i— — ... . .. a j lor lh Q ix,ejle if the U.ttetl Stater. i - y—. A. P O E M For F-:itv mr 2?d, 1795. T H S A NNJ VERSA RY „ $ F THE BUT H B% Y O F GEORGE WASHINGTON. ' WIIILS fc/live songs and grateful pr:iycrs ascend tor thec.O Wa 3HXNSTO *,thy country'afriend, 1 1,0 ! to her empire's lit# Columbia flies, < Nor with a nation's joy will blend her sighs. < - Ir.imeiVd in thought, where Niagara ponri < His inlandfeas.and lautesthetrembhngfhor-s; < In i'o-ra daili'd back to air, his ftreuro exhale, « Round the worn ilirfi perpetual fogs prevail, < Viioie mass, incum ento'er the horrid Hero, < Septus prop'd by rainbows arching from the deep. y; Suffus'd with teal's, and moiflen'd wi!h the ' spray, Whd? her h?ad play, ' Siefpeaks—more imoo;h the catarail feenis ' to glid?, (And mute his thunders) with a limpid tide, < A radiance fldats along tha wat'ry view, And decks the .rainbows with a gaudier hue. < Phosphoric fires cornfeste kwn the ground, And the : caves murmur witfiportcntcu ' jund. Hr voice, wjiile deep reflection lieav'd her ' briaft, < Her boding forrov/s tiiui with sighs expfefs'd. < ' Heaven gave tlftfe realms, emerging from ' the Ha,' u 4 ' The last and fr.ireft of its works to ine ' ' Lo! to the clouds my mountains rear their heads > • I-Jcav'd by an earthquake then- wat'ry < b ds. , . I saw affign'd for Imd and. take the place, 1 < ' < ' , Thefc eyes beheld til; infant rivers ltray, « . a courl'; ur.trac'd, to seek the ditbirt sea. < , I saw the beasts with new-given life eiate, ' , AndthefirilMunmethsfrolick'datmy.eet; ' •« Nowfeethcirmigiity bones,eitin<ft their race, , (So late orpam'd) to give my fav'rite? place, ' « ' v ;y free Amer cans, by Heaven defign'd «i he boa& and refuge of the human kind/ ' Lor;gt6fs'dbyjempefts,tothispromis'dland '' ' I led secure the patriarchal band. < Worn by fatigue, by famine arid disease, 1 h C?r< ms!ock'd «p mice,and bare the trees, A No fiin—.i > fruits—ltd on thefnowy plain(i) ' Di.: il'd, no promise of (the futnr.' gr.iin. j 1 ' While, rt.K id th-ir fires, thev heard fierce | A Panthers growl, j D ' Their babes vverefrightedbythelndianhowl, • Still undtfmay'd, intent on heaven's defic-n, ' • And fuli of hopes, began a nation' 6 line."' < ( ' When did furhcouragedanger'jfrontdefy, ! < 'Or such mild virtues form the (Scial tie ? \t' 4 fc ' When did such morals, fuch.celcflial zeal ;«' Subserve religion and the public weal ? < • With forefight such, what fath. rs of a state ' ' ' ' Laid the foundations of its future fate ? ' j« ■ ' O race.no-.v known to fame,ordain'd to rife I ' - ' The fir ft ps n.it ons, fav'riteof the flties! ' - '< Thro' woods_ol.fcare.l tTacjf , • Saw o'er thy craju'e"glory shed her ray. 1 *■■ ' Tho' bred to battles with the savage train, ' J ' Averse from comneft,peaceful and humane. ' ' Sages in arms, ('■ r while they fmok'd with gore, ' ' ' Their rugged fir Ids,the (edsoflearningbore. ' - « Nourifh'd by these, thcirnew born freedom ',( drew (i) ' j • Etherial breath, and fip'd amhrofial dew. ' ' ' A nation educated tti be free; ' j • Whbfe rights with power, whose laws and hearts agree. ' v s By.flow degrees,and thro' two a-rei course, ' 1 form'd their habits and reflrain'dttieirforcc ' Secure from anarchy and wdd mifrulff," bel • Eachlittle commonv/ealth becameafchoo!.(^ N pa> ' Order was liberty, and virtue law, • And youth look'duptomagiftrateswithawe " Diftinguilh'd race, whose freedom manners gave! ' Fr?cmein infAul, whom force could notenflave! ' Obedient kings, whose rightsfamiliar grow ! • Nor, like revolted slaves, with fury glow! * ' By blind revenge, or by some chieftairiled, • Slaves break their chains upon th' oppreflor's '■% 1 in • Untaught, corrupt, to anarc':y a prey, ' Their sanguinary freedom flits away.' ' A sudden impuife; like a torrent's force, « ' May bear down thrones & baflilesinits course. , ' • Its ufele'fs fury spent, new tyrants rife, " : 'A nd heave new !x;ildes to th' insulted skies.' " 1 ' Thegrowthoffrn-dom.liketheoakirsflow, " 1 )' a tree felf planted, shaded, weak and low ; " 1 ' It's little roots the dripping rillpurfue ; " < 'Its little valves the evening dew ; .