The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1803-03-17 00:00:00, page 2

hevet wrote or insinuated any thing
which could countenance such a falf.
'hood. Whether he had or had not
denied the calumny attributed to him,
it so happened, that the writer of this
dined at General Dearborns on the
fame day that Mr. Paine dined there.
Mrs. Dearborn is a venerable, mod
. est, motherly woman, perfectly do.
meftic and unassuming. On the day
Mr. Paine dined there, the conversa
tion turned wholly on the events of
the American & French revolutions,
and particularly on the mifeonduaof
Silas Deane./ During the whole time
of dinner, religious conversation was
not once brought up, and immediate.
Iv upon the removal of the cloth, Mrs.
Dearborn and her daughter, Mrs.
Wingate, retired, to our general re
lu&ance, and evidently to theirs, for
the conversation was interesting, and
the ladies who had been joined by
several others after dinner, intimated
that the conversation would be accep.
table in the drawing room.
66 It also happened, that Mr. Paine
remained at the general's until seven
o'clock in the evening, when he part
ed with the family in perfed civility,
and that th/ writer of this accompani
ed him to his lodgings, and that he has
as conQantly, as at any other place,
Ipaid visits to the family. Mr. Paine,
so far from being an unpleasant or
morose charader, has been consider
ed in many companies where I hap
pened to be, as a most agreeable and
interesting man, from the fund of an
ecdote which he possesses, and his
readiness to communicate it—where
the company is agreeable. Whether
the authors of such calumnies and the
various forgeries that are daily bro't
forth, confider them as the left means
of supporting religion and proving
their morality, let others judge,"
CONTRAST.
fa- Read and judge for Yourfebes. ,
Under the former administration,
the National Debt increased almost a
million of dollars a year, upon an av.
erage; and according to their system,
<there was no rational probability that
it would ever be reduced a cent. —-
On the firft of January, 1790, when
it was completely funded, it was dol
lars 69,740,366 27 cents. January
ift, 1801, it was 80,161,207 dollars
60 cents, an increase of 10.420:841
dollars 33 cents in eleven years, or
dols. 947,349 21 cts. aveiage annual
increase. The present administra
tion, notwithstanding their abolition
of all the internal taxes, have been
enabled, as the President officially as
sures us in his message, " to answer
all the regular exigencies of govern
ment, to pay from the treasury, with,
in one year, upwards of eight millions
of dollars, and interest, of the public
debt, exclusive of upwards of one
million paid by the sale of bank flock,
and making in the whole a reduction
of nearly five millions and an half of
principal, and to have now in the trea
sury four millions and an half of dol
lars, which are in a course ofapplica.
tion to the further discharge of debt,
and current demands." Here is dem
onstration. Federalists, behold in this
contrast an absolute contradidion of
your predi&ions, and a mathematical
refutation of your system. Repub
licans, rejoice in the a&ual fulfil,
mencofyour most sanguine expecta
tions, and the praHical confirmation
of your principles. Fellow Citizens
of all political denominations, attend
to official statements; be convinced
by fads, and inftru&ed by expert
ence. If it is not a clear, established
unequivocal dictate of interest, and
therefore of duty, to support Repub
lican men and meafures,in preference
to modern federalifts, then " calcula^
tion is a cheat, and arithmetic a liar."
[SWNr
0 The NEW CONGRESS,
e^=arai
TRENTON, (N. J.) Feb. 28.
Dissolution of the Seventh Congress.
Thursday next, the 3d March,
puts a period to the Seventh Con
igrefs of the UintedStates.
The Eighth Congress, whose
time of meeting agreeably to the
Constitution is on the firft Mon
day of December next, but who
may perhaps convene earlier on
account of the Mississippi busi
ness, will be much regenerated
and purged from Federalism,
falfely so called,
, In Senate, the terms of eleven
of the present members will ex
pire with the 3d of March. Os
these eleven, three, viz- Ander
son, Th Foster, and S. T.iMa
son, are Republicans. The lat
ter of these, from Virginia, has
been re-eleaed. The second,
from Rhode-Ifland, has been fu
perceded by Samuel % Potter,
also a Republican. And the for
mer, from the Republican state of
Tennessee, will undoubtedly be
re-eleaed, or succeeded by a Re
publican. — S_o that nothing will
be loft to the Republican interest
by the expiration of the terms of
these three Republican Senators.
