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M 1 0 C E L L A N V. T'j flit the jiate af Nsttb C^rol%tia» 0 1 AM one that li.'ii nnt only ferved all the time of our liTTe war,'hut iluicd with ihole brave men wlm took an adilve p:r' in fupp'.i t of eur caufe, in all their heavy Iclfct, occafieiieti by the nccciTary expencei to luppurt our army. Wlien the war ^as ever, i ictmneo In the country and renewed my uccupatiuii as a la.-nitT, fully peii'uadcd, that our tfiahliihed united govern* merit, when properly fuppr.rted and attended IT), would niain- t in'us in tlie ohtjiued liheny andbleiled tranquility of our in* Upendency. Put t6 Wy great furprife, I found that after a few yean weic elapfeu, a (jineral clamour wai raifed ail ever the cuntincr.t, ■ that Congrefs had not power enough to tnahle thenitoiulfil the engagements on their part, to fupport the na* tlon." 'f'n make the citizens fenfihle oi this air ritun, -faveral rUhiieis, with v*i'hil.perfutlion$ianU liiielii'g vvriters, were let Icofc upon the public to create parties, 'i bis mode had the wilhcd-toreflefl. A gcreial meeting, called a Cvnventioiii was a.’,leed upon, and every nate'i members were hurried away to r biUdelpl.ia. 'lliat ten cut of one bun..red citizens in each flat', (lie not knovq^t that time of fuel) .a proceeding, or even l id h.aid of ti.e great and ferious points which weie to be de- biled by their members, could be eafily proved. After a long and ext>i nlive feflion, their whole produdton cume out, which n ull have convinced'ths public, tlfat'theconventien had formed quite a nfw government, which, in |xjint of their miflion, was contrary in fuvcrzl artlolcs to our Aril and Hill exiAing federal gov.rnmcnt, Theohjefl of their cor.fideratiun, was “ to in* vrfl Congrefs with mere power to raife the necelTa y revenues eftefliially, i.c. Since the appearance of the propofed plan, the public has been, and it Adi entertained from all quarters, with letters and pamphlets, holding out the great advantages and blef- lings w'h.ch will be ours, after agreeing to the faid'plan, wkb all the new olucrs, &c. tec. However very few peifu '.i can b'lgnorantor the ill confequences which always have tollowed fipon the ellahlifhment of I'uch a government as the pro* p. fed one. And all the p opie of the ancient republics iolt tl’rir liberty, by being n o liberal in heAou ing too mdch.po-Jver to the r chufen leadeis, though ever fo virtuous and diiinieretled In their private life and Atuations , hut when once granted, it 'is ri t fo eafily tube altered or rec.iUcd. The Romans were aw.ire of this, and I lieu tore tnade choice of their rulers every lix months. The plan of the convention did not meet the approbation bf a'.I the dclcg.itca, howevctnUiLfe In'Oppofition weie overpow ered. In feveral'lite pctirlons hy rcfpeflable rft'zcns, which have been prefenied a-jairift the new government, li.ive been ftated the great danger which could and perhaps might follow, in con- fcquenceuf adopting the jiropofed plan. In rcnnfylvania, fc. v.r.il perfons have complained, '* thii their aAive and great n.en had hurried them into a favourable opinion, and therefore weuld protefl agninli the'decifidn of their members, tec. &G.*-« The New.Jcrfcy members diil agree'tothe plan, but obleived, that fome aiicritions were c'flentially requilite, viz. That the prefident Aiould not be eleAed for four years, but for one year only ; nor fliouid he have th: power to keep a Handing army or navy, neither the foie power to mintm.ney for all the Hates, nor to eOablilh that high and arbitrary court in law, nor the toleration af,by which every Jew or li.Adcl could come mtu an cffice. The governor of Virginia has openly declared to hit prefent ■Cembly, by a mtflage, his reafons why Iw could not fign the ii-.ftrunlent, orpro'pefed conAirution, although lie was a me.n* licr of the convention which formed the plan. He thought h was too dargerous for the prefent and iuture gene:'a'iont.