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V: fcr tnt CAzrrrt. V I MK. FiMf>o, 1 r »» d to the public spirited c i ut n$ to Htabtfk a Robinhood debarn; So cetj— potnU of legsflatiofj cow.d t-.c icit'.td cheaply at a tivt iYi-i-Doub r s could be un f2 veiled, and the threads of fnphifcry iwfifrrled. wine would.produce genejoua toalta, ard banish the fordid fpliuof calumny and de traction. Ihe oiators, after having ventilaied ihdr iunjpby dilcimging ihe fpflammable air in fpeechtt agaiuft the abuses of our vile go vtri.rncm, the gambling money fchcmes, ihe bank, fpcculaiions, courtly corruption* and pan ccinoouli aboruiuauons of ihe crew in office, rouid fit down to reft tVir weary aod d.fgufUd virtue * ilh a «übt/ tat luhift. This debating fo <ietv would th«i» piomoie the cause ol republi can purity and frnipWciiy ot mariners, and bind the true brotherhood more closely together. It would aid lwe eloquence and make it dreadful to an milters, by d.fllitog it frequently tor the combat—The fym phonies of Btdlain, the fern dou* screams, the eat-ptercing yells could be nicely prattif d over bclprchand, like the re hear sal of **f*ge.d)W&ut m these exhibitions a yuan really ball crack-brained would out do any nimic. By intrc*duciug whijl after the debater of <he Society,# tawne amusement would be fiu wiih severe duty, that the dcciaimers agjuili gambling and fptculation might thip>. v if the card*.*ere favorable, pick their wages out *£ i'mcir wot k. It is no small advantage (or any fcherrc t<* pay its vray r and execute ulcM a* ihia docs. Tbcre is no need of fines to compel at tendance. TKe reformers would throng to the taretiflo>< eTpec'aUy towards the close of the de bate*. °Thrfe are ihe chief recommendations of tfie fchcrre. In time there may be ft ill greater Advantages derived from it. Congress has been a diligent fir ait going body iu times past, wh re all wts brotherly love and harmony. No time was loft -.n attempts to embarrass necrifary mca. fur es—ignorance never prated there, and malice wever boiled ovet—Bur if it fbould hy?p n here after <hat a knot of ten or a dozen faitlious am bitious men, not caring a straw for <he uitertft, honor, or peace of the nation, but rtg.ng against two «r three public officer®— (Hott'.d embariafs every thing but do nothing themfclves—fhould ftari enquiries to make the people fufpiciousaud angry without any grounds, and then take spe cial care to prevent ihcir coming to any decision — fbould bawl for information which they have already got, and flop all the common toufinefs of the treafuiy to fend them volume# of copies of documents, to prove what every one well knew before—fo that a whole fcflion of Con gress should be wafted, and the great buftnefs of enafling a plan to fink the public debt should be portioned.—Surely if this ftiouW ev ; r be the misfortune df this country, it would be wife by way of prevention, now to establish a separate society, where all this mock business could be tranfa&ed— Sham motions could there be made more cheaply for the public, and with less rifle of ihegmeral peace and harmony than in the House of ReprtCcntatives—For this sluice would let off the meant fl and moll maliguant pamons of the human heart, and the fa&ion having thus diftharged iheir gail, could appear decent in a public affirm foty. Ii would be a kind of wane gate to carryiiie fiothy torrent harmlelsly away, without endangering the mill-dam. Philactelphians, good men and Ii ue, you are so happy as to read and hear the orach s of wisdom deliveredYy the haters of the constitution, the minister and fu. ding system— the word-mer chants who fhuffle and cut in your city, the hux ters and hawkcis of cant phrases about ariftocra ty and corruption io the administration, and who kecDa (hop to distribute grievances to the people, rtiew that your city if worthy of its rank as the metropolis, and do some good to your country by letting up and supporting such a fo cierjf, which hot-after in degenerate times may favc our money and our union. For if it should happen that our pure-virtue should run low in spue of all that ojr gamblers and the ambitious bawiers. who cry, do something for the people, (meaning th mfelves) can do to keep the ftoc-k good—The Congress house would cer tainly iank below the dignity of a bear garden. Half a dozen men who would flick at nothing after the death of virtue, would kjeep the coun try in a flamt —They would circulate any story no nut er how fAfe— declare that the edmini ftration is corrupt, and such as would " disgrace pandemonium''—and yet fit down fatisfied with big words, without proving who is corrupt, the afl of conuption, ond the circumstances which ; would turn the officer out and bring him to punishment—Since eloquence disdains