IHE pantheon,
J _ RICKETTS'S AMPHITHEATRE,
rcr Eqtieftriah and Stage perforrfiances. Corner of
Chefnut and Sixth-streets.
THIS EVENING, Oiflober Z4,
Will be prsfented, '
A variety of plealingEntertainments. 1
Squeflrian Exercises—by Mr. Ricketts, Mr F. Ricketts '
Mailer Hutcnins, and Mrs S|>inactfta. '
, Clown to the horfemanfcip— Mr. Sully. i
(For two nights only)
After which will be presented,
-A scotch floral Dance, under the direflion cf Mr.
Durang, called '
The CALEDONIAN FROLIC. !
Principal Chara£\ers
Isy Mr. Durang, Mrs Toinokitos and Mrs. Dorantr. '
HORSEMANSHIP. «
Mr'. Rjclsetta- wir pick up a pin from the greund, 1
the horse :n full, fpeecl. <
Slack Rope Vaulting "by Mr. Duranj*. i
EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES. c
By Mr. Kidketts and Mr. F. Rickets, who, forthe f
time, will carry Mailers Hutchins and Snider (
on their Iho-jlders, as flying Mercurie?. ,
• f° r fbe firft time, 4nj for two nights only,
The uholeirtil conclude with a favourite Pantomimey '
called 1
The Valiant Soldier ; '
Or, The Thicvu.
Captain of tht Banditti, Mr. Spinacuta. a
2d Thief, Mr. Coffie. r
Lucas, Mr. During. '
Clown, Mr. F. Ricketts. a
Valiant Soldier, Mr. Sully. n
Milkmaid, Mrs. Durang. ft
Colette, Mrs. Tompkins.
In the course of the Pantomi*ie will be introduced ,
a battle with hroad swords, by Mr. Sully as Valiant
Soldier, and Mr. Spinacuta as Captain of the Banditti.
' Magfeiirt, Witches, &c. by the reft of the company. !<
. The Ladies "nd Gentlemen who secure feats in m
the day time, are requefled to attehd at 7, n
as the performances are so arranged as t<s conclude by a j
1o o'clock—the doors will open at 6. r
r J ts" Box, 7s. 6d.—Pit, ,;s. 9H. *r
1 ickets to be had cf9 Mr. Ford, at the ticket office in
Chefnut-flreet, from ten to three o'clock each day. ' £
Silver Tickets, to admit for the season, to be had w
By applying to Mr. P icketts at the Pantheon, or at Oel- £
le.-s's Hojel. y
Mr. RICKETTS a >
BEGS leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen, that cc
he will open fii. RIDING SCHOOL on the ift of Nov. w
for the inftrufHon of Ladies and Gentlemen in the ele. ar
gant accorhplilhmcnt of riding and managing thais horses dt
with ease tOjthemfelvss. ,
Mr. Ricketts has well traintd Horses f6r the zccom
fce*dation of Ladies and Gentlemen for exercise, to pay
monthly. Pupils to pay by the season, or by the lcflon. ! *
Horses trained to the road or field. ' of
Oflober 24. d
Landed this Day, ' ac
At Morton's Wharf, from the brig Fame, Captain
Knox, J d»
A quantity of Barbadoes Rum & Sugar.
For Sal' by ln J
Kearny Wharton. mc
Cißober 34. d(> ,
- LODGING S. th e
WANTED~TO RENT, wf
Plainly furnifhed, (bedding excepted) a Parlour or wc
Sitting Roem, two Bed-Cnambes, and a Kitchen A to
line addreOed to J. J. at the Printer's, No. 119, Chef- r
*ut-flr eef, will be attended to.
Oflnb-T T.l. d w
LOST, YESTERDAY,
A Note of Hand, I on
Givfcn in favour of William Wright by John Curtis, jsr
for £ 130, or thereabouts. Al! persons are warned I
against reeeivir.g said Note in payment—lf found, it is
requeued that it may be delivered to the subscriber at
No. ioii North Third-street : payment being flopped,
it can he of no use ta any one but the owner.
