The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-10-02 00:00:00, page 1

L O N.D O N, June xo.
& correfp ndent at the H^GUE has favoured us.with tbe follow,
ing remarkable SPEECH of the Sieur JOHAN THEODOR
VANDER CA^ELLEN, dq>at^ for. the province of Upper
Tffcl, delivered in the fail /wcmbl, of 'he States General, on
the ^ueftim, " Whether his Briannic Maj fly's request
" concerning the Scottiflo Brigades in the faxvice of the Re
“ public be granted ? .
" High W Mighty Sus! ~
" THE irqueft of a neighbouring power to be fupplicd
1 with our troops, i< a matter of so great importance,
for a republic Lkc ours, and in the fixation too in which Eu
rope actually is, that 1 (hull deliver to you my opinion on
the fuhjt cl in writing.
66 To supply a foreign power with troops, tn get herfelf
Cut of the difficulties in which flic is engaged, F, in one
*- rd thb—Tr rtb:e a deceive p^-r in the qua*>6l. to be ex
posed to the greeted danger, which mght have been tore
feen at the beginning, and is'thc necessary consequence of
the firff ftrp.
“ Our Republic, Sirs,.muft subsist and be nourished by
peace alone ; but, alafs ! we have hitherto been fond of ru
in us wars. Our republic can flourish by commerce and agri
cwl tire only, y t neither of these articles have met with Effi
cient encouragement, beeakfe we have been busy with wars,
milled by undue influence, and the blind Zeal of others ; nay
we harve even put omfclvcs in the utmost flat, of infirmity
for the fake of others ; in which infirm situation I infill we
still are, and never shall gtt the better of, wniefi we adopt
quite contrary mcafures, namely, by observing a neutrality
in che ftridteft sense in every quarrel that may arise in Eu
rope. Every plan proposed to your High Mightintucs,
plausible however as it may be, mutt be cffayed upon that
touchstone.
" The fubjea under your present deliberation,is of this
Very kind highly deserving to be thus essayed. Your High
Mightinesses will therefore permit me to deliver my thoughts
on a fubjedt, so clearly connected with the welfare of my
country, with the fpi ited and becoming liberty of a Dutch
man 1 My call is to speak out; and I confides silence as a must.
heinous crime, when office and dmy prompt to speak!
" The flame which has of late broke out in America may
c.EEy faA Europe iu a b<ize : The srain has been laid
long enough through all Europe, and the least fpatk will
kiddie it, and cause a most violent conflagration. The mo-
Mrnt you distinguish yourfclves by supplying Great- Britain
with troops against America, depend on it other p^wes will
supply America with troops, and yen will be considered as
an active party in the quarrel.
" We have actively contributed to the fuperiori'y of Great-
Britain, nay, facrificed almost our all, without any national
advantage, or any reward wharfotver that could excuse it,
by which the former ballance in Europe (which was fettled by
whole rivers and streams of blood) was totally destroyed ; so
that the British flag now ezercifes the raoft awful sway in all
the fear, mope than any nation or empire ever did.
" Can you possibly imagine this fuporiority and exalted
ftatc of Greas Britain, to which, I fay, we have so much
contributed, is looked upon by the House of Bourbon with
an indifferent eye ? Or can it be a matter of indifference to
any nation who has the interest, liberty, and commerce of
Europe at heart?
“ It is far more than probable that the House of Bourbon
carefully watches the opportunity to ft^ike a sure and mortal
blow. You arc nowab ut anting against America : The suc
cess of war lies in chance; and what can be the consequence ?
This alone, that we Shall find ourselves once more involved
in a grievous war with one of our most dreaded and powerful
neighbours; a neighbour, who, according co the mutual in
terests of commerce, is to be considered as our natural friend,
and whole iatereft it is, that a Republic like ours, flourishing
by neutrality, commerce, and navigation, does exist, and
have a strong fleet merely to orotea her commerce in a time
Of foreign wars, in order to support that union which subsists
between us and our neighbours, without intetuption by any
war whatever.
, “ Having hinted on oae hand the dangerous confluences
to which we expose ouifelves, by taking an active parr against
America, letus on the other hand weigh what advantages we
can promise ourselves from it; and pray what advantage
have we ever had from our alliances with Great Britain?
