iW**s* Cnu.fL AND i.< I ' )" I I .. .....,' /i. BJ E MASON. ) VOW, WHICH ISti ' ' rolV.I'H <",'_, ...-·- r.1 f.> ' 9 >l- .'.', >/ < CK . \V AbHINOTOH. ^ ^oUtita?, flow, in a free country, never retreats to its f| . nes . an . ; I I HecTs i\-^v nts, foY failher v hoi.' An ORATION, Delivered before the /O niNGioir Bsxsroon die ie:.-: Socistr of MafTachufeitB, SOtil day of April, I8iy being the anni Preli ot vetfary of the rirft Inauguration deal iouo-ain; nor doe the fpring which f eds At ftrft. it winds its it, ever become dry. way, in fecrecy and hlence, attracting toi current, only, what is light, and bellow but, foem, gatheii g rotten and feculent boldnefs, in its courfe. it advances with an irrefiflible torrent, and ("weeps away every fuffenn ; i | Who, lT . ind ftr nger con ijilfidns that uuderftands thi real condition i,n 1 1 compound. By the ermlUtuVton of Commonwealth of Maffichufets, it is made our.duty frequently to refbrt to iiift. the priucipli e a e nearly halfa million of tons of iuippiB ,- - in refrain from iei tti fucli refhc ifl We have not only the the Li | right to j . v!.,:i he hears the gi places o/- public refort, and . . ngs our and the '-"it, Ih.ift it is dreams of you ! ofpui (0 lib rties, if it r ; . :;,,,!, ·' : What thinli i Washington Br JOS IJ H Q&ftrcr. in honor of the lately. field, and every mound of AfTerobled ire ihe name of Walhington.we Whenever the rulers of a nation become, the mere heads of party, the lall an.l lead . concerning e.ur duties. In hts life and writings, by precept and ex Sons of ample. Ins fpirit refpondc. of his fpirit confideration, with them, is the good of the ,' tliati m, , ;,.. .,;, ng? Th m " will nnc that be l'K..- r ful ' Can loans he 'war be can the Without loat ? sbtained " protrailed ?" A; it", in il is war. was iriclu Uifthis was tl« ded he fum of our evils ··> any thing ca/amities oiii caufe . i . i ' U hot plumb, or obi look not t.i ot level, of the column appeal cut of made our duty and j11 the capital and cultivated intelligence necelTary for iu employ Takeanother fact. The Ibtesof V.rginia and Georgia, together, po'|..-fi a whire pop. ' illation, j cjiiifetts, i ?.re ii i ; WASHINGTON " j Be FAlTHrilfc is TO VOBK How, to. fecure tbeirpowwj how to manage the- elections ; who is the fltteft who will run the failed, go the fartool people ; elfe Y But in time; like mirs.wh.il s i n ' ! theft, and hold out the longetti for tlie leaft than the fymptom ofourdileafe Whai then.' Ii confiSuppofe peace fs the r.nti commercial fpint den:- reftdred of your rulers fobdued I Will the double ! ? fidelity 10 Sin: country of his I His ! fpirit, living in the rec- " "Sons of vinvOi replies ords 9BBK AN' SFS&R WHAT IS \friSBIHCTO) " TRUE AND WHAT IS U 3 E PU I. wages of corruption, are the only inquiries To give mufcle and durabiir to their influence is the lingle cud of their political fyftenl For this Bn.ilh antipathies i are We yi. Id to devote this the verier ted ii Science and hour, to what is nut; ^nd what (juries are For this Britifh magnified. For this French affections are cultivated slid French infulis and injuries ftinjulated h uifeful w be known, concerning the condi- palliated reftriction. or concealed. For. this we had j | .hniesbe repealed? t'>"< commercial penty revive under ihefe inipofitions ? Or, is there any rea, ii it ievi-.'i,l'or a moment for t" ffope that the machinations againfl become its vital principles, which have now fyftematized, and aheady reduced it to ihe repented ion, will not be verge o' innih an,! in other modes, and under more l.iv.ir; prof, Over and profpects of our countiy heavy clouds hang. It is a folemri fjcene ; and no time to collect flowers ol f,in tion thefe For ihis, embargo. For this, we have war. For this, wai (nail be con abie aufplce; made fucccfiful i ! cy. or (o indulge in fports of the intellect Wafhington, relt upon us 1 May it invigorate our thought ; chaftm an!! direct every patriotic purpofe ; elevate OUl mind* ahove the poor project of prefent relief to the generous fearch after luture fecurity ; andieachus to be as True to our poftetjl) as our fathers were to us ; and as be was to his country The circnmftanccs and profpecls of out M;,y ilic fpiril ol liriiei. And if peace come, for this peace linued. Fur unprincipled am fhail be concludfd. fivers i.ot <".