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 <ft as a commissioner for managing the
monies of the finking fund, which duty necefTaiily
involves some commanication with the Betni of the
United States in which the public monies arc depo
sited, and to which rtfort is sometimes necefTary for
anticipations, when the public revenue cannet meet
the public demands.
But the ill-tempered proceeding of the Dire&ors
ia a late unfriendly measure towards that gentleman
will probably excite on his part an hofility towrds
that institution, which might eventually be in a Vice
President very detrimental to the public interests.
1 Mr. Pinckney, the alfociate of Mrr Adams, on
the federal ticket, is a virtadys, enlightened, and
patriotic citizen, independent in his fortune as well as
in his principles. His approbation of the measures
of Wafhiogten's administration, bin attachment to
the federal eonftuntionf—tii» l"i foi
pendehce of his country are all well known. His
diplomatic talents and his persevering zeal for our
national prefpenty have been folly evinccd in his
conduct in England and his treaty with Spain. In
his difpofitior, he is mild, but firm,conciliatory,
without facrificing etfential principles, prudent with
out timidity.
Such are the candidates fellow citiiens ; can y»u
hesitate in your choice ?
A REAL FEDERALIST.
■■■' 11
For the Gazette of the United States.
No. V.
Te the E letters of the Prrjident of the United Stater.
Rejp-Bable Fellow Citizens,
THE sequel of the 34th letter of Mr. Adaihs,
remains to be considered. We have seen, that in
•ommenting upon certain republican sentiments of
Marchamont Nedham, Mr. Adams did not fei*e
the oecafion to panegyrize representative or elective
government. He fays it may anfwervery well, but
that it is a hazardous experime/A, that filch experi
ments have bemi made before, and are known al
wajf* to hav* enArj fn .gaje.m3y, Sr.-. 1-I:r.r
have universally preferred " chance" or hereditary
rulers to fuel), as they have procured by their pad
elective experiments. Thus in truth does he throw
clouds over our profpefls under elr&ive govern
ments, when discoursing upon the opinions of ie
publican theorids. Thus docs he abandon the de
fence of the cardinal principle of our conditutions, '
and thus, under the cover of a defence of three divi- '■
Jions of power, does lie run into the paths, that lead :
to the oppofttt principle of hereditary power. This !
is ns tortured misrepresentation of the paflagts re
ferred to. We despise such treatment of refpefta
ble men, or of important fubjefts.. But how dif
ferently does Mr. Adams condufl his dlfcouifes,
when l>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<wn.
Whole number for Mr. Dnvall r? 0 '
Ditto Mr. Carroll 236
Majority in favour of Mr. Duvall 295 '
Baltimore- County.
Whole number for Mr. Howard 504 3
Ditto Mr. Archer 227 '
Majority in favour of Mr. Howard 277 1
Dr. Archer, we are informed by a gentleman
▼ who left Havre de-Grace yellerday morning, has
ic a majority of about 200 votes, as elector for the
>. 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<jr. The Ekiloa, us Baltimore, I
fjiied in company with captain Atkinfon. Captain
Carney had got his frigates repaired, but had not
Med for France, as mentioned some time since, as
lie was under theneeeffity of remaining at thecapt
to keep the place tranquil. Captain Atkinfon
mentions that the conduct of the brigands'had be
come vary alarming—they-had fcnrnt all the plan
tations and murd/red all the inhabitants without re
fpeft to fige or sex, in tht vicinity of Port-de-Paix
—and at tke Cape they were under apprchenhons
of similar ravages.
Flour from 12 to 14 dollars per barrel; sugar 8
dollars per cwt. coffee 28to3ofous.
New-Yuri*, November 16.
ARRIVED. Day.
Brig Eliza, Cook, Jamaica 48
Enterprise, Fitzpatrick, Charleston 10
Amazon, Savannah 8
Schr. Jenny, Bull t St. Thomas
Sloop Randolph, Hughes, Jeremie
On Sunday la ft, arrived in this city, Capt. Luke
Codwife, of the brig Glafcow, belonging to this
port ; Capt. Codwife, with the fix following maf
lers of vtffels:
B. Hugginsj
!; / jTsSr r«f Pbn.drfphu,
1- J- Boyd, J
i- Z. Hunt, of Providence, R. I.
:s J. Mayhew, of Boston,
d Abandoned their vefTels in confeqtience of the 1
.. cruel treatment they received from the French, and '
r . made their escape from Leogane on the night ofj
the 28th September last, on board the (hip Union,
h Samuel Davis, mailer, in which they arrived at
Rhode-island.
) Capt. Boyd died soon after they left Leogane.
Capt. Davis had his cargo taken from bim> 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 <wit :
n f r-*—l DE it rcraem tiered tha; on the a6th day of Sep?
t < seal >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<ft hath deposited in this office the TitieY
a Book, the right whereof he claims as pro rietor,
e 1 the words following, to wit.
d ■ " The Political Censor, or Review bf the moit-iiit
,f | " refling political occurrences relative to the Unit.d States.
I( "ot America—By Peter Porcupine" -In copi' rt iitv ><
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