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6th, That there be but one "Plenipotentiary Minister or
Commissioner for these United States at a foreign court. ,
„h, That no Plenipotentiary Minister or Commissioner
for these United States, while he aCts as such, fliall exer
cise any other public office.
Bth, That no person be appointed Plenipotentiary Mi
nilter or Commiffiorier for these United States who is not a
citizen thereof, and who has not a fixed and permanent
intreH therein.
• oth, That fit and proper persons be appointed to fettle
and adjust Mr. Deane's public accounts, and the public
1 a counts of all other persons wh®have tranfaded the com
mercial affairs of these States in France.
loth, That each of the Plenipotentiaries, Ministers and
Commiffionero, who now is ornas been, or may be, ap
pointed, be allowed at the rate of
per annum.
The House having on the former days, when the report
was under debate, agreed to the firft and second articles
thereof, and having also read the third article and the pa
pers therein referred to, a morion was this day made by
Mr. G. Morris and seconded by Mr. Drayton,
“ That the Members of this House Who may have any
papers or evidence in their possession relative to the said
report, do lay the fcme upon the table."
On the queflion put,
Resolved in the affirmative,
Congress proceeded to confider the fourth article in the
report, when a motion was made by Mb. Smith and se
conded by Mr. Carmichael, 'to strike out the words
“ which may be."
After debate thereon,
Adjourned to ten o'clock to morrow.
April 17. The Delegates of South Carolina, to whom
was referred the letter of the 7th of March from Major-
General Lincoln, brought in a report, which was taken
into consideration, and thereupon Corigrefs came to the
following refoliation :
Whereas it appears from the report of the Committee
appointed to confer with Major Mead, Aid de Camp to
Major-General Lincoln, Commanding Officer in the
Southern Department, that he is in (uch an ill Rate of
health as that his continuing longer in that watm, climate
may endanger his life:
Revived, That the said Major-General Lincoln be per
mitted to retire from the command of the southern army,
and join the army under General Washington, that the
public may avail itfelf of his services in a climate mere
suitable to his confutation when his health will admit
of it.
dn ACT for vefii^g the House and Lots, therein described,
in Trustees,for the use of the Prefdent of the Supreme E%.
ecutivc Council of the State, for the time being.
WHEREAS by an ad of General Assembly of this
Commonwealth, intitled " An aft for the attainder
®f divers traitors, if they render not thcmfelves by a cer
tain day, and for vesting their estates in this Common
wealth, and for more effeaually difeovefing the fame, and
for ascertaining and fatisfying the lawful debts and claims
thereupon," Joseph Galloway, I te of this State, is convict
ed and attainted of High Treason, and all the estate, real
and personal, which he was seized of, or intitled unto, on
the fourth day of July, One thousand seven hundred and
seventy fix, was by the said aft forfeited to the State.
AND WHEREAS on the said fourth day of July the
said Jafeph Galloway was seized, inter alia, of a certain
meffuage or tenement and lot of ground, in the city of
Philadelphia, lituate on the south fide of High-street, con
taining in breadth on the said ,High-street sixty feet, and
in length or depth 011 Sixth street, one hundred and eighty
feet, bounded eaflward with the meffwageand lot ofßich
' ard Penn, southward with Minor-street, weftw-rd with
Sixth-street, and northward wjth High-street aforesaid,
and also of and in a certain other lot or piece of ground,
situate on the south fide of Minor, street afortfaid, contain
ing in breadth on the said street sixty feet, aad in depth
eighty-fix feet, bounded northward by Minor-street afore
faid, eastward and southward by ground of Elizabeth
Church, and weflward by Sixth-street aforesaid.
AND WHEREAS it is suitable and neceff^ry, that a
proper house be provided by the public, for the residence
of His Excellency the President of the Supreme Executive
Council of the State, for the time being.
