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TO BE SO L D;
At the COFF EE-HOUSE,
To-Morrow,
A COMPLEAT
chariot;
With HARNESS for two Hories,
^r^Huß $ D lir.
The fifth of September,
At TEN o'Ciock in the Forenoon,
At the Marthats Wharff, between Arch and Race
ftr^ts,
Will begin the SALE by Public Auction,
OF THE
C AR GO
of the Schooner Leah Addresses:
Confiding of
MUSCOVADO SUGARS,
COFFEE,
CLARET, &c. &c. &c.
And at TWELVE o'clock at Noon of fame Day,
Will be SOLD by Public Auction,
At the COFFEE-HOUSE, The said
Schooner Leah Addresses,
With all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel an 4 Furniture,
agreeable to Inventory, to be fern at th? Place of Sale;
being a Prize to the Letter of Marque Brigantine Cog
dell, Captain Tinker.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
Aug. 29. CLEMENT B!DDUL Marshal. „
On THURSDAY,
The FIFTH of September,
At TEN o'clock in the Morning,
At the House of Mr. HEYWARD, the Corner of
Front and Pine ftr^ets,
Will be SOLD by Public Audion,
Sundry Articles of Furniture, &c.
Among them are—
AN elegant Set of Table China, two handsome and
compleat Suits of Bed and Window Curtains,
with suitable Covers for an Elbow and fix Stuff-back
Chairs, a compleat Set of Toilet Boxes and Glass, two
large Wilton Carpets, a good Mahogany Delk with
Draweri, a Lot of Queens Ware, Knives and Forks,
Beds, Bed-carpets, Counterpanes, &c.
Also, A good TELESCOPE and a small Portable
MICROSCOPE, and an old Tent and Marque.
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
This Morning will be Sold,
At the Northern-Liberty Auction-Room,
A LARGE
Ele&rical Machine
with its APPARATUS.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
pursuant to the last Will and Testament of THOMAS
SAVIN, Enquire, late of C^eril county, in the state
of Maryland, deceased, on the First Diy.of oaober
next, on the Premises,
A VALUABLE Tra& of L AN D, situate on Elk
river, in said county, adjoining the ferry on,aid
river, containing about 300 acres, the Land is excel
lent for grain or pasture ; the fixation in a healthy
part of the country and good neighbourhood, about
eight miles from the Head of Elk ; there are Dwel
ling House, Kitchen, put-houses and other Conveni
encies for farming on said Land.
Likewise, at fame Time and Place will be Sold, Ne
groes, Horses, Black Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, and Faim
ing Utensils. The Premises may be viewed and boun
deries pointed out at any time,before the day of file ;
and the Conditions and Terms will be made known,
and Attendance given on that day, by
Aug. A. ANN SAVIN, Executrix.
TUESDAY,
VOL. Xl.]
O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTIS ER.
Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
The Memorial and .Remonstrance of lAac How
ell and White Matlack, in behalf of themselves
and others, who have been tlifowned by the People
called Quakers, &c.
Respectfully Sheweth,
THAT m a law of this state, passed on the thir
teenth day of June, 1777, entitled, “ An ad
obliging the male white inhabitants of this state to
give a ffurances of allegiance to the fame," &c it is
declared, that " allegiance and proteai®n are recipro
cal, and that those who will not bear the former, are
not (and ought not to be) entitled to the latter;" the
firft part of which declaration is; the great and solid
basis upon which civil society is eFfablifhed. That the
good people of Pennsylvania considering the said de
claration, not as unmeaning words, but as holding out
and inviting all to a most important compact, effentia)
to their well being ; and whichon the part of the state,
was intended faithfully and inviolably to be preserved,
solemnly gave those " assurances of allegiance," which
entitled them td preft aion. That your memorialifts,
being among those who have thus entered 'his impor
tant compa&, confider this right of protection thus
gained, to be in value beyond.eflimrition. And that
as the state is bound by the mod solemn engagement,
to afford that proteaion to those who have given alle
giance; so it is the indifnenfable duty of every man
to claim and &fferf his title to it, whenever any of his
rights are invaded.
That your memorialißs jufily considering this ho
norable house as the reprefeotative.S'of 4he fiate, from
which they were of right entitled to claim proteaion,
presented their .petition,, representing, in effea, that
I great numbers of freemen had been drowned by the
people called Quakers, under various pretences, espe
cially during the flruggle in this great revolution, and
Dating four diftina cases) viz.,
They have been disowned for having given allegiance
to the Rate in compliance with the laws.
For holding offices under the state, and under the
United Rates,
I For bearing of arms in the defence of our invaded
country, altno' the laws of the state enjoined and re
quired it of ys..
And for the payment of taxes required by law.
And they further represented, In effea, that a num
ber of persons so difawned, and cut-off from religions
communion and fellowlhipwith those among whom they
had been educated, (obeying teener and being sensi
ble of the duty of public worship, agreed to worship
apart from those who had disowned them, in the meet
ing houses built by pQr comiron apf^ftors, at such
times as got to interrupt or prevent,hofe who had dis
owned them from a, common use if the fame houses:
that the peaceable means adopted to obtain for that
p^kpofe, the use of those meeting houses, had been in 5
effectual, and treated by the leaders of the monthly
meeting of Philadelphia, and others, with a total disre
gard: that certain men among themaffumed, and ex
ercised a pretended right to r~fufe, or to grant, as of
favour, at their diferetion and pleasure, the interment
of the dead in the burying ground granted in common
to their and our auceftors, and gave indan,ces of the
most infusing and intolerable abyfe of that assumed
power; that the petitioners were th n ready to give
the most full, clear and unequivocal testimony of each
and every sass dated in the said representation. That
the said petitioners conceiving tfemftlves of right.en
titled to proteftion, and their c^fe a new one, “ arising
out of a great revolution which the laws hive not pro,
vided for, and therefore, .? proper for the considerati
on of the legislature," and confiding in the judice and
wisdom of the house, prayed leave to bringin a bill, in
effeft, to supply the deficiency of the la% in a case
which had not, and fca ce possibly could have been
foremen, and thereby secure to them the rights and
privileges which were thus withheld from tirem. A
prayer so just and reasonable, it was hoped a,nd ex
peeled, would have bten..readily granted; but the pe
rtioners were abashed, when they read in the minutes
of the house, that their petition was <c referred to the
committee of grievances," as if their complaint had
b^en against officers afling under the government, and
abusing the authorities of it.
