Gazette of the United States. Philadelphia, TUESDAY KVfNIMG( ©CTOBEjt 14-i A SKKTGH OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER Cfiarles C. Pinckney. GIRGUiVI.STANCES have Combined to render the name of G- neral PiNCKntr familiar to the American People.—The two hiiffions to the Fiench Republic) and his prei'ent fituatiott as a candidate for the fc cond office in our government, have 'contribu ted to produce this eltect ; and although his public charaiter and services are fufficiently knbyrn to have di:'Unguilhed him among the authors of our Revolution, and the founders •f our government, yet the intimate know, ledge of thai; qualities which Cdnfpire to render him a chara&er of peculiar weight and i ntereft is not lo widely diifuled l It is of importance that this inform itiou fliould be polTt-ffed by every description of citizens, and that their minds Ihould be engaged in a close examination of the leading features ot the charafWr and the principal in cidents in the life <.fa citizen who is offered to th-m as a candidate for a high and refpon lible trutt. The writer of this article is encouraged by the hope of furnitli-ng fortje materials for this examination. Fa£ls (hall be given as they have come jo the k inwlrd e of the writer ; wlio will r.ot (hrink from the support of one of them, if called in (jUcftion. This drift adherence <0 faft, is rendered more necelTary hy the difpolition so general ly prevalent ro undermine and deflroy great reputations • to canfound tbt claims of private viitue and moral excellence, in the rasje of party ; —and to determine all merit by the arbitrary and flu&uating standard of political o'inion. Happily tor the dilfin guiffied ciiarii£\er who is the fubjeft of this article, he has hitherto ferfiired an exemp tion from base olumnies and imputed crimes, 11 by a life d-voted to honorable pursuits," and marled in every toge by utifhaken retti tude. The a net dors nf G*ne-»l Pr*cxynr for three (mi well as bimf It - ) were ttattves.of-<S'aM(/i.'.a'o'in.7. Hit father was Chief Juttict of th- G .lo: y of Ci olina, and a member of the Kind's Council. General PiNCKXsr was b >rr» fnne time in the year 1746. Hr vva3 fducated at the Univerl'ity ot Oxford in Em:l.ind;—where lie gave e irly and' refpeclable pra-ifj of fchoUrfhip and talents. After fin'dun* his cliffical edu cation, he commtneed, and prtifrcutcd tie study of tile law at the Temple. He then pcfled a yeirat the Univeifity of /Infers, in F> inee, and ni ide the tour of Eurnpe be fore his return to his native State. The great length of time which lie had fpenvift accor'pl.fhing nimfelfas a scholar, a'id law yer, at the firft feminities of Europe, ex-l- bled hnn t<r commence the pradVice of Uw at the b*r of Soutb-Ciro'.in.i with univ, rfV»l eclat. With iiulultry equal to his talrntl, his reput-:\cn and emolument* c inti'iiied to i tic re* G? tiV.I the commencement of the re volutionary cOiiteft. Tlie arj.-nt and patriotic mind of Mr, PixCKVtr, induci J him to take an early and aftive pare iti the proceedings of the Gei)f- V;tl Aflembly rf South-Carolina, and his ener getic character was highly inftruntental in thr' adoption of ti ofe decided meafurrj vrh'ch diftinguilhed thst Legislature. He eommanded the fir ft volunteer uniform corps that was raifi-d at Charleston, and en couraged the embedying of independent com panies throughout the Staie. When these jneafures resulted loon after in aftuai boflil ity, Mr. Pinp.kntj rras appiinted a Major in the fir ft State Regiment, of which the present General Gadsden wa-s Colonel Com mandant, He was (hortly after promoted to the command of the firft regiment. Af ter the defeat at Fort Moultrie, in 1776, of the Britilh fleet under Sir Peter Parker, and of the army commanded by S r Henry Clinton, the projeft of making an efT-ftive impression in the south Kemed to have been abandoned, and Colonel P.ncitney believing that quirter vrrull not very lliortly be the theatre of war, solicited General Washington's permission to leave hit regiment, and repair wherever there uiould he most si t vice to be seen and per formed. He was defirrd to join the Gene ral's family, and ifted for some time as his Aid-de-Camp. He was in that chara&erat the