Tent With respect to the French eftabliikments in the different parts of the world, not mentioned in the present decree, which by reason of theii lunation, or being of less importance, have not appeared deserving of being comprehended in the dilpolkions decreed for the colonies. This inflru&ion is calculated for all the colonies mentioned in the decree, with this difference : lIK That with refpeft to Martinico, the firjl place of assembling the colonial Ajfembly ftiall be at Fort Royal; at Guadalotipe, Baffeterrc ; at Cayenne, Cayenne ; at St. Lucia, the Carenage ; Fort Louis ; the lfle of France, Fort Louis ; at Bourbon, St. Dennis. 2d. That in Martinico, Guadaloupe, the I fie of France and Bourbon, there shall be appointed in the parijhfs, one deputy jor every yo a (live citizens ; in Cayenne and Guiana, one for every 2 J ; in St. Lucia, one for every 20; in Tobago, one for every 10, ob frrving the fame regulations at at St. Domingo, for the fraiiional numbers, andfor thep.irifbes which have not the number of citizens mentioned. 3d. That in the i*Jlrn{iionj fr>it t<r these colonies, there fhatl be fupprejfed in the firjl article, what con cerns the provincial jiffemblies, provided none exijl tut at St. Domingo. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY •" ' y THIS day the Count tie Mirabeau piapofed ti he Aflt-inbly an amendment of one of the articles A' the decree on the right of making peace and tvar, -viz. " That no treaties that lhould be at my time entered into with foreign powers, whe ther of commerce or alliance, lhould be valid, till ratified by the National Aflembly." This amend ment was agreed to. He then proposed an ad ditional article, viz. " That all treaties, or con ventions, that had been entered into with foreign powers in the King's name, down to the present time, IhalJbe examined by a special Committee, chosen by the Aflembly, who lhall, previous to the end of the present session, make a report thereon, to the end, that the Aflembly may de termine which of them ought to be ratified, and to what extent they ought to continue in force- This article meeting with general disapprobation, M. de Mirabeau consented to withdraw it, and the question was adjourned. Two letters were then read from the Munici pality of Montauban, stating that tranquility was restored in that city, that the National guard was new modelled, and that the Protestants forgetting their difaflers, were intent on contri buting tothe happiness of the people. The Mu nicipality eypreilcJ r- «t«. ...btj-* on the bad consequences offending a detachment of the militia of Bordeaux to Montauban, and re quelled the Aflembly to coiilider the subject, and make a new decree. The two letters were or dered to the Committee ofßrports. PROVIDENCE, JULY 24. Last Saturday afternoon we had loine rain here, attended with sharp lightning. The wind blew heavy in the bay, ana one vefiel was in danger of fouoderingat her anchors. The lloop Venus, of Norwich, bound from hence to New port, came to anchor under Warwick neck, and was afterwards ftrnck by a fla/h of lightning, that tore off several feet of her mast, which, with the rigging, went overboard ; the remainder of the malt was ffiivCred, the splinters flying to a cooliderable diltance, and several buts above wa ter were started, but providentially none of the people were injured. She was next day towed into Newport. A correspondent at Rehoboth informs, that in the thunder-storm on Saturday afternoon the lightning struck a row of button-wood trees, in to which vails had been let for fence, within three rods of the house of Dr. Samuel Allen, and ran from tree to tree upon the fence, shiv ering the rails, throwing fpliiuers many rods in all directions, and ploughing the ground in se veral places. Its effects were discoverable on 13 of the trees. Five men that had been reaping, and who were within a few rods of the place, as nlfo the people in the honfe, Iclt a Considerable {hock, but happily no person wis Hurt. An excellent niachinefarclearingdocks, deep ening the beds of rivers, &c. on a most ingeni ous model, has been conftrufted here, and is jiow in operation.