National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-07-20 00:00:00, page 1

. N j K A T 1 O N,
i-<vl at tl>e request of the C'ceroniai
.'.v bv tbe:r Prtlident, oti the Anni
verfar* >f Am«ric*n Independence.
[Continue*, f-om oar la/I <b coUclu 'eJ,']
CUR bi ethre", the French, are at thi;
t«,oiuent engaged in uppofition
b'l the hoiyid -.u vers of iup'-r(Htion, igno
ru ce a d-blind credulity : they are ftrug
vi. American patriot: of'; 6 ftrug
-i'i, ■i ii! the time of their arduous conflict
s .'t, rfi n er) ! beavcn alone .knosv-
I event, and our deltiny is blended with
theirs. If trance lomjuerj we .ire ftili
i. et, if her efforts fail, we are undone.
Heaven feeiua to have leagued these l-v.
rations for foil!a purpose, and as Ih ■
mcautresflf.nitM liicc'eed or perifli, accord
iugto the will of Hie Supreme law-giver,
\v ■ 'lave no rea&n to doubt of the equity
of tins inoportaht decificu-
G 'tisleinea. upon thisoccafion, convene! 1
a; we are, in tellimony of our thankful
njfs for tike favours bellowed by heavei
li f >on our country. believe me, my lituatior
.c-Jitr. it biTt be extre nely irksome in speak
i upon a taeme which few eioaueoc# itfell
a fiance- Great and majc-ltic in i:fel!
it can |tceive no lddlti -nai luft.-e. for whi
tar, with fucceft the radiance ol
I'te fj;i ? —To picture the gloriaus effui
which blazed npon this country fe
ve iteen years ago, were a'vain attempt ai
the; present period, But i t the courle oi
time, when the records of the nation (ha!
b.' d ifted over with age, / hen the witness
e, of tne proceedings of'-ft lhall ir.habil
Tiie tilent gr itte,& when the splendor of the
4.a of J ,11 y hall d,v. vlie int 1 faint defcrip
l oi, the ), for the diy flist'l never pals iri
ji >ti:ed, then !h tU the ora.p.' dwell witl;
* itkuiiaflic fervor upo 1 t : >e funjt £1, anr
Icindle into rapturi v' pplauding throng
J very hc-arer lit hg' v.ita aduiir ation
a.Ki fi'ci y We iH ®as! ~ „jt .. ;th w info xe#
in support oi the cause in which their fa
thers oled. Then iltaU the orator bring t'
view the various scenes of the revolution
and bid the youth of that d-y aspire a'' I .e
gory. He tiiall draw with the fine>r o
fa.icy the tlatefmen of '76, defi.r -a >b,
powers of the rulers and the in' ! 'e iV>l
rights os-he pc pie, fixing the * licoa o
authority in the 'ettsr of the law, — oppc.f
ling the ar.ll of oppeitioa by the pr-rep!
of nature and of reason, and e'Ublifh'm;
the happinef- «f mankind upon the eterna
maxims of jut Vice and equity. He dial
pull aside the -lark curtain which tlien Ilia!
have veiled pal: scenes from light, and tltf
flay (he heroe* of the war marching tri
uinpha.it over their vi-.ptHied enemies
tears of gratitude fluid flo.v i,i reniem
brance of those martyrs whole patriotii
zeal afforded a vifiory death was afhamet
to acknowledge—while the memory of tin
Fabius of CoHunbU, who then "will be n«
in .re, . HufMive in the panegyric son
aid his pair(6tir.si and moderation (liall bt
Jield up as a model for the imitation of hi
fucceliurs: virtue and republicanism lhall b<
ccii -cd from every fide while social con
v. rfe atlt! the gentle arts of pe ice lhal
reahfe the hapjiirtefs of the whole commit
tnitty. Tliefe les the future fpeakei
lhall piint to his qrouded audience, am
impsefo those sensations upon the mindi ol
his hearers. T.he anecdotes of magnani
mous vvorthies who muketl the 4th of Jul)
as the Jubilee of America, wili be preferv
ed-by trtidition forever and (liall animate
all posterity. Then. Ih .11 not we of the
present day arriving to maturity but a few
je.,rs posterior to the great revolution.
