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From a Cbarhjlon Paper. . cor
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Messrs. Printers, cor
The wisdom displayed by the Prcfklent of the tem
Un ted States, through the dangers which have ter,
threatened tliig country, for ferae years past, from the
the present European war, has heen often the theme hie
of panegyrick in other cotwtrics; theie are, how- his
ever, few eulogies on this great character, which the
can be more flattering to an American than those to
pffuch diftinguithed Ratefmen as Fox, Sheridan,. of
and Lanfdowne. I therefore fend you for publi- ifti
cation the following extracts from their fpeeehej in eef
the parliament of England. Bel
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MR. FOX. felj
" Here I cannot help pausing to contemplate fen
President Washington, a character so very different ha 1
from,that which has bten displayed by Britilh mi- int,
niilers. How infinitely ljjseriof must appear the for
spirit and principles manifefted in hi 3 late speech Fr
to conjjtefs, and charafteriltic of the genius of his no
goveinment, when compared with the policy of vo
modern European courts ! lllultrious man, deriv- hei
injj honor lels from the splendor of his filiation, far
than from the dignity of his mind, before whom dif
srtl borrowed greatlels finks into infignificance, and by
all the princes and potentates of Europe (excepting foi
the members of our own royal family) become little fp l
and contemptibk 1 He has had no oecafipn to have eq
reeo.urfe to any tricks of poliay or arts of alarm; pi'
hij authority has been fufficiently fuppotted by the oh
fame means by which it was acquired, and hit con- tw
duH has uniformly been cha.ra3enn.il by wisdom, mo- U"
deration, and firmnefs. He, though feeling gratis toi
tude to F/anc«,did not chufe to give up the fyf- ,en
tem of neutrality. Having once laid down that to
lind of conduit, which both gratitude and policy pe
pointed out as the moll proper to be puifued. not
al! the insults or provocation of the French mintller
Genet could at all put him out of his way or bend
him from ibis purppfe.—Entrufted with the care of C o
the welfare of a great people, he did aot allow the pr
mifconduft of another, with refpeft to himfelf, for D
one moment to inteirupt the duty which he owed of
to them or withdraw his attention from their inter- m
efts. The people over whom he presided, he knew he
to be acquainted with their rights and duties; he wi
trujled to their own good sense to defeat the effrds of ca
those arts which might be employed to inflame or mislead w
their minds, and was feofible that a government th
could be in no danger, while it retained the confi- ca
dence and attachment of its fuhje&s, attachment, m<
in this instance, not blindly adopted, confidence not ar,
implicitly given, but arising from the conviflipn of fh
a its excellence, and the experience of its bleflings. 1 he
cannat indeed, help admiring the wisdom and the, ne
'fortune of this great man, not,that by the term th
fortune, 1 mean in the smallest digree to derogate la
from his merit: but notwithstanding his extraor- us.
dinary talents and exalted integrity, it mud be m,
considered as Angularly fortunate, that he should oj
have experienced a lot, which so seldom falls to the fe
portion of humanity and have palled through such dt
a variety of scenes, without stain and without re- ft
proach. It must ifideed create astonishment, that -c
placed in circumstances so critical, and filling for a
(cries of time a flation so conspicuous, his chara&er
should never once have been called in quell ion ;
that he should, in no one instance, have been accu- 1
fed either of improper insolence, or of mean fub
mifiion in bis tranfaftions with foreign nations.* £
It has been referred Jor him to run the race ofjlary,
without experiencing the fmallejl interruption to th.:
brilliancy of his career. The breath of Censure has
not dared to impeach the purity of his condufl, nor the
eye of envy to raise its malignant glance to the elevation
of his virtues. Such has been the tranfcendant
merit and the unparalelled fate of this illustrious
man! Happy Americans,! whjje the whirlwind
flies over one quarter of the globe, and spreads
every where desolation, you remain protested from
its baneful effects by your own virtues, and the wis
dom of your government. Separated from Europe
by an immenie ocean, you feel not the effe&s of
those prejudices or paflions, which convert the
boasted feats of civilization into scenes of horror
and bloodshed. You profit by the folly and mid
nefs of the contending nations, and afford, in your
more congenial clime, an asylum to those bleflings
and virtues wliieh they wantonly contemn, or wick
edly exclude from their bosom 1 cultivating the
arts of peace under the influence of freedom, you ad-
Dance by rapid strides tft opulence and dift inttion,
\and if by any accident you should be compelled to
t.'ke part in the present unhappy contest, if you
(hould find it neceflary to avenge insult or repel in- j
jury, the world will bear witneft to the equity of
your sentiments, and the moderation of your views | J
and the success of your arms will be no doubt pro
portionate to thejuftice of your cafe."
