The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-07-05 00:00:00, page 1

WHEN the following pages were commit
ted to the press, it was the with and expectation
of the Author to remain in oblivion. A vari
ety of causes have poUponed its appearance ; —
and tofyaure ever busy, and curiofay ever pry
ing, have lifted up the veil of concealment,
and many are acquainted with the name
and situation which Shrouded in an happy me
diocrity, it was hoped would have escaped the
obfervacion of the world. Baffled in this her
favorite wish, (he feels it a duty to apologize
with her very humble talents, for thus appear
ing in public. She very well knows that
writers of Romance are not highly estimated.
She is likewise sensible that cufiom and nature,
which have affixed the duties of woman to a
very confined and very limited bounds, are by
no means likely to patronite a female writer.
She feels that her conduit needs czcufe, and
though the independence of her mind renders
her unwilling to make one, yet necessity oblig
es her to it. She is so certain that so many
will acknowledge the truth of her assertion,
that she does not hesitate to declare, that not
one social or domestic duty, have ever been fac
xificedor postponed by her pen ; and though it
may be objected that the time devoted to it,
might have been better employed; She hopes
that flic may be allowed in some respells, to
be a judge of her own conduit; her pen has al
ways been a favorite implement; it has soothed
many melancholy, and fwectened many bitter
Lours. Her abilities are too scanty to allow her
to understand either religious or philosophical
fubjelk in others, much more inadequate to
the attempting them herfelf ; incapable of un
dertaking the labors of hiftory, or cf attaining
the sublime heights of poetry ; the only path
which lay open, was that of Romance. The
Revolution in France, and the perturbated state
of Eurgpc, have opened some scenes, that would
without these amazing Ihocks to the political
world, have lain hid in obfeurity ; to some of
of these she has had rccourfe, and many, very
many serious truths are interwoven with the
ilory of Julia. It may perhaps be objected,
that the annals our own country display avast
field for the imagination, and that we need not
croft the atlantic in search of materials to
found the moral talc or amusing story upon.—
Rut an averfiou to introduce living characters,
or those recently dead, rendered Europe a fafer,
though not a more agreeable theatre. With
real humility, and a trembling diffidence, this
little work is prefrnted to the public, and as a
mediocrity of genius will not authorife a hope
for the approbation of the connoisseur ; that
it may be shielded from the censures of the
critic, is all that is expeded. It comes like
the humble Julia, soliciting patr,age and
protection as a boon that will insure its success,
mot demanding as a due, what perhaps it will
sot be found to merit ; with a variety of de
fects it is dedicated to the public by
Firfl. Proposals to supply all rations, that may
be required, at Ofwego; at Niagara; at Pittf
burg ; at Pkfqu'ifle ; at Michiliraackinac ; at
Fort Franklin ; at Le Bceuf ; at Cincinnati ; at
Picque town, and Loramie's Cores; at Fort
Wayne ; at Fort Defiance , at any place below
Fort Defiance, on the Miami river to Lake
Erie ; at Fort Knox, and Ouatanon on the river
Wabash ; at Maffae; at any place or places on
the egg fide of the river MifofTippi,,above the
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
O'HAT feperate proposals will be received
at the office of the Secretary of the Depart
ment of War, until the expiration of the 35th of
July next ending, for the supply of all rations,
which may be required for the use of the United
States, from the ift day Odober, 180 c, to the
30th day of September, xßoi,both days inclu
sive, at the places and within the two districts
herein after firft mentioned ; and also that se
parate proposals will be received at the laid of
fice until the expiration of the 25th day of July
next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which
bay be required as aforefaid, from the ift day
of Jan. in the year 1801, to the 31st day of De
cember in the fame year- both days inclusive, at
the place and within the several Rates herein
after mentioned, viz.
at the Columbian Bookstore, No. §,
Danielfreet, Portsmouth,
JULIA and THE ILLUMINAT.
ED BARON, a Novel, founded
on recent fads which have transpired
in the course of the late revolution of
moral principles in France.
Written by a Lady of Mafochufetts.
" This volume, to the reader's eye displays
TF infernal conduct of abandon'd men ;
When French Pbilofophy infers bis ways,
And pours contempt on Heav'n's eternal plan ;
Reversing order, truth, and ev'ry good,
dnd wbelming worlds, with ruin's awful, tod.
