Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-09-27
REVIEW 4. n
or JEFFERSON'S ADMINISTRATION.

r Under THE head there has appeared IN the
~ Bsass Csarmti the commencement of ie-
ries of numbers Ggned " Home," purporting
to be IN investigation Of tho mcsinfes Of the Re-
publican Administration. LIN fpeskine of theie
numbers, Mr.. Coleman, the editor OF the kssD-
fs,h EOssisg Pes. fayss "In our opinion no
federal print can omit to extend their circula-
zion. without aneelrtt OF duty."a This 10
kind Of omman<; aiort Of gsss,1/ ordry from the
. 6eId mssIhar 20 thc army Of fcribbiers, com-
piless and printers Who are under HE thumb, and
fubjett to his controul. The Frxvkk,ssvn Her.
aid Wkes the lead in iervility. and evinees ito
readineii 10 obey, by pubiiihing in larger letters
than commoa, the lecood asasber OF the review
in queAion. Let us howcves, leave Mr.. Cole
man. ~ well ss his menials and snderitrappers.
and attend for few moments 10 the remarkso Of
HuMs.' He fcu oot with Eating, That Gen.
WathingsoSt sdminiflrat received from the
old confederation debt Of 6.7Si,gsS dolls. and
that there was little more thao 100000
of dolls. on hand AZ the time to pay IL off with,
and confequensly. thar Gen. Wafhington's ad-
miniRration had to provide Tor the payment Of
73,tsS,so6 dolIass.---This we will admit and
we will ALTO agree with the writer when he fays.
on the 6rH day oF Jsnusry, 1885, the amount
Of the deDf was 67,6z7,33S dollars, becaeie we
know that Gen. Walh,netou did not 90 out
OF Office till March, 1897; and for the ten
months fucceeding, till the frR day of lam
uasy, 7oS, MIR. Adams had barely laid the
ground work Of thofe plans which put our ma
tional debt on . Tctrogrsdc march ontiI ie had
reached not only what Il originally wss when
Gen. Wilmington fra came into olIicc. but un-
81 z. u A.. r.. LII
sSquayd, sfsigbty miiiiess. This. vms does noe
presend to deny bat attempts 10 psIlian il by
laying that no allowance was made in the Ell.
mate Tor cuAom- houfe bonds, &C. This attempt
TO pslliase ihews RfongIy the weaknes OF the
writer's asgumenti Tor the coaom hoOfe bouds,
be the arnount Of them what il might, could not
alter the public debt. But il js not cuiiomary
for the ecretsry Of the trcafury TO introduce in
to his climates money not realized, a. . fet off
20 the debt of che os,ion nor has IL ever becn
done by Mr.. Gallatin. The true method j.. 70
fate the amount of the public debt. and then
place sgsinft il the amount Of the fun paid on
account; tbe balance would lhus appear AZ one
view. From theic Ratcmenss, 10 incautiouly sd-
vsnccd by Hume il clearly appears that Mr..
Adams ire,eajfd the public debt. not only the
whole amount Of shst had been liquidated BY
Gen. Warrington, bot to the great total Of eisk-
~ millions OF doiIsrs and upwards. fF
sHuMR' finds it wonderfully copyenicntto
glide over shst part Of bis fubjeA which reIs,es
10 the fsvines Of the sdminiAsstiou Of Mr.. JEFF
ferfoo Surely 10 = review Of Jeferfon's admin
iarasion il ought to be fhown what he has iaved.
or what he may have waited {: And as Mr..
. HuMs' has omitted il. we NUT fnpply the
deficiency. Be il known then TO the world Tor
2, lear TO that part Of s which reads this pspsfl
that in two yesrs and IN half, whila Thomas Jci-
feffon wn prefident, asd Albert Galis,in fecre-
tsry Of the tresfoy, rtdstaion Of the national
debt wss effetsed TO the xmosns of 9.97 ,oc<
Mr.. 'Hume. never finch, man |;
you know IL to be true.
We are nexr pseien,ed with psfade Of
items Of expendirore 10 lhew in what manner
she public money was diibsried. This enumer-
alton is sielefs. for We do not want 'HuMI's
afiAsnce TO learn 10 whas manner his friends
fysss she nsooey bot m wouId Be the falvzsion
Of he party IL he cosId fhew the people zsbrs
and sv6tr the fsaeraIias (avsi any.--Relatiye