QfrtiztfU o'fth PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS IIY JO.'l.V FEXXO, No. 69, HIG/I-STtEET, BETWEEN SuOND AND THIRD Si REFTS, PHILADELPHIA [No. 2% of Vol. lII.] FROM THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, MR. RUSSELL, THE papers under the signature of Pubi. ico la, have called forth a torrent of abufc, not upon their real author nor upon tlie feim ments they express, but upon a supposed author, and supposed lentiineius. With refpedl to the author, not one of the conjeifiures that have appeared in the publick prints has been well grounded. The V ice-Pr-- sident neither wrote nor corre<3:ed them ; he did not give his fandlion to an individual lenti ment contained in them, nor did they "go to the prels under the afliimed patronage of his Ion." With refpetft to the sentiments, to thole who have read the pieces with attention, it is need less to fay, that they are limply an examination of certain principles and arguments contained in a late pamphlet of Mr. Paine's, which are supposed to be directly opposite to principles ac knowledged by the conflitutions of our country. And the author challenges all the writers that have appeared in support of Mr. Paine's infal libility, to produce alingVe paflage in these pub lications which has the mofi diilant tendency to recommend either a monarchy or an ariltocracy to the citizens of these States. The writer never hail the intention to defend the corruptions of the Englilh conilitution : nor even its principles in theory, except Inch as were adopted in our own. Mr. Paine has drawn a coniparifon between certain parts of the En glilh and French conltit utions, in which are con tained principles of government, that are not ac knowledged by our own conflitutions. l oi'ar as the principles of the Engli'.li conilitution, have been adopted by the Americans, I have defended them, and I am tirmly convinced, that vse can not renounce them, without renouncing at the fame time the happy governments with which we are favoured.—The question of fupe.iority between the French and Englifli conflitutions, has no connection with aqueltion relative to mo narchy. If this be true, it niuft apply equally to the admirers of the French conftituiion, and Mr. Paine himfelf is chargeable with having supported a monarchical inltitution.—lt is well known that by the French conilitution, a (land ing army of near 300,000 is eftablilhcd, and plac ed beyond the annihilating'arm of the legillature. Is it impollible that Mr. Paine lhould admiie this conilitution, without being a friend to stand ing armies ?—The argument is the fame, and the assertion might be made, with just as much truth, us that Publicola is an advocate for mo narchy or for arillocracy. When Mi. Paine fays that a whole nation (by which it is admitted that he means a majo rity of the nation) have a right to do what it chooses, and when he fays that before the fonn tion of civil society every man hasa natural right to judge in his own cause, it appears to me that he resolves all into power ; it is this opinion which I have combated, because it appears to me to be of the molt pernicious tendency, and it'it is not really contained in the pamphiet, I con fefs inyfelf greatly railtaken. But the enlighten ed writers, who have defended the principle of Mr. Pai nE, differ so edentially in the ground they have taken, that the one or the other would certainly have been charged with propagating detcjlabte hcrefies, had not the end faniftified the means, and the objetft of defending Mr. Paine, reconciled the inconsistency of their reasonings. One writer supports the principle through thick and thin ; and tells you that the -will of the con trading parties, is the only circumilance that makes treaties obligatory. Another tells you iliat I have grossly mifreprcfented Mr. Paine, and that the national omnipotence which he ef tablilhes relates only to the internal concerns of the community. He agrees however that the will of the majority mult be taken lor the will of the whole nation, and that with respect to the forma-ion of a government, a majority have a right to do what they pleftfe. So that it is 110 longer the " rights of men," but the rights of the majority which alone are unalienable. Upon the CjUeftion whether a constitutional go vernment can be made alterable otherwise than by the people in their original character, I have defended the constitution of the United States a- gaintt the principle of Mr. P*ine, thongh in w the republication of the paper in several of the •foutfhern paper*, the pafiage which funports my Saturday, August 6, 1791* opinion hy the authority of the constitution, is .mined Upon rlie article ofreprefentauon, I l)3vc con emiecl that the French reprefentatien is no rc pi efentation of the peoplear all. Is there a man in the United States who would recommend it as a model to us ? I have contended that our re presentation of the people is infinitely luperior hoth to the French and the JOnglifli ; and this is laid to he an abominable herely. Upon the fnbject of monopolies,of game laws, and of exclulioits from the legifkuuie, 1 have defended the principle J adopted by our own con ititutioiis, arid not the abules of the Englilli go vernment. L poll that of war and peace 1 have done the lame, and wherever Mr. Paint's ob ferva' i r.s Wave appeared to be founded upon any other foundation than truth, 1 have endeavored to liiow their fulliey. But a defence ot monar chy or aiiifcocracy was no more in my intention, than ihe defence ot: he Salic Law oi deicents was to that of Mr. P ink. I (hall now conclude these papers with requeu ing that those only who re;d them would judge upon their principles ; and I am well pei luaded, that the