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success, so distantly and essentially situated from Europe, to glory; truth is the power of conquest, for God is great in victory, whose great Alexander though a boy, fought and conquered a hundred times his number under the crutches of magnificent kings of robbery, because honesty and charity are on the side of a God of glory, and those for kings fighting for their own slavery. Bonaparte would have conquered all the European continent, had he continued to be an elected chief, the giver of freedom, but for his fixed tyranny he as quick tumbled from his throne, as did king Louis the sixteenth; nor can a king stay on the throne of France, but by arms and deluded presses; the present king Louis must be as successful a conqueror, as ever was Bonaparte, or fall over like Louis the sixteenth, liberty came from the new world, democracy is not deluded to the submission of kings; but by the allies of kings, liberty does not submit willingly, democrats will not be slaves, for the enlightened age is at hand.

Experience truly proved, that a balance of power against Britain in France, was so useful to us at the revolution, that it was much the cause of our success, as we was then a small people; and if Bonaparte's power, could have kept up till we had conquered Canada, all our troops, of forty or fifty thousand in number, now scattered two thousand miles along the Canada lines, and over the lakes; together with all that Canadian force now engaged against us, could have been arrayed along the North American sea board, to act on the de-fensive against all British iniquity. For which very reason, the administration was determined to conquer Canada, while Bonaparte was clothed high in power, engaging the British forces on the other continent; and at a time when Britain had not a thousand troops in Canada, Congress ordered forth the militia to guard the lines, while the troops, with voluntary militia, could march over and conquer Canada, for the entire security of our independence. And nothing else could false federalism do for Britain, better than to frustrate all this plan, at so critical a moment of their beloved mother; thus federal aristocrats are engaged for Britain, for at the moment of the declaration of war, they issu

ed a lying pamphlet, suddenly and unexpectedly to denounce and discourage the war; roaring out in the ear of every fool, that it was a wicked war, and the devil was in it, Bonaparte and all his angels, bribed and intimidated the cowardly Hull, beguiled his whole army to rebellion, withheld and discouraged the militia, in a moment when the militia and soldiers from inlisting for defending our freedom, was never more wanted since the days of the Israelites; and all the rattling and clashing of rebellion and bribery, that the British leaders of federalism could then contrive, went a head to tear down our army, and Madison out of office, and the democrats out of power, by the echo of French influence and the devil; that the devil himself might get in, and surrender the whole country, slaves in cottages, to the speculating devils in palaces. But thank God, the farmer's power is yet the sovereign will, and God grant that it forever may be able to prevent palace devils of British nobility, from crushing us to slavery; and crecting their own palaces, for aristocratical devils to reside in satan's glory, for ignorance to adore, and pay their forgotten homage, in silent sleep and slavish peace, for the want of money, guns, wisdom and government, before it is too late; may we thank God for his Columbian providence, for retaining democratical patriotism, arms, money and government, in his so essential new world of resounding glory, with which to combat the rich ships of the devil, as did the great Alexander the Tyrian and Persian robbers.

But oh how can we get money, when the federals have got it all in banks; a mighty palace party, but the cottage party have money and means enough, for reason will silence rebellion, when all will rise for freedom this glorious day. At the revolution, the motto was, when we had no money, guns nor government, "millions for defence, but not a cent for tribute ;" when for the provocation of that war, Britain only demanded of us a tribute of but a few cents on tea; while for the cause of this war, she asked six thousand seamen, nine hundred vessels, and eight million a year tribute, instead of a cent, which quite alters the case; but now it is with the proselytes of kings, millions for

tribute, and not a cent for defence, now the lawyer's bull is goring the farmer's ox; and a halting war of knuckling for peace to the terms of kings, instead of 66 come on my brave soldiers," as at the revolution was the tone; but the deluded and tories yet say, "go and fight, you war hawks, if you want war, I do not, I will stay at home;" but this stuff cannot last when light shines, and soon neutrals will appear like withered limbs,deranging the whole body,N England wont always stand defiled, she will soon mortify in downfal from her deluders, and the fine fabricated union of Washington, will change from rebellion to obedience.

