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    rHE PANTHEON,
And Ricxetts's Amphitheatrr,
"or Equeftrtar and Stage performances, Corner of-
Chcfnut and Sixtk-ftreets.
TO-MORROW EVENING, Weduefday, OA. t6,
Will be presented,
A variety of pletfingEntertain merits,
HORSEMANSHIP.
Mr. RTckettf will pick up a pin from the ground,
thehorfe in full speed.
•And in partisular for this night, Mr. Ricketts will leap
over a pole ten feet hi|h, the horses in fall speed.
. After which will be prefen'ed, »
A COMIC DANCE,
•By Mr. Durang, who will change from a dwarf three
f*rt high,Vi a woman lixfrer high.
EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES.
Py Mr. Ricketts and Co
•And (by detire) will be presented for this night,
The Sports of Newmarket ;
Or, The PONEY RACES.
And (for this night only) Ihe whole to conclude with
a Pantomime, called,
The TRIUMPH of VIRTUE,
Or, Harlequin everywhere,
Among other scenery will be represented,
An elegant view of
Broadway and the Government-House in New-Tori.
AlsO,
A grand view ef the Delaware and Jersey Shore.
To commence with the original Overture of
OSCAR and MALVINA.
Harlequin, 1 Mr. Sully.
Lover Mr. Tompkins.
Pantaloon, Mr. Durang.
Punch, Mr. Coffie.
Palliafo, Mr. F. Ricketts.
Piero, Mr. Spinacuta.
Arfel, Mrs. Tomplcins,
And Colnm'oine, Mrs. Spinacuta.
MANDARINS,
Meflrt. Griffin, M'llroy, Grant, Snider, Milb,
Troft, Scc.
Sailors, Watchmen, Sec. by the reft of the
Company.
In the eourfe of the Pantomine, the favsrite
y song of
ICH bin kieterlich.
By Mr. SULLY.
The whole to conclude with the view of a
Superb Temple,
AND A
DANCE by the Characters.
*»" The Ladies and Gentlemen who feeure (tat* m
the day time, are requested to attend pun&ually at 7,
as the performances are so arranged as to conclude by
Jo o'clock—the doers will opea at 6.
$5" Box, J3. 6d.~Pit, 3*. 9d.
Tickets to be had of Mr, Ford, at the ticket office in
Chefnut-ftreet, from tws to three o'clock each day.
gf Silver TickeM, to- admit for the felon, to be had
by applyisg to Mr. P icketts at the Pantheon, or at Oel
lers's Hotel.
LODGINGS.
WANTED TO RENT,
plainly furniftied, (bedding* excepted) a Parlour or
fitting Room, iwa Bed-Chamfees, and a Kitchen A
line addressed to Jv J. at rhe Printer's, No. 119, Chef.
Bnt-ftrcer, will- be attended to.
o<slober it.
) 1 —
Boarding and Lodging
TWO GENTLEMEN may be accommoda-ed with
Boarding and Lodging, in a private family and pleasant
part of the city. Apply t. the Printer of the Gazette of
the United States.
O&oberii. tt&stf
Mr, RICKETTS
BEGS leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen, that
he wiil open his RIDING SCHOOL on the ift of Nov.
for'the inttrudion of Ladies and Gentlemen in the ele. 1
gant aecomplilliment of riding and managing their horses 1
with ease to themfclves.
Mr. Ricketts has well trained Hotfes for the accom
modation of Ladies and Gentlemen for exercise, t. pay
snonthly. Pupils to pay by tha season, or by the lclTon.
Horses trained to the road or field.
October 1-4. d j
Lofl Last Evening, i
At Rieketts's Amphitheatre, (supposed to be taken By
some villain out of a gentleman's pocket) I
A red Morocco-Leather POCKET-BOOK, ,
"Containing about 185 dollars in banknotes; three notes j
of hand of Rofsand Simfbn, No. .104, 305 and .to 6, da
ted 11th ] aft August, payable 60 day* after date, to the '
order of Paul Siernen, together for 5150 dollars; an ord.r
of Mrs. Ann \ acpherfon, from Paul Sicmen, on Lach- f
ljn Mac N«al, EOj. at Port-an-Prince,fnr 100 dollars; be- r
fides several letters asd papers of no «fe but to the propria- f
tor. The notes of hind and order are without endorse- ,
Tnent. ErGHTY DOLLARS REWARD is offered to 1
any pfrfoti -whe will dileove- and feeure the thief, and *
FORTY DOLLARS for only bringing the above mcnti- t
oned notes and pipers at No. 119, comer of Frolit and
Mulberry ftr«ts. d OA. 11.
