1 i-l F.yITRE. !
EVENING*
JANUARY 2.
Will be Pcsftntsd,
' CVME D. Y, railed
Ihe RI VALS.
■ thonv A'folute, Mr. Morris
i /iXfoluic, Mr. Motet on
land, Mr. Cleveland
5, Mr. Bates TJ
-uchis O'Tr-gger, Mr. Whitfbck
Mr. Marfliall
-■id, Mr. Francis
chrcan, Mr. Warrell
Mr. T. W airell
-. Malaprop, Mrs. Shaw
..ia Languish, Mrs. Mar Iliad (jr
jlia, Mrs. Francis
I :cia, Mrs. Kourfon
V'.
To "Winch mill be added, ><
/ New FAN TOM IMF, calkd / cc
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Kai-iequin Shipwreck d : i&
1 oR, rt
The Grateful Lion.
'he music compiled by Mr. De Marque, a j
trim Pleyel, Gretri, Gioinowkki, Gi- C 1
ordaui, bhields, Reeves, Morthead, t |
te\ b
1 he new music by Mr. Re.nagle. t [
W!tli ii-w si' eiies and Decorations. 1T
he Scenes rtet'.ywd and executed by Mr. jj
Mdbonrne. t ;
The Pantomirr.it under the dire&ion of
Mr. Francis t }
I'.irlequin, Mr. Francis | c
o, (the T.ion) Maftcr Warrell r ;
'tiian Chief, Mr. Nugent , r
t ipt'ain of the Ship, Mr. Cleveland ri
ild 'I houghtlefs ('.He Pantaloon) Mr. r,
Warrel w
"ppy Bob, (his Nephew )Mr. Darlev jun a ,
WhimlicSl, (his Servant) Mr. Green
3 'owfy, (the Clown, Pantaloon's Servant f-
Mr. tUu'ctt v
.irvago-PvinrWa, (afterward* Columbine) I ,i
Miss ~
her firft appearance o n *<rr (Wa ? e w
■ .)bh-r, ' Mailer Warrell j,
avlor, Mr. De Moulin r ,
r'ber, Mafl« T. Warrell t j
:wr<W, MeHH. Gibbons and Price n
The Genius of Liberty, with fonp;s, Mrs. jj
Warrell r
Female Villagers, and Mrs. De Marque v
Attendant Spirits, Mrs. Cleveland,
Miss Oldmixon, Miss e
Rowfon, Mrs. Bates, c
&c. t
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To conclude with c
The Death & R'efloraiion of c
Columbine.
\ PaPioral DANCE, bv Mr Nugen*, t
Master Warrell, Mrs. Cleveland, and ,
Mrs. De Marque. c
/.ad a Grand Dift>J»y of SCENERY and ;
MACHINERY, entirely New. j
Books djfciiptive of the Pan|emime 1
: ly be jiad at-the i Ireatre. i
0:i Saturday, [
The favorite OPERA, called, the ,
Spanifli Barber. <
(Taken from the Frcncli of Beauir.ar- '
chais. |
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ANNUAL THANKSGIVING, r
November 19, 1794.
BY DAVID OSGOOD, A. M. "
PASTOR OF THE CHURCH IN MED FORD 0
PSALM CXI. 4.
He hath made k's ivondirful works {
to be remembered. f
(Concluded from our last.) t
The federal goveinmetlt was no sooner '
than it speedily rescued us from
this eminently hazardous -itnation. It
gave frefh v get to,e«:C*i of the state go- v
veriiments ; a ved into fubmifiion the sac- t
Jious thro' all the slates ; relldred the f
' course of jnftice, an 1 thereby eftablithed a
peace apd good order amang the citizens at t
large. It recovered the finking credit of f
the nation, together with that of the res- t
pective states ; and gave such a faring to e
commerce, agriculture, manufactures and '
all tliofe ufcf,.l a' ts which fupplv the.net
cufl'aries and conveniences of life, that 1
1 they flourifhed to a degree incomparably j 1
beyond what had ever been known in r
tlii. country before. In promoting these f
important ends of every good government, 0
• it exceeded the moll ianguine expecia- »
tions of it 3 friends and patrons. So ftrik- P
ing and manifeft were its beneficial effedls, l '
that even its restless enemies were compel- tl
led to silence. This tide of public profpe- "
■ rity continued rising even after the com- tl
menceinent of the present troubles in Eu-
rope: The current of our trade flowed si
• for a while with b.ut little interruption, and c
with accumulated profit to our merchants 0
and farmers. . r
In this prosperous situation of our as- a
fairs, a foreign incendiary appeared among e
us ; the objtift of whose mission was, at
j all events, to draw us in for a (hire in the v
; M''th Europe. By fair negociation c
■ w.th he had no
' hops ot fuccels. It was fhereTTrrr -^c^ir... 1
' ry, that the government (hould be over- 1
' thrown ; or at least the wif<- and good :
■ mtn entrusted with its administration, '
• (hould be driven from the helm. Mate- '
rials for either or both of these purposes •
- were ready to his hand. <
> In every country there are some who '
s envy the abilities of their superiors, and '
> covet their Rations ; some constitutionally 1
turbulent and uneasy, who can have plea- :
sure in nothing but scenes of tumult and I
confufion ; some who make themselves
conspicuous on no other occasions ; and
some in desperate circumstances, 1
only hope of bettering them is in revolu- •
j tiens of government. Besides a propQr- !
