Delaware & Schuylkill Canal.
r ~|" , HF. Stockholders are hereby notified, that the
X Els<Stion for l'refident and Managers, for the
ensuing ye.ar, will be held at the Company's Office,
on the ficft lc. in January nsxt, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon.
Susquehanna & Schuylkill Canal.
THE Stockholders are hereby notified, that the
Election for President and Managers, for the ensu
ing yeat, will baheld at the Company's Office, on
the flrft feconJ-day in January next at ten o'clock
GEO. VVORRALL, fec'v
to Delaware & Schuylkill Canal Company.
dee 19 dte
Bank of Pennsylvania,
December i-jtb, 1798.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Steckholders of
the Bank of Pennsylvania, that an Ele&ion
Of Nineteen DIRECTORS, to serve for one year,
will be held at the Bank, 011 Monday the fourth of
February next, at 10 o'clock.
JONATHAN SMITH, Cafljier.
Extra ft from the seventh Sedion of the A3 of
Incorporation.
" Article id. Not more than fourteen of the
Directors clefled by the Stockholders,and'atSually
in office, exclusive of the Frcfident, shall be eligible
for the next fuc eedinjj year; but the Dir«<9or
who shall be President at the time of an eledion,
may always be re-cleAed."
dt 4 F
" ' Bunk of North America,
January 1,17^9.
AT a meeting of the Directors this day, a divi
dend of fix per cent, was declared for the
last half'year, which will be paid to the Stockhold
ers or their reprefentativei, at ar.y time after the
loth infant.
By order of the Board,
RICHARD WELLS, Cafiiler,
dtiojy.
"" NOTICE.
THE COPARTNERSHIP OF
HUDSON is? YORKE,
is this day dissolVed by mutual consent. All per
sons indebted to said firm are rcquefted to make
immediate payment—anal those who have an/ de
mands are requested to prefect them for fcttlement
to WILLIAM HUDSON, who. is duly authorifad
to adjust the Tame.
REMOVAL.
WILLAM HUDSON,
Has removed from No. 54, north Front ftrcet
to No 8, Chclnut, near th« corner of Front, (to
the ftcre formerly occupied by Mr. Jon*) Mil
ieu, junr.)
Where he has for sale on his usual low terms,
an extenjive ajfortment of
DRY GOODS.
deeember 18 djw
7he Sub/cribers,
Have received by the Clothierfrom Liverpool
A CONSIGNMENT OFTENCAJES 6t
Well AfTorted Buttons,
About 501. flerling each Cafe, which they will
Jifptfc of per package, on liberal terms.
Mcdford ts* Willis.
No. 78, Norrh Front'near Arch fl»fcct.
WANTED,
ABOUT fifry Calks of
Flag Anaatto or Rocoa,
Apply as above.
-free t
FLOUR, FOR SALE,
DELIVERABLE at N eV r-Caftle or Port i
Pcnn, by
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH &SON
dec 19 d4w
N O T I C E.
THE Public are cautioned not to trust any of
the poopte belonging to the Swedish Snow Maria,
on my aceoujit.
Hans Olof Koci, master.
dec i 1) §
14 Pipes Madeira Wine,
FOR SALK BY,
Crookt Stevenson,
' t
No 4, South Water-street.
dec i» §
On THURSDAY, the 3d jfa unary,
at 6 o'clock in the evening,
At Benson & Yobkk.'s Auftion-Room, 1
No. 39, South Front-street, r
WILL BE SOLD,
fmall,but well-cliofen and feleft Library of
Medical Books, &c. [
together lirith sundry Surgical Infcruments, d
"1 h. property of the late Dovior Francis B. Sayre.
BENSON !c YORKE.
