Guzette of the United States.
PHILADELPHIA,
TUKSDAY FVKNING, NOVKMBER, |8
MH. watu;
Mr. Dallrs has lately obtruded upon the
public, two publications refpedHng the cor
flitutional mode of electing Eledtors ; theK
papers, whatever form he may hive ei> f n
t > give them, were evidently m the fii ll ii>
llanos dellined tor tile press ; e ch of the!!:
is (lamped with no inConfidetable portion of
arrogance ; and both of them are rendera!
flllgular by a spirit of sophistry and mifre
piefentation equally difgracefiil to his chi
radwr and hit. cautc. In his Rrlt lett-r h
atlirins, that as the confbtution of the United
States, declares, thnt each {tatfi shall appoint
Electors in iuch nianucr as tlie Legislature
tliereoi shall diredt, all.that Can be Coriflitti
tioualiy required, is a legi dative adt, diredt
lnjj the manner of making theaappointmentt t
and that by a leftiflative adt, ilie appoint
ment may be coullitutionally dired\ed to be
m.df,
ill. By the people at laige,
2d. By the people in dilirifb, or
3d. By the Legislature representing toe
people.
In his second letter wlien jtidifying the
opinion, that the Legifhuiit are empowered
to make a choice, vile fays tint the st.ite may
be confidt-red either in its physical or politi
cal capacity, that in its physical capacity it
conlilts of the people themselves, in its po
litical capacity of the legillature reprefentirtg
the people. It is manifeft, therefore, that
the argument in favour of the'pirwer to tab
from the peopld their immediate right of
choosing eleitors, and to veil that right in
the Legillature, depends upon this principle,
that the Legislature rfpfetenting the State,
is invefled, quoad hoc, with its fovcreign
powers.
The true quefl'uyi therefore, according to
Mr. Dallas's own statement is ; what is the
legislature ? what is that power which thus
reprelents the state ; and which is thus en
trulled with the delegated portion of its fo
ve reign ty.
The Legislature is dt fined to be that power
which makes laws : in whom by the conlli
tution of Penufyivania is this power veiled ?
" In a General Aflembly, which (hall confilt
of a Senate and Honl'e of Representatives."
The Legislature, therefore, confifh of two
diflinft independent branches ; each havifig
a controul over the nieaturei of the other,
the consent of each being necessary except in
certain Ipecified cases to enable the afts of
tile other to be carried roto iffeft.
If it is admitted, that the members of the
two brftiches jointly afleinbled, have no le
gillative powers ; it is a contradiftion in
terms to fay they can be a legislature ; since
no legislative aft, entered upon by them can
be legal in its operation and effeft.
lu order however, to rescue himfelf from
the ridicule attached to his dogmas, Mr.
attempts to leitder the coniiitution as
absurd as his own opinions—He fays that in
two cases the Legislature are empowered to
make an election by joint vote, and that this
circumftance'proves (hat the Legislature for
deliberative purpofrs only, are to aft dif
tinftly and concurrently ; but that for mi
nisterial purposes it was intended they (hould
aft conjointly or by a conventional vote.
It appears, however, that the framers of
tl.e Magna Charta of our liberties, as they
had more correct id<-as, used more correft
language than himfelf. If" two or more
lliall fee equal and highest in votes fays that
sacred inftrumtnt, one of them fhallbecho
fen Governor (not by tie Legislature but)
by the joint vote of tie Members of bjtb
Houses." Again " the State Treal'urcr fliall
be appointed annually by the joint vote of
the Members of both Houses. A diflinftion
therefore clearly exifls between the Legi
slature afting Legislatively, representing
the State Sovereignty, and inveited with the
" political capacity of the State, and an
heterogeneous mixture of the members of
the two Houses afting conjointly, dift.n
guilliea by no con ftitutional name—and
competent to peiform no valid Legislative
adt.
It' the meivbers of the two Houfei filing
conjointly, would compote a body incapable
ot legally a&ing, and which woliltl not be in
veiled with the Sovereign Power* of the
State, it I'ollows' that they are to be viewed
in no other light than as individual citizens,
and that it* Legislature can no Vnore au
thorise them to make an election of eleitovs,
than they can give the fime power to the
Divan ot' Turkey, the Tribunate of Paris,
or the Parliament of Great Britain.
