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&the flo^mitid&> Rutwtet reason W
you to expect that those, who were opposed to the
federal constitution, would administer your govern
ment under that Constitution, agreeably to its princi
ples:" —Z—
•' The above statements are so true, that the demo*
trats dare not pubUtly deny them. The lawsto
.Which reference is made have been published id
their own papers ; and to those acts we appeals
But, it is said, "Mr. Jefferson has accepted no pow
ers which the people have not given him." This
we deny—the President, the Representatives, and all
agents of the people have their limits, fixed by the
Constitution, and when they exercise powers beyond
those limits, the people cannot be eaid to have given
them each powers, although they must suffer the con
sequences till they remove such agents. If Con*
¥ress should now pass a law for the government of
Aew-Hampshife, or fora territory belonging to the
United States, and give the President power to ap*
point the Judges, and governor, which last should
appoint the representatives, and the laws which they
should make and these judges administer, (all de*
tending on the pleasure of the President) be declar
ed binding, would the people say they had given
him this power ? No —-we despise the idea. And
sucli is the Case of Louisiana. The life, liberty and
property of the subject is at the will and pleasure of
the President. No inhabitant of Louisiana has any
voice in choosing his represerftatives, governor, or
any officer whatever ; and yet theyare^o be bound
o 4 ^ ^ o^^ty men of the President's choosing. No
A act of Great Britain towards America was ever more
tyrannical. Yet they pretend that Mr. Jefferson
week's a retrenchment ofais power! Abominable—
we demand an Instance wherein he has given up a
ny power, or refused any authority offered him. No,
he will use the utmost power he can grasp ; and if
he, or congress, or both, should Undertake to ap
point our representatives & governor in this State,it
would be defended by the Democrats, and we should,,
be told he was a republican and all the time dimin
ishing his powers—yes, their papers are prepared
to defend ever} 'thing, which affects Mr. J.
If the President and congress considered it un
constitutional to incorporate Louisiana into the U
nion and knew it came not within the "pale" of the
constitution, then it follows that the people have not
given the President the powers he has taken ; but
if it do come within our constitution, then look at that
constitution,and mark, that the President cannot ap
point Judges or governors of colonies without the
sanction of the Senate—mark what we say, and you
will reply with one voice; they have broken the Con.
stitution. One of these are Certain—-we appeal to
► every man's understanding ; and the democrats may
take their choice of the conclusions. But the Amer
ican people must not be told /(hat they have given
Mr. J. this power of their o\y n free will. They
have not dime it, nor will they do it to Mr. J. nor to
any other MONARCH on earth, unless the demo
crats carry th^ir point in every section of the union ;
if this should h^,fam^ to American Liberty,
and every thing dear'^gTCQien !
& Important sth of November !
Sons of Freedom I the above is the day on which
you are to evince your love for our republican insti
tutions and your disapprobation of that spirit of inno
vation which threatens the destruction of political
and social happiness. Beware of those who beguile
with soft language and specious promises, and Effect
to be sorrowful for your fate ; for they are many
and dangerous—
, "Like the reptile that lurks on the banks of the Nile,
1 They weep o'er the subjects they fain would devour.
With 'reform,' 'peace,' and 'savings' they-temper
their style, <,
And disclaim all restraint,mt to seizegreater.power:
All terms they would blend,
1 'Making principle bchd,
Till justice no meaning, and change has no en d :"
And, non make the Sons of Columbia mere slaves,
- Their rights overwhelming in old Anarch's waves.
■/ "But we, who from principle cleave to our, cause,
Still hold that we need somefo'd test of all action'.
P That reason, religion, equal rights,and just'laws, ‘
¥ Are unchangeable things and will bear no infrac.'
tian': —
That if undefin'd,
The, no longer can bind,
Andvomrhunion and safety ho more bless mankind:
Lor FIRM AS OUR MOUNTAINS our PRINCIPLES
stand,
While a streamfeeds the sea, or a tree shades the
,"land.", .
,me —to —.* '<:'
FEDERAL REPUBLICAN TICKET,
R t , FOR ELECTORS,
~ Hon. OLIVER, PEABODY,
of Exeter.
JOHN PRENTICE,
I . °f Londonderry.
£ * WILLIAM HALE,
ITIMOTHY FARRAR,"
°' New -Ipswich,
ft ROBERT WALLACE,
, of Henniker.
BENJAMIN W^ST,
I A . of Charlestown.
