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.-V ' - -r-.'. , IJoUTfUMPTONV (Mlfi ) - l : . . -i i . W i ' ,.' ' . ... .. j " We believe that this quewii. fabmirtedto trw people of Me England, for their deciTibn s Whether they will fut.p6rnhe government of the Union t of whether they will rebel againft it f . l" ferious qaeftton; but if fuch s the rage of the malecon enta, that they will fact ' it upon the public, it (nay as well be let tied now it ever. f il (Undard of revolt is to be railed iftheEilt States are to be convulfed by rabe.lion. there are ma ivtArtn W-iich ihould induce the friends of the nion to wlfli that the cr iu r,.ftm.-..tt1ck'.v. 'fhe hevtwfNew - Enfcian&Uttilt CmwJjib4 e believe m- ...... n -i: ..... ... i.f; r,;.L..".l-U-"f M 't Corruptible. ' ' Altrsougn me puuu ' ;r . Jnfd her blood,-we have no doubt that (he has only to futfer a confuL ftfnfm'. which' thouch painful, will k. f f l .' and rhaf the will then throw r j:n-orH.r. anH enme forth in all the Vior, the youth a-d health of her toi iher conftimrion. ' The'verf thought of a rebellion, by "portion of the peop'e. againft govern, ment. formed and eft .bli'hed by. the peo nl rtiemfelvea.' is ! fo abominable, that i tnnU nri.Vinite orilt in the mind of a tory . In a republican government where the peop'e have a fure remedy for all evils in the etercife of the riahf of fufftage, an : af mnt ta redrefrrh ir wrongs bv force, b Tides being in the Kighell degreecriminal, Would be abfurd - It would be hopelefs .1 A'ptiLd'itiutifebjtani ro'ing, H irriMowyTwouId probl?7T.trit ictr- the fword.rbe beateAby' that alio ! The promoters of rebellion in a Republic like ourown,beride8betngprotygatetnemieive5 . . . ' rr.t'' ,fkithe07etnmnti that it s "influenced or . r j . f . j a... rt,;nhp 1 foundation, and unfupportod by proots. - I U,oe wn.cn F r'Mtu,"ZU J Hp.vRn.HVar weiil fuooort ratl orders were muea neyciam' i -,.,.' azainft the adminiftratiOT wh?n thetr fail g-wernnwni, w.,u r I wh tened everv fe and t'her juify UA kerty, in any rneafures K may deem pro wmtenea every ie aim i j , t . . and rfe , ta n. athouirti tier neers nivr iuivc.1 ...v , r.-, - - - -, , , 1 muft count upon great depravity of morals, and ex'ennvt deluuoit among the people. Force isttut amiferable weapon to be wield ed by a ponion of the peop'e agiinft a go ' tern nent of th'irown choice. For even . fliould a faction ' be luccefsfuf in prollra ting the government, the authority thus (Ubli(hed by the Irord, tnuft be main .Uined by it. : la whatever Grustion .we look at rebellion, whether rioting , upon the fpoilsof the republio. or ful4ue1 bv . the arm of (law, it b (till the fame horrid; moniler. v '( " ;- ' '.':""'';" The plan of the leading federlaifts, for din ling th Hates, ia now f f u l Unf jlded . ' by thv'mfelves.ihat f erf little trouSle need be raken by me t Wrt li of he Union to , prove the taiftance of the confpincy. Vhe lettet of Mr Canning,' '" wherrin' he ex preflcl his deGro to aid hi removing the emoargo,4 a meafure of M inconvenient rettrifJtoa vpon the Anericaa people,", clearly (hews his intention to excite dif contents in this country, which art to aid the project of Britain. This letter, taken in connexion with the uniform langatge of the leading federaUfts, in relation to the embargo, with their judication of B itiflj outrages, and their clamor agvnil tJie gtivernment for nor fubmining to the tnfultiog demmds of England t all thefe circumllances taken together, inefiftablv imprefs the candid mind with the convic tion, that thre it a fecret underdanding between tliefe men and the ancient,enemy of thete flates. . If ihisit the fa&, and it ia too apparent, tot people mult confider, that the leading federalist ate the authors of all the calamities which have Lately be fallen tu, and (till threaten-this country, from tne . hofltti y of Gteat Britain. ,li is not podiol fx thep) iticlaa to point out an adequate can e for the continuance of i he holt i c orders of G. Driain agtint Americiii commerce, snlef (he hat a fet tied 4e(ign agatnll the lidetties ani ind radence of tfm oantry t and anlrf (He aided ink by a bind of drweftic