tut|9tattß, «■> By John Fen no, N O, 119 Chefmit Street. vNumeer 1760. J PHILADELPHIA: TUESDAY EVENING, MAT i, 1798. [/Wra Xlil. PHILADELPHIA, P TUESDAY EVENING. MAY I. Extras of a letter from Massachusetts, dated v April 20tb 1798. " It ib expefted here that bdth houses ? will prefcnt ao addiefi of thanks to the Pre- . fident ; he merits the thanks of the whole , nation. His opponents will fink into ob scurity under the weight of universal con- 1 tempt and be viewed as traitors to our coun- j try. The jacobins this way appear to be j . struck dumb—they begin to join the gene ral voice in execrating the perfidy of the 2 .French. Union through the nation must be •the consequence. But let ns not be deceiv ed, although jacobins in Congttfs, and out, may pfetend to give up the French—and 1 'j>reund to join in proper tneafures, yet they ' rnay prove serviceable to their matters who 1 .}» aye boug/ft thttr., by oppoling measures un- < duf the maftc vf fritndiliip. This I cxpeft | ] will be the plan for the leaders of the French ' faftion. By long fpccchet, the time may ; ' "ftMl be walled, and in this way infinite in- < 1 jury done, as in time pall, uukfs the real 1 friendj to our > ountry lhall infii'l on difpatoh. j < The luperlative folly of making long fpe.eh-1 1 e» to be pubiifhed in newspapers, in order ! I to get a aame for great banting with their | ' conftituen-s has been a constant curse to our 1 country. Bcfides the infinite injury ariling 1 from (he delay of national concerns, mor; < than sixty thotifand dollars have been waft- '• td this session, by long speeches. This is abominable—it raises dil'gutl and indigna- ' tion in the rrindsof all ftnfible men. My regards to , I take it he pieferves : his former moderation with regard to the French. The late dispatches do not hurt their charafter, in my mind, and I conceive they 1-fe none of his esteem thereby. They are secure from finking, if there should be any alteration in thsir character, they must ' rife." A Corrrefpondent observes, that not withstanding all the French spoliations on our comrperce, violation of treaties, and in ; fnlts offered to the nation in the persons of our it is furpriling there Ihould be men yet found among us, who, likt the de laded Samson, still wish to embrace a favo rite Delilah at the riik of involving' not only themfelves,but their country in ruin. Like that falfe and perfidious harlot, the rulers of France hare been long makingprotections of their " unbounded friendlhip" for the people of the United Slates, while they and their emissaries were using every possible means to work their deftruftion, by endea voring to divide us, and alienate a majority of the re»p!e frwis thf gcurrrntrsnt. Our late ally may now be justly called, the Overbearing Bt|d tyrannical nation,not bound by the ties either of religion, or morality ! Forthe Gazette of the United States. Citizens of /merica, Already, on the fubjet't of French hoftil ;ities meditated against us, a geneious emu lationhas manifefted itfelf every where ; the cities ai d diltrifts throughout the country afe vying with ench other for the hoj»or of deserving well of their country. The great est examples of patriotism are exhibited eve ry whet* : the American commerce, which is feniible of the advantages of peace, of fers the riches it had gained in prolperous times j and its (hips heretofore employed in 'the peaceful speculations of iudtiftry, aie ready to ?rm for the terrible operations of war. If proof were wanting, our late dif-. patches will fufficiently demonstrate the fuc cefiive and multiplied injuries of the French government towards us; and of the repeat ed, candid, and sincere attempts which we have made to avoid a ruptqre, the fatal con fluences <>f which must sooner or later fall on thofewho have unjultly provoked it. The American republic will have nothing to re proach herfelf with, since (he will have ex iiaulled every means compatible with her dignity, before coming to such extremities. The French nation, forgetting what they had.so often promised, not to interfere inthe dometlic affairs