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TIMIMACI
lyhoyroukl nut out.frpm the councils of
this countiy he a4yice of ai citizc cannot
hk true, republican. The 0rst object of a
aa far. a; -09?iblcr;! the' opinions j tnd
wjishes j?f the peopleit is evident that the
cxclusipn of a citizen's jroice where it can
constitutionally, be listened to Js to fact a
imd of treason against the, 'trae Kpablicin
principle. It would be MrelL However, if the
apiturejjublicanand intolerant spirit to which
A have aUuded Were confined to one or even ,
to a few.' Unfortunately for this country
ij has become the principle of whole par.
tyt ofapartvthe Strongest m the country. ;'
of a parjy which by on? irean or other rules (
thettnioo; ;The case of Major;Butier is
one ofthe most extraordinary of which the
annals of democratick outrage and foHv it-
ford an example In England, where the
laws of the constitution mieht be more tea
sohabtv, susnected of a caoabilitv to be;
strained to the exclusion of the voice of in-1
diviUnals from the legislative ear, the right
of individuals of eminent wisdom to offer
an opinion is never contested ; and though
bis opinion may not be acted upon, the in
dividuaV ot. communication have been
rarely, if ever treated with disrespect Not
r pmy, torparaic qoqics oner xneir opinions,
fa me snape oi petitions, to raruament, DUt
jven single persons of distinguished emi
Yijence
point out the dMgetTSwhich the V of happines ? tet us enquire what are those
tidi) stod .from the, practice' "of. tHt fouli
Cabal I for daring id say that the senate of
the Uoited States was. managed by. a small
junto, and of course, the voice of that junto
substituted byr trick, for the operations of
tne people's wUv fliroueh their constitute
onaln4 1ega organ $ for daring jto warn' the
gute he represented ' acainst a measure
yhichecopsidejred destructive of its inie. J
rests and independence, and for assigning
bis reasons for thinking jo, he is to be;all
at once disfranchised ofhisriirhts as a citl-
Thc celebrated Doctor PaVr.-. another
feamc fgr,)earning, gave his opinion to par
liament daring the late war, in the hape Of
a peimon, praying ior peace.; x n was not
tlirqwn, or even moved to be thrown under
VffciJWihe: question was put and tho
nis opinion was aa verse to ine measures oi
the administration, his petitjon was respect-
fuHx tjeated, . and ordered tO lie iipoo the
;. tabVejMr, John , HortieTooke sent in a
v Jtftfon which was no only from beginnipg
to end an invective upon government, but a
libel upon aome parts of theconttitution 'it
self.. The house however did not stain iu
,. self bypffering jnsuitrio the, man y-i-they
rejected the petUioa after some conversatiy
Ca: byassipg ; to thi order s( the, day.-'
i And newspaper Jately received from .Eu
rope, shew us in the case of the venerable
..Jlr. Hill, the barrister, that the voice of an
tcTial distioguished for nothing but his
wisdom, can still reacti !tHe government &
Ue received with respect, x Are Amerlcanf
to be less free than Englishmen ? Are A
. merican Qiiheiis to have less privileges than
English, jkisf If wetajcethe phfes.
xons'vf o.ur .deraocra'ii "ipmswefrjthey will"
s.a.y,. No-certainly n5t f but if We take their
.practfcc,itwjirsayes-3S
.-' .-i-The questvonston: -the present subject
tn-i Firsllarthe Senator of this State
a right to offer his opinion and to explain
his conduct in Congress to those- who sent
Utti there VlCheas'not nO citizen can
have it j and, if that te the case, government
(Heye.itpay-be styled upon paper, o?
T' cd1n toasts and the midnight orgies of
caucuses)!? no more a republick than Tur
key, Barbarypr BussiaKitBut truth says
. that ejetv Citi2enfnd above all,1 the con
gressional senator ortb"e state has a rich."
: , assuch,tobe hard. Fromhs then arises a,
second que'stion-iyrs there nbwrjbas there '
xf ver been in the conduct Or chanlcter "
-rir.' Pierce Butler an tjun? so bad as to
-, djsjrajjehiinat right? He may'
. tiefy . them to shew i. . ' And th? m?mbr
osmadet to
throw his letter under the table, ought to,
have: been' first eparedithsomeKis-
francKising'charge against him, :t ButJnQ 1
" the crime of Mr, Butler lay in the letter .it
self. He dared to thinkandj!9ld,4anguage
T in contf aj3i ctjorj Cpo the opiniobs, ortb speak
7$. Iuch moreproperlyjto he designs of the
S , leading faction and that was sufficient to
disfranchise' - nayj to.destroy, hiro,if that
iivijon nau lis wuu ne reveaieu in ji uic
icn and a jenator; -Jph. Toni PaiieA where i
arc u your doctrines now i ua. "jitvni .
