The New Hampshire Gazette

August 18.

Republican Gratitude.

THE papers having announced the intention of the PRESIDENT of the United States to pay a visit to his native State, the Citizens of Boston were determined to be foremost in testifying the high opinion which they entertained of his character and services, and accordingly a subscription paper was opened for the purpose of providing a Public Entertainment for him. The sentiments of the subscribers cannot be more forcibly expressed, than in the language which preceded the subscription.

BOSTON, AUG 1, 1797.

"Desirous of expressing in a public and dignified manner, their respects for the personal character and official conduct of the PRESIDENT of the United States.—The Subscribers do agree, at their joint expense, to provide a public and handsome dinner, and to request the honor of his company—and in order, that the same may be conducted in a manner respectable to themselves and suitable to his rank and character, a Committee shall be appointed to make all necessary arrangements, and to provide every thing requisite to the object."

This paper was immediately subscribed by 633 merchants and other citizens, many of whom were distinguished for their high official situations, their age, their property, their virtue and their talents, and many others, equally respectable, were excluded by the unavoidable limits which the managers were compelled to prescribe.

The Subscription being filled, the gentlemen assembled and made choice of the Honorable B. Lincoln, Thomas Dawes, Jonathan Mason, O. Wendell, Stephen Higginson and Jonathan Jackson, Esqs. as a Committee to wait upon the PRESIDENT, and in their names to present him an affectionate and respectful Address, and to request the honor of his company at a Public Dinner, to be provided at any time which might be most agreeable to him :

—At the same time Samuel Bradford, Esq. Maj. General Elliot, Maj. T. H. Perkins, Maj. Frazier, J. T. Apthorp, Esq. and Mr. J. Lowell, jun. were appointed Managers, to invite his Excellency the Governor, His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, and such other persons, as they should think proper, and to provide and arrange an Entertainment suited to the occasion.

On Monday the seventh of August, the Senior Committee waited on the PRESIDENT at Quincy, and presented to him the following respectful

ADDRESS:

BOSTON, AUG. 7, 1797.

SIR,

WE are commissioned by a large number of respectable citizens of Boston and its vicinity, to congratulate you, in their names, upon your safe return to your family and friends; and to assure you of the high respect they entertain for your personal character and your official conduct.

To evidence this, publicly and respectfully, they have made arrangements for a Public Dinner upon the occasion, at which they request the honor of your presence.

At a period critical and important as the present, when domestic faction appears to have conspired with foreign intrigue, to destroy the Peace of our Country—When our Constituted Authorities are reviled and insulted, and the most daring attempts to separate the People from their Government, are openly made and avowed :—At such a crisis we are excited, no less by our inclination than our duty, to reprobate openly their wicked machinations, and to declare our fixed resolution to support the measures which government may adopt to defeat their nefarious designs.

To us, Sir, it is a pleasing reflection. that, at this juncture, the interests and the honour of our Country are, in so great a degree, committed to your immediate care and protection; persuaded, that this sacred and important trust can no where else be deposited, to command so general and perfect confidence.

Permit us, Sir, to add, that, as Citizens of Massachusetts, we feel a peculiar pride and pleasure in your being placed at the head of the Union, when we recollect, that we have the honor to recognize you, as one of our number.

May your health and usefulness long be continued to our Country; and may its Citizens ever retain and express a grateful sense of the benefits they have derived from your public services.

BENJAMIN LINCOLN,
THOMAS DAWES,
OLIVER WENDELL,
JONATHAN MASON,
JONATHAN JACKSON,
STEPHEN HIGGINSON.

To the PRESIDENT of the United States.

To which the PRESIDENT was pleased to make the following

REPLY:

GENTLEMEN,

YOUR kind congratulations on my return to my family and friends, are very obliging. Your polite invitation is accepted with pleasure.

At this period, when, in many parts of the world, disorder, insubordination and disobedience to every kind of authority, fashioned into a sort of science, are vindicated as rights, and inculcated as duties, it is not to be expected, that our Country should wholly escape their contagious effects.

Although many of our worthy Citizens may flatter themselves, that calumnies and contempts against the constituted authorities will not make a dangerous impression upon a public opinion, which is formed with so much deliberation, intelligence and integrity, as it generally is among us; and may believe, that the sagacity and candour, with which the body of the people observe the characters of public men, and weigh the tendency of public measures, will be a sufficient security for the Government; yet I cannot but be of the opinion, that the profligate spirit of falsehood and malignity, which has appeared in some, and the unguarded disposition in others, to encourage it, are serious evils, and bear a threatening aspect upon the union of the States, their Constitution of Government, and the moral character of the Nation.

