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fitly thjutaad poor,detencelefs creatures
to perpe'uiihvery. Now Gentlemen,
it is possible the present Representatives o
.Pennfflvahia and New-York may 'votes
.against & Massachusetts amendment',
but to suppose that those powerful an
Opulent states will countenance that vot
and tamely submit to the consequent de
gradation, is just as wife as to believe that
water will: mount and slime defeend,
Slides fun)fi r ig what seems impoffiblg
' , tilt that they thould be loft to every
ferrte of their own dignity and honor the
Lung (as I have already mentioned) is
completely in the power of the Eafterti
States Let but their merchants turn to
and Imuggle, for which neither tempta
tion nor provocation are wanting, and all
the rest wTf&low of course.
Here again-I meet the threat of afep
aration. Pray fhw the door and fee that
ad negroes are kept at a distance. You
fay gentlemen that you will break the
to ion : and as this rhbafure is to be taken
in wrath the natural confeqdence mult
be a war I calculate that you have npw
some what lets than two million whites
and about half as many blacks. The
^ latter according to usual proportions,con
tain two hundred thousand fighting men.
L:>enence has thewn, tn those Countries
Huich have the best military organiza
tion, that pne foldter to fifty fouls is the
, eutmefl which a nation can furmfh and
maintain. ' Now without flopping to
inquire howyou are organized, & wheth
er your whites be capable of military ser
vice, in your broiling climate, we will
allow you an army bt forty thousand men;
with which you arc to keep in tubje&on
, two hundred thoufandable bodied blacks
wwc;hiugtue favorable moment to revolt ;
, ahd defend yourselves against your north
ern neighbors who will teize the firtt op.
pbttumty to arm your flives againfty ou .
is ufelef% gentlemen /o exclaim again ft
fyte@, erf this procedure. We a-|
CT;ree on the principle of the New School
?fo„w quote a recent case iapoiat.
States of Pennsylvania, and New-Toril
will lubmit to be governed by your ne-I
groes 1 this, gentlemen is utterly impcf
Sbkr & democrat in those Rates
can uphold the idea, without calling him
fclt both afo Land a liar,'in the face of
the world. Now although you might,
perhaps, count on the complaisance of
your adherents, even to that extent, fti|l
youmuft inevitably fail because the great
body of the people will revolt at the idea
of being Hives to your fives. This
question is broader and deeper; by far,
than any thing which ever did or ever
can cxift between democrats and federal
ills. The qpeftion, whether Tom Dick
or Harry dull be'Prefident, is, when
compared to it, but as dust in the balance.
By looking at the census we find that,
Pcnntylvania Contained pl Free
White perlons. 600,83,
New-Y^k, ' 565,437
Virginia, 534,5 0 4
1,700,780
But by adding to Virginia for 345,796
Saves 207,477 vo te %
Virginia has 741,981 votes.
Pennfylvariigas before, 600,83,
And New-York 565,437
1,908,257
Dividing each amount into a hundred
pais, we have the following comparison:
Pennsylvania, 36 free whites,
N^. - York, d 33
V^nia, 31
100
inia. 39 vote
Pennf ivaria, 32
New-York, > 29
4toe
Thus it is as clear as arithmetic can
,make it, that by means ofthefe black
- votes Penruyivama and New-York each
lule four in a hundred of their weight
and influence in the American Councils
while Virginia gains the eight in a hun
dred which thole two States have loft. It
is unquefttonab^e, that whether we take
as a ft yndard the strength, or wealth, or
number of free citizens,' Pennfyivania
flands" firft and New-York second of the
United States. But in political impor
tance, they are both behind and far be
hind, Virginia, merely because that Rate
bis condemned near tb-ec hundred aac
Though the President, tender hearted
creature, gaye us to understand in his
meflagc that all would soon be well again
with Spain, it does nor seem yet fettled
by the knowing ones bow matters have
tertpinated. Whether the late capture
of their treasure by the Ergilh will bet
ter dilpofe the Spanish Government to
treat with Mr. Jeff rfon, is not so certain
to thole, who arc of opinion that our de
putes cannot be finally be made up with
out calling in the umpirage of cur great
Ally Napolean, ^ by the Grace of God
and the Constitution of the Republic,"
Emperor of the French. In that &»ie
t is luppofed the Pennsylvania economy
of arbitration will be pursued, and that
is one of the parties we fhnll have to pay
oerhaps not quite fifteen millions again
for the award our mutual friend Bona
parte might think proper to render.
