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A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS*:
[No. 52 of Vol. IV.] Wednesday, Nom
fa ths <>AZt ri L of the UNIT&D STA TES,
A PUBLICATION upon the enfuinp elec
tion ol Vice-Prefideiit of the United States,
under the signature of Lucius, has appeared in
the public papers. The writer introduces the
fwbj'tt with loine remarks upon the importance
of the office and the necefltty of filling it with a
pcrlon of competent qualification ; The only
competitors wbofe met its he invtftjga r es and be
tween whom he ittppoks «he decifmn rclis, are
John Aaams, Esq. and Governor Clinton ; he
declines a view ot the positive merits of the ref
petlive candidates, and inquires only against
whom there are the feweft exceptions ; ihefe he
reduces to a finglc head, against each—To Mr.
Adams, the prelum prion of his at tachment to a
government by King, Lords and Commons :
To Governor Clinton, Ins opposition to the con
fh tut ion of the United States. —The former he
conceives to be a serious objection and to remain
in its full force ; the latter he concludes is done
away by ihe amendments, and is at any rate the
Icaft weighty ot the two. After magnifying the
enr and dinmiilhingthe other, agieeabje to his
vilhes, he concludes as if his premifej wen ful
iy tttauii:*hr d ,* n«t if ttefc-fjci rd SrJiic s wjlVto
prtferve their government as in its pre ion t form
tle&ve and i i»ed in its powers they cannot
hditate to decide in favor of Governor Clinton.
This I take to be a fair ftatemeni of the publica
tion in question. The mode he has adopted of
ifcertaining the merits of the competitor is fin
giilai ; inttead of contrailing their talents and
characters, he takes a negative view of them and
g : ves Imn the preference against whom lcaft is
clj ct ■ri.
Tii mode <»f inve (ligation is perhapsrhc least
certain < any that could have been dijnfed
i. v • iince nbfetved that scandal is a tax
t: ' ir, n pays for his reputation ; an uni
t( m of principles and com utt generally
in 'f[' aches of malice and envy ; and a
iru :: h ..in independence of cnara&er
ofu i lubjt&s to obloquy and de
tract i I Ih i .it pre font however wave a de
velop<en ruir ch»-. elevs and a eomparifon
of then merits, an> ; confine myself 10 what Lu
cius has *dvanc? *
To corroborate the obje£fcion against Mr.
Adams he obf rves, 11 that his writings entitled
a defenceot the American Confiitmicns and dil
that an Amb. Ifj. or from the United S a;cs, of
the firit iin prove rm ut and heft acquainted with
the nature of their coniluutious, (houid write
a book cxprtfsiy in their drt< nee and vary so
much from.h s obj-£f to piorfucean eutagiiim
cn a goveu.m >Hot Kug Lords and Commons.
Docs this comfort with the principles of com-
Tncn fen(e ? .Sutely Lucius nw{t have very de
fcct.ve optics or his vision would be more per
fect.—l can recommend him to a certain * ha
ia6ier whose fkrll might bf of fervicc to hirti in
ast con d ; hut I apprehend there is a
weakiius oilu rwjfc than in his eyes, and beyond
the reach of mctiiciuc, - r perhaps he claims in
politics what a certain le£t claims in religion
tbe inierprcuiion of texts by a certain l'ght with
in, to which no other can have acc< Is or of
«our(i: loan a competent judgment. But the
gcntlemattobfervesjthat 44 if it cou'd be fuppolV d
that doubtscx.fted upon this point,exiratis from
those publications fbould be fumifln d and ex
traGs only can be furnifbed lor this pu»polV.
How part-.al, how ungenerous a way of judging
ofonts fenti merits, to Iclt6i a few detached Sen
tences trom ditieient parts of his woikj, and
■larftul :heir, in airay in defv rice of a do&rine
*hich the author abhors. What cannot be
proved from this mode ot scrutiny ? any fen'.i
%nt whatever rnay be palmed upon an author
this rate.
It IS the pari of a candid critic to judge of a
Vork in the aggregate when It- hazards a' gene
»l opinion ol a writer; an;) the fame lult will
Bold n, judging of the fcotnnents at an author
1,1 c'tmuiing the merit of his work.
