Phi LADF.LPUIA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1796. IVe bear thai the Legislature of Nevt-Jerfey thaft, this day, their HUBon of President and Hit President of tht United Stater. i 8 M M U N ICA TIO N $• To their honor be it said, the Clergy of the United States are conflattly exerting themselves in preaching doivn Deism, and its fa tal eff.-tis : while the Democrats and Jacobins (ivho now have the im»udi*ce to call tbttnfehes Republicans) are dailyprcaching in favour of Deism. or at leaf for a profejl Deijl (if not A tbeifiJ for PreJtdent of th* United States . a man who tuts a fainfi baling any oath tin the Cons itution j and ivho probably xvifh es that ah oaths we/ tentßated from it. May it not be ajked ivbe \her a greater Jarce could be afttdy th*n for the Chief Ju/liee to aJr*'*ifi'T&n oath to fab ti me#. Men ivho believe in the Chrif | fj in religion , generally consider an orfb lindnjr ; but it seems a Dei ft thinks them altogether fyperfuous. What ivo/ldbe the ftu ition ef fcirty in a felv yean, ivere at I our public officers Deijls ? Would not thepeople twn Drif t also, and kick the Chris ian religion out of doors '( In the natr.c of that Reli ion, then, let all ivho regard it. use their ins nence th promoting the choiee of such Elect ors as iv ill give US A CHRISTIAN f RESIDENT. Who arc the men so anxious to get Jffirfon e le&ed president ? , The old antifederalifls —the men who have even tppnjtd the government of, the country —the men who have always oVje£Ved to the establishment ef public credit —the mem who opposed the Piefident's proclamation of neutrality—who fupporttd Genet— who promoted 'War —who opposed Mr. Jay's pacific . million—-who fomented the weflern infurreliion — who ftrived to violate the pledged faith of the na tion and dejlrofour nationalcharußer ? What are the people of America then to expect from the administration of a chief magiflrate, uftier ed into office under such aujpices ? f In Fauchet , s intercepted letter, this foreign agent, laments, very pathetically, that the western infur re&ion had failed, by exploding too soon, and too partially, before the enemies of the government had ' ' ftifficiently matured their schemes. He then re commends Jejfcr/on as a true patriot, and one whom the patriots have fixed on for president; and ad vises the French government te consult with Mon roe, who could give the history of other chara&ers. Fauchit also tells the French executive that he could, with a few theufand dollars, have decided the im portant queflion of civil war or peace sot the United States.—Query. How much the pretended j patriots will now demand te decide the important j queflion, who (hall be president ? Mr. Fenno, 1 A PARAGRAPH in the Aurora of Wednef- ' day, following so soon citizen Adet's note, publish- * ed in that paper of Moacay, is a faithful comment t , on that note ; the Aurora threatens us with -war a from France, if we eleon Vircinia— thev a frnw ih< Philadelphia ediyon, pnbliftied by Prichaid& Hall and in- as genuine at Mr. Bachc's extr»Jb. ' w Page 1 aB. The ordinary legifbture may alter 'the contti'to. ia '"mi ltlciu the 130. The affeniblies as well as the conventions raav model air, the government; ' j c 134. There i,l no legal obstacle lo ihe affumprion by the ed assembly, of all he power?, legiflativc execu iyeand judiciary l!n| '37- There be.ng no barrier between .he legiflaiiveexecu." Sh,, «ive,and judiciary depanmepts the may Wtht ha whole, 'At JegifJalure poffefling a right to fix their own ouo- Him, way >e«ute rh.,t quorum to oi,e, whom thev may tall ' CO k " a chairman, (pecker, or by ,„ y e ,her name they ' h pJr,-> e. j ( .31. A prutirnt acquieXcenct; at a crkieal time ftould be '' enn.tr-c mio . conSmiation of every illegal thing done c!u- ,< lit tnat pciied. . i r — tgo.-The aCquiefeence of trie eoionies, under the varTons " arU of power eiterrifyd by O'teat-BrUain, confirm theft acts and render them Unalterable, and our piefent refinance wrnng. 135. The people like sheep or cattle, may be given from hand to hand, without an appeal to their own will. 159. Corruption is reflrained, by confining the right of . day, Tuftraje to a few of the wealthier people. hates. 