The nature of the 'difpatches fat^y
brought from Spain by Fatio formerly
Secretary to fc Marquis Yrujo, is not
yet promulged. It is underftoud how
ever, that our Cabinet are very desirous
of having a new minister in the place of
the Marquis, whom both Madilon and
Jefferfon with much to get rid of. Juf.
tice will sometimes beeven handed." We
wonder now if these people, to whom
Yrjjo is become so troublesome and ob
noxious, ever recoiled the time when
they supported him in,his unbecoming
deport merit towards the Federal Admin
^ration, and in his improper writings
against President Adams aqd Mr. Pick
ering. W» wonder too whether, after
he had been suspended by his Govern
ment on the complaint of President Ad
ams, Proficient Jefferfon did notprocure
the Marquis to be reftored,—the Very
lame Marquis Yrujo,whom it would now
so mudrreheve him to have recalled. But
he had better take care of himfelf, before
he rashly ventures on this step ft had
better never forget, that whatever the
Spanish Ambassador may be of himfelf
or whatever he may deem it right to do
and to fay, he is still neverthelels and at
all times equally the son-in law of Gov
ernor M'Kean. Fredericktown Herald.
GGV. STRONG's
EXCELLENT SPEECH.
Gunemtnol the Stirte,/ml f
Gent en^n/d the H<>ufe o! Rtyrf^frv^'
I MEET you with much fatisl^ion
at this time, as I am persuaded, that
from a continuance of harmony in the
everal branches of Government, the bu
siness of it will be concluded with advan
tage to the public, and with eale and
convenience to thole who are employed
in its administrations
We have men faralthing the negroes of
St. Domingo with armsand ammunition
to destroy our friends, for the fake of a
lucrative trade in sugar and coffee. Can
you, then, suppose that we Should hefi
late about a Similar commerce for rice
and tobacco, when we Should thereby'
destroy our enemies ? Personally gentle
men, I look at this object with horror,
and reprobate our administration for per
mitting that detestable traffic: but I
terioufly believe that if you drive matters
to extremity, yourfl ives will beemploy
ed againSt you. 1 would proceed and
designate the Several points of attack, &
the means of penetrating your country,
but I cannot dwell, even in imagination,
on feenes so horrible. Betides it is not
prudeat to publish the plan of such a
campaign.
On the whole, it fems to me perfectly
clear, that the yankee amendment
will be carried. They can drive you to
the necessity of dire& taxation whenever
they pleafe,and you will in that case be
heartily sick of the constitutional appor
tionment. By that ,time, what with the
propagation and importation of Slaves,
you will have among you not tefs than
eleven hundred thou Sand ; which by pre
sent rules of apportionment, would give
you twenty members in the house es re
pfefeatatives. These you mull be con
tent to forego, but you will have the fat
isfadion to behold your chief in the Pre
sidents chair. And what is the loss of
twenty members when compar'd with the
advantage of securing Mr. JefferforVs
election ? All things considered you have
made an excellent bargain, on which I
pray you gentlemen to receive the hearty
[congratulations of
Your most obedient ferv't
AN AMERICAN.
SPAIN.
in out present system of legation.
While you thus confider yourlcives, as
deputed to watch over the public inter
est ;-=while, you support the just Claims
of our fellow citizens, and gratify their
reafopable expectations, you will merit,
[and probably retail their refped. But
in whatever manner your fei vices (hall be
estimated by others you wiibhave the
fatisfaftion which arifa from the confc
oufnefs of doing good.
We have associated with our fellow
citizens to preserve our rights, by tup
porting Republican Government ; in
doing this we are all equally and deeply
iuteieftcd. When the Constitution of
the United States was firft prupofed,
rt any good men doubted of the fitnefs or
fufficichey of its provisions.—But such
important benefits have refused from it,
and such contusion and difeord would
follow from a separation of the States,
tlltpvc+ably few,or none c,f thcpecple are
detirpus of that event.
The C institution of this slate unites
us still more elofely for our common
fa',ty and happiness. It is founded on
ithe Ix sis of equal liberty, and its value
I does n t appear td be lessened in the efti
maticn of the people, by the experience
I of more than twenty years ; —our couu
! try flourishes in peace and weakh, and
I we may be thought, from thefefavoura
ible c rcuroftarces, to be out of tire reach
iof danger. But when we fee other Re
-Ipublicks disgracefully renouncing the
Ifruit of their fufterings and exploits, and
tamely fubniitting to the totted, of
Maflers, we ought at lca^ fore on
the causes of their foiled conflict of the
means by which we may be guarded a
gair.ft a like degradation.
