. NOTICE., - A Quarterly Meeting of the p ai Ph: adelp a Socicty for the Information -ii-i .ifi:" luce of Peifons emigrating from V r;' r :n Countries, will be held, at half . »viii tix o'clock, on Wednesday Evening, -he 7th inft, at Sliarplet's's School Room, *° u in "r unberjrer's c. art. Jiera JVk manv additions an 'al eratioftsin tlie whit ci-iuiifutioii will be prop ok J, the punclu- than al ot members is reqUested u s I>V oilier of the y William Turner, Sec* f. he I in a A Stated Meeting of the run Pennlylvjnia Society 1 , for promotng and the abolition of Slavery Sec. &c. will pan be lu-ld at the ufital place, on ftend iner <!-.y next the- Jthinft. at 6 o'Clock in ny the Evening. day it tno. 2nd, 1795- Bank of the United States. January $th. 1795. t [ lc Notice is hereby given, that Bu there will be paid ac the B;ink alter the P ( h 15th inftaut to the Stockhold-'is or ihiir re p tffii tariye* duly authorifid, Sixteen Dol. Jars foe each Hia- e, being the dividend do. P* c elated for the lati fix months. By Older of thr Preiideot and 7xl John Kean, "V Cujhier. vi<f Jan. 5. mw&fun _ FOR SALE, j Two Houses. capital stands for bufmefs. H ONE No. 50 Market fti eei, at pre'eut g r Pccnpfeu by Mail's ll'cs an ' Co. B'jol.'e!- lers; the.otber No. 5, foutli Second street, in the tenure 6< Mr. Roger Flahavan. — For particular apply at the lefpeftive hou- Jm. 5 d6t This day is Tublifncd, ffrice 3 quaVtei of* Dollar) Slaves in Algiers : ; c OH A VS Struggle for Freedom : hi A P L A Y, tl Interfperf.d with Song?, in three acts. si Infciibrd ><» the Citizens of the United a States of North America. hi . By Mrs. Row/on. hi Asp'.rformedat the New Theatres ill l'hi- U ladelphia and Baltimore. tl Extra 3 from tht Preface. r •' My chief aim has been, to otf rto the ; ei puoljt a Dramatic Entertainment, which, { p, while it might excite a (mile, or call forth ; v the tear of lemibility, might contain oo ] one fonrmejit, Id the ieaft piejuJicial, to, ihe moral 01 politics principles ot the 50- 1 a v<rnment ui der wli.ch 1 live. Onthecon- 1] ttary, it his been my endeavour, to place ! p the Ihcial virrues 111 the faireft point of j v '• view, ai.d hold up to meiltfd contempt /\nd ridicule, tlitir opposite vices. 11, in tiwsattempt, I have been the least 0 1111, I fliali reap the reward to which I a(- \ pii c, iu tl:< i'miles and approbation of a li- p beral public. j; Sol" bv M, Carey, No. iaß, and Rice & Co. No. 50, H'gh street; S. Caaipheli, No. 54, louth Second street, and Wiigley I Bei iinan, No. i 49, Chelnut street, t Jan. 5 sawtf f NEW THEATRE. The public are refpeftfully informed, that till further notice, doors will he open r<l ai rrvE the pciformance begin at six o'clock, precisely, THIS EVENING, January 5. Will It Prefer ted A TRAGEDY, never performed here, I ' called The Countess of Salisbury. I Alwin, Mr. Whitlock , Havmond, Mr. More'.on , Grey, Mr. Green Morton, Mr. Wigßell Sir Ardclf, Mr. Harwood 1. creches, Mr. Cleveland Lord VViiliam, Master Whitlock Being his firft attempt on any stage Knight l :, McfTrs. Warrell, Dar ky jnnior, Mailer Warrell, &c. Peasant, Mr. De Moulin Eleanor, Mrs. Francis Co'.mteis of Sa'.fbury, Mrs. W hitlc«„k Ic/' tvhuh iv ilt be added f A COMIC OPERA, called, the Poor Soldier. With the original Overture and Accom paniknenti. Ca n ta:3 Fitrroy, Mr. Moreton J ?thcr LultJ, ' Ivlr.BliTett JK-rmot, Mr. Darley jun. Patrick, Mr, Darley Darby, . . Mr. Wignell iiaciteile, (\» ill. ® Sciig in chara<slerj f fe Mr. Marshall gQ,. t Mailer T Warr_il TJorah, Miss Broafehurft Kathleen, M'.t. Oldinixon Box on*-Dollar-Pitt J "f a Dollar—and Oal'fy 4 a do i 11. Vivat Refpnblica ! -TOv i—'' — Jprh and Far the Gaze!!: of ihe L a:t:J Elates. aiK y this, Mr. Fekno, • led ! Ainonj; the changes vyhich are likely Qn £ to take place in the OfE-xr* oi our ge neral Government, furrfy tiicre i» none wfiich we have greater caufc to lament, than the relignatioii of the Secretary of War. . Deh W iien we recoiled the services winch 1 he has rendeted liis country, whether in a military or political view, ni» me rits demand our waimeft approbation j and pipifc*. The early and decided t ! part which he took at the commence- j :1 ment of our late