Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-01-26 00:00:00, page 3

On the goth day of December, the left but
one of the session, an a^t polled the legdla
lure for raidng a tax of twenty-seven thousand
dollars. Had this tax been laid for ordinary
State purposes, why was a quedi>n of so
much importance delaved to be acted on at
the very heel of the fi Bion ? But the exigen
cies of the ftate' did not require it ; if any
one has a doubt on this head he is requeued
to examine the report of the committee on
the Treasurer's accounts, a s published in the
journals of the June session ; and if he plcafes,
the Treasurer's Statement at the fill feflion.
But the plans' of the aristocratic fadion were
not. yet completed.
The tax being granted it remained only
to make the necefiary appropriation, and an
obj'eft so important as this did not rest long
tinaccomplifhed. That the riihlic may
judge which branch of the legifl Pure is molt
deserving of 'heir just tenfute and disappro
bation, we (hall here give a particular ac
count of the ver\ extraordinary manner in
which this 'unprecedented measure was con
duae'd.
At the fame time a fire was fochd kindling in a
filled adjoining to Mr. Samuel Harris' houfe,a
^ew rods from the workshop which was burned,
^n this !att intlance design was evident.
On the fame night an attempt was made to fe
like to a wooden building at the fouth rod of the
town.
, Just as this paper was going to press, (12
clqck, hit night) a third fire broke ott, inihe
3arge workshop belonging to Metirs Webber and
^ a ge? fbipwn^nts, in Oliver's Dock; which en
tirely coufumed the fame. Some luuil buildings
"were pulled down, to prevent the fpreadiug of
the flames.
A fufpefted pet son has been apprehended and is
^ow in prison.
JAN. 23.
A second attempt was made last evening be
tween the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock, to set fire to
the haufe occupied by Mr. Jufeph Harris, in Bait
fry, M rch-flreet ; il was difeovered and exiin
gd'fhed, withece doing any material damage.
ebferving the ready and general compUatce of
tie citizens with the advice and fuggeitums given
y-toe hrewafUs in their late addrefi to the pub
prejudice favorable to their cauU, mnft in
evitablv be deteßed'and excite the just in
dignation and refentrnent 0+ those wn,, hid
been deceived by their artifice ; the Junto,
who as yet had not been at a loss for expe
dients, set on foot a plan to make permanent
the advantages they had futreptitioufly ob
tained.
“ In Senate. Dec. 30, 1799.
Vertex, That Mr. Whitcomb and Mr. Hartwell
be a committee on the part of the Senate, to join
fitch of the house of Representatives as they may
appoint to talceinto cordideratiou the expediency
of appropriating part of the money now in the
treasury to add to the dock owned by the date in'
the Nev Hampshire Bank, which appropriation
to be made upon this ex press condition, that the
slate shall at any time : ave liberty to withdraw
the fme n part or the whole a their election —
which vote was read and concurred, and Mr.
Connor, Mr. Abbot, Mr. John Smith, Mr. Palmer,
and Mr. Dufmore appointed."
The committee thus appointed, reported in the
following words, viz. " That the fate take twenty
fourJhares in the batik at the preJent value andthat
the treasurer be directed to nepociate the bufae/s,"
which report, was accepted. 63 years. 56 nays.
The members of the House knowing the reflric
tion under which the committee was appointed
and not aware of the intended deception haltil)
accepted the report (though by a (mail majority)
and sent up the fame to the Senate, where it was
eagerly concurred, unqualified as it was, and in
direct contravention ot the express condition in
their vote when the affair originated. The hn
potition was within a few minutes difeovered in
the house, but too late ; for on enquiry it was
found concurred by the Senate! As it was now
evening nothing further was done until the next
morning, when the following vote palled in the
House—" Voted, that the treasurer be, and he here
by is directed not to perrhafe the twenty-four
shares in the New Hampshire Bank, in consequence
of the vote of yeflerday, iinlefs it he done on the
express condition that the date drill at any time
have the liberty to withdraw the fame, in part or
the whole, at their election." The foregoing vote
was sent up to the Senate for their concurrence—
who gave immediate information to the house
that they had nun-concurred. Under these cir
cumstances, can any one believe that the condition
was introduced into their original vote from any
other motive than the better to secure the con
currence ot the house ? Thus ended a session ofthe
General Court inglorious in the annals of New-
Hampfliire, and which will one day bring into
merited contempt the principal actors in the dif
graceful scene.
