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address
TO THE CITIZENS Or
WE3TWOBSLAWD, WASHINGTON, FAYETTE AND
ALLEGHANY COUNTIES.
Off THE
R E V E N U E LAW.
Bv JOHN NEVILLE, Inspector of the Riven*?*
Survey No. 4, District Pennsylvania.
WILL any sober citizen among us look forward, to the lat
ter with approbation ? VVill he believe that a constitu
tional law of his country, laying a moderate duty upon fpi
nts, me lowed we know of any where, affords fufficient cause for
diltnrbing the tranquility of the community, tor involving a civil
commotion, for hazarding a trial of ltrength with tne government
of the na ion.
These, fellow-citizens, arc (erious considerations. They ad
dress themselves to your calmeit and soberest considerations.
1 hey make a solemn appeal to your true intercfts, to your patriot
ism, to your prudence. •
You are told, as if to sharpen your resentment againfl the law,
that it is in support of a system, which has taken away all repub
lican equality in fortune, weakened industry, shaken morality, in
troduced corruption, and laid the foundation of a difToiucion
of the government itfelf.
But where are the proofs <»f ail this ? what are the fvmptoms
or appearances of these dreadful efFefls attributed lo that Jyftem ?
It will not be denied that there are some persons who have
made fortunes by the provision for the debt ; but neither are
their number so great, nor their fortunes so considerable, as in
any degree to effect the balance of republican equalitv. The
whole debt bears too fmalla proportion to the aggregate proper
ty of the community, to occafton any such effect, if even the
%vhole of it were accumulate d in a few hands ; but the truth is
otherwise, it is still subdivided among a great number, and a
great proportion of it is in small sums. The alteration, which is
made in the relative state of property of the whole society, is as a
drop in the ocean.
Industry, too, it is said is weakened. Look, around you, fellow
citizens, and inquire of a!! '.hose who come from other parts of
Hie country, and you will learn, that there never was a period in
its affairs, when (peaking of the United States colleflively, the in
dustry of the community was greater or more productive. It
will be a /ml anfwr to this suggestion to tell you, that th« greater
part of half a million of dollars h«.s been lately subscribed, paya
ble in the public debt, for the purpose of establishing manufac
tories, which will probabl) give bread to the industrious poor
throughout an extensive fcere, and be Felt by the agriculture of
fevrral States.
Morality, it is said, is fiiaken, does the payment of just debts,
does the performance of ihe most solemn engagements, through
the means of the greateil source of intemperance and immorality,
make morality itfelf ? what is meant by this aflertion ?
Corruption is introduced, where ? amon* whom ? in what
manner ? let the corrupters and the corrupted be pointed our.
Tis no where fellow-citizens, the thing does not exist; and those
who make the eharge may be firmlv called on to bring a shadow
ofproofofit.
But a foundation h?s been laid by this pernicious ftflem
FOR A DISSOLUTION OF THI COVER.VMJNT ITSELF. This,
fellow-citizenr is an alarming declaration. Has the standard been
cre&ed and the signal for that difTolution given ? who will fly to
it ? who would wish to fee the government of the country dif
fbived ? who would defirc to fee the bands of the union and of
focicty cut afundcr ?
But, fcilow-citizens, a government ere&rd by the people of
America will be supported by that people. It is not a house
built on the sand. It is the temple of the happiness and fafety of
America, reared on an immovable rock.
Fellow-citizens, lend mc an attentive and dfpaffionate ear.
Hear the admonition of an old, affe&ionate and\aithful servant
and friend. Listen to the words ol soberness and truth.
You are told that the government of the union have in a very
Pnort time, made hasty strides to all that is UNJUST and OP-
E. I tell you that it has already done you much good ;
that many blcffings have already flowed from it, and that many
more are likely lo flow from it.
The present government of the United States has restored confi
dence (which was wanting before) between individuals and the
public. This has unlocked the fecrct ftorrs which were before
hoarded up indifferent places, and hasthrown them into circula
tion for the benefit of industry. Induftrv has accord n-ly in eve
ry branch of business revived, and flourifhes beyond the exam
ample of any former time.
