rv " "Jevor were more traitorous fentifnetu* ti erreri or a more daring, infultirrgr and bo lide wish exprcfled. yet these m tell you tbey air " friends to the people" but they should add be n:' in slavery to France, for this i-< ihec'artd to bs their intention. ,md they hope Btiosapartea (ueVrels Bray c > inue 'ill all his enemies arf reduced, to that fitnation. There is d only one fcr mericar ropri-viHi't'hei.r wlfhcs being Tea! /Ed, and that is. by out o( office ail ih f charadhrs wh . undcrpri teaee i f heing " Friends ta the People" arc allocating a foreign government, and ex itltingly proclaim the wdh t at your enemy's *i&orie« mav n»t c-eafe til y >ll are " fid profirate at th i- feet and become humb! fup p/ieii't t /tr mercy " t - Should the Ja obinsonce obtain an af*en dat ey in the Councils of our country, the pe pie of Anierici will bt compelled to gratify their wish, to its utmt;/i extent. ] V imf , J From the (Boston) emmereial Gazette, fnE C-H KArn-.K OF General Alexander Hamilton' Considered and Vindicated. [Continuation] IT has been afTerted, with as much bold ness and effrontery, as if it had the fein blance of truth, that General Hamilton is a friend to monarchy, and some have carried this political figure of speech to so ridicu lous an extent, as to contend that he aimed to establish royalty in his own p rfin. So long as this absurd calumny wa? confined to jacobins, it was fufTered to past unno. .tieed, with the charges of the fame natuie, exhibited and so often repeated against Washington, Adams, and all the other ftre ruous fupy.irters of government. But when writers in so refpe£Uble a paper at the Commercial Gazette, jJTume the allegations and calumnies of jacobins, as tsvtbs, when they afiert as proved, charges which aie notoriously falfe, it becomes important to check the dangerous torrent, and to prevent the pollution of the few pure dreams of public infifmation. What evidence exists, or what fti.idow of evidence has ever been adduced to prove, that General Hamilton is avcrfe to a republican government and attached to a monarchal one. His he ever •xprefled an opinion of this kind in any of his numerous public writings, ot ever in the more retired moments of confidential con- verfation ? If he has, let his enemies de- Clare ; (for h: has enemies en< ugh who are fufiiciently embittered) to ahom were the declaration's made, on what occifion, and what their import i I pafsky, as undeserving notice the allegations of Junius America mis and others, of ipeeches made by Gen. Hamilton, for they are notoriously falfe, and even the anonymrus scribblers are artiamed to avow the I afenefs (,f their oii gin. But the defence of such a man as Hamilton, need not be repofecl n the fee bhoefs of his enemies—his charafter does not leek flv-lter under a negative defence ; he has given to the world, noble, unequivo cal evidence of his love of liberty, and of republican government ; proofs more dura- ble than the malicious, flan ers of his op- polers. In our revolutionary war, he fought the battles of freedom—he bared his breast to the bayonets of an enemy, whom feme of his calumniators dare not face. After the peace, he partook of the labours *>f government in the £ongreTt of the Uni ted States. In the convention of 1787, which framed the present federal conflitu tion, and which his enemies affect to ad mire, he was a distinguished, powerful and important member. Whatever there is of freedom, of {lability, of wisdom in that fabrick, Hamilton has his full [bare of the merit of it.—He was the only member from the important (late of New-Yo k, who ligned the constitution as» ter its adoption, he wrote in conjundton with Gov. Jay and Mr. Madison, (who has finer apolbt fed) those nrift exeellent elfays under the title of the Federalist and the signature of Publius—a work, confef fedly, the firft ever published in Aim rica, for profoundnefs, for perspicuity and elegance. His fellow labourers have had the generosi ty to confrfs that it is principally the work of Alexander Hamilton. And is it credible th» a man who so largely and powerfully contributed to produce our excellent con stitution, is hottile to its principles. From whom does the charge come ? From the very men, who opposed the constitution, although it has been supported lately by ifonie who have afted, and still think more <»rreftly. 