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®f tlx Unites J&tafes, AND Philadelphia Daily
By John Fenno, N° it 9 Chefnut Street.
Numbs* 1775.J
Sale of Furniture.
ON Monday next, the lift of May a{ nine |
o'clock in the morning at No. 19 South
Fourth-street, between Chefnut and Market
flreets, will be fold a large aflortment of
Household Kitchen Furniture.
Confiding of mahogany square and r. uad cad
dining tablet*—breakfaft and ca'd tablet —fofa«
4zjd mahogany ciiatrs—windfor eh lit c wi th and
Without Huffed feats—buret's*—ch-eft of draw
ers —mahogany crib and cradle—Burtfau with
Secretary drawer and wardrobe —deft and baok
cafr —two easy chairs —gilt aad plain lookiog
glafies—j>iinures—bnfs andirons —an excellent
roasting jack with weights andfpita complete.
With a variety of othei articles nearly new and
id good preferration ; the property ati two fam
ilies about to remove from this city.
CONNELLY isf, Co. auSioneers.
may 16 dts
Collectors Offi<e,
T 1 H. LA DE L THIA , Ij, I7jß.
FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
At!the Custom House, on Friday, the fifteanth
of June, 1798, the following Merchandise,
which remain in the Custom House Stores more
than nine mouths, unclaimed by the owners or
consignees thereof
(X Hj eight half faggots of Steel
(T D) aoi one bale Oirihweb
(T L) a quantity of Steel
Wone cafe Lamps
C & C one cafe Bobbin
(W) one (mall box Medicine
AB 203 one matted cafe Dutch Books
1 Si C one keg Herrings
(W) one small box of samples of Buttons
4
j- () j Ia 3 three bales Girthweb
IV H] 20® one ditto ditto .. .
JtOaaa«« «tt» ditto
(ho murk) i-ig+u
(dHto) one bundle Slates
[L S] one fmail box Locks dts
Will be fold for Cadi,
At eight o'clock on the Evening of MONDAY
the eleventh day of June next, at (he Mer
chants' Coffee house, in Philadelphia, if
.not previously disposed of at pri
vate fain,
THE FOLLOWING TRACTS OF
Valuable patented LAND,
In the county of Glynn, in the state of Georgia,
and the cour.tie. of Bath and Randolph in the
state of Virginia, \
70DJ acres at the head of St. Simon's Sound and
confluence of Turtle and Alatamahi rivers, ad
joining the commons of the town of Brunfwick.
41000 acres on the Great Satilla and on the head
waters of the Little Satilla, adjoining lands of
Wm.M'lmofh, John HoWi 11, icFerdinandO'Neal.
*SOOO acres on Great Satilla, adjoining lands of
Freeman Lewis and John Howell.
44000 acre* in Bath county, on both Cdes of
Green Briar River, adjoining lands ol Jac»b War
rick, Daniel M'Cnllum and John Dilley, including
3000 acres of prior fur veys.
41000 acres in Bath county, oh the east fide of
Cowpafture River, and on hoth fides of the wag
gon road leading from the warm fpringsto Staun
ton, including 5000 acres of prior surveys
40000 acres in the county of Randolph, on Bu
chanan River, adjoining lands of Thomas Wilson,
and 1 f arrea prior fa., vfya. ,
30000 acres in Bath county, on the mil iltfeof
Cowpafture River, on the waters of said river,and
ol Calfpafture River, adjoining lands of Joseph
Grubb, and incluping 5000 acres prior surveys.
The Georgia land, will be fold in trails of one
thousand acre, each, the others in the quantities
and trails abov® described.
Persons desirous to examine the titles and drafts
of the above mentioned land, will call for that
purpose on Benjamin R. Morgan, at No. 41,
Arch street ; proposals of purchase may be made
to either of the fubferibers.
T. FITZIMONS,
No. —, Chefnut street.
B. R. MORG N,
No. 41, Arch street.
