The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-04-05 00:00:00, page 1

Publjhed by Authority.
Sixth Congress rfthe United States,
At the firft session, begun and held at the city of
Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania,
on Monday the 2d of December, 1799.
CHAPTER VIII.
An ACT giving further time to tie hold
ers of Military Warrants, to regiftri
and locate thefane.
BE it enacted by th* Senate and Hoife of \
RcprefoCafrjrs oftbe United States If
America, in Cangrefs ufemblcd. That the Secre
tary of the Treasury Ihall for the Space of four
teen days after the expiration of the pine months
heretofore allowed for that purpose, by the ad,
intituled “ An a& regulating the grants of land
appropriated for military fcrvices, and for the
society of the United Brethren for propagating
the gospel among the Heathen," regiikt war
rants for military Services in the form and man
ner as is prescribed by the said recited ad ; and
the priority of location of said warrants, and the
warrants registered under the said recited att
fall he determined by lot, immediately after the
expiration of the said fourteen days, and a day
for the location shall be fixed by the Secretary
of the Treasury, in a public notice given in one
of the gazettes of the city of Philadelphia.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Sweater ofthe House of Representative/.
Tit : JEFFERSON,
Fice- Prefident.of toe United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved— February 11, 1800,
JO^N ADAMS,
President of the United States.
-CHAPTER IX.
An ACT tofufpend Infart, an aft, inti
tuled "An act to augment the army of the
United States ; and for other purposes."
BE it ena&ed by the Senate and House of Regre
fentativee of tbe United States of America, in
Con^refs assembled, That all further enlistments
under the fecoud fedlion of an adl,intituled" An
ad to augment the army of the United States,
and for other purposes" Hull be suspended until
the further order of Congress, unless in the re
cels of Congress, and during the continuance of
the emitting differences between the United
Stares and the French Republic, war shall break
out between the United States and the French
Republic, or imminent danger of invation of
their territory by the said Republic, shall, in the
opinion of the president of the United States,
be difcQVcred to exist.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of tie House of Reprefentativet.
Th: JEFFERSON,
Pice-Pref dent of tbe United States, and
Pref dent of tbe Senate.
Approved—February 20, isco.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prefdent of tbe United State;.
CHAPTER X.
An ACT further to fuftend the commer. 1
dal intercourf.between the United States
and France, ayd the dependencies thereof.
Sec. I. T)E " cna a e ', ^ the Senate u»d
House of Reprefentatroes of tbe
United States of America, in Congress Affcmbkd,
That all commercial iptercourfe between any
person or persons refidtent within the United
States or under their ptorerftiou, and ary person
or persons resident within the territories of the
French Republic, or any of the dependencies
thereof, shall be, and from and alter the second
day of March next, is hereby prohibited and
farther suspended, excepting only in the cafe's
hereinafter provided. And any ship or vcffel,
owned, hired or employed wholly or in part by
any person or persons resident within the Uni
ted States, or any citizen or citizens thereof res
ident elsewhere and failing therefrom after that
day, which, contrary to the intent hereof, shall
be voluntarily carried, or shall be defined or
permitted to proceed, or shall be fold, bartered,
entrusted, or transferred, for the purpose that
She may proceed, whether directly or from any
intermediate port or place, to any port or place
within the territories of that Republic, or any
of the dependencies thereof; or shall be engag
• ed in any traffic or commerce, by or for any
person resident within the territories of that
Republic, or within any of the dependencies
thereof ; and also any cargo which shall be
found on board of such (hip or vessel, when de
tected and interrupted in such unlawful purpose,
or at her return from such voyage to the United
States, shall be wholly forfeited, and may be
seized and condemned in any court of the Uni
ted States having competent ju r ifdidion.
