Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-12-15 00:00:00, page 1

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't D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, ifl forty T. 125 0 0 0
, Pearl -- 150 0 155 0
Allum, C. 8 0 9 Q
Anchors, ffi. 0 12 00
Bread, Ship C. 55 0 - 650
Butter ffi 014 0 17
Biimftone, C. 3 0 4 0
Beef, common B. 9,0 10,0
, mess, —= I[ 0 [[so
Begins, white bn. 150 I 66
.Brandy, Spanith 4/_r. G. 150 1 55
4 „ , Naplesq/bfr.-- 140 14$
Barley, A bu. 1 0 To
Brimstone, Roll C. 5 0 6 0
Corn, Indian -- 075 °75
, , Rye , CT To 0 0
Calida ffi 0 75' 080
Cloves -. 2 0 216
Coffee .-- 0 20 0 23
Cheese, American -- 0 6 O:16
Cotton, foreign fcarcc -- 040 6’45
/American -- 0 3?. o' 34
Cordage, Americap C. 15 o 10;6 £ 0;
. r , Foreign, -- 13„ 0 141 0
Chocolate, common lb 023 020
, bed AT 2 &I -- 030 ' 0, 33
Candles, mould, \ — 020 022
, dipt -- 016 oih
Coals, foreign > Ch. ^4 0 i^ 0
, American ?;o//e, 0 '6B' 0
Copperas,,;^ C. 356 4, 0
Cloth, Tow „,„ yd. o<ls 0.17
Duck, Russia, xflq&tl. Bt 16 0 17 0
, Rave^ "" '',A'o : q'o
V 1 HAVE lately fed a sermon pre^hed!
%y a,D>ai>, whose name is Tappan, before!
flhe ^general coutt of Maflachfifet'ts.'l
saw in the page preceding the fext/a^ote!
^bf thanks by both houses, and a reqderf of;
' ^ copy for the press. My inclination, to|
read the fermori was much increased b,?his;
^circumftb^ce.; though 1 have since learned,
ithat it is a matter pf course, and is j£vcr
denied in any inftap.ee. Before 1 reafrihe
production, I was informed, that the author
'had been made a doctor in divinity, andhad
been preferred to a profefforffiip, merely on
account of that piece of competition. When
,1 had gone through the book, I perfeCtly^n-;
derftood the propriety ofhis promotion, froml
'a recollection that those degrees, and places ;
.are, principally, wijhin the gilt of theater-!
.gymen, or men of^clerical characters,^ho |
,are the immediate governors of the univer
Tity in that date. ' d
. The text of the sermon was, in Exodus ;
^containing apiece of Jewilh hiftory. Mo
ses, is there represented as seated on arem-j
•inence, to view a brittle between the Ifaeld
rites, and the 'Amelakites. When the proph
et held up his hand, the Hebrews prevailed,
^but when his arm was down, the Amelak
%cs won the field. It appears by the toh
hext, that the priests Were forbidden tojotn
.in the battle ; and therefore Aaron, and
Hur, two of theta; were with Moses at his
[place. When he was weary they fuppbrted
'his arm. This piece of hiftory furnifhed
the fnbjeCt of the sermon ; and the whole
•difeourfe is calculated, and intendend to
prove, that in America, the ministers of re
li^icn are a conftitpent, and necelfary part
of the civil government : and that they, in
their facredotal and priestly characters, are
an order of men, separate, and diftina from
the other citizens : and have a right by di
vine precept, not only to support but to di
r<& the arm of civil power. Yet there is
• not oi to word in the piece of hiftory, felea
ed as trie foundation of the sermon : intima
ting, &t there was any kind of efficacy in
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NUMBER 17. VOL. III.]
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Wolves in Jbeep's clothing. , .
