wt t- f ;is fru* that towards the of the tii* *avy 01 [tie Un'.ieu btaies was dmu r.if. .»/ captures ; l>u» .-jot before it hid tail ■> more than indemnified the government. fdr ;h e Colt of its contraction and matnte ft.nie by prizes. So firmly persuaded was Co ngrefsofits utility, that in the year J783, iiu mediately after the coticlufion of a peace; Upon a recent view and f«ir ettiinate of the pain and loss of a naval edablifhinent, a refo on wasltiti adopted declaring a refpectablj marine to be a desirable object, and recom mending to the dates, to provide funds for its accomplilhment. In the notes on Virginia (an authority he was fond of quoting) the e'x pediency, of a naval armament' is also advo •cated. Besides, Sir, said he, why have we not equal ability t<» build and maintain a na>, with the (fates of Denmark or Sweden, whose population and refourcesare inferior to ours ; Why cannot this cwuntry provide a fleet, as well as Peter the Great of Ruftia, at a time when hii were jult emerging from B irbarifra, *nd when the arts were imperfectly known in his country ? It may t>? said, indeed, that this n*is atchieved by the force of despo tism.; but he believed that the force of pa triotism rould effect much greater miracles j that the free American could serve his coun try mere effectually than the Ruliian Boor, mid that the impulse of liberty was a greater" stimulus than the lath of the Knout. But it is objefied to this power of granting convoy, that this employment of the velTels wouid be a cause of war. [Mr. Gallatin said he did m>t fav it would be a cause of war, but that it ivouid be war] Mr. Otis replied that he could not conceive that an a£t perfectly confident with the laws of nations and a date of neutrality fiiould be considered as a£Wai war—no principle was more indisputable than this right of convoy. It had been denied with great audacity, but it culdnot be doubt ed by any man moderately Conversant with the law of nations, or who had read a history • f modern Europ*. A ditference had been hinted between the situation of the northern ) owe) s of Europe at the period of the armed neutrali'y, and the date of this country ; but this right had been exerciled prion to thefor lliat on of tiie armed neutrality, and has been uniformly aliened and adopted in praftise during the present war. On «he! 27th of. March 1794, a new convention was framed i between Denmark and Sweden, recognizing this right and resolving upon a naval Force to maintain it. [He read this convention] In the fame year we find that a demand was pre ferred byiheie powers to the Britidi Govern ment for an indemnity for tltstr captured (hips and property. An ample compensation was itiad?, yet the fleets of Sweden and Denmark were not e<jual to the Britiih fleet ; but the equipment discovered a determination to de fend and vindicate their rights and it produ- 1 fed its effect. But how was this convoy, Mr. 1 Oiis alked equivalent to actual war ? Is it because our ved'els will not submit to be icarched by the French ? If this be deemed 1 bv gentlemen equivalent to an aitual (late ot 1 war, it will'not be induced but may be pre- ; vented by convoys ; for under prelent cir- i cumftances a private veirel may r.lii't the at tempt to search when deditute of a convoy. I Does the ptntleman from Pennfylvariia then I intend, that this bill will amount to a decla- \l ration of war ? That cannot be pretended— 1 Or will itafford a pretext for war! It is too I late to tiunk of avoiding pretexts. France 1 wants 110 pietexts, (he waits oiily for conveni- 1 ence. She threatened to ravage your coads; (he 1 warned you of the fa eof Venire ; the feet 1 of the nation are raised to trample on your necks, their bayonets are burni(hed to plunge ' into your bosoms. The war with England 1 affords her fumcient employment at present ; I let them (ucceed in their enterprize againd I her, and then fee whether you will elcape ; from opprtfiion and war. j Great reliance has been placed upon the ] afTertion that tjie late decrees of the Direclo- ( ry affeft only an inconlicferable and difidvjn- t tageouspvt of our commerce. Our carriage c •f Britiih goods and our direct trade with the [ Britiih dominions ; in which branches of c commerce the Britiih will exclude us, from 1 their ability to convoy and to carry at a cheat per rate. It is further said, that if we remain r at peace, our trade wiii be umnoleded, ex- } eept in the cases fpecified in those decrees, « but that a rupture with France, will deprive 1 us of not only her trade, but of all the nati- c ons in alliance with her