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teen and foretold by some of their ablefl
writers, particularly by Lord Bolingbroke;
" a man who," Lord Chcfter'field fays, " had
•' an infinite fund of various and almolt u
" niverfal knowledge. The relative, poli
" tical and commercial interests of every
" country in Europe, particularly of his
'' own, were better known to him than per
" hap to any man in it." He (Lord Boling
-4< broke) fays, " Few men at that time
" looked forward enough to forefee the ne
" ceffery consequences of the new conflitu
" tion of the revenue that was soon after
" formed, nor of the method of funding
" that ^mediately took place, which ab
" surd as they are, have continued ever since,
" till it is become scarce possible to alter
" them. Few people, I fay, forefaw how
" the creation of funds, and the multiplica
" tion of taxes, would encreafe yearly the
" power of the crown, and bring our liber
" tics, by a natural and necessary progtef
" lion, into more real, though less appartent,
" danger, than they were in before the re
" volution. The exceflive ill-hnfbandry
" from the beginning of King William'
" reign, and which said the foundations of
“ all we feel and all we fear was not effed
"of ignorance, mistake, or what we cal
" chance, but of design and scheme in those
" who had the sway at that time. lam
" not so uncharitable, however, as to be
« lieve that they intended to bring upon
" their country, all the mifehiefs that we,
« who came after them, experience and ap
“ prehend. The notion of attaching
" men to the new government, by tempting
" them to embark their fortunes in the fame
“ bottoms was a reason of Rate to some:
“ the notion of creating a new, that is, a
" monied interest, in opposition to a landed in
" tereft, or as a balance to it, and of acquir
“ ing a superior influence in the city of
'' London, at lead by eflablifhment of great
'' corporations Banks) was a reason of
" party to others : and I make no doubt
“ that the opportunity of amalling immense
'' estates by the management of funds, by
" trafficing in paper, and by all the arts of
" jobbing, was a reason of private interest
66 to those who supported and improved this
" scheme of iniquity, if not to those who
" devised it. They looked no farther—nay
“ we, who came after them, and have long
“ tailed the bitter fruits of the corruption
<' they planted, were far from taking such
"an alarm at our distress and our danger,
" as they deferred ; till the most remote
“ and fatal effect of causes, laid by the last
“ generation [fay administration] was very
" near becoming an object of experience in
“ this." Let us take warning.
THE firft four years of tie Washing
ton administration thus pafled, he had an
intention of retiring from public life ; but
though the section or party, who were in
reality inimical to the Constitution, but in
appearance its friends atd fiipporters, wished
him out of their way ; and though they felt
themselves in a degree retarded in their pro
gress by his republicanism—yet justly con
cluding they had not yet attached to their
party fufficient (Length to progress without
the fan&ion of his name, persuaded him to
accept the Presidency for another term of
four years.
In this term of four years they made con
siderable further progress in the views and
designs ; they effected a treaty with Great-
Britain, which laboured a long time for a
ratification, which at last was obtained with
the greatest reluctance of' our beloved
Washington. Before the close of these
latt years of his administration, this fa&ion
or party, known in the middle and Southern
States by the name of the Hamiltonian party,
and in this State by the name of the Effx
Junto, concived that they had attached to
themfelvs so much ftrangth, that they might
well attempt to proceed in their career with
out the aid of the name of Washington,
and happy were they to rid themfelvs of this
incumbrance ; not considering that it was
his name which sanctioned many of their
proceedings, and prevented more loud and
earned complaints against their conduct ;
but, feuem Deus vult perdere prius dementat.
Then commenced the administration of
Adams. In these four years their career
was ripid indeed, they had arrived to such a
degree of influence of themfalves, that they
needed not the name es Washington to
support them, and scarcely did we hear it :
they, had their sedition a&, which put fetters
on the press & bridles on our tongues ; and
they therefore supposed they might go on
with security ; they laid land taxes, they
made (tamp ads, theyraifed Handing armies,
and none mult complain. In all these
things, Adams wett with them ; but, alas !
