WILL BE SOLD, At Phblk Vendue, on the \th day of January next, in the evening, Two tra&s or pieces of Land Situate in the date of Tennefea, one of them lying and being in the county of Sum ner, rn the Head-waters of Flimns creek, contain ing one thousand ftven hundred and fourteer aeres,and the other situate m Hawkins couaby, in the fame flat*, containing five thousand acres., Conditions of sale will be caflv,to be paid on the execution of the deed. Information, relative to the titles, may be had on application to Jolhua B. Bond, no —, eornar of High and Sixth streets, Philadelphia. Shannon &P Polk, auctioneers. decembcr 26 NCVTICE. The public are cautioned against pHrchaf- Jng two trafts of land in the State of Ten nefTee, advertised for sale on the evening of the 4th January, by Shannon y Poalki— The conditions of trust by which Jolhu B. Bond became in . any wife interelted in th«m, not having been complied with, he can.have no further title, claim, or demand to them. The fuSfcriber is determined therefore to cooted the right of said Bond, in every stage. . SAMUEL MINNICK. „ >»• 3- .i'F'l ENTKjN. THE Vcilunteer Troop of Cavalry commanded by captain Robert Whaiton, are desired to meet at the Manage, in Chefnut-ftreet, on Saturday sth mftant, at 1 o'clock, r. M. in complete uniform.' JAMES SIMMONS, j""- .1- __J RUM, at Audtion. ON Saturday next, the srh5rh inft. at tt o'clock, on Rof«'s wharf— will tie fold fpr approved indoif c J nof. s at 60 days, 22 Puncheons Jamaica Rum, by the single Puncheon • FOOTMAN & Co. ' auctioneers, jan- t. , > ■ ' dte Whereas the Certificate of Two ft are? t>f ,f)ie 3ari,Wp.frtlie United States in the name of Samusl Amor.v,.. of London, hinker, No. ifTuel in lieu of 11,593, 11,594, were forwarded from London hy the British packet Count<f», of Leicester, capt. Dodd, bound for i New York, which packet was captured by the French, aud the said certificate loft ; and for the re n.wal of which, application is made at said Bank, an d all peil'ons concerned are desired to tak« r.drice. CLEMENT BIDDLE. Phila. o<3. »<5, 1798. d^m WILL BE SuLD, By auftiou at the Horfc Market, on Satur day next, the sth inft. at 12 o'clock, J compleat Saddle HORSE, On account of a demand against. his owner for keeping at Livery, by POBERT Me AD A MS. B. Said Horse Will be warranted Sound. P n - 3• f3t Please to Observe. A LARGE rase of Woollens of confideraMe va - i h't, no-v in pofTeflion «f Wm. Billings, mark ™'B No. I, thiprei at Boston in the schooner Pol- " ly, Capt, Dngatt and landed at Wi'mington lad September, directed in the Freight lift to Wm. Billings, no Invoice, Bill of I.adicg or Letter be ine received, renders it necelTary to enquire who is the right owner of thofc gooJs; tany person ■whom they balong to. who will call at No. 7 South Fourth-flreet, prove the property, shall have the g"nds. i 3- 3- 3t Delaware Iff Schuylkill Canal. ' r pHH Stockholders are hereby notified, that the .1 Election for President and Managert, for the ensuing year, will be held at the Company's Office, on the firft. 1«> ond-day in January nsxt, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. Susquehanna & Schuylkill Cat/a I. IME Stockholders are hereby notifpi, that the ( for Prefi.ient and Managers, for the enfu- a ing year, will b« held at the Company's Office, on the urft second-day in Januaiy next at ten o'slock . M. GEO. WORRAI.L, fec'y *0 Delaware & Schuylkill Canal Compar.y. " '*« '9 dte Bank of Pennsylvania, | December 27tb, 1798. t! NOTICE is hereby given to the Pteckholders of d the Dark of Pernfylvania, that an Eleition ol Nineteen DIRECTORS, to fcrve for on* year, " will he held at the Bank, on Monday the fourth of > February next, at is o'clock. JONATHAN SMITH, Calhier. Ext rati front the seventh Section of the A3 of Incorporation. " Article id. Not more than fourteen of the Directors elefied by the Stockholders, a nd-a(9ually inoffic-, exclusive