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THE CONNICriCUT
Thcm?mcnt tfet tcnw gwirn
TO.ntaned Oonarchifti
rn tinfr to thcpafelve the nunc
atic attack o everv republican
"Vncipl in the conftitutipn, ;cn
voJriiig to ftpaifter pother,
fjjy bulwark eree4 for the pro
tcAk of the.aepd or the
Lte gorernmehta, andof thefupre
,cyV the Kole people. This at5
tack called forth a correfpbnderit
vigilente arid vigor .pfifr P of
the republicans, irithe clefenqe of
every thing whkh jndyerii.
sent they cohftderfed of value.
fhusa wax fare of principles cm
jnencedhictihas notyet fubfided.
flere then,: fellaw citizens, yon
have a faithful exhibition of ur
vicv of the origin of thediu"entioos
vhich diilurb the tranquUitv not
only of this ftate, but of the United
States, and of thole etfentiaVprinci4
pics of goveroment in .which th
theories of leading federalifts difrW
f-om tbofe of republicans, -We
will fav fomething of the oppofin,
fy&ems of public meafures advoca-j
ted ad purfued by the parties ref.
pea-vely. Permit us, however, to
pufe here and make a remark which
is fuggefled by what, has alteady been
fiM. Man is always backward to
acknowledge himfelf in an error, he
15 to apt toxotffider it a dilhorxour
to him to have been deceived this
induces hirn'tfc peifevcre in his er
ror until he -meets with evidence al
together irrenflable. Many an hoJ
nefl 6cere'republicanihasconftant-i
ly given his Voicefor jfe&ralifts, ber.
lieving them to he as honeftly jnd
fiucereiy republican as himfelf, Such
men will not eafily beperfaaded that
they have been betrayed by ihofe in
whom they hav confided ; that
they have given their fupport to
a fyftcra whtch is their abhorrence.
It Avill be difficult to convince
fuch republicans, that their friends,
the leading federal; (Is with whom
they are acquainted, can be advo
cates for the lyftems of Mr Adams
or Hamiltoh. Wefoiitit thofeen
who fhill entertain-.doubts like
thefe, to r -collecl tint Mr; Adams's
bo.kswere publifhed for the rjfcpiefs
purpofc that has already been Mated,
and were read by the leadingmen of
both panics ; his principles were,
therefore, early and univcrfally un
derftood that Hamilton's propoix!-
tion for the deftruftion of the ftate
governmcnta, and for the ele&ion
f a; Chief Magift'rate for lijt was
made m the face or the" convention
alTcmbled fjrom every. part of the li-
nion. To fuppole then that the
opin ions 0 f thefe men Twere unknown
to leading federal 1 Ms would be mere
H'ocy. Both Mi. Adans and Ha
miltonare knowD by. leading fedcif
aiitts to be monar chills in principle,
and of courfe to be enemies to our
federal convolution.-' Mr. AdamS
gjvas, on account of his principfes,
totaled tji the Chief MagiOracy,
and Mr. Hamilton is, to this day,
"e tavonte chief of his party.
"vVould republicans, would thofi
vho deteft kingly, or any other he
reditary governments, exalt to the
jaechiet raagittracyof a government
like ours, an avowed royalifl ? Such
juuu wouia Deme wuneic pnren
zy. No the men, mho in Ja& pro
Cured the deftion if Mr Adams-' -were
Toyaiijts. the men who arc now tht
Wuicat friends of Mr. Hamilton, arc
Thouehtherovalifts.orfederaliftkL
as they call themfelves, commenced
iaeir operations with the commence
'ntofthe government, yet during
adminiftration of Wamington
their march tho fteady. was cautious.
' at inaenible patriot, always ef
-tmca Dy tric republicans, was aL
nate by ahe federalifts, he4
cauie he was known to be in favor
oj the popular .eleaive fyfteml
fcncf nis miegrity t be jn
carruntihU w. r
prooaoiethat their projeds weit
explained, but his oerfonal friend
JjP for, and confidence in fame of
ye party, whom aither accident or
trign had placed near him, enabled
nera in tome inftinM ;.
Jfent him, to betray him mm raea
res plaufiUB indeed, but which i,
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ud!! ,tcndene were indifputably
tothewholeten6ofh
k.,,.:: .t?-!nc principles
-W, ttChjnftanccsliQW.
