House, ia the Barough ol Huntingdon, on Saiurday the IGdi day of October next, then and there between the hours ol 10 o'clock i" the f're noon and 6 o'clock in the afternoon, to elect bjr ballot, one Ma¬ jor, lor the 1st Batallion of the 62d Reg'ment. J AMES T. SCOTT, Brisr. Tnsp. 2d Brig, loih Div. P. Nt. AIcKuaclria, Sept. " New and Cheap Goods, (FOR CASH ONLY.) THO.MAS REED, rj ESPECTFULLY infomis tbe public tbaj L%j hc htis just received from Philadel¬ phia la.r_^a ati J general assort meiit of Dry Goods) Groceries, &c. whick he has opened at M'Cormick's Mill, on Shavers Creek.—The whole of his Goods having been purchased at auc¬ tion, on the best of terms, those who favor him with their custom may expect to re¬ ceive unprecedented bargains. , September 2, 1819. 0,1819. Por S'l RAY IIEIFEU. CAME to the residence ofthe subscriber, on the Bedford Road, on' mile and an half from Huntin^jdoii. about ten days since, a Briiidle Heifer5 tivo years old last spring.—Thc ow- :ier is desired to come and prove property^ pay charges and take her avvay. -. FRANCIS MURRELL. September 2, 1819. Joseph Maize, .iDDLR R—riU.YTIYG D 0 .V, cr.pecifully inlbrms thy pubiick, ;he has lalt, Shad & Herring, S lie, whicii will be disposed o^ on verv reasomb]? terms. ;Sept6mber 16, 1319. ^.^XJ —-. ¦¦ C.\U llOi^. HEREAS my wife Sallt, hav¬ ing left my bed and board, in p\ir- ll^ce of a written as!;reement to live se- ;e and apart ; this is therefore to lion all persons from trusting her on account, as I am determined to pay t*debts of her contracting from, thi^ his JHRISTOPHER ^ FAVORITE. mark Sptember 16; 1819. .t an Orphans Court, teld at Huiuin.^don, in and for County of Huntingdon, on the )nd Monday of August, A, D. before the Honorable Charles Iston, Escj. President and the lorable David Stewart .Sc Joseph j^CunCj Esqrs. associate Juug-es, fOn Motion of Mr. Canan, at the tance ot John Eigholtz, Rule on heirs and legal Representatives of onard Eigholtz, late of Lancaster unty, deceased, to appear at Hun gdon, on the second Monday Of pvember next, and accept of o. fuse the Real Estate of said decea ft, situate in the County ot Hunt- ig^pn, at the appraised value there- By the Court, WILLIAM STEEL, Cl'k O. C [The Editors of the Harrisburg Repub- :an and Lancaster Journal, will publish above nctice in their respective pa- ers for three weeks, and forward their lUls to tllis office. illLLER ANDEHSON, \ Clock & Watch-Maker, HAVING rented the Shop and esta- !lishment late under his direction ; res- lectluUy informs hia friends that he in- ends carying on the abovc business, as Isual, and will be thankful fer a continu- lince of their favors. Huntingdon, Sept. 2, 1819. N. B.—.As it is necessary to close his Partnership concern, those indebted will the propriety of makhig him imme- Ikle payment,. Five Doiiars Reward. ESCAPED from the cu-^iody of rhe subscriber on Saturday evening the 3d i.istant, a prisoner of the name «f ..... Hobtirt Godfry, aged about 24 years, five feet 4 of S il dies high and light made.— Had on a Drab coloured Coat and Tow pantaloons.—-Whcever apprc- iiends said prisoner or secures him ic Jail shull be entitled to thc abovc rniVArd. ^ JOHN M'MONAGIL. Constable, Barree Township. FOREIGN NEWS. FROM OUR L.l^TE LONDON PAPERS. The Traveller of the 4th of August, contains the following Address ofthe MANCHESTER FEMALE REFOR¬ MING SOCIETY. The Manchester Female Reformers, address to the wives, mothers, sisters, annihilated our own flourishing trade, and is now driving our merchants and manu* factures to poverty and degradation. We call upon you therefore to join us with heart and hand to e.'cterminata tyranny from the face of our native country. It aflbrds us pleasure to inform you, that numbers of your ranks have volun- ' tarily mixed with us, who are fully deter- ' mined in defiance of the threats of the boroughmongers to aid lis in our just and Constitutional career. Our enemies are anddaughtersof the higher and mid dling classes of society. Dear Sisters ofthe Earth. i i , , . It is with a spirit of peaceful considera-' rfThlnatTal rlTJai^ ''' l-t vestige tion and due respect that we are induced determined t eShlUh tV^'"' f^ ^^ ^'.f to address you upon the causes that have '^^J'^f"'}''^'^ to establish them, for as well compelled us to^associate toge S, anci ^^/f'VV^^^^^ ^"'''?' «'^» i'^ the 'miserable partners of ou'r wo s.