L ' tion of all these, there has been in this
country a large party, from the beginning
ill affeftcd toward the federal government;
and with these may be reckoned numbers
of ignorant, though honest people, who
e think the period arrived when the debt of :
gi atitude ought to be paid to our allies.— |
The pafiions, prejudices and opinions of |
these several dafies of people prepared
their mikds to receive the impreflions of an
inSdious miniiter.
He immediately put in pra<sliee the arts .
which had proved so dreadfully efficacious
in his own country. His intrigues were fud- ;
denly and furprifmgly .extended. His very
breath seemed to kindle the smothered em
bers of sedition from Georgia to Newhamp
fhire. PreiTes thro! the fiates were engaged
to forward his designs, by conveying tor- .
rents of slander and abuse against the great
' officers of government. Popular foeie
ties, unknown to the laws, were recom
mended and actually formed under the in
fluence of demagogues well skilled in the
bufinefsof faflion. The British councils,
f as though in league to aid the attempts of
, E Genet, perfidiouily seized upon our trade,
tx 1 and thereby fumilhed (what had yet been
.a plausible clamour to those who
he vfl »• fceKVag it, and a just resentment k in
e, dignation to ate moil peaceable & well uif
i). piled. The paKions of men were worked
uj to a (Vgree of scry. Rash and violent
or m°a(ures proposed and ftrenuonfly
d- urged, l t hcfe circumstances of
enibarrallement to the" government, the
to wrftcrn counties in Pennsylvania embrac
;e ed the opportunity to rife in rebellion.
Ie . Such my hearers, have b»>en the trials
and dangers to which our peace, liberty,
e- and our political happing, have been ex
posed. That the coni'equcVes have not,
as yet, been more perniciousy™ have a
reafon this day, to t\uik and
— : .u"e the Supreme Disposer. Ou\gene
! government, with all our
1 privileges r nbarked, has been fteerSw
"teen ■een )lla and Charybdis : That we\
ve een dashed upon either, is
: rg t,. egtodhandof God, influenc
efling the pilots.
rr peift is now more favorable.—
he wife and goodcondudt of the
His ministers, and the men of so
: in Congress, we seem to have
aiy rocks &!quickfands. With dig--
nnefs thry resisted the intrigues
nnationsof-an unworthy embaf
, fill, at length, they obtained his
• :k>' With refpedt to the nation from
K- I r. v e have received unprovoked in
jured, . hile they have been preparing for
to i'ce ■ r, er resort, byputting the country
a ii.it of defence; thtyhave sent for
; 1 th-m the reinonfirances of reason,
.ruth and jnftice, that (if pofTible) they
[ prevent the dreidfu calamity of
A decree of success ha already at
fer.j; thenegociation; theofiending power
no * appears half aihamed of the wrongs
which it hath committed against us ; and
is eonftraiued to promii'e reftitut on.
They have »lfo, the present-year, been fuo
cefsful against the hostile tribes of savages:
And to suppress rebellion, have sent fortli
an army so numerous and powerfuj as af
fords the hopeful profpeft of effecting the
purpose without the efFufion of blood. To
the l'eveial den.ucratic societies through
the states, whohave inccffantly cenfnred,
mifreprefemitei and calumniaied all these
measures of o\r federal rulers, they have
opposed a digiified patience and moderati
on, worthy «f their high Hations and
great abilities
But os those societies, and the spirit of
faiiion whii they engender, nourish and,
fprcad amciig the people, are in my view
the greatelt danger which; at present,
threatens tfeepeaceandlibertiesofour coun- i
try, I (h?Il cbfe this discourse with a few I
ftriflurej upon them.