MR. SHERIDAN.
" The noble Lord (Mornington) next retails
to usthecoudtift of citizen Genet, the emissary of
France to the United States of America ?—Here,
again, I give the noble lord his facts; I admit eve
ry thing, as he states it, with refpeft to citizen
Genet ; I agree in condemning the impolitic outra
ges he pradifed again/1 the government of America.—
I reprobate the indecent insults he offered to Presi
dent Wafhingtan. 1 dilapprove of his erection of
Jacobin clubs in that country, bis establishing con
> fular tribunals for the judgment of prizes, &c. &c.
But why has the noble lord overlooked the event of '
all these heinous and repeated provocations ; Ame- 1
rica remains neutral, prosperous, and at peace ! —
America, with a wisdom, prudence and magnanimity,
which we have dildained, thrives at this moment in a ]
slate of envied tranquility, and is hourly clearing the ]
paths to unbounded opulence ; America has monopoliz- <
ed the commerce and the advantages which we have a
vutdasvd. Oh turn your eyes to her, view her si- 1
tnstion, her bappinefs, her content ; ebferve her i
trade, and her manufactures adding daily to her i
geqeral credit, to her private enjoyments, and to
her public resources; hir name and government rising
alive the nations of Europe with a Jttnyle but com ■ i
* Mr Fox undoubtedly meant, " by men of 1
integtiiy, and feiife, capable oi truly ellimating
his coudtift. '
•
•nanding dignity, that win j at once the rcfpett, the
confidence and the affe&ion of the world. And is
America degraded by this conduct, and by this
condition ? Has Washington debased himfelf by this j
temper and moderation ? Has he funk his charac
ter, and made himfelf contemptible in the eyes of
the high fpiritedJlatefmen of Europe ? Will the no
ble lori attempt to prove this, or will he abandon re
his instance and his argument ? Ihe conduct of cr
the French, in fending such a/missionary as Genet di
to America, is bro't by him as the strongest p >of w;
. of the enmity of the French to the peacc and ex- m
ifting governments of all nations, and of the ne- t' l
eeffity of all nations uniting against them, and the
behavior of Genet himfelf ts Bated as an outrage too a
gross for human patience to submit to ; and yet the I
felfijb American congress, confiding in the good as
sense of their fellow-citizens, confcu.Us of never th
having betrayed their trust, and looking only to lie ai
interejls of the people they represented, found no c&ttfe 'h
for war or quarrel in the novelty or madness of hs
French principles, asd the mean Warfiington felt to
no personal resentment at insults which did not pro
voke, because they could not degrade him. Such has rc
been the event of two great nations viewing the
fame circumstances in a different temper and with t!i
different sensations: both had been equally in/ulted fii
by this new and presumptuous republic ;in the bo- b;
foms of both, attempts had been equally made to P
spread the do&rines of that republic ; both were M
equally interelled in the preservation of "the priiici- f r
; pies of ci»il order and regular government; yet, #
owing to the different councils that dirtfted these h
two nations, the Americans are at this moment the h
undismayed, undegraded and unembarrassed fpe&a- 'J 1
tors of the savage bryils of Europe, while we are h
. engaged in a struggle, as we have been this day 3
told by our ministers, not for our glory and piof-
perity, but for tur aSual exiflence as a nation."
The OF LANSDOWNE. a '
I " Our next point, my lords, is to look at our
f conduct to neutral powers." The Marquis here !
: praised the afifwer of M. de Bernftoff, mirifter of j 21
f Denmark, as on< of the fined essays on the ngjus j a !
