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ﬁtms:} our propeity Jequeflered—a
pleige (*h y insolently call it) for otir
conduét owards Britain* The fit.
@ation of (he property, admits of "its
being restored ; we have a promise to
that eff: &, and I think if good faith
does not, interest may, insure its per
formance, either in money; or, as on
a former occasion, in an equivalent.
Bui Britain has perh:ps a greater a-
Juount already -condemned, shared
and spent by the captors—this they
not only refufe to promifeto restore,
but by julifying the principle of the
capture, they preclude all hope of fat-
Asfa&ion. |
- Agaipl® one party too, we have the
means of redress, as I thall thew con
- clufively. in our own hands. I repeat,
that aaiels the councils of Britain are
-guled by insanity itfelf. we can without
‘war, force her to do us justice—while
~We cannotin any way operate upon
- France. She can neither be touched
by our arms, nor aff-&ed by curlaws,
-mot impoverished nor Rarved by with.
holding our purchases or our provi
“fions—nor can she feel our enmity,
~through the delicate nervous fyltem
“of a paper credit.
~. Common sense leads us therefore to
reje& the phrenzy that would arm
;againft the world—prudence icads us
-go choose between the two parties ;
‘and wifiom to weigh the advantages
of our chdice Let her di %ates decile ;
and we thall {ze houli our measures
produce ‘war, if Jireted againfi
“ France, we gain no one concelli n of
cright from England ; but thatir Eng
‘dand is the obj- & it wiil at lealt.
.the event I have supposed, produce
jnftice to us from her enemy. Buton
“the contrary,if we can force Eng
dand into an acknowledgment of ou:
rights, we have a solemn flipuia
‘tioadrforce by the fan&ion of inter
‘eft, ‘that France will respect them..
¢ The teas will be open to our. com
“merece. The wealth we love so mug’
< will 'win upon us in abundance.
«and the patrint wil! not blush at the
acquisition, for it wili be the reward
- of manly refiltanze. 3
L R Ito redeem: this pledge, we were to
“do an alt unworthy of ourfeives or uniufi
so another nation. auve it tawenty fold t)
2hat amount, it (hsul! he lofi or redeemed
only by arms —it i Juffizeently morfif;'iﬁg
that ws fheould receiv it as a bribe for
the assertion of our rights. dam alba
wm:d of having ufedthisargument, Monzy!
suoney ! eternally money . snflead of honor.
[ ikemainter of No 4 next week. ]
: Porthe N H GazerTE |
SHORT SERMONS—No. 1.
: ISAIAH XXX. I, 2. 3
8 IV oe to the rebeliious children faith the Lord,
that take counsel but not of me ; and that ca"
«with a covering, but not ofmy/;bz'rit. that they
% may add jin to _/l{‘rz; that walk to gn down to
Egyft. and bave not afk:d at my mouth ; o
Jrengthen themfe!ves in the firength of Pharaoh
and totruff in the fbadow of Egypt: Thercfore,
Soall the frength of Pharaoh be your foame, and
she trust in the fbadoww of Egypt your confufion.’
HOWEVER surprising it may seem, it is
a truth confirmed by sacred history that the
pcopte whom God delivered from the hand
of Egyptian bondage and eltablifhed in a
goodly land, under the moit favorable aufl
pices, were so forgetful of the divine favor
as 1o feel disposed wittiout permission from
Caa. o so down mto Egypt for protection
§. »m their neighboring enemics
Ny wouder OJr [LXL pronounces a 2 woe on
fuh a people. It is true they took counsel,
but not of God—they covered themfeives
with a covering, but not of God’s {pirit.—
It is likely they had a few Egyptians among
them. who were constant y endeavoring to
flatter them to put ‘themfelves under the
p-mé&ion of their malter., The king of
E vpt.no d-{mbt. watched the most favora
ble opportdhity to fix his fctters on that
nation which was ouce under the authority
of his crown; and wh-n for the wickedness
~ of the Jews the Lord chastised them by fuf
fering their aeighbors to 4fflict them with
wars. Phataoh would undoubtedly embrace
such an opportunity to offer his service in
pr oteing a people ag.sin[.t whom he felt the
most lively jealousy Is it not likely that
Phayaob employed influentiol men to mike
every pofible representation to the Jews
which could operate to induce the people
to lock to him for prote&ioa ? And is it not
-~ evident that he had an extensive interest
among them? Now it is natural to fup
“pofe that while the public authorities were
. oppoled to this dcgradmg measure, the ob.