Anutuer of the Committ-ek.
£ The following Song, written by the Bard of
A>rftiire is in elegant and tuneful cornpli
m. Nt to the lovely female to whom it was
originally ad J rtfl'cd. It ferms, from a note
belou-, that the fair Caledonim has exchan-
the mountain! and the Poet, of feeotland
soT the (horts of the Atlantic, and tU« din at
•Commerce, j
The Blue lyed Lassie.^
(From vol. 4 of Hum's works.)
4 gaed a wae'n'gate, yeflreen,
A g2te 1 Seir, I'll dearly rut ;
1 gat my daath frae lw» I'weet e'en
Twa lovely e'en <>' bonnie blue
; Twas not her golden ringlets bright
Hrr lips l , ' lc rulet, wat wi' dew
Her heaving befor., lily •>* hite —
It wjjf.erc'es fae Ivnriie blue.
She talk'd, fhefmil'd, my heart (he wyl'd,
She charrr.'d my foul, 1 wist not h-w ;
Ar.d ay the ftound, the deadly wound
Cam Irae her e'en lae bonnie blue
Bnt spare to fpsak, and spare to i'peed ;
She'll aiblins listen to my vow
Should she relufe, I'll l»y my desd
To her twa e'en fie bonnie blue.
* Dr. Currie, the Editor of Burn's, informs
us that " the Heroint of thisfosg was Mils J.
us I-ochmabar. This Lariy now Mrs 8. alter
xtfiding fomo tirpe in Liverpool is fettled with
her huiband in New York, Ncrth America.
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
Dr. Currie, of Liverpool, has publish
ed a very brilliant and complete edition
of the works, of Robert Burns, a poet,
the rays of whose fancy have Ihed new
light and lustre upon Scotland, the land
of learning". This valuable edition of
the works of an original bard, is enrich
ed with much found criticism, and, above
.'ll, witll the biography of Burns. We
understand that to the good taste and
judgment of Mr. DMn, bookseller, of
this city, we Shall lhortly be indebted
for a hand(ome American edition of
these delightful volumes. On their ap
pearance, the writer of this article,
will chearfully attempt to " speak (bme
wha'c more largely," concerning the
genius 'and works of a favourite author.
The Ploughman of Avrfhire was one of
that favoured choir, upon whom, in the
i'mpafiioned words of my Lord Boling
b'oke, " the God of Nature has been
pleased to bestow a larger portion of the
etberial spirit, than is given to the majo
rity of mankind."
A very late Englifli writer observes
that the cumbrous volumes of Voltaire
and Wieiand are greedily fought, and
printed with all the meretricious decora
tions of engraving, hot press and wire
woven paper and that the " Grapelhot
of Literature" is spreading .havock all
around in the light efiays of a Godwin,
in the deleterious novels of a Holcroft,
and in the licentious plays and crazy tales
of Diablerie and Witcherie, now pouring
front Germany throughout Europe.
It is well remarked' by an observer
that the world is overwhelmed by the
daily influx of modern publications,
pouring in, on all fides, from the ocean
of Literature.
The firft and most important reform,
and which louldly cails for the imme
diately and serious attention ot every
Philosopher, statesman and divine is the
rejloratitn of the refpcclabiiity of the Press.
—To prevent it from being degrading
into a bad miniftring angel of Deism, a
pander to the vice or the folly of the
vulgar, a vihicle of bombajlic mnfenft, and
canting and lying Batriotifm, or a kennel,
through which every French, and every
German impurity may pass, and " Stink
in the noflrilf of the People."
The Committees appointed by the
Senate and House of Representatives, on
the fubje£t of the disagreement of the
two Hoiifes refpefting the bill, entitled,
" An adl to direst, on behalf of this state,
the manner of appointing the Electors
of a President and Vice President of the
United States:" kave had several meet
ings since Friday last, without adjusting
the difference between them ; —it is
(aid that another effort was to have been
made yesterday morning, and if the
opinions of the committees did not then
harmonize, they would report their disa
greement to their respective Houses.
The following are the names of the
members of the two Committees :
From tie Semite—Messrs. Gurney,
Ewing, M'Clellan, Johnson, and Bar
ton.
