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I t .1 ... -. .... ,:1 . I: R A L K I G H R A L E I O H Published every TUESDAY by HODGE BOYLAN, Printers to the Stati. V. ........ lit IT t 2.. From tie Gazette of the United States' As the inclofed anWer JO-ithe following Circular .Letttr addreflcjl to mc, hat never appeared in .The Prcf'.and as it may have been miflaid, I take the li tion. Your?, Sec. February a 6, 1800. JOHN EWING, Juq. 1 ir -.;, :-r BELIEVING that farihe greateft portion of that party which arrogates to itfelf the exclusive claim to Federalifm, confifts of men, moral, humane- religious and well afFeded to the Republican Principle, but who ft om indolence or other motives attending little to public affairs, have been content with receiving their information from men intcrefted in keeping them in ignorance ; and believing in the omnipotence of truth, we have fet on foot an eftablifhrnent, as you wilTerceive by the fubjofned pfojeel, on a bafe fo broad, and wbith (hall be governed by a principle fo extended and luminous, as lead us to expect from it confequences the mod beneficial to the Ireedom and happinefs ef all our countrymen. The frequent at tempts. buy up the Republican papers, and put them down by harraffing and ridiculous faits,br for libel and fedition, point out the neceflity of eltablifhrng one be .yondjJie reach of-accidents, In-full-confidence-of your coinciding with us in opinion as to the. import. rancefTuch-aniUbliflimehtwe-ke-'-thc-liberty-ef' the one hand,' defpife the infult you have pointedly of- rered to them, by charging them with too much tndo. artoffCciverbyalmood, born in a conflict of par ty againft the gomnment of the people, and4 organiz ed for t&e exptcft purpofc of oppofing the laws open wuiwii iuu ior iiDcjs anq icaition are authortkd to be .iblicitingyour -interlt-i-n-pi'ccurig fubfctibersmnd rcquU you to forward them to the addrefs or Meriwether Jones, "I ' (Signed.) Alexander M'Krac, V Trufteej.' " John H. FouuSee, J To John Ewing, Eso To Meflrs. Meriwether jones Alexander Al'Krne, c She Pres" publijhed at Richmond Virginia. YOUR printed letrcr, addrefled to mc, and dated the and of November laft, was received. bv fie fon.e , As you were pei fon ally unknown to me, and the propofed " projeclt," for the eUablimment of a news " paper was brought forvard, under the aufpicea of pria ciples, which, "I" do not" approve, I had indulged a hope, that my perfeft filercs on the fubjea of your letter, would, by you, have been confidered as a fuffi-, cient mdvk of my unwillingnefs, t become a party to yflur fcheme. But finding that you have, notwith- . Handing 'I have given your " propofals no encourage incnt, forwarded to me th firft number of the paper called " The; Prcfs," publifhed by you at Richmond, agrreabTy tothe plan prop 0 fed in your letter,' 1 am coTifti'ainetl att ofThr pnncTples-porrhich your, papef appears to be bottomed, and torequea, tliat you may not in future trouble me with any of the fruits of your labors, thro the medium of " The Prefs." .-, In your letter, you pre fippofe the exiftence of two fafit. ' to coxreli the evils of which, you fay, forms the i5jLluteBnd ;tbi top, as ICappears by your- own 4 was called into exiftencerby i majority of the people ; rage and infult are offered ta thofe, vho fill thefede- with a certaintyf doirlrightI prefer vation of our jgyernnent from the hoftile attacki made upor. the conftitnent parts of it by hich. that government has an exiftence, and through which it dence to watchvcrjand too much Ignorance la compre. hend their public affairs ; and on the otlrcr hand that they ill diligently guard againft aL .Prefs" . which hashiLpowefaaing tween the hoftilitietf commitfcdWatnl. thTwtfw rjcij, ana outrage ana miujc onereato tnoie oepart mtnts, which the constitution; through the voice of iue pcopie, nas maue. and tinea, uur conittcution n'rft-tii T ZZ. s. ' ..... . ' - .1 a. II 1 1 .. - n. ucui, 10 limit comroui, ev,?juniin. - ." With thefe hiarks of charatfejr, fetf imprrfid, on the infant countenance of your fropofed project, wherc'falf hood.and malcvoleijce contend for pre eminence, over ignorance and impudence, I afk, upon what ground, can the people of America expect from fueh a projed, ' Confequences moft beneficial , to the freedom and happinefs of all our countrymen i" If your projeS refts on the a bafe fo broad' and will be extended beyond that there does exilt bafis. unon which Your " freis The firflJiA ftated bv vou, is, j"' " 4 4 . ' r 1 C it . no wt r In tKia