National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-05-11 00:00:00, page 4

ADDRESS
Srom a Citizen of the Territory South of the
Ohio, to the Inhabiatnts of th it government.
(Continued f. om our 1 nt—am! concluded)
[The drift of this ad.lrefi seems to be to
pe futile tile inhabitants to ere£t a fyHem
of iefeiice, agii lit Indi 111 andSpmilh war
s.i. c i ulepjnde.it of Pedi al tli tance ]
NOW (apart from a few political
causes at the northward, wiiich - ill
have their operation againll us, so log as
v»e wait so. ■ hi* agency of every >oiy's an I
no body's bniinefs, which is the fame
tiling) let us try if we cannot fin 1 some
d feits in our own fyllem o f frontier de
fence, or otherwise the want there if, and
enquire further whether we cannot apply
a conllitutiona' remedy, with advaniag u>,
and without offence again ' the laws of
Con refs. oi delicac. of its members
nd firll, a- to the f Cls that exill on a
fud n ilarin, I take them to be thus :
Whenever, thro' a real or pretend id ciule,
the lit In lians are difp ifed for
mifchief.ihe firlt information we receive is
generally throu h one of three channe's.
ifl The murder of our defencelefs far
ihers. 2d. Th. efcftpe of our India i tra
ders. 3d. The intimation o~ dan er from
so ne friendly Indian, who wishes to pre
vent mifchief ; and at this 11 ige we com
men e our 1 itivion into er.-or, throug'i
ivan! of fiji-m in our defence •. for the man
who fir ' takes Ihe alarm (underft nding no
particular agreement of tiie community,
touching such a contingency) runs away
to his relations as fall as poflible, and everv
neighbour catching the panic,thinks him
felf to be the only pcrfon left to ligh", and,
nitnrally enough, ge's off the fame route
as speedily as e can, till luckily for a'l,
the meeting of roads on the general retreat
the breaking o wag ;ons, the Itraying of
horses, an 1 fometi nes halting to dn'nk
whisky.puts a flop to the hu ly b rly scene,
an I brings them to a reeolledion that they
are in fu.hcient fa ce to rally. Thus they
return to explore tht ir plun Icred country,
and to buy the unfortunate scalped heads
in the fag end of the retreat, which their
precipiiate flight ha 1 occa toned ; wliiltl a
rendezvous at certain llations, to hive
been previously appointed for such contin
gency, would 11 t only have prevented the
approach of an enemy very far inferior in
Hum ers, to the effectual salvation of their
neighbours lives and their own property ;
but would lijve induced the Indi ns to re
linquish pretensions To a war fraught with
too much diffi ulty for their fuccels and
an expedition into a country at all times
too well guar led for them to penetrate,
while the whites, in perse "t ordei and well
arranged fyltem, remain firm on ftrongand
open ground well secured in their rear by
successive grades of their fellow citizens, at
all tim s ready for their reinforcement and
relief with men and prov fions.
Having thus offered a few hints with
refp fl to some general cau esof failure, I
wili endeavour to form the outlines of a
rem ■ 'y which present- itfelf to m-y imagi
nation, thedefedts whereof may iloubtlcfs
be greatly improved by others.
1 propo e to eltablilh, by association, a
fyttem of common defence and con ingent
warfare, founded on the cor.ftitutionai
rights of th people, calculated for irame
diate cont'ngencies againll infurreclion or
invasion, which on a< count of dillance or
other causes may intervene, between the
firlt rupture and the aid of the federal go
ve. n l ent, n casts where the law may be
silent, or beyond the governor's authority
to remc ly. A"d together with thefeob
fervationsas a part, 1 will firll premise as
a b fii for the foun latio . of proper arti
cl *s, a few leading and incontrovertible
princip es and maxims of government.
ill. Government is in ft it uted for the
t tlit ol social in'.ercourfe, and the fecu
r v ot social righ s ; and it cannot conlli
tutionally depart from thole objects : for
every d parture has a tenden y to annihi
late the whole compa6l between the go
vernment and society.
2 1. Alleg ance and prote6tion are reci
procal in their nature ; and :he one may ol
right be refufed when the other is with
drawn.
