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iu A’.. rj Itil HcTaldj of the
2 ill inftan~, I find the follow
ing publication taken from
the Vvafliington Federaiift.
General Jackfons ajenctcr from
Georgia, end one of the noft zea
hus j'uppcrtcrs of the prefent ad
mtniftralien, declined in delete
cn IVednejday the pi ft of March,
that if a deficiency rf revenue
fhould anje in ccnjequencc cf the
repeal cf the internal taxes, that
the deficiency might he f applied hy
a tax cn public flock, and that in
bis opinion fuch a tax zvculd be
juft and expedient—that he faze
no rcaftn why the income of men
whfe wealth lay in the bunds,
where it could net be reached by
any ordinary Jyftern of taxation ,
Jh‘ id cl not he reached in this inode
—that thefe monied men were the
mere drones cf fociety , receiving
their quarterly payments , and
living on the induftry tf others.
That a pry elf for taxing the
funds , and in this nude deftrey
ing public credit , has been long
entertained , could not be doubted
by thefe who have attentively re
viewed the pregrefs of public mea
sures ; but it was rut expo, sled that
the plan zvculd have been divulr
i o
ed in congrefs , at this Jeff on. mind
whether the General has in adver
tently pubUfhed the prcjeTi with
out the confent cf his friends , or
whether the idea has in this pub
lic manner been thrown out -with
a view of after tabling its popula
rity, is beft h:\wn to the minif
ied lifts. V/ith whatever view ,
however , the declaration has been
made, it ought to be known in every
part of the country , and the peo
ple ought to decide whether tioey
will any longer place their confi
dence in men, who in violation of
the 'mblie faith, are preparing to
extinguish the debt, by taxing the
debt itfelf. IVaftj. Fed.
That General fackfon, a fe
nator from Georgia, is, and ever
ha been, a zealous fupporrer
of tiic Federal Conflitution, and
confequently of the prelent ad
miniftration, is a truth I will
readily adm-t, and which will
non be denied by one honed ci
tizen who knows him ; but whe
ther the declaration aliedged to
him was made by him or not,
is a point that depends upon the
veracity of the Editors of the
above mentioned papers, upon
which I mud beg leave not to
place the ftricled reliance on all
occasions However, in this
indance, I fhould be dilpofed to
afford Come credence, becaufe
the declaration is, in mv opinion,
founded in juftice and proprie
ty. Why fhould not the man
who poffelTes ten thoufand dollars
in the public funds contribute
*bmcthing towards the fnpport
of government, as well as the
man whole pofTefTions confift in
lands, houfes, goods, &c. But
I prefume the author of the
above publication is one ot thole
perfons who confider a public
debt to be a public bleiTlng, and
any attempt to reduce it trea
sonable. Let us for a moment
take a retrofpect of the means
by which thefe facred untaxable
funds were amaffed. Wasit by
honeft induftry in agriculture ?
No.—By fair trade in merchan
ts e ? No. —By any of the va
nous laudable ways of accumu
lating money ? No. —1 low Ihe a
' | was it acquired f By fpqcula- i
f.on ! Yes bv a I peculation far
more infamous, cruel and rnjud,
th.an the pine barren, or more
celebrated yazoo fpcculation.—
By (peculating upon the hard
earned wages of the war worn
Soldier, who fought our battles,
and lp;lc his blood, to fee lire to
j lJ s tne blelungs which we now
; enjoy I ! \ es, by fraudulently
I obtaining his certificates at afhil
ling for a pound, and funding
l them for the whole amount. —
This is the nature of thefe funds ;
j of this fpecies of property which
i mud be exempt from tax ; and
| y.-hat renders it I fuppofe more
j inviolable and dear to a certain
; defeription of men, is, that a
I conllderable proportion of it be- i
| longs to Britifh fubjeefs, who, j
j during our revolutionary con- :
tell, were arrayed under the
banners cf his Britannic majefty.
