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By the report of various persons who have re
fried at Paris or passed through it, it appears
that luxury, dissipation and extravagance were
never carried by that frivolous people, under the
molt oftentaticus of their monarchs, to the
height they have reached under the reign of
equality. The revolutionary fortunes are fpeut
with the rapidity with which they were ac
quired. It seems that every man is afraid some
one (heuld come to claim his property, and en
deavours to spend it before he can by dripped
of it, by the right owner I
:-d to the account of the opposite forty,
: was always infilled upon by them,as
Ij referable to tares of the indirect kind.
Xnd it is a truth, capable of full proof,
cat Mr. Madison, second in the confi
dence of the anti-federal party.the con
'dential friend of Mr. jefferfon, and
^dw secretary offlate by his nomina
tion, was the proposer of this tar. This
vas done in a committee of the lad
house cf representatives of which he
was a member—was approved by that
committee, and referred to the late
Secretary of the treasury, Mr, Wolcott,
with injirufiicns to prepare a plan as to
the Mode.
Let it be added, thatit was a princi
ple of the federal party, never to resort
to this species of tax, but in time of
war or hoflility with a foreign power ;
'hat it was in-such a time when they
did resort to it—and that the occasion
ceasing, by the retrofpe& of an accom
modation, it had been resolved by them
not torenew the tax.—[Th he continued.
“ In the firfl place, I would lay it down as an
axiom, that a bad man cannot be a patriot.—
Even the badness of bis heart may lead nim to as
sume all the deceitful appearances of Patriotism —
His envy and his disappointed avarice 8c ambition,
will induce him to revile those, who are in pos
session of lucrative and powerful employments,
and this will appear like a noble Opposition to
the ftridcs of power. To serve his purnofes,
he will declaim on liberty, and this will soon
colled a party. Fools and wicked men abound.
These soon herd together, and even render
thetufelvcs of some consequence by their num
bers. Honed men are drawn in by the violence
cf the vortex and the wicked leader at lad
gains his lelfifh views, or at lead obtains the
fatisfadion of mortifying those whom he envies.
At all events he is sure of one plcafure which is
congenial to his heart ; that of spreading mif
chief and amfufon. I repeat, therefore, that a
bad husband, a bad father, a profligate and un
principled man, cannot deserve the name of
PAT>JOT, unless it is given him,as it may indeed
in the present age, byway of derision. A man
of no private virtue must want principle.—A
man who wants principle, cannot be actuated
by pure motives. He cannot entertain so liberal
and exalted an affection, as a rational and disin
terested love of his country. He may acciden
tally be right in his opposition to a Court ; —
but he is a bad man and it is not fafe to trust him.
He may be the wicked instrument of gratifying
my fplcen, or his own; but yet 1 will think,
before I lift up try hand to vote for him, left his
turbulence, united with the power which I may
assist in delegating to him, may involve my
country it war, riot, and corifufion. I will re
member what is past, and be cautious."
From a hasty ptrnfal of the above " Extracts,"
one would be led to conclude, that the author
had lived in our country ; so applicable do the
obfetvations appear to our own firuarion and
circumflances : and wcloofe the idea, that they
were written for the meridian of England. But
this is upon the fuppofitiop that mankind are
lot, and have not been the fame in nil ages and
countries. The author endeavors to inculcate
the idea, that a bad man cannot be a good Pat
riot. The truth is felf-evident. A bad man
can no more be a good patriot, than a bad man
can be a good chriftian. A man may profefs
patriotism, and prefefs chriftianity; but except
his private character be good, he can be neither
a chriftian, nor patriot. For as chriftianity im
ports purity of morals ; so by patriotism is im
plied an honed man, with a pure and disinter
ested love of his country. When we fee a man
declaiming upon liberty, who is notorious for
tyranny in his private life—one, who is clamor
ous for equality ; who disdains all whom he
conceives not to be so rich, or knowing as him
felf—one, who pretends to public justice, and
economy; who is notorious for withholding
from the honed creditor his just demands —one,
who pretends to public virtue ; whose life has
been a continued Icenc of debauchery and licen
tiousness— such a man, let his pretensions be
what they will, is no more a patriot, than he is
a good chriftian. If patriotism consists in a love
for our country, as the word imports; it must
commence in a love for the individuals, who are
of our country. This love must shew itfelf, in
a&s of kindness, justice, benificence, and virtu
ous deportment, obedience to the laws, love of
order, a driri fulfilment of all private engage
ments, as well as public trufts:— in a word, a
conscientious attention to all moral duties,
whether public or private. This, and this alone,
is Patriotism. Neither can a man be a patriot,
by words and pretensions, any more than he can
pay his debts, by fair promises: though we
frequently fee men, who attempt both.
