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FOM TSStAMDUN GAZETtR.
A MAN of discernment in the caw
which effect the prosperity?an<l happin
or society, once exclaimed, I thank, my G
that I was born in a countfy which haM
yet arrived at tier stateof maturity. vVi
out arrogance and with equal ferrour |
jbO th^t my birth Was
Public, where ail thin
litcrafoye, tod whaw$
clTare olt he* com m uni
conduces to
are in a rat
? No counts
SEL'JSF
At the birth
rismanddaal
M than the United Stated
>e Union, tfte agesqf barba
is pitted away,_4iistory hadL
\r stores for the instruction
id sajg<fr The revolution
ind etnptops were * fund*
ftusgl her rays,
t>0 partook or
P- T.K fine
Ml *Tt*
fft.XKellect
elucidating
hand-maid of the ?c
upwaraS-oi tttlet.
the efforts of taite,
and, to cultivate th(
itiaeni,
tions u well ?? their o
toward 4
MKfir i
^ BliliLlfP ? 1 H BIVKIB
Estate o t felicity, whicto awaits o?r country.
If I can reach the public ear and find
fWturc to compose, 1 shall hereafter nuke,
pr.rnaps in a more iCicniluU Iflllllltf, Sbrria
further observation* upon our national fcH*
city. FERGURSON.
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ljj/-*0* CAMDCM OAZtTTI. f
!* Ancient and Moderp eloqueuceO >
. AFTER taking an impartial ti?w of
the human understanding* it is extremely
questionable whether its strength or weak
ness preponderates. We liate honorable
| testimonials on the one hand of its acute*
ness and perspicacity, and on the other,
humiliating marks of its feebleness and
fallibility. I
ments in politics and jurisprudence* oye
their -origin and establishment to the**
periuence and discernment of modern time?.
.The palm of c)oquej)G*,peems to hav$
t been conceded by the modesty of the pre
sent age, to the* illdstrious orators of
E Greece mk? Rome* This however is no
evidence of modem degcnericy hi th^t no
ble ami fascinating art. The greater re
nown of ancient ^ratop^however,* appa
rently paradoxical, evinces the superior
refiner^nt of the present age* In ancient
9 linjidHehep. the art of priming iwi uo
knoWr the oI>stacTes to the aequimaetU
of knowledge were great and discouraging.
The people wefc ignorant of rtiai^ of the
arts andHciences that now polish, enlighi
ei? aJMynellorate mankind. Demagogues
tcreateoendipveservecl their potifcr muAsr
the conflict and turbulence of passion. At
that time none but the wealthy potaassed
the means of Squiring literary, distinction.
He Vrho was ambitious of governing the
jtoinds and commanding the applauses of
Flus^ coumrj|pftenf devoted himself the
study Of rhetoric and its auxiliary sciences.
Ardent .>a pursuit, and regaroless of per
sonal hazard and 'labor, he visits every
?irniir>> li_ .? . ' '
^becomes conversant bwkh haman nature,
passions and ^prejudices thfct influence
mankind. On his return he finds. perhaps
a rival to fill for a while the path .of his
glory with thorns, or to strike out by col
lision* the scrutillations of hfrjfreatness.
Recommended 4 by all the graces and ac
compli ?hmcms^M^|traV^ iiiiiI ii fiippiplr
cap bestow, his fellow citiaahs lUTOwsd
*%ith&:4ifficuUiesv turffctoder 16 Ullik the
guardianship of the ^goTden fleece..*^ Op*
plendor of ant!
jgestion of reason aiflf
>e. Tfci^ft?t!ons <
maces of the rice *rt
iUhmentv The 4eafu
nee ;
ancieni
0f re not its virtues.
f elo
torant
? who
more
aonresvca an emigmentwl assembly, we i fp
no more at a lo?s to 4ifcoverjhe cause pf
the superior effects of ancient eloquence.
fh times so distant ffom the troubled agos
of Grek#e and Rftmev -when refinement has
ahar^ned the intellect, and lapse of time
become a security against prejudice and
partiality, we read with delight? of the
powerful efTects of their eloquence. We
hear that the Grecian orator roused the j
sleeping energies of democracy ; that he
drew the grand eflfafry of freedom wfttiin
thtf limited purlicuijaQuig^n principality.
