r>-itf Elc&ors will no doubt turn their attentiao tr a citizen of the firfl-rate merit for * Ration, which on several contingencies, may becom* that of chief P m-gijlrat* of tha United States for so long a period. The two persons who have been principally nam ed in converfatiansare Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina, and Aaron Burr ef New-York. The former it supported by th« friends of Mr. Adams, the latter by those of Mr. Jefcifon. In order to direst your choice asiar as my inform «tion goes, I will make you acquainted with theref pe&ive merits of those candidates. Mr. Burr, at present a member of the Senate of the United States from New-Yi>rk, has been al ways considered as opposed to the constitution, and has i-lways opposed in the Senate the measures of administration underPrefident Walhington : his time in the Senate being nearly elapsed, and having little profpeft of a re ele&ion from that federal date, », Mr. Burr was put *p as a Hate feaator at the la* state ele&ion in June, and run on the anti-federal tic ket, which being defeated by a two to one by the federal paity, ht could not even get in to the state legislature. , By a law of the United States the Vice Presi dent is to a e is observing upon writers, who arc not, in our sense, republican authors. He Rates the ideas of Polybius and Plato, who both contemplated he reditary power as parts of theit systems. He gives the precise conceptions of Polybius in the follow ing words. «< It is customary to eftablifli three • ' forts of governments ; kingly government, ariflo j M cracy, and democracy : upon which one may very " properly afit them, whether they lay these down " as the only forms »f government, or as the heft ; " tor in b»ih cases they seem to be in an error, (free " it is in an ift (I, that the heft Jorm of government it " 'f"" wb'cb 'S compounded of all three. This is " founded not only in reaftn but in experience, - ' '• Lycurgus having set the example of this form of " government in the institution of the Lacedce " manian commonwealth." This Lacedaraonian commonwealth was the very fame mixed monarchy noticed in the close of our firft paper. After ha ving thus briefly and precisely Hated the political creed of Polybius, and afier giving that of the dif fufive Plato in a mote diffufive manner, Mr. Adams fays, in his 34th letter, « let t:s procctf then to make a few obiervations upon the idifceurfei of " and Polybius." " Plato, 1 "/ fays Mr. A daras, (p'.209, Philadelphia & London edition l"has " fuflkiently afTcttcd the honotir g/f the laws, and " the necessity of proper guardians of them ; but has no where delineated the various orders of " guardians, and the necessity of a balance between 1,1 thsm : he has, nevertheless, gi/en us premises. « from whence the absolute necejjity of fueh orders j * and equipnifes maybe inferred; he has (hewn I " how naturally every simple species of government degenerates. Ihe arillocracy, or ambitious re- j C- ; >ub, ' c becomes immediately an oligarchy— what «* (hall be done to prevent it ? Place two guardi , ? n3 , ot ' he laws wa, ch the aristocracy one, J -in the fhapeof a iing, [ 1)0 t a chief magistrate ( !' kc . ° Prefi Jem] on one fide of it ; another, « in the lhape of a democratical afTembly, on the other ( u!e - T he 3rifto « , racy, become an oligar chy, changes into a democracy—how shall it Be « prevented ? By giving the natural ariflacracy in « society us rational and just weight, and by gi T . « ing it a regal power to appeal to, against the mad , tuft of the Democracy becomes a tyran "y—.'!OW 51 th ' S be P rcven tcd ? By giving it an able independent ally in an arijlocratical as. „ ,th , w J h ° m ma 7 ""'te again ft the un . jult and illegal of any oae ff,ao." i Here we fee, that Mr, Adams having got a i al theme to discourse upon, does not run int» duufcW f about hereditary government(,ash6 had befoie done in regard to ele&ive governments. The royal go - vernments mud then appear to blm free from all i caufc of doubt. He does not throw out thefmal ; left eaution against theni. But he takes pains to , (hew that the regal and arijlocratical powers are proper and necessary checks upon the madness of the - people. Let us a/k ourselves however where and - when