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Balance (being equal to what
was given Duane, as per
statement exhibited to the ■
House of Representatives.) D. 11,000
Before it can be admitted as an of
' fence in Mr. Jefferfon, fay his defend
ers, that he paid Callender the above
1 money for writing his " Profped," it
mutt firft be shewn that the charges
are falfe and the sentiments erroneous.
This places the question on precise
1 ground, and we beg permission to ten
der the Jefferfonian editors the homage
of our thanks for giving us so fair art
opportunity to join issue with them on
this point.
We (hall not avail ourselves of the
advantages of our situation, and insist
that no man is expected to prove a
negative, and that it lies with them as
advancing the affirmative to substan
tiate their alligations ; we readily take
the burden of proof on ourlelves. We
(hall rot infitt that the slanders we
have quota ate already known to be
fu h to almon every reader, and that,
therefore, no pioof of their falfehood
can be necessary. Neither shall we busy
ourselves to colled together evidence,
presumptive or positive, from any wit
nesses among Mr. Jefferfon's political
enemies, nor resort to any federal doc
uments —No: we have, kind reader,
better evidence than all this, better,
because less liable to be carped or cav
illed at by Mr. Jefferfon, or aay ofhis
' friends in short, we have the man's
own confeffions in print ! Let us then
fee what is the contrast afforded by
these precious cohfeffions. — "'Thou Hy
, POCRITE, out of thine omn mouth <will 1
■ condemn thee! —
* “ Come, conic and set you down; you frllnot
budge :
“ You shall not go, 'till I have set you up a glaft,
" “ Where you may fee the inmost part of you/'
“ LOOK HERE!
f Upon this picture and on this."
Pampbhtpaid for by Mr. Speed of Mr f'ftrfon
fofofun. cbm be was facorn in
as rice PfeJident.
CONSTITUTION. CONSTITUTION.
"The Federal con- “ 1 might here pro
,titution was cram- ceed and with the
med down the gullet of greatest truth declare
America." The longer my zealous attachment
we examine, the harder to the Constitution of the
^ fhalltind it to prove United States, that 1
what America has gain- confidcr the union of
ed by this government." these States as the firft
• "Every Virginian whp of bkflings ; and as the
valueshisfreedom,fhould firft of duties the prs
prepare himfelf to meet fervation of that Confi
the word that may hap- tution which fecum it.
pen. He Should perfect
himfelf in the use of the
musket with as much
diligence as the devotee ^
learns his catechism.
“ Men of Virginia,
this is the glorious gov
ernment which draws
from your pockets 1$
thousand dollars per an
num, besides the net
j'even trillions of dolls,
that we annually 6 D k
on the price of your 1a-
Speed of Mr ,frfon
at bis instilment,
FEDERAL ADMINIS- FEDERAL ADMINIS
TRATION. tration,
“ Under the old con- " But would the hon
fedcration, matters nev- est patriot, in the full
, were, nor could have tid, of feccefoful expert
.fG wretchedly epa- mens, abandon a Got-
From the New-York Evening Post.
No. X.
t JEFFERSON & CALLENDER.
I —o—
— may not be improper now,before
we proceed further, to lee how the ac
count actually Stands between Jeffer
fon and Callender. The following per
haps will be thought a correct state
ment by all parties.
Tlo.'Jefferfon in act's current with J. T. Callender.
Dr. CT
To 2 volumes, containing an open at
tack on the Federal Constitution
and unqualified abuse ofGen Wash
ington, and of hi; competitor for
the Presidency, Mr. Adams, be
sides slander on other eminent and
virtuous Federal characters D. 11,350
Cr.
By cash received at Richmond 50-
3y do do do 50
By do do Washington 50
By do received of the Mai(ball
as pr. his order, (which had
been paid by Subscription) 300
By complimentary letter, more
or less, 000
Os ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICALS
prosperity, RELIGION and MORALITY are I NDISPENSIBLF {
supports. - WASHINGTON': Legacy.
