Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-04-20 00:00:00, page 1

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t ™!"!™! he CONSTITUTION.
TUESDAY, April 20, 1802.
LAOCOON.—Ab./pT
g',^^ - 60NTI NUE b. ^'^
CHARGE 4.T HEY \ibeFederdift,] havt,en
deavored to prevent candid investigation arid
philanthropic reconciliation. — They have at
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onthatfon teemed the popular ptfficu. The
Federalists took the alarm ! and iotheir publi
cations (fee Carter No. zo, io 1801,) a red hot
chapter wastoHto prevent it: Oh, Fed.
erahfm ! why dtdft thou shudder at the ap.
proach of humanity ! couldft thou fear th^ se
verity of her reproaching thee Mb those new
made, bleeding wounds on her breast? or didst
thou fear that by the tears of Forgiven she
would waffi the paint from cff thy face ; and
ioftead of the serenity of innocence, the glare
of guilt and frowning brow of haughty ariftoc
racy would appear ? Ato! Why was thy voice
lifted high in clamour again# Reconciliation f
had &% well as fapubfyfa finned Qft
- &, TU it thy thin fig leaved covering that
made thee fearful ufthy m#„ , or fa it thy
guilt that (hook thy foul with inward horror ?
Reconciliation was then tby greatest dread ! and
th, didst fl^liba cow^-Yes, like a cowJ
, ard you fled—and under the m^fk of order and
religion, again you planned deep, to repair &
fortify the breastwork of Faafon and hypocrisy,
in whole temple is your Lft redoubt, & whom
Z^^ a ° d ^ d °"" fa “ ^ ft M"
your ruin# .
Cfy sffi. They have endeavored and mil
are endeavoring, to render ioeffeaoal th^ pre
lent Republican Admiration of our General
^X ^^^
&F, the American to. They are ftriv
- g nqre ndetl^fruua!ou.t Reng b
hc&iGoitffim^flt ; that they may the fi''"-r
build on iis ruins an ariifoatic government
of power and not of right—fee Political Effav
No. 111. ^. Fid and Courier June 25. They
compare “ Thomas fcfferfon, the PrefiJent of
the Uaited States, to %„,, the moftinfamous
defrauder and extortioner that ever disgraced
the Roman tribunal accused by Cicero, he
was condemned and banilhed.— They compare
the People to the oppressed Sicilians under Ver.
res.—They declare that pur President " has
not one quality of , leader;" and fay " he is
hostile to the Government," “ devoted to the
interest of France and infidelity ; " “ weak ;
fa up as a (talking horse ; " and that " behind
him others might commit depredations, and
carry on their ravage With impunity ! ! I"—
' They compare him to Nm—call him "a de
ceptive hypocrite ;" '< a vile deceiver ; ” a man
of despotic and wicked principles—No epithet
of scurrility is omitted, that a depraved heart
can invent. The venom of a thoufmd federal
P,^ torrenti of abuse, blacker than the:
ink they shed, oh hb devoted head—vet he an.
fwerettet ! he is calm, serene, patient, and
returneth not railing for railing-but blessing,
7"IMI ^T « ^f" burfaintt
Tenfold rage-fy „ v „ tall f„g& him W
virtw (Ufa they know that they have pas.
fed the Rubicon—they or Liberty most fall !—
They ty " J^fferfon is hostile toa Republican
il^^3
informed know, that if he be that defnot far
tile to Republicanism and the Feder'alifts for
own tenet. The truth is this, they are infin.
• taeir own princi
ples and actions prove that iofincentv
' Charge 6th. They have been guilty of cloak
ing their nefarious purposes under a mask of
^: re fyon,-thto I reckon among their f$
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fay, << is not, like the contests of other'times,
for to island, a province, a kingdom ; but we
^A^ :.< G : r :
extend for all fee conTortf of facial life, for
the glorious hopes of Immortality 1" What !
cah the Federalists hope to ^fn immortal, un.
sullied Wife in Heaveo, %, fech language as
theirs hath been since tb&difappohitmrnt?
