The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-09-29 00:00:00, page 2

That there is a party, or rather two parties, is
evident ; one of which is now the majority of the?
country, and the other a small and decreeing
minority. The parry called republican, is now
possessed of power—and the Chief Magistrate is
described as the head of this party.— This is
granted. Is the head of this party a foreigner ?
Was he opposed to the Federal conflituton? Nay
was he not on a foreign embassy when it was
formed? And so far from opposing it, did not
the amendments which all lovers of freedom muff
allow to be the mofl valuable part of it, origin
ate witfi him? Has his private or his public con
duct ever manifested a spark of predication for
any country over his own ? Has he not defended
the character of the foil, the climate, tl,e morals,
minds, and freedom of America more than any
other man in exigence? Excepting Franklin a
lone, of whom can America make so proud a
boafl fog'all the qualities that constitute the wife
and grekt man ? Yet this is the head of the party
thus digmatized.
Let us alk who is the head of the opposite par
ty. Need we utter more than the name of Alex
ander Hamilton ! a Creole, a Monarchal; we
shall not debate paper with the echo of his vi
ces.
Let us fee again who mav be considered as
leaders of the republicans. We presume those in
In office will be considered as such. Is Aaron Burr
a foreign incendiary, and an enemy of the con
stitution ? James Madison, is Secretary of State—
is hea foreign incendiary, was he an enemy of
the Federal constitution? Is it necessary to con
trafl the character of this man with Timothy Pick
. eying ? The writer feels it a kind of degradation
tamention them on the fame paper,
But there is Gallatin !—Aye, there's the rub.
Gallatin, a. native of the Presbyterian city of Ge
neva. But how came he to be dubbed an incen
diary ? What crimes did he commit that would
not permit him to exifl in Geneva? When he
" came to America, this country was not free from
the fanguinaty hordes of Britain and Heffir—and
it was near twenty years before the French rev
olution. But what avails that—his private life
is as spotless, QS his public is diftingoifhed for pre
eminent talents and simplicity of manner. HoW
comes it that this mab, whose whole character is
an Migration of the precepts of virtue, mould be
Iligmatized as.an incendiary, when another char
after, who is an avowed and felf-convided de.
bauchee, should be the darling and the hope, at
well as the head of the antizepublican mty?
The foregoing Letter is a Text, which will
furnifh a number of Discourses through the fall
and winter months. As I write only at my leisure
I Ihall pursue my observations with as much de
liberation as Clergymen perform their sacerdotal
functions. Old Sermons are foretimes delivered,
and probably old remarks may occasionally fur
nifh a speculative number. Having produced the
Document from whence my conclulions will be
drawn, (accompanied with the foregoing refpeft
able signatures) I shall feel perfectly at ease, while
difcanting on the patriotic principles contained in
the above Letter, and the conjiilency of the ref
peftive individuals who subscribed to its authen
ticity. OLD SOUTH.
[The following excellent remarks, are extracted
-#rom+he " Centinel of Freedom," a Republican
paper, published in Newark (N. f.) in anjwer
to the charges brought againit the Republican.,
by a tory writer in the New'Ark Gazette (a fed
er al paper) who fatfly and wickedly, charges the
heads of the Republican party, with being "for
eigners, and Incendiaries, who were not per
mitted to exifl in their own country," and has the
impudence tofay,“ Mr. Jefferfonprofefes him
felfto be the head of this party, who are ene
mies to the constitution, to the British treaty, to
Sedition aud Alien laws, &c." This ignorant and
malevolent Arijiocratical Jcribler, is fully, and
completely anjwered and refuted by the excel
lent writer, whoje observations we hafien to
communicate.]