If mankind, were to judge men by their ac
tions, & not by words or pretentious ; we might
red assured, that the falfe patriot would never
creep into power. The man, who in private life,
could not obtain confidence ; would,in that case,
never have the fingering of public money—es
pecially to the exclusion of those of unbounded
credit. Neither would the licentious, ever ob
tain the free fuffrages of their countrymen.—
But this, though devoutly to be wiflied, is not
always tu be realized. False patriots, like falfe
prophets will appear—the unthinking will be
imposed upon—the true patriot, trusts that he
will be judged by anions; while the falfe,
gets the dart of him, by bring bis own trum
peter. "I am the friend of the people," laid
Marat, and for a while, the people were duped,
and believed him. So the Marats and Robef
pierres of our own country, will be allowed to
deceive the people; but eventually the wolf
will be difeovered, though in the garment of
the sheep. PHILO,
''H
. EROIC virtue, in its most exalted and
compreherfive degree, though often celebrated,
is not often found. It must indeed, like all other
prodigies, appear but seldom. To produce it,
jt is necessary that besides an union of the fined
qualities of the heart and understanding, many
favorable contingencies should at once concur
in the fame individual.
For the United states Oracle of the Da
EXTRACTS
From Knox's Essays.
For the United States Oracle of the Day.
Miff'S. TREADWELLS,
WHEN the putylfep'l* endangered by
profeffi ons, tq^ffto bewilder it in the
fallacy of political f^nKi, duty then requires,
and the public weal authorizes, the veil to be
torn afoot er, and the lurking inifehief cxpofed
to view. Such is the necessity in these “degen
ere times." Like the tinsel upon a laced gar
r: nt ^ .J=r"? Arson's inaugural speech (hone
but rp dazzle, and was uttered but to deceive,
cljathe! in the garb of hypogify, the eye of
peroration nil alone, at rhe time of its pub
licauon, discover the author's design. Subse
quent conduct has evinced to the world that
insincerity was the most prominent feature id
this address, calculated to assuage the ferment of
opinion, and arreQ the force of opposition by the
plausibility of a promise, that “ equal and ex
act jufUce to ail men of whatever political per
suasion" should be his guide in administering
the Government. How far he has adhered to
this fblemn declaration, made in a mod august
'affembly, and fan&ioned by investiture of Of
fice, the firft in our nation's power to give the
many, the heretofore approved, the faithful Of
ficers, who have received the cut and tbrud that
'' your services are no longer wanted, are victims
of a pe£fccution"as wicked as intolerant." The
fold©, who braved the dangers and fought the
battles of his Country, who forfook his family
and exposed his children to the then enfeebled
hand ofcharity, & whom extreme,overt, compel
led to dispose of his family 'sonly habitation toref
cue them from the jaws of deflrudion, is among
the number to fill the catalogue, against whose
names are written the "intolerant" word Feder
alist. A catalogue that will Rand recorded
in the annals of our country as a memento of
the perfidy and ingratitude of man. If a claim
can be founded on a nation's gratitude, it is bis
whose services have produced the greatest good,
and whose labors have been at the rifque of life,
liberty & Property. Has not the war-worn out
soldier this claim ? And to whom (hall it be
prefeoted ? To him in whose power is the gift
of Office, whose voice is the organ that should
speak a nation's will, and not the will of a par
ty ; whose power should be a vehicle, carrying
rewards to all those whose merit entitles them
to confidence. If “we are all Federalists and
all Republicans" why this " intolerant" perse
cution of the former ? Mr. Jefferson's an
swer is " when st is considered that during the
late administration, those who were not of a
particular fed of politics were excluded from
all office; when by a Ready pursuit of this mea
sure, nearly the whole offices of the United
States were monopolized by that fe% when the
public sentiment at length declared itfelf, and
burst open the doors of honor and confidence to
those whose opinion they more approved ; was
it to be imagined that this monopoly of office
was Rill to be continued, in the hands
of the minority ? Does it violate their
equal rights to assert some rights in the major
ity also ? Is it political intolerance to claim a
proportionate share in the direction of the public
affairs ? Can they not harmonize in society, un-
Ids they have every thing in their own hands?"