— Tlic Aate ernvertiun of MaaTachufetts have accepted the plan { but have prrpofcd aniendmenis. New-Hampfliire did meet, but could not agree, and were obliged to adjourn to the 17th of this month, hoping th.it by that lime their conftituents wohid give up their oppoAlion, Rhode lAsnd has not yet agreed to the fyAero, N.aryland has adopted it, but with fome altera, tions. Soui’i-Carulina has tacitly agreed to it, though feveral ieaer.rd ohjcAions were made. The repetition of thefe (ri.ceedings, as alfo a true expUna tion from the beginning of this great affair, 1 thought abfo • lutely nt'ccffary, tu Aiew to thofe who live too remutc to hear all newt, and to fee all the political letters, how the prefent trou bles and expenfive cleAioni sod meetings wore brought upon us. As every individual will be obliged to pay his fhare in taxes ft r the occafloned expcnces, he atfii ought to know the true Aate rhercof. All tlic writers have liitherto AuuriAieil with Audied arguments in favour of the plan, and the'r opponents have been tun down in the moA iUilieral manner, folely becaufe they would not allow it to be the hcAgoveinment for this exten- Ave country. At otir Aate members will have t'reir meeting at Hiilfberough in July, and have hao time to hear Clie dcclAon cf all the other Aates, as alfo to lake fully the fenfe of the r ccn. Aituentt, it is to be hoped, that their aeceeding to the plan pro* pefed, will be with fuch amendments as will prevent any en croachment on, hut have our prefent cAablillied government for nhe foundation, to the Iuture allewarices, which exprefsiy for bids to keep a Aandiiig army. It is highly neceffary that Congrefs Ihonld have more power. In being allowed to raife tUefe fuins of money which are wanted to fulfill their made engagements during the late war, abroad and at home ; likewife to Ax 1 Aandard lor the folid coin for all the Aates } but the minAng the fums » anAng in each Aate, ac cording t*i its Arengih in trade, ought to be folely left to each Aate, as the proAli of the mint will greatly leflcn the taxes an^ free the good citizens of fuch a burden, which by the manage- tnent of a general mint, would be broCght upon them. The army, navyt and a general mint, sme the three greatcA and moA powerful ol^eAs which will enforce obedience againA all r^Aanco. Troops when once In pay and fervice, make no diAinAton, if employed againA a foreign enemy or their own tclalioni, when led on by their oflicers, though kept up by our taxes. We have no neighbours who can come and make war up on us, without our being informed in time, and then our mi- litia is Arong enough tu oppofe them, when properly trained and officered, whichisan objeA that requires our attention. HOKESTUS. The following important obfcrvatictis are extraAed from the Caxtiieii'Airicultiirt, out of the be A periodical puhlicatirns in Europe. We liope that our readers will perufe them with attention and pleafure. r^HE arret of the agih of Derxinber laA, whilA it gives J, the world a nesv and convincing proof of the dil^fl- ffom af government to flrengthen eor e iiiiiiAiens vrltli the CnitC'l Stitts cf A:..erica, and to f..cllltjte a ceir. tclci ir.ie.’ CiUifc betw.cii I'-e iw . countiics, it eviJtnt.'y talculatsd to opiii a new amt rxtcniivc iiiarktt to the produce of uur allitj '1 lie whole ameuiil ul the pupulatioii of Ureat-Britain, tipain and i'oi'togal, with whom the United States have h.id liichirio the* greatdit intereuuife*, can haidly he conip.ired to that of f'riince only, fu tlijtfliit kingdom alone might double the refourcct and induAiyof tliufelta.es, if its cummercc was well underAood by their citiz ns. Lxperidnee has evinced, that in coiiimoii ycais i'ranee produces hard^' wheat enough for the confumption ul Aiicen niilliuns'of inhabitants, fo that ten millions at leaA niuA depend upon the impurtation of that article Itom foreign cuuntiits j an importation the more indifpeiiAble, as bread is confidered by every Frenchman as the moA effential food. VaA quantities of wheat are imparted annually from Poland, by the way of Uantzic, and particularly-hy the induArious Uulohmen } the Sdutliirn I’roviiices provided from Siciily and Africa