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BENNETT C5 WATTS
HAVE IMPORTED

BIN NE / CO w Al / y
HAVE IMPORTED
In the axsgaa fran Lon9a", ard Csm-
m<res from Livsrp'al, v'a Baihimsrs,
The following GOODS,
qvbitb completes tier G15r!mfnf for the
jsaj5z---v!z.
sapsrt!re cloths and ker!cy,nerss,
"a and Ga broad cio.hs Of every dclcrip.
ton,
"A and IS plains,
- 8 :, ma a = n,o.eikin cut cca.ings,
Ksrieys ard aamath'cks,
2 uur',s ',:2tss, ,ip.ots and er,1,ines,
1 rex tja:ead ed;;;:,ss. .aces, and wells,
3caies is.ih |.nes,
!. Il. 60. :lze'.ass and diapers,
:st-a.3iz. p!in.oG calicoes,
cafs ,at:c knives AID forks,
W.,s-c Chapc! needles.
Fggi4n4be bu.:ous,
SIX .,,.a..:!s,
Cc.t.a a;.o fix ho!ierv,
Ir.S sn,: 8 4 cotton and liacr ehees,
Threads. tapes AID botbi:is,
g., 10, !2,sni acd nails, &c. &c.
AZ os With wall &c round aad open TOR fas,
in few Gays 81 moderate terms, az The r.Uzl
credit, by ho!-fale or retail.
G(Tp0
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tVapteG,

VVIiltCN,
A feady and atsiye GIRL, Of good
character, either white or black Though
the former would be preferably as child's
maid. To fuch as can come we'll recon-
manded good pay will be given-Nore
otherwife need apply. Enquire. OF the
Printers.
December II. 60
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Printing IN all Us varietg sSc-,
s &C! II his oNes.
Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-11

mail coming from the ~eAefa part Of ,hi.
fare, was robbed on Sunday Iaf BY one
Of the pon riders. What letters were de-
'aroyed, or what money taken is not
Known; the rider informs that The packet
from Sparta only was cfened, but as he
acknowledges aIie, that money was taken
from letter directed to Virginia, aad alto
from one fof Sayannahy both OF which
would no, ptobably be,in The fame mail;
tits more than pofdble other mails may
have been opened ard their ltr,ssss de-
afoytd. i the pof. matters to ,hc we.t.
ward VIII trsnfmit 10 this Office, copies Of
the pot bills ient thy THAT nail, iue., let
tiers as were hitting for places CO.. ef The
fate may poMbly bc sfcertained. -
, WIZ. J. HOBBY, Pm. ,
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NORFOLK, February 4.

Arrived the brig Penelope, CAPT. Doug
las, ffon Lifbon. Lett there the fhtp
Sally, Dove, Of and bound 70 Baltimore,
to fail in 20 days. Jan. y, in lat. s.,
46, long. 70, ipoke the fchr Adventure,
capt. Lili'bridge, from Amferdam, but
taft from Havre- de- Grace, out a. days,
nound to Philadelphia, who informed tina.
he had fallen in with large fleet Of lhips
Of var, fuppofed to be defined for St. DO.
mingo.
Arrived the fhr. Eliza, capt. Cox,
from Turks. lland. Informs il was cur
rently reported a, the time he liIsd, and
generally believed, that an embargo had
tsken. place at HE cape few days before.
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(Eo be eost;purA.}
SALEM, January as.