Od. Z2 r 3 JOHN CURTIS.
50 Dollars Reward. am
Lofty a red Morocco Pocket-Book, X le
BETWEEN the Center House and the White Horse in P ct
Market-street j containing two 10 dollar bank-notes, one of
of 50 dollars, and ore branch-bank-note of one dollar ; efts
Geororr ■ —- - r 1 ' ars, endorsed e£
00 dollars; a •.
r.cte cl - -I. Cur iat ,iPO ■ : for 75 dollars,
~Tr.H oSe of several other e " 1
bee
o receive any Ac
«-,f -jv i.ntrs, i' • ly perfoß Rut vvo
Jftiei ' . r.ocver will deli—
h 11 receive the P rl
ijo-. ■a. gx - AARON JOSEPH. Jef
j Ov-lober zi. *3 inai
Loft Last Evening,
At Rickctts's Arnphithe?tr», (supposed to be taken by f a f)
some villain out of a gentleman's pocket) ,
A red Morocco-Leather POCKET- BOOK,
Containing about 185 dollars in bank notes; three notes ' U "
of hand of Rofs and Simfon, No. 304, 30^and 306, da
;ed 12th iaf? Augufl, payable 60 days after date, to the " t
order of I'auVSiemec, together for_j 150 dollars; an ordar /he
of Mrs. Ann IV acpherfon, from Paul Siemen, on Lach- ~ i
li» Mac Neal, Ef<j."at for 100 dollars; be- „
fides several letters and papers of no afe but to the proprie- 3
tor. 7he notes of hand and order afe without endorse- " a
mer.t. EIGHTY DOLLARS RIiWARD is offered to " 0
-•Hiy person who will dilcover and secure the thief, and '« b
FORTY DOLLARS for only bringing the above mer.ti- „ ({
oncd notes aV,d papers at No. 129, corner of Front and <(
Mulberry.fireets. d T)&. 11. 1
'To be Sold, «•»
The Time of a smart, a£tive Negro Lad, " "
Who has £leven years to serve.
Inquire at N0.15R, South Froift-dreet. e<
' .O<ftolier 18. § "c;
"WAN IS EMPLOYMENT, «
A YOUNG- MAN just arrived in this city: would "J,
wifii 10 engngi as-a Private Tutor in a Gentleman's F*mi- r
ly He j-rofefT's the Rudiments of the Englifli, 0 1
Fitrch, and Latin languages. Writing, Arithm-rtic, are
t U"ii':oE and decimal Book-Keeping, Sur utile
veyii v , GN.'gii-.-g, JMavigation, Aflronomy, GeographV, chec
/ Iget-a. ftc-Jtc.. - t
'J hi PuUifber, by 1 c-rfon of his travels, (having visited e
I'uopi a ::ud Africa) has had an opportunity of , "
rr»<S(fi g : eft of the above Branches. " c w
A lir.c . ddrefied to C K——, and left at the fequ
•CTfio" cl Kaper, Ciall b# duly attended to. inn!
o£\:Ler 20. 3
K' ANTED,*
An yiPPRENTJCE to the Prirting Bufmefs. of d(
Ei;iyjirc atthis Office. how
, FOR TflE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED S FATES, j
Mr. Fen no, t
IT appe irs by the vote of the afTembly of Vir- «
gima, refpefting the contluft of Mr. Jefferfon. while J
governor of that (late, that " there had been popu- «
• ar rumours against him, wftich had some /
cetts " degree of credence by more pointed t
asd which had rendered it neceflary to mike an F
" e'-quiry into his condoft." h
Thc.aceufation w»9 that, on the approach bf a t
Mr. ; " ,roo P"», 'he governor of Virginia, be- o
trayed a want of ftrmnefs, and, hv his (light,canfed ii
3. '"jVy <« 'he state in the loft of records, &c. e
The veidift of the affemhly of Virginia, departing <>
ang. nlto f eth<; '- from the charge,. a « q „it« Mr. Jeffcrf«n
los th.it of which he Hot been accused, to'amely, ii
und, w » nt of ability and integrity, but gives no verdict b
°" barge of nunn: of jrrmnefi. This is not ci
linlike the proceeding of feme masters, when they S
R ,ve . ? ckaja<fter to a discharged servant who lias tl
ider f^l^rn '^ f° r drurtkenneft, and whom they de- ,0!