My aniwer is, that since the adoption of the
federal constitution in 1789, to the fourth of
March 1801, a period of twelve years, during
which, America, by the consummate prudence
of her firft Magistrates, has, in opposition to the
basest intrigues and injuries, maintained her
neutral position, and advanced her citizens to
wealth and honor, there were not so many re
movals from office, as during the fliort period
of four months under Mr. Jefferson's ad
ministration. Those perlons “of a particular
fed of politics excluded from all office under
the late administration," have 'till the late elec
tion of President, been considered as the minor
ity, therefore, on this Mr. Jefferson's ground
of principle, they should have been excluded ;
because, “ is it to be imagined that this monop
oly of office" (as he terms it) is Rill to be con
tinued in the hands of the minority ? No: the
nr.-y must rule in our Government, whether
it is made by Planter's slaves, or by the free
AND WHITE BORN CITIZENS OF A FREE
COUNTRY !!
We will now enquire of Mr. Jefferson,
(since he acknowledges the right in us so to do)
tor what cause Mr. Adams removed the very
few officers, and " excluded those who were of a
particular ' and danwerorc " fc& of politics."—
Was not the individual injury " thrown as much
as possible on delinquency,^ oppreffion,on intolerance,
and on — revolutionary adherence to our enemies ?
Certainly it was. I will ask if Mr. Adams re
moved aJingle tfeer for any other cause than
for a " revolutionary adherence to our enemies ?"
He did not. Far from intolerance, such as now
pervades our unfortunate country, he removed
those only who countenanced a foreign hireling,
(in a diplomatic charade,) in his intrigues, in
his corruption of our officers, and even in his
open declaration that he would “appeal from
the Government to the people," if the former
did not authorize him to raise troops, & march
them into Ncw-Orleans. Are men who appro
bate such a declaration, aud encourage its author,
and his successors § in office to pursue it; arc
they to be the officers of a Government totter
ing under the weight of their influence, and
hurrying into a vortex where the freed and
braved nations of Europe have funk, never to
rife ? Common sense, common reason, and na
ture itfelf forbid that the mother should nourish
her offspring, when her vitals become its food.
* Genet. \ Eauebet. § Adet.
AGRICOLA.
tWT-.^.^^, . w .<, MM.^IWI
In order to produce that desirable
effect, it seems requisite to impress a
conviction that the most drift adherence
-to truth always characterizes ' the cer
tificates of health which may be grant
ed to our ships ; and to attach to those
certificates the forms which are molt
usual in other countries, and such attes
tations as may give them the bigheft
degreee of authenticity.
It cannot be too strongly impressed,
that no temporary cause should, at any
time, induce a concealment of any cir
cumttance whatever, however unpleas
ant an acknowledgment of any conta
gious disease may be to the officer ob
liged to certify it. Nor Should any fpe
Circular— To
Collector of the Customs,
T Sir,
HE quarantine laws of some Eu
ropean nations have proven so oppres
sive to our commerce, that it has be
come necessary to adopt every measure
uhich may induce a reasonable relaxa
tion.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
JULY 15, 1801.
Official Paper.
At a Meeting of the Mayor and Commonality of
Alexandria, regularly convened on the 2Otb day of
July, 1801.
