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"' '.--4 iTHE NGRTHTGARQmNAi-'M INERVA. j; ;' Jt X, 5G.t-PuBl.( sari). iverV M O KDAY by Hpi) GE 5,BO YL AN. -v1 , . "... V :Vol. VIII, Nokb. 365. t , " i( TQ '-fHE ELECTORS OF 1 . I I' WlLLMlNGTON M)lSTRlCT., v nPHEprefenVfcffibn of congrefs -X' , approaches t a clofe without, affording in its proceedings many, fubjefts worthy pf communication-- this,perhaps"is, rather matter afcon graculapoa fiaa btherwuc ; tpr,it is not neceflary or pfojr,ito;exerc the right to enaft laws, merely be caufe .' the tppwer i&; pofleflcd and that doHct Keneraily is efteemed good ' whichirrbs"rather than indulges i " proneneu to legiuation. f m auumuu f ta thefe reflexions is the;diipofition; of ihc jph' in.!power heretofore ' " viuced ina:raanher fo deftruHve to . the important' eftabliflinients of ?he nation; This: dippfitipri hai .beeri; exhibited in the courfe of the feffion, but fortunately fome-indications - - aurracrion mine ,yicwsjm cuuuuu of the prevailing parry have been dif. covtredi lThefe were feeri in the con dutt purfued in the propofition for recl;ing a dry dock and .or the rc peal ofthe law eftablifliing irr favour of our own navigation difcrirniriatin duties :' both, underftood to be; fa vorite JrojSsbf theprefdent,; ahc( originating; with hinvU'hde, pro jects.were confid'etcd arid treated as vifiohary Schemes, A pregnant ;wiih xpenceandpiifehiefrsand calcula tedonly, the'bne to ereft a fplendid ufekfs buildiDgi1 the otherto injure: to an alarming degree the extended - navigation ofthe country-'amajori- tylnid them afide-' From' this unex- pefted conflict ''of (ehtjinerit in the -party hopes' are . in fome degree re-, vifedjt that fome of the national efta-' bliCiments may furvive thcpow.er of - auiifcderalifra ; ' : ' v u Wi:h the elevation of .thii power' vasintroduced a fpirit of deftruflion, di'reded againfi; thofe eftablifhments, . which has proftrated th energies of the gbVernmentf-rnade -'inroads on thQ'ponlUtutibn((tier'vbreakt ing down itsbarrierfhas.dfolated the faireft4 profpec)s of ur. country If evidence is wanting bftheprogrels of this fpirit, ; a fhort review of lome bf the Drdceedihgs of laft, fefli on will . Jreadily afford itTheyttem qI& . ternai revenue y wnicn riaa oeen c ftablilhed at immenfe trouble and ex? nence almoffc bmmenAirate? with thernpbrtahce pf;4thevbeclwas a inen ceoroycu-r-a;. imuiuiy 6 wuxcii, had tben: reduced io a fwfce merely. competent to fuftain bur ports,- while fuccour rniglit b obtained ual.ta; iize,oply; calculated to ? render the ' countenance pf a, War; DepaHment; unneceflarH-a: iinar ine corps,; eflen ' tial to the. Very exigence of -a navy. is:redueed;aunoit tbjnjisnjhcance; Thef judiciatyrpeattandiitm branch of bur government theiq&n fervator cf the conftitutioni'and thV bulwark of our cbnftitutionai rights. has been (tripped of its independence tnu tnumcticu ik luc icci 111c ic. gifiatuTewhofe lawis they were enti tled to try ly the tbuchftone of the confi.itutionjt and on ivhich they were accordingly to decide J this Was the, progreftf fv that fpirit at the ; laft feCi lionr ?7At tne;preient ienien,v a nice difpbfition7 to deftroy. was found 5 in" the "chambers: of legiflati6h wKen the members entered them.'v The Miht-thd DitcriminaHngDutieS-r-; fheiSyftem of Bankruptcy and the i Territbry of ' Columbia are' national cilablimments and bf cburfe attraa ive objects pfattention taantifederal - malice : . accordingly , they were all menaced arid" attacked X but cbntra ry io the well Grounded fears of their friends, thefe . eftablHhmenrs thoughr maken haye refiitedthciaflault, and the hand of the aflailant for the pre fent fecms to be arrefted. Some at cri weft,-, which pecafions the neceffiry of drawing off the fources for tte