The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1810-10-09 00:00:00, page 2

PRAISE, AND PRAYER. >
- The Aeveral denominations of
Chiiltians are earnestly requested to
afferuble in their ufnal places of pub:
lic worthip on that/day ; that with
hearts of thanksgiving we may unitein
readering our gratitude to the mok
bigh God. for his tranfcen-‘ent love
an« goodness towards the children of
men :—That He has preserved our
lives the palt year, and sustained and
prote¢ted us amid the dangers and
difficuities with which . we have been
encompiflfed :—That no mortal dis
ease has been fuffered to spread defo-
Jation and mourning through our
land :—That the seasons of the year
have been (> ordered, that the heart
of the h# .ndman is filled with joy,
and the voice of plenty heard-in every
~ dwelling,
- Let us thank and praise His holy
name for the invaluable civil and re
ligicus privileges we enjoy :—That
our {y@emsof government derive their
vigor, fability, and support, from the
great body of the people :—and that
our lives and property are in the fafe
keeping of just and equal laws.
Le* us unite our supplications that
the iife and health of the President
of the Urited States may be long
preserved :—~That God would be
pleased Rill to continue his guardian
\care and dire@ion to our National
Government, in these times of difficul
t'7 and peril ; and dispose those na
tions with whom we have been more
immediately conpe&ed by commer
cialinter=(ls, to manifeß towards us
a spirit of justice and €onciliarion.
-~ And considering that our lives have
. been a cominued course of difobedi
“ence and ingratitude to His juft.gov.
ernment, let us joia with humility in
fervent supplications for the remission
of nur off=nces and the recewal of our
kearts 3 and that He would not re
jo& our weak and inadequate at
tempts to magnify his great name,
That He would condescend to re
gar | in a {pecial manner the concerps
of this State, and prosper the admia.
iftration of its. government :—That
He wounld succeed the lawful exertions
- of every class of our citizens ; smile
on our agriculture, our infant manu
faé&tares, our commerce and filheries :
—That he would bless our literary
and religiods institutions—that they
may be the pure and undefiled foun
tains of evangelical faith, found mo
rality, and ufeful science. J
That He wauld visit with the divine
influences of his love and compaflion,
the contending nations of theearth :
moderate the inordinate passions of
mar : put an end to the calamities of
war ; {» that the mild empire of peace
may be eftablithed in every quarter
of the globe, and the precepts of the
blessed gospel of our Saviour be more
gener Ay diffufed, and more jultly ap- |
preciated. . : i
~Aod the people of this State are
requefted,to -abstain from {uch labor
and recreation, as are inconsistent
with the religious services of the day. |
Given at the Council Chamber, in Ports. !
" mouth this 20th day of September, in
the year of our Lord, one thoxfand eipht
bund:red and ten. and of the Inde
t | pendence of the United Statesof dmer
scaitbe thirt=fifth. - .. 7 L
" JOHN LANGDON. -
gy His Bxcc’!lcncjﬂa command, with the ad
' “wice and coufent of the Comncil.
WM. PICKERING, = '
$o TR e e t‘*—_._Depal] Secretary.
S 5 ik b e 71‘-@_;3:&3. GAzZETTE.
To the People of New-Hampfbire. :
/. Could you but realize the tranfcen- |
At jeithouatthe Adaions gor
ple, the dreadful consequences of their
Gefirodion, and the enmiry by which
they are. a NI Hemmonshvs.
oe e hich ohfruét :
eo St e s
RR s s e
State of Newo-Hamp/bire.
- By the Governor. £
A PROCLAMATION,
Zor a day of public Thank[ygiving, Praise 8’ Prayer
As we approach the close of anoth
er year. so ditinguifhe!ly marked by
the- munificience of ALmiguty Gop ;
a due sense of our dependence on His
overruling Providence and loving
kin‘nefs for all temporal and fpiritnal
bleflings, {hould lead our minds to the
devoutelt praise and the most unfeign
ed thankiuloefs. ' '
- In conformity to the wlage of our
pious ancestors, who consecrated one
day at this season of the year, in cel
-ebrating His name for'the abundance
of the fruits of the fiel¢, 2nd the more
signal interpositions of His power and
mercy ; 1 have thought fit to appoint,
and by and with the a-fvice and con
sent of the Council do appnoint,
"THURSDAY, THE TWENTY
SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER
NEXT, tobe ohfeived in this State,
as 2 DAY GF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING,
arise with “healing i its wiags,” and
repdir the breaches of tyranny. .
