United States oracle and Portsmouth advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-04-03 00:00:00, page 3

Portsmouth,
' SA TURDArjAPRTL Flßoi.
RETURN OF KOTES.
* The Dota of Salem and New-Salem (already
pLliJhed are erroneous — There is but one Salem in
the State.— The whole number from 112 towns
fouldfand thus.
'*Gilman. Langdon.
7873 5645
Adame, 0 39
Bradford, 49 z 7
Bartlett, O 4 0
Conway, 6 -61•
Cernijk, 86 59
Campton, 80 3
Canterbury, 43 122
Dublin, 79 2 7 8216 6013
Dover, 66 21%
Durbans, 48 14°
Baton, 0 60 ,
Eafl-Kington, 8 56
Groton, 45 13
Greenland, IO 90
Kingston, 36 48
Lyndborougb, 1% ^6 ^5 645
Mason, 70 0
Marlow, 3 S'
Newmarket, 59 *35
Newington, ''*4
° New-Holdernefs, 69 7
Orange, ^4 °
Plymouth, ?, 7
Raymond, 7° z 9 395 3°3
Sullivan, 5% 0
Seabrook, O 66
Stratham, 35 "4
Temple, 50 17
Yamwortb, 103 3
Unity, 6 70
Winder, 3 ^
Wendell, 12 75
Wentworth, 17 2° 278 437
9114 7388
7388
The firft part of this paragraph is cor
, rest. You are not accountable for the
errors of the Salem Gazette or the Or
acle : but that 'theirftatemerts ofyour, ac
count is unimportant to you, is what we
cannot readily give our belief to. You have
not yet elevated yourselves f far above other
Editors as not to be fufeeptible to their
praise or censure, and this error has coftyou
fame very unhappy hours. As to the blun
der's lying between us, had you turned to
the Salem Gazette, you would have feeh that
we correftbyfated the paragraph word for
ward.
[Gaz. The Salem Regifter,of March 2jth,has
the following obfervation,which is corre&,viz.—
66 By the Portsmouth N. H. Gaz. the State pa
per of Tuefday last, we find Mr. Oilman has a
majority of 438 voes only, for Governor. If
the Oracle gentlemen expea an explanation of the
Salem paragraph farther than is here given,they
must apply to its author.]
We cannot fee that this article is in the
leaf explanatory to the one in the Salem
Gazette. One Salem paper fays you gate
Gilman a majority of 438, and another,
that you gave Langdon a majority of 438.
Horn is one of these paragraphs to explain
the other ? We venture to fay, there are
fiery few Editors indeed who would not
have taken different fleps to have fatisf cd
the public.
[Gat. If the Editors of the Ledger have
thought the Oracle lift of votes for Governor
authentic, and at such have copied it into their
turned votes.
[Gaz. We do got hold obrfelves accountable
for the errors of the Editors of the Salem Ga
zette, or of the Oracle—if the former has mif
tated or the latter mis-quoted, is quite unimpor
tant to us, it is enough that we know that the
Wunder lies between them.]
does not explicitly authorize; yet there can be
no question, that they cannot do what the con
stitution expressly prohibits. Tomaintain, there
fore, the con ftitution, the judges are a check up
on the legislature. This doctrine I know is deni
ed, and it is therefore incumbent upon me to
ihow that it is found.
It was once thoughtby gentlemen who now
deny the principle, that the fafety of the citizen
and of^the Rates, rested upon the power of the
judges to declare an unconstitutional law, void.
How vain is a paper reftridion if it confers nei
ther power nor right ? Os what importance is it
to fay, Congress are prohibited from doing cer
tain ads, if no legitimate authority exists in the
country to decide whether ah att done is a pro
hibited ad ? Do gentlemen perceive the confe
quenees which would follow from eftablilhing
the principle, that Congress have the exclusive
right to decide upon their own powers? This
principle admitted, docs any constitution remain ?
Does not the power of the legislature become
absolute and omnipotent ? Can you talk to them
of transgressing their powers, when no one has
a right to judge of those powers but themfeives ?
They do what is not authorized, they do what
is inhibited nay, at every step they trample the
constitution under foot ; yet their a&s arc law
ful and binding, and it is treason to refill th,m.
