EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 55 of Vol. V.]
JAMES LEACH,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and
the public, That from ihe encouragement
he has from several refpe£tahle Gentle
men, he is induced once more, to embark in ihe
PAPER LlNE—and would offer his feivices to
all 'hose Gentlemen, who can place confidcncc
in him ; and h;- afTurcs those who employ hiin,
that ih«*ii confidence shall not be misplaced;—■
but it (hall be his tonflant endeavor, to pay the
ftrt&eft attention to their befl interest, in all ne
gociations whatever. He has taken the Chamber,
in State-Street, ovf T Mr. David I own/end, Watch
Make.'s Shop. Where PUBLIC SECURI
TIES, of all kinds, are bouj>ht and fold; and
whcie Commiflion Business of all kinds, will be
tranfaOcd on reasonable terms. HOUSES and
VESSELS will be conftamly exposed lor sale, on
commiflion.
%* Cash paid for Salem, Providence, and
Portsmouth BILI S.
N. B. If an\ Gentleman in P/ii/adclp/iia. or
New-York, has any Pufmefs to travfafl at Boffon,
in Paper Negocrations, he will be happy to be em
ployed on commission.
Boston, Jan. 24, 1794.
To be Sold at Public Vendue,
On Friday the nthday of April next,
at the house of John Thomson, in Perth-
Amboy,
The Proprietary House
AND LOT OF LAND,
IN THAT CITY.
THE Lot coutaifjs clevm actcy, on which is
an oichard of grafted apple tieos, a well of
excellent water, a laige {lone c stern, and a very
commodious ftablc and coacb-houfe, and a great
quantity of the best building stones in the walls
of the house, which was formerly built for the
residence of the Governors of N'c w-Jnfiy. The
situation of this Lot 1» so weli known <or its
heaithinefs and beautiful prof pert of ihe Rmijou
river to the weft of ibe bav, and to
the e«ift, that a further defc.iption i> unnrc?ffny.
The conditions of sals will be, one thud of the
purchase money 10 be paid on the fi'ft day of
May nextj when a good and fufnci< n! Deed will
be given to the puichafcr, by Waitir Ru«
Therturd, Esq. President of the Board of
Proprietors of the E-jftcrn Division of New-
Jrifev» ««»d tbe remaining two thuds fatufa&o
rUy secured io rqual annual payments.
By order of the Boar<),
JAMES PARKER, Regißer.
Perth- February 5, 1 794. 2awam
TO BE SOLD,
A large elegant House,
and Lot of Ground,
IN an eligible foliation, —also a Country Seat
within 6 miles of the City, with 9 acres of
land, or 42 acres of Jand and meadow, the
House is not exceeded by many in the vicinity
of the city, in size or convenience,
For terms apply to the printer.
January 23-
Daily's Hotel.
GIFFORD DALLY,
Formerly Keeper of the City Tavern, and
of the Merchant's Coffee-Houfe of this
City :—
RLSPECTFUI LY informs his Friends and
the Public i" general, that he has THIS
DAY opened a HOTEL in Shippcn-Strcet, be
tween Third and Fourth-Streets, at the House
formerly occupied by Mr. Tnnmons, which
has lately been greatly improved, and ;s now
very coinmod ous ; where he has furnifhed hini
felf with 'he bell of LIQUORS, and will fur
ni(h a TABLE for Parties, with the heft provi
sions the Markets afford, ai any hour, 011 the
ihortt ft notice. F'om his long experience in
this line of business, he flatters himfclf he ftiall
be able to give fatisfa£hon to all who may please
bo favor him with iheir company 4
Philadelphia, January 29,1794.
War Department.
January 3 Oth 1794-
IN FORMATION is heieby given 10 all the
military invalids of the United States,that the
fiims to which they are entitled for fix mouths
of their annual pension, from the fourth day of
September 1793, .»nd which will become due
on 'he 51b day of March 1794, will be paid on
the (aid day by the Commiflionei» of ihe Loans
within the ftatcs refp< ttively, under the usual re
gulations.
Applications of executors and administrators
must be accompanied with legal evidence of
their refpettive offices, and also of the time the
invalids died, whose pension they may claim.
By command of the Prefidt nt
of* the United S<ate«,
Secretary oj IVar.
The printers in (be refprftive dates are
requcfted to publifti the above in their
pers for the fpacc of 1* 0 raouihs.
January go.
Excellent CLARET,
In and in calc-t of 50 ooulcs each,
A few cases Champaigne Wine ;
In pipes, hogsheads and quaiier calks,
FOR SALE BY
Jan. 2, 1794.
Parry and Mufgrave,
Goldsmiths Jewellers,
No. 42,
SILVER PLATED WARE,
JEWELLERY & fine CUTLERY,
Which they will dispose of on the most rea--
fonable terms. Devices in hair, Miniatures
sett, and every thing in the gold and filvei
way, done as iffual.
December 24.
