The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-10-06 00:00:00, page 2

PROPOSITION.
L That Jehovah God, the Creator of Heaven
and earth, is one in essence and in person, in whom
is a divine Trinity, coupling of father, Son, and
Holy Ghost, like foul, body and operation in
man; and that the Lord and Saviour Jesus Cliritt
is that God. True Chrifian Religion, n. sto 24,
25, 16410 171, 180.
iL The Jehovah God himlelf came down from
Heaven as divine truth which is the Word, and
took Apon him human nature for the purpose of
removing heli from man, of restoring the Heavens
to order, and of preparing the way for a new
church upon earth ; and that herein confilfs the
true nature of Redemption, which was effected
finely by the Omnipotence of the Lord's divine
humanity. True Christ. Rel. D. 85, 86, rig to try,
124, 125. , 1
HL That a Trinity of divine persons exiting
from eternity, or before the creation of the world,
when conceived in idea, is a Trinity' of Gods,
which cannot be expelled by the oral coafellion
of one God. T. C. R. n. 172, 173.
IV. That to believe redemption to have con
fided in the passion of the crols. is a fundamental
error in the old church ; and that this error, to
sgether with that relating to the exigence of three
divine persons from eternity, hath perverted the
whole Chriflian church, so that nothing spiritual
is left remaining in it. T, C. R. n. 132, 733.
V. That all Prayers directed to a Trinity of
didinft persons, and not a trinity conjoined in
one person, are henceforth not attended to, but
are in heaven like ill-scented odours. T. C. R.
n. 108.
V-L That hereafter no chriflian can he admit
ted into the kingdom of heaven, uulefs he Believ
eth in the Lord God, and Saviour Jesus Christ, and
approacheth him alone. T. C. R.t. 26, 107, 108.
VII. That the doftrines universally taught in
the old church, particularly refpefting three di
vine persons, the atonement, j unification by faith'
alone, the refurreftion of the material body, &c.
are highly dangerous to the riling generation, in
as much as they tend to ingraft ip their infant
minds principles diametrically opposite to tliofe
of the new church, and consequently hurtful to
their fibration. T. C. R. p. 23, 173.
VIII. That the Niceue and Athenatiap doc
trine concerning a trinity have together given
birth to a faith, which hath entirely overturned
the Chrilfino Church. T. C. R, n. 177.
1% That h'nce is come that abomination of
dcfolatibn, and that affliction, such as was not in
all the world, neithef shall be, which the Lord
//hath foretold in Daniel, and the evangelifls, arid
the Revelation. 7} 4R. in 17,,
X. That hence too it is come to pass, that ur
lefsa new Heaven, and a new Church be established
by the Lord, no flefh can be Oved. T.G.R. & 1&.
i(To be continued.)
1
eroitrt!y,i oppressive principles prevalent in his
time.t When liberty and equality Sliall univer
Tally, prevail, and mankind be univeiTally inttrutt
ed in the knowledge of their riglas, and the duties
• they owe to each other ; then, it may be truly
said, is the kingdom of the just. Then will the
divine Work of love and good will to man he com
pleted. Thea the “Tons of violence and lies," ot
hatred and oppreflion, will be no more. Let eve
ry one exert himfelf, in every nobl^ deed, to accel
erate the happy period ; and the more generally
and zealouSly we ate engaged in this respect, the
nearer we may rationally judge ourselves to be to
its fulfilment. Did the enemies of real religion,
and of liberty,, realise the tremendous ruin that
muff of necessity footer or later overtake them,
they would Shrink back with terror from their ill
concerted purposes. For are they hot making
vain efforts both against the course of nature and
the benevolent deligns of its Great Author ? Malt
hot, therefore, the event.be fatal—awfully fatal
to themfclves? Such confidetations may well a
lariy us, and urge us to the molt feridus and fo
lemu enquiry whether we are doing right—and,
whether we are anting agreeable or contrary to
the will of Him By whom we live, in the impor
tant concerns of the public, is an inquiry of no
final! moment :—As such by every one will it be
found.'
t See, on tai:fob;Ul, letter 6th.
Messrs. Editors,..
/ noticed with a particular pleasure in .the
ledger of April 6th the address of the New feru-
Jalem Church, at Baltimore, to the President eletl,
and the Prefideht's A,fwer, which in opinion is
replete with Jentiments not to be found at the hands
of an ' Infidel, With which this illuflrious charac
ter has been held up in the venal papers, ay our
intoxicated and over-heated feds, In order; to grat
ify 'the curious and inuuifitive of all de/cri,lions,
within the Union, and to comply with the withes of
many of your customers in the interior, you are re
quefed to give the Tenets at large, an insertion,
for which you are referred to the ' Dover San,
of April 12, 1797. I am, gent'n, yours, &c.
