The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1810-08-14 00:00:00, page 2

o Fordhe NH; Gazerval
-~ BEING 23 plain farmer and not.
having the means of information that
many Ot:;?f;have,l have had it rang
in my ears again and again by our .
great - folks, that the true interest of |
America, confiftedin a close connec- |
tion with Grear Britain—a pation .
from which the (fates were principally
peopled, and by whose wife mlitu.
tions & a&s we-had greatly profitted—
that if mifanderftandings should be
fuffered to arise and collisions enfae
_between the nations,the United States .
only wauld be the fufferers. < Bat, fir, .
on diligent erquity and thore’ invel.
tigation of the fyltems, views and con
cu of the government and péople of .
the two nations as far as my limitted
means will permit, Lnow find the re
verse to be the fadt—that the real in.
‘tereft and fafety of America consists
in keeping aloof from the embraces of .
all foreign nations—*¢ entangling alli-°
ances with none,”” as our late beloved
Withington said—-more especially
with one which has grown ‘old in the
ways of infqﬂitY.in]\Sﬂice, hxufy s I¥-
zanny and trickifh deciet, 2s great Bri
tain at this day:fhows herfelf t¢ be.
Her government is polluted - with all
manner of vice, which she is pr(‘ia
-gating among other nations, fae has
teo fataily succeeded with some.
What gave France her gigantic bulk
and Bonaparte his confcquence and
power, but the continual wars excited
by Great Britain 2 What caused the
overthrow of the Dutch government
and the subjugation of the people,but
the internal diffentions, party division;
created and fomented by the corrupt
government of Great Britain and
their finally” léaguing in an unwise
“ war?'Where is Spain dnd Portugal
those once happy and powerful na
tions ?* Their governments 2re anni
hilated and their once fruitful terti
tories are now become a theatre for
the two mighty belligerents to dilplay
their deadly conflis 2* What . can be
said of Denwark, Sweden, Profliacr
the Empire of Germany, but that
they once were potent, that they lis
tened to the voice of the {yren, they
followed her enchanting, delulive
- paths and” greatly {uffered—they are
degraded, sunken and defponding,
and ‘it will require the peaceful calm
of ages to reflore them to their ancient
standing, if they ever can be raised !
But, fir, let us take an impartial
view of her condu&@ to these states,
since the treaty of commerce under
the emb:fly of Mr. Jay, a treaty which
Wathirgton hesitated to sign, altho’
Rrongly urged to do it by those
whom he put great confidence—a
treaty which that patriot finally rani.
fieo as least of many expected, inevit
able evils. The government of Great
Brirain has allowed her naval officers
_to tike by force, men, even native cit
" izens of the Rates, when failing wnder
the flag and in the employ of citizens
of the states. She, interdifts at her
pieafure, by proclamation, the nen~
tral American commerce with inde
pendent nations as well ‘as her own
colonies. She' allows her vessels of
war-to fend iato her ports, for acjudi:
cation, the American merchantmen,
and her iniquitous courts of Admiral
ty award heavy bills of cost against
the captured, although the veflels are
liberated, as proof is sally adduced
that they had pursued a lawful and
jult demeanotr during the whole
voyage, viz. the innocent aré doubly
punithed. She never punithes her
officers (uniefs promotion_is punith
ment) for killiog our citizens on
board the ships, and in the territories
. of America but retains in bondage
for years, our brethren taken by force
- in (by herfelf acknowledged) an un.
~ juftifiable and wnauthorifed manner.
She invites, by proclamation, our cit
izens to-be TrRAITORS, to disobey the
laws of oot own government, and di.