— BOSTON, JULY 28. Extraof a !ett:r from the Right. Hon. Viscount de PONTEVES, to M. de LETOMBE, dated cu board //;; Illuftre, Fort Royal, June 24th. " I HAVE the honor to fend you duplicates ef the papers inclosed in my dispatches of the 17th —Eighty of the banditti have been taken up — several of whom will probably be severely pu niflied here, and tiie others sent to France. The Mulattoes have been relcafed-—eight only re main now in jail. " Ihe Colonial General Aflembly conflicted directly in conformity to the decree of the Nati onal Aflembly, will re-unite and accomplish the Jieceflary measures to secure a durable tranquili ty, whirh is the only means favorable to com merce." NOTE MonJ.i- May 24. THE TABLET No. CXXXVII. " Uis impoffiblc to love a seCond time the thing that we have once truly ceajed to love." WITHOUT examining whether this maxim be true in all cases, 1 will A:left a few in wiii'ch its tiuth can not be queflioned. I believe it will beconfeffed that a man, who has dace loft his attachment to his country, cannot afterwards view it with any degree of complaccncy. That men do not love their country from any abftratt reasoning about its merit, appears from this circumitance, that the inhabitants of the worit country in the world may be ardently attached to it; and those of the belt country may be violently averse to it. The mod powerful and univertal cauie of love to any country, is, a residence in it, at that period ot liic whtuftrft impreflionsare formed, and when the force of example is strong and irrefutable. Such a glow ot affc&ion may be excited in favor of a local situation, that it will require an extraordinary incident to eradicate it. The difficulty of destroy ing this attachment conftuutes the difficulty of reviving it. The foul cannot cafily torget the agitation it mnft have been thrown into, by so violent a cause, as that whjch can extinguish the love of country. A man, who from an inherent perverfenefs of heart, becomes a traitor to his country, must ot courfc lose his love of »t r because being perpetually-conscious that he is hated, ana de fervts to be so, his own feelings must acquire a congenial cast. In like manner, a perfoij >#ho fertoudy believes, he has received some flagrant injury front l>if country, may be so irritated by a sense of Ins wrongs, that his totally absorbs every delightful (en fa lion in its favor. iHis former aftVdlions become transformed into hatred and revenge and he can never enjoy any impulses of pairiotifm afterward. I It isan observation no less true than common, that the mod violent and lasting disputes exist among those who were once in I habits of the ftri&eft intimacy and triendfhip. When friends fcrioufly difagrec, it can only result from some circuinftance caJ culatec to excite so high a degree of provocation as cannot easily be forgotten. Family quarrels are, of all others, fiie moil bitter and unrelenting. There may be a fulpenfion (of friendfhip upon lome flight causes of disagreement, but this is very different from those severe and deep-rooted enmities, which create in the heart sentiments of real difgufi and malevolence. Thcfe Once formed in the breaftsof persons, who have formerly been on a footing of cofdial esteem and good wilj, will perhaps never be eradicated. I he maxim contained in the motto may therefore be true as it ap plies to a friend ; that we can never love bim a second time, whom we have once truly ceased to love. This view of the iubje& ftiould induce us to guard againlt chtrifhing any causes of diiguft either againlf our friends or our country ; for it is a moil melancholy, as well as a most difgraceful circumstance to have a heart in which the fentimerits of patriotism or friendfhip delight not to dwell. CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. FRIDAY, JULY 23. Dcbals on the Anicn4m:nt of the Senate to the Fund ing lit//, to afume a part of the State Debts. Mr. Jackson. The second argument of the genile.nan is, that kmr States have taken upou themfelvcs greater Sums than then/ propyl tions or abilities to pay. This, Sii, I think dubious, nor can it be ascertained but bv a settlement of accounts, which alone can determine. But Sir let us examine on the principles of equity, the claims of the two' States which complain the motl, Massachusetts and South-Caro lina. The forni.