revolution, when ma- n ny of the mulhioom patriots of To day ilepped behind the Jhe ; important ferviccs which he afterwards A rendered to the cause of liberty, by j d c g hit ajtfvky, 7-eal, and perseverance, j which were so conspicuous on every oc- j t r cafion, have left a deep impression on p er( the mind of every friend to America. a [ t tt But his military chara&erdoes not con- oft ie ftitute the whole of his eulogium. can When we view him in his political ca- wlt c " pacity, and "in the walks of private life, we there find the fame integrity, j, zeal, candor, and good sense, blended -pj, in the general tenor of his public and im< private conduct. The late important tua viflory ot our Western Army proves, "n _ bevond cohtradiflion, the wisdom of tjiofe meafuies devised by the Secretary of War preparatory to that event. (j e . ll That another may be found.who will t h, execute the important duties of his I I office with the fame candour and inte- thi "t e rity, is the sincere wilh of a t,c e'- CITIZEN. i n :t, - ' iu- fa For ihe Ga-zetU of the United States. cc es Mr. FttJNO, In a piece signed R'tilTel; pubhfhed w in Mr. Brown's paper of the firft InlL gi it is (hrewdly insinuated that Pesnfyl- al vsnia has much more reason to boalt ot her advancement, during the lalt year than the United States in general.- —Her rt finances forfooth " have been placed on m ted a footing the mod wife and oconomical" in lier bank will pay her for her patronage, ' n her farmers are enriched by prices here- c ■hi. tofore unknown See. See. &c.—But, in the financial codeof the United States, t j. an amelioration truly is ncceflary ; gieat- f r the et progress mud be made in finking the tl ch, j public debt, and t-he system of our re- n ,rth j renues fimplified.—-T.iat system, to j f °° ! which Pennsylvania individually, and „o_ ! all the Bates coHefii*ely, are principal- u ',1,. ly, if not rntirely indebted for their ace ! prosperity—without which their credit would not be worth a song—that fyf tl "r c tem, which has resuscitated the credit ti L-f,'! of our country, mull be ameliorated. '' a(- Vanity thou ait intoxicated. May our ® 1'- public debt be frafonably extinguilhed ; .] . but heaven preserve us from politicians, r i ,|, who out of one evil would deluge our e »lev Country with millions.—To such poli- si ticians as RufTel, may be applied the f: lf following epitaph—" I <was well, ivould " — be sick, took phytic, and di»d." THE CORPORAL. r led, 0 CONGRESS. J HGUSE of REPRESENTATIVES, c January lft, 179$■ S The Speaker informed the House f that he had received a letter written by r ( ' e ' Mr. Forreft to Mr. Benjamin Edwards, 0 informing him that Jie had resigned his i, y • feat as a member of the House of Re- c lock prefentatives of the United States, from t «"' on the state of Maryland. Another letter « rce " was read from the clerk of the execu- f :r tive of Maryland to Mr. Edwards, no- t land tifyiug him, that he was cle&ed in the v lock room of Mr. Forreft; these letters r ee were referred to the com Jiit,tee of elec- r Dar- tions. aiter Mr. Claiboire after some introduc- % toiy remarks, laid a refoliition on the 3U ' m table, the object of which is, the ap- ( r - poir.tment of a committee to bring in t tfcck 3 bill or bills for reducing the salaries ! of the executive officers of Government, t their affiilams and clerks ; the compen- • c fations of the Senatois and members of i the House of Representatives, &c. The committee of the whole having , com " yesterday fretted the difcuflion of the ; re'on naturalization bill—and the fame hav- 1 I ffrtt 1 n£i been reported with amendments jun. tbe House this day took "the report in 'arley to confideratio/.—Mr. Giles then re ignell newed his motion—for inserting a clause ■ r ) in the bill providing for the renuncia : rlha !J tion of any title of nobility on the part arr " 1 of foreigners who may apply for the 'hurst r '« ,,ts c i'' Ken^l 'P ' n l^'e United riixon States.—This motion occasioned along ' del>a<e, in the course of which Mr. —and Dexter moved an amendment to the motion to the following effett, " and L ! in cafe auy sac.'