Public notice is hereby given,
To the Freemen t>f (be City and County of
Philadelphia., arid the County of Delaware,
' I 'HAT a General Eleition will be held on
JL Tn'efday the loth day of October next ,
the eledlion to be opened between the hours of
10 o'c'ock in the forenoon, and I o'clock in af
ternoon —wlie'n the freemen of' the city of Phi
ladelphia are to tnfet fat the State-house, in the
faiu city, to eledl
Six re.prefentatives for the laid city in the gen
era] aflrttibly.
Twenty perlbns for members of common
, council.
four prrl'ons for members of the felc<£l coun
cil, in the rpom of Francis Gurney, Godfrey
Haga, Henry Pratt, and James Head, whoft
time expires.
\ The freemen of the county of Philadelphia
to eleft
Six reprefentativey for the said county in gel
- aflembly.
The freemen of thecity and county of Phila
delphia to ele<!l
Two persons for (herifF.
One parson for county commiffionei*.
The freeman of the city and county of Phi
ladelphia, and the county of Delaware, to eleft
One senator for the ftite.
The freemen of the county of Blockley and
Kingfefling, are to hold their election at the
State-houle in the city of Philadelphia.
The freemen of the Northern Liberties, are
to hold their ele<Slion at the Town-house, in Se
cond street continued, above Coats's street.
The freemen of the townlhipof Germantown,
Roxborough and Bristol, are to hold their elec
tion at the Union school-house, in Germantown
The freemen of the townlhip of Oxford, By
bery, Lowbr Dublin and Moreland, are to hold
rher ele£lion in thehnufe late John Barnfley'i in
BufTeltown, in the townftip of Lower Dublin.
And the freemen of the diflricl of South
ward, and the township of Moyamenfmg and
Faffyunck, are to hold their eledlicn atthecom
mifiioner's hall, In the difirifl of Soi/thwark t
< forefaid.
The constables of each ward, diftriQ, Sec are
to hold their eletfions in the different diftrifls,
to choose their infpedlors and aflelTors for the
year, and give their attendance at the
time and refpeilive places
JOHN BAKER, Sheriff.
Sent. 2<j. dtß
Peale's imuseum.
THIS valuable repository of the works of Ma
ture, so well calculated to delight the mind
and enlarge the undcrdanding, i« opened daily, as
usual. It (lands in an airy and healthy situation,
and free from the epidemic that at present afflifls
the city ; it may, therefore, be frequented with
the greated fafety.
As an Ainufement, the study of Nature Is the
m«ft rational and pleaCng : as a Science, the mod
iublime and infinitive. It elevates the mind and
expands the heart. They
" Wtem Nature'i zt orh can charm, ■wilt God bimjtlf
" Held converje."
Many interfiling additions have lately been
made to this Mufcum : and the feathered tribe,
containing a variety of the mod rare and beautiful
fubjeids, is now very advantageously arranged
Waxen Figures, of Men large a« life (some of them
carts from nature) are here drefled in their proper
habits, and placed in attitudes characterise of their
refpe&ive nations. Mere may be fee* the North-
American Savage, and the Savage of South-Ameri
ca—a laboring Chinese, and the Chinese Gentle
man—the sooty African, and the Kamtfchadale—
with some Natives of the South Sea I Hands. The
immense variety and interesting diverCty which
t"his Museum offers to the view, may befeenbut
cannot be described with full eff«3.
ffjT Price only i-4th of a dollar.
Seyt. >B. Taw
Bank of North America,
September Bth, 1797.
OV Monday next the Notice. for all Notes er
Bills payable at this Bank,which fall dueontbat
and the ensuing 6 days, will be served on the Pay
ers : And the like Notices on every Monday, till
the further orders of the DireAors.—Perfons wi(b
ing to deposit Notes or..Bills for Colle&ion, which
are to fall due within the week, mud themfslves
undertake to give notice to the Payers. dtf
Insurance Company of the State
of Pennfyivania.
THE Offire will be kept until further notice at
the School House in Germantown. The
Company Hill retain the room in Chefnut, above
Seventh street, where a person will attend to re
ceive and give answers to applications, every day
from 10 until I o'clock.
Sept. 13. d3t2awtf
Red Port Wine.
