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interesting.
“ On the fubje& of the unqualified
repeal of the judiciary law of the Unit
ed States, by which the independence of
the judiciary is, in my mind, vitallv at
tacked, I feel the most conscientious
decision of opinion ; I hold, that if the
government of this country reded up
on the basis that the British government
really does, that the decision of the
king, lords and commons, is the consti
tution, or, in other words, that PARLI
AMENT is omnipotent, this repealing
measure would then red upon its EX
PEDIENCY alone, and that this would
be properly determined by the consti
tuted legislative authorities ; but when
I. fee such a clatife in the constitution
as this, that “ the judges both of the
supreme arid inferior courts shall hold
their offices during good behavior, and
(hall, at dated times, receive for their
services a compensation, which shall not
be diminished during their continuance
iu office :" understanding the fandion
ed acceptation of the term during good
behavior, and wholly laying aside other
elucidating clauses which might be
brought in aid, when I fee such a ciaufe
as this in the constitution, which is the
mandatory refcript of the people of
these United States to their members
of Congress and their President, 1 heli
tate not to fay, that in my mind, if this
law pass, the Condition is violated :
what matters it to me, or the red of
my fellow citizens, who violates it ?
, Every violation, from whatever source,
saps it to its foundations. Everyman
in society is bound to fuppmt it, whild
it remains the supreme, law of the
LAND. I conflder it, prilefs a better,
and until a better can be got, as the
fafe-guard of myfeif and my posterity,
and I confefs I do not' feel easy at fee
ing an attempt to swallow up in the
legislative or executive vortex, what I
deem the centre pillar of the CONS I I
TUTION, aqd, in an even course of
future experiment, the security -and
protection of the people, to wit, the Ju
diciary.'
I have condemned too, and do con
demn the conduct of the, majority in
Congress in refufing that difeuffion
which has been prefled for by the mi
nority, upon the fubje& of taxation. Ig
mean the contemplated repeal of the in
ternal taxes, many of which are upon
the luxuries oflife, whilst, as the mino
rity contend, the taxes on the neceffa
rtes oflife, salt, sugar, &c. are per force.
If nincteen-twentieths of the United
States legislatures were to concur in
the repeal of the judiciary, with the
immortal Henry, I will fay that, I
would with manly firmnefs, and in
«spite of" (what I least deem) "an
erring legislature, reject their decision ;
and, I am free to declare, on the other
point, that I conceive it tp be the duty
of our legiflator# to meet that discus
sion, which fought from either fide,will
tend to enlighten their constituents. —
Whatever the one party in Congress
may^hink of the other, in a personal
point of view, and particularly the lea
' ders in that body,l is afacred duty
which they ;f> w e to the PEOPLE to
let them underhand the grounds upon
which their meafures,or those measures
fought to be enforced b, them are pre
dic^ted.; _
~ "FRENCH FREEDOM.
Extract ofa letter from France.
We are told by some who arrive
from your fide the Atlantic, that the
American Jacobins ftiU prate about the
Jiberty of France, but let them afl< of
^nfe who vitit this country, whether
^lrfr. feffi r fo" ''' foi<l '" be Iftßg bis pogfarity in
,'irgt.iia c f.f 2s be acquired it ; ar.lthe fol
lozviur edirejsjrom a gentleman oho acas former
b,#e pf/v greatfacminers, an ' gfy „ one of
sbercf rtffa&bte of t* re ^ ? A ibe city of
RiDmemd, is a full prof that tie report bas a
good foundation. In other places, c-oen here, the
people begin to open tveir eyes io the dfrndhve
meofares of tbe executive, and to withhold their
confidence from him and bis party. — Bhll Papj
MR. RIND, who makes this ad
dress, was formerly a represen
tative from Richmond, he avows that
he was formerly opposed to the federal
administration, but he now finds, tp his
regret, that the government is not better
administered than before. His ad
dress is too lengthy to be inserted en
tire— we extrad from it what is most
'ORTSMOU TH, N.H. Printed and Pu^lifh^d every
Os ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL^
PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY are indispensable S
supports. WASHING'/ ON's Legact. J
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AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE,' TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
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Miscellany.
