Gazette of the United States. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1795-1796, July 21, 1795, Image 2
Mr. Fi .so, Wi Tii rei'pect to the effects of a peace so Eu rope upon onr commerce agriculture, 1 can tee no reason to apptCttpd any very speedy or important changes; except, as 1 have bvfore observed, of our own jwWucirtg- Our commerce extending to articles iVu'y of the firft ncceffitj, is not a commerce which can at choice be taken up or laid aiidie—it is effentiil to other nations ; and therefore in reason we iria'y dictate the terms on which it (halite ton dufted. Let it be remembered our great mart is the Weft-l.idies ; this the wai hath almost ruined ; houses burne.l, plantations deltroyed, \Srill at the peace require to be i&nftatcd. In this beneficent , ;iice we mult be employed : au'r boards, ftlingles, ;. id lumber, hnift be had, and the produce of our ;.)il mult feed their iiianders. Europe will for ma ny years have little to export ; it will be f.rtiinate if (he can produce enough tor her owu inhabitants : we mil# therefore supply our neighbors in the Weil- Indies. Now we do this at pr<fcntj and it forms the ritlwrd commerce w'e have. SHall we then re li.iquiib it—'(hall we sign an aft of cefiiou.of this ricii poffeflfon ofoiir o*n ? I affe.t that no nation on earth can (hut the Weft.lndies to the free egress fm.l ing refs of our (hipping but ourfelvcs. I deny t :,«it any nation but usca«i tor a Lnjr time to come, ue relied oil to family them what is inditpenlible to their cultivation * and exiftenefc. God Almighty by placing them in our neighborhood plainly indi- Ct'ites their natural dependence on us ; and when he made the paTage wide between us, l imagine he did not intend it lliould be ciinfmed to a navigation on our paits in canoes of 70 tons only. It there tore we aflcrt, as we ought, cur right to a free navigation to "the Well-Indies, our vessels will be every day iiicreafiiig, and our agriculture obtain the higlietl price from those countries of the world who give 'is gold,-(liver, or what js as gqod, -if not better, cbifce, fugat, cotton artd indigo, inolafTes ind cocoiij !« exchange. The planters in the Weil indies have an eqtialharveft with us in this open trade, because they will by means of it extraift the highell price poffiblc for their predu<3ion*. Whor then, is to Hand in the way of thfMntercft 0 f the planters in the Weil-Indie*, and of ouifclves, the :wo parties immediately concerned ? Is it a power three tiwufafld miles off, occupying some islands in tl L e Atlalitick, who li to di&ate such hard terms to us ? Fortunately we have here too the (lass in our own hands. We are the belt eullomer for her ma tiui'adures; and we "oiilglrt to make this circun ftan -e of out importing such immense quantities of European articles, the ground 011 which we claim a trade open tit the Welt-Indies. Let us then give I our import trade in Europe to that nation who fh.ill cilcou age most our navigation and export. sradc not to her who rellricts them moll ; and oar inter? lis, commercial or agricultural, will hav< totliu)■' to fear from a GENjiRAE PEACE. A: B. NORFOLK. july'io. IM£D, on Tuesday lad, afiei a fliou BlmT». •M s. HuiUrd, wife of Bcjamln Pullat 'di Esq. of tint 'Town. Thou God ! who from the diszying Weight; Where Angel-Fancy ncrcr flew, down with uncreated Ltglit On this;; cat Plau thy pencil'd.fetf^ ftrnVfaw tkjr finding Favor he trend, 1 Heriadiant Vifane to the i>uH f- JleUre from every Friend, ... And place in thee Jier only Trust. Fttirf) the gay HtiaVir thy Picfence fillsV ; ''§*fld -q easlji['piifJ- A {inule of thinej Silk-la tbem.&om ibis' World's ;ium'rous Ills,' • Ami guide them «itii a hand divine. CJpth'd i» the Robe of Day, ..'..Let Uriel * to her Friend* appear, , Plawt in each Bteitlt« funny R<')'> ' And dry the ever falling Tear. For not a Spirit of the, Sky, N«r one trescfa.tUs ferry Road, Sits happter in the Realmsoll high, Tilaii Pollard 111 her new ahude. <• , ' JUSTICI2. i The! /it^eix/lbt^unt Norfolk, Jul>'9> ! 