9. New Theatre. * # * The Public are refpeflfully informed, that on account ofthefudden indisposition of Mr. Morcton, the charafler of Hamlet will be performed by Mr. Cooper. % THIS EVENING, Monday, December 19 Wil be-prefented, A TRAGEDY, called HAMLET, Prince of Denmark. Hamlet, Mr. Cooper King, Mr. Warren Ghost, Mr. V EJlrange Horatio, Mr. WigneU Polonius, Mr. Morris Rofencrans, Mr. War nil, jun, G'jildenftern, Mr. Mitchell % Francisco, Mr. Darley, jun. Marcellui) Mr. Fox * Bernardo, Mr. Warrefl\ Oftric, Mr. Francis Lucianus, Mr. BliJJett Grave Diggert, Harwood tff BliJJett Queen, Mrs. L'FJlrange Ophelia, Mrs- CUmixon Player Queen, Mrs. Harvey To which will be added, A Musical Drama, in one adt, catted The Purse; Or, Benevolent Tar. Baron, Mr. Warerll 1 heodare, Mr. Fox Edmond, Mr. Darley, jure. Will Steady, Mr. Har-wnod Page, Miss L'FJlrange Sally, Mrs. Qldmixon • The music compofcd by Mr. Reeve. , The accompaniments and new airs by Mr. Reinagle. Box, One Dollar twenty-five ctnts. Pit one Dollar. And Gallery, half a dollar. Tickets to be had at H. & P. Rice's tlook-ftore, No. 50 High-ftrect, and at the Office adjoining the Theatre. The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the Curtain rife precisely at 6 o'clock. Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Office in the front of the theatre, from !o till 2 o'clock, and from lo till 4 on the days of performance. No money 6r tickets to be returned, nor ,any person, on any account whatsoever, . admitted behind the scones. • VIVAT RESPUBLICA! OLD THEATRE, On TUESDAY EVENING, December 20, Signior F A L C O N I Will continue his Philosophical Performance. Among several new Experiments, too tedious to •numerate, there will be The Learned Swan. This piece has always been the admiration of the Ipe&ator;. The Sympathetic Windmill, Which wUI work or stop at the command of the company . The incompressible Sealed SNOTF-feOX ; The so rtluch admired RING. Signier Fafconi ambitious to contribute as much as is in his power to the amusement of his patrons, has improved hit performance by the Battle between the Elephant and the Ourang Outang. Extrafled from button's natural history on this fubjeft, and the chafe of the Yahoo, a near fpeciesof thefaid Ourang Outang. This performance will undoubtedly give great f'a tisfaflion, particularly on accouut of the Elephant's being in this city ; but as it is supposed many people have not seen it, this will give them an idea of the sagacity of the animal, and his manner of fighting and defending himfelf, only by the help of his trunk. With other new scenery and feats not done before. The whole to conclude with the appearance of a SHADE, which will dance a hornpipe in a beautiful dancing-room' as well as any master, poors to be opened at 5, and the performance to begin prcifely at 6 o'clock. *,* Tickets to be had at Mr. North's, next door to the theatre—Boxes may be taken at the fame place. Boxes, ane dollar; pit, half a dollar ;gallery, three Sths of a dollar. Days of performance will be Tuesdays and Thurs days. To be Rented, A Large Vault and Cellar, That will contain 100 pipes, situate in Walnut between Fourth and Fifth-ftreets. Also a COACH HOUSE and STABLE, with Stalls for five h.orfes. N. H. Goods Stored by the month. Enquire of Benjamin W. Morris. November 30. mwfti FOR SALE, ~~ About 1,600 acres of Land, WELL situated, laying on and between Marsh and Beech Creeks, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in four separate Patents. For terms of sale apply to Wm. Blackburn, No. 64, South S^cond-ftreet. -jr. rtnvftf Insurance Company ot North^Vnierica. THF STOCKHOLDERS in ?re desired to take notice that the second Tucfday in (being the 10th dny of the month) is the day fixed by charter for the f!e<stion of twenty-five DireiSors for the ensuing year. Tic ck<3i(jn will he held at their office, and commence o'clock, A.M.' l hefubjeft >f the bye-laws of the Corporation will be submitted to their cenfideration at this meeting. EBENF.ZER HAZARD, Sec'ry* Dec. 12. tthioj. Opposite the State-Houf= Garden and Congrefj- Hall; each Lot heing 45 feet front on Sixth-street, and ijo feet deep to a 14 leet Court, v agreeable to a plan which may be seen at the Coffee-Houfe or at the office of Abraham Shoemaker, No. 114, So. Fourth ftreet, where the terms will be made known. December ; 6 New-England Rum y Salmon, Beef, Chocolate, Rice, Boston mould and dipt Candles, a few tjtarter-cafks of Sherry Wine, a few barrel? of Cyder, and a few quintals of excellent T ible COD FISH—for sale by Ezekiel Hall, No. 42, North Water-flreet. December 14th, 1796. CONGRESS OF tux UNITED STATES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, December 14. Continuation as the delate on the address in atifwer to the President's speech. ■ Mr. W. Smith observed that the supporters of the present motion expreflcd their willingness to compli ment