The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-08-28 00:00:00, page 2

Amazonian Enthusiasm.
WE are informed, that in a circle
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Loo was made to evince to th&
world (netwithft ending rhe delica
cy attributed to the fez) a difpofi
non to ftrengthto the fifing bul
wark otoor national liberties, by
forming themfelvei into a Corps
de-Referve, to bold chemfelrei io
fadiceft to issue forth @o& the
enemies of our beloved country
^^Y time when the exigencies
of affairs may appear fofficiently
gloomy to juftify the measure.—
They entered into fereral patriotic
refoldtiom, and went so tar as to
nominate their chief officer. We
hope, in a short time, to be eia,
bled to give a full account of their
organization. \ How invincible
must be the lines of our fair coun
try-women, when armed with the
artillery of their eyes, they
will strike at the ver) hearts of
their enemies !
[The following band,® Jeutence a,„ars
in the Wal,oh Oration.]
" To the infultiff the mercenary de.
Brands for our money, in the true foirit
of Freemen, we reply, CQME YOUR
SELVES AND TAKE IT, and the
voucher for the disbursement shall be
written with your own blood, and (bail
bear, the BROAD STAMP of American
valour?'.
§ ;—, — :
The Editor of the Portfinouth OR A
eta, who has hitherto been considered
rather Jacobinical, proclaimed to the
World in a late number, that his paper,
for the future, fhouTd bear only the "form
and preffere of Federalism” He deserves
credit for his conversion, though lit e.,
It is high time for all honest men to ral
ly round the Government.
We are told by a gentleman from
Portfmoulh that in consequence of Mr.
Piercb's declaring that "he will print
a Federal Paper," (even Persons have
withdrawn their names from his lift,—
among them, the /ifo/Mr. Gardner,
the expiring Senator Langdon, and
hisyimrfffig Brother. (Mercury )
FROM DEDHAM,JUNE 21.
In the deprecated event of war, we
must depend upon ourselves. Foreign
vultures may be called in to protea us
from foreign rooks ; but, whether vido
ry or defeat be the consequence, the fate
es the poor pigeons will be the fame;
subjugation and ruin. Let us rouse our
own Eagle from his nest and arm his tal
ons with the biasing flame and the re
sistless thunderbolt. Away with fear,
and let us join in the chorus of out favor-
W?^^of co.
/rt^ be Haves, $
"While the earth bears a plant or the
, & rolls its waves." ,\
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A gentleman from Somnam OTu,
os, that be to P,heg, and ieveral
^#^ e ^ f '°i? 2^°:
They effeded their escape by the aid
an American seaman, whose vessel had
been carried into Cayenne,
the Infant Navy
Os the United Sutes, already affames
=^^3
not, be rapid : -aod th, fi, ft care of the
ci trains of America ought to be, to fix it
on a permanent endDnmmcHv,
2nd faendow With the means of accu-
The French ricaroon owners, ana the
f1 thAirranfp
still maintain, that we are not at war
[The following came to hand too late
for ourj for] ,
FOR, THE MIRROR.
Mr. Davis, .
TT hi been very general!, expeded,
1 that our old Representatives to Cen
grefs # would be re elected at the eniniog
Eledion, and conft quently very little has
been said receding a change, whatever
may have been the ebriflia* thoughts of
many. Notwithftandiag this uncom
mon sleep of the wind of Eledioncering
—this laudable acquiescence in the mea
fores of administration, and ebrifran re
signation to the men and the times, we
perceive feme partial attempts at varying
the face of things, and interrupting the
happy slumbers of the public, by the
recommendation of some new candidates
in the hff Mirror. The author of these
we presume cannot be gratified ; and
were an alteration necessary or seriously
thought of, the very refpedable names
of the Hon. TIMOTHY WALKER,
Efq'r. and ARTHUR LIVERMORE,
Esq would not be forgotten by the good
Citizens of . ,
^ Rockingham & Grafton.
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From the Oracle of the Day.:
To Wm. Gardner, Esq.
Late Commissioner of Loans for the State of
Nru)-iimn;jhtre.
SILENCE was recommended and you
promised obedience. [ But paflion'
overcame prudence ; and you again ob
trude. your name on the public, and
weakly attempt a refutation of my well
foundedjuft charges.— If the allusion to
the usual pradice of common felons
wounds your feelings; to your own coo
dud the blame must be attributed.,
Manlius pointed out, bu: did got create
the likeness. ; $
Like an ancient querulous maiden of
blasted reputation and, contaminated
fame, fondly recounting the gay suitors
of her youth; you industriously perse
vere in the vain attempt to place yourfelf
in the company of honest men, who be
fore the lob of your charaaer, thought
themselves not disgraced ioaffording you
their countenance and support. Again
you mention the names and claim the
acquaintance of worthy and honest men.