y uuan,'xhoxr scurvuy are you treated
yoapostleVand their disciplf s chuck yoy
mtb a corner, fo lie, there till they have oc-;
casion.again for you, and make you a' cloak
to their desiens, a pandar io their will, like
he adulterous Priest in tKe story, who cast
Of .t.l. . L.AL- J Lit.!.
tug vi( wiiu tonicraui nc nciinca iiauit
under cover of which he made his way into
the confeisim chamber of the wife of one bf
bis jRocki .'cried, off 'wifh you lye dowh
there for awhile jpitanityj" ' (
; The plan which'Major Butler has deve
bped, Qr rather pointed at, that Is to say,
the Vnanaprment of the Senate by a Junto,
is, in fact find in essence, treason against the"
jjcujJic, a viuiAuoa ui iqeir rigius, n lartc-
nous robbery of the operations of their will,
--they Who practise it are traitors to the
state-hey whq know that ji Is practised,
and conceal it. cruilty of misprison of trea.
son. " Had Major Butler abstained on the
late Important occasion from disclosigg it,'
he would have been so far inculpated. , It
was his duty to disclose it. Morally speak
ing, he had no discretion left to him on the
subject, Had he failed to do it, his letter
would indeed have desen cd to be thrown
under the table
But'it was L wotmwocJd to,
the' faction, because it breathed 'wisdom: 1
integrity anmruin. . in it was rauoauc w
them,' because It developed their dark and
iecp ucBign? ; ic eirucx xiic lanauto vi uie
taction with horror, because Major jjuUeri
"who wrote n; stood erect and upright ' and
would not bend the kne to, their influence,
toor fall down. andorshlbAheir violten im
e. ir Because rie would 'not (to useithe'
words ofthe ProphetIsaiah), worship tht
zvort or ats own wings, nai wmw nts mm
: lam called offfoVthev'pent'bybttsiotsf
whidi I. can neither'' avoid nor postpone j
me a iew more
VutOu shall receive j
of the sentiments ot v ' '
A TRUE REPUBLICAN;
A:
I have examined the riehts of Maior But
ler to advise his constituents as inherited
from his citizenship and imparted by his
high office of senator.' V I will now consider
them as they are derivexi from his expert-
eticei and his capacity to advise 'iandthOngli
i t may appear; superfiuous .to the. people of
mis state, wno ougnt to tnow ;tnem ,weit'
wil State his' pretensions on that heady in
order tjiat they mayy by a due comparison
of them tvith what lies before their eyes on
the other side, form an estimate of the re
lative weight and value ; of. both.'' Major
Butler may be(Considered as one of the pa
rents of. our. glorious revolution. Froni
the moment of its birth he was acquainted
with its temper; its habits, Hi powers and
capacities, its errors and perfections its
training up, in idolescence and its growth
under the federal constitution. ' He was a
meraber'of the national conventicnfVhich
formed that constitution. ' He was a mem''
berbf the mtgttbhvehtioiB by which it'Wa
aftefwards adopted.: He ; knew all that pass
ed, all that was thoucrht and felt by the con. .
tractlng parties, the "nature and purposes
6 faTt i ta pro visions, -and the mind and nio
tivesrofthe frxatoixUfr, '.
He knew that the state principle in it
which Virginia wished to destroy, was one '
of its most valuable parts- was in short the
sheet anchor of the independence of the
small states. JLTie discussion in those con
ventions (in which he bore :a share) -were
not erased from bis mind and he remem-.
bered' thatlthe provision which the late
change in the constitution has destroyed,
was a cmei one vi uiosc iqmuuicu upon oy
the small states, and that it was highly pria- I
ea oy xnem as sucn; - ne Knew us. extinc
tion would tend to i extinguish, the tights it
was made tO t protect : He was conylijced
tha U Would comptetely put W end to all
pretensidns to state, equality. He saw that
.Virginia was marching on. to power, in long
fodpid.etridei,before'&
ed sbe would soon attain complete dornini
ori over the. lesser states, by destroying
that protecting principle. , Wi.tu such im
pressions on his inlit wouldl3joiv.Butr
ler have done his duty, if he had abstained
from communicating them tofeUfonstitu-
enta,
with
tniJniirht haes.n-who are doinc a deed
without a name V? those -close contrivers of
all harm, who are.making the union legis-!
