TUESDAY, Nov. 6
Mr. Page and Mr. Griffin, from Viigluia,
Mr. Kittera, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Gordon,
from New-York, took theirleats this day.
A mellage was received from the Senate, by
Mr. Otis, informing the House that the Senate
are now ready to receive the President of the
United States—and that they have provided
feats for the accommodation of the members of
the House. —The Members of the Hotife ac
cordingly repaired to the Senate Chamber, —
where, exactly at twelve o'clock the President
of the United States arrived, attended by his
Secretary and Aids, and accompanied by the
Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of
War—When he delivered the following* Speech
to both Houl'es of Congress.
fol/jw-CifucM »j the Sen4ie> and
$f lie Htm/i (jj Rcprejcntatives,
fT il-Jfeaw «f the n,
with which I meet you on the present occasion,
thatiu felicitating you on a continuance of the
Batjenal prosperity, generally, I am not able to
add to it information that tlie Indian hostilities,
which have, for some time pall, diftrefl'ed our
jorch-weftern frontier, have terminated.
■ Yon wilJ, I am persuaded, learn with no Icl?
(oncern than I communicate it,- that reiterated
endeavours, toward? effe&ing a pacification,
have hitherto illued only in new and outrageous
proofs of perlevering hoftilityon the part of the
tribes with whom we are in contest. An ear
ned d»fire to procure tranquility to the fron
tier—to flop the further efrufion of blood—to
arrest the progress of expense—to forward the
prevalent wi(h of the nation, for peace, has led
to ftremjous efforts, through various channels,
to accomplilh these defirablc purposes : in
making which efforts, I consulted lei's my own
anticipations of the event, or the fcrupies whiuh
&me confederations were calculated to inspire,
than the wish to find the o-bjeft attainable; or
if not attainable, to ascertain uncauivocally
that l'«ch is the- cafe.
' A detart-ofthe rileafures which bare been ptir
fued, and of their conlequences, which will be
aid before you, while it will confirm to you the
fant of success, thus far, wiH, X trull, evince
-hat means as pro'per and as efficacious as could
iave been devife'd,have been employed.—The if
Cue of some of them,indeed,is Hill depending; but
a favorable one,though not to be despaired of,is
notprojnifed by any thing that has yet hap
pened.
In the course of the attempts which have been
*iade, some valuable citizcns have (alien vifiims
to their zeal For the public service.—A fanthon
commonly refpe£Ud even among savages, has been
found, in this inftan'ce, inefficient to prote£t from
maflacre the emissaries of peace :— It will, I p le _
fume, be duly considered whether the occasion
does not call for an exercise of liberality towards
the families ol tile deceased.
It nvjft add to your concern, to be informed,
that besides the continuation of boftile appearan
ces among the tribes north of (he Ohio,fame threat
mng symptoms have of late been, revived among
iome of those south of it.
A part of tb<■ C l '" roJcV&ir know Hy »Vj» <-» t .
of Chickamagas, inhabiting five villages on the
r<iiineffec river, have long he'cu in the
♦ommitting depredations on the neighbouring fet
ilements.
It was hoped that the treaty of H-.lfton made
with the Cherokee nation in July, 1791, w< uld
liave prevented a repetition of depredations.
— But the event has not answered this hope.—
The Chickamagas, aided by some banditti oi ano
ther tribe, in their vicinity, have recently per
pctrat. d wanton, and unprovoked hostilities upon
the citizens of the United States in that quauer.
The inlormation which has been received on this
hibjeft will be laid before you.— Hitherto defen
sive precautions only have been Aricily enjoined,
and observed.
It is nor understood that any breach of treaty.
or 3 Kgreflion whatfocver, on the part of the Uni
t' d States, or tht »i ns, is even allcdged as a
pretext tor the Ipirtt of hoftiluy in this quarter.
1 have reason to believe that every pra&icable
exertion has been made (puifuant to the provision
by low tor that purpofej to be prepared for the al
ternative of a profeeution of the war, in the event
a f*|iure cf pacific overtures. A large propor
tion of (he troops authorized to be raised, have
een recruited, though the number is (till incom-
Pete ; And paifli'have been taken to discipline,
2nd put them in condition for the particular kind
of lervice to be performed.—A delay of opera
t'Ons (hefides being dictated by the measures
'en were pursuing towards a pacific termina
tion of the w,>r) has been 111 itfelf deemed prefer
a!'<e to immatuie efforts. A statement, from the
proper department, with regard to the number of
troops railed, and some other points which have
been fuggefied, will afford more precise informa
t "on, as a guide to the legislative consultations ;
2nd among other things will enable Congress lo
J u ge vvJitther additional ftimulous to the
recruiting service may »ot be advifeable.
