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vA member 'of the Mawachusctt; Stated
Legislature, who from what folio wiwiU be
knowrv y very'Tcader to" be'1 aSderipcrit,
has lately, made a motion in the House of
BepresentativM of that I state, which will,
jtervir. to . display1 io additional lustre, the
odesty and veracity ot the Antitederal cen-
tryvlt was to this effecU'.'Pl-Xt4
1 We cabnot omit on the present occasV
00; to eiqpressto youf excellency, the high
6auscuon, we ieci, m asang req-qspect-
S ive view over Ae rne
pcccmc antiyirxuous conauct ii'XVo ;
pyhisl;eyis-nbt an ahsolute.nece8siry nor
ven, an article of nutriment. ' Whisker.
like . all ardent tpirlts, js peroicimis to health,
"guish man from the "'br'trte creatru&, and id
f flantea the temper, to deeds of-wlcLecIM;.
to turbulence, tcf, insurrection, kotl to baU
4le ? 3 jarTiagca come under the hefcd of
necessaries ? If thej' .were, jow shtMd So
; rpany be ahJe to dd wjthput iben? Or, how
should it happen; thjt they- exclusively be
"adrainVsirationorthe general frovernnaeni
. Wheti $re contemplate,' that by an ceco
nomical arrangement! of the public expend
diturethcy havet "been enabled from the
existing '.'"revenues' ':io!effect.'knvimi)o'rtaiit.
diminution in the public debt, by an appro
priation of seven millions of dollars annu
ally to that object, and thatithout the aid
of direct taxes and burthensome excises-
that they have reduced Che standing army,
that scourge of all free countries in time o f
peace, to an establishment sumcient for the
defence and preservation of our ! frontier
posts-r-that by a prompt and judicious dis
position of our naval force, tney have tlic
tated terms of peace to some of the Barbary
rowers, ana rcnaered harmless the hostili-
JUrpf , taxes fof the JbyQwn ji agar h6 tileaf, '
than he" does who pays a dollar for the whiaV
key. he drinks? i:-Thbse'7hatbinkso.art-.worse
than gulis.;.? -;
r Such reaJcrit are the mighty things, be
assured such are the sum totat.of the mighX
ty things, whick your present admUiistrauV',
oni d for you. .They shut fehe dobr against
lair, anu pojiiic raxes .w tnrow.X)pen
another and a wider fwide-as Heirs ada
mantine tratesYto imnosidn. 'I Iipv
peal taxes on whiskey and carri acres ; ,Whv?
Is it because . Whiskey s a jneccsaary of iiiei
Jong to he opulent, cr to the uoiust brodi.
wiiw iuuige iuinieii-iet wna wm,
pay 1 By' opulepj'-l-wc mean, the pos
sessmg so mucnjiSL cnaoies a roan to nur
c nase more , ttian .the ; necessaries and qn
tyf'of others; made" our flag a terrbr of its dulee in anv of die luxuries, and"
enemies and covered, our officers and sea- erices of life; ''X Why then did the admiriU
men with honor and gtory. . That by the stration take on the taxes from those arti
wisdom of .their dif lomaticT policy they clcs ? Did they first relieve tha Debbie froni
have acquired in the United States, from the, pressure of taxes uiion all the nutritious
uuc y wuji fuwcriui nauuns Of CiU- I articles O llie WHtpft domestic pOmiOVt snd
rope, a couuuy cmDracingme wnoie extent I Jong custom have made necessaries f N
ot ourwesiern f ironucr an acquisition ior they have left a heavv tax upon salrand
that gives to the United States jncalculable brown sugar. , They will say, ptvhapshat
wealth which"securea to ur western bre-1 neither salt nor brown sotrarsre'ia&arW
thren the undisturbed use and .-'navi'cfafibn 1 . mf Jifel Meat thev will aW rii k t ivitK:
of one of the first and most important ri
Vers in the world $ opens a new source of
wealth : to the carrying trade, of the east,' $
insures to the whole, peace and Yecuritv a
gainst foreign encroachment That iA their
bat though-: haifof it be lost forf
ing 1 :and ater will wash downl
lout .salt, wh
want'of savine
hommony or lioc-cake is well as sweetened
tea or coffeCVThe' whv. did th'ev take the.
tax ofF.otlunnpiUgar, which may he tailed
intercourse with the belligerent nations of f an extravagant tuxuryk- if brown be not a
" "r ' 1 cutui m pcxec wivii au, j necessary 1 .J ,tft.:..r.