_re€ls her cruizers to treat such persons
“and veflels. with peculiar marks of
attenticn. She authorifed and per
haps diredted her envoy to confuit the
opposition, and difaffe@ed citizeans,
%to 2fcertain to what extent ‘they
would be willing and able'to refilt the
meafores of -the government, and.
how far they could-catry-the opinjons
of the’country along with them in”
“their artempts to counlera® the
Jaws."* It may heré be asked if (he
encourages and allows herauthorifed
agent to tamper with the difaffe@ted
eitizens of an independent slate, what
_ what will hinder her resorting to bri-,
bery. and, ather corruption-to effect
-all her wiflies 2§ In so& we need pot
resort to ail her iealings to Americans.
10 prf;;&h‘r inyeterate malice 10, jnfa-.
feat:ujy of \he goyernment and people
of dhe Uied States Ax 1 was &
e citzen of frse couniry and. an.
agent in the government by my elec.
worial privilége, T concluded it to be.
-m¥ duty o aequire some ififormation -
M@?:%%?W;
a i i ,‘),.\ji,f“—n": : 3 .
refpe@ing our form of government,
the admurifiration “of them and the
origin of our npational difficulties—
the result of my enquiries is that all.
our difficulties proceed from the gov- -
ernment of Great Britain either in a.
dire@ or indire@ way, and the gov
erament and citizens of these states
cannot be too vigilant ig fv‘rdtchiqg her |
motions znd keeping from ber cintch
es. We ought to deprecate a connec
tion with- her as—pollution ! death' ! |
Let asthun her artful wiles as deadly
poison. We have a valuabile and dear
‘bought patrimony befallen us, a be
quest of inestimable value, our inde--
pendence and tepubiican fyltem of |
‘government 3 set us Rrive to preserve |
and hand it down to our children, nn. |
contaminated, that it may descend in |
.its pure original lultre, to the latest .
periud of time. Let not our children |
have to fay “-our fathers had a valua.
ble inheritance bequeathed them by
the revolutionary heroes, but they
basely bartered it, and for what ?—
not for a mess of potage to farisfy a
craviag ‘andhungry tomach, not for
clothing to cover a naked and war
worn body, not for a hut- to {creen .
their wives and children from the'in- !
clemencies of hoiflerous seasons, but .
for the tinsel [plendor of foreign gew.gaws
or for ignoble ease, they either elteem- .
ed commerce of too much value, or |
they viewed the trouble of putting
down foreign fi&ion and preserving °
freedom (by atténding their duties at |
the ballots to give {upport and z2id to
their own wife, virtuous, bevign and
magnanimous adminiftratior) too
much, and they enslaved themselves
and us by their inglorious ina&ion,
when their freedom was jeo%an\rdi(c;:d
by foreign incendiaries and domeltic -
traitors.”—oO may the God of our
* fathers forbid this fin, may he prote&®
our children and preserve them from
slavery, from Britith' thraldom, the
worlt of slavery—O may he preserve
the union, from domefiic, ambitious'
tyrants, who prowl ander the foft garb
of ¢ patriotic legiﬂativgi’prchedings,”'
who rock themselves, at times in “ the
cradle of freedom ”” Beware of {uch .
men who advise you torufh heedlessly
. into European convuifions, bloodshed °
and contenticns, by an alliance with
the Lion to unfurl the ¢ Republican
banneérs” against the Tiger. Of such
¢ the poison of asps is under their
tongues and their advice leads to def. .
tra&ion.” But, fir, 1 hear acry, a !
-great cry of French influence—the cry |
is that the French influence our gov. '
erument and people, This cry has
{ounded in our ears for many years— -
what is it ? Still a found without 2
fubfance. It is like the hobgoblin of
the dark, or the bugbear Rories raised
by the good wamen to frighten unru.
ly children and to keep them in awe.
