Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-02-16 00:00:00, page 3

E^traß from an epft^ary correfeondente on
the republican J,fem of Government.
(CONTINUED.)
WITH regard to Craffus' 2,1 number, it trityl
certainly be allowed, by men acquainted with
public bufiuefs, that “ a reafouable ground of con
fidence'' is all. we have to build upon in conduct
ing it. When men are governed in their mea
sures by reafn, tc moral" and “ experimental cer
tainty" will find their proper places. It the mea
fare alluded to, demanded not " immediate re
lief," it would not have been propoled. That it
did, is too evident to bejurily denied. Shall com
merce, agriculture, manufactures, and the peo
ples' labours tor a livelihood be difeouraged b)
taxes for the accumulation of treasure ^hich is
not wanted, and which may serve only “ to tempi
the rapacity of a greedy invader"?
The law shaded to, Is no way infringed upon
by fiich a part of the revenue's - being difpeufed
with ; all furpluffes pf revenue will be applied as
it directs, notwithdanding the diminution of taxes.
What the duties on impoils will produce in fu
ture, is so far from being problematical, (as is at
ferted) that there can be no reasonable doubt of
the increase of that produce. As commerce will
jnereafe, imports will increase, and of consequence
the prmlu&ion of the duties. That there can be
no accumulation of treasure while the national
debt remains yqextiuguilhed, is a paradox in pol
Considering it a duty enjoined on them by
the Confutation which they had sworn t<
support, the House of Representatives, a
their December session in 1799, took th<
fubjeft under their consideration, and ap
pointed a committee to report a bill for new
diftriaiog the Rate for the choice of Sena
tors, the committee reported accordingly,
but owing to an opposition, the basts ot
which was not then generally underfloor
the report was not accepted. At the Dec.
session. 1800, the fubjea was resumed by
the House and the bill passed by a very large
majority, but was negatived by the Sen.m,
eight voting against it, viz : Mr. Shepard,
Mr. Bettan, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Hartwell,
Mri Fogg, Mr. Hale, Mr. Orr,' and Mr.
Mooney.
At the session in June ißor, the fame bill
Was again taken up, and passed a fecom
time in the House of Representatives by a
large majority, and again negatived in tn
Senate : Mr. Shepard, Mr. FoggyMr.'Bet
tan, Mr. Orr, Mr. Hartwell, Mr. Taylor
and Mr. RmTeil voting against it.
Finding the fame divilion on this, as or
other important questions, I was led t
search for the cause, and have been inform
ed that the objection inmhe Senate was no
to the bill itfelf but to the principle on whicl
it was founded ; the majority; in fae, were
determined there should .be no division, an<
without giving any better reason than " tha
in two or three years more a new valuatioi
Would be taken." That is, because th:
state has been unequally represented in th
Senate, for two or three years already, it i
proper it fhodJd Co continue for two or thre^
years more, any thing in the Confutation t<
the contrary notwithstanding ! ! !
From all the circurriftances which have.
Attended this business, it is evident that cer
tain men had made tliemfelves a party t<
aft together on every important question,
and that if a new division of the state flioul
fake place, ibeir phalanx would probably
be so broken in upon that their fucceisfu
opposition to the other branch, in future
would be doubtful.
Our confutation contains the following
article, viz.
" That the fate may be equally represented ii
the Senate, the legflaOire (hall from timeto time
divide the Jlate into twelve difri&s, as nearly equal
as may be, without dividing towns and unincorpor
ated places ; andiu making this division they Jhali
govern themselves by the proportion of direCl taxes
Quid by the [aid di,'lritis, and timely make known t^
the inhabitants of the Jlate, the limits of each dij
ttfir.
By recurring to the last valuation it will
be found that the proportion of direct taxet
paid bv the towns which compose the fede
ral diftri^s is very unequal in general, mor
particularly in regard to the dilfrias in th<
two extreme parts of the state. From the
increase of population in the districts, num
ber eleven and twelve, they together pa:
more than double the amount of the direct
faxes of the Rate paid by districts number
bne and two ! a disproportion which the a
bove article in the Constitution was (if ii
meant any thing) intended to prevent. —
Mefrs. Printers,
The writer in your paper who has giver
us a hiftory of some of the extraordinary
proceedings of the Senate of this date, ha
omitted those which relate to the new ail
triaing the date for the choice of Senators
If 1 have a right conception of the fubjed
their condn3 io this particular, is, in m,
opinion, as highly exceptionable as in an
of those which have been mentioned.
