The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-11-17 00:00:00, page 2

From the G^Qfe% ^I
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YOUNG MEN.
-BY the most imafcountable fatality, those
whoaqumed the name of FederaFifts, te
quired ari'i^ the minds of the
^te^m^ap, gifted A ffle'm ofter
ror was so generally "established, that fear
operated too powerfully for reffrairit. Po-'
"^ S^&^ ter not . considered upon
thegrpujyl<#difquifition, but adoption"
of far&ulaf tenets was enforced' With a fpe
,/ cies-of Htfyi@,pal htoleri&hffl ft a young
rh^re'dared td et^rcife hii judgment; or TO
hefitafe so fdbferibing to cert aTti'doginas; ht'
wis^founced un&fall ttiafeverityfat -
tached/tenecltataa^rof a dift^^tiizer and'
jacobin. He was piloted in everf'direc
?tiph! with a malignity of temper, which
threatened his ruin in btdinefs and persona!
reptetafc] An implacab difpofitiorr
wag efi&mred bet ween citizfy; *nd even
thefoOTatTOiercourfe was ditfoly^Mhcr^v
era&ffftffaein political fenttmesis pfe-
Wl<^;ff%^} {^-:t fl ~ ^ %
^in this tt^ Os controver fy,^W
futptiied that the young men Were borne
^own by the deluge' of their Opponents; —-'
1 o/fem ihetorrentf required not only an
energyoftpind, but firmnefs of nerve.—
Rrfonal fafetyin some : i/dtances was con
ne@ffit6 feolitical &itefr as the ^flly,
would oftentimes become mre formidable?
than an Oratof— the brawny arm of a Def
peratio^ would threaten to level ah intago
) miff, &rheii the tongue of a'hwyer would
make but litfl&imprHlion.<
B u , thank heaven, the clouds of delufibnj
are diffiparing ft the period has arrived when
each class of men dan exefcife their reason,
and'be guided *fy their unbiafletf jngment,
Wercan now fpcak unawed by the threats of
a Juntos whd have too long claimed apre
1. ^b^^ve to control both public ahttprivate
/ opinion ; we are restored to our ancient psi
tog, arid each citizen stands j n that dig-
Rifed^ttittlderp&ibtiarly adaptedtohis fitu
arion i, ^republican government. - We are
^w" all Republicans," we are now " all,
Federalists;': as the system : in which we
move gives every man an equal right in so
ciety; there are ho exelujive Republicans or
feelerah)k, aS it refpe&s the privilege of
• frying:,nor any partial law to Arraign one
fctoF opinions before the tribunal of vjn-;
di&:ve judges: There - remains 'however' a
filial! iconvitlfi&n .(excited by the infuriated
passions of some difappoinfed men) yet, as it
* relates to the community at large, the hurri
,^s fobfid,ed,;though from its,4l/ a few
gusts occaGoqafy tyi&.,,}' : °
'.^,,'l in a previous number, reminded
you, my young,tjendsg of the proceedings
of the merchants of Bolton, on, (he arrival
° f afew, ^ in the year 1785
At'their meeting, they folemnjy declared,
that ^ffiete Fa^rr, threat
erf^d an entire monopoly of all'Britifh im-
Pf^'^%l^^ fetyfof Tuch 'agenis; and
Would eventually deprive the induftriou. A
."^F.^ trader pf every benefit of our coral
ffife." Jr^ this,period, the introduce
ft^n at B< fyffoF^ots^wls fo,de^ to
k^lF^eHi' country, fffat. may be
^^%f^ u^ttte^ritW treaty ?
it was thn confides d " ruinous to the
American,T@; that fifth F&rs fhou|u
^mpn&qfyffit tnuf> be the confer
9^nce wherr ihey. have a rightly Treaty,
- ° n '^ $,Ah but '% to ptuchife /lores,
f.^??^'*^''' to«femai„:W/W?pi//d/f>4-
?(%^^'^^^^ye^iQQg^l^
rM^M' 4M<l^ftsrVpUHß^ Eng-
J^te,TCfSf^P%te^e ^
o^^s fiich asr to render
s&{f&r^f%^ tbg.fopfr
4r/^i,M9.^ Tight I%Treaty; to remain
r ^^^^LMore !hfl@,b|&&
^W^ff^^joy every commercial privi
^rew^ M 4& rot ms own
^PMPfyiff^& r< ftffl4l%^ the
' 'MI,,MI? ^fyth^Bruhh Treaty.;
1 .F^^ ^$ ,as,&, Pflufe for amo-4
'tfMhtt%fyr*< ; ,,&a^^^
3,ffMfflZ^^
,;i,^^^^'^^"^"^ pG&srfudi^an:
J^^^ commerce!