ef the President, (hall be eligible for the next succeeding year ; but the Dirsfior who shall bc President at the time of an eleflion, may always be re-ele&ed." dt 4 F Lost, or Mislaid, BY the late Peter Fsarom, merchant, Phila delphia, a small TRUNK, containing account >ooks asd private papers, which can be of nova »' !ue but to tha admini rators of that estate. A Any person who will give information refpedl- tf ing said Trunk, will be handsomely rewarded by ol applying to EDWARD ELLAWAY, e< atling administrator. ni N. B. Itisprcfumed the above Trunk wa» left where Mr. Fearon lodged during the Fever which cannot be afcertaincd. i- n - .1- 7t Bank of Pennsylvania. January id, 1799. THE Directors have this day declared a dividend of iixteen dollars, on each fl are of Bank flock, for the lad Six Months, which will be paid to the Stockholders, or their legal representatives, after the 12th inflant. By order of the Board, JON. SMITH, cajhier. . dti2 0< Bank ot North America, January 1, 17^9. \T a meeting of the Direfiors this day, a divi dend of fix per cent, was declared for the .il\ I-.iff year, which will be paid to the Stockhold ■f ' r tb«ir repufentatives, at ai»y time after the f v Hi instant lly order of the Board, RICIIARD WELLS, CafhieF, dtiojy. a FOR SALE, THE FOLLOWING ■ y .Valuable Real E'ft'a'te, ■Free. from every incumbrance, viz. A LOT in Union, between Second and Third ftrctts, 2 2 feet 4 inchw front, on Union street. on which is ere&ed an elegant two story brick house (no. 35) comprising two parlonrs,fe»en chambers, a large kitchen, pantry, and entry throughout; the yard if paved and contains a cis- Mn and other conveniences; the cellars, vaults,&c. are large and commodious—on the back end of tc the lot is erected a two fti ry brick (lore, with floor g" ed cellar, 20 feet front (on a court which accom modates the whole premises) and 37 feet deep, so ' conffru&td as to be convertible into a convenient dwell : rg-honfe. ALSO, A Lot on Chcfnut, between Tenth and Eleventh flreets..f4 feet front on Chelnut, and extending in depth to George tlreet, 135 feet, having a front 011 ejeh ftrect, whitfh, to pmchaf.rs, may be divided f- into two lots, n. For terms, apply to D f EDWARD DUNANT, _ N o, 3ii Union, or no. 149, South Front flrect, , WHO HAS LIKEWISE FOR SII/E. 'n A Bay Horse and a Chair, 'C not more than 3 or 4 months in use* d J tnuary 2 s4t$ 4 t d NOTICE. TUP -OP Of ' HUDSON y YORKE, " is this day sifl*o!ved hy mutual consent. All prr fonß indebted to (aid firm arr- re<]ueftcd to make d immediate payment— af*d those* who any de> it mandi are requeftrd so prtfept them far fettlecnent h to W'If.LTAIVX HUDSON, uhb is duty authorised % to adjust thp fame. REMOVAL. WILLAM HUDSON, Ha* re:noved from No. .54, north Front Prrel, n to No 8, Orcfout, near th« corner of Front, (to ■. the (We formerly. occupied by Mr. John Mil ler funr.) Where he has for/ate on hit usual low term*, an extenftve ajfortment of DRY G O O DS. decemiber oi . d^vv 7be Subscribers, . ' Have received by the Clothierfrcm Liverpool 6 A CONSIGNMENT* 0* TEN CASIS OF \ Well AfTorted Buttons, t About 501. rterliilg each Cafe, which th«f will r | dispose of per package, on liberal terms. . . Medftrd IS" Willis. No. 78, Nwib Front near Arch ftrect. WANTED, ABOUT sissy Calks of Flag Annatto- or Rocoa, Apply as above, ti r FLOUR, FOR S.iL'E, DELIVERABLE at N fw . C aftle or Port Penn, by , LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH St SON *^ tc *9 d*w NOT ICE., THE Pnblic ar« cautioned not to trust any of I the p»ople belonging to the Swedifli Snow Maria, ; on my account. ( Hans Olof Koch, master. 