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In tn^ ttaie of New-York, the old patri
otic fol&er Gov. Clinton, was abused in his
turn : but his fellow citizens supported him, #
until his age compelled him to retire.,Chief
Jnftice Yates, was in the fame opinion with
Guv. Clinton, in regard to the British trea-,
ty, and the measures of the Club. He bis
had also his thare of dander.
►fn Massachusetts, Hancock, Samuel fd
ums and John Adams, were the objeds of
these people's abuse for a lon£ time, but they
were well established in the afe&on, oftheir
fellow citizens.^
Wearied with their attacks, and loaded
with bodily infirmities, Hancock, in 1785,
retired from the feat of government. That
good and worthy chara^er, Mr. Bowdoin,
was ele&ed to Succeed him. The moment
he afeended the chair, he was fufrounded by
the people in that state, who are now of the
Club, no access could be had by others ;
and what was the consequence ? Universal
uneasiness ; and finally an infurredion was
produced. His mind was amiable, he was
not much a man of the world, his morals,
and patriotism were pure as the morning
light, but the people saw that he put his con
fidence in men, who were not their friends.
Hancock was prevailed upon, at the next
election, to take the chair. Confidencein
the government was reftored,and all continu
ed in peace from that time. He continued
in the chair until his death ; but he was con
stantly the fubje& of the malicious lies and 4
Ganders of this association, which was known
then in Boston by the appellation of the ^f
fex junto. He was perhaps the most elegant
man in his manners which America has
produced. He was an excellent scholar,
was generous and charitable, with an ample
fortune—He presided in Congress, and in
other public bodies, with more dignity than
any other man in the nation. The world
know this to be a part of his illustrious
character,and the whole people axe witneifes
of the daily and incessant Handers, and mis
representations under which he fuffered from
these enemies of mankind.
Chants.
John Adams is yet ufeful tothem, but he
has lately had afolemn warning of what he
has to expea, as soon as he ceases to be so.
—The moment he dared to appoint a com
missioner to the French Republic, without
the cbnfent of the club, they began to treat
him ill. They would not refpe& him in a
toast at dinner, and said all they could.fay, #
to urge the people to withdraw their confi
dence from him—lt is very well known,
where they with to place it. Wheti they
found that they could make no impreffon
upon the people unfavorable to the Presi
dent, whose integrity and patriotism have
never been doubted, they begun to retreat
in an aukward, unmanly manner. It
would be marvelous indeed, If the President,
surrounded as he is, by these men, who with
a degree of confidence peculiar to their club,
intrude upon him, fhnuld not be led into
feme errors, but he will have the support of
his country.
In New-Hampshire we fee that Mr. Lang
don, who flood by his Country in the day of
her danger, viho assisted in forming, and
who yet is % zealous advocate for the federal
government ; formerly governor of this state,
eleaed Senator in it for Congress, and treat
ed,there with the highest tokens of refpe&,
as soon as he dissented to the ratification of
the British treaty, had the flood gates of
Gander opened upon him ; and he nas con
tinued the fobje& of the lies and danders of
the club from that time to the present. \<
The fads which we have mentioned, are
notorious, they are univerfaliy known.——
Suppose that those men who opposed that
treaty were wrong, are they thus to be de
stroyed. If men who hold public Rations
are not allowed to vote and a€l as their con
fieoces dilate, how can the government be
free 2 If individuals in private life, are not
allowed! to express their opinions on public
meafopes, how can they be said to enjoy ci
vil libertyl If it is treason, and sedition to
suppose that the government may be wrong,
in certain measures, how can there be a pub
lic opinion colleaed, or how can the great
body of the people gain information or feel
frutel/. y" = CT ^ : ^'^
■J L,rg=..-t- S !", I "
The people of the United States have been di
vided by the efforts of a party which are now op
the polgt of being routed and destroyed. The
^ty of the party were conceived immediately
after the candtfa of the revolutionary war, and
had for their objeft the annihilation of all &
benefits which had resulted from the contest with
the Britill monarchy. ! This, monarchical scheme
wa at firll venerated and frittered in the minds of
individuals with whom former habits bad not loft
Samuel Adams's goodness, patriotifin and
virtues are too well-known to need a display
upon them. In fpite.of all the lies, malice,
revenge,,and calumnies of this club, his fel
low citizens honoured him with, their fuf
frages as governor, until his advanced age
obliged him to retire. He yet lives, firm
to the true interest of his country and ani
mated with a just contempt for those mis,
From the Independent Chronicle.
ft , THOJUS^EFFERSQN.
