The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1803-03-10 00:00:00, page 3

that Nev, Orleans should be held
by the U. States—is hot this a
more favorable opportunity to
become possessed of it than any
other which will probably offer
for a century to come, and.ought I
not the attempt to be made ?
“ The peculiar circumstances
of the place, combined with those
of the two nations between whom
it is jn the a& of being transfer
red ;'the youth and infant fcttle
ment of the country, are all fa
vorable to such an expiation.
“ Mr. Monroe, it is said, is go
ing to Europe on this business,
and can there be a man th the U.
States who will withhold his
wishes for success ?—The inhab
itant of the W. Country will fee
in the undertaking an effort to
liberate the exportation of his
produce from all future imped
iment—The merchants of the}
eastern states will perceive their
interests consulted in restoring
and securing to them a post at-'
fording ftrong.and encreafing
sources of trade. While the peo
ple at large must approve the rea
sonableness of fecking redress in {
the firft instance by mild andl
peaceable measures, congenial to:
the Government of their choice, I
and compatible with their dear
est interests. While the facrific
es and calamities necessarily in
cident to a date of war, are re
served as the last resort for the re-'
establishment of their rights.
" With this line of conduct the
inhabitant# of the Weftern Coun
itry are fatisfied, and it is to be
, presumed that if those more im
mediately interested are willing to
wait the issue of negociation, the
other citizens of the United States
can have no reasonable ground of
tomplaint."
Extras of a letter to the Editors,
dated Washington, February 16.
" Mr. Ross, of Pennsylvania, ;
I this day brought forward a refo-
Ilution1 lution authorizing the President
[ to take possession of New.Orle-.
I aps—to raise 50,000 of the fouth- |
I ern and weftern militia, and to;
■ appropriate five millions of dol
■ lars. It was preceeded by an
I inflammatory speech, and is made,
■ the order of the day for Monday
I next."-— Citizen.
Our sister State, Ohio, is des
tined to shine a bright constella
tion in the federal galaxy. The
nerves of her brave and hardy
sons are strung to freedom; their
resolution, firm as the base of
Alleghany, is, that their rich
vales shall never be blasted by the
&'rude hand of oppression, nor the
I fruits of their industry go to swell
¥ the coffers of a tyrant.
UAlbany Reg.
I Washington city, Feb.lß.
■ On Wednesday Mr. Ross made
■ another speech in the Senate on the
■ measures recently pursued at New-
I Orleans- In this speech Mr. Ross un
■ dertook at considerable length to
I prove the policy of immediately tak
■ ing possession of New-Orleans ; and
concluded by moving resolutions —
authorifing the President to take New-
Orleans—authorifing a draft of 50000
militia ;'and appropriating five mil
ton of dollars. }
Mr. Munroe has left this city for
Newyork, from which place he will
immediately fail for Europe.
NATCHEZ, Jan. 8.
I fan. 5, 1803. Refolded, by the Legif-
I Native Council and House of Reprefent=
atives of the Miffffippi territory in gen
eral affembl, convened,
That it is expedient for this legifla.
cure to express their sentiments re
fpe&ing the discontinuance of the
place of deposit for American mer.
chandizes and effeds at the port of
New- Orleans,1
Refolded, That the governor of this
territory be requested to forward the
following memorial, to our delegate
in Congress, to be by him presented
tothe President, Senate and House of
Representatives of the U. States.
'MEMORIAL,
Os the Legislative Council and House of
Representatives of the Mifftflippi ter
ritory, Tothe President, &c,
YOUR memorialifts beg leave to ex
press their feelings and sentiments rela.
tive to an event, by which the interests
of weftern America in general, and of
this territory in particular, are materi
ally affeded. While the treaty of
San Lorenzo et Real secured the free
navigation of the Mississippi and a con
venient place of deposit for the mer
chandizes and effects of American
Itraders, it politically incorporated this
country as a part of the U. States.—
lUnder this auspicious change, we lee
lour trade flourifhing, our property a
rising rapidly in value, and we felici
tated ourselves in being the free and
happy citizens of an independent re
publican. Reposing in national faith
for a continual observation of ftipu.
lated privileges we had indulged the
sanguine expedition, that this state of
prosperity would not have been soon
interrupted.
The motives which may have in
fluenced the Spanish government, to
withhold from us a place of deposit,
ate a lubjed of conje&ure; but no
doubt can exist as to the a& itfelf be,
ing a dire& infraction of our treaty
with that nation.
A recent order by the government
of Louisiana, prohibitig all intercourse
between the citizens of the United S.
and the fubjeds of Spain, has confide,
rably encreafed the embarrassment
;upon our trade, and breathes a spirit
of still greater enmity to the United
; States.