« < ' h'shead, afpirine to the vernaffun, ' , ' ' Decner and deeper Hill the fibres run, ' Strike down,astimeaugmentedvigorbrihgs " u • nifp-irtth-rocks.andjirinkthehiddl ifprings: ttt< ' Wedg'dinthecrannief.itsvaflrootsai Spread Stt ' And mocks theter.-ipefl\Vithits lofty hrr.d. *. • ' For ages youi'g .and stretching to the Syf P ' 1 It fees the annual plants of folly die.' I . ' Lo! Fr :nce, exulting over heaps of dead, " a ' Swears tom.utr altars fall andtiations bleed, ' Fury at heart, ?.ud madness in.her brain, ' a,u ' She sweeps a whirlwind o'erhe embattled (at plain, - 0 f ' Smites with her thunder the aftonifh'd foe, f 1 i.' Tooweakforcombat, andfor flight tobflow; ? ' • With voice as dregful as her arms (lie cal s' 1 Andihakfsthe tottering tlirones and hostile " ' walls ; •; c ' pea! Old found, 4. ( 4 Realmsfl,artafton:ni'd,&the{hore«rcbound. - 4l v 4 The ylta/hle her feet, in ruins spread, t4 c 4Op Sceptres, nnitfes, diainsfhe/eems to tread, t4 —™ * £ (l) *be firS'itiers of A r cw England ar- * rived at Plymouth i*i tijc winter. ° ( (2J B-iJlon Iras fcttlrrf in 1630, and the Unit< t verjity of Cambridge founded in 1636—A temar- t » . iablefaft / ' . u e ($) Townjhipt are alluded to. « c *"- 6 Walks on ICinga nccks—yet, in the defp'rute Strife, : f/» * With poifbn'd daggers fecksfair freedom's Tfe, i 1 Red with whole vot'rie3 blood (her fin S3 o'errhmwn,) 4 rhefehands» jht orios, hare hurl'd a tyrant down.' 4 Wha': of maiTacre altauh the Ikies ! 4 What blafpheniies around her rife * Or v/retch, humanity expires, Jt 4 Havoc, oVerpiit ■ vrk-h vsdlims, tires.* ' O Rihefphrrty thy fitelefs rage has ftrew'd * Deitrudiort round, and track'd the plain* with blood!- r 1 A frightfulwafte.wiiei-eEaglesfcenttbedead; lt 1 Where wolves fatten, and where Tigers breed. (4) * Was ic thy wish, 1 ike Deatli, to reign alone, 4 (Thy Reahn a Church yard; on a Scaffold ei J ' I throne ? ' ? * Mad Fa&ion : n Vesuvius* crater lies, ;Du > 4 And^T>elchingfmoke,obfcuresEuropeanlkies. ' Her potent charms repel th'impetuous tide, {hs. « And pourtheLavaMown the Mountain's fide. ' lirs p What spirits rife from all the '.piiig plain, r': 4 And bid ferocious war and havoc reigri ! c ' ' Yet not content—(he feeh the curfl: desire ' * To blast my plains with her infernal fire. 1. p or fa _, n j s through ail rhy realms tac * are spread, c A son of Frjnce insulting at theirhead, the 4 Who league to make, as in the dark they lay, « My union, peace, and liberty their prey ; lay, « 'ao'er my fields,like i?ranc:,confufionreign, ;n > 3 < With horrid fway,andpiiethQmartyr'dtflain.' * Ah ! flill lfee the sorcerers in their cpllfc, <-*» 4 Re-urge their midnight fires,and brew their fpel s ; ' , * They load the air with fell mephitic fleams, , And with their m dd'ning poisons taint*the n( J- flreams. 4 Already Freedom's opening buds decay, * Their Togs already gain upon the day ; Id. 4 Already W ashington, like Atlas, stands Vtt * Aione, supporting Empire with his lu^ds 4 Alone, the prop of all this vast machine, i 4 Ihe mortal hero of th'immortal scene. I eir < why on liig birtb day do my sons rejoice? 1 4 Why does not fad reflexion lift her voice ? , *7 1 Or, with foreboding grief fee age creep on, < . ' An J how one year oi : sacred peace is gone ? 