orunderhercontroul. \ Ke wondered greatlythat gentlemen did not I perceive the limple arifwer to these objecti-, a ons—ln all those cases if their arguments t were jult, there would be no occasion for the t employment of convoy, and the velfels would p either not be purchased or they would be de- t (lined to some other use. To defend the v coad, or to protect the transportation of our 1 troops aud military (lores. But he did not c believe in the solidity of the(e arguments — ( France did not mean to permit this country r to carry cm airy Specie* oi commerce, that< v she could prevent—no gentleman could feri- [ otifly believe that (he would confine herfrlf, though unjud aud cruel in a high degree, to the letter or spirit of her late decrees. We 1 have authentic information that (he captures all (lie meets, and the Arch Buccaneer of the v Welt Irtlies has publilhed an edict purporting t that nothing mult be fufFered to efcape—nei- „ ther was it to be imagined that in the event of c a war with a nation, (hould be (hut out . from the ports of the other European nations. Of fifty one millions of our annual export's ; v a inoiety conliftsof the produce ot other coun- f tries, of sugars, teas, coffee, cotton and other t articles, the demand for which in Europe is a conltant, and mult be fuppljed : Thisfupply mult be obtained from those countries who , can carry chea pert. At present for this rea lon, it is principally derived from this coun- a try. It isa monlirous supposition that France « ihould acquire such an ascendant in Europe e a 4 to compel Spain, Holland, the Hanfe n Towns, Rudia <nd the Italian Hates to fore- g close our commerce, and to deprive „ theni felves of the advantages of purchasing sup- c plies frontllvofr who can furnith them with e: the bell ad vantage —fuchafydem could ne- tl ver be enforced—All those countries wouid ci be interelled to clttde iti—That trade which c , was obdructed 111 a dire£t coiufe would be -j caiTied on circuitotifty ; but dill it would con tinue, and if protected, it would flourilh. The eliect therefore of denying convoy to our merchants will be to destroy this great and beneficial carrying trade ; to transfer its emo luments to other nations ; to annihilate forty a millions worth of (hipping and to itarve or b«- nifh sixty thousand lailors and their families Upon the value of our lands ar.d produce, the operation of this amendment 'would be q highly pernicious. The farmers have been aiuuled with the ideS, that if our own -velfels embargoed, the Britiih and neutral (hips a will come hitljrr for their produce, and that their interfrft w.il not fufier. But it Ihould be remembered that with respect to the pro duce of our country, tlxve is a great diffe itiice betw cen seeking and waiting for a mar ket. It chiefly confills of provilions and the if it%r.ines of life, with which nature 111 fume nieafiires, provides all countries; —As the F< •euioni vary, as the harvell is more or lefsa buuddnt; the demand for this produce also le fluflu.ttes, a«4, one nation may accidentally 1- posse's an iiumenie surplus, while another is d with famine. The enterprize of it. the exporterenables him to difcoverand avail - hitnfelfof (uch eircumtiances, aud when is is tree the amount of our produce will be the !, greatest quantity which our indufiry can raise; ; but when exportation it reftrainedj the de e mand is uncertain ; the merchant will not - risque the putchafe of great quantities which * may perish on his hand, and an imrnenfe di - minution both of quantity and value is< the s unfailing confequeiice. Besides said he, ad a mittuig that other nations (hould lend velTels - fuificKfriit to take od' all our .produce ; they - rauft provide convoys ; they tyill not veiVture e unarmed ; and unless your produce can be , botigru 011 tpritis tlut y ill defray the expence e i»f arming they *jll nor come at all. The ! quelliuti therefore reijiiins, whose convoy s will you pay for—that of foreign nations or e that of*ypurown country ? Honor and inte -1 re.'t giveorte aiifwer-j humiliation and mean y neh another. , It has been arlferted within these walls and - echoed throughout this continent that we are - going to war in Support of Brijilh marmfac ; tures, and ot a trade tile ballance of which - is agauitt uj. To Jliew the difitdvantage of , our trade with Britain, it has been inlifted r- that in the lad year France has taken eleven millions of our exports and Great Britain but J eight millions and an half. But he would i alfert that either ihis comparative of our ex - 1 ports was not an infallibte ted of'the relative t advantages ps our trade, or if it be so, the t fame principle taken lor a series of years is in f favour of ottr trade with Great Bri'tain.