... i "v" v!""' !irKuwwui i Ji nc iruui i. inai in cneanoiiLinnni uiosft.
taxes, thev w ere iruided not bv sound ''noli'
etiens,7againsriertagffreS8idns f ? ahy4
have been. so successfully displayed, that
we find our commerce less interruptecVand
iiistise and indemnity to our- mrrhnta
more promptly afforded all in;.fine, that
their objects and pursuits have' been one
continued effqrt to promotthe faith'i jus
tice and honor.of our nation, and the peace.
secunry and happinesrtf all its citisens'; J of the means that popularity was only to be
We cannot heaitatefo fay, that on a review I had through the. medium of cajolevy and
stration, thejpwple of Massachusetts would
regrettlut their represenuti ves should be
the last to bestow their. approbation and
cyV'noi by public good, not; bv reason, hot
by truth, not by any worthy motive, rip-, oo
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ui mingj. uai oy inc suDUe craltot the
muddling, underworkinprritician -by the
demagogues' polieyrJ'heywhtd tore-i
uturoy ;;.any means t ine power they haq rbv
bad means obtained ' Popularity was one
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imposition; to which cajolery and imnosi-
tion the productive taxes, and a fine, well
ordereu revenue were sacrificed. -Thev
deihocrati j? Howofe
imuhitude'S walldw that indigestible, brajen
imposition ? Ifow ofteh "shall we be obliged
to tell, the rouhd.: unvarnished, tale'ty
refutes It ? -To whatrniserable shifts and i
pretexts are they 'driven whd repeat it !
,To jyliat .cxatious: repetitions, are we dri-
venj who are again arid gain Obliged tore !
I t They (meaning the IpHsent administra-
tida)have rttfuce&chts toiinf wy'These
arithe words of the motion. such a
palpabfe falsehood ''WouTdftodbbitt'
legislauvc ; assembly,' if be :c6uld, prevail
,uprn wiaiuoay to pieagetnemseives to ine
Avorid. and commit: their Veratitvi their nro-
oityv:ana their, honour. y hat jsorjt -01
giilaturerf must he liave supposed-them to
btr, when he made, the motion I Certainly hp
must nave thought them dchcfcnt either m
know led ge of what the y ought to know, or
in the integrity which theypught to possess.
V hat legislatcr, hay, .what carman,, in the-
country could , have forgtten vthat ;-fte.
jjtauding array was railed, and theHmrn9rV
tal Washijioton appointed, to, pdTartepti
ed, the command of it, at a ti'mV when open
hostility, was not only thfeate'ncd, but praci
tised. against u? ?ou though seas-by the I
privateers and shipsjert war of the French
Reolutioiriista; aKrwhe'n theirihVasion of
eveiy cjpuntryjrithiu the reachbf their po'w-.
er, renderedit probable, if not certain,' that
if they ptrrcerved us listless and unguarded,
and could calculate on a tolerable likelihood
thelmertt of otor naval commanders ; and if;
the Jiarbary states! arehumbleand, madef;
; to Respect our iagi the-'admini8trationf shaUx.t
nays tor jtms an tnercreait to wnicn wiey t 1
can with, p'roprVetyJa'd -
measures.are taking; for--maintainihg tcrurr'-;.!