The idea of separating the People from a Government of their own choice, can originate with none but enemies of Republican Government; and those who espouse it, whether in the character of Philosophers, Politicians or Statesmen, are enemies to the permanent happiness of our Country.
Republican Governments, Such a project,
were it practicable, would be a demonstration, that the people are not capable of
such a Government : and by a sudden introduction of wasting calamities, would
soon convince the people themselves of
the necessity of instituting another form,
for their own security and protection. The
decided reprobation of such nefarious designs by the Citizens of Boston and its vicinity, will have a great effect in defeating
them.
The present age has furnished examples
in abundance, of degradations and disasters,
brought upon nations, by conspiracies between foreign intrigue and domestic faction. It will be happy indeed for American citizens, if they should learn wisdom
from the woes of others.
The personal compliments you are
pleased to present to me, are the more
grateful, as it has been the pride of my
life to be reckoned as one of your number.
Assurances of approbation, in age, from
the friends and companions of our youth and
riper years, I shall ever esteem among the
choicest delights of life.
Accept, Gentlemen, of my kindest
wishes for your health and happiness, and
for the prosperity of the town of Boston
and its vicinity, venerable in our American
History, for virtues and wisdom, as well as
antiquity.
JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, August 7, 1797.
The PRESIDENT, at the same time
informed the committee, that it would be
agreeable to him to wait upon the Gentlemen who had requested the Honor of his
Company, on Wednesday, the 16th inst.
His Excellency the Governor having
been informed of the Entertainment, and
invited to partake in it, discovered a warm
and animated desire to co-operate with the
Committee in paying a marked respect to
the PRESIDENT upon this occasion. In
pursuance of these sentiments and feelings,
Major General Elliot was induced to
order several uniformed corps to do the
Military Honors of the day.
On Wednesday morning, precisely at 9
o'clock, the Boston Cavalry, under Capt.
Amory, paraded in front of the PRESI-
DENT's house in Quincy, after partaking
an elegant collation which had been pre-
pared for them there, they escorted the
PRESIDENT and a numerous Cavalcade
of the First Citizens of Quincy, under B.
Beals, Esquire, to his Excellency the
Governor's,
At Milton, the escort received a respectable addition by the junction of the officers
of the Boston Regiment.
Upon moving from his Excellency's
house, the Governor took a seat in the
PRESIDENT's Carriage, which was
preceded by the Senior Committee in
three carriages, and followed by his Honor
the Lieutenant Governor and other respectable Citizens. As soon as the escort
passed the Boston Line, a salute was fired
by the Boston Artillery stationed on the
neck. The PRESIDENT was then
gratified by the exhibition of a numerous
and respectable body of Citizens, extremely well mounted and drawn up in a regular
line with great taste and judgment, under
the command of Mr. Joseph Pierce.
On the neck the escort was increased
by the Independent Cadets under Major
T. H. Perkins, the Boston Artillery,
under Capt. Samuel Bradlee, the
Independent Fusileers, under Capt. Bra-
zer, and a company of Militia, in complete uniform, under Capt. Roullstone.
The whole under the command of Lt.
Col. Joseph May. On their arrival
at the State House, the Military Corps
formed a line, which the President, preceded by the Senior Committee, and accompanied by the Governor and Lieu-
tenant Governor, passed on foot, and had a
fair opportunity at the same time, to witness the respect paid to him by the Citizens, and to gratify their curiosity to see
the most distinguished Officer of their
Government.
The Military Corps then marched into
State Street, and went through a variety of
firings and evolutions before the PRESI-
DENT, who was in the Balcony of the
State House for the purpose.
At three o'clock, the Subscribers to the
Dinner, their Illustrious Guest, and other
persons invited, marched in the following order of Procession to Faneuil Hall :
Managers.
Music.
Senior Committee.
District Marshal and High Sheriff.
The PRESIDENT and Gov. SUMNER.
Lieutenant Governor and Hon. Samuel
Adams.
Council.
Senators of the United States.
President of the Senate and Speaker of
the House.
Senators of Massachusetts.
Representatives in the Congress of the U.
States.
Judges of the Federal and State Courts.
Attorney General and District Attorney.
St. Croix Commissioners and Agents.
President of College and Clergy.
Representatives of Massachusetts.
Treasurer and Secretary.
Selectmen and Town Clerk.
Federal and State Officers.
Civil and
Military.
Strangers.
Citizens of Boston and Vicinity.
The Hall was elegantly decorated, and