- dts
Black India Lustrings.
l
A quantity just received and of the firft n
fir It quality, &
to »f. sold low fob CASH p
At No. 55, north Third, Jlreet by h
; SAMUEL C. COX. *
dec. 28 diw J
TO RENTED, a]
The dwelling hotrfe No. 153, t]
fotith Water street, together with a flack of [tores tl
and wharf «f c]
JOSEPH SIMS. w
daw
All Pcrfons indebted to the Estate
nf Samuel Cooper, late of this city, l'hyfi
craft, ileeeafed, are requested to make payment
ro the fubferibers ; —And those perlbns who a l
bjve any demands against the said Estate", are t'
desired to bring in their accounts for fettle- u
merit to I
SAMUEL COATES, }
THOMAS MORRIS, f„ "
MORDECAI LEWIS, or r eC " tor! t
ELLISTON PEROT, ) b
uftbe Will of the said Samael Cooper.
IJhila.. i\ mo. j6, 1798. eout
:.J3" Several of the Do&or's hooks are miffing,
r:i particular five or fix volumes belonging to setts.
:> is fnppofvii they hive been lent to some «f his J
friends who will oblige the Executors by returning A
tij.ro without dday.
To he Sold, cheap for Cash, v I
A HORSE AND GIG, "
\pply at Mnleafcey's Livery stable, in
Whalefeone alley.
Jar.uwy ) djt
! Bank of Pennsylvania.
January 2d, 1799*
I*KE Dire<slo-s have thisday declared a dividend
e of sixteen dollars, of Bank flock,for
e the last Sit Months, which will be paid to the
Stockbo'dcrs, or their legal representatives, after
1 the lath instant.
By order of the Board,
JON. SMITH, cafbier.
jstn % dt^i
i WR SALE,
n THE rllLOwmo
k Valuable Real Estate,
Free from every incumbrance, viz.
'• A LOT in Union, between .Second and Third
xjl streets, n feet 4 inches front,, on Union
street, on which is ertited an elegant two story
brick house (no. 35) compriGng two parlours, seven
chambers, a large kitchen, pantry, and er.try
if throughout; the yard is paved and contains a cif.
n tern and other conveniences; the cellars, vaults,&c.
', are large and commodious—on the back end of
if the lot isereiled a two ft-.ry brick ftorr, with floor
ed cellar, 10 feet front (on a court which accom
modate s the whole premii'es) and 37 feet deep,fi»
conftruAsd as to ba convertible into a convenient
f dwelling-house.
' ALSO,
e A Lot on Chefnut, hetween Trnth and Eleventh
' streets, J4 feet front on Chelnm, ard rn-nding in
depth to George street, *35 frfft, hn\ iac a front 011
eich street, which, to purchaf.r', may be divided
; into two lota.
For terms, apply to
EDWARD DUN ANT,
N° 35, Union, or no. 149. South Fi'ont ftroet,
WHO HAS LIKEWISE FOR SALE.
A Bay Ilorfe and a Chair,
e not more than 3 or 4 months in use.
January 2 d4t
e All persons
Indrhted to th« Estate of Mr. Johm F«NNO,late
of Philadelphia, deceafed,arc desired to make pay
ment, and those having any demands, to prefcut
- them for fettlsisent, to
SAMUEL BIJODGET, Adm'r.
or
JOHN WARD FENNO, Agent
to the adminiflration.
Nov. 3o 53m
.
Printing Work,
t Of Kind,
i EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST
NOTICE,
At the Office of the Gazette of the
United Staots,
O.St. 13. dtf,
; JOHN SHIELDS,
MOST earnestly solicits all hii Creditors,
prior to the 23d day of Anguft, 1797,
' thit have not fnrnifted ("heir accounts, to render
them to hire befort the 10th instant, as after
that day they will be excluded from his firft
dividend.
January a d ticjy.
NOTICE.
THE creditors of George Johnfton, late of
Queen Aan's county, in the state of Mary
land, deceased, are hereby requested to appear
at Church Hill, in the county aod state afore
faid, 011 ThUrsday the aift day of January next,
with their claims against the said deceased,
properly authenticated, at which time a propor
tionable division of theaflets in the hands of the
fubferiber will be made among the creditors ac
cording to law; and those who do not appear
on the said day, will be forever precludetfrrom
their claims on the said estate,
REBECCA JOHNSTON, Executrix.
