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Par the Gazette of the (Jniled Stales. !
Mr. W UNO, • 1
IN the co'irfe of. my last evening's
walk, I picked up a little parcel in. the
liieet, which upon being opened proved
to be amotion of medicine can-fully en
veldped within a double cover.' To
fouie perfoiu this .might have proved a j
valuable acquisition, but as I enjoy good j
health without .the aid as emetics or e»- j
thartics, I tyas upon point of.aban- j
dotting the packet once more "to its fake,
When my attention was drawn tt> tfye
outer coverirtgy-which appeared to cmi-..
tain a fragment t)f Come vevfei iit niairi
(ciipt. It would fe6'ri from the purpose
to which the paper was.applied, that.tlie
Writer was a son of' ETctiVaphis, who
having but little tp do in his profeflldnij
lint, had Undertaken to pay his ad- ]
drefTes to the MufeS. Perhaps it is the ]
gentleman, jvho has the credit 6f being i
the author of all'thofe publications,
witichfoi want of decency and want of 1
truth, have acquired to the Br iff els Gw,
zitte of America a decided fiipenoriiy
over the Brussels Gazette of Brabant.
That there is cllfo good reason to iuji
pofe, that the production is-'the off
fpring of a member of one of the felf
created and virtual representative Tocl'e
ties in the United States, may be in
ferred from the verses theralelves, of
which the following is an exact copy:
As old Satan was one day lamenting
The great want of a deputy defril,.
To a (lift hirti to keep from repenting
p «v£cmc to w'j-—»
The Democrats begged of his high
ndi>,
For the their merits,'
And promised to follow with bfind
nefs
Opinions inspired. by spirits.
Cetera d/fiitt- ■
It is to be regretted that the poem
of which the foregoing is a part had
not remained one and indimfible, because
there is reason to believe, that"the re
mainder of it confined the refu.lt of
the patriotic offiti made by the club at
large to citizen Lucifer—'For however
ludicrous the idea of' Satan's lamenting
the want of an agent to affill him inj
his works of darkness', fnay ' appear to
forfte, it proves at ltaft, that he Well
knew where to rattle his drum !
All the writers who have hitherto at
tempted an analysis of the Democratic:
Societies, have run into one common
error with rel'peft to their origin. For
although it is admitted that the terms of
Jacobin and Democratic ate of modern
date, yet it is no less true, (hat there
were similar inftitutioflsrn former-rrurcs.
The club held in the cave of -AduHanv,
may be justly considered as the moll fa
mous upon record and; is thus described
by a malterly penman. " And every
one that was in distress, and every one
that was in debt, and every one that
ivas discontented, gathered thcmfelves
unto him; and he became a captain
over them " I Sam. xxii chap. ver. ii.
That two societies exifling at periods
so widely distant from each other, should
have men of the fame name for their
firft. Presidents and that there should
altd be a (hiking resemblance in other
refpefts, are circumstances the more re
markable,becaufe fortuitous—but, there
is one fact however, accompanying the
history of both societies, which is by no
means wonderful— It is, that when the
two Davids had reached the goal to
which their ambition pointed, they a
bandofled the filly aftcs upon whose
back they won the race, to the frater
nal hug of other Jockies.
For the Gazette of the Unit lit States.
Mr. Fenno,
Having read in your Gazette of the o
ther day the remarks of a correspon
dent on a pamphlet lately publilhed,
and entitled, ObferVatwns on the Emi
gration of Dr. Joseph Priejlley Wft
I was led to read the work myfelf,
and your correfpondtnt mutt excuse
me if I differ very widely from him
in my opinion of it.
In the firft place, I cannot fee the'
inhumanity of giving a fair account of
the Birtrtinghato riots, of the property
-the Doctor loft ; nor can 1 fee, that
speaking of the horrors of the French
Revolution in terms of the strongest dis
approbation, or the ridiculing of the
pretended admirers of that farce, (or
perhaps more properly, tragedy) of
Liberty, which has been so long exhi
biting in France, renders the produfti
-011 at all " unfit for the meridian of the
United States."
The object of the pamphlet is to place
irt a fair light the motives of the Doc
tor's emigration, and those of the dif
ferent societies who addressed him. on his
arrival at New-York I think the au
thor has fully proved, that perfanally,
the Doctor had ..o right to eAmplaia of
his coiintirv ; and confequenlly that thi
pietenati Vrafoq of his emigration ua
mr-refy pretrnded. It is the duty of 'e
very good fcitizen to expose the falfe
6f those who endeavor to
iittpofe up-.iri the public.
