Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-06-25 00:00:00, page 1

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President JEFFERSON,
in bis re,l, to am address from fed, inhabitants of
NRDbur, Towfop, P"x/,lwania,jnjJ,
" ASSURANCES of attachment and fopport,
from any description of my fellow citizens, are ac
cepted with thankfulnefs and fttisfaaion. I will
elk that attachment and fopport no longer than
1 endeavour to deserve them by a faithful admin
istration of their affairs in the true spirit of the
constitution, and according to laws framed in
consonance with that. The sentiments expressed
on my undertaking the important charge confid
ed to me, were exprefed in the fincerjiy of my
heart ; and after the security and freedom of our
common country, no objed lies so near my heart
as to heal the wounded confidence of society, and
fee men and fellow citizens in affedionate union
with one another. _ I join therefore with the in
habitants of Newbury township, who have been
pleated to address me through you, in earnest de
sires that a spirit of benevolence: and mutual tol
eration may soothe the great family of mankind
once more into order and peace ''*
O The Republican Gazette,
VERSUS
The Opposer, of the present Adminifl ration
OF THE ,
' American Government,
p A certain Federal paper, after taking the
above extrad, subjoins the following fquib-wifo
editorial remarks, and declamatory queries :
[* Reader, pray look over this paragraph again
and fee what it means. "No objea," fays Mr.
Jefferfon, " lies so near no, heart,at in heal the wound
ed rofdrace of Society, andjee men and fellow citizens
in afaionate union with one another." Good God !
what a profanation of language Look M.Mr.
Jefferfon's administration thus far, and then fay
what has he done to heal the wounded confidence of
(ociet,, and to restore our fellow citizens to an af
feaionate union ,] CT The Republican
Gazette efts, Is not this daubing with untemper
ed mortar ?— — And adds, that
Mr. Jtfferfon's administration thus far, is con
sonant to the true spirit of the constitution ; we
have his assurance to this effed, and we harbour
no doubt that Mr. Jefferfon is as likely to speak
truth and understand the constitution, or even
the uft of language, as well as the wije and age ma
tured New England sage editors of 25 ! We be
lieve this quite probable at Jeaft, because Mr. Jef
ferfon took an adive part in fanning the Revolu
tion, and wrote with bit own band the Declaration
of American Independence, before feme of these
wife editors (his •calumniators) were even form
ed io embryo, and while others of them were yet in
their leading-firings! Further—
Mr. Jefferfon has thus far, bestowed his ,p
--pointments generally upon the War-worn Veterans
of '75 ! Even to the exclusion from office of ma
ny of those worth, gentlemen, who were deserv
edly distinguished from the rest of their country
men, during the struggle for Liberty, by the ben
arable appellation of—TORY!
This will tend not only to soothe and "heal the
wounded confidence" of the Republicans of Society,
who endured the hardships, tolls, and perils, of a
seven years contest ; who facrificed their proper
ty and health, and rifted their lives, to secure to
themselves and their posterity the blessings of a
rational freedom—.but it will also heal the wound
ed honor of the country, and wipe from the A
merican charaaer the fair, which had been cast
on it, by dignifying with offices of honor and pro
fit, under a Republican government, men who
pppofed, with all their intriguing powers, the
Revolution which led to the eftablilhmeot of this
government.
Mr. J fferfon is a Philosopher, a Philanthro
pist; a Republican, a Friend to mankind— He
participated with those immortal patriot-heroes,
who atchieved the Liberty of our country —4
He is Confiitutionally our Chief Magistrate
and how could he, confcicnfcieufly, beftoW the
honors of our government on those to whom no
honor was or is due?
We cannot exped Mr. Jefferfon to perform
miracles—the day of miracles is past—but it must
again return, before the winded cerfidence of the
REPUBLICAN GAZETTE.
CONCORD, ffi^^tt, THU RSD AY, June 25, 1801—VOL; 1.—21.
LIBERTY AND THE CONSTITUTION.
Enemies of Liberty can be healed, by Republi
cans condescending to immolate the Fair Goddess
on the altar of Aristocracy.
Immediately under the preceding federal ex
trad, we observe " St. Peter's Description of Ja
cobins ;" which so exaaly describes the Jacobin-
Federahfl s of the present time, that we cannot de
ny ourselves the pleasure of presenting it to our
readers : It follows ;
St. Peter's Description of Federal jacobins.