1 W<>ulu not Gen. Hamilton have prevented the pre p fition of so excellent a constitution, w»uld he not have attempted to increase the confulions and disasters of —are any ofhis'fmnd ca: iates ?no w at inte ell can he hav in a chan-e o that offine ? None Ifany, let his efiemies declare it—But >f it were true that Gen. Hamilton is of opin ion that ano'her man won'd b b tier St ed to fill that important . flke, it that a crime, which ii to flxip bid- ot all his ba:d earned lauiels ? Is i ma;>, to be abuled and viilificd because he docs not a,»rce with us in the qualifications and merit o our favourite ca didae. though he has suppor ted our principles through a long la o ions, and ufelul life ? It the ccnlli uii n a dead letter, whic provides or a peaceable and orderly rotation in office ? and » that man republican, who censures anoth r for ex er ifing hn> rights in a peaceable ■ rderly and conttitutional manner ? But it is said, that Gen. Hamilton tried to prevent the ele&ion cf Mr. Adamt at the last ele ion that this is a crime of deep dye, for which he to be abused as a Roy lilt an I a partizan of Britain lam glad, that tis cafe bat ben mentioned, becau e t will elu idate audjultify, mod fallv, he con duft of Gen Hamilton the lalt and pre sent ekdion. Upon the resignation of Gen. Wafhing toa, it was extremely doubtful who would b« h s fucc*(T r It was well known that deep and violent prejudices, infhmed anj embittered for the lpace of tight years ex ilted againlt Mr. Adams in tlx Southern States. Me had been abused as Hamilton now is as a r yalilt His excellent defence on the American conllituiiou•, had been garbled, distorted, perverted and mifrepre iented as the fpeehes of Gen. Hamilton, now are, by Junius Americanus, and other jacobinic I writers, and he was generally, tho' falfely believed to be an advocate for litl s aod an hereditary aristocracy—his man nets never - ere conciliatory to his enemies, nor very flattering to bis friends —He was conceived to have too rau h both of Cato and Cicero in his composition to render him popular. AH honest men. therefore, who were r otperfona!y attached to him, thought it the wifeit po icy to set up with him, a southern frdcralilt, who might unite south ern prejudice* with federal principles in his favour, and thus ejfeßu»lfa guard against the introduftion of that worll o> all calamities, a jacobin P.efident. It was also believed that this was the honelt and fair praftife up on the conlhtution, and that it was import ant to lccure h seder. 1 Vice President, who would iiave all the powers in cafe of va.ancy* That General Hamilton might patriotically have entertained these sentiments is veiy possible. The event (hewed the correftnefs and patriotism of this conduit; Maflachu letts and Connecticut by departing from ibis fx/lem put at hazard theconftitution and g ivernment. Mr. Adams had but on? vote to fpnre, and yet he had one in Pennsylvania and one in Virginia, ou of 34 in thofr dates uncommon, une*pe6tcd fortitude to vote a gainst all their colleagues, the ele&ion would have been lolt ; Jefferfon would have been our Piefideut ; France our mothe country ; Buonaparte our Chief Conlul. Was not this a miracul us cfc pe ? Was it wife or prudtnt to play this defperae game ? Was it not like agamcltcr who (kkiahis fortttn« I m:d his fife upon a single thtaw ? If Pinck ncy had been fupportcd wt should nqt hive incurred this ha«ard—te w jiid have had fcveral votes to spare, and President Ada'ms would have b!etn. Vico-Erefident. fuui w,e (hould have excluded Jeferfun and combined the talents and virtues jf two djftinguifheii northern a#d southern ftderalifts ; although tio.n our perfonl acquaintance and local at tachment, we may greatly prefer Mr A dams, can any candid man deny that this would h-ive been the fafel, moll hot-eft, and moll prudent part ? SuppMe Jefftrfop who had only two votes less than Adams, Jiad ficceeded, what would the (out hern federal ids have said to us ? " They might have cliarged us with deserting the cause to se cure the ele&ion of a northern man. If yon had joined us the federal conflitution would have been fafe ; now it is in the hands >f the Marsean philofophcr who is resolved to break its "Li tipulian ties " But tho' theft have been Hamilton's id at, it is no torioufly untrue, that he oppofrd Mr. A dams If he had any influence any where it was in New-York, and yet all the federal vot rs iu Ntw-York were for Ada tat I t la't choice ; and it is well known that Col. M n, an able and virtuous fedrralilt in New York