MESSRS. ADAMS & RHOADES,
, 4£U is more than probable, that Mr. Jefferfon
will be chofeu President of the United States, at
the next eleftion, it must be pl&fmg to the hon
'eft and discerning yeomanry of Maflaehufetts to
be made acquainted with the Iranfcendent merits
of this accomplished citizen. If Thbffiai Jefferfon
had been a native and inhabitant: of the State,
there can be little doubt, he would hive received
and retained the honor of .filling the most com
manding Nations, which the people of it have fix
ed by their constitution, a$ the reward of distin
guished merit. He has arrived at the happy pe
riod in this life, when the paffiojis, tranquilized
by time and experience, leave the mind at full
liberty to pursue its favorite projects with the ur
most regularity. At an early age, he had the glo
ry of conceiving and of composing the most fob
lime production of genius, which either the an
cient or modern world has exhibited, in the cele
brated declaration of the American claims of right
the great charter of our national independences—
Os this novel and extraordinary instrument, be
was the undoubted author. It is remarkable,
that this miraculous paper was the fenioral princi
ple, of all the various improvements, civil and
religious, which have Shed an unrivalled luftre on
the present zra. Before this moment, man had
no rights which did not depend on the" will of
aqothar." From this time, a new order of
things has commenced in the moral and political
world, %ith a degree of success which has exceed
ed the calculations of its friends, and ! has con
founded the devices of its enemies, by the for
tune and energy which has d rested the measures
necessary to support it. When Mr, Jefferfon
wrote the declaration of independence; even his
mind could scarcely have penetarted the bosom of
futurity, so as to have anticipated the astonishing
effects of hisown competition. ''But the' Ameri
cans have done ample juftite to ln< 'work, in a
dopting the principle k contains, in their respec
tive constitutions, as far as local circumstances
have admitted the praflibility. Mr, jefferfon
was a man of easy circumstances before the Revo
lution began. It could not, therefore,foe Suggest
ed, with appearance of truth, that he' fomented
the difficulties between the British government &
her colonies to advance his own fortune, or fami
ly, amidst the temped of a civil war. On the o
ther hand, he has not advanced his own fortune
at all ; or, if at all, he has not improved it more
than a perfan of the ftri&ft ©economy, and of
proper habits must naturally have done in the
long interval which has elapsed Since bis firft en
gagements in the service of his coutrymen. Mr.
Jefferfon was of that profeffion, which developes
the faculties of the foul more than other ; and if
honourably conducted, while its practice improves
even tl|e virtues of the heart, rieceffarily invigor
ates the underftanning, by the salutary exercise of
intence thinking. Since he has quitted his active
employments at the bar, he has become a practi
cal farmer, and has cultivated the profeffion of ag
riculture, as a science, to which to country must
be ultimately indebted for the truly, enviable rank
it will ,certainly maintain arnonfreaerNations.--
Mr. Jefferfon is now Vite President of the United
States, and ex officio, President of the Senate. In
that referable body he presides with a degree of
impartiality, which has left no room even to his
enemies to injure his reputation. His morals are
pure—his honor untainted. Norman .has even
fuggetted that he has been guilty ofanfl little in
trigue to promote his private interest, #nidft the
vortex Os Schemes and projects of a pecuniary na
ture, for whicb,he present time has bean remark
able. . He is in tad an uncorrupted Republican
at a moment when it is oonfi<teredt& a proof of
fame merit, to have maintained his chatafter be
yond even th^ reach of fufpicton.uiMr. Jefferfon
had the honour of being the friend of Washing
ton. ; and if ever there was a disagreement be
tween them, it Was pf a fort which could not im
peach his reputation : as it yet remains to be de
cided by experience, on which fide the error lies
—For it was in their judgement ;lone that they
differed. In purity of condutt the, were equally
unexceptionable. Mr. Jefferfon never thought
that our religious creed, which, after all, is the in
voluntary result of our reflections, Should be regu
lated by the prepoftbrou, severities of the Penal
Code. His political opponents have endeavoured
to affix a stigma on hrs character by the moil a
bominable Ganders : but-the^arts af&lumny re
coil on the persons who have thrown them, or fall
innoxious at his feet. Such is the man,' Messrs.
