lawle(s attacks, is to produce war ; so that JHS we are never to defend our.property but upon r a th? principle of war. Has the gentleman to learn what conftitmes a principle of war > He fays our authorizing 4 convoys will produce war. This, Mr. P. said, was a position which he could not admit. When a declaration of war is authorized, every treaty is done away, and it would be lawful to seize Frenchmen, or French property any where. But would the authorizing of convoys introduce a state of war > Because, if once intrqduced, it can. not be terminated, except by atrtaty of peace. It oufconvoys produced a war, h would be such an one as would require no treaty to terminate it. Were a declaration of war to take place, a man who went from this coun try to join the French army, woifld be a trai- j tor, and a man who corretponded with any perfpn in France, would be guilty of treason. These are etfential characters of war. But it is allumed by one of the jnoft refp-ftable 1 writers on the laws of nations, that defence is not hostility ; no do mere reprisals amount to war [Mr. D. read an extraft from Vattel, in confirmation ot this opinion]. But it is eviden*,.continued Mr. D. from the uni versal law of nature, that men may defend thrfmfelves agaiijtt violent and lawlefsattack. 7 0 This pr.nciple is also warranted by municipal j law. . Mr. D. laid, it was not intended that we should do more than defend ourselves ;it was Set not contemplated either to authorize reprisals or captures ; and he called upon gentlemen U n to state an authority which fays, tha there blet. exists any r.ght of search, when vessels are ta. Sta "ken under convoy. The quelHort whether a anc velfel has enemy's or con'raband property on pj,. board, was to be determined by some govern ment; and when a nation takes vellels under convoy, it is to be supposed they have exa- tw minsti to fee that there is nothing improper oul on board ; ahd the true reason why merchant men are liable to be (earthed, is, that the na- th« tional government does not fay any thing about their being laden with goods not liable to be seized. The matter is, therefore, referred to the government to whom belongs the cap- _ turing v?flel. W J I On thf right of neutral Rations to convoy wli their veirels, there could be 110 doubt. lie (ha referred to the armed neutrality, and to what I en , had been fa d on this head by three different French mincers in this country. Genet, r Fauchet and Adet, all complained that we ®ni did not arm to protett our trade, an i because tar we did not do it, they told us we abandoned by our fights as a neutral fir: If this amendment took place, Mr. D. ap- an prehended it would drive 4.0,000 sailors from . this country, into the service of the British, or some other foreign pow.er, which would prove a loss which ought not to be disregarded; pr as they are a deserving and fuffering set of th men; But) according to the doctrine ot the v ',, gentleman from Pennsylvania, if a cargo was fe zed, the owner, and those concerned, ought to rejoice that the vttfel was saved; if the vellel was taken, that the sailors were saved ; if the fa lors were cast into prison, that they to were not tortured with thumb-screws ; if St tortureft with thumb-screws, that they were th not starved to death ; and if starved to death, tc that they were relieved from the pains and cfl trmibles..ot mortality. Indeed, 1<« saw no li- . mits to the fubmidion which he proposes. He does not, it is true, fay that we ought to t" submit to an attack on land, and there was ar good reaion for it. He knows that many of the citizens of America have arms in their t j, hands ; that they have been trained to the d| «fe of them, -nd that they want no cotumif- fion to defend themfeives. He could not lrn pofe fubm.flio», therefore, upon them. 1 Mr. D. then took a view of the amount of U our exportsand imports to different countries, d, in order to ihew the advantage of a convoy Q j fo> our trade. The late French decree, he said, (truck at all our Baft-India trade, as no vellel came from thence without foihe article of British manufacture on board, and even to ' our vellels bound to the French dominions tl themfeives. So that that decree will go nearly ' to annihilate the trade of this country. But