Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-10-29 00:00:00, page 1

#3- PENDUE.\
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% . TOII shLDfr d THE SUBSCRIBER,
At Public Vendue, at his
Dwelling House in LOUDON, on 7'yrfday
the iztb day of November^ext, at 1 , o'-
ffdock in the forenoon, \%,^)'^
fr 30 acres of good mowing and paftur^
ing LAND, adjoining the farm on which he
now lives —fifteen acres of which are under im
provement—There were eight tons of Hay cut
on it the present year, besides pasturing—and
& it is well watered. ALSO, will be fold, at
the fame time and place.
Farming Utensils of various kinds.
[, Conditions of sale will be made known at
time and place above mentioned.
^ISRAEL GLINES.
;Loudom, Oacber 23, 1801.
political ffliscellanp.
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,Public Defaulters..
Mr. Duane, Froai th Aurora.
TO publish public defaulters, is as
greata service as you or any other
printer can render the public. It has
a better effe&, to check the progress
of Swindling the public out of its mo
ney, than a Tawfuit quietly carried on,
and to wfiich nobody attends but the
lawyers. A man, published as a pub
lic defaulter or swindler, ttys it /always
in his power tojollify nimfelf, for such
things are not mere matter b'fffi@m ;
&&t&hriot clea^imfelf, isa signs
post for every one to look^; 'His
being published, putsit out of hispow
er to swindle others out of their prop
erty or money, when reduced to a
private citizen.
When I read of such and such an
one having cheated the public, em
ploying its money to other than the
legal ufes,l generally suspend my judg
ment two or three weeks, in order that
the accused may have an opportunity
of defending himfelf; but, if the ac
cused does not come forward in that
time, produce evidence, or attempt in
a manly, or decent manner, to clear
himfelf of the charge, I take it for
granted that all is not right with him,
that he is guilty, and I bold and be
lieve him so, till he does clear himfelf.
A private declaration, 66 my conscience
clears me," has no weight with me,
where public records and legal evi
dence appears. It is not fufficient
proof for me of his innocence, thathe
fa,fo. Let him produce his voucht
ers, which every public man can for
Nothing but this will clear a man with;
the public.
However much feme may and do dis,
approve of your publishing public de
faulters, I do, and will defend its ne
'&'>'' "" not ^ e ' rown ^ and ilk
will of weak people, or of those who,
in order to keep well with all parties,
will Submit to the vices or crimes of
any, let hot these deter you from doing
your duty, as a public servant. The
trust you hold is a most important and
arduous one, and you will, Sir, ulti
_mately receive the thanks of the hora
eft. Shun none of either fide; neith
er fear nor refpe& any man who abuf-
No. 39.]
D I? D T T DT TAA XTrA rZ^T^TT
LIBERTY AND THE CONSTITUTION.
Published by E. RUSSELL, CONCORD, [n. HJ&fer 29, 1801.
eshis truft.' Display and manifeft not
that partiality whic-h the federal print
ers do. They publish no defaulter of
their party—All is honest—all is right
and just among them. Joe Thomas,,
Alexander Hamilton, and many others
are harmless and immaculate creatures
in 'their fight.
If Congress does not call public de
faulters to an account, and whenfound
deficient, compel them to refund with
interest, or ifthey Should display any
mistaken lenity to defaulters, I Shall
pay my Share of taxes withhill more
reluctance than I have done, for some
time pall. It is high time to speak
plain, and aft uprightly. The moral
character of America has fuffered a^
long with the prosperity of the people.
Public money has been squandered a
way somehow or other, for though we
have not been engaged in actual war,
Still taxes have been encreafing upon
us. Had we been in a State of actual
war, I Should not wonder at an increase
of taxes ; but this has not been the
case. Hence we infer, the enormous
Turns of money, raised by taxes, must
be made use of, in a manner, not war
ranted by honesty. Exemplary pun
iShment, inflicted on a few public de
faulters, will, in my opinion, have a
very good effect. Ido not with them
Ihanged, or even imprisoned, but wish
they may be held up as examples to
others. It will deter others from mak
ing use of public money, for fpeculat^
ing purposes, so enrich ffiemfclves on
the labour of their fellow citizens.-*
When men will not desist from disho
nest practices, from principle, public
Shame Should be employed; if this
' fails, coercive laws are the only effec
tual means, which can make them
honest.. ^ Miles.-
— — trot- — \ s ^V-“
Governor Sargent—again.
[l, The public has, through the medium of
the tory papers, feed much spouting. about
& President and Mr. Sargent, the
late governor of the Milhfippi Territory —
This Tertitpry it the property of the United
States, and of course it is the duty of the
President to appoint a Governor, whenever
a vacancy happens, by resignation, death,
(expiration of commission, or otherwise ; and
it is then for the Senate to confirm or difap.
prove his appointment. Mr. Sargent's ap
pointment, as Governor of that Territory,
expired on the 7th of May last—it was nec
ceffary therefore for a new appointment, or
the government of the Territory would be
come unorganized.