of other nations, have taken occafiori, from the firft ftntiment of indig nation expieffeu inour President's lad speech to put the last hand to their enmity against the Americao people. That picture of its conduit delireatedin the recent communica tions from our Envoys, and which it is now unnecessary again to pourtray, must have prepared you for this event. At that peri od it miijht still have been expefled, that reason would b ing back the Dir*dtory to the principles of justice, that convinced cf the futility of their reclamations, the injuf ijje of thtir proceedings, and of their per fections against us ; it might have still been hoped, I repeat,, that they would aban don their chicane'y, and honestly concur with the executive of America, for the maintenance of peace" between the two na tions. That hope, which men abhorring a war between free nations, clwriihed, that hope is no rrore ; the hoftilc\iews of France are fully d-.vcloped. If war was not imme diately declared against you, it is because the neefffary forces were not readyto dtilroy you, because it was hoprd you might be come the aggressors. Such, however, is now our political fhuation, in which, citi zens, let one idea ele£te.riz.e your fouls— Let the Trader forget bis commerce to aria his veffi.l for war ; let the Cipitalift co: fe crate his funds to sustain the- credit of his government ; let the Proprietor and Culti vator,renouncing all fpccuiatiwns,carry plen ty iato our markets. Let Americans com- pose but one army ; let America he one t camp. Let us prepare for ruins and mis- c fortunes, and accustom ourselves to live without those comforts we have been ?;ctif- t tomed to. What you tr- - tt, fear-, is aot j h a war, but the uncertainty -.vuelher you (hall | t hate a war. This will icxpend your re- a faurces without profit. .They wait till their 1 fleets er« coniplttely araied andsequippfd ; t till anarchy shall divide you, that-in dread of taxes, you (hal! become #n easy prey to be 1 swallowed up by them. You have nothing t left but to draw the sword and make a firm t and united stand. r MR. FENNO, A Correspondent w.Lflies you would re publifh ia your paper the letter of our Com mifiioners in Franae to the Minister of Fo reign Affairs, Al'.hoogh this has, with the \ other Dispatches from our Envoys been puhiiflied, it ought again-to be prefwwed to the public. Let the American reatkr ob fcrve the anxious folicitudt with which a dif ! cuiSon of the of the French Government, is r«quefted in order that an ' opportunity may be had to remove those j complaints ; let him observe the strong ;.«d ' sincere defirethere to restore that . ' harmony which heretofore subsisted between 1 the two nations, and ag*(n to place tham on the molt friendly terms with rsfpcA tueach other ; let him attend {o the mild, frtwik, ' and candid manner in which, this difrufiion i isearntftly entreated hy our "rfciiftcrJ; a ' manner which might have difan* 'd the re fentmentof the moll justly irritated enemy, ' i and which ought to have covered with con fufion those, vrho without cause have become our foes; let him then recollectfthat theDirecJtory did not even deign to return an answer to this supplicating address—and if he l?e not a Frenchman at heart ; if he ha 3 i one drop of American blood flowing in his veins, he will feel an indignation too strong for utterance. , ( No % 3-) Parti, November 27th, 1797- ; Oft the 1t th -rnftant vye the following official letter to the Minitler of Furtigti A'ffairs. CITIZEN MINISTER, " The undersigned Envoys Extraordina ry and Miniiters Plenipotentiary of theUni ' ted States of America to the Freeh Repub lic, had the honour of "announcing to you officially, on the 6th of October, their arri val at Paris, and of presenting to you on the eighth, a copy of their letters ofcredence. Your declaration at that time, that a report on American affairs was then preparing; arid would in a few days be laid before the j Direftory. whose decision thereon should 1 without delay, be made known, has hithei J to'impofed silence on them. For this com munication they have waited