—ln : the year preceding the lalt our exports to I Great Britain were twenty three millions.— 1 To France eleven millionsonly—By the report I of Mr. JefFerloo in 1794 funned upon a view of our commerce in peacable times, wefentto 1 Great Britain ftine millions anlnuully, and to France about four millions—l it the year 1785 1 it appears by a memorial of the Britiih mer -1 chants to the king, that such is the natural tendency of our export-trade in favor of Great Britain, that although Germany and Holland wanted annually of tobacco, they could obtain but 5000, and that out of 15000 hogllieads for which the French market I would aftiird-a file, they would get from us ' but twelve hundred. The reft was lent to Great Britain. Gentlemen may contend that a great-part of our experts to Sruain is re-exported ; but the quantity thus re-exported is not precisely known, nor can. it conclude againd the geite ral position. The markets of other countries being open, we Ihould carry these exports di re£lly thitiier, if it were not"conven;ent-atid advantageous to permit theuito center inGreat Britain, and whether they are remitted in ex change for merchandize which we want and cannot obtain on equal terms from other coun tries ; or as a fund to facilitate our negocia tions and commerce in other parts of tiie world, it equally refulti that this bias pro ceeds from that commercial sagacity which is always acute to discern aud active to pursue its tme~4tttcre{i. He would further add that the exports of" the lad year for another reason were not the true criterion of trade. The depredations of *the French corsairs had already increased to a degree which induced many to clear out for the French dominions, when theaiitual delli nation was to some other country —and of the nominal elevefi millions appearing to be thus cleared out, only three millions confided of our own produce or manufactures. Mr. 0, said, that he wouid not take the wide range of the gentleman from Corineifti cut (Mr. nor give the fame icope to his feeling's. Gentlemen agreed that the time was arrived, for placing the country in a date of defence, and declared themselves ready to adopt certain measures for this pur pole. For these profellions he gave them due credit, but their measures were not adequate to the objed. He never would agree to de clare that this country could not or would not protect its commerce, nor alfent to a process of outlawry againd all the merchants, mecha nics and fai ors in the United States. He thought it not very honorable to fay to the merchants, " proceed in your commercial projects, and in the event of yourfuccefs we sxp'etta portion of your earnings to bellow upon the protection of the other classes of the community." The farmers of this country would never find an interelt in holding this language and they had too much ge«erolity to adopt it. From the nature of the landed in tered, valuable as it certainly was and condi tuting the balis of all riches, it could not be pretended, that great sums could be drawn from it for sudden emergencies. I f loans are wanted, the merchants are able and willing to lend, They cheerfully support a great (hare of the public burdens and if we could not (helterthein from deltruflion it was a weak ness over which he (hould mourn in Silence but which he wouid never think it politic topub- Itm-fO the world. Mr. S. Smith wilhedtohave rifenbefore r the gentleman from Conne&icut (Mr. Allen) to have expressed a firgla fentlmer.t, with the hope that the que (lion might have been taken without further debate ; but«that gentlcm-u had taken such a wide field of de ; claniation and irritation, that he had loft all hope of fpetdify takia» the qucllion. He was of opiuion with the gentleman from 1 Pennfylvaniayellerday (Mr. Sitgreaves) that this was a time in which they ought to a3, and not to make speeches. The obferva ions he wilhed to make was that we have alrea- 1 dy a Naval Establishment of three frigates 1 and two cutters, in the law for providing i which, nothing is said to reilritl thrtr being 1 employed as convoy*. There Wus a cliulv of this fort introduced into the bill; but the Senate disagreed to it, fcnd this houfc con curred in the amendment. It would be an extraordi ary thing, iherefo.e, to prohibit these twelve v fTcls from being employed as 1 convoys, wbilll the three frigates and two 1 cutters were Kable to be thus employed. Tlure would be a coatradiftion betwixt the twolaut. ' ] /This