rnuntlV. which arrogates to ltlelt ,-,rJr,, -rliim to federalifm. confiftine of men, in I1r nmni't iv ... - -- W--F : b "icrejled in keeping the people of A merica ignoraflt of thriVniiKHr affairs:" the'fecond faft which has claimed your-atuntionrsi-tnataheirequentttemptftii ".Veach of accident' to controul. I afk, what fecurity have the people of America, that their freedom and happinefs, will be moft fafe in; yeur hands In In whole hands? An unlhoivn dihr, governed Ij three bbfeure trufleej ! , y - - .If you have thought it criminal in the party you complain of, tb'arrogatc to itfelf the cxclufivc claim to federalifm, is it not equally criminal and inolenlir the extreme in you t0 propoie your projeBt exchjivcy for the fafe keeping of the ' freedom andjippinjefsj all -ourTonntrym you given of 'yourfnpeTior'politicairighteSufnefn countenance can you appear before the people, and cenfm-ejhe conduft of others, becaufe they arrogate to themfelves the exclufive claim to . federalifm, and in the fame breath, and in the very project you have propofed, yoH commit in fad, the fame out! age, and arrogate, to yourfelves the exclufive prerogative, of giving freedom cud happihefa to alljouquntjy ff-t,,c,.,,-. ...... " For a moment I turn my eyes from the naked de formities of your Jetter,to the miferablc production of the firft number of " Tiie Pitfs If I could in- hurriWe -walks, notice-the- termer evil, ,1 wouic recom.j mend the latter, as a fevcreig'n remedy of cure, and would join with you, in your conclufion, that " an all wife Providence has tltablifhtd for wife purpofes, that every evil carries about it fome principle to counteract an,d defeat it." The cutrage" of your, letter is counteracted by the " outrage" committed againft the proceedins'of the conftituted departments of our go vernment hy The Prefs f which may for a fhort time, derive its very means of exiftence from. thofe it grinds and oppreffes, but which, from its violeucc end falfhcod, will eventually excite public indignation, and the eilirblirnment will 2nk under the difplcafure of its mailers. 7 .J - But ahhcgH truth will eventually triampii over fallhood, and confequently thi fupj.orters ot our go vernment will in time fucceed in the eftablifhment of thofe principles, upon which our honor and happinefs as a Ration depends : yet it is to be lamented that the violence of faction againft found principles, and the clamor of.party againft the wifdom of our adminiftra- tion. will rvrocraftinate the period, when we (hall en- j joy the repole of political tranqmllity ; when the con f I tTItution itfelf wiirbe fafe TwheiTrthe great anchor of - to buy up the republican papers, artd them down, by Miarrafiin and ridiculiu? fur'ts ; or for libel and fedi- r-tiohi point out the necemty ot eiiaDiiinijrg your It is neceffaryi before juft conclufionscan be drawn, that the.prcmifes fhould be" fubftahtiated, and the.rc ' fore, yco ftiouia, firft, have-- fully demanftrited both . thofeatfr.-. Yryi are novy galled upon for a proof ot the exiftence of thefe facls, and I trull that it is out ot your power to produce Tuch evidence. - ---v'. : Thus deftitute of principle and oUruth, you appear before the world at the head of an inftitution,. bottom- ed on fahhood ; which, whillt it arrogates to melt tne ii .1 .. r n. ..n7r th Iiifir'iinM"! erarn of ftre. malevolent iyncui, u uuuu e, -r - tended jriendjhip to the country, vainly attempt to poi ion the pure fountains of our political enjoyments, by endeavoring to creatcjealoufy between the people and the government. ' But I truft ' in the omnipotence of truth' and believing, that " far the greateft portion, of the prople of America con fi ft of men, moral, hu mane, religious, and well affe&ed t the republican principles of oujr govern mcnt,,, and feeling that attach mentand alivc to their true happinefs, they will, n our covernment, the Chief Magiftrate ot the Union, whofe uneaualledwiaojT tlinghira to the Jotejn people, willbe without an eneaiy ; when the intrigues of fome men,' againft government, willceafe to poffefs influence, and the mifplacsdyambition of another to rife to the Prefidential Chair of the Union, will be laughed out of countenance, as the idle dTeama 6f a, reitlefs, nervous politician. 