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We wish it to be undfcrftood that it
will be one thing for tis of them to de
clare our sentiments, and to support
them by arguments, and another to sub
scribe our name 3 to any writing in any
other manner than a»oiherpublic bodies
by their official reprt feiitative of Chair
frtan or We would requeltj
therefore, that the propofiticiri should
be reconsidered, and that foftie otlier
evidence or fuhrtiflioti to the latvi may
be accepted from the people vfchich may
fnbitantially have the fame effect with
out a form which may be mifundt rftood
by theru, and in which they tfiajf not so
readily aequiefce.
It is also bur tviftl and Cxpe&atidn
that the proportion of an amnesty may
extend to the county of Bedford.
It is our idea also, that it will have
a good efFect in reconciling the public
mind to have the amncfty considered as
absolute at this time, liable to be for
feited only as to its benefits, by the fu
ture violation of the laws by the indi
vidual.
We have received your answer, signed
Edward Cook, chairman, of this day's
date, and obfcrve that you have in a
degree confined yourselves to a subordi
nation to the laws of the Union. These
we conlider as part of the law of Penn,-
fylvania, but independent of a breach
of the laws of the United States, you
cannot be insensible that the laws, the
peace and dignity of the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania have been more eflen
tially violated in the county of Alleg
heny ; and tho' frorft a knowledge of
your characters and confidence in your
dispositions we reft allured of your
chearful obedience to the laws of the
state, and that you will inculcate the
like among our fellow citizens, yet we
would have been pleased, had it been
exprefled.
Your obje&ions to signing your names
refpe&ively to your answer, we have
considered, and, tho' the fignirtg the
name as chairman, speaker, or preli
dent, in regular conflituted bodies,
implies the consent of the majority,
which binds the whole, yet it means no
more, and in theprefent body of twelve
one half of the number present may
not have acquiesced in the aft, and yet
it may be formally true. For this rea
son we wished for your refpeftive (igna
tures; or that it had been Written,
signed by the unanimous consent of the
committee, or that you had otherwise
alcertained the number.
By order of the Committee,
EDWARD COOK, Chirman.
Thomas M'Kean and William Irvine,
C;>rt\miffioner» on the pari of
Pennsylvania.
Pitt/burgh, Augufl 22, 1794,
Gentlemen,
The Committee of Conference having
made up their opinion, and exprefied it
to the Conrmiflioners on tbc part of the
union, that it is the interell of this
couritty that on the terms of accommo
dation proposed by them there Ihould
be a fubmiflion to that law which has
been the octSifion of certain acts of op
position lately said to be committed
within the jurifdiftron of PennCylvan'ia,
it will of course be the opinion of this
committee that acts of oppofitiori fliall
e'eafe, and they will be dit'poi'ed to r<-
commend this temper and principle to
others. They 1 will report it particularly
to the Committee of Safety to whom
they are to make repot t, and they will
state the reasons which influenced them
selves in being dirpoled to wish a general
fuboi'dination td the laws of the union.
But the signing any instrument of wri
ting will have the air of a recognizance,
and of having broke the peace, or of
being disposed to do it oh their part,
whereas in fact we expect to be consi
dered as a body well afflfted to the
peace of the country, and coming for
ward not only on behalf of those who
may have violated the peace, but of the
great body of the country who have
organized thenifelves into committees in
order to prefei ve it;
As to what the committee of flxty
do niuft remain with themselves.—We
shall make report to ttieln of the pro
portions. 1
/I R.port of the proceediitgt of the enrrt
mittee appoi itfdat the meeting at Par
kiafn't Ferry en the 14 th injlant, to
confer with commiffionrrs on the f.irt of
the executive / the Union, and on tie
part of the executive of Pennjylvania,
on the fuhjed of the late opposition to
the taiuj of the Union, and violation
of the peace bf the slate government.
We have never before heard it fug-
Pittlburgh, Aug. lid, 1794.
Gentlcmerf,
From the Pitfcurgh G.zeft*.
\Continued from our last.)
she Committee deliberating on the
above, the great and solemn question
was considered whether we (hould ac
cede or rejea, iri other words, whether
we (hould have peace or Si civil war.
