♦tery three months tlie-nuifjrtce (Kali remua after notice giveu by the hud Coaunffiiontrs to remote the feme, the person or persons so offending (hall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, to be sued for and recovered jn the name of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, in any Court of competent jurifdidtion, and paid into the Treasury for the use of the City. Sec. 6. And be it further ordained and enatted, That the said Commiflioners (hall appoint a Superintendant of the nightly watch, and hire and employ a fufficient num ber of able-bodied men to light and watch the city by night, at certain fixed monthly or other wages, and prefcrihe roles for their government, and aifmjfs them from office when they ihall think proper, and the fa?d Commiflioners (hall purchase and providf oil, wick and the other materials necessary for the supply of the public lamps, and (hall take care that the city be properly and regularly lighted. Sec. *]. And be it further ordained and enacted, That the said Commiflioners (hall cause, from time to time, to be repaired ahd kept in order, all the public pavements, lamps, wells and pumps belongingto the ci ty, and for such purpose (hall contra# with proper persons upon such terms a3 (hall be mo ft advantageous, and take care that such contrails be complied with. Sec. 8. And whereas, There are many public ftreet3 not yet paved, which are often in bad condition, and difficult tote passed : J3e it therefore enafted, That the said Com mi.Tioners (hall keep in good repair, by drawing off the water, and otherwise, all the public streets which are in common use. Sec. 9. And be it further ordained and cnafted, That the said Commiflioners (hall cause such of the streets, lanes and alleys-os the city, as the Seleft and Common Coun . cils, by resolution, (hall from time to time dire£t, to be pitchAl and paved ; and they (hall also cause all the public streets, lanes and alleys of the city, to be well and pro perly cleansed, and the filth removed there from, and (hall have authority to make such reasonable contrails and purchases, as may be necessary to the execution of the fame. And that the said Commiflionres may be made more circumfpeft, in attending to the proper cleansing of the said streets, lanes, and alleys, by an individual responsibility, they, or a majority of ihemj (hall at some one of their meetings in the month of June in the present, and in the month of January in every succeeding year, divide the city in to diftridts, and assign to each one of their own body the fuperintendance of one of the said diftridts, and they (hall immediately cause an advertisement of such arrangement, to be inserted in two of the daily newspa pers of this city, and cause the fame to be continued therein twice a week for one month. And it (hall be the particular duty of each of the said Commiflioners, to attend carefully to the cleanlinef3 of the diilrift so placed under his care, and to fee that the filth and all noxious matter'is seasonably and properly removed from all the streets, lanes and alleys therein. And the said Commis sioners, (hall cause the manure so collefted to be disposed of to the best advantage and removed as speedily as pofftble. Sec. 10. And be it further ordained and enafted, That where the cart-way in any public street, lane or alley in this city, hath been paved, or hereafter (hall be ordered to be paved, with stone, under the authority of this ordinance, every owner of the lot or lots of ground opposite to such stone pave ment, (hall, without delay, at his own cost, cause the foot-way in front of his ground to be-paved with brick, and supported by hewn stones, and kept in repair as they have for merly been, or (hall be ordered to be done ; and if the owner of any ground opposite to the stone pavement heretofore made, or here after to be made, (hall negledt to pave with brick and support the foot-way, and to keep the fame in repair, as before direfted, for the fpaceof twenty days after he or the te nant or occupant of such lot, or the attor ney in fadt of the said owner, (hall have been thereto required by any of the City Commiflioners, then it (hall and may be law ful for the said City Commiflioners, and they arc herofey enjoined and required, to pave wilh brick, and support and defend in the manner aforefaid, and to repair all such footways as aforefaid, and to recover the whole amount of the expense thereof, toge ther with twenty per centum advance there on, as a penalty for such negledt, and the costs of suit, by an adtion in the name of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Phi ladelphia, to be brought in any court of competent jurifdidtion, against the owner of such lot