J.
V
i .
i
tfad, redoceJ to iUlVthan two thirds of lit
original numbers, have now no more than
lv thouHind men capable of taking the
fi!tl, although about thirteen or jiourteen
IboafancV appear under arms; thi " owing
to the appearance of a great number of foi
diers at the roll call, who prefer, lick and
Wounded as the are. doing doty at tljeir
quarters to ftay ing in the i bofpitals v or: the
depots: ; Whealhey are wanted to march a
little further th.n ufual or to fight, the force
they have, put upon thcuifelves initially -ap-pers
Wounds, ophthalmies, . djfenta.ries,
aod other difeafet not lefs common here, hate
abfolutely difabled the reft of the army. - :j
ft . Een thole who are .in a condition to
march are exhaufted by fatigue, enfeebled by
and the wounds and! iicvneia
they have endured . and their courage
' U prnportionibly dira Rifted... , J ,
With this handful of men Ve -have cor.
cred five hundred leagues of coudiry, over
three millions of inhabitants, who may
; be : considered as fo many enemies, and gar
rifon t'he holis and fortrefles of Alexandria;
Kofetta, Ralimanief, Gezeb, Benifriof, Me-
- .... J 1 . ir ii ft
dine, (Minlet, Mur, Virgr jvene, j oeuieir,
CairoJ Suei'lr Mittt Kampii Salahlch; A rifon,
Bilbeu, Cajkb, ! Damietta Msnfora, Se
. menoud. Benous. Should the Grand
e.
the climate.
which
by an hereditary king, an herid'itary ncbility
and a mctk .representation .of I the people
yV here.' by the veW jconftjtution of the demo
critic part of that very government, anid not
by the ajidntal ilpofition of itt members,
it is completely at the ; command of the
crown j. reating er mis luoject, wr.
dams fays, ' no the formation1 of language,7
navigation and .hip-
tinner to tnc nunvan
this iyfUfii of go
I ; !:P
' uot the whole art of
. tfoes more
" b-ji
' uHdtrltandjog, than
' vernnient.V .
I j .
Again, Mr. Adams.
to addreffes, repeatedly expretfed. in
pf the flrongeft and snort
in his public anlwera
ermt
marked anDrobation.
his opinion.! or rather his . abhorrence, i oi
! French principles apd French fbilofophy,and
.Fre nch innovation. .Thefe prjcciples, : t'jnii
puijuiuf ,jiy , snu iuis innovation reiaie cnitruy
to two pcints, the changes hiade by
ntional government, and the changes
in their .national religion. In the rirft
the principles of the French, politicians and
philofopheri, went to fub(litite a repuMcan
go y e r n ilj e n t by r e pr e fe n t a t i o n I f o r a d i fp o tic
government undr an hereditary f monarchy.
In the U
their
saade
cale
reel
d Inrt
ance,
the only perrf.anf i;t
innovation is the permiHIoh to every plan to
follow the dictates of bis own conlciericc,l.in.
fuppori the na
(lead of binding him to
i The violnc
ViTirrtaf!c ni! wf cannot oonofc mors i I eliablifhmeht of DODer i
than five or li thoufand men to all the Ot-f gorge of Mr. Adams ii indifcriminate anid
toman forces which will at his difpofal , andj j general and applicable as jrell to te. jin
(nbtfld he attack us In two places I at . oncef,j noVaiojci borrowed byj the French fronl our
he will benetrate into the country without a1
tolTib:lity. on our fide of preventing hira.- i
This would certainly ha? e. happened to Gen; ,
eral Buonaparte, if the Turks, while they
irtre laiidina al Aboukir; had made the
Geveral Dueu ike Ulretlir Barrett. j
I confefsjto ybo, Citizen Director, that I
oaldnever have believed Gen, Buanaparte
would ha?e abandoned us in the condition in
which we jwere j without 'raohty, without
powder, without ball, and one part of the
foldicri i wjthout arms.- Alexandria is a Vaft
entrenched camp, which the expedition into
Sy rtajhas deprived of a eonfidcrable portion
of the heavy artillery cecefKry forits defence.
Lefba, near Damittta, is lcrcIy walled in ;
part of the wall of Arifch is tumbling ef
hfelf. Debts to ah enormous amount, more
f,han a third of the army dellroyed by the
jplague, the dyfentery, the ophthalnia, and
the enemy but eight days tnarcfr from us !
Whatever may be told you at Paris, this de
fcription is but too true. . You know me to
Ve incapable of impofing on you by it fa I ft
one. ( : , .H. ..
J !' A riuiaerous army isaflemkled in Syria j
fleets; of 'which' Iwe know not the ftrentb,
threaten our coalts, which wt know to ;be
commander
mere than
have it in
feUes, as to any other channea introd
tcuntry.
A 2a in,- Mr.