-! iS^Tthl t'rth ^^T^ "^^ ^'"™v.'^ Bereft notonlyof that support the calls'-;irpr1g:tS^^^ I 1 """^^"^ to liberty ar^l truth. The beams of ancelic horror 8c despair, fearful on each return- ^ i ^^^^ '^^^''^^'^ ''"'^ *"^"» ing, the ligft of heaven rhoulSTrernt 5^^^.:" Pr^aS/l"'''h' '^"^f" tousthecorpseofourfamishedoffipring, fauSs hentn ^ • , ^T '''° ur nearest kindred, which the more\in^d U ^'^oSe^her^^^^^^^^ mit to 1 which is set apart by the Allwise Creator dealolrTo^JaTfhl'''i' ''/'' "7/"k for a day of rest, we are compelled to ^f.^m J^tLtU of "" "' '"^ of nature require for existence balm of sweet handof ncati, hath released fram the m t toh,r,h, „ V ' •". "i'"''- sn,.,.«fthe oppressor. The Sabha.h, ^i ^^^rtL^ir' ".?l':"..°Jr employ in repairing the tattered garments pressors, of our forlorn and j vVe rn Our remorseless op- to cover the nakedness dcsiitutc families.—Every Attention ! The whole i i All persons indebted to the sub- scril:)er, in, any wise, are request¬ ed to makepiyment forthwith, otherwise their accounts will be pla ced in the hands of proper olficers for collection, in the course of twen¬ ty day.s. My own necessity urges me to this measure, , ,, , JAS. BAUI50UU , Late Editor ol the Hunt. Rep. Aut,'. 26th. A Bay Mare, Rising three years o!d, came tc the residence ciF the subscriber, on Shavers-Creek) about two months ago. The owner is d> sired to come, prove prop'Ttv, and t'^k'^ her away, THOM vS JOHNSTON. Augusi 5, 1819. TO PRINTTERS. THE ESTABLISHMEUtT OF THS "HARRISBURG REPUBLICAN!.'* Is oiTcred FOR SALE. For particu¬ lars, apply to THE EDITOR. Harrisburg, Aug. 13, 1819. Co Partnership. Christian Garber and William Dorris have lately entered into part¬ nership, and the business hereafter will be carried on under the firm ol GARBER &? DORRIS. They intend keeping, as usual, a f^( ncral assortment of Dry goods, Groceries, Hard ware, Queens ware Medicines & dye stufls, which ihey intend to sell onvery moderate terms for cash only, Huntingdon, Cen tre, and Turnpike notes taken. Hn'^' ingdon 26th Aug. We cari bear rib longer tb see numbers . , , , . .,, ., - succeeding ofour parents imniural in work-house, night brings with it ne.v terrors, so that ^ur lathers separated from our mothers we are sick of hfe and weary of a world i„ direct contradiction to the laws of God where poverty, wretchedness, tyranny,Und the lavvsof ma,i; our sons degraded and injustice have so long been permitted below human riuure ; our husbands and to rcign amongst men , litHe ^„es clothed in rags, and pining on Dear Sisters, we feel jusUfied m statmg the face ofthe eai-th.-Dear Sisters, how that under the oppressive system of Gov. I could you bear to see the infant at the ernment that we now live the same lute breast, drawing from you the remnant of hat hath overtaken us, must speedily be ,u,. i^st blood instead of the nourishment thc lot of many of you, for it is said in the ^hich nature requires;, the bnly subsis- rordof God, "VVhcre the carcass is, tence for yourselves being a draught of there will the eagles be also; ' and this'cold water ? It ivould be criminal in us we have proved to demonstration, thatj to disguise any longer l.He dreadful truth; the lazy boroughmongenng eagles of, for in the midst ot these privations, if we destruction have nearly pickeo bare the were to hold our peace, the very trees of bones of those who labour. You may the forest and stones of the valley weuld then tuirly anticipate that when we are justly crv out mixed with the silent dust, that you wid become the nevt victims ofthe voracious borough, tyrants, who will chase you in your turn, to misery and death, till at Icnghth, the middle class of society is swej)! by their relentless hand from the fate of the creation From very mature and deliberate consideration we are thoroughly convin¬ ced, that uiider thc present system, the day ii now at hand, when nothing will be found in our unhapppy country bat hixiiry, idleness, dissipation and lyran;iy onthegjie hand, and object poverty^ sla¬ very, wretcbcilncss, misery, and dciath on the other. To avert these dreaded evils, It li your