-en public bition, in power, good, except from corrupt motiv s. Need I , principle, farther illuftrat* the difference of which diftmguiflies 'he prefent thofe oi Alas! people of Mauachufeits I. cannot conceal the dtepc nvifliQn of iny foul.ihat peace, itfetf delirable as it is and anxiuufly as every lover of his country ought to pant for It will be, in truth. Ally an alleviation trom prefent ills, and will be very far from : um s fiom Wafaington '. Then the reftoring to your profpetity that folid bafis, wJiich a wife perple ought to feels, and a fpirit are befl i ed by the light of vVafhoi coui fieifeit, will c ily be detected wlieii tried by the ftandfier, coi du?t and principleslardol byl ili ;ht what is trueofour naView . N iw the of patri.'tifm predominated. fpir t of cabal, fhen virtue was in high Nov.', there Js intrigue rben we. place:. Now cunnin had wifdom for our guide. Congtefs, Then debate in either houfe of had an influence upon public meafures.-- Now what is to be done, is fettled, befi re a debate or without it. A cabinet, " caucus," Wooding in dartnefs, decide; ' i powerful people, tional rights, to in the erercife of conilitu- corner ftones and fee if they I know that when aw iy. are touched, all the craftsmen, thefe fhiincs and tliofe, who m»Ke profit by the are growing f .it on the offil of the facrt* and uproar run about cryare in an fices, " the conilituti'in is in danger. Thrfe ig, union. *l tilings lead to a difoluiion of the Great is Diana of the Ephefiansl" What ? Aie we not freemen? If, to any individual) the r'efulc of our political inflitutions appear tncompaiitile, with general, or particular, Ctfety, lhaU he pot fpeak ?-^j How then, can the evils, which we feel, or reai, lie remedied) cr prevented ? How clfo can we biing our cutting conftituiion to Wfeiih Walln gtOt that ted of e>:[i-':.i:-.i ha: told us is the fuyeft ft^irdard of its real tendency :"" In my judgment, concealment, in (ueh nale, ts not fo much an error, *is a For a crime it is, for a citizen, in a crime. lretccuntrytofee.orbetievetli.it he fees, dilimct dangers fnrroundtng the Commonwealth, and-befilent concerning diem, either through fear oi" perfonal lefponfibilityi or in fubferviency to the apathy, or the prejudices of ihe nines Norisittrue thai foch inquiries tend to rit th'; ; il,, - . i ii but a '.hue exceeding ih.u Vet through the ef&fl ol the (live ratio and the principles of the conftitu< lion, while MaHichufetti poIfeu*eSj, in tlie Senate and Houfe of Repxeientativ.es, twin' lytwovortr, l]iey polLfi Kates, thirty thrff ' All thefe ; i | 1 ; , have named Virginia, Georgia, I'entuchy, Tenneffec and Ohio, have p.iid into the Treafury of tlie United States, on cuftoms, fcarcely. more than fjtun m 11ions of dollar:, "Gnce the adoption ot the conThe Angle (late of Maflachudilution (c) felts has paid more than forly two mUhms which J I net · I I Yet upon every (jUfftiorj revenue. todehuig the life blood of our commerce, whiie Mafl'.ichufetts.in both branches of the legislature, has but twenty two votes, tliofe 1 (late one other fact. ftafea havejtxijj vr.c The power attained, in die Houfe of Reprcfentaiives, of the fl-ive ratio, is of Maffachufuc* has 8o that this great and ancient but twenty. and once proud, but uow. conilitutionally fpeaking, hurubled commonwealth has abfolutelyno more weight in the national by the effefl t-wtnty votes. The llate than a Ipcci-:; of beings, in fact as def« tituteof political rights, .as tl-.e brute crea* Upon theoretical principlesj c in anj tion. fcale, Remand Tin fources of oar fuffeiings lie deeper »han embargo, or war gieat :is are both reWamington forefaw and thefe evils. told, th::t