I of independent states that he ever fa.v : he recom- j £
- mended it to students in politics as a leffoo ; and !
r he spoke with equal, if not higher praise, of the , P
c wisdom, moderation and temper displayed by the r '
f canton of Berne: "if all the world were innndatcd a
I with folly, wisdom would retire and take (helterin
t the cantort of Berne : But no power on earth, the .
- canton of Berne itfelf, coulddifplay more true wisdom, j "
i more dignified moderation, than had Mr. IVafhington ■
t and thi government if America. He had ditpiayed, ]
f (hall I fay (fays he) the grandeur of a monarch j ; v
I he difpLsyed all the virtues, all the wisdom of an bo- °
e, nejl, and J/k enlightened man ; he difdnined to follow ,
I the example of those, who not merely ad upon the popu
e lar cry, but who raise a cry in order that they may ail .
• upon it, ; he opposed himfelf to the madness of the mo-, j
e ment, and secured to the people of America the blejfings
iof peace, in spite of themselves : What is the con- '
e sequence ? Refle&ion has praved to them the wif- ?
h dom of their government, which has collected '
strength and liability by the measure."
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NEW THEATRE. i
i- Towards the Encreafe of the Funds for the fupp Jrt of '
»• The Philadelphia Dispensary, i
* Eflablifhed for the Relief of Sick Persons in indigent ,
Circumstances ; and of
'' The Sunday Schools.
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* On WEDNESDAY EVENING, April s 7 ,
n Will be presented, |
II * A COM E D T, called ,
a Every one has his Fault. 1
Is Lord Norland, Mr. Wh'itlock,
Sir Kobert Mr. Wignell,
r Mr. Solus, Mr. Morris,
Mr. Harmony, Mr. Bates,
Captain Irwin, Mr. Mareton,
3 ' "Mr. Placid, Mr- Green,
IC Hammond, ,Mr. IVarrell,}\tr\,
)r Porter, Mr. IVarrell, ;
/. Edward, Mrs. Mar/hall. ,
, r Lady Eleanorlrwin, Mrs. Whitlock, .
Mrs. Placid, Mrs .Shaw, f>*>
Miss Spinster, Mrs. Bates,
Miss Wooburn, Mrs. Morris.
, End of the Comedy, a Dance, (composed by Mr.
Francis) tailed
The Irish Vagary.
m With an Irish M £ dley Overture, composed by Mr.
Reinagle.
n " By MefTrs. Lege, IVarrell, jun. T. Warrel!, DtXrley, jun.
Mitchell, Morgan and Francis
• I Mrs. De Marque, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Doc
-- e*fMrs.Lege, Miss Old/kid, Miss Roiufor lr MiJs Row
fon, Mijs IVillems and Mi/s Milbourne.
In the course of the Dance will be introduced
A LILT, by Mr. Francis and Mrs. De Marque,
ils To which will be added,
of A MUSICAL FARCE, called
The R. O.M P.
C-
Watty Cockney, Mr. Francis,
Barnacle, Mr. Biijfett,
Old Cockney, Mr. IVarrell,
— Captain Sightly, Mr.
si- Prifcilla Tomboy, Mrs. Marfhalj,
of Penelope, Miss IVillems,
Madame Le Blond, Mrs. Harvey.
:c. *#* On Friday, a celebrated Comedy, (never per
of formed here JealledThe DESERTED DAUGHTER,
ie _ with Entertainments.
£5" Mr. Moreton'i Night will be 011 Monday next.
(jT The Public are refp<r£lfnlly informed, thjrt the
10 Doors of the Theatre will open at half an hour after
he FIVE, and the Curtain rife precisely at half pafl.SIX
: z- o'clock, for the remainder of the Season.
a- BOX, One Dollar—Pll\ of a Duttar—
r indGALLERY, Half a Dollar.
TICKETS to r>e had at H. and P. RICE's Book-Store.
ler No -,5°. Market-Street i and auhc Office adjoining the The.
ler ttre.
to . Pl acc » for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Wells, at the
. Front of the Theatre.
d No money or ticket* to be returned ; nor any person, on
m- any account wh»t!3ever, admitted behind the fcenei.
