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TfSfeiS PUBLISHED , (wEEfcLTf), BY WILLIAM 'BOYLAtf., --fSKi
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''FEDERAL MlSREf RESEHTATIONS."
: ) Under this head Ae despicable Maniken
who prints th government paper at Wash,
ingtoo, .has been occasiooally ornamenting
it columns for long Yime pastiwitha ae
fries of the most impudent attempts to abuse
tthc piiblicredqlity,that modern days liavi
rVitnesse ; Heis one ojhosee'lloiiriiWno .
l ; approa youri
. and moderation but while he aWns about
; yoa with i smirk7 on rfus countenance,
will do you theTmoat serious injunT.--
A few months . past under the' head
of . ediraTi Misrepresentations J ! he
had !the;assufanceo"nfradiit'the rel
tiohia the EvenipglPost of r. JeffirsQq's
pufjlic exhibition of himself at' thd festival
of th Mammoth loafr: I immediately calU
V: ti on a" respectable member of poogress
who happened; to be in towo shew; him
Smithes paper and to ascertain' whether my
first formation hid been correct. Us pop-'
firmed almost.; everyiarticular, a When"
I expressed ray surprise that any One could
' be 'found who would call in question what
had passed before his own face and jn the
presence of more than an hundred witness
r es his reply was,' Why; Sir, this Smith,
.blunder thesembUnctfsoftnessind moder
ration, is as. great a;liar as Duane himself,
though he wants the brass ti, carry ithrdugh
in the same shameless manner, r Uti rai-:
'ilagement, in relation to the. speeches of the
'- federal side.of tlie House, Is beyond alt en
darance.' But though I was thus prepared
toexpect everything bad from Mri Jeffer
son editor, I did not suppose that his base-.
Hess was fully equalled by his folly,' as I have
siqce found ir. He is such a lickspittle to
. Mr.' Jeffersort that whenever; it becomes,
in his opinion, adviseabie to sacrifice'liiim7
self to servi hil patr6n,'4he hesitates not a
moment, to do so. The following instance,'
among others,; will make this apparent-
, In the EyeningPost of th 16th ot Jaly
we introduced an extract from anvAddress
to the K.ing ofi Great Britain, which was
drawn: up and presented in Sept 1 575. In
" this paper the addressers professed the most
sincere aiiacnment io nis xnaj esty s person,
" family;' and f monarchical) government;
. they deplored, ' as the grcatestrmisfortune,
erery event that might tend to weaken the
ties that. connected Great Britain with Ame
. ria, , and ardeotly desired 'that the former
'harhpoYttren the said monarchy & her
cobrtfes miht be restored : ; they particu-,
" larly hoped that Hiis JVtajcstyi nnme might
. be trartsmitted to osten ty; :." adorneel' wi tli
that signal and lasting glory thathaVattendf
ed the niemory of those illustrious person
ages w.se Virtues 'Mi f-abilities-- hfW ejt-
tricated states front dangerous convulsions,
and by securing .happiness to others, I have
erected theTmpst noble and durable monu
ment to their Own fame j" concluding. with
the strongest assurances that His MajeRly
would find ? hi? faithful subjects reidy and
.. filling t'ilUlmes; with their lives &for,
. tunes, to assert and maintain the rights anil
interests of Uis Majesty, . and the mother
.country." ' ,
This extract it may' be . recollected was
made principally with the view to expose
the impropriety of continuing tal make the.
"t reading vf the declaration of Independence,
f the etercises of our annual festival.