Adams and Rhoades, who will unquestionably be
our firft magistrate ; and his public adijiinifra
, tion, will, no doubt form a^brillianfrepocfy, in the
annali ofdiis country. • . ^„ > -
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From the REPUBLICAN WATCHTOWER.
—
1 have heard a letter, written by Alexander
Pope, Esq. (the fixity English poet) to the Bishop
ofßochetter, which was a filial answer to the.
repeated solicitations of the Bifhop,_tbat Pope
(being an Englishman) Should renounce Ims Roman
Catholic faith, & become an Episcopalian. Pope,
in hit answer, fays, that the Biftiop and hifefelf
are already of one religions therefore there; was
no necessity that either mould change his faith
chat nothing was wanting but each to underhand
the other, and abv the fubiett of difference.
This I take to be pr.eciiely the case with those
who stile themselves Federates, and those who
call themselves Federal Republicans. I must tex
cept however those enemies to our .revolution,
together with that host of monarchies; who have
like a flood poured in among us, since our fticcefs
full and gloripus war I and who, with an hypo
critical front, have rallied unde, the federal flan
dard. \Thefe men glory in the Opportunity which
4 (mail difference of opinion afforded, add have
.repeated!, blown thrtfefrot ffiftord. . Thev
have really been foccefsfull In Widening the breach
between those who have the best interfils of the
United States at heart, and only differed in the
means to obtain the fame ends.
These viper, bate frequently expofe&their sor
ted tongues. At our eleftions they are loud and
clamorous :—Jacobin, democrat, disorganizer,
their favorite themes. On our 'fate fObjeft of
mourning they have shewn their cloven f#t.— —
"Should I wear mounting hr a.rebel General."
Ays one— .''l am in mourning it .is true/ fays an
other, but I will remove the badge left Imould be
thought to mourn for a rebel.—Another " Mourn
L .j-te^fcs~^'
THE lion and several other beads entered into
on alliance offensive and defenfive, and were to
live very sociably together in the sorest. One day
having made an excurlion byway of hunting they
took a very fine, large, fat deer, which was divid.
, e ''?'° '? ur P,™> there happenning to be then
present his majesty the lion and only three oth rs ;
after the division was made and the parts set out.
his majesty came forward, and pointing to one of
the shares, was pleased to declare himfelf after the
following manner : “ This I chufe and take pos
session of as a right which devolves upon me, as I
am defeended by a true hereditary focceffion from
the royal family of lion ; that (pointing to the
second) I claim as no unreasonable demand, con
sidering that all -the engagements you have with
e nem y> turn chiefly upon my charge and con
duct ; and you very well know that wars are too
expensive tp be carried on without proper fop
plies." Then nodding his head towards the third,
added, that 1 shall take by virthe of my preroga
tive, which I doubt not dutiful and loyal people
will pay the due deference to. Now as for the
remaining part, the necessity of our present affairs
is so very urgent, our dock so very low, our cre
dit so jmpaired arid weakened, that I must infill
upon your granting that without any hesitation or
demur : and hereof fail not at your peril.
MORAL.
No alliance is fafe made with those who are Su
perior to us in power. Tho' they may lay them
fekes under the most solemn ties at the opening
pf Congress, yet the firft advantageous opportuni
ty will tempt them to break the treaty, and they
W? U ^T w ^ m specious pretences to faction
a declaration of war. It is not easy to determine
whether it is more Stupid for a c cdmmunity to
trust itfelf ip hands more powerful, or wonder
when their confidence is betrayed, and their pro
perty invaded.
