From the Wejlern Star.
THE CORDWAINER—No. X.
We have paid one compliment to
French economy ; it is to be wilhed
that equal commendation were dtae to
their whole system ot polities. But re
volutions are but in their pupilage.
Mr. Paine and I (hall yet set matters to
rights.
It is the part of wisdom to profit by
experience.—Ye little think, heedless
mortals! what wreltling* of mind,
watchful days, and fletplcfs nights, we
authors and political inllvuctois endure
for your fakes 1 have long anticipated
a revolution on the other fide of the
Channel, and many a choice plan have
I in store for it, if Eriglifhmen will be
advised by me;— The following are a
mong the notes in ray common place
book.
NATiONAL Convention—Let it
be better regulated than the French
apropos. Frequent election of Presi
dent, that all may have a chance—Let
each member have a separate box ; num
ber the boxes, and locate the members.
The floor of each box to consist of a
trap drier, from the spring of which, a
concealed cord to communicate with the
Piefident's box, at the end thereof a
handle, marked with a number corres
pondent with that of the box. These
handles to be disposed within reach of
the President, that, on occasion, by
pulling a cord, an obnoxious member
may be dropped into a vault below, as
the lafl resort of discipline, to be dealt
with there. This however, never to be
adopted till the milder forms of disci
pline have failed.
Gallery —Totally wrong in France
—Miserable economy indeed !—What
an amazing expence malt it be to hire
such a throng, perhaps at high wages,
merely to hifa at, and interrupt, or to
clap and applaud, a party ; when a hun
dredth part of the expence, with a little
mechanical invention, would ar.fwerthe
fame pnrpofe ! For instance : a pair of
otgan-bellowfes may be placed to com
municate with, and charge with wind, a
number of light calks, property difpof
«d. Any child may play the beliowfes.
A talisman at the foot of the President
may command a valve in each of theft.,
which piffled, shall open a vent, and
shall produce a complete hilling. A
cat-call may be placed in each calk, to
heighten the effedt. If these he inef
ficient to drown a fnenker, or a party,
the boy at the bdtovs nmy, at a signal
from the P;vfi,';ent, play - hoari'e-fiddle.
This last, however, ffrfttild be reserved
for apjlaufe, (being an excellent imita
tion ot clapping) except 011 particular
emergencies ; and to distinguish the ap
plauding hoarse fiddle fiom the con
ilemriiig hoarle fiddle, let the former be
acconyjar.jed by some imitative foui,id»,
produced by the President, by the touch
of a few keys before him, opening trum
pet pipes, which may be made to pro
liounce'tolerably such words as—" bra
vo !"—liberty !"—" equality 1"
Jacobin Club.—By all means.—Let
it fit diredtly over the heads of the
Convention. There must be a tube or
condu&or, through which papers may
be pa lied from the Jacobin Hall above,
to the President's table below. The
President of the Convention must like
wise fit over a trapdoor, the spring of
which must be at the command of the
President of the Club, to enforce obe
dience to their decrees. If on the re
ceipt of a decree of the Club, requiring
him to applaud, or to condemn a fpeak
«r, or to drop a member into the vault,
the President of the Convention shall
disobey, the President of the Club but
pulls his cord, and lodges him in the
vault. The key of this vault to be
kept by the President of the Clnb.
By this arrangement not only the ex
pence, but the delay, uncertainty and
danger of an armed force, will be com
pletely avoided. This brings me to.
La Guillotine, rfiat paring-knife—
tliat finifhing touch, in revolutionary
oeconomy.—lndifpenfablel With re
gard to the application of it, 1 would
have some plain; uniform criterion.
For instance : As every thing depends
upon dispatch and discrimination, let a
shell be found, or an helmet made,
which shall exactly fit the head of Citi
zen Robespierre, Mr. Paine, the Au
thor of the Jockey-club, ot some other
known and tried Democrat, and let all
fufpedtcd heads be proved by this. De
pend upon it, the square head of an
Aristocrat will no more fit the smooth,
aiched concave, than my flat foot shall
a Chinese lady's flipper.
