THE ORACLE OF THE DAY, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 4, 1795  This is a quite scarce 18th century American title as it existed only until 1799 and rarely comes on the market. We suspect the circulation was somewhat limited.
The front page & part of page 2 contain a list of Resolves adopted by the Constitutional Association of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, one of which is: "That GEORGE WASHINGTON, our illustrious President, hath continued to deserve well of his country & especially by his late exertions in issuing & supporting a proclamation of neutrality...".
Inside has an Act of Congress, and also a letter from Pittsburgh beginning: "Our country is very quiet--the people seem perfectly convinced of their past folly..." with a bit more on the end of the Whiskey Rebellion.
Four pages, slightly close-trimmed at the bottom of pages 1, 3 & 4 affect the bottom lines, otherwise nice condition.

Background: The intersection of these specific events in March 1795 captures the defining crucible of the early American republic: the raw, highly precarious stabilization of federal authority under the new Constitution. By simultaneously documenting the peaceful aftermath of the Whiskey Rebellion and public defense of Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation, this newspaper captures the exact moment the young United States successfully defended itself against both internal insurrection and external entanglement. The federal government's decisive, military-backed suppression of the Pennsylvania tax revolt proved that the domestic rule of law could be enforced, while Washington's steadfast commitment to neutrality shielded a fragile economy and military from a ruinous European war. Together, these events signaled to a skeptical global community—and to anxious American citizens—that the fledgling federal experiment was durable enough to maintain domestic order and sovereign independence without collapsing into anarchy or tyranny.