Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-06-18 00:00:00, page 2

June 5. Messrs. Blafdel, J. S. Sherburne, and
Jennefs, were appointed a committee to confider
of the petition of William White and others, for
incorporating a Universal Religious Society in
Wentworth. Messrs. J. Langdon, Waldron and
John Smith, were appointed a committee to re
port on the unfinished business of the left session.
Several petitions were read and committed.
The committee to cast the votes for Governor
reported, that the whole number was 16 639, of
which hit Excellency J. T. Gilman had a major
ity, and was declared chosen for the present year.
COUNCILLORS.
Retkirgbam. Whole number of votes 4009;
2005 making a chotee ; Joseph Blanchard had
1987 ; Levi Bartlett 1916.
CT VOTES LOST!!
[o° The votes of the town of North
field were not returened ; it is ver, well
known that Mr. Bartlett had 114 votes in
that town, which (had the, been returned)
- would have given him the election b, the
People : Yet, notwithfanding the Wt/h of
the People in favour of Mr. Bartlett is
thus manifejied, the Court chose Mr. Blan
chard, tho' the People did not],
Strafford. Whole number 2400; izot making
a choice ; Aaron Wingate had 1899 —Chosen.
Hilfbmugb. Whole number 2109 ; 1055 a
choice ; Robert Wallace had 1738. Chosen.
Cheshire, Whole number 2176 ; 1089 making
a choice ; Samuel Steverts had 1435. Chosen.
Grafts. Whole number 1717 ; 859 making
a choice ; David Hough had 657 ; Russell Free
man 476. $ The Court chose Mr. Freeman!
Complaisant attention to the minor number ! !
Committees wereThifed to inform his Excellen
c^ Governor, the Treasurer agd Secretary of
ttyWedion to < ffice, &c. Several private pe
titthns were read and committed.
13" Negleft of Town Clerks, &c,
Messrs. J. Langdon, Plumer and Blafdel were
appointed a committee to confider of the a& for
punching fheriffs and town clerks who were de
linquent in returning votes according to law.
: ^ Tbit committee was raised in confluence of the
ton-return of votes from fundr, towns —An evil, b,
which the choice of the People HAS been, and mo, be,
defeated; and which calls leudlj for corrsaion. It is
the Sfoit of a Republican Government, and our Bill of
Rights declares ex,repl,, that " all eleaiont ought to
be free;" But, if thru' intentional or careleje ntgiea ,f
town clerks, &c. the votes of the Freemen are to b, ren
dered null and void, we might as well bqve no freedom
of ekaion, and give up our rights at once to the man
agement of intriguing Usurpers ! , <
funs 6. A committee was raised to confider of
a petition from Thomas Cogfwell and others, for
a Turnpike from Pifeataqua Bridge to Plymouth.
A resolve passed, for the Hon. J fhua Atherton,
Esq. Attorney General, (who had resigned) to
receive 334 dollars for his fahry the year part.
Several petitions read and committed.
A committee w^s raised to confider of the pro.
priety of palling an a& for building school houses.
Qgfr The QueJlion on the New Bank.
June S. Posed, That Messrs. J. Clark, Gib
son, Dix, Hall, White, (of Wentworth) Shannon
Juu 3. The House of Representatives met a
greeably to the Conftittition, and after producing
certificates of their election, and being qualified
by the necessary oaths, proceeded to the choice of
a Chiarman, when David Gilman, Esq. was cho-
Sen —Motion was then made to cho< fa a Speaker,
when the ballots were taken, and the Hon. John
Prentice, Esq. tad 72 votes, Hon. John Lang
don, Esq 66, and 2 scattering Mr. Prentice
having a m?jority of 4, was declared Speaker, and
took the chair accordingly.
The usual committees were then appointed to
prepare an Entertainment for the Governor, the
Council, Clergy, &c. affd arrange the order of
proceeding on such occasions.
June 4. The House and Senate met in Con
vention to examine the votes returned for Gov.
ernor. Miffrs. Goddard, H. S, Langdon, and
Plumer, were appointed to examine the entries,
cast tht number of votes, and meke report. A
committee w^s aifo appointed to cast the votes for
Councillors, and to report.
