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Concord, Feb. 24, 1803.
THE ELECTION.
COMMUNICATION.
Next Tiiefday is the Day
oh which the Citizens of Pembroke,
Bow, Concord, and many others, will
assemble to give their fuffrages for
their Public Rulers— Let every man
be ferioufly^ impressed with the high
importance of the inestimable privi
lege of eleffing our own governors and
lawgivers ! —this is the Grand Char
ter of o& Independence, the Basis
of FREEDOM, The Rock on which
LIBERTY rests in fafety !—Ele&ors
of Newhampfhire ! on your wife deci
fions, depend the " Honor and Hap
piness of the State ;" with You it re,
mains to decide whether our State
Government shall HARMONIZE
with the Government of the Union, as
heretofore declared to be of the firft im.
portance !—You, Citizens, will now
decide this interesting question—You
will cast your eyes on your SISTER
STATES, Twelve of which are now
decidedly governed by the Genuine
Republican principles for which our
Washington and our Country con
tended with a foreign tyrant ; —You
will think of this—and you will then
decide, by your ele&ions in March,
whether Ntwuampshirr shall move
in unison with them ; or whether She
shall remain in an attitude of opposition
to this Great Majority of the Union;
whether the shall stand opposed to the
General Good, or approve a National
Administration, whole meafores prove
it wise,— economical, —-and Truly
Republican. '' Sardis."
Those of our ancient whigs who,
deluded into apojlacy, have the teme
rity to call the Citizens of the United
States Rebels, for throwing off tteyoke
ofa foreign tyrant, the British King —
Should remember that it was such a
rebellion as the Great jEHovaHfz
voured —the God of Hosts led on our
Patriot Heroes, to independence, vic
tory and fame.
THE TRUE
Republican Ticket,
— FOR 1803.
Which will unite the fuffrages of the Re.
publicans of Newhampfhire.
“ Firm — united—let us be —
" Rallying, round our Liberty."
u As a band of Brothers, join'd,
^ Peace and Safety wejhalljind."
for Governor,
THE LONG TRIED PATRIOT,
John Langdon, Esq.
For the COUNCIL.'
Counties.
Levi Bartlett, Rockingham.
Joseph Badger, fI Strafford.
Benjamin Peirce, Hillfborougb.
Nahum Parker, < Cheshire.
Moody ^edel, Grafton.
“ Error of Opinion may be tolerated, where Reason is left free to combat it.^ ^Cherifh the Federal Union, as the only flock of Safety;' Jefferson.
LIBERTY AND THE CO NSTITUTION.
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For the SENATE.
Clement Storer, for Diftri& No. 1
Nicholas Gilman, ..... 2
James Gibson, . ..... 3
Richard Jennefs, , . ... ,
John Waldron, . . ... 5
David Copp, . .'. . .. 6
William Fisk, ~ 7
James Flanders, . .... 8
Robert Alcock, 9
Elisha Whitcomb, . < . . 10
Amafa Alien, .11
William Tarlton, . . ... 12
Josiah Adams, Register of Deeds
for Rockingham cou 1, —He has held the
office two years with univ^h! applause.
Nathan l elFolsom, County Trea.
surer for ©ckingham county.
Jeremiah Stinson, Register of
Deeds for HiUfborough County.
JOHN BRADLEY, 'Reprefentative
for the town of Concord.
PERSPICUOUS.
1..
Let the People remember, for
ever remember, that no old tory, nor
any who favour the tories, can ever
be entitled to any office of trust, hon
our, or profit, under our Republican
Government, so long as a Whig of
- '76, or the Son of a Whig of ',6,
can be found in our bleft country,
down to the latest poferity, who re
mains faithful to the principles of
the Revolution which gave Ameri
ca the rank of an independent na
tion, — the blefyings of republican
freedom.,
From the Newhampfhire Gazette.
CHiZENSofN. Hampfoire,
-'THE near approach of our annual
ele&ions loudly admonishes every
member of society to a candid as well
as prompt review of public affairs.
As a conftifuent part of a great na
tional body)ihould confider odr
State deeply ircrefted in the welfare
of the whole ; ants seriously determine
whether nihe-tenths of our Union are
precipitating themselves, with us, to
certain ruin, or whether we are blind
ly attempting to dog the wheels ofa
government anxiously fought for and
tenderly embraced by us. We can#
not be unmindedly of the unwearied
pains and boundless expence lavished
on the pursuit of an tk&ive, republi
can form of government, for the whole
—Nor can we be forgetful of the la.
bor and deep researches of our State
Patriots, to devise and fettle upon a
great and fixed rule of adion, as our
guide—one that should proted the
weak and limitthe strong—that should
mark out to the rulers the time of their
official existence, and hold forth en
couragement to the deserving ruled;
—all voices, if not hearts, were then
in unison. There was no advocate
for the cause of Monarch, or even A
rflocrac, : Republicanism then tri.
umphed. Should it be laid (as un
doubtedly is the-case) that we were a
deluded people, it may be answered,
that it was a happy delation, arid has
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so continued with many to this time<
:—Molt of our present rulers having
firmly adhered to the great principle#
by which they firft were actuated, and
J there by have incurred, as ilc i-% (|
licans.