In every country the men of am'oiti n,
who covet the chief feats in government,
exert jll their abilities to ingratiate tlr m
felves with the foirce of power. Under
a monarchy they ate the moll servile cour
tiers a! the levee of the prince. In a re-
I public, the fame men appear in the charac
ter of flamiftg patriots, profefs the warm
est zeaj for liberty, and call themfelvej the
friends of the ptople. In monarch.es,
their intrigues and factions are endless.—>
But as the monarch himfelf is the main ob
ject of all their atttmpts, over whom they
endeavour to extend their influence ; their
faitions arc usually limited to the precincts
of the c.jurt, and rarely occasion any ge
neral convulsion in the empire. In a re
public, the cafe is widely different: —
thousands& millions are the objects whom
they wo>jld influence. Of course, the
more popular any government is,
the more liable it is to be agitated and rent
by parties and fa&ions- Our's is not the
firft republic the world has seen. Some
centuries before the christian era, the states
of ancient Greece and Rome were so many
republics. But through the intrigues of
ambitious and designing men, influencing
each on* his party, they became so many
hot beds U' faAion and diflention. Their
worthiest anf. heft charadlers, when such
chanced to holm, e rt igns of government,
were oon nunteQ J nwn . an dthevileft of I
men took their placfev an( j conti
nue ration. Civil V vs often o( . curred .
and as either profcript i onS)
i baniihments, and mallacre S l , j- r p re _
cifely the fame scenes are now xhl {, ited ; n
France. We all rejoiced at tnt downfall
of delpotifm in that country : w«. con q,
dered it as the dawn of liberty t\.^ (e
: world. But how soon was the fair moH,.
j ing overcast ? They had no sooner adopted,
. a popular 'government, than all the vio
lence of faction broke out. A Constitution,
which the collected wisdom of the nation
had been two years in framing, was in a
day, or an hour, overfe.t and demoliflied.
. From that time to this, their civil govera
. j ment has been nothing but a contest of
i parties, carried on with all the ferocity of
barbarians. Previous t<a the revolution,
it was said of the French, that so refined
was their f«n Ability, so abhorrent of every
appearance of t&at they- WUilTd
' not fuffer tragedy to be adted at their thea
! tres. Isi t not astonishing, how so great a
' \ change in the morals and manners of a (na
tion could be so suddenly effected ? Facti
on alone accounts for it. Had the repre
sentatives of the nationbeen left their
judgment, uncontrouled by the leaders of
of faction, they would never have been
. ■ guilty of those exefies and cruelties which
chill all human minds with horror.
But how came tho leaders by
such a controlling power over the con
vention ? Solely by means of those popu
lar societies in which they presided, or o
ver which they firft gained an influence.—
These gave to faction its whole force.
On the fame principles with those in
France are founded the democratic soci
eties in this country; and should they
• become numerous here, as they are
r there, they will infallibly have a fjroilar
efFt-ft. Their pretence is to watch go
i vernment—they mean the federal go
-1 vernment,, But thi6, like each of the
| slate governments, is chofro by the na
. tion at large ; and, of course, every
man in his individual capacity has an
f equal right &an equal intcrefl in w«.!ch
: 'ing its measures. What paTumptioii
- then is it/ and what an usurpation of
the rights of their brethren, for private
' associations, unauthorized by the laws,
' to arrogate this charge to themselves ?
Admitting the propriety of setting a
. watch upon Congref3 ami the Prefi-
I dent ; are not the ttate legislatures ful
■ ly competent to the buf/iefs ? Is not. i
their interest at (lake, and their jea!' I '-
always awake, ready to not'- 4 Buy
; >jlt or error in the geoer»« govern
- What then is the«- these pri
vate "Stations to d*' Good they ian
- not do ,Syt,'t.ifiey do any thing, it
! must beevi!> And that they have done
' evil already, ay are> i n f a &, the fnp
' port of a pernicSjuj anc j inverate fafti
s on against the gtVral government, a
. : mong many other itaueftionable proofs,
s the omiflioa of magistrate,
i just mentioned, is, mind# an
- improbable one. for uvjefa we suppose
r him to have fallen under baneful in
' fluence of those societies, v\ know not
; how to account for his having hazarded
, a proclamation in which we are fretted
f neither to give thanks for any advyita
- ges enjoyed by means of that
r ment, nor even to ask the blefling of
5 Heaven upon it.* As though its def
tru&ion were already decreed, it is
treated .as no longer the fubjett of
prayer.