- Yes, people of New.Hamplhire,
could you but realize the value of
your privileges ; privileges peculiar to
your own country, you would ceale 1o
be inadtive, yon would view with a
Jealous eye every encroachment upon
them, you would mark with an indeli
ble tain the man who should dare to
qacltion your 17xht to them. These
privileges may be perpetuated ; they
are held, not by the precarious tenure
of arbittary will, which to day may
givey 2and- to.-morrow #ske ; but by
laws {anétioned by the voice of nature,
which declares that mankiod are orig
inally equal, and that civil governors
have no right to exercise a power not
delegated by the people. Thele laws,
and thele privileges will exitt, so long
as federalifts are prevented from ad
ministering the government, and no
longer. |
To ascertain the powers of the A
merican government, it is unneceflary
to dillurb the dust of antiquity, by
pervading those myfßerious labyrinth,
where the gholts of departed tyran
nics bemoan their faded prerogatives,
and the mouldering priest the ineffica
cy of Mis jure divino !~=The rights of
the American people are written up
on their bearts, and the powers of
their government upon their memory ;
they know what they have relinquish.
ed, and therefore what they havea
right to resume. '
. That ¢ ftupendons fabric of human
invention’ the Britith government,has
ever been the nzufeous theme of fed.
eral panegyric. « The obje&t of this
praise, is to encourage the adoption of
a similar fyflem of government in
this country. I tremble for mankind
when I think of the dangerous theo
ries upon which this government is
founded, and the iifluence which the
political {yltems of England produce
‘upon the civilized world. ,
It must be confefled, that the Brit.
ifh goveroment is not only a fabric,
but a fabrication, and so far from deny.
ing that it is defiitute of invention, it
will be readily acknowledged 1o be
nothing but invention ; that it recog
nizes in its pradlice, not a single un
adulterated principle of natural law :
so that I am ready to join issue with
the advocates of invention, and to ad
mit, that the Britith government is a
¢ stupendous fabric of buman inven
tion i’ and to add, that for that very
reason, it ought not to sand another
moment. ps i ‘
Let not the friends of England be
alarmed ; let them not resort to one
invention, for the purpose of fuppert
ing another ; let them not fay, that
this is the finger of Napoleon, and
that French irfluence dire@s every de
mocratic, pen ! The government of
France, and all other tyrannical gov
ernments, merit and shall receive my
execration. Tyranny is deteftabie in
whatsoever shape it may appear ;
whether in a government or in ap in
dividual. ot
The Britith government exercises a
power, not celegated by the people ;-
a power which the people have no
right to delegate. The people may
in certain cases, bind themselves, but
they cannot bind their posterity. It
is contended by the advocates of ar
bitrary [jflems, that king, lords, and
commoas are neceflary to equilibrate
the political scales. This fyfem is
bad in theory, and in praice it is’
monfirous, . To balance these scales all
the infloence of the government is
thrown into one of them, whilf the
other is suspended between earth and
heaven, to remind the people of their
dependence- E A
' The monarchical and ariocratical
bianches of the British government
are hereditary. The {peaker of the
house of lords is chosen by'the king ;
the members of that house may be in
,créazd at the king’s pleasure, and no
law can be ena&ted without the king’s
consent. - Over these two branches of
the government, the people have no
control; and weze it not for the check
which the other branch of the govern.
ment produces upon them, the gov.
ernmept of Great Britain would be a
perfect despotism.—This other branch
copftitures the house of commons—
its influence proves the excellence of a
government of the people. . But the
ability of the house of commons to
preserve the libergies of the people is
rendered mugatory by the enormous
influcnce of the crown. For besides,
that the speaker of the house of com
mong cannot 'be chosen but by the
consent of the king, the king exercises
the power of granting places 10 the
weinbers of NS Donkc,. epd‘therehy
furnifhes -a- conflant and powerful
temptation.to them .so betray the in
terests of their constityents ; and this
cffcct is the more eafly produced, by
the imperfection of the representative
system, and. by the corrupt practices
which.operate at ¢he elections.. | |
o Great Britain, the freedom ¢f
Jivey have been sacrificed to. the state
?"‘3o"&s* he laws of Eng.
tond rars st 8, purtal Sovastigggion,
What, people of Newhampthire,
can prompt you to view with in-iffer
ence these glorious privileges ! what
' can induce you to remain inactive,
[ when the very principles of your gov
~ernment are aflailed hy the- veteran
foesof your peace, union and independ
~ence 2 Why did you not go up to the
feast, the “ seas! of re.sen, and the
sow of soul” and proclaim to the
world that tyranny shall not prevail ?
