The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1795-02-27 00:00:00, page 2

Electioneering.
Representative.
To the Freemen of Concord.,
Messrs. Russell & Davis,
WHO shall we have for Representative ?
„ is a question frequently afeed—March
Meeting is near at hand—and 1 have not seen
your paper cram'd with Candidates, (as usu
al on these occasions) —Begging the patience
of your candid readers in other towns, I ask
leave to speak a word to the Electors of Con
cord.—ls lam rightly informed, there are
a number of worthy gentlemen, who will se
verally be held up as Candidates, at the ap
proaching annual meeting, for the office of
Representative^—viz. One fays, Let us vote
for JOHN BRADLEY, Esq.—another fays,
We'll have the Hon. PETER GREEN, Esq.
—a third fays, Let us all vote for Mr. WILL
IAM KENT—a fourth fays, I'll vote for
Major DUNCAN—and many are for Maj.
LIVERMORE. Every man has his favo
rite, and every man his hobby-berfe —So be it
—Yet, in public eledions, every Freeman
ought to vote for men whom they believe will
impartially aft for the best good of the whole
Community.—l have no objection to any of
the above gentlemen—and with them all to
be treated, at least, with common civility and
re/ped. Therefore,
FELLOW CITIZENS,
I take the freedom to propose, as a Man
deferring of your free and united fuffrages;
Major Daniel Livermore,
to be voted for on Tuefday next, to represent
this town, the ensuing year, in the General
Court of Newhampfhire.
You last year honored him with a very u
nanimous election to that offices-and, as you
knew him to have been a True Patriot, a
Good Soldier, a Faithful Centinel, and Sted
faft Defenderof his Country's Rights—l fay,
as he boldly fought in your defence, and hid
not his head in thole times that " try'd men's
fouls," you had a just well grounded right to
put confidence in him as your Lepiflator—
That confidence he has not forfeited—His
conduflj as your Representative, will bear
even the scrutiny of jaundice ey'd Envy.
These, fellow citizens, are ER UI HS—
I therefore conceive, that no man is more de
ferring your further confidence than Major
Livermore—you will then exercise the can
dour and justice of Independent Freemen,
and give him your united fuffrages.
A FRIEND to ORDER.
Concord, Feb. 25.
COUNCILLOR.
Messrs. Printers,
NO TIKITHSTENDING what has hen saidf aid
ityavor of fevered gentlemen as Candidates for
the office of Councillor, for the county of Rocking
ham, it is expe^ed that the
Honorable James Sheafe,
quill be the man.—This gentleman is quell known
—Tofay any thing in bis favour, is therefore urt
neleffary —He is the man—Let us give him bur
ftfrages. A VOTERS
Canterbury, Feb. 23.
rttfiiratomrcrf
SENATOR.
To the Eledora of Diftria No. 8.
YOU willjeon be called upon to cafi your votes for .
a man to represent you in the Senate of this jiate —
The office is important, and ought to be filled by a
man of integrity end ability —asfueb many rejpea
able characters in the diftria have determined to
give their foffrages to
Mg William Duncan, of Concord.
This gentleman has Served bis country as a Rep
resentative in federal Legijlatures, with honor to
'himfelf, arid to the jatisfaaton of bis conftituevts.
His pdtrigifm, ability and knowledge ofbufoe/s,
arefo well known to most of you, as to need no com
ment—To fay nothing of other candidates, I think,
Gentlemen, Major Duncan is a man in whomyou
may jafely repofeyour confidence, who is really de
serving, and conjequentl, will receive your fuf
frages. ONEoftbe PEOPLE.
To the Electors of Diftria No. 8.
AS a gentleman fait ably qualified for the import
aut office, An -
Hon. Henry Gerrith,
is proofed as a Candidate for tbe juffrages of the
Ebaors of Diftria No. 3,for Senator.
ONE OF MANY.
—
RECORDER of DEEDS.
To the Electors of the County of
ROCKINGHAM.
1 HATE observed federal gentlemen 'of'late held
up to public view, as candidates for theofice of
Recorder of Deeds. They may all be very ffia
to ths contrary, &t,g^Aefy as our county it.
