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ADDR E S b jfc ; •
Os the Committee ij Conejftt *4euer of
Kent County , to the t ree of
f Hc that being often reproved hardeneni’
his neck, (ball fuddcnly be deltioyfcd,
and that without remedy.* Prov. 29.’
1 . 7
Fellonv-C ttizent,
THPI committee of correfpondencc, ap
pointed at a general meeting of the demo
cratic Republicans of this county, beg leave
to solicit jour attention, while they ad
dress to you a few words, on a fubjcil of
the deeped concern to yourselves.—You
a#?, no doubt, mindful of the approach of
the general election on the firll Tucfday
in October next, when you are to cxercife
the right secured to you by the conflitu
tion of the (late, the incftiraahlc, the all
important right of fuffrage. In the judi
cious exercifc of this right, your future
prosperity is.in a great degree involved.
In the Uni'cd States there are two great
political parties, whose real principles
are as oppoftte as the poles. To one of
those parties the voice of United Ameri.
ca has given a full and fair experiment.
'The fame voice has been exercised to con.
sign it to the level of private life, and
d.tmcd it incapable to (leer with fafety
the- political barque*of the union. To
tie republicans of this country, the pow
ers of the general government are trow,
cnmrllcd—we hope fatcly—we have no
doubt wifely. It is to support the ad
niiniilration in the hands to which it is
now committed, that we call upon you,
Wc ihall take a brief rctrofpeilive view
of the ads of the late administration, and
Cbntraft them with those of the present,
and if the films of the prejudice are not
Scaled forever on your eyes, you will u
nice alt your powers in firpport of the lat
ter, who have already proved themselves,
your molt linccrc—your bell friends.
In the year 17971 under the guidance
of Mr, Adams, a fyflem of mcafures was
begun and pursued, hoftlle to the tran
quility and hapninef/of the people oft hefe
(tales. Previous to this period, the A
merican people might truly he said to have
been an united people. , The enmities
Created by a difference of opinion during
the revolutionary war, had almoll totally
fuhftded, The voices of the people were
twice united in calling to the chair of the
government, the moll admired and illu
lldous character of the nation—their voices
were bellowed on those moll worthy to
occupy the feats in the national councils—
but alas! the feene was quickly changed.
On the fucceflton of Mr. Adams to the
prcfidency, a line of reparation wasdrawn ;
and a division of the people was follered by
every ail of his adminiflration. Thro’
a fair and happy country, presenting a
(bore to the Atlantic of two thousand
miles in extent, the feeds of political dis
cord were Town with malignant hope—
and the demon of division (talked through
the land, from New Hampshire to Geor
gia—from the lakes to the ocean.
To cxcrcife the functions of an office
during the adminiflration of Mr. Adams,
\ a man mull belong to the chosen feet call,
ed Federal ills, and enter at large into
the irregulai phrenftes of the day.—To
refufe to sign a fulfomc tribute to the va- '
nity of the President, amounted to dif
placcment and profeription ; to with suc
cess to republican France in the attainment
of her liberties, brought down the mile
ries of want, and the furrow's of pcrfecu.
tion ; and to censure an ait of the govern,
mein was rewarded by a refidcnce in a
loa hfomc dungeon. By judges of flip,
pant tongues and wicked hearts, the re.
puolican printers were chased ttayn rights
secured to them, byMhe conllitution ; by
the fame judges the invclligation of pub
lic abuses was nearly brought to an entire
fupprellion, under the odious provilions of
the sedition ail.
Independent of the evils above enume
rated, a fyflem of patronage was eftablilh
ed which colt the good people of rhefe
Hates many millions of dollars.—To car
ry this fyflem into complete efie<sl, a
(lamp ail very (bortly after Mr. Adams’s
inauguration was palled, thereby provid
ing for a holl of inferior officers, depen.
dent on the will of the President, It was
an ail, which will long be remembered
to have operated with peculiar oppression
upon the poorer classes of citizens, and
deserves only to he named, that it may
be despised. Yielding hut a pittance of
revenue to the United States, it fupport
cd a set of drones in society, only fitted
to wear the black cockade, chant the
praises of.an infallible President, and fmg
hosannas to the Jivtue cause ol tcdcrablm.