-r has, it is fmd, greatly 7 exceeded her quotn. The fair method to jud ;e of this, is to compare her exertions during the war with her ability. This foiid principle of judging, has been loft fight of, although contended for, when the bill tor the settlement of accounts was before the house. At the commence ment of the war there is no doubt but the citizens of Massachu setts in and near Bolton, fullered cor.Gderabiy ; but from the eva cuation of that city to the end of the war, the felt the advantages rather than the difadv linages of war—She carried on the medium of commerce for the Union—her merchants and her country of cotirfe were enriched—ihe became enabled therefore to make greater c xertions, and no doubt did her part. Contrail this with some others of the Slat's—overrun by the enemy houl'es and plantations destroyed—commerce arretted—merchants and citi zens totally ruined, and the mod opulent families beggaied. I will leave to the ger.tltfmen from Malfachufeus themftlves—l will appeal to their candot to determine tf their debt was double the amount, which was thp better fate. South-Carolina I shall however be told is on the other scale and in a great mcafure, I will grant it. The <: .faculties of that State have been great—the merits of her citizens many, and her fufferings out of proportion with mot! hut not all of the States. North-Carolina and New-Jerky fuf' tcred nearly as much, and Georgia more. A great proportion of the wealth of South-Carolina was preserved by persons who took proteaion, or who resided in Europe the greatefl part of the war —this was not the cafe with Ceorgia, her ci'izens were totally beggared, and her country left a wild uninhabited defart ■ few of those who took proteflion remaining. That wealth preserved lett South-Carolina yet in a State of arllucnce- the would in the' former Congrtfs have felt hcrfclf infultcd >1 the had beru consider ed second in refourcc » any State in the Union. She is as -reat now inrefource, and I btlicve that I speak wiih iuftire wVn I advance that of the back inhabitants of that Sta c are oppof.d to the meafcre Sir, they are republicans who hav. fougi t and bled for the cause ot liberty, and know the value ol ,t I know and regard them, such, and although I wish not to wound the feelings of any gentleman prefer,t, I assert that they will fee through this thin veiled artifice to take their poruon of Statepow er from them, and they will feci that continual drain ol foecie which muftt,kc place to fatisfy the appetites ot balking fmcula tors at the feat of government. The 3 cl. argument is t hat the funds out of which those debts ought to be paid, are by the conftuution put under the direftuih of the federal eovernmem, and this done by the people for the express purpose of paying the debts of the United States ot which tnele are a part# ' • T <?'V' r P men s ' S ' g,eat mea^ure done away—Conjrrefs have i'sfak-n '.nrf X .h- " "J"* im p'°pct—■ ttrc impost alone is tak.n, and this .s not grumbled at—the States gave it years a ;o when the payment 0 r State debts was not thought of tL TbTs ft n, 'f' haSrCfl ' r,Cdto d ° CS r<- include the State dbts the impost of s per cent, was required from the States for the payment of the real debt of the Uu.on-fuppofe all the "J-el olTebts ? thatraeaC " rC ' W ° Uld ' hc V noc ftiS have paid ,tu The 4th argument that irrpofis and can V,,. k\n .J , tncier one f a , ls the I hope ine hourc have no intention of briawincr-.h-m ') *, ,;n r , that Congrtfs will n,t be •0..C. tnem in K.tct whiiu-h -prnly tti f aVOJr 4mea^" 546 The - sth argument of»the gentleman if it is notTully refuted my reply to his firft and second, can be easily accomplifhcd. It is, that equal jultice ought to be done to all the creditors, buc this cannot be done by individual States ; Come of them bcin r un able to make provifiow ; burthened beyond their quju, ana de prived of former revenues. By the prtfent mode, the argument is defeated, for the credit ors are not on a footing—the whole .is not alfumed—j proportion will therefore still be left to the mercy of the States, which ma/ be as backward in their payments now, as formerly. Without the alfumption at all, the diftin&ion was not hard to be borne. Jlt was to be borne. It was only b tween the Slate creditors and those of the Union. At present, the diftin£tion is between the lame State creditors—those who will benefit are the speculators rtear the feat of government, and those near the commiflioncrs - | whilst thole at a distance and who in moil probability arc the on-, i ly original holders, will not be benefited. The creditors of one State are not even on a footing with those of another. Maflachu ! setts, South and North-Carolina, have the one half of 21,000,000 allotei them the two former havt? near their whole debt. I will call on gentlemen to know if any within this house, can/up pofe they have a ballance of 10,000,000 due them ? The amount of the debt of Georgia is more than was supposed, it amounts to ftven hundred thoulaud dollar*—three hundred ihoufand of which are onlv to be aflumed. If the measure is wile, the whole lo be assumed. I am not for this partial method—either the assumption ought to be proportioned Co the rtprcft .Ation, or gem-rally, or certificates ought to issue to the States for what they have funk as to individuals. Thf 6th argument is, that the measure is founded in good po licy, as well as justice, as it will promote harmony amonj credit ors and d.ffercnt States, attach them to the government and facil itate operations. That it is not founded in justice I think has been pretty well fhewn—lts policy was clearly proved at a former day, to have been a consolidation of the government ; and Sir, I believe with it a consolidation of the people's liberties.