The following Address viJJ frefented to the Present
oj theUr.ited States, on Thursday lafi ,hy a depu
tation of the society oj Free-Quakers from 1 hila
delphia.
To GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the
United States.
The Address of the Religious Society of Free-Qiia
kers.
\\JE beg leave to join the general voice in the
VV mod refpeftful congratulation 011 thy ap
pointxneiit to the highest oißce, and inoft extend
ed trust \vhic.h can be confided by a free people ;
a trust which the force of precedent in the firft
exercise of the supreme executive authority, at
the founding of such an empire, renders infinite
ly important, not to its immediate citizens only,
but to every part of mankind, who have an in
terest in the firm establishment of religious and
civil liberty.
We offer no apology for the time of this ad
dress, as decency required, that theyoungeft re
ligious society in the empire, should give place
to those that are more numerous and of far more
ancient establishment; yet fpringingup with and
growing out of the revolution, it is our duty on
this great occasion to appear among our fellow
citizens ; and we feel a dignity in declaring, that
■we have reason to believe there is not a member
of our religious society who has not at all times
and on all occasions, relied 011 and confided in
thy patriotiftn, prudence, and virtue.
Many of our members having been educated
Quakers, admitted the do<ftrine declared by that
people, of a state attainable here, in which a chri
ltian cannot be concerned in wars and fightings
of any kind ; yet, th«y perceived the wisdom and
soundness of the diftinftion, made by the apolo
gist of that people, when he expressly declares,
that until men attain that state they " cannot be
undefending themselves." They indeed saw, that
by availing themselves of the profeffion held out
by that society, they might have palled uncen
fured by the world; but being; accountable to
GodNfor their condudl as individuals, they dare
not in a cafe of luch boundlefsconfequence, reft
themselves on the profeffion of any body of men
whatever.
They saw, that in discharging the great duty
they were called upon to perform, infupport of
their own civil rights and that of our country
and posterity, they would probably be disowned
bv that people ; and there was no means of re
taining or recovering their rights among them ;
but by neglecting that duty or by publicly con
demning their conducft in the difcliaree of ic; a
treachery to the cause of liberty and truth of
which they feel themselves utterly incapable.
They were not unaware of the alienation of
friendfhip, and many other injurious effetfs on
temporal affairs, which too commonly attend of
fence given by individuals, to a body so numer
ous as the Quakers are, and of such weight in
civil society ; but in the course of Divine Provi
dence, they were called to make so great a facri.
sice and they obeyed.
They perceived the advantage of religious foci
ciety, and being desirous of obtaining it, united
together in such a body. They had felt the evil
of undue restraint on the consciences of men,and
determined, if pollible, to leave their members
free : They therefore founded our society on the
enlarged and Catholic principles of the gospel,
appealing to the leflonsof wisdom and virtue left
us by Christ and his apoflles, as the best exter
nal rule of faith and practice, and leaving every
man to answer to God, to his own conscience,
and to the government for his conduct. And be
ing formed on this ground, weafk no extraordi
nary or special privilege ; but having discharged
a common duty, ;rnd being determined to pay a
due obedience to the laws, we claim the common
protection of that government.
Far from repining at our Sufferings, we have
rejoiced in the triumph of liberty overjdefpotifm ;
and exulted in the praise which our fellow-citi
zens havebeftowed on themeafures which led to
success ; they are jultly styled glorious ; but it is
that undeviating steadiness of mind, and invaria
ble regard to the rights of the people, that have
so honorably distinguished thy concJu<fl on such
varied and trying occasions, which lead us to a
'full confidence that thy adminiftiation will, in
deed, tend to make liberty more secure than it
ever before has been ; and we feel, that it is this
confidence which gives the unusual glow to con
gratulation from every quarter, on this happy
occasion.
The profpedl of a union which will embrace
all who contended for the cauie of freedom, is
highly plealing to us ; and we beg leave to add
our most cordial congratulation on the high ho
nors which have been so deservedly bellowed by
the nation of France on thy illustrious pupil the
Marquis la Fayette : We trust, that it will be a
brilliant and lasting honor ro Ameiica that her
conduct has inspired the world with the most no
ble emulation in support of liberty and the com
mon cause of mankind.
May that Supreme Being which rules in Hea
ven and among men, continue to pour his wildom
into thy heart, and Co guide thy administration
as to make the government a bl effing td the peo-
pie, and render it free, efficient andftaMe. And
to whatever length of days he shall please to ex
tend thy life to a purpole so eminently impor
tant, may thine eye never become dim nor thy
natural force abate. And finally, when the great
talk shall be fully compleated, and thou flialt ad
vance into that Hate which is the end and highest
glory of our being, may thine inheritance be a
-111 ong the fpiritsof just men made perfect."
Signed in and by order of our meeting for bu-1
finefs, held at Philadelphia on the fourth day of
the third month, i 790, by T\. MA TL ACK, Clerk.
THE ANSWER.
To the Members of the Religious Society of Free- Qtia
kefs.
Gentlemen,
I desire to afl'ure you of the sensibility with
which I receive your congratulations 011 my ap
pointment to the highest office and most extend
ed trust which can be confided by a tree people ;
and I thank you with sincerity for the obliging
terms in which you express yourfiplvcs in my be
half.
