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/plendid chariots oftheir more virtuous
and- fortunate neighbors.
But whatever may te the fond hopes
of theft Idler tools of democracy, it is
our duty and our interest Co hope bet
ter things of their superiors. However
difficult and ai duous, the talk may be,
of imputing upon tlumfelves lubmif
lion to authority, rail'd and founded
upon detraction the most foul, and ca
lumny the most envenomed, yet the |
uniform character of Fe^ralfs, is a!
lure pledge of their future corrednefs.
They will refpecl the forms of the Con
stitution, and although their opponents
have shewn that they neither regard die
firm nor the fririt of it—that they con
fider it an iron cage, for the confidences
of Federalists, but a spider's web for
the will or desires of Jacobins, yet the
levers of order will demonstrate tl^
soundness of their principles, by a sub
mission to Jacobin rule, obtained by a I
flagrant violation of them. In this hon-'
orable difeharge of the duty of citizensl
they will confound and astonish their :
opponents, who have already anticipat
ed, in their own unruly hearts, the Op
poiitien of Federalists to the future ad
miniftratior. The jacobin papers anx
ious to get rid of a name, of which they
were once proud, when it was deemed I
a gl° r y to imitate the vices of France, 1
noie call the Federalists, Jacobins, and |
suggest as a reafen, that they are how
in the opposition. Weak lighted mor
tals ! Nothing but that Gon whom
you mock and whose Son you deride,
can make the Ethiopian white, or the
leopard spotless. So Jacobinifm lies
deep in thchuman heart, and can only
be eradicated with the malign passions
from which it sprang.
The characters of the two parties 'will
and must continue the fame. For if
the administration should (which God
( rbid !) jnftify the fond expectation of
their difordefrly and disorganizing ad
herents— If they should trample on the
Conditution, and despise its provisions ;
like our good allies the - French. If
they should reverse all the wife maxims
ts Washington and Adams—deßroy
public credit, and involve us in wars,
foreign and intefline, it would be but
an usurpation, and the Jacobins would
a(t perfectly in character to support and
defend it. I need not fay that the Fed
eralists would support their principles,
in refining such an outrage on their
rights, and that their belt blood and
treasure would be a cheerful oblation
in such a cause. If on the contrary,
which Heaven grant ! The late change
should prove a mere change of men not
measures. If all the nolle and clamor
We have heard was intended to gratify
theambition of one or two demagogues;
and if when in power, they shall refpeCt
the Constitution ; preserve order ; pro
test the rights of perlon and property,
and maintain the national dignity and
honor, the Federalists will prov/their
firmeft Supporters, and the Jacobins, in
conformity to tlw imperious dictates of
their natures, will become their most
inveterate foes. As Jacobin Barrere
would have aflaffmated Jacobin Buona
parte, so Jatobin Cooper would affaflin
ate Jacobin Jefferftn. It will be the
prerogative as it is the just pride of
Federalists, to be the friends of order
and true liberty, whether the Govern
ment Ihall be in the handsof its friends
or its foes. But left it should be Said
that they are about to play the part of
the Vicar of Bray, and to change their
principles with their rulers, it may be
ufeful to describe a priori the line of
conduct which they will undoubtedly
pursue, and to juftify it by proving its
perfect consistency with their former
principles and practice—To do this
fully, I shall attempt to Shew :—
ift. What has been the policy of the Federal
Government wbich Federalists have approved.
idly. What have been the principles advoca
ted by the opposition, and to enforce which,
they have effected a charge,
3dly. What will be the conduct of the Fedc
ralifts and Jacobins, if the new administration
should tread in the ftepsof the old one.
4thly. What will be the duty and of course the
conduct of Federalists, if the administration
should flagrantly violate the principles of the
Constitution, or depart from the true interest of
policy and the country. LEONIDAS.
From the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
Should the election of Mr. Jefierfori
to the firft office of the United States
take place, which is now afeertained
almofl to a certainty, it will be attend
ed with one blefling, which will be a
Cessation of the clamours of the Jaco
bins. From Georgia to New-Hamp-
Ihire, the , whining of this difaffeded,
disorganizing crew, has resembled the
cioaking of a tuneful frog-pond, and
like this animal,,as the fable is narrated
by Efop, they have wearied Heaven
With their importunities to fend them
another man to rule over them. Should
their prayers be heard, their fate might
not he unlike that of the frogs of Efop.
