TUESDAY, JtlN'F. 22.
The amendatory bill providing for the fettlemtii. of account
>etween the United States and individual States, having been en
grossed—the house filled up the blanks, and palled the bill.
Mr. Goodhue, of the committee appointed tor the pnrpofe
brought in a bill layingan additional duty on tonnage, purfuaut t<3
resolutions ofthe House ; the bill was read and refericd to a com.
mittee of the whole, to be taken up to-morrow.
Sundry reports ofthe Secretary at War were read—among others
on the petition of the heirs of William Gould, deceafcd, praying an
allowance of his half pay for hit children, for real'ons set forth—ths
report was in favor of granting the petition, and that 1680 dollars,
the half pay ofa captain for 7 years, be granted—this r port, on
motion of Mr. Seney, was accepted, and a committee, consisting of
Mr. Seney, Mr. Heilter and Mr. Moore, was appointed to bring
in a bill accordingly.
The amendment ofthe Senate to the bill for fatisfyingthe claims
of John McCbrd was agreed to.
Mr. Lawrance prefeiited a petition from certain mhabitints of
thecountyof Weft Chiller in the State of New-York, praying
payment for losses sustained during the war—which was read,and
referred to the Secretary at War. '
On motion of Mr. Boudiuoi, the report of the Secretary at Wat,
Oirthe petition of William Oliver, was read, and agreed to.
In committee of the whole, on the bill to regulate, uade and in
tercourse with the Indian Tribes, , . _
* ' Mi. Boudinot in the Cljair.
Th««om mittee agreed to faudry amendments to this bill, which
were reported 10 the Houfcaod adopted.
Mr. Sba man moved that the 4th feftion Ihould be itruck out of
the bill viz. "t hat a sum not exceeding thousand dollars,
te appropriated out of the monies ariling from duties on imports
and tonnage, fubjeft to the orders of the President of the United
States, to be laid out in goods and articles of trade suitable for sup
plying the wants ?nd neceflities of the Jndians, and to be vended
and retailed to them, through the agency of the said Superinten
dants, and perfonsto be licensed by them for that purpose, in such
manner, and conformably to such regulations, as the President of
the United States lhall eftabiifh,
On this motion, Mr. Jackson callcd for the aye» and noes—
•which arc as follows.
McflVs. A(hc, Bloodworth, Coles, Floyd, Foftcr, Gerry, Good
hue, Hathorne, Heiftetj Huger, Huntington, Jackson, Leonard,
LTVCTfrfore, Tarter rßSflfellaer, Schureman, Sedgwick, Seney, Sevi
er, Sherman, Sylvester, Stone, Sturgi , Sumpter, Tucker. 26.
NOES.
Meflrf. Ames, Baldwin, Benlon, Boudinot, Brown, Cadwalla
der, Contfrc, Fitzhmons, Gale, Gilmao, Griffin, Hartley, LaW
rance, Lee, Mudiion, Matthews, Moore, P. Muhlenberg, Pags,
Scot, Sinnickfon, Smith, (M.) Smith, (S. C.) Steele, Trumbull,
Wadfwojth. White 27.
On motion of Mr. Steele, a clause was added limitting the du
ration of the bill-to two yejrs.
It was theft ordered that the bill be rngTolTed. Adjourned.
Englijh Pafen by the Packet are as late as the Bth of
nr/•. i . I _
May—from thsvi we learn,
THAT affairs between the Emperor of Ger
many and the King of Pruifia, are drawing to a
the latter is making, and has made
great preparations for war.—The NationalAflein
bly of France has pafl'ed a decree to exempt all
the French parishes from the jurisdiction of every
foreign bishop—they lmvepalfed several new de
crees refpeifting criminal jurisprudence—among
others, that a copy <Sf the indi<ftment lhall be given
to the prisoner, free of expence.—The celebrated
Paoli appeared at the bar of the National Allein
bly, and was received with uncommon applause
—the following is his address on the oecafion.