175. Let ui never to fee Our citizens occupied at a WORK BSNCH. i jo. One half the world fools, the other half hypocrites. 172. From the conclusion of this war we shall be going down hill. ies are 149. Never yet could 1 find Black had uttered a ] ts fa- thought above the level of plain narration. have 154- This difference of colour is a powerful obstacle to icb'm, the emancipation of these people. it A- as a- Ma. Fenno, •wish- THf antifederal partv have been dealingout for some time ■trbe- P l '" > m thc,r la,t *ddrefa recommending Jcf hce to ,he Y h » ve brought' them lorward ih mars. The tol "L -c lowing quotation from Mr. Adams's book gives the lie di 'i(ect to the whale of their aft" rtions refpeftmg his opinions mt r a on government. j''"- With refpea ro the answer to Paine's rights of man, falfe- J.'.' 'y ascribed to Mr. Adams, iris a well known fa&. which ma. Z'°" ny perlons in this ri. y cau melt, that Mr. Adams has Ire- V'ho qrendy declared h.< did not write, a pliable of it, arid that he licit- never saw it till in print,. The party papers of this city cal led Mr. Adams the author, and thence the boakleller iri Lon don, to puff the book, put his name to it, j! Kxtrafl from Mr. Adam* defence, p.,95. " After all, Jet us compare every conftituiion w e have Teen, with those of the United State! of America, jnd we shall have :veu no realon 10 blush for our country'; on the conirary, we shall men .feel the ftrongefl motives to fall upon our knees, in gratitude to . 'heaven for having been graciously pleased to Jive us birth and " education in lhat country, «nd for having destined us to live ' m S under her taws !We shall have reason to exult, if we make our it— companion with England and the English conflitution. Our \cific P eo P le are undoubtrdly/«'fr«£B, all the landed and other pro- P ert y is in the hands of the citizens $ not only their reprefen- 1 tatives, but their senators and governors,are annually na- chojen—there are no hereditary-titles, honours, offices, < o: dijimclions the Icgilljtive, executive, and judicial power, ! tre (ft are c,ret ""y sep ar ate i from each other—the powers of the 1 her °"n ' ' he ' thc m ' ny ' arc nicf 'y balanced in their le- | giflatures—trials by jury are preserved in all their glory, and thrre is no standing army—the habtm corpus is in full j force—the fi tejs is the mofl free in the world-ixti. where all rent c < ;' rcum " ances 'ake place, it isunnccef&ry to add, that the ' 1 laws alone c*n govern. \ "" u, e antif.-aeraladdreft fays Jeferfon is of no baity : why > too then are the ant federal party pmTnoyirig every engine of artifice 1 had deception to get him defied f \ re- CIVIS. j 10m * 1 a d- AUTHENTIC. ton- _ ; ers. DEPARTMENT or STATE. ! uld, November 1, 1796. t im- SIR, j the have the honour to acknowledge the receipt ©f j •ded your note of the s?th n,t- cover ' n g a decree of the < Executive Direaory of the French republic, concern- f ing the commerce of neutral nations c This decree makes no diftintfiion between neutral a powers who can claim only the rights secured to them i by the law of nations, and others, between whom and ] lf f. the V'reneh republic treaties have imposed special obli- 1 ifh- E atlons - Where no treaties exist, the republic, by ent ! ClZln / and eonfifcat,r, g «he property of their enemies, t found on board neutral vessels, would only exercise an r acknowledged right under the law of nations, If to- t ward » such neutral nations tfee French republic has for- o cu. borne to exercise this right, the forbearance has been fl ■m, perfectly gratuitous. The United States, by virtue of fa | their treaty of commerce with France, stand on diife to rent ground. In the year France voluntarily entered into a » commercial Jreaty with us, on principles of perfeift re eiproerty ; .W expreftly fitting, that f rie e ' Jhould make free goods That is, if France should br io- at war with any nation with whom the United States should be at peace, the goods (except contraband) and at the persons of her enemies (i'aldiers in a&ual service 1 rm exce P ted) found on board die vessels of the United v to St * tes : wc ' e .!