Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-07-27 00:00:00, page 1

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^ LAST, SESSION,/ CONGRESS. ;;
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, .December 7th
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business Inihe Hoyfe of Repre
fo^jvg 8,-r-^nd in the senate
feta, took HZ Iff the
cad;mbers
was exhibited a disposition jo dif*
-charge the public business with
the geeate fc promptness and ai>
tenfo^On examining the
me 18 welerepubiican, and 14
finceite houfeof representatives
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senate of ty federal and 13 re
pubiicanmembers. The at
chievetoent of a great revolution
^ Public opinion had tee * ^
vidufly felt; but 4 its extent and fe
curityl^ not been comptetel,
realifed^The nation now for the
firft time, since the rage of party,
beheld legislative power in the
hands of republican citizens, who
had not acquired their afeenden
'ey, as bad been the case with their
opponents, by the majority of a
few votes; but who, coeftituting
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ally the representatives of the na
tion. Bothpafties had heretofore
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the twcrfid^that it was .riff.
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now removed. The energies of
enlightened freedom had thrown
at ^ufeforable difance her
opponents, and her friends affiim.
ed the undisputed agency of pub
."TCfl^ ha of the tafe of
rep/efentatives was the choice of
a speaker and dark. # Nathaniel
Macon was called to the dignity
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CO^ The^^
„# a reprefentaiive from
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during F*^ !, n ?d he bad man
xffefted an uniform adherence to
the true spirit pl the government,
ents in,the transaction or public ;
bu fineGEarid had rendered him. 1
&eii coni Dicuous d icdioub du°
had filled from commence-'
udd IIUCU IlUlil GcimiJwiivG
stents the government the office i
clerk ^rivalled talent &
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• REPIT.TC AbTr itA ZET ±. •
LIBERTY CONSTITUTION.
mffiolation '• ''
In the Senate, the Vie, Prefi
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federal ye,ars, unto the auspices
of different principles, filled the
The next day the President in
obedience to his confti.utional
duty, # from time to time, to give
to Congress information of. the
ftatepf the Union, ,d recom.
mend td ffieir confidetation, such
tfy&efaftefhall judge hecef
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convenience of legislature, fy
thi: efanbfoy of thteir time, to
^relief from' the ernbarf.
inent of inimediate anfo
fubtea; hot yet ftflly before them,
and'td the benefits thence refulf
inrfto the public affairs.
Hitherto the chief magiftrad
had delivered a speech- to edh
grefs in person ; and his personal
attetifa, on the ItyflaWe has
been coriftdered ^producing the
rtecettty of a reply, § which had
been also presented to him byjte
member iriperfon. Under this
practice the two houses were calt
ed, upon prematurely 10 difeufs
and decide bn tifeffires with
which they douhfeut impet,
feffly+ai^^^ wer^
cafledmpcm,'without information
WTait^^ h^d bq
done by ttfe ftefidbnt, and t^
pledge fifr their fore He,e 1
the field of party waQaken, apti
all its tihimofities kindled,fo com
meniti^tfefe of part),
tire public fetefit; °The pra&tt
had Wten copied from a monar
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that monarchy it fitouiafrebeeh
imity forbore 'to feizi this oecki
fion far unworthy triumph. ;At
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and by 4 aetermih^idn to do thqr
s'& majority hefita+ed hot a
mte^to fab^^fubftantiai
cc *~ wiffi
" ,@&Q tf&st^
^t circumstance sincere
J rtot&i#G.tf\ 6^x ' wbirt# x\V> wn^b^bt
1 • PmaOp great council, QI cue ca,
Itrem' t able to announce to
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I thi;m PH grpundsot reasonable
1 atiiii ted our filter nations^ nave
WCf'cngq, couM—^y "4U cuu ^ any 1
I ipe con)n,uni£acions or peace
1 rrUrCiiea &rom x^mHCwncr riiiiflucwpui,
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.PUBLis^D^ Qufy&ff^^ , m
^commerce are dnee more o
nening
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through so perilous a feafon/and
outlives permitted quietly to Cul.
tivate the earth, arid to pr&cs &
improve rhdfe : afts which ^rid to
increase our courts; The as.
finances indeed of friendly difyo.
fitioh received from r aiftre pow.
th with whom we have principal
relations, had Inspired ¥ coffin
dence that otit ^ace widrtbem
would not have bteen disturbed.