There are few who have fufficiently appreciated the value of
confidence. It is truly the animating principle of the body po.
litic. It brings into aftmty all the resources of the community,
tor thepurpofe®f private and public exertion, wealth and iltength.
This precious confidence has been produced in two ways, by the
provisions of the constitution againl) laws impairing the obliga
tions of contrails and the rights ot property, and by the meafurcs
which have been taken for the restoration of public ctedit.
Accordingly the government has restored public credit, the si-
IKW of war, and the great instrument of economy, in peace. A
nat on in . ull credit may defy all itsenemies; a NATION with
«>ut CRED IT has every thing to Fear, A nation, like an indivi
dual, in full credit, purchases cheap whatever it cannot immedi
ately pay for A nation, like an individual, in bad credit, must
pm an exccliive price for whatever it is ol>li£;rd to buy on credit.
The government has intioduced order and vigor into the cub
ic finances. The interest of t he puhlic debt is paid with exatl
3un£ly iMty each quarter. All other engagements of -he oublic
ire fulfilled to a day. The late government could not maintain
he perlons neceflary for its ordinary business. The present ro
ernmentcan pay and subsist armies for the defence of the citi-
Zen«.
The government has rot only made prov'fion for the interell
° IU debt; but has aaually abfoibed by purchale more than a
Million ot dollars.
The present government has restored (he reputationof the coun
try abroad.as well a, a, home. . Before i. s eftablilWm, the
name of an American was a reproach in foreign countries. .Vow
It ts one o. the best titles which a man can- hove. Our govern
ment andcountry are celebrated „ models so, the imitation of
mankind. The ireafures, as well as the conftttution of the to
vcrnment. Jiaverxcited general aoplaufe; and amort* h s raeafurri
shoe for the rftabl'.ftuncnt of public credit have been the moll
approved. uw
The government has not only improved own fin.ncrs, but
has betteredl those of several of the Stair?. You are told bv the
governor of your own State, in his Uft f Decc h m the lecture
jha.'Mhe beneficial effefl. of, he eftabl.foment of the public ere'
dit of the United States we a eonclufivc evidence cf national
profperitv," that " a sum of 60,000 pounds borrowed for the
ufc of the State from the bank of Nonh America might be con
veniemly discharged faleof a part of ,he public debt of
the union owned by this commonwealth ;" that the claims of
the State, upon tTie Twifurv of the United Statee, would pioba
J.y PHOOUCSA supply in "s!«on, to answer the expences
■ ol government; and that, according to a rcprefemation of the
regtfter general ; a lale of th« defe*k.id stock of the Uni
•' ted Slates alone, whichwas owned by the State, would -ut
• Pennsylvania from every pecuniary embarrassment. completely
and honorary fat«fy her creditor, «f every dcfcripucn, and
A N
(CONCLUDE!^.]
" lca« bcriapofTeffion of an uniocnmbcrca revenue, amply faf
" 6ctirnt for the support of government, and the profecutien of
" every ufeful and patriotic undertaking."
The government has not only effe&ed ihefe great.things, but,
in the mode of doing it, baa lightened the burthens of the "people.
Ti® certain that, in moll parts of (he onion, the burthen of taxes
is lighter than it was under rtie former Siate'of things. All thia
is the effeftof more order and energy, and of more judicious ar
rangements of the public refoiirces.
Lattly, under the operation of the present government the agri
culture. < ommerce, inanufatturej and navigation of the United
Stales, have been extended. The navigation ol the country has
of late taken a spring, which null afford great pleasure to all its
true friends. This has proceeded from threecaufes ; theconfidence
already taken notice of, the encouragement rcfulting from the
laws which have been paOed, and the increase of active capital
from the funding of the public debt, of the operation of the let
ter a striking inllance has already been mentioned.
But we are threatened, alas, that these great things arr to be
undone. That ineftimible confidence and credit, which have
been established, are to be subverted. Diftnift, disorder and com
mntiou are to be fubflitutcd to confidence, eider, and induflrious
repose.