it is said, this convoy ought not to be provided, because the expence of effecting it, will produce a land-tax ; but if it were consi dered, that if commerce vcras destroyed, the landed interest would not be able to pay any thin" at all, he trulted a eonvov would not be J objected to on this ground. Especially, when it is evident that if we do not pay the expence ' of a convoy of ojir own, we shall have to pay tor one to a foreign country. . The gentleinin from Pennsylvania, and the gentleman from Virginia, have both said they i will not submit. But \vha f does> this declara tion amount to ? Do they join in any measure to defend the country ? They do not. The state of the cafe, said Mr. D. is lhis. If we will give France a certain sum of mo ney, then Ihe tvill relinqnifh her piratical ; practices. The demand is 30 millions of dol- ■ fars for this forbearance. He did not think 1 that France, in this refpeft, (toodupon so good j a footing as Algiers, because he did not know , that the Dey had departed from his agree ment ; but we have not the fame security with France. But the gentleman from Pennsylvania lays it will be cheaper to submit it* French de predations, than to undertake our defence ; he thought, however, ifwe were to submit at all the tertns which the French themfeives ottered *ould be much cheaper than thofc of the gentleman from Pennsylvania. The French depredations, it was supposed, some time ago, amounted to fifteen millions—per haps equal to four or five millions a year. The French, on the other hand, propose a loan of ■,6 millions of dollars, the interest ot which would be little more than two millions 1 ) and a nation so famed as the Dutch for adherence to their engagements would, certainly pay the • principal. Besides, in the one cafe, we (hould be at liberty to collect the money in any man ner we pleased ; whilst. in the other, we mult submit to be robbed of it by French corsairs. If the tribute were paid, our merchants would know upon what to rely; but, in the other ' tafe, the knowledge ot the hazard would be more oppreflive to our commerce than the. seizures themfeives. The reply of gentle men, he supposed, would be, take the least disadvantageous terms ; but, added he, i fay I will take neither," and fat down. V'llu Debate It he continued-J " Just Publiflied, And to be had at the Book-stores of Meflr«. Do»- iOK,C*«nuL, Youmg and Oa>»*o», / in Philadelphia. OBSERVATIONS On the Caulcs and Cure of Remitting «r Bilious Fevers. I't which is annexed, AN ABSTRACT of the op nion« and praflice of different author,: and an APPENDIX, exhib iting inttrefl ing fa&s and r«flei9ion» relative to I • the SV«:A- We,oid„, or Yellow Fever, which has occasioned so much diftref. and mortality, ' at different periods, in several of the seaport town, sf the-I'nited States of America. ' BY WILLIAM CURRIE, Mow of the Philadelphia Colh« of Fhyfician,. and Member ef the American Ph.lofoph.c J So- LAWS STATES. ® """""" j Fifth % Congress of the United States : an( j u AT THE BECOND SESSION, _ pUrfu Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, gt a te in the State of Pennfylvanitf, on Mon- f renc day, the thirteenth of November, 2 d one thousand seven hundred tefj j and ninety-seven. mer> Whit AN ACT addre To provide an additional armament for the CX p r£ further proteHion of the trade of the United mc eti States, and for other purpofet. grity _ "I") E it enaSed by the Senate and p ort Sec. J. Hau j e o j Jicprtfintetincs of the be ac United States of America, in Congress afftm* p en( ] bled, That the President of the United States (hall be, and he is hereby authorized time, and empowered, to cause to be built, pur- to cha ed or hired a number of vefltls, not ex* was cetding twelve, nor carrying more than j n g." twenty two guns each, to be armed, fitted I j C out and manned under his direftion. | Set. 2. And be it further enaßcd, That , teflei the number and grade of officers to be ap- J am t pointed for the service of the said vefTels, comi shall be fixed by the President of the United ,j ent States, is well as the number of m?n, of which the refpeftive crews (hall be composed, re f o i who, as well officers as seamen and marines, t j, e , shall receive the fame pay and subsistence, be