Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1799-01-30 00:00:00, page 2

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Lots on Ground Rent.
SEVKKAL advantageous Lots for Building, on
Germantowu street, betwe n the 5 and 6 mile
(tone, to let on ground rent —Enquire at No. 120
North Second-flrtet.
Jan. 30. tuwicf
Sale of Madeira Wine at the
kite dwelling bouse of Henry Hill, Esq. is
postponed until Saturday next, at 11 o'clock.
, fan. 28 dtSat.
City Dancing Assembly.
Managers inform the Subfcribersth.it the
X next Assembly will be held on thursday
ijext the 31ft inft.
Jan. 19.
POST-OFFICE,
Philadelphia, Jan. 28,1799.
LETTERS for the Britilh Packet,for Falmouth,
; (England) will be received at this office, until
Tuesday the > th February, at 12 o'clock, noon.
N. B. The inland poltage to New-York, must
be piid at this office. •
VOLUNTEER GRENADIERS.
January 28tb,, 1799.
THE gentlemen composing this corps are order
ed to assemble, on Thnrfday evening next, 7
o'clock, at the City Tavern.
N. B. Impnrtart Elections to take place.
By command,
g. k. Harrison, tftserj't.
IVANT 2D IMMEDIATELY,
■ Two uufurnifhed rooms, and the use of
a kitchen for a small family; a front parlour
tin the firft floor will be preferred. Apply
to No. 18, Branch Street.
i an - 2 9- T3*
18,000 wt. Java Coffee,
500 pieces Nankeens,
A small invoice of China, well alTorted, and a
few pieces colored Lutestrings, entitled to draw
back, FOR £ ALE BY
THOMAS GREEVES,
No. 73, Walnut-flreet.
Jan. *8 3awsw
S3' ANY Persons wanting
pafTagc to France, caa obtain it in the Swediih
Barque Neptune, Daniel Jaderbom, master, lying
yt New-York, by applying to Mr. Letombe, or to
Richard Soderstrom, Consul General of Sweden,
in this city.
Jan. 24 §
TO-MORROW,
WILL BE LAN DELI,
From on board of the Brig Susanna,
Captain Hunt, Jrom Cadiz,
SHERRY WINE,
In Quarter Calks.
For sale, by
PHILIPS CRAMOND & Co.
Jan. 28 3*
50 Hhds. Santa Cruz Sugar,
IN Stores of John Nixon, esq. & Co. a quan
tity of Irifb Sa l Canvass and a Box of Mace,
For fait by
STEPHEN KINGSTON;
46 Walnu;-ftreet.
' jan. 19. T eod3t
All Persons
Indebted to the'Eftaoe of HENRY HILL, deceased
are requested to make payment to the fubferiber ;
and those having any demands on the fame to ps o
duce thsir accounts for ftulement.
GIDEON H. WELLS,
, no. 139, Market (Wet
Philadelphia, dec. 4, 1798 eotf
ro BE LET,
A COMMODIOUS THREE STORY
BRICK DWELLING HOUSE,
in Walnut near Fifth Street, and adjoining the
fubferiber BENJAMIN W. MORRIS.
January 2ft. eod3t
Removal.
Thomas Clayton, Hatter,
HAS removed to No. 126, south Front street,
where hi intends carrying on his business as
formerly, End has on hand a complete aflortment
of his own manufa&ured ladies, gentlemen and
cluldrens'
HATS.
Canada Be averts Mujk-rat Skins,
With a complete aflortment of FURS, always
for sale He has received per the late arrivals
from London, a complete aflortment of
Fashionable Englijh Hats,
Which he now offers for sale at very reduced
prices.
Jan. 29 iaw6m
Canal Lottery, No. 11.