Theinjullice of the conftruflion put upon the
flings of Mt, Adams will be evident to all
Hhopeiufnhem ; the ehara£Kr of .he author
W tbe prolefftd design of his works may have
JWieinHursce with otkers. Mr. Adams was a
"Wureot.ihe United Slateiand wainily attached
otheintertftsof his country ; of irreproachable
|■, c^ ri " ci » a strenuous advocate for ihe
kri; 3 °' mt * n ani * af nong the firft in dif
't» " g i, pretensions of the Britilh Parlia-
I S delegate to the tiill continen
( im(t?7 a '"' s enlightened re a fori and
I IwZJT 1 comrit,ut «'- much to disappoint
i ntaeiignj U our enemies and to encreafe the
, «"»#« and confluence of our friends. He
i fct , *.' rdl ambassador from the Uni.cd
i'Mtee !° ° , rc ;' l P'"» cr ' liurope.-While
!> tfee'om such „e enlnred h.m the
[ afc»_, I 1 •"; < l l,a 'n'ai.cc a» a man, and their
tdTi-ri aT ' f 88 * P 11 ' l offirer. The pro-
Ifcant °' tl: * *" lm ß* wst 'O combat .lie
Wi filTu"",'" B lhr wh °'e power of a State
*kennLl K.p'efrntatives; this h;:d
Ih* a ~ C 311 °' to the CfHiftuuLions of
Z^.r' 0 " cs t Our author undertook
Wein prop °'' d lo tw lnat a ba
fetc is efT- f l! " 'be power of any
"i" H ,K f>o< 'Rovernmrnt : toobtain
' e, 'K<i <h»t the plan uponwhich
. ■I«dSt a . r » r P3 [ r °' ' ccolliiutionj ot the Uni-
Wfcieh ha/k; °' nu<i ; '• m ",'e eligible than any
thisWtxhifc'. l'° deviled ;to illuttrate
' 1 i,. ,V2r ' olls ß ov "nuienttin wbich
WacipleiofUbciy fewqina|ly m ,^ uie
rerrtgn'zed, with a particular view of (heir en -
flruftion ; in which performance theie i& iron}
laeraiur.. and politic?! knowledge than in any
work which had then been published in this
count)y the relult of his rcfearches is conform
able to his aefign, and every rational ants earned
examiner will acknowledge if.—Shall this be
mad an olj-ftion to his re-olecVioh 10 the Vice.
Presidency ?So lar from it, that in my opinion
the Lnitf d Slates are indebted to him lor this aj
well as bis other labors. I am not at prefiiK
d<fpotal to fay much upon Gov. Clintons com
petency to the office. Whoever ctoari-afa the
two characters, either as men and citizens, pa
triots, politicians, or men o! talents and inform,
ation— must differ very widely from me in jud-r.
nient, or decide in favor of Mr. Adams. As to
the performance of Lucius—it bear* the genuine
marks of its origin; it appears to It the effufioa
of paity spirit intended to embariafs the elec
tion by creating a diverfioii in favor of Gove.-,
nor Clinton.
Beware my countrymen of those temporizing
■ politicians, who under pretence of
your inten d are seeking their own ccnfcqucnce •
do not diftiuft thofe-'of your fellow-citizens
whole virtue you f.>ve experienced ind ff w'hofi*
talents you ar<_ fnlfifcienily sppnred. Though
Lucius, like his prediiedor among th* Romans
facrifice the di niciples of honor to the gratifica
tion of his ainbitio.ii—like him I tt u 3 he will
be difappointcd hi his di-Ggiis, and should he
piufecute them the fame length meet a similar
fate - ANTONIUS.
Frem The AMERICAN DAILY ADVERTISER.
PRO AND CON.
Argumenti agninjl the Re-eleflwn oj Mr. Adams.
First. HP**? constitution, and the
J- spirit of* the people,are republican.
Mr Adams is for a government of king,
lorcfo, and com.iions.
Second. Since the constitution was adopted,
f.rce his eleffcion and oath to support it, his
writing? have laboriously encleavorcd to dif
guffc his constituents with- republican govern
ment, ard prepare their minds for ?. govern
ment of king, ! ords, and commons.
