Newspaper Page Text
v/.» t. • *» , wv. <g_» y ‘-i**~*m~z i j
March 6.
Tne Hridih government in
r'x areat affeftion towards the
United c tatc*s his confcntcd to
jmlo'T the half pay office? s on
rjieir cTtablifbment to 'rrtn into]
the fervice of our government ;
this atl r.f magnanimity of our
£,oJ r: 1 k : rid ally, lias bi cn
iignffiecl formally hy a let cr
from the Duke of Ponlaud, the
fcngliffi fccretary of (late, and it
is fair! in a Canada paper that
numbers of this deJcripflofi
from Canada and el few lie re have
obtained corrt'rniffions in our ler
vice.
We hid not TacTorn conceived
that the military patronage had
extended beyond the old lor if
recommended by fecret.uy M‘
Henry iu a loiter to general j
Darke. Wc ki icw indeed that |
it had been a recommendation
of pet Tons in our naval lervice
that they wtie on Britifh naval
half-pay. We are acquainted
tv Ith fcvcral inflancc? of the !at
ttr description, one of which we
fhall mention as far as relates to
fafts;
An F.nglifh gentleman tvbo
held the half-pay of the Britifh
navy, had come to Philadelphia
to take command of a merch .ru
in* n. He was adviTed by a c er
tain Znglijh houfc to criter into
the American navy and was re
commended to the fecrctary ac
cordingly. The gentleman on
application at our navv office
thought it might be an objefticn
to his fervice?, that he was an
officer in the Britifh navy, in
formed him of the Faft. H e was
told that the circumflancc was a
recommcrrdatfoil.
The gentleman determined to
he (ecure, and apprized the fe
fretary of ft tc Crf the fame cir
cuits fiance, and Was anfwcrcd in
the fame amicable way. He
was appointed and now holds a
ccnlrniffion. (
Whether this new fcheme of
Britain in fending her half pay
military men \tixa our army is in
any re for ft ccnncfted with then
fiheme of policy; that policy
which holds Canada a « a rod over
the Udiet States, ami which has
lent Boio.es among the Creek na
tions, tunc mull ddcover.
There are, however, tl.cfe fair
and obvious objections to our
receivingthefe amicable auxilia
ries, that if officers we;e to be
appointed, there might have
hern enough found among the
(if uni thoufand young nmer can
candidates "J ho applied for corn
imflions in 1798*
American bravery iurcly fs not
nffirior co Bntilh ; and fidelity
fo their - country and its liberties
might Lc e xpefttd rather from
fhok to whom natural lies, early
iiuachtfieut and education have
(,-jvcn an rntcrcli in bo: ij.
Jr. the nav\ th ue fuitly was
Irj liulc O' Cafion for any but
fui own ■-.fiiCcis. I Juno reds of
v\ lu* g-ured hjyot and
advantage to the count y in our
rryi lUtron, are now unem-|
ployed. It is indeed tjue, ifi .tj
ilv fe officers un< . ployed, have
been To obflinate as to adhere to
the principles of the revolution
of 1796, and that thole from
IhHaiti are adverfc to them.
March 8.
It is fermewhat Cxtmo>ditlary
that the Britifh Miwjler fhould
be conflantly lurking about die
chamber of the Houle of repre
.entatives, dur n? almofl all im
m n
poiunt drfcuffions; if h‘; felt a |
difpfifition to liften to what was I
going forwvd, and a defire to
know who were his friends and
whowc tenct, he ought at lead.
• n
to exercifc tho r c frebrgs in a de
cent manner. Priva'e wh fpers,
nods % and blinks , to the members,
excite fujpiciony and give occafion j
for remarks about fecret fervice
mony, Isir dclicafo in him to
implicate his friends? Is it pro- i
per that a member of a foreign
nation fhould evince Inch con
fummate familiarity with Ameri
can legiflatois ? Is it decorous in
them to permit it ? If a good un
der/landing fubfifls between a
Briilh mmiftcr and members of
congvefs it ought not to (hew it-1
h If on the floor of congrcfs;
privacy would better become
iuch an underfianding, as by the
means of privacy the people!
would nor be led 10 fuppofe the!
exigence of too dole an intima
cy ; Britifh example fhould at
lead be followed by a Britifh
mimfler. Would a foreign mi
niller be fuffeted by the Jb,ng!i(h
Speaker to proceed thus in the
houfe of cbmmoni ? The at
tempt would be fpfirned at.
FROM THE AURORA.
TO 7HE ELECTORS OF
THE UNITED STA T ES
AR £ SUBMITTED.
The following brief and difpaf
flonatc icafons, why the Pre
fident Adams fhould not be rc
efefted to that high office.
I. Becau/e ho candidate JhouL .
hr appointtd to that iffrce , xviwjt at
tachment to the principle* of lepub
hcanijm\ art dubious.
It is apprehended that the
attachment of the Prehdcnt
Adams to the principles of re-
are in tome degree
dubious, for the following les
ions :
He has written nbook in three
volumes, of which the genesal
(cope is, to recommend a go
vernment of three branches, arid
to praife the government of
Great-Britain in particular. In
which book not only the gerieral
Icope, but vci ■/ many paifages,
in llrongand Lnguage y
extol the government of Greac-
Bricain. a government by an hc
riditary king, an hcriditary no
b>f;fy,anda mock reoielentation
of the people. Where by the
very confiitution of the deffio
c*die part v.’ that very govern
in cur, <md :r by the accidunil
difpofition of its members, it is
completely at the command of
the crown. Treating of this
, # i # n
(abjcfl, Mr. Adams fays, “ not
“ the formation of language.