Jiiall not we glow with the mighty theme
a id repeat w;th trunfport the sentiment o (
gr i'ude ? Sh ill we let this day pass un
hee ..i'y, fnffer the panegyric llrain.tpre
main unfounded, and offer no prayer to
heaveu in token of our acknowledgment ol
the unparalleled blefliags we have receiv
ed ?—Jod to bid ! ungrateful indeed were
the people of America if, at this time, the
{i'ji- rings and.services of the patriots cf-(
■were f< rgottc'n- ill ilefervijig were the)
of the blefnngs of peace and indeperdence
if fiey already. disregard the trrmory o!
those who acquired them.—But, tny hear
ers, freeuien cannot be guihy of ingrati
tude. It is a crime of so debafinga nature
that slaves only car. pofief9.it. Ac th: pe
nod of time, when tiie wounds our ga'iianl
eountrysnen received in the late arduous
conflict are yet unhealed, w hen the ("words
<;f our ot> ers lie fieeplefs in their, fc;.b
barch, and while the foil 011 whicn we
ti ead is moist with the crimson dew whict
firlt nourished the plant of liberty, the
sensibility of Americans geeds not the ani
r 760? Vol.. n.l
jj"*
p. F RENE * U-. (-> No. 20?, Market Street) PuUi/hed Wednesdays and Saturdays, [Three Dollars per annum.]
n ition of an ejitrinfic monitor to roue
them to a Cilr of their duty- We want
i-ic tor the ai'niiveiTaiy ot the declaration
o. indepenQcnce to be pis in mmd ot t'ie
political pr.ifiiples wh.h we proli f .
•1 uiy of the patriots ot t.'at great da)
iflJhjvh tried men's, fouls are iiiil tiie living
ibjects of our eti'vni. S&'afiiitigton lit .it
lie helm or our 'f,over on e.ii, we fee every
Uy. before our eyes men who have defied
..he sntri'»V*' of the British court, and tit
exit of Ytanklin we all remember. In'..
1 word, every tiling around tig con'pi-e
-----! oblige us to bear In mind the glory oi this
da;.
i (li.iuld he inexcu r etvble, therefore, gen
tlemen, in preying logger upon your at
tittipn Oil a si), jeet which it Isinipofnbie we
:ioultl ever forget we are not called up.
■on /o aliirtl te ea. h qiht-r v. ith fu.-uinati
ons us our duty, but it is incumbent itpvp
us to prtferve the f.icred tnt'l cotivmuei
rated to um 1 care. "1 he vefl .1 fire o. li
berty which bt'ims over the wide plains ot
Columbia, lightening and f'ni.iit; tr-. vviin
it' 1 - charming influence, i . conftg :ed to cs,
the riling ge 'M' itio:i; wliii" the ti i neco
tiitues to he fanned our qaiiuh win be ulu
mined by it's fp.eildor, peareand h-ipi-i
nefsfi; 11 Ihine .11 ever) b .ait. a ld waui
thofeofthe prtfoit age nnii recline ill th»
dust from the radi.'t fa le of freedom,
erected by tile patriots of *';<>, a lustre Hi.til
b" thed o i our poftcrity. But. my lrictid
if we neglect our charge and fitlfer th.a re
splendent blaze to expire, a horrid gloom
lliail lha.de lis and our u ienl'ghtened fuc
wiil only inherit a land darkened
by the bl-.ckeft clouds of tyranny and fu
pcrft.tion.
4th July, 1773.
Far the National Gazette.
