a measure which mull ineviubly produce
war, and which will destroy every remaining
h pe of accommodation.
Mr. M'D. wished to call to the view of
the house the llate of things which they are
about to bring about in this country. Let
gen lemcn refleft upon the prosperity which
we have enjoyfd (or rriany years back, from
a llate of peace and tranquility. But if the
measures succeed which are now taking to
induce this house and the people of the Uni
ted States to go to war with France, this
country must again become a scene of blood
and devastation ; numbers of our valuable
citizens must be deprived of existence, and
mimb»rlefs wWows and children be deprived
of their husbands and fathers, and others of
their best frie»d9. Such a llate of things
nfav arrive, as (hall make it neceflary to n.eet
the distress and horrors of war, but they
Kwiught not lightly to be encountered. Those
who hail been witnefc to the tniferies occafi
oned by our lad war, could not but bt anxi
ous to ai oid any tntafures which must aijain
introduce simitar fcenes'of mifcry to our view.
Gentlemen who are young and ambitious,
pu(h on their fcheaies without duly calcuja
ting their consequences. \ien whe wish at
any rate to involve this country in war,, in
order to aflimilate our government to that of
Britain, will go all lengths to carry their
point. He could not fay that was real- 1
ly their view, in pu(hing the country, firft !
by an. step and then another into war ; but i
he -vifhtd to avoid'unreceflary war. And ;
nothi 'g could induce htm more to oppose a j
war with France, than the strong convifti
-011 with which its mind was imprefted. that
the certain consequence will be an alliance
with Great Britain—a government which
he looked upon as the worst upon earth
£ I he taidj no oblervations relative
to an A'liance with Great Britai 1 or a De- !
claration of War. could pcffibiy be in order
on the prcfent queftion.j Mr. M'D. said, he
meant to (heetf the propriety of postponing
theconfideration of the resolutions before the
honfe, in doing which he found it neciflary
to reply to some remarks which had fallen
from the gentleman from S. Carolina.
Mr. W. C. Claiborne believed that
Prudcme. Policy and Wisdom required the
adoption of the preftn motion. The ques
tion which the discussion of these ref"lu ions
will introduce, being or the very firft impor
tance, to receive due conlideration.
It in no less than whether, under exiftingcir
cumftatices, it will be proper to authorize
offettfive measures against the French Re
public ; and he would alk gentlemen whe
ther they are prepared to meet this questi
on ? Whether they are prepar- dto fay, we
will throw from oar country all the happi
ness of Peace, and plunge it inevitably into
the reiferies of War? If gentlemen were
prepared to give the affirmative to this quef.
tion, he must own, he w;.s hot. He felt
difpefed to pause a little before he voted for
introducing so important a change in the af
fairs of our country, as the de ifion upon
those resolutions must necrlTariiy introduce.
On account of the spoliations committed
upon our commerce by the privateers of
France, he felt all the r t fe.itment which the
get tleman from S. Carolina could possibly
feel, "but he (hould not fuffer it to carrry
him so far as that of his friend from S. Ca
rolina ca ried him. That refentrnent he
strove yet to ftifle, and, for his country's
good, he could wish to ftifle it until ah hopes
of peace are dtftroyed.— Ihe gentleman from
S Carolina fays ail hopes of peace are now
gone. Did he { Mr. '.) think so, he might
ajrree with him in opinion as to the measures
whic he wifhcs 10 lakebut he thought
differently. That gentleman fay ; the dif
patche on tlte table fuppoit his opinion ; I
(said Mr. C.) can have no other refourcefor
ir.y opinion. What, said Mr. C. is the te
nor of the last difpatc'nes from our commilli
oners ? Those gentlemen have Hated to the
Diretlory in a very able and proper manner,
a Memorial containing the grounds of dis
pute between this country and France, and
were waiting an answer, which, if they did
not receive in a few dajs, they meant to ap
ply for paflports so come away. The gen
tleman from S. Carolina supposes, because
our cominiffiotters ire yet in i'atis, that they
are prevented by the governmest from com
i' g away ; he, on the contrary, supposed
that their remaining there was a favourable
circumstance, and (h-. wed that they had some
hopes of yet accomplifliing the objeft of their
million.