with that anx ious solicitude which so imerefting an event could riot fail to excite, and with that re fptil which i 9 due to the government of Ftance. They have not yet -received it, [ ar:d so much time has been permi ted to e lapse, so critical is the situation of manyef j. their countrymen, and so embarrafling is that of the undersigned, both as it refpeits theinfelves and the government they repte sent, that they can no longer dispense with 1 the duty of soliciting your attention to their million. s , " The United States, citizen minister, s at an epoch which evinced their sincerity, f have given inconteftjble proofs of their ar dent friendlhip, of thtir affeftion for the . French republic : these were the result, , not of her unparalleled prowess and power, _ but of their confidence in her justice and ■ magnanimity ; and in such high efticnati®n . was the reciprocity of her friendlhip held by [ them, as to have been a primary objeft of e national concern. The prefervatioti of it . was dear to them, the loft of it a fubjeft . of unfeigned regret, and the recovery of it r by every roeafure, which (hall consist with the rights of an independ:nt nation, enga j ges their constant attention, The govern „ mentof the United States, we are author r, ized to declare, has examined, with the . most fcrupnlous justice, its condudt towards its former friend. It has been led to this I by a sincere desire to remove of itfelf every s just cause of complaint ; conceiving that, _ with the mod upright intentions, fucb cause v may pofiibly exist ; and although the ftr:£t e eft search has produced no felf reproach, al . though the government is confcioUa that it , t has umformily fought to prefe ve, with fi -0 delity, its engagements to France, yet far f from wiftiing to exercise the privilege of judging for itfelf on its own course of rea- ' . foning arid the lights in its own possession, [j it invites fair and_ candid discussion ; it fo _ licits a y reconsideration of the past ; it is r persuaded its intentions, its views, and its e actions must have been mifrepnefenttd and . misunderstood ; it i?convinced that the ef j fential interests of both nations will be pro t moted by reconciliation and peace, and it e cherifiics the hope of meeting with finpilar . difpofitipns on the part of the diriftory. " Guided by these the Pre f fident of the United States has given it in - charge to the undersigned to Itate to tl.e ex s ecntive directory the deep regret which he - feels at the loss or fufpenlion of the harmony - and friendly iutercourfe which subsisted be -3 tween the two republics, and his sincere wish - to restore them ; to. discuss candidly the 5 complaints of France, and to offer frankly - those oLthe United States : and he haa.au - ttiorized a review of existing treaties and ■ such alterations thereof as shall cocfift with : the mutual interest and fatiifadtion of the d . eontrtjSipg parties. t r ' This taik underfigned are anxious I - to commence ; and truly happy will they f t j be, if th. ir cue u\>n3 can in pay degree con- c 1 | tribute to restore that friendlhip, that mutu- v - al interchange of good office* which it is a- f r like their wiflj and their duty to effect be- t ; tween the citizens of tlie two republics. f f " The undrrfigaed pray yo», Citizen . y » Minister, to prtfent this careimonication to r r the Executive Directory, ind to receive 1 the assurances of their molt pe-rfe{t conGde- t ration. i (Signed J i Charles Cv'.efiuorth Pinclney, I. Marfbail, c E. Gerry. c Paris, November ltth, inthe 22d t e year of the American Independence. j To the Minister of Foreign Affairs s of the French Republic-" v■ • g MR. PENNO, < 1 By republilhing the following «xtra«ft. f n from a book, entituled domestic anecdotes t e of the French nation, printed in the. year i A 1794, tlvofe poor devils, the American Jaco- < bins, will fee rhat an unhallowed love of gain 1 n is as chara&eriftio of the Bifiiop of Autun, ( n as his hobbling gait. t 1 " A BKhopof whom we must fay a word, < . is the famous TaLvevrand. Perhaps the I unhappy L uis xvi. fovefaw