Be it therefore enaflel, and it it hereby enabled by the
Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of
Fennfjlvnia, in General dffembl) met, and by the authori
ty oj the fame, That the said meffuage or tenement, and
two lots or pieces of ground, wi'h all the buildings, im
-1 provements, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, fliall
be, and the fame are hereby granted to and vefled in
Plunket Fleefon, Jonathan Bayard Smith, William Hen
ry, George Schloffer, and Isaac Howell, Esquires, to
have and to hold the said meffuage or tenement, and lots
of ground, and all and fingula.r the appurtenances there
unto belonging, unto them, the said Plunket Fleefon,
Jonathan Bayard Smith, William Henry, George Sckloff
er, and Isaac Howell, and the survivors and survivor of
them, and to the heirs of the survivor of them for ever,
fubjeCt to the ground-rent, and other incumbrances, un
der which the said Joseph Galloway held the fame; yet
nevertheless to the uses, intents and purposes herein after
fpecified, and to no other use, intent or purpose whatsoe
ver; that is to fay, to and for the use of the President of
the Supreme Executive Council of this State for the time
being, and to and for such other uses, intents and purposes,
as the General Assembly of this Commonwealth shall here
after dire6t and appoint, and on this further trust and con
fidence, that they the said Trustees, and the survivors and
survivor of them, and the heirs of such survivor, do and
shall permit and fuffer the President of the Supreme Exe
cutive Council of the State for the time being, to have the
exclusive care and management of the said house and lots,
with the appurtenances, either to occupy the fame, or to
lease and receive the rents, issues and profits thereof, to
his private life and advantage.
JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Zna^ed into a law at Philadelphia, on Wednesday the
eighteenth da, of March, in the,ear of our Lord One
thousand feuen hundred and fevent,-nine.
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
Fromthe BOSTON EVENING POST.
Messieurs Printers.
By giving the following piece a place in your ufeful paper,
you will much oblige one of your best customers.
IT is surprising that the leading men in a young republic
government where patriotism add virtue ought to be the
Pole-Stdr of every individual : It is, (I fay) surprising
that a certain number of these men are the firfl that presume
to countenance, nay, interest themfelyes in favour of no
torious and inveterate Tories, who have left their native
country, and gone over io tte enemy withoutcaufe—with
out interest in England to fuppert them—no other induce
ment but their Tory principles, as it appears in the case
and situation of Mr. Thomas Apthrop, lately returned
from England to this town, with his wife and children,
pretending to throw himfelf on the mercy es the country,
he once called his own ; because no one ®f his favourite
nation (England) not even his own relations would flip
port him. He now comes to implore the humanity and
generosity of the country he (it miy be re fonably ima
gined) has cursed ahd denied.—Humanity and generosity
is near ana'dear to me ; but in times of public danger, fub
^ffet, ought to be the object of government —We have seen
an artificial fcarrity'of the necessaries ofhfe.--We nourish
ed vipers in our bosom's while they have held ccrrefpcw
depce and trade with our common enemy ; yet we seem
not to be alarmed, —When this gentleman (Mr. T. Ap
throp) firft petitioned the Legiflafure, I observed one of
the celebrated Mi where of the Go/fel, walking flyout the
street and State house, watching every opportunity to meet
foine of the members, he spoke jo fevered of them,infinu
atmg what he calls libera!fcntimenu, prompt on as Icon
ceive, by a gentleman of good addrefit, born in this coun
try, but cuae. last furomer ^ith his wife and children from
England, with, a large flfare of BrEilE prejudices, and I
fear is anting the geormetical politician among us.
Remember, ye glorious Americans, whose names will be
immortalized in the annals of the remotest posterity ! Re
member the republican spirit and prudence of Junius Bru
tus, who Virtuously and patriotically condemned his own
children to be put to death for only attempting to favot the
enemies of his country 1
Beware of the leaders of either tioufe, who are support
ing the cause of your inveterate enemies ; recall to your
minds the history of the republic of Rome, ( when in it's
glory) it was by their law, death tor any person to pre
sume to countenance or assist the enemies of their country !
That law extended even to the Senator or other Magi flrate,
who should dareYo be guilty of such heinous praaicer.—:l
would by no means recommend you to filed the humatf
blood ; it is too precious; but I would advise you to
secure yourselves, and put it out of the power of doubt
ful characters to do more hurt to your cause and coun
try.
Beware, 0 ye Senators and Magift'rates ! beware of fup
poitipg the enemies of your country ! take care, not to be
tra) the trust reposed in you ! The people may be deceiv
ed for a whiles but they will find cut sooner or later
tuofe, (if any there be among you) who are wavering in
support of their virtuous cause and county.—The people
of America are high in spirit; they will certainly re
lent their wrongs, and jufily puniffi such criminals.
I am glad to hear that the Legislature have ordered Mr.
Apthorp out of tbit State ; but am sorry to hear of the
number of applications in his favour, strenuously fuppohed
by many Members of both Houses. God bless and preserve
the virtuous majority. §
,• A LIBERAL PATRIOT.
