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Notrthern Stary,
AND FARMERS AND MECHANICS ADVOCATE.
VOLUME V
PRINCED AND PUBLISILED BY
CHARLES RANDALL.
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FARMERS): MEOHRANIOS
ADYOO N RE,
M Editor.—J have known many far
mers lose 'catile, sheep’ and bhogs, by
their being choked with roots and ap
ples, and other similar articles, and
have lost them myself, till | found the
lemedy below.
When an animal is choaked, take a
quart of water, a little more than milk
warm, an:l putin it a good large spoon
ful of soft soap, and stir it wel and
turn it down the creatures throat, a
bout one third at a time. | never
knew it fail of making them throw up,
It causes the throat to be slippery, aid
the root is then easily disladged.
W. LirTLe.
N. E. Farmer.
MANUFACIURE OF. SCOTCH
WHISKEY.—Itis a iemarkable fact,
says major general Stewart, in an arti
cle on the prevention of smugaling in
the Hlighlands, inserted in'the Quarter
Iy Journal of Agriculiure, thata spirit
of the best qualicy and flavor has been
disti led by men w'th their epparatos
at the side of a bmn, and, perhaps,
changing weekly from fear of discuve
ry ; walting on the open heath far up
the hiils and buirying on the whoie
process tu avoid detection: yet, with
ail these disadvan'ages, they received
the highest price in the market for the
epirit thus manufactured. The quanti
1y might, pe: haps, be less than what
could be produced by a more regular
process of distillition ; butSthen fhe
liquor was so much superior in flavour
and quality, as to compensate for the
defizient rquantity, Several of those
men have been employed by way of ex
periment, in a licensed distillery wn
the estate of Garth, with directions (o
proceed in their own way, oulg to be
regulated by the laws under the con
trol of an officer ; yet, with the advan
tage of the best utensils, the pures: wa
ter, and ¢he best fuel, they produced a
sy it quite inferior in quality & tlaver,
which they made unde¥ the shelter ol a
rock, orin a den, und it sustained nei
ther the same price nor character in
the maiket, —[Quart. Juurn. Agri.
ST grEee ppEm—— e Ereme @EE——TTR ]
From (he Eastera Argus. ‘
StlopriNG THE VAlL.~There is an omai
ous meaning in the simultaneous efforts mal
ingthro’ the petitions that are inundatin
Congress through nearly every State in . th
Union, praying to have the transportation o
the mail on Sundays prohibited by law.
We have read no procuction upon this sub
ject withmore real satisfaction. than a let
ter from Rev. Joun LerAnp,[a Baptiet, Mi
ister |of Massachusetts, to Col. R. M. Joun
soN, published in the U. 8. Telograph of ths
12th uliimo. Thathe is a man of soun:
scnse, and of sound hiboral views, is abundan
ly made manifest by hislettcr. That he is
also assound and liberal in his politics, as he
can cr need be in his religion,will not be doul
ted, whenit is known that he is the sam«
gentloman who transmitted the Mammotl
Chease to Mr. Jeffarson in 1801, and that he
was incarcerated on board a British prison.
ship during the revolutionary war,oon accoun
of his ardent dovotion te the cuuse of civi
and religious liberty. We wish we had mer
of such men in our land.
After expiessing the highest approbation of
Prosilent Jacksen's Message, he proceeds in
L‘u lotter to Col. Johson, us fellows :
‘The message iy lengthy, but not
supeflucue. Long agitis, [ wish it
conlained another solemn warning to
Congress, to do nothing, (in legislative
capacily) that would hape any bearing
n religions opiniang,
fl Alarge number of the people wn con
€cert, have petitioned Congress 10 stop
the transportation of the mail on Sun
days because (hey believe in their con
sciences (hat Sunday shoald be kept
boly and fize fiom all servile labor,
The repost of the Commitiee of the
Senate, last session, on the petition,
ts leplete with candour and strength of
argument ; the radical parts of which
never Lave and never ¢un Le conluted ;
but still ithas not pul the matter to
rest. New memorials are to be present
el to Congress=—peiseverauee 19 urg=,
ed—iircligion is 'rumpeted —and the
learning aud religion of the peiitivners
are to outweigh all vppusition,
‘l'he cunatitu.ien of 1} ¢ United States
is a chaiter of powers grunted and
rights retuned ; smong il the enumer
ated powers given to Covgres, there is
none that authoiizes them '0 deter
mine what duy of the year or week
the people shall abstain trom labor e
travwl, Should they therclore make
such a poweiless law, it wouid be un
}coumi'uliulml. ‘There me many thou
sandein the United States who cbn-l
!sciou inusly keep the seventh duy of the
weck for Sabbath. Should Congress
stop the transportation of the mul on
the seventh day and continue it on Sun
duy, what would tie pelitioners say ?