i'ribe as having-been very fiilhful, induJlrious zni ai
, bonejl. This afTembly of Virginia his been at all d
j'tnes remarkable for their vote* of thanka. The
ate Richard Henry Lee, a fenatm in congreft from ei
that (late, had acquired the severe displeasure o-f al li
the republicans rn Virginia, we know that it «
abounds with them) for having proposed 'itbefe- "
nate in the firft session the title of his higlnefs for "
the P:e{ident of the United States. It vtas never "
alcertained whether he wsg fir.cere in maling the "
motion, or only wished to disparage the led:ia! con. "
(mutton by such a manoeuvre. Certain hewever it th
ced " k i 1,0 lo " ' lls f ormei ' popularity in Virginia, and di
iant ' erf ore 'bought prroper to decline being a candi- at
itti. da,e ,lle expiration of his term ; yet strange to of
ny. el., the afTembly of Virginia gave him an unan't- w]
s m mous vote of thanks for his faithful fervicesin the fe- -
hv n ' te the United States. A (hort time after the a!
anembly of Virginia pafled a vote of thanks to Mr* a,l
Giles far having inrtituted an enquiry into tht : con- h
sin u 0 1 Secretary of the TreafuryMr. Harail
ton, when it was umverfally known, tfot tke fholt the
had was a party buftnefs, contrived merely to gel Mr. to
Hamilton out of office.—ln 1794, the of fcn
— Virginia, after having voted that governor Le had pai
abandoned his pod, as governor, by {.fiiimiig '.he I f
hat comma nd of the Weflern army (which certaifly Jef
ov. w o»ld bave been a very reprehensible aft) gjve hm Mi
f 5 " *" ® r,anirnol,,TO,e of thanks for his mfr//«/-»«.yfCtn- c ; p
duct, m having abandoned his post. Last y«ar, the cor
ra . of Virginia wished to vote thanks to the
lay ' re J l dent for his conduct, but the two lioufes coild f er
on. I for a long while agree on the proper wordiig to
of the vote ; the lower house were willing to ®-
_ pi ami his integrity and his Jrmnefs, but would rot 1...
acknowledge his wifdam ; the senate infilled oil tis | , _
tin ' R>i f'' om > » nd a /'« much debate, the President's tof
dom was carried in the lower house, by a mnjorty .i. a
r> ot two votes. But here, in voting thanks to » j
tngtoa, the afTembly of Virginia were not umni, gu:
mous ! ! , aci
These votes of thanks in the Hate Jegiflaturcs ire ft c
— becoming f« cheap, and so mitcb a thing of course «
that very little value is now annexed to them. ,1 r
They frequently pass nem. con. because those « »
who are oppofrd to thcrn, cepccivc that tt rfetme- rf t
or woord annex some importance to the prrfon wfw is .< j,
>f. to rcce _' vc 'banks. 1 remember hearing of'an in- )t (j
stance in a state l*giflature, where a 'ote of thanks „
was just about to pass, and the clerk „ r
whether it was to be entered unanimonfly, when the ts j
sudden arrival and opposition of a rtember brought « a
on a debate, and the vote w*s rejeOtd by a large mi. „ c
Id ' CJVIS. „J,
at F or 'be Gazjtte of the Ukithi States. „ *
d ' N PHOCION—No. VIII-
It has been ftatcd, that the object of Mr. Ad. <« 0
ams's book was to point out th'e-terdency of a Jin- « b
gle legislative branch to destroy the lijjerties bf tin- up
in P eo p'e- His reasoning in favotf' of a di3r|iution '<
ac of the legislative power into two branches,-jj|ld the «tl
" ; eflabliftiment of rhecks aud balances, hasbiWwie «n
a k . edl y P erverlec} into a reasoning in fupppri- «< ~
■s, v '' e g e( J orders. Who has nw seen j
cr effufions, and the low ribaldry, which has of late in
been disgorged from the jftctbine pre(fts ag^itillMr,
>y Adams's system of checks and Jbalances ? i WiiO' C u'
j' would have supposed, that Jimilar reasoning- and !
principles Were ta be found in the works yf Mr'.' !
