ciaH r di betweiW the United States and Great Bii
taiii. We feel ouifclves deeply iutcrelled in its
fiuaWlTue, and cannot forbear expressing to our Re
presentatives, that interest, with the fulleft confi
dence that we (hall be heard with as much atten
lion as such a number of American citizens deserve.
As the Treaty, in our opinion, has become the
law of the land, if cotiftitutionally formed, and as
we have not been able to fiud any thing in it un
constitutional, and have never heard that it has been
ferioiifly questioned on this score, we eanceive it to
he our duty and our interest, that it be carried into
• effect. Our duty, as the faith of the nation is
pledged in the Conllitution, in a manner equally
solemn, as in the cafe of any conftitutipnal law what
ever.—But most emphatically our interest, when
we consider the events which hang upon the nou
rxecution of it; the bare contemplation of which,
fills our minds with the most gloomy apprehenfioni.
We beg leave to be indulged in a flight enumera
tion. In the firft place the detention of the Well
ern Posts. We aertainly cannot expe<!t that thty
will be delivered up, if the Treaty is checked in its
operation. If they are withheld, tin what is the
fafety of pur frontiers to reft ? Have we not llrong
reafonsto dread, not only the irruptions and depre
dations of the British, but also a renovation of the
Indian War, which has already co't us much trea
sure, and many lives ? War with tlu' Brit ifh nation,
we apprehend, will inevitably follow such an event.
War,in every situation is dreadful; to a country to
tally unprepared for it, is trtily alarming. Millions
of the property of our industrious citizens, are al
ready in the hand# of the British Nation, which we
hope will be recovered by amicable adjustment, if
the Treaty is executed, but which will inevitably
be loft, and other millions neceflarily exposed to its '
depredating force, if the Treaty (houij be annilii- 1
lafed. Multitudes of our seamen ate imprcfiTid into
a foreign service, and forced to fu'bmit to ignomi- 1
nous servitude, Avho, we hope, will be liberated, if f
the Treaty is enforced. Multitudes more will jje
left in the most hazardous if it be not put '
into operation. Prublic credit, which depends al
most solely for its exillence, upon our commcrce, *
malt be totally the United States are t
plunged into War. The prosperity of our country ! 1
lias been for some years past unparalleled, owing, I
as we apprehend, to the bleflihg of Providence in j >
giving us PEACE. Our merchants, not wjthlland- ! t
ing many difceuragemeats, are fueccfsful, —our ; a
mechanics and our farmers are wealthy. Ourcoun- r
try overflows with its productions; our markets v
are full; and the demands are unlimited. War a
will sweep away our wealth, our prosperity, and j
our happiness. ;
We might pursue the detail to a tedious length, 1 f
but we forbear. The nation that polftfles all the | v
bleflings which are now enjoyed by the United '
States, and has the wisdom and integrity to secure 3
•nd perpetuate them mull be called great and hap- b
py J —the nation which weakly or wickedly forfeits
them, will have little claim on posterity for rever- f
etlce or giatitude. p
After expressing these Sentiments, we have no- •«
thing to add, exefpt our fervent wilhes, that mea- r
fures may be 'aken as speedily as pofllble, to carry
the Treaty between the United States and Great r
Britain into complete efFeft. 1;
Dated at Hartford the 2tft day of April, 1796. c
Signed, per Order of the Meeting,
(Copy) THOMAS SEYMOUR, Chairman. «
— ti
We are informed that the news of the opposition 0
in Congress to carrying the Treaty into efFect, has
excited very gteat commotion in Boston. Vessels «
that were fitting\out were ftopped—lnfurance offi- t
ces (hut, &c. &c. A petition to Congress in fa
vour of the Treaty was 111 circulation, and in a
fljorr time more than three thousand names were
set to it. Scarcely any persons refufed their signa
tures, and tLofe who did, have been uuifoim'y op- 1'
posers to government. t
NEW-YORK, April ii. 1
The resolution, relative to the indemnification of a
the American merchants, for lofTcs by captures and
condemnation, has for its object, something that
ought to excite indignation. It ptopofes relief for
men who have fuffered tinjuftly—fo far it looks fair, t"
But it is wall known that the fame proportion was fl
made without efFedt, at a former ieffion of Con- 1
grefs.