Ask for proof, you are told it will
‘take years to develope it. Whence
-arises the cry ? From the advocates
of Britain- from men whothirty years
palt were cailed tories—thé, defcen.
dants of such—those hating democrat
ic republican{m—and the ambafl«dor
of Great Britain.®*. Who is nnder 'that
~influence and is afluated by it, the
young, ‘ambitious, Iprightly, or-even
“the middle aged,who may receive ti
“tles, honors and places of profit from
Bonaparte ! No fir, ‘it pervades the
_ancient, grey headed revolutionifts—
thofe that have expended the best of
“their days in Freedom’s cause, who
. have kept their. faith and ‘nearly ran
their course, are now descending the
vale of life, with honors ‘.ené‘iréling '
their brows, and their hearts exnlting
in the freedom and happiness of their
children and the other inhabitants of
‘their beloved country, such men as 2
_Jefferfon, Clinton, J- Adams, Lang.”
don, Gerry, Rush, Ramsey, Dearborn, -
“Madvon, Nich’s Gilman, a Stark, and -
thany others; such ate the men weate .
‘direéted to distrust as traitors to them.
selves, their children- and to their |
country—~fuch men to fell themselves '
—for what purpose pray ? To be the
pander of 'a man whose breath is in
his no{lrils, who cannot promise bim- |
felf a tomorrow, much less administer
any one effz&uoal comfort to another
man. Cun men who have spent a |
long life in' the paths of . jaftice and
virtge, without {werving, be so loft to |
~every thing praiseworthy, as to damm. |
_themfelves, posterity, and cmmtry‘
without - a mofive, without a cevfe?
~lmpcflible ! credulity itfelf must be' |
“incredulons ! Why is this cry ruifed |
then; if no foundation exists for it ? Is |
it 1o excite disunion-and prevent effec.
~tual meafares of resistance againtt the |
“tyramnic ag%‘re}ﬁoi_)s of the other bel
ligerent, or is it a feint, to attradt at. |
tention o t from an adlual and real|
Juflacoce Dayendiog aphas Bt %040 k
‘nation,proceeding from sncther quar- -
e Lbgnaboen told hat iy seaports,
:;:%lm ometimes kindle a fire, but
-offper cry fire, five, (when the inhab- .
itants are in a hubbub consequent on
M 00l sSB b 8¢ shy- |
ceed in thieir nclaions, project of pur-.|
«f; Yi‘; = F. X 4 K b - lette v;,,.{t;‘h x,f‘v “
sing. No_ gT’ No. 10 b appears fully (o
*:*.»—*!ss7?:;;‘ ever seriously beliey.
TR SNN ol R s LIS T N
Ol Vg tE Sraieh ot
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1810.
Republican Nom:naton.
. : : . s
FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
Jofiah| Bartlett, of Stratham, -
John A. Harper, of Meredith.
DélVldiL Morrill, of Goffstown.
Samue Din{moor, of Keene. -
' Obed Hall, of Bartlett.
&-ocoonoaecon-&
Our fellow.citizens, in judging of the ex
pcdiency of preferring onc or the other of
the tickets offcred for their support, at the
ensuing eleCtion, thotld have an eye to the
prINCiPLES OR- Which they are endeavored
to be supported. If they find that one ticket
is supported by men who endeavor to render
the principles of the constitution odious to
the people—who with a more energetic (or
XINGLY) gnvernment efiablifhed on the ru
- ins.of our ‘repubiican infiitutions—~—who think
rTne peoPLE thould have no other concern
with laws than to obey the orders and decrees
of the detter born, they eannot but perceive
that a {ubverfion of the democratic part of
our constitution is"the ¢ertain confequence’
of investing their partizans with power—
Federalists have been inceflant in eudeavors
ta repder the epithet democrat, (as they de.
“fignate the repubiicans) opprobrious, and to
cxcite the contemypt or detéftation of .the
people againt it. Every man who wishes
to, preserve .our representative form of gov
ernment—who believes the people capable
of felf government—who belicves that lib- .
