United States oracle and Portsmouth advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-01-22 00:00:00, page 2

It has been often said, that our man
ufacturing establishments will not Suc
ceed, so long as labour is at the prefect
high price. This observation is not
confirmed by general experience ; for
in many inltauces they are now in a
flourishing and progressive Hate. Our
domeftick manufactures are also of very
great importance, both to publick and
private pfofperity ; as they furnifli 4
large proportion of the necessary arti
cles of cloatning and furniture, they
#re entitled to ever) degree of encour
agement, and no friend of his country
will despise or undervalue them.
An increase of the manufacturing &
commercial interests manifestly tends to
A flourifhing state of agriculture, by in
creasing the demand for the surplus
produce of the land. These Several in
terests are mutually dependent, and
there teems to be no cause of jealousy
between them. A wife Government
will direct and gbard them with an e
qual hand. It will be the constant ob
ject of Such a Government, to excite &
preserve a Spirit of industry among the
people, by assisting them to gaih a re
ward for each kind of labour, Indus
try may then be left for the most part to
its own direction The people will di
vide themselves into different profef
fions; their discernmentwill enable
them to make a prudent choice; and
lead them to pursuits, in which their
private advantage and that of the pub
lick will concuf.
Incompliance with yahr refyeft in
the Resolve of the 23d June, I trans
mitted to the President 6f the United
States, a hatement of the proceedings
concerning the ordnance and military
stores, which belonged to this Com
monwealth, and were taken for the use
of the United States , and requested
payment of the monies due for then'll
I received an answer from the President
and have also received letters from
the Secretaries of War and of thi§ Na
vy on the fame fubjed'.The Council
did not think it expedient to agree to
the proposal made on the part of
the United States, and advised me to
lay the papers before theGeneralCourt,
that the ymight take such measures in
the case as they might think proper.
Abriable proportion, with that of the
'commodities for which they are ex
"changed..
. To guard against the inconveniences
1 have mentioned, and to ensure a de
mand for the prodnce'cf our foil, wfich
will not be affefted by external events,
and at the fame time to render us less
dependent upon foreign nations ; it is
wife policy to encourage our own mah
'Wadures. The dilpofitjons of men are
suited to different kinds df mduftry, and
though the pursuits of Agriculture are
agreeable to a great part of them ; yet
some are aveife to this fort of labor ;
and others, either fr&ri natdre or acci
dent are rendered incapable of fupport
jng it. These, however, may be equal
ly ufeful to the public by employing
their talents in mechanic and manufac
turing occupations. Our ovn country
is capaU.e offupplying the materials for
zlmod every kind of ufeful manufac
tures ; and it is our duty and intereft,to
derive all the advantage fa our power
from this fortunate circumstance.
A valuable part of the articles ex
ported fibin this ^tate is furnifhed by
the fdfciles ; they therefore claim par
ticular attention. But though, from
our situation and habits, we are most
diredly interested in their fitcefs) they
will ever appear to be of great import
ance to national fecUrity : when a sys
tem of maritime defence is contemplat
ed. These and other branches of ufe
ful labour, which have relation to the
means of public fafefy, will, we pre
sume, receive from the national legisla
tion, the degree of prote&ion and pat
ronage which their importance requires.
The duties imposed by the General
on our own manufactures. But still it
may be requisite for the State Govern
ment, to do something to encourage
this species of industry ; and even to
afford pecuniary affiftaribe, to p^rfons
who are engaged iri introducing new
branches, or in prosecuting those which
rife eminently ufeful. In general how
ever, when a manufacture is eftablilhed
its continuance mutt depend upon the
profits arising from it ; if they fail to
defray the expences, it is an indication
that the labours ought to be applied to
a more beneficial flurpofe.