Jefferfon, the faveriti of thofeprejfes, and tfce very ' *
man who had firll founded the alarm against Mr. W !'
Adams's system of cheeks and balanaes, in other r f"'°
-words, his political kereftcs ? Such however is the ' r
V fact. ,he
I« the Notes on Virginia, page 126, the l' erl
u tution of Virginia is condemned by Mr. tU ,
j. because "all the powers of government refulfeto f ,
ie " the legislative body." " The concentrating- .
>r (he adds) in the fame hands, is precisely the *de !"
"fuition of despotic government. It will be no
" alleviation that these powers will be exercii'cd by *!
.. •• a plurality of handi, and not by a lingle one. C ,
o " One hundred and feventy-threc defpoti would surely V
d "be as opprejfivt ?s one. Let those who doubt it, ''
d " '. urH tllC '' on l!le republic.of Venicf. As "*"
u " little will it avail us«that they are chosen by our
— " selves :an elective despotism W?s not the govern- " 1
" went we fought for ; but one which should " F
•' not only be founded on free principles, and in
' *' which the powers of government should be divM- " CT
'• ed and balanced among several bodies of magiflra- "
" cy, as tlmt no one could ttaufcerd their legal H
■ "mi 16, without being effectually ekeckcd and re 'bat
" flrained by the others." ' ing t
Now, here we find a very able recommendation A
of checks and balances ; and x we are told, that we pl'ct
»re not to trufl even those whom ■we eleS Ourfdvcs, v °'e,
unless checked by some other powe'j for, if not so j utJ g
, checked, they will instantly be converted into dec- R "> caf
j five dsjpots. haiif
£ Such were the opinions of Mr. Jefferfon, when core
he wrote his Notes on Virginia. Whether his sub- A
: sequent refidencein France has effected a total change w 'ber
intthefe opinions, we have not the materials.to de- firms
. . . thc *
• This concentration might be the establishment 1
of despotic governmant, but itis difficult to comprehend retno
how it is thc SfFiNiTloti of it a ( u |
""P"' tide ; those ve prffels, ifivolvrjif mvtrr ij oMcu 1
j rity*; in h'.s letter to Mr. Madiiou (torn
Paris, dated December 20, 1787, on the fulj.
of the new federal condi:a:ion, he fays, " 1 like
Vir- 'he negative given to the executive yer, a few
■hile years after hi"> return from France, this kind i
!p U . of che. k was ranked by him among . <v. Adams's <
ome political heroics ; and tho\ in that latter, he seems I
ohs, to approve of the djltributiort of tlie legislative t
an power, by the American conflitution, into two i
branches; yet he is said to have been consulted 1- 1
>f * bout, and to hare approved, the French confutation !
be- of 1791, whj.h vetted the whole legislative power t
ifed in one branch, and thus, according to his do&rine, 1
&c. eftabhThcd. (or, to use his expression, dejined) an j
ting eleSive despotism.
fori Tlie friends of Mr. JefFerfon, while they hold F
ely, him up as the quint efTence of republican't/m. a 8 eft to v
dift be' prodigiously alarmed left the enemies of republi- a
rtot canifm should gain the ascendancy in the United p
hey States. Nothing can be pore piepofttrous than ri
lias this filly affe&atiou. Those who make the molt d
de- .ostentatious parade of it, are known to be the molt ! »
jnd in their piivate life, their pubficcon a<
all du£t, and all their views
It is certain, that Mr. Jefferfon himfelf, what- *
om ever be might a!fe£t, enteriains none of these fi'ars.