COMMENCED drawing the 7th infUnt—
There are onlyabout 7000 tickets to draw
and the Wheel upwards of 30,ooc.dollarsricher
than at the beginning.—Tickets, Ten Dollars
each, to be had at Wm. BLACKBURN'S Lot
tery and Brokers Office, No. 64, South Seeond
Street, —Where Check Books are kept for re
gi.tering and examination in this, the City of
\Va(hington Lotteries, &c. &c.——Tickets,
from the state of the Wheel and the few that
are now for sale, will rife in future after every
days drawing ; #nd that the public in general
may have an 'ipportunity of becoming purchas
ers, the drawing is postponed till Saturday, the
afith inft, when it will continue until finifhed.
jar.. 19. saw
Note—The business of a Broker duly attend
ed
January 23d, 1799.
IN pursuance of a resolve of the
Prelident and Managers of the Delaware and
Schuylkill Canal Company,
The Stockholders are hereby notified and re
• fjuir d to pay ten dollars on each of their ref
pe&ive (harss of stock, on or before the firft
day of March next, to the Treafuierof the
Company at their office near the Bank ofPenn
lylvania.
Extrafl from the minutes,
GF.ORGE WORRALL, Sec'ry.
WILLIAM GOVETT, Treafursr.
jnto. 15. frfa4w.
ALL PERSONS,
INDEBTED to the Estate of Abraham
D ICk s, Sheriff of the County of
Deiaware, are requested to make immediate pay
ivrent, and all those who have demands again'f
f#.id Estate to anihenticate and present them for
'Vtticmr:;t. Also, all those who-have d<>pofited
writings with saul dece?fed to apply for them to
WILLIAM PENNOCK. Adrn'r.
Delaware county, \
■ft mq. Bth, 1799- )
in. 8 "Ktf,
Ybis day Publijh'cd,
AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE,
The ESSATS under the Signature of
VIRGINIENSIS,
On the Alien and Sedition Laws.
(Price 25 ecnts, lltno.)
IT is perhaps futile to expeA to work convi&ion
in the minds ol so inveterate and \i ious a class of
men, as the Democrats of America, by any argu
ments however forcible,'or any display of truth,
howeVer irresistible : These writings are, however,
calculated to produce a more important and ufcful
eflfe<st, by placing the fubje& in its true light be
fore honed men, who are uninformed, or have
been mifinformed as to the nature and obje&s cf
those bills,
jan. 15 6t
PROPOSALS,
FOR CARRYING
Mails of the United States,
On the following roads, will be received at the
General Po/l-OJJice, until the Iyh day
of February next, inclusive.'
iftX'ROM Philadelphia by Hrittol, Trenton,
Princeton, New-Brunfwick, Wood
bridge, Rau ay, Klizabethtown and Newark to
New-York fix times a week
From May I to November I.
Leave Philadelphia, eveiy day (Sunday ex
cepted) jt 1 P. M. and arrive at New-York in
nineteen hours, the next day (Sunday excepted)
by 8 e'clock, A. M.—Returning ; leave Nsw-
Yorkeveryday (Sunday excepted) at I P. M.
and arrive at Philadelphia in eighteen hour* the
next day (Sunday excepted) by 7 A.M.
From November 1 to May 1,
The mail is to he taken from Philadelphia at
the fame hour and delivered at New-York by
9 A. M. in 20 hours ; and is to be taken from
New-Yoikat 1 P. M. and delivered at Philadcl
phia at 8 A. M. in nineteen hours.
id. From Philadelphia by CheJier, Wilming
ton, Newport, Chri/liana, Elkton, Charleston,
Hrvre-de-Grace and Harford to Baltimore, fix
times a week. Leave Philadelphia every day
( sunday excepted) at 9 A.M. and arrive at Bal
timare in 17 hours, the next day (sunday ex
cepted) at noon Returning; leave Balti
more every day (sunday excepted) at 4A. M.
asd arrive at Philadelphia the neit day by 9
A. M. in 17 hours.
3d. From Baltimore by Blade ifburgh,
Wafliington arid Georgetown, to Alexandria
fix times a week.
From April 1 to November 1.
' Leave Baltimore evety day (sunday except
ed) at 4 A. M. and arrive at Alexandria the
fame day* by 6P. M. Returning—Leave Al
exandria every day (sunday excepted) at 4
A. M and arrive at Baltimore the fame day by
4 o'clock P M.
From November 1 to April t.
