The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-12-16 00:00:00, page 2

raft for tyranny. Scarcely wets they placed
in the feat of power and cffice, than federal
firn was lo be diftroyed, and the reptefenta
troefyflem ofgoveromeut, the pride and glo
ry ot America, and the palladium of her lib
terties/was to be overthrown and abolffhed.-*^
The next generation was not to be free. The;
Ton Was to bend his neck beneath the father's
foot, and live, deprived of his rights under he
reditary controul. Among the men of this
apostate description, is to be ranked the ex
prefident John Adams. It has been the poli
tical career of this man to begin with hypo,
crify, proceed with arrogance, and fnifh In
'contempt. May such be the fate of all <uch
char&aers. _
I have had doubts of John Adams ever face
fheyear 1776. In a cooverfation with meat
that time, concerning the pamphlet Cten
Sf*fa, he centered ft because it attacked the
English form of government. John was for
independence, because he expe&ed to be made
great by it ; but it was not difficult to per.
ceive,for the surliness of his temper makes him
an awkward hypocrite, that his head was as
full of kings, queens and trntves, as a pack of
cards. But John has loft deal.
When , man has a Concealed projea in his
brain that he wants to bring forward and feats
wi I not succeed, he begins with it as phyfcians
do by fufyaed poison, try it fitft on an ani
foil, if it agree with the stomach of the ani
mal he in let further experiments, and this
was the way John took. His brain was teem-
Ing with prefers to overturn the liberties of
America and the representative system of gov-
Moment, and he began by hinting it in little
companies. The secretary of J^hn J a X> an
excellent painter and a poor politician, told
me, in presence of another American, Daniel
Parker, that in a company where himfelf was
prefetr, John Adams talked of making the
government hereditary, & that as Mr. W^m
ingro? bad no children, it should be made he
reditary in the family of Lund Washington.
John had not impudence enough to propose
himfelf in the firft instance, as the old French;
Normandy baron did, who offered to come 0-
ver to be king of America, and if congress did
not accept his offer, that they would give him
thirty thousand pounds for the generality of
it ; but John, like a mole, was grabbing his
way to it under ground. He knew that Lund
Washington was unknown, for nobody had
beard of him, and that as the prefixent had 00
children to succeed him, the vice pufident
had, and if the treason had succeeded and the
hint with it, the goldsmith might be fe,t for 1
to take measure of the head of John or his son
Q_ for a golden wig. In this case the-good
people of B fton might hive for a king the
man they have rejected as a delegate. The
~~h"" reprefant,tive system to fatal to ambtyun.^
Knowing, as I do, toe consummate vanfry;
of John Adz'ms, and the fhillownefc of his;
- judgment, I can easily picture to myfelf that
when he arrived at the Federal City, he was
strutting in the pomp of his imagination be
)fere the prefiJential houfe,cr in the audience
hall, sod exulting in the language of Nebu-
ChadntzZaf—" b #,/ ibis great llibflin tbatl 1
have builtfor the be^er *f m, majfy !" But in,
that unfortunate hour, or soon after, John,|
like Nebuchadnezzar, was driven f.r<m among:
men, and fled with the speed ofa post horfe.l
Some of John Adam?' loyal fubj^as, I fee. |
have been to present him with an addrels onl
his birth day ; but the language they use is
too tame for the occefirm. Birth-day addrefles
like birth-day odes, Ihnuld not creep along ,
like dew-drops down a Cabbage leaf, but roll
in a torrent of poetical metaphor. I will give
them a foecimen for the next year- Here it isl
When an Ant, in travelling over the
globe, lifts up its fat, and puts it again
on the ground, it Jhakes the earth to its
Centre : Bit when YOU, the might, ant
of the Eafcuas born, ^c. &c. and the
centre jumped upon the faface. , ~
Tblf, gentlemen, is the proper style of ad
drift from wit bred ants to the monarch of
the ant hills; and as I never take pay for
preaching, prayfog, politics or poetry, I make
you a present of it. Some people talk of im.
peaching John Adams ; but I am for fofter
measures. I would keep him to make fun of
—He will then aufwer one of the ends for
which he was boro, and be ought to be thank
fol that lam arrived to take hts part. I vot
ed io earnest to save the life of one unfortunate
king, and I now vote in jest to save another.
It is my fate to be alweys playing with foolb
But to return to federalifm and apoftacy.
