National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-03-16 00:00:00, page 3

a flumes merit to himfelf in proportion to
the cunning and deception made life or to
accomplish liis purposes. Under these cir
cumstances the finances become a mv-iteri
ous and impenetrable science to the citi
zens—no one knows what sums of money
are actually railed—llo one becomes ac
quainted with the manner of expenditure.
With the financier, everything is made
iribjett to the mod fordid calculation, and
nothing is esteemed worthy the attention
of government which cannot be made jub
fervient to his projects of finance. Ihe
executive officers of government and the
creditors of the state, consider the people
•isflaves, who in fafl being reduced to the
I,loft wretched state of misery and depen
dence, th-y become despised by those very
men who are supported by their daily la
bour. The increase of the wretchedness
of the labouring poor in England has been
ill a direst ratio with the public debt of
that country : so great a proportion of the
people are become objects of chanty that
the enormous sum of three millions ller
ling is annually requited for their support
and which Mr. Young fays has tor several
vears experienced an increase ot one hnn
<ired thousand poundc l.erl. per ann. A late
writer of England, who for many years
has been acquainted with every part
of that kingdom, observes, " As to the poor
labourers and working manuiaaurers they
can spend but their little all: but how mi
serable do many of them who have fami
lies live and appear now to what they did
'formerly 1 The prices of several articles ol
c+oathing, as well as the various articles of
food are much advanced : but are the poor
labourers and artificers wages, advanced
proportionably 1 In many inltances it is so
notoriously the reverie, that the necella
ries of life cannot now be purchased by
many "ood economilUof this class. isreael
111 some counties, barley or oat bread and
potatoes, are nearly all a great number of
the poor have to fublift on, and many have
not enough of that low fare to fatisfy then
hunger : whi Ift their patched and tattered
cloathing, and almolt entire nakednefsof
many, especially children, abundantly de
monstrate the extreme poverty of a very
valuable part of the inhabitants of a na
tion glorying in its profpenty, riches, and
public credit. Very few poor labourers
c 111 now Ipare so much money from their
scanty weekly earnings, as to buy a little
malt : consequently their general liquor 111
their families is water ; or, it nature some
times craves and is indulged with fome
thinf fironger, by such as labour hard, it
is purchased at a dear rate from or at pub
lic houses. It was ibrmerly the common
ciillora of the wives of labourers and arti
ficers to Durchafe 011 market days two or
three e dlons of malt, which Aould per -
haps brew tolerable good table beer for
the week; but the increajed duty and the
advanced price of barley now generally
render this impracticable. Butchers meat
upon an averages nearly if not quite don ■
ble its former price ; ths poor may looxat
it and lizh f&r it in the markets, but very
little of it must fall to the fliare ot many ol
them. I know what I fay when I allert
that uillefs it be given them, some and 1
fear many, do not taste a morsel ot butch
ers meat for many months _
The uniformity and certainty ot the e
vils arising from public credit and funding
fyltems. wherever introduced, mamtelt
that we' ought not to attribute such evils u
any mismanagement of the agents, but tc
consider them as the unavoidable conse
quence of violating* those laws of nature
which God has ordained to regulate me:
in ioci j ty ; which therefore cannot be vio
lated with impunity. Kings, priests ant
crafty financiers have been too fuccelsru
in rendering government an impenetrable
mystery to the people, and 111 eftabnlhing .
belief, that a well bom few were to enjo)
an exclusive right to be idle, to live fump
tuouQv, unjust, and to oppress then
fellow-citizens, whilst the deltmed lot ol
the people was submission, labour, and m:
fery. The veil of hypocrisy is at length rent
asunder ; and man examining things toi
himfelf, fees that these pretended rights pre
nothing but the result of injustice and de
ception. God has created men equal 1:
their rights, and in their views of enjoying
happiness. If we regard utility to man
kind as having the belt pretenhons to th:
enjoyment of such rights, the farmer, the
mechanic, and manufaaurer Ihould enjo)
them and not be opprelfed.