You may be told, that nothing of this kiad is meditated. I
-affirm, that the doQrines which have been promulgated,the mea
sures recommended by the committee, and those which have be
gun to be put m pradice as auxiliary to them [I allude to the
latejoutrage againit an officer of the revenue] will, unless re
ltnquifhed or over-ruled, inevitably be productive of all the
evils which have been mentioned, and others equally alarming in
their nature.
Fellow-citirens, I know you do not intend to expose your
country or yourselves to the unhappy consequence* which await
a pursuit of the advice given (o you. It is tha|efoie I make this
appeal from your advisers lo you. It is exhort yon to
Mercife your own judgments, to think and idrtot yourselves. L
fliould be sincerely sorry to give offence to an* ; but I prefer MY
DUTY and YOUR GOOD to aH other considerations.
Fellow-citizens, I have one thing more to fay to you. That
government which yon are in fact, however it may be in form,
advised to oppole, is at this instant, affording you, and all those
who are called upon to combine against it, the moil liberal pro.
teflion. The whole monies which will arise throughout the union,
during the present year, from the duty complained of, those very
monies will have been fent-on to the militia who have been called
out as guards, and in the expeditions which have been carried on
and are carryifife on against the savages who infect the frontiers
And whether there be peace or war a sum beyond coMfAKi-
SON CREATE*, will be (pent each year on the establishments re
quifitefor the fecunty ofthe western country, than will be col
letted among them. Thus not only the duty you pay will be
(pent among you, but you will be cniiched by aconfiderable
part of that which is paid by your fellow-citizens.
Is it then generous, is it either j,.(l or wife to refill or embarrass
a government from which yoa derive fnch immediate advantages ?
Can all these things be done without revenue or without credit ?
You, 1 am sure, will answer as I wish.
POST-OFFICE,
estabushmen?:;;;^
WHICH IS TO COMMENCE TH. SIXTEENTH INSTANT.
The EASTERN MAIL will be closed oa
j tt half pall eight o'clock in the morning, and
y reach New-York at two o'clock, P. M. on
each succeeding day.
Mondays
Toefdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays and
Fridays
The Mail from New-York will be closed there on the fame
days, and at the lame time in the morning; and
Arrive at Philadelphia on
Tuesday?
Wednefdavs f #
Thurfdayi at one etlock, P. f M.
Fridays and I
Saturdays
The SOUTHER AIL will fc closed on
Mondays J at half part nine o'clock, A. M. (reaching Bal
fndays " ' 5 P.m. 7 " 3
Arrive at Philadelphia on
Taefdays )
Thursdays and £ at one o'clock, P. M.
Saturdays \
The MAIL for the EASTERM SHORE of MARYLAND
as far as CHESTERTOWX, will be closed on
Mondays ) .
Wcdncfdaysand > * o clock in the morninjr,
Fridays ) Cheftertown each succeeding day) and
_ ~ Arrive at Philadelphia on
Tu' n>y, )
Thursdays aod ( " ,°? c o'c'ock, P. M. in summer, and at two
Saturdays ) ° clock > P - M - in winter.
The MAIL for CHESTER-MILLS and EASTON, will leave
Philadelphia every Monday with the other Mails forihe Eastern
fft ,« M r n Ur " , W " h 1, < v "y Sa,urd av from November
ill to May lft, and every Thurfdav the reft of the year
The MAIL for DUCK-CREEK CROSS-ROADS*DOVER
will also leave Philadelphia every Monday with ihe Eastern Shore'
ylar retU ' a W " h ' he " r ' y Tl,urfda y throughout the
for PITTSBURG, will le,vc Philadelphia every
Saturday o clock, A. M. and the Mail from P.ttiWg will
arriveat Phi.adrlphia every Friday at noon.
delffTr.Unr ' b T ,om,k<:n P th * numerous Mails
she ooft fc lf° Ut t T J T,cnlloned > a " t>- Ifft at
the port-office half an hour before the times of closing the refi.ee
tue Mails in uh ch they are to be sent. c
State's 'lhe e me e h""' P J'"u ° f ,he famr " ,m * in ,he L'n.ted
Mates, the nvrchants and o.hers are requested to he very p arrc ,,
lar in inc direction of their letters; and when le.ters a-e nit lor a
po.* town,the nearest poll town to the place ought to he mentjoned
ROBERT PAT TON, Port-Marter.