. alien (hall hold any pcrfon Jn fiavery, he (Kali renounce it, libt and declare tha: he holds all men free arc and equals—further debate ensued on tliis, at length ;<n adjournment was cal- led for and agreed to, without deckling or • on cither of the motions. - - eft C - mmmmHtarnm—m*— an( ACHA R G E Delivered to the several GRAND JU- h RIES of iht Counties of Alegheny, „ n . r IVrjlmoreland, Fayette, and Wiijhing- tat n ton, at December Sejfions, 1794, by ta ; ,1 ALEXANDER ADDISON,Pre- lav j'ident of the Courts of Common Pleas j?'j in thnfe Counties. ■ tin te ( Continued. J | h Jsi All our benefits are mingled with some ,y I degree of inconvenience. The union of n ,, e | the states under a general government, t h ' ! while, bv combining the whole.ftrcngth, g 0 C " jit render's the Hates refpeaablc and prof- cu )n perous, may be truly considered as eiTenti- ty a. a l to our fafety and happiness, and as one ca n- of the greatefl political benefits, which we j,c jj, can pofiefs. But it is necefTarily attended c 0 with this inconvenience, that the laws, oj which, from their nature, must .be gtrie- all e rll, will often be less adapted to the cir- j, y * cumftances of some states, than of others. i 3l The fuffering states mull seek conization tn nd under this evil from the principles of mu- f„ int tual conreflion ; and remedy for it, from ; n CS; time, experience, and reciprocal inequah- p, G | ty, of taxation. If chb «ax, as doubtless p] it does, bear peculiarly hard upon this , , country, there may be other taxes which bear peculiarly hard upon other parts of ft the United States, andaffe<ft us but little. a | his I know not whether I ought to reckon of c ] te- this number the tax on property fold at auc» tl tion, the tax on the inanufa<2ory of fniifT and refined sugar. or the tax on licences & for felling wines or foreign fpirits-by retail; f, but of this number I surely may reckon so t | far as it goes, the tax on carriages for the j s . conveyance of persons. If all tbefe tax- ,| es do not, the last certainly does, affi-dt n others chiefly, and us but little ; the last 1 a ir.iv rather fey, afTefts not us at all. They t led were all imposed in the lift feflion of Con- r nit grefs ; and if the progrefsbe persisted in, a fy|_ all may correil the inequality of each : — t ,' u s or the mtereft of all combining for mutual r protection, and inflrudled by observation f \ al and experience, may in time produce the a ' cr repeal of all, and introduce a new system t lon more acceptable in its nature and more easy t al" in practice. In the mean time, while we { ,g e> murmur at the inconvenience of any law, t a^e ' let us seriously refleit on the difficulty of : making laws equal and acceptable to so ex- j 1 tended and varying a territory as that of 2 tes ' the United States. And considering the eat- fraternal band which ties us together, and j the the source of our laws from the appoint- , re- ment of the whole people ; ought we rafhlv , t 0 toabandon a confidence, that, as soon as a , an( j law is plainly approved by experience, to , be oppressive to us our brethren will relieve . P . us ? Would not we do so to others ! And | ' >el . r have others less virtue than we ? j edit Together with these general principles, . fyf the particular circumstances of this coub edit try press upon us a faithful fubmiflion to t e d this law, as a point of conscience, honor, , and fafety. If we do not yield, an armed , , r force will compel a punctual obedience.— ( e ' The law will be executed: and let us not ( ans » render it imp.offible for government to ex- ( oijr ecute it by proper persons. As a public of joli- sice, become necelfary for our honor and the fafety, let us render its execution refpecfU 01ild ble, and encourage and prote« honest and refpeflable men init. We may thus id some < degree, lelTen the burden of the law, and render our obedience more pleasant to ourselves. God forbid, that any man among us fliould entertain the horrid idea, that se cret alTalfißation ffionld accomplilh the work, which it is found no longer fafe for ES. open inturre<stion to attempt. When dan ger to its very existence has onceroufed the oufe P owe r °f government, no art or machina ° , tibn, nothing but implicit submission, can " y restore