entitled to the fame advantages and com pensations, be governed by the fame rules and regulations, and be engaged for the Y fame time, and on the fame conditions, as M. by an aft of the United States, passed the w ; t h firft «f July, one thousand seven hundred , and ninety-seven, entitled " An ad provid ing a naval armament,*' is ascertained and established, as fully, as if the particular rj provifions of that a ft, • having reference cQur thereto, were herein inserted at large. Pro- vided always,—And be it further enaSed, That the President of the United States be, g and he is hereby authnrifed to cause the ; £ term of inliftment of the seamen and marines | q ■ to be employed in any veflelof the United States, to be extended beyond one year, if Qr( jj the veff 1 (hould then be at sea, and until ten days after such veflel (hall arrive in some Qur convenient port of the United States there- t^a) after ; any thing contained in this aft, or in , the aft intitled " An aft providing a naval ' armament" to the contrary notwfthttanding. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the aforefaid vefTels may, cr ; during the recess of the Senate, be appoint ed and commissioned by the President al >ne. a[)( j Sec. 4. nd be it further enaSed, That t j m ' the turn of Oi efc'indred and fifty thousand , cQn dollars be and are hereby appropriated out of any monies, in the treasury of the Unit- {ral ed States, beyond the appropi iations that may heretofore have been charged thereon, , for the purpose of carrying the objafts of j i this aft into effeft. JONATHAN DAYTON, JJ; Speaker of the House of Representatives. TH : JEFFERSON, v fat . Vice President of the United States, f ur and President of the Senate. f United States, 1 tra ' Approved, April 27, 1798.3 john / Dams, £|j President of the United States, AN ACT J For ere Sing Light Houses, and placing Buoys and Stakes at the places therein mentioned. e TJ Eit enafled by the Senate and House £ CC I J3 of Representatives of the United yQ States of America in Congress assembled, That c jj ,1 as soon as a cession shall be made by the j. e . State of Virginia to the United States, of ce k the jurifdiftion over a traft of land pr iper d for the purpose, the Secretary of the Trea ,v fury be, and he is hereby authorited to pro vide, by contrast, to be approved by the ' y Prtfident of the United SUtes, for building ® e si a Light House on Old Point Comfort, fn . a the said (late, ar.d to fumifh the fame with > all necessary supplies ; and also to agree for at the salaries or wages "f the person or per- na fons vho may be appointed by the President le for the fuperintendance and care of the fame le —and that the President be authorized to r- make the laid appointments ; and a>foj that le the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to cause fix buoys to be placed near the en "a trance of Portland Harbour, in the State ce of Ma(Tachufett«, at such places as, in' his he opinion, will best secure the navigation of Id the said port; and to cause the channel of n- Warren river, From Narraganfet Bay, to the * port of Warren, in tic itate of Rhode-Is- land, to be flaked out and diftinftly marked. " , er ' Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That be .'(here be appropriated and paid, out of the he. monies ariling from imports and tonnage, ' e_ the fun* of three thousand and fifty dollars, for the purposes aforefaid. e ' 1 JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 0 TH: JEFFERSON, 1 Vice PrefideU of the United States, z 0B " and President of the Senate, United States, 1 Approved, April 21798. 3 3 ous JOHN ADAMS, 1 President of the United States. ' Deposited among the Rolls in the office of 1 the Department of State. Timothy Pickering, 1 iich Secretary of State, ' ity, - <°n TO RENT, 1 A good three story House, j in> TWO rooms on each floor, with s convenient So- Kitcheni-in Front, near Sou'th-flreet.-*—Enquire s of the Printer. April so—3aw3w < I %f)t PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Mat 2, Cumberland County, New-Jersey. The following resolutions were unanimpufly agreed to by the inhabitants of Bridge ton, assembled at the Court House, on ihe 26th day of ApriS A. D* i 798. Jonathan Elmer, in the hair. John Moore iVbite, Secretary. I ft. Resolved, That this meeting warmly and unequivocally approve of the meafiires pursued by the Executive of the United States, forreftoring harmony between the French Republic and these United States. 