The expectations of these democrats,
with refpeA to the effect of a change in
the administration, are singularly extra
vagant and unreasonable. From the Le
gislator, whose Situation gives him op
portunities ^o whisper his flatteries in
the ear of his master, to the difeontent
ed democrat who belches out the praif
cs of Jeffcrfon in a bar-room, all are
anxious to fee Jim, fill the firft office ^f
the Government ; and are on the tip
toe of expectation to have the gift of
some lucrative or honorable post. The
people who pin their faith on the Reeves
of the archiugglers of this jacohinic
farce, believe, that when Jefferfun is
in office, there will be no laws, no taxes,
arid that every one may do " what
feemeth right in his own eyes," whe-'
ther injurious or otherwise to those with
whom he is connected. # Those who are
one grade above these, and others who
move in superior spheres, expert the
petty and principal offices, which may
be at the difpofdl, or fubjeS to the in
-1 fluence of their new President. Should
:their expectations not be realized, the
consequence will be, that their delusion,
which they have long and fdolilh
ly cherished, will vanith " —like the
baseless fabric of a vision," and be Suc
ceeded by chagrin and mortification.
For the United States Oraelc of the Day.
MR. PEIRCE,
r rH«OUGH the medium of your paper, -
Maria holds hcrfclf up to the view of the
Sage, the Philosopher, the 'Critic, the Ignorant,
j the Fool and the 'Lover; not doubting but her
form will he less exquisite, for eloquence and
;beauty, than fop censure and ridicule; however,
:her consolation, teder reproach, shall be the
truth of the following numbers.
. Nc.L
VARIOUS are, the means that
mankind adopt to gratify ambition,
and impofc themselves on the con
j fidence of the ignorant and credu-
Ilous world. Some atiume the ap
;pcarance of uncommon sanctity, and
whine the people into full credence of
their hypocritical piety, mocking an
incensed God, with their impious and
unholy tongues. Some roar out,
“ I am an American, a Republican, a
friend to my country," alas ! happy
for these specious names, if your Ame
ficanifm was hot eloathed with the
mantle of hypOcrify, your Republican
ism fed with the food of bribery, and
your friendship cidered with the juice
of October, and supported by the fiip
ii on of Neu-England . Others
wait for the moving of the waters, that
they may thrift thdmfelves into the
w 1-pool of popularity, little consi
dering, that lifter whirling and being
whirled, they must finally come to the
point of fusion, from whence there is no
re-turn, while ingratitude reigns and
the waters continue unHable.
But Womankind, moving in the de
partment of humble and retired life,
views the turmoils and confusions of
public affairs, with as little concern and
indifference, as .the coquette, the plaints
of her unfavored lover. In the begin
ning God created man, arid to perfect
his work, he made woman arid imposed
the law of febje^ion on her. Butby,
“ Winning mildness and attractive (miles,"
fie gained the ascendancy, and com
pleted the Subjection of man.
Tire law of nature imposes obedience
on the weaker, to the Stronger, but that
lesson was firft learned by woman, th@t
the way to the head is thro' the heart.
How confidcht-foever man is, in )iis su
perior Strength, wisdom and learning,
these cannot avail him, in competition
with the Superior qualities of elegance,
beauty, and accomplishments of person.