Leave Baltimore every day (sunday except
ed) at 4 A. M. and arrive at Alexandria the
next day (sunday excepted) at BA. M. Re- !
turning—Leave Alexandria every day (fondly
excepted) at 5 Pi M. and arrive at Baltimore
the next day (sunday excepted) P. M.
4th. From Philadelphia by Downingtown,
Lancaster, Columbia, Carlifle, Ship
penfb jrg, Stralburgh, Bedford, Somerset and
Greenfburgh to PittJburgh once a week. Leave
Philadelphia every Saturday at 4 A. M. arrive
at Lancaster in the evening, arriv# at York on
Sunday noon, at Shippetilburg on Monday, at
6P. M. Leave Snippenfburg on Tuesday at
4 A. M. and arrive at Pittfburg the next Fri
day at to A. M. Returning—Leave Pfttf
burgh every Friday at 3 P. M. and arrive at
Shippcnfburg the next Monday by 6 P. M.
Leave Shippenfburg on Tuefdayat 4 A. M.and
arrive at Philadelphia the next Thursday by 8
P. M.
Note 1. The contrails for the above routts
are to be in operation on the firft day of April
next. The contrafls for the routes No. 1, t,
j, are to continue in operation until the firft
day of Otflober in the year 1800 ; «nd the con- I
tra<sl for the route No. 4 is to continue until the
firft day of October in the year 1801.
Note 2. Fifteen minutes (hall be allowed for
opening and clofirg the mail at all offices on the
routes where no particular time is fpecified.
Note 3. For every fifteen minutes delay (the
impassibility of rivers excepted) in arriving af
ter the times prefcr'ibed, in any contract, the
contractor Avail forfeit one dullar; and if the
delay continue till the departure of any depend
ing mail, whereby the mail* destined for such
depending mail toft a trip, an additional for
feiture of five dollars (hall be incurred.
Note 4. If any persons making proposals de
sires an alteration of the times fpecified he mull
state in his proposals rtie alteration deGred and
the difference it will make in the terms of his
contra A.
Note 5 The usual penalties for mifcondutfl
in the carriers will be stipulated in the contrail.
Note 6. The mail on the route No. 1, (hall
be carried in a Sulkey during three months of
the winter season, having a box or eheft to se
cure the mail from rain. The mails on that
route during the reft of the year and the routes
No. » and 3 (hall be always carried in a light
box fnfficient to defend it from the rain, or a box
within the body of the stage.
JOS. HABERSHAM, P. M. General.
General Port-Office, }
Phi lad. Jan. I, 1799. ) eo6w
SHERIFFs sales.
BY virtue of a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to
me direfted, will be 'exposed to sale, at Pub
lic Vendue, on Saturday the »d of February next,
between ths hours of ji aod j o'clock in the af
ternoon, of said day, at the house of Casper Far
ner Inkeeper, injßordentown, and County of Bur
lington, those large and Commodious, Buildings
and Lot now ocupied as an Academy; this Build
ing is also contrived that it may readily be divided
into three diflinS and large Dwelling Heufes; Al
so for sale in said Town another Lot of ground
confiltißg of about ten acres including an orchard,
garden and dwelling house ; a range of Stone
building ereSed for a Queens ware Potter, a store
house, wharf &c. &c. Seized as the property of
Burgifs Allifon and taken in execution at the fujt
of James Finnimore and others and to be fold by
JOHN ELTON, latefheriff
of the county of Burlington.
Burlington, jan. 18th, 1799. ( ll ) eodjt
TO THE PUBLIC.
AS divers reports have been circulated prejudi
cial to my charadter, particularly relative to
my medical abilities, I beg leave to inform those
who dispute my eapacity in the art of medicine,
that 1 am willigg at any time in the presence of re
fpcflable persons to produce my credentials, from
good authoriiy in support of my medical capacity;
•certifying when and where 1 palled a regular ex
amination before a board of the king's physicians
and fargeons—figned by fhis Britannic majesty's
governor, at the Caflle of Saint Lewis, in Quebec.
J. KINLAID.
jan %s. l 3 t
City Commissioners Office.
