■ " ' 'I, ' V ' JI-JJ —LX- ■■■!. ■- ■ ■' ■ ■ ■ I ILI 11. ■ , , A NAfiONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATUJtOA [No. 118 of Vol. IV.] m* THE GAtZTtt. Hint) reffefling a projetf for tfiablijb ing univirfaipeace with the Indians. IjCtllCifllHD,] • I 'HE firft public magiflrates, known among A rude nations, are their military leaders. Their firft public laws iremilituryoriers- Their firft ideas of regular government are thole of military JifcifJirir. Their firft ideas of national character, and natiortal'nrtion, arise from na tional exigencies that re&r to war or hunt ing. The idea# of siting in concert, the ties of public unitm, are firft fell; and .recognized by them during the operations of war, or the kindred employments of the chafe. Their firft sensibility to public opiniort and honor, is iinpreffed by such scenes—-and, in liich scenes they acquire their fii ft ideas of public cha racter, of order, government, fuborcftiiation, regularity. Survey the biftory of theunivrie ! Is there a (ing'e nation that ever became ci vilized before they were habituated to a f\Jlem of military order t The feudal system, which is the basis of European government, »>d of which strong refemblauces have obtained in Asia, was clearly of a military nature ; al though the pay of the troops, instead of being pecuniary, was territorial : Fob- it was a fundamental principle of the feudal tenure, that the Stipendiary property allowed the feu datory, (hould be enjoyed by him, in consi deration of his conforming to the orders of his fuperlor officer and performing the fervi ccs commanded by his military chief, or head warrior. The red people who border on the United Stare-., have not however, been as yet habitu fted to a regular fy/lem of military fubordi. to; ion.—Although in the space of the lalt for tjr, or even twenty years, they appear to have made a perceptible advance towards such a fyfrern. Among other confident tion-s, the de gree of regularity with which they planned «nd executed their operations in 1791, ar jgass, that they are advancing from the state of savages to that of barbarians ; and that, »5 fitch, the Indians are 0 more formidable enemy than tl:*y were bef-re the American revolution «d of property, union, order, and resource, -is to maintain of themselves a re gular (vlfeirt of military Subordination. Yet, fike barbarians, the red people are diftihguifll ed by Com- of tho e strong traits of character vhich marked the eaiflier stages of the feudal pulicv—Such are the aversion to labor; con tempt of the mechanical and commercial arts —the pi oneness to plunde l —and the passion ilir war and warlike exercises and sports. These traits ftrongfv mark the character of the Indian warrior. They present his ruling pafllon. And by this paffioji, it is projected to feizs him—and r cJt him to his own interest, to tlie tru? interest of his tribe, and to the irltereft df riie United States. Govlrt his pafllon far war be so converted at tti be made the inftrmnent of' peace and fiv-ilizatkr , the impottwlt point would be gained, lirftead therefor# of giving prefenti t» an Indian warrior, let hi in be allowed pay ! inlte'ad of being urgett to labour, let him Inow that he may omit it ! Let him alio be induced in his contempt of tire median cal »md commercial arts, unfil time fh ■ H have ejirre&ed his prejudices S let a main incen tive to plunder be tiken away, by allowing &;n a regular arid cumtfrrtatlle lublifteiue ! And-inftead of telling him to abandon the ihi aiter of s» warrior, arid thus at once to •radiejtir the strongest passion of his sous, tfW bim that ho fttall be a more formidable war rior tlian can b» found in any of 'he t'ibes that are at variance with his own ! tell him tint lie fliall be a re ular warrior ! tell him to be a good soldier ! The |>r«>je& thrr«fore tvKWrfs suggested is in substance, That the United States ffmuld engage in fervire and maintain a body of red troop*, allowing t' em Arch pay and emolu ments as rtiifitary principles may require.