I fpcak not from personal experience,
but from general and correct observa
tion. The years in which Tcould fay/
I will truck off mv charms to the high
est bidder, are*now no more ; time has
saddled me with old age, and Sorrow
has furrowed my widowed check with
tears. The terrors of age, which are
dreaded by all, (and greatly so by my
sex) haveyaQ faft hold on me, and I
look forward to that State, where the
designing lover coafes to trouble, and
where the wicked libertine is at rest. I
look down with calm and unruffled
composure on those Scenes of, now folly
and frippery, once happiness and de
light, which please the fertile gallant,
and his haughty mistress. Secure in
the unfrequented vale of solitude and
retirement, I neither aspire to distinction
or praise ; nor shall S regard, but with
indifference, the sarcastic Sheer of the
niggardly critic ; but shall pursue a
z ig za g course, through the labyrinths
of a trackless intrigue ; for such I con-I
sider this whole life. While the deluge I
of luxury, dissipation and Jacobinifm, |
overwhelms the garden of America,
and fweepsaway in one common wreck,
the puritan virtue of my country ; —
Maria, shall rest Secure, like the dove
on mount Ararat. Sne will there make
her bed on high, and deck it in all the
purity and Simplicity of nature. She
will fay to her pillow, be thou my com
fort, to virtue and her God,in thee alone
I trust. She will bring the olive leaf
of instruction, to those who swim in the
sea of luxury, and plant it in the Oracle
of the Day, where She hopes the
I memory of the juft,will be forever per-
J petuated, and that of the unjust, con-
Idemned to deferred infamy.
MARTA.
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CwNGRESb ot the U. States.
!HOUSE or EEPRESENTAFIVES:
TUESDAY, DEC. so.
THE Committee on the Direct Tax A%
reported, that it would not be expedient
to repel the fame. Laid on the table.}
The Wine and Distilled Spirits Licencte Bill,
was read twice and referred.
SARGENT AT ARMS.,
The Sargent at Arms, informed the House,
that in confeqnence of obeying the orders of
the Speaker, in arresting James Lane, for dis
orderly behavior in the gallery, whom he kept
in custody until the Botft 4 adjourned, when he
Iwas fuffered to go at large—he had been arrest
ed by a State Warrant, by which he had been
kept in custody, but was discharged no person
appearing to piofecute, A Committee of Fri
vilege was chosen, to uhom the letter of the
Sargent at Aims was referred
Wednesday; dec. „. i
The Wine and Diflilicd Spirits, Licence Bill, 1
was taken up in committee of the whole.—An .
amendment was proposed, taking from the[
State Courts all cognizance of suits for recovery'
of duties, such delegation being unconstitution
al. The Committee reported progress.
Important NEWb,
By an arrival or N.Voik, in 35 days from England.
'Strong Indications of the recommence
ment of Hostilities in Europe.
FRANKFORT, NOV. 10.
WHILE we Were flattering ourselves with;
hopes of peace, appearances here have
suddenly become very warlike.
Yesterday General Angereau received a cou-I
ricr from Paris, with orders to give notice ini-j
mediately of the termination of the armistice ;
which he accordingly did on the fame day ; Ad-I
jutant,General Richer was yesterday afternoon 1
sent with the following note to the Commander
cf tht Austrian troops, and to Baron Albion,
commander of the Meutz troops at Afehaffen
burgh.
General,
According to the orders I have received from
my government, 1 hereby notify to you the ter
mination of the arilliftice.—Hoftilitics will
therefore recommence in fourteen days from
this dav, that is, on the ztd day of Novem
ber. ' “ANGEREAU."
1— 0
STRASBURG. NOV. 1,.
The armistice has been denounced to
all the armies. General Defolles, who
has the provisional command during
the absence of Moreau, has notified to
the archduke John, the commander in
chief of the Austrian army, that the ar
mistice is at an end, and that hostilities
will recommence tin the ,th himaife,
Nov. 2s. Orders have been publicly
given to the army at Mayence, that the
armistice is to conclude on the 29th
Brumaire, Nov. 20. Adjutant General
Angereau arrived at Afehafenburg on
the eve of a grand feftival. According
to the lull intelligence from Switzerland,
the Government and Conftitute'd au
thorities at Zuricii were informed that
the armistice had been denounced the
18th Brumaire, November 9, Hostilities
will recommence ih that quarter on
the 3d or 4th Frimaire Nov. 24 or
25. .The head quarters of General
Macdonald are at Coire. The greater
part of the army of the Grifons has al
ready set out on its march to the fron
tiers. A considerable force is aflenib'-
ling in the country of the Grifons.
, LONDON, NOV. 29.
