TO BE LET, And pofiTcfiinn given the ill |amiai'y, The House No. 107, Areh-llreet, Near the corntff of Third £>trect —For further jr.-Mculars, enquire as above, or at N'o* S3, Vine 7 S rcet. v=: Oecember 27 Office of the Insurance Company E OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA" ' IN consequence of, an appiicarton froryi a pumber of Proprietors of Stock, ma le agreeably to the ail of incorporation, a general meeting' of the J StockhpHcr* is particularly requcfted on Wedntf w day, the 3d January next, at 11 o'clock, at the oinc-j oh the Company SAM. W. FISHER, Scc'ry. December i 6. dtjJ J d Hyson and Young-Hyson Teat e A few chefl? of excellent Quality, For Sale, cor ner oF Second and P«»« ftret ts. 1. December 26. cots 1 Prifo"n Manufactory. h FOR SALE, t At thePrifon of the City and County of Philadel- a phia, £ C?ut Nails of all (izes, from 3dy to 2ody Flooring Bracta. Springs fiddle and card Tacks Oakum and chippr ! Logwt od n Shoemakers and Sailers Thread fc Alfo —Sawed* Marble; fuirahie for citrrirrV tabl<% a tomb and hear Rones, hearth*, chimney pieces, pia;»onrs, slabs, facia, window hea-K fUls, c . AH which may he had on reai'onable. terms, c Shoe* male and Weaving done at said Prison at r m v'eratc price. c Orders fro-n a direiled to Daniel Tho- f mas, a*>eat i'or the pri(un, will be attended to. j Dtfcembcf 26 mth6m L EFT ; At Aldcrman'Bedford's office, Lombardftrtet, No. 88, ibout three weeks jpo, a whole piece t of cotton, supposed to he (lolen-r*ny person having loft tht lame, proving property' and pay ing charges may have it again. I)ere>i«ber 26. *eo.it. 1 Sele£t Subscription Balls. NEW ASSEMBLY ROOM, l South Fourth Hreet, btfvccn Chcfaut ani Wililut flrtets. MX.fRANCIS ref[ic(flfully informs th« fubferi- t bern to tba a'jov ■ Balls, that the firft will be I on Tucfilay, the »d of January, 1798. a few names to the Seleist Subscription BalU ( will be admitted,»by jjiplication to Mr. Francis, 30. 70, north Eighth (Ireet. 1 Terms of fubfeription—each fubferiber to pay £ Five Dollars, which entitle* him to a Gentleman'* j Ticket, and cards of adroiffion for two l.adie», to each of the four Balls—The Balls to be htld every othei Tuesday. The number of fubferibers to be limited to forty. ' Sublcribers' Tickets will be ready for delivery < on Saturday the 30th inft. \ Mr. Francis's days of teaching for his young , pupils sre Thnrfdays and Satuidays from 3 o'clock _ 11 the altiTnoon till 6, ani from 6 till 9 for those ' of a more advanced age. Private tHition either at 1 the /XfTcmlily Royrh, or at his House No. 70 ] North Eight Street. ] N.B. Due notice will be given of Mr. Francis's fbcond PraiSiQng Ball. Dec. a 6. itiij flow LANDING, From on hoard the Clip Farmer, lying at Harper's Wharf, Clafet in hhds. Ditto in cases Sjuternc Wine in do. For Sale, apply to John Whitefides & Co. No. 138, Market-street. Also, on hand, Bourdeaus Brandy in pipes Fine old Antigua Kum A few cales of Claret, of a superior quality. novomb'T ao. _ § English Urammar, The fccond cdiiion, 'with improvimcnls, ADAPTED to the .lifierenr chffes of learners; with an appendix, containing rules and ob servations for affiftiog the more advanced students 1 to write with perfpiruity and accuracy, By LINDLEY MURRAY. " This is a publication of much merit, and fully answers the profeflions ill the Title. The appen dix contains fume of the bed rule* for writing a- Jcgantly, and with propriety, that we recoiled to have seen." Mssthly Rr-vii'<w, "July 1796. " 1 his Grammar is, 0:1 many iccounts entitled to commendatory netice, its mateiiaJs have been carefully and judiciously felefted ; its arjangement is diftind and well adapted to the purpole ol in flrudtion and its exnreffion i* Cmple, pcripicuous and accurate, Stc<."jA' See the cbarafier at large in the Analytical 1 Rcvieiu, y«!y 1796 English Exefcifes, Adapted to the Grammar lately publifted by I.indley Murray, confiding of exemplification of the parts of fpeeeh, inftancesof falfe orthography, violations of the rules of syntax, defe«is in punc tuatior, and violations of t!.ie rules r-efpeiling pcrfpicuity and accuracy, designed f«r the benefit ' of private learntrs, as well as for theufe of schools. " W« have been much pleased with the petuUl of thefc ExercHes. They occupy with distinguish ed excellence a most important place in the fciencc of the English language; and as such, we con warmly recommend them to the Teachers of Schools, as well as to all those who are delirous of attaining correotnefs and preciiion in their native tongue." 