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WboUfnle prices Current.
AT PORTSMOUTH, (N. H.)
prices of per from to
W . D. C. D. C
ASHES, Put, xftfart, T. 120 0 ' o 0
, Pearl -155 0 0 0
Bread, Ship C - 7 , 9 c
Butter ,1b °l6 ° x 7
Brimstone, 3 ° 4?
Beef, common 11 0 13 9
;,% ^L ff.-*^ *4 0 %^
Beans, white I> U ° 1 5° 1 b °
Brandy, Spanish 41/; „ro: * 130 133
', Naples 4%r*.~ 12$ 130
Corn, Indian -- 10 1 lc
,Rre Xi^i^ 125
Caffiia 0 75 0
Cloves 2 0 2 16
Coffee. - 024 ,0 2,
^Cheefe, American — o'6 0
"Cotton, foreign farce -- 04° °45
, American — 03 2 ,33
Cordage, American C. 18 0 19 0
, Foreign, — 17 50 0
Qocolate t .comtiK>n ,0 20 % 0 2t
, befr&i&i -• 030 °34
Candles, mould — 020 022
, dipt 0 17 0
Coals, foreign Ch. 16 0 18 0
, American %,-- 0 0 0 °
Dock, Russia, if quid. Bt. 19° 20. U
, Ravens --4 o ° °
@,Merchants £• 5° °^
,W. India maik, -- 4 0 4
' Scale 3 0 ^ L 7
Salmon none B.'ii 0 0 °
Mackerel — ^5 0 .6 C
frlour, super. frefh — 12 7&03- ^
, fine .4 t 2 ,12 5 u
, middlings: — 10 o it 0
', country C. 6 0 /• 4^
Fuftick T. 45 0 © 0
Gun Powder sh 050 0 66
Geneva, Holland tffr G, 0 : ^
, American -- ° ,5. °Q
HOI M« -j#~rf^V # so ; fr q
iron, Pniiadeipnia T.^oO©
, Russia ^139 6 f 36 c
, Swedes .-- 13° ° 44° 0
Logwood T. 50 0 55 °
Lead, white, ghih bil C. 15 A ,16 0
, dry - 14 0 0 0
, red V' 850 b 0
, iheet - 0 * ^ 0
Lemons faf , bk. 13 0 <
Lumber, boards ctedr M. 17 0 0
, , merch. •- 10 9 logo
.Shingles -1 s°. *75
Mobiles G. 046 05°
Nutmegs , ' lb 6'go 7 0
Liver Oil B. 12 0 co
Pepper > 0 3* 0 34
Pork, belt pieces 28 0 b 0
, common -- 20 0 24 0
Peas bn. 1 59 1.75
Pimento ° ^5 ° 16
Pitch, force, 0. 6 6 • b 0
, Paper,' Sheathing C. 375 .4 5
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
X^fifafi# . ¥Bs 8 5°
Rum, Jamaica ' G. 117 125
, Windward 3d, r. —1 0 1 8
Rice C. 675 , , 0
RoK 5P 6 0
.Soap, white TO °'4 0 [ 6,
brown •- olp 0 0
Starch, Poland ft °l^ 0 3°
, American o I2| ory
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 18 54
, Effl-India, - J 3 0 0 0
, Vfen-India — II O s *4 0
; , Loaf ft °2B ; 0 29
Salt, St.' Übes H. 650 7 0.
, Turk's Island - , 0 7 9
.Liverpool — ^ • 55°
, Rock , - 666 7 6
Steel, German TO 0 0 19
, English - 016 01,9
Salt Petre, rough ^024 be
Shot 9 0 io c
Tar B. 45° 5 ,
Turpentine #f- : 4 O' 5 0
Tea, Hyfon 11° 147
, Souchong — 090
, Bohea n 036 37 ©
\ Tobacco, Jantes ver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgi# -- 60 0 0
Twine, sewing dui.^ 567 6 o
,fe 5, 5 50
Imines, Madeira 166 257
/^CT; Lisbon — ft # 20 1 %
Sherry,/^ — 142 15°
Malaga ft 26 0 27 0
Red Port ^^ A 57 © 0
pUtiral sffffllan$ ^
, REPUBLICANS #=?«*,+•?"" —.
