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V hen inpower, whefe heads, like
#:,c head ot f chip jfc filled with
fringe ttotifitfs*-* Ai.il- counter revolu
principles and projects, ihings will
1 e fore to go wrong. John Adams, who
was more lb', dupe cf party than the leader
cf it, emend on trie < ifice of president
w ith l;is head turned by the elevation he
vns lifted tu ; ami his principles, (if he
ever had any) corrected. He turned out
to I ea counter rcvclaiiomit ; and if the
conu-Ad prt'jcvil of his administration had
focmdtd, the federal confiltution would
have hcen.drff royed, and that by ' perfuns
under the afliuncd and fraudulent name of
Jcd< rahfh .
tu gdtetnl Itrjhinpt'.n {faid John
Adair;) hat no children, itvotll be Tight to
make the government hereditary tn the family
of,Lund WxJhinft.int.V. ‘Perhaps John snren.
dtd this as a !iy introduction of hunfclt' and
.his hojtrfui lV*o Qjfinreyy in preference to
to any of the ? for this fine
John Adams was one ol the chiefs of a par
ty in cijugrtjs t :t doth town in fVnnfy Ivunia,
in the l itter end of the year 1777 and he
ginning of 7H, lor diftniffing h‘afhmgtoH
from the command of the army, breau/e,
they laid he was not capable if it and did
tv thing. Yet under John's administration
the name of Walhington was made use cf,
for the pinpofc ol introducing and covering
a counter revdhitiorary fyHem, Such is
the inconfifiency of bClion and of men who
have no fixtd principles I
'1 he independence ot America would bare
added but litile to her own happiness, and
been of no benefit to the woild, if her gov
ernment had been formed on the corrupt
xiod.lt cf the tld woild. It was the
■ opportunity ol beginning the wor Ida new, I
as it were ; and ot bringing forward a new
fyfitm. of government in which the rights of
tilt men flu. old he preferred, th.ir gave value
to independence. The pamphlet, Common
Sinje, iht full woikl ever puhlilhfd, em
biactd.both these objefts. Mire indepen
dence might «t foinn future time*, have
been ifftft.d and cUabblhed by arms, 'with
out principles, lint a just fyftcm of govern
ment could not. Jnfnort, it was the prin.
ciple, at that time, that produced the in
dependence ; for until the principle spread
itfelf abroad among the people, independence
was not thought of, and America was
6gh(ing without an objedf, Thcfe who
know the circunr.fi a nces of the times 1 speak
of, know ibis to be true.
1 am not perfecting John A.fa-ms, nor
rr.y other man, nor did 1 ever persecute ti
ny : 4t I fee the propriety, and even the
ncocfiiiy of ’militating an enquiry into the
ccnfufed fiatc of admits during his admini-
*»n»*oC(i F4HU Hit bVI.
dence combined wi'th them, juftify the sus
picion that during that adminiltration the
country was grossly imposed upon, and put
to so great and tnnec. iLry expence, which
the prefen-t admlnidration has to pay off:
and that f »me concealed and counter, revolu
tionary feheme was in contemplation, The
leaders, fcpcrately, might hide from o»ch
other what his own particularohjeft was.
Each of them might have a different one.
But all of thorn agreed in the preliminary
project, that of railing an armv ; and the
case would have been, that when they had
collected that army, they would have bro
ken into diftiud parties, like the general s
of Alexander’s army, and destroyed each
other to decide who fliould be the reigning
usurper...-Symptoms of disgust had already
begun to appear among the chiefs. Hamil
ton despised Waihington, Adams was jea
lous of Hamilton ; and Hamilton had a per
fect contempt for Adams. But in the end,
John, I believe would have come poorly
off. He was not a man of the sword, but
only of the cockade.
I purpokly delayed entering upon this
ftd.jcd till the prefidentiai eledion fliould
be over. Had I publiihed it before that
time, the clamour of tad ion would have
said it was an c|cdionecring trick* Now,
they cannot fay'it. The choice made at
that election was the fpomaneous choice of
the people, and is therefore honorable both
to the eledors and the eleded. The coun
try at this time, compared with-what it
was two or three yuars ago, is in a fiatc of
tranquility ; and if. a fit disposition ofcaim
nefs to take the mattery herein dated into
corfideration before the next meeting of
congress. It is by keeping a country well
informed upon its affairs, and difearding from
its councils every thing of mystery, that
harmony is preferred or restored among •
the people, and confidence reputed in the go
vernment.
THOMAS PAINE.
June sth 1805.