From the NEWJERSEY GAZETTE, May 1,.
Mr. Collins,
ft, publifting the jolloving Remarks in voter paper, you will
oblige force of your readers
I BELIEVE there never was a country that had a
greater plenitude of politicians than America. The
political writings, which are ahnofi every day exhibited,
afford no contemptible proof of this observation. In the
publications,, that have already appeared, the common
misfortunes of this period have been so repeatedly deline
ated, and our errors described under so many varying co
lours, that lam not willing to exaggerate these defcrip.
"° ns ' There arehowever some points which have escaped
their notice, merely as I,fuppof% because they are of fc
obvious a nature as not to merit the attention of such re
fined Statesmen. Many of the defcanters on the evils of
the age have, according to their favourite prejudices or
prevailing interests, fixed the causes of our calamities on
particular classes of men, in confpicuoHS Rations. Against
such then, have they levelled charges of guilt without
mercy or diflinAion; and dealt out cerifures, in so indis
criminate a manner, as was more calculated to mark their
ill nature, than to correct the evils they complain of. I
am persuaded, it will be found, upon a fair enquiry, that
our difficulties and distresses have a higher origin than is
generally imagined. Many of our difficulties arise from
necessity, and are inseparable from our circumstances; and
though they produce inconveniencies to numbers, they
argue fault in none. Few men can Separate the idea of
misfortune from error; and when we feel the former, we
are apt to impute it to the latter. Weak and wicked minds
had much rather seek for objects, to arraign as the, authors
of their miseries, than to support themselves patiently un
der unavoidable misfortunes. This observation is clearly
verified in the numerous opinions ?nd complaints concern
ing the reasons of the depreciation of our currency.
Writers on this frabjeft, instead of reasoning from causes
to effects, have argued from effects to causes. Indeed the
causes of this unhappy evil have at one time or other been
attributed to almost every profeffion of men, instead of
being imputed to it§ true cause, the great influx of money.
Thole, who are so fond of insinuating themselves into
the esteem of their countrymen, by whining over the de
generacy of the times, and taxing Administration with a
want of ceconomy, and abuse of power, over-shoot their
mark, and in their zeal, prove much more than they and
their admirers either expert or desire. For it is a maxim
in politics, that the complexion and conduct of the Ma
gistrates of a State, furnift a very just portrait of the peo
ple whom they govern. This is peculiarly true in free
governments ; and therefore, if there is a general error, it
argues a general corruption. The people commonly deft
those for their rulers, whose principles and manners are
most likely to coincide with their own. It furprizes me,
that the prefect administration are fuffered te govern ; or
that the executive officers acting under them, receive their
coup^nance ^d support, if either are wan.nig in abdkiss
or integrity. No nation ever existed, t^at, confiddred as
a people, were more sensible and virtuous than the inha
bitants of America; but their jealonfies being perpetually
on the hinge, they are easily (educed by popular declaim
ars.
Oud principal object of complaint Terras to be the sys.
tern that regulates the great ftaff departments. It is not
my intention to defend or to cembrf this proportion ;
but I sincerely lament, that those who have already warn
ed vs of this mifehief, have not also prescribed a remedy.
Ta'difcover a^d expose errors, is a talk Which little minds
can accomplifix.—To point out an effectual redress for dis.
orders, arid lay the foundation of a delivery from th'efe
difficulties, shews the man of wrfdem and gaednefs of
heart. Without repeating former complaints, or adding
any new ones, I will take up the rubjed wher^ it has been
dropt, and propose a plan to regulate tliofe departments,
which I think is preferable to the prefect eflaLlifhrnent,
and submit the policy and ufrfulnefs of this arrangement
to the confider ^tion of my readers.
I propsft; that the upreine Council of the United States
flrould appoint officers to preside over the ftaff depart
ments, who should be refoediveiy confirained to do the
duties of those offices, on such terms as may be deemed
proper—That those principals ffiould be invefied with
power to couftitute as many Deputies as the exigencies of
the fervihe may require, who also fliouLi be compelled to
serve on fixed salaries—that the Deputies fhoulfbe feve
raily authorized to employ as meny Agents as are {effici
ent to execute the various branches of their employments,!
who likewise mould be obliged to aft for certain wages —
that the heads of the departments Ihould be empowered te
appoint three Commissioners in each State, on continental
expence, who ihould fix and regulate the prices of all ar
ticles wanted for public purposes, and efliarate the value
®f tea importation, labour, and the like; and that each
refpe&ive State fliould confirm those appointments, and
give the fan&ion of law to all the r determinations. The
prices and value of things being thus estimated, and efia
bliftied by Legislative authority, the people should be
bound to the mof' irigorous Compliance with those regular
lons.