"rfm^g all the arts and deceptions which the enemies f Repuhlicanifm have praßiJed, to delude their
left informed fellow citizens, none have been more Juccefful, though none more wicked, than that of
perjuadino them that Mr. Adams followed the J,fem, and imitated the nreaJures-adopted by Gen. Wash
ington. They knew that the adminiflration of PreJident Wa/hington was popular, because it was peace
ful, economical, andjimple. , They knew, that Mr. Adami' adminifratron was the very. reve'rJe. But by
blending them together, they hoped the tiame ofWashington, would aft as a Jhield to the conduit of Adams,
arid defend him from Jerutiny or cenjure. .Their hopes bate been too far realized. Many peffons who
loved Wajhingtog, and approved of his official conduct, have transferred their love and approbation to
Adams; and-mt measures ; merely because they were told hf Principles and plans were the jame. Let us,
,my fellora-crttta,•.* +.?%%ree,pp further tire ^^ , o ^fe &f tL fast adminift atim, on ,%-
''tount of their jimLavtty to thoje of Washington, enquire in wlottfmilarity confits? I have reflected not a
tittle on this Jubjeft, and I must confess, have not been able to discover theleaf resemblance between the
principles of Wajhmgtpn and Adams f and their condu& has been as different as their principles. Per
haps the flowing cumparifon, of rather contrafl, may aid us in deciding on this qutflion?
. 4+tfff+
Washington.,,.,, /
General Wethington, was the warm friend of the
French Revolution, arid the panegyrift of the
people who produced it. In his fpeect ito a re
presentative of that nation, in 1794, he nfed the
following language :—" My anxious recollec
tion, my fymputhetic feelings, and my,beft with
es, are irrefiftably excited, whenever, in any
country, I fee TO oppressed people unfurl the
banners of freedom. But, above al^ the events
of the French Revolution have prodded the
: deepett foljeitude as well as the highest appro
t^batiun. To call your nation brave, were to
^ pronounce but common prajfe. Wondrful peo
ple ! ages to came will read with aftonithment
the hittory of four brilliant exploits!"
Notwithftrnding Gen. Washington's predilection
for the French nation gid their cause, so great
was his love of peace, that he was determined
at fell events to preserve it ; and for this purpose
. iftued his proclamation of a perfect neutrality,
^17!,3> w hen the convolGons of Europe were ft
their height, and the intrigues of foreign agents
in this country rendered our filiation extfeme
ly precarious, Geiu-Waihington declared in an
adurefs to Congrefe; that the Militia, ought id
be considered as a the depository of the national
force,'and that it was equal “to every qtilita
ry exigency of the United States."
In Washington's farewell addrefe, he cautioned hi:
fucceflors agahill foreign alliances or enr Ues.
He fells us, “ Europe has a fefotyrimair ob
xjds,,which to us have none, or a very fempte
.ielafyp?' He asks," why mould we, by inter
weavihg our destiny with any part of Europe,
l entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of'
,l%urApißjxn ^iKW ^h^riraMhgk^iuterrf^^
r°or <:aptice?" and adtls, “Tet me slot be under
stood as patronizing infidelity to exiting en
gagements." “ So far as we have already fottil- 4
etl engagements, tet them be fulfilled with pefc
fett good faith— Here let us flop;”
At the ctofe df the Revolutionary war, ih ahfWer
to an address from some Iriffi Aliens in New-
York, after paying a handforhe, tho' just tribute
to the virtue and 'valor otthe Iriih people. Genl
gWaArington, fays Q <<r tlie bosom of America, is
open to receive,not ohly the opulent & refpe&-
ab!e Granger, but the oppreft and perfect fed of
all nations and religions ; whoin we (hall wefo
&6me to a participation of all our rights & pri
vileges, if by decency and propriety of condtift,
they than appear to merit the enJoym,e,t."=
Wappngtoh, waSas'good as his promise, ii^ e--
ver attempted ttrrepel unhappy foreigners from
bar foores by the imconflitutional Alien law6j
.or inhospitable bills of naturalization.,
Washington, alwaysfali'ited an investigation, of
bur official conduct, and challenged the severest
fefrtitiny. His intentions being pure, his conduct
Wi^mpright , and, conferous $f this he fought
- the light ; knowing; the better hifra&ions were
Underftobd; the greater teottidibe the approba
tion bestowed upon them by hi s fello ^citizens.