2d. Resolved, That Colonel David Pot ter, general James Gi es, colonel Eli El mer, Georg* Burgin, and John Moore White, Efqrs. be a committee to prepare an address to the President of the United States expressive of the entire confidence of this meeting in his wisdom, firmnefs and inte grity, and their fettled determination to sup ' port all such constitutional measures as may be adopted to secure the freedom and inde pendence of this country. [The committee, after retiring a short time, reported an address, drawn agreeably to the above resolutions ; which, being read ' was unanimously approved of by the meet -1 3d. Resolved, That the address be lign ed by the Chairman of this meeting and at ; | tested bv the Secretary ; and that General James Giles and John Moore White, be a > committee to present the fame to the Prefi ' dent, r 4th. Resolved also, That the foregoing > resolutions be published in fach manner as > the committee may think proper. ! Attest : JDHN MOORE WHITE, Sec'ry, s ' Yesterday Gen. James Giles and John 5 M. White, Esq. waited on the President : with the address which follows. * To John Adams, President of the United I \ States. r Slß * ' . • , THE inhabitants of Bridgeton, in the j County of Cumberland, New-Jersey, being ' convened in public meeting, and having ' taken into consideration the present critical ' : fituatiou of our national affairs, are desirous e I of making known to you their unanimous ? opinion on the fubje£t. , Although we disapprove of addresses on .. ordinary occurrences, which refpedl the in j terior concerns, or domestic administration of e our national government, as we apprehend that ou representative bodies and conftitut n , ed authorities, are the proper constitutional 1 organ* for the political sentiment »' and •will of the people ; yet, on %Ux ynknt lt extraordinary occasion, refpedting our exferi or intercourse with the French nation, in which they appear evidently to be influenced e * and encouraged, in their insults on our na- # j tional charafter, and depredations on our ' commerce, by an erroneous opinion, that Jt there exists a division, between the adminis trators of the government and the people oi at this country ; we esteem it an incumbent n ' ; duty, to teftify our entire approbation oi j your conduct, and full confidence in yout adminiftrati»n, more especially in relation tc the republic of France. We have observed with much pleasure anc fatisfadion.that the wife aud prudent mea fures adopted by your predecessor, to pre serve wid support a fair and impartial neu trality with the belligerent powers of Eu 1 ope, and to protest the commerce of ou country, have been steadily pursued by you And though we firmly believe that the pre sent misunderstanding between the republic of France and America, cat not fairly be im 9" put»d to any unjuftifiable condutl on.th , part of the latter, we, nevertheless, entirel U J' approve of the inftrutftioni given to our en voys to the French republic, and the cor V" ciliatory and pacific endeavours which ha* i been used, for accommodating the differer 0 ce9, and restoring a friendly intercourse an 5Cr good understanding with that government. ea " While We express a just indignation at th difgraceful treatment of our diplomatic 1 . e gents by the French DireSory, we fincerel regret tbat tfce defiraWe abjeds of their tn baffy, have hitherto proved unattai'nabh L And thould it become necessary to repel, b force, the unjust aggrefiions of any foreig er " nation whatever, we are determined, at a eilt events, to support the executive, and defen me the honour, interest, and independence, ( , t0 our country. j Signed by the unanimous order of tl meeting. en " TONA I'HAN ELMER, Chairman. e /.ttefl, , |n : Moore White, Secretary. °|! Bridgeton, April 26, 1798. To which the President was pleased to retui _jf. the following ANSWER, ced. To the Inhabitants of Bridgeton in the Cou; 'hat *y °f Cumberland in the State of Net the J er /'y I(re GENTLEMEN, [3 rs ' TO you who disapprove of addresses ' compliment in