&'Affi#^^>^ e ^ r ^
v^ffiMf^^HW,^
, : ^tywffr ^ ^Wi^Mhichit j^
T!^^^^^ of&4
^^Wm^m! ife^te,:
¥ro4fy on. .Banks so Funds, it!
\;# k ;^ n ° ^
- " s^^^%^&!^ a ^ 'foppery rthem,
^ffl^t
^^.w^^te^^^^^
? the ^p?%4#te^s p^
'j,es (<^ a ^&^
& a BntotHfe„ffi P&JtofffoMo
.nfa.
I little confcqtience to them ;, give them their 1
^quarterly payments, and they are perfc&ly
Tatis'ffed. , '
The foregoing observations are the true
ftateoMhis bufiuefs, - and though they may
be at present unnoticed, depend on it a few
tears will evidence the fa&. Our Young
M&flm^ their duplicity,
and those who have injured them will here
after " mock at their calamity, and laugh
wfcli&|if fear cometh."
Ihis catastrophe will sensibly touch the
tender feelings of,ite:American Ladies ;
!yhen they find a„cljQof_Faaprs, under
taninffle' occupations of their husbands,
land obliging them to jetraa their expences
iwithin^thenarfrow'dbmpafe of a Scotch fac
,tor. When they find fuch' venders pur
ichafing a ftqte, pirevioufly Occupied by an
American, and Iroin^in the garret in the
;molt penurious manner, white retailing thole
p-ojn^oditj^s, p^ the sale gs which many of
# buf own citizens depend for maintenance!.
;Such persons are ah injury even to the pur-
Ichafers— for though they may for the pre.-,
,sent fell cheaper than our own merchants,
;yet-afterihey have 'mbnOpoli/a the whole
'butitrefs hy impoveriffiitrgj others, and dif
cou'agfng them from importing Britilh
:mammaures, will fitelly take advantage
iOft^rf^lniive-^Mefy advance of io ;
<or'2o fefcent; ' : ' ''"-'
I ^Viewing this bufihefs'eyen as it refpeas
(the Revemre, it r is greatly against the g°y- ;
yrnmenriof the United States. A mah who
is a'firanger may not be governed by those
# cautionary principles in his entries at the cuf
itom-hdtife, as generally influence our oWn
jcitfmwf. a point of honor, as it refpe6ls his
private deputation, will naturally lead the
;la«eFto f afoft ' eftirriatte of his invoice ; but
the former, knowing that bis fefidence is-but
/erripbrary; calculates more upon the benefit
he mfy obtain by pefrauding the Revenue,
than the charader he may sustain in con
sequence of his integrity^ l
The foregoing observations are plain
troths, though the manner-of expressing them
may be considered as uncourtly; It pro
perty is essential to refpe&ability, and ifty
man destitute of " a'faond fbirt" is a objed
lof disgust, certain is it,hat a fubje& which
; contemplates the tendency of Britilh Fa&brs
in America, is worthy the attention of those
who are immediately involved in its confer
;quences^ The Man who railed a laugh in
the Old-South Meeting-House, on the sug
gestion of another's poverty, though he may
have flattered the young men into an adop
tion of the Treaty, may (when the stern
hand of penury reduces them to the fame
extremity) treat you .with equal indignity ;
and possibly at fame future dayi when sur
rounded by British minions, will excite theft
mirth at your credulity and misfortune.
As the British fa&ion in America exult
at the pretended advantages gained by Eng
land.; over Raffia (as an apology for our de
teffed Treaty) I shall in my next number;
compare the Treaty between those two na
tions, with that between America and Brit
ain.' The comparison will shew the fallacy
of Federal: reasoning, both as it refpe&sA
merica arid Russia; for thefad is/Ruffia
has obtained every advantage over England
in the late controversy ; while the United
Spates have basely facrificed every neutral
privilege by that “ accursed thing" emphati
cally called the British Treaty.
