The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1810-08-21 00:00:00, page 2

¥ien who choose to distinguish thea
Aelves by the “appellation’ federalifhs,
who are Toliciting your fpee and unbi
"afed fuffrages for themselves and those
-of thefame political sentiments. Is
. it poiliblémy fellow covotrymen, that
we fthall any longer be duped by thair
daplicity ? " That we can believe 7hcir
zeal and exertions will promote the
real interefl of our country ! Exam.
ine their pretensions and fcrutinizé
their condu&, and you will find their
dillimulation apparent. They request
your free and unbiafled fuffrages, they
pretend to approve the confiitution,
fupport’ the rights of freemen, and
defpi{e an undue interference in elec
tions. A variety of circumstances to
the contraty thight here be introduc
ed, one only will fulfice to prove their
hiypocricy. . These men in many in
stances, have threatened their debtors
andd@he mechanics, that unless they
_Joined wit!, them in voting for feder-
Jillss for public officers, they would
- fHß¥or theirdemands and lefufs them
masturthe®employ. They have ot
- onk ?‘3 Sl hardihiood to make thij
S EERlaraleny bo: have adlually putid
SPEatlice Rhcir ungenerous intentions.
S ARy bave fhamgfully b:en purchased
20 thefederal party by thole base
me ﬁm pany brave Americans of
K Tll‘%cﬁ, ha"ﬁj Cbﬁ,fé 10 en
sty o g ol s : > |
“dure great hardihips, rather: tha?l%
their privilegegand their honor. . Suf
ficient 1 hope%as been said to prove
‘that federalifts ought not to be chosen
public officers, that they are not the
fiiends of the pecople, but enemies to
our republic. Let'us my fellow-citi
zens eleét those to office, whose politi
cal sentiments are congenial with taofe
of the firk Congress, who have uni
formly supported the laws and adher
ed to. the principles of democracy,
whose virtue is beyond the bribe of
foreign emifluries, or domelic fa@tion.
These men will not barter your rigkts
for wealth and power, high founding
titles and pompous coronations are
unharmonious to their ears ; the wel.
~fare of their country isitheir aim, and
the consolation of having eflantially
bencfitted the people, their highest en
joyment. A greater display of talent
than argument has been exhibited in’
{fupport of the federal lit of representa
tives for Congefs, the zeal of one ad.
vocate however, has run counter to.
his wifthes. I will mention one cir
cumflauce as a proof. * Who (fays
this writer) is George Sullivan ?
What are his pretensions to office 2"’
He then proceeds, as if doubtful of
_ his claim, to extol the virtues of the
father, and apply them to the merits
of the son. ¢ His father was your
Coveriixor, You knew-his wotth, you
yet recolle& his services, and mourn
his early exit. From such a. father,
Mr. Sallivan (ia this place we regret
the omifiion:of these words—ought 22
have) imbibed early a love of couniry,
and tke pure unaduitered prir g les
of a republican.” The imputations
- of parental vices or virtges, are inad.
miflible arguments in favor or againf
candidates for Congress. The quali
fications of an American representa
tive are not by imputation, but relt
solely on his own merits. The eulo
gy of this writer, though ifconfiftent
with hiaifel¥, will be admitted by all
aepublicans, as applicable to, the late
Governor Sullivan: of New.Hamp
fhire, and the late Governor Sullivan
of Mailachufetts. - The father and
‘the uncle of the present Mr: Sullivay,
would, were they living, lament the
political degeneracy of the son and
nephew, oppefe ‘him in politics, and
give a decideds preference to the re
publican lift of candidates.
.. I will only add, federalifts if chosen
into office will injure and deceive you,
make cheice OfJf Republicans, they
will merit your efieem, increase your:
confidence and promote -your inter.
AR e R O R
« Forthe N, H. Gazzres.
% the author of a picce signed Mrrca:
SOR, in the Oracleof the X 1 th inst. and.