Mr. C. alkrd what possible good could be
derived to the country by referring these re
solutions immediately ? Would the doing
of this give proteflion to our Commissioners ?
Or would i preftrve our veffcls from cap
ture ? It could have no such tffeiSl. But
the house are told that one of our (hips of
war is dropped down the Delaware, and that,
in the course of a few weeks, others will be 1
ready, Let us then, said Mr. C. wait those 1
few weeks, before we aft upon these refolu '
tions, and not hurry on to a fituati<n of things '
which will rcqui e forty times the velfels we 1
Save got, and which will effeeluaily fruftrate 1
any treaty which our commissioners may pof- r
fibly be making with the French Govern- c
mer.t. We must, then, expeft to meet all
the injuries which enraged Fiance can cqm- 1
mit upon us. t
Mr. C. trusted gentlemen would refleft a °
little before they rcfolve upon the present
measure. He hoped the motion ol his friend
from Kentucky would prevail, and if the in
formation which (hould next be received
from our commissioners, fliould be such as
t > cjft all hopes of pea e from our view,
there would be then unanimity in that house
tor prosecuting the molt fpiritcd measures
whiqli. could be proposed. No divilion
would then be fcen. Every member would
resolve to support the dignity of the country ;
as he sup clcd it was the intention of all to
die upon the foil 011 which thev now live, 1
and that for the of that foil,
each he hoped wqulil willingly (htd all the '
blood which enci cles his heart. j j
( TLit dtbatt to be (onthiueJ.) j
Laws of the United States.
t-ztutfiorXty,.
j
j Fifth Cotigrefs of the United States:
f Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia,
9 in the State of Pennsylvania, on Mon
t day, the thirteenth of November,
y one thousand seven hundred
e and ninety seven.
AN ACT
n RefpeSing loan-office and ftial settlement cer
tificates, indents of intcrejl, and the unfunded
, sr-rcgifiered debt credited in the looks of the
7 reafury.
t Sec iIX lt enaSed by the Senate and
1 JZ) House of Representatives of the
f United States cf America, in Congress affembledy
r | That so much df the aft intituled " An
- ( Aft making further provision for the fiip
l port of public credit, and for the redemp*
t i tion of the pub) c debt,*' palled the third
d j day of March, one thousand seven hundred :
a . aud ninety-five, as bars from settlement or i
- allowance, certificates, commonly called
t loan-office and final settlement certificates, !
e and indents of interest, be, and the fame is
li hereby fufpendei sos the term of one year
i from and after the time of the fpafling this
e aft ; a notification of which temporary fuf
- j pension of the aft of limitation shall be pub
r | lirtied by the Secretary of the Treasury for
c the information of the holders of the said
r certificates, in one or morr of the public
e papers in each of the United States.
/ Sec. 2. And be it further tna3ecifj That
i on the liquidation and settlement of fuchof
the said certificates, and indents «f interest,
as may be prefentcd to the Treasury, pur
s fuant to this aft, the creditors shall be al-
L> lowed to receive certificates of funded three
• per cent (lock of the United States, equal
3 to the said indents, and the arrearages of
' interest due on their said certificates, prior to
• the fir ft day of January, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-one.
Sec. 3. And be> it further enacted, That
■ the principal sums of the said loan-office and
final settlement certificates, with the interest
thereon, (ince the-firft day of January, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-one,
(hall and may be discharged, after liquida
' tion at the Treasury, by the payment of
interest and reimburfemeot of principal,
equal to the sums which would have been
• payable thereon, if the said certificates had
been fubferibed, puif«ant to the afls making
provision for the debts of the United States,
' contrasted during the late war, and by the
payment of other sums, equal to the market
I value of the remaining funded stock, which
F would have been created by fubfe:iptions,
as afoiefaid ; which market value ftwjl be
determined by the Comptroller of the Trea
sury.
