happy "to embrace the author of Common Sense, and Rights of Man, in the Kingdom of Heaven!!!" To preserve consistency, Mr. Fraser should have said, the Republic of Heaven, or the Commonwealth of Heaven; for the word King, with all its derivations, are held in the utmost abhorrence by the detestable performances, which are to entitle Paine to his celestial. embraces. Mr. Fraser appears to be one of those men, who, at last, are alarmed at the progress of Infidelity, but who are still blinded by their political prejudices. Had not this been the case, he would have perceived, that the three works he has mentioned, those he applauds, as well as that which he condemns, are all scions from the same accursed root: he would have perceived, that, though there is less art, there is not more blasphemy in the Age of Reason than in Common Sense and the Rights of Man; he would have perceived that the same Holy Scripture, and the very same text, which enjoins us to fear God, also enjoins us to honour the King, and Paine has convinced him, that he who can set the latter precept at nought will soon assume courage to set the former at nought also; he would have perceived, that the principles inculcated by those works, which he applauded, are the very principles, which, by teaching men to despise all authority on earth, have led them, by degrees, to despise that of the Almighty; in short, he would have perceived, had he not been hoodwinked by Whiggism, that it was such works as Common Sense and the Rights of Man, which prepared the minds of the ignorant in this country for the reception of that daring and blasphemous publication, the deadly effects of which it is his professed object

to counteract.

It is assuredly a subject of regret, that a man of good intentions, and no very despicable talents, should act with such glaring inconsistency. Mr. Fraser

B 3

Boyle, Addison, Sir M. Hale, Bacon, Grotius, and several others. To these sketches are prefixed two Letters by the compiler, to the Infidel Anarchist, Paine. The work concludes with what the compiler entitles, "a Mirror for young Deists," which, for the most part, consists of extracts from various authors, tending to the support of Christianity.

I have long wished to see a work of this kind; because I have ever been of the opinion, that Infidelity is generally the fruit of ignorance, and that nothing is so likely to stop its progress as giving proofs of the faith of those great luminaries, to whom men in general look up for instruction in the various branches of knowledge. The young philosopher, for instance, who is studying the works of Newton and of Boyle, who is wrapt in admiration at the profundity of their penetration, who not only acknowledges the superiority of their minds, over his own, but who entertains for their memory a veneration approaching to idolatry; when such a youth is assured, that these his great masters were devout and zealous Christians, he will certainly hesitate, at least, before he declares for Infidelity.

Persuaded as I am, that the plan of Mr. Fraser's work is judicious, and that he has been actuated, in undertaking it, by the most laudable of all motives, I am sorry to observe certain passages, in the parts written by himself, which, in my estimation, reduce considerably the merit of the whole. One method which he adopts to expresss his disapprobation of the Age of Reason, is, placing it in contrast with Common Sense, and the Rights of Man; and he seems to lament, that the pen which produced the two latter should have been dishonoured by producing the former. He concludes his second letter to Paine, with hoping that he will yet suppress his Age of Reason, but assures him, in the same breath, that he should be

happy

happy to embrace the author of Common Sense, "and Rights of Man, in the Kingdom of Heaven!!!"

To preserve consistency, Mr. Fraser should have said, the Republic of Heaven, or the Commonwealth of Heaven; for the word King, with all its derivations, are held in the utmost abhorrence by the detestable performances, which are to entitle Paine to his celestial. embraces. Mr. Fraser appears to be one of those men, who, at last, are alarmed at the progress of Infidelity, but who are still blinded by their political prejudices. Had not this been the case, he would have perceived, that the three works he has mentioned, those he applauds, as well as that which he condemns, are all scions from the same accursed root: he would have perceived, that, though there is less art, there is not more blasphemy in the Age of Reason than in Common Sense and the Rights of Man; he would have perceived that the same Holy Scripture, and the very same text, which enjoins us to fear God, also enjoins us to honour the King, and Paine has convinced him, that he who can set the latter precept at nought will soon assume courage to set the former at nought also; he would have perceived, that the principles inculcated by those works, which he applauded, are the very principles, which, by teaching men to despise all authority on earth, have led them, by degrees, to despise that of the Almighty; in short, he would have perceived, had he not been hoodwinked by Whiggism, that it was such works as Common Sense and the Rights of Man, which prepared the minds of the ignorant in this country for the reception of that daring and blasphemous publication, the deadly effects of which it is his professed object

to counteract.

It is assuredly a subject of regret, that a man of good intentions, and no very despicable talents, should act with such glaring inconsistency. Mr.

B 3

Fraser

Fraser might have rendered his work a desirable acquisition in a family; but, as it is, I must confess, I would almost as soon recommend the Age of Reason itself.

Anthony Pasquin.

"Are there no patent medicines to make a man grow bolder?”

This was a stroke which Tony levelled at one of his opponents, when he was in high favour with the small Federalists of New York; it may now be very properly levelled at himself; he stands in need of patent medicines, or something else, to make him a little bolder; for, if report says true, his modesty has of late driven him from the presence not only of the public, but even of those who are most intimately acquainted with him.

It is proper that I explicitly inform the world, that this prostituted scribbler set up a paper in New York, about four months ago, that he has dropped the said paper, and that he is, according to his own confession, now slinking about, avoiding, as much as may be, the scorn of the people of that city. Thus has one miscreant, at least, met with a punishment, in some measure proportioned to his crimes.

Trap Toasts 1. May measures, and NOT MEN, be the object of our political attention.' THOMAS MKEAN, the firm patriot and 'ican.'

at this toasting match were Peter , Esq.' and Major Swaine.'-Peter have such a namesake) is the brother Baker, and the Major is his relation. ner of 1795, I spent a few weeks at tie TRAP, where I had an opportung this Major. this Major. I was then but a very young

young American, and was, therefore, struck with indignation at hearing such a man called Major: Upon enquiring the cause of it, I found, however, that the Major, from modesty, I suppose, had cut off part of his title, which he derived, it seems, from a British regiment, in which, during the late Revolution, he had the honour to fill the office of DRUM Major. Why, or how, he came to "leave the king's service," as Mathew Carey calls it, I cannot say ; but, it may be worth while for some of the Federalists of Montgomery county to verify the fact, and give the particulars to the world.

The grog toasts of such people as these would not merit attention, did they not now and then exhibit traits of cunning, which are well calculated to deceive the mob, and which, therefore, deserve to be exposed. An instance of this is discovered in the two toasts which I have quoted above. In the first, the toasters forbid all enquiry into the CHARACTER of any man, and, in the second, they applaud THOMAS MKEAN!!! The former of these toasts is certainly a very proper preface to the latter, and I heartily congratulate "His Honour the Doctor of Laws and Esquire," upon having such sagacious and prudent partizans.

French Logan-I think the only man in the United States who is competent to settle all differences between us and France, is that surprising son of diplomacy, Doctor George Logan, the Jeffersonian Ambassador Extraordinary to Joel Barlow and Talleyrand. Nothing in these wonder-working days can equal the talents of this marvellous man. When this country was plunging into the horrors of war, and

* This LOGAN went to France with nearly the same sort of authority, and for nearly the same purpose, that Mr. Adair went to the Court of Russia.