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ed with a mutual paffion. Each confided in the other-blifs never was more exalted. Malice interpofed, and tore from my bleeding heart the object on whom it doated. My Frederick believed me attached to another. I mourned with feverity

of forrow-but anguifh was foon warped to apathy. I feel no more," fhe faid; but her bofom heaved convulfive. She fighed "Frederick," and her voice ceafed forever. Louifa repofes in her grave, unconfcious of her wrongs!

THE LAY PREACHER's

REVIEW

OF A LATE EUROPEAN POEM.

[We are at a lofs to determine which derives moft honor from this fort Elay, the Poet or the Preacher.]

A POEM has just been published at New-York, addreffed to the Author of the "Purfuits of Literature," entitled "The Unfex'd Females," to which is annexed, "4 Sketch of the Private and Public Charader of Peter Pindar." The whole in a neat pocket volume, with fuperfine paper and elegant print. As the title of the above book is fingular, not to fay obfcure, it may con tribute to the juft popularity of a very useful and engaging work to defcribe its fcope, and unfold fome particulars refpecting its author. The object of this well-timed and deferved fatire is, to expofe the moral deformity of thofe agant and audacious, literary, pon cal, philofophical courtezans, who, emulous of the fame of Mrs. Woolftonecraft, have ftriven to divest the fex of their ancient character; to banifh fhamefacedness, and foftness, and delicacy, the retired virtues, and the domeftic attainment; and to invite women to become amazons, and ftatefmen, and directors, and harlots, upon philofophical principles. This outrageous and unnatural fcheme is one of that viperous brood, hatched by a cuckoo revolution, and reared in the fweet receffes of Tallien's bed-chamber, and Madame Roland's

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cabinet parties. Helen Maria Williams was initiated in the new myfteries of female mafonry by her fellow craftsman the melting Mary, and William taught Ann Yearfley, the Briftol milkwoman, to fuck in the new doctrine with her mother's milk, and Ann Yearfley taught Robinfon, alias Perdita, alias the Bird of Paradife, alias the friend and bedfellow of the Prince of Wales, and Robinfon taught her daughter, and this daughter taught Mary Hayes the flippant novelift, and Mary Hayes the flippant novelift taught all the whores of England. The audacity, profligacy, folly, and prefumption of these female philofophers has excited the juft indignation of the Reverend Richard Polewhela, a clergyman of the cftablished church, a claffical fcholar, and an English gentleman of loyalty and honor. The caufe was fufficient to require a Juvenal, and a modern Juvenal has been found. The character of Mr. P. is well known abroad as a divine, an historian, a naturalist, and a poet. In the last character his renown is high. He is a confpicuous member of the club of " Gentlemen of Devon and Cornwall," who have for many years affembled at ftated times at the Globe Tavern in the city of

Exeter,

bare,

The crane-like neck, as fashion bids, lay
Or frizzle bold in front, their borrow'd

hair;

Scarce by a goffamery film careft,
Sport, in full view, the meretricious breast,
Loofe the chafte tincture, where the graces
fhone,

And languish'd all the loves, the ambrofial

zone."

is at full length,

"See Woolftonecraft, whom no decorum

checks,

Exeter, where their literary and feftal pleasures refemble the delightful fymphofia of the Greeks, to which men ufed, in the defcriptive phrafe of my Lord Bolingbroke, "to convene more to converse than to drink together." From this literary club many elegant volumes, both in poetry and profe, have proceeded, to which Mr. P. has been a copious The portrait of Mary Woolftonecraft contributor. His " Englifo Orator" is a charming didactic poem on the fubject of eloquence. His " Odes and Lyrical Poems" are the very reverfe of the fanatic ravings, and hobbling Jacobinifm of Southey; and in his "Old English Gentleman," a poem defcriptive of ancient courtefy and worth, like De Coverly's, he has exhibited precifely fuch a character as a court of Stuarts might patronize, and a Lord Falkland, and a Marquis of Montroffe greet; at whofe table Gay and Prior might feaft, and in whofe hall the Genius of Hofpitality and all the Social Powers would de light to dwell.

