T he adJrefles which they have obtained to the King and his Generals, when their army was in Bolton, Newport, New-York, Phifadelphia, Sa vanna and Charleston, fliew the fame thins. It is very well known, that every art of flattery and ot terror, was always used to obtain subscri bers to tliefe addrefles. ' Yet the miserable num bers that they have obtained, and the still more •lefpicable character of moll of tliefe final 1 num bers, shew that the British cause is held in very low elteem. Even in Charleston, the capital of a Province,which contains two hundred tlioufand whites, they were able to obtain only two bun dled and ten subscribers, and among these there is not one name that I ever remember to have heard before. I am sorry I have not Burgoyne's narrative ; which shews, in the fame point of light, the re sources the Englirti are likely to find in the tories, to be nothing more than a sure means of getting rid of a great number of their guineas. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your humble servant, JOHN ADAMS. To learn the present state of America, it is fuf ficient to read the public papers. The present state of Great Britain and its dependencies may be learned the fame way. The omnipotence of the British Parliament,and the omnipotence of the British navy, are like to go the fame way. MR. CALKOEN. JOURNAL of the FIRST SESSION of the SENATE of the UNITED STATES. (CONTINUED.) Thursday, March 19, 1789. The Hon. William Patterson, from the State of New- Jersey, appeared and took his feat. fr id a t , March 20. Pie fen t as yesterday : Adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning. SATURDAY, March 21. Present as yesterday : The Hon. Ri chard Basset t, from the State of Delaware, appeared and took his feat. The number fuf ficient to constitute a quorum not appearing—adjourned from Jay to day, until Saturday, March 28. Present as on the 21ft : The Hon. Jonathan Elmer, from the State oi Ncw-Jerfey, appeared and took his feat. The number fufficient to couftitute a quorum not appearing, ad journed from day to day, until April the 6th ; when the Hon. Richard Henry Lee, from the State of Virginia, appeared and took his feat in the Senate. MONDAY, April 6. The Senate affeinbled : Present, From New-Hampshire, \ " r - and Mr. WINCATE, Massachusetts, Mr. Strong, Conneaicut, < Mr. Johnson, and Mr. hLLSWORTH, New-Jerky, 5 " r - £aterson, Mnd J ( Mr. Elmer, Pennsylvania, 5 r - Mac lay, and ( Mr. Mor r is, Delaware, Mr. Bassitt, Virginia, Mr. Lee, Georgia, Mr. Few, Being a quorum, confiding of a majority of the whole number of Senators of the United States. The Credentials of the afore-mentioned Members weie read and ordered to be filed. The Senate proceeded by ballot to the choice of a President, for the sole purpose of opening and counting the votes for President of the United States. JOHN LANGDON, Esquire, was defied. Ordered, That Mr. Ellsworth inform the House of Repre sentatives that a quorum ot the Senate is formed—that a President is elefled for the<ole purpose of opening the certificates and count ing the votes of the Electors of the several States in the choice of a President and Vice President of the United States ; and that the Senate is now ready in the Senate Chamber, to proceed, in the pre tence of the House, to discharge that duty : And that the Senate have rppointed one of their Members to fit at the Clerk's table to make a lift of the votes as they shall be declared ; submitting it to the wisdom of the House to appoint one or more of their members tor the like purpose. Mr. Boudinot, from the House of Representatives, commu nicated the following verbal message to the Senate : " Mr. President, I AMdireftedbytheHoufeof Representatives to inform the oenate, that the House is ready forthwith to meet the Senate to attend the opening and countingthe votes of the Electors for Presi dent and Vice President of the United States."-And he withdrew. Ordered, That Mr. Paterson be a tellei on the part of the Senate. The Speaker and the House of Representatives attended in the Senate Chamber, for the purpose exprefled in the message deliver ed by Mr. Ei lsworth—And after some time withdrew. The Senate then proceeded by ballot to the choice of a Presi dent of their body pro tempore. John Langdon, Esq. was duly ele&ed. The President ele&ed for the purpose of countingthe votes de clared to the Senate, that the Senate and House of Representatives had met and that he, in their presence, had opened and counted the votes of the Elettors for President and Vice President of the Lnitcd Stages—which were as follows :— W —' O I—l1 — 15 — 1 £/><-_ r*s £ °£225.0 00 >°w >>w 58 " z ' 2c:2 50 y ~ 2 50 ° 1,3 1 w ° «U>„c wH >> r^ tII z H * ° s ■' •" i ° 5? w - H x Q Q W w O » ~ *"" M " 50 2 Hp - _ W * .P 2 52 - P • ° t*l x*> w 00 • H H L' w >f> L; o o o W ►Q *& z 2 ' & * - ~ - M M M JiT JiT ►H 1 \ T ew-Hampfhire, 55-----.... Massachusetts, 10 10 ....... . Conneflicut, 752-.-.. New-Jersey, 6!^ 5 ! ' Pennsylvania, 10 8.-2---. Delaware, 3--o.___ Maryland, 6-..