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r T'HE-Conhitution of the United States
1 has provided, %t'the President "may
require the opinion, in writing, of the prin
cipal officers in each of the executive depart
ments, upon any fubjed relating to the du
ties of their federal offices." He lias pow
er "by and with the advice of the senate to
^^TZrefyp^^
@ffiter bffft^ at once seen that'
the heads pf the departments are not the core
litutional council of the President, but the
Sehate are. Yet burjunto, by a strange in
iuehce, and an aftonilhitig kind of address
live obtruded themselves upon the nation, as
being the executive council of the-President.
And they do by no means flop at this point,
but they claim to be the governor of the, fu
preme' executive authority. They contend
that the President is not to a& without their
previous direction, He is to receive a com
mu nicatidii froth them through the secreta
ry of Rate, tod then, by the fan;e channel, re
ceive it back ag^n, forward it to the circle,
and afford* them all pecuniary advantages
which may refiilt from its execution, and
then give it to the public.
Whether an American President has ever
complied with a requisition so difgraceful to
the dignity bf his office we do not know, but
this wero kn'ow, that President Adams did
not do it inthe late measure of appointing en
voys to France, and these people have the im
pyQcqcelo censure him highly and openly
on the fubjea ; and are combining to over,
throw him on the next election? But his
fellow citizens are by this time, fully aware
of their dangerous intrigues, the virtues of
Mr. Adams are well known ; and this jun
to cannot prevail agaiou him.
Governor,nt is the public opinion concen
trated andfiged to certain principles, oper
ating by established forms. In a well regu
lated country, religion, and piety, are main
ftrppotterb to a system of jtirifprudcnce, —
The man who openly invades these, is a
dangerous man, and ought not to be trusted.
—-And yet this club follow the lead of One,
who has taken pains to inform the world
that he disregards religion, and morality.—
Notwithstanding this, they have had the im
pudence to affumea deep concern for the,
chriftian faith, to,, spread the' alarm of in
crenfmg infidelity, and to raise an outcry in
thepountry sot fear that the chriftian religi
on (hould be overthrown. From the feats of
iuftice, from the chair of government, and
from the sacred defies, the cry has been rail
ed of a dangerous infidelity imported from
France, and borne on the wings of the winds
to the U. States. This has been the depth
of a difgraceful hypoprify, of a prophane
and abominable trick of party politicks, by
Which the sacred truths or religion have been
vilely prostituted to purposes of state cuh
^^g.
'The chimera of the illuminati has been
conjured up, and as many fallhoods fabri
fcated upon the fubje&, as these were on the
Famous gun powder plot of London. The
Lefign was, to engage the Americans, to
■come into an alliance with Great Britain,
[in order to preserve the ehriftian religion.
■These men know, that there is riot more in-
Er^lity in America now than there was years
[ago, and that the chriftian religion is as
[warmly regarded as it ever was. But if
[rulers and priests conspire to make a flare
[engine of it, it may not, perhaps, hold out
[much longer, to be reverenced and refpeaed,
[as highly as it has been.
I There is something very ridiculous in a
[man’s haranguing in tears, against infidelity
[on this occasion, who, perhaps, did not, be
[fore this plan of hypocrisy was assumed, fee
■he in fide of a place of public worthip three
[tithes in a year, and who even now, though
[on this slate occasion, he may go there more
[frequently, has no concern in the ordinances
[or more solemn parts of religion.
I The intentions of the party are n@w open
[ed; they wi(h to raise the public resentment
fogainft France to such a pitch, that the pub
[lic opinion shall countenance, a declaration
[of war. They pretend that a war is necef
[fary, in order to keep dut French principles.
[Whereas, if the people of America are so
[weak, that they cannot refill an evil, which
[brings no temptation with it, but which is
[loaded with calamity on every fide, it is of
[very little conference, what government or
[what religion we have. rt n L
[ Should we engage in a war, we shall then
be left destitute of allies and friends. The
principles of republicanism are. odious to
the combined powers of Eqtope. . It is their
interest to exterminate them. They have
once, been carried from America to Europe,
and the fame thing may happen again. The
Porcupine Club may then count upon the af
fyance, that jf the French Republic shall
:be overthrown, the British monarchy will
aid them to destroy republicanism in Ameri
ca and to establish a strong single executive,
and a perma,@4:nate..