It was considered that a convuilion
at this time might affc£l the great in
terells of the Union—that notwithstand
ing an unworthy debt was accumulated
in the hands of inonied men, by means
of the funding system, yet the foreign
debt wa6 justly due, and also a confl
derable part of the domestic, for which
a&ual service had been rendeied, or va
lue given—.that it might affect the pay
ment of these two species of debt, to
countenance an oppolition which might
communicate itfelf to other branches
of the revenue. That a convuilion of
this nature becoming general, might af
fedl a nation of.. Europe struggling at
this moment for life and liberty, by im
peding the United States in making
those remittances in payment of the
debt due to them, which theif fitua-"
tidn eflentially demanded ; that a con
vulsion e*en in this country might affect
the negociations pendiifg, in which our
interefti were eflentially concerned
the free navigation of the Miffifippi—
the delivery of t(ie western posts, and
our protection from a frontier enemy-
That it might give offence to our fel
low-citizens elfewhure, who might ex
cuse a sudden outrage, but might resent
a formed system undertaken without
their consent { more especially as they
might not yet know the local and pe
culiar grievances of this country, and be
disposed to make a proper .allbwance for
the consequences ; that the con flit uti
onal means of retnpnftrance might not
yet be altogether rxhauftcd, and so it
might become us still yet to persevere J
that even a contcft with the United
States, should it be fuccefpful, must in-
this country, for a time at least,
1 hat for this reason, every man ought
to lay his hand on his heart and answer,
whether he would think himfelf juilifia
EDWARD COOK, Chairman.
The Commiflioners on behalf
in ruin.
WE are fatisfied with the explana
tion given of what was intended by re
questing our individual fignatureg to
any aflurance we should have given of
oilr own disposition to pre rrve peace
or to conciliate that temper in others.
We areceitainly difpofedto prcferve
peace and to recommend it to others,
not dntjr Vi'ith regard to the laws of the
union t>ri the terms of accommodation
fettled with the Commissioners from
| thence, but tnore especially with regard
I to the laws of oitr refpedive Hates, and
Pennsylvania in particular ; we are una
nimou» in declaring our resolutions to
fnpport Hie laws fct that no impediment
shall exist to the due and faithful admi
nistration of Ju(lice,and we can with the
more confidence engage this on behalf
of our fellow citizens, as at a general
rrieeting of the Representatives of town,
ships, oil the 14th of Augnft, inft. a
resolution to this effed was exprtfTed
and in fad we c3n allure you, thougl
it may have been otherwise construed,
that a great and leading objtd of rha
meeting was the establishment of peac<
amongil ourselves, and subordination t(
the state government.
By order of the Committee
geihtd, that a persons signing hi» name
to any-iuilrumeiit, implying an engage
me.lt o'r.prorfnfe to do a lawful aft, had
the air of a recognizance ; nor did we
ever mean that it coold be fnppofed,
| that any gentleman of this committee
was implicated in the late riots in these
counties. We only wilhe'd to have the
weight that your names and charters
would give to the effedtual quieting the
prtfent uneasiness among the people. , j
When we were commiflioned to the
present pacific and humane service, it
was not known to the Governor, that
any aggressions of the nature you allude
to had been committed in the county
of Bedford, and of cburfe our powers
do not extend to them, but if no future
violations of the peace shall happen on
a iimilar occasion, it is no more than
probable his Excellency will extend hii
pardon to what has pasTed lince, and
which may require an amnesty..
We cannot grant a general pardon as
yet, but when we fkall receive leafona
ble afluiances, that the inhabitants of
these counties have returned to their du
ty", to an obedience to the laws, and
that peace ®rdcr and tranquility have
been restored, we (hall rejoice in having
the opportunity of granting it without
a day's delay.
of the State:
PITTSBURGH, August 23.
Gentlemen,
We are Gentlemen,
Your moll obedient servants,
THOMAS M'KEAN.
WM. IRVINE.
It Is matter of consolation to the true
friends so the government and constitu
tion of their country, that the eyes of
peopje are opened; to discover and de
tect, the gross falfhoods which have
been palmed upon them as fads for the
last two yean. Falfhoods, gro!s aa the
Father of lies, and palpable as ihe pro
geny of Vice and folly. .
