aratitnde ?s amogg t'ne mil amiaMe «f the vir- 1 Iv tues ; and lie f > very dull of difi rmiinatieu, | men with others, that he could nctcctifi- ."(Ml derthai as worthy of admiration in the Individ- I j.j e tial and of 110 exiftentc in a nation ; a feufe of I , ebiigatioii'lie' conceived to We a more r.-.tional principle of connexion nations aswtlil 0 ' ' as individual!, than any that could arise from men th c'/.'-./f of fordid iutereft ; the one wis capa- ficie bit of permanently attaching the afleflion!, the fidei other was al vays Contingent and precarious j— t j, y we have seen nations actuated by the moll ir.vc I terate an\i unquenchable hatred, we have seen | tlicoi after entering into treaiies of amity and J . tommtrct, fuddeuly roused by tie spirit of av- '"g ance, and dilrcgarding all the most flcred (11- the garments plunged into the most Yumorfelefs 1 vvha vtit ; when we fee thbfe paflions, fhill we fay, I forr the milder »ffettions have no place in the he- BRI man heart to counterbalance fueh horrid psf-1 q £) fions ; forbid it reason and forbid it truth !He I j trusted if our government had erred, becoming I pa.ns would be taken to remove the ft-nfe of in- mer jury ; that there had been favori conferred on I cou our nation, whichfhould impel use to this of foiii natural juttice he coujd prove ; what was the IHe language of our government when we fought I ma J and obtained the luecours cf France; when in l^ s our need we breathed not a found but of eter- I nal gratitude tor disinterested favors—ofbene-i I P eo fits inaujanimoufly bestowed, w hat wa; our I not language in the hour of peril, when the threat- was nings of all Europe rung in her ears ; was it ne- I the ceflary for us to assert at the hour in which »e I att< ilood nalongtr in need ot her fuppoit, that al I p r{ though we had felt Tome gratitude > the hour of our distress, that we now felt it no longer ; , was this preserving the dignity of our country-, P ' the honor of our government, and the refpefta- I ll " bility of a virtuous and independent nation ! No he believed that fuck condufl hadleffcned I ] us in the eyes of the world, an ! that it became I em US now to retrieve our character by the removal w2 of that fallification of the nationaj probity. Let I us look to the declaration of our government ~ that we may ascertain what we thought of the favors of France in former periods—look into da < the journals ofCongrefs 6th Asgufl 1778, and there it will be found —" Tiwt the treaties be ras " tween his most christian majesty and the Uni- tio " ted States of America so fully demonstrated me ♦' his wisdom and magnanimity as to command <1 the reverence of all nations, the virtuous cit , " mem of America in particular caif never I ' if kqrgkt his beneficent atttntion to iheir vi- mc " olated rights, nor cesje to alKnoivleJge the fp< " hand of a gracious Providence in raising I th< " them up so powerful andillutlrious a friend." J n0 —He hoped this gratitude would never be for- I ca gotten or done away, he hoped we ftiouid ne I ver fly in the face of that providence by fueh | Wafphemy, but that the fame power which t w ' had raised up in om- adversity would be re- l aC fpefltd in our prosperity. I \_TO be continued. J _ j lei Tuifflay, May 30. I B Mr. Coit, from the committee of elec- I dc tioas, made a farther report, which was or- nc dered tolie on the table. I cl The order of the day being called for, I ill the house again resolved itfelf into a com- di mittee of the whole, Mr. Dent in the chair, c< on the address reported in answer to the |bi speech of the President ' of the United ft States ; when . Mr. W. Smith enquired of the chair- r; man whether there was not an error in coun- b ting the votes on the question of yesterday. tl The Chairman replied that there was. It f; arose, he supposed, from the number of ft strangers in the house, and from their patt ing too near the members. The true num- o bers were, for the amendment 46, against it il 52. He rcquefted strangers would not t Hand so near the members as to cause a fimi- 0 lar mistake in future. e The Chairman proceeded to read the . d third and fourth paragraphs of the address ; f when having read the part which fays, " al though it is the firft and most ardent wish of v our hearts, that peace may be maintained," c &c, * Mr. Dayton (the Speaker) wished to t introduce an amendment. He did not be- t lieve it ought to be " the firft and most ar- : i dent wish." It had been well (hewn by the 1 gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Sit- ■ < greaves) that liberty was more dear than ; peace : he therefore moved to insert " ear- I nest," indead of " firft and ardent."—Car- ! 