f.rAdams, he would not fecund all their
wishes and intentions with refped to France
he negociated with that people, notwithstan
ding their opposition, and dilmiffed Pickering
from office ; this with them was his political
damnation—they had, before this, thought,
that in addition to their sedition a&, &c. a
"Jew bold Jlrokes" would put a Hop to all
opposition. The a&s and doings in these
four years had now fufficiently alarmed the
to -
real Federal Republicans to be up and doing
the fa&ion, or final! party, now percive<
that they had not so much strength on their
fide as they had fondly imagined they had
obtained ; they found Republicanism was
not yet extin& ; that though it had llept for
a while, it was not ye; dead. They were
now put to their fhifts ; all their arts were
now in requisition to hold the ground they
fancied themselves in full posse ffion of; for
a long tithe we had heard nothing of indiv
idual names to aid their caufe—federal had
been fufficient for their putpefe ; but now
they were obliged to have recourse to names
and even were they driven to the tomb, for
Washington to assist them—Washing
ton and Adams— Washington and
Adams, was the cry, from Maine to Geor
gia. All this time, the real view of the par
ty was to have Pinckney, who would go
all lengths with them in whatever plans they
might propose, and ADAMS was the only
sugar to the pil, to carry it well down in
the eastern States-but all their arts did not
prevail. I might go on in this way, and
enter into a detail of their proceedings, their
twiflings and their windings ; but it would
be tedious, it would be difgufting'-they failed
in their attempts —if they had succeeded,
" God knows" whether I should now have an
opportunity of addressing my fellow-citizens
in this way.
The Republicans succeeded—we have
now an Administration, to which, if we
needed another name to give it popularity, it
would be much' more applicable to cry
WASHINGTON and JEFFERSON
but we need not, Jefferson is enough cf
himfelf. Washington has done worthily,
let him sleep with his fathers ; his name
(hall be held'in remembrance for the good
he hath done, but it ought not to be brought
forward to fanaion enormities which he
never would have countenanced ; if he had
his political foibles, he never had his politi
cal crimes ; let them sleep with him in his
grave. Nil de mortuis niji bonum.
Now I address mylelt to the candor of
every well-informed, good-intentioned fel
low-citizen. Under the lalt administration,
there were, it is true, many ads disagreeable
to the Republicans, and they freely and
liberally made their observations on and ob
je&ions to the fame in the public newspapers,
as they fuppofcd they of right might, from
an article in the Conßitutiorh that the free
dom of the press was not to be abridged.±
What was the confcquence ? Under the last
administration, fine and imprisonment !—
Nothing mull be said against either hottie of?
Congress, or the Prefident—-(mark, reader,!
you might fay what you would against the
Vice- President [Jefferson] and in fatt
they did) —What is the case now ? The
present administration are willing to stand on
their own merits ; they are willing that a
full and public investigation should be had
of all their doings; they with no sedition
law, and have none, to prevent full and free
enquiry—and yet judge, ye candid^moderate
men, what must be the views and objects of
different parties, when you mud allow, that
under the last administration the newspaper
observations were moderate, calm, chaste, to
what they now are; and those had their
edition aft to prevent inquiry, while these
rather with and seek it, provided it be done
in a decent way, and even as indecent and
currilous as it is, do not attempt to prevent
it. The present administration have been
in place but a short time, I ask you if they
lave yet been long enough to enable you to
orm a full and just idea of their merits?
and yet they are atfa ned with'all the virul
ence & malevolence of party ; they are charg
ed exprefsiy with a breach of the Constitu
tion in repealing the Judiciary a&. So
much has been written on this fubje&, on
both sides the question, that I shall not en
ter into it any farther than to observe, that
an argument, the conclusion of which will
lead you into an absurdity, cannot be just.
Let these partizans confider, let them for
their own fakes not go too far ; let us fee
what they themselves fay, and confider, if
they are right, in what a lementable situa
tion we are. They fay, that a Judicial
fyflem having been established, and a num
ber of Judges appointed, it was out of the
power of Congress, even if they could alter
the fyflem, to remove these Judges, or take
from them their salaries ; but they fay the
present administration and present Congress
are a set of unprincipled men, and with to
overturn the conflitntion and throw all in
confufion ; they then console themselves that
this is not to last long, but the next term of
four years will give us a new administration
of the complexion of the last. Do these
gentlemen confider the consequences of their
positions and their doctrines ? If the present
administration are such corrupt, weak and
profligate charaaers as they would represent
them : if they are to be overturned at the
next quadrennial eleaion, they have only,
just before the expiration of their term,Jo
eftbliffi a new Judiciary system, creating
any number of Judges they may think fit, at
any salaries, and thus impose on the public as
- many.of their friendsas they please, Penfianers
for life. MODERATUS.
I have no other apology to offer for this
intrusion, than to amire you that it proceeds
from motives founded in patriotism, and in
that cordial friendship whiQ_has ever sub
sisted between us.
