Gazette of the United States & evening advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1794-01-08 00:00:00, page 2

Forts in f"ch places as they should deem
moil proper, and vrliich would in the
mean time enable the executive to pre
fers the neutrality- embraced by the
United States, and' protest the haibors
ot" the Suic from ir.i.Jt.
In January last I received a letter from
Gov-,T Morltne of South-Carolina, in
whicli he informs me that no commillion
ers could pofiibly proceed from that state
to meet the commissioners of the state o:
North-Carolina to extend the boundary
line between the two states, until they can
meet on more equal ground, as tire act of
AOfcmbly prohibits the commiflioners of
this state from infringing the 25 Sec: of
the bill of rights, which exprefdy fays in
what manner the boundary line between
the two uatrs-tefrbe aicertained. He
liewife allures me that the legislature of
' jjouth-Carolina ardently wifties all differ
ences between the two states to be fettled
in an amicable manner, and for this pur
poie will appoint commiflioners to fettle
every dispute refpe&ing territory so soon
as this state fnall appoint commissioners
with fuil powers to discuss and &ttle the
claims of each state, at the lame time he
refers me to some proceedings on this head
between the then two provinces in the
jear 1771 and 1772. The papers which
f,e refers to I have not been able to re
ceive any information upon from the se
cretary's office, as the secretary informs
nie that he had made a thorough learch
and could not find them.
On receiving information of the extent
and fatality of the pestilential fever which
prevailed in the city of Philadelphia, and
fcarino- from the intercourse between this
state and that city, that the disease might
be brought in and spread among the citi
zens of this llate, unless force iteps were
taken to prevent k : I thought proper to
ilfue a Proclamation requiring the persons
veiled bv law with powers to prevent the
introduction of infectious diseases, to pur
ine such measures as might most effectually
prevent the fame.
Fnom the resolutions which the inhabi
tants of fume of the sea port towns thought
it was neccflary to enter into to prevent
the introduction of the disease, it appears
that the law for that purpose was defective
and did not fully ar.fyer the pufpofe for
which it was intended. I would there
fore wish to call the attention of the legis
lature to that law, that it might be so
amended as effectually to prevent the in
troduction of infectious diseases into this
Itate.
The comrniffioners for fettling the ac
counts of the respective states, with the
United States have made their report to the
President, I have not as yet received a co
py of it, nor has it been made public, I
presume the President intends laying it in
the firft instance before the Congrefc, af
ter which copies will be forwarded to the
different states.
By the advice of the council of state, I
appointed and commissioned John Hay
wood Esq. one of the Judges of the su
preme court p rot em. in the room of Judge
Spencer deceased. In the month of Au
gust 1 received a letter from him declining
at that time the acceptance of that ap
pointment, it was then so late that the
council could not be called so as to make
another appointment, soon enough for the
pcrfon appointed to go the circuit, I there
fore declined calling them. They like
wise advised me to appoint and commiifion j
Col. William Waters Brigadier General
pro {em. for the diftrift of HOlfborough,
which appointment had become vacant by
General Mebane's having been elected and
commissioned one of the representatives
from this state to the Congress of the
United States. CoL Waters has accepted
of the appointment.
I do myfelf the honor to lay before you,
a letter from the Lieutenant Governor
of the state of Maffachufetu, respecting a
suit commenced in the supreme court of
the United States, by an individual against
that state, the speech of the late Governor
Hancock to the general court of Ma(Ta
chuletts, and their proceedings on that fub
jeft.
Having received information that some
threats were thrown out by the crew of
the privateer that they would by force
the roonev out of the marihall s hands,
I thought it expedient to give orders to
Major Wright, that if he thought it was
probable that such an occurrence might
take place, or if the marfoall lhould call
upon him for one, to order out a guard
for its protectiou —and also wrote to the
marshall that if he thought it neceflary he
lhould apply to Major Wright for a guard.
My private secretary will lay before you
the public dispatches received in the course
of the year, the letter book and the jour
ftate, likewise two copies of the laws palled
at the lail session of Congress and two co
pies of the Journals of the Senate and
House of Repretentativs of the United
Spates.
From a PeterJbur S b Paper, (repMJhed Ij
rrqucjl)
Your paper of the 6th December, 1793,
No. 428, contains a publication styled,
« An examination into the late proceed-
ings in Congress respecting the official
conduit of the Secretary of the Treasury."
The writer of that paper is either an
angry man destitute of candor and inform
ation, or some speculator in the funds,
who has adopted this base method of di
verting the censure of the public from his
own character.
If he had wished to avoid this imputa
tion, in mentioning that Mr. S—dg—k,
h2d brought forward early in the la.t sessi
on, a bill to authorize a loan of two mil
lions of dollars, &c. for the payments to
the Bank ; he would have added, that Mr.
St le of North-Carolina moved to strike
out the whole section on the principle that
loans had been attended with the molt
pernicious consequences.