-6 - --II" Virginia, 10 5 - , t - 3 - . I I I South-Carolina, 7---1--6 Georgia, 5 \ \ ~ t 6 9 34 2946362! 1 1 Whereby it appears, that GEORGE WASHINGTON', Esq. was unanimously eletted President, and JOHN ADAMS, Es e . was duly ele&ed Vice President, Ol the United States of America. Mr. Madison came from the Hou{e of Representatives with the following verbal meflage : " Mr. President, I am dire&ed by the House of Rcpielentatives to inform the Senate, that the House have agreed, that the notifications of the election of the President and of the Vice Prcfident of the United Mates, ihould be made by such persons, and in such manner, as the Senate Ihall be pleased to dirett." Whereupon the Senate appointed Charles Thompson, Esq. to notify Georce Washington, Esq. of his elcaion to the Ulhce ol President of the United States of.America, and Mr S Bou R N "• to notif V J OHN Adams, Esq. of hiseleftion lothe Olficeot Vice President ot the said United States. A letter from James Duane, Esq. was read, enclosing resolu tions of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the city of New-York, tendering to Congress the use of the City Hall Adjourned. (To be continued.) THE NATIONAL MONITOR. —No. XXII. Freedom an exile—forc'd the world to roam, In these bleit States, at lad hath found a home ; For her abode, we've rear'd a noble pile, In which -her presence Hiall reward our toil ; Here fate from treason, anarchv and ftrife, If we are wife Ihe'll pass her future life. THERE is a natural propensity in mankind to find fault—more particularly with the admini ,. at ' 01 . 1 public affairs.—ln free governments this lpirit is peculiarly apt to shew itfelf : The citizens, while they enjoy the high privilege of electing their civil officers, seem to think that a right to criminate is as eflbntial to their happi ness, as the right ot free fuffrage. There is in all communities a proportion of leftlefs, carping, felf-fufficient characters, who never think that any thing is well done, that they have no share in directing : Such persons will on all occasions depreciate the merit, arraign the conduct, and impeach the motives of thole who ai e in office—and the world will never go right till placed under their infallible guidance !—A small degree of attention to the general princi ples, the part conduct, and present manoeuvres of such persons, will afford an antidote to the mil chief which might otherwise result from their poi sonous insinuations. There is another class of beings whose motives to nnfehief, tho quite different from the above, are productive of as great, if not greater evils to society :—Thefe are your daring, ambitious fpi lits, who pofTefling a vain confidence of their own superior merit and abilities, will never let their neighbors, and fellow-citizens, live in peace, and enjoy security and happiness under a o'ood go vernment,fo long as they conceive themselves ne<r lected. If, under the favor of Heaven the public mind can be tranquilized—if the people can be brought to make so jufl an estimate of the blef iings that will flow in upon them, under the ope ration of the new fylteni of government, as to re ject the counsels and opinions of unprincipled men at lead for a season—their machinations in future will meet with such general contempt, as to discourage the molt hardy and inveterate vo taiies of confufion in the pursuit of their pro jects. It is devoutly to be wished that the good sense of the people may lead them to give the government of their own election a fair chance —that we may know whether it is possible to en joy the oft-defcribed, but seldom-realized advan tages, that are faidto be connected with leading a quiet and peaceable life, under the auspices of the molt perfect state of Liberty, that is compati ble with the existence of any legal restraints. We have long enough been tofledon the waves of uncertainty and perplexity- We have lon<r enough been fluctuating between jarring and poling systems Our purposes have been broken off—our plans of trade have proved abortive—our manufactures have languiffied— our agriculture has been support—our rich men have shrunk from public exertions, and their wealth lias retreated out of circulation, for want of con fidence in the public faith, and from the dread of annihilation by tender laws, and other plans of iniquitous import :—This has diminished the quantum of the circulating medium— while the mechanic and laborer, (their hands not being fufficient for their support) have been compelled to quit their country to find employment Sure ly it is time for us to be at peace among ourselves to coalesce under fomc fyflem that ffiall not be subject to those vibrations that are productive of that Free? threat . e . n , de P OI),llat i on - or the loss of belt blond f' ,Ch hath C ° ft the tre asure and belt blood ot our counti v. CONGRESS OF the UNITED STATES Begun and held at the City of JW York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine. An ACT to provide for the payment of the IN VALID PENSIONERS qf L ? United States BE it ena(led by the Senate and House of Re prefentativss of the United States of Anuria in Col grefi ajfembled, 1 hat the military pensions which vpk " gra " te and P aid b .r the States respec tively, in pursuance of the acts of the United States in Congress aflembled, to the invalids who were wounded and dilUbled during the war, shall b: continued to be paid by tlieU'nitci , the fourth day of march last, f or the spa"' i' 018 year, under such regulations as the Prefij °'' K ' the United States may direct. e «uent ot FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHI fvpco. JOHN ADAMS, Viu-Pref,dent of the United S;Z ' Approved, September 28. ijgq ~ h '" 1 ' "J" icr " °J ">c S :r .