^ol.XlL] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER a 5 , 1802.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Published every
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Political.
WntteaStates
Portsmouth
dueled as under the fuc- ernment which has so
ceffive monarchs of fer kept us free and
Braintree and Mount-firm ? —Let us then
Vernon. Take your with courage and con
choice between Adams, fidence pursue our own
War and Beggary, and federal and Repub-
Jefferfon, Peace & Plen- lican principles."
ty. “ About to enter, fel
—„—. low citizens, on the
cxercife of duties which comprehend
every thing dear and valuable to you,
it is proper you should understand
what i deem the eflential principles of
burGovernment,and consequently those
which ought to Shape its administra
tion : Equal and exaft justice to all
men of whatever state or persuasion, re
ligious or political ! peace, commerce
and honest friendship with all nations ;
entangling alliances with none—the
support of the State Governments in
all their rights, as the most competent
administrations for our domestic con
cerns, and the surest bulwarks against
anti-republican tendencies—the preser
vation of the General Government, in
its whole constitutional vigor, as the
Sheet-anchor of our peace at home and
fafety abroad—a jealous care of the
rights of eleftion by the people—a mild
and fafe corrective of abuses which are
lopped by the sword of revolution,
where peaceable remedies are unpro
vided—absolute acquiescence in the de
cisions of the majority, the vital princi
ple of Republics, from which there is
no appeal but to force, the vital princi-'
ple and immediate parent of despotism
—a well disciplined militia, our Left re
liance in peace, and for the firft mo
ments of war, till regulars may relieve
them—the Supremacy of the civil over
the military authority—economy in
the public expence that labor may be
lightly burdened—the honest payment
of our debts, and sacred preservation of
the public faith—encouragement of
agriculture and of commerce as its
handmaid,the diffusion of information &
arraignment of our abuses at the bar of
public reason, freedom of religion, free
dom of the press, and freedom of per
son, under the protection of the habeas
corpus, and trial by juries impartially
felefted.. —These principles form
THE BRIGHT CONSTELLATION WHICH
has gone before vs, and guided our
ftps through an age of revolution and refor
mation."
Mr. %ff e T° h 's l*au
gural Speech.
WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON."
" For years together " Without pretenftont
the Grand Lama of fed- to that high confidence
eral adoration, the im- you reposed in our
maculate Divinity of firft and greatest revo-
Mount-Vernon approv- lutionary character,
cd of and fubferibed cv & whose pre-eminent fer
ex, one of their [paper- vices had entitled him to
jobbers] blackefi mea- the first place in bis
lures." country's loose and def
" This speech com- tined for him the/air
pletely unmasks the est page in the volume
scandalous bypoerify of of faithful hiftory, 1
Washington." " Mr. ask so much confidence
Adams has only com- only as may give firm
pitted the fene of igfto- nels and effect to the
winy which Mr. Wath- legal administration of
ington began." He your affairs."
could not have com
mitted a more pure and
net violation of bis oatbF
By his own account he
was twice a traitor.'
" The extravagant pop
ularity of this citizen
lefleds the utmost ridi
cule on the difeernment
ol America." “He au
thorized the robbery and
ruin of his own army."
feferfons speech before
the Senate -when fuorn
in rice-Prudent.
Adame. Adams.
“ This hoary-beaded " And no one more
incendiary bawls out to fincercly prays, that
arms !'' “ Alas he is not no accident may call
an object of envy, but me to the higher and
of companion and—of more important func
borror !" tions which the con-
John Adams—that Station eventually de
fcourge, that scorn, that solves, on this office,
out-caff of America." There have been jujily
" We have been gov- confided to the emi
erned by the mod exe- nent character
crable of all scoun- which has proceeded
drels.' ' “Heisin me here, cboje tal
private life one of the ENTs and integrity
most egregious fools up- have been long knonun
on the continent." and revered by ME tbro
" He [the future His- • long course oj sears,
torianjwill enquire by and have been the
what fpecics of madness foundation of a cordial
America lubmitted to and uninterrupted friend
accept as her prefidentJty between us—And
a peifon without abilities I devoutly pray be may
and without virtue ; a be long preferred for the
being alike incapable of government, the bappi
attraaing either tender- nrfo andprofperit, of our
nefs or efleem !" common country f f
" Are you felicitous
my friend that „„
A full exposition of the Clintonian fafiion
and the Society of the Columbian Il
luminati, &c. by John Wood.
