ft, e & a&ii e 4 the United States.
Mr. F** »,
IT is f"v , diifemblf ; the oppofi
i••.ill to go Lii fit in the v.'eltern parts
Pe: lifyl'/an: < fltty j"(tty be to
i with men of wh ,m we
had rr ifojy t<> <pe6f othenyife; ho.ve
v r !'iey w.u i. ir friends among us, may
a" -t ti irapit it toother causes. It is
> t e, that portion of ihc people
11 -.-re a!' ays unfriendly to order
I id jjf»< .-rnment, and even to the
tineas ol the state; ever si nee
re -tic"; ind their numbers have
"Hi lamented of late, by
- '-8 n Europe, cis people
'g in .'.te Ipole fibm bondage',
io 'ujdr. landing or poffelGiig the
m <r r virtues that are tleceffa
:?.j t\ 't'. '-He Repitllicar.s, are too
ttf this all . eitraint j andjoirt
...so' ! i._ iiufnefs.*
u l atdv a great number j
r lot' • fluential characters in ;
ti : cr, .ing always opjiofcd to
t' ne .1 .eirirrient and its mea
fu uitage of exiiting pre
juUic> 'i.l "i : soured to excite others,
to ; l r private pufpofes and
iitoi ■ tiie. . irty. Whereas if the
Jan e had . ,: ied a contrary part and
exer the* ii.iiuence to attach the
pe< tn: iws, the're can be no
du'.' it tf counties would have
C i ito i jmit to the government
:rc -i •ir.eii peace and quietuefs.
I wil! v -.. lurthey, and do not hesitate
fay, ha) v n yet, if iotrte ten or
; ftefch . .t' f;:;is n those parts, that could
he naouc v. ui. . unite and rifle their j
popni'.u it; , tli y could bring,- the ped
pie tt : :eu :o .Ci-fon.
r i.'. However is fcarccly to be hop
ed ;th ere i , to be a competition
•nn ig.tl.en ting men for the favors
o - truli,l ie ; more efptcially as
th. perhi'p, look forward to be
an •.'tiide:.; .tdte, and all want to
be rulers.
I . .ittiv, I had charity enough to
Suppoii th.-t rot the met! who coun
tenance : i i ■ pofitioi) to the excise,
h d little m>r i view than to gain po- J
, ilarity i' itterhig the prejudices of
■ people i.twsr eledtioneet.ing pur
ges, and" ;..e a repeal of the law ;
. h<.:;t a vv 11; that matters (hould be
ried fu i.f ■< . .hey have been. The
I I 'e condu£t of certain
hewever in the late scenes,
1 e ' ccl doubt I was millaken,
id thai tnefe virtuous repfefenta
hive been long paving the wav,
iirten.l to take a part in the farce
.sib. lilt to be a^fcft^+sy"(lit) 1 eSTunr
■i en, rn atter ,:As at overturning the
ion of the government. But we
!;. '. -.-iter able to form an opinion,
i know ',>e part they have ac
it itioss to he Commiffionexs.
in/idii is pieces have lately
■ed i i me of the Daily Pa
cing fiul: as ufu-.tl with the
: sHe Executive in propoling
f ce, and evidently intended
ige a compliance on the part
milit'.t with the late requisition.
t Prefrclent ;sdire£ted by the Con
•wii'e'i i ? has sworn to support,
fe the ;aw to be duly'executed,
; . eir.poe.--re;! in cell forth the mi
ll) aid of the ' ivil authority, when
judgment i? '' all become necelTary.
: 1 the Gove ior of the state have
add. ."el ti : insurgents in the
jlen n rtar.:. r, ordering and re
g that, they .-.'ill difpqrfe and lub
■ the lawi ; v. hile.at. tne fante-ttme
I/: appointed cotnmilfioners to
with ana ei deavaur to persuade
: » l eiuw ro a sense of their-duty, 1
"■e:ib!e •aiie.eiis under the bell of '
-nnientsl 1
pp. rs to niif the President has no '
:ve . either he mud endeavor to j !
aw-i x cuted in tile way in I '
■ dire tec', or be liable to im- ! ]
>r iacrificing probably, the < 1
vils of his eonftituents ; however { 1
might declare those people ; '
' protiftion of the 1 govern- 1
en bought that the ideas "
I iberty by the Printer I
1 to, were, that every man !
it to do as he pleased; o
weald not fuffer himfelf to j 1
> .nltr -uent to- give a curren- '
ofiigate doctrines and pal- 1
ods, 'is too frequently ap- 1
r O'er.
