m
PantlieQn,
AX D TtIC'CET-75,'5. AMPHITHEATRE,
For Equestrian and Stage Performances,
Comer of Chefnut and Sixth-streets
THIS EVENING, Wednesday, November 16,
Will be piefented,
A VARIETY OF
Pleasing and Novel Entertainments ;
ACT it
Tight Rope Dancing,
By Mr. Spinacma.
Clown to the Rope, Mr. Durang.
ACT 11. |
Horsemanship,
By Mr, Rickette, Mr. F. Ricketts, Mr. Franklin,
Master Franklin, Matter Hutchins, the Youhg
American, and Mrs. Spinacuta.
Clown to the Horsemanship, Mr. Sully.
ACT in.
A Ballet Dance,
Under the direction of Mr. Duraag, called
Poor Jack ; or, the Benevolent Crew.
Poor Jack, Mr- Durang.
Ned Haulyard, Mr. Sully.
Boatftfain, Mr. Cojjlc.
5i,.43* }
Mrs. Cafey, Wapping Landlady, Mr. Tompkins.
And Orange Girl, Mrs. Durang.
ACT IV.
Equestrian Exercises,
By the Equeftrsan Groupe.
The whole to conclude with the splendid Panto
mime of
Don Juan; or the Libertine Deflroy'd.
Under the Direction of Mr. Sully.
As performed at Covent Garden Theatre, forty
nights, with unbounded applause.
Don Juan, Mr. Sully.
Commandant, Mr. Tompkint.
Lover, Mr. Durang.
Fisherman, Mr. Coffie.
Sailor, Mr F. Ricketts.
' ' And Scaramouch, Mr Spinacuta.
ift Fifhwoman, Mrc. Durang.
2d Ditto, Mist Robinfoi*
Donna Anna, Mrs. Spinacuta.
An accurate description of the Pantomine to be had et
the iicket-OfE.ce
Mr. RICKETTS takes this opportunity of inform
ing the Ladies and Gentlemen who attend the RMing-
School, that he has, at considerable expjnfe, engaged
Mr. Franklin, ts give leflons in the art of riding and
managing Horses, as he finds it impossible to attend to
it himfelf, in consequence of a variety of bufmefs
which he is at present engaged in.
*„* The Ladies and Gentlemen who feciire feats i
the day time, are requefttd to attend p'ltK'hully at 7,
is the performances are so arranged a» to concludeb
JO o'cloek-r-the doors will open at 6. ,
gS" Box, 7s. 6d.»--Pir. js. 9d.
Tickets to he had of Mr. Ford, at the ticket office in
Chefmit-ftreet, from ten to three o'clock each day.
gjP .Silver Tickets, to a imit for the feaion, to be had
by applying to Mr. P fciietts at the Pantheon, or at Oel
fers's Hfctel.
Cs* Days of Performance to be Monday, Wednes
day, Thursday and Saturday.
The Elephant
IS RETURNED FROM BALTIMORE.
THE public are refpeftfulfy informed, that
this animal is to be seen every day, from 8
o'clock in the morning till fun down, in Market
ftreet, No. 106, south fide, between Third and
Fourth-jheets.
Admit »nce a quarter of a dollar, that every ci
tizen may fee him.
(£?■ At the requeil of many perfsns it will be
exhibited on evenings from five to eight o'clock,
at half a dollar each.—The room will be yell
> lighted.
November 7. d
Robert Smith & Co.
No. 58, South Frcnt-Jireet,
Have received by the late arrivals frem London, Liver
pool, and Hull, and by the Ohi® arrived at -N. York
from Glasgow,
Aiarge & general aflortment of Goods,
Suitable for the Season, confijling of
Duffle, Point and Role Cheeks, in small packages
Blankets Oxnaburgs and Brown Hol-
White, Red, and Yellow lands
Flannel Brown and white Ruflia
Boeking am?other Baizes Sheetings
Second aud coarse Cloths Drillings and Diapers
Plain and mixed Caffimeres Calicoes and Chiptzes
Plain, twilled, and striped Jaconet and Book Mufiine
Coatings I)o. d©. Tamboured
Plains, Kerl'ej-s, and Half-" Do. do. Handkerchiefs
thicks Printed lintn mcf check d#.
