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V i tk&ion to the office of..Prfident. They will not fay ill at Mr. Tracy was incapable of receiving hc appointment The violation of the (Juiidituiion, it it hat been violated, is therefore imputable to the Senate, in con fequence of having permitted Mi.. Tracy to retain hia feat io that body, after, it was known that he had accepted this appoint ment. If, .however, ' the Committee in tended to caft any reflect ien on the Senate (which I do not fufpec,) then they may Lejuttly charged with the appearance or "" having usurped a power, .whifjt cannot be conftitutionally cxercifed by ttns ; whole H uf or Representatives that of judging of the qualifications of Senators, , ' The phantom raifed by the imagina. tion of the Committee will, however, van ifh, when it is conGdertd, that all officers of the United States are derived immeoiaicly fr.n ' !ic Conjlihiiion, aad created by legif . lativi a3s ; that , the ' agency entrurteif to Mr. I'racy originated with the Executive Department and that the authority i em. p'oy agents, f r a variety of purpofv. st " full ?ron the i.Wy$ciyi pt-L j ana nas never uccn quenjinneu. 11 no an. tin At in between an Executive Mgetuy, And so OJice, i permitted, tlit co fequence toult be, mat all pcfons who perform fervicet cj any kind for the .United .' St tes, for a (omfen fatten mji beconfidereJ as Officers. 1 he perplexities, wh c't - fuch a conllrutiion would oecafioa. i in arlminiilering the go-. ? Siertntient of the United Si atw, and the ft III greater perplexities in 'executing tlie conituutions and'Oawj of the. p-m ieiilar fta rnotl of w huh have declared, that offices linger the two gover nmentfl. fhall be incompatible wih each other, Tiifidently cvinc, ihit the idea fuggelted by the Corn mittce would be as rtiilchievou, in piac ticc, as it i; u'ufuund, in piinciple. . " TIk C 'mmiilie we e p o!:abiy convinc ed, that the ciicumlLnces of the public fcrvice wete fuch as rendered the employ- e i i i merit ot an aijent proper. i ne miliary (1 polls of the United Statts extended thio' sii immeuf. ugion : the communications between thefe po :s and the g-vernmrut were ( uncertain, and attendedwith fuel, riifficul y, hat it was leafoiiablc . .jto pre- j Hint marrrr.aiy i ir.e ar, vantages in ir IpeCT. to difciplii.e an i economy'; which re fah from military fuborJinatioiiv had been but partially realized'; it is notJiiotis, that ' influential .individuals cf the paaymu.w m power, had cotitinua!ly,.. rtptdented tin airangrmtnts of the mi.itaiy eftaohihin nt, arid the publ.c factories, as bticg gieatl.. : defective. At up VM'ne hadJlbeir .com i Uaiotibten roore.velitm.ak ihiii.. i- JiJrt-rflcftVr ff when ti 3 agcsfcyv. w, s m llnuted. Undif tiirie. cncualilaDces, it. was the right, and it became '. the. duty o' inc ra nimiirdiioii, to arcenatu, intouglr ati impirtial channel. whetli,r theie' txi'ftcu' any j.i:t caufe fyf iks clamour which had bten r iifed. . . ' v C-' V T'ici c U nyjch re..hn, to feav that par ty priju lice againtt indiyiauats too he qiri'ly prevented a lair t It mi at i' of (hr n ent yt meafures. The appmifttient 01 ( Mi. Tracy iia acco;d:ii!y bee t-xclufive-ly attributed to pcrfojial tavor. it is trot that Mr Tracy has been a diHinguifhc .advocate for the fvitew of ihi? foinru r aT: tniniftiation ; but it will be admiitcd by his pponeuto, that with ' the exception u qu fhons having a direct1" relation to thai f)Hcn upon winch a diverfity of opinion has ixiiltd, tharno perf)o has given more uniform or decided evidence of a dilpofi tion to protect t.htf public againft iinproper expenditures. No one ot Jhi adveifarics wili aflcrt, that on the fcore of inforrnation of the laws and exiilinT riarrremert if the government, and the views, aard wihe8 oC.ihe dififerenf pirrlie