1 MonthlyJlevieiu, Jnly 1797. The above Books are for sale at Joseph & James Crukshanks book flors, No. 87, Market flrect. December I. atawaw. For Sale, by the Package, For cash, or good notes at sixty or ninetydays, viz. Book and Jaconet Muslins plain ") stripes, and Checks ! Afibrttd in do. do. Tamboured oarkace*. do. Ladies handkerchiefs, & | P k gentlemen's neck do. J Jaconet chintz muslin for home and the Weft liidin market, Pullicote and linen handkerchiefs, for do. do printed do. do. common purple and chintz-(b»wl». The above goods entitled to drawback on ex portation. Alio a few scotch cambricks and an afibrtment of muslin by the piece. The whole of the above being a consignment from the manufacturers in Britain. To be seen at William Biackburn's r Office, No. 64, South Second Street. Nov. 6. i - : A Front Room, suitable for an Office or Counting house, with a large Cellar. Any person who may rent the above, may (if re quired) be acccfnmpdated with Board and Lodg ing in the fame house. Enquire at no. 180, South Front, near Pine ftrcct. j December ij. 3 aw 3 w iz%c<saism.- J v ——»■ iv PHILADELPHIA, TfTtJRSDAY .EVENING,' a3- ; t - • ■• -- -' ~ - ; i (TRANSLATION.) Extract from the regilters of the defibera- ' c tions of the eommiffion delegated by the < French government to the Windward , Iflandi. < The commissioners, considering that their i decree of the 23 Floreal, iri the 4th year, by j which they take upon themselves the judg ment of prizes, had been approved by the executive direflory who had confidtifed the difficult fituatipn of the eommiffion 2 Considering that the refutation of the executive direftory dated 14 meffidor, in the 4th year, enjoining the agents of the repub lic to treat neutral vessels in the fame man ner as they fuffer the English to treat them, has been the only guide of the eommiffion for upwards of a year past, during which they hare been left to themfelvas, without any kind of succour, and even, without in formation from the government : Considering the present condition of the 1 northern part of the colony, conftantlv , blockaded for upwards of a twelvemonth by an English squadron who do not permit to enter in our ports any but such as may'ef- ; cape their rapacity : . Considering that the Englilh, regardkfs of neutral flags and of the laws of nations, stop all American veflels laden with provi sions bound for the ports of the colony, and carry them into the Mole, where a great number of them are condemned : Considering that the decrte of the execu tive directory, dated 12 Ventofe last, com municated by admiral Barney excites the, eommiffion to (often the measures which had been founded on the examples given by the English relative to neutrals— Yet the eommiffion, desiring to conform not only to the orders, but likewise to the intentions of the executive directory, when the fame (hall come to their knowledge— have decreed and do decree as follows : Art. 1, The decree of the eommiffion dated 18 Nivofe last, declaring good prize neutral vessels expedited for English ports, and coming from the fame, is hereby re pealed. 2d. And nevertheless, by way of re- I prifal with regard to the English, who, in contempt of the laws of neutrality daily take out of th«ir course, neutral vessels bound for the French port 6 of the colony, when laden with provisions, the French privateers are authorized to take into the ports of the re public, neutral refWs bound for English ports when laden with provisions, and there shall be paid to the said privateers by way of indemnity, one dollar for each barrel of flour and salted flefh meat which shall be in troduced. 3d. The decree ef the eommiffion dated the 6th Nivofe last declaring good prize neu tral vessels deflfned for the ports of the Lee ward and Windward Islands of America, given up to the English, occupied and de fended by the, emigrants, shall continue to be executed according to its form and until otherwise ordered by the commiflon. 