A« to those Royal Heads, as a differ
ent process may be advisable with them,
I have been somewhat puzzled to hit on
a fatisfaftory one. The result of my
refearcben's-briefly thus:—Since any
piocefs of Inquiry, a priori, would be
Attended with a variety of obstacles,
difficulties and delays, all or mod of
which way be avoided by a a
pojleriori, it is but to pass them thro'
the Mill fir ft, and they (hall be as pas
sive and as pliant as a chcefe cake.—
Question them, accuse them, revile
theirr—no pert reply; no fancy denial
or evasion, no exculpation. You have
only to label them with the woids
" Tyrant'" and •' Traitor" fpikethem
up is the marketplace, let the author
of the Jockey-Club, in addition to his
former iabours, write their " Memoirs,"
aiid, believe me, in spite of (heir invi
olability, they (hall rot and (link like the
head of a beggar.
From the Vermont Gazette.
At a meeting of the Democratic Soci
ety in the county of Addifon, held
at Middlebury Falls, October 2d.
1 1794, the following resolution was
I paiTed, viz.
•' f
' Resolved
That this society highly approve of
that virtuous and republican part, which
the senators and members of the house
of representatives in congress, from this
(late have taken in the debates and ques
tions in congress on important national
propositions, fincethe acceflion of this
state to the Union.
The fatisfa&ion of this society, in
noticing their public conduct, is pro
portioned to that a&ivity in business,
and uniformity of action which they
have manifefted and to that facrifice of
private convenience which they 'may in.
some instances have made by tarrying
the feflion entire, and beg them to ac
cept the thanks of this society accor
dingly.
Thomas Tolman, clerk-
The following circular letter, inclosing
the above resolution to each mem
ber, has been sent.
(CIRCULAR.)
Middlelury, October 3d, 1794.
Sir,
THE citizens composing the demo
cratic fbciety in the county of Addifon,
having observed the public conduct of
the RepresentativeS of this state, in the
Congrcfs of the United States, approve
of the virtuous and republican part
which they have taken, on interesting
nation?! questions ; and as a testimony
thereof, have pasTed a refolurion, a copy
of which we have the honor and plea*
sure to enclose you. We trust that this
will appear an evidence, that while the
citizens composing this society cannot
conceal their concern for certain adts and
eftabllfhments of Congress, which you
have judged it your duty to disapprove,
they are not disposed to indiscriminate
censures, or to throw any weight into
the scale of public litentioufnefs.
We have the honor to be,
Sir, your most obedient, humble
Servants, and fellow-citizens.
' 7 Corresponding
1 bom. Tolman, > r . b
«v urn j I Committeei
J on. IVillard. J
To which the hon. Mr. Smith, has given
the following anfwtr :■
•The members of the Democratic Soci-
ety in the county of Addifon.
Gentlemen,
A resolution of your society of the
2d of O&obei-j and this day presented
me by one of the members, exprcfiing
your approbation of the conduit alt he
senators and representatives from this
state, in the congress of the United
States, (among whom I am included)
has been productive of very agreeable
emotions on my part. Next ho
nest regard for the rights and lrnerefts
of my constituents, and for this state in
connexion with the rights and interests
of other people and states within the
union, has been my wish to maintain
their good opinion. Your resolution is
a tefpe&able testimony, for my fatisfac
tion on this latter point. Permit me
gentlemen, while I am flattering mylelf
from this expreflion of your approba
tion, to encreafe pleasurable emotion,
by indulging a hope and expectation,
that the meetings and deliberations of
jour societies may not only not prove
fubverfWe, or huitful to public order &
good government, but the real promo
ters of'them.
1 am gentlemen,
With sentiments of respect and
esteem, yours,
Israel Smith.
Rutland, Oft. 13, 1794.
Fro* the Martinique Gazette,
Return ofjhips and -veJJels found in the har
bour of Port au Prince, on the \tb of
June lafi, when that place <was taken
by Gen. Whit*, and Admiral Ford.
Ship la Clementine, 250 tons, laden with
sugar and coffee.
Ship la Sufette, 250 to as, ladea with su
gar and indige.
