iliverfion andamufementofyour little innocent:, you may not introduce a fatal poilon into their habits, by putting some painted poilonons toy into their hands, which have some lead or othei poisonous paint upon them and only covered with a flight varnish, which is soon rubbed and walhed off in their mouth?, and lb much poison introduced into their habits, as to become a source of a long train of evils if not eventually fatal. I writ? unto you honest retailers, tobe atten tive and ever jealous of your pewter meal'ures, many of which have a great fliare of lead in their coinpolition, and if acid liquors are per mitted to remain any time in tlicm they will be ttrongly impregnated with thepoifonous salts of this mineral, and rendered extremely dange rous to thole who drink the liquors. 1 write unto you cooks, that you be careful of your pewter vessels or copper tinned there with, that you do not fuffer your (harp or poig nant fauces tobe prepared or ftandin tliofe vel fels. I write unto you pve and pastry makers that you not only disuse pewter but that you be a ware of your common courser earthen, whole glazing is oflead and easily corroded. J jrrite unto you painters, that ye bo cauti ous of the poison, on the ufc of which your sub sistence so much depend l ;, that you abstain from that too eommwi practice (from a mistaken idea) of taking by way of antidote, a double al lowance of spirituous liquors ; for one devil is not call out by another, else is satan's kingdom divided. Therefore be admonished while working your lead to use spirits fpa'ringly if at all, and instead of your ufnal nips, take half a jill of sweet oi!, which will be found a great preservative to health. Now I write unto you limners, and thole who use the pewter paints, that ye may take the a bove precautions, and in particular that while you are studying your devices, you do not hold your pencil in your mouths, nor as it is too cul toinary to clean it with your mouths. I write unto you whohave devoted yourselves martyrs, to Sir Richard, that ye may look well to it, that old Saturn by an untimely stroke of his sharp scythe, does not rob Sir Richard of his facrifice. To you bacchanalians, that the god you serve may not be diflionored, nor robbed of the glory which would be shortly due to him wore it not for the interposition of this rapacious mineral. Lastly, I write unto you vintners, wine fel lers, who make use of this poison to disguise the acid of your wine, that you may consider the justice of your damnation, how inevitable ! how aggravated ! for it fwiftly comes from that Hand,which is termed the avenger of blood, and lingereth not. ANTI-SATURNUS. * It has been observed that the colic has been lejs Jrequent in this country Jince the introduction of earthen instead of pecuter plates ; but perhaps the introduction of iron tea kettles, inflcad of the copper, lined with pewter, may be confidcred as jilutary a change in this refped. /ROM THE RATIONAL GAZETTE. AN EXTRACT' Mr. Freneau, " A S a fubferiber and well-wisher -1 V. to the National Gazette, I take the liberty of advifmgyou against em ploying much of your paper in re plying to the court paragraphs, which appear in the Gazette of the United States. There needs no second Daniel to interpret for that paper. A para graph in favor of the excise can easily be traced to a gentleman who holds a poll under that virtuous system in Baltimore. The eulogiums on the fame fy(tein,in the Pittsburgh Gazette, bespeak their author in every line ; the eflays in favor of perpetual debt flow from the brokers and their friends—the difguftful adulatory in a nfe is applied to the adminjlration, not to the constitution ; for these are different things, as times go." Tor the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES. MR. FENNO, IT has long been the opinion of many peifons, friends to liberty and the equal rights of election and re presentation that the National Gazette so called, is a paper efta blifhecl by a junto for electioneering purposes—and to subvert those fyf terns, which though in their infancy, l>a\e tranquilizer! this country, and produced a moil aftonifliing change in iis profpecfts and situation. The National Gazette of the 4th instant—a day that ought to be sacred to union, harmony and pleasure, ap pears to juftify the observation, 'bat benefits conferred on fonie minds ttreiijgtlien their obduracy, " A> sol's blest beams turn vinegar more four.', I have read the fevera] columns of that paper and cannot find one idea honorary to the people of the United States, favorable to its government, or to the persons adminiflering the lame : On the other hand between five and fix columns are filled with abuse of the government ; while the people are reprefemcd as the weak lieedlefs dupes of a few, who have tricked them ouc of ,their property and liberties by purfuading them to adopt the conllitution of the United States.—All this however is but a dust railed to cover tbe advance of the main de/ign, which is nothing less than to oitj/ from the government al most every man now in the adminis tration.