general, and of the interp fition of constituent* in the ordinary coui ives national affairs, my thanks are more p; ticularly due, for the part you have tak at this extraordinary crisis. be proposed by Oongrefs to France, in t year 1776, fwlly.apprifed of the importar of neutrality, I prescribed to myfelf a f rule, to admit nothing which could co 0 f promise the United States in any futi wars of Europe—ln the ncgociations peace in 1782, Ifawftronger reasons th , e ever before, in favor of that maxim. The wife and prudent measures adopt by my predecessor, to preserve and fuppi a fair and impartial neutrality, with 1 belligerent powers of Europe, coincidi nient ..° r . . j • • 1 quirt my own opinions and principles, ns< jw ancient than the birth of the United Stal could not but bi heart.'ly approved and fup-j Th< ported by me, during his whole admtniftra lion, and steadily pujrfued until this time. Tt was, however, no part of the system ot my predpeeffor, nor is it any article ot my creed, that neutrality thould be purchased with bribes, by th: facnfice of our sove reignty, and the abandonment of our iride- OF pendence, by the surrender of our moral d charafter, by tarnishing our honor, by vi olations of public faith, or by any means humiliating to our own national pride, or J difgraceful in the eyes of the world ; nor Sta >vill I be the instrument of procuring it on f ro . such terms. P re I thank yon gentlemen for yaur candid the approbation, and your noble assurances of the support. jqhn At)AMS> Qu ; Philadelphia, May l, 179®' l ' le To the President, the Senate and the House of our Representatives of the United States of A- ty,^ merica. , . The address and memorial of the Citizens led of Newark, in the State of New-Jer- wh fey RBsrscTTVLLT sntfrETH, • red THAT memorials view the pre- rec | sent time a* pregnant with events highly t ten important to the peace, happiness and lafe- [ woi ty of the Unired States, and therefore re- 1 full quiring the roost perfedt una imity both in the I the National Councils and amongst every inli description of ci izens. i ord The communications from our Commit- 1 fioners at Paris, and the iuftruaions given c la Ito them by the President of the Unired ant States, and which are now made public, . do have produced a very happy efFe£t, by eon- o pi I Vincing us that every mpafure confident Mt with the honor, intercft and independence c la of the United States, has been attempted fid. Iby our government to effeft a good under- Pa ftandirg between us and the French Repub- In lie, and we lament that for want of a fimi- to I lar disposition on the part of the French no republic, all those endeavours have as yet pr I proved abortive. th j Your memorialtfts possess the mod un- ou (haken confidence in the government, and to ' I trust that while they are pursuing just mea- C r< I fares to produce an amicable adjustment of go I all the existing differences which at present J th I subsist between the French republic and the fe I United States, they will at tfee fame time l o f I be prepared with firmnefs to repel all at- I ty I tempts that are made hostile to the peace, j E I government and dignity of the United th 1 J States. I tr I Your memorialists are fully persuaded I 1 I that the difference in opinion which has pre | ■ I vailed among the citizens of the United I ] States has been owing to delusion and mis- I ' I representation ; and that the information J I lately received has led almost all our citi- I ' j zen« to a determination to rally round the I ni [ I Constitution and to defend the fame with j p c t our lives aud fortunes. j '* ANSWER. t c J ' I To the Citizens of Newark, in the State of I 1 I New-Jersey. I u - I GENTLEMEN, ' I t> r I THE present period of universal effer- Ic< 5 I vefcencc through the world, is indeed preg- I * ' I nant with events highly important to the j f J faf«ty-df all nations : that nation must be | t I unponneifted with the reft of mankind, I n 'f I which can depend upon a total exemption I p ir I from its feelings, and sympathies : the U- j h ° J nitrd States are so largely and extensively I conne£ted, that they ought to have been 4 I sooner apprized of the necessity of unan- I F l " I imity in council and among the citi2ens at I I large. 