the evil 1 , ,he tvould occhfion in the flue, or he did not wish to introduce into &is higher clergy, | an intriguing being, whose merit confiifted in ' an acquintance witl. the flock jobbing of the Rue Pivienne ; in consequence of which he it refufed a lnag while to uominate him ; but the See of Autun becoming vacant, the jp king was again persecuted ; it was repre r fented to him that the feat in question, re quired a man acquainted with the finances, v because the Bi(hop there, was of right pre -0 fident of the dates of Burgundy ; and the king gave a reludtant confcnt. The Bilhop's intimacy with Mirabeau, whom he attended at his death, proves the delicacy of his morals, and as he was the on ie pr, whooppofed the catholic religion's J ' , 0 » ired the religion of tlic Ilatt, bj thi3 we bf his. Tliis prelate tsok the civic oath, and con }. fecrated the firft Bishop intrus ; it is report i- ed in Paris that he received one hundred d- thousand crowns for each of these ope iu rations ; but these arn accusations to which i- his well known avidity for money may have in given currency, and from which time a'one e. can draw the veil which still conceals from H3 rt a multitude of dark mar.ceui}res." T. _ ie From the New-Tori Daily Gazette. d i'- Copy of a letter from New Jersey, dated a- April 3. <- DEAR SIR, it REMOTE as I am situated from the e- great theatres of politics, I can hardly be jf supposed capable of forming a just idea of the ; t, (late of our affairs with re(pe£t to foreign e- powers. The papers which circulate here I j as occasionally read, but there are (ui.li con- i is tradiftory fentimeuts broached by one and ts the other, that it is almost impofiible to e come at the truth. One tells us our g<)v-> :h ernment is administrated by men fold to to Great Britain—another, that there it a par ty among us determined to go any lengths in juftifying the French* Thc\t such men ' as are in the Departments of our government (fcould be capable of the vilentfs of corrnp tion, is, I think, an idea rathtr ridiculous, t especially if the temptations to it are eon ' trafted with those to a contrary condudt. I fufpeft those who make this charge are wic ked and weak, and to be despised, require only to be known. 0 p With refpedt to the idea of a French par ty disposed to make this country fubfervieat to the vievvs of their favorite nation, I have every reason to believe in its existence. Eu- thuliafts there are as well in politics a _ as religion. These are usually stimula ted by the defperatear.d defigni"g, and fuf fer themselves ta be made tools for personal ] a ends by men, who deserve to be spurned for their villainy and detested for their parricide j views. Your city politicians, however Mfe and t penetrating thsy may t'nink themselves, are often, very often wrong, and aft more like madmen than persons of reflettion and j_ sense. How ridiculous, for example, was j t it a few years back, to make such pompous - demonltrations of nuutr ality as you did, Jf by ringing your bells «n receiving news of a French viAory ? I have often wondered we a _ «did not fer your papers filled with -accounts' of the tolling of bells whenever the French j' met with a reverse. Surely your sensibility • s must have been equally alive to both ex tremes. Whence then this inconsistency ? We, in this quarter, think morf of our agriculture and our Commerce, the affe&i onate twiti-fifters of America, than to be j t eterually damning one nation and extolling jr another, especially when we owe verjr little real regard to either. We believe our obli gations extend only to such duties as spring e " from the relations inseparable froni com n merce—We are not impressed with notions thatfacrifices are tobe madeat the imaginary ,e (lirine of gratitude. We aft nationally and T rationally, and attach ourselves to those who 5 " can, and, do, benefit us moll. We dot fee how an American can admire lc France, espouse her cause, or juflify the J conduft, either generally with regard to her J " world, or particularly as to us.'' The infor '' matiqn we receive from the papers