The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-06-03 00:00:00, page 1

American Herald of Liberty.
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ng times.
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l^T EWENGE AN D people
£N turned anftocratsl fay the
Southern gentlemen. This is ve ;
ry odd. Let us examine the fa&,
and compare New-England arifto
rracy with Southern democracy.
An eastern aristocrat is a New-
England farmer. Nine out of ten
of ail these people are then of
fmali landed estates, confiding of
from 50 to 290 acres of land, and
worth from iooo t 0 3000 dollars.
There is not one in twenty of them
that ever owned a Have; and those
who have them are getting rid of
them as faft as they can, without
injury to the slaves. The farmer
himfeif, his wife, his Tons and" ■
daughters all labour in person, on
the farm or at the spinning wheel.
A farmer in New-England who
does nOt labor in person, is no more
to be found than a planter in Vir
ginia orCarolia who does. Ifthey
have otcUionto hire laboring ihen,
they afibciate With them, and eat
at the fame table, tn a whole vil
lage there is little or no diftin&ion
of rank—the farmers and mer
chants, the justice and the black
smith all afibciate on equal terms.
There is no such thing as a far
mer’s commanding his workmen-^
be treats them as his equals.
Thefepeoplearegenerally very civ
il and obliging—They make 16w
bows to each other, and teach
their children to do the fame.
This is New-England aristocracy.
Virginia democracy is a verv dif
ferent thing—A democrat id' the
southern states is a planter, or the
person who owns a large humben
of slaves 5 who is above labor
himfelf; and not only so, but is
above the drudgery of ever feeing
bis own business. He commits
it ’to a steward and a* negro driver.
He eftabliflies all the ranks of the
feudal system, in his own family.
The planter is king, or lord para
triont—his children are the nobles
the tutor, the steward and clerk,
are the commons—and the labour*
ing people and blacks are the vak
fals. Yet this planter is a mighty
iJembcfr^-a warm stickler for the
rights of man—for liberty -—and
what is mofe/equality, This
little dome ft icmonarchw rites and
spouts ineeflandy about the fund
ing system and the danger of power.
He will not labour—not he^that
is the business of slaves.—He will
with labouring people
he will not eat at the fame ta
ble. His fans must not labour*
this would dilgracC them—they
are seen at a tavern from morning
to night, sawing on a fiddle,and
playing at billiards.
A New-England aristocrat, on
Sunday, puts saddle and pillion on
his team Wrfe, takes his wife be
hind him, and his child on a pil
low before, and rides to church
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and When he gets home he reads
a fernion or a chapter in the bi-‘
i ble, and teaches his children some
catechism. ■ Thefouthern demo
crat on ^Sundays gers into his
coach, if h e has it, or cab f borro w
one, and accompainech with two
or three dhty ,2 ragged, hslift^fved
slaves, rides Jo some friend^,' or to
Ipme amufemenr Jc is in vaih^
deny these things—thouGnds of
eyewimeffes can attest them. - Get
the truth then be acknowledged.
Let the charge of aciftocfacy fall
where it ought. The northern
people are the most democraticaL
in the universe—equality reigns
among them in\feality-M>UL
refpeft law and order,'and
they havfe a government they wilh
tb keep It.
congress.
In &NAtz| Mzy 6 th, #794.
Agreeable to the notice
of yefterdy, Mr, { Muhroc* re
quelled leave to bring in a bill,
providing under certain limita
tions, for the Jufpenf on of the fourth
Article^ of ike treaty pf peace b^
tween the Untied States and Great*
Britain*, and
On motion for the previous
question, to wit : Shall the main
quejiionbe now pul 2
It pafled in the affirmative* ;
. : o 7i u. 1 or
Yeas 12—Nays 7.
The yeas and nays being 'requir
ed by one fifth of the Senators -
present, ■ -n ।
Those Who voted in the affirma
tive, are.,
Kf r * Cabot, ^Ufworth^ Freling
buyfen, Henty, Izard, King, Mun
roe, ■ Mbrris, Potts, Rojs, Strong
and Taylor.
Those who voted in the nega
tivei are,
Mr. Bradford, Fofier, tlawkind, \
fackfon, Langdon, Livernio^ and
Martin. . . Mr ’
And on the main question, to wit:
Shall league bi given to bring in
the said fill ? ,
It pafied in the negative*
Yeas Nays 14.
The ye^s and nays being re
quired by one fifth of the Senators
present,
’ Those who voted in the affir
mative, are,. ■. .
Mn Munroe, and, Mr, Baylor,
Those who voted in the nega
tive, are,
Mr. Bradford, Cabot, Ellfwortb,
Foster, Ffelingbvyjtn, Henry, izafd,
King, Langdon^Livermore, Morris,
Pottd, Rofi, and Strong. ♦
Kxtiabt frem the Journals, dtteft,
SAMUEL A. OTIS,
The Bill to which the forego-1
ing extrad from the Journals refer, (
is as follows • i
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• Seoscar from Virginia. • ' J
4 Thia, article ii refpeding the payment'
of hen fde debts, dec to the merchant# of
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TUESDAY, June 3, 1794.