The success of manufactures depends
in a great measure on the mariner in
which the work is executed. A want
of integrity in the persons concerned
inuft eventually prove destructive to
the branch in which they are engaged ;
and when the individuals dre numerous
the careful attention of the legislature
will be necessary, to prevent diferedit
to a whole class of men by the fratids
of a few. To this erid our infpe&ion
Laws have been framed ; and, if ear
ned faithfully into execution, and ex
tended as there Shall be occasion to
other objects, will be of great life iri im
proving the quality of our manufac
tures, and preventing those deceitful
practices which would destroy their
credit.
Government oa the importation of for
eign articles, operate as a bounty up-
IbESDAY, JAN. 4, i&oj.
A memorial against the repeal of the
sets imposing additional duties on for
eign tonnage, &c. from Philadelphia,
was read and referred.
Mr. Griswold presented the follow
ing Resolution!
, Resolved; That the President of the
United States, be requested to direct
the proper officer to lay before this
Houfe,copies of such official documents
as have beefcreceited by this govern
ment, announcing the cefflon of Lottifi
artna to France, together with a report
explaining the ffiptflatibns, circumstan
ces, and conditions under which that
province is to be delivered up—unless
such documents and report will, in the
opinion of the President, divulge to the
House particular ttanfa&iohs not prop
er at this time to be communicated.—
Laid on the table.
WEDNESDAY, jAN. §.
The Partial Naval Appropriation Bill,
and bill making appropriations for the
Military eJlabl'foment for 1803; passed.
LOUISIANA.
Mr. Griswold called up his resolu
tion, laid on the table yesterday, respec
ting Louifana. The question on ta
king it up was carried, Ayes 35, Noes 32.
Mr. Randolph moved it be referred
A bill making a partial appropria
tion for the haval service, palled to b'e
erigroffed.
The Military Establishment Appro
priation bill, prided to be engrossed.
LOUISIANA.
In a debate on the fubjeCt of this Itiw,
Mr. Varnuni mdved, that , committee
Should be inftrufted to inquire into the
expediency of repealing the Bankrupt
law,which Was carried, Yeasq.s,Nays2s.
A resolution palled dire&ing the Sec
retary of the Navy to erect feds over
the timber deposited in the Navy Yard.
Mr. Euftis piefented a petition of
Samuel Blodget, praying relief, inxhe
case of judgment obtained against him,
on account of the Waffiington Hotel
A bill for the relief of insolvent Debt
ors within the diftriCt ofColumbia, was
taken up and debated, but no qdeftion
taken thereon.
FRIDAY-, dec. 3!.
A meflage was received from ttie
President of the United States, which
the Speaker stated to he of a confiden
tial' nature. The galleries were conse
quently cleared, and the House contin
ued for more than two hours with clos
ed doors.— [Hs no message was font to
the Senate, it is rational to conclude that
the present message concerned only the House,
otherwise it would babe been font to both
Hou fa-3 0
Mr. Gray called up his resolution
refpeCting duelling ; which was reje&-
ed upon the ground, that Congress has
no constitutional right to prescribe the
qualifications of public officers; Ad
journed to Monday.
together with those papers, the Sec
retary will lay before'youa letter which
I received from the Attorney-General,
inclofmg cdpies of the Rule and Award
in the case of the Commonwealth a
gainst the town of Boftori, concerning
the Old State-Hbufe. Re will also de
liver you, attested cdpies of the pro
ceedings, in two cases in the Supreme
Judicial Court, holden for the county
"of Hancock m June last, which were
forwarded to me by the Solicitor Gen
eral that they might be submitted to
MONDAY, JAN. 3, ISO% t
Mt. Leib moved, as an amend
ment to the Constitution, that iri
all future elections of President and
Vice-President, the persons voted for
Shall be particularly designated. Re
ferred.
A bill For the appropriation ofioo,dod
dollars, for part of the Naval service of
1803, was reported, and referred.
your infpe&on.
