1 the g'lides of fv-i£J?t politics, no longer de | serve her confidence ; and must defend her , injured rights with the spirit of a free, f uTL '' | reign and independent nation. A Hate of public affairs is near, or rather is coinc, when ren cement is *ec«flary to preserve.the union, ext If a certain party have a diftinti nbjeft, tm which I hope tii?y have not, it ii»a fep4r3- t4 tion of the states; when the southern part is of ■to be put under the care and proteftion o thi »the French republic. It is hitbtr their re- by ' gular and unceatiifg course of political aftion bu j has tended. Fiom a lot so difaftroXJS, the arj 1 Lord save those states." : In the Honfi of Lrfird*, Nov. 8; Lprd fa Vjfcojint Duncan, being introduced between a« Lord Hood aird Lord Viscount Newai*t tb :" »he I ord CtMniCcllor ruse to commnni- 1 so cate to h m i:i his place the mnnimpus «o thanks of the house, which he did in a rery eij handsome speech. He said that as a <lark. en of Particular refpeft for his Lordillip, the a,i\ House hid been a thing ai un Tt precedeiited as the glorious at*hievcmfnt wl which had given life to the proceeding, th He had, in compliance with the voice of the an Hotife, to communicate to bim theirthanks hy for his aiWvity and talents displayed in the ivi course of the thret years he had command ed the fleet stationed in the North Seas: for <Ol his firmnefs and spirit upon the trying pfr pr cafioa wher he was deserted by a ow lWs fleet in a ftattof mutiny; and,■ inline, va for his gallant co»duft in the of the a« 11 th of Oft. which terminated in a brilliant tf-; and decJGve vJftot', unexampled in the na- G rs val annals of this «ouhtryj a 'viftory which T essentially contributed to tVe fafsty cF this tri m empire, by fru ft rating the prtfumptuoas de- u{ ie (igns of the e»emy. ' f' l 'f Lord Viscount Duncan said, that as he bt ' was not much accustomed to fpe*k in pub- fe 3 ' lie, he (hould confine Mfnfelf to a very few p, ,s words. He felt the deipeft gratitude for ui le th,. .h» had conferred !r \'i <jt>o !'••• -fA ; e5 ' t,:o v ' Jr 'r 0 uromid w; : v. 4: v I ~k, *r :• W .It "fg '-j <-■ '.• ith-e'i ~ Ltf - ;M- r-aJi j a " That an humble address be prefeutcd to e " his Majesty, assuring him that w : e have ta- al 3 " ken into our most serious coniideration the a! papers w/iich had been laid on the Table rg latiYeto tba negociation forpcafee; that in ft ie the which had-been taken we have d recognised the pacific disposition evinced by a >e his Majesty thioughout the whole of its 1 j| pregrefs, and observed the inveterate hoftil- t< ity of the'enemy, that while on the one vi | s hand his Majesty has given an example of o the greatest moderation, the enemy on the ti other have abandoned every pacific difpofi- t< tion; that they entertained the most deter- w mined hatred and animosity to the Conftitu- h e tion, laws and liberties of this country; that o '' the deftruftion of cur confttution and gov- d ernment ii the objeft at whicl* - they aim; t> that we are determined to defend, at every / 0 hazard, his majesty's person and govern- tl V ment; that we know that great exertions y are necessary; but that, nottVitliftanding, we li are prepared and refolvcd to stand or fall p with th; coplitytioD* laws, and liberties, upon which the happiness of every class of community essentially depends." j The address being read by the Lord . Chancellor, was then put and carried nem. :* . ' , Further ExtraSsfrom 7~oa/tG's EJfaji. ' " Our yw philosophers likewise teH us, 1 that "it is absurd for one generation to {c 11 chooft a forra of govfrnment for awather, or for any generation to make laws for pof- |; terity ; and therefore no succeeding gener- te j ation is bonnd to adhere to that government fu which their fathers set up, nor to submit to tr ' any rulers whom themselves have notccho w e fen."—But if this doftrine is once admit e ted, there is an end to all government, of ® all commerce, and of all lociety, civil and e i religious. If men could not choose a go- nr -> make laws for posterity ; then p 1 of every nation, behoved to be changed ev- ery day. Every day almost a thosfand per- Q I sons die in Britain ; an .equal number are el born ; and some hundreds at least come of a age. He that comes to age to day may !