The COLUMBIAN AND Balance, REPOSITORY. Driginal. “ HAIL SACRED POLITY, BY FREEDOM REAR'D ! " HAIL SACRED FREEDOM, WHEN BY LAW RESTRAIN'D !" BEATTIE. HUDSON, (New-YORK) TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1803. Hither the products of your closet-labors bring, TO THE EDITOR OF THE BALANCE. SIR, I BEL BELIEVE it is a very easy tafk to expose the wickedness and hypocrify of the demagogues of the day: It may in deed occupy much time and paper, to ex hibit in proper colours, the flagitious conduct of men, who have imposed on our fimplicity, by hollow and deceitful pro feffions of difinterefted zeal and patriot. ifm. ly on the ruins of a character deftined for The period at which Fauchet feduced of faction to the works of anarchy and con tufion. To this period fhall the future impartial hiftorian, while pronouncing the funeral panegyric on our conftitution, refer the commencement of American degeneracy. The corruption of Randolph is so notorious and palpable, that it is unneceffary to spend time to prove what is thus clear. He has now funk into the contempt and negle&t, which he juflly merits.. But, fir, there are, at this day, men who connived at his guilt, and who, aftuated perhaps by motives equally culpable, are now raised to ftations which ought to be the rewards of virtue and patriotifm. The malconduct of Randolph, èxhibited to their view, may touch their hearts, convince them of the inftability of their power, and operate as a cenfor on their future condu&t. Fau. chet's connection with Randolph did not only contaminate the Secretary. contagious touch of corruption had a powerful influence in our country. Commotions and infurrections pervaded Pennfylvania. Gallatin was in the forefts promo The But the labour will not be unworthy of the cause of truth: When directed to the expofition of political depravity, our confciences will approve the defign and virtue fecond us in the laudable undertak-fpicuous place of the union for the fediing. Though the profpe& before us may tious and difcontented, where her unprinbe gloomy; and though fuccefs to our en- cipled tools expreffed, in the most inflam deavours is rather to be hoped for than exmatory manner, her violent and diftorted pected, yet we ought not to be deterred fentiments. It was a period when the from holding up, in a confpicuous and de. worthy labours of certain eminent charting the holy work of confufion; drafting testable light, the distorted aspect of vice. a&ers, produced those tumults and infurfor meetings the most inflamatory refoluNo prudential confiderations ought to ftop rections, which so happily accelerated their tions, and exciting the rabble, maddened our attempts to ftrip hypocrify of the art. prefent promotion. It may truly be called by the intoxicating fumes of Whiskey, to a fignal epoch in the operations of faction. infubordination, difobedience and vio A Secretary of State affiduoufly courting lence. Such is the picture of democratic the touch of corruption. Democratic integrity. Such once was the morality of clubs erecting themfelves into Political Oracles, in order to direct the movements of government, and to awe administration into a compliance with their views and men who now ftand high in public confidence, at that time fomenting difcontentcherishing diforder-at times openly, but retary Randolph, I would fain tread light-oftener clandeftinely, inciting the fpirits ful mask of diffimulation. In this paper, fir, I fhall introduce to your view, a perfon once notorious in the annals of corruption. A perfon whose venality was incident to the first rudi. ments of a system of policy, which, by fucceffive improvements, has at length arrived to maturity, and is now practifed with fo much honor and glory to this country. I now fpeak of the former fec men who are now confidered as the most pure and unsullied patriots. "The precious confeffions" of Randolph, in the opinion of Fauchet, formed a burlesque upon the integrity of the pietended patriots of America. In the malignant language of French farcafın, he exclaims, "the confciences of pretended are extolled by the votaries of faction to In Faucher's letter, there is an article 64 Such a Prefident, "ed acquifition and fu "of Connecticut Rep "torejoice! This coing to our minds this mo events important to "dren, our country, a "to be forgotten. 66 66 66 66 A old age of the government s early decriped." Here, fir, fe and yield up our minds to ignant refleélions.. What! a affador thus bitterly fcandalize tegrity, becaufe one individofficial rank, ignominioufly truft! our national character by a foreigner-our govern. ed decriped, because a Gene.. olite and his coadjutors excit ons in one quarter of the unimple energy of truth might prefented as mere efforts of d.d not the evidence of facts orce itfelt on the mind. Our increafes, when we read the etween Randolph and Fauchet. private converfation (fays the r) of about twenty minutes, dolph's) countenance befpake he was afraid a civil war would ge America." The fecretary, ically deprecating the calami-We allow Mr. Jefferfon a great fhare of prehended from fuch event, licited the ambafflor to progence of British manevres in y, in which he alledged the ublic were deeply interefted. Tador promifed that he would. ry then fuggefted that, by