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SECTARIAN BLASPHEMY.

Ir is a subject of equal regret and mortification, that the religious enthusiasm, with which this country seems destined to be infected, should have attained to such outrageous extravagance and blasphemy among its sincere believers, It were seriously to be wished that the prostration and humility of mind, with which the Deity and his attributes should be mentioned, had never been displaced by a canting, familiar, and flippant conversation with heavenly beings, which has of late years disgraced many religious conventicles, and shocked the feelings of rational christians in every class of society. The manner in which some itinerant enthusiasts pretend to talk to the Deity, the expressions they utter, and the contortions of their bodies, are so disgusting and horrible to all the nicer feelings of christians, that we cannot speak of them without expressing, in the strongest language, indignation at their profanations. Let any rational man go into one of the midnight "conference meetings" of these enthusiasts; let him hear their language to the Deity, let him observe their conduct; and then let him undertake to repeat what he has heard and seen, and we venture to say, that the horrid blasphemies he would be obliged to utter in the relation would deter him from proceeding. All the low, mean, and disgusting allusions in human life are connected with the sublime attributes of God and his providence; and oftentimes, an ignorant, vain, and vehement preacher will use such language before his Maker, that every rational christian must tremble before the magnitude of his impiety, in the "undissembled homage of deferential horrour."

MASTER PAYNE

He has played eight success; in some of

HAS finished his performances at the Boston Theatre, with great credit to himself, and satisfaction to the publick. important dramatick characters,* with various them, the powers he evinced were absolutely astonishing; in others he was deficient in force of utterance and identity of conception; but in all of them, his "defects were only as dust in the ascending scale of his merits."

* Norval, Zaphna, Romeo, Selim, Octavian, Tancred, Hamlet, and Rolla.

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THE state of Connecticut is an example of an adherence to her ori. ginal principles, highly honourable to that people, and the primitive integrity of their character. Like the needle, they have continued pointed directly to the polar star of Federalism, amidst the storms and tempests which surrounded them. The times demand that such a state should be exalted by the approbation of the wise and good. The following lines are extracted from a publication which originated in that very state, and does equal credit to the talents as well as principles by which it was conducted.

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CONNECTICUT.

And here, in erring reason's spite,
'Mid storms of truth, and floods of light,..
Unmoy'd by threats, unaw'd by fears,
CONNECTICUT her front uprears.
On democratick frontiers plac'd,
By spirits base and foul disgrac❜d,
Annoy'd with Jacobinick engines,
And doom'd to governmental vengeance,
Strait on her course she firmly steers,

Nor gibes, nor tacks, nor scuds, nor veers,

Not the whole force they all can wield,

Can drive her vet'rans from the field.

The same pure, patriotick fires,

Which warm'd the bosoms of their sires,

That generous, that effulgent flame,

Which glow'd in Winthrop's deathless name,
Unsullied through their bosoms runs,

Inspires and animates her sons.'

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We have been considerably gratified with the perusal of an unfinished manuscript Poem, entitled A POLITICAL PRIMER, composed in a new patent rhyming machine, and stuffed with most touching tropes and classick doggerel, by TOBY TINGLE, Esq.' It consists chiefly of apostrophes to celebrated political characters in the United States. We shall endeavour to procure this poem, when complete, for the amuse

ment of our readers. In the mean time we present them with the following short extract, copied from the manuscript by permission of the

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If the British government has nothing more in view than it is willing to avow,it cannot refuse to concur in an arrangement rescinding on her part the Orders in Council; and on ours the embargo. If France does not concur, the Orders will be better enforced by the continuance of the embargo against her, than they are by the British fleet and cruizers, and in the mean time, all the benefits of our trade will be thrown into the lap of Great-Britain.—[Letter from Mr. Madison to Mr. Pinckney, dated January 18, 1808.]

The prosperity of America is essential to the prosperity of Great-Britain. When those adjustments shall take place to which, though unfortunately not practicable at this moment, nor under the conditions prescribed by Mr. Pinckney, the undersigned confidently looks forward; it will perhaps be no insecure pledge for the continuance of the good understanding between the two countries, that they have learnt duly to appreciate each other's friendship; and that it will not hereafter be imputed to Great-Britain either on the one hand that she envies American industry as prejudicial to British commerce, or on the other, that she is compelled to court an intercourse with America as absolutely necessary to her own existence.-[Letter from Mr. Canning to Mr. Pinckney, dated September 23, 1808.

FALSEHOODS.

It was by the exertions of our government, and by President Jefferson's EMBARGO that our difficulties with England were settled, and not by the rebellious conduct of the tories. Had there been no tories, no Englishmen in our country, the business would have been settled many months ago. To the jacobinical opposition to government, and their violations of the Embargo, must be attributed the delays which have taken place.'

Chronicle, May 1.

With peculiar pleasure does every free, candid, and enlightened American perceive that the policy of President Jefferson has saved the United States from the horrors and calamities of war. His measure of the Embargo has had the effect intended. It has obliged the British government to recede from the unjust ground it had taken; and to repeal the orders against American commerce. Had it not been for the ravings of an infurgent faczion; the British would have given up the point twelve months ago.'

Chronicle, May 1.

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Such unblushing assertions confront us in every column of the Chronicle; they contain every argument of the democratick party. The points they endeavour to establish are these :

Ist. That the Embargo has coerced Great-Britain so severely, that she has been obliged to concede the Orders in Council,' in obedience to our demands.

2d. The opposition of the Federalists has occasioned all the delay which government has experienced; and but for them the business would have been settled many months ago.'

Leaving out all attempt at confuting the minor scurrility of this vehicle of slander, such as the epithets of 'tories,' 'jacobinical opposition,'' rebellious conduct,'' ravings of an insurgent faction,' which may have great weight with the Chronicle scribblers in the way of argument, we shall confine ourselves to the consideration of the two points we have stated, and by a reference to official documents and common sense, we imagine we shall be able to establish the falsehood of the assertions so universally circulated in favour of Mr. Jefferson, and in hostility to the Federalists.

It is manifest that the first enquiry to be made upon the subject under consideration is, what has Great-Britain conceded to us, by agreeing to relinquish the Orders in council, provided we shall repeal the non-intercourse act in her favour? For if it appear that she has not yielded any thing to us, and if it appear that she has gained a great deal by this arrangement, it will not be contended that the embargo has had any material effect in respect to coercion. By enquiring what were the motives which induced Great-Britain to adopt the measure of the Orders in Council, we may be able to discover what she now yields by not enforcing them any longer. In pursuing this enquiry, we naturally revert back to the ftate of things immediately previous to the Embargo measure, and the promulgation of the Orders. We find the distresses of the West Indian colonies had reduced the planter to the last state of desperation; and the irritation of those in the West-Indian interests against the American trade from the French colonies to France, had been evinced in numerous pamphlets, requiring the ministry to adopt the measure under consideration. These complaints at length became so clamorous and loud, that many committees were appointed by the House of Commons upon the subject; and the last report of the committee of that body, On the commercial state of the West-India Iflands,' has been made publick. It was published about a month previous to the date of the Orders in Council of Nov. 11, 1807, and it very clearly that the recommendations of this committee had a very powerful influence in inducing the ministry to adopt the policy contained in those Orders. This will be made apparent by a reference to the report of the committee itself.

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