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inerous andnexpreflible, guaran teed by alt the virtues, and all the Toft fenGbilities of thehuraan heart I Shall this Treaty force the Ameri cans, the firft people who facrificed at the altar of liberty, td join the ruthlefs difpots, who march to.de folate France, to reftore the altars of a barbarous fuperltition. and to . extinguifh the celclHal light, which Tias burlt upon the human mrnd f u I my countymep, when you are capa- . ble of fuch monftrous bafenefs, even .1 - ! ' f ' ' tntpatrioc win .invpjcMapgjLjou ' the" contempt .of ages. The man who can helitate after thlS contfri- " foil, to pronoiuicfe that put; ambafla- - Idor, and the majority of pur Senate, prefer Britifh principles and Britifh cannetions. to French or irici pies and French., connexions, muft be. timid in thought and fervile in fen timeat, Yes, they prefer that moul dering Gothic edifice, the Britifh Conftitution, to the elegant temple of liberty,, which philofophy has juft erected in France. fTo be Continued, CHARLESTON, 'Thurfdav Tulv 16 j At a numerous meeting of the citizetis of Charlefton, held this day in St. Michael's church John Mathews, Efq; was called to the chair. A motion was made, and. unanl moafly agreed to, viz. resolvId, ' That an eleaion by ballot be held at the Exchange, in the after noon, from the hours of 3 to 7 in -the morning to 1 2 at noon on the 17th, to choofe fifteeen gentlemen as a'committee to take into confide ratimi the impending Treaty of Amity,' Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Great Britain, and to report their fentiments thereon, to a meeting of the citizens, to be held at St. Michael's church on WEDNESDAY next at 10 o'clock The following gentlemen, "Viz. Thomas Hall, John Mitchell, Jo feph Rimray and James Simons, were appointed to receive the bal lots of all pcrfons (citizens of the United States; of the age of twenty one years and upwards, at the faid clecVioji'. It was further refolved, that it be recommended to the inhabitants of feveral ' diltri&s 'throughout the (late, t6 form fimilar meetings on the fame fubjer, and to notify thcif opinions thereon. The meeting of the citizens was then adjourned fo Wedneiday mor tiing, next, the 22d ipll. Saturday the iof 0 July, 179 c. At ro o'clock In the morning Thomas Hall reported; That 821 citizens of the United States of America had ballottedfor theabotre mentinoned committee of is and that the following geriileaen were duly elected, viz. thriltopbcr Gadfden, John Rot Jedge, David Rarafay, Edward Rut ledge, Charles CoteTworth Pinck ney, Thomas TUdof Tucker, jfcdan- Bdrke, William Wafhington, John Mathews. Thomas 'Jones, William Johnllon, John Pee Hoi mes, John " Rut ledge, jun. John Julis Pringle. IVcdnefday, July 22 J 1 795. , A very numerous meeting of the citizens of the United States of America, in the city of Charlellon, afTembled in St Michael's cnurcb, according to attornment John Mathews Efq, in the chair. On motion refolved, That John Standford Dart, be appointed fc crctary to the meeting. . General Gadfen, from the feleft committee, chofen by balot of the citizens of the U. S. in Charlefton, South Carolina,' in perfuence of a relblution of a general meeting of the citizens of St. Michael,! church on the 16th lnftant, made the fol- , tawing report, which he read and then delivered It to the chairman, who read it for informaton. whereupon, refolved ; That the tepoft De taken into immediate confideration, paragraph by par ragraph. After a cdnfidirabli time fpent in. debate and the rtport be-. ng goad through. On the queftion being put tdj, agree td the fame. It was refolved j nn'animoufly m the affirmative and is as follows -REPORT of the .-filed .eommttet, chofen $y ballot of the cttizem of the rnUeJfateTtnharlejront South Carolina', vi ftxfum&of a Refo utiokefa jeueriU timg-fths , ' Citizens in St ' MtihsF Church, bo Thursday, the ibth July !7$S THE committee to whonie was referred, by their fellow citizens, the cdnfideration of the impending treaty of amity, commerce, . and navigation, between his Britanic majelly and the United States of Anierica,' rtport, That they have attentively 6hi fide red the laid treaty, and are of opinion, that it has hot that reci procity which ought tb be the bafis of all contracts ; that -it contains no provifions in favour of the United States in any manner proportion ate to the various, cdnceflidhs made to Great-Britain, and reftrifts con grefs in the exercife of its' conllituti orial power of regubting