National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-10-16 00:00:00, page 1

For the National Gazettß.
T'j :h: Inhabitants o/Phu.adelphia.
Fault make a mock fit fi'i."
Prov. cii. 14. v. 9.
3/y Fe.llnvj Citir,et;s,
THA T Sin is tlie cause of our prrfem
distress, is evident from the word o!
God. Fro » ills earliest ages »f time,
dokvn to t!i? prefsnt day, (In has caufcd the
overthr j\v of nation and kingdoms. Sin
lias 'brought famine, sword, pe'.lilence,
earth-quake i, iid terrible florins upon,
tli 'cr.lJ t of men, and f.vept t[iem from
the fa.:e of the eart.i by thoufamis. If we
fo.io .v the evil ways of p ill ages, r .ve may
ex-K \ the Great Rein; will visit lis in like
man.er. We have been highly favored,
as a people. fh. Lord has given us of
the fruits of the earth, ill abundance, for
onrfop'-ort : he has delivered us from the
oppfe'iion of a foreign nation, and from
the t vaiiat'ons and horrors of war. What
reru 1, ii ive we nude ? Few tit inks for
th bie lings and cemf irts of Ide : the
bravi officer. the b'ld Joldier, receives »sll
th-»p..:*.V if our deliverance. The au
thority <>r God is disregarded ; his law*
are trampl-d under foot; and now the
offended Majelty of h-aven is vifitmgus
for our traalgrellioris, which are great in
deed A few of tiiem I lhall briefly men
tion, which have in times palt brought
down the wrath of God upon mankind.
And firl-t, and molt |)articnlar, is the lin
of Sabbath-breaking. In Exodus, ch. 31,
v. 14, the Lord commands, faying, " Ye
IHal! k;up holy the Sabbath any, therefore,
far :t i: h»>y unto \au: every one th.it de
filith it, (halt surely be put to death, for
wh fnever dieth any work therein, thatjoul
Jh'i'l he cut off from among his people."—
Now, arc we not guilty in this refpeft !—
Only let us take a view of the conduit of
toe inhabitants of Philadelphia. There are
thousands that pay not even an external
regard to the Day. Our new market was
crowded on every Sabbath morning with
fellers and buyers. Many (hop-keepers
Were there too, felling as 011 other days of
the week. Others make this sacred day a
day of labour. Whole families reserve
the Snbbwh for the common duties of
houfe-worlc, according to a new fafhion in
troduced amongst us. The day is also
prophaned to the vile purposes of, card
playing,and pUyingon muficalinflrumerits.
Thousands take their pleasure 011 this day,
fame in boats on the river, end others ri
ding out in carriages to country places.
The commons arc ipread over with people
walking from one place to another. Those
of the (irft ra'ik and account in tne city
are frequently seen passing the day in pub
lic houses, talking about the times, and
to hear news.
In the winter season, liorfes and sleigh.<
are seen (banding from morning to night
and to midnight, 011 the Sabbath, to carr)
;people through the city for small funis
Hundreds, at the fame fealon, spend th<
Day i i fkiiting upon the ice. In fa£t, wt
have hardly le)t room for the lavage, un
tutored Indian to go beyond us in trans
gression ! —To what a height has wicked
ness arisen among 11s I The minds of manj
people are so led away with the invention;
of the grand enemy of fouls, that thej
hardly know what the Omnipotent Creatoi
requires of them. Many of the citizen;
have voted for, and the remainder have
permitted a synagogue for Satan to be
ere£ted in our city, to debauch andcorrupl
the minds of the people. How were they
deluded that advanced large funis of mo
ney—they that fold the ground whereon
to raise this fynagogue —they that wrought
at its interior decorations, and that too on
the Sabbath day I—Our rulers would have
been ailive in putting a stop to these things,
if they had been men that really feared
God, and were a terror to evil doers. But
at this moment, for any care of theirs,
wickedness would be fuffered to go on,
and that by authority, were it not that the
Almighty has interrupted it by viiiting us
with the deadly pedilence.
Many plead for these innocent aniufe
ments (as they call them) and fay that a
good Play is edifyi«g. But the word of
God declares they aie fools, and that so
much of our time as is not spent in the
service of God, is spent in the fervic* of
the devil ; and that for every idle word
that men (hall speak, they (hall give an ac
count in the day of judgment.