What retard and compunfatien has cur republic received for
the numerous Services and assistances we hitherto so generously
afforded to Great-Rritain ?
" At the conclusion of the Succession war, tho' so ruinous
and deftruaive to us, Great-Britain obtained not only the
ex entice dominions of America; but also Gibralter and Mi
norca, no less than the key of the whole Mediterranean;
but what, I fry again, did we get by it ? Alas ! an exhausted
treasury, a ruined commence, and a Slaughtered number of
gons! Nothing more is granted to us at tea, but what the ge
gieral law of nations affords; nay. we axe denied federal
privileges which we fheud enjoy, according to the treaties of
' Commerce which we, on our fide, always so religiously ob
served. Our vessels are daily examined and confiscated in
the open fea§ whole cargoes are taken and delated contra
band though they are not so, were the treaties of commerce
to be duly bferved; and in Short we are treated as if we were
not a free people.
" But Supposing the above grievances are removed, and
the immenft Eras of money which from time to time our
merchants have been deprived of i& the open seas, are restored
to us; fuppoting we are allowed exclusive privileges, nay I
will fay Supposing we Should have the faired profpeas by
complying with rhe present request of Great-Britain, are we
justified to take an active part on the prefcut occasion? Rr
' THE
October 2, 1776. #© M ffCTiff
PENNSYLVANIA ^^lll UK JOURNAL;
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WEEKLY.p IIffiADVERT^
WEDNESDAY, I October 2, ^76.
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member, that troops of our ffate are to act, and be made use
of to quell that, which some are plcafcd to call a rebellion of
the Colonies of America. I am bold to fay, that for an ex
pedtim of that kind, Janiffuries, and not the troops of a free
hate Should be employed. Mow detestable is the war between
mother and daughters! so dateftable it appears even to the
eyes of the Savage Indians, that they actually refute to take a
part in it; but how much more enormous, how much more
heinous would it still be for, a free people to attempt it! I f ay
a free people, but I Ihudd r when I coufider that, very fr.e
people tbemjelves were once fettered with the heav.eftchai is of
Slavery, bore the name of rebels, and mid# ihemfcivcs tree
with firord in hand, . .a
"The very idea of employing our troops against America,
in my opinion, .is detestable in the higneft degree. I take;
the A aericaus to be a people deserving >f universal est cm;
they are brave, they took up arms in de; race of their rights,
rights which & hey as aces deceived t</a C-UD,hlmfe|f, .f
not from the legislative p wer of Gear Butrno; and these
rights they now defend with.a becoming, godlike and intre
pid spirit; and these cause, I hope^wili dir up all other na
tions and people, whose liberty is hurt, and who luckily have
ftrcogtb enough to resist opprelfion, to imitate the example of
the brave American,, to maintain or regain,their liberty.
“ I cone ode wi h inlifting, that giving t oops of our Re
public to serve against America, is repugnant to the iateieft
of out Republic at large, to that of my province in particulars
and must provoke and find a people from whom we exped
no harm; and so his Britannic Majesty's r quell cannot fa
this time be complied with." r (signed)
JOHAN THEODOR VANDER CAPELLEN.
Entered in the Journal of Upper Yffel, Dec. z 6, 1775.
w^o^^o^ oto##&cg^ofcofo*^
Messrs. BRADFORDS,
The folk-wing remarks are submitted to the view of the public.
TH E po ticaipower of a free people refpeas cither,
firft, the making; or secondly the executing of laws.
The liberties of a people are chiefly, I may fay, entirely,
guarded by the power of legislation : For that not only re
fpe&s the enabling of la ws; but, likewise, an appointment
of thofc, who arc to execute.
Many have been the disputes as to the mode of the legisla
ture. The Athenians gloried in their popular assemblies;
the Spartans in heir representative body; the Ephoii, and
the Romans in a more complicated mode, viz. their Con
suls, the Senate, and the Plcbeans We do not now enquire,
which is preferable, a popular er a representative govern
ment, in that case we have to confuit the Situation and num
ber of the people: But I venture 0 fly, that where there are
representatives, who hold the legislature, their power Should
never extend any farther, than barely the making of laws—•
for what matter is it, whether they execute the laws, or ap
point persons to do it iu their dead: Since these very persons,
being only arcatures of their appointment, may probably
be induced by interest to aft agreeable to their will and
pleasure. Indeed, upon this plan tie greatest corruption
may take place—for, Shoud there be in some important
affairs very unjust decisions, where might the injured gain
redrefi. Iniquity coud be fuppurted by the executioners of
it —they themselves out of the reach of the people, from
whom they do not derive their authority— and the legislative
body, as they are not the immediate perpetrators, may be
often Screened from just reproach.
