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,"411 1 t-f , 3 -' . ? -"T : tALIiffH-g;;;, , , ...... v. . ,V fVnL. I. 1 n -.. - " ' Li. ' 3 t! -- .. - ..." Register. t i . i of hia iitwill be ot tne ath of ... 2vKiyf IK .elifJSIlafi;ce oi, Mr. TfeWftf odut5etare inen) ana, that inUftie 0vj ThatHtte .tHatKf the; Generii t( T-(Trn Kfn ?fS hi. attentive ' adminiftrariotif of the powers of " the Executive, wiile in office.: CUlllWUl . In addition, if the unammtus teftimony of the Legiflature be not in the opinion oi fcis calujnniatort moic conclufivc, itwvill be fecn in the Gazette of the United Statej, published at rh iiaaeipma oy jonu ten no, tnat onthe aoth ar ucxpDcr, 1796, when the fame groundleis ca lumny was brought forward in that gazette, agaihft Mr. JefFerfon, for the fame purpofe that it is now ufed, a gentleman, who then gave his name to the printer, and who had been' an officer in the army and an eyeitnefs of all Mr. JeiTerfon'a conduct during the invauon ot Vir- ginia, in the year 1781, publifhed in that gazette the following tefiii-i Gonial of that cbnduft. which was never either anfwered or contro verted, 10 wit : ' Air, TennOy ; I obl'erve ioine fitameful miftatements of the writer in your gazette under the fi&nature of Phocion, refpeflting the conduit of Mr. Jefferfon, while Governor of Virginia, in the year 1 781, and having been perfonally pre. lent, in actual fervice, through all the active J-wnes-of that year, from its commencement and before;, until after the termination of th. fiegc f York, I can ftateVhs?t that conduct ieaiiy was, with more truths and certainty than either Phocion or his friend Charles Simms, neither of whom appear to know much about what they hate written, and were, to my knowledge, neither of them in Virginia at the period referred to. f irft, then, it is not true that Mr. fefFerfoo abandoned his trull at the moment of jnva Son." Arnold's invafioh took place in January, 1781 : Mr. JefFerfon remafined in his tiation through the wfeole period of that invafion. Cornwallis' invafjQB took place iu April, 1781, and he continued to advance imo the country until the beginning of June,' I when he commenced his 'retreat before the Marquis Fayme, into the lower country, on thefeaboara: the Marquis having taken the command about two months before. Mr. JefFerfon did nat refign at all, 01 abandon his ftation ; he remained in office until after i Cornwailis's retreat, and until the time for which he was conititutionally elecled, had ex pired, to wit, ihe nthof June, 17S1. lie lore he left this office, however, Mr. jefferion demanded of the Legifiature, a full enquiry uto the coaduclof the Executive for the lalt twelve moaths; which was accordingly granted by; their refolution of the 1 zth of June, 171; and the 26th of November fol. lowing appointed for the enauiry--being a Ftriod of near fix months allewid to bring torward any charges or proofs againlt Mr. Jefferfoa. On the 26th of December, 1781. the Affcmbly proceeded to take up the en qjuyat large,! on the report of a committee of their own body ; and having firiV voted that no charge or Vcufation whatever appeared agamit Mr. Jefferion, and that there never wasanycaufe for the enquiry but fame vague w - .-"iwuiaj iut u.ucu uic re i c -1 -Bi to reaay fte will nod not merely an ac knovvlcdgmentof Mr. Jefferfon's ability and I'Uegrity, and akogeihsr : filent on the want ot Urmncfi, but toncairting ian unanimous and exprefs vote f thanks for his attentive aUmiarationlof the powers of the Executive v-hilft in office. ' ; Secondly, Mr. Fenno, it is not true that uXu r n at a"y time fied befo few j'gat horfemen, and fhamefolly abandoned or, as fuggefted b Chatlcs Simms, All, y) ft -my lo.utionof the: 1 zth December. 