f.er* of many important eneumfaneet; and on enquiring what were the rffe&s produced by the new Adjutant and Dire&or Ge neral (the Baron Steuben) I was told that they were visible »n majjy econonvcal arrangements, in d;fpo(ttions of corps r in manoeuvfrrfg in marches, in -encampments, and particularly rn morfc fucmt ana rapid movements and preparations tor ast ion. I was told that ■vhenthe Marquis de la Fayette, with a derachTnent urtcfertHs com mand, w« in danger M-being euc off on Fris return to the army, and the Commander in Chief was determined to support that in valuable office r, the whole army was under arms and ready to marchmlefs than fifteen nvnuiestrom the timerhefignal wasgiven. the effrft of thu dif. ipline wu fern »n the marches of our army ;they pa fled rivers in lots time than the best troops in Europe could. Those excellent French troops, whic4» served with them >n the campaign of 1781, were inferior to them in this refpe&— the superiority of our troops, as to rapidity of movements, was seen inthe attacks on the t woredoubts of York-Town in Virginia. Sir, I wiH affirm that, if th<e chufe be stricken out, a larger fnn flight to be infested. We have been a(ked, what will our officers »y to this vofe in favor of the Baron ? I will venture to fay, Sir. •ey will be pleased w;thit; they acknowledge the obligation they were under to that great man , they view his circumstances n che fame as that gallant officer does whs is now the Secre tary and drew the report on which the bill before you is founded, and which does honor to his heart. Sir, if aay report defcrae* to to received without fcrstiny, it it 'Jw nae m which your bill it foaadfd. 1 hope, therefore, we flial/ nm depart from that report, in so material a point as it pro fofti by the moiiem itttur before you. t wish, indeed, fine rely, that the worthy member would Withdraw hit motion ; if he will »01, J aauft vottagaiDft it, and IrlA that a great majority will vote From the PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL. MR. PRINTER, By infer ting this in your valuable paper, you will oblige a Debtor. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. I AM the younger of two brqthers, and my brother inherited all the paternal estate— 1 was obliged to feck my fortune elsewhere. Accordingly I pushed out in a new country, and purchased a large tratt of land of the A borigines, and by my induflry soon acquired a valuable estate—but I had scarcely began to enjoy the comforts of it, before my bro ther claimed it ashis property, and in fine, in the year 1775, commenced an a&ion against me with a view to wrest it from me, which neceflitated me to borrow money on interest, from time to time, for about eight years, for so long was it before I recovered judgment again ft my brother. I promised my creditors, A. B. and C. to pay them severally or the " Bearer" the sums hired in about three or four years, at the rate of 6 pr. cent. pr. ann. but at the expiration of the time, was unable to perform my promises without utter ruin to myfelf—and I must acknowledge that they were very easy on my promising them to dis charge the debts as soon as I should be in cir cumstances to do it. They now fay that per iod is arrived, and claim my promise, urging their long patience with me,and some indeed have prefentedmy notes, to whom they were not originally given, and plead that they pur chafcd them, when theoriginal holders would trust me no longer, through the apprehen sion that I Ihould soon be a bankrnpt, and that thefamepromifeismade totheinas " Bearer," as to the original pofleffor. lam in such a perplexity that I scarcely know what I fayordo—Sometimes lalk them to re-loan the money, and take one third of their debt in some fine land, which I have on the Millifippi, with no incumbrance but a few tribes of savages, who will easily be induced to quit if—and promise those who comply, that I will difchargc my debts to them before any others, and threaten those who do not, that I will not pay them a farthing unless I shall have a furpluflage alter having paid oft the rc-loaners. Atother times I tell them the " Bearer" has no right tomore than the note cost him, and that I will pay the overplus to the original holder. In fliort I have tried se veral other plans, andfometimesfayonething and sometimes another, so that my creditors thinkl mean to jockey them, and declare they will bear with me no longer. They fay that when I was poomy profeflions were lb fair, that they really thought me honest—but that now I am able to fatisfy their demands, I dis cover what 1 am—and that unless I honestly discharge my debts, according to the face of my notes, they would not trust ine another penny to favc me from the gallows, which 1 think is very ungenerous treatment—forwho,in these modern times, would not discharge his debts with as little interest and inconvenience as poflible ? FOR THE GAZETTE OF THt UNITED STATES. PRICE CURRENT Of the DOMESTIC DEBT of the UNITED STATES. T*r Jfmy One Thou find S«rco Hand reel amd ni nit y *. DEBT coittra&ed immediately by") prl pr. the Officers of Congrcjt, funded | £. Ct. on the resources of the Union; the inter- t r, « . ell ■pa\iquarterly at theNAT losl alßank j '1 ** in Sped:. The price falling on account ! of the clamor* of t-be State creditors. J Crs" DEBTS ccntredcd iiidfl'tnei by individual Statu for the fiipfort »Jthe uimt, jnd benefit of the union. WEW-HAMfSHIRE. Certificates issued on the recommen-~| dation of Congress, to the continental | troops of said State for deprecation of ]> 3/6 ] 17, pay, and for services done by the Mi- | litia and supplies furniflied. j Amount supposed to be 300,000 dol lars. So prat) km made for paying the inter efi, but certain portions »f the debt receivable m payment nf tixes y and a great number of col rftor< or State Brok.