Ship la Lydia, 300 tons, laden with fu-
gar and indigo.
Ship la Fidele, joo tons, laden with su
gar and indigo.
Ship L Ocean, 340 tons, laden with cof
fee and ragah
Brig la Manon, 260 tons, laden with su
gar and coffee.
Ship La Momusj 300 tons, laden with
fugai and coffee. .
Ship E'Aimable Petite Sufette, 270 tons,
laden wltth sugar and coffee.
Ship La Cafimer, 400 tons, laden with
sugar and coffee.
Brig Le Charles Honore, 280 ons, laden
with sugar and coffee.
Ship Le Courier, joo tons, laden with
sugar and coftee.
Brig La Marglretta, saotons, laden with
indigo, sugar and coffee.
Ship Le Bon Accord, 350 tons laden with
coffce and sugar.
Brig, name unknown, 3<jo to s, laden
with sugar and cdifce.
Brig name unknown; .150 10ns, laden
with sugar and coffee.
Brig La C.itherHie, lib tons, laden with
sugar and coffee.
Ship Li RuTalie, 260 tons, laden with su
gar and Coffee.
Brig, name unknown, 200 tons, laden
with sugar and coffee.
Ship Le Metier, 350 tons laden with su
gar and coffee.
Brig, name unknown, 200 tons, laden
with fiigar and coffee.
Ship La Petite Riviere, 500 tons laden
with sugar and coffee.
1
All in Balla/i.
Ship Le Du Guefejin, 400 tons.
Ship La Heririeite, 600 tons.
Ship Le Bien Aime, 600 tons.
Ship Le Courier du Cap, 400 tons.
Ship L'Ei]>erancfe< 400 tons.
Sloop name unknown, 60 tons.
Sloop name unknown, 40 tons.
Ship Le Sage. 700 tons.
Polacre Theodore Jofcphine, 240 tons.
Brig Le Charles, 350 tons.
Brig Les Deux Cousins, 150 tons.
Ship L'Efpoir, 400 tons.
Ship Le Forbe, 330 tons
Snow Le Jeune Desire, 300 tons
Brig, name nnknown 250 tons
Sloop, name unknown, 40 tons
Old VeJJels in the Careening Harbour•
Ship Le Cuiferd, 550 tons
Ship L.Amphitrite, jT3 tons
Ship Lempriere, 300 tons
Brig Le Charlotte Desire, 400 tons
Brig La Jennings, 90 tons
Brig La Ville, aoo tons
Ship Le Manuel, 550 tons
UNITED STATES.
NEW-YORK, November ill.
It appears that Sluy9 has surrendered
to the French, which will enable them
to reinforce the armies which are to aft
against Breda and Maeftricht.
The Eleftrefs Palatine of Bavaria
died on the 13th of July last.
The French continue to harrafs the
trade of England, every paper announ
ces new captures. The TufcanofHull
lately font into Brest was valued, the
(hip at 40:0 and the cargo at 60,000
fteriing. The French cruizers now
scour the north seas and fend their pi izes
into Norway.
The Yellow Fever is entirely extintt
at New-Haven.
The very friendly reception of Mr.
Monroe by the French Convention must
give pleasure to the Americans ; as it indi
cates a disposition on their part to live in
peace, with the United States, without
involving them in the present war. It is
much for the inttreft for this ctfuntry 10
be on good terms with all the powers of
Europe ; and at this epoch, it is peculiar
ly fortunate for OS to have a friendly jjri
tercourfe with a nation which is unquesti
onable rising to be the molt powerful of
iiny in Europe. Altho we caunot agree
with Mr. Monroe, when he fays the go
vernment of France and of the United
States have a near lefemblance, and are
founded on the fame principles ; as the
present government of France is, perhaps
neceflarily, the most despotic, capricious,
and changeable now known, and not like
any othergovernmnet on earth ; yet it is the
aim and determination of the French to
eftablifti a free Kepublic ; and their prin
ciples, tho' not fettled, have this for their
object. The French have yet many crude
notions about a republican government ;
they have much to learn, and they may, if
not too wife already, learn much from
our experience, aud the model of our go
vernment.