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Filh,, Merchant, C. 433 45°
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Salmon 4ze' B. 11 0 o' a
. „ Mackerel : ,'-- 5 0 6 0
Flour, super. frefh --^ 9:o 0 0
: , fine ' --''B 50 0 0
, middlings -- 8 o' 8 0
, country C. 4,0 4 9
Fuftick T. 45 0 0 0
~ Bristol cr. toby 8, bx. 15 o rg 50
^)9 b y 7,- f '4 0. 1'415°
"Gy • Bby6, --11 0 ii ,50
^ ) Hamburg ioby 8, -► 13 0 0 0
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[Guh Powder' f^ 050 066
Geneva, Holland if prG. 125 133
Americanize -- 090 o ct
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, Russia er—l2s 0 130 0
, Sweden nze -- 130 on 140 0
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u^c , dry ,1-- 15.^; 16 o|
yyred ^ -- 'B*so 0 0,
: ', sheet — 10'50. II o'
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Lumber, boards clear M. 17 0 18'ol
i"? : , merch. -- 12 0 13 ol
Singles.',-—1 50 2 55,
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ti*c luppoit,g!,veir by the. Iwo,.prints, io the
arm of the Hebrew chief, ortbat'the fame
effect would, not have been produced, if
'hlUftf upheld by any other two
pflfohs 6T the camp, '„ ,
In the fame book there is another piece
of hiftory, in regard to this fating Aaron,
Whjc,h seems to have been preferred to <bew;
r^^^^er of allowing men, who have as- ;
fumed the priestly chara&er, to concem|
with fecmiarfor political matters^
When Moses was detajnedjri the moun
^t^''?.^":"',^ law, the fame Aaron, pn ;
the requ^ft of a few incendiaries, command
ed the people to bring him their golden!
ornaments ; land of;ttfem'ffe f^ ah
ih,he~,thape of the ox,.worfhipped b,ahe
^gypUans. When he .had produced the
idol, he called upon the multitude; to wor
thip it, as the god, which had brotight them
?P"°°LPf thelind of^gypt. T^ prophet;
was turned clown, from, the mountain to putj
a itop to this strange 'TCbellion against God.
nHddeftroyed-ihe golden clllf; and made Alli
the people drink the dust of it in water,in or-
Convince them of the fraud of the pricft. t
The learned preacher does not pay any at
tention to this part of the book : nor do I.
mention it, to prove, or even to suggest that:
Aaron was dot a good man ; but only, to
(hew, that a good pried may be a perni
cious politician, and a dangerous civil ruler.
Io this obfervatiori^he hiftory of chaiften
dom for (even hundrs4 years pad gives am
ple support. The ashes of Smithfield have"
been blown over the whole earth 'furnishing'
the most distressing proof bf the cruelty of,
ecclesiastical men, when they have been
clothed with civil authority. The usurpa
tion of the Pope, and the avaiice and ambi
tion of all the clergy, where religion gains
a legal establishment, giving to bishops, and
curates, civil powers, furnish the moll in
coutedible evidence, of the danger of allow
ing the ministers of religion to take a part
in the government of nations or States.
Whatever was done by clergyman in
New-England, against quakers, baptists,
witches, and other unfortunate victims, be
fore the feign of William and Mary, a dc-
J TUESDAY, DECEMBER r s , f ßoi.
,CAREFULLY REVISED ANDCORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
Course of Grcbangc, at Lofton,
gree or uritrarion prevalent from that' time;
:to ihe American revolution,: had eltablifh-;
ed such opinions, that religious tyranny had
but little foothold any wherein the public'
mind. ^r;
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Leather, Soal, dried, - ft, 0 >8 0 0
Morales G. 050 053
Nutmegs ft > 6 0 6 50
Nail Rods T. 8 0 0 c
.relent, 4 * 036 o c
to |6d j ' -- 070 072
^ I 6d, wrought ' -- I*7 0 0
< I lod, do. infpeaed --, 175 1 ^
Z I 2od, do, : do. -- ~2 40 259
[Sheathing,'cut C. 12 50 0 6
-4 f Liver 4^^B,CT4 Q 15 C
gfeLinfeed G. 1 0 1 5
Pepper ;„ ,° 33 0 34
Pork, best pieces - 8122 0 o e
, common ^'^ -- 19 0..20 0
Peas r bn. 1 50' 1 75
Pimento 1 ffi 025 o' o
Pitch, ftarce, B. ! 6 0 0 6
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood 'T.'ss 0 '6O 6
Raifats /n^ trifle ,8 56 0 0
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Rice scarce ' €. 675 7 0
Rohn 5 5° () '
Soap, whitef~ft> '0 14 / o ib,
' , bfdWn 0 10 0 12
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, American' big 0
Sugar, Havanhah ' C. 18 0 19 ,c<
, East-India —A4 0 q U
, Weft-India -- 11 0 „6
•When the priests have laid in; and main
tained their claim to civil power, the peo
ple have always derived fonle relief from
their controversies among themselves. t Aa
,fob and Hur; when they 'have had holdof the
arm of Mofes;-have hardly ever been able
to! agree,, which Way to direct it.' The
chriftiampriefts hate never been able to u
niteio articles of faith, or forms of worship.