as I have '' said, is contradiftory ; but what we : depend on, is official orr.mur.icatioiu, and they lead us to believe Prav.ce is our enemy, i Indeed what can gain-fay it ? Would a ' friend roband plunder y.v» ? The arifweris - obvious,r 1 fimiilhea a i~. aclory evidence - whom «c are to and ».iom re- i;| - probate. Why should we contend about - the' measures we ore th take to secure mir felves.from insult and depredation ? Would i yqu not arm yourfelf if you expe&ed to > meet a scoundrel notorious for his robberies? , ; Would "you not at Uqft avoid die peftiferous - being, who declares another is warranted in pilfering your property ? Would you not in fa£t, think it proper to get rid of him ? Tell us how those who reduce us. to the ne- f e ceffity of keeping our produce rotting on th our hands, when foreign markets are open cc to receive it, can be friendly ! 'j 1 I hope soon to fee a different spirit aftu ating your politicians than has latterly dif- t j, graced them. When the country is in dan ger, the mao who advocates the foe, is an ta enemy,;and fliould be expelled with horror V I and i'gpominy. Let us, if pofiible, avoid s tile lligma of republics—disunion and fa£t- u r ious extravagance. Let us keep out of our C( - Councils, and, if neceflary, diive from a- w n mong us, the men who excite discord and ft !, coiifufiofl. Let u rally under the Ameri- si can Standard, and cordially unite in taking « 1, care of ouffelvcs. We fhal: then be power- f e ful and rife into our proper grade of polili- h cal importance. e ,t .< lam, &c. n From a London Paper. 0 ie ' A e CURIOUS RECEIPT. { it The Following it a copy tfan original Receipt t ie Actually Given for Rent onChrijlmas-Day, t 1762. t Received this anniversary day of Christ's F s, nativity, according to' vulgar chronology, 1 December 25, new ttiie in the year of ' ie the XVIIIth century of the Chrillian sera, Synchronizing orcoinciding withthc647sth , l, year of the Julian perio4 : the 2870 th from t ie the foundation of the truly ancient city of i- London, the second yearof the 635 th olym- 1 's piad ; the 2515 th year from the building of ' ,y tKc ancient eity of Rome ; the 2511 th year , of Nabonazar, or the 2087 th year of the , n- Philippic epocha, on Saturday the 9th day t- of the Egyptian wandering month Phame- < D noth ; the 1817 th year and 10th day from 1 e- Julius Ca:far's invasion of England ; the J :h 1497 th year of the Dioclefian radix, or sera ] re of the Cophtic Martyrs ; the 18th of the , ie fixed Egyptian month Chceae ; the 1176 th 1 S3 year of the Turkish Hegira, or flight of ; Mahomet ; the Bth day of the month Gui- ' madi 11. i years and 61 daysfrom the accef- ' fion of King George 111. to the Crown of Great Britain, &c, 54. days after a lunar ■ :d partial eclipse, which fell out in the 2511 th ( year of Nabonazar ;on Monday the 15th i d,y of the wandering month Tybi, at the 1 ie interval or diftanceof 2484 Egyptian years ; be ' and 106 days, or 2482 Julian years, and ( be j 216 days from the most ancient lunarecliplc, ;n i recorded by I'folemy to have been celebra- 1 I j ted at Babylon the 27th of Thoth, in the 1 n- ! 2 7th year of Nabonazar, and in the I ft year id erf the reign of Mardokemriid,tbesth C.ial to dean King, (in Scripture ft L:d Merodach- ' v-> Bajadon the son of Baladon, King ofßaoy- , to lon)of Mr. J, G. of W— ,in the coun r- ty of Middle ex, Coßiedian. by the hands as of Mr. J. B. K. journeyman wheel-wright 'n in the presence of Mr. J. P. one piece of nt gold coin, bting the lawful coinof tins realm p- of Great Britain, called Ir.lf-a-guinea, of the s, value of ten fhiliings a. 1 sixpence, in full n- for 43 days and 12 hours rent, dua to me I this day, for two rooms next the firrrtament c- lately in my tenuie and occupation, in the re dwelling house of Mr. R. W. fituatedfn B—in the pnrifh of rft James s, Clcrken r- well, 111 the County afbrelaid, and in full of nt all demands, from the creation of the world ve tothis moment. a- Per me D. C. TcaeherofChronology. cs Witness G. P. a- flintier the receipt") f- Memorandum.