1 ried. ] Mr. Coit moved the amendment which he had already laid before the committee, after the word " world," in the 4th line of the ! 4th paragraph, to add, " ami although we wi(h that republic to stand on ground as fa vorable as any other nation, in their rela- 1 tion to the United States j yet, &c. I This motion not being seconded, fell of j course. Mr. Williams propofedan amendment, intended as. a substitute for the above, • which was ordered to lie on the table. It . proposed to put France on the fame footing ' with other nations, profeffing that if she was j not so, it was not owing to any partiality in favor of any other nation, and that in ex pressing this wish, the house did not mean to interfere with the powers of the Executive. Mr. Williams alio moved to insert, in stead of "we can never surrender our rights;" in the fame paragraph, " we never will surrender."—Carried. Mr. Lyon moved to strike out, in the 7th line of the fame paragraph, " wisdom, dig nity and moderation," and to insert in their place, " good intentions," as he said he did not there prepared to approve all the former a£ts of government, but for other purposes. Mr. W. Smith thought it would not (how the wisdom and dignity of that house to agree to the amendment. ; It was put and negatived, there being pn ly 10 votes for it. Mr. COIT said he thought that part of the sth .paragraph which related to the exe cutive direftory would be less exceptionable, and equally convey their disapprobation of such sentiments, if it were expreffied more generally, and without any allusion to M. Barras. He proposed, therefore, to strike out from " at" in the 4th line of the sth paragraph to " United States ' in the 7th fine, and to insert, " any sentiments tending to derogate from that confidence ; such sentiments, wherever entertained, serve to ferince an imperfeft knowledge of the re al cpipicn of our constituents." , Mr. Giles seconded the motion ; but wilhed it extended farther, as he did not know what was meant by the exprefiion " to separate them from.the.nfelves." IMr. W. Smith obje&ed to the amend. , exprc ment of the gentleman from connefticut | count j (Mr. Coit) because it was hypothetical, .were I He wished. as the. fa£l was clearly eftablilh- 1 have I ed, to have a direst reference to the speech ! and o of Barras in their indignation of' the fenti- tied., ments. As the matter had appeared of fuf- digni I ficient importance to find a place in the Pre- expre fident's speech, thought it was also wor- fibilit I thy of their notice. He infilled upon its Affei I being an attempt to divide the people of this from country from their government, by speak- M ing insultingly of the latter, and flattering of B: the former. He did not exa&ly know its ol I what was meant by the " suggestion of our govei 1 former tyrants," but he supposed it meant the 1; I bribery, and that by " perfidious people," ed. I General Washington was included. the 1 , I Mr. Nicholas was in favor of the a- fenti: . mendment. He denied that " suggestion" but \ could mean bribery, or that iniidious per- It w: : I sous could include General "Washington. al ac IHe hoped the gentleman would not thus the g : I make it his bilfinefs to hunt up for insults. said 1 1 As to the expreflions of government and plica I people, they were certainly one, and could at lar I not be divided. The American government as th I was the people of the United States ; and if guag - I the remainder of this offenfive address was abun - I attended to, it would be seen that the was 1 French government and French people were ted a [ used as fynonimous terms. He allowed that on.] ' I speech alludexl to was one of the most fool- tive 1 ifh things he had ever seen, but he could find ny o I no serious cause of- offence in it. it w< ! I Mr. W. Smith said, that by the gov- upor e I ernment, the executive only was meant. He, dout ' I was convinced of this from the manner in menl ' I which he had seen the word used in the Hot e French government paper, entitlad the Re- the ~ I dafteur. JV d | Mr. Coit believed that whenever M. Bar- inful • I ras had said, it was not* worth their attentive I tion. We might defy France or French- it in cl I men to fay worse of us than they themselves whii ( I said. He did not himfelf know how far j vem R I the speech of Barras was an aft of govern- ' beer I ment : for, said he, when we directed our wou ic speaker to reprehend Randal and Whitney, cou! g I the words he used upon the occasion were the " I not an aft of the house. 