How ill, fir, do the dodrines and prose ffionsof
these gentlemen agree ? They tell us they are
friendly to the exigence of the Rates ; that they
are the friends of federative, but the enemies of
a consolidated general government, and yet, fir,
to accomplish a paltry object, they are willing
to fettle a principle which beyond all doubt
would eventually crea a consolidated govern
ment, with unlimited powers upon the ruins of
Gate governments For remainder fee last page.
tuting another which is very incom-
) plere, and which we shall prove not
entitled to the slightest belief.
As the Gazette Editors teem to lay
the matter most to heart, we shall
firft attend to them— taking their
paragraphs one by one, till we have
examined them all ; and we hope
not to exhaust the patience of our
readers, as we flatter ourselves they
cannot feel totally uninterested in
finding out the real Rate of the re-
Majority for Gilman X 726
The observations in our last on the pa
ragraph from the Salem paper, have
brought forward the Editors of the
New-Hampshire Gazette in an at
tempt to vindicate their statement
of the returned votes for Governors
And the Ledger in apologizing for
the corredtnefs of theirs, and fubfti-
1_ CT * in conversation with a Gentle
man belonging to Conway was told the
votes there were very much divided, and the
return of course incorrect. He told you
that under these circumfances it would not
do to publiJh them. This was twice re
peated—and you kept a Jilence which he at
• The Editors of the Gazette well know the
gentleman here alluded ra
Here is a lift of™the towns rose have in
serted and the Gazette left out —and the
sources from which they might have collected
them.
Is there any reasonable man after read
ing the above lift, mill Jay you have per
formed the duty of upright and impartial
printers in fappreffing 1822 Votes ? Will
you fay these towns are attended with
« strong symptoms of incorrednefs ?"
How fortunate it is that all of them (ex
cept Franciftown, which gives Mr. Lang
don a major it, of but 39 ) Jhould give Gov.
Gilman such very bandfome majorities —
fauld give him 1633 votes, and Mr.
Langdon but 189. We repeat it—bow
fngular the cicumflance. Rut no —the
attempt is too bald and will deceive no one.
Some will biu^for you—many will des
pise you.
[Gaz. If we have madea mistake, (which is
very poffibie,) in putting down the numbers
from the town of Newport, it ihall be corrected
as soon as we can come at the truth, but we hope
to be excused in not believing the Oracle fuffi
cient authority for hazarding an alteration.]
We do think it very probable that you
have made a miftshe in the town of New
port. 'For in your paper of March 16th,
,ou fate Newport at 75 Gilman, and 12
Langdon. The votes are cast a, and car
ried forward to yours of March 24th,
where we again find the town of Newport
fated 12 for Gilman, and 12 for Lang
don ! We do think ourselves, that this ac
count "is attended with some small
symptoms of incorreHnefs."
[Gaz. But was their paper altered for the
country ?" This queftior we disdain to Infwer ;
the suggestion betrays a littleness of mind, a mean
suspicion too despicable for notice.]
After Witnessing the wretched, misera
ble attempts to impose on both town and
country, by suppressing one eighth of the votes
—after bearing through a refpeHable pa
per from abroad, that you fated the votes
widely different from what you did the pa
pers circulated in town—After bearing
from authority (that even you avill deem
indisputable) that )our pref was flopped to
adl the town of Stratham—is it very Jur
ferifag "at we Jhould aft if your paper
was' altered for the Country ? The falem
Gazette said in fubfance that it was—and
we only afed you if it was true.
paper, tee can have no Objection ; but tee >0
not wish to purchase the eulogiums of the Oracle
Editors, or their patrons, at the expense of rca
fon and confcience.]
We are happy to bear that these Editors
are in pffeffion of reason and conscience, as
wtfhall have fometbing tofay on these beads
presently.
[Gate. We conceive we have exercised due
impartiality in publilhing the votes we have re
ceived. If in any instance they have been omit
ted, it is becaufc they have come through indi
rea channels, or from other causes, have been
attended with strong symptom, of incorrednefs.]
We averted that these Editors had the
fame means of information as the Ledger,
and rate now fay, the fame sources to coiled
the returns of the votes from, as otirfelves,
and on ever, principle of impartiality foould
have given abatement Jimilar to ours. —
Mr. jilJby, the Post-Rider, has invariably
carried bit lifts to them, before they mere
brought to as. They published what they
chose, and left he rest. WE PUBLISH
ED the WHOLE."
No—The Sun. Editor of this paper
applted to you for the return of Rye
voter. They were given to him, and pub
lished agreeable to yoUr statement. Tou
held a number of papers in your land, but
be did not take them, because the,mere not
offered. " Saying be bad them already."