It was observed. that jri our opinion,, it was
hardly consistent ' with the professions , f
loyalty and the acknowledgements corftain-y
d in the above address to declare' withWa
few monthr afterwards that thelhistpryof
the present . iCin? of Great, Britain,' i was a"
hUtary of repeated injuries fc? usurpqticml
c. Jiut admitinf that the peculiar Cir
cumstances of the times might justify this(
Stiil we did not accede to the propriety" of
repeating it once every year for the purpose
f keepingalive animosities 5t resentments
; saiost a nation with whom we were now at :
sj?aeanid connected by treaties. - We then
separate parafgraph, ; attempted to shew
jtat Mfi JcffersoKDarticularly,was charge
Jtblc with the consistency Cabovc : mentiori-
'r-: 8iek'f ren carfed Eek' I-d.re tnY-'iA
the unceafing falf boods td mifrcprtfeotatiom
:with which the federal papers fwarm. : we deter
mioed to abandon, at leaft for a tirtje. the detect
, uon of what we hoped had been difarmed of its
capacity pt doing injury. . Io this purpura we pro.
bably (hould have jpeififted but for the daring tfron.
fty 9 the. following libel on a citizen, whom the
high jlation he holds, ' no le that the dignity
of his" mind; forbid to notice the low falfehoeds
b which his reputation is affiited." -:,Vv i,rl
'. ;Then followed the Evening Post paragraph
at full tength, that the stroke might be more
.?pmp!etejy'aM3c.j&
juuiii prutceus inus - - , ' v;
"". It is on the authority of a friend of Jef
ferfon,' who has long eojoyedjus conJgnce, and
afted with hint io many of ths important fceaei
of the revolutionj, that we are enab'ed to de.Ure
i" 73 it it filft ihit ' Mr. rjffer'fin ever
4 RE IV fuch a paper as it tbrre afcriheJ to AfV
Ani thai Uu hkevtifc fain that At tv:r fined
fitch 4 paptr d amn li another. u '
soon s nis apucarca, : one oi our
jtpbrning papers, with the praiseworthy dis
poSitioa to ; preserve th$ American history
from being contaminated with falsehopds,
very obligingly i nformed the public of the
detection mads byvthe editor of the Nation."
al Intelligencer, and cautianed .the future
Historian against adopting jhe error of the
Evenings Post. D aabtlcss the d esi gn was
good, .and we Kope the same candor and
love of truth will now induce the; editor of
that papr to take notice of the circumstance
once more;; : for her has not yet done It, and
inform his readers that he was a little tod.
hasty in his former remarks. Next,1 all the
Democratic papers throughout the United
States; republished Smith's detection, and
the1) Aurora grinned a malignant smile in his
editorial paragraphs for more than a week.
With what olor of truth Smith contradict
ed me. will now be seen " '0 ,
-; Rxtrnrlt Jrod T'mi?t e&tUm vf the Journal ff Ctongrett.
v. i TAim i WuH- Rpsnlvrd That 4 Com.
mittee of five be appointed id draught a pe
tition io the King."-.. Vol. 1 p. 1 06. ;
fTlie names bf this cotnmittee are not mentioned
. ;.; -Juried i.9; .irtSJlht Committtre ap
pointed to prepare apetition to the! King1,
reported a draught of one, which was read."
v. June 31, "'lTTS. Mr.-TKbmas JeflEVr
son appeared as a Delegate for the Colony
of Virginia, -and produced hh credentials,
which were read and approved."-; f. 116.
v.- ' July 4,-17rJi The petition tothe King
being again read,-, after some- debate,' the
further tor.sideration of it was deferred till
tomorrow. ; 135.';
July 5. 1 7t52 ;xTfc5 Cotegresa tlTe'ie
snmed the consideration of the "netition
the Kihgv and the same being debated by
paragraph, was agreed tO, and ordered to
, he -engrossed.' ..'v'-t' -KyMy
: PHcre followi the peunon ltfelf From which'
our extract' was made. J y.:' 'i.'-.. f-.
July 8, 1775. -; Thepftion io the King
being engrossed. Was compared at the ta.
ble, and signed by the members present."