— That a proper port on of their officers, el pec i ally of the higher grades, fliould be Ame rican citizens, as affording afecurity for tlieir conforming to the authority of the Union:— That these troops ftiouid not exceed a cer tain proportion, fay one half, of the whole military eftablifhriient of United States, f<> that the reft of the forces, being- white froops, miftht with other c?ues, .completely fee ire the obedience of the Indians ! Ar.d al though it might at si ft be somewhat difficult to m.ike them conform to the n inutix of •wJkafy arrangement, yet it is imagined, that they might he gradua'ly hnb'tnatrd to a difciplinc which should be liberal, yet eventu ally exact, nervotn, fo!id. Could this measure be earned into full ef fect, it might undoubtedly be attended with important eotifequences. The red troops might serve in lfeu of the fame number of white men : and it? is pre fumed,that t<)« expence of maintaining; them need not ntnch exceed, if even equal* the ex- P- ce of maintaining a like number on il»e present eft ah lift* me rt. For the purpc es of tbe jiarrtifan war,the fervicrs ct the red Jijer,t* Wednesday, July 17. 1793. co-operation with the more regular force of the white troops, might alio be of material advantage. And the suggested project, if completely executed would operate at least, in a duplicate ratio againlt Indian hostilities : It would not only fjarnifh men for the ser vice, without taking the citizens from the productive occupations of peace; but it would alio prevent the tribes to which the red iroops belonged, from making war againfi the inion —since their warriors would be in the United States service. Artd further, this meifure would tend to liecure a compliance with irea tieson the part of" the Indians; would i,\<ro diiC2 jniotig them habits of fubordmatioi and gbvernment—and would thus facilitate the advancement of regular industry, the ad vancement of the agricultural, mecharical and commeicial arts ; hereby accelerating ilieprogrefs of civilization, and moral ini provement. The peace of a tribe or nation, being fe. cured bv means of military regularity, the Indians might be advised to aflomble andde liberate on their own affair*. Different towns might be pirftiadfd to consult together for their common interest, and to cxttrd their views beyond such objeAs as principally occu py their attention ir> the councils already known among the Indian;. They might be gradually taught to elect persons who (hould reprelent them in fncli confnltations. And they might be told, that the young men might not to determine on any measure that con cerned the nation without the concurrence of the old men. Thus they might eventually be habituated to the art of legiflntion ; and to the institution of a public council, consisting of Reprefenrarives poifeflirg the ardour of youth, and of Senators diltinguifhed by ma turer age and capacity. The extensive views of civilized society now begin to open upon the mind. Ard we might'look forward to the mode of adminis tering justice ; the eventual establishment of a regular fyftfcm of civil government; and the introduction of education ard science the prevalence of government, lasvs, liberty, industry and the arts of peace among the In dians 1 civilizing and humanizing the ruder part of mankind, mi "ht be ascertained with a preci cion, and carried to a degree of perfection, of which hfjlory can Jvrvi/h no example. For it is ftiggefted, that the United States should lay the basis of a Jyjtem for civi/izhig the whole con tinent aj America. Simple in principle, seizing the rude warrior by his ruling paflion, this proj.'ft propoies to conduCt him bv the inftru inentality of this pafllon from a state of fero city, to a flare of liberal government, moral order, industry, humanity, peace. To tb>s project, there may, I know, be op posed one general obje&ion which will per haps comprehend the mass of objections that might be urged in the detail! It may be ob jected, that the project is new, bold, exten live. But