(( vV /./ / * i / { ojrro YS BV ' V, -—: —-—; f, ■ * 'i. 1 ■ K,NATIONAL■ P;4PEk\ PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS A'tttP'SATrfflDA' [No. 155 of Vol. IV.] June 2b, iftfr NOTICE ishercbV given, that piopotals will be received at the office of the Secretai y of the'Freafury, antil the fourteenth d*v of Sep tember netft inclufivcly, for the supply 61 all Rations which may be required for the uie of the United Slates, froin the fir ft: day of januaiy !o thethirtv-lvft day of Dccemoti 1791, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the diltri6h hereafter men'ioned, vis. 1. At anv place or places bet wixt York-Town and Carlifl \ in the state of P nntylv*ma. and Pi:i{burgh,& ai Prilburgh.Yoi k-town&CarlifUv 2. At any place or places from to the mon h of Big B-javcr Creek, and at the .mouth of Big Beaver Creik. 3. At any placc or places from the said mouth to the upper fails of the said Braver, and at the upper falls. 4. At any place or pTaccsfjnm tie said upper falls to Mahoning, and at M lhoning. 5. At any place or places Irom the laid Ma honingover to theHcHti ion of the riv£r Cavahc'pa, and at the said Head Navigation. 6. At any placc or places from the said Head Navigation to the month of the said rw'tt Cuya hoga, and at the said mouth. Jf. /\t (Uty -, 1 v - 'H places betwixt the of the B»s Beaver Creefc, to the mouth of the riv r Mnlkingum, and uo the said river to the Tulcarowas, and at the Tufcaiowas, and thence over to the Cavahoga river, and thence down the said river to its mouth. 8 At any place or places betwixt.the mouth of the river Mufkingum and the mouih ps the Scioio river, and at the mouth of £Kc said river Scioto. g. At any place or places betwixt the mouth of Scioto river Sc the mouth of the Great Miami, at the month of the Great Miami, and llom thence to the rnpids or the ialls of the Ohio, and at the (aid rapids. 10. At any place of places betwixt tne mouth of the Great Miami, up the said Miami to and at P.que Town. J ' 11. At any place or places Irom lortWafh ington to Fort Hamilton, and at Fort Hamilton. At any place or places f 1 0111 F<>rr Haiiwltau 10 Fort St. Clair, aod at Fort St. Clair. 12. At auy place or places from hort St. Clair t.o Fort Jefferfon, and at Fort J»ffcrfon. 13. At any place or oiacrs hrpm tort to tne field ol a&i<»n of the 4th of November, 1701, andjfrtthe fqij field oS atiion. iVt wy place or places from fffe TaiH*7lc 'J of a&ion to the Miami Villages, and at the Miami Villages. 15. Ac any place or places from thefaid Ms ami Villages to the tails of the Miartij »iver, which empties into Lake Erie, and at the said falls, and from thence to its in»>uth, and at its mouth. 16. At any place or places from the mouth of the said Miami river of Lake Erie to Sanriufky Lake, and at Sanduiky Lake. 17. At any place or places f rom the said San dufky Lake, to the mouth of the 1 iver Cayanoga. jB. At any place or places from ih> mhuth ot the said river Cayahoga to Prefque Isle, and at Prefque Isle. 19 At any place or places from Prefque Isle to the Itream running into Lake Erie trorn to wards the Jadaghque L«ik(, and thence over to and at the said Jadaghquc Lake,and thence down the Alleghany river to Fort Franklin. 20. At any place or places from Prefque Isle to Le Beuf, and at Le Bcuf 21. At any place or places from Lc Beul io Fori Franklin, and at Fort Franklin, and from ihcnce to Piulburgh. & — —. . t 22. At iny place or places frcun the rapidst Ohio so ihe mouth of th'* Wiihafii i ivrr, atU* from the ipoutb oJ the said Wdbafh liver to the ipouth of the river Oho. 23 At any place or places on the Eafl fide of the river Mifiifiippi, from the mouth of the- Ohio river, to the mouth o{ the Illinois river. 24. At anv place or plates from the mouth o: the f a d Wabafh liver up to Fort Knox, and ai Fori Knox. 25. At any place or places From Fort Knox up the id VVabalh to Ouittanon, and at Ouittanon. 