'al In a letter, already referred to, from him, arc these
tit expreffioss : " The rising race (in the U. States) F
fe- " are all republicans. We were educated in roy
for " alifm : no wonder if some of us retain that idol
ver " atry ft ill. Our young people 'ar« educated in re
the " puhiioanifm ; an apvjlacy from that to royalifm,
jn. "is unpretedemed and impcjjible." What ground da
•it then for these apprehensions ? How 11111 ft every ju
nd dici»us and independent citizen reprobate such base tr
di- attempts to miftead the public, and to defame some J n
to of the brftcharafters in the United States? And of dr
nf. whon are these fears entertained >Of Mr. Adams! tu
fe- —a citizen who, through thp arduous progress of W J
he a long public life, has rever been betrayed into one o ia
I r . at, which his opppnents can objeift to him ; for, hii
in- rt is to be observed, that, although he has been in rei
il- public life, uninterruptedly, for near thirty years, p[ c
ile they dare net attack bis public conduct, but are driven jt
.r. to the wretched expedient of ci iiicifmg his political
of sentiments, by misquoting his writings. For my pre
id part, were I a southern planter, owning negroes, cf9
ie I should be ten thousand times more alarmed at Mr.
ly Jeffcrfon's ardent wish for emancipation, than at t ht
m Mr Adams's fyflem of checks and balances. Eman- ] y
n- ci'pation is a pontile thing : apojlncy to royalifm, ac- C oi
it cording to Mr. Jefferfon, i: imp o J,Ue. p 0
I have produced written sentiments of Mr. Jef of
1 ferfon, which will bear as unfriendly a conftru&ion anc
'£ to repubheanifm, as any t»ei bfiixed to Mr. Adams's an.
P works. I will now call on the" adverfaiies of the fen
'' latter to produce, from the works of the former, hac
'* a more glowing panegynck on, or a more affedion- soli
/ ats evidence of attachment to, true 4
y than it to be found in the following passage of Mr. froi
\ Adams s Defence. After pointing out, with great difj
? ability, the superior advantages of a republican go- the
veiemcnt, he lays, in page 95, " After all, let us to
e " compare every conffitution we have seen with Fr<
te " those of the United States of Ameriea, and we nee
f " have no reason to blush for our couony. Od 'he
e " "the contrary, we (hall feel the ftmn.pt we
C upon our Knees, to heaven, ftr
18 " having been graciously plpafed to give us birth 'be
" and education in that country, and for having def.' all 1
18 <« lined us to live under her laws. We /hall 'have hitr
8 11 reason to exult, if we make our campariton with •
" Fnglard, and the Eflglijh conjl'itution. Our people lU€1 U€
« are undoubtedly sovereign^ AH the landed and Po«
".other property is in the hands of the citizens-,— 'he:
« Not ohFy their representatives, bnt their senators
«< and governors, are annually chofrn—There ate
« ™ hereditary fitles, honors, offices, nor difmßiont.
<• ihe festive, "ecutive and judicial powers are D 1
" catefiiily separated from each other. The powers
,f , lhe 'hefitr, and the many, are nicely m '
'• " balanced m their legiflaturcs. Trials by jury are fi f g
f «- preserved in all tkeir glory ; and there is neLd- thc
» ' tng army. The habeas corpus is in full force - and
e » 19 'he mojl free in the world : and where
■ <> all 'hefe circumSauces take place, it is unneceffa
■ ty to add, that the Jews alone can govern." '
e T J." this pafTage, Mr. Adams t! oes beyond Mr. ,
. Jefferfon in commendation of democratic republi- •}
canifm, for he approves of the annual choice of T
d tht jcaUrs, as m New-England, while Mr. Jeff
. "ii, not content with a quadrennial election of P " b
the ftnate in Virginia, wants to invest that body ° Wll
. W ! ,h a " J exclujlvt privileges j Mr. Adams
r rejoicts that, wc have uo heredita.y diflinflieu, in V '
e ih mCnt ?l !' J ''Z l , W " dWiK^B «f clothing J
wealthy clait of Virginia with constitutional,
- r r T c,,t^ d ext!ufivc p riviif g". to r
hereditary 6 hav<
' r*«y e to attack with effect any part
, J , 6 r kn » w »' »a». 'hough so long
in puLhftl.fc, after falfly chaiging his book with —,
~ be .' Re " '7 monarchy and, privileged orders !"