relprctin the mi. . litary eltabliflinient; a more fu'i table ap pnintment could have been matle. All vtli agiee, tint being1 a Itrang'M in the utftern countiy, and bvin? no connedtion wi'h the' army, his teprtfctitations weit 1U 7 to be entirely impartial : . every ob je tion apainit the per fan donated, is theie fore rtflvcd jnto on--tiM, it was per foil ally e!leerted by ihf , membjr4 tneloi' Bier Adminiltrtton : wWtWr thiiL ought to beuigd, when the only object x the. agency was to acquire tnlonnation, to di r (fit t he Juture meoj'ure of thai Admmiftra tion and tor i! e ir. pni.iy i t wl.ich ilie were to be rtfoniible to tlscrr country", the public mull '.j'idgr. ' , . ' The molt lrnportanffa en this fujeft, however, is, that the refult has prove;, ,hai lhf arencv waa nron i. -an -au c . I r ---- ----- - - - cuted 1 alien, with contidenetVthaf the report now, in the pofUfffon qf the crt'tary of Wa'i c,r,brcfs.,irjipijttant land.Tvariou infoimation, vhich muit have been highly pfhig Department. - At the fame time, the report pr ves that the alledged.atufes did Dot exiit. and . that "what v.ercreprefenttd it dtfertive arrangements were neceitary coiiftijuejce-of the. unfeyled ftateof the - Count rtr irf r( niiUl.'.- (l.UI.-il - jilender fur the objects propofed ' to beV acr aispJjOivduTr i in - thefc V cflabliflttacute were not more efficient, and of coutfe more expenfive. will not now be deemed an error of the former adminiftration. That there (heuld appear, in the report of the Committee, any fuggeltion, however iiidiieft, that the Cervices mentioned in the ioflrudions were not performed is much to be lamented. It could not have been uukiiown,' that thefe fer vices were inter rupted by a feyere and dangerous illnefs'; futely this is an excufe-; furely the griev out confequence, a loft of health, ought to have exqited io much fympathy, as to havet p evented the committee from representing a perfonal misfortune as a political error. On the fubjeet of compenution allowed to Mr. Tracy, it is fufBcient to fay, that k greater than was judged reafonable, ring the nature of the fervice ; that licved that a like infpe3iori was ne was no confidf rincf it is believed that a like infpe&ion ver accompliflied at lefa cxpence and that, compared with au agency iuttitated by the prefent alminiltratiop; it may even claim the merit of economy. The fwggeltion, that a, double compeofation wasrtceived, is oit i'T The diiecfs that each of the Aiembers ofrtheJcgiimute"r Hint y T "lowed, at the commencement arid end of. every feffi-ii 6 dollars for every zo iuii.es. ot ttie tttimaiea uittance, oy tne molt uiuai road, from his place of rcfidence to the feat of Congrefs." It is well known that this allowance has been Cor.ftanily paid, aUho' 't!j m-einbero of Ciingr.-fs have continued at jh. Ua of ger amen t dutntf the whole recefs; the allowiiu e" wan eltaMifhed as a co npeulati jn toi fervitts in Congrefs. no' for travelling , and an appear anee in the Houfe has evr been deemed evidence of a title. The- c rcu u'tances re'ating to the pay ment on account of Mr M'Henry are, that thi5 gentle nail engaged a houfs at IVafb ington far hie family, and that a new ap pointtaent to t-!n office of Secretary of War was made by the Pm-A lent hefote a remov al It wan right that the-proprietor fhotiM he c impfn fated, hving removed J' oh the houfe, which le tad leafed it was clsatly intquitabh that the compenfation ih.