■J ' 7 G.' ZlI T'. Or THE UNITED STATES, > s, \ Mr. Fes io, V in remark, that there is in all fa• 1 r heep at leatt. This observation ' ' a Jaeious as a general rule, is llridlly .veri -1 iaitiuy of the United States, con /' at this time of fifteen lifters. Some of them tndercl are less modeil in their deportment than oth er S , but there is one of the ladies, so loft to all ft»fe of shame as to pride in her own diffolutc hab its. i'his huffy careless of reputation, sets no bounds to her appetites—(he drinks peach brandy, swears, gambles, rides races, fights cocks, fre <i u^nts houses of ill fame, pays no debts and domi :icei s over three of her fillers, who, to fay the truth .. « ot much better thanherfelf. A petfeft Semi rings in difpofiiion, (lie is constantly humming re volutionary airs in praise of liberty, which being blessing in her opinibn, too great for common j ci);;!e to enjoy, (he very prudently withholds from " the major part of her family. Always in want of money, (lie (ticks at nothing to obtain it. One of the means to which (he lately resorted to replenish her purse is too remarkable to pass unnoticed. John Bull being in want of some horses to mount his dragoons, applied to this lady for a supply the proportion was accepted with avidity, and all the old horses on the farm, whether lame, blind, or spa vined were colle&ed and delivered to his agents,but the moment (he had pocketted the money, (lie af fe&ed to discover, that those horses might injure the cause of liberty and forbid John Bull's takings them away at his peril. It John Bull had been as well vtrfed at herfelf in the modern dudeine of ap propriations he would have avoided this dilemma, but always a dupe to fools and knaves at home, it is no wonder he should be outwitted by a female (har per abroad. There is a (Inking limilarity of chara<Sler be tween this Lady and the ptefeut Empress of Ruf. fia. Cathaauea-mins » goodGonJiitatnM—Catha rine adores the will of her people, "but at the fame time, Catharine knows how to convert a gopd con futation and the will of the people to her own benefit. Just so it is with our immoral sister, who equally in love with a good confutation, becomes frantic when it refufes to yield to her inordinate delires ; and clad in the habiliments of the goddefg of liberty, threatens deftrudion to the oppressors of mankind, at the very moment perhaps that numbers of her own family are felling by the ham mer to the highest bidder, to fatisfy debts of ho ■or contracted at the lait night's debauch. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. Mr. Fenno, AS we lire many hundreds of miles from the Teat of Government, our knowledge of its a«r, and Iti\ negleßs, i» principally derived from the periodi cal publications ; and observing many ntrUSt which give pain to the b.ft friends of the fedoal govern jneot, we def.re you to publish th.s address to the pow«rs that be— " Dutchman, what of the night ?" {BST The government of our country flourirtiei like a green bay tree," but its branches are too exten sive Itrength of its roots ; and the firft.heavy i-orm of war, or infurreaion, will, if it remains in is present weak (late, (hake it, if not lay it prof >n !'~nt ' te r v " nme "t can I°"i( «ift without an established charafler for good faith.,—Thij cfTentia!, this all importS».t principle, is not yet re garded as an universal rule in the federal legifla t{"C",T and notorious instance occurs ir the delay to fulhl one of the most binding contrast, ever made by the United States, vi z To " the .ntereft on certain bills which are lodged in th< Treasury A demand has been made for the ful •hTkTi k Prom ' fe ° f the United S 'ate s , whicl these bills bear, and repeated every session of Con mittL h eycars ' durin g which time a com t ' , t ' aS . rt P° rted o that ths ''ntereft on them mt.( be pa d ; the late Secretary of the Treasury i„ hi eport made it appear as evident as the fun i„ th, ■Wh tt** ! he , Unltrd Stat « a™ bound to pay it Why then ,s the delay of payment, continued j iht rnnrJ Yu tha " t0 MT« the confidence of the people, and of all difccrn.nc foreigners, in the promises of „« r government - and to encourage its enemies to attempt its ruin.