oftlhe t XXXII.] THE TABLE T- No. XXXII. „ Ami" untanicxpt"" only anfmcragooi end, luhiTLufirainiixyth in Juitable limits . s a ccrta j n degree of pleasure and recreation are essential to A the health and vigour of the human constitution, it is ot oitance that thofepurpofes should not be defeated by the mode Trauficatiw- The inftiuition of holidays eftablilhed by law I auend.od with singular advantages. It excites an mcl,nation to indulge in amusement to a certain extent, without fixing habits ot rfi ation. Men may reft on Sunday without endangering then loveof.cxercife. on other days. Such a periodical rcfpite fromla bour does not terminate in habitual indolence. Were certain ho , davs juthonfed mevery country, which it ihould be difreputabl. not to oMWve, it would ftvmulate people to indulliy, that tnt; ° lght . procure some spare money for theoccafion, and the limita tion of such days within proper bounds would prove a fecu iiy a exce s s . It should be a prevailing rule, tfrat men who had noi such ample fortunes as to live independent of their own exertion, flmuld confine their ainufements to those cfUblilhed days. This reHnftion would favemany aneilatefrom dellruftion, and prevent vagabond) defending from wealthy and induftnous parents. Nothing can excite more unpleasant impreflions than to observe a fortune, that has been acquired by honest industry, wafted 111 idleness and extravagance. It a proper fyft. mof education were adopted, there is reason to suppose, that the offspring of opulent families woul.d b? more likely thap others to manage their proper ty to advantage. The example of industry and econ9my in a pa. itnt, certainly must have an influence on the condu£t of a child, uiikfs he is so educated as to destroy the force of it. A rich lub- n»ay become an intolerable coxcom,b by being unrestrained in histxpences ; who, hai he been confined in his proper sphere c bufciefsand frugality, might have made a ufeful, thriving citizen. Perhaps it will be said, that in a republican government it is a public benefit, that property (hould often change its master .— TJiere is however a degree of refinement in extending the arxuprent so far, as to encourage flot\i and vice in the children ofprofperous men. A.thousand accidents will occur to deprive rich men of their estates, without promoting so bad an expedient h manners., i,f£TCH-0{ TH£ POLITICAL STATE Of AMERICA. ALTHOUGH present appearances do not fceni to fuppjort the a'iertion, my ears are yet dinned with the cry we not long since heard, " let have a government adequate to the purpoles of the Union, that we may no longer be the d,upes of other powers, but that we may be able taprove ourselves of some importance infociety, have our commerce fubjetft to our own laws and regulations,, and not subservient to the caprice of anyparticulsyftatc,or guided by foreign interest." —That certain kinds of traffic may be advanta geous to some individual adventurers, and yet df general injury to the public, is fully mani feftedby our present impolitic cpmnjerciaJ inter course with Great Britain, which, upon an ag gregate view, will be found to leave a heavy ba lance against this, country, and unlcfs put upon a Bore reciprocal footing, oughtto be totally anni hilated : —Our circulating medium is daily drain ed off in exchange for every frippery and fop pery that the fertile invention of men has been able to produce. —Reason 2nd common sense loudly picolaini fpr a remedy againlt so great an evil. We proceed to examine some of the means by whicli America has it in her power to this remedy; and as I think a presumption upon the favorable tlifpofition of Great Britain can be no longer contended for, it will be proper to exa mine those parts of her trade with us, the loss of which lhe will npr readily consent to, as grounded upon her eflential interest, which we have reason to conclude from her permiting it to exift.—ln a former paper, I mentioned out pot and pearl aihes 3ud tlax-feed as necellary to their manufaiftures, and which we know from the test of experience, lhe cannot obtain so advan tageaufly elsewhere—as the superior quality ol these articles from this country find a market e ven at a greater price, than those lrom the northern parts of Europe, where they pro duce but little flax-feed, and that of an inferior quality, owing to the neccflity they are under for the supply ot their duck and other manufacto ries, of fufFeringthe flax, in order to obtain a due degree of fibrous strength, to remain in the ground beyond the proper time for extracting good feed.