‘erty is better than Havery. and a&s accord.
ing to his profefied belief, is a pEMocRA T,
Why then is democracy and democrats so much
the aversion of federalifts ? Why do they
feck to snot the principle from the govern
ment, and so invcterately persecute those
individoals- who are its advocates? No
houneft man will blush at being designated as
a democrat. He wi%ahc ‘rather feel a pride
in’ being confidered’ a friend to the rights
and libﬂ't}ics of m:mkmd We thould no
more be ashamed of the term democrat, be
“caufe the sons of fa&tion have ‘attempted to
render it odious, than a good mes thould of
that of Clergyman, becaufefome of those who
bear that appellation kve by their condu&
cast an indelible stigma on an order of oicn
“who we sincerely wish to refpeét, and among
whom we find many who are ornaments of
the sacred-calling, and bleflings to their
‘tountry and to the world. & i
It appears to be a lcading objef of a pa--
per recently eftablithed atthe head quarters.
of New-Hampshire federalifm to bring the
principle of democracy into difrépute. Our
government partakes so much of that prin:
ciple, that those who.attackfach principles.
“in the fi'o'fa, in fact attacks the most valua. -
ble anl precious feature of our government,
A representative democrasy, where the people
at stated periods eleét their own rulers; is
undoubtedly the only ane under which the
_people can enjoy. that. security and happi
ness which are .the objects and end of civil -
government. A pure-democricyindeed is
ithe most to be feared of any form which
‘the ingenpity of man bas projected. Bat
_modificd as it is in the American conflitu- -
tion, is the most to 456*&5?:6:;;" Lt
./ “The nearer a government APPROACHES -
4 pEMocßacy,” fays this paper, the more
confufion -2nd disorder abvund and the .
people commit. ;bemnﬂaﬂumﬂwﬁm
cruelty and oppreflion.” Observe, it is not -
& democragy “we are cautioned . again®t,: but
(WWW&M’“YWQ‘“
~on earth. .more nearly approcches demosracy.
ﬁmthwmz‘ﬂmtﬁ%“g;“m‘
OI‘&NWQ% dinary ¢ alls of cruc| éﬂm'
preflion”” W hst?ev the Loy £ Sewe: -
‘democratic prigciple i Jﬂ;;&%
their. election in the present wonth. If
Eﬁ%w
oo SR R SR T S eW o S
loining the property of the honefi 1 4
think, Mr. Prioter, we fhonld remem
ber these things and keep a keener
watch ot such boiltérons buily bodies,
le(t they.lull or difiradt cur attention,
and our rights and privileges-he pur
loined, and the citizens Gink into ser
vitude, to be * hewers of vood and
drawers of water” for some imperious
malter, no ‘mére to be emancipated
without wariety, of woes such as the
loss of m2nyy very many of the wisest
ard belt of men,and the tails and con
vulsions of a violent revolution ; such
all history states to be the faét. We
do know the natural tendency of all
governments, however free they may
be at firft, is to defpbtifn- and tyranny,
foms progress flower, others more rap
id to this end ; thea when man has
dragged, a. period of time, under the
galling yoke of bendage, he gradual
-17 imbibes the spirit of liberty, he
makes a mighty@ffort and bounds in
to freedom, but death and deflruétion
for a‘time mark his footleps. Ty
rauts bite the dust and.iniquitous laws
of vaﬁfiiage are destroyed.. Dread.
ful is that time—=may America never
agﬁiq /t_:_,nge.ri‘gp‘c?sn’itf-‘-m‘ay her free cit
izens fcek to know their duties, and
pradlice them so as to preserve: their
high privileges. The wife preacher of
ancient days, admonithes us that ia
all opr acquirements we get wisdom,
whi:?: is profitable to dire®. For that
purpefe, I requelt all real friends of
their country, however designated,
whether-Ariftdcrat or Democrat, to
determifie that the majority should
rule, and thé government chafen by
the mzjor voice, thould receive the
united support of every man—That
this may. in future be the c:fe, and
that our {ree republican confitation
and rights may not soon, if ever, be
loft to my fellow-citizens, is the sincere
praver of a FARMER
should designate a .',un.td. or a King who wii}
save them from theiv _vuin sout)l eneminrm
- THEMSELYES.—The people thould remem
* ber_that these sentiments of abhorreace to
- demucracy, are promulgated from the plice
.of residence of one of the federal candis
dates, and: very fafibly flowed from his peo.