Mr. Bragg,
It seems to be the minds of many that the present
year is pregnant with the molt interelHng events,
which, in their confequeuces, will deeply effett
the great family of mankind. As for my own
part, it has been my decided opinion, for years
pall, it is fraught with the happiett consequenc
es in its favor. Ever wishful to contribute my
mire towards promoting so desirable an objeft
as the fide motive that induces and emboldens
me to enciofe the "Tenets of the New Church,
received from a corresponding brother abroad,
and to request a publication in your paper.
Admitting its publication should provoke the
pens of the indignant, or the serious seekers af
ter genuine trutb, in either case any real signa
tures that make their appearance in the Sun
Shall be duly attended to—As I (hall take order
to cause your paper to be regularly transmitted
to my corresponding brethren abroad, in order,
by them to belaid before the society, they ref
peCtively belong, with a requett that any doubt
ful affections of Baron Sweedenburg, might be
fairly elucidated—As well that tiro forcibility
of argument, might be levelled in order to e
radicate from the minds of any, who in conse
quence of the prejudice of Education, a long
habit and other causes, hold to principles op
posite to this new revelation.
lam,&c. JOSEPH LEIGH.
PortJmouth, April 13, 1797.
" And he that fat upon the throne said, behold
I mate all things neiu." Rev.
For the REPUBLICAN LEDGER.
From the Sana
^ROM THE AURORAS
SINCE the days of terror, it has been the sash-
I ion of a notorious faction to adopt certain pbraf
es from any of their daring ot defpetate creatures,
which might serve as watchword's for the whole
of their Gielites on the continent. For a while
Public credit was the watchword given, and re
ceived. This originated with Hamilton, and was
intended to blind the public against the nefarious
robbery of the poor soldiers warrants ; this watch
word continued with greater or less eclat through
the whole of the intrigues of the lall eight years,
and began to flag with the 8 per cent loan ; the
clamour was railed again at the lad presidential
election, and it was with great gravity publicly
declared that the firfl Steps of the jefferfon ad
minidr. b on would be to overturn the funding JyJ
tem, ano dellroy the public credit !
This watch word has loft currency, for even S.f
Blodget, allows it to have been all a hum !
The editor of the Aurora, also dared to fay
what had been done by the Jrtends of order and
thirty of them, among whom was a British half
pay officer, four or fix e bankrupt characters, some
noted gamblers and swindlers, and these out of
pure laid of order and regular government attack
ed him in a body, and'one of them afterwards
commenced a prosecution against the Aurora man
upon a suspicion that the said Aurora man did
wish to provoke this friend of order to manual
combat. And another of the thirty commenced
another prosecution, because the laid Aurora
mau had Aid that the friend of order had gone
out of town, and that his affairs had been in the
hands of the flicriff!-
Another Evidence of order and religion and re
gular government—Mr. Adams proclaimed a faft
—and the Aurora man of that day, dafed to print
the Aurora even upon that day, and behold the
little great man was wroth—and forbid the paper
being sent in future—and oh the fame evening a
noted friend of order foefkomas, yclept with a
drawn 'fwofd, and a gang of friends of order
availed the house of the Aurora man, and the
windows were broken and the children were
feared-out of pure love of order, religion, and
regular gevermfient.
And about the fame time-out of pure love of
order, an agreement was entered into in this city,
that no friend of order fhoulU,purchafe from any
democrat any article in trade, that no Working
man, who waa a democrat, itibuld be employed
by any friend of order ; and this proscription
was extended all over the continent, to every de
fcriptioreof tradefm^n—merely out of love of or
der and religion and regular government.
The love of order was indeed carried so far,
that when a person was convicted of a breach of
law and fined, he had his fine paid, and he was
lent on a special million by John Adams, who had
proclaimed" the sass— for our manifold finsj!
This cant word however became so ridiculous,
that the people difmifled the patron of order and
regular government, and chute in his room a de
mocrat.
The friends of order for a loqg time maintain
ed that " republicanism nreant any thing of noth
ing"—John Adams broached this doctrine, the
friends of order praßifed upon it, but the people
nave taught them, that it means femething.
Accordingly a new order of things has taken
place — -and republicanism meaning fcmething the
Portable Foolery has been checked in its incentives,
and it had been agreed that iHofe who said repub
licaaifm meant any tiling or nothing, (hail ex
press their contrition and humility, by adopting'
the very name ' Which they ibid contemned.
