"f ROM fHEFRdri'DKNCE CAZETtE. To the Fusimen of the Town of Providence Full many a of purest ray serene, il Thejdark uiiiaihom'd caves of Ocean bear; 44 Fuli-many a flower is. born to blush unseen, 44 And wefte iu fweetnefvon the defart air. 0\ Monday next the petition of a number of rcfpeftablc in habitants, preferred to the lait 'I own-Meeting, will be cblcufT-d, and the report ot your School Committee heard. An object of such importance demands attention. Patriotism and charily nuift awake the attention of the rich and the poor. Let all riflc£lon ihe great and-maoiftft advantages, to be de rived from aii adoption of the ineafure proposed by the petition. Lit the pariotifm of all induce them zcaloufly to forward an at tempt to feeurc'our political felicity. by giving to the riling ge neration the means of acquiring a knowledge of ihe nature of civil libcity. and of the meafuies to be adopted to perpetuate the enjoymeftt of it. A system, giving to all equal opportunity for the acquisition of knowledge, would tend more toward eftab'.ifhing in practice the theoretical rights of men, than all our Constitutions or Bills ot Rights. The savage is interior to the citizen in proportion to their advantages in point of education. The fame cause, in civilized life, works the famr difference. The son of the rich man, enjoying all poflible afliftances from inftruttors und books, is more powerful in mental acquisitions than the son of the poor man, from whom the hand of penury, and the coldness of charity have withheld the means of per fecting his powers. Had the latter poflfffed equal advantages he had, perhaps, demonstrated to the world, that not birth and rank, but educa tion and merit, produce in society the only rational inequality. All other inequalities should, if poflibie, be remedied; but never can be remedied, while children, at the firft dawn of rea son, and through their whole lives, fee such diftin&ions as now prevail in point of education, The unhappy being, who finds his inftrii&ion neglc&ed and discouraged by the world, must surely think, that nothing ufeful could be expe&ed from him, or that inftru&ion had no power over the faculties of his foul. Is he in fafcfc a genius of thefirft rank ?—He will then either waste his powers m indolence—or, from the irrcfiflible efforts of his genius to activity, will become great in vice, and fall abhorred by the virtuous, a miserable example of the depravity of man On the present system of education, the mental powers of nbout a third part only of its citizens arc ever known to society. arc not even tried. I rom this third part alone can the r-(.#ple choose their magiftratcs, or fill up the proleflions of the libera! arts. In cafe a plan could be devised, by which the whole rising ge neration might be placed nearly on a level in the means of ac quiring knowledge, they would proceed equably, till by the operation of an emulative ambition thenaturul and rational ine quality should be produced. Here every genius would be tried—every faculty exercifcd — every talent exerted—the mod brilliant and ufeful discovered— and the body of men best qualified for the discharge of important duties fclc&ed, not from a third part only, but from the tvhole. Upon a plan of this fort, the superior mind, which on the pre sent system is loft to the world, would come forward to his station, which might otherwise be occupied by his natural inferior To d iffufe a general knowledge of the moll ufeful learning— to place in such a situation the native diamond, olt enciufted with ignorance, that the fplcndour of its rays may add lustre to out day, i.l the object of the plan to be preferred on Monday by your School.Committee. By this plan a general system is proposed to be carried into effect, at the expence and under the direction of the town, by which all the children of the inhabitants will re ceive inftru£tiou in the fame fckools. This is not to be merely a I'tee School, to which those whose pride will permit them to ac knowledge their poverty may fend their children, foinetimes to. be taught, and oftener to be abused. This is to be instituted on the broad b?'.is of republican principles. Here all the young fre en (hall for once be equal; they will here all be inftru&ed, arc' alike inftru&ed, at the town's expence.