— 1 have attempted a dilfecftion of the principal parts of this extraor dinary publication of the 4th July— and it is at your service : WHEIIEAS the government of the United States in the firjl dawn, of its exillence, fay the writers in the Na tional Gazette, has diverged from its republican principles,and in uirnaidin a<sts has explained away all the limi tations of the conllitution r and " pre cedents and phrases" have been " fliufßed in without being adverted to by candid or weak people, the dit ped part of tlie majority," though anticipated and discerned by us, the then dormant, but penetrating guar d ians of liberty—And whereas " the public niind in a heedlsfs and unfcttled itate," (i.) while we were eichernot in the country, or were otherways bitter employed, " let the press" hold up to view the advantages of peace, liberty and fajety under the auspices of a firm republican government, e (tabliflied by the people theiufelves ; without any attempts on our (2.) part that were fuccefsful,to persuade ihem that there was 110 neceflity for any union, justice or harmony in theflates —And whereas the debt incurred for the general defence ought to have been annihilated a: the ceilation of hoflili ties and the declaration of peace ; inflead of which, the government of the United States, agreeable to the constitution, but contrary to our nd vice, opinion, or judgment in the cafe, lias contumaciously, and in de fiance of every principle of our creed, funded said debt on terms advanta geous to the holders thereof, and to the government, bnt without one farthing's immediate benefit to us, who never owned a (hilling of it, and who never did, or ever can, or will flake a doit 011 the iflue of any contelk what ever, for the public good And whereas the Congress of the United States, consisting of the Hotife of Re presentatives, chosen by the people, and the Senate, with the President of the United States, chosen also by the people, have parted '* an atfi making provision for tbe debt of the United States," in such a manner as "to let the whole be such a mystery, that a jew only can underlVand it; and have let all possible opportunities and in formation fall in the way of theje few, to clinch their advantages over the many,"that is, the people. (3.)— And whereas " the members of the legifla live body," chosen as above, by the peo ple, are deep gamblers, and can " al ternately speculate and legislate, and legislate and speculate, and fell and buy and buy and fell," till by such arts they have " speculated the pro perty of their constituents into their own hands," which, like arms taken from an enemy, they will turn against their constituents—And whereas a debt thus constituted and applied will contribute to the ends which these gamblers, tricksters and speculators (4) have in view, viz. ift. The poflefl'ors, the "favorite few" whether within or without the government, will g% through thick and ihin to support it in all its ufur paiions and oppreflions.' (j.) 2d, Their money will give them consequence and influence even a- (i.) Ihet? arc no greater contemners rtf the people, than those \vho under a pretence of amm tng thctn on account of the dangers which thre'rZ c n their liberties, arc constantly reproaching then} with their ignorance oF what concerns their peace and freedom—while at the fame time they never devise or propose any praflicablc modes of en lightening them—five a reprobation of the clergy, and an a b use of all the iyftems of education extant, and of those parts of the -Union where the mott ample means of mlhuflion are enjoyed . ( a■) I; cannot be said with truth that tire confti" tutmn has been unattended to by its enemies, ouc moment since its p.omulgation-the partisans who commenced their attacks on it before its a dopttnn, have since betn'conftantly. as they now are Keepmg up a random fire at the fvftcin, the so vernment, and its administration.' (3 Rytt? many, in the junto ftilc. is alxvavs to be under flood the peop/r,—another immaculate compliment on the p to pU and on the *,« whom they have repeatedly honored with then fuffrages. (4.) Thcfe epithets are juftifiable in the Nation. <11 ij^zeue—they are there in point ! (5 ) The public creditors are here rentefen'ted hefc ' U " dc,ft - Tool in ■ e ,a^e 01 the gooie which laid a golden eg-. 42 mong thsfe who have been tricked out of it (6.) 3d, An hereditary ariftcicracy will be ready prepared againlt a proper occasion, 4th, Great taxes will ensue, numer ous offices, oppression, resistance, a STANDING ARMY, &C. &C. And whereas Come fa<fts refpecfting the excise have-been published in va rious parts of the United States, and fat'ts being a mltcfeiv to our insinua tions and reprefentatious—it becomes neceiTary to ftifie these facts by saga cious ftvggeftions respecting their 01 i gin ; though the devil who has often deceived us (7.) knows that we know nothing about it ; and whereas the people of the State of Pennlylvania in contempt of many wholesome ex hortations for?nerly given by us, and our connections, on the superior ex cellency of a government constituted with one branch only, have seen pro per to new model their constitution upon the plan of the national govern ment §nd many other things have done, which we mufl disapprove—and have left others undone, which we fondly anticipated would have been done—particularly at their last session have omitted to dillurb the union, by not encouraging refinance to the laws of the United States ; and at tiiis moment encourage the " apes of Bri tish" nobility by not carrying the law against horse racing into execution, while at the fame time an excise is collected in the State: And whereas the National Bank is a machine that gives facility totradeand commerce ; affords a general accommodation to the public, in the payment of the revenue, and in a thousand ways con duces to the interests of the people, while at the fame time it promotes that of the men immediately con cerned in it, and in this way is an in stance of the wisdom of the govern ment—and whereas the United States benefiting by this institution, are sub ject, as a stockholder, to a proportion of the charges and expences attend ing the fame—and though it is an in dependent corporation, yet members of Congrel's being chosen by the stockholders directors of the institu tion, is a dire (I violation of the con stitution of the United States—And whereas " all this corrupt specula tion and avaricious jobbing have pol luted the infant character of our go vernment, and is a mortifying cir cum'.lance to [us] its real Iteady re publican friends ; and as the con duct of those whose integrity and fidelt~ ty have yielded to the allurements of diflionorable gain is the more un pardonable and odious, when com pared with the purity, the disinter estedness and the magnanimity of the example at the head of the govern ment's.) And as much is to be hoped from a pruning and lopping offofrot ten branches from the tree ofgovern ment —for though we hate it both " root and branch," yet we find it is prudent fometime3 to fay that we will "carefully l'pare the treeitfelf ;"(9.) And whereas the people of this coun try are in great danger of enjoying too much peace, tranquility and civil freedom, of finginga requiem to their former sorrows, and of " sleeping too soundly at the sleeping hour"—And ■whereas " [nice the glorious and konora ble peace of 1783, (10.) artifice and de ception has efftfted one revolution in favor of <the ye w, (11.) another revolution mufl and will be brought about in favor of the pkople —Now therefore to effect this valuable and important purpose ; to support and maintain our proper characters, and to prove the truth of that ancient record, which fays that the fans of Anarch will never ccafe from troubling, Know ye, That as the peo ple of this country, injuied and op pi efied by a diflant government over which they had no controul, once as- (6.) 1 his is consonant to human mtuie—the people according to thef'e writers, have To little underllanding as not to be able 10 distinguish their friends from their enemies—nay, lake the latter for the former. (7 ) " Ihe devil was a lyar from the begin ning." fB.) This is evidently teeth outwards, a mcer f,;|vo—its covfijlency with the general tenor of the National Gazette of the 4th of July, u too obvious to escape notict! (q.) Partizans who taik about another revoluti' on, 4t spare the tree !IV (1 o.j "1 his is undoubtedly a flip of the pen (11) It is here tlicy let the cat out of the bog, fociated, combined and formed con rait tees ot correlpondence f ur h „ laudable pnrpofeot counteraiW; I designs ot diltaiit J J we prcpofe that the people fnould form foc.et.es in every county of the United Stares, upon y/TOz/ar principles for the purpole °f "P'eveuting abuses power,( 12. j encroachments upon the hbert.es of the people'' made under the admimltratic, of that government which the people them, lelves have adopted, established and confirmed-, hns to arm the people again ft the people. Societies tb„ formed for .nltruding the people (lin their natural and political rights, would deserve the title of Friends to the People !" We<ta not propose that theft societies should be feledted by the people, by a deli berate choice ; that they ihould be confined to any particular objedts, be under the diiection of any particular rules or principles, take any oath, or be under any obligation to obfe'rve the laws or the conltituiion—Such bo dies we find are not to be trolled, &c. (12.) Silent encroachments! for about nine months part we hive conttanily been told <»t the open and during »ttacks upon the liberties ol the people ! — (13.) That 11 according to (he creed of the junto — No, rather let the foundation of freedom and virtue, be laid in the education of the rifmg gene ration—tbis will enable (he people 10 discern bci tween those who are their real friends, and those who feck, only their own pnvau aggrandizement. BOSTON, June 28- J FRENCHWAR. Englifli papers as lace as 30th April [received by Capt. Norton from Li verpool] mention, tbat the declara tion of war against the King of Hun gary and Bohemia, was formally pro claim ed throughout Paris, 011 thea-iit, am id ft the greareit concourse of peo ple ever seen on such an oceafion— That the Ruflian fleet would pafi the found in a few days, and rendezvous either in the Downs or atTorbay; but none of the Britilh ports were ex pected to be open for their reception —That the French commerce wis likely to fuffer in the contest, as pri vateers from various States would rendezvous at Oftend, and (ailing un der Brabant colours, would pick up [the merchant fliips of France—but that great preparations were making in France, for the immediate capture of tbat place. Every recent letter from Spain brings some new inrtance of the grow ing spirit of revolt in that country.— It firft manifefted itfelf in Catalonia, where the hardy disposition ofthe na tives is proverbial. Caltille and Ar ragon have followed the example, and if the recitals which have reachei us be well founded, Despotism and the Inquisition have both seen their day. Lad Saturday was brought into this town, by Benj. Joflyn, esq. ofNew- Braintree, a-Calf of eleven months old, weighing, alive, 840 pounds. ALBANY, June 21. Tlie following is the CHARGE of the Hon. Judge Cooper, to the Grand Jury of the county ot Otfego, at the opening of the Court of Com mon Pleas for that county, on the 19th instant. Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, LONG custom, as well as ihe (It tute laws of our (late, renders it ne celTary that, before you leave the bar for the purpose of taking upon you the important charge of correcting the errors of the country, you flioul receive from the court every inK" mation relative to your duty, t the bench may be poliefled of—as we 1 personal as official —'o serve as wac tuaries to your deliberate procee ings. But, gentlemen, as you art brought forward from the e,a . parts of the county, much more > reafonablv to be expelled from yo own knowledge of right and wrong, and careful enquiry after the honor and true interest of the country, t what possibly can be given „ charge by the court-Therefore^!! only fay, that it is our durytocha g yoa» enquire after, and your to prefenr, every species 01 P lottery. Gentlemen, we chnig y ■ ro have a careful eye over dtforderly taverss and every breach 0. t P I lament with you, at the couraging profpec'f, ccca.ior.-' CRITO.
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