thiougli Maifcriles, which -aftyferves aswn univeifsl cnrrepdt for the Mediterranean, but as every country Arlvrs to regain by the labour uf men what the foil feems torafufr, fo the provinces, which ate in want dt previfions, take a particular attention to nianufaAure the Aour ihemfelves, though they im|>uit the wheat. '1 liirefore, an American merehant, Vvlio wifliet to avail himlell of the arret of the 19th December, would probi hly And an eafier market in France, by importing gram inAead of'Aour. It might he objsAed, that the gieat bulk ut the c .r- goes would lou'cr the prcAts, but lur this even the arret offers a limed)’. Ixt us fuppufe, that tkt fame capital InAczd of tm- ploying two cargoes uf A ur, would emplcy three v.flcls loadcn with grain. Ameilean Ai.ps being wanted in Franc e, and en tirely duty ffef, unco; two of iticiii might be fold tu great ad. vantage, and the third return to America with a cargo ut dry goods, wine, uil, fugar, suffee, tec, 'I he cities uf Bardeaux and Nantz might, in this manner, become the principal eiiirc- pocs of the piuduce of the United States, which as it pays no duty unlefs it is aAually fold, ednnot even be difadvantageous if the maikct Atould be overlticked. Cod AAr, oil, naval Aores fpe*injceti candles, rice, tar, pilch, and tdrpentine, to hacco, fait beef, pditiculaily If the Infb 'methed of curing it was well sindcrAood and imitated ; pot aOt and pearl afh ; in general, every ar'.icle of American produce, chough very bulky, muA increafe the prcAts arifing from them by the fale of die vcird which c.arried them to r ranee, and InAead of cheriAiing 'the uncertain and dange.ous con raband tiadeuf the WcA ln- dies. It feems thkt with a more it.odcratiun, greater and morelaAing bendict miglic^ obtained by exporting the WeA* India produce froifi France. It it fur this reafon particularly that we 'confidt'r‘Bordeaux as 'the nioA important entrepot for American produce ; we have even every reafon to think that in con'eqsience of a f-.icccffive intcrcourfe, American wheat would be madutaAured tiKre tor (he WeA-India market. BeAdes, die c.Menfivt comdicrce of that cicyis cenAandy in want of Ailps, and as the American citizens have now the reputation of build ing them xbeaper, and jierliaps wiili be. ter materials, than any othe: nation, the proAts arifing from them would cumpenlale die fmaller beneAtt respgd frcni their earguet. Though ihtfe ubfervations may not perfectly agree with the intercAcd views of fome cf our merchants, whufe particular branches ot cuiiiiiierce heve been h.jurcd by the faid arrd, and though we have every reafon to believe that cur put lie wealth will be veiy little iiicrcafed by our ir.teicourfe with the United Stale*, wepartake 6’t die fentiment which is crnimon to every patiibt French.i.an, that .people whofe indepcndcuce and elevation to ilie dignity ot a'fuVere.gn power has coA us tu mueli blood and fa tti'sny milliuns, may fupport its nation, and dadyincrea'e its refources ; ar.d that the annual expence of the nation for imwiflons of all kinds, naval Aoies and other articles, inAead of fuppurtir.g fome powers whofe vey exiAriice is in different 10 us, may ferve tu A pply the wants uf an infant coun try, which we have always cheriihed, and where we Aatterour* feives we have many friends. Jl after all, Oie rcjcAs the hand uf benevolence Aretched out to fupport her, if die docs not know how to improvo her own toitune^ wc can only lament her blinincfs. WILMINGTON* On Sunday laft arrived in this port> the Schooner General Wafliington, Capt. William Meads, after a paf- fage of 9 days from New-York i by this velTcl have received papers as late as the 6th indant, from which we have extraded the fol lowing Foreign Intelligence. Vienna, February 27. O U R UA^ advices conAfm the intelligence, that after oor affaultt, in which we k)A a thoufand men, our army fuh- du^ the lorirefsof New-Cradifea; and that the whole garrifon, which had been reinforced by troops from Banialuka, were ei ther put to the VWord or taken prifor.ers. Frontiers of TURKEY, Feb. 27. Letters