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\W fir rr» ! v regret with yau, rue c.-k.-j
arteCof thfwar with Europe;
mav furniih pretexts for many ur.juftinab'e tie- j
prrdations on our commerce.
The citizens of the United States irden'ly j
: wife for peace and a good utiJcrftanding with ;
all nation*, from- considerations worthy a free ,
arid enlightened people, a dOc eftimatiun of the j
calamities of war, and ofthe bleflings of peace ;
Bat while they refpeft therightsofother govern
oients, they will be faith.' ut to their own.
It is our fervent wi(h, that the differences
which exist hetween the U»ited States and the
French Republic may be amicably fcttlirfl tin
jufl »nd honorable term*. % This imp- rtmt sub- i
jett we are sensible, with other national ccn.-ernt,
belongs to the general government ; whsfe pro--
ceedings at this intereitmg crisis. we doubt n-U
will biimirked with wifdoin arid firmneiV As
in that government w£ have the highest confi
dente, so we fee! ourselves bound by every so
cial and moral obligation, at all times to support
its meafurei.
Wi'h great fatisfadtinn we learn, that with
out any .addition to the usual taxes, all demands
tipon the Commonwealth may be discharged,
and that a considerable furplas will then remain
in the treasury.
The fcveral matters recommended by your
.Etcettency to the eonfiderafion of the legiflj
• ture, lhall receive our early attention. To as- i
ford fectwity to our rights, and remeiiis for tihe
wrong? rtfour conftitiients ; to jjivc en-rgy to
ihe laws, and refpe<flahi)ity to the government, !
will be the important of our I
Hons : Reiling afTured ol your excellency's con- j
clirfenee in all fach measures as 'hall be calcu
lated to; promote the public welfare.
' ■ i.f E* iiihim ' uJ" <w f m ■» »' **>•"*
X!je oasette*
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PHILADELPHIA,
SATURDAY EVENING, JANUART 17-
ARTICLES
B*iii&Hed bvtbettou r eof Rep!efeutafWer of the U
Q\ud &ste«. i* -«>
the oeonleof the United Sates, ajjainfl WILLI.iM
BLOUNT* in maintenance of their I'mpeachincSai
agaiaft. him for High Crimes and Mifdenwonois ;
ARTICLK 1 i*
That, whereas rhc United Stjtes, in thc-'rnoqths of
yebruaiy, March, April, May and. fane, intheyfar
of* our Lord one thousand seven hundred and nirjety
feven, and for many year* ihen nift, ar peace
with his Catholic Majesty, the King of Spajn; and
whereas during the months aforefaid, his said Catho
!{p Mnjfflty and the King of Great Britain were at w?r
with each other; yet the said William Blount, on or
aboil' the months aforefaid, then being a Senator fcf
tJie United Statea, and well knowing the premises,
bat disregarding thedu ies and obligationaof his high
ftatton, and designing and intending to diflutb the
peace and 'ranquiiity of -the United States, and to ?io
hre and infringe the neutrality thereof, did-confpire,
and contrive to create, promote, and set on foot, with
in the territery and jurisdiflion of the United States,
and to cortduftand carry on, from thence, a military
hostile expedition again ft the territories and domini
ons of his said Catholic Majesty in the Florida* and
Louisiana, or a part theieof, for the purpofeof wreft
iftg the fame from His Catholic Majesty, and of con
• quering ih« flipe far the king or Great Biitain, with
whom his jfaid Catholic Maie;iy v was then at war, con
trary to thp fluty and trail of his Ration as a Senator
of the United States, in violation of the obligations
• of neutralitv, arid against the 'lfcws *>f the United
States, and the peace and interests thereof.
i • ARTICLE 11.
Ttfat, whereas on the twenty-seventh day of Ofto
** tier, in the year of our lord one thousand fevrn hun
-1 tired And nir>«Mn-fivc, a treaty of fiiendfttip, lira its
and.navigation had been made and concluded between
Biwfo— *IMU ■M«jLHyy-*»y r t>e
fifth article whereof it js stipulated v.nA "rha;
" 3 **HHe two Higli parties fha',!, Wj al. the
•• means io-rhiei-r powei. maintain peace and harmony
among the several Indiau nations who inhabit the
'* country adjacent to the lines and l ivers, whiehy by
ct the preceding ancles, form the bourula ies ol the
tw6 Florida?, And the better to obtain this efTeft,
" both parties themfeives exp cfsly to r eftmn
li . by force ail hoftni»i<sor* the pa it of hr'lndian na
'* tions living virriiu their j o that 6pajn
44 will not I'uffot her Indian# to attack ibd ctf
■'** the Uni'ed Stated, no: the fiul a«;s inhabiting their
territoty . wiH the XJniitd S 2ie»i permit
4t lad imenno'v d Indians to cotnm«!< c* utilities a
-41 gaintl the fubjefts of his Cathode M?jefty or hisln
«'dMns. in Mtiy manner whatever ."—Yet the said
Wniiam hlouM, .vi ar about the iniM '<s of February.
