* Celebrated vSeiy Work- ■ s Si This Day is Publiihed, s, Ey JOHN ORMRCD, Mo. 41, in Chefnut Street, (four r volumes in two, ncatiy bound and lettered, price 2 dollur.f and 50 cent*.) THE LOOKER-ON, A 'PERIODICAL PAPER. "By the Rev. SIMON OLIVE-BRANCH, A. M. Ore ttret medico Pallentes radere Meres Dofti s, et ingenuo cidpam defigert ludo. AUU pers. My business in this State Made one a Looker->on here in Viesna ; Where I have Teen corruption boil and bubble, ' Till it o'er mn the flew ; lawa for ail faults ; But faults so countenanc'd, that the llrcng ftatutrs Stand like the forfeits in a barber's (hop, As much m mock as mark. Mei'jurt for Measure. "I? appears from the dedication, that the editor-os this publication,is the Rev. William Roberts, A. M r I'. R. S. Follow of Corpus Chritki College, Oxford; and from the lilt number, that the labor, au<] confcqut'iitiy the merit of .hefe papers, hive reftedwith the editor, excepting only 'a few contributions particularly mentioned. "lhe editor's dtfign has been, as he himfelf reprefeius it, " to f '1 ftitute the forfaken topics of.-cnorality, life, iiature, ah :fte, 111 th room of Ihaflbw palitias and news-paper philosophy, and t&betray men, under the rtiaikof amyfement, into serious and manly thoughts, Thisdefigo was laudable, *nd the execution was meritorious. As literary productions, these periodical papers are entitled to difliniSion ; but their high cfl. praise is, that they are throughout calculated to pro mote virtue and good manners." Analytical Review. "Lately Publijhed by J. Ormrod, fcondorcet on the prcgrefs of the human rtiind jfb, Miss Williams' Letters from France, 4/8; Vilit for a Week, Window Glass, < 7by 9, 5 Ditto 3 (_ .8 by 10. The above mentioned Goods are all entitled to the irawback, and will be liifpofed of by the packtge on realonable terms. James, Clibborn & Englifli, No. 6, N. Front-flreet. loih mo. isth. dtf Juii Landing, At South flrcet-nihirf from oh hoard the ship Sedg ley, ('aptitir; Hodge, from St. Petersburg, Thv following Goods H'jffia Sail Duck, firff quality. Do. Shi::ii:g da. 4)o. Dfap«rr. "— Do. Huclsabaclt. Do. Crattu ,Do. Mould Candles, 4, j and 6,>j the lb. of the EngUh fixe. 'Do. White Canule Talltr.v. Do- Whioc Sost> in small boxes. Do. Cordage of fine yarn. Ravens Duck. liinglafi, tit aud |»nd fort. Hone Hair uinnrkd. -Rulfia Bsr IrOn. Do. Hnop Iron. Do. YC-il Rod.. 10 Tons Oakum and Jtlnk. St. i'c.crfburjj Hemp. For Sale by Philips, Craniond, & Go. ©A»b«rii. - GAiUTfi of ths Uni*i?d States. phocion—No. xvr. THE rotsrissof Mr. Jeffcrfon vainly ttuleavor ed to vindicate his conduct refpefiing his connec tion with the editor of the National Gazette and hit opposition to the measures of government, while secretary of state; In re'fpe£t to the«fjrft they hid, '' that Mr. Fre neau was recommended by leveral of his fellow col- , legiates, men of high reputation and who were m terelted in his welfare*: and that, to entitle him to the office which Mi. Jeffcrfon bellowed on him, it was mefely necessary that he fhuulcj he » citizen : of the United States, and irreproachable in point of morality and in other tefpeflp quajihed to difchargc iia duties."—lt is at rjpee seen thai, fnch < an apology, to an enligh'eued publh-, is at insult ing a, was lh« caitdtnil which it was designed to . gloss over.' —As Vlt. Jcff.'tfon, (hould he be elected pre'ridcnt, and penfio:i a printer to ] i support his metfures, attempt hereafter to varnish < over such an aby a like vindication. ] At to the second point,'ihefc votaries, whose c ' devotion for their idol kindled at every form, in t whith he presented himfelf, «ven deduced matter ( of panegyric from hit »ppo/ttion to the meafurcs of the 1 government. 'Twas according to them, the sub- t limeft pitch of virtue in him, not only to have ex tra-afTlcially embarrassed plans, otiginaling with his f colleagues, in the course of their progreft, but to have continued hit opposition to them, after they 1 had been considered and ennttcd by the legiDature, e with such modifications as had appeared to them r • proper, and had beenappro»ed by the chief magi- j Urate. Such cottdu&, iu their, opinion, marked 6 a firm and virtuous, independence of spirit -j-. If any proof were wanting of that strange per- * verlion of all ideas of decorum and order, which J hat long charaflerifed a certain party, this making a a theme of encomium of what was truly a demon- 0 drat ion of a caballing, felf fujjicicnt, and refradory 1 temper, would afford it. p I shall endeavour to state what coorfe a.firm and £ virtuous independence of character, guided by a juii and necefTary sense oT decorum, should have dictated