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Agaiu. ¢1 had long wished to avail my
‘elf and the public of the fine taleats and
amip.ble qualities of Mr: Madison.” |
And again® “ 1 did not think thar the
Tumbling noise of party calumny eught to
«dicourage me from -conflulting men whom
A krew to be attached to the interest of the
nation, and whof€ experience, genius, learn
ing and travel, had emincntly qualified
them to give advice.” ik
- Thefle, fellow citizens, are the men who
- are calumniated 'and degraded by the federal
‘ilts—the Yery men to whom President Ad
atns_ ¥n the most #ryiny times, applied forad
vice. And thefle are the men whom good
- Providence has ' direced you to raise to the
h:igheft offices in the nation
Now let it emphatically be enquired,
whether Mr. Adams, when President of
the United States, at a time when th :great
et difficultics existed between the United
States and France, ewould or could have seri
ously wifbed to fend Mr. Ty'Terfon or M.
- Madison to negociate with ihat country, if
ke had fufpedted them of foreign influcnce !
Nay, if, 4fter a loag intimate acquaintance,
he hadnot poffefled a full knowledge of
their integrity, as well as their great abili
ties ? Aad, it should be added, that if on
thie day. of political enthuftalm, Mr, Jeffer
fon, so far from indu'ging an improuper pre
dile&ion towards the French, had condué@®
ed himfelf with such corre& propricty, that
Me Adams, who was in the opposite feale
of poiitics, did-nor fafpe@ him efit—if no
other fadt exists to disprove the allegition,
it would fall dcfeated by its utter impoili
bility. G
This fellow citizens, islike all the objec.
tions brought agaiaft the prelent adminif.
tration. View it candidly, and voumav at
cnce fee the {ophifiry of the federalifts —
Yet these strange beings will soundly aflere
that they can prove by autbentic descuments,
that the President and Secretary. ang ali
the heads of departments, are under French
influente. Let it be remembired, that this
is only to gull you out of a teprescatation
in the next Congress.
Finally, with regart to Mr. Jefferfon, a
gainst whom the thafts of calumoy have
been principally direCted, Mr. Adams him
fcif conscious of his value and integrity, for
getting, not ‘only former rivalfthips, but the
former diffcrences of party, has stepped
forward and become his finecere and difin
terelted vindicator. Speaking of an inter
view with him while Mr. Adams was Pref.
ident, he {ays, « We parted as good friends
s 3 we had always lived ; but we consulted
very little together afterwards— party vio
lence soon rendered it impraQicable, or at
least useless; and this party violence was
excited by Hamilton more than' any other
man. I will not take my leave of Mr. Jef
ferfon i this place without declaring my
opinion, that the accusation against him of
blind devotion to France—et hostility to
Eugland—of batred to commerce—of partiality
and duplicity in his late negociations with
telligerent powers—are wittout foundation,
This is undoubtedly fact ; yet they are
indultcionfly circulated by the federalifts to
destroy the peace. and if possible the exis
tence of our independence. ~ But after the
consideration already mentioned, conneced
with the full tetimony of Mr. Adams. it is
impoffitle that any impreflion of partiality
thould be longer entertained. -
However;in procecding,in the-third place
to evince that the mcafures of our adminif
tration.were the molt wife and beneficial
that ¢ould have been adopted, we thall fur
ther shew, that while they have pronmoted
our rights; they have rendered cqual justice
without favoritifm either to Great Britain,
or to France . Butthis will be the subject
of some future numbers, _ PHILO,
"'~ g /"' ks o
TR N YV R
ACRERABLY to what we have pre
viouﬂ}zpro'pofcd, we cater upon the third
position, to ‘wit--An examination of the
benszficizl * policy of the system which oue:
gavernment ha.s purfucd, And this invef..
tigation, while it evinces the wisdom of that
{yfterh, will farthet ¢ftablifh its honcfl im
partiality:” S .-
The .ﬂ,@g&» of our government ‘Was
% maintainouy matienal and commeriial vights
‘We bhad long been subjected to a series of
unprovoked injuries, not only dcfirutive
to our interest, but dangeroiis'to our lnde
pendence. These aggreflions werc inflicted
by ali the principal belligerent powers, in.
proportient to thqir Mcags of ‘mulefling us
upon the ocean. b s !