* fiy—" I never consented to the form of go vernment now fubflfting ; I never had any ' voice in the choice of the ruling powers, * or hfthfe flrtkittg fcf any laws.' 1 will there e fore be fubjeft to no laws til] I' myftlf have a it e part in the making of them ;.nor will I fiib- ii e mit to< any government, till I, in conjunc- w s tion with my cotemporaries, have framed a 0 constitution for ourselves." He that comes ' 0 of age to-morrow may argue in the fame manner, and'iofift for a general couventipn, t ] in which he (hall have a voi.ee, by himfelf b !" orhis representative, before he will fubmtt y to any government or any law whatsoever- f" II Surely then, we /hall have conventions and conftitutions in great abundance ! v ■) «« Neither scripture nor reason give an ex .' clufive fanftion to any particular form of t] government. Owing to the differences of t national charafter, of fituatioit, and pur- o suits, one kind of government may be pro- 11 jj." per among one people, and a different con- 6 ftit'uti*>n may be better adapted to the cir- t eumftances'' of another. Thus, a mixed , government "has been found most congenial 1 to the people of Britaiu : perhaps a rep»>b" t u lican government is more adapted to the cir- 1 j eumftances of oui brethren in America : : e . and from recent events, it may be fufpefted, 5 that hard as their situation was, while the king's wtH-vras their lawj monarchy "is the le only g'jvcintr.ent suited to the constitution levity and ferocity of our neighbors in France. There have been instances of 11a , ticf-.s flourifhing and happy under different L forms of government. And every govern ,ci"* ment is capable of degenerating iuto tyran lca ny, oppression, and anarchy in the hands of a corrupt adininiftration. Hence there is a 0 r great deal of truth in Mr. Pope's maxim, -or u j which is keS adffiiniP.tred U best-" From a DeJham ( Ahpitym) ? <K* r - J" * IXPATKIATIOS. , tanc : IS right and proper for a citizen to mi g i renounce his citizeiifnip'at pleasure-? The kct| . exercise of this right has beencalled «/*- bur, , Iriation. ' Many ptrfons think it ii gjronnd - e4on the sacred and unalienable principle-. sof natural liberty—they uot only condemn >f thole goYe~rOfncnts wbich refufc to wer - by their laws, the dodtrine of cxpatriatiop, pen n but they hold these who in ccrtverfattoji apd foil. A argument deny it, j* sovereign contempt, if not abhorftttce. . djet The natUtv of this doctrine, (he fhamc- d fultraiifa4Uonf.it has been -pretended to s u agUy-ifcf, 4nid th(£;(wguljr vehemence of ,i,ei , the zt»l of it» a.ij b*ljey<jrs, are wis i- so many, yf our mu»<fcr. . .It Was Vat is pot so much p fa* I,x , J t , y eight pnod that Wl 1 ', to the k. end of tiifle,. ranwkable for the pervyffeneft cgn e aid extravaatnee of its Jjoliucal opinions. . n . i' It seems as•* we live<! in the latter tunes, he i t when,' it S foutold, some (hall depart frOm the :■ the faitb, giving heed to seducing fphus, <*t e and do&rines of devils, speaking lies-in ;s hypgenfy, having their conscience feared [na e with a hot iryn. Is it not such. a doitrine, j 1- t-Hat in a republican state, a man owes Lis he >r country nothing, that he has a right to claim he > protection from the society but return ;' f owes it no duties—that he may equip api i vateer, in defiance of the law of the land, e attd make of the veflels of his coun- j nl , it tfymen and even neighbors afid kindred, l»ke to i- Gideon Henfield and Commodore Barney. h This is the nature of thti principle of ful_ is triation, and such has been : the practice upon it. . Can any doctrine appear.more ab surd or any sonduft more vile ? yet a »um te ber of the p;raus that prey upon our de y fencelefs Commerce plead this monilrous a w pology that tl.ey are French, ctthens, failing mi] or under a commiffipn, and thu« they c j o sd irtinmrip tljrv U«~. « J-Xr»i-2 . t '•i l'oi\-to *otu.« ao»i :«&■•#£ i 'l. :fi..»f.sfcsn must «*<f ,>*,: Vtfv tT'.