- Wz obferoe that mofh.of the federal pa.
pers use the mofl indignant Ya;zgaége;wbgg ;
[pe«l'i_frg- of the late indignity offcerd 1o
the d{/cmﬂed Brtliﬂ? ming'/ie»-, avbile tbg
. difgracejul transaction at Clayemons i
- rather approbated than censured. —
- What reason can the citizens assign to.
| themypelves for this diferimiratiyg betaween
- an eutrage dgainfl so diflingurlh.d a-¢it -
iz.n as Gow Lancpow, and 2 Sinilar
one againfl ¢ Brittth Spy, traversing the
country under diplomatic licence » Ligit
that virtue is so obnoxisus to fcderql:'g‘; '
that a blosd flained incendiary iy more
acceptable to them than an American pat’
riot 2 What good deed has Fackjon dome
2o wefh bis hands of the blyd of the men, .
women and children, slaughtered in cold
blood, in the capital of Denmark 2 [, it
one of the privileges which Britain wiuld
be jaltificd in assuming, to carry devaf-.
‘tation. and carnage into peaceful coun-.
ries; auith ehich they are in allianes B
Wonld federalifls be aveaned of their: ug:
natural attachment to Britain, &5
She deign us 2 Himilar teflimony of ber
good faith and friendfhip, as was
hibited ‘at Copenbagen 22 Alas 1 conld
‘reformation be expetted, Britain bds done
enough to effect it.—The blood. of our
brothers cry to heaven for vempeance on
their murderers, flill do federalifis caress
the hands awhbich sent them antimely to their |
lafl account — Americans mufl blafh that
any of their brethren ave so depraved,
Notwithßanding Reftorator =ffaq3s
to treat me as far bepeath his notice,
yet he has devoted nearly. the whole
of his-two last numbers of nearly
three columus each, in reply tomy
observations. I I amw indeed so con
temptible, {o little enhiled to notice,
why does he insult the public, by fll
ing so large a portion of a newfpsper
with inte nperate inve@ivs agaiolt 4n
individual whom he affi@s not to
know, at a perind when it thould be
devoted to subj &s of nationalintereft,
that the peopie may a& uuderfland .
‘ingly in the choice of their rulers at
the approaching election 2 Why does
he wantorly facrifice so much of his
own tigie, at 2 moment when eve.
I’7 latent quality -of the mind” should
be exerted to enlighten the multitude
who lock up to such fupereminent ge
nius for corre@ information ? Why
walle {0 much elgant language, on
.the *¢ frothy, impotent, personal in
vectives” of a “ contémptible para--
graphift ;> at a crisis which should
“ wake every slumbering energy of
the foul,” and nerve every arm in de
fence of the liberty, the honer, the
independence of his conntry, so boldly
‘menaced by foreign foes, and domes:
tic incendiaries? For Reftorator, or:
those who lead the federal ranks,. to
call on others to vindicate their coun
try’s rights, i jaft as absurd as for the
prostitute to extol the charms of vir:
tug, and exhorrt'to its pradice. 3
- In what noak of creation has Ref.
torator, pafled the latter years of his
hife, it he is yet to be infirmed that
federalifts have loudly threatened 4~
dissolution of the national union 3
Does he wish that the evidence should
be produced ? ‘The whole mass would
require years to publish it. Their
threats have been as loud and beld as
was‘the langunage of our patriot fore.”
fathers under the opprefiions of Prit
ith tyranny, previous to the blow"
which fevered the gordian knot which
bound us to the tyrant’s yoke.. And
they dared assimilate ‘the causes, and
arrogate to themfeives. the honors
which every - generous - American a.
warded to the heroes who waked the
flame of liberty in' the bosoms of an
opprefled people. Is it confcioufnels
of the weakoels of your cause, thatin.