From the House of Rsprcfentatlvcs. —
Messrs. Whitehill, Boileau, Logan,
Penrofe, and Snyder.
IMPORTANT.
Last evening arrived in this city from
Lancaster, ¥enche Csxe, Efqr. with face,
nearly as long, and heart, as heavy, as
his own compoiitions. Totally defeat
ed in the Country, he now tempts the
Toil,', but, alas ! the race of Jacobinism
is nearly over,. and the friends of the
•would-be secretary bint that his " much
speaking" and much writing had better
at present be spared.
The Jacobin Members of the New-
York Legiflatare, have held a caucus,
at which they have resolved to support
G. CLINTON, the father-in-law of
Genet, the French Jacobin, as Gover
nor of that State.
On Sunday evening, the 26th ult.
the light-house on Brandt Point, (Nan
tucket,) was blown down.
The ship Swiftfure, from Liverpool,
for and belonging to New-York, was
chaied into Newport, on Friday the 7th
instant, by a Britilh privateer brig of
14 guiis, and 40 men, from Halifax. —
The Swiftfure left Liverpool, on the 4th
of October.
, An infamous publication has lately
Sppoarcc} in this city, .entitle).! the « fiwfefii
Hitttiber of tbc R-ufh Lightand <lfcribed
to Cobbett. Any msa of: common teefe
who read:, the work, and js acquainted
with the. flyle of its pretended .author,
will at once perceive that it is an aban
doned fabrication, probably-written .in
Philadelphia, and calculated and intend
ed to produce an effect on the election for
President. It is not even ftatedtohave
been printed in England, and the tir(t
person who is known to have fpld it,, is
one Ramie, an avowed and notorious de
mocrat. A Forgery lb evident and -i
---bominable has fcldom ilTued even from a
Jacobin Press, and it is hoped that the
people of this country with all their cul
libility, are too well informod to be made
the dupes of a stratagem as weak as it is
villainous.
PUBLIC THANKSGIVING.
The next Sabbath will be observed in
the Churches of different denominations
in this city, as a Day of Thanksgiving
and Prayer for the Mercy of God expe
rienced by us during the Seafons'of thi ■
year.
Inhabitants of Philadelphia !
You are called to the discharge of a
solemn, and necessary, and transporting
duty. Will you pierce Heaven with
your cries in ;.he time of trduble and af
fliction, ard will you rofufe your grati
tude and acknowledgments to your God
when he fends you prosperity ? Frequent
ly has the Lord frowned upon you in his
just displeasure; and frequently has his
blow of justice followed your crimes;
But again have you turned unto folly.
Again have you laughed at Divine In
dignation, and trampled under foot the
awful blood of redemption. Let not
your conduit be again chargeable with
his ingratitude. Forget not that Provi
dence who hath manifefted a forbearance
towards you far beyond your merits—
who hath not during the last Summer
and Autumn permitted his Pestilence to
viiit you, to glut the grave with his prey,
and to render this metropolis the scene
of desolation and mourning. Let all
the Houses of God then be filled at the
ensuing Sabbath by his grateful People
—Let his Ministers proclaim how great
are his Mercies ; and let the offerings
of pious joy be united with praise, re
pentance, and humility.
No difpalches have been received by
the Government of the United States* as
stated in a Philadelphia paper; but from
concurring advices there is the greatest
probability that the account, taken from
an English paper, that a treaty has been
concluded between this Country and
France, is true. We know this belief
is entertained by the belt informed men
in Washington. Wall. pap.
A number of English and American
Shipwrecked feamcn have been landed at
Bermuda this fall, where they have been
treated with the greatest humanity.
DIED, lately Mr. Wm. TUBBS.late
Captain's Clerk on board the U. S. sloop
of war Baltimore.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
LANCASTER, November i 4.
Messrs. Boileao, Hen role, and Wilfoo, of
the Houl'e of Heprefentatives, waited on the
Governor this day and prefenttd the follow
ing answer of that body to his address.
7o THOMAS M'KEAN,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Penn-
\ania.
Sir, *
The House of Ilepreferitatives impressed
with the importance of the extraordinajy
occasion, on which you have convened the
Legislature, take this early opportunity to
express tlietr approbation of io i'eafcmable
and patriotic an interpoiition of the execu
tive authority.
