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-* To be thus i* nothing ;
Bo< to be saftrir tho*.1'-? Marker
I have frequently contemplated
with emotion^ of astonishment and
regret, the lavish exultation &nd
j>rOud complacency "with which our
fellow citizens of the United States
dwell' upon the prosperous Condi
tion of the republic, as it now
stands, while they ? scarcely threw
away a thought upon its future des
-^ttnierror, if they do think of the
object at all, seem insensible to
the dangers which already threaten
Co beset it, and regard wicft \an in
difference hard to be accounted for,
the momentous, indeed awful ques
tion of its eventual durability or dc
~csy~.~ tuxuriaring in the t harms
of froedom, independence, plenty,
even to abundance, and the consci
ousness of a state of earthly felicity
before unknown a^d scarcely ima
gined? they dance and pipe, and
tu4$a the ring of enjoyment, e*riL
tOiatiety, filled With con fi dence
almost puerile, and puffed up in
*5 perfect security of the perman
ence 6f the blessings they now en
joy as if along with them Frovi-j
dence had vouchsafed to this repub
lic, a privilege denied to all sublu
nary things* arid wanted it a* ex
emjHion troifi dfewftditions and ca*
value* annexed^ eve y tenure on
this'Aide of ctei riity ? from the ra
vages vof" hum ah vice, from the en
?croacfftnent ot" accidenc, and from
the outrages of time. ? With an
apathy which nothing but short
sighted ignorance, or the intoxica
tion so otpnbjconjcquent t^ Jkuerne
prosperity, could, redeem from sen*
tence of guilt, they look heedlessly
on, while the seed? of ddWnfal, long
sown in our sociajfr)iabic& are spring
ing around them, 8c growing up with
baleful luxuriance in the rising man
'Iiers and ruliftg orincioles of the
'tUnes. The Ristorpof the world
lyiag^>peii4>efot^them, ^where they
may see written the sad, but inevi
table fate of all past nations, they
shut their eyes against the instruc
tion it contains, and while ic pro
claims in oqc uniform, unabating
tone of language, that luxury is :hc
fatal gulph in whieh the most proud
And prosperous nations of the earth
have terminated their career, and
from which, not one that it had ev
er grasped, was afctrwaids safely
extricated, they gallop forward in
that course with the blind ardor of
youthful infatuation, every day ad
vance nearer and nearer to the verge
of the abyss and mSst . erelong, if
not arrested in their progress, reach
that point where the intensity of
the attraction being too powerful
^fbr human resistence, thcty will be
dragged along by it, a$d, yogether
their republic, sink as all
others have done, tmo irremidiable
destruction*
That the greatest ealamir/ that
can befall a nation it the introduc
tion of luxury among its people,
especially When it becomes genet ai
mid is carried to such a length that
individuals either muse live beyond
their means or incur the censure of
meanness 2 and that its consequen
ces are peculiarly dangerous to re
publics, has been so fully and fre
quently demonstrated by the experi
ence of ages, that one might rea
sonably suppose few were so igno
rant as not to understand the wet.
Tec, the manners of the times en
counter that supposition* Aipea
_ lit <*f every emasculating
s-k Ivcfrjrvdegrading ^ani
V -jweenin^ covetousness
t>f money rp be lavished tn saucy
aristocratic parade, insolent stateti*
tiett, ostentatious finery a id splen
dor, and sensual gratification, hive
fastened Hke a deadly epidemic not
only on those wealthier persons Of
pride and fashion, who give the
tone to our general manners, but on
the inferior tribes? -cheir servile im
itators, who without property to
support, ape their vanity, and at
the expcncc of the domestic rom
forts, their family's food, -and the
pockets of those who trust them,
I follow their bad example, increasing
by their number the mass of conta
! gion, and poisoning, by their ex
' ample again, the manners and prin
I ciple> or those below them, down
even to the negro slave, where the
plague stops only for want of a sub
jectof a subordinate condition to
be acted upon. This certainly in
dicates a total forgeifulness of all
that had been tau^h? upon Lie sub
ject* or else an entire or radical ig
norance of man and His hist^rv. It
therefore becomes ihe duty of those
who assume the superintettdancc of
the moral and political press, to in
ter-pose in time) and, if possible,
rouse the people to a sense of the
danger, and to a recollection of
those historical facts which, as they
bear upon this momentous con
cern, ought to be plaGcd prominent
ly in the general view, in order the
more effectually to serve as a bea
con UMiarn off the thoughtless and
unsuspecting
^Vith this view i propose to o&
for you for publication in your val
Itle paper, some rematks from
ie to time, which though neglect- I
by die sluggish mopes of fashion, |
derided by the obstinate devotees
of vanity and Vice, sneered at by
the fair slaves of the toilet, and
cursed as an illiberal bore by the
swaggering intemperate coxcombry
of the land-*? though they shpuid
be hooted by the whole bodv of
taylors, mi/Ii . erv, and mantua^-ma1
kers ? railed at by the formi labJe
corps of liquor vender*, keepers
of taverns* buaard tables and bro
thels? and in shore, aiu hemauzed
by the whole tribe who feed and j
fatten on the vices, foUiest sensuali
ty, vanity and luxury of che upstart
ed monied aristocracy of the uni
on, and their more contemptible
imitators, will rcccivc the assent
and approbation of all the wise, tiie
well informed, and the virtuous
men who read them.