' "! : d-nt e«prefle»it, "the
v
• fee r '.en who hold refpeit- j t]
in the i orr.munity, and who p
>o;.. • i the eo ltry, have resided in ti
■a num r of .years, enjoying f,
» 1 ir'-iLg tn clubs and ap
" ' * mod lernit'ious resolutions
:Tnlve et rv political obligati- C
•n in fodetj, it, i rto he wondered at Vl
■jt the ;>e'-of h;. clais (hould think
•liemfelves jiiiifu.L :e i- breaking out in afls pi
JJ d-v 'atiuu lui ier. h,
' ) very exiftehce of government," without
winch the tenuity of lite and propeity
cannot exist, " and the fundamental
principles of fecial order," arc to be
put in jeopardy by :y( :t irf lawless men,
s whose numbers aie comparatively final!, i
0 and they are j'uffered to lhfuit the maju
rity of the people with impunity—olll
(inntion is'tail', deplorable. The blood
and treafilre expended fa the revolution
: mult all go for nothing, and we are lia
b!e to become a prey to the savages or
r any nation who t.iay chufe to invrd.' us.
Some of the communications from
' "the Infurgcnt», inform, tint 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.
hter.tion that they Would join their
_ northern neighbors, meaning the Bri
( tilh and savages, rather than be obh'cd
0 to submit to the laws of the Union,
j Although the firft discovers tlieir 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 trailed 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 present occasion, that the defence
of the frontiers has colt the United
States an imtnenfe film 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 :
of engaging in war, to remove the o- !
ther complaints ; and it is presumed ihat i
no unprejudiced man will pretend to fay, j
' after serious reflection, that the obje&s j
j- are ot fufficient magnitude to warrant '
the citizens of the United States to have
recourse to so dreadful an alternative, at
' lead while there is a fair profpedt of
) obtaining our rights by negociation.
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 I
' the opinion that the only way to fccure !
- ,th» ~&F rtfc 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 refpeftable 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 United
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 greatell foutce
of security in a Republic ? the answer
would he, A.u inviolable refpcct for the
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 reftraiped from enter- 1
piifes ggainft the common liberty J
operated upon by the influence of a (
general sentiment, by their inlereft in t
J the principle, and by the obstacles
] 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 (houlders *
of faction to the tempting feats of u- I
furpation and tyranny. c
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
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 '1
field, it is fufficieut to pvefenrto your w
view a more simple and a more obvious 3
truth, which is this—that a sacred ref
pedt for the constitutional law is the vi- °
tal principle, the sustaining energy of a it
free government/ t}
Government is frequently and aptly a <
eluded under two delcriptions, a go- P'
vernment of force and a government of
latin ; the firft is the definition'-of des
potism the last, of liberty But £
how can a government of laws exist th
ut where the laws are difrefpe£ied and
ty uiiooeytd Government supposes con
a! :roul—— It is that power by which
be individuals in society are kept from
n, doing injury to each other and are
11, brought to co-operate to a 'common
o- end. The inltruments by which it must
ii' aft are either t;he authority of. the laws
)d jr force. If the firft be deftroyeJ;
;jn the laic nujt be fubllituted ; and where
:a- thjs becomes the ordinary instrument of
or government there is an end to liberty,
is. Those, therefore, Who pi each doc
im triiies, or set examples, which under
it- mine or subvert the authority of the
:e, laws,-lead us from freedom to slavery ;
eh they incapacitate us for a government of
:ra laws, and consequently prepare the way
:ir for one of force, for mankind mujl have
I'i- government of our fort or another.
