O.iEce of the Initirance Com
pany of North America,
December Bth 1794
NOTICE is hereby given ta thi Stock
ho'*,.tii.it ' tie Fifth Itifta inem, beug
two oOlla*s on *ach lhare of the Stock
of this Company is to be paid on tlie fe
mnd Monday itt!i Day) of January
next; whsn it will be in-cdfa y for each
peilon to produce the receipt for tbL
jreuKTH liilianum upon the (hares he flial!
propol'e to pay tor.
* By the firjt Jeft'.on of the Charter
it it declared that all Jhares on which pay
ments Jkall not be made at the ii.ne fr
fcribed, Jhall be forfeited to theufc of
Company.
On Tuesday the 13th d&y of
January next {being the iecond Cue v.sv in
the month) at 11 o'clock A. M« an Kle&io
will be IrrW at the Company's O'fffcc, so»
the choice of
Twentv-five directors
To Tcrvef ir o.it 'ai'id uiu:l, Q.iie .
fc«:i !.e 4hVen. .
T'i > fl >r< rnSy votr elrb<;r in perfo
ex by pre* , j but no Stocfc | i"Mei' ran—
44 vote as a'i» hli'/li'it) tor l> re.'>o-«
the StocK fthft have (toml in bu or I>ei
namely tlio hooks of at leali
miinibs prccrediirg the time of fitcij
In of a StocUhtfWrts voting h*
Jh'oxy. tHe,charter rqijJr«« thit " the
proxv'be .lirefVv' fi-vm.lucK.St9ckiiol.fvr, &
tlii vote be tiv»n b*a citizen of Jliij com-
Ebentsi^'Maisardy
•SIiCR£7A&Y,
Dtt. 9
NEW THEATRE,
THIS EVENING,
December 8.
Will be Prtfcutcdj
Th« T RA&* J> Y of
Venice Preserved,
O R,
A Plot Discovered.
D jke of Venice,
Priult,
Pierre,
JsfTxer, (firft time)
Renault,
Sp'mofa,
Eliot,
Theodore,
Officer,
Belvideray Mrs. tVhitlock
T0 <ivhi:h will he added,
A PANTOMIME called the
Jjirth of Harlequin
The Friendly Witches.
Harlequin, Mr. Franci,
Pantaloon, Mr. Gr«r.
Miser, Mr. Blififet!
Clown,
Lawyer, Mr. J. Darley
ft Witc)J, Mr. Darle;
a'A Witch* Mr. Marftiaj)
td Witch, Mifrßroadhurfi
Bricklayers, Meflft WirrcU, J/Wam4 &c.
The Vocal .Partu by Mr. MarftaH, Mr.
Darley, Mrs. Oldmixon, Mtt< l&arfhall
Mr* Warrtlf, Mifa BroatHmVftj &c.
Kaid> , Mrs. Cleveland
Sirs. De Msfrque.
To conclude with,
A GRAND GARLAND
dance
IN THE
Temple of Liberty.
she dtfigncd andexecuttd By Mi
MHbourfie. •,
(TheDtettie by Mr. Fftncu.)
Box one Dollar— Pitt j. ol' a Dollar—and
Gallery { a doliat i'
Thedoni sw',i] be opened ifjj nf;e? rxvk
and the pcrfoimance begin at i aitti six
o'clock.
Tick? s and placr- for the l Bo*es to h
faken of Mr. *(£[>, at the Then"*
from TIN 'nil ONE, and on dav; of pr ttvm
snce from tin'rill th r.'sic n'elotfc
Ladits and Gentlemen are :eq*efted to
fend their servants to'keep places by five
O'clock, and order them, r.s toon as the
company arc feared, to withdraw, 21 they
e*nnot on arty account be permitted t's re
main.
N<y money or tickets to Re returned, ribr
any person on any account wflatfoever, ad
mitted behind the scenes.