They have already waited for the effea,
which tim^ and expeiiehce have had On the
dazzling Rate Sovereignties, on thAembarraff
ed and inefficient executive, and on the sen
ate destitute of permanency, arid they now
only want the means, in order to render the
constitution consonant to an accurate politi
cal theory, which shall aflimilate it to what
is supposed to be the perfect model in a
a mixed government. But the idea of a
mixed government, swl'.ere there are no dif
tin& orders, giving diftina rights to men, is
in the eye of every well informed man the
mod odious nonsense.
Another maxim of the club, is, that a
public debt is the strength of an empire.
This is borrowed from that all perfea mo
del, the British administration. This may,
and will gradually produce this effea; The
government being in the hands of wealthy
tharpers, and their confidential friends, mea
sures may be taken, to raise flocks at one
time, and fink them at another until fortunes
are created, which may give an influence to
change the principles of the government.
What is it but this system, that involves
three fourths of the people in the British
empire, in rags, hunger and wretchedness ?
Office of the {Baltimore) AMERICAN.
Saturday evening, Dec. 21.
This morning, arrived /hip PerJeyerance, Norman,
in 8 weeks from*the Downs, and 41 days from
land to land.
To Capt. Thorndike ChaJe, a passenger in the above
/hip, the Editor of the American is indebted for a
file &fLondon papers, down to the 24th &%ber, 6
days later than an, European news on the Conti
nent—the most important contents of which are
haflily laid before the public.
Capt. Cna/e informs, that on the 28th Oft.f poke the
/hip Union, Porter, of Baltimore, from Hamburg
to Surrinam ; left Hamburg on the 20th. Capt.
Porter informed, that the day before he jailed,
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS were received, and read
to the populace, that the Duke of York had been
severely and completely beaten ; that all the An
gle-Ruffians in hit army, had laid down their
arms,'and farrendered themselves prifaers^f
war. Capt. Porter did not learn whether
Duke himjelf was taken prisoner, but gave Ca^
C. positive afarances that the above information
was Correll.
late foreign Intelligence,
Evacuation of Holland.
LONDON, OCT. 24.
No further advices from the Duke of York
have been received fined our last ; but as Col.
Brownrigg reached thd Helder on Saturday
last, with the final ^nftruaions of Govern
ment, it is probable a great part of our
troops have ere this embarked, on their re
turn to England. .Some of the Dutch Loy
alists are already arrived. Six hundred of
them were brought over in the Alkrnaar
man of war, which arrived at Deel on Tuef
day, where three other ships, full of people,
of the fame description, were hourly expea
ed, having failed from the Texel immedi
ately after Alkmaar. The Convention, by
virtue of which the Anglo-Ruffian army is to
evacuate Holland, was signed on the ißtty
inst. and is to continue in force for fix weeks
from that date---a circumstance which has
given rife to a supposition, that the treaty
embraces more obje&s than have yet been
publicly expressed. If it bears relation
merely to the evacuation of the country by.
our troops, and a general exchange of pri
soners, the business might be done in as
many days as there are allowed Weeks to
accomplish it. The probability therefore
is, Qat there are involved in the armilUce
! some fubjeds, the nature of Which may
;require a considerable time to adjust ;
bpt upon this topic we shall for the present
decline any (peculation, under the hope, that
a day or two will put us in possession of the
fa&. All that is at present known for cer
tain is, that we have agreed to evacuate Hol
land, without injuring either the arsenal or
New Diep works , that all the enemy's guns
are to be reflored ; that the Holder isrto be
. left in the fame condition iffwhich we found
lit'; and that the prisoners are reciprocally to
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WEDNESDAr, JANUARY 8, i^. l
be given up. It is underwood that we
also to deliver up B,oco or 10,coo of 'nc?"