thefe men ' would be fatisficd with I j i 1 our political « fyfteio.' · Bi?t Wafliirtgtoa himfelf did not forefee, Ror could any human eye have f'nort " notliing of a change in | :. fit prii ; p! I . rj un(pv and aCon^refi call*l~+~im^".Uiiihji », 1""" , I "". ihe i whi h m fo ili hi a On tlie contrathe diffolutibn ol the union iy their natural tendency is to llicngilicn it. For, if fuch inquiry refult, in the conviction that the rational fecuricy we ought to feek, and then furely there is content CZifts, and thence continuance. thence Itiength But, il iltc reii.lt oi the inquiry be, that rational lec'-'.nty, exills no longer, then, indeed, this convieli hi has a tendency to pro; ; The practical efhe more fhameful. worfe than the the>; r; this Ferh.rp'j however, it may be laid that ,-iiich evil is temporary, and that the caufe have produced this inequality, are ceafing tfeing feci is to operate. The fact is. direclly. the reveife. , The caufes are permanent, logreflivc, and ' of the govern11 the policy unlimited The ment is fhapeJ 10 ftrengthen them order conltiiu;ian, Lfelf, has been violated in to augment uie ufe oppre$ve pKponderancy of the country time- lia» b: duce a confetuaneouiheft of fentimeat and oi thai quartei ;. , 1 ltiiprefentattves of an opprifi hopc^, hon is ,; to him and il his meafnres,' equally bitter and determined [hat individn id pi The I Secretary of State during the fame peiboqoufly, libelled his \ttw* d -"'d (ol I b ; . Iy and mull begn-.tified. Power.which lives by corruption muft find, or will mate, the It hafaliment neceiTny for its fupport tens to tilut its ravening appetite on bur morals, that it may devour our liberties, at its loifure ...iders fied i c< mmerci tl cmbaiiaffi i indeed by occalionale'u.cumftahces, infTential means of ts m erital rj perpetual ambition. oiccTs ol fuccef in the i mouth, whatever iie its it. lufferings. provided leaders of the predominating feat ti j ' P ,.l. undei of W:ifhinj , I | iIk H fctflion -1 the has told us that _ fpirit belaboured with^icks of a leandftouriflfespracgal Ii/-; and with cuts ',;,;., j. according to the forms of z written (idea are " is-. tej manual . ;. admiuill ration i* contrary , , : t II ' ... i (-ublkfieUng and judgment.'* " l Such . , the clerk of the Pittfburg " when our rulers and their principle?, viewed by tlie light, and med h> the .;-re :., j ' : '." rri fttrrjl -.rrjiftj pin -us b ( wb'-cb t« n The degree in which the proportions - ei i ,. ',. r . -I,.- the txtfl'm% titiJHttil' / t f .,,. ,. l'o .. hi n thej voted itnatiinwijly rtrifii I '· - ((,)*' loitM U ' il! thei (ing under iuthpr, . ins from authority \ Or, / WJt ' nec(j : | ,.. S i o i . tl ... now hot ' -nicd,of ;, .. letters to the rev, liitionary (landai'dof Wafhington In treating ot our condition, 1 fiiall not walle the hour in iell" regters, or vain cri iThe hand*,6f ruin is Uflon us and nations. upon our cities. Theacep and ancient root ,,,/,," '" i He ; t".lt to rrfil i«t 6 (n u,i · i ,,,, f/j iph innovation upon 14, [nfltucl 'd it- " \ti ' ./ , -met ' tend to conjididal. tl ' i-wm r - """:h ail the Lhis Itates p ,r,tical power, among the and ufutunion, have been chang. A, by time conftitutipn, pation, fmce ihe adoption ol Ihe , ..J, o *a» ed atidextenfiveiUul to tire Rata; tnyfcW ,...,,,,,. (haUconEw 1 i ; dillinA of government, and with counterpenie. fn-cafc view, to create a new to vibrate in favor the political fcale appear quarter of the union. of the mierefts of this humiliating as liven this ft.ue of things, Ndtwithftandmg endurtd. it is miftht be it prefents little and comfort, for the prefent, left w ^LQf-fl new ftates notwithftandconfolation for the future ; llrange condition, as the i- indioites .his political a(T.c:~xn ; that he * departments hi one, and thin 'u (o e'etafc nohah way ment of oneortwofafls, rather by oj govern the old the unfettfedthe ::;·.. towards whom Wallii gton invited Lrmy (-") 'ft txp eft thi'ir utmofl hbrrer ' l fl rtion." But altiiough ii is Undent tbh?! that the living Walh'ington, prcfide tic er.itesol over "ir deftinies, perhaps, now that he is of the pn fpeiity oi Ma(f.tchnfetta is wither ing Ourcommerce navig ittan and Sfl A wbirlv/iml from the weft, nesaregone ispaffing over thofe mafly pillars of our Urate. grealiwbi and they aw aln dy, p con liJ.,ni!r:-'.'ii- ms aiid p ii fuii ni <i - <,,'. ;:-,,( |, In r.i " fisfi, j form I" goveriimett ... real defpoiijtn ow v. .mi. i... as paternal voice change by »j>»f« the rave, .