At the session of the General Court in June, 1800,
the Stockholders of the N. H. Union Bank, again
petitioned tor an aft of incororation, whicli was
again refuted—tailing in this they then petitioned
that the operation o' the reflr^ining acf on them,
fright be fufpeuded until b'e next session of the
^^n! Court, that the public might have further
THE fuppreflian of the.N. 11. Union
Bank being thus accomplished, further mea
sures were thought necessary to lecAre tothe
New-Hamplh re Bank the exchdlve prod
leges which were intended by it. Confcican
that the means bv which it had been rs-&
ed could not stand the ted of cool investiga
tion ; that those misrepresentations and fa 1 !
hoods which had occasioned a temporal)
On the fame day on which the Senate
concurred the a£l tor raffing the state tax,
the fallowing vote came down to the home
for concurrence :
" H XNTUNiENMS, .
To his Fellow-Citizens.
Continued from on? inf.
For the REPUBLIC AN LEDGER.
proof of its utility; and that those indebted to it
might have the benefit of the productive feafoo of
the year for difebarging their obligations ; a com
mittee from the iioufe was appointed on this peti
tion, Uhich, notwithflanding the reafonablenef of
the req Celt, \% as in a very pointed manner, retuft d
to be joined by the Senate. At the fall fefßon ot
the Lime year the IfoCK holders of the fupprefled
bank petitioned again for relief, and their petition
was again treated with decency on the part of the
house who granted a committee thereon, as they
before had done, which the Senate, with their
wonted hauteur again retpfed to join—The yeas
and nays on this question in the Senate, were as
follows :
For non -concurring, Mr. Shepard, Mr. Fogg,
Mr. Hale, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Orr, Mr. Hartwell,
Mil Mooney.
Against non-concurring, Mr. Leavitt, Mr. M'^
Clary, Mr. Flanders, Mr. Whitcomb.
At tiie Lilt session of the Legiflarure, the flock
holders of the late N. H. Union Bank, relying on
thejullice ol their cause, and o'll the favorable ef
it/t v,lpch a more general knowledge of the per
fccutipms and abides which had been exercised to
.vards them would produce, once more spread be
fore their political fathers the grievances they had
fullamed and once more petitioned for relief. The
flockbolders of the New-Hampshire Bank were
again admitted to oppose the petitioner*, and be
fore a large and respectable comniittee, attempt
ed though with somewhat lets arrogance than on
ormer occasions, to shew that the inferefts of the
irate required that the exclusive right of carrying
on the banking bufiuefs in this date, should conti
nue in their hands, &c. &c. The committee.
huwe 1 er, were almoff unanimous in reporting in
favor of an att of intorpontion^-which report
was accepted by the houfe—B4 yeas, 60 nays, and
negatived by the Senate.
The record on the journals of the Senate (lands
thus.
From certain observations which had fallen from
force of the Senate who appeared let's hardened in
tarir opposition, it was apprehended, that an aft
extending no farther than to exempt the Stock
holders of the N. H. Union Bank from the opera
tion of the retraining alt, would meet their con
currence : a bill therefore for that purpose was
introduced and passed jn the House by a very,
large majority, this was also negatived by the
Senate, the fame persons voting againtt it ason
the former quellion.
H win, briefly exhibited to public view t h e
more prominent traits in the opposition to the!
New-Hampfliire Union Bank, find! take the liber
ty to mike (be following deductions : Viz. That
rhe act for retraining unincorporated banking ,f.
soc iations, is ariflocratic in its nature reirofpec-j
tive, injurious, oppressive, unjust and unconftitb
tional. It is ariflocratic because it is calculated to
give undue advantage for obtaining wealth and
power to the few, and by preventing all compe
tition, enabling them to render the many tributa
ry to their wills. It is retrofpedtive because it
declares an inflitution to be unlawful againll
which there was no law. It is injurious, oppref
live andunj off, because it is retrofpe&ive. The
Confutation expressly declaring that " retrospec
tive laws are highly injurious, oppressive and un
just," and because it forcibly wrests from its right
ini owners a very -valuable property, for which
they have no compensation. It is unconditutional
not only for the reasons already given, but as be
ing opposed to the very letter of the Federal Con
flitution, which fays," No State shall pass any ex
pofl faCto law, or law impairing the obligation of
contrasts." It is opposed to this article in mak
ing every Stockholder of the N. H." Union Bank
individually accountable for pbe payment in any
part of the State, of any note issued from that
Bank, although promising payment at the Bank
only, and this without making it necessary that
the holder should firft make his demand there, and
fitrely no one can fay that the promise on a note
is not a contrast between the promiffbr and the
lawful holder. The law in quellion is not only
objectionable in the points already dated, but also
highly impolitic and opposed to the public good—
this truth has been so fenhbly and generally real
ifed, that any theoretical proof may be thought
unnecessary it will however, ifleifure permit, be
attended to hereafter. I have alicadv mentioned
the railing a State Tax and appropriating the
public monies for purposes of pecuniary (pecula
tions, and for supporting a party, this is an inter
elling subject and shall not pass unnoticed.
