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The foU'jwing Extracts are front the Letters
cf Pabius written in 1797, by John
Dickenson, author of the celebrated
Farmer's Letters.
Or" all national powers, that which is
✓Chiefly derived from commercial refourccs,
feems -o be the mod precarious. It
ids too much on extraneous fupport.
It muft be CKercifed not only with great
■wifdohi, but alfo with great virtue ; that
is, it muft be beneficial to others, as well
as profitable to the people poiTeifmg it, or
it cannot be permanent. Our creator ne
ver niacle individuals or nations, to be kind
ti themfclves only. When attended with
:;t fuccefs, it is apt to generate a fpi
rit of pride, diftipition, infolenCe, rafh
nefs, rapacioufnefs, and cruelty. The ea
'■• -i-rncfs for wealth, increafes with amafT-
It is a . Al
utionsprefervcfcarcely a refembla/ue
f»f themfelves. Hardly a feature of their
(trig youth, remains i -. heir debauch
ed manhood. They, who were worthily
it and decently frugal, become wick
edly a'l've and impudently avaricous : ana,
th v who nobly defended their own liberty,
it glorious to tfeftroy the liberty of
With them, juftice is a reftraint :
Benevolence a weakn 's. To ufe an cx
]> -cfiion of Thucydides, " Nothing is
ht difb morable that is plealin
in'quitous that is gainful.
Let us beftow our attention for a mo
ment, on Ath;ns, Carthage, Venice, and
llilland* Each of thefe. ftates, by the force
of commerce, has been predominant over
oonfi Lrablc traces of the world; and to
each of them might many nations fay, with
i Roman ■■ —•; B ; our wretcheanes
thou art great." Tims commerce calcu*
!ut • I by its nature to be an inftrument for
en.ircafing the felicity of mankind, basin
many inftanr.es become a fcourge.
If a r.onclufion may be drawn from a
multitude of events delivered down to us by
I hiftor'ians, the monitory re
lult is—that the conduct juft mentioned will
befSund ultimately to produce confequences
Sir-Sly the reverfe of the purpofes intend
ed by th; fhort-fi rbted perpetrators —and
'Siat wliere nation* raife themf Ives, by
proa llv trampling upon others, although
th y may by bravery and management ob
tain the moft confpicuous eminence, yet,
by the immutable 'aw of nature that for
bids the existence of happiness without vir
tue the caules of declemlon conftSmtly in
termingle with their crimin.d fucc ffes
v with th' Sir growth and ftrength. n
wi.h their ftrength''—an! at the period
when th' Sir guilty g! >ry reaches its greateft
height, then precifely are they near to their
fall.
Each of the r itely mentioned
wag deeply guilty. Guild the murdered
and the mifcrabie, the victims of their
crimes, rife from their b.els of death, and
move in blent prorelli -n before our eyes, we
recollecting- the delicacies, the virtues, the
tender affecVnns, the generous fenfations,
i their ptrfons had been violated and
racked into the utmoft exarcerbation of hu
man woes'—.though confeious to ourfelves
that their fnfF. rings were paffed, how
would our brains burn with anguifii, if
)f tears fhould not relieve us ?
For what were thefe crimes committed;
ti , better mirpofe than .
'-: To drink fromjrems and fleep on Tyrian
dyes."
ON WAR—.By Wm. Paley, m. A.
The instijficietrt't caufcs, or unjustifiable
, are, the family alliances.
/•rfonal friendfhips, or the perfonal
Is of princes ; the internal difpu.es
which are carried on in other nations ; the
of other wars ; the extenttbn of
, or cf trade ; the misfortunes or
accidental weikftefs of a neighbouring or
I nation.
