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TROM THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
. ; ro.rHE pueuc. '
MB. RUSSELL, ... • ,
RTi LS are i^ecefT^ and
’mere pernicious in Amtrica, ;
muq io England, There the pow
er of the crpwn and the parliament
chosen for leven years, has in form
er times needed all the ftrength’
of the popular checks/ It is no
left fmgular chan true, that party
wuh us, is Ids likely to do good
because it is wickeder and bafen
than chat party in Englands No
country has had worse men than i
tame who have worked, day and
night to Ilir up mfurre&ioaamong
us. 1 n England the ?nd and de
sign of party has been a/^ce. So
far from pulling down govern
ment, they h^ve onjy puc up ftag
iqgs to climb into power. Here
party f aims not (b mush xo rife in
to rhe ^oj^qjmenLas to rife above
it. They would pull it downand
trample upon it. It is not a
fcr^mble who (ball be but an
attempt to disorganize,., and by
confufibn to have the napoo the.
viaims, and all property the price.
In England they endeavour to seize
upon office apd to execute the syst
ems & laws already in being. Our
desperadoes aim rather at the fov-:
ereignty than at any Subordinate.
• of ambition, The Ute at* ■
'tempt in the westerp country will
• leave few unconvinced of this
truth. Sober and thoughtful men
were long before persuaded that the
oppofuion of the federal union,
when chat was in progress, & to fed
eral laws & order since it wasadop
ted, have gone deeper than the
little party differences ^bout cer.
tain individual officers, or fame
pretendly obnoxious laws. Gov.
Crinton was as much opposed to
the five per cent impojh a$ to the
con ff ku tian which was Soon after
offered to the states. ■ The confti
tucion was denounced long before
it was read* and although rhe
really Scrupulous and an
tifederaliilsy. have like good
men and good citizens, long ago !
< freely and heartily Supported it,
yet the party-nun who W
fill edits adoption, remain as ran
ceroos as ever. The wonderful
tacc?fs of its administration, has
coaiQupded fame of t^eir fai> x
warnings to the people, that they
f would" beoppreffed and beggared.
Yet neither experience, nor the
sweets of omce,wbicbfome of them
have tailed, have within theknow
ledge of the writer, detached a.
Tingle antifederal leader from the
J fa&iom *The corps of defamers
of the magifteates and mifrep^-
fenters of the laws has increased in [
numbers and rage, in proportion
to which experience has
thrown upoa the iy item they ab
nor, and which » O augment- ’
. ing.. The objeft J* evidently to
diforganizeour goyernment. Tnia<*
plan is eg be concealed, and pftu
•fible pretences must be employed
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to hide iu Every one of this sac- J
lion is fine to fay, and it is indeed ,
one mark by which he may be
known, lam a-mabus ftderatift, 1
. would not for -the wofid diffohrt dns
union, J ^oidd/uppert tin laws
my Part of this is probably
fmcere. To difolve the union
wpuld (pad the game of ambition
which fa^Hon is engaged in play
ing. But they would unhinge the
< whole order of the government, ।
. and introduce confufion, so that
the union, the constitution,. the
lawsy public order and private
right.would be all the sport of vio
lence or chance. This party from
the fir ft, has been at work to quib
ble about the meaning of the con-
Hirution, fb as to leave as much as
pofible in an undeiegated (late,
that is ta carry anarchy as far as:
the letter of rhe conftruftion will
perm»Mnd often as experience has
repeatedly (hewn much farther.
This fpiric has been (hulking be*
hind the breastwork of extreme
jeaioufy, for the rights of the peo
ple. They were afraid they would
be encroached upon.-—These ex
1 creme scruples have been used to
gain confidence and < to spread a-'
larm and jealousy. How little
dhey deserve credit will appear by
th? unscrupulous conduct of fame
qf them in the individual state of
ficer, by rhe frequent inconfiiteh
cies of others in Congreft, and by
the ambitious character of all the
fadion.
Another proof of their prone,
nefs to every nieafure that will
ditorganl^e and enfeeble govern
ment is this. No dccafion hasr
been 1011, and many have been in
vented to bring every thing of an
executive nature within the con
croul of the Houle of Reprefenta.
tives. Every thing would be,
withdrawn by them from the Pre
sident, the Senate, and the depart
ments to abide the vote of a ma
jority of the Reprefentativcs.
Is it necessary to trace the steps
by which this ufurplng party
would, io that seize, th? d e - =
fatfefefs fiberciei of this p^iop/
Th? machine inke^dy conftryd- !
With which they expeded so
batter down the walls of the con
stitution ; by clubs, it was expect
ed to rule ele^lions. Their re
solves from ; gim? tp time would
corrie irt lb approve the princi- 1
pies and the famous commercial
plan ofbne of eheir members, and;
at the fame instant to centare the?
President and the advocates of
, peace and neutrality. The mem-i
bers of the clubs who pass resolves
at midnight, mix/unknown as;
I ctabbifts. Hl the day, with the
j citizens, and enforce the feeti
‘ merits of the meeting. They are
ready to join every turbulent com
bination, to enflame every tumult,;
and by the command of certain !