to an »fficer in Mr. Jefferfon't station. Ido not hesitate to reprobate the position, that / a man, who had accepted an office in the executive department, should be held to throw the weight of his character into the feale, to-fuppiJrt a mealure, which in his confcien'cc he difappreved, and in hit Jiation had opposed—or that of the ad miniltration ihould form together a clofeand secret combination, into whose measures the profane eye of the public should not pry. But there>is a very obvious medium between aOing or countenancing, and { intriguing and machinating against a measure ; be tween obptjing it in the difchargc of an official duty or volunteering an cppofiiion to it in the difchargc if no j duty, between entering into a close and secret combi nation wi h the other members ot the adminiilra- '' tion, and bc:',j the aflive leader of an ofpofuitn to its me furet. The true line of propriety appears to be the, sol- j lowing:—A member of the administration in one j departmeut ought only to aid those meafWs of an- other, which he approves—Where he difapsproves, if called upon ton J officially, he ought to rnanifeft ' his difipprobation, and av»w his opposition ; but, out of an official line, he ought not to interfere, r, " at long at he think jit to coxtinvs a »art of THE ADMINISTRATION." , When the measure in quettion has kecome a law ° of the land, especially with a dirtil fandhn of the r chief magi/irate, it it hit peculiar duty to acquiesce. A contrary conduct is incoyijtcnt with his rdationt P at an officer of the government, and ivith a due rtfpeß ' as fuL h for the decisions of the legjflaturt and of the l head of the executive department. The success of every government, itt capacity F tocoAabine the exertion of public Hrength with the ' preferyation of personal right and private security, j " must nlways depend on the energy of the executive. I • This energy, again, must materially depend on r the l/nien aud mutual deference, which subsist between j the member, of that department, and the confor. J mity ef their conduit with the view* of the execu- " •live ehief. , F Difference of opinion between men engaged id • any cafmmoo pursuit, i« a natural appendage of hu- ' man nature. When only exerted in the difehar", B f ® a duty, with delicacy and temper, amon* libe.al j f a*d feiifiblc men, it can create no anidotity : but when it produces officious interferences, dictated by ' 3 no call of duty ; when it volunteert a display of it- ! ' felt in a quarter where -here is no refponjbilitj, it ! 1 must inevitably beget ill-humour and difcerd. ' 3 Applied to the membeni of the executive adrr.i- * nitlratiop of any government, and wore particulaily | 1 a republican government, it mull necessarily tend to i f occasion, more or less, difiraSed councils, to fofler faaions in the community, and particularly to wta- " ken the government, .■loreover, of the several executive de- ■ partments, are ta be viewed as auxiliaries to the Cxe- cutive chief. Oppofiiion to any measure of iu, by ■ either of those heads, except in the scape of frank; \ firm and independent advice to himfelf, is evidently contrary to the relations, which fubfilt between the ' parties. And a measure becohles hit, so as to in- ' volver this duty of acquiesce, as well by its having ' received ha.fanßhn in the form »f a { aw> as b£ ] having previously received his approbation. One of the powers eiittulted to our chief ma»if- ) trate is, that of objetitng to bills which have piHed tie two house. of congress. This supposes the 5 duty*f objea.ng, when he is of opinion that the ! oljeft ot any bill it either vnccnjlitutional or per- - mciout. It* approbation of a bill implies, that he ' dou not thin.: it either the one or the other ; and it , makes him rejfonfible to the community for this o p.mon. The measure become, hit by adoption; J nor could he cfcipe a port ton of the blame, which SX.. » bad measure, to ! which he had given his eonfent. ( Solid as are these printfipl,., the public ear has, ! not with ftawJmg, been frequently assailed with core- j bT Dnj:bp ' of ! t tae fame, ot ieth Otft, »p lt man piece a» Is he ; I to be a dumb fptftator of measures which he deems 1 fnb'vcrfiVi of the rights ar.d inter eft ot his fellow 'l citizens ? is he to poilpone to the frivolous rules of a falfe comp'aifance, or the arbitrary'diclates of a tyrannical decorum, the higher duty which he owes to t'h« community ? I answer, no ! lie is to do none ' of tliefe thrnga. ' If he caiwot coalesce with thafc, ' with with whom he is alTociated, as far as the ru»es of official decorum, propriety, and obligation may require, without abandoning what