ft, e C ejf the United States. Mr. pfcK >, IT Is fVv , difTembl? ; the oppofi •onto go in -'it in the weltern parts Pe: nfyljJtn: , may j"ftiy be ijlid to 1 ';i..ft- with men of v,'h.,m we had re :on t'» uped' otherwile ; ho.ve v r tiiey sr.u • ir frauds amor.g us, may 1 a'' si ti impiv.< it to other causes. It is >tf e, t: .at , portion of ihc people 11 - re always unfriendly to order 1. ■ •incut, and even to tlie " 'I' -ea of the Hate; ever liffce re :i'. ~; md their numbers have it! lamented <jf late, by . is .. 11 Europe, of people j lu ,ielpofe frbrti bondage', 1 iiulr; funding or pofieffing the m 1 r r virtues that are iteccfia :?.j f. -rtte Repdllicans, are too to {'»r. f all reftraintj andjoirt —i O' si*. oufnefs.* u l ately a great number 0 r ;yf ■ fluential characters in if : cr. ing always Spoofed to t!> :ie .! .errinient and its mea lu *»f; intage of exiiting pre j iui -id el voured to excite others, to i . 1 1- private pui'pofes and tiio! (lie: arty. Whereas if the jaute t1 ad :ed a contrary part and exer tkctr iiilluence to attach the f • th; ,iws, there can be no Wlt tl counties would have C . •:t Ito 1 irnit to the government rt •» '.ineti peace and quietness. will further, and do not hesitate fay, hat v. n yet, if lome ten or t: I:ceh 1 Ton's >i tliofe parts, that could he naouc v. ui. . unite and rifle their popui'.irit' , 11: v could bring- the peo ple to : :tn to .clloii. r i- ! . howi'vei' is scarcely to be hop ed ;th ere 1 > to be a competition .h ig tl.e'i ting men tur the favors 01 •: tru'i, ,r; more elpe-cially as th y perhaps u.nly look forward to be an d'-j.tiideiit itate, and all want to be reikis. I iteiy, I had charity enough to Jnp:ioli th.-t the inert who couu tcnanced 1.1 > poiition to the excise, hid little m>r , view than to gain po- J , b- f' itterhig the prejudices of • people i lwer eledtioneeiing pur ues, a n! 1 e a repeal of the law ; . in,-t ■>, wiii that matters ihotild be a ried so iar < . .hey have been. The ee :inu 1 r.-e condu£t of certain .ictc.-s however in the late scenes, t led re to doubt I was millaken, C>l i, ef« ■ virtuous repfefenta l.Hve iieen long paving the wav, iiftend to take a part in the farce .s "... it Iti be eolln •1 en, rn :utc ij.its at overturning the : iion' of the government. But we b I etter able to form an opinion, 1 \.■ know t.itf part they have ac lejjtiot! lo he Commilfionexf. in/'dic u pieces have lately ■ed t 1 me of the Daily Pa ling saul: as usual with the : i ' k Executive in propoling . < f ce, and evidently intended ge a compliance on the part i'ihlt',-1 wish the late requisition. •- Preftdent isdirefted by the Con n wii'i-'i I has sworn to support, ite the »aw to be duly'executed, empo- iecS tn call fol'th the mi .l ?i ' .if the < ,vil authority, when jn lgrrre.it i? : all become necefiary. i 1 the Gove lor of the fliate have addressed tl.; insurgents in the .len :i uiar.;. r, ordering and re g that, they .?ill disperse and lub- ' . the laws : v. bile at. tne fimfe-time" i'.ive appointed commiflloners to ! with and ei deavaur to persuade ' to I'.'iuin -oi sense of their-duty, ! '..'eabic Jguz-ns under the bell of ( Tinic.itsi 1 ppe sto nicthe President has no ' '■vi . either lie rnuft endeavor t'o j f iw-i cuted in the way in I 1 dirifted, or be liable to im- ! J or lacrificing probably, the S 1 c.isofh.'s constituents ; however | might declare thole people j ' : protetbion of the' govern- v "en thought that the ideas ' J ibcrty by the Printer I 1 to, were, that every man , at to do as he pleased; o- not fuffer himfelf to ? ■e .nib" Trtent to give a ctirren- • ofligate .doctrines and pal- 1 ods, as too frequently ap- l ' oe' e*prrßes it, "the v ■} fee r '.en who hold refpeit- j 11 i.i the community, and who p 10... 1 tht o itry, have relided in t: ■a [,;;«£ llum r o{ years, enjoying f, .s l. times, joli g in clubs and' ap "toft lernifious resolutions 1 '' n ; t. ffolve e< ry political obligati- c ' .1 in Joe •: ■,it • rto be wondered at Vl -:,at the pe'y' o" h:: class thould think ( a I'emfelvespii,fu.L :e i breaking out in a&s pi ji d ' 'atiou i nil der. ' ) very exiftehce of government," without winch the tenuity of lite and propci ty cannot exist, " and the fundamental principles of fecial order*?' arc to be put in jeopardy by sot of I'.wlcfs men. whose numbers aie comparatively final!, 0 and they are iuffered to lhfuit the m:ijo rity of the people with impunity—otn (inntion is'tail', deplorable. The blood and treafilre x'n the revolution : mult all go for nothing, and we are lia | hie to become a prey to the savages or r any nation who t.iay chufe to