War®ctiveen England and Frasce comm
menced Feb. 1 1793. . Before that period,
as eaﬂy as Nov. | 793 “the 'Bn‘tivﬂ‘i -thoogh‘;
sominally at peact, and poflefliog & commer.
cia} treaty with the Fremch, detained neutral
veflels in their ports laden W“gﬁ““.‘ for
France; and tliey even procceded to ab
solute captures 1s carly. as 139‘1357 f‘?""?"‘ |
e oo g b
On the Btk of June, 1793, the celebrated
British Orders ity Council was. 'iflded, de
claring it lawful to \fciz'c,gnd. derain all,
veflels, laden in whole or in part, -with
eorn or mealdeftined to any port in France,
or ta any_ place occupied by tbe French
This the 'aqﬁfeg&iﬁqn& and spoliations of
belligerents commenced at the “”‘Qﬁg"“
jod of the war; each rendering the unjust ag.
grefllons of thy oue a 0 examplc and 3, pre;
text for those §f the other. Sy
_ On_the 7th of November, 1793, the
English privy | Council extended its views
to the colonig! trade, ?mttx t%h& full length
to order the ;eiiz,ij'r’c:ﬁ all. s'_';,_?.'s-,%9(.'»-!""
wther neutral vcﬁeh,?"“"g"’“ Bua";rg‘t
produce of the ¥rench colonies, of provi
frours, Oy gands and other fupplics for the
use of any of the French colonies. Here
they had recourse to the rigors of the urjuf
*‘r&?@i-hé‘E’; as ¥ysh ¢Oy nfrcauens’
ly.mentioned and cited, snd is little ander
fiood, we will just observe, this fanciful rule
declares.. that* a neutral has %flwﬂ*a:g
pursue in‘time of war, a trade prohibited
to higf-inie of peace” In thefirft place,
3;725% dm%m
ral or copventional It is nothing more.
xé:“ij\ia J «Iv’ t" S ‘fM:%(‘;;‘&é#vw:%
o TleHlOrder f Jun. 9,179, e
B 8 R e Fresh R IndiE 00l
el T R T LR, TN SR (iaca e
o R 1
Mo A gy, Thby apairt senewed ihels
S L for feising and ‘detsining. proviion
SPR R T P T Ry e
- ~Sachisonly a faint tketeh of 2 fiw of
the injurious Orders, which were passed at
“the carlie® moments of holtility. The
~rigor and lawless irregularity of the -exc
cution exceeded the severity of the text.
The idea of blockade . was carried to an
cxtent unfan&ionedmby the laws, and vn.'
known in the history of nations. The
regular ru'e upon the fubje® is, that aa
investing force may debar to ncutrals the
eatrance into places within the exteat of
its power. Oa the 27th April, 1797, Ad
amiral Nclfon, being stationed before the
single port of Cadiz with au inférior fleer,
by a fing'e f{weep, declared “the extcnfive
coast of Spain, wathied ‘on three sides and’
almost surrounded by the,ocean, to beina
slate of blockade—thus, I)y a_ finzle word,
destroying the voyage and righiful com:
merce of neutrals; fubj-@ing them to
itlegal captures and condenipation; aid an
nihilating all the bencfits of the Spaniih
trade. ; S :
- This is but a single specimen of an in
cessant multitude of other acts of the fame
import. Throughout this aivholé period,
our commercé was harafled, our veflels
capturcd and condemne:! - their cargoes
seized and confifcated, and even our native
fecamen imprefied and oblised, by refteaint
and imprisonment, to fight in forcign service,
Those repeated a@s of piracy. and pubiic
p'under were not confined to the regular
Englith navy ; the veflels failing under the?