011 another oc- to t r 1 cafion, when the house were about to receive the I the French flag, they could not call what tive t I was said by the speaker on that occasion, an ver e . I aft of the house. the; I Mr. Williams said, if Mr. Pinckney's the I letter was an authentic paper, the speech of upc I Barras was likewise so ; and if so, it was the c- I doubtless an indignity to government. He did faic ir- I not think with the gentleman from Maffa- St I chufetts (Mr. Freeman) that it was " child- me; ir, I ifh gasconade." He believed it was inten- te Ti- I ded as an insult on the government of this be ir, country. As to the gratitude which had the he I been said to be due to the French nation hoi ed for their afliftance in the war, he thought coi their services were arpply repaid by the fepa- for ir- ration of this country from Great Britain ; he in- besides, he added, the French never came to in ; the afliftance of this country, until they mu It saw we were likely to be fuccefsful in our in of struggle. th< iff- Mr. Gordon said there could be no doubt no m- of the authenticity of Barras's speech, since nq it it flood upon the fame ground as the reft of thi lot the documents. It was a flagrant insult up- en ni- on government, in his opinion, and warrant- fa< ed all that had been said upon it, as it was M the doubtless an attempt to separate the people it fs j from the government. H al- Mr. Thatcher said the question was, no of whether or not any notice should be taken 1," of the infillting speech of Barras. When, to said he, the French flag was presented to T to the house, we were told we were not to flop tu be- : to reason but express forthwith our feel- th ar- I ings of affeftion ; but now when the most bi the ; unexampled insult is offered to us, such as in iit- i one man would not receive from another, we th lan 1 are not to notice it at all, left it should offend w ;ar- the French republic. He knew of only one O lar- I reason for passing it over in silence, and that nc if it was true had some weight with him. V lich That Barras spoke as the organ of the ot tee, French nation there could be no doubt; but fu the he had his doubts whether he knew himfelf p< we what he said. The speech had strong marks jtc fa- 1 of delirium, and he could not help believ- ' re ela- I ing that when he delivered it, he was either w I drunk or mad. If the world went on for h [ of j 6,000 years to come, they would never again tl j behold such a produftion. He then exam-, yi ent, ' itled the different parts of it in a ludicrous if ove, way peculiar to himfelf. P It! Mr. M'Dowell was in favour of the a- b ting i mendment. He did not think himfelf bound 1 h was as had been insinuated by the gentleman ft yin ' from South Carolina, to echo all the fenti- , v ex- ments in the President's speech. He wished nto to have an opinion of his own. He agreed f tive. Barras's speech was an indignity to the U- t , in- nited States ; he felt it, and would express il our it ; but he did not think this the proper r ever time. He denied the justness of the con- t ftruftion put upon the speech by the gen- c : 7th tletnan from South Carolina. He supposed ' dig- by " perfidious persons," was meant the per- 1 their sons in this country, generally called the f ; did British faftion. He differed in opinion also f 1 the with that gentleman ■on the fubjeft of divi- t ither ding the people and government, and could npt allow that the phrefe good people was I not intended an insult. He allowed it was 1 louse going too far to fay that we owed our liber- ' ty to France ; but being in some refpeft r on- true, it took off from the .offence- Hewas ' sorry to fee on one fide of the house con rt of ftant attempts made to excite the resentment exe- of the people of this country against France, able, It was not necessary at present to raise firth >n of feelings. They were not about to unfheath more 'the sword. and" to fay, " We conquer or 1 to die." What gentlemen could not effeft by to reason, they seemed inclined to effedt in a f the different way. He did not think this fair 1 the conduft. nents Mr, Venable supported the amendment, nee ; He did not think any of the objeftions made serve against it, had. much weight in them. He le re- thought tie mode of exprefling our sense of . ' the indignity shewn to this country by the ; but speech in question, was judiciously chosen 1 not by the gentleman from Connefticut. It was j" to most consistent with dignity, It was not wife in them to take notice of every harsh , exprefflon which might be used against this j rti"« ; country-in any foreign nation ; for if such j char \ were our conduct, foreign nations would ! luch ' have good ground of complaint -against us, | ! and on that floor the account would be set- ! °f ri tied.. Nor did he think it, very becoming or [ P°' t dignified in gentlemen in that house so to ; refe: express themSlves, as to excite frequenft ri- r efei fibility—nor was it very honorable to that j men Assembly. (Alluding to the gentleman , »pp from Massachusetts.) l ' Mr. Sitgreaves had no doubt of the speech He of BarrSs being an official paper, and that ■ use» its objeft was to divide the people from the ■ government. If he provsd this, he trufled fult, the language of the report would be prefcrv- men ' ed. It would be allowed that was i that the mouth of the Direftory, and that the J Pjel sentiments which he fpeak3, are not his own, ! ' but what were before hand agreed upon.