' White & spotted Swanikins Roma! and Madrafs do.
Lainct and fwanfdown veil Muslin and Chintz Shawls
fliapes Bed Ticks
Carpets and Carpeting Table Cloths
Caliuiancocs and Durants Lace# and Edgings
Moreens and Taboreens Faftioiiable Ribbons
Joans Spinning and Crapes Do. Hat; and Bonnets
Camblets and Wildbores Cotten & Wortled Hosiery
t Bombaiecns dc Bombazets Gloves and Mitts
Rittinets and Shalioons White & coloured Threads
Plain, Genoa and printed Italian Sewing Silks
Velverets &"1 hickfets Ivory and Horn Combs
7-8, 4-4, and 11-8 Cotton Tapes, Bindings, Pirts, &c.
They hare on hand a large assortment of India Muslins
and Calicoes, black and coleured Persians, Bandanna and
Pullicat Handkerchiefs, &c. and a quantity of Nutmegs
and Macc.
Prober 17. m« ft m
' Jufi Landing,
And for Sale, a quantity of
~ ■ • 1 IJOURiDEAUX BRANDY,
FROM onboard the/cheoncr Lydia & Polly, Oliver
Jenkins master, lying at WUcock's wharf. For
terms, enquire on board faiJ schooner.
November ttth. J IW
(J«tlpard Cenas
Witt open his Dancing School
On the ift ot November, at 10 a'clock in the morning,
. at O-l'fr'.V Hotel. Oct. 17. *mwl'4
City Dancing Afiembly. ~
The firft Aircmbl)' will be l>eld oa I'liandav next, the
t;th November, at Oellers's Hotel.
By order of the Minajjers.
Not, 14. 5
For the Gazette of the United States.
PHOCION—No. XXIIT.
' NOTWITHSTANDING the influence of the
•>> passions which raged with so much fury at the time
Mr. JefJerfon sent in his commercisl teport, and
the artful manner on which he and his partizan»
J seized on those partizans to direst them to the fop
port of -their dangerous purposes, yet the enlight
ened difeiifTions which took place in Congress and
the public alarm which was naturally excited at the
impending danger united to defeat the views of the
Secretary : after a debate of several weeks, his
friends, being unable to carry more than one Soli
tary resolution, which Mr. Madison * himfelf con
'* fidered ss altogether irifigni/icarit, gave up the con-
tell in despair ; country efcaptd at the fame
time from the hotrots of war and M r > Jelterfon's
schemes.
Before we take leave of this famous report, the
theme of so much panegyric, it wii! be proper to re
capitulate, that—although it contained only fifteen
. short pages, near three-fourtl»s of which conlilled
of facts, taken from books of rates and commer
cial documents, and was the labor of almoll three '
years—yet it teemed with blunders; that whenever
it attempted to reason, its principles were fsjfe, in
confident or inapplicable to our Gtuation ; that the
means recommended were pernicious in tile extreme,
and the end prapofed dishonorable to the Unjted
States; and that the time, fclefted lor carrying it
into effc£l, evinced a reliance more on the ptfii hj
and prejudices than on the judgment and patrittifm
of the legislature.
