Of the SECRETARY of the TREASURY to the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES. Treasury Depar t me nt, Jan. 9, 179°- [continuation.^ \ Hundred dollars advanced upon the life of a person of ele -i JL ven years old, would produce an annuity Dollars. Parti. If commencing at twenty-one, of - 10 346 If commencing at thirty-one, of - i 8 803 It commencing at forty-one, of - "37 If commencing at fifty-one, of - - 78 580 The fame sum advanced upon the chance of the furvivoilhip of the youngtft of two lives, one of the persons being twenty-five, the other, thirty years old, would produce, if the youngest of the two, should survive, an annuity for the remainder of lite of 23 dollars, 556 parts. From these instances may readily bed.fcerncd, the advantages, which these deterred annuities atford, for securing a comfortable providon for the evening of life, or for wives, who survive their hulbands. The sixth plan also relinquishes the supposition, which is the foundation of the second, and third, and offers a higher rate of interest upon similar terms of redemption, for the coniideration of the payment of one half of the loan in specie. This is a plan highly advantageous to the creditors, who may be able to make that payment; while the specie itfelf could be applied in pur chases of the debt, upon terms, which would fully indemnify the public tor the increased interest. 4 It is not improbable, that foreign holders of the domtflic debt, may embrace this as a desirable arrangement. As an auxiliary expedient, and by W3y of experiment, the Se cretary would pro pole a loan upon the principles ot a tontine. To consist of fix claffcs, composed refpe&ively of persons of the following ages : First class, of those of 2© years and under. Second class, of those above 20, and not exceeding 30. Third class, of those above 30, and not exceeding 40. Fourth class, of those above 40, and not exceeding 50. Fifth class, of those above 50, and not exceeding 60. Sixth class, of ihofe above 60. Each (hare to be two hundred dollars. The number of shares in each class, to be indefin'te. Persons to be at liberty to fub icribe on their own lives, or on those of others, nominated by them. Dollars. Cents. The annuity upon a (hare in the firft class to be upon a (hare in the fctond upon a ihar. in the third upon a share in the fourth upon a share in the fifth a fha r '»e sixth upon a (hare in ~c lilt - - 12. jO The annuities of those who die, to be equally divided survivors, until four-fifths shall be dead, when the principle of furvivotlhip (hall cease, and each annuitant thenceforth enjoy his dividend as a fcvcral annuity di» the life, upon which it shall depend. Thcfe annuities are calculated on the best life in each class, and at a rate of intereil of four per cent, with fomc dedu&ions in fa vor of the public. To the advantages which thcfe cncumftances present, the celTation of the right of survivorship on the death of iour-fifths of the annuitants, will be no inconsiderable addition. The inducements to individuals are, a competent interefl for their money from the outset, secured for life, and the profpeft of continual encreafc, and even of large profit to those, whose fortune it is, to survive their associates. It will have appeared, that in all the proposed loans, the Se cretary has contemplated the putting the intercft upon the fame footing with the principal : 7hut on the debt ot the United States, he would have computed to the last of the pre Cent year : That on the debt of the particular States, to the last of the year 1791 ; the reason for whicn diftinttion will be leen hereafter. In order to keep up a due circulation of money, it will be ex pedient, that the intercftof the dabt Ihould be paid quarter-year ly. This regulation will, at the fame time, conduce to the advan tage of the public creditors, giving them, in fatt, by the antici pation of payment, a higher rate of intcreft; which may, with propriety, be taken into the estimate of the compcnfation to be made to them. Six per cent, per annum, paid in this mode, will truly be worth fix dollars, and one hundred and thirty-five thou sandth parts of a dollar, computing the market interell at the fame rate. FROM THE AMERICAN MERCURY. THE APOLOGIZER. HOW happy, fays one, would the times be, if we could all fee alike in politics. When a young man, I was of the fame opinion, and used to lose all patience with other people when they contradicted me ; since which experience has con vinced me I was in an error ; and I every day find benefit from the different opinions of men. In stead of faulting, it is now my business to frame an apology for every one who opposes the govern ment, and having applied myfelf with great in dustry to the business, and examined a great num ber of anti-federalifts, I have always foundafuffi cient reason, either in the particular ftru<sture of their heads, or in the qualities of their hearts. The result of my inquiries Ihall be occasionally laid before the public, illustrated with examples. The firft articles of my apology, arises from a generallawin thewifdom of nature, that perfec tion arises from contrariey, or the joint opera tion of opposite principles. In this part of my {peculation, I have been much assisted by the weekly labors, of a very eminent clergyman. Tlio I am not divine enough, nicely to describe his argument, for it is very long and required more than tendifcourfesforacompleatdicuffion ; yet I well remember the words in which it result ed," that Satan was a great bleifing to the church, and that Judas Ifcariot was an eminent inftru nient of good to mankind." In the course of argument, he seemed to prove, that without moral evil, it is notpoffible for men to fee either the nature or the benefits of virtue ; and he told ur-Viat tho every man is eternally guilty for his vices, yet that a little vice in the universe, will forever give a relish to the happiness of good people, as a small bowl of sauce will sea son a large dish of meat, for that was his compa nion. Now that I could not find this kind ofrea foningvcry conducive to my piety, yet it come in REPORT good time, to afiift me in my favorite design, aii apology for anti-federalifm —for the advantages of this opposite principle to good government ai c not a few, and without them political fociery could not arrive to a Hate of perfection. While my reverend guide returns pubilc thanks foi the life and adventures of Judas Ifcariot, I can molt heartily join with him, only by changing the name 111 my own mind, to foine great man, who has influence enough to get an election, into the very government he endeavours to destroy. When we fee contrarieties admitted into every part of nature, as fire and water, honesty and falfehood, and find it uleful thus to be, it Ihould reconcile us to fomc dilTentients among our ru lers, and doubtless they are as great blessings to the State, as Ifcariot was to the church. 1 hefe gentlemen who continue their opposition, certain ly are lights inour political horizon, for they fay and do things which no other men would ; and they also appear to have a principle of heat. Now tho severe heat be disagreeable, there are some benefits from it ; heat as our almanacks suppose, at a certain season of the year, is encreafed by the burning rays of the dog star ; but what can did man ever thought of blaming that sultry star, which adts in its appointed time and place .• In like manner I coniider those whooppoic national measures asthedogftars of government, moving in their own proper orb. They were not made for funs to rule the day, and by attempting it, would make Lee-way in their course ; in the dark they can sparkle, and why should we expedl more from a simple star. True it is, that they some times cause a political heat, which is rather dis agreeable, but this like an animal fever, purges from the body those gross humours contracted by a carelels way of living. I desire that no person would think difrefpe&fully of star light, while for certain purposes it is better than the light of the day. The whole tribe of (hadowy substan ces such, as apparitions and fpecftresof the imagi nation, disappear under the lumination of the fun, but half mankind are witnefles that they may be seen in the dark by the twinkling of the liars, and it is by these discoveries of the night that we are enabled to guard against their encroachments on the human race. In the fame manner it is by the twinkling of ftar-liglit politicians, that our jealous people are enabled to fee fpedlres of op preflion, as they grow in the firft principles of government. The laws of nature in generating and tranf miting evil are yet but little known, and if we had not some lefler lights, to rule in the political night, and fee by darkness, the numerous ene mies of the people's rights, in their Ihadowy and pre-exiftent state, unexpected deftrucftion might come on the public. I therefore must esteem this nebulous twinkling as necefl'ary in politics, as it is in the planetary system ; and very comforta ble to all weak eyes. 8. 4° 8. 6 5 9- ° 9- 6 .5 io. 70 CHARLESTON, Jan. 13. Extratl of a letter jromPhiladelphia, Dec. 24, 1789. " A reflecting mind will take pleasure in con templating the different situations of men (with refpeifl to freedom of opinion, without penalty) in England and America. In England, no dis senter from the established religion is excused from paying a taxtothefupportof such eftablifli ment. In America, the civil power leaves the conscience perfectly free, and a man may adhere to any fetft he pleases, or diflent from all, with out danger of fubjedting himfelf to the vexatious process of ecclesiastical courts and the censures of episcopal tyrants. lam informed from the belt authority, that the Quakers in England only have paid, during this year towards the support of the national church, liolefs than five thoul'and one hundred pounds sterling, and in Ireland one thousand two hundred and forty seven pounds. Add to this that very little regard is paid to the pacific principles of the Quakers, several of them having been imprifonedlalt year at Braintree and elsewhere, for not having provided substi tutes in the county militia ; others have been fhutupinjail by the ecclesiastical courts on ac count of tythes, and (unless contributations are made) 110 one knows when they will get out of prison. In my opinion a forced maintenance of the clergy is evidently contraditflory to, as well as utterly inconsistent with, the mild spirit, be nevolence and dignity of the gospel, which has bellowed its bounty freely upon all. But time (it is to be hoped) will eradicate tliefe prejudi ces and abufesin England and Ireland, where at present, (as Hudibras fays) " Every village is a fee As "well as Rome, and must maintain A Ty the-pig metropolitan, Mere haughty andfevere in'/place Than Gregory or Boniface." Thanks be to the goodness of Heaven which has inclined the great body of the people of this coun try, to put matters of a religious nature upon a different footing.