-.tr:'; rule needs e: • r> - ' c<sfisfc», for ■vthout them i; >nii/,i I n : {ttuies hard, sbfurd. Pv» 1 • . . -' '. ) ■ " _ u __ JjJ moll rigot' any exception what- Pre to ever, it is mot rational and jud than the sto a- absurd and licotious principle of expatri- Inc he ation at pleafur. e- A duty to ott's country i 9 a debt—and in surely the cbunty may rightfully claim that ve duty. When : citizen fays he is expatri- sy ated, it is deayig, not paying, the debt. ts The prattlers abut expatriation are desired il- to folv<- this cfe: When gen. Arn«4!d , ne would have berayed Weft-Point and fled ri^ of on discovery, dl he not renounce hjs coun- he try? tliat is'tofay, was he not expatria- , si- ted! bad he ben overtaken in his flight, -vj •r- would it not live been jnft to have hung u- him ?•—A jury Vas picked up in the streets at on purpose to acbit Gideon Henfield in the "° v- day of Genet's glory. Barney has not €<J 11 i been profeenttd. A due consideration of r y Arnold's cafe wll aflift the mind to decide n- this impudent priblem, which so ma»y pri- n». vateering rafcalstiave proposed to the pub- , *'e lie to make it bi believed that they rob u- all pon pttadple. ~ -• : w "[ :s ' - mil ii ' ~gf to! CONGRESS. I d HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. cl; WEDNESDAY TANVARY I?. C y (Concluded from yelterd;.j>\ Gaztette.) ( w < ' On motion of Mr Gregg, the hmfe went in- mi 10 t<J a committee of tffe whole 011 ti.e report of T » the comorn tee of elaims on thepetitirtii of VVil- qj 'f- liam Alexander, surveyor of .irn.y iarals. As- T- ter reading a number.pf relative tn the . nt fubjeil, the report which * ent to authorift the 0 to treasury to fettle the accounts of th« petitioner, was agreed to. The committee rose, Hie fioufe in concui red, and a bill was diredVed to be brought pi 1 " in acanrdiogly. as °* Mr- Pinckney, from the committee appoint- j. ] id ed to confer with tile Senate on the dingree o- ment betwixt the two houles, on the payment c en of interest to Gen. Kofciulko, repoited, thattind- re - IHKI it 4r 'i Lul ■' g.;. y a L -ft* v ~ to the amendment of the senate, as by the moue • r " originally proposed, the committee rtommend- rc re ed it to the house to recede from their disagree- m of ment to the fenatt's amendment, ay The recommenilatioh was concurred in by o- the house. . m - lV ihe house took up and agreed to the senate 6 er amendment to the bill prefer.bing the mode of ; ; rS ' taking deflions. ' tc " e ' On motion of Mn Harper, the house resolved p -a itfelf into a committte of the whole Mr. Dent b- in tlie chair, on the report of the c mmittee of ic- ways and means for providing fur the expentos [ a of the civil department fhr the year 15192. and g the blanks being filled, except in a few cafen, (in b which they were left in blank) according 10 th« ' 0 nc estimate whkh had been laid before the house, c ,n > the committee rofe,the haul'e concurred and a j ( elf bill was ordered to be reported accordingly, nft A meflage was received from the Senate in er. forming the house that th y-had pasTed the biil nc j suspending the aS relative to foreign coins, and e also that for the payment of certain intercA due h to gen Kofciulko. H • x " Mr. Sitgreaves wished to call the attention ms 0 °f the house to 4 fufcijeil which he thought wor- j of thy of notice. Several of the jnurnala of the Ur- old congress "held under the confederal on, were ' ro . now out of print, and become so scarce, that f »n- gentlemen defied to serve in congress, and who v were entitled to not able to obtain nr " them. These volumes, he said, contained ma *?