178!, already publifhed in your paper (Mr. Fenno) and 1 .. & uunuii s tjnaour win rermj him L. "kiji vfaduA to the loll and ?v, rz , r f.,h.- sun. in th tfrds tndvov Let faOfpeak albf ArnoU'sfic omi iron w iltfamliuTnotfe Htte&ope vre toiadly baf pajHdlthe riter with rT .W i dilcoUot of fix or fhe enemy, aHout j0 , Vn K nlxl anrf whir Teiion; eurtoo$: e neit mo , were aiaore yikift vntfr that Tliitch aillford day, hentheeuemy w r ikai U of: 1 w V 1 bentr-etowfl, wW-TfrodyJ?p fltJthejetlecxlontiow eSeribrtV Let a dv JpuMic tnea-fleier atrie whether copdua like this, tb yhich thft 1 7?r--: t- M 1 . . . : 1 .."iU i r m, riter krrcnf wii an eve witneis. manilefted; waot of fii matfs or an abanionmeni of Iruft. The fituation of the ftate was at that time fWeuHarly diftreffingi the whole quota o U cooctoeptai woop weic im uiug m -- patolinai maflv thoiiUxfaawaoo ai.ariniw bein fupplied lor. the deeiiee ; of -.jMorth. Carolina; and' Arnolds iavafion fowd ,the State almoft totally defeueelelV. Theftare of things was Ut(ie better a' few months after, wards, when; Cornwailis's inyaflorf hapoeoei, ao the Maniais: Fayette took the command ; flnee it is well known thathrodgh the waole pf ithai campaigo the Marquis could ne?er mufter mere than three or four thoufand ini litfa, badly armed; in aid of theewj contu nental troops; Uiat were detached from the northern armt to VirziniaY Such' was the deolorable fituatlon both of the Stite and ontiritot.;lbr Heaatcf anai. la refeeito TarletoaV fa4Iea march to ChatIotlcville during that campaign, in order tourpnic the Governor aid Aflembiy it will ,bf re membered, that the Marauisl army was in ferior to Cornwailis's, and few fvo cavalry attached to it j that at CharlottetiHe there was not even a (insle combaoy of militia. and tfiatTarteten made a CidT. march, of i about fixty miles-throueh the toanttlrkarth hd of about 5 ur and 'mUt- cutlve Council attending theivdutyat that place, with the AfTembfy: it wiHjitpt be pretended then, under the eircumftancej fteJ that Mr. Jefferfon fled befojre!. few light horfemen, and lharoefully abandoned his trurt, " tajhamefulty atterted by Phocjon. But, Mr. Fenno, why do the enemies of Mr. Jefferfon cavil alone at his honourable acquittal by the Aflimhiy of Virginia, from groundleis and unfounded charges? They well know, that at the end of that very year, his hrave and gallant lucceffor in office, General Nclfon, was fubjeded to public ac cufation and impeachment before the AfTcm bly, for fuppolcd mifcocdudt in office, and honourably acquitted by the fame body, in thp fame precife manner, and with an una nimous vote of thanks, as in the cafe of Mr. Jefferfon. No proof appealed againis either; the accufation in each was declared to be groundleis, and the honourable leputation of both ftand or fall by the verdict of the fame boiy. I leave it with a candid public to lorm their own reflections. A SUBSCRIBER. iiib Oaihctr 1796. 'f'here vet remain two other ca lumnies agai rt ft them uch-ab ufed cha racter of Mr," Jefferfon, which re- quite notice. They were both fug gefted in the year 792, ion the eve of a preGdential election, and again in the year 1796, on a fimilaf occa fi'on are now revived ; to wjt, i rft,! That when minifter of the U nited States to France, in the year 1787, he made a' difhonourable pror poiition to Mongrels, .reipecting a transfer of the debt. due by the Uni ted States to France, to a 'Dutch Company. : . 