" Mefficurs, ,
" This day h the happiell and most fortunate
of my whole life. 1 have fpeut that life in the
ardentpurfuit of liberty, and I.now behold that
noble fpedtacle. 1 left my country in chains, I
find her free. What can 1 wilh for more ? 1
know not what change the iron hand of oppres
sion may have had upon the minds of my fellow
patriots, in an absence froin iny country of 20
years ; but you have restored to the Corficans
their liberties—you have bellowed On them their
pristine virtue. In returning to my native coun
try, my fentiinents can hardly be doubted. You
have been generous to me—and I have never been
a slave. My past conduct, which you have ho
itored by your approbation, will be a pledge for
my future principles. 1 will be bold to afl'ert,
that my whole life has been spent as if bound
by an oath to liberty. It has been already made
to the Constitution which you have eftablilhed.
It now remains for me to make it to the nation
which has adopted me, and the sovereign whom
1 acknowledge. It is the favor that I requell of
this august aflembly."
Upon motion of Mr. Target, it was decreed,
without any debate, that
" All persons born out of the kingdom, of fo
reign'parents, fliall, if eftablilhed in France, be
reputed Frenchmen, and admitted as such, tothe
exercise oftlie rights of acfiive citizens, after tak
ing the civic oath, and after being domiciliated
for five years in France ; provided they shall al
lb have either acquired a real estate, married a
Frtnch woman, formed a trading ellablilhment,
or received admilfion as Burgelles into certain ci
ties : And this notwithstanding any usage tothe
contrary.
If a war between Spain and England should
take place, it will be occalioned by a refulal on
the partof the former to make fatisfaction for se
veral Englilh vellels captured by Spanilh men of
■war at Nootka found—and their infilling, by vir
tue of some ancient granc, on an exclusive Hghtto
navigate in thole Seas.—These circuinftances are
detailed in a mellage of the King of Great Britain,
to the Parliament.—Representations have been
made to the Court of Spain—who, so far from
discovering any disposition to accede to the british
demands, afler.ts its claim and has made-great pre
parations to support it—in consequence of this an
address was presented to the King of Great Bri
AYES.
tain, a full echo of themeflage—atidafleet of fix
Ships of war have failed form Portsmouth—and,
as llatedin our lalt, ,a very hot press for seamen
has taken place in all the maritime towns.—
There are great commotions in the Pope's domi
nions—many estates have been laid walte—
the city of Avignon was in hourly expectation of
being attacked and pillaged ; the dillentions
continue among the patriots in the low countries
—the Emperor taking advantage of this was
marching a body of troops towards the States.
Orfova a Turkilh fortrefs has surrendered to the
Aultrian army—other places ofllrength were ex
pe(sted to fall in consequence. The Englilh pa
pers coniain Iketches of debates in the House of
Commons on the recent armament —Fox, as usual,
attacks the minister ; his molt material charges
against him, appear to be, that he kept that se
cret, which ought not to have been disclosed—
and did not inform the public of that which he
himfelf was ignorant.of; a minister whojis exposed
to such crimination only, mult stand on a firm
foundation indeed.
EPILOGUE
To the WIDOW of MALABAR.
Spoken by Mrs. Henry.
WELL here I come—and almost out of breath,
'Twixt love, fire, fear, and widowhood and death ;
While I for such fi£litious jlrifc ain harness'd —
I feel—l than half in earnelt :
By Bramins feiz'd—thole bloody-minded fellows —
My hair-breadth (capes were greater than Othello's !
Nought could havefav'd me from the jaws ot fate,
Hdd my.French lover come one breath too late—
The Pile prepar'd and kindling brisk as tinder,
They'd burn'd your poor Laniila to a cinder !
But well our Author had contriv'd the whole,
And seems, in truth, a rigfct good-natur'd foul :
He swears himfelf his Drama, without vanity,
Is founded on the basis of Humanity ;
Without one rule or unity infringing,
Hefav'd his Heroine from a mortal fingeing —
So after all this mighty fire and rattle,
Ourbloodlefs Play is like a bloodless Battle.
Am I to blame, if, this dear life to save,
I lik'd a lover better than a grave ;
Piefeir'd your chtiftian maxims for .1 Drama,
To all the murd'rous rite# of Pagan Brama ;
And held, retreating from my fun'ral Urn,
14 'Twas better far to marry than to burn ?"
No- I'll be burn'd but every Maid and Widow,
Would do, in such a cafe, just as I did do.
Yes thank your stars, Columbia's happy Dames !
Ye need not fear those trigntfuL fun'ral flames :
Of other lands let foreign Baids be dreaming,
But this, this only is the laud for women :
Heie ye invert the Braiftin's barb'rou| plan,
And stretch your fceptrc o'er the Tyrant-Mail.