4th. There shall be formed at the town of the Cape a court composed of three judg es and one reporting secretary, whieh court (hall be charged with proceeding to the judgment of rhe prizes, and matters incident to and depending thereon, of which infor mation shall have been given by the justices of the peace, granting to them for this pur pose, every necessary authority, jurifdiftjon and cognizance. sth. The eommiffion have appointed and do appoint the citizens Adelon, captain de Vaiffeau in the service of the republic ; James Hngues, nephew, merchant at the Cape ; Cormaux, the elder, lawyer and no tary at the Cape, judges of the said tribu nal ; have named and do name citizen Po-. , lony, the elder, lawyer, and interpreter of the \ English language, reporting secretary of the said tribunal, without having a delib ' efative voice therein. I 6th. The secretary shall report to the said court the business which shall be bro't, as well as the oppofitionß and incidents ■which may be presented to it ; and the . Judgments therein rendered on the fubjett ; of the said prizes (hall be by Kiir> delivered, , and he shall be allowed a commiflon for the more speedy expedition of the business, and : the minutes of the said judgments and all the papers relative to the prizes shall be de -1 posited by the said secretary among the ar - chives of the eommiffion. 7th. The judges of the peace shall fend J to tht said secretary the proceedings of in- I formation and all the papers found on beard : of the said prizes, and the secretary shall keep an exaft account of all the proceed ings sent to him, and of the day on which * he ffiall have rec«ived them ; and they shall proceed in the following decade at fartheft, to the judgment of the prize, unless a claim ant should present himfelf. Bth. The judgment of the prize court (hall be submitted to the revision of the eom miffion. 9th. The members of the said prize court /hall tax the judgments according to equity and good conscience, and shall be held to write wi|h their hands, on the minutes of the judgments on which they shall take em oluments the taxes they shall have imposed, and the said judges aid secretary of the said n court shall receive no other compensation than those allowed them by the present ar t j tide. I 10th. The allowance of the the two and 8 ' a half per cent, to the justices of peace by ' the arret of the 26 Frimaire in the sth - year is and shall be reduced to one per cent. ( only, for all the expences of sale and liqui -1 dation of the prize—nevertheless, the said judges shall continue to be paid as hitherto, - for their time in proportion to the inftruc ' tions with which they shall be charged. 1 nth. Communication shall be made to ! the prize court of all the paprri deposited amorig the archives of the de which may serve it as instructions. wi The present decree shall be printed, put?-, T lifhed,"&c; or Done as the Cap« the 27th Vendcmaire, so • 6th year of thi' French republic, one and it: i itidivifible, tl I Signed on the register of the minutes,the Ii j commiffioaer of the French government, di < RaIMOND. ill 1 The gaueral secretary, Pascal. tl ' True Copy, it j (Stamp) n The gsneral feGretary of the commission, PASCAL. jc T Fnm iht Philadelphia Gazette. fj MR. brown, ri From the report of the secret committee, e ' now pubbfhtd' by order of the Houfc of Re- tl prcfcn!atiVcs'', it appears, page 14. that on v ■ the iathofjuly the Spaniih minister, the b 1 Chevalier d'Yrujo, called on the committee J 1 anct made a communication marked A.B.C, v 1 in the appendix to (the report, page 133. si t and of which the following is an exact tranf- d - lation. viz. c " Copy of a declaration made to the minister t ■ of his Catholic 3fujejly, by Citizen Mitchell, f ' an inhabitant if the State of Teneffee." 1. That there have been inTifted by the { 1 person called: Chidiolm,an English.agent and t ■ an inhabitant of Teneffee, 1000 inhabitants 1 of" that state, who are deftkied for an at- t ■ tack on the ports of Baton Rouge of Nc<w { 1 Gates and of Eiors a Marfot." 1 2. " That Chifholm has reconnoitered i the whole of Louisiana and of the two Flo- t t ridas, and has takan ftrps for engaging the t Creek and Cherokee Indians to turn their ] ■ arms against the Spanish possessions." 