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'je LfiG (-Published every T U E SUA Y b y HODGE far BOYL AN, R- ' prom the N. Y, Evening Poji. JEFFF.RSON &CALLENDER. " " Are you foliaraasrW EnendX that within five years hence, your -wife fhould want a fhirtto her back ; that your boys (hall want hommony for their breakf-.lt ? In thatAafe the flurtelt way will be to vote tor the rnan of Brabtree-and be allured that within a fniaUer fpace oftime he and his navy, his W viith a great r'v, and his loan at fifteen thoufand dollars per annum, fhall dcvpur the. lait ear of corn, and the lait blade of grafs that vegetate, on the furtace of America. But if you are defn ous titive fn" peace antr plenty, to keep your money tor your own purpofes, to Ice your barns full, your fences in - f ; pair, your cattle fleck your flam hearty and contented, it you arc am bitious to be revered as a'profe&or and adopted as a ben t factor, to read t it' ... i t.;.! "7mu. ItjOKS oi your viic ana vuhu rcn fhelanguaze - of - nappmtfs, of gratitude and of love, in a. word if you wifh to tafle of rhofe delicious fympathie? that forrteumes prevent us fiom legrctting this bitter trage dy of rxi Hence, then go ftp anji as' you value lou! and body -:-votc tor the 1-fRriun ticket. We have rt-a-fuu to expT cl that undefaTcetter pre fidttit r JcfivTftnJ we fliall hear ss little as can be of f lamp duties, of guagen , ol Piufiian ambafiadcrs, of theKr'p$)tfthe afieflcd tax, and aix'vealt-'of that ocen of abomina tion; iht dcpmtimnt of the tuny.' Pro' p,cl tt'oe .f, :d v. p. 47. "j o accompli!') in the mr certain manlier the election of this better - rrcfidtiit,' it was fuppofed r-othirg uoiild iiicrctflcOuailyconduc an attack on the molt eminent iede ral men, and the molt prominent ie4awiiW "wri er commences his wovk by bold and direct attack on our fcrf ov povernnif-ht ' that is, the federal conltituiion "After a Ihort intrcuue tion he lays , ' 1 rtturn to th; trenior of 17S7, hy which-the government cP yn-or own choice, viz. the federal con Hi tutjn, was crammed down the gul let of America, io'. Again, By. a moft ab'urd claule of the ccnilk tiri- l)iocu iiuovc linen rimes te.s nume- rcuthan the other hrule can neea I tive any law.' 1 1. 'The admill'ion of the two, Lilliputian (fates TDtla-wart- and Rhqde-lfland to an"eqi!al number o! fenators with the Unger ones, was eminently l iuiculous.' isir. 1 Vve mult remember that the. fe- rate h,as always been partuuTarly the object of djflatistajtVo.nt.And jeirtHy with the Virginians ar.d'precilely for the rcafon here Liven by Callerdcr, becauie it detracts from her haughiy pre.enfiohs to domineer r.ver the imsller .dates. 7; 'I his part of the "ProipecV'mufl have been in a ve- ry fpecial manner grateful fo car worthy prefid; hi. ' . : ' The longer we examine, the har ..cervre fhall find it to prove what America has gained by this govern ment of your own choice. 19.' ' very Virginian who values his free dom fnpuld prepare himfelf to meet the won't that may happen. He ilwaid perfect himfelfin ihr ufe ot the -m'ufktst wirh as much 'dilicrno' as ir.e devotee learns his catcchifm. In vveH'th-nd population Viigi-! ma contiuutes atleaif n Gvth rsnrt ,i the whole union. 'J be federal go vernment and the interdt jof the na- i tonal debt, colt, at this time; fifteen mu 110ns ot dollars per annum. Of tua him it follows that two millions anv. five hugdred thoufand dollars fa1 to be ducharged by this lafid of dents, :; us, rhe holders of flaves, ty wrotchet; moo are "not-fv to be cUas 01 a republic 1 This, Virgi-' nians is the dialect of the N$rw- Enuland ariftocracy s and vet atnona yourfel ves, men are laid to exift tvho pfofels to be the friends of that exe cfabTe7affi6a88T7Men of "Virgil nia this is the glorious government which draws trom your pockets twenty five hundred thoufand dol lars per annum, befides the net feven millions of dollars that are annually funk upon the price of your labors f page-142 : It is a primary objet to create or awaken deep and --odip ..us prejudices agamilNev-EngVand, as the kindeft foil "of. iederahl'm. He therefore lpares nOoccafion to fpeak flightinc jjr aii4acri roonjouflxoll.Engjan'd;. Inftances abound, but we Teleathe following. ' , . ZIT.he whole; Ncw'F.rgland fyftem nifties dirediy towards the eftablifh mentot an immenfe jlnnd'mg crmyi the augmetitation or an immenfe -iicJi.it and the foundation, of an aty&e-ma(a?hL&6 J rr. Under this head, and as defigned to bear upon a rel gious inftituiion more particularly nbferved in New England, we noiice the following itieer ; . ' Mr. Adams is fond of recom mending a national fall ; an interval vi gritr?,fe and cantfngiHrfleftefs-&- uimpation. 