■ - . CHARLES JOHNSTON,
■ I of Haverhill, Esquires.
■Nothing is more common or more ruinous than
■ to slumber over a victory, or to become inactive and
careless in consequence of some partial success. Let
■ he constitutional republicans of this State take heed
■ igainst such dangerous, fatal imprudence. The fa
ifrourable result of the late election should inspire
ithe discerning friends of the dearest rights and priv
ileges of the people, with a kind of vigilant confi
dence, that may animate them to increasing activi
ty, rather than lull them into a careless security
▼am and exceeding pernicious would ^ the expec
tatlon. that the men who have long employed every 1
cunning and wicked art to disorganize and destroy ;
the excellent government of this State, will be total-I
ly discouraged by the defeat they have so lately met !
with. It is not in their nature to be quiet ; strife is 3
their element and their most grateful food. What|
though the, are seized with present confttsion andi
dismay ; presume not that the Commonwealth is out ;
of danger. —-No : they will awake from their trance,
a furious courage will again enkindle in their breasts ;i
with wonted and, if possible, with increased zeal :
they will spread their snares and exert their|
strength in the work of confusion. They will still ,
" lie in wait to deceive ;" they will still use every,
artifice to debauch the minds of the young and the
simple, and will watch and seize every opport" y
I that may be turned to the advancement o' ir
; wicked plans. Not only have they drawn thej^Wcl
I but they have thrown away the scabbard. Their
lambitious views, their restless turbulent dispositions,
I their hatred of the Christian religion that d mounces
;there, and of that civil order which " hedges in their
; ways" St curbs their passions and views, give nohope
I that theib hostility will cease. Besides, these men,
I while employing themselves in a work that is most
! grateful to their own hearts, are serving their mas
ters, and have their reward; They are servants
of the Virginia aristocracy, receiving for theii^ser*
vices thousands a year, and perhaps holding their
offices on the condition of faithfulness, activity and
perseverance in the work of revolution here.—Thus
prompted by nature, by interest and by the spur ofi
their masters, they will persevere, and leave noth* [
ing undone that may promise them success. TheirJ
objections which have been answered and their ar-T
guments that have been solidly confuted over and
and over again, they will impudently renew ; their
falsehoods which have become stale by long and
frequent repetitions, they will new-varnish and re
peat again. The smallest, as well as the larger,i
wheels in their machinery they will put and keep j
in motion ; every pulley they will draw, every lever]
they will employ to overturn the structure of our|
government.—-Let no one.therefore sleep at his post.
It is noka common partystrugle ;-*Our ktate indepen
dence, the existence of our moral and religious in
stitutions, security and property, and whatever
ought tobe dear to man, seem to be ^aZvd'on the
issue of this contest. = Courant.
rc*®^**
" The Immaculate Jefferson."
[ So they have called him ! ]
The Observatory says that "the illustrious ex*
ample, which Mr. Jefferson is setting,'? "will have
effect for time to come !" Now be it remem
bered, that this same Observatory has re-publish
ed from the National Intelligencer an account of
Mr. Jefferson's arrival at Washington on the 30th
september, which was the SABBATH day ! !
Mr. J. also came to Washington on the Sabbath
to attend the last session of congress—at theoris
ing of congress he set out for Monticello on the
Sabbath, and he returned to Washington again on
the Sabbath, the 13th of May. This is an "illus
trious example," set by the first officerin America,
and is to "have effect for time to come !" Shame,
where is thy blush ?"
The democratic editors set up a hue and cry a
gainst Dr. Park for publishing that Mr. J. went
home an Sunday. They called him and most of
the federal editors, "liars," "unprincipled assassins,'
and "rascals." Mr, J. ; they/said, "went home to
visit a sick daughter:" and that only confirmed the
truth of what had been published, if their acknow
ledgment may be allowed any weight,. Now we
believed Mr. J. held the Sabbath in utter contempt,
and would have gone home on th^t day, if he had
had no sick child to visit. And behold 1 some
days after his daughter had jdied^M^ A^ if he
meant to Knock his apologists, came back to,Wash-'
ington on Sunday!