Arrived the lchooner Friendihip, capt.
william Dennis, 20 days from Guada,
loupe, via the Vineyard. Lsf! at Guada-
loupe, 1ch'r Nancy, White, of this port +;
fshsoner -, Rappel, of New bmyport,
TO iail ia 4 days; capt. Grifin, in a ich'r
selOagfng to -Newburyport, was at the
Mole. Let, the Vineyard on Tuefday laa,
in company WIKI the fchoouer Success,
Davis, from Barbados, for Cape Ann,
and 4 fshoonsr bound to Newhurypolt.
Spoke nothing. Markets dull at Guada-
iouPe-Fnh I IL, beef y, pork ~ a
10, iOnber IS do.!srs: butter and lard
IS GEMS per. h., Wet. India produce
very high. Died &C board the Friend
ZIP, Mr. Gage fhiPs, of this town.
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!. this ineasce alone have the people OF
chi, country referved to thenfelves a
s.r,ion of the na,ional iovereignsyy in
me exercife of which only is found that
voice of the people, which, becau!e It is
not to be reGHed, is fome,ines called
the voice OF God. This, Gr, is the az
,hsrity Of tina, !aprere law under which
re az, the conaito.ion Of the United
States; an authority indifpenhbly bind
ing. We have 40 right, when we with
TO carry a favari:c mcafare to which we
find ioae barn Ter oppofed BY the conttl
tuition, TO proerA,s or overleap that bar
sier. We have no right to FAY thstthe
astionsl bye,eign, could il now be cos-
failed, would diipenie with the limitation,
would remove the barrier, which, in Our
prefens opinion, fands orpsfed ,s the
public ssod. No, FIR, we may not ap-
preach this ground. 1t is dangerous.
it i, an ulurpation Of the national icve-
reignty. We are but agents of the ma
tion acting under limited authority,
All our acts which exceed that authority
are void.
Theie are the principles to be applied
in the inreitiga,ion Of contituticnal pow
ers.-Let Us then examine the connltu-
sion upon theie p,inc. pies, and fairly de-
ternine whether SIC are permitted ,he
power fer when il has bsen contended,
+he conaitusicaal power TO remove a
judge, by sboiiihing The Office, ard con-
toqsestly 10 deprive him OF his iaiary
The 6r; prev lion which We find IN tbs
contribution relating to the judicial dc
partmens is in The iecond isetion, where
among other powers enumerated, 1t Is
declared that Congrcis fhall have power
IS to eaabliih tribunals inferior to the iu
prelns court. Upon this it was Do
ier,ed by the honorable gentleman from
Georgia lMr. J J thar this beiog grant
to Congrcis OF a. iesiastive power to
sitsblrh inferior courts, neceharily in.
siudss the Incidental power to repeal !;
that thi' being frit grant eanno be re-
TRAINED nor taken away by any iuhfe-
euent proyiion in the contribution upon
the fame iuo jeci; that We are to take the
rulc Of confsue,ion that the frif grant
and the hrlt words Of the granter in a
deed, ihsll nres2il over fubftqucn,
grant or f3b!eqaent words of different
impors--Ar" We, indeed, FIR, to apply In
ihe contribution oi the contribution, the
law, the fupreme Law OF tie nation, the
rules devifed for the contribution of a
deed, grant, by which few psltry
acres are transferred from one individsal
20 another. No, fr, very different are
the rule, of coaitfuGion the 6rf att OF
the srantor bur the lae sa Of the .egif-
lature ihall prevail CT where sn any cafe
is the. power 10 repeal Another rule
nore universally applicable is that you
hall 70 confrue law thar every part OF
ii if PoGibie may itsnd together, tina
every part may have lis operation. Thus
ifthere be "a general providon in the for
mer part Of a law, auj there follows a
particular proyiion, which csnnos. take
efed unleis fome part of the former
rro'iGon be let a6de, the latter fhall be
confdered as Limitation OF the former,
and which fhall be carried into effect 70
far only as it is not incompatible with the
latter.
(Te be eost;sue4.
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AUGUSTA, January -.

