I, AM. a citizen of the tenth diftrir. of this:
rtate, I have a little property, a little li
berty, and a little family in it to. 'protect I "
have friends in it wham I loreand acqtiam-'
tance whom I tJfteeYn,ftv ho-all have jproper-
ana ior, wnoie lniereii una nappmsis
I feelcolKernd. My fellow citizWs'niuft,
therefore not be furprited if I declare ray
felf interefted in the election of our next re.
preventative to Congrefs. is feldom that
tver I fend my thoughts to the prefs ; 15ut
. at the prefent moment, when X behold .. the
" tremendoai prectpice upon which we are
ftand ing j the indefcribablq, dangers that
berlefs evils we may pouibly heap upon our-'
felve5,by ths imprudent and injudicious choice
of a reprefentative, my duty loudly calls on
nie.to contribute fny ?ite of Information, to
that part of my fellow citizens, whofe oppor
tunities of intelligence have not been fqual
ta ray own.. If tiy tlief-fe - are among1 them:
lb unfortunate as not yet to know j1 why Mr.
Nathan Bryan the representative of this dif
fract, has. been cenfured for voting againft
tne appropriations nece3ary tor carrying the
treaty into effed, T hope the following: detail
of well fubitantiated facts will not only amply
. fatisfy them, but induce. them to believe', that
1 do not write from any ether than the pu
reft motives.
i None.canbe fo uninformed as hot to hno
ncc
tjiat the French ar.d Englilh have been for
th'efe feven years pa ft, engaged in a molt
bloody and expenfive war. And as it is the
policy of nations, as well as of individual who
a'd, the French have long moft anxlouftdt -fired
to obtain the afliftance of ' the United
States. "With this tiew a minifter plenipo
tentiary, citizen Genet, as clifpatched; to
A merica with inftrucVions to exert every pof
fible endeavour to efteft this important pur
pole, lloglheads of trench crowns were
put into his pone (Hon, to buy up the confei
ences of the pretended patriot of America,
to bribe the leading characters of tke union
to a partiality for the French caufe, and if
polhble, to plunge us into a war with (jri?.:- I
Britain. And it is a'mtlaniholy truth,tKut
he play'd his part but to well ! that he four.tl
numbers, but too willing to join the caufe
of the French; to barter the peace and hap.
pinefs of their country, for gain, and to
build their own fortunes, upon the ruin of
Jacobinical clubs, and democratic" fodct'.cs
(fclf-created and felf-creating) rifmg in
warms, in all parts of the union, where the
-found of French filver had been heard, fow
ing the feeds of .difiat'tifacYiOii and foundin
-the trumpets of fed'tion. Soon did the news
papers teem with the violent, and moft Han.
derous imputations againft the fp ctlefs ar.d
uulullicd character of that inan, who hasfo
defervcdly obtained the appellation of the
" Saviourof his country." Their firft grand
cbject f e Tied to bt, to deflroy the confidence
ef the U ttates m his honor and integrity
This they at'.empted in every fiiabe, that
the moft artful cunning could intent, or the
vileft malignity fuggeft. - They well knew,
that asloiigMaWalhuiJ? on continued at the
helm of government, all thefc fchcircs muft
prove abortive, all their attempts iruftfail.
They well knew that his tirtue was proof a.
'p,it the fubtilcft arts of corruption, and
that his unfliakcn attachment to the intercft
ci h'n country, would never fuP.tr him to la
f'rifice the blclfings f pescc, for the calami
tics of a dangeroui and cxjKnfive war, in
which thoufands of onr valuable citiieni muft
be loft, and which barely fur the firft mcef
fary preparaticris muft coft the U. Stateaup
wardi of fetenty "two nyllkms of dollars.
