Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-07-27 00:00:00, page 2

mediate measures for fulfilling
4hem b to vindicate to ourselves the
right of considering the effect of
departure from' stipulation "on
their fide."
Herein appears an ardent de
fireof peace with all mankind, a
determination by ever, legitim
mate power constitutionally or
legally confided to theexecutty
to proteE tthe commer^pf our
citizens, an inflexible adherence
to national faith^eyen with pirate,
3hp had broken all fe oftyty,]
and a vigi lan, felt tyntroui] ofl
power, whose exercifeifoeceffa-'
rilv resoluble into -executive dis
cretion. Force was applied ; but {
it was applied for defence.—A
ware that the right of dtffefing;
^ war teftqd exclusively with the
legiflatiye, to that organ oFthe
government the Preihdent con-,
sides it unimpaired. He might
have said to the Barbary pow^fa
having broken your engagements
with ng we will not ^pmply with
Qu^s tq you. He might have im
stated the pra&ice of his prede
9*»e4 4^^ n ^!
-tribute to Algiers, under she mis.
taken idea of retaining it a;,
ft^ ^ toy. NolHe
disdained these indirect, and, as
experience, had provptythefe ufy
ay,ifag,i^ is a
just onefyfi stratagem (hall be
ra, diQ^nt fom our measures, as
jt is foreign to ourfepjings.——;
AVe-wilkfirh-be j^ to Algiers, &
Algiers fal/theabe just to us.—
The accumulated tribute: shall be
paid with good faith, aud<hm &
not fill then, if her injustice court
our vengeance, it shall light upon
fee And the tribute was ac
CQ/tdingly paid, ^h,^^
" I lay before you the refultbf
the census lately i^ken of our fax
habitants, to a, conformity with
■which we are to reduce the en^
filing representation and taxation.
You will perceive that theincreafe
of numbers during the last ten
years, proceeding in geometrical
rario, promises a duplication in
little, mpre than twenty two years.
Wecontemplate this rapid growth
and the profpe& it h 9& up to us,
not with a vicy to .the injuries it
may enable Ds to do to othersff§
some futyre day, but tpihe &0
element of the exenfive country
gift remaining v§nt : wity|@^
limits, to the multiplication of men
lufcepitible of happiu§fe, educated
in the love of ardor, habituated
to fel£ government, and valuing
its buffings above all price."
We here behold again reflex
ed the ruling ideas 0f the chief
magiftt^; who having felt in
our revolutionary struggle, die
arduous misfortunes whickfprang
tan the inferiority of our num
bers ioTefifting the <@reffiQ%Qf
our eneinie,, could not refrain
from patriotic exultation at the
rapid increase of ourpop^ti on i;
and at the profpeQ of its fultite
augmentation. 'Well aware ofj
the danger of the mifdise&ed eib;
erg, of numbers, he delicately
cautious hisfellow citizens against
this evil, at the fame time fat he
endeavors to diffufe a rational
expectation that with teinereafe*
ofour numbers shall increase our
, happiness, %r love ofio^der, our
4%> fe^govern^em, valuing
its blessings above %#«,
I r o ^c^& ^
^^l^^ty^,b=^^
<, CT WHAT do fa fate del'l
fem who, happy under an up-:
right com ^public &
' fuffer themselves to be alarmed
j„o,ap improper bias against &C
guardians of their Liberty? Dpi
Mbey hot deserve to be {hackled
with the manacles of Slavery ?_
Yes, even more. When the con
cerns of the nation are managed'
•with economy arid Ability, and no
@arge is exhibited. 4gainft the
magift rate bug^a^,of pomp
and .extravag4Dce,u evidently
Ifdlfol^^ tyre ({no real ground
} of cofylaiqL and where there is
I no cause for complaining, how
h^ri ^ neceffiy.fxill for raising
lenemies to him whom our own
! choice has made the ruler ?—V/e
!fpeas4Q^
|W'99te4, r ^'">Q f wife to futter
I themselves at a ome of the great
est prosperity, to be doped, by the
designing; or fuffer themselves to
tie deluded by those imaginary er
rors which' are'depi&ed by &
fayid^'demagogues of the day;
tbpie difappoinied men, who,
were they in power, would soon
convince us that they rule alone
with a rod tfiron.
If, however,under such cir
cumffances, the citizens pfthe U,
States Should fuffer themselves to
be fermented tga point deface
tive to their welfare, we befitate
hot tofay, that they deserve some,
thing worse than slavery ;—they
woyld merit tyutipoft severity
of an Egyp;ian ta{k=mafter
[BoJloti Chronicle.