It will be proper also to ihew, in this place, '
that although Mr. Jefferfon recommended hojiile £
• measures on the presumption that Great-Britain |
.wat not disposed to enter into a commercial treaty
1 witli the United States, yet that soon after he quit- v
ted the dffice of secretary of Hate, a ci*»imercial
treaty A-.as concluded with that country, on teims j
fimilar to those, which he had fuggellcd in bis re- c
port, as the ba/ts of such treaty. c
In page 14, he fays—" Sueh being tile rediic- fl
tions on the commerce & navigation of the United
States, the queflion is, in what way they may bell
be renSoved, modified and counteracted ? As to
commerce, two methods occur, ift. By friendly
arrangements with the several nations with whom n
1 these reftrifiions exill ; or, 2d. By the ftparate S
aft of our own legislature for countervailing their
. efFefta. There can be uo doobt, hut that of these f'
. two, friendly arrangement is the mofi eligible." In
ip. 19, fce fays—" Still it must be repeated that l '
1 friendly arrangements are preferable with all who <'
3 will come into them, and that we fheuld carry in
s to such arrangements all the liberality and spirit of "
accommodation, which the nature of tl»e ease will I tl
admit.'' He then'immediately adds—"France has,
, of her own accord, proposed negociations,'' &c. n
and immediately after, " Prop|fsls of friendly ar- c
rangement have been made, on our part, by the P
) present government to that of Great Britain ; but 0
beijig already on ts good a footing in law, and a f<
j better in fas, than the molt favored nation, they °
• have not, as yet, dijeovered any difpofiiton to have P
it meddled with." It is evident then that he here P
proftlTes to prefer friendly arrangement on the most ti
liberal terms, and only recommends the other ifter- :, l
native, because Great-Britain had declined such b
friendly arrangement f. ■ f(
; Mr. Jefferfon resigned in January, 1794, 8
( Mr. Jay was inßrufted in the April following, to
revive with the British government the commercial c
j negociations, which the coolness of Mr. Jefferfon "
had interrupted. ■' c
Let us now take a view of the principal csufes of
complaint, which the report dated to ele'll against ,
j Great Britain, and fee whether Mr. Jay's treaty K
does not remove them.
j The report complains—ift. That our commerce "
and navigation were not secured by fixed laws 3
2dly. That thei'e was a want of re<iprocity in the 1
duties imposed ou the commercc and navigation of
the refpeftive countries. The treaty with Great. !•
Britain completely removes both these grievances ; •
for our commerce and navigation are now secured V
by treaty, a greater security than even sn aft of
parliament, and a perfect reciprocity is established "
( in refpeft to the duties ou the imports and shipping
of the two nations.
i He ofc.erves—" Tnat where the circumstances
of cither party renders it expedient to lay a reve- Z
nue by way ef impolt, on commerce, its freedom
might be modified, in that paiticular, by mutual r '
and equivalent measures, preserving it entire in all
others Some nations, not yet ripe for free com.- a
i merce, in all its extent, might be (till willing to v
mollify its reftriftions and regulations for us, in ''
, proportion to the advantages which an intercourse w
with us might offer: particularly, they may concur
with us in reciprocating the duties to be levied on each P
fide, or in compensating any cxcefs of duty, by ri
equivalent advantages of another nature." Now, &
the treaty is predicated altogether on these ve.y n
principles. Had Mr. Jefferfon, then, been disposed f :
■ to negociate with Mr. Hammond, tbere is no rea . n
son to doubt, that a treaty of commercc might
have been concluded between them, on the prin*i- *
pies which Mr. Jefferfon state* in his report, as the u
true basis of a con mercial treaty. ti
I As t0 'he compbint in the repoit, concerning
; tl,e - non-admifiion of our veflels into the Briiifb n
A The refolutioii, which is immediately the
fu&jeft in debate, decides nething with refpeft to a dtf '
crjmmaticn between different nations.; it declares „
in general, that the situation of tlie United States re- ■
fometkmg to be done, iis the way -of coimaer- "
hafed! « if" 8 , IT'"' and y " has been com " P
Lnl.c » m S 0 ? involve tmbariaffing prefer- w
ti.ccs. Madison s fpcech, p. 59. tl
f Those wh?> have read the correfpondencc between fl
\lttl rf" f Sm /f°n d n,uft wcll remember that the b
* lo flr froirfdeclinmg so evter into friendiy zr- tl
rangenients, expr. fsly wrote to this efFect, in hi/let «
-er, 6th Dcce-mber, " "Although lam not , "