-r* "-telf Jupported Ly the commifiom re ceived on the Hegociatic*. MASSACHUSETTS. Dcbtscontratftedandcertificares grant-7 r . . cdas aforefaid. iai Amount upwards of J,000,000 dollars. C The State uttabfe I: pa. th.e tntereji f.nu the furT'nder of the to the unrjn; nnd the trediters chin' ' the right oj being put on 1 Jwtmf a itk the holder* of arnlirentaljecurities. RHODE-ISLAND. Certificates granted, &c ® ' The amount unknown, fay, 100,000 dollar* C"T* The Stite out of th' union and devoid cj even principle of hoWffty, compelling the creditors to receive pa \ merit ojthe principal by in f}ailment\ in paper money, depreciated to 15 for 1. The creditors pray r9drcfs from the %merriment of the union upon the plea of jujlice, 'ecauje debts were contra fled on the credit of the Firm ; and altho they have not the company's fig nature at in the cafe oj continental Jecu ritrcj, they can bring Jul! proof oj the col rtnerjhip. CONNECTICUT. Certificates granted, Sic. Amount near 2,000,000 dollars. {P Fhf petyple groirmg undrr the prejfurt ej dirtfl taxes, and J'ifify «f>plaining of *u undue proportion ojthe National Debt. NSW-YORK Certificates granted, tic. Amount upwards of 1,000,000 dollars. No interrji pud, their Land-OJjicc almo/l exhayjled, and the creditors firaiint for a fmrtuipeuon oj the benektt aritng from the latefunding fijiem. Certificates granted, See. . 3/6 | 17J Amountexclufive ofinterefl: near 1,000,000. Nt fundi but direS tare!, and both the people and their re prefentJtw<s extremely anxirvs for fneh arrangement i as will tend to tqualiic the burthens of the different Stales, andflrengthen the union. PLJCYfYLVANIA. Certificates granted, Scc. Amount about 2,000,000 dollars. The inlerefl jfrfjtfy in arrears and paid in a depredated pa per <utrency, loth the people avd the creditor, d,[pleased with their mem en tn (ongrejt in the year 1790. jor not adfocatrng a frrcpofition that 0.8. •• warranted hi the ennftituit*, and h the fonndejl principle. of haver, and of national poliey ■" and for Joffering them/,(,,< to fc per. Juadcd '■••ij'V nm in Congrcfi ; that the mea. Jure wouldle dijjyreealle to theirconjlituent,. Certificates granted, See. 4 y| 20 Amount supposed to be rjo,ooo dollars. 1 ,le fi'o' ifion con/idfred Precarious, mine to the intereflei and oppopte views of mrmben in (he ; and the people di/tiofed 'to acqujefce in u-hitever measures maybe deemed conducive to the genr ral good. ° MARYLAND. Certificates granted, &c Amount about Boo,qoo dollars. frr The people being much attached to the general government and the welfare of the union, lament exceedingly that their representative i 0/ ■'Ayr were governed To much by a mi flake* State policy, as to oppcf, the bcjl means that could be devijedjor the ejlablr/hment (/national ere- Debts contra&ed, ic. Amount about 3,600,000 dollars. (W Tht alizrns tomplaining that they have to pay so large a tor twtl ej the continental duties h thtir great ronfiimptinn, and derive no '""fit from the payment ofinterefl; and difopprovt of ndifcriminatirtt) tclireen th: tonunental and, i/jte creditors that is so very unfavtrtMe to the latter.—Their repr,fenta{iits ronimed that their conduff was totueuhtfiin S ain pnpuldrity, and diftiofed to aCI in future uton va- Uonttprinciples ; noa, htmimg that public credit cannot be eftMithed i* any oilier tvv, but by an adejuate prtmfion kr all the debts incur red h the war. • , XORTfVCAROLINA. Debts contracted, &*. | 7 , Amount supposed to be about 2,500,000 dols. £3* P'i (peculating „« the creditor, 1 n making iihit eycall a provifionjor the debt, by obliging then to take 4;. in the bound r. Wr T' V '>°° frr ctM. and the citizens fuHy J'nJille, whin it is too late, that however well acquaintedfome »/ their fur **y <"th Phytic, Mathematics, and Natural P/ii. y T", 'gnorant of the bufinef, of Finance, and of the true intcrtjls oj the 6tate. SOUTH-CAROLINA. Debts contracted, &c. Amount upwards of, 5,000,000 iii ? , Af ■"ydbgjujl, ce , and the State rendered inca. paiU, by the iontincnuljundmgjv/lem, to fatisfy their demand,. Debts contra(fted, &o. ["PPofed to be, 400,000 dollars. lo'm ,ufh il/t",r"n C ' n " k f °?y P r < lv 'f«">Jor >t< creditors, ncral- W j r , '"J 1 " P' m,li "courage speculation ■ and ; drtermnti to hup the ieL tnf e , ua !! y j n ogmvfta confolidalion of the tovermnent "• ' "J-cur.ty I'm lAUti rniA, May 15, i- g o. 462 NEW-JERSEY. DELAWARE VIRGINIA GEORGIA " Pultc utility requires that, property Jhould be reguLiteJ/f general, in^exiileru/es." HUME has given a particular explication of the ori gin and nature of juftfce, in the fourth volume of his efTays. The force and perspicuity with which ' treats these point 3 entitle his remarks to a most attentir confiderition. His diilioguifhing mind never difcovcr e«l a stronger degree of illumination, than in the dilcnf fion of principles" on which justice is founded, an 3 Ey which it should be regulated. It mayfeem unaccountable that men fhculd dicer ib much in their ideas, with refpcct to the rights of pro perty, when it is considered how much time has elapsed since focietv began to call itfelf civilized. The two principal difficulties con fid; firftly,in detennini.