V i: RITAS.
To the Ed.tors of the Republican
• x
Trumpet.
Gentlemen,
IN the courfe of my reading,
I fometimes amufe myfelf with
looking over many of the pa
pers pubklhcd in the United
States, and from experience I
am convinced, that in the hands
of men attached to the princi- |
pies of liberty and the happinefs !
of mankind, they are vehicles i
of the greateft importance—
I warning us what to avoid, and
what to do. In this point of
view, they are highly conducive
to the intereds of fociety, and
ought to receive the m hi liberal
fnpport fociety can give j but
if on the contrary, their tenden
■ cy is to miflead, t > didore truth,
they are then to be fhunned a
j
a peftilence. The loregoing
remarks occurred to me on
reading the Savannah \dver
tifer, for fometime pad. To
j the mechanical arrangement of
j that paper, 1 can have no ;b
-jeftion, and I think cue E ntofs
judly entitled to the appellation
of workmen, could I pay an
equal tribute to its candour, 1
fhould feel pleafure in the act :
but alas, perfection refklcs not
on this planet—does it rellde
in Jupiter, Venus, or the Geor
gium fidus ? Anfvver this, ye
* * *:***-
When we co npare impartially
the prefent government with
thofe that have preceded if, the
principles, the difference, is
obvious and convincing to e ve
ry man of reflection—the leffons
it teaches are new, the princi
ples it inculcates indeed are
novel in the hiftory of govern
ments of the prefent day.
England acknowledges this ;
! read the papers publi/hcd there
1 —What do they fay ot the pre
fent government of this coun-
O
try ? Why they aficr: i: to he,
the nightft approach to perfec
tion ever contemplated by the
human mind. The rancour or
malevolence of the Savannah
Advertifer, cannot difprove this
afiertion, though I have no
doubt ot the of that
paper denying It. In their pa
per of the j 6th ir.ftant, they
It em to be angrv with Congrefs,
| for augmenting the falarics ot
certain rffeers under the pre
i ftrr gc\t rnn-.tnt ; this I can
caXily look over, bccaule 1 con*-
ctivc it prefects entirely from |
ignorance, for I full well know !
that the former fabrics were i
not adequate to the expcnccs.
1 his information I liad from one
above falchoodi and who actu
ally loft fome thoulands of dol
lars dnringhis refidence in office
r. rids was h ailing dn the loaves
and flfhes, the Savannah Ad
vertiler can bed: determine.—
(dve to every man his due,
was e. noble and benevolen
taoughti anti let me here re
commend to the Lditors of the
Savannah Advertifer, the (hidy
of this beautiful fentence, 1 have
a refpcfl for them, and wllh
them to corredt their naughty
v/ays, I am no advocate for
| wanton praifc ; ceniure freely
| where ceniure is due ; and if, in
I the bufmefs of fdeClion, your
1 intellects, gentlemen, will not
permit you to diferiminate truth
from fallehood, ret fomc one
capable to do it for you; this
piece of advice to the Fditors
of the Savannah Advertifer,
conies from their good friend
TIM BRUSH.
The Secretary of the College
of i 'hyficmns of Philadelphia, Inis
inoculated 17 patients with the
(mall-pox who have gone ton/
! the kme-pox, without com
! municating the diicafo in a finch*
' inflanc;.
Died, at Cnurkuon, (s. c.)
on i uclday, the 30th clav 01
March, in the 5 t.; \car cl h s
age, the 11 »nc rable 7LDAN Lib
BULK! , < ne of the Chancel
lors (f that (late. He was a
native of Halway in Ireland.—
I In the death of this gnat and
good man, the commune.) in
which he lived ha 1 ' fuflamcd a
fevt re and afflicting fofo ; his
friends have to mourn an am,able
companion, and America, a
patriot of prominent character
and difbnguiflVcd eminence.
