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Republican Trumpet .
C E N S O R, No. 23.
Fellow Citizens !
FOUR and twenty years have
palled away, fince the chains
which bound us to our ancient
tyrant have been broken and
diffblved— Since a great people
emerging by the energies of
dcfpair from the gloomy fubjec
tion of abfolute dominion, af
furned an exalted ftalion among
nations —fince thefe dates, hum
bird and deprefled, have rifen
to empire, freedom and ind -
pendcnce. We have now thrown
off our pupilage ; lock back at
infancy, and have (Lengthened
in'o manhood. Able in body,
mature in judgement, we are
elevated above the open and un
dilguded attacks of ccfpclifm ;
we arc far beyond the reach of
da»k and inlidic us intrigue; we
are (upedor to a fuperftitious
veneration for myflerious infti
lutior.s.*—Vnaccuflomcd to the
language of adulath n ; we (ball
/peak to \ou in terms that be
come you : We (hall addiefs
you in ti e name of truth ; that
tiuih. pure and unlullied as the
orrnipotency which denerd it
ffiall Hare authority in the face
without tenor, and look calmly
at povv( r without difmay. Nei
ther the pe.fecuting har d of oft
fend.d grandeur, nor the vin
diflive malevolence of imperious
rank, nor the proud mandates
or cU inquifitorial tribunal (ball
awe us ino filencc We owe a
duty *o the public moie faced
than the prudent calculations of
life, liberty, andpioperty: and
even fin uld the vengeance of a
difappointed mirifler, dcvoie
to lacrifice the liberty of urdif
tn guifhed individu •-s, it will
never dc r ra£l from that portion
national felicity, which we
cberifrr, and which nature has
oidained for you. Cut a time
,v vidhirn may communicate
and icufe the nation from
11 ep. Thole lights and li
ne ties acquired by j our arm-,
rna V be preferved and tranf
nutted to diftant times by an
pnexpe&ed ad of tyranny and
,n ]uflire. As yet they are luf-
by a piecarious tenure :
sunifnim fyftem like the pafl
wrell them from you for
evcr * Gentle reform will check
1 eir decline, and perpetuate
to remote poflerity.
IS THE MOMENT.
CjU ' NEVER. Mr. JefFerfon.
* T n»ly feared in the preftdential
r [- will infutc to you thole
. the only objects of your
\ Wl &ts; fafety at horn", peace
\ utici j c jp e abroad* It is with
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE •
AND
REPUBLICAN TRUMPET.
T U E S D A Y, September 30, 1800.
/ IRERT'I IS OUR MOTTO TRUTH Ol'R GUIDE. -
this drflgn we now addrefs you;
and wc flatter ourfelves, that at
(he enfnirg eledlion for prefi
dent, Mr JefFerfon will meet
your undivided fupnr-rt.
That vou may judge impar
tially between the merits of the
two candidate*, we (had confi
der
1. The ncreSThy ofrhoofing
a man of integrity, virtue and
patriotlfm.
2. We (hall an fit
mate of the nvafures of Mr.
Adams's adminiftration.
3 Bv a recapitulated furn
mary of their refppflivr qualifi
cations, we (hall fbew the recef
fit y of feh&ing Mr. J'ffVrfon
Full--—ln the executive ma
gifliacy of the Union lefide the
dignity of the nation, its fafety
and prnfpcrity External rela
tions, internal tr rquility rfTVn
tiallv depend on the unbilled
adminiftration of the pove»n
ment Such is the organization
of a ballanccd ccnftituthn, *hat
extenfive •. nd extraordinary
powers ttitrft b£ veiled in the
exec utive. The norrinWon of
foieign minifters of judges of
ofhfers of the army and navy,
the appointment of other infr
rior officers, the qualified powers
of tre ty and negoriation pte
logatives and difrretiom, una
voidably tend to create depend
ants, refp« £lable in number and
in talents, who arc ever ready to
fhelter the chief magiflratc from
public fern tiny and to defend
him from the confutes of the
c< mmunity. Autbotitv fo br
midable bv afTumirg co* frder ce
in fupport. will conceit the
wo’ft rnealures, for the wot ft
putpofes, while thefe irddcti*
min te advocates of light and
wrong, encnu r 3gc by their a’ti
fres, and delude bv their iyco*
phancy Hence the ocrafion of
calhng to the chair, a in
whom are united the piinmples
of integrity, fnmnefs arc! difin
teteftedrefs ; who in hb choice
of public charaElcrs, will have
no pafli ns to indulge, no felhfh
defircs to g’atify; and vho in
his intetcouifv with the nations
of Europe, will be duefled by
the fpmt of quality, juflire and
<t r i 6E impartiality. The in
fl ;cnre of executive pa'ronajre
extending itfelf to the temoteft
corners of the repubftc. m iy dif
feminate prejudices rr ilifanr with
the principUsof our government
,<md the ge uus of our conftitu
tions. "1 he profpeft before us
exhibits a melancholy mftance
of paPonage and power exe fed
to the defttu&ion of republi
can inflitutinns, Mr. jefFcrfon's
advancement to office, will atreft
the evil faft progreffingto relax
tbofe bonds which hold us in
union, amity and ftrencth
ficcondly. — We now come to
take a view' of fucb meafures as i
have paitirularly rbataElerizcd
Mr. Adams's adminiftration
Tins gentleman was promoted
to theprefidenry, under cimifn
ftances the tnoft favourable,
under impieffions the me ft flat
tering He bad been a zealous
defender of American liberty in
the revolutionary conteft. He
had advocated the rights for
which we weie contend ng in
the aftembftrs of the ftates, on
the floor of rongrefs, in the ra
binet of princes and was a ro
adpitot in the cau f e with the
worthieft of men. Whether he
emba ked in the ferrets of fo
reign nerociation, or prrfided in
the councils of his roun’ty. his
defines w r ere marked with wif
dom. his exertions with energy,
and his executions with refolu
tinn He had engaged the af
feHions and ferured the cor fr
cHr«v of his fellow citizens.