T March, April, u June, in Lite yfcar of oar
Lord one tn«ufe*uv f«ven hundred and ninety-lcvert,
then being * Sci»t'T oi, ibe United-Stales,"and well
knowing-cne ptemties, a>id th«»t tne said United States >
were then at peace with his said CVholic Maj-.itv, and
that his Catho ic N was at w*( with he King of
Great-lintain. but the duL.e:; of his high •
Oation, and the ftipulaiwns of the said treaty, aud
the obligations of neu rality, did conVoire and con
trive to excite the Creek and Cherokee na Sottfc In
dians, then inhabitu»g within the territr tul bo' <id«-
ry of the Ufctud States, to commence bolHii yss a,~
tbf and ot his Catholjc Xla
jffty, *n the F/ortdas and Louifvaii«v tor purpf ie
of reduejng the <ame to the dominion od the King of
(Treat- Britain, with whom his-CathoVic Majesty w>s
then at war as aforefaid ; contrary to the duty of his
tflfift ar.d station is a 'the Ifni.ed in
Y 6f tllg r«iO mail «»* 'si it miJli)
navigation, and of ihe obligations of neU.r*4i[y, aud
against the laws of the United Stales, and the peace
and interests thereof.
/KTICLE 111.
That, the ordinances 2nd aflsof Con
grtfa for regulating 1.-ace ard in'errou/lc v.lth the In
dian tribes and *or pretcrviog pe : -ce on the frontiers,
it hat been made lawful for the Prefidem of the Unit- I
ed in order to ensure the c®ntinuante,cf the (
fticodfhip of the said Indian tiibes, to ippo ut such
. per Ton*, from time to time, as temporaiy agents, to
reside among the Inditoi, as he shall think fit; and 1
whetfas, in purluanccof the said euihority, the Pre- <
fident of the United Slates, on or about the eighth
day at September, in the year of ot>r Lord one 'hou
fand se v en hundred and winety-ftx, cftd appoint Beri- '
jimin Hawkins to be p iocipal temporary agent for 1
Indian affairs, within the Inoian nations south of the ]
riverOhtQ, and north of the territorial line of the-U- 3
nited States: and whereas the said Benjamin Hawkins '
accepted the said appointment, and onthetwenty-6rlt '
day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand (
seven huodtedand mneiy-feven, and tor a long time
before and sfterwaids, did cxerci-fe t!»e funSioru, r
powers and duties attached to the fame,'yet the 'aid
William Blount, on or about the said twenty-fi'ft a
day of' * pri 1, in the year of our Lord one thousand t
seven hundred and ninety-leven, then being a Senator /
of the Usittd Statea, and well knowing the premi' i |
did, in the prosecution of his criminal design- and of a
his conspiracies atorefaid, and the more effectually to I
accomoliih his intention of exeitif g the Crr> k and [
Clierr kee nations of !rti»iu to <roinmence holtilities
agaivft thu fnbjefts of his Catholic Majesty, iurther k '
conspire and conttive to alienate and divert ihecnr.fi. rV
denre of tlfc laid Fndian ir bes or na ifflns from the 'J
said Benjamin Hawkirs, the principal temporary agent ■ ,
aforefaid, and to diminish, impair, and deftioy the :
■nflufocc of the said Benjamin Hawkins with the iaid j
Ina an tribes, and tfieir friendly "inteteourfe and un- ' ti
derPKndini; with him; ccr.trary to the duty of his ; f £
trult and lianon js aSe,ator of the Ur.iteJ Stat », and J i
agtinftthe ordinances and laws ot the United itatts, I v
and the peace and irnereils there's. TO
ARTICLE IV. OI
That, whereas"by the ordinances and a<3s of f r
congress aforefaid, it is madeUwful for the Pre
sident of the United States to enabliih tracing
hotilV? at such places and pofls on the weflern B , n
and fourhern frontiers, or in the Indian .country,
as he shall judge most convenient lor.carrying- pti
a liberal trar*e with the I'ev'er.il In.;Un nations •) so;
within the limits of the Unitsd St.'t s. to ; Ft
appoint an agent at each tri.'in;j hc.tife tjdabiifh- I
• j i*(l*» iforcfij J, with fu. h cierks fnd afiiflanti as
t i may I>< tieceflary for the execution of thefiid
- i a'As ; ami whereas, l»y a. ri eaty nude and eon-
J chiSH ~ ifie feioml day of Jul?; In the yearjif
■ j our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ni,ie
• • ty-one, between the United States and the Che
: , r okee nations of lndiapj, fuhahiting within the
; j limits of the United States, it »« fiipulated and
