Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

It gives the most sensible pleasure to the true friends of the United States, that the requisitions and recommendations of Congress meet with such universal approbation, as well from the Legislatures as from individuals of all ranks, especially the old and decided Whigs. The spirit which animated us during a long and bloody war is reviving: Old Massachusetts shakes his reverend head; his thousands rise to enforce the calls of policy and justice. The people of this commonwealth were long since convinced of the propriety of aiding Congress: the impost was therefore granted very early: the grant is now in force; and the supplementary aid, as recommended in April, 1783, is now under the consideration of the Legislature. This will undoubtedly be granted in season, and agreeably to the resolves. Add to this, that a full compliance with the requisitions of September, 1785, has been acceded to, almost unanimously, in the House of Representatives, and will not meet with delays or obstructions at the other branches. Wise and just measures to sink a part of our own particular debt have been adopted with deliberation and good temper. So that we feel once more, returning confidence in the wisdom, the justice, and the energy of our country.

Rhode-Island, too, has set a fair example, by a full compliance with the resolves of April, 1783, and September, 1785. New York and Georgia surely will not pursue those measures, any longer, which have made us, for three years, a prey to the savages of Algiers, the common plunder of the commercial States of Europe, and the ridicule of the world.