Vivat RefpubHca I
limner
from Europe,
Infrndi.ig a (hort refider.ct in tVu citv,
in oMef 10 try «W I'uccefs of hit andeavu'rs
™ "f hh pi-ofefii'ou inforirti
(he public.ihtc he t-hc Art of Paint
ing, iii mll irs bronchi,and wahßjuct* like
atlle*-*-Enqui'e at
Nf'*' 11 f 9 iVorih Second ftreei.
Dec. 6 J + A%
For King/Jon, fantaicaj
(To fail in a few days)
Hubbell, matter.
For freight only, apply to
Philips, Cramond Co.
©*'6 ' djt
CONGRESS.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday) November 27, 1794.
Debate on Mr. Dayton's motion in ri-
Jlote the tv?rds " ft'f created societies
and,'' which hud le.'n expunged in
the address to the Prejident in anfmer
t« hit Speech.
f Concluded.)
Mr. W: Srrtith, in reply to Mr. Giles,
cleared kimfelf from any i.iconliftency in
theeafe illuded to, by aflcrting that he
had not denied th«f right of the house but
the propriety bf the exercise of it. He
had difapprbved of the house giving an •-
pinion of tlie merits or demerits ot the
French constitution, which, as prince
wis in a revolutionary state, was liable td
frequent chinge"; and the event hat] jiffti
fitd him, for the house had scarce pafled
the vote which e-.follid fhat constitution its
a model of wiftloin and magnartiftiity
when the French rherfftltfes denourfced it
as inconsistent with their rights and liber
ties. But the gentleman from Virginia
was undoubtedly inconsistent, for'he had on
that occasion contended sot the right of the
house to give its opinion', and that in a
cafe w-h*re the a'nfwer «is to be given to
the fovereiyn of a foreign nation, re&iec
ting-the affairs and policy of a foreign
country. If the house were right on that
occasion a fortiori ought they now, when
called on by our Chiif Mjgiftrate to "give
an opinion at an important crisis refpe&ing
the affairs of our own Country.
infewfiJJ
A Bill for the relief of Peter Covenho
ven was palled to the third readirtg.
In Committee of the whole on the efti
rr.ate of appropriations for the ftipport of
•'overninent far the year 1795
Mr. Cob b n the chair—The Committee
i?ter forue difcufiion adopted the reported
estimate as far as relpects the civil lift.
thty then •' fe 3nd reported accordingly—-
and in th Ho ife a bill was ordered to be
brfught .I—T ie residue of the ertimate
wa« referred to i fclecft Committee.
Mr. Morris
Mr. YVhitlock
Mr. Chalmer
Mr. Moretoi
Mr. Greer
Mi j iarwooi
Mr. Clevelai d
Mr. VVarrtl
Mr. Eranci.
Alt lution was laid on the table by
M. Fitifimonj a ithoi fzingthe President to
borrew twj million* of doljars ata rate not
exceed 5 per cent.
M.. Nicholas laid on th'e table a refo
lUtion-for the appointment of a Commit
tee to make enquiry how fa'r the a<ft of
Jongrefs providing for the defence of the
frontier had been carried into execution.
Mr. W. Smith brought m a report 011
he petition of Mr. Egron—author of the
i.c-cc: of Europe and America, a new
periodical publication—the report states
hat tho' the Committee entertain an high o
pimonot' the utility of the work in queltio 1
yet the request of the petition could not be
granted 011 account of the numerous dif
ficulties attending it—The petition was,
that communications for the publication
Ihould be Exempted from portage.
The Committee of the whole was dis
charged from any further proceeding on
the militia compelifation bill—which was
referred icj'a fele<sfc Committee.
In Committee of the whdleori the refolu
ion for compensating the firfferers by the
western infuiTetftion—after fonie cohverfa
tion on the fuf)je<ft—progrefs was report
ed—and .that part of the President's
speech relative to this objeift was referred
to a felecft Committee of five.