. agiee.l " that the United States will fend such
- and so many perf ns to refije in said nation as
t tliey mayjudge proper, not exceeding four, who
t (hall qualify themlelvejto a<ft a» interpreters" ;
; and wiiereas the freQdent of the United States,
i | as well in purfuanee ofthe author! -iss in this ar
- i ticle mentioiird, as ofthe aifl< -of Congrefare
, I fcrned tg in the third article, did appoint Ja'Oes
• Carey to l>e interpreter for the United Si»t-s
to the fait! Cherokee nation of Indians and afiift
i ant at th'f public trailing house eftabtifh;J ,»t the
"lellico Blockhoufc in the state of TennefTee ;
a»d whereas the said James Carey did jeeebt rht
said lppointmeots, and on the twenty firlt day
of April in the year of our Lord one
. seven hundred and ninety fe en, and for a loi«g
i time before and afterwards, did txertife the
, funiflions and duties attached to the fame; yet
i the said William Blount, on or about the said
twenty-firft day'of April, in the year lift afofe
- said, then being a Senator of the Uiaited Stats,
i. aad well knowing the premises, did, in profe
| etition of his criminal dellgns and in furtherance
; of hi- conspiracies aforefaid, conspire and con
> trive to seduce th« said Jam's Ca ey from the
, j duty and trust of his said appointments, ar.d'to
■ | cn g'g° the laid James Carey to jffift in the pro
- motion and execution of '.is said criminal ioten
. ' tions and afrrefaid ; contrary to the j
duty of hi* tru'f and station as a Senator of the
r United States, and ugainft the laws and treaties*
" ; of the United States, and the peace and interests
; thereof.
ARTICLE v.
That, whereas certain tribes or nations of In
dians inhabit within the territorial limits of the
United States, between whom, or many of lh;m,
and the settlements sf the United States, certain
boundary lines have, by fucpeffive treaties, been
stipulated and agreed upon, to separate the lands
, and pofleffions ofthe said Indian.-,from the'Unda
iiofTeffi ons of tiieUiiitM States and citizens
j th'reof ; and v.-hereai, particulifly, by
t the last anicle meutiontd to have b>en
■•aide with the Cherokee natiofe, on the'fecond
day of in th«year of onr Lord one thousand'
f feyen. hundred and ninety-ene, boundary
' line between the United States and the Chero
kee nation was agreed and defined ; and it was
J ftirther flipttlated that the fanie should be ascer
tained end ntirked plainly by three persons ap
r pointed on the part of the United States and
r three Cherokees on the part of their nation ;
f and whereas, by another treaty, made with the
, said Cherokee.uation on the twenty-sixth day of
i June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
: hundred and ninety-four, the said herein before
■ recited treaty of the fecotid day of July ,in the
' year of our Lord orie thousand seven hundred
and ninety-one, was cbnfirmecl andeftaSliihed,
' f and it was mutually agreed that the said- boun
dary line (hould be. adlually ascertained and
I marked in the manner prelcribed by the faidlift
- mentioned treaty : And whereas, in purfuanee
- of the said treaties, comraiffioners were duly
1 nominated and appointedon the part of the U
nited States, to ascertain and mark the laid beun-
daryline; yet the said William Blotint, on or
[ about the twenty-firft day of April in the year
of our Lard one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-seven, then being a Senator of the Unit
. Ed States, and well knowing the, prenjifei; in
further profecutfen of his said criminal designs
i i and of Ws (Sonfpirtcies aforefaid, and the more
| eifeflually to accomplish his intention of eAfiit-.
ing the said Indians to commence hostilities a
iti ufittn catholic majesty, did
further c*nfpire and contrive to diminish and im
. pair the confidence of the said Cherokee nation
in the government of the United States, and to
create and foment difcontenis and dilaffeilion
among the said Indians towards the government
of the United States in relation to the afcertain
mer.t and mai king of the said boundary line
; contrary so the duty aiid trust of his station as a
-senator of the United States, and against the
peace and interests thereof.
