The New Hampshire Gazette

Federal Consistency.—It is strange, that the federalists are now execrating Mr. Burr, when they were so anxious to choose him President, instead of Mr. Jefferson. Ever since the Republicans had become jealous of Mr. Burr's power, the federalists have been his friends. Mr. Otis, in particular, delivered an honorary and eulogium in the last legislature in praise of Mr. Burr, as he has since given Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Otis was as pathetic in representing the behaviour of the Republicans in suspecting the integrity of Mr. Burr, as he was in deploring the fate of Hamilton. He declared that he preferred Mr. Jefferson, and that he would have voted for him as President, till his right arm fell from his shoulder, if there had been the least prospect for effectuating his election.—How inconsistent are such declaimers: it shews how far party spirit influences the conduct of a few heated federalists. It is requested, that Mr. Otis would have his speech in the last legislature, in honor of Mr. Burr, printed as it would be a proper Appendix to his late Eulogy!