The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-03-03 00:00:00, page 2

The committee rose and reported theirl
agreement, to the report with one amend-1
ment viz<
Insert instead of the Bth rule in report,
which „ the words following—" .All
questions which (hall arise after the ballot
ing commences, and which (hall require the
decision of the house, (hall be decided with
out debate"—the following words:
" All quoftions which (hall arise after
the balloting commences, and which (hall
be decided by the house voting per capita, to
be incidental to the power of chufing a Pre
lident and which (hall require the decision
of the house, (hall be decided by fates and
without debate, and in case of an equal di
vision ot the votes of Rates, the queflion (hall
be loft."
The house agreed to said amendment.
A motion was made that the house disa
gree with the committee of the whole in
their ageement to the 4th rule, viz. '' Af
ter commencing the balloting tor President,
the house (hall not adjourn until a choice
be made."
On which the queflion being taken by
yeas and nays, it palled in the negative, as
follows: Yeas 47— Nays 53.
A motion was then made to disagree with
the committee of the whole house in their
agreement to the sth rule, as follows:
" The doors of the house (ball be closed
during the balloting, except against the of
ficers of the house."
On the question being taken by yeas, it
patted in the negative, as follows : Yeas 45
—Nays 54.
The entire report was then agreed to by
the house.
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late foreign intelligence.
By an arrival at Boston.
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PARIS, DEC. :
ARMY OF THE RHINE.
Gen. Moreau, to the Minifler at War.
"H. Q at Anzing, 12th Frimaire, (2d Dec.)
I have the pleasure, General, to give an
account of an event very glorious for the
army which I command, and of great ad
vantage to the republic.
By my dispatches of yesterday, in render-;
ing you an account of the battle of the 20th
Frimaire, I announced the assembling of
the army, and my intention to ad on the
offen five.
Last night the corps of Gen. Grenier col
le&ed between Hohenlinden, and Hariofen.
The division under Gen. Grandjean, of
which Gen. Grouchy took the command,
supported the left of the village of Hohen
linden ; the divisions of Rhichepanfe and
Decan at Eberfberg.
I expected to be attacked by the enemy
at Hohenlinden ; and had given orders to
Gen. Richepanfe and Decan to proceed by
Sr. Chriftophe,'upon the Matenpoet, and to
fail with vigor on the rear of the attack.—
This movement was executed with as much
audacity as intelligence.
The enemy commenced their attack up
on Hohenlinden, at half pad seven in the
morning : We fatisfied ourselves with check
ing them, until by a moment of hesitancy,
l was led to judge the attack of Gen. Riche
papfe had commenced ; and gave orders to
Gen. Grenier to commence his attack.—
Gen. Ney marched with vigor thro' the de
files, and met Gen. Richepanfe about mid
way on the road of Matenpoet. All of the
enemy which (ecreted themselves in a wood
extending a league and a half were killed,
taken or dispersed.
The attack of Gen. Ney was supported
by the division of Gen. Grouchy, who had
overthrown the reserve of the enemy's gren
adiers, who fought an attack upon his right.
The movements of Gens. Richepanfe &
Decan experienced the greatest obstacles.—
Obliged to march by narrow paths, and in
tirely surrounded by the enemy, Gen. Riche
panfe found himfelf separated from the oth
er troops, with only five or fix battalions,
and a regiment of chaffeurs ; but disregard
ing this circumstance, he pushed on to the
middle of the enemy's army, with the few
troops he had with him,^nd joined the head
of the division of Gen. Ney, conducted with
equal intrepidity by Gen. Ruffin. 'Gen.
Valter was fev/ely Wounded in this attack
Gen. Decan succeeded in penetrating with
the Polith troops to the fapport of General'
Richepanfe.
The battle appeared to be completely de
cided at 3 o'clock ; When another body of
troops marching from the lower Inn, en
deavored to sally out by Burkrain upon Ho
henlinden ; as we expected the enemy would
make an effort upon the left, they having
the evening before Rationed troops in the
valley of Ifen, Gen. Grenier left in petition
the divisions of Legrand, Baftout, and the
reserve of Cavalry ; who, in the ,moment
when they were going to take the offehfive,
Iwere themselves attacked. We lent to their
fopport, some troops of Gen. Ney, and o
ther divisions, which were at hand,
Geri. Legrand and Baftout after having
'repulfed this attack ; and having themselves
puthed the enemy with such vigor ;—in
Ifbort, after several efforts, overthrew them
Iwith lofis of part of their artillery., Gen.
I Baftout was wounded in this attack.
