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NEW-YORK, June 20.
Fpom the Centinel,
Blue Mountains , 1 6th May , 1800.
Millions for Defence—Not
a cent for Tribute.
FEDER XL TOAST.
And a graneftoaft it is, fays I
to my Tons. Millions for defence
it is richly worth an amhaffa
dorial outfit to the Sublime Porte;
and the inventor, no doubt, has
obtained a patent for it ; of
perhaps an equivalent, in a pod
in the army, or revenue at lead.
Thank Heaven, Tys I, however
we rnav differ in the mode, we
unite in the great principle of
independence, and fcorn to be
cither dragooned or cajoled into
fubjeX.on by any foreign pow
er on earth! Millions for defence!
Here Robert, fays I to my deleft
Ton, juft take the pencil, and
fee how much it makes in the
whole—there is for the jlanding
amy; hold fir, fays he—be
aware of the fedition law ! well
then, fays 1, t he provifional army,
yes. fays Robert, fnatching my
catalogue out of my hands—
how much for our corps of offi
cers in leading firings , every one
fit for a colonel at lead to com
mand an army yet in embrio ;
for a military fchool —for fortify
ing our harbours againft the
Brcft fleet and the Hamburgh
; Ms —for our frigates ; our
74V our forefts of live oak, for
our five millions at eight per
cent, for our—hold Bobby,
fays !. you have fet down a lit
t c to begin with.—No doubt
the preparing of thefe bills have
cod ourfederal members MefTrs.
Smith, Harper, Dayton and
ethers, a gteat deal of time and
hbour;—granted fays he—but
time and labor muft the
farmer (pend, ere they be paid ?
What Ggnifics that, fays I, ’tis
a lj for de/once and aot a cent for
tribute. Rravo! cxdairned I,
1£ is well (pent, were it as much
rnare ; and thus, MefTrs, prin
ttrs» I went on exulting and
psra iRg your laft paper, till I
came to the paragraph that an
nounces the threat of the Uey
of Algiers, againft our commerce
lor delaying the annual fhip of
*’ ar , we have to pay him it
feetnc for liberrv to navigate the
f ! ed<terrancan I How is this
vs I, running over the article
a b a,r * a (hip for the Dev ! what
this m£an ? Act a cent for
tribute! we do not owe the Dey
a billing, then what is this fhip
loi ? And where, fays I, riling
*rh indignation; where is
, ru xton ; but hold fays I, —
*‘ ] ' s muft be the ca umny of
lotne democratic piintcr, who
T U E S D A Y, July i 5, jßoo.
LIBERT"! IS OCR MOTTO TRUTH OUR UU!DR.
merits the fevered lafh of the
(edition law, for allempting to
raife a clamour againft our go
vernment, at the cxpcncc of
truth; Has not our patriotic
prefident drank the toaft ? Was
he not pledged in a double
bumper by honed Timothy ?
Has not gen. Hamilton drank
the toad, next after his beloved
Maria ? Has not gen. Dayton,
and every officer of our army
and navy, honored their liba
tions to the toad ? Has not the
majority of congrcfs drank the
toaft ? Have not all the fedcra
lifts and all lories, tag-rag ai d
bob tail, nay all the country
drank the toad ? How then is
it poffible wc pay an annual—
foh! ~ 1 cannot find a word for
it—to the Dcy.of Algiers! it
cannot be, where, I a<K, is 1 rux
tOD ?
My dear fir, fays mv Ton. this
horded defence, fo finely calcu
lated to tickle our national va
nity. was ever believed to be nc
cclTary by thole that railed the
cry about it, ft hat fcdcial g ime
was darted to lead us on another
Tent; and the toad in quedion,
and federal fentitnents, the
catch-words of the day, with all
their frivolity, when tranflated
into plain language, meant no
more nor lefs than the loaves and
fifhts\ and a fervilc copying of
the Bruifh government, as the
(horteft; road to obtain them.
An army eftablifhment, we all
knew, would require a number
of officers; and as our patrio
tifin never contemplated the
idea of ferving our country as
privates at 5 dollars a month,
there were 15.000 applicants for
commiffions to officer an army
of i 2 s ooo !! Our navy too, is a
feeding place for another clafs of
the idle and profligate ; here our
great men in office can procure
ftations of profit and diftn Xion
for their connexions and def
cendants ; and make this a dan
gerous means of drawing a
ftrong andalmofl imperceptible
chain of ariftocracy round the
yeomanry of our country, from
which, it will hi well if they can
free themfclvc:., without a new
revolution. Had our country's
wrongs excited a true (pint of
refentment and defence, would
the famous Rntifh treaty that
hot bed of difgrace, and French
aggreffion, ever have had an ex
ift net ? There we pay our
tribute; not in a paltry annual
fhip ; they feize them in con
voys, daily feize them almofl in
our harbours, in fpite ot treaties,
and who hears us murmur ?
