Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-03-30 00:00:00, page 2

was eleHed; but until voluntarily
relinquished by the grantee, unlefi
destroyed by demonftrativb evi
dence, that he is unfit for the of
fice, because re-election to office
may be considered (or be pro
tended so to be) the principal
valuable compensation for his
Ifervices, and to withold that at a
ny period would operate as a re#
peal of the privilege of the grant
from the beginning, which with#
out a Violation of moral obliga
tions, the people notwi.hftanding
their constitutional power, can ne.
ver do; and that the rotation
principle if eftabli/hed by the
conftiturion must be bad beeaufe
it will destroy all pretentions to
such claim, and the people be
left free to ele& whom they please
as a successor without the charge
of violence or injustice. If there
be any force in this kind of.rea
foning, repeated reeleHion serves
to strengthen the claim, & comes
near to the principle of electing
for life—but as the people are
not yet prepared for such dodrine
, —this seasonable developement
may be the means of saving our
constitution and securing our li-.
berties.
On the score of abilities so fre
quently mentioned by our author
to the disadvantage of Mr. L. we
have no objection to instituting a
comparison between the two can
didates-—wholly to deny them to
either, as both have been repeat
edly elected to important offices,
the reflection would fall perhaps
as severely on their electors as on
them—Mr. G. may have talents
but if so they have been conceal
ed even closer than in a napkin,
it was not a very plentiful com
modity in the family^nd the eld
est son has never been thought to
have inherited a double portion
of it ;—but enough of this. Lu
tius has said many excellent things
ofhis friend Mr. G. and after a
few remarks I shall be willing to
let them go for what they are
worth.—, —The duties of the trea
sury office, in this State have for
ought has come to the knowledge
of the public, been fufficiently
attended to, but £'as there were
no checksand scarce any controul
over the office" as Lucius juuly
observes, we can form no favour#
able conciufion but of the nega
tive kind, and there can be no
other than presumptive evidence
that "every cent of the public
money has been accounted for" —
but I have no disposition to ^fift
even such evidence as this when
to better can be had —Lucius
deniestot Gov^G&qfer ex
hibited any symptoms of discon
tent in regard to his salary, and
has unfortunately adopted a little
of the rough language of that
part of the country from whence
he originated, to. exprefs^jt;-——
but early impressions are ftr
as he came so fairly by thembOTrc
from natural as well as local caue
es I shall confider it a small error
and quite pardonable. How
does he reconcile this denial with
what in a few succeeding sen
tences he admits, viz. That Gov.
G- finding other Salaries enlarged
could not bear to fee the loaves
and fifties thus distributed with
out demanding a share for himfelf
±Mr. G. knew that he was not
forgotten in this distribution ; the
General Court had fully confid-
thisjand finding that the divifioh
on /the question was not very
great against him he ventured to
try his own influence ; it succeed
ed, and procured for him an ad
ditional salary of two hundred
dollars. Lucius asks if he threat
ened ? I answered—yes—is he
denies it let him ask even Mr. G's
friends who were prefent/-! would
refer him to the letter itfelf which
ought to have been on the files,
but some one more prudent than
Mr. G found means to suppress
it The subsequent applications
for increase of falaix and for
compensation for reviewing the
militia are said to have been
made without the knowledge of
Gov. G. It is barely poffiblty
it is not probable.—Gov. G. must
declare it himfelf, thofc then who
are acquainted with the circum
stances are at liberty to think as
they please.—ls it probable that
a question put at so many differ
ent times and in such various
shapes and urged with such vehe
mence by his advisers, his privy
councilors, could have takenplace
without his knowledge—candour
itfelf will not admit the supposi
tion.-—Had not Lucius men
tioned Governor Gs difintereft#
ed benevolence I ffiould have
flopped here—but as his conduct
in some instances cannot be re
conciled with that amiable quali
fication I must take the liberty to
fufped that he does not poffefs' it.