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An AS providing under certain
limitations for the fn^ehfio\pf
',. the fourth article of the treat)
of peace between the United.
States and Great-Britain.
“ WHEREAS it is unreasona
ble and Improper that the fourth
Article of the Treaty of Peace,
between the United States and
Great-Britain, (hould be longer
permitted to operate in foyourpf
that nation, whihl (he perle verts
in refuting to carry imo effect the
ftipulatfons of tbefeventh Article §
<f fad 'treaty* the delay of
which bath already been so exten
sively and materially injurious to
the imtrefts Os these States.
“Be it therefore enacted by’the
Senate and House of Representa
tives of the United States of A
merica, in Congress assembled,
that the operation of the fourth
Article of the said Treaty dhail be,
and the fame is hereby suspended,
and (hall remain so urftij rhe
seventh Article of said Treaty
(hall be carried into effe# by
Great-Britain, or arrangements
fatisfadory to the Executive of
the United-States, (hall be made
on her part, for that purpose.”
At ^ fptetaiiot^ing 9f tbe New Yerk Cbain^ j
btr of Commerce, May 7, *
0; ?THE Committee of tfos.Cor
poration appointed to frame the
resolutions, expressive of their
sense of the great attention and
regard evidenced by the Exccu
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In the Senate* the 2d in(L a mo
tion was made, that a quantity of
timber be provided for building
twenty fhtpS of forty-four guns
each. This motion hasfince been I
referred to Messrs. Hawkins* Mor
ris* Langdon* Butler, and Cabot* to ,
confider and report thereon.
[ln the above motion two things
are worthy of notice. Flrft* That
the Inftrudions itQmVirginia* (un
der/which tbe Senators of the
State made the motion) were given
before th^ fpbilations on our trade
were known —However they
might coincide with our late feel
lings* and seem to ’ grow put of
them, they were framed, under
circumstances that afforded no pe
culiar exCufe for measures cf vio
lence and injuft ice.— Secondly* The
movers of it ; do not even propose
to pledge.the debts tor the indem
nity of our merchants, as their
friends will probably represent the
intention of the. affair. Sb Tar
from it, the whole business ends
in not to pay Briti(h debts. How
not paying (hould pay dur injured
merchants, it is needless to en
quiret ....
Kew-Lork Chamber of Commerce*
§ The seventh art. refpefts the weftern
polls.
observations on the above.
Cbntineu]
&HILADELPHTA. may 6.
Extras of a letter from Santa Cruz*
dated April 21* to a gentleman in
this city.
« A French privateer has taken
an English ship, the property of
some merchants in one of the
Windward Iflahds, and carried
. her into Thomas’s, where the
ve&l and cargo were fold. The
Britifti Admiral has lent a veflel
doW, with a message to the gene
ral What the message was, we
cannot learn ; but all French vcf
fels were immediately ordered out
of St. Thomas’s* The Admiral
does not think that fufficient fatis
-faftion, but wants the government
here to pay for the vcffel and car
go» which they have refuted. Two
gentlemen from Santa Cruz have
been up to windward. They fay,
that the Admiral told them, that
he would come dawn toSanu Crus
live of the United States to the .
mercantile interests thereof; and
particularly in the appointment of
an Envov Extraordinary, to the
Court of Great-Britain ; report the
following resolutions :
i ft.- Refolded, That a principal
excellence of republican govern
ments, is their superior tendency
to prefetve peace and harmony
with all mankind.
2d. Rejohed y That this Cbrpo
totion can difeover neither policy
nor justice in commencing hostili
ties: again ft any nation before the
means of negociation have been ex
erted to prevent them.
3d. Refolded* That in the pre
lent crisis, we confider the appoint*
ment of an Envoy Extraordinary
to the Court of Great-Bricain as
one among the most powerful of
thrift means, having an equal view
co the peace, interest and dignity
of the Republic.
4TE Refoldedi That, the talents
amT integrity of the character fe*
tested for this important million,
have inspired his countrymen with
confidence, and will, as we believe,
have, a happy tffe# in bringing
to a favourable issue, the object
of his negociations. -
sth. Refolded, That if, never
theless, this embassy Ihould fail to
preserve to us the blessings of
Peace, yet we persuade ourtelves,
i^cannot fa 1 to .convince all na
tions of our just ice and moderation;
•to unite our own sentiments and
efforts, and render an appeal to
arms, more honourable to us, and
more formidable to our enemies*
By Order of the Committee* •
JOHN BLAGGE, Chairman*
, The preceding resolutions be
ing unammoufy approved of, it
Was ordered that the fame be pub-
Jifhed as the sense of this Corpo
ration.
COMFORT SANDS, Prefident y
A true extra# from the minutes,
f \Vm. L AIG HT, Secretary+
^Number 48.