Dr'jatt to ke amiinutJ.) < Just Published, Aihl to be had at the Book-ftor«l of Meflri. Dob son, Cav.fbj.ll, Young and Ormhoo, in Philadelphia v OBSERVATIONS On the Caules and Care of Remitting «r Bilious i Fevers. To tvbich is annexed, AN ABSTRACT of the op.nion* and prjiiliccof tUfferer.C authors : and an APPENDIX, exhib- a iting intereftingfa&s and rtfle&ions relative to the Synoclvs Itferoidtsy or Yellow Fever, Which 1 ita* fo much *nd mortality, i: at different periods, in fcvrral of the fe*port towns of th« United State# i»f America, dy WILLIAM CURRIE, Ftflow of the Philadelphia of PhyCcians, and of the •-Hicrican "Philorcphicoi So- Feb. i—ii f Xi)C ®wtte. 1 - ; PHILADELPHIA, 'V ' ' TUESDAY EVENING, Mat i. 1 y U a numerous meeting of the citizens of the, [ county of Monmouth in the State of New- Jsrfey, it the Court-fioufc in Freehold, con j vetted by publ:c notice, during tht fitting of i court on the lstb day of 1798. : Eluha LawrenCl, tffj. in the chair. ' This meeting it of importance j at this *in»e to aid the government and couh ] cils of the country, f<j ; far forth as the fame r can be done bv afiurances of the confidence and sup port of the people. Do unanimously resolve that all the de partments of the government of the United | States are pofTefTcd of the entire confidence of the persons compofmg this meeting ; and , that they will to the utmost of their ability, f support all such measures for the protection I and vindication of the rights, liberty and 1 independence of the United States as the houorzble the President, the Senate and House of Representatives may recommend, or ena£t. Resolved, That the chairman do figo the 1 foregoing resolution, and transmit a copy thereof to the Prelident of the United States, and both Hoiifeb- of Tongrefs. By order of the Meeting, Eli.sha Lawrence, Chairman. ADDRESS To the Citizens of Massachusetts. Citizens ! We are informed by the communications of the enyoys extraordinary from the United States to the republic of France, that they, have been refufed an audience, and treated with a niarked insolence and contempt by the French direflcry. , Our eiituys haVe been told by the agents ■ of the French government, that we are a divide4?people ; that they have here a party so numerous and devoted to their mandates, as to be competent, by the aid of diplomatic intrigue, to overawe our constituted autho rities, and didtate their mealureJ. The dirediorv by their agents afFedt *2 confide r us as a colony to France, or as a ! pecpie tributary to her, and under her.con- , troul ; and they assume the right to levy contributions upon our country, under the ! deceptive mafic of a voluntary loan. They required offour envoys an advance of mpnqy, equal to thirty three millions of Dollars, or one hundred and seven tons of silver ; or in 1 other words, one hundred and seven -waggon loads of dollars, carrying one ion or twenty j hundred we gilt of dollars each ; fee the estimate below, founded 011 M. Y's. written propositions to the American envoys, con firmed by other parts of their communica tions. This prodigious amount of money was to be the price cf their being recognized as en voys from the United States, or having the | privilege of admission to the directory. Hav- j ing paid, or agreed to pay, as far as they could obligate the United States, this enor- , mous sum, as a preliminary point, they were then to be allowed to state the objects of their mission ; and would then only be in rule toleainwhat further requifition3 cur generous allies would please to impose upon our country. And left' this insulting pro polition should rouse the indignation of our envoys, they were reminded, that iimilar impefitions were laid upon all other nations who were honored with the patronage of France, or admitted to htr embraces, and to deter them from rejecting the base requjfi tion, the fate of Venice was pointedly Hat ed to them, as the puni/hment referred for our country, if they refufed to comply That is ta fay, we might then expedt to be conquered by France, to be divided inta dif- ] tridts, and fold to other nations who would ] bid highest j for such was the fate of nice. j But the free citizens of MafTachufetts, ] indignant at the base insinuation of our be- , ing thas humiliated, and impelled no less by their feelings than their duty, will declare to , the directory and the world, that they are 1 not a divided, nor a dependant people ; that J they hold not their liberty under the patron- 1 age of France, nor are their conflicted au- , thorities dependant on her will, or their 1 measures fubjedt to