Portsmouth
Duane (editor of the Aurora) appears much
chagrined at the reports in circulation (and
which have been published in several federal
papers) that the French have demanded fix mil
lions of dollars on loan from our government.
He fays there would be nothing improper or im
politic in complying with 'this demand, did the
exigencies of the country admit it; he repre
sents the funds of our Government to be so ex
tremely impoverished by tlic conduct of the Fed-,
eral administration, and the people to have been
so much oppressed by taxation, as to render it im
possible to comply, however just and generous it
would be—and further, that the condition of
onr country is equally deplorable with that of
any of the nations concerned in the late war.
This representation, however, but illy accords
with that made by President Jefferfon at the
opening of'the present session of Congress where
in he recommends the abolition of even the tax
es in the luxuries of life, Icaft our national trea
sury should become overburdened with fuperflu
ous calh ! As to the juflice and generojity of grant
ing this loan, the Britilh fobjeft might have ob
served with more propriety, that our genernftty
had bden fufficientiy displayed to the French,
in relinquishing by rhe late treaty with that
power 20,000,000 of dollars, which bad been
taken from our merchants by her piratical crui
ztrs, without adding another sum of 6,000,000
as a further proof of our liberality. l
[N %rfey Gaz,
CHARLESTON, (S. C.) MARCH 9.
On Saturday night, the 27th ult. X
bout 12 o'clock, Mr. John C. Felker
being almost fuffocated by smoke,
which awoke him out of sleep and run
ning out of his chamber into the entry
leading to the staircase to fee what was
the matter, to his great furprize the
flames met him there,and he could pro
ceed no further. In this dreadful Situ
ation, how to save himfelf and 8 chil
dren who were with him, (The re
maining three were in Charlefto^ with
Mrs. Folker) no alternative was left
but to take to the windows, which were
at a considerable heighth from the
ground. After letting down one of the
youngest chilifen, that from the fall
was supposed to be dead ; the next was
his eldest daughter, who was so much
burnt, by running from one room to
the other through the flames, that her
life was despaired of for two days. By
this time a ladder was procured for
the remainder ; his next eldest daugh
ter got on it, and the remaining chil
dren being handed to her, were receiv
ed by the negroes below. The last one
that was handed out was likewise very
much burnt, and by that time the lad
der had taken fire, down which Mr.
Folker, being the last in the honfe, the
room and bedding being all on fire,
made his escape. By this time the
out-buildings had taken fire, cotton
houfe, (tore-room, kitchen, &c. with
their contents, although every exertion
was made to fare them by negroes
from the adjoining plantation of Ralph
Izard, Esq but in vain ; not a grain
of provision for the family or negroes
was saved. After some little time Mr.
F. collected his'children and sent them
to the adjoining plantation; from
whence they were taken by Mr. Henry
Garner to his own honfe, and the great
est attention paid by Mrs. Garner to
those that were burnt. The next morn
ing the neighbours gave every assistance
in procuring eloathing, &c. for Mr. F.
and his children, nothing having been
saved by them but, the linen on their
backs.
It is strongly fufpe&ed that the build
ing was set on fire designedly, as no
use had been made of the room for a
considerable time, and a negroe was
discovered by one of Mr. Folker's
daughters about two weeks before con
cealed under the house.
BIOGRAPHY o? WASHINGTON.
It is for the Hteteft ol literature and
for the honor of our country, that
none but an authentic and corredly
written biography of Washington should
receive the patronage of Americans.—
Such a biography is now in the work
shop of an artist eminent for his erudi
tion, and possessed of the materials
which were collected by Washington
himfelf. The public are therefore re
quested to defer fubicriptions to the dai
ly proposals for lives of this great man,
as the editor has the authority to date
that an accurate and elegant perform
ance on tills fubje& will very Shortly
be presented to the world.