The remaining eight Senators,
whose terms are about expiring,
are all Federalists. Os these
8, two, Hillhouse and White
have been re-eleaed— one, J.
Mason, fuperceded by John Q
Adams, also a Federalist— one,
Ogden, from this state, neither
re-eleaed nor fuperceded—and
four, viz. Chipman of Vermont,
Howard of Maryland, Ross of
Penfylvania, & Morris of New
york, turned out, and Republi
cans put in their places., So
that five being taken from the
I Federal party in senate, and four
i added to the Republican party,
I will make our majority in that
I body ^i^e larger than at present.
This majority will also be aug
mented by two Republican Sen
ators from the new state of Ohio ;
and probably still further encreaf
ed by a Republican Senator from
this state in the room of Og
den.j
The House of Representatives,
being still more within the reach
of the people than the Senate,
has experienced a greater reform
mation ; and at the next meeting
of Congress, the Federalists in
both houses will be as contempt
ible in numbers as they are in
principle and conduct.
War Propositions.
Philad. Feb. 22. Tn the Senate
of the United States, on the 16th
inflant Mr. Ross submitted the
following Resolutions. which
were read, and made t^ order
of the day for Monday next.
Resolved, That the United S.
have an indisputable right to the
navigation of the river Mississip
pi and to a convenient place of
deposit for their produce |nd
merchandize in the island of New-
Orleans.
That the late infraafon of
such their unquestionable right, is
an aggression hostile to their hon
qi and interest.
That it does not config with the
dignity or fafety of this union, to
hold a right so important by a
tenure so uncertain.
That it materially concerns
such of the American citizens as
dwell on the weftern waters ;
and is essential to the union,
strength and prosperity of these
states, that they obtain complete
security for the full and peacea
ble enjoyment of such their abso
lute right.
That the president be author
ifed to take immediate possession
of such places in the said island,
or the adjacent territories, as he
may deem fit arid convenient, for
the purposes aforfaid ? and to a
dopt such other measures for ob-/
taining that complete security
as to him, in his wisdom shall
seem meet.
That he be authorifed to call ;
into actual service, any number
of the malitia of th% states of
South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio,
Kentucky, Tennessee, or of the
Mifliffipi territory, which he may
think proper, not exceeding fifty
thousand, and to employ them
together with the military and
naval forces of the union for ef
feaing the objects above men
tione/i.
That the sum of five millions
of dollars be appropriated to the
carrying into effea the foregoing
resolutions ; and that the whole
or any part of that sum be paid
or applied on warrants drawn in
pursuance of such directions as
the president may, from time to
time, think proper to give to the
secretary of the treasury.
I AMENDMENT.
A motion was made by Mr.
Breckenridge, to amend them by
striking out from the word Re
solved, and infcrting the follow
'n b :
That the President of the U°
States be, and he is hereby author
ized, whenever he shall judge it
expedient, to require of the exe
cutives of the several states to take
effectual measures to organize,
and equip, according to law, and
hold in readiness to march at a
moment's warning 80,000 effect
ive militia, officers included.
Refolded, That the President
may, if he judges it expedient,
authorize the executives of the
several states to accept, as part of
the detachment aforefaid, any
corps of the volunteers, who shall
continue in service for such time
riot exceeding months, and
perform such services as shall be
prescribed by law.
Resolved, That dollars
be appropriated for paying and
fubfiftirig such part of the troops
aforefaid, whose actual service
may be wanted, and defraying
such other expenses as, during the
recess of Congress, the President
may deem necessary for the se
curity of the territory of the U.
States.
Refolded, That dollars be
appropriated for erecting, at such
place or places on the weftern
writers as the President may judge
most proper, one or more arse
nals.
On these last resolutions a de,
bate ensued which continued to 4
late hour in which Messrs- Breck r
enridge, Clinton, Cocke, anq
Jackion supported ; and Messrs.
White, Mason, and Dayton op-)
posed them.
