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To Hi < Excellency , tht Up County Man.
SIR,
A S you have addrefled a lengthy
piece to Mr> Hobby, in the Republican
Trumpet of the 7th, in which you pro
mi (e to “ protray Jome prominant features of
his chat after, and as you pledge yourleU
that truth (hall be your guide, it will be
but jll ft ice to you, to examine with fame
xnimitenefs how far you hive complied
with your solemn engagement.
You begin by Rating that when the bill
to which you allude (the Yazoo bill) was
pending before the legtflature, in every cir
cle in which Mr. Hobby “ revolved he
gave his opinion freely and candidly on
the merits and demerits of the bill; and
publicly acknowledged it to be founded in
fraud and the molt bare faced corrup
tion,” and that his intimacy with a cer
tain chararter, gave him an opportunity
of being acquainted with the sinister mo
tives of that venal legillatnre. Now fir
to fliew your accuracy be it known to you,
tha. at the time of the Yazoo laic, Mr.
Hobby lived in Peterlburg, early in No
vember of that year he was attacked with
a violent nervous fever which confined
him, till late in December, and that he
was not once in Aogufta during that whole
frlfion of the legislature, until the day after
the firft bill had been negatived by the go
vernor ; nor was he In a situation to know
any of the proceedings, on the fubjert, or
in a capacity to converse, or to express
any opinion as to any fraud therein.
Therefore your solemn pledge is imme
diately folk wed by two untruths, and those
by a third, refperting his throwing his hat
into the air. As to what you fay of his
hand being tickled with British gold, this
is almort too absurd and ridiculous even
for you to (late—you knew it was not (rue
when you wrote it.
You then Rate that Mr. Hobby, ex
prefled a wifli that the annulling law might
p:;fs, and observed tnat had he a “ legill 1-
tive voice it Ihould receive his support,”
you probably recollert, that you once be
fore Rated the fubflance of these allega
tions, and intimated that you Riould here
after (how the truth thereof to the world—
you now repeat the fame, and this is the
kind ot (hewing to the world which I sup
pose you confider equal to proof. If your
alfcrtions fir, were admitted as proofs, it
would be as easy for you to prove anv
thing, as to aflert any thing. But you
now pretend you were informed of this,
who then was vour informant, perhaps he
was no more deserving of credit thanyour
fe f, and it to, your Riewing will gain no
belief. Now lir I deny pofiuvely that
ever Mr. Hobby exprellcd a wifli that the
nullifying art or any tiling like it might
pass, or evtr made any observation rela
tive to giving such an art his support :
and my denial is at leaß equal to your af
lertion, especially as your wilfull miflate
nients have rendered your veracity very
much lufperteJ. If then any person gave
you the information you pretend, if your
informant be any other than vourfeif, or
deserving of more credit, you can let us
kn w who he is, the time when, and [dace
where, the opinions you mention were
exprefTed—but take care to fix the time so
as not to be again deterted—do not Rate
it to have been in Augufln, when Mr.
Hobby vvas in Peterlburg, nor to have
been in a public company when he was
confined to his bed.
After the sale of iveflern territory, the
oppofers of that contrart, talked much a
bout undoing the sale, but no man seemed
to be able to conceive a mode by which
that was to be done, and the convention
which met in that year were pretty well
convinced the thing was beyond their
power. It was hardly polfible for Mr
Hobby to talk about wifliing an art to pass
of which he had no conception, an art
refeinding a contrart executed*; and very
few perlons I believe had anv idea how
such a thing could be attempted, till you
brought up the unprecedented bill ready
penned from Savannah ; when the out
lines of this bill were made public, few
men imagined so glaring an outrage upon
common honefly, so monßrous a breach
of public faith, and so evident a violation
of the federal constitution would meet
with countenance —the event however
was more d l\;raceful than had been con
templated. The only conversation on the
fubjert 1 ever beard Mr. Hobby mention,
was a few words which paired between
him and Mr. Tallialerro, (the president ot
the senate) when on his way to the refind
ing legislature—in conversation one morn
ing Mr. Hobby mentioned, that much
was the talk about something the legisla
ture were to do with the Yazoo sale, but,
hr could not have any idea what it was—
Mr. Talliaferro observed, that he was al
ways opposed to the sale, but it having
been made, he thought we “ ought to be
extremely cautious how we meddled with 1
it.”