Sketch of the Jou R^al of the House.
Legffiatttre of raetobanipfljire.
Count, of Strafford.
Yeas—John Waldron, William Bab
lard, Andrew Wentworth, Rich Dame,
Joseph Clark, Jonas March, Jof. Boo
dy, John Pearle, Robert Parker, Eben.
Demeritt, Daniel Smith, Nathl. Shan
non, Isaiah Horne, John Nutter, John
Bennett, David Copp, Samuel Quarles,
Obed Hall. -18.
Nty-Saml. Prescott, Saml. Shepard, Dudley
Prescott, Wm. B. Kelley, Wm. Chamberlain,
David Gilman. 5.
Count, of Hilfarougb.
Yeas—Asa Davis, Samuel Fofler,
'John Butterfield, Daniel Emerson, Wm.
Bradford, Ammi Burnham, Peter Farn
um, Philip Putnam, Jacob Dafcomb,
William Brooks, Jacob Tuttle, Robert
Alcock, Jonas Bowman, Benj. Pearce,
Samuel B. Tobie, John Mills, Timothy
Dix, jun. Jof. Bartlett, J. Burns.—l 9.
Total, $459
Q There is a mistake in the Na,s; thefewith
this mark* did not vote—the aaul No. is 59—
leaving a Majority of 25, for the Bank.
The vote, by Counties, stands thus :^
Rockingham, Yeas ^6 Nays 12
Strafford, 18 5
Hilfborough, 19 11
Cheshire, 1217
Grafton, 9 14
and Jesnefs, with such of the Senate as they may
join, be a committee to confider of the petition of
Supply Clapp, Esq. and others, refpe&ing an in
corporation as a Banking Society in this State,
and report thereon.
June 10, The committee on the petition of
Supply Clapp, Esq. and others, reported that the
prayer of said petition be so far granted as that
they have leave to bring in a Bill for incorporat
ing themselves into a society, for the purposes
mentioned in said petition.
Upon which report, the yeas, and nays were
called, and are as follow :
Yeas & Nays on the N. Bank.
Count, of Rockingham.
Yeas—J. Langdon, J. S. Sherburne, C.
Storer, H. S. Langdon, Richard Picker
ing, Enoch Clark, Joseph Parsons, Mos
es Leavitt, Benjamin Shaw, W. Weeks,
Enoch Worthen, .paniel Page, Jacob
Peaflee, James ffill, Richard Jerinefs,
Josiah Sanborn, Nathaniel Cavis, Sher
burne Blake, Nathaniel Morrill, James
Drake, Joseph Clough, Thos. Clough,
Daniel Knox, Samuel Piper, Eliphalet
Knight, James Gibson, 26.
Najs—B^r, Connor, Wm. Plumer, Wm. A.
Kept, Juo.Prentice*, Jas. Piockertoo, Pet. Tilt
on, Jab. Smith, Thos. Tilton, Ezek. Godfrey,
NathL Brown, Jno. True, Jesse Webster, Saml.
Armor. 12.
Na,s —Theodore Freo& Dav. Patten, Jernes
Wood, Wm. Crefby, Eb. Edwards, Jno. Smith,
Nini. Clarke Philip Greeley, Andrew Bowers,
Joseph Colby, Jof. Philbrook.—=ll.
Count, of Cbe/hire.
Yeas—Moses Tyler, Daniel Haw
kins, Ithamar Chafe, Uriah Wilcox,
William Grout, Jonathan Glidden, Jno.
Calfe, Samuel Powers, THOMAS
PENNIMAN, Nahum Parker, Albe
Cady, Samuel Roby.-, 12.
Na,/—Eph. Carpenter, Moses Hale, Lockart
Willard, Nehem. Cumings, Jof. Thorndike, Ez
ra Pearce, Simon Willard; Pearly March, Danl.
Rand, Thos. Sparbawk, Ezra Jonev, ElifhaHunt
ley, David Bliss, Nathl. Emerson, Isaac Apple
ton, Samuel Griffin, Saml. Seaward, Phin. Far
rar.*-—l7.