TTO BE SOLD,
HAT Keautiful and elegant (ituat.on on the hanks of the Pr>-
f.r.K. ' ri 0 " 1 " 15 ,hc!ownof Alexandra, whereon the fnb
imn nv'T =5 or 3= "res will he fold wuh the
comoleatl "si * nd " m,nodlo, « two ftorv house,
v£b?j 'he cellar to the garret, a kitchen, l,„n!
f„)h m "'- houfc ' da.ry.twn (lory barn, and ioe house, all fin,toed
in the best manner, together with several other ncceirai v ou-houfe!
*° Sirac " " e f y palcd ' and a ft,lirul now em-'
' f ,n fine ° 'he land well enclosed wiTa
"j » wc »- «"» fp"»s« of excellent water-,he
profpea „ equalld by few, and excelled by none in America-
M,con',gu,«y to Alexandria, the Federal Town, and Geo'
Town, having a „ne and lull view of each place, must render it in
tionfcom A? RtC ". va,ur ' bfln * <*•"&'* in a line of communis.
offerbefote he': th a V° ' W ° '° wns - Shoii!a a P'"chafer
had An.nd.l 5 ' h ,° f , Fcb :" arv » bargain mav be
ol„ ( t" ' " tlc ' clf " a " incumbrances, iill h, ,na,!e
by the fubfenber. I wi ,, also w , w:th „ m , • *■£«*«
por,hea a bo' p,,,3^'1 ; s d,(lan "' wh:c ' w "' «■-«•«»»
port me a hove in wood and timber.
303
BALDWIN DAD. 1 ),
War Department.
January 2, 179?.
is hereby given to all ihe military invalids
A of the United States, that the sums to which they are intitlcd
for fix months of their horn the 4th day of Sep
tember. 1791, and which will become due on the sth dav of
March, 1792, w.ll be paid on the said day by :he Commifliouers
of the Loans within tne states refpe&ively, under the usual regu
lations, viz.
Every application for payment must be accompanied by the
following vouchers.
ift. The certificate given by rhe state, fpscifyin* that the per
son poflefßug the fame is in fact an invalid, and afccrtainmg :be
sum to which as such he is annualiy entitled.
2d. An affiddvit, to the following form :
A. B. came before me, one of the Jufticesof the coun'v of
in the state of and made oath fh*t he is the fame A. B. ro
whom the original certificate in h's oofleflion W3* given, of which
the following is a copy (the certificate g-ven by the fta'e to be re
cited) That he fei ved {regiment, corps or vefiel) at the time he
was Hiftbled, and that he now resides in th« and conntv of
and has resided there for the last years, previous to which he
resided in
In cafe an invalid should apply for payment by an »f*omev, the
fa id attorney, besides the certificate and oath before recited, must
produce a special letter of attorney agreeably to Ihe fo!low=n<» form:
I, A. B. of county of state of do hcrcbv "tronfti
tufe and appoint C. D. of my lawful attorney, to receive in my
behalf of my pension for fix months, as an invalid of the Un -
ted State*, from the fourth day of September, one thousand fcven
hundred and ninety-one, and ending the fourth day of March, one
thousand seven hundred and nimtv-two.
Signed and sealed
in the presence of
Acknowledged beford rfre,
Applications of executors and fnuft ht 1 iWftmua
tlied With legal evidence of their refpeft.ve offices, and also ol the
time the invalids died, whose peoiion thev may cbim.
By command of the President of the Uniird States,
H. KXOX, Secretary of War.
The Printers in therefpeaiveftates are rrquefted to publifli
the above in their newspapers, for the space o c two months.
Annapocis, January s, 1792.
At a Meeting of the Vifitorsand Governors of St. Tohn's Col'egr
in the State of Maryland, on Thnrfdav the loth <Jf Novcml
ber last,
! RESOLVED, ->
THAT this Board, at the quarterly meeting in May next, pro.
ceed toeleS a Vice-Principal of St. John's Colleee.