. Fhiirch Hill, Dec. 22.
•THOMAS MuM&ATKOrI), ~~
Has entered into partnerfkip with his two Sotif,
UNDER THE FtSM OT
Thomas Murgatroyd & Sons,
WHO HAVE FOR SALE
At No. 35, Docl-Street,
Ift and 4th proof Brandy in Pipes and
Bucrs
Irish Market
Latour, and f WINES . in Cases. j
Lunelle J ,
Two Trunks Umiirellas. ,
drw ,
No. 128, ' i
The south eajl corner of Marlet and Fouth :
Jlreets, t
JACOB COX, s
TTAS just received by the late arrivals from t
A A Europe, a large, general and elegatu it- t
fortmeut of the most
Fashionable Mer<Jhandiae,
(in the gentlemen's line' The whole of which I
will be disposed of, wholesale and retail, at re- I
duced prices for ca(h.
dec ' J 9 aawtf
Beware of the Rascal!
>
THE Public in general, and the Book r
Binders in particular, throughout the U- v
nited States, are cautioned against the de-
ception of a gallows-looking, ye!low-com-
black-haired fellow, who calls
htnfelf, JOHN HOLT, by trade a Book*
Binder—by his a&ions, I judgehim to be a \
He yesterday secreted him
felf from the ptirfuit of his lawful creditors, c
although, the day before out of mere chari-
ty, I bailed him from prison, offered him f
the highest wages and constant employ, to
enable him to do jiiftice—he pledged his 0
word, his honor to be industrious, to be
faithfull to his benefa&or—he has put him-
felf beyond my reach for the present he ~
has added ingrafttude to injustice In or- J
der, more effeAnally, to guard every person
against his impofnions for the future, I t
think it neceflary to decribe him more min-
utely than above. He is about 5 feet 7 in- n
ches high ; slender make—he is a profane V
wearer, a liar, a drunkfardand a glutton. ?
He was gß,ilty of several afts of swindling f
btfore he left this town. 1
ROBERT HARPER.
Chamburgh: December 12, ? t
notice: I
Joseph Thomas's Creditors t
are hereby earnestly requested to furnilh tbeir f
Accounts duly attested, as ioen as convenient : n
thereby.to enable the Aflignees to form an idea J
of the state of bis afr 4 irs and all those ijidebt
ed to in id T hom as, Jre rfquired to make ira
mediate payment to either of the Stibfcribers.
UEL W - h
WILLIAM BUCKLEY, > if si
; JOHN HALL. SJ. Thomas.
: dfC - #, 4,f
[ PHILADELPHIA,
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUASr 3.
COMMJJtfIC4TJONS. - '
MR. Fknno,
ALI HOUGH Dr. L— n appears to be
elected to fin the vacancy in the- Philadel
phia county representation in the (late legif.
lature, occasioned "by thp relation of Mr.
Hufton, y«t it may not be ainifs to state to
his Constituents, through the medium of your
n paper, two circumstances, which, if funded
y Ifl fad (as I have not the least doubt will be
found to be the cafe if strictly enquired into)
will (hew how improper a choice they have
made, and how unworthy he is of the honor
. they have imprudently conferred upon him.
9 It is said, that this felf-conftituted envoy,
c to the French Dir'f-ttriry, or more probably,
this pitiful tool of a baneful faction, which
it is to be feared at present exilh within the
J United States, applied to a ichool-mafter in
iJ h' s neighborhood, to introduce as a lchool
j book, ir. the institution under his care,
" Point's Age of Reason," and as an in
ducement to his doiir/ i*, off-red to put his
sons under his care, to be instruCted in the
principles of that infamous production. He
is also reported, and upon good authority,
to have influenced the trustees of a feminarv
of learning, lately eftahlilhed in the vicinity
of the Riling ikin upon the Gcrmantowii
road, to (eleCt, as a tutor, a man of vcrv com
mon talent?, who was charged before the
trustees, with having bflaftingly professed a
ivant of Belief in the Holy Scriptures, of
known immoral conduct, and accustomed to
spend more of bis time in-taverns, than tvas
consistent tritb tie situation to which be
aspired. At the fame time, a clergyman of
respectable acquirements, good tnorul conduct,
producing undeniable testimonies of bis worth,
was rejected, as was alio another gentleman
who had taught a lchool in Delaware coun
ty, and was fuppurted in his application by
undoubted proofs of his qualifications.