harbour's -left Unprotected,; and : out worn- V "
merce dn the West-Indies suffered to be-'i,":
come: ihe pray of Jawlesa pirates ffXet out
ministratiohIooktto ythisand Tif they ;
. will, -oughrfste to .those
hMvyBjUlarm
prevent in fiiture our "coasts from'beingin ' ':
L;su)te'dt'!.and preserve fojrihe timetdcome
fhe property of ourptlizens from the grasp
of lawless; ftee booteVsifor. this tod .they
ehall receives otuch applause as the im- . - ;
portance and justice of scKttieasurc$ de
mandiBiit let,thbt theirl adherents and '
panegyrists claim praise; for them in' ad
ncfs!tth'em.vit!rjbtolo thetniner- r
rit for legislative, measures which have hk- ;
ver,:bisipn adopted, and pemana our ac
knowledgeroents for. benefits ,vhich have ,
been receiydlthro other: Jriedlmi: tltah.,. '
those dictated euheriby thtir wisdota :"otf ,r
r.lt mi- -.-' ?f tliint nphrlr tr4Knf.;( :.
whomjtribute.isihsdv'duei :.and if they
cannot find wherewithal! in the conduct & ,
measure of the - present administration to -;
call forth" our gratitude and pur praise let
them not adorn its "mejhbers with borrowed ..
featheri, by plucking, for, this purpose, the
1 nromisea to rrnrve rt tif nniimn tKc
I 1 z T r - " f " f "v w hivv
wexieei assured that they, will anticipate taxes,,and to payoff thna
rika8Brfrr.thetfttonits out any further ajdCi' Kav they done W?;
which the continuance uchaa admini- Nb;by no; mrtcs. : ' CUn the. contrary they I
stratidn" ai&s'f; come to , Cbngressahd get'ieW taxes 1m-,
The object- of, the mover was that the I noised.! findinp that the Wycnur? was iinffi
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lorrgpmg snonid he inserted as part of the cient to the defence n the Union. How
address of the House of Reprcsentatfyes, 'came 'tt deficient ?'hy, lhqir abolish-
in answer to the Governor's speechv. It is mghe taxes. True, but they might ha'v
jlm9st PedlesS.i add jthat eptipnjsyas 1 dopejso ip error frQn Vaht tf considera
rejccteuJ ;v r ... . . .;;-. , , . ;; J t;on' Even that, if it were true, would be
r. v this rootia.n is considered, piece by I guilt, for error in great state eoncerns is cri-
r vv'i..v hiuvw uku a mre uanng i minai iut 11 was not so ; ior. tne leatra:-
.ujiviu na? inauc vu uccotviiny uc I isis in . vongrcBs warncuneiir ot - tne paa.
uoerative assembly into a declaration ot fals-1 consequences Of repealing the, uxes ( warn
-hood; and, tb make' them irive the. sanction I ed them' of 1 what has actualfv . harinenecl '
,.gftbeir n)es4o a gross act of imposition J warned llbeM'.that they wo vld be obliged
ujiwu too creuuious peopie: w nat mwst I come hack again to congres lor new taxes.
: be the opinibCof such aman oftheund
standiiig of the people i pr what his opini 1 i mcrdest-'and veracious member cf rState
on At the moral character and intellect of te!s!4ture proposes to "give the present
,-'tlie'bod'0'nK?B he attempted to fas admiisistsatioaihe thanks of that hbdy; :
ten such auimposi i tionwhen bewailed up- : Gracious God I that the government and'
on them tg thank vthe presen administrati- "iawrmaking ' oLa glorious f country ljktlus
w 'ortneir arrangements tpjjay the pubhe . shouldjin such hands as we see every
-4ebt without taxes and burthensoroe excis- time .we look into a House of Assembly, a
es, while they must have fresh in their re- Concress, a Senatel or a CabinetHhose
LytiotLthemessage fro the
?1C .wceeuiogs. oieongress op tne jaie i quesuon now oest to govefn ana legiswic,
. ptnre of Our friorate by the Trioolitans S 1 is out to - silence; with clamour," and iOhd
va4 whilosih !;' acly tJry; which I shall rule is ; the Only question that will be
:vtQte the actW coneress for imposipghew heard. 7 There the political Alebraiststate
AnriZ'fiH.imniirfeA eoods. to.an 4 eveTr QUeStion-ih such arosnner -putting
amount that ill produce a yearly reveriuc their false and fictibus qUafttities on i&i or
quatto the laxes whicHthe part) abolibli-; '-on that side of the equation, as to produce
. prl mUr m - Ur;tTi tnj . The bad- the cheating result that answers their pur
bad
ness of the conduct of the administration in
:', first rcpeatipg the taxes in one. form,; and
pdse.,; Nevsr, ho," by Heavens, never was
there a nation so cheated as Atperica. O
then re-imposing them in another, is only, tbers are theateaoi tneir ireeaom, ana tney
to be equalled by the impudencei the folly, know it, arid res.gn themselves totheir fate.