It is a very doubtful point hoiv far government
should promise indemnification, until the war hay
ccafed. 1 here are men bad enough to encouiage ci
capture* of their own veflels, with a view to pro- tl
cure indemnification at an over valuation.
Government is bound to life all proper means t® tt
protest its fubjc£t« in their lawful pursuits. But it E
is a remark of old matters of veflels, that neutral at
nations are smugglers in time sf war. The parties bi
at war make use of neutral names and neutral bot- ■=
toms to cover their effedi? ; ar.d this is done by ev
ery possible means. Papers do not always afcer- 0
tain the real property of cargoes.
If neutrals then embark in thy smuggling bufi- I
nets, they do it at their orn rifle. Government is
rot bound to prottft them. They arc well paid
for it, or they would not engage in it.
If some engage in this business, and others do c
rot, the innocent will neceflarily be involved with g'
the guilty. It therefore becomes a serious question Pj
whether government ought any more to make'com
penfation for lodes by illegal captures, than for y
lofTes by shipwreck. The merchant' risks his pro- .1
perty, knowing the rifle, and why (hould govern- 7c
Ifient interpose in either cafe, unless to procure fat- cv
isfaflion from the captors ?
But it is easy to fee, irt -the refolntion mention
ed, an insidious design. To divide the merchants —
who favor the execution of the treaty—to divert
them from any dependence on the treaty for relief *-
—to alarm our citizens with the profpedt of new V
taxes or duties—in short to embarrass government E'J
by mcreafing the difficulties of providing ways and la!
means—such would be the effed—fu. h are pro
bably the objects of the resolution.
But the disguise is too thin—the cloven foot is aci
clearly visible, and most of the merchants them- P'"
selves will fee the thing in its true light and duly W!
? !Ve , Cle<^'t to motives that brought it forward. ow
-flßiriNrT J
ii- 11 gives tis plt-iifure to cbfei vc the unanim'ty
its with which all parties lubfpribe the petitions in fa
,e- vor of executing the treaty. Almalt all the le
fi- fpeilable citizens, who eppofed it at firft, the mi
:n- nority of the chamber of commerce, on their re
re. folwtions in fiivor 6f the treaty last fumnier, many
he of the decided, but moderate oppolitionifts, have
as already signed the petition ; ohferving that vvhils
in- the treaty was under deliberation, they were a
eH gain(i it, but ftnee it is the law of the land, it ought
to to be carried into effeift. We truJl therelore we
to shall hear no more about Tory merchants and Whig
is merchants—merchants who own shipping and thole
lly who do not, for at the prcfent crilis, aliaoll all arc
it- united.
en The idea of a division of the dates is not held
u- out irs terrorem ; it is a prevailing opinion, that -
h, the interest of tlie northern ftatei (by which is
11. meant, all the states from Maryland northward}
a- demand a separation. We go farther, and avar th*t
ft. this is a fubjoift converfatiou, and that
:y fom; attempts tp bring about a concert of opinions
!ts on this point will certainly be made, if the treaty
tie Ihould remain unexecuted.
,g _ N
e- April 25.
Ie Late London papers alien, and a gentleriUn who <
a- hns pasTed through England the winur past con
n, firms the account, that there is na rtai scarcity of I
t. wheat in that country. The scarcity is ariilicial— :
u- created by farmers, who keep ba.k their grain, |
ns while the piic« is riling, or by combinations for i
I Ipeculation. There is doubilefs much truth in this i
it account.
if The forced loan in France has had good fucccfs I
|y 1 lie DireClory have lluted that ten milliards, one- 1
is fourth of the aflignatsin circulation, are withdrawn 1
i. from circulation. ' . (
0 Prince Hohenloe has written a letter to the Edi- 1
i- tor of the Frankfort Gazette, to cbrrecl some mis-: ;
if statements, in which he gives very good advice— c
,e He fays, " Gafet te- in general should fay eniy \ 1
it what hjs hnpptned wiihout hazarding cunjcclurts."- r
1. Directory of France have, in pursuance of t
;, conllitutional powers, levelled a terrible blow at j e
e the jacobins and royalists, by (rtutting up all the c
y 1001119 where the new clubs used toaflemble. It is r
r t j found in France that fhefe clubs are thc centres of v
II ] intrigue, for anarchills and royal ills—both resort a
!. Ito the lame mrtir.s. It is theie as heie, men who ; L
r j are opposed to theexiltiug conllitution, colleit as !
