EPILOGUE
To Mrs. Hb-j/bn's /ran Comedy, entitled, ru
" Staves in Algiers, or a Struggle for lei
" ireedom."
£H'ritien andfpokenby Mrs. RowSDN.j
rii
Mr. P. behind, Come, Mrs. Rdwfori come,
v.'Uy dortt you hurry ?
Mrs. R. Lord lir I do, but I'm in Fuch a
flurry— m
T>o let mi flop a rrtomen't just for ra
inter,, Bids me, I'rtl almott terrified to th
death ; r e
Yet f' re I had no real r.aufe for fear,
Siiicc rtorie but pirtial friends are
h-» • . f!
Say cjrt yoii kihdty overlook nty errors ?
Von smile—and to the winds I give my "
. terrors;
Ndw UdieS tell me how d'ye like my play ? tc
The creature has feme sense methinks you Q
fay— _ p
feEe lays that we should hold supreme do- w
, minion,
And in good truth we're all of her opinion;
Women were forni'd for universal sway, w
Men to adore be silent and obey. ti
. True Ladies, nature when llie made yon
fair,
Bide you strew roses round the bed of care;
A parent's heart of sorrow to beguile,
Cheer In affli&ed husband by a smile.
To bind the truant that's inclin'd to roam, a
Make by good humour paradise at home.
To raise the fall'n, to pity and forgive, t
This is our noblest, belt prerogative.
These praiHs'd, make us something more p
than human, (
These, and these only, are the rights of
woman.
By this we follow nature's goodly plan, F
And bind ifi silken thains the lordly tyrant 3
Man. f
But pray forgive this flippancy—indeed r
Of al! your clemency, I stand in need. t
To own the truth, the scenes this "liight .
. pourtray'd
Are only fi&iofls drefs'dby fancy's aid, '
'Tis what I wish, but ah ! we've czufe to '
fear,
No gleam of comfort the fad bosoms cheer
Of many a christian (hut from cheerful day i
In bondage hnguifhing their lives away. j
Say you who feel humanity's foft glow,
'What rapt'rousjoy run ft the poor captive
know, , ,
Who freed from flav'ry'signominkmschain 1
Views his dear native landand friends again! i
To paint his transports language sure mull
faiU
Permit me then to tell an artless tale.
When firft this glorious univerfc began,
And sorrow from man's disobedience sprang
Heivenly Benevolence by all rever'd,
To cheer the fad rob'd mourner soon ap»
pear'd.
lie \voo'dhertohisarms,madeher his own,
And Gratitude appear'dtheirfirftborn son;
Since when, thefather and the son combin'd,
Shed their iweet influence o'er the human
mind.
And in the heart where either deigns to
reft, *
Spring transports difficult to be er-preft'd.
Such as within yotfr gen'rous bosoms glow,
Who feel return'd the bleflings you bestow,
Oh may feu ever taste thofejoys divine,
And Gratitude, sweet Gratitude be mine.
CONGRESS,
ftf SENATE,
Saturday June yth, 1794.
( Continued.)
Mr. Vining reported from the com
mittee for enrolled bills, that they had
. laid the last mentioned bills and resoluti
ons before the Prefiderit of the United J
States.
A message from the House of Re
presentatives by Mr. Beckley their
Clerk ;
" Mr. President, the House Repre
fentafives haVe passed a bill, entitled,
•• An aft making an extra allowance to
certain Clerks in the public offices,
and to the widows and families of cer
tain deceased Clerks."
" They have appointed a committee,
to join such committee as shall be ap
pointed on the part of the Senate, to
wait on the Prefidsnt of the United
States, and notify him of the proposed
recess of Congress"—And he with
drew.
The Senate proceeded to the conside
ration of the resolution lad mentioned,
and
Resolved, that they do concur thertr
hi, and that Mr. Vining and Mr. King
be the committee, on the part of the
Senate.
Ordered, that the Secretary ac
quaint the House of Representatives
therewith.
The petition of jatr.es Mathers door
keeper to the Senate, for further com
pensation, was presented and read—
Ordered, that it be referred to the
committee who had under consideration
{he petition of Geotge Nixon andothers,
Clerks in the Auditor's Office.
Mr. Ellfworth from the committee
feft mentioned repoited that the prayer
of the petition of James Mathers be
riot granted, and the reported was
adapted.
The bill, sent from the House of Re
presentatives for concurrence, entitled,
" An aft making an extra allowance to
eel tain Clerks in the public offices, and
to the widows and families of certain
4e««rafed Clerks," was read.