the our merchants, with whom he ing with theolive bra tentates exchange no point of the fword. (fays he) the man on whom patriots tion perched on the r "caft their eyes to fucceed the Prefident, our rejoicing rifi "had forefeen thefe crifes; he prudently " from the afhes of fe "retired as he did to Carter's Mountain' Whilft I acknowled "in order to avoid making a figure again!ty of this fentence, I "his inclination, in fcenes, the fecrets of "which will foon or late be brought to "light." When a connection with fuch a man as Fauchet, is fo extremely contamnating, what credit is to be afcribed to the praife which be fo lavishly bestowed. connections, he might proceffary information refpecting erence of England in the the weft. In order to difcover ations of England, he asks a baffador for money, to prote&t of honour, agair ft the periecu. ritifh merchants, to whom they ted. The money he apparentor their benefit, in reality, I was meant as an carneft for the e was to make of his honor and We are told of Britifh inich was to be disclosed by d. Flour merchants were to be prove the fact. A fublime venality indeed, and which e been effe&tual, had not the beration been fo' foon detected. he development of British innot the obj, & of the fecretary. &tuated by other motives. H eftablifh the market price o! ; and as he had been bribed e was defirous of poffefling amto bribe others; or, in other purchase the confciences of patriots like himself, and to power on the corruption of e. He was uníuccelsful, and in obfcure and peaceful ignomithere are others, who have eximproved on his plans; whofe 66 prudence. We confider him better qual- But Mr. Jefferfon is a patriot, fo pure A FEDERALIST. REVIEW, OF ABRAHAM BISHOPS LAST ORATION. (CNCLUDED.) To few my candor towards Mr. Bifh. op, I felect one complete fentence from his pamphlet. A fentence fo grand, fo leaft it fhould fall undo Lawyer Caines, who, the Spectator, would Bishop's wonderful fig Caines tells us, that 66 66 66 one of his inftru&ti pers, fays, to ju fpeech, we fhould "that which it repref op's figures to be trie would, indeed, cut a pencil of Hogarth wo talk of pourtraying fu confiftencies," I regret that Abrah injured the excellence a flat contradiction of it, in the very fucceed fays, "Peaceable acquif the ruins of conqueft. On the next page, "This acquifition a palace from the mid It is, to be fure, no dinary that Abraham tradi& himfelf; but tha be fo treacherous as this inftance, is a lit ought to have good m In the course of the undertakes to give hi court of the governm Whether this account to that flate, or not, it is certain that many apply to at least one f It is afferted that Co ed by feven lawyers Nr. 29 "breath of thefe feven men are annually brought into new life, fix judges of fu"perior court, twenty-eight of probate, forty of county courts, and five hund"red and ten juftices of the peace." felected for their uprightness and integri These remarks of Bishop are general. "To each of thefe judges (fays Abra"ham) the filent language of the feven "men is conftantly founding like a cate"chifin in the ears of a child, "Remem"ber now thy Creator, left the evil days "come and the years draw nigh, wherein "he fhall fay, I have no pleasure in thee." Now, fuppofe we were to fubftitute for "feven lawyers," two families, and vary the denomination of the dependent officers, would not every candid reader recognize in this sketch, a tolerably correct picture of the fate of New-York? Moft certainly: For in no flate in the union, is the injunction "remember your crea. tor," so constantly founding in the ears of dependents, as in this. If any one doubts the propriety of afcribing to the two families the various appointments in this ftate, let him look back to the Balance of the ult. where, in the communica-junto of democrats hold all the influence, tion under the fignature of "No Party," he will find a fatisfactory explanation of this business. The mangevering of the families with refpect to the independent Col. Bruyn, is there plainly developed, in a manner that cannot fail to convince even the most incredulous. "Will any one pretend (afks Abraham) that a judge even of the fuperior Court "can act unbiaffed, when he is to decide between his creator and a man, "who calls that creator an USURPER, and him a dependent creature, into whom "is annually breathed the breath of offi "cial life, and who owes the prefervation ་་ of bis being to one of the parties.- "If the influence of these seven men naturally operate thus on judges of the fuperior court, how much more will it operate on thofe humble beings of the county and probate courts, and to "what boundlefs extent on the depend ent dust and afbes, which in the form "of juilices are exercising a feven doilar jurifdiction throughout the state." 