The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-12-10 00:00:00, page 1

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Concord, Sept. 28, 1810.
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A POEM
ON PHYSIOGNOMY.
By Joseph Bartlett, Esq.
You are hereby required, in the
name of the State of New-Hampshire,
to notify and warn a meeting of the
Inhabitants of the said town of—•—,
qualified to vote in the choice of Sena tors
fortheStateLegislature,to be held on the
second Tuesday of March next, to vote
by ballot for three of the six persons
hereafter named for Representatives of
this State in the Congress of the U
nited States, agreeably to an act pass
ed June 21, AD. 1792. And in the
warning and notification of said meet
ing, you are to give fifteen days notice
of the time and place for holding said
meeting. You arc also to sign the
copy of the record of said meeting,
with the town clerk ; and certificates,
thus attested, of all votes taken at
said meeting, arc to be sealed up, and
directed to the Secretary of State, with
asu perscription expressing the purport,
thereof, and transmitted by the town
clerk to the Sheriff of the County in
which such meeting was holden, with
in ten days after the time of holding
such meeting, qr to the Secretary's
Office in Concord, within twenty days
at farthest from and after the time of
holding said meeting.
The names of the six candidates
who had the highest number of votes
(next after those elected) at the late
August meeting, and from among
which there are to be voted for, as
above mentioned.
GEORGE SULLIVAN,
WILLIAM HALE,
ROGER VOSE,
DANIEL BLAISDELL,
JOHN A. HARPER,
OBED HALL.
Given under my hand at Portsmouth,
by and with the advice of Council,
this twenty-fourth day of Septem
ber, in the year of our Lord, one
'thousand eight hundred and ten,and
of American Independence the thir
ty-Jifth.
JOHN LANGDON, Governor.
ATTEST,.
MINIATURE ALMANACK.
[CORRECTED WEEKLY."]
December. r.Qs. r,,@s. F.sea.
10 Monday 732 5 ) rise 11 29
11 Tuesday 733 5 535 Morn
12 Wednes. 733 5 621 Oli
13ihursd. 7 345 711 057
14 Friday 734 5 8 7 142
15 Saturday 7 3.5 5 9 4 2 26.
16 SUND. 735 5 10 2 3 9
The whole number of Representa
tives to Congress not having been se
lected at the late August meeting —the
following Circular Precept has been
directed and forwarded to the Select
then of the several Towns within this
State.
STATE OF NE W- HAMPSHIRE.
To the Selectmen of the Town of ——,
GREETING.
Samuel Sparhawk, Secretary.
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Baltimore, 1810.
STATIONARY PRIZES— as fol
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numbers from 10,001 to 12,000 inclu
sive, each hundred of the said 2,000 to
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est number for the 21st day, and so
regularly ascending to the 45th.
FIRST CLASS.
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50 do. 100 5,000
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WITH
AN EPHEMERIS FOR THE YEAR
EXETER, (N. H.) MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1810.
LOTTERY.
1811.
'' In Algiers.
" Tobias Lear, consul-general.
Hehas been allowed a salary of 4000
dollars per annum, an outfit of the
same sum, and a quarter's salary
for the expense of his return; also
a reasonable house rent, the expense
of couriers, of postage, of necessary
printing, and for the services of a
secretary and drogerman."
"Tripoli.
" George Davis, >consul.
His salary is 2,000 dollars, with art
outfit of the same sum, aud a quar
er's salary for the expense of his
return, find in all other respects his
allowances are the same with those
ofthe consul-general."
SCIENCE OF DRAINING MON
EY FROM TH E TREASURY.
—By a law of the United States, pass
ed and approved July Ist, 1790, it is
enacted as follows:—
" That the President of the United
States shall be and he is hereby author
ised to draw from the Treasury of the
United States, a sum not exceeding
forty thousand dollars annually, to be
paid out of the monies arising from the
duties on imports and tonnage, for'the
support of such persons as he shall
commission to serve the United States
in foreign parts,Rind for the expense
incident to the business in which they
may be employed. Provided, That
exclusive of an outfit, which shall in
no case exceed the amount of one
year's salary to the minister plenipo
tentiary or charge des affaires to whom
the same may be allowed, the Presi
dent shall not allow to* any minister
plenipotentiary a greater sum than at
the rate of nine thousand dollars per
annum, as a compensation for all his
personal services and other expenses?
nor a greater sum for the same, than,
four thousand five hundred dollars per
annum to • a charge des affaires ; nor
a greater sum for the same, than one
thousand thtee hundred and fifty dol
lars per annum to the secretary of any
minister plenipotentiary. And pro
vided also, That the President shall
account specifically for all such ex
penditures of the said money as in his
judgment may be made public, and al
so for the amount of such expenditures
as he may think it adviseable not to spe
cify, and cause a regular statement and
account thereof to be laid before Con
gress annually, and also lodged in the
proper office of the Treasury Depart
ment."