he conceives to be the true in'ereft of the community, 1« him place iimfelf in a jituation, in which he will experience no colli Hon of opposite duties. him not ciing Jo the hooour or emoluments of an office, and content himfelf with dtftnd'mg the injured right} of the peo ple, by ekfeure or indirect meani. Let him renounce aJstuntion which is a clog upon his patriorifm ; ted the people that he could no longer continue in it without forfeiting h« .duty to them, and that he he had quitted it to btf (poic at liberty to. afford them his belt terrice». Such is the course wotrfd have been indicated by a fircji and virtuous independence of character, that would have been pursued by a man attentive to u nite the sense of delicacy with the sense of duty—in earned about the pernicious tendency of public measures, and more felicitous to aft the difinterefied friend of the people, than the inUreJled, ambitious, and intriguing bead of a party,. But Mr. Jefferfon clung for four years to the ho nours and emoluments of office, Under an admini !bation, whose measures he greatly disapproved, and perfevinngly tppofed, till a more perplexed state of affairs, and the alarming profpeS of approaching •war, dictated his relinqui{hme»t of a (tation, too pregnant with anxieties to continue an object of de fere. PHOCION. From the Virginia Hekaio. As containing found, federal, republican principle?, w* publish the following exfraft from aiv address to Ralph Wormeley, Esq. a candidate far the office of ele&or in Virginia. ill. Is a candidate for an eleftorfliip warranted, tinder in declaring publicly (he names of the perfoss for wliom he fhdl vote ! 2d. Can those, who have a legal right to vote | for an elector, demand with constitutional proprie- < ty, any declaration of this fort? 1 I am inclined t« decide in the negative. The 1 mode of voting by ballot is tfce.dirett antithefij of I the mode of voting viva voee. The constitution I expressly prefers the former to the latter. But you i and your fellow candidates havfc fuperceded the for- ■ mer by introducing the Liter, and have thus depar- | ted from the constitution, but without intending it, I dar« fay. \\ hat avails jhe baUottmg for a Prefi- 1 dfjjtanxl Vic«-P*«fideirt, wheit-rvcry hody knows < before the ticket* are put into the box, fore the cleftors are chosen, for what perfen* each J elector will votr. Is it not an idle form ? a ridi- < culotis ceremony ? an uncouftitutioral facrifice ot j fubltance to form ? Is it not to all intents and pur poses a viva voce mode of balloting ? In the elcfti on ot two luch important officers as the Preftdent and Vice-Picfident of the United States, it wa«'a fy to be forefetn that pe: fonal enmitiea woald be en-' gendered, animosities excited, and vialent contentions provoked, which alternately ter- ■ 1 rninate in civil commotions, and therefore, the vote by ballot was preferred in order to guard as mucfi as possible against those evils. Who that itcolleflsthc . turbulent and sometimes bloody iccnes that tvere once exhibited in the Polish Diet., but mnlt admire the prudence of those who formed the confutation, < » endeavouring to prevent an exhibition of fimilar fcerits in this country ? Who that admires this pru dence, but mult regret that tha conltitmion has ■ been evaded and defeated in this refped i But the i peepk-, it is laid, are in fault ; they have required 1 the candidates to be explicit. The people who, to inuuige perianal pre-poffeffions of any kind, can re quelt bcandidate to aft unconflitutionaily, and the . candidate who from pspular views, can prevail with himlelf to grant fuel, a request, Me both equally J and wofully deficient in feme of those attributes whrch are molt effe.r.ial, under free governments, tli j the cbaraflers of pure citizens. If the people claim . as ngt/s those things to which they l,Wm> right, not only wrong but wrong, must follow. Nor let j it be imagined, as defining knaves and fools, who . are au. «ys the to.k of knav.s, wo»ild have us be lieve, that a demand for what is wrong, be'caufe it u made by, cvci y w. be forraidable—When it it , ' ' grtat ont Wdl be Tie f„pl t i 3 lh , „ onder woiting phrase wnh winch the demagogue, a„d jacobins of the day attempt to efTeS all theirperni cious fchewes—but yeu have too good an under- Amdiog to be duped by it. You know ,hat the people, ,» their sense of the phrase, is not the pec S7J w r,°" haS lal '^ t U8 ' who peo hlV 7 m " a W "° olhfr ' and ,hi * tts dec'five veto upon the questions I hava dated. b H fefn n r- 1?' " 0t mcn ', ftou ld govern us upon all, exLeffed 7?r pUb '' C ° CCaf,ons - As J™ have exprefTed yourlelt generally , a this efftd ;a5 you wellTf ma '!, n " that d -°" y ° U Cred,t ' P^ nou Ld tc C t^ P ; n^ r,V Upon thc P«n-- Ot L lyftem of admin.ftrnt.on adopted by our fcde nimneli anj confcio.i. »,rn, c . d ur i llg a pCN i„ U i . order and good governmcw, and to be honell in dependent and federal; yt, u shall have the vote of AiIiGUS FEDERALiS. ii i . « . PhiladelVHlA. O « | : o FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBES 4, t 7g6 / . Extract of a Utter front Tr/aton, Nov. 3. cc • I lend you the names of the Electors tor the ft.. ; tie of New Jerfejr, this day chofin by the Legiflatu, t ns b r a * cr r g rcat majority, men of the firft chauii,. v . and ail good and true Federals. 