—The large quantities of tobacco, rice, &c. imported from this country into Great Britain, and from thence exported to the various parts oi Europe— employs so many of their Ihips —forms so advantageous a vend for their manufactures m its purchase, and gives so good a cominiflion to their merchants that they would not very will ingly relinquish a trade offuch importance, wijiile neither the Brufils or the Indies can supply them SATU RD A i, August I, 17^9. with equal advantage thro' the interference of the tt'ortugueie in the form er, and the distance of the latter, which would cause the freight to exceed the price of the article in this country —nor do chey from their situation, require so great a share of their manufactures.—lniefpecft to their whale ;i)hery, it is to exorbitant premiums, the weak iefs of our former government, and the (kill of iaur citizens employed in their service, they owe any material progress in procuring an article so eflential in their confumption—notwithftand mg the utmost exertion of their pride during the :ue war to conceal the fa»sl and hush their com plaints—and though by illicit traffic not a few oi their goods were introduced among us, the dis tresses of their manufacturers, owing to the warn of a regular communication between the two countries, were severely felt, nor will they wan only consent to a funilar interruption.—So large a surplus of manufactures were on hand at the commencement of the peace, that a fair face and fine coat, formed fufficient credentials for a jcredit of thousands of pounds—which proves, rhat they had not during eight years found any other market to fnpply the loss of our's. —But granting that their trade with us was of no ma terial importance to her European dominions, the moll sanguine will not draw the fame con clufionsas it refpeifls their Weft-Indies and other colonial poflfeflions in this country ; and it is a faift which will meet the allent of their own citizens inhabiting these places, that were it not for that iraffic, carried on legally in their own bottoms, with us, some contraband also, and the reft through neutral ports, they could not subsist, notwithftauding Lord Sheffield's imaginary inundations of lumber, fifli, grain and other fup plics from the Britilh provinces of . Canada and >Jova-Scotia—while the superior quality of Irish beef and butter is no longer a counterbalance for the difference of freight from that country or this—ln proportion therefore as these different channels of trade are rendered more difficult, will the interest of the Weft-India planters be urged in concert with oui exertions to effe<ft a more liberal commerce between the two coun tries. AM. ERICANUS. ORIGINAL SPECIMENS of ELOQUENCE. [Continued from our last.] THE following Speech, remarkable for the concili atory nature of the sentiments, and the noble simplicity of the language, Wtis delivered by the Superintendant of Indian affairs in the Southern Department, to the Liiver Creeks, on the 2oth day of April, 1787. The candid reader is called upon to determine, whether it does not claim a preference over many of the Speeches tranfmiud from antient times, admired by the critics, and received as models for imitation in our American Colleges. It is high time to learn to place a proper value upon any thing which is realty meritorious in itfelj; although it jhotild happen to have been produ ced in our own age and country. " Friends and Brothers ! " THE occasion that brings me here to fee you is, I believe, partly of the fame nature, as that for which you have met together. But before 1 enter upon the business, I cdnnot help exprefiing the pleasure I feel atfeei.ig fomany of our parti cular friends aflembled. The Lower Towns of the Creek nation have always fliewn a modera tion and a prudence, which 1 feel and admire. If this disposition is continued it will eftablifli such a friendfhip and commerce, as will be infinitely better than quarreling and bloodshed. " There are many present, who are already informed that I am sent here by the great COUA dIL, which in Peace and War diretfts the affairs of all the thirteen United Nations oflVhiteMen ; of whic i the Virginians, your neighbours, make a very small part. I come From the center of their government ; at a dijlance from here oj & whole Moon's journey, on Jlrong Horses, " Brothers! " The Virginians of Georgia, who form one of the thirteen fires of our great Council, com plained at the Meeting last Autumn that their Country was attacked and their People killed by some bad men of theCreekNation— They demand ed assistance, if due fatisfadtion was not given a gainst the offenders—But the old and w.fe Meno* the %reat Council, theCoNCRESs, before they would fend out a strong army to assist in killing heir brothers the Indians, with whom they had ather be at peace, wished firft to enquire into the matter, and fee if all things could not be a micably fettled—For this purpose they have sent nieout. << Now Brothers ! " From Peace may we not all reap advantages ? \_tublijbed on Weduefddy and \alUrddy There can be none from (pilling each other's blood.