50 Dollars Reward. I r
Loft, a red Morocco Pockei-Book y *
BETWEEN the Center House and the White Horse in J
coruainingtwo to dollar bank-notes, *ne
ef jc dollars, and one branch.bank-note of one dollar ; j
George Weed's note of hand for 2JO dollars, eudorled '
A. Jostnt; a note of ■■ Jackson for 100 dollars; a- 1
note of Mr. Carr for 100 dollars; a note for 75 dollars, t
v and one «f Mr. for 65 dollars—and levcral other r
ootcj, belonging to the fukferiter. 1
t he. Public are rcfpe<Sfully deSred not to recefve any
of those notes, as they can be of no ufs to any perion but ®
the owner, payment being ftopsed, Whoever wHI deli- v
-ver the fame at the office of this Gairtte shall receive the f ;
above reward. AARON JOSEPH. r
o>3ober 7J.
To be Sold, J
The Time of a smart, a£trve Negro Lad, e ,
Who has Eleven years to fer\e. w
Inquire at No. _jB, South Front-ftrtet, .1
Oflobei 1!. j
Wants a Place,'
Either as Clerk or liock-Ketpcr in a Store, a Person
whe can produce good referencet as to tharidter, &c. c<
Apply at the Office of thi« liaaette, b'
.. Wlober 14. j hi
1 * «
1 F*r the Gazette of the Unitfd Statss.
PHOCION—No. IX.
IN the tall number 1 have disproved Hampden's
5, charge againlt Mr. Adatns, us having uniformly vo
ted in the senate again ft the opinion of the repre
fentativet, and have produced a ftrorg instance to
'' fliew not onljr the fcbfolute fa!f«hood of the cbarg«,
but that Mr. Adams had laid it down as a rule, to
vote with the reprefentativet, in cafet of equal divi.
(ion in the senate, unlefi his judgment vat very
clearly and (tiongly convinced that he ought to vote
l P differently.
1 could produce some other inftanees of his ha
ving pursued that line, but #ne pointed cafe was fuf
ficient to convict Hampden of a falfe aflirtion
This specimen of his liberality and candor will give
a jult idea of the credit to be given to the rell of
his aflertiofM, The refutation of this, and the pre.
ceding charges. Jo pofitiveiy made, will also pm the
good citizens of this country en their guard againlt
similar charges produced by Mr. Jefferfon'* parti,
j, zans, againlt Mr. Adams.
Where did Hampden find the fa£t > if in the
journal* of the senate, let him produce the cases,
for they tie all dated in the journals ; if those be
resorted to, I am convinced as many instances can
be found Where Mr. Adams voted on the one fide
j as ou the other. Hearsay and mere report are not
fuffisient grounds of condemnation before the en
lightened tribunal of the public J the mere alTerti
ons of Hampden will certainly not be credited after
this- detection. It seems to be the peculiar charao
teriftic of those, who itile themMvet in thit Coun.
ty, the excltfivepatrittt, the true democrttf, ta build
up their own reputation-oa the ruin of their adver
saries, and to support their fyllem *«d importance
by inceflant del ration and the word barefaced falfe
hoods. But however they may have hitherto sup
ported a momentary confluence with a few unin
formed citizens, the fight of truth will ere long dif
t pel the baneful naifti of calumny, with which they
have enveloped the bed mm among ut, and rtsakc
e these defining hypocrite*fculk. back into their na
ttve obscurity.
If Mr. Adams fiat sometimes voted differently
from the reprefenwives, it is to be fairly presumed
that his judgment so directed him, nor oan it be
presumed that in such cafst he was clearly on the
wrong fide ; when so enlightened a body as the se
nate are equally divided, the question will be allow,
ed to be a nice one, and altho' it may have been
carried in the representatives, yet the majority there
may have been small, which indeed we k*ow to hare
t been aftnlly the cafe in very important qneftions.