-addressed to gbc MECHANE&Q/ l’wt;- |
O el oo s Rt
A 8 a 2 mediber of that body of cit
izens sot whom you profels to have
such a fraternal affe&ion, permit me
‘o address to you short reply. ‘No
man, fir, is more ready to reciprocate
offices of friendfhip- between the dis.
ferent clifles of citizens, you have
_ mentionéd, than is the writer of thisd
.and Tam happy to acknowledge a
similar disposition ip some of your
_clafs ; ‘but, Sir, I am forsy to {ay,
" that the feverfe of this has become
too ger ﬁ!gaﬂé even in gou, who
o o ikl ependenton
* each othér, Tfind the veßtiges of this
the adeantsges arising to e mechun
&, they receive from the merchant,
e e Bort b
e virally & “‘"“ﬁ‘“’?f%
R S B
? %—;«* G 0 e ARI ‘;ﬁ"‘"‘ ;‘? ‘M }."t ﬁiﬁ“'}%} ~
B L e D e R e R e S
NSRRI B g S
jolice 1o your fubj=& Sir, by repié:
fenting these advantages to be recipro:
“cal, you might haveacquired ¢o your
{elf the name of an impartial medi
- atbr, but so long as you extol the mer
~¢hants as a clals of beings, on whom
all other beings depend, you will gain i
- but few profsiytes to your opinion. '
You ask the qtim.‘fm, « s there not a.
liﬁcrali/y attending the tranfaltions of
5% merchant awbich is nat to be fotnd in
any other order of men 2 Why real
ly Sir, if there is, it is more than ever
I knew betore ; I did not koow but
. what the' principles of generosity and
~ manificence were distributed by the
. preat author of nature as well on-the
. farmers, learned profeffors, and me
i chani¢s, and that tey, were as muich
+ disposed to adhere 1o those priaciples,
ias the therchants. Again, “do by
\ nol [reely impdet of their merchandizz to
{affiff their fllow men £ O yes 1 for
{ value received. And let me ask in my
{ turngSirgdo not mechadaics fréely impart
| of THEM Merchandize and Jabor on the
L fame priggiple ° And would the mer
hant g PBBt these favass , {as you would
:?ﬁi Y dlhich as vending his.
\ orkchandises Seeidid he not receive a
{ fall equivaleßE iie i the fime @« /
| not uncommion Jor dhem to haggle, dispute,
””,, If 1 an
| fwer this queflion 2 irceable to my
| oWn experience; afid o the informa
" tion 1 hiave received from my brother.
from its betags andomon, it is of all’
things the most common ; and though
you would presumptuously intimate
that the mechanic is iatirely depen
dent on the merchant for relief in pe
tuniary affairs ; yet, Sir, I bave
grounds for a presumption of a dif
ferent nature, and copceive that any
brother in’ diltrefs of a pecuniary na.
ture, with some exceptions, would
sooner apply to, and at any rate as
soon expe& relief (mmf his brethren
mechanics who do not advert?ize them
selves to be the pecuniary providers
for the relief of their fcllow men.
“ And do you not reckon with gertainty,
“§f you bave twenty bills againfl different
people, that you awill firfl receive your pay
Srom the merchant 2 ‘To this question,
as I hear so many remarks in the ne.
gative, I cannot answer you, as you
would seem to with ; the cry of “call
again’’ has becomie too.common to
reckon with such certainty as you imag
ine. On the contrary we reckon with
~ cettainty because we find by experience,
that bills again® merchants are by no
means lfi exposed to be ha gled, dis
puteds and cuf donony or less fubjeét to
" delay of payments than those against
- other people. éﬁrhaps Sir, your guile
| less beart is unpPadtifed in these things,
[ but I mention them, merely to shew
‘ you, that your calculation is by far
teo much in favor of the geheral
| charaéter of the merchant to be cor
l rect. State the case fair, acknowledge
the obligations to be mutnal and re.
