The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-05-20 00:00:00, page 2

MR.RHOAWRS,
The farrago nonsense lately published by the
Essex Junto, must excite the contempt, rather
than the furious confederation of the citizens—
(ridicule is the only Weapon with which they ought
to be combated—.they render themfelyes so ridicu
lous, that their publications have' become a matter
of laughter and derision. Who Can read their la
mentations, without pitying their folly? What a
combustible of materials, do they heap together to
alarm and terrify ? In case Mr. Jerferfon Should
be chosen Prefldent, (they fay, the Federal consti
tution is to be overturned—the Binding Svftem is
to fee annihilated —the money changers at the bank
are to be drove out with whips-rhe army is to be
disbanded— Religion is to be persecuted—hi short,
~'confufion is to take place in every part of the gov.
ernment. These are the absurd ideas they connect
With M-. Jefferfon— ignorance could not form
more paltry and degrading.
- Snch idletdes may ens ver their purposes among
the ignorant and inconfiderhte; but it is impoffi
ble, that Such nonsense can influence the good sense
of the Americans. This fyliem of terror may op
erate bn ^eak minds, and by filch individuals the
weak ca^fe of this Junto may be supported. . La
^ co is reduced to his ne plus ultra.
>Can any man be foolifh enough to suppose, that
Mr. Jefferfon would with to destroy the Federal
Confutation? He has always beena Strenuous fop
porter of it, and in no instance has he Shewn a Bjf
toftton to violate its principles. It is true, he is
defrost to maintain it, upon that Republican ba
st, which was originally contemplated, when it
was adopted— He is anxious to prevent an increaf
fry, debt, and tfy ease the people from excessive
Taxes-without doubt he is not in favor of a
Standing Army, and is opposed to measures which
may lead ns into the mott extravagant expellees—
fcnomv is the favorite obfe& with him, and by
g administration, we bare reason to hope, that
Ger Driving ofthe public money wilkbe accurate
ly calculated—He Wb Farmer, and as fuel? would
„^ -be careful to prevent Taxes which must ultimately
'fill on the landed interest. : >'
.The attack upon his religious principleg^fe
faring the contemptible arts of his enemies. This.
Is too defpitable to te noticed by the liberal part
ir of the community—lt is too final! a trick, to be
played off at this day. The partial extra taken'
from so publication, is an evidence d the base,
to of his opponents, Can any perform ferityl
'think,that fovriuld attempt td^^^^
of religion ? betides, when 7 we know from what
quarter foch charges conre, we canriot btit%ife
-the paW^ efforts, oftthe party., The M^^ of
fitch persons, is nothing but a political jargon, to
#^^ ^^%^
i:, Ho^ many UW#Q«, ateimpobng
{4 the unfortunate, M fe^of money , 6 per
' ther fuppnfe by the Sons of the Dragon I
for the word Dragon, is frequently, in the
scripture applied to the D-vil, and as his
majesty from , the absolute dominion he is
said to exercise over many ferreftial beings,
must be a vile aristocrat, such sentiments a-_
lone couKlhave emanated from him, as they
breath alone the devilt/b spirit of aristocracy.
I here fele& a few of those delicious moi
fete, and add to them a comment or two, in
order to wa(h them down the throats of those
unfortunate readers who may be infeded
with the crying heresy of democracy
" 2. George the third and good, " the
defender of the faith, and the avenger of fa.
cohinifm."
[A very GOOD kind of a creature truly !
a poor senseless ideot, without wit enough
to keep himfelf out of the fire! a mere'tool
in the hands of h few designing villains,
who. have entailed misery, distress, Starvation l
and Slavery on two' thirds of his fubjeas !'
a “ defender of the faith," who hath :alfent
ed tol state of perpetual warfare against the
liberties of one half the people of the globe,
and the consciences of a greater part of hh
own fubjeas ; in Ireland, for instance,
whole a Catholic is obliged to abjure his
religion, before admitted to office.]