° ny ordinances and resolves which were still the nal i aws 0 f t ] lc an d the copies of which ought »'b" to be multiplied The fame ebfervatiuns would cir- apply to many reports of heads of departments ' :a . and cijmmitttes made under the jfrefefitgovern- t . j mfnt, the copies of which were to be f»und 1 ' . ' in the clerk':. as ifi the libiatiea of mem ie inrs wlhx had been esmrfutlir prefervihg them. . % He ihowjiht-ii ot imfOrtance, therefore, ihat tion topics of thele fhoirM be te'ubipTitd and .pre- ' i in lerved. For t>oth these purposes he proposed a 11a- lefolutiou to the folioiving-efTcin, wh.ch was a- ] rent g'eedjo, and a committee of three appointed em " I'efolved, thata committee be appointed to conftder and r. port upon the expediency of re- j 4D * p intir.g at the public expence, such volumes of ■* the journals of Congrrefs under the old cc nftde •s a ration, and such reports cf the neii's cf oevart n. ments and committees v' both houses of Con gress, at are cut of print, or are thought to be I nectlTary to the due uhdii'Binding of iliffait' prfJjx of government." . cfFcft Mr. Siigreaves said, it was of equal I'tipnr- t |, e y tanc?;to guard againlt this e»d in future. 1 is f ame might be done by altering the present mode ot , keepiag the journal* »f thehonfe. Every mem- - ber, h* said, mull now fee that the journals were, i.i a dejfree, useless records, which till ti contained ao fort of valuable information, ex the r cept to members, and to them only during the an d ; session ; but, for fubfhntial information, they el were absolutely ufele)j, and not worth the ex pence of printing. He, tbi refore, moved the following, which was agreed tu : " Res lived, that the fame committee be in- i to feiinfider fftid rfporr upon the expe- dieney nf altering the Torai cf keeping the jour nals of this house " fl#r- that there apo theu fut<jd*woi thy. u> I'ufiie which A was "n tome degree connected w':.. thele.. It rT '-J rn waVthis Th-i" weretVo irlclpi;es frotft trie of t Prtfuleirt of the UnrteS Stales relative to the t f, e , rati§fc'<Uicm wfTfic Aa tire t m tioo, which were riosv. bteosie 1 part, fciirhe constitution, ypOU wh c'l 110 order lad been •: ai ■n. It was jirguer that foint notific*ticri Ibou!J w< *® he made *»f these amendments having becrnie whtc the law of the lirj'd VV'htch was the be ft mode ney, of doing this, lie c"id know ; W# in order JJ ar that lomethitrg fb< uld he done in the hulineU, j-j fie move,d that rht y be referred to a feleil com- mitke. —Agreed. - iVlr. Sit; reaves faiij he nnderftood, froffi what Ineo he had fe?n in tt e newfpapei s, and from w hat road he had heard fimV his return, that confiderablf ing, impatience bad beew ihewn in a part of the the house, in flis abferice, for the report of articles p or t ofiißpeachment against William Blouitt. He r fuppjifed it was not uecf iHry he thould now go ' into a ftatemeot of the reasons which had led to the delay —though, .( it were neceflary, he tbe doubted not, be could explain the fubjeS to the lfiid fuH c. iviftion of everv member. He 01.lv the rose, however, to fay, it the courts 6f two an d or three day , he (houluiuake the repoit. nex . v ; Aujourneji ij 7" o a K' Thursday, January. I«. ® The Speaker laid before the houfea com- munication from the Secretary of War', in- doling ap estimate of tire appropriations ne- , . >l4ing a treatly with the Cher i, whish was i« fubftatice as *rmrr red IMh. ■ J laifiionsrs, 90 days at eig^t lay - - - i,i6o Wa | In.' nces o r do. - - 360 Wi i ur dollars per day ;-o' 360. „ r0 -Cataon**.. -.woo Indiana - -r MSiOoo Prefenti to the ludiaas - - s>°oo Stores for the CommiQioneri - - 2,c00 P 0 ' 1 Incidental enpences ... t.coo I add 25,880 j[j e This statement was referred to the com- ( mittee of the whole to whom was referred -j the former melTage of the Prelident on this m - t , fubjea. , the Mr. Tillinghaft called up his resolution erei refpefting a repeal of the Stamp Aft, which was referred to the fame committet of the a)ct whole to whom was referred the report of n the committee of ways and means on this. fubjeft. . in ( Mr. Sitgreaves, from the committee ap- aiJ( j pointed op the fubjefl of William Blount's confpiraey, made a supplementary report, • containing the depofitiou of Abranam Hoi den, of New York, which seemed to imply that T. P. Riplv (whose evidence related to what he had heard cm"-" I3 J) been supplied with money by the Spanilh Mini Her. llf , I,v f d at . New-York, vvpeft he was in needy circuraltances. lie «y> told the deponent that be bad received 2QO Te dollars from