Yesterday were received Paris papers
to the 25th inst. From the account
o's hostile preparations in the lad French
papers, it might be expected that the
present would bring an account that
hostilities had commenced, at,leaft in
Italy. They do not, however ; but
, they seem to fay that war is inevitable,
Bonaparte's horses, and a detachment
of his guards, left Pdris oh the zotli
for the Rhine, where it is laid, he will
assume the command of tlfe army, Mo
reau is to repair to Italy.
According to the notices by the
French Generals, the armistice was not
to be broken ih the Tyrol until the
24th, and in Bavaria until the 28th:
The conferences at Lcineville Hill
continue ; but from the orders of the
federal French Generals to resume hos
tilities, it is evident that no great pro
gress had been made in the work of
peace, of the 19th of Nov. the date of
the last Bulletin from thence.
On the 22d of Nov. Bonaparte assembled the
Legislative Body of France. This Meeting was
opened by an official exposition of the general
Date of France. It contains a description of the
'ruinous Rate of affairs when Bonaparte affunicd
the reins of power, and contrasts it with its
present improved cifeumßantes'.
Yesterday, after our paper was at
press, we received the Paris Journals to
the 24th inst. inclusive. Themoft im
portant, article they contain is “ The
State of the Republic," presented by
the Chief Consul to the Legislative Bo
dy on their meeting.
This official document will be read
Iwith the greatest interest, as it contains
[ much information refpe&ing continent
; al affairs. It holds out the hope of the
Ipoflibility^of the conferences going on
at Luneville notwithstanding the ar
mistice having been declared at an end ;
a measure Bated to have been merely
of a precautionary nature. But it seems
equally plain, that if they go on it will !
be for the purpose of separate negocia
tipns ; and when we compare what the
firft Consul dates refpe&ing Ruflia, with
the .conduct 'of Paul, in laying an em-।
bargo on the British Blips in his ports;।
it seems probable that Britain is deem-|
cd to tarry on the war, not merely a-|
gainft her present foes, but againß all
die nothern powers also.
Rupture between Ruflia & England
LONDON, NOV. 28.
We Are sorry to Bate that the intelli
gence we communicated yesterday of
70 British vessels having been detained
by the Emperor Real at Riga, is con
firmed by many letters received by the
mail. It is reported that 160 ships have
been Bopped at St. Peterfburgh, and
as the effibargo would certainly extend
to Archangel, it is believed that no few
er than 300 in all have been detained.
Buonaparte exults id th/failure of
the negotiation betwixt Kleber and the
Ottoman Cabinet He also urges the
powers of the North to shake off what
he is pleased to term, the “Tyranny
which oppreties their commerce and
their seas," mentions Ruffin, in partic
! ular, who, “ knows that France is a ne
cetiary counterpoise in the maritime
I balance of the world."
This paper adds, “Nothing is want
ing to realize all the moderate preten
tions of the French rulers—but peace ;"
“ and if we do not yet enjoy it (fay
they) we have to accuse that power,
(England of course,) which is unaffed
ed by the difallers of the Continent."
Government has taken up the aggres
sion of our late magnanimous ally with
becoming spirit. A Cabinet Council
was yesterday held on this important
I bufiuefs, at which were present his
Grace the Duke of Portland, the Earls
I of Chatham and Spencer, the Lord
j Chancellor, Lord Grenville, the Attor
;ney-General, and Sir Stephen Cotterel,
1 Clerk of the Council. The delibera
tions continued for three hours, and the
result was a determination to make re
prisals, by laying an embargo on all the
Ruffian ships in British ports.
Orders were sent off last night to the
different out-ports, to carry the refolu
tton of Council into tffea.
DEC. 2.
Two o'clock; P. M.
Yesterday arrived the Hamburgh
mail, due on Wednesday last. It cea
firms the important intelligence, which
we mentioned in our last, that the
l Emperor of Russia had laid an Erri
bargo on all the British flipping in the
ports of his dominions. It is also
Bated, on the authority of private let
ters from Hamburgh, that, in addition
to this ad of violent aggression, he has
thrown the captains of these vessels into
prison.
Some of the fltips which were at Narva and
Riga, made their escape and have reached Ehl
neur. The number detained, is estimated at 306.