_jedt of the Egyptian-influence was to bring
those autherities into, contempt, and make
‘tihe common people believe that Pharaoh
- was more fricadiy 1o them than théir own
government 2 The 4th verse speaks of his
| ’g:?dcc,a and Ambassadors, and it canvot be
difficult to guels the obje of their embefly.
In such acafe it would be natural to expec
“much ro be said in recommending the Egyp
tian polizy. i diftillinginto the miads of the
. eommon people a regard for the religion of
of Bgypt,in reprefentiog the Egyptians as
the most religious people in the world, and 1
*_the beft,detenders of true religion—in mak. -
: i‘ﬁ’géthc common people believe that the ad
éiaiﬁmiﬂﬂ;"f th-gbygrnmqn‘t} of'.-l?&;araf.)h i
i mich better hat tha of their own—
finbringiag meo at the head of governmeyt,.
who spake agsintt Egypt, into contempt —
. Audio opler o make (he Bhole go dawn.
tiie betzer it would be peceflary to deefarc
mmahwﬂ”fmwms{mw
_oppofed te their own gosgrament, | niﬁé*“‘ i
by trigifemmand. PATRIOTH; and thar
those who oppofce Q*E;%!gfﬂ‘?&"?}%
(S S peann ey 2ddsd fio xb i
iamisatie 1w o 0 g 1 TP ERR
fenges of €Odte %‘?’@%%*ﬁé
under Pharaoh king of Eaypt. This was 25
much as.to fay to God their salvation, “ You
brought vur fathers up out of the iand of
Egypt and ont of the house of bondage, but
our circumstances are now worse than they
would bave been had we never been fepas
rated from Pharaoh, and we are now deter
mined, baving found our mistake in putting
our necks under yoyr government,to return
te Egypt again” Is it possible, in/Tuch a
case, to anticipate any thing short of the
conclusion of our text—* Therefore, shall
the ftrengeh of Pharach be your thame, and
the trust in the shadow ot Egypt your con
fufion.” | : THE PREACHER.
FOR THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE.
THE citizens of New-Hampshire are earn
eftiy solicited to peruse the following extract
from a brief hiltory of the proeceedings of
the late fcflion of the House of Rcprefenta
tives convened at Concord, on the fir ft Wed
nesday of June 1809 A knowledge of the
facts berein contained; and hitherto kept
secret from the people at large will proba
bly assist them in discriminating proper ob
jeés for whom to cast their { ffrages at the
approaching election. The aurhor pledges
himfelf for the truth of the taéts narrated ;
and he submits the observations he has occa
sionally made to the candor o 1 the PEOPLE
When any qucftion began to agitate the
Houfc which ia the courle of debate. aflum
ed a political complexion. it was really mat
ter of aftonthmeut to observe how mftantly
‘the watch ward was given, either from’ihe
chair or from a certain Mr. Wiicox an at
torney, who appeared to assume the office of
dnli Sergeant to the majority ~ On thele oc.
cafions the anxiery and inquetude of the
federal ranks became immediaiely apparent.
The committee both wet and dry, were forth
with [ummoned 1o attend their duty in the
House, and the iflue, which was generaliy
decided by yeas and nays, deciared a discon
tented and palpitating mqjority of about
twelve. Never was a party of legiflaiors
carrying a plurality of votes so utterty dif
fatisfiecd with themselves. In every political
difcuflion the federaifis,in point ot abitics
were acknowledged tobe greatydiftacced by
the minority. Hence the {uvjccts. on which
they had promised, in their answer to the
Governor’s address, an immeaiate - prempt
aitention, were introduced with much cau
tion and great adroitocfs. and sometimes
were eatried, tho’ with their ufua majority,
yect without eveutual success . Tiey werey
in fa&. uneasy at their own plans tno’ ma
tured an foicmn cavcus. and notuntrequently
wreaked their vengeance upon the oniginal
becaule foily had dictated the amendment.