flag & protection of this powerful Republic
were watched and caiptured from the north
to the south of our coast by the prisateers
or cerfairs of Halifax, Bermuda and New-
Providence and then condemaed by the ine
terefted inferior and dependant Weft-India
court:, without a single- mean of redress,
except an expensive, hopeless,” dilatory,
generally fruitlefs and olten ruinous appeal
to a Britith Admiralty. At
From these depredations of the English,
we (hall now, with a truly impartial hand,
-turn to those of the French. The firft of
fenfive decrce of France wis pefled May,
95 1793, a month before the formal Orders
of Eogland, but fubfcquent to her carlielt
irrcgu!ar r'etentions and captuares. This
French decree of May 9, 1793, after reci
ting that noutral flaigs were not respected
by the cnemies of France, and cnumcrating,
in{tances of violation, proceeds to authorize
the vetlels of war and cruisers of France to
arrest and conduc into her ports all new
tral vessels, which are found laden in whole
orin part ‘with provisions belonging to
neuttals, or merchandize belonging to the
encmics of Frince ; the former to be de
tained but paid for according to the
vaiue at the places for which they are des
tined, ° & e ;
. On the 3dof July 1796, the Execntive
DireCtory decreed, thatall neutral or allied
powers without de'ay be notified that
the flag of the French Republic will
treat neutral vessels, either as to confif
cation, searches c 1 = captures, in the fame
manncr as they thall fuffer the Englith to
treat them. :
March 2,1797, the French Directory pas
sed an Arrette, declaring— :
- "1 That all merchandize 6f the enemy or
merchandize not fufficiently proved to be
newtral, Yaden vnder the American flag fhali
be confiscated. - - '
. 2. That every individual, known to be an
American, who shall hold a 2 commission givs
en by the enemies of France,as well ag every
seaman of that nation, making a part of the
crew of enemies’ ships, ‘fhall by ‘that a& be
declared a pirate, and treated as such, with
~out being.allowed, in any case. to alledge
that he was forced to do it by violence,
menaces or otherwise. %,
January 18, 1798, the Dire&ory decreed,
1. That the chara&er of vessels should
be determined by their cargo,and that every
vessel found at sea, laden in whole or in
part with merchandize, the, produ&ion of
England, or of her poficfiions, be declared
good prize, whoever the owner of the goods
or merchandize may be, S
. 2 That every foreign’ vessel, which in
the course of her voyage shall have entered
into an Englith port, shall not be admitted
into a French port. £ Litrien B ‘
. In the Welt Indies also the special agents
of the Directory.palfed and enforceed de- -
crees ¢qually vexations. The = following, 1
among others - , e :
“ Feb v, 997, ViGtor Hughes and Lchas,
agents for the Wigdward Hlands, ‘pafled a
decree, not only dire®ing rhe capture .and
confiscation of al neutral veilels destined
for the Windward and Lecward Weft-India,
Iflands,delivered up to the Englith, & occupi
ed & defended by emigrants, but farther sub-
Je&ing to capture all vessels which had clear
td out forthe Wcit-Indiesgenerally. &
—Buch is an imperfe@ sketch of a few of
the mo{l promineut French Decrees. By
their force, and various nther-iregular. pre
texts,equally subversive of the law of nations
and deftru@ive to the rights of neutral
states, our veflels were inccflantly captured
aodpondemued. S L T
- -Thus from the earliell perind of the war
Wwas our commerce disturbed, both ‘by En
gland and France. The advocates of the
former have endeavored to extennate their
‘mifconduct by asserting that the firft de- -
cre¢ of ilie lctter was made at an anterior: |
date. It can matter little to the patriotic -
‘advocate of Ameriea which of the powers
fiff comwrenzed the iojurious - fyft 4 That
circuinftance cannot becomne material now,-
since it is our duty.as-well as our interelt to
mairrain our juflt rights of neutrality ogainf}
both, _But it ought i.: juflice to be oblerved,
abat’if the French deeree -were one ‘month
earlier in date, that the Britfh detention
#ad captures were-still prior, and if made
‘without an_order were so much the more
irregular, for they. afforded no notice which
could enable our merchants so, calculaie
wpon and guard again® their rifque.