Do they four difention for Religion's fake ? or
do they mean to resort to arm and fhf fater.
nal blood, for ffie glorious hopes st immortal,
ity, They by ttofa& br the glorto fa,,
0/ Immr/alii, —2nd yet, fa the fame Palladi
um) they fiy," Religion is^ai^y not a world
ly business, tis wholly a voluntary concern ; nq
government has a right to qftte or compel It."
They thus fight for Rclitfn, on a principle
which they oppose, arid which their own i^rds
|^ve &mradided. They &pose of a religious
cloak to every one who will join their standard
—rhefe who with to de^fre. under that pre
ten, are many-ihey-&joined the federal.
I iih in groups^—ls & &Q!@ee wished to cover
hirtilttiinefe-if a vi^fyffid to hide his
true charaaer, that he fc@ would foca ap
pear—if a thief feared detention—they all found
fatety under the Federal &a±— on the terms
of profeffing Federalism, and bawling ioud,
RJ^ct ! they were received and juftified/ho'
not (anafod. They effume the name of our
holy religion for the patpofe of giving Weight
to arguments iabvci five of the Union : plan,
fibfe indeed , but in<fre&^ tending to the de
ftruaion of that which they pretend to advo.
cate:- .
" ^ fofa^j prta^ratyr,
'' B<U aprtfQdfrtadfe&orfo'''
Cb% yth. Bv threes ^lf^lfe colouring
they attempt to 0 fluence on, Councils. Ceur
kr, March 18th — They, faking of the quest
lon of the repeal of that „rt of the Judiciary
which the mgiriiy of Crfcfc thought #m'c
@,, and which repeal^fa, the ^^raliffs,
confthating the minority, oppose with ali their
forces-thofe defining ffi forking ofthat
question, (which, let it fedecU^pther way,
cannot affed the conftitetfon in the haft d©t)
draft it in the following fifelfyive. a bcm
inable (hades, in order tomthe ignorant,
peaceable citizen again ft dtfLttoal DJtfr
so, viz. "till the q^mi (the qtfefton of
repeal) is decided, wheihefte thill have a eon
ftit^ion and an, %diriamßt our corftitution
Ihril be defrayed, an&^wpik of revolution
and civil war cqmmenc&-Here tis as plain
as language cau m^kqfohat they threaten
their country ,mh a CIffWAR if-if%?
z,ftp:.fo^Wh Bi%%„<teeid&i agaiufilheul
Qey suftikite the minority, and the refolt
of their threat is this ; he minari'y n^ft rule,l
or cW war mall enfee ! !! Yet, tbtfemeu
bawfloudly in favor of the Constitution, con
ftftarional decifioas, and free deliberation ! !
Because Jefferfon cannot be persuaded to be'
governed by tbiir mill ; but, is tfafoaj to a&
according to the refute of his own uodei stand
ing and those eonftitutionally appointed to af
m him, they fa, (vide Pol. Eff.) " The spirit
of Federal republicanism will dumber ,d ill.
judged security no longer $ it wid look light,
riing, and ffeak thunder ;" “ the left fefort
(meaning war) would then be the only dread
ful alternative."- Tis plain, then, that those
Pri&s to Order, those fol kvw: of rdigim,
would, like Rehr/,tore, march an armed force
to aid the legislative deliberation, as being too
cool for their more quickfighted determination
—they, at the point of the bayonet, would W
ftrua their own rulers I—and yet they cry,
(Courier Feb. 13) " let u# by a peaceablejabfly.
fa# under the administration of a man confti
toiionally eleadd, evince to the world by what
different principles the Federalist is equaled,
,en compared to the condu& of the Jacobin."
Yet, this new-fangled federal meekness can
" look lightning and speak thunder ;" it cab
also whine, and cant, and bawl Religion, Order
and the CQtutQ and then exclaim, “ the
Fefolifts are always correa ;" they are the
“ affertors of principle ;" "they address the
°f the enlightened" !!! Here
is , Federal figure indeed—a new and convinc
ing proof of aristocratic rhetoric —its compo
nent parts are—a threat—passive fubmiffion
fe%r„©mandation, and an illiberal aspersion
use of the term Federal. R%6fa„i/ m . -When
^te assumed the revered name of Fedsrac,
%&F& 'fr"" d h"'''°"h bel °% g f °
tofa^:^
of Its barbarous invaders—
• it^m f.