. ver were lire far we do notccufe
Jiirniora m.ntaT appropai wn pr aniir:
reDubiican Ugiflativemeafurcs, mctc
iv becatlfe he did not eonftder it ex
pedent to oppoie to tnem nis con
ftitutional veto. . . I
Xhe.d when this great man reti
red from; the government was a day
of iriumoh. Having jy their ad
dreisfsf mild epithet, p rcu red themfelves a
cHiif on hofey cofoperatib fhey
mihtjreiheysleemed detarmined
trf cedeera the time jthey had loll UfX-derv-:riw
-predecencNv Hayirlg obf
tained a diftinft majority, in the 1c
gtfiature, ha.vipg early fejsefl on the
judiciary, they were became com
plete mailers of the field. All the
powers of the government we r in
theiir handand they were all ever
ted to'oroftrate every obstacle to the
ftaliiiirlment of their favorite fyf
temi Cautioq was at an end, hence
forward trieir a'ttacka on.Jthe confti
tution, our citadel of liberty were
operi, inciffant& alarming. ITbi trace
them in all their raoveraents oF;hof
tility, would be to write a hiftory
of the meafures of the gavernmcnt.
Few indeed were the meafures that
did not dire&ly or indirectly tend
to advance this great plan of federa
lifm; but Whatever might be the
mode in whifh they were to operate,
onediftinguifhed principle pervades
the whole, they were all, excepting
their meafures of terror, calculated
to create and to expend an indivi
dual, a particular in 1 5 re ft, lcparate
and diftjnft from the gemeral inter
eft of the community and tocrtgraft
that particular intereft on then fyf
tern in fueh a manner as that it
fhouldbe underftoed that they were
to (land or fall together
The Ijmtts of an addrefs will ad
mit of lhtie more than to name the
moft prominent of the meafures that
were direeled , again ft the popular,
the republican fyft?mt in fhert,
againftUibecty. in the front rank
appears! the funding fyflem, a ma-
lure
m
niteltiy unjuft, inasmuch
as the
Veil creditor ar the public
was thbeby Compelled to contri
bute topay thi whole arriourit of the
very dept . whjch in reafon and juf
tice was (1 11 iue te himfelf, to the
gambling fpVulator, who, biting
advantage' rf hia neceflitiei, hd
purchased ,th : paper on wh-eh was
recorded the" evidence of that 4eb;
a.t one eighth part of the amount of
the debfi Tf injuftice of lhii.ac
will bey .r ba forgotten. The ibl-
tdicr to Jwhoni we weri indebted for
dur liberty, !e who pufchafed it. ar
the prite of is riealth, and of his
Blood, it) it i true, has beeri depri
ved of th pittance that ha;d bean
promifed Him:, and the price of his
blood has b-cf . paid tt his proud op-
l preSbr;5 but fre Idier is poor, and
nimieit ani hs injuries are forgot
ten ; but the'trtetts of the meafure
on, the politic) of our cauntry Will
long beeraembered.
The debts of the United States at
the timp theyj were funded, were
nearly as folloya The whole debt
aue ortiinall)! to our own citizens.
or various defcrptidns forty milli-
orurof dollafe, but worth at the
market i TirifTv-i mnr !, tkln tri 4
but iet !i$'beeftimated at thirteen
millions of dlllars. The debts of
the teveral fla es for which the cre
ditors hid no (pretence of claim , r
gainit the United States, and which
thereforfc, Ihotld not be included in
the eftiriate el the debts, reallv due
from th4 United States, tut which
wera affamed ly the United States
on iftillQW ani frivolous, pretences,
amounted to lie very ferious fum
cf eighteeh multona af dollars. If
we elUmlte thelalances due tothofe
lUtesfiwbch hjd performed more
than their proportion in our revor
lutionary labaai-a, at five millians
of dolhrt whicH cannot be far from
the truth, it W be found;that the
whole dibt of the United States at
the timdthe Uti for funding it was
epatteel, in trt h, and juitiee, a
mounted to no more than thirty
aaiUiohsiof dollpfrg. at leafl no more
han that fum Vis due to thole who
Hat law Weri reconied as ere.
