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England, give reason to hope for a good;
Underlianding between us and Britain, and
a con seq be nt termination of the Indian
war,l eftimgte 2 years as a reafohable period
for theie causes to operate, & these effefts to
be produced* ; If the extraordinary expen.
ces of the Indian War cealed, there is reason
to exped, 1 ach is the increasing trade of
America, that the impolls would issue for
the ordinary eXpecces of government. If
this be nue, so generally is the excise on
domestic produce disliked, and so imper
fe&ty paid, that we have reason to presume
that the legislature will keep it Up, no longer
than is neceflMry. You have now the
grounds on which I ft ate the Opinion, that
it may be repealed in 2 years. If repeal
ed then, it will have lasted 5 years: Os
these five, we fhail perhaps^ if we comply
now,be compelled to pay for only 2 years j
and, foppofing the tax unequal, paying but
2 years out of 5 may cofrett the inequali
ty t and while we pay a fat. greater sum
for the expences of the war it is circulating
rmong Us. Thus, the Indian war occasion
ing the excise, bears With it a remedy ।
and, when this remedy fails; there is reason
to expeft, the evil msyalfo frit .
Whether .therefore we would avoid ruin,
or whether we would obtains repeal of the
excite law, it appears evident to me, that
we have no way to gain our point, but by
immediately accepting, and faithfully per
forming, 'he conditions propofedi
If we do not, we stall no more get cash
for our whitey. The army will be (ap
plied with whitey, from Kentucky. And
(a law paffrd last session auihorifing it) our
whitey, if carried any where out of this
country will, whh the horses, carriages, or
boats, be Seized and forfeited. We (hall
therefore become the only confirmers of dftr
whitey. It will again cease to be a cate
article, and again become a mere drug.
But it is (aid, that if we Submit now, we
have no-thing to expert from a remon
flrance ; for our past remoftrances have
been ineffeftual. 1 fay it is too hastily to
draw this conclusion.——Besides what 1 for
merly observed, that we have never, by
obedience, entitled ourselves to relief. I
request your attention to the situation of
the United States hitherto. The imports
have not been Sufficient for theexpences of
government including those" of the Indian
war- The excise law, therefore, could not
be repealed, unless ferae new fund was
substituted in its stead. Now'it is impof
f/ofe to inrpofe any .tax whatever, that will
operate equally on all men. Suppose there
fore Some other tax impofed.in lieu of this,
while we continued to refill this. What
would be the coqfequence £ It might be as
unpopular here, or ip some other place, as
ihr; excise $ the consequence would be that
from an experience of the weakness of gov
ernment, in failing to enforce the excise,
the-new rax would be refilled also, and no
tax would ever be enforced. Suppose a
direct tax on fands^ The amount of all
direst taxes, in each state murt be in pro-
A portion to its number of inhabitants now
unlofs land or other property and value,
hire the fame proportion in each state
wcih the number of inhabitants to, the
whole ; the direst tax would in some Hates
be unconttitutional, of course refitted-. I
itm informed, that in New-England,
a direct tax wquld be as unpopular, as tie
excise is here. Government therefore
could not, with Safety, substitute any other
tax, instead of the excise, till it had at fhft
Ihewn that its authority Was fufficient to
enforce the excise. '
Attend especially to the situation of the
United States during the last session of
Congress, apd. judge for ypurfelves, was
that a time to releale any eftablilhed Subject
of .taxation, and try- a new experiment.
