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Stephen t ullen alias Stephen
Cullen Carpenter, alias the Pay
master of his Majesty's forces in
t Guernsey, alias the aulhor of the
Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson, and
the historian of “ the Rise & Pro
gress of French Influence'' u* the
-States—has come'forth wirh a
second Address to tlje “ U. States'
Gazette.”
As in his Ist. fie virtually con
fesses, that he is a British Spy, &
an Emissary- loyal to his king,
am) faithful to his native country —
so in the 2nd he most consistent
ly complains of his receiving that
exposure and chastisement, winch
such a character deserves. In
stead of (Ifending himself, he la
vishes all his abuse on the Aurora
—denounces vengeance against
its Editor—threatens to exhibit
him in all the various phases of
his life--and most consistently
complains of his own name having
“ been given to the public accom
panied with scurility, such as none
but a long practised, accomplish
ed liar could invent.’*
We join issue at once with this
political saint—this pious Mission
ary ot the British government. —
We cast back into his teeth, all
the charges of scurrility and falsi _
hood, of which this virtuous St,
Stephen so indignantly complains
—We appeal to his own work,
Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson”
lor «ur proof. JVe too complain
ot scurvthty without shame and
falsehood without measure, We,
too complain ol the commitment
o! of this cuuntiy mto the
hands ol the f* low-lived, licentious
vagabond.” And we refer to these
infamous Memoirs for the justice
of our complaints. But we have
higlit r aim, than merely to expose
the duplicity and inconsistency of
tins Stephen Cullen Carpenter—
j Wts wish to hold out a monitory
i less °ii to the people of the United
We vVish our country men
to know what kind of men is now
amongst us—rho secret poison of
Buiiaij Influence, which pervades
our press—the agency of the Bri
tish Emmissariei, in tiie U. States—
the means to which they resort for
the consummation of their purpose
—the volturous rapacity, with which
j tl,e y culumniate the characters of
our best and most enlightened c jt„
izens—their gross misrepresenta
tions ot the acts anfl measures of
government. ....their contempt for
j Uic cause of our Independence,
! j the principles of the Constitution,
and the bies&ing of Liberty• ■ ■-
their columnies against our court
i try men the length to which
they push their resentments against
, | all that is peculiarly American—
l ; and their secret but inuefaticable
1 ! propagation ot a politic >1 Creed
oftaiih, from which Federalists
themselves would revolt with an ,
i honest enthusiasm of heart; the!
Tories and the Essex Junto alone 1
excepted. 4 « The memoirs of
■ Thomas Jeffersuu” is a monument
of these truths.
We have waded through this
composition of tilth ami Calumny
with inetfable abhorrence and dis
gust — like that of the man, who is
dragged through the cells of a Lax
aretto, through every form ot pu.
triditv and plague. We pro
nounce it to be ttie holy work ot
this British Missionary. What,
though there is no author's name
m the Title Page : nay not even
nn Imprint, which designates bv
whom or where it was printed f
Besides the indirect confession ol
Cullen, the stile of the composition
is all Ins ow n. There is tiie same
naivete ai d quaintness ot expres
sions : the same redundance ot Ep
i lie is : the same prolixity of sen
euces ; the same miserable aiFcc
tfnri of the mannerism of Edmund
8.. ’ . , uie s«Mje profound rever-
“ hold the mirror ur to nature.”— Shakespeare.
ence for reveries of the prostituted
genius ; which had marked all the
editorial compositions in the“ Con.
rier” and “ the People’s Frieud ”
Stand fourth then, thou illusiri.
ous Knight of the British Govern.,
uictu ; who hast visited these dis
taut realms of America to assert
the cause of truth, to itditss
the wrongs of Innocence ; stand
j forth, by the following F.xtracts
j h orn the work before us, we shall
convict \ on of that scuyilitv, faisc
liotxi, and disregard of principles,
which you have imputed to oth.
ers !
in his Preface to the Header he
has the impudence to sav, “ the
illustrious Dr. Robertson, in a letter
to Mr. Gibbon, gave it as his opin
ion that a historian ought to write
as if he were giving evidence up
on oath. Few historians have
been so scrupulous ; yet tiie Doc
tor was certainly right.... iuce,
if a history wants truth, it wants
every thing that can recommend it.