hirn, and was. to have more. ,0 " This report was ordered to be printed. I Mr. 1"). Foster,. from the committee of Fit claims, made a report on the petition of Lll- 20( cy Clark, widow of Thomas Clark, which 1 was in her favour, and was committed fonto j'j ■ mortow. \ f" Mr. Findley presented the petition of de< : Clement Biddle, of this city, in behalf of sundry Europeans, poffefled of certificates of I of the debt of the United States, which ca] I was-barred by the fedion of the aft mak- Ch s ing provision for the publia debt, which he f°' t prays mays be excepted from its operation, as the pcrfons holding the claims had no * knowledge of the law. Referred to the w' j committee of the whole to whom was refer- 'fl' red the fubjeft of confidpring the propriety m; r frr " n a ' g ope - ra - ~ e Mr. Clopton from the committee of en- da rolment, reported the bill prescribing the ge mode of taking evidence in cases of conteil- ta ed eleftions, and that providing for the pay- so ment of interest on a certificate due to Gen- lal s eral Kofciulko, as duly enrolled. m if The following mefTage with'the papers ga to which it refers, were received from the a I Prefident of the United States: Genllenun of the Senate, and (' Gen'elmen of the House of Reprefcnlatinet, d " A reprefentatfoii has been m»de to me n by the Judge of the Pennsylvania Diflrift of the United States, of certain incunveni- ft e » ences and disagreeable circumstances which g< 3 have occurred in the execution of the law d< palfed oh the 28th of May 1796, entitled, N jj "An aft for the relief of Persons imprifon id ed for debt." as well of certain dou'jiLS w-hiib le ie havebecn raised concerning its conftru&ion. bi This representation, together with a report tl of the Attorney General on the fame fubjeft ci r " I now transmit to Congress for their coiifi- o deration, that if any amendments or ex- tl at planatious of that law should be thought ad- tl 10' vifable, they may be adopted, in JOHN ADAMS." tl a " United States, 1 f January This meflage, with the papers accompa- v its nyingit, were referred to the fame commit r,- tee of the whole, to whom was referred th« 11 id report on the petition of William Bell. a II On motion of Mr. Harper, the house rc- t ln ' solved itfelf into a committee of the whplc j | 3t on the bill providingthe means ofintercoui fc \ l"" a between the United States ai,id Foreign nat a . tions, Mr. Dent in the chair; when the ;d bill having been read, and Mr. Harper hav to ing declared with what sums it was propof re" ed to fill the blanks, Mr. NichoLs, after a 1 ' speech of considerable length, in which he dwelt upoo the evils which had been, and on _ which were likily to he produced by an ex. be ter.fion of our foreign diplomatic ir.tercourf c propoTetTfeveral amending'* to ', e "bni, the cfFedt of which he t g be to re'ftore the business of foreign intercom fe to tliL fame footing oa which it stood in the ycar 1796, before the extension took place. A long debate ensued, which is deferred till to-morrow. The speakers in favour of the motion were Mt/Trs. Nicholas, Gallatin, and Ealdwin; againlt it, Messrs.. Harper, Allen, and Sitgreaves. The committe rose without taking a question, and obtained leave to fit again. Adjourned. LEGISLATURE of PEJJJjivYLVANIA. HOUSE VF REPRESENTATIVE. January 17. Dr. Leib presented a memorial from a r-Jstbcr-"f lat = offUnrdpf the of this Hate, praying to be placed upon the footiug with other officers refpedling their half pay, or to be allowed to enter in to an amicable suit against the conwnon wealth for what they conceive their due, which wa* read and referred to Me firs. Gur ney, Leib, Whitehall, Muhlenberg, and Harris. Dr. Leib on the part of tie committee reported a bill to authorize the governor to incorporate a company to credt an artificial road from the city of Philadelphia to Read ing, which was read and made the order of the day for Thursday week. Mr. E.yerly re ported against the bill for the relief of Hen ry Brink and Wilhelmus Van Gordon. Dr. Leib reported a bill to provide for the recording the several roads heretofore laid