1 dec tj ■ $ , 14 Pipes Madeira Wine, t FOfl SALE BY j Crooke Stevenson, ' No 4, South Water-street [ dec 21 r \ Black India Lustrings. j A quantity just received and of the firft C firft quality, I TO BE SOLD LOW FOR CASH * At No. 55, north Third, Jlreet \ SAMUEL C. COX. t _d«^2 8 d)w ( TO BE RENTED, p The dwelling house No. 153, 1 south Water street, together with a (tack of ltore's P and wharf adjoining, enquire »f d JOSEPH SIMS. v Dec - "9 ' 1 dvv v JOHN SHIELDS, « MOST earnestly solicits all hit Creditor-, prior to the 23d day of Augutt, i 7q ,, t: that nave net furnifhed their accounts, to render '' them to hira before the icth inflant, as after o: that day they will be excluded from his firft tl dividend. fanuar y» duofv. ' •THOMAS MUK&ATAOrD, ? Has entered into partnerftip with his two Son*, ! CrVDSK THE TIKM Ot 1 Thomas Murgatroyd is 1 Sons, t> WHO HAVE FOR int g At No. 35, Dock-Street, tr Ift and 4th proof Brandy in Pipes and ™ Butts m Irilh Market ") cc Medoc / „„ w Latour, and f 'NES, in Cases. Lunelle J Two Trunks Umbrellas. /•' d,w ; N O T I C E. Joseph Thomas's Creditors w are hereby earnestly requested to furnifh their A* Account, duly a , teft< . d( as foen as convenient : so „/. r , e , I' t f cn * h . ,e Aftignees to form an idea ot rff : "~ lnd a " ,hos e indebt- w edto said Thomas, are required to make irft mediate payment to either of the Subscribers. * SAMUEL W. FISHER, AfTignees ro WILLIAM BUCKLEY, C of of JOHN HALL. SJ. Thomas, wi - .^L'— dtf to *0 be Sold, cheap for Cash, ~~ as A HORSE AND GIG, Ap{% at Mulcafcey's Livery stable,' in o '' Whalebone alley. _January_L d,V " WANTED 7 fir r»)-n epUt , able Woman a good Breast of Milk, who will nurse a Child at her House. ™ Affjy at No. no, Union Street. ft - J V— Ul_ «! Printing Work, t Of Every, Kind. • 01 EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST bc NOTICE, wl At the Office of the Gazette of the re Unitsd States, OAr 3 oa, 13. %ljt oasette. PHILADELPHIA, on FRIDAY SVENING, JANVJkY.u 'en ry DISPATCHES, From whkhthe following are extract,, were 0 f received yesterday at the Office of the Se ,r_ cretary of the. Navy : n- fa » On board the United States ship of war !Tlt Montezuma, off .Antigua, November 23^,1798. had of conveying to you any - direst intelli on gence, since our departure .from America, I cd ani truly lorry it does not contain more pleas ing" information. • . . " On the 17th day, after our departure, we weathered the Virgin Islands. Off St. ThomaVs, T;I1 in with ajloop of war, of 22 guns—she not anfwpring onr private signals, we prepareel for aftion, t;h{ Norfolk and Re taliation being at a conGderable distance. On hailing her,. Ilie pio.\;ed to,be the Britidi lloop of war Scourge. Her lieutenant, who Came on board, informed, that these seas were much infefted by privatceis, and that tlie " Stourge was the» in prrrfuit of silt,f ilt, that r _ had left St. .Thomas's the evening before for :e- Guadaloupe. Made.fail with the Norfolk and Retaliation for thii illand ; off Antigua, again fell in with the Scourge, and a king's brig of 16 guns. After cruizing several dlys to windward of Antigua and Guadaloupe and every day meeting British frigates, we concluded no other vefiels were in these seas, and we were uniformly aifnred that the s ' French had nothing larger than schooner pri vateers. except one Ihip of 18 guns. " We kept, however, constantly upon the , Iciok-out, and once run in full view of their forts, without meeting with any vefltls but liritilh frigates, till yesterday at 10 o'clock at-night,- when we detcried a brig close to us, • .which we gave chale to, aini soon came up with. SKc was the brig l*air American, of 1 Philadelphia, then in polleffion of the enemy, taken five days previous,, from Surrinam. We took the prisoners out, 7 in number, 1 -and was informed by the captain and super cargo, who were left on board her, that there ■ were two privateers and a prize brig standing after them. We kept a ftiarp look-out, and at 2 p. m. by the light of the moon, saw two vefiels, which we gave chafe to, and left the ' prize brig with the Retaliation to follow us; but being too near the land, they kept so close : in, and no dependance to