It will, I think be agreed that knowl
edge and virtue in the body of the pen.
plc, are essential to the support of a free
government—Without them we Gould
readily fubihit to any artful usurper.—
The firft settlers of this ftatc, aware of
their importance, adopted every expedi
ertin their power to promote them ; and
so long as we preserve unimpaired the m
ftitutions which have been tranfmitted.'
to us by the wd m ofi cur ancestors,
and retain their purity of manners, and
the lessons which they inculcated, we may
hope to-be exempt from the vififfitudes
to which other nations have been exppfe
cd.
Religous principles and institutions
are necetfary to all governments, and ef
pecialiy to repub cs. The teachers of
religion of whatever denoarinatron they t
are, by their moral inftri aions, may
l ave much influence in upholding the
ogda & fate, and regulating the oon-
ft the Course of the session, you will
have leisure maturely to confider those
fubjeds which were postponed at the close
of your firft meeting. Permit me again
to recommend to your revision the ar<
rangement of the terms of the Supreme
Judicial Court established by the late act
making further provision in the judicial
department. If that arrangement is
found to be impracticable or inebnvenent
you will undoubtedly make the neeffyary
amendments.
The Secretary will lav before you the
return of the Mlitia of the Common
wealth which I have received from the
Adjutant-General, with a letter from
him, Rating some local inconveniences
which have arisen under the existing mili
tia laws. He will allo deliver to vou
the Quarter-Master-General's retu n of
the ordinance stores belonging to the
and military.
Commonwealth ; your time will be de
voted to this obje&, in attending to the
requests of individuals, and removing any
just grounds of complaint ; in affording
fufable encouragement to every fpecits
of ufeful indufyy, and in (applying, as
far as you are able, whatever is deficient
The Major-Generals of several divi
sions of the militia have informed me,
that in the late reviews it appeared, that
the regiments and corps computing the
feverl brigades, had improved in all the
essential points w ich confliiute a well
regulated militia ; —that their arms and
equipments were in better order than at
any former period, and that withfew ex
ceptions they had good cloth, uniforms ;
-—this latter circurnftance being volun
tary and not required by law, is peculiar
ly meritorious.
There can be no necessity, Gentle
men, of recommending to you the ad
vancement of the various interests of the
I Lb the republic# which I have juff mentioned
• the pc plc bad not Sufficient virtue and public ip:!
nt to unite their efforts aganft the common cneuy.
Their numbers and wealth were as great , when
they r lifted the most powerful prinCtsL^rf i;
toe,h> d aded with unanimity& vigour, their <'ef, n *
five attitude might have laved ih m from an arracks
bw they were divided and weakened by tactions)
thwr falle pairiots co-operated with their luvaoti,
and their Governments fell, not so much by the"
arms of a conqueror, as by the weight of their own
vices. Such arc tbe sffitts of violent Oifon!ers<,r
implacable discord in all free ftatc# ; they had t<
anarchy, and end in delpotilm. There nay bv
much tb.erfity in the proceP, but the rtfuti, oca;
ly the fame; the chief difference is, that fn^u
fates generally call in a master from ^fodand
gre^t nations make a tyrant lor themicivQ
Wiien political disputes are confußed witl
mm to ation and candour, they arc indent and
may de ufeful. But when forties become cage
and vehement ; when in the heat / conratiQ
they lole fight of ? hc public intcreft, and ca^ea^r
to m.flead thsciijn, by fade repreft niation^, 'he,
corrupt the public morals ami tend directly to hc C fr
ciuufdeh and cunlution. luTucbcafathCT:would be
danger hat the meft unprincipled would be m m^f
fucetGful ;—they might resort to meafurca which
their opponent might be unwilling m adopt ; — for
honest men would diflam to deceive the people,
and w>uld never deviate from right cmiu± t.*
promote any cause, or produce any ch O g C , m„.
pinions or mediums, fat if men of corrupt pan.
ciples fhouid thus predominate, they n/gr^ chwL
rather to submit to a DJpot of their own ra n %
thm h zard the lots of ;ncir ill acquire) to tiu
From our fixation w c have the mean, of hkiv
in a peculiar manner io our own powei, and r .1.
