>tee mail pretty clearly fee that he was in Tavor of the refutations. Me. Smith, (M.) rose, especially to make lome reply to an ohfervation which 5/ad fallen from a member from Pennfylva- Qia, (Mr. Findley) ydterday. That gen tleman had remarked, that those merchants who were not dependent on foreign cre dit but on their own capital were in favor of the refutations. He was not furpri zid, he said, that merehants at f:rit view ihould approve of them ; he owned, that a: firlt view he was under that iinprefiion ; but he was unwilling to make up his mind before a mature inveltjgation of the fub jecl, and he believed, that those very mer chants would be of his opinion did they take the pains he had taken to be well informed. The last refohittorl in partic'fl- I:ir, he remarked, is well calculated to bi as those who had furfered from piratical '■whations, he had felt an impreflion from it, for he was liable like other men to be warped by wtereft, he imagined; he had faltered fevercly from those depredations, tho' the gentleman from Pennfylvanja seemed to iiifiijnate, (and he found that what he had said was so understood out of doors) that he was one of those mer chants who traded upon British credit; yet, he had loft as much by those spolia tions as that gentleman would think a hardfome fortune for his foil. Mr. l'indley assured the gentleman that his observation was a general one and that he had no eye to what might be his mer cantile si tuition. Mr. Smith (Hid, thit knowing the cap ('.id not fit him he fhotild not have taken ): up if he hsd not heard whifper6 of its being intended for him. There was how ever a time when it would have fitted him. He facrificed his fortune in the service of his countrv, when (trugling for indepen dence ; when that boon was obtained, his industry and commercial entciprize alone remained ; these assisted by that credit so much deprecated enabled him to make an other, and to be in a Otuation again to fcrve his country. The character of mer chants is generally not properly apprecia ted, they are conlidered as intfcrefted and narrow minded. These are not the cha racterise features of the American mer chant at least. He pa.Ted a handsome en comium on their general information, and enterpriztt. He was not fnrprized, he said, to hear that Come merchants (hould advocate the refutations; if thry affected the credit we are able to obtain in Great-Britain, the merchant of great capital only could trade, a complcat commercial aristocracy would be eflabliihed. Young men with small capitals, would not be able to embark in trade, the wealthy trader would engross the whole, and instead of i o*per cent now received, 25 would be extorted. It is no hardlhip to the young trader to make use of Britilh capital paying an interest of 5 per cent when he co>:ld borrow the mo ney uo where else, and must remain idle without it. He concluded by a few general obfer vat'ons on the balance of trade and the propriety of permitting commerce to find its ow:i level. To he continued. UNITED STATES. BOSTON, January 15, We are told that the following melan cholly event took place yesterday: A son of Mr. Cox, the celebrated Architect, in viewing a wild Panther, which a (hew-man bad in his possession, in Medford, was sud denly fcized by the voracious animal, and his head and face torn in so (hocking a manner, that his death would be a consola tion to his desponding relatives. The of the animal was so great, that 5 persons could hardly disengage its teeth and claws from the unhappy vi£lim of its rage. It is hoped the Legislature will provide by lew, for the security of the lives of people, that if persons will endea vor to obtain money, by the (hew of wild beads, that they may be properly confm- Ed in cages, EASTON, (Maryland) The Following parage, from a very cele brated writer, with some exceptions to the Words M'-narcbs and Throne, because the science of government is better understood at this time of day, may be considered as applicable to the present unhappy state of our Gallic Friends and their enemies, from whence we may venture to predict their happy tranfi'.ion from error to Truth, and from anarchy to good government fotind- Ed on the true principles of Liberty and Equality. " The violent shock between a mass of errors ufeful to t <e free, and powerful, and the truths 10 important to the many and the weak, with the fermentation of paßlons excited on that occasion, are pro ductive of infinite evils to unhappy mor tals. In the fhidy ofhiftory, whole prin cipal periods, after certain intervals, much refembfe each other, we frequently find, m the necessary parage from obfeurity of ignorance to the kj'it of philosophy, and from tyranny to liberty, its natuial con fequenee, one generation facriiiced to the happiness of the But when this flame is extinguished, ard the world de livered from its evils, truth, after a very flow progress, fits down with" monafchs on the throne, and is worshipped in the aflTemblies of nations.