CITI :EX'Fav!JiAO,
\T the time when I li.hmi(te"d my f-n
-----timents to the puolic 0.1 the impiopri
;.y ;ujd impolicy of ereiting a tioule tor itie
fep.iraie aid exciu'ive wo: (hip oi tne
Blacks, 1 i ttle fufpt nctiverfb f-ur
tilous and illiberal an answer as that
■ iich time ha; produced. At the lame
.1.1?..' 1 e.\ t'l.ft w'lii t men .1 id, wduld
touch 100 many ma ve.y delicate, part;
and, that, by exp 'tng the impropriety of
the plan, the vice; of 1 nil as irany, would
flare tiiem 111 the face:—Bt. ! who
Would have imagined, that • A i ivV. d to
Trii!'ri\ would itep forward armed' with
abnfe and ill nature, to defend so condemn
abie a fclieme !—Jeclaring at the fame
time, lie had no "intention of entering
into a pro'i c co»itroverfy" on the fubjeit;
bnt merely (111 order to (horten thedifpute]
to dri'jj, l e the iinprelfions my ideas hae
probably niHile 011 the minds of your read
ers and so give way for the triumph of tr;
more refit ed and titafurnd opinions—ln
deed, I must acknowledge that the jentle
ma 1 think* more favourably of hiuifell
than any ot his re., decs do; and he antici
pates more success than " /us piece'''' is like
ly to experience. " 1 he discerning public'
are »iO,t a ixiotls to enquire into the tftil
lity of every measure, before they g veil
their approbation. He need not imagine,
therefore, ahho' ''lie has launched forti
1 ito the sea of fmrrility and abuse afrei
previously fectliiiig the pilot of declamati
>11" that his voyage will he fc uncommon
ly fnccefsful. Convinced of this, permil
me to trouble you with a few obicrv ations
iin what that gentleman conceives himftlf
letter acquaint"d with th in any of hi:
neighbours: after which, farewell, thoi!
:h irming advocate of truth I
After having given every confideratior
to the fnbjeft, after recurring r;> the dteia
ration of tiie Africans themfclves, fev.,l nf
ter paying ai inuth regard to the opiniot
of the ' Friend to Truth." as his cwr
eulogium would permit, I tan perceive m
jnft grounds on u hich th ~ affotiation cm
bejultified; or can be even looked tip,.i
a: aimiag to relieve the dilireftes of tin
Africans. Even . dn.itti..g tlicin to hav.
(fad humane vietvsi.i forming tiie plan
the ionfeqtiences that would fuceeed it
maturity 1. finTuient 1 11 1 : n ity to blast it f
the bud. The Kpif. op ..lians|tlieFrefbyteri
.ir... tiorauyfe6lofreligion lis, bel evethat 1
wiikid ac uiii is rendered inm.ient by hav.
inga gocd entl in view. Be.aufc, if thi:
w ere the cale, robbtiy vXonld beavirtiif
if it were counnitttd with a to he
come charitable. So; in the pr-.-fent i; 1 -
fiance, we fee the j-% or: o';' the plnr
pleadingfharity, hti nauit) a <1 t: a» [uil.ty,
as an inducement t® coatiiLiute to clie fi>^>-
SATURDAY, July 20, 1793.
port of the scheme, which if allowed to be
completed, will I oner or later, fpiead
t: nhlc and ro'nftilion thro' the country.
The author oi the defence, whiie endea
vouring to prov* a nfifreprefentation o
mine, has 'ignorantly committed a more
unpardonable error than the one he fup
pofes(orar leaf} wipes') I was guilty of.
Had he been posTefiVd of penetration equal
ro hits ability to riiify, he might have con
cealed froi tile pu'oii'c, this open attempt
ptfiffiiftead their judgments or corrupt then
opinions j and fa prevented the censure of
a public who entirely disregard all the
praises he has JavHhed on himfelf and hi
bettors.—<—lt was never my intention,
or did I ever intimate it, that the
>ropofed the buiidtn;' o the houie to the
citizen®, drc v# out the Africans from a
n»ong them ; and "debanvd them from a
partici^atn in the exeVcifeof tht-ir toor
!iyp : allA\htch he has charged roc with
I fa id, fir, a ,ci was fhtLgemleiHan car-did, he
»voiiW cons" * it; mat it was not i« Afri
anstheihn?lvp» whofuggeiifrd the petition
hu ■■ junto (1 repeat the word) who de
tected them, and aimed at getting rid ol
.hem; rind a* the moil kfc coir pie; e mea ni
to ob a n this eud"they proposed a ckaritab 'i
ontributjon towards building a house f«».
heir w.<r, /• t :e.li' g the credulous black
aat they ougttt to 4k eiiabi.fn a church go
lernment of t! elr own, which would ic
:ure a happy r< inHous intercom fe belief<
each other and between the congregatio;
iftd their pallor 1 ' (and, in the mean iime"
rreatJy oblige* them.) The p«or blaci s
•t a i.v forefa w ti;e advantages, that wotrlr
irife ro themfeJves trom its execution;
eagerly cmbra«ed*&he pro.kn ed aHiftance :
Hid are now jrduonfly labomin;, for its
ompieiiou. Thus we evidently perceive
ilie object of our new *' Friend to Truth
For such frieir;lih.p tru;h will not; be grate
tui to him , fir <he alw ays w iihes to btr
f •*alie has i'rercted it.