The refolutiolis relativt to cultivating a
commercial iiltercourfe with the Indian
Tribes, >vere agreed to in Committee Of
the whole—and a bill- ordered purfuan t
PHILADELPHIA,
The world is probably reaping its last
harvest from the slavery and toil of the
natives of Africa—The French having e
mancipated the blacks in their Islands, no
doubt can be entertained that they will
ere long become the Lords of the cjoil—
in that cafe, it is not to beprefumed, that
from ten to fifteen men with arms in their
hands will labor for the support of one—
Tins being the cafe, it requites not the
spirit of prophefv to forefee that the cul
ture oi the lilands will be totally changed
—or if it (houkf be continued on it's pre
sent plan by the blacks for a time, no
whites will be permitted to reside among
them, but in the capacity of slaves—The
probability however is, that the negroes
will revert in a great meafureto the state
of .life to which the majority of tkem
were accuilomcd in their own country.
The Legislatures of the States of
Virginia and Maryland, now in Sefliou
have ratified the amendment propoied
by Congtcfg to the Constitution of the
United States, refpe&ing the suability
of the individual States.
On the i 3th November lad came on
in the A (Terribly of Georgia, the ele&ion
of a Senator to repiefcnt that state in
the Senate of the United States. The
votes taken are as foßow :
For James Gann 36
For Scfward Teliair tT
For William Few ' 3
fi.jr which it appear* that the Hon.
James Gunn i* re-ekSed a Senator of
the United States.
Friday, December 5.
Adjourned till Mon day.
DECEMBER 8.
v '
SitUrdaf at Twelve o'clocl. Go
vernor, attehded by the St»tc Offi
cers, Snd a humberrif Citilens, met
both"houses of the Legislature in thev
Senate Chamber, and delivered the
following patriotic and conciliatory
ADDRESS. \/
Gentlemen of the senate, and
Gentlemen of the house of .*
REPRESENTATIVES,
IT affords rtie the higfaeß fatisfa&ion
to mat you under circumllctnces, which
juttify an afliiraiice, that law, order arid
trpnquilityj. have been reltored iu the
rn counties of the It ate. The
criiii which occasioned the late txtraor
dinaiy call of the Legislature : which
menaced the reputation, as well an the
peace, of the community ; and which
imposed the necefiity of resorting frorr.
the judicial, to the frtffiffry power has
been ref](led and overcome, in a
ner Equally homibrable and efficacious
Such has been their fucctfis, that the icn
futions of indignation and regret, which
the iiifurrediion originally excited, in
the mind of every virtuous citizen, win
be failly exchanged, for the lenlatiui>s
of an honest pride, and a laudable exul
tation. That men fliotild be lod , rav
ed as to firerve from the duty, which
they owe so focirty ; or to ignorant as
t<> abandon the interests, which they
derive .frotol its piotctftion ; may be
reckoned among the imperfection* of
our ilaTure, and wilt be tou'nd among
the sources of public calamity in every
age, and in every country. But the
example of an enlightened people, riling,
with zeal and afiV&iotV, to maintain the
con ft i tut ion, whith they had eltablilhcd
with freedom and deliberation ; —ot an
insulted Govemrtient foiicitous to re
claim,' rather tba'rt to'punilh, its delud
ed oi refradtory Citizens ; and of an
extent) vt Republic pofTefßng the power
to enforce obedience to its laws ;—has,
for the fi'rft titifie," been exhibited to the
world, and forms the glorious charac
tetiHicbf the ArrWrican mtion.