Immediately after the passage rs the
damp ail, a direct tax of two millions of
dollars was imposed ; by this ail the small
(late wc live in had the fura ci thirty
J
thoufancl four hundred and thirty dollars
1 to pay, and the proportion of Kent coun
, ty alone, was more than the whole Hate
i now pays for the fnpport of government.
; This aft also rallied around the President
an additional number of dependents, for
the valuation of property real and perfon
a|. The tax has been paid by Delaware,
i byt whether it /las by all of the other
dates, is yet unknown. Thus - much is ,
known, that it was collefted firft in those
Hates molt devoted to Mr. Adams and
his pa«yj but it wasTo'(lowly paid into
the trdfury, that the President was au
thorifed it by borrowing to
its amoun|||t*an enormous interest.
To enriefethis favorites at the expcnce
of the peopref on the 16th of July, 1798,
thedog-ftar of federaiifm being at its ze
nith, the President was authorifed, by an
aft of congress, to borrow the sum of five
millions of dollars (interest not limited)
which eventually was borrowed at the e
normous interest of eight per ccnr. For
what purpose was 1 this money wanted?
; To raise an army ? and this army was to
fight an enemy between whom and them
w is tfie interposing (pace -of the Atlantic,
and whose mentions to invade our terri
tory, has never yet appeared. But this
army was calculated to spread the fyftern
of espionage over the whole furfacc of the
United States, and federaliftn beheld in
every recruiting officer an humble devotee.
To provide for those who had fickcncd
in the drudgery of supporting the admi
nistration of Mr. Adams, and were de
ilrons ot visiting the Cplendid monarchies
of Europe, the sum of sixty eight thou,
land dollars, was appropriated to support
embaifies tj courts, with which the U
nited States had scarcely an intercourse,
cither commercially,- or otherwise.
The tederalifts availing thcmfclves of
the cry of alarm, which had prevailed in
England, ai d been productive of so much
distress to the (rier.ds of liberty in that
country, were determined to Ihield the
government from a public examination of
his conduft. For this purpose a sedition
aft was palled, imposing upon the free citi
zens oi the United States, the penalties
ol fine and imprisonment for the expref.
lion ot their lentiments on the official
conduft ot their public servants.—This
law expired on the ift of March, 1801 ;
but to the disgrace of a free country, it
Itill stains our statute book?. It became
an instrument, in the hands of inhuman
judges, ot cruel and unprecedented op
prcllion. Under this law, citizens were
thatched from the boforiis of their families
and the society of their friends,.and forc
ed to fuffer the complicatedfaffliftions of
imprisonment—and for what ?* for that
which is every man’s duty in a free coun
try, an examination of the official conduft
of those in power. Can that administra
tion have the confidence of the people,
if it can be tumbled from its base, by the
force of “ paper J/jot .”
Direftly in the teeth, and palpably in
violation of the constitution of the United
States, on the 23d June, 1798, palled
the alien law. By this law, the Presi
dent was veiled with a power as dange
rous in its extent, as it was unprecedent
ed in its nature. By this law the Presi
dent was veiled with the power of banilh
ing from the country, those persons who
had migrated hence from persecutions in
Europe, and had indulged the pleasing
profpeft of residing in a land of liberty.
Invited to these Ihorcs by the freedom of
our constitutions, and the general advan
tages of our country, these foreigners ha 1
set down among us with intentions of
becoming members of the fame communi
ty, and of spending the remnant of their
lives upon our foil. But they soon found
their deareil interells committed to tie
capricious mercy of a President of the U
niied States, and themfeives liable to ba
nilhment, without having committed a
crime. In the annals of ancient or mod- 1
ern legillation, there is nothing to be
compared to «he Alien Aft, except a law
which formerly exilted in Wales, by
which any person might kill a ft ranger,
with impunity. That the alien law was
wholly inexpedient, as well as unconsti
tutional, we have abundant evidence,
from its provisions having never been cn
forced.
To strengthen the am of the executive,
and extend its patronage co-extenlively
with the limits of the union, taxes and
loans were multiplied and raised in every
poffihle lhape, and the burdens of thepeo.
pie had accumulated to the last item ol
oppression
The intended limits of our address
would be greatly exceeded, were we to
notice more than the prominent errors of
the-late-adminiilration, and trace it thro’
every measure which has a tendency to
throw our country into the abyss ot 11a
, very and ruin. We (hail therefore con.
tint ourfelvcs rtith exhibiting a ccntraft
ed view of the fubjcft.