But it is expectable, that many of
their wild theories will lead them into
errors, which stubborn experience alone
can corredh They will wait for that
experience; in the mean time the same
ness of our views and wiflies rnuft i'erve
to unite and cement our National con-
nexion.
The American character is rising in
the eftecm of Europeans ; and notwith
standing the attempts of our violent
men, to make us turn bullies, the mo
deration, firmnefs and justice of our
proceedings will ultimately fecurc to us
due estimation and rank among the na
tions of the earth.
Foreign papers mention that two de
puties from the Netherlands to the Em
peror had been refufed an audience : a«
the Emperor does not recognize the
«HSpnnt<>f Mfp%vj
nimityqf tfce 2
4 * 3 ''** plfcsefie-
European paper*..
mi _ V * "
The Kiug' of Great Britain assigns,
for the repeal of the firft article of in
ftru&ions of June 1793, the following
mod fatisfaftory reafen—" We not
pfcfent the purchase of said cargoes in
behalf of our government, are pleased
inGpid as folly in the executive of a
great nation 1
PHILADELPHIA,
NOVEMBER 5;
Reyncld Keen, Gunning Bedford
and Michael Hillegas, efquirts, are ap
pointed to hold the alderman's court
for the ensuing three months.
Imports at Madeira, from America, from
12th July, to 12th Sept. 1794,
i 2,605 barrels of flour.
63,120 bushels Indian corn;
7,412 buftiels of wheat.
1,170 barrels rice.
1,845 quintals fifti.
Belides beef, pork, butter, &c.
At a commencement in the arts, held
in the University of Pennsylvania on
the 23d ult. the degree of Bachelor of
Arts was conferred on Messrs; Edward
Shippen Burd, John Ward Fenno,
Isaac Hazlehurft, Richard Hazlehurft,
David Jacklan junr. William I.atta,
Algernon Sidney Magaw, John M*
Beath and John Miles ; and the De
gree of Matter of Arts, on messrs.
Thomas Biddle, John Carfoo r John
Cloyd, Thomas Fergufon, Joseph Hemp
hill, James Latimer, James Miller, Jsffe
Moore, John Parker, Jacob Richards,
William Stokes, Cunningham Semple,
Jeremiah Sturgcort, Abner Webb, and
Tames Wiltbank.
Philadelphia, oHoler 30, 1794.
* # * In purfttance of a law, passed
the 22d of last months the Judges of
the cleft ion for the city of Philadelphia,
and the Judges of the several election
diftrifts for the county of Philadelphia,
are to meet at the State-House, on the
10th day of November next, at 10
o'clock A. M. to sign, seal and deposit,
the general returns for Members of the
House of Rept*efentatives, for the State
Legislature, Sheriffs and Commiflioners,
for the said city and county: the said
Judges, and the Judges of the several
election diftrifts for the county of De
laware, are alio to meet at the State-
House, in the city of Philadelphia, on
the 15th day of November next, at 10
o'clock, A. M. to sign, seal and deposit,
the general returns for Members of
Congress and State Senators.
By desire of the City Judges.
MATHEW IRWIN.
Mr. Fenno,
A constant attendant of the Theatre
will be obliged to you to convey thro?
the channel of your paper a just tribute
to the merits of Mrs. Marriott, who
so fully succeeded to the ultimate wish
of her auditors i» the chat after of the
'Female Prisoner on Monday evening—
every time we are favored with her ap
pearance on the boards, Ihe improves on
the fpe&ators; and her a&ing, true to
nature, developes the best ideas of the
author. That valuable member of the
Theatre, Mr. Prigmore, was as usual
j excellent; and Mr. Hodgkinfon, the
character Mrs. Inchbald wiflied to have
pourtrayed.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the
tovvnfhip of Tioga, held on the 3d day
of Oilober, 1794, took into conside
ration the Cause of the Disturbances in
the four western Counties of this State,
with the measures pursuing by the Ge
neral and State Governments, againit
them.
General Spaulding 4 Moderator.