26. Ar anv place or places from OuUta»»on, tip the laid Wabafh, to the head navigation of a branch thereof calk d Liftlc River, and at the said head navigation of Little R^ver. 27. Ar anv pla eor placrs itoni the fald head navigation ot Little River over to the Miami Vil hgr. 28. At any place or places from the mouth ol the river Tetu ITee to 0< eochappo 01 Bear Creek, on the said river, inclufwely 29. At any placc or places from the mouth of the river Cumber hud to Naihville, on the said river, and at Nashville.. 3©. And at any place or places within thirty miici ol faui Nailiviiie to the Southward, West ward or Northward thereof. Should anv rations be required ar any places, or wirhin other ciftn&s, not ("peered in propofaU, the pr.ee of the fame to be heiwftcr agiec.<l on betwixt the public and the contractor. The be fuppticd are ;o consist of the following articles, viz. One pound of, bread or flour, One pound of brcf, or £ of a pound of pork, One quart qf fa}', Mwo quarts of ( ~ , . , > per too rations. Iwo pounds or loap, ( 1 Oik pound ot candles, ) The rattouf are to be fui oifheel in such quanti ties as that there frail at all times, during the laid term, be fufficicm tor the confumptton of the 7, • 1793. -■<-j ■ . 1 . .r^' s «. ■ •».- troop! of ilie said poits, so- the space ot at lea ft 3 months in advance, in good and whole fume piovifions, if the fame IhuH be required. It i> to be ur\rlerilood in each cafe,that all loiTcs fu'llamed bv the depredations df the eneiriv, or by means of the troopsof the Unwed Stat; s, fbaH be paid for at the pi tees of the articK s c&pimt d 01 defttoyed, on the demolitions vf two or inoie creditable characters, and the r.ci t tficate of a commi fTic.ned officer, afccrtainin£ the circum- Aaucesof 1 he losS, and the amount <>f ttic articles tor which compcnlation is claimed. The contract for the above fuppiws will be made ciltu-r for one y< ar, or 'or two y<.«*s, a* m«jy appear rfigtble. Pe»fou% disposed to conlraft will therefore confine ilu-ir oIFom to our ve»»r. or Lhcy ni'iy nuktf their propofiuom f* as to admit an rl:ftion ofthe term of two \e^rs. The offers n»jy corn priCe all the piaces which have been fpecjfied, or a part of them ou'v. War Department, ; . ' 4"g»P t 793- INFORMATION is hr»chy Rtveti u> ail % Military Inval'ds of the United that t he ftims '.o which are iiftitltd frti fix'iiifrnths of ihci'r « unit a) r'romtb? day <*f of September next, will be paid oh the laid day V»y the Coninnrtioners of the with in the Stales relpe6lively under the ufua-1 regu lations. By Command of tlif President 0/ fir United States. H. KNOX, Secretary ut War. Treasury Department, Attguft io, 1793. NOTICE is herefty given, thac ' Proposals will toe received at the Office of the Se cretary of the Treafurv, until the i4*h day ojf September next inctufively, to fuimfli by contract the following a titles of Cloathing, for the use of the Uiiited States, viz. 4 .800 Flats, 5, h2 r J Stock';, 5,12.0 Stock-CJafps, 2 Shirts, 5,12:> V.efts, 5,120 Cojit-, 9,600 Woollen Overalls, 9,600 Linen d'-tto, of Sln e , 9.6 0 0 i> ilng of Socks, 5,120 Blaftkets. 320 Caps, 320 pairs of Leather Breeches, 6 df Boots, 320 pairs of Spurs, 640 pairs of Stockings, 1.520 Rifle Shirts. The clouthing to be delivered at the city of Philadelphia ; one fourth pai rof thp whole number of fnits on or before the 15th of Fe bruary, one fourth on or before the 15th of April, and the remaining half on or before the 15th of June, 1794- Tha a riclomuft be agreeably to such pat terns as fliall he directed by the Secretary syr the'Dopa ; tmeut ps War.. Pavmenf will be in.i'ic a.s soon as the whole of the articles ftiatl have been deliver-d. ' eptl^S. To the Public. r Editor of the Gazette of the United I. StaTk.S,propofes publishing the Paper, Hauler that Title, every Evening, Sunday's excepted. To render it interesting as a Daily Publi cation, it shall contain foreign and domeftir, commercial and political Intelligence Ei fays and Observations, local and general :— Maritime information .