The more simple, and the more immediately dependant
the authority is upon the people, the better; (a regard be
ing always paid to their Situation) because it niuft be allowed,
that they themselves are the belt guardians of their own
liberties. Let us fay Amen, that, as the people appoint the
legislative, they do also the executive power. And certainly,
as the former is as important as the latter, and requires more
wisdom, they are less capable of fixing upon proper perfous
in this, than in the other case.
Upon the above principles we will proceed farther and
fay: That, if there is a negative power diftimft from thofc,
that ena& the laws, it fhouid by no means be derived from
them as reprefentarives of the people; arid for these reasons.
As far as there is any power over the rights of a people, so
far they themselves are divested of it—Now by chuting re
presentatives to make laws for them, they put that power
out of their own hands : Yet they do not deposit it into the
hands of these reprefi atativs, to give to others, but to exer
cise it in their room and Read. Now 1 fay, for the represen
tatives to appoint a c®u 6il with negative authority, is to
give away that power, which they cannot justly do, as they
themselves derivd it from the people. Again, there is a
palpable contradiction implied—tor this negative power, if
it cannot be called hgiflauvc, has at least foch weight in the
legislature, as to be the unlimited fine qua non. Thole, there
fore, who adt as a council or negative body, rAake use of a
power in the room of the people; and conftquently repre
sent them so far as their power extends. Now, to fay, that
the legiflarive body can appoint them is as absurd, as to fay,
that the representatives have a right to appoint the reprefen
tarives of the people.
I write not for the fake of Angularity or novelty; but to
open the real interest of Society in an important point. It is
now rhe time for the people to be critical in planting the
feed of government; for, from this very date, a tree will
arise, the boughs of which (permit the figure) will ei her
shelter the liberties of future ages; or only serve to Ikreea
the designs of crafty usurpers. The plan of Lycurgus's go-
Terntaent was complex/and uniforms fift, it afted five hun
dred years without disorders : That of Romulus, somewhat
improved by Numa, was at best imperfect, and continued
not forty years together without great convulsions. A go
vernment should be at h^,;c, as prf;kh; for its pans,
when complicated, cafily get disordered. I might produce
ibflances, as examples to prove it, from the present Bate of
Verona, opposed to that of Venice. r ^ 4
Perhaps these hints may be in some measure conclusive a
gainst what has been said upon his head in a pamphlet,'
entitled " THOUGHTS ©n GOVERNMENT," &c. which
has impressed into the minds of many a parial idea of the
rights of the people.C AMI LLIJ %
RAN-AWAY from the fubferiber, I ving in E< (ham, ia
the county of Burlington, on Monday the ,h infta t,
(September) a Negro man named MOSES about fire tree
four inches hig,i, a thick well set fellow. Had on wh nhe
w nt away, a short light Coloured coat, wth bit di g t he
fame co ^ur, a pair of strong new droes, with arg plated
Duck'd, a pair of hemefpuu linen trows s, a black fleck
with a ft&el buck'e. He also dole and toox wi p h him, a b ue
great coat with white m tal buttons; the oth^r part o' hit
cl thes not known. As he.has been cede irouri gto p ev@il
upen the Negroes in this neighbourhood to go with him and
join the minifteriai army, it is hoped every lover of hi#
country will endeavour to apprehend so daring a villain.
Whoever will secure him in any gaol in this State, shall
be entitled to the above reward, with re? Enable charges ts
brought home, paid by ^ GMARLKS RAA^
^ ' x Nectfar, to be kept in all Families. I '- ?