Washington teas celebrated for the eednomy, with
which hf adtainiftered goverpmentf requiring
only trifling dutlel on a fewOf the beceffarie*,
in addition to those levied on the Inxorieroflifei
Nothing was taken frfothe mouth of labor, by
land taxes or ftampa&s, frarmers&inechahicS .
purified their occupation with fcarcely l knowing
bow government was maintained—at least not
feeiingly. ' <
Walhiogton was an avowed enemy to Uinfly gov
ernment, and rejoiced at its overthrow in Ame#
rica and France. He was a warm friend of re#
publican governments, and conceived them thd
only ones by which the fafetv of a people coujd
be fecute, at the fame time their libel ties would
?6e freed from the feat ot invasion. Apd in his
farewel address, exhorts the people to preserve
their prefect form of government free trom in
fraction; as theft only pledge for happiness ahd
profperitv. r
Washington, during the whole tiffin he Was Prefix
deut, never bellowed an office upon any one of
his family ; the places in his gift were dispensed
its equally asrfopld well be, thro' life differfemt.
Gates, uninfluenced by political or religious dis-
tindionk ; ' c i
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The foregoing points of comparison or contrail, are but 4 few of the mod prominent. The fame
disagreement may be traced through almoU all the official atts and fentinreDtstof the two Presidents.--
In hit not a ,rait of that peaceful, economical,profetit and liberal policy which distinguished l"ead
miniflration of Washington, is difeoverable in that of Adami ; Which is remarkable only for profliga
cy, turbulence, corruption and oppression, ; ~, „ i.
r fLet not henceforth the allies of Washington be difturbed,fa covet the living guilt of Adams, Let
not his refpe&ed memory be loaded with a Shire of the reproach, which'has justly fallen on the char
a cler of his successor. The principles of the two were so different, their cpnd oft so directly ad yme,
that no one can praise one, without conveying a censure on the other. And those who applaud Ad
4ms, mdireftly condemn Washington. ? a A
On the other band, between rhe principles of W'afhirigtoh ahd bf Mr. feftrfoh, ffiemoft perfect":
feniblance exitls. And those who bellowed their approbation on the former, may with consistency
and propriety transier that approbation to the latter. You have seen by the foregoing :
well by other documents, what were the leading kraits of Washington's administration Ike follow
ing extrad from Jeftrfon's speech, will (hew you what are to be the governing principles of his fr
“ About to enter, fellpw-cizens, on the exetcifeof duties which comprehend every thing s dear arid
valuable to you,- it is proper font Should tinderftand what I deem the eflential principles of our gov
ernment, and confeqtaxi,,thofe which ought to Shape its administration ; I will compter them witiiih
lite r r
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2s, ißoi.
pfy+n-i—
--, , % r^DAMS. :
In 17§7, Mr. Adaity in answer to some of his auu
atory addresses, expresses his doubts whether
iberty was ever fe objeft of tte french revo
ation ; declares iq belief that'll would never
>e attained ; laments the downfall ofkiugly go-
Vernmept, and the explosion of popish idolatry
and fuperfiition ; ¥4 ts die mottunfeemly and
indecent execrations qn the French people and
their rulers, without , single exception ; and
echoes, with evident fens of complacency, the
language of the addressers, Gigmatizing tbe
French natron “ a band of robbers," "a board
of pirates," jacobins, cut-throats, &c—a lan
guage unbecoming any rational person, much
more so the sovereign magistrate of a civilized
people.•
Some of the drift official aRs of Mr. Adamh were
to facritice tbe neutral position taken by his Pre
decegbr, to commence b predatory warfare a
gainit the veffds and commerce of+France ; and
impiously to declare that the “ finger ofheaven
pointed to war ,
When Mr. Adams, became Prefdent, the Militia
were neglected and treated with the utmost
contempt ; and his whole reliance vas placed
upon an army of mercenaries, drawn from the
c:s nf society ; and who, p^ffetiing little pro
peixv, and left principle, c pre*et:er fitted to
br die tobh of an atyirifa Cromwell, than a
cJwaYk of deteuce to a free people.