J lit removal frtr.i oifne because then an im
jrunt objedt rj ilire, an4 tha luft ftep
f cr- the accomplilhment of, their
plan. And to remove him by force, or com
pel him xo a refignationj wiiii'aviey to e-'
left a man more de vptedtothe French caufe,
of Iefs virtue, and more open to the influ
ence of bribery, waa moft undouedly-iheirf
object. Happily fcr ihe'U. -States his une?5- ;
ampledvwan"unltW
ordinary penetration, enabled him to aiccr; -tain
the true motives of their conduct, and to
check the progrefs of their daring confpira
cv No ibener had'he dived into the accur-
fed plot, and learned the real objects of this
netanous band of cor.lpirators, than ht dil
paiched an envoy, Mr. John Jay,- tqthe
Court of Great-Eritain, with inftrucTio? s to
herrweiate a treaty of amitt as well cviiicivd
of the pacific .djfpofitipn cf the tf. States, as
preventive -of X wars This falutary mea .
ibrc founded a dreadful alarm to the JVench.
Now it became necefl'ary to reclotible their
exertions 'j'jibwltbecaineireceiraty,topracr'
tke the arts cf corruption with ftill greater
induJtry, br lofe for eter the '-opportunity
of accorwplifnlng their darling fchenie. . Ac
cordingly ajecondminiller, ciliicn Fauchct,
va fent over with orders limUar to thofe
which had been before given to citizen Gc
"net, to fael-the national. pulfe, to found ths
difpoiidon of the government, to. roufe its in
dignationag:tmlt tha Eritifn, and by very
poffible endeuvour to prtpare the. minds of
the people, ' (iFneceflary, even by bribery
-and the vilelt arts) t bpyofe any traaty,
hov. ever advantageous ta the United States,
which 'Mr Jay migh t negociate.
Citizen Fauchct, foon foun 4 that there
were. many, pretended patriots in America,
not alioacther infeniibla to the charms of
gold, who had already been wrought upon
by citizen Genet, and whofe bafe hearts, and
ambitious viaws, rendered thera fit ior tool
toc5e 3 his purpofe. Soon did he pitch them
another morfd of the golden .lop, and (oon
did they re-enlift under the baners of the
French. F might here unravel the.fcanda.
lous plots of , and his accomplices ;
how his unbaunder! avarice, unfatisficd with
tires, which influenced the members of thai
oppcfejbn,;j of C'ongfefs, to
vouVgaiiift the appropriations rieceifary to
carry tne treaty into; tttect. ; A tew there
were, however, (among which number, for-
fir Am T .. :. :'..Jtli 1 I .1 V
..." j ww ii, . juiui. uc i uu&cu iuc reprev
fentatiTe of the tenth diflrift. f : this ftate."
dered them th&4oo)V; cf party, and whole; .'
ignorance fuffertd tliin to believe any thing,',
however abfurd, if told them by men, whofe
talkative talents, , 'ard "political informatioaj
were iupenor to their own. Thev uniform-. :
y aided the cbjeft of this party, from a. be-;
ief,. that had been induftrioufly inftilled into-
the bribe-lib had already reef i?ed, and un-
generonily willing, even to bankrupt the
bountiful citizen, hinted thataftw thcufand
rv.or?, might be of fcrvice in executing their
phn4 ; hov all their flaps were taken under
the fpecious pretext of pufchafing ficurfor
the French ; ar.l tior all the rebellions com.
motion iii tht wfit of Penfylrania, was
framed uon t he Dritilh, with no other view
than to iiiccnfe us againft that nation, and
of courfc iuvolvt us in a wr. Cut their
Cmf.eful ovei-throvr, accomjliflied by the
wifdom aul firmnefs of the Prefident, and
ths caufe of this extraordinary hieafurt of
pofcrnnicnt,' have been fubjeiits of fuch u
niverfal convcrfation, that to enter largely
into the corrunt view of this dark conlpira.
cy,-would only be to detail whr.t every bo-"
"dy Already kno.TS. Juflicc it to fay, tlut,
every body believed, that the mortal blow
was itruck. Uut ho-.r itnpolliblc it Mas to
conquer the influence of French money, and
how d.,T;cuit entirely to exi inguifii the flames
ofrcbdlicn, which had been kindled ar.inft
the government,. this is but joj mclaucholly
a proof. Scarcely hni the arrival cf N'r.