While the motives by which you have
been a&uated, juflly incieafe your claims
upo» the public confidence and edeeiu, we
anxiously hope, that the honorable example
of your conduit, will produce a cordial co
operation, in all the departments of the go
vernment, to rescue Pennsylvania from the
stigma of negleAing the performance of an
important conllitutional duty, tfnd endan
gering the energy and liability of the U
nion.
We concur, fir, in the general opinion ,
which you have announced, that the ap— 1
pointment of the of a Prcfident and
Vice President of lijr Unittd States, by a
general choice of the people, is the tiueft,
late ft, faireft exposition of the conilitution ;
and we fiticerely lament the neceflity which
even in a single intl&nce, has imposed
a from that ru'.e ; but as tk:rc is
iiO alternative except a Legislative apjj >int
mem, or>a dereliction of the right of elec
tion, the geod i'cnlc of our conllitue'.ns
will discern the dangerous conleqnenat of
the latter courte, and jullify a resolution to
j/urfni the former. Under this cSnvidtion,
we have g-ivn a prompt attention to your
address, and suided in the prefect uiftanie
by the precedent which our'filler States
Hive eftablifiled—by the obvior.s fpiiit of
the constitution and laws of Pennsylvania,
in fimihr cases—and by the very nature of
the fu'bjea; we trull that wnite'tef may be
the: issue of this interefliirg fe'lfiin, there
will be no cause oii our part, for felf-reproach
or public cenf'tire.
We fiiill receive yourfutuie com-nuni-
CJtions., on the general state of the Com
mon-wealth, wi'h merited relpedt.' and be
■alTiired, Sir, that all the means in our'power
•■vill c6t]fian;ly be employed to prelcrve that
1 beral and harmonious intercoufe between
the departments of the government, which
is eflfential to the advancement of 0111 pii
vate btppinefs, as well as to the execution
of our public trust.
To which the Governor returned the foj
lowing reply :
To the House of Reprefeittatives to the
Commonwealth of Pennfly-vania.
Gk^TIJIiMEN,
AS it is my conflant flud) to merit the
approbation of the Legislature in all my
official proceedings, it affords me a sincere
fatisfa&ion to lective the prel'ent tellimo
nial of confidence and efleem from the
House of Reprefeiuatives.
That the occafiouof which you are con
vened is an important one, appears to be
the unanimous opinion of every private ci
tizen, as well as of every public officer. It
involves the fulfilment of a solemn obliga
tion to our fifler slates, and the discharge
of an indifpenfible duty, which we owe to
our condiments. Though therefore, it is
no longer in your power to pursue the moll
eligible mode of appointing I am
happy to find, that you consider the ap
pointments ;as an aft, that mull, at all
events, be-peifonned, in any mode that the
constitution will allow. Convinced as ' 1
am, that the virtual secession of Penrfylva
nia, by refufing or neglefting to give her
vote, in the organization of the Federal
government, will be a vital (lab to the Uni
on, under which it may, perhaps, longMan
guilh, but from.which it can ncvei perfedt
ly recover, I wait with inexpretlible foliei*
tude, the ultimate determination of the Le
gislature.
-Yet, Gentlemen, I cannot allow myfelt
todefpair. If the voice of the people is at
all regarded ; if their welfare is contem
plated if the honour of the Legislature, «s
a body, is consulted, if the bleffiiigs of a
quiet conlcience are to be p eit *ed to
its members, as individuals, and if the ap
plaul'e of »1I good men is an objedt of purluit
—Pennsylvania cannot fail to be rel'ned
from the impending danger and disgrace.
THOMAS M'KEAN.
The following is the answer reported by a
Committee of the Senate, composed of
MeflYs. Gurney, I'oftlethwaite & :
REPORT OF A COMMITTEE.
To THOMAS K'KEAN.
tPJiila. G?z.
Governor of the Commonwealth of Penn
'I he Senate, sensible of the importance
of your communication to bo'h houtes of
the Legislature, have given it the moll ear
ly attention.
The CMCuniflsnce of no mode of elefting
ele&ors of Pit Client and Vice President of
the United States' being yet prescribed
is a futjedl of yeneial regret, but had a
more early interposition of she executive au
thority been extended, it is probable there
would not have been occasion for the re
gret at this late day.
