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(Concluded from firjl p/tge,) i
Were we blamcablc when our minds, be
clouded with ominous forebodings of ap
.proaching evil, wc deprecated with anx
ious folidtude the prollration of immuni.
ties of Angular importance to the well bc
- ing of our government! Would it have
been praiseworthy in patriots to have in
dulged themselves in careless indifference,
when they beheld the rapid prosecution
of meafurcs inimical to a free government,
and which seemed to be carried diredlly
on in the beaten track towards oppreflion !
1 anfwcr in the negative.—The nation at
firft manifefled her anxiety and doubt in
cafy murmurings, as if unwilling to dis
trust those to whom (he had committed
the management and administration of her
bed interests.
A continued and tenacious adherence to
mcafures alike unfavorable, taifed a great
er resentment, and drew from the great
bulk of the people a more full disclosure
of sentiments, wrought up by a sense of
the highell injury! The important cause
between Republicanism, and (what has
been termed) Fcderalifm, was canvassed
from one end «f the continent to the o
ther—The elaborate pleadings on each
fide of the eventful quejiion have been
heard with that attention, and weighed
with that deliberation, which comport
with the dignity of a great nation. It
has been decided, and the constitutional
corrective has been applied —The fourth
day of March 1801-—another great na
tional epoch in America’s hiftory, will be
long rccolleCted as the deeijive day.
It does not belong to me on this great
anniversary to search into the actuating
motives of men who about that time made
vigorous exertions to defeat and set at
naught the sovereign voice of an in
lURBD people, exprefled in the tnoft
unequivocal terms I Let our Country,
from a busy feene aCtcd at the city of
Washington, learn an experimental lejfnn
—Let Columbia’s good genius be roused
to guard in future times, what to her
will ever be dcarl
But have we not ample reason to feli
citate each other on our political fixa
tion at this time, when we fee that** the
Reign of Terror” is indeed pall. May
we not with propriety gfreet our Common
Country, feeing that (he is experimental
ly too fwi/e to fuffer imposition from the
mod formidable attack of misrepresenta
tion and sycophancy* —What ‘heart is, (
there so fteelcd to the |ner feelings of hu
manity, as not to experience enlivening
emotions, and what flbngue can so lan
guidly move, as not to utter sentiments
congenial to those of gladdened heart,
upon feeing the present political situation
of America. May we nor, fellow citi
zens, on this day of republican feftivity,
confidently hope that there are few now in
authority among us who would compro
lilit our interell or dignity by treaty with
a foreign nation? May we not rejoice
that there are few clothed with the facrcd
robe of America's confidence, who hold
out the idea that ** a public debt, is a pub
lic blelfmg ?” Mud not the hearts of our
bell heroes palpitate with lively sensations
of joy and gratitude, in being aflured
that there are few influential characters
among us, who think that a government
•-cannot be good without a concentration
of much power in one individual, and the
Aonfeqocnt creation of a bulky system of
patronage ? Let our citizens, while they
loiter the spirit of unanimity and concord
-fcmong themselves, rejoice that the oppref.
fed foreigner , seeking our (bores as an
iifyhun from the iron-hand of tyranny and
taxation, has no longer to remain four
teen years before he can enjoy the privi
leges of a citizen; and let not our aflembly
this day redrain the burding emotions of
real joy upon conlidcring, that the doc
trine of unqualified admiflibility to the
common law of England into our courts
of judicature; and the ** veto ” contend
ed to be given to the judges, on our
congrcfltonai law's, seem to he in a mea
fdre extirpated.—We have long indulged
the idea that a nation enlightened, as we
suppose ours to be, will upon great na
tional qucllions judge rightly if (he does
not judge too precipitately, therefore we
can give no kind of faith to the alfertions
lately made that a judiciary was neceflary
** to guard THE PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR
WORST ENEMIES THEMSELVES.”