And that though the motion to strike
out failed, it brought on a debate which
terminated in giving the bill an entire new
shape.
I never in my own name, or any other
name, held a ferthing in the funds, or
Bank Stocks in the United States, nor
did I ever hare a note discounted at any
j Bank in the United States, and I defy
vour dastardly fcribler to prove his alTer-
Your uaoft obedient Servant,
RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT.
FayetteviUe, Dec. 4, 1793-
tion,
At some times it would be treating such
publications with too much respeCt to no
tice them, at other times silence would
seem to give credit and currency to their
falflroods. I am therefore constrained in
juftification to myfelf, to fay that your pa
ragraphs is a Liar, and I call upon you
to publish this letter to (hew my detesta
tion of such calumniators.
The felfity of his charge against me,
wOl I hope, induce liberal minded people
to fufpcnd their censure of other charac
ters, who in all probability, are as innocent
as mvfelf.
For the GjztTTE of the United States.
YOUR British apologist either hlinded
by zeal for his favorite nation, or deeming
himfelf secure from his anonymous posi
tion; has ventured to brave the p»blic
with another communication, evidently
calculated to misrepresent and deceive.
After noticing the guarantee of Great
Britain to the truce between Portugal and
Algiers, which had been suggested as one
evidence ofher agency in making the truce
he endeavours to evade the force of that
evidence by the following assertions:
" But it is known that the latter fafk
comes from the fame source as the former,
afource which is not only queJTvmatle, but
which derived its information from doubt
fid authority—whereas the intelligence of a
contradiSory nature is not only more recent,
but comes from higher authority, and de
nies the agency of tbat'juition or the guar
antee."
have the honor to be with refpeel,
Gentlemen,
Tbefe assertions are deceptive and in
correct in the following particulars. The
intelligence of a contradiaory nature, reli
ed upon by him, is not more recent, than
the intelligence which he reje&s. The
intelligence relied upon, bears date the
7th of October 1793. The intelligence
rejected, bears date the 12th, and is con
firmed the 2 ift and 22dof thefame month.
The intelligence relied upon, docs not de
ny the agency of Great Britain poflively,
nor the guarantee i:1 any degree, it states
that Jlrong reasons induce the writer to be
lieve, that Great Britain had no agency
in making the truce. It fays nothing of
the guarantee.
The chief circumstance from which this
belief is inferred, is, that the person said
to have concluded the treaty, was not sup-
I posed at that time to hare been in the Bri-
North-Carolina, Dec. 15th, 1793
Mr. Prsntis,
Mr. Fenno,
JOHN STEELE.
tilh fervire, the reason zCgned is, that he
had not for a considerable time received
any inftruftions from the BritifK court.
Hs had however been in the Britiih service
for iome time proceeding the truce, and
was then relident in Algier*. He must
have been employed by some power, be
cause thro' his agency the truce has taken
effect, and it is no where alerted that he
was employed by Portugal.
This belief therefore at best is founded |
upon fuppofititiouscircumilances, <x ought
not to contradict other evidence stating a
factpofit'rvclj, particularly when it (hali be
recollected that there will be no incompa
tibility in the evidence, if it be admitted
that the Britilh could have given him pri
vate inftrudions for the special purpose of
negociating the truce.
The source of the information seems in
the mind of the zealous apologist, to have
stamped it with indelible authenticity,
whereas the source of the opposing intel
ligence is deemed quejiionalle. The source
of the former is a Briti/b garrifm ; the
source of the latter is Li/bon. The chan
nel through which the latter has been com
municated is by express, from the proper
officer of the government of the United
States resident at this time at Lisbon.
The apologist ventures to compliment
the government of the United States and
its officer, with communicating quejlion
able intelligence and from doubtful autbo-
The apologist further remarks, " The
refufal of a cenvoy is part of the fame
ttory with the former, aad depends upon
tlie lame authoritv. Another letter in t&wn
declares that the improper mannerin which
it was asked was the sole cause of any dif-
ficulty ; fee a letter publtfbed in this paper
cn IVeJnefthj lajl."
Here he endeavours to call to his aid a
letter in town, and a letter in the paper, to
discredit official communications forward
ed by express : But he mu:l admit tnat
the source of these letters is at leail quijVi-
onable ; for his own zeal & cunning might
have dictated the measure of writing them
himfelf.
The anonymous scribbler makes this re
mark :
« There are not wanting those who
wilh to plunge this country into a war
with Great Britain."
If the allusion be intended to include
the writer of the letter to the merchants
of Peterfourg, it is unfounded and illibe
ral. No man more ardently deprecates a
state of war than the writer of that let
ter. Peace is written in the front of his
political bible. Offenfive war cannot con
sist with the principles of any true repub
lican, because he consults the happir.eis
and interest of the great mass of people,
and they fumifh the blood and treasure ne
cessarily expended in every war. But he
can never be detered from exerciCng an
acknowledged national right, from an ap
prehension that the ill humour and injuf
t ice of Great Britain may prompt her to
war ; because he would prefer the extre
meft possible fate, to a servile and inglori
ous dependence upon Great Britain, or
any other power under Heaven.
