The North-Carolina Journal from Halifax, North Carolina • Page 1

HALIFAX: Printed By ABRAHAM HODGE. wmsSSSSSSSOBOnm Two lialf dollars MONDAYcptdrriber 13, i8ot2f favourite the first born of fertiMicanism rfie'vilflin the range ftf an Indian toma -KWt, or a'Brilish musket, i'wr Callcndirt Richmond fiecordcr. IT. is painful for a man of speak often to" the public of hi own -om erni BuL suppose, that a private per- shall be attacfc'ed, at once, from twenty prVsvr, that he has alike' rdused the rage or' faithless iMfiuk and irhplicable enemiesid: as a species magnanimity. 'Granted.

But if ri'vrr, and a lew other active characters had just as magimnimbus, Mr Adams would at this day have been president or the c'ountry might have been consumed in the flames of a civil war. Wlie-. ther is he' the most valuable partisan, that when the bullets are whistling, or the bonib shells bursting, rushes right forward in search of Or he who skulks in the casements of tjbe garrison, or behind the baggage of the rear lilt the assault has been' repelled, or the battle has been won and then crawls from bis hiding place to pilfer that fame, or that plunder. Which thefuiri- hat name laie in exer-ratton shall connect in -wuli- those fit sumc inu resting efa- ji'iuris. i ui nit cim 0111, mat jMcxuiata 'have boon affirmed and consequences iiifer-'rod, which aie entirely Assuredly, hi a nirittcr unconinion and harrassing like tins, lie impartial part of the.

"world wiil pardon a person for speaking a few words -'of himself. But before proceeding l' this point, it seems adviseable to take a ret ro- spect of some recent and interesting circumstances. It is known that one of the edUors of this paper wast udcr Iheseditioij act, to pay fine of two hundred dollars. It is also that, this, some other trials of the same kind, -a very general abhorrence was excited againsi die authors of I he law aid llihli for these and other enormities, Uiey wve deservedly projected Vwir -'th'-i It' was to be expec ted that the successor to the federal to the laihcr of the sedition and the, stamp consider the. victims of that statute, is ing been sacrificed in his lie t-would recollect that they had only promoted 1 ue restoration American liotrty, hut that "they had enty live sandUfildrs "jvr aipium, Ut lourjearscer tain, a JiO was not, bcloreluind, 'erbui dt ned with Towards' 1 fit's pci.ple Mr.

J. as stV tr tu to. vc scer.ee or.gra: ittule gialnui.e, as i Imutu-i best js hardly eivabie I hahie imisi i.ave felt. Hr.s---T-tor-iar-ii of tr Kwian em' prrcx paiiale itii horror base reitun" which Otiavi-ns made, to the. services and the con-h Jeme pi CUem.

In painting the vices aat the crimes Tiberioas, (he pencil of -Taciiu'bas' exhibited, some of his most su-; bbme eli'orts. One of ine darkest shades 2 in itidl VHi'k fcirig pict nre lias" beeh 1 -placed in the despot's' irigraliiu te to Gormanietis, his benefactor, at cl his rival. In describing tne thariit (er ot Charles the second, even his i admirer, the celebrated HuffiCj has in the very last sentence of his history, been the all that' is 'great! iu open consurnafion of ah act ivliricli tends 10 subvert, the piJicy, the happiness, and even the existence' of this JTiY supposed that; at (he time when Mr. Jefleison wrote so smartly eoncerflinjf ntgroes, when he ei-ieavoured Mo much La belittle theAfricarr race, he harfnoexpecfa tion that the diiefrnagistrate ol the United Slates was to be the imyleader in shewinir that his opinion was erroneous; should chue an African stork' whereupon he was to engra ft his own descendants. Duane and Cheetham are not -worth a.slc-ing ivhether this a fie or not JJut censor Smith is requested to declare whether (lie Jioitineiil js a I EJJkRAI.

XT SXEl'K ES STATION? Mate! Alute 'JVIotcf'-; Yes very mute 1 will all those republican prinltrs of political biographical information be tipon this point. 1 Whether they s(ir. or nof'iheir. must feel themselves like a horse in a omt k- I hey will plunge deeper arid. deeper.

iinn nu iosisia ee can tsavp 1 The writer of this piece has been ed as callable of 'sclliiw hhmtdf a Rr the irnpeaclimc-nt was madflr by a prihter, who is iutiieconfi.ieiK'e n(- JefTersfon. The president had the uimo.V Teason to believe that the w-as an li-r fii'linn Tl.u-- ti isK-e stile. U'e, at once, selected antl an pealed to (be testimony, or belief, of UC'SOllS. lo were ini-innt" X. with tne- sitiration of Callentler.

a'. w. viHllll rind of the pretended project of sale. These iL-crn rci 1 1 1 a isiat-i, ir. jaines Ke-holds, JVlr.