Your memorialifts, conscious of the
I wisdom, justice and energy of the gen.
eral government, rest assured, that np
succor will be withholden which exist
ing circumstances may require ; and
so far as may depend on us, we ten
!der to our country our lives and for
tunes, in support of such measures as
Congfefs may deem necessary, |o vin
dicate the honor and protest the inter
est of the U. States. (Signed)
WILLIAM G. FORMAN,
Speaker of the House.
JOHN ELLIS, President of Coun.
Attest, Felix Hughs, Secr.
COnCOrD, March" 10, 1803.
Married in this towri, Mr. Jeremiah Ward
well, of Andover, Ms. to Miss Susannah Ea
ton, of this place.
Died, very faddeoly, on Monday evening
last, Mrs. Farnum, wife of Lt. Benj. Farnum
of this town. She went to bed well, was tak
en in a fit, and died before any assistance
could be called.
At the close of the poll in this town
on the ift inst. the votes for State
officers flood as follows ""°I
For Qov. J. Langdon 130— J. T.
Gilman 148—total 27&J! Note this is
the highest vote given during the day —■
the vote for Representative, was 248,
thirty left! o~How the Yeomanry
of Concord, could thus pome forward
in their federal zeal, and give a ma.
jority to Mr. Gilman, over Mr. Lahg,
I don, (when it it well known that the
one has been always inimical, to the
town of Concord, and the other has
been uniformly friendly to it)-can be
accounted for on no rational princi.
pies: It is a solecism of condud, that
nothing but federal witchcraft can rec
oncile. It is time, however, that our
citizens were awake to their own in.
terefts. Concord, by its difeord and
division against its own interest, and
in favor of the Exeter interest, has
become the sport of afaflion, and a
bye-word in the state,— —Nature has
placed Concord in an eminent point
—in the centre of the State— this is
the na&ral the most eligible place for
the keeping of the Public Offices, in
stead of at Exeter, and for the perma
nent sessions of the General Court—
but we exhibit the picture of a house
divided against itfelf —we exhibit the
fpe£la&fef a majority for Exeter !
Les&“ Old School" zealots, thefed
erdl refablican patriots, reconcile it.
For Councillor for R. County, Levi
Bartlett 101—Jof. Blanchard 105—
For Regifer of Deeds, J- Adams
^g —N. Parker B— Count, Treasurer
N. Folfop 67—0. Peabody 76 !=
For Reprfentati\ie for Concord, John
Bradley 98— WaA. Kent 150—total
248! thirty less wan for Governor !
altho the question of Representative has
usually ''piped all hands! '.
N. B. When the Courier scribbler,
" Old School," will explain what his.
party really mean by me terms “ Fed-|
eral-Republican" and“ Old School,"§
he (hall be informed of the meaning of?
" American Republican Gazette." Till}
he does, this Gazette, by its Contents,
must speak its explanation.
•~*r'gwr
@3° The Double-Vote.
Atthe meeting in this town, the ballots for
Governor were thrown twice—The firft time
they flood for Mr. Langdon 137, and for Mr.
Gilman 142 —We have seen it stated, that the
friends of Mr. Langdon being diffatisfied call
ed for a second trial, &%—This ba„uw to be
a federal mistake—the Truth is, that some of
the federal psry firft disputed the vote, at the
fame time alledgiog that several perlons had
put in too, worn a ,ira — 4 — It was then urged
'by the Republicans to make the vote 'certain,
by polling, as the law dire&s—this was objed
ed to by the advocates of Mr. Gilman—when
the poll was demanded by many more freehol
ders than the number required by law to make
the vote certain—the moderator gave hisopin
ion that a pit in this case was unconstitutional
.—and nofyithftanding more than seven free
4hclders demanded a decision by poll, and the
demand was not lultbdraw,, yet the federalifts
moved and voted a reconfiguration of the firft
ballot —and then proceeded to ballot again !—
Did this make theffl vote certain, as the law
requires ? -No—and it left the lof as vague
as the firft !—Perhaps the ftfclijh had best
not exult too much—if the vote of Concord
can ultimately decide the deaion, away will
perhaps befound to set it aside, unless Fede
ralism can make the law a, thing or nothing.
Communication.
There were 140 votes last year for
Col. Langdon in Concord. The small
deficiency of 10 the present year was
from the cause of a number of repub
licans being absent in procuring tim
ber for the new (federal) bridge. Had
all the republicans been present, Mr.
Langdon would have received some
accession of votes the present year.