795' NEW-YORK, July 2c. 7 0 IV N - MEETING. As it will bd no doabt interfiling, not only to tlie citizen* of this (late at large, but to the citizens of other jiates, to. have an accurate idea of the cirfumlUmces, which preceded and attend ed the meeting of Saturday last, at.the City Hall, the following llatemeiit is o fie red as one which lirayb# depended Upon. The intelligence of the Town Meeting at Boston, wnk-h had c::;ercd. into certain lefolucions, diiap proving of the Treaty lately negotiated with Great Britain, had nO foouer reached this city, than a buz began to pVevail that a fmillar meeting would foeediiy be had here., It Was observed very soon atcei, that particular characters were very a&ive in gtfing about" the city to inculcate the ueeeflky of focli a meeting.> ' On Thurfd/iy evening' there appeared in several of the papers an ano'nytrvous .invitation to the citi zens, to meet at the City H.fll on Saturday at 12 o'clock, for the ptirpote of uniting their common eifarts with theft fellow citizens of Boston, who, at two geneial Tuwa Sf-edtingsy unanimouOy a d;/pted r'efoiutions expressive of their detestation of t'.fc VireMf tirade with Great-Britain. Qh Friday « hraii.l-bili was circulated, which c~ r.ained theft ffininn* nt(—That the Treaty fur j*.:i Jers rights and p. ivileges riiiirott's to our com ri -rcef that it yields advantages' •. hich we ought r. ver to past with bit with Ourdive* , ihat it rnaxes faer'tfices lor which we have wo equivalent : iii mort, that it lettles principles dang' to'the liJr nd happi icfsof the people, a'nd Bcffroc live of oar frccdorrJ and independence ; and urged •ithe'citiz; :)8 to attend the meeting, tv cxprcTs their iti m of the Treaty. the evening of the fame day, a number of met at tjjc Tontine Coffee House, and " jTeid upoa an addict to the citizens, which was Jljlted by their chairman, Jamds Wntfon, and pub lifhcd the next morning. This address recites the expreflions above quoted from the hand-bill—appeals calmly to the judgment of the citizens, whether such a pidure of the Trea ty can be true—exprcfies this, anting other fenti menjs, that they, the Merchants, then convened, had not yet been able to difedver in the Treaty '< those hideous features which are alleged to exist," | and exhorts to calm difcudion and deliberation, and to a general attendance of the citizens, that the |true sense of the city might appear. At the time and place appointed, a very nume. rou# body of citizens aflembled, among thele the principal part of the Merchants, and many veiy rc l'peflable citizens of all descriptions. A piopofition was made for appointing a chair man. Col. William Smith and Commodore Ni eho'fon, weie named. The fint was appointed, and took the chair. A proportion was then made for adjourning to some place more convenient for a fair and full dis cussion. of the Treaty 1 this was opposed on the following grounds: " That the treaty had been for some time in the hands of the citizens ; that it was prefumeublc each citizen had come there prepared to give his vote upon it f that if the opinions of citizens were to aufwer any purpose it mult be spee dily given, since it was probable a decilion by the President of the United States would not be de layed ; and that a difcudion to be fatisfa&ory and cffeitual, would require more time than the attend ing citizens could Ipare, and would tend tofrultratc the objects of the meeting." There were many voices for and again ft the pro posal : but a. part of the meeting was so clamorous, that no reply could be made to the o jections to it, and no decision could be obtained. • While thisquellion was agitated, a proposal was made, that those who disapproved the treaty (hould draw pff to Jhi *ijjht—thofe who approved of it, to the left. X cwifrderablc. part of 'he meeting' drew off tj the right; .but the greater part remain ed where they at GrQ flood. _ Tliis attempt alio proved abortive and decided nothing. u - . ■ A citizen present, however,-without recurrence .to the chairman, proceeded t& name rapidly, fif teen prrfms as a committee. There were a number of voices in favor of each } hut this whole affair of the committee was conducted in such a manner that it is impotlible to consider it as the ad. of the meet- 'I'he meeting became every mament more and more tumultuous and noifv. After the above iranf adions a motion for an adjournment was made and agreed to. Previous to this " the friends of fair difculßon," as they were denominated, were