John 'Buckley, Mr. Smi-h lederal. Marshal' of Pennh-nnin an. i. Matthew Carey, bookseller, wnose has been heard ot in ever count vnA iier of the United Si.iio ...1 nar- inoiused wnii the fe-llinys of tmu.r-., dehaiice.Itlie IViinds of iir.

Jerersou are convinced of his innoce ice. tr.r!, maice an appeal or the same sorl. if-ih, .1. 1 i rest in silence, or if they Cort'ent ihenise'vefs with resting upon $iriral denial, Jhuy tBn. too blaik to be sUni-red (6 remain upence.

We should be 'o-fnj i its relulation. give it to. the world un- der (he firmest belief (hat sucha lef'uiation never can be made. The Ai-jucAN vtNua is said to Offic iate, as lioust-keeuer at Mnn, L. cello.

When Mr. Jeljeron has read (his article, he leisure to esiima-p nr has lieen lost or gained byiTaTiTuh-" kfAttnl rl JAMhS T.rCALLETDER. hear (oat our younMutXTTo sip.ent begms'to give himself a great utm-berol airs'ol importance in Charlottes and (he neighbourhood. Jciferson, as w- presume, cannot, and Madison dull, not, if we an help it, be next president, i he're-puhlicans rtjust iiiake and look about mem. rrnm uie ANTI-UeM'ocr'at Calleiukr pr ihis a paper at ir anti js-mostiy niieer-wiinns own w'ritiWit He writes with vehemence, with and often with much argument.

Ie nasi lately with much force ami propriety, certain measures of 'the Virginia legiMdiuie, ami nas aoiy exposed sorre of their scandalous 'conduct, to'tiie eves of ih Hi observafions reprinted in this dav' Anti-Democrat claim dtierlion. -'Duan sinnrts but cannot reply. Cheetharri he has stiffened. PoorjDuane isifi a miserable pickle. Ca'l-lender has been pom ing hot lead dow hisf throat, and promisesv still more.

Duane gives us sonorous defence, much likethtj l.l.rvlil.. i.i V.U l.r,.-. J' ed. Whatever are CalleniV 1 1 i. fciis vii iid 1r.11 Limes Diiane.i and in hahdli a pigmy to him.

Duane devilirv, a i lAI.A most to has commence! Viers of all th Aft ifimiman he a wr 1..,.. II Iid 111(1 III W.UIIUI -Ext 1 1 ro (The conclusion tfatjhe president'and hissecrefary are twin charat leri ana that, lie republican niajority of congress are, like soneof David's psalms "wot her tritd tht i sume Tin; siirTeiers undei the sedition act, A'hthew Lyon at fhtir 'htatt, slwuld Jiave recfived sfatufory compensaticin for the fines of 'which they were robbed, for the caltmny, the and the imprison-me(it, which they' suffered. Jo such com-pen' alion has leen suggested, while JVlr. Jelftrson was writing a letter of compliment, and congress were passing a vote of thapks to Slerrel, the muiderer; while ihirty-iwo thfidsand dollars were taken from die tr easury, for the reparation of ihe "Uerteau hile eight dollars per da) beside travelling expentes, were voted lor to treat with Indians, -'foi this un grateful aiidalrocionL omission, as well as tor many other reasons, the present repub--licarr leaders, wlh Jellersonv and -Madison in thetront of them, have lurfeited ihejust conrtderrce of their adherents, They deserve-to be deserted disthargedto be despised as wik, and 'lo be-detesreifa. A.

To be continued. Till: PRESIDENT. AGAIN. Tt ts vvell known that the man ttfinm it to honour; and for many jars past has kept, as' his coneuhine, oneof'hrsown slaves. Her name is The name of iier ldesi son is His features are said to beat a.

striking ah hough' sable res.eiiiiilante to tlioseot tlie president' frimelf. i The by is ten or twelve years of age. His mother went to France in'the same vessel with Mr. Jeflerson and hfs Iwo daughters. The delicacy of (his anange-ment must strike every person i of coiri jion sensibiliiy What a subliniepattern for an Americaa Ambassador' to place before the eyes of tfro young fedies If the easier does not leel liimself diyoi-ed to pan we beg leave to proceed.