On whatever fide we turn our eyes, we
fee nothing in nature that is not governec
j- y laws proper to its existence, and wlnct
is not organized ill a manner to obey fuel:
law-, to acquire every succour which is a
c."Table to the nature of its bring, or ne
cefi'ary to the mode of its exiftencc. Mar
is not neglected by his Creator—the gilt*
which to him are particular, and wliicfc
give him the empire of the world, fliew
that happiness and prosperity are defigneti
for him, and an order proper to enfurehin
the enjoyment ot them. That heaven
bom French philanthropy which regard;
all mankind as brethren, is so Jar fuperiot
to the underftaudings of modern ftaiefmer
and financiers, as to be the object rather ci
'deriiion than of imitation, but which eve
* Confideratious on the cciufes of the high
price of provifious—by C. IJ/ii:ipl J /ii:ips t a bene
volei't Quaker.
ry government mutt adopt in order to be
come prosperous and happy.
The period of man's active lift? is too
fiiort, and his powers too weak to atrou
him more than a comfortable.fnpply
neccflaries of life, therefore the Superflui
ties of some men, whether acquired by ac
tual plunder or by unjust laws, mult in
fringe on the rigbrs of others : this being
actually the cafe, with what horror mult
eve it)' good citizen regard a funding sys
tem, by which a great proportion of the
labour of life fill and induttrious citizens
becomes due to a preceding generation in
their graves, and becomes payable to a tew
useless characters of their own day, whole
wealth and disorderly lives tend to corrupt
the government and undermine the libei -
ties of their country.
AN AMERICAN FARMER-.
March 12th.
■■■«—■— —
PHILADELPHIA.
March 16.
Advices of the 18th of February, receiv
ed from Dominique, via Baltimore, are,
that a frigate had arrived at that island
from England, which came out with a
large number of troopsunder the command
nf Genera] Matthews—and the greatest vi
uor was used to put the islands in u state
of defence. Three days before the failing
as the above frigate from England (which
was about the end of January) a British
Heet of 32 (hips of the line, under the com
mand of Lord Hood, failed on a cruise,
and it was reported, in England, that 35
fail of the line of French ships lay in Brest,
-eady to put to sea.supposed to be destined
for the Weft-Indies.
A bill for cftablifliing a new bank, under
;he name of the Bank of Pennfvlvania, is
now before the state Honfe of Represen
tatives. Jt is provided in rhis bill, among
>iher particulars, that the capital stock of
the fubferibers is not to exceed three mil
lions of dollars, the (hares to conlifl of four
hundred dollars each—to be opened the
third of June next in this city, for two
thousand (hares, under the direction ot
"everal persons named—three hundred
hares at Lancaster, under other directors,
and two hundred (hares at Reading, under
the direction of four persons. Its conti
luance is limited to March 4th, 1813 it
nay hold property to an amount not ex
eeding five millions of dollars —25 ditec
:ors to be chosen annually, fix by the le-
Tidature and 19 by the stockholders, at a
i-eneral meeting the firlt Monday in eveiy
February.
A committee of the legislature of the
Itate of Pennsylvania reported, on the (th
mft. in favour of the petition of the loal
aread-bakers in Philadelphia, tl that the
prices of their bread may not be limited,
or fixed, as hitherto, by law, but that thev
may be put upon the fame footing as othei
citizens in this respect, and that delinquen
cy in weights may be only puuifhable by
law." In confcquence of this report, a
committee has been appointed to bring ii
a bill for suspending, for one year, the :<d
pasTed March 18th, r:5- regulating tin
aliize of bread, and limiting the price there
of. or fubjwittng it to be fixed by the ma
gistrate ; but not taking off the penaltic:
annexed to deception in the weight there
of. We hear that this bill is to be taker
up in the lioufe of Representatives or
i'uefday next.