An.d the House of Representatives, by pro
, favingto themselves the liberty of ex
hibiting, at iny time hereafter, any further arti
cUs, or impeachment, against
the said William Blount, and a!fo of replying
to hi- answers which he shall make unto the said |
articles, or arry of them, and of offering proof to '
►all and ever.v the afo.-ef.id articles, and to all
and every other articles, impeachment, or ac
cufatien, which (hall be exhibited by them, as
thr cafe stall requi-e, to der.iand that the said
.William Blotint may be put to answer the said
crimes and mildemeannrs, and that such pro
ceedings, rxaminations, trials and judgments,
ijny be thereupon had and given as are agree'a
blf ljqlav/andjuftlce. .
SCIPIO—No. XV.
IT was on the authority of Tom Paine,
that I aflerted that be-certainly rtfided with
Mr. Monroe at Paris in theyear 1795, when
he two letters to President Waftiing
ton, and probably he was there when he
wrote a tliird, dated joth July, 1796
The two former are dated 22d February
and 20th September 1795, apd in the last
are to be found the following sentence»,
" After the Robtfpierrian members of the ,
committee were removed, by the expiration
of their time of ftrving, Mr. Monroe re
claimed me and 1 was liberated the 4th of ;
November." Immediately upon my libera-' 1
tion Mr. Monroe invited me to his house, 1
where I remained more than, a year, and a J
half, and I speak of his aid and friend/hip- 1
as an open hearted man will alw.ays do iu 1
such a cafe with refpeft and gratitude.— 1
(Page 25 of the letter.) t
T hough the year is not exprefled when '
Tom Paine was liberated, it wa-6 in 1794,
as will appear by Mr. Monroe's letters, da' '
te<J Ift Nov. 1794 and '3'h J anu ary, 1795 1
(page 100.) As then he rtfided more than t
a year and a half from the 4th November t
1 794 house of the American minis- a
ter, he was certainly there in FebruaVy and t
September 1795, and most probably in JJu t
,|y 1796 when the last letter was wriuen.— t
The firft mentioned of tjiefe letters, it it a
true, when it was shewn to Mr. Monroe was
deiircd to be recalled, which was for that n
time accordingly done, but was afterwards it
sent in 1796. More than 15 months after F
the date of this letter, Tom Paine was per- ei
mitted to live with the American miuider as V
one of his family upon terms of familiar le
friendfllip, instead of which treatment he k
ought to have been instantly shewn the tloor lei
and forbid his house. In it he reproached at
the Prefidei.t for not interposing Jiis e'xerti- o]
to obtain his liberation from the impri- cc
"inmettt infiided by the ruling p .w'er of d,
France, which lie attributed wholly to his er
kfire to keep him at a diftahce from the U- or
"*j> t»i;ed" bi'caufe (u's h# fay„) the pre
l"l fence of a man who might disApprove of the
r } .administration, and who had credit enough
uie- 'J's co'dutry to he htard and believed,
he- w as not widled " In it he inveighed also a
ihe gainst the proclaraation. of neutrality and
ind cenfurcd the conduct of Mr. Jay in his ne
jch gociation and lome other step» of the Exe
cutive-
,» . The letter of thi 20th September 1795,
les, ' s con cise, impudent, insolent, infamous.
ar - In this he demanded copies of whatever the
ri - President had written refpe&inj him, either
Oes in hi 3 public or private letters, and conclu
ded in the following wMr3»i, " v lcujght not
the to S,e ys'i of treachery, but
;e . whether I recover from (he ijj 115(3 I now fuf
the f cr or nor > I fia'l continue to think you
jay ; treacherous till you giff canfc to think
ia«J : otherwjle.i lam fureyou would have found
)fc S : yourfeli" more at your cafe, had you afted
, by me as you ought. ? for whether yqiir de
: fertion of me was intended to gratify. the
ire _ Engiifli government, or to let tne fall into
t, s> j dcltru&iou in France that you might
>fe- claim the.louder again ft t,hs French revolt
nee I tion ; or whether you hoped by my extifidli-*
! on to meet with, less oppoijtion in mounting
11 up the American government, either of these
ro _ 1 will involve you in reproach you will not
; easily (hake off." Let it be remembered
the j that Tom Paine when he wrote this letter
the ' had resided almost a year under the roof of
o' 8 " the American minister, was then resident
"' ls under the fame roof, ?nd for many months
afterwards continued to rt-fide there.