This was particularly exempiified 1 ctheir
attempts to pass an act for defining the qua
ltfications of voters at anbual town meetings,
and securing the right es fuffrage to the
citizens. This a&, as pafled the feflion
befere, was denounced with some {cveri
ty by their eagle e¢yed Governcr in his
famous {pcech ; a bill in (übftitution ‘was,
of course, introduced. which met with such
merited opposition from the republican mem
bers, that after fuffering all the mutilations
:nd clippings which formerly befel the par
son’s wig. it was abandoned by the majornty
themlclves; altho’ it had been. uadoubicedly,
correCted,revifed & retouched by the mateh.
e ein il Ret Gl ER g K e g B e
R I e s N I I RitA Tl A osAR ot s MG e T gy oTNA e e
venge for the unhappy fate of this favorite
bantling, which had cost the state, evenin
its abortion more than two thousand dollars,
the majority thro’ rage and disappointment,
voted a repeal the law of November 808
and left the whole affair in its ancicut form,
Such was indeed the consistency and patriot
ilm of the federal majority, determined right
or wrong, iv some form or other, to vote
down all oppofitron There never was be
fore witnefled 1 dare aver.in any popular
sflembly so great bluster, noise and bravado
attended with such difproporiionate cxecu
tion. ’
The resolve which the repablican iegifla
ture, at the procceding feflion had pafied,
relative to the difqualification of judges and
fheriffs, on account ot age, being merely ¢x
planatory ot the words of the conflitution,
was also poillttd out, by the Governor, in
terms calculated to excite immediate extir
Pation. The reply of the House, which was,
in fa&, a faithful echo of this hetcrogencons
composition promised imipiicit obedicnce to
ihe royal mndate, and yet thro’ fear of
mecting on the floor, the ftrong,impreflive
arguments of the minority 1 favor of the
resolve they hesitated to call up the qu:(bon,
and fina'ly fuff red it to pals by without no
tice. What ffc& this pufilianimous con
‘duct of the majority had upon his kExcellen
cy’s mind. in a case which so intjmatcly in
tercfted his nicest feelings, I leave to the
world to judge. Certain it is he had cx
haufted his whole store of legal know'edge
and ingeonity in the investigation of argu
ment. against the resolve ; a@d, no doubt,
plumed himfc!f highly. on having in this side
way manner, furnithed his mv:midons with
- weapons to subdue 2l oppofinen. But his
Excellency’s egotifin and the party’s promises
weat for nothing, - :
~_The fubje&t of a Strate prison, it is well
known has long nterefted the attention of
the public mind, and the legifliture forfome
time past. has had the thing, in some way
before them In November £BcB. I amin
formed, some progress was made in this bu
finefs, and it was confidentiy expccted and
belicved that _at the late fcflion, measures
would have been adopted for carrying the
‘wifthes of the people into ¢ffec’; Li'n‘ here
again thro’ the most unmanly and dastardly
conduct of the majority nothing bas been
done of the least canfequence. »’lg_l_sé thing 1s
easily accounted for, Th: &ideralilfs‘whofe -
ne plus ultra is popularity. well knowing that
the publie chest was about being exbaufted.
and thata State prison wou'e Tequire the
.appropriation of confliderable fumsjof money,
for itscompletion, negatived a bill which had
‘been introduced (for that object, dreading |
left a State tax, by which money could alone -
be regularly obtained, would imv;a..irﬁ}tﬁei?r.
influence at the next ele@ion. In this fiiva
tion the fubje@ remained guicfcent till the
very last daybf the ft‘ﬁ'!qn, lwtemﬂiwafter :
_noon, (by which time they had reecived no -
tice, probably from bead guarters. that their
popularity was @il at flake on that puict,
inasmuch’ as the c¥pcations ‘of the people
‘wenk ‘roufed) they. callied heie semainitig
forces, and to guli‘the comiunity, passed a
Srel s Miate prbo mﬁ@gﬁmgm
‘that purpolea large sum of moncy, which, .
