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Federal Misrepresentation—No. 1.
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Under this charaderiAic head, it is
proposed, in general with conciseness, to
feted and expose those tales which hare
beeu so lavifh!y imposed upon the cre
dulity ot the ignorant. It is deeply to
be regretted, that falsehoods of the most
banetul nature should be circulated
through the union, and particularly to
the extreme parts of the country, where
they are not easily corroded. It is still
'more to be regretted that these tales
&uld take their origin in the metropo
lis, and that too many of them should
proceed from men who hare sworn to
Support the government under which we
live. But the more ofteafibly refpeda
ble the source from which they emanate,
the greater the necessity of corredion.
Thirduty shall be difeharged, notwith.
Banding the example that is set, with
an invariable regard to temperance and
deer rum.
A fate Print fays:
" A totter fam Wa/bisgton J„ that
40,000 dollari barn ban appropriated bj
G#«grtft^RQiir th Roads ixVirgin
ia."
This irafferted as a palpable fad.
Regard the circumstances on which
this calumny is raised.
The ad for admittingthe North-West
ern Territory as a fate into tile union,
/ offers to the new Bate the enjoyment of
the hit springs now belonging to.the U
nited States, & also to devote one-twen
tieth part of the annual proceeds of the
weftern laudato the making ro,ds from
the waters emptying into the Atlantic to
the new Bate, on condition that the new
Bate shall exempt all lands fold by the U
nited States from taxation for five years.
0 By this contrad material advantages
will accrueto the United States and the
new state. The new roads will enhance
the value of the lands belonging to the
United States, which constitute an im
raeufe mass of property, and the freedom
from taxation will Bill further increase
their value ; while at the fame time these
two circumstances will greatly facilitate
,nd encreafe emigration, which will Bill
further augment the value of the proper
ly of the United State,, tjs evident,
therefore, that on these terms there is an
honorable reciprocity ; there is a great
gain to both parties which would not at.
tech to either independently of the con
fry Tb,fod P& /- This is falfe.
The annual animate of the files of lands
400,000 dollars, which ME Griswold
on the floor of Congrets has pronounced
too high, one-twentieth part of which is
no more than 20,000 dollars.;
To rfcir tbt rttl i, Virginia !
;' When the terms offered are acceded
to, it rests with Coogrefs to fay how the
roads mill be run. According to their
' discretion, they may ran through any
Bate that may be fixed on, and it is as
probable that they will pass through
Pennfylvinia or Maryland, as through
Virginia. It fallows that Congress have
not appropriated the money ; that it does
<not rest with the present Coogrefs to ap
?propriate it ; and that when It shall be
appropriated, it may not have the faft
application to Virginia. .
No. 11.
'From the Recorder, ^ bribed at
* Richmond.^
Mr. Bayard.—" Another
Fimportant occasion of honed for.
bearance by Mr, Bayard may Ite
% recorded also.
" Shortly before the admin
& iftration of Mr. Adams ended,
, Mr. Bayard was recommended by
, him as ambassador to France $
the senate approved; so that Mr.
Bayard might have immediately
j drawn from the treasury, 18,000
dollarsfor one year, salary and
outfit, InfteJ of this he did
fofyhing until Mr. Jefferfon took
fc the helm. ,Ma Bayatdthcn d£
covered that the appointments
^ would not be continued by Mr.
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Jefferfon ; and he with great pro#
priety and honesty permitted the
money to remain in the treasury.
"Thus it appears that thetrea.
fury of the United States is rich
er by 32,000 dollars than it would
have been, if Mr. Pickering and
MA Bayard had used to their own
advantage the benefit which the
law did allow. So that it appears
that some ofthe most leading fed
eral characters are not only much
better than they have been repre
sented, but have a&ed with a de
gree of honesty and honor which
deserves public notice and^ ap
plause."
Truth requires a notice of the
above parajaph, which, with
whatever motive penned, has a
tendency to produce an unjust
impression on the public mind.
