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CENSOR, No. 22.
Fellow Citizens !
OUR long filence, has not
been the refult of a determina
tion to clofe forever the numb*rs
of the Cenfor. A concurrence
of circumftances, which we had
not the ability to controul pro
duced a temporary fufpenfion of
our labours, and flackened for a
moment that zeal, with which
we have been accuflomed to af
fert your privileges, to develops
the principles of your invita
tions, to mark out the views of
ambition, and the ftridcs of
usurpation.
We have not, however, fel
low citizens Qept in this interim
—we have nor been repofmg on
the couch of indolence, or be
numbed by the; wand of apoftacy,
been looking with fallen indif
ference, on the progreffion of
events, and the revolution of
principles, N o—-we have been
feelingly alive to you r interefts
—-we have been awake 'o every
fuggeftion, that whifpered your
danger, or pioclaimed the ad
vancement of y our power We
have never ceafed to be attentive
to that great chftn of caufes,
which are gradually unfolding ;
and which, we indulge ourleives
wifh the hope, if no unforefeen
florin (hould Intervene to blaft
their effefts, will at fome luture
peood, reftore your chi rafter
to us primitive dignity, and hurl
the fevereft ignominy on the
heads of thofe, whole nuftaken
or perverted opinions, have
nearly effefted the overthrow,
of what has hitherto con
ceived to be coeval with the na
ture of things.
We have placed ourfelvcs,
fellow citizens aty>ur difpolal
we claim no merit therefore in
inveftigating your rights, or
Watching over your fafe y
We are fuperior to the mena
ces of unprincipled tyfanny, the
infringements of Icgiflative au
thority communicate no terrors
to us; for “ if we were quelti
oned refpefting our principles,
we would fay, that conftant pro
claimed and defenders of the
fights of man and the (bverciga
lY of the people, we have every
where and al ways refilled autho
rities which liberty difavowed.
2nd which the national will had
not delegated ; and that we have
■every where and always obeyed
thole, of which a free conllitu
ll°n had determined the lorms
a nd the limits.’*
Uncoruroulcd then by appre
-nhon— iraprefled with the im
rotlaace of the franchife, you
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE;
■ . ■ AND.
REPUBLICAN trumpet.
T U E S D A Y, September 23, 1800.
IIHF.RTT IS OUR MO'TTO — jnd tru'ch our au/DR
are Toon to alfume—
that the event of your volition
in the approaching rleftion of a
chief magiftrate mull determine
whether the union is to reft upon
piinciples whi h have hi'heito
preferved its integrity, and fnp
porfed its genius, or, whether
things are again to be thrown
into their original confufion.
Seeing thatthefe are. the ronfe
quenccs nrcelfarilv involved in
ymr choice cf Prefident it
would favour of ftrangeincon
fiftency with former profcftions,
if we did not on fo interefting
an occafton, announce to you
our opinions, and weigh with
the ferutiny of difpaffion the
merits of your refpeftive candi
dates. f
We will begin with Mr,
Adams, and erdeavor to (hew,
that he ought not to be re-elcfted
for thefe reafons:
1. Becaufe his doftiines are
diamctricallv oppofitc to repub
licanifm ; and,
2d. Becaufe, his meafures
have militated ag iinft the prin
ciples of your ge’ -ral comp ft
1. \Vc do affert, that the
favorite doftrinesof Mr. Adams,
areunfavorabl to repubjicanilm.
We will j ot however,
by a 1-ngtb of dilquilition, or a
ferics of fafts to pla-'e this after
lion beyond the poffibiiity of
refutation, though this is highly
orafticable Let our circum
fori bed limi s, juftifv our general
propo fit ions.
Suffice it then to fay, that Mr.
Adams, has avowed himfclf the
advocate of thofe fyftems, which
the good fenfe of freemen, unre
ftramed by the operation ot ex
ternal circumftances, unfettered
by the manacles of prejudice,
has univerfally impugned—has
univei fallv deprecated
Need we, fellow citizens,
bring his maxims to your recol
leftion ; need we cell you of his
approbation of the eneigy of
monarchy, and the concentrati
on of power. Need we icmind
you of his dec arations on the
fubjeft of national reformation.
Has not Mr. Adams, in the
mofl unqualified terms, expreli
cd his difapprobation of the in
novationseff ft. d in the govern
ment 01 France ? rnd does not
this (bike at the very bafts of
reurefentative tepubhcaml n, in
as much as it coi tains a prefe
rence of defpotifrn to a free in
flitution. Can he who fo waimiy
panegyrizes, a.. M> \datns has
done, the political itgulalion of
another c untry —ft a monar
chy, be ftncerely -tUched to the
regulation of his own.
Permit us now to draw your
aUentiou to a corollary, which
obuioufly flows from thefe inter
rogations: That rf Mr. Adam’-
doftnnes are incompatible with
rcpublicamlrn, Mr. Adams would
be an improper representative
of the United majrfty r.f tht*
American people, becaule the
hopes of that people art- bot
tomed on republican fyftems.