At the opening'of the last feffioit, I
communicated the circumflajiccs of ri
ot and outrage, which attended the iß
lurrselrion ; and the (tens which had
been tlaken, on the pait of the United
States, as well as of Pennfylvatln, to
rescue the offenders ftom their di iulion,
by the influent of teafoii and truth;
or, in the event of an oMtinate perse
veranCe in a lawless course, lo subdue
and punifti them. A&nated by pafli
ons the trtoft intemperate, atld leduced
by hopes tt* moss vifioiiary, th. insur
gents (lighted the overt ares of Go
vernment ; —falfety confti uiug its bene
volence into fear,' and its aversion to
the use of foice," iiffo the confeioufnefs
of a defe& of power. The piealing
profpeft, therefortyof reconciling them
to their duty by amicable means, coiild
no longei be indulged with fafelv, or
justice, to theUniijn ; and accordingly,
the President directed the Militia, daif
tined for the fupprcfiion of the inftJr
reCtion, to repair to tlri? refty-ftive pla
ces of rendezvous. It will be remember
ed, Gentlemen, that often before this
summons, 1 repreferited to the Legisla
ture, the imp;*rteft (late of our Militia
law> and the embamfl'ments that were
likely to occur, in drafting and orga
nizing any part of the Militia for afttial
fcrvice. The experiment proved the
justice of my appi ehenfions. For,
however promptly the orders were - ifTii
ed, however explicit in their terms, to
obtain » full atnl immediate compliance
with the Prelident's requisition, doubts
of success wereftiggerted in aim alt eve
ry return, which I received" from the
Brigade infpuiflors; and, at length, it
became manifelt, that neither the re
gard which I felt for the honor of the
State, nor a personal solicitude to dlf
charge my Federal obligations, could be
gratified, by an implicit reliance tipon
the ordinary process of the law. Un
der this rmpreffion, I determined, in
the firft place, to invite it voluntary en
rolment of the Citizens, (a mtafure
which appeared, in my judgmeat, to
be ftriftly conformable to the spirit of
the provifton, that authorises the draft
ed Militia to employ fubffitutcs) and,
in the next place, I determined to vilit
every bounty included in the requilition,
for the purpose of removing difficulties,
in the organization of the several quo
tas ; of dispelling any dangerous pre
judices that might exist, by a faithful
communication of the fact* and princi
ples connected with the expedition ; and
of Simulating the people to an exem
plary exertion in support of that conlti
tution, which every enlightened anu ho
nest man mult contemplate, as the pal
ladium of American liberty, and the
fanftuairy of human happiness.
To the expedient of railing the quo
ta of Pennsylvania, by voluntary enrol
ments, the Legiilature has already given
a liberal and efficient fanftion; but 1
feci myfelf unequal to the tafitof recom-i
mending!, with a&qtiste energf, to
grateful attention the alacrity, spirit
and peifeverahce of our fellow Citizens,
in vindicating the violated authority of
the laws. As focm as the situation of
our Country was truly defctibed and
understood ; the daring ano cruel career
of the mal-contents ; the failure of eve
ry conciliatory effort ; and the resulting
□eceffity of an appeal to arms ; produ
ced, in perfect unison witii m,y anticipa
tions, one common len'itnent of resent
ment, —u:ie common determination to
defend the peace and order of lociety,
against the machinations ot lieentiouf
ijefs and anarchy. In thrs patriotic
work, the veterans who hid atchieved
our Independence, and ettabliffied otir
Government, were aflociated with the
virtuous youth of the rising generation,
who justly thought, that the belt ac
knowledgment for the invaluable inhe
litance prepaud for there, mult be to
cherilh and protest it. That rieh and
the poor were alike emulous to diftin
gnifti themielves ; so that to the tcene
exhibited by iln-ir conduA, in which
all the advantages of fortune were fui-
Tendered and forgotten, we are indeb
ted for a practical iilutlration ot the e
qua! rights, and equal obligations of the
Citizens of the American Republic.
The pride ofqpitiiou, and even the acri
mony of party, yielded likewde to the
jjeneroii enthr.fiafm. Cpntroverfies re
lating to the impolicy o! particular mea
lures wereno iongei fuftaiued; but every
elnfs and defciiption of citizens impres
sed with' this fundamental truth that
Where there is no law, there can be 110
liberty, with equal ardor ani} fidelity
combined in tlie maintenance of the ge
neral cause. The fame principles and
the fame practice were displayed by the
Citizens of our filter States, New-Jer-
fey, Maryland and Virginia. Advanc
ing, indeed, under the President's re
qnilition, to aid us, in reftilring the
tianiqniiity of Perfnfylvania, they have
added another important feature (to the
! t'anfaction, by evincing t te realfty and
! the lentfrjfy of our politic*! union, and
by f.unifhing tbe molt endearing proofs
; of a' fraternal attachment, which dif
cl;itms alt territorial boundary and dil 4 -
tindtion.