JEREMIAH PARK R,
No. 9, North Eighth street.
may 14. dts
ADVERTISEMENT.
NOTICE IS HF.REBY GIVEN, that by virtue
of a Decree of the Chancellor, will be fold
at Public Auction, at Snowhill, Maryland, on
the firft Friday in June next, part of a traiSl of
Land called STRUGGLE, lying in Worcester coun
ty, and all the reft of the Real Ellate ol joshua
Townfend, deceased, for the payment of his debts.
There will be given nine months credit for the one
half of the purchase money, and fifteen months
credit for the other half; the purchaser or purcha
sers giving bond with security lor the fame, on in
tereft, from the day of ftfc—All cT«»Utor» tin#
said Jofliua Townfend are also again notified to
produce their claims, with the vouchers thereof,
to the Chancellor, within fix months from the lad
day of December latt, that being the day ot the
firft sale.
WILLIAM WHITTINGTON, Traftee.
may 14- S IW
vi 4V LANDING,
From on hojtrd the Ikip Elizabeth, captain Paiflie,
from Batavia,
And FOR SALE by the Sdbscribir,
400,000 wt. Java COFFEE
300 canisters SUGAR, of a superior quality
ALSO,
A quantity of SAP AN WOOD
JOHN MILLER, jun.
April iy. §
GOODS
Forwarded to BALTIMORE,
CVII LAND
Via Elkton, on reasonable terras —by
Levi HollingJ'worth tlf Son.
may 14 eodflt
&AL% r E 1 R E.
One hundred kegs of refined Salt Petre,
For Sale by the Subscribers.
Janes C. tsf Samuel IV. Fifhcr,
No. 13, Arch Street
marrj : 3 I 4tawtf
Joseph Ricardo,
OF this City, Merchant, has aftigned his pro
perty for the besofit of his Creditors,to James
C. Fitter, Samuel W. Fi&er, and Thotnas Wilson.
All persons who have demands are re
«|nefted to furnifh their accounts without delay—
and those indebted to make immediate payment to
the Subscribers, a&jng Afiignees.
Jamts Q. & Samuel IV. Fisher.
No. 12, Arch Street.
, march 31 4tawtf
j
PHILADELPHIA: SATURDAY EVENING, AMr 19, 1798.
JUST ARRIVED,
I*i the brigGayofo,capt.pinghap.i, from St.Martins
A quantity of SALT,
of an exccellent quality
A few grace Porter Bottles, new
And twenfy calk? Vinegar
-jr-»c And tht £aM
B R 1 O,
Also, FOR SALE,
Enquire of
Jehu Hollingfmorth & Co.
No jz, Little a ater ltreet, South,
april »o. i_
FOR SALE,
'or} Havannah Sugar
aoo Hides
Will Be landed to morrow, at Willing* and Fran
cis's wharf, from on board the brig Aviive, Will
iam William®, matter.
said Brigfor sale,
And m*y take in immedi- j
Apply to !
Jehu HtHingftuorih & Co. |
march 30. 5 •
' TO BE SOLD,
4°',959 acres of Land.
TN Greene 1 ounty, Commonwealth of Pcnnfyl-
X vania, on the waters of Filh and Wheeling
Creeks and Ten Mile Run.
These Lands are fertile and well timbered, and
abound in Coal ; they were fold ten ycart ago for
five ftillings per acre ; patented early in 1787, e
xcept 370 c acres, which were patented in 1791;
part of them were surveyed in The traift
is between the Ohio and Monongahela very <eu
venicnt to water carriage, about 19*cniltv from
*t—r. 1.4 to 1 i fr«m the
-rill-j-ior otw«itlbufj;h And Wli-siwjf
O-vpaymint of one ourth of the jrofcnaf; mo
ney, a reasonable credit will be given firthe resi
due. Enquire of th' Printer,
april it. ?