On motion, w<
It was agreed to dlfpenfc with the to
rule and that the bill be now read the of
iecond time. ce
Ordered, that this bill be referred to wi
Mr. Rofs, Mr. Bradford and Mr. Mor- lei
ris, to cohfider and report thereon to tr
the Senate.
Mr. Rol's from the committee last th
mentioned, reported, that the confide- ca
ration of this bill be pollpcuied untill
the next session of Congress; and the h;
report was adopted—whereupon tr
Resolved, that this bill do not pnfs. re
Ordered, that the Secretary acquaint tc
the House of Representatives that the 01
Senate do not concur in this bill. ei
Mr. Ellfworth from the committee • t!
to whom was referred the petition of ; vi
George Nixon ond others, clerks in the j tl
Auditors office, reported a bill, which j Is
was read. J E
On motion, the rule was dispensed j r<
with, and the bill was read the second f<
time. w
On motion to amend the bill. tl
It passed in the negative. J
On motion,
The bill was read in paragraphs and o
after debate, n
Ordered, that this bill pass to the il
third reading. n
A message from the House of Re- I
prefentatives, by Mr. Beckley, their r
Clerk ; e
" Mr. President—The House of Re- f
prefentatives agree to some amendments, f
agree to some amendments with amend t
metits, and disagree to other amend- a
ments of the Senate, on the bill, enti- c
tied, " An aft making certain altera- 1
tions in the aft for eftabiifhing the Ju- 1
dicial Courts, and altering the time (
and place of holding certain courts." '<■
And he withdrew.
The Senate proceeded to consider the 1
resolution of the House of Reprefenta- 1
tives on the Ijill lalt mentioned ; and <
Resolved, that they agree to the a- <
mendments of the House of Repre
, fentatives to their amendments, and re
cede from their own amendment to the
: fourth feftion of the said bill.
Ordered, that the Secretary acquaint
the House of Representatives theie
' with.
A message from the Honfe of Re
. prefentatives, by Mr. Beckley, their
Clerk:
> " Mr. President—-The President of >
! the United States hath notified the j
' House of Representatives, that he this !
1 day, approved and signed, "An aft-?
. supplementary to the aft. Intituled, j
Aii -A to the pr6gref3 of i
ufefvil arts " Aiiaftfor the relief of
, Nicholas Reib "An aft concerning
> invalids/' and "An aft t6 Continue in
force for a limited time, the aft supple
' mentary to the aft for the eltablilhment
and support of light-hotifes, beacons,
buoys and public piers." And he
withdrew.
Mr. Vining reported from the joint
committee, that they had waited on
the President of the United States'and
1- acquainted him with the intended re'
d cess of Congress on the 9th instant. .
i- Mr. King from the managers at the
d confcrrence,-on the difagreeiug vote 9of
the two Houses, on the bill, entitled,
" An aft for the more effectual protec
ir tion of ths South-Western frontier set
tlers," reported that they could come
to 110 agreement, with the managers on
1, the part of the House of Reprefenta
o tives.
s, A message from the House of Re
r- prefentatives, by Mr. Beckley, their
Clerk :
d, " Mr. President—The House of Re
-- prefentatives adhere to their difagree
:o ment, to the amendments of the Se
:d nate, to the bill, entitled, "An aft
;d for the more effectual protection of the
h- South-Weltern frontier settlers." And
he withdrew.
e- On motion,
d, Resolved, that the Senate adhere to
their amendments to the bill lad men- j
■e- tioned.
ig Ordered, that the Secretary acquaint
lie the House of Representatives there
with.
:C- So the bill was loft.
es Mr. Cabot from the committee to
whom Was referred the bill, entitled,
>r- "An aft making appropriations for
ti- certain purposes therein expressed," re
ported that the bill pass without amend
he ment, which report was adopted, and
an the bill being read in paragraphs,
rs, Ordered, that this bill pass to the
third reading.
ee After the consideration of the: exe
er cutive business,
be The Senate adjourned to $ o'clock
as on Monday morning.
[ e . For the Gazette of the United States.
d, .
t0 To Doctor JEAN DEVEZE.
nd Sir,
tin Will you permit an entire fttanger to
your person to address to you a few
words on a fubjedt as deeply interesting
to yourfelf as it was to the inhabitants ta
of this city ?—On a fubjedt which con- ft :
cerns not'only your candor, but like* 'ij
wife your humanity ? From the benevd* of
lent mind which 1 discover in your Ce
treatise on the epidemic disease which a^
afflicted our city, I presume to think P
that the libery I take with your name er
cannot be offenfive to you.