of ground, or to levy the fame by dis tress and sale of goods and chattels of the te nant in poffefiion of such lot of ground, in the manner that rents arc or (hall be by lawrecovera ble ; whichtenant is hereby authorizedtopay the fame and deduft the amount thereofout of the rent which may then be doe,or thereafter become due for such lot or lots of ground, and the fame when recovered, (hall be paid into the Treasury for the use of the Provided always nevertheless, That the said Commissioners (hall not require or cause to be paved >or repaired before the front of any lot or lots not adtually built upon, more than a strip of brick pavement, of the breadth of five feet from the gutter or stone edge bordering the foot-ways, the residue of such footways from the said strip of pave ment to the line of the streets being laid with gravel, so as to support the said pave ment, in such manner as the said Commis sioners (hall direct. Sec. 11. And be it further ordained and enadted, That where there are private cart ways leading from public cart-ways to any itore-houfes, (tables, or other building, and eroding any footway within the paved ptth of the city, such footway where it (hall bt so crossed, (hall be paved at the expense Pr him her or them, for whofc use such cart way is or ftjall be required or allowed, in manner following, that is to fay, either wholly with broad flat ft oner, hewa and laid elofe together,' or wholly with hard bricks laid on their narrowed fide or edge. Sec. li. And be it further mdaincd a:id enadted, That when the Seleft a»d Common Councils (hall have diredted aay it recti, lanes .and alleys to be pa»ei, repaved or repaired, the Commifiioneu (hall execute the fame ac cording to fueh regulations as Ihall be agreed on by the Mayor, Aldermen and Regulators, according to law. And to prevent irregulari ties in tlie footways of old pavements, and preserve a plain a'id even fuiface, any person or perfans njaking any new pavement, or re pairing any old one, (hall conform the fame tt> the regulation already made, under the penal ty of forfeiting, for every offence, the fnm of twenty dollars, to be recovered with costs by the said Commitfioners, or any of them, and paid inte the treasury for the tif; of the t ity ; and the Commiflioners ire hereby more over authorized to take up all pivements which have heretofore been laid contrary to exiftirg regulations, or may hereafter be laid in violation of this ordinance, and cause the fame to be paved in conforrriiy thereto, at the expencc sf the proper owner, and to re cover the whole amount of the expence there of, together with twenty per centum advance thereon, as a penalty, in the manner and for the use as heretofore diredted in the tenth fedtion of this ordinance. Sec. 13. And be it farther ordained and enidted, That the said Commissioners (hall examine all the stones provided by the own ers or lots for the purpose of supporting the footways at the line of the cartways, and if they (hall not be of fuflicient length, depjh and thukneft, and of gocd quality, or lhall Dot be hewn so as to form even joints, and to ortfent fair furfaces, with a proper bsvel on the top and front, they (hall reject the fame ; and if any owner (hall cause any of theftones so rrjedled to be put into the said pavement to support a footway, he or (he (hall forfeit and pay the sum of half a dollar for every foot, running measure, of the length of such re j?dtcd stones, to be recovered with costs by th« said Commiflioners or any of them, and paid into the treasury for the use of the city. Sec. 14. And be it furtlier ordained and enadted, That when any person (hall be about to eredt, or repair any house or building within the paved parts of the city, and (hall be desirous to occupy a part of the street, by placing a lime honfe and materials for build ing therein, he (hall apply to the City Com missioners, some two or more ot whom (ball view the place, and if they (hall think it ne cessary to have a lime house and lay materials in the street. they (hall allot such part of the street as they (lull think necessary and proper to accommodate the owner, and fhallgivea written permiflion, describing the space so to be used, and containing a condition that the lime ii to be fifted in an inelofure with a close board fence of at least eight feet in heighth within the said space, ot upon the owner's ground, so as not to incommode the citizens ; and if any person (hall place any lime house or materials for building within the paved paits of the city, without such permiflion so as aforefaid firft obtained, or (hall place ar.y lime house, Gft lime, make mortar, or place any materials, lime core or rubbi(h, in any other part .of the