Adairs
ion a I
ln:
nd the
conducl.
Mr. Adimf has done this1
don law
J V. A'e
is the proof of it.
man hzt b chofen , ' A
a knevn friend to ftandir arLr.. ' b
nt navies, and mhok ewfinuei t ' ?er,
"'""null,
ntnt
funds and IcaKsl
Our arm,- our nayy, are ijotRrr :
lures rccuuimciiuTv wt lup '
iindef his atimifjiftratioij, wehqve'r' aM
only a large deficit, bat n;on, , 11 ct
at 3 perjeent, in time of p-2ce'
it-
ftrong accifatioiigii.a Lorid NQrJj .f V
borrowed at 7 pr cent. iB tjaw r'
V. A mih is fit fur 1 i)fuett arv ' V
wilfully or jgvsrant'y tr. creaks upofy c,fef
ixtienal iiuthQrity pj tfie uker lTiiK i '
in the csfe0f j3.
has liieyrn not
!
French- reptib
in
decided diflikc of the
principles, and its rulers, but he has
leftsd, if not a devidell, yet fbmethin
fit'
prctcjri
-t
ence of the pcerrtmerit f and
ot urear-Dntain, whicn is not a
and Y. h;ch is hoftile to j
is'. ,1 r.e dcpredatlcns
been barn not only wit
the e reuch
.i
provoked,
!
ranca,
of the
becauf
Britim!
h snore patience-
the former wer
a
1C,! it
ir.ani
; , like
conoucl
i epublie. -
e pi
in
ance
have
than
. i -
de-
ooic
1
Britilh treaty)
actclfible td many places.lThe
in chief cannot .bring tegether
yooo
their
nguuug men. inc eneaiy
power to make three fe pa rate' attacks
at the fame time what can 7000 men, and
theft necelfarily divided, hope to do ?V
; r The letter of Buonaparte to the Grand
Vizier is a tompolition of hyprocrify, mean--Acfs,
andj a clurafy attempt at iropodure up
on a fubjea, oa which according' to Kleber,
that officer. rauft hire been full as well ir
farmed as himftlf.
TO TUE ELECTORS OF
The united stated
AlB SUBMITTED.
t Tbafollawing brief anci difpaflichate rea-
; fdns.'why the Prefident Adams fhouid
not be
re-eleed to that hili office.
I
, I. Hccat'Jc n candidate jhotdd be appointed to
MaVceJ xLhofe attachment to the principles ct
r t pub Lis am' m art dubious.
It isapprehended that the attachment of
the rrefideot Adams to the principles ofre
publicatitm, are in Tome degree' dubfous, for
be fallowing reafons i J - ,
He has! written; a book! in th'rea Volonins,
of whichjtht ' general fcope is, to recom
meid a government af three branches,1 an
to praift ta government of Great-Britain fii
particular! In which book not only the
generaf Icope, but very taany paiTaget, in
Jlrong-and dtsliiva language,' extol the go-
"inwii vi wiVAlaCritaiD. a mrnm.nt
t i -, i ; : . . 9 iiiimt
(although
and the latter were
erec at leafl provkecf bv the
Dut arc hardly noticed. 1 here is a mildneis
end temperance in bis language, wherij Speak
ing of our relation with Great-Britaipi ihat
raanifeniy. oppofed to his acrimonious, ex
p re lli on s reiatng to the French. ( There
may hive been a concurrence . of meafures
with the Briiifh and in thir favor during the
preleht hoflilities that prudence in with
difficulty juftify. Wftneis the negotiation
refpeeiing St, Domingo,' Roi to menjion the
fufpicibns that ante j from" the intercepted
letreri of Mr. Lilian. It fs not pretended
tliat theft circumftancesiamouhtt6 jdecifie
proof of Mr. AdamTa attachment to I the
i. I
Great-pritain
of France, yet
monarchical peve rnnltnf of
rather than ro'the rdcublic'
I i. . f T ; ' ,
they are ftch as we fiiould not expeel from
a firm republican, who cannot but know and
feel that this coalition of hoflility
rrance, is; becauie, the is a republic.
Again .Mr. Adamjs has ;declared
repuDiican government may jmean any
a - declaration, that republic!
expeci froni a republican. !
republican conftituticn has been fo ftrahgely
innovated upon by forced and nnforefeen con
nfuctious, and the danperpus adoption of
implied powers durine Mr. Adanivsi
niltratipn, ) that he. was not a Jlttlc
in verifying his orb remark..
It iullubmiited. that for Ithefe r
CA6
am's
that a
thin ;
ana would hardly
r.nu in tact our
atimi-
alllAtd
is at
II.
attachment
lealt dubious.