battles of Brandyvine and Germanttmn. As soon as it was known that the Britifli contemplated a second invasion of the Sou thern States, Colonel P-nclr.ty repaired to his appropriate command, headed his regiment in the aflault o»i Savannah, and was diftin- Euiftied in almost every important aflion fought in Carolina previously to the fall of Charleflon. When t.har/c/lon was a fecosd time befiegfd, Ge«eral Lincoln (the com manding officer) fde&ed Colonel Pincinry at a fit officer to defend the important pass of Fort Mcultric- The surrender of Charlef lon gtve him a prisoner to the British His ardor and zeal in the cause of independence had already madt him peculiarly obnoxious to them. Their relentment was however sharpened by a new provocaticn { Find ing that the Britilh were endeavouring to raise among the prifoncrs a regiment to /end to the IVcJI Indies by rigorous ulage in tbeir confinement, he vifi'ed the abodes of misery filled with hi* captivefellow-foldiers,i cheered their defpondenre, and difluaded them from enlisting in the Britilh frrvice, by afiurances of fperdy relief. The Biitifh on the difcovtry of this measure cauls d Co lencl Pinckney to b; closely cor.si cd about 6 I milej from ChatlejloH, an 4 alWifitlgV Vils only 1 son lay extremely M in the c ty, he ciduW Ont, j for folne time, obtain periti'flion to Visit is family. The interference of a British furge® i ultimately procured htm that pri vilege for a few hours, and during that ftort period his fen died. He ifras not perm itted o remain until his interment. but remanded to hu place of confinement immediately, and was npt afterwards exchanged until near thfe clofi of the war TJie vinditlive spirit of the BritiiV» did 'ot stop here : ! hey laid waste his beautiful farm neat Cha Ifjl n, and Urrttali the buildings on it. At the retUrti of peace, with a fortune en tirely broken down by the ftorrtl of war, he Was obliged again to have recourse to the profrffion of law for a fabliltetice, and very shortly (tood at the headofthatprofeffion, un rivalled in taltnts, and Unsurpassed it) pro feffional rectitude. He continued thiis in the gradual accu mulation of a fortune which is now ample, until 17 5, when he was chosen one of the delegates of the State of South Carolina in the Federal Convention, and (tgned the COll - which was the rcfult of their deli berations" No sooner was this Constitution adopted and in operation, than a new and powerful irrpulfe was given 10 public ientiment by the French Revolution. The fsntimentS ot General Pinclnry were highly favorable to the p-inciplcs and condutft ot the revolution down to i late period, wheu their multiplied crimes and follies had forfaited the confi dence of all reafonabU men, and where the great body of the American people with drew f'om it their admiration and eftecm^ In 1794 he was appointed Major Gen. and commander in Chief of -the militia of South Carolina, and by great activity and atte' tion very soon placed them on a ref pedable footing. At the time of his ap-' poititment there were but four troops of uniformed horse in the State, and when he left his commaud, in conftquence of his ap. pointment in the national army, the caval ry amounted to 2 00 i'i complete uniform. On alt feafotiablc occaliaia he has unequi vocally 'cxpreflVd his opinion that the Mili tia is the natural and efficient defence of this cou try and j* the legislature of Sou:h Caro im contributed much to the formation and adoption of the present militia law of chat State. In the which to6k place re fpefling the 81 itifh treaty, General l J .n k ney t..ok no part. He was elrfted one of a Committee for the city of Carleston to re moiiflrate> againlf ir, but declinrd fervjn l , and never rxprt-ITcd any opinion on its me rits ; confining hirofdf to the bufrnefs of his pioteffion, and the di(charge of his official dutes. The next important incid nt in the lift of Gen PincLnry and that on whuh the fu ture H'flora of America will dwell with the molt pride a-id fllisfatSion, i» his -m ---baflv to the Republic. Previ ufly to his appointm nt to that embafly, he was ofte-i felic'ted by Gctt WaJhingUn to accept some frd-ial appoin mcnt When Mr. 