Messrs. Russell & Davis,
Having been gratified in two former numbers, it
gives me encouragement to petition for further
favors — -which I jhauid not have done atpr&
sent, bad not Veritas appeared in contradiaion
to what was advanced in those numbers,pub-
Ifbed under the signature of Free Thinker—
Not that I mean or Would wife to hurt the feel
ings o f an J °f m J fellow citizens, nor injure Re
ligion-—but feeing that mankind are very rap
idly rising out of the Darkness that has for a
long time beclouded their minds, viz. John
Calvin and Granney's Religion, causes me
to make a few remarks on Mr Veritas—apub
licationfor bis and the public's confederation —
and by giving this andjernefollowing pieces a
place, you'll oblige an old cufomfr.
MR. VERITAS calls on the children of
Eve to beware !—to beware of what ?
Why the drift of his publication is, that they
feould beware, and not believe in fefus Chrisl —
this may appear strange at the firft fight, but
view it my friends, and fee if it is not so.-
To believe in the salvation of all men through
Jesus Christ, is to believe in Jesus Chritt ;
but, to believe in the final damnation of a,
great part of th; world, is to believe in but
part of a Jesus Christ ; nay it is to believe in
none at all ; which idea Mr. Veritas seems
to endeavour to inculcate on the minds of
people : He fays that the devil told our mo
ther Eve, that if the should eat of the forbid
den fruit, her eyes should be opened, and they
should be as Gods, knowing good and evil ;
and by her believing the devil, she did eat,
and fell —then he goes on to lax the devil with
a lie ; " for instead of the god-like knowl
edge promised, it was a plunge into dark
nets." It is evident it was not so —for it is
plain from scripture, that their eyes were o
pened—and that they did become as Gods,
knowing good and evil, is evident ; for the
Lord himfelf fays, Seeing man has become as one
of cis, knowing good andevil, ^c. so that the
Devil has the greatest right to fax Veritas,
according to scripture.
Veritas intimates, that his Infernal Maj
efty was the firft author of the dodrine of
Uoiverfal Salvation: Methinks, if he were
well acquainted with the bible, he would not
dare to assert such a thing; for it is evident,
beyond the doubt of an honest man; that'
God, by his prophets and apostles, was the
firft author of it ; God's premise to Abraham
was; that in bis feed, that is, tn Christ, ail the fa
milies of theearthft be bifid; and by one
, of his prophets fays, thy.people aljo fall Al be
righteous, th branches of % planting, th wort
CT '• < f .
l eter would letter accommodate th majority, than
an, other place whahvoi From tbs Court! if
Law being belli there, and th General Court's .
frequently appointing their jefora in that place, a
conflant and frequent communication is he, up be
tween the various parts of the county and that
town, Co that liny person may bene bis ,74s cr&
. veyed to the office, without the rxptyeo,fl%— ±
This being ths prefect flat? of the county, and ib\
prejent Recorder (though a very good man) being 1
far advanced in years, irfuces ms to introduce
Joseph Smith Gilman, of Exeter,
to you, notice, as afuitable perfan to be eleacd to
the office. This gentleman is well acquainted with
booh keeping, -writes a fair hand, and poffffesev
ery other qualification receffary for that station.—
The late General Court being informed of bis mer
its, employed him to mahout a general index for
the old bocks of records, and were highly pleased
with the specimens of his werk—Thoje gentlemen
who attended the laftjeffion of the General Court, ,
m,i be fully convinced, from what pay? then con- i
cerning the old recorder's accounts, of the neceffit,,
of choofi^g a new one. .I
The important business of making a general i&
dex is how going on by order of the General Court
—The present recorder being inadequate to the bu
faefs, and they not having any controul over the
books, reduces them to the painful neceffit, of pay.
irg both the old recorder and the man thy employ to
do the business ;in fart, to pay tvicefor doing the
work once—l therefore hope, gentlemen, that all
party confederations will be laid aside, and that,
for the reasons above renderednon will give Mr,
Gilmanyour fiffrages. An ELECTOR.