As to your observations f'3 p-cting the
Poft-Office, Mr. Hobby is c«;a nly Post-
Mafler at Augufla, and tht.- is the firfi
truth your address contains. When the
former Pofl-Mafler was about to resign, it
was absolutely neceflary to have a l'uccef
for, but Mr. Hobby never knee/ of his be
ing thought of for that purpose, nor did he
hear a word of the intended v
until after it was made ; his ther receiving
the appointment, was in all probability
owing to his name having been mention
ed to the Pofl-Mafler General, b; tli- gen
tleman you allude to, whose up* nefs,
integrity and responsibility, wiie w-,< 1
known : no doubt had the intended resig
nation been made public, other nasK -1
persons equally well qualified
fice would have been sent on, out not
probable any recommendation! m ours
would have been attended to, unlcfs ther
proof besides your own was adductof
the morality and honefly of the perfwt. re
commended. And this appointmen you
pretend has been considered bv hi i dz o
patrons as the price of his labour w, tht ir
cause : and yet but one Angle perfi \nn
cerned in the Yazoo purchase kite* ,y
thing about the appointment, and tM one
never knew , that Mr. Hobby haiPe-tr
written a word on the fubjert—*th* book
which you pretend had an influence s the
appointment, unfortunately for you*, was
not written, much less publiflied, till ruany
months after the appointment was ' ule.
The emoluments of ihe office, in ,uth
amount fully to what you ftatethema.,. . nd
are the rewards attached to the imp* ant
Cervices the office requires. You
in a former paper that Mr. Hobby hs
a hireling writer, &c. and this
dress you announce as intended to tr i
ply with the engage nents of the oth**.nd
therefore to eflabhfh its chirges. ■ow
why fir rest upon mere aflertion ? Jfou
nave had time to collert your proofs and
are bound to do so, or acknowledge \our
felf unworthy of credit. I aflert positive
ly, and defy you, and the world to prove
the contrary, that Mr. Hobby never diet
receive dirertly or indirertly any comoen
fation of any kind for any publicaticn ot
his whatever, nor was ever employed by
any men or party of men to write for tn m;
nor fir do I believe he ever acknowledged
himfelf the author of anv writing to which
his name did not appear, and therefore
could neither be imployed or rewarded.
If he has ever written, it has been the vo
luntary result of his own rtflertons, ant. a
conlcientious belief in the propriety ofjfiis
remarks, the public will always make ufc'i ’
owncoojerturesas tothe authors of an .!v
--mous publications, but without the authors
confent, or improper coadurt in the printer,
it will not be polfible to know certainly
whether their conjertures be true or falfe.
You tell 11s you know B. to be an inter
ested writer, and you certainly do not
know any such tning, you know nothing
about him, nor will you probably ever
know, till he clrnfes to inform you ; he never
was in any way interefled in that dear de
lightful foundation of your popularity the
Yazoo. You fav too that B. has laboured
to impress an opinion that Mr. Hobby
“ while the iniquitous bill was before the
hnufe, from a perftrt knowledge of the
bribery and corruption that was flumefuJ
ly prarticed to accomplifli the great ob
jert, opposed it.” Now fir I never fakl
any such thing, and are you not alhamwl
to originate such bare faced falfities ? Mr.
Hobby as before stated not being in Al
- during the whole progress of the Wl
you speak of could not poflibly know in y
thing of measures taken to obtain it. You
tell us you hear 4 ‘ much from him
in favour of Regal government and m
contempt of equal libarty,” he in all
his life never wrote a word in favour
of either Regal government, or fate des
potism—He is an American born, and was
always an American at heart —unalterably
attached to the genuine principles of the
American Revolution, he never in thought,
word, or deed,departed from what he con
ceived the true interests of his country,
and the liberties of his fellow men. He
never indeed difeovered those delightful
charms in the French revolution, which
had so facinating an influence over your
mind as to bewilder your understanding
He admired and approved that revolution
in its commencement, and when celebra
ting the anniverlarv of our glorious*lnde
dence, he contributed his aid, to exhibit
emblems of the French and American
Union, and the flags of the two nations
were difplaved together. Even fir if you
recollert, the legislature of our state once
turned out in a bodv, to celebrate French
fuccetles—and dearly have we since pail
for this kind of folly. The enthusiasm of
the people being fufficiently heat-d an at*
tempt was made, and here encouraged , to
lubjert us to French dominion. Then
the government of our country difeovered
the dark designs of pretended friends, and
opposed their villanous intrigues, and then
Mr. Hobby discovered that his attachment
to his own country and govtrnmenf, was
superior to any nonsensical prepofidEon
in favour of a foreign nation. When a
French unacknowledged, unprincipled
agent, was commillioning men in our
country, and hurrying us into a destruc
tive war against the will of our govern
ment, he did not basely aflerr, that were a
French army to land here, he would join them,
(join them against the citizens of the U
nited Stares,) do you know lir any one
tnat made this declaration * Afii ypwr md
ror, to furnifh you with
You fay t*'p Delpo*ic Monarchy of France
i - /erturned t)y the grand principle of the
will of the people—hJs true, and without
their will or conlent, a more despotic
monarchy is about to be eftabliftied, but
as we have no concern witii that govern
ment, let them do as they please, I only
mention this, becaule you have the folly
to aftimilate that revolution, with the A
merican.