" t . OLD-SOUTH.
' From the Chr6njcle§
,\ ^ftointments is Removals.
The fallowing extracts from Federal fpeecbes
io @ngtef&, are among rhe ' humberuf proofs;
1 ^ ffl^Jing lince more generally to have a.
wakened the people of America, to. a sense of
thelrVue fit,uatloq. They have been cirefufy
collated, by a friend, and ferve' to derhonftrute,
what has never been doubted by those Who have
°,ke^i bel%/, th, f^tace, shat it was a fixed
principle in the fydem of Mr. Adams, and his po
hica! connections, to govern this country 'by an ;
unn^tufatarid factions 'inthfebee, Tn confeqhen§e
of this determination, copied from the example
of the,Brftjfh'governments in its rood yorcupß . pe-,•
riods, th, formed a c^ufe in. 4 saw, in oppfitipn
to the opinion of many republics!^ ^ 0^ approved|
merit and integrity, to impower„'the prefjeent to 1
remove from office at hit dtferefch, every person
of fentimeuts opposite to the views ^and projedtsl
^ fy!'P"^ P4 r ty. Be this ft,ndahd,,tte opus;
of the cap^id^es for office was ,afTay.ed, atyfreve
4, map was excluded .who wasfliot Vapabie of go-;
ing ilitafflte HericeM has happened that al
though always.theTmaiieft party they had ariftil-:
ly foutrived,- by tlieir various expedients ipd|
E4%A@.: a ^ 'Rl&i^U that the ^nopyl
dWferh,the majority. Our readers are*re-'
feredtothe clanfe irt the laW tying mff poweto6
repaying ^fflfo,.to i&fyrefklerit,' as Veil tote?
yWferi, U,e,£onftitutlon directing hirti to , fill;
f&.^'slf^ which m,y happen in the recess of
fl! e r 9*% §By tbefe it will appear, not only that 1
• he has the power of removing at pfeafiire, with-1
oilt any 4tWiff fetpanfibitit, but to the sense arid!
ffltCTritbfitis rouhtfyme^ i«jodg.t
'PeM OTte ^ removed, but bhat this power.
Was att,cted tohis office, by iteteiourfederalA
i(h, exprefsiy for that purpose, '
T^hU^ne, the present executive, unlike his
prfedeceflbr, fe happily used this fewer with
.much!Mfriersmeul@ the declare ,i cw o g equal
&£:'^ ^^ ^ emoluments of govern
ment ; apd of redeeming h t s friends from a ffiaite
proferTpHon, in' whieh they had* been infidi-'
bally placed? Tri this point then he has merely
I feffored the lull equilibrium of party as fat as.he
Icould. No doubtit has been! to him. the toott
disagreeable part of his duty ; a duty he was 0-
bliged in honor and conscience to perform, or to
expose his friends toihe reproach of incapacity,
and the country .to, the epLpf having the ja vis ex
ecuted by thoke who were notorious, opposed to
the national will, as it was expedited in his
electi< n. . . "
ItGtrld be impossible to have the public brifi
nefs faithfully and fatisfaclorily transited; Olflefs
some in office could harmonife with their head,
and would corre&ly slate that information which
would a& his judgment in the execution of the
high & momentous trull Committed to him. Com
mon prudence muff have compelled him, to have
had recourse to this necessary exercise of his ap
thorite His owu tenor -and inrerelt, the,ejro
tation ofthe government ana the interehofthe
‘ 'community at large, have all demanded that some
'charge Should be made The confifteucy and the
tone of his admibigratior )cou@ not have been
maintained without this mealhre, however im
pleafant. For it is absurd to suppose that any sys
tem of polity cart bHairiy earfled into extent Fon,
by those officers wud, witirfcartely a single excep
-Ition, are notorloufly opposed to the success ,>f it,
and have ari interest in defeating it, Mr. Jeffe'r
son,^ (Are opinion of 'fome, may have exposed
himfelf to cenfure,'by Ms conduct in this retpeft,
which perhaps, might bate been avoidest But
if ri correftjndgmein has been formed to. the few
who are now in oppofjtjon, the fame spirit u hich
has nourished the lire of their zeal would never
have b^n in waut efrmaterials to agitate the pub
lic; |s# far as their influence could be niade
to extend; and if tbefe removals had not hap-
Opened, something would t|ill havebeeii discovered
to disturb thig increasing harmony in the country,
,which to them is the only'and the fruitful source
lof ,heir present mortifi^atiou.<
-Lt^:.• .