Ed There are indeed great and urgent
n. cases where t'nd bounds of the conftitu
-3d tiitioii are manif>.ftly tranfgrefled, or its
ly corrflitutional authorities so exercised as
id to produce unequivocal opprelnon on
m the community, and to render refiliance
Id juftifiable. Dtit fach cases can give no
o- colour to the refiliance by a compara
nd tively iuconfidciable part of a coin
pf munity, of cofiftrtutidnal lAws diftin
be guifhed by no extraordinary features of
"d rigour or oppreflion, and acquiesced in
Ie by the body of the community.
.v- Such a reljfiance is treason againfl fo
il- ciety, against liberty; agarnft every
thi:ig that ought to be dear to a free,
a- enlightened, and prudent people. To
•y tolerate it were to abandon yoitr inoft
is, precious interest. Not to subdue it, were
ie to tolerate it. Those who openiy or
e- covertly difTiiade you from exertions a
deql ate to the occasion arc your word
ve enemies. They treat you either as
:e fools or cowards, too weak to perceive
■d your interest and your duty, ortoodaf
id tardly to pursue them. They therefore
Ie merit, and will no doubt meet your
11- contempt.
To the plaulible but hojlow har
it rangues of such ye can
rt 5 not fail to reply, Ho a long, ye Cati
-- lines, will you abuse our patience,
it T LILLY.
1, : ;
ts
it Foreign Intelligence.
/e
it FROM HAMBURGH PAPERS.
>f —-
Frontiers of the Netherlands.
le June 4?.
< The doleful account concerning the fur
, j render oi Yprefl, has been already two
1 days ago fufftciehtly confirmed by letters
7 | fiom Dovnick and Bruges. The Aullrian
J f I General Salis commander, ,of the garrifou
"C '.jtogtAer whh ti.. prii,:.ei scf ivar ruMtm
place are iranjpprted.to Liiic; the'
dei'iLuy of a body of French emigrants,
comprized in number, has been particular
ly lamented ; the capitulation took place
4 on the 15th, and pofieffion of the town
was taken on the 17th. The enemy com
r- • inencing seriously to threaten Newport and
n j Oltend, a decisive but melancholy expedi- j
( ent was thought of viz- a universal inun
t j dation of the adjacent country: however
£ » on the 21ft 5000 British auxilaries arrived
at Offend, where General Stewart com
; mands ; the Hanoverian army moreover
d under the Generals Walmoden and Hani
merftein cover by their different posi
tions Oflehd and Bruges. Notwithffand
ing all these resources, to be the more
secure against an hostile invasion, whole
Maritime Flanders has. been overflowed,
jufl as it happened in the 12th century, at
which epocha the foil had been so dete
riorated, that it took an interval of jo
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
1 ui'hia army at- Ghent, where helias now
: fixed his head quarters. The enemy on
• the other hand occupied the deserted iftati
-1 on at Thieldt, and their movmentc seemed
. to intimate their designs of croffig the
rivers Lys and Scheldt and penetrate into
the interior parts of Flanders. Their
forces are stated to amount to 170000 men. ,
1 On the 21ft they made an attempt upon .
the post Vive St. Eloy, but were repulsed.
Prince Cobourg having heard of Gen.
Jourdan's advancing towards Bruflels, re- 1
his quarters to Ath, leaving the 1
English army under the command of the j
Duke of York at Dorniefe, 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 j undtion wilh the army of 1
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 n
Nivelles ; on the fame day a blofidy com- •
bat ensued near Herlemont between the 1-'
cavalry on both fides, wherein the enemy
fuflfered and v/as driven back. On the22d
thearch-duke Charjes and Prince Cobourg
witn the 2 divlfions dt the main army, j|
3000 men strong, reached NiveHes, and
united with the Sambre army. The enemy
bombarding Charleroi with tlie greatest w
vivacity, and in order to rescue the place, a<
it seemed of the molt prefling neceflity, ci
that the Austrian army should take an I
a&ivepart, hence hourly a conflict is ex- re
peeffed. The reason, that the enemv has a l
become so dreadful in this quarter, origi
nates from the junction, which the right f'
wing of the northern army together with '
left one of the troops stationed along fide
L the river Mofclle,has formed with the army cr
in d oVi tJic Ardennes. The beautiful caftl?