Would they not complain of a paruaii
ty shown to the Sabbatariavs, to the
griel of the Sundarians 2 It amounts
(o nothing to say there is a majority
that prefer the observance of Suiday }
to any uther day, for minorities have
unalienuble rights, which oug't nn(,i
and cannot, be surrendercd 10 Govern |
ment. The God we adore—the wor- l
ship we pay him, and the times of per
forming that worship, are aiticles not
within the compass ol auy Gentile leg- ‘
izlavure. The design of civil Govern
I {ment, which 1s to protect the lives, lib
, [erty, and property, of the many units
-Iwhich formthe whele budy, is every
|'wny answered without that su:render.
* 1 Government should defend the rights
llul’ the religionists, (as citizens) but all
[ religions upinions of none. I the pe
» litioners me secured n therr persons
.i'aml tiglts, why should they desire
> mare 7 ‘Their consciences can never
»fbe charged with guilt, for what others
do ; for couscience belongs alone to
the home department. W hy ghoulil
| I they wish to stretch and lop oft' (like
| Procustes, , und briog all te their stand
lard 2 The driving of a carriage wi |
l}nci:l-er terriy them, nor brewk their
‘|devotion ; fu- many of them are driven
[to the places of their devotion, If
| sabbaical laws nre necespary (o govern
' the peupls on Sunday, and keep llnem{
' feom all business but religinus dulies,
(why notmake a law to prevent Sun
{day Schools ; for there is no greater
,'w[’nhon Lecween education and relig
,inn, than there i+ Dbetween ltavellmg’
‘and qeligien. *aul and his conpany |
(od baggage, were five days travelling
by water fiom Philippi to “I'roas. In
l'l'rou they tarried seven days ; lhc'
. last of which was the first day of the
{ week ; ol course ene of the five days i
| wgs Sunday ; and yet there was to
L of consc ence, or law of Cougress |
to prevent them [rom transporling them |
sclves and goods on Sunday. o i
Should Congre~s indulge ihe petition |
_!crs. and pass alaw to stop the tianspoc
< 1 tation of the mail on Sunday, it would
"be a nest egg for themselves and oth
-0 |Ers. Encouraged by success they
¢ woud next procevd to have the duys of
Chistmae, and Easter, and their asso
- | ciations and u{uodo exempted in the
. |same way, and where would it end ?
2 The Sabbatarians with the Jews, (fid
_ling Comfless flexibie,) woenld with e~
._qwl vight, claim a law te scanciily
g Saturday for their convenience. When
L | ever nlegislature legalize holy days,
| !cmedu of faith, forms of worship, or
' I pecuniary reward for religious servi
° | ces, they intiude into the Kingdom of
thhrial. antl impeach \he wisdum of the
» "ivine law gwver [for not knowing
h how,] or bis gowdness, for not giving
® | ALL laws necessary in his government.
-1 'l'he deadly pill, at first, will always
¢t be rolled in honey T'he hunor of re
| ligion=—the spread of the gospel—the
o ’ piety and lesearch of the reformers—
the good of society—the salety of the
state; and the sALVATION oF souLs,form
the situp, in which the poisonvus pill
i hidden. 1t is fiom men, high in ex
teem of holiness and wisdom, that the
worst of usages and most cruel laws
proceed; for base characters defeat
their own wishes. The henrt of king
Asa was perfect all bhis days ; yet he
oppressed some of the people—wus
mad ut the seet who reprowed him—
sad made n law, that whosvever wauld
not seak the Lord should be put to
death,
Admit of the principle that religion
is an institute of state policy, and the
WARREN R. 1. SATURDAY. MARCH 6, 1830.