was there ever any improvement that was not new ? Is cowardice, ill the most favorable view,any thing but a negative qua lity, th it does no good, and prevents improve ment ? And.at the word is not coward'ee in literature, science or politics, as well as in war, a rascally quality, that is tatal to the ac c'omfiTimnient of any thingdifficu.lt and ulefuli Has rot the idea of reforming criminal; and making them nfeful members of society been dec'ied by cowardice, as being the mad pro ject of visionaries, until the American mag nanimity dar;d to prove its propriety by car rying it into rffe«st > And is not the conltitu tion of the United States one of thi newest, boldest, fublimeft projeifts ever executed by mar ? And has any man of sense ever conft dered it as a dofeft in some of the most emi nent chara&ers in America, that they were diftinguifted by daring ai d enlarged views, as well as by accurate maturity of judgment ? If a measure be in principle u(efui,and friendly to humanity, its novelty, boldness, and extent, are considerations that ftiouid re commend it to the true American. And it is worthy the American glory, by theireXam ple, to teach mankind, rot only the art ot faming republican goyernniei ts and thus ftrving liberal order among themselves, bpt also the art of civilizing and humanizing C'.-e whole work) ALFRED- tuR THF GAZtit£. To J U B A. [5« Xaiitnul Gtzclle ef Wcdnrflay Tlxt. .irigi.i of declaimcrs and remor.ftrator* ,» <>( vcr> annquuv. If )0» will have rrterc i.er 10 j,. eld book, li< Id ui great ieniratian by kdi an«it<>:», and which for that very reason hat ben dtuouneed bv some mortem patriot.,as contain.ariHocratiral wiir find that Balaam'* Alt it the BrU remuoflraier upon record! , . It would have been fortunate V* ritiiemof the United Slate*, if the nuTie.nu* fucccffors of rtut flngOlat orator Ifa* pCfffßea the philanthropy and taciittrnuy of th«»r lonp eared —lor it u said, tk* Balaam I Ast tn*dt btit ooe fpeecfc tn the coorla of hti 469 sBY JOHN FENNO, No. 34, NOP rfj F!FT:ISTR£.ET, PHILADELPHIA. and that for theavowed purpose r»{ prevcnf ing £he effufioo of blood—whereas you, Tuba, mid your immaculate coadjutors, ate hraying from morning till night, in order to involve this naj*py country in all the horrors infepar able from a state of warfare. You act. •• why our executive was so paflive wh<;n the brig Little Sarah was arming heie, aJ iho'a British bottom, and why all this bustle fm<je the change of property ?" I answer, that is not the least similitude between the two cases. In the firft inilance it is well known, that the President bad no knowledge of the tranf wfen : and betides, that the vessel in queihon * merchantman, deeply loaded with Ame rican p- odtice, and had no commiftion or irtifi of marque—whereas in her prefem state, it is equally line, that (he is equipped not only to cru»ze agpinft the Bntift*, but against other poiv crs with whom we have been always 3t 1 peace. Do you really imngtne, Sir, that we hav t so soon forgot, that we are more or let's linger obligations to all the continental powers 'n i.urope? The assertion, perhaps, may be new *o many l —but the womter will ctafe when V*' ••• .•••">, th-it during our itr" » r librwy, af^- V r\ Vit \ f ana rf.-n it .. some of (hem we received pecuniary aifift itncc— W'.f tiefs the loam- made to us by Spain Holland. Are we tfjen wantonly and tfcachermifly to relinquish the reputation which have so honorably acquired amotif t\\c na tions of the ea»th, in order to gratify you and your fiction ? I tiuft that your difap.pointmcnt Will be equal to the wickeduefs of your at tempts. Republican governments arc not new in the Jcftory of mankind, and if they are-fo obnoxi f>u* to kings, as to induce them to undertake C r o<adcs,f*r fhc sole obje£l of extirpating them, iOw happens it that there was no combination &f despots 3gainft us, when it would have been ft cafy to have crufht d u< to atoms ? If you arc at a lof.s for t"he true cause*, I will tell yon. It Whs because there was