-tilcL beiu.de by Mr. M'Kcnry; it feemcd to follow that payment ought to be ma..e by the public. If an error was committed, then th e Unit td Slater ej " America have loH two h'ludrrd and vight dolLis and ireiy five cents .,l Wi this cife really dtetir-d important fot he" precedent it might lurtalur furnifh." ; tOM f HE lALAMCI.. ON EDUCATION ' V f ivoritiitn, ot partiality, in family go vcrnment, has a baneful tendency and ptr rlcious t fleets - The favbiiie child often fuffcis by the partiality that is Ihown it it iV viewed iih an evil eye andj thwarted. vtith a ccifrlefsmalignity by the othtr childjcr, ; wh.ife ffl.clions, in the rr.ean while, became alienated from their parcnU- The tragical llory of Jofeph is an effed ing i.'lu'iratio ol tH'n point. Jjf.ph was ibijorrcd by hia brethren.- Their diabo IVal mal'ce againft him was wrought up to fuch a pitch, tiut cney at fi' Il confpired to -aether to tcsk away his life; but after- warJ, at the intei.-ccffioo of tbe eldcft bro th r. com mil ting the p,unifhment of deats they Jcixed him, and, tota'ly unfeeling and deaf to. his tears and entuaticB, they ftiip- pt-d him and call him into a huirible pit rrom thence thty dragged hun cut, and fold htm to a company of tf ,abian Slave , dea!er,wht were travelli.ig to lilypt ; ex p fling aid intending (bat he ifi iuld cn lum,e his days a;ide." the ninft birtir bo:i dage, in a itrange Ian 1. The -. unnatural and attrncious cruelty of ii,i; deed wasal moll beyond parallel ; and it was directly occafioncd by parental partiality Tiie caufs of the implacable and murderous ha . trtd, which J ftplv experienced from his brethren, is biicftf metiiiued by the facred hi torian, in the Wowing vvJrds " Now luacl - loved J.fcph moife thar all hischil irtn, becuufe he was the. fan of his old ape : and he made him a cot of many coTois. -And. whc; his brethren faw th'atT the,jr ,fa-.; ''her laved him more than 11 his brethren, they hated him, and couid not fpeak peace abiy unto him." Whit a fund of ufeful inttruclion to patcntn is contained in thefc lew lines ! H jw exactly dp they, character ize hu'tiui nature, which is week in good men, a d .wicked in others ! v -' The f ivoiitifm of pious Jacob towards his youngeil foil was irtational in its fource. It lecms to have rrigmated, not in the real metica ufn':haf;amjabie"outhl"'b0t1n:'"i" circumitanct wlieiein there, could be no. k s is 7iit at ait lie loved him mote than all ilieothiic, .Bet'SHhe WastU; fon of hi "bd age.' This preftrtnee of -thi good. minded father, thua fpringing from a Mind impulie, was maikedliy ftich oveit aZtTof partialityiiias could not fail to produce fami- ly difebrd ; aiTd mUitb-brought-upgjiJo-, feph the hatred of his brethrtnflto fuch a degree, that " they could not fpeak peacea' Diy unto ran. ,. fj ie mltance of the uvontilia ot . lacoo i pattiluUtly rddticed; by the lacrcd peo- niaa He made for the favorite foo a coat of many colours " . which diftinguifh ed him from hU brethren, who hid been clad in the plain and courfe garb of fliep-. herds. This, alas t- piored to be a fatal coat both to the wearer and the giver. It' was this coat that Jofeph wore whenjie went te ftek hU' brethren, and found iliem at Dothan. It was the hated -fight of his coat that flimuUted their murderous rage. But for this badge of parental partialit, ferocious as they were, ihey might, per haps, have relented toward the hi-plcls, youth, when', they faw the bitternefsof b'ifl foul," and wheu with bended knees, vwith folded hands aud dreaming eyes, he" befouoht tluii compaflion. " This coat of many colours," torn otf with inditfnai.o.. and reeking with the blood to which it had been dipped, was Snal y a fpcaatle of mcx o - , . prtfliblc horror to tfie faiher. It pierced his fool ""'th the deepeft agoos, which were riot tranficnt, but lalliag ; iofomuch 'that he refufed to be couifotted, aud refolvei.44 to go down into the grave mourn mg." . ever, peruapsuueju "-c--wi i covering o' our firtt parents, did a gtrment occafion f: many tragical 'effects, as the gaudy to at of J feph by which his pious, fcut 4ptipj father, had unpruncotly diiliti guifhe'dhim from bis brethren. . This, fhiirt tkrtch of facud hi (lory is to