fa6fs,like her filler poetry* the would be tame if she was acearatc—and tike her (iflcr, she is the moil sublime wvten fbe is ?he mad 'eft. To proceed . with the terrible Change that Congress may un dergo. It may happen hereafter, that enquiries wili be begun and kept up as long as jraloufy and rcfentmeut can be kept alive by means of them. Paper, may be called for to make ihe people believe theie is a great mystery in these affjui*, and a cheat of five millions found out. This half-dozen party leaders would pretend that they have a great deal of merit becnufe they do all in their power to blacken ihe fame of the jiift and able fervanti of the people, and when the calumny should be refuted, and their base arts and ignorance confounded by a complete account oi all the ttanfa&ions of the adminiftra- t&e'y wiil not be ashamed to fay, all we had in view was tiulh and the good of the people, who ought io be made acquainted with the true due of i4»ci# «— U.. u ♦ Human affi-tiis are liable to many changes—it isibe prrt of prurience to guard against luch e vents bcfo.re ihey happen. Oihciwifethe most profligate unprincipled fafhon inay teai the peace and quief.ot this countiy 10 rags. No. thing is so promising a prcfervative as a debat ing THoV who make speeches, rot Jaws, who do all thev can to prevent Hieir being made, and who fpeaX not lothc House but to thi* could not objcfl to performing all this in the dub or focieiy. It is no objection that the club would hare no legiflitiveautboruy to fin: Hi bufinefs—fqr that would exactly fait tbofe whose labor it is to hinder it« being done. Tbey wouM enjoy every other advantage. The debates of :he focieiy could be publilhed, and the work of defaming the offitcis of govern ment, and o! kindling jealosies, fufpiciuni and d«-«3ty r<rti4*in >he community, nrrd not stand Aill • RitniMr, Bcfidii, th* rnto wh" w.tchfor ii>cp<opWm rreorrr the willi-'O*- wHich I ff imi|n»(hi« bemWched o«i«f thefl'vj lx<*» would naiut.Hy »fv"*r» fctenMs wht* 1 tntt totfu mifcblrf-m»ker» the firtf nf» «f- their *4- vtnuge*. »iid >o ihr pu Wic the fut. d»ll»«« i ilftyln iddiuoo to »H ibis msft V Bepcnti to be derivtd from ihc we hat>e » tttjijiig ettiibple to our b»adi of the advantage* arm rip to the people fi«D etabi W govern th«£o?ertet« of a coMMr ft . . - ■ - FOR THE GAZETTE. ELKANAH to JONATHAN. [se* A'al. Gaz. June tjl.] Oh, Jonathan ! and art thou grown So wor.d'ious fond of place, That not content with one alone, Thou fain would'ft have a brace. Interpreter of unknown tongues Thou long haft know* it— fn verse too would'ft thou fl r ain thy h»trg« With lie* ?oh «n»feM» Fbct-! * ) To many a lie in humble profc Thy voice is won* to fweir; And once, to shame thy pat ion'* foes, Did'ft lie before the May'r. Thy pittance for that lie wai fmal!, Thv b'owels yearn for more ; And M ! to- great folks, one and all, ThOu offcrtft thy stare. And yet the gif itfollti to thyproffer, I tti nk will nor be warm, Bmufr (hey ffMom t»kr»n offer Which can bat do rhera haim. Yes, friend 1 iho' hurijty W thy 4i*,' Tliy fuU will be reje&ed; For who would heed hit fir» « ftriwy heifituW* ■. ' a ■ - ■ eUt'ANAH, FUR rut GAZE ME. Q. C'.'l. F. WITH every'righttous government »t odds, I swear by all the goddess; s and godt, Thai whercfoever laws and justice fend me, {" A restless disposition thall attend me. The foil that gave me bnth X found too hot, And many a legal threlhing there I got. My mind a ftorro, 1 nevei could be quiet — My only fuftcnanie was mobs and riot — Until a pack, with wigs and gowns.and bands, And arms so long, none could escape their hands, To check the boiling of my patriot fury, Condemned ine by that bane of rouues, a jury ; But thank kind fortune, I efcap'd a jail, And gave them tor fecurity—l-g-baih Free from their cursed to this blest (bore, A friendly bark my precious carcase bore. But here, alas, I'find it to my cost, That all my virtuous deeds are labor loft ; The people fiee, and happv, and well fed. Can't be peifuadcd that they have no bread. Or, that for plundeiing there exists a caufc, So long as truth and jullice prop the laws. And tho' th' indubious live in p aceand e»(c, SomeJclks I find can't do just as they please i Courts, judges, Juries, Lawyers,and such things, Contrtv'd (or logues, are here, altho' no king* This will not do—the Devil whom I f.