To the aforementioned lins msy be ad
ded, the (ins of extortion, oppression, pride,
tr.hojpitality, aid injujlice, that prevail in
Numb, ioi of Vol. ll.] WEDNESDAY, October 16, 1793.
By P. FRE NBA U: (at No. 209, Market Street) PMijktd Wednesdays and Saturdays, [Three Dollars per annum.]
our city.—Ye landlords 1 how many of
tiic poor and uiibefrjeiided part of our ci
tizens have groawed beneath the burden of
a heavy rent—so heavy, indeed, tli3t the
(canty rewards of severe and unremitted
labour, have been totally swallowed lip in
your exorbitant demands, leaving nothing
or next to nothing, to supply the moll ur
gent neceflities of their families 1 How
ma 1 :)' have fhrurtk into the cheerfefj hut o
poverty, that your cruel i.varice migh'
he gratified ; that you might be enabled ti
uphold your pride, to erect lofty build
i to keep grand carriages, with pam
>ered horf-.-s ; to wear gaudy apparel ; ant
to fitpport a fpii it of disdain tow ards thofi
who are not so rich yonrfelves, or wtit
ire of inferior ftatious in life.
How many bushels of wheat, given by i
icnign Providence for the support of na
ure, arc* manufactured up merely to orna
ment the heads of the people of thi:
city 1 Hist paflaee of fcripiure which faitt
that pride voeth before humility, and c
haughty /'pint before a full, is in a mea
gre fulfilled. They that have spent the
sabbath day in feafting, visiting and merry
making, now, if they are taken lick, ami
"eld for their companion; to come and fee
:hem, they viill ml venture. The Lord
las made it dangerous to vilit on the Sab
> :th, or indeed, any other day of the week.
He fSas likewise difcovcred to us another
ijc for carriage! than carrying the fnliabi
ants of Philadelphia about for purpofe-s
)f pleasure—and that is, to convey the cisai
bodies of our citizens to their graves !
Little did the people think, at the time
hey were hankering after another Thea
re, that they were liriving for what would
>ring a heavy judgement upon them. II
ve read the word of God, we (hall find,
hat the one fin of labouring for the com
pletion of the Theatre on the Lord's day.
sfulficient to destroy the inhabitants oi
his city 1 We did not stand in need ofthofe
ine tragtdies, u hose sole tendency is, tc
tttacH the minds of m»n to the vanities'ol
:hts world, add to drown their fouls ir
.verlafting perdition. The word of Goc
;ives an account of a number of tragica
events, onein particular, at a certain pe
riod of time, that drew the attention ol
tngels, and made devils tremble I—that o'
he fufferings and death of the Lord o:
jlory, the restorer of loft sinners. But
f these will not fnffice, the Lord will ex
libit an event in onr city, of such a nature
is to terrify the people from venturing ir
it the doors of the Theatre !
Few, at prelent, think the city a faf<
Mace to dwell in ; and therefore they »av(
led, by thonfands, to country retreats ant
ilaces of relidence : But there will be o:k
► rand manifeftation from heaven, of th<
Lordjefus, in flaming fire, taking ven
geance on those that know not God, am
jbey not the everlasting gospel.
May the people of olir afHifted city, and
as this whole land, be turned from their
?vil ways, and hold themselves prepared
for that great day of judging the deeds oi
men : which may the Lord in mercy gram
"or his own name'i fake.
Oft. 15. A Fellow-Citizen.
P. S. Some things ell'e occur to my
mind, as the canfe of this peftiience.—
swearing by thecrofs, killingthe book, ant
rrolSng of children in baptism, are greal
Ins ; also, kreeling at the Lord', supper.
ir keeping days holy that the Lord has not
jnjoined upon us to keep, such as Chrift
mafs day, Ascension day, or Good-Friday.
We cannot find any fuch'praftice warrant
?d by the word of God. On the days a
jove mentioned (morning and evening]
imongfoine, a man apprars firft dreft in a
long white robe, and afterwards in a black
■obe, for the fame service. Instead oi
graying to God to attune the organ of the
foul with his holy spirit, there are those
who life organs, compofcd of pieces ol
wood, and put together by the art of man !
—May the Lord mercifully look down on
us, and tune our hearts to hi» own true
worship, as pointed out in his holy word,
30th in principle and practice. " Turn ye,
turn ye ; why will ye die, O bouse ol
ffrael ?" These are my sincere prayers
for my distressed fellow citizens of Phi
laldelphia. for Chrift'sfake—AMEN.