aitprs, But thddebt when funded
fSiWyiii of doK
larsly thtififgIc operation then
7TT w innnnormou$ amount
of fi ttV milhonsot i0Har? Was ciea
tedou) of it tiothtncr n4 .e
worfe if worfi could be than the
injuwhd jaetfaw: the;prc
prietors of tht LVaft Wealth under-I
ftpoclhattheyjtfwed' it 4 tot federa
lilnit(forith meafure wis ftrenuauU
ly iippofed hy ithe repUWicaris) and
trwera faught to believe that the
ejKj!j$eree of ;4heir;Wearivended '
bnthe -fucceCs of that fyftem which
a createai:. f . ..-:
Thusjthe fecfcral Readers, in one
V: anet bv a linfflerrianof ii vre. in.
lilted' Under their banners, not in
deed an army c'poor foldiers, dref
fed in'. uniform, 'with rnufkets in
their hands, prepared blindly to
perform the work of defolation .and
murder ; but an army much : rnore
to be dreaded of rich,- and -confe-quen.t!y
influential men difperfed
over the union, who owed all their
wealth and all their influence to their
chiefs, t! and ; flood pledged blindly
to fupport tjietn in all tHeir attacks
on the principles' of liberty.
While thefe things were achie
ving by the jegiftature on one quar
ter, on the other the judiciary : were
making a bold and decifive a (Fault.
A fu i t ha d bee n . commenced again ft
one pf the ftates, and the fupreme
coujrt of the United States folemnly
decided . that an independent ftate
was. fubjecl, to be impleaded before
them, and amenable to their orders,
nd liable of courfe to be punilhed
for Cqntempt or to have: execution
"warded tzaihuVthem.: This was a
HwUation for (fovereignty which wtij
univerlally felt to be rather ludi
crous. It was. doubllefs a ; noble
ftride towards the accorhplifhment
of Mr Hamilton's, proiecl of anni-
hilatingthe ftate governments. Un
fortdnitely Jor federalilm, the ftate
fovereigntjes did not choofe to be
put on a footing with a corporation
or the lupport of a toll .bridC ;
they were not yet fufficiently , fede
ral for that ; they therefore united
ina conftitutional proyiiion.to check
this mroad of the judiciary.
The ltrupel s of the French na
tion to recover its long loft rights'
-xcited the fympathy.of the friends
of liberty in th;s country ; 'on: the
Contrary hcy w.ere objecls of regret
and terror to the federalifts; The
French revolution becaras oyerciou
ded ; itwas .djfjraced by violence
and criielty j ,it was fiained with in
nocent blood. The republicans in
America"- who cherifhd the pure
andjuft principici of liberty only,
have been to this day accufei of a.
betting all the horrible deed? of vthe
men who in France clilgraced the
name bf l bertyj a raoftoul calum
ny, and known to he fuch by thofe
Whd.uttered.it, ljayi liberty iti'
itiied. The horrors
of the Frenchrey6lutiori wjre faid
to be the certain fruits ef democracy,8
that is, bf a government entirely un
der the control of the people;
To enable fedefalilfcsto accornplilh
in our government the resolution
which they meditated j it was ne
cefTary to increale as far as polTible
the number of intlucnual men wno
fhould .be intereftcd in the fuppert
of their meafares To degrade and
bring into contempt republican
principles, and as, after ail, they
could not hope that an actual change
in our government to fhe monarchi
cal, hereditary form, fhouldbe per
mitted without opposition, an army
was indifpenfible to overwhelrfl re-
tilUnce. This is the Key mat-unlocks,
and places fairly before bur
eyes, all their lecr.et countus j oy
this we are enabled to difcern thc
confiftency of all their meafures. It
wasto accompliih this revolution
that the fundinr iyitem was pro
iefted arid carried into effe& ) that
the fovereignty of the itatea was at .
tacked ; that the public money had
been wafted with a piofuhon bor
dering on madnels ; that we have
engaged in the intrigues of foreign
countries, in them to nna a pre-
text for war, for armies, lor ueets,
for. an increale of expence, tor new
taxes, lor loans of . money at an un
heard of rate of intereft.
Thefe were the meafures of feder-
alilm, and by them its interefts ware
advanced, precifely in proportion
tn th inrreafe nf he nUDilC bur-
thchs. WehaveieerVhofts of puh
lie creditors, of tax-gatherers, of of
ficers, CtVil and njilitaryj all fold to
lliecaafe of leds"ralifriir' pledged to
the overthrow of republicanifm.