paiemsa lolenm warning againlt a p rtial treatment of then thildren. Beware'' it feems ty .fsy to them,4" of iH'taui(ligl any one of yoar chdc'teii fom the re 11 , ' by a finer garment, ot by any mirks of favour which imply a fapti ior attachment .'" A void partiality, that root of btitcruefti uti'1 m fchief in familic" The particular kind of parental favo it- f n, which we have wow beti viewing, i remaikible, as well for its frequency, as fer the family evils which it otcafions Pa rents, wh ate fofar advanced in yea's, art oftea feen to manifest a preference for tht younger part of their offspring, and for no other reafon, than, 4,becauf thry are the children of their old age." Thus thty wound their child'tD, as it were, with a tiro edged fwotd ; alienaiing and tmbittcr itig the ruinc'j of thofe,. wbo find thcinfiivi neglected, and,-at iheJanit xioie, weaken tna: and befooling the favoiitr, ihe d:iling child of old age, by overweening at tecti&r., and a profufian of childilh cartas. An other kind of partiality in parents, wjiith is is equally unteafonabie and peculiarly cru el in its nature and ellects, it that whicb irifet from tbe cimrriascte of the femai difference jn their oft;pn'ng ..Why fh ,u o ' vgYriT a gVetir jonron of partnta1 afTictiou and care, thau daughters i Wl y fhould the education of the latttr be ihouht, conip-rativt-y, of frr.all impor tance ? Why fcould they bi oveilockiv1 and neghcled in the folentH Tclhutnt o) -hoir dying fathers ? Wfryflu uid they.be deiied an equal lhare in the di!lnbuiin o "patrimonial property ? Why flo-Id 'h .y be leflpoorand dependant, wbde thti- bro thers re en iched by botfi-.ti'ul Iga.cit:- ? Docs Nature -dictate fuch di.'lii.itions No;- Parents are bound to their fnns and 'o their daughters by the fame uo'itf Na. tute. Theirblood tui stqudly in the viens .of each. The penuine f clings ol Na uia; plead ag pr.wet ful for the dauhtef'i 'or the kn. " Iiu the v.)i e of Nature ir fliHed by Pride. Natitril iffcction atid "all the finer feelings of the htinran heart, ni pa rents yield to an bfurd rr.bition. t be llow their prireipal atttrtions upon, JndtO pact their property txciufivtly in theytif, ftflion, of that patt of their cffspiinjf, by which their own names ate to be bow' up ' thew.)rld. KENEX. CAUTION! POME time in the month of November, KJ 180, as nearly as I cn at preicnt rtr collect, I entered into a ob igation with a Mr. William Brown of Sumpter Di Uriel, South, Cat olina, to deliver him ajt. Stattfburg, ti the fid State,' abbt: the 1tninnirii of January, i8oi, a ikely. negro wenchabout appears o'd, and having a chi jd about a year o'd, for which he paid hie in advance aoo dollars in cam, and delivered me a horfe at 140 dollars ; and was at the time of delivering him the wench and child to have paid me 'the further fum of 125 dollats. 'Some time Cnce, I underftoodihat a certain JtfTe ,Lee, then of Fayetteville. N. Carolina, par-, chafed and took up the faid obligation, arid "I did hope for the purpofe of having the fame difcounted in part of his debt with me but .having underitood ihai tlie faid Lee has, removed fronihis'forrrier refidetice," to lome diitant parts, and fearing that he may attemj.t to transfer the faid obligation, I do thus publicly fdrwarn all peifons whatever from taking an afugnmentjhereof. being de termined, not to fettle the foiie with any other perfon than the faid Jeffe Leer who owe? me vaftly more than that amount , ' JAMES HOWARD. , ayetteviller November! . : ..' JUST PUBLISHED And for fale) at their Printing-Offices ia Halifax and Raleigh, at 40 dollars per ipoOf or 4 cents each 1 25 d. liars per 500 . or e, cents each ; 7 dollars per grof , 4 dollars pr.half grofs ; 75 cents per dozciv arid 1 p cents' a piece , . H ODGE & BO Y LAN'S NORTEC ARQLINA ALMANACK, Fer the Year cf our Lord 1803 ; Being the fevenrh after BifTextile or Leap Year, and the 27th 28th of America . Independence. Calculated for the State, of Nbrth-Carol na, being pr.ecifcly adapted to tfce Mcridiao iiu jumiiuuc 01 iuc vny 01 ivajeist). By F. UilO JKS, A. Riclimund Cuuriiy, orthCarlina. Containitg the lunations, Riling, and Set--ing of 'lir Sun, Moon, and Seven Stars, Solair and Iunav jTriiiif n...