j n . The last letter of Tom Paine to President
the Wafhingtoii is dated 30th July 1796, when
■m, mod probably he was ttill enjoying the
ain friendly hofpiulity of the American m.iujf
e^ n ter. it coufiits of, jipwards df fifty pages
Cl , s ! and comprehends ihg tvyo former which are
, s ! made parts of it t hqee letters were
•da - | to the Editor bf;f%4jwora, the libel
een printer against the late President and his
Wid.| ntcaiures, aij4 tj»e friend of the American
lr, d : tninifter, in order that they rpight be pub
afy j lifhed. Some e»tra£ts may be seen in the
| Aurora I believe, and the whole in a pam
,cr. phlet which was printed by bim in the fall
ap. of J796, when the minds of our citizens
md were drawn to the choice»o£ a fucceflbr to
,n ; the President of the United States who had
the previously publiftied his determination to re
' 0 tit;e. It is well known to every body that
orf in the contest at the late ele£iion for Prefi
the dent, the real political question to be deci
ded ded was whether the Wafhingtonian system
ed, of administration (hould b® continued or
u»- not, which system was too independent to
'"<j be pleasing to France. The French Re
nce f lc was intent on raising to the helm Mr.
~ly Jefferfon, who was deemed by it, and as
U- appears since from Jiis reputed letter to Maz
m- zei wasjuftlydeemed,hoftile to that political j
or system, if not to the comftitution itfelf of
tal " the United States. The following is an
extract from this almost iocredible but ever !
memorable letter to Majizei. ««, Our politi- |
, ns cal Situation is prodigiouily changed since I
jre you fcft us. Instead of that noble love of
;ifr-. liberty ftvLt&ot republican government, which
a- carried us triumphantly thro' the dangers
I,d of the war, an anglo-monarchico-arjftocra
™~ tic party,has arisen.. Their avowed obje&ii to
to on us substance, as they, hkveal
on ready given us the form of the.British gov
:nt ernment,&c.'' The only important change
in- of government to whiph the writer alluded,
e : was from the old confederation to theprefent
conjiitution, which is like (as he fays) to the
British government, and is not republican.
Of course he cannot be expected to love or
x _ revere it, but to hate it, if this is his real
ti- opinion of our constitution.
This letter also adds, " it is fofHcient that
we guard ourselves and that we break the
j | 1 lilliputian ties by which they have bound us
a ll in the firft (lumbers which succeeded our la- j
lc _ boiirs." What does this mean ? What are
as the Lilliputian ties which the author means, j
id As I conceive, the ties of the conftitntion, !
•'d and none else can be understood. Moreo- j
ver, the letter fays, " we have against us |
; ' the Execativepower, the judiciary power, aIL
the officers of government, and all who are j
seeking offices, all timid men. Need it be
alked who is or can. be jneant ;by the Exe
ne_ cutive power, but the President of the U
th nited States. In (hort.whatjdoes this fen
;n tence mean but that the wjiole adminiftrati
g. on, the President, tjye judges and all the o
ae ther officers are opposed to republican gov- 1
_ ernment and attached to njouarchy and are 1
ry ready to destroy the liberties of America. 1
ft Lastly, the writer obferyes, "it fuffices that 1
1, we arrest tfce progress of that system of in- 1
le gratitude arid injustice towards France fro.m i
1D which they would alienate lis, to bring ug 1
e- under Bntilh influence, &c." I (half not i
,f permit rhyfelf to comment on these passages 1
». of the letter to Mazzei. But Ido not now 1
bcfitate to 'fay that 1 believe, and that it is <
a generally believed, that this letter was writ- f
p. ten by Mr. Jefitrfpn. If genuine, it sure- <
ii -ly proves that the expeaations of France c
_ were well founded. For a Jong time before 1
the elefticn all Frenchmen, all American de- t
n mocrats, and all malcontents had fixed cn li
him to succeed to the Presidential autho- c
rity and had made this the grand obje<S of h
> their political pursuits. From localaixlo- v
n ther considerations, many of our good ci- o
r tizens were disposed to favor his eleftioß
- also, at that time believing him more at- 0
1 tached to the constitution and less opposed
- to the Wafhingtonian ajdininiftration, than
- tl\ey are now from iaformation
1 authorized to believe. ' ' S
9 To promote the ele&i'on of this gentle. R
t | man, all means were, it is belfeved called
s into aftiou, which were in the pgwer of the
r French republic. From this cause proceed
• ed the letter of Tom Paine to President e,
1 Wa(hingtbn, to which I have referred, a m
• letter that is become very notorious, and is ic
known by the appellation of the infamous ! jj'
letter of Tom Paine: It made its appearance : fj,
at a time when it might impress the public .ai
opinion ngainft man who wished for a th
contirfoande of the system on which Prefi
deflt Walhington had admjniltered the gov- m
ernment. Soon after this, other publicati
on 3 of the lame tendency were niadt; nor was pj
t
•«..i? • • f
re* say tune thought so suitable for Mr. Adct
he to publish the angry mam'fefto of the French
gh republic, as when, in the ftatc of Pennfyl
<i, vania the people were about to give tiicir
a- votes for WeiSors of the Prefideutof the U
t«d nited States. It was on the votes of this
estate, which, from tfir operation of the law
e- were almost certain of bei.ig all on the fame
fide, that the ele&ion was supposed to de
5, pend. That the manifesto had a sensible ef
is. feft on fotxe of the inhabitants of our city
ae of the focicty of friends, is not to be doubt
er ed.
