The New Hampshire Gazette

From the AURORA.

THERE is no baseness too base for Toryism to resort to. The following article has been copied from the Portland Gazette from which it has been copied by several despicable prints-the Palladium has only given the malicious slander in general terms. When it first appeared in an insignificant print in this city, we determined to make enquiries at Washington--subjoined to the article is the answer which we have received from Washington on the subject.

Mis. Dearborn and Tom Paine.

-The last Kennebec paper contains the following singular article. We insert it for the amusement of those who are acquainted with the politics and religion of the parties?

Doctor C--, a Member- of Congress from this state, in a letter to a friend thus writes :-"A number of gentlemen were lately invited to dine at Gen. Dearborn's ; among whom was Tom Paine. After dinner, Paine began to ridicule religion, and blaspheme the Nazarene in the most shocking manner. Mrs. D. with an air of dignified authority, arose, opened the door, and bid him Begone /-Paine and his friends feared and looked thunderstruck! Mrs. D. told him she had heard his blasphemy as long as she could endure it : then pointing to the door, commanded him to Begone that moment ! he then left the room, while the company sat in amazement p"

Indignant thus the rebel host dismay'd,
The Almighty mandate silently, obey'd ;
Nor was there one in Heaven's best mansions found,
Who durst oppose, where God in vengeance frown'd

On taking a view of the principal actors in this Tragi Heroic scene, the candid impartial mind will be at no loss in determining to which character belongs true magnanimity of soul ; to which disgrateful licentiousness; and to which, contemptible infamy !

Remarks on the above, written at Washington.

"You might have concluded from the internal evidence of this new tale, that it was a gross imposture. One of the pious means by which the religious profession is brought into disrespect and doubt. The Rev. Dr. Manasseh Cutler, is the Member of Congress to whom this slander is attributed in the first instance. He solemnly declares that he never wrote or insinuated any thing which could countenance such a falsehood. Whether he had or had not denied the calumny attributed to him, it so happened, that the writer of this dined-at Gen. Dearborn's on the same day that Mr.Paine dined there. Mrs. Dearborn is a venerable, modest, motherly woman, perfectly domestic and unassuming.

On the day Mr. Paine dined there, the conversation turned wholly on the events of the American and French Revolutions, and particularly on the misconduct of Silas Deane. During the whole time of dinner, religious conversation was not once brought up, and immediately upon the removal of the cloth, Mrs. Dearborn, and her daughter, Mrs. Wingate, retired, to our general reluctance, and evidently to theirs, for the conversation was interesting, and the Ladies who had been joined by several others after dinner, intimated that the conversation would be acceptable in the drawing-room. It also happened that Mr. Paine remained at the General's until 7 o'clock in the evening, when he parted with the family in perfect civility, and that the writer of this accompanied him to his lodgings, and that he has as constantly as at any other place paid visits to the family. Mr. Paine so far from being an unpleasant or morose character, has been considered, in many companies where I happened to be, as a most agreeable and interesting man, from the fund of anecdote which he possesses and his readiness to communicate it-where the company is agreeable. Whether the authors of such calumnies and the various forgeries that are brought forth, consider these as the best means of supporting Religion and proving their morality, let others judge."

No rational man who examines the political state of the Union, can doubt as to the re-election of Mr. Jefferson to the Presidency. When that event takes place it is to be hoped, that federal opposition will cease to agitate the public mind, and disturb the tranquility and happiness of society. Until that period we must, perhaps, expect that the present organized opposition will continue with all its bitterness and rage, unless the State Elections Should previously become so Republican as to furnish an effectual check.