OTHE following work has puffed
the ordeal of critical taste, and is pronounced by
the firft litcrarv judges, to be a competition of
Oerling merit. Its great object, is to expose the
horrid confequtnces of asocial and a moral na
ture, which have flowed and still flow from
the aceurfed fountain of French Pbilofopbical II-
Luminatum# It is expected, that all fineere
haters of Gallic Morals, otberwife the Panic#
ft!" of public and private life, will liberally pat
xenixe a volume of this nature.
JUST PUBLISHED,
Bound & Lettered, and FOR SALE,
By Charles Peirce,
ILLUMINATED BARON.
Containing 188 pages. price 1 not.
War Depaitment,
DEDICATION, to the PUBLIC.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY- FOURTH YEAR.
Che Wteb States
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Published every SATURDA Y
the United States,
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SATURDAY, JULY 5 , 1800.
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE Ift DisPER St BLB SUPPORTS —WASHINGTON'S LEGACY.
JULI A,
ANO TOO
March 12, 1800.
THE AUTHOR.
mouth of the river Ohio, and Upon the Illinois
river.
Second. Proposals to Supply all rations that
may be required, at any place or places, on the
east fide of the Milliffippi river, below the mouth
of the river Ohio, to the southern boundary of the
state of Kentucky and within the said Rate ; at
Knoxville ; at all other polls and places within
the state of Tennessee; at South Weft Point ;at
Tellico Blockhouse : at Sr. Stevens, or other fort
cr^poft on the rivers Mobile or Tombigby, and
any place or places within the Cherokee boun
daries ; below the southern boundary of the state
of TerthefTec, and withi n the boundary of the
United States.
Third. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required, at Point-Petre ; at Coleraine ;
at Savannah, and at any other p'a'ce or places
where troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the hate of Georgia • at all
forts or Nations on the Oconnee and Alatamaha,
andat all other places in the Creek Nation, within
the limits of the United States, where t'cocps
arc or may be Rationed
Fourth, Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Johnson, at Fort Pinck
ney, at Charlcfton, or at any o§hcr place or
places where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited in the state of S. Carolina.
Fifth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at the Fort at Wilmington,
Cape Fear; at Beacon Island, Ocracock ; at
Charlotte ; at Fayetteville ; at Salisbury, or at
any other place or places where troops are or
may be stationed, marched or recruited in the
state of North Carolina.
Sixth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Norfolk, at Portsmouth, at
Kempfvillc, at Charlotteville, at Wmehefter, at
Staunton, at , Richmond, at Alexandria, at Leef
burg, at Frcdcriekfburg, at Carterfville, at Ha
pcr's Ferry, or at any other place or places
where troops are or may be Rationed, marched
or recruited, in the state of Virginia.
Seventh. Proposals to fcpply all rations that
may be required at Fort M'Henry, at Baltimore,
at Annapolis, at Frederick town, at Leonard
town, at Hagers town, at Bladeafburg, at George
town, at Eallown, at the Head of Elk, and at
any other place or places, where troops are or
may be stationed, marched or recruited within
the limits of the state of Maryland.
Eighth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Mifflin, at Philadel
phia, at Darby, at Lancaster, at Wilkefbarre, at
Reading, at Bristol, at York town, at Carlifle,
at Lewiftown (Mifflin county) at Bedford, at
Greeniburg, at Washington, at Eaftown, at
Wilmington, at Christiana, at Dover, or at any
other place or places where troops are or may
be stationed, marched or recruited within the
limits of the Slates of Pennsylvania & Deleware,
except the posts within the state of Pcnnfylvania,
enumerated in the firft proposals aforefaid.
Ninth. Proposals to supply all rations that
Dray be required at Hackanfac, at Elizabeth
town, at New-Brunswick, at Burlington, at
Woodbury, at Trenton, and at any other place
or places where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited within the limits of the
state of Jersey.
Tenth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at New-York, at Weft Point,
at Flushing, at Harlem, at Weft Chester, at
PoughkeepSie; at Kinderhook, at Stillwater ac-
Newburg, at Albany, at Conajoharie, at Cherry
Valley, and at any other place or places where
troops are or may be stationed, marched or re
cruited withiri the limits of the state of New-
York, ekeept the polls within the said state en
umerated in the firft proposals aforefaid.