The a&ion was so general, that there
was not a single corps of the French army.
which did not partarke of it—which was
the case with that of the Austrians. The
snow fell in large flakes during the whole
a&ion.
We have taken 80 pieces of cannon, 200-
ammunition waggons, and 10,000 prisoners,
a great number of officers, amongst whom
are three generals. We purfhed the enemy
until night. 1 calculate our loss at a thou
sand men killed, wounded and prifonets.—
That of the enemy is incalculable. Every
part pf the army exerted irfelf. '.
The corps of Gen. Lecourbe who were
in posse ffion of. Rofenheim the io ? h is cli
re&ed to cover the -Inn, and to defend the
entrances of the Tyrol.
The army is proud of its success ; —the
more so, as they, hope it will contribute to
accelerate peace.
Health and Friendlhip,^
MOREAU.
PARIS, DEC: 6.
The Court Gazette of Pete/fburg, of the
14th Nov. contains an article of which the
following is the substance. That the em
bargo laid on English vessels in the Ruffian
ports will be continued until the Conven
tion concluded the 30th Dec. shall be eke-,
cuted. This convention fays, that imme
diately after the capture of Malta, that isl
and should be surrendered to order of St.
John of Jerufalem —of which the Emperor
is Grand-Matter.
News from Germany announce that the
Emperor left Vienna the 14th Frimaire,
after having iflued a I Proclamation, in which
he enforces to his fubje&s the necessity of
continuing the war.
Dec.7.
The Minister at War has given orders to
:the Commander in Chief the army of Italy,
that the Ruffian Gen. Lewachow, who is
proceeding to Naples to exchange the rib
bons of the royal orders between their Ruf
fian and Sicilian Majeflies shall be received
in a manner suitable to the sentiments,;
which the French government entertains to
; wards the Emperor Paul I.
For the REPUBLICAN LEDGER.
Messrs. Nutting & Whitelock,
The following dadrefs to the citizens of Mary
land, by Mr. M Henry, is peculiarly, perti
nent on the present interring cccaftwtywhen
a new choice of men to fill the Jeveral de
partments of our fate government is to be
made. The advice it offers mus appear
, wife and judicious, and will have it, due
weight with every friend to his country,and
her constitution, if his eyes are not blinded
by private interest and party prejudices, to
truth and renfon. You are therefore re
queued to publish it in your ufeful paper.
ELECTIONS.
T. Endeavor to eltd men whose circum
dances and fituatton will have no improper
influence upon their public proceedings.
2. Shun men who have been found to
dire& their opposition even against the libe
ral thinkers of a different religious persua
sion, when placed in competition with a
parson of their own church. These are
enemies to equal liberty, and will facrifice
almost every thing to a religious prejudice ;
yet it is difficult to determine, whether the
human miqd is more under the influence of
interest or bigotry. Interest is a Scylla ;
bigotry a Charibdis. Ye friends of man
kind ! Ye lovers of civil and religious liber
ty ! Keep far away from your councils bi
gots and interfiled men !
3. Never ituft a cunning man to make laws
for you, When you can get an honest man ;
the firft does every thing by trick, the last
every thing by truth. The one is always
candid-—the other- always a hypocrite, and
when nothing else will do, a liar.
4. The possession of power begets power.
Do not give power to a weak man, for he
cannot use it to your advantage ; nor to a
bad man for he will turn it to bis own pro
fit. It is only to be trotted in the hands of
a good man, arid even not long with him, left
ft should corrupt hfs.virtue.'
5. A long poißHion of power neceffai ily
weakens the love of liberty, and creates an
indifference jo the approbation of good men.
Power, by encreafing men's influence, in
clines them to rely more upon it, than up
on virtue, for their re-elections
6. It is always dangerous to keep the of
fices of government filled by men hnktyo-1
get her by the @ff ties of inter,. Should
this ever happen, and these men acquire in
fluence to continue themselves in ,ptfce/t| e
liberties of the people will fxTfylllowed ppi
io their particular inter# To prevent this
calamity the bill of rights is continually re-'
minding you that " ele&ibns ought to be,
free and frequent," and that a rotation in
the higher departments of government, is
one of the bed fecutilies of permanent free-^
dom.