Trufteesof an Academy,
Oi an; individual wishing to engage a
per on to fiiperi: ter d thr Education of youth,
in the couiie of ftuJies ufnally adopted io
Academies, or any bianch of bulinefs requir
ing fnnilar qualifications, may open a com
munication with a pcrfon willing to be em
ployed a few years (for a generous compensa
tion) by writing (letters to be post paid) to
M. John Ff.n.vo, Philadelphia.
•j3' Printers to the Southward would pojfibly
oblige fame oj their friends, by injcriing the foregoing
a few twii S in their papers.
February 8.
City Commissioners Office,
January 30, 1794.
IN purfusnee of a Refo'vc of the Common
Council, dated the 20th day of .Januaty,
1794, lor dividing the City into five- Dtftri&a,
by lines drawn East and Wist, whereof each of
the City Commtflioncrs is to take the fuperin
trndance of one of the ("aid Diftti&s, and to be
accountable for the cleansing, good order and
regularity of the fame.
The CommifTioncrs have accordingly made
the 1011-wing arrangement for the prefer.t :
DijiriSt the lijl. Nathan Boys, to have the
charge of that part of the llreets, lanes and alleys
from Ccdar-ffrcet, to the north fide of Spruce
ft'eet.
Dijlritt the zd. Hugh Roberts, from thr north
fide of Spruct-ftreei to the north fide of Walnut
street.
Dijlrifl the 3d. Joleph Claypoole, from the
north fioe of Walnut to the south tide of High-
street,
m&th— tf
Dtjlrifl the 4th. William Moulder, from the
north fide of High, to the north fide of Mulberry
street
DiJiriß the sth. Nicholas Hicks, from the
north lide of Mulberry, to the north fide of Vine
street.
N B. The carriage way in Mark> t-ftreet, is
underthecharge ol the Commi&wcrs generally,
for the present, the foot-ways on the north and
south fides thereof, are connc£led with the ad
joining Diftrifts r fpettively.
I have, in my preceding remarks, ex
hibited a moral view of this question in
the atftraft. A single and summary ar
gument decides it in a few words, The
perfeSion of government is to render as
perfeS as poflible the moral system. States
or Sovereignties are artificial or corporate
persons, and as such, capable of moral
right and wrong. To render any system
of morals complete, every person, whether
natural or artificial {hould have, equal rights,
equal remedy for injuries, and an equal pow
er of rcfjhng injury or demanding right.—
If there is an individual in society, a na
tural person, who is not as fubjeft to all
the laws of the society, as every other in
dividual, his situation is raised above that
of his fellow-citizens, and he has the pow
er of exercising over them some acla of
tyranny. If. there is one person who
is not compellable to answer the demands
of his neighbors, he is or may be a ty
rant over them; for when men depend
H. KNOX,
d«m
Friday, February 14, 1794.
ALSO,
MADEIRA,
JOHN VAUGHAN,
No. 111, South Front llreet
SOUTH SECOND-STREET,
HAVE FOR SALE,
An elegant AJfortment of
Extrafl from the Mivutrs,
JOHN MEASE, Clerk.
From the American Minerva.
SUABILITY OF STATES.
AND
on the discretion or integrity of another
for justice, they depend on his mere will
and pleafnre ; and this is precisely the de
pendence of Jla-ves on a maftcr —the de
pendence of a Turk on the Grand Sultan.
It matters not whether this person, who
is exempt from the ordinary compulsion
of law, is a natural person, an individual
of the society, or an artificial person, a
corporate body. It matters not whether
this person i> a city, a fubordinatc cor
poration, or the sovereign body politic.—
The argument is conclusive in either cafe.
Wherever there are two persons capable
of having rights and duties; capable of
controlling with each other; to render
their facial, moral and political state per
fect, they must be on equal terms, quod
hoc; that is, so far as the contrast ex-
tends.
Now if one of the contrasting parties
is compellable to fulfil his stipulations, and
the other is not; in the name of reason
and common sense, let me ask, where is
the equality of their rights ? The oppo
fers of the inability of states are challenged
to answer this question.
mw&rftf
If then in our republican governments,
there is any power, either natural or arti
ficial which claims and enjoys the preroga
tive of doing justice to others, or not, at
its fo-vereign will and pleasure, that power
is so far despotism ; and the persons over
whom that power does or may exercise its
prerogative, are so far Jla-ves.
The reason is not pointed to the single
question as it refpefts the several states of
America ; it is applicable to the United
States so far as they form a Sovereignty ;
and to all sovereign states on earth. And
I am perfectly fatisfied that it is a perfection
of republicantfra, reserved for a more en
lightened period of the world, that free
sovereign states Ihall, in all contra£ts or
stipulations, with individual citizens, whe
ther natives or foreigners, place themselves,
with refpeft to the administration of jus
tice, on a footing with individuals, render
themselves suable in courts of justice, and
make provision for carrying into effect pro
cess and execution against themselves. It
is pride, a haughty and domineering prin
ciple of the old world, that would contend
for the right of states to exercise an uncon
trolled discretion, which is often mere arbi
trary will and power, in the distribution
of justice towards private citizens.