Ordered —That on the application of
any matter of a vessel bound from this
port to any foreign port, to the mayor,
or in his absence to recorder for a cer
tificate of the Rate of the health of the
town and adjacent county, that if no
contagious fever or disease shall exist at
that time in the town or adjacent coun
try, the mayor or recorder do 'grant a
certificate to such matter of a vessel, ac
cording to the following form :
“ Corporation of Alexandria, to wit :
“ I. J , mayor, (or recorder)
of the town of Alexandria, in the dif
tria of Columbia, do hereby certify &
make known to all whom it may con
cern, that no plague or contagious dis
ease exists in Alexandria or in the adja
cant country, and that no board of
health or similar institution is establish
ed in the port or town of Alexandria.
culative opinion, however plauftble, or
perhaps well founded, be indulged on
the question of what is, or is not a con
tagious disease ; but bills- of health be
ing operative only abroad, those dis
eases, which, in other "countries, have
heretofore usually been considered as
contagious, should be Rated in the bill,
whenever they do exiß in the port, or
its vicinity.
The annexed form of a bill of health,
in which are fpecified, the name of the
vessel and captain, the number of per
sons composing the crew, and of passen
gers respectively, the species of mer
chandize, of which the cargo does con
fill, and the destination of the vessel,
and which applies also to the Rate of
health of the port, and of the adjoin
ing country, seems, fffim information
received, to be the molt eligible, and it
is recommended that the fame should
be uniformly adopted. If there is no
prevailing sickness at the time of the
vessel's failing, the blank between the
words that and in, is to be filled upas
follow : Ao plague or other contagious or
dangerous disease at prefnt exifs. But
if the contrary should be the case, the
blank is then to be filled up in such way,
as to clearly and unequivocally express
the nature of the exiting disorder.
The practice of other countries ren
ders it deferable that bills of health, so
far as they relate to the health of the port
itfelf and its vicinity, should be atteßed
by other authorities besides that of the
custom house officers. Those which,
it is believed, will inspire most confi
dence, are the board of health, or any
similar institution, whenever such one
does exist, and the municipal authori
ty of the proper city, borough, or town;
it is not doubted that these will co-ope
rate with you in granting such certifi
cates as may be requisite, You are,
therefore, requeued to confer with
them, and to adopt, for the present,
such forms as will appear most eligible.
But as uniformity in all the sea ports,
so far as the variety of Rate regulations
will permit, is desirable, you will be
pleased to report the result to this De
partment, in order to enable me to pro
pose hereafter such practicable altera
tions as a general view of the fubjeft
may suggest. In the mean while, it is
perhaps Superfluous to observe, that in
order to prevent any injury which might
arise from the want of such attestation,
it will be proper that the municipal au
thority should certify the non-existence
of a board of health, whenever no such
inflittition exists in the port, and that
when they, (the town or city officers
or corporation) are ex-officio, health offi
cers, they should certify the fame.
Whenever it can be done, it will be
ufeful to obtain a certification, of the
fads Rated in the Bill of Health, by
the consul or agent of the country to
which the vessel may be bound, and
from a late public notification this cau
tion seems particularly necessary in ref
ped to vessels destined for Spain. This
attestation, it will be the intereß of the
owners of vessels to procure. But in
those ports where the didance from the
place of residence of the proper consul,
may prevent its being obtained, you
may on application of the party, certify
that there is not within the diftrift,
county, or Rate, as the case may be,
any consul or agent for that country to
which the vessel is bound.
As you must be sensible that there is
no law by which to compel the matters
of vessels to take certificates of health,
the probability is, that in times of sick
ness they will refufe to receive them.—
In such case it becomes your duty to
inform them that the regulation has
been adopted solely for the benefit of
commerce, and that their arrival in
foreign parts without these certificates
will be regarded as a presumptive evi
dence of the exigence of infectious or
contagious disorders in the ports from
whence they were cleared out.
The President, by whose directions
I have addressed you on this subject,
entertains no doubt of your carefulnefs
in carrying into effect regulations which
may in many inßances, relieve our ves
sels from very injurious and useless de
tentions.
I am, with consideration,
Sir, your obedient servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN.
Hamburg, Bremen and Lubec are
endeavoring to negociate for more se
curity in future wars, than they have
enjoyed in the prelent.
Lord Nelson appeared with his fleet
before Revel ; but learning the posture
of affairs, he immediately retired, for
fear of giving uneasiness to Ruflia.—
A Ruffian admiral came on board, by
order of the Emperor, to assure the
British Commander of the pacific dis
position of his Sovereign.