4 Favflion with order holds a doubtful ftrife, * ce. 4E en now—my fate is wedded to his life. ' 4 Year after year my waning hopes decay, 4 A.id, dimm t d by FaAioif, glory fades away. < 4 Chaos willcome when Washington expires, 4 i; 4 Hide Freedom's fun & quench her starry fires. :? i 4 A Gift so fatal why should I etain ? * Ci 4 Realms so accurst why should my power 4 fuflain ? ' No » these regions to the deep be hurl'd, nd * Take back,unfath m'docean/takeyour world.' 4 She said, the threaten'd earth confefs'd her power, 4 es, ft°°k, as conscious of its final hour ; ! A chilling horror hover'd o'er the flood; r . Thecavernsfigh'd,&darknefs veii'dithe wpod; , ce f A voice diviiu the awlul silence broke 0, j j Da y 8 efii ifiuing as • e spoke. \ 1, j 4 Thy WASHINGTON SHALL LIVE, }> 1 ( la .'uni no more) j ' U.'.*l/ Had Euruhcs dinjhall ieafc to rear: r. ' ' lVbtn Peaa jhitl hufi, tbrfiJicru cenftahvflarmi, '■ " ; Faction Jh.ill flee ivitb alt hcrfpcßrcdforms, ! !.' 7 b Son'JbaU'fcapttb<pl. lxutt of foreign dime, '«, ' l. r ur catch t!jejcll of their crimes, . ' ej ' Thy WASHINGTONfoaII fee theyarsprac.ed 1 " To patriot cares %J heroes' toils d*rced. " j. | ' A novel lory hi the IVeJI jhall rife, And more than Roman triumphs greet his eves ; ti . ' Arts, opulence, and bmrrr ft,. j r,r .'i ' S.: i.6... .j -:l nerc humanjoutj&ps nrx > jlray'd ; ~ ei Andy cynrted totby sea s untravelf dfhorty aJ ' 'India, then not remote, her wealth )ball pour. ! n C( ' The wondering world, and thy own sons fan., fee J, ' Tby realms pre-eminently btefi and free, Vl II 1 Sich :n the light of tfjy falubriousfkv, s ' (i '. Rebellious Ig/iorancc, thy foe, Jhall die ; 'An embryo worldJhall waie, as arts prevail, ' And Nlun aferid one irradejn jeing's fcaie d ' Thy Hero tbfnjlall guidefome Stizr benign, ■ ' A ltd ft ill his Country's Guardian Genius thine.' p «' f (4) The debates of the Convention teach us to ! believe that this is no exaggerated piaure of the De > partment of La Sendee. From the American Daily Aiivtrlifey. j*y 'i c E R M A fa I C U S, ed jit letter x. th , th s AFTER the difctiffions, contained °f ijj. ln the p>cc;ed]iig'numbers, ,we may per- Imps venture to affirm aiii'traft, c<> tliat " every felf created society, whose rj " principle it is to condemn constitution- p| "al <«der that'their operation wl ■ !' may be defeated ; or, careless of con- th. " sequences, diffemiiate, from an igno th< " ranee or perverlion of facte. fufpici- t! 1 " jealousies and accusations of the '* government, ought to be avoided by " the citizens of the United States." ■ " But it has been denied, that the prac del lice of thf f<}cieties~ in the United cot States has afforded testimony of their principle being ba.iefu!. the j According to the Conftitutionjwhich un have been pntjlifiied, the fame principle C °- in fiibftance, is piofefled by them all ; ™ Knd is comprized in the following quel rel 1 Rations from the articles and regulations of the Democratic Society of Penn- di{ ; fylvanin, heltl at Philadelphia. f UI " With a view to cultivate 'a jtift the » knowledge of rational liberty ; to fa- wh cilitate the enjoyment and exercise bei • '• of our civil rights, and to transmit, no " Unimpaired, to posterity, the gluii- are " i-us inheritance of » free republican wh ' " government, the Democratic Society for "«t Penniylvania is constituted and e- cat ■' ftabliHied." "* t)o " The Rt "P ub ' l «'> Coaftitutions of an< "' r }7 mtecl StKte '< and the state of j eul " of Pennsylvania, being framed and •' eftabhfhed by the people, .t i s our j ver " duty, as good citizciu, to support (Iy ( •ate " thtm. A:id in order efFedlnally to t '« do'lo, it is likewise Hie duty or eve " ry freeman, to regard wilb; tention, " and to (iifcufs without tear, the con ant " d'.til of the pnblic fervams i:l every " department of government." es! "In confidewig the adtniniftration fe "of public affyrs, men and meaftires " fliould be eftin-.ated according to their " intrinsic merits; and, therefore, re -1 " " oardiefs of party spirit, or political " connexion, it is the duty of every ci 1( j ; tizen, by making the general welfare •sr.