» :
J " In this letter I'om Paine declares him
felf '' opposed to almost the whole of his
(Wafhington's) adminiftration,and ptomifes
tn prove it to have- been iificient.ifnot pcrfi* j
, U dious, as well as unjult in refpeclto Fiance." ;
This is what Mr. Monroe in his book does
j in substance undertake to prqve : This too
is the opinion w.hieh is contained in the let
ter to Mazzei; and this is the charge that
e the French republic, by her functionaries
0 has often repeated. That the people (hould
believe that this charge is well founded, and
t j v that their confidepce and affeftion were
misplaced in their former President, is dee-
hied an important preliminary, to the fuc-.
cess of their plan of bringing about 3, change
a( j in the present administration, and perhaps
in the constitution. Some of the writers
avow this fentiinent in terms, and
t Tom Paine declares his wiflt to change the
l is constitution in some inftauces which are
mentioned in the letter.
Nt Upon the political topieks whieh are em
rn braced in Tom Paine's letter, it must be ob-
He served that his opinions are cenfonant with
if- those of Mr. Monroe on the fame fubje&s as
ss they arcexprelfed in his letter and narrative,
re The similarity of"ideas, aiid in a few inftan
re ces of expressions, is f> striking that the
■]- reader woirtd naturally believe that the two
is authors held a free communion of ienti- N
Jn ments with each other, while they lived uti
b- der the fame roof. As it would be tedious
xe to make quotations to prove this, I ftiall
n- rely on the candor of those who (hall read
ill both, for the accuracy of the remaik i nor
is shall I quote from the letter the many op
:o probrious and slanderous expressions which
id ruii throughout it, and which call forth the
e- indignation of every honest man in every
at quarter of the world : But as I have ad
fi. verted to the patronage afforded by Mr.
i- Monroe, in his own house, to Tom Paine,
m for the space of more than eighteen months,
)r while he was there writing insolent letters
;o to President Walhington, to be commum
:• cated through the medium of Bache's Au
r. rota, designed to injure the reputation of
u the President, to promote the views of the
5 . French republic in regard to his successor ;
al ; to strengthen the French faftion among us,
>f i (hake the confidence of the people in 'all
in those who approve and supported theWa(h
---:r ingtonfyftesi.fromaconvidtionthat it was the
i. ( wisest and best for the common happiness, -I
e ! must not, cannot forbear to present to-public
if confiderbtioß the last paragraph of that most
h infamous letter, from this (ample well, may
rg be imagined the reft. It is as follows,"thi»
a- is the ground upon which Ametipa now
;o stands. All her rights of commerce and
]. navigation have to commence anew, and that
j. with the. loss of charafter to begin with. If
p e there 13 sense of shame enough left in the
1, heart to call a blu(h into the cheek, the
Waftiiugton administration must be afliamed
le to appear—and as to you, Sir, treacherous
j. in private friendfhi'p (for so you have been to
r lne , and that, in the day of danger) and a
d hypocrite in public life, the world will be puz
zled to decide whether yon are an apostate
or an impostor; whether you have abandon
e ed good principles, or whether you ever had
s any }" Who would have thought it peffible
. J that the author of this paragraph was the
e companion of the American minister in his
I, ; own house at Paris? It has been proved, and
, : who can deny it after reading the proofs?
- 1 In addition to the instances of mifconduft
s | in his ministry which have been ipe'cifie<2& in
I, aggravation oft.hera,Mr. Monroe while A
e j merican minister is proved to have been the
e patron of Tom Paine the libel writer, and
. the confidential friend of Bache the libel
. printer, against the President and his ad- j
. ministration.
