The Louisville gazette and republican trumpet. (Louisville, Ga.) 1800-1809, April 28, 1802, Image 3
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