1 3. " That Chifholm has obtained a lift, ( e which he now holds, of 1500 Tories, or < i English royalists at the Natches, who have 1 e engaged to take up arme in favour of the • English the moment they /hall appear to at a tack Lower Louisiana, and to inarch from ] e thence against Santa Fe." i 1 4. " That there is now affeaibling, on 1 - the Lakes, a force Composed of 500 English regulars, 700 Canadian militia in pay, and 1 2000 Indians to be commanded by captain e Brandt." i, 5. " That this force is to descend the II :- linois river, and attack St. Louis and New- Madrid : from whence, following the eourfe - of the river St. Francis, and Ackanfas, it n i- to march against Santa Fe." • e 6. " That Chifholm has procured fix field r pieces, the fame which were to have been n employed in Genet's expedition, and has e lodged them in the hands of his agents on :- the Teneffee river." h 7. " That the rendezvous for the A e mericans, is fixed at Knoxville on theTen y iieffee, on the firft of Joly." if 8. " That consequently Chifholm, who 1- has made the proper dispositions on all these heads, and reported them to the minister d Lifton, who was to take his passage on the I- 28th of March from Philadelphia to London on board of a 'vcfCrl cleared out for Hambro' i, in order to commuiucate his proje& to the government* aJid d?n»and ships and money o for its exaction.? m r, 9. " Finally, as proof of what he has al i. ledged, Citizen Mitchell placed in my hands n an official letter from Chifholm, a copy of r- which is hereiHito annexed." rt Done at Philadelphia, July 12. 1797. le This date of July 12th 1797 evidently it refers to thetiisewben the Chevalier d'Yrujo r- made a copy of this communication for the cs of being presented to the Commit r- tee, and not to the time when the commu >n nication itfelf was made to him This copy, which I have examined, is in the hand-wri id ting of the Chevalier .* and as appears by le the report as ahove cited, was presented to :; the committee the next day; viz : July 13 le There is in tire margin of the paper, a note o- alio in the hand writing of the Chevalier II- d'Yrujo, which by some accident does not o-. appear in the printed copy, and which dates jf that the communication was made by Mitch ry ell to the miniftrr on the 20th of March b- This diftinftian of dates is important; and it is further confirmed by thecommuiiication iie itfelf ;fin the eighth clau(e of whichit isftat t, ed, " that Chifholm, having made his dif ts positions See. tuet 'U fail from Philadelphia ic to London ow the 28th of March. The dt term " was tofail" (devoit pariir) manifeftly d, refers to a future day; and consequently the he communication was made brfart thu 28th of id March, and while Chifholm <was flill in Phi ill ladelphia. This also is a circumstance im le- portaut to be remarked. It is, moreover, ir- the Chevalier d'Yrujo, having received this communication on the 2D th of nd March, as appears from the above mention n- ed note, must have known that Chifholm rd was to remain in Philadelphia 8 days after all this disclosure of his designs took place, d- Why then did not the Chevalier d'Yrujo ch commtnicate this discovery to our govern all ment on the 20th of March, and in-all the ft, details in which he had received it ? Chi na- fholm was yet in Philadelphia, and might have been arretted. The difpatehes with irt which he was charged might have betn ex m- amined. The whole scheme might have been arretted and broken up in its infancy, irt Was it so uninteresting to us, that the mi ty nifter of afriendly nationcould have thought to it not worth difelofing ? Certainly net; of for it was, if real, to involve our neutrality m- and out peace-; and even if fidtitious, as in d, all its most material parts it has appeared to lid be, still it mightJbecome the ground of mif on understanding and jtaloufies between us and ar- our neighbours, and a motive, or a pretext for delaying the executioh of our treaty with nd hi§ own nation. by In this latter way we find that he adtual tb ly did use it. Tnftead of difelofing it to our it. own government, which could have crushed ui- it at once, he concealed it from us, and loft lid no time in notifying it to the Spanish gov to, ernor of Louisiana, who immediately nwde »c- it a pretext for retaining the forts, and re fufing to execute any part of the treaty. - to It is evident therefore tha't the Spanish mi ed nifter did not wish to fee Chifholm's projedts defeated, but to find in them a pretext for po withholding the posts on the. Mfiifippi.