be placed in moon light, we were obliged to give up the chafe, * ' and flood off shore till day-light, keeping the ' men at their quarters the whole night; as 1 day-light appeared, we found we were meet- 1 io r two very large frigates and a three masted 1 lugger; tlie Retaliation, and the prize, a little ( a-head of them, were standing for us. We : bore up for the Retaliation and hailed her, 1 and was informed by captain that ' they were the tUr ttay before, fortunately, we saw, at ' that instant, tlie two fail we had chafed a lit- 3 tie before, Ho leeward, and we put about to ) porfue thein ; the"frigates standing after us, f and nearly within gut-fhou We crowded a 1 prtf's of fail after the chafe, and not knowing ' Vhat to make of the frigates, we hoisted their c private signals, which were not noticed ; we 1 then hoisted the American slag—still i' aw no f colours—but crowding fail after us, and, we presumed, chafing the fame vessels which we b were. The Retaliation then drop'd, unfuf- 0 picious, with her prize, (or rather could sot a avoid them) close under their guns, when the headmost frigate fired into her, and wt y saw her haul down her pendant, while the n prize was fuffered to keep up her ensign 11 This led_me to fufpeft that the Britiffi ex- Y perted the Compliment of lowering the pen- 0 dant to them, as I was still perfusded they were English ships. We pursued the chafe, n which we at last came up to, and took the e; fternmoft, which proved to be a captured large schooner from Kennebeck,bound to Antigua, 0 t4ken t'he day before, and had. got up nearly a: in reach of orie of her forts, at the north end li of Guadaloupe. The Norfolk being rather 0 the headmost vefTel, got her boat out, after fl firing several (hot to bring her to, and with 111 great expedition we manned her and brought " v her fafeoff, almost from under the guns°of the frigates, and made fail for this illand. P 4 " After we got off, the prisoners told us ta that they were two large French frigates, of from Cayenne, bound then into Guadaloupe, and to cruifeon that station, which at once marred our hopes of ever being joined by our 01 consort, and much valued officer Bainb ridge, fe who, as well as our prize brig, fell into their bi hands, with Mr. Grifwold, one of my mid- t0 fhipmen, and three of our seamen. The schooner we have got fafe in, which is loaded y c with lumber and fifh. Now, Sir, you will no doubt condole with me on this unhappy catastrophe ; but I flatter myfelt no blame can append to me; for it is next to a wonder bow we saved our w: other veflels. Nothing but the good ap pearance which we put upon our situation, b> inducing them to think they should de coy us, saved us ; for they were seldom out n '' of gun-shot from the firft of our falling in w< with them, and I believe, had we attempted B' to run at firft, we must have all been taken, ag as there Were, besides the ships and lugger, *< three schooner privateers in fight, but they did not feeru rightly to undeftand each other ; else how they came to fuffer us to take off the prize schooner, is incotnprehen ftble, unless they were fatisfied with'their firft booty. by "This moment the prize brig has come to ou anchor along fide of us, and from our mid- vo fhipman we learn, that the ships which took C< them were from Cayenne, one the Volunteer, th of 50 guns and 600 men, the other the In- pr lurgent, of 40 guns and 500 men. They dil only put a midshipman and five seamen on foi board, without taking any of our people out, co who,at 7 o'clock at night Idling fight of them, or re-took the prize, and brought her in here. ab have met with very polite civilities of from all the British officers tl*t I have met jed with, pavtiCutailv iroj.i.gjptair. Mic... .c.f %hi ,»nc U»«n» t' . !,■ j here; by whom i a.n- wr.tUn to admiral ~ Harvey, white nephew Iv* is, jrr-j'.v.tJij an exchange of lignals, a copy cf .vhirh ' iktc with endofe