OT of the whole confederacy, will be ineffica-I
ioaz, er at molt can operate only as a partial re-I
ief, and that nothing snort ot vetting Congrefsl
With Full powers to regulate the internal, as welll
as external commerce of all the States, can reach
the irtifchief we complain of, we would, agreea
bly to the directions of the enclosed proceedings,
earnestly recommend to you an immediate appli
cation to the legislature of your State to veil
such powers in Congress (if they have not already
done it,as Shall be competent to the great and in
tereftmg porpofe of placing the Commerce of the
United States upon the footing of perfe# equality
with every other nation; and to requett you aifo
to petition Congress (wken they Shall be thus
eloathed with authority) to make such internal
regulations as fball have that happy effect, en
courage an attention to our Manufactures, and
remove the embarrassments under which our
Trade at prefect labours.
“ Were not the embarrassments on our Trade,
by fatal experience, too.well known to you to
require a particular statement, it would be easy
to prove the ueceffity of adopting this, or a simi
lar conduct, by a detail of facts, and a train of
arguments not fairly to be controverted, it being
evident on the most cursory view, that the necef
fary effect of the RettriCtions in question is DE
STRUCTION TO OUR SHIP Building, FISHERIES
Navigation and Commerce in all jts
Branches, and consequently to the property
and support of the Merchant, Hpfbandman, and
Mechanic.s
“ Your cheerful concurrence we may therefore
in return expert ; not doubting the success of
such measures as are founded on the principles of
justice and found policy, and supported by the u
nited and spirited exertions of a tree people.
“ To add to these evils already fufficient to ex
cite our utmost difqnietude, the late intervention
of BRITISH FACTORS, threatens a monopoly
of our Trade, and battens the rapid decrease ot
our circtflating medium. Unless the trade and
Exports of the States, are contravened by Similar
expedients on our part, the Commerce of this
country, and of confequeec^ its wealth, power,
and perhaps the Union itfelf, mult become vic
tims to the artifice of a Nation, whose arms have
been in vain exerted to accomplish the ruin of
America.
“ We are gentlemen, with every sentiment of
refpeft and efteem,your friends and brethren
in a common cause,
JOHN HANCOCK, JONATHAN L. AUSTIN,
SAMUEL A.OTIS, CHARLES JARVIS,
SAMUEL BRECK, WILLIAM TUDOR,.
JOHN C. JONES, STEPHEN HIGGINSON,
sawi. barrett, joseph barbell;
EDWARD PAYNE, PEREZ MORTON,
CALEB DAVIS, JOSEPH RUSSELL, jun.
THOMAS RUSSELL.
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 21.
Yeflerday we received, by the Aflrea, Captain
Paine, from Gibraltar, the papers of that garrison,
to the 3if July ; from which we have extracted
the following articles :
GIBRALTAR, JULY 3T, lßoh ,
) Intelligence from Egypt.
This morning arrived here his Majefly's brig of
War Spider, in 43 days from Alexandria.
At the time of the Spider's leaving Alexandria,
the 18th Jnne] that garrison still held out —But
3en. Hutchinson and about 8000 troops, in high
health and spirits, anti abundantly supplied, were
within about 12 miles of Cairo, which place is
probably now in his power, as the General had
with him about 30 oco Turks, and a large body
ot Mamelukes who had joined the Britilh forces.
With this army Gen. Hutchinson was making ar
rangements for the complete invefling of the
French force at Cairo,amounting to 7000 men.—
Only a part of the Bombay army had arrived at
Suez, and joined Sir John Hutchinson ; the re
mainder, have been delayed in their navigation
up the Red sea (where the Forte frigate ofed as
victualing transport, was unfortunately call away)
would not be at their destination until July. The
four regiments which we mentioned in a former
Chronicle to have parted Gibraltar in the line of
battle ships, have arrived fafely at Egypt.
Gantheaume's squadron conliffing of three line
of battle ships, 2 frigates and some transports,
with a reinforcement of troops for Menou's army,
had arrived on the coast of Africa, to the well
ward of Egypt, but finding it impracticable to
put the troops on shore, on account of a high furf,
the squadron had returned to the coast of Italy.
The Britilh Cruizers had captured 4 or spt the
transports, with troops, doctors, and flurfo On
board one of them, was a company of fingers,
dancers, and comedians, sent by the First Go'nful,
for the recreation ot bis Egyptian army.