I It basbeen faid(fays Mr. N. Smith, of N. ft)
the Executive had determined in future not to ap
, point any' gerirtemah to office \vhofc political 0-
pinions did not coincide with his own. That the
!executive had formed the ,efQlution attributed to
) him he was ready to advahcq,' because he thought
it'.was high time filch a determination was ipade.
He admitted that the executive had lately and
probably would for the future, appoint to office
lonlylonly fuel, as were of jimilar political feitiments
jwith himfelf. . .~;
;Vide: Debate on For, fat: Bill, Jan, 18, 1798.
He (Mr, S'tgreaves) ngd po objection to declare
it to be his opinion that wherever the adminiftra
; tors of government had deviated from a rule of
; this kind, (viz. to exptoderfrom public offices all
those yho were of a different^ opinion from the
executive) they had done so 'to their sorrow and
; 16 their loss, and rhe experience of gov-rrhnient
l in this refpeft had hroduceJ a'fad ,nd awful les
son, which doubtleri would have id efieft in fu
-Iture. The constitution and laws of the country
; have made ffrtyfyaflfcpfa^Tit to
; the executive to rill' them as it pl&fes ;-—Would
; gentleman fay, that the executive ought to^ap
; point persons to offices who possessed an opinion
Icontrary to its own.? If the executive afted upon
just principles, it would endeavor to give single-
Inefs of'defign to its operritioh@,'rind it could only
.db this by admitting persons into the government
i who thought with it. This would be a right,
; prudent and honorable conduct, and where it has
' been deviated from, government has received an
: awful lesson for its figure condu&.
. p 'Vid,: (as before.)
He (Mr. Allen) believed .there were persons
within that house who thought the government
0 right to" be overfet? and that It tould nofand
ought not,to be, foppo^ted, and ,who believed that
the most eftetlual way of destroying it, was to de-
Itroy the confidence of the people in the radividu
als, who ad iriinifter it. 11 J : •jb.
Mr. Griswold said gentlemen charge the extfu
tiyf With feing po^effed of an fofitienc^ Which
they foretell will prove, the definition 'of the
government. He considered such opimons>only
as-mere chimeras of the brain, supported upen-nb
rational ground. He laid gentlemen went fliH
further and laid that this power had already been
actually abuf-d, as the executive, in his appoint
ments to office, bad refped to the political- opim
ions of thole whom 1 he chose. He confeffed that
be had thought, from 'fome appointments which
had been made, that the Prefidenthad not adopt
ed the determination whjchrfome gentiemen were
of.opinioh he had, the? he acknowk dged it was a
determination which every real friend of the go
rcrnnreTTt-nnrfrwiftT to fee adopted. Could it be
believed that the President .would not have some
refoeft to the opinions ofthe men he employed ?
What ! ffoploy men tehofe every opinions .and
p^tfip^wcad jo diforidrt. If teleteraiiretiom
of attending to the opinions of men appointed to
office had not been adopted, it ought to be adopt
ed: -
They appeared so him (Mr. Griswold) upon
this point as faying, •We know our principles
are foch that we have no chance of appointments ;
;>e will'dot therefore fuffer the Preffdent to ap
point any body else. .The gentleman from Geor-;
gia has exprefled great furprize at hearing this
defended as a principled the executive. " But he.
aiked whether the principle wa, hot fripported by
the belt @uthorrty m the country ? %ft not the'
principle upon which, the, people, the sovereign
peqple £hemfelves aft ? Do they,eger chufe repre-;
fentativesof pYkitafyfoiroeqts different from!