Falfe —and this assertion is unsupported by
one Jhadow of probability. He faros the
town of Offapee, and told you be bad
that already, and it was published in the
Oracle the day after. This is tbe only
foundation you bad for asserting “ he de
clined accepting them, faying he had
them already."
He afted you if you bad received tbe
Conway votes. Sou replied “ yes.''-.—
Where did you get them ? " I don't know
somebody left them." He told you Mr.
Gilman. Langdon.
AlJlead, 147 OO N.H.Courier Col.Centinel.
Alton, 48 22 Columb&KeeneCentinels
Gilmanton, 299 31 Silfbfslift.N.H Courier.
Marlborough, 147 CO Hanover pap.ColCentinel
Packersfield 97 °° Hanover pap. Col. Cetol.
Swanfey 101 , Keene Centinel.
Stoddard, 95 5 Courier, Hanover pap.
Sanbornton, 185 37 N. H. Courier.
Jaffrey, 143 00 Silky’s lift. Keene Cent.
Francoflown, 30 69 Silky's lift. NH.Courier
Campton, 80 gSilJhy's lift. N. H. Courier
New-Holdernefs, 69 7N H Courier
Plymouth, 89 ,N H Courier
Tamwortb, 103 3 Silky's lid. NHCourier
[Gaz. If the following queries should place
the opennef and candour, of the Oracle editors,
(so strongly claimed) a little in the back ground
we neverthelefb think ourselves juftified in mak
ing the retort.
Did not your junior partner apply to its
for a cop, of returns of votes for Governor,
deceived since our last paper ? and did we not
readily shew them ? did he not look them ovee,
and finding them generally giving majorities
for Mr. Langdon, decline taking a copy, faying
that he had them already ? and if they were
received before, why was your paper struck off
without inserting them ?—ls this the method
you take to " colled a correct lift of votes, and
do you thus shew your openneft arid tandoor ift
stating them ?]
1633 189
189 —1444 majority for Gilman.
tribtsted to an acquifence in the propriety
of the objervation.
Was requeuing, receiving, and publish
ing Rye votes, declining your offer, feeing
the, gave Mr. Langdon a majority ? For
Jhame gentlemen !
On Monday evening we waited on Mr.
Silfoy to get the towns be brought. On
looking over his book, we found the town of
Conway, andtbe quellion " where did you
get it ?" was inflantaneous. °He replied,
" they wrote them in my book at the Ga,
zette office, with a number of other towns"
which be then pointed out.
We then flat ed to him what we beard
of Conway, and ashed, #do you think them
Correll ?" He replied, " I don’t know, I
guess they are, I wotdd publish them how
ever.” This determined us—we copied
them—and the four towns of Conway, Ad
ams, Bartlett anti Eaton, were published
the next morning in the Oracle for the Coun
try.
[Got. Brother Editors! this will not do,
pray be advised to a little more caution in fu
ture, and to remember, that " they who live in
an house of Glass, should never throw stones."
All human habitations gentlemen are
frail, and the bes fortification is a wall of
truth. It has been our fudy to rear a
round us this faurity.
" We are sorry to be under the necessity of
apologizing to our numerous patrons, for the in
corre& statement of the return of votes for
Governor, in the lafl Ledger. Conceiving the
Editors of the " candid 1 ' Oracle had obtained
their returns from authentic sources, we ven
tured, for once, to copy a few towns from that
paper, (" tbeo%e left at this office," which might
possibly have been intended for some one not re
siding in tran) but we have since learned that
they were copied from that fountain of fal<hood,
the Boston Centinel. To corred this mistake,
we have thought best to give at one view,a lift of
all the votes which have been received in town
from " authentic sources ."
There are three things to be noticed
in this paragraph.^ First—The grief of
the Editors at having copied a correft
lift of votes from our paper. Secondly,
Charging us with copying from the
Boston Centinel. Thirdly, Their au
thenticity.
Now we really Sympathize with these
Editors. These is something to be com
mended in the blunt and steady adher
ence of a democratic editor to the pol
itics ofhjs paper—but if by accident he
Tumbles on a federal paper, and feleds
a little candid information, alas ! his
consistency is gone forever—and he is
left an object of public pity.
Copied from the Boston Centinel—
False—They have not taken but 3 or
4 towns from this paper ; and had you
depended less on your "authentic sources"
and examined for yourselves, you
would have seen it.
" David Golston, Esq. Colleflur, New-York."