such a government has been exhibited. Where and when were a king and nobles each having a tc e gative combined, with a real reprefenta'.ion of the - people ?No where but in bocks. How then can I it be thus decidedly affirmed from unexecuted' the f ories, that the three would work so well together f as our excellent government has done. For a new : government, organized in a storm, in a country , half vvilderriefa, placed over a various people, in a time »f unexampled and extreme difficulties, a■ • midi a belligerent and infuriated woild, having to » druggie with the arrearages of many years, em- ! barrafiied by difputc* with two neighbouring pow ers, and by Indian wars, to carry us through with fafety and prosperity is more than aay mixed mo. : narchy ever accomplished. Let it be here remem r bered, that it is the si'sl genuine representative go t vernment the world had seen in 1789. Human • uHairs do not appear to admit of more success and r advantages under any^form of gbvernment. This! ought to operate as the mod encouraging induce ment to persevere on our present ground. We ought not to discourage or alarm the people by commit ting the mofl dangerous and tempting situation to any, who doubt or disbelieve the practicability of our fy dem, and who may incline to realize the favorite theory of their maiurejl years in themfelvet and their defendants. A FEDERALIST. Philadelphia, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, X 795. Yesterday were refpedlfully interred the remains of Major Rowland Parry, whose decease was men tioned in this Gazette on Monday. In the death of this worthy citizen his numerous friends, and the community at large, sustain a lof%r— Mr. Parry was a friend to the civil and religious rights ®f man ; a public spirited citizen ; and, as a son, ( husband, brother, and friend, has left indelible- im preflions of his worth in the memory of an extensive circle of connexions and acquaintance. " Of blasted hopes, and of (hort, withering joys r " Full oit the plaintive muse her pen employs. " Calm (leaps the fleth—far distant, unconftn'd, " In joys unbounded wakes th* immortal mind;" Election Returns. Mifflin-C'ounty Return. Anti-Federal, 419 C Federal, 60 , Majority for the Anti-Federal Ticket, 359 Statement of Majorities. Anti-Federal Federal Philad. city and ccmntjr, majority 3076. Qsksatc- 184 Cheft.-r 413 Bucks Montgomery 100 Lancaller ' 1441 York 3083 Berks 140 Northampton 90 Northumberland 770 Cumberland 6i ? Deuphm 430 Luzerne Huntingdon 369s 6885 369 S Majority for Federal Ticket j 31«o Bedford Somerset Allegheny Fayette Greene ► Weftmoreland V/ afhinjjton Mifflin un Franklin TRANSLATION. Citizen P. A. Adet informs his fellow citizens, that by order of the Executive Dire Story, he has . to day notified the Secretary of State, the fafpen fion of the fun&ions of the Minister Plenipotenti ary of the French Republic, near the United States of America, and that jn consequence of the said suspension, they must from this day address their de mands or claims to the Consul General or the par ticular Consuls of the Republic. At Philadelphia, the 25th Brumaire, the sth yeai of the French Republic, one and in divisible (the 15th November, 1796, O. S.) Errors in Phocion No. 13 —fpurth line, for o*j read in ; fifth line, for fartizans read passions. BY THIS DAY's MAILS. RUTLAND, (Vermont) November 7. On Friday last, the following gentlemen were cho- , fen Eledtors for the choice of a President for the United States. Elijah Dewey, £!i(ha Sheldon, John Brideman, and Oliver Gallup, Efqrs. ' BALTIMORE, November 14. Lad day's eleitinn of Electors of President and \ Vice-President of the United States. The fol lowing is a statement of the polls when closed on Saturday evening lad.— Baltimore-To. diftrift of Baltimore and Hartford. If We are informed, that Virginia will jive Mr. !- Adams four or five Eledtors; o In the difttift including Richmond, Mr. N. Wil e Itinfott is ehofen one of the Electors of President e and Vice-Prefident. He is in favour of Mr. Jef d ferfon. e NEW-YORK, November 15. MASSACHUSETTS. e We have returns from a number of towns in n Hampfhirc county, by which it appears, that gen. Shepard or Samuel Henfhaw, (both federal) wilt •r be elected rcpreientative in congress ; and that W. <• Lyman, the pfefent member, will have but few y votes. In many towns, his nanne is not among a the candidates. In the fame diitrift, Ebenezer i- Hunt (federal) appears to have mod of the votes 0 1 for eleflor. 