- The enemies to our free government, have theii g ra(,fifd ' when they fee public faith d,f regaided, as this tends to monarchy— and ever, deviation carries us one step nearer to the precipice en ""cflea that all the free governments v.-' icl have ex,(led from the firft era of time have perish the ah' afV T M "° W Prertnts " 01h, '4 bus heghofts of departed republic.-J, certainly Lh to be a feno.li inquiry with Americans, what ha. been the reof fuel, mighty ruin .'-Among th< cajfes, assigned by hiltor.ans, the hading and ml „k, of p,edgcd fa,ih -whichdef ; )ed all confidence in government, whereby it: injured friends became its enemies. Alt ho the charter of the BAtift goverrimeni ha for ages been ilamed with innumerable crimes yet the invariable principle of fulfilling all mone, contrasts, has kept her head uppcrmoft among th( nations. Her undisputed credit, is the source o wealth and power, and was this impaired by any arts,, her mighty power would immediately dc chne. All monarchies, and despotisms, ge Jral!, f fil money com radts, as their power depends upor hi H them. How then can a republic exist with Ut prefervjr.g ,ts faith in every money concern >- ,1 V S THS J SOu t- °f a free government :_it i. the all pervading 8 1| attrading principle, whid "r 'iic „ / lons r 5 Krea? cement o£ fnci «y, a.-fTu ti'zrns • J"^ lce an d gooc-J filth amongst he c" vlr" 7i,Z « • ref "^ ein the calamity o a ar,—l( is the mofl impenetrable Shield in even "me of public distress. It is , hen a M £ vioiis as the noon day f„„, that this high principl, W exM P H cdera ' government cL . ~ " haS r " yiW - bHt not ye rZ' " VCr be Unt;i ail "» c.M.tra'a dela? 5' , ,W "tamely dange.-o.is the:, is ,h dJay ; and haw unpardonable, when governmcn .1 • ' !? s m P ,e means to eftabKfh fully the public credit ? o >ear feprefentatives declaim in favour of liber ty, and at the fame time negletl or disregard public promi es, is an insult to all the common sense of the p.op e -it demonstrates that their heads are weak, or J heir hearts are Corrupt. t an Jy m P lorns °f death to our Republic.—> 1" all human probability, had good faith and justice, been inviolable principles in the govern ments of Rome, and' Carthage, they might have existed in perfect freedom to this hour. And should this sacred principla forever guide our Republic, it may remain and rife i» splendor for thousands of y^ r8 T th ' 8 v l ' le ar^ent deli re and. the aspiring wifli of ever.y hoped heart ) but when we view the Jtgns of the times, the blifsful hope falls back upon ihe mind. When we obTerve pafiion, and party views,produce long debates, while pressing concerns for the public welfare remain fiom period to period little regarded ; and citizens petition five or fix long years for rtie payment of bills which bear the £>- leiftn promifr of government. When we fee Hate legislatures make expojl faSt laws, whereby the spirit and letter of the conltitu tipn is disregarded 5 is it not evident that the firlt and great principle of our conflitution, " that it mall be a government of laws, and not of men," is violated .' and confcquently we nje treading the downward road. And if the Union disregards some of its obligations, and some of the Itates do hkewife, will not such examples have a powerful ten dency to lead the people to a violation of laws?— , This is the way, governments have in palt »ges coirupted the people, and the people in return des troyers the free governments Hence arose mo narchies, Handing armies, and all the evils which have overwhelmed the world. And whatever arti fice flattery, or slumbering minds may fuggelt, ail lliele evils await our country, unless every public I promise is held sacred by the government. Citizens of. America. I ! Far the Gazette of the United Spates. THE lad part of tlie sentence quoted in No. s» ! ytt /V bC exami,,ed ' viz - " the independence of each branch is efiential to the very cxiitencc of a ' free government." At length, after wading through a number o >aradoxical and higtity crtontout pofi>ioas, w ■ome to a plain maxim, |Vfch can not be contra 'erted. But what d < s tl,>s prove ? Does it !en< i.iy iupport to the < xp. fi:i.. n given of the flip rem a :y or the treaty milking power, and to the fufpi nons endeavoured to be instilled into the ptibli, nmd again it the molt numerous branch of thei •eprelerutiv s 1 C aiy the rever/e. ls t.ccciTiry to the "independence" of th< senate, that thev, with the Prcfident, shall poßef hep.wer of rep,Ji„g laws, to the eradL o which the !, n „ r ,„. c ..f the repref -nta:,ve S ha, been e^ert, ; d ? U u necefTary to their " indepen Jence ' that they shall the power of obliginc the tioufe of Rep.clentativcs to unf, whatever law: * ,K » >. Jc 10 ,nv " lvt -' treaties > Is it „ e to their ''independence- tint tlio', as I obfe.vc! 10 my last number, they cannot originate a mone, Jill lor a hagle dollar, they may be able to crape ■lie Representatives to ope,, the treasury ,0 any a ■Tiotint they pleale ? If this be all necessary ,0 tlw independence of the Senate, it i. cmious ,0 as certain how the '< independence" of the House o Keprefentatives, which is „nquq!ionably, acted ">g to our author's own words » elTential to the ve ry exigence of a free government," is to be pre lerved. A fhangeand (hadowy kind of«i„depe.. We lt be , ,hat rob, of the powers of deli beration a deliberative body-and this ,00, on th. molt important points that can possibly occupy the! Tok,i 8 i„„ ,k,<£aj:, of deliberation are to be taken away on Ihof, e(v cardinal ..bjefts, which were fpecilially eif he Pref", collcfiively, not t< Prf ". (l , cn r t a,,d S <" a,e The regulation of com tnerce with foreign nations, isone of the molt mo. roentous concerns that ever came before a legifla ure. On thejuft exercise of this power, depend he prosperity and refpedlability of a nation. Ye 1 heconflrua.on which the minority in the Houf, >fßeprefentat,ve, advocate, isjuft, thi.powerm.il wholly and exclusively fell to the province of th. President and Senate ; for the fame right that ex Enol ma s% a • trMty of «""merce wit) 3w n hi t s r°* exi,ts a 6 to all ° thfr nat, '° n with which we have any intercourse—indeed, fev :r h r :n in vt with * and ;f ,he *»»»«* ™ th is finall 7 and irrevocably " regulated' ZTP'S T' be dcnicd ' ,hat the powe ' b y the conftitutioti inCongrefs "to regu ate commerce with foreign nations" is abfoluteh innilulated as far ai refpefts the house of rtprefen atives. •r c ,°" ftru . a, r on ° f the treaty makingpow late at ,"h ' D ° f the and Se wte .at theexpenee of the other branch, cannot ■onftSr* , t0 harmonize either with th. - ~,e dependence elTential t. tftef b" " ,Ct,nt r ro^: tibl -' a "d, as such, wil ,n,ht ° r *>• FOR.THE QAZSTTE OF THE UNITED STATES Mr FENNO, f '" nfe 9 uence of «he notificotion given dt the Sheriff f fifeuef'ln 19 "' ° n , T n day n « t - rcrtiS t 1 ,o , heir fellow-citizens. '° tht confiderat,.n of aldermsn. Joieph Ball, John Barclay, George Roberts, Jolin C. Stocker, James Alh, Uuiining BedforJ, J»feph Swift. John Baker, Philip W iger, Michael Hillegas, Matthew Clarkfoii, Hilary Baker, Isaac Howell, Jonathan Bayard Smith, Reynold Keen, This Tick it contains the names of all the present A 1 t rubfttted JecUutd R ""' S - Tht No. IV. Harrington. Philadelphia, MONDAY EVENING, APRJL 4, 1796. Letters from New York, received by this day's mail inform.that the February packet is arrived * ere in 29 days from England, and biinos an account thit a suspension of hoftiliiies had iaken place between France and Great Britain. Extract of a letter from a gentleman of high re lpectability if, the (late of Georgia, dated Auguita, March 1796. You will have learned before this reaehe? you ot the adjournment of the legiflatiire, and of the general plan of their proceedings. All concerned in the Yazoo purchase, and those who were in the habits of intimacy with them, were excluded from omce. How far thcfe who have been appointed in their stead aie qualified for their refpe&ive offic cs, you ai-e a fnfficient judj»e. The aft is repealed or, in Sl'cilius's words, declared unconftitutionaland uiurped, with a volume of whereafes ; and the public records have been mangled and burnt. In mod instances, where party resentments and preju dices are the rnli/ig motives, however attempted to be disguised, the adors defeat the object they have m view, and very juflly fall into the pit they in tended for«theis ; and 1 think there is a tair urof ped of this being tlie cafe with the little general and his party. Appearand promise at this time for the legislature being more execrated by the citizens of Georgia than the former ; their con dtld being generally condemned, and that of the other only in one aft. " The ltate at present is in a perfect calm, ex- thcabufe levelled againft,the members of the lcfciflature ; aod, flmonglt the improper tranfac tto'H with which they are charged, one is, paying thcmltlves out of the money foi the sale of the labdi, alter having enaded that it ftiould be return ed to' the purchasers. The commiflioners for the Cretic tj-e.