" 3. President John Adams, the polished,
fttrufty Corinthian column of OUR federal
edifice." < 1 •
[What “ federal edifice," have British
fubje&s ? But a fewyears since, these fame
toasters would have hewn down or bung up
this " polished Corinthian column." But
tempus mutantur et mutamor cum ilios /] *,
" 10. The army of the United States—
may the advocates for its reduction speedily
embark for Egypt, to prove the efficacy of
firft confiil Buonaparte's late method. ^
;11. A speedy conversion to Cvery'degene
rated brother from the Crying heresy of De
mocrac,.''^'^'
[The. Loth toast is a daring insult to those
worthy patriots in Congress, who so ably,
,et unfuccefsfully, advocated a redu&iorfrof
the army. No wonder that men wi&prin
ciples like these Sons*of tbe Dragon,%ould
founder at a reduafc>n of the army, as it is
thefavorite instrument to which the aristo
crats, have long looked up, as the' only
means efiaually to carry their schemes, of
annihilating democracy, into effea.J
'' 16. That feftive-agd of April, may the
hallowed spear of our tutelar faint defend it
from all profanation, and keep aloof the dra
gons of riot, disorganization and IN
TEMPERANCE."
[Sil fay, but the " hallowed spear" was,
it Teems, pointless on the above occasion !
for when black eyes were added to "brother
ly lov&" finely, the " dragon of riot" was
not “ kept aloof ;" and where fits were pro A
duced by hard drinking, the prostituted god
dess of Temperance must have quitted the
Hotted Saint in-disgust !]
From the (Boflon) Chronicle;
cruising off Sandy Hook, and prefling our (hip
mates opt of every merchantmen, tiat comes ih.
It looks to me as if he was sent there to pick a
quarfeF With some one, and to" (hew us that ue
ire afraid or the like ; the two frigatesat New-
York to be fufe are not rigged out, and their trim
and rate of going can't be known @s yet,however,
there's Commodore Barry, who they tell, me
knows atrick or two at a game of broad-Tides,
and is theV £ tell me very civil in dealing that way.
Now as C<pt. Truxton is not at hand,and Com
modore Barry has a good Ship, and'tbere's plenty
of sea room off the Hook, what do you think, if
it tyduld not be as good a thing aq you could do
to fend-the Commodore to give this fame Capt.
Douglas the hint, that you don't want our hands
prefled into , foreign service. There's Silas Carv
er, Randal Ja&s, Thomas Peeing, Roger Con
nell, Mark Gorfoch, Kenneth Walton, Tom Dan
tel, ffaac Hofmer, Ephraim Kelly, ^.n.ben Adams,
Joseph Burling, Oliver White, "Abhl Wood, and
forty-three more of us. who are all ready to vol
unteer on, such a cruise, merely to release our
messmates, and to shew ttiofe that sent Douglas to
} press our teamen, that we are not afraid of the
' English any mote then ,he French cruif^rs.
If this meets your mind,fquire, fay so; ifnot
why then we know how it is, arid that's all.-—-
;From your friend till death,
NATHAN CORNSTOCK,
,formerly an impressed American sea man, and cap
' tain of the middle battery on the main deck of the
'Eaglifh frigate Prevoy ante. ' ''
INTERROGATORIES,
addressed to the citizens of New- York,upon the pre
,sent Election.
ill. Does the alien law destroy in certain cases
the trial by jury ? and will it conduce to the-best
interest of our country to vote for men who be
lieve this law to be ,riband courtituMonal.
2d. Does the feditioulawabridgO,e liberty of
the press? apd if it does, is it not uncoiffiltutional,
and are not men to be guarded agalnd who kith
Ito destroy the freedom of the press or violate the
'constitution of onr country.'