Ever happy in being favored with the approba
tion of my fellow citizens, the time at which
yours is declared does not diininifh my sense of
the obligation it confers.
Having always considered the confcieutious
scruples of religious belief as retting entirely
with the fedis that profefs, or the individuals
who entertain them, I cannot consistent with this
uniform sentiment otherwise notice the circuin
ltances referred to in your address, than by ad
ding the tribute of my acknowledgment to that
of our country, for thofel'ervices which the mem
bers of your particular community rendered to J
the common cause in the course ot our revoluti
on ; and by alluring you that as our prefeut go
vernment was instituted with an express view to
general happiness, it will be my earnest endea
vor, in discharging the duties confided to me
with faithful impartiality, to realize the hope of
common protection, which you expect from the
measures of that government.
Imprefled with gratitude for your Applicati
ons to the Supreme Being in my favor, 1 entreat
his gracious beneficence in your behalf.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
LONDON.
A TRIP TO GRETNA GREEN.
On Monday last Miss P , ofT 11, in
Yorkshire, a young lady of exquisite beauty and
sensibility, with a fortune of thirty thousand
pounds, eloped to Gretna Green with Mr. C, li
nen draper of D , in the fame county, a
gentleman, allowed by all statuaries, who have
had the pleasure of feeinghim, to be the best pro
portioned and fiiielt figure of a man in the king- I
dom, being upwards of fix feet high, and of the
exadteft fyminetry.
There is a very remarkable circumstance at
tending the marriage :
Mr. C was to have been united to Miss G—,
of Wakefield, and Miss P to Mr. G—, brother
to Miss G—, the fame day being appointed for
both weddings ; but, what is melancholy to re
late, Mr. and Miss G— both died a few days pre
vious to the time fixed for their foleinnization.
It was at the funeral of their refpediive Lovers
that this present couple firft met ; there being a
fitnilarity in their cases, a fymphathizing attach
ment immediately took,place, and they were mar
ried within the month.
FKOM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
DERBY, Feb. 3.
At Burton fair yesterday morning a young wo
man of the parilh of Sadlincote, whole liulband
fonietime since ablconded, and who, on that ac-
count has been chargeable to the parilh, was pub
licly fold in the market place, by the Sadlincote
parilh officer, to a man of the parilh of Grealley,
for the fuin of2s, deducting the price of the hal
ter in which the woman was delivered, in the u
sual way which has been lately pra&ifed. After
entering the tranfaftion in the toll book, the par
ties returned home seemingly fatisfied. What
are the magiltrates that fufter such practices !
It is llightly,and with great caution whispered,
in very high life, that a willi has been intimated
that a few young ladies of the inoft eminent rank
Ihould marry into the principal families of the
Englilh nobility. Such a measure can only be
accomplished by authority of an a<fl of Parlia
ment, and the attempt would, undoubtedly, pro
duce much political disputation. But it is indeed
to be regretted, that so many beautiful and amia
ble females, like flowers within light and out of
reach, poflefs virtues in vain, and
" Waftc their sweetness on the desert air."
We hear from Bury, that the Rev. H. Dannett
has inoculated gratis upwards or 1300 poor chil
dren in that town and neighbourhood. It is re
markable,that not one out ot so great a number un
der his care, have fallen a facrifice to that loath
some disease. 1 his circumstance ought to recom
mend the praiftice of inoculation to the general
attention of the poor, who have the happiness to
live within the circuit of this gentleman's bene
volence and humanity, and whom, at no small
fhai e of fatigue and expence, he has long invited
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o partake of its beneficial effects without any
other reward, than the felf conl'ciouftiefsof down
good, and abating the virulence of a disorder io
universally incident to the human frame.
INDICATION OF A HARD WINTER.
PRevioufty to the fettingin of a severe winter,
nature,in her bounty,has been al wa\ s observed
to have provided an uncommon store of wildlniar
fruits, as a nauriftiment to the smaller birds, who
would otherwise perifli, a vail carpet of (now
spreading itfelf over the ground, lb as to prevent
their coming at the worms, &c. on which they
are accustomed to feed.
Stats of New-York, In Sena te, April 6
RESOLVED, (if the hon. AJfemHy concw herein) that this 1c,,/t d .
ture highly approve of the laudable exertion tf Mejrs Hod«
Allen and Campbell, BookftUers in New-York, to pr emote I Jit mdu 'iry
and manufaHures of America, by printing a correct and neat tiumtf
Dr. John Brown's FOUO FAMILY IiIBLE, illujlratei mthjhort
notes and annotations, so cautioujly exprcjfed as not to give i fence te any
denomination if chrfltans, and hope they may meet with JiiJjKtint en
couragement to complete their undertaking, whereby the public may bef u p.
plied with this edition much cheaper than can le imported.
Ordered, That Mr. Livingjloii and Mr Micheau deliver a copy ijthe
preceding refolijion to (hehon. the AJJembly, and, requejl 'W <M<ur
rence.. By order, (Signed) A. £. BANCKER,CIerk.
State of New-York, In AJftmbly, April 6th, 1700.
Refolvcd, That this house da concur uitn the hon. the Senate mfa
said rejolttion.
Ordered, That Mr. John Living/lor, and Mr. Carman deliver a cipy
of the preceding resolution of concurrence to the hon. the Senate
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