Should so melancholy an event as its
overthrow ultimately take place, no
cause at piefer.t appears so probable, as
those ill-judged associations. To pull
down and deilroy good governments as
well as bad, is their only tendency. In
the nature of thingi tliey can have no
other effect. In such a counrry as this,
therefore, where, through the distin
guishing mercy of Heav. , we have
obtained a government so admirably a
t!apte<f to promote the general
ness, these irregular and unwarrantable j
• associations ought to be guarded against •
j and suppressed with a vljj-'l. ■ ir i;
with which we extio?- . ..-s when |
it is kindling in a • city. T
meetings ate so i V ~, J
builible* ; and fhoui i,l• .be rally!
extended, the whole v • "jfrif- be in .
aflame. The member Wj&sz&k 1
ties, by virtue of tin's rwnon, necessa
rily become the mere tools and dupes of
their artful leaders, who have their own
enasto serve by all their profeffions of pa
triotism. " The moment a man isattach>
ed to a club, his mind is not free : He
receives a bias from, the opinions of the
party : A question indifferent to him, is
no longer indiffei ent, when it materially
affefls a brother of the society. He is
not left to aft for himfelf; he is bound
in honor to take part with the society
his pride and his prejudices, if at war
with his opinion, will commonly obtain
the vi&ory ; and rather than incur the
ridicule or censure of his associates, he
will countenance their measures, at all
ha zards jand thus an independent freeman
is converted into a mere walking ma
chine, a convenient engine of party lead
ers." In this way a few ambitions in
dividuals ate enabled to extend their in
fluence ; and as they rife in power and
confeqnence, to infringe upon the liber
ty of the public.
" Each individual member of the
state should have an equal voice in electi
ons ; but the individuals of a club have
more than an equal voice, because thev
have "the benefit of another influence;
that of extensive private attachments,
which come in aid of each man's pditi-
TScal opinion. And just in proportion as
, N; members of a club have an undue
ii fhat\of influence, in that proportion
i they abridge the rights of their fellow
'* c itizens\rr ver y c l u |j therefore, formed
■ for politick purposes, is an
f established ov- r their brethren
t propertiCi of an arflocracy_ end
all the effects of tyranny. It is ai.
y ral truthi dubs m
I United States, while running mad with
theabhorrence of ariltocratic influence;
• are attempting to eflablifh precisely the
_ fame influence under a different name.
And if any thing will rescue this coun
r try from the jaws of faction, it mufl be
f either the good sense of a great majori
n ty of Americans, which will difcou
h "gf private political associations, and
r- render them contemptible ; or the c.m
troling power of the laws of the c, un
try, which, in an early stage, shall de
mohfh all such inflitutioyis, and secure to
- each individual, in the great political fa
mily, equal rights zr.d an equal /hart of
n itjfluencein his individual capacity.
i- l f But let us admit that po fatal con
y sequences to government, and equal
e rights, will ensue from these inftituti
r ons, '.till theireffefts on f6cial harmony
i- are very pernicious, and already begin
to appear. A pvty spirit is hoflile to
e all friendly intercourffc ; it inflames th«-
i- pcfTions ; it fours the mind ; it dejke?"
y good neighbourhood : it warps the
n judgment in judicial determif"' l ' ollß '• it
bar.ifhes candor and fubft''Utes preju
n dice ;' it restrains the evercifeof benevo
'f lent afieAions ; and in proportion as it
e chills the warm affections of the foul, it
undermines (he whole system of moral
? viitue. Were the councils of hell unit
a ed to i»'ent expedients for depriving
- men ->* the little portion of good they
i- a rc deflined to enjoy on this earth, the
; |'only measure they need adopt foi this
• purpose, would be, to introduce fafti
r ons into the bosom. of the country.
- Tadiion begets disorder, force, ranio
- rous paflions, anarchy, tyranny, blood
- and slaughter."* May the God of oi
t der and peace preserve us from such
- dreadful calamities ! and to Him shall
- be the glory forever.
AMEN
* 7his rnuft appear the more extraordina
ry when we reflefl, that at the time of
1 ijfuing the proclamation, loilh the
t savages raged on our f ontiers, rebelli
on in the bosom of the country, aru!
t our Jituation, •wit!' refpeti to the pow
ers of Europe, had become so critical,
j that we. were aflually fortifying and
forming a numerous army.
i- * The Revolution in France, by an A
>f nierican : a jud-icious and inftiuftive
f- pamphlet.
• CONGRESS.