Let America remember pall events on
ly to take warning by them. But how
fupcreminently blelfcd arc we in having
the head of our great national coun
cils, a man, who so far from seeking to
aggrandize himfelf, and usurping that
authority, w-hich it is but human to u
surp, .diminilhes in every possible way
heavy taxes, Executive patronage , and
vacates Jupernumercry offices. Let polle
riiy be told, and the impartial voice of
future times will declare, that JEFFER- ,
li
SON needed not an aflembbgf of cour
tiers tofupport him, nor the aiding influ
ence of a sedition law, to fereen his con
duct from the ferutiny of a jealous pub
lic. To meet his country's approbation,
he fecks alone an Intelligent mvejli gallon
of his actuating motives, and ot all his
public tranfaftions. To eulogize the cha
racter of this great man, by letting in a
proper point of view his numerous vir
tues, and his many and much admired po
litical qualifications, would tranfeend the
humble sphere of my feeble abilities.—
Suffice it for me to observe, that the cor
lefinefi of his principles, the integrity of
his heart, and the philosophy of his mind,
will, no doubt, long endear him to every
true patriot,
America is free, and governed by men
of her own choofmg—She exults in the
thought, and let the individuals compos
ing this rcfpeClable affemblageof citizens,
reciprocally i -eet each other upon the recol
leftion of this great anniversary. Favor
ed with a climate extending through the
five zones, and with a foil capacitated to
rear in profufion all the beauties and varie
ties of the earth, what, let me alk, will
hinder her riling by rapid gradations to a
fupereminent pitch of greatness ? ft No
“ more fliall meteors of the air, nor in
** fefts with gilded wings, lead astray the
“ benighted traveller, nor the bleaking
t( buzzard of the night triumph over the
<f Bird of Jove ! Prejudice, ignorance
“ and tyranny, arc flying on the wings
** of the wind.” Schools, academics and
colleges, are railing their welcome heads
in almost every part of the Union, and
opening their rich treasures to every fa
mily. May America, as a nation, be
ever progrefling in the paths of improve
ment, and may her ** sons early learn the
principles of honor, honelty, diligence
and patriotism.”
May Carolina never (brink from her
duty as one of those States forming the
Confederated Union; ’and the better to
guard that liberty, the pofleflion of which
we this day commemorate, may Ihe al
ways use that caution so necessary in chof
ing the men to whom (he commits the
guardianlhip of her well-earned rights.
Having chosen Arthur Simkins, and
Francis Burt, Esquires, President andjVice,
the Company fat down to dinner, after
which the following Toasts were given.
1. The4thof July, 1776 —May po
sterity inherit such sentiments as were
that day exprefled by Columbia's chosen
Tons.
2. The President of the United States
—The man, who, to meet the approba
tory smiles of his countrymen, needs on
ly an intelligent investigation of his con
dud and measures.
3. The Vice.Prefident.
4. The memory of America's late ii
luftrious friend, General George Walh
ington—May our youth tteadily aim at
an imitation of his matchless conduct.
5. The herefts who fell in support of
the independence we this day celebrate—
May America never have a son base e
nough to deny to their memory the tri
bute of gratitude so jultly due.
6. The 4th of March, 1801 ; a second
era of American Independence—From a
fccne aded about that time, may our na
tion be experimentally too wife to confide
again in men who would attempt to defeat
her will, exprefled in unequivocal terms.
7. The Qmgrefs of 1801 —The band
of Patriots who pruned off the hateful
excrescences which had grown out of what
had been stiled Federalism. „
8. The Governor of this State.
9. Sumpter, Colhoun, Butler and.
Moore—For their fidelity they will re
ceive the plaudits of their constituents.
jo. Charles Pinckney, our Envoy tor
the Court of Madrid —His well-timed la
bors and patriotic exertions in the Senate
of the United States, will not be forgotten.
11. The judiciary of the United States
—While the judges are supported in their
true independence, may they remain no
longer in office, than the public good re
quires.
12. The freedom of theprefs, and tri
al by jury—The essential barriers to en
croaching power and opprefiion,
13. General James Jackfon —An esteem
ed hero and statesman of America, and
the vigilant and undaunted friend ot Geor
gia.
14. Abraham Baldwin—The modera
tion and steadiness of his conduct, toge
ther w ith the correftnefs of his principles,
will endear him to America.