4 Many plead for an equality of all
christian societies, und plead” s sirang
| Iy that they should become bdcl!._o pol
‘nc. and b+ supported by the civil luw,
| 1¥ this is for Christiun societivs, it 1s
| a 8 proper for Jews, Pagan or Mahome
(den sucieties ; but “l‘“b‘f;‘{ countend
ed for, should be guaranteed to each
liudim’dual. a 8 his inalieuable right,
| which cunnot be meddled with withvut
fn.urpalion in the rulers which turns
them to tyranis, |
Those who wish to call in the strong
arm of the law to delend their opinious,
give evidence that they have not logic
al reasoning, on moral and religious sub
jects, 1o sujpoit their weak dogmas,
I am sorvy that Congreas have com
mitted themwelves Ly ,)rocedent of
giving their Chaplains a legal rewird
for religious services. Hew prepos
teraus the sound! A far fetched con
stiuction supports it. ‘The law of rea
'son and revelation enjoin a reward to
the laborer ; but if Congress should re
‘ward the Chaplaios with their own con |
tributions, it would look more like
simple Christianity, The people at
large, have none of the devo ion or in-i
tnrumion of the Chaplains ; nor any
voice in electing them; why then
should they be taxed where they are!
not represented 7 The Chaplain ho
would net attend on lequest, wnd trast
110 the promise of Christ, and the benev
olence of his riends, without legal obli
!gau’ou. would be selling his prnyorfl
for muney and tarning the gospel into
weichandize. The tiing here spoken
of, is a sm.ll moiety which the nution
can never feel ; but trace it to its 100 t
an! it contains that principle which is
8o pernicious in the wotld ; and is
now used as a stirrup by the petitions
to mouunt the steed anl ride doewn the
people.
lo all other respects Congress hive
been cautions »ud wise in every thing
that has any bearing on conscience
und religious lights 3 and even in this
paticular they have made tae best of a
bad ; lor they bave shown noe paitiali- !
Ly to sects or sentiments in their elect- ‘
1015,
I have written a long epivtle, but it
isnut likely that 1 ever shall wiite any
more ; formy age advises me that the
lime of iny departure is near
Youry with respect,
JOHN LAELAND.
Cheshire, Mass. Jan Bth, 1830.
When one is lod seriomsly to reflect upon
the completoe harmony that exists in every
part of [the visible creation, mothing but a
feeling of deep reverence for Him, whose
prerogat.ve it 1« to rule, takes possession of
the mind, and with one acco:d the honor is
given to the being, by whose mighty feat al|
things were brought into existence. Amd per
haps, among the whole of the works of na
ture, there is no one thing which displays the
hand of an overruling providence, more than
the different movements of the mighty wn—l
ters. Behold the smooth and tranquil sheet
~with ne object to itercept the prospect witn |
in the ** field of view,” —cast your eye down |
before you, und thete you will perceive a cor:
roct hikeness of the original, in us much pot-'
fection, as the mirror can bring it te your
mind, All is delighlful ; all things seem in
viteing 1o a partieipation in the »pparent ease
and composure of the peaceful occnion.-—-!
Again visit Ihe same spot and how directly !
opposite the sensaiions, that will be cnltod.'i
Where there was nothing but tend ed to quiet |
and console the imagination when you last
sawit, now is prosented a scenc awfnlly sub
lime, and one which would fill tha mind with
dreadful consternation, were it not for the
thought, that there is one wh) ** bindeth the
floods from overflowing ** The whole body
of the d-ep, appearsin active motie's, 1m..,
after surge, and billow afier billow, washe®
tha prejecting promontory, until the vfl,]
place on which yeu stand, seemw to tremble
to its very foundation. The eye can only ex
tend its view tn the short distance of a few,
foaming, dashing waves, and all i+ Jost in
the tumult of the seene. The roaring break «
ers strike & dread upon the scneos. Reason
®irives 1o keep its sway, but strives in voin,
Fruitless proves the effort. to stand unmoved
and voslarmed. Imperceptibly you find your
powers in vigerous exercise,to make an es -
cape from the elemont which ap _eam to
péople huld their liherty by the tenure
of tie will of the lagisliture ; which is
very changenlilc—o?ut_; 'cprgup! 3 nud
many times very cruel. © Adwit of tie
principle, nnd approve of that which
hus rearcd an in quisi.ion uniigdienclied
the earth with blood. o~ -
MORAL & RELIGIOUS.