-t. r 1 f-B, IJiAJW- , - ..., -- aWe Pays ate. 3ic. EXTRAORDINARY PheHomcDor, Origin cf the Grey Mare oem the better ' horfe Oa female -aeatnefs after marriage!. Peach trees. A reroaikable ia fUnce of fidehy and attachment 'n a dog'. Extraordinary memory.. A remarkable in. fiance of longevity. American longevity. Cure for the bite of a mad dog. The lawyer's prayer. , Means of preferring timber in vcffels and briefpej. Cure for Caoeers Recipe for (th'e Cholera Morbus. - Recipe for cough. The choice of a wife. On CeJia. Take time by- the forelock. I have fecrt ahi I have not feen. Owe nn m .n .l- See the blind bepger dance, the cripple fin-. j a rar. ijay, wno ran away indebted to his landlord. To be fld by Nicholas; Branch. A boxi p match AHri,C. CI ------ - - W. IIILIjL. Btwar. of a couple of Defperate AfLffins. ocwsre or anotner Villain Fetrarch s idea of Books - Multiplication. Ca'r u!ations. Population of the United States. Cenfus of the inabitarita of North Carolina. Govern ment of ttie United States. Lifl of the mcra bers of the feventh Conorf f th TT;..,t SutesFedkraf - courts Sur erne, Circuit. and Diitrieli ! North-Carolina flatc courts Conference, jSnpreme and County. An ex cellent Wtite Paint. . COT Ceuntry Merchants may fufp'y then f elves, jvitb this almanack, by a plying at the Stmt' if Mtjfrt DsnaJdfons, MacMillan Cdi and M' Daxid Amhrfn. fsjtuii k 1 and fllr. John ho, ffilUcinh--im tht ufual auholefale frjeet. , - ft)r Sale aTJlffdJce THE Hiftcry.of he Adminiftratioa of Juha 'Adams, Efq Jate Pre fide nt of the pi.itel $tats. By John Wood, author t.f tbe, Hifhiry of Switzerland and the 5wifs Revolution. ... - - A Narrative of the Suppri flion of the wb)ve Hilloy by Col Bun. By a Citizco of New York. A View of te Prlitlcal Condud of. Aaron jBurr, Efq-JZice Prtfident of tfe United States. By the A.vthorof he ' Narrative ' A Correcl Statitnierit of tfie various fources ' frorn whicl the H.ftory of the Adminiftra tion of John A dams was compil d, and the Motiyes of its Suppreffion by Colonel Burr : with fume Ob'ervations on the ' Narrative." By John WoodAuthor of the faid Hiftory. Fall GOODST" "THE Subfcribers beg leave to inform ; A thTTr Fiiends and the Public in Gen eral, that their Fall Goods are all anivtd aHj -come'Mely fo litind. Their Importa tion of 'Kirropcan Gbode, is Exteftfive and Complete ; in addition "i'o whkb they have on Hand a Isrge'and very gerer! affort ment.sif Eaft Si Weft-India, and dmeriraa manufacTured Got)s. The European Gooda are Lhitfly impotted from the. Manufacture cf-, .; nd it is oelitved that the firft Coil is 1 .m "l.b Si'tfay Goods impbited into the" United St.ttcs. " The'who?e will be Opened" and ready lor Sale by the 4ft Dy of next Month? ..vill he fri the InUrrft ofthofe inte'tidinr 'a Puichafe by Wholciale to come forwaid Eaiiy.- . Produce of every kind will be Recived, and lor prompt Payment rh Cafh,3a liberal Difcount wiJ'jbe mad'. , - j- Donald$ons, MacMillan & Co. - N. B. They" have oii Hand, aao fiiSalrk r.bout'Twtlve TKi ufand Bufhtl$.L:verpncl fi4Ll ' FayettevillerSeficmbrr r 12. Gen,. Sumjiterls Saddlebags r I 1 HE perfon who has found Gen. Sump. 7- Xi, ter's i Saddle Bags, is hereby informed thatj a reward of forty dollars will be given toi him on the delivery of the Bags, Papers. &c. to Mr. Grove .'in yetteviller Cel. 12. - blank Deeds, For sale at tins Office .'--1.-,
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