-ive, Knows, if the times are tranquil I mutt ftai vr» My plan itthorefoie laid—when more at leifute, I'll tell you what success attends each measure. Foreign Intelligence. LISLE, April J. ' ' ; Yesterday, fix cowardly <je-' i'erters had the honor of be ing ihaved close to theihoulders, in: thejiew machine, by order of Gen. Feuaud. ! BERLIN, March j- A few days since, several French deserters presented rheinfelves to the Duke Frederick ef Brunfwick, who received them kindly, gave them a few crowju, and ordered them to a particular station to try them. They had hardly begun to do their duty but they tried to ex cite the Prulfian soldiers to desert. They weie immediately coiuluded to to ihe fortrefs of Wefel. It was observed ihat these loldiers still pre served the fin of liberty, for they addreiled the Duke of Brimfwick with "my General"—which allo nifhed German ears accustomed.to the titles of Highness and my Lord. PARIS, April 8. Sitting of thp. Jacobins. Jpril 6. It was propol'ed to fend a deputa tion from (lie Club to accompany the CommiHioners of the Ooiiveiui on into all the departments, tudif feminate the " holy morality of the Jacobins." This ineafure was op posed by all the leading nietn&MS ; •for two excellent icafons, jftr te caufe the "fraternal debt" of the Club was, already so great, that tbey could not bear any new expences ; and 2dly. that their deputies would ccriainly be maflacred, for the Ja cobins were held in thegreateft ab horrence through all the depart ments. That they were regarded by the whole nation (the Sans Cu lottes of Paris excepted) as a band of aflaflins, who with Marat at their head, were wantonly fpiliing tke blond of the purest patriots. Thel'e aflertious were proved by letters 462 ■ from a ll repnoije.—iwa i at faul.ciie had decc.ve.l ' ih. ■»«»«». ,f tfc *^ ei,ch ' had withdrawn th C|r confidence from the Jacobins they were ail lO ~jW-B.— A deputation of the fee tiotrof Boncor.feuil.read an addrels, which t'.iev were going to prelent to the Convention. The following is an extract: " Legislators, An in fernal faction influences the Con veution—a gang of villains are plut-. lingand executing a countei-revo i lutiun. We demand in the name ot the law, in the name of the people, that the Guadcts, the Vergnianx, the Briliote, the Buzots, the Barba rous, the Pctions be driven from a inong yon.. Mountain of Sinai! on thee the Mod High reposes himfelf; in thee alone is founded our hope; then wilt thou deliver ns from our enemies; but how long wilt thou fuffer those Catalines in thy bolom ? Ministers of an avenging God ! de liver to the justice of the people his unfaithful mandatories !—And thou people !__ rife and cruth the traitors who are in this aflembly." (Long 8c loud applause.) " Yes my friends and brothers, continued the orator, the people nittft help ns again to cleanse the dung hill of ariltocra cy." Albitte.—l applaud with all my heart the patrioiifmuf those citt lens ; but while Uriving to serve us, rbey will enibarrafs us; it is not iut ficient to deihaifd the punifliment ot traitors; we mult know them be fore we can judge them. —At thele Words, the tribunes, and all the Ja cobins rose in a fury, crying.—' We know thein ail, and will kill them all.'-—After much confufion in the Club, Albitte recommences with his lall sentence ; but was ftopt again by loud murmurs. The Vice-Pi eli dent begs them to hear Albitte with moderation, and then refute him. —What ! cries a hot patriot, foam ing with rage, hear a moderate with moderation ! Albitte continues, lam not a moderate, 1 fublcribe to every thing you propose. it is true there are traitors in the Convention, hut our denunciations ought not to con demn them ; they mult be judged by the law. For my own part I will noc condemn Briflot and the relt on a mere suspicion. He was again in terrupted by a cry of " down with t he moderate."—Ho rose once more, and laid if he was wrong, it was by excels of zeai ; promised to conform to the decisions of the Club ; was wow convinced theaddrefs was good, and deelared he would fiipport it. This repentance was now too late ; a general hiss proved to him, that to ait from reason was an unpar donable crime among the Jacobins. Dellieux supported the petition with all his might. He pretended to prove that Petion, Briliot, &c. were the agents of Dumourier, and that they, with the other modera tes, wanted to facrifice the virtu ous Egalite because his foil Was a traitor. St. Ju(l Paid, 1792, 1 told you there was but one man that ftopt our pro gress, his head is fallen. We had. better Iwim to liberty through oce ans of aristocratic blood, than to fee a single patriot receive a scratch. Albitte talks of forms and laws—as if any were to be observed in such a crisis. We mult have blood, the country is in danger; Dutnourier is gone but his fatallites are among us; they mult be delivered up to the revolutionary tribunal, and to the National Razor. (applauded with transport.) NATIONAL CONVENTION. March it. M. Garuier.