We have leen the plaiaeft, the mofl
'hi- '-rV: .. ' . C x
lneiumaoie or the rights ox man
held up 4o public fcorn tn pubuca
tions favotcd and fupportcd by . the
t '. ' i ' - y.
omters ot the eovernmentand ttieir
adhbrentsJ . Foreigners havei-been.
encimaged Jta.'.erecl preuffs'in the-
miait or ai repuoiicanpeopic,' ror
ridiculing 'ancl exedratinjeery.
principle of reD.ublicanifrjri-j and the
American preff'S weremofl of them
corrupted and' perverted!, , loathe
fame; lahbmimble :;pnxo, , XtSi
printer- was found jioeft' enough
to reftlfaduftion .and hribffind
bold enough to warn the people of
their danger cruel, arbitrary, and
unconftitutional laws were enacted,
under (ol(r of which he waS feiied,
.ftrippe f his prQperty,- nd coh
.clamhcd to languifh inprifon.- :
A gain ft the men vbo remained
faithful to'the caufepf liberty, .and
whofe talents ntade them bbjecli oiF
dread, to the federa Lifts, a mode of
warfare truel and bafe beyond - ex
ample was adopted. , In vorder to
deftroy their influence with their
fallow citizens and;to deprivethem
bf the power of making a fuccefsfUl
oppofition to federalifm, calumnies
without number, arid of mat chiefs
atrocity, were indented and circu
lated with a diligence which demon
ftrated itftp be the. efTe-ft qf .concert.
To them all without exception was
imputed every wickedness that has
beeh.known to blacken the heart bf
man they , were fpoken of hot as
men, but as demons : a great effort
was made to overwhelm them with"
infamy, to fet a mak in ,'ir fore
heads, and to drive them from the,
faceand (bejety of men.;, In forde
parts vpf the union, and particularly
in this lata, the attempt was atten
ded with too much, fuc-cefs. Here;
the republican, though his life were
without bleraife,. found himfelf at
once ftripped, ofreputaton and of
the efteem pf map and he was com.
pelled wiih pain tcTretriark a maj.ori
ty of that Very people whofe advo
cate and defender he waij uniUng
with hi? nd their enpmies'Mh their
attempts to degrade and deftVoyJiira.
This was indeed .and in truth 'th
REIGN bV TERROR. '
Federalifm was. every. whereri-
utnphant J its mfolence was accordii
ngly unbounded. The avaricious
and the ambitious, the man of lpleiu
did fortunes, apd or fplendid ta
leht, thofe (in Ihort who, under the
hew order of things, were to be rjo
bles and. mailers, were, with a few.
exceptions, efpecially in ihe north
ern flates; united in one firm, pow
erful phalanxi under its banners!
THfc people were found incapable
of I or iridifpofed to tefiftance. They
either cowered down through fear
or theyoined the eisemies of t heir
liberties, and applauded -iie inea,
fares calculated, to enthral theth;
The 5 firm -and intrepid republicans
were excluded from all, participate
on in the general or. ftate govern?
men ts they were every where tra
duced, profcribed, and perfecuted;
In ihort, ths fair fabric of freedom,
whofe walls were cernented by the
bed blood of our nation-ihat afy
lum, that laft, hope of the oppireffed
or man leemea ready t6 ml in
War to draw the attention of the
people from domeftic encroachment
to foreign danger, a ad an army to
execute whatever fhould be coni.
manded. frtmed all that was, want
jug and. ie were ..'abfolutely'.JinV
oil penfable, in order to open the
la a iccucot tht drama, and to cxhu
bit the bloody cataftrophe. To ob
tain theie,' the federalists, with
much art, fomented a quarrel .with
the Freaich Ration, and had fticceed
ed fo far aa to produce an open i up.
turej and Under the pretext or dan
ger of an inyahon, which every
man in the country of common lenie
and common information Knew to
ba impoliible, they procured an ari
my to bap laced at their difpo fa L
This wasto men of virtue and intel
ligence a moment of awful expecta
tion, of deep, of uhlpcakable
anxiety ; ;. - .r.v , ; ,
They knew that our deftintes wejril
proceeding rapidly to a icrifis, th'ai
we ware playing for the lift flak
left to the Human racaailiattnc
game was nearly ended;; ; The mo
ment was.at Hand- that was to decide
the q ueftibn. whether man: was ever
to emerge from the llatc4 off dprer
uon ana yaualage m waica, irop
the beginning bt time he had ! been
cruelly held orWas to. fink,figa
without further hope, into ths ix&k
abyfst The prof uUoa i wj-thwttch
the public morKWai f ojuand"
I na yw nicn- coum pov ronCeaie
from the public eye, burthen
that rapidly accurrtulatedKt he peo-
money at an u n exam pied;;intel
to iupply th'ar proffiprV aar
always an objel of jalpafj,tofiree-
meri, .and in this, inftan ratei :n
pretexts obvioufly. fhncerfir?d
which rendered ita'iti-ff
pfeious$4heiV thmg$ ectciiijpiio
pu bl ic'nji n 4 d i ft r mJhjmry
ThiiWas a happy, preligeSheien,.
lightened, patriot?' hbpecf hat the
ftumber of the people was .nearly at
an end, that they would foon awake.