Lah evening was committed to goal in
this place, William Fuller, the Wefera
pca- rider, charged with robbing the mail
Of the United States. With the particu-
lars of the ,r,nia6,ior, we are not at pre-.
fens fully acquainted-It appears tina, the
rider Was ob.erved on the road travelling
towards Augufa with the mail behind
!, him, and with the remnants Of leveral let
tets in his hand, which he appeared to be
defroyins-tsseral parts Of letters and
poR-bihs ana one ler,cr were found in the
,rosd, and the covering of mail directed
i" Ausuaa"--.hefe circumstances induced
the rca- matter q, Columbia court houfe,
when the rider arrived at bis Office to ar
ref him., when he ,confsaed that . fmall
hole had been worn in the mail Postman-
tesr, thro' which he eontri.ed 70 ger Z
packet or mil 6f letsers-thst out Of one
Of the 'etser.airsam to Petersburg Virgil
MA, he sook-7s dollars, and ossofano,her
directed to s-Mr.- Rhodes, in Savannah,
ne ,oak two hdhdrcd doilars-the money
he pocketed, and deRroyea all the les,en
10 that packet; $40 dollar. Of Tie money.
were found aton him-thefe ate al the
particulars at prcient within our knew,
ledse-<
g. The pot. mater at Ausuaa, isfor
~ to have occahoa to mention, that'ths
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Trinidad the 18th December. j 40
q =,
BALTIMORE, February sisa
Arrived, brig Paillicy, Johnfon from
Cape. frances. .sia@a.'
LII sf VeDs1s a. Cape Francois, sAtta
from Bs@y's Marie LIZ, JanaayasS
r.I6o1. ~ > - y
Ships America, Craig, ,Philadelphi. ).
Hannah, Moore, d., Saccefs, Gardner
Charleaon Mutton, formerly the He
lanai Fauc!ain, loadcl fol. Ha,n-dc-
Grace. -.
Brig. Maria, Tarris, PHILADELPHIA /;
Amphs,rire, Spence, do. James Steward,
Choanock do. Sally Howlin, New Hors
Hope, Lee, do. Nymph, Woodman New,
buryport; Lear. Low, Baltimore
Furlong, do. Mentor, --, Philadel-
phia Julia. Holt, do.
schr's Eliza Ann, Rofs, Norfolk.
Alexandria, Ruiiell, Ph,.sdel phis ; harmc
ny, Leverias, Nor.olk ), Lydia, Brown,
Philadelphia Lightning, Graham n.
York +; Sally, Very, Salem Piso",
PHILADELPHIA.
SAILED ,5t a4tb JansQy,
Briggs p.iley, Johnion, OF n. York,
for BAltimote Dove, Lambert, OF ants
for Bottom; George, Cox, of and for
Norfolk; tth'r Beriy, toaer. Of and
Tor Savannah; Paragon, -, of and
;or n. York.
Brig Abigail, of Philadelphia, captain
2edenbraish, DO Ind to Bourdeaux, from
Philadelphia, LOFT al her men overheard,
in gale of wind was loit on the rect OF
This harbour, ming In, with feveral feet
water in her hold-at1er being at Tea 80
Gays.
Brig William, Chew. of Norfolk, put
in here in difres,, and Gas condemned.
Sch'r Rover, capt. Veaeock, OF Ph;la-
delphia, came in With the ,ofs of her MATS,
bound to Port Republican.
AIfo, chip Sally, cspssin Smith, Pafa-
m@quoddy.
Aiio, the Hsmburg Hercules, captain
Ccp, er, trcm Bordeaux. Left there a
number Of Americans seHsls, names not,
recofleeted. -. 49,
Alto, fch'r Erisl, Belt, Jacquemel.
Lift Of vsDSh left at 5ae7asmeI, BY THE
./td'r Eri~, eopt. Beh.
Ships Spartan, Thomas, of Bolton, for
Jamaica Olive Branch, Cation, Ph;la
dsIphia Henrietta, Jones, for Baltimore !;
iloop Ruby, Beckford, for Bottom ch'r
Paragon, n. Loodon, Morgan, for New
Orleans; Jolly Baechus, Gallaghu, for
Philadelphia ; Experiment, Jenne, of Bal
timore.
Schooner Erial failed in company with
The brig Spanih Lady, True, tor Phila-
delphia.
Alfe, the Pruilian brig Fentonia, Ben.
delsiu, 4 months from St. Peterlbursh,
(Rufial.
February 8.
Arrived, the Bremen ihip Wefer, cap
tain Walker, from Bremen. Jan. 26,
lat. 81, long. 60 III, fpoke the Aoop
Two Siiters. Quanburg, from Norfolk,
bound 20 St. Croix, in 4 ieaky condition.
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From fbe National Istrlligesfry.


osMs aday the Houfe of Repreienta.
'ives !. I engaged in difcuaing motion
made '',Mr. Giles, for repeating the
aa for " ttabliihRaent &c. of the min,
The being in committee of the
whole, /, .Rutledge moved that the
communicative ia order that the reioIution
mould be referred to felest committee.
This motion was Imported by Megrs.
Rutledge, Grilwold, Danna, Elmer. Nit
chill, Bsyards and Dennis and oppoied
by MeGrs. Bacon, S. Smith, Randolph,
Giles and Macon.
On the qaeaion, the motion for rifns
was !off- Yeas 33-Nays g.
The rcblution was then agreed to and
reported 10 the houfe when Mr.. Rut.
ledge screwed his motion fot q reference
oft to ! ielea committee, which, after
debate thar was protraeted to 5 O'Clock,
was loa--yeas 80, nays 81.
The Houfe then eoncurred with the
comnittee Of the whole; and = commit
tee wasappoiated to bring ia repeating
bill. i 80 (Dsbafs in eox1f. J
The Speaker informed the Houfe thr
he had received q fes6atsnaI eosmxsiea
tias. from tie Prefdens of the United
Stases-the reading whereof wa poapon-
ed until the next Day, $780,
Mr.qD. Htifef reported bill fupple.
nentssy tosesni7iia entitled, !" An aa
mofe eAsaaily 10 provide for the eation-a
Il aekecs, BY ssaablifhing an uniform
militia. ttrosshout tEs United States;".
which wss read twice; aud made the or.
der 10, Thuriday next. 49,
Or. Ypeiaaysa confidential ssppsa.
nication from. the Prehdent of the Uaits
ed States wasyeadwith sloied doors. ..
The Houa nem into committee Of
tie whole, MIR. Varnum in the chair, on
the bill making partial appropriations for
the year 1907, which was reported with
IA ansns1ert, agrecd 70 by he Houfe,
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kSW-YGRN, February s.