Sec. 4. And be it further enaSed, That
the sum of twen y thousand dollars, shall be,
and hereby is appropriated for the purposes
aforefaid, to be paid out of any monies in
th t 1 reafury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 5. And le it further enacted, That
from and after the passing of this aft, it
fnall not be lawful for the officers of the
Treasury to iflue or cause to be iflued, any
certificates of registered or unfunded debt ;
and that to fatisfy such claims for services,
or supplies furnirtied or done prior to the
eftablifliment of the prefeut constitution of
the United States, as (hall \>e allowed ac
coiding to law, and the course of settlement
at the Freafnry, there be appropriated a
sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars,
to be paid out of any monies in the Trea
sury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 6. And be it further enaSed, That
the commissioners of the finking fund (hall
be, and they are hereby required to reim
burle, or cause to be reimbursed, the prin
cipal sums of the unfunded, or registered
debt of the UniteJ States, credited on the
books of the 1 reafury, and commiffianers
of loans ; and that they caufo a notification
to be published, informing the creditors,
generally, of the said reimbursement, and
that interest on the said debts will cease at
the expiration of fix months after the date
of the said notification ; and that a sum not
exceeding ninety thousand dollars be ap
propriated for the reimbursement of the
debts aforefaid, out of any monies in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sc. 7. And be it further enoSed, That it 1
(hall be lawful for the creditors of the un
funded or registered debt aforefaid, to re
ceive c< rtificates of funded three per cent
stock, equal to the arrearages of interest due
to them, refpeftively, prior to the firft day
of January, one thousand seven hundred aud
ninety-one ; and on the requilition of each
or any of the said creditors, the proper of
ficers of the Treasury are hereby required ]
to iflue, or cause to be iflued, the said cer
tificates _of funded three per cent stock ac
cordingly.
JONATHAN DAYTON, "
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
, TH : JEFFERSON,
Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senate. i.
Approved, June 12, 1798, a
JOHN ADAMS,
firefident of the United States. |j
AN ACT ''
Making appropriations for the Military EJlab
li/hment, fun the year onethoufand seven hun
. dred and ninety-eight ; amd for other pur
poses 5
Sec. 1 T-v *' h the Senate and
-[j? Hotife of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
That for the support of. the military eftab-
' j lilhment, for the year one thousand seven
I hundred a r d ninety-eight, the pay and sub
* fiflence of the officers and men ; bounties
and premiums ; the cloat'hinjr, hpfpital,
ordnance, quarter-mailer's and Indian de
partments ; the defenfive proteftion of the
frontiers ; the contingent expenses of the
war department, and the payment of mili
tary pensions ; the sum of one million four
hundred and eleven thousand seven hundred
; and ninety-eight dollars (including the sum
of two hundrtdthoufand dollars already ap-
I propiiated on account) be, and hereby is
j appropriated ; that is to fay :
For the pay of the army of the United
States, the sum of two hundred and sixty
four thousand eight hundred and twenty
four dollars.
For the fubfifttnee of the officers of the
army, he sum of forty thousand fix hun
dred and (ixty one dollars.
For the subsistence of the non-commif
fiooed officers and piivates, the sum of two
_ hundred and forty-feven thousand, onehun
j dred and seventy-eight dollars.
e _ For forage, the sum ot fifteen thousand,
eight hundred and sixteen dollars.
j For equipments, for "one company of
f cavalry, two thousand, one hundred'and
1 forty dollars.
, For horftsfor thecavalry, to replace those
, which may die, or become unfit for service,
. the sum of four thousand, "five hundred
] do lars.
j For cloaihing, the sum of eighty-three
r thousand and fifty dollars.
] For bounties and premiums, the sum of
t thirty-eight thousand dollars,
j For the hospital department, the sum of
r ten thousand dollars.
3 For the ordnance department the sum of
forty three thousand doliars.
