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ANOTHER Federal FORGERY.
An extract of a letter from Wash
ington, ascribed to the Rev. Dr. Cut
ler, (member of Congress for Massa
chusetts) w^s lately published [in the
federal papers] containing some cu
rious information of) an adventure be
tween Thomas Paine and Mrs. Dear
borne. Os the corrednefs of this in
formation, and of the origin of this ca
lumny, the reader will be able to judge
by perusing the following article from
the National Intelligencer, of the 9th
of February:
"We are authorifed to state that a
letter published in some eastern pa
pers, relating to a conversation at
Cen. Dearboine's, is positively difa-'
vowed by the gentlemen to whom it
is afcribed.'
' To Fed. Printers in N. H.
The federal papers, not long since
eagerly caught at the opinion of the
Editor of the /Egis " that the fa&s
then disclosed were not fufficient to
criminate Mr. Rutledge' in the affair
of the forgery of Geoffry's letters.—
Upon further examination, and ad
ditional evidence, he has now retra&.
ed that opinion, but we doubt wheth
er they will notice it. He fays
« We have now no hesitancy in de
elmring, that we confider the balance
of proof, at this time, to be clearly &
decidedly against Rutledge.'
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From the American Patriot.
?IT must be confeffed that every
-republican in America has cause to
be proud of his country, and to
plume himfelf on his political supe
riority over all other nations; but
there are two fubje&s particularly,
which place the American, without
competition, beyond every other
people, to wit : the freedom of his
press, and the immaculate character
of the executive of the United
States.
In the firft place, to the honor ofDe.
mocracy, no people on earth, ercept
those of America, could endure such
freedom ofthe press, as there is now
eftablithed in the United States.
All fubje&s and all characters are
thrown open to difeuffion, and this
freedom, though it has degenerated
into licentiousness is yet cherished by
that republican spirit, which is always
jealous of rights, and had rather en.
dure the venomous attacks of its en.
emies, than clip the wings of.its free,
dom.
It is well known that the anti re#
publicans have availed themselves
of this freedom, which they could not
bear in a monarchical state, to batter
the edifice of American liberty and
bring the government into disgrace
and contempt. It is with this intent
$ that all the blackguards from Boston
to Charleston, aided by American to.
' ries and British spies, have organized
themselves into a corps, under the di
re&ion and influence pf invisible a
gent,s. This body of royalists and
assassins have tingled out the Presi
dent of the United States, as the firft
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AMERICAN REPUBLICAN GAZETTE.
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objed of their bale attacks. Helis
placed on the highest eminence, anti
stands as atarget for anti-democrap
to (hoot at. Mr. Jefferfon has beo
in this position, previous even to his
election to the presidency. He bis
been assailed from all quarters, a#
, every kind of weapon ,nfa,<^
to wound his fame and integrity ; but
to the honor of the chief magistrate,
and the boast of his friends, be is in
vulnerable, even to his heel : the pois.
oned arrows of the royalists produce
no effe&
Mr. Jefferfon's virtue is a fufficient
antidote against them.
Ofthis condud and chara&er of
the chief magistrate, every friend to
principle and virtue has a just right
to be proud; especially when we
knowthat no other executive now a.
live dare take jhe fame ground and
expose himfelf to the Weapons of
the public.—Pray let us ask the Brit
ish royalists, if the king of Great
Britain would dare to unihackle the
Ehglifh press and tell his fubjeds that
his life and adieus were open to cen.
fare and investigation. No; the ve
ry idea would kill the Tyrant, and
such a licence would be the death of
monarchy. Where then is the def
pot in Europe, Alia or Africa, that
can court enquiry and lay himfelf o
pen to a free press. A Bonaparte the
prince ofgenerals, the conqueror of
kings, ihe pacificator of Europe, in a
word the firft consul or France, who
braved so many bullets and baya
neify (brinks from a free press, and e,
ven here, he thinks himfelf not fe^
cure ; such however has been the disc
position of tyrants who violate princi
ple and usurp the rights of others.-*
They have no landmarks of law or
justice to go by.
From this double view of the fob-'
je&, the republican reader will feel a
just pride in being a citizen of Ame.
rica, and one of those, whose public
affairs are managed by the executive,
with the fame care and economy, that
be regulates hisown private concerns.
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The Vermont Journal, after men.
tioning the agency Gen. Morris
had in Rutledge's infamous attack
upon Mr. Ellery, has the following
observations, viz.
It is but a few years since our
worthy Representative was obliged
to leave Philadelphia with precipita
tion for being engaged in a similar
affair; and yet he was chosen to re
present us in the next Congress. Is it
a proper inference to be drawn from
this, that the Vermontefe are lovers
of Sabbath breach' and Murder
Let their laws determine the ques
tion. Is there not a chapter in their
volume, which fays, “ that if any per
son shall serve as second in any duel,
or knowingly be the bearer of any
challenge to fight a duel, if fach crime
be committed,ithin this state, that he
shall forfeit a fine, &c. and be forev
er incapable of holding any office of
)honor or profit, or of enjoying the
privileges of a freeman within this
state ?'Undoubtedly; it may be pled
that, as the offence is not committed
here, it is not cognizable by the au#
minority ofthis state : Yet, may we not
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with fafety ask, whether such an eva.
fion does not tend rather to inqreafe
[than to lessen the evil ofthe exam
|ple ? Because an evil, equally inju
rious to society at large, is committed
without the p/ecin&s of our govern
ment, is it less a crime in a moral
^f 'view ? A gpod citizen 1 ;.?.;
fpedsuhe laws of his country, al-;
though oceans divide him from it : at
least, he re (peas those of his God--—.