Those whom you attempt diredly to a.
bufe, are in no danger of injury. The
most violent cenfore & abuse of factious
democrats has for a long time operated
as the highest praise in their power to
bestow. Their encomiums alone are to
be feared. You pretend that you owe
possessed the friendfhip of our excellent
Governor ; agd that thro' his influence
and assistance you was made treasurer.
Here may be seen an instance of artful,
crafty management of which,you are not
often guilty .—Wishing to injure a man
whose reputation you darenot openly &
diredlv attack ; you fubtlely attempt
his disgrace, by bringing him into your
own company, and representing him as
your friend. But the charaaer of this
man is far abovg the reach of the utmost
exertion of your malice. It will be long
remembered to his honor, that high in
office & influence, he was the firft boldly
and manfully to oppose the wicked and
traiterous designs of your fadion, And
to his wife, steady and firm condua must
in a great degree be attributed rhe pres
ent happy unanimity in ibis state. His
friendfhip for you, if it ever existed, lift
ed as long as your condud was upright,
and reared when he difeovered your
change. That he ever needed or mean
ly condefeended to solicit your assistance
^t±^
worth and your insignificance. Hit re
putation in that office was unrivalled,and
his honest and well earned popularity
unequaiieu- in me utmost Derangement
of our fifc.l concerns, he accepted the
offiC ?'^"^Tifor'm^CTto Gtort
employment under the United states,
which was expeaed to be otaly short
duration, you with much difficulty and
great exertion, procured the appoint.
^Clh^Atato^ theofoV:
ieot, humble hoiditakes of tne omce, un
til hr mould apain be at leifore to resume
I tthAtrt^A at ri Anc vhl>o hf th#
levitate for his ^re-appointment.—
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ed the fubfea contemplated Altha'
you w>uld have felt no degradation in
meanly fofekfog votes, as you represent
—his honest pride and delicate sense of
propriety would have repelled and despis
ed the bafemeans with indignation.
At the time you was made Commif
fiorier of Loans, your talents were un
known to your tewnfman ana present
patron io the Senate of the U. States. He
then knew not what a humble tool, and
convenient cat's paw of mifehief he
could make of you. He conftquently
oppefed your appointment ; ana there
by fubjeded himfell to your open violent
refeotment and abuse. Those who re
member the fracas which this occasioned
between you, will not readily credit your
assertion, that you never elicited, and
unwillingly accepted the office.—After
repeated solicitations on your part, the
man you mention, feeing the impossi bil
ity of your retaining the office of Trea
surer, in compassion of your distress,
procured you this appointment—And
in your abuse, be now experiences the
customary reward of democratic friend
ship.
You complain of being wrongfully
aceufed of making falfe representations
tefpeaing your fabrics. Having brought
this charge against you ; I confider my.
Self bound to support it, or candidly ac
knowledge a mistake. Your assertion
is, that your Salary as Commissioner of
Loans, never exceeded 650 dolls, per an.
num ; and in your firft address you clear
ly intimated that for all the bard dredger,
and Severe labour, which had ruined
your „or couditutien, and imptroerijbed
your fortune, you had received no great
er compeofation. Deteaed in this, you
now attempt a Subterfuge in farther mif
reprefentaiion, and pretend to make a
diftinaion,difficult to be comprehends,
in the nature of your salary.— You lay
that the addition of 350 dollars was gran
ted; clerk hire ; and altho' you recei
ved it ,*rjelf for yourperjonal Services, yet
it makes no addition to your compensa
tion. But prone to err, you miftate
fads, even when it can do you no Service.
The aa which created the officer, fixed
the salary at 650 dolls, which is express
ly declared to be " in full com,enfation for
allferoicts and ox, ogee-' No clerk was
allowed. By an a& in 1796, which has
been aontinued to this time, the addi
tion is made in these words " That there
be all&wtd for the year aforefaid, in lieu of
clerk hire to the commissioner of loans for the
state of Nra- Rantybire, 3^o dels." By
the fame aa, to other offices' where
clerks were supposed to be necessary, a
certain number are allowed at certain
fixed Salaries. Now, Sir, I fay, this is a
direst pofitiye addition to your compen
sation ; and as such you received it. It
was granted to silence your complaints
and importunities. _ The whole business
of the office cannot'furnifh employment
to a Single person, one sixth p^rt of the
time. And since the passing of this aft,
no clerk has been employed by you. If
it had been allowed/*, a clerk,or/tr clerk
hire, as you state, you could not have re
ceived it without employing a clerk. By
the fame ad an additional allowance of
4,060 dolls, is made/er clerks to be em
ployed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Could be, finding additional clerks un
necessary and omitting to employ them,
receive that sum to his own use ? It now
fully appears that you, have not only at
tempted to "im,fo a falfbood on the pub
lic" but that in order to cover and sup
port the wicked attempt, you have falle
ly recited an ad of Congress. A man
who is compelled to use such means in
his defence, must expert little charity.