For the Star.
threatens your certain destruction. But jt
should be recollected, that he whe * made
the weight for the winds and we gheth the
waters by mensure,”’ hath power 1o cauee
the waves to roar, as the noise of the pesling
thunder, and their foaming white capt tops
to resemble the swift passing cloud, from
which, issucs the devastating hurricane, or
the lightning’s forked flash. When ghe
thovght flits across /the mind, that whas+is
here on earth displayed is but an adumbration
of the vast and unsp@tkable gréatrcas ol his
doings, the imaginatien islost in the infinit.
udo of his attributes, & all which distinguish
our reflections is wonder and amazement
'~ RELIGIOUS SECTS. Ihe
number of Roman Catholics in the
United States is greater than tkat
ol any une Protestant Sect, It is at
this moment, considerably more than
600,000, I'he Methodists are more
numerous than any other Protestant
Secty, whose exact numbers are giv
en anbunting to 421,000, ‘T'he Cal
vinistic Baptigts, have 4,000 Church
es, but the number of Communicanty
does not appear. We shall estimate
them at 150,000, ‘l'he Presbyteri
ans nnmber 146,297 members. The
Orthodox Congregationalits, 115,-
000, Unitarian, 150 congregations,
Episcopal Churches, 598, German
Relormed, 80,000 members, KEvan
gelical Lutheran,Boo congregations.,
Christian Suciety, 1.000 churches.
Friends, the whole number egtima
ted at about 750,000 ~but they are
divided into two parties, dilfering
very widely. Besides this nuw
ber includes a great many who are
only Quakerg in their parentage,
and pechaps their dress. Univeasal
istny 300 congregations, Freewill
Baptists, 335 churches. A dozen
other sects number varionsly, fiom
a few hundred, to 20,000 each.—[N
}‘o Obs.
“» el
!“ff’:?mmm’s picty and virtue are
not dis'inct possessions ;3 they are
himself, and all the fglory which be
longs to themn belongs to himself, <
What is religion 2 Not a foreign in
habitant 5 not something alien to our
nature, which comes and takes up its
abode in the soul 5 itis the soul it
self, lilting itsell wp to its Maker,
What is vietue 2 It is the soul, list
ening tng and revering, and obey
ing u law, which belongs to its very
essence— the law of duty, Wesome
times smile when we hear men decry
yins human natare, and in the same
ibrcalhing cxslting religion to the
skivs, as if religion were ony thing
more than human nature, acting in
übedicuce to its chief law.— [Chan
ning. ‘
From the Literary Magazine.
A LESSON FOR JURORS.
A judge, who lately travelled the,
northwest civenit of Ireland came tu!