—The Quakers in this neigh borhood, who in 1777 ; gave fueh a hearty welcome 352 DOMESTIC ARTICLES. to Sir W. Howe, had not a proper sense of these matters; or they would have adted in a very dif ferent manner from what they did ; and not have declined to Ibare with the reft of the Americans the burthen of the common defence." NEW-YORK, Feb. 13 Saturday, the 6th Instant, being the anniver sary of the alliance between France and the United-States, the fame was celebrated by the CHARGE DES AFFAIRES OF HIS MOST CHRISTAIN majesty. On this occasion there was an enter, tainnient at his House, at which were present, his Excellency che Vice-President of the United- States—the honorable Senate—the speaker of che House of Representatives, the chief Justice, and the Head* of the great Departments of the Uni ted-States —his Excellency the Governor, ahd the Honorable the chancellor of the State of New- York, —the Diplomatic Bodj, and Foreigners of diftincftion. After dinner the following toasts were intro duced. 1. The Alliance. 2. The King, the National AfTembly, and tlie People ofFrance. 3. The Preiident, the Congress, and the Peo ple of the United States. 4. The King of Spain. j. The United Netherlands. 6. The King of Sweden. 7. The Cincinnati and the Soldiers of both Countries who have fought 111 fuppor of the Alli ance and of Independence. 8. Mr. Jefferfon and the preceding Plenipo tentiaries of the United States in France. 9. The Count de Moullier and the preceding Plenipotentiaries of France in the United States. 10. The Marquis de la Fayette, and all those who cherish the connection of the two countries. ir. May the encreafe of onr commercial inter course daily confirm the alliance. 12. May the advantages of a free, consolida ted and efficient government be felt in both countries. 13. Perpetuity to the Alliance. Let us be ri vals in Wisdom only and in National Honor! WAR-OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES. INFORMATION is hereby given to all the in valid Pensioners of the United States, residing within the States refpe&ively, that one moiety of their aunual pension, commencing on the fifth day of March last, will be paid at the places and by the persons herein after mentioned, on the fifth day of March enfning, and that the second moiety of the said annual pension will be paid at the fame places and by the fame persons, on the fifth day of June ensuing, The States, New-Hampftiirc, Portsmouth, MaflTachufetts, Boston, Rhode-Island, Providencc, Connecticut, New-London, New-York, New-York, New-Jersey, Perth-Amboy, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Delaware, Wilmington, Maryland, Baltimore, Virginia, B. Hundred, North-Carolina, Hillfborough, South-Carolina, Charleston, Georgia, Savannah, January the 28th, 1 790. By order of the President of the United States. H. KNOX, Secretary for the Department of War. IN order to prevent unfuccefsful applications, the following information is re publilhed,refpeJl ing the vouchers which will be required. " THE returns which have been or (hall be made to the Secretary for the Department of War by the several States of the pensions which have been granted, and paid by them refpeftively will together with the vouchers herein required, be considered as the evidence whereon the payments are to be made. Every application for payment must be accompanied by the following vouchers. lft. The certificate given by the state fpeciiying that the person pofTefling it, is in fa£l an invalid, and ascertaining the sum to which as such he is annually entitled. 2dly. An affidavit agreeably to the following form : to wit— A. B. came before me one of the Justices for the county of in the state of and made oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom the original certificate in his poffefiion was given, °' which the following is a copy (the certificate given by the state to be recited.) That he served in (regiment or vessel) at the time he was disabled, and that he now resides in the and county of and has resided there for the last years, pre vious to which he resided in In cafe an Invalid (hould apply for payment by an attorney, the said attorney must, befidesthe certificate and oath before recited, produce afpecial Ictterof attorney agreeable to the following form, I A. B. of county of state of do here by conflitute and appoint C. D. of my lawful attorney to receive in my behalf of (the firft or second moiety) ot my annual pension, as an Invalid of the United States, from the fourth day of March, One thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Signed and foaled in the prefcnce of Acknowledged before me Applications of executors or administrators must be accompany ed with legal evidence of their rtfpc&ive offices, andalfoofthe time the Invalid died, whose penfton they may claim. By Command of the President of the United States of America War-Office, October 13. 1789. and persons by whom the pen• Jions will be paid. Joseph Whipple. Benjamin Lincoln. Jeremiah Olney. Jcdidiah Huntington. John Lamb. John Halfted. Sharp Delany. George Bufti. Otho H. William Heth, John Haywood. George Abbott Hall. John Haberftiam. Places, H. KNOX, Secretary for the Department of W sr.
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