—now indicative
aesin . Age tiie coaite coo
fort of the Roman Hero it refuted to live when
its purity was sullied ! -The faaion were
quickly sensible that jhe name, without k,
worth, was useless; but, the Sons of Liberty
had yet another name—a great,—a glorious,— a
long revered NAME, iofcribed on the trium
phal arch of freedom, in golden charaders, and
, decorated with the Laurels of Vi&ory —it was,
REPUBLICANS. *
On this name, the envious Federal eye was
fixed—they approached, to tear away, with fax
crilegious hands, this their Coqptry, lofty
pl vma— and a warning voice was heard which
(hook the ground,—“ Prto, 0/ P,Q!&
„o/&m /"—it was Columbia's voice—The
wretches fled—but counterfeited and usurped
'l^!'"'=™, however are ill at ease under
the impufrioa—the counterfeit is very easily
diCovered—when they pronounce the name, a
certain polity haughtiorfs betrays the im,tftw.
Although fatan can appear an Angel of Light,
yet tis extremely hard—tis quite impossible for
atf aristocrat to aa decently the part of a true
Republican —Aetbe & # so the bird of tight,jo i,
RQublimifm to arforaej—as the orient morn-'
tag light to the dim tapep-aa the fMI-crb#
moon ty the tfefept meteor —as the fratfid,
populous iandfeape to the impurpled field of
(TtfghUr— so is Republicanism to envious
Ftaralijm—a, Knowledge to ignorance ; Ca
thdicifm to higetr,, and as universal Benevo-^
tenf^to pale haggard oro,; so is REPUBLI
CANISM to gfaray. Republicanism is the
bright road to universal temporal felicity.:
^Charge Bs. They have endeavour,
edto rouse the superstition of the ig
norant agateft republican meafuies ='
(Courier Feb. 13.)—They have filled
the ears of the people with the cry of
dreadful denunciations —flrange lights
—blazing meteors—rubbling noises
—ghosts—midnight dreams—frightfulft
vifions-—newfangled prophecies——
gloomy disasters—walking fpe&res
earthquakes —signs of the time§ misap
plied—and an awful catalogue of dis
mal, imdefcribable woes, tg fillup the
regiments ofthofe auxiliaries of usurp
ation, which have been so often, here
^tf^s Employed i@ so much success :
Qlt upc vntl piecy, reason, Repub.
Ucan Ism, jty^ ~n^lT^Rfifr
lure. They continually have excited
alarms, and disturbed the peaceable
citizens with the doleful cry of 66 0,
the dreadful black cloud in our politi
cal horizon !' 'when, the best facultiest
of the human mind could difeover in
our political situation nothing porten
tious of evil, —nothing difeouraging,-
nothing but what we had reason to be
thankful for to the bountiful Giier—
nothing alarming; but, the very en
vious machinations of that ambitious,
proud, domineering, disappointed fac
tion. The, were the keenfighted fore- {
tellers of the evil which they themselves
ordained—at once the cause and the
curse itfelfl .fo'
Charge 9th. They have usurped the
deliberations of a free people—by se
cret meetings, and unjust, premeditate
ed denunciations. \
Had they a favorite scheme to put
into action ;—had they a Candidate,
whom they knew would be | suitable
tool to them, to impose on the people;
or a with to hide their real defigns;—
they summoned their *fccret commit
tee to deliberate how co diftrib,ute the
[•mieauthor is foppofed here to have some.
reference to a certain ca&tw once held inß,cm.
en, composed of a federal lawyer, eminent for
nothing more than ufarions mmy-catebing and
exorbitant fees, a JMro/judge, notorious for
bis stupid clamour againftthe present Admin
istration of the Federal Government, declaring
for Rebellta, and fring he would swing b£
p and ft to bear down the influence of %
ragson-together with one or two p # , n .
^frW# to the Em, J^o-R motley club,
a % ffl ettte, suitable fotjfo intrigue
to impose afa tefol Senator on fa S,