This act, which was limited at first
to a short period, was continued from
time to time, the compensation remain
ing the same, until May, 1800, when
an act passed without any limitation
of time, fixing the same compensation.
These various statutes provide com
pensation's for foreign ministers, not
consuls. In July, 1797, * follow
ing act passed, viz.
" That in case it be found necessary,
for the interest of the United States,
that a consul be appointed to reside at
Algiers ; the President be aut horisd
to allow him an annual salary not
exceeding four thousand dollars?'.
This statute, which is . the only one
that we are acquainted with, which
authorised the payment of a compen
sation to any Consul, empowered the
President to allow a yearly salary to
the Consul at Algiers, not exceeding
four thousand dollars. There is not
the least authority given by it, to al
low such an officer an out fit; besides
his salary, nor any salary to any oth
er Consul. Even now Consuls in most
cases, have no salary from the govern
ment. Their profits-arise out of their
offices, and are commomly sufficiently
liberal.
During the Presidency of Mr. Jeffer
son, Tobias Lear was appointed " Con
sul-general" at Algiers, George Davis
Consul at Tripoli, Charles D. Cox
Consul at Tunis, and James Simpson
Consul at Morocco. On the 27th of
April, 1810, in compliance with a res
olution of the House of Representa
tives of the United States, the Presi
dent sent a Message to that House,
containing " a statement of the several
consular or commercial agents, having
authority under the United States in
foreign countries, together with the
salaries or compensations, if any, al
lowed to them respectively." That
statement contains the following items,
viz.
From the Connecticut Mirror.
POLITICAL.
Holland. —Fifteen years ago this
was one of the richest of countries.
“ Its mercantile capital being too vast
to find employment at home, was con
tinually overflowing, and running into
the public funds of other countries."
The interest of money, by reason of its
great plentiness, was lower there than
perhaps any where else upon earth. The
Bank of Amsterdam was preeminent for
credit and for the magnitude of its dis
counts. The paper of that bank was
five per cent above specie; as it was
every where current, and had the ad
vantage over silver and gold, that it
could be transferred, reckoned, or con
cealed,, with more ease. When the
French took possession of Amsterdam,
in the year 1795, its merchants, like
those of Tyre, were princes, they pos
sessed princely fortunes.
The Hollanders having for several
ages bent their whole minds to getting
" Charles D. Cox, acting consul ad
interim.
The salary and allowances are the same
as at Tripoli."
"Morocco.
" James Simpson, consul, Tangier.
Tne salary and allowances are the same
as at Tunis and Tripoli."
Here, then, has been paid by the order
of Mr. Jefferson, out of the Treasury
of the United States, four thousand
dollars outfit to Mr. Lear, an^ two
thousand dollars outfit to each of the
other three,in addition to their salaries,
making ten thousand dollars in the
whole; and two thousand dollars a
year salaries, making six thousand dol
lars a year more, to Davis, Cox, and
Simpson, besides the allowances for
rent, &c. and they have received, or
have a promise of receiving, 2,500 dol
lars more to bear their expenses home.
This money has been paid from the
Treasury without provision by law;
and Mr. Jefferson had no more right
to pay it or promise it on the part of
the government, than any other indi
vidual in the community. This con
duct of his, has received the express
disapprobation even of his own friends
in Congress, by the passing a law dur
ing the last session, prohibiting such
payments in future. But what ought
to be the public sentiment on the dis
covery and exposure of such a transac
tion ? No principles in an elective
government is held more sacred, than
that the public money is to be paid
only in conformity to law. So
jealous were the people of the United
States on the subject of money, that
in forming the Constitution, clauses
were inserted to the followisg effect—
" All bills for raising revenue shall
originate in the House of Representa
tives, and" no money shall be drawn
from the Treasury, but in consequence
of appropriations by law." Would
the same people who took such pains
to guard their money concerns, have
consented to give the President an un
limited power over their Treasury ? We
say unlimited, because it will necessa
rily follow, that if he is justifiable in
having paid out money without the
authority of law to these Consuls he
would be justifiable in paying it
out for any other purpose he might
think proper. If he might pay a
Consul four thousand dollars with
out legal provision, he might pay him
forty thousand with the same pro
priety. Let a transaction of the kind
once pass without notice, and you may
expect the revenue of the United States
will be squandered for the most vicious
purposes. Votes may be bought, ma
jorities secured, communities bribed,
and in effect, power prolonged, to any
period within the compass of a man's
life. Nor is any security to be deriv
ed from the fact, that the sum filched
from the Treasury is small. The pre
cedent established will be equally formi
dable, as if the amount reached a year's
revenue. Indeed, the sum in the
present instance, is not so trilling as it
might seem. Those of our readers
who will recollect so far back, as when
we first began to publish a series of
papers under this title, will remember,
that we gave a few items of Mr. Con
sul Lear's prodigality, amounting in
the whole to a tolerably round sum.