I avail myfelt of this opportunity to renew
the aflurances of my rdpcd and esteem ;
And that I am, most truly, four friend,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD.
The Honorable /faron BuH)
Vice-President of theU. 5.,
The Vice-President's Anfaer.
New-York, mft Sept. 1802.
Dear Sir, „ ~
YOU are at liberty to declare from me,
that all those charges and insinuations which
aver or intimate that [advifed or countenan
ced the opposition made to Mr. Jefferson
pendingthe late election and balloting for
President ; that I proposed or agreed to any
terms with the Federal party, of with any
individual of either party ; that I aflented to
be held up in o^ portion to him, or attempt
ed to withdraw from him the vote or support
of any man, whether in pr out of Congress;
that ALL SUCH ASSERT IONS AND
INTIMATIONS ARE FALSE AND
GROUNDLESS.
I have not thought that calumny, unsup
ported by proof or the authority of a name,
could so far receive attention from the public
as to require an answer or even a denial :
Yet if you (hall imagine that any declara
tion from me can be necessary to remove
doubts from the mind of one honest man, you
may confider this letter as submitted to your
diferetion to publish, if you shall think
proper.
Accept, I pray you, my thanks for your
friendly solicitude, and assurances of the high
refpcd and confederation, with which I am
Your ob't ferv't,
A. BURR.
His Excellency Got. Bloomfield.
HAIL STONES/
On the 28th of May, in the midst of a vio
lent storm, there fell at Puz-a-Micbel in
Hungary, three large masses of ice, each
forming a square of three feefy and two feet
in thickness, and weighing 11 quintals ; eight
men were unable to move them. The great
est part of them were remaining on the third
day afterwards, not withstanding the extreme
heat which succeeded the storm. [Lend.pap.
Those, indeed, who have witnessed your
various arid uniform exertions in the cause of
liberty, and the firmnefs and independence
of your conduct on every occasion, are not
to be shaken in their confidence or esteem
by anonymous calumnies ; but they can
only express their own opinions, and repeat
toe declarations which they are informed you
have made. This leaves room for our com
mon enemies to cavil.—ls some one Were
authorized from you io make these declara
tions, it would I think remove the apprehen
fioriswhich are entertained by some honefl
men, warm in the cause of freedom, jealous
of tbeir rights, and watchful of those who
have the honor of being their servants.
Our intimacy in our youth and in the army
is generally known in this state.—My Ad
dress to the People of Burlington, in Septem
ber 1800, wherein I dated your fcrvices in
the field and in the cabinet, and recommend
ed you for Vice. President, is not forgotten ;
andthefe circumflances have occasioned more
enquiries of me refpeaing the calumnies
against you, than would otherwise have been
made. • -.
I I cannot have escaped your knowledge,
that two pamphlets, entitled " The Narra
tive" and “ The View," published in your
city, have engaged much of the public at
tention.
What regards the fuppreffiori of Wood's
" Hiftory of the Administration of John
Adams," has become of no moment lince
the book itfelf has been published : for it
seems to be universally agreed that the book,
so far as any effca could be produced by it,
was calculated to do more injury than bene
fit to the Republican cause. But the bold
allegations which purport that you combin
ed with the Federal party to defeat the elec
tion of Mr. Jefferson, occasions some
solicitude among those to whom you arc
unknown.
Letter from Gov. Bloomfield to Col. Burr.
„'Trenton, Sept. 17, 1802.
Dear Sir,
The attack upon Col. Burr, in several lait
pamphlets and papers, has excited much fenlibilit)
in the public mind, as well on account of the high
station he has long occupied in the eftimatton of
the Friends of Liberty,and his zealousand uniform
exertions in their caule, as horn the imp riant
office he now holds by tle:r futirages in the Gov
ernment of the United States. la New-Jersey
this leufation if peculiarly strong, from his having
beeh born and educated here ; and from the high
veneration universally entertained for the memo
ries of his Gi audfather and Father, fticceffive Presi
dent, of Princeton College The following
Letters cannbt therefore but be extremely inter
esting to our readers, and jhe public generally.
I hey were-submitted to us for publication. We
give them without a comment ; confident that
they will make a due impreffiou on the public
mind.
Interesting and Important Letters.
From tie (Trenton) True American.
" On Friday the 17th inff. the Circuit
Court of the United States for the diftritt
of Connecticut, computed of Judges Wash
ington and Law was opened'in this town.
Judge Waihington gave an excellent charge
to the Grand Jury. Afier calling the doc
ket, the Court adjourned' to the next day.