It is hoped that the calm and the can
did, will attend to facts, and however
painful the result, they will be compelled
to infer, that there are not wanting in A
merica, perhaps even in her legi/Lilh.' and
executive councils, thojf, who intoxicated
with fpeculatise regards for the Brit;(h go
vernment : miscalculating their own poli
tical importance, and hoping some perma
nent diftinttion between t:.-. mfelves and
the great mass of people, are rendy to fur
nilh apologies for every ad of insolence
and injustice, which that nation may com
mit towards the United States, and even
a& upon them as new incentives to court
her difdainful alliance : And tbofr, who
having eftablilhed a paper tyranny in the
United States, separated themselves in in
terest from the great body of people,view
ing the people therefore as their natural
enemies, and fearing the efforts which will
be directed against their paper usurpations
zealonfly fbive to find an afyhnnfor them
selves agaiaft thtir own countrymen, by
throwing the United States into the arms
or even at the feet of Great Britain.
January 9th. 1794.
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HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
Sundry petitions wsre read and refer
red.
A motion to refer to a feleft commit
tee the petition of certain persons in the
public offices for an augmentation of their
Salaries, was negatived.
The motion laid on the table yesterday.
by Mr. Parker, refpefting the defcnce of
the Ports and Harbors of the United
States, and an augmentat ion of the Anns
and Military Stores, was taken into coou
deration ; and after a few obferrations,
the latter part of the motion referring
to arms and military fton*s» was with
drawn—the former part w;is referred to
the committee on the Algerine business.
Mr. Trumbull of the committee ap
pointed to draft and report Rules n.nd Re
gulations for the Government of the Pro
ceedings of the House, bro't in a report,
which was read and laid on the table.
A mellage was received from the Preli
dent of the United States, suggesting the
propriety of appointing a person under
the direction of the War Department to
superintend the Receiving, Safe-keeping
and Issuing of Supplies. Also, commu
nicating a Statement of the Expenditures
to the end of the year 1793' fr° m
sum of ten thousand dollars appropriated
for paying the contingent charges of Go-
vernment.
On motion. Voted that the eftlmate cf
appropriation be taken up on Thuriday
next.
Mr. Goodhue moved that it be referred
to the Secretary of State. Another mo
tion was made for a reference to a Se!e&
Committee, this motion failed; that for
a referrence to the Secretary of State,
The memorial of Stephen Sayre, was
read a second time.
prevailed.
The Report of the Committee on
Rules and Regulations, was ordered to be
printed for tlie use of the house.
In committee of the whole on the bill
received from the Senate, making an al
teration in the Flag of the United
States—Mr. TrambuH in the chair.
Mr. Goodhue (aid, he hoped the bill
would not pais—he conlidered it as a tri
fling bufmefs—the flag is as ihe coat to a t
ship by which (he is known, and ought not
to be changed without some fufßcient and
weighty reasons—he did not think that
the addition of anew state to the Union a
j fufficient reason for f»:ch a change—he
saw no end to the business—Kentucky and
Vermont were virtually represented in the
declaration of Independence by the 13
States.
Mr. Clark fa;d he cor-fidered the
as very unimportant, and he hoped the bill
would be aifagTeed to without much de
bate—lf either of the new fcates wish to be
designated by a star in the field of the flag,
he had no objection, if it could be dor.e
by drawing a line tliro' the star, which
designates New-Jersey, and aligning one
half of it to one of the new fta?es.
Mr. I/rman was in favor of the bill—
he said there were nocent prejudices of
ten entertained by individuals and bodies
of men, which it was not good policy to
counteract—rhe c:d not however consider
the present fubje& as frivolous—he thot'
the wilh of the new Rates as exp*efTed by
the b3l, jruft and reafenah.e—they have a
right to be considered on this occasion—
and compliance with their.reasonable
expectation can take p'ace without ar.y
great difficulty, he hoped the bill wou'.d
pass.
Mr. Madison wa« in fever of the bill—
he fuppefed however, that some permanent
provision was propel to regulate the fym
. bol of the Union, and that such alterations
should take place, as the circ» romances and
changes of the Union, by the addition of
new states should renc .T proper.
Mr. Thatcher cKe* 0 :: ed to the bill, he
saw no necouTty fcr ma he t:d not at
present know thit the people cr Kentucky
and Vermont desired :t—the United States
he remarked, were not by di
viding one fete into twe, any more tiian
a state wr:s by adding new counties to it —
he said that there would be the »ame pro
prietv in defijnrating counties on the 3ag.
Mr. Niles and Mr. Greennp both ex
prefled their wish that the biTl Ibculd
—it had originated with their Senators,
and they bad no doubt that :t would be
highly ag-.eeabie to their constituent*.
Tcefday, Jan. 7, 1794.
CONGRESS.