January Zth % 1799*
THE following arrangemmt was made by the
Board, f.>r ihc more effcftual cleanlmgot
the City; each Coramiffioner to superintend a
dillrift, —ui .
No. 1. Nicholas Hicks, from the North fide of
Vine ftrset, to the South fide of Mulberry
ftreet." ,
2. Hugh Roberts, from the South fide of
Mulberry-street to the South fide of Chefnut
ftrcet.
3. Joseph Claypoole', from the South fide
of Chefnut-flreet to the North fide of Spruce
street.
4. Isaac Jones, from the North fide of
Spruce street to theSotith fide of Cedar-street.
Note. —Wflen any of the public Pumps are
out of order to the Southward of High-ltreet—
application may be made to Thomas Dlxey in
sth near Cedar-street, or Godfrey Gebler in
4th between Walnut and Chefnut llreets. And
for the Northern part of the city to Dixcy aryl
Dehaven, in Bth street, between Saffifras and
Vine-flreets.
Meetings of the Commissioners are as
ufua), every Tuesday -evening, at 5 o'clock, at
the Old Court-Houfe.
Jan. 19.
City Commissioner's Office>
"January 15, 1799-
For the information of the Citizens, the follow
ing extraS of an ail of Assembly, pajfed the
18th day of February, 1769, is uoiu re
pubhjhed.
A ND be it further enaftedby the au
-4- jr\ thority afarefaid, That if aiiy per
fnn or persons, (hall, after the publication hereof,
prefumc to call, carry, draw out, or lay any dead
hori'c, or other dead carcase of cattle, (heep, hog or
dog,or any excrement or filth from vaults, privies
or i cceflary houses, and (hall leave such carcase,
carrion or filth, without burying the fame, a fuffi
depth in the ground, on any part of the commons
of the said city, or on or near any streets, lanes,
alleys or highways, within the said city, diftrift or
townftiip adjoining the fame, every person orper
fons so offending and being convicted thereof, be
fore any justice of the peace of the city or county
of Philadelphia, refpeftiyely, shall forfeit and pay
for every such off.-nce, the sum of thirty (hillings.
Agreeably to a refolntion of the SeleS and Com
mon Councils, dated the loth of January 1799,
Notice is hereby given,
That a Pit or HoLt, is now prepared on the
weft Gde of Fifth street, from Schuylkill, between
Vine and Saffofras ftrects.
And onfc other Pit or Hole, is rpened on the
weft fide of Fifth street, fiom Schuylkill, betweeß
Walnut and Sproce streets, where all filfth or ex
crement from vaults or privies, of the city ot Phila
delphia, (hall be deposited. Wherefore, if any
perfan or persons (hall be found tranfgrefling, they
mull expe& to bepuniftied as dire&s, and
that the fame wi»l be ftri&ly enforced,
jan. 19 iawiw
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
JUNI 17, 1798.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by vir
tue of an aft, parted during the present ses
sion ef Cotlgrefs, so much of the ad entituled
" An Aft making further provision forthe fiip
«' port of public credit, and for the redemption
" of the public debt"—palled the third day of
March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
five, as bars from fcttlement or allowance,
Certificates, commonly called Loan Office and
final settlement Certificates, and Indents of In
ferefls, is suspended until the twelfth day oj
June, which will be in the year one thousand seven
hundred and ninety nine.
That on the liquidation and settlement of the'
said Certificates, and Indents of Interefl, at the
Treasury, the Creditors will be entitled to receive
Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stockequal
to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrear
ages of interest due on their said Certificates, prior
to the firft day of January one thousand seven
hundred and ninety one.
That the principal fumsof the said Loan Office
and final settlement Certificates, with the interest
thereon, fincethefirft day ot January, one thou
sand seven hundred and ninety one, will be dis
charged after liquidation at the Treasury, by the
payment of ifitereft and reimburfitment of princi
pal, equal to the sums which would have been
payable thereon, if the said Certificates had b«en
fubferibed, pursuant to the AAs making provision
for the debts of the United States, contracted dar
ing the late war, and by the payment
funis, equal to the market value of the remaining
Stock, which would have been created by such
fubferiptions as aforefaid, which market value will
be determined by the Comptroller of theTreafury.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary of lie Treasury.