Some years atl' story had once or i vc ice been hinted at in Rina ederahst, At ihuAime, we believed the surmise to be an absolute Oneieason for thinking so was this. A vast body of people ished to bar Mr. Jefferson from the presidency. 1'he eslablisJwienKif'tliU sin cle. fact wouIj have rendered his election impossible; We' reasoned thus "that if the allegation had been true, was sure to have ascer tained and.

advertised by "his enemies, in evefV corner of the cpntinenl. The-nrr predion sp decisive an enquiry serves to shew that the common sense ol the federal parly was over ulled by divine providence. It was the predestination of the supreme be ing that they should be turned out that they should be expeWi'ii trom ollice hyjf pojiuturiiy of a whit at that in stant, was lying lettered and gagged, con- sumeu anq exunguisoen at meir teet do not wish to give wanton offence to many very good kind of People Cori cerning a certain sort ot -connection, we have already stated "that, "of boys and batchelors, we have said nothing, arid we hare nothing to say They "will be pleased. llierelore, to stand out of the way. When the king of Prussia as upon the point ol hghung the great decisive battle ot Lissa, he assembled his principal officers, and un der the penalty of ftis'ulmost contempt, 'ex horted them to bravery.

In the midst of this address, art old veteran dissolved in to tears, My dear general' saitl Fre deric, "Idid notrej'er tovov." Some of our acquaintances are, tipon the same prin ciple- requested to belie) that we do not, in this allusion, feier to them. He ave formerly staled thai supertnaitent pretensiotis to chastity ure alivuis uspki.ohsl, was suhicientiy plbin to sliew that the Re corder does not desire to set hp a'manufac turc ot wry laces. 1 he wrijer ol this essay tloes not bear (he 'slambjuLa ScoLs presby- j'tcrian parson of the Ust century. But still i we all know thai some inings may be over looked, which can hardly be'-'excwsetl and which it is impraCticaDie either or 1 even to viniiitate. is Human nature, and tu is human liftv One of our "is nobody, ot Whom lometliing disagree- aore may not oe saui.

-i By this wench Sally, our "president lias lias several cluicm n. here is not an unli ividuid in of 'Charlottes' villo' wiio does not believe the story, not ,.1 lew who know it.v If Duane sees ihii account he will not prate any moie about the treaiy be i ween Mr. Adams and Tottssaiut. Jlahold the con. pelled in lamen the baseness ol ins cor-duct towards men 'o'f ers7 fo toe wit ol Hnltr.

andlhe vebemeiiteof Drvden. to- ai ds men who bad varnMied his vices, live tiuisc iiui iiuiii'i The man who is, himself, divested of all. courage, may fear, as an enemy, him that has much of it, but the dastard must likewise despise him, as a fool. Td love and Hate the satne things.wys Sallust, thai, indeed is true friendship. 'Between (he nun ot firm ness, iherv-iore, and the man who wants i(.

between the man who flies from the defence of his ccruntry and the ma who hastens to defend it, there" cannot beipophed a sincere bond of union because, in the contrasted essence of the two mTnds there grows up an iuvincilj-eand in-exlihgushable prinTfd. of distrust and repulsion. Here lolfows a case in point. Fourteen years. "Madison wrote a book' it The' subject was inter resting.

The a man of The publication of his volume Would have bven of infinite service towards the resistance of federal usurpation and rapine. But either Mr. 'Madison was dissatisfied, "with the part which himself and bis friend acted in the course of his nai rative or he vva afraid of provoking (he revenge of the fractal party or perhaps motives of botfi kind, combined- mind. with "Hii impression of tear. The result was thai the vidiiriie remains in his closet.

The vahi-ty of an author 'and the interest ofimankind were sac'i iliced to the wise but sordid consideration ol personal tranquility. It is clear. that this ma must have pitiedordespised the lenient) or those writers, who exposed tfiem-selves to the itdlons of the sedition act. He would mot have clone what Ihey did. Hence iiedisa'ni)rtved of their tonduet.