trade, and making fuch discriminations in favour of other Toreign nations, as . may be molrbentficiai. From many well founded objefti onsryotHr tomntittee "beg leave to lelctt and fubmit the following : , The fir ll article, though ufcful in treaties, would be particularly mis chievous in this, in as much as it permits the unconditional return to our counth , dt all perforis who were prolcribed during the late war, though their return is repugnant to our laws, and though the (late legiflatures have proceeded as far in re admittihg fuch "perlons, as they jadged cqnUltent with good faith or ibund policy lhelecond article, lanctions the continuance of an injury, which, in violation of the treaty of peace, has already exilled eleven years : 'neither eftablifhsa Britllh colony within our limits, with peculiar privileges, of, In cafe the inhabi tants of fuch colony chobfe to be come citizens of the United States ; it gives the privileges of citizens of thefe Hates to a number who" have been their rdoft bitter and irfecon cileable enemies , who, in conjunc tion with the favages, have lately waged war againlt us, and who, from their local fitjuatior) invicnityof the Indian tribe-, conveniently may, and from their difpofition (as iar as we can judge from their pad con dud; would be inclinable to join with them, in acTmg againft us, on any favourable imerge ncy. The third article gives to the Britifh, what to them, with their capita), w 11 he nealy equivolent to aroonoply of .the'uade with Indi ans, and with our weftern territo ries, and opens a door or fmuggling on anexteniive fcale, 10 the great injury of our revenue. By the fixth article, the United States undertake to make good fuch loflcs on debts, to Britifh creditors, as have bceo occafiooed by legah : impediments to their recovery, ere-, ated by any of the ftitet, inviolate oti at iialledged) of the treaty of peace although the firft infraction of that treaty, was made on the part of Great'Britain, by carrying away from thefe tiates many thou fawids of negroes, an la confiderable quintity of valuable property, whereby individuals were deprived cf the means ol difchtrging ti.eir debts although theUnaed States have incurred an immenfe expense in maintaining an army for the defence of their Notthern and Weftern teri tofy j an opr nj'c aftualy occaGoncd in confeqaence of the detention of the Weftern polls and although no compenGation is (lipulated to be raadeto the citizens, whioft negroes, and other property , have been ille gally qarned off ; their rieht of reco-? very teirig pafled over In fdence. Thus the Ujilted States art cOmpeled to make ample reparation, for the on ly infripgment pt the treaty, which is charged on aay ;of their citizens; have even a pr6mirs ofcompenation, for the many Injuries fullained by - violation of the faid treat, on the , patt of Great-Britain,, ; 1a$ article filbreote erefts a tribulial, new arid ufiknown toi&ur conditution, inafmUch a it transits the fight of deciding the claims of Britifh creditors from thrcpurr! and juries Of America, to commif fioners; a majority of whom may be oriiim iuDjectB,,ano oy mcir uc" (ions tasi the:revnufr)f thefe ftates at pleafure. ""t'The feventh article makes reflitu lion for4 the extenfive fpoilationS lately committed oil Our commerce, remote; expenfiVe, and uncertain ; though jollice, and the cirebmftah- 1 ces ot our injured citizens demanded that it fliould have beeh immediate and complete ; while, oh the other hand, full compenfotion, pn certaih fixed priciples, is (lipulated to be. . made by the United Statee, for all property which' has been taken Vy privateers, equipped in our. ports, or "which has beeA captured wihih our limits. . v , - The ntfeltfh ahicle gives ns no other privilege then of carrying in American ? efiels(notexceedingfeven ttpnsirurthettjl fuch articles of the growth, manufacture, or produc tion of thefe dates, as are not, and 'lhall ndt be prohibited by Great , Britain, from being-carried to her We(l India ijBands, and of bringing from thence, .. in fuch American vel fels, fuch produce of thofe iflands,as . may be carried from thence to the United States, in Britifh vetTels ; In return Mr Jhis privilege (which, re ftricied as it is, is ot.no value) we are made to Surrender the right of exporting in our owii veiTels, to any porr of the world, molafTes, fugar 9otFee, stod coca, whither the pro ductions' of the Britifh iflands or of any other' place ; whilftthe Britifh, and all other foreign powers, have a right to fend thofe very