If through fear of loflng an eleaioh, tin
constitution be liable to be sported with
how important is it th'at men Should be e
)e&ed to administer it, whefe regard to it'
principles and to their oaths, is paramour/
to every other confederation.
One of the People.
r^&rfegg^Q^^^+b^^^
For the REPUBLICAN LEDG ER.
F.r the REPUBLICAN LEDGER.
if it, that 1 ventured my approbation as that ot
an Independent Republican. The signature of
" Thousands," like every thing else from that
quarter, carries its tifual imposition upon the pub
tc mind —-that is, the flimfy pretext to impose op
n.i the free, independent citizens of New-Hamp^
hire, that the tory principle of that fag/e writer
is the opinion of thousands —of tories ; for he does
not hesitate to fay, these monflers (to use his own
words) form a majority of the people of New-
Hainphiire. He sets out with a number of words
picked up out of any other paragraph he may fee
in any other paper, and is quite hurt to fee old
vhigs, sons of liberty and '75 men, in such bad
ompany as traitors, juntos, tories, factious ariflo
crats, and federalists ; and he may well be fo—
jad the omiflion of Governor for Col. JOHN
^LANGDON he might ha\ c supplied by adverting
j the communication alluded to, recommending
chat worthy republican ; —that found its way into
di the other papers, and that he no doubt read ;
nd I am only surprised that the hydra beaded
writer, " Thousands" did not take up that piece
nan, but Purely I have a right to judge for myielf;
- d 1 do Kill think that the tory principle is a
traitorous principle, and a monster in our fret
republic. Ido not carry reflections to perfonali
ty ; it answers no geod purpose—it only foments
faction and rancour ; nor do 1 think it proper to
of persons here, who have a partial influence in the
State, that 46 thanks to an overruling providence,'
(if "Thanfands" will have my very words) is leflen
mg and likely to end foon —and what is this but
a junto —therefore i houfands is welcome to al!
hiswords ranked in battalion, only give me tor)
and junto. In his own low language “ the tories
begin to fqueakl let us have fair play" he fays—
I alk why Thousands is so afraid of tories, and why
are toriesjufl now so afraid of themselves ? why
da they (brink ? io the name of heaven have they
not had under the late fydem,all the play , fair and
foul— people's property and character at their
feet, persecuted and oppressed—and now the, per
ceive a change, they cry out " fair play". ARe
publican wants his fair rights—look in this town
a few days fince,fae dollars for damages for his
protection, his rights, ,is wife and family, ano
alk if a republican finds his rights, and whether i:
is not high time the fvllem (honld be changed here,
as well as in other flares—and how are we to ex
peCt any thing without clianing MEN. It is ab
Curd that Mr. Gilman Ihould be continued the
monarch of New-Hampfhire,under the known sys
tetn of the tory junto, and we are the only State
in the Union where such a desperate and danger
ousjunto exists. We have the power and will
think, vote, and aft for ourselves. Thoufauds
Tays, Jefferfoniftn reigns triumphant—l may as
well fay Gilmanifm has rode triumphant, dr add
ism to two or three other names in New-Hamp
thire—the weakness of such noufeufe carries with
itics, uhich Craffus might be mpre innocently em
ployed in fulving, than ih reflecting on the people
s deluded idolaters, and on the President, th
nan of their choice, as unworthy of the trull the
lave reputed in him.
The American people will hot be so readily in
luced to believe their money will, not lay as con
eniently in their own pockets, 3, in the tfeafti
y for Craflius purposes ot useful improvements
if I'or the exigences of war. They have uses foi
heir money, and they look not for war but peace;
—Peace, the friend ot agriculture, mauitactures.
ommefee and navigation, " the tour pillars of om
>rofperity," and these “ are then molt when left
noTt free to individual enterprise." War, public
debt, and a profulion of taxes have been ever fount
very convenient things in monarchial and arilto
cratical governments; bn which public debts, an
ill devouring treasury, and a nln'tiplicity of tax
es are the means and effids of agrandizenfent.
But, (layk CrafTos, if we may (peak tor him)
the people are quite easy with their taxes 1 Let
is keep them on, by all means. We know what
to do with the money, and when we have spent it,
he people mult give us more.—We can quiet
them into taxes.
VERITAS.
CTfCT==e~——totefo—m^
©je Republican Ledger.
Portsmouth, February 16, 1802.
-<-< <Q>-<§>&»
Republican Ticket, for 1802.
