Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-08-06 00:00:00, page 2

that calls for. ' When it is considered,
that during the late administration, those
who were not of a particular fe& of po#
litics, were excluded from all office;
when by a Ready pursuit of this measure,
nearly the whole offices of the United
States were monopolized by that fe&,
when the public sentiment at length de
clared itfelf, and burst open the doors of
honor and confidence to those whose o
pinions they more approved ; was it to
be imagined that this monopoly of ofc
fice was dill to be continued in the hands
of the minority? Does it violate their
equal rights, to assert some rights in the
majority aifo ? Is it political intolerance
to claim a proportionate share in the
direction of the public affairs? Can
they not harmonize in society unless they
have every thing in their own hands ?
If the will of the nation, manifefted by
their various elections, calls for an ad
ministration of government according
with the opinions of those ele&ed ; if,
for the fulfilment of that will, displace
ments are necessary, with whom can
they so justly begin as with persons ap
pointed in the last moments of an ad
ministration, not for its own aid, but to
begin a career at the fame time with
their successors, by whom they had nev
er been approved, and who could scarce
ly expert from them a cordial co-ope#
ration? °
Mr. Goodrich was one of these. Was
it proper for him to place himfelf in of#
fice, without knowing whether those,
whose Agent he was to be, could have
confidence in his agency ? Can the pres
ference of another, as the successor of
Mr. Austin, be candidly called a re
moval of Mr. Goodrich? If a due par
ticipation of office, is a matter of right,
how are vacancies to be obtained ?—
Those by death are few, by resignation
none. Can any other mode then but
removal, be proposed ? This is a pain#
ful office; but it is made my duty, and
I meet it as such. I proceed in the op#
eration with deliberation and enquiry,
that it may injure the bell men least ;
and effect the purposes of justice and
public utility with the least private dis
tress ; that it may be thrown as much as
possible on delinquency, on oppression,
on intolerance, on anti-revolutionary
adherence to our enemies.
The remonstrance laments " that a
change in the adminift^tion must pro
duce a change in the subordinate
ers:" in other words, that it ffim
deemed necessary for all officer^
with their principal. But q
does this imputation bear ? om
who have excluded from office]
shade of opinion which was not t^^ff
or on those who have been so excluded ?
I lament sincerely that unessential dif
ferences in opinion, fhou|d have been
deemed fufficient to interdi& half the fo#
ciety from the right and the blessings of
felf- government ; to proscribe them as
unworthy of every trull. It would have
been to me a circumstance of great re
lief had I found a moderate participation
of office in the hands of the majority ; I
would gladly have left to time and acci
dent to rhife them to their just share.—
But their total exclusion calls for prompt
er correaives. I shall corre& the pro
cedure; but that done, return with joy
to that state of things when the only ques
tions concerning a candidate shall be,
MORE FEDERAL CANDOUR.
The President has appointed David Gelftou,
Esq. colledor of Newyork, vice Joihua Sands;
which appointment Mbfer'e Sped ator introduces
in this manner :— . -.
" IPbea vice prevails, and im pious men bear faaj,
" Tbe post #/ honor is, a private Ration."
It is but a Ihort time, since these two lines would
have introduced an editor to a foil and fine ; but
now, thank God, we have an administration that,
scorns the aid of a Sedition Law to protea it a
gainst the venom of its enemies.
A HARD-QUESTION.
What would have been the condud of
President Adams to an officer in the gov
ernment, had he known that said officer
employed, exclusively. a printer, from
whose gazette issued incessantly the most
vile and unqualified abuse of the Exec
utive of the United States? [S. Reg.
SOUND MAXIM. « Wife and able
rulers will never, if the, can help it, give
the people just cause to complain ; but then,
on ike other hand, the, will FIRMLY
withJland GROUNDLESS CLAM#
OUR,"
The TOUCH-STONE.
" With what meajurt,, nun, tt jbaH be mtajur<d
SOT „a again
IF there elifts, in the United States, or in any in
dividual State, a party or set of men, whose whole
influence and power are uniformly and incessant
ly exerted in opposition to the friends, the meas
ures, and the character of the Chief Msgiftrate ;
and if among that party, zealous and active, u
nited heart and hand, we find men holding offices
under said Executive and at his disposal, using all
the influence of said offices in forwarding and ac
complishing the design of this party ; we have
but one question to ilk—bow can these officers
expect to hold their places ? They and their
party would turn out the President, and do all
they can to thwart and baffle his friends and mea
sures. And, the measure they would mete unto
others, shall it not even be meted unto them ?
@O° We think the Federalists can no long
er attach to Mr. Jefferfon's character, in
deeijikh nor want orFirmnefs. He is gov
erned b, the primitive principles which pro
duced the Revolution. He is too plain to
be mifunderflood: His decided republican
ism is, to aristocrats, '' terrible as an arm,
with banners."