A detachment of the Brinfh army under the
command of B. Gen, Doyle, had intercepted and
taken prifouers, a body of Menou's army, on their
march, through the defart, from Alexandria to
Cairo, consisting of 500 of their very belt troops,
140 horses, and 550 camels.
Damietta has been evacuated by its garrison,
who (600 in number) embarked at Burlos, with a
view of either getting into Alexapdria, or reach
ing France ; |be whole of these were captured;
and, in one week, 1400 French prisoners were
taken by the Britilh forces, without the lols of one
man.
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 1%
Capt. Knox, in the brig Pennsylvania, from
Cherbourg, failed the 27 of July, and informs,
that the preparations for the meditated invalion
of England were very formidable and active all
along the French coafl. Whi.e he lay at Cher
bourg, upwards of 100 flat bottomed boats hav
ing on board about 15,000 troops, had failed
for Calais, which was the principal point of ren
dezvous. These boats, Capt. K. informs, are well
conftrutled, and being lugger-rigged, both fail
and row admirably. The expedition is to con
fill of 2c0,000 men, of which it is said, Buona^
parte calculates losing one third in the attempt.
Copt. Knox adds, that notwithstanding these
preparations, the hopes of peace were umverfal
and sanguine—While at Cherbourg, he conver
sed with several persons, direct from Paris, who
affirmed that the preliminaries of peace had been
agreed upon. Should the two governments fail
in affecting an accommodation, Capt. Knox,
firmly believes the invasion will be attempted.
The whole of Sir James Saumarez's fqnadron is
completely repaired, and either at, or ready for
sea, including the St. Antoine, (captured (hip)
whose officers and men are entirely French, though
Iclaffed by Admiral Moreno as a Spanifii ship.
I Rhus far Gibraltar papers.
Need we contrast the brave and unassuming
Dearborne, the man of real science and modesty,
with M' Henry, the pragmatical, convenient and
apoState advocate of old Tories?
- Shall we contrast the manly and accomplished
Robert Smith with Benjamin Stoddart, the Sneak
ing and mercenary (peculator ?
Shall we contrast L. Lincoln, the simple agri
cultured, with the molt stupid of all lawyers, and
filly of all men, Charles Lee ?
The man who Cannot diferiminate between
such characters, mull be blinded by corruption or
natural infirmity,
As tb the evidences given of opposition to the
government, in opposing the British Treaty, it is
to be presumed, that experience has already pro
ved the predictions of republicans on that instru
ment too fatally correct. Is the dissolution of the
commission under the 6th article forgotten? Can
the people of Jersey forget, that when Andrew
Allen's claim was difeuffed under that treaty,
that the agent of Britain, (who is an American
too !) afterted that American Independence was
only a contingency, which was to be vaild or not,
as the claims of Alien, and other Tories were
made good. Why has not Cimon told ns the
good that has arisen from that British treaty ? We
daily fee the evil.
Why does not Cimon do this, and why is he
obliged to resort to falfhood to fuppurt a weak
cause. Why does Cimon fay that the Aurora
called General Washington a traitor—l who have
been a constant reader of that paper during the
whole reign'of terror, never law any thing of
that kind ; nay, I will defy any one to produce
the evidence or to 1 efer to the dote or fa&- Gen.
Waflungton's conduct while living, was boldly
difeufled in that paper by a man as good, and re
fpettable as Gen. Washington himfelf, the grand
son of Franklin. 1 hope no freeman will think
any man's conduct above difeuffion : or that Wash
ington poflefled that infalibiliiy which we ridi
cule when attributed to the Pope, or to George
111. Gen. Washington befitated long before he
signed the British Treaty. It is well known that
he was betrayed into its Signature by an intrigue,
and that he lamented it all his life.
I did not suppose that at this time of day any
man would have the indecent temerity to juflify
the Alien and Sedition laws. The voice of the
country has condemned them, and disgraced their
authors. My voice would be but as a drop in the
ocean, compared with the extent of execration
which those mehfures have brought down on the
Tory party.