Just arrived, by the brig Iris, capt Rhodes, from '
Oporto,
Red Port Wine in pipes, hhds. and quarter cases '
do cwt. Cork, for sale by
Philips, Cramond, & Co.
J"'y " 5
The Health-Office
IS removed to the tity-Hall, and i* kept open
sight and day, where persons having hufinrfi may ,
apply. Wm. ALLEN, Health-Officer.
Sept. 4. I dtf
NOTICE. j
THE Offices of the Department of War are for (
»he present removed near t« the Falls of the Scuyl- j
kill, on the Ridge Road. 1 ,
September 4. dtf ( .
The Inhabitants of the Diftridfc c
v of Southwark, c
ARE informed that a Coachee is provided, to be C
kept at the Constables' office, the north east f
earner of Front and Almond streets, where the
friends of those sick persons who desire to be rs
moved to the City Hospital, arc requested to make
application—Also, a Hearse will be kept in readi-
ness for the removal of the dead.
JONATHAN PENROSE. H
N. B.—rha Poor, who wish to remove to the A
Tents on Schuylkill, may be furnifhad with orders 0
Iry applying as above. A up. 39 R
This Day is Published, s<
BY MefT. Dobfon, Carey, Campbell, Ric 9 and the M
other Booksellers, *
Price One Dollar and twenty-five cents,
IJe%ant'yprinted on Wove paper, and Hot
pre/Jed,
By John Thompson, —-
A COMPARATIVE VJEWOF
The Constitutions
Of the several States with each other, and with
*hat of the United States: exhibiting in Tables, yy
the prominent features of eaeh Constitution, and j
claffingtogether their most important provifionn, J'
under the several heads of administration ; with '
Notes and Observations.
By , WILLIAM SMITH,
Of South-Carolina, |,y
L L. D. and member of the Congrcfs of the
United States. the
Dedicated to tho People of the United States. uic
N. B. A few Copies printed on ai) inferior pa
yor, at 3-4thsof a do%ir. Jul
February 6 ' tr.wf l
0 j From the Farmer's Wt/ttiy Muscxim.
on ARE M'N A N T,
t j Found in the Jhop of Peter Quince, formerly
<<f wholesale merchant in the CilimAian Cat
af- tine/. i
hi- Something about MONStF.ITR GOLD.
' ,e Peter fheweth the Chriftian—talketh moll
fageljt like his uncle Solomon, about the
Vaniety of Vanities ; —recounteth some
10n few tricks pasTed by a yellow-faced rascal
—(known among Christians by the name
in- of Gold) —upon the men of this world,
•ey He finally fummoneth up all the gravity
of stoicism, and endeth—as becometh a
man with a small purse.
| COME hither Golst, thou little shining wretch,
ge 1 - I -^ nt ' te " '^ e P'cua how you're, treated ;
How many fouls you've handed to Jack Catch,
ila- I And wife philofopKers in pleasure cheated.
1.0 ! at thy name the miser Harts and Dares,
Forgets of pence and farthings hati his cares ;
jjj Rubs down his lanthern jaws.andbiilstllee walk in,
e<n I W '" " ICW man y kindred long unfecn ;
I Some, about whom our great grand daddies have
I been talking—
"d 1 And yet in stature not the leafl grown lean ;
I There little cozens, aunts, and fires lie snug
ire I Untouch'd by gensle zephyr, or the nasty bug,
5e- I But Peter will not that thou mindft his call ;
I Having of pious matter much to metirio*
en, I That is, he means to tell how much dtfTeQtiun
tc- I Thou haft created in this oarthly ball.
!y- He not lead thee back to those cursM times,
ild Wheiyrighteoufnefs crawl'd barefoot o'er vast hills
in I of crimes;
I Nor tell thee of neat manfionsin the wood,
j,. I Where happy nativts us'd to dance and caper,
nd I , Burnil, « away in pleasure life's Ihort taper—
-1- I 'rill thirst for theefprcad wide fell paflion'sbrood;
j Then fwcet Cmplicity and virtue bled,
I And kind creation hung her wecpin? head.
re I****. ,
, s > [Herethe best part of th: poem is nvffingl
hf I • . . . • . . * , . , V •
I Meek Peter scorns thee as the word of ill;
Much dreads thy entrance in his humble cot—
I Had rather bear of penury the lot,
I Than all the jileafures which thy powers inftlll.
j Thou fcattercftpoifop through the feeble mind,
I And thy vfltaries to compassion blind,
a- I
id I rh°u changed friendlkip to a falfe parade , •
as j Playeft the fool with many a feeling heart;
n, I Deeper thou plunged keen afflidtion'i dart,
Is I Then fmilft contemptuous on the wounds fhou'ft
h I made.