duty now^ therefore, to Unite with us as speedily as possible, and to cKert yoar inlinence with your fathers, your husbands, your sons, your relations, and your frietuls to join iho Male Union for constitiitionilly demanding a Relorm in their own House ; viz. the Commons House of Parliament^ for we are now thoroughly convinced, foi want of such timely reform the useful class of sdciety bas been reduced to its present degraded stale ; and but for such a reform the English Nation would not have been stamped with the disgrace of having en¬ gaged in the late unjust, unnecessary, and destructive war against the liberties of France, that closed its dreadful career on thc crimson plains of Waterloo, where the blood of our lellow creatures flowed in such mighty profusion, that the fertile earth seemed to blush at the outarge of- fered to the choicest works of Heaven, and for a space of time was glutted with the polluted draught, till the Almighty, with a frown upon the aggressors, threw a veil over the dismal scene. These are a few of the consequences resulting from the mad career of theJw- roughmongers; war, to say rtothing of thfe thousands and tens ofthousands that have been slain, the widovirs aild Orphans that have been left destitute and unprouected, the hypocritical hirelirig will blasphem¬ ously tell you, that these things are, of Divine ordinance ; iri vain does hc publish this to reasoii arid conimoa sense. The Great Aiithor(if Nature mikei no distinc* tion of person ; the rich and the poor are all alike td hini ; and surely the forked lightning, the awful thunder, the terrible cartliquakes, and the howling and flaming volcanoes,.are sufficient to chastise tho most obdurate, without man becom¬ ing the oppressor of man. We close tho disgusting scenes for language would fall infinitely short in painting the portrait of our woes in all its horrible deformi* ties. In cdriclusion, we earnestly entreat you to come forward—posterity will bless the riamesthey see enrolled under the banners of Reform. Remenriber that all good men were Reformers in every age of the world. Noah was a Reformer ; he warned people of their danger, but they paid no atten¬ tion to him.—Lot did in the Uke manner, but the deluded people laughed him to scorn ; the consequence was, they were destroyed. All the Prophets were Refor¬ mers, and also the Apostles; so was tho great founder of Christianity, he was the greatest Reformer of all ; and if Jesus Chiisthimself was to comeon the earth again and to persist against the Church and Slate in the same manner he did a- gainst the Jewish and Heathen nations, his life would assuredly bc sicrificed by , the relentless hands oi' the Borough Let us now ask ousrclves the cause of: judases ; for corruption,l}rranny and in- this dreadful carnage; « was it to gam justice, have reached their summit, and immortal happiness for all mankind," or t^g bitter cup of oppression is now full, if possible, "vvas it for another purpose?" to the brim. Alas ! no, the simple story is this, that Dy Q^der of the Committee, all this dreadful slaughter was m cool /-signed) SUSANNAH SAXTON, blood, committed for the purpose of placing on lhe throne of France, contrary lo the people's interest and inclinatio.i, the present contemptible Louis, a man who had been living for years in this country in idleness, and wandering from one corner of the island to this oiherin PRINTING, OF ALL KINDS, Neatly and expeditiously executed at tkis Printing OSic*. Secretary, Union Rooms, Manchester, - July 20,1819. ¦¦;^:« New-York, September 20. VERY LATE.—Capt. Webb, of ths cowardly and vagabond slothfulness and j ship Athens, arrived last night in the ve- contempt. jry short passage of 28 days from Cork, Let it be remembered at the same time has obligingly favored the editors of the lhat this war which was to reinstate this New York Gazette with papers f^ tho man, has tended to raise landed property 22d of Augubt. three-fold above its value, and to load ouri Mr. Canning had gone to ths Cavi^- beloved country with such an insurmovm- nent on a tour of four weeks. table burthen of Taxation, that it is too \ New York papers of the 22d of Julj^ intolerable to endure longer -, it h«s nearly jjad be«o received ia London.