It by no meant follows, as Hampden suppose*,
, " that the opinion of the reprefentstives must be I
always the opinion of the people." If so, all the i
senates, all the qualified negatives of the executives
t ought to be abolished : the afTettion it a libel on all
the American constitutions, and a severe censure on
Mr. J«ffer£»n's do&rine, for he calls the rliere will of
tbfc representatives (unchecked by the senate) an
eleaive tyranny, the very definition of despotism. If
Mr. Adams ought, againlt his decided j'udgment, to
vote with the itprefcntative* on every equal division
of the senate, that body would be a fuperfluou*
member of the constitution, and the conllitutien,
now Co much admired, converted to a« elective des
potism. ,
The ttniverfal eftabfifiiment of senates in the U
nited States, proves however, that our citiwns think
differently from Hampden on this fubje&, and their
frequent approbation of the eonduft of the senates
and executives, in refilling the will of the reprefen
tatrves (frequently ih« momentary will of a wicked
fa ft ion,) proves chat they do aot alwaya-cenfider
their will as the opinion of the people. No aft of
the President's whole life has been more grateful to
the people of America, or has added taore to the <
retire of his fame, than his resisting the will of the i
representatives on the late call for papers ; which I
call is no# viewed throughout the union in its true i
light, as a meafute 4f party, merely deCgned to an- 1
fwer certain party views. t
Thus we find Hampden's reasoning as falfe at hit 1
fact : he firlt affumet- a fact, inr oiiliftem with «
truth, and then argues on it on principles, totally I
mconiiftent with the principles of the conltitution t
and of public feedem, and in direst opposition to h
the very principles of hit friend and patron.
Airong the other meritaof Mr, Jefferfon, at sta
ted by Hampden, we find «* bis attachment tr> the I '
civil and religious rights of his fellow-citizens:" *
for the proof, we are referred to his writings and ! I
»OBLtC CONDUCT. h
We have fern some specimens of his writings r 1 f
trom tome parts we may infer a pretty ftromr dif- !
pofitton to entrench on feme of the evil rightt of 1 °-
his fellow citizens, particularly in his projedt of a I '
senate, which would undoubtedly, ou his plan, etta- i "
an "riflocracy, very injurious to the nVhu of I
the poor daft of hit fellow-citizens. i P
B«t the proof of a rteady attaofcment to the ci- I /?
V n f h, * of onf '' Wlow-citizen, o«ght not to reft\ si,
«,,, . this attachment ouirht to be 'a
evinced by pui/u eendud, by aflion, and in time, of ai
danger ; then the hazarding of personal fafety for d
he prefcrvation of our evil rights i, the hightlt «,
teitimony of rhere „ no *
10 composing, in the cabinet, i„ of tranquil
ity, essays on c.vU rights, which are frequently done
to obtain popularity, and without any riflt of D er
fon*l inconvenience. P
a h ,TT' ,hst Mr - jefferfi,n ' a b ;
I if C r n L d ' h " £ CHerall y facrificed the ct" ,!
i fafet'v W C n mrymen ,0 h, ' s own P Crf
\ V e arc , ° Id ' ,B a P ublic addiefj, by Mr
Charles Simms, of Virgisia, w ha mult hav< been ni
well acquainted with the circumltanee, "• that Mr
Jefferfon, when governor of Virginia, in the year "
ed at'the'm > rv J l *hich he was chlrg
ed, at the moment of an invasion by the enemy. L o
which, great confufion, lefi and difiref* 5
e | ft,Uflion ° f pub,ic and in
.vouchersfor general expenditnres.