1- | We have averted, that for a government to order ■- I its citizens to wear a cockade, without law, is as h tyrannical, as to requin its ciiizens to fnhfcribe a >. ; tcft aft, or take an oath, without law. Mr. Bache i- J with his democratic logic* abufc, ridicules the po j-1 fition. n Pray, citizen, is it not as completely theft to d j Heal a shilling, as to (leal a dollar ? The effects on is j the. loser are different; but the principle in the thief, ;■ the fame. So it is as perftS despotism to wear a it cockade, without- law, as it is to guillotine him, t- without latv. But, in regard to the tell law of r, Great Britainj ahd the order of the Directory of f. France to fay citizen and wear a ockads, there is an te essential difference—The test, in Great Britain, is ir a law, enacted by Parliament: the erder of the Directory is an aft the Executive, without law, and therefore, mnjl tyrannical of the two. Indeeß, such a (Iretch of power in Great-Britain, could not be exercised, without risking the head of the kin*. The EngJifli would not bear such an aft of despot ism in tiit E*#cutive. We are informed thit the motion of Mr. Wat ° son, in the senate of this ftrtte, fer entering the President's speech on the journals of that house, js pal Ted unanimously. ts GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE LIST. PHILADELPHIA, November 17. e ' ARRIVED. Ship John, Whitwell, Guadalotipe 38 Brig Difpateh, Brum, Malaea 59 Sally, Keith, Norfolk 10 Baltimore, November 14. Ariived on Saturday, /hip Halcyon, Capt. Tay lot, from Providencc, (R. I.) 11 days.—Spoke nothing. Ycftetday arrived brig Harriet, captain Atkin son, lS days from Cape-Francois. Left there, captains Hudson, Wilson, Isaacs, Jones, Biays, and Hoop Hannah, captain Eafton, all of Balti more, and'taptain Peck, fiom New-York. Cap tain Hye,r in a pilot boat schooner fiom New-York a was ran alhorfc by the pilot, on the reef, when en tering i«rb and to regained his vessel by giving security to rgturn her, s. if (he fhotild be condemned. They gave him eigh ty dollars to lay in provisions, &c. but took it from him afterwards for pert charges •; and also obliged hiin to make good a bad debt they had contracted in the sale of his cargo. Captain Davis is entitled tb great applause, for »■ cairying off from a t*dious and irkfonie confine e ment so many of hi* countrymen, at the utmost danger of his life, as the French fufpefting he <> would attempt itj threatened to hang him. Capt. Davis efFected bis laudable purpose in the r.ight. Capt. Codwife has handed us his protefi, which we wjll publilh to-morrow. It is a narrative of in sult, injuliice and wanton barbarity. Capt. King of this portj who was carried into 1 Leogane, made a protell before*a French Notary, who, as soon as he received payment for it, took it away again. Patent Shot. 'T'HE general consumption of Patent Shot having been i- prevented by the high price it has hitherto been fold at, the Proprietors take this method of informing the Public that they may in future be supplied with that arti cle at the fame priccs as common Shot, by ordering their Correfpon pants to 1 pply to Waucks, MaLTIt & Co. London. NO v 9 wfm4w This Day will be Landed, ' From oft board the brig DilbaVc'i, Captain P. Brum* c from Malaga, at Morris s wharf, just above the Drawbridge, FRESH FRUITS, viz. Raisins, in kog9 : boxes and balkets . Figs in kegs t Prunes'in boxes Grapes in jars Olives in dittei Leraojis in chests Ancbovics in kegs Almflndi, Toft fhclied, in facts i , Also, . Brandy in butts ] Sweet Mountain Wine in quarter-cafks—-&c. for Sale by ; ~ Peter Kuhm f November 17. , " - Sales of Malaga W'tne and Branay. On SATURDAY MORNING, tie 19th jnft. at 10 o'clock, will be fold at Morris's whirs, just above i the Drawbridge, by Public AuiSion, 1 100 qr. casks old Mountain Wiile, and 15 butts of Brandy, " For approved indorfd notes at 60 days. WM. SHANNON, AuAWneer. I Nov. 17. 