' ciprocal, and the preju-lices you com
. plain of (if there are, or ever wére
~any on the part of the mechanic)
- will at once cease to exilt ; they claim
- 1O preeminence .as men, nor do they
- think others intitled to ‘any ; but if
~the merchant publicly aflerts that he
- will not grant his employ to any one
- who may presume to think or vote'
differently from him ia point of poli
tics ; if they fuy in the public prints
*4 Will federal merchants continue their
Jupport to men who will” preserve their
right of fuffrage to themfclves, and
throw their votes agreeable to their
own inclinations 2- And that ‘thefe
- ideas are publicly beld #p and catried
into execution, there istoo much telti
mhony of to he denied. How many
-honest, faithful and judicious work
men are now witnefles to the execu
_tion of this irjudicious praflice? This
being ‘the case, have they not then
cause to be fealous of their riGu¥s
_and rravizedes ¥ Is not this intend
ed as a deadly blow, and aimed at the
peacs, liberties, and welfaré of them
selves and their future progeny.? If.
“this be not petfecution—folve me
nwhat it is—till thedA be dumb. If
therefore such persecutors have been
styled the *“ ennobled Jews of th= al
ley,” it they'complain of prejudice in
‘the brealt of the mechanic, and if that
_prejudice does really exist ; to whom
can they lay the charge, but to them
feves. Bur, in this description of per
{ecutors Iby 'no means wish to be un
“derflood to include all merchants, on
the contrary, leel myfeif happy in
acknowledging that there are many
noble exceptions ; and from the difpo
tion you proftfi towards the brether
of my fraternity, Lam willing to Aopz,
that yea, are one of that number. I
‘agrec in what you fay at the clofc of
your piece, that the ¢ four orders of
~mén you have meationed are: neceffa.
17, and depgadebt on each other,”
%ﬁﬁdﬂtﬁ for which you
W”W‘Wﬁ
this you sppear so fwer j%gg’ﬂ*
SSYEADE FOR AA6 g 7 e OTS ol B
ewo Ak fius-of ‘elieeas, asd ih eitin
- *VidOracle Ratement, 11th Marchjzsogy .
BT e e R N R s T T
ghifhing that fpiri¢ nfprfecution, so
that m’uﬁ)ﬁoodf' i§es may be re
ciorocally exChgnp<Ctgiibe iy of,
bis will think M/e!/ A .Yuffpgds” 1
' Forthe N. HGazsriz.
- THE two political @Fﬁ‘es in the
Uttited ‘Statey afford @ striking con
tralt, The tederalifts ‘"hﬁve,_ un lt-é1
tingly, arranged themselves ufigEE}he -
banners of the £fek j’mz o who are
leading them giqdfom in
traught with déftrudion 1o theit dear:
et rights: The ¢fprit de corps impels
they fee not the%zi D % e verge .
thém with an @il r“! ;
of iwhich their leadérs have.
them.” They canitot ori¥ill not unes
derfland that their motiols are regiies
latly governed'by “ the secret machins
ery of the con.t of St %-mes
the mea by whose attrafﬁve%
they are inﬁgenﬁ, are the f{agsliites
of the fame mondrch, and his %‘;
ters, who thirty-five Years ago declar
ed Washington, Hancock am
with their . cotemiporary pairiots and
heroes— Rebels and Trailors. %t
These deluded men juflify“every”
aggrellion, outrage, murderfiand pic
racy. of Great Biitnin. ‘3"?”’@"“*
Patrie excites; in a few' | ’
some scintillations of indignant ¥efe at
ment—~fome sashes of. patriotiis &
but a frown from ‘their leaders puts:
all wrong again, and they are feen,|
to 4 man, upholding the most bitter
enemy of their country, and crying,
“ England bas done us no effentéial irju
ry.” &
The fiudatiqn of the Republicans is
high and commanding. = They fland
on American ground. The standard
of th: union waves trinmphantly over
their heads they coont in their
ranks, four fifths of the population of
the United Siates ; in une hand they
hold the sacred and indefeafible rights
of man, and| with the other, extend
the olive brasch of peicé to their de
luded federal brethren. ‘They are
ever ready to maintain the hosior and -
iudépendence of their country.