—Here, placed at one fourm ,the children of thehumbleand of the high shall make trial of their genius ; and at the termination of their exertions, the f- holar shall be compensated by the value of his acquisitions, and the appJaule of hisiownfmen. This is no v fionar) fchemc ; it is pot the offspring of a heated imagination, or an itch for novelty. It is framed byourwifeft citizen , as an improvement on a plan long ago adopted, and fuc et fsfully adhered to, in other places, celebrated for their love of freedom and good government. Sec its effe&s in the town of Boston : I am credibly informed, that ai: lead fix out of eight of their principal llatefmep, magis trates, lawyers and divines, owe the loundation of their eminence to schools of this kind. Without the aid of these, their parents, perhaps from poverty, had given them no education, or from ignorance of their talents had negle£ted to cherish them. From the latter cause, frequently arises a most deplorable left of genius : But give the parent an opportunity to discover, without expense, the abilities of his child, and if the experiment lucceeds agreeable to his wifnes, he will use every exertion to forward his education, and thus from accident at firft, and a cer tain parental pride or tenderness afterwards, his country maybe benefited by a sage philosopher, or a wife politician. My indulgent fellow-citizens will paidon the liberty I have taken, while I only add, that it is my earnest request, and in which I am joined by a very great number of more ancient and influential chara&ers than myfelf, that every free male inhabitant, heads of families in a more especial manner, would lay aside other concerns, and attend on the Town-Meeting next Monday, in the afternoon, to consider and decide on the important measure of cftablifhing Tmvr-School's Tme Shade of Busby. FROM THE VERMONT GAZETTE. QUALIFICATIONS which a Representative to Congress A ought to poflfefs. Sufficient common intcreft with his constituents. 2. A general acquaintance with their interests and feelings. 3. He l3iou!d be a man of integrity ftrmnefs and honor. 4 He should have information, and talents to communicate that information with ease and propriety. ,5- He should sustain the charaftcr of being faithful to his em ployes, and pri fevering in his measures; not easily diverted from his course. The pilot, who veers about with cveiy gufl of wind, will inrvirably endanger the Ihip. 6. He should however have wisdom to direst, and candor to influence him in every mcalure. 7. He should be able to remember where he came from and to know where he has got to. Should any man without proper qualifications procure himfelT to be clitlcd. I will venture to prcd i£t, that he within two years will find hinifclf in a very public place without his bieeches. \ ,\ 1. L Li O 1 t SOME few years since, a counsellor Vanlittart, went the Oxford circuit, and that eminent and facetious counsellor, Mr. Bcar crolt, went the fain- circuit. Mr. Bcarcroft one day, in his usual droll manner, told Vanfitfart, he thought his name was rather too long, ind tedious to pronounce : «' Snppofe, for (honnefs, we ii.;ree to call you Kfiir. and leave out fitUrt." "With all my fceait (fays Vanfutari) if you'll do the- fame—ftiike off (he croft, Arid let us call vol Jiesr." /ROM THE GENERAL ADVERTISE P. THERE arc situations in life, which, being confpicunus and elevated: never fail to bring with them as attendants,—- envy and jealousy. It will be needless to enquire into the ettetts which fp'iiig from thel'e interrftcd, refllefs and black paiiions. It is well kndwn, that those whose hearts are tainted with them, are watchful and tagle-eyed, and that thev donot always miss, with their pernicious darts, of wounding the most upright aud patri otic. A If There are others who may appear, from their (ration in li e, to be divested of these corroding pEflions, or at least to have no motive originally of their own, but (till, from a desire to fuppoit iheir favorites, or from mere wantonnefs, or a kind ol sportive malignity, will join the reft in a hue and cry, till the object of their chace"is well worried, or altogether deftroved. It is the latter, by being most uu»iero6s, that are to be dreaded. The former give the signal, an,d if they are powerful, enough will join their standard. Although success does not always crown men of the above de scription, and happy for mankindthat it is so : yet it cannot fail of being frequently produ&ive of bad conlequences to the person on whom the attack is made. mult at 'east fuffer for a while—and why (hould