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five hundred and twelve, who must be now existing, and all contribute their proportion of this future Chevalier de Cincinnatus. These with the rest, maked together as follows aidsqnɔ 21 J1 ¿nomiqo isoidqozoning 16 Torche 403 2430nsiani not noe 21sm A Chust sw of gingnolsa 14 vodio 90 ,ombi kilons of gaynis&,00) BUG SEA lang sdi at, dhgot s judlồ, moebung ou *-1 dungis as two 21 31,5326iq sumba 30 ya yulma ¿JU0392 VIŲJ 61290 90 641993ate & #9613092 494 Sat ynew, bus beibaud p 1128ed); dimot yixe 6 1x571 T gill basedxle yid bus 256bnun ʊwi & JX90 901 Alag. 8001161932 90 m eudi 512lows has peibaud svi 6 Jabl $6979 (154 00),21894 008- 910m stuper jon law dow 19010 sm Total odo∙1022q wo (riimsi s not ¿pons ad low-dgmi gateixs neated a 9162 2'20samomƆ le One thousand and twenty-two men and women, contribustors to the formation of one knight. And if wey are to have a thousand of these futurenknights, there must be inows and hereafter existing one million sand twenty-two thousand fathers and mothers, who are to contribute to their production, unless a part of the numbers are employed in making more knights than one. Let us strike off then the 22,000 on the supposition of this double employ, and then consider whether, after a reasonable estimation of the number of rogues, and fools, and scoundrels, and prostitutes, that are mixed with, and help to make up necessa9rily their million of predecessors, posterity will have much - reason to boast of the noble blood of the then existing set of Chevaliers of Cincinnatus. The future genealogists too of these Chevaliers, in proving the lineal descent of their honor through so many generations, (even supposing

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honor capable in its nature of descending) will only prove the small share of this honor which can be justly claimed by any one of them, since the above simple process arithmetic makes it quite plain and clear, that in proportion as the antiquity of the family shall augment, the right to the honor of the ancestor will diminish; and a few generations more would reduce it to something so small as to be very near an absolute nullity. I hope therefore, that the Order will drop this part of their project, and content themselves as the Knights of the Garter, Bath, Thistle, St. Louis, and other Orders of Europe do, with a life enjoyment of their little badge and ribband, and let the distinction die with those who have merited it. This? I imagine will give no offence. For my own part, I shall think it a convenience, when go into a company where there may be faces unknown to me,sifs Is discover, by this badge, the persons who merit some particular expression of my respect; and it will save modest virtue the trouble of calling for our regard, by awkward round-about intimations of having been heretofore employed as officers in the continental service. *01 vent & sädaren zza > The gentleman who made the voyage to France to provide the ribbands and anedals, has executed his commission. To me they seem tolerably done; but alb such things are criticised. Some find fault with the Latin, as wanting classical elegance and correctness; and since our nine universities were not able to furnish better Latin, it was pity, they say, that the mottos had not been in English. Others object to the title, as not properly assumable by any but General Washington, and a few others, who served without pay. Others object to the bald

eagle, as looking too much like a Dindon or turkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character: he does not get his living honestly; you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing hawk: and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case, but like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank cowards the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king birds from our countrys though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French Call Chevaliers d'Industrie, be am donothis account, nots displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks more like a turkey. For in truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America. Eagles have been found in all countries, but the turkey was peculiar to ours; the first of the species seen in Europe, being brought to France by the Jesuits from Canada, and served up at the wed ding table of Charles the Ninth. He is besides, (though -902 or good ton but setter ofttedt we put u de

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The white headed Erne, or bald Eagle, (Falco leucocephalus. LINN.) peculiar to North America; and the emblem adopted by the Society of Cincinnati.

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a little vain and silly 'tis true, but not the worse emblem for that)na bird roof courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British guards, who should presume to invade his farm-yard with a red coat on. 199 10, I shall not enter into the criticisms made upon their Latin. The gallant officers of America may not have the merit of being great scholars, but they undoubtedly merit much as brave soldiers from their country, which should therefore not leave them merely to fame for their “virtutis premium," which is one of their Latin mottos. Their “esto perpetua," another, is an excellent wish, if they meant it for their country; bad, if intended for their order. The states should not only restore to thems the somnia of their first motto, which many of them have left and lost, but pay them justly, and reward them generously. They should not be suffered to remain with all their new created chivalry entirely in the situation of the gentleman in the story, which their omnia reliquit reminds me of. You know every thing makes me recollect some story. He had built a very fine house, and thereby much impaired his fortune. He had a pride however in showing it to his acquaintance. One of them, after viewing it all, remarked a motto over the door OIA VANITAS. What, says he, is the meaning of this OTA? 'tis a word I don't un

is a mistake as Turkies were found in great plenty by Cortes, when he invaded and conquered Mexico before the time of Charles the IXth. That this and their being brought to old Spain is mentioned by Peter Martyr of Angelina, who was Secretary to the Council of the Indies, established immediately after the Discovery of America, and personally acquainted with Columbus.

'Omnia reliquit servare rempublicum.

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derstand.981vwill tell you, said the gentleman I had a mind to have the motto cut on a piece of smooth marble, but there was not room for it between the ornaments, to be put in characters large enough to be reads I therefore made use of a contraction anciently very common in Latin manuscripts, whereby the m's andin's in words are omitted, and the omission noted by a little dash above, which you may see there, so that the word is omnia, OMNIA VÄL NITAS. O said his friend, I now comprehend the meaning of your motto, it relates to your edifice; and signifies, that if you have abridged your omniap you have nevertheless left your VANITAS legible at full length. ok 31 30674 Lo ham, as ever, your affectionate fatherpode 238 944 HALLIS hả Wied mens to yas now B. FRANKLIN.

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Remarks on the British Government.

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your son, with the newspapers, for which I thank you. The disorders of that government whose constitution has 901 10 900 90TELMIECDS been so much praised, are come to a height that threatens some violent convulsion, if not a dissolution; and its phy

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sicians do not even seem to guess at the cause of the disease, and therefore prescribe insufficient remedies, such as place bills, more equal representation, more frequent elections, &c. &c. In my humble opinion, the malady consists in the enormous salaries, emoluments, and patronage of great offices. Ambition and avarice are separately strong passions: when they are united in pursuit of the same object, they are too strong to be governed by common prudence, or influenced by public spirit and love of

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