pro. teftion, of that frontier; . Nor did this hoftihty to national eftablilhments, fleep during the recefs of congrefs j we had a national 45ank ; ; and there a depofit of active furids increafing daily by the" provifioni of the inftitu-tiorv-r what has become of it a Ge nevan, fecretaryof our. treafury has fold it. ?But it may be faid, 1 have prefentedthe reverie of the: medal that if the other fide is viewed, we fhall there fee the expences7 of the 1 government dimmiihed-r-thef bur I hens of the people lightenedths a- mount pf the i evenue iricreifed the TiationaV debt in a :rapid:'progrefs of payment executive patronage redu ced, and economy the prominent charadter of the piece. Tp "this I an fwer direftly'that I have taken this view,; but have looked in vain for the objects to which my vattention'is di-recled;- A8 teethe expences pf the goyernment,t I donbt: find thet fala" rje's of hy bt the afficers educed but' on the contrary I difcovei that a law which in time of war was pafled to angment certain falaries", and which tyy Its own limitation expired at $he return of peace, ; .has beeii jreviyed arid the allowance which for $ or i o years was confideied amply fuficitnt foV their prcdecelforsj has for the prefent ' incumbents of office been, larjgelf increaied. It is true I find the ap? pointmerit otminiftefs tefident tt the court of Lifbon & at the Hague vacated (a policy 'extremely queftionable to fay th e leait or it; but I hnd.allo that Mr. D a wfon as feiSf bv er tcr f ranee in a riationial fhipi at great expence, mere ly to bear a treaty which might have been tranfmitted by the mailer of a- ny : merchant .yeUel to the mmifter by whom it was "prelented -riVnd gam; it "labie'fiti4d thatbVan ac'; of laft feflion,;the prefidenf Ts autho rifed to appoint an agent with a laTge falary tp adjuft in Holland the pay ment, or the Putch- debt. Wc alio lately have feen,'" that notWithftand in'g .we haVe minifters refident . at Pa ris ahd Madrid,; Mr. Munfoe the ex gbverhorpf the andent dominion;: is appointed; ienvb extrabrdinary, to both of thofc'fcourts with Iatge but fits and falary. . It does not therefore appear that the fchedUle bfjexpencea is, much curtailed.--As Ato the bur-, tjieni; of the people being lightened thefe .tjjj.en s never,had3rahbtheV cxiftence thap bri the tbtigiiea of de figning knaves; ot tion of ignbrent raen itWe find th iiiterhal, revenues i;deflroycd-----biit eetheinterriaTeVenues burthens on hdpsbpjei c&rtainjy hot": a tax , on-whifkeror brandy: was furely ho burtlien.ltjis true, fome mconvehi- eiices were experienced, iitcqllectibh Of the excife dutypn Itills j ; but with be bbferved a's'to the payment ofthe f dudHcv debt : for the means, we are v indebted to the federal admlniftra- dons. , Let us not be deceived by the lav? of laft fcflion, pompoufly ;enti-': tlea " AXi ACt making provmon ior ,the redemption of the whole of the r Public Debt of the United States, this is but, as lounding brafs, and, al tinkling cymbal .M,V'a mere tu( to thc whale j a decoy to tjie feelings of the! community. , If the pjovifions of fii atv meant any thing it was 'to au thorise ' the , prefideht to reloan the acbt j foL the h le furplus ;of the revenues of the United States were appropriated before;, by the laws then -exifting, for 'the difcharge pf the debt : and the payment Aas in as rat f rapid progrefs as the itate of, the na tion and the revenue would allow. As to the reduction of executive pa"; tfonageir is true,? that the officers of the internal revenue no longer ex1- i( i 'f theyjtteeefiari wehtuf with: ; thbblit1bn"bf the Tyjftfrabu'ifilV' aio uegthat'the ppointmenrof Opmmiilioners of Bankruptcy, is gi; ven to he prefideht. 