Hew ex;rem.ly i mt>.a. he np
peair to ail, who examine the leading por
traits of his eflay, to nod him in one p ace
: >n#feflr >g his attachment to the cause oi
rhc blacks, end, in another, applying for
aiHicance to rhe battery from whence their
liberties have received the lore ft wounds.
The magnet that attracts them is now dlf*
:ovii;ed, and in vain they 'hive to remove
He deferred odium thai i-juft filling on
:r.eir ill concerted (chemc. Because the
black , led by th/r *perfua(ions, contented
Lo a reparation, it is uajuft to queltion its
Hopricty ! —This, this is the last retort rhe
tidvoc ies of slavery aild oppression can
Hal>e.
How often are in!lances forced oil us cf
HUves being offered their freedom . and
have refuted it ?—But do all these inftancc
Hcked as they are, contribute one tittle tc
Hftify their being feid inbondag,. ?—A
ii oh \uyman who oilers death or a ftirren
det* ol c.;Ai to the tr velier, on the lame
ds, and \ti v li equal pi optiety, isjuf-
Oifiabie in executing either. Cease then,
to move on such flight grounds ; place the
AfriAi in poffeflion of his natural rights,
and then ask him if he is willing to be ex
eluded from the fellowfliip of mankind.
I he Quakers. 1 believe, have been asbu
fy i." the above mentioned
any feet in the city, t • fequentlv it will
appear flrano.? to a ebfei ver, to fee fuel
zealous pie; 'lers for African freedom,
unite in a plan, wh ch he may conceive t<
be threatening to the freedom of eithei
the whites or the blacks. Such has b -en
nflfurprizv a short con* erf for
with whotfoes not .titink lef
of himfelf tlian ti-e uthcr of t;ie Friend tc
3frath, I difewered there was no exiui ;:
rule hi t-hat f<K that excuu.es ■
African from e... nwig the ottn e oi ;
preacher, hi t ftiil tliere is a law rigoronf
1} enforced in that community,, that
bars a person who is not born of }>artnt:
who are already membeiE. Upon tht
w hole,it appears,from the confeilion of th<
parry themselves, that these people are ft
mod eft: that thev vviil not siuiitly prohib i
them jrom acuuiring the common priviU
2,es, but conn aven'mtl rnles juake it impof
lible that eve/ any negro (liquid r.ie to.lht
fu!i6lions of a preecher.
A little exar ination into things are
their contingencies w ill comince the can
did part of tJ?e cojan-unity how much the
a'-ove mentioned piau ought to be depre
cated.
If, on the one-hand, the designs of the
;fiocjation f].< u'.cl fucceecl, whet would be
rhe con equ-'uee S 1 have already meerion
d the difpo'i'. : 'en- of the several flute go
v;ern,ments t .varc's the blacks. AlLrecog
n'zq their p/" aral rights te. be equally inde
fealible with the whites; and, thank hea
ven, by the unanimity of Amtricjns thry
•ft dearly put in the lull pofli-ffion of them.
But, when we view ihu renewed attempt
•Alperj mile them out c their liberties, <»r
it u' . toeftabhdi ani.iequality, asdre d
,fdl to the whites as it is territ'yinjr to the
happinf-fs of the blacks, we mult fuppefe
th.»t tiiere is either a fiidden change n. u e
popular opinion, or great e.irruption in
lume ot our leadingcharacters. It can nC-
\ c f he completely'eltefl'ed without / cri
ficing opinions w iell \\ e have idolizeti ,111,3
tneii tin; adoption. O:" it ue allow them
to have the fame claim, by nature, t - a
:iiare iij the happui. 1 o! every deparcm . t
of life, and pe: m.t them to be depriv ed of
it, where, I fay, Wi.ere is the Carrier to
def. /id our rights from the {Uint iuirin<>e
ment. 0
Hut, if on the other hand, their defiuns
:h>u:!d fail, and.iije; buildup of the church
honld be "tlfyp d in the bi d," our pros
pect 13 more open and n..t fu uupleafant.