In replying to your address, I have ne
ceflarily been lengthy becanfe I w lud to
evince clearly to yourfelf that it ought no
more to be believed, than your declaration
in court, that you did not reside in Jt tfer
ion county.* Your publication eviden
ces your disposition to calumnia e, with
out capacity to attach probability to your
statement. Ten direct and pofibve un
truths are contained in your address,
which however they may impress us, as to
your industry, afford no very favourable
■pinion of your morJ rectitude. You
may indeed fay that ten fadhoodi in two
columns of the Republican Trumpet,
leave the fob Jrroport o : o 'mU', yr
it is intended writings in that llanderous
paper shall contain, and in tnis we {hall
not differ in opinion. But fir do you sup
pose this mod* of conducting a paper will
afford you permanent gratification, do you
imagin you will always have it in your
power to resist the flings of a guiltv con
icience, and that you will never be com
pelled to take a review of thedifmal rnan
lionsof acorrupted heart: Reftallured your
endeavors to traduce individual reputa
tions will be in vain, your labour will but
expose your own depravity; and I fin
cereiy hope that when the hours of serious
reflection arrive, and arrive they certainly
will, and when you are brooding over the
ineffectual efforts of your malice, and
when the turpitude of your conduCt is
presented to your view in all its enormity,
you may not be driven to the intoxicating
draught, to lull the agony of disappoint
ment, and lelfen the poignancy of your
feelings by the deftruCtion of your real'on.
B.
* To explain this, be it remembered, that Tho
mas Jones of M‘Bean, having a demand against Go
vernor Jacklon of about £. 15, f'ued him theiefor
in the Interior Court of J.riuiiicm county in Janu r>
1800.—The Governor inifezd oi fairly meeting the
demand of a citiz n, plead that he was not a refideni
of Jefferlon county, altho’ he and his family had re
tided there i or 3 yeais, and swore to the
truth of his pie a. The julfices of ihe
court could not dilbelieve the evidence oi their own
senses, and their positive knowledge, and like
upri.ht men overruled the plea and decided against
his Exce lency : Ju:ge Mitchell granted a writ of
certioraii, and brought the pmceedings up he.ore
him last April term, reversed the judgment of
the Infer or court and dil'miff-d the t'uit, (that h he
decided the Governor did hot dive in jeffer-,
Ion.)
This is a proceeding of the friend of equal
a 1 cuts —and the citizens of Jett' rlon and 01 the
Hate, have here a Governois declaration, and a ju
dicial decision comranidfing the plain evidence of
their own lenses—let the Republican Trump- tors
•vpublith this and tell us which we aie to believe.
TO BE RENTED,
FORONE YEAR TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER,
At the Market-Houjt in Augufia , on Saturday
the 25 th in ft ant, at 8 o'clock in ihe forenoon ;
THAT COMMODIOUS
DWELLING-HOUSE,
BagSaSaS With convenient out Houses
and Lot, in Springfield, belonging to the
estate of George Heneffey, deceased.
Ptiffeflion will be given the firft of Novem
ber next.
—A L S O, —
At fame time and place, the
Store-House, Gin-House, Kitchen, Scales,
Weights, Cs ’c. with the Lot next adjoining
thereto, for one year.—Possession will be
given the 27th inst. the Estate of Michael
Fee, deceased.
A L S O,—
At the fame time wdl he fold for Qajh ,
Sundry Household Furniture,
Belonging to fame Estate.