- Messrs. Russell & Davis,
Plcafe to give thefollowing a place in,our ujeful
paper, and oblige a Cuflemer.
FELLOW CITIZENS,
THE time is close at hand, when we shall be
called upon to give our fuffrages for Senators
for the year ensuing—For Grafton county, I
would mention
Thomas Crawford, Esquire,
of Bridgewater, as a person suitably qualified
for that important office. As a Representa
tive for fix or seven years past, he has given
general fatisfadion, and gain'd the applause
ofhis confti+uents universally—his political
abilities are unquestionable—As an honest
man he is esteemed by all his acquaintance ;
and what particularly diftinquifhes him from
some of our modern gentry, is a genuine
Republican principle, which he ever has
manifefted. An Elector.
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\ Domeflic Mijcellan,.
FOR THE MIRROUR.
FREE THINKER versus VERITAS.
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Articles by Saturday's Sta^e.
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Virginia.
WINCHESTER, FEB, 2.
From Knoxville, fan. 9.
ON the 3d inflant, the conference
which commenced on the 18th
alt. at Tellico block house, between
Gov. Blount and the Chiefs of the
Cherokee nation, the lower as well as
the upper towns, terminated. During
its continuance, all matter, of psst
hostility were fully difeuffed, and ter
minated with the strongest affuraoce
of peace, on both sides.
Owing to unavoidable circumstan
ces only, a partial exchange of prison
ers took place ; but the firft of June
is the day, and Tellico block house
the place, appointed for the comple
tion of that bufinek.
The Bloody'Fellow & John Watts
of the lower towns, made a pare of
the reprefentatioD from that quarter
of the nation ; and besides the assur
ances of peace given on the part of
their own nation, pledged themselves
to ute their efforts to prevent the hos
tile Creeks from murdering and plun
dering the inhabitants of Cumberland
and Kentucky.
Wefiatter ourselves our frontier fel
low citizens may now have faith in
Indian aflurances of peace, so far as
peace is in the power of the Chero
kees.
Three performs were killed and scalp
ed by Indians on the 20th of Decem
ber last, in Sumner,
Mryland.
BALTIMORE, feb. 4. A gentleman
who came in the Cfocinnatus from
Belfsft. informs, that the keels of all
'the firft rate ships of war, to be fur'
Itf ^ bor-h,that I me, bighrifad: So that all
the workmanship of Ged, as to the human
species, in # feme future day, shall be right
eous, is evident—ls so, the apostle lays, 1 ex
hort thereforethat Application, prayer, giv
ing of thanks, and intercession be made sot
all men, for kings, and 'for all that are in au
(thority, that we may lead a quiet and peace
able life in all godlir.efs and honesty, for this
is good and acceptable in the fight of God,
our Saviour, who will have all men saved and
come tothe knowledge of the tru h. Well,
as the holy God fays he will have all men saved,
dare Veritas fay they fha'nt all be saved ? I
conceive not.
The firft sermon that we have any account
of, was preached by the angel to the sheph
erds ; that is, the firft public Universal ser
mon was, Behold I bring,ouglad tidings of great
joy, which is to all people, that unto you i; born
this da,, in the city of David, a Saviour, which
is Chriftthe Lord.. Now who is exempted?
I ask the candid mind, Was this preacher the
devil's angel, or was be the angel of God ? Mr.
^Veritas finds fault of all being lumped to
gether, good and bad, righteous and wicked,
clean and unclean, and so on—Now if there
are none but the g^# to be saved, I ask Mr-
Veritas, How many will he saved, according
to the scripture ? Our Saviour himfelf when
On earth said, There is none good bus cue—that
is God—Further, There is none that doetb gees',
no not one ; there is not a just man on earth, that
doctb good, audfinneth net ; th, have ail gone cut
of the way ; they have.altegetbe-- become unprfi
abh ; there is none thatfaketh of Goa, no net one.
Then we must conclude them all b?.d—that
being the case, what a situation must we all
be in—None righteous, no nor one ; aildif
obedient, all impenitent, ail unregeneiaie.