[Gaz. U. S.
upon the whole territory of the Repub
lic there is one Frenchman weak e
nough to think himlelf free, or impu
dent enough to fay he is ? they will all
tell, that the very name of liberty is
scouted with contempt
wmo^^rca^r^treo^ > ^ ^ s -^±^3^hfr^
fflfflMl &flr
The government of the United States
have agreed to pay a fpecific sum to the
British government, which we under
stand to be £.200,000 and which is to
fatisfy all old long-pending claims to
British fubjecis on the individuals of
that country. British claimants have
now, therefore to apply for restitution
to their own government. The Ame
rican claimants, also, for the capture
by British cruizers are, by the present
adjustment, allowed to proceed as pro
vided by the last Commercial Treaty
between the two countries, and justice
will therefore be rendered tbem, on
duly substantiating their losses. The
demands made by the British fubjeds
on the United States was above, a mil
lion sterling. As that government is
now released by paying only two hun
dred thousand pounds, it is conceived
that the bargin is very favorable to
America.
The First Consul returned to Paris,
in good health, as we are told, at fix
o'clock in the evening of fefterday fe'n
night, and a salute of artillery immedi
ately announced his arrival (a greater
honor than is paid to oUr King !) A
number of public bodies waited on him
next day, and their speeches of con
gratulation, with his speeches in return,
are inserted in the Moniteur#
,The following will serve as a speci
men ofthefe addresses : " You conquer
ed Italy," fays the Criminal Tribunal
of the Seine, “as a hero; you have given
it peace and laws like afage ; and you
are about t@ govern it as a faint 1"
“ Having learnt that federal Mem
bers of the Government, Ministers, and
other Functionaries of the province of
who were in office on the 18th
of January, 1795, as well as before the
revolutions that took place after that
period, entertain scruples with refped
to the acceptance of places under the
present circumstances, and Since the in
trodu&ion of the lad conlitution, and
refufe to take employments which have
a relation to the government and ad
ministration of the country ; I have
thought it necessary to inform you by
these presents (requeuing you to make
what use of them you think necessary)
that according to my opinion, there are
no longer any motives which should re
strain you from using your efforts (con
fdering the order of things which has
lately been introduced) to procure for
your country as much good as it is sus
ceptible of, and thereby to prevent its
total ruin. You may accept, without
any difficulty, when you think proper,
employments, and fit in the Colleges
which are connected with the adminis
tration of the affairs of the country, and
take a place in the government, ch-op
erating with the members of the present
Government.
The Paris Journals to the 4th inst.
which we received yesterday, confirm
the intelligence we have already stated,
of the arrival of the Spanish Minister,
Azzarra, at the Congress of Amiens
on the 29th ult. He was received with
great honors, and with much joy ; and
we can state, on private authority, that
he has fane d the Preliminary Treaty on the
part of bis Court. No obstacles to the
Definitive Peace, therefore, can now
occur on the part of Spain ; the nego
tiation must rest entirely between France
and England ; and, from all we hear,
we are further confirmed in the opinion
we gave on Saturday, that the difficul
ties are at present on this fide the water.
Bonaparte has stipulated his conditions ;
it remains only for the English Gov
ernment to accede to them. Two Eng
lish Messengers, Messrs. Shaw and Dref
tings, failed on Friday from Dover to
Calais, the one bound for Paris, tire
other for Amiens with important dis
patches from our Government.
“ I am, with esteem, &c. &c.
“ GUILLAUME P. d'ORANGE;
“ Oranjeftein, 26th Dec. tßoi.”
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Foreign News.
via New-r^k.
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AL XDi, FEB. 3.
Dutch mail arrive t } morning,
and brought us^ere^t^-l Holland of
the 22d, 26th, and 29th ult. The Stadt
holder has written the following letter
to all the members of the former Gov
ernment : —
LONDON, FEB. 19.