1 I I rejoice with yon in any event which I * J " I may have produced the happy effedt of unit- I ,r L'ng the people in supporting their own gov- I J - I ernment, and opposing the> unreasonable i e " I difpofitiofls of others. * j ' c * I thank you for your declaration of un- I n " I (haken confidence in the government, and I le I for your advice, to be prepared with firm I 'y j ness, to repel all attempts that are made, I n " I against the peace, government, and dignity I n " los the United States, hut I kaow of no I 1 re furthermeafures that can be pursued to pro- I c n * I duce an amicable adjustment of differences I ' I with the French republic. I ' • I Ihe delusions and misrepresentations, 1 1 I which have milled so many citizens are ve- I ' a * Iry serious svils and must be difcountenan- I ' ! y j ced by authority, a« well as by the citizens 1 ! n " lat large, or they will soon produce all kinds I ; I of calamities in this country. I If the late inforntation lias led almost all I 5 n I oar citizens to a determination torally round I I the Constitution, and defend it with their I I lives and fortunes, I congratulate you most j I sincerely on this happy event, so auspicious I I to the fafety, greatness and glory of /aur I I country. JOHN ADAMS. j Philadelphia, May lfl, 1798. ANSWER . jOf tfle President of the United States, 1 Irn I to the Resolutions of the Citizens of j George Town, publiihed in Saturday's in- I Gazette. w- To the Citizent of Georgetown, in the State oj I Maryland. gentlemen, of I Mr. Craik, the Representative of your I po- j Diftrift, has presented to me, in your name, j irfe j a copy of the Refohitions passed at a nume- I >ar- rous and refpedable meeting of the Citizens sen of George , Town, the twenty-firft of this month. to Yout-appFobation of the inflrudtions to the our Minilltrs to France ; your estimation nee of the H»nor and "Independence of your is a Country, as the firft national objeft, and jm- more estimable even than the bltfllngs of lire Peace ; your confidence in the Constituted of Authorities of your Country, and in the han unanimity and patriotism of your fellow citi zens, the American People, are honorable ited to yourselves, the Government and the Na >ort tion ; and the communication of them at the this crisis, cannot fail to be agreeable to all, ling but the enemies of thisCouutry. sore JOHN ADAMS, tes, Philadelphia, /pril 27th, 1798. The following we learn is a copy of the Ad dress, adJpted by the meeting held at Cammeron'i, in Soutbwark. To JOHN ADAMS, Preftdent of the United State. THP ADDRBSS _ - J Of the Young Men of the City of Phila delphia, the Diftrid of S*uthwark, and the Northern Liberties. Sir. At a period so interesting to the United States, permit uts to believe that an Addreft from the Youth of Philadelphia, anx.ous to prefeve the Honour a-d Independence ot their Country, will not be unwelcome their Chief Magistrate. • Adhiated by the fame Principle* on which our Forefathers atchieved their Independence the recent Attempts of a Foreign Power to derogate from the Dignity and Rights of our Country, awaken our liveliest SenfibOli ty, and our'ttrongeli Indignation. The Executive of the United States, fil led with a spirit of Friend (hip towards the whole world, has res rted to every Just and Honourable Means of c iiciliaring the Af fections of the French Republic, who have received their Pr pqfi'tions of Peace with de ! termined Hoftiliry and Contempt ; have l wounded our National Independence by in flating its Rtpr: fentatives ; and calumniated the Honour and Virtue of our Citizens, by insinuating that we were a Divided, Insub ordinate People. ' The Youth of the American Nation will claim some Share of the Difficulty, Danger, and Glory of its Defence ; and although we j do not hold ourselves competent to form an opinion refpefting the Tendency of every. Measure, yet we have no Htfitation in do» daring, that wf place the moll entire Con. fidence in your Wisdom, Integrity, and PatriotiCm; that we. regard our.Libertf and Independence »& the richest portion given to us by our Ancestors ; that we perceive v no difference between the Illegal and Op prefiive Mea/nres. of one Government and the InfoUnt Attempts now made to usurp our Rights by another ; that as our ances tors have niagnanimoufly refilled the Ens croachments of the one, we will no less Vi goroujly oppose the Attacks of the other ; that at the Call of our Country, we will as semble with Promptitude, obey the Order« ' of the Conftitu'.rd Authorities with Alaeri • ty, and on every Occasion A& with all the . Exertion of which we are capable } and for i this we.pledge purfrlv«s to you, to our Coun try, and to the World. 