invited to withdraw, and many withdrew accordingly, and were withdrawing when the motion for adjourn ment terminated the meeting. Theperfons who took a lead in the bumieisof the meeting on the fide of those who advocated an i.n med:ate condemnation of the Tieaty, were Ni r . Bri.ckholft Livingfton, Mr. Peter JLivinglton, am! Mr. Maturn Livingilon ; on the other fide app.ur oi Mi. Hamilton ; and it is underftoud that Mr. and other gentlemen, flood re.idy to c« operate in a difcufiiji) if it could have been brought j!)i ut. In the course of the affair, three stories were thrown at &Ir. Hamilton, the second of which glanced his forehead, but without material injury ; one of the others (truck another gentleman Handing by tam. From the beginning, (landards were difpl.iyed, bearing the colours of the United State* and of France, Abtfat this time, a part of those who had drawn off to the righr, went round by another llreel, down Broad-Way, to the Battery, bearing a (lan da'rd with tlie American and Flench colours—buint the Treaty,- and making a circuit, returned with an augroertation of numbers. While this was doing, according to every ap pearance, without the knowledge of the great bo dy of the citizens who continued be fore the City Hal!, the following matters were going pn, viz. ; * A resolution was proposed, which being handed to the chairman was read by him in the following words : . " Rdfolvcd, That it does not appear oeceffary to this meeting to express any opinion on the Treaty lately negotiated between the United States and Great-Britain, inasmuch as they have full confidence m the wisdom and virtue of the President of the United States, to whom, in eonjunftion with the Senate, the decilion of the question conititutional ly belongs." A qaefticn v.-as then taken upon it, by the Chair man—The voices for and againd it were numerous and loud—The parties were desired to Cgnify their aiTent, l>y rsifi,ng their hands. Many hands were railed for and against it; hut the noise and confufion were so great, thar it was difficult, if not impra&icable, to fay with certainty where the majority lay : Both fides claim it with equal pofitivenefs. Immediately after the question on this resolution a proportion was made for appointing a committfce to report, on Monday next, upon the Treaty. There is good cause to believe that this proposition was not ge nerally heard by the meeting, and it it not ascertained that any question was taken upon it. The following is a statement of the day by the Chair- To the Citixens of Afiu-Tori. The inhabitants of this city having been called to gether, this day, to decide on the fubjeA of the Treaty lately negotiated between the United States 'of Ame rica and Great Britain ; it may be considered incum bent upon me, being honored by the voice of my fel low citszeos to preside at their meeting, to Hate to them, with impartiality the business of the day. The fir It proposition had in view the adjournment to fame pl.'.ce where a full and fair discussion of the Treaty might be bad; which was opposed on the ground, that the J reaty had been for some time in the harnls of the citizens ; that it was presumable each citizen had come there pn pared to give his vote upon it; that if the opinion of the citizens were to answer at>y purpose it must be speedily given ; since it was probable a. dccifion by the President of the United States vrould Dot-be delayed ; and that a discussion, t(> be fatisfa&orv and effectual, would require more time than the attending citizens could spare, and would tend to fruftrate the objefls of the meeting. , The proportion was advocated and opposed (but : 110 difcufiion. had a'nd a Resolution was then offered in man. the following wirnls Ksfolvcd, ihif it <Jots not ap pear to this meeting nccelTary to txprefs any opiuioH oil the Treaty negociated between the United States and Great Britain, inasmuch as they have full con. dence in the wisdom and virtue 01 the President of the United States to whom, in conjuuflion with the Se nate the detifion of the q'jetUuii cuufiitutioaally be longs/'' 1 his resolution being handed to the chair, was read though not without interruption, and the queltioil was put upon it. There were many who advocated and many who opposed it; but