— "> '' . It was doubtless, therefore, a folernn offici- of tj , al aft. With refpeft to the observations of of " i the gentleman from Virginia, that what he He . said refpefting our government was not ap- twe 1 plicable to the Executive, but to the People aH d 1 at large,lie believed he was wholly mistaken, 'y* t as the word government, in the French lan- of ( guagt, constantly meant Executive, as was whi s abundantly clear from the way in which it if f< ; was used in Mr. Adet's Notes. [He quo- ban 2 ted a number of passages to prove his afferti- hke t on.] It was generally used for the Execu- f" IC - tive in contra diftinftion to Congress,. or a- the: 1 ny other of the constituted authorities. If at t it were clearly intended to convey an insult - upon our Executive (and there could be no whi e, doubt of it,) even the mover of the amend- aga n ment could not think it unbecoming in that m t e House to express themselves in the words of :- the address. 1 Mr, Gallatin said whatever might be tf ro! •- insult intended by the Speech of the Execu- ' n g i- tive Direftory, he thought it best to notice dr« 1- it in general terms, as it was the sentiment :s which was .objeftionable, and not the Go- ''*■ ir j vernment of France. But as so much had Hi i- been said about government and people, he evl ir would fay, that an insult offered to the people e "< f, could not be less offenfive than one offered to dij re the government. He supposed they alluded c- to the British treaty, which was as much an ;e the instrument of Congress as of the Execu- ou at tive, and of the People as either, since they 10 in very generally petitioned in favor of it. He ln then took notice of the perversions which | Ol •'s the gentleman from South Carolina had put of upon the werds of Baiyas, and denied that tl( as there was the least ground for them, and he id "said that the Gazette of the United a [a- States might as well be called a Govern- to d- ment paper of this country, as th* Re da c- #t :n- teur that of France. If, said Mr. G. it tit lis be our intention to declare war at once, then co ad there might be some propriety in taking tit on hold of every word which would bear to be ■ht construed into an insult, but' if we wished th ia- for peace, it was unwise to do so. Besides, nf 1 ; he said this Speech was not communicated to in an official manner, nor could it be so com- fa iey municated. It was sent by Mr. Pinckney it >ur in a newspaper, from which the . copy sent to jc them was translated, but the tranflrition was ibt not even authenticated, as usual. He did S ice nqt dispute the faft, but it was a thing which g :of they were not bound to notice ; indeed an tl ap- error with refpeft to a name appeared on the « nt- face of the paper ; and delivered to n vas Mr. Monroe who was Oo longer Minister, n pie it could not be officially communicated.— b He therefore thought it was not worth their g 'as, notice. n ten Mr. Otis thought it right to pay refpeft t en, to what was recommended by the President. n Ito The question was whether they should no lop tice the insult generally, or in reference to c eel- the Direftory. He was fa favor 6f the firft, 10ft but as this was the only opportunity given f 1 as in the-addrefs of expressing their opinion of « we theconduft of the French goverament, lie end wished the address to stand as reported. Mr. t one Otis remarked upon Barras' speech. He did ' :hat not know whatwas meant by granting peace. • tim. When parties were at war, one granted the t the other peace ; or sometimes a stronger fiower but fuffered a weaker to be at peace ; —he sup- 1 lfelf posed tha French it in the latter sense < arks towards this country, on condition that we 1 [iev- ' refpeft her. What was meant here ? If it : tlier was sovereignty over their own nation, we 1 for had nothing to do with it ; if it was any o gain ther, it muff be the sovereignty they had o ;am- ver us. He concluded by remarking, that rous if there were any members in that house u pon whom any imputation could reft of their e a- ' being unduly attached to the French cause, rand 1 he thought it a good opportunity to come man forward and convince the world the charges end- ; were unjust. ifhed j Mr. Livingston took notice of what had