With refpecl ko the Democratic and
some Other popular Societies, it is curi
ous to hear them condole with a foreign,
et : who iiis, as they pretend, fi>ffer-.
Ed frottv z lawless affembiy of the peo
ple; while their Own foundation (eenis
to have bf/e'ri intended foi nothing more
than the encouragement ps such affem
bli<-$. ;
ft! fhoi*L. Sir, I am peifu'aded that
this 'jjatriplilet, is exceedingly Jit for the
meridian of the United States, and par
-1 ticularly at this moment-, when proceed
i ings, not much unlike .those which the
Doftyr pretends were the cause of his
emigration have taken place in our own
country. We (hall uo\V be furnifhed
with .an opportunity sf estimating the
excellence of our constitution and of that
of Great Britain, by comparing the
rile, progrifs, and end, of the riots in'
our Welit:rn Territory and thpfe at Bir
mingham.
I am, Sir,
Your mod humble servant and
CORRESPONDENT.
From Aloiitefquieu's spirit of Laws.
Of the corruption of the principle of
Democracy. ' •!
THE principle of democracy is cor
rupted not ,only when the spirit .of equa
lity i» extinct, but likewise when they
fill! into a spirit of extreme equality,
a:id when every citizen/wants to be ip
on a level with those he has chofer to
command hiitij Then the people i(ca
pable of bearing the very power tley
have entruffed, to do every thug
of themfelvjcs, to debate for the -Se
nate, to execute for the Jriagiftrate, ind
to (trip the judges.
When this is the cafe, virtue cantio
longer subsist in the Republic. The
people want to cxercife the functions of
the magiltrates who cease to be revered.
The deliberations of the senate are
flighted ;' all refpeft is. then laid aside
for the lenatois, and (.onfequently for
old age, If thure is no more refpeft
for old age, ihtre will be none soon for
parents ; deference so hulbands will be
likewise throwa off, ind hibmifliuti to
mailers. This liccntioufnefe will foori
taint mind.;' and the tediaint of
command be as fatiguing as that ps p
bediertee- Wives, children,, (laves, will
(hake off all fubje£tion. No longer
will there be any ftich thing as manners,
onlei, or vlnuc. . —— *
We find in Xcnophon's banquet a Ve
ry jively description of a republic, in
which the people abused their equality/
Each guest £ »4 in his turn the reafdii
why he is latisfied, " I am content
wjth myfelf," fays Chamides, " because
"of my poverty. When I wasiich I
" was obliged to pay my cpurt to iri
" fomtera, knowing I was iriore •
" tube hurt by them, than capable ps
" doing them harm. The republic cpn
" ftantly demanded some new fuiti of
" me ; and I could not decline paying.
" Since 1 am grown poor, I have
«« quired authority, no body • threatens
" me, I rather threaten others. I can
"go or (lay where I please. The. rich
" already rife from their feats, and give
"me the way. 1 am a king, 1 was
" before a slave: I paid taxes to the re
" public, now it maintains me: I am
" no longer afraid of losing : I hope to
" acquire."
The people fall into this misfortune,
when those in whom they confide, defi
roiis of.concealing their own corruption,
endeavour to corrupt. To prevent them
from feeing their .own ambition, they
speak to them ortly of;.their grandeur,
to conceal their own avaiice, they in
cessantly flatter theirs.
The corruption will increase among
the corrupters, and likewise among
those who are already corrupted, when the
people will distribute the public money
among themselves, and having added
the administration of affairs to their in
dolence, they will be for adding to their
poverty the amusements of luxury.
But with their indolence and luxury,
nothing but the public trcafure will be
able to fatisfy their demands.
We mutt npt be furprjfed to fee their
fuffi ages given for money. It is im
poflible to give a great deal to ihe peo
ple without Squeezing much more out
of them : but to compass this, the state
rtitfft be subverted.
The greater the advantages they seem
to derive from their liberty, the nearer
they draw to the critical moment of
losing it. Petty tyrants arise who have
all the voices of a Angle tyrant. The
fmali remains of liberty soon become
unlupportablc ; a firtgle tyrant starts up,
■and the people lose all even the advanta
ges of their corruption.
