J A AAUONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 34, NOBTH FIFT H.ST RUE T, PHILADELPHIA [No. j6 of Vol. IV.] f«|iiM4riiA r *793. Mathew Carey Xefpcftfully informs the Citizens of the United Stales, that the Maps tor his intended edition of Guthrie's Geography IMPROVED, Are now engraving—and as fooi* »» a fuiHcieot number of them art Hnifhed, to fecurc a re» ' gular fupplv during the publication, whicH - will probably be early ncj(t Spring, the wori wijl be put to press. He returns his acknowledgments to the very refpettable number nf Subfcrjbers, who have come forward thus early to patronize this ardu ous undertaking. He allures them and the pub lic in general, .that n© pains or expenlc lhalJ be spared in the execution of the work. Terms of the Work : I. IT (hall be published in 48 weekly numbers, each *ootaining thiee (heets, or twenty-four pages, of letfer press, in quarto, printed with new types on fine papei. 11. 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(lawtf) THE Subscribers having been appointed a committee of she Board of the Tiuftees of the Univerfiiy of North-Carolina, for the pur pose of receiving proposals from such gentlemen as may intend to undertake the inftru£Ucm oif youth in that institution, take the opportunity of making known to the public their wish that such gentlemen (hould fignify their incfinaiioft to the fubferibers. The objects to which it is contemplated by the Board to turn the attention of the ftudems, «n the firfl eftablilhment, are—-The study of Language?, particularly the Enghfti—Hiftory, ancient and modern—the Belle-lettres— Logic and Moral Philosophy-—the knowledge of tr*i Mathematics and Natural Philofophy—Agripul tare and Botany, with the principles of Ar<c,hi tenure. Gentlemen eonverfant in these branches of Scienfc and Literature, and who can be well re commended, will receive very handl'ome encou- JaeemrrU'by the Board. 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Bolton, Nov. 28. eptf. TO BE SOLD BY THE. EDITOR, A TABLE for receiving and paying Gold— fradoati d according to Law—Blank Manifefti— And Blanks lor the various Powers of Attorney "necelTary in tranfafting BuiWfs at the Treafuiy •r Bank of the the United States. W price of tkis Gazette is Three Dollars fer annun—One half It te pud at the time tffti. fr'H'g- for tht GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES, jyfr. FEMN'-O, I fend you a few thoughts on the slate of our Ameri ca* Indians—if they are calculated to inffrire more jujt or benevolent Jentiments refpetting them, by irtfert.ng them in your Gazette, you will oblige your humble fervanty Lycurgus. "[VyJ OTWITHSTANDING the Tfngth ' time tftat has elapsed since the di r covej"y of ttiis Country—the number and success of the emigrants, and the rapid growth and im provement of the settlements, little or no at tention has been paid to the melioration of the state of the natives of the foil.-—We are indeed acquainted with the real state of manners among them—The remarks which have hitherto been made upon the fub jeft are too few and detached, too informal and extravagant to fatisfy an enquiring mind —The accounts which have been published, have generally been derived from trade- r^a rfcl travellers whc and have not had Jeifure or talents for nrcu rate observation. From the small progress which the Indians have made in improvement, an opinion has arisen and is current among a certain class of citizens, that tiipy are incapa ble of civilization—An idea so injurious to the feelings of benevolence, so inconsistent with the powers of the human mind and the ftrongefl: propenfiti.es of human nature, ar.d so direc'Hy contrary to the progress of savage manners in past ages, null be well fuppoi ted to merit our alfent. This incapacity of the Indians if any fnch exists must arise front Ibme imbecility either of body or mind, but that no such infirmity can with justice be ascribed to them, the uni form tefiimony of all who have beeortie ac quainted with them fufiiciently evinces. In their persons and complexions like all other nations they arefubjeftto those minute variations which climate, njode of living, po- delicacy of food and the eaie or dif ficulty of acquiring it contributed to create. They are generally tolerably well njade, tall luiy •f-'Ntoll) j they are remarkably active in war and in the choce —capable of enduring the greatest hardships and fafigtjes ant} in an astonishing degree in sensible of iuclement seasons.—The women fuffer very Jittle from the pains of child birth —they need no a (Usance but from nature and their own crtriilitrttidns, and are confined but a few hours from their usual employments — They have generally good health without any precautions topreferve ir, and are strangers to many rfifeafes which afflidt polished nations. The powers of their minds are in no refpeft inferior to the qualities of their bodies J they discover great sagacity in those things with which their circumstances re mice them fa miliar ; they are able to perceive with incre dible facility the traces of man or bead-* " on the smoothest grass, on the hardest earthy and even on the very stones will they difcovqr the traces of an enemy, and by the shape of the footfteps and the distance between the prints distinguish ndt only whether it is a man or woman who has palled that way, but even the nation to which they belong." LIC. They will cross a trackless fore ft cf im mense ejtteot without any material deviation from the .place at which they aifned ; they will point to the place of the fun though in tercepted by jclouds, and