1.. people together as they can deceive, and by j;
s various arts peifundc them to second theii views of
r • ambition, rind all Qndcr the dual of patriotifui. n
Jj — 1
| It is a remarkable fadt, thtt the resolution*, paf
r> | fed in the llreet last dee tare the meeting
e j «'il» ever support the " Ho use of Repr<;fcntativws si
j in the exercise of their conllitutional rights." Not '
e a word about the conjiilutional rights of the other '
1. branches.
5 Now if perchance a favorite Piefident fl
. succeed Gen. Wafhingto 1, and the House of Rr 0
prefentatives should ise federal, thcfc p.oj.ie would v
!. change their tone and fuppoit Us jtonfti'tAliyiul '»
. rights, against the house. E
■j The resolutions also highly applaud Mr. Matlay's a
t refoltitiotl agalnft the Treaty. Tlje meeting was v
laid to consist of whigs—the oppofers of the Treaty
call thenjfelves ivhigs—yet this Mr. Maclay was,
during our late gloiious revolution, x decided and o
uniform enemy to our Independence. Query, Docs v
not his resolution evjnce that he is Hill an enemy to u
n our conllitution ? v
s ,V« r e hrve always good authority for what we "
s afjert. It is very easy to contradict—but we defy t<
our enemies to disprove our njfertions. c ,
Minerva. ft
a — , ii
e April 25. P
Intelligence this day received from Boston, Sa
. lem, and sundry towns in Conneaicut will fatisfy "
the most wilful diforganizer th:it the people tie in
favor of the President's measures. The friends of
the Conllitution remain quiet, until real dangtr
f approaches. But in the last resort, the Lion will
j roufc and silence the little barking curs that» have
t for two years tormented our ears. The Crisis will
r 'all forth the real voice of the people, and the little
parties of anarchills, will hide their heads in Coo- 11
„ fufion. n
- The following is an extrad of a letterfrom Boston,
dated Saturday evening, half past 10 o'clock,
t April 23. *
1 «' This goes by an express which is employed lo
carry a memorial to Congress in favour of carrying j'
■ the Treaty into cfledi, fignrid by eleven hundred and
fifty fevm Citizens sf this town, who are propric- j
» tors of at lcall nine tenths of all the navigation in it. CJ
t Lufjnels Is at a Hand, the stores are negleaed U> w
1 attend to what is deemed all important to tlie.Avell 3
s being of our country."
■ lo be fold at public sale, P«
On the 18th day of June next, at the City Tavorn, in Phii ol
ladelfhia,
FOUR Lots of Groußd in the town of Lamberton, ,v
county of Burlington, and State of New-jerfcy, ad- f
I joining the river Delaware, late the Estate of William
Richards, deceased, with all ths buildings and P 1
mcnts, noun; ed by g ound of John Mitchell, Lambeit w
1 Cadwalader and others; a clear indisputable title will be rc
given. The terms will be made known .at the time and p
place of sale. April 18. ni&th.
40 Dollars Reward- a
LOST, a Red Morocco Pocket Book, containing a ca
number of Bank Bills, amounting to upwards of ni
7CO dollars, two guineas, and one half Joe. Who- eo
ever has found the fame and will bring it to the Cone
ftoga Waggon, No. 140, Market llreet, {hall receive W
forty dollars. Is
Ayil 16. * 3t re,
LOS T, ~ pa
ON Sunday evening last, between the Warren Tavern Co
and the city of Philadelphia, u memorandum POCK- flv
EI BOOK, with a Boni inclosed therein for 27.58 dol
lars, (as near as it can b reeel'e&ed) on James Dickev, 0,1
of tJ,«. county of Franklin and state of Pennfylvahia j on ra
the tack of fa' •! bond there wera two receipts for part of ln ' l
the money*. Also, a Virginia military warrant for 400 ! ad
acres of land, afligned ld°ft to Robert Campbell, and a w |
platt ani eertifi-.ate of fijrvey obtained by virtue of said '
warrant, with some other memorandums.