powered to.conclude any defin.tive arrangement wkh f
refpecft to the commercial intercourse between ti^Two
coiintrie. Ift,ll man it t0 bc undc ' ((ood r<
e " ,er ! Mo » negoeiatioa for that pur. P
r r^ cl P r °cal advantage," and that
■ Weil-Indies, uis true, dist the terms of the trea
ty were m»t«fuch as we withed ; but bad as they
were, fbey were certainly better than any we have
been able to obtain from Spain or Portugal, in
i refpeft to which countries, the report had even re
commended a cessation of our exifiing regulations,
j on the presumption that they would concur in doing
whatever juliice and moderation dictated'
From the foregoing 1 remaiks it clearly results,
that, although Mr. JefFerfon artfully prtfejfcd a de
cided contidlion that it was more for the iutereft of
( _ the United States to enter into friendly arrange
ments'with other nations, than to wage a commer
cial warfare with them ; and although it app'eared
U from letters, and the treaty so
soon after concluded, that a commercial treaty
might have been concluded with Great-Britain~on (
the very principle eftablilhed by the report as the (
, proper balii t»f a commercial treaty ; yet the secre
tary, after waving hindelf a negotiation, took ad-
vantage of the exilling portions and prejudices, to (
press forward a system of commercial hoflility,
C which, had it succeeded, mud have soon involved ua
, in misery and war. j
r . The fecretary'j reports on the Jtjheries and on t
•e weights and rbeafures, still remain for examination. I]
1 PKOCION. I,
i- i i
e c
From the Centjnsl of Liberty. p
d — \
t October 30, 1796. c
J Mrjfrs. Gritn and Englijh, p
J fend for publication in your paper, a letter ta- c
ken from the Alexandria Gazette of the 2jth Inft. n
The author Mr. John Taylor was lately a Senator c
1 of the United States, and is a decided friend to Mr. "
" JefFerfon. This isithe gentleman so often quoted as 11
havingjieard the declaration of Mr. in fa
" voiir of kings, lords, &c. but »ho has not yet, that n
we kno"- of, favored the world with the certificate
so long threatened.* It will not be difficult for a dif- V,
eerniiig public to discover in this letter, the real
cause of his enmity to Mr. Adams, and his friend
• (hip fur Mr. JefFerfon. 8
I a
Caroline, July 11, 1796. d
Dsah Sir, # n
It being tinderftood that Gen. Washington will ti
not be a candidate for the prefldeocy nf the United 1]
States, my personal acquaintance with all whom 1 n
have heard named as candidates for that office, and i*
for the Vice Presidency, has determined me to of-" tl
fcr my fetvice, as an elector to one diHrift, hecatife d
this acquaintance enables me to eliimate accurately w
their political principles. ' in
I shall rely, upon yourselves and Mr. J —s (to el
r whom 1 have also written) for its being known to ir
1 the ciiizensof Hanover. And as 1 with every man *
, to vote in pursuance of his own uninfluenced jud r- f.
. ment, this is all that can be proper for me to do. If l ei
. candor compels me to add, that the current of my tl
: political epinions is uofrieadly to the chief raeafures ir
(. of the federal government—juflice allows me to as- vi
t fert, that it proceeds from a dirtnterefted conviction li
r of thefemeafures, having violated the mod valuable in
: principles of the constitution, What prinei- ct
■ pies ?] and that they threaten to remit in a revolu- pt
• l ' :)n - i»,l°fothc CQTcreinent nlarcd it
. tne hands of adminiuratora, who wi(h to bring it t<
, back to the rep|jjlican ground, from which it has fe
so widely wandered. From what republican k
1 ground has the government widely wandered ?] ra
> I am yours, &c. tf
J Strange to tell, it is thought that with these prin- !;
ciples, this Mr. Taylor will be elefled ! It is not ; n
s bc > as well as other leading men in rj
t Virginia should entertain them, for that was before
known ; but it is really matter of astonishment and „
regret,-that a majority of the voters in any diftrigf .1
, United States, should be found to give their
approbation to the man* who so publicly avows
them. , This could never be, if the majority ef the t i ;
P freemen had the right of fuffragc in Virginia. Un* j.
til this right (without which no government -can be fir
; free) be imparted to the great body of the people c ,
j in that fiate, ii.itead of being confined, as at pre
f . 1 '* tbe ease, to making but a small
I minority, not more perhaps than ooe sixth of the
whole people, we may continue to be amused with rv
their boast of exclusive to republica- .
nifm—but we must not forget, that the government v ; r
•where the few govern the many it an arijloa'aty.