I am aware tft.-ac in the course of
my intended lucubrations, I shall
run the risk of kurcing the feelings
of some, and of clashing violently
with the pre possesions of others ;
that T shall have to contend with
the vanity and seW-lovc of the far
greater part of ycftjr reader s,^nd
above all, %ith that c convenient
creed whic^9 for want of a better,
(he disciples of fashion and sensu~
ality, high and low, have borrowed
from the Epicureans, so well ex
pressed by thc most brilliant mem*
berof the sect,* Horace 2
Safiiaa j vina liquet% et ?fiaeio krrvi
Sficm ionium retecea dum iotjuimur% fu~
invida
Oeta ? ; ear fie Diem , quam minium credu/a
fio*tero.
So says the favorite of Moecenas
and the adul&tOr of Octaviu* **
a moral sentiment which Gay puts,
but in less elegant terms* into the
mouth of his highwayman hero
Macheath. 1 shall not, however,
be deterred by such obstructions
I am not one of those bland reform
ers, who, like Pope's courtly Dean,
"never mention hell to ears polite/'
Nay, I think that by so much the
more acutely as my observations
shall be felt, by so much the mor<T
evident will appear the propriety
of urging them, and the more effi
cacious too, will be their operation
In such cases *e verity is mercy*?
When, not merely the cause of vjr
tut and domestic morality, but
the Fecur^g^y^ermanence of the
that ever
on this globe,
with the evil,
be criminal. To
w when an alarm ought
VKgt and whett tlnrs ought
to be extorted from mi&chievdua
folly and vice, would, indeedt be
ImJiti cumsacrts. No : they mast
be 1rcld up as objects of reprobation
? JL it it ? well known fuel that ?lr Wrf
It am fonti eouW not patiently efktahr to
hear the epithet of AuguMu* prostituted
'?? 'he appropriation of it to thia onprinei
pi* $ and mean character.
to
and s<re>-n, m to ethers.
44 To lau^hevtn at fools," says a
distinguished modern critic and po
e:, 4< is superfluous ; if they under
stand you, they wiiljoin in the mer
riment? *but more commonly they
ytUl sit Vrith vacant unconcern, and
gaze at their own pictures. To
laugh at the vicious is to encourage
them ; jbr there is in such meiL __
^wilfulness ? of ? disposition ia|hich
prompts them to bear up against a
shaflie, and to sh< w how littles t
regard slight reproofs by becoming
more audacious in baseness. Good
ness, of which the characteristic is
modesty v may, 1 fear, be ashamed j
but vice, like folly, to be restrained^
must be overawed."