Tlieie two circumstances alone are fuffiei
cnt $o Ihew that His voyage to France has
been turned to some account, and that he
has been in putting tti praCtice
some of thole lesions, which the arcb-apos
tate Talleyrand and the former' Chorister
Merlin * have no doubt taken care to have
him taught during his refidtnee amofigft
them r tor they know full well that' religion
and good government must go band in band
in every civilized society, and that there is
no i'urer way of destroying the goodly fa
bric of the latter, than by Tapping the foun
dations -of the former.
Whether the thinking part of the com
munity in the Northern Liberties, will be
fatisfied to exchange their churches for ta
veifir, and will cheerfully lurrendtr their
wives and daughters to fatisfy the lewd
cravings of inordinate., paflion. in the moll
wortilcls ot mankind, and the - molt aban-~
doled of their fpecics, worthy 6f lbme
«on4deraiion. It ; s true that, district ap
pears to eftiruate lightly the right of fuffrage,
if we may judge from the lelcCtion of cha- '
rafters they have already made to represent
them in the prefeftt'and'approaching Con
gress of the United States; jn -what moral
point of view the characters of thpfe re pre
fentatives would merit to b<? confide red, could '
with more accuracy have been ascertained,
had the legal proceedings instituted. in cer
tain cases been brought to issue. 'l'he literary
or political talents of- Blair were always
considered beneath mediocrity, indeed,
there was any gradation upon the scale of
learning fufficiently minute to delignate his
precise Situation ; and with refpetft to the
other, we should have had much more cer
tain data to proceed upon, had not private
interest, which often outweighs public good,
and, as the world sometimes imagines, elec
tion interest, exerted lu favor of the prefirnt
Iheriff, been the cause why a ce/tain aCtion, ;
about which he made much noise previous
to his eleftion, been fuffered to lleep upon 1
the dockc!. 1
pennsylvaniensis. 1
• See Anecdote* of Pcrfom canne&ed with the '
French Revolution in the, 4th vol. of the Monthly '
Magazine and British Rcgiftcr, page an.- 1
MR. FF.NNO, <
Finding my name has been made use of in <
your papers of late, and wrong impreflions
may have been made on the minds of some, t
with respeCt to Mr. Philips' telling me of his (
bringing a sick man to his house, lays me un- i
der the necessity of removing thole impref- 1
(ions, by dating the cause that gave rife to 1
them. On the afternoon of that day previous t
to Mr. Philips taking lick, I called on him 1
for lome money he owed me ; after faying he j
could not give it at that time, he told me <
(what he had formerly done) of a certain nier- c
chant that owed him a conliderable sum';- 1
but that he was kept out of it for the want 1
ol a witness, an old lodger of his : that that 1
witness had of late arriv«l at the Fort, but 1
being sick, he had gone down and brought 1
him up ; thi3 being the firfl mention made of c
fever or sickness between us, I observed that 1
I had heard the fever was below, he replied,
that he did not think it was the fever that 1
the young man had. Indeed, I did not wait 1
to discuss this matter with him, I left the t
street as soon as I could : next morning I t
heard that Mr. Philips was very bad of the J 1
Yellow Fever. With rcfpeCtto-my conver- e
fation with-Mr. J. Milnor at . the Eagle, I
only mentioned the circumstance of Mr.Phi- f
lips' telling me of the man'sbeing brought up, e
not those that led to it ; he replied, that (as r
he had heard) he believed it could be proved t
that Mr. Philips had brought up a sick man f
irom the Deborah on the ninth night of her j
quarantine ia a boat of a Mr. Dawfon. t
Mr. -Milnor did not fay, as it would appear t
in the way'exprefled in you-r paper, that Mr. 0
I hilips told him of his bringing up a man to r
his house. I have not spoke to Mr. Milnor t
lince I law him at the Eagle. t
JOHN PURDON. t
Jam»ry 2, 1799. „
c o y G re & ,y,
. Ft
HOUSE 01 REPRESENTATIVES.