1 fl. Are armies in the time of peace necessary or
iufeful in this country,' and are the'men who advo
cate such a meufure real friends to rq>ublicaii lib
I. oh. Doe,"the party in this country which 'con
tend for a "navy, mean to provide for public de
fence, or is the object of a naturfe entirely differ
ent, intending to imitate Britain, and to bring
upon America the fame dreadtill calamities Which
;mult fooh overtake that hopeless monarchy.,
sth. Does the republican iritefeft oftbis country
require that wi Should Support a numerousftrain
of ambassadors in foreign countries, apd of what
real benefit are they to the honest agricultural man
or the mechanic; are they any benefit to the coun
try at large.-
6th. Is it not an alarming circumstance that the
common law of,England is declared, by the judges
of our own courts, to be Superior to the conftitu
fcion itSelf?
• Ith. Is it not time to take the hint and to rife
from our political ftupidiiy, when it ismaniteft on'
the face of the record , that our, public debt is con-
Itantly increafrig without any good reason for this
faigfaeritation. ,\,
IBth. Should a young, free and nervous nation
submit to the idea that it is neceffay, in time of
peace, to borrow money atß per cent. 1
',th. Has America fought and biffin the cause
pf freedom, and is the now willing to give up un
tothe Hands of a foreign tribunal, the rights of.
her gtizens, as hat been done in the case pf Rob
oius.'
. ,pth. Is it proper that violation, of the constitu
tion fhbuld in any case or cases be Submitted -to,
fend is not an attempt of this kind made in Mr.
Kolb's bill, does not the bill go to establish a 4^
branch jq the government unknown to the Spirit
sod the articles of the constitution.
nth. In exercising the rights of free citizens,
s there any occasion for a mihtary 'force at elec
ions, if fob be not, wtfy wjsfy bill for their
emoval rejected by & Senate of the United
f 01.,, ,:. : ^ ^ ^
[ a -f.iwu'-G'Ta -lit; ° Jr'V Ltol,^'-^ ,-• '
cent, a month ? How many, who have amassed an*
immense fortune by wringing from the dillrefl'ed
widow, and fatberlefs, their final! pittance ? such,
for the most part, are the defamers of Mr. Jeffer
fon, and while their crimes of Extohio# thicken
round them, have the effrontery to enhity religion
in support of their wicked projects. In the dark
ages, religion might have been made a hobby
horse, but we hope it will not now be profit ated
to party purposes.
Fellow Citizens ; Let us affutoe a dignified
attitude in the approaching Election — and despise
the childish tales of an expiring faction. They
know the desperate 'flate of their cause, and are
obliged to descend to the moftabji ft meanness to
prop their drooping fytlem. The religion gt
these people is, the loaves' and fifhe, of offifo ■»
These are their gods, and them will they worfl'iip
—Thef'wbuld exclaim, “ great is Diana of the
Ephefians,'' if they could acquire property by
their ejaculations, or they would overturn her
temple, if it would advance their fortunes. Let
us attend to Principles, upon their permanent i
base, and enquire, whether a fyfiem of Economy
in our public expenditures is not beceffary for our{
prosperity. Remember the Laco fa&ion were the:
enemies of Hancock.
4 ' A FEDERAL ELECTOR.;
From the Philadelphia Aurora.
To BENJAMIN STODDARD, Esq\
>Secretary of the Adnd'raltree.
• $IR I 1 !
I am a plain Yankee, for a long time failed out
of M irblebead, and have ,leenmatt points from
;he Maehtrom to Cape Horn ;it was my hard so,
tune to be celled twice by the Engliftybut had
the luck to escape both times, once with a bullet
in the feacofchongr, as 1 swam on shore at'Norf&lk;
and at lass alter leaving behind all my bpdy tig
ging, and mess truck, with 26 doubloons, 44 dol
lars, which I had for iny fitare out ofa Dane, we
boarded while the English man of war had me. —
1 am now here, and I find that my latt Captain,
Douglas, in the Englilh frigate, the Roftbn, iscorne
off the Hook, I cant suppose its in fetteb of me,
because there are fourteen or twenty tyre of,us
Yankees aboard him, ^nd all as gooc hearts as
ever strapped a block ; howfomever, you fee
Squire Stoddard as you are what the French cal'
minffter of marine, and the English firft Lord ot
the admiraltree; it looks to me as if it would be
no barm if you was to give that there Qpt. Doug
las ahin't He is non, as Abiel Woos tells me,
from the Republican Watch-Tower.