there was so much disorder that it was difficult to pronounce with cer tainty where (he majority lay. A proposition in the course of the meeting was made, that a committee fhouU be appointed to report a set of refohr.ions to be submitted on Monday next, at n o'clock at the fame place, expressive of the opinions of the Citiiens on the fnbjedl of their meeting. A member (not thro' the medium of the chair) then named fifteen citizens as a committee to whom the fubjeil (hould be referred, and who fltould be required to report at the time and place above mentioned. The persons named were Mr. B.Livingflon, Mr. I. Clafon, Col. H. Rutgers, Mr. F. Nixon, Mr. A. Varick, Mr. I. R. Livingfton, Mr. Jno. Broome, Mr. Simpfon, Mr. Elting, Mr. Penning, Mr. Ofgood, Mr. Gelfton, Mr. W. W. Gilbert, Mr. Browerand Mr. Gurdon Mum ford. For each of these gentlemen there were many voices: but the noise was so .considerable that it is hard to pronounce with certainty, whether this pro ceeding \vas clearly understood by the meeting at large. A motion for an adjournment, to meet at the fame Monday next at zi o'clock was then made ; and an adjournment, thereon took plac«. W. S. SMITH, Chairman. New-York, July 18, 1795, IN the Democratic Siciety of Pennfy'vania, held at Philadelphia, the id of July 1795, the 19th year of Am«rican IndiTpendance': KESOLVEDi That the Resolutions of this Societv, of the Bth of May, 1794* refpefling the appointment of "John "Jujy as Ennoj Extraordinary to the Court of Grc.it-Britam, be re'.ublilhcu in the of iliis citv. By order of the Society, nigned,] ISRAEL ISRAEL, Vlce.PreftdenU GEORGE BOOTH, S«r<t»ry. ~ T:t Rcfolutioru ailw cd to arc aj Jhllozus : ( I KESCIvY ED, as the opinion of this Society, (ha theconrtitut'on of the United States, the Acred inftiu ment t.t our freedom, which every public officer has l ivoia io preserve inviolate, has provided, that the .dif ferent departments of the government ftioulc be kept <iiftindt ; and consequently to unite them is a violation oi ;t, & an encroachment upon the liberties of the peo ple, guaranteed by that inltrument. i. Relolved, as the opinion of this Society, that as by the constitution all treaties are declared to be the supreme law of the land, it becomes the duty of the judiciary to expound and apply them ; to permit, there - tore, an officer in that department to ihare in their for mation, is to unite fundlions, and tends to level the barriers of our freedom, and to eiUbliih precedents pregnant with dargcr. 3- Refolvcd, as the opinion of this Society, that joftice requires, and the security of the citizens of the United States, claims an independence in the judiciary power: that permittir.g the executive offices of honor *;id profit upon judges, is to make thcra its creatures, rather than the unprejudiced and inflexible guardians of the contthution and the laws. 4- Resolved, as the opinion of this Society, that from ■he nature and terms of an .mpeaehment against a Pre lident, it is not ouly ntctflary that the'chief jnftite of the Uiu ed States (hould prelide in the Senate, but that he thould be above the biafs which the honors and emo luments in the gift of the executive might create; that it is, therefore, contrary to the intent and spirit of the constitution to give him a foreign million, or to annex any office to that which he already holds. j. Resolved, ai the opinion of this Society, that every attempt to l'upercede legislative functions by executive interference, is highly dangerous to the independence of the legislature and fubvrrfive of 'the rights of repre sentation. 6. Resolved, as the opinion of this Society, that the appointment of John Jay, chits justice of the United States, as Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Great Britain, is contrary to the spirit and meaning of the constitution; as it Unites in the fame perjon, judicial and legislative faiuftiont, tends to make him dependent upon the President, destroys the check by impeachment upon the executive, and has had a tendency to controul the proceedings »f the legifiaturc, the appointment hav ing been made at a time when Coagrels were engaged in such meafiircs as tended to secure a compliance with our jufl demands. 