On Yefterdav the debate was
continued by Messrs. Wells, Rof^
and Morris againftthe resolutions I
of Mr Breckenridge and by Mr.
Wright in their favor, until 7 o'-
clock, when the Senate adjourn
ed.
Washington, Feb. 25.
Extract of a letter from Havanna, da^ \
ted 2\ft fa. 1803.
" The government here have
refufed to ^rant any more licences
for the admission of Lumber into
this Island from the United States,^
and on the I,3th inft° the Inten
dant General passed an official
note to the Collector of the Cus
toms to that effea."
CUncarD, March 17, 1803.
&T The Election.
Mem. Although, (as the Peet fiys)
" Praifa u%^jtr<v'd, is fain in riifgui/e
Yet, as the Dartmouth Printer was undoubt,
edly jinart, we feel the fame obligation to 6:.%
as if we really merited the high compliment
the Dart. Gazette p yius in " pronouncing"
“ the able Editor of the Democratic paoer" at
Concord " a relative of the Worcefkr
Farmer !" Really, we had never antic
ipated this exalted comparifoo—but<t nukes
us neither proud nor ferry !—— -^e have no
difrelilh for such very gad natural jokes —
— —ltem, we should be glad the ^ifo print
er of the Aristocratic paper at Hanover would
be so very condescending as to point out the
particular towns in this " part of the State,"
in which his "just principle," as he calls to
ryijm and anti republicauifm, are '' <wa£in^
jtrong!” Is it in Hopkinton ? here the Re
publicans, the Constitutional republicans, the
friends of John Langdon, have gained 54 votes
and the parasites of His Excellency J. T. G.
have left 29, making a difference from the last
yearof 83 in favour of republicaoifm! Is it at
Bofcawen, in Salisbury, in Dunbarton ? here,
tor, federalifm has gain'd nothing ! We find in
the Dartmouth Gazette aforefaid, a long lift of
towns, in which taken all together Mr. L ag
don has gained a number of votes —and thofa
who vote for him this year, we confider as re
publicans, a&iog upon principle, and favour
able to the General Government as at present
administered upon genuine American Repub
lican principles: —These men will stand faft
in their integrity ; and altho' the Republi
cans of Newhampfhire, may still find them
selves in the State minority, yet it is a minori
ty refpeaable in numbers —and so formidable'
'does it appear to federalifm, that anti-republi
canism is this year rallying its ^boh strength
td aaion!—Every thing in the shape of a man,
from 80, down to 21, the halt, the lame, and.
the oahtudemar,, are brought up to the poll !
Federal exertion is increased with theirfap of
the predominance of Democrat,.
This firmnefs and exertion, is laudable, we
applaud it, if used in an honest, good cause:
—But, if the cause of Federalism be the cause
of Virtue and Truth, why need its advocates
resort to pr/onal feurrility and positive falfe
hoods against Mr. Langdon to sustain the elec
tion of Mr. Gilman ?— This locks " squally !"
to fay the least.
Among the virtuous means used this year,
by the religious federalifts, to help Mr. Gil
man's eleaion, plain truth has had the lowest
station, fair lies have formed the Van It
has been not only insinuated bg, averted that
Mr. Langdon is an infidel, entirely destitute of
virtue, an enemy to religion—This has been
told wherever it would answer. —Another bold -
assertion has been, and which has had consid
erable influence on the uninformed, that Col.
John Langdon, while judge of the Court, and
iwhen the court was fitting in Fortfmouth, had
a large ship come in from sea, and that he in
stantly on her arrival left the feat of justice to
attend to bis own private bufatfs, to the ftop
ing of the business of the court and the great
disgrace and damage of the state ! — Now any
man who would do thus, surely ought never
again to be entrusted in a public office—But.
the truth is, John Langdon never was a Judge
of any Court, and the rest of the fabrication
falls of course. -Many other artifices have
been resorted to by the friends of order, which
to Democrats appear rather incompatible with
stria propriety ; such as merchants offering
to fell their goods cbtapr to these who would
be Federalists and vote for Mr. Gilrcan, and
to others offers of pay for the &ty, if they would
all turn out for Federalism and Gilman !
Let not our opponents fay this is Jatobin rant:.
for what we have fitted, are absolute fads-