street, or in any other man ner than (hall be allowed by the Comcniifi oners as aforefaid, or (hall fuffer the fame to remain in the place allowed for more than two weeks after such building (hall be cov ered in, or, in cafe of repairs, for more than twenty four hours after the Commiflioners (hall have given notice for the removal there of, he or (lie (hall forfeit the sum of three dollars for every day the fame (hall so remain j after such notice given, to be recovered with ! costs by the said Commiflioners, and paid in- 1 to the Treasury for the use of the City, and if any peifon cleaning any cellar, (table or other place, or paving or repairing any foot way, urupon any other occasion (hall place any rubbish or dung in the ftrret, and fuffer the fame to remain there more than twenty, four hours after they are so placed, or after the repair be fini(hed, or after notice to re move (hall be given by the Commiflioners, or some person by their order, he or (he, so offending, (hall forfeit the sum »f two dol lars, to be recovered with costs before any Alderman, by any person who will sue for 'he lame, one moiety thereof to the use of him wh» (hall sue, and the other moiety to b% retained dy the Alderman, and paid into the Treasury for the use of the city. Provided always,. That this fedtion, or any part there of, (hall not be construed to extend to any houfs keepers, or their fervaiits aolledting ;heir house dirt, and placing the fame with the dirt and rubbish to be raked out of the ] gutters and water courses, in 3 heap wiihout the gutters, to the end that the scavengers may remove the fame. Sec. 15. And be it further ordained and enadted, That the City Commiflioners (hall appoint proper persons to be cordersof wood ?t the differeut public wharves and landing places within the city ; and (ball alia appoint /roi» time to time, as occasion may require, such and so many Rands for draymen, and hackney coachmen within the city, as to them (hall appear requisite. £«►. 16. And be it .furtherordained and enatied, That the said Commiflioners (hall make out, and cause to be delivered in two fair copies, one of which (hall be,prefented to the'ScJeA and one so the Common Coun cil at their tirft meeting refped*vely, in tbe month of December in every year, a j»ft and uue account of all and singular their tranlac lioi-s and difbmfemerts for the current year, including and designating the quantity of work and/epair done, with a fpecificatipn in detail of the expenccs incurred for each ob ject under their fuperintei.dance, so far as the fame may be practicable, with an inventory of all the stock, utensils, materials and necef -o<iieß of every kind belonging to the city, which (hail then b« provided, and remain on hand, trtd together with such account and inventory, (hall furnifh an cftimate of the fe ver;:! futrt wl.icfi will be nrceffary to com plete any work or tranfaftion begun and then unAnilhed ; and the said Commiflioners lhall calculate, make out and deliver, in like man ner, to the Selrdt a:td Cctrman Couti«i!i, at tlie'r fiift meeting refpcAivcly, in the said I month of December in every y<ar, a state ment, of the monies which will probably be necessary for each diflinft oHjeit under their fupenntendance for the year (uceeedinjf, and when the said Councils (hall have determined what sums of mnney (hall be raised for those purpoies, the Commifiloners (bill immedi ately affefj the fame, according to the last county alfeffment, upon [the persons and ef tatrs, real and peiTynaii, within the city, and (hall also cause duplicate lirls of such assess ment to be made out, and delivered to such proper persons as fh-ill be willing to under take the colle£tion thereof, and who (hall produce the bed feeurity for the faithful per formance of their duty. And the said Com midioners, when such duplicate lifts are re turned, (hallallow to the laid collectors, facli reduflions as they may judge right, for per sons charged with perfonul taxes, who are not to be found, or ate unable to pay the fame. And the said Commiflioners shall, likewif*,. render, from time to time, such ac connts, ftatemeiUs and information within their department, as may be required by any resolve of the Select or Common Councils, and (hall submit their books, accounts and vouchers, to t,he l'nfpeflion of any Commit tee or Committees appointed for that put pofe, by either of the said Councils. Sec. 17. And be itfurther ordained and enafted, That if any person or persons (hall and do, after the passing of this ordinance, maliciotifly, wilfully or wantonly break or cany away the handles, or flop up the spouts of any of the public pumps, or ntherwife injurs, or damage the said pumps, or (hail extinguish, break