In looking forward to the future expense of
t. e operations, may be found inevitable,
derive confoiation from the information I re
•eive, that the product of the revenues for the
present year is likely to fupercede the receflity
• additional tmrtliens on the community, for
* 1C ler y:ce of the ensuing year. This, howe-
* 1 ' *11 be better ascertained in the course of
on ; —-iind it is proper to add, that the
nation ailuded to, proceeds upon the fup
on of no material extenlion of the spirit of
< ity.
/ cannot dismiss the fuhjedl of Indian affairs,
v, tnout again recommending to your consider
ation the expediency of more adequate provi
■on lor giving energy to the laws throughout
°ur interior frontier; and for restraining the
c °miniiT)onof outrages upon the Indians; with
out which, all pacific plans mult prove nugato-
0 enable by competent rewards, the em-
P o.Vment of qualified and trusty persons to re
-1 c them as agents, would also contri
ute to the preiervation of peace and goo<
neighbourhood.
If in addition to these expedient?, an eligible
P an could be devised for promoting civilizatioi
'<*uions the friendly tribes, aud for carrying oi
- tr.-.ae Wiia then}, upon % foale e«ual to their
wants, and under regulations calculated to pro I
teet them from imposition and extortion, it<
I influence in cementing their intereih with our"
could not cut be contkferable.
Tile prosperous Jtatc of our revenue has been
intimated.— This would be still mere the cafe
were it not for the impediments which in torn.'
places continue to embarrass the collection «t
the duties on spirits diftiiied within the ■-United
states.—l'heie impediments have letfeneri, and
are lehening in local extent; —and as applied
to Hue community at large, the contentment
with the law appears to be progieflive.
But fymptotns of increased opposition having
-lately manifefted thenlfelvej in certain quar
ters ; 1 judged a t'pecial inteipofityjn* on my
part proper and advilable, and under this im
.pre.'lK>n, have iflued a Proclamation, warning
•againlt all unlawful combiratioiis and proceed"
mgs, liinng ebjir ul.ject or tiding ti» ob
itruft the opet ation of the law in queflion, and
announcing that all lawful -Ways and r.-.eans
would be ftriftly put in execution tor bringing
to justice the infractors thereof and letufinr
obedience thereto. "I
Mealures have also been taken for the prose
cution of offenders : and Congress may be al
lured, that nothing within conftiiutional and
legal limits, which may depend on me, lhall be
wanting to aflert and maintain the just autho
rity of the laws. In fulfilling this trust, I shall
count entirely upon the full co-operation of the
other departments of the government, and upon
the zealous support of all good citizens. !
I cannot forbear to bring again into the view\
of the legislature the fubjeft of a revision of the i
Judiciary system. A representation from the i
judges of the lupreme court, which will be laid I
befoie you, points out some of the inconveni
euces that are experienced. In the course of
the execution of the laws, considerations arise
out of the It nature of that system, which, in
some cases, tend to relax their cfiicacv. As
connected with this l'ubjert, pvnvi£on» to faci-
Mate tlie taking"us bail upon proVeffes cut of
the courts of the- United States, and a supple
mentary definition of offences against the con
stitution and laws of the Union, and of the pu
nilliment for luch offences, will, it is presumed,
be found worthy of particular attention.
Observations on the value of peace with other
nations, are unnecefTary. It \voa)d be wife,
however, by timely piovifions, to guard again ft
those a*fts of our own c itizens, which might tend
to disturb it, and to put ourselves in a condition
to give that fat,station to foreign nations,
which we may Sometimes have occasion to re
quire from them.—l particularly recommend
to your consideration the means of preventing
tho% aggresSions by our citizens on the territo
ry of other nations, and other iufra&ions of the
law of nations, which, furnishing juit Subject of
complaint, might endanger our peace with
them—And, in general, the maintenance of a,
friendly intercourse with foreign powers, will
be presented to your attention by the expira
tion of the Jaw for that purpoSe, which takes
place, if not renewed, at the close of the pjeSent
ieJfion. I
In elocution of the authority given by the
legiilature, measures have been taken for en
gaging some artists from abroad to aid in the es
tablishment oi our mint ; othen have been em
ployed at home.—Provision has been made of
the requiiite buildings, and theie are now put
ting into proper condition for the purposes of
the eftablifhment.—Theie has al/o been a small
beginning in the coinage of half difmes ; the
want of small coins in circulation calling the
fit ft attention to them.