‘ not the ' bole art of naviga
“ tion and fliip-buiidmg, docs
more honor to the human un
u dcrflanding, than this fyflem
“ of government./'-
Again, Mr. Adams, in his
pithhc anfvvers to addreffes, re
peatedly expreffed, in terms ot
tne flrongefl and mod marked
approbation, his opinion, or ra
ther his abhorrence, of French
pnncipl6s and French philofo
phy, and French innovation.
1 hefc principles, this philoso
phy, and this innovation relate
chiefly to two points, the changes
made by their national govern
ment, and the chanscs made in
their national religion. In the
hrfl c.de, the principles of ihe
french pbiidcians and philofo- (
phers, Wont to fubitute a repub
lican gove-nment by repiefcnta
tion for a dcfpprio government
under an hereditary monarchy.
In the fecond mflance, ihe only
permanent innovation is the
penniflion to every man lo fol- j
low the dictates of his own con
friencc, inflead of binding him
to lupport the national edablifh-!
ment of popery. The violent’
language of Mr. Adams is indif.
criminate and general, and ap
plicable as well to the innova
tions borrowed by the French
from ouifelves, as to any other
changes introduced in that coun
try. j
Again Mr. Adams has flicvvn
noi only a decided diflike ol the ;
French republic, its principles,
audits rulers, but he his tnani
felled, if not a decided, yet
(ometbing like a preference of
the government and conduft of
Grc.it-Britain, which is not a re
public, and which is hoflile to
France, becauh; France is. The
depredations of the Britifh have
den borne not only with more
0 tisnee than the French (al
though the former were unpro
voked, and the latter were in
lome degree at lead, provoked
by the [jriiifh treaty) but arc
hardly noticed. Them -is a
'mildners and temperance in his
language, when (peaking of our
relations with G icat-B; itain, t h it
mamfelliy oppofed to his acd*
j mouious exprelhon? relating to
jibe Fiench. There may have
been a concurrence of mcafuics
wilhlhe Ihitifh and in their fa
| vor during the picfcnt hodiiities
that piudcnce can with difficulty
! jollify. \Vitnefs the negocia
tion refpeding Ft* Domingo,
1 not to mention the fu (pi cions
; that aril’e from the intercepted
letters of Mr. Gilionf. kis not
pretended that thefe chcum
d.irices amount to decidve proof
of Mr. Adam’s attachment to
the monarchial government of
Grcat-Biiuin, rather than to the
republic ol Fiance, yet they are
fucli as we (hon'd fret expect
from j r»:ii: r:pub!ica:i, wh jcai>
not but know 2nd feel that ifi*
coalition of hoflility ,g air 'jj
France, is, bccaufe (lie is a ',‘'
public.
Again Mr. Adams has declrr.
ed that a republican govern,
men* may mean any thing :
declaration, that tepublica,”
would hardly expea f, o m a
republican. And in f a a 0i „-
republicanconftitution hasher;
fo ftiangely innovated upon
by forced and unforefecn con.
(Iruaions, and the dangerous
adoption of implied powers
during Mr. Adam’s adminiflra.
tion, that he was not a little
a (Tilled in verifying his own tc
mark.
It is fabmitted, that fonhde
reafons Mr. .Adam's attachment
to republican principles, j s at
leaft dubious*
11 No per [on ought to be cho[n
PrefideiJ. uho [terns inclined b
extend his own power and influence,
and to abridge the privi eges oj the
people .
If the flrong declarations of
Mr. Adams in his anfwcrs to ad
drelics were not proofs of his
inclination, the alien and tie
{edition laws, the nutr.cicui
embalfirs. the careful fclcftion of
perlons of certain political prin
ciples to public offices, and
his adminiflration being lup
ported by fiich men as Tracy,
Kofs, Sedgwick, Harper, Dana,
See, would be fufficient for the
purpofe. By men who openly
and publicly profefs that the
government is not energetic
enough, that the influence of the
executive ought to be incrcalVH,
and the influence of the people
diminilhed.
111. No mm cuojit to he chohn
Prejidcnt , who throws dijfituliesin
the examination of his own conduct.
Mr. Adorns has clone this;
and the (edition 1 ,w is the proof
of it.
IV. No man ought to he choftn
Prefidcnt , who is a known friend to
Ilanding armies , to permanent nil
vies , and who continues to accwnu
late funds and loans.
Our army, our navy, arc ro
torioufly meal ures recommended
by the Prefuicnt; aui under
his adminiflration,, we have Teen
not only a laige deficit, bet mo
ney borrowed at 8 per cent, in
time of peace. It was a Drorg
accnfation aga nfl Lord North
that he borrowed at 7 per cent,
in time of war.
V. No man is fit for a Pm
dent who either wi fully ° r 0
ran ly encroaches upon the conjl td
ticnal authority of ike other
of the government. . .
Mr. A darns his done this !fl
• the cafe of Jonathan Robbing
For, 1 is well known ih r '
t fpiritot our cor.ftitution
jihat the executive and jixHu
1 branches Ihould be keptlcp^ T,i *
: and not encroach *l° on '
1 the other. ..
It is equally well kno-^n
. it is the pcculi?r provine o
'judiciary to* coniLue
ilie laU'l