From Georgia, to New-Hamp(hire;
a chain of newspapers has been esta
blished, which have lluck at nothing,
in order to deceive the public, and to
destroy the government that prote&s
them. Lie has followed Lie, in fiieh
rapid succession, that Truth has milled
itsobjeft of refutation, and has been 101 l
l'n the multitude of its. adverfarics. Eve
ry adl of the General Government has
been vilified and iufulted ; and every
measure of THE PRESIDENT'S,
been declared the mod abominable
stretch of power. Strange the men of
the People's choice Ihould not have done
one good deed !
Let the public hut re-peruse in ihe
hour of calm inquiry, the extiafls from
the Insurgent Gazettes of Charlejlon,
S. C. Norfolk, in Virginia } Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New-Tort, and Bojlon,
and their little satellites in the interior
places, and they mud blufli for their
proftitutioo of the Freedom of the Press.
In those papers they will fee one conti
nued tifluc of abuse, the mod foul and
unmerited ; of afftrtions the most falfe
and groundless ; and of alarm, the most
absurd and ridiculous.
To cnu.-.ierate the instances would oc
cupy more than a newspaper ; but let
the public revert but to the abuse before
• alluded to, of every aft of Congreis;
j of the President's Proclamation of neu
• trality, which deserves to be engraved
j with the point of a diamond, in moriu
j ments of coral ; of the opinion of the
■ Federal Judges refpeftwg Genet's priva
{ tecrs; of the measures of the executive
! to remove that father of the Jacobin
j clubs ; in (hort of every traniattion
j wherein the advancement of the gen-ral
' prufperity has been connected, and con
( viftion will be forced home to the heart
los eveiy peruser. From these let him
call his eyes on the mutilations, fabri
cations, and remarks made on the events
in Europe ; and when comparing them
with Trvth, he shall not find one afler
tion in an hundred true, he will fee tlie
necefiity of discountenancing such glar
ing impositions, that the people may
no longer be led away to believe a lie,
and the deception of Jie word of de
ceivers be exposed to the light of the
day.
So much as relates to the Fiench i
exadl with the repart of their Repre
sentative Bon Jean, and of course muA
be true. Allowing the fame indulgence
to Lord Howe, which he is certainly
equally entitled to ; his own force was ;
25 fail of the line. I fay he is equally \
entitled to belief, because it is not pos
sible that a commander /hould deceive
in the number of his oWn fleet ; thou
sands are ready and able to contradict
him if he (hould attempt it., and the
m'oft abandoned than would have more
regard to his reputation than to expose
himfdf by so public a lie ; if it is neces
sary to make a difference between tht
forces, the numbers of the enemy toil
always be increased j but without inten
From a candid perusal of the pam
phlet published at Brest, and the letter
of Lord Howe, relative to the a&ion
that took place between the French and
English fleet*, it appears evidently, that
the French on the 28th May, in the
tirlt engagement had twenty fix fail of
the line* and that the Englilh had the
fame number } that in the partial en
gagement which took place at the close
of that day ttie Revoliitionaire, a French
(hip and the Audacious an English (hip,
had been damaged and did not keep
company with their refpedtive fleets ;
that after this day nothing material took
place between the fleets, before the lit
June; in the mean time the French re
ceived a reinforcement of three (hips of
the line, hijt tvtro others tliat had been
engaged separated 5 making on the lft
June, 26 fail of the line.
ble in countenancing the idea of a war ;
ht olight to make up his mind, be
sure that on every principle he was jus
tifiable, having a confidence not only
of right, but of power also.
For these and other reasons it was
thought advifeable to concede, as con--
tairtcd in the answer to the commifiion
ers.
Mi'ddlefex, Jug. 1794,
Mr. Russell,
From the Columbian CcntincL
Mr. Russell,
From the Columbian Centitul.
A FEDERALIST.
Refolvtd, that all civil authority origin
nates with and is derived from the people,
in a republican government, that every
law made by the representatives, not agree
able to the voice Of thofo from whomthey
derive their authority is tyrannical and un
jaft.
. Resolved that the people of the United
j States ought not to cnufe at the ensuing
• election for members of Congress any fpeeu
i lator in the funds, any flock holder in the
■ bank of the United States, nor any land
. jobber, as these ate a clals of men who
ferm to have a separate interest from the
i mass of the people, and confequsntly must
! be under its influence in their deliberations.