3f. The people have a right to beat
arms for the defence of the state.
4'h. The people have a right to affem
ble together to consult for the common
good
sth. A frequent recurrence to funda
mental principles, is absolutely necessary
' to preserve the bkffirigs of liberty.
6th. The declaration of rights i: a part
of the conllitution of the state, and ought
never to be violated on any pretence what
ever.
7til It is the constitutional duty of the
United Sates, and of their citizens, t
establish julliee ; to insure domellic tran
quility ; to promote the general welfare;
and to secure the bl (lings of liberty to
themfclves and their pollerity.
Bth. " Civil liberty is that which is de
fined to be natural liberty, so far reftraincd
by human laws (and no farther) as is ne
ttffary and expedient for the general a ■
vantag of the public.
gth. " The ri wfht of personal security
conli'ls in a person's legal an ' uninterrupt
ed enjoyme.it of his life, his limbs, his bo
dy, his health, and his reputation."
loth. " Whenever the conllitution of a
(lite in any man, or body of rafn, a
power of dellroyini, at pleasure, th- lives
or menbers of citizen , such conllitution
is in the hitched degree tyrannical ; and I
apprehend the drift of his principle re
fpeits tlie ways and means, and bears re
fvrence, like man ot er written ellablilh
ments, to the sis h pri iciple herein.
It'll The cxpence of government falls
finally on the people; and therefore, in
exigencies, where the public p ovifion ii
ina K qua- e to the ca'ls ol imm diate pro
tection. and the supplies or services art
born Jide furnifheri or performed by indi
viduals, or a part of he people voluntarily,
and app ied to that particular us —Such
claim or claims are equitable againlt the
community (though not especially autho
rised by law) an I when so rilked on f lit
and up ight mot ves, they ought o be
made good by ail of Congress, as in the
Carolin< pre edent of 1776
I2th. oelf defence is the fitft principle
in natural or social law, is the piimarv ob
j d of political co>.ltitutions, and the in
herent rights of every people.
13th. The United States have express
lv llipu'ated through the a ceptance ol
the fovereigntv offered by the cession law
that they " SHA LL proreft the TNHA
BlTANTSagai.fi ENEMIES."
On these grounds I take the liberty ol
fubmitti g to y ur coniider:;tion anc
adoption t e following or fo.ne such fornr
and matter f r a geneial affoc ation, tc
be dillributed through our refpedbve coun
tries.
" Wherefore, we the fubferibers, con
templat ng the above recited principles
an maxims, to be founded in natura
and civil rights, and regretting the remote
ness of our situation f om t e feat of that
government, which we are always ready
and willing to support in ts conlliiutiona
privilege and due adminirtrdtion of jus
tice, have thought proper to associate to
ge her, for s he common good, and t ■ bine
ou selves firmly 10 each other, for th<
common defence of our country, and fu
ure fylletn of our contingent warfare or
tilt frontiers
I We wi 1 pay all due obedienc* to
the conllitution of the United States
the laws and ordinances thereon founded,
II We wdl not in ourselves tranfgreA
on the lands, uijullly take the lives, the
property, or trespass on the lands anc
rivileges of any Indian, or other nation
adjacent to this territory, and will as much
as in our power prevent such in others.
111 We will hold society and cor
refp ndence with one committee in each
county to be composed of such of otn
members, as may be e eiled by us, fr >m
the 'efpedlive neighbourhoods, touch
ing the lafetv and proirdlion of our fron
tiers, and the lawful ways and means ol
bell obtaining or fe uring the fame, and
will <-le& one member from each commit
tee, to meet in conventi n, for the pur
poses of farther arranging the good go
vernment of this afficiation, and will de
termine, at the nixt succeeding meeting,
•n committee, of the propriety of adopting
any new rules or regulations, when a ma
ority of associating committees fcall de
cide—the return of their reports to bt
forthwith made to the chairman of fuel:
convention.
IV. Each committee and convention
{hall ellablifh theirown ruli s, and appoint
their own officers.
V. We will not interme Idle with levy
ing war, except in such cafe as where con
tingencies may leave us dellitute of im
mediate federal protedl ion ; and this only
in exigencies, making offence to defend
only.