(The remainder ni our next.J
TO BE LET,
MAY be entered on, the firft
day ot October, the LOT and Premises
in Augulta, at present occupied by
Messrs. J. & O. St urges.— Also the
Lot and Buildings at the co»aer of Broad
and Centre (Ireets, near the Maiket.—
The latter will be fold on a credit, the
purchaser giving goad security. The
Conditions may be known by applica
tion to Seaborn Jones or Walter Leigh,
Efqnires, in Auguftaj or the Subfciiber
at Spirit creek.
ABRAHAM JONES.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
On the Ja]t Tuffday in November next, at
Hancock courTJiouffe at the usual hours,
will\be sold/
143 acres «f land, mpre or
less, well improved, lying Lyoiancock
county, bn the waeVof Beayerdam, ad
joining Joseph Turner, / c. whereon
lives Henry Dixon j tauten as his proper
ty, to fatisfy an cxccdnon in favor of
John Fox, surviving copartner of James
Spann Sc Co. / \
Also, a likely gjrl, Lucinda;
taken as the property of Joseph Cooper,
to fatisfy an Execution in favor of Jo
seph Bryan, fqr cofls.
Aifo one bed, bedffead and curtains,
a chest of drawers, with sundry articles
of household furniture; taken by at
tachment as Robert Pollard’s, to fatisfy
Howell A. Reese, returned to me bv a
constable, and fold by order of the su
perior court.
Also, I£o acres of land, more or less,
in Hancock county, on the waters of
Little Ogcchee, adj ining James Evans,
drc. whereon lives Jtffc Allen; taken as
his property, to latisfy an execution in
favor of Jonathan Thomas-, returned to
me by a conlhble. Terms Ca(h
H. LEWIS, Sheriff,
September 23.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
At the court houfft in Elbert county, on the
JirJl Tueffday in November nexty
WILL BE SOLD,
zoo acres of land, improved,
Elbert county, joins William Lane and
CuLepper, it being the place whereon
Larkin Higginfon lives; fold as the pro
perly of (aid Higginfoa to fatisfy Wil
liam Hightower.
R, MIDDLETON, Sheriff
September 24.
WILL BE SOLD,
On Monday the 15 th of November nexty
at the plantaiiorhof Ambroje Holliday,
deceased. \
All the perfoml ofuite of the
said dcccafccr, coidMfng of negroes,
hotfes, cattle, hogs, bfflfehold and kitch
en furniture, farming utenlils,. See. Con
ditions will be jrfade known at the time
of sale, by / \
E WARTHENX Adm’r.
M. HOLLIDAY,Vdm’x.
Sept, 18.
TO BE RENTED,
For one or two years, at Lincoln court -
A convenieimWoUSE for a
Store and TAVERiOwuh a good kitch
en and (fables. Immediate poffcffion will
be given. Fof terms abply to the Sab
feriber at the place. V
V CH ARLEStiTOVALL.
Sept: 2s.
RACE S. .
1 r F’HE Grccnelb mougli Jockey' Club
X Races will commence iot the le
cond time at Grecnefborough, on the last
Wednefdiy in October next, being the
27th, free for any horse, marc or geld
ing; the proportionate futm to he run
for, (hall be at lead as follows, viz,—
The firit day's puife, three mile heats,
250 dollars; the second day’s purfc, two
mile hcata, 150 dollars; the third day’s
(fwcep(lake) one mile heals, for the en
trance money.
By order off the Preftdent,
ALLAN STEWART, Sec>.
September 25.
N O fl C E.
ALL those indebted to the
late Concern of ROLbTON & NES -
BITT, of this place, are informed that
their refpeftive accounts and obligations
are placed ia the hands of Nicholas
Ware> Esq, for collection.