' TO BE SOLD,
acres of Land,
IN the State of New York, jetwsen ths northern
bounds of Pennsylvania aid the SHfquehanna
now, or late in the townhips of Hamden and
Warren and county of Warien.
These Lands, from their quality and lituation,
are a very desirable objeift fcr any man who means
to invest his money to advjn'.age.
On payment of one third of the purchase mo
ney, a reasonable credit will "e jiven for the resi
due. Enquireof the Printer.
April it. §
Military Colours.
AtC. GULLACER's
Portrait and Ornamental Pointing Rooms,
1 No. 50, South Fourth, next to Chefnut street,
oppofitethe Friends' Meeting.
PAINTING on silks for Military and other or
.namerrtal purposes (in a manntr peculiar to
himfelf) durable, not to be injured by the weather,
which for elegance of design, truth and beauty of
colouring, neatness and niaflerly execution, has
not Ijri" n f.n""lli-H by Oe&rge Rtirter' Co»-
FLslGt anti &KUMS —.
Furnished with all poffihle difputch, on tlieraoft
reasonable terms.
Ornamental Painting, Signs, Fire Buck
ets, Cornices, &c &c. executed in flile (n.t that
superb stile of modern elegance peculiar to G. R.)
but in a workman like manner, peculiar to an ar
tiftmafterof hi« proleflion.
Mr. Gullacer, from a numberof year's expe
rience in Europe and thitcountry, Batters himfelf
that profeffional talents, pur.flaalicy, and reason
able demands, will meet '.ha entirs approbation of
those gentlemen who wi I pleafc to c .11 at his Paint
ng Rooms. §6w may 5.
NOTICE.
P. S. Gentlemen in town and
country, wishing for a fopply of Colours and
Drums, painted in a ijialterly m anner, will no
doubt feel themselves obliged for the kind can ion
jfiven by George Rutter and Co. not to trull felf
flattering advertisements, but examine the work
executed by both parties One view will fatif
fy them where the superiority lies, —save thefpoil
ingof good silks by George Rutter's pencil—and
discover the requisites for the contra Sing talents
of Henry Frailey, at Germantown may 10.
Military Colours,
FAINTED ON SlLK—it
GiORGE Rutter £sf Co.
Portrait and Ornamental Painters,
IN a Hile which will tntiure the hardlhips of the
weather without injury, and which for neatness
and exactitude of colouring cannot be jfurpafted in
this city.
FLAGS and DRUMS
Furnished with dispatch, en ths mod modetate
terras.
Portraits, Ornamental Paintings, Signs,
fire-buckets, jcc. accompliflied in that fupcb stile
of modern elegance, which, Mr. Rntter pledges
himfelf from 10 years experience iu this city will
meet 4ie entire approbation of his friends and the
public.
In the Military Line,
A variety of specimen's may be seen at their
Painting Room, Norris'sCourt, back of the Naw
Library.
may 1 d6w
" NOTICE.
HAVING observed an adyeftifement of C.
Gullagcr, in terms derogatory of our pro
feffional abilities, we have to request the public
not to be imposed upon by foreign artists ; but to
decide upon the merits ol each by a comparison ot
the work executed by both, as it is a mode almost
universally adopted by them to invalidate the ta
lents of etlablifeed artists, with a view of deceiv
ing the public, and cngroffing that buGnefs which
their profeffional knowledge in no wife entitles
them to. Well knowing that public opinion mull
gov,fern, we flatter ourfclves that the work execut
ed by us w ill convince them of our great superio
rity over Mr. Gullager in every branch of por
trait and ornamental painting, and ihew the ntcef
lity of judging for themselves.
N. B. In future no attention will be paid to the
felf-flatterirg advertisements of Mr G.
Any person wishing a supply of FLAGS and
DRUMS will please apply toGio. Rutti;* and
Co. Norris' Court, or Hexry Frailiy, GcrmaE
town. §£w niay 8.