From the single motive of doing good,
- I have submitted. my view of our late mi
• nifter's conduft, arifiug principally from the
s doepments which he has publilhed. Oug't
. the patron of Tom Paint, ought the friend
t ps Bache, ought the man who had coinmitt
- ed the afts of mifcondud to which I have
1 adverted, ougbt the man who pofleffed
the confidence of the opposition party
r in this Country and of the French Ru
-3 lers which he endeavoured to acquire by his
r subserviency, ought the man wlio paid more
; deference to the judgment of the French 1
■ fa&ion which probably coincided with his 1
own, than to the opinions and sentiments 1
orf your President. Ought such a man to
: have been continued as minister of the Uni- \
ted States to the Fren« h republic ? Ought ,
his associates in politics any longer to be
countenanced. Ought they not all be a- t
bandoned as insidious enemies to the public !
weal, to the union, felicity and independence \
of these United States.
N. B. In no 14, feftion 8, at the word
objedts, ends the ferttenee.
Married last Thursday evening,. Mr.
Samuel Yorke, merchant, to Miss Ma- "
RY Lippincott, both of this city. r
We ?re teM hy a gent rm3n just- from Hjvre- '
Ue-Grace, that the t iver . c ufquehanr.a, at the low- °
er ferry which is near its p ooth, isinthemofl
e vtraordinaiy fityation ever n'rhaps in the
memory ci n'.an 011 the iats fcrtaking up of th<-
ice, an immetilc quantity ftoppid on in
I tlowii tl e riv»r in the mentioned, an<l formed a _
| btrrk of ice of confxkT»M< height from (her-to
fliore, f*u which foot p fTeigcr; cross with lafety
'.althrugb the furfp.ee ii exrretjifcly ui even, and 1
there are narfow filfures or openings to the
water It is foppofed by torae t':»t the ice reftn t
in places on the bottom of the river; t r», hrv/ei ']
Vt-r, not likely, a , the water in thit pjrt. it ii
to he a 5 feet eep.—' he dehver and receive -
pj.T itjjers with their ba g»?e an eichfijt n usual ,
f 11 -**-. v ■ lI.A-h. >t,><r»p ■ m&
ft A——»———il—i—« rfww r
| l $3" '/A* &7/f of tbj G)ods faieil
~ //•(?« the wreck of the fhrp John, ai\
j. ucrtifed for Sale this day, is pojifofc
u ed on account of the weather to Wtd
■v nefday next the 3 1fl infl.
I NEV/-theatr]L '
y jjP The paWic are re'peJtfnl'y informed tin!
■- aft-a this evening, (lie Ope* will lie laid slide#
on account ,at.fi>m« new pieces in preparation.
THIS EVENING,
|, JANUARY 37,
s Will beprefewcU (for the tijiid time here), i
COMIC Oi'EK A, in three a,?lf, called
!,* Abroad and at Home ;
g on, A TOUR IN TIIE KING'S KENCIL
After which (tor that niglir only), wiii be reviV*
D ed, the favorite Pafitchvmc fnterttiiniiunt;
comprcfled into me adl, of
c s Robinson Gruioe,
OR, FRIDAY'* LELIVERANCS.
e aMnfnal Farce, in two ails, never peiiormed
in /tinn i'-a, palled, Hnnr the > : ipper.
BAlX!
Mr. Byrnes fourth Ball will be on
* day evening next 30th Jan. at Oeilers'a
Hotel. Gsntlemens'tickets at one dollar
e each, to be had at the Hotel. Ladies'
e tickets to be had of Mr. and Mrs. Byrtie,
No. 114 North 6th Street.
Tuition as usual.
; J an - 2 ? • , 3 l
1 Pursuant to the last Will and
s Testament of Jos. Henfzey, d*cea£cd, will be ■l
- t« pnelicfal- at the M. rcham'Coftce
Houf', in i-econd Ureet, oa Wednef'ay, ih«3t*
a inft. at 7 u'.lock in the cvet. 1:1
A VALU-Bi.E I.OT or piece «f erotind £tu*
atei 00 the Weil si le of Delaware" Fipth llreet,
*n beginning at the corner of Lombard and'
■ o-teiidinr lu.rtbward 8•. feci, thenct we-'ward 90
s feet, and- northward 4c fset, to an eight feet wide
U alley, tlier.ce elor.g the fa id til ley n-eOw-r.! 98 feet
, to a so feet Tride alley, called Blackberry alley,
thence extending fcy the raid alley itt feet, (o
r Lombard street, and e.iUvvard by the f.id fireet
- 188 feet to the place »[ beginning. Thefituation
!l this lot is pleasant and in an improving part of
e the city (a large three (lory br;ck maVaage of
48 feet in front, having been lately finiflied imme
f diateJy apposite) it has four fronts, and 'may be
- convenient!) divided int. ten building lots, f.om
■. 20 to 22 feet in front, which will readily yield the
, purchaser an annual income of dpllars or more
at the customary price for lots near the fame fitua
' tion
s Also a twoftory frame messuage or tenement and
- lot or piece of ground, situated on the wed fide of
Blackberry a'ley, containing in breadth on the said
f a l- e y 4 l feet, and in length or depth j8 feet.