Eleventh. Proposals to fhpply all rations that
may be required at Hartford; at Hebron, at
New London, at Drooklynn, at Wyndham, at
Litchfield,at Guilford, at New Haven; at Fair
field, at Danbury, at Middletown, and at any
other place or places where troops ate hr may
be stationed, marched or recruited within the
limits of the state of Connecticut.
Twelfth. Proposals to supply all ratioris that
may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Brinton's
Point, at Newport, at I,evidence, and at any
place or places, where troops are or may be sta
tioned, marched or recruited within the limits of
the state of Rhode Island.
Thirteenth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Portland in the Diftrid of
Maine. Gloucester, Cape Ann, Salem, Marble
head, Boston, at Springfield, at Uxbridge, and
at any other place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited with
in the limits of the state of Massachusetts.
Fourteenth. Proposals to supply all rations
that may be required at Portsmouth, at Exeter,
at Windsor, at Bennington, at Rutland, or at
any Fort, place or places, where troops arc of
may be stationed, marched or recruited withitt
the States of New Hamplhire and Vermont.
rhe Ration to be supplied, is to consist of the
following articles, viz. Eighteen ounces of
bread or flower, or when neither can be obtain
ed, of one quartos rice,or one andahalf pound of
lifted or boulted indian meal, one pound and a
quarter of frelh beef, or one pound of felted
beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted
Pork, and when frefh meat is issued, salt, at the
rate of two quarts for every hundred rations ;
soap at the rate of four pounds, and candles at
the rate of a pound and a half for every hun
dred rations.
It is expelled the proposals will also extend to
the supply of rum, whilkey, or other ardent spir
its at the rate of half a gill per ration, and Vin
egar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred
rations, The proposals will fpecify the price of
the fcveral component parts of tlie ration,as well
as those of substitutes or alternatives for parts
thereof.
rhe rations are to be furnilhed in such quan
tities as that there shall at all times, during the
term of the proposed contracts be fufficient for
the confumptian of the troop, at Mic'nilimack
inae, Detroit, Niagara and Ofwego, for fix
months in advance, and at each of the other
polls on the western waters, for at Icaft three
.months in advance, of good and wholesome pro
visions, if the fame shall be required. It is also ,
to be pern itted to ill and every of the command
ants of fortified places, or polls, to call for, at
seasons when the fame can be transported, or at
any time in case of urgency, such fup,lies of
The beginning of my career; I shall date at
fifteen, & elofe at the age of thirty years ; between
which periods ho person of social converse, is
guarded from the epidemic of vicious and dc
ri'°ying habits. My early manhood is mark
ed with more of pleasantry and diversion, that!
Criminal indulgence of any fenftia! appetites.
The delightful feeries of gallantry, immature
1, presented themfelvcs with a charm irrefifta
b!y powerful ; my heart made obeisance, and
acknowledged the deluding attractive influence,
my teafon yielded, and I languished into the
arms of infatiate pleasure. Three years of my
life rolled away as a dream, and nothing now
remains but the fad remembrance, which, front
regard to hiy present happmefs Ihould be con
signed to Lethe's ftreains ; but I will forego the
pains of memory and unhappy reflexion, lor
the advantage of the riling youth.
" Happiness our being s end and aim,"
Says the celebrated poet, and no one can de
ny with truth this pleasing thought ; but how
often are the means mistaken to obtain this
happy end; and iiever did this error prove more
fatal to any of its votaries, than to me. Before
hiy rcafon was matured by age, the many in
duaions to pleasure and dissipation crouded oh
my mind, seeking ntw objeas of diversion ;
and no source of temporary enjoyment is more
luxuriant than that which flows from the re
fined and virtuous part of female society ; and
hone more baneful than connection with those
bf an bppofite character ; the one renders
life deferable; while she smooths the rugged
Way and calms the boifterbus storms of passion,
her bofoni is the receptacle of bur joys and otir
forrbws j faithful to her plighted Ibve, our feel
ings are her's, if fortune smiles or frowns.—
She gently fans the flame of love by an uniform
mildness and fuaviter of disposition. Celesti
ally happy must be the man who possesses
the object of his heatt with this character !
more precious than life is the prize.