{o plain ferme; they had veither. power to-
B.Euafe the peoplé ase ninde tobebieve, Bty
Decapfeehe pROpIS e B L
condly, that no Statetax would be colfected
the picfent year ; two cireumfances which
they fondly flattered themselves, wnu!fl,
without further examination, please their
conltituents, and secure their success in fu
ture cle@ioncering. ;
This temporizing condnct unknown be
forc in the ann.is of legiflition, even in the
worlt of times, will appear in a {till more
disgusting poiut of vicw, if we but recollect
for 2 moment, that those very file leaders,
who advocated the ablolute neceflity of a
State tax, in the proceeding session, altho’
they well knew there was then a (um inthe
treasury excecding fourteen thousand dol
lars, are the fame inconsistent patriots who
in Juoe last made this vioient opposition,
‘when the State coffcrs were drained ‘to the
very last ; perhaps not two thousand doilars
remaining to defray the civil Lift the present
ear Such are these gentiemen of ficady
,iabizs; thele are our wife, generous, noble
minded federai geatry. :
By such like sophistical evasions and piti
ful fubterfuges have the federalifts wormed
themlelves into a hittle © brief authority ”
brought about by lein and in many cases by
unconstitutional majorities. - And these are
some of the beneficial fli & which have re
fuited from thé firft excrcife of their beloved
power : consequences which, indeed, but
poorly comport with their extravagant pro
mises, and which refle& but faint rays of
honor upon those digaitiz, who have hereto
fore impudentiyarrogated to themfebves, ex
clusively, the empire of reason and wisdom.
With great justice was it frequeatly remark
ed, during the feflion, that the legiflaiive
powers of the State of Newhampthire had
never before fallen into {uch uafkiiful hands
—the natural result of which 1s always par
trality and injuthice The latin proverb was
friquintly weil applied. * .sinus ad lyram,’
Jetion ass to play upon a fiddle
On a view of the whole business, one would
have thought that the poverty of our trea
fu'y would at this period have operated so
strongly upon the minds of the majority, as,
at least, 1o have deterred them from making
grants ; yet it will appear by an a& fiifed
1 the Secretary’s office that three thoufund four
bundred and fifty dollars. were gralxi\ed for the
purp fe ot erecting a medicai school, aear
D tmouth Coflege This to be fare, as
favoring the promotion of ufcful knowiedge
was a 2 meritorious »¢&; but with at taxation,
haw is this money to be paid ? Mauft a loan
at eight per cent be negociated for this pur
poie 2 The £l¢t on invettigation appcars to
be this, for they realiy have some * method in
their madnefs’ the ' feleralifts were indebted
to the otficers of Dartmouth College, the
maegnanimous patrons of . Dartmouth. Ga
zette, aud certain other good friends on Con
ne vicut river, tor their unwearied excrtions,
‘at {ome late ele@ionsy and this donation
(for so It'may be we'l termed) was made in
part discharge of the demand 5 forgetting,
however, as before oblerved,that they neith
er poflcifed the money to give. nor had the
energy t ratfe it. !
Consistency is the iaft ingredient to be ex
" pected in federadifm, and tho’ sough(, with
many tears, is never found = This admits
of illustration. © The reverend clergy (and
in their legitimate functions 1 name them
with refpec) have at ali times been coufid
ered(as a body)unchangeably devoted to the
federal cause. and as such have been idoiz-
ed by its votaries. To these Gentlemen, who
indeea attend principally for that purpose,
it has herctofore been the fnvarable custom
to give an entertainment, at the annnal ¢ ec
- tioa, at the expence ot the State. But at the
late mcmorabie feflion the wiie and pious
majority pata solemn negative pow a mo
" tion made for that purpole ; thereby paying
a tribute of refpe&t to their very dear fricnds
which it s prcfumed wili not readily be
forgotten even by so good and charitable a
set of chriftians. Their conduct towards
- Mr. Rowland hi felf, who preached the
l cle®tion sermon, (one of the beilt beth in
. m=nner and matter [ ever heard) was more
chara&eriftic ; otion was made that Mr.