Were it nut tor that ingredient,
die history of Charles the Filth
would bear no comparison as a
work of instruction or amusement,
with Fielding’s Histoiy of John
Jones, or Goldsmith’s Vicar of
Wakefield. It is on this ground
the Author of the Memoirs founds
his claim to public attention.’' Bt
dus test, then, let him be tried.
Independence of the U. States.
The work opens with raniarks
upon the state of this country ira
mediately as ter the treaty of peace,
-—(if the glorious Revolution and
the independence of the United
States, the author speaks precisely
ill the style of British eiiunissary,
fraught with all the sentiments of a
Briton. There is not one mark of
the real American about him. —
Respecting the causes which led to
that Revolution, he is silent; die
wrongs which were perpetrated by
the British government & the bar
barities inflicted by her armies, are
decently covered b\ the Veil of si
lence. There is nothing about Inn.
which bespeaks the least convic
tion of these wrongs, or the least
! sympathy with the Revolution.
in speaking of the independence
of the United Biates, wiicie ar-:
those bursts of feeling, or of pa
triotism, winch flow tu the mind
ol an American, hum the contem
plation of that great even! t i-> in
proud us the einaneipauon ol this
country from the una.urom ot Bri
tain ? Tntie is nothing like u
What ever he says, is delivered m
the measuring tone ot hypocriuta
cant. Bis declarations have all the
air of a man, who conceals his own
auticipatiues, in the awkward a flee
tuiiuu of all attachment) which lie
feels nccesssaiy to he assumed it.
order to gam a favorable hearing
to his story. Hence itc speaks in
an abstract manner of the indepen
deuce of the United States; as “ a
day of flatter ing aspect to the mhu.
buauts of llie new itorld ; no peo
ple had ever greater cause to be
; pioud ; uouo had before them a
■ fairer promise to be happy”—
but does he speak, as if he himself
participated in the pride.— as ii
j these promised pteasutes had not
been visionary i
The People and Democracy .
Respecting the character ofotir
countrymen and the value of their
republican constitution, he delivers
himself in an unambiguous style
of sarcastic, disgust.--The British
emissary is true :o those political
principles, in which he was educa
ted at home.
“ The people had now (the close
of the revolutionary war) the su
preme power in their own hands,
and it is impossible to conceive a
! people much more disqualified,
than they were rendered by avarie
; ty of circumstances, from making
a wise or moderate use of it. in
their best state of correction, the
passions of multitudes arc ungov
ernable,” Vol. 1 p. 16.
“ The insurrection (of Shays) !
wore so formidable an aspect, |
that Congress thought fit to en* |
large the military establishment ;
a civil war was expected ; a ma- i
jority of the people of Massachu
setts were either secretly or openly '
in opposition to government. In all
the Kasteru States the same temper
prevailed more or less and on y
waited for ail advantageous occa
sion to break out openly.” p. 31.
“ These’* (the Anti-Federalists
—--among whom were the present
venerable Governor of Virginia,
ii. I’. Mason, P. Henry, James
Monroe) “ have never ceased,
since the adoption of the constitu
tion, to use their best efforts to o
verthrow it. ” p 40.
“ Some few leading Americans
were throughout the whole of the
revolution and in continuity after
ii) the devoted servants, friends
& agents of France.” p 5t. — Yet
this is the man, who casts about
legal evidence of historical truth ; j
of the scurrility & falsehood which
have been lavished upon himself.
“ In any other country but
Ameiica the people would ex.
ped to fee luch abase ad of ini.
quiiy pumflied. Under no gov.
eminent but one overwhelmed !
by Democracy,” (and yet this
was under W aldington, for
, whole character too he affects
fiich reverence,) “ could luch
a crime pals with impunity.”—
*SB
- He” (Washington) u found
not only the laws yet to be
made, but the feelings and diU
politions ol an unruly people to
beuained to them*” 298.
French Revolution .
In speaking of this memora
ble event, which has baffled all
the hopes and expectations of the
friends of liberty, the historian,
displays all the venom of his ge.
nius. There is not the lealt
glow of sympathy exprtllcu
with the caules which produced
it. The lame servile Ipirit which
urged liuike to write it down,
and Put to icduce it by force of
aims seems to inspire this work.