— go There is little doubt of his being under the ha orders of a malignant Frenchman, known vvc for his unbounded hatred to this country and j M its government; and generally considered as trj the secret agent of France in this country, an In this tpnfadtion therefore we may plainly wl discern the traces of French hostility and br intrigue, which, for.the piirpofe of ruling pa this country, unceafisgly attempts to excite w! its people against its government, and so- th reign nations against the country itfelf. j th Should itbefaid that the Chevalier d'Yru- th jo did give our government this information hi ' I answer, No. On the second of March he b) spoke to the Secretary of (late of " the just so reasons which he j.ad for fufpedb'ng that an is, expedition was preparing on the Lakes oh w the partof the English," the objedt of which di was " to attack upper Louisiana, and take, : by furpril'e, the posts of St. Louis and New it : Madrid," and declared that the proofs m , which he had been able to obtain after the k firft verbal mention of that fubjedt, a few at ■ days before,had confirmed him in his fufpif- ifr cion that the Erigli£h troops, meditatiug j a] • this Coup-de-Main, intendedtopafs through ci , some parts of our territory. al In answer to this he was assured by the ( p : Secretary of state, on the nth of March, c; 1 that the government of the United States ' el s had no knowledge of any circumstances in- ti - dicative of such a design, and would pur- n > sue all proper measures for protedting the ;f< neutrality of their territory. ' o 1 Nothing further passed on the fubjedt till k - the 21 ft of April fallowing, one month as- d : ter the Chevalier d'Yrujo had received o r Mitchell's communication, and twenty-three id days after the time at which, as he knew, 1< , Chifholm was to fail for London. On that a r day, he wrote a second letter to the Secret e tary of state, which is in the following a e words : r " Whilst I possess new reasons for be- p (l Jieving that it is intended to carry into ef fect the expedition agarntt Upper'Louifiana c n on the part of the English, by violating the r h territory of the United States, as was man- I d ifeftec} to you in my letter ofthp2dof March r n last, I must add that I know, to a'certainty, t that the English have made propositions to t 1- general Clark, of Georgia, in order to avail e themselves of his influence in that state, to- e "e ■ gether with some other persons, for mak it ing a diversion, or serious attack, against Florida ; and as by your letter of the nth d of last month, you assure me that the Uni n ted States would take theneceffary measures is for causing their neutrality to be refpedted. n Ido not doubt that in confequencc of this my information, the executive government l- will take proper steps, in order that Geor l- gia also should not infringe the Jaws of neu trality to the injury of the poffefiions of the io king my matter." fe Here there is not the smallest hint of the er information received from Mitchell, which le related to this very fubjedt, and which it m was so important to ourgovernment to pot s' fefs. No hint given of any details, nor le is any single circumstance brought into view :y whereby the government could be led to fufpe6k that its own citizens were engaged il- in the projeft ; or directed to the proper is sources of information. By this condudt, of which, to speak the 'most tenderly of it, was most disingenuous and unfriendly, our gov 7. ernment was kept wholly in the dark about ly a plot, of the most serious import to its in jo terefts and its peace, which, to the knowl :ie edge of the Spanilh minister, was then go it- ing on, and which he was himfelf, using as u- a pretext for refufing to execute a folemu jy, treaty. ri- Such, throughout this affair, has been iy the conduct of this person, who with a neg to left of decorum whereof diplomatic history, [3 before the days of the French republic, ne te ver furnilhed an example, has dared to infin er uate that our government was desirous of ot conniving at