MR. !OPPORTER;,
IN your paper of the 24th i'hft. you have given
your readers the substance of Judge Chase's charge
in the case of the United States vs. Thomas Coo
per. 1 think the reporter mutt have miflaken his
ideas, where he makes him to fay, “ that no fiand
ing army can be raised in this country without a
violation of the Constitution of the United States,
which declares that Congress (hall have power to
raise an 4 support armies ; but no appropriation
of money to that life Aidfl be for a longer term
than two years.'' For although the permanency
relates to the appropriation for p<ty, and not to the
army, yet his ht nor is too well acquainted with
Ithe wyspf mankind, and the acception of the
word, as tiled in the English language, not to know
very well that it is often applied to things that do
not remain flanding even for two years. I was
not present, but 1 Should suppose the reporter in.
correa in that particular.
Ratisbon;7an.io,
We have received yeflerday lbws that the Kuf
fian imperial army is to return'home. ' The ne
cessary preparations are mating to that effect.
The Firlt Consul has ordered the bust of Gen.
WASHINGTON to be made and placed in the Na
tional Palace, amongst these ancient arid modern
heroes who have fared their country, and left an
illustrious name. We have remarked Marechal
Turene, and the Duke of Marlborough among them.
MR. SUPPORTER.
I have read in the newspaper the bill entitled,
" A bill for the appointment of Admirals in the
navy" of the United Slates, proposed to be passed
intQ,a law by the Congress of the fame ; and al
though I am an advocate for encreafmg our navy,
^s our cheapen and most efficient defence, yet this
measure appears to me not to be caculat-d for
public benefits Would it not be considered an in
fult in any maritime nation to offer a vice or rear
admiral in their navy, such an inferior command
as the whole aggregate of our yet infant navy
would amount to, even if they were not to be de
tached on various com mands but to compose one
fleet? Asit is, will it^not be like appointing a
colonel to a sergeant's command? And will not
the public complain of the expeirfe if it is not life
fill ? If we are to copy ; initead of the white, blue
- and red flags, onld it not be well to eftiblifh on
ly the yellow,: which in the navy of Great Britain
is given to such admirals as retire on half-pay nev
er to be called into actual service ? Q,
12th. Does it not auger ill to the cause of liberty
that a Posse Committatas should be granted agaiMl
an individual before any refinance is made to the
law—See the case of Duane ?
13th. Is it consistent with republican principle
that the Senate of the United States Ihould accidie,
condemn and execute the judgement ?'
'l4"l:ffif irfefulto appoint admirals in time of
peace without ships, and officers without men ?
15th. Are those men the friends of republican
government who ihew contempt to the public fob
‘ frage, and who declare that the people are too ig
tyrant to flea their public agent ?
< * 16th. Is it proper that all these objects combin
ed fhpuld be workedinto a fyflem like that of the
British monarchy, and which must eventually car
ry with 'it the feme dreadful consequences ?
Fellow Citizens, look at these things !— -Tell it
net in Gath publish it not in the freTO of Afkelen,
that the republicanism of the uellern world is to
fobn fallen !
FEB. 23.
Gen. Suwarrow arrived on the 13th of Fet>. at
Cracow, from which a'ter reputing some days,
he was to set out for Petersburg.
The. Ruffian Army continues its march towards
Wolhyni, ; the principal column files off through
Eastern, and the other through Wellern Gallicia ;
the 6rft commanded by general Defelden, is divid
ed into eight different columns, confining of 32,000
men, including those who do not bear arms, and
who are estimated at 4'or 5000 men ; the fecund
corps, under rhe command of Gen. Rofembefg,
configs of about 10 000 men.
Glasgow, march 20.
On Thurraay last, Paris papers to the 11th inst.
were received in London.
Buonaparte has publicly announced his intention
of taking the command of thearmy, in the ap
proaching campaign. In his address to the peo
ple on this fubjeft he expresses his with for peace
—inveighs against the government of this country
for rejefting-his overtures, and insinuates that the
continental powers will be influenced by more pa
cific principles.