1 15. 'buch citizens New i'ngjanders. are unfcriraWe ;-itd even daiiKrous characters In a government which affeds to found itfelf on republican principles,' 102 And having mewn as he Tuppofe?, that the representation o( the leuth trn Hates would be much augmented bya new ' cenfu while th;t of N. 1 upland -would be leffenrd. he fas, , 4 'J licfe JaSs prove that tlie prefciU unnatural fupremacy of New-Fng d' lofir wiHwteftSnnfTfrftn'af by g it at this day, the inhabitants '.vould vft.rn an hunrivrd thpufanif del -irs per annum of the federal aiTefVmcnt, a fum, which f iir bar ren (oil and inhofojtabhj c'imafe (c vcrely de;na:uis fur licincitic purpo I'es.' 163. Laltiy. ,.' The CTroHonnl ron- a T 1 t 1 V 1 t t;uct ot icw-J'.:-.g;a!.a lias nnncrto J Uipported the fame kind of iiktnefs Ltothnt of .Virginia, which a vater fcloiet rprivy I'me to the ciolct of Sir !-a.u ctor.. 1 1 Zd vol. I :n cur next we lha'l ihew more of pherighrecus -labor:; Avhich fo lioera' Jly loolcncd Mr. jcftcrln's purfc UimgSi Ail we sK at preient 1?, thai the TeadcT wifi penile thefe cx rracis with f.me attention as he goes alom?. i;ccaule we (hall have occasion hv..' anl -.vc tn mil nnnn his mrmorv t to Accompany us in "the prdiv, de- jeeftt. honorable contrail, we fliall pielcnf bcr ween the . languaue -ahd. conduct of our Republican Preiidcnt at otteTii'.e and at another according 'to circumtfances. .We have-not half 5dl-r'e v.Iih him and it. " - ;'Frtj;"rtfeuera1'-nTcafures Gal!en--1"cf fut-ns to f ederal men and directs his attacks' againft ihofe.moft diltinguinv e.l lor talents and virtue -Of Mr, Marihd flhe fays he was either a ' knave of a ico ;' that Mr. Govcr ncur "Morris", w as ' a bawltr Tor mon archy, a banker and agent for the French princes and a- fpy for Eng land :' Mr. E'lfworth is itigmatiied as ' a 6 per cent veteran of the; So nnte; iMeltrs. Mimiouie ana ceu:A- wick, he fays 4 made conflderablc nurchafes in theccitificaie of the ar- my: an audacious ana de.teitauic tranfaciion,' and that the latter was '. i nil' one ot the wrttchet iuha htr-n4-t:e war fae.' Of -Judge -Patterfoh he thus expreffes himfelf ' It was his Mr. Adams' wildomno have initantly fen: a pardon tcf Vermont 'to Lyon leaving the cTeature Patterfon to wipe his breech with his verdict he calls Eettera, Harper, Sewall, and PlEii'riwtBEa 7, 1S02'. "jSigrfaves, four . bankrupts, who at-. tempted to plunge the country into defperate meafurei.' Judge Chafe he declares js the moit deteftable andi tletefted -rafcal in the ftateof Maryland.' Mr. Jny he fays, fold the rights of the United States to Britain ;' and of Mr. Bayard, that he is if poliible, the rankeii a,nlto cray the moft unblulhing advocate fofpolidcal corruption, that pol lutes either houfe,' with much more in the fame ftyle agamft many other gentlemen. . AH this was truly deleclableto our goevj preGdent ou: worthyl'refi der i Jand it opened liis, philanthro pid foul to compliment and reward. Bf all this he fiattercd "Callefidef onihefcore of his talents, and he vmfttted his-GWH nature (o. far as ac tuaily to pay him money f rom "his poiet. But it .is doubtfuPat leaft w'.tther he vsould have given fo r -h for thefe famples alone ; no, thci?e?e ftrucfion he had more much more at heart. J he great and- good V afhs ingtort, with a character :md conduct which exhibited a Handing reproach of his ownj was the main pillar of Fedcfalifni, and as corn cled with mmras ms iriena and aduier on wojeintmtivettdgfflent-mwe than that "of any other man he could more confidently rely.' Mr. Hamil ton and in one of his lait publica tions Cailender txprefsly fays, ' It wasa darlingGbjett w ith Mr. jeffer fon to deftroy the character of John AdaHiis' his competitor for the Pre- 1 fk'ency. 1 Let us then lee how far the PrpfpecV went to gratify his wifli es We began with Wafhington 1 Mr. "Wafhington entered into a cbi$ciahreaT IiUS4U . t Kite, ot tee Senate; lie then pubhihed it as the law of the land, before the fub jcct had ever come before tjis repre fentatives. He could not have com mitted a more "pure and .net violati on of his oath to prefer ve the confii tufionand of-his official truft ; or a grofler perfonal infult on the rcprei fentatives. 12. . . t I he piclure drawn by Mf . Men roe is .upon the whole rigidly cor recf, and if we are not quite incura ble, it muft extlnguHli our admira tion, for J he Prefideiuial Talents of Mr. Wafhington.' 