The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-11-26 00:00:00, page 2

Irejoice, gentlemen, that such is the
state of our finances, and the general
prosperity of our internal concerns, that
we are prepared to meet any exigences to
which our national connection may ex
pose us, without any peculiar embarrass
ments. By the wife provisions of our
last legislature, it will appear from the
exhibits of our treasurer that there is in
cash in our treafufy, a sum equal to the,
difeharge of our civil expenses—to the
payment of the arrearage of thirty thou
sand dollars due to the Suite of Newyork,
ami, it is presumed, fufficient so extin
guith all the outstanding hard money or
ders. Give me leave to remark upon
this species of States' security, that,
while our taxes are regularly voted, levi
ed and collided, and money remains in
public bank, there appears a manifeft
w§nt of economy in the issuing of orders,
bearing an interest ; which orders
have become the Subject of trade—are of
ten fold at discount, and the interest Sel
dom profits the honest creditor of gov
ernment, but oftener enhances the gain
of the Speculator. Permit me to recom
mend to your attention, the calling in of
these orders ; and that feme provision
be made to prevent the issuing them in
future. As an inducement to this
measure, it may be observed ; that more
impediments to the adjustment of the
public accounts with the treasurer, have
arisen from this source, than any other.
I Shall lay before you some communi
cations from the general government, &
from the executives of neighboring
states. That from the Governor of the
State of Massachusetts, is of such import
it may be proper to communicate it im
mediately, that it may be fubjea to ma
ture deliberation. Provision, you are
sensible, is made in th. Federal Conftitu
tion for such amendments as may receive
the fanaton of the Legislature of nine
States. His Excellency Governor Sum
ner, has forwarded to me, for your con
federation, arefolve of the Legislature of
Mafchirfetts, passed June 28th, of the
present year, in which, after noticing
the expediency that every constitutional
barrier Should be opposed to the intro
dudion of foreign influence in our coun
cils, they propose—" that the Constitu
tion of the United States Should be so
amended, that no person Shall be eligible
as President or Vice Prefidenr of the U.
States ; nor Shall any person be a Senat
or, or Representative in the Congress of
of the U.S. except a natural born citi
zen, or unless he Shall have been a resi
dent in the United S. at the time of the
declaration of Independence, and Shall
have continued, either to have resided
within the fame, or to have been em
ployed in it Service, from that period to
the time of his eleaion." The expedi
ency of this amendment must be referred
to your wisdom ; I will not presume to
dilate ;" 1/it think it obvious, that a gov
ernment can be best administered by its
own dizens. And this amendment
mfyp^hips free us from those visionary
fch&n&otpolicy, which foreigners, on
acquainted with the genius, habits and
ict^refts of oor community, may ralhly
intruteupbn dur national councils.
The recent and excellent revision of
our muoicipd laws, will necessarily a
brirfge your session. Impressed with the
necessity of economising she monte of
your constituents, ! am persuaded you
will,ineHne to render it Short, as possible.
No endeavor, my part Shall be want
ing to forward the dispatch of public bu-
Gpcffi I wish you, gentlemen, an a
& H that intettine divitwo ot political sen
timents, which has so long invited her
infalls, and to which so many European
Republics have fallen a Sacrifice. ^ The
inftruaions of our Federal Executive to
our Envoys at France, are strongly mark
cd with candor, and breathe the purest
defifes for peace, while the diplomatic
intercourse of our envoys, indjfputably
evidence the reaitude of our national
condoa. While on the other hand, the
condud df the French Diredory, dis
plays a series of difplomatic Subterfuge &
insidious attempts to Seduce the affec
tions of our unwary citizens, aad inflame
the passions of bad men, against the ad
miaiftratioo of oar general government ;
and, instead of meeting our demands for
redraft, upon the fair field of discussion,
they haughtily demand of us large sums
of money, for the beggarly liberty of ut
tering our complaints.
May we no, congratulate ourselves,
that a period is put to this deceptive and
degrading negociarion ?
America muff now, under God, lock
to her own resources, and the valor and
patriotism of her own citizens, for that
justice, which She has in vain fought
from French uprightness; or French
friendship.
}The following remarks are from a Tren
ton (N. Jersey) paper, entitled The
Federalist, of the 2zd ult. and are
richly worthy of attention.
“ THERE it hope yet for A
merica !" exclaimed a patriot of
ito Weftern country, when he
read the firft speech of the Prefi
dent, relative to the coodua of
France towards the United Statet.