The extra number of votes given
for Gov. G. was either owing to nra,
ny's being induced to vote for him by
the violent exertions of his particular
friends in this place, who have not u
sually voted at all, or to some other
reason that cannot at present be ac.
counted for. 3
It would be diverting to know, if it
could be afcertaiaed, how many Jus
tice Commifflons were held up as lures
^toinchfflr, and fidelity in the Exeter
WWk at the late annual meeting in/
Concord. P. S. All the Justices jidt
tyle in Concord, are federaliJls—/
THE circulc^rf so refpeasble a town
4$ Hopkinton giving fa. a large majority m
fatour of the ReputyHGn Candidate for Got.
ernor, must be huffily gratifying to every well
Informed good frfeud to his fate ^ Qry.
At a time when every effort is made in New
England, by foe abandoned men, (followed
by many of the well-meaning but deluded) to
divide the Union, and to alienate the affections
of the People from their government ; at a
time when those in favour of the Federal union
must stand on one fide, and those against it on
the other, a Majority of the correa and intel,
ligent inhabitants of this town, confiftfog
1 chiefly of independent Farmers, exhibit to
the Union their determination to support the
Federal Government as it is administered on
republican principles, and that they perfedly
understand what choice at this crisis, their own
interest and the interest of the state Should in
duce them to make.
Those who have ft,led themfelvel federal
ifts, have lately assumed the name of Federal-
Republicans :— They canact be Federal, for
they are opposed to the Federal Government
—they cannot be Rep,blicaa, for they are op
posed to all republican invitations, to civil
liberty, and the Rights of Man. What title,
then have they to the namr'?—= —To speak
Correaly, Col JOHN LANGDON is the Fe
deral Republican Candidate for Governor ; —
And it is surprising that a single freeholder,
who refleas one moment upon ftampaas, land
taxes, and landing armies, and who wishes
to enjoy the produce of his form, unburthen
e uwith heavy taxes, can withhold his vote*
from him.
Every Farmer fhnuld reflea that the pro.
teaion of his property, his liberty, and prob
ably his life, depends upon his contributing
his support to the Federal Union—When that
is jeftroyed, a civil war, and confequencee,
horrible to think on, will follow.
Bofcawen. In this town the votes
flood, for Gov. J. Langdon 121, J.
T. Gilman 97. Senator, J. Flanders
109, A. Bowers 88. Councillor, B.
Pierce 95, R. Means* 82. Register
of Deeds, B. Wiggin 94, J. Stinfon
26, I. Brooks 24, J. Cat's 1, J. Harris
I 1. C. Treasurer, A. Greeley 100, J.
I Town 59. Timothy Dix,jun. rep
; refentative. Nathl. Green, Esq C&pt.
,N. Davis, Lt. B. Jackman, feledmen.
Joseph Couch, town clerk.
Hopkinton. Votes for Gov. J.
Langdon 198, J. T. Gilman 123.—
Councillor, B. Pierce 158 R- Means
108*. Senator, Flanders 144, Bow.
ers 98. Register, Haris 153, Wig
gin 22, Stinfon 33, feat. 14. C.Tr,
A. Greeley 120, Town 88.
-t^t—
Mr. Flanders handout 850 votes
in the towns of Bofcawen, Warner,
Hopkinton, Weare, Sahfbury, Hen.
hiker and Concord, and Mr. Bowers
about 600.
James Flanders, we think, will be
re-elected Senator for the Bth Diftr.
and Mr. Bowers left at liberty to be
made a Judge of, when Judge P. may
have arrived to his 80th or 90th year.
votes for Governor. \
Langdon. Gilm.
HOPKINTON, 198 4 123
DEERING, 107 003
NORTHFIELD, no 007
Peterborough, 68 77
Kingston, 48 44
Milford, 2111
Lyndborough, 31 24
Warner, lor 38
Bow, 28 3;
Dunbarton, 50 83
Bofcawen, 121 97
Bedford, 32 100
Goffftown; 111 52
Derryfield; (2 feat.) 26 36
Salisbury, 66 1927
Wolf borough, .125 25\
Henniker, 110 57
Wearer , 233 23
|&ntffl,| >3°
1697 1275
LUiyemn the above L;ijit G. 1124
0 Republicans ! be of good cheer—stand
firm m your cacfe=We are in the Majority
of & Union, at any rate.
,/ One day last week, a Mr. Jonathan
Griffin, of Goffstown, was accidental
ly shot by a lad about 16 years old.
The lad was (landing in a shop, with
aloaded gun pointing out of the door
before which Mr. Griffin was gather,
ing up wood, and rose up just at the
moment the gun was difeharged, the
contents of wtiich lodged in the head
of Mr. Griffin.