We fifear that the Roman orator by a sin- .
gle blalt, put t^fligfeit a host of midnight
conspirators. That the hetrt of Cesar,
which was wont to be unmoved 44 admidst
the shoots of emtxtfM enemies- trembled I
at the force pf his eloquence* We turn to
thtic onuidfcwith. ardent hopes; we read
with avidity the parts which produced
these extraordinary effects. When lo!
what dtappohitment ! we see no astonish
ing aberrations of genios, no unrivalled
effusions of fancy. *XVc behold in mo
dern speakers, many specimens of equal
eloquence ?* a display as sflWndld of fafeliec
tua! powers. In U)Ose times imagination
was \he ruling faCuky, but new, judg
is ** lord of the ascendant." A
statesman may feel indignant at the in
jUstiefe of foreign nations ; he may wish
. the emancipation of the wdHcffirom eccle
siastical anflfclitary bondage, but he must
pause ; must deeplv reflect before he preju
dices his country by grematnrfc hostilities,
jMf'hyjiUenipts to exeoute hifMvikl and nu
gatory speculations. Gteece and Rome
s might nave Deen thrown into^onfuSion by
the fancy and frensy of a popular tt&tor*
An appeal to tfieir Gods wot&Nia ve sent
thousands from the Tarpeian rock. The
flight of ravens or the spasms of ir Del- *
~ *? * " volun
Ere
nightof ravens or the spasms of ir
phian prophetess have made many v<
*ary tenants of ^he gloomy realms of
bus. ' .
In the present age, when reason
Ltion have
and
kVe the ascendency of pre
ionffcxtravagant appeals to
and passi ? ? r- -u? ^ ?I9 W
Author of the Uqiverse, are inadmis
le. The Gods of antiquity enjoy in
Ety&ium a repose m undis
turbed and soiitaw as the slumbers of the
? jfatlieii tiants^ \ v ^ J
i f&nce modern oratory consists more in
strength of argument than violence of ges
ticulation ; since declamation, however
plausible, dan not infatuate the minds of
modem judges and politicians, it behoves
the ambitious votary ^f etoqucnce to at
tend to this grand-improvement in jthe taste
of the present age. Let him QOtbe se
duced by the J wonders >that have been
wrought by the rhetoric of ?k older times."
lion, uncptith contortions* and lungs of ada
mant catienly drive a horde of savages to
ation in the bosoms of Indians and Vandals.
I^gt^hifla^then cultivate the reason-end
judgment, whicl\ are the noblest powers of
the riiind. Let htm hot .-tr&at to the sensi
bility of ijiiJiailt1? ao the graces of his
tongue or
adtan
>r melody of
TWiwfen
cs. Wc ac?
\ - - --- of;theirglory is
1 www durable* that its exterior is
furnishi^ with refined unfading splendors.
[ We acknowledge that Philip m*y have
found Demosthenes more formidable than
fleets and armies ; that Cat ali tie's visions
of disorganization vanished before the Hgl.t
1 and poorer of Ciceronean eloauence, But
us (Mbcenddp our own times. Let not
be considered presumption,
country, covered with "chains
whose bodjjy powers bear no
on holier. liitcltecmat resources,
.s fruitful of noble specimens; In the Par
liament of England* the fire of eloquence
h?s frequently darted its coruscations
he sturdy ramparts of power and
u The eloquence of Voltaire,
u, and their proselytes started the
so
throi
the
e fountkin
m JL?
of wumiei
met,
mat'ks and
KA revolution which haa
tfn of refers jof blood, the
coumfe is* catamites, the theatre
of terrible and isastrou* t^gedies.
?very dfcmar
A that ttale,
tupsltj^ of elc ? ? ? -
general infused into his army his own prin
ciples, energy wtf enthusiasm. Notwith
standing the existence of so mpny monu
ments of the power of modcrff^eloquence,
Cicero and ;lfei*osthenes will Bold their
pre-eminence while a reverence for anti
quity, and the prejudicerof Infancy exist.
' ^ .r . . f VJEiNDOWE*
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sv/uMdlers.-- On Saturday: last were
apprehended at Harrisbtttg four
men, having in * their possession
notes to the amount of three hun
dred anu fifty thousand dollars, pur*
porting to be notes of the Miami
Exporting Company-of Cincinnati,
signed Daniel Sharji, preside. It
being ascertained that there .Was no
such bank, they wert committed by
JohnKain, esq. to the goaf on a
charge of gwiyllipg. ? Lan. pap.
REAUVY.
Miltpn was passionately fond of
music. Sometime after his unfortu
nate blindness, hearing a lady sing
finely : " Now will I swear," laid
he," this lady is handsome." l^lis
ears were then eyes tohim.___>J*