There are tvjo lefTons of rational and
cy, which if it were poftible to
inculcate into the councils ot princes,
1 exclude many of the motives of war.
and ailay that reftlefs ambition -which is
conftindy ftlrring up one part of mankind
againft the other. The firft of thefe
leffrwis admorrfli :s princes to " place their
glory and their emulation, not in extent
■Story, but in raiting the greateft
quantity of hsropinefs out of a given ter
ritory." 1 tit of territory by
conqvi-ft is not only nota juft object of war,
iter part of the inftances
i eh it is attempted, not even defira
bl ■• It is certainly not defirable Wh
nothing to the numbers, the -
. or the fecurity of the Conqi
rtmonly is gained to a nation,
b) the annexing of new dependent
the fubjugation of other countries to its
dominion, but a wider frontier to d
more interfering claims to vindii
more, quarrels, more enemies, more rebel
lions to encounter ; a greater force to,
keep up by iea and land; more fervices
to provide for, and more cftablifhments to
pay ; And, in order to draw from thefe
acquiGtions fomething that may make up
for the charge of keeping them, a reve
ls to be extorted, or a monopoly t(
he < i;forced and watched, at art expenfe
which cofts half their produce. Tims the
provinces are opprefled, in order to pay
for being ill governed ; and the original
ftate is exhauiled in maintaining a feeble
■ Styover difcontented fubjects. No
ible portion of country is benefited
by the chanp-e : and if the fbve.re-.ign ap
pear to himfedf to be enriched or ftn
encii, when every part of his dominion i;
made poorer and weaker than it was, it h
probable that he is deceived by appear*
Or were it trus that the grandeur
of the prince is magnified by tbofe ex
ploits ; tlie glory which is purchafed and
the ambition which is gratified by thedif
trefs of one country, without adding to
the happinefs of the other, which at the
fame time enflaves the new and impover
fbes the ancient part of the empire, by
v;r names it may be known or flat
tered, ought to be an object of univerfal
x. cration ; and oftentimes not more fo
to the vanquished, than to the very people
whofe armies or whole treafures have
tchieved the victory.
The fecond rule of prudence which
u-rht to be recommended to thofe who
conduct the affairs of nations is, '• never
o purfue national honour as diftindt from
, itional intereft." This rule acknowledg
es that it is often necefl'ary to afl'ert the
bobour of a nation for the fake of its in
tereft. The fpirit and courage of a peo
■!e are fupported by flattering their pride.
Oonceflions which betray too much of fear
orweakoefs, though they relate to points
of mere ceremony, invite demands and at
tacks of more ferious importance. Our
rule allows all this, and only directs that,
when points of honour become fubjects of
contention b-tween fovcreigns, or are
likely to be made the occafions of war,
tl cv be eftimated with a reference to uti
lSy, and not by thcmfelves.—" The dig
nity of his crown, the honour of his flag,
the glory of his arm-:," in the mouth of
a ]> ince, are ftately and impodng terms;
but the ideas they infpire are infatiable.
ft my be always glorious to conquer
whatever be the juftice of the Avar, or the
orice of the victory. Tlie dignity of a
fovereign may not permit him to recede
from claims of homage and refpetl, at
whatever expenfe of national peace and
tiappinefs they a'-c to be maintained, how
ever nnjuft they may have been in their
i final, or in their continuance, however
belefs to the pofleflor, or mortifyin
vexatious to other ftates. The purfuit
■f honour, when let loofe from the admo
nitions of prudence, becomes in kings a
wild and romantic paffimi ; eager to en*
, rage, and gathering fury in its progrefs,
it is checked by no difficulties, rej; lied by
no dangers : it forgets or defpifes thofe
roniidorations of fafety, cafe, wealth, and
plenty, which in the eye of true public
wifdom, compofe the objects, to which
the renown of arms, the fame of victory,
are only inftrtimenfal and fubordinate.
The purfuit of intereft, on the other band,
is a fobcr principle ; computes cofts and
confequences ; is cautious of entering- into
war ; flops in time ; when regulated by
thofe univerftl maxims of relative juftice
which belong to the affairs of communi
ties, as well as of private, perfon?, it is
the right principle for nations to proceed
by ; even when it trefpaffes upon thefe
regulations, it is much lefs dangerous be
c.aufe much more temperate than the
other.
WASHINGTON BOOK-STORE.