. We have impartially cited these several -
orders and decrees rkg:{riw*tq illustrate
the: necessity which fhovld prowpt our
Sy Vv WA iy Maing loy 3t
i s commerce against any and every aggref-
Afor.: Ithas been calculated that France and
England are engagedin wary with cach
ottr duing By pears o cuery ccuory
%wwﬁuwmﬁm
Liyerion. ibiags s o o
out trade to béperpetually baraffed; if not
. Bui :mﬁ‘g eond] ' e
Roile 70p eMI biagec L v Sol gl B G R R RS B e O
“withier il borrading rulior prevated. Pieh -
WA T TeR MR e R
S fel O R e O
: & '-Vv %
of tar immediately .it forith ﬁi;ﬁﬁ:ﬁfrca
fed violence. = &R
- The subsequent soure{lions of the bei.
ligerents aguinft the, nnied States have been
apportioned to their increased resentments
towards cach other. Captures gnd condem
nations were coeval with thqﬂgsgggxmencg-'
ment . of hostility, Great-Britain, vn the
one handwas determined to check the rifiag
trade of Amcrica, from which she had long
apprehended the. most dangerous rival
ship; and France on, the other ¢quaiy re
gardless of the just priyileges of neutrals, ad
opted as the moil sure mean of destroying
her enemy, the refolutionto annoy, and if
possible cut off every braneh-of her trade
The jcaloufy of Eagland toward us was
imbibed when we were colonizs.and which
afterwards became 2 leading cause of fépara.
ton, ’ :
8o also the (v stem ©f France, to destroy
the marine of',England, vby {triking at its
trade, the root from which’ it grew, and
which alone ccould nourish it, was conceived
ai an early period of the French revolution,
and I&ed upnn in proportion as by their
fuccefles ibey felt more careless of oﬁ'cndiug
the-neutrui Rates affeiled by their decrees.
( Remainder of No. IV next weck J
Another British Outrage,
On an American National Vessel.,
From the Nativnal Intelligencer.
We are informed that on the 24t June,
1810, the Unjted States brig Vixen, Lieut.
Trippe, carrying fourteen guns, on her way
to N-Orleans, under orders from our gov
erament, near the Bahantas was,'in 2 wan
ten and unprovoked maaner, fired into by
the Britith sloop of war, the Moselle, capt.
Boyce, rating 20 gunts, 32 pounders—a 32
pound shot carried away the main boom of
the Vixen within a short distance of col.
Pondexttr,a member of Congress, who, with
bis family had taken passage on board ou
his retum from Congress ; and a fphiuter
from thelboom wounded slightly Mr, Rod
ney, son of the atzorney general of the U,
Statcs, on likewifc was on his way to N, /
Orleans. | i ;
The fu}joined extra® of a letter from a
gcmlcmaq of great rrzpe&abiiity on board
the Vixen o his friend in this city will give
a detail of circumfances ; and on the con
duét of Lieut Trippe, we will forbear to
make a ¢~ nment, because, in our war with
Tripoli, this offices signalized himfelf ; bat
more gfpedially as we are informed that he
has bceﬂ'ercred_by the Sccretary of the
Navy to rdpair immediately to Waikiagton,
for the putpofe of an engnity into his con
duct.in neyreturning the fire of the Moselle.
“ On the 2;sth inlt. (June) an occurrence
took plade which was equally unpleasant
and unc;kc&c'd. The chara&cer of the af
fair, however corresponds with the treat
ment which we have so often received from
the Britith\naval commanders on former
occasions. The Moselle, 1 20 gun brig,
carrying 32/pounders, was lying at anchor .
under the Stirrup Ray, ncar the Bahama
Bank. | The Vizen approached her under
full fail, with her pendent and ensign hoist
ed. The commanderof the Moselle hoist
ed Frefich coiors, and exhibited several pri
vate signals. Capt. Trippe, on perceiving
a boat which be supposed wished to {peak
his veflcl, hauled upand received the officcr,’
whe requelted him to go down to the Britith
vefiel: With this request Capt. Tripp de
clined a compliange, furnithing the officer
at thefame ume, with the name of the ves
sel, and ber deflination, Captajn Boyce,.
who commands the Mofl¢lle, fired a shot at
us as we pafled, whi,capt-ain Trippe con
sidered as ap intimatißn, that he wiflied to
speak with us. Several mutket balls were
fired from the boat into the veflel ;. and at
the very moment the British officer was po
litely reccived on board the Vixen, and be
fore he had “taken a memorandam .of the
reply, which was given by captain Trippe
to the meflage which was delivered—Capt.
