The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-04-03 00:00:00, page 3

day last, ty, “ We were upon
the pbinc of having another fra
cas in Congreft yesterday. Me O
tb, in the course of the debate up
on the propriety of entering into
a committee of the whole on the
Bate of the union, told Mr. Giles
that he had made use of language
that was both infotent'end dif
graceful. Mr. Giles replied, that
he (Mr. O is) nor no o:her gen-'
tieman, in that house dare tell him
so out of doors !—Again, Mr.
Harper told Mr, Giles, that he
was notorious for hit ignorance !
Mr. Giles replied, that he (Mr.
Harper) had always made a mo
nopoly of the feofe of tbit house.
It is thus these worthy geodemen
difeufs the important affairs of a
great nation I"
MARCH 24.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia,dat
ed yesterday.
" Things appear to be verging tea crifo.
It is expelled the Present's Message quill be
staked up to day tn the House, It was referred
\to a committee ofthe Senate ,ester day.
'' I: is erpeaed 6, massy that the antis will
cavil about the papers—they may, but the bu
finefe is too jolemnto trifle with, The Pref
dent has placed the refpotfbii'ity where the
comflitwian fays it Jhall fall ;— if our country
is to be farfeed, Mr. Adams is not the man
to do th,job."
' *..■—■« liwiw I -n^^ ,
PORTSMOUTH, (N. H ) March 24.
' The t'lowing is the cop, of a letter from a Ma*
pfrmtfte cit, of London, 'to Rufus
Ag, 4f• American Minif.r at the
Court of London, received from him by
this day's pof Its infection ma,
be for the information of Merchants and
other Citizens, to guard them against toe
frauds intended to be praaijtdon them.
LONDON, DEC. 14, 1797.
ISIR,
I Having reason to fufpea since
fyhe circulation of Dollars has been
flopped, that some of those mis
cfe,nti both here and at Bermiog
hm who were concerned extent
lively in the coinage of falfe dol
lars, have found means to fend
quantities to America, for the
purpose of perpetrating the fame
ipecici of villainy which has been
but too fucce fsfully pradifed in
this country —I feel it to be my
duty a, a Magistrate to apprise
you of this circumstance, that if
you conceive it ceceffary you may
put the Executive government sos
the United States upon its guard
agaioft these nefarious defigos to
cheat and defraud the innocent and
unwary, iod to furoifh the means
of detecting the infamous agents
who may be engaged in this traffic.
The dollars which are or may
be fabricated for this particular
purpose will be without the Tow
er or King's mark or head. They
are made of copper, and generally
covered with athin plate of silver,
and the wotkmanfhip and imita
tion it very perlea. They are
generally difebvered by ringing
one against another, or by boring
with ash trp pointed instrument,
which left operation discovers the
copper ar once. , -
Concern,
TUESDAY, April 3, 1798.
% CT The m^ft material news brought
by the lust Mail follows : f%^%
.FROM BOSTON,, MARCH 28.
THE CRISIS,
Americans! After every effort of
your government to preserve Prace : —
After the meft friendly advances to MFe&
an accommodation on jaft and honorable
terms with France ; your Ministers have
been treated with contempt—an audience
has been refufed them ;-—nd the Execu
live Diredory have virto^nv DECLAR
ED OPEN WAR^GAINST YOU—
— are therefore called upon by every
thing you hold dear wod ficred to rally I
found rhe Standard of your country !—
To unite, and to^Wear to transmit your
^lndependence to polarity,
Important and Authentic.
FROM PHILAD. MARCH 20.
"I enciofe you rhe meffsge of|
the Prefideot of yesterday. It is!
like him, firm and decifi?e. Per-'
hapi another call iorpapers will
be attempted, if for 00 other rea
son, but to take time. The fafety|
of the Envoys, who possibly, tho'
not probably, remain at Paris, is;
the reason of secrecy on the part
of the Executive, as to the detail
of their difpitchei. In every other
view, the most open communica
tion is defrab'e, end was, I be
lieve, at firft intended ; for it is
Gid they contain a tale, which but
to unfold, wouM freeze the bood
of the warmest Jacobin, who is an
American."
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen
of the Houje of Representatives,
THE dispatches, from the Envoys Ex
traordinary of the United States to the
French Republic, which were mentioned
in my M-ffage to both Houser ot Con
gress, ot the fifth instant, have been ex
amined and maturely considered.
While I feel a fitisfadion in inform
ing you thattheir exertions, for the ad
justment or the differences between the
two nations, have been sincere and unre
mitred, it is incumbent on me, to de
clare, that I pTeive no ground of ex
pedation, that the objects of their mis
fion, can b° accoinpiilhed on terms c®m
patiable with the fafety, honor, oc the
cffential iriterefts or the nation.