Rapine, Conrad, Be. Co.
Corner of South B. Street and New Jersey
Avenue, near the Capitol.
HAVE juft received, and for fale at the above
ftore Letters from Alexander1 Hamilton,
concerning the public condudl and character of
John Adams, Efq Pr fident of the United
Mates
»Ifo, juft opening, a cho'Cc aflortnic nt of j
books in Hiftory, Law, Medicine, Divinity,
Arts and Sciences, ClafHt* School books, No
vels, Romances B'Ography, &c. &i:—With a
jreod aflbrtment of fuper royal, royal, medium,
demy, and foolfc-jp writing paper, thick and thia
poft, blue & common wrapping paper, beft Dutch
quill*, wafers, foaling wax, ink powder, red ,iNd
black ink black lead pencils parchmeii*, play
ing cards, blank books &c. &c. All which
they will Hifpofe of at the very I owe ft price*.
Public officers and others, ivho will plcafe to
favour them with their cu,lo:;i, may rely on
having the nri&eft atunticn paid to their orders
Nov. 17th, 1800.
WASH ING TO]i
WE ONES DAT, December 17, 1800.
RETURN OF VOTES,
For Pie'Sdent and Vice-Prefiden'c of the
United State;.
f."
New-Hampfiiire
M.ilT'.thi.M 16
Rhode-Illand
Connecticut 9
Vermont
New-York'
New-Terfey 7
Pennfylvania 7
D -h- ware S
Maryland 5
Virginia
Kentucky
Term -ffee
North Carolina 4
South Carolina
Georgia
By letters received from Louisville (GS
dated fubfequent to the Eleclon of Prefi
dent and Vke-l'refident, we are ci
to inform the public that the votes of the
ftate of Geo;gia are as follow :
For'l homar, Jtifeiilm 4 votes.
Aaron Burr 4
The General AfTembly of Virginia have
chofen Philip N. Nicholas, Attorney
General of that State.
FEDERAL MASSACHUSETTS
REPRESENTATIVE.
First Eastern District.
Lee. Dearborn. Sea
47 J 477 21:
32 towns,
The election for Congreffiona! P.eprefen
tativc in the eaftern diftrict of Vermont,
was on the 2d inft. We have her id from
a few towns in Lie diftrict:, in which Gen.
Morris has a very large majority.
Morris* Paine. Niles.
Rockingham 103 2 O
Ci.efter 90 1 0
Weftminftcr 43 0 27
Grafton, about 40 1 0
Windfor, nearly all for Morris*
The law prefcribing the mode of chnof-'
ing electors in Virginia provided, in cafe)
of theabfenceofany of the electors which!
might be appointed by the People, that
the legislature fnbuld appoint others to
fupply fuch vancancits ; accordingly Ed-1
niond Pendleton, fen. of Caroline,!
Garter B. Harrilbn, and Andrew Moore:
being abfent, Daniel Coleman of Caroline,
Dr. Joint Shore of Peterfburgh, and John
Uowycr, of Rockbridge, were elected.
Th« frigate United States is ordered to|
the Windward Ifbtnds. The owners and]
commanders of veffels, bound thither, who
wifti to avail themfelves of the Convoy, will
take notice, that the frigate fails the firft
fair wind.
NEW CENSUS,
For the county of Bitnningtom.
Cenfusof 1791. Cenfus of 1800.
Pownal, 17*5 1700
Stamford, 272 380:
Reedfborough, G4 230
Woodford, 50 1.33
Bennington, £377 2337
Shaftftmry, 1999 1929
Cloflenbury 34 52
Arlington, 991 15 78
Sandgatc 773 1009
Sunderland, 414 588
Manchefter, 1276 1395
Winall, 155 ll)8
rove, 31 Mo
Bromley, 7 1 127
Dorfet, 958 1280
Reupdrt, 1033 1651
12,254 14,732
12 254
petition of Nicholas I. Rofevelt,
Soe;ntes : , praying for an .ic't inccrpo
rating a company for the profecution of
r's Coppermine was read and re.
to the Committee of Commerce and Manu
,..s.