invade us. Some of the communications from ' "the Infnrgcnta, inform, that if an at-' (j tempt i 3 made to reduce them 'oy force, thev will probably undertake to march so Philadelphia i and many of the letters. mention that they Would join their _ northern neighbors, meaning the Bri ( tilh and savages, rather than be nbh'cd 0 to submit to the laws of the Union, j Although the firft discovers t!ieir good intentions, in other refpe£ts it can only r be considered as an empty threat ; and as to the latter, notwithstanding I am u tar from believing that such men would be trufled by either the one or the o ther, it is An evidence of their patriotism and attachment to republican forms ps 1 government, at the fame tune that the bare mention of such fa£ts is conceived j to be the heft appeal that can be made e to the good sense of such of our f-flow citizens as had any /hare in the eilablifll e merit of our independence. ,« . In addition to the excise, these peo ple have heretofore complained that they e were not protected against the Indians, did not enjoy the free navigation of the j Miffipppi, and were injured by the de tention of the western polls. On these points 1 (hall only observe on the prelent occasion, that the defence of the frontiers has colt the United States an immense sum of money, and it is an undoubted truth that the people s of these very counties are greatly en- riched by the War. It is well known that the government is doing every thing in its power, (hort i I of engaging in war, to remove the o- ! ther complaints ; and it is presumed ihat no unprejudiced man will pretend to fay, ' after ferioiis reflection, that the objects j- are ot fufficient magnitude to warrant the citizens of the United States to have recourse to so dreadful an alternative, at ' lealt while there is a fair profpedt of ) obtaining our rights by negoeiation. Upon the whole, notwithstanding the advice of t'nofe who favor the proceed- ! ' ings of " our western' brethren," and ■ ' are disposed to find fault with every t ineafure of the Executive, I am fully of j ' the opinion that the only way to iycure ' _ th« y—wyrvf chc tTn?6(i—retrieve the > American character—prevent the ex pense of blood and treasure, and con vince the world that as a nation, we J have virtue enough, to maintain a re- ! publican form of governmen, is to pur- • sue with firmnefs the plan that ha 6 been i adopted. If a refpeitable force is sent into that j country, there can be little doubt but ' one half the citizens there will immedi- : ately join the standard of the tjnited States. AN AMERICAN. From the American Daily Advertiser. To the People of the United States LETTER 111. IF it were to beafked, What is the molt sacred duty and the greatetl foutce of security in a Republic ? the answer would he, A.u inviolable refpcct for the i Constitution and Laws—the lir.'t grow- I ing out of the last. It is by this, in a 1 great degree, that the rich and the pow- 1 erful aie to be restrained from enter- 1 piifes ggainft the common liberty j operated upon by the influence of a ( general sentiment, by their inu-reft in t J the principle, and by the obltacles j which the habit itproduces erects against J | innovation srid encfoachment. It is by ' j this, in a (till greater degree, that cabal- J lers, intriguers, and demagogues are pre- , vented from climbing on the shoulders * of faction to the tempting feats of u- I furpation and tyranny. o Were it not that it might require too ( lengthy a discussion, it would not be difficult to demonstrate, that a large d and well organized Republic can scarce- j ly lose its liberty from any other cause |j than that of anarchy, to which a con- c; tempt of the laws is the high road. si But without entering into so wide a field, it re fufficieut to pvefenrto your w view a more simple and a more obvious truth, which is this—that a sacred ref pedt for the constitutional law is the vi- v ; tal principle, the sustaining energy of a it free government/ th Government is frequently and aptly clalTed under two delcriptions, a go- P' vernment of force and a government of latin ; the firft is the defmition of des potism the last, of liberty But £ how can a government of laws exist th it where the laws are difrefpefied and - jiiooeyed t Government supposes con il :roul—lt is that power by which ic individuals in society are kept from i, doing injilry to each other and are !, brought to co-operate to a 'common i- end. The inltruments by which it rruift n tCk are either the authority of the laws d jr force. If the firfl: be destroyed; 11 :iie last mult be fubllituted ; and where 1- .his become* trie ordinary instrument of >r government there is an end to liberty. 