Wreath. FOR THE BALANCE. THE ODDS....A TALE. BY ROBERT RUSTICOAT, ESQ. WHEN Cheetham, late, on grand committee 'Gainst Merchants' Bank, from New-York city, He was, by certain stupid creatures, Called "Printers to the State," befriended. He curs'd all his patrons at a dash :— "And yet the scoundrels all withhold the cash." And on the pies and pudding made a bold attack, Eating, however, his appetite destroy'd; In gloomy, sullen silence view'd the mangled field Then said the prating Southwick, with a leer, Then Barber 'gan to stare, (Tipping off his glass To let the bottle pass) "With us.". "I'm thinking," says Cheetham, with sarcastic smile, "While stupid knaves like you, FOR THE BALANCE. Diversity. [The "friends of the people," (as the revolution- COMMUNICATION. OUTLINES of the fpeech of Mifter L****r, Tobacco-man, at the meeting of the fociety of the friends of the people. as the immediate act of the Deity, and believe him to have been chosen by Providence" for the great purposes of repairing the ruins of the Sanctuary, and carrying the glory of the Great Nation to its height." While the prayers of fome of them are for "a durable reign," in general terms, others, as it endeavoring to rife in the fcale, of devotional ardour," offer up their heart felt vows that his reign may last as long as the remembrance of his brilliant exploits, his virtues, and his acts of benevolence," One would expe&t fomething manly and fpirited in the Military addreffes, but the foldiers feem to be more abject, it poffible than the Priests! Their obedience and their fidelity are declared to be unbounded. There is nothing conditional in their attachment. Even the Old Penfioners are ready to fpill the few remaining drops of their blood in their Emperor's caufe; and all join in a common prayer, that the inheritance may descend to his posterity for ever and ever Mister L****r role, and, adjufting his bandanna handkerchief over his fhoulders, obferved, that no member of the fociety could be better acquainted with the principles of Quids than himself: that they differed as widely from federalists as Rappee from Maccaba; but that he would not go for to say they might not unite on this here occafion, if put to the pinch -that he fmoked alfo the objects of the feds, who, how fomdever they might twist "As long as streams in silver mazes rove, the fubject, and wrap up their schemes, Or spring with annual green, renews the grove." were throwing nuff, as a body might fay, In looking at other congratulations from into the eyes of the third party. That as various public bodies, the whimsicality of the memorials in favor of the Convention their technical jargon often excites laughwere now ready cut and dry, he hoped ter. The directors of the French Bank they would be forwarded to Lancaster in tell the great Napoleon, "that public credit a whiff, and before their opponents had is confolidated, that commerce may now time to chew upon their measures. indulge in fpeculation, and may look forMifter L. then concluded in the follow-ward in time to a happy calling up of ing pungent terms :-"We need not fear, my fellow Citizens, no oppofition from the Governor, for I had a converfation with him a few days ago, when I made use of this, among many other arguments :-" Governor, faid I, “if you take any part against the Convention, by the living jingo, I will never speak to you again." 33 ELEGANT EXTRACTS. From the French National Gazette, the MONITEUR. beauties. The Clergy very naturally take the lead in a country fo eminently diftinguifhed, of late, for the purity of its moral and religious doctrines! The Archbishop of Rouen is rather modeft in his compliments to" the Hero whom the French glory in having for their Sovereign;" and in withBlessed || ing him " length of years to confirm their happiness and the peace of Europe !" But the Archbishop of Turin, the Bishops of Orleans, of Tournay, of Cazal, of Nice, of Aix-la-Chapelle, &c. vie with one another in the incenfe of fulfome flattery. They look upon Napoleon's elevation to the throne Fulfilment of the beatitude, Matthew v. 3- counts." ac From the language of the Agricultural Societies, we might be led to suppose that Bonaparte had taught them how to make two blades of grafs fpring up where only one grew before. He is celebrated by the Lawyers as the author of a code which has no parallel, and as the fountain of Imperial justice! But, perhaps, the drolleft circumftance of all this mockery of addreffing is, the intention of the Poiffardes, or fishwomen of Paris, teapproach the throne with their teftimonies, and with a declaration of their readiness to put to fea in the Imperial cockle fhells, to direct their courfe up the Thames, and to ftorm Billingfgate! Should they ever be bold enough to make the attempt, we are confident that our filver tongued Country women in that quarter would foon filence all their babbling batteries. The following toaft was lately given at a feftival in London: May Bonaparte's feet and sailors PUBLISHED BY HARRY CROSWELL, WHERE PRINTING IN GENERAL IS EXECUTEP The COLUMBIAN AND Balance, REPOSITORY. Editorial. "HAIL SACRED POLITY, BY FREEDOM REAR'd ! 