pends upon oUrfelvty whether as a people we b.-
come the most rHpeft ble or the most wrec c l. If
we are united in Affection, if we retain a no&)
cdurfe of living, and are animated with z.Z for "
the public goto, we fodl p fl ff cs itefouic shoy
lufneient for oug security, and thail rife to4hr hfr
est itate of public honor and bapp,fii!s 0 but it in
t fine div.boos and civil discord, p^ vil, we flutl
be tsp. fed, not only iq foreign tni u ;, murinoc
reverefuldomeftic enornkic^which have been ne
terror and dilgi.ee oiotier nanons. d s, K fo c# |
duth then of every ciuz.n, inllcad o; octug"^a.
nance and party ftrife which are the founts oftoq.
tufion and miferj, to promote c< ncord among tire
people.—-And it will be the aim of good Govern
.%nt to unite the ci: z ns in the ties of fncu&p,
auU make the foppinus of the State confit! in the
harmony of its fiveral parts. 'Such a Government
wit ex Superior to ftlfifh cenhderations -nd pafo
arahmeme; and will infp.re raped by the cquir,
aoawuikfot%of its principles ; by a co, fta^ ad
herafyfo probity and good faith in it a ncUwQ
md by caufaig rand rear ude to te had in hot@. ‘
Y,U will readily perceive, Gentlemen, iba t «&>
fafery would be endangered by a general relaxation
either of the millry ^ the political virtue, ; ade
cay of (hi former would rapte to foreign aggreC
Goo aid by the decline of the fatter we Ihowd
c.>meaheafy prey to to the ambitious projects
reft] fs and aspiring men among ourfeivek. The
hiflory of other Republics will fov c to lay open h
our lew ihe difguiles under which tyranny arity to
introduced in a fice Stac. In th# &Mmi kept b
!csif Europe the ftene, which w & < formerly dis,
pl , d n those of Greeceto Rome, have been re
peated. Diffenfioa @ pwiy tyrri were excied
among the people, and their paffiofos were artfully , ,
inflamed again/, the moll able and viyu„ us Q^
and agaii ft (hole inflitulions and uftaimj which
wisdom had otvifed, and the experience of ages
fapaiooed. These Republics, one after anoso
have loft thty freedom, and have been fubjede He
domedic usurpation, o( foreign dominion, by the
unrigues of men, who affiacd the language of pa.
triors while they afoired to bit: power of Valiyg,A
and who under the (pecious pretext of
ifierting the rights of the people, betrayed and over
wbl, med them. Let us take wdr<bag from their <r-t
rigs serf misfortunes; and may Heaven preserve
cs from a similar deginy
Gelb Spreng.
dti& of the people ; their effas would : ,
therefore tie of great importance, -even
if they had no higher objects in view.—.
But all nations have exprefled a reverence
so r the deity, and have united in the be-"
lief that feme mode of worship is neceh' «
fa ry to obtain his favor. Within dfe,
years, indeed, an experiment has been
made by the people of France of renounc- -
ing religion ; but we have now Seen the
tendency and termination of their fyftenj
To enumerate the inftnutions f ftsbb&u by o sr
Snceftors might be though, (aperftuous, many of'
them, and parti< ulariy 'hole which related to rd ;
cation, are dill ma owned, and we e&trf day
perirnce their beneficial effects. May their foitato
it not only preserve :hcb iofti #iim, but practice '
thrir manners and virtues !
It is often faio, that . molt of the Arfbli-r
which 1 have referred to, were cobquerfq by^etf
more powerful neighbours, and that>ur remote fit.
nation from E nope tni#rt!i te falety of <& gg vx
errmems. Perhaps these ebkrvrtens are not &
cora as we are inched to believe. Free State;
are in much greater ganger from their own deprave
iy, than from external enemies. The vices jit.
orders and divisions in former R p<A:cs, have in
all cafa occasioned then ru n. 1: wil& be d& u&
to find an instance, whrre a free .nd civilizes peo
ple have been conquered, who had not ^generated
from that virtue by which their liberty was efab.
lifhed. When th<yare lurroundert bv other nation
they confer them as watching f ^kcahta^
Os thier folly an 1 weakdeh ; this n flexion operate
as a constant check open their diftudtriy patiiuns
It an luvafion is thiratcned, and any pub ic ty/
it remains m the people, th, Iy,fi., protean,
imofiues, and uat for ih, r coomon defence :—
In this manner the apprehend) of danger froo^
abroad, hn in nuniberect s ir.Rances prevented con,
tenting at home. Our d&mtiron. Europe will
be a fortunate circuit fiace >f we can be at peace
among ourfcives; it hflens the probability of fr, r „
ciga iuvafio, though it may incuse the danger
from internal feuds.