N. B. M irryingpeople by reading of ce
remonious forms, is alio a great fin. They
[ho'uld be cried oft" three times.
Frtm tk* Columb lan Gazetteer.
pY all who possess a fenlibility to the rights
of mat), the present epoch, must be
roolidered as the molt important the Unit-
Ed States have experienced, since they took
rank among the nations of the earth as ar
independent people. \Ve are paflive wit
netfes to a Icene, which exhibits to 0111
view, the unparalelied exertions of A brave
and enlightened nation, contending with
the combined force or' almost all Europe.
We behold the horrid fnectacle of a nation
penecuted by the mercenaries and butch
er« of the human race, wfcofe avowee
plan is to annihilate liberty, and b nifh re
piiblieanifrtl from the earth. Unhappj
Fraiice! who prodigal of her blood ant
treasure to Americans, in the day ofllei
ditlrelfes, is now alfailed by the tyrailnj
which her assistance enabled them to repel
finds herfelf without one ALLY. Th<
fertile lipids of France, (who has ever ex
tended the hand of succour to the viflim;
of opprefilon; mwlt be deluged with tlx
blood of patriots and heroes; while liei
only crime is a i attempt to reform of hei
cwn government! We, as Republicans
imprefled with the importance, and iuefti
mab# value of a tree government, muf
fee that our fafety is menaced by this dread
ful confederacy. We fee the cabinet o
Ureat Britain making the liioft alarming
irogrefson the liberties of her fubjeits, am
:'.!ablilbinp the aflive power of monarch}
:ci a greater degree than any of her king:
ince Junes 11. of hated memory. Altho
;he olteni.ble plea for her engaging in this
yrannic war, was only felf-defetice, and
1 fulfilment of her treaties with Holland ;
*et we find her exertions tar exceed tliofe
>t any former period, fiuce (lie was a na
:ion ; andihe i-s, ia fact, the principal in thi;
iva.- of despots, againlt science, liberty, and
lappinefs. To deftrtiy the marine ol
France, is the darling object of her mi
nistry. Should they succeed in thisdefign,
:he evil confequifiices we shall experience,
ire too obvious to mention. She reigns at
■jrefent, Hrbitrefs of the seas. Her naval
j:man:ents ha*e been increased, and the
thunders her mandates through the world
at commerce, which, bleeding with receni
Mid reiterated injuries, utters the voice of
complaint & bitter fufFerings in every sea
port of these ftdtes. The infernal region:
never bellowed forth more fury »nd re
venge, than the demons of the Bahama Is
land». Undsrthe dire&ion of the secret
head of the British ministry, they have
committed piracies on American vefi'els,
which dtfgrace humanity.
In her infantine (fate, America niufl
expect fnfferings—Thcje she has endured,
and under the old confederacy, so diforga
iiized was i« condition, lliat they couic
only be lamented 1 but with a government
ot laws, and not of ignorant factious mer
—that we should now crouch to thoff
whom we have made to tremble, and ulti
mately injure a cause in the face of heaven
which we have deliberately declarer
rmbraces the happiness of mankind; add tc
this our fearfully abandoning it, not onl}
(hews a want of firmtiefs in Americans, bin
feemspregnant withdifgrace and intamy.
It is well known that the British natior
never forget an injury, whether real oi
imaginary. Imperious by nature, anc
made more so.by the pride of unboundet
wealth and luxury; she is a foe ts ever)
attempt to meliorate the condition of man
kind ; and the humane heart cannot bu 1
view .her success with apprehenljon anc
sorrow. How far it can be confident wit!
our best interests. in the prefer,t afpe£l ol
our politics,to fntfer heriuftilts on our com
merce to pas« unnoticed, it may be diffictil!
to fay ; but should she succeed in her pre-
Tent designs, I fear it will too late appear
that a commercial nation like America
ought never to be unprovided with tht
mofl ample means of protecting her trade
however alarming tile idea of the expeuct
and danger attending a na»al eflablifhmeni
may be. There is but too much real'on tc
believe that no commerce can remain fre«
from the intuits and injuries of that inso
lent power, which arrogantly declares fit
will make old ocean groan beneath ih<
weight of her increafnl»; fleets. We ar<
now in a state of infecurit* ; hut we »r<
deficient neither in genius nor abilities foi
defence, where they but brought into ex
ercife. That we should fuffer by th.c def
trttction of the republic of France, i» full;
evident. We undoubtedly need the alli
ance of some F.uropean power, poflefled o
both ability and inclination to befriend us
However despotism may increase its vie
tims; the trimming arift<»crat shower hi:
benediction on kings ; the privileged or
ders of mankind curse the jacobins and tri
umph in the death of Marat—we juay ven
ture to fay, as a truth, that Charles I. o
Bflcland, and - Louis X\ I - of France, live<
and died hypocrites* They were -wisna
I 1-• to their fubjefts, and they were the
viclims ol'juftice and the law. Anil iince
the days of Mo.es, that great legflator,
perhaps feutences more just than theirs
have not been executed.