1 ' Ey -bis own account Mr. Wal ington 'has been twicLj a Traitor. lie firfl renounced the king of Eng land, and thereaftcrtheold confede rkiion. His farewell paper contains a variety ot miichievous ientiments.' 16. By the way it If incomprehcnfible how Mr. Wafhington came to think that he had any call to wi iter fucfia letter. It was a bait f or popularity. Many fufptct that Mr. .Wafiiington printed it on the fuppofhion that he would be courted to retain his fit ua V10X1J - - ' . ib. . Delicious rcpafi: tlw's ior Jeff erfon !.. The extravagant-poTiularltv pol- feiied by this citizen, reilefts the ut mplt ridicule on the dilccrnmenfTif America. He approved of the fund ing lyflem, the atiumption, the na tional bank, and in contiadiftion to his own folemn promife, he autho- , ritcifrhe robbing ami ruin of the rem nants of his own army.' 1 7. flow muft this pafTage have de lighted the foul of Jefferfbn ? It was here, 1 prefume, he felt an involun tary emotion to put his hand in his. pocket, to feel if he had not fome change abdut him. , L . V Under 1 hp old. confederation, ruatters never werej nor could have been conducted fo wretchedly -as they. actually are, and- have been, undcr'-the fucceflive monarchs of Braihtfee and Mount.Yernon.'- How pertinently does this come in aid of the paffage in the Mazzei let Vo. VII. N u m?.,3 3 g. ter, charging Wafhington with be" ing at the head ot an 'anglo monar chical, ariftocratic party ? A flander lo bafe, that after; it firit came to . light Mr, JeUerton - never eould af- lu me aHu ranee enough to look Gen eral Wafhingtoa in the face. Be fore that time he was iruhe habit of vifiting Mount Vernon to bellow a obfequious attention on its venerable inhabitant, and he feldom pafled the place without calling, or if not, h$ fent a formal apology for the omiffi on ; but after the mafk was thus tofa from his countenance he feltfo. haunted and opprefled by a guilty confeience, that he never more at t;mpted to e'mer the houfe, but e ren. went nccafioiraily .out of his war to avoid it. But fince the death of Wafhington he has pnqe dared to mtiouuce nnnieir tnere -again, ano under the pretence of paying his laft refpecls to departed worth yes, he who flandered Wafhington while living ; he who bribed the fell ca-tumniator-to- direct: amortaP blow againfl his fame, has dared when his head was laid low, to enter and diflurb by his prefence the grief of the venerable matron left behind him haso darfd'to violate the de cency ot mourning to trelpais on to trie tomb of Wafhmcton and there acled over the pageantry of high wrought, and as he believed, well diflembled grief. A piece of? condud undoubtedly dictated by. the cunning defire of imprefling a -belief, that there exifted a real triendfliipbetween Wafhington while living and himfelf Nothing but this audacious difplay of bafe hypocrify was wanting to rendef the piclure com pleat in. all its odious and rnoxi . ftroudelorniity..v4, .'. DOCUMEN T S Relating to the Fine of 1 " CALLENDER. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. Wafliington, 17th March, 1801, SIR, I enclofe a pardon in favor of James '1 hemfon Cailender, now or late in your cuftody, in. execution of v the fentence of the circuit court for a libel. 1 am, very refpeclfully, "Your moft obedient fcrv'r, LEVI LINCOLN. David M. Randolph, Efq. ? Marfhalofthe Vir. Dis trict,. Richmond. No i.j , Thomas JeflerforrPrefident of the United States of America, To all to whom thefe prefents ihall come greeting : - :'- Whereas James Thomfon Cailen der, late of the DiftriftFViTgin-iaT was .lately convicted in the circuit courtof the -United States, for the famediHric"t,bf the mifaemeano'r or mifdemeanors, in msking, uttering, and puhlifhirg, certain falfe, fcan dalous, aiut hiaircious writings j and , thereupon-the iaui James J homlon CallendeTwasadjud'gejd by the lame court, among.other things, to be im priloned for the fpaca of .tight( months, and to pay to the ufe c the United States, a fine of two hun Ired dollars, as by jthe record thereof re- , maining inihefame couit, will more fully -appear : Wherefore, I, Tho mas Jeflerfon, Prefident of the U nited States of America, for divers good cauies and cenfiderations me t hereunto moving, have granted, and by .thefe prefents do grant, unto the fame James Thomfon Cailender, a lull, free: and entire pardon of the mi fderrfcanor or .mifdemeanors a forefaid, and of the convidion ,and judgment of the court thereupon : Hereby remitting and releafing all -pains'and penalties incurred or to be incurred by hirh the faid James (See Jo' Pat-r.) -;. ri hi i i Ik (I - ' " I :.vi . . . 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