Executive Depsr tnisnt 1
Louifviile, 18 in June, I
A RESOLUTION ia the I
lowing, to wit; , ■
“ RESOLVED, That his Excelienc I
“ the Governor be and he is hereby I
“ nfcd and requested, t o purfue f UC hL®' I
“ fares as in his judgment may V I
“ fcftually ascertain, and colieft, aU n a I
“ claims which the citizens of thia'it I;
“ may have against the Creek Nation I
“ Indians; which said claims, fhall,befoit* I
“ they are exhibited, be duly autiien»: I
u cated by the oath of one or more dis I
“ interdict! persons, taken and certified I
“by an y J uc -g e » justice of the peace, 0: I
“ clerk of the superior or infer- j I
“ courts,” Having patted both branches I
of the legifiature, and received the affair I
of the executive—it is I
Ordered, That all persons having I
claims against the Creek Nation of J n . I
dians, for property of any defciipticn by I
them taken or plundered, be and ftc/ I
are hereby required, to tranfmir the I
as soon as poifible to the executive depart- I
meat, authenticated ih the manner by I
the afore recited resolution pointed out, ■
Taken from the Journals of toe Execu- I
live Department, I
GEo. R. CLAYTON, Sec'y. J
UDIVEIiSTTT cf GEORGIA,
Exlrad from an AH cf the Genera! As
fembly, pafj'td the sih of December,
i 800.
“ bee. 3* dnd be it further evaded,
That the governor, the judges of thefu,
perior courts, the prefidtnt of tbefenate,
the speaker of the houfc of reprefenta,
tives, and the senators from the different
counties (except the counties in which
the governor, the judges, the prcfident of
the senate, and speaker of the house cf
reprefentarives, for the time being (kill
relide) (hall form a board of vifirors,
whofc duty it thall be to superintend and
regulate the literature cf this Hate; and
in particular of the public feat of learn
ing.”
The Senatus Academicus of the Hate of
Georgia Hands adjourned to meet at Lou-j
ifville on the Wednesday after the firli:
Monday in November next, of which
the members are refpeftfulljf, requested to
take notice. i
By order of the Board of’,f ruftees.
J. HAMILi; Sec’y.
Anguji 23, 1802.
—-—■■■■ .. j ■ - , w ,..
In the bUPERJOR COURT, Rich
mond county, April 22, ißaz.
ON the petition cf bar ah Fountain
and heirs of
Fountain, dec. try John M‘Uoy and Ma
ry M*Coy his wffe widow of
the deceased, of the said
Sarah and Peter, ijflants, under the ag«
of twenty-one years,) as their natural
guardian and Jrexy friend ; Hating that
their deceafedrfather Ijcter Fountain, di
ed seized aM pqficfftdof a certain traft
of land, AcMaimng ay eftimatien fix
handled acriJ, fituace it the c. u ity cf
Richmond /t the time pf futvey, nuw
Columbia on th. 4 waters of the
Kioka cijfek, being a part W a traft of
eight hundred acres, granted unto Wil
liam 'JTnompfon, fold and conveyed cy
William Thompfcm and wife \ to Richard
Citify and by Richard Call the Lid
deceased Peter Fountain, that the
deed from Thoropfon and - wife to
Richard CHI is loft, a copy whereof, at
near as could bs afetrrained, wa* annex
ed to the said petition, and is now lodg
ed in the clck’s office, accompanied with
the usual affidavit, and praying to have
the said ccpy cftab’ifhsd in l:cu of the
original so loft.
It is ordered, That the said deed be
eftablifficd as direfted by the aft of the
ger.e.al assembly in such cases made and
provided, and according to the usual rules
of law and equity, on givirg notice by
publishing this rule, for the space oi fix
months, in one of the public gazettes
of this state, unlcfs caufc shall be shewn
to the contrary within the said fix
months, or other matter (hall appear to
the court against he fame.
G. Walker, Solicitor for the Heirs*
Taken from the Minutes,
JOSEPH HUTCHINSON. Clerk.
''Ten Dollars Reward.
RUN £WAY from the fabfciiber, on
Monday the 6 h inst. a negro wo
man named GREECE, about 50 years
old, of a yellow compleftion, her le t
eye blind, a wen on one of her cars, of
a rebuft built, and fpcaks good English.
The above Reward wiil be given to an/
perf m who will deliver her to the fnb*.
feriber, or lodge her in any jail within
the Hate, so that he can get her.
JOHN FREEMAN,
Sparta, Sept. zs.