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inn pcliuuii nmy uc iuuiiu ui jjwu y hhumi
This petition is entitled u the eco;.peti
tiori frem the General Congress in America
to his Majesty, and has the lOUowtng certi
ficate prefixed to it. : ; :---yyy ' '' y)
The iollpwing is 1 f rue Copy of the JV
titTSn from theXieneral Coftgre8 m Ameri
ca to' his "Majesty, which we delivered to
Lord. Dartmouth ' the ; first of this month,
and to which is" Lordship "said ivrjr answer
would be given. ' September 4,' ir?a.n
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it a u rurm t t. v
expose him for once at; some leneth.Vwe
must be excused for devoting So much of
our paper to so contemptible a tniler. V
t He acknowledges he pronounced it false
that Mr Je(Terson ever; drtto pt signed the
aouress iu question ) tne use pt wnicn only
as the reader perceives had ben asserted in
the ; Evening Ptst, : while! former had
been merelymrntioned as V (.jc;ture.
Smith repenting this assertiqo,4now says
iht substance of it is true; but theof w er
roneous,; And how, you begin to wonder,
gentle reader,3s the ingenuous gentleman
tft r ntakeTTuf this haddrtss he admits,-
was,1 as a matter of form signed 'by all the
members and of course by " M r.' Jeferscir,
there was therefore, (contirtuedhcj a verbal
incorrectness in declaring that he did not
sign it," v-''He adds, ! we make fthis state-;
meat, exel usi vely fbr.! tbe purpose of cor
recting a verbal errors which the distortion
of party might hereafter make an unjust use
of.'' : "tfes, trulv, jiere is a pretty strong
' verbal error,'! Mr. -Srnith, in saying Mr.
President did not sign a paper which youi
acknowledge he did sign, In this we agree
with Master Manikin, ' and we will co fur
ther too, and sav there Is in this verbal er
ror, substantial, violation of the truth-
sucli a violation as, when made knowingly
and persisted in, a reverend cIcFct man once
pronounced to be- " a damnable lie,'? Mr.'
bmith. 44 The sUbstantem our first drcla
ration, aays he remains unshaken. 'Indeed'
t he Additional jfuuts that we Have staled con
firm it." In other, words, cHjrfiFst decla-;
ration that Mr. Jefferson did not sign the
paper, is confirmed by the fact that he did
sign. it". And this is what Smith calls loL
gic, and candor, and truths :: '
.'i, Oh t rare Samuel Smith I ' ,k
r The following is extracted from a London
papcr of July 6 t-i A' private letter frottt
Parish dated Jane .21, says, "The Ameri
can Minister, r Livingston, has returned
with e'ood bills, for fifteen millions of livreii
but he was, n9twithstanding, not teceireu i a y ? .;
by .Talleyrand ik the tnanrier he expecte, :
alter his hnancial and political txpedlttOrt to j f ,1
England because, more moriey, and beit
here, he remained closeted with Talleyrand V
xorsix nours, ana a courier was sent to tne
: .Hi
EmperoivimmediaUlyTalterwardSy-wlfflc ,"rrt
dered Talleyrand to wait upon his Majesty. : I )
The rumour ef peace caued by Livingston's . r '? , f
jbufhey,'.was receivedrwith' a. satisfaction
every where not agrecabie td juie, conquer-' y
ors -of England in petti even the proud ? y
warriors b,n our coast tegaq-'i'exfesis;a' (Sei:
sire tif rather negociang Widi than com1 ' .
tlng:theXhokeepera,: becavs;e the be I;
gan tathink,' from th intriguVs of their So-. ''
vercign for s peace, that his means; to de-7i j
airyy uiuucrn variuage uiu not ecnTcsponu
with his' desire. - This has caused the pa
ragraph in the jnw denyin,what is
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LATEST from EUROPE ;;
'iy . Charlfston, August CO. ,;,
::;y By the brig John tf james capt. Shear
man, wliich arrived at?this prt yesterday,
in 42 dayslfrom Liverpool,; we nave been
favored with' London papers to the 14th of
Jul v. 5"' Our dates, from the 5th to. the 13th,
"aire irreeular.- ' y'-' -y !iJyy'y'?