Jufl; Published,
By W. YOUNG, booKleller, Seeond-flreet,
the corner < f Chefrut street,
THE WORKS OF JOHN NEWTON,
LONDON. . ;
A ntw edition, in 9 v«l& price doh. neat- j
ly bound, containing lett«r» of Omicron and
Virgil, Cardipiionii, review of nif
t»iy, lermors, mei. , letters to'aV i£t, Oloey
hjai the life of EUxa —
Each of these parts maybe had
fach as havd been fuppUed with VV. Y >unz's
ediiioii in 6 vols, may, by lpeedy applica:io*>, V
furnifhed with the 7th, Brh and 9th vol*. at*i
dols.
Also, latety Pullijhed.
Baxter's Saint's Reft, abridgtd by Faw- dels.
cett, nmoat t
Beveridge'sprivatethoughts,2 parts umo 75
Christian (the) Parent, umo 50
(the) Remembrancer, umo 7^
Christian world uumafked, do 6i\ ,
Dickenfon's (of New-Jeifey) familiar « j
letters, umo !
Doddrige's rife and progrefa, ißmo foa 6i\ I
fermons on education, 1 amo 44 '
feioionstoyoung persons, do
on regeneration, ißmo S(t
Davies sermons -a vols Zvo 4
Home's uommentary on the book of
Psalms, a 15
ditto 1 vol»4Svo » <lO
a work highly admired by all who have,
had the advantage of perujmg it.
Hervey afjiafio vindicated, i»mo 7^
Letters of certain Jews to Voltaire, svo %
Walker's lermons, with Bi air's life of
"the author, » vols Bvo 3
White's sermons, preached before the
Univerfityof Oxford, Bvo 1 50
WynperfTa on the true and eternal God
head of our Lord Jesus thrift, 50 a 68
Sacred Biography, or the history •f the 1
Patiiarchfl, »y H t-iimter, jvol«8vo 6
A Urge affr;. tmtnt of bibles, in tolio, quarto,
limo and pooket, at various prices
A large allowance to whololale purchasers.
Catalogues of books, with the prices of each
book annexed, are delivered as aforefaid.
may 17 lawjw
CANNON,
Muflfcet and Pistol Cartridge Papers,
A LARGE AfSOR TMENT
Is now ready for sale by William Young,
Bookfe'ler, No. 52, Second Street, ihe
corner of Chefuut street.
' OF WHOM MAV BE HAD
Baron Steuben s Regulations for the Order and Disci
pline of the Troops of the United States.— To robicb is
added, an a£i of Congress concerning the Militia, price
50 cents ; do. largeprints 67 cents.
W. Young,
His for fete, en tie Uivtf term, for aft or tugociaUe
Notes,
Large writing, printing & drafting paper,
A v S O,
Foolscap j Pofti Folio and 4 to. Ptfl of various fixes, J
gilt and plain ; injt po-u>der,fealing -wax, wafers, puetct,
inkJfandsy black lead pencils. auillr, ruler], cqfe* rftna- ,
ihematical injlrunsents, guntef scales, parchment and mfs '
skin memorandum booh, pen knives y india'*risbber and ink•
may 12 i
Thomas & Joshua Ivisher,|1 v isher,|
-IT- rill fl n 1
At No. 5, Dock-ftreet,near the Drawbridge,
China wart nankeen dining setts, tea and coli^e
cap* And saucers
Nankeens, black fattins and tafliti«s
Puogem cloths, choppah romalls, and bandannoes
China and Engltfh umbrellas,
Together with a general affortmenl of European
Goods— among which (ire
Scots thread in boxes
6d. Bd. iod. lad and aod. nails
Shot—T. Crowley steel, Spanifli brown and white
lead
English scythes 42 to 50 inches
ALSO,
111 barrellsof kiln dryert Indian corn meal.
A commodious StorcinDock-flreet,
No. 7, to be let, three stories high, suitable for
any business.