«duces you to put forced conftru@tions
on language which any but an iceot
readily underflood. . Your attempt to
mifrepry sent the meaning'of a fenterce.
in myf%r& paragraph shall not ad.-
vantage you. I repeat that your af
fértion that I have charged * 15,000
of the free citizens-of the State of N,
H. with bigh treason” is falfe as it is.
malicious. 1 should rival even your ab.
Jfon, for the exercise of the molt valua
ble privilege of freemen, the right of
fuff-age.. You knew and felt its appli
cation, but to divert public indigea. .
tion from those to whom the epithet
of traitor belonged, and to furnifh a
fubject for incoherent rant and sense-
Jess declamation, you wrefled its
meaning as far_from its true intent,.
Weyon dne O AT i e
_lfyou wish to be informed who
“ organized and armed a band for the
express purpofe_of relifting -the au.
thority of the general government,
1 refer you to the hitary of the *pa.
#riotic Sirver Grevs” of Newbury.
pott... ‘The fadl is [ motdions, thet.
Y Ganoce b fmileat your. ol
g B AT ?ﬂf G
TR L Rl Te R G SST o
“ A Daniel come féi“;"nlrlg;mérii / yed, @ Daniel 1
“ Mofl upyight judze ! — bozo do I boncr thee I™
*¢ Difference of opimion may be [fofely tolerated,
wrbere reason is left free to combat errer.” .’
- A few days since 1 was favored 'hy the
master of the Facket from Purbam, with
the tollowing elegant and friendly epifile From:
ane of the 2bortions of the Yyearling Gover mor,
- The refined and liberal sentiments it contains.
. dhonio-not be lofk to the poblicsas the digni~
Jfied moderation' exhibited by this moflsbonorable
gentigman cannot but bave the mofi happy
eflc&@ in ameliorating ‘the aiperities which:
have been eneratca by political co'lifion:
‘We dare not gueftion the cortecnefs of the
opinion delivered by bis bonor, left it mzy be
conllroed inte a 2 contempt forthe high official
flation which the benorable Zentieman fills with
so much dignity., . - ¥
[cory oF TaE LETTER]
: - * Durbham, tff Augufi. 1810,
" Sir—Having extisufted my own endeg
-Yors to dilcharge myfeif of your papers, in-%
cffetually—muft beg of 'you to advise me
- What measures are ncceflary to. be purfoed
Fo'eff: @& that objeét I .cannot consent to
receive them any longer. without relinguifh
4ig cvery pretence to regard for the peace
of society.. The direct tendency. of your
last paper being deftrutive of civility, de~
cency and good.maners - demapds the cen
" sure of every real friend to his country. = .
= Send my bill, which will be paid on
fight; but avoid further insult by fending
mc any more of your libellous paperss
*-kam Sir your bumble feevane, < 00
S M, W Weeks, Editor of Gazette.” L.
7 The fa@ks relative to bis bonor's “ ineffec
tual endeavors” to discharge himfeif of my
bibeilous papers. are s~ Sometime: after-Frame .
in pofleffinn of the Guzette. I ¥éitived an
‘ ordr from.the Bonorabic gentieman, to difs
“continve bis paper,but unaccompanicd with,
_ paywent of arrcars, without which no papx
is stopped.; “Theard nothing further frony
bis bonor till:the'month of Juoe last, ‘when
_my yearly bill E‘-"«Aﬁiﬂfl‘?‘aémknwd’ x
~“received another fimila ~ordey from bis bonor.
