Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-11-02 00:00:00, page 1

Friends and Fellow-Citizens,
BY the appointment of a refyeaable
meeting of the republicans of the City
and county of Philadelphia, it has become
our duty, to call your attention to the im
portant cbjeds of the approaching general
'Election. Besides making the annual
choice for Members of the General As
sembly, your fuffrages, muff be given on
that occasion, to fill the high Office of Gov
ernor, and to return representatives to the
legislature of the union. The rights and
interests of the state, the prosperity of the
confederation, and, perhaps, the existence
of a free government, depend on the fucceff
ful issue of your exertions. The political
vigilance and firmnefs of I'ennfylvania,
have, indeed, raised her to an eminence, on
which She cannot remain without honor—
from which (he canhot defeend without dis
grace : And thither the eye of every Ameri
can patriot is, at this period, dimmed in anx
ious hope, that where thedawn of returning
Republicanism firft appeared, the Splendor
of its meridian, will not be extinguished, or
cclipfed.
If, fellow citizens, the accomplishment
of every objed, for which yoti have hitherto
contended, can furnish a motive for perse
verance ; mark, we entreat you, the auspici
ous change, which a Short lapse of three
years has produced, in the course of public
tianfadions, and in the condition of private
life. It was obvious to every refleding
mind, during the memorable druggie for
the election of the present venerable chief
magifttate of Pennsylvania, that die affairs
of America had attained a crisis, which in
volved the direct alternative, either that the
power of the federal party muff be arrested,
or that our republican systems would be
overthrown. By a progress at once insidious
and daring the principles and monuments of
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, effort, T. 110 0 115 0
, Pearl -- 120 0 125 0
Allum, C. 8 0 0 c
Anchors, ft) '0 11 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 450 7 0
Butter lb 0 12 013
Beef, common B. 9° O 12 °
mess -- 13 0 13 5°
Beans, white bu. 1 12 1 16
Brandy, Spanith 4th pr. G. 180 185
, Naples 4th pr. — 175 180
Barley bu. 75 0 8 3 °
Brimffone, C. 35 0 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 450 5 °
Corn, Indian -- 080 083
Rye -- 083 088
Cassia lb 00 060
Cloves -1 33 0 0
Coffee — 0 18 0 20
Cheese, American -- 0 6 014
Cotton,foreign Scarce -- 040 0 0
, American -- 0 21 023
Cordage, American C. 12 0 13 0
, Foreign, -- 11 0 12 0
Chocolate, common lb 020 0 0
, best No. 2^l — 028 033
Candles, mould — 018 019
, dipt -- 016 0 0
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, -- ^7 0 18 0
Copperas, C. 350 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 16 0 17
Duck, Russia, iftqual. Bt. 16 0 '7 °|
FOREIGN BILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : [For CaJb) pair
do, do. : : : to days, : : do. : I pr. cent. dis.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : i| do. „
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : , 2 do. do.
do. on Amsterdam, payable in do. 60 days, : : do. do. do.
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From the Aurora.
Tie following Address " To the Republicans
of Pennsylvania," foould be Jerioufly read
by every Republican in the United States.
NUMBER 10. VOL. IV.]
Important Truths.
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Republican Ledger,
' AND
the revolution had been exposed to derision ;
the charader & conduct of the revolutionary
leaders had been reviled ; the theory of a re
publican government was denounced as a
visionary and equivocal Speculation ; every
plausible expedient had been tried to fetter
and controul the legislative authority, em
anating immediately from the people ; and
all the instruments of monarchy, the influ
ence of patronage, and the glitter of parade,
were employed to Strengthen and adorn the
ceptre of the executive. But every enter
prise against the liberties of a nation muff
have the aid of a military force ; and a
military force can only be procured, or
maintained, by the aid of money. The law
less depredations committed on our com
merce by the pirates and privateers of
France, not only, therefore, gave rife to the
equipment of * fleet, but, with a contemptu
ous disregard of the Services of the militia,
were, also, made a pretext to embody a
numerousarmy, for which it was impossible
to conceive any rational use, connected with
the state of foreign hostilities : while the
general indignation, justly excited by the
insult offered to our ambassadors at Paris,
and inflamed by every artifice that ingenuity
could devise, infurted a ready acquiescence,
in a rapid and burthenfome imposition of
taxes, to defray the expence of warlike pre
paration. Nor was another, the most cruel
and effectual Stratagem, to disorganize and
Subvert a free government, omitted.in this
career of federal ambition. The party
animufities of the people were fomented.