The Danish Minister of State, Count
Bernftoff, was at Hamburg, May 29,
on his way to London.
JUNE 6.
The Count Woronzow, has present
ed his credentials, and is accredited as
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of
Ruflia. He has had a private audience.
An order of Council is publilhed re
moving the embargo on Danish and
Ruffian vessels, and permitting the pay
ment of bills drawn in those countries.
By order of his Majesty, the follow
ing decree was publilhed here, the day
before yesterday : —We, Gustavus A
dolphus, &c. make known by these pre
sents, that having been induced to
break off all commercial intercourse,
by the unfriendly measures of the Eng
lish government, and its ads of hostility
against the Swedish flag, we have hith
erto, and as long as there appeared no
profpeds for change, faithfully adhered
to that resolution, founded upon such
firm principles, in order that we might
faithfully observe the engagements en
tered into, and, on every occasion,
watch over the honor and dignity of
our kingdoms. Having,however, now
learned, that our allies have resumed
their former commercial intercourse
with England at an earlier period,
and the Commander of the English
fleet in the Baltic, having likewise so
lemnly declared, that the Swedish mer
chant vessels shall not be molested in
the Baltic and in the Cattegat, we find
ourselves uolongey bound, circumstances
0
^, Great-Britain and Sweden.
In teitimeny whereof I have hereto sub
scribed my name and affixed the seal
of the incorporation, this day of
in the year ."
Lord St. Helens is appointed Am
bassador and Minister Plenipotentiary
to the Court of Peterfbnrgh.
The Subfeription at Lloyd's for the
Widows and Children of the brave
Men who fell in the battle off Copenha
gen, on Satuday evening exceeded
13,5001. The Fund for the ^lief of
the Sufferers by the splendid actions in
Egypt, we are sorry to observe, does
not exceed 2,0001.
June 4.
Reinforcements continue to be for
warded to Egypt from England.
o
JUNE 16.
The movements of the French troops
occasion considerable sensation in the
Empire. According to an article from
the banks of the Mein, the Chief Con
sul is reported to have declared that he
will fuffer no interference of any Power
in the arrangements to be made in con
sequence of the Peace of Luneville.—
They have retaken poffeflion of Caltel
and Ehrenbreitftein. They have also
entered Deufs, on the right bank of the
Rhine, opposite Cologne.
A letter received from Antibes an
nounces the reduction of Porto Ferrajo;
and that .Gantheaume had there cap
tured two Englilh frigates and several
corvettes.
It appears from an article dated
Bred, that three Ihips belonging to
Gantheaume's squadron have returned
to Toulon. By this it should appear
that the attempt to relieve Alexandria
is given up.
The embargo has not yet been taken
from off the Swedish vessels in our
ports. The Danes which were shut up
in Greenland dock are preparing for
sea, but some of them, it is reported,
are unable to fail for want of hands,
several during the embargo having en
tered on board different ihips in the
river.
The price of the best Carolina Rice
has fallen to 295. qd. cwt. ! being a
reduction of more than cent, per cent,
within a few weeks.
Great-Britam aud the Northern Powers.
' LONDON, JUNE 5.
[And if, at the time of any such ap
plication being made, a contagious dis
ease shall exitt in the town or in the vi
cinity, that the certificate be so varied,
as clearly and unequivocally to express
the nature of the contagious difeale.
A copy, TeR R. I. Taylor, C. G.
Gleanings from the London papers received by
the late arrival at Newyork.
^3" Expedition to E°vpt.
LONDON, JUNE 4.
Ir is said intercepted dispatches from
admiral Gantheaume to the First
Consul, Rate, that of 4000 troops at Leg
horn, and 2000 at Ancona, ordered for
Egypt—every man refufed to embark.
Foreign Intelligence.
STOCKHOLM, MAY 22.
The public are cautioned against re
ceiving ,French Crowns of the date of
1793 ; as a number, plated on copper
of that Ramp, are in circulation. The
plate is thick and of fine silver, but as
they are not a perfect imitation of the
true coin, a little infpedion will prevent
imposition. Sawing the edge is a sure
mode of discovering the counterfeit.