traitors Tlic commerce of the United States , is Kra'lv in fivour ol Brhain i ind ahe rpendinof it tna!t ovhii y detnmenial to her intfTtftl When the tra4e was fret America f dd ber aanaall a biiiw of t weir mjlioit of dollars, and pvttJuiVd fifty roUliona pf bef ftcrchndtrt - Thii triie u too frtit to be rrjelrd by s nuioti Ike I ha OruiQi whof ef i'idet drpettds uponnji'vce. It w.xjtd not Imvc brvQ ptotlraied Vy a finjtW Ww, by that gowra neot itlefs the ItritMi cabmet inda'ced tht Wei that It could deAroT oer vie'ennc ' Unlefl adult that then Is a iet trdttftanding btt wet Dri aln & ih Wadif f et ,Bt iibafo lmpo(L to account N IN C04a o" fdera4whanf In relfl to the itiSoai of Gteat ll;Iula h AiTiprican flic Irom the face cf the waters. When the standard of rebejion man oe unfurled in the North, and a&ntilh com minj ner, lit? lord Hu c jmfan, Unit De landed onour (hores to fee thd rebel iroop in thi field, and fo diftribu the .fubfi l of each, then the whole myftiryof federal mercantile oppofirion and litialu intrigue will be unjravelieu , . . . ti-i, . " , irOS THAMP TONRRf U DUG AN RSSOL V ,'At a refoedable and general meeting o(. the Republicans of Northampton, Aolden at Copeland's Tavern, on the 23 1 J.muaTy, 1809 the following refolutions were u ; tMnnioufly adopted. la thia alarming cufi' of our affiirl, when the rights of the Vnited States as an independent nation " ire violated by Eng land and France, and'vhen tendance to the laws is threatened I and pracYifed by domeltic coifpirato-, Ve confider it a fa ' cred duty that we owe to ourfeWes, to fo cie y, to GS& and our Country, to fupport the novernmenr of our choice. . , Therefore, Refolvedas the feufe of th meeting. . - r ' I- That the UmoH of all the American States ought to be permanent, and that, on the DrefervjfTcfh of it depend the only tet-titi-jr-rtre frcvpir; trv fie- life,-rlibty 2 ReaoLTE, 'That all attempt! to te ver the union of the States, can priginate only from foreign powers or lomedic enemies of the country, and outfit to be oppofed by the whole American peopfe 3 Rbsoi.vkd, TJiat the reCIUnce of rhe proceedings of iheiowa thit day, in. relation to the embargo, arid that we-view 'the attempt on their part to appeal to the egilh ure of their own date, tor . tne re drefrof real ox fuppofed grievances, reful fiog from the laws of the union as danger jus, tending dire&iy o produce that worft of all evils, a civil war.,. bsrties of-the peopT.; dangenros to thr' V quiet poflelTion of honeft property, and ? . t-r . ir i ...... .. . . : v Hazardous to nr vnt s. Resolved, That as officers Tioldins com. Mtntn In t a lfTinnarw Krcvrt l lit linn Maffichufetti militia, and bavins been I qualified to "aft.under the authority oi'the cree ot lMigtana ana r ranee, ana inai we uaic, uj ."i4 .w..... ... . .kgwv view with equal abhorrence the intuiting ano naency ro e t,ouniioiitc4ui uauie , demands of both nations . " .... U S. to support thtpcnltitutwn aud laws , . IV RrsolV&p, That weprotelt ?gamtl l made purluant therttq tne tuoicrioersdo, upon their oatns ana nonors, oeciarexo -their felloe citizens and to the world, that . they view with indignation and abhorrence, every attempt to difaileft the militia front f their known and uniform attachment and', fidelity av Amtriem citnun tslJterr, to -their country its coullitntfons; its govern ' nent and its laws -and in the lolemn, . ii rt-KnivBiV rhauMs rneetine hrehHmw Teelirig language oPour ly approve of the Ult. law enforcing the country's hero and departed hief, we will embargo, believing that the embargo laws frown indignantly on the firit attempt irecalculated to avertthe calamities of w..r of any man or fet of men to alienate" a jr & are in ltric"k conformity to thecoultuu portion of our fellow citizens, efpecially " tjon that important portion of the ftrength and " 1.9. Rmolved That we reouell the, defence of our country the militia, from Republicans of this county to choofe dele the government and its laws. " ;., i.etuivcu, iimi aauuikcisui ic iiiiuli - we are proud to declare our attachment to the condition the laws, and the uriwnof ? the laws ought to be difcounten'mced by all good citizens, as fubverfiveofthe rirlt principle of the conditaiion,, which has pointed out the. remedy ' for fuipofed or real evils, by the peaceable at ol voting. 