Z j? J Cr HtrT? u 8 l i s h e d e v e k Y XJ E S.D A Y b y H O DG "tif . E O Y IiAAN
Xvstniyjive S&UHngt per
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or lA North-Carolina MitM,'
Mir- Boy t ah.
8 a citizen of tKU country,
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;T;.U.S!D,Y,-;$eTpBiR 6, 1801: ;
Vol. YL Num. 287
lad a re-
partici:.
' 'infinite'
true ut-
4afaret-
half n
in Gu'di
he pub-
A;.m. an tmoellation rtitl more li6rabW
f fmm AtvnW- iltl
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w h icfc' ha fcr i t ol .ja tb glory
j rv nf ITnitrd StdtCD.
larlf I.m anxi'ot to a ' degree
folicitude, for the. propagation oH
nuine republican principle ana
and am ready to devote, not men-
fimir in i"arh rfav. WD eh according
win, that irtuou enlightened, riobjiciiii,
ia eacU wan'a proportion ot puc wjor,
but every hour aod every day tor
lie eood. .. '
TKat tTieeommnnitTin reri
f cpbUta b ethrcn U aart ictfkr, di ay-
appreciite my and iaiea m'""1
to their conSderation, ihef refnit of my"
blf hour's miuri. To the- laft jlcfoription
of pcrfoni I, am confident Ihe plan will be
hlyTacci ptablerVnd" my riopej are fan
ptiioc, that the hardened taod impenitent
Faderalift, if be dS notp ipprve, will at
leait agree, that no meafure cou5dtc more '
happily devifed, of that will fo co.pliely
tend in in operatiop to the etteofion l
jure unadulterated reppblicanifnt.
I piopnfe, &ir, that there -AiouJd be
etefted a national Univerfity at the feat of
goteinqient or Monticello, or fo me other
fuitable place, as may te agreed upon by
commtffionera hereafter be appointed ; aa
to fiiuatioa, my opinion is, it (hould beat
the feat af government, for then our repub
Ucjii member in Congrefa will always have
it ip theit power to obferve" the pmgrfs tf
!,thc,ftaJenti-nd at the fame time farnill
; iriitieir own pcifoiit the ra oft proper exaai
p'ci of imitation, nd i'l orief to endow
thin Univer&tf with fuflicient "fiidn." 1 ;
--propofe that -the monies which. hrretofor
were apprcptiatcl fyr thebo!lding and
fupportof a navy, ihould be applied 10 thii
purpfe. Two tmportaht oljeda will b
attained by thtf ftnh? ftrtt place tWntiaV
will be- ample, and in the fcconJ we- (hal
in a great meafure get rid of the" navy j
which only protected or co-nmeice, and
procure ua glnty and renjiwn ; and accord-
ifidjo,te opinif n of ib bel .nioderw wri-
. ' tcra upoa the' Rijeft 1 repubtfcV tkiit. oih
ing to di withiihcr they lliuuld bt poor,'
- fimple ;and..i'taoBaf --,.r---.y-y.'4":"
-A celebrated ' profeffbr flettflarUy give
a name and character tu every eolicge aom
mitt cd to their caie, the nxt important
confidetation will be, to procure froe emi
nent pet Ton to prcfi :e at the head of ibis
inftittttioo-inot a man learned in the dead
languages which the fnoner we forget the
better not Rolled in the art and fcieneea,
whick ate of no manner of cwvfe-qnence in
thrfe day -but a true genuine rtpubfaan
and a modern philofopher And when . I
mention the'e qualificationa, every republi-
" tan with one voice will decl.ue, that Tom
Poine ia moll eminently entitled to fill thit
high and important Nation.
Having placed this grest chata-?ter at
the htad, there will be no difficulty in fill,
ing op' the profefforfliipa, and - providing
- fubordioare tutors and officers, We. Vl
ney will make an 'admiif bla profeffor oi mo
dern divinit), as Godwin will of political
, philofophy his wife, the late May Wool
ftoncraft, weie he alfve, would Kave charge
of the young ladiea, Jor the purpofe.of
teaching-thetn modern virtue. Abraham
Bi(h)p (hall be profclTir of ratbry 1)
tie, printer to the Univerhty--and Cal
leader proftflor of biography.