'JtJjferfim delated his intention of rdigning the office of Secretary of Stole, it was ffer ed to G n. Pinckney, bin declined ; znd jti the refig'ation of Judg- Biair or Jtbnfon. (the writer does not recr.llciit with certain ty whic ) he was again solicited by Gen. IVaJhington to accept a feat on the bench of the Supreme Court, !"ut Jgain decliVed- On the recal of Mr, Munr.ce from ari-, for misconduCt in office, Gen. WaJLing si ( who k' c« that meafnre would be a fruitful theme for ciaino.ir) deemed it of imp >rt ance- t® foleft a citiien as bis fucceflor who (hould unite splendid talent; and correA judgment with dilcreti >n and intripidity of charaft r ; it was a so a defiraVile < [rcum stance that he (hould be from one of the Southern States —To Gen Pinckney. whom he had so often endeavoured to allure to the firft offices in government, Gen. IVaJlington again addrtfTed himfelf in a rtyle 1 which forbade refulal and at the notice of three days he embarked from Cbarlejlon. where by his great and lucrative pradife as a law yer he had rec ived within the prtceding year fiur tboufan ■' guineas. The liiftery of this celebra ed embafly is in the retollc&iou of every ,American. Ihe treatment experienced by General Pinckney at Parir, w hen the power and arro gance of the French Republic were at their height, the personal dangeis which he bra ved while unprotefted b> the Law of Na tions. and abandoned by a proffligate gov ernment to the regulations of thrirown po lice agaiaft foreigners ; the failure of the fifll embafly, a d his return to Holland, are too weil known to requircthat they (hould be particularly dwelt upon. Ihe nomina tion of the second embafly, at the head »f which Ge •. Pinckney was placed by Prefi. dent Adams with the progress and ultimate failure > f that attempt to negociate through th arrogance, profflig cy and corruption of the French rulers, are Itill better known, and will be remembered to the h»nor of General Pintkney as long as the gra itude of a jutt and generous people (hall be ihe re ward of exalted virtue and eminent servi ces, This reward he has in part had by the reception he experienced on his rerurn to /mciica; by the flattering approbation whi. h his conduit rece.*ed from his own go. vernmeht ; and even by his praises extorled from his political enemies. In a speech in the Houle of Reprefentativts, Mr. Giles (of Vtrgini.) cotifefled thai General J'inck r.ey had coiidu&ed himfelf (alluding to the firlt embafly) " with difcrction and ability," Previous to bin return >0 America he hnd been appc intrd a M ijor-Genera) in the new iy railed .tmiy. Immedi.it«|y on his arrival lie repaired jr> his commard ; where his at tention was directed with luccei's to the im provem'ht of miVftary uWcipttnr» until the army was itifbanded by a refoluiion of Con gress at t)Vi \j/tt feflion ; when he retired with cheerTuloefs to the walks of private life, uud (linguilied by civil or military rank from the mat's of his fellow-citizens. Imports t a? the fiublic fervicei or Gen- Pineinty will appear by this brief (ketch, they will tlerive additional lustre and merit from the patriotic motives which have pro duced them. As he has never been known to solicit any other tha i the pofl of danger for which hit intrepid charafter preculiarly qualified him arid in the course of a life, exposed by the nature of his two profeffions to perf oal altercation, his courage was of ten tri ed, and never queltioned. High a» his charafter stood at ;hc barof Sou h Car* Una for legal knowledge, dif layed to great advantage by a masculine, nerv -us and im pressive otratory j he deserved ttill higher praise for his incorruptible integrity, and the undeViating rettitude of his moral and profeffional conduct, y which he merited and eftabliflied the repUt.tion not only of a good citizen in all the social and domestic relations, but that , so highly prized, and so fe dom admitted, of an HONEST LAW YER. H'S disinterestedness and intrepidity have entitled him to a character equally high as a soldier and, patriot. In the regiment that H# commanded at the commencement of 'he revolution wtrc a number of near re lati ins. none of whom were promoted or preferred by liith on any sccafion, and in all his app-intment he was cr.reful to feleft those exe'ufivtly who were diltingui(hed by merit. A remarkable i:.