Sec. 2. And be it furtber enabled, That except
ing for foreign ships or vcffels owned, hired and
employed by persons permanently refilling in
Europe, and commanded and wholly navigated
by foreigners, no clearance for a foreign voyage
ihall be granted to any ship or vessel whatever,
unil the owner or the employer for the voyage,
er if not resident within the diftriawhere the
clearance shall be required, his fadlor or agent,
with the master and one or more fufficient sure
ty or sureties, to the fatisfa&ion of rhe Collec
tor of the diftria, shall give bond to the United
States, such owner, employer, or factor, with
tire master, in a sum equal to the value of the
vessel, and of one third of her cargo ; and such
surety or sureties in a like sum, when jt shall
not exceed ten thorfaud dollars; and if it shall
exceed, then in that sum, with condition that
the ^ip or vefTel for which a clearance shall be
tequired, is actually destined, and shall proceed
to forne port or place without the limits or ju
tifdiaion of the French Republic, or any of the
dependencies thereof, and during the intended
vovage shall not be voluntarily carried, or per
mitted to proceed or fold, entrusted or trans
ferred,with the purpose that she may proceed
whether diredly.or from any intermediate port
or place, to any port or place within tbe terri
tories of that Republic, orany of the dependen
cies thereof ; and fliaU not, at any such port or
place, voluntarily deliver or unlade any part
of such cargo , and if compelled by distress of
Weather, or taken by force into any such port
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. ' FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ELEVENTH YEAR,
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OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS.
or place, will not there receive on board of such
ship or velfel, any goods, produce or merchan
dize, other than neceff,ry sea-stores ; and gen
erally, that such ship or vcffcl shall not be em
ployed in any traffic or commerce, with or for
any person resident within the territory of the
French Republic, or any of the dependencies
thereof.
Sec. 3. Pr*roi!ei,andbe itfurtber caatH, That ,
when any ship or v<f.l woich ibali obtain a
.clearance for a foreign voyage, after a bond
shall be given as aforefaid, shall be compelled
by distress of weather, or other cafmilty endan
|g er ' n g the fafety of such fhfp or ve lfel, or of
the mariners on board the fame, or ihall be ta
ken by any armed vessel, or other fupcrior force
into any port or pla&r within the territories of
the French Republic, or any of the dependencies
thereof, and shall there neccffarily unlade and
deliver, or shall be deprived of any cargo then
on board, then, and in such case, the mailer or
other person having charge of such ship or ves
sel, may receive compensation or payment in
hills of exchange, or in money or bullion, for
such cargo, but not otherwise, and shall not be
underftodd thereby to contravene this law, or
to incur a forfeiture of the said bond.
Sec. 4. And be it farther enabled, That no ship
or vtffcl coming from any port or place within
the territories of the French Republic, or any
of the dependencies thereof, whether with or
without a cargo, or from any other port or place
with a cargo on board obtained for, or laden on
board of such vcffcl at any port or place within
the said territories or dependencies, which shall
arrive within the limits of the United States
after the said second day of March next, shill
be admitted.to an entry with the Collector of
, any diftria ; and each and every such ship or
I veffel which shall arrive as aforesaid, having on
board any goods, wares or merchandize, def
ined to be delivered within the United States,
contrary to the intent of this ad, or which (hall
have otherwise contravened the fame, together
with the cargo which shall he found on board,
shall be forfeited, and may be seized and con
demned in any court of the United States haring
competent jurifdi&on: Provided That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to prohibit
the entry of any veflcl, having a passport granted
under the authority of the French Republic,
and solely employed for purposes of political
1 or national interourfe, with the government of
the United States, and not in any commercial
intercourse, and which shall be received, and
permitted by the President of the United Staes
to remain within the fame; And provided also
that until the firft day of August next, and no
longer, any ship or vc.Tel, wholly owned or
employed by a foreigner, other than any person
resident in France, or in any of the dependen
cies of the French Republic, and which com
ing therefrom shall be destined to the United
States, and ihall arrive within the fame, not
having otherwise contravened this aft, shall be
required and permitted to depart therefrom,
and in case she shall accordingly depart, with
out any unreasonable delay, and without de
livery, or attempting to deliver, any cargo or
lading within, the United States such ship or
veflcl, or any cargo, which may be on board
the fame, shall not be liable to the forfeiture
aforefaid.