Boyce fired a round fhet, which come o
ver the quarter deck, and- penctrated the
main boom of the Vixen. Capt. Trippe.
immediately difchaeged the Britith officer,
and-prepared fora@®ion. The Englith brig
flipped her cable, and got uudcr'”w-ay_; me
nancing an attack on our vessel. 8o fonn
as she approached within a proper distance,.
captain Trippe defpatched a boat, with his
firlt licutenant to demand of the British of
ficer an explanation of his condut ; who
{ent his lieutenant on toard the Vixen, with
various dpologiesy which were not under
flood in a fatisfatory manner ; and cap
tain Trippe addrefled a note to captain
Boyce, requiring-a written ftaterient of the
reasons which had induced him o fire two
shot at his veflel.. . Captain Boyce returned
for answer, that he recognized, with plea
sure, the existing amity between the two
countries and was extremely sorry for hav
ing fired at us—that the reasons which in
duced him to fire, were, that he could not.
diftingui(h onr-colorsy andfaw no preparas
tions for taking in fail—that he had been
informed that two French privateers were fits
ting out in the U States, and supposed we
might probably be one of’them. He also
pledged his honor tb_a; his f(hot was not
aimed at our veflel. The explanation was .
deemed by capt. T, fufficient to prevent any:
further conflict ; and we instantly made fail,
and proceeded on our course. The injury
which we fuftaited was trifling: - Mr. Rod
ney’s son was struck by a fpliater from the
boom, which occasioned his mouth to bleed
a short fime—ho other person was touched.
- The condud of Capt. Trippe in this af
fair was highly hunorable to himfelf, to the
American navy, aad to his ‘country. - The
Vixen was prepared for a&ion with the
greatest promptitude and order, and the
cxplanation demanded in 2 manner which
left no eoubt, as to his determination to
vindicate the honor of the n‘éﬁb‘.ﬂ&!;ﬁégﬁ; ‘
perish in the attempt.- The official assu
rances of captain Boycr could not be ques
tioned in an official form, but I feel the most
perfect convition that he knew the Vixen .
(0 bean. American man. of war—that he
ired the second shot dirc&ly. at the vessel,
hith o/siew. of pratahing. « xecar ¥
fire, and thereby furnith him with an excafe
or_going into action with. a'veflel of inferior
Mﬁ?““m ted {hitt vhe refponibility from.
himfef by deelaring thae s thoc was fied
hrough miltake, and withont any intention
?:m w&ﬁ& e ;3‘% »*ﬁ i)
aw the gun on the forecaflle of the Moselle,
evelled dircaly st the Viecs, o wis ot
eSS ag three e Framh,[he pieeE IR
St Aet b @
fommander; id forsing excuser. Tor b s con-
R g’; O PR Lo AR
As the Oraclze.man bhas advanced 2he
charge that the Republican Committee
required a pledge from Mr. Giltan, as
a condition of [uppirting him as Senator
to Gomgre[sy be is bound to support if.—
Very likely every man awho is accused by
Jederal calumniators, will come foravard
2o dery the accusation ! No coubt Law
yers and’ Jalk-afles might be pleased to
make and.cortify affidavits—but_federal
calumnies require no affilavits to refute
them. . The federalifis have been o much
in the habit of making falfe accusations,
that the citizens view them as. things of
-courie, and they leave no impression. We
have awbat we gonceive gosd author ity
to repeat that the Qracle * flatement’ is
TOTALLY FALSE. Let them produce evi
dence to fubflantiate it. Lk
- Infuriated Despondency !
_ A short paragraph in the Gazette
of 24th uvlt has roused the whole ire’
of Reltorator, and called forth a tor
rent of rant and abuse. That para
graph he Rigmatizes with all the' vir
ulent epithets, for which Reftorator
is so notorious.—¢ The author” he.
fays ‘“ 1s well known, and verily he
“shall have bis reward.”—Be it fo—
he has no obje&tion to being &nown,,
but if he had no better hope of reward
than the promise of "Reftorator, he
would spend his strength for nought.