enterprises formed, in the :es heart of our eountry, against, the poffef h- Cons of Spain. h Norhanhis conduit been ltfs marked with nd a disregard of truth, than with a negleft of on decorum. On the 26th of March 17971 it- the Secretary of state wrote to him, by or if- der of the President, requesting to be in iia formed what steps had been taken for with he drawing the Spanish troops from th« posts Jy on the Miffifippi, pursuant to our treaty he with Spain, the ratifications of which had of then been exchanged nearly eleven months. hi- To this enquiry, on so important a fubjedt, m- and from so refpedtable a quarter, he delay er, cd to answer for more than a month ; a de ng lay which the ordinary forms of civility be of tween individuals, would have forbidden in m- the cafe of a private note on the most triv lm iaJ fubjedt. At length, on the 17th of A ter pril, he answered in fourlines, faying " that not having received letters from the gover ijo nor of Louisiana for many montht, he knew :n- nothing about the matter and that "an he indisposition, from which he bad not yet re hi- covered, had prevented him from replying rbt sooner !" Prevented for a whole month, th by an indijpo/itioa, from writing a note of :x- four lines, in answer to an important en ive quiry from the President of the United ;y. States ! Yet that indisposition neither con ni- fined him to his house, nor prevented him rbt from feeing Mitchell, on the 20th of March st ; 4 days after the enquiry from the President ity had been made, from examining him, and in taking down his examination in writing, at to considerable length, and with his own hand ! us- Such was the condudt of this person, who md made it a pari of hr* insolent accsfations :xt against the Secretary of state, that a cem ith muiiication of his own, made on the idot March, and requiring careful examination, ; lal- was not answered till the nth of March; aur although during this short period, of 9 days, led one President had gone out o-f office and a- 1 [oft nother come in, aiid all the hurry of bufi ov- ness attending the close of a fefGon yf eon ade grefs had intervened ! rc- But why, it may be asked, did this min ister depart from his system, and lay before mi- the committee a copy of Mitchell's cusmmu :dts nication ? It certainly was sot for the pur- pose of giving information by which our government might be enabled to aft ; for had that been the motive, the disclosure would have been made to the executive, ia ; March, while fchifholm was yet in the.coun try, and with his papers, might have been arretted. The information was withheld when it might have been ufefal, and was brought forward at a time when it wascom paratively of little importance, at a time too, when the explosion having taken place, and the discovery being made by other means, the Spanish niinifter might have supposed that the best method of avoiding the poxTi bility of appearing as a party in thebufinefs, by reason of his concealment, wasto turn in former, and tell what he knew about it. It i is, probably, in this way of thinking that i we mult search for the naotives of his con i dust. , As to th:s communication of Mitchell, r it has appeared to bo utterly falfe in all its 3 mod material points. Every body now ; knows that no collection of troops ever was r attempted on the lakes, or elsewhere on our - i frontier, and not a fhadowof evidence has r ; appeared to prove that Chifholm had pro- L a cured any cannon, or engaged any persons, at tlie Natches, or elsewhere, to join in his e projedt, except fclount. The whole story A , came from Chifholm, who told it to Mitch s ' ell, and vvho, from the report of thecom - rnitte?, and the examinations which are an - ncxed to it, appearsto be a lying babbling e ; fool, entitled to no credit or attention, nor ! obtaining any from a single person who II knew him. And yet this is the story, thus > derived, and thus supported, which, with d out proof, without enquiry, and without e 1 disclosure to our government by whom a •, lone the proper enquiries could be it and the proper steps taken, is madethe pre text for refufing to execute a folealn nation g al treify, whereon depends many important rights and interests |"of two countries, and » ■- perhaps their peace. f- The people of