tIN|AN.~, vi cs'l = 0s
ssfrSH = : .sfisr t,0a1 a gertlemxz at
"e%7l@S'os, y. Ca BIS Jraina IL tn,
ti.,, aSi<e .ffanx2ry -.
=" The hip Flora, Thii.I, owned by
Hitchcock and hopion, OF New y ork,
was drl'en aihore On The 18th infant,
ao0u' 80 miles 70 ire nor,awart OF Cape
fa,t,'as, on her psGase from your pert
- eaa''s"san: cargo moit'y iased, vef
I'll alli On taore."
=;
Arrived. fen, Ear,,h Dbl.
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deiphis; Hoop Pasisa:e, Montgomery,
do. 49,. -
Cleared, thip casharine, IngerfoH, N.
Orleans brig Dyett, -, do. Mo.
hawk, --, Csdiz. ~ - .
The fhip Mary, Dorgan, arrived at
Trinidad the 18th December. ) ~
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Extre1s Of letter from H!lX;am Kirk

Extre3sef letter from Hil;am Kirk
.tstritk, 4EYr. to The Secretary of
,Stase, datedat Malaga, S<pke.6sy II,
,s' !" lam HAPPY in b~Sixg it at IaR III
my toqstr to anx0Anee to yOx, tbat The ri;
garoxs qxa,a"tin<, qubie6 has beer imse/
ed far near q t4vetv< month 1sR on all veE-
/eh from Amrriea, ba, at iaf been rslxeed
to ten days, (Which il a grsa. al<v1iia.i,x t.,
'ar meridian. Vs0fh trading 10 .b;;, <axs-
ty."
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aIrranCrta anueritser.
MONDAY, july IS.

GIVE this evening prefent our readers
with ccpious extract from the sd num-
Der Of ferries of papers which have lately
appeared in the Daily Advertiser. II de-
fence Of Mr.. Burr, againa the Clintoniaas
TO morrow we lhall give the 18th number
ntire. This writer vii, command no In
comfortable flare Of attention. Criticifm
will allow that his fyle, tho evidently that
Of youth and rather TO elaborate i0T news
paper efays, and fometimes dishgured with
newcoined words & new contributed phra-
feology is yet quite hyperion to what is or
dinarily to be found in our diurnal prints.
We lhould be inclined to believe, judg-
Ing from fy!e alone, that the author is the
fame with the writer of ieveral pa
pers which appeared year or two ago
in the New York Gazette under the fig
nature Of Epamnondas and which at the
time arrefed more than ufual attention:
The real author we have undsraood was
fuccelsfulIy concealed and yet remains 70.
Whoever he be, he certainly conceives
with a boldnefs, and exprefes himielf with
yi9or, which will make his attacks felt
e through all the .claaes of venaiity. -
He fsems to have made hil,felf mater Of
fome important fecrets j. the camp Of our
political enemies, and many will RE the
dry, they ever expoled therafelves 70 IN
guardedly to the quick lighted friends OF
agents of MFR. Burr. We think the ex-
pofure he has commenced and threatened
to purfne, will not fail to viiher the
nerves Of many of g the minieers and
lons Of corruption" Wewill him iuc-
cels 70 far as he directs the " tenor of
his way'' sgaina vice and hyPocrify.-
1t is high time the pallwas lifted to d.ico-
yer to the people the bideous fpedfe which
has 70 long lurked beneath with the pofgn.
ard in one hand and the poifonous ehallse
in the other ready, when location mould
offer, to beufed againa the Liberties OF this
aiftraHed county
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SALEM, July ~.