• The fa&s attending the nomi.
nation (for we cannot call it an
appoinment) of Mr. Bayard are
these. After Mr. Jefferfon was
declared President ele&, and but
a few days before Mr. Adams
retired from office, the latter
named Mr. Bayard minister plen
ipotentiary to France. The
nomination produced such fur.
prise in senate, the majority of
which was at that time denoted
federal, that it was fuffered to lay
over for a day or two. When
taken up, a leading federal mem
ber, whose opportunities had
made him peculiarly acquainted
with the French charader, rose,
and addressed the Vice President
(Mr. Jefferfon) who then prefid.
ed in senate, fubftan'tially in the
'following words:
66 Mr. President, before I give
m .V approbation to this nomina
tion, I should wish to know
whether Mr. Bayard will be a
greeable to the gentleman,who is
to administer the government
from the 4th of March next. If
the enqiry be answered in the af
firmative, I shall most cheerfully
acquiesce. But if this shall not
be the case, and if the honorable
gentleman go to Paris without
such advantage, I have no doubt
he will be treated With the great
^ftpolitenefs, he will be introduc
ed to the best company, he will
be taken to the various
museums, and he will derive
great pleasure from she embassy.
But inasmuch as a citizen other
than the present President will be
in power before the honorable
gentleman shall reach Paris. I
havo as little doubt, that, with
whatever politeness he may be
treated, the French governmnet
|@l ask him for his authority, and
if they find ife has none from the
then President, they will refufe
him their confidence."
Further conversation ensued,
which that day terminated in a
postponement of the Domination,
under an offer from some of the
planation of the grounds on which
liras mad&CT
The next day, a leading feder
al member informed the frigate
that he wasauthorized &ay that
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the appointment, -The member
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PUBLISHED BY E. RUSSELL, CONCORD, N. HAMPSHIRE.
also expressed a hope, that, un
der such circumstances, the feel
ings of Mr. Bayard could not be
woundedby a rejection. The as.
fair being thus understood, it is
believed ihe concurrence of the
senate was unanimous.
These fe& would not have
been published but for the fre.
quent attempt io mislead the pub.
lie mind on the circumstances at
tending this tranfadion.±
OJI^U^AN^^
From the "Gazette de France."-
Every body, perhaps, has, not
remarked with the fame attention,
a passage in the firft difpatthes
from Leclerc, in which he obser
ved that the guns, cannon and
powder, which were found at the
Cape, were furnifhed by the
United States of America.
^ Perhaps at would be unjust to
found upon this circumstance, a
serious approach against a gov
ernment, supposed to be attach
ed to France by principle, by in
terest, and a just sentiment of
gratitude.—But if we conned this
fad with several other things, if
we apply it to a general system
of politics adopted by the United
States, under th^ presidency of
Mr. Jefferfon's predecessor, the
abovementioned passage in Gen
eral Leclerc's letter may not ap
pear infignificant.
- Some months ago we publiffied
in this paper, an anecdote which,
tho' it remained unknown fora
long time^did not the less deserve
serious attention. It related to
an interview which took place at
St. Domingo between Touiffaint
Louvertufe, and the Commercial
Agent of the United States, atthe
moment iri which the refalt of the
famous battle of Maringo was
made known. The plan of th e
(American government was then
to a& in concert with the British,
to determine the negro General
to declare the independence of
St. Domingo; and that was one
of the principal inftrudions of the
Commerqal Agent. Conferences
continued to take place upon this
fubjefy When Touiffaint, inform
ed of what had taken place in It
aly, changed his resolution all at
once and cried out in the accent
of defpair— Moi ,as connoitre ca
que devener—mais Maringo la teur
moi.— (l know not what all this
will produce ; but this Maringo
kills me), and upon this the ne
gociation was put an end to or at
ieaft suspended.