That France and Frenchmen may tri
umph, and establish a government preg
nant with every blelfing to which hnman
iociety can attain, must be the ardent wilh
of every lover of mankind ; of every friend
and patron of humanity throughout the
world.
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FOREIGN NEVS.
LONDON, August 15.
The following articles are the fnbftance
of the plan of the treaty of alliance to be
concluded between Ruflia and Poland, as
proposed by the Ruffian ambaflador, count
Sieveri.
1. That a permanent peace and a perfect
Friendlliip ftiall fubfill between the two em
pires.
2- That Poland fliail formally yield to
Ruflia those provinces which the latter had
lately taken poffetHon of.
3. That Poland iliali renounce all pre
tentions of the laid provinces, and lliall gu
arantee all the poffelfions which the eni
;»refs has in Europe.
4. Rufiia, on her fide, renounces all fur
ther pretentiaus upon Poland, guarantees
ihe indivisibility of all her poicflious as
they are at prefc-r.t.
5. Ruflia fuffers the republic to give to
herfelf any reafonnbie furin of govern
ment (he will think adapted to the happi-"
nefi of the people, and which Ruflia pro
miles to guarantee.
6. Measures lliall be taken to facilitate
the commerce and trade between the twoi
nations.
7. Commiflaries flinll be appointed ori
both lides to fettle the frontier* of both
empires.
8. Ruflia protnifts to protect, and grants
:he free exercue of their religious worih p
to the romatt.catholics, inhabiting the pro-.
I'inctfs of Poland, lately taken policllion of
iy Rufiia.
9. All remaining meaflires to be takeii
for the benefit of the two Hates, shall be
determined in a particular a£t.
10,. The ratification of this treaty (hall
be exchanged w itliiu the space offix weeks.
The delegation in the firll conference
which they have had with the minister of
Ruflia, represented to Mill the in.pi flibiluy
which they were under, to enter into a
deliberation upon the fubjeft of the second
artiile, which is to be the br.fis of the
whole treaty, since thtv were not at ali.au
thorifed to accede to inch a step. Upon
which count Sieve's, in two different notes,-
infilled that the diet thould invell the dele
gates with unlimited powers, which, after
lonig Jt;bates in the diet, was at lall grant
ed.
The Prtifii.m ambassador delivered in
likewise a note to the diet, in which he re-
Ljuelled that a delegation Ihouid treat witll
nm in the fame manner as with the mini
tier t»f Ruflia.
General CusTlJje isno ttibre; by accounts
received yelterday, we learn, that he v as
"entenced to death, and has been guillotin
ed. It is aliened, the fury of the populace
was such that they tore his body in piece*.
* The following were the fubifancc- of the
:bnrges that were adduced agcinfl him.'
First. That at the firif lig?t of the enemy
lis remained inailive, with a view of fuffei ■»
ug them to penetrate into the interior part
3t France,& replunge then:r'">n in slavery,
js foona the infurredlion in the depart
ments became general.
That he placed none but suspicions cha
racters at the head of the different corpi
under his orders, that he m-fght be able to
imitate Dumouricr, if he-had remained in
hi* poif.
That he made papillots of the decrees
of the Convention, and arrefled the nati-i
onal commiflioner Celliot, for having dif
tributecl amohgthe troops the journal of
the mountain.
That, whenever he p'enfed, he disarmed
such of his troop 1 ! as ritd not embrace his
views,to arm those who erpouferf his cause,
and exercised the power ot'iife and
over his soldiers.
Th-.t lie abandoned Mentz to its fate,
though he had offered with his head to an
fuer for its fafety, and weakened the armv
deAined for its relief, under pretence of
railing the liefi,e of Conde, which iit fnffei*-
cJ t-o bis taken, and of V slenciennes, t'»r
[Total Numb. 205.J