66 HAIL SACRED FREEDOM, WHEN BY LAW RESTRAIN'D !" MERCHANTS' BANK. AT BEATTIE. HUDSON, (NEW-YORK) TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1805. Editor's Closet. THE democratic printers, from Callender down to Holt, are remarkable for the pliancy of their principles. Callender ces of this independent, and, we must add, T the very moment that the ter. Torifts (we mean the violent democrats) are abufing the moderates for advocating the Merchants' Bank, they advance a fentiment the moft vile and abominable, and utterly destructive of every principle of republicanism. They infift, that every legislator ought to vote on all questions, not according to the dictates of his confcience-not in conformity with his own opinion, but agreeably to the whim or caprice of those who call themselves political leaders. For inftance-in the cafe of the Merchants' Bank :-It was, in reality, no party queftion. Men of all parties But after all, if it is admitted that all were interested in the inftitution. The questions in the legislature fhould be fetcommercial and mercantile intereft, genertled by the mere force of party, and that ally required fuch a bank. But it happen- it is the duty of every member implicited that a few of the members from Newly to follow his leaders, ftill there will be fome difficulty in deciding who these leaders fhall be. Some uniform mode of defignating them must be adopted, or we may witness fcenes of confufion and divifion every feffion, as in the bufinefs of the Merchants' Bank. Shall age claim Jefferson paid him well: But the moment he withheld the reward, and refufed to be ftow an office, Callender got affronted, and began to tell tales of Mr. Jefferson. So with Holt.-He was faithful to the democrats, until they neglected him, and reduced his Bee to a thing, little fuperior in appearance, to a difh-cloth, and refu fed him the job of printing the laws in this diftrict. Then Holt turned tail, and he is now filling his paper with the most virulent attacks on the principal democrats in the ftate. A piece in his laft furnishes a pretty good fpecimen: Speaking of the federalifts, he says, 66 "They have triumphed over their an"tagonists; and little regard the morality of the means for obtaining to defirable an end. They have foiled their enemies "with their own weapons." York were concerned in other banks. They, therefore, were oppofed to this inftitution. Of course they chose to be leaders on this question, and required all of their party to follow them. Judge Purdy, Judge Hogeboom, and others, whose opinions, on former occafions, had been the preference? Judge Purdy and Judge emies," at any rate, we have not done it, refpected, were now ordered to refign up their independence, and vote, like automa. tons, as their felt-elected masters directed. They, with about one-half of the democratic party, revolted at this anti-republi`can idea, and voted as they thought proper, without any reference to party confiderations, or to the opinions of an interefted jew from New-York. The confequen Hogeboom are both old men. Shall po- We do not mean to admit the truth of the charge againft the federalifts. We are not conscious of having "foiled our en "with their own weapons." The federalifts employ no immoral means for obtaining any end whatever. If thefe are the weapons of democrats, as Holt informs us, be it fo-we cannot help it. "tween thofe denominated federalifts and 66 "republicans, and placed them in their 66 "lic intereft is deferted and facrificed." The plain English of this is that democrats will be true to their party until their intereft prompts them to defert it, but the moment there is money in the question, every thing else is abandoned-party, conflituents, public intereft and all. But the Bee goes further, and fays, that the federalifts have proved the truth of what they have fo often afferted of the unprincipled, avaricious and corrupt nature of republicans. The Hartford Mercury fays, "Mr. Jefferson is reprobated by the federalifts for purchafing and reading Callender's Profpe&t Before Us;" which contained fome hard things against the last administration." Not exactly fo, Mr. Mercury. The federalifts accufe Mr. Jefferson, not only of purchafing the book, but of purchafing it at rather a high price-in advance; and not only of reading it, but of reading it in proof, if not in manufcript, and of countenancing and encouraging the author. It is not the "hard things against the last adminiftration" alone that the federalifts complain of; but the open and direct attack on the conftitution of our countrythe vile, wicked, and infamous perfonal abufe of Washington, Adams and other great and good men, which the faid Profpect" contains. Refute the charge it you can, Mr. Mercury; but do not, in this crawling manner attempt to evade it. PATRIOTISM. This word is much ufed, but apparently little understood. According to the oldfchool definition, it feems to fignily fome. thing like Love of one's country; but our new philofophers have given it a meaning quite different. A writer in the aft Bee thinks that true patriots, and genuine re- Here, then, is