But With reluctance do I fptak of the woman
whose words and character are virtually death
to moral virtue, and peace of mind ; thrice
cursed is the man, who, fettered to this scourge
of happiness, protrads his miferablc exigence;
more deplorable is his condition, than that of
Tantalus in Hell ! robbed of every joy 1 even
of the comfort of knowing the sweet pledges of
connubial bliss ; the innocent offspring of het
criminal indulgence. Thou great fountain of
perfection, look with pity<on that object of thy
Companion, and take his miserable foul from its
prison, and infranchife it in the all spacious
circle of thy glorious immortality !
Amusements and parties of pleasure were
the order of the day ; chit chat and gaiety were
the Companions of the tea cup, a good bumper
of wine and a gladsome heart crown'd the joys
of the evening. Innocent of themselves, as these
diversions were, yet when reflection and caltn
rcafon affirmed their empire, they afforded but
a melancholy fubje& for serious contemplation.
The most valuable part of my days passing a
way, without attention to those useful literary
acquirements, which always insure rtfpedabili
ty in every grade of life. Invention was rack
ed, imagination tortured to divert the gloomy
hours of fecitfion, The mind was roaming
and unfitted for any elofe application to Body
or mental improvement. The only remedy
must be applied) which was, to seek the fame
obje&s that alone had diverted, and from which
the only anodyne for onhappiuefs could be re- ~
like provisions in advance, as in the diferrtion
of the commandant shall be deemed proper.—
It is to be underflood that the contractor is to
be ?t the expend: and rilk of issuing the fupplics
to the troops, and at all losses, sustained, by the
depredations of an enemy, or by means of the
troops of the United States, shall be paid for at
the price of the article captured or deflroyed,
on the depofitionsof two or more persons of cred
itable characters and the certificate of a com
missioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances
of the loss, and the amount of the aiticles, for
which compensation shall be clairfied.
The privilege is to be understood to be re
served to the United States of requiring, that
none of the fupplics which may be furnilhed un
der any of the proposed contrasts fh<ill be issued,
until the fupplics which have or may be fur
nilhed under contrails now in force have been
confirmed,and that a supply in advance may be
always required at any of the fixed polls on the
Sea-board or Indian frontiers not exceeding
three months. [c.pt.ful, „,]
JAMES M'HENRY, See', of War.
THE happiness of my youth was unallayed
by rellraint, when beyond the ken of a
father's vigilant eye. The field of nature was
then opened to licenced pleasure, and the peffions
uncurbed, ranged in luxuriant delight. My lit
erary advantages were great, and had my in
clinations led me to the improvement of my
mind, and the cultivating of virtue as to the
gratification of my passions, and adorning my
person, the arb of my Salvation had not been
wrecked in the stormy ocean of life. Or if
some blind chaste, or unkind deity, had plung
ed me like Palinurus, into a troubled sea, my
reason unimpaired, my mind improved, and my
heart unstained with vice, would have directed
me with fortitude; t'd perfeverc in virtue, and
refill the force of misfortune. But why shall I
in vain deplore the spring that is past ! Thte
time in which the Autumn and Winter of life
Should have been Secured by a plenteous harvest 1
My reflections must be with sorrow, and an in
dulgence of them criminates my past conduct,
as against the will of God, and the dictates
of the wisdom of man. Since fortune has fduud
another tennis ball, and though She has left me
the wounds of her iron foot, yet 1 have patient
ly borne her coups de pied, and am now ranked
among the lift of the reformed ; a Short re
view of the most interesting parts of past life;
may be acceptable to a few, ufeful to many,
and a guide sot myfelf in future.
For the United States Oracle of the Day.
fflfreUan,.
THE REFORMER—No. 2.
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No. ;o. Ho/. X.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TWELFTH YEAR.
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©cade of the Dap.
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Morning, by CHARLES PEIRCE, Printer of the Laws &c. of
in New-Hampshire.