This result cannot with jaftice, be at
tributed, to any Want ot moderation on
the part of this government, or #o any
indifpofiiion to forego, secondary inter
ests, for the preservation of peace.-
Knowing it to be my duty and believing
it to be your with, as wellas that of the
great body of the people, to avoid by all
reasonable concessions, any participation
in the contentions of Europe, the powers
vested in our Envoys were commensu
rate with a liberal and pacific policy, and
that high cOTfidence which might justly
be reposed in the abilities, patriotism and
integrity of the chafyaers to whom the
negotiation was committed. d Alter a
careful review of tire whole fubjed, with
the aid of all the information I have re
ceived, I can difeern nothing which
could have iofured or contributed to suc
cess, that has been omitted on my part,
and nothing further which can be at
tempted, confiftenriy with maxims for
which our country has contended, at ev
ery hazard, and which constitute the
basis of our National Sovereignty.
Under these circumstances, I cannot
forbear to reiterate the recommendations
which have been formerly made, and to
exhort you to adopt with promptitude,
decision and unanimity, such meafur.es
as the ample resources of the country af
ford, for the protedion of our Seafaring
and commercial citizens ; forthc defence
of aqy exposed portions of our territory ;
for replenishing our Arfeßafe, gftablifh
ing FoUndaries and Military Manufac
tures ; and to provide such efficient Rev
enue, as will be necessary to defray the
extraordinary expeofes, and supply the
deficiencies which may be occasioned by
, depredations on our commerce.
The present hate of things, is so es
sentially different, from that in which
inftruaions werte given to collectors to
restrain vessels of the United States from
failing in an armed condition, that the
principle, on which those orders were
issued, has ceased to exist. I therefore
deem it proper to inform Coagreft, that
I do no longer conceive myfelf juftifia
ble in continuing them, unless in partic
ular cases, where there may be reason
able ground cf suspicion, that such vessels
are intended to be employed, contrary to
In all your proceedings,! will be impor
tant to manifeft azeal, vigour and cob
cert in defence of the national rights,
proportioned to the danger with which
they are threatened.
'JOHN ADAMS.
United States, ityb l \
Al^rcZb 1798, J
This hreflage was referred tp the com
mittee of the whole on the State of the
Uuion.
ft The above important Meffige
muff awaken the attenfeo of eve
ry American ; It muff now; be -
,bvious to ever, man that the
"French oatioriire determined cW^
nothing ffiort of a war with thb
country, or reducing us to abfo.
I lute submission to their will. Tbit
I beng the case, every breast mtift
exult that (hit, fatal alternative is
not the result of any " want of
moderation on the part of our
igovernment, or to any indifpofi
tion to forego secondary inrerefta
;foe the preservation of peace."—
As much regard to peace, and at
great facrifices to obtain it at we
ought to have made, and more
than the French had a right to
expert, have been displayed in
our hft miffi^n to Prfh—the re
folc has been such ar might have
been expected from a nation who
seem determined on acquiring a
nivetfel dominion. It is now rime
for party divifioni to cease—all
good drizen^ ought to RALLY
ROUND THE STANDARD
of r^E coNsriru cion,
AND THE LAWS—A STAN
DARD WHICH THEY
THEM ELVES HAVE E
RECTED AND WHICH
THEY ARE BOUND TO
DEFEND.— The Pufident who
has seen the communications from
our Envoys—and whole high re
fpoHibKity it our pledge—ell# w,
that r&hiog further can be at
tempted to effea a conciliation
with France, confifteocly with
maxirhs for which cur country
has contended at every hazard,
and which constitute the basis of
our n#ional sovereignty.—Aster
chii there can be but one opinion,
ope voic^. — None but an enemy
to his country will now fay that
further fuhm ffion becomes us ;
—and/ none but foots will
pretend chic further submission
would be half so likely to avert
the evi^ of war, as a vigorous prep
aration for defence. The question
is not now which (ball we prefer ?
WAR or PEACE- we have not
the option.—lris this —will you
defend yourtelvei and vour prop
erty, or become the SLAVES of
France ? The private difpatchts
from out Envoys, when a due re
gard to their fafery will authorife
their publication, will unfold a
taie, which will stir up the indig'
nation of every min who is not
more the friend of France than of
America.v
A letter soma gentleman of
high re(peccability at Philadelphia,
fay,, " All hopes of a comptomife
with France are at an end. This
is the opinion of cur Commiffion
ere, who are the ©oft competent
judges.—lt it also the opinion of
, the Prt fident of the United States,
which hit high responsibility would
forbid himfito declare without the
meft falid redone. Our special
envoyt have beei (offered core
main four months without a hear
ing ; they exped they Ihall not
be admitted to a hearing ; AND
LETTERS of MARQUE and
REPRISAL ARE ISSUED A
Gainst our commerce.'