-. r wkit general laws should be fixed to secure property ; aid, secondly, in making a proper application of those neral rules to particular cases. The latter of the& if. ficulties is that which involves people in the most fre quent doubt and inconvenience. There are manv *>. stances, in which individuals are exposed to great i»equ.i lities of advantage by the regular course of eflaWiflted laws. This cifcumftance creatst an oppofitionti tie minds even of honed men againA the operation of inflex ible rules of juflice. It leads people into an encuirv how that rule can be just, which often placesindividusls, with refpeft to each other, in so unequal a fituatior.. Why should the law ever authorise one man to make a bargain with another, unless the benefit to both is ex actly reciprocal ? Why should a man be protected in the enjoyment of property which cost him less than he de mands for it ? Why should not a contract be difTolvcd when one party gains, or the otherlofes by its fulfilment? These questions and many others of a like nature will fuggefl themselves, when we are disposed to set aside fix ed rules, merely becaufie they bear hard in particular ca ses. Those who wish to refine away the ordinary max ims of business may be influenced by motives of human ity ; but their notions extended over society would pro duce incredible mifchief. %d. | i 2/6 I 12} Regulations refpefting property generally grow cut of experience. They are seldom fixed and permanent, till a people have sustained monstrous inconvenience bv their being loose and uncertain. There is such a de gree of rigor eflential to the support of a prosperous (late of society, as does not readily aflimilate with the natural feelings of men. It requires a course of disci pline to make a man believe that a rule is obligatory, for no other reason, than because it is eflablifhed. But lie may learn the importance of supporting rules, though they may fubjeft him to peculiar hardships on some par ticular'occafion. He will soon perceive that the fame regulations, which prevent his recovering what he has loft by an hard bargain, afford him security for that part of his property which remains, and for what he may hereafter acquire. My ideas on this fubjeft may be lt luftrated by the following extract from Hume's eflays. " Cyrus, young and unexperienced, considered only the individual cafe before him, and reflected on its limit ed fitnefs and convenience, when he afligned the long coat to the tall boy, and the Ihort coat to the other of smaller size. His governorinftrufted himbetter ; while lie pointed out more enlarged views and consequences, and informed his pupil of the general, inflexible rules, neccdary to support general peace and order in society." Though the principles communicated in this specula tion are not original or uncommon, they are such how ever as deserve to be frequently inculcated. 3/9 I 4/6 | 22i FRANCE. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. March 7. A NUN RESTORED TO THE WORLD. j\/TISS Jouet,lateofthe convent in the St. Maude -L J- at Vincennes, appeared at the bar to return thanks for the liberty she enjoyed under adecrec of the AHembly, of returning from the cloyfter totlie world. With her order Ihe had renounced her habit, and appeared in the ordinary dress of liei sex. She addrefled the Afiembly in the fol lowing terms 4/ | 20 3/9 I * 8 A sentiment no less pl<?nfing to tliofe to whom ir isexprelled than to those who feel ir, lias brought me before you this day. It is the sentiment of heart-felt gratitude. \ ou behold in me one of those unfortunate beings, whom injustice or violence, or avarice,or an indiscreet and blind zeal, had thrown into bondage, I had almost laid the Grave. I heir pitiable lot, long forgotten by the world, has at length found in you, kind protectors ana intrepid defenders. 1 am one ofthofe who have'felt, in the molt ively manner, the sweet effetts of your humani ty ; and therefore am I one of those who molt cordially bless this Augutt Aflembly. lien once I am feci), it cannot be imputed to me that, in availing myfelf of your decree, 1 only followed the impulse of an inconstant and fickle character, and was influenced by worldly motives. A body broken by conftam solicitude, gilts, lear, and above all by the dreadful ills which a heart feels that has been robbed of its hoerty : Such are the fad remains of a languish ing life which I give back to society ; such is the victim which your wisdom has snatched from bondage, and restored to life It fliall be found that 1 employ it in the practice of social virtues, 2/| to o jo TH£ TABLET No. CXVf.
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