PRICE I DOLLAR 50 C^NTS Per Annum
Itis now eleven years since the pre
sent government has commenced its
operations. During this time I will
not fay that all its measures have beta
ferfea, for it has been conducted by h&
man agents —I will, howevet, declare
it has not erred from intention —it' has
committed no a^s of jnjufliee or oppref
Jion —it has never <wantonh imposed any
public burden. On the contrary, in the
imposition of those it deemed indispen
sable, it has fought every alleviation in
To meh enlightened, it are the inhabitants
of New-England, it need not be observed, that,
inestimably precious as is liberty, it can in no
way, be Secured, but by the protection of gov
ernment—a government of Sufficient energy to
cdntroul the inordinate exercise of passions di
rected to Self-gratification. This energy mull
be the result either of aßaal force, or of public
confidence. The latter is the balls of our gov
ernment. It is the only foundation on which
it rests. Remove that foundation, and it in:
evitably tumbles into ruins. The principle is,
that the men elected to rule, in the manner
prescribed by the Constitution, combined as
their interest is, and infeperably united with
that of the people, wi!l;in their public conduct,
intend to promote the general welfare ; and that
they will not wantonly violate their duty, and
thereby destroy, with their own, the public
happiness. It implies not pbfeaion of tuifdom,
but bones, of intention. That liberty which i,
valuable to a virtuous mind, isfecurit, in the use
and enjoyment of our property, and in the per
formance of all a&ions, not injurious to others ;
and it is obvious, that a community which
could command the whole physical force of the
nation, for the Security of every individual of
which it is composed, from an entire affection
& confidence in rtilers of their own choice,would
possess prodigious advantages over all others.
In many ages and 'countries, expert
ments have been made under Various
modifications, to establish on this prin
ciple, institutions honorable and bene
ficial to mankind. But, alas ! the at
tempts of the wife and virtuous to per
petuate them, have been defeated, by
the wicked arts of the profligate and
ambitious. Mifreptefentation and falf
hood, profeffions of ardent attachment
to popular pfetenfions, gross adulation;
mean cringing to unprincipled dema
gogues, flattering turbulent passions,
taking advantage of ignorance, and in
flaming prejudice, have been the tacanj,
while power, dominion and tyranny
were the ends. Hence it is that govern
ments of confidence have given place to
those of force. And unlels ottr country
men shall be inspired with wisdom, the
predictions that otir republican projects
will also vanish, will be verified ; and
we {hall add another fad example to
those which delusion has plunged in
rain.
CONSTITUENTS.
PELLOW-CITIZEMS,
WHEN, by the felicitation of my friends
at the last election, I was induced, once
more to devote my feeble services to my coun
try ; it was known that retirement was my
with, and I, then, declared a hope that, there
after, the confidence with which yo u have so
long honored me, might be reposed in feme
one elfc. To repeat this hope, and to take of
you, as a public man, a final and affectionate
leave, are the obje&s of this address.
I have long, at the unsolicited, and frequent
ly, by me, undesired, appointment of m, Fel
low. Citizens, devoted myfelf to their service
The honors which I have received, as the tes
timony of their regard, have been dear to my
heart ; for they have neuter been the reftilts Os
flattery or profeffions on my part. The former
is always an evidence of a mean or diffioneft
mind—the latter, in m, opinion, mould also
be carefully avoided, by public men expecting
public favors—They may however, without
blcmilh, be made by one who seeks the shade of
private life, and especially if done with an hon
est intention of promoting the wellie of his
country.
•
The former part of my life was, in union
with my countrymen, fcvoted to effeft a revo
lution the most Singular, and the most import
ant,Which, probably,the world has ever known;
the latter to render that revolution truly bene
ficial.
ceived. Thsir effects on the mind corresponds
to the narcotic draught on the whole system,
while social gaiety and the charms of beauty
felicitate the foul, we are happy ; so the power
ful opiate allays every pain, and we rest with
tranquility umder its operation, but wty the
influence of these temporary comforters are
past, their benign" effe&s ccafe to operate, and
misery is becalmed in the Stagnant bosom of
Stupidity.
Yet no happinef, is more agreeable to th#
will of God, than that arising from society ; and
none more alluring and inoffenfive, or more de
frable, than the chirms of social indulgence, iff
the animating circle of female acquaintance—
Their merit entitles them to our high refpeCt,
their condition in life, to a protesting handj
and the design of the Creator to our warmed
and mod tender affection. They are the refin
ers of society, without whom man (if the spe
cies could otherwise be perpetuated) would
soon become morose and uncivilized as the fclf
taught sons of nature. His natural propensity
to indolence and Sloth, would be gratified by a
total neglect of mental improvement, and a
heedless attention to his personal decency. ,
JUNIUS.
op THE
Hon. Mr. SEDGWICK,
To Ria
FAREWEL ADDRESS,
From the Weftern Star.