That Mr. Jefferfop, become finer Pre
sident of the Federal Government, has
not followed the ,polity fyltem of his
predecessor—that he ha< adopted a mode
of Cosdua less Machiavelian, appears
inconteftible. But the ideas, either
more or less liberal, of aratyWho b plß^
ed fol a timeit the @of anel&e
government, ought not to be of any
weight io the judgment which may be
t^^#^,
oeceffary to examine the general intereft#
^%lfo^"to
matter erf indifference. I ^^
If wepa, attention to the rapidincreafe
of the populations indufay,
w "?j'Unredl>tato,
avoid forefeeing, ?° w " "
to place under its yoke all the Weft.ln
dia Colonies. Is it not the interest of
Earope to endeavour, while it is yet time
to remove that epoch to a greater dif
l@ce ; and does not policy require that
there mould be established as soon as
possible, upon the continent of America,
a barrier against the presumed ambition
of a people, to whom nature has prom
ifed the empire of half the world ?
The idea of reattaching Lonffiafta to
the domain of France is ,perhaps, of all
political conceptions, the wisest and the
most important. England herfelf could
not avoid applauding the plan, for estab
lishing on the Terra fiema of America,
an European ppwer, capable of oppofiog
an impenetrable barrier to the torrent
which might one day, without that pre
caution, spread from the North to South
cover Mexico, the Weft Indies, Canada,
and (hut Europe out from the passage of
the Atlantic. Spain, enfeebled, has too
many distant peffeffions to defend and
preserve, to keep the power of the United
States confined within its present limits;
Great Britain herfelf is not in a condition
to form a military establishment upon
terra firma, capable of insuring the pre
tensions and rights of Europe upon that
part of the world.
It is true that the government of the
Union has premised to other nations to
remain within its present limits. But do
we not know, that in politics the execu
tion of these kinds of pronyfel remains
always fubordioate to a multitude of e
vents and circumstances, which cannot
be foreseen ? And befides^ though the
federal government should renounce for
a century, all system and aggrandifement
is it nothing to occupy a territory, fertile
and extensive doughy for the support of
100 millions of inhabitants ? Is it noth
ing to rule over 500 leagues of maritime
coast, to have 50 iffes under the eye and
hand, to reign oh the Atlantic, and to
fee itfelf Separated from the South Sea
only by savage nations, ready to receive
the yoke from whatever power shall ap
pear before them io arms f What means
this project of civilizing the Indian tribes
—and to whom would these people belong
but to the Government, who takes upon
itfelf to polish them, and which hai no
rival to far, being itfelf once eftablilhed
in the centre of the new world ?
L#it not be imagined that the plan of
uniting Louisiana to the dominion of the
FRENCH REPUBLIC, is dic
tated by ambition, or that it is part of a
pure & fimpie system of aggrandifement.
The preservation of the European poffeft
ficins in the Weft Indies has rendered this
plan neceflary ; and the interest of all the
maritime powers of Europe is, to lee the
strongest among them form an establish
ment on the continent of America, Ef
ficiently impofiog and important, as a
counterpoise to the domination of the
United State,;
° _wme .
[Should the French, or an, other
nation, make an, attempts hojiile to
the Liberty and Independence of the
United States, eve, true and loyal
American wilt join heart and hand
to repel them : bid it cannot be Ju,#
posed that eur Government will rafe
another Standing Army,for another
Oxford campaign, upon the bare
foppojition that the 66 Philijlines ma,
be upon us ,nor tynthe ex, regions'
of a Paris Editor^whofe sentiments
are pointed^ anti-republican. Look
reader at the following :]
Philadelphia, June 14. Os Lou.
^fi^-We hive repeatedly said
tfa üblefs some new designs since
the 4th day of February, 1802,
tiave been formed ; all that had
previously taken place on the fub
je& of Louisiana, was drived,
and it remained upon the fame
footing as when it was ceded by
France to Spain in 1767. ^
However, as there are politi
cians who decide upon a-rumour
and who never take the trouble of
examining the probability or im-
I Iliw Mill. ■ .——____—-—_■_
[1^ dol. ,er annum.
[Vol. 11.