4. Rasolteo, That we hive t failed confidence in the wifdom, parrictif n and integrity of the gcneyl governrrentj and that we are convinced that all the mealaret fhey have adop-ed, are calculated to pro mote the bed wterets of the nation. --1 r- Rkuumv, THatlhe letAmn f the federal party, thobgi perfeAly perfuaded of the neceuitf, condituttonality and wif. dom of the embargo lavs, are the authors and-promoters of the oppodbn to them, with a viewto-regiin their loft power. . : 6. RlsoivgDmat the late choice of elec tors of f reh lent and Vice f rehdent in cares from their refpe&ive towns, to meet in Northampton, on the 23 1 day of Feb, at 12 o'clock, a. m at the Curt lloufe, for the purpofq of forming a county con vention, to ijrganiie comnjitteeaof, fafety, and correfpondence throughout the county, and of deliberating the bed means to ivert the, dreadful evils which threaten our be loved country , . - . l'6 Rrsolved, That tlie" Secretary be requefted to make out a copy of the fore, ooimr refoliirions,' and cufe them to be pubhfler 1rt"fhe"AflTt Monarchift-'---i- tRAS PUS LYMAN, Brttidtnt. Cdaa.LEsSiBrHap, Sicrttarji i -; a c tiriioirTt ucoins and ' ANARCHbPSl , r Crhe- following Resplutions are a full evidence of a fa& which we have 'never . doubted that in Mattachuse'ts, there are too nvany of the real dibcip ea of ! Waihington, to permit the Esaex Juato ,-. with impunity, to ra'rse its daring front ta- open resistance to the laws of the xountry. - :,. t From tlW DoaroM CutostcLi. , ; Btot$, January Si, 1809. At a meet in e of the olBceri of the !e gionary brigade, conven,ed this evening in I purfuance ot public notice, at Allocution Ha! ; itata i and the fulleft confidence in our onzea foldiers whom we hve the' honor by their election to command , ' that they will, in times of danger and a-: ' larm, at the call of the law, raiiy rouna tht itandird ' of our country, ' and protedt and defend itt confti.urioiij lawi, rights and liberties, agiinft foreign foes or domeltic traitors ''-. " r Refolved, That as many of the officer,. did, in July, 1807, with our fellow ck.zei a in town meeting aflembled, when the sa. -vage and barbarous affair of the Chesa. -peake was Under confideration, agree to a resolve, unanimously,', accepted by the . town, in the following words, viz "That -we most sincerely approve of the procla- mation, and the rirra jmd dispaffionate courfe of policy pursued by the prefiient -of.the United States and we will cordially ; unite with our fellow citizens in affording effetlu! support to such meafacesas our govern hem may further adopt in the pre sent crifis of out a Jairs "We iherefoie do now solemnly declare, as citizen soldiers, that we do heartdv renew and agree to the 1 above mcmioued pledge. -' ... v OUVER JOHONNOT, ; ... v. ;- Prtsidiflg Olhcen A true copy Attett,' - . ', i, SAiayiL H&trts, Secretary. AmtruM mtttPioct and good will tt alt ;- . - , , , num. . . - How infulrinr to the common : under. t,Et SrTftt. for the eiprefs purpofe of confidaing at this alarming criGs of our national concern, certain public expref Cons, ie"di ig'othedircerlit and difhonor of the rniii la, and dang-roui in their ten dency to the fafetv protection, and the drftiite of lh ITnirfJ Krrrb tfiv O.i I (tandlnir. tn k nf,l nf th FumiIm kl.r. this state,' a choice, in our opinion, in di. I wr Jthnnti chofen as prefiding. officer, I fings enjoyed in the days when federalifm , rett violation of the Conditu ton -that ibe and Certain Samutl Hrwu. fecretarv for had the lead of our nnbli .ffWi . W. treafotiable and rebellious threats of fed. the.evening ;A conmitteeoffive was can truly fay, .that the Welling of a free fit eral County and town-'deetings and par then chofen to conCder the bafioefa of the ftrfy adminiftered government was refer, tkulirlythe violent resolutions f the towns evening, who tetired, and about ten 6- ed, from the days of creation, to honor of Bath & Gloucester, originated from the clock returned to the meeting, and made the refined philotophic. humane fen'timert ' fame fource a few wicked men who to their report which bting read by pars of a FEFFERSON . So highly hat Ptovi. grainy ineir ouicmpnea irnDiuon, wua to efll-ct a feperstion of the States. , 7. KfisoLvao, I nat tneie men Having failed in their tttenM to conrroul the oati onal councils, having leagued with the to rift andTHe Britth Government, drfpairmg to gratify their lull for power, except at i he e i pence oltbe amort independence aid happincis of oar country. . 