The gazette., 1799-02-04
FCP The GAZETTE.
kIR. IENKs,

HR. JEkKs,
a an inhabitant Of the town of FaI,
1 ! mouth, feel It a du'y Incumbent on
me, to endeavor to eyculPate, in fome mealure,
my fellowtownfmen in general, from the odious
iligma of ja4o5iniG7, which from foTae they have
received. An enemy to morality and good
government, and jacobin, conGder as fy-
nonomous oharad-rs. That The Inhabitants of
Falmouth are a religious, orderly, we'll dilpoftd
fet OF people, is too we'll known to be mentioned
hcrs-ccnlequently they carnot be jacobins
In no other inltance, that | know Of, has
Falmouth given any ground for The fuPPoiton
# its beng jacobncal, but the fuhra2es Of
thof- who attended the town meeting on the
laf day Of election for Federal Representatives.
By the reader, here it may with reaion be faid
J" mans fufF7age IS he only criterion by which
we are TO Judge Of his political principles"
acknowledge the obfervation ju9-but when the
characters of tha!e VIC vote for arc i(reprelented
10 Is, nc judgment en- be formed from our
tufrages.
That the voters IN this town have rendered
thcmlcivts culpable, in rot improving their
important RIGHT Of voting fcr federal repr5Gn.
ratives, 7 will rot pretend to dilpute. But give
me leave, thro' the channel cf ycur paper, 70
the votes bsing almot unan.mculy in Gvcr Of
a man Whole political principles are fupPofed
70 be damstrically opPodte Q Gen. Wa4Eu9rt3'5
The town cf Falmouth, which is fnppoled 10
contain upwards of f7vo b1ud,tI votes, is we'll
known IL be Of large eZte.t; f ocurfe, as a
toyvn ueeficg caEnot be held IL more than ore
pariih, majorny of the Inhabitants live great
ditancc from the nieeiirg. il IS 7H1 well
known that the day Of election was Vroommolly
biuGcriag and ccld. Tho(c circnmHa1ccs,
united with the fuppoGtion that no Ecron was
let up in oDPoli.ion to Mr.. UadjE1oyi5, l1duced
thofe who lived tie greatef dihance from the
meeting (which by the BY were the mott federal
charaders) not to attend. This was a happy
c''cum3ar &c for few ulurPing faGions, crosa-
Je demagogues. All Of this chaIaf-r in the
town attended he meeting, ard taking adv3n
ra2e Of the ah-ence Of the roA refpc6ahle Peo-
pc in he tOwa, they introduced porpous
letter from f@orn jacohin a. ne ca1ward,
which was read aloud, and irterfperied with
fucb Cbiervations as their fadious clumry Gulls
could fabTicate, and hereby Influenced the ref
70 much as to procure their votes for Mr.. Tur.
z.r. But had the majority Of thole who a,
tended the meeting, fupPofed Parlcn Turner an
enemy 10 The federal government, he would not
have received their fufraEes, any cndeavOrs OF
the tactous few to the contrary notwithstanding.
AS the jlcobins throughout the country are
ali eXer'ion TO carry their neflrious 3eGgns into
execution, on the days Of ele:tion they turn out
as ore man, TO elect tome favoritc Of their own
fpec;cS. Thus It was with us-rOt a iaccbn
OF the town was abient from the meeting cn the
day of federal election. Had the town turned
cut unanimously on that dty, as # watch'ui
over their liberties, there would undcuhtedly
have been large majority in favrr Of Mr..
Wad(wortb. with not to he uoderAood there
were none o,her than the fsaious artendel the
meetng--on the contrary, the majority were
tederaliGs. who voted FIR Mr.. Turner, not
knowing him t. be JacO
nave been nluced to write this from the
INF, rma ion that this town would ioon tecone
no 'oricus FIR he artfed,, with whom il abouo-
del and rom The certain knowledge that the
majority of the inhabitaut- arc !ifm importers
and defender. Of tie conduit Of The FEDERAL
government. From the degrading apPcllaton
o. JAcoBIxIs~, " Gosd L0rd deIvcr uf"
a FALMOUTHIAN.