There h a frame £able on the back part of the lot.
One yearly rent charge of forty (hillings, iffuiug
> out of a lot or piece of ground situated in Artilie
, ry Lane-(in the Northern Liberties) on which is
1 erected a brick, meliTuage.
Alfoone other yearly rent charge of jl.ilTuing
out of a lot or piece of ground situated in Duke
(treet (commonly called Artillery J.ane) on which
1 i« ere<fled a frame me flu age.
c Also, 200 acres of land, situated in the connty
I ? f WeOmoreland. in the Hate of Pennsylvania, Ir.
f 4: d<)rutio 'i Mrnbtr
eiTlj<so, patented in 1786, b.unied east by kts
119 and 120, south byijoi, weft by 1281, n»rth
r by 1*99,
ff°' on< m ' l, tar T land warrant for ico scree-.
t Likcwife, a vary valuable lot or piece of ground
f 3 ,hr ec story commodious bri k houf; and
. V" ame kifhen. situated on |the east fide of Second
I a r £ et r /f" Schu r lki ". ana north fide of Race cr
- oallatras ure:t, containing on Seeond (Ireet im
1 feet, ar.d on SafTafras or Race ftreit feet.
s There we erected en the premises befidesthe above
} dwelling, a convenient Barn and Stable fuffici-nt
ly large to accomnv e f c vt ral cow, also a nam
ber of n-at lummer-houfes in the garden ; a varie
ty ol trees, some of which are fruit, there is a
r pump with excellent water in tlieysrd. Thi.; pro
pertris not more than two fjuares from the canal
j which wjil be highly advantageous to it, ia a few
yea t.
Part of this estate is leafed for 20S dollars per
nn cm, of whi»h two yearsfrotn the«;th March
; nex-, are un* ipired.
| \Sh,r r ic tJte Philadelphia Library will like
, wife he fold.
wid be made known at the time of
A">yp rf >n wiping to view the propei ty
pleafc to applp to
JOHN WARNER,
»" 38, north 4(8 street, ( _
or to fcD ■fJ ARU ('U TBUiH (
No. 10, south 4th.ftreet. J
WILLMM" SHANNON, Auctioneer,
: J sn -9
Flax Seed for Saje.
Apply to GEO. DOBSON,
No, 25 South Third ftrett.
Jan ' dtf
Genteel Boarding and Lodging,
i o lie had at a moderate price—Enquired
Wo. Arcn-^reet.
,d 2 w
PR^oposau
tT A „ V ™ G , m '' t v ' irh pa'ronage, the
A X Subfcnber is emboldened to ifTue prooofals
tor printing by fubfer.p-ioH, the JOURNALS O F
k r ESS ' fro ' E thcir fi rf l meeting in 1775,10
the present time. '
This work fcall be print'd with a new type
made Tor the purpose ; and on good paper. 'lr
wil be deiivtreiTan ole dollar per volume (o£la
v<») >n 6vo s.—cafh so f-e paid on delivery
I' is ncedlcfs to fay any thing of the merits of
thii undertaking—tke scarcity ol the Journals
throughout the United S.ates, ■» fuffi. lent to jufl:-
fy the p-inter in his hop? of m?eciog with that
success, which he i« certain the enterp/ tie <i/-fcr7o
- PARKEII.
J ;n »7- d6t
A r 0 T I c E.
A I-f.-'p-rfon,- who have my d.'mand* aTaln.t
' 1 the eftitf of IVIL JI AMCOMPTOA' I; t c
"t the:c tyat Phthdelpfua deceased.'are reiuefl
fo furn'ln their aieiHinf, duly attested. And
thole who are indebted to f,.id estate, are earnefl
iy fohcir-d f»m s ke immediate paym-nt, to either
o the lubf ribers
Ifjac Calhrall, 1
John Haojuortb, S- Ad.niniftrator.
Samuel IVileox* J
January 27.
Mrs. GRATI'AN, ~
RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies ar.d
Ouitlemen of the City, that agreeable
to ihe wish of Mrs. Orattan's fobferibers, on
T1; ?fr'ay next Ihe gives a Ball, with refrefhroenti
inPejd cf a concert, at Mr. Richardets. Tick
et* of admittance to non-fubfcriberi two dollar!.
J- dtf