Ye Men. if I offend, l ask your pardon,
I would not for the world your sex hear hard on.
Te are the fathers, founders of a nation,
The Gods on Earth, the Lords ot this Creation!
And kt Philosophers fay what they please,
You've not grown lej's by coming o'er the sea.« ;
We know your worth, and /Jare proclaim your merit—
The World may ask 44 if you want fpint ?"
Your vi&'iies won—your revolution ended—
Your Conftttution newly made—and mended—
Your fund of wit—your mtellettual Riches—
Plans in the closet—in the Senate Speeches—
Will wake this age of Heroes, Wits and Sages,
The firft in llory to the latest agfs 1
Go 011 and prosper with your projects blest,
'Till your Millenium nfes in the Well : —
We wifti fu« cess to your politic fcheromg,
Rule ye the World !-r-and then be rul'd by women !
For here, ye fair, no servile rites bear sway,
Nor force ye (though ye promise) to obey i
Blest in the mildness of this temp'rate zone,
Slaves to no whims, or follies—but your own.
Herr Custom, check'd in ev'ry rude excess,
Confines its influence to the arts of dress,
O'er charms eclips'dthe fldelong hat difplayt,
Extends the hoop, or pares away the stays.
Bedecks the fair with artificial gecr,
Bread-works in front, and Bifhopi in the rear ?—•
The idol rears, on beauty's dai/.ling throne,
Mankind her slaves, and all the world her own ;
Bound by no laws a huiband's whims to fear,
Obey in life, or burn upon his bier ;
She views with equal eye, sublime o'er all,
A Lover pcrilh or a fall-
Coxcombs or Monkeys from their chains broke loose—
And now a Husband dead——and now a Goose!
Bnt jetting all apart—and such droll ftriduret ;
We'll itrive to charm vou with Hill fairer pi&urcs—
for 'tis our object to divert—not teize you—
To make you laugh or cry, as best (hall pleafc you—
So as it suits each kind Spectator's turn,
You'll come to fee me play the fool or burn
Ladies and Gentlemen ! on this condition,
I humbly offer my (incere Petition,
That you'll come oft to hear me Sing or Say—
u And poor Lanifla will forever Pray!!!*'
THE TABLET. No. CXXV.
" The voice of the people is the voice of GOD:"
IT is remarkable that so old and celebrated a
truth, as that Contained in my mono, should
be so often disputed, and so often inif'applied.
The voice of the peopleis frequently referred to,
when it dees not exilt; and it is sometimes deni
ed, when it has an existence. I made some ob
servations in the last number, to shew that the
public opinion is often too indefinite to beadmit
ted as a rule of condurt. But still there are ca
fes where it is not indefinite, and where it furiiilh
es a good rule ofcondudl.
In! all situations, where inftin<fl is a better
guide than reason ; and where habits have so long
prevailed, as to make it presumable they are
founded in natural propriety," it should be sup
posed the general sense of the people will seldom
499
be erroneous. In situations likewise, where the
people hav.e it in their power to know all the
circumstances of a cale, and where the effects of
a decision will, operate uniformly in all parts of
the community, the public voice will generally
bethe voice of truth and nature. Hut there are
few occasions where all these advantages concur
in fixing a public opinion. Moll of the quetti
ons that are difcutfed by a L.egillature are artend
ed with new and extraordinary circumstances.
The most eflential facls that come into confidera. .
tion, in any given qucition, may be known only
to part ofthe community ; and the operation ofa
measure proposed may not be alike beneficial in
the several diftritftsof the commonwealth.
It will readily be acknowledged that a repre
sentative ihould deem the opinion of his constitu
ents as a fafe and proper rule of conducft, unlets
he makes some new discovery of fatfts or reasons,
which were unknown to them, when they com
municated their ideas to him. The people of the
United States entertain a fentinieflt that
they cannot fafely relinquish "die practice of
choosing their own Representatives ; a»id that ci
vil liberty would receive a'dangerous blow, ifthe
right of trial by jury was surrendered, or the li
berty of the press abolished. It is not probable
any convention of the people, or any biegiflature
can have better means of determining such points
than the people at large polfefs. The general
impreflionsof the community on those permanent
subjects Ihould be viewed as a better criterion of
judging, than the theories or reflexions of learn
ed and sagacious individuals.
(To be continned'.)
PORTSMOUTH, June 12.