Third. In his lat?ft writings he bar. declar-
iugeilay towards a well ordered government,
by which the whole scope of his writings, fiuce
he vftit.?d the courts of Europe, Ihew •, that
he means a government of king, lords, and
commons.
These objections, more particularly at the
present juncture, when the spirit of monarchy
is every where waging open or secret ar on
the spirit of freedom, must fink deep in the
mind of every true American. That they
are founded in truth is well known to aii who
have read the ieveral publications of Mr.
Adams, on the fubjeft of government. The
quotations from these works, in the excellent
pieces signed Lucius y have denionftrated, from
Mr. Adams's own mouth, that he is a decided
adversary to republican government ; and if
the constitution is to be,deemed the criterion
of federalifm, that he is more of a real ope
rative antifederalift, than any citizen of the
United States, out of the party attached to
the lame monarchical tenets.
Arguments for the Re-t!e£licn of Mr. Adaju.
First. The name of Adams l as been fub
fcrib.d, along with the name of Washington,
to the laws of the union—a circumstance of
more real weight with an enlightened people,
than any little difference between the repub
lican principles of the one> and the monarchi
cal principles of the other.
Second. If he is hot re defted, it may be
owing partly to votes iu Virginia, who, hav
ing the good fortune to furnifh the citiren
elected by all the states f®r the President,
ought to have no voice in the tlettion of a ci
zen of some other flare for Vrce-PreficJcnt.
Third. Ifheiinot re-ele&ed, it may be
owing partly also to the votes of Nortb-Ca
rolina and South-Carolina. Now it hat been
very clearly, as well as very kindly fhetrn,
by the best friends to the dignity and magna
nimity of thole states, that they ought to vote
against their own republican principles; left
they Ihould be falfely and impudently taxed
with conforming to the opinions of other
states.
Fourth. If he is not re-elected, it will he
tray what every man, who considers the fede
ral conftitutinn as a proraifmg eflav towards
a higher ought most carefully to
(mother ; namely, that the people are in their
hearts attached to fee republican govern
ment, and can'rot be brought, by any art or
management whatever, to give a direct or io
direft countenance to the flavifti principles of
monarchy and aristocracy.
These arguments, in favor of Mr. Adams,
are deduced from several late ftrifture* in the
newspapers, and particularly from a very cu
rious publication signed Marcus. They" will
doubtless have all the influence t!>ey merit, on
the fuffrages which are to decide the compe
tition for the Vice-J?refid(jacy of the United
States. . MUTIWS.
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\O"N FES SO, No. 34. SoPl'H FIFTH.STRLU\ PH !L ADs L I'H! A
'IBER 28. I 2 .
A7.EITE ~f the UNITED-STATES.
NOT A BENE.
A PUBLIC debt corrupts the people, and
therefore it should not he loifved in a
republic. Tiiis has been proved b\> terrain
newspaper writers, and n dail.r proving in
conversion. Bnt t'lii corr.-pting influence
began on!v when the debt bj -.an to bave cie
dit. Had the new Ongrefs 'r.ve let the debt
alone as the old Conr.rels did, becaule they
bad no funds, in a few years it would lave let
us alone—we Ibould have had no trouble, and
be at this moment out of all danger of beinf;
spoiled and corrupted by a public debt. The
virtue and purity of a government that %>uld
thus have purged off this great mass of foul
matter, would never hevenfter prove the
worse for temptation, nor the worse for the
wear. The conduct of feveial of tb? fiates
had furiiifhrd the new Congress an ufeful les
son-—yet the teaching, even of experience,
I lla<i been loft upon that body. While the
I states kept fhis giant vice of a public debt
trie Conquering. Jo ,t of. tit? lav.-, the
certificates did no more harm many
cnips. \yasfuch a thing as fpeculatiort known
it that time? Did any man buy certificates
ill the debt was put in train of being provid
ed for by (_.ongrefs ? Some persons pretend
[scat Congress is not to be ncculed of entiling
peculation, as they fay the temptation to buy
vas greatest when paper was at the cheapcft,
»nd in that state the price cf paper was the
frioft fubje<st to fluctuation. Th;s, however,
rannot be true—for the cry against specula