Arrived, fehr. Rcboreus, knight, freq.
Grenada, via St. Th0mas,s. Sailed II
company from Grenada with the fchconel
Farmer, Emery, for Bottom. Left there,
Bottom brig, and IMP belonging te
Norfolk.
Ke,ch Three Frierds, James Stuart,
from the Iile of France. Sailed fror'
thence few days before the Belifagius
May 3, lat. 80, Al, S. long. 81, ii, I.
poke a ihiP 80 days from Batavia for Ph.
iadelPhia- June 9, lat. 3S, IS, long. 6,
ipoke a fchr. from Bottom, for Martini
que, days out, blowing freih, could r,
underaand either the veRels or car.ais S
names.
Ship Concord, Wyer, from Canton,
Ills ihip failed in October, 1899, on q
Sealing Voyage, and We are hal py 10
learn that her fuceeis equals the enterprif-
Ing ipirit of the gentlemen who planned
and executed The voyage. Capt. Wye,
poke the following vsGels: June IS, ia,.
10, 50, n. long. 81, w. ichr. --,
adanton, II days from Bottom, bound
!, Tor irInidada; July s, iat.sa go, N.
long. o3, w. fchr. , Rowland, II.
days from N. London, for Guadaloupe ].
18Th, lat. 10 50, N. long. IS, 50, w.
u the IMP Manila, Is days from. Cadiz for
New York, Lot Clafby. maaer-fhort of
-Provi6ons.
, We underaand that the fhip Belifsrius,
aateiy arrived at this port from Sumatra,
was detained for pepper nearly three
months, at the different ports fne vihted
on the COAT, where this article was fcarce,
s saa a, that time TO be purchafed with great.
aimsuity. The Britifh reiiden,s threat
sned to prohibir the trade to all foreign
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July 26.
tIkSI NOTICE..
In the eals Of yaac NJ Phsrion q
B0nkYubt.

WHEREAS commifion Of bankrupt
cy founded upon the act Of the Congress
Of the United States, paGed en- the 4ih
day Of April, 1900, entitled can act TO
eRablih an uniform fyaem of bankrupt
cy throughout the United States" has
been awarded and iGued againf Ifaac
M'Pherion, of the county Of Prince Will
liam, merchant and miller, ard he being
declared bankrupt, is hereby required 10
iurrender himlelf TO the commiRioners il,
the faid commifion named, or a major
part Of them, on the roth and 18th days
Of AusuR next, ard on Friday, the 9Th
day Of the fame month, at the Eagle Ia
vern il the city of Richmond, at o'clock
in the afternoon Of each day, and make
full difcovery and diiclofure of his etfate &
effects when and where his creditors are
to come prepared to prove thei: debts, and
at the fecond fitting 10 chufe aGgnees &
at the Iait fitting the .faid bankrup, is re-
CURED TO fnilh his examination, and the
creditors are to sfent to or didsnr from
the allowance of his certificate. All per-
lons indebted to the faid bankrupt or thar
have any Of his effects, are not to pay or
deliver the fame butte whom the commit
iioners fhall appoint.
ROBERT BROOKE,
Secretary TO the Comm4goaers.
Richmond, July 70. o3o.S
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PHILADEI PH1A, July a3.
HEALTH OFFICE.