In vain do they call on their oppo
nents, to show whetein any aét of ag
grefliou has been committed against
Eogland, In vain do they urge thern
to point out a single inflance, in whick
the Britith government, has, on the
score of fiiendthip or €ven of jullice,
treated the United States as a fice,
sovereign and independent nation. In
vain do they demand their motives iy
opposing ctir owh government, and
jultifying the Britih. In vain do
they refuire a substitute for the mea
sures which have from time to time
been adopted,. of a remedy for the
evils which they ‘have been eminently
inlrumental in bringing upen us, by
their outrageous political depravity,
defirudtive of social order. 'On these |
subjects the leaders of the federal par- |
ty observe a total, a myfterous silence,
. The inference is obvious and irre- f
filtable, that they dare not openly a- |
vow theiy motives ; and are in pur- !
suit of objeéts, which theéy hope to |
attain’ by gradually unfolding their {
plans ; but are conscious if their pro- !
jects thould be suddenly known, the |
confidence which their hood winked |
followers now repose in them, would |
be destroyed. = - N
The ptefent king of Great Britain, |
who finds {uch ready -and able advo- |
cates among(t us, never has forgiven !
nor ever will forgive the peoplé of
the United States for declaring them- |
{elves free,fovereign and indépendent. -
In like manner, the tories of the rev
olation, never have forgiven, nor éver
will forgive those who in *lhe days ;
that tried mewy fouls,” overthrew the |
monfirous tyranny engendeied by i
,hurch and state, and gave the bléf- i
sing of liberty to unborn millions.~~ ;
Could the lordlings of the present day |
who were then *“ muling and puling |
in their ntazfes arms,” or the wounld- 1
be nobles of recent importation, form
any. conception of the dangers and |
harifhipsy the privatiops apd difivefs
which were experienced by the found
ders of the American Republic, they !
would sorely abßain from the calum- |
uy and abuse, with 'which {fo many of
oour ‘wotthies, have, to further the
parpofes of party, been:sflailed.—
Scarcely shall we find.oneof those to
‘whom we owe so much, that has es
caped their foul reproach, biting flan- .
‘der and unmerited censure : Faang-
Liw, the fathet.of the American revos |
lution ; Abams, who by his diplomat-.,
ic taleors fecurequs the refpe@ and |
support of Europeau powers ; I EFFER- I
50N, who penned the ‘declaration of .
independence ; Gares and Starx, |
‘who cauféll tke army of Burgoyne to |
pass under thz.yoke ; together "3‘&}
Samuew Avams, Girny, Lancoow, |
Surrvay, e
have, as it suited the views of fadtion, |
been (hamelesly attacked by Britih |
G who o deion o e
0K Jiewd v fee thie g bestiticy
wider-and the younger Avaws’ ; bot |
it 1s moes ton boriable t 6 ikEi Taws |
TNCED WAVEN DN R, Y e e e
g A e R G s N I R
DURTEe AREIE Oot depat.
o o ¥ we %mlﬂgﬂtt} ;‘
4} i@ hile they set
| ALBRNBRE bis m@agims, and violate
Pt o) il by his legacy. .
4@: gs B’ !@.
; 127 ¢en 30 deal@S mor there flops short :
S g el
Ericans ! palle and refle@ on
“thele things, Confider ?,fl the dan
_REEßthar dhreatco you. - The govern.
_ment Gs yout clioie® has _to contend
withh Trance -and Enp and without,
~allured you will defead the rich inher
_itance bequeathed by your ancestors,
‘you from t red cauf ;_re'edom.l'g
Al | Qg' your-
BISIR Valito pollis'ic. " Re
e Prize.ob ..’.i
(Rights for th potage of ‘Aritocracy.
o ANGirrican.
T e
S Oogent Bemarks —We readily join -
i the réeOMmnmendstion of the Centi
nel'or yesterday, to choose such mym- 1
gbers for Congress, as are adequate'to
“the important business which m!}\
neceflarily come before them. ~ For
- this purpose, we ought to be aware;'
as much as poflible, of all those difci.