June 58 lawtf
Patent Ploughs,
TO be fold for cash by Joseph Salter at Atfion
Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan
Harker, Woodbury—and Jefle Evans, Lumber
ton, Those who have used them give them the
preference to any other kind, as they require
less team, break the ground bitter, are kept in
srder at less expence and are fold at a cheaper
rate —the plan is much fimplified and consists of
but one piece of cast iron, with the handles and
beam ef wood ; they may befixed with wrought
lays and coulters to be put on with lcrews and
taken off at pleasure
Patent rights fqr vending with inftrudWons for
making them may be had by applying to John
Newbold, or the fubferiber No. in North
Front-flreet.
IVho has for Sale;
Or to Leaf: for a term of Tears,
A number of. valuable trails of Land, w«ll
situated for Mills, Iron lYarks or Farms, most
ly improved, lying chiefly in the county ofHun
tingdon ftatt of Pennsylvania. Those who may
incline to view them will please ta apply to
John Canan efq.near Huntingdon.
Cbaries Netubold.
July 17 aawtf
French Language.
C. DUFIEF,
No. 63, South Second Streit,
WILL OPfcN
His DAY and EVENING SCHOOL,
On Wednesday, the 14th Injl.
N. B.—Private Tuition attended to as ufsal
and Tranflatioas from either Language into the
other, performed with accuracy, secrecy, and
dispatch.
Nov. 10 ew
Printing Work,
Of "Every Kind,
EXECUTED AT THE SHORTEST
NOTICE.
At the Office of the Gazette of the
USiTeo States,
Oft. t dtf
AD VI R.TISJE ViENI;
Todd ck wott
Of the City of Philadelphia, Merchants, having
assigned over their effefts, rvul, pcrfonal, and
mixed, to the iubferibtrs for the benefit of all
their Creditors—
Notice is hereby Given,
TO all persons who are indebted to the said
estate, that they are required to make im
mediate payment of tbeir relpeilivc accounts to
either of the allignees, or to William Mott.,
No. 61, Dock-ftrect, their agent duly authorized ;
in failure whereof, legal nseafures will he taken
for the recovery of such d«bts as are net discharged
without delay.
John Wadd'mgton 1
John Rhodei > Assignees.
John Alien. J
tu.th&fatFi
Valuable Property for Sale.
FOR SALE,
THAT well known Estate, called
SHREWSBURR FARM, formerly the residence
ot General John Cadwaladar, fituata on Safiafras ;
River, in Kent county, Maryland—containing a
bout 1900 acres of prime LAND, upwards of £OO
of which are in woods. The Buildings are all ex
cellent, and consist of a handsome Dwelling House,
two large Barns with Cow houses, Stables for fifty
horfes,a fpeeioua treading floor under cover,a gra
nary, two Jverfeer's houses, two ranges of two fta- '
ry huildingsfor Negroes (one of rtiem new and of
br'^.k), Corn houses a Smoak house, &c. See—The
whole Estate being nearly surrounded by water, it
requires butlittle fencing, and has a good Shad and
Herring ijlhery. It is conveniently situated for
both the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets, wilh
two landings on a navigable river but a (hort fail
from Baltimore. There is a large Peach, and two
large Appl; Orchards on the premises; also, a varie
ty of excellent fruits of different kinds. The foil is
mostly a rich losra.—The wh»le will be fold toge
ther or divideduntofmaller farms (for w+iich the buil
dings are conveniently situated) as may fuittbe pur
haler. The Stock on fahi Farm, confining of Hor
cfes, Cattle, Sheep See. will also be disposed of.—
For further particularsapply to GporueHastings
on thepremifes,ortothe fubferiber, in Philadelphia.
ARCHIBALD M'CALL, Jun.
December 11. m. tf.
