the army debt the soldiers generally, who were Jri service at the vonclufionof the war, had received ample fatisfadlion tor their services at the time of their inliftment, having been paid on an average, than 250 dollars per man. It was farther declared, that the proposed fyftcm would lay a foundation for infinite frauds and perjuries, and that it would, beyond all powers of calculation, multiply the evils of fpeciiJation. (To be continued.) TUESDAY, FEB. 16. A meflage was received from the President of the United States, with a letter from his Excel. President Sullivan enclosing the a£t of the Legislature of the State of New-Hampshire, for adopting the amendments proposed by Congrei's to the Constitution— except the second. Mr. Livermore of the committee to whom was recommitted the bill for cftablifhing a uniform fyftcm of naturalization, brought in a report, which was read and laid on the table. Mr. Burke of the committee appointed for the purpose, bro't in a bill for the encouragement of useful arts. This bill is lengthy— jnd is designed to comprehend a provision for every fubjeft of invention and discovery that may be thought worthy of public patronage —read and laid on the table.—The order of the day was then called for, and the House went into a committee of the whole on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury ; Mr. Madison's propofitton under dif cuflion.—The debate was continued till near three o'clock this day—Mr. Jackson, Mr. White and Mr. Moore spake in favor of the motion—Mr. Benfon, Mr. Hartley, Mr. Wadfworth and Mr. Goodhue in opposition to it. The committee rose without com ing to a vote—and the House adjourned. FRANCE. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Saturday, November 14. APropofition was read from the province of Anjou, offering a commutation in lieu of the Cabelle, the full amount of that tax. This gave rife to a debate on a general com mutation of the Cabelle, which was interrupted by the arrival of M. Necker. He read a memorial, stating that, notwithstand ing the facrifices which had been made, there would be occasion for ninety millions over and above the produce of the taxes for the service of the year 1790 ; and for eighty millions, to make good the sums due to the Caiffe d'Efcompte, with out which that bank could not fulfil its engage- ments To provide for these funis, he proposed eftab liihing a national bank, and incorporating the Caifle d'Efcompte, with it ; that ijo millions should be subscribed by the new company ; 011 which capital, added to that of the capital of the Caifle d'Efcompte, notes, not exceeding 240 mil lions, should be iflued ; that the national faith ihould be solemnly pledged for the credit of this bank ; and fix Commilfioners appointed, by the National AfTembly, to take care that the funda mental rules of it are never departed from. He concluded with requesting, that the Aflem bly, in difcufling this plan, would not be influ enced by confidence in the proposer, but by fucli lights and information as vigorous enquiry, and the wisdom of the National Representatives, could not fail to afford. Tuesday, November 17. It was this day decreed, that the number of De puties sent to the National Aflembly by each dif triifb, {hall be in proportion to the population, territory and taxes jointly considered. Thursday, Nov. 19. A report was read from the Committee of War, the beginning of which deserves to be noticed. " Although it be neither the interefl of France, nor the ivifi'? of Frenchmen to make conquefls, we mull nevertheless have an army always on foot, and ready for atftion, to refill the attacks, of power ful and armed neighbors, &c. Friday, Nov. 20. A deputation was admitted from the city of Jffondein, with a patriotic offering of all the fiber buckles of the inhabitants, to the value of 11 j marks. M. Dailly moved, th.it all the members of the Aflembly ihould make a fiinilar facrifice, which was instantly agreed to. This vote ftidecrous as it may seem, will pro bably produce effe<fts ofconfiderable importance. It is expe<sted to be followed by the voluntary fa» crifice of all the silver buckles in the kingdom, computed to be worth above three millions of livres. Wednesday, November 2;. The Address of Congratulation from the de volution Society was read ; and the Aflembly de creed, 011 the motion of the Duke de Liancourt, that the President ihould write a letter of thanks to Lord Stanhope, as Chairman of the Society ; and that the address and the letter should be printed. LONDON, December 5. It now turns out, on proof, exa<ftly as ive ex pected, that the mighty and dreadful ftpries of tumults in Paris—of the llreets running in blood, —of 12000 being flaughtered,—of the King and Queen being belet, ike. See. &c.