An honest cause always admits of an
honest defence. But this attempt will
lead you into unforeseen difficulty. You
fay that before the making of the ad
granting the addition of salary, you al
ways obtained an allowance of 30 dollars,
per month for a clerk. If so, you com
mitted a fraud on the treasurer of the U.
States.— No tierk was necessary, no pro
vision by law was made for one ; and for
a great portion of the time, none was em
ployed, If you have obtained such an
allowance from the treasury of the U. S.
^^^
^be made, and you compelled to re
I ^articwar ana very convenient marßm#g*
1 gre^Hy^ tc>plume yourieji, is equally
'T weak and delvfive> The salary allowed
1 nation x
enormous and extortioncus charge for
extents iffutd in that year, and then
transferred the aggregate to a fubte
quent year,to make out your calculation.
And did you expert a, little man es figures,
that this imposition would pals on the
public, unnoticed ? Such attempts pro
duce the most embarrailing dilemmas.
In this instance, wishing to increase the
appearance of your salary, you have
brought into the amount, and exposed
to public view, a feene of wicked extor
tion. The iffaing es extents rifts great
ly in the diferetion of the treasurer. The
firft year you was in office you issued 180.
The number of towns in the state at that
time being less than 200 it feerns, very
few escaped you. You was obliged to
pitch on the firft year ; for in the next,
the collectors, taught by cruel experi
ence, were careful to secure themselves
from your grasp. The man, who is ca
pable of adopting such measures to extort
small sums of money, could never have
resisted the proffer of a larger sum to
wink at a fraud on the Treasury of the
State. Your talents are well adapted,
and appear to have been fuccefsfolly
exerted in procuring for your own use,
final! films of public money. After you
was out of office, you compleated the
mortification of yeur friends, by pitiful
ly fupplicaring the legislature for a grant
of a small sum for pretended extraordinary
services ; and procured it's allowace in
your usual manner, by " going raurd a
meng the members.” From such conduct
may be difeovered the truefoorce of the
suspicion and mean jealcufy, uriverfally
entertained by Democrats, of the honesty
and integrity of government, and men
in office. Like wicked and corrupt
men who judge others by the feelings of
their own hearts ; they recoiled their
own conduct in office, and thence infer
the impossibility that any public officers
can be honest.
With wit and elegance pillar to your
felf, you have attempted a laborious an
swer to my numerous charges. The evi
dence of thole charges rafts in public
knowledge. I have brought no charge
against you of a private nature. The
public opinion must determine your in
nocence or guilt. But in myopinion
you have confeffed yourfelf guilty. You
confefs that you frequent the temple of
sedition, and mix with the faaious vota
ries ; but idly pretend that you harbour
no baje design. It is a place of mifehief ;
and it remains for you to point out some
honest object which can so often draw
you thither. And although you deny
being perfonall, present at the time when
the vote passed to displace the President ;
yetyou do not and dare not deny that
such a resolve was made by your attoci.
ates. And as you mention forfonal trai
lers in diftindion to representative ; at
that meeting yen undoubtedly acted by
proxy. The most confequen'tial charges
are too notoriously just to be doubted.
You even confefs that you have publicly
defended and advocated the base inea
fures of the five headed tri coloured
mongers of France, in eppofition'to our
own government. You have in the
face of the public audaciously a(Turned
the vile name and carnivorous character
of a Jacobin ; a term which in itfelf com
bines every trait of baseness and infamy
of which human nature is capable. Had
you not acquired an accidental confer
quence, by being held up as the (offer
ing martyr and leader of your faction, &
wantonly attacked men, whose fame,
the vile breath of calumny must not
'touch with impunit, ; you might have
funk into quiet oblivion, and I should
not again have troubled myfelf, or the
public with this farther examination of
four conduct and character. My well
intended and wholesome advice to you
\ has been loft.. • ^ft ~S
^ With all the temerity so more harden,
ed offender, yen fill challenge acenjation ; and
boldly demand the evidence f jonr ,iit end
the name of ,our aecufer. Commiserating
year nnba,„ situation, I again repeat that
admonition to silence, qubicb you have je im
prudently disregarded —wbai I firft recom.
mended, I note command. Ifjo ucontinue to
court inquiry into ,our cowing, the Scrutiny
fall be marked woieb ,ucbfcatnru of Severi
ty, that you will too late pretrue all I have
fr ^fo, ^to , tt fri.
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