This Setton commences with a faif
frofpeft of concord and ufefulnefs. I
hope that nothing will happen to inter
rupt the good agreement ; and that we
(hall prove ourselves worthy of the con
fidence which our fellow-citizens have
reposed in us ; by endeavouring to ft
cure to therri all the advantages which
their situation will admit ; and by re
dressing, as far as it is "in our power, the
evils of which they may have reason to
complain. CALEB STRONG.
JANUARY 14, I^o3.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth then
delivered copies of the Speech to the President of
the Senate, and Speaker of the House, and the
Convention separated.
The Speech beipg rgad from the chair, it was
committed to Messrs. Oris, Lowell, Mitch
ell, Stedman, and KittridUe.
In the Senate the Speech, was committed to
the Hon. Messrs. Tudor, Hill, and Adams.
SECOND SESSICN.
House of Representatives.
THURSDAY, DEC. 30.
ON motion of Dr. Mitchel, a com
mittee was raised to fimplify the
existing laws refpe&ing patents arid
copy-rights, by comprising them in one
—a&. —o —
SEVENTH
Congress of theU.States.
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BANKRUPT LAW.
0
It appears that in the county of Ad
ams, in the state of Pennsylvania, Col. :
james Gettys, of the 20th regiment of;
Militia, has been tried,adjudged guilty,
fined ten dollars, arid to be degraded
and suspended from anting as a Colonel
m the Militia of the State for the term
of tw® years on this charge only, " For
disobedience of orders, in training bis men,
wearing the black cockade, contrary id taw,
and the orders of bis ftlberior officers,"
James Scott, Captain of horse, fames
Wilson and Robert Hays, Lieutenants 1
ofhorfe, and John Forster, Cornet, have|
been tried on the fame or similar charg- 1
es,and adjudged of similar punilhment,|
and the Sentences severally confirmed ।
by Gov. M'Kmlll fcP&del.pa,. j
Refolded, That the people of the U. §. are en
titled to the free navigation of the River Mis-
M^.>
Refolded, That the navigation of the River
Mississippi has been obftru&ed by regulations
recently carried into effe6h,at New-Orleans.
Refolded, Thatthe right of freely navigating
the River Mifffippi, ought never to be aban
doned by the United States. , .
Resolved, That a committee be appointed ,to
enquire whether any, and if any, what legisla
tive measures are necessary to secure to the peo
ple of the United Stales the free navigation of
the River Miffifopi.
The question was taken, that the house do
now proceed, to take the said rpotion into con
federation. Negatived, 50 to ft.
Mr. Randolph moved, that the house resolve
itfelf into a committee of the whole on the Pre
sident's confidential Message. The galleries
were, cleared and the doors doted till pad 3
o'clock. Adjourned.
—C— ~
FRIDAY; jan. 7.
The galleries of the House were clear
ed, and continued closed until near five
o'clock ; when they were opened, and
the result of thefecret bufnefs disclosed
in the following Resolutions.
Resolved, That this House receive with
gf,at fenf^lity the information of a
difpofitidriin certain officers of the Span
-1(11 government at New-Orleans to ob
ftruCT the navigation of the river Mis
sissippi, as secured to the United States
b'y the moftfolemn stipulations.
“ That adhering to that humane
arid wife policy which ought ever to
charaderize a free people, and By which
the United States have always profef
fed to be governed ; willing, at the
fame time, to ascribe this breach of
compad to the unaqthOTized miftoh
dud of certain individuals, rather than
to a want of good faith on the part of
his Catholic Majesty : ,an? retying with
perfect confidence, on the vigilance and
wisdom of the Executive, they will tait
the irfue of such measures as that de
partment bf the government (Ball have
pursued sot averting the fights rind vin
dicating the injuries of the United
States :—Holding it to be their duty;
at the fame time to express their unal
terable determination to maintain, the
boundaries, rind the rights of naviga
tion and cofamerce through the river
Mississippi as eftabliffied by existing
treaties."