—are mere fa brications. Yesterday the mails arrived, —and our letters came down to Monday last ; we have also the journals and newspapers of Paris, and to that time, not the smallest tumult had been seen. It is not easy for the plain sincerity of a Briton to account tor the sinister motives that can thus induce men, time after time, to frame and pro pagate these attrocious fables. They can impose on the most credulous natures but for a day or two, and what benefit or triumph they can derive from such filly machinations, we are utterly un able to divine. It was yesterday confidently afierted, that O ltend, Bruges, Ghent, Oudenarde and in ihort all the Aultnan Netherlands, except Luxem burgh, Antwerp, and Brnflbls, had avowedly quite thrown off the Emperor's authority, and are in the hands of the patriots. The imperial troops have marched out of Brulfels, and are encamped in its vicinity. 1 he Emperor, in order to recover the minds of his late fubjerts, has disgraced Count d'Alton, and removed him from the command of the troops, which arenowto obey Trautmanfdorf. Schroeder, who commanded at Tournhout, though mortally wounded, has been difmifled the service, and declared incapable of ever serv ing the Emperor again. Peace, pardon, and compromise, have been likewise offered, in the Emperor's name to the patriots under any guarantee they may chufe, and an armistice proposed till the terms of accom modation can be fettled. All these proposals have been unanimously rejected by the people, who will not fuffer the Emperor's name to be any more henceforward mentioned in the country. FOR THE GAZE ilt. OF THE UNII ED STATES MR. FENNO, Pie ast to inferttbe following Remarkt in your paper. MR. M aliens that we were forced to receive certificates in payment of our demands against the public There is great fal lacy in the idea itfelf, and still greater in his mode of applying it. He iniinuatesthat the certificates were of less real value than the sum acknowled ged to be due ; and therefore they should not extinguish the debt. Who ever supposed that a transferable note given for the balance due on account, was considered as payment of the debt ? It only alters the form of the demand, and places it on a more convenient footing for the creditor. The demand still exists, and payment still remains to be made, either to the original claimant or his aflignee. The certificate is the legal evidence of the debt, and the holder of it is the only per foil to whom it is jufi/y due. Tho it is true a time was limited for the liquidation of our claims ; and if we did not offer them within that period, we mull forfeit them, we still supposed this no hardship. This regulation was not for the pur pofeo £ payment, but for the purpose offettlement. We always thought it was an accommodation and not an injury. Delays in fettling accounts are detrimental to all parties, but more especially to the creditor. By a delay, the facfis maybe forgot, and the pa pers loft, which relate to a claim. The certifi cates we took on the liquidation of our accounts, weviewedasan evidence that a settlement was efFeifted and a balance ascertained. We believed no new liquidation was to take place ; but in point of payment, we were exa<ftly in the fame lituation as if the account never had been fettled. We could,and in many instances, did aflign our claims previous to a liquidation ; and in fucli cases the aflignees attended to the settlement. Now in what refpecfl have we fufFered by the mode of conducting this business ? It was unfortunate that the public could not pay our demands when they became due ; but we never considered it a grie vance that our accounts were permitted to be li quidated. Had no certificates been given, we Ihould have transferred our claims notwitliftand ing. Every body knows that soldiers never keep any thing 011 hand, that they can fell. Whether our claims had been liquidated or not, we should soon have transferred the property, in them, to other hands. '1 here seems to be a great clamor against specu lators. Those who raise this outcry are very weak or very dishonest mtn. Had there been 110 speculators in the time of the war, the army must have disbanded. It was not ail evil that we had some speculators ; but it was a gre.it evil that we had not more of them. If there had been a great er number of men who had confidence in the go vernment, we should probably have obtained an higher price for our claims ; if there had been fewer such men, we should have obtained a less price. Consequently our adantages were great or small, in proportion as speculators were few or many. We seriously mistrust that the advocates for difcrimination,have other objedts in view than to help us, New-York, Feb. 16, 1789. HARTFORD, Feb. 11 A correspondent a/ks, why certain gentlemen in a great aflembly would postpone the considerati on of the Secretary's Report, until they can know the minds of their constituents. Do they suppose that deputies in legislatures are bound to submit to the opinions of their conjiitr/ents ? There are men who d 6 not or seem not to know, that dele gates from all parts of a state or republic meet together, not merely to bring but to acquire the information neceflary to be thebafis of laws. A delegate is bound to state fatfts refpe<fiing the fi ttiation and interests of his constituents—this is all he is bound to do —the opinions of constituents ought to have little or no