From this very fortunate circumflanee, one*
party has often formed a balance for the
other : and the people have efcaptd from :
ruin through their contentions. Their forms!
of faith, hive always,,from ' their contef-'
tjons, been rendered abffrufe^and^tiriiAteHi
gible ; so that, honest men have shunned
vhepi; and: knaves have adopted them 'for;
base and finitterends. Theifoplhions have ;
long ceased to be 'the standard di truth. We|
all know the zeal with which they used to:
pray against the eccleftaftical tyranny of the
church of Rome, and we have been witneft;
to the tears df many of them, when that!
horrible monster of power was overthrown
by the French revolution. They may fay,
that they wished heaven to overturn that
monstrous system of cruelty, but they did
not wish to have it done in that way. Ai
wife providence directs its own ffiefafures, 1
and the pride of these men are not <6 die-'
date to it. ,'•/ <, : }:
Diffatisfied with the ele&ion sermon of
Tappan, I took up Morse's geography, ex
pecting to find, that in his description ofthe
religion of America, .he^had placedihe min
itteis of religion on their proper handing in
society. But when I came to his defcrip^
tion of corineaicut, I Was (truck with a=
flonifhment, at the strong combination of
sentiment between him and the other writer.
" The clergy, (fays he) who are a numer
" ous, and, as a body, very refpefyble,
" have hitherto preserved a kind of ariflo
" cratical balance in the very democratic gov
" ernment of the hate ; which has happily
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Salt, St. Übes H. 6 0 7 0
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, English — 0 r 6 'orß
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[W. O. do. 1 20 °'':l go
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Tar ^ 'B. 450 ^ 0
Turpentine -- 4 Q''so
Tea, Hyfon ffiT 12" 1 20
Souchong'-- o^ : ]°b 90
Bethea — 042 '0 43
'Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. '7O 0 0
', Georgia -- 6'o 00
TWine, Tewing 1 doz. 567 6' 9
" ? seine A— s'° 5
, ^Madeira G. ~.I7‘"1
I Lisbon ';^s r 33
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^ Malaga >tone q.c. fa 0" §2 0
™ [Red Poflfcarce — t 67 Retail
^ < Redwood ‘T. 60 0 0.0
'O's Lfyty^d -- 50 0 ,0 0
^tFuftic-- ,40 0 45 0
•' operated as a check, upondhc everbearing
" Spirit of republicanijm;-, # , , -.,;
ff hen, through the whole of this man's
writings, the famefentimepts appear, and
when his books fem, by the. influence of
his brother clergymen to be adopted':in -the
schools, academics, and colleges 1 fithemifa h
ern P aft .°£ .thQpipn, it becomes important
to inquire, wither fhefe, fentitoeptsrhave
naff diffingtendency.,« and 'de
ftrty the governments ^hich we haveeftab
lifted in united America.
/_ r so lcre has b^n ft pernicious, a danger
oufy: a Wicked, ^^ overbearing party in the
corctry, who,had £.onfpired tq fehrerti the
pripciplcs of our national constitution, ;by
.the, mode pf its agpimUration. To qft&:
thjs.with the @9^certainty, they attempt
ed,o raise and .^QI@- a fencing, arrov,
apfo plunge u.s,ipt,o the difcffing ,^5 of
Europe: -We, were thus ©h the brink of
rufo, ,Thprc,was not any legal, ch^ rof
tyranny,forged, ,though those ,nep.were prg
paftjng the furnace for 'jhat.epfc: butt here
^s,4.o^shearing tyj@nnjQl fow&ppc ae
in£ indrefs of the cockade, which,abfofcte-
Iy,u6ver^ed <he right of priva,^ opinion ;
^nd made it, disgracefully, ciffinafofor ,a
mpnto, profefs his own f^rituperAs, ,/Men
were made hyprocrites in thei^own fWepec.
T,e influence of „at party; ny aslopeply
proffered to obtain f Qffices,* and W,ql<>menis
for those ffho would flock to theirflandard:;
while they,'with the molt confu^nunate im
pudence,denounced all who dared to pppofe
tfero. 1 Never did Aruqrica, before, behold
fu^h a fyltem of tyranny o^r fc^ublic o
pipipn ; nor did.ever Spain or @rtugaj,cx
pezience such a, ftrange.infat catjon over the
freedom of the mind. ] Among this party
were seen a number of men, under the cha
ra&er of malignity of religion. Theirfyio-
Ituce and multiplicity, would base added
new horrors to the inquisition. -Thtjj lev
ity, and follies, would have difegfced the
temple of Diana, Over bottles, and glares,
huzzaing in the heat of %feaft. Louder
than the louden in the song ; and vieingwi h
the mod malicious, in their severity against
people of their charge. Their praters in