Dcmoeracy hath therefore two excef
lej to avoid, the spirit of inequality
which leads to arilloci'acy or mouachy;
ind the spirit of extreme equality which
leads to despotic -power, Is thelatter is
completed by conquest.
True it is, that those who corrupted
the Greek republick did not become
tyrants. This was because they had a
greater passion for eloquence than for
the military art. Betides, there reigned
an implacable hatred in the hearts
the Greeks againil those wh'> ftibverted
a republican govei nttieut; aid for this
reason anarchy degenerated into anni
hilation, instead of being chariged into
'tyranny. ;,;
But Syracyfe, which was (ituated in the
midst of a great number of. petty (kites
whose government had been changed from
oligarchy to tyranny.'* Syracute which
had a Senate J scarce ever mentioned in
history, wasexpofed to inch mi(eries as arc
the consequences of a mote than ordinary
corruption. This City continually vn a
state of licentioufneis * or oppreflson,
equally labouring under its liberty and fer
| vitudc, receiving always the oae aud t!se
other like a temped, 'and norwithftand:ng
its external flrt*ngth,conftantly determin d
to a revolution by the lead foreign power:
this City, -1 fay, had in its bosom an iin
menfe multitude flf people, whose fate it
was to h'atfe always this cruel alternative,
of either giviiig thimfelves a tyrant, or of
being the tyrant thertfelves. »
1 Note. j.
* See Plutar.cb in the Hves of Timoleon
and Dion. •>
; $ Upon the txpulfion of thetyrants, the]
made citizens of firangert and Mercenary
troops, which produced civil luarj, Ariftoi.
Polit. lib. 5. cap. 3. The people ■having
been thecaafe of the victory the Athe
nians, the -'epublic ivas then changed ibid,
cap. 4. The pajjian of the thuo young
rrtagljlrafei, one of zvbom carried off the
other's boy, and in revenge the other )de
batuhed his wife, ivaj attended, <with a
change in the form of this Republic. Ibid,
lib. 7. cap. 4.
* It <utas that of the fix hundred, of
whom ttieution is made by Diodorus.
KINGSTON, (Jamaica) June 28.
Saturday morning arrived a Danish
(loop laden with sugar, coffee, &c. prize
to his Majcfty's (hip Experiment. She
was captured at Gonaive.
Ext rati of a letter from Capt. Milled
of hi« Majetty's (hip Experiment,'
' dated Gonaive, St. Domingo, June
! j 8, 1794-
1 "We attacked this town and fort
the 15th iott. and after firing fcveral
broadiidct we silenced the fort, aud
having landed fifty seamen we spiked
the guns and cut out the (loop General
de Waiterftorff. Being disappointed in
receiving alliftance with troops from St.
i '"-j y.
1 numerous and ever)- moment encieaiing,
I judged it prudent to embark, and af
-1 ter leaving the (hore we unluckily had
-1 two men vounded, which is all the loss
jwe have fullained. Before leaving the
(hore we killed 6of the enemy. I am
sorry to add that the town was fired by
the brigands and is now in allies."
Art account from Monte Chrifti men
tions, that the Count De Cifuennes has
• lately arrived at St. Domingo, to take
on iiiirifelf the government of the Spa
-1 ni(h part of the illiind ; and that the firft
| exertion of his authority was the piit
| ting under affeflfc his predecessor in ot
| sice, who is to be f.-nt to old. Spain,
charged withhaving aflifted the' French
brigands in- their horrible warfare. .
Ju.ie 30.
Yefterdar triorning information was'
received at Port Royai and tra'nfmitted;
here, that his Majesty's frigate Rose,
which failed on Tuesday from Fort
Royal, was driven'on (hore by one of
the tremendous gales of \rind v.hich
blew on Friday nighl near Rocky Point
at the.calk end of the ifiaiid, and will,
be loft.
July 2.
One of the (hips, captured at Port
au-Prince, on her way to Port Royal
yesterday struck on a reef near the Pal
lifades, abreast of this town, and is with
her cargo loft.
Several.Houses in this town have been
injured by the immenffc torrent of water
Which poured in from the northward
a,nd gave the -resemblance of river cour
ses to moil of the streets.
MONTEGO BAY, July s .
Monday lqft anchored at Martha
Brae, tw oj of the French (hips that were
captured .at, Pqrt-au-Prince.—Twelve
fail of prize vedils under convoy of the
Irrefiftable, of 74 guns, Captain Henry
laded from Port-au-Prince the th.-23d
ult. for Kingston 5 but on the 2sth,
were separated.in a severe gale of wind.
