Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-03-30 00:00:00, page 1

M.'...Zu^es
No. 6i.j
IPalittral ffltsceUanp.
FURTHER
INFORMATION,
FORTH!
FREEMENof N. Hampshire.
From the N. H. Gazette.
To the- Free Electors of N. H.
..[Continued.]
LUCIUS touches but lightly
on the funding aft ; infinitely the
most exceptionable of the two,
andtha' p<M because he is really
diffatisfied with it; but just to
give himfelf an additional oppor#
tunity to implicate the views of
Mr e L. who voted in favor of it.
It was* necessary that pfovifion
should be made for the discharge
of the mbit debt ;~ justice and,
food policy required it; diversi
ty of opinion arose on the fub
je& ; the,chJhirfg jntereft, of the
different States, rendered the in
vestigation tedious and perplex
ing;^ length a fyftrm was adopt
ed combining as far as possible
their different views, in favor of
which the members of the middle
and northern States generally,
voted, and among ^hem many
who were not even fufpeQed of'
an intered in its operation. life
true that Mr. L. was at tha{tilde
the owner of a small property,
that might be affected by the fvf
tem; does it follow from thence
that he a&d dilhopeffly, and in
opposition tp his own reason and
co rfetente^ The suggestion is
Than who has any pretensions to
candour. Surely Lucius must
doubt his own integrity, or he
could not so willingly indulge his
fafpicions of others.—-But if Mr.
L. had been really swayed in
some small degree by personal in
terest, & this could be ffiewnjt is'
believed it would be as pardona
ble in his case as in almost ^ny
that could be described. The
only public securities possessed
by him at that time confided of
Loan office certificates received,
dollar for dollar, for gold and sil
ver a&ually loaned to the United
States for the support of the A
merican army then in Canada,
under the command of Gen.
Schuyler, and sent on by Mr. L.
to the army, which was then in the
most pressing necessity for sap
plies that could be obtained there
in no other way than by paying
therefor in gold or silver—under
circumstances like these, had Mr.
L. been insensibly pdrfuaded to a
measure which would give him
and probably many others, who
at this critical and alarming pe
riod of the war, genefoufly con
tributed to alleviate the distresses
of their brethren in the field, fif
teen {hillings on the pound for
what they had actually paid twen.
ty— it would not, have proved
him either a very weak or a very
bad man—butthere is no ground
to believe even so much as this.
—Here Lucius appears to have
loft fight of his original plan ; had
heeftablifhed every item of the
charge under the bigheft possible
colourings, Mr. L. could not
have fuffered in that particular,
in the comparison with his fellow
TUESDAY, Mauk fo}_
REPUBLICAN GAZETTE.
LIBERTY and the CONSTITUTION.
candidate, because it if a truth of
which but few cap, be ignorant
that the funding system has not
only been highly relished in Exe
ter, it has even been worshipped
from the Excellent Gov. G. down
to the most infignificant fpecula.
tor; and not without reason, the
greatest fortunes there and the
greater part of the lesser ones,
have been made by it. Lucius
must rattier tofe&n gain ground
by this count in ^ declaration.
We have hitherto noticed
those accufatiom only : which in
the estimation of the. lib^fer of
Mr. L's character, appear to b§
small, in comparison of the infi.
neily important one, that fyereirf
to be persuaded byblm, involves
in it every fpeei« and degree of
^criminality. It is in fubftapce,
'this, Mg Langdon has during &
latter part of President Wajhirg
ton's, ^d through the whole of Pre
fde^t Adami adminijifation. gen.'
erdlly, on,eat questions voted with
.the Virginian and other faithern
members ! ! !— The obfervatiops~
of Lucius on this fubjed, in the
different parts of his performance
are rather singular, and if I may
be allowed the expression, border
a little on the ridiculous; they af
;ford a favourable opportunity ih^
deed for the satirist and man of
humour; I have no talents of
that kind, and if I had, Should
have no disposition to e%ercife
jh^mjj&Q^^
a very
feriousy but short reply; Mr. L.
was a Whig in 1775 (a chara&er
fynonimous with that ofa Repub.
licanfutidet Mb Adams' admini
stration) and has n^ver since seen
fit to tetrad his principles. 1 He
'was, and ftilj is a zealous Advo
cate for the independence of his
country, and the privileges of his
fellow-citizens. He a&ed with
his northern brethren, while they
shew themselves Americans and
friends to our constitution. But
when American Senators proved
themselves PARTIZANS of
BRITAIN, he forfooktheir com
pany and joined himfelf to RE#
PUBLICANS, regardless of the
State to which they belonged.'
Mr- L. is also accused of voting
against opening the galleries of
the Senate Chamber. This is
partly true & partly falfe, in com
mon with most of the charges
brought against him ; that fe there
j$ just truth enough for an artful
and mifehievous man to make
something out of to excite the
prejudices ofihofe who have not
an opportunity to examine for
themf^ves. The truth is, thatdur
ing several sessions of Congress,
there were no galleries to the
Senate chamber, the roomjtfelf
was small, fcarCely fufficient to
accommodate the members, fb
that it was impossible to admit
fpe&ators without incommoding
the Senators in their feats ; for
this reason Mr. Langdon, and
with him a very large majority^
w e/F a g ai nst opening the ddtir
alfowarityojrited g£g&^
only were fnnc
however voted Qavor of e?
irig galleries, Ttt unfortu
PUBLISHED ,p. RUSSELL, CONCORD, NEWHAMPSHIRE -1802.