(lance of his attach ment to this correct pri- ci;;le occurred in his pitraiotion of a private soldier of the name of ffamlltowhofe daring valor, he roic spirit and military eiiterprife seemed to deltine him to command -l ie was rappid ly advanced ; appointed to the command of a company, and soon atter a Brigade Mjj ir Ticftrended from a line of pious ancestors. Gen. Pinciney innei its ftom hem a belief in the christian faith a 1 d a ftricl o. fervance of its dutirg and ceremonies For many years p tv ous to his million to France he was a member of the vrftry of a congregation in Char cjlun Nothihg can more (tronply demonstrate j the solidity of his worth and talents than the great refpeft they lav.- always commanded from his political opponents, more rfprcially in the Itate where he rtfide?. The demo cratic printer »t Charleston, in republKhing' troni the (Pliila.) f/ r o r J, al vnys otnits such pa(Tige» as relates to General Pinckney. The p 'lit c I ground on which he now (la ds is tli.t of afi m hut moderate Feder alist, Unfhiiklcd by foreign influence or attachments, and pnj&'ffi.ig at the fame time a complete knowledge off ireign politics and manners, derived from n&u il obfervatton, he is anxious only to support the character of a True American. As the friend of Wash ington he reveres the memory of that great man, and support* his principles of policy a d of adnijniflr.ition. The person and manners of Gen. Pinck ney are peculiarly formed to give dignity and effeft to an elevated public situation. Goiiverfant with the w irld from his earlielt years, he has noQe of that afffted gravity which has often made g;eat men ridiculous j and though the franknefs ot his character I. ad< him to be communicative and unreferv. •;d on all fubjefts (not excepting politic;) yet on all occaiious " discretion seems to cover him with her mantle." Superior to the ar'ifice which affects to make a secret of (late affairs, he is limited in the difcu(fi<>f) of political topics by no other confide ration thah thnfe of prudence a.id propriety. To those who may be difptff-d to consider this (ketch as the language of hlind r undif tiiiguidled panegyric, it is a fufficient answer to fay, that plain fa£ts and f.ber reason will furni(h 110 other result than that which is here given. The friends of a great man latVly praise him, when his enemies have not dared to imp eaf b him. V* The American, who recolle&s the import ant services, as well as the eminent public and private virtues of'Geneial Walhington —who has used to contemplate this illusi ons hero as the glory and ffe-guard of his country, mufi now be aOoniflied at the im pudence ot the Jacobin writers, who endea vour to attach to their party the naree of Walhington, when it is remembered that since lie has retired from the prlidential Chair, thefc wretclie* with the cruelty of U rtited Irilfamcn, and the audacity of foreign milcreants attempted to brand our American hero with the epithets MONOCRAT, MURDKRKR pd TRAITOR ; and from the press of the Aurora in 1797, th.'y dc c-l.ire that " Mr. Walhmgton has at iagtb heeome theachhious even to his own f me." After much other abuse, equally frtlfc and virulent, levelled at General Wash- Irigton, the jacobins proceed to unfold the views of the party. And iiow all you, who love peace and abhor anarchy and civil war, all yoo who prefer tlie preferit fettled order of things to Mr. Jeffci foil's " political convulsions" and •• tempestuous sea of liberty" attinb to th* following extract which ifTiied from the Aurora prt-fs, for this declares the defitfns of tiie ftftion, and you may profit by it on the ele&jon. ground. ixr»Jcr. " To prevent any other man from availing himfelf ofa like danger*,us alctndacy, as Mr. Washington, to do mifcl.eit, it is ne ceflary to revifc the federal and several of the state conllitutions r ithout del y. Un til this is effected, Ameiica mull remain a prey of internal faftiotia, in conftquewce of h.r governments being fepeiated too much from the p:oplc ; her foreign politics aWo must flu&uate with the fluftuations of herl administrations. The fame experience which tells us, that America ought not to place confidence