Debate on Mr. Grifji'd's yastioK
(CONTI N UIU )
Thursday* Deceit iber 27.
This, Mr. Harper said, he'took to be a
tru : hiltofy this CranfaCtion, ;.s to its mo
s lives and What, he could now alk,
- mcft have been the arguments urged to the
- DirrCtory, in order to insure its success i
Cquld any reliance have be. n placed by the
' authors of this mil Son on an appeal to the
'■ justice of Franfce ? Certainly not ; unlef9
1 they were downright blockheads. And Mr.
H. said that although he had never thooght
1 highly of ihi underitanding of the person
whom he fuppofid to have been the prime
mover in this affair, yet he could not rllimate
it so vrry low as to imagine him capable of
' talking seriously about jnllice to a govern
ment which had told us plainly " that it car
ed nothing about the jullice of our coin
p.ainta or our claims ; that we na'ght in
deed have just cause of complaint, but the
quellion was not about justice or injustice,
but whethjr we were prepared to fuljrai: on
the conditians prefcrib.-d ?" To a govern
ment holding openly this language, it would
have been the laltitage of folly lo talk a
bout juitice, with any ferioun expectation
of being liltcned to. The appeal therefore,
mu!t, he conceived, have been to tie policyj
the interests, of the Directory—And in
what language would this appeal be made ?
By what topics would it be en'orced? He
imagine !, by such as these, it You have» it
, it true, a party in America, and a ttrong
one; but not so strong a one as you may
imajine, and much of the force which it
d.oes possess depends oa public opinion ;
. and the adherence of peifons not fully
apprized of its views. Of this force you
?re about to drip it by the intemperate
violence of. your late conduCt. You
overfkoot the mark, and rouse the public
indignation against yourfelvei aad your
friends, whose popularity and influence you
wholly d ftroy, thereby breaking their
strength, and thereby diiabling them from
readering you arty service in future.
Therefore slacken your hand a little. As
sume a lmguage fomcwhit more cemplai
fant, a behavior somewhat left offcnlive.
Hojd but some appearances of an amicable
and conciliatory spirit. You need not re
peal your decrees agfainftour commerce, but
abate a little, and I'or a time, from the ri
gor of their execution. Talk about calling
in privateers ; release a few seamen and a
flap or two, now and then. This will as
suage the of the pepple, unnerve
the arm of the government, and leave you
at leisure to prepare your plans for execu
tion at more favorable moment. In the
mean time, we, your friends, lhall regain
our , infiuencf:, or, at least, pfeferve what
we have left, and may render you good fer
'Vice in future* After your war with Eng
land is, at an end, we may, perhaps, (hew
you the way into America, as well as citi
zen Oths and his friends (hewed you the;
sway into Switzerland, as soon as you got
the emperor off your hands. On the con
trary, lh,ould you pu(h matters to extremi
ties now, when the national spirit is roused
and high, a war mtift be the conftquence,
,atid that will overwhelm you and us, as far
as respects your influence in America, in one
Common ruin."
-This, Mr. H said, he supposed must have
be*n, and »e verily believed was, the lan
guage wh .he person employed in this
million was intruded to hold, and did hold,
in fesret, to the French governmmt. His
more oftcnlible communications, if he made
any, as was said to be the cafe, might have,
been, and probably were, more cau'ious in
their exprcfiiops, and mere guarded in their
sense 5 but it was on these con.lderations,
and these alone, that, in his opinion, anyreli
ance was placed by the authors of the million.