—Shall we then be lieve, that light diiTufcd among the peo ple is mqre destructive than darkness, and that the knowledge of the relation of things can ever be fatal to mankind !" NEW-YORK, January 24. The Times, a London paper, of Nov. 14, fays—" Thomas Paine has left Paris and failed for America, the asylum for all emigrant politicians." It having been mentioned in the daily pap-rs, " that a child had presented a forged check at the Branch Bank, and received thereon 50 dollars : We are au thorised to fay—That this Child was a (lout, cunning lad, who had probably for ged the check himfelf, and who, on pre senting it, and being closely questioned, attempted to fly, hut v.t.s piirfueil, tafceit, carried before the M-.yor and committed to gaol—No money was paid on the check. Extract of a letter from London, to an Anglo-American merchant in this city. London, Sept. 30, 1793 " Your excellent letter, containing a very pleasing account of your reception in America, together with your general ob servations on the noble simplicity of repub lican manner#, and the beantiea of the country, raised in my mind a f«t of feeling* more ardent and more fublirne than I had fdt for some time—for you well know the miserable din and clang of politic* witich constantly assault our ear*, and crucirjr.our feelings here—our bell face* grin but a ghallly smile, compared with ytwra. " I observe your mind, (so accuftoru ed to political invcftigation) feel* a ge nerous expanse in that clime which it con genial to your nature. I cannot consider you as an Exotic in America, you are a Native tif that pure air of freedom which they breathe. Your intervie-r with the President George Washington, must have afforded you the most exalted pleasure—l recognized in the true features that il lustrious man, whose character throws in to (hade most of the splendid names in the world, and I formed a wi(h to enjoy the fame gratification at feme future period. " 1 think I the noble simplicity of your p\il>lic assemblies in that rational and dignified method of business you fa well describe : disdaining the Imposture and Artifice of some European govern ments, they never feel what is called the State Neceflity of pra&ifing them. One of the peculiar excellencies of your govern ment is, that it affords few temptations to alienate the Governors from their duty, and few means of rendering corruption pa latable to the Governed. In the piefent imperfect (late of man, we must produce virtue by destroying the alluiementi of vice. I apply this remark to our political fy Items—remember the infamy of Electi on Jobs in a country you once knew—.iot only the Elected but the Ele&ors become corrupt: they like the poison that cor rodes their own vitals ; there i»a£tion and reaction of vice between government and the people, which produces a Body of In iquity that pollutes the whole land. The excellence of your constitutions will, I doubt not, produce oppofitc effedis—the opportunity of debasing each other v.'ill ftldom " 1 am far from supposing that in an Improved state of Society such compara tively low motives to public virtue will be necefiary. The relative duties of society I trust will be so well understood, the 1- dea: of general justice so strong in the hu man character, and the divine principle of doing to others as we wish they (hould do unto us, be so operative that the practice of it will be uuiverfal. At present we are only Children in practical Knowlidge, and Babes in the Practice of it. The great principle, that the Only end of good go vcrr.ment is the Happiness of the Govern ed, will, like the lea of eternal truth, e ventually swallow up the llreams of error and corruption, and produce a sum total of human felicity not yet to be calculated. " You taste at present a happy Earnest of this felicity in America, and I know of no country more likely to realize thdfe enjoyments. The providence of God, soon after its dlfcovery, pointed it out as an afylnm for those brave and profeciited Worthies, of whom Europe was not wor thy—again you are a witness and a par taker of the fame benefits Communicated by that happy country. All Hail ! America, bicfied are thy friendly (bores -bat welcome the opprefiTtd Sons of Free dom ! blefTed is the raemoi-y of those Citi zens whose blood purchased its independ ence ! blessed be that hand who railed up and preserved one diftinguiflied Patriot through' that arduous contest to conduct her to the joys of peace and good govern ment ! We mayjuftly anticipate the prof pecft of feeing thy exteniive climes explore', and peopled by unnumbered millions, all under the dominion of that Prince, whose gospel speaks peace on earth and good will towards men ! " Aridocracies and Heirarcbies alrea dy (land aguail to hear that your country affords such benefit* to man without Their benign influence. To hear the wild and arrogant boasts of fouic refpettiug their particular conftitutioni ; you would think that nature would not yield her accuilom ed bounties but where They exist ; and yet 1 understand Ycur rivers flow, and the earth holds not D ick her increase. " I congratulate your country on the acccflion of learning and talents which it will receive by the arrival of Mr. Cooper, late of Maacliefter: He has failed, and I suppose will soon be with you ; and I be lieve I)r. Priestley is fully determined to cross the Atlantic in the spring.—What a number of wife and virtuous citizens will America receive from the late perfecti ons ! They will doubtlefsadd much to its wealth and prosperity. I fay to you, not with the authority, but with the langtiage of an apoftlr, Salute the Brethren.. " With refpeft to the general complex ion of a flairs, you will discover that from the puhlic printa, better than 1 can detail their.. Tli* misery, though Very great, doe* not feean fuicient to produce much wiiiioin.. All miitifterial cries are dill e chucd by Bull—indeed he lw\d -fiu committed lumfelf iuto the handj of the minister, that his Pride forbids complaint. Horridabeiia i» iillpurfued with unabating fury, and apparently, far from a termina tion—Surely, Thi» Blood (hall be requir ed at theirheads!" Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated January 21 " A Wealthy Planter of St. Domingo, arrived here three days ago from Havana, declares, that 6,500 Troops, of the Spa nish Line, had arrived at that port, two days before he left it, and that he few the whole of them disembark. These forces are destined to co-operate immediately, with their Allies the British, against the French, cn the Island of St. Domingo." PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 28. From Correspondents. An Extract. IT lias been remarked, and probably with a degree of truth, that some of the people who have but lately made their es cape from the bondage of the Old Coun tries and Governments of Europe, to this land of liberty, arc more difpolcd to lieen tioufnefs, while they {hew a greater desire to dictate to the Americans about the af fair* of government,than perhaptany other set of m*n in the United States. Admit ing thit is the cafe, a corrtfpor.dent wishes to know, from whertce arises such incon sistency ? and if, at the fame time, thit it i* an evidence of their vanity, it does not •lfo prove that their minds, their manners, an<l habits, at yet partake of the govern ment under which they weri formed ; and that liberty under a Republic, is a happi ness which such men are not immediately capable of enjoying, even fuppofmg them to be worthy of it—whether they are not apt to play the tyrant in their manner and cotiverfation, while their ckmoui s refpeft ing liberty are purposely carried to an ex treme, leji ivc Jhould fufpe3 their JJncerity. Our confident faction sometimes make a racket about European connexions.— We have nothing to do, fay they, with their foolifh v.-;-?,their wafts cf blood ar*d money—Let America court pecce ; fo reign exampksare not adapted to the rules of our policy, to the purity of our mo rals. ~ This was the cant when it cculd be turned againfl any of the "measures of the general government—Witneli the - fczn-Ja* lout ftyk of lalt winter's publications. The lalt fix months produced event*, which obliged the''very fame fadiou to ;;i ---tei their note. Behold France-—hercaufe is oiircanfe, said they. We mull connect cmrielveß closely.with France. Her miniver, the fame good man who has donefo much not only to excite a war,, but to wage it, favs, Form a family compa& with France—the faction crics Anien. Our purity of mo rals will be doubly refined by the imitation of French examples; we (hall become lambs for innocence. Good men and true I mark it well—■ that the failion who pretend to he the friends of the people, and who expect to prove that they svre such, by (hewing that they are enemies of their government — theft men change their note at least once a year. Peace, peace, fay they, jvhen our fron tiers and fea-ooafts and \e!Tels are to be defended agninfl the Indians and Ade lines. Spirit, deciiion, European con nections, is the cry, when projects are to be prosecuted. It is a fact well known, favs a corref-' pondent, that a very fericus alarm took place last Summer- in London, among the American merchants, on account of a ru. rnor that heftile measures were impending on the part of Great-Britain, againfl tin's country —That alarm afterwards subsided ; and many letters from that country pub lished several weeks since, announced that it was in consequence of the Proclamation of Neutrality. From a Paper. We hear from Favettevi'le that his ex cellency Richard Dobbs Spaight, Esq. has been re-eiefted governor of this (late for the next year. The lion. James Coor, Wm. M'Clure, Joseph Brickie. Thos. Brown, Armftead, John Branch, and Richard Nixon are appointed counsellors of ft ate. The next general will tit in compliance with the ordinance of the con vention in the city of Raleigh. For the Gazkttk of the United Stjim MR. FF.nno, THE extract of a letter from London, dated November 2d, 1723, publithed in your's and Mr. Brown's Gazette of tail evening, is a manifeit and palpable fabri cation, made up in this city,' by fume ] ri tilh agent or partisan, with a design to deceive members of Congiefs, and mificad the public mind on the fubjeft of Mr. Madison's propositions, now depending before the Houfc of Representatives ; in proof of this, it is only necefiary to remark, 00 the circumilance of the supposed letter wi iter's knowledge of Mr.Pinckncy's (the American Miniiler) remonflrance to the Britiih Court, on tlie subjeCt of hojl'de mcafures rejoined cn, (as the letter writer fays) by that Courtagainfl the when it is known by Mr. Finekney'aco.; - refpondence now befi.re Congress, that no such circumstance ever occurred—And surely if the President of the United State* ever knew of such a eircmnftar.ee, be would not have failed to communicate it to Crn grefrt—he has not done so, arid tbereft, z, falfehood is stamped on every word of the extratl in question. L,et it be alio remarked, that tlie f M extract contains a direct censure ngai--.lt the conduct of the President of the United States, for having withheld from information so important and material for them to know Philad. 28th Jan. 1794. *m * This day's pre:euli>:gs of Cvigrft are ur.axouLibly 1 muted. " 'Ju"ire," imsit exc'jf? the omif f:on cf his performance—" Vks whole of the petitioneri seem infer;libit- to the calls of mercy, juitics and hiimii:K»"—" T"'i eternal declamation of a set ct V-nr-bir, ned enthusiast*" " Screech Owls"—" ii i venlv ranters and holy mud me::"—" Ho ly batteries" &c. aie phralts which occur -in his Speculation—and are not <-:i!y irre lative to the meritt of the que it ion—but will not perhaps be jaflii.ed by or.i. c-uiQ»i advocate for the i'heatrt. TRUTH.
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