Mr. Lear is, however, considered by
some people, as a favourite with the
late President. The story of General
Washington's Journal, renders a suf
ficient account, in the opinion of those
acquainted with the subject to which
we allude, why he should be .gratified
with a pretty good share of public
favour.
" Tunis.
FRENCH APOLOGISTS.
The Concord Patriot of the 6th ulfi
has half a column of editorial remarks
headed '' Bonaparte," in which altho*
he is not altogether considered "a mo
del of perfection," yet that in reality,
he is not quite so bad as many have re
ported—that his proposal for revoking
his decrees is " certainly honorable"---
that he " has never manifested any in
tention of extending his conquests to
America" —that undoubtedly he is in
clined to foster our independence—
that therefore " we have nothing to
apprehend from the gigantic power of
Napoleon ; —that he can't hurt us if he
would" “ hence it is folly to view him.
with suspicion that he can do us no
good as long as he is disposed ta'do us
justice, and to respect us as a great
and independent nation" —that the in
sulting language in Champagny's letter
wherein we are told that we have less
independence than the Parliament of
Jamaica, was in a degree justified by
the proceedings of Congress" —yes
our democratic Congress—and finally
that " IN RELATION TO AMERICA, FOR
THE MOST PART,THE CONDUCT
OF BONAPARTE HAS BEEN 0-
PEN,INGENUOUS AND MANLY,
AND AS SUCH MERITS OUR
APPROBATION." ! !!!
Keene Sentinel.
NEW REVIEW.
It cannot but be gratifying to every
American reader of patriotick feelings,
or literary taste, to observe a proposal
for publishing in Philadelphia, a new,
quarterly periodical work, entitled
" The American Review of History &
Politicks, and General Repository of
Literature and State Papers." This
work is to be conducted under the
management of Robert Walsh,jun.Esq.
whose pamphlet upon the " Genius
and Disposition of the French Gover
nment" has given hip every claim to
the reputation of a man of science,
genius and literature. If is to be hop^
ed such an undertaking will not sink
for want of patronage, but will find a
support commensurate with its utility,
and the talents of the editor.
Repertory
money, had quite lost the spirit of their
brave and hardy ancestors, who were
poor. Choosing to submit without a
struggle, rather than bravely to defend,
their country and their liberties, and .
hoping to soften their foe by a volutin
tary and cheerful submission, they wel
comed the French invaders with open
arms; and the whole city of Amster
dam was in the full blaze of illumina
tion the evening after the French en
tered it.
The French went thither, pretended
ly, as friends and protectors. They
have protected Holland for fifteen years.
They have protected it till there is
nothing scarcely left worth protecting^
Its riches, as well as its liberties and
independence, are gone. The Hol
landers are not only enslaved, politic
ally speaking, they not only have lost
their political ' existence as a nation, and
are made a province of France, but
are also reduced to the utmost poverty.
Here what Champagny says in his
report some time ago to the French
Emperor. “ Holland" (says he)
''has sunk under the weight of her
" public debt, which amounts to be,
" tween 85 and 90 millions." Agaitt
he says, " It is estimated that Hol
" landpays triple the sum that France
" pays. The people groan under the
" weight of 23 distinct descriptions of
" contributions, and can no longer
" pay them. Nevertheless the neces^
" sary expenses of government re
" quire that this burden should be
" augmented." —The French minister
offers these as some of the reasons why
Holland ought of necessity to be in
corporated with France. Thus Hol
land, after being impoverished by the
iron gripe of Napoleon, is in the next
place declared a pauper, and its ex
treme poverty is made the pretext for
taking from it the very name of inde
pendence.
Yet Napoleon loved Holland. A
gain and again has he expressed bis
warm affection for his dutiful allies ths
Hollanders. '' Their interests enter
ed into the views of his policy." Un
availingly do they now execrate their
own folly in having listened to French
love-tales, and acted like the pigeons,
in the fable, that put themselves Under
the protection of the hawk.
Con. Courant.
[No. 30.