Clje Republican Ledger.
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Portsmouth, January 26, 1802.
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COMMUNICATION.
Citizens of New- Hampshire,
IT is the paramount duty ot every sincere friend
to his country at this moment to tuotcribe that
portion of his leisure, and ability he can possibly
(pare, to invite the attention ot those who will on
ly (pare time to consider, and to weigh the im
portant topics that present themselves to every
man's feelings who really feels a solicitude for
himfell, bis country, his cleared connections, and
uollerity.—lf ever there was a periodic the Amer
ican Hittory tince the year 1775, and 1776, to call
forth all the energies, and tirumefs of a tree peo
ple determined to be and to continue free, this, the
year 1802, is emphatically the chine of eltablifh
ing and confirming that sacred liberty, and these
darling sacred privileges for which our ancestors
shed their blood to thro.v off the yoke ot Britifli
thraldom,and slavery ; and which were Retired
to us by a Conhitution unrivallefl as it is novel in
the hiltory of the nations of the earth ; or this
will be the fatal, and inglorious year when we mud
succumb to an influence the molt dangerous, that
has been encrealing in this State till the late an
fpicious happy change in our National councils ;
that would have proflrated at the loot of Brililh
influence and sordid views of a few artful detign
ing men in -his State,and tories, or federalists, who
are beyond all controversy, in every view they
can beexhibited, bound, devoted, and indeed in
one or, two inttances directly connected, so as to
m ke it their object to paralife, and difeoncert the
efforts and Itruggles of a people,uaflwcktingthem
'On motion that the fuote*of the house be non
concurred—The yeas and nays were required and
we + e as fellows :
Yeas Mr. Shepard, Mr. Fogg, Mr. Betton, Mr.
Or; M:. Tav lor, Mr. H irtwcll, Mr. Ruflell.
A^r, Mr. Goddard, ;Mr. M'Duffee, Mr. Flan
ders, Mi. Whitcomb, M r < M : Clary.
7 teas, 5 nays—the vote was therefore non-con
curred."
To be continued.
feives, and hitherto foccefsfully from the chains 1
attempted to be forged for them in ;be.late sys-1
tern of terror.
One would think it flrange that the enlighten- 1
rd citizens of this flare should 'need any incitement
to consider how much ellemial service they can
render /heir country, and this fate in particular,
"I.''" P' e /ent eventful cribs, that by adverting to
a few plain facts, with the help of common sense
carries with it all the conviction an Monett man
and true republican can desire. In the firfl plac^,
" a °y uia xim more found in politics, or the
political economy of a nation, than that 66 that
Administration is belt which is cheeped" that
takes left out of the pocket of the farmer, and
the laborer, who are the props of a nation, to
wards the fecurlty of the remainder of his agri
culture and labor :—and yet is it not wonderful,
that this is objected to by the tories or federalifls
as a ground ol objection to the prefen President &
his administration ?—it seems as if it were only
neceflary to be Hated to carry its own refutation.
1 he next topic is the necessity of being united ;
that is the cardinal point ofAmerican felicity and
prosperity ; loose light of this union, and Ameri
ca is a rope offend in the hands of the English, the
French, or the- Spanish, alternately. What fay
the tories in this State—" disunite" —their con
dud fays it ; indeed they (peak it in plainer lan
guage—keep the dates disunited, we partially car
ry our object, that is diJunieu and its confeqnenc
cs—namely, faction, revolt, (edition, the horrors
of revolution—all the plans of their own accursed
jacobinifm, and thereby pave the way for foreign
nations to flep in by corruption and intrigue to
compleat their traitorous views.