£. We have faid that Mr.
Adam's me a Cures have militated
againft the principles of the fe
deral conftnutron; and that,
therefore, on this account, Mr.
Adams (hould not he re 1 lefted.
! ■ ft he great accredited anvan
tage, fellow-citizens, of a conlli
tuiion or fundamental rule, if,
that it defines and determines
the obligations we live under to
our countiy. Indeed, the lives,
bbeity and property of the tin
zens, aie held by the moll pre
carious of tenures, wheic the afts
ol tr.c (upremc power of the
flatc. are merely trie emanations
of a will, u fh rcklcd bk para
mount authority—unconfi cd
by detsrrnin ue duties
Hence, .riles the contranties
oblcrvable in pohtican mfti u
tions, fhe lubjeft of a mona
chy feldom aftumes tht; a live
privileges of his nature, when
the tdifts ot his mallei fummon
him to p ftivc acquielceme
Me is leldom roofed to oppcft -
tion, by' the arbitra r y imerpoh
tion of the tyrant's cap 1 ice which
levels to the ground his dearc ft
immunities; which conform Is
the immutability of right, with
pcrfonal convenience* and which
fubverts every principal of foetal
order ? becaufe, he lives in fo*
cietv without knowing us obli
gations ; becaule he has no rode
which fettles a reciprocity of
duty, cr, which draws the line
eft demarkjtior-, between the ab
foluic and liujiUed power of his
prince. ' e is. therefore, con
tented, if the gracioulnels, or
condclcenfton of his fovereign,
fuller, b in to paiticrpate in a
(lender enjoyment ol thofe rights,
which die finger of nature has
pointed out as mdilputably his;
and of which he carm c be di
vefted under no circumflances,
and in no fttuation. A com
patl between the governor, and
governed, obviates all thcledil
advantages; it is, as it is oblcrv
cd by a writer ot high authority,
the bafT of the public tranquili
ty —the firmed lupport ot the
public aurhoiit), and pi dgc ot
the liberty ot the citizen. But
this couftitution is a vaia ptian
toin, and the bed laws are ule els
if they are not rehgioufly ob
ferved. ihe nation then
to watch very attentively, in or
dcr to render them equally ref
pefted by thofe who govern,
◄
and thole df Hired fo obey To
a'ljck the ennffitution of a Hale*
and to violate us laws is a capi
tal t lime ag linft locier \ and if
thoft guilty rj it are mvtjlrd with
authority , the* add to tins crime a
perfidious ahv/e of the power with
whirk they aie cntrujirii.
The nation ought ronflanfly
to lupprcfs their abides, with its
utmolf vigour and vigilance, as
the importance of the cafe rc
quiies ; apply rhefe ohlerva
tions citizens, to your own cafe,
H i yom conllitution been in
fringed <* <t have your laws
been rciigiou.fiy obfei *d ? Of
have they been ait <( krd In f h fo
invrfled with authority. Tim
indignant pat lot oil miwei m
the afTnmative; hr wi < immc*
ili it- ly detail to vou ihe pr nci
pies of a If d i ion law ; which by
an open v.-olation of the letter
of tlv ronfliiution fe's up at
once a new lyflcm of usurpa
tion, and annihilates thr many
lupreme benefits you had pro-,
unfed yout'elvcs, from the en
tire prefer vanon of he put eft
and mofl bi nefinem of »nfttcu—
lions. fir will tell you of att
ain n law, which, whether view
ed o. the light of a • onflhutio
nal infi fiion, or innovation of
the rights of holpuahty w*s
equally an object of yo* * drt«T
lation, you relcumci an our
tcais. Hr will nana you
the nrcumflames atri nd it on
the ca<e ol the unfo uu ,u —tho
rnuidcrcd Bobbins.
In othei ; bides of gove>n
mcnr, ilie odium of m eafures
has been ngh coufly appomun
cd among the who c of your
conditutecl authorities—ln fhc
dufinets of \c t illation,three \ o tft
mult con ui in the enabling of
laws ; and your fijprerm rn gd
iraic forms rut one of t.»ofe
parts vs hoi- affent is ef cntial to
their validity : r woulo be do
ing lim if mjuflicc therefore,
to picls him wi h the whole
weight or cm ' in duy of an invi
dious 01 nnconlitfulional flatulc
where the Tingle cxernfe of
Ins power is totally inope» nvc.
I he fcdiiion an"f ahen laws, w ill
i uftiate thefc pofiMor. Mr.
Adams, by affixing his approba
tion to thefe laws, com s in on
ly toi a proportion of die guilt of
the conupt body by whi h they
were initiated.
But the convcrfc of this is
tiue in the fmglc or perl mal
afts of ihe pithd'm; lo< there
is no oppugnaticy heic ol any
other bod) —his ate to bo
confidercd as the mdicatu>ns of
his wdiano iutuie intentions.
In this bogle or mdivibbi ity
of c< pacity Mr. dams mult
h«vc Hood, in ihe calc ol Mu
[Xo, 86.