See. 5. And be it furtber enabled, That ifany
fllip or vessel, coming from any port or pjace
within the territories of the French Republic,
or any of the dependencies thereof, or with any
cargo there obtained, on board, but not destined
to any port or place within the United States,
shall be compelled by distress of weather, or 1
other necessity, to put into any port or place 1
within the limits of thedUnited'States, such fhipj
or veflcl (hall be there hospitably received id 1
the manner prescribed by the ad, intituled, I
" An adt to regulate the collection of duties on|
imports and tonnage ;" and shall be permitted <
to make fuph repairs, and to obtain such sup- [
plies as shall be necessary to enable her to pro- ;
ceed according to her deftioation ; and such re-j
pairs and Supplies being obtained, Ihall be there-i
after required and permitted to depart. But isl
such ship or vessel shall not conform to the re-I
gulations prescribed by rhe act last mentioned, 1
or shall unlade any part of her cargo, or shall §
take on board any cargo or (applies whatever, j
without the permit of the Collector of the dif
tria previously obtained therefor, or shall refufe !
or unreasonably delay to depart from and out|
of the United States, after having received a I
written notice to depart, which such Collector I
may, and shall give, as soon as such ship or vef-I
fel shall be fit for sea ; or having departed fhall|
return to the United States, not being compelled |
thereto by further distress or necessity, in each [
and every such case, such ship, or vessel and her I
cargo shall be forfeited and may be seized, and;
condemned in any court of the United States!
having competent jurifdi&ion.
Sec. 6. And be it farther enabled, That at any
time after the palling of this a&, it shall be law
ful for the President of the United States, by
his order to remit and difeontinue for the time
being, whenever be shall deem it expedient, ,nd
for the intcreft of the United States, all or any
of the restraints and prohibitions imposed by
this a&, in refpe& to the territories of the
French Republic, or to any find,part, or place
belonging to the said Republic, with which in
his opinion a commercial intercourse may be
fafely renewed ; and also it (hall be lawful for
the President of the United States, whenever he
shall afterwards deem it expedient, to revoke .
such order, and hereby to re-eftablUh such re-|
ftraints and prohibitions: And the President of:
the United States shall be, and he ii hereby au-;
thorifed to make proclamation thereof, accord
ingly.
Set. ~ An Ibe it further enabled. That the
whole of the ifhnd of Hispaniola shall for the
purposes of this a& be considered as a depen
dency of the French Republic : Provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be deemed to re,
peal or annul in any part the order or proclama
tion of tbe President of rhe United States here
tofore issued for permitting commercial inter
coarfe with certain ports of that inland.
Sec. 8 And beit faftto enabled, That it shall
be lawful for the President of the United Stefa,
to give inftruft'onste the public armed vessels
of the United State, to stop and examine ary
ship or yeffel of the United Staler, on the high
sea, which th#< may be realon tofufyed to be
engaged in any traffic, or commerce contrary
to this a&, and if upon examination, it shall ap
pear that such fbip or velfel is bound or failing
to, or from any port or place, contrary to the
true intent and meaning of this ?d, it fh,ll be the
duty of the commander of f.tch pbblic armed I
veflcl, to seize every ffiip or velfel engaged in I
fuch' illicit commerce, and fend the fame, to the
nearest convenient port of the UAhfStato, to
be there prosecuted in due course of law, and
held liable to the penalties and forfeitures pro
vided by'this a*.
Sec. 9. AnJ be it furtber enaRA, That all pen
alties and forfeitures incurred by force of this
act, sh ill, and may be examined, mitigated,
and remitted in like manner, and under the like
conditions, regulations, and reftriaions, as are
prescribed, authorifed, and directed by tbe ad,
entitled " An a& to provide for mitigating, or
remitting, the forfeitures, penalties and durabil
ities accruing in certain cases therein mention
ed ;" and all penalties and forfeitures, which
may be recovered in pursuance of this act in
confequtnce of any feizare made by the com
mander of any public armed veffi.l of the Uni
ted Rates, shall be distributed according to the
rules prescribed by the a&, intituled " An act
for the government of the navy of the United
States ;" and all other penalties arising under
this aa, and which may be recovered, shall be
distributed and accounted for in the manner
prescribed by the a&, intituled “ An aft to re
gulate the collection of duties on imports and
tonnage."
Sec. 10. And be it furtber enabl'd, That no
thing contained hi this act shall extend to any
ship or velfel to which the President of the
United States shall grant a permission to enter
and clear; provided such (hip or vtfcl shall be
solely employed, pursuant to such permission,
for purposes of national intercourft ; and shall
not be permitted to proceed with, or to bring
to the United States any cargo or lading what
ever other than ntcUTary sea-stores.
