Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-06-22 00:00:00, page 2

northern states ; and in the fouth.
ern, from N. York to the Miffif
ippi, the majorities are gain
ing 'ftill fafter on the minori
. ties. ^'
, ; Thus we are likely to end as
we Began, in peace and union, in'
order, justice, liberty and fafety.
If this is not a correa ftateme%'
it ought to be contradiaed. If
it be Correa, it ought to have fits
full weight in tranquilizing the
public mind, and in driving the
spirit of fa&ion apd of local pre^
possession far away frofn this
young and happy country.
Chronicle.
There is noc perhaps a finer
euloginm on record, than th& of
the British minifier, Ld. Hawked
bury, on Mr. Jefferfon's policy.
" For some months past (fays he)
that government has shewn a dif
pofitionvery friendly. But if in.
terefts should clash between the
two governments, he had made
f no doubt that America would re
solutely assert her rights." It is
certain that the trade of these
states, during the late war, has
been of mq,efervice in support
ing the declining power of the
British ^government, than anyl
other circumstance ; 'and of this 1
truth the present ministry inEn
gland appear to be fully'fenfi
ble.
Capt. Rogers who has been
,fynprifoned by ffie French aiCape :
UFancois. had been liberated, and'
ira, arrived at Baltimore, Capt.[
Davison has also been ^et at;
liberty,
Witter fora# correspondent
in Newyork^fferts, that" only fix I,
aristocratic candidates are electedj
to the next congrefu " from that\
Bate, and that « dependencyis;
pourtrayedinevery totyface."
'FAQV^H
BoJlon, June 14.
?fa London;^
May t, 180g.I
"I CONORA^ry LATE you OP ,
the repeal ofttfe h^fextraordi,^
nary and oppreffiye law, varyingj
the Judiciary system, passed in
the lift Congress. J^very person
of difeernment, saw, at the time'
this law was ena&ed, that it was
+ noting more than a mere politi
* cal trick, to embarrass your ad
ministration. But what will not
a dangerous ambition attend
secure the continuance ofiis pow.
er & influence ?— Your conftitu
tiop arid governmefiffrever could
jfc acquired its appropriate sta
bility, if a difeomfitted fadion, in
fed^^w^ politi
cal exigence, could be permittee
to |frotra& th at litoral agamft
the public fcpfe, by interfering
~ith^^ which should
^ aiwa^l^Wd fecred by. every
..'Wsfy^¥^ theferrety
of J dllice become the instruments
j/fo^^ru^
CTure to fay that Tuch an ]
@fo# &teffi^
^^t^
; @'lM b/ this'pr'e^de^ toI
11a ' oriW
cial deqifibns, which are often ar
"Tw If b nf fi its own
tetefts in them instead of itste
ing rcgulated by that stern, unre- ,
lenting & impartial justice, which
ought to govern every court of
judicature in a free country. —=
It haff given me great anxiety,
who, you know, have always ta
ken a deep share in every thing
that concerns your country, to
find many of ypur state, and even
federal judges, in the paroxifen
pfj/ptelate deiufion, itinerating;
through their circuits, and con. 1
verting the holy fe^t of law, rea
lon and equity, into a rostrum,
from which they could harangue
the populate,' under the artful
pretence of inftru&ing a grand
jury; and excite an alarming fa % f
naticifm among them, under the f
cover of legal authority. Even
[here nothing of this kind has Fate
ly happened; I must therefore
attribute such dreadful excesses
to the early, unfetiled nature of
your government, before your
habits are fixed by time and ex
perience.
" Os all the calamities which
can distress a people willing to be
free, that ofa judge becoming a
viblenvpartizan, is themoft tobe
deprecated. I dare fay, under the;
wife and virtuous adminidration
lofI of Mr, Jefferson, a law will be
passed regulating these occasion
al addresses t<f the passions of the
multitude and obliging the judges
to keep within the bounds of their
iduty ; instead of wandering at
jlarge, over the widely extended.
