at the feet of some of the tyrants of Eu rope, and that this trade, having been greater with Great-Britain and her colo nies, than with all the reft of Europe, its interruption at this time, would overwneim the British and treasury influence here, in unfpeakabli diftrcfs; Neither could its loss be supplied hy any commercial pn\ i leges which could be granted by i' ranee, overrun luith banditti, and desolated by in (.-nd'mrtes; for trom Great-Britain, we (hould import the pure bullion of corruption, but from France the abominable drols oi equality. 9th. Resolved, that however foreign Ministers may be dbufed, for adhering ftriflly to the inftru&ions of their own So vereigns, yet these inltruftions are by no means to juftiiy them for daring to hold contrary opinions to the Sovereigns to which they are sent ; neither is anv Mi nister, on that account to affront the So vereign to whom he is delegated, by as serting the rights of his nation, or by any conduct in oppofitiori to that supreme will. 10th. Resolved, that every government has a natural right to make its treaties a matter of convenience: That we rely im plicitly on the abilities of our Executive to do so, and that the sense of the United States, refprfting our treaty with Fiance, has been abundantly collected and evinced, by the numerous addresses and resolves, from stock-jobbers, speculators, Britilh agents &c. from every quarter of the Union, nth. Resolved, tlvat Imperium in Im p;no, or one Sovereign authority witain another, I*B a fatal solecism in our present politics, and incompatible with aristocra tic liberty : We, therefore, deem any par ticular Democratic Society (not anarifto cratic one) rikng in the rfridft ol our great energetic government, and pt'efuming to give an opinion upon the measures of our cunftituted authorities, fraught with the deftru£tive materials of inequality, inimical to proclamations, and usurpations, and highly insulting to the officers of our go vernment ; whtr confiding in their otfn wisdom and energy, wifli neither the ad vice nor interference of the people or the mob, in any ft)ape whatever. x zth. Resolved, that we are united in the bonds of civil society, for the purpose of making majlers and not agents: That Liberty without a mailer is a delu sive phantom, and that the greatest bles sing which it can give is fulmijjion. That the defpotilm of the people, is as tremen dous ail evil, as that of a Monarch, for the people always tyranmfe over themselves : And that to encourage this Jefpotifm, is to incur the execration of mankind. Signed by order of the Meeting, Alexander Pacificus, Secretary. PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 13. On the iotli inftont tlrerCommander of the (hip ccf the Republic, La Viile de L'Orient, gave* dinner on board to a number of French and American citizens. After the repatl the following toasts were drank, the two firft under the discharge of 15 guns. The French Republic, one and indlviGhle. The United States of America. The mountain ag.iinft which alt conspira cies will be wrecked, the National Convention. The patriotic Legiflaturc which (hall com plete the- emancipation of the United State* from foreign commercial bondage. The State of Peimfylvania. Tlic Militia of tin United States jmd the National Guards of France —May thev ever be united in the defence of the Rights ot Man in both hemispheres. Mav Americans not mistake the efforts which France is making to extirpate the an cient inveterate leprofy —Popery, Nobility, and Royalty, with which the United States' were never infected. May the ariflocratical fcom of France find a resting Dhce any where but in free America. The divine juftrce which caused to spring from the new world the avengers of the atro cities committed by the tyrant 3 of the oH. The great confederacy of mankind —may it soon exist on the ruins of that of kings. Thc art which guarantees to the people the removal of the clouds of prejudice and fuper f.ition which have enveloped Furcpe during jfifteen centuries—thi art of printing. The art which guarantees to free people tueir Independence, and causes them to be re adied by tyrants —the art of war. The art which mrintains equality in peace ful times, is the bed security for the cultiva tion of all the virtues, and the main spring of commerce- —Agriculture. The art which (hortens thediftance between remote nations, facilitates the exchange of their riches, and themcre valuable interchange of their principles of liberty—Navigation. Truth—may it ever be the iliield of inno- cencc. The company were entertained "With a number of patriotic for.gs, a. a narrative of some historical traits of cour. c and patriot ism; the effect which iheie oduced, fully evinced that the company preit felt at one, as one rejoiced at the triumph v. virtue, and the effci A number of volunteer *' wfrds drank, among which MitEin, and Genet, were not li We are informed that Major Forsyth, Marshal of the DiHricl of Georgia, in serving a process lately, wast fiiot through the heart by a plftol, A Mr. Allen, wlio fled from his credi tors in South Carolina, was the perpetra- tor of this villainous ast — The people rose in a body, ami would have facrificed Allen on the spot, had he not eluded their Vengeance by making his escape.