— Ladtetand Gentlemen are requelted to fend their servants
of to keep p <ce» a quarter before five o'clock, and order them
:« soon at the company li fcaced, to withdraw as they Ci.l
not, on any account, befermiited to remain.
VJVAT RESPb'dHCA.
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CONGRESS. 2
ate
HOUSE O'F REPRESENTATIVES. Ao
Monday, April 25. w ' (
Mr. Tracey of the committee of claims made a ttv
report upon the petition ofWinthrop Sarjjoit, be- coi
cretary of the North Western Territory, for his ad
ditonal fervicc's as Governor. The report, which it
was read a fecoud/time, and commuted to a com- lot
mittce of the whole on Wednesday, recommended w.
that 87 c dollars (hould be allowed him.
The Speaker informed the houfc he had receiveo cd
a letter from the Governor of.ths North Western foi
Territory,inelofn g t wo petiti®«s which he requcited
as that territory had at prcfent no representative in mi
the heufc, the Speaker would present. They were th
accordingly read. Onerelated to lots of land which lac
the petitioners bad been promised and which they all
had not received ; the other prayed for permifiion an
to import slaves into that country from other states to
so as not to increase the number. 1 hey were refer
red to different committees.
Thefollowing petitions were presented in favor of
theß it fh treaty,* it. 17 ] ctitionVj
signed in the whole by 3286 citizen* of New-York;
bv M>. Muhlenbeig, from Bloekley 1 otvnfhip,
Philadelphia county, x signed by 87 persons; by r&
Mr. lfaac Smith 4 petitions signed by 230 citi/ens
from New-jersey, and altervvards 2 others, one of
which was signed by 70, the other pot certain ; one
by Mr. Hartley from 29 uierchan s of Philadelphia
by Mr. Kittera from Pennsylvania, signed by 123 m
names ; 2 by Mr. Sitgreaves, from the fame Hale,
signed by 242 persons ; one by Mr. Richards and
3by Mr. Thomas,all from the fame state ;1 by
Mr. Gallatin, from the (late of Delaware signed
by 40; one by Mr. Goodhue from the fame Kate
signed by 67 ; and 2 by Mr. Brent from Alex-
andtia. _ pJ
Mr. Gallatin presented a petition from state of
j Delaware, against the treaty, signed by 91 persons; m
r' and Mr. S.Smith a petition fgned by the chairman
! and clerk of a society of maiuifafiurers and me- m
' | chanics at Baltimore, confiiling (as Mr. Smith in-
, ! formed the house) of about 400 refpe&able peifons p
i praying that house would use its own diferetion with
[ j refped to the treaties before them, uninfluenced by u
j j any other consideration than the public good. | 1;
1 Thi» petition catifed confiderabte debate. Messrs
' | Ames, Thatcher, and Sitgreaves, opposed its be- y
' ; ing received, a» it was from an unincorporated so-
' : ciety, as it purported to be the petition of a num
' ; ber of men,and was only signed by two, and that e- Q
' ! ven these two, as they had signed the petition in an o
' I official character, might not approve of its contents.
| lis reception was fnpporied by Messrs. S. Smith t j
" I Macon, Findley, Gallatin, Hiilhoufe, Madifan and
? I Kitchrjl, as a pra&ice not uncommon in that house
(the focietics for tl c abolition of slavery and the a
society of Quakers were mentioned as instances)
that they had frequently received petitions of foci- *
• eties signed by their chairman and secretary, which,
j if they were incorporated, were not incorporated t
for that purpose. It was referred.
The Inhabitants of Cincinnati, (W. T.) com
plained by petition of the grievanees experienced by (
an holding of courts by Judge Turner different
from those heretofore held. Their complaint was
j referred to a felcdl committee.
The house resolved itfelf into a committee of the f
whole on the state of the union ; when the refolu
t • . . . f
tion for carrying into effect Britilh treaty being
underconfideration, MfuHenderfon and Mr. Har- J
per spoke in favor of it. At the conclution of f
Mr. Harper's Ipeech, there was a divided cry ef
" committee rife" and " the qucflLen" ; when the
sense of the committee being fllken it was in favor (
of rising, there being 50 votes for it, which was a f
majority of the members in the house. (
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From the New-York Gazette, &c.