,field of exiftin^ political differ
lepees, in which ffiere are To many
thorns and so few flowes.
“ At prefect I hope every thing
and fear but little, I have had
mod exalted idea of the habitual
I goqd fenfc of your countrymen,
I who appear to "have afted, on the
whole, from the firftfyle^
,of New-England, under all Fir
cymftances, in a manner superior
to any example that as yet has
been exhibited, as far a; I know,
lin the whole course of human as
; fairs; and I firmly rely, that this
;important part of the Union,
;which was the firft to afleri the
I rightl and liberties of men, will be the'
last to desert that faeffcd cause.
?' I beg pardon for fo^much on
thi% fubje&, but the feellings I
have long had on your account,
wij!,l;anyfenfible 4brve as an apol
ogy for this intrusion on your pa
tience'"
The Republicans, who are all
friends to good government, al
though they db not think a system
of restraints and exadions, multi
plied without rhyme dr reason is
essential to constitute the idea,
hive nothing to do, but be easy.
The constitution and administra
tion now go straight forward to
the peace, liberty and fafety of
the citizens. A republican Pfe. ,
fident is clearly good for three
veils— the Senate for fix—and
the next House of Reprefenta.
Itires will, probably, under the
new cenfvs, be more republican
even then theft;^\s
Tar. fy^ of economy and
I retrenchment adopted by Prefi.
rtteatJEßP frson, will be soon as
^^w^ be. hls
Ir there is one million two |
IhundTedthouf&nd p^rfons in the
I five New. FnertArid States how 1
by-the people, and put Jefferfon
against either Hamilton or Adams
even without the seven southern
Rates, and there is no question he,
would have in his favor a majori
ty of thousands. ^^''^
As taxation and rteprefentation
are reciprocal, the seven southern
Rates would, no doubt, gladly re
nounce their extra representation,
if tongrefeVould only dirninifo
their raxes jn the fame propor
tion.
— — at
As long as the world lasts there
will be differences of opinion.—
The moral, political, and even
the physical order ot things could
not be maintained without them;
I But, as DoAor Franklin wifely
observes. we must learn to abate
our own infallibility. He who
doubts his own judgment, has
advanced one Rep in the high
road to truth. If we ate some.
times mjftaken, we cannot help it
—we can only fay we mean to go
and to keep right. It is very
certain we Have vigilant monitors
to our defeas, and to cut down
Our excesses, whenever they hap
pen.
>A writer in the Palladium,
calls the Internal Taxes “a sure
and well organized Source of re#
venue.' If we ar? to judge of'
its organization by the number
%hd pay of the officers employed
in the colle&^on, why then it may
truly^be said to be well organized
—but with refpe& to its being a
sure fourceef revenue, there is
less room tb be confident. Had
this writer even have taken the
trouble to enquire bfa distiller,
he might have found put, that the
government is defrauded every
year of at least one fourth part of
this tax ; and if the means of el a.
hbn practiced within the town qf
Bo^on, were in other, places as
fuccefsfully used, the avails of
this tax in a short time would
scarcely be^eq^l to the support
of pocket-money sos the officers.
% WW th^diriidence Becoming
a Federalist, this fame young man
under the signature of “ Pub,.
bus. Lentulu s," has peremptori
ly averted, that the law passed for
the extinguishment of the public
debt, contains a provision for t|ty
reloan of the Dutch debt to an jri,
!&finite period. ^As it might be
deemed uncandid co examine'
this declaration upon a partial
view of.it, the whble is here infert
ed'^ V - ? '^Y^
“But when we know that this
very bill, with its imposing title,
contains provision for reloaning
@an indefinite period, the whole
of the Dutch debt, amounting tty
nine millions of dollars, we @:
fywn all these expressions o£com
placency and triumph, as the
tribute typocrify pays to virtue."