Could you not devote -one hour, or
one day to the service of your coun
try ? When her honor and independ
ence were aflailed, could ye not ex
tend an arm ‘to shield her from de.
" struction? Fie ! people -of New.
bampfhire ! degenerate offspring |of
seveniy five ! the spirit of your [athers
“points to their aounds®—ye have be
trayed their cause ;; When you had an
opportunity of uealing “zhe |lips of ty
ranzny, you display a spirit which in
wites the yoke ! you basely deserted your
port and left the sheepfold with all the
tender lambs to the shircy of rapacious
wolves ! Notwithstanding your de
‘zuerit a good providence has again
protected you |—but Heaven awill not
- always shield the ungrateful!
| .. JUNIUS BRUTUS.
TEXT. ,
“We thank thee, O Father, Lord
“of heaven and earth, that thou haft
poured contempt uvpon the wrath of
- man,upon the open hostility of France
and the secret gradge and malice of
~the - American “government, so over
ruling the French decrees and Amer
ican embargoes, devised on pufpofe
for the ruin of Britain as to render
them subservient to the increase of her
revenue and the extention of heér com
merce.”” Dr. Osgood’s Fafi Sermon..
W COMMENT., s
. Is there a real American, one who
is a trie friend to his country, that
~does not blush at the thought that the
“temples reared on the foil which our
worthy ancestors fled from the hand
of tyranny to cultivate should be thus
Mlemal 0
“ Is there a nation in the wilds of Afrie,
**Amidft those barren rocks & burning sands™
who would not tremble at the thought
.of nourithing among. them, a citizen
‘of their own country, who has come
forward in the face of Almighty God,
and denounced measures enforced for -
the_fafety of their country ; at the
fame time thanking him that they had
entiched that power.they were intend.
¢d to injure ! Blush ye hoary head
at the folly and madness of the affer--
tion—well may you shrink feom the
fight of every American * The
‘hoary head is a crown of glory, i/ it
of governmsnl ; Lot woe to the m
who tiusts 1o this »*ﬂam}ﬂ !hc
laws relative 1o (s pras, are subjzct
to the arbitrary coasrnction OF._- the
slaves of the crown, avd fh"‘{ decxsa.on
of pack:d, and somstimes dranten ju
rizs. Under the pretence of preserv.
ing the press from licentirusaessy the
British Government degtroys iis free
dom. The fact is, if the freedom of
the press should stand, the government
must jall ; it cennot bear an investi
gation. g i
.- The pzople of Great Buitain, are
thus deprived of the means of pre
venting an incréase of oppreflion ;
they are taxed by a power, over which
they have little or no control ; —noth
ing preserves them from abselute serv.
itude but the fear of retaliation.
I am induced to make these remarks
not from any pecalivr hatred to the
British Governmeat, but to shew the
superiority of a government of the
people,—of the American Govern.
ment, and to prove to the people the
neceffityofiwithholding their confidence
from men awhs extol the political sys
tems of England, for the purpsse of de
preciating the institutions of their coun
iry o :
Now, people of Newhampthire,look
at the American .government. All
its officers are chosen, either immmedi.
ately or mediately by the people.
The poor man is not excluded from an
equal share in the government ;—eve.
ry man may exercise the elective
franchise, who is not excused from
paying taxes at his ows request,
- Qur President is not a King, but a
plain, wise and good man, selected by
his fellow citizens, and 2ppointed by
them to act as their representative,not
for /ifz, but for four years, at the ex
piration of which time, he again be
comes_a private citizen. If he acts
the part of a faithful servant, the peo.
ple say ““ avell done,”” and this is his
great reward ! ' .
- Our senators are likewise chosen by
the people, though in their represent.
alive.capgcity, and they are appointed
for fix years; subject, however, to an
arrangement by which a third part of
the whole number chosen retires at
the expiration of every two years.
Our representatives are also appointed
by the people 'in therr colleciive ca
pacity, and they are chosen for two
years. -
By this rational system, the virtue
and talents of the nation are collected
for the administration of its govern
ment, and the contizual succession of
different representatives, prevents ty
rannical combinations. TR
With repard to what has been pub
lilhed by Gen. Vandamme, Gen. Sar
razin thinks that contempt is the only
answer that can be given to the ex
travagant culogiams, or to the violent
accusations of 1793, and that all na
tions, even the Eaglifh nation, care
very little about' him, or Gen: Van.
damme ; but when Gen Vandamme
talks of the gratitude which every
Frenchman owes to Bonaparte for the
services he has rendsred I'rance, it
m:y be proper to observe, that Cen.