ARISTIDES.
Washington, Sept. 16
We underhand that Mr. Livingston, our Min
fler to the French Republic, has rece.ved inllruc
:ions to fail lor France immediately.
Domestic information.
Paris, Aug. $.
The relations of amity between the French
Republic and the U. States of An erica, bad been
interrupted : the Convention by which they are
reestablished, has been just ratified by the First
Consul, and the exchange of the Ratification of
both governments has taken place at Paris,
" The merchants of both Stater had indeed
previously resumed their intercourse with confi
dence, and the union of the two people was a
happy omen of the speedy agreement of their re
fpeftive governments. It was but a family quar
rel, which only required a little explanation to
terminate it." [Moniteur.]
Aug. 6.
“ At the audience of Ambassadors yesterday,
M. Murray, Miniffer Plenipotentiary of the United
States presented to the First Consul, M. Story,
Citizen of the United States." [Moniteur.]
LONDON, AUG. 12.
On Monday Lord Nelson foiled in a frigate
from Harwich, with a division of the ships under
his command. He fleered to the southward. sev
eral ships have failed from the Downs to join
him.
Kingfan, (fam.) Aug. 20. /
We are unhappy to learn the entire lots of his
Majesty's frigate Lo wstoffe, of 32 guns, Capt.
Plampin, and fix fail of full homeward bound
ships on the Heneager islands, 14 days after they
left Port-Antonio. The money on board the Low
ftoffe is fared; but Fv purser and five seamen
were loft. The passengers and about 400 seamen
belonging to the veflels loft, have arrived here in
the Bonetta, of 18 guns. The rest of the fleet pro
ceeded to England, with the Acafta) of 40 guns,
Capt. Fellows. Besides the above there are re
ports of two others of the fleet baying allo been
toil on the Little Heneagas.
In the Atlas, arrived on Thursday, from Lis
bon, dispatches were received from bur Minister
in Portugal, for the Secretary of State.
On Tuefday, being the Coronation Day of their
Britannic Majesties, the fame was noticed by a
royal salute from the Pheasant, of 18 guns, Capt.
Carew, cruizing off this harbour. And on Wed
nesday, being the ill Vendemaire, (or French
New Year's day) another falute,was given by the
Corvette Berceau of 26 guns, lying in our har
bour.,
We are happy to remark that, the Kine Pox in
oculation is progressing in Bolton, & in its neigh
boring towns, to entire fatisfa&ion. President
JefFerfon has written to Dr. Waterhotife, that he
is inoculating his domeflics with it, and encour
aging the neighborhood of Monticello to follow
his example. He fp< aks of it as the most impor
tant difeovery ever made in the hiftory of the
healing art.
Boston, SEPT. 26
Late last evening we were politely favored
with London papers to the 12th August ; receiv
ed in the brig Sally, Capt. Alien, from Lyming
ton (Eng.) 4c days.
The papers do not contain any atticles of mo
ment, excepting the following:
Capt. Knowlton, 31 days from St. Lucia, in
forms, that about the firft of August, the London
fleet of 11 fail (confiding originally of 17) arrived
at Martinique, 6 fail having been driven ashore to
the windward of that island, by a violent squally
N. E. gale, and a strong lee current —two of
them loft the whole of their officers and crews,
aud the remainder saved a trifling part of their
cargoes, and loft a great number of their people.
On board the ships totally 1011, there were a great
number of passengers.