destroy injure overthrow or carry away, any of the public lamps, lamp pods, watch houses. or any thing pertaining thereto, in any of the ftteets, lanes or alleys, within the city, every such person so offend ing and eveiy person aiding or concerned in such offence, (hall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of one Hundred dollars, to be applied to the purposes of lighting, watching, and paving theftreetsof the city, and the city Commissioners are hereby ftri£Uy enjoined diligently to enqnire after and to prosecute all who (hall offend hereip. Sec. 18. And be it further ordained at)d enabled, That an ordinance of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, pass ed the-third day of June, one thousand seven hundred and nioety-one, entitled, "An ordi nance for providing for the lighting, watch ing, watering, pitching, paving and cleans ing the ftrerts, lanes and alleys of the city of Philadelphia, and for other purposes therein mentioned," and every matter and thing therein contained, is hereby repealed and made null and void. Enabled into an Ordinance at Philadelphia, L. s. c. the twenty-second dav of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. SAMUEL HODGDON, President of the Common Council. FRANCIS GURNEY, President of theSeleft Council. CONGRESS. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES, Tuesday, May 23. In a committee of the whole, Mr. Dent in the chair,-on the answer reported to the Prcfi dent's Speech, Mr. Nicholas's proportion being under confideratien : Mr. Oiles said, that as the committee ap peared divided on the address, and as he had ; attended the discussion, he submitted to the con | fideration of members whether it would not be 1 advifeable, in ordtr to produce a spirit of una i nimity and cool deliberation, to recommit the report and fend the amendment also to the com mittee with an addition of members : he wilh ed the gentleman last up had been more delicate on a fubjedl that {he had touched ; if he infers that because one part ef the members may think a ra(h measure just, that those who think differ ently must not exercifc their judgments in think ing the contrary, he thought the gentleman had overstretched his reasoning jhe was one of those who felt a strong apprehension of a war ; he thought one means would be more likely to prevent it than another —&he wasforuiing that preventive measure because he thought it both just, honourable, and wife ; wo all concur in our declaration of at least a Jove of peace, he was sorry ts hear language which betrayed a very different disposition j he was for (hewing our ultimatum and taking the consequences, but he would not agree to be either filly or insolent in the proceeding, because nothing was so unbe coming a wife man or a wife people, as an ger or petnlent irritation, when their happintft and that of millions was at (lake; he \vi(hed the report to be re-committed, that we might proceed thus wifely ; after we had determined well and the issue Ihould disappoint our fair and just expeflations —he (hould not beone ofthofe that would a(k othert to support his opinions— he would standby his country in the storm, and lhare its fate, prove then by 1 recommittal that you do net aim at the triumph of a party, he therefore moved the recommittal ; which was opposed by Mr. Harper and Mr. Brooke on the ground of its not being calculated to produce a ny effect. Mr. Dayton (the Speaker J said that he ho ped the motion of the gentleman from Virginia, which had for its obje<£l a recommitment of the answer, would not prevail It was certainly very desirable that the Seleift Committee, ap pointed in the firft instance for the purpose, Ihould have reported such a draft of an answer as would have united in its favour all parts of tht house. He was not the only one who had expefterlit. Disappointed, however in fact) an expectation, they were forbidden, Mr, Day ton said, to indulge a hope than any good couM Ibe derived from fending it back to * committee j before one vote at least was taken, and thefenfe j of the house thus far ascertained as to the flyle and tenor of their reply. If this propofilion for amendment (hould succeed, then the bufioefs would be right for rcferenceto a committee, who would take such amendment as their guide, and fo'modify the report as to render the whole ccir refpondent with it. As to the motion more immediately under consideration, he could not ' give it his unqualified vote, more efpeeially whtn it was considered and acknowledged to be in its operation a complete fubftitutc. Can dor, however, compelled him to declare, that it contained one featart, and that too an im portant one, which attracted his attention, and would certainly have