the President, but seemed to with to take away all the materials for doing so. They will not allow h mto be complimented upon the prosperity of the country, or upon its free and enlightened state, or up on his wifdoni and patriotism, ( Mr. Giles laid he had never denied the patriotism cf the Preiident ; he believed him to be an honest aiVl patriotic man, but denied the firmneis and wifdomof liis administration) Mr. Smith, said the preftnt motion went to rtrike out what related to the wisdom and patriotism of the Pre sident's administration, but he was at a loss to dis cover the difference between the wisdom and patrio tism of thePreiidentindlh.it of his administration; nor did he fee what gentlemen could fubftitvteas com plimentary to the President in place of what was pro posed to be struck out. The firit paragraph, he said related to onr internal tranquility which was compar ed to the state ot several of the European nations in yolved in war. And why, he asked, 'should a foreign nation be offended with us for Ipeaking of war ? It ought hot to offend them, becaufewe rejoice that we are at peace, and to appreciate the high value of such a state it. was necessary to contrail it with the tniferies of war. Had not, foreign nations, he rfced, held up this country aa an example of wisdom in avoiding war ? They had done so , and yetthis country was not in re turn to refer to them. —With refpeil to the wisdom and fortitude of the PrefideAt he wished gentlemen would point out er.e (ingle aft, where those qualities were wanting. It had been asserted that the adniinif tration of the President had not been wife and firm as it refj»e£ted our foreign relations ; but let it be remem bered that the principal ground of complaint of the French minister related to the conduit of Congreft and not to the executive, and to afls of the executive func tioned by Congress. llow then can gentlemen cast the whole blame upon him, Therewas no a<St of the President which had been offenfrve to the French na tion, which had not been fandtioned by Congress, If there was any blame, therefore, it fell upon them. Mr. Smith instanced the a<S refpedtiug prizes, procla mation of neutrality, icc. and hoped they should hear no more of separating the President from the other branches of the government, or. the government -from the people.—The gentleman from Pennsylvania ( Mr. Swanwick) said that Great JBritain and France tho't themselves prosperous \ And what was the inference he drew ? That if we call ourselves profpersus, they will be offended by the Contrail. This could no be the cafe ; foi* if these two nations thought themselves prosperous, as he rcprefented them, they" would doubt less be plcafed or laugh »t our folly in fuppoling them otherwise. But he wondered how that gentleman should have so greatly changed his opinion fincc tail session. When'the British treaty wa# before them, he mentioned the great increase of commerce and manu factures which had taken place ; that they had out grown themselves, as a boy, said he, outgrows his cloaths : yet now gentleman will not allow the prosperity of the country. With refpeft to our being the freeft and most en lightened nation in the world ; he wiftied gentle men' would fperify the nation that was more so He knew of none. He did not believe that any nation enjoyed<hat civil & religiout freedom which was the portion of the citizens of this country, or that was so enlightened, particularly as to'what re lated to affairs of government. If gentlemen knew of any other nation so prosperous, he would a/k them if they should be willing to change filiations with such a nation ? he believed they would not. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Giles) objected to regret the President's from public life, as there were many others who would fill the office equally well with him. But he would arte, where was the man who had so much of the people's con fidence as he, and who could so well iafure an o6e dience to the laws ? He believed there had been fituationsin his Presidency, in which.no other man could have steered the veflei of state through the (hoals and quickfnndt with which it wat ftirrounded. He mentioned the western infurreilion, the business of the French minister Genet. Was it not, he asked, to be regretted, that such a man was about to leave the honorable (latioahe had fill ed ? Gentlemen seemed to think, there was too much of adulation in the answer.—Truth, he said, could not be considered at adulation ; a»d let gen tlemen point to any part us it, and fay, there is no truth in this. If it wat founded in ta£t, it was juflito express their gratitude to the man to whom this country owed so much. He wished gentlemen to advert to the rfdrefs presented to him on his coming into office, and on hit re-election. riad he done any thing to forfeit the refpeft then (hewn to him ? What would be thought, he asked, if they were to (Irike out that part of the answer now ob jected t» ? It would be {aid to be not only witlihol ding jjraife, but exhibiting him to reprehension.