the whole duty of a de- First, he must not defert his party. Second, he must obey his constituents.. Third, (if not against the wishes of his conftituents,) he may, PERHAPS, pay fome little attention to the public interest. QUALIFICATIONS FOR A MEMBER OF It "O what a fovereign cure for fcruples of confcience is this fame gold!" fays the laft Bee. As a commentary on this text, let us obferve, that, fix months ago the Bee was extremely zealous in support of Morgan Lewis, and the party attached to him. appears by a Virginia paper, that a It was then printed with old worn-out types; Capt. Robert Bailey, is a candidate for and it was declared that unless all the debts Congress from that State, and a writer in due the establishment were paid, new types the Impartial Obferver, printed at Lexing. could not be procured. The Bee now ton, (in stating his reafons for voting for rancorously opposes, and attempts to dehim) has taken the trouble to enumeratepreciate the men with whom Gov. Lewis fome of his qualifications, to vindicate his ranks. It is now printed with new types, character, and apologize for his failings. lately procured from New-York; and it is He begins (after the manner of an obitua now declared that one half of the debts ry eulogium) thus :— due the establishment, are loft 1-Now, then, let the dronish infe&t talk of bribery and corruption. "Robert Bailey is an affectionate huf"band, a tender parent, a kind mafter, and an obliging neighbor." Surely, then, he must be fit for a member of Congrefs. But let us go on : "He is a friend to his country in particular, and to all mankind generally. "It is true he has been an honorable Iport"er, and pray is not our legislators gener"ally inclined this way? But I do not with "to make this an apology for Bailey. I am "told he has entirely quit the practice of "gambling, and therefore, on that score, "there can be no objections to him. It "is not my purpose, as a voter, to make comparisons, but I do aver, that if the private characters of individuals were "as publicly fcrutinized as Bailey's has been, a very few indeed would appear "as good. [He confines himlelt, we prefume, to Virginia.] To prove his talents, 66 66 66 fellow-citizens, let us give him a trial, "I am certain he will not knowingly go "aftray, and believe me he is not cafily "led." Some rhyming democrat, produced a Song on the 4th of March laft, in honor of Mr. Jefferfon, and affixed to it, the appropriate tune of "Wille was a wanton wag." The fong itself, is like other effufions "Usher'd by a nation's voice. "Vive a la the constitution, "Freedom's temple from pollution, Bad as this is, we are not able to make more than two amendments. As "freedom's fons" are not perhaps willing to acknowledge that they juft begin to glimmer obfcurely' we would humbly propofe to alter the third line thus Freedom's sons again are yawning. and the first line of the chorus, on the 4th of March, one day after Randolph and Nicholson had introduced their anti-conftitutional refolutions into Congrefs, ought certainly to read, Destruction to the constitution Divifion and diftruft appear in every section of the country where this party has the afcendancy. It is crumbling in pieces like a rope of fand, and the feveral materials of which it was compo Time was when Cheetham would hard-|| reflecting men. ly permit Holt to kils his toe; but now, fince the Bee has joined in the hue and cry against the Merchants' Bank, the two hopeful editors hang together like pick-fed appear too incongruous ever again to pockets. Cheetham tells of Holt's "fpirited oppofition to tyrannic power, in times that tried mens' fouls!" and we are credibly informed that Holt blufhed when he read It was too the paragraph. No wonder. hard a scratch. CONUNDRUM. Why are certain democrats like blind beggars? Because they cannot see themfelves, and fo fubmit to be led by puppies, The Election, This day commences, and we find that the democrats have neither forgotten their tricks, nor abated their violence. A handbill, about a yard square has been issued from the Bee-Office, filled with scurrility, falshood and nonsense, with the view of defeating the re-election of Mr. Van Ness. It is, perhaps, to be regretted, that after the federalists have endeavored by all honorable means, to reconcile the differences, and allay the heat of party-spirit, in this county, and particularly in this city, the democrats will persist in spreading dissentions and sowing the seeds of discord. We yielded up to them a majority of our city-officers, although we had it in our power to put in a complete federal ticket-we acquiesce in their choice of Senatorial candidates, although they are both decidedly democratic-and we offer a ticket for assembly-men, composed of men of honesty, talents, candor and moderation. But all will not satisfy the democrats of this city. They want no such men. They will support none but the most violent partizans. Let them go on. The federalists will not be driven from the pacific ground they have taken, as long as they feel confident that their conduct meets the approbation of every upright and independent