Letters from Port-au-Prince thus ex
plain the renewal of disturbances '111 that
quarter of Hifpaniola : —lt was discovered,
the latter end of January, that a piot hat
been formed by the blacks to affafimate all
the whites and mulattoes : This discover)
nccafioned a union of the two last mention
ed delcriptions, who marched out to pre
vent the intended attack of the negroes.
\ cordial reception by the blacks perfeai}
deceived the citizens, who marched, free
of suspicion, seven leagues from Port-au-
Prince, where they encamped to wait for
a convoy of provisions escorted by jc
men and one piece of artillery. Ihe con
voy had not advanced quite two leagues
from Port-au-Prince when it waslurroun
ded by two thousand negroes, who disar
med, and malfacred all except eight who,
beinn- mounted, made their escape. Lpon
the news of this massacre another body of
troops, of the whites, marched out, attac-K
---ed the enemy, and in less than an hour
cut to pieces (ix hundred of them, and two
days after 70 more. In their retreat,
however, the negroes set fire to an extent
often leagues of sugar canes, and in a few
hours reduced to alhes several millions ol
property.
The lepiflature of the state of New-'i ork
adjourned on Tuesday lad, to meet on t;ie
firlt Tuesday in January next, in the city
of Albany.
William Barry Grove. Ffq. is unani
moll fly re-elected a member of the houte
of Representatives of the Lnited Statesfur
the dill rift of Fayetteville, in North-Carq
lina ; and James Gillafpie, Elq- for the dis
trict of Wilmington, in the fame state.
William S. Dawfon is eletted alio a repre
sentative for diftrift No. 8 ; and 1 homas
Blount, for diftrift No. 9, Norfli-Carolina.
The Kentucky papers mention a number
ofhorfe thefts and murders to have been
compiitted by small parties ofhoitile In
dian?. in those parts (particularly in the
neighbourhood of Kclhville) during the
months of December and January. In
some inflances helpless families have been
deprived of their friends and relations, i.
others, fanners wholly plundered ol thei:
horses and cattle, houses burnt, and pro
perty laid wafle by these unprincipled in
vaders. The Shawanefe, the old and in
veterate enemy of the United States, have
Tome time (ince dispatched an embafly tc
ilieCherokees and Cho&aws, exciting then
to go to war, and communicating a resolu
tion of their intention to cut off the Chick
afaws for joining the army of General St
Clair in 1791.
A writer in the Alexandria Gazette o:
lall Saturday fliould be careful how Ik
:racks his jokes upon religion. Talking
if the multiplicity of religious feels, he pro
>oses the following plan of general re
:onciiiation : "It appears from the bei
•vidences I have heard, that the Romai
Catholic religion was the firft after the pro
nulgation of Chi iflianity, from which al
jthers have branched out. Now ifthcfirl
,vas called the National Bank, and the o
:hers branches, or cfjices of difeount anc
lepofet, and the people at large agree thai
lepofits in either were equally fafe, an<
hat the genuine notes of all fliould havt
he fame value—it would, no doubt, brine
ibout a general accommodation of thai
übjeft."
Mr. Ruflel, printer of the Boflon Centi
lel, in one of his late papers, rakes the li
jerty of applying the word Penjinner, ac
cording to his whira—Chiere, whether ii
.vould not be more 111 his power to gi\ e the
mbiic an easy anil familiar explanation
>f the term, Trimmer ?
" The American Cents (fays a letter from
S T ewark) do not answer our expectation.
The chain on the reverse is but a bad omen
"or liberty, and liberty herfelf appears to be
n a fright—May (lie not juflly cry out in
he words of the apotlle, " Alexander, the
nfper-Jmith, hath done me much harm ,
lie Lord reward him accirding to his
uorks
Letters from Lilbon to Jan. 9, mention
i report there, th it England, Spain, anc;
'ortngal, the Dutch and the several Iraliai:
States have :dded themselves to the Ger
nan alliance against France. Eight fhip 1
if the line and fix frigates were getting
eady for service, at Lilbon, at the above
late. American merchants are warned tc
hip nothing in French veflels, as there i<
» V ery risque of their being taken. In cajt
>t"a general war, (they-add) the America;
kr'g u ill probably be refpecled, and thei 1
eflels gcuerally employed in the carrying
rade.