4th mo. sth §tf
Ross SIMSON,
HAVE rOR SALE,
22 bales superior Madrafs blue Cloths
Carolina Indigo, firti quality
A few bales Baftas, Coifaei, and a quantity of
Bengal COTTON
Bengal SUGAR, in bags and boxes
april 1 |
LANDING,
From on board the Ship Sally, from
Calcutta*
AND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBER,
1600 bags prime Sugar,
800 do. Ginger
30 bales low priced piece Goods.
John Miller, Jun.
march 3 |§
THIRTY DOLLARS htIVARD. '
Stolen Lajl Night,
OUT of the pasture of the Subscriber, living
in Dai by, Delaware csunty, a Bay Horse
about fixieen hands high, fix years old this
spring, fnod before, thin main and switch tail,
a small star in his forehead, hind feet white, has
a remakable fear on his near (houlder occasioned
by a scald or burn, on which the hair is thin and
(hort, he carries well, trots and canters, is apt
to start when rode.—-Whoever takes up said
horse and thief, (hall have the above reward, or
fifteen dollars for the horse only and reasonable
charges. Nathaniel New/in,
jth month, 17 eod^t
For Sale,
The eargoofthebrig American from Laguira,
CONS 1 STI NG OF
Caraccas Cocoa.
Henry Phifips,
No. 111, Scuth Fonith Street.
April 13
W. M. Bi DDL e,
RESPECTFULLY informs the Pablic, that he
has remove' to No. 147, Chefnut Street, where he
proposes to carry on the bufnefs of
A BROKER.
He will procure patents, or yanfail any other
buCijef.in the Land OlSce of this state, for a mode
rate commilEou.
may 14
CON G R ESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUB»DAY MA* I.
TH B SPEAKER Uid before '.e lioufe
' 1 report from tl>e eral
on certain petition# from the ftste ■>
York, for alterations in the poll
tpad,. Avhicli wa. feiened to the commjttee
appointed on th{»
Mr. "L.yoN prcfenied a remonstrance and
petition from tli« inhabitants qf the (own of
SUaftclbury, in the llpte of Vermont, dating
the eviis would arise from a state of
war. amongst which they mention as one of
the greateit an alliance with a nation whose
object is the deftruftion of Repnblicanifm ;
they pray, therefore, that merchants vessels
may not be authorized to arm, nor any tnea
jfqres which may involve the country
in war.
Mr. PAyrsoN prrfenled an address to the
fame effe£t from Madison county, in the
state of Virgii.ia.
The Speaxhh laid before the house a
number of rtfolutions entered into at a meet
ing at New-Brunfwick, approving of the
contjuft of the Executive in its ntgociation
with France, and offering the lives and for
tune of the addresser* in support of the mea
sure« cf .orernment.
Mr. Baer prtfeoted fame refolulions to
the fame efftfit from Frederick county, Ma
rylar.d.
Mr. SiNNiCRSON also preferited an ad
drefa from Trenton to the feme efFeS.
TL fe fevtral addrclTcs, &c. wore referred
to the committee of the whole on th« fifate
of ftie union.
The.house went into a committee of the
whole on the bill for the relief of V iJliaui
Imlay, commiftioner of loans for the ftat« of
Conne&tcut, and the bill was agreed to
without amendment, and ordered to be read
a third time to-morrow.
Mr. Sewall called for the oider of the
day on the third resolution reported from the
committet of the whole, on the fubjcdl of
alien*, and the consideration of the following
amendment being resumed, viz. to add to it
these words : " between which and the Uni
ted, there Jhall exijl a Jlate of declared w r,"
it was agreed, and referred to the feleft com
mittee on commerce and defence, to report a
bill accordirgly.