When exalted bv the mod un*
eqmvocnl teftimnny of a peo
ple’s gratitude to fhe frill fla
tior in the republic, be earned
w'hh him fhe hopes without fhe
fea* of his countrymen ; nor had
his popularity been in pain cl
under the adminiftration cf
W ifningron ; that g’cat man
pre-emi int for h»s ' inues, was
the diftinguifhed lumi; ary of
his time; and Mr. Adams, tho*
confptruoufly elevated in lift,
w s a fetondan ad)nr indie
Irene; he was dazzled bv t e
tranft endant luft.re (d his con
temporary; and as to his pub
lic (en ices, he might as well
have ie urred to the ohlcunty
oi tranquil retirement.
At a period when the revolu
tion of France had invi ed die
ra tom of Europe to a coalition,
and when freedom was alm-df
expi irg urder the weight of
• • onarchical vengeance, we be
lieved hat Mr. Adams partici
pated in our wifhes for her deli
verance, and fympathized »n our
feedngs. Such were the mil
takes andciiOiS of the people
when they preferred him to the
prefi’ency.
Hr foir his indudlion to office,
a f»tal combination of cirnjrn
ftances had led ro a connection
w'lth Great-Bntain. A treaty
which was unequal, which con
tained no reciprocity of rights*
which gave all, and reciived
nothing, which rnanifrfted a
policy favourable to hngland
and adverle to France, which
was an implied renunciation of
neutrality, and a tacit declara
tion of hoftiiity ; this treat’. I
fay was a mcafute fpiinging
from thehaftyand intemperate
/cal ot a pond and great man
to fo've t!i«* miftaken intereOs of
his country. One enor of fho
head was excufed by a multi
tude of good deed's winch evino
ed the moia! qualities of his
heart and the vail capacioufnefs
of hi? underflanding As much
as wc lamented the meafutc wo
weic not wholly without reme
dy : much was expended from
Mr Adams, at d rnucli might
have been pained hr a fcafoiu
b!e dire6lion of principles, ap
plied to our relat'-on with
finer. If the terms of the
treaty were in rolhfion with our
ptevious engagements to the
latter fiaticn, il we had changed
her fituation with repaid tons,
at d certrd rights to Britain
which we refufed to fiance, wo
niigl t have indemnified France,
bv making her the fame over
tures we had before held out to
hei enemy, iet us (ce how fir
Mr. dams's adminiHration in
this regard has been governed
hv 'he chftates of a found policy.
When ue had relinqudhed ill
pretentions to neutrality, by
making conceffions to one belli
gerent powe* cx< lufivcly, and
France taking umbrage, had re
vived to obtain by farce, that
which v:i had voluntanlv piveri
to her antagonili by neaty ; no
thing would compenlale th- in
jury foflained but war, a long
nd bloodv war. that would
make fiance feel the powerful
reftntmeni of infahcd dignity,
t I litre years before when
Bnlifh fpoliarjons had involved
a general b * k uptev, and p»o
-pi-lit on? for ncn-it tercoui!e and
It quell i tion were ir Podnced in
the houfe c.f te* reh ntatives,
they were reject d and inflead
of war, w< ban 4 treaty of unity,
con meice and naviga ;on. This
difpoliuon to holt iliry with
hian e was fi flowed up by a
rapid fucreffion of unprecedent
ed ads, thieatening the fubver
lion of th~constitution,the repofo
ot the people, and were fall po
grelling to convulle the Ui ion,
ihe alaim bell was rung our
fhorcs were invaded, while wc,
tet died and deceived wereripo
fo r evrry Ipecics cf op,or- flion,
injury and rnfulf, lb e fafts
muQ follow in th ir order
Intercourh' with France was
prohibited, home commodities
and otigin d prodnQions, fufTer
ed a fctdible reduction and tbo
farmer together uh the Ame
rican merchant, contributed to
fuppotr a lyftem by which their
interefts were prejudiced, and
their ruin made certain Tho
! diminution in value of the
1 fUple of tobacco frnceaie intev.
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