aflmed his relation i i this town *nd a fr'snd o( the President's, that Hamil ton exeited his infiueuce for the New-York lift of Eledtors who voted for Adatns. If such were the dangers to which a di vifiQn cxpvfed the fedcralitls at the last elefti on, what mull be their situation at the en suing one if a like diflcnfion (hould take pla.e. Then we had 12 votes from New- York, and succeeded by a majority of one only ; now we (hall lose all the votes of that state, and no wan without a spirit of divin ation can tell where we (hall acquire any ac cefliun. Is Gen. Hamilton then to be fliguiatized as the enemy of Mr. Adams, the sri nd' of r yalty, a partisan of Bri ain, an ambitious intriguer, because he would hoaeltly sup port two fedetal candidates, Adams and Pinckney ? a mode by which, if thecoift dence in ihe President is not diminilh d, we (hall gain his election, and feenre that im portant p;>int of a federal Vice-' rtfident. 1 (hall consider Gen. Hamilton's great and diftingtiifhed fcrvice hereafter. . «• NO JEALOUS RIVAL" Front tbe C 'tinecticut Courant. TWILIGHT MUSINGS. Full many a Jiuivcr is horn to bh'Jh And uiajlc its fwcctKtfi on tie dtjert air• G»at AT largth Iv'e reach'd my cuflom'd waik. ■ How still. Save when the evening breeze, in palling fight M ti (acred murmurs in these mountain taps, _ Curling tii ftrcam below ! Thou oamelefi rill, Roll or. thy uufeiii wave, till thnu arc loft In the fait n»af» of waters! Tho' the tyring, Withoewy fingers, decks thy fiiJ7 brii k, With nodding violets, and the lonely n>f«j l'h»* oft, ui wil.ows bending, o'er thy Uream, At 'hey wi u d fee their images bolow, The solitary rid bird, and the thrulh, flew fwingingtothebreze, in wild accord, their full fouls of fwe test long j Thou'rt namclrfs still, and to the wsrld unknown. Verhaps feme wauderiog, melancholy m.i», Btu ig with the "laniory of a griev ius wrong, Will lit upon thy batik, and hold hit ey«t Fall fixt up»n thy dream, that ft'als away Without a murmur Or. p< rhapt some swain 01 tender year? that laves the woo It to rove, Sighing and muting, as he wends along t)r gain-,wit.i re-left foot,the mountains top, And, whil> necalts, on all the fcira below, A wifljlul look, feels, in his labouring bra aft, The buiMii g germ of thought, yet immature, And olt attempt* the it-expreflive (train Of future fopg will mule along thy hank. And (eel hit i ul touch'd by ihe goodly fights, And mellow founds, that cheer thy lonely coar'u. How like thine unseen life, O Banc*,* nature's lov'd cKild ! i Ev n in thy prime, (he drew her veil afida, And fwcetly fmil'd upon thy ar4ent gate ; Ta -ght i hee her language | bade thee tu»« thy lyre , Tonoctsof willed miufirulfy But focn, Like that fr»H flower thy youthful hind !.»d rrarM And taught t® creep, in many a winding bout, Thick o'er thy lattic'd cot, thy Moom dccay'd, Yet, crc the hand of death had cut thee down, Thus lung'ft, like dying fwatil, thiae own fare wtll f Sleep on, hl«(l Bard! The long last night will end,f And morn will come, in Heaven's own fpleuduuis dreft. Sleep on, blest liar<3! The village swains Hall come, That erst did liflen to thy melting drains, And cheer thy lonely grave, with tarlielt flower» ; Shall p'int th« ftrang-r here; and, pensive, lay, " Our minsteel sleeps beneath this rank- LING GRASI". * Michael Bruce, a Caledonian of high poetic powers, who died of a confumptioo, at the age of tweritv one. f He wrote a poem in expe&atioa of his own dea'.h JSee an Extraft from the poem, in the Mi/ror No. 36. Federal Meeting. At a meeting of the Citizens of Phi ladelphia, held pursuant to public notice, at Mr. Bunwoody's Tavern, on the 25th of August instant. Henry Pratt was appointed Chairman, and 'James Milnor Secretary. The committee appointed at a former meeting, to corrcfpond with the triends of the Federal Government in Delaware Coun ty, on the fubje£t of nominating a suitable candidate for the office of Senator, for the Diltrift, composed of the .City and County of Philadelphia, and the County of Dela ware, produced an extraft from the pro ceedings rf a meeting held at the Black Horse Tavern, in Middletowti Township, on the 9th instant, by which it appears that they have determined to support New lin, as a C for said office. Whereupon resolved unanimously, that this meeting do approve ol the nomination of f Mr. Newiin,, aad that «* will unite our, City Commissioner's Office, exertions, in promoting his election. , r•• p ■ , , , . ' The following Gentlemen, were appointed TN rrr r ..