I Their cargoes are of considerable value. The
report of the sequestration of British property,
throughout Russia, is also current ; and it is also
reported, that an order has been signed by Paul,
that passports should be delivered to every Ruf
fian fliip that fails,containing a notification that
if the ship should be attempted to be visited by
the Engiifh,the fame shall be regarded as 3 dccla
-Iration of War.
I Though no embargo on Ruffian ships in Eng.
1 Jifh ports has been ordered, there being none to
1 flop that we can hear of ; meafurcs of a nature
I equally hoilile Were resolved on in the council
iheld at Buckingliafl house on Friday. The
I Ruffian merchants, feeing the oppression and
injustice of being called on to pay to persons in
Russia; for cargoes which they have so little
chance,T obtaining, applied to Government for
an Order of Council, prohibiting the payment
of bills from Russia, or etherwife remitting mo
ney thither. This order was made by the King
in Council, after consulting the attorney and so
licitor generals on the fubje& In the mean
time, the merchants held another meeting, and
resolved that they should pay the bills they had
accepted, but that they should accept no more.
It is laid that the minillers have sent off an
order to Lord Keith in the Mediterranean, to
detain all Ruffian vessels that may at present be
found in that quarter.
^USSIA.
In the House of Commons, 20th inst.
Mr. Nicholas suggested the propriety
of detaining Ruffian fubjefts, & seizing
Ruffian property in England as a fecq
rity for British property detained and
seized in Ruflia. He laid he did not
wish to make any fpecific motion upon
the fubjed but merely to fugged the
propriety of the measure to his Majcf
ty's Minillers.
What may b^the issue of a cohteft,
which may thus be said to be absolute
ly commenced, no human forefight can
pofEbly determine. It seems likely
however, that the court of Prussia is
even some how concerned in this new
turn of affairs. The letters from Ham
burg compared with the contents of
the French papers, serve to throw some
light on the matter. A letter from
Bremen informs us, that 2000 Buflian
troops, with twenty-five pieces of can
non, were a&ually on their march to
take poffeflion of Cuxhaven and Ritz
butel ; they were to pais through Bre
men on the 19th ; and it was rumoured
that an army of 60,000 men were ac
tually under orders for immediate ser
vice. The letters from Hamburg con
firm this intelligence, and add that the
Senate are not averse to the King of
Praia's determination to occupy Cux
haven and its neighboring port, as it
will free them from the disquietude to
which they are inceflaritly fubjectby
being placed between a number of
great and jealous powers, and made
i constantly the vidim of their conten
tions. By the papers from France it
is also clearly manifeft that the two
courts of St. Peterfburgh and Berlin
'are agreed. The Elector Pallatine is
I said to be treating for a Operate peace
lunder their recommendation; and in
I the official paper with which Bubria
-Iparte has opened the feflion of the Le
gislature, he gives hopes to the people
that the Emperor of Ruflia will fee his
true intereft,and will know that France
must be the balancing power in pre
serving the freedom of the seas. The
next mail from Humburg will give ays
the important details of this new at
tack on the British Empire.
The Prussian armfes in Motion.
LONDON, DEC. 2.
The Hamburg mail confirms the
( report of the capture of Cuxhaven by
the King of Prussia. On the 21st ult.
1800 Prussian troops entered that town,
and the arrival' of five battalions more
was hourly expected. All our (hipping
in that port immediately filled for the
Roads to avoid being seized. His Prus
sian Majesty attempts to juftify this
aft, as a measure of necessity and pre
caution, in consequence of a Pruilian
veifei being ciurud into u^ n^UaTt
port by an Engliih ship of war. It is
easy to fee that Russia and Prussia
were determined to aft in concert, and
that they are determined to try the
question of our right to visit Neutral
ships, especially if they can enlist any
other power under their banner, either
by threats or 'perfuafion, and we shall
not be surprised to find, that the influ
ence may extend somewhat farther, we
shall then be able to distinguish our foes*
from our pretended friends. Mr. Sher
idan in the course of his speech last
night, touched on this question in these
words: “ Without giving any opin
ion upon that dispute, without faying
whether any guarantee could be given
with retped to ships under convoy of
Neutral Powers, I have no hesitation
in Bating, that if the privilege we con
tended for; be that under which our na
val greatness has grown, which is at
once the boast, the glory, and the secu
rity of England ; which has been re
cognized in all treaties, and which is
part of the maritime law of Europe;
if, I repeat, it be that privilege, I have
no 'hefitation in faying, that it is the
: "charter of our existence, the banner un
der which we should all rally ; it is the
flag, which imitating the example of
our gallant seamen, tee foou!^ nail to tie
mast of the nation, an] go do^n q^itb the
vefrl rather thanflrikc it."
