Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-08-20 00:00:00, page 2

Palladium-;"' this paper appears calcu
lated to effect this purpose, as mod of
the paragraphs are fraught with abuse a
gainst almost every date fouth of Con#
neElicut. The President, and all the
66 Constituted authorities," are treated
with that unbounded scurrility, which
none but diforganizers and enemies to
our government can pretend to approve.
But thanks to that Being who has ev#
er been watchful over the liberties of
this country, the da, of terror is part, and
the citizens assume their wonted dignity.
We can now reason and apply our an
guments to the good sense of the peo#
ple; we are restored to the high Ration
of Republicans; no degrading insignia
designates one titizen from another ; the
mind and not the hat gives the evidence
of patriotism. The man who means to
injure his country, cannot shroud him#
felfunder folfe colours; his decided con
du&, and not his tongue profeffions, is
the test of integrity ; an old Tor, and an
old Whig are now duly estimated.
President Jefferfon has commenced
his administration upon the genuine prin
ciples of our Confutation-—he seeks no
asylum within a sedition law, neither
does he screen himfelf under the tyran
nical conftrudion of the Common Law
of England ; he stands on a level with
his fellow citizens, and to their tribunal
he appeals for an impartial verdid..
Whle defamation issues from the pre
tended Federal papers, he must find a
consolation in the integrity of his heart
and re&tude of his condud. He seeks
no protection from declamatory parti
zans,but stands like Moses on the mount,
with the law for his protection- while a
few unprincipled men are abusing him,
(who have long followed the Federal
Government solely for the " loaves and
fifties 'of their office); yet, as he knows
the baseness of their hearts, he must view
their calumny with the most consum
mate indifference ; such men are unwor
thy the confidence of ,an, government,
for they would cry hosanna, or crucify,
for the paltry recompence of " thirty
pieces of filver."——-Like Judas, they
would take a fop from their master, and
enter the next hour into a league with
the Chief PrieJls to betray him.—These,
pretended federalifts, these advocates for
Adams, will eulogize Hamilton, when
no man in the United States has written
more degrading, pointed animadversions
on his administration, than this fame A
lexander Hamilton. How inconfident
then are such people ; whfo^ be said
in their vindication? TheUtyjs, they
are falfe and hollow in theiratt^hment
to our Constitution, and after attempting
to facrifice Mr. Adams, they are now,
desirous to rally again under his patron
age; but we hope that he begins to dis
cern their villainy, if he expeds the
confidence ofhis fellow citizens, he must
disown their friendfhip. This duplicity
of condu& is evident, in all the proceed
ings of many who stile themselves fede
ralifts ; they pretend to be the avowed
friends of Mr. Adams, and ^et on all oc#
cafions are toasting Hamilton and Pick
ering as persecuted patriots. How in
confident are such prose ffions, for if they
esteem one, they must reprobate the oth
er. If Mr. Adams was right in his con
du&, they were wrong in theirs.
Mr. Jefferfon has commenced his'ad
miniftration at a mW important period;
the Republican lyftem is to be tried un
der his wisdom and decifon; the enemy
know this, arid are endeavouring to low
tares in the political vineyard. The re
publican citizens gave him their support,
and his good sense will lead him not to
disappoint their expe&ations.< The
Constitution is the Polar Star, and
while a British fa&ion, or an « Essex
faction" are attempting to divide and dis
unite, the real friends of our country
will rally round him as their patron.
Thus consolidated by our Union, we trust
in God, that the enemies of our liberties
will not be able to prevail against him.
The tree of American liberty has been
fertilized by the blood of Republicans,
and may it never be blasted, or fuffered
to decay, by the peftiferous exhalations
of enemies under the appellation of fed
eralifts, or Illuminati hypocrites, under
the garb of Religion.
The fa& is, that 999 real citizens in a
thousand throughout the United States,
are in favour of Mr. Jefferfon'sadmin#
iftration, and the whole opposition to
him arises from some in office, who are
confeious of deserving his particular rep#
robation, by their unmanly attacks upon
his charader in fele& circles and private
caucufa. These are the clamourers a
gainst him, though they never had honor
or honejl, enough openly to come for
ward in vindication of their charges ; —
the, retreated like cowards when called on
to jubftantiate their allegations ; such are
the men, who are busy in vilifying the
Man who dared to declare himfelf the
People's Friend. ThefaEtion are now
supported in their desperate designs by
the excrescences of the enemies of our
revolution ; the friends of monarchy,
British reJidents, and abettors of a war
with France, and an alliance with Eng#
land.