LONDON, FEB. 9.
SUMMARY of ART ICLES.
The British Poop of war L'Utile has
foundered ip die Mediterranean.—Sir
J. Mitfordf Speaker of the British
House of Commons, has been appoint
ed Chancellor of Ireland : It is suppos
ed Mr. Abbot will fucced him as Speak
er.—lt is said the .British Government
is endeavouring to have Demerara and
Surrinam declared free ports for three
years.—The price of the quartern loaf
isnow ii|, in England.—M. de Melzi,
is V. President of the Italian Republic.
is said Great Britain has joined in
demanding of the Barbary Powers,
that their corsairs be disarmed and Eu
ropean vefTels fuffered to fail in the
Mediterranean in fafay.—, Ihe Turkish Gov
ernment has refefed to agree to the Preliminary
Treaty with France, signed on the ninth of Oc
tober last, and hasoffereda new projed. % It has
adjusted a new treaty with England, giving her
superior commercial advantages—lnfurance on
American veffel^, to the U. States from Great-
Britain, &e. is three guineas.—A new elcdion
of the French Councils is to be made, those who
oppose Bonaparte's civil code, will of course, be
oufted.—lt is reported Mr. King, the American
Minister at the Court of London, has determin
ed to refigu.
The daughter of Madame Bonaparte
fit's every night in a crimson and gold
box at the Opera ; the Consul in one
firefly below, with a gilded grating
,towards the audince, who fee very little
'of him. He leaves the house before the
dropping of the curtain, and escorted
by a drong guard of cavalry, and torch
es, sets off full gallop for Malmaifon,
where he ileeps.
It is a pity, since one man could not
be found in Italy fit to be at the head
of the Italian Republic, that France
should be equally barren of abilities.—
Were neither Moreau,Cai not,or Brune ;
were none of the Bonapartes, but the
great Napoleone, fit to be Prefiden^ bf
the Italian Republic I Conld 'aot; _\n
Fouche or Talleyrand be erftrutfed with
the office ? It is a common, and often
a happy thing, that a country should
receive a sovereign from abroad. If
Italy could not produce one, does Bona
parte mean to tell France that ffie does
not contain an individual, except him
felf, worthy of being entrusted with the
government of a secondary nation like
the Italian republic ? What then is to
beQme of France herfelf in the event
of his death ? Miserable country, which
Jias produced but one man fit to be the
chief governor ! or rather happy coun
try, Weft with the only man able to gov
ern France, Holland and Italy at once ;
nay the only man, it will be said, no
doubt, fit to govern Britain in addition
to his other cares.
0
It is very extraordinary, if it be true,
that Maffena is intriguing against Bon
aparte. Maffena is immensely rich, and
therefore a very good fubjeft for the
spoil of the party which he is said to cf
poufe.—Few people would be sorry to
fee him forced to regorge his gains so
doubtfully acquired. He is not fitted
to shine in political affairs; He wants
the popularity of character necessary to
make a figure. He wants the general
information and the temper necessary
for governing He can only be the
tool of those who would end by destroy
ing him. It is well known, that at one
period, just before Bonaparte went to
Egypt, the whole army in Laly refuf
ed to serve under him, and a remon
strance, signed by 3000 officers, was
sent to the government at Paris, repre
senting his sordid and difgraceful rapa
city. His scandalous condud soon af
ter the battle of Marengo, compelled
Bonaparte to listen to the entreaties of
the army, and of the Cifalpine Govern
ment to remove him and Gen. Brune
was sent as his successor, and received
as a deliverer.
We have already frequently noticed
the prodigality and waste offome of the
French Generals, who have been em
ployed in the armies as well as of the
contractors. We are informed, from
the most authentic source, that one of
these men had his drawing room fitted
up with chairs that cost fifty louis each ;
and the decorations of his mantie-piece
cost fifteen hundred pounds sterling.