Nine fail haye gained the following ports
on thu fide- of : two (hips
and a brig at St. Ann's Bay; three
lhips at Rio BiKno ; two at Martha
Brae; and one arrived here last Tucf
day.—Ont of the (hips at Martha Brtie,
when (he anchored, had seven feet water
in the hold, and is fincc funk.
At the requi.fl of the Magiftratee of
■ this parish, a meeting ef the gentlemen
of the faculty took phuv at the Court
House last Thursday morning, to con
sider,
1 ft. Whit are the most likely means
to prevent the spreading of the malig
nant fever, which for so long a season
confined itfclf to the (hipping and to
new comers, and has lately made its
appearance on (hore in the moll conta
gious and dangerous shape ?
»il. What may Ik eonfidered the
earliest decided symptoms of the dlfor
der >
3d! What they would recommend
to be instantly dope by any persons ctu
ceiving themfelyes infe£ted therewith,
in cafe of the abfcnee of profellional. af
liftance ?
We understand there was a
ble meeting, and that the opinions were
neatly unanimous, aud will be reduced
to form, and publilhed, to the following
effe£t:
I ft. By .way of prevention to avoid
(as much as cireumllances will poilibly
admit) communication with diseased
persons, and when necessity absolutely'
calls for it, to be prepared with a han
kerchief or cloth well impregnated with
vinegat (if camphorated lo much the
better,) and to adopt rather a more ge-.
nerous diet, &c. thari usual.
adly. The firft" symptoms are disco
verable by a redness and burning heat
in the eyes, a general determination to
the head, attended with stupor and grt?t
debility. . "
3dly. Onlefs the patient is of a weak
hi*b,it,' instant and cupiuus bleeding has
lately bean with the molt hap
py* fucceis, artel afterwarcft the stomach
and bowels to be freely evacuated; in
one instance spiced vinegar applied to
the crown of th? head (previously shav
ed) was -attended with the utrtoft suc
cess, although the patient was conlider
ed to be far gone.
It is recommended in. various parts
of the rooms of diseased persons, cloths
(liquid'be hung-np after.being dipped
-in vinegar, and in many cases a little
good vinegar, diluted with water and
palatable with syrup, may be giv
en, which has hcen experienced to have
a good effedt.
From a refpe&able authority, we are
sorry to announce thy death of Major
General Dtindas, commander in chief
at Guadaloupe,after its surrender, which
happened early in June.
UNITED STATES.
, CANAAN. HU Y-) J««y s"
Democrats, Aristocrats, and Tories,
are foreign plants, which at present will
thrive but indifferently in our Federal
foil. There are a few however who
while they are enjoying the enviable
fruits'of Federalism, are insidiously en
deavouring lo transplant those noxious
weeds, in our American garden ; find
ing them incungeirial to the glebe, they
incontinently hold them up as scare
crows to the Federal Gardener;to'intimi
date him from culturing the Fedeialift a
lovely plant—dropt from the celefiial
regions of freedom into the fair bosom
of America. It was cultured fcy the ge
nial hand of Repiiiblicanifm, at whole
touch the grateful Federalist a (Turned a'
modest dignity, whi-.l) eircoui aged - Re
publicanism to become its Guardian.
Like the sensitive p}ant, it (hrinks with
horror at the contact of those outland
ish fmiguffes, Democrat?, Jacobins,
Arilfocrats and Tories- Under the
foftering hand of its guardian, it has
emulated the loftieft frees of the sorest:
while its enemies, tiie Democrats', &c„;
which were imported for its deftru&ion,
are groveling among the weeds and
mush rooms at its feet: ancf like the
deadly nighlhade they are dealing noxi
ouspoifon to all the lurrounding plants:
while the beneficent Federalilt is dis
pensing its genial and salutary fragrance
on all around Long, long may the
stately FeSeralift continue the pride and
glory of America !—Sown, very soon
may its enemies be convinced, that un
der the. protesting branches of this in.
estimable ttee, and its attendant Charter,
the Federal Constitution, will be found
the only sure. (helter from the stormy
blasts of ungovernable anarchy.
WASHINGTON, (N. C.) July 3.
An address from the democratic R. so«
ciety of W alhington, N. Carolina,
to the Hon Thomas Blount, Esq. re
presentative in congress for this dif
trift, on his arrival a; this pjace.