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and the barefaced imposition of those, whe
thf legislative assemblies, or individuals.
vho would thank them for.iti'r lJoeS any
man of common sense imagine that the pe 6
pie are less taxed by changing the subject
t"matteY of taxation, or thatjhe .loses wore
by ijie support of thV state who pays a dol-
Ame'rica-is cheated, while at the satne time
her understanding is; so imposed upon, as
tobtmadctp bclieye that she is' dealt with
fairly.- ' '-'.o'i- -W:r :
Ho"w. often shall that mean, detestable
imnosition about" t the standing atmyn be
znentio&ed with impudent ttiumph. by th
op'Success in attacking us' bv land.' they
1 "would have done jt, - as Well as attacked pa
on.uie high seas.; JL he, merit, hofwever,
of reducing that army doi not attach, tct
the present party . Accoroniodaticn having
taken place Jbetwcen France and this coun
try (to be sure, not till we had drank; cten
at tiat '(fat, deeply of the cup of liumilia
tion the army was reducf d previous to
the .federal adminwtrauonV going out of
office.';': i- "-fS .:j,:S'. .".m- !
.;; , Thai htf thewisctom : of f hni 'pbiicy
they hate acquired to the UState8,n &c..
Gracious' Heaven luhatthe tdnitue of the
1 mover Should Sxot have cleaved to the roof
of -.bis , mouth 'vwlfteriftJ;f sentence
which' he must have known at the time, so
foreigwsfrpro truth ZTht tHsdom of tiiziVi
policy, indeed f OnV Would have thought
that the most cardenederoocrat (unless
in a pablic assembly, when theobject often
is on.ly id have a speech printied, In, order
to gull the ignorant and uninformed,) could
hardly havfe dared to maintain that the ac
quisidon of Louisiana' is owing to the wis,
dom and policy of the. Jeffersonian cabinet.
How often' shall We rtpeat; that if theSvaf
had not taken place between .Jbofewnu, and
France, "'Messrs. lavifigsiQi? ''$xaMnt:oe
miht havocgociattd to "the end of their
lives without success. The French pre-
fect ''was already at J.blsiana Y; the slvps
Were chartered, and the troops' embarked
for the voyage, to take - possession' of the
province ; uisii acei uiocKaaea ine icx
el, and; pre vefited their departure It was
not till after this .period that bur Minister
in J ranee wayeyen treted with civility by
"thcorisulef gov
nnaiug s lmpoosiuic io secure ine icrriory
to themselves, -but of hbcr necessity listen
ed io' Mr.,Irfo?,r,"and;at lenh made
the Best bargain yiih hiiirthey could, for a
territory which it was certain would be of
na seryiccto France, pri father iwpuld: fall
iota-eJbandsK
war taken place," and had the ad mini stration
adopted the. resolutions of Mr. Itoss, snd
taken possession of the teti Horjy then inV
deed might tltey haveelaimed praise : for
their Vibdoim, their .yigori and their policy.
An advenUtldu4circ
and we became possessed of the territory
without resorting -to forte." ' Had itnot
been for tirisircumstahec (the war0 where
is the democrat,' however brazen his front,
-th?lt dare deny, Ahat the adoption of the
iresolutions offered by ;MrRoss; and theJ
measures supported by the other federalist!
in juongress at tne tune, .wooia nave oecn
true .wisdom, , and sound policy K But ft
lucW event as respects the acquisition of
tne territory, -in wniciTiine aaminisrranon
had . no agency j wbarSycrbavirig thro wn
Louisjaaa into our hands, the shameless
parti2ani of democracy pour torrents of a'
ouse upon mr. koss and tne reqeraiisis ior
propOsinttjncasureswhich would have en
abled us! to maintain bur dignityand our
ricrnis i Tiav. more, ciaim nraise ior an au
admioisrration whose conduct, but; ifor the
opcratioss of accident, would certainly have
bepiv ridiculed, "scouted, and condemned,
from one! end of the continent to the other.