Sec. 11. And be it farther enift, That the aft,
intituled "An aft further to suspend the com
mercial intercourse between the United States
and France, and the dependencies thereof "shall
be, and is hereby continued and shall be taken
to be in force in refped to all offenses, which
fhallhave been committed against the fame,
before the expiration thereof ; and to the in
tent that all seizures, forfeitures and penalties
arifingupon such offences, may be bad, sued
for, prosecuted and recovered, any limitation of
the said aft to the contrary hereof notwith
standing.
Sec. 12. And be itfurtber enabled, That this
adt shall be and remain in force until the third
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
one ; Provided, bonvever, the expiration thereof
shall not prevent or defeat any seizure, or pro
secution for a forfeiture incurred under this a&,
and during the continuance thereof.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the house of Representatives.
Tm JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of tbe United States, arf
President of tbe Senate.
Approve# —February 271 b, 18%,
JOHN ADAMS,
Prfpd.at of Qo United Stater.!
War Department, 1
M^cn 12, 1800. I
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,j
n 'HATfepcrate proposals will be received 4
I JL at the office of the Secretary of the Depart-1
' merit of War, until the expiration of the 25th ofl
;July next enduing, for the supply of all rations, !
;which may be required fofthe life of the United /
States, from the ift day October, 1800, to the|
;30th day of September, 1801, both days inclu-|
five, at the places and within the two diftri^ts.
, herein after firft mentioned ; and also that fe-|
;parate proposals will be received at the said of
ifice until tbe expiration of the 25th day of July
} next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which
;may be required as aforefaid, from the lit day 1
I of Jan. in the year r8op; to the gift day of De- I
;comber in ^ ame year, both days inclusive, at
;the place and within thefeveral. Rates herein
laster mentioned, viz.
Pird. Proposals to supply all rations, that may
I be required, at Ofwega; at Niagara; at Fittf
-IBurg ; at Prefqu'ifle ; at Michilfoackinac ; at ,
iFort Franklin ; at Le Boeuf ; at Cincinnati; at
I Picque town, and Loramies flores; at Fort
I Wayne ; at Fort Defiance ; at any place below
I Fore Defiance, on the Miami river to Lake
I Erie ;at Fort Knox, and Ouatanon on the river
IWdbalh ; at Maffac; at any place or places on
Ithe east fide of the river Mississippi, above the
। mouth of the river Ohio, and upon die Illinois
Iriver.
Second. Proposals to supply all rations that *
may be required, at any place or places, on thel
eait fide of the Mississippi river, below the month
of the river Ohio to she southern boundary of the
state of Kentucky and within the laid Rate ; at
Knoxville ; at all other polls and places within
the Rate of Tenrtefee; at South Weft Point ;at
Tellico Blockhouse ; at St. Sevens, or other fort
or post on the river Tombigby, and any place
or places within the Cherokee boundaries ; be
low the southern boundary of the state of Ten
neffce and witbin the boundary of the United
States.
Third. Proposals to supply all rations that
1 may be required, at Point-Petre; at Coleraine;
I at Savannah, and at any other place or places
jwhere troops are or may be flattened ,-marchcd
I or recruited within the state of Georgia ; at all
forts or Rations on the Oconnee and Alatamaha,
andat all other places in the Creek Nation, within
the limits of the United States, where troops
ate or may be Rationed.
Fourth, Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Johufop, at Fort Pinck
, ney, at Charlcflon, or at any other place or
places where troops are or may be Rationed,,
marched or recruited in the Rate of South Car
olina.
Fifth. Proposals to supply all ration, that
may be required at the Fort at Wilmingftf,
: Cape Fear; at Beacon Blind, Qcracock ; at
I Charlotte ; Rt Fayetteville ; at Salisbury, or at
any other place or places where troops are or
may he Rationed, inarched or recruited in &
state of Notch Carolina.
Sixth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Norfolk, atPortfmouth, at
Kcmpfyille, at Charlatteville, a: Winchester, at
Staunton, at Richmond, at Alexandria, at Leef
burg, at Fredericksburg, at Carterfville, at Ha-
Ipet's Ferry, or at any other place or places
iwhere troops are or may be Rationed, marched
or recruited, in the Rate of Virginia,
Seventh. Proposals to supply all rations that
may he required at Fort M'Henry, at Baltimore,
at Annapolis, at Frederick town, at Leonard
town, at Hagers town, at Bladcofburg, at George
town, at Eaftown, at the H:<ul of,Elk, and at
any other place or places, where troops are or
may be Rationed, marched or recruited widiin
the limits of the Race of Maryland.