That your memoriahOs having seen “ t^e address
and memorial on behalf of the people called Quakers,"
signed by" John Drinker, clerk," which has been pre
fenced to the general assembly, remark, that the most
material fads Stated in the aforefaid petition, are ad
mitted, and others equivocally denied, that the ad
dressers assert their ri^htof diSowning, threaten to pub-
To the 'REPRESENTATIVES of the Freemen of
the Commonwealth of ^ennfylvania, in General
Assembly met.
THE
lifh the causes for which many of the petitioners hac
been disowned, and refer this honorable house to 1
decision, which they hope the house will think " a just
an,d expedient" answer to our said petition.
.Your memorialists will not wafle the time of this hon
ourable house in minute observations upon an address
artfully calculated to lead from the point in question,
which is not an enquirv whether religious focieeies may
disown their members for immoral ads ; but, whether
a religious society, disowning their members for com
plying with the laws of their country, in those great
and important points on which its liberty and happi
ness essentially and absolutely depend, may at their
will and pleasure, withhold from the persons so disown
ed, the use of the places of worship, burial grounds,
&c. provided for them, by their ancestors : and, in case
of any society, under pretence of religion, attempting
so to do, whether the state is not bound to make laws
to secure those rights to such persons as have given al
legiance to it, and thereby prevent the injustice at
tempted against them.
How far the quotation from Locke, cited in the ad
dress, will apply to these questions, your memorialifts
are well content, that this honorable house shall decide,
without a single remark thereon from us ; and, on the
threat of publishing the cause of disowning, we shall
make no other okfervation than this single truth, that
the fu bferibers to the said petition art friends to the
revolution, of eflablifhed charaders, many of them
well known to the members of this honorable house,
and have nothing to fesr from such threats.
. Your memorialifts observe, that the interment of
Molefwqrth, alluded to in the petition, is said in the
address to have been " kno^n to very few at the time ,
but the fa& is otherwise rhe,was interred by a formal
written order, figged by the overseers, and his funeral
was attended by a very great number of the people of
that society, which is too notorious to need proof:—
and refpe&ing the fa& or their refufing to inter ano
ther person, because he had borne arms and been con
cerned in war, we are ready to give the cleared evi
dence : and as to threats of violence in the in
terment of twqchildren, it is untrue, and we are rea
dy to shew, that far from proposing any thing of that
fort, the firft nr giftrate of the city, was called upon
to witness, that no riot or unlawful violence of any
kind was committed.
. The deciffon referred to in the address, and recom
mended as ajuft and expedient answer from this honour
able house to the petitioners, we hope and confide, will be
well conGdered before it is adopted : we pray leave to
recite it; it is in the following words. " And when
“ Gallic was the deputy of Achaia,. the Jews made in
" furre&ion with one accord against Paul, and brought
" him to the judgment feat, faying : This fellow per
" fuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law : and
" when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gal
" lio said unto the Jews, if it were a matter of wrong,
'< or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would ttiat[
" should bear with you ; but if it be a question of
“ words and names, and of your law, look ye to it
" for I will be no judge of such matters' and he
" drave them from the judgment feat." ACTS
XVIII, ,2 to 16.
We alk in what part of our petition have we charg
ed the people called Quakers, with “ persuading men
to worfhipG@d contrary to law ?" or what " questions
of words and names" have we proposed ? what is there
Contained in the petition, on which such insinuated
charges can in any fort be founded ? the complaint there
made, isclearly dated to be “ a matter of wrong,"
tybich Gallio declares ought to be heard : and we pray
leave to make a few short remarks on the answer recom
tnehded:—
. We ask, what have the petitioners done, that should
induce the honourable house to drive them from before
it? the sentence of Gallio .stands approved, becatife
the Jews .had done wrong to Paul; but what wrong
have we done to the addressers ? they do not even pre
tend any : but suppose the case before Gallio had been
parallel with ours, that the Roman empire had been in
vaded ; that the Jews had countenanced or abetted the
enemy, while they were deflating the country with
fire and sword 5 that Paul, born a Jew, had taken
part with the empire, and exposed his life in its defence ;
that the Jews, for that reason, but under pretence of
religion, had expelled Paul from among them, and fe
ciuded him from the occasional use of rhe fepulchres *
his ancestors, and other rights defeendef to him ; and
that thus circumflanced, Paul had appealed to Caesar's
deputy for protection, and that, instead of affording
him protea-ion, Gallio had driven Paul from before rhe
judgment feat : what would Caesar have said so Gallio fog
such a flagrant abuse, and foohfh violation of his trpft ?
would not Caesar have put Gallio to death ? If the meet
ing for fufferings, appointed by tnat pytof tlie people
called Quakers, who have disown d ufy wink i^ thcig
SEPTEMBERS,:^.
[NUMB. 932.