-uj- ha9e also be«n Changed, and Jackson it placed at the head of the new commission." The following new Comedies are now aaing in .London witU gfeat gpplaufe : The Way to get Married, by Mr. Morton—fold to ihe manager of one of the Theatres for C.XQO Speculation, by Reynolds—fold for 00. The Man of Ten Thousand, by Holciuft. Days of J ore, by Cumberland. ' COMMUNICATION. " ,-c 1 knew at Pan'» as long ago as Dec. 6th, . (if Ihe Aurora i, be believed) the footing that ihe call of the House of Reprefentatives-for papers toou Id W placed upon. What if more difp tches ffinitld be intercepted ! More precious confefTions ! A ircynd choice offered, on prefer terms, to decide <m civil war or peace. Dev.l of fufpic ion, be gone. No rne ran di'ny that the foreign influence in this countr) is all on the fide of our lar/s and conflitu uorvall tendi.-g to make the excise law popularj to pieve"t rrfiltanve to it, to discountenance clubs, mtfbs and prisa eering. t lie treaty with Algiers, every one knows, was owmg to ro merit of our agents—not to our monev, nor the dreart of tyir having 6 frigates. Mr. Pmck ney made Ihe treaty with Spain in three minute*. Why, because, tho' a man of sense and iutegritr, he could Work mitacles, could quicken Spanish flow ne!s, (often their pride and arrogance ? O, no, he coulj maJce trea.ies just as fall as any other good man and no fcfter. For he was in London helping Mr. Jay fur some months to make the British trea tj, whi„h he heartily approved. We are not to tbank him for the Spanish treaty? Who, piav > Gurfs. , r 1 Ifour treaties are all (tbe British treaty excepted) the bleued f. uit of the true love and affection of our friends, ought we not to give them glory for marring that horrid treaty and preventing its going into eftft i The woid of our democrats is (fill as much a currency afiSgnats. According to thAn •,1 power of the United State# « lit# in France. 1 £/■ ■ A ilittd meeting of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting th* Abolition of Slavery, &c. &.c: will be i'JMS 1 pl f, e ' , on fecoßd da y the 4th inft. at half part 6 o clock in the evening. BENJ. KITE, Secretary. 4th Mo. I ft, 1796. roa t H * GAZETTE OF THE Vt/ITtD ST4TMS. Mr. Fznno, IN confcqnencc of the notification given by the Sheriff, for holding a 0 flexion, on Tutfdav next for the choice of fifteen Aldermen, a number #f perfoHi have agreed to recommend John 'Jennings-, to the consideration of their fellow citizen* for one of the fifteen, and to fiipport him at the cledioo. PORT OF "PHILADELPHIA. i'RkITED. >> •' : £ Ship Rcbeccd, Hughes, Lonrfeif+a Liberty, Ramage, d O . ' Brig Georgia Packet, M'Kever, Turk, If] an d Schooner Naney, Barnes, North-Carolina 12 o, Richmond 7 Sloop Mary, Hdl, Frederickfourg 12 L The Swedish Ship Kapperen, Bloom, and the bug Sophia, Knapp, b«th from Philadelphia, nave arrived fafc at Leghorn. A brig was seen in the bay last Saturday night, bouno up, name unknown. The February Packet, from England, i, arrived at New-York. BY THIS DAY'S MAIL. NFW-YORK, April 1. Count Carletti, the person who negociated the Ireaty with Frame, for the Grand Duke of Tut any, has been receiving Kffons of Republicanism in trance, togetherwuh fume others, his agents, who are to plant the feed, of that kind of govern ment in Italy, He isfafpe&ed to be a spy. In coi.fequencc of the determination of the rot ? fa T' l r> f nd the notify of Great Britain, to eat bread, maae oft wo parts wheaten flour and one part barley or rye, the prattlec has bccome very general in that country. Tlie French emigrants that were fliip.wrtcktd on the Coast near Calais, are to be tried by a mi litary cominidion. So violent was the dispute in the Rates general Ho, 'a»d relative to the callling of a convention to name a New Constitution, that Solent, a mem ber from Overyffei rose and wrcfted from the Pre lident the hammer, used to keep order. Holland, Guelderlaiid, Uticcht and Overyflel