On motion of Mr. Sewall, the house
went into a committee of ihe whole on the
! bill from the Senate, with the amendments
! proposed by a feleft committee thereto, au
, thorizing the President of the United States
, to raise a p'ovifional army, Mr. Dent in
the chair ; when the bill and the amend
j meets having been read, the firft araend
■ mfnt came under consideration, viz. to flrike
i out the following words, " whenever he
I .<I>«11 jnrlrra tha yiiiMli- fliall
mealrue, ' and to insert in lieu ther of, " ifl
ihe i vent of a declaration of war ngainjl the
United States, or of a£lua\ inviijiin of their
territory by a foreign p tver, or of imminent
dinger ofluch invqfion, discover ed, in his opi
nion to exij). '
Mr. Gali-atin said, if this amendmen'
was adopted, it would prevent a motion be
ing made to tlrike out the firft feftion of
the bill. This amendment would certainly
make the bill better than it is at prelent, a:
it goes to define in some measure the cases in
which the provisional army may be railed ;
yit, as he conceived, the amendment did not
go far enough, and that under our present
circumftancea, it is not rieceflary or proper
to puss this bill, he would move to strike
out the firft feftion of the bi I, which would
fupercede the motion under consideration.
He would briefly ftaie his reafous for ths
motion.
He had said that the amendment remov
ed in some degree the objections against the
bill ; but it was far from removing them
altogether. He allowed the two firft con
tingenc es, viz. a declaration of wai;, or ac
tual invasion, were defii.i'e.and therefore the
constitutional objeftion which lay agaiull tht
bill, as to its transferring a pow r to tht
Executive, which is vetted by the conllituti.
on in Congress, viz. to judge of the proprie
ty of raising an army, does not lie againfl
them ; but the third, viz. when imminenl
danger of such invasion, discovered, in his
opinion, to exist, is liable to the fame con
stitutional objeftion to which the origina!
bill was liable, as it left it to the opinion or
the President to decide ihe proper time ol
raising an army.
Undoubtedly the constitution has fore
seen that in cases of imminent danger, th<
United States would need a Handing army
but it makes Congress the ju-'ge of this ne
ceffity, bvt this biil went to make the Pre
fident the judge ; yet he knew if there wer<
no other objeftion to this bill, the most ufu
al course would have be?n to have moved tc
strike out the latter part of the amendment
But he conceived it was not proper at pre
sent to pass his bill ; he believed it woul<
be fme enough to do it, when we were con
vinced of the existence of danger. And hi
did not think there were any serious appre
henfions te be entertained of an invafioa do
ring {he present session. The danger to b
apprehended was upo« our trade ; but hi
expefted no attack upon our territory be
yond predatory excursions ; the landing o
a dangerous c'afs of persons from the Weft-
India ifl*nds, or an attack on the coast b
some detached frigates. But in every cafe
short of an a&ual invasion by an army, h
conceived the militia would not only b
compeient to repel the attack, but more f
than a regular army. If an invasion or in
iurreflios took p'ace in tht foiithern ftatei
[VOLUMK XIII.
where the danger seems moll to be appre
hended, the militia in the neighbourhood
would be ready immediately to reptl »>t f'.'jJ*
pref • it. {f these ould not do it, nei heir
could a regular army. The danger tn l>«
apprehended in cafe of 'an infotrefr'it'n or an
atutk ofthat is wWat would take place
immediately, and thh could only 'hi pre*
vented by the militia who are on the spot, for
an wmy cbirtd not "he fup]sofed to b? always
at hand to mee: any fudd'en emergency. He
bad no doubt, therefore, the militia of the
country would be folly equal to its defence.
Ikit if they were not the volunteer corps of
cavalry, accoutrements for whi. :h were p-o
---pofed to be provided by this bill, might be
called in, and would be more effefiual than
any other force. He thought, therefore,
it would be better to negative this bill, and
to adopt the regulation, recommended t>y
the feledt committee, in a separate bill.