fafety to the aggressors. Even from >rds, our security from each other, such an idea 1 his is one of the mbft dreadful that can be Re- conceived. VL'es the moll daring and de- From tellable, need only a plausible nitrodn<£li tter on to render them familiar and general. — One instance of aflaffination, of the most ecu " odious ptrfon among us, would render 1 no " the life of the mftft refpe<stable altogether 1 the un f a (e. For aflaffi»ation is the work of a tters ruffian and is there any per ft n whom a elec- ruffian will respect .' Cast a moment's re flexion on our late troubles, and tell me j uc _ whatkindof villainy there is, which all at . once did not become fafhionable. Cliop -116 P'> n g off heads was spoken of as eafilv, as a P' slicing a encumber ; and burning houses >g ' n became as trivial, as tearing walle paper, laries Introduce aflaflination, or any other fpe nent, cies of crime, under a plausible pretence, ipen- an< l w '" f° on spread over the country, ti of exten( * to ever y objeSl. The late troubles exhibit an awful !■ Hon, w'.iich it would be inexcufeable to pass o iving ver w ',tliorit attention and improvL-ment. f the During U'.eir existence, the pafiions were hav- too much excited, and the mind too litt'e ,ts at leisure to examine thoroughly their rt j n .. nature or eSV<fls ; and terror debarred the t exercise of" freedom of opinion and ex '! r f preffion. But now, when the storm is o ;lau ver, it becomes our duty to look back up incia- on the past scenes, to contemplate the : part ru ins it made, and speaking of leading r the tranfaflions freely and without disguise, to [nited bestow some fericus reflexions on their na aloric tnre a "d tendency. These refleclions, ~ while they afford lis an opportunity of re ,r" marking, how fatal to happiness is are -0 I fiftance to lawfid authority, will (how us " and 1 jifo, how opposite to liberty anarchy is — d any j Some of the plainest dictates of personal liberty, if not its mnft essential principles, , ins aretliit every man to think, to ipeak j and to aX, as inchiiat.on and judgment J may lead hup, provided he offend not a- , )a gainst any law ; that no mm shall be tried or pumlh <d according to the arbitrary will of any individual, but according to the til( eilablifhed forms ar.d rules of the laws, to and that e'lioyment of every man's proper- w{ ty shall be secured to him until he forfeit it, by the sentence of the law, and that t j r fentrence le executed by the proper officer. With these maxims compara the effects of anarchy, £3 we have experienced it. 3e- j" al cause the intereii or inclination of some men led them to accept and execute cer- rc< tain offices ellablifhed by public authority, an lawlcfs bodies of men, alfenibled tor the f u] purpose of riot and violence, in sulted, and ahufed their persons, entered jj their houses by force, and destroyed botn their hoilfes and property by fire. If any P' thing can place such tranfa<3ions in a more : ; detestable light, than, at firft fight, thrv th rnuft appear, it may be this; that, if thrf-* St 1 things be done, for any ■ cause, however > good, there needs no more for their exe- j s cution, for every cause, than that the par- * ty to execute them be of opinion, that the , cause is good. Let hut a niob alfemble, - however fruill it he, if fufficient to ac- P 1 complilh its purpose ; let them agree in ed » opinion, that such a man is dangerous, la " and therefore, tint his property ought to v ;, " destroyed; and it is inftantlv done. Let • but cne hate another, and rcfolve to de- 1 troy him ; he is only so alfemble a few of firoilar fentirnents, or over whom he has 1 influence; the-y instantly pretend te be the ' u people; and the work of malice is accom- fe s plifhed under the fcmblance cf zeal for the ni • public good. p ( The outrages of anarchy were not en -1 fined to public officers. They extended , -■ also to private citizens, of refpeXable character and inofFenfive manners. Varie ty of opinion seems to be as natural to the tl human mind, as variety in (nape, features b< ; 5 & complexion, is to the human body. Beth ol '• fetm to be the work of our Creator: nei- R' ther can be properly a cause of pnnifhment: le and to puriifh for either is the grofl'elt ty tanny. Aitions, which loi-ie may think P meritorious, others may think detestable ; ° ' and a law, some may think bad, o ->' thers mav think good. But surely no p man of sense and virtue will think, that a ■' any man ought to be punished, for enter- p — taining or expressing either of these opi- j a ' nions, or for acting accordingly. Yet, >n for such causes, were men, who offended " against no law, fevered from all the at- J : m tachments of dcmeftic life, driven from their families and homes ; it might have t " e been'to wander, they knew not where, and c ■*'' to subsist they knew not how; under the fear f °' and peril of death, if they fliould return. { f* Is this liberty .' such is the liberty of anarchy. To a private letter a sacred refpeit, F somewhat resembling the ancint invfteries t of religion, has been uiuall annex. 1; and r [ 'y to violate its secrecy requires the suspicion sa of a coward, and the vHlainy of a traitor. to Yet for no obje<ft, that 1 can perceive, of j ve any public nature, but only to gratify the "d little.revenge of a malignant mind, or to 1 ihew, that there was no crime, which we r es ' were not ready to perpetrate ; the public t IB " post was robbed,and the letters in the mail c t0 were opened by a set of felf-created inqui- } fitors, who advancing from one degree of 1 , guilt to a greater, alfumed the authority of government, and called out the militia lot of the country to share and cover their ' crimes. 1 These tranfa&ions furnith us with ' melancholy ir.ttruftion, that, when m-n ; n j have once tranfgrelfed the bonds of civil i me obligation and violated public authority, / nd there is, afterwards no restraint to their 1 to excess. They will do deeds, which 1 they never before intended, and from < j-" 5 which, had they teen fuggelled, they I t jj e would have shrunk back with horror : 1 for and they will do them, from no motive, 1 an- and to no end, of interelf to themselves 1 the or otl.e; s; but merely from the rash- 1 ness of the mement, a sally of wanton I an ness, or an impulse of malice. Let us < j™ learn, therefore to confine our conduct < b e within the ftrift line of duty, and re- ' de- member, that the firft tranfgreflion re - 1 Jli- ders easy tvei y subsequent one, howe- 1 ■ — ver enormous. 1 otl I will (late one or two causes, found- I ed in ignorance and error, which con- I f" tributed to the late unhappy infurre&i- I ! a on, or facilitated its progress. I re- 1 shall mention firft an opinion, that ] me riots and terror, banifliing the officeis of 1 l«t the excise, would produce a repeal of ' °P" the excise law rr its inactivity with res- 1 r aS pest to us ; but I have said so much of 1 '' S this, on other occafians, that 1 shall 1 ■j, c ' no w pass it by without further notice. Cf, 1 shall next mention a desire to cover ry, the guilt of those who firft attacked General Nevil's house. As it seems on ' an opinion pretty generally prevailed, I n °" that riots, in this cause, wete proper ; , ere it appeared bard, that thol - who enga ttle ged in them Ihould fuffer, for their fer leir vices in the public cause ; and it seems the to have been believed, that die bell ex " way to protect them was by *tnutiply"»S b°* the number of offenders, to make the pnnifhment of any appear dangerous. |' ltl g Perhaps here one might find matter for :, to queftiotnng, whether it be not desirable na- that wicltedntfs fliould be accomp'inte 1 on »> with underftanditig ; and whether folly re " be not the mod mifchievou* of all qua lre" lities. Had the men who incited the * second attack on General Nevil's honfe, tonal and the subsequent tranfaftions m the , infurre&ion, been men of f onn I informed judgment, they won > i • reasoned in this manner : " The -n.'