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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.
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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.