—Q
M. de Melzi, who is appointed fub
prefident of the Italian Republic, is the
fame who surrendered the keys of Mi
lan to the First Consul when he enter
ed that town for the firft time at the
head of the French army.
©Wie anti
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FOUR TEENTH YEAR.
Mr. Rutledge advocated an imme
diate decision : He /aid, that although
gentlemen might not be then prepared
to give a final vote on this meafuie ;
yet, he supposed there could be no solid
objection made to its being at present
ta ken up for consideration ; —when
takenup, probably,nothing more would
then be done than deciding what caurfe
the bufmefs ought to take. He Was not
anxious to precipitate it but. Ihould
himfelf be well fatisfied to refer the re
solution to a committee of the whole
house, and when the principle fhpuld
there have been decided, to refer the re
solution to the commmitte appointed on
this Lufinefs ; who, knowing that Con
gress would indemnify our merchants
might immediately proceed to arrange
the details of this business— perhaps
they may find it necessary to call upon
the Secretary of State to obtain from
the fuffcrers by French Spoliaiions, the
amount and hiftory of their claims ;—
Perhaps they may deem it expedient to
edablith a board for the purposes of as
certaining the amount of these claims
to clarify them—to know wh^re pro
perty loft had beeri ihfured, arid where'
the jnfurance money bad been paid. —
this is certainly a fubjed of great in
tricacy, and it will aid the deliberations
of the committee, if the principle was
to be decided that Congress would in
demnify the merchants. Events in
Europe had produced great embar
rafiments to our merchants, they were
now staggering under pecuniary diffi
culties : their profpe&s were dreary,
and they might be cheered should Con
gress now evince a disposition to do
them justice.
Mr. Grifwojd urged the propriety
of now taking his resolution into consi
deration. He said he should not dis-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, March 8.
PETITIONS from the Printers of
Baltimore, &c. against the addi
tional duty on types.
Bills pafcd for the accomme Ution
of persons concerned in certain Winer
ies ;—for rebuilding ligiv-houfes on
Gurnet-Point, and at Newcastle Island;
and on Lynd's-Point, were read.
TUESDAY, MARCH ~
Petitions from Charleston, and New-'
London for indemnifications for French
spoliations, were read, and referred.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10.
The Naturalization Bill passed.
Mr. Varnum proposed a Resolution,
that Congress adjourn the 12th April.
Mr. Fowler moved for the poftpone
ment' of the question, until the 29th
March.—This motion was advocated
by Mcffrs. Giles, Bacon, Smilie, and
Williams (N. C.) —and opposed by
Messrs. Bayard, Rutledge, Lowndes,
and Griswold, who wiihed the question
to be decided immediately.
In the course of the debate Mr. Bay
ard, reminded the majority, they were
fitting at fix dollars per day ; —that the
daily expenses of the house were One
thonfand dollars ; that ^though they
were harranguing about economy, and
bewailling the burdens of the people,
they were not unwilling to spin out the
feffich, to an unnecessary length : that
many of them saved money ; and that
it was to bsbelieved, that the objeds of
retaining their feats was to enrich their
pockets.
Mr. Fowler's motion was, as usual,
carried.
The Military Bill was returned from
the Senate, with a resolution not to re
cede from their amendments. The
House concurred 56 to 30. [By this
bill deranged officers aviso have served more
than three years are to receive one month's
extra pay for eachyear.]
THURSDAY, MARCH 11.
Mr. Griswold laid on the table a re
solution.
“ That it is proper to make provi
sion by law towards indemnifying the
merchants of the United States, for los
ses sustained by them from French
spoliations, the claims for which losses
have been renounced by the final rati
fication of the Convention with France,
as published by proclamation of the
President of the United States."
FRIDAY, MARCH tl.
Mr. Gris 'ld called up the resolu
tion he yeftei day laid upon the table.
Gen. Smith hoped the resolution
would be fuffered to remain bn the
table!
CONGRESS.