^„ y GEORGE WASHING lON, Indent of the United S hlcl . In pursuance of the above recited law ins matiou is hereby given to all the invalid peifin,,!" ot the United States, that the amount of one S Pension from the fourth day of March laVl' n u paid to them, or their attornies refpec'tiveh two equal payments, the firft of which will Z made on the fifthday of March, one thou'find seven hundred and ninety ; and the second on he W da y , o y u " e , foll °w,iig ; at such place, i„ eac h State, and by' such perfonsas ft,all hereafter in season be publicly made known The payments will be made agreeably to the following regulations : To wit- ' The returns which have been or ft,all be made to the Secretary for the department of War bv t\u> several States of the Pensions which have been granted, and paid by them refpeAively will tn gether with the vouchers herein required be con' fidered as the evidence whereon the payment; are to be made. r J c Every application for payment must be ac-om panied by the following vouchers. 1 ft. The certificate given by the State fpecifv. ing that the person pofleffing it, is in fact an in valid, and ascertaining the fun, to which as ftd, he is annually entitled. 2dly. An affidavit agreeably to the following form : To w«:-A. B. came before me one of the Justices for the county of in the State of and made oath that he is the fame A B to whom the original certificate in his pofleilion was given, of which the following is a copy (the certificate given by the State to be recited ) That heferved in (regiment or vc'flel) at the time he was disabled, and that he now re fidesinthe and county of and has resided there for the last years, previous to which relided in In cafe an invalid fliould apply for paymentbv an attorney, the said attorney mult, besides the certificate and oath before recited, produce afpe cial letter of attorney agreeably to the followL form : lA. B. ot county of State of do hereby constitute and appoint C. D. »Ny lawful attorney to receive inmv behalf of (the firft or second moiety) ofmy annual Pension, as an invalid of the United States, from the fourth day of March, one thoafapdfe ven hundred and eighty-nine. In teftiinony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Signed and sealed in the presence of Acknowledged before me Applications of executors or adminiftratorsmuft be accompanied with legal evidence of their re- Ipective offices, and also of the time the invalid died, whose Pension they may claim. By Command of the Prelident of the United States of America. H. KNOX, Secretary for tht Department of War. War-Office, Oct. 13, 1739. C The Printers throughout the United States are requefed to in fer! this information for the benefit of the brave men who have Jewel] [ufferci in the cause of their country. EUROPEAN ACCOUNTS. VIENA, JULY 22. Letters from Mohillon, on the Niefter, mention a (mart engagement which has taken place be tween four divisions ofhuflars of" the army under General Kanu nilcoi and 3000 Turks from the gar rison of Bender, in which the Turks were obliged to return to L hat fortrefs, with the loss of many of their men, who were taken prisoners. PARIS, JULY 31. Every part of the Baflile was searched by a com mittee from the Town-House, accompanied by the turnkeys, that 110 poor wretch might be for fot and left in the caverns and dungeons of that readful place of confinement, which is now le velled to the ground; and, itisfaid, a noble ball will be built on the spot for the Aflembly of the Deputies of the French Nation. -The papers found in the Baflile, though shocking to liuijwiii ty, are still very interesting, and will bring ma ny curious anecdotes to light; there are among the reft 140 folio volumes of Lettres de Cachet. LONDON, AUGUST J. Thebrave Fufileer of the French guards, who fir ft ascended the walls of the Baflile on the 14 t ' 1 °f July, who was decorated by the croft of Saint Louis, which had appertained to the Governoi 0 the fortrefs, isfince dead of his wounds, and has been publicly interred. August 8. To the Marquisdela Fayette, niay the present emancipation of the citizen! 01 ti £ commonwealth of trance, be more jnftly attribute * than to any other of their patriotic His longrefidence in England and America ga» himjuft ideas of government —and he has -
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