his approbation. There would, however, be a taiore proper place for introducing it than that proposed by the mo yC- Stripped as tfcs more ciccpticr.a'Jc tp.t ter with which it wu,th;n eonr.efted, it might very well he adopted as an amendment ill one of the'lat'ter pirignphs of the report, and would not at all vary the principle, or be imonfiilent with the general tendrofit. Wednefda'y, Afay 24. Mr. Swanwick openedifie debate this morn ing.' He'lamented the iofs of time Which was generally experienced at the optY.ing of every felfion in debating the anfwerto the Prcfidcnt's i speech, when, perhaps business of the fiift mo ment called for immediate attention It wjs mueh to be wilhed that committees appointed 1 for this purpose, would confine to the inftruflion! which were given to them on the occaGon, which were in general terms, viz. *'s to prepafe a refpeAful address, alluring the President that the house will take into their se rious consideration the various important nut ters recommended to their attention.' If an swers were drawn in general term? conform ably to these inftruitions, he thought very ma ny of the embarrassments which they now ex perienced would be avoided, and every member would be left at liberty to purluc fueh ineafures as appeared to them right, when they came be fore him in the ordinary courl'e of business, un clogged by any creed which he rr ight have been called toaffent to before he had an opportunity of considering the fubjeifts it contained. It al so often occasioned much warmth in debate, and served to divide the house into two parties on the very threshold of their business. This could not poflibly have any good effrfl, but the con trary ; he (hould therefore be happy to fee the practice limplifiedor abphlhed together. The effedt at present ha3,been, that no sooner had the committee appointed to draft an address trade a report, than the gentleman from Virgi nia proposed a substitute, which atcording to his idea, was more proper. A warm debate had taken place, and he believedf that either might be adopted without effetfl, as they were merely a form of words leading to no conclu sion. Suppose a majority of one was obtained on the report, what end would be produced ? None : for it might be that the very persons who voted on thi» general question, might vote ag2inft particular fubjefls when they came un der consideration ; as every one would recollefl the difficulties which had been experienced in getting three frigates built, and this difficulty he doubted not, would again occur. Since, however, thele'two forms of an anfwerwere be fore them ; and they were called upon to fay which they would adopt, It might be proper to go into some confideratioc of the fubjedt. The difference betwixt the two produiftions seemed to be, that the one reported seemed to express great indignity on account of the inju ries received ftom the French republic, and a determination to repsl them ; that produced by the gentleman from Virginia was of a more conciliatory tone, recommending to the Presi dent to begin his negociation with placing the French republic on the fame ground with the other belligerent powers. So that the difference was (imply as itrefpefted a few words. What were the arguments in favor of the warm tone ? They were told it would have a great effeift on the French republic ; because if a fpitited answer were given to the President's , c&mmunicaaion, fignifying (zi his colleague, Mr. Sitgreaves expieffed it) that we were de termined to " die in the last ditch," it would Itrike them with terror. If he thought thisef-' fedt could be really produced, it might be some inducement for him to agree toit. Mr. S. remarked, that they were told by Mr. Pinckney, in his letter to the Secretary of State, that it was probable that two events had contri buted to his dismissal from the French republic, viz. tne, the victories of Buonaparte in Italy, the oiVr, the address of the Senate and Honfe of Keprcfentatives in anfwerto the speech of the President at the last session. With refpeft to the answers alluded to, no opinion could be formed from this afferlion, because, though that ©f the House of Representatives was tolerably moderate, yet that of the Senate was as warm it anything could be produced. He read cx tra«sis from both, and compared them with each other, giving the credit, which in his opinion, was due to the nod moderate. The firft and most necessary step to be taken was, to put all the belligerent powers upon the fame footing, which could not be an offence to any. But it was said that to recommend this measure to the executive, was to dictate to him ; that it was carrying humility on the front of the minister who should be employed. What 