No per f on ought
ens
Mr.
o republican principles,
to be chofen ' Prefident
ivto Aem inciihed tehxiend hs own poiier
irfiuence, end to abridge the
If the the ftrong
dams in his anfwer
priviltei of the
declarations of Mr.
to atidredes were
proofs of his inclination, tiie alii
Hon
A-cot
en and ledi-
lawsi the numerous em bailies the careful
an
fcltclion of perlons of certnin political pnn
ciples to pubfic offices, anlrf hit adniiniftrV.
tion being fdpported by fuh men ashTraey,
Roft, Sedgwick, Harper, lOana, &cji would
be fufficicnt for tfie purpofe. By men I Who
openly and publicly profess that the! govVrn
ment it not energetic enough, that the j in
fluence- ef the executive ought to bej increaf
d; and the infiueace of the people Oimiaiui-
ed.
1 JtU NiTHtnoLfh
I' ssv
j!
so be ittoen Prefident yhe
vernmeht. ; ..'-i- -. 1 f ' : .
Mr; Adams hzs doce tfci
riathsn Rcbbins. !, ,
ror it is wfirinown that rh
our corUita:icn rtuires thit the c5
and judicial : braiKheil fhcild tV f
paratc, and cot eacroaclr tile one on
. It is foully well known 'ihai h U,L
.culiarprovincpfthejddlc ilWru
.law of the landi .
It is 0U0 wll known thlt our Fobliclr
ties, are part of the fu'pmne lw vltUi,.?
and. therefore the conljruclion of ifoJ
witlun the peculiar provirce of the uda
Yet dd ihe.preihdent Adams nor cnly k
upon himftlf, tae. tonttrufcipn ofi the- treat
with Great Britain, ?hy deeding the qceftfoa
of jurifdiaiori in the fml !?ni:auce; bet i
lurther direct judge of aourt ,0 clelivrr
Mp a man who was prevjolfly .e'eamuted bv
competent jadicial suthcriiy. ( '4
Norjcould Prefidentdflms; with propriety
pleadjgnorance inVthis. cale : far ipdepen
dent af his opportunities of4 confulitida tSe
commonwealth again!! jodg ! Lawrence iB
the three volumes ."of Da Isi'a reports, is i
cift in f cint. Capt, ilarte. of the fftli
(hip Ptrdrix; dclertirg tl e tefrcm, acd takv
ing up his relidence iu K'ew-York, was re
quired to be deliverca:up- is a defcrter uV
der t.e 9th a(2 of the fonventiou viiU Frajjce.
The Prefident Wafiiingtoii icVrred the hvfu,
nefs to the dcciHon of judlcury, by enipoj;
ing the attorney gentral Bradford ta briB
a mandamus, who declared (in fubftame j
from" authority, that although ihe executiyt
was defirous of me wjng a Jlicre.'inteBtica j
ponftualiy to fulfil the treaty; iih France,
yet the executive couid rot interfere to d-!
cide a judicial queiUon. , f!
It is lubsii t ted 1 0 the pnklic w heth'er any
one of ihefe re&fons be iufStient to induce the .
puunc to preier lorr.e caoaiaaie more oecinvr
ly republican In his principles and condsd:
than ! HAdams.
' The following five reafons, why tflr Jef
ferfbn, fhould not! be eledUdj Prefideat of lit
Unitecl States, rare offered in a late Eoftoa
paper called the Chronicle.
:; Wr.v. (CCPr.) J -1
; Ai the Jacobin! have produced five resfoct;
why Mr. A d ams ihoclci not be, rereletcedt(j
the hign and re'ponfible office pf Prefideot
of the 'United States ;aH office which he hst
filled with dignity arc! honbriU-and as tbofr
reafonS can. hae.no more weight with j.oo1
men thap'a draw put in ballaoce- with tthe
Andes Yet as it may have forne influeDCv ca
,wjeakr minds, j it may nof betimpi opcr to 0aif
forae objections, why Thomas jEFrE&ioil
is thought unfit lor .that important dation.
j lit. tie la a Ueilt, a man that diiregaros
the volumefef divine infpii ation, nd ridi
coles the chriftiah religion.
; ad. Hf has umrmly eppofed the wife
and energetie meafurrs of this go ver onset t-. .
calculated to fupport in dignity apd enlur
its' profperity. ; c ''. i- y. :-if:
3d. He ia canfefTedlv at the bead of a paity
jn thii cnuntry,: whole object is oppefiuon to
the lawaV Aibverfian of orfier, and deftruc-
tion of religious princilei, - 1 . 1
4th. As a wife and political legifiator, m
abilities ara Mpeled, though his heart
uatainted. -. j: l y tu::
5th. Hfa houfhold Is 1 TreBch - bis Iapguigf
bis drels his manners. His afibciates are;
rrench-and his library an4 Pbiloftpby re
French.- Such a number of French difhe;
might be inpalatable to the Avatiicin t2
v. I i
4j