Jr.y,- and the trea'.y been announced, when
this party
wie, like Anteus, vigorous
from the fall. Clamorous and fediticas meet.
in;;s, without number, were convened in all
parts of the union, deciding upon the me
rits of the treaty, even before they had read
it; and pronouncing it a datmuhtf . ir.llru.
ment. whatever its coniants nnVnl he. Uut
when its contents came actually to he known,
uhcnano'.aer clals of our titiifiii, vulgsrl
Culled debtcrc. found that tht honed hearted
Mr. lay, had Itipnlatcd a payment' of thir
juft debts I de ration to Jay and the trcauy i
was the oi if I lurv my country :t ever.
laltina rutr. 1 1 iv we belwld.tht vdc
i
them by the artful, and deli gnin?, - that the
debts of the pritate citizens of : the union, !
,were all to be 'paid out of the treafury of thfff
Uiiited St?tes, and, that heavy taxes wcre,to
be laid upon our property, to raife the ne
:xieary.funi, if the treaty were once put ;
into', effeft, by the appropriations of the '
Hbufe of Piepi-efentativK ; Can any one fun- I
pole then, that men who can be guilty ot
fuch dangerous political blunders, who know
fo little of the intereft of their country, and
v hole, experience in the plots, and tricks of "
legiflative chicanery, fufferd them, to be du
ped im the fupport of meafures, vhichmight
ha bLlld forever, the.profperky of theitf
country,- nay, might have overwhelmed it--in
etemsl ruin ; I fay, can any one be fo re
gariilefs of his own intereft, fo divafted of
concein for the mtereft of his friends, or tho-'
fafety and happinefs of his country, ai to
fuppofe, that fuch men aria worthy a fecorici
tiar e, to tike their feats among the "coun
ftllors of the land ?"
Gr rther is there any one, who reflect.
a moment upon tht -the conduft of theigno-
rant tools of this iiribej, and interefted jun--to,"
but muft feci his bofom warmed with a
honeft ind'.f nation Muft execrate with the
bittereft epithets of language, thedaik ancL
dcllgningintentions of this Jacobinical party ;
and itws with a mixture of pity and com :
tempt, thofe illiterate creatures, whofuffer-
cd theinfclves thus icandaloufly to be gull'd
into an.oppofition to a treaty, the rajecYioti .
of hich, muft have involved us in a warf
which btfkles feventy twe millions of dollara
for its comn.encama.it, muft aftwrwards hate.
coft thr government, the fum tf forty odd.
millions more, per annum,' and hatt injur
ed aur mercantiia intereft, as appears froVu
tht left calculations, annually, two handrtcC
and twenty millions of founds ftcrling, be
lides occahonmg to the treafury of the Uni
ted States, an immediate and poflitive lofa or
more than two thirds of its impoft.
1 hope the above remarks wilfhave aten4
dency to open or eyes, tt fiiew how nar
rowly we efiaped the fnare which had beea
fc: for us, ar.d induce us to reflect uponthi
dreadtul cenlVqucnccs, had wc been unfn.
turatelt entrapped. 1 hope we may.bc pr ,.
dtnt enough :o learn from paft experieno
thatc ought to tc mere cautious in Car
choice ofiacmbcrs toreprefent us in the
Federat Lij;illaiure, (met the evils wb.ich
may be brought upon us from the unej.pe-
ner.ce and ignorance of a reprcientat ivcf
will ilwavs te to us the fame, as if occafi
or.ed by tho tr:cks of f rrty, or the machina
tions of ihr d:fl:onlt or ir.tercftcd. Let ua
then in the ff.i e of all that is facred and dear
to u, our lives. libtrtv a d ermtrtvuithonc
tccorJ, life our conrcoui crdcavours to pre
vent f-urfelvcs from bc'xg brought into the
fairealartninf.fiiu.uion. bv unatiiwoufly frt-
ting our facet againft the nun v. hofe cxerti
om during the Lit fclT;cn cfCcr.r..f?, were
uniforady direclcd sga'nlt cur hppy ccnlti.
J fof e tlit JtaLvi'nt if exfentrt rirfc
cHPni upon a war will induce Ah Mtpr'tti
hlirve, th$t iktt xzuU Uve hen fKtttr.rtt2:'f
hnit irttt the fichtt cj tkeir arJuiKiillt 'uiih
thef
t ureen;e in-