candou of the public will not take mis representation for reason, ior inveOtive ior ai gument. U I C O L A. FROM THE AENiU(f>Y GAZETTE. MR. Bradford, By injer.tivg the ivciofed, you ivifl oblige a Volunteer. A MON'G tb >'° who have exerted'themfelves for the dcftruc x\. tion "f our fnemv. no one hold so diftinguifhrd a r, nk as Cnlur.er ]0.,n C ntipbel>, of Louifviile : nothing can give more cnco' ia ' 'pent •' ihofe who turn oui as voiunteeis, than the holding out to them the idea, that by encountering difficulties and dangers, they w 1] en (lire to themfelve* the vei v highest of rewards, the applause and affiltance of th ir fe'low citizens. When the late army under the command ot General Scott, ar rived at Fort Steuben, on their return from the expedition, fa tigu d, hungry, and the greater part of them without money, they were invited by Colonel Campbell to retrefh themselves at his house, where all who went were furnifhcd good be f or mutton, and as much grcg as they chose. The writer of this letter partook of the Colonel's bounty, and saw at least three hundied men eat and drink at his house in one day—lndeed as long as any of the troe>ps remained in L< u'fville, the tables were kept con ftantJy fprc-ad. The writer has it in view to return public thanks to Colonel Campbell, for the entertainment lie received, and to call the attention of the diftrift to his conduct, as Highly worthy of imitation. J SWISH ECONOMY. TWO criminals, a Christian and a jew, Who'd been to honest feelings rather callous, Were on a platform once expos'd to view, Or come, as some folks call it, to the gallows; Oi, as of late, as quainter phrase prevails, To try their weight upon ihe city scales. In dreadful form, the constable and fhrieve, The pneft, and ord'nary, and croud, attended, Till fix'd the noose, and all had taken leave, When the poor Ifraclite, befriended, Heaid, by cxprtfs from officer of state, A gracious pardon quite reverse his fate. Unrnov'd he feem'd, and to the spot close flicking, Ne'er offers, tho' he's bid, to quit the place, Till in the air, the other fellow kicking. The fheriff thought that some peculiar grace,. Some Hebrew form of silent deep devotion, Had for a while depriv'd him of his motion. But being queftion'd, by the fheriff's orders, Why not with proper officer retiring, In tone of voice that on the maiv'lous borders, While that his looks were to the beam aspiring, " I only vait," fa id he, before I coes, " Ov Mister Catch to puy the ted man's clothes ANECDOTE of Sir Robert Walpole and Dr. Campbell DR. Campbell was a believer in the divine hereditary right of Kings, and confeqiuntly attached from principle to the House of Stuart. It happened that a mcflenger, who was em ployed by the Jacobites in England to carry on their correfpon dcnce withthe pretender, iiad prevailed upon the Doctor to write a letter to the Pretender's Secretary, and, as the mc.ffenger was in Sir Robert's pay, he carried it with the reft to Sir Robert, who sent for the Do&or the following morning (as he often did at other times, having frequently employed his pen in writing in defence of his adminiftration)on pretence of talking to him about something he was to write. He took, him to a window which looked into the street; and, while thoy were standing rhere toge ther, Sir Robert had contrived that the meflenger (hould pass by, and, looking up, moved his hat at them ; upon which Sir Ro bert asked the Do&or, if he knew that man, and who he was. The Do&or, in some alarm, immediately answered, that he was very well acquainted with him, and that he couM allure him he was a very woithy honest man. 44 He may be so," (said Sir Ro bert) " but he is certainly a very careless one, for he gave me i letter yesterday which I believe was not intended to come inf> my hands, and I think its dire&ion is your hand-wiitingand pulling out the Do&or's letter he gave it to him unopened. The Doctor fell upon his knees, and vowed, that as he had given him his life, it should be devoted to his service, and he never ceafec to be his fervent advocate throughout the remainder of his life. And Sir Robert was so well convinced of his fmcerity, that hi would have given him a valuable office ; but the Do&or would not facrifire his principles to his intcreft, and declined the offer, and continued a nonjuror as long as the old Pretender lived. 113 &J&0 [Whole No. 237.] The Speech of Tfeeuyeanthaxu, or the Speaker that kteps his audience awake, commonly called Red Jacket, at the late Treaty of foewtoun Point, in reply to a charge of partialityJor the Rntijh. Brother Canisadf-h,* LISTE Nto what lam going to fay to you. You have been sent here by the thirteen council fires, to treat with us of peaceand friendfhip. You have already heard a part of what you said to us in rharge from them, repeated, according to our custom, by my brother (Oquilondnnguas.) You then heard a speech from your brother of the Five Nations. We told you, that a strong wind had blown over us, and scattered some of us on this fide, and some on that. The wind seems to be rising again. We do not know but it may blow some of our younj warriors among the western Indians—but this would give us great iineafincfs. When we replied to your speech the other day, we thought every thing relating to the war, had been buried : but y >u have since told us, that _you think we are mofl inclined to (he Britilh interest Do you think it wrong for us to make friends of our nearest neighbours ? We and all the nations present, were f jrprifed to hear you fay fo—for we have been very peaceable and friendly with the Thirteen Fires, ever since the last war. As soon as the wind had done blowing, we looked round us : we saw our wives and children in