If that paragraph ¢ stands without a
parallel on newspaper record, for foul
mouthed ~ assertions, Billingsgate abuse.
and diabslscal falfhood,”” why have you
not, fir, disproved those aflrtions and
refuted those falfhoods? Did you:
think to rouse ths indignation of the
citizens by ‘mere fougding words,
glowing descriptions, oripert interro.
gatories ? Would it be any peculiar
gratification to you or benefit -to the
public, to know ¢ who committed
that great fin, in violation of truth; bou
¢fly and social intercourse,” in daring
to queltion the infallibility. of federal
ifm ?=You canaot yet have to iearn,
that federal charity permits ¢raitors to:
efeapé with impunity.—Did you ever
hear of “ the little Emperor 2”—The
exultation with which you ask the
queflion, ¢ What adls have the feder
“alifts committed, which will not chal
lenge censure; and court invefligation’
—proves neither your gecod sense or
discretion. What party, fir, has for
three years past, threatened a fever.
ance of the union, unles the govern.
ment_ yielded to their insolent de.
mands ? What party, fir, organized
and armed a band, forthe express pur.
pose of refilting the authority of the
general government ! What party, fir,
~applauded and encouraged violations
of the laws of the country, confity.
tiopally ena&ted, and fan@ioned by a
Jederal tribunal 2 What party have
conflantly viadicated Britith aggref
fion—the plunder of our commerce—
the obstruction cos our harbors—the
impressment of our feamen~the at
tack of our national vessel, and the
the insolence of her minister ? What
party has maintained her Ricur to
control the bighway of nations, and
ferted that Britain has ever treated us
%g Q}gl: s
gt S ' G U R RR L
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{ A . CjPeeteniontd . |
. TUBSDAY, AUGUST 7,18t0n
- We thank the Oracle writer, ¢ Peri.
Zal,” for dire@ing our attention to an
error in our, paper of the 24'h ulti—
The sentence he bas quoted as it there
~appears, although he must have beea
~aware that it was erroneously printed. .
It wus written and should read thus:
“ For thirty four years we have vaunt
ed of our liberty and independence—
yet-Curing the whole of that time we
have seen bound id golden chains,
tributary to foreign nations.” —Thus
correéted, the sentence contains a truth
which cannot be disproved. And we
will add another truth, and one pext
in importance to the firt declaration .
of independenze : . Awerica cannst bp
really independent so ling as fbe depends
on foreign nations for [o many of the con.
veniences and neccffarierof life. When
our country contains resources to sup
ply every neceflary, why are otr citi.
zens so perverfz to negle® them, and
look abroad for what might be produc.
ed at home, without jeopardizing the
lives of so many of cur molt valuable
citizens, who are {acrificed to the gol
den god of the meicantile interef}.
Ddring 4he lalt three years, not
withstanding the immense facrifices.
to belligerent rapacity, w< have made
greater, advances towards permancs.}
Indeprndense than in triple that time
since the revolution. We cannot be
said to be independent, {o long as we can
scarce ptocure a coat without resorting
to a foreign manufaétory. To be sure,
now and then a fory or a traiter gets
a suit of hemefpun—Dbut not of such ma
terials that many wounld*wifh te adopt
it as a mati-nal coffame.” Acricvirurs
and Mavvrscrores mull be ths, basis
of Zypepewpsnce, or we must remain
the degraded tributaries to European
monopoly and mercantile cupidity. |
Brisziz & rainll this ety d ‘”I:M
! fir. are the fraitors whom I“w
' deﬁ%’natii-thpfe are the men whom I
wonld hold up-“ to the execration of
- their ‘fellow citizens.”’—llf for thele
you are the champion, your anathe
mas against me are weil bestowed. I
thould. deem it the greatest misfortune
of my life to merit your approbation.