her diiedtion. We are t an Independent Nation, fubjedt to no laws, i nor any government, but those of our own c making ; aud it is hoped and believed, that the citizens of Malfaehufetts, generally, will afTure the President and Congress, by manly and spirited addresses, as thq/ 1 - of ] Boston have done, that they will support the c meafu es, which the national government, q in their wisdom, may deem necefTary, to promote and secure the intcreft and happi ness of our country. ESI IM ATE Of money required by the Agents-nf the French DirrOory g of the American Errvtys, <ll a preliminary gratuity f from the United States—as fated in the communications l from ihe Envoys, pubtifhed hy Corgrtfs. 1 hirtytwo.millionsol Florins fnDutch rescripts, dutfromHollandtQFran.ee, \ to be purchafedof the latter withiafti, a naloan to France, at4Cctmsper florin, is in dollars, 12.800.Q0e r As o .°po uerling, as a present to the Direi&orf, for their own private pock- 1 Ct \ .... lll.m Twenty millions of dollars as a loan the tuppolcd aoount due from France r so citizens of the United States for vef fds aiKl piopsny capiured by French r ' cruizeri, againfl taw, and for ldfipliej v lurnilhed to the I reach upon contract c and othef wife, with other demands not dilpyted, at leift a0.0c0.000 t Dollars ;i 3,02 j ,222 1 N. B. The weight of 1000 dollars is cflimated v at 6s pounds; at which, the above sum if thirty t three, millions of dollars, would be equal to 107 toiuof fiiver,and wouid take 107 waggons, catry- j nig a ton weight of dollars each, to trai.fpoi t it. ' (CI. Cent J From the SaLm Gazette. Mr. Cufhing, A certain great divine (in his own cpin ion) publicly affirmed, of late, that he i»e- * lieved that lhe itivafion of England by the French Would be crowned with suc cess ; urging, as 3.renfon for the faith that <was in him, the necelfity of reformation in the English Church !—What a devil of n reformation that must be, which be gins with denying the exigence of a GOD ! ! BITE 'EM. e . *———■— BOSTON, April 15. " Extraft of a letter from an American gen s tleman, whose information and opinions are entitled to great refpe&. London, February 6. - ," By a late law the French have authori " zed hfie capture 1 and condemnation of all e Beutral ,veffcis, with iheir cargoes, which " shall )iavt on board any thing manufaftured or produced in any part of the Britilh do " minions, orpofTcffions, so that oui. property 1 is in fadt exposed as much as it vfrould be in : open war. This mifchief will probably be foon iucreafed by the Dutch being compel > led to pursue the fame mcalure : For a 1 twelve-month pail the Dutch have refufed ' to com:r.it thedepredatiousonneutrals which ' the French have done, but they can refufe no longer. The men who dared to disobey ■ for a moment the commands of France, are arrefled, and will either Se put to death in Holland, or ftift beyond the sea to perish in • xile. " A revolution has taken place at the Hague fimilarto that which took place at Paris —after thearreft of the vvhole commit tee of fo reign affoirs, and twenty-twp members of the Convention, the following decrees were pafkd : ift. To faiidliwn the arrests. 2d. To a boliih the state fovereigntics of the several provinces, and conlolidate the Batavian na tion : and 3d. To require an oath of hatred against the StadthoMerate, Federalism, A rillocracy and Anarchy. Charles de Lacroix had beenfent to the Hague this business properly done.— As soon as it was accomplished he congratu lated the Convention upon the triumph of Liberty, and gave them afTurances of the protection of their faithful frieiid and ally." " Our envoys are Hill at Paris, and hea ven alone can tell when they will leave it. This, however, is certain, that the objeft of their million will entirely fail, and ifa ny benefit accrues to our country from their 1 labors, the merit will be their own, for no j common degree of patience and fortitude i wonld be fufficient to bear the humiliating ; and ignominious treatment they have endur ed for so long a time, without a hope tofup • 1 port them. j " The Empire have given full power (as demanded by France) to tticTrdcyufica at I Raftadt to conclude a convenient peace, in -1 stead of one founded on the integrity of the Empire. " Switzerland is yielding to the intrigires and terror of revolutionary France. There prevails an opinion, however, that Berne, with the Getman Iportions of the Cantons will give a serious, and perhaps an effe&ual ! opposition to this etflavingenemy, but I con i fei? my own opinion is different The very rods and mountains may be overthrown