S® exceedingly valued by ail people who have had of them.
in Great-Botain and Ireland, for the.r trapfeendent ex
cellency in the defiroying Worms of all kinds, bo<.h in the
bodies of men, women and children, by, noconiy breaking
the knots of the duodenum, or guts uex- th ftoaach, but
they pass through the final Aft p<ffa ; ss f the body, and
purge array tiule ropy^kid ft-ny bum ms w ich a .c the
Gaufe of thofc pernicious vermi , and the t urce of man,,
other disorders; they arc one ot the befi purges in the whole
world for ,gross bodied children that ate apt o.Atred worms,*
and have large bellies; their; operation os mid, ..,.', and
pleasant, they wa derfully cleanse, the bow< A of a 1 ft if
and clammy humours, which ft ,p up the par s, aid prevent
the juice of food being conveyed to the live: at d made plord,
which is often the case wi h children, and is attended with
a hard belly, (linking breach, frequent f vc ~rickets, and
a deci, of Hreugth in the lower parts: L kc*he, f tiled
hcad-achs and pan a in thd head, fwepinr, t id fores, 1c br,
tetters, or breakings cut, will be perf^dl y cu cd, and the
blood and (kin restored to its original pun) and Imoothaxl $
they purge by urice, and bring away the gavei, and <if c
tually cure all obftruai ns of the urine, 01 alccis in Wu kid
neys. They at once strike at the true cause of the feurvy and
entirely destroy it, and all scorbutic humours and effects,
root and branch, so as never to return again; and what
makes them more commendable is, they are full as agreeable
to both taste and fight as loaf fegar.
I have by these plumbs cured a great many children of
whooping or chin coughs, and agues, which diftempes are
very common a d troublefomc to families, and the want of
these plumbs are the ruin of many childrens constitutions.
These plumbs enrich and fwecten ,he whole maG of blood,
carry of all gross, corrupt, and putrid humnu % aid creasy
a frclh and healthy complexion in such as arg affected by any
putrid matter.
The plumb is a great diuretic, cleansing the reins of flimeg
it expels wind, and is a fovereigh medicine in t e cholic -nd
griping of the gu& It allays and carries off four vapi urS
which occaGon many disorders in the head. It opens a l ob
ftfuaions in the ftemach, lungs, liver, reins, and bladder ,
causes a good appetite and helps digestion. It hath been
foiled wonderfuly fucce.sful 10 such persons as are g r iag
into chronicle di tempers, as asthmas, phthifics, or ll Grtic&
of breath, dropsies and yellow.jaundice. Mow I hope all
Impartial persons are fatisfied, that the medicine which works
upon such humours, will almoff reach any distemper if not
too far gone, since corruption and putrefaction are the fore
runners of all diseases; therefore no better physic can be
taken tor all ages, lexes and constitutions, from infancy te
old age. Theft plumbs are highly fcrvicedble to the ferae
sex, from the age of fourteen 10 twenty years, and from 49
to 50 Each box contains one dzen of tnefc plumb. Price
feveo (hillings and fix pence with printed directions.—Sold
by Nicholas Brooks, at his dry goods, picture, and Jeweir,
sh p in Sceond-ftrect, the fourch door above Black: Horfo
Alley.
Dign flic Sgosof Worms'
PALENESS in the race, itching of the nose, hollownefi of
the eyes, grating of the teeth when alleep, duin fs,
pains, and heavinef* in the head, adyc ugh, ad itch ng
in the fundament, white and thick urine unquiet Sleep, t a
starting, loft appetite, fwe led belly kuawing and bring
about the Stomach, frightful dreams, estrange th rits. the bo
dy decayed and lean,fi s, otten vomiting. Linking breath, &n.
Di e^ons for t&ng them.
A child from t to & years may c<t one plumb; from a to
4 one and a half; from 4 to 6 two; from 6 to 8 two and a
half; from 8 to is three; from is to if, and all above that
age, may eat four plumbs, one hour or two before up rising,
not to drink during that time, but afterwards drink warm
tea, whey, or water gruel; in taking them, the patient mult
flay two or three days, betw xt each dofc.
In agues, the fame quantity must be taken, two, three, or
four hours before the fit comes on, and be repeated three
times. In whooping or chin Coughs give the quantity above
mentioned. t he.
Dr. RrA N's iflC mparabe WORM d.ftnyng
S V G,ZA RcP L U MB S,
TEN DOLLARS Reward.