In your account of that fever you in
have very justly and liberally offered a u;
I tribute of eloquent applause to Mr. Gi- tl
rard. There sno one who could wish tl
to efface a single line of your encomium, n
or who would not have felt more lively a
emotions of sincere joy if you had expa- ai
tiated more largely on the virtuous ler- u
I vices of this hero of humanity. But tl
j there was another manager, of whose a
! labors, in the cause of the fufferers at b
' Bull-Hill, you fee in to entertain an er- tl
J roneous opinion ; an opinion, at least,
so far erroneous as to place him, in your u
work, in a less honorable point of view n
than that to which you have elevated e
Mr. Girard. 1
Every citizen, whose heart is capable v
of feeling the sensations of gratitude, a
mull regret your omission to particular- t
ife his services as minutely as you have c
marked those of his heroic colleague, r
Permit m 6 to observe, Sir, that the ve
ry manner 111 which you have introduc- £
ed the name of HELM has derogated t
from that applause which is his due. If t
piivate attachment, and national affec- j
tion, have conspired to draw from your t
amiable heart that deserved panegyric 1
011 your worthy countryman, it is to be c
lamented that Justice and Humanity did 1
not excite you to beflow eqinl applause t
on the equally meritorious, benevolent, 1
and indefatigable HELM. I
You have said, Sir, that it was to- <
wards the termination of the epidemic i
that Mr. Helm entered on his dangerous
office and commenced on his affedtion- ■
ate labors. Remember, Sir, that Mr.
Helm offered himfelf as a Manager of
the B'ifh-Hill hospital at the fame time
with Mr. Girard; that their toils be
gan together, and that the fufferings,
the personal dangers, the tenderness and
attentions of Mr. Helm to the patients,
were equal to those of the adtive Girard.
Thus, Sir, inftcad of doing justice
- to the philanthropy of Mr. Helm, you
have innocently dishonored his name by
f' g' v 'ng, at his expense, to Mr. Girard
; the palm of praise. •
s That candor, which is the compani
es *nd_that peculiar good
, ness, which I '"have heard *firribcd- to
{ your heart, give me the expedtation of
f feeing your error acknowledged and cor
r redted in the public papers, and in the
V future editions of your work.
I am, Sir, with efleem,
t Yours,
z-
Por the Gazette of the United States.
, Of Democratic Societies.
i . A writer on this fuhje£t in the Phi
ladelphia Gazette of last week, under
the Signature of A. B. has attempted
e to prove the constitutional legality of
if popular societies. I differ from him in
1, opinioti, and as he has written with
temper and moderation. I trust he will
:- read, and if he thinks proper atifwer
,e me in the fame disposition.
n He quotes from the constitution of
1- Pennsylvania, the following clause—
" That the citizens have a right in a
" peaceable manner to assemble toge
ir " ther for their common good, and to
" apply to those invejled with the powers
" of government for redress of grievan
;- " ces or other proper purposes by petition,
t- " address or remonjlrance ■" and from
St the amendments to the constitution of
le the United States, the followiog clause
id —That Congress shall not abridge
" the freedom of speech or of the prefj,
" or of the right tf the people peaceably
o "to afftmble, and to petition the govern
n- " ment for a redress of grievances."—
Fiom these quotations he infers that such
nt assemblies (meaning the democratic fo
e- cieties) " Are to all intents and purposes
" as legal under our government as any \
" other eflablifhmenh permitted to exifl \
to " within the extent of its authority."—
d, These aie his own words. Now I
or would ask this writer and thro' him all
e- the citizens of the United States a few
d- questions :
id iff. Are the members of the popu
lar societies who arrogate to themselves
he the title of Democratic, the Citizens of
the Union ?
;e- 2d. Are they not rather a few, dis
contented with the station which their
ck small talents fit them for, and who are
endeavoring thrs' a covered way to sap
the foundation of the government of
the United States, under the pretext
of finding out faults in its administra
tors, in order to obtain that rank and
• confeqtience which their own vanity
to and felf-fufficiency render them ambi
:w . tious of ?