' a cl 1 1? it, rrfpefting tfii, public
_ ccrndua : " When fevewl important queftiops, v. hich
r « had Tecoivcd the fandion of the w"
leiitauves, have been fubmuied to his decitior ' C
! '« , th \ f ' na,e ' upo " an eqoaldivifion
• , ! ,i3a '. b .°dy. he has uniformly decided aeain't ,
the opinion of the repiefentatives, which wc j r
, « yway reafonaiily f uppo f c to be the opinion of the 7
: ! I Mieve," he adds, "V member of 7™
'' congress will contradia this fafl." ' ure<
'"I
4
As the vicc: president is, by the constitution woul
placed ,n the chair cfnhe senate, with a c *(t,n e and
vote, it was intended that he (hould exocife to cj
judgni.m, m giving that vote : and whether the our c
measure », had been approved by the tious
1 °f or not, he ought not to ftate<
Concur, it his judgme«t.Jccidedly rejected it. the e
whereMrLams n ga^TthTJa-flrg e 7o r 'c be i"l^ t C ff [ZZ
fbTE of " rp "r h "i P'fTti '<"'dn
rcir.ovin. Congress from New-Vork • ,J,i. had h' 5
. uj* of w «a, , 0J
hfrti Ldfrc.d 'riumnh by the fmirh trn nwm . _
from because it was ar. ultimate ttcp tovra;cj a*' ? ,u'
! j I feat or government in a more southern fit,,,-;.
like -he senate weit equally divided on the
i few Mr. Adams derided in the affirmative, nrd on T '
kind ing asked by ft,me caftern member, who coird-in"
ims s ed that ftich vote had heen injurious to the ea(t
eSms ffates, w':y he had voted in the affirmative he m""
ative this memorable reply, which was related'to m/b"
two a member of the femue who heard him •' J)J
d i- whenever the fcnate were equally divided
ition fubjeft, which had passed the house of represent *
,wer tives, he ilmuld always vote with 'the Jo U u],, unl .r*
nne, he had very clear and convincing realols ir. hi*
1 an judgment again 11 it,''
The two houses differing afterwards as t0 ,1
hold place, whether Philadelphia or Baltimore,
ft to was then done ; but the residence bill passed
ibli- after. Here then is a f;3, which complett'y <j;f
ited proves Hampden's assertion, ajid which ouX
ban remove from the.minds of our feUow-ckizem!
noft degree of credit to the afferiions of this maii, ln ' t
noli: wru-er and others of a similar.(tump, who du not
:on- accompany their accufauona with proof.
at , _ PHOCION.
Zl CONTINUATION OF ' "
<0 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
IT »r TUi LATk AKKIFAiS. y
tut' .
re- CONSTA NTINOPLE, July ~
' The last dispatches from the high admiral are
>nd dated from the .11, of S.io, where he renamed at
ju- «nch»r with his squadron, He takes to Limf If .
a ? redlt o{ bc ' n ß thc greatest hero and the fcrlt feamar,
me in the univcrfe ; because, with a confide,able f qua
"I dron of frigates and other armed vefTcls, he has cap
>s. tured a Maltele privateer, minting 24 g HH6 , si £
or which he intends to make his triumphal entry In '«
•ne curpoit. The grand fignior, who protects and loves
or. him, :s enraptured with this capture, which has been
m reprinted to him a«.a prdt&Hluax npr
rs. ploit of his favourite, whilst ail psople of fenfelaujjh '
en at the ridiculous vanity of the puny conqueror. °
:l1 Por these last weeks past the vigor of the warlike
ny preparations in this capital, as well as in the provin
f»> ces, has much abated } but councils of ftat- are held
Ir - more frequent than before, although the fnbjed of
at the deliberatiuns doe* not tranl'pire. It is general
ln - ly reported, that the late uanfaaions between the
|C " courts of Rnllia and Sweden have mueh alarmed the
Porte} and as the miniflerof thelatterjn the month
:f. of May dated a rupture between the two courts,
an and the breaking out of a war in the north to be
j's unavoidable, he was very ill receiver by the frisef
h« fendi, when he lately announced that the twocourt*
:r, had concluded a convention, by which a fincereatld
n- solid friendfhip was eftablithed for tl.e future.