The creed of federalifm, with all its
monarchical tendencies, was proclaimed to
be the only means of political Salvation ;
and every citizen, who did not implicitly
adopt it, was exposed to persecution and
proscription. His chara&er, his person,
and his house, were alike doomed to insult
and violate ; and the perpetration of the
injury has been found a recommendation to
ministerial patronage and favor. The in
flexible republican, arbitrarily excluded from
a participation in the honors and emoluments
of public office, was Sometimes menaced
with the ignominy of being " delivered to
Current prices bf per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Ravens — 10 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 1 5
Fish, Merchant, C. „ 4 0 4 25
,W. India mark. — 325 350
Scale — 225 233
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel —7 8 0
Floury super. frefh -- 750 8 25
, fine -- 650 7 0
, middlings -- 6 0 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
. , Bristol cr. toby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
9by 7, — 14 0 0 0
Bby 6, -- 11 0 11 50
) Hamburg ioby 8, -- 11 0 12 0
' 7by9, -- 11 5° 12 0
Gun powder lb 0 5° 0 c
Geneva, Holland if pr G. 1 17 1 20
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 o^o 0
Hogs Lard lb 012 0 10
Iron, Philadelphia T. 110 0 0 0
, Russia --lio 0 120 0
, Swedes — 120 0 0 0
Logwood T. 40 0 45 °
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry -- 15 0 ° °
, red — 866 9 0
, ffieet --II 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. — 9 ° 9 °
shingles — 1 5° 2 20
©tio^falc prices Current, at portfmoutb, rattupampf^re,
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1802.
Course of Grebange, at tootton.
PRICE CURRENT.
INLAND BILLS.,
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cash) 1 per cent dis.
do. Philadelphia, : : (10. : do. do. do.
do. New-York, : : do. : do. do. do.
do. PhiladQhia, or l, ..
New-York, J' ° 2 d °°
N. B. Bills at shorter fight, pro, ortionably higher.
an invaliding enemy ;" and, at other times,
unfeelingly told, that " he might expefl to be
ground to daft and aJhes by his indignant coun
trymen." Tales of the grossest fabrication
were circulated to render him the object of
popular suspicion and hatred ; and even to
thatch from his enjoyment, every solace of
social and domestic life. Thus pursued by
the zealots of party, and unprotected by the
hind of power, the halls ot justice seemed
likewise to deny him a fan&uary ; for, every
minister of jultice was a federalist : The
officer who prosecuted, the judges who pre
sided, the marshal who Summoned the jury,
and the jury who tried the cause, were all —
all federalists ! Nay, the law it felf, assumed
a form of a weapon made for the federalists
aloneto wield ; by whose magic, riots might
be converted into rebellion ; flattery became
the test of political truth ; and freedom of
opinion was condemned as Sedition. In
short, at that afflicting period, which has been
emphatically styled " Ihe reign of terror,"
the patriotism and fortitude of the republican
party, (comprising at least one half of the
citizens of the Udited States) were conspicu
ously displayed. No art could fedoce, no
danger could impel them, to a dereliction of
their political principles ; yet, looking fled,
faftly tothe constitutional power of the people
for relief, they neither vauntingly threatened
the havoc of a civil war, nor traitorously pro
jected a dissolution of the union.<
From this painful review, hasten, fellow
citizens, for consolation and triumph, to a
contemplation of the Scene that now lies be
fore you. ; The example given by Pennsyl
vania, in the general eleftion of 1,99' '°° n
Spread throughout the union. The latent
Spirit of Republicanism kindled into action ;
and, with a sudden, but Salutary, explosion,
Swept from the political atmosphere, the
clouds and vapours, by which it was infected
and obfeured. The voice of the people, in
a regular but decisive tone, transferred the
powers of government from federal to repub
lican hands : And already have the public
functionaries, faithful to their trust, revived
the principles of the revolution, call off the
trappings of royalty, restored a constitutional
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Lemons frefo (scarce) bx. 10 0 11 0
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, lb 020 0 0
Molasses G. 040 043
Nutmegs lb 5 0 5 5°
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 0 0
f4dl , M. 034 0 0
A| 6d j cut> -- 066 0 0
^I 6d, wrought -- 117 0 0
< I rod, do. infpe&ed - - 175 0 0
Z | 2od, do. ' do. -- 240 245
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 50
^ f Liver none B. 14 0 0 0
Q[Linfeed G. 125 13c
Pepper lb 028 030
Pork, best pieces B. 24 0 0 0
, common -- 18 0 2® 0
Peas bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimento lb 0 28 038
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Raisins /rb# cask 8 50 9 0
Rum, Jamaica ZfeG.i 0.00
, Windward 3d pr.— 083 085
Rice scarce C. 6 0 0 0
Rosin scarce B. 450 0 0
Soap, white $ 014 016
, brown — 010 016
, cattle -- 017 020
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 0 0
, Llt-India - -12 0 12 50
, Weft-India -- 9 0 12 0
nothing ertenuate, not set baton oufit in malice.