VI. We will in each county, refpec
tive'y, arrange our places of rendezvous,
in cafe of dangerous alarm—preferring
always the frontier pod where that dial:
not be more than five miles farther from
us than the interior one—and when so
convened, will obey the eMeil officer at
such poll, or the person elected, if no of
ficer should be pit lent.
VII. When so convened, the frontier
polls shall remain on dutv, for the gene
ra! protection, while it is thought needful;
which need, in cafe of doubt, (hall be de
ciaed by a convention, as above : And il
any uch should, on this acc tint, be de
prived of m king crops they (hill be fnp
plied with a 1 neceiTaries fr m the propor
donate contributions of this affoeiation
on account from the common Hock of
the tirritory ; and have regular credits
for their services, witli a view to equita
ble demands, on a final fettlcment of he
public monies a iling out o this territory
VIII. We will aid, affill, and pro ett
osrfr.ends the Chickafaws, as f r as pof
lible, lo long as they continue such to the
Uni ed States.
IX Having now evinced our deter
mination to be obedient to the laws o(
the American Union, and to observe the
law of nations 'n al things WE do f.—
lemnly and pofitivelv declare, that we wi I
not on any account whatever, fotb ar far
tlier with Indian depredat ons, or with
the insidious arts and deceptions ra&iced
by Spanish and . ther traders, and ou.laws
againll the good people of this territory,
and the icit reds of the United State..—
And we do further declare, th 11 whene
ver any oven acts or misfeaiance (hall hap
oen and fair a'd equitable evidence there
of shall be had againll any Indian, any
trader, outlaw, or other person, we will
as so 11 as poilib'e seek fans action there
for, in such minner and form as our ref
peftive c imrni tees or general convenlion
(halldireCl And further, that as far as
t e laws permit, or as far s possible in
time of war, or whe e the Jaws and fede
ral ppjteCfion are silent, we will by every
means in our power, aid, comfort, and pro
test the poor and indullrious c tizens of
ail and every part of the Uni ed States of
America (coming to u well recommend
ed as such) in driving out the Indi ns,
fort fying themselves in all and every the
towns nd terrritories from wh ch place in
particular depreda - ; ns mav have hapoen
ed ; and in cu Mvating, occu ying, and
pofTeffing, so their own use, all and lingu
lar the lands, tenements, goods, and hat
ties, which may have t erctofore belonged
unto them the said depredatory Indians
or any of them ; to the end, thai the
countries so conquered, may become also
colonized by the United States, to their
political use and be efit ; and the incep
tion of property, and retrihu" ion, maybe
come thus eftabl.fh d in their go d and
lawful citizens, through fair and equitab e
means, relyi g on the jtiftice of the Uni
ted btates in Congress <i(Ten bled, to con
(inn such industrious adventurers in all
and fuvh rights of preoccupancy.
And to the end that this fyflem may be
come uniform, orderly, and efF cl ve, to
the great uft and political bene t of the
fa id United Stars, and their citizens,
paiticularly those in all places, remotely
situated as we a e) we recommend our
plan to theirconfiderarion, especially the
a> jicent frontiers of Virginia, ind to the
consideration of their refpedtive legifli
tures, fubjeft only to that control, which
holds the conlli utional anfhority f >r levy
ing war nn the part of the said United
States of Am rica.
In consideration and confirmation
whereof, we do pledge ourselves mutu
ally to each other, and for the support
ing of every part and parcel of this af
foeiation, we do hereunto our ref
pe&ive names.
Many other matters occur to which will
come more properly under the <'efcrip'ion
of ways and means than of fyllems ; but,
as I have al'eady been too lengthy, for a
newspaper publication 1 furmiit, what is
here to yotir deliberations ; and am a
friend to the rights of man, and of this
territory, as I trust, is ' ecoming in
A FELLOW CITIZEN
Knoxville, Ma:oh 23, 1793.
A FEW CO TIES OF THE
TRANSACTIONS
Of the Society inftiti.ted in the State of
New-York, for the promotion 0'
AGRIGULTUi'.t;. ARTS, and AUNU
FACTURKS,
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Apr it 1793.