Eirbtb. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Mifflin, at Philadel
phia, at Darby, at Lancaster, at Wilkefbarre, at
R ading, at 3ritlol, at York to-vn, at Carlisle,
at Lewiftown (Mifflin county) at Bedford, at
, Greenfbu r g, at Washington, at Eaftown, at
Wilmington, at Christiana, at Dover, or at any
other place or places where troops are or may
be Rationed, marched or recruited within the
limits of die Rates of Pennfylvafh & Delaware,
except the posts within the state of Pennsylvania,
enumerated in the firft proposals aforefaid.
Ninth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Hackanfac, at Elizabeth
town, at New-Brunswick, at Burlington, at
Woodbury, at Trenton, and at an, other place
or places where troops are or may be Rationed,
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 Cheder, at
Poughkceplie, at Kenderhook, at Stillwater at-
Newburg, at Albany, at Conajoharie, at Cherry
Valley, and at any other place or places where
troops are or may be Rationed, marched or re
cruited within the limits of the Rate of New-
York, except the pofta within the said state en
umerated in the firft proposals aforefaid.
Eleventh. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Hartford, at Hebron, at
New London, at Brooklyn, at Wyndham, at
Litchfield, at Guilford, at New Haven, at Fair
field, at Danbury, at Middletown, and at an,
other place or places where troops are or may
be Rationed, marched or recruited within the
limits of the state of Connefticut.
Twelfth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Brinton's
Point, at Newport, at Providence, and at any
place or places where troops are or may be Ra
tioned, marched or recruited within the limits of
the state of Rhoderifland.
Thirteenth. Proposals to supply al! rations that
may be required at Portland in the Diftria ofl
Maine. Gloucester, Cape &n, Salem, Marble-|
head, Boston, at Springflera, at Uxbridge, and|
at any other place or places where troops arel
or may be Rationed, marched or recruited with- !
in the limits of the Rate of Maffachufqts.|
Fourteenth. Proposals to supply all rations[
that ma, be required at Portsmouth, at Exeter, j
at Windsor, at Bennington, at Rutland, or atj
I any Fort, place or places, where troops are or
I may be Rationed, marched or recruited within ;
1 the States of New Hampshire and Vermont.
The Rations to be supplied, is to consist of the
Ifollowing articles, viz. Eeighteen ounces of,
I bread or flour, or when neither can be obtained,
I of one quart of rice, or one and a half pound of
I lifted or boulted iridian meal, one pound and a
I quarter of frefh beef, or one pound of salted
Ibeef, or three quarters of a pound of faltedl
IPork, and when frefh meat is issued, salt, at thel
I rate of two quarts for every hundred rations;
j soap at the rate of four pounds, and candles at
; the rate of a pound and a half for every huu
'dred rations.
It is expected the proposals will also extend to
I the supply of rum, whilkry, or other ardent fpir
iits at the rate of half a gill perration, and Viu
6gac at the rate of two quarts for every hundred
rations. The proposals will fpecify the price of
the fcveral component parts of the ration,as well
j as those of fubftitutas or alternatives for parts
I thereof.
The rations are to be furnifhed in such quan
tities as that there shall at all times, during the
term of the peppofed contrasts be fufficierit for
the consumption of the troops at Michilimack
inac, Detroit, Niagara and Ofwego, for fix
months in advance, and at each of the other
poses on the weftern waters, for at lead three
months in advance, of good and wholefame pro
visions, if the fame shall be required, ft is also
to be permitted to all 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 supplies of
like provisions in advance, as in the diferetion
of the commandant shall be deemed proper.—
It is to be underload that the contractor is to
I be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies
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 dftoyed,
on the depofitionsoftwo 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 articles, for
which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is to be underßood to be re
ferred to the United States of requiring, that
none,of the supplies which may be furnished un
der any of the proposed contracts shall be issued,
until the /supplies which have or may be fer
nifhed under contracts now in force have been
confumed,and that Supply in advance may be
always required at any of the fixed posts on the
Seaboard or Indian frontiers not exceeding
three months.
JAMES M'HENRY,
Secretary of War.
COMMERCIAL.