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Title | Huntingdon Gazette |
Masthead | Huntingdon Gazette |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 24 |
Subject | Huntingdon County (Pa.); Huntingdon genealogy; Juniata River valley; Huntingdon Borough; early newspapers; Weekly Advertiser; democratic newspaper; Laural Springs paper mill; primary sources; Standing Stone. |
Description | The Huntingdon Gazette was first published on the 12th of February, 1801 as the Huntingdon Gazette and Weekly Advertiser and ceased publication shortly after the 6th of February, 1839. |
Publisher | John McCahan, John Kinney McCahan, Alexander Gwin, P.S. Joslyn |
Date | 1819-10-07 |
Location Covered | Huntingdon County (Pa.) |
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Month | 10 |
Day | 07 |
Year | 1819 |
Description
Title | Huntingdon Gazette |
Masthead | Huntingdon Gazette |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 24 |
Subject | Huntingdon County (Pa.); Huntingdon genealogy; Juniata River valley; Huntingdon Borough; early newspapers; Weekly Advertiser; democratic newspaper; Laural Springs paper mill; primary sources; Standing Stone. |
Description | The Huntingdon Gazette was first published on the 12th of February, 1801 as the Huntingdon Gazette and Weekly Advertiser and ceased publication shortly after the 6th of February, 1839. |
Publisher | John McCahan, John Kinney McCahan, Alexander Gwin, P.S. Joslyn |
Date | 1819-10-07 |
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Location Covered | Huntingdon County (Pa.) |
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Full Text | Volume 19.] Huntin.^doh, (Pa.) Thursday Evening, October 7, 1819. [Number 24. Printed &: Publishei) (Every Thursday EveningJ BY JOHN M'CAH.VN. . , ^t% 2 fter annum, ftayable half yearly in advance. '^..V.i' !. - i — To my Creditors. Take notice that I have applied to ¦the judges ofthe Court of Common Pleiis, in and for the County of Cam l)ria, forthe benefit of the laws made ^.for the relief of Insolvf nt Debtors, and thcy have appointed Saturday the 16th day of October next, to hear me and my Creditors, at the Court House in Ebensburg, at which time and place you may attend il you think pi'^per. LEWIS MARIEQUE. .Ebensburg Jail, Sept. 2, 1819. An election will bc held at the Court House, ia the Barough ol Huntingdon, on Saiurday the IGdi day of October next, then and there between the hours ol 10 o'clock i" the f're noon and 6 o'clock in the afternoon, to elect bjr ballot, one Ma¬ jor, lor the 1st Batallion of the 62d Reg'ment. J AMES T. SCOTT, Brisr. Tnsp. 2d Brig, loih Div. P. Nt. AIcKuaclria, Sept. " New and Cheap Goods, (FOR CASH ONLY.) THO.MAS REED, rj ESPECTFULLY infomis tbe public tbaj L%j hc htis just received from Philadel¬ phia la.r_^a ati J general assort meiit of Dry Goods) Groceries, &c. whick he has opened at M'Cormick's Mill, on Shavers Creek.—The whole of his Goods having been purchased at auc¬ tion, on the best of terms, those who favor him with their custom may expect to re¬ ceive unprecedented bargains. , September 2, 1819. 0,1819. Por S'l RAY IIEIFEU. CAME to the residence ofthe subscriber, on the Bedford Road, on' mile and an half from Huntin^jdoii. about ten days since, a Briiidle Heifer5 tivo years old last spring.—Thc ow- :ier is desired to come and prove property^ pay charges and take her avvay. -. FRANCIS MURRELL. September 2, 1819. Joseph Maize, .iDDLR R—riU.YTIYG D 0 .V, cr.pecifully inlbrms thy pubiick, ;he has lalt, Shad & Herring, S lie, whicii will be disposed o^ on verv reasomb]? terms. ;Sept6mber 16, 1319. ^.^XJ —-. ¦¦ C.\U llOi^. HEREAS my wife Sallt, hav¬ ing left my bed and board, in p\ir- ll^ce of a written as!;reement to live se- ;e and apart ; this is therefore to lion all persons from trusting her on account, as I am determined to pay t*debts of her contracting from, thi^ his JHRISTOPHER ^ FAVORITE. mark Sptember 16; 1819. .t an Orphans Court, teld at Huiuin.