3d. Hath any one of these societies ec
taken' the mode prescribed by the con- ec
ftitiitiort'3 cited by A. B ? Have they fe
applied to those invejled 'with the powers ti
of government for a redress of grievan- tr
Ces or other proper purposes by petition, m
address or remonjlrance ? No such thing. ti
Have they not after the manner threat- n
enedby M. Genet their father, appeal- fe
ed to the people, and by every means d.
in their little power, endeavored to in- d
Same the minds of the people against o:
the belt executive chief magifttate of w
the purest democratic and best admi o
niftered government on earth, without fc
a lhadow of grivevance to complain of, A
and merely that they may make a noise o
in the world and be thought; somebody, si
throw the United States int<v confiifion c
and advance their personal importance ii
by being the foretellers of evils which a
they themselves wish to create ? *
The grand crime of the President si
with these gentlemen is the appoint- v
ment of the Chief Justice to be envoy f<
extraordinary to the court of Great- a
Britain, to terminate our differences £
without a deftru&ive war. But when f
a Senator is appointed to a similar of
fice they exult. Why this difference r
of condudt upon two cases exactly si- t
milar ? 1 will give my opinion 011 it.— t
The chief justice had to use their lan- t
guage, flaridered their friend, their pa- 1
tron, their political creator Genet; and c
the Senator had been uniformly of their j
party, had opposed the appointment of t
the envoy as unconilitutional: Proud c
however of the appointment of a man t
of their party, they commend his ac- <
ceptance of the office, and try to fhel- <
ter him from the gross inconsistency of 1
his condutt, by faying he resigned the <
firft, after the acceptance of the latter <
office. Foolish politicians! are ye so t
ignorant of the Constitution, the pre- i
fervation of which is the avowed objedt 1
of your affociatlon i Know ye not, that 1
if two offices be incompatible in one 1
person, the acceptance of one commit- 1
iion is a vacation of the other without
any formal resignation, and that the
, Senator's acceptance of the minifter'sdu
[ ty, if it be incompatible with his former,
1 by the constitution, immediately ope
, rates to difqnalify him for a member.
; If tbe President ihould think proper
I to make the present Attorney-General
r a Judge of the Supreme Court, would
/ a resignation of the firit office be re
quired ? Surnly not : The fame person
- could not fit an impartial Judge on the
- bench, and be an advocate for the States
3 at the bar m a pitWic by
f his acceptance of the latter the former
- is vacated without any other ast—just
e as the publication of a latter will is
without any formal words a revocation
of a former tneonfiftent with it.
I pretend not to fufficient know
ledge of the conilitiition of the United
State*, to determine whether there is
this incompatibility between the offices
of Chief Justice and Envoy, Senator
and Ambaffadov in the fame persons ;
i- but I have common sense enongh to
r fee and to know that if there is no \a
d compatibility, the President has not vi
if olated the constitution, as thefo gentle-
II men of the Democratic Society so
I boldly denounce ; and that if there is
II such incompatibility, the constitution
r and not an after resignation creates the
disability of their performing the func
if tions of both.
When thefociety of Cincinnati was
a formed by the officers of the late army,
r- to perpetuate the memory of therr com
-0 mon hardfhipg fufferings and merits in
s the cause of liberty, a thousand tongues
and pens were employed from one end
~ of the continent to the other, to prove
n the danger of such an inilitution of felf
>f created Nobles, Mr. CEdanus Butk of
e South-Carolina, in a masterly pamphlet
e exposed the danger of such societies
1, connected with political views, and
!y claiming a fue'eeffion by inheritance ;he
j- proved to the fatisfadtion of the officers
- themselves, that however pure their lu
ll tent ions might be, all the evils of an
j- hereditary nobility might be entailed
es upon 11s ; they therefore with a degree
iy of moderation which will always do
ft them honor altered their plan—they
- published the alterations for the quieting
1 the minds of their fellow-citizens, they
ill renounced all political views, and the
w hereditary fucceflion, declaring their
association to be merely benevolent, for
j- the mutual assistance of the distressed of
es | the present generation ; and to die with
of the end of the lives of the present mem
bers.—-Let us compare this with the
1- constitution of the Democratic societies
ir attempted to he established throughout
re the United States. Their firft object is to
ip watch the administration of government
of and pr«ferve it in its purity. They are
xt not the people nor elected by the people,
a- but by themselves and a fimilaiity of
id opinion is a line qua non qualification
ty tor the admission of new members pro
>l- poled, for none ate to be admitted by
their constitution, «ho are not propol'-
Ed at a previous meeting, and are eledl
ed by more than a majority of them
felvesattbe time appointed for the elec
tion—observe here that they arefelf elec
tive a sure maik of a« ariltocracy, 3
nobility, not a representative of the cW
tizenij the people, but men in their opi
nion worthy from similarity of political
sentiments to fit with their good/elves &
determine upon the good or bad con.