their own? None would fay they did. None
could deny this to be their principle. If he, or
the gentleman eppolite to him, held different po-'
litical tenet,, j(fy pdfepEgbable that either of them
would toe api^aredra their present places.—-;
Now foz^edtfei,en Who®, the^adore the-voice
of th, people, ft reprobate fJi&CTritly a prin-f
ciple unrerfally adored by them,did not appear,
to him pither^o^fiftent with' their other protef
fioris, oh ttfy&Wl tq the people thtyelves ,
Tbe Present nfoft therefore be jultifiet lin fol-1
lowing an e&a,uqjle let by thepepple, whose wilh
h, 4«ro him,; a^ offlttherefore to,direCt
him. If he has .ev,er deti. led 4fop)this principle,
the conferences have conviricert him 'of his error.l
And he lpwed -tbab 7,refitfoflty,ta eyrrience, at
limilar c^^ wopld be a jfoidrf in fore. .)
- In the firftp&,e (Mr. ^WALL) would refer
to what the gentleman from Virginia had laid.,
• He called,np<,n the |>eople of the Untied StatesTO'
confederate with him against the executive; he
had endeavored to riliferiri interested passion, not'
in the people at large , but inthole who way have'
been difippointed in thelf Application for offices
-Cofthe Prelhtept anti to albrhofewho have partiali
ties elsewhere, to consider the executive in a de-
t graded point of light, for having joined a certain
part,, 0d tor having deterthiued to .chple foper
ton to office but perions of a certainopini<>n,there
by degrading the executive of the United States •
brreprefemmg him satire ha^of a party. Nor
was the gentleman cooteim^ ty draujng around ' '
hifn all the difcontekted of tiie comoinnity, but
he also made an attempt upon that part of the
people who were generally in favor of the meas
ure of the Aecutive.—ln this manner was the ex
ecutive to fee, HOT only the discontented part of
the people, but his friends arrayedagaii^l him. He
trotted he fliould not be configured a, Naming in
refpe&tothe people it he considered them as an
iffipfoper tribunal to be appealed to on this de
cation, it abuse exited r re had pdteed out the
constitutional way of rectifying it. He was sur
er ° f W,^" ^1 any ^ tefy.pt to nirftyform
the people on this fubjett was a tort of treason a
gaintt the.peaceful enjoyment by the people of
{their liberty:"^ was therefore necessary that the
people Ihould be- well assured of ate troth of such
a charge , for i£ it ban the effect lie- had mentjon
,ed, and; was not founded in fa&;, he mould con
sider the mart wto' niade it a& a traitor to the
people. J t-..
1 —=3'-#=^—=—■.'
;ci From the Vermont fotcrnal.
-
;: - ANSWER -
1 OF.THE
LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT^
'(A majority of whom are determined democratic-, \
so s 'refublicam,)
GOV. TICHENORT SPEECH.
WE are happy in the opportunity, afforded on.
the present occalion, disjoining in your opinion,,
that the public approbation is the belt reward;
:which the Magistrates of the people's choice can
;poffibly retejye...
1 The interest of onr fellow citizens shall be the
! great object of all our deliberations, and we hope'
Ithat the refiilt thereof, will be full evidence of the
purityand patriotrfrn of oqr motives. To ren-,
;dfr the adminifttafion of a free government prof
!perous and happy, 'it fe an essential reqnilitg, that
tbe difeftion of public opinion be such, as to cre
ate ^general affe^ton-and high refpeft for the
adminilh ation thereof, To maintain republicans
prfotiples. entirely rincontaminifed, jealousy is'
necessary— but it ought 'to be generous ; Irfhould,
when put in motibn, be-direfted against mea/unts 1
and pot men. —View ing,\ jth reverence, the high
trull reposed. in, and conferred on us, by our re
fye&ive conftitueirts—in enacting lau s, oufr fac-'
^" religion, and a due attention so the rules of
morality, flfall Claim the firfl—a just regard to e
groomy, the fecend place in all our deliberations.
—We shall be careful in “ not taking from the
mouth of labor, the bread it has earned." We
fliall^be the watchful prote stors -of all religious
indications, mating no diferimination in the mode
bl fhflter which each shall appear to demand.