Rowland, who had hterally " lofl bis dinner
thould receive some pecuniary compensation -
for his labor. trouble and expence on this
occasion 3 many sums were named. but all
negatived—the majority would give the Rev
Mr Rowland nothing But hcere the secret
preped out and the federa ifts were in this
instance favsfied with themieives. Governor
Swmith and M+ Rozwland are not friends. It icems
that his Excellency, with all his pretensions
to religion and picty, contracted by tawenty
years bard fludy. polliflefs one unhiappy pro
penlity, that of quarrelhng most manfully
with nisreverend paltor. an example, which,
I most devoutly wish may not be copied,
howcver great and refpe@able the authority.
The Guvernor’s efeort bill, as it is called, is
onc of those niggardly traits bothin the cha
- racker of a chief magistrate and of his parti
zans, which cannot fai: of rendering them
contemptib ¢ in the estimation of every gen
~erous, free-hearted citizen, and,odious 1 the
- eye: of these upon whom taxation fails with
more peculiar weighe It is'not denied that
the citizgns of Newhampthire were at this
time saddled with the sum of fifty or sixty
dollais by a vote of the reigning m’}f()!‘ity s
‘and for what ? Not to promote the difMiion
of the arts and sciences— not to alleyiate the
‘acguith and diftrefics of a war woin veteran
—no-—but to defray the wanton expe- Ces of
Governpr Smith’s triumphal entry dnto the
own of Concpm, encompafled by‘it‘_hwfe of
his party who lay claim to all the riches of
the State, and mock at _thclabor}l fatigue,
sweat and &ven BLood of the peoplg 7ls not
‘this a tax, novel in its natnre on jour citi
zens ? Does the recolle@inn of escorts, in
this State, aff;rd a imilar instance { L'believe
- not. _Are the industrious and econgmical ig
habitants of Ncwhampfhire patiently to fuf
fer thicle abuses withoat a mnrmur ? No —
Lavill venturg to prcdic (tho’ I pretend not
to the {pfrit of prophecy) that the f./u!t of
next March 'ele¢tion will fuily prave that
our citizens have sars to_hcar,ﬁeqr‘ﬂ/to fecl,
_and sririT to refeat condut so reproachiu
‘to their [()fi?wcrc'ignt{ and indegeodence
- But I thould prolong my natrative beyond.
bound, were Ito recapitulatep fixtecuth par
-of the prepofterons and palgable ablordities -
- which attached to the prpcecdings of the
federal majority, during eyery p@f,‘g}gfcﬂtgﬁﬁ.
wondcrful fefion. The gonfequence of all
~which is, that, without pffing a single pub- -
lic act of the least fomerg to the Stafgc%’ﬂ!rri;
citizens autbe eveorually complled to
dquecae from their bard ¢arnings a sum oot
Gort o rweaty thonfnd ol o g
b wijabach idcred Byjchy oublinsie pev,
’ﬁz“ City or cowardly procl aft #s t!éh NI
SRR S T B
Ak eRt TR ey L
ONNE Ll vt sr e
York, fanuary 31, 1810.
Mr. Printer,
Observing in your LITTLE Zory paper of
Thursday the 18th inst. some reflcGions on
the government for appointing Jeremiah
Clarke} Eiq. late our Coliector, and requir
I ing bond: for only, 2000 dollars, when he
bas in his hands 30,000 dollars.—Observing
alfc in another Zory paper of your town cal
led the Oracle severe rcflcctions on Jonwn
i Lancpon, Esq your late governor,for hav
ing recommended Mr Clarke who 1s called
- by some of ‘their writers, a worthiefs char |
acter, and being a neighbor of Mr Clarke
- at the time he was appomted Cclletor and
acquainted with him and his affalrs and
knowing the sacs, ¥think it a duty which
I owe to truth to give a ftatcment of the
case of his appointment. Mr Clarke mar
ried a daughter of Charles.Chauncy, Eiq.
~ formerly of Kittery, late of Portsmouth a
man of much refpecability and influence.