- " the rule of his c >nduft, to aid and apprnve th<»fe men and mealures, " which have an influence in promot " ing the'profpeiity of <he Common " wealth." es. "It shall be the duty of the De le, it mocratic Society to remove tlie pre ('e" "judices; to conciliate the affections ; , " to enlighten the uriderftanding ; and 1 e \",to happiness of all our 1 " fellow citizens." < ns " It (liall be the dutv of the corre- ' " fponding committee, to correspond ' " with the vaiiovis meetings of the so- 1 " ciety, and with all other societies, 1 " that may be ellabljfhed on fini.lar < " principles, in any trtherof the Unit- t ' s > "ed St;ites ; and to lay all eommuni t ir " cations, which they shall make and r ; "receive, together with such other bn ie " finefs as they (hall, from time to t " time deem proper, before the society, 1 "at a meeting held within theirrefptc- e " tive counties." e . In the address to the citizens of the v State, they express their apprehension, f that if France'he unfuccefsful, the as ' ■? fairs of Europe may involve the Unit- t ed States; and proceed: ".Nor are the '■ '■ " dangers ariflng from a foreign source, K " the only causes at this time, of ap- a " prehension and solicitude. The feeds v "of luxury appear to have 'taken in c '• " our domeflicJ' i!; arrd .he jealous eye •' ' "of p^tnotifm already regards the fpi "r" "f freedom and equality, aseclipf- ei r "ed by the pride of wealth, and the ar- b rogance of power." h , " This general view of our fjtuation r < r " has led to the ijiftitution of the Dc- '' " mocratic Society," &c. P Some remarks follow upon the ",.1- f ! port a nee of circulating ufeful inform- i " ■ i at ion. I ti | "lo obtain those obje&s then, and j *' to cultivate, on all occalions, the love ' ; " ° peace, order and harmony ; an at- , " tachment to the Constitutions, and a I' ;» ; " rt 'fpeA to the laws of our country, I " will be the aim of the Democratic cs •j " Society. Party, and personal confi- K" derations are excluded from a system " of this nature." &c. | R Here is a catalogue of powers, more ex tenlive, thifi those granted by the confti- at enough, to be the outline of almolt any j n alfumption whatever, I confefs, that the moil profufe commendation, and themoft L deadly abhorrence, of Ihe measures bf go vernuient are equally w.th.n their compass. 1,1 But we must be as credulous, as child- he hood, to surrender to empty language the an dilates of mature exper.ence ; by flatter- Tl ing ouriilves, that tliofe. anions, which „f cannot be wrested into an unpopular ftiape, n are the food expe.-led, or desired by the societies. Wouldthey have existed, had las they been convinced, that tl ey coul t de -'tetft no Jpot in the public adminiflration ' cor> j' Ila 'y willth.3nfelv.es answer in the nega- ; pm tive ; becau'e watchfnhieis would be use- s o ] lefh, if the public lervants could be pre sumed faultier,. Fr .n this conlideraiion r and otherj, wjnch .rave been already slat ed, it is manirell, what they call faults, it ' lc the game, at which t ey dart, and that P™ they would not have incurred the trouble bei of alFociatirig, to expref, their affVaion are tor thewUdomor uprightness of public du( condujt. Hence ,t «, that they ft r :k e at every proceed,ng, which can be d.ltorted P T so, as to atiraa the attention of the peo b£; and except in an instance or two,- fcee wnic!» ihall btmintioncd in si paper ity tney to exh,b it every other, which hav they cannot deform ; aliedging perhaps, the thc ,lor » » nd ™e emoluments of the ;„fl agent, being an Adequate reward, p