ftp Adams, in his inauguration Ipeech, talks about
our ft formii^i weight in tbe Wlance of pov er
jo Europe, vSeh can never be lorguttenpor ne
fteMer.'' So far froth fulfilling ail out exiting
^gagemenrs ivith fafth, (agreeably to the pa -1
Irnal injunctions of Walbington,) out treaty 1
Ih France was annulled ; and equally far from
Lfy]f&&* to the other yrmtyfeitf F&gity 4
tSih/p here and forth no new engagements' ;
cm ba flies were projected tbalmoft every nation
, Europe, even to ConGantinople, where tfc
^holeamount of our commerce would not pay
,an ambaflador's outfit; of ~coo dollars,
bo hr from the bbfom of our country remaining
ofa to receive the opprelt and persecuted of all
famous; an alien law was enacted and ligned by
Mr. Adams, pt cing every foreigner who might
arrive oh our Stores at the difetetion ts the pre-„
fodent,who might banish him whenever he Should
think proper to fulpett him of being a suspicious
chara&r; And indeed of beQ'' welcomed to
a participation of all bur rights and privileges,"
they were, by a naturalization law, required to
live 14 years in America, before they would be
even entitled to a vote at a common election.#—
And every meafare was adopted to prevent for
eigners from coming here, which a narrow and
illiberal policy could foggefl.
To prevent the official conduce of Mr. Adams and
pis co-adjuTors from being invelligated, they
enabled a Seditibn law, by which every person
who presumed to difeufs or censure their atts,
Was fbbje&ed to fine and imprisonment. Thus
- tacitly cottfeffing, that theirs was the works of
darkuefs; and ihunedthe lights
' The adihinidration of Mr. Adams was profligate
ahd pedfnfeln the extreme; The ordinary in
comeffe fair ffot of Being fofficrerit,—lmmenfe
Turns wete railed at an immense interell, to dis
burse immediate requifaiogs ; ahd the people
. 'wereburthcned with a tax,on dwelling houses,
#Stands, and Ghves, a tax on the paper on which
'they wrote contrasts, an additional tax on salt,
&c. to prevent bankruptcy.
Adams declared the government by kings, lords,
arid commons; the perfettion of human ipyen
tion. He declared " Republicanism might be
tirade to mean any thiog/' He declared, "this
country would never be happy till tbe President
and Senate became hereditary; or for life? ' Ot
tourfe lie.was a decided enemy to out present
'republican institutions, and it is therefore lets
fc wonder that he fb often invaded and infringed
' Qhent, and contemned tbe authority of the peo
.pie recognized by them, j - r ?
Mr. Adams, in the bestowal of offices, provided
:firb for his relations and friends ; confined all
bis favors to his party in politics ; and in his ap
pointments were extremely partial to the Gates
of Massachusetts and ConaediCut#
[1 DOL. 50 CTS. ±£R 4NNIM
the narrow est compafi they will bear? Gating the
general principles, but hot ail its limitations.
" Equal and exalt ju|ice to all men, of what
ever date or„perfuafioD | religions or politicals
peace, commerce, and honest trifidlhip with ail
nations, —entangling alliances with Bonfsthe Sup
port of the Gate goverrfoeuts, in all their rights,
as the mod competent pininif/rations for our do#
meftic concerns, and he sorest bulwark against
anti-republican tendencies—the prefervaiion of
the general gov<fmneht in its whole constitutional
vigor, as the fhtetanchor of our peace at home
and fafety abtt/' — d jealous care of Me riahi of
ek&au.by tte,^,^ftriH^rify^^
of abuses, whi^h are le ped by the Iwbtd of revo
lution, where peaceable remedies are unprovided,
atifolute acquiescence iff the uetifwDs of the ma
jority, vbe vibl principles of republics, front
which is no appeal but to force, the vital princi
ple and immediate parent of defpotim= a well'
disciplined militia, our belt reliance in peace, ahd
for the lirft mbnfeots of war £ till regulars may
relieve them—the fnpremacy of the civil over the
military authority-^ecoiromy in the public ex
pense, that labor ma, be lightly burthened=the
lioneG payment of orir debts, and sacred preserva
tion of the public faille-encouragement of agri
culture, and of commerce as its handmaidsthe
ditfufion of information, satl arraignmety of all
abuses. at the bar of public rfafon-i-freedom of re
ligion—freedoto of the prefg apd freedom of per
son, under the ^roteßion of the Habeas Corpora
and trial by juries, impartially feledted."
From the character Mr; fefferfoh has always
fultained, we save no reafonto dqub r that the a
bove fentimen^ were the legitimate offspring of
his heart ; and that he will fottly adhere to the
principles here announced as those which “ Shall
flrape his admimllration."^-jifelge, then % for your
selves, whether he is worthy bf your support, of
deferring of your confidence ?—And, whether
thole who calumniate and abtif ehim, and condemn
or misrepresent hi s meafurel are actuated by
good natives ; or whether treir hearts are not
drfpara^ty wicked, and the pctyn of adders under
their lips.
f Shall now leave you fetioufly to reflect on the
brief flateritebt 1 have made / and your candor,
love of truth, and good intention, will, 1 doubt
not, guide your judgment to 2 just conclusion.