~ On the death of Mr Clarke’s” predecefior,
he immediately applied to his father in law,
. Efg:Chauncy, who obtained letters of re
commendation from Mr Langdon and oth
‘ers, in consequence of which Clarke was
_appointed, nothing at that time appearing
‘againft is charactcr. On enquiry refpe@ing
the small sum of 2000 dollars bond taken
of Clarke=<l found it was a sum establish
ed by law for the port of York,and not in
‘the power of the Prelident to encreafe or,
diminish it. Tam welt acquainted with the
©dcings of Mr Clarke—on his firlt ‘appoint
ment and untii the embargo took place he
conducted with propricty. but after the '
_pafling of that law he was aflailed by almost
‘every federal trader in. this town and' by
some of Portsmouth, and being a man of a
_pliable _difpoﬁtion,‘ and a great ) share of
“avarice,cou d not withstand the temptation
~of powerful bribes. and it may with truth
“be said that he wasdrawn into a scrape by
_thofe people_called Federaisfis and it Mr.
Clarke is poffefied of commin feclings, be.
/ will now tax those gentry with sum fuffi
~cient 1o difcharge:his arrcars to the public
. andleaye bim rich, as he is knowing to
ﬁfﬂfﬁﬂofﬂtfwi’ﬂwmﬂw*‘
~dollars in penaltics, | Sl
R B ol
“fes. 1 have had fomé’perfona) acguaiutance.
{ with My’ Langdal gng bave bigwa: sud
RST T e SN eN T vy € RI G R
| MR. PRINTEH, . 2
I am a plain fatmer, and ttouble myfelf
very little with politics. 1 generally read
the papers however, and try so trace out the
condudt of our rulers, {o far as relates to
moncy matters at leaft—for 1 take 1t for
granted that in proportion as they ificreafe
their salaries, in the fame proportion will
our taxes be increased, unless government
fliould think proper to enadkt that « a public
debt is a public hlefling,” and so live by bor
rowing. In reading Gov. Smith’s Address
to the legislature in June last, T was a little
nettled to observe with what warmth he
reccommended fuzh large additions to the
salaries of the judges of our courts of law.
So great was his ardor that he employed 851
words in his {peech for that leudable purpofle.
I do not suppose that an addition to the
Judges salaries only, of two or three hundred
dollars a year, would be burdensome to the
State ; but if we raise the wages of one public
officer, we must of e/l the ref Would Gov.
Smith be coatented with twelve hundred
dollars a year, when the judges of courts
were allowced three or four thousand ? Es
pecially when he refleCted that there never
was an instance in New Hampthire of a
judge’s haviag alarger salary than a gov
ernor, until he obtained it himflf by a re
mon(trance to thelegiflacure When I refle&®
how many times he has petitioned for an
augmentation of salary f{ince he bas been ia
public empioy, I fhréwdly fufpc& that he
has spoken at leaflt as many words for himfelf
as for the judges—his aficrtion that he shall
not be in the icaft benefitted by it notwith
standing. . The judges in Maflachufetts, if
I am rightly informed, have f{alaries each of
three thousand five hundred dollars ayear,*
and yet Gov Smith fays, “ will our citizcns
be fatisfied to be ontdine by our filter states ?”
Glorious emulation! Let the farmers of
Maflachufetts and New-Hampshire thus
“ frive for the mast ry” m their generosity
to their rulersy and they will fooun have the
honor of feciag a herd of men (pringing up
in all the pomp ot caftern nabobs But I
hope they witi not forget that if they thus
set their great men to daacing, they must
pay the fiddier '
The time the judges are actually employ
ed is about five nionths in 2 ycar, 23 days
in 2 month, and 6 hours in a day~—{o that
3500 doliars a year woaid be 700 dollars a
month, 30 dollars a day, and 4 dollars an
hour 'L'his'is what Govt Smith implicitly
recommends for the judges.
. Farmers of New Hampthire ! are you pre
pired to meet the enormous expence which
this augmentation of the emolumecents of ali
your public officers would create 2 Does
your money come in {o caly as thus need
lefsty to {quander itaway ? If 1t does, throw
yout votes for Gov Smith in March heat.