The plan of the leaders of the fadion was
to overthrow the liberties of the new world,
and place government on the corrupt system
of the old. They wanted to hold their power
I by a more lifting tenure than the choice of
their constituents. It is impossible to account
for their conduct and the meafure# they adopt
ed, on any other ground. But to accomplis
that obfea, attending army and a prodigal re
venue must be raised ; and to obtain these,
pretences must he invented to deceive. Al
arms of dangers that did pot erifi even in im
agination, but fa the dire& spirit of lying,
were forced abroad. Apoftacy stalked thro'
the land to the garb of patriotism, and the
torch of treason blinded for a while the flame
Y , of liberty. " ' J _
(, For what purpose could an array of twenty
W foe thonfind men be wanted? A finale re-
II Qloa might have taught the most credulous
that while the war raged between France and
England, neither could spare a man to invade
America. For what purpose then could it be
wanted? The case eateries its own explana
tion. It was wanted for the purpole of des
troying the reprefeotative system, for it could
I be employed ter no other. Are these men fe
'deralifts? If thevare, tltey are federalized to
deerhe and 0 destroy-
The rage agaiaft Dr. Logan's patriotic and
voluntary million to France, was excited by
the flume they felt at the detedion of the filfe
alarms they had circulated. As to the oppo
sition given by the remount of the faction to
the repeal of the faxes laid on during the for.
mer administration, it is easily accounted for.
The repeal of tbofe taxes wss a fenteoce of
condemnation on those who laid them on, and
in the opposition they gave to that repeal,
they are to be coofidered m the light of crim,
inals ftandiog on their defence, and the court,
try has passed judgment upon them.
THOMAS PAINE.
Cit, of Washington, Lovells
Hotel, Nov. 19, 1802. „-,
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©be flail.
LIBERTY OF ST. DOMINGO.
Port da Prince, 08. 12.
The inhabitants of this unhappy
island, are loaded with taxes. They
have just been taxed nineteen mil-
Iliens of livres, under the pretence
that these different duties are for the
maintenance of the army charged
to re-eftabli/h order in St. Dornin
go -
The commodities, goods or ani
mals of every person whatever, are
Iput into requisition ; and when pay
-Iment is asked for, the plaintiff is
I laughed at, and after having pouted
on him a thousand injuries, they
roughly puffi him out of doors. Lv
icry day such a feehe is renewed.
The very inhabitants who are
! overloaded with such enormous tax-.
I es, are, compelled to go upon guard
I fifteen times a month, often to go out
lof the city at night in the mountains,
where they are sent to be murdered
by the rebellious negroes.
Every body privately complains of
the despotism of the commanded
I arid of the genital oppreffion^ OTt
; alas ! no one dare to raise his voice,
and only laments his doom in 6-
fence.
This is, in a few words, our de
plorable fixation. Hence nineteen
;out of twenty inhabitants of the col
-1 ony would be very glad to leave it.
I Far from having any chance to bet-
I tex our situation, we are but too much
iconvinced that they only want to
take from us the few dollars left us by
the negroes.
* Among the negroes taken and ex.
ecuted at St. Domingo, were seen
many marks of the moll undaunted
courage, contempt of death, and a
version to their executioners. One
gentleman tells us, that hearing of
their undaunted behavior, he was in
duced to attend fohie of the execu
tions. At one of them, five fellows
were ordered to be shot. On the
way they (truck up a dance, sung and
drank as if they were going on a
party of pkafure. When they came
,0 the line that was drawn for them,
they moved to it with a bold, un
daunted step, kneeled down, stretch
ed their bodies and head ere&, and
cried 66 Fire away, you murdering
wretches.' Another day, our inform
mant went to fee an old negro hung.
When he came to the ground, he
looked up, and said to the officer of
the guard, 6 So, captain, you have
honored me with a ney gibbet.' He
asked for drink, which was given him
by the executioner, who pouring it
too fall, the black jerked away his
head, and said, 6 Dam it you, don't
choak me before my time.' Previ
ous to the fatal moment, he chatted to
;thofe around him with as much feefe^
ing fang froid as any of the fpe&a
tors. When he was ordered, he
mounted the ladder, said it would be
soon over, leaned so as to&orten the
length of the rope, and when he saw it
made faft, threw himfelf off the lad
der, with as much seeming ease as if
he was diving into the river.
Accounts by late vessels fay, that;
after many actions of various confer |
quences, the blacks had about the be,
ginning of O&ober, drove the whole
of the army both horse and foot, the I
foot, that was encamped on the plainl
between Cape-Francois and the hills,|
into the town ; and had so far shewn
their superiority, that Gen. Le Clerc
had ordered all the inhabitants of the
Cape to embody themselves to sup
port the army, when called upon, and
it is added, that had not the small
reinforcement of troops they receiv
ed in September, arrived at that crit
ical juncture, they mull fled to their
shipping, or been cut off. In short,;
the French aiein the utmost want of :
both men and money to support them 1
in the forlorn hope..
We are told that in the action a-j
bout the middle of Sept, near thel
town, the French loft a general offi-[
cer, and a great number of their;
whites who Were killed--and that a
brigade of the blacks went over andj
joined their brethren. [Phil. pap.<
NEWYORK, Nov. 22.
It is believed that Mr. Lincoln, the
Attorney-General of the United S.
will be the Republican candidate for
Vice- President at the next election.
Watch Tower.
The federal dogs grow very warm
—they walk about and lop out their
tongues=the canine heat makes them
very reftlefs —upon Mr. Paine's fee
ond letter, their tongues are perceive
ed to be more and more fwoln
froth, and blackness about the mouth
—O ye generation of vipers ! where
are your black Cockades ?