du£t ! of whom ! of the representative*
of the Democracy of the United States!
what ! shall a few men voluntarily with
out any call from the people, erect them,
selves into a society to criticize, to cen
sure the acts of the beloved executor of
our Legislature eleftell by the free fnf.
frages of, the "whole people, (hall this so
ciety attempt to eftablilh junior brethren
in every part of tfie United States, not
accountable to the body of the people,
with a view to difleminate discord, con
[ fufion, and all the consequences of ci-
I vil dudgaort, and then tell us that these
focietiesare " to all intents andpurpofe:
as legal Under our government as any other
ejlablijhments permitted to exijl within the
extent of its authority ?"
The maxim that one govern rmntcarT
not subsist within another is too fully ef»
tablifhed to admit of a quellion ; and
the sovereignty of the several Hates in
the union ia expi efsly reserved as to their
local jurifdiciiun, while the sovereignty
of the United States, as to the matters
placed within their power by the coniU
tution is defined with a precision, that
does honor to the hearts and talents of
the framersof it ; but this is nSt (what
ever these gentlemen may fay to the
contrary) a difpnte between the feveiai
states and the United States ; it is a
question whether a few individuals dis
contented by their not being placed by
the free fuffrages of the people at large
in those Nations which their ideas of
their o<wn importance have made them
think themselves qualified to fill, fliall
eftablilh themselves as an beridetary a
ristocracy under the feigned name of
Democrats, and by committees of cor
respondence with all the disaffe£ted in
dividuals ( a few of whom are to be fonnd
dispersed here and there in evefy coun
try) excite jealousies of a government
which at this moment is, and from it*
filit establishment has been the envy of
the civilized world, fbw discontents a
inong the people, and endeavor to raise
an oppolition to every measure adopted
for the public good.
An Idea has been broach'd by a
i member on the floor of the House of
Representatives that the government of
1 the United Sates, was a government of
opinion—This idea in one sense of the
, Word opinion is undoubtedly just ; but in
i every other sense conveyed by that word
it is totally void of commutt sense. I#
. was a government which in the opinion
1 ofthe framers of it was bfcft calculated to
i promote the bappinefs of the whole peo
; pie of the United States ;it was fubmit
r ted to the corrfideiation of the whole
; people of each (fate" by their Reprefen
i tatives freely chosen, who were o(opinion
. that it would answer the ends intended,
and every state in the union by their
. conventions has adopted air opinion and
> established the confutation as their free
j and voluntary agreement to he go
i veined by it ; thisgovernmentfo adopted
; by the whole people is so far a govern
. ment of opinion; but it is also a go
vernment of compact, and perhaps the
s only fosial tompadt that ever existed
, since the creation—lngenious writers in
- many ages and countries have endeavored
i to prove that all governments rtiuft have
s originated in compact between the go-
I vernors and governed, and that the go
s veracd mult have agreed to depart from
f some portions of their natural liberty to
f secure protection from licentionfnefs;
t but tho'their arguments are rtally in
s getuous and seem to found a probable
;1 iuppofition of such compact, yet there
e is no authentic hirtory to 1 support its
s credibility, and the constitutions of the
- United States and several States in A
n merica, are the only actual compacts be
d tween the governors and governed that
e are to be found in the hiftoiy of man*
o kind for the original formation ot any
y government whatsoever-—Modifications
g of prior governments are indeed to be
y found in histories of all countries; but
e to America alone it belongs to claim tnc
ir honor of having emancipated itfelt from
ir the royalty ot its original mailer, and
>f of having established a realfacial compaSt
h in writing between Citizens equal ut
l- rights tho' of different degrees of
ie and from local causes having diflerent
-a and discordant intcrelts—a part of tliti*
it aflual foetal compaS. defines the manner"
<> in which it may be altered without
it vulfion or commotion, and this n-.u^
e of making thole alter ations is by
e, compact the only mode authorized by the 1
>f constitution and laws of the Utiited
in States, in which alterations can be made
a- or the Amiriflrators of the government
<y bq impeaehed for mifconduct —When-
f- ever therefore any defeription of peop e