r a:fe ought not to be aferibeii lo a a S of ordinary n ' y duty. J cerj ith this temper—with the profefled ca " determination to diiVuf, without fear the oft conduct of the public fer-vants « me-vtry to department of government,"—as often as -lifT their caprice can spread a plausible air of c unconftitntionality over any l aw , thevwi'l ' condemn it. /I hey thnsinftill into the V '° mtndsof the people a doubt, whether it An be obbgatory °„ rherni; and wake tW Sta reUlels «nder its operation. ,h c . Such being their means of planting will (Inquietudes we ought to have some alt eve: iurance, that they are not « carelef* of An the conferences" of their poison. But the, where .a the .efponHbilit yof their mem tior f? Tf^ e -° bc fu,c ' ,hat they the possess full information, and that facts ,mn are not m.freprefented to them. But do , who can persuade himlelf, that full in- ; wefl formation will be poflefied, or fads be nim candidly represented, where a difpofi. tra , 7 P r 7 a,ls ' «•" «ne fidi only, g„o and persons are (hut out, not of a parti- I ; eular course of thinking ? | It is therefore inevitable, that the red, I r" y th 'P. ° f ' hc when plain, ter, ,I) exposed, leads th.m '• to difiTeminate For ly to suspicions, jealouiies and aecurations" eve of the vhole govern,ncm. And this lion, too, without the intervention of any con- dife& depravity. But when we calcu very late on the working of party or secret influence, imaginary faults will be rnul- ; ition tiplied without end :—they will be con- j meg juted up, inflead of being fottnd in their :heir natural growth. I , re- That the societies are susceptible of " tical this application, is a cogent reason for \ r ci- discountenancing ttiera. For things, 1 Ifare liable to great abuse, ought not to be c and adopted without an invincible nectfltty, r ires, and under competent guards. t not- But their praH'tce has not falfified r ion- their theory; proofs of which wll be gathered from them indiscriminately. De- Let me not be charged with pre- f pre- tending, that the a£ts of government o ns ; are too sacred to be canvafTed. The v and contrary has been admitted and afTert- n our ed. But in the present view of the p question it is immaterial, and the inqui- p rre- ry would be too prolix, how far the t, and measures, which have been afTailed, ,a so- were politic or not. Nothing more need c ies, be (liewn, than that the societies ac- a lar quire Undue opportunities of enforcing nit- their opinions, and employ them, in o ini- undermining the confidence in govern- o 1() d ment. bu- They have endeavoured to hold up to to general detestation, the Proclamation ty, of the Prelident of the United States, ■lc- exhorting his fellow-citizens, not to embroil themftlves in the European the war: — the appointment o£ Mi. fames f t on, as our minifler plenipotentiary, as to thaintain a friendly interconrfe with m lit- the French Republic^—the not put-- <p the lilhing of negociatious, as if every de- w ce, K rce of secrecy was to be banished :— f l ' ap- and the recommendation to the Go- ln . edt vernor of Peiinfvlvania to suspend the i„ eflablifhment at Prefqne Isle, left the po •ye 'hreat of a war from the Six Nations an pj Ihould b#realized. They have denounc- TVI pf. Ed the Vice Prelident and twelve them P a ar _ bers of the Senate, and indeed both houses of Congress. These and other '' c j on resolutions, which might be referred to, . . ) c . indifputzbly prove, that there is no im- tat piTitant flep of government, which they ,1- will not druggie to influence, from the ax. j inability of individuals, who are not in- ! trenched in counter-societies, to oppose nd them. tor vc It has been said, that praise and cen- 11,5 it- s ure dillributed with impartiality. j a If this be conformable