The whole world seemed to lower’upon
us. The Indians attacked our back settle
ments —The Algerines plundered; and the
Brhilh captu ed our ftups at sea. It was
judged necefiary forfofetyaudjafticetoe
qOip a flees to fortify our harbours, and
to fend out agafoft the Indians two thou
"fand volunteers from Kentucky. Tor all
these purposes, the imposts (diminished by
the Spoliation, and the embargo) would
come too slowly in ; and if was round ne
ceflJry, to anticipate rhe revenue oy dna
bHng the President to borrow a million of
c'^kars : was wa repeal
of the excise ?• From all these circumShnces,
the failure of our part remonstrances is no
fufficient reason to conclude, that after we
h ive Submintd to the authority of govern*
meat; and after its embarrassments are re
moved, put future remonftrancee.wri* *•“
oi aiuftefleft. ' - «
On a|l these ground*, I do most earnestly
exhort to an immediate acceptance Qt the
conditfods offered by the Comguffioners,
and a faithful performance of them on mil
part > as the only way in which we can
U for redress, or escape rnm. f
I have thusexpreffed soy sentiments nop
eftlv and freely, a«> »t this crifii, it
comes Every man, who bushy rt^&rr to
- the welfare of this country, to, lake etry,:
occasion to do. This is not a timc for
concealment or difiinfolaiion,' Let eery
man speak out, and not by silence Or rif*
hood, deceive one another* Let a free ur*
reccy of opinions reHore foutuaT confidice
and mutual fafety ; that the dagger oft -c
aflaffin, the torch of the incendiary, nd
tongue of the slanderer be not feared, iet
the enegy of goveroment .be restored : 4et
tae public peace,& the fights of pefibns nd
property be prefetved sacred ; and letevry
individual repafe, with confidence & fafey,
on the proteftmn of the Let the po»er
of punifhrhem be^xerted only< as our pin
ciples pfeferibqby courts and juries i so of
fences be alcertained only by the-vol trues
of our laws । while a man’s words andac
tions are lawfol, let his fafety be unto sh
ed » and let not individuals assume the
public duty of repaying vetfgeance.
Do you, gentlemsn, who, by your Ifo
tion can dd it so effeftually, unite with nfe
ip ex pressing, propogat jng, and Ju ppirMg
thefeSentiments ; and, through you,
now and hereafter, let ihem be feft to’ be
the voice of your country.
They are mtoe—and werevn angelfrom
Heaven to charge me, to make you, aS I
ffiould answer it at the ribunai of Godfo
faithful declaration of my opinion of the
intereftsof this country, at this importint
period, f would, Were it the last moment
of my Ji e, address you, as I have naw
done. And O! may the God, of wHdam -
and peace inspire this people with difeem
ment and virtue, remove, from theirmiids
biindnefs and paffioo, and save this country .
from becoming a field of blood.- . -/
LONDON, Aug. 9.
A few days ago,at the foil of his MajcUy,
t&e came relpedjng the marriage of P.icc,e
Augustus Frederick and Lady AugutU
Murray, which had been fokramzed at the
par iff Church of St. George, Hanover,
fq.ar^, was finally determined in the Arcfi.y
Court, Daftors-Commoi|»^,'when Sir M^iL
liam Wynne delivered the judgment of Qie
Cour? r hat the laid marriage *as null and
void ; and also declared that a former mar
riage, pretended to have been at Rome,was
a Ifo. by the law of this country, invalid tnd
illegal. > » r.
The last letters from Italy fay, that the
French are about'to attack Cera and Coni;
that they have a camp of iz.ooamen near
_ Lugano ; that feyera! corps of their troops
are eftuHifhed in different points, and r«.
ccive reinforcements daily; ‘The dir«aioh»
of the operations is confided to the Repdr.
femativc Richard, who is at Garrefio. *
COM Mt IONS.
Toefday a Court of Lieutenancy being
held at GuiWhsl f by appointment, to War
appeals from the inhabitants of thia chy on
the new Militia Adi, the bast was entirely
filled with complainants, who became very
turboletlt j the pedon of the Lord-Mayor
was in faked, as was afo Sir Watkin Leites,
and feverai other gentlemen; Ln a.worrit
was found necefftry to adjourn the Coirt,
without troming to anydet urination.