Vs against their being opened
Til they were built!
&" e ™^ to 'd tbat Mr, L. voted
irefavor of the bill for fufpend
%ouOintercourfe, at a certain
period,,vitli.G, Britan, and that
^ was filling the French ffiould
s*lP r ' zes in °^ r P° rts ? as
v^had ours in their pbrts when
@were'at war with Britain
tyfefe charges! believe to be
,rue ; indeed I should be forty
not to find them so. He voted
@O, fays his accuser, against the
bill for the proteaion of our trade
^inft French spoliations, &c.
—ln this, however, he had the
countenance of his colleague,
{|fr. Livermore. Lucius does
fa mention this. But why does
,4 not proceed with his com
tit andxell us.all the truth ?
t Mr, L. voted against the
STANDing*Army a&, by means
of which many millions of dollars
|fyp been worse than thrown a
vay ? The Chare that New-Hamp
ihrfe 4 mug 'neceffarily contri
tipte to that most unnecessary &
€felefs wpence, would uodoubt
e<tly be much more than fufficient
for the ^ honorable , fopport, of
fyr State Government" for ten
j^ars tocome. Why are we not
feidlhat Mr L. was opposed to
ft alien a&, the sedition a%
tje stamp a&, and every other
'aftthat in his opinion would be
furious to the people, and fub
ffi..me Or::, fll
- ? Ona general an
swer may be given, which will
apply to every question of the
kind tha: can be put ; it is this—
that notwithstanding any hypo#
critical pretensions to candour,
Lucius had no other design from
the- beginning than to wound the
reputation of Col. Langdon in
the greateff possible degree, and
for that reason has dated only
the debt fide of the account, and
magnified each charge to the W-,
most extent of possibility.
We, are now come to the fix
last columns of Lucius' luminous
Works,! mean of those that have
made their public appearance,
how many more there may be in
reserve is difficult at once to de#
(ermine ;it depends on an arith
metical calculation, which I have
ripttime to make. The question
would be how many different
rranfpofitions may be made of ail
the words in the englilh language,
with liberty to convey over& over
again ad lib. the fame or no ideas at
all I hope this will not be con
sidered a reflexion on the talents,
of my friend Lucius ;—he certain
ly has talents—he aboundsmtya
guage,&has atalent aidtfgrg.
ing it in most copi&afflHibns;
nor is he without ideaihey are
however, rather of j^m|traordi
nary kind, and he is not alittle
lingular in his manner of enforc
ing them. llhall notice tome of
them, but haying little fee to
spare, @y observations |ml be
A Mr. L. efentetfby him
)v, because he
ownsA@^^
tafafoiMflaßL & because he
lives in tWC Moule • and is to ।
travagant as sometimes to invi
a friend to dine with him,& occa-j
fionally entertains ft,augers who
may fall in his way•▼=lsGov. g.;
guilty of these things, or is he
not ? If he is, he is in this refpeft
a no better man than Col, L. ifhe
is not, we will allow him all the
merit of this fort, his friends can
desire for him.—Mr. L. is not e#
conomical because he thought it
would be for the interest of the
State to have the necessary bufi#
nefs properly done ; arid as this
could not be effected at one ses
sion, :hat it would be bell to have,
two—Gov. G. and his party were
of a different opinion ; the, are
not however entirely free from
censure ; these gen/, are only half
way economies—for if the Gen
efal Court, in having but one ses
sion in the year, laved 10,000
dollars to the State, as Lucius
afferrs—by the fame kind of cal
culation they would have saved
io,ooo more, by having none.—
If economy be the only object,
wo bad beiter have done vyith the
foolifh and expensive business of
choosing and paying Senators and
-Representatives to manage our
affairs—it would be much cheap,
er to continue our excellent Gov
ernor in office, and commit the
management of all necessary le#
giflative bufinefsto him; his taL
ents and disinterested regard to the
welfare, o^all parties, peculiary
T^'l%^ ^r ^ ra&^#&_
a thousand dollars additional fifo
ry, he has doubtless patriotifin en
ough to undertake it. But tobe
a lit le more ferious,let me ask you
to lay your hand upon your breast
and answer, like an honest man,
this quftion, Was it from a regard
to economy in the expenditure
of public monies, or for the pur
pose of preventing the incorpo
ration of the New-Hampshire U
nion Bank for another year,
that the winter session of the Gen
eral Court was omitted? ft
The reasonings of Lucius on
the principle of rotation in office
are perfectly confident with the
views of the party to which he
belongs. Were artful men always
o& their guard, the honest and
uOTufyea^g' would not long &^
fafe. It is owing to the. impru
dent zeal off^fct^^
litiClaris, in prematurely divulg
was intended to be kept
secret that the plan of an ele&ive
monarchy, generated in the po
litical clubs of the high toned ad
vocates for executive power, has
''"’ ° een b r ° u ^t '''fo
operation in our country, & that
four republican Constitution, pur
chased at the amazingexpeuce of
an eight years cryel and >loody
war, has not been in th^ short
period of less than twenty years'
with all our boasted liberties,
wreded from us forever.
If I understand Lucius's new
fargled logic, it is this—that al
though the people have a Con
tutional right annually to eled
whom they pleaftfor their Gov-
'4rz ^ /'fo ^ W?
[l% dol. ,er annum.
[Vol. 11.