5. Thole, therefore, who pi each doc -11 tri lies, or fct examples, whfth under t- mine c subvert the authority of the ;, laws,-lead us from freedom to slavery ; h they incapacitate us for a government of rs. Idivt, and consequently prepare the way ;r for one of force, for mujl huve i- government of one fort or another. d There are indeed great and urgent 1. cases where trxJ- bounds of the conftitu d tution are manifeitly tranfgrefTed, or its y oonflitutioiiitl authorities so exercised as d to produce unequivocal opprelnon on n the community, and to render rcfillance d juftifiable. But fach cases can give no >- colour to the reliltance by a coinpara n tively i.iconfrderable part of a com if munity, of cofcftrtutional lAws diftin e gll illied by no extraordinary features of d rigour or oppression, and acquiesced in e by the body of the community. Such a re lift a nee is treason againftfo- I- ciety, against liberty; agarnft every thing that ought to be dear to a free, i- enlightened, and prudent people. To y tolerate it were to abandon yoitr most >, precious inteifeft. Not to fubdueit; were e to tolerate it. Those who openiy or •- covertly difTiiade you from exertions a decp ate to the occasion arc your word e enemies. They treat you either as e fools or cowards, too weak to perceive 3 your interest and your duty, ortoodaf d tardly to pursue them. They therefore e merit, and will no doubt meet your - contempt. To the plausible but hojlow har t rangues of luch ye can t not fail to reply, Ho a long, ye Cati lines, will you abuse our patience. t TULLY. 9 r .... - t Foreign Intelligence. e t FROM HAMBURGH PAPERS, f —- Frontiers of the Netherlands. . June 2?. The doleful afcount concerning thp fur , j render of Ypies, 7 has been already two 1 days ago fufficieiitly confirmed by letters fJ si ynj Dovnick and Brpg«. The Austrian f 1 General Salis commander. ,of the garrison " ' togcAer with ti-e uri'fjners OlTwar maiitm i I t:.TT*pl'ace are 'u-anipprted to Lille; the _ • deitijiy of a body of French emigrants, comprized in number, has been particular _ , ly lamented ; the capitulation took place ■ on the 15th, and pofieffion of the town ■ was taken on the 17th. The enemy com - ! mencing seriously to threaten Newport and 1 J Oltend, a decisive but melancholy expedi- I t ent was thought of viz- a universal inun j dation of the adjacent country: however > on the 21ft 5000 Britilh auxilaries arrived at Oftend, where General Stewart com ' mands; the Hanoverian army moreover ' under the Generals Walmoden and Hani merftein cover by their different posi tions Oftend and Bruges. Notwithstand ing all these resources, to he the more ; secure againlt an hostile invasion, whole Maritime Flanders has. been overflowed, j just as it happened in the 12th century, at which epocha the foil had been so dete- ' riorated, that it took an interval of 10 years, before it could be restored to its pristine condition. In the mean time Count Clairfayt had abandoned his posi tion to Thieldt, and withdrawn the body ! of his-army at Ghent, where heTias now fixed his head quarters. The enemy on the other hand occupied the deserted Srtati- '• on at Thieldt, and their movmentc seemed to intimate their designs of crofiig the ' rivers Lys and Scheldt and penetrate into the interior parts of Flanders. Their forces are stated to amount to 170000 men. t On the 21ft they made an attempt upon . the poll Vive St. Eloy, but were repulsed. , Prince Cobourg having heard of Gen. Jourdan's advancing towards Bruflels, re- r mokd his quarters to Ath, leaving the v English army under the command of the g Duke of York at Dornicfe, the headqqua- t ters of this Prince, while the Dutch army under the command of the Prince of Hcl's 1 Darmstadt marched towards Ghent in . order to form a jundti'on wilh the army of " Clairfayt. On the 23d the arch-duke Charles arrived"at Brain le Comte with a a; division of his troops toreinforcetheSambre army, and directed his march towards rj Nivelles ; on the fame day a bloody com- • bat ensued near Herlemont between the 1-' cavalry on both fides, wherein the enemy fuffered and was driven back. Onthe22d thearch-duke Charles and Prince- Cobourg witn the 4 divisions dt the main army, *| 3000 men strong, reached Nivelles, and * united with the Sambre army. The enemy bombarding Charleroi with the greatest W vivacity, and in order to rescue the phee, ac it seemed of the most' pressing neceflity, cr that the Austrian army should take an I active part, hence hourly a conflict is ex- re peeked. The reason, that the enemv has ,1, become so dreadful in this quarter, origi nates from thejundlion, which the right f" wing of the northern army together with ) left one of the troops stationed along fide f" the river Mofclle,has formed with the army cr d oh tJic Ardennes. The beautiful caftl? of Marimont together with a contiguous jj abbey have been reduced to alhes by the enemy. At Bruilcls lome of the out works 1 have been put in repair, that they might e be the better fheltued from an invasion.