It if .stated that lionaparte was tope crown-J
ed emperor cl the I rench- at . Lyons,; and
that the Pope was to perform the ceremony
of corohaion. Bonaparte had .been occu
pied in visiting several" military instituti
ons ibiit had returned to Paris. - - f
; The Recounts from Holland indicate that
every thing was in readiness for the June
talked ot invasion but the English papers
sUffgest ari opinion that the measure will
never be attempted,' and suppose Buona
parte will mate 'advances,' iia order to pre
pare the way for being quieted in his pre
sent authority. . Dates of the 13th say that
rumours of peace were in circulation in Lon
donv but that they fcould not fee,, .traced to
any' source which commanded credence, "
O f the reporiedhfa'nI let ween the
English and FTencH'fleets,.off Toulon, we
see vnothing further than. ajPrench account
that Admiral Nelsbn qttitted.the station on
the rppafance ofthe-rVencb
English "'account,, that Che French fletldid
h6t dare to gn beyond he protection of their
batteries "but :were,; nptwithstanding, . ati
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very well known herei and wmcih, ia mrinth
ago, Gbveraroent did not conceal, that Mr.
Livingston; ws sent p9tfr sender le tef rene-
d:.8ound'thetCabiqrTatte
himself aidi jBut what confirms the parti. V'j
that anddier nettjtral Minister was asked fd-rs-.tf
:underiaket, but reftisedunJtU he:ecku'.oo;'V;
tain permission from his jCourt j regarding ;'- : Is
as roost politicians here do these missions
merely as jntr?gicsj' to full Eugland into i-y.
latal security when tne blow 1a intended to
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tacked by the English, on.which they imme
diately retired intoroulon. ) - y y
T The blave trade abolition-' bill has been
rrltrarit was he who nennedlhea Jdressto the
but that at any rate it iwas jipwrf
jtommnvm?,bz Wiring ' for whieh
we referred ihejeader t0 the public records
.of the country ; and as his Irieiids claimed
., for him the exclusive. cmlV; of having
draughted the Declaration ofIndependice,
which was done only tea months ite?the
Above addresrs, it was for him to reconcile
. if he could the languge of the two instru--ments;
: Not long afterwards Mr. Saucebox
Smith comes out with tjie following coritra
diction under the head of 44 tJew-5erles of
T' Federal Misteprcsentations.'' , ? '
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'.' Among the other signatures to the' Peti-:
lion are the following: i ;. . v ' t
44 Virginia. V. Ilenrj junior ; JK. Hen
ry Lee j Edmund Pendleton ; .r Benjamin,
Harrison i,J Mings J(Jcrson. . -
Be fore we could leave : another arid very
difiertnt subject todel'end ourselves against
the accusations and the; Sneers of Smith &
his coadjutors some'ohe it seem raforni.
V'1 Kirr. "V. i fisdffai mlsrepre sentatloh"
ulartaintybpro
Jc falsehood .'lie tnereiorc, vmiuui u
comes i forward much
ner of a sniveling "school , , boy,' id ackno w.
ledge his' error. But it had been well for
him if the dread of. the rod had induced him
to xlo it In ja; Wtt'ableniJoaef," and to.' ask
pardon for the offencej h has not; done sov
Instead of this,,, he begins his recantation
by meanly misquoting from the E veng Post;
andY attempting by a miserable, quibble to
reply to his own garbliogs. His'condiict is
certainly too despicable for particular anl;
madversion, bat as it may not be amiss to
negatived in the House of Lards.
Sir Sidney Smith wsis recovering' from
his, late illness, and wa -expected soon to,
resume his former comrnanq, ,. -; , y 7 V
y ;A variety of accounts it was aid,' tended
to confi rm the" opiniprt ?that the ' arrange?
nientsfflaking by ussia'efe hostile to
l?ranceVjV.vv
v Itwas reported that the lCl of Prussia
had, by the demand if. Bonaparte,- written
a second letter to Louis XVI II th, with pro
posals to'resign his claims to the throne of
Fiance i but that unfortunate Prince had gi
ven . n'6 other answer, than "that he would
send a copy both df hi;.Prussian. Majesty's
letter, ahdr tlnat of Monsieur, Buonaparte.