wers.t* favor of the mcafure ; Zealand, Fritlland and Gromngen. against it. It is dated that the municipality of Amsterdam have fhutup the Clubknownby the titleof" Fricnda 01 -Liberty." The two gentlemen, Mr. Bird and Mr. Kil | crash who were sent by the British to intercede for emigrants who were cart sfljore near Calais jo , mof Novembei, went to Paris but returned on the 18th December unfuccefsful. Gen. Jourdan's army has been reinforced, not only with great numbers of young men of the fiift requtfitwn, but with large drafts from the troops ia garrifou m Holland anil Flanders. The court of Denmark a&ed as mediator be tween the Emperor and the French- republic, in making proportions for peace—the Frcnch reied ed them. J The Britilh court have never> made propofitioni of peace to France—the king's meffaae Hates only, that there was a " disposition to meet any overtures that might be made by Francc, for p f4 ce on honor able terms. ' , 7 ne king of Poland, Stanislaus, figßed the par tition of that country on the ifih of No*. He retires on a pension of 200,000 ducats. The tneflage of the Present this day' published, is another example of the purity of heart and great, nets of mind, which have always diftiguiflied that hero and patriot. Firm as a majcftic rock iu the ocean, he brave, the trmpeft of popular clamor and thr attacks of usurpation, supported by the recti tude «. f his own heart, and strongly defended by l-onmtutional principles: This is the second time he has arretted other branches of the government in the career of vio lat.ng the Cogitation. He refufed his afTent to the bill appoitioning the repiefentarives of the U nited States, according to the census, cOnfclTedly nnconfiitntiona!. ' Long may that good man Jive to bless his coun try 1 The prize money for the capture of the Cape of t*ood Hope, is stated to amount to the nett sum of two million and a half sterling. The share of a post captain in the navy would be io.oool. and that of all other officers in similar proportion. Ricketts*s Amphitheatre. For the Benefit of Mr. Sully. Ja TUESDAY EVENING, the jth of April, \A variety of New Entertainments. HORSEMANSHIP. I he Sailor's Frolic on Horseback, >y Mr. I\uk;tts, in which he will introduce a Horn* pipe, ride blindfold in a Sack, And change to a Sailor's Doxy, V Jr '? US FEA , TS by Mr. F. Rukctts. -OMIG FtiATS in the character of Mr. Merryman, by Mr. Sylly. The Horfemanlhip to eoncluale with the COMIC SCENE of The Taylor riding to Brentford. On the HUNTER & KOAD HORSI.by Mr./to*,/;,. Ground and Lofty Tumbling, n which will be displayed a variety of Manly Feati» By MefTrs. Sully,' W? F. Ricketts, Langley, and Rcano, Alaftcr Sulh Clown to the tumbling—Mr. Spinaeuta. The tumbling to conclude with Mr. Sully % throwing a Row of Flipflapg acrofi th« area of the Circus, with in the course of the Evening, for this night only, Mrs. Sully will perform A Concerto on the Grand Piano Forte. ihe will introduce a favorite Scott Air, with variations. To which will be added, (for thisnifht onlv) a NEW PANTOMIME, called ' Harlequin's Olio; or, MIRTHS MEDLEY. Harlequin, Mr. Sully. Genius, Mailer Sully. 1 antaloon, Sig.Reano. Cfcwn, Mr. Spinacuta. Lover, Mr. Macdonald. and, Dwarf, Master SchnyJer. Columbine, Mrs Spinaevta. Magiaian, Witches, Millers, Servant*, ice* by the reft of the Company. In the course of the Pantomime will be displayed the following TRICKS and MACHINERY. he Dwarf outwitted; Or," Harlequin turn'd market* woman. The Magic Band Box; or, Harlequin't aid-de-camp. The Necromantic Hat; or,Clown'*Flight in a Balloon. 1 he Transforming Chair; or the Lover defeated. . A grand change from the Sea to the Grotto of Mirth and Good-FellovjJhip. The entertainments of the Evening to conclude with Goldsmith's Epilogue, By Mr. Sully (, a the charafler of Harlequin) who will, for that night only, take a flying Leap into The Crater of Mount Vcfwvtus. At the moment of Eruption. The Fireworks by Monsieur Ambrose, In Arch-street. & T j c D ker ' 1° h »d Of Mr. Sully it Mr. Wadnan'% corner of Race & Frsnt-ftreett, and at the usual places -I*+ The Doors in future to be opened u SIX ind the Entertainment to begin at SEVEN o'clock. Boxes, one dollar—Pit, half a d^Jlir. y / I f <y>~ ■r . v< 1 ' \
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