tors, it is well known, began with the fund
ing act. No clamor was raised against the
states for leaving the debt unprovided, for,
fuhjeiS: to lie purcbafed up by foreigner*—the
from the nature 3rd number
pt the certificates, was not remarked, nor the
frequent fiinffling of the laws making the
notes payable for land or taxes. The Secre
tary perceiving there were 61 or 86 foi ts of
paper, proposed to ha*e their, funded and re- j
<luced to three only—the fx. per Cent, three
f>er cent, and deferred stock. Y. r ho cannot
iee iii this a fchernc to puzzle buyers autf fel-
i x ;>en fpecuk.tors crept nut oi intn notes, ce
caufe the darlcnefs favored them, and watched
for prey. The ft ate Jaws, it is to be observed,
were so few, so plain, and so unchangeable,
that the holders of notes, the widows and or
phans, like sheep in a fold, were feenre from
the rapacious wolf. But the funding law has
broke down the fence, confufion hair entered,
the widows and orphans are eat up, the pa
tience of the newspaper pat; lots is g»re, and
the republican virtue of our country is going
as fall as its lame and decrepit condition will
permit.—lHnc if/a hcryvut!—Let the halcyon
days oi'ftate power and slate simplicity come
l again, and come quickly, before our money is
ali gone, and the work of corruption quite ac
compli jhed.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28
CVa Monday the 19th inlt- the following Me-
morial was read in Congress.
To the Pi-elrdent,Senate, and Hoa'e oi'Repre-
tentative* of the United States.
Tilt Addfsfi oj Ike People called Quakers.
IT was the exhortation of the Apostle Paul,
that supplication-, prayers, interceifions,
and giving thanks, be made for all men ; for
kings and for all that are in authority,
we may lead a (juiet and peaceable life, ill all
gocH'niefs a; d bonefty, for this is good and ac
ceptable in the fight of God our Saviour;
conformable wheTeto, our minds have been
brought into a religions concern, that the rul
ers of this land may purfuc such mcafnres as
may tend to the promotion of the peace and
happiness of the people.
\Ve are sensible that the Lord's judgements
are in our land, and being deeply aJefted with
the diftrefled fituatioii of the frontier inhabi
tants, we defn e a solid and careful inquiry
may be made into the cause ; and are firmly
persuaded that if the Counfei antlDireftion of
the Holy Spirit is waited for and followed, the
(Jivine bkffirg will crown the labors of those
who uprightly eHgage in the work of peace.
The disposition which has appealed in the
government to promote pacifc mealvres with
the Indians, hath we believe been generally
acceptable; and as it is consistent with our
religious principles, so it has been onruniforjn
care to admonish and caution our members
Rgainft fettling on lands which have notiee-ii
fairly purehaferf of the original owners ; and
as far as our influence extends, we mean to
maintain this our ancient testimony inviolate,
which from experience has been found effec
tual to the prelervation ef peace with the
natives, who, wi thereat hospitality, cherished
and affiled our fapjjfithers in-their early fet
tlemerit of this cowitry.
\Ve feel cautious not to wove or.t of our
proper line, kut being interefteij in Me wel
:are of tills country, and convinced o t the ex
pedience of further endeavors being used to
eixyihrage tlx iwliaasto toive lor* aid with
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[Whole No. 374.]
a full rspraft-n'iti.m and flnf,-n;..nt of t K eir
grievance*, and Mm every jol c;„.:v ,f 0 „-
Cii " *" ti,e:r may be folly ir, v > fti.g
ted J>.d re.novkl: v.c apprehend V „„rduty
a;;aj» to uddrefs you on till* aSfling and im
portant, <«-ca lion ; u V r a lielieft!-ar
_nnrt ol ftriot justice will ever 1)3 a basis of
10, i-1 and laflins; peace.
,Wc refpeflfully £ji;, ra it thcfe tiling* to yoi r
serious CO,indention ; earrteftly defiring'that
through the influence of div ne vrdom on
your councils', you may he made inftrumentnl
to prevent the further cffnPon of human blood,
and that the inhabitants may long enjAy the
Oiefilng of a righteous government-
Signed ip and on behalf of a meeting ap
pointed to rep relent our leligiouj so.
ciety in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey,
Delaware, and part of Maryland and'
Vitginia, held in Philadelphia the 17th
day of th's nth month, I;<)2.