Without animadverting upon
the style or terms in which chit
barefaced falfhoo^ is couched,
gpaffage of the Bill, which
pronounces judgmentdire&ly in
the face of it; shall in this place
be recited:'
. « Provided, That <he United
States mail have a right to fol
fix'^^f^he da^of'thXe
[anffil^B^^
I thereon Ihall not exceca nvc, pci
cent, per annum, nor the charges 1
tl&upon^he rae of five per
I rnolii
refcntaiions resorted to, in sup
port of a finking cause ; and they ,
are left to determine, which is
„most to be admired in this youih
^ful performance, the knowledge
or the modesty of the writer.- 1 —
Six years may very well be esti
mated an indefinite period, where
« horses and coaches pass for houfo
hold furniture ;" but tne condi#
tions annexed to this law, limiting
the interest to five per cent, and
reserving the right of redemption
to fix years, differs materially
from the language 'ufed by ihe
last administration, when Mr.
Adams was authorifed to bor
row. five millions of dollars. In
that a6tthere was no reilriaiop
at all toJimft the rate of interest,
and the principal was irredeema
,ble for fifteen years.
Ifthe old administration had
been as careful to preserve the
public interest a^ the new have
shewn themselves to be, in the
(precautionary provisions ofthis
bill, Which reduces the public
debt, Mr. Adams never could
have mortgaged the public re
venues for fifteen years at an in.
tefeft of eight 'per cent, per arm,
upon the capital loaned. 3
The plain tiuth is, that bur filial
fairs hm been heretofore defigpedly per
plexed, and by the use of a uffinicai or
Hamiltonian diale&renderedambiguous.
But the writer in the Palladium, may
reftaffured, that the provisions of the
law alluded to are not intended to deceive
the country by/any falfe appearance of
reducing the public deb-— they are only
eniaed to equalize the payment# of the
Dutch debt, and legally to clothe the
Secretary with an authority to apply the
various funds within the sphere of the
Treasury department, to the federal ob
je&s designated in the bill, and to relieve
him from those embarrassing, irregular,
and unlawful proceedings which have
diftinguffied the official tranfadions of
his predecessors.,
Under the past admhiftratiqp, the
praaic^of funding and borrowing was a
from purpofel, rendered so complicate,
the common feofe of the country was
unequal to a dear cbmprehenfion of its
various operation,. Hence the Ameri
can people, in general, have supposed
the United Stutesa long time since had
paid the debt due to France. Whereat
the men then at the head of our affairs
on'y took up tbe@ note, which, on ac
count of its reference to the king, w#|
not negoci able, and gave in lieu thereof
a new negociable note ; perhaps this left
evidence of the debt, may have paired
into other hands, but we (till rai the
money, and an account of it ma, be fee#
in Mr. Gallatin's,report, under the head
of si per cent flocks. { The adminiftra.
tio< jat the time of exchanging the new
note for the old one, offered the Dutch a
premium of if pe< ct. if they would also
take a new note ; but the Mynheers chofd
^Z 1 ^ debtftYhd inits original form.
£ The course maiked out by the new ad
ministration for the payment of the Dutch
debt, Is ode diredly oppefite to all this. ^
It proposes forff/v to difeharge all the
debt in fix years at least, without any re
loan ; and if the public faith had not
ten irftrabl, pledged by % Adams.
keep 6,500 000 dollars until the year
1809, at an exorbitant interest, there is
but little doubt the wfyle of the public
, debt wou|d have tym paid off sooner
than the period now proposed by thePre- J
fident for its accompl^menM At all
events 7,foo,ooodollars are appropriated;
for the , car l, difcfofthis debt.
If we are only frugal of the public mp
ney, industrious; honest, temperate and
unassuming, and scrupulously observant
of our national engagements, we flhall
have nothing to sears but (hall continue
t Q be hfop, It home, and receded by
foreign natiohs. Chronicle.
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