' With an army thus constituted, of
Citizens, who cticarfully rettftquifhed all
the avocations, indulgences, and emolu
ments of private ,hte, t<> alTert the so
vereignty of the laws, in a remotu and
rugged Country, at an inclement IVa
fon m the year, there coiild be no room
for doubt or apprehfiili in, iefpe<?ting
the event. Yet, that tH<? triumph of
order might also be the t.i iumph of hu
manity, ;.he number of the troops, with
as much wisdom as benevolence, was
made so great, (amounting to 15,000
m-n) as to overawe, i;i the mpft defpe
r?. 1 and rash, any difpohtion forhoftili
ty and reliitance. The npproach of this
formidable force,accordingly, produced
the meditated effects'. The spirit ard
celerity with which it was collected,
food convinced the that they
had nothing to hope ftom the inaftivi
tv, noi front the countenance, of any
part of the community. The friends
, of Governrnent, refumiirg their coofi
i deuce in its power and difpoiition to
: piote£t them, became vigil,nit in coun
j tcrarting the inf'ium-nrs of feditiun,
; and in difteminating a knowledge «f the
. duties and interell* of a (see people.
The delire of information was
awakened among hunelt, though delu
ded, men, by the uuiverfal abhorrence,
which ftigm.itized the tfmvrreftion ; and
impending danger funk into fuhtniffion,
those, whom virtue had ceased to con
front, and truth was u'nabie to convince. '
Thus, without the cfTnfioa of blood, |
without an injury to private property,
and Without a violation of any perfpnal
right, has the nhjeft of Government ]
been attained:—The Court* of Jtiftice j
being tcinliated in their legitimate au- j
thority ; the laws of the Union enjoy- 1
ing' a free operation ; the good Citizen 1
reaping the reward of his icrvices ; and j
the.delinquent incurring the punishment 1
of his crimes. But amidit the many
remarkable fafls, which, the hitlory of ,
this event mult embrace, none can be (
more honorable, none will lie deemed ;
mote pregnant with beneficial confe- i
qucnces, than those whi#h afford an ex- j
ample of the ftri<st fubordtnatioa of the
military, to the civil power; and, by
prov.ng the competency of our Militia
to enforce obedience to the laws, des
troy every pretext for the introduction
of a Handing army.
But considering the various probable
efFtdb of the calamity which we deplore,
the fourcrs of conlolation abundantly
present themfclves. It has been the
aim of other Governments to derive
from nmilar convulsions, an scceffionof
authority ai(R strength ; but the Ame
rican Republic, constituted ar>d adiriui
ttered by the People, and invincible
while employed in aliening iheir tights.
disdains to seek, c:':her honor, q, pow . fr 1
from ac adventitious influence, 'fh'
people made, and the people 001,
maintain it. This truth, applied pa.ti
cularly to our civil compart, contain,,
indeed, the vital principle of all lepub
licanifra that principle, which eft,"
blifhcs an indissoluble unior and correfl
pondence of interests, feelings and ac
tions, between the Government. and its
Citizens ; and which has unifoimly rail",
ed, and will, I am confident, forever
, raise, the arm of an American Freeman
, to crush the tedition of domeflic traitoi s,
. as well as to repel the iuvafion of a so.
reigu foe.
1 Thus, placing the power and stabili
ty of our government on a legitimate
; basis, the determination to support 01lr
' constitution and laws, so forcibly exprcl
• fed during the late crisis, cannot tail 10
' elevate the fedeial character abroad.