Foreign News.
tffeNQri&md to Slaver, !
»Ris,Md) 18. —At the fim
of ;thd Legifiative Body;
ffietday, the' Chunfellors of
^te, Bruix; Dess6lle3 and
Dupuis were introduced.
Br&ix mounted the tribune :
;five are going," faiddie, “ag^in
to' take perffeffion of feveraEgf
oOt colonies : It is of the firft
moment iteftyCTlould ©novel
;the fears of the planters. #
^ lt is known to you jp what
manner the illufans of liberty ancl
equality have been propagated in'
those remote countries, where
the firiking difference between
the civilized and' ^ji^ii+itized
:the difference of climate,
colors and habits, and principally
the security of European famv
:Jtefy imperiously required a ,@(
inequality in the civil and politi
cal state of individuals.•
"'lt is also known what has
been the , fatal consequence of
these innovations, so eagerly pur
sued by zealots, moll of whom
were doubriefs, aHuated by the
l&norable intention Os promoting
the cause of humanity, and who,
while endeavoring to render tfe
inhabitants of the colonies indis
criminately equal in rights, have
only tendered them equally un
happy.
Slavery, 'then," added the
Orgor, " 'muft be maintained in
feci": of our colonies, 'as have
coriftantly flourished under that
re,tejin others,et us hasten
to fubflitute for dehfive and feduc.
ingMeoriWan healing fylleng
fceoffibination of which must bb:/
pdipkH to circumstances, vari-^
fant of therpfelvesj and tonfided
to ^ffiim of the govern-
BR'ufx then readtbe following
?fcjea of,l^B'^
i%,im^
fed to France conformable to th€
j treaty of&^SLAVERY^
be tatttaired agreeably to thel
^rtf%
%titT. Il.it shall be the fime'
in the other French colonies be-<
fend the, Cape of Good Hope,
Art. 111. The traffic in Haves
and their importation into the 3
said colonies, shall be condaded
agreeably to the regulation# q.
iffing prior to the year 1789.
Art. IV. Notwithftan(iing all
anterior Jaws the regime of the co
lonies shall be fabjed for the pe
riod of ten years, to the regul,
lions of the government. ),^
The difeuffion of this project
.was appointed for the 20:h May,
t London May 17. It was yes
terday reported, that fom<;
French ships, in our ports, have
been denied permission to dis
charge their cargoes of French
wines and brandies. . This pro
hibition is made in retaliation on
the French for refufing tQafoui
some English ships lately a^our
deaux to landj^
Several reprefen&iQns mifeP a ^
ed between '&,.0h0 and our
government on this fubfea./'
Ma, 18. This morotogMGre.
ceived Paris journals— the Legi(
lative Body is doing every ihipg
te&baften the ele&ion of the firn
!glifol for life. : As they cannot
voters a body, a plan ha&fepde
vised to enable them to vote indi.
vidually ^itfout taking the troy,
ble @f a journey to their own de.
frirtment.
Inhere is armour in circufy
tion that the titfe will be changed
from that of Chief Gonfurof the
French Republic to that ,or Cop
^ef^G^uisL.
Yesterday the Admiralty WAS,
^efowded with fefoal hundred
navy officers widovtywho &tcrp
ed to be (worn as to their being
widows &&ra, Btheifi receiv
ing their pensions the ensuing
pay day ; and what has been so
long talked of is at length fefefe'
%pUcc, namely, an ,augmpn@Qn
of th^irpitiapcf off oj. & yegio
Ma, % 2, The regxfters.offled in
France, on the. qpettionMmqber
Bonaparte foal)' be 6% for
Life? are. repfefen^d ip, be fill,
in g ' er y rapidly)^
lieve the Paris papers' the apfyer
will ^ an, unanimous affirm, ativ-e.
It is rather extraordinary that
noge of the Paris Papers h*^
19th inst. take the gjghreß notice
of the prQppfiuon lubmitted^
(he May orgies of Pari% tp the
Prefect ,pr giving to Bonaparte,
in addition to the Confute for
life, ,te power of nominWn& his
fucceffor.' x«,^certain that
•fech a proportion has be%ty@)
and that the prefer did not dif#
courage it.
Os BONAPARTE.
i^ The Frenich papers are as full
gfimecdte of Bonaparte, as eg
er they were during the ancient
regime, of the grand Monartyues.