For the quarter-master's department, the
(um of two hundred and twenty-four thou
sand dollars.
For the Indian department, the following
sums, that is to fay ;
t For the payment of annuities to the Six
F Nations, Chikafaws, Cherokees and Creeks,
, the of fourteen thousand dollars.
For the expences attending the tranfpor
. tation of Goods, for the above mentioned
, annuities the sum of nine thousand dollars.
I For promoting civilization, and pay of
f temporary agents, the sum of fifteen thou
( land dollar*.
, For rations to Indians at the different mi
litaiy polls, and vyithin their refpefliva na
. tions, the sum of twenty-thousand dollars.
[ For building a grift and saw mill for the
use of the Stockoridge Indians, agreeable
, to a treaty in one thousand seven hundred
and ninety four, three thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses for presents to
: Indians on their yi'fits to the feat of go
, vernment > and expenses attending their
jourmes, and during their (lay in Philadel
\ P hia ' the futll of ten thousand dollars.
. lor the defenfiive proteaion of the fron
-1 ,le " °f the United States, including the
ereaion and repair of forts and fortifications,
. the lum of sixty thousand dollars.
For loss of ltores, allowances to officers
01. being ordered to diftunt commands, and
, for special purpqfea, advertising 3 „d appre
. hendmg deserter,, printing, for purchaf.ng
ot maps, and other contingent expenses, the
sum of twenty thousand dollars.
For the annual allowance to the invalids
of the Untted States, for their pensions,
from the Jth of March, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-eight, to the fourth
day of March, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-nine, the sum of one hundred"
and two thousand, and sixty-seven-dollars,
and seven cents.
Fdl- the confirmation and repair of certain
vessels on tha lakes, in the service of go
vernment, and the pay and fublillence of
the officers and crews of the fame, sixteen
thousand seven hundred dollars.
For making good a deficiency in the ap
propriations for the fubfiftene'e of the non
commissioned officers and privates of the
army of the United States, for the year
one thousand seven hundred and ninety
feven, the fumof one hundred and fourteen
thousand, one hundred and fixty-fevgn dol
lars, and ninety-five cents,
For making good a deficiency in the ap
propriation for the expense of the quartep
malter's and Indian departments ; the de
fenfive proteflion of the frontiers ; bounties,
and all other contingent expenses of the
war depai tment, for the year one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-seven, the sum of
fifty-four thousand fix hundred and ninety
four dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enaded, That
''he appropriations herein before made, (hall
be paid and discharged out of the surplus
of the revenue and income beyond the ap
propriations thereon, to
the end of the present year.
JONATHAN! DA v TON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
TH : JEFFERSON,
Vice P reft dent of the United States.,
and Prejident of the Senate.
Approved, June 12. 1798.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
Deposited among the Rolls in the office of
the Department of State.
Timothy Pickering,
Secretary of State.
I'ennfylvania Hospital,
6 mo. it, 1798.
THE CONTRIBUTORS are hereby notified to
meet at the said Hospital, on the 7th day, be
ing the 23d day of this month, at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, to reconsider the expediency of con
ftruiling a Dome to the centre house of the new
buildings; also, to determine on an alteration to
be made in the .ytlvrule, so lar as the famcrefpedU
the admiflion of poor patients.
By Order of a Board of Managers. '
SAMUEL COATES, Clerk. I
Brown Stout.
50 calks BROWN STOUT, of 6 and 7 doz. each, '
Juil received per capt. Joyce, and for fafe by '
Benjamin IV. Morris-.
LIKEWISE,
aoo cafas CLARJLT, of the very firft qualify.
J u ? e 9* mw3ht 1
%fjt &ascttc.
PHILADELPHIA,
\ THURSDAY EVENING, Jam 14.
; ' CONGRESS.