articles, in their veflels, from our ports. We are - precluded from exporting in " our own vcflelsj not only foreign cotton, but the cotton of our own' growth ;' although the privilege of exporting that article from hence, en their own vcffels, is given to the Britifh. It precludes us from fup plying iur allies, the) French, with feveral articleswhiehtbey confider as of prime iece(Iity and which in the exiftin ftste of things, they cannot (withoat greate riCque and difficul ty) obtain from their Weft India iflands, but through the medium of neutral powers, more particularly the United States. In taft, it has placed the commodities above men tioned, on a footing far worfe for us than if they were contraband of war; taaftriuch is contraband arti cles are only prohibited from being carried to powers' at war : but thefe articles cannot, under the reftricll ofts of the treaty, be carried by vef fcls oXtb. United Stltes, 'to any natida, either lo time of war; orcf The retnainder will be Our nett Fjr7TEVlLLE Aug. 15. There is no obieft of Internal po- lice, to which the attention of the le- niftatnreis more immediately ne ceflary, than the improvement of the VtJlrUt Uoats, lo conhne ,ttie unfortunate debtor in the fame loathfome apartment with the mur derer and felons is equally rermg nant to luftice and humamtT ; and U i intolerable, ilut before convic tion, and when confinement is ohtjf defigned for fafe keeping, the unhap py prifoner fhould undergo a punilh raentof the'moft aifllding kind, and probably lofe his health by a want of frefh air. .The, goal in this town is crouded with unfortunate men, committed; on various charges, to fland their trial in Oftober next fome for murder, horfe-ftealing, and ,J counterfeiting bank bills and fpecie, . together with ruh-raway negroes- the lower part is utterly infecure, -and-trierfrtnatioiiofthepTifotjers niay be. better imagined than defcrib cdj.wjbentt is confiderd. ,that the tippejrpatt is laU,.Vtal Vrw apertures tor the admiffion of air j the prifoners are not able to wear eyett their fhirts, ahd the air is ren dered more putrid by the ftench of the negroes, which iflues from the door when opened, almotl as warm as' frOm the mouth of an bveh. The fmalleft neglect oh the part of the goaler, it is believed, would foon ge nerate a peftilential dilorder ; but his attention to the cleanlnefs of the goal, and thehealth of the prifonef's, obviates in Tome degree, the incoh ve'niencies of its conftruclion. J " YK 11 rdained, by-the Tr(tees, JL that the feveral commiflionr ers of confifcated property flial I pay over into the hands of the Trealurer, fropi time to time all fuch monies as . may come into their poflWfion, as foon as conveniently may be and in any event when the fumfo receiv- -ed fhall amount to five hundred pounds or any lar ger fum fuch money mail be paid within one month after the receipt thereof, and when jfudi monies lhall not amount to five hundred pounds then within three months after fuch monies lhall be. received, deductmg their tommifli oners, and all bonds by them re ceived as Commiflioners atorefaid, (hall be regularlyTodged with the Treafurer "within three month after they, are taken and received by the Commimoners. Be it further ordained, that the faid CommifTioners (hall once in fix months, that is to. fay, at the annu al and fame annual meeting qi the Board, make full report and ilate- ment of their proceedings and, ac counts, and lhall alfo make report to the Board at the end of three months after fuch annual or fame annual meeting, of all bonds and monies fb received by them during that period,orfmce their lad report. I certify the forgoing to be a copy of the Ordinance, paled the 14th day of July 179$. J. ULA5GOW, Sec. pro tem. MefT. Connnoly, & Co. Fleafe to infert in your impartial gazette, the inclofed adveitifc ment. On the nth' of July, 1 79J I was warranted by O. Spear, ofthis place, he has never yet appear ed on trial, the reafon ot.which can be eaiily determined by all who have an idea of the laws of this country, 1 fhould be fory to cafl any reflects on on a Magiftrate of- this county, were it not for his hbgentlemanlike treatment' to me, 1 die re (ore con- ctiv it my duty to inform ib fob lie that he has more than once vio lated the du'Us of bis office ; if thefe broad hints fhould not be undcrftood, the party concerned can obtain further information by calling upon the public's mod obedient fervant. GF,0. THOMPSON, " Fayetteville, Aug. 0$5"
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