PHILADELPHIA, ~
The news ot the arrival ot the combined
fleets at Martinico, flrnck a great confterra
tinn a s St, Kitts.--.What lew thips were
| ready for fra bound to England, failed im
mediately under ccnvoy of a frigate and
Loop of war, and the merchant thips which
were not ready snd forne that were expeded
from the other bl inds, were ordered to take
the belt car-* they could of thcmfelves, as
the (mall rum S.-r cf Britilb ihips of war, in
the windward luunds, could afford them lit
tle or no protection.
Admiral Cochrane having failed from Ja.
maka, with a convoy for England, parted
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a*
with them to the windward of the Iflsnds,
and then arrived at St. Kitts wbh his own
(hip only, the other (hips of war having pro
bably gone on with the convoy.
The frigates of the combined fleet were
seen taking (cundings off St, Lucie, and it
was generally supposed the combined fleet
would begin there and make a general (weep
among the Sfitilh 1 Hands.
CHILICOTHE, (Ohio) May zo-
We have forfometinae undtrflood, that a
company had been formed infdrreof ihe eastern
(talcs for the purpose of opt ning a canal round
the falls of Ohio, and erefting water works
at that place. Col. Burr, it has been laid,
was concerned in that company ;and we pre
sume, his visit to this country is principally
Confined to that objeft.
From Louisville we learn that the agents
of the company have made confideralde pnr
chafes of lands in the neighborhood of that
place, and are contr./fing for opening the
canal, which is to be on the north welt lide
of the river.
It is alfofaid that the Kentucky company,
having the fameobjeft in'.view, arerefolved
to perfeveie in opening a canal 0 n the Ken
tacky fide of the river.
CHARLESTON, June zi.
On the third of May hdr, all foreign
coim, excepting Spanilh dollars, and parts
ot dollars, «eafcd to be a legal tender for the
payments of debts in the United States---as
the aft oftongrefs making French, Spanith
and Portuguese gold coins and French crowns
a fender, expired on the said third day of
May lad.
AUGUSTA, July 6.
Having finilhed the Afts of Con^ref*. In
u O ’
®ur bfl, we are Jed to believe that we will
defervc well ot the public and our readers,
by publiflnng all the public Acts of the Ge
neral Allembly of the Uate of Georgia, pall
ed during the lad session, It is true, these
u 7
afts have been published already, in the
form of a pamphlet, at the cxpence of the
slate; but as these pamplets get into few
hands, comparatively (peaking, though all
the citizens, rich and poor, bond as well
freemen, (hould be acquainted with the
laws ; we expefl this mode of publilhing
(free of expence) will prove as acceptable,
as it will be beneficial to society,
ACTS
Os the General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, passed November and Decem
ber, 1804.
An AtJ to efahlijh the Salary eif the “Judges
of the Superior Courts , and the Attorney
uuu uufu nun yjeneraeej tots estate,
T) E it enacted by the Senate and Ih.ufe
ii r s Reprefenta lives of the State cf Ge.
o>g’ci, in General Assembly met , That the
Judges of the Superior Courts of this State,
(hall receive for their salary, the sum of four
teen hunderd dollars each per annum : and
the Attorney and Solicitors General each,
the sum of one hundred and fifty dallars per
annum, to be paid quarterly out of any mo
nies which may be in the Treasury at the
lime the said feveial Aims may become due,
ABRAHAM JACKSON,
S-peakef oj the Houje of Representatives,
JARED IRWIN,
Prep dent of the Senate,
Assented to November zl, *BO4.
JOHN MILLEDGE, Governor,
An ACI appointing Csmmiffioners for afeer .
taming and fixing the dividing line, be .
tvjeen this State and the State oj North. '■
Carolina,
WHEREAS by an aft of the leglflature
©f S outh-Carolina, passed the eighth
day of March, in the year one thousand
(even hundred and eighty-seven, certain
delegates were fully authorized to assign
over to the United States, ail that traft of
territory within the chartered limits of the
said ttatc---!ying and being within the
boundaries and lines herein after deferibed,
.that is to fay, all the territory or traft of
country, included within the river Milfiffip.
pi, and a line beginning at that part of the
said river Mifliliippi, which is interfefted
by the foathern boundary line of North-
Carolina, and continuing along the said
boundary line until it (hall interleft a ridge
or chain of mountains, which divides the
eaftcrh from the weftern waters, thence
along the said ridge of mountains to where
it imerfeftsa line to be drawn due well from
the head of the fouihern branch of Tugalo
river to the said mountains, and thence to
run a due welt course to the river Mifiilfip
p! : And *whereas , the United States did
accept of a deed of cefiion, executed by the
said delegates, in due form, on the seventh
day of August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand (even hundred and eighty-seven :
And whereas, it also appears, that previ
ous to the date of the aforefaid deed of ces
sion, that is to fay, in the yearol our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and feventy
two, the Governors of the then Provinces
of North and South-Carolina, by virtue of
an order of George the third, King «f
Great-Britain, appointed commiflioncrs to
alter (he Lna between the two Provinces
aforefaid, now States of North and South-
Carolina, which (aid line was aftually run
• and afeertained by the said commissioners ;
and that the said lia e was continued from i
the end of the line ncrthwcft from Little
river, a due weft courfc to the lands belong
ing to the Catawba Nation of Indians,
thence northwardly with their lands, fd as
to leave the fame in South-Carolina, thence
due weft; by which proceeding it evidently
appears that all the land comprehended
within the limits of Walton county, and
as far as the thity.fifth degree of north
latitude, continue to be the property of
South-Carolina, until their deed of ceflicn to
the United States.