The more we confider the coun
try of Gallatin the more we are en
igaged by his singular fi uarion and
by the comparative value of the tal
ents, which have been employed in
Geneva. Calvin who there eftab#
lifhed his religion, became the father
of the reformed Churches in Europe,
which he visited and served. De|
Lolme has been the best writer on the;
English Conditution in the opinion
of its admirers. Neckar gave his
best talents to France in exchange for
those of Calvin, and Gallatin is flour
ilhing in America.
FEDERAL MODESTY.
Hartford (Con.) Nov. 28.
It may be relied on as a fa&, that
Letters from some Federal Law.
tersin ConneHicul(l4^ riotedfriends
of order) were written to gentlemen
of that profeffion in the ftace of Ver#
mont, advising them by all means to
plead to the jurisdiction of the Cir.
cuit Court, and if possible to procure j
a continuance of all the causes, so that
it might go out to the public as tho°
the courts had fcruples'as to the con
stitutionality of the existing Circuit
Court. The contents of those letters
were communicated to the gentlemen
of the Bar of that State, but the dis
organizing propolal was rejected with
difaain. American Mercur,.
SHOCKING.
Bennington, Nap. 22. On the morn#
ing of the 17th inst. departed this life
in this town, Daniel Stratton, son of
Mr. Joel Stratton, in the 20th year
of his age. This youth was seized
with what the phificians termed the
Sciatica, [hip-gout] in July 1791, in
adreadful manner, and at different
periods endured a diAocation of molt
of the joints of his body. For eight
1 years past, la^Oaober, he never ftep
jped on his feet; his back was drawn
; out of joint before he was confined to
' bis bed, and soon afterwards all his
joints one after another, even to his 1
fingers, were dislocated and rendered
f ufelefi, except the right elbow which
:enabled him to move his right hand
} about an inch or two up or down on
his breast. For fix years last past, he
was not turned in his bed or moved
I in any way, but by removing his bed-
IRead and all together. For 3 years,
I ending in March last, his jaws were
set, and all his sustenance administer
ed, diced so thin as to be thrust into
the orifice, about the Bth of an inch
wide, and the disorder affecting his
eyes, deprived him of fight for three,
years. He was afterwards, by the
inveteracy of his disorder, renderedl
entirely'deaf of one ear, and received
no liquid but what he fucked through
I a draw for two years before he died. ,(
; What is remarkable in his case is, he A
j retained his senses through the wholel
%term, and his power of utterance nev-J
ler failed him. He knew people by
I the tone of the voice, or their foot.
I steps, as quick as any one, while his
!hearing remained. In his last mo# |
men:s he called the haufehold toge-
Ither and bid them farewel in an as-N
I feaing manner, and died calm and
composed, a dreadful instance of the
mighty power, and solemn dealing of
God in the dispensations of his provi.
dence, and a sacred proof of the ope
i rations of his hand, exceeding the
powers intellectual nature to account
f° r -I
FALSE PITY.
Philadelphia, Dec. 1. Many are
disposed to pity the ex-president, and
wish him fuffered like Mr. Bassett toI
die off calmly—compassionate fouls,
do they reflet on the injuries he has
done, and the greater he would have
done if fuftred to continue in the
presidential chair ?—was he not an
enemy to the people having their just
share in the government of themselves It
—Was it not Mr. Adams who declar
ed the people no better than " wolves," A
and that a nobility was neceffar, to keep q
them in order ? Away then with com
miDeration where it does not belong,
and let the actions of Mr. Adams, his
anti-democratic principles, and tris fate,
I be coriftantly held up as a warning to
;all who innovate on the eftablilhed
regulations of an honest people.
Auroras
If the tor, prints are not remarka
ble for any thing else, we undoub ed
iy must allow they excel in their im.
pudence and difrcfpe& for the public
understanding—to-day they profefs
to be the mod ardent and in fad the
onl, supporters and admirers of the
Con/litution —to morrow, they declare
themselves opposed to the government
of the, cop le— what is the constitution?
by whom was it foundad ? if the people
are nothing, what becomes of the can.
Jtitution? That instrument begins
I thus: “ V[E, the People of the U.S.
&c. Sc. DO ORDAIN and ESTABLISH
this Constitution,' &c.—and yet
we are told this peoble ought to have
nothing to do in the government —
that its form is not democratic, and that■
its real and onl, fuppoiters ate those
who deny the power under which it
was formed, and these supporters too
but a small minority of the nation-—|
the impudence that can stimulate to
the advancing such dodrines can only
be equalled by the Cupidity of those ['
who are gulled thereby. Aurora.
Mr. Paine, in his second letter to
the citizens of America, takes the bull l
of federalifm by the horns, and expos
es this political beast, in all his native
hypocrisy and deformity. It is truly
laughable how Mr. Paine thru (Is king
John the firft (and last) into the hole
along with his sankee nobility, or Bar
ons I On this important question, the
public will fee the temper and replies
of the tory printers and the fort of de
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