boundless plains—and each stream is co
vered with the produce of our land ; our fl.>g is
displayed in the remotcft harbor;, and the choice!)
productions of either Indies is wafted to our happy
ihores ; the ignorant and unpolilhed pcafant's
offspring, from the bountiful earnings of his la
bour, is enabled to acquirc the secret of philoso
phy—the inyflcry of the [ciences, and the know
ledge of history and civil police ; the equal rights
of man arc l'ccurcd ; no petty lordling can deprivr
laborious indigence of the hard earned morfcl ol
industry ; nor can the ambitious nor the rich do
mineer with impunity over the poor and humble ;
the sfts of the government are mild and favorable,
and the excellent conftitutton of our country is
peimanenily cftabliflicd -, cities are raised in the
defart wade, and well couftrufled edifices orna
ment our social abodes—whilfl art and natuiecon
fpire to elevate us to opulence, elegance, and pow
er. To contrail this description with that of any
other nation which now exills, is a talk unnecel
favy, and foreign to the purpose of this, notwith
standing, I am well a(Tured, the obvious difference
in our tavor would appear evident to the mod un
informed of my audience, upon even a fuperficial
difcuffionof the afore-mentioned particulars. It
is our bufmefs as a nation, to profit by the expe
rience of past ages, to avoid the causes of former
revolutions, and to enjoy the blefliogs bellowed
upon us, with a virtuous temperance, and a due
regard to the public good.
It may not be improper here to observe, that I |
have it from reputable information, that this very !
tra£t ofland upon which the r Federal City is to be
ere&ed, was recorded bv the l original proprietor
by the name of Rome, and that a stream which
runs through the fame is in that record, called
Tyher ; that prophetic spirit that saw the glories
of a second Rome rising in the wilderness, and the
beauties of aTyber wind ng amongfl these sur
rounding hills, would surely now, with incicafing
ardour, pronounce the future splendor of this fa
vored place ; Romulus fit ft founded Rome (after
wards the imperial mistress of the world) upon ihe
ruins of violence and conquest, and amidst the tu
mult ot internal difTention ; Columbia rears her
metropolis under the foftering hand of the father
of his country, and with the united encouragement
of peace, liberty, and unity.—The,. Romans were
an inconsiderable people for a series of ages, and
arrived by flow degrees<o the empire of the world;
America has already made rapid advances tQ a dis
tinguished place amongst the nations-—her com
m< rce and alliance is courted by those very people,
who a few years part considered her as only an in
fignificant colony ; well may these cultivated
fields and luxuriant pastures, soon be compared to
those celebrated plains of Aufonia, and the Cam
panian lawns—yonder rich stream may soon vie
-with the famed Tyber, in elegance, ornament and
beauty; this will ftiortly be the feat of the arts
and sciences ; of eloquence and the rriufes; other
Virgils may here artfe to celebrate the beauties oi
cultivation, and Horaces to pour forth the polish
ed song—a future Cato, a Brutus—a Caifius may
here display the resolution and fortitude of the pa
triot—-and a second Tully may here exhibit to the
liftcning multitude, the irrcfiftable charms of his
eloquence, whilst all around is but one continued
scene of civility, and grandeur.
And thou firftof sciences—most ufeful art—and
noblefl effort of genius—divine jfcrhiteftiue, may
wc make mention of thee— divine in thy origin
as coming from the supreme source of wisdom
and order—ufeful to mankind as contributing to
our fafety, preservation, ornament and conveni
ence—and noble as to beauty, oider and perfec
tion.—lt was a plan of thee Which existed in thf
ideas of the supreme sirchiteft, when frrft he laid
the solid basis of this immense universe, when h<-
reared the orderly Qsbric of creation, and deco
rated it with those innumerable ornaments, which j
shine conspicuous throughout the goodly ftru&urc
—'it is agreeable to thy proportions, we are sash
ioned from the womb—and an idea of thy beauty
is infufed into man, with that celestial spark of
immortality, which com"s from the great Father
of order and harmony—our civilized abodes con
fefs the use, and rife up under thy fafbionino
hand, to elegance and magnificence —every ufeful
or ornamental ftrufture owes its beauty and (labi
lity to thee—what else is nature arrayed in all her
splendour, and throughout all the incessant chan
ges that vary her appearance, but so many differ
ent forms and combinations of thee—Thou end
lcfs, boundless source of order, harmony, and pro
portion.