My defign in founding this cMlcje 8r,d
providing fuch teichers, i that genuine
modern republicanifm fl.iirg from this
fountain, may, by diiTerenchannvla, b
conveyed thronghwut the whole,cqunry, c,
bundantfy teheih every part of the" 'era-inunity.-'
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In this U.nivetfity. wjll 'be taugni the
order to il nftrate my meaning : Suppofe
a 'ftudept of thia-'-Univetfityt having ob )
tainfd a diploma, Ihould . be ele&ed to '
Congrefs, and on a motion to trc& a, mo-,
aumentla.iKc-R mitJtWifbihti
ton, the whole, force of what he bid inbi
"icd 'rom his able teaehera. upon the arti
cle of public aecoriomyjrifing fellj in hi.
'nind, he would ho!4 forth upon (he tfvafte.
of public money,' anTtht barbarity of fajc
in? the miferabte people oftha eoun'rv tT
defray. fuch an utclefaetptnce.'nd demon.'
Itra'c that it would coft each petfon at lea ft
one cent aod an half it lieu of mdriu
,.m,it, he I would piopofe a leaden hoVfoi
.V,hitlj would arfwer the purprf; as well,
Us perlMp. Jay a ,perU propeily in
flfudled in thtfw d ftfne fct- this feminarr,
.-would at alt tines be - ready with thtfe ar
umenH to combat principle of profufion
(ohoSile to the intereft and charaflcr of
thi country- and Tepbblics in aeC"l?
'TVSirf, in a few words, u the outline
ot toy grand dcfign fubordinate thetto,
are many meafurra nficlfsry -to be puifued
in order to aid and give efFeft to "the pljn
qf converting this whole country into one
pure republic, And 4 further propofe that
-the few national velTcIs we poffcfi, (hjuid
he entirely employed in conveying to the
United Sta es, from every part of the
world, thofe men who have at any time,
'and in any manner (i?nihzed tlietnfclve.
tha' in the fmallett degree, ia the caufe of
republicanifm.
Befides adding to our p pi'a:ion, whi,fj
Godwin declares tube one or the pre tell
meani or aavanctng tnc public goatf, we
:thll fill the country with, pat.tip.ta JflajTS.
republicanaj and I am happy bfyotid lhe
power of exprefCon, to 6nd that the Exe
eutive, in ibis jtfpec, entertains the fame
fentiments with myfejf, having offered a
frigate for the conveyance of the future pre
fident of the-Utiivci fity. . '
-In-this- noble employment,, nur Oiips will
be occupied for yeart. How many rcpob
licans of the: urfl , water m. y be obtained
front France and what vaft nacabers from
the allies of Spain and the different gaols'
iq Evtrope JSewgal: will furuifh aon-wd
fBppliea'atf rtpublicani,' wh?j afe as'-folly
i m pre fiTed with the idea of equal rights and
cqtnl property, and the abiu'rdity f one
mnf puff. fling-T more than another,airif
they hatl already taken their degrees at my
propofed College.. And finely the Ring of
Great Britain, when informed that that
portion of his fubjeAa who rcflde in New
gate, Undying the public good, have recei
ved affiSltnate letters from onr government,
with pleafure will permit thca to leave
their own country for the benefit of thii:
They will be welcomed on their arrival with
loud flioutg in thofe Hates who fortunately
have been tht chofen afylum of perfons of
this descriptions Such citizens no doubt,
have i" fellow feeling for ail characters of
the fame clafs, and perhaps it is owing to
their defcent that they are fuch eminent
republicans, far thefe principles go down in
the families, from father to fon, like entail
cd eitates. ' : - '
D ANTON. '
fmii fnmlj the Inoivn richct f w?r.-h1ti
tTeoiwiud accumulated charges on thrir
.'OameVce ran "(I'tef evMtualljT borne bythe"
.lieapje? at war, and they are iu df paid in
heWwcreaft-d price of what thejr huyram
jofVigo countries, and"tfie dinainiine j valuT
of'mariV thinora lh fnll .Trv tlii firnarinn
L,- ... - to" ...-j .... . ....
i)! f fade the competition bf fome is weaken-
t tne .ngutn ia ttre pretent
WKTiile that of others is" deftroyeJ. 'as
that of the French, Spaniards and Dutch.