^Should particularly be remembered, (and Re
publicans will never relinquish the principle)
that whenever an appointment to office" ex
pires, the Officer reverts back to his former
level with his Fellow Citizens, in regardsa
ftp a,felt that is, under a Democrat
ic government, a man's btiqg once put in
, office does not give him a R@z to challenge
the office as his " tytfom” The Spirit
of our government is, as pointed out by the
y American Constitutions, ROTATION in
OFFICE, and EQUAL DISTRIBUTION
of the Honors and Emoluments thereof
among ALL qualified Citizens who are eli
gible to the different offices. ,&/'
We have to farmer numbers, noticed this fob
jed of Refonin Ofa ; but it may be profit
able frequently to reiterate it, suitably to im
press it upon the minds of the ^rown and
rising generation, that the Genius of our
ir^tii l
Government, which is a Representative De
mocracy, or Government of the People, may
be fupforted entire, and transmitted in pu
rity to our latest posterity. We dwell on
this point with more emphasis, because our
ancient enemies, the & stock of tories, and
the Aristocrats, the enemies of Natural and
Rational Liberty, have been particularly in
duftrioui to persuade the People into an o.
pinion, diredly against the Constitution, viz.
That Tube* a man is am tka<d or afrintai to
Office, it gives him a claim to that office, and
be is htb degraded a#/urjuftly injured $/6,
& not & 4M Re-«„inted,jo long as bimjelf cr
• bh /riewh^ challenge the office for bine!—
Will a rafe Repu aamh this princi
ple?—No%-It is directly fnbverfive of
our Liberty and the prefeat Constitution ~-
and yet men, who call themselves the ''only
friends of order, and government," have, under
the deceptive garb of Federalism, invariably
cultivated it in their seditious gazettes —and
it is upon this principle that those Diforgan
izers have raised their clamour against the
President, for the (indeed few) removals and
appointments which he has made, contrary
to their principles and wishes.
As the Federal Farion have made gov. Sargent's
affair, the fubjea of the most bitter abuse of
tne President, we shall endeavor to give our
readers a fair statement of the bufiuefs, and
leave them to form their own opinions.
The Federalist assert that the President has a
bused Mr. Sargent, by difaiffing him from
office, —and the reason they urge, that he is
disgraced by not being continued in office, is
that his re-sppoiatmeat Was the “ onlyfawe^
rable mode for prosecuting a fair, just, and
candid inquiry" into bis Official condu&,
which, it appears, had been repeated!, pre
sented as a grievance, by the grand juries of
the Territory he governed—what ! Ihall a
mal administrator, who has oppressed the
people, or defrauded the public, be continu
ed in office, as the only mode of fair investi
gation !—No ! strip the offender of the dig
nity of high office—fufpend his fußaions—
If he is guilty, he ought not to be in authori
ty ; and it is time enough to reward his in
nocence, <wben it ^all appear. There was in
faa, an inquiry into his conduainftituted in
Congress, and which is not yet decided on.
And this is the very reason, why the Presi
dent should not re-appoint him.
As the honor of the country is is a taeafure in
volved with the charaaer of the Executive ;
and as the opposition stick at nothing in their
attempts to bring the present Administration
into disgrace; we claim the candour of our
readers, while we are thus particular upon a
fubjea, which is deeply interesting to ever,
Citizen, who wishes the peace and prosperity
of his country, under the present form of
Free Eleaive Government.
We some time finds noticed a very acrimonious
writer in the “ Maffacbafatt Federalif," upon
" Governor Sergent's" matter, who stiled
himfelf " an American"- but who wrote
more like a Britifo Porcupine-This writer
tells us that Mr. Sargent came to Boston to
prepare for a journey to the feat of govern
ment, to vindicate his charaaer—that he
went to Wafhington=waited on thej Presi
dent--was received with Mr.' Jefferfon's u
foal franknefs and civility, and treated with
great politeness, &c. &c.—that the President
proposed to Mr. Sargent, to make his com
munications, in juftification of his condua,
through the department of state—that Mr.
S. notified the President of bis intended de
parture for Boston on the ifth June, that he
, addressed the Secretary of State on the fub
jed, and then #fo^ left WoJbington for Bet
ten again! This writer further lays that Mr.
Sargent fays that the President said, to him,
that " no decisive measures «were ot tald be
taken" relative to a new appointment, until
Mr. S. had "ample opportunity to make his
representations ;" but that this was themoft
“ detestable bjpocrif, and duplicity," for that
the President had then aaually commissioned
Mr. Clairborne! Os this however we have
only his bare aflertion. That Mr. Jefferfon
treated him civilly, we doubt not ; but that
he aaually lied to him, in the manner rep
resented, and without a reason too, require#
[Vol. I.