7 Keiolved, as the opinion of this Society, that after the declaration made by John Jay, that Great-Britain was juftifiable in her detention of the western ports, it was a fac.rifice of the interests and peace of tht United States to commit a to him, in which tfre evacuation of those poiic ought taform'iheflential part; that to abandon tliem is to put at ftakethe blood of our fellow-citizens on tne frontiers, is to give biHhtoa pfer petual military eftabliftment, an endless "war, and all the oppriMEons resulting from excise and-heavy taxa tion. 8. Refqlved, Thai the above resolutions b« made public, that they be immediately transmitted to all the democratic Societies in the imion, as a protest of free men, against the iiioft unconstitutional and dangtreus measure in the annals of the United States, and at an evidence, that no influent* or authority whatever ihall awe into a tacit Sacrifice of their sacred rights, [paidfor. Philadelphia, July 21. LA 7ES T FO REIGN AD VICES. Bjt thejhip GEORGEftgm Liverpool LONDON, June 5. In eonfequence of the King of Prussia's declaration to the German empire, the eledlor of Mentz's tninifter has made overtures to the Diet of ttatifboa, to com mence the deliberation! iclative to peace, on the 18th, even tho' the Emperor't Imperial commiffiou fliould Bot have arrived on that day. The eltdoral minister, however, consented to ad journ his proportion for a peace to the 20th, in tonfe quence of notification from the Imperial commiflary, of the speedy arrival of the Imperial commission. From the VISTULA, May 19. On the nth inft. the Pruffun chamber of war and domains at ivoniglberg, prohibited the exportation of grain, as well towards the sea as to foreign countries ; tliofe who shaM be found in the adl of exporting any, •* ill not only lose their grain, but likewise their horses, waggons and (hips, which are immediately to become the property of the informer. MENTZ, May 19. T he tranquility we have enjoyed since to 30th tilt, induced us to believethat a truce had taken place; but to-day we are convinced of the reverse. At midnight, 150 Auftrians, supported by other troops from the gar rison, eairied a redoubt occupied by the French near Gonfenheim, and which has givefl great imeafinefs to the entrenched camp of Hardenberg. This operation was executed with as mtich promptitude a* bravery. The French rtdoubc was entirely demoliflied, afttr Tiavlng d.fiodgi-d thein, with the low of fevcraf killed uld wouuacd, artd 10 or 12 taken pnfoners- We have only 3 killed and 6 wounded. The tamp established by :he French in the vicinity of Remfclz a few weeks finee, has lately received considerable reinforcements. A great qnantity of cannon and amunition has arrived there. RATISBOM, May I*. In thp fitting of the Diet thi* day, many vote* have been given on the fubjeil of the required Raman months. A deliberation concerning the Pruffun decla% ration of peace was to have taken plate ; but a decree of the Imperial court being daily expeiled in which the Emperor is to made a formal declaration to the whoW of the empire, of his intention to cater upon negotia tions for peace with France, in order to accelerate an honoraule and 'tailing peace for the whole empire, the above deliberation was poitpuned.. BERLIN, April 14. Letter from Prince. Henry of Prussia, to M. B»f« " Sir, The rccollcftion yoti fugged to the year 1768 excites ih my roind very plealing sensation*. it never occurred to mis that I had laid you under any obligation. If I had done so, you could not have made me a moie noble return than by your lewer announcing the thing dcareft to illy heart—l'caee. May this Peace become the objedt of happinnfc to the Frcnch Republic ; may it, as I wiih it may, strengthen the bonds of amity between all i.ations, but more especially between France and PrufTia. Such are my prayers, and tlu-y proceed from the bottom of my heart. M. Barthelemy and you have given the firft fanftion to this peace, which will contribute to the public good ; might I have it in. my power to promute this end ! But, if I have not the meant, 1 (hall always have the wilh, accompa nied with that of alluring you of the tileem with which I am, See, DUBLIN, May 30. The militaty force now in thi* country amounts to upwards of 40,000 tffef ive men. So deplorable and