The President! actions speak' I'oud enough to
rouse every man of decency; and although we can
not but think such examples abominable in a Chief
^Magistrate, yet we should^ haye,thought better of
kame editors, if they had came forward to approve,
them, instead of calling men ' "liars" for publishing
what these same editors' publish for truth in their
own papers. But they cannot go hack now—their
trying to justify the President by publishing reasons■
" for his travelling on the Sabbath was a fair ac
knowledgement that he would be culpable for do
ing it when those reasons did'nof exist ; and hehas
[done so since, and stands condemned by his own ed
itors. They „2UBZ not contradict themselves too of*
|en now just before election ; but they may, as here
tofore, hold up Mr. Jefferson as the purest Christian,
and a supporter of religion. Yet all sober-minded,
rational creatures will pause- —and, looking at his
practices, first say to themselves, is it really so ? is
lie a paragon of Christian yiytue?
There is nothing inconsistent, among democrats, in
having a school-boy know better than his father or
the parson, how men should give their votes. This is
the life of Democracy. Mothers should be ruled by
backing children, Fathers must be governed bv re
fractory boys, the experienced chief must yield to the
Taw, untutored stripling ;)and what a boy or a con
>vict in our jails' can say they would do ifthey were/ree
convinces the man and the iage that " ifthey had been
Struck dead they could not have been more surpris
ed " * that they did not see things in sudya light be,,
fore ! Now, therefore, let every voter, previous to I
his going to meeting, ask his little SOIL Tommy -who
piust'be our Factors—Jet him, in ev/eQ thing, be
Governed by,his children, and he will be -a "genu?
Vie” democrat ; and stiff heinay boast of higfrietldm
& unbiassed suffrage, and ridicule others as being un-
Qer the influence of superstition, prejudice, or ylum !
• * Vid. Salem Register, cl djus imitatores, servum.
foecus.. •
From the Repertory.
;The Jacobins alledge that the Federal writers
, attempts didcredit dibeAtyimd equality, demo
cracy afld democrats ;" and is it possible, after time
has put his solemn seal of infancy on ffiis silly or de
ferring cant, that any Jacobin wrOtrfean chute to
(jourt ridicule and climb with all his q^tivity to the
height of the pillory to be consfeicuops' in his folly ?
Is it possible that the Berkshire pamphlete,& can
ascribe the failure of the French Scheme of liberty'
to "the errours and excesses" rs : the ; revolution ?
Does he consider the attroc : ous crimes that were
the natural and necessary effects' of democratick
despotism, but venial "errours and excesses'' —floes
he not discover that the horrid wickedness .of that
revolution is the experimental proof of its nature &
tendency, and not as he most absurdly thirds to sup
pose the accidental cause of its false promises and
silly hopes ? Where then is the coat of Mail thick
enough for impudence to wear and be safe from ri
dicule, when "liberty and equality, democracy and
democrats" are again exhibited for American imi
tation and applause ? Licentiousness has but one
Course, and that is tyranny—of the many first,
THEN OF ONE. And this the pamrihlet man is
toilingrto hasten and complete. • jfe federalists, be
lieving in their inmost souls, that the jacobins are la
bburing to subvert the pu/dick liberty by the impos
ing cant ,f liberty and quality and of artful sounds
,> war.
1 and names to gull and inflame the ignorant rabble,'
• are bound to expose the imposture of the?deceivers,
(and to warn the People of the sad arid inevitable fate
! that awaits. They are right to use ridicule ; they are'
.bound in duty to give solemn warning of the event.
{ is natural to point to France : to France never
) free, but most a slave when prattling of liberty and
I S 9? a '"y' It is necessary and proper to insist, for
^ it is true, that the onlv thing has happened there
jthat .could happen—-Demagogues have made their
I chains heavier. Our's are forging.
d-7° 'he voters in Massachusetts are reminded
that jiy a statute of that commonwealth, passed, Ju- .
""' Printed votes are declared illegal, and any
officer who accepts such votes is liable to pay a fine
of f OO dolls ; therefore, votes must be WRITTEN
with apen, or they willnot be received.
Dr. Johnson, describing certain Democrats of his
day, called levellers, and who, like our more mod
ern exclusive patriots, were always tyrants to the
amount of their power, observed, that they were
extremely willing to level-down, but very unwilling
to level up to themselves.
The Hon. John Penn lias forwarded from I/mrlon,
and presented to " The Contributors of the Penn-
Sylvania. Hospital," a statue o£|fe&jtrious grand;
father, William Penn, of PcnnsyC
Arrivals St Departures sinc^u^^^FfO.