Stimulated by a hint in a note to the Purfuits of Literature," refpecting those women, who had chofen of late to become naked prizefighters in the public arena, Mr. P. has laudably undertaken to exhibit a ftriking picture of Unfex'd Females." The invocation to the poem is gratefully and fervently addreffed to Mr. Matthias. He then hurries immediately to the fubject, and fhortly feafts us with the following defcription, which the moft tranfient obferver of our petticoated cheats will acknowledge to be faithful and true. "I fhudder at the new unpictur'd fcene, Where unfex'd woman vaunts the imperi

ous mein;

Where girls, affecting to difmifs the heart,
Invoke the Proteus of petrific art;
With equal eafe, in body or in mind

To Gallic freaks, or Gallic faith refign'd,

Arife the intrepid champion of her sex;
O'er humbled man affert the fovereign

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claim,

And flight the timid blush of virgin fame." Go, go," fhe cries, " ye tribes of melting maids,

Go

fcreen your softness in sequester'd fhades;

fcious grove,

With plaintive whispers woo the uncon-
And feebly perifh, as defpis'd ye love.
What though the fine romances of Rouf-

feau,

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tender connexion between Mrs. W. And Burney mix with Iparkling humour

and Imlay, the Speculator.

Bath'd in new blifs, the fair one greets the bower,

And ravishes a flame from every flower. Love at her feet inhales the malter's fighs And dart voluptuous poifon from her eyes. Yet while each heart-pulfe in the Idalian grove

Beats quick to Imlay, and licentious love, A fudden gloom the gathering tempest fpreads;

The floral arch-work, withers o'er their heads;

Whirlwinds the paramours afunder tear; And wisdom falls the victim of defpair." While the author indulges himself in thus expofing degenerate woman, he forgets not thofe illuftrious and ingenious ladies who have not forgotten themfelves.

"See Seward fting with rapture every vein, Or gay Piozzi fport in lighter ftrain;

chafte

Delicious feeling and the pureft taste,
Or Radcliffe wrapt in necromantic gloom
The impervious forest, and the mystie
dome;

See Beauclerk paint Leonora's fpectre horse,
The uplifted lance of Death, the grilly corfe;
And e'en a Princess lend poetic grace

The pencil's charm and breathe in every face,"

On the whole, we are confident that this little poem will be read from higher confiderations, than the mere name of the author, or its literary merit. Both the poetry and the notes contain those principles, which are not only externally true and ftable, but present the broadeft defence both to man and woman, against the affaults of vice, or the minings of fubtle philosophy,

For the COLUMBIAN PHENIX,

CASE STATED BETWEEN THE HUSBAND AND WIFE,

I AM an old man, and have had the misfortune of lofing one of the most amiable of women, with whom I lived many years in a ftate of felicity unknown to fome of the hufbands of the prefent day. It is the contempt into which the matrimonial ftate has fallen, in the opinjon of many, that has induced me to take up my pen, to endeavour to point out the true fource of thofe domeftic ills. Upon the whole, I will venture to pronounce, that the want of virtue in a woman proceeds principally (if not entirely) from the want of tenderness in the man. A marriage is concluded between two perfons who love each other (for of thofe legal proftitutions, called conwenient or mercenary matches, we will not talk) they fet out in life well pleafed; the young wife finds paflions to whofe very exiftence fhe was

a ftranger; and in thofe paffions fo wifely implanted finds happiness going hand in hand in virtue. Probably an heir is the firft fruits of their endearment, and she adds the tenderness of a mother to the redoubled fondnefs of a wife; but to her aftonishment, he finds an alteration in the conduct of her husband, for which the cannot account, and of which the muft not complain; lone ly days and fleepless nights fhe muft fubmit to, and strictly perform her part of the covenant, whilst the hufband is breaking his in every article,

Say, ye men of pleasure, ye purfuers of variety, what is it you feek? Is your enjoyment leffened, by confidering that you take to your arms the mother of thofe children on whom you doat?Is the bofom less foft, because it contains a heart at tached to your perfon, anxious for

your

your welfare, and watchful for your intereft Are the tender, warm careffes of a modeft, chafte affection lefs endearing than the feigned tranfports of an artful, venal wanton? of one who perhaps waits with impatience for your abfence, to lavish on others what folly has lavifhed on her? Or is it, in fhort, that, contrary to the opinion of Plato, and all the fages of antiquity, virtue in your eyes wears fo forbidding an afpect, that beauty itself grows difguftful when prefented to you by her hand? Reflect one moment on the confequences naturally arifing from your conduct. The neglected wife, alive to fenfations implanted by nature, fanctified by laws both divine and human, and regulated by virtue, finds herself reduced to content herself with civility, and at beft the cold regards of friendship, from the man who first taught her to know she had a feeling heart, and for whom she still retains a lively fonduefs; but this, when meeting with nothing but flights, will dwindle by degrees into indifference, and the contents herself with the bare discharge of her duty. Perhaps in the number of those who frequent your houfe, and call themfelves your friends, fame one may be found who will think that neglected form worth his notice, and feek to avail himself of your folly.