The Hon. 1 homas Blount, Esq. repre
sentative in congress for this diftrid.
Citizen,
We the committee appointed by the
democratic R. society of Washington,
for the fpicial purpose,
Do congratulate yo on your fafe arrj
ral at thw place—Wc return you th
unfeigned thanks of our society so
your truly patriotic condua in the )af
session of Congrefs—Mafyour l aud /
ble endeavors to promote the genetal
good of our country be ercr crowed
with fucceis.
We wi(h you health and happintf,.
By ordei of the cominittter
w JONES, Ctjairraao.
Watiiington, 1
July 3, 1794.J
THE ANSWER.
To the chairman of the democratic 1 fu»
ciety of Washington.
Citizen.,
As nothing can be more pleasing t»
, a man who reveres a republican g0
verninent,' and regards as he ought jh e
opinion of his fellow-citizens, than the
applause of vittuous and well iufotmcd
men, when he is confciou« of having cn .
-deavored to deserve it,
The approbation which the democra.
tic society of Washington have done me
the honor, .through yon, so fully and fo
agreeably to express of my condufl
the last ieffion of Cortgrefs could not fail
to afford me highelt fatisfaftion •
and.excite inme, the moa lively emoti!
on» of gratitude.
1 beg leave to reciprocate the congra.
tulation, th« thanks and the wifliesof
the society, and through you, aschiir
man of their committee,* to assure then)
of a continuance of mv best endeavors
to promote the general good of our
common country.
I am, Sir, with the
utmost refpedt, your
mod obedient ferTanL
THOMAS BLOUNT.
Washington, 1
July 3, 1794.]"
PHILADELPHIA,
AUGUST 6.
Theconduft of the citizens of Rich,
mond, (Virginia) en the- late attempt
to violate the neutrality of the United
States, declared by the President, awl
solemnly famftioned by the Reprcfenta.
tives of the Union—merits, and will
moll cordially receive the applauses of
every friend to the honor and peace of
this united Republic.
Extra& of a Utter from BoJlon, dated
July 30.
M About four o'tWk in the morn
ing, I was awakened by the iwjjiiig of
church bell, (which js
near my lodgings) this proved to be
an alarm for one of the mod tremendoos
fires that the town has for a long time
experienced—lt bioke out in one of the
rone walks near Fort ' Hill by the
boiling a kettle of tar, which took firt,
and the whole walk was inliantJy in a
flame——Mr, RufTell's great (tore is burqt
to the ground, but every particle of the
property is saved—Five or fix Tope
walks have been burnt, and
the grandest fpedlacle imaginable.
Parts of blazing (hingles were carried
eleven miles from the town, and several
lighted on Vofe's hoilfe at Milton.—
Mr. Jfaac Davis, brother to the Trea
. surer, has loft all his property. Mr.
Appleton's houfc and Loan Office are
burnt to the ground, and mauy of the
public papers loft.*
The property deflroyed by this fire,
'i» supposed to amount to three timet
that by the South end fire—the number
of buildings about the fame. The smoke
of the tar and other combullibles, as
cended in tolling columns to the Hea
vens, and-formed the molt fubtime and
awful- fpedtacle I ever beheld—The we-
Lien and children wandering about half
naked, exhibited a (hocking fight. Mr.
B. his wife and daughter, I met in that
situation among others; the daughter
had her ftmlder much burnt by the
fire, as /he lay in bed, no lives lott.
* A letter from Mr. Appleton informs,
that all the public books and papers
were saved.
From the EAGLE.
—
From the (hop of Meflrs. Colon and
Spondee.
They write from Boston, that on the
10th July', the " memorable" anniver
faryof thedemolitionof the Baftile wis duljf
celebrated at Frenzy Hall, by a " number
of citizen Frenchmen and Citizen O'i
Whigs not to mention the Citizens reeking
from " Much repub
lican roast berf was eaten, much Wile,
imported from France'y/Wf the
was fwallovved, ind many a " civic
toast given, ready made at the Dockyard .
together with a Volunteer" from our
Governor as at thefirjf, and our Counfe'! f,r
aj at the beginning. No accidents «ap"
pened to mar and mangle the Patnotifm ot
the day, excepting enly an unlucky
fall of that " worthy citizen Mr. W. i)cp*
get,'who having drank as,it is conjefluredi
" potations, pottle deep" tumbled, in
true republican style, from the lofty win