{''"3 sensible of the happy effects, arising from a
diffusion of knowledge, through the great n>%!s of
our fellow citizens—:-the various seminaries of
education shall, in their different grades, receive
from 11s, th^t at(enttye regard, which they so jtilt
ly merit. In opr appointment of < fficers, integ
rity ^nd abilities shall be. the two great criterion^
on -which oar vbtes f hattbe founded. We shall
pay particular ftefpe& to the momlnatfons of the
county conventions, where fpecific reasons are
not made use ufag^infl them. A deviation there-'
from, trade with uncommon feat, hi no very dis- \
feint period, mull serve us as a beacon, to avoid
the rocks on which we should certainly run,.was
party spirit inflead of principle, to direQ our con
"°, °" rp°iQt fb important to the-peace and
welfare of dur cbnQitueqts, and the fiq port and
dignity of out government. In the general man
agement of .all the bulinef swhich h>ay come be
fore us, be affureg, fc, that a spirit of candor,
temperance prudent e, fli a | |directeboth our
bnguage atid deffiote.^ We fooukhbe ver, unfit
depoli(ariesQ>t the people's rights, fie remained
^iml- t° the?evife, which.have occafionaljy arisen
intemperate passions, influenced by party
spirit and exercised femparty purposes and por
firim As y^f are pleaded to think, that fhfsftre
bah been hitherto superior to. such influencel^-tat
affpred fir, that par condud /hull not afford room
for raising in far mind, even a breath ofJntpiv
cron, that we hate putfu&d ffleafureflro'm mo,&
tives which w ould-be so derogatory to bur hbrior
^nd difgraceful to our fittration. r .'
1 We molt fincerely.coßgr: Qte you on the pros
perous date of our finances. ' No tax hall be faif
ed which ajufl,egatd far the public welfare does
not demand , and td@ taxes raifeilfor yha tpor
pofe, the general yirtwe and. patrioAifin of dor
<Gnftituent& for^d .11} ever to imigiqe fahat they
will pot cheerfully tytylt, , ;
^Be pteafe^ fir, to accept of our watyeQ
the energetic manner in which you dHtioil.
ftl ™'' e neceffiy-ofytend mg tq,he Ilat^ogour
I"HH% a fyftern fo.extreme!y important, shall J
pieq with t^at particular attention trem ns which J
you, in the true spirit of patfiotifm,.fozealoirfl,
r^ommended." Wh' safe convinced,
^well directed militia is our left reliance in™
peace?? . Than no ;part of oufcvaluabte bill of
rights ought tg be held mcreffcftd, by ourselves
and fellow citizens, than the folhiwing— “As
ftandmg aftnies in time of |feaci& are dangerous
to liberty they ought not to Wlfept dpi”. And
wh^uioft fencers, and fervfflly. retpnj qur un
fe@ed thanks,fo the ruler of the.onwerfe, that •
we have less occafiqn to enlarge on this weighty
fubk& at prefect titan we have had for fome'tta
-pafti .' -- -1/,; ! 1;
#A Yoor aommunicatnsn^f raniihe Fate DC Ma
ryland, with fuph others asypu may from time to
[time think proper tolay before us shall be'f nil,
attended to. Warmly attached''^ the conftm'
'ton- of tte federal government, rabich we view
,s “the feet anchor of onr peace „ai home;fad
Mfya'r^d," Permit tyhr, in the lincerity of
our hearts so congratulate you with an almost un.
bounded f^or^n spirit of true KepubMfc '&
'«4? having far regained, its will Merited aTtea.
done,. Pyrmu its farther to consul; te your
7:^7^^ ° '^ r^tonify^deut o f lhe
United States, who is not <!efti&te,f the 'fenti
mffls of an independent America, ;'arid whom
you do not fufped, will be%fftehced, in his af
minj ftratiop, &y a predileaifm fog frig n prin
zPelf^ or for Jhe gosetymentlf any foreign Bt.
'tion. For, sure we afi did not your opinion co
incide with ours on ttis happy ogafion; the fame
paternal carte which.wmuch -alarmed your Sears
when the evil was did,: in profp&Mtal have in
duced you to have writeftra of our danger with
IT 1 , ani <* tft & ^heu ufoil had actual
ly taken place.: •''? -