8. RasoLvao, Al the fins opinion of this meeting, that the anglo federal leaders if they can get the entire coniromi of the legi Ha; ore wf our own, and the wtUet New Cngtaod Bates, are determined, wub the afdltance of the UmmiH govrrament to f oeraie New England, if poflible. from the union -40 wage an eitrrmimting civil war, ft toinunditeour count ry.wiih Wood. 0. KtMLvctv That we have the faltcft confidence in the intrrWj and parrkmfm of the yeo oanry of tht county of lUmp (hire, to hatevet political jiirty they may belons, -and that we fitmly believe that they will forget party aoimoCtifi, aod te. ii Boanth under former admioiltratiorta f Yes, : but tinder the prcfent more thin double , Infrven years of the former ad miQiltrationi, our. revenue amounted to but 40 mithons i in feven yean under Tjftrfm'tt'iK Km amounted to 95 milliona. Tlie b'f EoS of thia enormous trad hiwa giaphs, was fo accepted by the meet ir. I dence approved this man's meafure. that It was again read entire aid onanimooUy I every comparifon of the ufea of civil eo cccpiej, ana oruerea tor pujuciuoa i vrrnraenr ,oy in Uppobtioo, links them totiowtr - ' , . ' into difguft and contempt; Did trade i ir L - . . . . . . j . fl r, i m . . nrrvas iottv nave oern Bticntorti ana lnina'ion, made in various towns in thia commonwealth, that the iruUil when ! cailel n by proper authority wUI not cone 'out to enforce the laws' i-And whereas such assertion, infiooationt, and' certain refolutions are derogatory to the kno en 6d!ity and attachment of the mi rto cofl the. life f a man, except hy the bru to their country, Its conttltuiiona and violence f Great Britain in ber attackr laws, at all times, and in all events, and upon unoOTeuding individuals. The fmall under a titcomflanCes Cnce die eftabHh. trade fo the days of furious, . boiftetvu ment of our nationil independence, and federalifm, was attacked with quarra's and even before that period, at the plains of murf era, abroad and at borne l and our ""'"k "1 v. Miirtiowa nuwiei ,aupcci'r, inDabiiants, contma w 1775, will fuhy teltify an I prove ally alarmed, diitiubed and butchered, ia And whereas the confidence of the jro. of.feqaence of t war carried on wi-h the fernmenr itsid in their rettiftie on iHe Indians for purpofel f fpetu!aiion, sal militia ia the firft m omeiKS of aJarm preiencti for Irmlno n ..a Of danger, aod that coftfidenc, an.1 that in time of peace. JrftrMt adminiftt.' . - w ' - .... k. h. r..i ! t i i . . .uarMc uu in irvcrai i nn jiai laUJM SS. that lava?. trMi4 ianv atremonoopponioteifvuuonoi IaUiocs of nml in ih, -nT,,.,m -Uk .. '- '".x f V V. - If) RunLvto, ITut although we ft49 MWllm, infawAkm mnd irtafon Iiave lor or coun;rr. Bar. (okL niZint ;he f.v, lib,, and property ot people tnd deu.nce td tLsUws. and pot st bax.rd hwiffi focf St frt7 fPT- i,,n? J li'rt iJ property of the pe.ce.b'e as Unting parties B" thTtam. TSH frMy'' J1 ci-ltens, whh'tr;.lon,Wu,.!iion and woods. OnulJ the flanJard ft! tU rt bellbn bare Wen fup.-refled by ,h. or. ppr.ffiv. w S Osmp ! webate nnrrfpea ,ig ihehfuhf ypowra f the tmrtom and the lilt ftduiUd JwS w he tontelt , bW tg thit the gntrarjirot indie ienty fth. mdiHrhrrrfore, Ud tat.s, ,hat li wsTba.n !rf i I fliii aod the empire I joe laws Resolved ft at evert trrt la l!iinB I ftMkftl tint A . . m I Anna Ii at A t . 1 i "vwi mm ivrri r.nrrt imm . . i btfettoterv" ' I ate the militia from their Uft aHrciance j . V"t-Vin, , ,ne nxv ,n lothflf worfr), M MnUtJ9 rhe f. irtf,f iin(wlw d.at w,uJ; propogaird b; At ttjmiei f mum, snjufbui the tihta and U tires in Cr;r,( Ix tg $2.
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