nothing unreasonable in operating from a country, who hid denned us a ftorticspatiort of rhc rights common to all the empire. Tt was because our local situation pointed to.ihc eHjVdicney of independence—lt Was bccaufe we icjeficd with horror the tde»of miaki nsf pmlelvtes to politic*! opinions by fire kbrt fwoid. And further, it wa» because we o.irCrUj?' with Ow nragtnmimiiy, frA>dcration a-ini virtue, as wo«Hd, if imiiatcd fey tfeofe who really wish for fibeity, iwfurc success to their efforts. Your address to the militia of Philadelphia, is an insult to their understandings. I have the pleasure of being acquainted with a number of that refpe&able body of citizens, and can there fore aflufe you, that thev know well how to discriminate between what is ihe cause of France, and what is the caws e of a lev/ (rlfith individuals, who, in open violation of tlie laws of the United States, are embarked in the djf. graceful business of fitting out privateers, which , --«os rled, can pirates. The virtuous yeomanry 6r l ffm¥WA are equally proof to your seditious doflrines. If this meritorious class of citizens submitted with patience to the evils resulting from the late lengthy but just war, it doe# not follow thai they are prepared in the present instance to join in provoking a rupture with all the maritime pow ers in Europe, in order to fell their wheat to Ju*a -and his affocialcs, at eighteen pence per buihel, and take any kind »f plunder in pay. mc nt, at a thousand p< r cen« advance !! !—Nav 1 g'i further and fay,, that the enlightened people of this country ore not so weary ot the incftimable privilege of chufing their own riu Irrs, as to relinquish it fcirCommiJfioncrs, Minijlers Plenipotentiary, Agentj ad hoc. Secretaries pro temp, &c. Sec. armed with revolutionary powers to convert us into an Bs'h department, by the fame gentle means as were employed in Brabant, or fend us oh bdird of prison (hips, in cafe of rc fiftance to their fovrreign will. This kind of •fovtfrhment, however it may suit Juba and his friends, is not calculated as yet for ihd meridian of /heUnfiled States. Y6U (ell us »rt)otig otheT tferngs, that the brig bit le Sarah brioflgs wholly to t and was fitted out the ex-fence of tht republic of Fiance. There is much re»fon to doubt the truth of this amnion, becanfe it is well known that fhc was purchafrd at auction by a private pcrfou—and even adtfituing «he fa& as ftaiefi, yet it docs not follow from thence, that the republic can claim any right from treaties to arm veflels i» our ports. TVe observation, that the agents or re presentatives of popular governments pottefs more integrity than those of m:xed or abfoluie Onej, can only be true when ihe great body of the ~eopie ihemfelvra are vtrfcous. but to fup pole thai hone ft men -ire only to be iound in republics, is an idea as illiberal ?» falfe. There are individuals in all nations who do honor lo human naturr—-»aria who, if ) fubitirt ly to the arbitrary mandates of one man, hjve been piobably forced to do it, in order to avoid the greater cv»l> of bring plundered and mafTi cred by charaftcrs of your dtCcripiion. Thi# I take to have b«en ibe origin of all monarchies. To conclude, I »>n clearly of opinion that the time is fall approa< htng, when all men who are well wilhers in peace, *I.' men whohaYe property, and indeed all men who are nm hof lile'io tht true imcreil of iheir country, will be called upon to deda>e, whether th. y will sup port a government o» 'heir owu or sub mit to a new order of ihina-. fun cd ui>oo theirv by Jv%±, VaaxiA«, » Jacoain, jmtr B*.m y_c<wianj or man. [Whole No. 440.] ■ t*» urtar4>»ftwAn|it.*s «ite lb«S: UNn ? MfcirEU.US. «« Hf GAUnk. JtktjkKCt jfc M Iff principal lAfrif qu/Hd f«r Ae Tmt 'liin' « Th« Jfc. fernery (nftjrtwa tot tht tfniv \\ rHF.REAS it bath been a fubjcA of equlj* pkint, uM the embryo projte£b of man? nieritoricwua «eniufes are daily ioft to poftrnty, for the of that foileritig care so nreeflfnry to embolden the umid. And experience feachea that numbers art found incapable of co«du£ling or unde: ftariJing tbeir owuimmediate conccrtit, lnd> otlitff» who through choice decline taking ptrt in any a&ivc occupation. For remedy *he focieiv offer ifaeir !