Yefterdav, the House of I^eprefentatives of
1 the United States, after some debate, paired
■ the bill for the valuation ot houses and lands
s and the enumeration of Slaves within the
United States. The Yeas and Nays were taken
I as follow :
1 X E A S.
r Meflrs. Allen, Meflrs. Hindman,
. . Baer, Holmes,
Baldwin, Havens,
; Bard, Imlay,
Bartlett, Jones,
Bayard, Kittera,
Blount, Lyman,
Brent, Matthews,
» Brooks, Milledge,
Champlin, Morgan,
T. Claiborne, Morris,
Clopton, New,
Cochran, Otis,
Coit, J- Parker,
Craik, J- Parker,
Dana, Reed,
Dawfon, RutleJge,
: Dennis, Schureman,
Dent, Sewall,
Edmund, Shepard,
Evans, Sinnickfon,
A. Poller, Sitgreaves,
D.'roller, N. Smith,
J. Freeman, S. Smith,
Gallatin, • Sprigg,
Gillefpie, Stanford,
Glen, Thatcher,
Goodrich, Thomas,
Gregg, Thorn Ton,
Grifwold, Till inghaft,
Grove, J • Trigg,
Hanna, Van Alen,
Harper, Venable,
Harrifon, Wadfworth,
Hartley, J. Williams
7°.
NAYS.
Mellrs. Benton, MelTrs, Macon,
Bullock, M'Clenachan
Burgess, M'Dowell,
W. Claiborne W. Smith,
Davis, Sumter,
Fowler, A. Trigg,
Havens, VanCorilandt
Heiller, Varntim,
Locke, R. Williams.
Lyon, 19.
Tile bill to authorise the defence of Mer
chants Veflels againlt French depredations
was also passed without a division. The
amendments of the Senate to the bill supple
mentary to the ail ellablilhing an uniform rule
of Naturalization, were taken up and agreed
to. They went to exclude from the operation
oftheatt, Foreign Mi nilters and Consuls, and
their servants, and to Itrike out the provision
which made an Alien liable to be arrejled as a
fufptiled person besides paying a fine if he neg
lected to enregifter Uimfelf as an Alien in due
time. The words fufpefted person were also
(Iruck out in two or three other places. The
Prelident of t)ie United States informed the
r houfe, thath; had approyed and signed the
ait making appropriations for the Military
Ellablilhment for the year
suspending the Commercial lntercourfe be
twixt the United States and France; and the
act refpeiling Loan Office' Tickets, Final
S-ulementCertificatesandlndentsoflnlereft.
At « meeting of the Inhabitants of Luzerne ctun
ty in the State of Peunfylvania, held at the
dourt-houfe in tVilkeJbarre, the 21Jl inffant,
agreeable to public notice prei'ioufly given; it
was unanimously resolved, to present the fol
lowing address : t
To the PRESIDENT or the UNJTEDSTAIES,
SIR,
While we have the utmost confidence in the
wisdom, integrity and abilities of thofewhoare
conftitutionaliy entrusted with the management
of our national concerns, wc conceive it would I
be improper to ejprefs in opinion relative to the
me a flirts nectfiary to be taken at this important
crifia in our public affairs : but viewing with in
dignation the unprovoked, wanton and cruel at
tack made upon our national rights, by the arbi
trary 1 ulers of France, wc Ihould deem ocrfclves
unworthy the blefiings we enjoy under our free '
and happy government, Ihould we remain silent. '
The repeated inl'ulti offered our government,
and the continued depredations committed on
American property, by the French nation— the
mean and degrading terms they hold out, as the
only basis 011 which they will negotiate—and
above all, their base iufinuations that the people
of America are so abandoned that th»y will '
tamely fuljmit to, and even jullify such outrag
es on their property, and such indignities to their
government ; are fufficfent to excite the abhor
rence and awaken the energy of every true A
merican. ,
The voice of our fellow citizens addrefied to
you from various parts of the Hnited States, 011
this momentous occalion, affords us a pleating
conlolation ; while it evinces a degree of union i
and firmnefs that may prcferve our country from '
further degradation. 1
Permit us to express our lincere regret, that '
every overture confident with the digniiy of [
.our government, "has been tiied in vain for the t
amicable adjullment of our difference with France
and for the attainment of. peace. Whilewcre- c
fled), that the inhabitants of this place have not c
been exempted from the severest fnfferings which '
war inflicts, -\ve have reason to appretiate the r
b eflings of peace ; but «e can never consent to J
[jurchafe peace at theexpence of our national
honor and sovereignty. With these impreflious |
we do mod lolemnly pledge ourselves to the ex- (
tent of out abilities and at the risque of our lives e
to support such measures as have been or may be f
adopted by the executive of our government, 1
to preserve inviolate our independence and na- 8
tioatl dignity and to protedl our civil and reli- 1
gious rights.