Wt feel the influences of those occurren
ces wliich aamoailh us all to rally.round the
conditution ol oiir country, and permit us
to add the conllitution of our particular
state, wc lh .11 carefully advert to their ref
peftive prov iGons in 11 our deliberations on
the important fubjift of choofmg electors,
and we confidently hope that the refuit will
Cot.fi(l with the former without infrinj.ng
the political balance of the lntter.
The day of election being fa near at hand
as to pieclude our conllituents from m im
mediate participation in the choice of el* c
tors, we ihall endeavor to devifefilch a mode,
as, that while it conforms to our cotillitu
tinns, Hull promise all the fatisfn&ion to
our fellow citizens that the emergency of
present circumftantes will pafiibly admit.
Thus flioll 1 we become exonerated from
rei'ponfibility as far as depends en the
Senate of this important (late to preserve
its merited place in the great scale of the
Union.
ARRIVED, Jays
Brig Mentor, Morrifon, Milaga 50
Wines, fruit, 4c
Scl'.r. Harmless, Stoddert, Paflamaquody ao
Plaifter of Paris—to Captain
Polly Dear, Gilbert, North Carolina 16
N.va. fiore>
do to
Lnrob.-r
David, L'Hnmmtrdicu, New-Yo k. 7
Sundrivt, to C'aptaiii-
Virginia, 10
T®b»CCO.
Sloop Aftrea, HentOn, Ne« bun-port 6
Cneife and Cyilcr.
CLEAU£D,
Ship Criterion, Smi;i>,
Sckr. Brtley, Gillman,
Nmcy, Hawkins,
Sloop Eli". Ka'tli-y,
Sally, Webb,
fylv'ania.
Gazette Marine Lift,
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Breakhnd, Afhby,
3»'.1y» 1 1
Schooner Virginia, Wcfton, frctn kehCt! hi'
airlved Jt Cf arleft..n in 6 ays
Brg Beaver, Eiliot, from Havainai is bS
low, as alio another brig. ,
The following vclFc.a went to sea oil Friday
iaft; viz
Ship • olla're, Bowen, Hamtlirgli
Br:,: Susanna, Donrhue, Amfterdant
c Shallow, Tatcm, St. Crob.
s j JAberfe,. Bremen
if A rr.ia.ble Adetl, f 4tt C n > Livirfisfri
i, | Dolly, Webb, Gfftdi
;C Schr. Fa.rm*r, Kit-hard*, Caps Frahcti'
T cu Brothers, l]iy», Uarbadohj
Humiah, Fulluton, Jamaica
i M; fiinger, Stiles, Cape Francois
ss* Letjjy-iUj>t> «f tne fli'pi Th"ma» VVil
foa, Smith, tor .-lmlterujm and Pennsylvania,
Yorlct. for Hamburg, will bt taken from the
Coffee Ifoufe to-moirow morning.
SALEM, Nov. I li
Entered—Schooner Harriot, Very, from
Genoa, and 43 day! from Malaga.
The ship American Hero, Lindfay, of Sa!eifl t
was fprkr in long, 35, 34 days frunt
Alexandria bound to Am'itt-eriam.
Arrived at Newport, a, brig from St. ÜbeS>
who had b en br ught too aild boarded in the
Sound, by a privateer
The schooner Ebe-.ezer, Evans, from'Mar
bUhead lor feiilboa, was l'poke October 13, lat.
43. «5i long- 57-
NEW YORK, November ij.
ARRIVED, days
Schr. Nancy, Laboyteaux, Monrego-flay 50
Dehware, Hali, Wilmington 9
Saturday arrived fchonner Hetty, Dargan,
9 days from Wilmingtmi, N. C. Nov. 11,
poke fLhaoilcr Betsey, Thompl'oii, 16 days
from Turks Island, for Norfolk.
Same day, fchoolier Two Sifters, Hall, 30
days from St. Bartholomews. Left there, the
Brig Tig.r, Bart'ttt, of aid for Baltimore.
Same day, fchooncr Nancy, Laboyteaux, 50
days from J imaica.