I E'en from the palace to cell,
te I works—curs'd Gold—in wretched ruin dwell.
(I I PETER QUINCE.
d I i.
( THE CHEERFUL PARSON.
SINCE bards are all wilhing pray why may not I ? I
I Though but a poor rhymer, for once I will try.
' I The life which I choose would be pleaiant to scarce
one,
I Yet the life which I choose is the life of a parson.
1 I First as me, kind Heaven, a fortune bellow,
r Too high for contempt, and for envy too low,
r I On which I with prudence may hope to fubtili,
I Should I be for my damnmllc dcßrint dilmifs'd.
" In a rich, farming s (hall plead,
I And D —r feel pulfrs, give physic, and bleed,
* Wdere A—t the youths and the children (hall teach,
I There may I be call'd, and there fettled to preach.
J Not damning a man foe a different opinion,
: I'd mi* with the Calvinift, Baptifl, Arminian,
Treat each like a man, like a christian and brother,
I Preach love 'o our Maker, ourselves, and each other.
. I On a snug little farm I'd provide me a feat,
j With buildings all simple, fubflantial, and neat,
I Some (beep and some cattle my paflures to graze,
I And a middlc-pric'd porey to draw my new chaise J
r When I find it no longer good ktinf aloft, .I .
1 May a mild, rural nymph become tout of mi bnt; \
• Not fix'd, like a puppet, on fafhion's ftiff wires, 1
1 But'who can be genteel, when occasion requires;
1 Whofewcalthisnotmoney; whofc beauty's not paiat; ,
1 I Not an infidel romp, nor a fourhearted faint;
S I Whofereligion'snoi heat, and her virtue not coldness,
I Nor her modesty fear, nor her wit manly boldness.
i j Thul fettled, with care I'd apportion my time '
ITo my sermons, ray wife, to my garden and rhyme, 1
I To teach the untaught, and to better the bad,
t ITo lauyh with the merry, and weep with the fad. ]
, j At the feaft, where religion might be a fpe<9ator,
, j Where friendftiip presided, and mirth was a waiter.
_ I I'd fear not to join with the good huntor'd clan,
' ,^ n<l P ,oye t * at * parson may still be a man.
I Thus blest, may my life be (lid smoothly awav,
And I dill grow more grave, as my hair grows 1
more grey;
I With age may the hope of the Christian incfeafe, i
i j And drew life's descent with the blossoms of peace. 1
4nd when we leave this world, as leave it we rtiuft,
I In rapture meet death, and fink into the dud,
! With a tear tn each eye may the parilh all fay, i
«' They were a kind pair, and did goodin their day." j
I ' !
From Marseilles. t
THE cargo I
Of the Swcdifli barque Gudavut Adolphus, from j,
Marseilles, confiding of the following articles, •
is discharging at Mr. Latimer*! wharf, and for 1
I sale by the fubferibera u
I BRANDY, well flavored, of a, 3 & 4th proof P
I Claret, in hog<hcads ' f<
I Ditto, in cafea c
I Frontigniac Wine, in cases of 30 bottles
Olive Oil, of a superior quality, in baflceti of 6
and ii bottles
I Capers I
I Olives
I Almonds
J Dry 1
I Writing Pap er I
Umbrellas (Silk) of it, 3c and 3a inches
I Taffeties g
Long and (hort white Kid Gloves for Women ""
I Silk Stockings n<
I Handkerchiefs, in imitation of MaJrafs ri
I Artificial Flowers and Garlands
Ostrich Feathers
I Ribbons
Perfumery
Scented Hair-Powder and Pomatum 1 ,(
I Manna in forts at
Cream Tartar. [;,
BENfAMIN MORGAN & „t
ROBERT ANDREWS. „
September 17. eotf
Thomas Armat and Son, f
Of PHILADELPHIA, „
INFORM their cudomers aad the public, tbey 5
have removed a part of their, merchandize to t ' l
Wilmington : Also, they have their store open in H
thecity. At ehher place their friends can be sup- au
plied, and their orders carefully attended to. w
By the Cumberland, from Hull, they have re- ■,
ceived a handsome a(T»rtment of at tides, fnitable
to the approaching fcafon ; and expert to add to it mi
by other fall (hips. Ti
Should the fickm fs prevail in the central part of hii
the city, that branch of their bulincfs will be re- m .
uiovcd to Germantown.