And whereas articles of agreement and
ceftion were entered into, and signed, and
executed, by the commiftioners duly au
thorized by the United States and this State
refpeftivdy, on the twenty.fourth day of
April, in the year of our Lord one ihoufand
eight hundred and two, which were ratified
V*v this State on the sixteenth day cf June
following, by which articles of agreement
and reffion aforefaid, the United States con
veyed to this State, both the right of foil
and jurifdiftron to all the territory within
the aforefaid boundaries and limits, which
flic State of South-Carolina had any claim
to at the time that State made a ceiTun cf
the fame to the General Government.
And whereas the State of Georgia
did, being vested by the articles of agree
ment and cession aforefaid, with the tight
of foil and jurifdiftron of the lands within
the limits of the county of Walton, palled
an aft on the tenth day cf December, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and three, entitled ,c An aft toeftab
lifh a county in the territory lately acquired
by the ceftion of the United States,” which
fTd aft has been carried completely into
effeft ; and the laid county of Walton in
pursuance of the fame, hath been duly or
ganiz'd, and the authority of this State
exercifcd therein. ,
And where as it is necelTary that com
roiflioners, on the part and behalf of this
Sure, should be appointed to meet any com
nr.lfioners which may hereafter be appointed
by the State of Nonh-Carolina, for the pur
ple of marking more plainly the line in '
every part designating the county of Walton :
Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and
House nf Representatives of the State of
Georgia in General Ajfembly met, by the
authority of the famz, That hisExccliency
the Governor he and he is hereby authorized
and required to appoint two or more fit and
proper persons, as ccmniiffioners on the part
and behalf of this State, with full and com
petent power to meet any two or more corn
miffioners that may he appointed by tht*
Stare of North-Carolina, for the purpose
ol designating more plain and clearly the
lines of the aforefaid county of Walton.
ABRAHAM JACKSON,
Speaker of the House of lit prefntatives,
JARED IRWIN, >
Pefficient of the Senate.
AfTcnted to December 10, 1804.
JOHN MILLEDGE, Governor.
Celebration of the July, 1805, being
the Twenty.ninth year of American In.
dependence.
This happy anniversary has been celebra
ted in Augusta, with unusual spirit and hi
larity— several parties were formed and spent
the day in great glee and harmony—among
others, one barbacued it in the native and
true American style, at Mr. Turknett’s
tyring. The reader will best judge of the
feelings and patriotifn of the company, from
the ioWomngfentintents and toajh.
1. The day we celebrate—the most me
morable and glorious in the annals of free
dom —May all future generations meet it
in the spirit of our Revolution.
2. The President of the United States.—
The noble ft work of God—An honed man,
and true Republican.
3; The United States of America—as
prosperous and happy, as they are indepen
dent and free.
4. The heads of departments • who never
dlfgraced thcmfelveson their country by cor
ruption or peculation—-thank God, we have
no Lords.
5. Ths memory of the departed Ameri.
can heroes—who fought and bled, to be
queath unto us, this day of jubilee.
6. 'Hie persecuted patriots of Ireland—
may their day Toon come, and we live to
fee it ; then (hall we doubly rejoice.
7. The Chief Magistrate of Georgia—
his country has received much, avd ftillex
pefts more from his patriotism and talents.
8. May Commodore Baron soon giveus
as good an account of the Corfam and Bar
barians of Tripoli, as Pompey did former
ly, of the Pirates in the Mediterranean.—A
tnericay Commerce and Freedom.
g. W afhington ftreuld never be forgotten
—he deserved well of us, and of the world.
Hail Columbia.
10. Lafayette, Wafhirgton’s brother in
arras—The generous Gaul I— a toad and
a bumper for him too—-Sa ira.
11. George Clinton—The Vice. President of
the United States—whether in war or peace,
always at his poll, and faithful to the prin
ciples of the Re volution.
12. Thomas Payne and the rights or
Man.—. The old fellow is ftiil at his post,
fighting for Democracy, and exposing that
monfter-..,?f Federali/m....