elector in the county—and that a great majority will support the following ticket : Peter Silvester, William W. Van Ness, Selected. FROM THE TRENTON FEDERALIST. The Democratic party in the United States, at the prefent day, afford an interefting fpectacle for the contemplation of unite. The parties formed by these new It we obtain that his day was paft, appears only to confult means of rewarding favorites, and he will exert every nerve to do it. is a fingular fact, and cne which has given much uneafinefs to the friends of the government, that all the offices in his gift have been bestowed on foreigners or federalists; perhaps three exceptions cannot be found; and yet this creature has the address to deceive our good Prefident, and keep in favor. Was I to attempt to defcribe the weakness, not to fay the turpitude of this man's political conduct, you would not credit it, and yet afk thofe who visit the country, and they will confirm the fact. Every villain if he can cringe and flatter a little, can either get a recommendation to the Prefident as a good patriot, a man of talents, integrity, &c. or get an appointment here, whilst the honeft independent citizen is left in obfcurity, to repine at the depravity and corruption every day exhibited to his view. Was I not an American; had I not ftruggled in the good cause; in a word, did I not love my Prefident, admire his adminiftration, I could with the federal gentry here, fmile at the These divifions, however, in the demo-growing profpect of federal triumph; but cratic party are reasonably looked for by my heart bleeds at the thought of feeing men of difcernment. It was thought im- the downfall of that cause, which has caupoffible for the difcordant materials of fed us fo ferious a struggle, and fo much which this party was compofed, long to uneafinefs. In confequence of the apadhere to each other. The first moment pointment and continuance in office of a they felt secure in their ill-gotten power certain Lewis Kerr, as Major, who is was the time for difunion, for then the spoils of victory were to be divided-all could not share alike, and but few be fatisfiedHence bickerings and contention, enmity open war. Inftead of hailing each other as brother patriots, it is now their principal employment to fhew which is the greater rogue, and really, in this undertaking, both fides fucceed to admiration! other. The feeds of divifion feem to have and wide. and FROM THE EVENING POST. The following is felected as a fpecimen of the manner in which Governor Claiborne is treated in the Louisiana prints.Extract of a letter from a perfon of correct political information in New-Orleans, to his friend in Augusta, (Geo.) dated Feb. 25, 1805. "Of the political fituation of this territory, I can give you no fatisfactory information. Every thing appears turbid and portentous; never did a darker cloud over fhadow our political hemifphere. Our governor, who never acted correctly in one inftance, appears at this time to be playing the most desperate game. Surrounded by a defpicable fet of foreigners and federalifts, he will receive no wholesome counfel. Letters were received here by the laft mail from Washington City, ftating the probability of our obtaining a ftate gov. ernment; the governor knowing that if an Irishman, and has rendered himfelt odious by the notoriety of the infults he has offered the people, and the illegality of his conduct, the council paffed a law excluding aliens from office. Kerr was confequently difmiffed, being an alien, but he muft not remain unprovided for, a report is now in circulation, that the governor recommended him to the prefident as diftrict attorney, vice Mr. Dickinson, who has declined his appointment, and Kerr,bas himfelt faid, that he would be appointed to run the boundary line between this country and Spain. This is the work of our upright governor. It fome change does not take place, I much fear that we fhall be ruined. If fome event does not occur to open the eyes of the Prefident, I will not undertake to fay what may happen, but I hope for the beft, and fear the worst." And the hand of Jacob was in all this thing. Col. Burr, it is reported, (fays the Political Regifter) is to be appointed Governor of Louisiana, in the room of C. C. Claiborne. This we do not, however, believe, for we do not think Mr. Jefferfon dare difplace Claiborne; "this creature deceive our good Prefident!" Ha! ha! But that it is defigned that Burr fhould be chofen in his room, as foon as the Louilianians can have an election, is, we, doubt not, very true. FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF DEAN SWIFT. RESOLUTIONS WHEN I COME TO BE OLD. NOT to marry a young woman. defire it. Political. INAUGURAL SPEECH. [The editor of the Evening Post, has published an ceeded. They gathered around their pub. lic functionaries; and when the conftitu. tion called them to the decifion by fut frages, they pronounced their verdict, honorable to thofe who had ferved them, and confolatory to the friend of man, who believes he may be entrusted with the controul of his own affairs. "No inference is here intended that the laws provided