French prisoners now dn England ; but re
fpeaing this point we have as yet received
no fatisfaTory information. Upon the
whole, if we have the conGderation of the
humiliated situation in which the event of
the expedition has unfortunately placed us,
we shall find but .little cause to regret the :
nature of,he terms to which we have thus
been induced to agree. The acceding to
^Wolfes on our part dilated py^ the pure
principle of humanity ; and the laudable de
termination of saving our brave country
men, by negociation, from the deftfutlion
which otherwise seemed to await them, must
be considered as paramount to every other
feeling, whether of mistaken honour or na
tional pride.
A Hamburgh Mail bee .ere due yesterday,
which had not arrived; when this paper was
put to press.
Dispatches were yesterday received as the
Admiralty from Capt. Young, of the Etha
lion frigate, giving the pleating account of
his having, on the 16th inst. off Ferrol, cap
tured the Thetis Spanish frigate, from the
Havanna, with one million and an half of
dollars on board, besides a quantity of mer
cnandize. The Naiad and Alcmene were
in company with the Ethalion at the time,
and were left within gun-shot of another
Spanish frigate, said to have no less than 3
millions or dollars on board ; so that there is
po doubt of the speedy arrivahof this (hipal
fo in a British port. The Thetis is arrived
at Plymouth with the Ethalion. It is with
much fatisfa&ion we add, that on this occa
sion, we have loft not a single man.
Arrived last night, his majesty's ship Alk
maa, from Holland, with 600 Dutch Loy
aliftson board, all volunteers in the service
of tlie Prince of Orange.
LONDON, OCT. 21.
At a late hour last night, Paris papers
were received in a regular series, to the 19th
inst. the contents of which we have not time
to detail, and can only fay in general, that
they- confirm the former accounts, Rated in
several papers of the Bth, that Suwarrow had
been defeated, with the loss of 10,000 prison
ers, and 2,000 wounded. The number of
slain is not afeertained.—He is said to have
retreated, with the remainder of his army, in
the Grifon country.
A rumour was also prevalent, that the
Archduke Charles had been defeated with
considerable loss.
° . OCT. 14.
During the few minutes that Suwarrow
remained at Altorf, he received the curate's
benediaion, and then bellowed it himfelf on
the people. He harangued the citizens, in-,
vitihg them to take arms for their Religion.
He (tiled himfelf the deliverer of Switzer
land, and kept shaking, during his address, a
kind of lash which he held in his hand, em
blematical of the liberty he intended them.
However peifuafive his eloquence might
prove, no one took arms.
From the" Paris papers.
A letter from Lucerne of the ift inst. dates
as follows : —
" Suwarrow arrived at Altdorf on the
26th ult. in the evening. He immediately
went to the house of the Under-Perfea,
whom he embraced, not knowing who he
was ; he asked of him guides to go to Zurich.
—The Perfea feeing a little man without a
coat and without a hat, dressed in a (hirt and
a small white vest, who was decorated with
chains and with across like a pilgrim of St.
Jaffies, afkedffis name. lam Suwanovr,
and going with my army'to Zurich. But
the French were there yelterday- Suwarrow
then began to complain of Korfakoff, and
immediately disappeared. The Ruffians
whom he brought with him were obliged to
pass upon three beams the abyt snear the
Devil's bridge. They loft.a great number,
of men by' this very inconvenient method of
passing the precipices. From this we may
conclude that they could not bring with them
much ptovifion, but only a few oxen. Let,
ters from St. Gall, and the neighborhood, ad
dressed to the Representatives of the Helvet
ic people, announce that the whole of Ture
vria, fchirithal, Togrenbourg, and the coun
try ofAppenZel, araabfoluijy evacuated by
the Auftro-Ruflians.^ In all thellefiles thro'
which the Ruffians'll efFeaed their retreat;
they have been ki&SH'and pillaged. Theft]
is reason to belief ?hat great part of them
have perished i l their retreat; tor they have
not only the F^nch to combat, but the pea
sants all deftrthem in great numbers.
b — * = — — "tN
[tDOL. 50 CT, PER ANNCM^
— I —— i —rifl^hh.