dire ft their with furprifidg exaftnefs bv a nice attention to minute circupittances whichefcape the no tice. rf more imprtwed people. The habit si'relying upon their memories for the knowledge of past tranfaftions, with the artificial means they use to ftrengt'ien the principle of association, render them furprif iflgly retentive. Their language, correspondent to their ideas, is narrow and (iraple—many of their speakers, how;ever f have arrived at confidcri able eminence, a greater fluency of words and grace ofaCtion than could be ex pelled from a people ignorant? of the arts and faiences, and all thofij terms to which improv ed fpciety gives birth—Their speeches arc ge nerally bold and nervous—fu l l of striking im- and fonietimes truly lublime. The qua lities of the mird ai d body give rank and dis tinction among them —The Sachems whopre fide in their councils and direst the affairs of the tribe, derive their influence wholly from the opinion which the nation entertains of their wifdoin and integrity—Their leaders in war also owe their authority to the public es timation of their courage and condu<st—As a further proof of their mental qualifications, I might mention the proficiency of such of them as have enjoyed the means of inflec tion—it has generally been equal to the must sanguine expectations—their rude attempts at the arts are curious and discover great in genuity and invention—To these may be ad ded thair magnanimity, their hospitality, and their fidelity to their friends—virtues in which they are unparalleled by civilised na tions. Wednesday, February 20, 1793. (7« be cnlimtd.J 301 From the American Daily Advertiser MR. DUN LAP, SUNDRY observations, which have ap peared in Mr. Fenno's paper, deserve no tice, as they tend to impress our brethren with an idea, that fa&ion and party have transfufed them/elves from individuals, into the northern States themtelves. The southern members of Cangrefs are ral !.=~, as having instituted an enquiry into the State of the public funds, for the purpose of exhibiting an alHimed integrity over thole of the north, who have not been, as may be in ferred from the paiagraph, active in, or in deed approving of the meafui e. And the agricultural interell have their at tention very seriously called, to the favor (hewn them, "in not being called tn by the col lector for the fruits oj their labour." In the fijft paragraph, raillery is reforwd to, for the purpose of fupprefling or diftqbnte nancing fin equirv, made fundamental hy the coaAitution in the following clause : ** No, money (hall be drawn from the Treasury, but' in roofequence of appropriations made by law; and ® regularftafement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money, shall be published from time to time." lfinefs, And in the second, a gross fraud is inculca ted for a truth. Both are calculated to nur ture faftinn and party. It would be well for the landed and labor ing people of America to corf-der what this party is, and whalv it ought to be. With rcfpeft to what it is A inonied interest, amazed at the extent :uid brilliancy of its acquisitions, so wonder, ful as to excite apprehenfionj as to their fafe tv, are governed by the following principles . I ft. To encreafe the public debt by every ar tifice, for the pnrpoie of enlisting more troops, armed with money, which is power. 2d. To difrountenance enquiries into public funds, and economy in their management, as obftrufting their deligns. 3d. To strengthen their party, by northern and southern interest, opposed to f ct'ior, between state?, wnicti have, in a common interest. 4th. To efleft a silent, tho'fundamental revo- Inrion, by transferring the national influ ence over the Legislature, to a monied in- tereft in the hands of a few individuals. sth. And finally, to ere ft a monarchy or aris tocracy, to restrain the deceived majority, Ihould tliey ever recover their understand ings. With refpeft to what it ought to be : The party ought to coniift of the monied intereftonly, because their designs and prin ciples are clearly in opposition to the landed and labouring interests of all denominations. These, in order to preserve their liberties ought; id. To eeonomifc the public revenues. 2d. To pay the debt as fact as pofiible. 3d. To watch over the public resources, and apply them in the njoft beneScial mode* This arrangement of parties is cunningly elucbd by foftering separate interests between the States ; by persuading the laboring clafles that the taxes favor them ; and, by a series of newfp2per paragraphs and correfponderi cies, written by speculators, who have mo ney and leisure for futh performances, and who had 1 athjr write than work for a liveli hood. The monisd ihtereft is a kind of flying squadron, whole objedt is to divide the great mafjof the people, by a geographical line, and ta cajole one division, that they may live at free quarter on the labor of both. Hence it would be well for the people to consider, jft. Whether an attempt topcrfuade them, that thejrdo not pay tiixes, is not a dehifion ! Are taxes any thing, except labor ? If the merchant pays a tax on his coat or mine, mult not labor ultimately reimburse him? Is not this deluiion designed to lull the agricultural and mechanical interests into fecnrity, and to blunt their enquiries concerning the disposi tion of the taxes ? 2d. Whether those who pay, or those who receive, are mod likely to search into the dif pofitian of public money ? and how far this' principle will apply, refpedively, to the con dlift of those members of Congress, who en courage or embarrass such an enquiry ? 