It would hardly have been believed
ri few fears rigofthat the fellow soldiers
of Washington, to whom we owe our
Independence, (hould at this day, with
thqir sons, be fined, degraded rind sus
pended from the rank of Officers in
the American Militia, merely for wear
ing that decent and honorable badge,
the black bockade, under which, during
bur revolutionary war, otir battles were
fought ; and for refufitig to substitute
in its place, the mounte bank cockade
of the ferocious French $ but the times
are changed, and the war-worn veteran
must be stripped of his Taurus, and the
American youth must bend his neck to
the insolent ambition of upstart tyfanny.'
„ THURSDAY, JAN. 6,
Two statements, refpedfag the inter
nal revenues, were revived from the
Commissioner of the revenue.
LOUISIANA
Mr. Griswold moved that the House
resolve itfelfinto a Committee of the
Whole, on the Rate of ,the Union.
This motion was fuppofted by Messrs.
Griswold, Louades, Hemphill, God
dard and J?&,and opposed by Messrs
S. Smith, Bacon, Dawfori; and Ran
dolph, in an animated debate, which
continued two hours, —wheri the ques
tion bn Mt. G's motion was taken as
follows, Yeas ^B, Nay^ ^.
Mr. Griswold said, riotwithGrinding
the unfortunate situation in which they
were placed, he still thought it his duty
to pUrftie the objeft he had in view.—
He had in his hand a resolution which
he begged leave to read, and if fecond
ed,he (mould all permifflon to lay it on
the table. The motion being fecorided
he read as follows:
to the Committee of the whole on u^
state of the union, to whom had been
committed the message of the President
ferpeding New-Orleans. A debate of
considerable length ensued.—Mr. Ran
dolph's motion was fuppojted by
Messrs. smilie, & Gregg, & opposed by
Meftfs. Dana, Davis, Huger and Ba
con, It was finally tarried, Yeas 40,
Nays 39- . ,
The. House then took up the fubjed
°' the .President's message, when the
querticri for clearing,the galleries was
prit, and tied — Ayes 4.1, Noes 41, —, The
speaker declaring Eimfelf in the affirm
ative, the galleries were cleared.
70 THE .
;CITIZENS of NEW-HAMPSHIRE
THE dangers you encountered
during the late revolutionary war
in America were great ; they need not
enumeration to remind you.of them.
Knowing with whont and for what
you were contending, the difficulties
appeared fmall,when compared with the
object to be gained. Though you wad
ed thro' a lea of blood ; tho' for near
ly eight years you were Grangers to
the pleafares and Conveniencies of a
peaceful life'; yet Anally, your labors
and your (offerings were compensated,
ih the attainment of your wiffies; Free
dom and Independence..Ttyus, fellow
citizens, you Good at the peace of 'B3 :
Alice which you have formed a Contti
tution of Government, denominated
Federal, from its Combining the indi
vidual States tcgether, ind collectively
forming one Government, whole .will
is the lu.prerre.law of the lahd., For
twelve years this government was ad
fainiftered by Federal then. The man
whole character embraces all that is
good and great, who led the armies of
America to victory —who had seen the
blood of his fufferirig folders crimson
the crusted snow at every Ilep,and who
(hared with them the common dangers
and the common fufferirigs of tie war ;
this man, with one heart and one voice,
was firft elected President bf the Unit
ed States. In him was deposited the
trust and confidence of the firifand
greatest honors that a grateful people
could bestow. He accepted this tribute
of gratitude, not tor honor or emolu
ment, for he already was elevated be
yond the necessity of cither. How
faithfully, and how much to the fatis
fadion cf the American steeple, he dif
ch^rged the duties of his high office,let
the records of our Country declare,and
the honest heart confefs. In obedience
to the calls of languid Nature,enfeebled
with age, and worn down with care he
gave us a father's legacy, and retired
into the quiet (hades bf domestic life.
