PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FEkNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA [No. 77, of Vol. Jl.] FROM THE GENERAL ADVERTISER. Mr. Bache, I HAPPENED lately to be in the company of several young ladies, where the following curious convcrfation took place : — Sophia. Mercy 011 our poor Congress ! I really fear that some of them will return home crack brained or 113'fteric. Our body politic is 10 very fore, that it cannot bear to be handled, though ever so gently ; every part crics, touch me not : Don't pull my hair, Sirrah, hallos one : lon triad on viy toes, squeals another : Tour confoundedelbow kicks my flomach, roars a third : I'll fay you for pulling a gentleman's nose, thunders the fourth. If Congress attempts a duty on rum and whilky, they are hiifed, as if they would tax the milk of fucking babes. If Congress will teach our young men to defend their mothers and fvveethearts, they are called pick-pockets and cut-throats. Charlotte. Indeed I sincerely pity our national guardians. Their pupils are more whimfica! than young girls, and fbme of them as froward as naughty boys. The militia adl seems to dis please every one. The great body of Quakers dislike it: The trades-people want exemption for their apprentices: The students expert: immu nity : The young farmers will not bear the bur den alone. I suppose that we young women must learn militia duty, and turn out with both mufquec and bayonet. 7'halejlr'ts. Upon my word, I long for this hap py change of affairs. We fliall then expunge the odious obey front the wedding ceremony. Should I ever be unlucky enough to get a husband, sa vage as an Indian, and ttrongasGoliath, I'll keep him quiet as a nioufe, by slashing my gun in his face. Then, my girls, we fliall fir ft be absolute miftrefTes of otir houses, and then in a very short lime govern the slate also. We ihall in this western liemifphere set up a female empire, that fliall laugh at all the male governments in the world. Roxana. My dear girl, let me kiss you for that greatness of foul. Oh, may the glorious day loon dawn, when our sex shall be delivered from an ignominious slavery of 6000 years : a slavery founded upon the story of our firil mother's eat ing a forbidden apple: a slavery exercifecl by pedants, sophists, blockheads, drones, drunkards, fops, gamesters, bloods, bigots, rakes, voluptua ries over the far more virtuous, fsnlible, lovely part of the human species. In fifty quarto vo lumes of ancient and modern history, you will not find fifty illustrious female names; heroes, flatel'men, divines, philosophers, artists, are all of the niafculine gender. And pray what have thev done during this long period of usurpation ? Busy they have been with a witness : They have written ten thousand unintelligible books : They have laboured 1000 years to, eltablifh erroneous fyltems, and worked hard again for another 1000 years to pull them down : They have been cut ting each other's throats all over the globe, and murdered at lead one hundred millions in quar rels about idols, titles, gold lace, nutmeg and rum : They have disputed for many centuries about the best form of government, without pro ducing one good pattern—l boldly affirm, not one, not even in this country; because the fede ral conjlitution has the great defett of being too good, lhat is, of supposing more virtue in the people than they really have; of supposing them wife, generous, brave, when they cannot fee their true interest, when they love pelf, and hate martial exercises Thakftris. I am exceedingly pleased, my dear, with your congenial sentiments, and hope that we have 100,000 fillers 111 the United States. 1 anticipate the glorious day when American ladies (hall be Commanders, Presidents of Congress, Ambafladors, Governors, Secretaries of State, Profeffors, Judges, Preachers; when the golden age o( the Poets, and the milleniumof theClirif tiar.s (hull be realized in America. Amelia. Yet ladies, you mall in the execution of this splendid plan, employ the men, at least in subordinate parts. Thale.flris. Yes, yes, we will make them hewers of Wbod and drawers of water; they (hall cook for us, make our (hoes, knit (lockings, wa(h our linen, &c. &c. We (hall perhaps employ some of them as pioneers and sutlers in our camps, mere -quill-drivers in the petty offices, door keepers, ineH'engers, sextons, and so forth. Saturday, January 22, 1791- Amtlia. But will they submit to this inferio rity. Roxana. Inferior minds will befitted for infe rior ft at ions. We (hall keep the J word and the purse in our own hands. We fliall moreover keep them ignorant, and from infancy bend their mind to ferviliry. Amdia. But, after all, is not woman made for man ? and would you be the wife of such a pu lillanimous creature ? If not, how would you pre serve this noble race of females, and the grand empire you talk of. Thaleflris. I confefs you puzzle me. However, we in 11 ft pick out the least defective males, or else import from Europe some of their bcft men, cost what it will. Amelia. This would still be a very partial sup ply ; nine in ten of the women must die old maids, Roxana. It is so. We must make that use of le men which nature intended. I hope also, hat this neceflary evil will not spoil the offspring; jecaufe the great Linnaeus has proved that we derive the mental part from our mothers. Ad mitting that the bodies of our children fhouldbe the worse for the imbecility of their fathers, we can harden them by cold baths, exercise, &c. Maria. My dear friends, your schemes are Utopian. The laws of Providence are immuta ble : Man must do the rough work of society : Woman shines in the tender cares and elegant arts ef domestic life Let us carry a counter petition to Congress, signed by ten thou/. 