Tuefday an immense body of penile
attacked the Whitje Horse public house, in
Whitccombftreet. After haying nearly dc
moliW the whole of the windows, tley
entered the house, and destroyed the fa mi'
tare. The arrive of a party of the GuaWs,
horse and foot, prevented their extending
the milchief anyTarthcr. .
Wcdncfuay, about i'o’clock,» mob <s!•
The Revolution in Poland,
BERLIN, AUG. 9.
We are here in continual expedUtiun of
the news refpefting ihe result cf ihe liege of
Warsaw, Which has aftuaily commeseed'
This siege cannot be carried on inform,
because it is'Well known that the place has
not any regular mrcificacion : however, as
that part which is most exp >fed to <he Eruf
fian army is covered by Kofciuteo’s in
trenebed camp, it has beta found jndif.
peafably necessary so ppffefe tfort firft, in
order to force ihe capitulation of the cuy.
The attack was made accordingly on the
31st of July, By meads of a heavy cannfm
xde, during which several hundred bbfobs
were thrown int; the places According to
letters from the anvircas of Warsaw, on
third many houses were burned in the
fuburb>: Wt since that time, the formal
bombardment have been fafpended.
General Kofeiu&o, it h laid, his 40,000
men well armed, and is determined so dc
fendhi ml elf to the utmott.
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Foreign Intelligence
P R U S S I A.
E NG LAND. -
|< Med opposite a^druiting house in Shoe
line, and after expressing every mark of in
dignatlbn egainft the persons employed in
that femce, broke open the door, which
had been locked arid bolted on their firft
appearance, and deftrdyed the windowsaod
pift bf the fd.jniture, the City Ma ft ah
and some Constable? fobn came to the spot:
but theprincipal objeft being accompli ft ed,
the mob defiftedi (hough they did not dif
perfefor som e hours after.
A house of the fam'e’defbri priori in Bride
lane was the next objfot of their refent
merit^ which they" Attacked so forioulb, that
in a very ftiort time ihoy left little else but
; the teefeton remaining, ' The furniture was
demolifted. A party of the Temple Vol
unteer Horse arrayed tbemfelves cn the
occafiufo, and were flatiojSed in different
part of the’ neighbourhood, for the pre
lervaticn of its ptace, the remainder of the
day* -■ -
At n’ght ah immense body of the mob
made their appearance in Holborft ana bc
; set a Recruiting Houle opposite Fetter lane
with foch violence, that, had not a party of
‘ Guards arrived to its prdtdftidh it would,
bavd been levelled W the ground.
' in the parift of Clerkenwell, a fim’lar
disposition to riot manifefted itfelf in the
course of the day j but no injury was faf
tamed.
A mob on Wednesday night broke all
the windows cf the Raven; in Golden lape,
and the Salh, in Moor fields, and very much
; damaged the Rum Puncheon, in Old street,
and a private house in Long Jane. They
were all Recruiting houG s. At the Coach
and Horses z in Mutton lane, Llerkenw 11,
they were peffuaded to desist by the land
lady.
are:
A detail of the several vi&ories
atchieved by the French arms on
the frontiers of Spain v together
with an account of their having
advanced.to Fontarabia, in Spain,
which place is now in a state of
siege. ;
They also contain a long lift of
Prizes lately taken by the French
•cruifeis. ? ;
Accounts from Barcelona state. that the
King of Spain is exirenrely diflatisfied with
the capitulation which the gatrifon of Co *
lioure coriclud-d with the Enemy'. The
officers who Cgned it have b^en arrested,
and the garrifou, confiding of 6,d00 mm,
pre again to ieive again ft France. The
Spanish Army, near FiguerSs, conftfts of
20,000 men. The French Army in that
neighbourhood co-fitts of 40 doo. The
fortrefs of Bel I egarde, a ftort cirpe before
the firge, was provided with 84 pieces of
brafe cannon.