It is a matter of very general
notoriety that the question on the
incorporation of the N. IJ. Un
ion Bank was made a political
one, and that the principal oppo
fition was on that ground,and that
to advocate the cause of the pe
titioners was to incur the ftizma
of JacobinifteQft at this me
Gov. G. adopted the plan of leav
ing out of office several justices
of the peace, whose commissions
had expired, for political opin
ions only, or beeaufe they were
friends to the incorporation of the
Bank— and among them men of
the most unblemished characters,
who by long experience were en
abled and actually did diftharge
the duties of the office with unim
peachable ability and integrity
men who had grown old in that
office and depended in great
measure on the small emoluments
for the support of their families—
if this be disinterested benevo
lence the less ofit in a Governor
the better.
Lucius ° mentions the Ports
mouth gentry, and thinks them
rathe, too affumiug.—At the appellation
has never been exclusively claimed but
by the connexion and defeendants of the
British Government party, now theex
ciufive federalist, I must presume the
charge lies against them ; it is highly ap
plicable there and no where else—&
(peaks somewhat feelingly of the great
expence of" employing runners through
the State"—l can easily conceive it L,
but being unacquainted with that kind
of bufinets myielf, am willing to rely on
foil experience and set it down to be true.
\tfmdus somewhere expresses a wifb to
k^Btef some mercantile gentlemen,
how &rmiftr old money remains in
the vaiff^ Amsterdam since the French
have m|Pme trouble to keep the key.
I WQI11& ask in my torn of some gentle,
men roubd the treasury at Exeter a qteft.
i°°°f much greater importance to the
citimi of New-Hampshire,— what fro.
portionof the State's money has actual
^ b&Ethe treasury for ten years raft,
tad force was it whtotftneral Cart
by th& committee reqnefted, and the
Treaftrcer refafed, tha KEY?
^^ ARI I
Boston, March to.: FrteT&p, Feb. 4
''A serious and alarming con
spiracy and infurr^aion of the
blacks, has by God's providence,
been brought to light here at the
very time it was ripe for execu
tion. —The villains had their plans
so well laid, that a ft ranger to them
would imagine it was impossible
for their capacity to plan so
deep. They intended to have
set fire to the canefields at the
fame time upon different estates,
so as to divide the inhabitants to
extinguish the file, as well as to
draw the troops from the garri
son. A large party were to en#
ter the garrison as soon as the
troops were out; the women and
tick were then to be murdered,
& the arms and ammunition feiz#
ed upon. These done, they were
to attack the tired inhabitants in
their houses, well judging that the
fatigue they would go through jn
extinguishing the fire, would
throw them into a profound sleep,
& then murder the young •and
old. The villains had their supe
rior and inferior officers designat
ed. The execution of the plot
was to have been on Christmas
night. The difeovery was made
by a gentleman, who accidentally
overheard a conversion on the
fubjed among his own negroes,
on the day before the time set for
,the explosion. An alarm was im
mediately Spread, and the ring
leaders were apprehended ; seve
ral of whom have been beheaded,
and their heads exposed upon
poles in different places ; others
have been flogged &^ranfported.
. 66 We know not what is to be
the fate of this island; but so
strongly is it apprehended that
it will be ceded tothe French,
great numbers fre going off."
The Tabago Gazette, of Jan.
22d, contains the above conspi
racy, with the proceedings of the
^refident and Legislature of the
island thereon. The conspiracy
appeared confined to the Meso
potamia, Hope, Bucolet, Belvi
dere, Friendrilip, & Cove#eftates
—& the difeovery ofit was made
by Mr. Houlton ; to whom the
legifl^ture have expressed them
selves as highly indebted.
The report that Qbago was to
be delivered up to the French the
15th inst. cannot be corre&, un
less the definitive treaty has been
signed.