From the SUN. f
MR.BRAGC, ' ,
IT is laughable to observe, how eagerly
and impudently a certain tory junto brand
every attempt of the people to exercise their
own judgment in voting for public officers,
with the trite worn out appellation of Ja
cebinifm.—lf the inhabitants of a town diL.
fatisfied with the condud of their represen
tative, thinking perhaps that he has been
wheedled, or treated, or commiflioned out of
the path of his duty—make an effort to re
place him by a more independent man, they
are instantly denounced by~the junto, as Ja
cobins. If th,e people of a diftria, appre
hend,'that their Senator is deficient in that
knowledge, integrity ^ndfairnefs- in his pub
lic, as well as private dealings—which ought
to diftingqifh a man in so high an office, and
therefore - endeavor to put a more upright
man in his place—the junto instantly pro-,
claim the people of that whole diftria Jaco
bins—and should even the inhabitants of the
State think, that by continuing the fame
Governor always in office, there would be
danger of his forgetting the toils, and labor
by which the great body of the people(who
pay his salary) obtain a bare firbfiftence,and
that he would be annually Squeezing them!
for an increase of pay, regardless of the
wants of them ' and their children ;,,if the
people for these ,and other reasons, should
ev,en think of ele&ing a new Governor —
they are immediately ptiblifhed to the world,
by this overbearing junto, as Jacobins.—
This word, as they use it, means a person of
an independent spirit, Who dares to think
and a& for himfelf—one who will not sub
mit his will, to the proud will of a junto,
that have grown rich by ill gotten wealth,;
extorted for pretended services, from the
poor and the unfortunate—a junto, that af-'
ter preying on the vitals of the people, ar
rogantly presume to diftate to them in the
exercise of their constitutional right for e
le&ing public officers.—With regard to the
choice of a Governor, some of these felf cre
ated dictators, have declared that Mr. Gil-;
man is entitled to the office.—But from
whence pray does he derive this title ? If he
is intirjed to it, the office is his r/g^f, and he
will hold it for his life, in fpife of the peo
ple—This idea, citizens of New-Hamp
ihire,,arifes from the long continuance of
one man in office, who is apt thereby to con
ceive he has acquired a right to it by conti
nued possession—that the people are bound to
ele& him—and that he is injured by their
voting for another. But such ideas ought
to be difeountenanced in Republican govern
ments—and as the friends of Mr. Gilman
have imbibed, and openly avowed this idea,
it .would alone, if there were not a thousand
other causes, determine me, at least for one,
to vote for another candidate ; which I ffiall
venture to do, even at the peril of being
dubbed by the junto, a Jacobin. And as
Judge Walker has had long experience in
public business, is a man of a liberal educa
tion, °f found onderflanding, and of plain
manners, without any ridiculous affedationi
or parade, and has his ear open to the com
plaints of the poorest of his fellow citizens,
and never ashamed to own them as such—l,
Ihall unite with a large portion of my bro
ther farmers in voting for Judge Walker,
.for Governor the ensuing year ; and trust!
that every man who is in favor of moderate
salaries, frequent elections, a Republican
government, and regards the sacred rights of
free fuffrage, will even dare in spite of the
danders of the junto to do the fame.
A STRAFFORD FARMER.
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From the SUN,
MR. BRAGG, °
Some observations, contained in an ex
trad lately published in the Sun, which stem
to relale to the choice of Governor, have
excited a spirit of enquiry among us which
has led to much information, and some dis
coveries, which have produced ideas in the
minds of our people different from those
they have been heretofore taught to enter
tain. We find by examining the Journals
of the General Court, that altho r the office
of Chief Magiilrare, was prior to Mr. Gil
man's election ever filled by the firft cha'r
aaers Ahis date has produced, viz. Mr
Weare, Mr. Langdon, Gen. Sullivan, and
Judge Barflettg at a salary of 2001. yet no
attempt was made duririgthe administration
of either of these gentlemen, to raise their
salary, except thp addition of 501. jn the lall
year of the venerable Bartlett's long & faith
ful fervice=but finpe the eledion of the pte
fent governor we find his salary has been
twipe.ratfed, viz. in the very firft year c£
his eleaion, to 1000 dollars, and from that;
to 1200 dollars' —and scarce a feflion has
pasted, since he has been in the chairin
which, the pay of inembers for the time
fpent< in the many efforts to raise the pre-;
sent Governor's salary, has not exceeded the
compensation of all the Judges of the Supe
rior Court. Foiled'in their attempts toob
tain an increase of the Governor's salary a-)
bore I'2oo dollars, the matter has been re
peatedly brought forward in the Ihape Os;
competition for reviewing the militia
% This, ght, has always we are told
excited a noble spirit of indignation in the
House, which did them great honor. It
was observed that many militia officers' then
held feats in the tegiflature, who had not
only frequently spent large furas in training
the milina, but even in entertaining the go