Now here was a period of public danger, when fr <
Mr. Jefferfon , attachment :o the civil right, of his n!l
coun t7mcn ht have ftionc v conf ; !cu ' lac
by faemg and averting the danger, l.e.e woufd th '
have been a fine opportunity f or bin to have d.£- %
5? plaj'ed fpiiit in bravely rallying round
the ilandard of liberty and civil rights: Hut, tho'
in times qf fafety, he could rally round the stand
ard of his friend, Tom Paine, yet when real dan
ger appeared, ths governor of the antient dominion
n ' s dwindled into the poor, timid phtlofophtr, and in
ra" stead of rallying his brave countrymen, he fled for
re * fafety from a few light-horsemen, and (hjtmefully
to abandoned his trust * ! r
?«» Again, when the peace and tranquillity of the
to United States were in extraordinary peril, when it
v '* required the exertions and talents of the wisest and
•7 bravoft statesmen to keep the federal (hip from
ste foundering on the rocks, with which (he was en
compassed, he, when his aid was most essential,
,s- abandoned the old helmsman > and, with his wonted
l, f* caution, fkullced away to a snug retreat, leaving
P others to buffet wtth the storm, an<T if they were
lve cast away, to bear all the obloquy and public dif
®f gra'feT
rf * How different was the conduct of the fptrited
' !e and truly patriotic Hlmilton \He wished to re-!
n jl tire as mutb as the phil"fopher of Montecclli ;he
"■ had a large fartiHy, and his little fortune was /ait
melting away in the expensive metropolis, but with
» Rowan's spirit, he decla-red " that, much ay he
:8 » wished for retirement, yet, he would remain at his
post, as long as there was any danger of his coirn-
SH try being iivulved in war."' How different the cou
c'e dust of the great WASHiHBTotr ?He tells us. that
ot he had refolded to retire before the last election,
1" but the then perpltxed ana Critical situation of tjie
country forbad such a step. How different was
" even jtjferjm himftf, when ca lift tily and f'f'b
c * writing ins Notes on Virginia, from wnat -he was
n - when called upon to ad in times of peril ? iff his
W Notes, page 13.5, in reprobating the proposition
T * made in the Virginia assembly in December 1776,
p e to appoint a diSator, he exclaims, " Was this mo*.
e - ed on a flippofed right in the movers of abandoning
?• their pcjlt in a moment of dijirtfs f Our laws forbid
n * the abandonment of our pojs, hen on ordinary tcca
f- fori."
7 Whether Mr. jefferfon forefiva the toefern infur•
te reflion, and either conscious of hiawant of courage
or capacity to aft on l'o trying an occasion, or of
Fiia good wishes toward some of the promoters of
ly it, not determine, but it is our duty to
Hate some fa&s ; the comment* on them will be
'* left to a discerning public.
It is certain that Mr. Jefferfos resigned the «f.
See of fciretary of state in January or February
•n *794' a 'hat the infurreflitH broke out the July
re following, having manifefted threatening symptoms
■p some months before. Citizen FaUebct, of glorious
memory, in his intercepted letters, (which canfed
#> the dismission of citizen Randolph, also of glorious {
>e memory, the virtuous author of the frewas con
ie has the following passage—" Mr. Ran
.s dolph came to fee me with an air of great eagerness,
jj and made to. rat the overtures 0 f which I have
in P> V *P you an account io my No. 6.—Thus with
»[ f ,m ' tbuufunds of dollars, the republic (if France)
n c 0 ",,, Ut " e derided on CIVIL WAR,or on peaee !
[f ,hus 'he tonfciences of the pretended patriots of A
-0 merica Lave already their prices! What will be the
n old age of this government, if ft is thus early
14 'ecreptd! Still there are patriots, of whom I de
light to entertain an idea worthy of that impofinfr
p_ title. CONSULT Monroe he is of this num- !
ber: he had apprized me ms the men, whom the I
r. current cf events had dragged along as bodies de.
k. vo ' f ' of wt, g hl : hh friend Madison is also an ho
r . raan: Jjff er f en < °n whom the patriots calt
' I" ' u< ' cee( ' PreCdent, HAD FORE
. SEEN 1 HESE CRISES : he prudently retired I
. in order to avoid making a figure AGAINST!
r His INCLINATION in scenes, the secret of }
f which will thon or late be b*»ught to light."
' j',^ e e ar » hy the newspapers that Ran.