—Prices Current ot Merchandize and the Public Funds. Also a fu miliary of the proceedings of Cong re ft, and of the L?gifliture of this Slate with a {ketch of Co'igreffional Debates, &rc. Advertizing favors will be gratefully re ceived. TERMS. To be printed on paper of the demv lize ; but a larger lize lhall be substituted in Decem ber next. The price Six Dollars per Annum, to he paid half Yearly. When a fuSicient number of Subscribers is obtained, the Publication (hall commence. In the interim, t ie Gazette will be pubii/h ---cd twice a week as ufua'.—Subscript ons arc refpeftfully solicited by the Public's humble ferrant, JOHN FENNO %T Subfi rtbtions are received at the ( ity 1 avert, South Second Stieet—by Mr. Dobfin, at the Stone Houfe —by other perjons who are in pojje/jton oj Sub scription papers. 4'"d bv the JLdito?, at his houje, No. 34, Monk bijth.Street. THE £DIT 0 R MOST eatne/iiy requejti those 0/ his dijlanl Sut. firibers who are in arrears for the Ouzeltc % to wake pjfmeat as far, as po/fti>le.-rTh,</e perjons who hate receivedfabfeription money on his account are dejtred to remit the fame. The arrearages jo' the Gazette hive atcumu'ated to a furious amount —ierioas, as they are He out) refouue to very fernus engJiremnts incurred in tkepiofeculion of tins e>- feijivepublication. Philadelphia, Juae ib. 529 70V/* fktfttO, No. ,34. NOP! H FIFTH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA. FOR 7 til GAZ&rVE. HELVIDIUS—Ko. 1 IK IN order to give color to a l i&ht in the K*- ecurive to exercise the Le illative power r»: judging whether t-Jiere be a caute ot' war in a public ftipulation—»-two oilieV arguments are fubjoinecl by the writer to that iaft exa mined. The-fiWHs- (imply this, " It is tbe right and duty &f the Executive to judge of and in terpret those aifities of rtuf treaties which,' gfve to Fr'aivce particular privileges, in iwitr t to Ha ejthtjc pHwUgrs" frail Which] it is stated as a eonlctjjuenre,'that? the Executive has Certain other amoiigj which is the ri"hi in qu'ellion.' . , i This aigqmeii? i? apfwe'ed Ivy a vcty, ott vioiis diftipftion, lT|be si. ft l ight is. efrentittj ti> she execu'ion ol the treaty as «t-late in opy interferes witb.no riglic (nw'eftci) ijnj another Department. The fei oncl is net ef-j fcntial to the txecutinn of the treaty or, .any. other law; on the .contrary tl>s article which the riftht is «a,oiiOt a,s has been jhcwn, from the very #ature of it be in oW' 'f«! as *-Uu* li'refe-j of the XegSflarae ; and-- *11 ttx? Uws lo be enforced by the Executive remain in the, mean time precisely t'x- (aire, whatever bej the disposition 01 judgment of the Executive,' This J'ccond right wouM alio interfere with a; right acknowledged to be in the Legislative Department. If nothing else could fugge# this diftintf inn to tie writer, lie ought to have been reminded of it by his own words k< in order to the en forcement of those privi)eges''~was it in or der to the er>/or cement of the article of guaranty,, that the right is alcsibed to the Executive ? The other of the two arguments i educes, it felf into the flowing form : The Executive h:ts the right to receive public Ministers; this right includes the right of deciding, j.