you, which 1 hope will meet your approbation." » ALEXANDER Ml".1.1 \ Y." " On board the M •rtezum.i, St. :K 'Thomas'\jv. lgtb, 'yS. )e " I again address you from this place, where we arrived this day. "I convoyed eight velftls from Antigua bound to America, and flvall pick up leveral more here to join us, so as to be off to morrow. |. e " I mean to conduct these veflels clear of 'j all cruisers about the iilanda, and tL. nto run to windward, which I find is the belt station lt " for us. - " I landed 18 prisoners h«re, and got a ' receipt for them of the French confnl, who lt- treated us very pofitslj ; and by* a fi;rg <rf truce bound up to Guadaloupe, have m:;de s another effort in favor of our unfortunate prisoners there. !j* "■ fhere are, at this time, not less than 1 is° of Guadaloupe, moPly |° final! ichoouers and /loops, but hard to be c caught, as they run in tlio wind's eye, in u " moderate weather, juid fculk among rocks '■ and llioals, wjtere we cannot get at them ; ' but, keeping them in their ports is a great obje{ I, as we i>n • they already fear to go too •' far off from the land." " ALEXANDER MURRAY." ii: _. t COMMUNICATIONS. e I, TO A RKGIMKNTAL SIKGEOIT. e Your feeble attempt at this late period to _ prove that our clime and foil is too poor to produce even a yellow fever, is too absurd e in itfelf to require an answer. Has not this r city produced democrats, jacobins and Unit t ed Irishmen of American growth and ori i gin ? To these queflions lam confident of , your aflcnt in the affirmative. I therefore 3 proceed to enquire of you your realon, if you f have any, for a fuppolition that a tropical or , foreign disease may not be as eafilvgenerated . here as an United Irishman or a French ja ( cobin. And as this is a speculative question in . which no risque can be encountered except 1 . by engaging again ft the strongest side, let 1 [ us arrange our forces and cotmt them. ' , On our fide there are not only all the great . dodtors, but we have lately acquired the coun- ' . tenance and able affiftanceof the far famed 1 . and ue ve r-to-be-forgotten Noah Wcbfter, f Esq. M. D. Z. celebrated author 1 > of the best spelling and horn books that have 1 ever adorned the Englifli language. This ( learned gentleman in hit new history of pef- f tile«tial diseases has with the moil acute di.i- 1 cernment placed his life and works chimical, ' galenical, political, critical, orthographical, 1 and eastigatical, at the head of the cata- r logue of incidental pests. We have also L written to Dr. Perkins P. P. of pointed { ' ctlehrityft with the sanguine expectation 1 thaf he wjil thr.ow the weight of his name c and reputation into our l'cale. How dare 1 you then, Sir, to enter the lift against this 1 phalaax, this mass. of physical, and I may I iafely add metaphysical luthorities ? Perhaps h fir, you may by having a regiuientat your 1 command, vainly hope to defy us ; but do '' not deceive yourfelf, for although you may d succeed withjour few friends in partially un a ' dermining our new school, yet, fir, remcni- b ber that it cannot fall without involving in a ; one gexcral and indil'criminate ruin both you and us ; ftioulu ycu (hake that important ' c belief which we are just about to eftablilh, c ' you will not only inipoverifh.but perhaps an- 8' nihilate that rich field which yet promises £>' unparalleled fecundity. And why would j*' you blast the hopeful harvest proceeding from j? our immense profpeits of preventative prac tise ? Do you not know that on a belief of momentary danger and in our powers of . early prevention our golden hopes and dreams j 1 do chiefly depend, and that in future the ordinary eflefts of indolence,' of indigestion, " and other flight causes of alarm in our pa tients will not be enough to call us to cases m of an inveterate and incurable malady for P® such they would be thought and such we may have the reputation of conquering, for