In a, tompeiition8 thole who a free de
tivelan advantage from the checks of; their-.
rivals', arid in commerce (his advantage is a
jujefnl1, ftjmulusna cxertioji, yvwh?ch the
g'liicn, wiu re aiwaja inc nrrt luppnca
From the N England Palladium Y
THERE are few prophfitions in com
meruul politics more frequently re
peated andpethaps none lefa accurately con
fiiered,' than that " fret fbipi Jhould matt
Jreegoodt. . If the arguments urged to fa:
vor oi this doctiine were traced to their ori
gin, it would be feen that they generally
.proceed from jealous ambition in great
butes, and without much examination are
adopted in fmaller ones,' whole "'roiftakea
ivhtice gtafps at the incompatible benefits
of two oppollte fyilcms. , ,v ft - .
Every fcnfible, merchant, and indeed e
Rights of Manias defined by the Htefl wn-ry fenfiblr nra
ters now in France, and exemplified in that
happy country, the region of peace anaf
rational liberty the doctrin of true' equa
lity that all is regulated and ' governed
by all,: fo beautiful in theory- hat no
man is fuperjor to1 anotherthat every
perfon has- an unalienable right to think,
fpeak, and aft ia any manner he may think
proper, fubjeft to no controul, and with
out the lead- reftraint, wliatfoever. At
flated periods ptiblic.' ftures will be deli'
ered, (hewing that religion is a fafcp, aad
nothing more ridiculous than all facial ties,
fuch as marrugejl&c. v ' -
'.Public ceconomy, upon modern 'republi
can" principles, will , form one important
branch of education take aa examplf ia
an4rjrbAu i5rtcof4-for one bundled fiol. t4 4"? who'"' are the foreinofl; to furnilh
are ttie Dett rewaraea, -lneie suvan
taifej naturally accrue to neutrals, whofe
competitor s cither quit the field, ar keep
t 'dnerual terms,, by which the neutrals are
efiabled both to boy and fell at, alrnoft, their
fla'H p(icet.Our enferprizing merchanU
fiijet th year 1 793., have contributed large
Iy t6 enrich e vet y defcription of men (ex
ccpt falary men) and to add to the value of
vJf' fpecies of property. The capital
they have created had been diffufud over the
woole country, and animated the induftry
of .the rcmoteft cottaoftr they have been
chiefly enabled to do this by purchafliig on
thtir own account frum he European Co
loniifsor fijljecls in both the Indies, an im
inenfe amouiitTif their prod.iciions t prices
Uwr thitn the ordinary level, and felling lb
thcai and to tHeir parent States a fi nilar a
mUflt ii prices above thatkyei This dou
ble operation, bf felling wtuudtlf dear, aad
buying uniifvally cheap, is an advantage that
nCeJariiy icfulta to neutrals from that fort
of mo no ply which they virtually; enjiy a
gainit belligerent States, and i fome com
prnfation Lr the vexatious inierroplions &
irjurteXthey fuffcr frosa natinns at -war, e"vci
uhfn thofe nations are not difpofed" to of
ffnd. .This great profit of neutral com-
scree, howeveri would entirely ceafe 11 the
ags of neutrals could ptoteA the property
beiligcreitts i for in that cafe nothing
ore weald be neceffaryJbr thnfe at war.