These, he had no doubt, were fubftantial
ffcrts of the negociation. The reft was
mere talk and ceremony—the cover thrown
over the real design. To have held other
language, under such circumstances, would, '
in his apprehenfioti, have betrayed a degree
of incapacity, of ignorance, and of childish
simplicity, ef which he could not suspeCt the
contriver of this million, m>r even the agent
employed in it. 1
1 am very fenfibie, Sir, continued Mr. H. '
that the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Ni
cholas) may again tell me, as he did on a 1
former occasion, that in reasoning thus I set
up my own ufiderftandi'ng as a meafurc for '
those of other men, and find every body guil- '
ty of ignorance or folly who differs from :
myfelf in opinion. But there-are some pro- 1
positions on which, such is their fullnefs
of evidence, it is impo(Tittle for the»raind to '
doubt, and in which we njuft l'uppofe all 1
men of common fenle to agree ; in the fame (
manner as every man who has eye-fight '
must agree that the fun now (hines; and 1
Ihould any one deny it, whatever rel'peCt 1
we might have for his difcemment on other ;
occasions, we rnuft suppose him to be blind 1
upon this. c
Mr. H. said he was ready to adm it, with 1
the gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Gal- 1
latin) that the embaflV in question had pro- 1
duced no effeCt. Of this he was weS allured, 1
for he believed it to be a very weak project, 1
not calculated to produce any efFeft what- 1
ever. <
The small apparent changes, in a few tri- '
fling particulars, which are said to have tak
en place, he had no doubt were to be alcribed,
not to the representations of this envoy, but
to the vigorousmeasures of government, the 1
firmnefs ot the executive, and the spirit dif- '
played by tke country at large. It was not 1
the effsCt ot the million, but its principles, its
nature, and its tendency, at which he was 1
alarmed. He wiihed to hip this most dange
rous praCtice inthe bud, to cut up, by times, '
this plant of usurpation, which, if fuffered
to taste root and flourilh, must Toon deftfoy '
the government by its poisonous (hade. This
was to be egeCted, not by puuifliiag- this in- !
' diviJu; 1, Vhkh he- iklkvcd could cet U
doue, tor Ik knew of no few therein the
calc was included, but by making a law to
pre\Te;H .uch iiiii'cluevous practices in future
1 ■ "*n Wc know, laid lie, that other
countries have been ruined by this very en
g»ne of .a factious intercourse between their
tu .nt citii'.ensaad theFrem hgovernment,
when we'know that this government openly
l avows ;t . 3 determination to encourage such in
. tirrcourle, to proted all fadions, all male
, tents,- all infurgehts, in all Countries;
. when we know, inline, that this intercourse
and her consequent protedion of domeftis
. taftions, are the great engines of her foreign
, policy, and the weapons wherewith she has
, already p.oftrated so many wretched coun
tries ; when we know all this, lhall we not
oppoie an effectual barrier against this terri
; ble plague ? Shall we not pass a law to pre.
vent individuals from thus transferring to
themlel ves, by their own authority, the pow
. Ms oi the government, which they may af
terwards ule for placing the country under
foreign dominion?, I hope, Mr. Speaker,
chat we lhall pass this neceftary law, that wc
lhall courageoully meet this new and formi
dable danger. To do so, I know, will be
contrary to the new code of the rights of
man, according to which an kandful of in.
dividuds, ao, 50, or au 100 may aflemble
call themselves « the people," and afTume, at
once, all the powers of government. It
will, I know, be tinning against the new
hjht. But in this new light lam not a be
liever. I ftlll think that the majority of the
people, by their representatives andagertts le
gally appointed, ought to rule, and that all
interference with their fundions, or usurpa
tions of their authority, by fclf-appointed
individuals, or felf-conftituted bodies are dan
gerous encroachments which ought to be it
(trained aud pun ilhed. This, lam sensible,
IS an old faftnoned dodrine ; but the experi
ence had under the new fyft JU i does notfeem
to me to speak much in its favor, and I
t( > closely and fteadil*.
to the old plan.