— If struck out, and fomi cold, iinmeamog words substituted in their place, it would convey to the world an idea, that he had involved the country in difficulties, destroyed public and private credit, and been the eaufe of other mifehiefs, which had been repreferted to exifi. When this great man wat going forever to retire from public life, it was expefled by the nation, that they fhonld express their love, gratitude and affeflion towards him. These fentimentt had been expressed by every legifjature of the United States, which had met since his retirement was announced. Why, then, (aid he, should we alone be lilent" ? Why fend him into reiiremcnt with daggers in his heart ? He could not fee any reason for reprefling feelings which lud been so generally.expressed. It was objected to the answer, that it wished his example might be the guide of his fueceffor ; but he prayed, whoever he might be, that be might follow his steps. Upon the whole, he said, there might be an inaccuracy of exprtflion, a redundancy of stile, but he did not believe thete was a sentiment liable to objeAion. He hoped, therefore, the mo tien to strike out would not prevail. Mr. Dayton (the Speaker) said, that he did not life to accept the challenge given by the gen tleman who spoke last from Soutb-Carolina, and to point out a nation more free and enlightened than ourt, nor did he mean tocontcft thefaft of our's being the freeft and most ealightsned in the work! aa declared in the reported iJ.'rcfs, but he »«l tie vertheleft of opinion that it did not become them to make that declaration, and thu» to extol them ftlves by a companion with and at the expence of nil others. Although those words were in his view obje&ionable, he was far from assenting to the mo tion for Unking out the seven or eight lad chafes of the address. The queilion of order having been decided,. Mr. Dayton said he would remind the committee that if they wished to retain or even to amend any feftion or sentence of all that was proposed to be (Iruck otft, they ought to give their negative to this motion, as the only means of ac complishing their purpose. It was fufficienl there fore for those who wereoppofed to the queflion for striking out the whole, to (hew that any part within it ought to be preserved. Not unnecessarily to wade time by lengthening the debates, he would take the clause firft in order, and confine his re marks to; that alone. This part of theaddfefs had certainly not been read of hau been misunderstood and mifrcprefented by tire member for Pennsylva nia. Did it, Mr. D. alked, draw a comparison, as had been suggested by that gentleman, between the. relatively happy ft&te of tlie country in the present and the year immediately preceding : Did it go further than to fay that the situation of the United l States was more profpeious at this period, than at that, which immediately preceded the ope ration of the present government ; certainly it did not ; and were proofs necelTary to fubflantiate this fa£l, or arguments wanted to enforce it ? The (late of this country nnder this government was he said that of order and union, their situation at tbif pe riod alluded to was a melancholy scene of disunion and diffoltition. This happy change was alcribed and juflly ascribed in the report to our free and ex cellent form of government, and the interposition of an overruling Provideucc in our national affairs, aeither of which, he trusted, a majority of that house would be prepared to deny or dispute. . He could not discern the least possibility of giving of fence to other nations in contrafling the blessings derived to this country from a ftatc ef peace wi'h the calamity in which a fl*te of war involves those who are so unhappy as to be engaged in it. The cxprefiinns were such as could not be construed either to impeach, or indeed to have any allusion to the forms of government under which they lived. If those forms weri such as belt suited the disposi tion and circumltances of those who them, and were bed calculated to render them hap py, surely it must be admitted fhat war was not less a calamity even to those the mod favorably ciretimftanced in that refpett, and it could <oot therefore be confidercd a refie&ion upon them to call it so, nor to deprecate such a (late of things, or to contrast it with that of peace which this coun try was so happy as to enjoy. He had hoped, he said, that the mover upon reviewing this clause would have excluded it from his motion ; but, as lie did Kot think proper to do so, Mr. Dayton could fay with great confidence that a majority of the honfe could not be faund to rife for ttriking out a proposition which embraced the acknowledg mant of a (late of good government as preferable to disunion