which we shall be paid both by fame and by Plutus—Add to this the odium of annual or co periodical pestilence, attached to the belief- Wl tates in our firft cities, will secure a chance los purchase at half price whenever the ( true 'h belief imy be fully established." Of all this or: the experiment once made by a report that P a our phcafants had become poifouons from feeding on laurel, isaftriking proof. These mi birds fell to nothing in price, and of courf'e t" to the excluiive use of the faculty. mi Now, can't you from all this take a hint—if he you cannot, tremble for the cohfequences. de A thorough bred Doctor. to Mr. Fenno, wi IN Brown's paper of yesterday, gr was published the following article : th "The Lei>ifla".iire of Virginia have adopt- th ed certain lefolutions, censuring the condu£t w; and measures of the government of the U- oy nited States, in regard to France, which m( were proposed by Mr. George KeithTaylor : rel Both houfd divided upon the question on ab agreeing to the resolutions, and the result th was as follows : p s In the House of Delegates, en Ayes too—Noes 63 ; C; In the Senate, b} Ayes 14 —Noes 3." tit The resolutions which ha*e been pa/Ted by the Virginia Assembly, relate entirtly to be our internal affairs ; they contain an unequi- (v vocal declaration of their attachment to the to Constitution of the United States, and of te their dstermination to support it, andix- th press a disapprobation of the Alien and. Se- of dition Bills. I believe there will net be wi found any thing in them which refpe<£f3 the nc conduft of the government towards France, be or any other foreign nation. As the article th aboYe ftattd contains a material miilatemcnt Fi of thefaft, I prtfume thtre can be no cb- so jeftion to inserting this in your paper. a MCONG R E S S, .in , i • e . HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. rt Dzijte 01 Mr. Cricoid's motion, (continued. ) Ihursday, December 27. Mr. Gallatin observed, that the gentle ban from South-Carolina, and the gentle ' e ' m:in <>crj.Conneaicut, had both found fault with thr manner in which he had discussed -ia this question ; that he hadobje£ted to the de. 3 tai l oi the resolution, instead of attending to 0- its print.pie ; and that the adopting of this rdolutieu, would be only adopting a general u principle which might hereafter be mod.fied l;i 1 iie gentleman from Connecticut had been >n pleated to fay that he (Mr.G.) was old enough in legislation to know this. Mr. G. laid he a was old enough to know that when the prin -10 ciple -,t an anginal proportion Mas vague 'i the bill which was founded upon it was also < vague, and nine times out of ten copied ver 1 Ee batim. J Asan inftanceof this, Mr. G. mention, n fd the Sedition Bill, which was also intro > duced into the.house as a measure of defence « The fame complaint was then made again ft n the original prcpofition, which is now made s a rainft this ; and it was said then, as it is fuid - now, that when the bill came in, the obieft t wockl be more defined, yet the fetlion <f 0 that bill which is thought to infringe the liberty of the pivf;, is as liable to mif-con (truftion as the p.efent rcfolution. Gentlt men have admitted the validity of th; objec tion which he had made to the want of prt. cifion in this resolution, yet they will hct 3 make 11 precise. We are told, said he 9 that when an individual carries on a negocia -1 tloli with a foreign government, it is an ufur s pat.pn of the Executive power, wt the word . ultd 1S correspond, and not negotiati • and - wh f n t l fy are told that what an unauthorif ec. individual does cannot bind a nation, they • are but still fay eur arguments arc ) vague. If, said Mr. G. as gentlemen af r fert, there is what they call a French party I in this country, and it is the objett cf this _ resolution to prevent them from carrying oij negotiations with the French republic for ! subverting