The regulation of foreign coins, incorrefpon
dency with the principles of our national coin
age, as being eilential to their due operation,
arid to order in our money-concerns, will, I
doubt not, be resumed and compleated.
It is represented that some provifioris in the
law, which eftablilhes the Post Office, opej ate,
in experiment againit the trahfmlllion of news
papers to distant parts of the country.
Should tins tipondue enquiry, be found to be
the fa<st, a full con Vision of the importance of
facilitating th,e circulation of political intelli
gence and information, will, I doubt not, lead
to the application of a remedy.
The adoption of a constitution for the Hate
of Kentucky has been notified to me.-—The
legislature wi'lfhare with me in the fatisfaftion
which arises from an event interesting to the
happiness of the part of the nation, to which it
relates, and conducive to the general order.
It is pioper likewiie to inform you, that since
my laijt communication on the fubje£t, and 111 fur
ther execution of thea#s feveraliy making pro
vision for the public debt, and for the redu£tiou
thereof, three new loans have been effected, each
for three millions of florins ; one at Antwerp, at
the annual intercft of four and one half per cent,
with an allowance of four per cent. in lieu of all
charges, and the other two at Amsterdam, at the
annual intercft of four per cent, with an allowance
of five and one half per cent, in one cafe, and of
five per cer-t in the other, in lieu of all charges.
The rates of these loans, and the circumllances
under which they have bern made, are confirma
'tions of the high state of our credit abroad.—
Among the obje&s to which these funds have been
directed to be applied, the paymsnt of the debts
due to certain foreign officers, according to the
provision made during the last fcfiion, has been
embraced.
Gentlemen oj the House of Representatives,
I entertain a iirong hope that the Ifate of the
national finances is now fuffictcotly n>atured to
enable you to enter upon a systematic and effectual
arrangement tor the regular redemption and dis
charge of the public debt, according to the right
which has been refeived to the government.—
No measure can be more dtfirable, whether view
ed with an eye to its intrinsic importauce, or to
he general sentiment and with of the nation.—
Provision is likewise requisite for the leimburfe
ment of the loan which has betfn made of the Bank
>f the United States, pursuant to the eleventh fee
ton of the act by which it is incorporated. In
u!fi'lingthc public stipulations in this particular
it is expc£Ud a valuable Caving will be mai-t
183
Appiop.iatlon- lor (he current fcrvlce of ihi
cn uni£ year, and for fucii extraordinarys as ma\
piovllioi), will demand, and I douhmo..
win y OUr tal |y #tlfm i ou
Ct'Tlfmcn vjthe Senate, and
«■/ the HQUjt of J<tpte/ei:tut,,rs,
£ content myicif with rec.J:ir.g your atten
tion, generally, to fucli objects, 1 ot p.ivticular
i»d in my present, as have been incited in
my wrmtt communications to yon.
_ Various temporary lajvs will expire durin"
tneprefe.tre.l-on. Among t which
regulates trade and intercouric wuii ti-e li.dian
tn'je-,, will merit particu.ai not.ee.
lit? refuhs of your common deliberations hi
thertd, will, I tryfi, be productive of ttiid end
advantages to our : ; iuch
« by tunciHatiiiE more and niorrf thcif ulti
mate laa'rr.ge, will rend to Itfeiigthcn ai.d ton-
»ttAchu*ot to ; that ■coi-.ilitutionA)
gevrfinnsint, updfc under divlfe provi
dei«tej miterially depend their union, theiri
fafety and their happineft.
[ Still further to promote and secure thcJe in
[eftinable endc,there is nothing whichcan have a
more powerful tendency, than the carcful cul
tivation ofharmony, combined withadueie
gar-.i tu stability in the public councils.
G. Washington.
United Stalls, Aovcj/iher 6, 1792.
After which the President, accompanied as be
fore, retired, and the Member* of t.hr Houfc re
turned to their hall—where the ..Speech was read
by the Clerk, and ordered to be primed—and
then'the House adjourned.
Mr. Few no,
to re-pubhjit the following parody on the piece
" Philamhiopos," which appeared tn your
Gazette qJ Satuiday—with the following note an
nixed. p
fRCM THE. GIN I HAL ADVERTISER.