« newfpapcrs co 4 assume and a&uab j
ly to exerdfe a controul over the
Eegtflature. apart of the mem
beta of clubs, fit and vote there,;
SAT U R. D A If* January 3, 179^
if it is considered bow much sec
tion has given and can always
^ive a certain falfe hue, to the
clamour of tb©k own railing and
I pass it for the public opinion for
, a time, and how much irresolute
men will be swayed by what /ew
to be the general voice, it wid not
feun very difficult in turbulent
times {and tach means will make
almost any times turbulent) for
a party thus armed and polled to
hold a majority of Coogrefs, in
their power.
Look back, fellow-citizens, and
fee how we have efeaped (hip
wreck •, how war has be?n avoid
ed on the one hand, and on the
ocher how the frightful hazard of
it was aggravated by the men,and
the intriguers, which have been
alluded to. The clubs have ap
proved the (ydems of a certain
party in Congreft ; and (he mem
bers of the: Congreft, being also
members of the club, have vo^ed
for the prote^ion of the clubs*—
- The treaty of mutual defence
has been faithfully executed.
Jealousy has not found a spot
in the integrity pf (he administra
tion. Faction itfelf cannot fay
now, after tach repeated examina
tions, that it is corrupt ; and ex
perience (hews that it is wife, lor
it is prosperous. Faction has
therefore only eq attack the con
ftituMon. But would produce or
even prejudice wi(b tocamper with
it for more true freedofn,or expert
that any fefs power and energy
would fecur? union, peace and or
der ; still however, fadion like
a tyger, which may be confined;
though not tamed, bites the chain,
and difeovers an unebated fierce*
nefs;
These ate merely hints and;
(ketches of our situation. They
are fufficient to (hew the malignant _
temper and fatal tendency of the
disorganizing party.
Is it possible for our affairs to be
secure on the present footing; a
great portion of (he reprefemative
body, nearly one half, uniformly
oppose their voces to the other.?—:
The grounds of their .div ifion, are
great and eflential. The speaker
on one fide has painted the fyf*
terns of government as being,
from their birth and in their ad^
ministration, corrupt, oppressive,
and fatal to liberty- The chib?
’ and the newfpapcrs have echoed
the harangues. Jealousies and
aferms, which every public ent
quiry has proved to be groundlefs t
have (pi?ad through the land—?
The Weftern people adopt the
fame stile of bitter complaint a-?
gainft meo and meatares, that th?
Congreftharangues haveauthorif
ed* Ap intane^ion, and an ex
pense tothe government of twelve
hundred thousand dollars*befides
the incakuftble left to individu
als, haw undoubtedly grown out
of the ddufion and credulity of
those dcceivtd whifky men.
charges against the government |
and the laws, ; which those poor
people were.made fully to confide
in^ are known to be utterly falfe
and groundless. Still* however*
party (lands with undimimthed
strength in that great Assembly. 4
What right have we to expert,
• from this state of things, chat the
future will not be what the past
has proved. Jealousies and fuf
picioos will be spread again^ and
in the fame way, The fame ef
feds will inevitably enfee, and it
will be fortunate if the fame ex
pense ffiall then fupprefe the dis
turbances.
If the public attention is turn
ed to the origin and - progreft pf
th? infurreaion* they will difeov
er the clubs ^nd their allies* from
the firft to the lalt. -.A proper
conviaion of this truth, will an
nihilate thole peftiferous foeicties.
But it will be necessary. to urge
the application of the remedy more
direst ly tothe wound..
A Friend to American FriedwA.
Dome (lie Intel ligence.
S^LEM, .DEC. 2J.
^^^Eare credibly informed,that
Wlito <he last |dr ip months tn- •
bmn a mil Hon sterling has been re
mitted from Europe to this coun
try* Ep be deposited in (he A
merican banks. If the. troubles
1 in Europe continue, and there is
every reason to imagine that they
will, remittances of this nature
mull, in a ffiort time, become ex*
tremely numerous
■V .
BOSTON, DEC. It.
6y an arrival yelterday from
Amflerftam* we have received the
latest accounts from that quarter^
At the date, Oft. 17 the Fiench
were at Maeftricht, and appeared
to bp bending their whole force a
gainst rhe capital of Holland—*
The northern army having akend
ed (h/Maefe, and taken a circuit*
ous rout tor Amsterdam leaving
Rpfferdam on the let/
The public expp^atiqp was,
that the French, if not op
posed with taccefs, would be in
that cjty, in the course of a few
dayi^they being only five days
march bff*
The Dukeof Toik, whose army
wap at (aboot 12 miles
from Amsterdam) had offered to
march in far the detente of the
city, but had betq refuted ; snd
the proppfiUQe of a general inun
dation was ft rongly opppted
which appeared to argue that { oine
proposition s of acepm modstatv
tarremfer would be mad?, OU the
approach of the French.
A tetter from Amsterdam.,
6, has the (qlfewing paragraph ?
“ The Carmagnoles are now a
only 14 hours distance, which isc
about 50 Englihi miksr—and tfft
country nearly open to them; and
although there at feme here, wha
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