-.gm.u i than defcrtb iudicatiog Ihe Hate of things us reThis cannot be <}"?, m all fnc ie. oc nits 61 the piefent li lattons, wi bin I j at th titi cii/l 1 '-'"'J · vtfipm by which J « cafion To Plow At .1 the progrvfi if ti political I i influences of emigrants fettled ; that the' ...of tlie ancient naaves ; ai l over thofe outbalan esUic U-ihat a black" population lakes, and dewhites Uiatfrom woods, arid '· , t, rnm ii art ijhoyed power lact. I,.!,, weft^ to the louth and tlu ateUns Keoa 't , dead Strai his d honor, t '. ' i convert! il i i hi print ., ttoi I ii i' emen U aft <i .til ol lIic free b, i the principle:, which, in peac-.. :i vindicated our laintamed Cranq'uillity at ffome and fecured our ibr.oad, i .> r to I ir c-untry to and railed push ofgreatnefs.fhourd be the thehig'" fame prii iplc which, in our day, have loft ourpeice facrificed our honour, fcattered difcord at u*ne, and male us the loom of one bellige- ..: and the victim of the othrr. the fame) fountains lend Ir cannot b: sate s and bittei not forth f-v: refpect I i s Theprir.ci at the foundati bafis which l-:y m of his gloi y. arifl was the ofthebl Bngsol h day was to inol "·' dlui . on, Mai .: r«« To them ii be nngs heii anmindtul of tlie character men, keen to difcern and rel 'lute e'eftors generous fpitits, to perform their duties wli nn power could not tempt, nor fiaud enThe deseendanis fhare,nof force fubdue of fuch nien ought to blufh, at being feti ahmg fi >tn one mode of ed with lir fill and from one ft age opprelfion to ano'hei corruption to. another; each individual of happy if hts head efca| e the bolt intended content with life ^nd foi the general ruin -n of Ije I in fpeak concerning the changes time and usurpation ha' c i" oduced I flitll cxp ain oui poluical condition lli.i'i \ , the time UTCadoptioti ot the hi fartwiIderne(fes,Iegil1itoK HTue, feaboard people, paraincr the deftinies of a . | coritrqut. eonQitatii "" &e I iwcky^ TennciTce.and | three Hates, "<" ,].,.;. |, ,., upon 1 ! oui fFtl i i.. i -i u ,, fp , inquire evi .. einii g lutute the r. iieii lerrti -..-- !...1 ri " i>»ed W &' fomewha^more ; ftillthe and daikemnfl all , ,n their internal ,,,. Wpec5s) -ti! ti,:, notmthfta endured, upon liiion might Ue I ,!,.,-. ..'.:-.: thuufand Ibuls in andl ! tUepnnciplethatitwastherfaivrefuUctthe ; ,,,,.:, i ii rjie '... , mil n'tlj ro our,,-.:, r , weight ., the nati pal lcale. rteffa- compact ',, Wehad? . i j ( IE :; | nutorioui iv&i thut, . | ]>f i !>e ',.'. : now ti to tainav/httppopol ppe, ; ui, fl.ive i^ilio in the nrtfti innewhat exceeding that '..; ' and pattiy 1>J tlie .unexampled :e proportions "I stations, imoilie well of Hits poliylcal poweviamong the ftates tui'ton, ! ,),,,r ,,. .,. Of commerce and ; navigation, : i I,,.,.,,,,, te. at leaft vi none worth J cu.torn , Therevende p*.'d. «neh ol : ,.,, mid be placed on the fame undoubted and had granted an will CongrefS toadm-itftat« a* more le ,., [n :; ; all the *d_tl, p»j ancient limits ol the U.uted fo i , S/^;wehad.dcne ; L-i. i.i.ti ; ! tlie have changed, (ince the adoption cl nufederal conftitumLUUj m a degree v. ,i they have , , fmce . tlie adoption ten the ,.: . ,,.,( ,,.-i...... fo r i j : j j 1 anticipated as the tefuli is i *c it fill ii .'i" 1 oftheTn quefl fnthebooks every Yet theft ftates^n oi that precariou.