^don, in and for County of Huntingdon, on the )nd Monday of August, A, D. before the Honorable Charles Iston, Escj. President and the lorable David Stewart .Sc Joseph j^CunCj Esqrs. associate Juug-es, fOn Motion of Mr. Canan, at the tance ot John Eigholtz, Rule on heirs and legal Representatives of onard Eigholtz, late of Lancaster unty, deceased, to appear at Hun gdon, on the second Monday Of pvember next, and accept of o. fuse the Real Estate of said decea ft, situate in the County ot Hunt- ig^pn, at the appraised value there- By the Court, WILLIAM STEEL, Cl'k O. C [The Editors of the Harrisburg Repub- :an and Lancaster Journal, will publish above nctice in their respective pa- ers for three weeks, and forward their lUls to tllis office. illLLER ANDEHSON, \ Clock & Watch-Maker, HAVING rented the Shop and esta- !lishment late under his direction ; res- lectluUy informs hia friends that he in- ends carying on the abovc business, as Isual, and will be thankful fer a continu- lince of their favors. Huntingdon, Sept. 2, 1819. N. B.—.As it is necessary to close his Partnership concern, those indebted will the propriety of makhig him imme- Ikle payment,. Five Doiiars Reward. ESCAPED from the cu-^iody of rhe subscriber on Saturday evening the 3d i.istant, a prisoner of the name «f ..... Hobtirt Godfry, aged about 24 years, five feet 4 of S il dies high and light made.— Had on a Drab coloured Coat and Tow pantaloons.—-Whcever apprc- iiends said prisoner or secures him ic Jail shull be entitled to thc abovc rniVArd. ^ JOHN M'MONAGIL. Constable, Barree Township. FOREIGN NEWS. FROM OUR L.l^TE LONDON PAPERS. The Traveller of the 4th of August, contains the following Address ofthe MANCHESTER FEMALE REFOR¬ MING SOCIETY. The Manchester Female Reformers, address to the wives, mothers, sisters, annihilated our own flourishing trade, and is now driving our merchants and manu* factures to poverty and degradation. We call upon you therefore to join us with heart and hand to e.'cterminata tyranny from the face of our native country. It aflbrds us pleasure to inform you, that numbers of your ranks have volun- ' tarily mixed with us, who are fully deter- ' mined in defiance of the threats of the boroughmongers to aid lis in our just and Constitutional career. Our enemies are anddaughtersof the higher and mid dling classes of society. Dear Sisters ofthe Earth. i i , , . It is with a spirit of peaceful considera-' rfThlnatTal rlTJai^ ''' l-t vestige tion and due respect that we are induced determined t eShlUh tV^'"' f^ ^^ ^'.f to address you upon the causes that have '^^J'^f"'}''^'^ to establish them, for as well compelled us to^associate toge S, anci ^^/f'VV^^^^^ ^"'''?' «'^» i'^ the 'miserable partners of ou'r wo s.-! iS^Tthl t'rth ^^T^ "^^ ^'"™v.'^ Bereft notonlyof that support the calls'-;irpr1g:tS^^^ I 1 """^^"^ to liberty ar^l truth. The beams of ancelic horror 8c despair, fearful on each return- ^ i ^^^^ '^^^''^^'^ ''"'^ *"^"» ing, the ligft of heaven rhoulSTrernt 5^^^.:" Pr^aS/l"'''h' '^"^f" tousthecorpseofourfamishedoffipring, fauSs hentn ^ • , ^T '''° ur nearest kindred, which the more\in^d U ^'^oSe^her^^^^^^^^ mit to 1 which is set apart by the Allwise Creator dealolrTo^JaTfhl'''i' ''/'' "7/"k for a day of rest, we are compelled to ^f.^m J^tLtU of "" "' '"^ of nature require for existence balm of sweet handof ncati, hath released fram the m t toh,r,h, „ V ' •". "i'"''- sn,.,.«fthe oppressor. The Sabha.h, ^i ^^^rtL^ir' ".?l':"..°Jr employ in repairing the tattered garments pressors, of our forlorn and j vVe rn Our remorseless op- to cover the nakedness dcsiitutc families.