out or which hereafter maybe laid out in the bounty of Philadelphia, which was read and made the order of the day for Tuesday next. The report of the committee in favor ef a grant to the trustees of Newtown Acad emy, was read a second time and adopted, and the. committee who made the report ■ were-appointed to bri'g in a bill. The report of the committee 011 unpaten ted lands was read a second time and rtfer .tsd to the committee of ways and means. rwatoi,tj&lf » commit- • tee of the whole on the bill to empower > Walter Clark, William Gray and William > Wilson to. fell and convey a certain lot of ' ground in the town of Lewifburgh i* ( Northumberland county and for other pur , poses, which wa* agreed to. > Mr. Kelly moved that four members be ■ added to the committee appointed to revise ' the judiciary system which motion was a ' greed to. The hoiife again resolved itfelf into a com ' mittee of the whole on the bill to authorise the governor to incorporate a company to ereft a permanent bridge over the river Schuylkill, which was agreed to- with a . mendments. Tha bill for the eredtion of a hotife for ' the employment and support of the poor in Ch si Iter county was read a second time and agreed' to. Adjourned. By yesterday's Mail. 1 Capt. Hinxt of the Dutch ihip Protea. ! ry, ft 56 guns, died on his arrival in the j Texel, of the wounds he received in the a&- • ' on- It is stated in the English prints, that tie f Fmperor of Russia has granted a penften of - 200,000 roubles, to Louis XV 111. t, On the sth inftant,the brig Sally, Joseph 0 H. Atkins, master, arrived in Rebellien Road (Chailefton, S. C ) in 53 days from Bour f deanx. ,f Cap Atkins left Bourdeaux on the 9th of November. Foor days before he failed, . h capt. Woodman, of the brig Aurora, of Charlcfto.i,then*in Baurdiaux, received the , e following Ifttcr, from General Pinckney. 1 Paris OBubcr 9, I 797- ' Q «< Sir—As it is pcflible our negociations le with this republic may not have a favourable ifl'ue, and that may colleagues and myfelt y may be orderedto leave France, and as {. understand vou are bound to Charleston, t 'n with my wire, i- daughter, secretary, ana pei'MUpS two— •.e gentlemen ; I (hould be glad to know if you V take pafiengers, and have accommodations y. for them, and what are your terms, and the a- latest time you fail. Be fo'good as to write me. This is not to be considered as an en rs gagementto go in the Aurora, !}tit merely as ie a letter requesting information. I remain, very refpedtfnlly, your molt obedient fervaut. (Signed) • " Charles C. Pinckney. oe Capt. Woodn^an. & N. B. 1 think the Aurora, is a Ih'ip ; ii- should (he not be accommodated for paflen :h gers, can you inform of any vessel at Bour ivv deaux, that is, and about to fail on the 20th d, November, for Charleston, or near it.? . n- Ascap'. Atkini'f o"it v!y asserts, that the eh letter from General Pinckney was received in. but four days before he failed, it is probable jrt that there i's a miltake in the date of the copy of the General's letter, and that it ifi- ought to be the 29th of Oftoher inilead of ;x- the 9th, which would bt five days, shp time id- the couriers take to go irora Paris to Bour deatix.—The poftfeript to the letter, we think, confirms this opinion ; for if the General expe&ed to be ordered away early in October, he would hardly put off hu pa- voyage to the 20th of November, lit- In confequetice of the information, the A th« mericaii merchants Bourdeaux weremtich alarmed, and they had been advised to get re- the r property out cf France soon as iple pQfiible, aa there w*s a "encral opinion prc tfe" vailing, that there would he a rupture bs na- tween France and this country the ' iav- The Members jof- OF the Society of the iops cf Sx George, efla- Lr a bliih.il at PliiUjiTjphu.for the advice and affi .anc« 1 of Euglifiwacn in tiiftrcfi, are r<;quc(led to art. i. : 1 ' j a Quarterly Meeting o1 the Taid Society at th« (V . anc. Tavem, on TuefJay the» \d ii:ll at s o'clock tr. ex. the afternoon. G]tOlw£ J) f)'» urf c jar.uirj 1;
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