the United States will dif a cern the hostile head whereby this machine e ry is secretly moved; and while they cannot l- help bestowing forae small portion of indig h nation on the contemptible agent who is of r, ttnfibly employed, they will find in these 0 tranfadtions, new motives for repelling, with il energy and watohfulnefs, the open and c»n -- eealed aggreflions of his dire&ers. t . BIVIS. ft .1.1 I 1 GONGRESS. " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, d. > 15 Delate on a motion to re-confider\the quejlion for pofponing the consideration of a Bill supple mentary to an AS for preventing certain * u crimes aga'mjl the United States, pajfed June* "" 5> 1 794' " n td thefirjl Monday in February. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26. be Mr. Shepard having made the motion on the ground of mistake, and another mem ,f. ber who voted with him having seconded it, or Mr. Pinckney said,. if the question were , w to be re-considered, he fhouid wjfh to hear t0 the reasons why gentleman wilted the !üb e(J jest to be so long postponed. He thought , er the provisions in this bill were much better } than those which at present regulated the , as arming of vessels :he wished, therefore, , v _ that the business might net be so long defer ut red. . n . Mr. Otis hoped the vote would be re ,]. considered. He thought much less time r Q . would be fufficient for gentleman to inverti ng gate this fubje&. He wished that the bu nH finefs might be coolly examined, and that such measures might be Adopted, with ref er, pe£t to the arming of our merchant vessels, ,g. as the good of the country required ; and r y ; not, when a fubjedt of as great magnitude le . as any which might be discussed during the ; n . session, was brought before the house, that of the consideration of it should be postponed, h e by a silent vste, for four weeks. He tho't e f_ such a measure very extraordinary, and preg nant with humility and disgrace to the j t ]i country, at a time when our fuffering com 0f merce called aloud for proteftion. Whether they would protest it or not, is a question 3r . which should be fairly considered aud deter in. mined upoa , but, when a proposition was th- was brought forward, which had a view to ,ft s this fubjeft, by what latent fear, he asked, ity were gentleman palsied, that such a measure IJt d should be thus procrastinated ?He invoked h B . the Genius of the Country to rescue the A Union from the disgrace which hung over j V - over it ; that a time when the commerce of d* e _ the Country, which had so greatly contri be- bnted to its prosperity, lay prostrate, and ; n a bill was reported which had in view its •iv. prottftion, a motion should be agreed to to A- the consideration of it for four or hat five weeks. He hoped gentlemen would r e r- not persist in thus a&ing ;he wished as long iew a time to be given as was necessary for an confideringthe fubjeft, but notthat it should re- be laid behind the curtain, on account of ing any fears which gentlemen were unwilling th, to disclose. of Mr. Harper trufled his friend from Maf-- en- faehufetu, when he informed the house he ted should be sgainfl reconsidering thr question on- would not impute his eon4u£t to fear. He lim voted for making this fubjeift the order of rch the day for the firft Monday in February, eftt not because he felt any fear, but he did it, and and he should do it-agaio, because the Will at brought into view a fubjsdt, for the difcuf id ! fion of which they were not prepared. — ?bo" Why not prepared ? Becauff, at tie last ons fefTioii, they had negatived,- contrary to jm- his opinion of what ought to have been [of done, the defenfive measures then pnipofed ; On, I for he then thought, and continued to think :h ; i that it would have been well to have follow ,ySj ed up pacific ftepsby energetic measures of 1a- defence. He did all he could to induce the ufi- house to be of this opinion, but he was on-' not fuccefsful ; and as it had been resolved to leave the state of things as they found iin- them he meant to adhere to this relolutior., 'ore until he heard from oar negociators. When nu- ever the time should come for this country >ur- to trfke meafutts of defence, he truftcd his " *
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