; and to improve the general )»appifiefj at
1 home. Fiom one view of this part of
the fubjeCi, however, I receive particu,
lar phafurc. We have witaefTed the a
-1 lacrity, with which the call of the Pr»ti.
• dent was obeyed, by men of every, polj,
■ tical sentiment ; and we have -h?ard the
unanimous voice, with which the law.
less cqnduft of the Insurgents has been
rcpiobated, in every quarter of the upi
on j the fame motives, and the fame
end, have fc>eq> avowed and demonflra
ted by all. Shall we not, then, be (
mitted to hope,,that! mutual confide,..:,,
in irtatters of integrity ;* and mutual de
ference, in matters of opinion • , ill
hereafter extinguish tliofe feuds, and i,,f.
ten ti >fe asperities, which, in a.dfj, ee
greatfy to b& lamented,' have often clif.
• turbed the harmony of fociaj life, and
have fometinies deranged the system of
political operations? Let us, at leafl,
gentlemen, lend ajl our aid to the ac
complishment of so salutary an object.
Let our advice and example ditfufe a
rhangour fellow-citizens the principles
of conciliation and affedio.i towards
each other, and towards the govern
ments, which areentruiied with the lu
perintendance and diredlion of their
1 common interefls.
While we review the circumflances
which have attended the inl'ui region, in
order to felcrt the means of consola
tion, the wifdofti of the legislature will
naturally combine with that an
iriveltigatioii of t,he moit effectual raea
fures, to pi event* the recurrence of a li
milar calamity. Aliow me, therefore,
gentlemen, to press upon your coiifide
ratio'n, the conlfitutioual injunction,
" to provide by law, as soon as conve
niently may be, for the elhMiflnncnt of
Schools throughout the ffate, in such"
manner that the poor may be taught
gratis." I have-on otheroccafionj, in
deed, observed, that to multiply, regu
late, and ftrengtheiv the sources of edu
cation, is the duty, and rnurt be the de
light, ot every wile and virtuotis govern
ment ; for, the - experience of America
hr.s evinced, that knowledge, while it
makes us fenlible of out tights as men,
enforces our obligations as members of
society. But on no nccafiou could the
observation be more emphatically ur
ged than the prefeut ;• fir.ee I m::y con
fidently appeal to the convidion of eve
ry mind, which has been employed in
examining the origin and progrets oftlie
late difliirbanccs, for an afftirance, that
ignorance (whole natural concomitant*
are credulity and temerity) has been
the principal canfe of the deprecated
mifchief. Refle&ing, then, that a pto
vifion for tlw establishment of public
schools was contained in the old consti
tution of the ftace; and that its inser
tion in the new conttitution shews the
eoiitinued opinion of its policy ; I trull
I shall be excused, after a lapse of near
twenty years, in soliciting your immedi
ate attention for this intereiling bra ch
of the legislative trust. While ytir
i predeceflors enjoy the reputation a; ifing
I from an eaily and fa.ithful payment of
j the state debts ; from a judicious difpo
| fition of the public treasure ard rcfotir
j ces ; and from an unexampled, but fuc
i cefsful, amelioration of our penal code ;
may the theme of yourpraife flow horn
i inflitutions, that shall illuminate the
I minds of our fellow-citizens, and eftab
. lifh science on a pure and permanent
i foundation 1
1 In the course of the communications,
, which I have heretofore addressed tot Tie
I legislature, a variety of topics have been
! fyggefted, that may be thought Ml W
merit a share in yotit deliberations. In
general, I shall content myf-lf with a
bare reference to.those communications;
though I cannot omit the repetition of
myauxiety foi the organization-os our
Militia, upon a pl»n, in its teiir* more
perfpictfons, and in its qperH'-i"' l more
efficient, than the prefeut. The im
provement, liltewifr, of our roads as
rivers btrotr.es daily more interrui r ?»
o*ing to the emigration, which furmfh
us with an almost daily increase of p"
pulatiou. i iiC H: uatiou of atiairSf uu-