7 Formerly it. was yefted in the diftrid judges, with , whom a correft exprcife of that pow-,; erlwas infinitely more probable on e Ve'ryJtonfiderationc.' by this change; a patronage far exceedingthat attach-, edtoihe appointment. of the officers, of-the 'abplifhed: revenues , in many pikes is created. ' In truth no difpo fitlon to diminim'theinfluence of ex ecutite, patronage is,' dif coverable jrt the conduft of the adminifttation.-- "As -there, ate put lew aeatns, ana ; no! reficnatiohs 5 we find iracariciek'v created by prefidenUai ; authority jrf that they maybe 'filledby tb friends if thepefident tV for it is acknowledged by!high authority jv that the; time, is not yet arried,twnen he impbftant jliieWfliiicer bptJeftfp revenue this, inconvenience could have been femedicdj ' the. law. impo fing that duty could have been modi fied, and might liave been; repealed f and it wpuld have been lb afte d on; Was the tax impofed on carriages of pleafure a. burthen on the people ? . was the duty paid on loaf fugar a bur then ? the money levied on licences to" retailers bffpirits,ahd the revenue drawn, to the treaftiry frbnvthe great tommercirl cities; by the ftatnp, law could f thle be cbnfidered burthens; on the people ? . In refpeft to theln ereafeipfi revenue and .the payment of the national debt, it will be reco' lefted,' that the increafe is due to the bperation pf thofe plans an d f chemes of i even lie and finance; formed, 'e-rftedf-'and matiired .by the federal: adminiftrations j to their labours We are indebted for the flourifhing ftate f pur treafury: :,tb them-themerit ought to be awarded j let not there, fore the men in power pride them- felves m plumes borrowed from their office; areJ " is he honeft," is he capa ble, is he faithful tthebnftitui )Some of the foresointr reflections might bedeemedfumdentlyvevincfve that economy is not to prominent a tlgiire on the medal as' was fuppofed but a few others- vvill fix' this; fact beyond diipute : When the -Hench veffel, the Berceau, was Repaired by therders-bf the Prefident, Jat rthe ibxpehce of upwards bfv3o,opp dol lars an - expence ' incurred without necefiiiy,f and warranted bfn'o,7au thbntyrWas economy ; then?difceTn ible ? Did ecpnoni'v prefide in thi Council when: they dil charged v fe veral' hundred : difeiplined marines, with- their! hew; uniforms -.pit, their backs,; arid: iheifil bounties lm their- pockets f Aik the, public icrvice, and Vbu will be ahfwered ho ' ' we requir ed this, force, "and fhortly after we were oDiigea to re-mit tnem. w as it ecohomydictatedJ,heJaleol bank that the money then in the treafury and ftill there, is bearing no intereft and ;ai if, t make', the facrifice ftill ' more flagrant; a large fuin due as in- . , tereft on the bank ftock; was throwti -into the bargain ,';'&nd given as apreT mium to;thc pwchaferV L leave'you to make your own' comm ents on this, tfanfacl:ion.;; ,The ftate of the union , " as it refpecls foreign , relations you ' " haye had prelented to yoa by the ' E" ublic prints a portentous -clpud , vl overs Pver our; wefteri horizon." -The Spaniards have injured and in . fulted-us, they have -infratedour " treaty, with them, and depjived us of -an; important right pn which the free ' : I navigation ofthe'Miffiffippi deperids; a" rjghton which"the; profperiry, the -:: Very- exiftencej of our ; weftern bre- r thren, as a part of our union, is in- , volved. One pf two things muft take " "7 place the government of the United States muft afibrd proteftion'to this pare i oi fflfcccmpire-ojumcmpieTfTT meht!iu(pehfue ; ' iertained that Louifiana is ceded to the JFrench:;' this event the Prefident announced in his meiTage at the com mericement .of;'the-felnon,": but at " what time, or oh what terms this cef- fibn wsmadejvoris tbtak'e effet, we are yet to learn: information requir-r ed on this head was refufed by, the majority j I whofe confidence in the executive appears to exceed all o-. " ther, cpnfiderations. 