Pples of the Essex Junto, who declare
that the ¢ British have done us no es:
fential evil’~—who in every instance,
applaud the condué& of the Britith—
who juflify the violation of Erskine’s
negociation—~who have endeavored
to raise an open rebellion againt the
government—to diffulve the union—
eftablith a northern confedetacy—
written ¢ circular letters” upon the
moftimportaunt concerns of the coun
try, and are a/bamed or afraid to make'
& report of their doings~~who have
signed ““war reports,” and when in
office did every thing in their power
to depreciate the Unpited States and
elevate the British nation—who ser
vilely bowed with Spaniel obeisance
to a wretch who could laugh doring
the conflagration of Copenhagen, and
who was probably sent to America
to pur{ue the fame vile mealv:es he
had adopted in a formgr mission.—
The faét is, we must avcid such men
as are falfly' [tyled repsratists.
They have for many years been the
aiders and abettors of a Britith fa&ion, .
rather than the vindicators and sup- -
porters of the American honor. Such
men, while they affame the appella
tion of *friends to Wathington,”
have uniformly endéavored to wesken
every precept he hasinculcated. They
have in the most important point at
tempted to-violate his injun&ions, viz.
“ she wnion as the Stat:s.”” Tor ‘the
las two years, there has been one
general {yftem pursued by these pre.
tended federalifls, to difaffcét the nlcg}h—
ern and southern States—to raif® an
implacable hatred between them—to
excite an irreconcilable jealouly, and
to make as much mifchief as possible.
between the refpe@ive departments of
goverpment. = For this purpose, they
stopped at nothing, however wicked
or profligate. 'F.Eey approved char
~3ers jult so far as would help them
lin their proje&ts. Though they fors
merly considered Randolph as a mo&
unprincipled demagogue, yet ‘when
they found him iaclined to calumni
ate the republican party ‘and abuse
the administration, then he became:
‘worthy of their praife.—Lvox also
was considered ‘as more abominable
than the most “ unclean beafl out of
Noah’s ark,” yet finding bim in the
‘purfuit of calumny and defamticn a
gnir: i the ‘conftituted authorities, he:
was: transformed by them intn the
‘moltfacetious and agreeable genrleman
peffible.—Buzrr was also a villain of
‘the firlt rank while he was eflimated’
by the republicans; but as soon as’
his villainy became confpicuious, and
‘he began to thow his malizious dis
position towardscémhmgms’ |
then he was canonized fiearly to the
fime diftintion with Hamiltog. In
MYort, these men have been deceptive -
it every partic tﬂat
dig S gt OS g SR R R
et gnided by hanor, bonefly afiinteg
‘connterad every effort made by the
‘Republicuss 10 relore ‘aae aaiova
repuation, or protet the American.
‘the ina@tive. condu@ of the lak Con
&0 i B L o i -~»‘i-" ’:"“‘-‘k".' P an 5
grefs when the fame time they were
doing every thing (in their power to
rife relon 1 the orthern Gates
Shva il P Tl gt TS
‘again them. If the merchants will
lated in the opinion of the government.
Hiahian” howiibs %ﬂ" B N
government an relieve thomyd T they
B ittt tr Sl
*‘*"‘*"“”“‘“‘”‘"""“ﬁ?ﬁ
declate Al ol et o ke
_mutineers, 10 oppose vi 'ﬁ"’ﬁ“’ -
R N ARt b g S TR "‘""um&
Custom .Hovfe Officers., Ifthey will
be guilty of such ovtrages 'and esi
_crmities;who have tliey 1o blamé
but-themselves, if thely property is
grefs should defi from any further
mealures 1o relieve them ? While ‘the
merchants are making such a hue and
that the cause of their disasters princi
pally ari{;ﬁ from their own impru
-dence and mifcondu@—And though
certain’ merchants (who have behaved
like good citizers by cbeying thelaws).
do experience: the evils which others
have oceaficned, vyet it is diffizult as
present to make a dilerimination.