Whoever-has found the fame, and will deliver it to the i
owner, at No. J, south Fourth-ibeer, (hall have a ™:e lar
I (l
a Philadelphia,
s- v THURSDAY EVEN IMG. Al'ailJ 28, 1796.
i- —J.. .. .. ■: — ,— ' _-*
Eitraft of a letter from a gentleman of New-York
y 10 friend in this city, dated April 25.
'e " Mr. M'Clay'a motion occasioned an ala'm
lis that afleded ali descriptions of men. TJic mcx
a- chant, farmer, mechanic, and cartman were all ;im
h .-alyijM in a moment and a Head cairn in all kinds
te of b'ulincfs took place. With one voice all cried
g out that something was nccefTary to be done. The
le chamber of commerce met and though dividejyb/"-
tc mirly rclpediug the ratification of the treaty, they
rtere now unanimous in the expediency of carry-
Id ing thetreaty into effed. „
it - The two insurance companies concurred on this
is occalion. It wag, however, judged proper by the
I) merchants to call a meeting at the Coffee houi'e. I
it attended it and upon reading a petition (which will
it be handed to you the beginning of this week) it
is was agreed v to with an exception of live or fix. It
Y then deemed a.lvifeable to appoint a committee
to cany the petition through the city to be sub
scribed, in order that ho dispute arise r<f
feeding tlie real tense of the citizens—-this has been
0 done, and as several of the*, are mv intimate
1- friends, lam authorized toaffert that 19 in 20 of
>{ the citizens who are housekeepers have fubferi!#!
- it. In short, Ido not recoiled in my whole life
), greater unpriinaity on any public occalion. Many j
>r of tlte \va(meil oppofeis of the treaty and leading j
u '.pen, have declared they world themselves rarry a-]
j biw the petition if others refufed it. Notwith
[9 ( Handing ajl tins, Peter R. Livinj;rton, a young
e.J man, an attorney. undertook to call a meeti'ng in
n ! the fields,on"which occasion he moved and cjuiied
certain resolutions—tiiey alio appointed a commit
i- tee t» sign them, but as few or none of the perfou*
C- appointed were present, mod of them have dif
- | claimed their afoot to the bufiuefs, while others
y i have fubferibed the coffee house petition. This
mteiipg in the fields confided of 800 perf'ins, in
s eluding men, women, children, negroes and for-,
t | eigners ; and of the whole not moie than 50 were
- of any kind of '..QftCderatiou; of those thire were
j not 5 who could claim to be merchants, and those
f | were of the democratic £>ciety. Never was an
t ; attempt of this kind more completely coutempti
-1 1 ble or futile.
s j '« Foiled on this biifinefs they have, it is said,
' ; prepared a counter petition and mimlcri rtlay fjgn,
f apprentices, foreigners and a few obfeure de
mocrats will be the I'ubfcriler.V
Extrad of a letter from a Merchant at Bofioh, dated
April 2>.
[ "TI is town is very l'erioufly aljftmcd at the difpo
s fition t iic Kojfe of Representatives of Congrcfs dif'co
, verso l eiuie the app'ropriatiens for cariyiivg into effect
t th»'i reaty with Great-Britain. We have a vast pro
perty'at tiake, not only-as nrfpeds spoliations and ad
jud..-ii;on-s, but, relying on the <-.onllitution of the 17-
in;* 4 St j its, which doctares a treaty when ratified is
■ we have, with confidence, embarked in
' yery extciifiyf voyages arid enterprizes, without at'.
1 idea, of the property's being expol'ed to capture by the
Br.'tt.h—*-Of couiTe very little insurance has been made
, atl areideiit. And e*en wAtre that pre
cjtitisrt fa; been taken,, the extra premium has been
' very »ifling ; so that both the underwriters and own
ers jte now in extreme anxiety :or their property,
. which, hy a fiiUire «f ti.e treaty, muit be at the mercy
I of Qreat-U'ltain, who can be supposed to entertain
vety littl*.- rzfped for a deftfuccleli people, who are,
, - upon motives so unjuftifiahlt, iuconfiderateJy ready te
violile the Jacred engagements of their own govern
. mem. fSuft ness here wili be inftaritly paHied by such
unwise. fcnpalttic mcafures. Thole who are enemies
to the Treaty, concur in thejuftite and expediency of
carrying it into cfTc<a under exilling cireumUar.ee .
May Codarreft the/ireadfnl catallrophe which appears
impeudinj; and yet prcferve Our Ccuftitution, ai»d
peace to our country."