—This Receipt was exhi al bited and the signatures of Mr. D. K-ac- 1 >r knowledgcd before me this 25th December, 1 ie 1762. J. C. Notary Public. id FOR SALE, ===l;;J=,=s=? " , ' 3 > by the subscribers, No. 21, Penn-ftreet, I The Cargo of the Ship Ganges, John Green, Commauder.from Bengal, ' s Cwftjling of Baftas, o£ various qualities and prices, j CoiTae* Punjuin Cloths i a Sr.nih» Gu7zeydo. t ;e Hum bum* Charconna Dorea ts Blue Cbth Tanjibs ( •V, Chintz and Calicoes Mulmuls 1 Mamoodyi Ctierka 3 J .Viaharagonges Pa to. a Hhfs. \ Giflghami Mwlmul do. j Guzzenas Bantiar.noes tr Gurrahs Siflerfoy i- Piniafcoes liomals £ , e Salgatchys Sooty <lo. c „ Gillie Romsls Perlians ot rwiou9 cos. r I Mack Pulicats t 100 tons f UG Ali c 90,000 lb. PEPP£K. Willings tif Francis. 1 1S The Piece Goods , . Of the Ganges are n.iw open to salts at that v commodious llore the north weft corner of a Market an<( Fourth-streets. t 0 Alio—A few Bales of Madrafs Hltfs. of tie- t gam patterns and best colours. t re F'-hruiry 8. dtf, C TO" RENT, ' » 'J A good three story House, TWO rooms on each floor, w>»h a convenient r ?e Ritshsn—lll front, pear S'uM-ftrctt Enquire "s »e of th- fri-tcr. April jawjw I - - ■ .1 . . > .-* • .It-. ! ' C Q iV a R E S 5. ' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -s''' niij?, *»*«, ao. I'h• Houf.- having resolved itfolf into a <oniiiiirt? t if the whole ok the "!»•,< of .tjip y.nipn, on the liil to provide an »ddii i *■ <i afmanuw for ih.- j protection of the trade of iheTJnitfd States, on.t '- 1 for other purpofjs, when the Ttwflderatlon frf ' Mr. Gallatin's afciervflmrr.t to tr.e -fir.l fiCliou ■ being rtfunwd, yiz. to infrrt " provided tltey 3 fliall not, in time of peace,.Le employed as con j voy? to any port or piac. ." (Continued from ya/lri&y-'t Gtrxiitc.J ? Mr. Otis would not pretend to judge of 1 the sincerity of gentlemen who declared them ' (elves ready to adopt effectual rireafures for i the defence of the country according (o theif i conception of that object, but he thought their ConftrtiCl ion of the terms, " defence of the country," was extremely limited and par . tial. It in ordinary cases, it was requiJite for the illullratiouof a question, t# agree upon the " ' diiiuition of terms', it was (fill more iiupotf i tant on the present iraporunt occalion— r Whenthe gentlematr from Per.nfylvania and J others speak of tilt defence of the country, tltey evidently mean to confine their ideas to a defence «f the/w7. He on the other iiaiu( r conceived that the efTential part of a country was the people ; and when he considered tha d fubjeCl of defance, he uilhcd that it might be !- such a defence as would embrace the whole g ma-l's of thecitizens distributed into different .. pro-fdllions, and together confuting wirit he ♦called the country. The foil was no other* l " wife deferring of protection, than as it iol in - ed a portion of Cue property of £»he cinzens. U, was withoutdoubt ah<e j4*ii;{tpVi, andaaofl valuable portion ; but there were other kinds of property which for the fame reason had also claims to protection. The Ibip of a mer chant isnot lelsthepropei tvofthe country than tl>e houfeofa farmer— L'hefailor who ploughs the ocean is not less a citizen than the lu'if y» bandman who ploughs the foil—There is no thing sacred in the foil, difHn.t from thepeo 's pie who inliabit it. Many extensive '.rafts „ of the foil of this country ; deep moaafles, trackless swamps and howling delarts were of no value whatever; yet they belong to the a ' people; they are a part of our public or j .ri - vate property, which no man would feci .tu rn thorized formally to abandon, of Mr. O. would agree that sometimes the re n. sources of a country would not be found e- Q f qual to the protection of all the citizens or of all their property. In such inflances he allowed that a preference due to themofi he numerous class of citizens and to the mod iy valuable part of their property all were e- equally exposed to danger Bift when a go m vernment is unable to extend its protection to [j e the whole community ;it is fufficient to be silent with refpeft