Is, The Fair Daughters ot Columbia—
May theircharms.be the sure reward of
those who embark in virtuous aftions and
heroic deeds.
16. ii Peace, commerce, and honest
friendlhip with all nations, entangling al
liances with none,”
. WAR DEPARTMENT , ■
Zifth May t 1802.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE N,
THAT feparatc proposals will be re
ceived at the office of the Secretary
-for the Department of War until the ex
piration of the 31st day of July next en- ,
suing, for the supply of all rations, which |
may be required for the use of the United
States, from the ift day ofOdiober, iSoz,
until the 30th day of September, 1803,
both days inclusive, at the following
places, viz.
First. At Niagara, at Detroit, at
Michilimacinac, and at Fort Wayne.
Second. At Cincinnati and St. Vin
cennes.
Third. At Fort Maffac, near the
mouth of the Ohio, and Kalkalkias.
Fourth. At South Weft Point, TelH
co, Knoxville, and on the road from
Nalhvillc to the line between the Chicka
saws and Choftaws, and any place or
places where troops are of may be station
ed, marched or recruited within the State
of Tenneffec.
Fifth. At the Chickasaw bluff, Natch
ez, Fort Adams, Mobile, and on the
road from Natchez to the bodralary line
between the Choftaws and Chickasaws,
and at any place in the Chickasaw or
Choflaw country, between Bear Creek
and Natchez.
SEPARATE proposals also be reced
ed as. aforefatd , for the supply of all
rations 'which may be required for the
vfe of the United States , from the
day of January 1803, until the yiji
day of December , in the fame year t
both days inclusive , within thefeveral
fates herein after~mentioned t viz.
Sixth. At Fort Wilkinson, at Cock
fpur iiland, and at any place or places
where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited, within the State of
Georgia.
Seventh. At Charleston, at Rocky
Mountain, on the head waters of the
Santee, and at any place or places where
troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the dates of South and
North-Carolina.
Eighth. At Norfolk, and at any place
or places where troops are or may be sta
tioned, marched or recruited within the
state of Virginia.
Ninth. At Fort Me Henry and at any
place or places where troops are or may
be stationed, marched or recruited with
in the state of Maryland.
Tenth. At Fort Mifflin, and at any
place or places where troops are or may
be stationed, marched or recruited within
the States of Pennfylvama, New-Jersey
and Delaware.
Eleventh. At Fort Jay, at Weft-Point,
and at any place or places where troops
are or may be stationed, marched or re
cruited within the state of New-York,
excepting Niagara.
Twellth. At Fort Trumbull, at Fort
Wokot, and at any place or places where
troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the states of
ticut, Rliodc-Iflaiid and Vermont.
Thirteenth. At Fort Independence,
(Boston harbour) and at any place or pla
ces where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited within the state of
Massachusetts, the diftrift of Maine ex
cepted.
Fourteenth. At Portsmouth, at Port
land, and at any place or places where
troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the State ot New-
Hatnplhire, and diftrift of Maine.
A. ration to consist of eighteen ounces
of bread or flour, or when neither can be
obtained, of one quart of rice, or one
and an half pound of lifted or bolten In
dian meal, one pound and a quarter ot
beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork,
one gill of rum, whilkey or brandy, and
at the rate of two quarts of fait, four
quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap,
and one pound and an half of candles to
every bundled rations. The price of the
several component parts of the ration, as
well as substitutes and alternatives, must
be fpecified.