in indivduals, tell; ua neverthe less that (he is too prone to do it. To re more therefore the double dtfed of a de ceving individual, and a credulous or indo lent people ; it i-> in difpenfably necessary to per i eft by'legitimate mea«s the federal go vernment, as welt as others- Virginia, which firtl founded tie alarm bell withrefpeft to the (lamp adl, which never fails to exhi bit refpedable public men ; and whose chief rigrei, since it has seen him become grade, it the having given birth and coun tenance to Mr. Wafhing'on ; Virginia has again tignalized herfelf by four wife refuta tions at the present crilis. These (hould im mediately be carried int« effedt. What re gards the head of the federal executive, is, hawever, molt prefling since there is po immeniate controitl existing over it in the Senate. If evil once in fifty years results from having an dxclufive President in a country, it is fufficient reason for changing the present initiation of a solitary Prefidenr ; and what reafoji is there per contra ; what evil in a plural Directory gradually renew ed ? The perfori at present chhfen as Vice- President, would, in this cafe, no longer as, now. be an inert personage. The execu tive government would no lunger exhibit the fluftuaiing chara&er of an individual, hut approach nearer to the fixed abftra£t of the American nation. Tne French Di rectory, confiding of five persons, of which one is yearly replaced, has exhibited vigor, secrecy, and celerity, in a fufficient propor tion, (o make it more than a match far any m narchy. or for any ariftocratical republic in Europe. It has succeeded as rapidly ir. uniting tf-.e French Republic as the mono c at Walhington has succeeded in dividing that of America. Mr. Wayne, A refere ce having besn mide by Tench Coxe to Hie in the Aurora of the 9th in (lant, upoi( the fiibjec\ ot Mi. Adan s's poli tical opiaions, I conceive it my duty to publifli the following 1 ccalion of it. During an evening Mr. Coxe spent with me a few weeks ago, in the course of con versation, he spoke of the monarchical prin ciples which -vere held by tome people in tins country. I replied by faying, •' if I were to mention all the opinions, and willies I had heard upon that fuhjeft, I (hould be perfecuw-d out of our Country." These opinions, and willies came chiefly from pri vate citizens. A-s they were uttered in pri vate conversation, h authqrs of them were n>t inentitxnrd, and (hall never be known. None of them tame from Mr. Adams. I declare I never heard him exprefj any other opinions on government than those contain ed in his defence of the American Conflitu tions, and that I never heard h m express a wi(h for a monarchy in the United States. 011 the contiary, I have uniformly heard him l«y in cotvverfition, as he has done in his works, that 1 ur prpfent government was best calculated for our countiy. Odober 11, 1800. To the People of Pennsylvania, TO those who have anxiously viewed and deplored the course of admii illration pui fucd in those parts JF the Union in which our political opponents wield the rod of power, it is needless to paint the dyad ic! conlequences to be apprehended Ibould the general government alio fall into their hands. That their hopes look confidently to this event and that it will not be preven ted bu by the utmost exertion on the part of the friends of the government is indu bitably true, At the ensuing eledtioh of a Prefideat and Vice President, the great effort will be made and its iflue involves all that is dear to us Col. Cent. The imparlance of the »ote of Pennsyl vania in deciding this momentous queltiou in known and acknowledged by both parties, and we may reft assured that our enemies ..re not at this moment idle in pror n oting mtafures and intrigues to procure her weight and influence in their favour. Their present silence and apparent ina&ioa fhou d not lead us to believe that they have abai.doned their purpose. but rather that they cover some desperate projeft, and that they are preparing to fcize by l'urprife what they cannot obtain by regular proceeding. Among other things we have understood that it i* intended by them to use every ef fort to obtain favorable changes in the Sen ators to be chosen at the next