The communication hy pod is open and re- P' 1
Jular as usual. an
Sept. 18, ;btf it.
rl y PHILADELPHIA,
nt- SATURDAY EVENING, ~0 .
Extraft of a letter from a refpeftable citizen
oft of Philadelphia, at present residing in
he New-Jersey, to his friend in. this city,
me dated Creek, New-Jersey, Sep
cal tember 28, 1797.
me . ".I am now engaged, w ' l h a few others,
Id. m railing fubferiptions among my neighbors
ity towards the relief of the.sick and diftrefTed in
1 a our city—The fubferiptioti CcVirr.enced last
Monday, and I am happy to acquaint you
that we have met with confidence fuecefs,
upwards of 400 dollars being already raised :
we mean to make our remittance to-morrow
or next day, by which 1 time we hope to in
crease the fubfeription to about 500 dollars.
I have reason to hope that our citizens, in
in, and about Haddenfield, will follow our ex
ample, and contribute more considerably, as
TC that town contains a greater number of in
habitants."
tg, The Episcopal African Church in this
city, received contributions from the follow
ing persons in England, viz.
T(ie Duke of Grafton Three guineas.
Granville Sharp, Esq. do.
Edward Forfter, Esq. do.
Thomas Furley Forfter, Esq. do.
Mrs. Tilby One Gaines.
The Rev. Mr. Dixcm do.
T , Making in (he whole £.14 : 14 fterl.
* i Bache's- opinion ofthe present Despots of France.
From the Aurora of May 18, 179 J.
It will give an idea of the party* which
• now prevails in Paris, to mention, (and that
can be done on the authority of the Paris
" prints) that those citizens who chufe t<s dress
in a plain manner aijd without powder, are
insulted in the ftrects by the Mejfieurs, who
fide with Tallien and Freron. The leaders
of the faftion now uppermost in the Conven
tion*, are remarkable only for thefc pecula
tions and profligacy ; their reign will there
fore not be long. But while contending
faftions, impelled by private motives, thus
ft disgrace the hall of the Convention, by their
scandalous proceedings, the real pilots of
j the state digrft in secret retirement the plans
which, independent of the conduft of in
triguers and political gladiators, will con
duit the Teflel of state to the harbours of
peace and political happiness.
? 1 Every person who has followed the course
of European politics, thro' the French re
e volution, will reoollea the name of the ab
bejSieyes, and fo'mething of his political
sentiments. It will be remembered, that,
against the opinions of Thomas Paine, he
maintained, that an extensive territory could
I be governed bnt by a monarch. This man,
Robespierre saved (with many others) to
make a tool of his talents, but never trusted
hint further than in digesting the details of
i plans of which the outlines and principles
were firft laid down.—This man, the present
,* ruling party have places in the Committee of
■ Public Safety, a situation of primary import
ance. This faft is a ufeful commentaty on
the views and principles of that party.
; | The known enmity between Tallien and
. his party, and Barrere, Billaud and their ad
herents. has induced us to give more im
plicit belief to the account of the execution
! • of the latter, than, upon refle&ion, it de
serves, &c. See.
' ** The authors of tht now existing state of
things in France, and from amongst wham the
t present administrators hare been chosen.
. Mr. Fenno will serve a good cause and oblige
by inferring in his ufeful paper the within
the firft ppportunity.
28th Sept. 1797.
It ought to be remembered, that Congress
1 have passed an aft for each person to pay
Five Shillings for every offence by Cursing, ,
Swearing, or Blasphemous Oaths.
A.good thing can never come amiss, tho' '
it be late ; and it is pleasing to fee the pus- 1
sing, truth-telling, honest orator of New
■ York, called up once more to merited con
tempt. In his long, fulfome, frothy ha
rangue upon the answer to the Prelident's
Speech, the ." faftidious" citizen spoke of 1
his penetration at about seven years of age ! '
in forefeeing the consequences of the French j
union to America. A very forward and ,
promising child ! Nature, as if tickled with
so bright an inflance, seems to have prolong- J
ed his childhood to this time.