; " Presumptuous they are—felf willed'
—[No men more , than the driflocrats and tories] —
« not afraid to (peak evil of dignities"—
No men can maniftfl mere courage in this particular—
" they speak evil ts things they do not.
underftand--[w leave the reader to judge of this
from the preceding exclamation of " Good God! wbat
a profanation of language !" %=] " and they
shall .utterly perish in their own corrupt
tion, and receive the reward of unright
eoufnefs"—{7%is, the, own, the, are res
ceiving—Mr. Jefferfon will pa, them] —
^ Spots they are, and blemishes, [the,
have been,] sporting themselves with their
own dec^ivings, beguiling unstable fouls
Beak great swelling words of
The next fenten^e so accuratel,
e fafe-hearted FederaliJls, we
^&fetying Particular!? to " '
«fr"°te!^^ i"° m " e "'"^ "^
themfelsg^^ servants of corruption !'
—[ Thetoe " reign of terror," gives am:
ple proof of this.,
BRITISH MODERATION.
[Let the American Spou/rr/at Mr. Jefferson,
read the following, and lm&moderation from
their British masters, whale no great love
for American Liberty ,flre nevertheless
just enough to speak the truth on this point, J
Free, a London paper.
FROM the Americarftyers which we
have received down/to We date of the
9th of March, we have given a corre&
copy of the Speech of Mr. Jefferfon on
entering his new office, which we have
no doubt will be considered as extreme^
ly interesting. Notwithstanding what
violent partizans have said, and still con
tinue to fay, refpeaingthe anti-^lican
politics of this gentleman,
nothing in his speech (ini
he declares his political era
ifefts an attachment to and
an nation more than anoqtyipro
guage it breathes is pureflmer[can,
and, so far as language may be a crite:
ripn by which to judge of a man's char:
after, it bespeaks the new president as
attracted by no external systems of gov
ernment, no foreign influence, but act
ing solely from the impulse of a mind
fully fatisfied in the enjoyment of a great
national good, and deeply apprehensive
of the confeouences likely to result from
any experimental change.
Such is the medium through which
we contemplate the present executive
head of the American government ; if
it gives a falfe tih&re*fo ite obje&,
our ofrgans;have been deceived, profef
fion is nothing, and Mr. Jefferfon is a
hypocrite.
„• From this kt the Offifers of Mr.
J.'s adminijlration learn moderation.
PROPER NAMES.
IF we must have names for parties in
the state, itcertainly will be very ufeful
to recur to such nimes as make things
diftinft in the public mind. What is a
Federalist ? Every man is one- who
submits to the government of the Union,
by whomsoever adminifterd, or by
whatever Laws. What is a Jacobin ?
An associator against the government
whatever it may be, if it be establish
ed. Where are such associations? How
can such names represent the state of
parties in America QThe great question
in America is, ShalLthe administration
of Government embrace by all possible
means; the equal liberty of the people,
agreeably to the sense of the revolution ?
or shall it contribute to any eftablifo
ment more nearly resembling the gov:
ernments in Europe ? Shall it give to
the administration, the greatest possi
ble, or the least possible, power? In
short, shall the will of people be ex:
pressed, or of the administration ? Our
old terms were, Whig and Tory. The
friends of English Liberty were Whigs.
We adopted their name. A man
who held all the liberty he could claim
from equal laws, Was a Whig in Amer#
ica. The man opposed to him renounce
ed the claim.- A Whig in our times,
is a man, who opposes all public debts,
all public obligations, all national infti^
tutes, which interfere with the 'irnmedi:
ate attention to the national happiness,
who requires the full encouraegment
of private virtue, and the best liberty
of conscience and equal law.=He may
be a Whig in all the degrees of his
knowledge, but he is a Whig in foul
when he loves the law only for the
greatest good, and yields it up, whenev#
er it becomes partial or oppressive. He
is a Whig in politics while he retains
the law under the will of the people,
and he prefers a republican form of
government, because he then can upon
no condition be supposed to fell his
right in the government." . [Regijkr.
of the English ministerial prints,
■fakes to vindicate the Britifli
Ker from the reproach of private
and byway of set off, urges
t^^ropofition made in the French
Convention for instituting a corps of
tyrannicides. It is rather unfortunate
for the British chara&er that it should
be defended by the arguments which
would be employed to prove the superio
rity of its adversaries- It is true that
Jean de Brie did in the National Con
vention propose the institution of a corps
of 1200 men, who should engage to de
stroy tyrants alone ; whether this was,
or was not a more atrocious proportion,
more or less sanguinary, more or less
confident with the Christian spirit, than
the common mode of warfare, wherein
the innocent alone are murdered, we
shall nqt pow enquire ; but certainly
the faft is that the project was not. adopt
ed; no such corps w^as instituted We
shall not infiff on it that Paul I. was ab
solutely poisoned by a British hand-