Accordingly we now find, the friends of order.
once more retting up as republican's —and wishing
to enjoy—*" TAE hell of Republicanism"
againit which they had railed I
Accordingly Dennv having overdone his busi
ness, the molt noted of the Gazettes of the friends
of order, to wit : Palladium', Washington Federalif,
& Wayne's Gazette, have attacked Denny, meaning
to facrifice their quondam co-adjutor to save ap
pearances.
Those who were once known by the various
titles of friend of order, religion and regular gov
ernment—FederaliJl+anu- Republicans—anti-Ja
cobins—anti Democrats—Friends of Government,
&c. have dropt these names altogether, Qnd have
by the force of public opinion, been compelled 10
affinne the title which they molt bated—that of
Republicans.
Some Subordinate pieces were performed, Such
as the Lancafler troop of borfe, seizing upon Sny
der, a printer, and taking him oht of pure love of
order to the market-house, and flogging him. The
humane aid-de-camp of Gbik M'Pherfon, Harper,
did indeed observe in extenuation, that the man
was not absolutely naked, for he had hisfart on.
Upon this change of title we congratulate them,
and,the public, because it is a full and fair ac
knowledgment of the will of the maj rity—we
shall reserve ourselves for an invelligation of their
fincerity.\
From the Trenton True American.
POLITICAL INTOLERANCE.
The Feds, continue to prate of Mr, Jef
ferfon's political intolerance. We wiffi this
matter more generally and correctly under
flood. When Mr. Adams went out of of
fice, he left scarce a republican in the union,
under the Federal government :—Yet this
was not difeovered by 'his friends to be po
litical intolerance 1
Since Mr. Jefferfon has been in office, a
period of fix months, he has displaced a
bout thirty Federalills in the Union at large,
and, except in twoor three cases, appoint
They took tip order and regular government
during John Adam's occupancy, and that conti
nued to be roared out, while Lifan was fearing
and bribing the Senator,s, while Dr. Morse was
preaching up the massacre of the crew of the
Ocean, dbd attacking the Free-Masons by means
of a robber, committed on a Lodge in Virginia ;
to carry oh the work of order, a woman drenched
the head of an indolent tax-gatherer with warm
urine, and to preserve order and regular govern
ment, Gen. M'Pherfon was sent to quell this hot
water-war, with Goody Harper as his aid-de
camp ,• the friends of order robbed the hen-roods
and dairies, took dinners without paying for
them ; twenty or thirty Germans were commit
ted to prison, and judges worthy of the Inquisi
tion or Star Chamber, were found ready to ex
tend the law of treason againd men incapable of
the Sentiment ; some were condemned but none
were hanged, but some died in prison—This was
the Grand Drama of order and regular govern
ment./
Second fl/tack on Boulogne.
"A shabby piece of business."
LONDON, AUG. T,.
A second attack has been made upon the flotil
la at Boulogne, and we are sorry to Bate, that it
has not been attended with the desired success.—
Lore la.t night the Providence 'cutter arrived at
Dover with dilpatches Iron! Lord Nelson.
The attack commenced about a quarter flood,
at'l2 o'clock on Saturday night. Our squadron
confiding of 70 boats, was divided into 4'divifions;
these divisions were covered by 16 flat-bottomed
boats, each of which carried a howitzer, or ccr
ronade. The enemy appear to have expetted a
second attack', and to have beeri prepared for it.
They had thrown up ffel'n works; and had sent a
large re-iirfofeement of trobps into the town.
As soon as our divisions' approached fufficiently
near the shore; a tremendous fire of grape and
round Shot was opened upon them from the gun
velfels and shore batteries. The further had be
tween i and 200 Men on board each, and were
well covered by flanking batteries of mortars.
Troops, three deep, lined the shore, for three
miles.
Our brave favors'advanced to the attack with
their ufiral deadinefs and courage amidst this hea
vy fire, and boarded the enemy's gun veflels.
Great daughter ensued; but the decks of several
of the enemy's gon vessels were cleared; and the
Ships taken possession of, but they could not be got
off. -The enemy had taken the precaution of
chaining their gun-boats to each other, bead and
Hern : intermediate chains also fattened them to
the shore. While our gallant countrymen were
unavailingly trying to get them loose, they were
exposed to a dreadful discharge of grape Ihot,
Shells, and mufquetry. At length they were forc
ed to retire, bringing with them .one logger rig
ged vessel. Our readers may form some opinion
of the carnage, from the lot's which this lugger ex
perienced—of 70 men, 14 only were left alive,
and the most of these were wounded.