—Every Attention ! The whole i i All persons indebted to the sub- scril:)er, in, any wise, are request¬ ed to makepiyment forthwith, otherwise their accounts will be pla ced in the hands of proper olficers for collection, in the course of twen¬ ty day.s. My own necessity urges me to this measure, , ,, , JAS. BAUI50UU , Late Editor ol the Hunt. Rep. Aut,'. 26th. A Bay Mare, Rising three years o!d, came tc the residence ciF the subscriber, on Shavers-Creek) about two months ago. The owner is d> sired to come, prove prop'Ttv, and t'^k'^ her away, THOM vS JOHNSTON. Augusi 5, 1819. TO PRINTTERS. THE ESTABLISHMEUtT OF THS "HARRISBURG REPUBLICAN!.'* Is oiTcred FOR SALE. For particu¬ lars, apply to THE EDITOR. Harrisburg, Aug. 13, 1819. Co Partnership. Christian Garber and William Dorris have lately entered into part¬ nership, and the business hereafter will be carried on under the firm ol GARBER &? DORRIS. They intend keeping, as usual, a f^( ncral assortment of Dry goods, Groceries, Hard ware, Queens ware Medicines & dye stufls, which ihey intend to sell onvery moderate terms for cash only, Huntingdon, Cen tre, and Turnpike notes taken. Hn'^' ingdon 26th Aug. We cari bear rib longer tb see numbers . , , , . .,, ., - succeeding ofour parents imniural in work-house, night brings with it ne.v terrors, so that ^ur lathers separated from our mothers we are sick of hfe and weary of a world i„ direct contradiction to the laws of God where poverty, wretchedness, tyranny,Und the lavvsof ma,i; our sons degraded and injustice have so long been permitted below human riuure ; our husbands and to rcign amongst men , litHe ^„es clothed in rags, and pining on Dear Sisters, we feel jusUfied m statmg the face ofthe eai-th.-Dear Sisters, how that under the oppressive system of Gov. I could you bear to see the infant at the ernment that we now live the same lute breast, drawing from you the remnant of hat hath overtaken us, must speedily be ,u,. i^st blood instead of the nourishment thc lot of many of you, for it is said in the ^hich nature requires;, the bnly subsis- rordof God, "VVhcre the carcass is, tence for yourselves being a draught of there will the eagles be also; ' and this'cold water ? It ivould be criminal in us we have proved to demonstration, thatj to disguise any longer l.He dreadful truth; the lazy boroughmongenng eagles of, for in the midst ot these privations, if we destruction have nearly pickeo bare the were to hold our peace, the very trees of bones of those who labour. You may the forest and stones of the valley weuld then tuirly anticipate that when we are justly crv out mixed with the silent dust, that you wid become the nevt victims ofthe voracious borough, tyrants, who will chase you in your turn, to misery and death, till at Icnghth, the middle class of society is swej)! by their relentless hand from the fate of the creation From very mature and deliberate consideration we are thoroughly convin¬ ced, that uiider thc present system, the day ii now at hand, when nothing will be found in our unhapppy country bat hixiiry, idleness, dissipation and lyran;iy onthegjie hand, and object poverty^ sla¬ very, wretcbcilncss, misery, and dciath on the other. To avert these dreaded evils, It li your duty now^ therefore, to Unite with us as speedily as possible, and to cKert yoar inlinence with your fathers, your husbands, your sons, your relations, and your frietuls to join iho Male Union for constitiitionilly demanding a Relorm in their own House ; viz. the Commons House of Parliament^ for we are now thoroughly convinced, foi want of such timely reform the useful class of sdciety bas been reduced to its present degraded stale ; and but for such a reform the English Nation would not have been stamped with the disgrace of having en¬ gaged in the late unjust, unnecessary, and