On Thursday last arrived here the Brig Betsy,
Cape. Rollins, in 32 days from Tobago. Capt.
Rollins informs, that three days before he failed,
a fire broke out in Port Louis, which raged with
such violence that but one house (the property
of Mess. M'Kean and Co.) escaped falling a prev
to this deltrutftive element. It was fuppofeH
the time, by the inhabitants, that the town
purposely set on fire by the military.
Capt. Rollins further informs, that at
time of his failing, the soldiers were embark,
on board two traufports, and were to fail in a
days for France.
NEW-YORK, JUNE 23, 1790.
Extraß of a letter from England, dated April 21/?, 1790.
w The French patriotic party will, I trust, cftablilh liberty, bu-t
not perpetuate it, unlcfs they provide fofcjhe amendment of their
present constitution ; a single house of aflembly is a one-handed
body ; and consisting of aristocrats and democrats, will never
incorporate any more than oil and water, though they may be
jumbkd together and intermixed by accident; one or the other
will be uppermoft.—Tiie political influenza does not seem to have
fri7cd the inhabitants of Britain a yet j but I eonje&ure wrong,
or those that hold or wifli to hold places and power under the
grant of royalty, are afraid left some ill wind, as they would ftilc
it, (hould waft it over, jmd produce that reform which, though
they have talked o/, have never wittied, and now oppose in
the firft inftan<_e under the plausible pretended plea of innovation.
See Burke and Pitt ; wc/e they what they once profeffed to be—
friends to a reform—now is the time to eft". 61 it, when the spirit
of liberty is so prevalent and spreading, that men of arbitrary
principles would be glad to compound and agree to every nectf
fary reform through Fear of endangering their whole system. We
have a dilTolution of parliament $t hand ; what might be the con
vulsion if at the moment it commences, the influenza Ihould be
come general in Great-Britain? Early conceflions to moderate
reasonable demandswnight have secured governing privileges and
powers, which for wint thereof have been forever loft. See the
hiftoryof the American revolution, and the tranfadlions of Fiance
during the reign of the present Louis.
The late Emperor is succeeded in his hereditary dominions by
a person of most amiable difpofaion, according to general con
ccflion. He enters upon a very involved government, and if will
require all his abilities and address to secure his poffdflions, and
lender them permanent and prosperous.
The King of Pruflia has probably long imbibed the principles
of his predecessor, to secure and improve his dominions by weak
ening the house of Austria. I therefore credit the information
given in the papers of his having formed an alliance with the
Turks, and intending to enter into a war with'the Emperor's fuc
cellor. This step, lam fearful, will eventually make us parties
in the quarrel. of approaching hostilities on
the continent I view as a political reason for hastening the dilTo
lution of Parliament as much as pollible ; that so ministry may
be secure of pliant tools for seven years certain ; but I hope the
electors will be so far apprized of it in time, as to let their repre
sentatives know, when about choosing them, that it is expelled
they should seek the peace and profpeiity of the nation, and pre
vent a general ruin from the incieafe of the public debt by a new
war.
Extra ft oj a letter from Providence.
Gen. Joseph Stanton, of Charleftown—and Theodorr
Fostor, Esq. of this town, arc chofcn Senators of the United
States—they are to proceed in a few days. There were ortfy
28 candidates.
His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esq. Governor of the State
of Rhode-Island, hasiffued a Proclamation, requiring all
Executive and Judicial i« that State, to take the oaths prescribed
by the laws of the United States.
We hear that the Senate of the United States has amended the
fnnding bill, by striking out all the alternatives proposed by the
House of Reprefentativcs, and fixing the rate of interest on the
whole of the public debt at four per cent, Also that they havecon*
currcd in the bill refpetting the indents, so far as to fund them as
principal. _______
ARRIVALS SINCE OUR LAST.— -NEW-YQRK.
Ship Nancy, Wilson, Philadelphia, 9 days.
Brig fame, Harvey, Greenock, 42 days.
Snow Aurora, King, Kingston, 28 days.
Schooner Stag, Thompson.New Providence, 9 daVs.
Harmony, Brcwfter, Boston,9 days.
Jenny, Schermehorn, 9 days.
Eliza, Godfrey, Philadelphia, 4 days.
(£T Wanted No. 73 and 83 of' thu paper—Six-feme each will be
aid for tfitm by the Editor.