—The Master of breath, lends us that breath but for a little while ; why then should we snatch it from one another soon I R than riE de signs ? For this reason, 1 hope both parties will be moderate.—Perhaps it hath been a little the fault of both parties that any of the human blood hatli been spilled oil the occasion.—l hope that now each will yield a little to the other. When our fiiends of the Creek Nation, who are now at iugulta, come up, they will tell you how much I inculcated this to the White People. I was hap py to find them disposed to it ; except a few of their mad young men, who are too apt to be dif ipol'ed to war. But their nation will not be ri gorous in their demands : they have presents in (waiting for tlie l »Di ns, who I hope will go down and receive the goods. lam convinced that this }Nation will notinthe endlofeany thing, by coil' 1 firming the Grant of fucli lands as many of the iefpectable men oftlie Nation have thought might' foe spared; and have already grante-d :—which • ]gift it would be unmanly to retratf—if it could be ■done—but it cannot. " Brothers ! " I have carefully avoided to mention any old cause of quarrels, and I hope there will be none for the future. You will find that the Head- Men among the Virginians have lately made p o vifion for severely punishing any of their bad folks, who shall disturb their friends the Inaiatis. " I will not trouble you further, but to mention one thing, which concerns us all, and which I feel from my heart : the red People and the /shite are equally interested in it. We are Countrymen, we live in the fame land; we breathe the fame air, we Jhtuldbc brothers. The Kings and the People who live over the great Water will wifli to subdue us all. They will use cunning and force. Perhaps at this vesy time there are men employed among you to set you against us. It is not so long since, but you mult remember how one-os these Powers made visible efforts of this kind, even upon us, the White J eople their Chii dren. But to tell you what is done by others of rhem to People of your colour, towards the midday fail, would fill you with horror. Ought we not, therefore, to grasp one another with a strong arm of friendfhip ; the more easily to repel these Foreigneis ? Go down then, and receive the presents which are kept for you, aS marks of friendfhip when you run the line ; as you have agreed. You will be allu e I that every care has been taken by the Virginians to prevent your receiving any offence : as you, 1 flatter my l'elf, will alfo'do by them. For my part, whenl return from whence I came, I shall have tlieplea fure to tell the great Council of Co ngre ss this : then they, far from fending an army into the Creek Nation, will exert themselves to give Trade and the Comforts of life to you, and your Fa milies. This will make the chain of ourfriend ihip brighter—and, indeed, will be better for us all. " Before I make an end, I must inform you that our friend Chewocleymicho and his compan ions, the Iloflages, are in good health and spirits. I have sent down to requelt they may be brought up ; that it may not appear hard to keep our friends too long from their relations. But I hope the time pafles away agreeably with them : tor when I left them, they had nothing to do but to drink Rum, and be merry. If there is any just cause of complaint, I now beg it may be made known ; that I may use my belt endeavors to find a remedy. All we have to request is, that you go and receive your presents; and attend at running the line, according to your agreement at the Treaty." (pj [We have now finifhed the manuscript containing " Origi nal Specimens i>f tkquencc" —and consider the communication as a rich add it ion to our miscellany.—Should the per Ton who favored us with it,be inpoffeffion of other Specimens of Or icjnality, w ihould esteem them a very fortunate acquisition to the Gazette of the United States.] AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. In the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES, of the CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, Tuesday, the 28th July, 1789. Mr. Vinlng from the committee of eleven, to whom it was refered to take the fub'jeCl of Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, generally into their consideration, and to report thereupon, made a report, which was read, and is as followeth. IN the introductory paragraph before the words, "We the people," add, " Government " being intended for ihe benefit of the people, " and the rightful eftabliftiment thereof being de " rived from their authority alone." Art. 1, Sec. 2, Par. 3— Strike out all between the words, " diretft" and " and until such," and instead thereof insert, « After the firft enumera--
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