— Major Forfyth was highly refpefted in life and his unfortunate fate is greatly lament ed. Extrafr of a' letter from liudfnn, Feb. 5. " Inform Mr. — , that Justice H. V. Hoofer was taken ill yesterday morning at half pait 9 o'clock, and at I r in the evening was a corpse—his wife wan taken in che fame manner, is yet alive, but despaired of-—fome conjecture they are poisoned." We hear that a vefiel has arrived at Baltimore, which left Plymouth in Eng land, the 29th November.—[The Balti more papers by this day's mail contain nothing new. J At a public meeting of the Citizens of Savannah, held by adjournment, at . the Filature,on Wednesday the eighth day of January, 1794 ? v The Hon. Nathaniel Pendleton, in the chair Resolved, That as we esteem it one of the greatell privileges of-free citizens, publicly to express our disapprobation of the measures of government, when we conceive them to be conducive to impro per -ends, and influenced by improper motives; so, on the contrary, we eon - ceive it equally our duty to cxprefs our ap probation of great and extiaordinary a£ts, which have been the result of constant vigi lance, and prudent precautions for na tional fsfety. Resolved, That among the great and good acts of our firlt rnagiftrate, we ate particularly induced to express our war med thanks and fulleft approbation of the wife and judicious meafiires adopted du ring the tecefs of Congress. We conceive them to ertibtace as their great obje&s, the honor, dignity, and t.u« interest of America } and we feel a particular plea sure, that after a public inyeftigation, these a<3s have received the fmleft appro bation of both houses of Congress. Resolved, That we conceive it to be the genius of true republicanism, to give equal liberty and no more. That this li berty can only be enjoyed where the laws are supreme, and are refpefled. That the attempt of Citizen Genet, the French ambassador, to enlist and raise an armed force, under French pay, within the ju rifdi&ion of the United States, would, if not early checked, have a direst ten dency to a total fnbverfion of our laws and government, and the equal libertyof the citizens. That acts of this kind are contrary to the law of nations, and repug nant to the principles of every good go- 'ernment. Resolved, That while we express a just sense of (he indignant conduct of the Frinch ambaffadoi, towards the Ameri can government, we at the fame time de clare we entertain a sincere gratitude and attachment to the French nation. Resolved, That in the present crisis of European politics, we are of opinion it is the true Uit<rett of America to remain at peace—to observe a ftiict adherence to the faith of treaties on our part, and with fitmnefs to demand a leciprocal conduct from other nat ion*. Refulved, Tliat although we deprecate war as one of the greatell evils that can befal a nation, and that an appeal to arms ought to be the dernier resort of a republican government, it becomes the United States to be prepared in this lad extremity, to afTert and protedt their rights against theencroachments or insults of any foreign nation whatsoever. Nathaniel Pendleton, Chairman, The (hip Apollo, frorri Amsterdam, the (hip Andiomeda, from Liverpool, the (loop Dolphin, fiom Jaimaca, and two 01 tbiee other veffelj are arrived iu the Bay of Delaware. The (hips from Europe do not biing any intelligence, •he Apollo having failed about the be ginning, and the Andiomeda, on the 91 h of November. Capt. Shanklin, of the sloop Dol phin, of Philadelphia, was taken on his passage from Aux-Cays, and carried in to Kingtton, (Jamaica) 011 the 22d of September, where he lay till the 22d of December, his cargo being libelled as French property. vere after '.fhington, '.ten. About 10 days ago, about 40 leagues from the Capes, he spoke a Srig from Fayal to New-York, out 3 months, in want of provisions; and a day or two af ter, spoke the ship Wilmington, Capt. M'Gee, from Li(bon, bound to Phila delphia, out 13 wteks, in distress for want of water. The following American vefiels re mained at Kingllon, on the 22d of De. cember, and several others whose names Capt. Slianklin cannot recoiled, in all about 30 fail. Ship Sainpfon, Capt. Barney, of Balti moie, Rifiug Sun, Wilkie, Philadelphia, A diip belonging to Rhode-Island, Brig Bctfey, Chace, Philadelphia! Hannah, Post, ditto. Fair American, ditto. Lydia, Rinkcr, ditto. Echo, Williams, New-YWk, Alfred, , Baltimoie, Minerva, Wade, Newbern, N. C. Sally, Duguid. ditto, Schr. Flora, ——, Philadelphia, Sloop Sally, Quarles, Baltimore, The two latt and their cargoce, con demned. FROM CORRESPONDENTS. A party leader is born to trouble as the foarks fly upwards. He has to fcuffle as well as he can against the arguments of his adversaries, and fomctimes his hard fate compels him to contend against his own. When the regulations are near loft, he cries out proteß trade. When the Alge rines are to be kept at arms length, he cries, trade if not worth fuck expence The prote&ion of our tirade by regula tions, is worth our exports, nay it is worth our peace. The protection of our trade by frigates, is not worth half what it will roft in i'jCurance and redemption of cap tives if we have no frigates. It will cost twice, probably four times, as much to neglect arming as to arm—yet it is cheaper to do