Capt. Talbot, of tbe United States frigate
! Conmtution,hns officially notified the American
Merchants, that there is great danger in fend
ing their vessels dirtily to Port Repuldic, from
the increased number of Rigaud's armed boats
in the Bite of Leogane ; anil recommends their t
couching at Cape Francois, for the purpose of
waiting a convoy which will fail from the Male
ifor Rare Republican, every fourth dQ
Political.
Read, and tvhen t^u readeft take wirm',^.
As Politics are the "order rs the day"
in this country, and as facebias, French
Agents, and Democrats abound, whole
avowed indentions are to deffroy our
present government, to place %fcrfcn
in tlie chair of state, and Spread anarchy
and confufion through the nation, it
has become absolutely necefftry that
the strong arm of Federalism Ihould l>e
Stretched forth, to crush the demon of
faction, and blast tbe feverish hopes,
and iniidious schemes of deluded men.
Virginia, that hot-bed of Sedition and
receptacle of disappointed Dem igo
gues, has long contemplated "a reform in
the general government, by miking „/-
tertf through the dates for the election
of Mr. Jefferfon, to the presidency at
the next general Suffrage—their fattel
ites fwarra through the country —%/-
lender writes libels on the government,
and defames the character of President
Adams Giles, Taylor, and Mason
fyout in their assemblies, and inflame
the patlions—while every avenue, that
may farther their Schemes, is explor
ed and pursued with diligence. Their
plans ate all hostile to the reputation
and welfare of America —and will, if
not counterafted, consummate its rain.
—Parties, obstinate and headstrong,
are the bane of society—they tend to
the dissolution of law and order ; and
will Shake, to the foundation,the ftrong
eft.empires. The friends to the Ameri
can government mud unite, be arm Sc
confident, cautious, eagle eyed, Support
with dignity the charter of their liber
ties, and spurn with indignation the
villain that would fully it—By this
means cur worthy President will be
continued in office, commerce and agri
culture enrich our shores, and Smiling;
happiness be the lot of all.
— -uMimMPJtnm—ii . ■ ■■■ *
AMERICANS, READ!
Five " difpadionate" feafoas why
I the President Ihould not be re-elected
Ito that high office, are adduced in the
• Aurora ; each of which have been re-
I futed as often as they have been ad-
Ivanced. The firft objection to his re
;election is (strange as it may appear)
!becaufe he wrote and published a de-
Ifence of the American Coaftitutions!
I Had he, like Tom Paine, or die philo-
I fophic Priedley, written eulogiums ort
the French Confutations, throughout
their fluctuations; or, like them, revil
ed and libelled the religion of Christ,
; we would not, perhaps, have beheld
Ithis phalanx reared to oppefe Iris re-elec
tion to a station, in which he might fub
ferve the benevolent cause of anarchy
an I infidelity.
The second objection is, perhaps, not
left ridiculous than the preceding It is,
forfooth, because his administration
has been Supported by "such men" as
Messrs, Tracy, Ross, Sedgwick, Har
per, Dana, &c.! Talents io formida
ble, and virtue so inflexible, naturally
excite the fears and abhorrence of men
whose designs are dishonourable.
The third is, because by the law re
training the licentious and calumnious,
the character and conduct of the Exe
cutive are Sheltered in "a coat of mail,"
and guarded from the foul afperiions
of the Seditious, against which even the /
integrity of WASHINGTON was no;
Secure.
The fourth objection is, because Mr.
Adams has evinced a ditpefition to
preserve the honour and independence
of his country, by recommending and
countenancing, at a period of great
public danger, the establishment of a
refpcCtable navy, and a small array ;
and because, that for this purpose, he
ga\ t his assent to the obtaining from
his fellow citizens a loan of money, the
more expeditiously to accomplish the
measures of defence.
The fifth and but is, like the top of a
climax, Superiorly absurd. It is be
cause, in the surrender of Thomas
NaSh, alias Jonathan Robbins, a proved
pirate and murderer, he fulfilled the
obligations of a solemn national Stipu
lation, In other words, because he
did not render his country the hiding
hple of every guilty wretch who could
elude in his own country the searching
hand ofjuftice ; because he did not ex
alt to " honours and rewards" foreign
' ers, whose disloyalty had compelled
them to fly their own countr y.-—For
regions like these, is the re-eledinn
Mr. Adams to the Pudency opposed
by a class of men who, while they pro
fefs nothing but peace, make war on
every regular and ufeful eilabioh
mentl
WASHINGTON'S L R <,cr.