Yesterday arrived the ship active, Capt. Nich.
ols, from Madras, who has favoured ns with the
following intelligence :—That an over land dis
patch arrived at Madras about the ad of May,
with the account of a rupture between G. Britain
and the Northern Powers of Europe ; in- confe
quence of which, all the ships in the roads, under
Danish colours, were immediately seized, to the
number of fix or seven ; and Tranquebar taken
possession of by the British on the 11th, and Sa
rampour on the 14th ofMay : That a great num
ber of the country (hips were taken up by the
government, to be employed as transports upon
a formidable but secret Expedition, which failed
principally from Bombay, about the I ft of March,
having on board, as it was said, 10,000 European
troops, but attended by no more fltips of war
than were fufficient to convey the transports :—
That at the time he left Madras, he was generally
supposed, though not publicly known, that this
expedition was destined up the Red Sea, to a& a
gainst the French in Egypt: That the natives near
Cape-Comorin seized on this as a favorable op
portunity, had revolted, and in one or two rein
contres had gained advantages over the British
opposed to them, but that it was expected that
the disturbances would soon be fettled.
On Saturday last, Aaron Burr, Esq. Vice Prefi
dent of the United States, visited the frigate Bos
ton, now in our harbor. Two salutes were fired
by the Boston, on his going on board, and the oth
er on his leaving the frigate.
Capt. Pain? spoke the United States frigate
Philadelphia, between Malaga and Gibraltar, Au
gust 6th.
Capt. Paine informs, that on the Bth Augufl, the
crews of the Tripolitan cruizers at Gibraltar, mu
tined, and deferred for want of provisions ; about
150 landed, who were flopped by the Governor
and sent on board a Moorish vessel ; in which
they departed for Tituan. Thus Situated, the re
negado-cummander has entirely dismantled the
18 gun brig, and his own Ship has but about 40
men on board. It is supposed at Gibraltar be
will riot dare to return to Tripoli; but will fell
Iris vessels, bid adieu to Mahomet, and return
Christian.
A' gentleman who arrived in the Aflreaj in
forms, that the Euglifh frigate Penelope, in 31
days from Alexandria, arrived at Gibraltar two
days before he failed, one of the officers ot which
told him, that Gantheaume had landed part of his
troops about 80 leagues from Alexandria ; that
the French, in an engagement with the Mame
lukes, had been victorious ; that Alexandria dill
held out ; and, that the filiation of the Euglifh
in Egypt was not so favorable as it had beefl. The
above frigate was going home with dispatches.
prom india.
POSTSCRIPT.
From beverly.—sept. ±4.
SALEM, SEPT. 25.
The following objeriations are Jubmitted to thR
coifderation of the public in conjequence of the
late extraordinary meajure adopted by the Di
rectors of the New Hampshire Bank, in emitting
bills promising payment only in Philadelphia.
THE right assumed by the Directors of the
New-Hampshire Bank, under the existing lav. s of
the State, to issue bills of a tenor different from
what is common at other banks, is doubted by
many, and perhaps net without reason.
The government of this State has lately claim
ed and exercised the power of regulating, re
fraining, and even of annihilating all banking in
flitutions which have not received legislative func
tion, and the natural and conflitutional right to
issue promiflary notes of any kind, on banking
principles, has been publicly and zealonfly deni
ed by the said Directors themselves, and by all o
ther advocates of the retraining aft ; from their,
Charter then, and from that alone can they derive
authority for any aft relating to the banking bu
fioefs ; let us then confider tire nature and extent
of the powers conferred on them by that grant.
An act more imperfect and more thoroughly ex
ceptionable, it is presumed, was never passed by
the legislature of any State ; to notice all its de
feats is foreign to the present purpofe/it may,
however, be the fubje& of discussion hereafter—it
is fufficient now to lay that no special powers are
conveyed by it ; it contains no general clause grant
ing privileges incident to toi potations of a similar
nature, as is in common almolt every other a& of
incorporation, and had it not been that the pream
ble of the act recognizes that “ a bank would be
<f public utility" it would scarcely be known for
what purpose they were incorporated ;it is never
theless admitted to be the intention of the legifla
tnre that the persons therein named and their as
sociates should possess a right to carry on the °
banking business, but fubjeft to the conllitotion
and laws of the state, and to ihofejpiincipies by
v hicb such business is generally conducted ; more
than this cannot be claimed and it is by implica
tion only that even fa much is granted. Because
then, the proprietors of the N. H, Bank are by law
diflinguifhed from all others of their fellow citi
zens with the privilege of banking in the way <
knownand pfaftifed in the other Dates in the
Union, at the time ot their incorporation, shall
they be encouraged in, or even permitted to cx
ercife that privilege in a manner not before heard
of, and so as to operate injuriously to the public in
general ? Every honest man will answer, No. It
is a truth well underflood in our country, that it
muff at all times be injurious to society, should its
circulating medium be liable to depreciation, or
from any cause be renderedof uncertain value ; for
from the different opinions refyeaing it, the prices
of articles that are bought and fold will become
fluftuating, speculations will enfiie, and the hon
efl, unfufpefting part of the community be made
a prey to unprincipled flockj&bbers and fiarpers.