Accounts from to the r6th 01
[anuary,fay nothing new, except the fail
tig of iix or leven Dutch men of war, and
bme finaller armed veflels, dcftined lot
he Scheldt. It did not appear, however,
hat their object was to interrupt the
-'renc.li frigates that had previously gone
lp to Antwerp. Other accounts, fron
London (via Norfolk) slate, that <>reat-
Britain had acceded to the combination a
rainft France ; the ostensible cause.the fup
jort of other European nations in theii
-johts and independence against the in
ringements of the French republic.
About a month ago, fuperhne "our \\ a:
at Cape-Francois from 6 to 6 [-2 dollars pel
rarrel, and riling—Coffee from 19 to 2c
bus per lb. and very fcarce—Molafl'e:
carcely to be had at any raw—4oo negroe:
rad recently been killed in an engagemenl
Tear the Cape, and 400 taken prisoners.
Ehe plains to an extent of 70 or 80 lr.ile:
from the Cape were entirely clear ol tiit
nlurgents 011 the middle of February.
The following resolutions are publifhcd ir
he Ch lefton City-Gazette oi the 2zd ult.
Rej I >.!, ill. That iii our opinion tht
jrii-'i '<■ Society and human aiteirs, a.»d
] 1C ° , 1- of government, have ol
hemd l'■ ' a tendency and drift fnfficieiulj
troi. to produce lilen' and increalinc
lifparities between one dtizen and alio
her, or high and low, rich and poor,
•vi tit out mpioying politive dillintt on- anc
political manoeiivres to halleli thole una
voidable conditions.
Rejohed, 2dly. That the titles of ma
-sty lord, sultan : or mogul, excellency,
lonbrable or esquire, are very nfelefs,
-hou n h very pompous founds, conducive
lotto national dignity or public order
jut to the degeneracy of the people ; anc
:hat in the highest ftationt of public em
ployment, talents, information, and integ
rity are qualifications fufheient to inture
obedience to the laws, and refpeft to tht
magillrate, without the aid ot oftentatiou:
titles, or any political nmjnn ery or trick
whatsoever.
Btjofoed ; jdly, That we will not Here
after address any of our fellow citizens
let his office 01* Itation be what it may,
(except militia ofucers while in ihe field ,
hv any other title than that ol Citizen n
Miller ; and that we will ciifv our-.-ge an
titular address to ourselves, as well as to
others., _ . ,
N. B. Tt is hoped and expetrecl, thct
our principal mapflrat.es \yiil fubficil-e
and Aipport the above refbhttions. To af
ford them an opportunity of doing so. it is
intended to leave a printed copy of the a
bove declaration in each of the offices of
the secretary, and with theclerks ot the
courts in the city and country, in artier than
the resolutions may be adopted generally.
from a RicHmond paper (being an extract
' of a letter Irom a member ot Congref?
in Philadelphia to his friend in Rich-.
inond.)
The politics liere are to the lalt degree
difgufling—every principle ot repyefenta
tive government is violated ; instead
reeling like and a£ting for the benefit ot
the bulk of citizens, Congrtfs are influen
ced by a monied and speculating interclr,
which not only bears hard upon all the In
bouring ci;:lTes ot the vhoie coinmnnity,
jut afflicts those of the southern ttates with
exclulive cruelty. As their primum
bile of government reiide chiefly in tile
northern llates, the evil can never be re
moved, pnlefsaU dec':: will, witli
the moll fufpki ,iu caution, avo;c; e\cry
man, wlio (hail c\cn smell ot certificates,
itock, or p jper ?>i any kind.