. £.a c *i,
WHII/h the fuppreflion of those prefTes in
hran.q which fomented internal divisions,
!)«iS given liiller scope to writer* in favor of equal
liberty, and rendered accounts, thro' the medium
61 1 uncji papers, lather high colouied in the caule
of icpublicanifm ; and while, on the other hand,
the prejudices,. fuppoitd to influence the English
j publications, may tend to obkure the faiihfu?de
| linea.Tinn of the proceedings in that countr.y, we
laie nevtnhelels capable ot dilcerning, that the
people of trance have improved upon the origi
nal principles of their revolution, by a bold Hep
to rational repubheanifm, and a dereli£lion of the
gothic fyftern of inviolability in the fubrtmc < xe
cutivc—that the new conftiturion is about to be
amended upon these principles—and that there
mains of prejudice aie overwhelmed in the voice
of rc«(on.
At to the late excefles, they are the natural cf
fe&s of the itmgs of old wounds, received ft una
the hands ot delpotifm ; but what are the tempo
rary ills of a slate of eonfufion, or even anarchy,
compared with the miicry <>ccafioned by the gat
ing yoke and rivetted fetters of (lavcry, when eve
>n(l action, mutt t.c in umfon
with a ryi ant's pleasure, and where life, liberty and
property are within the voitex ot inviolable loy
alty ?
'i he critical (Ituation of affairs in France, while
it calls forth our belt wifhea lor an happy issue, af
fords a striking exam pie ol the exccffes that may be
expedited from the efforts of men, riling from op
preflion and breaking the ihackles in:pofcd on
them by lawless ambition.
Let Americans attend to the exprefiive me
nu nlo— and by carefully watching over their
rights and liberties, t ran knit 10 tin if posterity
freedom in its purity—the best gift of heaven.—
Let them be cautious of being led into the snares
of thofc aspiring ariftocrars among themselves,
who, ambitious to rife above the heads of their
fellow-citizens, talk of freedom, while the woift
or ticfigns rankle in their bre.ifts—who with to let
us ?n torpid security, the better to enslave us.
May America continue that happv countiy,
wher the supremacy of the people;*,the bell secu
rity for their liberties, shall always be fupenor to
the restless cfloris of an aspiring few.
PHIL ELUTHERIA
* ONE of the firfl principles of repub!ic«nsfm
is, rhat the law is supreme—to suppose that a
different supremacy may exill, is to set up two au
thor.i*es. Shakespeare has italcd the consequence
of si»;?» a state of things in the following nervous
line* ;—
—My foul achei,
To know, when two authorities are up,
Jupreme, how soon confttfon
May enter 'twixt the gap of both, and take
The one by the other.
We need not go beyond the mountain? to find
men who consider the restraints of laws enacted by
the feprefentatjves of the people, as an intolerable
grievance—but imagination cannot paint the hor
rors .ojf such a scene as must inevitably ensue in a
tree country, where the fuprcmacy of the laws is
deni' ci; Liberty almolt expires in the contempla
tion—confidence is annihilated, and cxiftence
hangs up*n a thread.
$Jailadelphia, Nov. 7.
The following members of the Senate of the
United States, convened in the Senate-Chamber
on Monday ltft, purluant to adjournment, viz.
F ROM
! Neui-Hampjhire,
MaJJachuJctts,
Rhode- JJlana,
Connecticut,
Neiu-York,
New-J erf
Belaud: c,
Virginia,
Kentucky,
North-iarolina }
South-iaroii.i
Georgia,
Mr Langdon, Mr. Wingatc.
Mr. Strong, Mr. Cabot.
Mr. Foster.
Mr. Sherman, Mr. Strong.
Mr. King.
Mr. Dickinfon,Mr. Ruiherfurd.
Mr. Read.
Mr. Monroe.
Mr. Brown, Mr. Edwaids.
Mr. Hawkins.
Izaid, Mr. Butler.
M;» Few.
FROM A COX 1 KS»OK])r ftf.
The late King of Prufiia uled to fay, that
* Le Boa Dieu eft Tonjours cUi cot£ des gros
3atailfons f " 41 Providence always favored the
ltroogelt BattaJions."—TWs remark ieems to
have been veiified in the Polish revolution—
i id from present appearances, we apprehend
it will not be lyng before it is verified in the
French revolution. The twelve members of
the National All'embly digging a ditch round
Paris and moistening the earth with the sweat
of their brows, may make a fine figure in fcif
tory or in a mez-zptinto print, but will make
but little figure the invading armies.
Our CitrrcjpQidi nt max recollect that ihere is tn an
old t'Ouh the follow ing rcmti rk, 44 the race is not always
to the ju-tjt, not the buttle U> the ft rang."