Resolved, that the prt ienl pay of the mi
litia is na way adequate to their frrvices, as
being far short of the pay of the day la
borer, and the difpropcrtion isfo great be
tween the pay of officer* and privates; and
ilfo the fines, it appears to us, that it was
he fine Congress had more in veiw than
>erfonal fcrvlci.
Resolved, tliat the cxcife law it unjust in
principle, opprefiivein its operation, and
impracticable in its execution, in every re
publican government.
Ref'olvcd, that all orginial holders of
eertificatesought to be paid the real nom
inal value.
At a meeting of a number of the inha
bitants of the townships of Weftpenlboro'
mdNcwton, in thecounty of Cumberland,
held in the town of Newvilk, Thursday
14th mfiant, for the purpose of taking in
to consideration the excise law, and some.
other important acts of Congress ; the fol
lowing reiolutions were unaaimoufly
agreed to.
Resolved, that the mode of felling back
lands, in great quantities to companies, is
unjust and improper, because, it is deflruc
tive of an eflential principle in every re
publican government, viz. the equal di
vision of landed property which ought to
be encouraged by law, so far as is confifl«nt
with that encouragement due to inclUftry :
impolitic, because it tends to alienate th»
a.Teftion of the common people from the
federal government, by keing themftlv*s
deprived of becoming puuhafers upon th«
lame terms with the favorites of govern
ment, and comfcqently -prevent* that rapid
encreafe of population that our courttrybids
to fair for, both from the nature of the
climate and the quality of the foil.
Kefolved, that the funding aft ought to
be repealed, or at ltaft so altered as to pre
vent that unprincipled class of mankind,
called speculators, from drawing out of
the treasury what they never were justly
entitled to.
Refpefting the battle, there undoubt
edly never Was one more obstinately
fought—and it docs not detrail from
the praise due to the French, to fay,
that the British diftipliiie and fuperiqr
naval experience, especially among the
officers, gave the latter the victory.
M. Bon Jean fays his van gave way,
and when he was clear of the smoke,
they were two leagues to leeward of
his ship. Lord Howe fays the french
van were the firft to give way, with this
difference, th<\t the Admiral led the re
treat. The British, disabled as they
were, certainly could not retreat to
windward, which situation they main
tained until the close of the day. That
the English did not renew the engage
ment was by his own confeflion,
through inability j and fujjicient to the
day had been the evil thereof.
By the ret urns made into port, of the
two fleets, there can have been but one !
ship funk on both fides ; which was the
Vjngeur ; this ship viewed from diffe
rent pontions, and in the confuiion and
smoke of the engagement, gave rife to
the number* fuppufed to be funk. The
facility l of deception on such an occasion
is proved from the < Touri>ille f reporting
that an English ship cloied with the j
French ship Impetueux, and he saw them
both fink—whereas the Impetueux was j
carried into the British port with Lord j
Howe's fleet.
Resolved, as virtue i« the only spring
tional misrepresentation, an enemy's
force nay be easily augmented in our
belief, beyond the reality. M. Bon
Jean lays, the British had thirty fix fail
of vfcflels, when the firft day tfiey disco
vered them. Of these many were, doubt
less, frigates. The French themselves
failed with fifteen frigates and a sloop of
war, and though the French parted
with many of their frigates for convoys,
&c. this was a circumllauce that moll
probably did not happen to the British,
and that they might reasonably be al
lowed ten frigates. One French "fri
gate who had a good oppoitunity to
count the British ships, reported only
24 of the line ; the Captain of another I
affaires M. Bon Jean, after the engage
ment, that they were thirty four. M. I
Bon Jean, of his own authority, aflerts
they were twenty eight fail of the line.
The fact is, probably, that the Captain
of the Proserpine included frigates, and
M. Bon Jean might have ieen three fri
gates apparantlv in a line of battle ; but
where there is such positive difference
of accounts among the French, we may
credit the British, especially as they
faithfully represented the force of the
French.
From the Carl'fte Gazette of ictb Aug.
IMPARTIALITY,
ty frotti Ofwego, and about one hurdrtd
from Niagara.
For the present, all causes of discon
tent, not connected with our wefteri
" Regt. M: G: B;"
The position of Sodus is
to be seventy miles within the territorial
line of the United States, about twen-
" be about a week hence, to be more
" fortunate.