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The Houfe went into a committee of
the whole op the bill for the relief of Ro
bert Hooper, Mr. Morris in the chair.
After being read by the chairman the
bill was reported to the houfe without
amendment, and on the queftion of,
lint'- it for a third reading, Air. Grisivold
faid he wifiied to b« informed wherein the
fads, on which tlie committee at the pre
fen't fefftonhad founded a favourable report,
d from thofe on which the commit
e. c in 1797 founded a different report,
which then ftated that the h-i'-j of the pe
tioner had arifen from a want of care on
his pa it.
.S. Smith faid he had been a mem
ber of both committees. In 17'97thtpe
r fupported his claim only b) his
[lections; he vas therefore againft
allowing it, the report was unfavourable,
'Sough he believed it had never been act
.-■d upon by the houfe. Durlng-the preftlit
feffion full proof had been exhibited that
the lofs of the petitioner did not Strife from
any mifconduci of his, but from the inat
tention of the cuftom houfe officer.
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Mr.Otis -thought the cafe one of the
plaineft that could occur. The petitioner
had imported certain lpec; ; had
declared his intention them; and
had applied to the proi>er officer foi
wife certificates and cleai
other papers neceffary Uv effttf ing h:t i ur
pofe. It was well known that the deputy
collector was generally fuppliedwitl: blanks
which he filled up asthe cafe required. The
petitioner, after exprefling his wifhes, a.id
ingfrom the deputy collector certain
, afked « Have I got all my papers"
the anfwerwas " yes"—Afterwards, when
too late to retrieve the error, he found
chat he had not one.
Mr. V/a'.n, on a former eccr.fion, had
been oppofed to tlie claim, becaufe proof
had not been produced of landing
the goods in a foreign country. Pro
this fact was now furniflicd.' As he had
no doubt of the exportation of the article;,,
S: of their having been 1 nded in a foreign
country, which is all the lav/ requires to
entitle the exporter to drawback, he
ht the claim ought to be allowed.
On the queftion for engrofling the bill for
a third reading to-mcrrow, it was agreed
to without adlvifion.
On motion of Mr. Leib the Houfe went
into a committee of the whole on the re
port of the committee of Claims en the
on pf William Nichols, late Marfbal
of Pennsylvania, Mr. Morris in the
chair.
The Report was read, which allows the
claim made by, William Nichols for the
expcnceS of the attendance of jurors and
witnefses on the trial ot infurgents in '95
ibefore the circuit court of Pennfylvania.
Mr. Macon obferved that the money
ftatcd by the petitioner to have been paid
by bun, was not warranted by any law ex
ifting at the time. The reafon ' afligntd
by the petioner for paying the funis he
vvifhed to b? reimburfed was that at the
tune he was young in oflice. The fum
allowed by the report, was the higheft al
lowed in any ftate to jurors and wit]
and was even higher than that
in Pennfylvania. Under thefe circutn
ftances he moved that the committee
mould rife, and report progrefs,
Mr. Wa£n faid that the judges had
ioned the funis allowed in the report ;
hough there v/as no law that ;
rifed it, the meafure was juftified by the
neceffity of the cafe. Ihe allowance
made war, to individuals in the double ca
pacity of jurors and witneffes. It was
thought equitable that they fhould be Com
pensated in both characters. The fums
allowed were the fame as thofe that were
allowed in the Supreme Comt of Penn
fylvania. Thefe cenficLrations made him
friendly to the report.
Th* queftion for the committee's riling
was loft.
The committee then concurred in the
report of the Committee of Claims, whit h
concurrence being reported to the JI
infirmed by them, and the Committee
ins inftrufted to report a Bill.
Mr.'Cooper, after fome prefatory re
narks, moved the appointment of a corn
ed'tee to enquire into the expediency of
: :,.;■ mi ac\ for the valuation of lands
. Increafe,. 2, 47e,
CONG
OF THE UNITED STATES.
house of sepresehvavives.
Monday, Lea. 15th, ISOO.