13. The people of the United States—
Sovereign, ...not by proxy, or individ.
ual reprcfcntation-—hut in their own rj c:i
-.-May they never forget themfdves.
14.. Prosperity and success to Lcuifiara
...the last inclcfed field in the Prairies of A,
xnerican Liberty
15. The Militia of the Nation. -.T|- e
country isfafe, while they arc well trained,
and retain their arms.
16. The Republican Press cf America, as
strenuous in defending the rights of the peo
ple, as it is indefatigable in unmasking trai
tors, and would be tyrants.
17. May thole, who fpoliate and harrafs
our trade, soon want both friends and the
ntcefiaries of life.
18. The American fair-—When they
cease to give freemen to the State—then
may America, once more, become a Wis.
dernefs.— t
; VOLUNTEERS.
By the Prejident. —General Jackson...
The Patriot, the Soldier and Statcfman
The pride es Georgia a*d the friend of man.
By the Vice-Preftdent. — Abram Baldwin
and the rtf clturufrtfirt: tires inccrgrtfi
from Georgia, they always returned as they
went—honest and faithful servants- not one
of them can write letters, like Elliott of
Vermont.
To the Clerk of the Market .
My Fit LEND,
la my, lad, I had a jmall talk w ith yoa,
on the fubjeft of light 'weights , and god
fend you may not be weighed yourfdf this
year, and found ivaniir.g.
You will please to take away part of your
attention from that greasy article butter,
and like your predecessor in office, cast your
eyes around the marker, and fee that dlfri.
hative justice be done to every citiz.cn ; for
we are all citizens alike.
On Tuefday morning lad, there was a
heap of chickens in market, and forfooth the
City-Hotel and Ashton’s tavern divided the
spoil and fwaliowcd them up in an ir.ftart,
while the hungry citizens looked on with
amazement and indignation !—There was no
chance for the hone ft mechanic ortradefman
who may be a little tardy, after a fhoit nights
rest and long days labor, in coming to mar
ket ; —for my part though with a few fliil
lings ia my pocket, I was ohliiged to dine
on rusty bacon, that day, while these whole
(ale chicken merchants, rioted on th efrj
fruits and prime of the market.
Do, my friend Bell, look at the ordi
nance, for I have not time to make extrafts
for you, and confider if you have no: a
right, an authority and a power, to check
and suppress, these abuses.
I would not have you to understand, that
I mean to encourage a conspiracy againtt
thofc, who bring their produce to market,
by no means; I refpeft and eftecra the far.
mer and planter as much as I do the citi
zen, but on my plan, and agreeably to the
laws, they cannot poflibly lofc, wfiile the
citizens in general may gain, an equal or
proportionable share of the neceflaries of life,
brought to market.
I expeft I (hall have to hold another small
talk with you soon, about huckftets fore
ftaikrs and regraters.—you understand tne»
QUITAM.
It is a great misfortune for federalism,
if it, really, moans repuhlicanifm, that
those gentlemen, designating thcrofelves,
federalifts, should allow themfclves to be
duped and imposed on by tones and Briujh
agents , who take proleftion under their
wing, the more securely to attack and de
stroy the republican Institutions of these
fbtes- —lt will not be forgotten that Peter
Porcupine was one of this defeription ; cn
his arrival in this country, he immediately
shook hands with federalifts ; and they
embraced him on their turn ; but no repuh
lican now in America can doubt what por
cupine’s views then were. Hobby and many
more of the fame temper and cast, we have
every reason to believe, inherit the fame
views and pursue the fame ohjeft—preten
ding to be federalifts, they sSail fedcralifni,
under the maik of anti.democrats or anti
republicans ; for if they could bring the
principles of the one into disrepute, repub
lican federallym. was alifted! and then their
game completely played.— Then would we
be hleffed with a king, or a president for
life-.-then w.oald we have Adams nobility
in a hole-- then would we have place men
and pensioners to live on the labor and in
dustry of others; then should we have a
(landing army and all our forefts set afloat
fora navy-—then would we have that terri
ble energy, that Hobby pants for.
One great objeft with these agents ji.s to
Ujf'.n the executive and administration, in
the eyes of the nation, for their want of
energy and vigour, as" a Bricilh fenatar
would fay, beyond the law—if monev could
be levied; men of war built, and theufands
of Tailors railed with the fame ease and ra
pidity, that Hobby can feribble a confer fl
cal «r libellous paragraph, it may be ex
pend that so many British pirates and
French free hooters, would not insult the
American coftswith impunity-—but urtiii
the nation wills that there shall be such a
tremendous naval force created, it is be
licved they will despise Hobby and Co,
for their ill-founded and malicious charry
of pusillanimity on the executive, for not
granting that exUnfve protcCicr. to Arr.c.i