46 It is a remarkable fact, that democratic writers, who profefs to believe that the people can do no wrong, are nevertheless the most apt to reprefent mankind as tctally deftitute of every moral principle. We are here told that even the judges of the fuperior court-men acting under the obligation of the moft folemn oath-men and where all the offices are befowed on it. I trust not? In the following paffage, Bishop carries his impudence and indecorum to a most fcandalous length: "We do not contend that infinite pow"er could not have created beings above || party influence, but if fuch were ever "created, they have not been placed on "the benches of our courts; for the judges of our fuperior court were fo eminently political partifans, that they "were appointed by the leg fiature ELEC "TORS in order to enfure an oppofition to the prefent order of things. Are "these impartial judges between feder "alifts & republicans. Wejdeceive our 66 felves, when we expect mere men to "be guided by fupernatural motives? "Could Mejor Wetmore have had any "confidence of fair trial, when his judges were appointed by his profecundi." 66 Bifhop has unquestionably many admi- We do not contend that infinite power 227 they have not been placed on the benches of our courts; for some of the judges of our fupreme court were fo eminently political partizans that they placed them. felves on a general electioneering committee.to promote the lecion of a party candidute. Are the impartial judges between federalifts and republicans? We deceive ourfeves, when we expect mere men to be guided by Jupernatural motives. Could ******** have had any chance for ed by his profecntor? a fair trial, when his judges were appoint Now I afk every serious, reflecting, candid man, either federalift or democrat, whether fuch a paragraph published in this ftate, with intent to bring our courts into contempt, would not fubject the writer, and juftly too, to punishment. But it is the very nature of such a jacobin as Abraham B ihop, to affail the dignity of the judiciary. I hope and trust that no feder alift or honeft democrat will follow his footsteps. Sich as are capable of feeling the obligation of an oath, cannot do it. In a note, Abraham bas advanced a lentiment to which I wish to call attention at this time. Speaking of the profecution of a democratic printer for flander, he fays," Having no constitutional check, the possession of "u limited power made it an immense object for "them to secure their own re-elections. We have already presented the basis of their operation: but "every military officer must, if he votes against "them, do it sec ealy or hazard his rank. Every republican, having a petition pending before the legislature, must adopt the same cautin orespect "leave.to withdraw it. Turnpike, insurance and "bank companies must remember their creator on "the day of election. To all pliable classes of men "has been offered something from the public stock "to insure their influence: To you, sir, be a pack. er-general of beef with hundreds of trusty federal deputies under you -To you, gentlemen, be sheriff's of our counties, with power from us "over every poor man in the state and with faith"ful men under you to be appointed by our judges To others, be ye no aries "of the county courts. public or inspectors of turnpike roads, &c. &c." Agricultural. EXTRACT. - OM THE PALLADIUM. lerstood that the Legislature contembounty for the encouragement of the Hemp in this State-the publication ng communication on the subject, may, be particularly useful. Its insertion er, particularly oblige one who intends date for the bounty. on the ground where it grew, about an inch thick, and what that will not receive is carried off to other ground, and after laying two or three days, turned with a fmall pole about fix feet long, then, receiving one or two days more fun, it is bound into bundles ot about 15 or 18 inches in circumference and immediately houfed from wet, until convenient time offers to put it into water for rotting, which is cone as foon as other bufinefs will admit. There being a small fream of water that runs thro' any farm, I have erected a dam which enables me to flow a pond about 5 or 6 feet high, wherein the Hemp is laid, (much in the fame manner that flax is laid for rotting) and after covering it with ftraw to keep it clean, the plank and ftones being placed thereon, the dam-gate is fhut down, and the Hemp being overflowed, remains till it is properly rotted, which is done in 6 or 7 days, if put in as focn as the latter end of Auguft or the beginning of September, the weather being generally warm at that feafon of the year -If put into the water the latter end of September or beginning of October, have let it lay 12 days. If the latter end of October or beginning of November, 20 days, unless the weather has been unil I choofe for raifing HEMP, common warm for the feafon, in that cafe Ech mould, as free from ftones, I have found it neceffary to be removed clay as poffible; care is taken looner, but have made a point of attend. ne foil thoroughly, manured and ploughed in the fall of the year,ing to the heat or cold of the weather, as when the water is warm, the Hemp will get a proper rot much fooner than when it is otherways. Ere County, June 8, 1804. HOD OF RAISING HEMP, A. B. nunication made to the committee of the Society. in 1789, by the Hon. JOHN Roxbury, and by them ordered to be fineis will admit; in the fpring ghed two or three times more, n harrowed with an iron-toothed 1 order to feparate the particles and leave them as light as poffi a light brush harrow is drawn orfe over the ground by which leveled fo as to receive the feed fter which it is marked out for the fame manner that barley and generally fown, calculating (it very good) at three buthels to If but niddling good, two and hels to an acre, The feed is rowed in immediately after fow. fine iron-toothed harrow, and fuffered to pals over it after by treading or otherways it njured, n. ed muft be of the laf year's nd will be benefited by lying lar a few weeks previous to its In general I fow my feed middle of May, (being govern feafon) a little fooner or later my Hemp is commonly fit to e eighth or tenth of Auguft, nown by the male hemp tuning ift at the time when the farina ; this is ealily difcovered by its when agitated by the wind or ha flick. My practice has been to draw the water from the Hemp 84 hours before the taking it up, leaving the weight thereon in order that it may be well drained, as in that cafe it is much better handled; then it is removed to a dry piece of ground and spread about 2 inches thick, and after remaining a weck or ten days in that fituation, is turned; and in 8 or 10 days after, it is taken up, tyed into bundles and removed into the barn, where it remains till I have leafure time to break and fwirgle it out; when barn-room cannot be fpared, I have placed it up against a rail fence, running the top ends between the two upermeft rails, letting it remain there.until proper have always found clear cold weather to time for breaking; for which purpofe I be the heft. My Hemp is broke and swingled much cepting that the first breaking is done in It is to be observed, that a muddy bottom wil thereon. to fet apart in the fi grown Hemp for that the male and female inches in width, fo t through; leaving the 6 feet in width, in one on each fide, ma and pull up all the m the feed-bearing Hen This procefs is F general pulling is do male Hemp moft flan ripe, which is kno brown; in wet weat liged to let it ftand til ber before it was fitt it must be tied in bu Hemp, and carefully to dry, or if that is n be laid on the groun two days fun, beat ou that flax-feed is beat then expofe the othe or two days, after wh beating, and fpread t leaves, &c. in a dry | then thrash it with a l hand, either way, til and after winnowing for fowing the next y The feed-bearing H days longer to rot th to the thicknefs of the the greater quantity of occafioned by its long I have always pre new, more efpecial dung, but new will the better to have it fall, With refpect to th raised on an acre o from 6 to 12 hundre pending on the qualit manner of preparing The expenfe of acre of Hemp, is n power to afcertain, g nefs being done at le time could be beft f obferve, that I can ra on my fmall farm, much with other bufir The prefent price with the bounty giv encourage the culture amounts to about 2 which bids fair to here, and I am ful own experience, that branch of agricu ture fuitable) can be carri vantage as that of r A man that unders swingling Hemp, will cle per day. No. 29. have no doubt that our farmers will foon 'be convinced of the truth of this obfervation. It having been found by experi ence, both in Europe and America, that Hemp may be grown on the fame gound for 20 or 30 years in fucceffion, without leffening the crop or impoverishing the foil-this alfo will have its weight. The last feafon I tried the experiment of railing Hemp on a piece of diked marth; the falt water having been kept off better than one year; after being ditched. I had a small part near the upland carefully dug and manured with old dung that was well mixed with fand, the Hemp grew to full height, and proved to be of the best kind;-this encouragement has occafioned my preparing a larger piece for further trial the next feafon, when I mean to make several experiments on the cultivation and cleaning of Hemp, and if any advantage (hould arife therefrom I fhall do myfelt the honor of communica. ting them to you as early as possible. " Donitorial Department. To aid the cause of virtue and religion. EXTRACT. THE TRUE AMBITION OF AN W HONEST MIND. EREI to defcribe the bleffings I defire in life, I would be happy in a few, but faithful friends. Might I choofe my talent, it should rather be good fenfe, than learning. I would confult, in the choice of my house, convenience rather than state; and tor my circumstances, defire a moderate but independent fortune.-Bulinefs-enough to fecure me from indolence, and leifure enough always to have an hour to fpare. I would have no mafter, and I defire but few fervants, I would not be led away by ambition nor perplexed with difputes. I would enjoy the bleffing of health, but would rather be beholden for it to a regular life and ap eafy mind, than to the fchool of HippoCrates. As to my paflions, fince we can. not be wholly diveted of them, Iwould, hate only those whofe manners rendered them odious, and love only where I know I ought, Thus would I pafs cheerfully hrough that portion of my life which cannot lait always, and with refignation wait for that which will last forever. Political. FROM THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. Mr. Ruffel, I HAVE fomewhere met with the fol. FROM THE CATSKILL RECORDER. IT is the common error of federal ef fayifts, in their reflections on the lamenta not WE "Very well rejoined the "Where fifty officers, in martial pride— ever will advert to the proceedings in 1796, TIRGINIA. - T NINETEEN Representatives to Congress. 1 |