1 said Mr. S. would it be to carry humility ill the front, to fay," I some to place you on the fame footing with the most favored nation ?" It cer tainly could not ; since it was the language of right reason—os juflice. As to chelating to the executive, could it be called diflating, when we merely express our r piaion and'advice to him on points, which he has himfelf laid before us, and in order to deli berate on which we were thus unusually called together ; very low and debasing indeed, must be the situation of this house, if they were to be muzzled and prevented from laying their ftnti ments before the chief magistrate of the union. When treaties are made, we are told they are laws over which we have no power—lf we dare not speak en the fubjeift before they are made, is this house reduced, merely to the odious talk of laying, taxes, without being allowed to ex press its fenfc on any other important public measures eoniuvtcd with them ? Why does the Prefidi nt communicate these things to us, if we are not allowed to express any sentiments about them ? Why do the people eleil their reprsfen ta'tives, all over this widely extended empire— if, when they are convened, they are not allow ed the faculty ef expressing their opinions 011 the dearest interests of their constituents .'—But it isftated that this will create divisions among the brmches of government, who ought always to all and think alike- Were this the cafe, theie was no ofe to divide the government, as our conllitution does, into three branches—they 1 might all have been left in one, ar.d then no ac : cidents of this kind would have happened ; but the fail is, this very division of the branches was devised in order that they might operate as , checks on each other. The people thought it better that a division of this kind Ihould pre vent aflirig at all, than fhat we Ihould aft hasti ly and uHadviledly.—Thus when a law, after 1 mature deliberation, passes this house as wife ■ and good, the senate were not obliged on this 1 account, to fee it in the fame light ; they judge : for themfrlves, and if they fee cause reject it, and no complaint takes plaee on oor part be cause they do so. Ih ano her government, in -1 deed that of England, all the branches have > been contrived in the moll perfcA union, king*, > lords, and mmmons all agree, but hath the go- I vernmcnt been the beiter for this > Happy had it been for that nation, had this not been the cafe. Many an unwifc measure they have gone into, might then, fortunately for the nation, have been totally prevented.. But it ha'th been said we ought to express the ■ high eft indignation at the conduit of France. Let us examine for a moment on what this is founded. Three grounds have been mentioned —tV dismission of our minister, the spoliation on our (hips, and the interference with our go vernment, in attempting to divide the peopla from it. As to the firft, the dismission of our ■ minister, fai<l Mr. Si r.abedy can feel more fenfi bly than I do the indignity ; hut it cn y K:.> "*ne to regret, as I hive often already exprefi"d my regrets, at our fending so many diplomat!:: gentlerrjet. to Europe. Wretched will be our cafe, if we are embr»i!ed whenever those gen tlemen {ball be refufed, or uncivilly treated. All history i> full of inftancesof wars, fouaded on such points of etiquette is these, and they admonish us only to avoid employing embaffie), as much as polTible, to avoid these dangers from our foreign <onntfl:»ns. But it seems, the di reflory, by Mr. Pinckney's lett«r, at the fame time sent away 13 other foreign ministers j yet fwe don't hear that these nations went to a war on this account. One of them was Swe den, a very powerful maritime nation, poffefled of a considerable fleet, her minister was difmiff ed —She contented herfelf with fending away the French minister also, and here-the dispute ended. But surely allowance ought to be made for the prcfent revolutionary state ot Franee. If all things do not there with the or der they ought ; it is perhaps because of their present warlike and revolutionary poGtion, which cannot but mend every day, and should induce us to make some allowance for them 1 ■ .i 11 From the COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. FRENCH INFLUENCE—No. VI. MR. RU3SI LL, REASONING from the nature of man, and of civil society, abftradied from experi* ence, a pbilofopher might fairly deduce, the dangerous nature, the pernicious effefts of organized clubs—he would naturally observe, that such aflbciations had a tendency to ex cite and foment afpirit of party, to localize and narrow the feelings of thfc members of them, to separate their ftjiings, their pride, and their interest, from those of the