The Board Of Health, with great fa.if-
faction, inform their fellow citizens, that
the fever which lately appeared in the Vi
cinity of Vine ereet wharf has entirely
fubGded and thar the city andliberies
are now as healthy as at any foErei peri
Cd. The Board neverthelels recommend
to fuch families as have removed from that
neighborhood, not to return to their dwell
lings without having stsm d..!y cleaafed
and white waihed.
Bills Of health will be iGued from this
Office as heretofore.
By order Of the Board,
CORNELIUS CoMFGys, Preadent.
Attef,
BENZ. r.GARRrevrs, Secretary.
Arrived fh;p Farmer, Chiffon, bordeaux.
Sch'r Eliza, Churnddes, from New Or
leans has arrived at New Cattle. Sailed
from the Baltic the I'd inf. in company
with the Aoop Sally, WilEinfon, Of and
for Philadelphia.
Left at New Orleans, June z3, fch's
Experiment of Baltimore, for fale brig
pi[patch, Stewart for Philadelphia
Spoke in the river as We came down, the
following peGels going up to New Or
leans, viz. E.
sch'r Mary, EveIet, Of Alexandria,
from Jamaica; noop prefdent, Grinalds,
Of do. from do thip Auguaa, Of Natchez,
from New York; brig Aeiable Creole,
Wet, from Liverpool; ich'r Sucky and
Peggy, Wheeler, frosl New York l'r;g
Hunter, Surget, Of New York, from St.
Thomas: fch'r Mary, Magruder, from
Baltimore; Two Brothers, Ewing, Of A.
lexandfia, from Jamaica; brig Augueus,
Of and fram Philadelphia fch'f Trimmer,
Plat, from Aux Cages; Morning Star,
Edes from Jamaica chip Hannah, Par
xii, of Alexandria, from Cape Francois.
July 10, fpske off Fiavapna, the feh'r
Columbia. Of Bottom, capt. Hill, had beer
week OFF that port endeayoring TO pro-
cure admittance, but was refufsd, ard was
then bound to Jamaica. We are inform
ed by capf. Hill, tina! a IMP belonging to
Philadelphia, from New Orleans, failed
from before ifavanna, en- TIL Sd Infant,
where lhe was refuled an entry.
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vsflels, as the two annual Ipdia conpa-
ny s fhips would not procure cargoes wlth-
out long detention. The Malays had
attempted TO cut off fmall Englith brig
mounting 10 guns, and had burnt the town
of Lamonajee.
An American fhip was LOFT in June,
1901, on the N. w. Coat and it is
feared the crew were cut off by the ma
tive.s
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s, s,s d, s. ~. :. whole debt, every
sgs0s ~ 80, ne eye in aaring capitals.
@ ,r%.;r iacred regard to public faith wasPro-
ihell : ,AI ~ ,eo thoufand tongues; their
claim ;So,s for iss preierva,ion were trum-
p.o .,aa Il every corner. One would have
Fst'su . ;, from, the reception of its friends,
. Inc. r. SIN wa. a work of l4pessregati0a,
.na' ' In of common honefy and juitice !;
not . srI Of virtue, not IFS uiual and
an a,ds courle. But when we know that
n 1s' ,,.,v bill, with its impofng title,
I'M, ,.;os proviGons for relcaning, TO an IN
s s.sn;,e ueriiod, the whole of the Dutch
a ash. amounting TO nine millions of dol
a =, we let down all thofe expeditions of
an, eomplacency and triumph, as TIE tribute ri
snpe,;{v pays TO virtue. If the bill had
. G n fact, whar it pretended to be, why
a. aid i be the iubjett of enlogium =
would g ! common act OF juitice in a nation
! Is,;aa,ure be thought worthy of iuch
:, applauie? ProViiions for the fame
nnrooie had been made by the federal ad-
m;niaration, but did the miDii,eriaiifs
,brn hold the language of praife ? Their
motives are TOO obvious TO be niinndsr-
food.
In addition TO thefe atis, whole opera
ZION can hardly fail to effect the very ex.
iaence of public credit, there are certain
other corroberating proofs of a plain and
uneouivocal nature. Thefe are nanifeaed
q that bitter, vindittive fpirit towards
public creditors, which has, till the epoch
Of inaugural fpeeches, characterized the
pre(ent administration and its adherents.
They have been denounced as lpecula,ors,
uiursrs, and jews, and held up as objects 70
olious, that to cheat them would BE- deem
ed virtue. What then is the true value
Of an official promiie, intended to fooih
the public m;hd under It's fears when ba-
lanced with thole declarations, made with
out any pcfible motives Of concealment,
in the very gall of ,hofe feelings which
muR now be difguifed What confidence
can we repole in one prolnile which is
jani7iossdbyt the Vielatios Of aaotbe, /? A
las, they are made of fuch fluff as dreams
are, mere baubles thrown cut TO amuie
children.
We do not with to ruultiply dangers, or
arraign the meaiures Of government un-
jufly. We ihould begIad 10 know that
our aPPrshenGons were i'll founded; but
when we look around Us and frd nothing
but projections and promifes, renewed as
often as they are broken we centets cur
confidence droops.
We remember that she economiHs ard
Ieformers of France, when about to ieize
upon the property of the Church, made
the moa !olemn prom.Jss toproyide for the
iaPPort Of religion. We remember too,
that they did feize the property, and VT
leave it to certain of our own philosophers
to inform US in what manner religion Ye.
csised,iss promiied tupport in France.
PUBLIUS LENTULUS.