CONTINUED
Having thus described the Society,
Mr. Wood proceeds to give his proofs.
For those and the means by which he
became acquanted With the "'deeds of
these secret, dark, and midnigh^Hags,”
these " deeds ^without a name",e must
refer our readers to the pamn°" itfelf,
earnestly exhorting them to 4fy it to
their hearts, to think of it as they ought
and to ad upon it as they think.
From the exposition, it appears that
the Society in exa& conformity to the
example of the Illuminati of Europe,
was "divided into three or more grades,"
that the members of the ift, were called
minervals, and were ignorant of the ex
istence of any othet than their own ;
that the members of the *, thinking
themselves the highest, concealed with
equal caution their proceedings from
their Juniors ; that the third too kept
its proceedings secret from the ift and
2d.—but, that all communicated with
the President, Elihu Palmer, a man well
known among us as the avowed and o
pen preacher of infidelity to cerain Ra
ted assemblies.
Some of the members to whom Mr.
Wood, and at length the community at
large are indebted for the discovery of
this secret Society, took an opportunity
to vindicate their own charaders by
giving a candid statement of what they
knew. Os those two only are mention
ed by name.— One Mr. George Baron,
a teacher of Mathematics in this city :
the other a Mr Carver, of Cedar-street.
From the information Mr. W. collect
ed from them all, he dates, that art oath,
nearly the fame with that of the Illu
minati as it is found in Robinson's Hif
tory, was administered. And could
such wretches -have confided in each
other's oaths ? Gracious Providence !
how dost thou disappoint the devices of
the crafty and bring their compels to nought!
The new member " mas informed he mas
to conftder himfelf as the perpetual enemy,
net only ^Christianity, but of every
Christian— that he mas forever to re
nounce all form of Government but that
•which mas flriftly democratical! that on
no cons deration, he moas to afford support
or affiance to any person, relation or ac
quaintance, mho profefled an, mode of Di
vine worship, or mho advocated an,
fyfem of Government different from a pure
democracy."
The printed Constitution of the So
ciety was given by Mr. Carver who
acted as Treasurer, to Mr. Wood for
the purpofc of being published.
wife should want .3
Shirt to her back, &c.
vote for the man, of
Braintree; but if you
are desirous to live in
peace and plenty, to
keep your money for
your own purpofcs,then
go —fly—and as you
value foul and body
vote for the Jefferfon
ticket !" ^
We have now done with these er
tra&s. Here's
How must every reader of decency,
moralify, or piety, be Locked at this
last quotation ? It must be recollected
that Mr. Jefferfon had been the rival
candidate of Mr. Adams for the presi
dency, and that in the Strife every base
artifice had, as usual, been made use
of. It was publicly said at the time in
the papers, that " he himfelf had writ
ten Several of the most artful and infa
mous libels against the very man," for
whose long continuance in office he
here prays to heaven ?—Wbat ! Reli
gion too invoked to the aid of a declar
ation the most hollow-hearted and hy
pocritical ever made by the lips of
man ! Protesting formally and solemn
ly against all impious allusion, who
can avoid being Struck with the refem
blahce between the above feene and
that recorded in holy writ ? And he
that was called Judas drew near unto
Jesus to kiss fim. Hut Jef us said unto
him, Judas betrayed thou the son of man
with a kiss.
Such an ad
That blurs the grace and blush of modesty ;
Calls virtue, hypocrite—
and Sweet religion
Makes a rhapsody of words!
Illuminati.