Accounts from Egypt.
LONDON, DEC. 2.
It has been long predicated, that the
Emperor of Russia would extend his
views to Turkey. At this moment he
is demanding an indemnity from the
Porte for the expenecs of his fleet in the
maritime campaign ; a prelude, no
doubt, to a rupture with that feeble
cabinet. Preparations for the war
continue with encreafed exertions.
Every account from Egypt agrees in
the determination of the French to re
tain that country ; Menou had been
joined by several Beys and their parti
zans, particularly in the fouth ; and
had embodied and disciplined all the
Greeks able to bear arms, not except
ing the crews of the Turkish transports
and other vessels which had fallen into
His hands. General Kleber had began
lines about Alexandria, previous to
the convention .of El-Arifch. These
Menou was perfecting, and adding to
them several redoubts and batteries.
The last Hamburg Mail brought
letters from Constantinople to the i cth
of October inclusive, at which time the
Ruffian fleet continued at anchor off
Boyook Dereh, in expectation of orders
in corrfequcnce of the surrender of Mal
ta to the Engliih, countermanding
those which would otherwise require
them to proceed to the Black Sea.
The Bate of the capital of Turkey was
very uneasy, and much apprehension
was entertained from the unaccount
able Bay in the Bofphorus, of the Ruf
fian fleet. :
Venice, oct. ^B.
The French have required from the city of
Florence a contribut ion of two millions of li
vres, from Leghorn two millions, from Pisa
one million, and in proportion from the other
towns in the Grund Duchy ofTufcany.
FLORENCE, OCT. 16.
Some letters from Elfineur Bate, that the
matters of Engtijb embargoed icffeh bad bc^n thrown
into prijon.
The SircHJb Court Las made representations to
our Court, relative to the liolersedone by the Eng-.
Ifo to a merchant flip from Sirsdijb Pomerania, in
the harbour of Barcelona.
^....^amMeaMMeiH-w. ■■■■.■■
CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 11.
A great number of troops within
these 8 or 10 days have been em
barked, which, are computed at 1500
men, and which, are to go to Jaffa, con
voyed by three frigates.
The lad letters from the Camp of
the Grand Vizier, mentions, that they
are waiting the arrival of an Engliih
army, which is to make a defeent on
the coast of Egypt, whilst the army of
the Grand Vizier, will attempt to pal's
the desert, to attack Bclbeys and El
- Although the Ottoman army
has receivedconfiderable reinforcements
it is not believed they will be able to
accomplis the crossing of the defers
the French having ere&ed on the fron
tiers, such fortifications as will prevent,
their march. We have besides certain
news that Gen. Menou has succeeded
ih forming a certain number of battal
lions, composed of Greeks, Jews, and
Natives. It is also Hid that the Beys
of upper Egypt have furnished some
detachments of Mamelukes; which has
not a little contributed to confolidatE
the inhabitants of the Delta in favour
of the French.
LEGHORN, OCT. 18.
The French have not removed any
of the officers or agents of the Grand
Duke. They have even permitted him'
to retain on foot, his troops of the line
and two volunteer corps which were
railed previous to the entrance of the
French troops. The only troops that:
have been disbanded, are those whiit
were put 011 duty by the Außriau
commandants.,
Vessels have no difficulty nor hin
drance in getting out 01 port. But
the Engliih fauadron which bl< ckadc<
it, will let noi < enter, and capture ail
Leguirian vessels bound for Genna.
PARIS, NOV. IQ.
An Embaßador from Ruflia, is ex
petted to arrive at Stfrgtlburg, and it
to proceed to Luneville or ^ Rtfis^