— n By virtue of a manifefto all its inhabitants ft had been fuminoneclto a general enroll rg j ment, that in cafe of emergency they ] f ' would be obliged to take up arms. In , c j Brabant and Hennegau the enlisting of militia have been aaer.deJ with the best fuc.-els, and there is no doubt, but in the former they will loon make tip 25000 men. e ExtraS of a letter from Ghent, dated ; June 25. '• The enemy lias attacked our position Y in columiis.and has been every where repelled with loss.an uninterupted cannonading upon the 2 columns of the 1 enemy's right wing and the centre con finued from 2 till 5 in the afternoon. s The column of the left wing plyed s their main effort agaitift one of the gates n of Britges, which poll the Hollanders e and Hanoverians were entr>:lled with, but the latter soon were compelled te» " ; ive way; whilst the enemy avail d himfel " of this critical jundurc, to force the gate " of the City ;-that w::3 on:y defended by a division of the archduke Chailes's regi -1 ment, which taught with the greatest intrepidity, and alone refilled the enemy * so long till it was iuccoured by Maj. ' Mondet's division, when the French re ' ccived a violent check inef di ew back, ' the cavalry was immediately* dispatched at theit heels, that chafed them three L quarters of a league, and one company ' being overtaken was' cut in pieccs.— However a circumfiant'al detail of this interesting news we expeel to receive ® shortly. LEGHORN, June 16. £ r The English frigate, which had the engagement with two French frigates, was the Juno, which failed from hence on the 30th of May, with provilions for the fleet of vice admiral Hotham, then cruising before Toulon. Said fri gate Juno had 24 oxen on board. When the French frigates attacked her, (he had to throw these in the sea, and on the nearer approach of the French made such a terrible fire with grape shot upon them, that they were thiown quite in confufion, and fhc by that means es caped. It was this frigate which brought Lord Hood the account of the French - fleet's failing from Toulon. 3 MANHEIM, Junt 26. , On the 23d inltant the French were V .-d«?feat<rd by the Prussians near Pirma e fens, with the loss of some cannon, and > 160 prisoners, whereupon the Pruflianj | " retook Pirmaferis. All the Prussian j ; troops are in motion, these several days ' part and have advanced in several parts. 1 The hereditary prince of Hohenlohe ■ has taken his head quartei ." at Edigho ■ fen. It is reported that the Austrian 1 | troops and the troops of the Empire 1 1 have likewise advanced. It is supposed,' that this week yet a . general attack will take place from Ger- 1 . merfheim to Saar Louis. Judges contend that Germerfheim is j at present much stronger than Landau, I and that it would be an eaher matter J ' to take the 'alt mentioned lortrefs, than | ' to take Germerfheim. I t BRUSSELS, June 26. j c Orders have been given, that the 1 greatest pait of tin; troops which are at [ Valenciennes, Quefuoy, Conde, and Landrecies, shall join the army of the C Sambre the greatest speed. f From the second extraordinary supplement c to our Court Gazdttee n According to letters from Ghent of a the 25th P. M. the French attempted that morning to cross the Scheldt near C Gavre ; but were forced to retreat, the c regiment of Starray received them so o well with some 12 pounders, loaded with p grape shot, they, made a .precipitate re- C treat. ( " Our 6ut posts and patroles have I n been as far as Pataghom without meet- J d ing any of the enemy." { p " We expect new reinforcements [ p and the aimy is in high spirits." I m " The river Lys drifts fiijl of French- di men, which we:» cut to pieces yesterday d< in their retreat, and the road from cz Ghent to Courtray is covered with their C | dead bodies." * j dt afcp y — hi | VIENNA, June 11. at An Imperial and Royal Proclamation 31 will ( make its appearance in a Ihort time, i according to which a frefh levy of re- ' cruits is to take place to confilt of ca 130,000 men. The following three remarkable articles thereof are known already. 