^=¥3CT
MR, PARKER,
GREAT complaipts are made by the clergy
and others(we Relieve very jutfly) of the unexam
pled prevalence of irreligion, infidelity, " Illumi
natifim,” Atheiftn. &c. But have not the clergy
themfelvea, in a great degree been acceffary to this
great detention pf religion which is so generally
complained of; have they not in general preach
ed up such high toned politics, and so far depart
ed from, is not counteracted the great apoftte of
the Gentiles, who determined to know nothing
among men save Jesus Chrjft and him crucifi d,
as to induce many of their flocks to desert them.
All the hue and cry about Paine, Jacobin, Demo
crat, &e. will not bring them back—as in the case
of Baloc and Balaam, the people have been seduc
ed id idolatry, to worship aristocracy, monarchy,
Britain, and gold. Christians pi general and the
clergy in particular would have le'fs reason to re
gret the prevalence of infidelity if those whose in
dispensable duty it is, would devote more of their
time to the Study of Theology, and less to politics.
A FRIEND tp RELIGION.
lor a man who has oeea me taux. 01 turning toe
world upside down !"—and again, "it would be
beter if he had died twenty years ago !" Ameri
cans, look at these men ; they are distinguishable.
Afide —(Really, Mr. Dennifton, we federalists
begin to be alhamed of our companions. Both
parties are deceived by this detestable faction.
They life every artifice to render ns unhappy un
der our republican form of Government. They
are daily acting the fame part which Socrates told
the multitude they would aft (who told him to
flog his wife when She pulled off his gown in the
public Streets.) And when we'two fight, one
would fay, < hit her, Socrates, and the other, ' toe
him Xantipe,' while both would enjoy the sport."
!' is a fact, they have succeeded to an alarming
degree in this hellish deSign, and laugh behind the
curtain at both parties.'
Federalists and Republican Federalists, how
long will you fuffer yourselves to be doped by this
monarchic, aristocratic, tory faction. You con
found the terms by which you dittinguifh your
selves—they are fynonimous. This faction dread
to be distinguished by their true name ; they de
.light to be included under the term Federal: you
cannot pteafe them better. From henceforth give
them their true appellation— Monarchic, Arifo
cratic, Tory Faction.
Ye real friends to the United States of Ameri.
ca, rally round your unparalleled conftittition &
government : this is your only port of fafety :
cease your useless bickerings ; reason calmly with
each other when a difference -of opinion takes
place. The operations of government are from
their very nature intricate and complex., it re
quires time and Study to correct its movements.
Therf are however many cardinal points which
you must guard ; these are understood by all, arid
scarcely ever become fubjefts of dispute.
Permit me to affiire you and each of you, that
when each (ball underhand the other, and also the
fubjeft bf difference, you will (like Pone and the
bishop of Rochester) be of one faith. Then will
this deteflable faction fink beneath your feet, into
that primeval state of insignificance, into which
their more deteflable leader (*#**#) lies engulph
ed. A FEDERALIST.
The power of the fun of liberty, has so far dis
pelled the clouds of deipotifm in Connecticut, as
to admit the genial warmth,of,its rays to vivify
and call again into a&ion, the induftripps BEE.
Its Editor, Mr. Charles Holt, now confined under
the defyotic operations of a sedition law,—pro
pofes to recommence the publication of that pa
per In New-London, as soon as possible upon an
enlarged plan. y
The recent success of Republican Federalism in
dicates a complete overthrow of the wicked plans
of policy which have been generated the laQ^i^ht
years. Federal aristocracy has been depreciating
—peace will be made with France—the framer of
the ifeckirMtoa tfour Independence, the Immortal
JEFFERSON will be our next Piefident, and the
character of American liberty laved from evR.
lall|pg deftruftjon. rive la Republique.
In Delaware the Republicans have put up Cesar
A Rodney as the candidate for Cougrefs ; in the
room of the flying Cheiolier Buyard. f
MR. Parker,
Reading in the federal papers, accounts of fo.many
of our levels being carried in and condemned at
7 Halifax and Jamaica, reminded me of /Efop's
sixth fable of the lion and the other beasts, which
1 wish you to publish. a true American.
From the Constitutional Telegraphe.