With regard to the firft article the
writer observes, " little dotibt can be
entertained of the sense in which the
Society understood the phrase religious
arid political imposture. " Palmer the
President, is a profeffed teacher of de
iftical tehets, and none could be ad
mitted,who acknowled a belief inChrift
ianity. The terms, religious imposture,
therefore, can mean nothing else but di
vine Revelation. The members were al
so I am informed, avowed supporters
of democracy. Political impofure,muft
of course, fignify every form of govern
ment, not purely democratical." But we
are told, that Mr. Carver informed the
writer, that " they had another consti
tution in manufeript, but that it*&
kept secret, and that the above was
'• drawn up to (hew the public eye, in
case any fQicions of their real pro
ceedings fliould get abroad, in the fame
manner as Weifhaupt drewup aconftitu
tion for the Illuminati,"inEurope. Here
then we fee " a Society ereded in one
of the principal cities in the United
States, the members of which, by the
firft article of their public Constitution,
abjure the Christian religion and
the Federal Government, for the Fed
eral Government is farther distant
from a pure democracy than it is
from a limited monarchy. A princi
pal member of this Society We are as
sured, is one of the editors of the A
merican Citizen ; it is said both editors
belong to the Society, but the other had
not been seen at the celebration of their
midnight orgies, as, what is likely, be
longed to the highest order.
" One great object with the Society, was the
propagation of books suitable to their principles
in politics and infidelity. The works of Paine
met their approbation; but they thought that
some of the members were capable of produc
ing works that would answer the purpose ftUI
better. The Prefident,Palmer, was unanimous
-1, chosen to compose a system of Deism, which
he accordingly did, and entitled it, The Princi
ples of Natures"
The corresponding committee, feat
an address to. Thomas Paine, then at
Paris, with a copy of this book of Pal
mer's, to which they received "a polite
and encouraging epistle in answer, ex
horting them to persevere in their pro
ceedings, and that he would soon be
over to America himfelf,whcrc he trust-
1. " The object of this Society is to
promote the cause of moral fcience,and
general improvement, in opposition to
all schemes of religious and political im
poQure."
2. " The accomplishment of this ob
ject must depend upon the views and
dispositions of the Society, and regu
lated by its votes at their refpe&ive
meetings."
3. " No person Shall be admitted in
to this Society, unless he be rec in
mended by a member thereof as a per
son of good moral character, and Une
quivocally attached to the objects of
this institution, and be Voted in by the
majority; and in all cases of improper
conduct the right of expulfibn Shall be
veiled in the society, and every person,
on becoming a member of this society,
Shall fubferibe his name to the constitu
tion.”
4. " The Society Shall by nomina
tion and vote, appoint a. President to
preside at each meeting."
5. " A Treasurer Shall be appointed
for the term of fix months, who Shall
receive all monies, and account for the
fame to the Society."
6. " A Secretary Shall be appointed
every fix months, whose duty it Shall
be to record such proceedings as the
Society Shall think proper."
7. " The Society Shall meet at such
time and place as the majority Shall di
red.”
8. " Each member of the Society
Shall pay into the hands of the Treasur
er, on each meeting, fix cents; and the
funds arising from this source Shall be
disposed of by the will of the majority.”
9. " A corresponding committee
Shall be annually appointed, to commu
nicate with other Societies of the like
nature.”
Ib. " Each member of the Society
Shall observe order and decorum dur
ing the time of meeting, and cultivate
a Spirit of friendly and philosophical in
tercourse."
OF NEW-YORK:
Agreed upon in January, 26th year of
Saturday Mornings by WILLIAM TREADWELL, &C,
PRICE I DOLLAR 50 CENTS Per Annum. [No.
(^ADVERTISEMENTS reasonably ^ conspicuously inserted —-COMUM
f NIC ATIONS duly attended to—and every FAVOR THANKFULLY
1 ACKNOWLEDGED.
THEISTICAL SOCIETY,
American Independence."