.i 'nave erred ; but we liave count J and shared the opinion, frorr $ their error proceeded, and w< to endeavour to save them. Let Lt,e whole country now rife, and fti„; secure them so' public jultice. "Yher. this is done, let us go for ware r.i ;<o rernment, with solemn and fine n(Tu rances that we will submit to I i i«-.r honestly and pun&ually ; and II required, we will pay all pait < :r.:i and delinquencies ; and, with i t al furances, let us request, that ;o>eir ment forgive our offending brebren." If measures of this nature ha fcren pttrfued, the iffiie would hav more fortunate to the oTtm'er , t > these counties, and to the United States. Another cause which I (hall mention, is a mistaken use of the no d pecp'e. As, in a democracy, the p ople is the source of all authority ; and as the p o plp on this si le of the mouniains fum ed all to pgretr in repiobating the txciic la ; declaiiners, never extending their ' views bey otid their own neighborhood, but considering ihe people Ice, a-< the whole people, took occasion to i CjT*l . ferit, that the people heie m ; ght i. w ■ fully correct any errors of their public servants. Oil these prnci-1 *» e\ery neighbourhood considering itfelf as the • people, thought it had a right to do as ' it plea fed. Assuming, without jrojJ, that the union of all the States is nice - fary for the prosperity of each ; and that, fepnat ■ from the union, we limuld i be infigiiifieant and dependent, I W"B d ' ohferve, that it is th« wUole j eople of the union that is the source ot all pow er, and that we a<e but a very fmull portion of the wlu>le # peoj le. Ar.d be- • . cause the whole peopl/ja the jour«,e of - all po.ver, to argtle, that a very small o portion of the people is the source of t all powei, is absurd, If every small " portion of the people were to> afiume the powers of the whole, iillead of a government we fhoula hatfe a chaos of .. jarring authorities and coiiflifliig wills, n While the constitution fubfitts, even e the whole people can speak only in the d constitutional manner, by their repre ir fentatives. So that the onl ■ :ec of 1 ". i the people is the laws. And t -a. -. mnft be presumed to be the will t- : people, until the repeal of their, dee ;s that the people lr.ive changed . their d minds. n 1 (hall mention but one otlitr cr.nfe, which facilitated the prOgref? ot ti ' late infuriedtiou. The dange 0 "country from Ind«»iv iiicurSo htd ,e rendered it often necessary to .iihle ic the militia, without waiting for th" il orders of government, which ou become too late sot the danger. Fro'/s experience it was found, thut a - L : was the heft defence. Hence h ; r ry expeditions into the Indian c0u,..: ■/ were frequently undertaken ; and gu ll vernment, from a ltnfe of their utility, •n afterwards fan&ioned them, by defray il ing their expenees. In this manner, it y, hail lccc,me halitual with the militia of ir these counties, to affemlle < ' the call of ;h th.ir cjjicers. without enquit ■? 'o the m a ithority or nbjett of the call 1 ha ;y bit,' well known to the conti ;er» .«■ : rendezvous at Braddock's si e, ed the execution of their p ch>* es matter. They ifftted their h- the officers of the militia, n bled their men, accuftome as order# of this kind, given d ct den, and without authority. e . litia came together, withoi ■ g from whom the orders ori; c . for what purpose they were r •. c, when met, it was easy to coi u'. rite, i- from bread to brealt, more • •< <-t n- the popular phrenzy, till al! It or ;i- found it prudent to diflcmblt ■;j : tend, that they felt it. Thi- m c :-p ----at pearance, at least, of (Irengt r, i:m of nimity to the infurreftion, si i <e! t. of well disposed, and embolden 'i£h.i •f- to proceed, with audacity, fuhie of quent outrages, wiiich thet ■■ iro ill energy to restrain, nor son J to si. nifh. er In these refle«flions we fine < ; :d consolatory; all is furrow and <W. e. ns Let us turn then to the ctbv tide o: d, the picture, and cc.nfider the >nd; c ; of government, and of onr fei a- zens in other parts c.f the ut ;r- measure no less prudent that ns was adopted by the govemmen eft m'flioneis were sent, to offer t n|j pardon for all pafl or he pie condition of future obrdiem is. these terms, offered gerC' ot flv 'or and the beil ti'.at couV be offer t -ile fail in reclaiming us to duty, t ' e e-| dent o dered, that a ceimpeter ,lly of our teliow-citi?ens ftiould ja- !in ar'pis tO Con>JJ*l that obedje, . 4 ;lie { reason and mercy "could not roc) lfe, I Whiie the terms wire under - the t deration", ffici' " • J " m "»
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