-> r- ' u '.'n 00 '. , i • £• i i ! f' ruat.ee .. an Oi- J i..ar.ie <.l th. cleft md a Commit te, to corh-f pond with our federal I Common Council*, P »Rc the a»d day ol May, friends, hi dto pursue fucli other measures, 1797■ : f.' " • iT.ay lit fund advisable .tQ promote the FR ' POSALS federal interef), at ttie cnfuinj; election. ' 1 (in writinr) Willi#*. Rawle. - received by the C ity Cor»m 10 nert, vntg * •tj I* p , ' tne thifieth il3y of September nrxt,for r>- t on Lev. H >llingfworth, . f . eaf; , lV , r one >ar .^« jrn „ eßCC , „ U) , fi)gt^, y j •• n Itilkeep, ♦ • , bf 'a'tiu 1* . rtfit, the following public jroeerty of Rolvrt . Wharton,, theci-y, v-x »V Joseph H p!iinf.,n, *' l'i.e'A furf and Landing on Vii>e Streot. Jnh.'i ; [ illowt'll, ant on Mi back, one yel o« car, and two or three yellow fyots . tx his forehead—the oiher ear is speckled— he it ' v.try poor and Up shot. An hanjr.me reward will be given for the dop, and Five Dollar* on conv.fiioii of the thief. 1 he' Frenchman is a tall thi man, of a ccmj-l xion vry dark, and drelT din tl ck .1 thes ( xc ( t g a llripe ' blue and - lrte gingham c< atre) —he wufeenu ith t'd dog in company v ith a short fat man, ia Ra e near Seventh i:r;et, on Sunday afternoon last. auguff 18 d 4t For Sale, BY PUBL C AUCTI N- -IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. THf io.lowing property belongn x to Hie Trnf tce» of the A fr g egite Fund, provided for the payment of ccruin creditors of fcdward Fox auo James Green:eaf. On Mondiy the Stb October inst. P ART ol the property of said fund, in the City of WaiuHgton, that now is ren ered elar pi every i cumbrai-ce, will he exposed at KtiVliC Au&ion at TatiMclifl Tavern, an-.ontlt which are the following valuable fituatioi,, viz. ir Lots in square No. 973, 1 lots in square 974, 15 lots ia jquari N» yyj, 1 lots in square f lath of fquart 1019, 19 lots in fjuare 1010, t lot it square lOte, I lot in square IO», 7 lots in square io» j, 4 lots in square 1046 9 lots in square 1047, it lots in square 1048, with fun'ry others, advantageously (kuated in various parts of the city. Silo the » llory Ira ne houle now occupied f y Mr Deblois, beautifully fttuated (with ao extensive view offev eral miles down the Potomac) on the south east corner of square 973, fronti-g 4s leet on 11 street east, and 41 fcctonfouth G street: a*.on.m di us Kitchrn with an oven, ice. adjoining the south front. A large frame liable, carriage house and hay loft 50 fe«t by Is. and a pump of xc llcqt water near the hack door 01 the kitcVm, the lot extending 91 feet on ti street, a:.d I 9 feet inch y inGhreet, comprizing lot* Ncs 1, 2,3, ami part of 2», in the regiilercd ot the rhe faleswUl commence at the said t.v.rn at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The termaone fourth rib, ore fourth in Gx months, when a will be piven, the remain ing moiety in two y?a"*, faynent to He (V urcd by ' ori'l and mortgage. But tht creditors in the abovf fun» l , may i»i li uof mortgage secure pay ment nf their bondk hi dep'-Ot of c rtißcatw of the truflecs at the rate of five ibilliitg»iu the pound, to th« (mount fecur»d and A< dividend *ake place '■elore the cvpifadou' of thi* • twv years, it will be fct < ff ig irift th« I on t, a- dt the certifi e»te« returned iri the fioj pr6n«.*oa,* sfcf'. Henry ' ratt "1 *lv Thorn ,» W. Franc's I John Miller, jun. J. hn Alhley Jacob Baker. THOMAS Tl> Augult 4. A PLEASANT COUNTRY HOUSE, WITH an excellent Orcb*rJ, lia< n, Pump, Sc. &c. The whole containing 17 acres, lunate on tlie Wilahicon road, between the third and tiiur h mile (lone —May be purchased on raatcmable terms. —Two thirds of ihe pur chafr m''ncy may remain (secured on the pre milt-sand on'intcrtft) d.iring three years Enquirt of BONSAL k SHOEMAKER, No. 114* Snuth p. tinh street, the Sub scriber, at Monnt-Pleafar>t, adjoining the premises, or at N• < 4?, WalniiMtre,t. ' JON-WILI.IAMS. 11 iv. f tf. JIWF 1.1 FOR SALE, a PRINTING PRESS cathffete, ytuil Pica on pica body (new and Jd f ca, do. Sundry Fram s, and a great variety of Office Fur .iturs. &c Iroh work or a pr n'ing-prrfa, 0- They will be fold cheap torcafh —Apply at the office of the Gazette Of the United States. To 'rinters. WANTED in Exchange, A FOUNT of Long Prim' r, weighing 6 or 70c lb. or upwar and a i'oua; of < B\rier weighing /jcolbs or upwards. *, Trv/leet. IEY, Agent, jiaw t» y* , » _• '*