° from capture. That, on the V other hand, if the United States should engage in war with any nation, while prance remained at peace J then the goods (except contraband) and the perfohs of C ble our enemies ( soldiers in axSfual service excep-ed ) found U ce, on board Frfnch vessels, were also to be free from can ( , es ture. This is plainly expressed in the twenty-third ar tide of that treaty, and demonstrates, that ihe reci- • procity thereby stipulated, was to operate at differ,-nt n periods—That is, at one time in favour of cneof the ai J eomtrafting parties, and of the other at another time ry, ht ? /, our own words turnifh the answer. « France, le 'hi, r "»J United States, could find only a tl <»", ,f'pdvarttage in the articles of that treaty, which U •«- «« t9 " e re f l P ea ' d as American property, Eng nch " l,(h P r «>P"ty found on board American vessels"— U de- requifnion, and the reason afiigned to support it, 03 ™ alike excite furpnf:. - p he American government, fir, J ( , ny confeous of the purity of its intentions, of its impar- V t/, e tul observance of the laws of neutrality, and of its in- bi 7ITw > L re fl % r? 1 "' , taßnot tOF 4 admit in for that it has forfeited the right to claim a reciprocal ob- ; n md ; nce °i on tbfc part of the French re- ! ( ! P" bl ' c > whose fnendfhip, moreover, it has ever culti- bl ; rated with perfefl sincerity. This right, formerly in- J u rd i fringea by a decree of the National Convention, was B ' k y thC "P" 1 of that decr «- Why gi , r | should be again queftiored, we are at a loss to deter- lb IC Tamnr t ° f " ew reftra 'nts or our of commerce by the British government: on the contrary j we peffefs recent official information, that no neiu or- t ' ders have been ijfited. The captures made by the Bri- N f , of Ame »«n vessels having French property on M >r board, are warranted by the law .f nation,! The force re, :f and operation of this law, was contemplated by France mi u and the United States, when they formed their treaty of - commerce ; and their special ffpulation £ point, was meant as an exception to an universal rule 1 Neither our weakness Bor our ftrcngth have any choicc '' e rT.Ie t of the l | f eonCe ' ni the obfervi "« °f a '" v the law of nations. tin 'J Rrit-Tn 3re P '" fead taken to obtain fatisfatftion- This, lir, was a matter wiich concerned only that govern ment. As an independent nation, we were ndt bound . to render an account to any other, of the roeafures we io j. deemed preptr for the of our own citizens, ol _ so long as there was not the slightest ground to fufpedl ona that thegoverimient ever aequiefced in any aggression. ' But permit-to recur to the lubjedl of the decree lfe- ps the Executive Directory. na - As before observed, we are officially informed, that ' re ~ the Biitilh government have ififod no new orders for capturi#g the vefielsof the United States. We are also Q d n " official!/ informed, that on the appearance of the noti- j fication of that decree, the minifler of the United ! ' States at Paris, applied foi information, " whether or- | ] en, " ders were ill'ued for the fejzure of neutral veilels, and j ave " was that no such order was ifiued ; and | lall " further, that none such would be iflued, in cafe the , f " rl —— * seize our veflels." This eommunica- . ' nd tion from the minifterof the United States at Paris, to \ we their minister in London, was dated the jßth if Au- , )ur *»«•' ut t^le decree °f the Directory bears date the < ro- 'f tll Mcffider, aufwering to the id of July. These i en- circumstances, together with some observations in your ly note, leave the American government in a state of un :es, certainty of the real intentions of the government 6f er, France. All»w nie, then, to a®, whether, in the ac the tual state of things, our commerce is considered as Ha lf- ble to ftiffer any new* reSridfions on the part of the in ° French republic*.' Whether the re/TVainrt now excrcifed ] by the Britilh government