MOUSE OF REI XESENTATIVES.
j uefoay, December 30.
, _ The instalment bill wa» read a third
time and palt.
| The amendments to the militia bili
( made by the committee of confcrcuce,
were read and agreed to.
( I" committee of the whole, on the
natuialization bill, Mr. Cobb in thi
chair.
Mr. Hillhouf". moved to insert, ;
an amendment 10 the clause bef ; tht
committee, that if any rhiaen
i United State,, at a:ti
I fliouid beet>.-.K a <
any oth '1 'Smmiy,
i not t>c admttt?rf i AtnericSn sj-
W
} rhx'l .ut
i "
' i ''...ii exprefTed the flrongeft
approbation of the idea of expatri
ating all those of our citizens who may
have become fubjefts or citizens of ano
ther country. Many of them had been
made citizens without any folicitatiou
of their own, and merely as a mark of
efleem from the government under
which they lived. They had no de
sign whatever of renouncing their coun
try. Yet the amendment declares them
incapable of returning to' their forme;
foliation.
Mr. Murray hoped the amendment
would succeed, and that a iy citizen o
the United States, who, when ,-oot y;
the United States, elected to he a fub
jett of any foreign power fho ' d not>a
gain be permitted to the rights of com
plete citizenship; nor did he think it
neceliary to decide the question which
had refu'ted froti: the ingenious
, ments of his friend from Mafiachufetts
(Mr. Dexter) —whether a man can
ex-patriate himfelf, without the expief
confer.t of the comn unity, or nation ,
of which he is a citizen ofTut-jeit ? K
was enough for us to fay, that any man
who does ex patriate himfelf from the
United States, (hall not again become
a citizen. He could not agree wit!>
the gentleman of Maflaehufetts, in th<
position, that a man cannot ex-patriate
1 without the coi sent of his coin-try;
The practice of this country is a dirc:t
• confutation of this . tloflrme; and it
' must be'admitted, citTier that this cou
1 try has tnmpled on the molt solemn T
■ social and national rijhts by its practic
I or that a man m>y leave his count
' I siml take « h»ov tht -•» ■ji
• new allegiance in this country.
1 fetmed to him a position as corrftr
:iabi« to found norals-, si to
! . try*h, that what' 4 man• has>o :t<hc .
' offer, another man, o, 4 f-jrietrj-'cai 4
; Tigln fully accrp*. TT* would i:ii
thrtt tins country nad a'figlit to nafur 1-
• lize foreigners, because (he ha» natui
■ lized them ; and that this country, b
? its laws, having accepted the allegian
- of an alien, the alien had a light to
- fer that allegiance : The very prov::o
1 to naturalize an alien, without enquiry
as to the consent of his own countn
- having beeS previously obtained, lie s
• to be predicated on the principle for
J which he contended—that a man lus
• the right to ex-patriate himfelf withi.;.
f leave obtained : If he )w» not, all our
laws of this fort, by which we convi
, an alien into a citizer completely, m
Ibe acknowledged he a vio'ation
. the rights of n " ons - How far a m
after havine f>cen naturalised at a pe
) od of l' x w ' ,en his reason enabled f
and to enter into a solemn of
r 'ljgatiou, and—a be-fesi
, tered ihto it, his a right, v\ it'hont t
consent of the society, to quit that
ciety, might be another question.
ter a citizen throws off his alleyia •.
to this country, by leaving it and enter
ing into a new obligation to some other
nation, though he may have a right )<■
I to do, he has no right to return 10 i
allegiance here, without the confeqi
; this society; and it 1V no C a qoeftion oi
right, but of policy, how far we i?!
: re-admit him to ritiaenfhip. When f,e
1 said that the rvrht of difTolving al! ...
. ance must fce admitted, both to £:
. exercise K> a right, and to give coniilt
ency to our principles and pia&ice
| did not mean citizen could ik- j* •
off his allegiance m this coiuxry ; .
, he must complete the aft of d
| Jution in some other country ; Su<
principle wonld baJbng to the
of the difTolution, rather than the •
mation of a civil society ; hence apj
ed to him the strange solecism of .
law of Virginia, which provides for the
throwing off allegiance within the com
inanity. The consequences of fuc.
piinciple are not only dcHniftive tc 4 >r
very form and body of civil society.. ,|4 -i |
' are unnatural. They present ac!j '■
ed being belonging to no civil so •
on eaith ; for, in the intermediate
- in which he stands, beWl'e<n the a
e ance and countiy j l| ft difov i,
and the allegiance country :o v