I am in a ftaie of repentance for having
come to a place, exhibiting every moment
o my view the fallacy of apparent patriot
fin ; the rapacity of many who ought to
ae difinterelled. and the ptior chance the
uiblic will stand, agaiufl the machinations
if a few individuals. But iftiieagricultu
*al people wouid attend to their interclt
ind eletl proper men, these dreadful il*
.vould foou be remedied."
Seasonable Refi.-sctions.
1. Men of exorbitant ambition. — They
ire dangerous in every government, and
:annot betoo narrowly watched, efpecial
y when advanced to important Uufls and
employments. With such, the fancied
>rerogatives of rank involve a contempt of
ileful and induflrious citizens. Er.dlefs
ire the disguises these dignitv-ri:en : flume
0 compass their favorite objects ; and tin
ier the garb of humility they not lu.fre
[iiently conceal the cruel and tyrannical,
leart, watching an opportunity to fubjeft
he public interest to its own feUifh pur*
jofes.
2. There are more marks than one by
.vhich this counterfeit humility may be
leteifed ; when we find a man, or men,
n office extremely solicitous for the honor
-1 rid glory of government, let us fuipeft.
hem—hi i"\?ri funt, hos tit, /hnen\ane %
aveto. By the honor and glory of ro
ernment they mean merely the convert
ng the strength of a nation to tlrejr private
>enefit, to advance their own fame, or tr>,
tep into the high elbow-chair of regal
lignity—away, then, with these holier
md-glory-men
3. There are some g'eniuffes who are
holly careless of the hapainefs, tlic liber
v, or the political condition of thejeof/e,
irovided the government can be Hocked
■vith a fufficient quantum of these fame
ommodities called honor and rjory, as il
he end of all government were not the
rood of the people, and not the people crc*
ited for the fplendcur of the government
4 A wife nation will always prefuibe to
heir ministers the _prccife line ot duty,
md leave nothing to the deviations of p.iu
nition : which even in its pretensions tQ
rood is rarely without fomelin'tfter defipn,
urking under cover ot discretionary li«
:ence.
5. Happy is it for a people, when vanity
iroves a traitor to ambition, Which then
lefeats its own views by a certain intoler
ible arrogance of afiumption.—Hence, if
1 country bv a combination of favourable
rircnmftances, or the colledled good fen ft;
>f inhabitants, has extricated itfelf
rorn a few embarrassments, \\ e shall gene-,
•ally find some reltlefs spirit (tar,ding rea
!y to afi'ume the honour, and by the aid of
ycophantic contributions in prole and
,'erfe, vainly arrogating to itfelf the reflo-
Mtion of public credit, the 1 1 lib ot the
>ody politic, the confidence of nations—
r.id labouring to impress a bel.efthat e\e;i
ntegrity anil honour exilt only upon the
mny fiioulders of some felf important indi
vidual.
6. A man's friends may fometimc, >11
he frenzy ot'i'.t.-refled friendfiiip,go great -
:r lengths in his exculpation, than he
vould perhaps thank them for doing. The
Fable of the,bear taking up a large (tone to
cill the wasp that had lodged upon the face
yf sleeping matter, is not without its
moral. (Poor fellow !—but let us rift
alame him : it was the work of a moment)
—But in political affairs for a man to go In
far as to deny what the person, meant to
be exculpated, bus plainly and unecjnivo
i ally aflerted, and vice vena, is intolcral U .
—Memorable v-as the faying of Dionvihi .
[in a well known occalion to his toad-caters
My friends, by all the gods, i: yois
mean not to put me on the rack, I prav
you fay no more foft things in my vindica -
tion."
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*»* MONITOR fhallappear in or.rnext,
PRICE OF S T O' C K S.
S'x Per Cenrs I ' -
Tliret- I'tr Cents
Deferred "/♦
I>ink us States 12 r l *
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