{pi " A 'I tuc Patriot," and other communications,
to-monow.
" m From the siurcrj.
C*MMUNISATIOX,
We have frequently of late obi'erved in the arif-
JOcratkal prints, the Gazette of the United States
jMfticularly, members of lU Koufe of Reprefenta
tivei iligmattzed personally, ou ditfertnt accounts.
Mr. Gallatin particularly, a distinguished mcmher
in the majortif, has been reproached for not being
a native chizen. So far as those insinuations were
cdntintd to party prints, they did not excite my
•tionifhment, or give me concern ; but when 1 ob
-1 fetve the dawning of :i similar condud in the House,
I confefs I cannot suppress my indignation.
A member ftom CunneAicut yeflerday in the
Hortife, threw a reflexion-upon Mr. Gallatin, be
caufe,-forfooth, he was born in Geneva : his accent
will probably be the next fubjeiffc of snimadverfian.
Such pitiful al!ufi«>ns {hew the weakness of the cause
they are meant to fcrve, and recoil upon the au
tIxHS of them with double force. But even sup
posing, that ihp folum nutale flampt the charader
of the man (of which, however, many of the mi
nority members are a contrary evidence, for from
1 them the fplrit of their ancestors has certainly flown)
for what does Geneva defervc contempt and re
proach ? Ib it for the fortitude and spirit with
which.it has, tho' but a spot on thcfurface of Eu
rope, arid not containing more inhabitants than
Philadelphia, refitted all the attempts of foreign
encroachment ? Is it because Geneva has produced
a Rouficah and a long lift of wait lies ? Is It be
cause that city is acknowledged to have been the
nursery of more great men, than auy empire of an |
equal size \n the known wot Id ? No 4 btit it is
more easy to 'cast these illiberal reflexions, tban it '
is to answer the arguments of a man, whose only 1
reproach is to Ihjve drawn his firft breath there. '
But who are thol'e who attempt thus to serve a
party purpose-by rafting reflections upon a worthy Si
conflitutionally adoyted citizen. What deeds can <
the records of the resolution unfold to blazon their )
names ; How many of those men who boafl of being J
native American Gitizins, have contributed to the t
independence of this cauljfry ? This are, in fad, but
adopted citireni j whebut for the-<xei-tions of those, t
whom they bhw affect ti> contemn, wouh: have re- s
niatiied quiet Biitifh bw*fyr the manly
firmnefs of .the fame would ret heir allegi {
ar;ce and become again, williflg u*'VC« of their t
" irrrar oivmf and dent niend" Geo:ge the Third, s
.. f ' f ™
BY THIS DAY'S MAILS. '
NEW.YORK, April 27.
The King of Spain in his intended Hunt ami
Journey through the mountains, on the coului"?. of
Portugal, it is said, was to be accompanied by a
ra feled party/ of about Jipe thoufandfsrfins t ■
Earl Stanhope is mr At toned to have conferred,
in a very hadfome manner, (o the marriage of hi»
I ? daughter to Mr. Taylor, the fi»n of an Apothecary
in the county of Ken:, a young gentleman us ex
c cellent character.
r ~ Mr. Burke, though far advanced •fn the decline
~y of life, seems not to have loft any of that ftrengtU
5" of mind which he fliewed in earliei years. In hia
late reply to die'attacks of the Duke of Bedford,
,s he thus elegafl'iy compares ihe immense wealth of
the noble Duke to the size and llrcngth us. the
. Leviathan :
'll >« Duke of Bedford (he fays) is the Le-
II viathan among all the creatures of the Crown. He
i tumbles about his unweiliy bulk ; he plays and
frolics in tlie ocean of royal bounty, Huge as he is,
' n nd whilfl—" he lies floating many a rood"—he
* is ftiii a creature. His rfbs, hisflnj, his whalebone,
" ins blubber, the very spiracles throiigh which be
r . fpoutsa torrent of brine agaiufl his origin, and co
* vers me all over with the spray, every thing of him,
1 ; and about him, is fiom the throne. Is it for him
le I toquellion ihe diipenfation ?
y l _
| _ Port of h'riv-Tork. Cleared.
*" Ship J'"nny, Chauneey, Lohdon
Mars, M'Kenney, Liverpool
K Betsey, Willis, Lifo'on.