But if Brutus does neither, what can|
we fay in his excuse ? Why— Brutus
is an, honorable man!
Alban, Reg. Feb.
ON Tuefday last, the legislature
of this State made choice of Theo
dorul Bailey, Esq. of Dutchefs
Counts as a Senator in the Senate
of the Congress of the United States,
for this fate, in room of the Hon.
Gouverneur Morris, Esq. whose time
of service expires on ,the 4th day of
March next.
On this occasion the Senate nom.
inated Theodorus Bailey, Esq.—the
Houle of Aflembly, John Woodworth
Esq. of Renffclaer county. On a
joint ballot of the two houses, the
votes were, for Mr. Bailey 59 —for
Mr. Woodworth 57. The gentle
men are both Republicans.
Baltimore fa.3l.
A schooner bound to Alexandria on
Monday last. with I^3oo bofhels of
'wnta^was cut through 6, the ice, a-;
bout nine miles below that place, and
in a few minutes funk; the hands
were saved. And a small schooner
loaded with oysters, having got her
bows upon the ice, went under stern
foremoft and revery person periled.
FIRE IN SCHENECTADY.
Hudson, Feb. 15. Aletter from
the post mailer in that place to the
printers of the Albany Gazette, dated
Feb. 5, fays:
“ About 3 o'clock this morning a
fire broke out in the barber's shop |
adjoining Rogers* inn, burnt that and
the large stable, both belonging to
the heirs of John Hudson, a brick
boufe belonging to major Snell, the
large house of John Moor, a house
°belonging to Richard Cook and Oc
cupied by Enos Runyarn, also the
stable of R. Cook.'
We underhand that the weather
was so intensely cold that the water
froze in the engines which could not
be worked until they were thawed out
with boiling water, by which timeth£
fire had nearly subsided of itfelf.-—
Aman broke his thigh by falling on
the ice, and several other accidents of
the fame kind happened.
MINUTES
OFTHE .
Proceedings of Congress.
IN THE HOUSE.
Feb. 9. Mr. Dawson moved that
the committee of the whole on the
state of the union ffiould te difebarg
ed from the confederation of two prop,
ofitions of amendment to the Confti.
tution—the one prescribing the desig
nation ofthe person voted for as Pres
ident and Vice- President—the other|
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prescribing that representatives and e
leaors shall be chosen in diftriEls.
Mr. Davis said he would second the
motion to relieve gentlemen from the
apprehensions entertained of thele a.
mendments being taken up at a late
period of the session when the house
Wight b 6 thin. And if the motions
prevailed, he would move a piJtponci
ment of the consideration of the a
mendments till the ill Monday of
November.
Both motions were carried without
a division.;
Fed. 10. An engrossed bill to pro«
vide an additional armament for the
proteHron ofthe commerce and fea*
men of the United States, was read a
third time and palled.
Mr. Green presented certain resolu
tions ofthe legislature of the Mississip
pi Territory expressive of their sense
of the (hutting of the port of New
Orleans.
Referred to a committee of the
whole on the state of the union.
Mr. Green presented a memorial
from, the Mississippi Territory praying
sundry things.
Referred to a fele& committee.
Feb. 11. On motion of Mr. Hel
mes the house went into a committee
of the whole on the bill to make pro
vision for persons who have been dis.
abled by known wounds received in
the Service of the United States dur#
ing the revolutionary war.
A debate of considerable length en
sued on the competency of the provi
sions of the bill to secure the ends con#
teroplated by'it. The bill provides
for a decifiah by the diftri& judge on
the application of individuals for peri,
fions. v
Dr. Euftis was in favor of a provi#
fion in the room of this, authoring
the Secretary of war, to examine each
case and make report to congress.--
To obtain this alteration in the bill,
he moved that the committee should
rife, when he would further move the
recommitment of the bill to a fele&
committee—This motion did not pre
vail. Several amendments were then
made, when the committee rose, and
reported the bill with the amendments
—which were ordered to lie.
About two o'clock Mr. Nicholson
said he had a report to make upon a
fubjea which had been a&ed upon
with closed doors. The galleries ~
were cleared, and the house continued
their fitting until 4 o'clock, when an
adjournment took place.
Feb. 12. The boufe wentinto com.
mittee of the whole, on the amend
ments of the Senate to the a& for she
relief of the fufferers by the late fire
at Portsmouth. The committee a.
greed to the amendments, and the
house afterwards concurred.
; Mr. Southard made a report re
fpe6ling Military Land Warrants—
giving further time to the holders of
them to locate the, fame—to locate on
less portions than 4000 acres, &c.
Report agreed to, and a bill order,
ed to be brought in.
Mr. Huger made a report on so
much of the President's meflage as re
lates to foftering our fifheries. Re.
' ferred to committee of the whole.