Onr loss in killed and wounded is estimated at
about goo men. - Capt. Parker, of the Medusa, a
mod excellent officer, had his leg and thigh (hut
off; the Matter of the Medufe was dreadfully
wounded ; the second lieutenant and other offi
cers, were also wounded, and about 30 men in
Lord Nelfou's ship.
Yeflerday afternoon Lord Nelson in the Me
dusa, with feveral.cutters returned to the Downs,
but whether to reinforce his squadron, or to pro
ceed agamit some other place, we ' know not.
Tne remainder of the squadron was left off Bou*
logne.
After this paper was at press, we learnt that
a rumor of a very different nature from the above
had got into circulation, namely, that Prelimina
ries of Peace having been signed between this
country and Frarice,in exprefs had been sent to
lord Nelson, deriving him to return, which he has
accordingly done. Stocks were even getting up
on this rumor- A short time will determine what
we are to give credit to.
AUG. T,.
< A treaty between the French Republic, and the
Pope, was signed at Paris the 15th July.
From the French Papers.
Lu,Tf R p4M,UtLr „27.
A great number of gun-boats Sited out and
equipped in the Znyder Z^e r have received ord
ers to repair to the Texel, where thq will serve
Let the honest and candid of all parties
examine the above flatement, and ingenu
ously reply, whether they believe Mr. Jef
ferfon has been guilty of political intoler
ance ;—Or whether, on the contrary, his
forbearance to displace federal officers has
not been carried to too great a length as it
deprives the republicans of their just pro
portion of public confidence, and himfelf of
the official support and assistance of men of
congenial political sentiments ?
.BOURDEAUX, AUG. 4.
The Agent of the United States of America,
has req-aeffed us to publish in our paper of this
day, the following Note, which he had received
from Mr. Murray , Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States, forjthe exchange of the ratifications
of the 30th Sept. last. . .
Mr. Murray has the pleasure to inform Mr. Bar
net, that this evening (31st July) he has changed
the ratifications with the French Minitlers Pleni
potentiaries, Joseph Bonaparte, Fleurieu, and Roe*
defer, at the house of the fall mentioned.
cd republicans to succeed them. These
difpla^ements were principally, it not whol
ly made, on account of some illegality in
the appointment, lor incompetency in the
person ot the office. In New-Jerfe,, Mr.
JefFetfon has made three appointments, viz.
a Diftria attorney, to a place vacant by re
signation-—a fupetvifor, in the room of a
person naturally or habitually disqualified
for the office—and a collector of the Port
of Amboy, in the room of a notorious refu
gee, and it is said, at this time, a British
halt pay officer. The Judges of the Su
preme, Circuit, and Diltri&, United States
Courts, with high and permanent falaries—
the marshal, and his deputies—and most ot
the collectors of the Internal revenue, re
tain the places given them under the late
administration, and call .themfclves federal
ills. ,
The above ateflubborn faffs, which our
opponents cannot confute, and dare net phb
bfb ; as it would expose the falthood of
their past calumnies, and silence their future
clamors, on this head at least.
"Out of one hundred and ninety-two re
venue officers in the U. States not more
than ten have been displaced, Since Mr. Jef
fetfon's acteffion to the Presidency.
Ot two hundred and five principal offi
cers under the federal government, but fif
ty-one are republicans. This fa& can be
proved by a reference to the lift of public
officers lately published at the city of Wash
ington.
Foreign.
" J. Cox Barne.”
I then left the Brutrs and went along-fide capt.
W. w;ho then came on deck and told me that the
ship fired at him in a calm which was the reason
of his fefufing them provisions. That he and the
British capt. parted* as gentlemen', but when be
was about to make fail Was again boarded by a
barge, containing, the capt. and a number of sail
ors, who, with the capt. laid they had come to
get fedrefs fo't (supposed) infrilt which had been,
offered to his majesty. Captain W. Paid he should
give him none, as he could not be answerable for'
the conduct of his sailors in his absence. On which
a ikirmith took place between the British and A
merican-failbis, which capt. W. went forward to
endeavor to ftipprefs, when the Srififfi capt. ffruclc
Waters several severe cuts with his hanger, which
capt. W. endeavored to retaliate with a billet of
wood. The formifh grew warm ; several of the
Americans were knocked down dead, which irri
tated their comrades to such a degree that they
threw some of the English sailors: over the bows,
and gave them a chance to (wim for their own
ship, and drove the captain and the remainder in
to their boat and obliged them to ptiffi oft The
mate was so much injured as tex be confined to
his bed, as was also tour of the feanien. Capt.
Waters was very much wounded ; but he said h^
would endeavor to-keep his course that night,and
if he grew woffe he would come back. 1 left
him at 12 o'clock. The next morning law the
sloop of war board a brig, which soon altered her
course, as if fl:e had been taken. All this was
but a short ditlance from the Capes.