and anarchy, and a (late of peace as pre ferable to that of war, and contained expreflions of gratitude to Providence for an overruling care, fignaHjr manifefted in our affairs. Mr. Ames said, if any gentleman intended to vote for the present motion, to strike out the whole from an idea of adopting the amendment proposed by the gentleman from S. Carolina, (Mr. Harper) who offered a substitute, he would observe to them, that he wished that influence to be done away, as those who would strike out the whole, wanted no fultirure. The two motions were opposite, and the friends of the one ought to refill the other. The gentleman who made the motion, had not done so from any objetf ion he himfelf had to the origi nal, but in order to accommodate dheia, It was well known, that a committee as five members, of very opposite politics to one another, had been ap pointed to prepare a refpeftful address in answer to the President's speech (here Mr. Amesrtad their inltru&ions). As it was the duty of-the commit tee to prepare a refpe&ful address, it might be •matterof disapprobation, but not of fmprife, that they had taken notice of the several fnhjefts touch ed upon in the President's speech. It will not be improper to notice, said he, that there was some difference of opinion in the committee, with refpeft to the woiding of that part ot the answer now moved to be ftvnck out ; but from a convi&ion of the delicacy of the fubjeft, and a desire to prtferve inviolate that decorum which, he was sorry to re mark, this debate had broken, such an accommo dation took place, as met the approbation of every member. They had therefore some reason ty hope, while they regarded every membai's right to think for himfelf, that it would have met with the ap probation ot both fides of the honfe. For this rea foa, except the sentiments should be found objec tionable, he should wifli the address to be kept en lire, rather than that the fubllitute proposed should be introduced into it, as that would not have the advantage of the fame agreement of the commit tee, not could i. be f« maturely considered as the teport which was before them ip print. He was not disposed to go mto the detail of this discussion From the unanimity of the committee, he mi"ht indeed truly fay he did not expe&, and was unpre paired for it, although he. thought he might depend upon no other refour:es than the spontaneous emo tions of the moment would supply, when he heard gentlemen doubt the truth of the firft paragraph in qnfftion. Still he#iofe rather to look for its defence upon the general impreftion of obvious truth, than to exhanfl himfelf by exhibiting it in detail. He would refer to fads. If there was one voice in America an any fubjeft, it was a confidence in the constitution, and that the country had been exemp ted from war, by the patriotism and wisdom of the President. These were not sentiments they were called upun to prove by vOHching documents and fa£h : it wa* the fixed imprrffion that faSs had left on the mind, on which be chose to rely. He appealed for the truth of them to every heart, (-ex cept that of # the gentleman from Virginia) who did not tegret the retirement of the President. He believed hit appeal would not be in rtin. But was there a propriety in making such a dfclaration ? He iv >uH briefly hqtn're info the nature of t!re se veral obje&ions to the draft of the addreis. It had been said, that it was neither natural nor becoming to make comparisons between this country and Eu rope—between the present government, and the tu. multuous system which exiited prior to its inftitu. tion. He appealed t» the fen(e and propriety of every oni, whether thi» doctrine was hot Angular as well a 9 extravagant ? Was any thing more natural, than tW a man in profpeaous cireumflances should increase hit hap. pinefs by comparing his situation with those in a less favorable (late ? The man who did not this, left one half of the harvest of his happiness un reaped. By this comparison, a spirit of thankful nef9 was txci'ed towards the beneficent power who beftowtd these bleflings. Some gentlemen may, though it would be Itraßge, think differently on this occalion, but he thought the sentiment both natural and becoming. If even a man whnfe life has not been greatly distinguished by hfs enjoy ments, fees the fuffe-ings or the fliipwreck of others, will it not be his duly habitually to thank Gad far his blessings? But if he has been a fufferer if he himielf has escaped fliipwreck or fire, will he ftifle more refine'd sensations of grati*ude for the advantages he does enjoy ? Or, if a man's neighbor fuffer from fire, will he not feel thankful, that he has escaped the calamity ? He cannot be thankful enough for what he enjoys without adverting to the calamities he has escaped. Nor di<s he conceive any mote imprepriety in thus introducing gratitude, than the introduction of it by clergymen