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,
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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.
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