Signed by order of the meeting.
Ebfnfze* Bowman, chairman. j
A true copy,
Attefl. Putnam CatliNj clerk. ,
Wilkeibarre, May aift, i)®B.
ANSWER '
r 0 the Inhabitant] of Luzerne county in the
State of Pcnufyl-vania.
Gentlemen,
I thank you for this address, presented to m»
by your reprcfentative in Congress, Mr. Sit
greav«s.
The arts and address, deception, fedmflion
whith have been employed for so manv years to v
divide us, are likely to end iu our mo'rc'perfect
union.
If your experience of the fsvereft fufierings, „
which war inflidls cannot intimidate you to pur- a
chafepeaceat the expenceofnat onal honor and C
sovereignty, there is net another place iu the v
* United Statei which ought not to blulb at tie
Idea.
. The solemn pledge of yourselves at the rifqu
- of your lives, and to the extent of your abilities
to support the measures of government, to pre
serve inviolate our national dignity, most
coi.fided in by all who know any thing of your
history.
JOHN ADAMS.
Philadelphia, June sth, 1798.
At a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the
county of Otftgo in the State of Acw-Tort
ls convened by public notice at the Coup Houfi „f
e said county.
n William Cooper, esq. in the chair.
Refolded, That a Committee be appointed to
draught an address to the P reft dent of the United
States expressive of our sent ments in the present
critical situation of our country with refpett to
the republic of France, and to report the fame
immediately. Whereupon Elihu Phinney % Fran
cis Henry and Richard Edwards were appointed.
The following addrejs being reported and unan-.
imoufly agreed to ; Ordered\ that the fame be
fubfer/bed by the chairman and clerk and tranf
mitied to James Cochran, esq. to be by him de
livered to the President cf the United States.
Tc JOHN ADAMS,
PRESIDENT OF the UNITED S PATES.
Attached by every tie that can bind us to the
mofl ardent love of our country we cannot refrain
from exprefft ng the great solicitude we feel on the
fithjeft of the present eventful period of cur na
tional affairs. Conscious of the honefly and juf
t'ce of cur government towards every nation in
the world with which it hath had any delations,
we confidently flattered ourselves with the expec
tation that we should have preserved our neu
trality», asd the en oyment of peace throughout
the fanguiijary war which hath so long and d&tb
flill continue to spread havoc and defoliation thro 9
feve al parts of Europe. The rapacity and ag
gressions however of one of the belligerent nations
do now very seriously threaten to dlflurb that
tranquility, which the virtue and the wifetom of
our rulers have, endeavored mofl earnefllyto pre
serve. IVe rely with great confidence on the good
sense fortitude and integrity of our fellow citi
zons throughout the union, to repel every attack %
both foreign and domejlic to which we may be
exposed, and we do mofl solemnly pledge ourselves
to support with cheerftilnejs and with prompti
tude, such meafur/s for the preservation of the
1 independence and sovereignty of our country as
Congress and our rulers may in their wisdom deem
ex ed 'tent. The prudent but energetic regulations
which yoil have adopted andpurfued with regard
to the unfuccefsjul negotiation with the republic
t of France, have been, we conceive, jlriftly con
fident with the honor and dignity of a great na
tion, and demonflrate in the flrougefl terms your
unceaftng regard for our common interefl ; and
merit a coutinuation of our unfeigned and grate*
3 ful acknowledgments. We rejoice in the profpeSt
. of unanimity on the present important occafion —
One sentiment appears to prevade our land ; to
. devote our lives and fortunes to the maintenance
[ of our rights as a free people. Under these im
; preffions we wbvfe lots are cafl on the frontiers
of our country, beg leave to express our sentiments
on the occafion —our pursuit being agriculture,
i we have no words that we expefl will be more
grateful to the government we love, and will
not part with, but with our lives than those of our
ftneere assurance, that we will fuhmit with cheer
fulnefs to any equal iax the wisdom of our gov*
ernment may lay on us for the national support
and that we will march with alacrity to any
part of the union to repell an intruder •
William Cooper, chairman
Jacob Morris, cleik . v
To the Inhabitants of the county of Otfego in the
State of New-Tork. *-
GENTLEMEN,
I thank you for your addref), presented ~to me
by your representative in Congress, Mr. Co*brmo.