'and fair Americans; let us boldly declare, that we will never marry a man who cannot, in cafe of need, protect us and our children. The lady proceeded in Sketching this petition ; it was arranged within an hour, and is now cir culating over the country for subscription: I fiiall shortly give you a copy of it. Tour friend, C. The following intelligence was received by the De amber BritiJJj Packet, arrived at New-York on Sunday lafl. LONDON PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. November 26. AT twenty minutes after two, his Majesty came into thehoufe, and being seated upon the throne, Sir Francis Molyneaux was directed by the Lord Chancellor to proceed to the House of Commons, and command their attendance up on his Majesty. FRIDAY, Black Rod returned, with Mr. Addington, the speaker, who approached the bar, between the Master of the Rolls and Mr. Phillips, followed by upwards of 200 members ; after bowing re verentially to the throne, he addrefled his Ma jelly as follows : " .Mojl Gracious Sovereign, IN obedience to your Majesty's commands, your faithful Commons have proceeded, in con formity to their antient privileges,to eletftaSpeak er ; and theirchoice has fallen upon me, whom they now present to your Majefiy for your royal approbation. The arduous situation in which I am placed, will require abilities and judgmentinfinitely be yond what your Majesty may expert from the Speaker of your House of Commons. It is with great reverence that I bend to your Majesty, when I appear before you to receive your royal approbation." The Lord Chancellor approached the throne, and having received his Majesty's commands, de clared his Majesty's full approbation of the unan imous choice his faithful Commons had made. The Speaker tlien bowed to the throne, and on behalf of the Commons, prayed his Majesty to grant their ancient privileges, freedom o( speech, &c. . The Lord Chancellor again approached his Majesty, and replied to the Speaker—" His Ma jesty has, in the most ample manner, confirmed all your ancient rights and privileges. His Majesty then made the following most gra cious speech from the throne : My Lords and Gentlemen, IT is a great fatisfadtion to me to inform you, that the differences which had arisen between 713 [Whole No. 181.] me and the court of Spain, have happily been brought to an amicable termination. I have ordered copies of the declarations ex changsd between my ambaflador and the niinifter of the Catholic King, and of the convention which has iiuee been concluded, to be laid be fore you. The objeifls which I have proposed to my felf in the whole of this tranlaition have been, to obtain a suitable reparation for the aifts of vi olence committed at Nootka, and to remove the grounds of similar disputes in future, as well as ro secure to myfubjecfts the exercise of their na vigation, commerce, and filhgries, in those parts of the world which were the fubjedt of difcuffiom The zeal and public spirit manifefted by all ranks of my fubjerts, and the disposition and , condudl of my allies, had left r.ie no room to doubt of the molt vigorous and eftedlual support i but no event could have afforded me so much fa- . tisfadlion, as the attainment of the objects which I had in view, without any actual interruption of the blefti rigs of peace. Since the last session of Parliament, a founda tion has been laid for a pacification between Au stria and the Porte, and I am now employing my mediation, in conjunction with my allies, for the purpose of negotiating a definitive treaty be tween those powers, and of endeavouring to put an end to the diflention, in the Netherlands, in whose situation I am neceflarily concerned, from confederations of national interest, as well aa from the engagement of treaties. A separate peace has taken place between Ruf j fia and Sweden ; but the war between the form er of those powers and the Porte, still continues. The principles on which I have hitherto will make me always defireus of employing the weight and influence of this country in contri buting to the restoration of general tranquility- Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I have ordered the accounts of the expence of the late armaments, and theeftimates for the en fuingyear, to belaid before you. Painful as it is to me, at all times, to fee any increase of the public burthens, I am persuaded you will agree with me in thinking, that the ex tent of our preparations was dictated by a due regard to the existing circumstances, and that you will refledt with pleasure on so striking a proof of the advantages derived from the liberal supplies granted since the last peace, for the naval service. I rely on your zeal and public spirit to make due provision for defraying the charges incurred by this armament, and for Aip porting the several branches of the public service on such a footing, as the general lituation of af fairs may appear to require. You at the fame time, I am persuaded, fliew your determi nation invariably to persevere in that system which has so effectually confirmed and maintained the public credit of the nation. My Lords and Gentlemen, You will have obferred with concern the in terruption which has taken place in the tran quility of our India pofleffions, in consequences of the unprovoked attack on an ally of the Britifli nation. The refpecftable state, however, of the forces under the dire<ftion of the government there, and the confidence in the British name, which the system prescribed by parliament, has established among the nativepowers in India, af ford the most favorable profpedt of bringing the contest to a speedy and fuccefsful cor.clufion. , I think it necessary, particularly to call your attention to the state of the Province of Quebec, and to recommend it to you, to consider of such regulations for its government, as the present circumstances and condition of the Province may appear to require. I am fatisfied that I shall, on every occasion, receive the fulled proofs of your zealous and af fectionate attachment, which cannot but afford me peculiar fatisfa<ftion, after so recent an op portunity of colle<fling the immediate sense of 1 my people. You may be aflured, that I desire nothing so much on my part, as to cultivate an entire har mony and confidence between me and my parlia ment, for the purpose of preserving and trans mitting to posterity, the invaluable blessings of our free and excellent conllitution, and of con curring with you in every nieafure which can maintain the advantages of our present situation, and promote and augment the prosperity ana (happiness of my faithful fubje<3s. &Uso
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