Wafoingtin, March e;. IT is with the
deepest regret we announce that authen
thentic information is received of the
conflagration of Cape Francois by the
blacks. But 60 boufes out of 600 e(cap
ed the flames. The conflagration was
attended by a great MASSACRE of the
whites. Mr. Lear, with our countrymen,
took refuge on board the (hipping, and
we have the fatisfaaion to Bate that but
one American perilled.
The French force had arrived, and et
feded a landing, after great resistance.
Newlondon, March 17.
On Tuefday evening last week
a fire broke out in the store of
Mr. Wm. P. Ledyard, at Groton,
and before effectual refinance
could be made, consumed the
building with the whole of its con
tents, consisting chiefly of dry
goods to the amount of nearly 10,
000 dollars, and between 5 and
6,000 dollars in bank notes.
. - —-_■——— -— — —
On the 18th ult. Remembrandt Peal
and 12 other gentlemen partook of a col
latino, seated round a fele, witbia the
''^&^/< & "*^^ to "' ''" '" e
Intelligence fimSt. Maloes,in France,
at the Definitive Treat, between
the republic and England w,s signed on
the 9th of January.
France is threatened with a scarcity of
bread, in consequence of excessive rains.
A small boy feeing a gentle
man walking the street, placed
himfelf in a convenient situation
to speak to him: when the gen
tleman came up, the boy pulled
off his hat, held it out to the gen#
tieman, and begged for a few
cents. " Money," exclaimed
the gentleman, you had much
better beg for manners than mo
ney." «I aJkedfor that (said the
boy) I thought,ou had the most
Provide for the Poor.
&bill has lately paff^d the House of
Representatives of the State of Pennfyl
vania,for the liacatiox of „sr cbildrn,gra
in. The intention is good, and it is to
be hoped io its operation will not be rob
bing the industrious to reward the idle.
Altho the present measure may be wife,
yet when we hear that it was planned by
the Democratic legiflatute of Pennsylva
nia, one cannot forbear exclaiming
'* Can any thing good come out of Na
zareth !'' New York Paper.
As a fobjea of curiosity at least, if hot
a lerfou of inftruaion, the public are re
quested to notice and remember the fe
ditioos flinders weekly published by the
Op,fition of the present day ; for the
time may come, when those sons of fe.
dition shall with to disavow or explain a
way their present intemperate, angry,
foolifh publications against our constitu
ted authorities. A recoilcdion of the
patting feenes may furnifh some ufeful
warning to future times, & the evil thus
be over- ruled for good.
Young Sweep-Stakes,
WAS fired by the famous Old
Sweep Stakes; bears a near re
semblance to his fire, in file and colour,
which is a bright chefnut ; Sixteen and
an half hands high ; is elegant, and well
proportioned ; five years old this spring.
Said HORSE will stand, Wednesdays &;
Thurfdeyr, at th# (table eflfi&urec
Wallace and Eaton, in Henniker, and
the other 4 days at Mr. Joshua Heath's,
in said town.
gfr The Terms will be mod
erate and reasonable.
GERSHOM HEATH.
Henniker, March 23, 1802. 61
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JOHN HOIT, Jun.
g* Informs bis Cafamers for this Gazette,
that bis firft quarter ended <witb No. 58, on
tbs gtboj March. Pa, ma, bemads to bim
perfenaU,, or left sobers tbe papers are.
DANIEL CHASE'S Estate."
All who have demands on
the Estate of DANIEL CHASE, late of
Hopkinton, deceased, are requested to
call on Enoch Chase, administrator,
for settlement ; and those, who are in
debted to said Estate, are desired to make
immediate payment to . ,
Enoch Chafe, administrator.
Hopkinton, March 17, 1802. 60
A Good Chance!
FOR SALE, an excellent stand
fora COOPER, in Concord, on the East
fide of Merrimac river—A good House,
Barn, Cooper's shop, and about three
acres of Land, on which it a never failing
fountain of the best of water, an excel
lent garden, &:. which will be fold upon
reasonable terms, by„
JAMES MOULTON.
Concord, March 3,1802. 57