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
equality of rights to the citizens, and eflab
lifhed the impartial administration of justice.
With an honorable zeal to maintain the na
tional independence, to discharge the public
debt, and to prote& the freedom of com
merce, you have Seen them combine dispo
sitions the rnoft conducive to peace, to order,
and to economy. With a sacred regard for
public opinion, and an honefl sensibility to
fame, they have manifefted a disdain to ac
cumulate official patronage, as the means to
purchase popularity ; or to employ a Sedition
a&, as the instrument to suppress investiga
tion. With a Steady adherence to the re
publican cause, and an equitable, desire to
communicate to all its friends, a fair propor
tion of public favor, you may trace the asso
ciation of a liberal and conciliatory policy,
in the long lilt of federalists, who Still occupy
Stations of confidence and profit. Thus, un
der the auspices of a republican administra
tion, and within the Space of a few months,
the reputation of the American government:
has been elevated in the view of foreign na
tions ; the Spectres of war have been driven
from our Shores ; the danger,of a Standing
army has been averted ; the right of opinion,
and the liberty of the press, have been unfet
tered ; useless offices have been abolished ;
and < necessary taxes are difeonrinued. The
Streets of our cities are no longer Scenes of
tumult ; our habitations have become places
<f Safety ; and our persons are again under
he proteaion of the law. In such a Situa
tion, the republican can have ng with to
gratify, except for the preservation of the
happiness, which he has acquired ; and the
federalists will have no evil to endure, except
from the recollection of the power which he
has loft.
Nor, while we thus derive, from the ex
tent and value of your past atchievments, a
laudable incentive to future exertion, can you
be indifferent, fellow citizens, to the daily
occurrences, which admonith you of a Sub
filing danger. The menaces that reverber
ate in the halls of Congress, the calumnies
that issue from the press, the f^len difeon
tent of "individuals, and the undtfguifed hos
tility of numerous allocations, 'give aflu-
Current prices of per from to
D.C D. C.
Starch, Poland lb 018 on
, American - - o I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf 1b 024 0 0
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 550 0 0
, Turk's Ifend - - 550 0 0
, Liverpool — 40 0 0
, Rock -- 650 0 &
Steel, German 013 0 14
, Englilh — 015 017
Salt Petre, refined -- 025 030
Shot Patent, C. 11 0 0 0
. fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
^ I do. do. heading -- 26 0 28 0
>) W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
<] R. O. hhd. -- 10 0 11 75
I do. Shooks 066 0 0
(W. O. do. 120 130
Tin in Ihects bx. 18 0 20 0
Tar B. 325 0 0
Turpentine -- 4 0 45°
Tea, Hyfon lb. 1 10 „ 1 16
, Souchong 0 70 0 80
, Bohea -- 032 033
Tobacco, Jarflesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia -- 550 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 55°
, seine — 5 0 s<°
h (Madeira G. 217 283
| Lifoon jeafr, — 146 0 0
Z < Sherry, — 00 125
| Malaga farce q.c. 31 0 0 32
? [Red Port — 142