Nothing is laid of the right of
the people 10 redress the wiongs
of ihe monarchy—nothing is
said in eulogy of the Ipirit which
moved the hrlt reformers—no"
thing of that venerable aflembly
of hrenchmen, which was one
of the molt august legiflativc ai*
letnblies in the world. The
French tevolutionifts are cha
ractenled, flora the very flart,
by the mo ft degrading epithet.
1 hey are confounded in eveiy
telpect with thole who came af
ter them- Such is the nice dii~
crimination of this hiftorian —
luch is the ait of writing “ as if
he were giving evidence upon
oath.
What is the style in which he
speaks of the earlieit Revolu.
tiornlts of France f —“ After re
maining 10 days at Charleston,
during which tune, he managed
matters in the belt manner and
to the fulleft effect that his re - J
gicidc maltcri could desire <Sc.”
p. 116.-—“ It is a talk of the
molt disgusting kind to dwell
< upon the extravagant demon. !
(trations of joy, and the ridicu.
lous teltioionies of respect be- ■
(towed upon this mimlter of an
ephemeral band of usurpers .”
p. 117. —“ The Frencn revolu
tion was then “ in the full tide
of fuccelslul experiment /’ and
C andorcct and his fraternity
were much more (uitable in
tallc, character purpoie and
principels lor Mr, J. th^u,
MONDAY, October 9, 1809.
1 Washington, Hamilton, or the
I oihcr wife and worthy men,
who compoled the cabinet
of the United States”—Even
the great Condoreet cannot
escape his sneers and reproach*
; «*.
About what fort of men are
thefc exprellions used ? 4< The
monlters and the murdereis of
Louis XVI’ faysthisdecourous
and correct hiltorian—but what
lays gen’l Wafhingion himfelf,
in his celebrated reply to Mr.
Adct, so late as.iftJan. 1796,
for months and years after thele
feenes weie acted, which call
' down the vengeance of St. Ste.
; phen ? “ Borne Sir, in a land
I of liberty, having early learned
its value; having engaged in a
perilous conflict to defend it ;
having in a word, devoted the
belt yearn of my life to secure
is permanent eltablifhmeru in
my own country ; my anxU
ous recoiled ions, my fympathe.
tic feelings and my belt wishes
aie irrefillably attracted when*
soever, in any country, I fee an
oppiefled nation unfurl the ban
ners of freedom. Bui above all the
F; ench )evolution has produced
the deeped loliciiude, as well as
the highejl admiration . To
call your nation brave, were
to pronouce but common praiie.
Wonderful pepole ! ages to
come will read wiihaltomlhmcnt
the hifioty of your brilliant ex
ploits. I rejoice that the peri,
ou of your toils and of your
iinmenle facriliccs is approach
ing. I lejoice that the inter
tiling revolutionary movements
of so many yeats have lflued in
the formation of a constitution
deligned to give permanency
10 the great object for wlucli
you have contended. I lejoice •
that liberty, which you have so
long embiaccd with enthuhalm
—liberty ol which you havtt
been ihe invincible defenders,
now hods an ally um in the bo.
lorn ot a reguiaiiy organized
governnient, wmch being form,
cd to secure the happmels of
the French people, couefponds
with ihe aiucm willies ot my
heart, white it gratifies the pride
of every citizen ol the United
States by us reiemblance to
their own. On these glorious
events accept, 111, my uiicete
congratulations.” Yet these
were “ monllcis Sc murcieieis.’*
This bungs us directly to the
great charge of
FRENCH INFLUENCE.
It is one of the main objects of
1 hi* Memoir as well as of the
chiefs ot the Federalists to prove
the prevalence of this species of
influence in the Republican party-
The m <st extraordinary mean*
of subletfuge and deception have
been auopicd tor this extravagant
purpose, i'nette ai< aus are pun«
cipally, to transfer the zeal which
the Republicans leu in the cause of
Liberty, and ot France, during itio
auspiciousp riods of ncr revolution
—lO the present government of
I that country. Yet this miserable
subiertuge has been adopted as
1 a serious argument. This com*.
Innation gro.s Sc unnatural as ms,
is not too extravagant to t>e grave
ly manufactured by the Federal
party.
Yet this man does nst stop
here—he even attempts to true*
it higher.—*" la the (aid) congress
there existed a strong part),de
terminaiely disposed i« subject the
in.cicsta ot the Uui ed Ouics to
the will and die euon ot the
( trench Government— —and ta 4
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