At the opening of the Court on Saturday,
Qefendents in two anions ^ hich were con
tinued from the April tefm, pleaded in fub
dance, that the cases were inttituted before
the Circuit Court of the fccond Circuit of
the United States, I olden at New-Haven in
April lad, for the Dffria of Conneaicut,
'° m P o ' e d of the HorC Egbert Benson, Oliver
" olcott, and Sampel Hitchcock, who in
purfuence of a law,:uf Corigrefs passed in
' e °° a % 1801, had been appointed Judges
of that Court, and ^tfe commiflions, hav
ing never been vacated, were new in forte,
and that the adions were now depending
w"t' e lhe Court compel „f said Benson
iolcott, and Hitchcock, md therefore the
jDefendenis prayed the Lid Judges Wafh
ingtoo and Law tu take, no ft r th er cogni
za?°s.°' the aaiom In conference of this
obj^ti&n tothe kfll'authority, and exist-
, C£ o L/,he Coutos the business of the
^Couitvvas continued: !The pleas to the ju
^rifej&ion were not afgtitd,but by™agreement
ide patties w„e continued to the next'
<erm. s ltjs upderftood that fimilar'quett
,ons Will be railed, and"proh^|y decided, in
,he other diftn&s,^during<he present circoif.
^Nothing so inteicßing to the peofc o f the -
[United States has occurred firice thc, x jft_
ence-of our government. If bro't befy e
tte.gqvjt, the question must be determines,
^whether one (JiHina, independent branch of
our of our cpgiftitution has not been madly
facrificed at the sh rine of Democracy. The
c/fea of this decision either way, involves
considerations of the.higheft moment to the •
future concerns of the country."
' z REMARKS.
In the foregoing liatement which appear-,
ed in the last Courant, we have another
sample of Federal wif om and veracity—lt
is not denied that there were Federalists
weak enough to make, and who actually
did make, the new tangled ridiculous pleas
there boafled of. But when they Rate that
" in con feqnence of this objedion to the le,
“ gal authority and exigence of the Court
" all the business was continued," they state
what is absolutely falfe.
I was present when the pleas were read,
and know what took place on the occasion
—The Judges exoreffsd a wish to have the
business of the Court proceed, either to hear
them on their pleas, or to attend to any o
ther business before the Court they accord
ingly ordered the Docket called, but finding
no bufiuefs ready for trial adjourned.
The denying the Jurifdi&ion or as they
term it existence of the Court, was really a
vry farcical ridiculous thing, and could
have originated only in the head of lonic
crack'd brained Lawyer, or some broken
down despairing political quack. Towhejm
H;RTFORD, Sept. 30.
The Courant lays, the Democrats bdaft
much of the increase of their (Length in this
town-—true, and with great propriety do
they boast to find that their ftfength has in
creased till it is equal with that of the To
ries. In spite of iederal falfhoods, mitre
prefehtibns and abtife, they boast that 219
freemen, republicans, dare come forward in
opposition to the nefarious plans of modem
Tories, or second crop Royalists—They
boast that federal lies have in a great mea
sure loft their eiedl in this town—and re
joite in the profpe6t before them ; they
boast that out of 23 " new freemen" 15 vo
ted for the republican candidate, which very
plainly bespeaks the Spirit of th? times—they
boast that had all been permitted to take the
Freeman's oath who offered themselves, (and
who we have reason to beleive, were justly
and legally entitled to it) the Republicans
would have carried their ticket for Repre
sentatives. We have been told for some
time pad, that inf Lad of the numbet of re
publicans increasing, they were rapidly di
minishing—We would ask whether our late
election is a proof of it ? In vain will it be
said that the rederalifts made no exertions—
-1 hose who saw them bringinglhe sick and
the fame from theirbeds in carriages, and
Egging men from (he prison to the poll,
can witness, that federal exertion was drawri
out to the Very dregs.
Frankford, Sept. 25.
The newspapers of the ic.,p< rtb tuimib
daily evidences of the Bankrupt principles
of the late administration—upon an exami
nation of 453 c ^'s of Bankiuptfi—in bur
maritime cities, there are found only 27 per
sons ever fufpeaed of republican principles ;
— And there are among then} to a certain
ty, 211 English agents of Englilh partners ;
and 74 revolutionary Tories / The remain
der are equivocal—and yet it was this bank
rupt interest that forced upon us the Britilh
treaty, the Barbary tribtue—and all the afflic
tions, conneaed with the ocean, to which
we have been fubje&.
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