John Langdon, Governor.
Levi Bartlett, Counfclkr for the County of
Rockingham.
John Goddard, Senator for Diflrifl No. 1.
Benja. Barnard, Senator for Diflrifl No. 2.
Josiah Adams, Recorder of Deeds for Rock
ingham county.
Nath'l Folsom, Treafurerfor ditto.
another fatt is, he will not fina the yeomanry of
New Hampshire (that 1 know, as he does, to be
r oo enlightened, too virtuous, too federal, that is
too republican) to be the dupes to believe that the
ignature of " Thousands" will entrap them into
any other idea than that it is the signature of a
ory, a falfhood, a calumny upon the citizens
>f New Hamplhire ; the writer will not blame
ne tor tiling his own words [fee the Oracle of the
6th] —and 1 beg to alk whether I use such words
is " belching fcand dous abuse" " leave off your
billingsgate. ! hope the Republican Citizen will
r ead both the pieces to jud^e of both, Ido not
now what Col. Langdon has loft or gained in a
>ng political life—l know he has ultimately
gained the good opinion of @very good and honed
nan, becatife he is one himfelf. lam only a pl^iu
exhibit the names of individuals in public paper—
it is a cruelty—jet, in this town, the falls and in
dances are so plain, they cannot be miflaken ; & i>
Exeter we know the fall is as plain, that there are
nerfons there under the direction & afeendenc)
to hope his communications, which I fee in all the
>ther prints, would have been continued. I wa^
0 Bruck with the sensible and convincing manner
> censure—the fatt is he cadnot answer it—and
IT was too late to answer a communication
D the Oracle of the week before lad, Signed
'Thoufands," dated at Dover, in answer to m)
noughts, ligned An Independent Republican, in
our paper ot the 2d ind.— -indeed I did not think
0 have appeared in a public print again, after
be lignature of Fellow Citizen, but was induced
To the Editors of the Republican Ledger.
NEW^TORt, FEB. 4.
It appears that the minority in Congress are de
termined to impede the profecurion of public bu
tinefs, by quibbling, and being guilty of other low
tricks which would difhoriour even a pettyfogger.
Even Bayard himfelf appears to be ashamed ot his
quibbling colleagues. It seems to be their fettled
plan to procrastinate the session, to give their edi
torial Satellites a pretext to finder republican e
conomy. Dana was openly accused by Mr. Ni
.holfbn with quibbling ; this allegation was repel
ted by hknfell and a tew of his quibbling afloci
ates in the house. The queflion was accordingly
put by the Speaker—" 1s this gentleman a quib
her ?" and it was determined that he was-—57 to
30 ! So that Dana Bands a quibbler updn record.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman at Madrid,
dated 6th Nov. 1801.
“ Several of our merchant vetiels, which had
been captured and carried into Algeziras by Span
dh armed boats or vessels, have been set at liber
ty ; But no cotripenfation has been allowed foi
the great losses and damages occasioned by then
unjust detention."
DIED—At Andover, (Mass.) 'the tibh. Samne
Phillips, Esq. Lieut. Gov. of the Commonwealt!
of Massachusetts, aged go.
At Rye, the widow Mary White, &• Bf.,
- In this town, Mrs# Langdon, aged 53, wire cl
Mr. Wm. Langdon.—Mrs. Elizabeth Biunt, wifi
of Capt. Robert Blunt. Capt. William Trefethen,
aged 64.
At the commencement of the French revolution,
Mr. Pitt saw the finger of Heaven pointed to the
lelloration of monarchy in France. He accord
tngly obeyed the mandate, by instituting a crusade
against those infidel French who were persuaded
that the finger of Heaven pointed to a republic.
But the crusade was unsuccessful ; where upon
Mr. Pitt gave up the trade of interpreter to Mr.
Addington. Now Mr. Addington had been ac
customed to look at things though a more correct
medium ; wherefore, we shall not wonder that he
soon found the finger of Heaven directed toward,
peace, instead of war. Peace he lias obtained ,
whence it follows that he had a better view"oi
Heaven's finger than ever Mr, Pitt had.
In America, we have also had interpreters ; the
most conspicuous of whom was J. Adams. Ht
old us that the “ finger of Heaven pointed to war'
with France ; yet, not withstanding this positive
declaration, congress would hot believe that ht
had ever seen the finger of Heaven, and therefore
refused to go to war. In fall, some humourous
tellows have suggested, that Mr. Adams mistook
his own finger tor the finger of Heaven, when hi
made the declaration. Be that as it may, i
nuft appear evident to the merest blockhead ii
exigence, that nine tenths of those fingers whicl
are impiously called the fingers of Heaven, arc
nothing else than the clenched fills of thole iotri
guers who would facrifice men as if they were
oullocks.