Now, Mr. Veritas, what shall we do in this
case ? I answer, Look into the Sacred Ora
cles, and there you will find, that God laid on
his Son the iniquities of us all, and that by
his stripes we are healed. There you will find
that Jesus fulfilled the law in man's behalf ;
there you will find he gave himfelf a ransom
for all ; and that he tasted death for every
man, without diftin&ion ; and that he is the
propiciation for the fins of the whole world ;
and that God does not impute trespasses to
man.
I conceive by this time Mr. Veritas will
begin to think with the Univerfalift, that Je
sus Christ is the Saviour of men, and that
they are not saved by their own obedience ;
if so, I dare fay he will soon drop his plan of
damnationifm, and fall in and believe in a
complete all-fufficient Saviour, and be wil
ling that all his fellow creatures should share
in eternal happiness with himfelf, since it is
the lot of him that believeth not, to be dam
ned. FREETHINKER.
tory, which contains upwards of 30
millions of acres ; the price offered is
500,000 dollars, 1 hundred of which
is already depefited in the tresfury of
this state ; both branches of the Le
gislature have agreed to the sale, but
the governor negatived the bill ; —
therefore the land (peculators are all in
a quandary, not knowing how the
bufirefs may be terminated, as it is
doubtful whether they will be able to
get two thirds of both branches to a
gree, which number is required to
pass the fame into a law without the
governor's affenr. It is believed that
the land is worth ten times the sum
offered, and I make no doubt would
bring it in a year's time, if proper
notice were given to the world."
Pennsylvania,
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. IQ. By the
Hoop Friendship, Capt. Chiney, io 26
days from Martinico, —and from the
St. Christopher Royal Gazette of the
Bth Jan. received late Jaft evening,
from an obliging correspondent.
~ h ßoffiterre, ,aa 8.
Yefterday,the Alarm frigate, Cap©
Carpenter, brought in here a French
frigate, armed 0 fate, taken by the
Bellona, having 480 troops on board
from Brest. She was in company with
ten more, who it is fcid, have got in
to Point Petre, (Gaudaloupe) each of
which had the fame number of men
as the one taken.
A report is current here, that anoth
er French ship is takepnd carried in
to Antigua, and, it is supposed, that
the remainder must inevitably be cap
tured, as the English line of battle
fhipi are so Rationed, that a boat can
not get into Gaudaloupe.
The public may soon expeft the
truth refpeding the above.
I nifhed by the 83 departments of
France, were laid, and that thtebuild
ing of these, ^d two frigates to each,
was going 00 with great fpitifcthat
the Convention had often declared,
they never would make peace with
Britain, until they had firft humbled
the pride of that haughty nation, by
convincing her, that the French were
foperior at sea—and that the Erglifh
government were rendered so despe
rate, from disappointed fcherr.es, pov
erty of finance, and the fear of an in
vasion, that they had it in contempla
tion to declare war universally against
the whole world, and live on the
spoils of the commerce of every ha+
tiort they could find on the seas. No
doubt the ministry could more easily
reconcile their feelings to those mea
foresof rapine and piracy—to which
indeed they ^ve long been tamiliar
ifed—than to the liberty with which
the fan? culottes intend illuminating
their iibnd.
Ml iiMrr>
Feß, 7. Arrived on Wednesday
kft, the tchopner Nancy, Cept. Read.
He Jailed from Cape Nochob Mole
the ilt Jan, He informs, tint an
embargo was about to be hid on all
the veffeh io per:, and it was with the
greater difficulty that he could, with
the assistance of an influential friend,
get permission to depart before it took
place. They were in daily expecta
tion at the Mole, of a Bench fleet,
with a large number of troops, which,
if they did not m^fe an attack upon
Cape Francois, would, it waa appre
hended, invest jhat place both by sea
and land. In confcquer.ee of which
(and probably from the tear of a visit
from Rigaud) every exertion was
making to pu; the works into the
most formidable state of defence, and
5 or 600 ino: keprconeantly red hot.
Extras cfa letter from Augufa, 29th He.
" Our Legislature is still fitting and
endeavoring to fell our weftern terri-