Mr. Taylor, it feemi, wishes to be an eleaor, $
I that he may get men for the offices of the Prefi. ' fit
1 dency and Vice Presidency, who like f.imfelf dif- [ <*■
, approve of the chief measures of the fcJeral go- lif
> * Crnmc " t ' anJ 0 WI 'H bring it back to the repab- be
, hear .ground, from which, he fays, it has widely B
. w-andeicd—in other words, he will vote for Mr. Tef- ti
r ferfon, and I preftime for Mr. Burr. Now, the g<
' p . f0 P le of Maryland, who are really republicans in w
r rights, as well as principles, do not believe that the "
( government has wandered from republican ground— "
' fvftem '( | W,GI tO , f " Wlltf and just "
, system of pohc\ adopted by that great and good M
man, our President. Conf.quently, ,!t ey w -ill Let E
t be induced to vote for men, as eledtors who avow A
" ffi 7v r 6 rT f " >cr who vvitl vote to the firit tl<
:to beTt th 1 i. 18 '"' 3 ma " Wh ° 16 believed lh
to be at the head <* the party, whose political cpi- (<
'■ n lIIv l i V ' CWS ' r d,da ; C f ° r Hanov " »»a. ho- tu
, nei.lj, but locautioufly proclaimed. |[ c
A Friend ta equal Rightt. ca
; of *. " "'so the gentlem*!), who pasTed most a"
of the time he was feimor of the United States, be
. truing pamphkts ag.ift .he g W ,nS,Tnd so
■ waar| U Usf f fUB * n S which he fti
' Zhe trArt l^ Bc '"8 3fked Whc * l!l
the late Secretary of the Trca- fe
' hY S hC anfwcrcd l,ot in the least, he ar
: , '' m bc pure and hone If, but he cr
• ou g ht h's abilities daß.rerous in a republic. Here ui
; °i W Cui "'' FaUthct - who was apc
good deal in the fecrcts of the pretended patriots— is
( W mtertepted letter, » that Mr. Taylor, afc
' wiVl!! I' u'V h V fC " a,f> P ubl ''n>« thrce w
, pamphlets, in which he affeited that the decrepid th
: em U T 3 u r '' rCr " !tin atf rom the Ending fyf j u
tem, could not but presage, under a rising govern- {r
mcnt, either a revolution or 1 civil war." er
a . For the Gazette of the United Ststei. j
Z " N*. IV.
in To the Eleßors of the Preftdent of ths United States
Refpeflable Fellow-Citizens,
s " MERE verbal disputes have been often the
causes of the greatcft confufion, danger, and in.
jury. Verbal sophisms have frequently dishonored
S ' and injured the mofl interesting topics of bufiiiefo
e " r politic* and science, and are peculiarly dangerous on
[ conjlitutional fubjefts. It is thciefore of no fimU
importance to take some notice of the manner in
r " which the term " republic," is used, tli>eughout
" The Defence »f the American Corjlitution." What. '<
° ever may be the fcnfe in which a few book politi- ,
cians have occasionally used the word, in mere dif.
" cuffions upon paper, the public Jlyle of Great-Bri.' ?■
tain, for example, has always been to call itfclf a
j" kingdom. A Brinfh minilter, who fhonld ha»cp Jt .
fented to the king a draught ot a proclamation,or
other official aft, terming that government "arc
' public." or, " a commonwealth," would certainly 1
be exposed to very fcrieus confluences. A mem.
ber of their legislature, who should move an addiefj
n .to the kmg,or a bill for confuleration, ityling Great-
Britain " a commonwealth," or, " a republic,"
would be very fortunate, particularly in thcle times,
if he efwtped with being called and compelled to or.
der. Some writers, who have used the word " re
public,'' fiitce the restoration of the second Charlei,
have been treated with the most acrimonious crit'i.
~cifm ; and the botiftf of commons,' even on the op.
position fide, has "been tbe public theatre of far
eafms and denunciations against "republics." The
members of the minority itfelf, have repelled the
. charge of " republicunifm," as a damning imputa.
tion. It is tlx appropriate n.ime for the most ex
( treme hoflility to the British conliitution. '
Mr. Adams perfectly well knows the fenfc ia
which tlrtr practical and theoretical politicians of A
mericit and at least the practical politicians of Eng- |
land underltood and ule the words Republican and
Republic. They all fonfider a Republic and.a
Monarchy as diametrically opposite. In England
a publiftted bookv pi'ovin jj «..[ and perluading to i '
a Republican form of government, would beconh
dered not only as highly offensive, but seriously pu
nishable. When our learned and enlightened conven
tion framed our Federal Conliitution, they certain
ly confi(fc'red an hereditary limited monarbhy, as
no republic. They meant representative and elect
ive government and not hereditary government. In
this intention truly, and in no other tty: people a.
dopted the Constitution. An oppofir: azfeniu* sjj
would have been fatal to the instrument, i'.felf. It
is finccrely and faithfully ia the representative and
elective fenfc, that the Federal Conliitution pro
mises, that it will guarantee to every state in the ' |
American Unien a jfr;publican form of government.