I would conclude this address, with an attempt
at aifplaying the many and peculiar advantages
which this diftri&manifeftly enjoys over any other
place in the Union, for the permanent feat of the
Federal Government—but from the favorable situ
ation of the place, which is I presume already
fufflciently known to every person who has tak< n
even a cursory view of it ; I (ball not transgress
further upon the attention of this refpeftable au
dience— it only is requisite, that a due encourage
ment be be given to genius and industry, in th
firft improvement of this metropolis, which mull
beyond the shadow of doubt, increase with une
qualled rapidity—the uncommon fertility of the
/urrnunding country—the facility of access to the
veftern settlements—and the favorable fituationof
the place for trans-atlantic commerce, all evident
ly designate it for the future Emporium of the
Western World.
——HAIL favored place ! Columbia hail!
All splendid rijing 'midjl the zvejlern vales 9
1 fee with joy ihy future glories rife,
/ And Jame wide-spreading to the wejlern shies.
-—Thy Jabrics reared magnificent andgrand y
While shouts of freemen reach the dijlant land.
— Thy beauteous plains zvith lojt) buildings crown*d,
jind the wide Jlretchivg landscape smiling round ;
Rich laden barks ftiall croud thy harbor o*er
And leave their treasures on thy happy shore :
Innumerous fails will on thy paters ride y
And swell thy own Potowmafcs lofty tide.
v «. Here wealthy power, empire fx their fledfafl
throne—
\ Give thee^unboundedfway—and make the fubjcEl world.
k \ iky own. |
\VScprgc-Town, July 4, 1792
NEW-YOR K, July 19.
At a meeting of a large and refpedla
ble number of citizens at Corre's
hotel, in the city of New-York, on
Monday evening, the i6ih inflant,
pursuant to public notice given in
ieveral newfp*pers and hand-bills,
a number of resolutions were pafled
approving ot Governor Clinton's
election, as constitutional. Are
{peiftful address, it was also agreed,
ihould be presented to the Gover
nor by a committee named at the
meeting.
Pursuant to tliefe resolutions, seve
ral of the committee, accompanied by
a very refpe&able number of their
fellow citizens, waited upon his Ex
cellency yetterday, at the government
ho life, and presented him with the
following address :
Tobis Excellency George Clinton,
Esq. Governor of the State of New-
York.
May ic pleafeyour Excellency,
A refpeeftable number of our fel
low citizens, met in consequence of
certain violent anil inflammatory tnea
fures now pursuing by a party in this
date, have deputed us to address your
excellency in their behalf, toexprefs
their fatisfac'tiou on your re-ele(dion ;
Ithejf reliance on your fortitude, pa
triotism and perseverance, iji oppofi
ti<fli to an attempt upon the conditnti
on and laws of your country,and their
drffermination to unite with you in
preserving the peace we now so hap
pily enjoy, and in defending a con
dilution so well calculated to preserve
that tranquility from violation.
In offering you our warmed con
gratulations on your re-election, to
an office you have lo long filled with
integrity and reputation, we are per
suaded we speak the sense of a large
majority of the free and unbiafled
electors of the date. When we rely
on your fortitude and patriotic cou
rage, that confidence is judified by an
experience as their exertion in the
mod perilous times; and when we
tender our alTidance and support to
maintain the conditution and tran
quility of the date, we do it from the
melancholy convi<ftion, that both will
be endangered by the efforts of party
zsal, and disappointed ambition.
By order of the committee,
Samuel Osgood, Chairman
H. G. Sleght, Secretary.
To which his Excellency returned the
following Answer :
Gentlemen,
I receive, with great sensibility,
your congratulations on my re-elec
tion to the chief magidracy of this
date : Ever happy in being favored
with the approbation of my fellow
citizens the time at which your's is
bedowed, enhances my edeem of the
obligation it confers.