| the cafe of i\ revolution, whether the new go vernment fending the M'nifter, ought to be recognized or not ; and this again, the right to give or refufo operation to pre-cxltting treaties. The power of the Legiflaturi v *r and judge of the causes for one of tire ffioft express and explii of the Conflituticn. of tff'ctf it by ftraincrl inferences, a r potuericar or lingular occurrence^naturally warns the reader of" lorr.e 'inking fallacy. The word > of the Constitution are " he (the Prefide'nt) (hall receive Ambailadorr, other public Ministers and Ct»t)fuls." I fliall not ' undertake to examine what would be the pie cife extent and efiert of this fun£t on in various cases which-famy may suggest, or which time may produce. It will be more proper to ob serve in g'-neral, and every car.did reader wil) second the observation, that little if any thing more was intended by the claule, than to provide tor a part cular mrde of commu nication,•*/»»«/// grown into a right among mo dern nations ; by pointing out the depart ment oftKf Government, inoflf proper tor the ceremony of admitting public 1 Mi h i Iter s, of examining their credentials, and of authenti cating their title to the privileges anexed to their cfi irafter bv the law of nations. This being the apparent design of the Conilitution, it would be highly improper to magnify the function into an important prerogative, even where no rights of otbsr departments could be affecfted by it. To (hew that the view here given of the clause is not a new conitru<stion, invented or (trained for a particular occaiiou—l will take the liberty of recurring to the coteniporary work already quoted, which contains the ob vious and original gloss put on this part of the Constitution by its friends ant! advocates. 4< The President is also to be authorised to receive Arnbafladors and other public Minif te•«. This, though it has bien a rich theme of declamation, is more a matter of than of authority. It is a circninflance, that will be without confcqup.cc in the adminidratiou of the government, and it is far more con venient that it (hould be arranged in this manner, than that there (hould be a necefliry for convening the Legiflatu.e or one of its branches upon every arrival of a foreign Min ister, though it were merely to rake the plate of a departed Fed. yo!. 11-p. 237. 'Had it been to e'told in the year I 7&S when t'ais woik was publlhtd, that hifoie the end ot the year i 793» y writer, aSuxnine the 1112- Of being a frieAd to the Collitution, would appear, and gravely maintain, that tbis fdncttOn, which was to be uiihont cot! fjmnce ih the adniiniftrat on of the goven.ujent, might have the con sequence of deciding on tho validity of revolutions in favor of liber ty, *♦ of putting the United States in a con dition to become an afiociate in war/' — nay 44 of layjrg the LcgyLuure urder an obliga tion oi'declaring war/' what wquid,have been thought and fatd of so virion a >-y a prophet ? The moderate opponents of the Constitu tion xvould probably have dtfo*ntd his extra vagance. By the advocates cf the Constitu tion. his prediction must have been treated as 44 an experiment on public crcduliry, die Tp endeavor t« !?o [Whole No. 45.).] • "**i • ' ■ ' by-a inieMtio© jo 'V c£i vt, or by the q\ crfiawiiiff* of a zi'al torn iii tcnipe rare to be Viifttrnttofis.* ' ■ '*• : But how does ir follow from tHe -ftmAfon to receive Ambs3adwis and .other piib; : c MiiVinevs that lo fcohfequeuti?! a may be exeni-ed by fix- £xe£bt've ? Nyhen a foreign JVTtniller prefer ts himself, two mirf tions tlTi»iircH«(tely ari*e : Are i is oedenci'd 3 * roin the-ex ifting; and afStaiifc poive:lUliflnt of hi"? country ? Are tl.ey properly a.nthent cated ? These bejongot ueceflity to the Ex ecutive ; but they involve 110 cognizance of the queiiid;}, whether those exercising the government have tVie light along with she polTtitioM Tim bel«M»gs >0 the nation,' and to the nation alone, on whom the govern ment operates. The qnsltions before the Executive merely (jueltions of fad; ai d the Executive wotifd have precileiy the fatse rn*ht, or father be undpr fame neeeflHy of deciding them, if its fun<sV:on was (imply to receive without any difcrcticti to rejcci pubHc It i". evident, » iei'-e't>-c, thatjF the Executive has a right to reject a public