You afk where is Iruxton? aye
where is he? by nr he is
cruizing againft the Frencn,
who have chafed all aggreXons;
and he will (like ont forts)po
litely falute the Rritijh fag while
American commerce is linking
to it—here wc may pay our tri
bute, in the pro (bated honor
and intcreft of our country, and
nobody frorning defence, wc
have trufted (o the magnanimity
of the monarch whole armies
have laid our towns in afties, and
whole fleets, in forte of ticaties
1 4
continue to plunder our com
merce, and imprefs, nay, mur
der our citizens ; —while wc arc
peaceably di( banding cur ufclcls
army, nor would 1 be (urprized,
now the French icfpcX out
commerce, to lec an order from
the fecrctary to call in our
emizers Truxton and all, and to
fell the keels of cur 74*8 at auc
tion ; fincc our good fedcralifts
have refined on the Britifh Max
im, the king can do no wrong and
applied it to the whole nation.
You know (ir, it was not always
thus, there was a time when wc
felt Hiitifh wrongs—but fome
thing, I will not fay what, has
blunted our feelings; French
invafion is now fcouted as a fa
ble. and what new mode of ex
pence will be conjured up to
fleece the people, is wi ll worth
watching. Though Hamper's
clues, his tales of fhe tubs, &c.
have brought him nothing but
execrations, yet the genius of
that leech will be induftrious to
plan !ome other political hum
bug, to draw the country into
new cxpence, the handling of
which, is the harveft of more
fedcralifts than one—hence the
filly toaft, millions for defence
—fuppofe the people ft ou!d
humbly pray fome of their re
prefentatives juft to point tothe
items that compofc this enor
mous expence, and they fliould
be gracioufly (hewn that article,
among many others equally tifr
fut, that ariles from the pay and
relations of a ufclcfs army, and a
corps of officers without a fol
dier to command, or fcrvicc to
perform ; I afk you, fir, if the
(edition law could ftifle their
(welling indignation ? and yet
this is a fmall item of our
ufclef« expenditures for defence.
My Ton, fays I, you alarm me
exceedingly wrh the piXuie
you draw of our fruition.
Theieisno great danger now,
fays he, for the people are look
ing around them, to fee what
has been done with their mo
ney, and they are learning how
to appreciate the fcmces of the
men, who in the lace of decen
cy could paT a vote of cenfure
on an individual, who at bis
own expcncc, has been the chief
inftrument of averting a war
with one nation, and at the fame
tune, can hear the min of out
commerce, made double bitter
by the unprovoked tnfulrs of
another; and all this I fa}',
without complaining, there may
be feme freret rcalon for this,
but a change of fuch mea fares
may be reevfTaty indeed, and
the pet pie contemplate that
change with certainty, in a
change of the public fervants
frem the prrfident of the Unit
ed Slates, down to Koheri G.
I'aypcr inclnfjvc. with the ex
ceptions of thole who arc well
known to he the inends of the
people, I a them then attend
to their duty at the next eledion
and choofe inch leprrfrntativcs
as wi I direft our millions to
their \ roper ufc, and not fquan
dcr them again on an a my of
officers without mm, on expen
hvc foreign embaflies, and other
gewgaws of ro> ally, highly in
compatible with republican
oeconomy.
1 am really- thundcr.fhuck,
Mdl s. printers, at the letluro
my lon Kobert lias giver, me. I
liHve a g eat may f. ns. firmly
attached to the conffitution of
our country, < v cry one of them,
I am peifu dtd, would, at my
i od, ;ake bis mufket. and follow'
me to repel any invader, or to
fupport our laws and I find the
above to be the fenttment of
every one of them.
I am yours,
Old Man oj Ike Mountain ,
Freni the Baltimore American.
It is well woith one’s tine to
obfervethe ingenuity with which
John Adams makes piovi lions
for his relations—frarccly a
branch of the family, however
diftant, but enjoys a rnoft furnp
tuous Tare on the fede*al loaves
and bfries.—When I fir ft Taw
the mine of Jofhua John lon
mentioned as fuperintcncUnt or
ftamp-maflcr general at ihc Fe
deral Ci?y, it did rot occur to
me who this Jofhua was ; or tho
magnitude of the office, or the
contrivance cf Mr. Adams in
making provtOon for h:rn. At
this period, when the citizens
are making up their minds f:r
the important rledbon now ap
proaching, it is rrqmfite that
they (hould be in pofleflion of
fuch f?♦ ors.
JoJhua Johnfon is an Ame-i
->ari by birth* —hut about the
time of the American revolution
went fiver to C»rrat Britain,
where he became a Bntifh fub
jta .—ichdcd in Europe during
the whole of the revolution ;
and it was not until a lew . ears
pall, that thro’ the influence of
[i\o. y 6.