I of 500 ; I of 300; 3 of 200 ; TEN of 100; 1,
of 50 ; 49 ot 20 ; betides a multitude of Smaller
prizes.— Who can withstand such temptations as
are here held out, when they can put themselves in
fortune's way for 6/9,
Cot. JOHN J ANG DO N,
for our COVERNOR,
as the most proper perlon to effectuate that object.
A fellow Citizen,
fan. 25, 1801.
Davis' Marine Lift.
fan. 15 Arrived flip Nancies, Moore, Antigua.
18 do Schr. Fann:, Smith, Montjeraf.
. 22failed brig Rising fun, Noble, WeJiindies,
do brig Hitty, Parrot, do
do ship Magnet, Kennard, Grenada.
Boflon,fan. 20.
Arrived, (hip Rennion, Redman, Liverpool, Sch. John £s°
Wiliam, Harper, Lisbon, markets very dull. Ship Eliza, Jackson,
Madrafs; brig Brittol, Prior, Cape Francois.
Jnn. 21. — Arr'd, brir Rose, Gilpatrick, Martinique, 28 days ;
Left the Betfv, Lemont, of Bath, for Savanna in 5 days ; Betsy,
Mason, Biddeford, 8; Mary Caroline, Portland, 7; Caroline,
Bowles, of Portsmouth ; and Mary, Freeman, of Biddeford,
had failed for a market.
Same day, £ch. Mary, Fallings, Berbice, 45 days; Ltft, the
Henry, Jones, of Bath, cargo unfold.
Same day, Ships Patty, Bartlett, Laguira, cotton, sugar—Mer
ry Quaker, Cazneau, Batavia, sugar, c fee —ichs. Friendship,Gage
Dernarara, molaffes —Juno, Hall, Amsterdam, gin, iron. —Susan,
Whitton, Demartra,jhger, coffee,
Mr. Suiter's CONCERT
wilt be repeated THIS EVENING, at the Afem- 1
bly Room, where the friendly and humane are
incited to attend —7 ickets at IJ6 for grown
persons, qd children, at the AfembyKoom.
—■tm^^^^^rv^Bt^SQQ^b LUf-’'. ^ '-"-~■-^^«^^J^ l>, |
Warranted Undrawn !
Whole tickets 4 Dollars, and Quarters 6fy.
The lafl Chance !
A Few Tickets and Quarters in the 8 h. Clafs l
of Amolkeag Canal Lottery, now drawing,may 1
be had at C. Peirce's Bookdore.'There is now in I
the wheel, one prize of 2000 Dollars; 2 ot 1000 ; 1
What fays the Republican ? Do we now lejs ab
hor (landing armies, funded debts, increasing tax
es, increasing courts, and increasing Judges, than
1775 ?—Certainly not.—Are the principles of
kepublic^nifm the fame now that they were then ?
-—Point out the difference. Is the confbtution ot'B9
the fame ?—Unquestionably. To support, to con
solidate, to confirm, and perpetuate, this union so
indifpeh fable, let us look to the choice of fuel)
men in the ensuing election, as can ensure us the
certainty of promoting this object —let us look to
men who - have the confidence of the date—-look
at their political character and fitnefs to fill im
portant Nations, and in particular, the Governor
of the slate ; and let any plain considerate person
Jud?e whether the present candidate Col. JOHN
LANGDON, dots not appear to be the fit person
to promise the date of New Hampshire that they
Ihall not be governed by a Junto, or the instru
ments of a Junto in Portsmouth, in Exeter, or
elsewhere in the state ; —that they will (how the
filter slates they will not be the lalt in contribut
ing to that union of sentiment that should char
afterife 4 free people in a free republic. Was he
the fame Republican m 1775 that he is in 1802 ?
Has he not by an undeviating consistency in his
politics, uniformly (hulied the good of this state,
and of his country ? Can the breath of calumny
impeach his character as a merchant ? Is there a
man in the date more conciliatory in his manners
to compose the jarrings of faction that rages in the
town of Portsmouth, and so much influence in ti©
politics of the date. He is too well known to his
personal friends to m^ke the event doubtful. It
is only neceflary that his fellow citizens in the
Hate should know the republican qualities of this
long tried, faithful citizen, and servant of the
public, to make his election certain.