destructive war against the liberties of France, that closed its dreadful career on thc crimson plains of Waterloo, where the blood of our lellow creatures flowed in such mighty profusion, that the fertile earth seemed to blush at the outarge of- fered to the choicest works of Heaven, and for a space of time was glutted with the polluted draught, till the Almighty, with a frown upon the aggressors, threw a veil over the dismal scene. These are a few of the consequences resulting from the mad career of theJw- roughmongers; war, to say rtothing of thfe thousands and tens ofthousands that have been slain, the widovirs aild Orphans that have been left destitute and unprouected, the hypocritical hirelirig will blasphem¬ ously tell you, that these things are, of Divine ordinance ; iri vain does hc publish this to reasoii arid conimoa sense. The Great Aiithor(if Nature mikei no distinc* tion of person ; the rich and the poor are all alike td hini ; and surely the forked lightning, the awful thunder, the terrible cartliquakes, and the howling and flaming volcanoes,.are sufficient to chastise tho most obdurate, without man becom¬ ing the oppressor of man. We close tho disgusting scenes for language would fall infinitely short in painting the portrait of our woes in all its horrible deformi* ties. In cdriclusion, we earnestly entreat you to come forward—posterity will bless the riamesthey see enrolled under the banners of Reform. Remenriber that all good men were Reformers in every age of the world. Noah was a Reformer ; he warned people of their danger, but they paid no atten¬ tion to him.—Lot did in the Uke manner, but the deluded people laughed him to scorn ; the consequence was, they were destroyed. All the Prophets were Refor¬ mers, and also the Apostles; so was tho great founder of Christianity, he was the greatest Reformer of all ; and if Jesus Chiisthimself was to comeon the earth again and to persist against the Church and Slate in the same manner he did a- gainst the Jewish and Heathen nations, his life would assuredly bc sicrificed by , the relentless hands oi' the Borough Let us now ask ousrclves the cause of: judases ; for corruption,l}rranny and in- this dreadful carnage; « was it to gam justice, have reached their summit, and immortal happiness for all mankind," or t^g bitter cup of oppression is now full, if possible, "vvas it for another purpose?" to the brim. Alas ! no, the simple story is this, that Dy Q^der of the Committee, all this dreadful slaughter was m cool /-signed) SUSANNAH SAXTON, blood, committed for the purpose of placing on lhe throne of France, contrary lo the people's interest and inclinatio.i, the present contemptible Louis, a man who had been living for years in this country in idleness, and wandering from one corner of the island to this oiherin PRINTING, OF ALL KINDS, Neatly and expeditiously executed at tkis Printing OSic*. Secretary, Union Rooms, Manchester, - July 20,1819. ¦¦;^:« New-York, September 20. VERY LATE.—Capt. Webb, of ths cowardly and vagabond slothfulness and j ship Athens, arrived last night in the ve- contempt. jry short passage of 28 days from Cork, Let it be remembered at the same time has obligingly favored the editors of the lhat this war which was to reinstate this New York Gazette with papers f^ tho man, has tended to raise landed property 22d of Augubt. three-fold above its value, and to load ouri Mr. Canning had gone to ths Cavi^- beloved country with such an insurmovm- nent on a tour of four weeks. table burthen of Taxation, that it is too \ New York papers of the 22d of Julj^ intolerable to endure longer -, it h«s nearly jjad be«o received ia London. |
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Month | 10 |
Day | 07 |
Year | 1819 |
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