My reply was, when arrearages are paid, it
_ shall be’complicd with-—and the paper was
“continucd to the date of the peremptory,
[pirited and dignificd mandate as above
‘I cannot exact'y alcertain .how long the
bonorable gentleman has been,a patron of the
- blif s{{»’,;@.‘!& fQ( famwmg m“ﬁﬁ"&? %
18 bis Foibg chalel Eoavibhon Bipacr S
Prefident-und Vice President | neither can -
1 conjeGure what has pu t-his moderation into
' such an unseemly p-flion, upicfe it be our temerity .
8 Rorolingihis ot Qoo voL bs st
_in law whole names are on the fedcral nom
_ination lilt for Representatives to_Congrefs,
"Q%‘iciﬁé&v‘%é’?#@*é‘@t@fwjﬁa&m ippear -
miuhwm&ﬂmg *‘nﬁ*
Shanac), since he wrate the abiifiveantimep, -
Jent Jerter ;o%tlm oy Giiman, returiing
Tahaeß et 3 ety WA B RTgy F AL
% ft%&fﬁ"“!&% OPEL Lo hon
-or him, Fhe teanfwiffion of a Commission by |
a.,{,?lmsww
%L 0&@;‘”8@&%
“térrupt the harmovy of social foterconrfies.
* minds being lefs.penetrating than' ke rad
Wey WAI DR el Lt 22
%9# Te e B TR AR TR
Pol PRCTE SN R L Al S
greficr #°. In what ipflanee bave tfn
n2t? Can you point cut afingle in
Barfce where the federalifts generally.
-or their leaders, have taken the fi.'e
“of their overnment in any con
“trover{y ' Britain, since the day
_an indi ¥people declared we will
not havethe(e men to rule over ne ?
At the time of the attacE on the Chef
| apedke, one general ii?Bpnlfe Ofvpat
~riotifm impelled the Pedple ro express
~their ‘indignation in the most prompt
- and decisive manner. Yet, even then,
_the great Moloch of N. E, federalifm
“refufe! to aft with his fellow citizens.
" Federalism for a moment forgot its u.
‘faal caution, and -adtually betrayed
fome.fenfation at the cutrage ! But in
a (},z{_rt,{apfe of time, their anciznt as.
sections got the better of their patrior
ifm, and their indignation was trans
ferred from the murderers of their
fellow citizens, to. their own govern.
meat. i *
* 4 When the disavowal of Eifkine’s
arrangement by the Bricilh govern.
-ment was firfl knowp in this country,
several fe-ieral editors had the jard;-
‘hoed t 0 queltion the justice ‘and hono
-able intention of the Britith govern.
ey, . Bot .che @ors wary cried
“Recp yourselves conl {evtlewen . What |
~dare Question the honor avd juflice of
~our gnod mother Britam | .Have the
impudence to think ‘George the 3d.
can do wrong ! You will repent of thir
rafbnefs ; and for a while the poor
fellows Who dared take fide with their
dwn governmient, Were unmercifuily be
lacoure: by the ad'vbcarqs of Britain,
the leaders of feceralifm,
When Britain interdi®s otir tfade
.with neasrly the whole world, Britain
is conlerding for the libertios of mankind,
fay these confiflent gentlemen., Bri.
tain bas don: us no essential injury—— .
why will you provoke her, by insisting
On justice at thic perilous jun&ure.—
The' Law of Necefity will juttify the
triffing infuries the Ay unintertionally
bave done usy and-she would be jufs
tified in 2ffu ving even highes ground
than {h2 ha: yet done. :
- Many otber inflances right be ad.
ddce’ wherein “ federalific have vindi
cated Britifl aggression ;7 but this may
{office for the present. If the publi¢
feeany interest, or gain any informa
tion from -the controversy which Ref
‘torator Riives to make personal, I am .
willing be should exhaust his whole .
vocabulary of abusive epithets. He
mmay be assured I thall not be driven
[rom my purpsfe. though his pumbers
affurtie treble the virulence which has
trarked his two last ; but follow him .
till. his lavings may . drive him igto
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