Perfect unanimity, it is said, exists between the
consuls and legislature, a circumstance which in
duced one of its members to express his hopes,
that it would afford that evidence of fatts, so
much wished for.
STUTGARD, 14 VENTOSE, MA,CH 5;
We impatiently expert the refu.lt of the over
tures for peace which have certainly been made
by the French Government at different times dur
ing the last month, if we mayjudge from the
Dumber of couriers who have successively proceed
ed to Vienna, both from Stratfbourgh and the
head-quarters at Donauefchingen. According to
a paper of Upper Suabla;the Minifler of his Impe
rial M jerty has not yet made any reply ;, accor
ding to the Stutgard Gazette, the negotiations
have been, definitively broke off; fomb private let
ters fay Wt Ariltria has refuted to make peace
•but in concert with England. A German print
quotes, on the other hand,'a bulletin of Vienna of
the gad, which announces that negociations will
be opened without delay. :ft^z
, e#*#B#m ;'
<".'l •"'.'.'..' MARCH tt,
| A Paris Paper fays, It is reported, (and the re
port has many corroboratives) that an offenlive &
defensive alliance between France and England
has engaged the attention of the mihifters of the
two countries. f
I A-touder from the French army of ii% ar
dyed at Paris, represents It eaty aml al&eftd
Letters from Lithuania announces that a Ruffian
army of 80,000 men is collecting towards the
thores of the Baltic, and that it is supposed that
these troops will embark either altogether or in
part, to operate in a grand expedition on the
coatis of France or Holland.
Foreign Intelligence^
IM > -,—'
Rom the hUEBORTER.
From the fame.
fixation ; but a little cheered by the arrival of^
Maflena.
The objection to the war,“ that it deprives us
of Applies from France in this time of Scarcity,
is removed by the periqigfon given to export grain
fiom that cotmtry. ,; , 4
[Read this, ye who wi/h for the re-efabliptyhent of
the French monarchy on the Ruins cf the Repub-
Extracts from French Papers.
A dreadfollight begins to spread upon thf events
which have marked the return pf tyranny in the
kingdom of Naples. Reflexions are ufefefs. It
will be Sufficient to expose facts. These are tre
mendous but eloquent warnings to nations . Il
Reaches them that after having tried to eflablilh
their liberties on the wrecks of a throne q the re
horation of royalty is attended with <,revolution
a thousand times more bloody than that wtkh had
founded the Republic. ;
We mull place near the tomb of the conqueror
of Naples(Championet) near the monument erect
ed to his glory and that of his gallant companions
of arms llain in the Italian fields, another monu
ment on which (hall be inscribed the names of the
victims barbarously immolated jn the Neapolitan '
rounder-revolution. Poflerity Wnitfr fommons
before its tribunal political ftßs, oppofiietaions.
Kings and nations, will not forget that not a single
indirideal had perished in Naples under, the Re
>ublican regimen during the admihiftr'ritibn of
:hampiobet ; and that tire royal maffatres, the
udiciary assassination, confifcations, dfytedations.
mprifonments have been ,ap opfn apd Atrocious
nfringement of a solemn capitplatioij figged by
the Generals of many European power, Under the
very walls of Naples. 5
lEvery Frenchman whatever opmionbf has em
braced ought ulfo to contemplate the epqch of the
Neapolitatffonter revolution. HL order to cal
culate the fatal effefts of a foreign an/'military y
^fluence upon a conquered co^n^y devoted to
deviation and death. What, matterftU 'England
Whether the fine foil of Parthenopa (Naples) be'
do yer,d or; no with ruins and lifeleft bodity. Brit
ain has Speculated upoD-deftruCTipn^ She wiflxa
$ destroy in every part of the world, profperit,, „
Grade, peace, industry ,so as to render the nations
dependant upon her mlnufi&u« arid tributaries
qf. her commercial preponderance,: I,fhort all
qlaffes of citizens., ill know upon w^t perfops
fetiche revenge of foreign executioners. The
1 . MARCH 2T.