« - Your 2ffertion that I have charged
% 15,000 of the free citizeus of the
State of Newhampthire with bigh trea-
Jfon®? is as falfe as it is malicions. Thaz
the leaders of federalim have been
‘“ true’’ to their purpose of embarraf
{ing our own goverpment, and en
couraging that of Britain in her out
rages and innovations, is molt true —
When has feceralifm lisped a murmur
of disapprobation for British monopo
ly, plunder and murder ? Why is not
your sympathy excited for the many:
thousands of our felow citizens; coa
figned to perpetval slavery under Brit
ifb taskmasters ? s the lash of tyran
ny less keen, because ir i@ed by Brit
ish hands ? Are the muferies of their
families less deserving commiferationy
because Britain demands their fervi
,ces Fe!low.-cixiifé“ns, learn the true
foerce of this hypocritical lamentation
and eltimate it asie defesves.—Have
none of you a brother torn from you
by a Britith press gang ? Czn 'you
leve the authors- of all his misery 2
Can you kiss the hand embrusd in
his blood ? T e '
You fay Sir * there v been internal
convulsions in 6dr natien’” Bur ' never
~one hea cd or aided by a_f%derai}?®
From the similarity of pretences fes
up by Shays, and meders: federaliim, for
rebellion again@l the lyws—l {hould
fufpeét a similar fphit 2&oated them
—Shays {aid the laws were unyafi, cp
preffive and wneonflitutisnal—-{uch was
the lefuge of our modern patriots, as
an exteouation of theirfcrimies. It is
true, our modern patrists committed
no over? all, \herefore cannot ¢ receive
tieir reward” But under the jurif
dition of that monarch to whom all
their allegiance is paid, theirr condud
would have promoted them to—a
beight of painful descent. |
Your claim to the epithetis so well
established that T need not call vou
“mifcreant.’”” Your virulent allega
tions do not attach odium—they fal}"
fhoit of their mark. Y.ur arrows
are levelled by a palsied hand, and
fly wide of their intended vidtim.
- ‘Whether your application of trai
fors was juld, Yet federal duirine, in
good old federal timey, determine. ¢ Let
tne citizens remember that cppofition
to government, 13 Y 0 co.cperate avith our.
enzmmies.” ' T'o co opetate with an en
emoy is treason. ~ Let the ‘citizens re
member too, that the principai recom
mendation of the federal candidatess
and thae on which they wholly rely
for {uccefs, is their determined * gppo-
Jfition to government.”—Fellow citizens,
is this rthe qualification you seek in
your representatives ? Do you with to
prostitute the ele&ive franchife to the
purpose cf overturniog your exceiient
‘government > ' Remember who were
the men who'employed their every
exertion to blow up the flame of civil
war, under the operation of a mea
sure by, which the adminiltration haz
aried theiripopalarity, to save their -
COUNTRY. Remember who endea
vored ‘to plgnge your country into
war, while your government fought
to preserve peace by megociation.—
Remember too, that the federal cans
didates for Representatives to Con
gress, are violent partizans of this
fame fation, and that by eleing them:
you 'dg‘clafe;y,du,rr _oppofition to your
nationdl government, and ‘your wile
lingnefs to proftiate it at the feet of @
foreign despot. o R e
Our fellow citizens doubtlefy yet
remember the great promises made
by the federalifts, at the lalt Congres
sional Eledtion. . We. were. promised
that commerce should be refieved of
all its~t§;ﬂ§iﬁiodés;-a-nd".‘a free trade re
fiored with all the world. It is but
too true that faderal sedition intimi.
dated the 11th Congress, and drove
‘them from ground which we believe
‘they thought meft eligible, honorable
and fafe at the moment they abandon+-
ed iz, obedient to the clamor of fadtion..
But a far greater eyil has come upon
s, We Bind our free trade dwindled
to nothing. © The merchant finds the
property he was so fearful would per.
ith on his hands; graiped by foreign
Pplunderers, and no.hope of redress. ot
The piracies and aggressions of the
bclhgegt-éguhavemcrea&d»ﬂnﬁm?ﬁ"
‘commerce is banished from the ocean
—Bill we Qamber—fill fation elams
ofs against our government as authorg
of the varions ills we offr. . Can the
‘motive be milaken ? Fower is-their
idol, and to obtain "’mi Would
march in trivmph over the tuins of
our liberty and independence. -
" FellowCitisens, bow have your ex.
Yt saperieced the aleyon dugs you
povernment * I am Lire ves Ae e
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