Vandamme has received from him 2
fortune of above 10 thousand poumds
a year ; but it is also true, that he
pays most dearly for it, in the morti
fications which he is conflantly doom
edd to fuffer. Without adverting to
lits difmiffinn, or to the admonition
he received when his aid-de camp was
raising contributions in Austria, or to
‘the order which he received to quit
the houf: of the mayor of Boulogne
in 24 hours,.which he had taken pof
feflion of by main force, or to the re
fufal of Bonaparte to alight at his
house, when he had prepared a mag
nificient repalt for Lim, at a great ex
pence, although he and his suite pafl
ed under his very windows in going
from Dunkirk :0 Lisle, and trom Lisle
to St Omer’s ;——without adverting to
all these circumfances, it is fufficient
to recal to the recolle@ion of Gen.
‘Vandamme the review of the 25th of
May, and to remind him of the terms
*“ negligent,”” and “ ignorant,” which
were then applied to him by Bona
parte. Gen. Vandamme mult partic
ularly recolled, that when he was de
filing at the head of his troops, he fa
lnted Bonaparte with his fabre, and
that the latter turned his head from
him with difdain,without even looking
at him. ‘ General Vandamme, with
all his wealth, must, with the spirit he
pofleffes, have at that moment locked
back with regret to the period of 1786,
when he was a common soldier ; and
there can be no dounbt but that he
would hail with pleasure the reflora
tion of the legitimate Sovereign of
France. L
- L AuLCharlefton (8. C.) paper, fays,
¢ General Sarrazin, who has flad from
France to England, is believed to be ‘
the fame -person that arrived in this ;
city about 6 or 7 years since from St. .;
Domingo, and who was pml‘ccuted~l
here by some American citizens, for |
having plunderéd them of their prop
erty while he held 2 command in that
LT T S N o
Latef from Portugal.
" By the ship Fa&or, Capt. Riddell,
from Lisbon, which port he left on the
27th of ~Augul‘b we learn, (fays the
NZ York Mer. Adv.) that Lord Wel.
lington’s head quarters were at Celer- -
ico, and the French head quarters at.
Almeida, about 30 miles diltant, 2
'?he French army were fuffering
for the want of ‘provifions, and the 5
Britith army with the fever and ague. ]
A general battle was shortly ex.
hafdifip Almeidy by gy it e,
il of which confifed of 5000 s
ynder:-Gen. Beore, it S
T b W‘;
:gg:gmo?mn@%kagfw“
3 ; LONDON, JuLpy £
. There are many causes which in
duced Gen.; Sarrazin to quit the
French service ; it is, bhowever, only
neceflury to fate one :—ly 1798 the
General was a prisoner in England,
and was exchanged as a General of
Division againf Major General Sir
H. Burrard, an Ensign, and five fol.
diers. Sinte his exchange he has
served in Germany, in italy, at St.
‘Domingo, and on the coast of France.
He has frequently applied to be em
ployed as a General of Division, in
execution of the terms of the Cartel,
which is an a& of Government, but
in vain. He has tenderegd his refig.
nation, but it was refufed. Twelve
years after his exchange asa Licuten.
ant-Geaeral, he remained a M.jor.
General, and held that rank when he
quitted Boulogne to come to England,
while several young men, who, twelve
yearsago, were Licutenants and Cap
tains, are now Generals of Division ;
and, in fa@, Gen Sarrazin was in the
situation of being commanded by
those very officers to whom he had
taught their exercise. e
be'fonnd in ths way of rightzoufa=fz ¥
Bu: ¢ The violcat wman eaticeth his
neighbor, and deadsth him into the
way that is not good”? A qneftion
is asked i the ditzourfe frony which
the above texi is tuksn, “ To whom
can the farmer; the mechanie, or tha
tradesman apply for information with
{o rﬁuch_conﬁdcnce as to his mipif.
ter 2 Let us reply, if ‘oppofition to
our own government be recommend.
ed, men had better rely on their own
judgment, than follow the dictates of
¢¢ skulls that"cannot teach any wijj not
learn.”? . - Essex Register,
FOREIGN. s
% General Sarra-in.
The following publication has the ap
pearan«, of being inade Ly Gen. Sarrazin
himfelf : ! .