— Citizens ! one of the greatelt Counter-Kevolutioniits of St. Domingo, M. Blanc litrlantle, it arrived in Paris a prisoner—he is charged with the blackeit crimes— he lias made it a pratftice to vex and perlecute the patriots; he caused one of thsin named Borcco to he seized, and was ferocious enough to cause his satellites to col him to pie ces before his face. He has been known to go about, with his sword drawn, and with his own hand to inallacre infants at the bieafts of their mothers. I demand that M. Blanchelande be arraigned before the revolutionary tribunal," jure ' 'By the Bug lndo&ry, Cam. I'ratk, A -tp*d*A at tlfii.poi t,on Wedntfd<y lad '* from BtlftrS, hound to Bolton, we Wvet favivyed with a Bristol paper of May 9, from which we have extradol part of,the following . Late European Intelligence,. VIENNA, (Germany,) Apiilao. H ER Impel ial Majcfty was yeftcrday delivered of a Prince, who wasthi, day bapfized l>v the naioe» of FERDI MANI>, CHARLES," LEOPOLD* JOSEPH, FRANCIS, MARCEL-. ' LIN. I His Sicilian Mnjtr fly, repi- (eatrd by hia Ambaffidor the Marquis of Gallo, was the sole sponsor. Afier the ceremo ny there was a coort, when the Nobility and Foreign Minifteis had the honour to pay their rrfpe&s to the Emperor, and to congratulate his Imperial Majrtty on ths birth of an heir. PARIS, April 9. AT four in the afternoon of ycfterday the following Bulletin was cfcfiVerea ia the convention : " Ye Herd ay morning Philip Egalite was conveyed to the prison la Concierge rie, where he occupies the appartment which was once destined for the too cele brated Cardinal dc Roban. It is said, tint on entering this apartment, Egalite fan cied he perceived some partiality, Tome paiticularattemion towards himtslf whifili might hurt the feelings of his fellow pvi foncrs ; and that he in corifequence de manded for Citizen Egalite, the apart ment ala Pifto'.e ; It will do doubt be granted him to-morrow. " By the apartment a la Pistole is meant a particular room for which tea livres are paid at entrance. The furoi ture of this room consists of a table plac ed before a-window, fccuredby iron bars, a chair of walnut wood, and a bed fur nilhed with a bundle of straw, and o»cr that a mattrafs of the thickness of a pan cake that has not swelled in frying! At one of the fides of the apartment a la Pis tole arc two beams, the fupcrior fnrface of which is ufualiy (lored with moifclsof black tripuldy bread, left there by male, factors condemned to the gtlleys, the gallows, or the wheel. The apaitment a la Pistole looks into a superb fqnare, iii the midst of which riles a magnificent poll that has appended to it a coHar of superlative beauty. [By the.dtfcription thfs would appear to be a kind of pillory] This collar is uot like that of the cardinal de Rohan, enriched with the spoils of Golconda and Vifapour ; but in the eyes of Egalite poffeffea a pre-eminent merit j that of being fitted to all, of being alike calculated to adorn the neck of the de scendant of St. Louis, and the son of a coachman NATIONAL CONVENTION, APKII. 24. A body of Citizens, petitioners, appea yd before the AiTembly—they announced that Marat had been acquitted by the Triiur.al fx. traordinan, and they begged per;niff t on to de file through the Assembly, to (hew to the Re presentatives of the people tktirjty to fr.'i Ma rut inrccrvt ' __3Li Pertvrflinn being granted, they entered without arm 4, in great number*, of both fexe% and as many as couM took potleifcoa o the unoccupied feats, the Tribunes and Citi zens crying loudly, " Long live the Repute —Long live the Nation —Long live Marat. At the head of the Citizens were the Gen darmes, and the Municipal Officers. At length Marat arrived, and proceeded to take his feat ; he had on his head a crown which he took off; he \vas embrace by all the Citizens, Women, and Deputies; after which he mounted tie Tribuue, an made the following speech : 4< Citizens, , •< You fee a Representative of the pcop.e whose rights have lieeen violated, but jut> te has been done him. I (wear a-new ro efpou ' the caiife of Equality, L bertjfj and "> tfte Paople."' He was loudly applauded. _ The Ci'ti irtit, or minotity of the AwWOlyi had entixel)' left the tiall. LONDON, May 9. - ExtraSl of a Utter from Paris, April it " Letters from Lyons announce ; hdt c,, y . be in a most dreadful state ps confulion, an those from H-itanv contain )ntclligf° cc f£ l Ul '' difag«eeablc. The 6a parifties encamps ? l rimieres have, in answer to the third prooaw tion of the Commissioners of the onve ?7° r! publifhcd a dectaration, in which the) 21 re themfclves to the Commifljoneis io the nam e the true and only God whont the lattei h& v£ a 'J u in this pjete ihty let fouh their Hun e,, " n , on Providencer in confequcnce of the juUnc . ihctr caufc ; ,£T pro bate the' dcfiglfc and $hem and then conititucnrs ; a«»d <ieip* will ilpvt-r, wiulft they breaiiic K fobaUt to 1 laws, or feck p.rotc&ton fioru them.