— What will that patriot now fay,
when he has read the letter# of
Talleyrand to Mr. Gerry, in which
he will find the strongest poffibie
indited acknowledgment of the
wisdom and efficacy of the mea
furei repeatedly recommended by
the President, and finally adopted
by Coogrefi. Talleyrand foiemo
ly declares, that in spite of the in
imical declaration! of America, the
French Republic meant to wait till
it be irrefiftibi, forced, by addal
^hoftilitiei, to go to war. „,
What has induced the Great
Republic thus to adopt the deceit
ful and hypocritical language of
those old courts, which they as
sess to cordially to despise? First,
The unanimity expressed by the
people to fopport government.
The Situation of our treasury will
claim our early attention, and every
measure in our power Shall be used, to
meet the public exigencies with prompt
ness and economy..
The communication from our sister
state of Massachusetts is important, and
comes from so refpedable a branch of
the Union, that it cannot fail of receiving
from us, full discussion and deliberation.
The constitution of the United States
wifely provides for its own amendment,
but the power Should only be used upon
a full conviaion of its utility.
We cannot close this reply to your ad
dress, without expressing our entire ap
probation of your administration, for
the past year ; aad our Sincere, wishes
that your ufefulnefs may be long contin
ued to your country.
()# bebalf and b, order of the Hen, of
Affmbly,
DANIEL FARRAND, Speaker,
ANSWER of the Hoo to bis Ex^Q
SPEECH.
While from experience, we place great
confidence in the Executive of the U. S.
and admire the juvenile tears of our in
fant navy ; we confider agriculture and
commerce too nearly allied, to Suffer a
Separation. Our interest is immediately
connected with the one—our exertions
Shall tend to protea the other.
greeable session—and fervently pray the
great arbiter of events, to dired all year
deliberations to the public good.
ISAAC TICHENOR.
Ci, of Forte"™, Oa. 12, '9B.
To his Excellency Isaac Tichenor, Gov
ernor of the State of Vermont.
SI R,
As the Representatives of the freemen
of Vermont, assembled agreeably to our
constitution, you cannot entertain a
doubt but that we are disposed to express
the Sentiments ot our cenfiituenrs, and
by the aid of the executive, we trust, ful
ly competent to advance the common in
terest of our fellow citizens. We Shall
always look to the era of our national
government, as the commencement of
our national prosperity ; and, under the
Smiles of Divine Providence, we Shall
pray for its continuance. United with
our Sifter States, we Shall always be able
to repel foreign invafico, or chastise do
mestic infurredion.
We view with indignation & concern,
depredations committed by the French
on our commerce, the iofufts offered to
our government, thro' eur meflengers of
pe c?, and the insidious atttempts, which
have unceafiugly been made, to Separate
the people from their government. But,
fir, the veil is removed, let us adopt an
old motto, LIBERTY OF DEATH !
The French nation, oppressed by their
leaders, and deprived of every thingiike
constitutional liberty, their object con
quest, and their policy plunder, are un
qualified for negotiation. We, there
fore, rejoice in the return of our envoys,'
and may we only speak to them from the
months of our cannot, until they come to
a sense of the injuries they have done us,
and a with to repair them. We feel a
national pride, arid place full confidence
in the valor of our citizens, and our re
sources.
and Holland. These, the con
querors of Italy are compelled to
fee blockaded, and harmless, in
their native ports. Her import,
act collection of troops on her
coast, instead bf carrying French
principles and defection into En
gland, now oppresses her own cit
ies, spreads devaftarion through the
the country, and preys upon the
vitals of France. The fleets of
England lock up the mouths of
rivers, and imprison the principal
part of the pestilential forces which
she is waiting, with impatience, to
difgdrge from her harbours. All
her enormous military apparatus is
becdlfeg, every day, lets formi
dable to her enemies, and terrible
only to an exhausted treasury, to
the people whom it grinds, and
the tyrants who are perpetually
turning the wheel of despotism.
devoutly for a restoration of the
two drearies which have been de
clared null by the wisdom of Con
grefi. But the day it past. A
merica fees her own interest too
clearly to be drawn into any per
petual alliance#, in future. We
are done forever with guarantee!
of French pcff-ffioni, and every
kind of connexion which may tend
to drag u! into French wart, or
French project!. The charm,
thank Heaven ! it now dissolved ;
and when the Executive thinks
proper to treat, let it be the with
& prayer of every American, that
the new treaty may be of limited
duration, & contain no principle
that will oblige us to take a part
in the difputet or the politics of
the nations of Europe. Let os
bleb, above all things, the a&i of
the left Coogrefi. They have cut
off the hopes of faftioui clubs;
they" have railed barriers against
the inlurreaion of vice and ignor
ance, the reforms of plunderer!,
the theories of atheifta, and the
conftitutiona of our laws. They
have, so thort, prepared the way
for the greatest, and only political
bleffiog this country flood in need
of, the extirpation or foppreffion
of Jib)binifm, & cpg eff all com
munication between this country
and Paris, the immense reservoir.