1 From the Peterjburg Intelligencer. TALLEYRAND PERIGORD. 1 ' At this critical period of affairs betwixt the T7*- nited States and France, some account of the pre sent afiive leader of the affairs of the Utter, may e not be unacceptable—T. P. The exil'd bishop o£ '1 Autun, fought far and found an asylum from hi# blood gained, democratic countrymen, in this country In 1796, he was in Pennf f Ivania, and r there surveyed the lands on Bald Eagle Creek, the ' moil fcrtiln in the state, and, being by the gloriops uncertainty of the revolutionary wkieel about to be recalled to France, his native country, he wifely •- considered that the part of a democratic hero, n?- .. ver proved very lading ; and as he might (land in Heed of his former friendly recreat, hi purchased a trail of an immense amount «f R. e Morris ; the deeds were drawn, but were to re 1, main in the hands of a gentleman of Philadelphia, n provisionally, until T. P ihould be enabl«d by his f. honed siertionsin Fiance to pay thepnrchafe mo ney. The 5>»,oool. lately demanded for him as a y douceur for permitting the Envoys United n States, to an interview with the Directory of 1- France, may perhaps be repaid in Philadelphia. It The above are fails that can be fubftantiatad by the psrfon who drew the de«ds and trarifa&ed the , whole bufisefi.—H. is ready to come forward, if required. [* ALEXANDRIA, April 26. At a meeting of the inhabitants of the toivn of Alexandria held yjlerday, pursuant to no d tificatien, the following Resolutions -were a v g re ed to, and direStd to be forwarded to the e> Preftdent of the United States, y Ref'lived, That the profpeiSt of an impen lt> ding rupttue with the republic of France, is B . one which is deeply to be deplored ; and , s that war and all measures of conflict that lead direfiUy to hostilities with that or any S) other nation, are only to be»juftified by cau c. Fes which affeft our national independence, n . but that when these exist, and are not Ux lb* ns averted by means of amicable negociation, [l s arms become the natural, equitable, and indispensable resort. a ]j Refolded, That the measures which have n( j been adopted and pursued by the executive .; r of the United States, to obtain retribution for injuries, and to reltore harmony between , us us and the French republic,' have been tru iur ly wife and patriotic ; the event having a bundantly proved, that an the part of France there exists a corrupt adminiilration, to whom a further application on the principles ofjuftice, must continue to be nugatory. Resolved, That while a hope is chtrifhed eg , that foms foreign political event may soon 0 f take place, to obviate present appearance! y» s and diilipate the gloom of war, it is expe dient nevertheless, for the government of 10 j this country, to adopt with promptitude effectual measures of defence ; to aft like the rulers of a free and independent nation, our whose situation and internal resources ena me) ble it to scourge every invader of its rights me. or territories, and that in conformity with ens these fentimenta the citizens of Alexandria .his promise a faithful co-operation with the ad- cheerful and prompt com -Ito pliance'witli any degree or mode of taxation :ion whivh fliall be deemed necessary or expedi our eut. and Resolved,. That the foregoing resolutions ; 0 f be publilhed in the Alexandria newfpapevs )le d ! and that a copy of them be transmitted to the the Prcfident of the United States, the Pre citi- Went of the Senate and Speaker of the able House of Representatives. Na- Resolved, That E. C. Dick, J«hn Fitz' 1 at gerald, Robert Hone, James Keith and 1 all, William Herbert, are appointed a commit tee to prepate an addrefsto the President of 3. the United Statss, inclosing the foregoing refo'.utions.
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