~ Atthe n=xtele@ion for the meni. -
‘bers of Congrel*, wel therefore recom.
mend such firm,confiftent Republicans
‘aß have stood the test of a federai or
deéal dutring the embargo ; who dared
to be honelt in those days when temp.
tations were {pread in various quar
ters. DBut we caution agaialk such
men, either in congress or the state
legislature, who under the pretence |
of Republicanism - have deceived the
mzjority of congress dwiing* their lafk .
fe@isn. Insidious ‘friends are worse
than bpen enemies. A plausible, cant
ing kind of local diale&, may deceive
many ; bat those who look at a&ions,
instead of lillening to words, are able’
to discriminate. We mean no per
sonal reflc&ions further than whatour ¢
diftrefled circumstances require ; for
if some men for the {ake of gain, will
deccive Congress, we hope there are
others who will for the hopor and
fatety of their country, endeavor to
countera& them. The mifchief {uch
persons have done is incalculable.
From the N. u. PaTriOT,.
70 THE HON. JAMES WILSON.
SIR, g ’ ¢
I have learned, with no small degree of
surprise, that you are again tn be a candidate
for the fuffrages of the pcople. I had bop
ed that the andible murmurs of diflatisfac
tion, which were exprefied By ‘the bhonef
men of your party on your nomination in
1368, would induce its leaders to extend
their favor to a perfori fefs objeCtivnable.
I had hoped that thc feelings of your breth
ren on the ticket would be consulted, and
their remoniirances aitended to, [ had
heped that all regatd to decency and pro
priety had not deserted that party, which
boasts of pofieffing all the religion and tal
cots of the nation. And {hould all these
" hopes be difappcinted, one still remained,
(tsuly a forlorn hope)-—thata regard to your
own iatereft,to your own reputation, wounld
compel yon toretire from 2a fituation,which,
by making you aa objek of observation,
mult of 'neceflity make you an obje® of
averfiof, - SRR g S '
But it seems I was-not completely ac
quainted with your disposition. Your char
acteristic hardncfs of front; it seems has not
been foftened by a southern sky You bold
ly ftangd forward and challenge for yourfelf
the vetes of an boneft people; a sense of
duty to my country, my religion, and thé
laws, compels me therefore to ffand forward
your accuser, and to challenge for you their
detefltation. ¢
The boidnefs of this address may weéll
surprise you. ' Having énec experienced the
forbearance of your opponents, you proba
bly hoped te ‘pals another cle@ion with
out notice. This hope was in truth not
without foundation. On taking a rctrofe
pective view of the political contests which
have herctofore agitated the state, you were -
‘firuck with the moderation of the republi
cans. You perceived that they had made
principles, not men the object of their at
tack. You perceived that others whose
chara@ers might have been assailed, had es.
caped ;- and I can forgive you for supposing
that you were not worse than they, and of”
~courie were {ectrg. © A man hardened in
iniquity, is not always sensible of the enor
‘mity of his guile: R AT Ve
. But such forbearance is injurious to the
‘morals of the commuaity, and ought not
to be adhered to, Mercy to a criminal, said
Lord Hale, is cruelty to the innocent - Were
‘you to be {pared, who might not hope to
be clevated, without censure, to the firlt of
fices in the state ? Who would confider hon
elty, fidelity and veracity, worth poffefing 2
How long would virtue, the principle of re
publics, 2nd the podulum of hiberty, exist a-
ORI kN R L
+For'another realon you eught not ‘to
~hope to be spared. . Yaur party,regardlefs
-of the dictates of prudence ang of the ex
amples of their opponents,hare opened they.
. floodgates of calumny aod falfchood, and
* poured upon the vereran, the ‘ftatefman,
~and the patriot, an uandeferved torrent of>
_flander and defamation.. His services, his .
_talents, and his virtues con@l;?oi,fw bim. ¢
They served but to draw upon.him a host
of enemies. Shall the'charadler of Lanc
_pon be thos tradiced and shall not the
‘truph Be told of Wilfen & . Tno
m%m: be not teo much alarmed.. Theugh
“bound, by the laws of nature and of God,
-1 which no inltitution es civil society can
give additionst farce,to tell e touth and”
motbing Bt the trath, yet the whole truth Lany -
‘ngt bound by those laws nor by the folem=
ity of an cath, to relate.” And - you will
~doubtlefs rife from the perusal of this, with.
~your heart lightened of its fearey and ex-.
- claion, tbe balf bas nct yetbeen told.
-~ ¥et enough fhai be told o fix vpon yotir -
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