30. of Marimont together with a contiguous
[ c jj abbey have been reduced to ashes by the
enemy. At Bruflels some of the out works
1 have been put in repair, that they might
3re be the better fhelttred from an invasion.—
on By virtue of a manifefto all its inhabitants
lift had been summoned to a general enroll
ws J ment, that in cafe of emergency they
;J, ' would be obliged to take up arms. In
, re j Brabant and Hennegau the enlisting of
militia Jiave been attended with the best
fuc.-efs, and there is no doubt, but in the
former they will loon rnakfe up 25000
,c " men.
er-
lie Extraß of a letter from Ghent, dated
y ; June 25.
The enemy lias attacked our position
ay in 3 different columns,and has been every
where repelled with loss.an uninterupted
cannonading upon the 2 columns of the
nt enemy's right wing and the centre con
u" tinued from 2 till 5 in the afternoon.
,ts The column of the left wing plyed
as their main effort against one of the gate 3
t>n of Bnlges, which poll the Hollanders
ce and Hanoverians were entr>:fled with,
no but the latter soon were compelled to
; ive way; whilst the enemy avail d himfel
n " of" this critical juncture, to force the gate
of the city ;nhat v»: 3 onh' defended by
a division of the archduke Chailes's regi
-111 ment, which fought with the greatest
intrepidity, and alone refilled the enemy
so long till it was succoured by Maj.
'y Mondet's division, w hen the French re
s» ceived a violent check and drew back,
" the cavalry was immediately dispatched
1 at their heels, that chafed them three
R quarters of a league, and one company
being overtaken was' cut in pieccs.—
Howevei a circumfiant'al detail of this
1 interesting news we expeel to receive
as (hortly.
ve
J !* LEGHORN, June 16.
TC
ur The English frigate, which had the
engagement with two French frigates,
lr _ was the Juno, which failed from hence
n _ on the 30th of May, with provisions
V 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, sHe
had to throw these in the sea, and on
the nearer approach of the French made
such a terrible fire with grape shot upon j
them, that they were thrown quite in
confufion, and fhc by that means ef- S
caped. It was this frigate which brought
Lord Hood the account of the French
ir- fleet's failing from Toulon,
vo
MANHEIM, Jun. 26.
an
Jt , On the 23d instant the French were
-dt=£eat«f by the Prussians near Pirma
he fens, with the loss of some cannon, and
:s ' 160 prisoners, whereupon the Pruflians
ir ~ retook Pirmafens. All the Prussian
troops are in motion, these several days '
n past and have advanced in several parts,
id The hereditary prince of Hehenlohe !
li- has taken his head quartet.' at Edigho
-- fen. It is reported that the Austrian 1
troops and the troops of the Empire 1
have likewise advanced.
_ r It is (uppofed, that this week yet a
general attack will take place from Ger- 1
1- mcrfheim to Saar Louis.
i- Judges contend that Germerfheim is !
" e at present much stronger than Landau,
' and that it would be an eaher matter
J to take the lalt mentioned lortrefs, than c
to take Germerfheim. t
0 '
:s ERUSSELS, June 26. J c
Orders have been given, that the 1
' greatest pait of tin: troops which are at '
1 Valenciennes, Quefuoy, Conde, and
n Landrecies, shall ,oin the army of the C
i- Sambre the greatest speed. ?