:21, Arrived sch Hero Pray Demarar /^^^th, do. Brig
]Hitt/ Walker do. 21 Sailed Barque Mary Balch,Charlcfton
j —Brig Waflungt n, Coxe New-York, „ do Sch Dolphin,
Tripe Marcinico. ,
— ——— ^— —- :
DIED
At Londonderry, on the 24 ult, in the 53 year of her |
^g e , Susannah Johnston, wile of Samuel Johnson, of said I
town, & daughter of Doct Jacob Peabody of "Leomifter,
Maflachufetts. She was an affectionate wife, and an in- 1
diligent mother—bid adieu to time apparently in the belief
lofI of Christianity as her only comfort, and has left , bereaved
[hufband, with eight children co lament their ldm ",
I rc ^re=CT^^
firHE Subscribers having
formed a connexion in tradeunder the firm of
Abel & Robert Harris,
! their business will in future be carried on at the store
[ lately improved by Robert Harris, in Bow-street,
; inhere cash will be paid for
I FLAX-SEED;
OX-HORNS;
POT and PEARL ASHES;
—dILSO
10, M. White Oak Bbl. STAVES ; and
a few thousand Hhd. do ;
ABEL HARRIS,
ROBERT HARRIS.
Portsmouth, October 26, 1804.
—— —— _
1 REMOVED.
Alexander Ewen
Respectfully informs his friends and the public, that
he has removed his Auction Office, to the Brick
sfore, No. 3, Bow-street, where he is opening afresh
assortment of'.
Fall &' Winter Goods,
which are ready for sale by piece, or otherwise
I Superfine and low priced BROAD CLOTHS and
'COATINGS ; Rose BLANKETS, of various I
sizes; a few cases of Irish LINENS; Callicoes;
Velvets, Hosiery,&c. &c.
WAJCTED
a quantity of Juniper Berries^
,apply as above. Oct. 27;' !
_ „
TOR SdLE at the Store of
Robert Rice;
Fore-street, North End,
DALES OF UPLAND COTTON; and TIER-|
CES QF RiCfyfot retailing, for cash or ap-i
proved credit., ~
Portsmouth, Oct. 27, 1804. 1
fy Sayannah, & Charleston.
I '^^ ™^' schooner Ed
'ward,tosil in 12 days.—Sh^ will take|
I f fr^ . Freight of 10C )Bbls, apply to the mas-,
ter on board, or to •'
1 <;1 SAMUEL BOARDMAN.
Portsmouth, Qctober 26, 1804. ^fe Li
'';--! —: —7f-
Peter Cochran
GIVES Notice, that his Smgifcg School -com-'
tenets next Monday Tivemihg in' the Chamber of
the Brick School-House. October 27. -
,— E/ H.louJo- i-hJAi-i
Important Ne,ws.
1 'fThe Wheels are ageing ! agoing !
And we.tiia|li soon. have accounts pf uhe and a
?pother drawing Capital Prizes. Well, they who
veniuty ought.to get. There is, however,, chance'
yet left for those who have been dilatory, and hav6
Dot as vet fyrn'fliedfhemfelves will Tie ket. The
/ Lottery began drawing yesterday, and will finifh
in'4&afys.':
A few Tickets and quarters yet for sale at C.
Peirce's Bookstore, Daniel street, Portsmouth.
Piscataqua Bridge.
THE Proprietors of Piscataqua Bridge are no
tified, that their annual meeting will' be held at the
East Chamber of the State-House in Portsmouth,'
On Wednesday, the 14th day of November next, at
3 o'clock in the hft&noon.
SAMUEL ELLIOT, Pro's Clerk.
- October 27.
EEco^irrL^ss
Piscataqua Bridge Lotterj^h
Will commence drawing on"the l9ffi day of
cember, and finish in thirty working days,—agre&U'rF.i
bie to the plateroposed and subjoined to the scheme]
The price of Tickets, after the 20th day of Novem=X"
ber, will be advanced to five dollars and fifty cents
and will rem ain, at that rate until the third day'sl
drawing shall begin ; after that time the price wifrlt
be six Dollars, and will continue rising until the 25th
day's drawing.—Adventurers, subscribers, and\en4rcl
ders Mill please to observe this hint, and supply
themselves in good season, as the managers are ve- ,
ry desirous that every person should supply them- I
selves before the price advances—Venders will most ,
certainly see their own interest inseparably connect
cd with this plan—-A company is found to take allV
the unsold Tickets, which may remain, after the |
third day's drawing,—-but subscribers, whom having I
previously engaged any number of Tickets, shall bel
intitled to receive them at any time before drawing
commences, at five dollars—Agents that hafe taken
tickets to sell must strictly attend to fulfill their en
gagements with the managers—the true meaning of
which is, to return all the unsold tickets remaining
in their hands,three days before the drawing begins,
or hold them for their own account and risque—-and
to pay or remit all monies, due from them for tick
ets sold or retained, twenty days after the drawing is
completed—after that time ten days is allowed to
send in their prize tickets, to balance their respec
tive accounts—serious consequences to the managers
having attended the waif of punctualingy M>me Ten
ders in the first class, which we flatter ourselves wall
be avoided in the second—otherwavs the purpose
for which the Lottery is granted, will be totally ' de
feated.—
THOMAS THOMPSON, ,
THOM AS MARTIN, C Managers.