innoccnce bear with one pang inflicted by the hands of that demon —Envy? Such however, is the lot of mortals, that to live is to fuffer. But let us hope for the best. We have seen the people artfully, and with uncommon peifevc rance, milled for a time; but no sooner has reason and cool en quiry resumed her jufl station, than the man whose reputation was but the other day blasted, rises in estimation, as his integity and patriotism are known and understood, to the shame and con fufion of his enemies. A man whose early and decided conduct in the cause ef his country, whole great learning and abilities are acknowledged even by his oppofers—a man whose integrity, probity and patriotism, havefecured, and as fhey ate still in exiftertce, will continue to fecute the approbation of his country—a man whose disinterest edness, mildness, and native t good disposition—l fay, this man, and with these qualities, which ought at lea ft to have procured him civility, has, in the most open and unprovoked manner, been loaded with a torrent of abuse. His oppofers, in the most dogmatical manner have averted him to be the author of a reply to Mr. Paine's rights of Man. The author, in his last number, has in the most unequivocalterms declared that the Vice President had no concern whatever in the publication. His adverfarics, therefore, ought to be covered with confufion, and the public fiiould resent the injury done to a faithful old servant. Notwith standing the declaration of Publicola, there are those who afFedt to believe the Vice President still to be the author, vainly hoping, by this feint, to gain a littlerefpite from the shock that this unto ward circumftanee has thrown them into. To them no doubt it has been a most unfortunate discovery ! Their pens wcre'already dipped in the gall, and they were refolded to employ the re mainder of thefummer in exhausting theftock. WARSAW, May n. THE revolution To happily begun, will, ac cording to all appearance, be completely consolidated, without violence or tumult. At Lnbiii, indeed, a weak, ineffectual shew of opposition to it, has been discovered ; but in Great-Poland, all ranks and degrees of men ap plaud it with transport. On the Bth inft. the King, accompanied by all the Senators, Miniflers and officers of the crown, went on Horseback to the church of the Holy Cross, between multitudes of the citizens and o thers, by whom the itreets were lined. The air was rent by acclamations of Vive Is Roi, Vive la Nation ! CO I N A,ta fe OF si NGLA ND. The total amount of Gold coined the present reign, up to the last trial of in 1782, (adding to the above, the money coined from the year 1 760, to the time of the Proclama tion in 1774) was, in Guineas, 874, io6lb. Troy; in Half Guineas 96,2551b. and in Quarter Gui neas (coined in the year 1762) 6,3811b. the va lue of which is— Guineas Half Guineas Quarter Guineas Total Gold Silver coined during the fame time, 22,1321b. Upwards of forty-five millions and a half, in the space of left than thirty years; betides the quantity of the coin of former Kings now cur rent, of which it would be difficult to make any calculation. The following is an authentic account of the nett produce of the Taxes, confuting of Customs, Excise, Stamps, and Incidents, paid into ihe Ex chequer from Jan. sth, 1786, to Jan. sth, I 791. Taxes from £. s. d. Jan. 5, 1786, to Jan. 5, 1787, 12,389,555 1 1 Jan. 5, 1787, to Jan. 5, 1788, 12,923,134 172 Jan. 5, 1788, to Jan. 5, 1789, 13,007,642 18 4 Jan. 5, 1789, to Jan. 5, 1790, 13,433,063 11 3 Jan. 5, 1790, to Jan. 5, I 79 r > M>°72,97 8 19 7 To these add the yearly amount of land and malt taxes, not included in the above, 2,700,000 o o Hence it is clear, that the public income for the last year amounted to the altoniftiing sum of nearly Seventeen Millions ! Taking, therefore, Fifteen Millioris for the average ex penditure of the year, there will be a surplus of almost Two Millions towards the liquidation of the National Debt. VATES. This statement exhibits such a progreffional in cre;afe of revenue as pvomifes to alleviate the public burthens, and to advance the country to a Hate of unexampled splendor and prosperity. 118 Anti-Calumni ATOR. L O N D O N, May 31. 