The rations are to be furniftied in such
quantities, as that there (hall at all times,
during the term of the proposed contracts,
be fufticient for the consumption of the
troops, at Michilimacinac, Detroit and
Niagara for fix months in advance ; and
at each of the other polls on the weftern
waters, for at least three months in ad
vance, of good and wholesome provil'vons,
if the fame (hall be required. It is also
to be permitted to all and every of the
co mmandants of fortified places, or polls,
to call tor at seasons when the fame can
be transported, or at any time in the case,
of urgency, such supplies of like provifl-
in advance as in the diferetion of the
I
commandant (hall be deemed proper
is to be understood that the contract'
to he at the e?cpence and rilk of iffui’ 5
the supplies to *hc Troops and that 3
losses fuftamed by the depredations of
enemy, or by the means of the troops n"
the United States, (hall be paid for U
the United States, at the price of the
tide captured or destroyed, on the de^’
1 firions of two or more creditable ch r !c
ters, and the certificate of a comimffiond
officer, ascertaining the circumstances of
the loss, and the amount of the articles
for which compensation (hall be claimed
The privilege is to be understood to 1*
reserved to the United States of requiring
that none of the supplies which may be
furnilhed under any of the proposed con
trad.*}, (hall be issued until tlic
which have been or may be furnifoed on.
der contrads now in force, have been
consumed, and that a supply in advance
may 1 be always required at any of the fix
ed pods on the seaboard or Indian Fron.
tiers, not exceeding three months.
HENRY DEARBORN,
Secretary of War.
PROPOSALS
For carrying the Mails-of the United
States on the Jallowing Pojl. Roads ,
will be received at the General PoJ}.
Ojfice in Wiajhingtony until the twenty,
firji day of July next inclufimt,
IN GEORGIA.
48. From Walhington by Burroughs’s,
Lexington, Athens and Clarkfourg, to
Jackson c. h. once a week—Leave Waft,
ington every Wcdnefday at 6 a. m. and
arrive at Jackson c. h. on Thursday bv 6
p. m.—Leave Jackson c. h. every Friday
at 6 a. m. and arrive at Walhington on
Saturday by 6 p. m.
NOTES,
1. The Post-Master General maycx,
pedite the mails and alter the times of ar
rival and departure at any time during
the continuance of the contrad, he previ
ously dipulating an adequate comptnfati
on for any extra expence that may beoc
cafioned thereby.
2. Fifteen minutes (hall be allowed for
opening and clodng the mail at all offices
where no particular time is fpecified,
3. For every thirty minutes delay (mu
avoidable! accidents excepted) in arriving
after the times preferibed in any contract,
the contrador (hall forfeit one dollar; and
if the delay continue until the departure
of any depending mail, whereby the mails
dedined for such depending mail, lose a
trip, an additional forfeiture of five dol
lars (hall bp incurred.
4. Newspapers as well as letters are to
be font in the mail; and it any person
making proposals, defines to carry news
papers other than thefo conveyed in tie
mail, for his own emolument, he mull:
date his proposals, for what sum he will
carry it with that emolument, and fbt
what sum without that emolument.
5. Should any person making propofols,
desire an alteration of the times of arri
val and departure above fpecified, he mult
date in his proposals the alterations delir
cd, and the difference they will make in
the terms of his contrad,
6. Persons making proposals are defil
ed to date their prices by the year. Thole
who contrad will receive their pay quar
terly, in the months of February, May
Augud and November, one month after
the expiration of each quarter.-
7. No other than a free white person
(hall be employed to convey the mail.
8. Where the propofor intends to con
vey the mail in the body of a ttage car
riage, he is desired to date it in his pro*
poials.
9. The Pod-Mader General reserves to
himfolf the right of declaring any con
tract at an end whenever three taiky 5
happen, which amount to the loss ol a
trip each.
1 10. The contracts for the above rou.n
are to be in operation on the 3rd da) 0
Odober next ; thole for the firft tweato
four routes are to continue in force forotf
year from that time, and those numbers
from 25 to 48 arc to continue until t •
31st day of March, 1803.
GIDEON GRANGER,
Post-Master Gent rah _
General Pofl-Office, Wajbmgton
city t June 2, 1602.
*3- THE Federal Marflut
for the Diftrid of Georgia, needs ar l ac
tive Deputy for the upper part oft
said Didrid. Any gentleman defiroas
obtaining the appointment, will Pj
fignify the fame, in a letter, direded*
John B. Wilkinson, Esq.
Augusta, and taking care to mention
names of thofo who are offered as fecurff
No difolofures (hall be made to tbcp*', 1
dice of unfuccefsful aandidates.