Should this plan be adopted, I could hope to fee the
most extensive good tonfequences result from it. The
present enormous expences of the flaff departments would
be contrasted, further emissions of money rendered unne
cessary, and the current expences reduced to the power
and abilities of the States. Such happy consequences ,
flowing irom this fyfiem, we may have an opportunity
of knowing by its being approved or rejected, whether ,
there is that virtue in the people in general, vTach we
hop? and expert there is; or whether the, present evils
which We are experiencing, are to be charged 'to the par
ticular classes of men to whom they have been afcriced.
If it is practicable in politics, as I think it is, to compel
men to afford their services and commo hies for public
use, at certain rates afeertained by ante wiry, the people
may then have the benefit of applying this principle to
their particular circum fiances; and by their own experi
ence, know its propriety and 'advance.
An ^ECONOMIST.
New-ferfey, May 15th, 177,.
L O N D O N.
IN a late conversation between the King, Lord North,
Mr. Jenkinfon, and Lord George Germaine, his Ma
jesty was aiding Mr. Jenkiafon if the late difficulties
among the monied men were like to affect the public loan
for the year? Who told him he thought they would have
very little effect ; Lord North contradicted that opinion,
said he was clear they would have a very bad one, as men
would be cautious of fhbfcribing, hnd that caution muff
be overcome by douceurs. You will have Dtftch money
next year, said Mr. Jenkiafon. I doubt that very much,
replied Lord North.— Well, continued the King, whether
it isDutcb or Englifo, the loans mu, be bad at all events for
you kro^ my reflution reQee & ,g :b L wart. "If money is
“ fubferibed,” returned Lord North, " there will be no
'' difficulties."— ljs mu, not make difficulties, my Lord.
You know my refaction ; I will frip all my palaces and
mjfelf to the fan, rather than these fanatical rebels Jball
carry their point. " It is a resolution worthy of your
Majesty,” concluded Mr. Jenkinfon. Lord North was
silent.
From a LON DON PAPE R.
Condufion of Samwil Soothewife's Tour to Paris.
Ar^HE gaiety and the glittering gewgaw of this confound-
I ed Tide, hit my wife, Mr. Printer, so confrimedly
hard up®n the imagination, which you know is all in all
rich women, that flie took a resolution to stay a few days.
This, my love, Sammey, fays Ihe, I am desirous of do
ing for two reafens, equally wife and substantial. In the
firft place, fays she, this is a proper town for me to perfeCt
myfelf in all the gracesof the French language; for tho' I
can talk it vastly well, yet I may certainly be a flilJgreat
er proficient. In the second place, I judge it right to look
a little about me at the best bred people here, that I may
prepare myfelf for Paris, so as to be quite the thing un ve~
rita tresjolly grande Dame Anglcis, when I am there. To
morrow moreover being Sunday, I shall have an oppor
tunity to fee tout le monde in their best dresses. Seeing her
head refra Ctorily set upon this project, I yieldedto it with
secret groans, and whiffled, hummed, and walked it off as
well and as decently as I cowld; in which efforts I was not
a little soothed and assisted by a pipe, which I was rude
enough to admire after dinner. Early the next morning
she got up with the fun, whom, she said, she was glad to
fee fliine, as it would enable her the better to judge of
fashions, by tempting her beloved friends, to array them
selves in their fineft apparel : tho' as to dresses, my dear
Sarnmey, lam fe exceedingly well flocked, and every
thing I have is so rich and good in its kind, that I shall
fcar.ee call upon you for a frefh supply in the gown article
a long while. As soon as she rose, a female barber appear
ed to arrange her locks from the rumples of travel ; and
poor Madge soon found out that the French hair-dressers
are the politest in the whole werld. This Lady, President
of the locks, assured my wife that file had the fineft head
of hair, in the uaiverfe ; althtf' the fad was, that poor
Madge had fuffered mightily in that refoed by a recent
fever, which had like to have taken away not only her
hair, but her life into the bargain : Notwithflanding this,
the female barber protested the had still the fineft hair ,