ELIJAH HALL, J 5 -
Portsmouth Oct. 27.
Piscataqua Bridge Tavern.
&THE subscriber informs the public, that he has
taken that convenient and pleasantly situated Tav*
tern, above mentioned ; where, Ladies, gentlemen
Travellers, and parties of pleasure, will find good
entertainment, constant attendance and civil treat
ment ; he intends to provide the best Wines spiritu
ous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, &c. and good stabling for
Horses.
jV. B. Wanted a capable, well qualified man, to
attend the bar and wait on company ; and a capable
Woman who understands the fnost ' approved meth
od of cookery ; good wages will be given r
, .. " Apply to CYRUS FRINK.
, Piscatagua-Bridge, Oct. 27.
NEW FLOUR-
Just received, and far Sale by
J. Langdon, jr.
NEW -YORK, Baltimore & Alexandria superfine
FLOUR— ;
Miso, in store, number pipes high fourth proof Al
icant BRANDY, of an excellent flavor ; Number
half pipes Aloqua WINE ; Grenada and St. Vjp
cents 3d. prdof RUM, pr. puncheon ; few Hhds. re
tailing MOLASSES ; Upland COTTON, per bale ;
PEPPER per bag ; few straws COCOA SHELLS;
PhiladelphiaPlLOT BREAD; SHIP BREAD ;Fhi
ladephia IRON, in flat & square bars ; strike, deck
and nail RODS ; Hoop IRON ; ROSIN (SPIRITS
TUPRENTINE ; bright and black VARNISH, at
the Distillery prices ; few cwt.SHEATHING PA
PER.
Bow-street, October 13, 1804.
'To the Collectors of State taxes.
Whereas an Act of the Gen*
era! Court, polled on the 30'h of December, 1803,
requiring Thirty thoufind Dollars to be afleff. a,
levied and paid into the Treasury on or before the
firft Wednesday of December next, and directing
the Treasurer to issue extents for all Taxes which
shall then remain unpaid—Notice is hereby given
that the freafuty Office will be continued at Exe
ter, until the 18th day, of November next, and
opened at Concord on the fitft Wednesday follow
ing.,
NAT. GILMAN, Treasurer.
Tfeaswry-Qjffice, Exeter, October 26, 1804.
" A' Saw Mill. ='
TO BE SOJ.D,
ON Androfcotfn River, seven miles
from Berwick-rails, which is at the head of
the tide, a S^w-Mill, together with a Hiufe, Barn,
and Store, pleasantly situated, about ,5 rods from
said Mill—also about thirteen acres of good. Laud
under improvement, well watered—the Buildings
have all been eroded within five or fix years,,—
those unacquainted with said River are informed,
^hat it is the must considerable 'Branch of the Ken-'
Debeck,^nd is fappofed to have more timber or? it
than that River, or any ot1& in the Diftfid of"
Maine— Mill Logs of the largest size, and best,
kind of white pine Timber are brought down thas
Jiver by the riling of the water in the Spring an<l^=
all, from ten to, upwards of a hundred miles.—
Said mill, has water ro saw in the dried feaftn^t
Tins filiation is twenly-teven miles from Pnrj4
and about seven fr >m Bowdnir College, ar.d^fl
of the mofl considerable toads 'from the
Hallowell and Augufti, and offers good^fl
ment to a trader.—Credit wiih'fcuri
en 'for nue hdftbe purchase, or real
ceiled in or near Boston for the
ante given should it exceed the vjfl :
particulars require 0. Joseph '
or Benjamin Adams, Courts/
October 27.A
Evening 4 X:
YOHN RAYNI^
^ Event g School, fa# 0
^ AruhroAc, at thffl
Store, in the New-jd
October 26. A.
of the Latina|;
October