1 In this ftrugrelc between the government, and thofe in oppofition to it cool and difpaffionatc minds look out fori fome fixed pirit, to which they may rally, Extraft from " The Prefs." ' " The bleffings of a landing army every day more and more unfold themfefves to the people : Outrage upon outrage is accumulated on us by an uBhatuTal ef. tablilhmcnt. which derives the very means of exifting from thofe it grinds and oppreffes.' But ap all-wife Providence has eftabliflied, doubtlefs for wife purpo fes, that every evil carries about fome principle to coun teract and defeat it. -The omtages of a foldiery will excite public indignition, anil the eftablifhment will fink under the difplcafure of its' mafters. The follow ing beautiful ad manly letter from Mr. j Randolphi proves ' that' riot even the jeprefentativea uf the people are not fecure from outrage and infult." ; partmcnts, the iniury is done to the fuirit of the con ftitution itfelf,; and the effentiat rights of ai majority of the people. The reverfe. of thefe principles, appears to be the bafis, upon which your prefs is inftituted ; and thcTContents, of the firft number of it, fully cha racleriie the object for which it was inftituted. 1 -. It will appear evident to the rcader$of your paper, . whatevcr othcr views you' may have, or whatever dif- guife you may pleafe to affume, that the principal jeft of your prefs, is, to abufe the adminiftfation ef our government, as a means pteparatory to the enfuing election, of electors of Prefident and Vice-Prefidcnt of the United Strtes,' of enfuring the election pf men, whofe jprinciples and practices coincide with your own. The evidence of character, which the firft number of " The Preis'V haLexhibited-io-the- public, - iHoftrates the extent of your candour and , liberality on that fub- j?.fiL: LWhfijn that election is thu8:aaticipatcd j wherii ill!, ?9cM Pany Js . rifmg..;ctoaclion ;-when the--"' oppohtion to our government is bold enough to a vow its object ; when the fcavengers of malevolence againft the government, are fcouring every fuul gutter of falf hood, for mattef to fill a newt-paper, and fully the purity of official chara&ef ; when the engines of falf- . hood and fedition, finding themfelves too weak, indi vidually, to' accmplifh their defignn, are collecting their ikcjlglh-and.. incorporating-: -their -intereftsrwith""""" their inexhaullible fund, of malevolence,, and fprcading their calumny againft the adminiftration, through the: medium of a prefs, fa governed, ' as torbe beyond the reach of accident" to cbutr ml , is it not proper for Jtht.-ta -fi iiririk&Jtbr-Jk thii" organrteettjjffem of epffSfoM --it rfim cij j9 ...wwm9 - whether, it is moft wife to intfuft an unknown editor, , governed by three obfturc trujlees, with the government of our country ; or, whether, it is better for us to permit the government to progrefs in the conftituted departments, "in the hands of men,' choferi by the peo ple, and confequently refpoHfible to them, for their public conduct i . If our government was made by the people of thit country ; if the legiflative departments of tiir govern ment are filled by men chofen by the fame people: and- if the men thus reprcfenting the people pafs laws au- tnoriZWg certain tnings, anu prouiuuing winia i dim, if iris, a true principle; of the-governmenr, that, no lawcah'liirniade but fentatives, and when made, can be repealed only, by the fame majority, is it not injurious to tfce conftitutional ' freedom and happinefs of all our countrymen is it not highly infulting to the feeling3 of every American who wifties to preferve the government under which hetives,.to fee you three obfeure individuals at the head of aprojeB which whilft it cenfufes the laws nowrriade, points to itfelf as the neceffary means, of controuling the proceeding! under thofe laws, by " an ejlablifbment be vohd.the reach of accident" to punifo or controul Ttbruarv 6th, 1 8oe.-v- " N Q ,1.4 C Jb , u GN Saturday the twenly-fnth of April next, will 1 be fold at the Court-Houfe in Fayettevillc, the Dwelling Houfe, Out-Jioufes and Lot, at prefentroc cipied by Dodtor Alexander M'Queen.fiUatc on Ha ftrcet, in a pleafant part of theown : The dwelling houfe is tw ftory high, and contaiiis fix 100ms com pletely finimedAlfo the Store Houfe and Lot fitu atejn Bow ftrcet, well known to be an excellent ftand for bufinefs, and now occupied 'by Duncan M'Auflan. The above Houfes and Ikts helong to the cftate of the late James Spiller, dec Twelve months credit will be eivenvthe purchafcrs giving bond with -approved fecu D. M'AUSLAN, J A MILLER who underftands keeping aMeN chant Mill:-Such a perfon will meet with good, ea W annlvincr to the fubfenber, in the cw tv of Raleieh. r ; J. COM AN- March , . 1 - mm V..' : - t 1
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