34. Whether fifcal perplexities are not cal culated to keep them i:i ignorance as to the disposition of their money? Whether ignor ance is not a good foil, in which to plant di-f ---potifm ? And whether they have had a plain and finiple statement of the public funds, from the e(Ubliih»nent of the government to tfcisday? For my part, it fecms to me, that all the landed and labouring classes of citizens, in all the States, have one common intcreft, and that nothing but wooden men, will fuflpr theinfelves to be played off like puppets, by newspaper paragraphs, for Che emolument of fellows behind the curtain. [Whole No. B.] For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STJTEi IT is too easily conceded that a [Teat ciamor is always a proof of fomethiug being wrong. We have men whose trade it is (a meaner and blacker tradethan chiinney-fweeping) to make as mtlch noise as they can aiainft government —for what the people's servants do—for what they neglelt to do—for the thoughts of otir rulers hearts, /which these imps pretend to know) all, all is wrong. Not a finale good thing has been done of intended. The fame men are chosen over and over again—w'.ich looks something like popular confidence in their integrity. Generally speaking they are not rich—far from it—they mult fink or fwini with the people they represent. Their pri vate characters stand too, as well as can be said of any body of men. Our dealers in lamp-black, however, goon with their work ; and it is aflerted by themfelvc?, with no fmaU joy, that they have at Jaft got the govern ment to look, when seen from the fonth, at black as a (hip's bottom—A certaiu Gazette Jerves as their tar-kettle—lt is trumpeted twice a week ; who would have thought our new government—our bright-sided conftitnti on would so fo*n have got into this trinW? It is time to fink her for a hulk. Again they cry why does not Corigrefs attend to rhe voice of the people ? There is great difcori tent ( They might add, we are hire there is, for we made it. There is nothing these peo ple cannot fay, and there is no which cannot be Hedinto some discredit* Sons 6f mifchlef take arj example, as follows : The rage sos innovation is rather a er than a reformer. The excellent trial by jury is the better as well as the fafer for, it*? being ancient. It has'(lowly improved, and time has made it justly venerable. It Is scarcely poflible that any new plan could be so perfect in its firft conftruftion as this mode of trial. Yet it would lie one of the easiest things in the world to (hew from theory how d*fe£- tive it is. Our levellers could turn out a set of ready cut and dry, at a mo ments warning, to (hew that it is nnconftitri tiOn?ri,- dangerous atld <\KgfgT-etuTTtTir free confffVf They mipfht T*eTTow from their Ga zette ; with r. very /light change of here and there a word, the old ftorf would do. Twelve men are de r pots. Lords of our lives and pro perties. Our imprescriptible and unalienable rights are alienated, trucked off and put into their hands as pawn-brokers, to be delivered back or not as they may think proper—We must take them, damaged or found, clean or dirty, as they come from these new made lords, our fnafters hands. What abfurdfty. Trufttjueftions of fcienee to ignorance—make folly a cafu ft—a(k them to tell, and with ex adtnefs, what they dp nor know tliemfelvC?. What a chance for prejudice, partiality and corruption. Rrch men will buy 12 men, as often as they hive octafiorr, and thus oppress the poor under the color of law. Mens rights will be usurped, and jnfHce turned into a mockery. Freemen, will ye bear this ? will ye bow youf rtecks to this tyranny—to this project for nnking lords by the dozen—to this fair for the fate of conscience—this ex port and import trade of corruption. It was not so in 1775—Then the people judged by their committee). Power was Jcepf in the hands which have a right to hold it. Par ike people are the f>untain of power—the true sovereigns of* America ! There is not a word of truth in all flourifh, and yet, if juries were now iiift ef tablilhed by a law ofGongre-fs, we (bould have every word trumpetted in our ears by thjß falfe friends of liberty and the people. Mr. Fenno, It is obffrved that you have been liberal in your pub> lie alio* s of remarks tefpefting the mover of the re folutipns of the flbtfe'of Representatives» requir ing a cUvelopement of the realjlate of the Treasury —It is reauejltd, as the only atonement, that you re-print the endoftd piece faucd Frankitn, and any other which maxferveio present to the public v tewy a fair jialement oj the quejlion on both Jides. THE appeal made to the public by the Se cretary of the Treasury in his reraoo ftrance of February the 4th, against the reso lutions ofCongrefs for information relative to the (late of the fund?, teems with indicati ons to attract the public attention. Though it be overlooked that griat delay was incurred in prep ring and tranfinitting this performance to London,whilft thefelTion, and the investigation were porting rapidly to an end ; Though nothing is asked touching this foH citude and anxiety, to keep up the price ol Hock and certificates in a foreign country ; Though the indelicacy ofprinting the paper in hand-bills, and in circulating it without the permiflion of Congress, is admitted- to be no infringement of the Constitution ; Yet the ijpirit and Bavour of the piece ought to receive that free inveftigation,wiucb it solicits by its own example. A FAEMER. The palitict of such of our representatives A FAG SIMILE.
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