nothing than to defend ourselves. If we regulate trade, and starve the EngKth planters and manufacturers, our enemy will want the pretext and the cou rage to relent what we do. If we but lift the hand in defence against th? Algerine sabre, England will join the Algerines. Foreign influence is to be dreaded— We ought to facrifice Our own citizens for France— We are not colonies to England, as formerly— Let us aflert our independence, and be coitiC colonies to F rancc. Freedom of trade! Let us hand-cuff and fetter it, in order that our French friends may profit by this new advantage.' It is reciprocity, to im pose reftriftions in return for privilege, and to give bounties to the French, and pay taxes ourselves, for nothing. Such advantages are worth fuffering and strug gling fomc yerfrs to gaiit. Profit is to be got by felf-denial—Trade will grow by a non-importation. Benevolence will smile to fee our customers starved. Commercial liberty in a cage, will sing like a bird. Whatever the glory of leading a party may be thought to be worth, few men but would renounce it, if it is to be gained only by speaking riddles, and being daily faced down by their own contradictions. The Flags of the two Republics, A merica and France, were hitched up on the steeple of a church in New-London, on a rejoicing day, for certain news of diplomatic mamjfafture. A French Flag on a church—Fortune or Blind Chance, pr whatever rides, made a very odd jum ble in this inftanie. PRICE of STOCKS. 6 per cent«, rB/z 3 ditto, 10fi Deferred, 1 U. S. Bank,- i z _ per cent. adv. Pennsylvania do. 8 ditt» ditto. By this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, Feb. 12 Admiral Jarvis appeared off Fonchally Madeira, 011 the 17th December, and hoisted iignals for the Quebec and Zebra frigates, then laying in the roads to join him. Sir John had left the convoy the day before, under an easy fail, in order to take in fotne of the particulars. Same day by difpatehes to the Gover-* nor at Madeira from Porto-Santo, a very heavy cannonading was heard to the N. E< F.xtraft of a letter from Kingston, Jamai- ca, dated Jan. 15. " Since your departure, we have been very sickly here—almost as bad as at Phi ladelphia." From Albany we have intelligence, that we believe authentic, that the House of Aflembly have resolved, if the Senate con cur therein, that the powers of the com miffioncrs of the land-office be suspended, so far as to prevent the granting of pa tents to any, except those who have com plied with their engagements. [Tie following extraßs are taken from the SUN, of the 2 Jth of November—a pa per printed in London.J TOULON, October 18. Several (kirmifhes have lately taken place, between the advanced guards of the two armies; the events of which have been favourable to the French, who have taken two or three important posts com manding Toulon, particularly that of Cape Brun. LONDON, November 24.. It appears that on Monday afternoorf, at four o'clock, Lord Howe fell in with the French fleet 25 leagues S. W. of Scilly; the enemy's squadron eonfifts of 6 {hips of the line, 2 frigates, and brigs and schooners. Near four hours were spent in forming the line of positron, Lord Howe was desirous of establishing to pre vent the escape of the enemy, and at 8 o'clock the Latona frigate, being the hezd mofl {hip, began- to fire her bow cha fers, which the enemy returned by firing their Hern ch:ifers. Lord How had divided his fleet into two squadrons in order to render the escape of the enemy impufible ; at this period Lieutenant Bond*? was dispatched to announce this intelligence. SHIP NEWS. * Capt. Hampton of the brig Isabella & Ann, left Point Petre, Gtiadaloupt, on Monday the 23d of Dec. bound for Phi ladelphia. The foflowißg American vef iels were then at that port. Brig Martha and Mary, Stranfbury, of Baltimore Three Morris, Wilming ton,' D. 801 l on- Dolphin, Bavkei, Fair American, Angufs, Philad. And a number of other vefiels belong ing to ports in America. The next day,- the 24th, Capt. Hampton was taken by an English armed schooner belonging to Antigua, and sent to the port of Bafie terre, St. ICitts, where he arrived on the 26th, at which place he found 17 fail of American veflels, some of which had been there for a long time ; what they were kept there for, they could not tell. On producing his book and papers to the gen tlemen who were agents for the owners of the privateer, they were fully fatisfi edthat his veflel and cargo were American property,who ufedallmeans in their power not to detain him longer than was necef faty: But notwithstanding their endea vours, was kept two days before he had his examination. Lift of velTels left at St, Kitts. No.- of days 1n port* Brig Mercury, Sill, New-London, 45 Diana, Gardner, New-York, 33 Bethia, Lathrbp, Newburyport, 21 Tritbn, Ridgway, Philadelphia, 16 Kitty, Sullivan, do. 16 — , Jones, Baltimore,. 4 Schr. Atlantic, Marshall, BolYon r 18 Funn, Grant, . do. i<> Ceres, Robeitfort, New-'tork, 4 Commerce, Borden, Fairfield, 2 Middletown, Savage, Middletown, 2 The House of Representatives of the United States, were this day engaged in die business of the Delaware election, & the report on the Pott-Office law—pro grefrwas reported in both caies. [ Minerva.]
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