—The object certainly was the absorbing the whole of the Slate powers within the vor tex ol the all devouring general government—seven years were we [fighting to establish props for liberty, and in leli than two years, finer the adoption of the conftitntion, arc we trying to k.ck them all -away, and he is the ablest politician and the be ft man of the day, who can do 1110 ft to deilroy the child of liberty ot his own ratfing. A friend Sir, to ihe Slate governments, or the liberties of the people, is as much loft at the present day, as if he had be onged to the last century, and had a refurre&ioa in the present °" C Sir, il so much of this patriotlfra is loft near the feat of go vernment, let us not fuppofe-it is the cafe with the whole of the United Slates—The Slates will not tamely submit to a nuafure cal culated todiftrefs, and manifeftly founded in injjifticeand the ru in of the State governments.—So far will it be fiom producing the harmony the gentleman has supposed, that I thinii I cai. venture to prophesy, it will occafjon discord and generate rancour againlt the Union. For it it brucfits inn patt of the United Sta-es, it op press another. If it lulls the Shayfes of the north, u will route the Sullivans ofthefouth. (To be ccntinaci.) MONDAY, AUGUST 2 MR. GILMAN of the joint committee for en rolled bills reported, that the committee had examined and found duly enrolled the follow ing bills— i. "An A<ft to provide more effe<flual)y for the collection of the duties imposed by lawi/ifgoods, wares and merchaixtjLtr imported into the Uni- the tonnage of (hips or veflels " 7 A " f° r r,lL ~ relief of John Stewart, and John Davidfon." 5. " An Art to continue in force for a limited eut ' tlei '> A A for the temporary eltabhfhment of the Poft-Office." 4- " An Art making provision for the debt of the United States." The above were then signed by the Speaker— and afterwards prefen»:ed to the President of the United States for his approbation. The Report of the Secretary at War on the petition of Lady Stirling, was read the second time, and agreed to. The following Resolution was then parted, viz. A efolved, 1 hat there be paid to Sa; ah Stirling, the widow of the late Major General Lord Stn - nig, the sum ot iix thoui ,nd nine hundred and seventy-two dollars, being the half pay of a Ma joi-General in ihe late American Ariny for the term of seven years. Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Thatcher, and Mr. A(he r were appointed a committee to brine; iu a bill for jhe purpose. Mr. Jackson gave notice that he fliould to-mor iow move lor leave to bring in a bill to provide sOl the aliumption of three hundred thousand dollars State debt, on account of the State ofGeor gia, in addition to the sum in the Funding Bill. Mr. Ames moved that a committee be appoint ed to bring in a bill to declare the consent of Con go's to an Act of the State ofßhode-Ifland, pass ed before the adoption of the Coaftitutionbv that State, laying a duty on Tonnage for the purpose or enabling an incorporated compaify to improve the navigation of Providenceßiver. Mr. Smith, (M.) observed, that the provision ought to be general—There are, said he, several other rivers in States that have incorporated com panies for the purpose of improving the naviga -1011 of those rivers. He mentioned the Pot>w nac, and Petapfco rivers. After some debate the motion vras amended I® adding Savanna river in Georgia, and Petapfto river in Maryland—and then a committee was appointed, confuting of Mr., Ames, Mr. Jackfoir, * and Mr. Seney, to bring in a bill. The Speaker introduced a letter from the Tre»- fiuer of the United States, eudofini his account* for the lalt quarter. The report of the committee on the petition »£ Henry Emanuel Lutterloh, was taken into cob fiderarion. The report being in favor of the i-itioner, considerable debate eufued. The report was finally negatived'. Mr. Parker gave notice that lie should to-mar-
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