with' fadt, it is y t extremely unfortunate, that so few oc p.,. [ c cafions for applause have been offered by ow si. government, since only two are recol- has ra ledled, the letters written to t'hr .FxeJich ' al ' Republic, and the management of the >Tm x- late infurreftion. But is it not remark ti- able, that the Snrifty..flf_Philr-djf.hj'-. I _ iici. wicy bore tedimony againlt that f. n infurreftion, on the 3 ill of July 1794, at, >ft a^er commencfd, upon the bajit of her 0 _ the exfife-laws, declarpd as their opmi, n, r °" f s _ that excise fyflems, were opprcluve, %vo 1- holt lie to the liberties of this country, '7 ' ie and a nursery of vice and fycophnncv ? " a } r " The Society in New-York, on the 2cih Ja ] e 1 194' treading in the foot- cor e ' fleps of that of Philadelphia, in the ' s f , d fame breath, commend the executive of Ma -- ''ennfyluania for appointing persons to "" J confer luith the citizens in the IVeJiern P.,- l - parts of Pennfy/vania, aud add this re- a!.' lolution : A 1 -- ulii- . . to 0 „ r . 1 " ttle decided opinion of this heir _ that the mode of collecting pub- herr is he revenues by means of excises, is op- tice ' lt prellive and dangerous to civil liberty, e beca-.ife among a number of evils, they n are partial in their operation and pro t du<^ ve of "'"umerable vexations, op- pri flions and a<sls of violence in their collection, becnufe thev have gene-ally , been defh-.uftiveto the inter rial uanquil , 'ty of there oommunittesi#«d,ich thVy 1 have been been edablifhcd ; because tht ' 1 d ' e >' crcate and pernicious | . 'f flaence l " government, by unncceffa- "J y rrly encrealin- the number of its offi. paffi cersand fubordmate depehdants ; be-j Ir 1 ""l V to ah'enate the affections ! vai l. :of the pe -pie from the government, and T r ' XC . lte ,hose ala, miug j.aloulies and , • diffentions which can only en! in oppo- ' , A ! f ' U °. U a,,d "••"l la nce on the one part, and ; valence and oppn-ffion on the other. ! S t And laltly, because in these United priy. , states, we hare eveiv reason to believe Hftrc they-are immediately contrary to the i ; wishes of the paople vvhofe anthorify in i or ? a every free country only can be fup,4e. i And this focety, while they pledge M ad hemfelvesto use their unmerited exer- £ ttons bv every constitutional means in ! thef: their power, to obtain a repeal of those 1 M 1 immoral, oppressive, and expensive laws ' Prefi do molt earnestly recommend to their a! l t0 weftem brethren, an immediate and una ' ;" mOUS , rCtl "",t 0 ,hat llate and IoT V ' dut > of a " , g°od citizens to preserve. Heh it is asked, have not other foci- of t} eties uneqtn,vocally praised the fleps for that reducing the infurreaion ; and the let- been pt* ? Perhaps they haye or tt would be the height of folly i n : in N ">s" ihofr, who inveigle the .**, this dash thrir glr.omy pl&yres {ar.,"i "*'■ any with a iiulc li ß ht, or to refuft ? leu- voice, to what isiHiidiopt-ci in-i1,,- 'T plc ' A^T h< "" wil , l - ll " ry to ml- an a<£t, the popularity of which s on- previously or w | lich lci'r foubd in ifftlf, i.v dcGitutc of ever* ' " JJU.hr prepofefiion? I ! 0 of ;j The thiee lucceetlinp letter. for will comprehend andl confide ev' 'f ' IC - J of l . he proposed dif cl ,flj„ n> W 'T be extend this train of refine, . :ty, menu time it is not easy to difcovt, tj£ - , thc Society "f Pa,„f v ! Vd „ la t st; hc,r s ift<ncew i,,,,i ---r c(o ' Tf d, as the opinion of «M. ,re - focie 'y ; that in a democracy a o.gln all c*feg to govern ; a „J he where a conltitution ex-Mi « hich tß i n- nated from the people, the rc m((! ;" he pointed out by u againtt imjuft „ d Z r, r ' * bdf ' Ollrl't he to be refo.ted to ; and that every o t ; ;er ? "i'. l *"'' l "tit to the constitution Jtfelf , ed cept ~, cases of extremity, is , mp ,' * and dangerous." A l ' C Societies pointed in out bv the conftitutimf? or what cafe n- of extremity has c.me upon m > up GERMANiCUS. From the Triton Dail, Mvertifir, .J ® Punlap & Clayp'oole, an n ,!! AViN i? r ""' ' few <b >' s a F»> i" vow es P P • flatement of the poii, j R ; fe cWl ™ofa Senate, tor «h t Kate „f y, Delaware, it may be prop.r, to prevents "lu-ppreVienfion t , poß the i'ubieci, to Jr qi * a ''! t tl'e -pubiu, ti.at Mr. r . whole name has been mentioned was ne , _ thcr a candidate for the appointment, ~o r" >- ,n X' y ,T"'r COnudrred " * competitor with Mr. Lati.ner. That ge „tl^ having long f.nce declined afl public an >e pomtment, it is butjuAice t» hisoJura^r is and principles to state, that few men would have been more acceptable to t K e > Public, or legislature, had tt beer, coacnr. Ed that he could have bten preva'iid unon . t« have Juffcred his name to'hen.emicn- ed. In every federal view, the „a,»es presented to the public are equally rciWc l- table and worthy o£ regard. y "IMPARTI.IL. e Frotn thc Jnericuh Uuiiy . e The conflagration of Rop-w ton, brought to my rememhra _ read in a periodical paper, cai Jtg Ihtetng-nce Letijc, of thc about some predictions of 8 which, in certa n . one it oas. p- wtr to set tktmf Ives on si, Y own heat. Dr. Bu. khoia . . ha« enumerated them, and hei , larly have that quality. A r —, —-,—- yig fier was aricfled; w hen ]: it was p!eadedi»-lliat a pomp;' • i-lifp had g. ton fire by .is 0.. i > Bmprcls thereupon oraered ft , at each of,the fame it was f /' hemp comprised, having, ii f foil e part {"reai'etl with oil would iu a ca> or two, begm u> ir.uk-. and in a ftctjp time fttrwards would emit ilamts of firt. In tlie year 1790, it was found in feve » Jal parts of Germany, that roajied fuc - , cory root, which is ufei! instead of coffee, is Uich a f 1,-incendiar*. A gru:er at F Magdch-rg had aqu n;ity rojtflt&jground t and packed i ,toi?.fc, to fend to another place : in the night "it began to burn\f it ' lelf, and five hou'es were consumed L 'it, A caution or warning in the public , im« to owners of rope-walks of magazine! of i hemp, captains of fbips, and traders la hemp, flax and fill cloth, might, if no ticed, prevent many loflesby fire. CONGRESS. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES. FRIDAY, 13th February. -Tfie Jlouft went into a committee of , the whole, Mr. Cobb in the chair, on the bill for continuing and regulating the mili ! tary eflal lilhmcnt of the United States, and for repealing sundry acrtt heretofore palled 011 that fubjecl. ( In reading the several claufet of the bill, ' va' ; ou» objections were made. The following is a copy of the third fe<3ion. i And be it be further enafled, that the legion of the United States be also com pleted to the number 0' foor thousand eight hundred, non-coromiffioned oiHcers, privates and musicians, by voluntary en liflmeiits for the term of three years, and that the fublegions composing the fame be : organized in such a manner as the Prefi -1 dent of the United States (hall direcl. An amendment was moved by Mr. j Madison, which was, that thc troops I should be employed for the protection of ' the frontier. ■ Mr. Giles was agalnft entruftinj the I President with any oifcreationary power, i as to where the troops were to be empioy- I ed. Mr. Fitzfimmis said that he had enjoyed the honor of a feat in that House, ever iince, the beginning of the government. He had noticed with attention theprogrefs of the J x andinr; army, and h£ had seen that many members, who at firft had been against it were, from experience of its neccfßtv, now for it. Mr. Wadfworth did not ktiow a county j in New-England, which could not deflr«f
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