I know the men are all ready to cry out, That be a woman's carriage but properly referved, and the most hardened libertine will never dare attempt the infringement of the matrimonial law. Have you then forgot, that be your wife ever fo referv

ed, ever fo prudent, thefe, the companions of your gayer hours, are ever on the watch to find out your fentiments? They fee you behave, in her prefence, without that decency, that decorum, that ever waits on wedded love; and hear you in her abfence, declare your notions of the fex, declare that Venus herself would pall on a fecond enjoyment. Fired with the discovery, they redouble their attention; they fee neglect on your fide, anxiety (perhaps pique) on hers; they watch their opportunity to fhew her the most respectful preference, till, by a thoufand delicate attentions, they revive the memory of what first made her happy, fhe infenfibly beftows on a lover thofe affections which her husband no longer cares for, and finds too late (unhappy and mistaken woman) that the fatisfaction the fought in vain from a virtuous connexion, can never be found in a criminal one, and the falls a prey to public infamy, or fecret remorfe, condemned by an unjust world to fuffer alone the punishment in which an unkind husband and wicked feducer ought to bear fo great a part.

Be warned then in time, you who, though you love not your wives, ftand violently up for your honor, and acknowledge the unreasonablenefs of thofe weaker minds, efforts of which your firmer ones are incapable.

Thefe cautions well obferved, I hope you wil! find as much happinefs in the connubial ftate as did once your well-wisher,

SENEX

ACCOUNT OF THE ANABAPTISTS IN GERMANY, IN THE YEAR 1534.

THE moft remarkable of their religious tenets related to the fa

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only to perfons grown up to years of understanding, and fhould be performed not by fprinkling them with water, but by dipping them in it: For this reafon they condemned the baptifm of infants, and rebaptizing all whom they admitted into their fociety, the fect came to be diftinguished by the name of Anabaptifts. To this peculiar notion concerning baptifm, which has the appearance of being founded on the practice of the church in the apoftolic age, and contains nothing inconfiftent with the peace and order of human fociety, they added other principles of a most enthusiastic, as well as dangerous nature. They maintained that, among Christians who had the precepts of the gofpel to direct, and the Spirit of God to guide them, the of fice of magiftracy was not only unneceffary, but an unlawful encroach ment on their fpiritual liberty; that the distinctions occafioned by birth, or rank, or wealth, being contrary to the spirit of the gospel, which confiders all men as equal, fhould be entirely abolished; that all Chrif tians, throwing their poffeffions into one common stock, fhould live together in that state of equality which becomes members of the fame family; that as neither the laws of nature, nor the precepts of the New Teftament, had placed any restraints upon men with regard to the number of wives they might marry, they fhould ufe that liberty which God himfelf had granted to the patriarchs.

Such opinions, propagated and maintained with enthufiaftic zeal and boldness, were not long of producing the violent effects natural to them. Two Anabaptift prophets, John Matthias, a baker of Haerlem, and John Boccold, a journeyman tailor of Leyden, poffeffed with the rage of making profelytes, fixed their ref

idence at Munfter, an Imperial city in Weftphalia, of the firft rank, under the fovereignty of its bishop, but governed by its own fenate and confuls. As neither of thefe fanatics wanted the talents requifite in defperate enterprizes, great refolution," the appearance of fanctity, bold pretenfions to infpiration, and a confident and plaufible manner of difcourfing, they foon gained many converts. Among these were Rotham, who had first preached the proteftant doctrine in Munfter, and Cnipperdoling, a citizen of good birth, and confiderable eminence. Emboldened by the countenance of fuch difciples, they openly taught their opinions; and not fatisfied with that liberty, they made feveral attempts, though without fuccefs, to feize the town, in order to get their tenets effablished by public authority. At laft, having fecretly called in their affociates from the neighbouring country, they fuddenly took poffeflion of the arfenal and fenate-houfe, in the night time, and running through the streets with drawn fwords and horrible howlings, cried out alternately, pent, and be baptized," and "Depart, ye ungodly." The fenators, the canons, the nobility, together with the more fober citizens, whether Papifts or Proteftants, terrified at their threats and outcries, fled in confufion, and left the city under the dominion of a frantic multitude, confifting chiefly of ftrangers. Nothing now remaining to, overawe or control them, they fet about modelling the government according to their own wild ideas; and though at firft they showed so much reverence for the ancient conftitution as to elect fenators of their own fect, and to appoint Cnipperdoling and another profelyte confuls, this was

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