reed fallen from the gentleman last up, and shewed e U- the folly of adopting an irritating tone ; as, press if we charged a foreign government with oper making use of of one difrefpeclful expreflion, con- they would htve no difficulty in retorting the gen- complaint, as in the course of that debate, lofed the gentleman from South-Carolina (Mr. : per* Harper) had called the King of Spain the the humble vnjfal of France, and had not been 1 also sparing et his epithets to other powers ; and divi- the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. :ould Thatcher) had termed Barras drunhox mad. was He alfs noticed the conllruftions put upon was the'words " granting Peace," and " Sove liber- 'eignty, as very extravagant. The speech, fpeft be allowed, was bad enough, but he saw no e-was reason for torturing it in this manner, con- Mr. Otis wished .to know what he undtr ment Hood by the word Sovereignty. _ ance. Mr. Livingston replied, that if he were fiwh to do lhat, lie supposed he fhouH be called heath (he defender of Barrets, as he had already er or- foeen termed the defender of France. He &by would not, therefore, doit, '" a Mr. Gile> said the gentleman from Mas- S . fachufetts had called upon persons who might lie under imputation of being friend* to ment. {., anc gjo come forward, and shew the impu m u P ations fiilfe. He informed that gentleman f r that he did not leel his reputation hurt by ne .° any imputation whiTh he or any other per l V fun might throw upon him. He oen he genilrraan c«uldconvince thetn they weie wrong, than call thcn» names. s not harsh Mr. Otis explained. He declared, he ' ih?*nt only to fay that they had been unjuftiy F{ ' charged will) thsfe imputations, and that ' such a coaduft would shew it. " 4 | Mi. W, Smith again urged the propriety. t^c ; of retaining the woids in' theaddref a« .v ---1 poited, as the amendment proposed had no reference to the Prefidefii's fpeeph, as that " 1 referred to an of§:ial aft ; whereas the amend ment had no relation to France, but would c apply to tlie people of Ch ; na, or the people 1 ■ of this country, as well auto those of France. He believed the discussion had beer, of f >me IWfl . use, because it was now on all fides acknow ledged that the speech of Darras was an in- ' fult, which was not allowed at thecoramenee cl ment of the debate. He could only fay, j that gemlemtH died hard; to use the ex- °j 1 ; preffion of his friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. . ! Sitg>eaves) they fecmed determined t* la die 13 a in the Injl titleb. The objeftions to the words . of thu present address, were like the objeftions <>n '' of Thomas Paine to the writings of Moses. *"') He denied lh;it there were any similarity he- " ne tween exprrffions used in debate in this house, * and expieflions used Ly an executive author!- ty. No notice, he said, ought to be taken of what fell from members in that house, to 1 'whilfl they were allowed to be in order ; and j' un if foreign ininiftcrs' attended to hear their-de- bn j' bates, arid heard things which they did not like, they ought not to take exceptions at it, . since they came there uninvited, and it was lr< their duty to fay what appeared to them right toQ at the time.' « mai The queOion was put on # the amendment, luu when there appeared 49 vutes for it, and 49 "" l againll it. The chairman declared it carried 1 c in the affirmative. Mi. Evans proposed te have (truck out wo the wotds " an attempt to fejmrate them from themselves; ' but Mr. Venablc defend ing the propriety of the expreflion, he with drew his motion. » Mr;Coit thought the firft sentence in the P ri: sixth paragitph rather funk the compofuion. rea [ He wifned to strike them out, and " how- ,ul : ever" in the fourth line, and add after the or . end of the next line, " by the trunfaSions > dtfclofed by your communications.'' —Carried. e ' 1 Mr. Dayton (the Speaker) (aid he had ani , an amendment to propose. It was to strike at _ out the wotds after "peace," in the Bth line j"°l { in the fith paragraph to the word " nation" e in the 14th line, andtoinlert, " We there- , ! fore receive with the utmost fatisfaftion your "j t information that a frelh attempt at negocia- a " t lion will be inftiiuted, and we cherilli the . i hope that a mutual fpiri' of conciliation, and 111 D a disposition on the part of the United Slates an [- to place France on grounds as favorable as ln ether countries in their relation and- connec- I it tipn with us, will produce an accommodation tu n compatible with the engagements, rights, du g ties, and honor of our-nation. ,e Mr. W. Smith thought this amendment ar d the fame in fubflance as that which had been j ll 3, negatived, and if so it was oat of order. in