; dolph has been to visit Mr. Jeffstfon, and has an. 1
; nounced Ins determination to serve, if elected pre- f
v lident ; lie has not yet announced hi# own deter- f
; m.nation to return to his former secretaryship, if
. his friend ftould he preffdent: but his aSivity in
tanvaj/ing for htm leaves no r.om for doubt, as to 1
1 his ti'ijbes and expcßations : it is apprehended, how.
1 ever, by some of the friends of both these eha
lafters, that a late legal call on on, of them for
1 'he immediate settlement of f oa3e old accounts and
I balances will prove highly injurious to both.
' ft'riking instance,
: abandonment of his trust at very
, tnttsalmoments, 1 cannot omit the following f tn f lbl^
i L em Kf ° f M V ChSr ' M Thefefnfta ces ti
|he observes, few Mr. Jefferfon / 0 u,a»t 1
, and a mar, (h ß tl one- have abandoned the'
:of a lift T T'' ° rat at «
'1, i rm ' tn "> be trusted nf better d,
times, for no,ne can Inou, Lo-u,fion or from -whence I
a storm may C f,me." w I
'' t,.,Kll hefC W j"J' e ac^ a, ' «"'th Mr. Adams's I
i public conduct, from the very commencement of
«Kr. Pi
,o "" u " 1 '" 1 »
phocjon. u
enquiry into t ? ,n * a > after I
and "ihgrity, hut altogciVer V,.v«7 h,s is
frmne/s, whkh had keen ♦flewufe of h fl' T""' "A bc
r.lt wm nalural f° r hit iriends in the ass n J""
«>lh over the buf.nefc a, well y'° var " th S
danger kei nfr » a ft t hc r <- 1, P ,„ y tou, d» and the j ,
" in that flair ° f
I ceeding, not fro™ any cnml n .li,'v h n ' KtU pro_ I
I tutisnal weakneft of ncrvei it L' u '! rom a conlti- I<n
to get such a v„,<. t h r o U}: h the affemhT d ' fficu!t r ">»«er Pis
ly as the cbmrafhr oi the 5 '."? ore efpecial-1 the
m the bufinef, than that th , governor "" pliclted anc
fr«>m France, wcrrpre'uale Prcfldent J pa,
Uted States, and not ai h,« n® J'™"** tl > «h« U- I P
lace in Pari, worth"form^ool' ° ! * P»"
the purchase of which he L guinea, (and for ? m
Paper) it i s net p r(jUab!<r tc ' 1 Par " «wf
fo°«. * O°C WlfteJ returu quite /„ Co
, n J fOR THS CAZBTTk OF THE UNITED STATES
Jj' FOREIGN INFLUENCE.
an- ~ f erfe 7» 08t. 19.
Mr. Fenno,
A short time since, a certain S. S. rcGding at
for Trenton, who is said by fame peiions to be a refu
,Hy E ee fro ™ England, sent me the inclosed paper
A large packet of the fame was sent to our town
the dlre^ed a num ber of the citizens; and, as 1
,jt have since been informed, they were circulated thro'
ind all part* of this and the neighbouring states. ]t it
om headed at Boston ; but there is bo doubt of it»
e „ having been printed at Philadelphia, under the au-
j a j spices of a certain club A similar artifice vvna
>et J pradtifed by the fame club, in regard to the pen.
tions againlt the British treaty. Large packets of
those petitions were dispatched to all pang 01 the
( . f _ Union ; a«d thus the opinions of those men, whoiti
America, France, and all the world abhor?, \w«
ed attempted to be palmed on the of tie
re . U * S - a ' thc of the American people.
he In the present initance, the fame game is play,
ait '"S -1 qucfttoo ii. whether the electois oi' the
United States wiH exerciife their own unbiiifTed
h . judgments, or submit to the controul and influence
vs ° r " a J* cob: " clllb » by the exertions of a fo
reign incendiary.
Aj these reanglers of the work of Mr. Adam*
have molt impudently garbled and altered their pie
tended extra&s ftom hi, book, 1 have referred to the
h ' P^S e » quoted in their lying handbill, ana have tran-
lcibed the sentences at ia.gg, which 1 requrd yon
to inlcrt immediately uider it j And I mitt the tan
a's ° f thu,e P rintflti wh « have publi&ed the fiift,
will lead them to inlert these alfo—lt is bu: juilice
to their readers aird the public,
g" A SUBSCRIBER.