“On the 13th d r f this month 36 carriage
'with wounded French, arrived at Berne :
th% have been carried to the hospital, which
^ ants the n^efyiai necessaries. Thf
Surgeons bare riot sehn paid for a long time
It is only by requifniong that the Dire&ur^
can procure wine and medicines. Fortu'
pately great part of the wounded soldiers ii ]
the hospitals are loaded with gold, Giver, and]
watches, which they have taken from th,
Ruffians.
Head-Quarters, Schagenburg, 05. 8.
“ Parole—Port/mouth, Countersign—St. Peter's
" His Royal Highness the Commander itl
Chief desires the troops will accept his betl
thanks for the persevering bravery and gd J
order wgich has so eminently diftingui°lhe<
their conduct during the whole period fron
the 2d tothe Bth past, although fufferihg fron
.the inclemency of the weather and precarious
supplies necessarily originating out-of the fi
tuation of the army. From the former 0
these causes his Royal Highness has found i
necessary to withdraw the troops from a sty
tuation where they mud have been continue
ally exposed to infopportable hardships, an^
which no efforts or an enemy twice beaten
could have effet^ed."
From the French papers. *
Bulletin from the Chief of the Helvetic Staff to the
Minister of War.
Zurich, 15 Fendemaire, (Psi, 6.) f
Gen. Oudinot this moment informs m&
that the enemy have evacuated Muttenfh#
and the canton of Glarus. The left win|
and centre of the army occupy the Thurs
from Lichtenfleig to its confluence with the
Rhine. It has its advanced polls at St. Gall,
Mulheim, and upon the heights along the
Rhine. Laharpe.u
YARMOUTH, OCT. 21.|
Yesterday arrived, in 24 hours from th#
Holder, the Diana Packet, Capt. Ofborn|
with letters and dispatches from the army i;§
Holland : we left the Texel on the 20th infl'
arid brought over as passengers, Capt. -$
Aid-de-Camp to Lord Chatham ; Colonels;
Deane and Gore ; Captains Philips, Bafs|
Graham, Bracey ; and Ensign Garte. 11
was reported before the Packet failed, thr
ope of our out-ppfts had deserted, and givej
the ebunterfign to the enemy, in consequence
of which there were frequently fkirmifhe^
between the out-posts from one on Thurl|
day evening till five o'clock 011 Friday, il
which we loft a few of our brave troops.-=
The waters still continue between the aJ
mies ; ours is stationed at the diltance of 20
miles from the Helder.
Arrived two transports with sick 'and
wounded, from Holland. The Packets ftilf
remain wind-bound.
Seven or eight fail of tranfports,with near
1000 wounded Ruffians on board, came into
the roads on Sunday. They left the Helder
on Friday, in company with another squad
ron, have the British wounded on board, tor
Harwick. All the men of war in our roads,
large and small, about 20 fail are under fail
ing orders for the Texel; but the wind if
contrary, and they cannot stir to sea.
Private Corref/):r.denre from Holland.
OUDE 3LUY§, OCT. 16,
" Almost every perlon in the army was in
hafle to conclude that, because the enemy
had evacuated Alkmaar, and retreated the
next day some miles, our last engagement
would prove decisive in oui favor. The a&ion
itfelf was by no means so, for night alone
terminated rhe combat; and rhe enemy's loss
was certainly not greater than ours. The
next day we thought that the French were
precipitately flying to seize the passes of Be
verwyck, and that Sir Ralph Abercrombie's
viaorious column was forcing a march by
a nearer route along the ftibte, to prevent
that design, aqd to turn the enemy within
the Peninsula: The faQ is; the enemy .did
not retreat after the battle of the 2d, unlefc
you chufe to term the taking up a new posi
tion a retreat, nor did we pursue them ; we
merely took possession of the polls they had
evacuated, of which polls Alkrnaar Wafas
ceffarily one. This is not a ftfong town ;
it is, however, a place of importance to thoL
who can keep the field, and doubly so to us,
as affording quarters to a great part of oui
army. Its acquisition, therefore, was a sub
I je& of no small gratuUtion, and we proceed
ed forthwith to new model the Municipality;
to appoint a Town Major, and to eltabliC
there our ftaff and! head-quarters. Mean'
wkiltftye enemy were concentrating thei.