latarean instrument, a tool for tlie funhei:-
, ranee of aciiotiTanilthe accpropRshment
;' of jfoeir wicked designjfif'wr danogtd
' 'nfe utterance to bis opinions, for paring
. t- te veal", that secret cabal j Sat canag to-
ts a preventative against tbeiniscbiefs
whicheroeasureiorcome
was prtRnant? Certainly hqtt Jndomgso
he did no more than his boundeh duty, and
resoect and cool consideration, .
airkTlnysTeTies
(i vtfcwl wa . m- iimiuiv w -----
ate or afford cayse of defenceto those high
and mightychiefs I ertainly not, ' Had
he written itIn dictatorial terms, or in'the
language of loftiness or presumptiopvthere
might have beeomfpretfxt for the oyt
ranrous procedure in question. . But his
le,tter is precisely the reverse. - Though'
Mai LIVINGSTON.
It is impossible, says the Port FbKos for
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any nmencan, wnatcyer may oe tne com
ptexip'n of bis politics,'-to read without.the
liveliest iridigoation, the. letter of Mrl Li
vingston,' in reply to the communication of
inc A'i.Tiicn minister oi loreigo relations.
f-It jpresents a, picture of indiscretion, , of
absurdity, and of fervility, which has no
parallel in the history- of ambassadors.
even in, trie conuuetortne represenuti
bf the 'enslaved, dependent, and debt!
states of Europe, we have observednothing
more derogatory to national dignity.-; ; As
a pander to the passions of the Corsican
usurper, regardless pf hi? sacred charac
ter,, as the minister of a neutral , nation,
our Vnyby has departed from the line of his
duty, and . iq a'mannef,; perfectly unexam
pled, volunteered declaration,, which im.
peaches of a crime the most attrociou's, :--a
nation, with whom we are (n'the bonds of
iricnosnip ana amuyrr" w nence proceeas
the authority of Mr. Jlivingston to pro.
nounce w that Mr. Drake,1 the British mi
piste r at Munich, has held a culpable cor
respondence with traitWjiXcobjects
which all civilised nations rfvist regard with
borrorWhaventide him atll to take
cognizance of this affair f-Admitting that
the British ministry, had instigated the as
sassination of the tyrant of France U could
not become a subject for the proper inter
ference of an i ambsssdoff unless expressly
instructed by his court, But it is credible
that even the weak and prejudiced mind of
this pld man could suppose, for a moment,
that a goyeroment...h'itnto
by its iiijfgnjuii'miryWoui descend to the
pitiful expedient pf assassination to remove
Its ehemyl He could not be ignorant that
though means ot this base and grovelling
description have been employed by the pro
fligate jacobin, and the desperate usurper,
that they would not be resorted to by the
legitimate gove
too strongly fortified by power to create
the necessity and too firmly supported by
virtue to yield to the adoption did that pe.
cessity exist. . . .. r':, :- : ; '
We are,' therefore, unable to explain, jn
any other manner, the motive of this extrai
ordinary address, than by referring it to
thaf abjertbserviePcy ib.the views of th
first consul which has marked uniformly the
omcial proceedings of Mr. Livingston.
Deaf to the frequent calls; that have bten
made on him to vindicate the honour, and
to uphold the consequence of his country;
Xe-has allowed fhe arrogant upstart to mul
tiply his aggressions without cpmplainti ?r
to repeat tus insult without remonstrance.
The effect of-this undignified copduc hai
been, that with the entire loss pt the ton
sideration . with' the 1 French government,
which his, hlglv jofficiai 'situation blight to
have jmposed, ;he has excited the contempt
of every enlightened foreigner, and the e?
ecration "at least of such Americans, as have
had the mortification oi witnessing the dis
grace of their country in its representatiye.'
i Exceptionable as we consider Ahe' general
lenorjofMr livingston'sjktteribereet
remains a part to. be noticed, -which we
view as peculiarly reprebensibler Conti
nutng the strain of adulatiiiiv which charac
terises the language of this singular paper,
Livingston, congratulates ; the despot
On the preservation ot bis lite, that his ex-
-ertions may be prolonged to confirm the
'Happiness ortnc nation oi wnitu ne la uic
chief : a' happiness which is the result of
noble labours, which Iri;bighly
consmepds, ,. 1 Js it the achieve ni'etnf of-' that
usuped power, ; which hasenabledui'
parte to tyrannise over his. Own country, to
extinguish every spark of civil and -political
biberty,- to subjugate, enslave Oppress, .de
i solate. and plunder, with more than .Vandal,
rapacity:; the fairest portion of Joropri:
Perhaps the Wssacre tf those thousand? pf.
defenceless prisoners at Acre, in viplatioa
of a stipulation 'which expressly provided,
for, the -preservation of their lives j.or thy
ejme'imliU'ih
of poison, of his wounded soldiers at Jffa '
itnaj bie those, ghrwtu'eloittvjJel
which bur truly beneyolcnt and repubUcan.
minister applauds f :'"' ?