Mr. Abam.s was then elefeed as the
lucceffor of W4iHp*GtoF; and as next
iri the affedions of his Countrymen,
and next entitled from his eminent Cer
vices to the Country, previous to, and
during; and since the revolution, to this
tribute of refpt& arid gratitude. From
his known and acknowledged integri
ty, from his mod extensive informa
tion i,n the science of government,from
bis avowed Republican principles in a
work, entitled 66 A defence of the A
rrerican Constitution,'' and from his
known firmnefs and decision of charac
ter, he was jdftly believed to be the
man, who, of afl others, was the best
able to conduct us thro' the Gorms that
were gathering around and thickening
over tfs. Treachery was ih the bosom
our government —tig wily ferpent* was
whispering fedu&ion in the. cars of a
fecretary,f and was impelled on by the
assurances of the profoundeft hypo
crite.s The .a,m of vengeance was
made bare, apd mindful of danger, we
prepared for war and thereby secured
peace. Our expences were great and
called for unufiial resources to meet
them, hence the land tax, damp duty,
&c. These a&s were immediately re
pealed, when the necessity which taufed
them to be made was done away-—
Upon a full and impartial view of Mr.
Adams' administration,it will be found
as exempt from error, as could ration
ally be expected in the direction of any
human institution whatever. This was
the belief of Gen. Washington, when he
accepted the command of the army of
the United States, under Mr. Adams,
to whom he writes, " No one can more
cordially , approve of, your adminifiration
than I do." Here is the eulogy of a
man,that Ihould Strike dumb the tongue
of falsehood and detrition ; but the
uuhallowed Spirit of Democracy marks
out the viftim, and no innocence can
save, nor virtue protest from its relent
less fury.
, The n^w brd#r qf things Succeeded
to the old. The federal ri&piniftration
ceased, and with it the pi idteand glqty
of our country. Mr, Jefferfoh, ,in the
true c^rit of a courtier addressing , his
fniftrefs, told us what pretty and clev
er things he would do for us. The
,afl procedures of Washington and Ad
ams, were to be correfled and the modth
of labor was to be filled, with the bread
they had filched away from it. Th^
doors ofhonor and confidence mere burst
open to the more Worthy, arid all those
who had Supported Washington and A
dams' administrations were denounced
as a "fell, after being falfely, and hy
pocritically told, by the fame man,that
we were all federalfs all tefedblicahs, all
brethren of tbefame principle. —Senseless
jargon.
I have been led to make the above
obfervations,fellow citizens as. intimate
ly connected with those ivhich follow,
and as nebeffary toward theif verifica
tion..
You are told that-the national Gov
ernment was wrested from the hands of
" full blooded Monarebifts? when the e
* Genet. f Randolph.
1 The then Secretary of W,,
Political.
For the United States Oracle.
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, “ Mark well the liberal Man,
frorceder, Jan. 15, 1803. Mr. StephlX
Salisbury, bf this town, has fubferibed Five
Hundred dollars towards the relief of the fuffer
ct sby the late fire iri Portsmouth. This gen
tfeman has,within a few years, given upwardsof
1000 dollars towards three bell, and two clocks,
purchased in this tow,, partly by fubfenption. ,
Mr, S^aQs from higher and more noble niotive%,
arid dries not with to have bis liberalises pro
claimed. Brit frich genefofty origfa to be knowu
as an incitement to others, who can afford, to
do likewise.
A meeting bf the citizens of Philadelphia has
been held, and a committee of four in each of
the 14 wards' appointed to collect what the
charitable may be disposed and able to contri- (
bute. c——, ,
.U'e have been requested by one of the Gen
tlemen Firewards, to notice the following para
graph in a Tuefday' spaper, and have of course
copied it. !g
" We are requested by & M authority ti inform
the Centime! Editor and bis Portfraoutb Coer^pnd
ent, tbat the Fire Engines in ibis town were allin
com,leat repair when frit celled into allion,but in ,
consequence of great exertions arid lack aj -watc, lito
of tbewe were soon injured, fa others remain found."