the trial ol a cause in which most of|
the local conscquences. of certain
demagogues in the neighborhood
were concerned : it was the case ol
a landlord®s prosecution against a
poor man, his tenant, for assault and
baltery. commilted on the person ol
the prosecutor, by the defendant, in
the preservation of his only child, an
innocent and beaunt.ful gidl, from ray
ishinent, \When the pove man was
brought into court, and put to the
bary the prosecutlor appeared, and
swore most manfully to every article
in the indichinents o was cross
examined by jurorsy, who werg com
posed ol hounest teadesiman and farm
ers. ‘The poor man had no luwyers
to tell lits story ; he pleaded his own
cause, and he pleaded, wot to the fan
ey, but to the heart. Uhe jury
found Lim not guilty. T'he court
was enraged 3 but the surrounding
spectators, gladdened to exultation,
uttered a shont of applause, ‘T'he
Judge told the jury they must go back
Ao their jury room and re-consider
the matter ; adding, * he was sur
)priu«l they conld presume to return
Ao infamous a verdict.,” The jury
bawed, went back, and in a quarter
‘M’ an bour returned, when the fore
wan, & vencrable old man, thus ad
dressed the beneh : *¢ My lord, in
rmflhm‘o with your desire, we
went back tv vur jury leom ; Lut
|an we foundd no reason to alter whr
Tapinions or pur verdict, we rotuin it
'lin the same words as belore, net
|guilty. We ;519'.‘_ your Jurdsbip’s
f]cx!rmrtnnuy anguage of veprouf,
Tbut we do not accept it as properly
{or warrantably applying to ns. It
is trae, my lord, that we oursclves,
'gludh idually considered in our private
| cupucities, may be poor inlffnvil'wont
jmen, therefore, iu-that Jight. we
[claim nothing out of this box above
|the common regards of our humble
bt honest stations ; but, my lord,
ussembled here as a jury, we cannnt
be inxensible to the great and con
stitutional importance of the depait
ment, we now fill ; we feel, my lords
that we are appointed, as YoU are,
by the law and the constitution, not
only as an impartial tribunal to
judge between the king and his sub
Jects, the offended and offender, but
we act in a situation of still greater
contidence ; fur we form, as 8 jur",
the barrier of the people aguiust Ihe
possible influence, prejudice, passion,
or corruption of the bench. T'o you,
wy lord, meeting you within these
walls, 1, for my own part, might
possibly imecasure my respects by
your private virtues ; but the mo
ment Tam enclosed in this place,
your privite character i invisible ;
for itis, in my eyes, veiled in your
official one, and to open conduct in
that only can we look,
‘This jury, my lord, does not, in
this business, presame to offer to that
bench the smallest degree of disre~
spect, much less of iusult 3we pay
it the respect one tribunal should
pay to another, for the common hon
or of both, ‘This jury, my lord, did
uot arraign that bench with pat tial
ity, prejudice, infamous decision,
nor yet with influence, passion, cor
ruption, oppression, or Lyranny 5 ho,
we looked to it as the mercy seat ol
royalty, as the sauctuary of truth
aud justice, Btill, my lord, we can
not blot from our minds the records
of vur school buoks, nor erase the
’curly iuscriptions wrilten on our in
tellects and memories. Hence we
‘must be mindful that monarchs and
| judges are but fallible mortals, that,
Ilyr.:m's have sat on thrones, and
| that the mercy scat of royalty, and
|llw sancluary of justice, have been
pollutted by a Trassiliun, n Seraggy
and a Jefivies,” [Here was a fruwn
Arom the beneh.)
. Nay, my lord, [am a poor man;
but 1 am a free born subject of the
‘kingdom of Ireland, a mewmber of the
constitution ; nay, I am now higher,
for | am the representaiive lkercof.fl
I thevefore claim for mysell and
fellow-jurors, the liberty of speech ;
and if law rofused it here, 1 shall
assune it before the people at thoe
door of this court house and tell
them why 1 deliver my mind there,
instead of delivering it at this place,
[Uere the bench re-assumed compla~
cency ]
) say, my lord, we have nothing
to do with your private character
we know you here only in that of u
jndge 3 and as such we would re
spect you : you know nothing of u
Lut as a jury ; and in that asituatiou
we should look to you for reciprical
respect, becanse we know of no man,
however high his title «r his ranh,
in Whom the law or the constitution
would warrant the presumption of
an unprovoked insalt towards that
tribunal iu whom the people have
vested the dearest and most valuably
privilege thoy possess. 1 before said,
my lord, that we are here met, not
individaally, wor do we assume pro
eminence ; but, in the sacred charac
ter of a jury, wo should be wanting
in reverence to fthe constitution itself,
if we did not look for the respect ¥
every man who regards It \Ve
sit here, my lord, sworn to give «
verdict according to our consciences,
and the best of our opinions, on the
evidence before us. We bave in
our minds, acquitted our ?:? ne
honest mon. Il we have erred, wo
arc answerable, not to your lordship,
nor to that bench, nor to the kw
who placed you there, but to a high
er power the KING of KINGS !"
‘The benek was dumby the bux it
‘NO. 3.
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