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To the Pub ic-
in the p. efent lituation of
French affairs in turope, it is to be
wished that every Irieixl to mankind
•• oulti interefl hiirifelf in feoonding the ef-
Jort 1 * 01 the defenders ol liberty, the armed
citizens and (bkliers of the French republic.
1 o advance this benevolent delicti as
much as possible, the PATRIOTIC
f RhNCH SOLI-T\ of the friends of
l.berty and equality in Philadelphia, ani
mated at all tin es by those liberal feuti
timents which la d the foundation of their
society, did at their meeting of the 30'ih
ol Apiil last, refoive to open a fubfcnpti
o 1 w.th a view to pnrchafe flour and other
provi.ions, to be oitered as a donation, and
:enc to tilt, rep. biic of France.
In coiifeqnciice of the preceding refo
lutinn, tile society have deposited in the
hands of Vie Editor of the N .tional Ga
zette, No 209 Market-street, at Mr. Bache's
printing office, Mr. Clavpooie'b printing of
fice, and at the City Tavern, a fubferipti
o i book ligned by the Pretident and Se
cretary. sealed on every Iheet with the So
ciety's seal, in which Jhill be entered.he
free gitt of every person who wilhes to
contribute for this purpose.
Trie ditiVrent prr.ters in the United
States, as friendto mankind, are reqtief
tedtoinfert the above invitation in their
pipers and to encourage the friends of
France i.i the Union, to open fubferiptions
upon 111111 iar plans in their refpethve cities
and tjwn., me proceeds of which, as soon
as filled, to be remitted into the common
Itock, in (ome central place, which llial) be
hied as soon 115 a certain number of sub
scribers ii ;ve handed in their names.
By order of the foiiety.
P- BARRIKRE. President.
A. C.OU PLAINK, Sec.
INTIMATION
RefpeEting James Fairweathcr,fomctiine in
the fourth brigade of Britijh artillery.
DaVID FAJRWE'aTHER, late seedsman
a the P balance of £dinburgh, North B; i
>.di , having c.ied in the month of November lait,
Cue arorciAiJ Ja nes Fairweatner, his only son,
succeed« to his father's heritable and personal ef
ra-e which is considerable. His relations are
anxious if he be Jive, that he lh >uld immediately
'.urn to iiutnbuign, and on applying to Mr.
William Wnvte, writer, in Charles street, Edin
u'gh, he will oe put in pollefii »n ol his faihet's
e'l.-e. The aro:el'aid James Fairweather, it is
k I --ved, was lot: at New-Y#rk, in North Ame
i.a vhen the BiitiH) arm; evacuated that city.
Ir is requeued that any person who has seen or
;;earc or mm lince, or knows of hii pref< nt refi
d«nc<», or of his dea h, will transmit any intelli
gence concerpinji him to Mr. Robeit Cam bell,
bo> klellc; in Philadelphia, --r M,. SamuilCamp-
Dell, bookseller, in New-York, Any Ih'pmifter
r other perf-n, who wi.i orirg the said Jamc»
Faiiweather to Britain, or advance him money for
'I-ia' purpose, will be rep tid bv M.fT.s. Campbell,
n T Mr. WMy re. Jt the (aid J Jmts Fa rweather be
dead, his children it he ietc any, aie entitled to the
as. re said luccdiion, on proving their propinquity.
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AtldrefTed to the Yeomanry of the
United States:
Containing fume Obiervations on Funding
and Bauk Sy/lems:
By an AMERICAN FARMER.
" BLEST rapcr-credit ! best and lad supply,
That Irnds c rruption lighter wings to flv \
Gold imp'a bv th-e, can cwmpafs hardest things,
Can picket States, can fetch or carry kings j
A finr.le leaf thai* watt an army o'er,
Or /hip off Xrvates to a distant flioie j
A lea', ukc bjbils 1 , Ic.t.er to and fro,
Our latcs and fortunes, as the winds shall blow:
Pregnant with thoufar.d: flits the Jcrip urjecn.
And (ilent fells a king or buys a queen—
Oh ! that iuch buiky brii>e» as ail might fee
Sriil, as of old, encumber'a Villainy !'*
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