Although, therefore, Mr. H. said, he
was ready to acknowledge this embatfy to
have been in itfelf a very filly affair, yet he
believed, that if tht pradice were once per.
nutted, and thus the principle eltablifhecTit
Wauld ljieedily be drawn into precedent, and
m ,cad t0 the to tat subversion of the go
vernment. The effeds of such a principle
reduced to pradice, had already, he bid,
made themselves lufficiently manifeft in se
veral nations ol Europe, to the catalogue of
which, preiented by his colleague, the gen
lemanfrom Pennsylvania had with great pro
priety added Switzerland- And by whom
were the inhabitants of that beautiful and
happy country delivered up to pillage, (laugh
ter, and a foreign yoke ? By whom tut her
own profligate sons, who, Emulated, by a
boq/idlefi and unprincipled ambition-, chose,
rather than not rule, to rule over a country
plundered and ruined, and to hold a precari
ous power as the miserable vicegerent of a
foreign despotism. Are there no persons of
thi« defer,ption, said Mr. H. among U j!
none who for the fake of authority, would '
conlent to obtain it by foreign aid, and hold
it by a foreign tenure ? I hope in God them
are none : but I know of no reason, why we
(liould be happier in this refped than the
Swiss. Surely we have no less reason to be
difconttnted than they hid. But this spirit,
a spirit oi nJurpition, of a (Turned power, and
of revolt, oat of which this particular cafe
has grown, is not confined to this or that
country, nor to this or that form of govern
ment. It exists more or less in all countries,
and under all governments, however julland
mild ; lor in all countries are to be found
restless, discontented, turbulent individuals,
unfatished with the portion of power which
theypofffs, or can by regnlar means obtain
and therefore disposed, according to oppor
tunities and circumstances, to use irregular
means for the attainment of more. The spi
rit, thus universal, has committed dreadful
ravages in all those countries where it has
not been vigoroully resisted, and clofefy tt
ftrained. It is therefore onr wisdom to
uieet it in the threshold, and ■ ppofe to it a
a timeiy and a vigorous refinance. left it de
stroys us also. " Obfta principus" is a wife
maxim in all circumstances of human affairs,
elpecially in the affairs of government. When
a cancer has (hot deep its roots, it cannot be
torn out, without destroying the vital parts.
A timely use of the knife or caustic,- might
have dellroyed it in the beginning without
danger or inconvenience. This cancer in the
body politic has but just made its appearance.
Its roots are yet (hort and feeble. The pro
posed law is the caustic and the knife, which
I hope to lee applied with a firm and steady
hand ere the evil spread and grow more in
veterate, otherwise it certainly will spread,
and destroy the body politic, perhaps in less
tune than any one now apprehends.
The house ineecd had been told, Mr. H.
said, that they ought to rcjed the proposed
resolution, because of some defeds in its form
ot expreflion, which, however, would be
found in no degree to effed the principle,,
whereon the resolution was founded. Objec
tions of this kind are never proper except to
a bill on its thiftl reading, when, being no
longer open to amendment, it muftbe rejed
ed by those who cannot agree to its particu
lar provifians, but such ohjedions were
wholly inadmifli/Me, when urged against a
resolution, which mult pass through various
fubfequeut stages, where- all those small de.
feds may be amended. In this firft stage,
nothing but the principle ought to be in
question, and it was the principle alone for
which hfc contended.
A little regard, he f.iid, was due to what
had been said refpeding the intentiou with
which an interference of .this kind mult be
made. The gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Gallatin) had laid that the impropriety
of ads like tbismuft depend on the intention •
with which they were done. But how were,
men's intentions to be judged of, but from
their adions J Might thej- not fometintes
think their projeds beneficial, when they
were, w tad, of a most mischievous tenden
cy ? And it the principle were once admitted,
how would tUc intention of those who might
pradice o» it, be afcer*ta4l tU principle,