0 f Col. Aaron Ogdcn, Elizabeth-Town. a Col. John Neilfon, Brunfwick. e , Gen. Elilha Lawrence, Monmouth county, ]C Caleb Newbold, Burlington county. Col. Jonathan Rhea, Trenton. cs John Blackwood, Gloucester county. iy Capt. Willian Colefax, Bergen county. ;o — ce r " Ames has declined "being elected a member 0 of the Haiufc of Repreientatives in the fiftn Con. IC giefs. J. C. Jones, and H. G. Otis, bath Fe. lt derahfts, and friends to the Government of thek owu y. country are in nomination as candidates. :t ~ il From the American Daily Advirlifer. ; t Mcflri. Clay poole, e The right of Voting at Elections being one of ' j the molt important privileges of free citizens, ought to be guarded „bufe with the molt i'ciupulotu a je-tloufy ; and as the acts of naturalization arc not t generally known, it may be of ul"e to publilh she 1. folio wng opinions on the fuLjcft, given by gen n tlemen of the higlielt legal abilities, tor the intof c malion of your tellow citizens. d WE are dearly of opinion, that no foreign?* ha ving tome into this couatry finer the declaration of independence, is cutitled to a vote at & general e lection, whatever may have been his length of.re lidence', uniefs he has been natui ahzed according to the exilting laws of Pennsylvania. That the proper evidence of his having been na, turalizcd prior to the 26th of March, 1790,' is a certificate, from a magittrat,e,"crt->iis having wkea the oath of affirmation of allegiancc to the State, as prcfcribed by ljtv. r ' And that the proper <*i< gcL be ; caule inconhltent with thepicfcut emillitutk.ii. . X have not time myfelffarthcr, itUre ./ore foljcorgenerally," nor do 1 conceive" tljst yuy doubt can Eie t et»tertaiucd epon'tiH sub» jea. , • ... Signed. JARED INGERSOLL; . . 3> " V 1 etit itvNicjrioHs. ■ — * A correfpondtnt rcmatkß that the Tc-gßUicatiolli r «t this juncture of the treaty of Pavis 8c -'-filuit jf,"H with a jesuitical emph'atizcd preface, in ♦Ll|i.uiE , Brewn's and BacheVpapers, sis : ture of the politics of tho'fc Gaiwtei, and ot th< 'V r whiffling ctmrafter of the compiler article..'' ; The We on the public, iff loading co'ub.hs , of those papers with documents of that natytt, lias-* r. rent the flimzey veil of blank impartiality, anKv l'i " . at a future day, feive' to exhibit in prjipru; s a, certain cuddling proteu* politician, who Y : himfelf c»ndenln«d to the Sifyphian task ro 1 up hill a stone that will perpetually rccoil upon him „ > to tlie end of hia pilgrimage." "• . •*— — . . '•'» : Amongst the wicked a d ridiculous tritks : now'A ? J 1 playing off by the Jacobins, to enfore tst r their ticket, th|y have the, impudence to citi ftiefrs" 5 the republiean ticket, and the federal ticket tire mo- - > narcby ticket : Who that cKatafters'of 1 the candidates can forbear langhuig at fuJJ" folly '. , In»lt»okirg over the, names of .isfcARL VVhelim fc : Thomas Mc. Kean, which Ihould we be moll apt . . 1 to consider as plair.fimfit republican ov foe haugb- . * - ty imperious- monarchiji ? is there any tititcn lu lg- :4J t norant as to suspect Israel Wbelen, and the other candidates on the federal ticket, of voting for a mo. t narchy man ? For fhamr, ye diforganiztrs^—blu^k j at such vteak'atttmpts to impose on the JUab'lrc-* s they are'not to be duped by fueh tricks : AlUyoiir { calumnies will never perluadethem that ltmcj \Vhe» / r len and Co. will vote for a king. TKe peopic can / rtad as »tl( as ypurfelves, and can take . 1 liberties without your afnilance., • «^j| r « j Do the jacobins suppose that eleftioneeving and . publiftiing is to be all on one f Ma. Fenn6, - * - I observe that the adJrofs of the [duties, recon# l met)ding thtrirttcket, is to be tranjlatcd tn'° Frent\; , 1 but that appears unneceflary, for Ijcm the - andJkle, every plain man SHio lead* .it ns®** ° c - Vinced that it was originally aniptjtd tlx' F::ihh 1 language I wilb some of your Flinch Qonc(popw.-Y. i dent* would inform me what tljele t Anties , ! a it is a foreigii>wo