No. I. f
To tie People of the United States. j
When the intrigues of unprincipled men have 1
arrived at a point which leaves no pofiible doubt I
of their ultimate object or tendency ; and when
that object, or its necessary tendency is evidently -
"the fubverlion of order and government—And
when also, by an infinity of deception, and even
under the sacred mantle of patriotism, they have so
far succeeded in their pursuits as to have rendered
many honest men, accomplice* to their guilt ; it is 1
then time that all those who have something tolofe ]
by the miseries, and vicissitudes of a revolutionary s
n _ state, (hould openly come out, and ctufh, by the 1
mighty weight of truth and a decidcd coadudt, the 1
c- Catalines who are prepared at all hazards to involve I
in common ruin, the bell of political institutions, 1
and th« happiest nation in the world. i
It is time that Americans, who have, with im
mense labor and great deliberation, cllablilhed a <
fociql compact, should learn whether it can be sup- 1
ported by the great mass of wisdom, virtue and
property they poffefs—oi whether it may be de
graded or dejiroytd by a few unthinking milled mob- ;
ifts, and the falfe arts of (hamelefs demagogues.
Fellow citizens, once for all understand, that
whatever I have written, or may hereafter observe
with any degree of asperity, refpe&ing the enemies
of this country, is to be applied only to a compara
tively small uumber, who have incessantly, for a fe.
Tries of years, in various shapes, endeavored to shake
the fair fabric of American freedom and happiness.
The People, as I have often remarked,
nerally virtuous in their motives—but the greater
P art , from thr nature of their occupations, and want
er of information, are anfortunately too liable to re
ceive imprefiions, from a set of men, to be fqijnd in
evety society, who to answer their private interests,
or to gratify their pride and ambition, or to acquire
re some degree of consequence with the populace, or
perhaps from all these combined, (loop to little
arts a»d pra&ices, which men of hoßeft views and '
he manly spirits, discountenance and despise.
on Being myfelf one of the people—having a family
which mull participate in the common fate of our
its country, be it for better or worse—having nooffice,
™ nor desiring any, but blessed at present with pro'
petty enough to render me regardltfs of the frowns
an 4 unambitious of the fmiisj of any man or set of
men, and what is more, having participate the
arduous contest which made us indep f ndant, Icm
determined, so long as freedom of tlifcuffion i 3
ateJ, in an open and plain way, as heretofore, it.
declare ray sentiments both a? to men and measures,
wheoever'they appear disposed or calculated to af
fect mateiially those rights, which by our happy
constitution are secured to all tie citizens.
In the course of the ftri&urts which will so!l ow>
it may be that the feelings of individuals may t e '
somewhat extitrd. In a certain fei-fe, t i, :r> me> .
will be an unpleasant talk. But the artifices of a
few coriupt, and aspiring men, have been too fuc
ccUfully exercised upon the creciulcu*, and unin
formed class of the community.
The PsOfi.s have been too Isng deceived—A.
miiiaken confidence, and unaccountable apathy ifj
the friends to peace and good ordcf, have given a
fanftiut) to licentioufnjfs—Wlulft they hsve been
asleep, the dsemon3 of discord, have beeu busily,
and too fuccefsfully employed—the truth rmift be
t o ;d. WM. WILLCOCKS.
From the N. Y. Minerva.