DISTRICT OFPENt\SrLi r ANIA, TO H IT
BE IT REMEMBERED,
THAT on the tenth day
L. 5.% of December, in the twenty third
year of the Independence of the U
nited States »f America, JOHN
LAMBEkT of the said Diilrid, hath deposited in
this office the title of a book, the right whereof, he
claims as author in the words following, to wit:
" A (hert aad practical Eftay on Farming ; be
" iLg the experience of a farmer of about sixty
" years of age, near forty years of which were
" spent in Englana, Essex eounty, on land where
" farming is done in the greatest perfection,
" and near seven years on three bundled and
" twenty acres ol worn-out land in Pottfgrove and
" Alioway creek, in Salem, county, Weft-Jwfey—
" Skewing the means whereby these worn-out
" lands may be improved, and that the means are
" in the power of almost every farmer."
In conformity to the aft of the Congress of
the United States, intituled " An aft for
the enconragement of learning, byfecuring
the copies of maps, charts and books to the
authors and proprietors of such copies du
ring the terms therein mentioned."
D. CALDWELL.
Clerk of the DiflriQ of Pennsylvania.
dec. 13 iaw4w
)•
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT :
BE IT REMEMBERED, '
1 T THAT on the twelfth day .
\ Jof August, in the twenty-third year of
the Independence of the United States of
Amerita, Benjamin Smith Barton, ef the said dif
trift, hath deposited in this office the title of a
book the right whereof he claims as author in the
words following to wit :
" New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and
" Nations of America—By Benjamin Smith Bar
" ton, M.D.Correspondent Member of theSocie
" ty of the Antiquaries of Scotland, Member as
" the American Philosophical Society, Fellow of
" the AAerican Academy of Arts and Sciences of
" Boftoa, Corresponding Member of the Mafla
" ohufetts Historical Societv, and Profeffor of
" Materia Medica, Natural History and Botany
" In the University of Pennsylvania."
la coiiformity to the aft of the Congreft of the
United States, intitled " An aft for the encourage
ment of learning by Cecurirtg the topics of mip,
charts, and books, to the authors and proprietor,
of such copies during the timestherein mefitioned.'s
SAMUEL CALDWELL,CIerk, Dift.of Penn'
November 4, 1798.
AN ACT,
Limitng the time within which claims againfk
the United States, for credits on the books of
the Treasury, may be prefentedfor allowance
BE it enaSed by the Senate and House of Re
present atii<es of the United Statet of Ameri
ca, in Congress assembled, That all credits on
the books of the Treasury of the United Staaes,
for tranfaftions during the (ate war, which,
according ta the course of {he Treasury have
hitWbrtobeen discharged by ifliiißg oertificates
of registered debt, (hall be forever barred and
precluded from settlement or allowance, unless
claimed by the proper creditors, or their legal
representatives, on or before the firft day of
March, in the year one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-nine. And the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby required to cause this Aft to
be publiflied in ane or more of the public papers
of each state.
(Signed) JONATHAN DAYTON,
Speaker of the Henfe of Representatives.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, >
President of the Senate. Pro. Tern.
Approved July 9, 1798.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
December 13. w t ill Yar.
A SHOitT AJiD PRACTICAL
ESSAY,
ON
FAR MING:
BEING the experience of a farmer of about sixty
years ijfap-e; near forty years of which were tyent
in England, Essex county, on land where farming
is done in the greatest perfeftlon : and near seven
years on three hundred and twenty acres of worn
out land in Pottfgreve and Alioway creek, in
Salem county, West-Jersey :
Shewing the means whereby these worn.out
lands may be improved ; and that the means are
-in the power of almost every farmer: ,
Printedfor the Author,
ANB SOLO
BY ZACHARIAH POULSON,
Chefnut-flreet, Philadelphia.
N. B.—Some of the large fort of Clover feed
may be had at Mr. John Cooper's, baker. no» 1 ?«
Kace-ftreet.
December 13, nw
From Russell's Commsi:cjal Gazette.
ORIGINAL LETTER.
Nov, 10.
"1 HERE is no topic more completely be
longing to the regions ot common place than
that upon the lapse of time, and yet'there it
none to which we are more irreliftably brought
when writing after a considerable interval to
an abient fnend. Even at this moment I
can scarcely reahze to myfclf the idea, that
the day after to-morrow will close thirty one
months since we parted. I n the intervening
penod what mighty revolutions have taken
place in the affairs of Europfe ! revolutions
however as well known to you as to me •
and which, even then, were to be expefted!