Had we accidentallyinet with this letter
without ai signaturey we should have been
disposed to have ascribed it, to a, missionary s:
jfrom some petty vassal nation,Vwho had
lopg been habituated' to cringe,' to flatter,
and to supplicate. Or at least we couW never
have supposed that sentiments such as it
contains, ' could have proceeded , from the
minister of these free, sovereign, and in
dependent States. On t ihewliole, we very
gravely recommend to Mr. Livingston, to
abandon diplomatic life as soon as possible.
and to return to. th,e?shades of this, new
country1, here to resume, , with his friend
JefTerson the more harmless employment
of deceivihg his JgnOrant countrym? sptK
the tricks and impositions of philosophical
empiricism. , 4, e ,,,.FALKLAD. " '
Mr. Carr in his v&ii entitled1' A Stfangi
m rnncerclafts thefoUowtngfinecdbtt
ofthe famous governor JVaH, who fod$ not
long since executed in jrljiandwhase
lingular fatt excited so much curiosity -
As I hive alllided to the fate of cover-
nor Wfyt will conclude this "chapter hy
an anecdote of the terror and infatuation o , '
giilt,dispIayedinthecondu
ed man, in the presence of a friend of mine.
t2, r . Lit.jt."
tTOmwnonT.TeceiveairiO A. cw aays oe-
fort he sufTered, fatieued with lifeJand fur-
sued by poverty, '" and the frightful remem
brance of his offencesv then almost forgot
tenby the world,he leftthe South of prance,
for Calais,' with an intention of passing bver
to England, to offer himself up to itslaWj, .
not without a cherishing hope that a lapse
of twenry years had swept away all evidence
bf hisguilvv V;-''
At the time of ins amvaljat this pott ; ;
town,, thet hotel tin which madame Hrrrf
was waiting for a packet to. Dover .was very
crowded ; . the landlord requested of her.'
that she would rbe pleased to permit twb
gentlemen, who were going to England,'
to tak? so irne refreshment in hejriroota ;
these persons proved to be the unfortunate
rooKa, a King s messenger, juiargpu wiui
important despatches tb; his cOurt,' and Qo- ,
vernor. W-, The latter was dressed like
a decayed gentleman, and bc aUthini
all the indications of his eieme condition-
xneynaa pot Deen seateu attne taoie long,
lore the latter lnlOrmed the jormer. wim v
Oe
his noble tahours n the' fiehT of honor, and
in the cabinet and which is flotyet suffici
ently established" not to "be deeply shaken'1
And does really then"the ambassador of
the 4 most rec and 'enfiffhtened. nation on
earth a Vow to the world that the present
military despotism. of France is a'cQ&ditito
evidentymarks of rturbati,th1u-
name was W- , ,that having been chafget
in England with "offences, which, if ,.true j
subjectedhim to heavy punishment, he was T
anxious to plaC? himself at the disposal bf
itsJaws, ad requested ot lm' . as he was
an English messenger, that he would con- ;
sider him as his prisoner and take chafgej
ofhim. ' . ;. ' .'!..' - ,
The messenger, who was much surpris
ed bv the application, told him that he.
could not, upon such "a reprejjentatioot take '.
from the duke of Portland's tifce to that
effect jSc that in order to obtain i t, it would
be proper for him to.' Write his name,, that,
it might be compared with his hand writing
in the Office of the secretary at ivar, wTXcbj
he offered to cam--bver "with hini 1 Govf r .
I jurWjstill pressed hi nitokehiniicv
custody s the messenger more strongly oe-
cnneo. it, oy miorming mm mat ne was xne? :
bearer of dispatches ot great im'pbrtance to
his cburtilwt heW
the channel, iud 'sljbuldf hazard a passage, v
although the weatneFlbbked .lowering,' iti
aft open. boat, as no packets had aitived j & :'
that consequently it was altogether iinpoa- ,
Siblerjto takehin
him to write his riamei Tor the"purpte 1- "
ready mentibned.vThebvcrnor fconet
ed : pens and paper wejre brought "r but the
hand of the miirderer slwok so dreadfuJlyV
that he could cot write it; and in an !
of mind, bordering' en frenzy he
arony
fushed
out of ' tlie robm and immediately left the
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