I cannot, however, indulge a tho't
so degrading, as to believe that any of
my fellow citizens will either be led or
driven by mere words or founds, in
whatever way or form they may be
used For let any one of them be
asked whether he would choose for
himfelf an elective representative go
vernment, where the choice of Legis
lators falls annually on the best quali
fied citizens, without family distinc
tion, or whether he would prefer an
appointment of the well born, to serve
the lower part of creation for life? I
have no doubt that the answer would
I be, for the former. If then, we have
a decided c^pice as to our govern
ment, is it not highly proper that we
should extend our concern to the de
signation of such government? That
no part thereof may fuffer for want of
attention, or from enmity to its prin
ciples.
But we are often told, thro' the me.
dium of certain papers, that such an
one we now have—that Mr. Gilmans
federal politics are genuine republj.
can principles—that his rare talents
and thorough acquaintance with the
rotine of public business, render him
pre eminently superior to his compet.
itor—That federalifm can be changed
into any thing, every thing, and no
thing, to serve times and purposes, I
am not disposed to deny ; having my,.
felf seen its force and meaning appli
ed both to uriity and discord in a Short
space of time : But that pradical fed#
eralifm and republicanism, mean the
fame thing, I cannot fully give in to.
Certainly Mr. Gilman's desire of con#
tinuing himfelf so long in office, is op
posed to the spirit of our government,
which evidently contemplated fre#
quent changes. The framers of our
constitution discovered, in that par
ticular a thorough knowledge of the
human heart, well knowing that the
frequent gift of office would suggest
the assumption of power; but I am
persuaded, could they have forefeen
that repeated ele&ions of the fame
person would be urged as a reason for
further continuance, a restraining
claule would have been inserted in
the iConftitution.
Whatever Mr. Gilman^s qualifi.
cations for Governor have been, let
it now be understood that the best of
men are liable to failings and preju-,
dices—that in high offices, as in oth.
er Rations, they form connexions,
which at firft may be extensive, yet
time with manly habits, drive from
the chair of State all but a few cour~
tiers and fyeophants, who immediate
ly close their column and guard the
avenues of all except friends and ad
mirers. Thus the ears of the Execu
tive are shut to general application,
an evil in itfelf Sufficient to juftify a
change of officers— if any other man
in the state can be found capable of
filling the office rendered by common
fame profoundly intricate—and in
our pursuit let us be governed by
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principle rather than men—firft con
sidering the work to be done, and then
of the person naturally disposed to the
;undertaking. So guided, our atten
tion will be drawn to
Col. JOHN LA^G^CT ^
as the person uniting hhe wiffies of
all men acknowledging themselves at.
tached to republican principles and
pra&ice, who has uniformly for thir.
ty years past avowed himfelf to be of
that description, and with such pro.
sessions has sustained many confiden
tial and important offices, under the
State and General Governments, and
acquitted himfelf to the general fatifr
fa&ion of all unprejudiced minds.—
Those of my fellow#citizens not per.
fonally acquainted with the candi
dateswill find.it difficult to guard a
gainst partial information, flowing
from the boasted comparisons drawn
in the governmental papers, and al.
so from persons conne&ed with the
present Governor, whose particular
favours many have already tided,
and stilt more are looking up for pre
ferment : Byway of dedu&ion let
it be remembered that Mr. Langdon
has no such special blessing co bellow
—Recolle& the recommendations
given Mr. L. by the frequent 'appro
batory calls of State and Congression
al bodies, uninfluenced by hope or
fear. Be assured that ?hofe marks
of confidence and dillinaion would
have been withheld from the man de
graded as they would represent him
to you. Confider that the towns in
the vicinity, and best acquainted with
the candidates, give Mr. Langdon
• a large majority ofvo^s. And can
you believe them less capable of efti#
mating the real worth of each, or
more liable to prejudice ? The whole
weight of executive influence contra
di&s a supposition like either. If you
will but take the trouble of fell ex
amination with openness to convic
tion, inquire into the fads, the neces
sity or propriety of appointing anad#
ditional host of civil magistrates, [ '.
Shall not be at any loss to determine
who will be Governor the prelent
year. One of the People.
THE Governor of, Newyork, in
bis late speech to the Legislature of
that State, notices the interruption of
our right of deposit at New Orleans,
and the condufl of the President on
the occasion, in a prudent, yeflpiriteJ
and dignified manner. He expresses
the Sentiments of the real friends of
our government and country.
The public are requested to notice
and remember the party, and the lead
ers of that party, who have urged the
measure of seizing upon New Orleans
by force, without ceremony or previ
ous negociaiion; and have condemn
ed the President for nominating an
Envoy extraordinary on the occasion.
The time may come, when thefepat
rons of hostilities before negociation,
will wish to difavQw their weak and
wicked policy. Chron.
WAR HAWKS'" The Federalism
are clamorous against the President
because he wishes to maintain union
at home and peace abroad ; and that
he has adopted measures to obtain the
^ffoLUME lll.— Number 107.
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