' ochr. Commerce, KufTul, Leghorn
Hopewell, Clark, St. John#
NEWARK, April 27.
1 he people of this ftate'fhare in the general anx
iety—fu much so, that fnbfcripii#.s ;ucopen in ya
'* rious parts of it, particularly in this tov»n, for sig
natures in. fnvor of the treaty, and we hear they re
fceive gcneial, and almost universal fuffrage.
e BALTIMORE, April 26.
e jßßirw.
n Ship Adriana, Dawfon, Liverpool
Sarih, Cuiißingliara, do.
Snow Williarfi, Hayward, ' St. Übe»
Schr. Pcrieverante, Arlington, •• Havana*
\ oluptas, Lord, Gonaivcs
1 ___ •
Foreign Intelligence.
By the Adriana, Capt. Dawfiii, arrived here from Li»
verpool, in 37 days.
LONDON, March 13.
Ihe Hamburgh mail arrived yeiterday. The
1 letters, confirm the article we inserted yesterday,
that it is generally undtrflood that all attempts at
negociation arc over, and that another campaign
is forthwith to begin, which will be more murder*
B uus and inveterate from the \ime wliich they have
, had onboth fides to prepate for the canflift. Gen,
e Jourdaii is arrived at the her.d quarters of tire
c French army, and has be«i received with fetes,!and
every fpccies of military welcome. The archduke
is not expelled to set out from Vienna before ttie
loth of this month. Tbe appointment of thin
y inexperienced officer is not calculated to inspire
„ much confidence in the Audi ian army, and accor*
, dingly we lee in t>ie journals doubts held out con
j cerning divided councils, and a fyftcm which mult
" Beccfljrily be tardy by being dependent on a com
-1 mittee.
J ' CORN EXCHANGE.
We have the pleasure to fay there was a confid
b erable ftrpply both of English and foreign wheat,
i which enables the millers to reduce the prices at
least 5». per quarter.
, There was a good d<al of barley, which wag feld
with difficulty, and at a reduction of fully i».
Oats continue plentiful, and were dull sale at rather '
lower prices. Malt is lower.
General prices as annexed,
English wheat, per quarter, 104.8. II fa. üßs.
Foreign do. ios*. 108s. iios. Rye 6o». 6is.
» Barley 355. 6d. 365. 6d. 375. Mak 455. 6d. 465.
6d. Oats 235. i6>. Ditto. Poland and fine, 265.
• 6d. Trick beans 375. Horse do. 395. Boiling
r peas, 68s. jo§. Flour per sack gos.
• Our letters from Cadiz (late, that the fquadroa
■ commanded by admiral Alva, has failed with a
' great number of troops and a large train of artil
lery—it will be immediately followed by another
' squadron, under the command of admiral Solano.
These maritime forces are destined for Mexico, and
it is said to be their obje& io succour our establish
; muits in that quarter, which are attacked on all
fides by the Indians.
HAGUE, March 3.
The day before yefhiday, being the day fixed
for opening the national aff#mbly, all the members,
after having verified their powers, met at the haH
fixed on for the convocation, where a commiffioa
t f rom thr states general came solemnly toinftal them.
1 he president of the pronounced a
discourse suitable to the Oc.cafion, announcing in
fubdanee that the states now regarded their exist«
ance as terminated. Citizen Peter Paulu&, eleftedL
afterwards to the prefideney of the national affem*
bly by the unanimous voices of the members, an
swered hrni, arid was inverted with the national
scars, the diflingurfhing mark of his new dignitv,
Yesterday the provincial adminiflration of Hol
land was constituted, and held their firft fittina
-1 his day a committee from thence appeared at the
bar of the AfTembly, when the president informed
them that the aflembly would not interiJfeddle witK
the domestic affairs of any particular province.
LI VERPOOL, March 17.
Capt. Niflen, of the brig Aall, who arrived here
on Sunday, from Norway, fays, being off the Dog.
ger bank on the 25th of February he passed the
Dutch Fleet confißing of 17 fail, they were lying
to, with their heads towards the northward.
N. B. The wind was from the eattward, and
though in company with near 30 fail, they did not
appear to take notice of any of them.
Genteel Boarding & Lodging
to be had at No. 45, in Vine-Street, the id door weft of
on the North fide. AprU%t. §