, . "J P lat "' "«»»«• fame footing an.l
• 1 i-ed together, by mutual obligation:,
liifi.ee auu h. in.'ess in tie government an
unaninnty ayel contentment in obedience,
vou.d fucceexi. For, where the int. rests
•v tw 0 P« w «tul parties, who form the na
'.ion, cI a 0., theVe x \viil be difquj, n,de. nni:-
mur n..;, and not. Upon the whole, it nVft
e conn tied, even by, the molt nrcarici'.d
nut by remaining in the bonds of a natural
our their 1 ifl. would not be <0
• m-erons as jl a feparatiun Xliould take
-I;ji e.
11 n , Sir, I have endeavoured, rof only
rn' r? niyftlf, I'iji. at tlie tame time „
xpof. the weakntfs of the Frie> d to
«.nuh, 1. attempting to screen hin. fe'lf ,-d
;is Iron, the ce fur t , e
"no ,V /v a gtr ' tle,nan P e, ' |,fts '» lbe
. ] ,rilft l «>' <f-. I would he very
to meet hue with the we r,■./,
u:.,hed; A qutlilWi ~f
I le ; i,.portaticc, of the prcfent cauno: I.e
' ' or abnfe.' F-wu-.h. r
La:, Dceni « <! io paciiy t';e cM'Jc
"'lf lU fl.ali conctilde.*ijy
uidrefl.iig } . lew » wc , to | ; : n) in (n
tar, and then I stall te vc tilt ii:iai utc.llo*
so your reader...
SIP,,
I can never cosfent to facrW? » tf e
..eli,; of my own lentiwentf in order to
a'ccept joursj.altfto' yen have clet;■ , t ,
-now .1 ore ®: rhe iubject tin :i » ■ , •,
elte. My afiert wuhreg 1;, , ri .
prcjeftors ot the «:e,l g n, are a ;n> .
tne, and as tr.„<h to be relied
youi.% nnt.il yon produce vour name d
prove Jpourfelt'a manager. The puNic ,-iti
decice, t,om we:l k.ior. n facts, on tl-e pro
pTiety and nectffity of coiitnbtieinr. u.
completion. 1 i.ey can determine on the
unr.i.ariry you have rMtovcrid io be
iv een a bluck worshipping in a diCcrert
'■oule lrom a white, a..d n.en of<l,ftei-i-ns
ieiitiiiients wor.liippnig in different places.
II is not colour but principles thai o v.de
us. i.enieuib.er. Sir, that it is not as; . .
c; ent rectumnendatibn to youreiiav,oi i* -
the citizens w.I think any tiiin ■ the b- t r
01 sou for decorating it (vvhilc-lu tl-efa»;e
t.nv.-youd (piayed yourvarning) with t V o
whi-uS Oj iatiK. V. Ijen y, u next write lo
tin place popular pre; 1 dices, w rite in a man
er t. at y,. u m.y be -nnderflot d I v.tle
people and net« r apply to the inftrhmin
;a:,ty of public oncers. With thi fljort tid
vce, I Lave the ftihjeif. earnefiiy hopin:'
}'<"•' ' ail! be coin inctd fhat to ac. in
ypur chariicet is the only f ir way ;o ?», ,
£ent r:.l efreeni. Newer du nipt to mimick
iiie nian of truth ; for tie. few truths vou
nave re ye-1 led iii as ankwartily u. oi, von
as a parlon'a w i« on a (haveei rnonl' sv
A TRUE AMERICAN.
July 18
Foreign Affairs.
Report of Ce -eral Lamorliere. (I?ar:-
p.erreV fuceellor; en the battle of the fctfi
or May< 1-93.
" I HE a(T ir of the Br!i has been molt
glorio.u tor the arm of'the. republic, and
pioves ,11 the belt lmniur th d u:y of
the catife lor w huh' we are iijhti": g. At
ft yen in the mon:r-g for fidi wereti-e
order? of general C :ii]<ierr ijii .own :d
-----•lerin chief, th (!'•.!• rec; ot wir-.U
my fmal artny is con pofetl, aimcktd the
advanced puiis of J . ei'eniy ~\ r.e si ntr
was co.: piencfd by tl..\ jjif/dion under the
coirmand c-?i " I 1 • 1 rche-. who
V. aii to tliUov-t .uc lioillllie
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