2ily, lhat he was a debtor to Britifh merchants before the revo- lutionaty war, and purfucdmcalures to defraud his creditors. Unhappily for his calumniators, both thefe charges have been proved to be perfectly groundleis, nana to nave originated only in the wicked-. neis and mahce or hjs enenjes. The firft charge was publifhed in the year 1792, in Ifenno's Gazette, and given, as believed, from the trca iury department of the United States. on whofe books Mr, JefTerfcjn's let ter to Congrefs' refpeciinif the French debt, was recorded. The then head of that department was roundly accufed,' in the, public prints or mat year, with rrrilrepre tcntation and the breach 01 an oih cial duty, in caufing or. permitting J to be publiihsd from the trcalury books, forO purpfof aiding i i he I mutilatc'd copy of his letter to Con Lffv ,hs orttid phanginithe i.ots hitE h4 a inr words not in tnconsma, Am"Ti3A a hWV7rJT'- KW'W j French' rtuOerrelt upon a DJ!nWV vJ4irhe i& tlhe luftreofhis charaaer. SSu dnpv the agSf thl Un the yr a7NtWeUhnj deftroy ti if application Uer-teturnecl a umilar M jrer , tKrpugii: Wf i 1 r , arti4 in hii' letter to ;Cdtf4 lte . rLi!J.-l1 I r t'Z ..." :. . : : 11 . rrrm -: w u to tra frorn that fource. From the Fretich f -birti hble friendfhipye ougjlt f to cultivate,, to the- bi-eaits ot 'a ' private company or auvcncurjng fpedulatbrs, twho forefeeing the i " pom ble delays pt paymentj nan " calculated the probable jlofs,. and were willing to encounter, the ha- zaro. A . ... . Two other paragraphs follow 1 to wit, " That in his ( Mri JefiFer ion's) opinion, however; the honour and credit ;ot the unuea autej, Vniay b i;e(civd ihyiiate v that . JrencL dct may be difcharg jJthput diicpunt or iois to that fttoD"Vnd the ftip ulat ions of the Utccltate be complied with, to Mf Its, creditors." And he jthen fuggefts to Congrefs ,the mode of doln&iti , j 1 nc enemies v 1 . jtvwu jjwiw lifhed Ihii letter; leaving out th two Jait paragraphs, and changing the fet.fe bf the fi rft in. the manner . that1 hai!:been(Uted.;i -, , On the - whole letter a fingle re I fT&ion is fubinitted. Whether in any inuancc or puoiic cqcauu mi. j e fferfofi c ouldji a v e more j u ft I y a pi preciaUd theduty ?pt aublic mi-; nifler, or more happily combined it witff the corifcientipus and""morar lente or pumic ana private lnicgn ty? ' . - The fecond charge, ' That Mr. efferfon was a. debtor ;to Britifh merchants, before the revolutionary war, and puriued mea lures to de fraud his ' Creditors," isrefuted and difpraveck in a manner Ji1ghlvl: ho j nourable to Mr, Jenlbniepdta tion, by ipublication ofthe 5th Of I Abril la ft . made in l?b UacciOiiiaji jjv 11 a aentleman who tobkarticular fi pafns'to Iriyeftigate the iubjeS j and! : , iAiiM..t u. - Uaccovnt 6f:- -vr r ' I Afr, 7effirfohxs JZntifli Debt. It is thd fttcbfeverv man' whole virtues andalefMs have elevated it ii...j im i n fpclety, to ex cite the en vy d of many ; among perfons thgjlpffpofed, lorae are imjpercepti I ply carried into error, oincrs arc uc- iignedly criminal; . The fteady in du'ftry difplaVed by the, aflailants of virtue exceeds mhniteiy that ot its defenders ; and unfortunately, the meditate injury has its fulr elfett before the perfon accufecf is aware of it, and in (lead of parrying the blow he has the wound to hcaL . Iu this fituation of things,' f rare; i benevolence . to bet found amongtl u$f fo little intereft do we gcneraUy take in the welfare of our-felloW- rhen, that jwe are apt to imagine we have dil charged bur duty when we declare our belief of the; innocence of the accufed, - and content biir- felves under the ielfapprobation, that we have done nbfhidg to injure the feelings of the fufferer The cviU to-fociety which we permit to remain, without cur ui mbft exertions to removemay'anfwer w elleriopgh With people who are he gutiyilyvgeod; ox who. belwveihai virtue conlifts in abftaining from e vil : I think differently: and think ing as I do, viiL never permit the people tb bc duped by flIe Naccufa- u. tions teelled ii w korcrj wliir.h-: from V l to-convey of that cnmn Ijo holr ; 1 bd no cbt&ption, that sof landin Ctimberland and Bed- countles, to pay his-proportipn debi due from the eftate of lit. . . t i . Aril ion