distress. and we immediately turned our 'wees towards the Thirteen Fires for peare. You ask us in your fprech, what is the reason we incline more to one fide than the other, as we profefs to be our own matters ? We wonder that you should ask fucn a question. Formeily our treaties were con firmed and iecorded with wampum : but the Thirteen p ires feeni desirous tofet our ancient customs aside, by treating with us upon paper. There is not a man in our nation who can explain your rolls to us, and we are obliged to apply to our Britifii neighbours to know what they contain. This prevents us from being alto gether independent of them. But this is not all : Our Brothers the Br it i fh, al ways advifc us to what is best for us. They tell us to listen to what the Thirteen Fires fay, when they speak to us ot peace: whenever they hear of any thing in our favour, they let us know of it; and, as they give us good advice, we depend upon them. These, Brother, are some of our rcafons for con fiding in our brothers the British. Their King advifcs us to peace : and to listen to the fame advice from the Thirteen Fires; but not to hear them when they advise for war. This is the counsel we receive from Niagara. They always tell us, we ought to be an independent people, and do nothing but what we think right. We are free nations, ruled by nobody, You complain, that we never make known to you what the British fay to us ; but always inform them of what you fay : we wondered to hear vou fay so. As you speak to us in writing, we are obliged to go to the British to hear what vou fay : but as they treat with us by wampum, of which they keep great store, -we have no occasion to come to you to explain it to us. You know very well that the Thirteen Fires are so distant from us, that it would be too diffi cult to travel down to them foi advice. The reason why we know so little of one another is, that we have nobody sent from you to stay wijh us, and explain your purposes tons. Well, Bro her, do you begin to perceive that we have reasons for our peculiar attachment to the British ? You have thanked us for ac cepting the offers you brought us; and told us you were glad to find that we had no obje&ions to them. Do not think hardly, Brother, of what we now fay, nor fufpett that we are in any de cree deceived by listening to the voice of those who carry tales. You know we covered up every thing that was amiss, the day before yesterday. We are now joined hand in hand with th<~ Thirteen Fires. We think of nothing but peace. If you had defued us to bring you the speeches of our brothers the British, we would have hrought you the belts and firings along with us, and thrown down the bundles before you. You did not ask us to do so, yet we have told you a few things that you might knowr what they fay to us. Have you heard us plainly. Brother ? We >re but iuft now beginning to tranfaft our business at this Council Fire. We hope a man will soon be appointed to a£l between us, as it was in old times. Then we went to one place to tell every thing we heard, and there we used to hear of every thing that concerned us from all quarters. As soon as an agent is appointed, we shall begin to apply to the Thirteen Fires for advice. Now, Brother, we have freely told you the reasons for our conduct, beta life we know that we are alike inclined for peace. Our true friendfliip is now beginning. We have buried all these difficul ties. What fault have you to find with us now, Brother?— Let :s no longer listen to those that would make mifchief between us, nor change our present refoli.tions. It is best not to repeat disa greeable things that are past. Let them be buried in the earth. This, Brother, is all that the Chiefs and Head Warriors have to fay to you now : A Broad White Belt. You have found so much fault with us, -Brother, that we are a little afraid of vou : We have told you some of the principal speeches we have heard from the British. You shall now be our counsellor : Tell us whether there is any harm in them ? * Commiffioncr Pickering, so called by them, after an old torJbn, on the fide of a hill, in which they lived peacefully. FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM. OBSERVATIONS on Amertcan PORTER and CHEESE. TH E friends to the interests of mankind were lately gratified by a fa£l communicated in the various periodical publicati cations in this city, viz. that there had been no spirits used ainnnr the sailors on board the (hip Brothers, Capt. Jofiah, during her late voyage to Canton; and that this circumstance had been so far from injuring the crew, that th«v enjoyed an uncommon degree of health- It will please the friends of American manufactures* be informed, that Mr. Hare's porter remained perfectly found and good the whole paflage. Some of that article, indeed, whick was taken out in casks, received injury, from not being placed in 1 favorable fituarion : but a hundred dozen, originally bottled its his ciiy, not only remained good, but was improved by the voyage. In another vcflel which went to Canton from this city, some F.nglilh porter was taken out, as well as that made in this city, but not the least superiority could be perceived in the former over the latter, as appears by the candid and unprejudiced teilimony of the persons belonging to the vessel. American manuta&ures of every kind, but especially porter, have long laboured under the unjust imputation of inferiority when compared withEnglifh: but after this fair trial we hope that prejudice will be laid nfidc, and justice be done. Cherfe is another article, which, although it has been made ia this country, 2nd especially to the eaitward, for a number oi years, ■t
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