Art. I. The French Republic abandons,
cedes and transfers to the Batavian Republic
all her pretensions and all tier rights of
whatever nature, that she now has or may
hereafter have, under whatever denomina
tions they may exist, over possessions of every
description contained in the Batavian Re
public, or over any of its inhabitant claim
ed by the French emigrant/ the French
clergy and that of the Nine United Depart
ments forming the ancient Belgium, the it
lector of Palatine, qs proprietor of Raven
dien, Mengen, and other places by Houft
of Zullahack claiming the domain of Ben
maf The House of Salm, claiming the do
main of Anholf in the Canton of Zutphen,
and in general overall the possessions, of all
the other Princes and Nobles of the Empire,
who have loft their lands apd property in
Holland by the fate of war, together with
the exercise of any power over them, she
(mail town of Huffen, situated in the island
Botan, on the left fide of the Rhine and its
territory, containing Malburgen, and Kul
beeyfon ; likewise several villages in the
country of Kuyek, contained in the territo
ry of the Batavian Republic, conflitute a
part of this cession.
The relinquishment of ecclefiaflical pro
perty in favor of the Batavian Republic,
ihall equally extend in proportion a3 the re
form (hall be effected over such as depend
on the four new departments on the left fide
t] ^ Rhine, and which are situated withir
the Batavian line, as well as over the said
territory in confequente of the final re-union
of these said four departments;
Art. 11. The French Republic, in grant
ing to the Republic of Batavia the future oc
cupation and pofleffion of all the property,
privileges, and rights formerly belonging to
the Elector of Palatine, or any other prince
or noble of the Empire, with which ffie has
been at war, and whose possessions, rights,
&c. are situated within she teiritoty of Bata
via, promises and engages to insure to the
said Republic of Batavia, (when ageneral
peace with the Empire shall take place) an
irrevocable and absolute surrender; of' the
said puffeffions, rights, &c. by the interested
parties, She further promises to interpefe
her good offices for this effect, and to employ
for this purpose all the means which she
(hall employ, to insure to herfelf the free
and tranquil possession of such countries'as
(he has conquered, which she shall deem ex
pedient to retain. --,- £ '
Art; 111. The cession of the domain of
Ravenftein ftipulatedin the firft Article,,on
ly comprehends that part of the domain
which is contained in the Batavian Repub
lic.
Art. IV. There is connected with the
present grant, the univerfalhf of all rights
belt nging to the French Republic, formerly
occupied by the Trench Legations.'
Art. V. In Consideration of the grants
stipulated in the preceding articles, the Ba
tavian Republic ItiaHjMy to the French Re
public; after the exehangebf the reflective
ratifications of this treaty, and in the man
ner as agreed uponiby the two governments,
the fem of fix millions of francs.
Art. VI. The present tranfactioff Ihall
not have its full effect until it shall be rati
fied by the contracting parties, and ratifica
tions shall be exchanged at Paris, with the
least poffibte delay ; and to count from the
'S' 1 ! Nhofe'i this delay shall not exceed
days'. . i °
AN teft^ of which, we the fubferib
ers, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French
Republic of Batavia, in virtue of odr full
have finned teprefent treaty, and
L have caused our respective fate to be affixed
to the fame.
Ate at Peril, 15th fa. iß<ra,6&„ar rs
Batman liberty,) 15th ftroofe, Bth ^t)
R.^rcHIMMEL PZNN&
ex. M.TALLEYRAND.
The Commissioners for carryir& Wthe
Negociations between the French Republic
' Late Foreign Intelligence,
BY THE MOST RECENT ARRIVALS.
—«^*t<^>^fr, ,
^tate Paper.-
Translation from a French paper printed at Ham
burgh-dated April 8.
TREATY,
Concluded at Paris, between the French and Bata
non Republics, 15th fa.i&&
THE French and Batavian republics, de
sirous of resolving some letigfous queflions,
which have lately taken place by an amica
ble tranfa&ion murfially advantageous to
both contrasting parties, have nominated
for this purpose as follows: The executive
directory of Republic of Batavia have ap
pointed citizen Shimmelpenninck their min
ister and Ambassador to the French Repub
i '" e latter on their part have nominated
Citizen Talleyrand, minister of foreign re
lations, which ministers, after an exchange
of their full powers have agreed on the fol-,
lowingarticles:,