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VOL. ll.] GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE:—PubIifhed every Tuefday, by AMBROSE DAY & JAMES H ELY, at 3 dollars pci aim payable half yearly Where Articles of Intelligence* Advertifements, &c. & c . arc thankfully received, and PRINTING in all its variety, is executed with neatnefs and difpatch. for the T/vifville Gazette, and 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. ("Xo. Ry.