40,842,602 i 4 o 4.497,514 7 o 298,152 7 6 45,638,269 8 6 68,609 9 2 45,706,878 17 8 The difference in the produce of the Toba revenue, between the last and preceding yel?, exceeds ioo,oool. ® /*•«*>:> Of the benefits anfing from the extension of the Excise upon Wines, the public will iudt, when they are informed, that there were but 19,000 pipes of port imported into this kimrthJ in 1786, and in the last year above 42 000 yet If range to tell ! there was as much wine tin der the denomination of pore thought to be drank then as now. Accounts were received ycfterday at the Se. cretary of State's o!iice, by way of France, that the plague rages with dreadful havoc in that part of Turkey next to the Medi terranenn, insomuch that in a small diltiict, a thousand persons have died in a day. June 6. The press upon the river has, within rhefe few rights, been much left acftive than so several weeks before. Notwithflanding'the assertions in fonie of the prints to the contrary, we are allured that the last dispatches from Berlin, which arrived oh VVednel'day, are not of a pacific tendency. - Letters from Petersburg bring accounts of the astonishing activity with which the Empress has prepared her fleets. All the British officers in her service have been replaced by French gen tlemen, on the recommendation of the Prince of Nafiau. According to the last account*, the Ruffian forces consisted ps 537,898 men. June 12. A letter from Portfniouth, June 6, fays, " It the negociation carrying on with Ruf lia does not take a different turn from what is at present apprehended, part of the fleet will fail for Leith Roads thefirft fair wind after Wed nesday next." A letter from Pott/mouth, dated June 1, fays, " a most has been prevented here by a : a plan having been formed to fire our dock yards, by means of fo reign incendiaries sent to this country for that purpose. An express received by the Commissi oner, brought intelligence of the plot, with or ders to take every precaution for the security of the dock yards and arsenals." The popular roast at prefenton board the fleet at Spithead, is, " Perseverance to the Empress of Russia." TranJJatid for the Independent Gazetteer. C A P E• F R A NCOIS, Jult 7, THE black and white cockades will not tak: ; it seems that thole which appeared onTuefday last at the Theatre were only put on for an experi- ment Some citizens in the gallery of the Provincial- Aflembly moved to fend back to Bourdeaux, the firft cargo of Negroes which (hould enter info this port from thence : A number of othermotions were made, which appeared dilated by despair. The President represented in the pame of the Aflembly, that t(fe Colony alone had a right to express the people's sense of the measure. He informed them, that notice had been fenc to all the parilhes of the decree of the ijth of May. Some members moved addrefles to the National Aflembly, but nothing was deliberated upon. An Address of the Merchants of Bordeaux, to the Chambers of Commerce and Merchants of the French Colonies, on the fubjed; of the decree of the National Aflembly refpedting the Negroes and Mulattoes, born o'f free parents, has been received.—lt is couched in patriotic terms, and breathes a truly conciliatory spirit.— and recom mends an acquiescence in the Decree, as " a law juit ill its principles, beneficent in its dispositions, and irrevocable as the conflitution of the tmptre. The Provincial Aflembly of the north has de creed, that addrefl'es (hould be sent to the Na tional Aflembly, to the directory of the depart ment of Gironde (of which Bordeaux is the ca pital) andall the chambers of comwerxe in France. All those addrefles will tend ecution of the decree of the 15th of May, would prove hurtful to the security and prosperity of St. Domingo. _ The white and black cockades have difappearen, j but the greatest part of the citizens have laid by the national cockade. The free peeple of colour are quiet. The or der of the Board of Police, against diftorbers or the public peace, has eased the minds of tb° e who were the molt alarmed, and the greate circutnfpeiflion has taken with them the place o their former terror. There is now at tiie Cape, and in man) ot pariflies of the province of the north, jit ° party. The citizens who refpefted The ec of the National Afletnbly, and thoie « i°' . . cuted them after their own manner, ' ]av £, ~ acainft: the decree of the 15th ofMay. Ie vernor, who, in the eyes of many per oi.s,, confidercd as an Aristocrat. has pleaie e ) by manifeftins; in his letter to the in"" e < sentiments refpetfting the National La"s co ii) 2 the colonies. O June 5
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