'lhe solicitude ycu feel in the present eventful
period oj our national affairs, is common to the
govt rnment and people, to all who are attached
to their country by an ardent love of it.
Tour reliance on the good sense, fortitude and
integrity of your fellow citizens, / tmjt will not
deceive you, all depends upon tbeje virtues. If
these fail us, we an -10/ l, our conflitutmn and
adoiinifl rat ion all depend upon them. Our gov
ernment without these aids has no power it home
, or abroad / IVe have no other principle of Union
or capacity of defence.
Tour unfeigned acknowledgments are very o*
bliging to me, and the clear assurances of support
to the fneafures of government, are very encou
raging f 9 us all. Tour lot on the frontiers, and
your pursuit i of agriculture, give a weight to your
fentim&ts ; you may be fuppofedt\be less heated
h PlffiWy less affeSed by prejudices % and less in
fluenced by partial or local interejlj than the in
habitants of great cities•
There can be no flronger proofs (jf patriotism,
than a cheerful Jubmiffion to any fax which the
TAiifdom of government may impose, or than a
promise to march alacrity, to an) part of
the union to repel an intruder.
JOHN ADAMS,
Philadelphia, June 6th, *9B.
THE ANSWER,
Of the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, to
the \ OUNG MEN of Boston.
gentlemen,
IT is impoflible for you to enter your own Fan
ieul-Hall, or 10 throw your eyes on the variegated
mountains, and elegant islands around you, without
lecolle&ing the principles and a&ions of your
and feeling what is due to their example ;—One of
their)?*)? principles was to unite in themselVes th«
character of citizens and fold»ers, and especially to
preserve the latter always Ju.bordir.atc to the Jormerl
With much solicitude for your welfare, and that
of your posterity, I take the freedom to fay, that this
country never appeared to me to be in greater danger,
than at this momeut, from within or without—never
more urgently excited, to alliime the lunfttons oi
foldters..
The Hate of the world is such, the situation of all
the nations of Europe, with which we have
isfocrtical, that viciflrudes mud be expelled, from
whole deleterious influences* nothing but arms and
energy can protest us. To arms, then,, my young
friends—to arms, especially by fca, to be used as the
laws shall oire£t, let us resort; for fafety against dan
gers, which we now fee and feel, cannot be averted
by TRUTH, REASON or JUSTICE.
Nothing in the earlier pan of my public life, ani
mated me more, than ,the countenances of the chiU,
dren and youth of the town of Bofjon ; and nothing
at this hour, gives me so much pleafuie, as the ma'-
culine temper and Talents, difpiayed by the youth of
America, in every part of it.
I < ughf not to forget the worst* enemy we have s
Thai obloquy, which you have obferved,is the worst
enemy 10 virtue,and the best friend to vice : it drives
to deitroya'l diflin&ion between right and wrong, it
leads to division, fcdition, civil war, and military
defpotiim.— I need fay no more.
JOH NADAWfe.
Philadelphia, May 22.
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