I " That it be the duty of the Principal and Vice-Principal, ro
teach fojne of the higher Authors in Latin and Greek, certain
parts of the Mathematics, Logic, and Moral and Natural Philoso
phy ; and that: the departments of the said Principal and Vice
j Principal [hall hereafter be alcertained with precision, on consi
derations of their mutual convenience and refpeflive qualification;.
That the Vice-Principal (bal) be entitled to receive, for his ser
vices, a salary of three hundred and fiftv pound*, current money,
rating dollar* at 7/6 each, to be paid quarterlv.
~ Th „ P Trfon * "f. »nd qualified for the appointment of
, \ ice-Principal, be, by public advcrtifement. requested to make ao
plication-to Mr. Charles Wallace, Mr. Charles Cairoll of Carroll
ton, and Mr. Alexander Contee Hfllfon, all of the city of Aona-
P°"*- By order of the Board,
JOHN THOMAS, President.
N. B. The fundamental Laws of St. John's College prohibit all
preffrence on account of n li£ioui tenets or opinions.
As the appointment of a Vice-Principal is alone wanted, to
com pleat the plan of this rifiog ft miliary, the Board will ccrtainlv
proceed to the elation at the Oa«d time; provided a person qua
-1 * ,hclr judgment, for this important station, can be pro
cured. The personal attendance of the candidates, although not
pontively required, will be obviously proper.
It may be ufeful to remark, that the falariesof all the proFeflort
and teachers have hitherto been paid withentire punfiualitv • and
that the/unds ot St. John's College produce a certain annual in
come, superior to all the appropriations, which have been, or pio
bably will be made. r
G~f The Printers of newspapers throughout the United State*,
are earnestly requeued to insert the above resolve and remarks—
and to repeat the publication as olteo at convenience will permit.
Public Securities,
Bougk t and So ln, on COMMISSION' by
-SAMUEL ANDERSON, '
Chefnut-Stieet, next door to the Bank, No. 97.
MPERIAL HYSON, SOUCHONG, and BOHEA
T E' A S,
REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, SSPICES.Sc.&e.
Of the firft quality—by retail,
No 19,
Third-Street,between Chefuut and MartetStreetj.
A few TICKETS in 3d and last Class of the
NEW-JERSEY LOTtERY.
American Lead Manufactory. .
__ A s T E p H E N A USTIN,''i Co.
°P" ,rrf Lud-Wahhocse, two doors
foulhofU jlnuuftrcft Wharf,adjoiningiheir New Fa&nrv—
Z\Xur^ e en' 7, n '7r m^C ' ar "* ' raav ,or falr - a general afTort
mnit nfSHOTof all fii.-s, with SHEET and BAR LEAD, the
production ol ihe Mir.es ■„ Virginia. As they have employed a
number of experienced En s l.(h wo.kmen, .hey warrant it to be
<nual in quality in any manufactured in Europe, and at a reduced
pricc from the co!l of imported.
They aI so continue to manufaflure all the above articles «
Richmond, in Virginia. All orders addressed to either of the
ahove FacWs, w„l be thankfully received, and elected on the
nof.ee.
Mn' War " cd ' ,nrJ " f,ri °us, sober. Labouring Men, at the said
,W mT C ° em ° loy ' S" od '•*?«• >nd other encou,a»e-
L rS r" c K' vrn ' means of com, VJnce being provided, and
houies for their rccrpr-on. Jk
at P " tic ' ,l " sen <l uirer 'fMrfTr S . Moses Austin* Co. *
P* 7'j /?'" y n T hmond ' Qr " above.
Philadelphia, December 3, 1791; ,f
A T i RTr T° KE SOLD BT THE SDI TOR,
AI- A C ,c T v,n R an 'l paving Gold at the BiiSk of the
W,n « 'be Val " of Gold in Dollars and
an r p™" 11 ? e ' nou fap d Pennyweights—according to the
Acl afcertain.nj he Standa.d and Value of Gold.
' If THIRD SESSION tf the SENATE
oj tkt Oil 11 EX) STATES, 0 le Uiof He Ed,tor hereof .
| Witnesses.