in 1T?3 nQr a " P carne d Jl to the! tremar-Spf i V irei-f tiSa, S theiii breffctj W-ali. to do IrrUrintr that thenubHSwrAild pav it over, dollar for doitv This' de- fnjion fooh pa (Ted away, and it became e vfdent "that the public neither could rtbr o,ught. to pay according id the nomiiKal value. The reader will perceive tbe lofs Mr. Jeffer Ion fuftained. and 'that if he had - . thisenUemcn confide red tiifnielr f ftillahiwerable to Farrel and Tones, and iherfefore iettled with their a-' Pent other wife The next debt in fucceflion, was one duetto -Kippen and companyi for wiiom Mr. Lyle, of Manchefter, was agent. I called upon that gen tleman for information rei'pe&ing Mr Jefferfon's conduct in the let tlemetit oi this claim, who affured me that it was ftri&ly honourable. Mr. . Lyle told me that aS iooa as the ViceiPrefident i returned ' from his miffion to Frartce,ihe waited urJon him, and inade immediate arrajigc- mehts for payment deduftihjg the 8 years war mterefty t r . ; Concerning the war intereft, 1 jtiiink the annexed letter from Mr. Teffer ion, will be duue fattslatpryl" But excluQve of hi s par ti c ular &t ua- n. and the loues which he Jtmam. ed, probably from his confpicuous fcrvices during the- revolutionary coBteft; 1 know of not a iolitrfry inilance in which the eipjkt years in- tcrci has been paid, if obj;e&ed to by the defendant's couniel ; and, I langy 1 wa iiic uiuiuuii uuic ic- deral iudces affernbled in Philadel- ja that thej war intere;tt;oughttp h. rt.rtimnn ir a infru rpamn tmit-. voiding it could be affigncd and ii u i. itfp j Lfurely rio reafon. could be affiened. i!? ,-y, fn Uhat the ill it lift incmieives naa tie-- ttfoyed u i he means, .tsut, to, my mind, there is the heft evidence' of the equity of' vy ithhoiding tl' eight yearsmtercit ; the juries nave uni formly dedutcd it, , although .fie couniei Tpr the piaiptiu hasqtten ai fignecf peculiar aud ft rongf 'reafons, fpriniing froni the manner m which the debt originated,1 why ;it: &duld be allowed. , I. i . ' - x ":; The following letter from lr Jef feribn,' while in Paris, is riow fub- miUed -to the public. It was not pi be u rcd-fromnimV butliaving been troduced in court by Tpnesls agent, irr: another cafe, wa bV: the couniel pf that agent candidly and honour- ahir read in; cnrt as an act ot Sritith debts, and by tjierh, very much com piimentep. j ' Si . j . - . ' '. When I had the pleafur e of feeing ; yb io London, 1 mentioned to you that the affairs .of IVe add JrtiH uniurjiinabl authority I !PtjPn ujttr Air. Jfjfetflp raufa frtm FrAticJ AfraaremtHit utr0 awr Litb lie gtvt of Barrel tmd yntt And dtf9jt( f laced in on ottiat, to tt& antouiit ct (tr tUitazaiaft ! wl'i. tftite. were left to'be ultimately - ii2r Eds. the oolr aaior"cu- tori tht 1 bate leuift - f?v T ,hVr.ofa Mr. Uwiftof Mr. Way1 ; .a..- LklW- r, id. trie. foPCthtr .,With BT - ouldaiftr tnarafp.j iavmefix f bt pari; ; 4 cotftpanyS of OCgofBtiiTtf nfarracriae KU -f ou praaTeijtt conditio, a will afirtiliiyi) thcterm3 arwa.it" ys;ri"rf VT-TTt : o f your ide Dt ao "the iatiiraitida , kfloWinr that yoU are conlflrtd wnat ui;.r - 4aw .cigjmtafe my1ir51? i r. Idftueie --AV cond ucl; Subftantial 1 uf- - ' not fay aiitiwdm'0!' ; -" ". ' ' v V .rtAlngkUsmt as to the - ige war, M(f!tbieqr;r:lh it,?