Thank heaven, they did awakeitid
the proud edifice of fjederalifai. that
caftle of defpair, was laid f rooking
in the duftv
, A n ftle c rr cum ft a n cej fellow ai-.
tirens, which preceded the dbwn
fal of . federalifm, and; Which was
cenfiderad at the. time," by the Intel
ligent spen of both parties; asthc
harbinger of that eent, we re
cal-to your recolleclions, principal
ly becaule, in our opinio tii, it, de
monstrates the truth r of what we
have taken for granted that the
war. was confidered' as necsiTary to
th accampl lib men t of federal pro
jecls on our own g6yernrhet'it,Van4
that the rmy.waa raifecfj' hot to re
pel French irivafi on, btit to cruflv
4"epubjicantfm. The French govern
menfere inviting iufS toil meet
.,h.ean'hcnourable terma for the
purpofe of anaeavouijhg to piit ar
end, by treaty, to all fublifting dif
ferences; Mr. Adams called a' edun
cilof thofe federalifts In whom hb h
placed the moil confidehceinoriA - l
der to determine whet her the r inVs"-, r ! If1
tation fhould be accipted br: Ttjt v ' J V,
ed. It is well known. that theooun- I
j cil were divided ; in opinion t. tfiat i.
gathering ftorrrt home, arid too Vit
mid to embark junenterprweti
haardus as thaelof atVeptigtd"
n fl - i it, JtL i Ll. J
voice by force, were for pgace, and '
for wailtng'for a more aufpicious
time for the accomplifhment of '
their plans? that others impiet claj& .
mg. were for reacting all overtures
from France, and boldly meeting the
fhock of . confl'.clinff pririciples-jat
honria they knew that if imbaffa
dors werejrppomted, ' pea.ee would
be the confe-quence, for America
and Franca had no hftile. no con-
fliaiog interefts ; that the heceiTarv
confequence of peace mull be a dif
folution of the army t in fhort. that '
would he nreiinqujfhinV the
ground they had oained; rWhv
Ihould thay r on the fir ft an pear"
ance of thofe whom they expectrd'
to mecf and whom they were pre
pared to. encounter, efpecially as
hencaforward it was probable: that
the iiiength of the enemy would be
augmenting whiift theirs would be
cUminfpjng.
R c vol u t io ris are n e ver " a c co m -
Ponied without hazard. The bcl
deit tpealures are commonly the
molt fucehlul. Why , then (hould
they Wiit tora more tavcrable t4me
which1 probably would never ar-
i r.-. ,-y . . . '
fiver io reunquun the war with
France at this juncture would pro
bahly be a cowardly delertion ot
their. C4ufc, at the moment when 1 .
one vigorous exertion would fecure
us triumph, Thefe werethe coun
icls ol lorne of the leading; federal
I Its prtfenr, among whom it is faicl
wpicniuiiipnanariCKering. JLio
thefe things appear incredible to
you, fellow, citizens ? Perhaps you &
ao uot Know that when the ar.
my W4$ yoted, it was the advice of f
Mr. Hamilton that it Ihould amount
to hfty thoufand men. Perhaps1
you have iorgotien that an arrriy of
volunteers was cnliftcd in everv -
part of the union, the officers of
which were appointed by the exe- .'
vMitvw- ut uic -yiiiicfl oiaics, ana y
wag rtaccd at the dilpolal otthe : -Pr
efi dent. Perhaps yo u have ne- .
vcr heard that the secretary atW&r
4V.i i w fienry expresny rt"Conimen
led it ttithe ofheers ofUKaYrrnV
ol volunteers to encourage teh
liftraent; of thvit 'ctfof mA&atied
old arxcx. vAnd yct?&
iaie true, arid they: cfclery : .
lemn con It deration. r Jnhcfflouu ,
cil however-caution tirevaiieF; -iit-
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