" CONSTITUTION
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FOURTEENTH YEAR.
OF THE
Advertiser.
®^tte anti
ed he Should be Suffered to spend the
remainder of his days in their compa
ny."—The letter and book are said to
have been sent by Chancellor Living
lion. And this brings to mind the let
ter which the said Chancellor published
to this fame Tom Paine, inviting him to
return to America ; and, by the bye, it
brings to mind too, the affectionate and
refpedful letter of our illustrious Presi
dent to this wretch, coaxing him to
come as fall as possible to this afylun:
for difrefed fugitives.
The author fays be has been inform
ed that the society lent a lengthy address
with a copy of the work to Mr. Jeffer
fon, and that they received an answer,
but which he had not seen.—Do the
public defir^ to know what kind of a
book this is, which our Chief Magis
trate received and thanked them for 1
It would be a breach of decorum to
give many extracts from it : The fol
lowing Shall fuffice—'
" An examination of this system
[Chriftianity] will Shew that it is cal
culated to annihilated every thing val
uable in human exigence —to create
endless wars among the nations of the
earth —to destroy domestic tranquility
—diScourage industry, and arrelt the
energetic progress of the human facul
ties in their career of beneficial improve
ment." "The Bible is at war with
moral virtue, the peace of Society, and
the best interests of man." "This book
contains maxims and commands which
are said to have come from God, which
would disgrace the character of any hon
est man, and make him a candidate for
a State Prison or the Gallows." But
this author, not Satisfied with having
gone all this length, has, in a Second
edition of the fame work, acknowledg
ed himfelf to be an atheist. After some
remarks on the New-York Review of
the work, he concludes thus, " Permit:
us miserable atheists, to bow with great
humility before such Splendid, talents
and such comprehensive views." Now
I suppose, the devoted defenders of Mr.
Jefferfon will fay, he had not seen this
edition when he sent his complimentary
answer. They are welcome to all these
petty Shifts for their idol.—ltis all that
can be said.
The most inHamed zealots of the
Romifh church fell Ihort of this pious
society in eagerness for persecution on
one hand, and for proselytism on the
other. They have spared neither ex
pense nor pains to circulate books of
Infidelity and Jacobinifm, and to their
zeal the public is indebted for all the
edifications communicated by the Te
mple es Reason, under the guidance of
Drifcoll, the apostatized popilh priel.
The firft difficulty, the want of money
was surmounted by Mr. Cheetham
himfelf, who in the impetuosity of his
zeal, is said not only to have become
security for the types, but in a fit < £
generous indiferetion to have betrayed
his real character and principles to
some of his fubferibers. Wood, who
knows the man, fays, " In-place of
The principle objed ot this pamph^
let Was to aid the hue and cry against
the sedition law, which enabled the
writer or printer if prosecuted, to give
the truth in evidence. It is full of
mordt, mords, mords, but much of the
Godwinian nonsense of the day. As
his design is to have his book generally
read, he is Rudious to speak refpedfuHy
of the chriftian religion whenever he
mentions it dire&ly, but the cloven foot
sometimes appears notwithstanding all
his care. No real Christian could have
fuffered the following to ofcape him,
" the French government, when they
interfered in religious opinions, by a
bolishing the obfervatioti of Sunday,
were equally mrong mith those who en
force its obferoance." Such are the
men who meet with the open counten
ance of our Executive. They all count
upon his notice and patronage—they
are none of them disappointed.
" The Philosophic Barber undertook the talk
of forming a political trad, which he called an
Essay on the liberty of the Press. He difpatch
cd a copy of the work immediately, when fin
ished to Menticello, and received a letter from
Mr. feffirfon complimenting him highly on the pro
duaion,and at the fame time,expreffed his fatiifac
tion that the United States were blessed with
tuck authors or words to that purpose.
Besides this present from the Society
to the President, one of the members
wrote a bbok on the " liberty andlicert
tioufnefs of the press and the uncontroulable
nature of the human mind," and sent it
to him.