" obedt. Servt. R. H. Stieaffe Lt. sth
" ment of your agent Mr. Little, i
" regret exceedingly in my private as
" well as public character that I have
" not the fatisfaflion of feeing you here,
" but I hope on my return, which will
" Sodus 16th August 1794. Sir,
" having a special commission and in
" ftruftions for that purpose from the
" Lieut. Governor of his Britannic Ma
" jefty's province of Upper Canada,
" I have come here to demand by wh;.t
" authority an establishment has been
" ordered at this place, and to require
" that such adefign be immediately i»
" linquifhed, for the reasons stated in
" the written declaration accompanying
" this letter ; for the receipt of which
" protest 1 have taken the acknowledge
" I am commanded to declare t'.at
" dining the inexecutiun of the treaty
" of peace between Great Britain . rid
" thcUnited States, and until the exiting
" differences refpedting it.fhali be im:: .1.
" ally adjutted, the taking puffeflion of
" any part of the Indian territory, ei
" ther for the purposes of war or fuve
" reignty, is held to be a dirift violation
" ot his Britannic Majesty's lights, ai
" they unaueftionably exiltecl before the
".treaty, andjbas'an immediate tenden-»
"cy to interrupt, and in its progrefg
"to delSijr, that good
" which has hitherto subsisted between
" his BritSnnic majesty and the United
" States of America. 1 therefore re.
" quire you to desist from any ftieh
" aggrefiion. R. H. Skeaffe Lieut.
" sth Regt. and Qr. Mr. Genl. Dept.
"of his Britannic Majtffly's service.
" G. Sodus 26th August 1794.
Captain Wtlliamfon being from tiome
a letter was written to him by Lieute
nant Sheaffe in the following words.
But, iir, as if the Governor of Up
per Gtnada was resolved to dettray eve
ry pofiibilitv of difbclievmg his hostile
views, he has sent to the Great Sodus,
—a ieitlement begun on a bay of the
fame name on I-ake Ontario-— a ccm
mand to Captain Williamfon, who de
rives a title from the ft ate of New-York,
to ckfijl from his enterprise, This
mandate was borne by a Lieutenant
Sheaffe, under a military escort ; and
in its tone correfpoiu's with the fiurm of
its delivery, being unequivocally of a
military and hostile nature.
enemies.
IF after the information, upon which
my letter of the 20th of May 1194,
was founded, any confiderabie doubt
had rfcmained, of Governor Simcoe's
liivaf.on j your long silence, without a
refutation of it; and our more recent
intelligence forbid 11s to qtieftion'it*
truth. It is supported by the refpe&a
ble opinions, which have been &nce
tranfmlttcd to the executive, that in the
late attack 011 Fort Recoveiy, liritiih.
officers and British loldieis were, on
the veiy ground, aiding our Indian
that supports a republican governraent,
and not power, the law, fnould recom
mend themfelvci to the affetfions of the
peopleby their propriety, consequently
it would make them easy in their c « cu .
tion. LU
Relblved, that as long as direfl taxes i,
for the payment of public debt
and the support of government, Congref,
ftouW ay a tax upon all warranted
patent lands, andleaft we may be thought
by some, enem.es to all taxation and
order, we unin-moufly refoive, that «
will be ready at all times to support govern
ment by the payment of taxes m common
with our fellow-citizens in property, to
the value of our estates real or personal.
Whereas, the governor of this state," in
compliance with a requifhion from the »re
sident of the United States, hath ordered
i the militia to hold themielves in readinei#
j to march at a moment's warning, to en
force the execution of the excift,' l ul on £ a
[ our brethren in the western country, there
lore resolved ut.animoully.that the citizens
of this county be earneitly recommer.ded
to fend a number of delegates, not fewer
than fix, nor more than ten, to meet at
the court house in the borough of Carliile
on Friday the 29th inft. for the pii'rpoi'e
of taking into consideration the important
crisis in which we are placed, and the mea
sures proper to be pursued.
Relblved, that our fellow-citizens of
Mifflin county, with whom we have so
often a died in union in public meafuies, be
requested in the spirit of fraternal affedlion
to fend some of their confidential citizens
to meet us on this occasion.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Philadelphia, September l, 1794.
S I F,
Signed by order of the meeting,
ROB RT SHANNON, Chairman,
JOHN iVtl i CHJEL, Clerk.
1 am, Sir, your mii