. ess will b. disposed to detract from
plumeiirbta the heads of beuer men.
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M6EAtf.iA'Uto-'lUind0hrpai cot
tains an article styled Moreau St Bonapare,
compared, winches written ot an extreme
ly prejudiced ;abd uhcandid : st) le with re-;
spect to fhe'jatter :i Jbut ccmtiinS the foUoW
Ing character of Moreau.' . ?t vit .
:rit l he write? Pt this has peen JMoreau'a
iprisoherandigUest'i ' has spdatedwitbv '
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been at his military parade ?heo attende4 i
byt all generals Jaides-de-Mmp, office ?
and it his table, when surrounded by ele
gance,; beauty, 'andifashibn he has seen, -him
in-Jiis camps on, the "Rhine and the,0ai
mibe, at his balls sChd routs at Strasburg Str
Paris jk and he has always 'found him the
same amiable, agreeable, modest; and un- ,
assuming man j although,: at , all times, rn
all placesf 'and in all companies, a military: :z
enthusiast, whether in the society of ladies, t; . .;
or in a circle of officers, at the head of his
table;' ort- the head of his armyi leaoiogv,
his: soldiers to battle, or hand'ng a lady '
dance ; . but ; so lively amusing, and Inter- - '
mixed with anecdotes ii his ..conyersationV
that even French coquetts have listened to L
it in preference tP thetryjof
UhtsJ'vtjiy' t4'"4't-t
; l It'is impO"'sible for any persbBhof edi X:
cation to be in Moreau's company hajf ait :
hour ..Without ebnsjdering him greattiai- .5
litary characterVVhose thoughts and wprids; :
are.tiose of an officer of enunfnt, talentsi-
and much "experience, and whose Only pas-
sioti is miUtary.gloryyv Jj&$lXz$
To an open aad pleasing countenance,
he unites soft and jnSmaating manners i
to the frankness of the soldier, he joins the :
becoming ease of the courtier, "Without the . "
licentiousness of the one, ' or the vices o
the other,1 Frenchmen allow him the Iibe- -
ral good-nature of a Turfnne toVhom he
is compared for his able tactics 1 and the
vigour and patriotism of Henry IV, whom
he resembles as a skilful warrior, lThey :"
sa'y diat.in : his ; attacks he ;rU.f; Gustayus
AddTphus and i Condeand in his retreats
a Xcrtiophon and a Bellein.4r:--'I":;:.;".
. AU the reproach made againslMbreau'
even by his enemies, ii, diat hecohtinPedr
to serve the Tissassin Of a father whwm he ?C
difurlv loved, s. and his ingratitude towards
his friend Pichegru, whom he csuld not but
greatlyesteem 1 but it may be said, with- i
put fear .of contradiction, or charge of par
ti ality'that, - with the tigk . exception of
Pichegru, Moreau is the brst,the ablest,
of all the FrencHrepuTfiTcah geneiTid t
one to ihom France.is thelpaost indebted
because' Melas lost the battle of Marengo,
whereas Moreau giQcd the batdeof IIo
'.henltndeiu vjv;-'-'---." .,;?; :
Before Bonaparte left the city of Parls,
on his journey, to Brabant," he exiled every
geoeral rKit in employment at Paris : hs
JVloreWs iestate is only twelve miles from
that city,; he comes there several times in
the weeVr either to visi t hisiriends, or to
frequent the theatres ; the Comcanjaxed
not,: however, insult 'Moreau with autha i
proceeding 5 ' he therefore invited hini to .
an interview at Berthiers house-J3u6nar:
parte began the conversation by mentioning
some complaints, although he at the uxflc .
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