are considered as of a nature t k e to juftify a denial of those rights which are pledged to us by our treaty with your nation ? Whether orders ■hy have been adluatly given to the ships of war and priva- 1 sice teers of the French republic to capture the vessels' of the United States? And what, if they exist, are the pre<*ife ternts of those orders ? _ 1 hefe questions, fir, you will fee are highly interest- i tng to the United Stares. It is with extreme concern that the government finds hfel. reduced to the necessity - of a/king an explanation of.t his nature ; and if itfliall I be informed that anew line of condutf is to be adapted ] towards this countrv, on the ground of the Decree re- 1 terredto its surprize will equal its regret, that prisci- l ef pies fhoul J now be questioned, which, after repeated he discussions, both here and m France, have been deraon n- itratea to be founded, as we conceive, in the 1 ons of impartial neutrality, of stipulations by treaty ] a' and o f law of nations. I hope, lir, you will find ' m it convenient, by an early anfvrer, to remove the fuf- ( id penie in which the Government of the United States is li- bow hcid on the questions above stated. >y I shall close this letter by one remark on the fineulari- , s, !y of your causing the publication of your note. As it m concerned the United States, it was properly a'ldreffed ' a- to its government, to which alone pertained the right r- of con,rrain,eating it in such time and manner as it - :n mould think fit, to the citizens of the United States. lam, Sir, with great refpefl, e- Your inofi objtdient Servant, f TIMOTHY PICKERING. ) » RY THIS DAY'S MAILS. I »- — t BAL riMORE, November j, a « Arrived yetterday, brig- Isabella, Helm, ir J (1 Jays frem Charledon—Sugar— Buchanan and 0 e Hie brtg Juno is in the bay, bound up. a lr Alloariivetl yeller iay, schooner Godfrey, Capt. F Jones, 13 days from Halifax—Fifh—John Can ere. t! >f Captain informs, that a number of expreflis g d had arrived at Halifax, all bringing accounts of the f] »- turrender of Newfoundland to the French. An b c *prefs had likewil'e arrived, tluee hours only be- f< it fore he failed, with intelligence that the French had h e actually taken Si. John's, together with coremo- " .. dore Wallace's squadron, cqnfitting of a jo gun ° u ', "''P> 'wo frigates, and a (loop of war. C e In addition to the above, a gentleman of infor- '« S mat ion and veracity, who came pafTeoger wilh cap. " r tain Jones, Hates the following interesting partieu- C ' - That while he was at Halifax, a vefTel arrived tl is there from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, by which ;, letters were received, mentioning the capture of « the Quebec fleet hy the French—That on the i &th n _ inft. when the vessel i n which he came was ,bout to oepart, intelligence was received at the govern- w t> ™ e nt-houfe, by express, that the town 0 f St. tfc wn S (m Newfoundlan-1) together with admiral in •- Wallace s squadron, ttationed ihere, had likewise f' been taken by the French-That their fleet, confiit- a twg of from r 5 to , 7 fail „f the l ine> were the „ * - - nSfor the rivel " St - Lawrence, _ but their dettination unknown—That a veflel had " 6 ' 3 i m ' , a f "S atC hkewife sent dewn to > Ma J or 8 Beach, attheentrai.ee of the haibsr, to so . retnatn asa guard fh.p, » n cafe the French (hould an : make their appearance—That the fall-failing floep P° i ° f W " S PS n " r ' of ' 18 guns, had been dispatched Bf from HahfaX towards Newfoundland, to gain intel- , VC , the force, operations and deft Lien of , ne enemy, but that not having returned in the time expected, it was supposeS (he had been cap tureo and finally, that they were making every preparation the defence of Halifax, and giving orders for the milrtia of the province, to hold them £ march at _a moment's warning, si A few Pipes of WINE f hl Imported in the brig FAME, from Madeira, to be soU by MORDECAI LEWIS 1i > m S S aI to^" h of ° n realona ble terms, J , ?" U - £I j!' s . well aCorted BANDANNA HANDKERCHIEFS „ WIDE NANKEENS COSSAS AND BAFTAS HAV.ENS DUCIO DIAPERS 1 , QtTICK SILVER CHINA /J KOLL BKIMSTONE, &c. Ober ij. . { siWilll ] -> , 1 -h V \ Celebrated New Work. ' N It , \ • • This Day is Published, 'g- By JOHN ORMROD, No. 41, in Chefnut Street, (four Y ; volumes in two, neatly bound and lettered, price did But faults so fountenane'd, that the flrcng ftatutrs « Sand like the forfeits in a barber's {hop, • ' As much in mock as mark. C£ Mecfurc for Mtafure. ft "f 1 appearsfrom the dedication, that the editor of this 3r pnblication, is the Rev. William Roberts, 4. M F A $ so Fellow of Corpus Chilli College, Oxford; and from'the* . I last -umbex, that the labor, and the merit of rd f pa ? ers -', ve the editor, excepting only r | afwccmti.bnt.on. particßUflyfflentianed. The editor's N id design has beta, as represents it, "to fubftmite ld the roo"m of life > °«are. and taste, in the room of fhaflow politics and newspaper philofophv and 1,0 , betra r niL ' n - ™ d «' maffc of amusement, into fJriow ? 0 » ndma "'y thoughts. This design was laudable, and thff . execution was mentonous. As literary predudfions. these periodical papers arc entitled to cliflmSion fbut their hiX r eft P raife,s ' ,h f the y throughout calculated to So. Ie mote virtue and goop manners. P \[ N#v a Analytical Review. Sf d 6t. ;; William Gardner, No. 62 ,e SOUTH FRONT-STREET, ' d Has received by the late arrivals from Liverpool 0 Glasgow, An ajortment of DRT GOODS Which he will dispose of upon low terms, fop ca (I» >f er the usual cred.t, by the piece or package— C p on Jtfl">Z of -Sf_ t- p Calicoes and Chintze# n ri inted Handkerchiefs and Shawls y Jaconet and Book Muffins, well assorted II f"• do. tamboured do. t J?, 0 ' , . f°- Handk's and Shawls' do. - White and coloured thre ds Diaper and diaper table cloths Cott< » check and check handkerchiefs ; Striped and coloured jjankeens r ' ; Dimities and quilting* > d Tapes and garters. f- Cotton counterpanes • Metis and womens gloves Plats and'ftockmgs !' Ofnaburgs, hcd-ticks and brdwn Hollaed d Stationary, &c. See. kc. t November i, ■ ! •» tnt« it . The Creditors of Scott and M'MichaeL m " Ch ' d T ° f this d who failed m t,i 1 afed bilL° o r f 17 1' 1 Wh ° m t!4e luWcri " Pur' dialed bills of exchange to amount of r -ii 1 1 * pounds sterling, which\ave lain " h Lc 'farf' requested tv ER v MA „ o, „ lEa tI,L ~ ( S". I"" T JUCi ' Uy > the th at 6 o cock in the evem.ng, m order to obl-e Charlcl Cox, former y of this city, now of New-Jersey' and lohnr 1a 7 ' 7 ni VX° f /" d CUy ' and f P" k <=r o/the House of AlTembly of said state, now of Brunfwick, New-lerfev assignees offa.4 Scott & M'Micha.l, to come JorwardaTd . pay «ver the momesthey have had in their hand* £k2- • g , the "editors.these 3» or 33 years. Some years a go the creditors were callcd together • Mr cw l, ed in behalf of himfelf and Mr. Bayard, and alleged "at " apprehensive they might be brought imo trou! 1 ble if they parted with the money (which I aonr Jh zT ■ l ! me thousands,) as his Britannic Majefly had a debt due j him for gover»mentbills: it was howevlr ugr.ed by thff' " counfel'' Zv the » ) in di! .7 °' and " was that they would be fafer in dmding the money among the creditor, \ urld Mr Cox to bring the business to a final clof- • h!« »„r .it would be but a triflino- f™ L V nfwcr was ' ■ r:fe ir" h - -5 L-zz ! they ought tb pay interest too. ' T ' and f * pu'i jj *. , George Meade. Philadelphia, id November, 1796. ' dtijN- credltor s of the late Abel James, for a balance due on a returned bill of 10001. iter line coll. damages and interest. «^i.iteiiing,colt»» p. ; , ~ ~ vr George Meade. hiladelphia, November id, 1793. dtßN> andlt Cr f ltors °f V™ Vleck and Barton, re « S n" on iV°' ( Wk ° failed in 'he year , 7 g 4 ) W.a m V qU u cftedto mset "the City-Tavern on verv creditor rK. vu 1, 7 4 ind flowed e u/poandof " 3 — & L c /z e ? mju üb >- ' nt-'n ;„-ti • , at t"e City-Tavern oi>Mo*dav the? ®, da " !a K- *o per cent, and interefC ° f I'oool-.iler1 ' 0001 -. iler - The Creditors of William Bradford\ (who formerly kept the Ola Po r.queHed to meet the c"ty-'l n vcmber, at 6 o'clock. * 3 a N - Not . 3 . Geir S e Meade.