[. %7. True American.
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it is not surprising tbs/weTce such lengthy fae
les in forne of our cities. That the deluded and de*
| graded &"' Should prhve to be a majority, nattr
ra " an £fe rs f" "!* extension. For the difficult
iugri' a band of re nftorv repair
ra„nrc' tines c: the & ZCT„, are greatiy In*
created ; and very treat doubts are entertained,
whether this totild be effeaed, ahho' the United
military talents bf a Commander in Chief, 4 Ma
jor-Generals, rt (Brigadiers, and a hofiof Colo
nels and Majors, r wefe employed for this purpoJe,
It is to be obferld, the Jeered honor of thete gem
tiemen is pledged upon this occasion, and we can
not tell how forin Buonaparte will make his ap
pearance; As ty of the aids of the cominandef
in ch ; ef is now disencumbered of the duties of a
civil office, it might be serviceable to employ hint
in difeiplining the “ band of heroes, who are to
perform this uundeflul exploit, which will re
dound id much to the glory of our. c<nintry, and
eternally ellablilh its celebrity tor fler^ jufiice.
Long visages vyere introduced by Mr. Adams,
in Feb; last, fife Which time this fafhion has been
very generally followed by the felt fliled ,rie^
of Order.-=Ho«ever ^it was an easy thing for them
to conform to this fafhion, as a finite , hath rarely
been observed bn their countenances since the Ed
itor of the Aurora got hold of some of the books
in the Treasury department; ahho' their counte
nances cleared up a little when they heard of the
burning of the books and papers of the War De
partment, and the partial conflagration of Q^“
Treasury Department. But after the appoifl.
ment of the present Secretary of the Treaftiry.
countenances formed after the model of those
who enter the cave of Trephonus, again came in
fafhion, and the gloom at present increases. l[ ! e
2d Tuefhay in Ott. is fall approaching, and there
i, no doubt but we fh&ll have a republican legifla
tnre ; and whether they will fay, Veil done good
and faithful Jertant, to all the officers of the state»
whose time will expire at their next annual meet
ing, is matter of great uncertainly, the fete de
luded and degraded have firong memories ; and
altho' with them forgivenefs is a cardinal virtue,
yet as Mr. Adami laid in the case of Col. Lyon,
“Repentance ought to precede For^enefc" if
they Should be a dilated by the some (pint which
governed the preceding k^iflature, several of the
gentlemen how in office, hold by a Very pfecari
rotis tenure ; for, aS was observed by a member
from one of the southern bounties, in jtifWficatiod
of the appointments m^ e by the legislature jag
yearulfyfauld toe put artartn the hands , of our
enemies ? And it may with truth he asserted, that
if the Fedetailfta hid succeeded in their ambitious
schemes, the republicans would have been treated
ros beings unworthy to breathe the feme air with
the hungry ariilocrais, oho ipQ long have dom'i
, neered over thd citizens of this Gate, and have at
tempted to fonjugare them to asdompl^te a def
putifm as ever was exercised by the Emperor of
the Ottomans =Tlie Republicans tfere not only
to be excluded iron/ holding offire3 Under govern
ment, but were ffyided with the epithets deluded
and degraded, threatened tb be dragged from there
fimihes ; apd so comply the Catadtophe, here
to be conveyed to an inching foe!
I &fystfflste mfr coyntrymtri ppoh thrir efa^e from fcm
tanny of men with whom a tety&tffi is a feather, and Lawsa
@wdu Ann let it be mmem„red, tfchelto intolerant QB
fit which piadtced the famofonddM frefa fortre tfife militia
officers of New ferfey to Me. Athens, and Ms teffiatkable reply,
Mil aftfae ffi€fcadm of tfe federal party. Theif me at be
ing defeated, knows no bom&; apd we may rest assured, thaf
the moment tie, can ferae Wr reins of government, Mei wM
tafys, in the language of ^ young Fdfinfiffloftmentioned In
the fcriptu res : "Xburyfehath been broken, but we will add
t& rare yqke—you have been duftiftd with whips, bat ft #|tt
chafUfe you with fcorpio^ [!)■ America J