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The fello wing are the . expressions em -proved
in the extraordinary. Protest of th4 .
"Count 'de Lille. acainsi aU '-that hai beeri V;
done, and is doings in FrancpJ; since the re;, :
union of the Sutes'.Oen'eral V;V;':".-'
' ' '.V Protest tf the' Count deUties: iY- ' .
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iJrf assuniing the tide of Emperor; and' ; V
altemptiBg to render it hereditary in bfc fa f ,U ;
mTily, Buonaparte has put thejsea) t his uv
surpation. v.This hew act. hf revoIutioofV v
where every thing frbm its1 origin ha beea t-X
null and tbid, cannot weaken my rights' r" :v
.but being accoun table for tnycoftduct ttf aUJ v ;
sovereigns, whose rights are not less injur--ed
than mine,' arid whose '-thrones 'are 'shai'i;;-
ken by .the dangerous principles which the ;
Senate of Paris has dared' to publi4h-c ; ;
countable '& jFranct; tafmyamity .'and. ft$ ' y'l
my 6wn honor, I should . onskler- myself ":, ' . ' y
as betraying the common cause,' were I te
keep silence ort this occasion. ; I declare
then, after haying renewed my protestati- .
oris against all the Illegal acts which froni
the opening of the States General of France j:
have led to "the 'alarmin' crisis ' in which
France and Europe are now involved-!
deciiarer'in the' presence' bf all the Sovef
pigrts, that, far fromackhowledging theim;
perial title that Bonaparte has received front
1 Body which has 'hot a llegititnate exis'tence; :
I protest :as well against that-title as all the -;
fiiiRertrlnt 9itB trv .Kii t nt4v rn.rm lii-rK '
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XOfctfojr.
quit the court of Russia
7 Ii is stated that Gen. . Moreau intends
leaving France for America ; all that we
have met with,' in the papers received. On
'this subject, wUl be found under the London
head.
, ; A London paper of June 29, states, the
Ring's physicians have pronoariced his per
fect recovery, in tpnsequence of yviich all
the dispatches received from abroad during
his indisposition, have been laid before him ;
and all the foreign ministers had been ad
.matted to his; presence. '"'-- -; ;. - ;:' ' ''yyyy
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. ' .The ijradual rise of the funds for some1
clays has revived the rumours of peace.
These rumours; are. not rfoundecl..bn!'any '
Known. lactTrtney rest jentireiy on specuia
tion. It is the rise bf the' funds that occasi-;
, on them, not they hat occasion the rise pf
the funds. It is said that Buonaparte, see
ing the impracticability, the folly of making
iay vatempT;to7invade;thi
speed'dy make covertures' of peace. If thai
impracticability and folly.be'., admitted by a
treatv for neace.- if the Corsicarl nsuroef'
eats back his -words,?" and confesses that
England is ca'pable of contending 'with -'-
r ranee ' single nanacq t-men ; me principal . , - si'
object of the war will be attainedy anerms? y ?Xt
mav be adjusted. .1 By theseermfowej 7 " '-, h !
cr,-irc rusi iijiu wiiio; rcuinea o ini
country' not sQjnuch lor thealu'e ot the
eopei minisra4 been
cngiapu conies puc oi inq conieai irium
phahtlyjj But it is idle to dijlcu'as the termor
as" we .are persuaded peace as not In the im-.
mediate cohtemplat ion of eitheF govern
ment, and that tobejra'y an impatience for
it in England, would be the very way to lay
the foundation of a new war should apee
dy end be put to- lhe present strijjnde. If
it be true, as the coaliffbn prints assert, that u 'y
jVIr. PiA's object uniformly is to gqvem bv. .7.
diving his oppbneriisby no step cqtild! He 'y:y
8ucccecf more than by making peace.'- Mr - ' ;
Fox would undoubtedly support airy peace Vy
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