to that part of it which is *" a left defenceleis and exposed. It is an aggra "e vation of the misfortune to declaie this imbe th cility to the world ; to depress the spirits of of your own citizens, and point them out as viftinvs for your enemies, (n the bill before us, it is fufficient to provide such a number of ' vtfflels as are nearly equal to the defence of the coast, without faying to our merchants, ar "your country cannot protert you." it is th enough, to leave them to take care of thjm th selves, cr to permit the Executive to allo.v he them convoy or not, as circumflfnces may rs arise : but to declare to the merchants of the , United States ; to fifty thousand teamm; to the manufacturers, tradef.ncii awid falxnirinsr ' • c > poor dependent on the n, in explicit terms a- that they are abandoned anls expatriated ; to he fay in the mournful language of "cmjemeri ar " vVe wilh to God we couldprotect you, but ,i. we cannot do it;" to pronounce this rre'ne.i ---j dous feutence upon a number of person; equal upon a moderate computation to the inhabi y- tants of the largest (fate in the Union, would il- be -.in impolitic, unjust and diftionourabie in ds fult. Let us, laid Mr. O try this princi ht pie by another test. Great funis of money of have been appropriated for the, fortification I of ports and harbours, and for the ,defence of , ■ the coalt—ltill no gemleman believes th.tr every part of our extensive coast is capable of ml defence, or that our refotirces will enable us ne to fortify all our ports and h;.rb>;m. But nt have we said to any part of the people of our | ie country, "It will be too expenfive'r? protect fn r \ P r have we said to foreign nations, " Look, here or there and you v/ill find us n ; vulnerable and dsfencelefi.)" fJa. The ol means of defence will b - employed and :>n •ld portioned to the belt advantage; but .f It were doubtful whether Geor-ia or Maine could be put into a polture of defence we should hardly declare to those diftriih., or to the world, that we thought them untenable. Yet this is the amount of the proposition or' 11- the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and il is it*, ic- this view of it, he w#Sjiftoiii(hed to find it in ;r( troduced. He had often heard from gentle men the alTertion that we were not ab 1 " to protect bur own commerce ; and that our iit _ inoft means were equivalent only to a ten to rial defence. He would not comment upon r, the truth or policy of such remaj-ks. He did not however expeCt that a proclamation of them in the form of this amendment would have been ottered for the sanCtion of th* honfe. Yet this is ffriCtly the fact. V/e are > invited to fay that we will guard invasion ofourlhores, but not against tne wa;- ton and unjust attacks of our'p operty at lea That we will defend what is not exposed to danger; and deleft what is every' momeat liable to deltruCtion. v If this system is robe adopted upon the eve of a war, we may as well fubtr.it at once to the proud and on. preflive nation, of whose conduct we com plain. But the quellion reenrsr— Do the United States polTefs the meai)3 of proteCtin-' tJieir commerce? He believed that no counfrv v.a t- naturally more competent to alfori this pro tection. Our country abounds with the prin cipal materials requisite for building a navy I his opinion is not novel, but. has received the (aiu-fion of great men and wife fegi flat tires. Examine the journals of in the year 1775. It will there appear that Wtolirt'onn ai were pa led for building lis or eight frigates of and other vclTels of v»-ar, an J at the clofc oi the fefiion no difficulty appeared in providin ' e- the ways and means. Th ;y resolved that the money fhoulkl be provided after haviii" de cided that the expence was necsJTary. °S'ich - was 'he mode of doing bu(in?fs atthat period such ought to be the mode of effecting it now, under circumttancos beyond"con>nariY ori 0 ri nt more auspicious; with double the population xe "an immense addition to our mercantile ji,c{ » fc r.cultural and a regular govern-
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