Nor can I pass over the refle&ions call
on the judges of the supreme court of the
United States, for their decision on this
question. The clear explicit phraseology
of the constitution, one would think, might
save them from the sneers of certain gen
tlemen, in high stations, who, in deriiion,
pronounce them learned.—But when we
consider the republican fin of the decision,
we may be aftonilhed at the blittdnefs of
opposition. Never did the judges of that
court deliver an opinion so perfectly re
publican, so perfefily recognizing the equal
rights of man, so perfectly hostile to the
proud domineering spirit of arbitrary will
and pleasure, as when they pronounced
the states to be compellable to answer the
demands of individuals. This decision a
lone might refute the charge of aristocra
cy, so liberally bestowed on those gentle
men. It is not republicanism but monar
chy and aristocracy that contend for the
dangerous power of doing as they please,
with individuals. Republicanism descends
from the throne of arbitrary will and plea
sure, and offers herfelf, on a footing with
her citizens, a defendant as well as plain
tiff, in the tribunals of justice.
What a strange absurdity do men in
dulge, when they zealously contend for
an arbitrary poivrr in many hands, which
they tremble at, in the hands of one man !
Is power the left to be dreaded, becaufeit
has changed hands ? If I have any idea
of despotism, it is mojl dreadful in the
hands of a large body of men. Legislative
powers in the hands of many, lose their
danger in the interejl which legislators have
in the laws—They themselves are fubjeft
to the laws which they ena& for the pub
lic. Here is an ark of fafety. But in de-
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cifions of the state between individuals
and itfelf, where is the principle that can
control the narrow, partial, felfilh, pre
judiced views of man ? Will universal in
tegrity ensure justice ? Will reputation,
where no man can be accused, guarantee
a uniform, impartial adrniniflration of jus
tice ? Will honor always triumph over pri
vate paflions, secret prejudice and motives
of interest ? Let any man lay his hand
upon his bread, while he reasons on this
fubjeft, and while he reviews the proceed
ings of our legislatures towards individual
suitors for justice ; and fay, if he can,that
a man's rights are fafe in the hands of dis
cretionary fovercign power.
Objections to be answered in a future
paper.
Mr. Fenno,
THE enclosed animadversions on a
publication underthe Signature of Grac
chus, which appeared in the General Ad
vcrtifer on Monday the 10th inlt. were
sent to the Editor of that paper yesterday
for publication—He has since returned
the manofcript—with a declaration that
the reflections on the French Minister,
are inadmissible ! !—lt is in vain thrft Mr.
Bache should pretend, that it is proper to
avoid refle&ions on a person, who, he
fays, is not accountable to the American
people; for if that person intrudes him
felf into American politics, and by him
felf, or his creatures attempts to impose
on the public mind in the Newspapers,
no good reason can be assigned why hit
conduct (hould escape ccnfure.
Philad. Feb. 11
For the General Advertiser.
Mr. Bache,
" THERE are Hypocrites in Politics
as well as Religion i" Men who, under
a made of profeffion, conceal principle*
most opposite to it. Such a canting hy
pocrite I take your correspondent Grac
chus to be. He pretends an attachment
to Liberty and Republican principles—
nay, which is more impudent Hill, he
pretends to understand them ; yet like a
true son of Ambition, grasps at controul
ing, singly, the opinion of almost four
millions of freemen. Disguised as a de
mocrat, and united with a junto of simi
lar complexion, he would no doubt gladly
obtain the direction of the public mea
sures for himfelf and his creaturei. With
this view they continually attempt to vili
fy the officers of our government, the
worthy objects of republican confidence
&aprobation;&obtrudetheirimpertinence
upon the public eye, under a pretext of
being the friends of the people ; of that
very people who would scarcely, perhaps,
chufe them for Constables, much less the
Watchful Centinels of their moll precious
interests.
The envious Philippic of Gracchus,
who mistakes the impudence of feftion for
republican freedom, it directed against the
muit dignified and unexceptionable public
character which ever conduced the admi
nistration of any government. He at
tempts, almofl sacrilegiously attempts, to
rob our beloved President of as well-earn
ed laurels, as ever adorned a human brow.
From the particular charges exhibited
by that malevolent incendiary, one would
suppose his performance to be the despe
rate effort of a disappointed man, or some
of his satellites of mifchief, fufficiently
known in America.
By such ii.lk'.iotis methods, lie hopes,
to {hake the public confidence in their
Chief Magistrate, But let him, whoever
he 1 be, know ; let him hear it from a plain
citizen and as ftauch a republican as he
pretends to be ; that the Prelident of the
United States is the choice of American
Citizens ; that they have viewed his civil
administration with the fame admiration
and delight, which filled their hearts when
he became the instrumental Saviour of
their country at the head of its embattled
youths ; that lie lives in their hearts ; and
that a ltroke Impinging against him, tb e
A. B.