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I,i:\V-LONDOK S Air. :i6.
On herding Lawyers to Cergrefs.
The repk-fenratives in con
grtf from Connecticut are all
kTr.il lawyers. Ic is laid Con
rcfticut is a legitimate Hate, and
ci comTe breeds an uncommon
proportion of lawyers. —This
iray be true, but if Panic other
laying" are true, we might ex
pe<fb certain other c haradlcrs in
this vay of promotion, unlefs
it be more preferable to day at
home, and fend ibme to the
flock abroad. The federalifts
in MafTachufetts have Tent the
Kev. Mr. Cutler, of Hamil
ton, to Congrcfs, as being more
Eatable to declaim on politics
there, than in the pulpit.—
V\ hat kind of congrcfs Meffrs.
Dwight, Morfc, Linn, Aber
crombie, Mafon, and fome o
thers we could mention, would
make, may readily be conjeft
ured. On the propriety of fend
ing petty fogging lawyers to
that houfc, Dr. Dennie, the
I ay Preacher, and (launch fe
deralift, has the following ob
fer various:
“ A congrcfs wholly compo
fc.l of lawyers, would be as
jangling and jarring, as verbofe
and vexatious as die couniels at
T»ent and Eafil. Such a con
p.rcf, with their bar metaphy-
Jies, with their technical jargon
and fettled habits of chicane,
would be the fource of infinite
pen! to the community.—Let
him who doubts this pofition
look at the lift of thole charadl
< rt> who compofed the majority
of the third eftate at the begin
ning of the troubles in France,
That majority confided of coun
try pleaders ; in Burke’s em
phatical words, the fomenters
and conductors of the petty war
of village vexation. W ith all
iier bad council, France never
fu fife red fo much as vdien fine
took advice from this great bo
dy of legal council. Indeed, a
mere attorney fliould never be
«FCted. The man docs not
know enough. I laving read on
ly a few pages, and having writ
ten nothing but dunning letters,
or an under fheriff’s warrant to
apprehend, lie cannot handle po
ll leal tools; he cannot call
diem by name. The eloquent
and c levatcd part of the profef
fion undcrfland me and give my
v.orcF a liberal confl ruCtion.—
It. is not againft eloquence and
elevation that I contend.
That man, who in any walk
ot life, has thought much, and
has read the works of hiftorians.
Orator;, philofophers and poets,
and the conftitution of his coun
try, call him what you pleafe,
li.’.b the abilities to do you good,
I and Is worthy the general fuff-
IMTC.".
K.J
Mr. Robert 1 ifton, minifter
plenipotentiary from the Brit
ifh Government to the Ameri
can republic, arrived in this
town on Mondav Jail. Who,
and who paid their refpefh to
him, we know not; but we arc
informed, that he intends to fail
forTngland in the Britifn fri
gate Andromache. It is wor
thy of remark, that no minifter
t • • i • t • /I l •p „! I
1 is appointed in his Head. ::p-1
rain will be represented in fu- !
ture, in this country, only by
a charge des afTaires. —-
Merchants ! look out for your
fhips, iu the harbours of Nova-
Scotia, Providence and Jamai
ca.
[ FpHcr.it of the Times.]
From Bart As's Republicax t
Gazette,
TO POST-MASTERS.
fjfjr* The Editor received a
letter from a Coriefpondcnt in
Georgetown, (Potomac | dated
the 30th October, ult. by the
figner ; and by the Poft Mailer
the ill of November, ult. but
it did not arrive at the Office,
Frederick, till the 13th infl.—
Curious it is to me, where this
letter was delayed : If there
had been Bank Notes inclofed there
in would it have come to hand at
all? Such conduCl in Pofl-
Mafters ought to be examined in
to : a letter put into a Pod-Of
fice only 45 miles from Frede
rick, and not arrive here with
in fix Weeks! The Querc is,
what time it would require to
forward a letter to Lexington,
Kentucky, or to Portfmouth,
Ncw-Hamfhire, at the above
expeditious mode of convey
ance.
It is whifpered that the Pre
ftdent will nominate Albert Gal
latin, as fccretary of the Trea
dily, to fuccecd Oliver Wol
cott, even before the yth of March
next! where is the citizen that
more deferves the place, or can
more ably fill it ?
Cabinet .
IT IS REPORTED THAT
Oliver Flfworth has fent by
Mr. Davie his rcfi.qrnation as
o
Chief Juftice of the United
States ; with an expectation, no
doubt, of fome foreign ap
pointment. He did not fore
fee the change at home! Per
haps his friend Adams would do
well to endorfe on his resignati
on, an old adage, “ A bird in
the band is worth two in the hufhf
and return it.
ibid.
We can now afiert, {t with
fome degree of confidence,” that
James T hompfon Callender,and
John Adams, will go out of
office together. Mr. Callender’s
term of imprifonment will ex
pire on the fame day that the
prefidential attributes of Mr.
Adams will ceafc to exift. On
the fame day too, that detefta
blc aft called the Edition law,
will be traced from among the
ftatutts of the United States.
One of thefc events will prove
awholcfomc admonition to rul
ers : it will ffiew the inefficacy
ofthofe barriers by which a rul
er attempts to fhield his conduct
from the fciutiny of a free peo
ple ; it will fhew how eoregiouf
ly nuftaken thofc men are, v, ho
hope to enftire public confi
dence, by prohibiting difeuf
ft on. Though Holt, Dun ell,
1 Hafwell, Baldwin, Cooper, Ac.
■ Ac. have all fu flirted the penal
-1 ties of die fedidon law, for hav
| ing attempted to bring Mr.