than to transfer the apparent ownerlip (
'.V ffl..; -l . 1 r i: c
Rv'y Tcucia lv inaiviauai citizens or atniccr"
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ot 11neutrat 5 Ue , and tyery pjr jopld
proceed as jf there were no war. .Surh wa
the Genoefe praflice to guard againft the
cruirera jl the Baibary -tatettholcrilates
in their treaties , with the Englilh, agreed
that free bottoms mould make free goods
this llipula Jon was required by the Engrifh
to preclude all quedion concerning the car
goes of their.own veffels, but the Gtnorfe
ea&ly converted it to theprotfAion of ' heir
nebell trade, by hiring for each vcSTcI afln
glf Englilh fubjea, who paiTed lor the own
er and captain, and who, in the languafje
ofjthe Mediterranean, is denominated I
Ciptainde Bandera, or CapUi'n cf the Cp
losrs. Thus it happened, notwithflandiog
the rigorous care of the F.ngl:(h laws, the
tride of Genoa was protected by-the Eng
lilH flag at lefs cxpenfe than thejr own, and
the Englifh loft -probably fome trade as
merchants, while their fhipscbnld not even
erjj'ay the freight whiib it unuifAonaliy tht
towtfi pait of profit in all tride ,
To men acquainted with commercial af
frs thefe details may appear fuperflaoui,
bat well informed perfons, of 'other piofef
fions,. may be flow to believe that if neutral
fligs could proteft belligerent property,"
fuch lags would always be hoi tied on board
belligerent (hips Under the fanftton of fome
neutral ftate yet nothing ia more certain
than that fuch would be ihe fact, andtW
cxpenfe of the teutraliaation would be lit
tle' more than Ordinary official fees. Nu
merous and Ilriking examples ta prove this
might M fily adduced-Let it,' hower
vtr, be fuppofed for a moment, that ar
ringenents might poflibly be formed and
tiecuted ia good faith, by. which the prb
Kcliou of neut ral af i AouU be fonfineii to.
property tn hard vrffeU truly o-tvned h neu
tialt i this woulcTBe 00 beiielit to oentrals,
fr it the property be fanajtdt aeatral as
well aa the (hip, fuch property i as fafe
now as laws can make it, but if the proper
ty be owned by belligerents, they alone
would be benefited, fo that thu fltm could
oty promote the inttrifioj htlligertnt Sates, and
ilei.eutrale, ia fuch cale, wwuid be the car
rtrt.enly for belligerentsr irftead of bring,
ai they now nectftarily are, both carriers Ic
traders, that if, owners af the goods, aad
estitled to all the profit a buyers and fel
lers.' ;, "" -"r"" -: 1 '''pp-,
By ''tbcTackaqWledged law of aatioasi a
neutral saay bow tarry the property of a na
tion at war He canuat iadcci lawfully da
oatujeand operations of Commerce, knows
that the certain effect on fiec uhdiHurbed
competition is to reduce the profits of every
branch of trade to the loweft rate at which
it tin be fupported jfo that, after , a few
years of 'genttal peace, the income foai
Commerce is a moderate, and all it fup
p;ies as regular,as jhofe from agriculture or
any branch of inruftry. that is Irtefiom
fluSuatioo and'ri!quar T
Great maririme ' power are necffjiily
commercial, and when war- break 'out be
tween them, the whole ftate. af commerce
is inftantly changed the trading hipt of.
th'e -partie at war are fubjecY to grtaf ' de
lay,, heavier expenfes and frequent .lclTes,
wbilf -all their property t tht fta u feizailt as
.fend it by force, not (kreeh it by fa'aWocta
but, If he acl hjneflly and ia captured,' he i
eatttled to bis fieight frtlm the captor; No
thing more than-this could be, demanded, if
hetcould v pais free, at is propofedbythe
new fyftmbut If in cargo Is Jn trath,
owned by the neutral he cannot be lawfolly
interrupted and will not often be in f& if
lic is honed, and In addition to the pittance
of TreigTit, let It be repeated, he w'll erjoy
;he, great advantage of (ellingwhat is much
wanted,' and buying what upenbeundt, iri
a word, he will have the defiderotm of mer
chant, to fill ittrtmely dearUnd buy extremi
ty (heap -I.f it wcre poffible to afcertain hd
adtaotagts which the commerce of the VniU
fd States could ' have derived rom. the mere: '
csrtige or Jrtighttf gooda during the pre
fent war, and compare them with the pra
fit actually received frani the purchafei.andl
falct the fuperiority of the flatter ovepthe
former wou?d be found aa great a that of
, .the. CoraUULJJipp keeper 0 verheir Truck-
mca and Porteis. It it obvious vhat'onei :
of thefe description receive the fimple wa
ges of labour, while the other fuperadd that
liberal proStl of well employed capital.
