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htnong those who voted for them arc the
names of Doctor Leib, Simon Snyder,
Samuel Maclay, Isaac Weaver, Robert I
Whitchill, William Hoge, and others, of
the most respectable of the present lead
ing and popular men in Pennsylvania.
NoW will any man suppose that these
gentlemen were French Agents in 1798;
tineae men who then were, and still are,
deemed the true friends of the people,
sound and exclusive Republicans ? If
no such opinion will be advanced ; if at
that time it was proper for these men to
4 bear their public testimony against rear,
* trt any shape, against any nation, unless
* the territory of the United States should
■*be invaded;* shall I be denounced for
*■ maintaining the sAme opinions now ?-»
onau ceio, any per, 6c Co. be perfectly
justified jfrjjpig that, which, if I do,
proves nmMmtish Agent and Tor}’?
Tile United States, at this time, have
Aching to fear from invasion. England
.lias enough upon her hands, to guard a
gainst an invasion At home. She has
j0bither4Mps nortnen to spare, to invade
- jis. ”Yetwc are not only to be goaded into
^ war,but we are to be prohibited from
expressing our disapprobation. We must
:• duently acquiesce, and take a part in
I measures we condemn, or incur the im*
nutation of being British Emissaries,
Tories, and Traitors. Our mouths must
be hermetically sealed, under pain of
£ b^ing considered enemies to the coun
try. We Are not to allowed the privi*
Ifge of * bedring our testimony against
* war in any shape, or against any no*
1 tionj although we shew that upon a
former occasion this privilege has been
eStercitwl by tho3c ver}’ nartizans, who
aw>w insist mat we shall abandon it.
in 17WJ, tno»e very men v/no arc now
the subjects of daily euTogium in the
; -who now join in the cry, that
no accommodation with England can be
Skratcd, unless she abandons her claim
> impress her seamen from our merchant
vessels ; those very men, I say, in 1798
proclaimed to the .world, in their legis
lative capacity, that * while they lamented
*ths distresses of theirfcflora-citizens eti
^mged in Co7ftinercc%they openly declared
4Wkcir disapprobation of seeking redress
•*by arms* Bat now nine years have e
Idpaed, we are asked to engage in war,
'not with France, but England, and be
hold? these declarations are entirely for
octets. The doctrine; theymaintain, is
jaotonlf sxplodedybut it has become cei
giiisj He who adheres to it is a Bri
gtst Agent and Tory—Strange, that
rr.cn of understanding should d« cm the
nature and essence of things so much
altered by a change of times and cir
cumstances. *
It would be well if the sentiments ad
vanced in these resolutions, were calmlv
and candidly considered at this time.
Men who have determined upon hostile
measures* seldom reflect with coolness.
Their understandings are generallv sub
ject to the dominion of their passions,
and they are hurried on by an eager
thirst for vengeance. I am much mis
taken, if there is not more good sense in
the observations, that * while anvdoor to
‘ reconciliation remains open, negocia
4 tion may do muchthat4 hostility cuts
4 oft at once all hopes of compromise,
4 incurs further loss anil an accumula
4 tion of debtthat 4 to interfere in the
4 quarrels of powerful rivals, is highly
4 imprudent, where perhaps equal dan
1 ger is to be apprehended from the pro
4 tection of the one, as from the hostility
‘ of the other, and the hour of peace
‘may behold the United States sacrifil
4 ced to both,’ than in all the Vocifera
tions for war, with which the Aurora
has been lately crowded. I submit,w he
ther these observations are not founded
in truth, and whether they are not as
applicable to our present condition, as
they were to our condition in 1 T98: and
I ask every candid man to declare, whe
ther it is not as proptr advance such
doctrines note, as it was at that lime?
A Fkdp.rAi.jst.
Six Dollars Reward.
Strayed away from the subscriber, a
bout the 20th of April last, •
A dark brown Mare Colt,
three years old, the only mark now re
collected, is a small snip on the centre
of her nose. She had been shod before,
but had only one shoe on when she went
away. Thfe hair was cut short off her
tail, but ahe was never dock’d. The a
bove reward and reasonable charges
will be given, to any person who wdll
bring her home, or give information
where she may be found.
LANCELOT ARMSTRONG.
Wheeling October 14. Ifi07.
NOT1CK.—Those Citizens of the
Borough of Wheeling who have not
paid their Borough Taxes, are request
ed to be prepared to pay them on Satur
day the 34th inst. as further indulgence
cannot be given.
G. PANNEL, Collector.
Wheeling, Ootobet 15lh, 180iT«
CASS'S JOURNAL
Is ready lor delivery t> Subscribers,and
FOR sail:.
At tlu* Office of tilt* Repository, ?«Ir.
Cassat*s, Air. Knox’s, Air. Kerr’s, and
Messrs. M‘Clure\>, in Wheeling: also
by Mr. I). Chambers, at Major Shep
herd’s mill.
20 Dollars Reward.
LOS T, between the 10th and 15th
inst. between this place anti New-Lan
caster, (Ohio) a black Morocco
POCKET-BOOK,
containing several Bonds and promisso
ry Notes, viz. a Bond dated in *805,
drawn by l.evirl Goslee, in my favour,
lor three hundred and forty dollars ; a
j Note on Robert Stan held for seventy
five dollars ; one do. on Richard Russel
tor two hundred dollars ; besides many
other papers of considerable conse
quence. Any person lodging the said
Pocket-book with Mr. Z._ Sprigg, in
this—phtce^shadi receive the above re
ward.
SAMUEL GOSLEE.
Wheeling, 16th'Sept. 1807.
The Subscriber respectfully informs
the Public, that he carries on the
BLACKSMITH business,
at the shop immediately above Mr.
| Bcymer’s tavern, on the main street, in
the town of Wheeling, where he will
constantly keep an Assortment of Axes,
Hots, Mattocks, Plow-Irons, Bells, and
generally every article in his line. He
hopes by' his attention to business, and
the quality of his materials and work
manship, to be able to give satisfaction
to those who may please to favour him
with their custom.
JOHN SMITH.
N. B. An Apprentice wanted imme
diately. October 7th, 1807. >
HEMP and TAR.
HIE highest price will he given for
good merchantable Hemp and Tar, b/
MICHAEL GRAHAM,
Who bason hand a general assortmentof
DRY GOODS fc GROCERIES,
■with Cordage of all sorts and sizes,
at his Store, opposite John Whitt.
Wheeling, March 12, 1807.
W 11 E E I. INC,,
(OHIO COUWTY TUGlWlM ^ —
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