1. That the nobility shall not ea enjoy during the war their prerogative, or by which their vafTals are exempted or from levies. 2. The levy of these re- th cruits ie to fall chiefly on the citizens, wl kfe coufcqurntljr .-.11 marmtVturtr, to i, ' g men being free from military confcrip hi tlon - 3- Farmers to be spared ' s _ much as poflible in this levy, 01<k ' r ,t s that . 'griculture may not be imoeded. 11- Wrth lefpeft to the Conspiracy dif. gr covered in 1 unn, W received tfe following accounts from Italy. & ft [ oon as the '"/"'reaion fhouij t, ave hro le ken ollt f nd f'icceeded, the Co'nlHtutio,, )0 was to have been altered, in, ciy and made republican. Among the Con. fpirators were two members of the n, d vy Council, five Senators and a Clea '" proportion of the kings guar< j s . f htre n was a merchant among them, Who wa* y the treasurer of Confpiration, a million d of Zechines (Dutch) and fcveral n,il ,e I'ons of afiignats were found in his pof. i- ice I ' IIS discovery the enemy i. 13 obfervc 'd to be more on the defenfive d ™ an on the offenfive, and is closely ob ■ 9 fcrved by the two Generals Dcvin, and s Cohey, the l- !n g has taken inflead of 'i! s B liards ' ' m perlal Uhlans and Itaff 0 iWotihS. c EE P. I IN, June 2j. y Ye Herd ay • a roval courier i- arrived her-, with the agreeable news t of the capture of the city an<i foitref# y ot Cractuv. i- _ June 27. We know ior certain that the Porte , has given the fulleit affursn e to the .1 Courts concerned, that she wonld not e meddle in any wife in the affaii sos P«- y land. ■ UNITED STATES. CHARLESTON, Augnft 9 . Wednesday, in the court of admi r rahy for this dittrift, the judge pro , nounced his decree in the long contest : td cause of the Dutch brigantine the s Vrow Chrifliana Magdalena, captured , and brought into this port by the cap-' - tains Ballard and Talbot. 7 9 1 The libel was on behalf of the cap : tain and owners of the said brigantine, 1 claiming restitution under the 15th and : 19th articles of the treaty with the U -1 nited Netherlands. A plea was enter -1 ed to the jurifdiftion of the court, un - der the 17th article of the treaty with t France, and the 6th feftion of the aft *.... 1 of Congress of the sth of June lad, entitled, " An additional aft to the aft for the punishment of crimes and of fences against the United States." . And a claim was interposed on be . half of Capt. William Talbot, as* a | French citizen, acting under a com j million from the governor of Guada , loupe, and as having taken this veffcl . out of the pofieffion of Capt. Ballard,, , the original captor, his prize-mafte" . producing no commiflion. The judge, on conlidering the argu , ments in support of the plea to the ju . rifdiftion, over-ruled the fame as irre levant— 1 ft. Because the 17th article of the treaty with France contemplates only French veflcls of war, or privateers le gally appointed. 2d. Because the sth feftion of the aft of Congress of the sth June last does not leflen the jurifdiftion of the I diftrift courts, in any cafe of which I they had previous cognizance ; and tht; decree of the supreme court of the U nited States in the cafe of Glass and others against the fluop. i&tley,. gtp. having declared that every diftrift eourt of the United States possesses all the power of an admiralty court, whether considered as an inllance or a prize court. This cause was therefore cog nizable therein by the law of nations and the constitution of the court. • The Judge being of opinion, that Captain Ballard had acted without any . J commiflion authorizing him to cruize or arm for war, and had not even the pretence of being a French citizen; that Capt. Talbot having armed his vessel -I (then an American bottom) in an A merican port, proceeded thence to Gua daloupe for the ex pre Is purpose, as ap peared in evidence, of changing the property, applying sor 1 a French com miflion, obtaining the fame within "two days after the sale of the vessel, and un der colour of such commiflion, having captured the said brigantine Vr<ny Christina Magdalena: which acts were 1 deemed contrary to the 19th article of the treaty with t'ne United Netherlands, and in no way derogatory to the 17th article of the treaty with France as not being within the purview or intention thereof—Reftitution of tiie vessel and cargo was therefore decreed. August IJ. Messrs. Well and Bignall, at a veiy early period, proposed to the commilu oners of the Orphan-house to perform one night, annually, for the.benefit 01 the institution, free of all expencei whatever- They carried this promise
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