Count, of Grafton.
Yeas—Hugh Ramsey, Wm. White,
Moses Lewis, Moody Bedell, Abel Mer
rill, Jeremiah Hutchins, Peter Carlton,
Josiah Bishop, Nathan Barlow. 9.
Na,,—Enoch Colby, Josiah Brown, Ebenezer
Kimball, Joseph Burley, Wm, Johnson, Ebenezer
Clark, Daniel Blafdel, Benj. J. Gilbert, Constant
Storrs, Jona. Franklin, Jof. Pratt, Dav. Good
all, R. C Everett, J. Eames.— —14.
gfr Great power of the Minor-Majority.
In a Free State of Equal Liberty, thus it happens
that two Senators have more ,rax, than twen y
two Representatives ! Two men can thus (if the,
pleaje) decide a question of intenft, right, prop
erty, and liberty, in dired contradiaion of the
manifeft decision of a Great Majority of the Cit
izens at large ! We might fay, in opposition to
the wishes of Nine Tenths of the People, were we
to predicate on the known opinion of that pro
portion of the freemen of a certain town, whose
nominal representative voted against the Bank ! !
It is thus that two Senators have power to make
void a Resolution, fan&ioned by a Majority of
more than TWENTY of the WHOLE LEGIS
LATUREof NEWHAMPSHIRE !!
A writer in the N. York Gazette,
calling himfelf Salius, fays that the
administration of the Federal Governs
ment has been honorable to the Federal
party ; and great stress is laid on the
words of Mr. Jefferfon, to prove that
this administration has met his approx
bation, because he declares that “ it is
a government in the full tide of fuccefs#
ful experience." It is aristocratic in#
genuity alone that can find in this ex#
preffion any eulogium on the former ad#
ministration. It is true, the remark is
expressive of his approbation of the
constitution of the United States. As
this writer thinks an enquiry into the
conduct of the former administration
would do honor to the federal party,
we are willing that they Should have all
the benefits resulting therefrom.
The force of the former adminiftra^
tion have been almost exclusively die
reded to the proteaion of commerce.
But how has it been protected? By
giving up to Great Britain, one of the
most just and beneficial principles, that
of free Ships, making free goods : by
paying an enormous Algerine tribute,
by expensive commercial treaties, by nu
merous consuls abroad, and lastly, by
the creation of a Navy ; the great part
of which is,Since a change of public fen#
timent, judged useless, Ind to be fold or
laid up in navy yards. This protection
of commerce may enrich the coffers of
O " It is not only a privilege, but the DUTY
of a Free People, to examine the measures of govern
ment." Gov Gilman's last Speech.
But let us examine with candour, " because
all are liable to err." Have or have not, those
TWO Senators decided this interesting question,
agreeably to the sense and w;fhes of a majority of
the Citizens of the State, as decidedly manifefted
in the appointment and decision of their Repre
sentatives? Has a sacred regard to the equal pri
vilege, which the Bill of Rights declares all men
have, of " acquiring, peffeffing, and proteding
property," guided in this decision ? Or, hrs
pre diledion in favor of any particular " elafs of
men," deeply interested in the Old Bank, been
the operating power, which has brought forth a
decision that raises the admiration of most men ?
If they have decided, according to the didates
ot tbeir own minds, for the best good of all, they
will feel no compunaiors : Notwithfandlag the
decision may widely differ from ten times their
number of the Legiflitcrs, and from more than
three fourths of the Inhabitants of the State.
Majority in the House for incor-1 ^ ~
pirating the New Bank, J 'J°
The Report war then lent to the Senate, who
non concurred, as follows :
Ripublicans. J fNa,s. Dfttia No.
TEAS.- Diftria No. 11 Jeremiah Fogg, 2
John Goddard, 1. | [Silas Bettan, 3
Michael M'Clary, 4 [ Nathan Taylor, 6
,n M Duffee/ 5 > ^°%,„, 7
James Flanders, 8 | Amos Shepard, n
Elisha Whitcomb, 10J LMoore Russell, iz
CT 7 against s—Senate's5 —Senate's majority TWO, in
opposition to the New Bank ! !
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