From the ALBANr CENT IN EL. <
Mr. Andrews, v
By recording in the Centinel the following c
instances of democratic veracity, you will c
gratify A CUSTOMER. I [
In the debate 011 the reported address to \
the President, during the last feflion of Con- c
grefs, Citizen Edward Livingston, a- a
mong other filly things said, "Oh ! let me e
not pass unnoticed that joy -which Iso -well t
remember to have beamed on every counte- t
nance, upon the inspiring tidings that F, ance 0
had joined her arms to ours, in defence of our J
liberties— No, it njver can be erased from my 0
heart : in the gloomy horrors of desolation n
and an affaflinating wer, I could read by the a
light of those flames which consumed my pater- f,
nal mansion, by thejoy that Jparkled in every 0
eye, how great were the consequences of her x
union to America—l feel the revival of that r |
animating joy kindle this moment in my bo- tl
fom—l will ever cherish it in my heart." f ;
Reader, pause a moment, and then judge of t ]
the veracity of ri/»z«iLivingfton'sftatement. tl
His paternal mansion was consumed in the h
autumn of 1777— Yet he tells us that he so
well remembered to have read, by the light of
ibt flames which consumed it, a treaty not
made till about four months after, at Paris. a .
To crown all, at the moment he delivered 1}
his speech, "he felt the revival of that ani- «
mating joy kindle in his bosom." It is a ««
pity the young orator had npt said that he ««
anticipated all this animating joy j xij-, that fp
■t exiited in his mind's eye,
Those who talk of bluftAng for a man whose
talents, veracity, real love of country,
have never been questioned except by a fafti
««* gaug of pretended patriots,'who, in the
pursuit of promoting themselves to office,
have vilified those eminent characters vvl/ofe
virtues and talents have procured to them
; n the. confidence of the people, should think
ln of blushing for themselves.
7« '
P" Brookes gives the following account of an ex
traordinary ctijlom which prevails in Bor
nou, an extensive inland country on the con
_rs tinent of Africa.
in « Their monarchy is eleftive. On the
death of the sovereign, the privilege of
! u chooiing a lucceffor, from among his sons,
s » without regard to primogeniture, is con
ferred on three of the most diftinguilhed
w men, whose age, and charaftor for wisdom,
»- are denoted by their title of elders. These
s - retire to a sequestered place, the avenues to
in which are carefully guarded ; and, while
their deliberations last, the princes are
as closely confined in separata chambers of the
lm palace. Their choice being made, they
proceed to the apartment "of the foverrign
. eleft, and condiift him, in filente, to the
>» gloomy place, \Vhere the unburied corpse
*• of his father, that cannot be irtterred till
the conclusion of this awful ceremony,
'• awaits his arrival. There the elders expav
tiate to him on the virtues and defefts of
his deceased parent; describing, with pa
negyric or censure, the meaiures that ex
»• alted or funk the glory of his reign. " Yotf
fee before you," fay they, " the end of
'• your mortal career: the eternal, which suc
ceeds it, will 1 be miserable or happy, in pro
"• portion as your reign shall have proved a
curse or a blefiing to your people."
h
t EXTRAORDINARY ENTERPRI7.E.
s Cadwalader Colden, in his hijlory of the
s Five Nations, gives the following remark
e able tnjlance, of savage courage and perfe
-3 verance in pursuit of revenge.