A correspondent on reading the following af
ert'rot? in the National Gazette of Saturday iajft,
Via." InfteCharter us the Bank ttf
I there is an article or ciault expressly prohibit
ing members of Parliament from being national
hank-direftors," had the curioiity to examine
Beawes' Lex Mercatoria—and in page 333,
found that the following is an article of th»
Charter of the Bank of England, viz- 4< any
Member ot the Hotife of Commons may be a
member of this Corporation."
" A gentleman who was lately in Paris, and
had an opportunity ot oblerving the proceed
ings of the National Aflembly, informs us, that
lie never saw bufineis so quickly dispatched by
any public body ; and, favs our correspondent,
the trut!. is, that comparatively speaking, there
is no difference of opinion amongst the French
patriots." Gen. Adv.
According to a statement in a London paper
of the 30th Augutt, upwards of nine millions,
four hundred thousand pounds of the Britiih
National Debt have beeu funk by the opera
tion of JVIr. Pitts Bill, which was enacted tlx
years since.
We are ij> hourly expectation of the most i.-
terefting Intelligence from Europe ; the lait
Paris accounts are to the 4th September only }
a period of two months has since elapsed.
F.xtraEl of a UtterJrom Majfachufetts, OS. 31.
" Our Congrels election will take place next
Friday, the 2d November—from all appear
ances, there will be a very extraordinary una
nimity among the electors—rhe people feel the
advantage of the measures of the general go
vernment, they are ready to acknowledge
theins and those who have been the instruments
ot their happiness, they will not forget to honor
with their fuffrages—hence you may expei'fc
that the present members of the house, I mean
all those who have not publicly declined, will be
r e-elected. There ha? been some manoeuvring
W> prevent a re election of the Vice-Prefidcnt ;
but it will not work—it is to the very great ho
nor of this uniform patriot, that where lie' is
most ultimately known, he is themoft refpe&ed
and beloved—so that I believe he will have eve
ry vote in this state, as well as in the other
dates.—l have been well inform
ed tmit rite oppoiition to Mr. Aoartts iV nut a
new thing—his independence and integrity have
always drawn a line of separation between hirrv.
and the parties of the day. This was the cafe
in the Congress under the confederation—and
sb long as felfilh and dogmatizing spirits ex iff,
so long will virtue and abilities be the object of
censure to those who seek their own advantage
in preference to their country's welfare."
SHIP NEWS.
ARRIVED at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA.
Ship Mary, Gardner, Copenhagen
Bergman,
Simmons,
Webb,
Nicholas,
Vaughan,
JVliller,
Commerce,
Brig Hannah,
Nymph,
Chester,
Columbus,
Florida,
Falman,
Guyer,
Martineau,
Makins,
Canby
Eve.
Ze-
Sally,
Kcziah,
ScbivCarltofl,
Andrew,
Polly,
Franklin,
Fox, _ -ency,
Sloop Hopp, Trimbles,
Price »JT Stacks as in »ur la ft.
TO BE SOLD,
. A Plantation,
Ly ING on the river Delaware, miles above
Trenton, containing 165 acres; whereon is
a d welling-houfe, plealantly fnuated, 36 by 24 feet,
having three rooms with fire-places on the lower
floor, and four above, one of them with a fire-,
place ; a kitchen adjoining, near to which is a re
markable large fpnng of excellent water, accom
modated with a good fpnng-houfe ; a barn 36 feet
t>y 26; a waggon, chair and fraoke-houfes, besides
other ufcfol out-buildings ; a large orchard, chiefly
of grafted fruit. Thctaim is well watered, and
has a proportion of wood and meadow land, thro*
which the road runs that is kuo,wa by the name
of the River Ro,\d.
On-1 be Prcmifq} is aJfo ereAc(L
A Grift-Mill,
In the midst of a good wheat country, 00 a never
faiiing ftrearn ; ihe mill-house is 54 by 24 feet,
has one waier-whcel, a pair of burrs and a pair of
Cologne itones, rolling screen, bolts for merchant
and country woik, See. and is accommodated wuhi
a cooper's (hop, 18 feet square, near the mill—
which is about 300 yards from the Delawaie, and
very conveniently fitualcd to receive wheat, &c.
from boats pa fling down the river.
There arc also for Sale,
20 Acresof Wood-Land,
within less "than a quarter of a mile of the above
mentioned Plantation, which lies in a fine high
healthy country. — For term* apply to the sub*
fcriber on the prcmifcs.
TrctHCn, OSctfT, 179 a.
*
*
Liiboa
Aux-Caye*
Cape-Francois
Halifax
St. Thoqu*
do.
Martinico
St. Marks
Port-au-Prince
Cape-Francois
Virginia
Cape Francios
di
litto
Port-au-Prince
JOHN MOTT.