•*{< oerfort* laWring under these and firr.ilai crabarraff meiKs. fl As a. v. a t ion, thf inem&rrs •re to rettgn tnetf irmporaj nitrreiH without r farye to the gquiaiue of the focietv ; »nd none ftiall retain anycxclulive rigftt over his personal property or inclination v to (he end tbf?r t*ta fame may be in afl rcfoc&s a common ftocJt. in. Admiflion » I new member?, »nifV appointment of officers, Ihall be deter mined by a, majority of votes ; and in the latter in fiance, without too tigid a partiality to talents, orftvoi to popular - »nrn.; ah thefocirty (Hull infallibly become pwf- I fled of an luud of inielUftual trca fure, to an{we/t all purpofVsand circumftancts. Ntvcrflit/ejs, Thii. clause (hall not extend thole memhe*s who ate of thecommitiqe of ea ter prices. TV, And where us a very ltiduftrious, of ct'ti- W-MS, commonly known by thr app< 1 iatiou r>f " the Dreamers/ 1 ipvc i>eett hitherto ne'glc&ed and difcouragrd. For remedy wlieieof, (here ftiall he a department <ffobVifitcd, which ftifcH he denominated *' the Dreaming D fbfitMinf— whose province it (hall be to feleA the most im ponam dreaini and interesting vtfioos which dull fee c*mmtu»rc fc v tte member*, and <*her ssgmmus peifona flwiietJ aswi exp<« »n the sit Qf dreaming ;to the end that Juch communications may be made conducive to tb<i formation ol plans lor ufeful v '- Etjjhty.four members flv.fl be clefVd t>y F>al lot, quarterly, who (ball be d?stnmina»cd the Committer of f.nUifrifa"— To them (hall (re com. roitted the execution of ail arduous and hazard* ous undertakings. No nifmber (hit) iSr of rhis committee, exccpt he hath alreariv btmfelf in ftngle combat, honorsriiiy killed his man at least, or performed fom: adiun ihani ftfltng hi& couragt aur] genius (Of arms. VII. rally to be made cohs / —— of politics, by means of an extenfifrtr^^ deuce with foreign agents, and (imilar which undoubtedly will fpreari he»e*f<er info all civilized countries. Thij arrangemenr rs 4jt figned to facilitate a principle Objcttof the insti tution; which is to piojc# new fyftcms, or amend those thai are decayed: for tottering narrhirs, declining empires, ot deranged vt pubWei. The society flwH public the political, or lamentable fiuiatton (at th. cafe may be) of the feveial dates of bath bemifphercs ; whether under the denomination of monarchies,empires, rt public*, dukedoms, palatinates, or ele<6Wa*W v &c. &c. in order that the chizens, fubjc&s or {lives (as the oafe may br) may underltand how far they ought to be fati»fi< d with their anckrtfc ellablifhincnts, or whether a reiorm ought to be preferred. There are many other regufatioos which 31c not necessary to be inferied here, as they contain only the ordinary rulci for the prcfcrvation of order, times of rccefa, Bic.Stc. *** The Printer! are refue/led to git* the tUovt a place in their refpc&ive papers. FOR THE GAZLTTL. [Contlufien i/Pacimcus, No. $,from our lajt.J BUT Louis XVI. it is said, acted from rea foosof State without regard to ou'caufi!; white the people of France paTronised it with «al and attachment A-.-far as the slfertion, with regard to the monarch in founded and is an obje&ioo to our gratitude to him, it deftoys the whole fabric of gratitude to France : For our gratitude ii and must be relative to the fervicet rendered us- The nation can only fclaim It on the (core of their having been rendered by their agent tmth their meant. If the views with which he rendered them di vetted them of that merit which ought to inspire gratitude—none if dne. Tlie nation no more than their agent can claim if. As to the. individual good wiflletf <flf the chi •em <?l France, »tl)ef did not pr«iuce th? ferviee* rendered to A* as • nation, tVy titn be ao Awadation tar MCMMf gratitaAe. Tke^qa < {r»tcbf» Wf (tens. -1
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