ele&ion, and if a small majority ftiould then remaio at tached to the Federal interest, either artful measures will be attempted to keep them out of the way, or the Legislature will be so suddenly convened that the members not before appiiaed to hold themselves in rea diness will not have time to arrive at L*n •alter before the mifchief is done. Againlt thelV two things then we beg leave put you on your guard, and ear ndlly to exhort you to leave nothing un done to secure a favorable return of Sena tors, and to advise thofc who are nowir, the Senate or (hail be ele&ed to bold" tbemfrlves in readiness at moment's warning to pro ceed to the ftat of Government Wtiham Rawle, 1 A committee 0 f Levi Hclhngsworth, i Corrcipjndeoie John I iuttd by lio en IVbartm, >- lhe Fcdera | C i Thomas Fitxftmons, t|?eßi of p lliia . 'jojefh Hopkinfon de| . ia john kimmwH t TENCH COXE— JiEFVTBU. Bmy4Min R\r%n. cm To the following extrafts train the Eledliou Law. Qualification of Vgters, No perfou flialL be permitted to vote at any General or Special Ele&ion, or for In fpe&or-s thereof, other than citisens of this flats of the age of twenty-one years or more* and who have iviided therein two years next b.-fore the eie&iou, and within that term, paid a state or county tax, which fliall have be»n alTefled at least lix months before the election ; provided, that the sons of citizens, qualified as aforefaid, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two ye.;rs, (hall be entitled to vote, although they shall not have p'.iid taxes ; and every citizen having taxes and velidcd as aforefaid, and claim ing a right to vote, shall make due proof thereof as follows, viz. First, That he is a natural born citizen of this (late, or was fettled therein on the 28th of S-ptember, 1776 ; or having been a Foreigner, who G\>ce that time eama to fettle therein, he hath taken an oath, or af firmation of allegiance to the lame on or be fore the 26th day of March 1790, agreeably to the then exifling Conflitution and Laws ; or, S-Cndly, That he ii a natural born citi zen of f ime other of the United States, or had been lawfully admitted or recognized as a citizen of forne one of the said dates 0:1 or before the 26th of March 1790; or Thirdly, That having been a foreigner or alien he hath been naturalized conformably to the laws of the United States. JV, n qualifiedpersons Interfering. If any person who is not qualified to vote in this (h.te, to the provisions of this ail (except the sons of qualified citizens) (h dl appear at any place of cleft ion, for the pu r pose of ilTuinjj tickets, or ot influencing' the citizens qualified to vote, every person in terfering in the manner aforefaid, shall for feit and pay any lum wot exceeding thirty dollars for every such offence. At a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia, held to a public notice at 'Mr; Dunwoody's Tavern,on Thursday evening the 18th '•'eptemher. JOHNMI' LER, jun. was appointed Chairman, and THOMA B. ADAMS, S c'ry. A, lift of the members proposed for the Se lect and (,'oraiT.on Cuuncils was read, and k number of alterations being proposed as fab (litute« for persons who declined (ervin»r. Whereupon. Rcfohed unanimoufily, That this meeting will support the following Tic kets at the ensuing el-flion for members of the Seleft and Common Councils. Refalved, That the names of the members of both councils, agreed iipentbis ev.-ning be published. together with the names of those who have heretofore been agreed upon as candidates for the several offices of Mem bers of Assembly. Congress. Francis Gurney, Senator. Nathaniel NewKn. AJfenbly. William Hall George Fox Godfrey Haga Samuel W. Fisher John Bleakley H. K. Helmuth. Srlefl Council'. Htfßty Pratt William Poyntell Thomas Parker Andrew Bayard William Dawfon, in the room of Thomas Cumpfton, re fig tied. ( ommon Council• Robert Ralfton John Morre'.l , Georg ■ Krebs lfaac Snowdco, jun. George Dougherty Kearney Whartou * Jacob Crefsler Malcom M'Donald Pifcal Holliiißfworth Timothy Paxfon William Young Jacob Liwerfwyler Jonathan W. Condy Charles W. Hare John Carrol Daniel Smith Lawrence Herbert Alexander Henry Thomas P. Cope James Milnor. 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