You are so well acquainted with my fenti
ments, that it would be fuperfiuous to tell
you, how much I have been delighted with
the fpint which has at length discovered it
felt in our country. Had it appeared in co
lorsequally glowing a year earlier, we should
at th.s moment have been in the full posses.
ot ofe neutral rights, which an over
weamng fondnefs, and an ill-judged adminu
t.on of one foreign" power, and an unwise
impolitic bitt;rnefs and inveteracy aganift
another have deprived „s of. A rational
feif-efteero, is as necelTary to the dignified
condua ot a nation as of an individual The
language or the conduft of mean fubniffion
and avowed subserviency, are not calculated
to obtain the cla.ms of juflice. A fawninc
cring.ng servilely adoring public a R . nt '
(Monroe) though at the fame time he would
.lcem a patron of liberty, hadgi ven to our
country in France, the part of a mean suitor
and the natural consequence was, that her
entreaties were spurned with contempt, an d
(he herfelf treated like a Have. The French
government were officially told, that the
people of the United States, wilhed nothing
better than to facrifice their mod lawful in
tercfts to thole of France ; and their com
mittees of public lafety, and
were not men, to take such a declaration as
a compliment, or to let such offers flip
through their hands. They naturally con
cluded, nor was it one of their greatest er
rors of reasoning, that a nation whose public
representative was capable of giving such as
surance: , mu'ft be prepared for submission to
every infqlt, and acquicfcence under every
injury. To such a minister they could i'o
leninly fay that his country held its indepen
dence merely as a tenant at the will of France
and be sure that he would receive it as a com
pliment. To him they could talk of debas
ing themselves by difcuflion with his gov
ernment, without any apprehension of rc
fentment or contradiftion ; and although
they had for months before treated hiin so ve
ry cavalierly, as to leave him in great per
plexity of mind whether he was a public mi
nister or not, and to put him npon ingenu
ous stratagems to ascertain the fail, it is not
at all to be wondered at, that when they
found him recalled, in disgrace with his
own government, they /hould tell him, they
were sorry he was going away.
The fame fort of tone, which reigns
through all that man's negociations, he had
with the help of some friends and counsellors,
worthy of himfelf, rendered the prevailing,
fafhionable tone of American conversation,
at Paris. No man knows this better than
you, who were an eye and ear witntfs of it.
Now after that, could you poflibly be surpri
sed, at feeing repeated and solemn embaflies,
re jetted with studied marks of «ontumely ?
Was not contempt and disdain, the natural
result of such degradation ? and could the
opposite fen'timents of consideration and ref
pe A be recovered otherwise than by a display
of firmnefs and resolution, as far beyond the
customary stile of negociation, as that duft
licking manner had funk beneath it ?
The spirited attitude which we have af
lumed after so many and such deep provoca
tions, has produced its natural effeft too.
From the firfl moment of its appearance, un
til that of its full growth, as by our la'ft ac
counts it {lands, thole who before had met
friendftiip with robberry, and supplication
with indignity, have gradually retreated to
wards the borders of justice, and grown pro
fufe in profeiTions of complaisance and civili
ty. While we kneeled and tied onr hands
behind our backs, and roared for mercy,
France had nothing for us but (tripes, and
kick#, and cuffs ; but the instant we burst
our (hameful bands, rife and draw the sword
of defence, ihe has as many bows and con
gees and capers for favor as an old dancing
master of the ancien rtgime, can smile for
our love like Malvolio, and rather than
quarrel witb us, eat her leek like Pistol. All
this our country will fee, and of all this I
hope (he will not be the dupe. The firfl
moment of our relaxation from energy would
infalliby be that of her return to insolence ;
if we persevere as regardless of her falfe ca
re fles, as we have been of her fuftian mena
ces, we shall certainly bring her to terms of
reason, and iff Lie from the controversy with
vidlory and with honor.
New-York, January i, 1799*
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