s An Indian, named Pifkaret, one of the
- captains of greatest fame among the Adi
rondacks, with four other captains, set out
for Trois-Rivieres in one canoe, each of
> them being provided with three mufquets,
3 which they loaded with two bullets apiece,
r joined with a small chain ten inches long ;
f they met with five canoes in Sorel River,
5 each having ten men of the Five Nations
on board. Pifkaret and his captains, as
■ soon as those of the - Five Nations drew
! near, pretended tor give themselves up fori
loft, and sung their death song , then fud- j
; denly fired upon the canoes, which they re
peated with the arms that lay ready lpaded,
■ and tore those birch vessels betwixt wind
and water. The men of the Five Nations
i were so surprised, that they tumbled out
• of their canoes, and gave Pifkaret and his
companions the opportunity of knocking*
i as many of them on the head as they pleaf
-1 ed, and saving the others to feed their re
| venge, which they did, by burning them
alive with the most cruel torments. This,
however, was so far from glutting Pifkaret's
revenge, that it seemed rather to give a
keener edge to it; for he soon after under
took another enterprize, in which none of
his countrymen durst accompany him : he
was well acquainted with the country of
the Five Nations, and set out about the i
time the snow began to melt, with the
precaution of putting the hinder part of
his snow shoes forward, that if any should
happen upon his footfteps, they might i
think he was gone the contrary way ; and,
for further security, weot, along- the ridges
and high grounds, where the snow was 1
melted, that bis track might be often loft ; i
when he came near one of the villages of i
the Five Nations, he hid himfelf till nijrht, i
and then entered a cabin, while every body I
was faft asleep. murdered the whole family, i
<jnd carried their scalps into his lurking l
place. The next day the people of the <
village searched for the mtirderer in vain. (
The following night he murdered all he i
found in another cabin. The inhabitants <
next day searched likewise in vain for the ]
murderer ; but the third night a watch was i
kept in every house. Pifkaret in the night c
bundled up the scalps he had taken the two t
former nights, to carry as the proof of his I
viftory, and then stole privately from house t
to house, till at last he found an Indian nod- c
ding, who was upon the watch in one of r
the houses ;he knocked this man the r
head ; but as this alarmed the reft, he was 1
forced immediately to fly. He was, how- 1
ever, under no great concern from the pur- t
suit, being more fwift of foot than any f
Indian then living. He let his pursuers [
come near him from time to time, and then r
would dart from them. This he did with i
design to tire them out with the hopes of c
overtaking him. As it began to grow dark, r
,he hid himfelf, and his pursuers flopped to c
reft- They not being apprehensive of any e
danger from a single man, soon fell asleep, fl
and the bold Pifkaret observing this, knock- a
ed them all on the head, and carried away p
their scalps with the reft. Such stories as v
these are told among the Indians, as extra- r
ordinary instances of the courage an 3 con- 1
dust of ther captains. The Indians will r
often travel thus three or four hundred p
miles singly, or two or three in company, g
and lurk about their enemy's borders for ;
several weeks, in hopes to revenge the death c
of a near relation or dear friend. Indeed t
they give themselves so very much up to f<
revenge, that this pafilon seems to gnaw I<
their fouls, and give* them no reft till, they ri
fatisfy it. It is this delight in revenges fl
that makes all barbarous nations cruel; and f;
the curbing filch pailions is. one of the e.
happy effefts of being civilized- h
h
ENGLISH ANECDOTE. i(
A COUNTRY schoolmaster, who afted tl
as barber to his village, being in dilpute with c:
the parish clerk on a point of grammar, tl
" 'Tis downright barbarism," said the clerk, tl
" Barbarism !" replied the pedagogue ; p
" do you meant tojinfult me ? A barber 'ir
speaks as good English as a pnri'fh clerk, any a
day.'' \ r
e Ttanflated for the (-N. T.) 'Gazette,
t. From a work lately printed at Pari] by
i- c.ois Bonneville,-in two •volumes. Vol l,
,e P a S e 59> fpeulti'S of thofi ly whom the re
volution has been conduced, and whom alcnt
e it has benefitted, he fays :
n " Go, O you who hrlve conspired to
k beggarize the honest man, fettle the impious
calculation of your riches ; go, fee the vic
tims that despair facrifices to yqu every day ;
f- and read on the lank visages of those who'
«- dill revolt at suicide, how much they curse
i- you, how complete is the measure of your
criminality ! You have dipped my foul in
e gall ; it will no more be alive to the impref
if iions of forgivenefs—it will break rather
, than bend ! You have only left the neceflity
- of doing wrong, or the resource of death to
' those who had not the insolent courage to
, speculate like you on the lives ofyour fel
e | low-creatures, for I will not fay yqtir fel
"» low-citizens : Tots have no country J 7~ou
e will never have any ! Tour intfrcfl is your
e God ; arjd provided you have the'leifure to
e drown yourfclves, without shame, without
f bounds, without-delicacy, and without tad*
in the wade and not of fuperfluouß things*
■ at the fame time that you hold in your hands
- without pity articles of the firft neceflity,
1 you never trouhle yourfelvcs with what be
, comes of the universe ; you do not even take
J P™ns palliate your rapine ; 'you make
f a trophy of it, and arfwer to the unfortu
nates who cry and who accuse you, that
- they ar£ fools, for not imitating you."
i "It is then for you that the state has
made war ; it is you who have profitted by
the discredit of her paper, in. paying yortr
- debts with what your unremitted exertions
i have contributed to depreciate ; it is thro'
you that the honest man is about to die, in
being compelled to receive from you the
means of subsistence for a day which mult
r serve him a year."