But a cef&lon 1 of ,e irregular
ities which' had affi&d the com
merce bf neutral nations, and of
the irritations ipd irijurfel pro
diked by thetii, W% W4dd
to this confidence ; ^d ftf^gtb.
ens at the fame time, the, hope
that wrongs emitted on unof
fending friend^'under a pressure
of circumflAnces,'\vlll now be re^
fotf*W<a&, and will he
considered as foundingjuft daitos
of retribution far the past, and
new affiirance fbfihe future."
These word^ qbntain a diftirth
^4gpi% of the infrared
'peace, a,d comffrce,ffl=E
fo allies of each ^ther^of the
(upqnntending far£ of ^ benefi.
cent Being; of our obligations of
gratitude <o hint ^prolong
^^ ;a ^ ofjhe.yalfya.
griculcure and ^^ty whifh in,
c&fe our comforts.—-They con
gain also an afyrauc^afiiendj
1% ^ofiuon. op, ihe part of the
1 foreign powers with whom we
have principal,Radons,.and a
toil expeaptton,Bat the. felon
of war and injyta being past,
^IBI flafffor, refttpn
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1 he affur^nce of a pacific ^
bnpre part;of our Indian Q&#,
Sors is given, aod,he information
tfiat puffiandry and the houfehpid
arts are gaining ground amopg
them ; apt it is added, \ ,p
“ We are allctoannounce that %
Jtai of that constant, diminution of
^r^
be the & of good men
own nation. .While, .therefore,
ofo&rtei^rt^^
ar '., a "d.,'° c '™ r ,;
to individual c n, PY hih°
wealth, we may prouaiVF„!%
I it the United States as exhibituig.
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Aborigines, and ultimately to a.'
Amalgamate"i|rem with ourselves.
What have elsewhere beeri fcotn.
'folly reproached as the visions of
philosophic romance have here
been realifeg; and,'in some tribes
an incteife^f numbers has been
insured by these laudable means,
in circumstances, of which exter
mination had heretofore been the
invariable attendant. Happy the
fan age who falls into the hands of
such a conqueror; but more hap
py the nation whose interests are
'confided to the care of such rul-
The nklfage proceeds:
K To this Qate of general peacfe
with which We have been bfefled,
one only exception exists. ' Tri
poli, the leah considerable of the
Barbafry fates, had come forward
with demands Unfounded eitfeir
ip right or in compiff, arid had
permitted itfelf to denounce war,
on our failure to tomplf before
a givenday. The fyle of the
demand admitted bufeone'fflwFf.
I sent a small fquadion Bfffigates
into the/Mediterrahe&wiih as.
fu rances|o that power of our fib
cere desire to'femairiin peace ;
bit wkfr^ktert to ,rdiea gur
commerce against the;threatened
attack. The measure WUs feafori.
able and salutary. The Bey had
already declared war in form.—
His cruisers were out. Two had
arrived at Gibraltar.— Our com
merce in the Mediterranean was
blockaded ; and that of the At
lantic in peril. The arrival of
our fqiradron dispelled the dan
ger. One of the Tripolitan crui
sers having fallen in with and eft.'
gaged the small schooner Enter
prize, commanded by Lt. Sterret,
which had gone out as a.tender
to our larger vessels, was taptur
ed, after a heavy slaughter of her
men, wiihouffc loss of a single
one on our part. —The bravery
exhibited by bur citizens on that
element Will, I trust, be a testi
mony to the world, that it is not a
want ©flbat-virtue which makes
us fe&th&r peace ; but a con.
feientious define to direß the en^
ergies of our nation to the mul
tiplication of the humafr race ;
and not to fe^efthiaibri. Un
authorifed fythe conffitution,
without the fan&ion of CoHgrefsj
to go beyond the dine-bf defence,
the veffei^being ditabtef from
committing farther hostilities, Wai
hbere^m*s^^w^
giflature^W^QUbdefe cortfider
whether; tyauthoriziffmeafures
of Q, ^fr ^ place
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municate ^material information
on this fubje&, that in &ex&-
&fe of ^important furiaioft,
confided^ the con ftitutibn to
the itf^ ^^ ffidr
IKnowiedgoana comiaeratton or
[every circurHnancc
IfituatiorPWfln'rai'F theotner'vatrba*
I ry ftatesWe&faj»TC&
I Difeovermetafone delays had ,
Icertain articles IDelated hit
1 ©^%wre
[4 dol., er annum.
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