particularly ornamented with two fine portraits of the PRESIDENT of the United
States, and his predecessor, with apt and
suitable encomiums on their respective
merits. The dinner was sumptuous and
exhibited every delicacy the season would
afford. Every thing was conducted with
just order and propriety, and few Public
Entertainments, we believe, ever accommodated upwards of 300 persons, so much
to their satisfaction and enjoyment.
After dinner the following spirited and
National Sentiments were toasted; and if
spontaneous, reiterated and warm applauses
and acclamations, are indications of public
opinion, we may presume that these toasts
were universally acceptable
1st. The United States. May their
temperate and virtuous policy be admired
by all nations; and, may their energies
never be palsied by Foreign Influence or
Domestic Faction.
2d. The State of Massachusetts. May
She be as conspicuous in supporting our
National Government, as she has been in
establishing the Independence of our Country.
3d. GEO. WASHINGTON. May
the Sun of Columbia's glory mildly beaming thro' the tranquil shades of Mount
Vernon, long gladden the eye of him who
kindled up its fires.
4th. The Federal Constitution, whose
Legislative, Judicial and Executive Powers combine to form a threefold cord which
cannot be broken.
5th. The Neutrality of the United
States. As it originated in a respect for
the rights of other Nations, so may it be
respected by them.
6th. Nations in Amity with the U. S.
May Good Will and Good Faith form
the Basis of our Mutual Intercourse.
7th. Nations at variance with the U.
S. May the sword of Justice fall upon
the heads of those only, who shall refuse
to be weighed in her scales.
8th. Agriculture and Commerce. May
the hardy sons of Columbia easily plough
both Earth and Sea, and from both receive
an ample recompence for their toil.
9th. Yeomanry of our Country, whose
Intelligence and Patriotism support our
Government, as their labours Sustain our
Lives.
10th. The Fisheries. May we recol-
lect with gratitude the able and independent negociations of Mr. Jay and his illustrious Co-patriot, which secured to us
this important Source of National Strength
and Prosperity.
11th. Manufactures and mechanic arts.
May we encourage them so far as may be
necessary for National Defence, and as
may be promotive of National Prosperity.
12th. Our Envoys Extraordinary to
the French Republic. May the issue of
their Negociations vindicate our National
Character abroad, and silence the clam-
ors of faction at home.
13th. Europe. May her convulsions
soon terminate in the establishment of e-
qual liberty and rational religion, protected by Stable Government.
14th. Timothy Pickering. Regardless of the feeble malice of his calumniators, may he continue to ferret foreign intrigue from its lurking places.
15th. Our diplomatic department.
May those who compose it never forget
that they are appointed to guard the interests of their own country, and not to sacrifice them to the ambition of another.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
By the President of the United States.
The citizens of Boston and its vicinity.
After the President and Governor had
withdrawn.
The PRESIDENT of the United
States. May the happy effects of his ad-
ministration correspond with those lively
preages which his eminent virtues and
talents have so justly inspired.
His Excellency the Governor. May
every State in the Union like Massachusetts, exhibit in its first Magistrate a true
federalist.
By Gen. Lincoln. The World. May
there be more light in it, and less war.
Alexander Hamilton. May his charac-
ter and talents never be forgotten, but
may they be ever burnished by the calumnies of his enemies.
The Rev. Clergy. May they continue
to oppose an insurmountable barrier, against heretical opinions in church and
State.
Discharges of cannon were made as the
PRESIDENT passed in Dorchester and
Roxbury, and three salutes from the guns
of the frigate Constitution. The bells of
the town rang, a peal from the PRESI-
DENT's entry into the town till his arrival at the State-House, and every demonstration of joy, and respect was paid by
every class of citizens.
In the Evening
The ingenious proprietor of the Mu-
seum, elegantly illuminated that Building,
which was, as it ever highly deserves to
be, thronged with Ladies and Gentlemen
of Taste and Curiosity.
Several spirited and patriotic young men anxious to throw their mite of respect, among the general proofs of veneration,
gave a very Splendid exhibition of Fire
Works on Fort-Hill, and were complimented with the presence of the fairest of
the fair sex.
The PRESIDENT honored the Hay-
market Theatre with his presence. His
Excellency the Governor, and other gentlemen of distinction were there. At the
entrance of the PRESIDENT, a "feu de
joye" of exultation was discharged from
the glistening eyes of a large collection of
Ladies, and the ordnance of Acclamation
from the ready tongues and hands of the
male part of the auditory.