Mr. Edward Living/ion,
Sir,
IN the path of life we meet with some occur
rences which are so unexpected and so far beyond
. the reach of all calculation, that expectation is fur
piifed and patience herfellis fretted. In this class
your late proposition may be ranked, viz. •* that
the United States should pay the merchants the a
mount of their losses by British spoliations Hsve
the United States been underwriters? have they
received any premium ef insurance ? I ha-ve htaid
of none. Wheii the merchant by reason of the
war, a profit of 50 to 100 percent, he gsve
no lhare of that pr*fir to the United States ; why
are they to fuffer when he chances to lose ? Is one
■ party to have all the gain and the other toenume
all the losses ? This would be a new fpecits of coni
-1 merce. It is certain that some vessels have been
propeily taken, for they were engaged in a com
merce not countenanced by the few of nations ;
for the fake of large freights they have loaded with
French property. And it is believed that fom'e
1 captains have been bribed by the mailers of priva
teers to facrifice their owners. These very men
have been moll noisy about the tyranny of depre
dations. Hive not the merchants in othj&r nations
usually been left to the decisions of the courts of
admiralty ? are we to suppose that ycur late mo
tion is intended as a lure to induce the high court
of admi.ralty in England not to reverse any decrees
I of condemnation in the inferior courts? Why
' (hould they reverse decrees and take money from
J their own fubjedts, fioce the American merchant
may have his remedy at home ?
Is not this curious motion rather to be ctfhfidered
f as a step to prevent clamor among the merchants a
/ gainst the non appropriation business? are five mil
lions of dollars to be paid for bulb mpoey ? It
' seems you take for granted that your late oppotV
tion will prevent the Brititti courts from doing jus
tice to the merchants. Would it not be proper to
think of other appropriations ? The detention of
y the weftera polls has eoli us at least one million of
II dollars per annum.; this detention- mufi. We cumin-" t-V
" ued and it will hardly cost us less for the future.—
Five millions to be paid on the old account ar.d five
e millions probably to be contia&ed tor account of
new captures and one million per annum to be ex
£ pendsd for western defence. The treaty mud fc
" a devil indeed if we ought to pay so much to be
' relieved from it. The public have looked on with
some patience, while members of Congress have
ie been occupied near fix weeks at the expence of 800
)r dol. perdayin making speeches pieparatory to the
3 new ele&ion, and they may speak all fummcr if
they can abide the heat, but they should chufea
nother fubjedf, for 26 trillions of dollars ought not
to be expended merely fer the fake of raising a
few individuals upon the stilts of opposition. If
your fellow labourers are right in their opposition
to the treaty they fliould not offer bribes ; if they
rg have been wrong, the foooer they come about the
it better.
'« VERITAS.
Iy
d BY THIS DAY's MAIL.
so LONDON, March n.
•d A petfon who was lately visiting the Museum of
is Mr. Wallis, the celebrated gunsmith, at Hull, hap
fe pened to take hold of a very curious fowling piece,
■y and fixed his attention fa particularly upon it, that
ie Mr. Wallis, not much liking the appearance of the
ie man, civilly requested him to replace the gun where
rc he had fotind it : the man replied, 14 the gun was
s, not charged, and therefore there was no danger of
its going off." " True," replied Mr. W. " but
n- I had a fowling-piece of the fame kind stolen the
a other day, so that you fee it may go off, tho' it is
p- not charged."
id March 16.
r e- Yesterday arrived at Falmoifth the Princess Roy
fa- al packet, Capt. Skinner, in 39 da"ys from Tortd
la. Captain Skinner brings the agreeable iHtelli
at genee, that his Majesty's (hips, the Majestic and
ve Matilda, with several fail of transports, were airiv
es e<} at Martinique ; and it was reported that in all
a- between 2 and 3000 troops of the armament of ad
.e- miral Christian, had arrived at the place of their
ke destination ; so that there are now about 6000 men
fs. fit for service in the islands, a force which,-it is bc
;e- lieved, will at least keep the enemy at bay.
:er It will be seen, by our report of the
nt in the Honfe of Commons lad night, that the bill
re- for the abolition of the slave trade has been loft by
in a majority of four. The surprise and confternaiion
Is, which pervaded the House on the occasion, exceed
ire ed any thing of the kind we ever before witneffed
or To Mr. Wilberforce's complacency, in postponing
tie this question from day to day, for the accommoda
nd tion of Mr. Dundas, is to be attributed the fate
which has thus befallen it.
ily
>ur SHEERN&SS, March 8.
ce, . Al 9 o clock this morning the signal for execu
ro ''in was made on boaid the Defiance man of war,
ms by firing a gun, and hoiftiug a yellow flag at the
of ioretopgallant raaft head : a Lieutenant, in a boat