PHIL.iDELPHIA, April 2.
rhere have been two other
late arrivals from Europe, be
Tides that at Charldlon, viz.
one at Ncw-York, bringing
London papers as hire as Febru
ary 1 r, and one st Philadelphia,
in cy davs from Lifoon, with
London papers au late a c Febiu
ary 13.
By extraCls from the nr papers
it appears, the principal points
of news are: That thedifinitive
treaty between France and Eng
land bad not been concluded.
That the Britilh had conclud
ed a treaty with tl * Porte, an
nulling and fupcrceding a treaty
before concluded between France
and the [•’one, from which a
mifunderftanding is expedite! be
tween France and Tin hey.
That ir was contemplated to
render the Cikhpine republic
an appendage to that of u ranee.
A New-York pr>n,t promifes
a copy of the conilitution of
the Italian Republic , of which
Buonaparte is chofen Frefidenc*
CHARLES I )S> April 5.
Captain Marfden, maficr of
the Horizon, failed from the
Downs the 28th February, at
which late period the definitive
treatv was not known to have
been figned.
Captain Smith informs, whenr
lie Ic \z Guadaloupe, there vnx
not nor ha 1 there been any d:{-
turbinCc fmcc the orpulfi* n of
La Crgfle Phe preftnr com
mander in chief had declared in
favor of the French, and held
himlelf ready to relinquilh his
authority to any agent from
France or general Lc Clerc.
GF.ORG I A.
By his Excellency jofiah Tatt
nall, jun. Governor anti CV/;;-
hianJcr in Chief of the . * nny
and Nnvy rf this State, and
of the Militia there f
A PR )CLAM V HON.
I T WING arranged and caft
i X up the votes from fiich
council- s as have made return oi
the eleftion held in conformity
with the proclamation of the
23d day of February laft pa ft*
for a per lon to reprefent this
flare in thelloufe RcpreF na
tives of the United ota.es, tn
the place of Benjamin Taliak rro.
Enquire rellgned—and it a; pear
ing that General David Meri
wether has the higheft number
of v tes. for the fame:
1 have though: fie to ilTnc this
my proclamation n »tif\ i g the
eieCion, in order tha the faid
David Meriwether may figsify
;ns acceptance or refufal of the
appointment, an ! alfo adduce
the requiHres and qualifications
required bylaw
Given under my hand, and
the great leal of the flaw-,
at the State 1 loufe in la- 1-
il villi, this twenty-fi *.tii
day of \ j j. 1, in the year
of our land, eighteen hun
dred and two, and of the
Independence of the I nit
ed Stares of America the
twenty fix eh.
j SI A' I 1 ATI:,ALL, JUH.‘
By riie Gove mm,
If ratio Mar BURY,
Secretary of the State.
cod save the state
«rS.~ - -*ivt t . ■ - •■ ViKrU
On a Credit of Six Months. >
(Mil be fid , on MONO iY, tha /
7 th alay of 'June next, at tha
plantation of IE: Hi am Boon,
dec ea fed,
All the PERSONAL PRO
PER IY, belonging to the
Fflrre of laid deceafed —con-
fining of Stock Cattle of every
defeription/ Holies, I logs,
1 loufchol 1 Furniture, to. Plan
tation Pools. Notes with ap
proved fccurity will be re
quired.
MARTHA BOON,
Aldminijlratrix .
M. S HELM AN,
Adminiftrator .
April 28.
N O T I C F. \
\LT. perfj ns who are any veijh
indebted to the eft ate of the
Rev. David kothiveil, late of
‘jofferJcn County, d- ed, ere
requefied to make immediate pay
ment •, and thefe to when: Jaid
ejiate is indebted, rare dejired to
render in there accounts property
at felled, on or before the frjl of
Augufi .
JANE BOTHWELL,
Adminiftrntrix.
SAMUEL BOTH WELT.,
JOHN PATTERSON, Jus,
Admin feat or
April leg a,
B dyf