1 \ WANTED, • As COOK, in a private family, ' A YOUNG WOMAN who can produce good rc ' commendations of ah unexceptionable character. E«- f quire df the Printer. f November 17. . , §tf j Washington Lottery. The 38th and 39th days' drrwing of the Washington Lottery, No. 2, are received at the office No. 234, Mar ' ket-ftreet, where tickets may be examined. 1 N. B. Information given where tickets in all the other t lotteries may be procured. November 17, 1796. d Wafhinotoft I.otterv. O ✓ t ■ « TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchnfed or exchanged for prizes, at the Office, No. 147. Chefnut e Sreet, where a correS Numerical Book is kept for publie infpe&ion. Also Canal Lottery Tickets for Tale or ex changed for prizes drawn in the Washington Lottery, of' which the 38th and 39th days returns are received. gj" The Bufmefs of a Broker carried on as usual. V A SHARE in the NEW THEATRE to be fold on reasonable terras. November 17. ttstf g For Sale by Public Auction, ,On Saturday Evening next, the tiptK '"ft- at 7 if not previously 3 disposed of at private faie, . The Brigantine Fame, c Laying at Mr. Samuel Bower's wh rf, and now ready forfea; a strong and well built veflel, and calcur lated either for the European or Weft-India ti .d s she will carry nea«iy 2000 barrels—She has been just , hove down, and may be sent to sea at a small expense, i, For further particulars, apply to Capt. Knox on board, to Samuel Smith, Ship Broker, Or JOHN CONNELLY, Au£lioneer. November 17. 3t d No. 154. DiJiriS of Pennsylvania, to X) tember,in the twenty-firft year of the Inde -9 v. W-* J pendence of the United States of America, A t btaham Bradley, junior ofthe said Diftrift,hath deposited in this office, the title of a Map, the right whereof, he B dlaims is author in the Words following to wit, "Map of the United States exhibiting the lltuations, " connections & distances of the Poft-Offices, Stage-roads, " Counties, Ports of Entry and Delivery for vef x " ids, and the principal rivers; " "By ABRAHAM BR ADLEY, jun." ' In conformity to the Ail of the Congress of tke United States intituled '« An aA for the encoutagement of iearn- S ingby fecuringthe copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned."' ~ Samuel Caldwell, Clerk, 8 'DiffriS of Pennfyhmr.ia. D The above map may be had of the author at ihe General _ Poft-Office, next door to the War-Office in Fifth-i\ree , and at his hour., No. 78. corner of Cr, .vn Stre-r and is Brewers Alley between 4 th and sth, and Vine anri Cal e lowhjjl Srcets. Prices from 3£to j dollars each oord e ing to the manner in which they s e finiffied. ihepro is grefs (or arrivals and departures) of the Mail on the Mi. n r Line may be had separate for 371 eeents. 3* • iaw6w. No. 153. 'I DiflriS of Pennsylvania, to w't BE it remembered, that on the twomy-Tourth of September, in the twenty-firft year of the in9ei.cn '-n of the United States of America, William ,Cobs. the said diftri< t 'the A a of the Congress of the United Statet mtitu'ed , •' An Ail ior the encouragement ot learning ty fecunng : the Copies of Maps, Chaits and Books to th< uthors ana proprietors of such Copies, during the tithes herein i 1 mentioned." SAMUEL, r aLBWELI CKrk v , Difl iit. Pi !v . • * To be i old, A PLANTATION, in thetown of Wood-bory, coun -3 xi- ty of Gloucester, ,ad ltate of New-Jetfev, ingabotttonehundrea and fifty aeres ; a tuiuble proper r tion ot which is woodland and improved meadow A great pait bf the arable !ar,d is in a high flat; of cultivjl tion, and very natural to the produiftion of Red C'lo ' On said plantation there is a genteel two-story brie!- ». v . . : with four rooms on a floor, vnd a good dry eel! 1 .nder . tlie tvhole ; together with a barn, corn-crib's and carrW. <:'■ _ haufe. The garden is large, and contai a goo. eollec tion of the betl Kinds of grafted and inoculated ! the orchard confide of about three hundre J grafted appie trees. Any person iaclined to purchase said premiles,may be informed of the terms by •pplying- to ' ANDREW HUNTER. July 19 p Just Imported, In the fchoouer Lucy, Capt. Prows, from Madeira, and to be said by ELLISTON & JOHN PEROT, j Best London particular Madeira Wi'ne> 'I hree years old, ; In pipes, hogsheads, and quarter calks, fit for ira . mediate use.—They have also for sale, A few bags of Juniper Berries. 3 Oaober **- W&S4W