by the flates against falfe and defamatory publications fhould not be enforced. He who has time, renders a letters from Jefferson to Callender (the originals Jervice to public morals and public tran of which are now in the hands of the editor of Edit. Bal.] INAUGURAL SPEECH. quility, in reforming thefe abufes by the Jalutary coercions of the law. But the experiment is noted to prove that, fince truth and reafon have maintained their ground against falfe opinions in league with falfe facts, the prefs confined to truth A celebrated Scotch writer informs us that even in the fifteenth century a new fyl needs no other legal reftraint. The pubtem of ethics had been invented for public and opinions, on a full hearing of all parlic judgment will correct falfe reafonings life, which difcards virtue as a fuperfluity &ties, and no other definite line can be rejects integrity as an incumbrance; and truly the philofophifts of the eighteenth century are not a whit behind their predeceffors in their morality. drawn between the ineftimable liberty of the prefs, and its demoralifing licentioulnefs. If there be fill improprieties which this rule would not restrain, its fupplement must be fought in the cenforship of public opinion." Who could believe that it was this very man, who himfelt firft fyftematized calumny in our country ? If the artillery of We will now present the reader with an extract from the Speech before us,containing such a strain of imposture, as must amaze a man of honor to hear of, fuch a "folemn banter on the credulity of the times" as would move the gravest to laugh-the prefs has been levelled" against the adter if laughter was not altogether restrained by indignation and contempt. "During this courfe of adminiftration, & in order to disturb it,the artillery of the prefs has been levelled against us, charged with whatfoever it licentioufnefs could devife or dare. These abuses of an inftitution fo important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as they tend to leffen its usefulness, and to fap its fafety. They might perhaps have been corrected by the wholefome punifhment referved to and provided by, the laws of the several states against falfhood and defamation. But public duties more urgent, prefs on the time of pub. Not to be over fevere with young peolic fervants and the offenders, have there. ple, but to make allowance for their youth-fore been left to find their punishment in Not to be peevish, morofe or fufpicious. Not to tell the fame ftory over and over to the fame people. Not to be covetous-the hardest of all to be kept. Not to neglect decency or cleanliness, for fear of falling into naftiness. ful follies and weakness. Not to be too free of advice, nor trouble any but those who defire it. the public indignation. "Nor was it uninterefting to the world that the experiment fhould be fully and miniftration of government, he it was, Thomas Jefferson himself, who applied the first match to the fufe. Who eftablished and patronized the National Gazette, that incendiary paper, that infamous vehicle of defamation and fedition, whofe principal object it was to write down the Washing adminiftration ?-Mr. Jefferfon. Who contributed by his pen and purse to fupport the Aurora, in the hands of Bache, with the defign of lying down the federal adminiftration ?-Mr. Jefferion. Who had the infinite meanness to hire and pay a foreign knave, to make a trade of caJumny, for the purpofe of deftroying the fame of his competitor for office?-Mr, Jefferson. Jefferson. Who paid the fame libeller for branding the fame of Washington with the fouleft flanders that language could fupply ?-Mr. Jefferfon. And who afterwards, with confummate hypocrify, polluted his tomb with his tears ?Mr. Jefferfon." unaided by power, is not fufficient for the Who took money out of the public Treaf propagation and protection of truth? ury to reward the mifcreant that wrote the Whether a government, conducting itfelt Profpect before us ?-Mr. Jefferfon. in the true fpirit of its conftitution, with Who has contrived, in every fhape, to rezeal and purity, and doing no act which it munerate the wretch who, under the fignawould be unwilling the whole world fhouldture of Fafper Dwight, poured a torrent witnefs, can be written down by falfhood of abufe on the name of Washington ?and defamation. been tried. You have witneffed the and affections a third traducer of WashingThe experiment has Mr. Jefferfon. Who took to his arms [cene. Our fellow citizens have looked ton's fame and complimented him on the on cool and collected: They faw the la-fuccefs of his labors ?-Mr. Jefferson. tent fource from which thefe outrages pro- Who with his own hand charged Wah Not to talk much nor of my felf-very fairly made, whether freedom of difcuffion, hard again. SOAME JENYNS remarks, that he who exercises no trade or profeffion is impofed on by every one, without any power of making reprifals, He is like a man in the pillory, pelted by all without being able to return it. He has but one chance, which few men's fituation or abilities will admit of, which is that of retaliating upon the public. [Port Folio.] |