FROM TH BALANCE. ' ' '
A.. MAN; betfahfc he ia a cunninger a
. niraal,; bridle and faddles bis hotfa
and then rnotiuts him and riJe upon hiV
back. 1- aod juft foj a fubtlc, intriguing, atn
bitious fellowrj by reafoii , that he is more
cuaning than the fetp e, will bridle aod fad
dls and ride.them Every fltillfol jockey
know how tc manage a reftiff or high ".'met
tled horfe. He fit tt ftrokes, foot be and
coaxe him j then with a fudden leap, he
feats lamfelf te'll on the laddie after which
the poor aniial , is at hia mercy ind, by
txeans of ithe'to, ther and the thohj, it
made to krttw and - lubmit to his rider;.
Thus, a fly dimagogue Hjtter the peo
ple, till he h.a railed hi yoke upon their?
n cki or has motiuted Tn.ugly upon their
Ihoulders, and ttien.he cUrb and reins the at,
with a bridie, whipftherh ' with his thoiigV
oi.evea plungf il hi fpur into their fidesV'aY
bell faits hiavpurpnfes. j " ,..,-.-''
Marat Jt Kobefpierre profvffed Uobobnii
edfriendmifor tbc people. ' Marat," trt th
beginnttof Ka-political carter, wsW!
editor of t'.Jiewfpapei.whicb he-nMicJ
''- The Friend of tht Pttpk ; ' and wbich ia
faid XhSyfjbter ftuedrw(thilaiteff; toll
them; as well as' uith1Vedivt& againft thofe
meu in authority,- whom he wiffaed to fop
plant. The : very title of that newfpaper
" 7 he Friend of the People," was enough te
tve it unbounded " ciedtt and curiency.
' We will have Marat' paper, (f,y the
multitude) for he is our friend he fysf
Umfelj . Succefato Marat's aewf
lper," bawl aaotber Huzza for
Marat, exclaim the whole multitude, Huz
za for - M ara r4 tht friend of the people. " la
the meun time, the cadaverous, lantern
jawed Marat, obfetving how well bis plana
iucceeded, Grind'i Lotribly a ghall!
fmiu." 1 ';-'..-
Robefpiefte was a noted fpeech moler
ani his fpceche were generally filled witK
the cut fed hypocritical cant of ardent aad .
houndlcf love to the people, who,. duped
by thi artifice ufed to teftify their approba
tion and gratitade by laud (bout and plan
dits,' In this way, -thofe two fiends, thofe .
incarnate devils rendered thcmfelves univer
fully popular and acquired unlimited confi
dence and authority. And let the teats
the blood, the agonizing groafi of mtllbaa
oMhcls deluded people tell the rett-
TSia method of gulling the people by the
horrid profefiion of great friendfhip for
them,' no new thing) it i aot a modern In
vention, but was ra&ifed by cunning, ant
biliou mcrij aa in the eatliefl sgts af the
- workl. ' There Uu feniarkable iuftance of
thlj nare,' and 6f a vefy early date, in f
:cedb&!Drf. ? v::':.;.:.., -..ii; j
Abfalora, a foa of K mg David a Towng
man of an1 unprincipled, depraved' mind,
but potfirling great - external jtccompIiiTi
ncnts, was banifhed for the murder of his
brother, and lived fome time with the King;
"of Geftiur, his grandfather, -At length,
his indulgent father, recalled him from ban
ilhmeat and, reftored hira to favor. .Thia
paternal indulgence he requited by forming;
the horrible plan of nfurpfng the . thtorie,
lhooghhe,wc'lLknew thaLin Pepping 5p
to it, he mull dip his feet in his father'a 1
blood. ' And wbat method did'Abfaloaa
purtuc in order to obtain this advancement f ,
The very rirThlHsisteea paifued by aa- ;
bitiou demagogues ever fince ; that ii, he
woa the heart of the people by hi flattery.'
The biftory af hi political iatrigae if f et
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