e From the second extraordinary fuppleinent c
0 to our Court Gazetiee n
r According to letters from Ghent of a
'• the 25th P. M. the French attempted
11 that morning to cross the Scheldt near C
Gavre ; but were forced to retreat, the c
_ regiment of Starray received them so o
t well with some 12 pounders, loaded with p
e grape fliot, they, made a.precipitate re- C
- treat. (
' " Our <hit posts and patroles have I n
1 been as far as Pataghom without meet- J d
p ing any of the enemy." { p
, "We expect new reinforcements [ p
l and the aimy is in high spirits." Irn
" The river Lys drifts full of French- j d;
1 men, which wei» cut to pieces yesterday Id(
in their retreat, and the road from j c:
Ghent to Courtray is covered with their J C
dead bodies." * I dt
th
|S VIENNA, June 11. jar
An Imperial and Royal Proclamation j ai
will ( make its appearance in a short time, I
according to which a frefh levy of re- ' ''
cruits is to take place to consist 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, 011
by which their vafTals are exempted [ on
from levies. 3. The levy of these re- ith
cruits ie to fall chiefly on the citizens,« wl
tlf coufcqumiy .-.11 maimfufturtr, to i, •
z
, s men being free from military confcrip
ht tion. 3. Ihe Farmers to be spared £
_ much as poflible in this levy, i„ orde ' r
|U that ;'g"culture may not be imoeded.
1- With .efpeft to the Confpi racv d ; t
Z rdl,ll "„». werhave received ttW
following accounts from Italy. &
ft soon as the info.rc£lio.i ffipuW ~v e bro
le ken out and succeeded, the Conftitutio,,
,o was to have been altered mm,*... ciy
and made republican. Among the Corf
fpirators were two members of the nj
d vy Council, five Senators and a Kre at
proportion of the kings guards. T l)ere
n was a merchant among them, Who wai
y , e treasurer of Confpiration, a million
d of Zechines (Dutch) and fcveral mil
e I'ons of afhgnats were found in his pof
[efliorr. Since this discovery the enemy
1. 13 abfervt, d to be more on the defenfive
d t » an on the offenfive, and is dofely ob
.3 fcrved by the two Generals Devii/s and
s Lolley, the l- !n g has taken inftcad of
~ guards, ifflperial .Uhlans and ftaff
t EE P. I IN, June 21.
y Yeilerdav wrninfj a roval courier
; ar c n 7 a hcr "' with the agreeable news
t of tli- capture of the city ami foitref#
y ot Cractuv.
June 27.
We know for certain that the Porte
, has given the fulleit affnran e to the
1 Courts concerned, that she would not
c meddle in any wife in the affairs of
f land.
UNITED STJTES,
CHARLESTON, August 9.
Wednesday, in the court of admi
: rahy for this diftrift, the judge pro
, nMi need his decree in the long contest
: td cause of the Dutch brigantine the
i Vrow Chrifliatia Magdalena, captnred
, and brought into this port by the cap-'
■ tains Ballard and Talbot. &'■ ■■■
1 The libel was on behalf of the cap
• tain and owners of the said brigantine,
1 claiming restitution under the 1 jth and
: 19th articles of the treaty with the U
-1 j nited Netherlands. A plea was enter
-1 I 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 lalt,
entitled, " An additional aft to the aft
for the punifliment 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
, mission from the governor of Guada.
, loupe, and as having taken this vessel
; out of the pofieffion of Capt. Ballard,,
the original captor, his prize-mafte*
. producing no commifiion.
The judge, on considering the argu
ments in support of the plea to the ju
lifdiftion, over-ruled the fame as irre
levant—
1 ft. Because the 17th article of the
treaty with France contemplates only
French veffcls of war, or privateers le
gaily 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 th<;
decree of the supreme court of the U
nited States in the cafe of Glass and
others against the fluop.
having declared that every diftrift
of the United States poffefles all the
power of an admiralty court, whether
considered as an inliance 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 aftea without any ,
commifiion authorizing him to cruize 'f
or arm for war, and had not even the
pretence of being a French citizen; that
Capt. Talbot having armed his veflel
(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 coin
miffion, obtaining the fame within two
days after the sale of the vefTel, and un
! der colour of such commifiion, having
captured the said brigantine Vro\y
Christina Magdalena: which acts were
deemed contrary to the 19th an (Vie of
the treaty with t'oe 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 the vessel and
cargo was therefore decreed.
August IJ.
Messrs. Welt and Bignall, at a veiy
early period, proposed to the commifu
oners of the Orphan-house to perform
one night, annually, for the.benefit 01
the inftitutioH, free of all expencei
whatever- They carried thin promise