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But says the deluded, "if we had waited, and had not declared war till now, we might have saved millions;" not dreaming that the whole art of war, is then to be learned, an army then to be surrendered, and New-England militia to be withheld at a moment when Bonaparte is down, and the British army poured in on us, as it now is pouring; but the deluded will say, "Britain would not send her army here, had ve not declared war," but how do you know that? It is no easy matter, for Britain to declare, war against us, and at the same time have her Wellington army all cut and dried in Canada, ready to march with the declaration of unexpected vengeance, throwing over our heads, kings proclamations and compulsions, to call us home from our thirty-seven years journey. There is ro trusting British magnanimity, which laid in fames the fine Copenhagen, and crushed millions in the FastIndia, under her yoke of taxation, and poured fames over these states before the revolution; and before this war, robbed us of millions of money, vessels, and seainen. Is there any trusting human power, let leese at random upon the wide wave, without any other order than British aristocracy? where can we set bounds to British tyranny ? she can flatter, you can love her, and you can love the devil; and a fool loves his master; but do you want to knuckle, because British agents tell you this is a wicked war.

The orders of government are wise and just, but rebellion is the devil; had we all united obedient to our laws hand in hand, Canada would have been taken,

while Britain was playing the war against Bonaparte; but because our army was entering Canada, when Bonaparte was entering Russia; it was a French war, a wicked war, and the devil was in it. What if Bonaparte had entered Russia, when Washington's army entered Canada, at the revolution; then would governor Strong have withheld the militia, so as to frustrate the plan of his country?

At the beginning of the war, not a thousand effectual regulars, had Britain in Canada. Had not the plan of the general government been frustrated by the petty federal state aristocratical interference, of a foul New-England; Canada would have been ours, and honor done to the examples of Washington, but tories will be tories, and their deluded follow them; because they see Washington's name, fixed on the badge of their bosom, in benevolent societies, as though the name of Washington was the very Washington himsilf, come to life. If so, Washington has turned his coat, for these little badge Washingtons, scattered about in New-England's rebellion; fight in the opposite scale from the revolution, for they fight for Britain; which the real Washington so much hated, and fought against when alive.

But the dupes of New-England, were frightened another way; for they beheld rise out of Massachusetts, a figure of a great beast, which they called a Gerry Mander, and ten thousand flew into the arms of its maker, as though democracy was the very devil himself, and he who created the beast gets behind the curtain, and there pretends to be the bulwark of our religion and liberty, but will not this beast of Massachu setts, soon turn all his power against his maker, and crush him never to rise more.

Then how sleep the fiends who sink to dust,
By all the good and the virtuous curst,

The dupes of New-England, even thought the democrats districted Massachusetts, full as crooked as the devil drew his Gerry Mander picture, or they

would have never flew into the arms of a Strong Mander.

Let us know the truth of this thing in earnest. All constitutions in the United States, require two branches in the same government, to administer them, and which ought to be the case with all constitutions, the reason of this, is, that mankind are so liable to become divided into two parties, thus to enact ruinous laws unconsidered, that if there is no check by one party to the other, the aristocratic party will go all lengths, till they are both ruined; thus it is provided, that there shall be a Senate and House of Representatives, one branch of which be a negative or check to the other; and the members of these two branches be elected from different districts, or at different times, and the districts for the one branch be permanent, and the other changeable, or the members of one branch, be elected oftener than the other; in order that when a cunning, artful, rebellious minority, rises up to usurp the government from the former party, by a warlike opposition, and which has always been the case in all countries, to overthrow the government of the people; the party in power by possessing the power, as provided by the constitution, can so arrange the districts, as to keep one party in power, in one branch of the government, and if the other party rises to fill the other branch, either of the Senate or of the Representatives, the two parties of the country will then become exactly tied, and neither party can enact a single law for the persecution and ruin of the other. Thus the hands of both parties are tied; that aristocrats cannot wholly get on to the throne, to the detriment of the labouring community, and be their kings, thus a free constitution, for a republic is framed in this manner, for that purpose; for if human laws were never enacted, liberty is never destroyed; though laws must be had, if we mean to enjoy regular society, but good laws can protect with freedom, as well as bad laws will crush with tyranny.

Thus as the ten years came round, requiring according to the constitution of Massachusetts, that state to be newly districted; and as the minority of that state was in British favor, frustrating our common

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