. 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 <» 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 va 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 inturrerds, 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 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 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 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 ;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 ale # 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 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 "»