Ii is true that he published a refutation of the constitutionality of thitl law. But he did this in the name ot the general assembly of Virg. Heknew that he did not run tne Smallest chance of personal danger. The sensibilities ol an author could be gratified without (Le peril 'of persecution. The pamphlet vas to pave the ay to the tuture othce ot setrt'tary of State, with a salary of live thtiusaud dollars.

In the catalogue of iis failings Mr. Mauison cahnkit, with justice, enuiiTef Terthe" eakiVesT6T despising mo- ney. But all this certain acquisition of literary ijine, and all this probability of presidential wouhl have sunk under the ihar.ee ot six of imprison, merit. The refutation of the sedition act, like the history" of the proceedings nj the federal cvnxenti.on, would have been consigned to verljsiir.g This is tliaKele-' brated who could act with" so much eakness, that a man ho could write what hedurst not pubii-h. This, is that man, who suppressed his narrative of.

the foul deeds of the'convention; that man, who chose, to hide frtSrn-his constituents a niass of knowledge; that man, who sbruiu Ironi' his most sacred 'chrty, both as a li'islot'iaiv and a citizen. And what impelled Madisi-n to att thus meanly hat induced an author to renounce the re-w J' (I of his labours, to sutler the rip's harvest ol his literary fame to rot on the stalk unreaptd Thi-. prolouiid slaleman, "ihis intrepid was- frighted trom. hi pur pose. Our' seciclary tiembled, by antici- p.atioit, it paragraphs ct a newspaper, nr the pages, ol- a pamphlet: By the way, wiieii the British, ere ut when Coruwallis was burning IViersburidi when Clark' conquered your North Western em pire, when the colotirs.ol Ijeorge the third vvtic sir at York (own, where then was it pdssibl'; have discovered this nionopo- ii-ioi repuoiu an iirnuessr as ne at ins lather's fafm mriiiige ciiunty was lip be- )oni tne txue mountains-; ne, w-itn so many orLLU.se men mat are naw caueo lone.

tighrirn; in' tlie battles til Am'ericaf evecu 1 1 rs tio'cr hie, jhMriJUAdisuii; a siiTit lired iirahger. L'ike the 1a'die iiat luviivver snx tlic xindKe oj tin i). IJ.11 ing (he whole eieM years ot War, ne never once Tins was 1 accounr-Ol the "proceedings an i debit' es ol the general convention, hich I railed lot: lethr.d constiiiition. Ii, a lomier n.i lef," aecouul was given 01 the circums.ance, and supporln-isabroiie. a pri-" vate station.

He bad bvfn indehieU lor bis 'txaltahcn to comj'Ui alixc opulence to exertions ol a nuniefi-Us body it republican par--ir tizans. As an'individiial, he hd nnthinQ. ll fou'is (lie ol tbt'to; us ot Mt' that, in his whole hie, he peter wrote a article for a nevvs- "4' 'a jer; is (hit) it lu be. thaiik'tu to the pei Sons ln AA or the puh-v li what rMct'iihl have belter. And if the secretary of stati'i or the.

citizen in ittii (went, o) the vice president, wild a sipeture. salai y'of live tlHniaTTd dbi-lau "a chti'e In sttm'U be ci oe to siiut bis eyes, wera to ruin.rp oecency requued tnai lie should at least iiae thanked those more ad- ventur us aiul estiintili; itizens ho rush- ed to tbedcrcrce "of "(lie rampart o( lib-rty, an who plunged its almost vicnimus in tie iilpli of popular (ltiesiation. man '(tH's, that liic 'ot Nert-Voik titnied.fJie scale, at Last election lor, president. Iuis quite as centaHi lie party wtite much. 'ift'tebt-eu lor tiiisrciiiltMC enicnt to the vigour and vigilante Aaron Burr.

In' this point of view ice" prei(U'ntt 'difcrved iiilinit.e ti.a i.vk's frcin the 'rcpuMit ans-; bile the ttniAtie and even imliHerence ol 'Mr. JcllVrsoh deserved none. His hiciuU alTecti'it to represent this ilastanpy reserve Five it'tlen tiers tried untler the sedition act. In the Recorder of April '3, 'Puaiie has been errneTfycii)crati(led this He fas uttfiicientVpersecut-; ed but as hir as. can recollect he was iiiivr.4ihrtef" ft otily rJop in to- the federal ifazrrn of- 'Rich-- 'moiid to say the respectable part of t.iin weie ol tlmr trial, a ltd tncti 'I lr-- have niecoine sensilde, this iili.iir of the principal cad- lies, of the expulsMiu of president.

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