the government, let them come forward openly on this ground,-inftead of producing a rcfolution perfedly vague and uncertain. As to the arguments of both gentlemen he was at alol's how to let about anfwc ring them; for when, without paying any regard to faft' gentlemen deal boldly in aflertion, it is very difficult to make them a reply. He was not lurprized that the gentleman from South- Carolina took the ground he did. The mover of this rcfolution declared, in making it, he had no reference to a recent event ■— but the gentleman from South Carolina »f ---ferts that h« did mean to refer it ; and he may certainly do so, without running the rifle of being contradicted, as the house is at pre sent unacquainted with any fa&s relative to this hufinefs. So far, JVfr. G. said, as he could credit the reports and letters which lie had seen printed in the newfpapers,it appeared that the measures which had lately been taken by the French government, and which he had heard ascribed to the agency of a certain gen tleman lately in France, had taken place' be fore his arrival there. [Mr. Harper said, he did not speak of any effefts produced by the agency to which he had referred ; he did not believe any had been produced. It was again ft the principle which he fpokc.] Mr. G. believed'the gentleman was rather at a lots on this fubjea ; for'if much effect is as cribed to the interference of this individual, gentlemen get into the difficulty in which the gentleman from South Carolina ft ems to be, as it would then appear that peace might have been made by our Executive ; and if no ef fect was produced, then there is no ground of complaint. The gentleman from South Carolina lays it is incredible, that an individual, un known twenty milts from Philadelphia, could cfffA a change in the measures of the French Government, and that therefore he must have received credentials' from other persons; that I e must hare betu the agent of a certain faction, and he goes on to fay that the French depended upon the force of that feftion, which naturally led him to the conversation which he supposed this Agent would use at Paris ; such as. " Your con dad has been impolitic; you have alarmed the American Nation, and un'efn you meli orate your measures, your catife, and our party will be involved in one common ruin." As the gentleman from South Carolina meant these remarks to apply to him and o thers who happen to differ with that gentle man on certain political fubje£t« ; lie hoped he should l-e permitted to appeal from the decilion of that gentleman so far as related to the "lews and motives of the party to which he was (uppofed to belong. But he would certainly be juftified in taking for granted the confeffion of that gentleman of the real objeft of his own party. It fcerned then that in their own opinion, the only way by which tbe gentleman's party could overwhelm their oppofers, was, through the medium,of a war; and the object of tfiis resolution was evidently to raise a clamour about foreign affairs, and to conneft what the gentleman is pleased to call the French Party in this country with the French Gov ernment ; and the gentleman from South Carolina delerves credit for having shewn, by his arguments, that thi» was the inteu tion of this proportion. It is true said Mr. G. that it woiildhave been extremely difficult for a certain party (whom he certainly would not call a faSion) to get a number of measures adopted, the tendency of which is to cruffi all the reft of the Nation who do not agree with them in opinion, except thrrugh the medium of a war. They know that even a war could not be fufficient, that the only way would be to establish an opinion that one half of the American people are in league with France, and ready to support her cause by force of arms. It was only by railing such a clamour in the country asthis» that they
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