When I reflect on the good sense
and patriotism which has ever didin
guifhed the people of this date, I can
not but entertain a hope, that the
measures to which you allude, will
be difcotitinned, as Toon as they (hall
be found inconsistent with good order
and a regard to the constitution and
laws under which we have the hap
piness to live. In this enlightened
period, when the rights of man are
so well underdood, and the blefiings
of liberty and peace so highly prized,
a spirit of free enquiry should not
only be permitted, but encouraged
upon every quedion in which the con
llitutional privileges of the people
may be concerned. While the dif
cuflion is conducted with temper, and
by an appeal to the reason, not to the
paflions of our fellow citizens, those
who have done right need not fear
the invedigat ion ; a good cause will
ever find its bed and firmed support
in its own merits.
From the moderation you have al
ready evinced, 1 cannot think it ne
ceflarv to recommend a perseverance
in such temperate meafui'es, as will
not only fatisfy the public that you
are actuated by principle andafincere
regard for the welfare of your coun
try, but miift, in the end, be attended
with success.
After thanking you, with finceriry,
for the very obliging terms in which
you exprcfs yourlelves in my behalf,
permit me to aflure you, and the gen
tlemen whoin_yoti represent, that in
clination, as well as duty, will ever
prompt me ro co-operate with my
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fellow citizens, in every legal and Re
cefl'ary measure to maintain inviolate
the constitution and tranquility of the
ilate.
July 17, 1792.
.rifter preferring the preceding ad
dress, his Excellency favored with
his company, at a public dinner, above
one hundred of his friends, who had
aflembled at Corre's Hotel, to cele
brate his re-election. The day was
(pent with great conviviality, and the
following patriotic toads weredrank:
r. The constitution of the United
States.
2. The constitution of the Hate of
New York.
3. The President of the United
States.
4. The French revolution.
J. The friends of liberty and good
order throughout the world.
6. Tllonias Jefferfon, Secretary of
State.
7. La Fayetre, the afTerterof free
doin in both hemispheres.
8. The seven firm and patriot can
vaflers [three cheers.]
9. The clergy of all denominations
in the state.
10. May a refpevft for the constitu
tion and laws ever diftinguiih the ci
tizens of this state.
11. A speedy return of peace, good
will, & harmonythroughout the state.
12. May the'facred name of liberty
never be proftitmed in promoting
aristocratic or licentious views.
(His Excellency the Governor's toast)
The republican interest through
out the union.
13, The continuation of a wife and
upright administration to the state of
New-York.
14. The memory of Warren, Mont
gomery, and the other heroes who
fell in defence of American freedom
ij. May the sons of America nev«r
draw a sword but against a foreign foe.
After his Excellency had retired—
GEORGE CLINTON, EJq. Governor
of the state of New-York, was given
with three cheers.
Volunteers from the chair.
The virtuous citizens of Otfego,
who oppoied the corrupt practices at
the late eleiftion—[three cheeis.]
The chancellor of the ftate—[three
cheers.]
July 20.
Yesterday upwards of two hundred
Friends to Liberty in this city, gave
an elegant entertainment at the City-
Tavern, to the Hon. JOHN JAY,
Chief Justice of the United States, at
which several gentlemen, as well from
the city as the country, who were
particularly invited, were alfoprefenc.
It was the fealt of Freedom and
Friendship—each eye sparkled with
pleasure, in beholding the diftin
guiflied patriot whom a free people
had lately honored with their fuf
frages—while an honed indignation
rose in every bofom,when the thought
occurred, of the vile attempt to rob
him of that honor to which those fuf
frages entitled him.
A band of mnfic played at inter
vals during the entertainment, and
the following toasts were drank un
der a discharge of cannon, accompa
nied by the shouts and huzzas of the
people.
I. The constitution of the United
States—the wife and virtuous who
formed and adopted, and all who sup-
port it
2. The American nation, and their
illustrious President.
3. The state of New-York—may its
virtuous citizens ever mainriin its
free and republican constitution in
violate.
4. The blessings of peace, liberty,
and good government to the French
nation.
5. The rights of man—may they
be revered and enjoyed in every part
of the globe.