[Here follows a copy of the Law refpeßing
Whale FiJhery, dated Deci 30, 1801. 7%/ follow
ing are the articles alluded to in the above letter,viz.)
" 7. During the course of a year from
this day, the merchants will be at lib
erty to provide themselves with foreign
vessels, on condition,
" ift. That they have been natural
ized, according to the forms prefetib
ed by the law of the 21st September,
1792.
" 2d. That they ffiall not use fucn
vessels but for filing Voyages, unless
they obtain a special permit from the
government;
We Shall lay the whole of their piece
before the public, and hasten to its dis
cussion.
" Authentic Sources I"—Pray,
Gentlemen, where did you get the town
of Newport ? It is dated in one place at
12 and 75, and a little below we again
find it Hated 12 & 12. Which of them
came from your " authentic source ?"
for both could not :—And what do you
mean to do with the other ? We find
the town of Stratham, then Litchfield,
and then Stratham again : and the
town of Bedford is down twice ! ! The
fad is, your lift is copied verbatim from
the three last New-Hampshire Gazettes,
blunders and all ! !
The following article of Commercial
Intelligence has been received by the
Clio, from Bourdeaux !—
AGENCY OF THP UNITED States, )
Bourdeata, January io, 180%. J
" SIR,
I inclofe you a law of the French
Republic, concerning the Whale Fishe
ry, which I will thank you to publish
in one of the Gazettes of your city for
the information of the merchants of the
United States, who very possibly may
find the feventb and eighth articles pro
motive of some advantage to them.
• “ With much regard, I am yours,
« WILLIAM LEE.
Gentlemen—You have certainly
gleaned " correct information" from
" authentic sources."
o— —'
Perhaps we ought to apologize to the
public for taking up so much of this
day's paper in investigating the fubjeft
—but statements differing so widely
need correction. We have had two
papers to attend to, and the talk of
pointing out their errors, has not been
a trifling one. Surrounded as we ate
by political adversaries, it may not be
Untimely to allure our friends, that we
shall not yield "th every gale that
blows," but,
" Firmly in FEDERAL PATHS meftillfall tread,
" Nor beat THESE WASPS that buzz around our
bead."
— -0
NOW FOR THE LEDGER;
* 8. The merchants shall be at lib
erty during three years to employ for
eigners in the whaling vessels, provided
such foreigners do not exceed in num
ber two-thirds of the crew, and the
other third must be composed of French
Tailors. After the expiration of three
years there shall be a new regulation
refpe&ng the crews of such vessels as
are engaged in whaling.”
From NEW-YORK, march 18, 1302.
WHEREAS the Hon. Eb
enezer Smith, Esq.
Judge of the Probate of Wills for the
County of- Stafford, hath appointed the
subscriber guardian ofthe person & estate
of ABEDNEGO LEATHERSof Dur
ham, yeoman, who hath been represented
to said judge as incapable of taking cat#
of himfclf and estate; Therefore Ido
hereby forbid all persons from trailing or
crediting said Leathers, or in any way
intermedling with his estate.
JAMES LAIGHITON.
Durham, Marsh 25, ißoz.
The Extras of a fetter from the Sheriff of th
county of Tolland in Conneaut, is received and
Jhall b e inserted in our next.
Arrived here 31 Anarch, brig Pally, Capt. Bay
ley, in 36 days from Demarara, left there frig At
lantic, M 1 Donnell, belonging to the diflriß of Maine
bad just arrived, markets dull ; and brig —, capt.
Dockendorf ; Jbip Eunice, Ca,t. Moulton, from
Pepperelborougb maine ; Capt. Clapbam, brig Tar
antula, from Boston ; capt. Paul of this port;
capt. Cottle, in a Jloop from Neta- Bedford; capt.
Grant, in a brig from Norfolk. March aotb, lat.
31 long. 72 40 fpokeJbip Minerva, capt. Jones, off
Newbury-Port,from London bound to Cbarlfrn,
Monfon, left Demerara 2 days before capt. Bayley,
out 40 days* all well ; a few days after spoke a Jbif
from LiJbon, bound to Philadelphia ; capt. Salter.
* He informed Capt. Bayley, that
the Definitive Treaty was not Jigned
when he left London.
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of Portsmouth and its vicinity, are in
formed that the fubferiptioh for Mr.
TURNER'S Dancing Academy is now
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those who intend fending their children
must apply in one fortnight from date,
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