Kcep him in office a few years more, and
you will easily find a vent for all you can get
" Goveruor Smith fays it his address that
“ Judoes” (and if juiges wl « not all pubiic
men) * wili generally bear an exa& propor
tion to the provision made for the office ”—
If he means that the greater the provision
made for the office, the better will be the
judge, I abominate the do@rme When was
jullice better and more impartially adminis
tered in this State than when judges Bart-
LeTT, Lancpon Duprey &c¢ occupicd the
bench, with a {alary of four bundred doilars 2
Ail beyond a certain reasonable point in the
salary of any public officer serves to make
- him more indolent and ¢ffeminate. like the
bithops of England wiio hire ‘chaplains to
preach and pray tor them becanfc they can
not submit to do the drudgery themselves.
An auftocracy is one of the greatest curses
that can be inflicted on a people—yet 1 fear
the-people of Maflachufetts and Newhamp
{hiire will upt open their eyes tili it is faft
rivetted upon their necks It depends on
your exertions citizens whether you will
~ retain your liberty, or come under the do
- minion of impericus lords, Wherefore exert
~ yourfetves Sct your shoulders to the wheels.
~ Retoive shat you will be free. and that refo-
L‘ futron wiil infaliibly secure {uccels
| ~ ; HONESTUS.
R et :
} 4 Dzd not @ certain judge in Mo [Jachufetts lately
purchase a carriage at an expence of & Boc dollars,
and then in Fune lafl petition the federal ‘eg;flature
of that Staie for = and aftually vbtain an addition
: to bis fulary of Y OO duilars on the consideration
that he could not live on his former salary ?
O tempora ! O mores !
For the N. H. Gazette.
I have ro obje&ion to indulge Numa's
pride that he eonceives himfelf a « Giant™
when contending with me ! but his difinter
eltednefs and benevolence to increase the.
happiness of focicty, is in my eltimation
greatly deficient. His talent, in comparison
withimaay writers on both sides the question
| is infignificant,and he appears a mere prag
matical * pigmy” His venomous fhafts, in=
tended to wound my moral characer, miss
- their aim, they fall harmless, or rebound
with just effect to the breast of the base ca
lumniator. Numa is aninconfiftent writer,
bis complaints that republicans are abusive
and absurd, is with an ill grace, when in the
| fame prcduction he palpably contradicts
| -his pretended candor. Can any thing be
. more base then his unprovoked abuse of
- Mr Langdon aud other characters ? his falfe
charges against Mr L. are intolerable, and
more heinous from the presumption that he
must know them to be untrue at the time
they are made. He asserts that Mr L. is
not only contemptable, bus is anxiously
fecking an office which Ze thinks or rather
’ asserts, that he does not deférve 1 eonceive
- there are bup few beside Nama, thar would
not acknowledge the truth, that Mr Lange
don has often exprefled a desire to retire to
private life.. Nothing would have induced
him againto confider bimfelf a candidate fop
Gov.but to aid in the support of his country’g
-cause. Numa should give us example before
precept, or defit from preaching candor
while pra¢tfing deception. His zeal'has
carried him beyond the bounds of prudence
and his officioufnefs injured the cause he
has espoused. Numa observes @ that Gov.
~ Gore has cver conducted himfelf with pru
} dence patriotism and propriety.” * Was this
~ encomium applicable to Numa, his assertions
- without prosf would be less frequent, Iwilk
~attempt to prove. that the reverse of this
- eulogy is more suitable to Governor Gore.