- wafcuiahie that faterefl fepuMa jTbtrt t uiil'v. uoreafoable.auriog ihe,arMlnire;; , c iKil'irrtTclt thev sroduce that; Srnedtto ineneit httigMkttJ kthe morient it wehxoutCofour portsfot u.,k .he .2, riS$t was taoioTid either' br' thfe is a "compensation fothe ufe of nteey.kYottr5 nioney lnmy hi?dsi isln the forifcvCland J and ne&rcairom thefe doting ? th warv ufefr profit could be defiredircbaciri 1' VU1T l 1. I KUgiotbythofe ofrndiyiduals: , T,h.yi rAnitnucnce wis. that tobacco worm iroia twenty to thirty thillings the hundred T0I4 VS ' geneiaily irfVirginia, doripg the yarfbr ;.V f v I ui uiuuu. r . ... rk'.n;n-ht wric e it 14 known win bos- -. aintaia - vne jaoomi here was nO iiirplus bf profit, then to pay aa ' " intereft. In tbe meanwil.e weftood inUirera of the 4ivsf life labourers, and of th ulti mate iifueof thej war. ; He rwhar antrflptedy: durinir the wair to remit either bis principal or. intereftvinuft nave.expecaM rojemiunnw oj .11 eitKtuppoicdftna ;jhidiebtor gHt cBbje f5m to pay "an intercity nor yci his' creditor. With reflect tocreditott i fi Great-Britain, they turfted their atteat top ; . privateeringt and arming the yeftels th ad ; before emeloied in trading with usthey ilti captured on the feas, not only the produce of. ' whole ltate. - .They thus paid tbemlclvcs by capture xoore thari-tiitrr annual intereft -; and we haye loft more.1 Some merchants indeed did not engage in privateering ; thefe loft their? thtcrcfti but vje did not gain it a it fell into .' - - i r 1. 1 . . . . Y- -.. ' jtv t. tne nanus oi tneir countryjrien.- - n cannot y therefore be demanded otas '. As between) thefe merchants' and their debtors ;w isthe 4 cale; wereja lols beingincucredeacn party may fuitinably endeavour to flrifff.:tfotW him A party can never expeittitjtfje thing; to which rtjSatafllCiiihiM the demand er t yi t ia;Jfcar beur i right than sWemae fiance,. -This left ha. 'a-ncjafioned by the -A fauitof the nat;Orthtpij.aireditorv Our v:Jj rignt to avoia inncu HJuaspn k execpuon abte ground tfth&rV Aat each arty thoughi the other the. aggreffor thefe difpotes, there is but oVve irimpiie, andthat has decidedithe'ueftian ;Vwhere the workf jn general thought the right ;ayi r BifTdethefa reafons in favour of the gene- ral mafs of debtots, 1 have fome peculiar to my own le. - In the year xyro.-tofohr. a fliiiling of paper inTooey ' wa'tilTctdl Midlands to.tn0;amouBtoi ..4zooc. in oraer to pay riele two debts. I offered the. bends of ihe fcurchafers itoyour stafHrk.va'ns, ' if he' ?ou U acquit riie, and accl of the urchmcsi, U asmyfelf; hadnhe doueit, thefe "debt betnrv A' H'Ja rAtA .Z M tc Gteatiiims ot pager money ; were "a iter. j wa ft itfued ; .thiaxlepreciaied, and payment. sl was niiade me in thi monct", wheu it wsbut 4 a jfhadow, ' Our laws 40 riot ehtiOe our own V fellOw-eitienSNto reqairfr re-pay ment- iu - H ! thefe cafes, though the trtaty adthorifes the.. t cruiin crcuitors w 00 it. nerc tneft 1 loir tne pnncipi ana xqicscixv one. - igap ' iQTa i t CornwalliaihcaAiped tendays oa.a&'-ejftatc 9 s 5 A ; mine I at: j lk-l &njl havinghU fteid iiai tera' J 'la jny hufe. .1 boufes and barns on theVfatm, Wjmthej bfoduxe ; v A of the ioraier year iif tSem ; he burned al!the; enctofure, and wafted the fieids l&.whicli the J t pnoacn o jiunej ; n ftiuqa or ainea wi ere-" ry uving animal, cn.txv5 refecoa 01 toohc. tnfurv more tha would have ekidysou r debt, pr incipal .ana intereu : xnus 1 io 11 iicwbb nine, i.m autnonzeo, in iuiii, iu vjci(icu every. who were too yoking foriet w -: Ot the flavesr, A he cartied away thmjt; 1 Theifclefs and barX ' barous infury he did me in tat inttn wass I article not oemanoasjc iH,u.r,tv jinj. 01 .r; ntnrl coafidet intereft durint the.War-1 ? r-T Anotner juertion is, a i ic papey money ; 'i l I depofited in the tresfury: os y irginia, v to-i n wards the diJhaj-ee. ofthis.ebl:. I befori . i y obferved, that I ha4 fold lands.to rdie 5amou'nt'' - !r j of ;4iOTiefore a tnillhie"ot' MrVsneoneV ?Z. ! was -emUted, wiih a -lVHa py;ht4.tfeW;4 I DK- irate was fcn- "hmiwjc .'wiigr. owea money 10 unum mjm w-ptiiisit o- "tobe treaiury, enginF jy a. nm to 4 . the aediiQrat.the endof thcliii X the identical ttteci thssCrrat.i&t Uta&ryV-X a4 . I4 f 1 f J r v.. ..je 1 x--i ...'4- v1-' ,1 I. 4 4
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