-. ei i careiefs to joyme i(to day ana to tut of the 1^. extent of time,' whicLUj i i omi'm it d c,l power, On iu the proportion ol 'u 1 poliii'-' ' id Croduce virtue of public affali llrirnents. ti I'J it, itteeonduct prthcTpli Of our inn n ils irefent rulers ia to intro htco and g'real inrefin- With' *hefc I i men; ! ' quifi'.e is political tbferv'ujijci This ent to account ale feature is>atone. for the whole diffire ice of ou) polit'n .1 rendition. For th- pir: :irlar in which that flit, the porner fiiffereuce confifti, is, in ftone of the re pin jiic an fyft .n of governThe theory ot hick n lis upon tins ment bafis that, afterwaia. Tlw grave will loon clofc upon us and our vain joys and vainei anticipations. You are fathers. What po Ltical inheritance do you leave to your chl. ,n Where he the fources ot tlie evils, whtcli we fuffer ? What are the remedies com; " 'i" nn does thefafet) of every IL t^nd depend rnbei ol il n i i , r < li!; "' . phich al la I -- ,,:, fafety require*, . that i. this to 1 piopottion the n itu« '< fhoQ-td hav ., i ti ', i na ·' ! greatnefi o, , ^ have j 1 uuehiDB the intereft io the prof mcrci .,,i.w.,,'on,n. fu vital haw. twenty two .,.;. chufetts, ,, , |WU»ltV« .: ,,.,! IU| f whll« ,, has '. and while M;iiTtchufem fin ft, hneJjf.:,.., note's in theSeoate, they io other cc it li derail on: , com- fubmiued tothmw our right* uiw and thifr of -our childre, ftockwththefouthernmen itidiihg and had agreed to bee hjir remained, rfter they., and ^'^ «£* ; ; Wei wereferved notwimftandingtheeftormous. ceruing our birth riglit* italiiy o. 1 , . fn li cafe, . At leaft, in fpirit. fuch Witliout reference , ,', | io ,. ill., , , iti I prim il ip|e«, - here I ,.i, in relatioi w the mollis it «& »»* am of would 'ifZ&JZ from felf reproach. what is Wh.it .ire our duties ..j,.-; : m 'I in, pi i "" onl ii equality." notions of equity and The fources of a people's fufferingSi lor m oi its reluli lb ill f> rii tm md "..i tal- ents of nies. a country Whenever h" ; fide . ovei iu-defli- this t · a ,d : i atrachment n r 1 the mil* part lie hidden from cafual obferrten re valion and fuperl cial refearch Ll quires tirmneis and fidi'tiiy, as well as la] oi to penetrate their natures and explore apThere i-.. alio, a preffion'.n [ts fountains. which, ijom indolence, or felf deception ""Buwh.-lh.l'wef.yto called] p. , , toa pi-ty, ency ..,'.' i I'lity to i v i to i cabil I, whene^ itfet ol as w m, diflinclly i C iw. ol thefe .1" I, ii men, oth ty, ;r cum lerations the criterio n <i f I) tl I ; apathy the lose of eafe, or of bufiueff^ r .01 kind, even the be ft are perpetually inclined to p>«ctife, and which, lor the moft part, They mif makes fuch inquiries abortive taketff«cli| for caufvs. to duj poffef . i qu'ue ium t. e f< cui Hies me) & liberties and properties tl en to io fee, whether they £e fuch as ought and virtuous minds. 1ft give con; o to .. I i: 't«r n t tit n >tl u i ; ,,. ... , | . .....,: , .! ii - '1 lut'h^"1 in " '" «W*v«fiJj ' '"'^ " l : : i ; I .... , ! : I ;..- ..,.,-, ' i and "-,:',., unlimied rich. .;f in p 'inl ·" nomSera«nl ex etu "tnch thatu.urpa, in this is capacity, aid, fid-'liiy i conftitU' i : lien, become >l · fRci at d ent fuffering, for relief Efcapefrom pief from tlie difeafe. nothing tnyfterii ui in the fabric Pbert is n divine ri] our freedom, Kines or Prefidenu, or Congiefs, to There of I ,,,., , i thi Sen " * nclcn ... ,,i,l,-e!,.e tion .iih ii po, Maffi- "' appoint nent, the moral b» public is gone Its form ma' of the ifr When por, ideed, re led ,t main But its vital fpirit Ija; The to ( perhaps it & rnly that jnorbid which precedes id«ocj w madnefsj that date of nervous imbecility, into which nature inks, while Ihe prepares fuel for it.,! Marshnll's ,,i life -' w " L .,, ,itr ,.'! p S4i to thi ,i tin 5 I VV i iltii ftpeam of corropt'tODj when one btgies new K"" 1 M t itir Unil«d ^u.cs. £ .,.,.., inft.mt.ons.habintereftsandpnnci. -. induft'! »' " '<*' « heenn. I) .. a people, who have am and m pel^ilw alone A Hue which ,,nu.'i ' i Jpower has ben viewed Secouotry,., an event, tons: par nulhuis K.twithftmdmt-i egeae'41 ift 1 » n \t,,,eoftlieterminftheconft.mt,orj « wl !,,l iaiin^firv ft.tt« t ;, I