from ConAantinople inform us, that orders have keen font into Afia to raifo an army of 6o,oun men, who are to jolA tlie armies affemUed la Belfariibia and Moldavia. FRANK FORD, March 8. The Turks have taken Ax tranfports from the AuArianr, and the Brigadier Brentaro loA his life in endesvouring to make leprifals. HAGUE, March ii. We learn that M. Caillard, Charge del Affairs from the court of France, has demanded from the States-Oeiieral, on behalf of that court, the Aim of 150,000 livres, being the eAimated value of the Semillante frigate, wliichdiad been entruAed to the com- minder uf a Dutch Sect, an^ kvas burn: the zqtli January 17!$, LONDON, April 2* Mr. Ad.tms, .MiniAer I’lcnipot ntlary fnin the United Stated of America to their lliga Mijlitineffei, took ircivo on I'hurfdap laA, in a memorial which was prcfenivd to them lur that pur- pofe. 'ihetreaty between the United States and Fruffta is conclud ed. 1 hat which i.iipeded tli.. treaty between Oreat-Untain and the United States, was the very i.nporcant hut very compli- cited bulinefs of the India commerce an.! fettle iienis. And it is, we underAand, at lenjth agreed, tli.it a co'iv.-ntion AiuulA hefigned, to arrange and finally adjuil the India fy.le.n, withia lix months of the conclulion orttn;tr«ay.of alliance. Saturday orders were lent from the j.J.niralty to Fortfiuouth, for the Hawke A >op of war to be got ready for fea .. immtdi- acely, to fail with difputches fur the govern ir of Glbralfer, with orders to Aop all co.-nmunicaliont wish Barbarjr for the prefent- Monday a cabinet council was held at Lord Carmarthen's of* Are, which Mr. Hitt came to town from Hciwo'od on purpofo tu attend, as aid moA ot the otliLrcabinet miniliers. The cuun- til fat near four h.mrs, and broke up at three oMock. '1 he bulinel's which engruffed the attention of the cabinet on Monday, we are inlormed, was the increafud and incrriAns Aate ol the SpaniAi navy, which it has b.cn reported, is Attcd out with an intention of npvioltng the Ruffim Aeet in the Me diterranean. 'I l.is pretext w.,1 no doubt be carefully AAcd and c.rcuiiilpcdlly attended to, by the prefeiit ruling pofoer*. Frelh advices from Spa n cohAr.n bur former accounts, of the veiy great n-val preparations that arc making in every port of that kingdom. '1 ht, add, tl. t his Catholic majeAy is ArmI/ determined to oppofe the entrance of the Ruffians into the Me- •iicerranean, and that a niaiiifeilu will Aiortly appear, cantain- ing the motive, chat h.ve induced liis MajeAy to lake thefe mea. fores. Domejlic Intelligence. bdib— NEW-YORK, May 23. O N Wednefday lafl arrived here the Britifli Picket I hyne, Wolf, from Falmouih, in 6 weeics and 4 days. Col. Smith, fecrerary and f.m-in- law to his Excellency John Adamsy Efq. with his lady, arrived in the Thyne. Lord ViAroUnt Mountmorris alfo took palfage in the Thyne, and was . landed at Halifax, the packet having touched in there. A letter from Newfy mentions a report, that the Ihip Emprels of Chi na was on the Ihore on the Saltccs near Waterford. Capt. Ripley, from St. Helena, fays, that the (hip Lafcelles came in there the 21 ft of March from Canton, which Ihe left the loth of January ; the Purfer of laid Ihip informed Capt. Rip ley, that the (hip Alliance, from Phi ladelphia had arrived at Canton the 1 ft of January, and that ginfang was in no demand. CHARLESTON, June 12. Ycfterday were executed for the murder of iVTr. Nicholas John White- man, puifuant to their fcntencc on Saturday laft, the following pciions. Robert Stacey, Jofiah Jordan, John George, Thomas Smith, Ann Connol ly, and Edward Hatcher. Tuefday the couit having adjourn ed till ycfterday afternoon at two o'clock, they palled icntence of.death on Rogers, Mailers, and Pendergras, for the rnurder of Mr. Nathan ; alfo upon Cain and Williams, for the mur der of Capt. Webb and Mr. M'Ciodc. They arc to be executed on Monday next, between the hours ot Ten and Two. Dr. Gordon, we hear, has publifli- cd his firft volume of the “ American Revolution” in England!
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