" Could any thing else be expeded when
the dregs of the nation are uppermost ?
Would he who h;»d known FtliWee formerly,
recognize her to-daj > Would he recoiled,
in the attire of a princess, the miserable ob
jeft who was at the corner of the dreet ; if
her hoarse voice, the thick (kin of her face
and bands, the folly of her discourse, her ig
noble manners and her insolence did not dis
cover her through the rich disguise, with
which (he is covered by speculation ? Would
he know those furious revolutionids, those
valets of every regimen, those felf-ftyled
Spartans, in the gilded equipage which for
merly belonged to their maftera; if they •
had not preserved in their manner of living,
and even in the choice of their *lothes, all
their primitive taste ; if the force of habit
did not sometimes carry them behind tfieir
coaches, after having refpeafully. helped in
the pToftitute, whojhinks so little.of herfclf,
as to feN "them her favors ? 1 have.seen these
diftraftiong ; I fee them still ! I grumbled
at thembecyafe I to keep it to my
felf : my country is covered with mud ; be
cause I hear men, who call themfeives patri
ots and philosophers, cry out that it fignifies
little to government, in .whose- hands for
tunes are placed, provided that.'.they exist,
and that the government can aflefs its taxes.
What then will become ofthe agein which
we live, if robbery can become a source of
public felicity ; if the guarantee nf property
exists only for robbers \ if after having de
molidied as immoral all great fortunes, it is
neceifary for the state to rebuild them in
the hands of thieves, at the expenee of eve
ry thing honest ?"
REMARKS.
Such are some of the blefled <jfFefts of the
total difofganization of civil society, or what
is called a revolution ; by which the industri
ous mechanic and the refpedable farmer are
mod commonly ruined, and the idle, the a
bandoned and profligate, who are always stir
ring up mifchief and trouble, enriched by
the disorder they have created. I view fre
quent revolutions as pregnant with so many
evils and crimes, that those who dire&ly or
indireftly foment them ought to be branded
as the greatest enemies of human happiness..
How often have a few desperate villains,
under the plaulible, specious pretext of ne
cessary moderate reformation, introduced
the moll horrid anarehy, butchery and rob
bery—overturning the mod sacred institu
tions fetting father against child, and
child against father—promoting feuds a
mong frienus, and'dcadly anrirtofities amono*
neighbours > That the revolution in France
has not tended to the good of the people at
large, is glaring to every perfijn who knows
the general misery which prevails in that un
fortunate country. The great body of the
people have only changed mailers—have, in
i eturn foi their former landlords, who were
in general, polite, refined and humane, re
ceived as mailer's a banditti of idle, lawless
ruffians, at once brutal, unpoliihed, and un
civilized. Ihe great estates formerly own
ed by men whom a principle of honor re- '
drained within the bounds of moderation
and benevolence, are now owned by the des
perate unprincipled villains who have per
verted the objed of the revolution, and car*.
ried it to such an unheard of extreme.
Property is gone out of the hands of honed
men, into that of scoundrels ; and the poor
of France, w|lo hardly own a An
gle acre of the foil they cultivate, have by
the glorir.us revolution, only be ome demo,
cratic instead of feudal vaiTals. They have
this additional mortification', that their pre
iep.t brutal, unpolifljeJ and *nprincipled
lords are deftitutt of that mild douceur, that
refinement of manners, which makes even
slavery itfelf supportable. It is a notorious
fad, that the greater part of those immense
estates which were ccnfifcattd in France,
have'througli iniquitous laws, got into the
hands of the most furious of the revolution
ids, who have paid little or nothing for
them, by means of a paper-currency depre
ciated to almost nothing. lam convinced
thattlie war owes long continuance to
the rears of the n...rs of France and their
partisans, of being dripped of their iic
menfe and i!l-gottc» polTeilions, which they
are fe ß fible will be taken from them on the
•vyitofa general peace, and whith they