d Mr. Nicholas said the gentleman might P| 1- fatisfy himfelf it was not the fame with his, as y it would not give occasion to all the petty ob- 11 o jeftions he ha-) brought againll it. a | is Mr. Day-ton hoped -the gentleman frcm V 1 id South-Carolina would take a more manly \ :h ground of opposition to his amendment than n in the one he had suggested. The amendment- \e was not the fame as the one rejefted, it was 1S to not introduced in the fame part of the addiefj, a :r, nor would it.require to be re committed, to v _ be infertcd. He would also fin(J lhat feme " :ir gentlemen would vote for this, who purrheir " negative upon the other ; il this will nut fa ■ft tisfy the gentleman, he believed the Chair it. man would. . . ' ! o- The Chairman declared the motion in 1 to order. j ft, Mr. Thatcher called upon the mover to r en state in what this motion differed from that I of which was rejefted. he Mr. Dayton said, that this motion don- ' Ir. tained a principle not found in the report of : lid the committee, viz. to place France in as ce. favorablea situation as other countries,hoping ! he that this will be the means of accommodation. 1 rer He wished this sentiment inserted in the let- , 1 ip- ters of credence of the envoy. Yet he with- j 1 nfe ed he might not be charged with Handing on j I we forbidden ground. It this sentiment Werr ! fit aot inserted in the address, he should loi.k we upon it with perfeft indifference. He would o- have proposed this amendment, if he had not o- met with a fccond. He was desirous of hat ptefefving peace with the French Republic u- upon any terms short of national disgrace. ieir The gentleman from Massachusetts would fee [fe, the difference betwixt tire two nations. ,me Mr. W. Smith spoke at-confiderable length ges againll this amendment. He said nobody i would objeft to putting Frasiee on as good j had a footing as Gieat-Britain, if she was not wed f», but he believed she was now in a better as, fituatien, and that therefore she could net mh consent to be placed on the fame footing ion, with Great-Britain. He ohjefted to it al the foj beeaufe it held out an idea lhat recon a'te, ciliation could only be had through lhat Mr. house, and because it would be an inlct tht ference with the Executive. He dwelt upon leen each ofthefeobjeftions at configurable length, and and upon his faying that it was pofiible if Mr. the Executive should think it right not o tad. comply with the direftion of the h»ufe, it pon might be made the ground of impeachment, ove- Mr. Dayton interrupted him, by infilling cch, upon it, that no such conftruiiion could jno be put upon the amerfdment. Mr. S. beg ged to differ in opinion, and continued his der- ohjeftions. 'l"he call for the quefiion when Mr. Smith ft down, was very loud \ but, on Mr. A 1 jj _ j len wishing the commiltft to rife, that ~ j might be given for an enquiry how far thia j jmotion would go, as he waß not fine but some improper treaty might have been made, and if so, it would put France in the f. m< 4^al " fituatior., hr tnojed for the commVtee to rile. Il lefe aCcordrngly end had leave to fit again. « to Adjourned. man Compting House to let. per- npHE Cotnpting House former'y oetopieJ hy ither L ur.JehnE. Caldwell, on Rof s ' wbarf, vri! wete Uvtapt on iftjune—and for litre to ar.y perfo wh» may apply 'or Tor reims enquire o the printer hcre»f. ,he I Kzr 3*- / ' eo6 P From the Fasimer's Weekly Museum. •' 4ad the driving is Hie the driving of Jehu, the fort cf Ninfki ; for he drizvtb furioujlj." NOTHING is to be gained by. fueh ex ceflive speed. It ia the inaik of a g'ddyi haii btained charioteer. He generally either brisks hit ne.k, or is distanced in jhe race, by his very eagerness to reach the goal. Lord Cheflerfield took a diftincfion be* 'tween liafte and hurry, and, with the pitrt* lion of a lawyer, marked their diflimilitude. There is prifmveiy asmuch difference between ' these pretended coitfin germans, as between my sermons, and those of the Arch Bishop of Csnleibury. Hurry.oras it is called inthetext, ' driving,' i 3 a mischievous imp, goading us to dash our feet againlk a stone, to run, with night cap on.into the llreets ; in fine, to be eager flov en)y and imperfeft. You may dispatch bli finefs, but if you hurry it, I will not afl> tor the second fight of a Scotchman, that I may discover your approaching bankruptcy. Young man, 1 fay unto thee, walk gently to tichee, td honours, to plcafure. Do not run. Observe the impatient racer. He is breatblefs ; he is fallen ; bemired, andbelu ted ; like Dr. Slop, overthrown By Obadi ah ; he is distanced ; he is luffed. Walk circumfpeflly, it is Paul's advice, not like a fool, but like a philofnpher. Compare the man of moderation