A Vins into oHrtjpirtfc, by de
tailing fads; though col. Lyon
has luffered a winter’s imprifon
ment in the cold regions of
Vermont, tor laying that Mr.
Adams was fond of pomp ; yet
with all thde penalties before
them, the people of the United
Stares are determined to bring
his Excellency into diifepute, by
removing him from an office
which they deem him nnqualiti
ed to fill. Even before his pre
fidcncy fhali have expired, the
public voice will be loud, in
proclaiming him unworthy of
future confidence. What can
be done in this cafe ? Shall judge
Chafe and.the {'edition law live
• —and fhali the prefident be
brought into diffepute with im
punity ? Alas! this righte
ous judge muft now be con
vinced, that confidence in rulers
can no more be eflablifhed by
law, or enforced by penalties,
than his various qualifications
can excite love and elleern. In
defpite of the fedition law, and
in defiance even of Chafe’s po
tent arm, the Electors of the
United States have brought
John Adams, the prefident of
the United States completely
into diffepute. Hence we may
learn, that though fpacious ap
pearances may, for a time, at
tract the confidence of a nation,
virtue only can fecurc it.
The attempt in congrefs to
glofs over the conduct of Mr.
Wolcott, we arc pleafed to find
has failed ; and in a hireling pa
per now eftablilhcd at Wafhing
ton, it appears to be deplored
moil dolefully. Jt is therein laid
that the charges againft the trea
fury are groundlefs. We re
peat again and again, that if they
are groundlefs, the matter is
ft ill worfe, for the books of the
treafury are the vouchers from
which the ftatements publiflied
in this paper were extracted.
The public are not to be de
ceived by Inch barefaced denials
—the accounts publiflied in this
paper were extracted from the
books of the treafury, in the
pre fence of Ifrael llrael, cfq.
ihenff of tins city, and of two
other perfons. Thefe are facts
not to be denied; let any man
who doubts the editor’s autho
rity, apply at the fiieriff's office
in Chelhut-ftreet.
AND THER VO RAC 10 US /
RAT, j
Oliver Wolcort has obtained
leave to refign ! Better latc/han
never! Better much had iyteen
four years before. He fiys he
has executed his truft according
to his bell {kill and Judgment
—he was not certainly /Ininfpir
-2 r • 4 t •
cd financier, nor had experience
or acquired knowledge fuppii
cd to the extent, rh/ defects of
nature. As to confcience,
as he has called f/r a public in
veftigation, we wall fay nothing
about that, hut/ certainly Con
grds is bound not to let him
pafs with t'lf Emc impunity
with which Hamilton cfcaped
—with which Duer cfcaped—
with which Layton and Picker
ing have eleaped—with the im
punity which Blount broke thro’
hit Incite r:H fiuors— ,is not
• *
to? committee chofen by Seek
wick, with Harper, chairman
that the accounts of the Trea
fury of this nation arc to be com
mitted—-a commifiior! of ac>
counts fhould bcinftituccd— and
thole who are implicated in th
VAST DEBTS and DEPICT
ENCIES which have occurred
under Mr. Wolcott, Ihcnddnot
have the choice of this com
miffion—it fhould be a great na
tional enquiry, to which accefs
fhould be had by all men of ca
pacity and information— and e
very man who can give infor
mation fhould be compelled to
give it, the public expect an
account of their money. The
comparatively few fuits inftitut
cdlince the detection of defaul
ters in this paper, could notco
ver the negled which preceded
the difeoveries. Mr. Wolcott
fhould produce John Rofs’s re
commendation of the cafe of
Scott and Erneft, and fay was
it a confcientious regard to his
oath or his party, that govern
ed him on that tranfa&ion.—k
has been laid we publilhed thole
accounts to ferve eleftion pur-.
pofes, the eledlion cannot now
be influenced by thofe accounts
—we cealed to publifh more of
them on that account, but they
fhall appear as foon as the pub
lic mind is reftored to that flare
of calm nek neceliary to receive
them, conlidcr them. .
Aurora.
NOTICE.
NINE months after date, ap
plication will be made to the
honorable the Inferior Court of
the county of Wafhington, for
an order for the fale of a piece
of land of Jacob Hendry, late
of the laid county, deceafed,.
for the benefit of the orphans
and creditors.
George Hendry,
Admimjlratcr .
November 4.
N O T I C E.
TI 7E Subfcriber intending to
leave this hate, early in the
fprij/g, for afew months, requests
ail thofe who are any wife indebted
to him, to come forward immedi
ately, and make payment; and
ail thole who have any demands
againfl him, are denied to ccmc:
and receive payment.
He has cn baud,
A General Alfortmcnt cf
SEASONABLE and'FASHI
ONABLE GOODS, .and will
give very great bargains at this
time for the cafh.
lie has like-wife for fale ,
A number of T 3 O R S E S,
which he will fell low for cafh,
or on a credit of nine or twelve
months, as may be agreed up on.
If BEN. JENCKtS.
Louilville, Dec. 24.
ALL concerned will take'notice*
that there zoill be an applica
tion made to the honorable the next
court of ordinary , for the county cf
Wajhington, for letters dijr ifjur7'
n the cjlate cf felje Smith, de~
ccafcd , by
Willhm Smith, executor*
0 dicker 15, 1800.
ALMA N A CiT
FOR THE TEAR 1801..