7 t is hot un- derftood ,that the French has as yet poflelTed -themftlves bfthi3;impor-1 taint ac4wfion,5Thej)refent: mo- ' meiit, is apprehended to be of all o- thers .the nioft favourable, for this ' Country to attain the great objefit of enforcing and fecuring the impor tant rigjir; juft ftated.. ''When our neighbors are changed, 'we will have -to combat force, enterprizV and in trigue j infinitely if exceeding :any:; tning nowoppoiea to us. jlci rrance ftock, which to fay the belt pf it was little better; than a;; wanton wafte of therpttbhe, treature r; A mie: made without neceffity to - recjuire it, and at a lois which no exifting difficulty juftified this is proved' by. a recur rence; to 'the ftate of the treafury, when furrendered io the prefent ad mlnift ration,1. j it then havjng 'near 3,000,000 dollars, appropriated and ready for the difcharge of the Dutch debt j and to the ftate of the treafu--ry at the end, of the laft .year, there bmg upwMd?ibf" 4,000,000 dollarsr 'lying there - inactive ' which might ; have je: applied; to; die fame pur pbjte.vHere; it is proper I fhould ftat6 t ybu that this, bank -ftotkfb fold; amounted to near one luillibh of dol lars j that it was bringing tpthe trear furv an intereft of o per 'bent, and' Was Worth in the market 50 per cent." It Was fold to nay a debt which called Jt?ut for K per cent, intereft,' and-this, coo, asanas ucci ., viuw,r wiic-k mc treafury abounded with the means of ouGnargmg tin ucui, wiinoui mi once efhb!i& hetfelf in this valuable '.. " . n t 11 n terriroiy me cniDraces au our weit- - - " eni fcpuntrr; br we are involved in the moft deftrutive war. i he ho-, nor, the d ignity," the fafty,' the in te grlty of i the nation,, demands" mea- ' . hires DHbmbt ;and enerRetic-, ' But alas ! -their; calls will riot be heard. wnen airncuuie accumniaieon us 1 whenhidarllbudsfrd n - are about .to overwhelm .us then and boruhtil then will pur national v titablifhments be ' duly appreciated. , A little army, which, while it fervedJh to proteftour frontier ail garrifoiiSc. our pbfts,' afforded a fchool to ouri''- tnnnrr trifntv rf mi lif-nrv off onrl rn J WUiJ 14JVU JM IHllllUi ; VUV tM VI. vua racier, and a'rallying point -and ex ample of discipline- to our' militia anti-federal economy has demolilhed. A niaiine corps equally important reduced. A'' little; navy-7-rotting and a.revenue to be drawn from our own refources abojifhed. .All thefe v: be this to the alafrii excited in the: pridecefibrs rhe'iamc thing; is to j facrificcPXet jt; hot p1 fbrEOtten I n eltablifhmects are now wanted, they are, not to' be created or erefted in a day."' A fyftem of internal revenue; every principle of found policy di rerts, fhould be maintained. Itisra certain fodfee of fupply, on 'whicH government .may rely fubjed , to ' noi:e of the incidents to which an iiri- 1 poftis liable," and depending only on v tht pjtodution of out; country, the, exertion f Purfelves? VWhen. we are ; wanting; and probably v fobn fhall ' Want the aid of fuch a fyftcm, inftead r of receiving its;, fupply; wejhaljjbeeiiv gaged in creating the fyftem or orga nizing its operations Such is our fi- ; tuation. : With this pfofpecl: before us,' we. look around for a.Wafhing tohbuf we look in vain.' Youfcouncils ire' no longer confpefed of federalifts. The friends, the framers ofthe fede- ' ral conftitution have been drivea from the confidence of the people and the oppolers, the enemies of that ; Conftitution have affumed their'pla ces.' ; It is extraordinary; but 'ncver-i thelefs trike; ahat with a ebple;;d-i l mixing, l.onrig - their-' Conftitution, :; . w X 1 ::s 'A r. r f. , i t. 1 . 1. ' it.. m
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