Another letter from Philadelphia,
dated March zoth, fays, " You will
receive by this pcft the Message of the
President sent yesterday to Congress. I
fappofe the cry will be, that the Prtfident
has declared war, by his taking &ff the
re ftririious from preventing, merchant
men to arm ; a reftri^ion laid on by the
former President, and continued by the
present, for prudential tbotives, not with
out his doubts of the legality.^
er powers a,e treated as we are, such as ,
Denmark and Sweden, is no cenfolation,
1 presume, to the merchant who looses
bis property ; —it only serves to prove
that the Britilh Treaty, about which so
much clamour hasheen raised, is ohl'y a
cover to the hcttile defigos of France, ,„
who would plunder us under some other '*
pretence, or no pretence at all. As to
what is pubkfh-d in the papers reseed
ing Mr. Kerry's going tuTJ, ring's ball,
I do not credit it ; a thousand lies will be
circulated and every method made vie of
to divide cur Coo-cUs, and dift,a& our
country. It w^s a part of their system
under the adminifttation of W miogton,
end which they are new working into a
system from one end cf the Continent to
:he other. Hence the gref lies daily
published in the Aurora, Argus and
Chronicle.
" We have the most authentic informa
tion, that all their malice will be leveled
against the PrefiJent perfondty, ^gbinft
h£ sfamily and against his adminiftrarion.
in order to make rhe people difeentented,
and oblige him to resign, that they may
hive no obftacl, in the way of their wish
es."
The Baltimore Editors hav^ corteOed
en error, in the bft intelligence from
France.—lt is Mr. Geriy, and net Gen.
Marshal, who is to ftayat Paris, until or
ders are received from our government.
It is said Mr. Gerry is p, Ltelv received
at all the minilierial clubs.—We doubt '
the truth of the affection. Mr G. would
not accept an invitation wherein bis col
leagues were flighted.,
Died, in this town, on Tuef&sy morn
ing last, Peter Green, Elq gged ^2.
q.At Pembroke, Mrs. Judith Mcorr, wife
orMr. EacrA Moore
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Ag¥ /A PRTSS,
And will be published and ready for falc,\
by the last of next week,
At MOSES DAVIS's ?n„ti„g Office,
SERMON,
DELIVERED AT CONCORD,
BY ASA M'FARLAND, a. m.
Poft or of the Church in Concord,
On the iith day of March, 1798, the
next Sabbath after his Ordination
to the Work of the Miniftry^
g, Tbofe who wi/h to purchase will call
in jeufon. < April 3.
CHYMISTRY.
To the Citizens of the United States.
IN consideration ,f the gen
eral utility that would result from the
citizens of the United States being ena
bled to procure, free from expense, en
asalyfis of any Ores or Mineral sub
stances, " the Chymical Society of Phi
ladelphia," on the 20th of June, 1797,
passed the following resolution.:
" Re/olved, That a Committee of five
members be appointed, whose business it
ihall be to notify, in the diffi rent papers
of the United States, and by circular let
ters, that they will give an anal) Gs of all
minerals which may be sent unto them."
In conformity to the above resolution,
we hereby give notice, that we will anal
ize any mineral which may be sent to us,
provided it is forwarded free of expehfe,
and accompanied with an account of the
place, and situation in which it was
found.
Committee.
Thomas Smith, No. 19, N. flh fyeet.
James Woodhue, 13, Cherry ft.
Samuel Cooper, 178, N. 2d ft.
Adam Seybert, 191, N. 2d ft.
John C. Otto, 57, N. 4th ft.,
0 The Printers oj Nrajpapers throughout
the United States, are tsqufyhd to publish the
above.
MISSIONARIES.
THE Committee appoint
ed by the Newyork Missionary So
ciety , to obtain Missionaries to preach the
Gospel among the Indians, do hereby
give notice, that they are desirous of ob-_
taining a number of Preachers and Cate
chists. Those who are attached to the
dextrines of grace, can be well jecom.
mended, and are inclined to offer them
selves, will be pleased to make applica
tion to the committee io Newyork, where
they will be particularly informed of the
place, nature, and terms of the mission.
Signed in behalf of the Committee,
Wm. LINN, Chairman.
g. The Printers of the United Statu <tuill
phase to give the above a gotficueus , u<6
iroeral times in their papers."
Newyork, Feb. ib, 1798„Q
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