Same day, il top Orpha, Driggs, a? days
from H'vanna. Lett there, fcboonar Fanny,
Nixon, and fchsoner Little John of this port,
together with a number of other American
veflVls.
Brig Little C.orge, Jackaday, has arrived at
the Havanna.
CHARLESTON, Oflober 31.
The fbip Maria, Ingles, from London, five
brigs, and a lugger, were off the bar last even
ing.
N O T I OE. •
Bank of the United States,
iHfc Stockholders of the Bank of the United
Stat'-fc are informed* that according to the
fkatute of r corporation, a GoHcr&l El?&ion for
twenty five Dirc&ois, will be held at the Bank of
the Unites States, in tf.e city of Philadelphia, on
Monday the sth of January neit, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon.
And pursuant to the eleventh fe&ion of the bye
laws, the 'U :kholdtrs of the said Bank arealfo no*
tfiedto affcmhlc it> general meeting, at the fame
place, on 1 uefday t:>e 6th of January next, at fix
o'clock in the evening
G. SIMPSON, Calh'ter.
Second Fundamental Article.
Not more than three fourths oi the Dire&ors in
office, excUfive of the Prafident (hall be eligible
for the next cxifuing year, I ut the Dire&or wfcar
shall he Prcfidcnt at the tim« of ao Eit&u n may
always be re ele&ed. tu 15Jy
John Whitesides,
INFORMS ki» f.iead-.a:«! the public in
that lie ha, tjken the
brewery,
(late William Nc. 50, norrh Sixth ftreat
—where they may 1« fupplicd with Porter, <ile,
Tableand other Beers.
N. B. A quantity of excellent eld Porttr od
hand immediate use.
novew fcur 18 di m
Saw Manufactory.
FRANCIS MASON,
No, 10, l'outh Fifth llrcur,
Manufactures mill. cross-cut and pitt
laws, oqual in quality, appearance and (tape
to any ever imported; which Be fells wnoUfclc
at thcfollowing prices—6 leet mill saws 5 i -s, dol
lar each ; crols-cut do jo cents jer foot; pitt do.
60 cents per foot.
Wood-Cutters cuft steel saws and every Other
kind, ma le to any particular direiflrjo.
:iuv.::-.'.cr it! dim
New-Theatre.
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING,
November 19,
Will be yrefented, a celebrated TRAGEDY,
called
THE
Law of Lombardy.
Written by Robert Jephfin, Esq.-—Author
of the Count of Narhoune, Braginzi, See
And perfoimtd at the Theatre in Druary Lane,
London, with urimsrf.il apptaule.
With new Scenery, DreOes, and Decora
tions.
King of Lorybardy, mr Warrfn ; Bireno, nr.
Wignell; Pi'adore, mr. Cooper ; Afcanii,
mr Wood ; Rinaldo, mr Bailey ; Lucio, tnr
Cain; Senator, mr Prigm re ; »ft Forester,
mr Bliflett; id F:>r»fter, mr Usher ; Old
Sbepheid, mr Morris t Squire, mi Hopkins;
Officer, inr. Durang.
Soph is (Prince of Lnmbardy) mrs Merry;
. Almda, mil's E. Weft-ay
Atten lams —miss Arnold, mrs Stuart, mrs Doc
tor, mrs Warren, miss Solomons, &£. &c.
In aifl sth, a Proctffion and Dead March.
To which will be added (f»r the second time
in America) a new Mufic»l Entertainment.
CALL RD
St. JDavid's Day ;
?tT7V I-'; ~ |
The Hone [I IVelJJjman.
(Now performing at the Theatre, Corent Gar
pen, with unbounded applause.)
Old Townly.tnr Warren ; William Townly, mr
J. Darley ; Owen, mr Prigmore ; Peter Mim
limmon, mr Bernard $ Dick, mr Francis ; Wat
tin, mr Hoj-kins.
, Ellen, n«fs II Weftny ; Tafiftine, mrs Oidmiiou ;
Gwinne'.h, mrs Salmon i Welch Girl, cult Ar
nold.
Welch I..ads and I.afies, meffrs Durang, B;ily
mrt Do&or, mra Warren, mr* Stuart, mr»
Solomons, &c. Jit.
Ctisrliifton
Richmond
Narfi k
New York
Norfolk
Notiniii' iy, ilori -