■fy[^tffflgfflgerce,
Awe still disbelieve all the re
.B : Ling from the East Indies at
Iffembled at Trincomale that
Lftined to Egypt, have, in
fa^^^qnß|&ainft Manilla. South
object of Sir Home
frigate with two millions of dollars •
orarc has been loft on the coast of Pern ; 50
perished, and the dollars were loft,
has been received from one of the in
fhor^ffiuadrons cff Brest, ftatiog, that on the
25th inst. the combined fleets eonfifted of „ fail
of the line, 1; frigates, and 10 corvettes— 17 fail
of the line, 12 frigates, and 9 corvettes, were in
the outer harbour, and the remainder in the in
ner. The division in the outer harbour appear
ed to be completely ready for sea ; and as there
were several transports io the road, it was sup
posed that an immediate expedition is about to
be undertaken.?
%«' 4. It is with the utmost fatisfa&ion we
announce, that the Emperor of Russia has caused
the embargo to be entirely removed from all the
British merchant ships in the ports of the Ruffian
Empire, and permitted the whole to return to
England. Government received an official inti-
Is he honeji? is he capable ? is he faith
ful to the Conjlitution ?
I tender you the homage of
► my high refpe&,
Zbomas gefftrfon.
To Elias Shipman, E^. and atari, members of the
Committee of tbe -Merchants of Neovbaven.
French official accounts from Egypt
to the 30th March are published, when
the British remained on the peninsula
of Canopus, and the French unmolested
in Alexanrdia. The whole of the
^French force in the several battles, did
not exceed 7000, including 600 cavalry.
The British 13,000 effectives.
A French army was polled to receive
the Grand Vizer in the Desert. The na
tives well affeded. Mourad Bey refilled
every offer from the Grand Vizier. On
the fide of Syria, an army of Cophts un
der French officers.
Sir H. Popham, who was said to have
landed troops at Suez, is now said to have
gone on a secret expedition against
Manilla,another account fays against Rio
de la Plate.
The Englilh at Lilbon have been re
moving precipitately.
The emperor of Germany maintains
an army, and has ordered it to be re
cruited to 300,000 men.
Vallaret Joyeufe, who gave Ld. Howe
the handsome reception in June ift,
1794, when Jean Bon St. Andre was
commissioner on board, is now said to
have command of the Brest Fleet.
It is asserted, that General La Fay.
ette is appointed minister plenipoten
tiary from France to America, and will
rfet out for this country as soon as the rat
ifications of the treaty are conclud
ed. [Aurora.
mation of this happy event by the Hamburg mail
of yesterday.
Jane 8 Accounts from Lilbon to the 24th of
left month, announce the receipt of news the day
before, that an adion bad taken place between
the Portuguese and Spanish armies, in which the
former was defeated with the loss of upwards of
1000 men. The French army had not joined the
Spanish, but the advanced guard was within two
or three days march of it. This news is esteem
ed the latest from Portugal. The junaion of the
French with the Spanish must have destroyed the
hopes of the Portuguese, if they entertained any
previous to this vidory.
The difeuffions between this country & France,
on the fubjed of Peace, it is said, have not been
wholly suspended.
[O7 barn fa# another account, vobicb fated, that
tbe Spanfb arm, bad fas beatto b, tbe Pertuguefe,
with tbe loft of 1500 men.—We cannot decide which
it true—The latter account is tbe eldest. 9 bit comet
from a Bfon paper of ful, 2, b which fa,," Our
latef accounts from Euro,, art received b, tbe wa, of
Now,orb, and are to June 9." Tbejame account Ja,s,
" Private letters received it Loudest jay, that the Por
tugnefe have aauall, acceded to the terms of Peace
demanded b, Buonaparte." Is it probable tbs, weald
do tbit, so readily, if tbt, bad billed 1500 mtn in tbe'
vff ,fy battle with tbe Spanish ?J Rep. Gaz.
We saw a letter from Dublin last ev
ening, dated lune 2d. The following
is an extra& from it :—" There is noth
ing new for some time here about Egypt
—but the Englilh are embarking a great
many troops, altho' they pretended to
fay, that they had made the French ca-
London Papers to the 30th of May.
By an arrival at Philadelphia, from
Bristol, London papers have been receiv
ed—they contain (fays a Philadelphia
Editor) very little interesting, and much
contradictory matter. The following is
a hasty Sketch of their contents :—
By advice from Leghorn, it appears,
Gantheume's squadron had arrived there,
of course the reports of the blockade of
Toulon is falfe. They have added that
he is now blockaded at Leghorn, and
no doubt with equal truth as on the for
mer occasion ; for another account Rates
thatthe fleet made no ftay,,ut proceeded
on its destination.