with the man of impe tuosity. The firft becomes a Franklin, ho noured in king's courts. The second is ei ther in (foal, oi in •' poverty to the very lips." In m\- boyhood, 1 remember that a parent would sometimes repeat lesions of (economy as I fat on his knees, and then lift me in his arms that I might look at HoGarth's plates of Induflry amd ldlencfs. On youthful fan cy the pitture was more imprefTed than the precept. relie-ve that defciiption of tr.)f readers, who tire at the didadlick and the ' ttite (tile of morality, I will attempt a (ketch or two ; wi h a little c«lou<unG. I will imagine the figure of a tripling, educated for business. Seven years he swept and garnished a compting house ; opened it at five, and did not bar it until nine ; fold ropes and boxes for himfelf, as well as bales for his master j read " The Sure Guide to Love and Esteem," and worked every rule in Hodder's Arithmetick. This, all mull ' allow, was a gentle pace. No freaks, no starts discompose the placid life of a youth in these habits. Men already look forward, and behold him a Dank Director, or fee him in the largest store, in the mart. One ill omen'd day, when the moon was full, or the dog star growled, ( I do not re member which, our sober youth, whose studies were seldom more miscellaneous, than . an invoice, or a bill of lading, unluckily , had his eye caught by a Land advertisement in a newspaper. It will abridge a tedious . process of circumstances to imagine him in , Georgia. How many acres of sand were then bought and fold, and how he dafiied about thy falls, St. Antony, who art, more j visited, than the (hrine of Thomas a Becket! f Over these sands he already drives in his cha , riot, with somebody by his fide too ; a La t. dy from Babylon. Although the carriage 5 is encumbered with a speculator, and , and imaginary bank bills in bales, yet how 0 we glide along, not like the son of Ahi- „ c maaz, bringing good tidings. The driving r is like the charioteerfhip of the son of Nitn ,fhi, furious, careless, mad. . | But his vehitle, like Count Ballet's in. the play, rolls on the four aces, or some „ thing as unliable. He drives furioufly a - i gainil, a post* He is an overthrown Pha -0 ' raoh, not Si it is vulgarly exprefled, in a „ peck, but in a Red Sea of troubles. He : has driven so furioufly that he has snapped his traces, loft the linch pin, and broken the ,f axle of his credit. j, A Quack is a Jehu ;he not only drivei g furioufly himfelf, but he drives his poor pa n> tientstoo. When I fee one of these moun t. tebanks I always' consider the sick he at h. tends, as so many crouching dray horses, )B , soon to be driven out of breath. Ye fim rt 1 pie farmers why do you his wheels ? k ; When ye are diseased cannot a leaf of mug- Id i wort be without paying him for 0 t the cropping ? When we are wounded, your of youngest children may bring you a bit' of lie betony, and it will not be charged. Of the genius of drivers, the Negro dri "ec ver, and the imp'etuous Frenchmen are a noted species. But it does not demand the th perspicacity of a watchman to discover their dy cotirfe. They go on at a fearful rate ; and 0( j it may demand a thunderbolt to arrest either lot in the impious career, let The LAY PREACHER. ict fig COMMUNICATIONS. al- ,n " That a certain description of foreigners ' at should endeavour to obtain the falfe concef "" fion, that We have ever placed France in a worse situation than Britain, or any other na -1 tion on a general view of the whole of our ; refpe&ive treqfies, is to be accounted for, as ° it may serve to substantiate a pretext that ' 11 the French spoliations fliould reft as they nt ' are, to compensate the pretended injuries "'2 which this conceflion will acknowledge : but u as i« no one point of view can any advanta tages accrue from so falfe and so difgraceful an acknowledgment, but on the other hand . , a probable facrific? of immense property, 'j". every true American will be careful not to . sport with our national honor and individual imr ■ , . th.B ut Every thing depends on our governments supporting the national charaiSer at the prefcnt nir- moment —whit but the Roman name, carried rile, ihe Roman Republic triumphantly thro' all its ain. difficulties to tße zenith of power and refpedU bility. The ch=raffer.of our country is committed to the reprcfentatives of the people —and it re mains to be determined, whether that charac [ tarflwllVte preserved in the view of our ovrn w j. citizens, aVI in thn of the rations ofEuiope. . r | o It i! afie: ted as a fi<ft that the cnodufk of the re o Direflory of Franie towards this coui try is reprobated fcy a great majority of the citizens of Paris.
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