into their daily prayers. But it had been fa?J, to contrail our country, with others in a state of war, is difrefpeftful. If that be really an objection, it might be easily ob viated by adding " unhappily" after the word " war." It would certainly be improper to exult over the misfortunes of others; and the word un happily would express that we deplore them ; but when calamities did $xift, it was not improper to rejoice that they were not our own. ' - ■ A gentleman had taken occasion toobferve, that the cty of foreign influence had been founded thro' the country. He should not be rudely explicit as to the foundation there was for this cry ; butVhen' it was once raised, the people would attend ta'fafts. The world would judge between those who wished to support the government and others. Mr. Ames alluded to the factious spirit which foreign agent* endeavored to flir up amongst the people of this country. England he said had been outraged fyy an appeal from government to the people, and par liament addressed the king to fend an imperial en voy out of their country, for interference with their internal concerns; and yet a similar ipftance had occurred, and met with no reprobation A remarkable fact, and more of the fame kind ap pear. We are at peace. But we mutt not call ourfclves a free and enlightened people, left it should be construed that other nations are not so. This over-eau:ioufnefs, said he, may be the way to aflert Ataierican dignity, but he did nol think so. Foreign influence exitts, and is dilgraceful and pernicious, when we dare not commend our c&nfti tution, nor even thank God for its success in our prayers* He did not think the French nation had any reason to complain against this country. There was not only no reason, they wanted even the co lor of a pretext. Mr. Ames referred to the words of the Prefi detjt in his speech : •' Standing for the iaft time," See. He congratulated us that tfie experiment of the form of government had so well fuweded. The committee, he said. were charged to return a r«- fpeftful address. The paragftph objected toy was an appeal to facts. Whether the experiment had been unfuecefsful or not, was to be determined. He should think it had indeed failed, if he enter tained all the opinions of gentlemen wh» had advo cated this motion to ftrikc out—who denied the prosperity of the country—reprobated its neutral system—thought our principles tending to despot ism—and the executive m?giftrate wanting in wif. dom and firmnefs—that their miferiea originated in banks and funding corruption. He should think a republican constitution a chimera in its nature, and a curfc in practice. But he entertained no opinion of this kind. He believed this constitution had suc ceeded remarkably well. If this was true, would I it not be also ufeful to make the ! ever foreign nations might do? (for he did not | much regard what they did.) And if the period was come, that our government was brought into 'a peculiar Situation; if, in plain Eiighfh, we are brought (as Mr. Giles alledges) to the eve -of a wsr France, there was never a time when it was more our duty, boldly and loudly to declare, wt arc ready to meet them, to cling to our government, and the more so, as it is villified by thejr agent, and to-tay, 'we mean to support it against foreign power asd foreign tnfults. This was was the time to support our dignity with moderation—net to fay that we defy you, but that we are Americans, and neither-Freßch nor Englifa, This was the time, if the facts stated by the |gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Giles) werefoanded, to (how our unanimity, and not an appearance of imbecility and difeord. Another thing occurred to him. It had been said, that the Prefidcnt no doubt was an hoaeft man and a patriot, but it was not believed he was a wife man. "The gentleman frop Virginia confuJer td his administration as neither wife nor'firm, but his integrity as a private man he had no objection agatnlt. If the committee were to make an ad dress after this manner, the house has nothing to fay with refpeft to your admmifl.ation ; except that it is not firm, nor wife, and some of us iniitt dilhoneft and treacherous, though we allow you have had no hand in the iniquity, still we believe you a wife and peaceful man, and /hould be glad to addiefs yen as such. In one word, fjr, we are glad you are going to live snugly in this an address of refpeft or insult ? Was this the refpeft to be /hewn to the firft man in the nation in the world i There was not a word in tUe address which did not accord with his fentimer.ts. He did not believe with the gentleman from S. Carolina (Mr. • Smith) the Piefideut *oulj carry with him to retirement daggers in his heart, if that house refu. fed to do him justice. He bears in his bread that confcioufqefs of refthude, that armour which'
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