^^}Pe regret that we are obliged to offer to
our readers this week, a paper of so diminutive
appearance ; but we afire them it is not ow
ing in tiny rejpea to negligence, there being
such aJeareity of paper, it is with difficult)
we can procure it es any fix.
LATE FROM HAVANNA.
Previous to the 12th Jan. (the extended time
limited by government) 70 fail ot American vel
fefe had been permitted to enter. It was believec
that after this date, no further permission woulc
be granted.-w-Flour, 18 dollars per bbl.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman at Wajhing
ton, dated February 3d, —6 P. M.
" It is with great pleafnre I announce to you
that the bill to repeal the judiciary aft ot laß ses
sion, passed the fepate this evening—every effort
was made to defeat this object—the feelings and
the fears of the members were addressed, and
much theatrical flourish was exhibited in the trite
Byle of federalifm. Great Briefs was laid upon
che memorial of the Philadelphia bar, as if law
yers, and lawyers only, were competent to decide
upon a point, in which the whole people were
more deeply interested, if not in a pecuniary, at
least in a political view."
it its own condemnation. " New order 6?
hbigS !" I contend for the old order of things in
'75. That is the order of things, and the only or
ter we know of ; for which dor forefathers have
died their blood, and that we have Surrendered to
he junto—then as to the exadnefs of fatements,
l am like every other man that has his eyes open
:o read, and let thousands read the fame debates
that 1 read, he will find the fame about judiciary,
judges and fuirs—he may take all into his calcula
tion. We rely upon the wifdoni of the union—
without being united, 1 repeat with the Fellow
Jitizen, we are loft. 1 think, however, I can es
cablith my Statements if it were of any confe
quence to become the fubjeft of Newspaper con
troversy. 1 differ with Thousands that Col. John
Langdon will not go down. This I know, tl^i
if we have not a change in that quarter ne shall
all go down and I have greater reason to fay-, that
Thousands & Ten thousands think so, than he who
usurps that signature—and I do also know, as
Jol. John Langdon is the only remaining candi
<late without any opinion as to the merits of other
good men——he Bands the fair, the upright,
meritorious and tit perfoilfor the important 11a
tion fob Governor—that he Can fnpport it with
the dignity and refpeftability of an independent
republican, however defpi fable “ Mr. Indepen
dence" ahd “ Mr. Republican", may be in the
eyes of one Tory or a Thousand such tories- I
therefore call upon you fellow citizens to pay lit
tle attention to Tories or Tory Signatures ; bu;
believe and be assured the delation and impofion
is pacing away and by uniting you will conquer
and disperse faction and its abettors in the per
son and eleftion for this year of Col. jOHN
LANGDON, for Governor.
AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN.
Portsmouth, not Dover, -
Feb. 15.
^ THE FINGER OF HEAVEN."
MORTALITY.
From a London paper.
WHEREAS sundry letters lately lent to and
from this office, particularly two from the Post-
Mafler-General; sealed with his official seal, one
for Albany, Few-York, and the other for Bucks-
Town, Maine, have been broken open before they
.vere received by the persons to whom they were
liretied—and other letters of importance front
officers of government and from individuals have
been suppressed and in some instances withheld or
delayed in such manner as to induce a belief of
premeditated and fraudulent delign. Apd as a
mong other injurious consequences of such atro^
ious conduct the innocent and the guilty are in
a date of uncertainty, alike fubjett to censure—
I, therefore, (being implicated with others) will
pay a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS,
for information which (hail convict any persons
of any of the'abovementidned offences, and Two
Hundred Dollars iu each case of the said Postmas
ter-general.
TH : MUNROE, R. AT. Wafti©^
Jan. 25, 1802.
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sors of this volume, and inherit the bleflings there
in so feelingly delineated. Wethink a dollar can
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The Saints' Rest beautifully defined ; and the care
iefsand thoughtless part of mankind cautioned to
ivoid the rocks and fboals upon which thousands,
it is to be feared have split.
It is hoped that the publishers will not be dif
appoiuted in their anticipations of a rapid fide of
this truly valuable work.
Portsmouth, Feb. 16,1802.
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