Extraß of a letter from an American Merchant in
Paris, dated l§tb of May 1801, to bis friend
in Philadelphia.
“ It is with pleasure I advise you of
the arrival of Mr. Dawson, who I ex
ped will have an audience this day with
the First Consul. It is my opinion all
differences will be arranged, without
further negociation, or the interference
of Mr. Ellsworth or Mr. Murray. T^
have our differences fettled, is of great
importance, and the sooner our n?ini^
ter arrives, the better, as I hear it is in
contemplation to liquidate all the for
eign claims for provisions, &c. furniti^
ed, and then to fund their amount g
8 per cent. This will be unjustly de
priving our citizens of ^their cl iin%
against which I hope and expert coz
Flour and meal exported from the port of
Philadelphia, between the ift April and 30th
June, both indufive, extruded from the clearan
ces in the Custom-house.
63 450 Barrels flour,
4,215 Half ditto,
98 Barrels ,middling do. ,
2,205 Hhds. Indian corn Meal,
32,702 Barrels do.
2,652 Half do.
25,310 Barrels rye Meal.
72 Half do.
We underhand that A. J. Dallas,
holding and exercising the office of Dif
trift Attorney for the United States,
has, by the Governor, been appointed
Recorder for this city, and that he was
yesterday induced into office.
Mr. Gallatin, Secretary of the Treafi
ury, appointed by Me Jefferfon,has de
clared, that next to the impost, the na
tional revenue should be drawn from a
direct tax on lands.
A WASHINGTON, JULY 24.
Letter has been received by the
Secretary from our Minister at Lon
don, in, which he Rates that Lord
Hawekefbury had informed him that
his Majeßy having underßood The
President of the United States had
ordered a squadron into the Mediterra
nean, inftrudions had been issued to the
Biitifh commanders of polls and Ihips
of war in that quarter to treat the A
merican flag with refped, and that if
the American vessels should at any time
need supplies, they should be furnifh
ed from the Britilh dores and arsenals.
0
As it is a consideration in which the
dignity of the United States is much
interested, we conceived it necessary to
make due enquiry, and if possible afeer
tain the truth of the report relative to
Mr. Jefferfon's invitation to Tom Paine.
Sorry we are' to find, as we now do,
that the report was founded in truth ;
and we do unequivocally assert that
Mr. Jefferfon did fend a message to
Tom Paine, and did offer him a pas
sage to this country.
Paris, June 3.
We learn from Naples, that the
minister of the French Republic at
that city keeps an hundred men in his
hotel to ensure his personal fafety .
This measure has been deemed neces
sary, because a French Commidhry,
his wife, and two French hussars, have
been massacred by the Neapolitans at
Montefort.
Letters from Paris fay, that Gen.
Mafena has been put under arrest
He was nominated to go as Minister
to the Court of Stockholm. Against
this he strongly reinonftrated, and cal
led it an exile. He took a house near
Malmaifon ; and it is said that he was
fufpeded of caballing with some in
.riguiants, in consequence of which he
was put under arrest. His great am
bition was to command the expedition
against this country. ,[//„ .pat>.]
being thus changed, to perfevefe in a
resolution which at prelent would mere
ly tend to impede the navigation and
commerce between us and his Britan
nic Majesty. We, therefore, hereby,
not only revoke the prohibition of trad
ing with England, issued by our Col
lege of commerce, on the 30th of March,
but grant permission to all Englilh mer
chant Ihips to fail to and from the Swe
dilh ports without molestation, and im
port and export all permitted Com
modities, paying the cußomary tolls
and duties which were in force before
the late misunderstanding between Eng
land and Sweden ; and we expect thut
the Englilh government will by this
measure be convinced cf the justice
and moderation of our sentiments, and
be induced to treat our fubjeds with
similar moderation and justice.
Give i at our Palace at Stockholm,
May 19, iSor.
(Signed) Gustavus Adolphus.
By the last Mails.
NEW-YORK, JULY s[.
CO UNTFRFEIT CROWNS'
LONDON, JUNE Q.
MASSENA.
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 2s.