A depwatityr of 102 members of
the Legilfative Body, was lately
introduced to an audience; to
^Xprefs /the tonedrreiTCe of the §
Legislature in&iidualfy. in the
reftim6nfc% ffl.it'nde<
exhibited in the vote to eleft him
Consul forjife ; and of their con
vision fyfife4j^
would soon bq declared,— Bon,
4,arte.@sti raw fW^tf"
^p^pfero^fy^
all its independence—it @1 be
obeyed§—Whatever may, emy
Sbfeftmy, Whether Consul orpri-
Vate, Citizen—l shall A# only
for the gtydeur and hßppinefs of
France."
To a similar Deputation from
the Tribunate, he obferyed ——_
^Bonaparte will be always him,
felf. It will be his chief desire
that his memory may defeend
without tarniffi to the latest pof.
terity ; and none will ever be
|Mfote to fay of Bonaparte, that
he has lived too long by many
Paris, 24 Flored. In &
Tribunate yesterday, ffite law for
promulgating the Treaty of A
miens, palled unanimously ; as
did a vote of thanks fofoftoh
Bonaparte, the negOci^OT. ,
Gen, Menou, of the hreality
of Egypt, has be^reiaed a
member of the l-ribunate.
•rs ^o'X-', ^4p,, ^JlG'^fi.^
A ~RONDON, May M ''
<F^CH LEGION OFTO^
• A Strong and unexpected op.
portion has manifelt^d iU^f in
^ e <^cb ^eg^W^r Our
readers know, that a plan has
been proposed, fot&bl&pg , Legion
,f Honor! the nature of witch we bare
already exphifoed. ' Ttit proportion was
warniforecommeoded fa the Tribunate
BW* Bjuspirte. A member of
the name of Savy Rollin attacked it
with spirit and with great firength of
ilfo^nf ™ confidcred it as the'to
traluaian of hereditary landmiliUf,
Nob.dfe into the,&Rublfes Chea,cl
in, who tyaf Abafypr to this coyotry,
before the war, oppofyi lit. with, equal
warmth, iud coiQem bed it ty th±
higheftdegree uncooftltUiioaal. Lu
ri.ni Bonapare ^lwe^d Rollin and
Chesvelin with some ^etuicnc%and la.
veighed against them is hiring attacked
the Government. The plan however,
was adopted by the Tribunate ; but'the
dife ^kffltytefl t ! /
In the Leg'fliriv? Body the ^ppefrion
teas „'hCTiL Our readers know, that
by the c&ffitrtron of thft body, thas af
fembty decides 0,00 a plan wifhont hear
ing speeches tfcm any of its members.--:
Or,tors from thegovernqtent, ap4 * de
puiatibn from the tribunate, plead be,
fore fc&fther forot agiimft any meafore;
aqd ihe affembiy proceeds to^he votte af
¥»,%;# ft. flap,*,at
night, the difeuffion apo, the Legion of
Hogor was opened foThenLegiaativrt
Body. Lucien Bonaparte in tne Legis
lative Body. Lucien Bonaparte defend
ed it, and animadverted upon tbe objee,
tioos ifyfopit to the Tribunate. At
midnight'fhe Legiflaifa Body divided,
and adopted the plan by ri majority of
i 66 to rto. Bo strong a oliaoritfrhas
not been seen fa feme time. ,11
Kempton Bona,ark sLife.
;, Maj 27. '',
A most extraordinary report has been
brought from Calais by a bred which
arrived stDover last night. It so, that
the life cd Bonaparte has been again at,
tempted—the attempt was made on the
Parade at the Qototidi review. The
confpiratOTs farrobaded him, and slab
bed him. Happily the woupd was gift;
an Aid de Camp, however} near him,
will mortally wounded. We give this a
rumoufywithout pledging ourselves in the
flighted degree for hr authenticity—
It may be only an echo of areport circu
lated here some days ago, op the author
ity of some private accounts' from Paris,
which mentioned, that a conspiracy a
gaioft BoMfeW tifeWad been planned,
but had been discovered.,, ' ?
^ T'^i'Fr#wA„'iM, 22.
so At the making up of the frened Lift,
refoeainkthe Frft Confel'kbeing eleSed
fofrfaQmight before hA, 001,7000
namrt appeared, and roost 06 these rail,
tary orplatemen.'
A duel ha&bfofyWt tafeWfe.
filing foil Reginierrfwo French Gener
>als, wfeo were in Egypt. Ttelatter had
cenfuN^B condud of the former in a
battfe. Y They foughtTaW piftolsat
twenty paces ; advanctetwtfpacea each
shot. Deih+dg was killed off the .iff?
^#^y^ha,@^
a cofyaufe A duel bete R^'
aadmn^^ttq&fflpat the First
Gopfal ordered the former to Bourdeatt
andfroin thence tp St. Domingo. Ma
non enjoys the @ of teffi