GEORGE FEE,
Ex'r. £3* Adm'r.
Oftoher 22.
{& Wanted at this Office, an
Apprentice to the PRINTING BUSI
NESS—An attive Lad, between 14 and
15 years of age.
SALEM, September 29.
A letter from an intelligent gentleman
of this town, now in London, dated Au
gust 9th, contains the following Para
graph ; “This day an American gentle
man arrived from Paris, and informed me
that the negociation between our envoys
and the French government had been bro- 1
Ken off : that captain M'Neil had left Pa- '
ris to prepare his (hip for their reception ;
and that the firft confu!, finding the en
voys so determined, by fame ce.-.ief u>ns,
bad p.cv«.'kd on them to i&ezu the nrgoci 2-
/ions, ami that the business a&ually recom
menced.”
By captain Edicott, who arrived yefter
dav, in 34 days from Cadi?, we learn,
that letters had hecn ;vceivcu from rans,
which announced the failure of the Ame
rican envoys in the obje<ft of their million ;
that they were to take their departure u
the Portsmouth, in about a fortnight, ac
companied by a commilfioner from th9|
French government: That in consequence
of this event, the trills of the armed .cap
tured American vessels were suspended,
and it was onje&ored that they would
not be tried until the result of the French
commissioner’s embafly was known.
The expedition against Ponugal was in
great forwardness. A detachment confin
ing of three regiments, marched from Ca
diz, to join the invading army, a few days
before captain Edicott failed.
Cadiz is Severely afflifted with the yel
low fever ; from 90 to too persons die dai
ly ; more than a third cf the inhabitants
have fled from the city. The fi knefs
howevc ■ did not extend to the dicing in
the ecu'.*'.-
NEW-YORK, O&ober 6.
Latest Foreign News.
From Glasgow papers to the 30 th August , re
ceived at the office of the Mercantile Adver
tiser, by the brig Brandywine Miller , in 3 1
days from Greenock.
LONDON, August 25-
The court of Peterlburg, letters from
Hamburg fay, is very much diffatisfied
with the conduit of the French in the
Dutchy of Wirtemburg, and attaches
more importance to it than even to the
possession of Malta :—while Pruftia is a
larmed at the conquests of the French in
Germany, and riilpleafed at their treat
ment of the elector of Bavaria. There
fore one or two things mult happen, either
Buonaparte must make a moderate peace,
or if his ambition induce him to contiua
the war, it will be more dreadful than
ever next spring.
The French minister Bourgoning set
out from Hamburg to Copenhagen on the
17th, in order to be present during lord
Whitworth’s negociation.
An article from Copenhagen, dated Au
gust 12, fays, “ Lord Whitworth is arriv
ed from Elfineur.
“ Before his arrival our government Pent
off dil'patches to Peterlburg by a courier,
who proceeded in the greatest haste
through Sweden, and duplicates of them
were also sent off by a fwift-failing schoon
er.
“ Orders were given on the the gth, to
get ready for sea the following fix {hips of
the line : The Neptune, Waldermar,
Odin, Ditmarfchen, Eyhuyen, and Looifa
Augusta.”
Count Bernftorff, the Danifli secretary
of state, had a long conference with the
Britilh and Ruffian charge d’affairs on the
morning of the 9th, and immediately after
a report prevailed, thatour agent, M. Mur
ray, was about to return to Britain. Cer
tain it is, that an order was issued to sus
pend all intercourse with Great-Britain,
and the feverai outward bound vessels were
directed to wait farther inftru&ions. "
The Portuguese, government have, we
understand, imposed a duty on wines the
produce of that kingdom, for the purpofc
of payingtheintcreft of the paper currency
of the state, and for gradually liquidating
this debt, which at present greatly embar
rafl’es the mercantile operations of the
country. The amount of the duty is not
mentioned.
BERLIN, August 7.
The report for some time part in circu
lation, that Rulfia and Prulfia would have
recourse to an armed mediation, for the
purpose of re-eftablifliing tranquility is de
stitute of foundation. Exertions are cer
tainly made by our court in conjunction
with that of Peterlburg, to induce the bil
ligerent powers to conclude a peace that
will restore, as far as polfibie, the balance
of Europe; but those exertions do not ex
ceed the medium of negociation.
FRANKFORT, August 13.
All the French troops that were here,
both infantry and cavalry, marched out
vefterday and proceeded to the Upper
Mein. They were immediately replaced