The bills of any bank become to be of equal value
with silver and gold, on the full belief that such
can be had for them without trouble or expense,
but if there be any difficulty In the way of obtain
ing it from delay, expense, or doubt of payment,
those bills mult inevitably fuller a depreciation, "*
greater or lets, in proportion as those obftruaions
exifl. This is perfectly natural and needs no
proof, should any be required, it muff be looked
for from abroad, for amidst all the fpecuY.tnig
inventions which our country has experienced, a
case parallel to the present has never been furnito
ed. A lonely instance is mentioned by a late writ
er as having occurred in Scotland, which mav
bear some refembla nee to the case in question. A
bank there issued bills promiling payment (at the
place, indeed from whence they were issued) on
demand, or in fixmonths after with inhered, at ,
the option of the directors, this condition occef- ,
oned a great depreciation of the Bills, the\govcrn
ment was alarmed, and a law was palled forbid
d,ihg any obfiruttion to immediate payment in fu
ture, by which that currency was restored from its
degraded slate to the value of bills of other Banks,
or to silver and gold.
A currency is valuable or not in proportion as.
it will furnifh the holder with the means of sub
sistence, and of honestly difthargiog his just debts.
In the course of the fame day, the following
Bulletin was issued ffofu the Foreign Office:
141/ 7 Auguft, 1801.
Another Dispatch has been received to day front
Lord Minto, mentioning the surrender of Grand
Cairo, with 4000 French, who capitulated 011
condition of being lent prisoners to France. A
botit two thousand u ere slain in the attack which
preceded the surrender."
The remarks (fays the Courier) we made the
other day need now only be repeated. The fall
of Cairo enables us to concentrate our whole force,
and to direct it againtfAlexandria, the lift poG
session which the enemy have upon the Egyptian
territory.
Some movements in Brest harbor indicate, that
the combined fleet has an intention Qf putting to
tea. Our fleet off Brest harbor is to be reinforced.
From Peter Tcoke, IJ^. to W. Ramsay, Esq.
" CimJlantiucple, jutyl9.
'' I had the honor to addrtfs you, on the xythe
inst. [this dispatch has not arrived] by an ex
press Courier, in order to inform yob of the re
duction of the Cafile and City of Cairo, by his
Majesty's and the Ottoman army, after feme se
vere actions, wherein the enemy had lott 2006 <?
men in killed and wounded ; and that the remain
der, confiding of 4000 men, had surrendered. I
have only learnt Since, that the enemy capitulated
on honorable terms, and were to march to Roset
ta to be embarked for France, under the escort of
British ships of war."
(By an an<Tui at Rtfcii.)
LONDGN,AUG. 15
Sut render of Cairo to the Engtijh,
The intelligence of the furrerder of Cairo, is
confirmed. Iwo MeEengers arrived ver,er<l?.y
with difpatenes to government, from Conllanti.
nople and Vienna. Tiny are from Lord Minto.
—ln them his Lordihip cottouts his congratula
tions on the furrerder of Cairo.—The dispatches,
how. ver, to the Eall India Company, place the
intelligence beyond all doubt.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
the Republican Ledger.
By Last Etching's Mail.
—&<-<4^^gfo..,->.—
Portsmouth, September 29, 1801.
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