commu nity at large—to establish that bane of all governments, tt-at monster so univeifally dreaded in antient as well as modern times, the " Imperium in imperio"—that such clubs when opposed to a government, become the more dangerous, as they were enabled to aft with more fyllem, to preserve more consist ency, to facilitate the commuwication of (lan der and traiterous objedls, and to operate, with mjre unity and Itronger effefl, than de tached individuals poflibly could do. But the melancholly tals, founded on the experi ence of tl.c unhappy French, and corrobora ted by some interclting events i u this country, affords a darker pi&ure. Anarchy, infurteftion, rapine and mu'der, have marked the bloody foot Heps of disor ganizing clubs in France, and if we Imve happily eicaped these baneful effefts, these horrid outrages, it i» rather to be attributed to the good sense of our people, the wisdom and prudence of our rulers, thar. to any spirit of moderation, any solid principles of vir tue, in our " Conjlitutienal" societies. The only (hiking feature, which was ever unveil ed to the eye of an injured and indignant public, was a mean, servile, childish imita lion, of the maternal club, at Paris. They copied, lilt the Chincfe, with too much mi nuteness : They adopted not only the capti vating principles of French " Liberty and Equlity" but they introduced their style, their bombastic and turgid expieflions : they affe&ed also the Republican rudentfs (in France termed fimplicity]—in their manners, their conduft, and conversion. Like them, too, they attempted to influence the public opinion, with raree (hows, by civic fealis, by republican symbols, by revolutionary mujic. Tbey even dared at certain periods to applaud the cut throat tunes intended to excite French mabs to plunder, autrage and murder, and to cenlure American mulic, commemo rative of our national honor. So widely diffufive was thei.r influence, so subversive of national pride, and national Ito. nor, that a cold apathy appeared re pervade the great mass of the community. The ba sest j:Vults upon our government, or nautral : rights, from French infoleßce, not only ef- . . raped censure, but found dastardly advocates.| If there were in the nation some who burned j , with indignation at those abufrs, they were j either intimidated by the thteats, or overaw- | ed with the influence of what appeared to be '1 the public opinion. While on the other hand through the inßrumentality of the Jacobins, the people were inflamed and outrageous at every aggrefiion of the British. Every in jur)', every outrage of that nation, (all of which were unjuftifiable) were magnified and distorted. War } horrid war, with that inso lent foe, was the most moderate meafare we could adapt. Honejlus, at one time the prop and the oracle of the Jacobin Club at Bos. ton, in a speech which will not soon be for gotten, undertook to prove that we were at that time, and had long been at open war with Great Britain. ftatefman, has now changed his tone, and viewing in juries through thedenfe medium of gallic In fluence, he cannot perceive any thing irrita ting, any tiling unjuftifiable, any thing in deed which is not commendable, io the conduft • of France, towards America. The pru dence of our executive in preferring honora ble negociation to>7umi!iating war, io the safe of Great Britain, was called pulillani mity, nay it was even hinted, that WASH . NGTON was absorbed in the vortex of Britannic influence. In the cafe of French depredations, French« barbarities, French insults, more cruel, more ; outrageous, more unwarrantable, more un grateful to a country, which (lonelily and anijincerely cheri/bed her eaufe, no measures can be too lenient, no condefceniion too mean. T hough her haughty tyrants, in all the turgid infolenee of power, fhou'd kick 1 our miniileis from their presence, andfpum at our humble and modefl fuppiications—— though with more bombastic pomp than . would difgracean Eastern Vizir, the Direc . Tory did 111 " fail," refafe to admit our Special , Envoy (for such was Mr. Pinckney) to an - audience, disdained to enter into a cerrefpon ' denee with htm, and made his secretary Maj. Rirtledge, (land like a lacquey, behind their chairs —though with an insolenCe, un'pau!< leld even in their treatment to thedegvaded : Hollanders, or the wretched Genrwns, thev have infilled in writing, that they will noc ■ receive "any Minijlcr" from the United 1 States, until we have complied with all the 1 unreafonahle and humiliating demands of } France : Yet theie am ftilj to be fonnd in thi* r country, miserable sycophants who not only . falliate hot applaud tbij infamous conduct—.
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