V Bojlon, 7.yh Sept. j 756.
AT this important crilis, George Wafhmgtoi*
' having declined ferviug as President of the United
"• States, after the 4th of March next, and John
Adams having been held up as a candidate to fuc
r" cc«d him n» that office, it is conQeured a duty to
l e submit tu-the consideration of the cftiaens of the
" United States, ft*ndry political dodrines and opi
-5 nions on government, written by Mr. Adams, whillk
mimfter at the court of London, m his buuk, en*
lc titled, " A Deftnee of the American Conjlitutian."
Letthe independent citizens of America now de«
f. termine, hofr far Mr. Adams has apoltatifed from
y all his former sentiments in favour of American 1?-
y berty and independence, writing this eulogium
„ of monarchy and the Biitilh conttitution, and con
1, lequently, how far he in to be regarded as a fit per.
d ton to be ele£Ved President of the United States.
is Amskicanus.
-Vol. I.
i. Page 8. A limited monarchy may be jufUy de.
r, ' nominated a republic.
e 110. Wealth, birth, family pride, refpe&ed
h by ail people.
f 116. Wealth, birth and virtue, form the belt
f men.
'T9- A commonwealth can no more consist of
s a people without gentry, than of a gen
y try without people.
to 6. Kitig/y government belt; Tyranny word,
r No city is more wretehed than that
under tyranny, nor any more happy
e than that under regal power.
194. If the power of negotiation and treaty
be in one man,. there can be no ia
t t rigue.
321. Had Epamtnondas lived, to display his ta« '
/ lents as a legillator, the world might
have been blessed with an Englijb con
s ftitution two or three thoalaud yeai#
sooner than it was.
325- Limited monarchy the belt government |
superior to republica-nifm.
3.60. Diftitiftions »f poor and ricft, as necessa
ry as labour and good government—*
Poor are destined to labour j the rich,
by advantages of education, indepen
dence and le.fuie, to superior itatiens.
J73. Men of property and family, fitteit for
public service.
375' R'ch, -well torn, until educated,'mlift be
preferred to offici, otherw(fe the
people themfelvcs will delpifc them.
379* Mmifters of the executive only ought to
be rcfpoubble.
Mr. Adams's work is no! entitled A Defence ef '
the American Conjlitution. When the firtt volttrou
was printed, that conltiuition was not in exiltence*
The London edition is now before me.—
Page 8. Does not contain a sentence to warraßt
tlie above intinuatien.
no. Contains nothing to jtiftify the sentiment
alluded to.
it 6. Ditto.
1 59° 1 l ,e paflage ran* thus—" Harrington Uyip-
Ab army may as foldierj without
officers, or of ofSceis without soldiers, as a com
monwealth eeoliA of a pfopie without a genuy» of
of a gentry without a people."
306. Contain* part of the 9th book of Plato-
Plato is defcribtng the tyrant that springs out of
mad demooacy, and contrasts him with a legal fo
vereigii or king. Ihe whole lenience runs lhu»-i»
" Let us finitii then «ur worst man. He «-ill bea»
wake, fucb as we described him asleep, and he wtw
appeais the most wicked, shall really be the moA
, wietcWd. Aa many men, as many minds: as city
is to city, as to virtue and happi/iefj, so will man
be to m3n - r kingly government i» the bets, and ty
ranny the worst. So city is more wretched thaa
that which is under tyranny, nor any more happy
than that under reg.l power." On this Mr. Adams
makes no comment } but, the letter concludes tlmf r
•n the next psge—» Thus, lir r you have fotr.e of
, » fentuneoti on morals and politics ; how much
t ey are to Mr. I ingot's purpole, we may ihew in
another letter."
294. I tie real passage {lands thus—" And if the
power of negociation and treaties, and the whole
exvcuttveiiad been in one naa, c»uld the perfidious
anibafTadors of Sparta, and Hates, have
intrigued, and embroiled every thing as they did ?'
omparc this with the gaibled fciitcace set againd
page 394.