I cannot close this exhortation to my fellow
citizens without entreating them to turn jheir at
tention to what has recently, and is now palling
upon the theatre of the world, and particularly in
our own country —they will fee, in their public
prints, that Mr. Fox, in England the champion of
public liberty, speaks of the abdication of James
the lid, and the election of his fncceffor, “ of
cashiering one monarch, and putting in another"
as the molt glorious epoch of Enlifh liberty—ls
filch be the feotiments, so plainly delivered, in
what he c-Js, and what England certainly is, an
unlimited monarchy, is it too much for us to con
gratulate otirfelves, that we the People, by our,
fuffrages and pure election, have put out the
<' Terrorift' 'and put in a Jetferfon ?
In short, you are only to be nm/edamong your
selves, and oppose the vile a&s of these induflri
oils Tories—you have had one Governor for
seven years, under the old system—Let the citi
zens ot New-Hampfliire judge for themselves
whether it is not high time to try a New Man'
For their GOVERNOR, who will afford' 11s the
hopes of our being united in sentiment with our
filler slates—and whether an attentive coufidera
tion will not point out such a Man as
FOR SALE BY
WILLIAM TREDICK,
At his Store on Capt Drisco's Wharf.
-1000 bush els of excellent Rock
Salt, 20 hhds. Antigua 3d proof
Rum, and a few pipes of Madeira
Wine.—
lALSO
Wants to purchase 20 or 30 thous
and white oak hhd. and barrel
Staves. Enquire as above
January, 25, ißca,
. -Whereas the fubferiber has
I taken a (land on the wharf belonging to
I Capt. Luke M. Leighton, at the South end
I of the town : This is therefore to inform
I the Public that he proposes to carry on the
Carpenter's Business,
I in is various branches---Such as making of
I Screws, Sleds, Sleighs, Cyder Mill work,
Seamen's Chests, Fith boxes, Truck wheels,?
I cart and waggon ditto. He solicits the pat-
I ronage of a generous Public, and the small-
Icit favor will be gratefully acknowledged by
Asa Shiw.
N. B. The fubferiber would recommend
I to such persons as with to have cyder nuts
I and screws for use next fall, to have them
I fealoned in fair water this winter.
January 18, 1802.
Whereas Hannah Stoodly,
the wife of me the fubferiber, has behaved
.-berfelf in an improper and unbecoming man
ner, this is to warn all persons from trusting
heron my account as 1 shall pay no debts
of her contraaing.
JOSEPH STOODLY,
-Portsmouth, fan. 20, ißoe.
AUCTIONS.
The Sales at Auction,
Which commenced on Saturday the 23d infl. at
, "the fußim-OffiGe of..''
ALEXANDER EWEN,
la Market-fii^et, PortJmouth,
Will becontinued from time to time till the whol e
are fold, viz.
18 Packages of Merchandize,
Confiding of
Snpeifine, fine and low pric'd Bread Cloths,
Coatings, Duffils, Rose Blankets, Swan
downs, Velvets, Caffimeres, Plains, Linens,
Brittannas, Ribbons, Flannels, Baizes, Hats,
&c,—The above articles will be fold for
cash only.,
N. B. He has at private file a few chests
Bohea & Hyfon TEA.
Portsmouth, fan. 25, 1 802.
A LFoman, who can be recommended, would
be glad of a place in a ft null family. Enquire
of the Printers.
Great Bargains /
By Auction and without reserve,
On Tuefday the 2d day of February, 1802,
Confining of
Fearnaughts, Coatings, Caffi
meres, Baizes, Flannels, Hats,
Worsted Hose, &c.
For cash only.
Abraham Isaac, AuEfr.
FOR SALE,
HA valuable FARM
situate W.S. W. 3 miles
from SACO Bridge (in
the Province of Maine,)
containing 153 acres ot Land wi+b a house
and bain thereon, yields 150 Bushels corn
and grain, 35 Tens good bay, and contains
fufficient pasture for 25 head of cattle.—
May be purchased for 2000 dollars Calh, or
Notes with good fecurity—for further par
ticulars enquire ot JOHN I ARBOX on
the premises.
Saco, Jan. 24, 1802.
UPHAM and GARLAND,
Continue to give cash for Barley.
TO LET,
Half of a convenient
Dwelling Hcufe,
111 Bill ° '" e centre °' '^e town °
rara^^^^J Enquire of the Printers.
At the Store of
ABRAHAM ISAAC,
A variety of
ENGLISH GOODS,