% A French\raveller is arrived in thi» metropolis
[r. from Italy, and last from Bosnia, having under the V
at difgjiife of a merchant llolen into Trielte,.ai.<l from
0- thencc proceeded to Carlftadt, and from that place
us to Bosnia. Rumour lays, that he is to relide as
th French consul in Modavia, but this report flands in
ve need of affirmation* As to the. ambaiTador of
)o the French republic, v.ho is to relieve W; Terninac,
wc li».e »•„ rcect.«j „fte ieafrintellt'gence of him
ar although the Porte has ordered all the governors on
th «he continent, as well as in the Mauds, to grant h%i
f- ® U lhe honours due to his character, and to afford
ve him all possible assistance on his journey.
th Some of the French emigrants, who, at the re.
)! e quell of M. Verninac, were lately dismissed by the
id Por*, have aheady left theft but vvhe.
— 'ner for Rtiffia or is not known.
LONDON, September 9.
re D Cs P l - Drur y- of the Alfred, who I, ft
r| Kenommie French frigate, is the officer wheW
, rnanded the Endymion, which in the last war et,
r e 3 ,ltc ' l which, after having struck t<»
/. the tridymion, fired a broad-fide as the Enghlh
crew were going to board her. Captain Drury re.
e warded thii perfidy of the Dutch commander bj
~ rc '« r '" n K a fire that blew up the enemy's (hip, by
which evejy one of the crew perished.
r September 16.
1- -A^ n ' Bte ' et,er ' rom 'he4ltteflory to (he mi
t{ "I at war, on the reforms to be made in that
r. department, it llates, xhat tht-fntmim »f
public, deaf to lhe voice of humanity ind their
own intercfts, have refufed to accept the jiift and
' m °derate condniens of peace which the French
government lias n«t ceased, aad shall not cease to
<»tr them^
Bi.t when has the direftoiy made proposals of
peace 10 this country ? By whom, and to whom
have they been maHe ? And what was the nature
t and parport of these proposals ? These are prrffing
andl precifc queries, which we have a right to ad-
dre»s to the diVefteiy before we place implicit faith
in its vague and unsupported afferiions. Not only
:' c ['" iS " e,cr rna^e "* n Y pacificatory propoCtior.s,
(, u ®"__Furope knows with how much h'aughijnefs
it ttjriitil those wliich were made through Mr.
Wickham on the part of our cabinet. AH Ew
• rope has witnessed with indigna lion lhe insolence
with which it declined mediation of the kinjf
of Denmark offered by the emperor, our ally. We
defy the raoft icalous partizansof the French regi
men to dilprove the reality of these pacific itiea
lures ptirlucd by the cOaUfted powers ; or to provr,
t iat the French ever took a Sep of the fame na
-1 ture. r
: If the directory calls jujl and moderate conditions
■ terms which would fubjedt us to the lame despotic
influence as Spain is now groaning under, which
, would chain us down like the king of Sardinia,
; and force us to submit, like the king of Prufiia,
i to contributions being levied 'by the republicans in
our own dominions, or expftfe us to the fame vexa
tious proceedings is are experienced by the petty
1 (tales of Germany and Italy, tne national dignity,
the energy of our government, out iriim nfe re
eurces, and the dearest intcrefts of the people ean
never allow us to listen to the tike jut and moderate
conditions.
Besides, the moment is now arrived, when all
i-urope will be aWe to appreciate this new declara-
H»n „t thedireaory. The answer it r.turrs to
our aemartd !gr a passport to Paris, for a gwitlerr.aa