We dated two days ago that the prepar&ms
for the Armament intended for an expedition to
the Mediteranean had relaxed ; we might bare
said, perhaps, that they Mere wholly futpended;
M% trust they will never be revived. Ihe prof
ped of a pacification between the Trench and
Audrians is the obvious reason for this chan^ of
plan ; since if Buonaparte thall succeed qiaking
terms with the Emperor, it is most probable that
he will direct all the efforts of France againftG.
Britain ; and by fume moA important difpatche&
which were happily intercepted, it has been-dis
covered that the views of the French government
were againtt the Wed-India 10ai>ds, where they
hope to make a diversion againfto&rrexpeditjonL
Mort feaforiubly did dispatches to their ageist ia
St. Domingo, fall into our hands, by which we
were informed of a design to.fer.d over to Jfeai
ca a number of black Emifilrics to flir up.the Ne
groes to infurre&ion and mafficre. by this j,for
mation Minillers were enabled to rt^ke metres
. in time to prevent the villainous attempt, and to
seize the instruments of mischief the very moment
of their arrival in the Inland. This was the flats
of rhe predecessors of Buonaparte; but though he
may disdain this diabolical scheme of toffify,
which no example on our part in LaVend# can
reconcile with the maxims of legimate way, yet
our government cannot overlook the necessity of
taking precautions for the security ofanifyd so
valuable ; and accordingly we find, that though
tie expedition is suspended, a number.of.fc^cible
regiments are now embarking for Gibraltar, to
to supply the place of regular troops, which are
to be sent from thence to the Wert-Indies.
It is said that Prussia is busily employed in bring
ing about a peace between England and france.
by which the security of future treaties might be
warranted, by the Union of Holland with tfe Im
perial Netherlands under the Stadtholder-, and
the refloration of Switzerland..
Mr. Sitgreaves, one of the American Cqmmil
fioners for fettling the claims under the treaty be
tween this country and the United States, arrived
in England a few days ago, to make representa
tions to our government and to state and explain
the difficulties which have arisen upon the fobjeft.
LONDON, MARCHI,.^
If it be true that the Emperor of Germany isQ
Terfarofly iff as to make his ITe &ffirar ft
forms a crihs peculiary interfering to the politics
of Europe, at this remarkafle period. It imft
necessarily influence the G^jnet^f Vienna in th,
negotiation whichis now pending with the Fren so
Republic, since it is most material to the h^nfe of
Austria that they should not have their' dioptre
for territory to clash with the cohteft they will
have to undergo tor the succession to the digpit,
of Emperor. The fucceflion is not yet fixed.-^
The King of the Romans is not appointed ; and
the progiefs ofihe French Revolution has made
fiich changes in the Germanic Body as would make
the election extremely hazardous. It is believed
tnat the interest of the king of Prussia would pre*
OT over that of every other Candidate. This is
not all. The death of the Emperor would give
rife, perhaps, from the various, and contending
interest at the hereditary dominions, to a double
regency, in ore of which the Empress would have
the sway, and in another the Archduke Charles.—,
These possible difficulties are likely to induce the
Cabinet of Vienna, to listen in the present mo
ment to the proportions of Buonaparte, with a
view, by accepting of the terms which be offers,
to secure his friendship in favour of the party
which have now rhe power, and'which, inthe' e
rent of the decease of the Emperor, may reqlire
his aid. It is by no means improbable,' therefore,
that the necociation between the French and Aus
trians w ill be speedily brought to an ^mjcablecofr
clufion. [/Horning Chronicle.
MARCH T,
The American ship Hope, Hooper, mailer, from
Boston, laden with sugar, coffiee.&c. is arrived ' a?
Cowes, after a very Boihrous fofTage ofs, daysi
At the entrance of the Channel, foe waspo&r&if
by a large French corvette privateer, th^C&itaid
of which foffered the American to proceed, 00
feeing that his clearance was for Bremen. • '