In the course of my remark*, 1
intend to adduce historical exidence
to demonstrate that luxury has been
the common cause, without a sin
gle exception to the contrary, of
the fall of all the republics but
those of switfcerlind,*' With this sin
guter additional prooT to warrant
my conclusion, namely, rhat the
Helvetic republics *ere the on*
ly ones that were constitutionally
guarded against luxury by seveie
sumptuary laws The Republics
otGieeceand Rome, present ca
ses in point ; they had no checki
upon luxury, and therefore they
fell. Even the superior wisdom of
the British institution has ?ot been
! able to save that country irom the
! blighting influence ot luxury j and*
?' what is very extraordinary, and
| would seem to reduce us, as intel
j ligent beings ; almost to a level
? with the fnoth that flutters about
i thr candle -flame till it burns it**lf
to death, or to the bird which,
'while it screams%ith horror at the
snake* yields itself up to its farina*
tion, and flies into its deadly jaws,
is that we srtiuse ourselves with
comments and sarcastic remarks
upon the deplorable state of Eng
land, and the inevitability of her
fail ? that we deride the luxury and
parade of her nobles, and insist the
extravagance and sensuality of her
chief magistrate, without teeming
once to reflect that, reckoning the
existence of her constitution from
the date of Magna Charta, she
lias been more than six hun
dred years reaching the point
of luxury at which she now stands,
and *hich unfortunately we have |
nearly attained in the thirty-sixth J
year of our national existence. 1
j LUCILiUS.
Members of Kirsbaw Ledge
No. 55.
WHKREAS, I have ihit day ^received
a C ommunicatton Irom ibe Cimud . Lodge
to which we owe juri*dic>i<m, announcing
officially the Umon of the two Grand Lod -
f$e? of this btale, and accom^nicd by the
aruOee. of the Umon, concurred in uoaut
niou>iy by cacti r
? Ahd Wh*rtu*% I am required to lay the
tame before the Officer* *i?i Members ot
the Lodge over which 1 have (He honour
to preside, in Lodge assembled, in order
that they may take the saole into consider*
at) on, and solemnly determine whether
they will acquiesce in or disacnt from the
Terms of the said Union. You ere there
fore hereby notified and required to ghw
your attendance st tho Lottyp Room M
Camden, on the regular lodge
cisely at 6 o'clock# which
TUhSlMY the 23d day of July ne*t.
The utmost punctuality is tnjeined on
the members, as the business is of a Kb*
mentous and interesting nature*
CHAPMAN LEVY*
Muter of IrrdM Lodge A#. If.
June S3. *LV> i ?< '6l?*4f
COPARTNERSHIP
<R. V a: WILLI4W bare taken the
Store formerly occupied br Mr- Paiir* *?
Thomktow* en B oed-atreet, en# door be
low the Msvtet* opposite I L Coisman'& ;
where thef offer for sele English and Ame
Hea? goTTorf GOODS. .
\ l?r*j? mwiIwiw of CVT'KAItS.
frottt 3<t to tOd | all of which Will be wild
**tf lo< - NJp C1'-" ?%
June 9, tf
THE SUBSCRIBERS
HAVE, received per the Milo, Captain
tlronson ^twm Liverpool, a handsome
^Weiionef HA^OWAkB, CU riaftRY
Stc. pnt op hi packages well assorted, which
iher offer for sale at eJow advance.
<T S. MURRAY te Co.
Charleston, May 1? 10 If. rf . 1
veiung.pre*
will be en
L!.il OF 1 r- TTI- S.S
Fern ahitrig in .hc / c*f Ojfict , < cmze"* <>? e .
fro.n 1'ir \*t Ap.r\L 10 lue 30 h Ju\f%
(B ) Bsrnet Micbatt. b?ykm Stcpft<?,3?
liri on Mra. Ualen Richard, Ballard Wm.
Hrieiil Dennis, Bradley May rant, Bloyse
Vlary, lite ih wick Saml. hcuneti James,
Brigs Doctor. Belk * ti>ann?h, Hlakely
Amelia, Bradford Thomas Bryant J^mes.
(C) Collins Jesse, Chambers Wil)i?mv
Clay Martha, %, Collins Davis, Caton Wm*
Champion L. George, Chappel James,
Cook Abrahaip. I "
(D.) Digg* Marv, Davis Edward, DzV
sis Ransom, Davidson Robert, Duke That.
Haiti* -Elisabeth? D*n*y Jdtkm S, Di^p*
Judith, 8, Diggs Christopher, Dye Shalby.
(E.) EUisser Mr. L.ison Zcchtriiih
Doctor.
(F.) Fox John, Flake 6s
John, Ti?yd Jo hit; ?