If the militia was equal to the tepellintr
of any attack, except fro n a regular-army, it
couIJ not be app'ehended that an invation
of thnt kind cou d take place during the
pr sent feflion. The attention of France is
at present e gaged on very different ijbjedts ;
and if it was in 'heir power, which Ue did
not think it w?s, yet as the whole of tkeii*
marine strength is engaged in a different ob
jeft of much greater importance to lhv-Hl
than the invasion of this country could be,
they would not attempt it at present. his
must be evident when it was recollefled what
a fatal! force they have empk-yed againll
Weft india islands, which they wilh to con
quer. Wc do ridt know that the' French
inean to Invade tnoiAfy j every thing an
ttrp fabjcdl arose from a(spielt*nG<Jo , b«tt we
do know they wish to re take the r possessi
ons in the Weft Indies fir ce they have made
their restoration a fine qua non condition of
peace, and we know all the force they have
been able to fend agaitift them. And what
does it amount to ? In the courfo of a year
two or three frigates and a few hundred men
with arms. Thia is all the force they are a -
ble or willing to fead from home. In the
Eail Indies, where they have colonies to con
quer for themselves, or the Dutch, the fame
want of force is to b: seen. It is certain that
whilftthe Euiopean war lalts,they are either
unable or unwilling to make any great exer.
tionsat a distance from Europe. Indeed, it all
the force they have employed out of Eu
rope were to cotne againll thi, country, it
would be repulsed by the militia in any part
of the country whe e it might make it at
tack If, then, any invasion i f this coun
try is expefled, it must take place at the can*
clufion of the European war ; and if it was
then made, he had no douht of our being
able to repel it. Byt in fuqh cafe, the con
tingency on which the raising of this army
by this bill refti, would not take place till
the next session of Copgrefs. He was not,
however, under ar.y of its tak
ing place even at this time ; and When he
said this, it was not btcaiife he differed in
opinion with gentlemen a' to the ambition
of France, but because he thought i was
neither their iutere , nor in the r power to
effeft an invasion of th s cuU'itry. He be
lieved the French nation to be as ambitioqs
as the gentleman from S Carolina represent
ed i 1 to be , and he believed every nation
intoxicated with victory as she i , and pofi
ft fling power equal to her, would also be as
ambitious as (he i*. If, said he, this conn
try was situated as near to France as Italy
and Switzerland are, and our resources werj
no greater than theirs, he would agree that
we (hould be in some danger ; but, situated
as we are, he believed it would neither be in
the power of France, nor would it be her
interest if it was, to invade this eountry in
any formidable manner.
It is not the interest of Fiance to make an
attempt to invade this country, because we
have no bulintfi in the political fc le or vor
tex of Europe. It was to increase their
power in Europe, that the French have ta
ken those steps which were so often repro
bated in this house ; but they could h ve no
such view in fending a force against us. And
: though they may not always be /guided in
their conduft by the principle of interest,
their ambition mud be limited by the extent
of their power. And if, twenty years
when our populations, and confequectly our
strength, was not half what it is at present,
• the attack of a nation whose force as appli
l cable to any maritime exertion asd to an in_
i vafion, was greater than that of France and
all her allies, and whose money resources
were far superior to theirs, was not able to
make an impreflion upon this country, it
i held out no flattering encouragement to
, France to make the atte.npt. He must con_
• fefs he looked upon all that was said of an
invasion by Fiance as a rsere bvg bear. He
' did not believe any attempt would ever be
■ made, and if it was made, that the militia
i alone would be fufficient to repel it ; yet
. were there any thing like a certainty of such
- an event, he would not trult wholly in the
1 militia, but would call the whole of dor re
sources into motion, he wotfid ha»e a lland
: ing army as well as the militia.
Under ihefe impreflions, it was clear he
- could not to e for this bill, because it goes
t upon the idea of an army being n'eceffjry tr»
: meet an invasion, of which he thought there
. was no danger; but if there are gentlemen
who are of a different opinion, who thinlt
that an invasion will take place, and if so,
<i that we must have an army, he would a(k \t
, it could take place without being known
e some time before hand ? It certainly could
e not, as such an undertaking would not be
a entered upon without immense previous pre
i- paration.
i, What ri the iatttition. of vM» bill ? It i#