if they are f.rfl nndermined. " The DiredWy have not yet succeeded in their doings againit Hamburgh, and the other fjree towns, Prufiia,Hanover,Saxonv and Denmark, think therafelves abie to main tain what is called the line ofneutrality, and upon some (hew of their disposition to re sistance, the French liave suspended their projefts for the present, and even affedl to be angry that their good faith is fufpeded. It is not to be doubted however, that these projeftswill berefumed, whenever their arms whant employment." " Notwithstanding the preparation forin vafion, and the dcciees and manifestos of France, England remains calm, and the public opinion fixed and steady; Stocks have varied a very little thefefevcral months, but have risen in price l " "A new inftrudion concerning'the trade of neutrals, has been ilfued by the king in council. It permits neutrals to go direst from the Weft India Colonies of Fiance, Spain and Holland, with the pro ductions of tkofe Colonits, being neutral property, either to British ports in Europe, or to tjie country to which such neutrals be long : but if bound, from the Colonies di rest to other ports of Europe, they are liable to be brought in for lawful adjudica tion. lam of the opinion, however, that in this cafe tKe cargo would be restored, if '• on trial it appears to be neutral property." WALPOLE, (N. H.) April 17. ' ' If a war should break out between France and America, it would afford a fine ! opportunity to our youth for manly exer cifr ; to those ! 41 Who, living dully fluggardized at heme, i " Wear out their youth wuh thapel&fs idlcnefs." 1 A rage for levelling science, as well as • government, to the lowest capacities, is a ' featnre of the present times. We have • books, whose titles indicate that they are ( deligned for those who can scarcely read.' 1 We have " Every Man his own Lawyer." ] and " Every Man his own Phylician." The jacobins propose (hortly to publilh a \ smutty work, to be entitled '• Every Man 1 his own Negro." Of the Chronicle scribblers it may be ob- ! served, in the words of Dean Swift, j " These faftiaus undertaktrs of the prtfs ' write with great advantage ; they ftrenu- - oufly afTnm a thcufand falfehoods, without ' fear, wit, conscience, or knowledge ; and ' those, who answer them mult be at the ex pense of an argument for each ; after which, in'the very next paragraph, we fee ] the fame assertions produced again, with- ] out the lead notice of what has been said to disprove them." 1 A Country beat to be Let, THE ftrfl House in the Village of Germastown, 1 si uated an the right hand fide of the Road 1 —together with five or fix acres of X>raf» I.and. tu GEORGE LOGAtf. aprll 2S * From the Miidifex (Com-J Gazette* t THERE exifls in this country a party or two i And each has itt oHjefl, and each has its wiew.' 1 To the Jacobin party you know I belong, . For, by nature, I uke the fide that is wronjr , Against us are pitted the good, and the great' The lave rs of order, the props of the state. ' These fellows intend to leave uj in the lurch As sneaking as girls, when confefling at church - Bat we will convince them we'll hold up our noles. • , Tho'the devil himfelf all our plotting difclof*s. Our government', deem'd an Old Craft by' these clubs— ' ' They greafa up the axle—<we split off the hubs— 7bey whip up the cattle to drag it up hill— ! We throw down chock under the wheel- This cart, we coritend, was most wretchedly made, " ' That its ti-nbers already are sadly decay'd, That it %/pokes are all luofe, broken down ate the ruiwj. And nothing is found but the tongue and the naves. And firtce it has (hewn such a pronenefs for wearing, , Our club hat refolv'd, it is not worth repairing i We ha ve therefore deter min'c| by one mighty lift, To tumble ij over over, or fct it adrift. The federahft's pbn ,s a ftrangecne, I own, For when we fu crabbed,and factious are grown, Fha fc neither their threats, nor their coaxing can move* , The fcoimdre's will hire uj their mea/ures to love". And no Jacobin ever a bribe could refill. No, not if 'twere offcr'd by Pelzebub's lift. Thus Mr.Eauchet.in, his flour-merchant trade, Found Randolph hung back, when he wanted his aid i But yet, when the patriot told him his frier, Ffinn the bargain, the Frenchman tlew off in a trice, Rcfol A! a while longer his dollars to keep, Tiio' Edmund was willing to fell him dog-cheap. The house, too, they view on the fame i'curvy plan, A kind ofexcrefceoce. likea mart on a man, Like a wen on an ox, or a corn on the toes, Or a carhnxcle hung to a dram drinker's nose. They baSvn in the habit of borrowing