Paris trijoyed a state of perfect
tfanq.uility on the Bth instant, and
addresses of congratulation and
firm attachment to the caUfe of the
Republic continued to be present
ed, almost hourly, to the Conven
tion. * j
The French have a garrison of
3000 men at N ieuport. A t Oftend
they have only 2000 j but at Ghtf
tel, near Oftend, there is a Gamp
of about 4000.
The Paris newfpapers,including
the, Moniteurs, up to' the 10th
inst. have the following particu
lars :
“ An account of a brilliant vic
tory, gained by’ the French army
of the Wcftern Pyrennes.
“Flight of i^doo Havesi be
fore 600 b Republicans, to whom
they abandoned ibbo prisoners of
war .. ■ .• ‘ • ... .
^Seizure of immense Magazines
from the Spaniards, containing
1100 muskets, 200 pieces of ord’
nance, tents.for 2.500 meo,&c.
“ Particulars of the capture of
thejmportantfor tress of Fontaradia,
^ith 50 cannon mounted on the
ramparts, several magazines, 35
Ihallops, &c.
. AUGUST 19— 2J. ;
The Paris Journals up to the
Sth in ft. were received rn town
yesterday. The leading featrires
of the intelligence brought by them
The Abbe Syeyes, although he
does not often Ably come forward
at this moment in the Convention,
nevertheless directs the proceed
ings of Tattie n. From the good
sense and moderation of the Abbe,
much is expeded. ? 5 ‘
A ministerial paper tells us that
four regiments of dragons are or
dered up to town to aflift in fup
prefling the riots occafibned by the
- indignation of t he popu lace,againft
Crimps and Kidnappers., j
Accounts from Constantinople
represent the immediate com
mencement of hostilities asinevita
ble. The differences between the
, Ruffian' Envoy and the Turkilh
Ministers were encreafed. The
whole of the Turkilh marine was
ordered to be fitted out, andfome
Ruffian veffeis that were in the port
of Constantinople had suddenly
■ .V t ■Hl»■■■ 11.
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' '“''is- ' ' 'Wk-? ' ''' f .
Santerre, who had been perse
cuted by Robespierre, is flow a
constant attendant at the Jacobin
Club.
M. Lanarpe, a man-of letters^
inaprifonedduring^he Diftatopfhip
or Robefphrre, was set at homy
immediately after his overchrow-
“New lift *of prizes, four of
which, valued at from fouT to five
millions^ are arrived at breft,” &c-
Particular information is re
cieved her^that the Emperor is
in, treaty with .the French ; that he
has offered to resign hist pretenlions,
to the Austrian Low Countries^
and even to Luxembourg, on con- '
dition that the French would assist
him to re-conquer Silesia ; that hp
will resign bis pretensions toLiege. !
The French are desirous that the
city of Maeftricht Ihould he cofo?
prised in the country of Liege,anct
this is the reason why Cobourg has
taken up his pofi ion in that quar
ters The French have taken
Pnillippine, and we e-n lee from
this the smoke afeending from
Sluys. The Deputies from Arn
fterdam have declared in the States
of Holland, as they were no longer;
in a state to defend themfelves,that
it was time for the Stadcholder to
depart, as the only means of laving
Holland. 0
The fcll)wing Exirabl of
from Elufbingy dated the bib inf
ft ant, we give on the authority of
Dilpatches from the Hague were
received on Thursday night at the
Dutch Ambassador's. These, it is
laid are not of the most confolirig
nature; The Dutch seem panic
ftruck with the approach ^.of ;the
French,' that they are unable to
make any vigorous preparations
tfienliilves. They therefore talk
of e vacqat ing Breda and Maeft ric hty
as being untenable for a Sufficient
numlxjr of troops.
It is reported, that our govern
ment has feot orders to the com
manders of our Packets not to
permit any Dutchmen to come
from Holland in our boats, with
out a passport form our Ambaffa
dur at the Hague. This step is
said to be taken to prevent the
Ariflocraey of Holland leaving'
chat country,’ when they may be
wanted co prote& if.
cowes,- aug- 17. '
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