Secondly, The metfurei of Coa
grefs to ftteugthen the country by
fleet# and armies, and to expel al
ien traitors. Thirdly, A Hope that
this Shew of moderation will bol-
Rer up their finking party io the
United Swes, and nourish ^aioo.
Fourthly, Their not being prepar
ed to Strike the blow which they
have long meditated ; and, fifthly,
an expectation that we may be
tempted to relax in cur prepara
tions for defence, and offer them
a better opportunity to Strike with
effect, whenever they Shill get
England off their hands, and a
free psffsge for an invading fleet
and army. Hence thia phufible
and deceptions language from the
double-tongued Talleyrand;
France, with all her boasting, is
week. She has Spread terfelf 0-
ver a furface too executive. She
has become, even now, an unwield.
Iv Colossus, and trembles, like the
Roman Empire, when threatened
by the surrounding nations of bar
barians, which inundated her pro
vinces, & hafteoed her overthrow^
France expected to affimblejn the
port of Brest, the navies of Spain
All these causes will serve to
unriddle the enigma, presented by
the sphinx of the F. Directory.
The fame priest seems to with
and native Spring of all immorali
ty, corruption, wk kedneb, and
methodized duplicity.
Let the people of the U ited S.
thank God far their elcape from
French Agents, sod these harpies
that were ready to devour their
wealth, industry, religion, govern
ment and independence ; and pray
that the approaching Congedt
may Shew wisdom and firmneh e~
qua! to the last.
Gen. Pinckney
g l Has ban wolcowud to bis native country,
with ever, mark of grateful sftttm ; and
has bun addrtfrd in the mofl ,^“f*g
l^gtage^ ^bicb /trfbilit, & patriotism
could inf,ire. Forcmoft in prejuuing this
evidence of high approbation of tbs condua
of this intrepid,faithful Minifor, rasas the
Corporation of Trenton. Its addrcJs breathes
tbs pure spirit of American patriotijm ; —
and in the answer, the iUuftr.ous Envoy
thus gives vent to bis feelings : —
'' THE anxieties and humiliations
with which I was overwhelmed, whilst
engaged in my foreign mission, have
produced, at least, the effed of render
ing me more sensible to the delight of
once more revisiting the Shores which are
the habitations of a free and enlightened
people
" You remark with propriety, that the
Government of the United States, in the
inftruaions which it gave to its Envoys,
was in an eminent degree mindful of
what was due to the pacific habits of our
citizens. It did not rest the ultimatum
of a treaty on a compliance with the sim
plest rules of justice. The Envoys of the
United States have proved, by the for
bearance of their coneu&,how much they^
were imprefled with the views of their
Government.—They received wi&hu
mility and patience, the Intuits which
were offered, through their persons, to
the people whom they were deputed to
represent ; but humility and patience
claim no merit in the eyes of the nation
to whom they were dispatched. Force
and hostility are the only titles which it is
accustomed to refped, and the only titles
by which we must presume to preserve
our fafety and our honor If<we wcould
have Place with France > it must be obtained,
net by negotiation, but b, the j<wo,d, We
must convince her, that we are united,
and determined,at every hazard,to main
tain our Independence— to produce this
conviaion, declarations and words will
not be Efficient, we must prove it by ac
tion.
™ At this important crisis, it is incum
bent on us, plainly to declare/our senti
ments. For my own part I believe that
the French Diredory are not sincere in
the pacific declarations made by the.
Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mr. Ger
ry. I have never deceived my country
men, and I never will. It you. will secure
the Independence of America, free from
'the ambition and intrigues of France, I
am convinced we must fight for its pres
ervation. Universal dominion is no left,
at present, the invariable objed of the
French Government, than it was the
system by which were direded the coun
cils of Lewis XlVth. It will depend a
!one on ourselves, that we should be ex
empted from the lift of states, who have
been, and shall be, the viaims to her ne
farious ambition.
" Should the spirit which I now be
hold rouzed in my fellow-citizens ftiil
continue to animate their councils and
their aliens, I shall need no other proof
that America is not doomed to fall be
neath the attacks of her aspiring foe.
M CHARLES C. PINCKNEY."
The 29th Not it to be observ
ed in Connecticut, as a day of
Thanksgiving. In the proclama,
tioo, Governor Trumbull rrcom^
menda to the people, to offer up
(application! tod prayer to Al
mighty God, “ That be would
preserve these State# from the dan
ger! of foreign iotti^oei, aod,v
",The Sentiments which you are pleat
ed to express in relation to peace, are the
effufions of virtuous minds. Peace Should
be deal to all nations ; but there exists a
price at which it may be too highly rated.
It is with pleasure I observe, that you are
impressed with the justness of, this obser
vation, which the hiftory of the present
day has served more strongly than ever to
illustrate.
True Native Patriotijm.