A few observations will go farto shew that
Gore is not a patriot but an enemy to the lib«
erties of the people *There is no one period
since Gev.Gore’s political existence in which
his conduct has not been tainted with Brit- -
ifh influenice. His words and a&ions have
been bold and daring, and ever bere the
genuine stamp of a British partizan. The
attack of our national ship, by the Engiifh,
‘was almoit univerfaliy condemned th:ough
out America, yet this patriot Gore could not
be prevailed on to join his fellow citizens
~in a manly opposition to the horrid imposi
tion but refufed to a@ on the occasion,
The Embargo, that aét of neeeffity and wif
~dom, which if it had continued would have
compelied England to an tquitable adjust-.
mecat with this country, was ever Cppofed
by Gov. Gore, he aided in a court of jus
tice to prove the unconflitutionality of
the measure. - His exertions with _oéelr‘. :
~ the last year, in'the‘Ma}_Tachufctts‘,aﬂ'émmY'. a
to divide the union, joi the Britith interest,
‘and-nniurl the bannersof war againftFrance,
was a miserable proof of ¢ ﬁﬂ;dcnce
patriotism and | propriety” And' the
celebrated report of the h,gmhftﬁ‘gﬁma
“Gore’s war repors”did not coptain sentiments
favorable to democracy, but engendered
disunion, ariffocracy and tyranny. The
Essex junto, (of which Gov, Gare s said to
bea lcading chara@ter) have found means
N hit commitice of borki Houses in
Mﬁﬁ*d" setts Legifla W’&“ ares
_port. that isqow Under condfideration, and
P”‘?m&ﬁ: he newspapers, “which sally
those resolves, they ‘woule “not Have bee:
ePt eAt
TS g e Y el LR S
Wrocion Brallasiéa ittt T
AOMmEn oty § ! ey Ly 1 b e
witched hie charaétze for inote ‘ﬁﬂ!’;‘!& 2
years I firlt f2w him at Saratoga and v:ai‘ :
with him at the taking of Burgoyne, ITthed
lived in Newhamplitice and was us was he
a voiunteer on tHat cecafion. We then with
the help of the grp pateioT stock saved.
our country aad the necks of Wathingtod
and Hancock from the halter. Mr Lang
don-has everifince been {ubject to the abule.
of évery tory paper in your {tate and in vhis.
This abuse alone, from such fourees, 1s fuf
ficient th prove his patriotism if we did not
koow it from every action of his life; He
ought to be your Governor—~he is your best
friend. &%
TORY QUIRKS anp QUIDDITIES.
A man of commoa feute would suppose,
after the condu& of Great Britain towards
this conatry, that the lex talionis would juﬂify
any fort of reasonable resistance to her ine- :
fults But theideas of the tories on this head
are very different.
Does she imprels our seamen, and is a de=
mand for redress made ? Take care, €ty the
torics, don’t talk toher in #hat Syle,if you
want to get any fatistaction
Does the seize our veflels and coafifeace
our merchandize, and are complaints made
to her for fatisfaction ¢ The admini®tration
are all wrong fay the tories-—the #oze thould
be lower—the ey is too bigh.
Does the kill a citizen in our own waters !
—Be cafy roar the tories—be cafy, or you’ll
get nothing—the ad ministration must not be
so saucy :
Does f{he attack a national frigate in time
of peace, murder 2 part o fthe crew and cape
tivate apother part ? Now, be calm, for
God’s fake be calm preach the tories—llet’s
argue the point, let’s not goto war—llct’s
reason about it.
~ls an arratigement made with her aceredi
ted minister, and does th wauntonly violate
it ? Bhe had a right to do so quoth the
tories—why complain? if you complain
- you''l affront Gteat Britain—{o, tale care, take
care /
Is ber minister dismissed for his repeated
influlence ? There ! cry the tories, there 7
you've done 1t now; now you've mortally
offended his majesty ! Ah ! the Lora knows
what will beecome of the country now ¢
nothtag will co but to fend and ask pardon.
* Such, from time to time, has been the
fhuﬁ’iin'g, quirkiqg. quibbling language -of
the tories or Britith faction in the U, States,
from the beginning. to the end* of Engiifh
outrages upon us. lict Great Britain do as
she will—lct her impress, capture, attack,
and murder us, the cry ‘of the tories is be
calm, be cafy, take care, don’t offend her,
you'll have war. In the name of God is
this fecene of degradation never toend ? If
it caunot enc without war. why thea let war.
come, for we ‘'cannot fare worse than we dq
at present during the bloodiest war.
— V. Argus:
* Ii does not seem altogether so proper to use the
word *“ END,” for in truih. there seems to be Mo
. END %o them. :