wretched is the Gtuation of the unfoifunate poor of the Earl of Meath's liberty, in confequerice of the train of evils brought on by th« prcfent jufl and necefTarv w»r, 'h»i ■ bare 1 ofinltanccs of their miferv mull nuke humanity (hudder. In the courfc of yesterday evening a no tice was ported in Andre-Street, by some of the ttarving inhabitants, written in blood, expreflive of the miiery of their Gluation, and couchcd in which eiprelfed no alternative between death and their prefect famifhing condition ! ! NATIONAL CONVENTION, May 25 ' Nineteen persons have been condemned to death, and five to one years imprifonmenrin irons. May 26. The insurgents relied much on their address which they expefled would produce a great effect in the suburbs of Paris, and pr.rticularly on the poor inhabitants of the suburb Antoine, who af forded them much ailiflanceon the mtmorable days of the iftand 2d Prairial. On the night of the 3d Prairial, the members of the Conversion charged with the direftiqn of the armed force, profited of the horror which the attack upun the Convemfoo, and the mafTacre of Ferrand had created. Accord ingly on the 4th prairial, without beating the ge nerate or ringing the tocsin, the Sefliont received orders to march against the suburb Antoine, f or the purpose of summoning it to to deliver the criminal*, and to seize the leaders and the cannon, conforma bly to the decrce passed by tne Convenrioo. The suburb evinced a determination to reliit. The streets were lined with chevaux de frife in such a manner that it seemed to be impnffible to avoid the fheddirg of blood; nevertheless, after fevcral military move ments, and arrival of the troops, furi.ifhed by the Sections of Paris, who were resolved to conquer or die, the insurgents capitulated. It was at hvc o'clock, on the evening of the 23d, that the can non, and the ringleaders, were givfn. up. At eleven o'clock the armed force was permitted to take forae repose. The military commiflion has been fitting at the National Palace since ycllerday, and several of the infurgeots have been tried, found guilty and exe cuted. ' The guillottinc is in a Hate of, permanence e» the Place de la Revolution, nererthekfs, the in. furgents are tried finglj;, and aie allowed all the tpeaos of defence. The aflaflin of Ferrand was given up at nine o clack, thu night. In order to cfcapr puoift-' jnent he attempted to cut his throo;, and failing' in this attempt, threw iiimfelf from a window thiee (lories high. He did not, however, kill himftlf, and was carried on a litter to the piace of execution. LONDON, June 4. Extra&s from the Paris papers, fiom the 24th to the 30th of May, 170?. COMMOTIONS AT TOULON. ' On the 26th the representatives at Lyons write, that they had recorded in th*t commtine the news that a banditti had taken pofft-ffion of the arsenal at Toulon, and that instantly the citizens had mani fefted their indignation, and had asked permiflioa to march, if it was necefiary, to suppress the re volt. The next day Doulcet, in the name of the Co». mittec of Public Welfare, informed the Convention, that new crimes had been committed, that the ter rorist had made themfelres mailers of the arsenal at Toulon, and read a letter from Marseilles, Wl itt*n by the representative Jamhon St. Andre, dated firft Praiml. " I havejuft," said he, » learnt the Ui,fortune. CTents that have happened at Toulon, ? nd I haitijn. to' inform you of them. Oiw worthy colleague, Brunei, has loil his life, after having several timet braved the sword of his aflaflina. Niou landed from the fleet tooppofe the deligns of tlie infmgents, b»t in win. They infilled on the liberation of thc Ter rorifta, detained in the fort Lamelle. * " Brunei could not survive the chagrin of having Cgned the ordei for their release; and Niou, turn ing hi* attention to the naval force, >e«t on board to haftcn its departure, They were <he p 0 ; llt 0 f failing, but the, brigands succeeded in detaining the fleet m the road. They reported, that f. nc emi. grants had gained admittance repaired tu £>oulitn, dimmed tlie inhabitants, brought: eleven of them to Foulon, and pushing to the arfmd, got poffeffiw*. otthepotta, which made no refinance, andut naStr' ecu Ike is, with a numbet of piftwjfc,' cher. PRINCE HENRY."