6. The right of fuffrage—may every
violation of it experience the indig
nation it merits.
7. The honed minority of the late
canvassing committee—(three cheers)
8. May 110 power exilt unless de
rived from the people, and exercised
foi their benefit.
9. The patriots of every age and
country.
10. Republican principles may
tliey resist the arts of pretended
friends, &the force of open enemies.
11. A virtuous a:id enlightened
Legislature.
12. May the voice of th«"p eoi ,l e
evw command refped and obedience
13. A complete remedy for everv
wrong. J
Geo. Clinton
14. Our injured fellow citizens i n
the counties of Otfego, Clinton, and
1 ioga.
IJ. May the Friends of Liberty and
Justice ever be united and happy
Mr. Jay then gave the following
toast. 6
May the people always refpett
themlelves, and remember what they
owe to polterity.
Mr. Jay then retired, faying, g en .
tleinen, I wish to you all profperitv
and happiness.
He was escorted to his house bv a
committee. 1
Volunteer.
After Mr? Jay had retired, rhe,
company drank, •;
JOHN JAY, GOVERNOR BYIHiE
VOICE Of THE. PEOPLE—(Three
cheers.)
Our virtuous ai:d beloved Fellow Citizen
Baron STEUBEN : May lie ever enjoy the
honor and esteem due to him for his eir.inent
Cervices to the United States. ,
When the committee returned,the
whole company broke up, and went
in procession to Mr. Jay 's house; and
after giving him three cheers, ibey
dispersed.
<An ex trail of a letter jrotn Trance x dat
ed May 23, (by way of Bedftrd, Maf
fachtifetts )
' Announces, that the armies of
France had not come to any engage
ment since the battle ofTournay and
Mons ; the failure of which had pre
vented the army of M. de la Fayette
fiom commencing its operations:
they write that his army is under the
best discipline, and request that those
who have aflaffinated General Dillon,
may be brought to punishment. Part
of three regiments of cavalry have
deferred. They put great confidence
in the National Guards, and each
corps are burning with desire to dis
tinguish themselves. They fay that
Offend is to be garrisoned by Dutch
troops, and Anvers by Prussian, and
that the King of Pruifia had declared
himfelf againfl the French Nation,
had fetit intoAuftrian Flanders 42,000
men, and had set off for Colbert.
Private persons had demanded per
mission to fit out privateers from Of
tend, which was refufed them ; by
which it appears that the merchant
(hips would not be interrupted by ei
ther party. In consequence, the pre
mium of insurance in France and in
England, was the fame as before the
commencement of the war. Accounts
diredl from India confirm the capture
of Seringapatam by Lord Cornwallis.
The French King's letter toßocham
beau appears to be fabulous, as no
mention appears to be made of it.
BOSTON, July 14-
Thro'out the Kingdom of uoralliM
ofFrance, thisdayis confecratetothe
Divine Being, to Liberty and to
Feftivity.—lt is the anniversary ot
their regeneration ! On this day they
renew at the Altar of Liberty, tlieir
vow « TO LIVE FREE, OR DIE.
May it be to thein, and all man
kind,'a happy day, and may each
fuceeeding year present thereon the
homage of accumulating numbers,
until all the inhabitants of the earth
(hall with one voice, aspirate
ARE FREE." . ,
The famous Col. Tarleton, ha
England, and joined the army or • •
de la Fayette. , , ■
Capt. Flag, in the br.g Bei fe jr,»
arrived at Portsmouth, (N. H.) 10
Oft end, after a paflage of 45 da ? ;
He informs, that there had been
vei al final I a<stions between t e
of France and the Auflrians— t ie '
of none of which was deemed ot any
consequence. .
The latest European mw'W!
received in this town, is ~>y 11
Ann, Capt. Morse, from Dunkirk,
which is arrived at Bedfoi .
Morse left Dunkirk the 29th •>
and informs, that no
gagemenr had taken place in
Dillon's defeat ; that fevcra p
accelTary to his death, are
trial, and are expend to (offer
it was generally believe t CTro untllc(s
ons of his treachery we ™.; of this
—That the inhuman
officer was much repro J ,' officers,
greatly dilcouraged the other