GEO. H. HOUGH,
Mr. A. Martin.
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 23.
Capt. Silas Talbot, has resigned his com
mission. We understand that this measure
has proceeded from a with to do away diffi
culties which in his apprehension, resulted
from the contested point of rank between /
him and Capt. Truxton.
The Bank of the United States has deter
mined to establish a Branch Bank in this ci
ty. Some measures have been taken to put
the Bank into operation. James Davidson,
jun. of Philadelphia, has been appointed
cashier, and the directors are to be chosen in,
the beginning of Odober.
CATSXIT.T, SEPT. 2T.
HORRID MURDER and SUIGID&
A gentleman from Hurley, near Kingrion, Cl
- county, has given us the following narrative
ot one of the mod Shocking and tragical catastro
phes, which took place yesterday fe'nnight, that
ever blackened the catalogue of human events —*
The wife of Mr. Josiah Doe, of a place called the
Paltz, about two miles from Hurly, a woman of
exemplary character, as'to piety, modesty and
sensibility, rose in the morning, and went about
the ordinary business of her family, getting break
fall, &c. with all her apparent checrfulnefs and
composure.—Aster breakfaft, (he contrived to
fend out all her family, excepting three children
which file had designed for deftrhttion, viz. a boy
about nine years old, a girl about seven, (both bf
whom were children by a former hnfband by,ke
name of Zachariah Huffman) an infant daughter r
about nine months old, which (he had since her
lad marriage—-Her hufbaud ffie had persuaded to
go to a cornfield at some distance, to fee if there'
Were not creatures in mischief —^daughter of Mr,
Doe, by abormer wife, a young woman, (he sent
home with two children who had slept at her
house the night previous, and who belonged to
Mr. Doe's jitter, living in the neighbourhood—4
lad, also afon of Mr. Doe, by bis lift wife, (ha
Sir,
Ifyou pleas you will make the following facts
public, through the American :
Oolhe 29th Auguft,while Pretching off from the
Capes, decried two fail, to whch gave chafe, and
at 8 P. M. came up with Ihip Mercury, capt.
Waters, of Baltimore, and near her his Britannic
majefly's ship Brntus, capt. Smith,alias Thurtton.
The Mercury had her mainsail bauied up, and
no person but the boqtfwaiu on deck, with three
sailors, who.fatd the sloop of war's crew had beeri
on board, arid beat the Captain and mate, and
four of the crew, in such a manner as rendered
them unable to do duty. They also infixed on
my coming on board and taking the ship again
into port#* I told them that unless the superior
officers wanted my services I could not give
them : they answered that they wefe too severely
beaten to come on deek. The flbop of war Lay
ing on the Mercury's weather quarter, 1 thought
it advisable to firft speak her, which 1 did, and
was informed thrrtdie was from Bermuda, on a
cruise, and had the day before Raptured a Phila
delphia schooner from Cape Francois for Phila
delphia. I asked the reason of capt. Waters lay
ing with bis courses hauled up. The capt. told
me Waters Was pretty well done over ; tliat he
had sent his ,lleut. on board, who Informed him
that the ship was H. M. Brutus, and asked for
some grog and provisions for the people, w^ich
capt.W. refufed to giv^/whin the lieut, sent Wat
ers on board the Brutus with tils papers ; some of
of the British sailors remained on board the Mer
cury while capt. W. underwent his examinations
who, on their return, said Waters's mate and crew
had insulted them, by ' damning his majesty's ship
and all hands on board."
BALTIMORE, SEPT. ~
[The following letter 1 received Taft evening from
the rejpedable pilot whoje name it annexed tc it.]
Edit.
for thex!efence'of the roa3 of that portagainfl all
attempts ot the British fleet ureter Ad. Graves. '/
The* i@s from Porto Ferraju is not ot ;fav
ourable description. This little place continues ,
to make a mod obflitlate refiftapce; its inhabit - /
ants, or rather multitude of people front different '
nations who are incorporated with them, keep
tire place in a nioft deplorable Situation, arid re
fufe every offer of accommodation made to thenu
So far, indeed, do they carry tins, that they would
not even fiflen to a Tuscan courier, who was sent
with a request to them to fun coder and enjoy the
blessings of Peace!
BRUSSFIS, AUG. 6.
It is now known that the English Minihry has
rejected the greater parr of the propositions which
the First Consul had ? Stirred as ? basis fur peace ;
so that little hope is entertained of a Successful
issue to the negociations which have so long con
tinued between England and France.
Dom^ie.