as much < Ready rash as they could by the w»yoftheDutel>, But since poor Mynheer has become f<tns culotte, He hasloii with his brcechesboth guijder&groat.; While grandrramma Europe, flripp'd down to the bone, Much fonder of horrowing'than lending is grown; And flill-fcarcer with us is that " root of alt evil," The widow of mammon and child of the devil: So that nww it is obvious to eVery eye, That the stream has dry'd up and the grift has g neby. Besides it w<ntanfwer to flrain over hard, Left they tarry away all their fails by the yard, iAnd give a chance, now and then, to pop ki An anchor of brandy or a barrel of gin ; Hejiceitis these idrne fellows are ever contriving Soaiejsian for preventing our calling from thriv ing. ■ L: Since this creed we all hold, bo:h black, red and white, «To Ileal,from the public's a Jacobin's right." Thus they tax our inolaffea to keep us from cheating. So 'tis plain they're refolv'd we ihall pay for good eating. Our fogar—owr fait, as if like Lot's wife, They concluded us pickled for tlie reft of our life. And ingettingtheircalb ihey've adamnable way, ' That is— the molt easy for people to pay; No w a tax that's diredl I advocate laying, That each may enjoy the full plcallir« of paying. And give occupation to fberiffs a score, Anu countr) colledlors a thoul'and or more. Thus to grind down the poor to their own na tive dirt, And strip a poor fellow that has not a Ihirt. At the opposite parly I'll just take a glance, They were hatch's by Genet,whea he firft came from France. One rfei'er need look at a prettier let, The fire, and the brats, are " hail teliows, well met." I'hievct, bankrupts, and drunkards, pick-pock ets, and all, Well branded with brimftoue, and cropp'd at the fall. We do all is our power to perfua le the blind people, That Adams's legs are as long as a steeple, That he flraddles about at a terrible rate, Now over a puddle, now over a gate ; While " toe u.an of the people" great Jefferfon, pale, Works along like a tad-pole,by wriggling bis tail. These arHWrats, too, are an infoleut rate, They won't e'en permit us to spit in their face ; In Congress, behold a greit Lyoh appears, From licland import ed, a iApurchas'd<withfleers; A stream of mundungus not thinking of hurf, He just took the licence on Grifn old to squirt When lo 1 the fierce Yankee flew into a paflion, And gave the bog-trotter a notable thtefning. TheiCiMG of the Beasts moftlufiily roar'd, At his arn y acquaintance, the OLD Wooden SwoaD. No christian, I'm fure'sthis Conncilicut shaver, He ought not to grumble, but swallow the slaver; The tellament fays, you lhould tuin 'tother cheek, And not go to using the hickory stick. But in order to carry our schemes to tffefl, We'eroblig'd to conduct with peculiar refpefli One weapon, all-potent as wielded by us, Is preaching many le<3ures on guarding thefnrfe, A nd so far our plan cf oeroHomy reaches, We intend toa'colilh the wearing tfhrcccbet. Another contrivance we mean to pursue. Which h%s hitherto ferv'd us, wet.ope 'twill Hill do. Our dead and alive country has funk in a trance, Asd has left ail affodion for fighting and Ftance- Our farmeis too ftemto have outgrown their merit, And given themselves up to a peaceable spirit. But feme how, or other, we'llbreak dowuthecharm Make them handle the mulket, and give up the farm' Tisthe duty ofall.if the Frenchmen mould need "en» • To offer their live« on the altar of Freedom. ' ("is to Franceyou're i»debtedfor allyou have got, Your friedem, religion, ycur farms, an</what not. And jisthev once bo't you in cur firm opinion, You're their Caves, fird by put chafe, artd then by dominion. These being the fails, you perceive my intent, If once you affront them, they'll make you repent; These fans-culotte's butch rsare terrible herpes, More valiant than Cxfar 8, more bloody than Neroes, 1 hey'll come over on rati s, or perhaps oa the ics , As thick as mufquitoes, ot Pharaoh's lice. In time then be wife—mind the w or Js of my text- Go to France in the firft place —to ut.ii mtheuext. Notice—Agreeably to charter, Is hereby given to the member! of " the cor poration si r the r elief of poor and distressed preibyterian minifttrs.and the poor and'diftrenea widens and children sis preibyterian mil iftcrsj that a meeting of said corporation is to en, on the i6th day of May next, at 4 o c ock F. M. in the second prefbyieiian church in the eity of Philadelphia, foe the dilpaich cf all lucn business as may then be brought 1 e board. ASHBEL GREEN, SecreUry of the Corporation. April 7 . uwti6m
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