The government ha^ had to contend
with difficulties which Were neither fore
feen nor expected ; for who could have
believed, that in less than ten years, we
should have had to defray the expence
of suppressing two Infurredions, railed
by the artful misrepresentations of wick
ed men ? Yet this, to the diforage of
our country, has been the case. We
have been obliged to facrifice treafurc
to purchase peace with the powers of
Barbary, and to redeem our citizens,
there, from slavery ; we have been at
great charge in (attaining a long and
expensive Indian war and in the protec
tion of bur frontiers ; we have fuffered
immensely by the plunder of our com
merce ; we have fortified our ports and
harbors ; we have replenilhed our ma
gazines ; and we have created a very
confidehble navy. Credit, public and
private, is reftoretl. Our navigation
is infinitely extended—our tonnage now
exceeding that of Great Britain at the
commencement of the present reign
Yet our debt at the beginning of the
present year was nearly four millions
less than at that of 1791, when we firft
began the payffiertt bf the interest. But,
what is infinitely more dear to humani*
ty, under eircurtiftarices of extreme ir
ritation, such has been the temper, the
moderation and the magnanimity of the
government, that peace has been pre
ferred, and we have kept ourselves se
parated from the scenes of horror which
are desolating Europe. It is, b-'ides,
soothing to the honest pride of an A
merican, that all men, bur own dege
nerate citlzeris, and jacobin renegadoes
from other countries among us excepted,
(peak in terms of refpeft arid honor of
the conduct of our government. Is
not this, my Fellow-Citizens, when it"
can with truth be added, that it all has
been effected without one ad of tyran
ny or oppression, a glorious reverse of
our situation in 1789 ? Yet have not
all these things secured to the govern
ment the affections of the people, or
ty^againft the malignant enterprizes
of its enemies. I speak not now of
New-England ; that is, I trust, efienti
ally, found. But at this moment it is
a doubt whether, thro'-out, the friends
of the enemies of the government, are
the most numerous. How has this
been effe&ed?
To give a full answer to that ques
tion wotild requite an hiftory in detail
of the opposition, with all its windings
and turnings, from the meeting of the
federal convention to the present day.
Suffice it to fays that the party, unttea
d, in all things else, in their attention
to two obje&fy have been uhde iatingl,
pertinacious^-in their malignant dan
der of the characters of those whom
the, believed polfetieJ the public con
fidence, and in tyir mifreprefentatiga
Its power. It received the charge of
our public affairs, ata time when, by
the imbecility of our former ffftem, the
reputation which our nation had ac
^uiied, by its glorious and fuccefslul
Sniggle fdr freedom and independence,
was almost annihilated ; when confi
dence, public aid private; was nearly
destroyed; when Rates had become the
rivals of each other, and legislative hos
tility was not only declared, but vigo
rously profecated by them; when out
federative importance was derided and
infnlted, and we were faft becoming
not indeed in name, but in faft, the Co
lonies cf the maritime nations of Europe ;
and when loaded is the people Were
With taxes; and dniverfall, complain
ing of their weight and burden, inßead
of a diniitiution of the debt, the inter
est accumulated arid unpaid was near
ly the amount of che half of the prin
cipal. ..
Receiving the charge of our national
interests under these circumstances-*-
having a new and untried fyfterti to put
into motion—having provision to make
for a large debt, the price of our free
dom and indepehd^nce ; for which the
the former government had been found
inadequate —^and having b, its own
wifdom;without the aid of precedent,bv
which to regulate its course, to devise
the means of executing a conftitUtion,
which, was intended 16 to form a more
petfed union, eftablilh julb'ce, ensure
domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defence; promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of lib
erty to Ourselves and dur pofterity"—.
surely the men oil whom this mighty
talk was devolved, had a right to ex
ped, of a generous people, a candid
conftrudiori of their hotel intentions.
A just review of the effeds*hich have
been produced, by the progress of thei?
labours, will determine horir far they
are entitled to indulgence or approba
tion.