Obadiah Gore, Clerk.
Voted, that the Constitution of the
United States is wifely calculated to se
cure the libeities of the people, and
ought to be supported.
Voted, that the powers exercised by
the legislature of the general govern
ment, laying an excifc is ftridly consti
tutional-—that it is the duty of every
Citizen of the United States to support
and maintain the laws of the United
States—and that the Executive of the
General and State Governments are
juflifiable ir. calling out the Militia to
enforce a due obedience to the Laws.
Voted, that if there are exilting faults
in our Constitution or Laws, or abuses
n the ailrr'n'fl.atitin thereof |t ; g more
eitfy and v ipedieut to correct i, c v, f au j ls
or such abufcs by conftitutionrf. meang
than to appeal to arms and cause arcvo
lution in government.
Voted, That this meeting highly dtj,
approve of the present opposition to the
constitutional laws of the United Stain
, in some of the welkw counties of this
I (late.
Voted, That we Hand ready (if i t
be required) to turn out personally with
our fellow-citizens of this (late, and of
the United States, to support that fiee
Voted, That the foregoing votes lit
published for the information of our fel.
low-citizens. m
(Copy.) W
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OBADIAH GORE, Clerk.
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lwora. JJiary»
It is a remark of Mr, Neckar, on
Executive Power, that it has been the
policy of the violent factions in France
to involve the whole qutfftion of the
Revolution in two terms, liberty and
eqhality. Mass of people iu a
country like France Cannot difcufe all
the nice questions of right ; their leaders
artfully endeavour to save them the trot-
He of reflexion, by making the whole
controversy turn upon a few names.
j fought by the revolotiofiifts : the peo-
I pie, even the mod ignorant, are sincere
in their views j they honeltly mean to
t seek and preserve liberty and equality»
All this is true 5 but the misfortune is,
not one person in a hundred understands
or can define these words, or knows
do the people underltatld the mean s
by which these objects are to be obtain
ed and preferred.
The people wi(h for liberty ; but if
they think any man unfriendly to their
liberty, they will rife and tear him to
pieces, without trial, proof or certmony.
Now in reality, where the people have
the power of doing this, there is «« li
berty. The people who can do this
are themselves, each and every man of
them, Jlaves to this very power.
For if any one man may be singled
out as an object of vengeance, and put
to death by the arbitrary will of a mob,
every man in that very mob is daily and
hourly liable to death in the fame man
ner, Of course every individual is a
slave to this ungovernable force ; and
no man can be secure of his life, or his
property for one moment.
This has been the state of Paris a
great part of the time, iince the year
1789; and indeed of all Fiance. In
seeking liberty and equality, the people
have run into defpotifro which has adu
med a connection, system and eftablifb
ed form, that is not equalled in any des
potic government of the eastern world. ■
The violent members of the Conven
tion formed a cluh, or society. 1 his
club to triumph over opposition, resort
ed to the people of Paris ; that is, to any
multitude of men they could readily col
lect ; this multitude or mob soon be
came well disciplined to their buiinefs y
and a nod from Marat, or Robefpicrre
would at any moment produce a tnaffa
cre. This club formed other clubs in
all the large towns in' France, who were
connected with the mother club, and
have been the instruments to aid the
bloody work of the revolutionary go-
By this chain of popular societies,
moved by the club in Paris, a small num
ber of men, probably not a tenth part
of the citizens of France, have govern
ed the whole Republic for two years
past, with the moit absolute sway. I
do not mean that a majority of the citi
zens are unfriendly to the Revolution ;
but that the adtual exercise of all the
powers of government has been m the
hands of a few men. And it is an im
portant fact, that will frequently take
place, that an active minority, scattered,
but acting in coneert, will often carry
points against a large majority, who are
not thus united and adb'ng in unison.
When the fociely of the Fuillans, the
foes of the Jacobins, and the molt stea
dy, intelligent, and rcfpe&able Repub
licans in the convention, were dispersed
by the populace, armed and iniliga;ed
by the Jacobins for that very purpose,
all hopes ofa rallying point for the mo
derates were given up; the oppofers of