vernor while he was reviewing them. Ma
ny had witnessed the fatigue and toil of @l
-of poor men, who travelled on foot
fifteen or twenty miles, to the place of re
yiew, with their provision in their pecker
and without any bed but the earth, and with
no covering but the heavens. These offi
cers, on such occasions in the legifhture
have wifely demanded if the Governor with
a salary of 1200 dollars, and little to do
should have an extra allowance, what com
pensation would not those officers and sol
diers of the militia be entitled to, who with
out any pay had spent so much time & mo
ney in attending militia duty ? Many ideas
must necessarily rife in the mind of every
man on this fubjed, which it is unnefeffary
here to enumerate : But it further appears
from the journals that the treasurer was em
powered a few years ago to hire a sum of
, money, for the purpose of paying the State
;Notes. It is said the interest of a large
sum has in fad been charged to and paid by
the date, though not a farthing of the prin
cipal ever came near the Treafury' . The
vote was to hire a sum of money ; but in
dead of hiring the money, it is said the obli
, gation of somebody was received to pay the
fame when called for. Now the money (as
was expeaed) never was called for, but the
people of this date .were taxed for the inter
est., Good reasons may be offered for this
policy, but I confefs I have not. ingenuity
enough to difeover them. ,Thb people have
heard a great deal said in public addresses,
about placing confidence in their rulers, and
have not perhaps on that account been much
accustomed to examine into public measures
—but since the spirit of enquiry has been
awakened, it is conjeanred that the State
would derive many advantages by removing
the public Offices from the present feat of
Speculation, besides those that would evi
dently result from the convenience of hav- .
ing them in a more central part of the Slate
—and that the most likely way to accom
pli th this, beneficial and important purpose,
is to ele& The Hon. TIMOTHY WAL
KER, who resides in the centre of the State,
for our Governor the ensuing year.
ANOTHER FARMER.
For the REPUBLICAN LEDGERS"
A STOCKHOLDER'
IN THE LATE
NEW-HAMPSHIRE UNION BANK,
, to his ' ':
FELLOW CITIZENS.
(Continued from our lafl.)
THE beneficial operation of banks undCT pro
per regulations in a commercial country; is Gy
generally urrclerftood that an. Farther evidence
on that liead is tmneceflary. . 1 ,.
Banks should be encouraged, not for the fake of
aggrandizing the few uho may be owners of the
dock, nor even for the additional purpose only
of fopporting a circuiting medium adequate to
the existing quantity of business tranfa&ed, but
with the more important detign ol affording the
greatest possible advantage for the further growth
of commerce, agriculture, manofaflures, and ev
ery other branch of industry adapted to the situa
tion of out country. To accomplish this it is in
dupenfable that a rivalfhip should be created in
order to prevent those partialities that otherwise
would naturally arise, and which by confining the
channels, through which the paper medium is per
mitted to past into etrculatioh, to ;he demands
ol a few friend, and such others as may be u illing
to bow submission to the will of a set of imperious
directors, would effeSually prevent that increase
of bulinefs which ir has been the wisdom of ever,
enlightened government to promote ; every man
ot good character who can offer proper feenrity
at a bank should find the fame favorable reception
—the man of final! property and of humble par
entage no less than the wealthy and “ well-born."
One company of me rchants with exclusive privi
leges might import from abroad all the goods of
foreign produ&ion, neceffay lor the consump
tion of a date ; anti one company of traders might
dispose of the whole to the confirmers ; but ' what
would be the policy that would fuffer such a mo
nopoly ! where would be the restraint against a
haughty and domineering deportment, disobliging
and abusive treatment—and the moll unreasonable
and exorbitant derriabefy ? common sense and com
mon experience will furnilh an anfwer.<
If exclusive privileges be improper as relate
to the fuppl} of articles of secondary importance
haw much more so in regard to "money whist
aufwers all things f " the borrower is indeed
servant to the tender"—nine tenths of the people
are by turns borrowers of money, Is it proper thea
that so large a proportion of mankind be made fob
fuvient to the caprice of a few individuals diftin.
goifoed from their fellow men in no other refpeft
than by enjoying privileges denied to others?
The proprietors of the N. H. Ufli<fo Bank had
reasons of a very special nature for their aflogation
—they were, with a very few exceptions men not
in favor with the diQmguilhqd gentry of the othefy
bank ; the, were generally men of bufineft, as has
been already represented,& were owners of one half
the navigation, of New Hampshire; which beipg
principally employed in Weft India voyages, the
duties on their homeward bound cargoes were
considerable, and bf law mutt be paid |ohg before
so thuch cpuldibe realized from tire ftfes of those
cargoes, which renders the affiflance jf banks pe
culiarly convenient. From the befrcomputation
that can be made, more than one hundred and If-