. . LONDON, AUG. 22 --A lady has ar
rived in a cartel from Morlaix, who
fays that on Friday last a telegraphic
meflage was received there in 11
hours from Paris, by the Prefe@ of
Morlaix, which stated thatjßonaparte
had, on the 15th inst. signed a cartel
for the exchangz of prisoners. :
A Gottenburg mail arrived this
morning. To the furprize of the
- Swedes a competitor. for the Crown of
. Sweden has started up in the person
| of Bernadotte, upon whom the Swed
{ ifh papers have been lavithing the
| warmelt eulogies, no doubt by order
of the French government.
t ‘avGusT 23.—1 tis lated from Co.
| penhagen, ucder date of Aug. 4, that
| the condemned ship Amelia, which
| had blen brej.ght in under American
| 'colors was fold for 30,100 rix dollars ;
and that on the following Monday,
another prize ship, the Minerva, Jaden
with 230 casks of refined sugar, taken
| from the Bririth, would be exposed for
sale. It is added, that at Callunburg
three 'large Americans ' had = been
_brought in with cargoes, confilting of
{alt and ammunition. Ten captures
are mentioned of this description.
~ From Dantzic, information of a
~contrary nature has been received. Or
- ders bad arrived there that all Amer
“icans should be treated as friends, and
that their ships and cargoes should be
refpedted.
~ After a deliberation of some days,
the Lords of Tiade bave determined
.to grant licenses for the importation of
cargoes from France, confilting of
one third wine, and two thirds grain,
oil, and feeds, on condition that one
third of the cargo exported to France
thall be composed of coffee and sugar,
or LEaft-India manufaured goods.
. Licenses to this effe@ will be granted
as soon as the formu’z for that pur
pose can be prepared by the printer.
Saturdzy, the partrer in the bank
g firm of Brickwood & Co. pafled
their third examination at Guildhall,’
The amouant of debts proved was
/1,200,000, C——
Sit Francis Burdett having been
invited by letter, to dine with the Elec.
tors of WeltminGer on the 318 of Ju
ly, returned the following answer :—
e -« Picadilly, Fuly 19, 1810,
GENTLEMEN, T
The Elettors of Weltminfler do me
‘great honor by this invitation which
they have sent me ‘through your
haods, and I reccive it with great
pleasure. At all times, and in all |
places whether their Representative
‘or not, I shall always be found ready
to do them any reasonable service in
Parliament or oot. To yourselves
Gentlemen, whom I well and person.
ally know I beg to lewrn my bekt
‘thanks ; and I hope we ‘fhall spend a
plealant day together on the 3,0 of
this instant, July, unlels the King, and
the Commander in Chics, and the Sec
retary of State, thould drawout 2 nu
-Iy, to dechire war ia our freets a.
:& i R ,’f SNI ?“‘\ti‘% g
o -FRANCIS: BURDETT. '
MG Budler 85 M 5 B
- Latet from England.
On Friday lalt arrived at New.
York, the fatt failing and regular trad
ing ship Frances, Capt. Taylor, in the
very short passage of 27 daye from
Greenock, which port she left on the
~3oth of August.
‘The arrival of the Frances has fur
nifhed the Editors of the Mercantile
Advertiser with London papers to the
25th Augufl, inclusive, four days later
than hitherto received.
It was expected the Britith Orders
in Council would be repealed, when
the Berlin and Milan Decrees ceased
to be in force. |
The barveft in England had turned
out much better than was expedted,
but the demand for the armies abroad
kept up the prices. |
3530 lafentry, and 800 cavairy had
artived near Corunna, fiom Eagland,
and several more troops were daily ex
peéled. T b , 3
Extral of a letter - from Lisbon, daited
Aug. 23. ) :
“ A packet faiied this morning for
England with dispatches from Lord
Wellington. The news by telegraph
{tates, that the French had commenc
ed the zttack on Almeida, and were
bombarding it with great {pirit, and
that it was neceflary for Lord Wel
lington to march his army and attack
them immediately. The armies were
within a few miles of each othér.—
The French abour 70,000, aad the
English about half that number, but
receiving reinforcements daily. Most
of the people here are trembling for
the events of a battle, which is mo
mently expe&ed. The Englith have
all things ready to embark, and the
French are within 150 miles of this
place. - All the guns that can be
found in Portugal, even the castle and
fort guns of Lisbon have been put cn
board English thips, together with the
property of such of the Portuguese
nobility as intend to leave the place
thould the French fuzceed.?