[Here follows a refpeftable lift of names.]
Foreign Affairs.
L o N D O N, Stptember 16 23.
A gentleman who left Paris 0:1 y
we<aSurer. us that I he terriV • acc-vnt-en
tailed in the London papers ot the cb e rUi]
cruelties tranfaeled in that unforf-.oate ccpi.
tal, fotar from being exaggerated, coijie ve
ry (hart of the truth. That 6rr- pe .- we)e
abfohitely murdered by one pretexted jury of
twelre, fitting in one of the priron-. That
three larae waggons were employed without
intermifaon for fix and thirty hoitrs, in car
ry! g the dead bodies out of Paris, and throw
ing the-,it promifcnoufiy into a pit dug for the
purpose. The stench caofcd by the putrefac
tion of the lie?ds and limb; Scattered through
the streets, was become intolerable; and
plagoe. pefHetice, and famine seemed !talki::g
on witß tremendous ft. ides to put an end to
tho<e perform whom fire and l'word have hi
therto spared.
In Paris, the ramen as ufuaT, are amonff
the most ardent in the difpfav of patriotic ac
tions. Frci* five hundred to a tti-Mifard wjj-fc
during ti.e whole day, in m.M.V »i.:-
army. Tnis Service is entirely voluntary,
and they pu~fue it with fleadinefs, which even
the frequent applauses of the populace do not
divert. The wives of many respectable per
sons are thus employed.
During the niaifacre on Monday fe'nnieht
in Paris, an old man was brought into the
hall,where a ibrt of tribunal was held in one of
the prisons, accompanied by a young lady who
had not quitted him for eight days. The
man, who officiated as judge, upon feeing
him, (aid to the people, " Innocent or guilty,
it wilt be unworthy of us to fully our hands
with the blood of this old man." A cry of
" Grace, Grace,'' immediately arose: his
young attendant fell upon his bofnm, and thev
were carried home in the arms of the popu
lace.
At present it is a very dubious point, whe
ther all the blood that has been died by many
succeeding generations to unfetter the mind,
has not been spilt in vain ; and the success of
a criminal project-, whose extent infinitely
fnrpafles what inoft people imagine, will not
plunge the next tentnry into the (hipid fuper
iiition and odious tyranny of the feudal ages.
The Auftrians, since their polief on of the
camp at Maulde, commit the utmcft ravages
in the neighborhood of Orchies and St. Amand.
On the other hand, the Postmaster of St. A
mand, having been discovered in a treache
rous orrei'pondcnce with them, has been cut
to pieces, and his head was carried round the
town
£xtrH' B f of a. letter Jrom Lewes, September 17.
" Upwards of $30 unfortunate emigrants
were last week landed on our coast, who have
had the fury of the elements to contend with,
after escaping that of their countrymen. The
Brighton packets, heavily laden with them,
were driven by the winds far eafhvard of their
ufua] trrci,and with difficulty made Hastings,
Prevenfey, and Eaftbourr.e. At the former
place 011 Wednesday morning "6, all Ecclesias
tics, came on shore, among whom were, the
bifnop of Auvranches, the dean of Rouen, and
several other dignitaries. The bi/liop, with
great difficulty, efcapcd from Auvranthes by
the affillance nf one of his grand vicars, who,
with one ofhis domestics, accompanied him
to Rouen, where they were for some days con
cealed. The populace however having dip
covered them, they were again obliged to fly.
They travelled on foot in disguise to Dieppe,
at which place they arrived in the night, and
took refuge a lew hours in an hotel. From
thence, at the time appointed for the depar
ture of the packer, they 1 .in to the sea fide,
and as it was, providentially for them, high
water, they we.c enabled to put off, and in
stantly got out of the reach of the rabble, wlv»
in one minute afterwards purl'ued them to
tie ibprt. Thebifliop and his gland vicar
were hospitably received at Hastings by the
Rev. Mr. Whitear, who entertained them ti.'J
Saturday, when they left that placc, for Loa*
dou."
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