On the 30th ult. the dwelling house of Mr.§
John Wilson, of Topffiam, was consumed by
fire ; and, melancholy to add, Mrs. Wilfong
mother (widow of the late Biigadeer General
Thomson) was brirrit to death- ' Prihnd,fy
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— t^ No's of Jefferfon C Callender, ,ufa
tfadin spe Oracle some time Grace, and tubici never
were nor could be anficered.
JOHN TAYLOR GILLAN,
the present Governor; and tfc majori
ty of your Legidature fire monarchies
and aristocrats, and the Democratic
candidate is your worthy old friend and
patriot, and his fellow laborers, in the
wild & furious cause of democracy,
are patriotic Rf^licjns. Fellow citi
zens, the men are before you, look at
them, and then judge of their claims to
voitr confidence ! in doing which, it
would b@ well to turn your attention
to the feenes which have transpired in
our national governn^iit. You wilj r
there find that to effe& a change in the
national sentiment, the fame means
were used as. are now ,resorted to in
New-Hampshire. Washington and
Adams were called Tories and Apoftatq
—/heir feryices in the carife of freedom
were difregarded—th^y were equally
accused of betraying the interest of theif
pbuntry—the vilest minions were hired
by Mr. Jaffer,on to traduce their cha
racters,arid bring them into contempt*
—bur country afforded n 5 man of fuf,
ficient capacity arid wickedness to make
and pursue. the attack—foreigners, es,
caping from the hand of jtlftice in their .
own country, were imported, and re
ceived the wages bfjin for their attempt
to destroy the most sacred characters.---
Such is the part, on a leftr fcale,that
is now acting ifr-New-Harapfhire
Patriots .from prisons, both cursing
and ravirig, agaitift old tories; and
making ,republicanism the burthen
of their song. On such times, and
among ftch ,men are, we fallen ;
You once fellow citizens contend
ed against an open arid a powerful
enemy—your valqr then secured vic
tory.— The enemy that now attacks
you is no less dangerous—arms and a
munition you want not—virtue, apd
confidence in your present Governor,
and Legislative officers, are all that is
necessary on your part—take these from
you, and th€tyger has, its prey.
LYCURGUS.
, These considerations, however, avail
him not, in the hue and cry against To
ry"?%--The People are tp be deluded
by fnifreprefeniatfons and falsehoods—
the end is to fandion the, means—New-
Hampffiire is to be revolutionized —
the people are to be gulled of their
good sense—their present chief magis
trate is to br rkmovfd, £4 a Tory, as a
Mohdrehift, as an Aristocrat, to make
way for a man who calls Qirafelf a
Republican, and who at a public Fef
tiv;d DRINKS THE HEALTH OF THO
MAS PAlNE—their Legislature is
to be changed from Federal cd Demo
cratic, and the emoluments ofoffice
are to be the rewards of thr true and
faithful. —You will, Fellow Citizens;
readily enquire ; —For what are these
things to be done ? of what crime is the
Governed cr the Legislature of New-
Hampshire accused ? Are we to be ex
empt |rom Taxes : Are our Laws tb
be better administered ? No Fellow Ci
tizens, the charter and abilities of the
men,who endeavor to effect this change;
give the negative direct. They tell
} ou themselves, tor what the change is
to be made. It is because
lection of President was decided tf^hAt
Mr. Alams. # And that New-femp
fhire is now in the fame deplorable
state, that the national government
was, before the election of Mi.
who confeffed that he fouhd it ' : in'the
full tide of fugefsful experiment." And
that you will be wanting in your duty
if you do not remove the pre
sent Governor. No reifon is given
why he Should be removed, other than
toe common bug-bear rant of his being
an old tory. You fellow-citizens,know
the whole tenor of his life ; you know
"5 purity °f his moral and political
principles, and you know his ability to
discharge the duties of his office.
'0 •''•«H»PO n 6
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1803.
Portsmouth,