As no such aft of guarantee has been yet consider
ed oraccomplifhed, it is of confc<juen*;e to olfervei
that in the isthpageof the American edition and '
in the 2id of the London edit4.n in the piefate to
volume I, Mr. Adams expressly affirms tttar"« v a
limitad Monarchy, efpeciaHy-when limited by two
independent branches, an aritloeratical and a demo
cratical power in the cenAitutiou, may with JlriEt
propriety be called by that natpe," viz. " a Repub.
l'f will nearly follow. that ? f a> ' <
tempt should be made, in future, to convert the
several states into hereditary governments, with
kings and nobles, Mr- Adams would deem such a
meauire " properly and in truxh' 1 within
the meaning ot the terms of the Conftituupn. In
the 34th letter, be exemplifies this peneral asser
tion, too plainly to be m'ftincierftood, by an eviit- 15
ing favorite example, for he affirms that " the con. j
flitution of England is in truih a RtfufJic, asiil I.js I
ever fceen so considered by foreigners, and by the \
most learned and enlightened Ejigli Sitae 11, although
the word commonwealth has become unpopular and
odious, since the uirfuccefsful and injudicious at
tempts to abolish monarchv and ariftacracy between
the years j640 and 1660." (Sec page 208 Lon
don ) Confideiing how ingenious, bold
and tenacious the poflifJbrsof power often are, we
cannot but fee in thole two kindred and connected
assertions of Mr. Adams, an ample foundation for j
a serious, dangerous and fatal verba! fophim, by
which the high and strong barrier against hcredita- 1
ry power, contained in that paj t of the cwnlitti
tion, may be got over, without Uie trouble of
breaking it down.
This 34th letter merits very particular attention.
Mr. Adams begins by faying, he had promiferi to
state the ideas of Sir Thomas Smith concerning the
m utability of governments. Sir Thomas had pub- j
hfhed, in the remote reign'of queen Elizabeth, a
book, entitled, " the Commonwealth of England."
But after a few lines, which have not the, least rela
tion to the pron>ifed (tatement of the mutability of
governments, Mr. Adams difmifTc-» Smith's work,
with these words. " But as there is uOthicig re
" maikable, either in favor of our fyttem or a
gainst it, I should not hare quoted the book in
" this place, Lut for the fake of its title." And jaj
Mr. A then goes on to fay, " the- ecmrtiitition-of
England is in truth"* republic 1" Here we fee Mr. \
Adams purposely introduces in an aiTthor's meieti
tie page, tho' he mentions that his book, has no- j
thing in it of any consequence to his "_uefer.ee,"
(on purpose it mult be again said) tohave an o'ppor. 1
tunity of giving a good name, the name of reptit.
hVto his favorite govtrnmeftt. "Surely, Mr. Adr.irs
cannut expect the world to believe, that the Britilh
conftitu'ion is either like durs, because it was called
a commonwealth in the title page of an antique
book, written two hundred and twenty years be. M
fore ; or that it is in any degree the better, in fiib
ftance, bccaule that was then.gjven to it, or
that we ought to consider as immense dif- j
ference between our reprefentatite governments,
and that real and indifpntable compound of arifto-
craey in two thirds, and of monarchy in.one third,
uujnixcd with even a virtual representation of the
people. This fla'ement the Bntifli government
is forced upon us by every volume, bv the whole
fcupe, and spirit of Mr. Adams's work. It wai '-jH
wished to avoid the remarks here made, and those in i
the close of our last papet - , but it ilittipa'fible to do jg
justice to this deeply imerelting difcullion, wrthotil j
treating explicitly of that 'governsient, which »
erroocoufly held ug as the great exemplar for Am:-