Fellow Citizens—Judge ye then, be
tween Mr. Jefferfon and his opponents.
Old-South.
Anecdote of Gen. Buonaparte.
In the night which fallowed the long
and bloody battle of Arcole, the com#
mander in chief going the rounds of the
camp himfelf, discovered a centinel faft
asleep, his head reclined on the but end
of his mufquet ; he lifted his head gent#
ly, rested it on the ground, and taking
the soldier's gun, performed himfelf the
remainder of the duty, until the noise of
the corporal coming to relieve, awoke
the soldier, who rubbing his eyes, and
finding himfelf without arms, exclaimed
* My God, I am ruined—this is the gen
eral ;'—Yes, replied Buonaparte, it is
myfelf, but be not alarmed my comrade,
you are not ruined for this, after so much
fatigue, so brave a man as you may be
allowed to sleep, but you ought to make
better choice pf the time."
MELANCHOLY.
SheJhequin, (Penn.) Jul, 8. Last even
ing two young men of this neighborhood,
sons of J. Smith and W. Curry, under
took to watch a deer lick, (their inten
tions being unknown to each other.) —
Young Mr. Smith arrived there before
dark, and had secreted himfelf to watch
the de^r: Some time after, young Mr.
Curry, in his 19th year, with a coverlid
of a reddish catt over his shoulders, ap#
preached ; Smith, supposing it to be a
deer, fired his piece, and lodged its con
tents in the face and breast of Curry-
Smith ran to the fatal, spot, and instead
of a deer, found his neighbor and most
intimate acquaintance, bleeding and
'fpeechiefs ! His surprise and aftoniffi#
ment were too great to be described ;
he ran immediately home, alarmed their
parents and others, who went out and
brought in the young man ; he remain
ed speechless to the last, and died about
3 0 clock this afternoon.
H^PP, State of France.
We find that such is the state of pros
perity in France in the midst ofthe storms
of a revolution, and after a defenfive
war of ten years against all the powers
ofEurope,that her population encreafes ;
by natural means in the course of only
3 months, in some of the departments
the births exceed the deaths from four
to fix hundred, and in others the births
are double the deaths.
On the other hand we find from the
imperfed sketches given of the British
Census, for they have not ventured to
publish it, that the decrease of population
is great in every shape, the cities decrease
in numbers from the 1 miseries of war,
famine, taxes and oppression, the remo
test parts of the British islands are alike
distressed with cities. Wales and Ireland
where simplicity ofliving and manners
have defeated for two centuries the in
roads of luxury and taxation, are at
length forced to pour their thousands of
laborious hands upon our sh ores to es
cape the combined miseries. Aurora.
The late Navy Agent in Newyork, an
exclusive Federal^, who was dismissed by
Mr, Jefferfon, the American Citizen,
(Newyork paper) fays, has been arrested
by order of the Federal Government, for
the trifling fam of ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS - Against
the removal of this " friend to order,"
a great hue and cry was made by the op
pofers of the present administration. The
reason for his removal was not generally
known at the time it took place, but it is
now known, and the Federalists may, if
they please, weep over the event.
Boston, Aug. 12.
Extr^a •/ 4 litter jrcm a# America* g&uman sow fa
Lemfa,te bis friend in Baltimere,4Q ,nne 17.
66 Some accounts favorable to France,
arrived yesterday from Egypt ; the par
ticulars of which I cannot inform you,
as they are kept among great folks ; it
has however given a check to the India
stock." From Philadelphia, 4g.so
Yesterday arrived the brig Hiram, Ed
monfon, 50 days from Lisbon. ft was
currently reported at Lisbon, that the
Court of Portugal had made Peace with
France and Spain, on the 10th of June.
An order had been issued to put into se
questration all the horses and mules be
longing to the Portugal and British fub
je&s, which caused much uneasiness at
Lisbon. Two English packets for Lis
bon had been taken by the French', and
had put back to Lisbon in distress.
Boston, August 10.
There never was a more ufeful insti
tution for the regulation of maritime
affairs, than the Armed Neutrality, which
was formed in the American war, in de#
fence of our liberty and independence.
To fay that it actually saved this country
from total ruin, would, perhaps, be going
too far. But it certainly facilitated the
acquisition and attainment of those great
obje&s of the revolution—the peace,
freedom and fafety of the country.
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