Minister it must he founded on (ome other confiders»tion than a change n the government or the ueWne 1 . • >fir n nt ; and ton. right to rcfu'e to acknowledge a n?sw government cannot be implied by the rignt to refute a public Minilk r. It is not denied that there may be ca r es in which a refpeft to the general principles' of* liberty, the eTentiai rights of the people, or the over-ruling fcntimeiit* of hiundnitV,tifight J'eqirie a government, whether new or o!d, to be treated as an ; .llegitiina*-e tie -otifir.. Such are in facl cii 'culled and admitted by the moil - approved authorities. But they are great aj.d extraordinary cases, by no means Submitted to so limited an organ of t!ie na tional will as the Executive of the United Stares; and certainly not to be b'oii !<f, by any torture of wo# ds, within the right to le ceive Ainbaiiadorj}. That the authority of the Executive doe? not extend to question. whether an exilting government to be recognized or ncft, w 11 it ill more clearly appeal from an ex nti nation of the next infeience of tne-writer, to wit, that the Executive has a rift'.t to gve or refine a&ivity and operation to pre-jgxiftirig trvSrie <f. If the e be a principle that not to I-e questioned within the Uuited States, it that every nation has a right to aboliih an old government and eftabliJh a new one. This principle is not ojijy recorded in every public archive, written in every American heart, and scaled with the blood of a host of Ame rican inarrvrs ; but is the only lawful tej;u i e by which the United States hold tlieir exiit ence as a nation. It is a principle incorporated with t !- >e above?, that govern merits a e eihiMiflicd for the national good and arc organs of the na tional will. From these two principles results a third, that featies formed by tfcic government, a*, e treaties of the nation, unleis otherwiie ex prefied i.rf the treaties. Another roiifeqijenee is that a nation, by the right of changing the organ of its will, can neither disengage it ft If front the obligations, not forfeit the benefits of ifs treaties. This is a truth of vast importance, and happily reus with fuftice.it firir.r.els on its own authority. To silence or prevent ca vil, I insert however, the following extracts ; 4% Since then iuch a treaty (a treary not per -44 fonal to the fovereig") directly Teiates to 44 the body of the State, it fiibfntjs though the 44 form of the republic happens to be changed, 44 and though it fliould even transformed 44 into a monarchy-—For the State aid th« 44 nation are always the fame whatever r.-han -4< ges are made in the t'oriu of the govern -44 ment—and the treaty concluded with tie 44 nation, remains in force as long as the t4 nation exists." Vattel, B. 11. § 185 — 44 It follows that as a treaty, in twithftand -44 ing t!ie change of a democratic govern -44 ment into a monarchy, continues in force 44 with the new King, in like manner ; it a 44 monarchy becomes a republic, the treaty 44 made with the King does not expire on 44 that accou.it, un'efs it was manifeftly per -44 fonal." Uurlam. part IV, c. IX, § 16, A; a change of government then makes no change in rhe obligations or rights of the party to a treaty, it is clcar that the Execu tive can have i>o more right to fpfpend or prevent tiie operation of a tieaty, on ;.ccount of the change. than to suspend or prevent the operation, where no such change has happen ed. Nor can it have any more right to sus pend the operation of a treaty in foice an a law, than to suspend the operation of aay other law. /To be continued.J Tonr.agc of Vessels which hate been entered at thi (. ujl wi' Hvu/e. port oj (./lar/ejion, in the months oj j. 'i ->1 D >-»- 16.368 12 2,»47 Fnrsii'n vefffls Amei ican d.i. Licenl'ed do. X«ni 3>,-63 r-Jfrv . - - tJmii / Ct«. °S 18 86 8184 771 11 j 9,066
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