<^av Martha, Graham Durtru
Gooi h Heron, i Gourtey Hujtfw {Jadbold*
Gazuwjy, (ivoige David Dr. GiHia t??nl.
(H ) Harris Wm. Hempstead B. ttofciU*
Hopkins Elirabeth, Hitikie Isaac*
C?eor^c, Harrison James Harrison Ti
Jtiilliard Wm. Capt. Hix John, Hov**V
HfcmSS, Hall Thos Hart Moses, Hayne*---i
Jnsish, Hill B Moses, Horton HoU
lis, Hunter St ark, Hail 1 hos. ttewett Har
lot > Haiti* Reuben,
(I.) inuiatii WiJliatn> tnf*raA ItbolU
Jones Darling. James Renclricfc! W>.
(L# ) Little DiiitJ, Limbecker
Lard F cdctick, Lenoir Win, Lissenhv
?
^i)c'
(Mo McKva Alexander, Maria, %
* ma In a& ? ^ V
? . ... ? ? iu?ni| ?' aetv
vant, Mrtlan Kictuid. Murphy Joseph, Me
thieu J. B. 2. McEachern Peter, Mm<
field A. Mary, Massenftale Martha, Ml^
well John. McDowell Archibald Moss Da*
via. M 'Bellar James, Morauel M. Masaef
Olivtr.
(9-) Oquin Angt*. (P.} Petty George,
Petti^reu Market, Parish Jeremiah, 3,
Private Jjmrt. ?-atufson Janus, pitman
Mr. People* Johtt.
XR.) House Mt? Re\tl D*erharn R\saad
S. David. Rustftl James. Roger Shudrmit
Roe James, Rohinton IMios*
(S.) Belt Stephen, Spears Charlea, Sill*
ders Garqer, Shircr Jacob, Sanders Josiah
Smith Archy, Smith 6. James, Stephens
John. ?
(VV ) Woodward Robt* Weitberry lo*
rraihab, Wftson Edward, Warren 1 Uaa
beth, Walden, Danl, 1. Waltfs John, Wat*
son James, Watson Vtm. Ward Sarah,
Watts Benjamin, Warren Thos. White
James, Wikbo* James, Wood ham Aris,
Young Robert, Young ttuey.
>, ISAAC SMITH,
? July I4 rot Mister,
LETTERS
Ranmining in the Po*t Office & X^nCatttr .
Court-!/? ft) SO/AAw, I Git.
A . Peter Aron, James, Adamson? B.
Martha Baker, James Bates, Simon Bow*
den, 2 . David Bates, Kennedy Bailey, Jas.
Blacfcman? C. James Collins, Sa?ah Cas
ton, Tirsah B. Cr?Jg, VVm. Cantuttgton,
Thomas Cothran, John Connel, Elijah
Croxton, Hugh Coffey ?D. John Dorety,
David M., Davis ? 1L Jesse Edwmr<U? Ma
ry Evans? A. Lucy Fundevburk, Johu
Funderbut k? G. John , Gayden, George
CMdoiv Reuben Graved John Gatnbfey
John Gooch, //.William Hillard, Ni?
thaniel Huff, Paul Howel, Benjamin Haile,
Henry Hancock, Mat y, .Hood?/. Samuel
Johnston, James Ingram, W mJngranv_
Wm. liom,Thoa Johnston F. In* ram- OK*
Joseph Kiik. Nathan Ktmbral, 3? L, b ??
rah Lalhen, Bucknei l<anier, 3 John I <anyft
John . Ljnn, J mum l,anutey? ^f. Joh^
M'Ardle, Ms^ojVMoHni JohnL. MiUif, lj
Hu*h Mf Mullen. Alexander Montgomery
? N Fdwaid Nat im?re? P Coomod
Ver, John ? anton-rR John Roger*, Jostpfc
Ray, K.iz.bcih Ktchy, Jtsse
M??ul S e*en*? James Scott. Shetod Sims*
Jane Stevens-? T. Jatnu laylnf, JttrtMf
Tubble, Joadoti Thompson, ,8-V. fv.tr
Vaaighan? W. Drury Watson. John
Wade, Nancy Welch, John Welcb, Prit*
aUla Williamson* a tA :fr Wr ^
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