influence in legislation ; for a reason that every body may nnderltand, viz. that the opinions of constituents are formed on, 355 SOLDIERS local or personal views ; whereas, n genera! view of alt the country to be governed, of alt the rtrcumjidu ces and inter efts 0 J the whole body ,Jhouldbethe bafij 0 f Lines. Repref'entatives Ihould not carry opinio,n to Congrcfs ; they Should carry falls, throw them into a general view, and form opinions on tins view. It is laughable to hear the venerable di'ien- members of the Senate in the old devtbthn. infilling on a right in conitituencs . ' prej entatives \ that is, the eonftituents have a to legijlate for their Representatives in legiflaturi. SAYS A to B " why look so f.itl >" Says B to A " I'm almost mad, " To hear an orator of reason, " Advancing things To out of season ; " Sure if I buy certificates They're mine in spite of all their pates—- " Why fhould'n'c 1 be paid that liold'em " As much as those poor Dogs that fold'em r " To hear these people talk and prate so ! " —7" —there's nothing that I hate so— Making confufion of a cafe, " As plain as nose upon my face " Or fpedtacles upon that nose :— " Why sure the secretary (hows What {hould be done ; as clear as day light : " And he you know does always fay rio-ht. "1 in the Gall'ry have been fitting ° Between ourfelves—l've had a sweating— " But if ye do'n't adopt this plan, " Why—Get abetter if ye can NEW-YORK, FEBRUARY 17 Extrafl of a letter Jrom an American in London, December 2. " rhe prohibition laid last year on the importation of Ameri can Wheat, lrom an apprehension that the Heflian Fly or Weavil might be propagated from it, in this country, has within a few day< been taken oft : it being now acknowledged that there was no grounds for such an opinion. They have been further induced to this measure from the profpeft of a fcaruty theenfuing spring. "It muil give fatisfaftion to every American to fte the n.'w go vernment get on so well: 1 trull our country will become resec table and happy under its fuperintendance. You cannot conceive how much more refpe&able the government and people appear in the eyes of Europe, than before the united government was put on its present footing. This country seems anxious to have a commercial treaty with us, 3nd I think an advantageous one may be had. Will not Congrcfs think it reasonable that the Packcts between Falmouth and New- York should be alternately Britilh and Ame rican ? If there were two in each Month commerce would feel ihc advantage." The President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, has been pleased to appoint the following per sons to office : Samuel Shaw, Coiiful of the United States of America, at Canton, in China. James Iredell, to be one of the Aflociate Jus tices of the Supreme Court, in the room of Ro bert H. Harrifon, who declined. William Paca, to be DiftriJt Judge of Ma ryland, in the room of Thomas Jolinf'on, who de clined. Cyrus Griffin, to be DiftricTt Judge of Virgi nia, in the room of Edward Pendleton, who de clined. William Nelson, jtin. Attorney for the Di ftri<ft of Virginia, in the room of John Marflial, who declined acceptance. William Drayton, Diftriift Judge of South- Carolina, 111 the place of Thomas Pinckney, who declined acceptance. Christopher Hillary, Collector of Brunf wick, in Georgia. Richard Taylor, Collector of Louisville, Kentuckey. Comfort Sags, surveyor of the port of Mid dletown, ftateof Conne«fticut A Correspondent wishes the gentlemen who patronize the idea of a discrimination between the original and purchafmg holders of certificates, to consider whether, in cafe of £ven a total loss, they would think the purchaser had an equitable claim upon the original holder for the whole, or any part of the money he paid for the certificate: Jt is a bad rule that "will not work both ways." That those who advocate a discrimination are perfect volunteers, is evident from this consideration, That there is in fa& less uncafj nefs upon solid pt inciple, exidmg among the people on account of the fettlemcntof the late war, than there is refpe£ting the fettle rnent of the war in the year 1745. The Birth-Day of the President of the United States, was celebrated at Philadelphia, the nth inft. under the direction of his Excellency the President, and Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. By the Boston Gazette of last week, it appears that preparations were making to celebrate the auspicious anniversary in that place. A Correspondent observes that he always was puzzled to account for the outcry againfl. the sal aries under the National Government. If we are toiudge from fadis, the clamor has been unrea sonable—resignations, and declinings to serve, form frequent paragraphs in those papers that have founded the highest note on this key. DIED, the 7th inft. at Charleflown, MafTachufetts, Richard Carry, Elq. aged 73. (pj* Wanted by the Editor of this fjfer, a Houje that will ac commodate a large fimih. and the printing btT'iefs—fram the f.rft J' May next. SPEC. W.N.D
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