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From the AURORA. LETTER TO THE EDITOR. h T ew-Tork % Sept. it. “ The old torics and F nglifh agents are running up and down the flrcets foliating fignafura> to a petition addreflcd to the Terre tarv of the treifury, pr ying for the relief of the Biilifb Packet, detefted and in the very a£l of Imuggling mek stockings, Sec. praving The may be ideated, as it will tend to diflutb the harmo ny fo fjjcntial to be th countries! Some of the old torus venture to predift the vengeance of his ma je/ly, Thould The be condemned ! it was two days before a precept could be procured to ftizc he being referred to the higher pow ers, in oHer to give her time to efcapc You m 7 iudge by thefe fa£b, in addition to many others, how much thefe people regard the laws or the oaths they take She was valued only at 6000 dollars, though a new vefiVl. 250 'ons burthen, completely copp.- red, and fit for fra! Is our government that of an independ ent nation : or are we ftill the il.ives of Britain ? J * The Aurora contains the following. A LETTER OP JOHN ADAM!. (COPY) Quincy , Mav 1792. Dear Sir, The full thing I have fo com tnunicate to you muff be an ex planation of the dale of my let ter. The 'egiflitureof Mafla chufetts la ft winter, upon a pe tition of the North Panlh, in Braintree, feparated it from the refl of the town, erefted it into a new one, and give it the name of Gurney. By this mcafure you fee they have deprived me of mv litle of “ Duke of Brain tree,” and made it ntreflary that my friends fhnuld write me in future, as an inhabitant of Quincy. So much for this Bnmborian. Something that interefls me much more is yom obliging let ter of Ihe 12th of this month. 1 fhould have been happv to bane ben Mi. Pmckner, before bis departure; but more from individual cutiofily than forn any opinion, that I could have giv/n him, any information of importance. If he has the ta lent of (earthing hearts, he will m 1 be long at a lols. if he has not, no information of mine can give it him. The duke of I eeds, once en quired of me veiy Kindly, after his dais mates at Wrftminfter frhool, the two VI r. Pinckneys, winch induces me to conclude, that our new am’hallador has many powerful old filends in England. Whether this is a re commendation of him, for the office or not, I have other tea- Tons to believe that his family have had their eyes fixed upon the emhaffy to St. James's, for many years, even before I was lent ihere, and that they contri bute to limit the duration of my commifTion to three yeais in or der to make away for themfeKes to (uccecd me. I with they ma> fir cl as much honor and plcafure in it, as they expetled, and that tbe public may derive front it, dignity and utility. Hut know ing as I do the long Intrigueand futpefting as I do much Britifh influence in the appoimment, were I in any executive depart ment, I fhould take the liberty to keep a vigilant eye uoon them. Accept of my thanks, for your reflections on the Hate of the union which 1 have read with all the pleafure which the intel ligence, information, accuracy and elegance of the remarks on lord w heflicld infpited. 'i here is one fecret which you mull be careful to keep tnanu fafturcs mull have good govern ment. They cannot cxifl with out it, much lefs can they be innoduced where they at not. But a great part of the people of America, appear to be fo de termined to have no government at all, that if you let them know the whole tuth, you will excite an unmar ageable paity againfl manufactures. Manufactures cannot much lefs thrive, without honoi,fidelity, punauality,pub lic and pnv te fa'th, a faded rc'pe£f to pioperty, and the mo ral obligation of promiles and contia£ls ; virtues and habits which never did, and never will generally pi evail in any populous , nation without a decifivc, as well as an intelligent and honeft government The fcience of political economy is but a late fludy, and is not yet generally 1 undeiflood amongus Though I I have read mod of thcauihors of reputation on the fubjedl, both among the French anH the hnglifh, 1 pretend not to have j digt-iled any thing relative to it, with the prccifion of a mailer. But to me it appears, that the general interefl of agiicultuie in particular as well as of the na tion m general, will he promoted by a difcrcet and judicious en j couiagrment of in nufafclurcs and that it is not the land jobbei, who ran be benrfitted in the rapid nfe of his monopoly, by drawing every laboring hand into the wildemefs to fell trees. I he continual acceffion of foreigners will endanger and de fltoy our peace, if we know not how to govern them They will moreover corrupt our elections, and teat us to pieces v ufficient to the day, however, is its evil, and in that day and hour, it al ways has been, and I doubt not, always will be giver us to pro vide againfl its dangers. {Signed) JOHN ADAMS. Remarks on Adams’s Letter, from the Aurora. The letter of Mr. Adans was wntten while the vcneratid general Wafliinglon was pres cient, and Mr. Adams vice-pip - bdent. But even intcrcfling f»s it is on that account, it acquids a double portion ofintercfl frotn occurrences which have fnje anfen, and ciicumftanccs which at this moment exifl. It is a document in which our inter efls as to foreign policy aie deeply illuffratcd, and even af ter all the abufes confidere|, the dangers which the country r ' -as efcaped from Mr. Adamfs principles very clearly manifet* cd. This letter may he confi j cercd in the following points of i view : 11 As it proves Britifh influ ence. 2. As it implicates the former and piefent rivals of M> Adams, Thomas and C Cotefworth Pinckney. 3. As it relates to the fatal re judices which Mr. Adams x prefles againfl the manufa tuiing inteicfl, and again!’ the “ honor, fidelity, publi and private faith/’ of tl • country, and bis difapproba tion of the government ol which he was an officer and (worn to Support. In the fourrh paragraph of this interefling letter wc )e-'rn that Mr. Adams confidered the I appointment of Thomas Pmck ney as ambafTador to the Britifh court, to have been procmert through the influence of the Duke of Leeds, This duke was during our revolution, known as the marquis of ( ar rnarthen, and at or about the period of Mr, Pinckney's err* hairy to Fngland was of flate, or a member of the Britifh privy council. Mr, Adams further fays, that he had other reasons to believe that the Pinckney family had their eyes upon that embaffy, and that they contributed to li mit the duration of his residence to three years in England, in order to make way for them i felves. But the moft important a> tide in this branch of the letter is the concluding fentence, which cannot be too often reflected upon, nor too attentively look edintn—Mr. Adams fay—“ Bvt | knotting os I do , the long intrigue j and fulpf fling os 1 do much u ntijh 1 ivjluevce in the appcintvunt Were J in any executive department , 1 Jhould take the liberty to keep a vigilant eye upon them " , 1 ve»y man in America, eve ry paper in America that is no* fold or under Britifh influcnc-. ought to give this letter public ty, and to point out the taut confirmation which it gives of Biildh influence Let it be remembered that Mr. * datm now prefident of the United States is the authority, and tha it is aflerted to have been ticed with efleft even in Ipit of the virtue and watchfulnefs of general Wafhmgton Along with this document of Mr. Adams we rccommeno as n d uflrationof the “ long intrigue" to which he alludes, a reference to the plan of the tederal govern ment, propofed b\ fir John D-d rymple for nglandj Ireland Holland, and America, and th principles of which are revived under another form in a pam phlet puhlifhed by young F enno at New-York, In the lecond view as it relates to the Pinckney family this let ter is of very corfiderable inter eft. It will be remembered that Mr, Thomas Pinckney was the candidate upon whom Alexander Hamilton, the arch intriguer, adherent of Biitain, and the evil genius of America had fixed ia 1796, for the prcfidencial chan ; the fame Mr. Pinckney who was appointed to fucceed Mr. Adams ui the court of St, fames'?. The other and theonly Pi ney implicated along with T[ „ mas* is the candidate at this tin t fet up by Hamilton, for the / (idencial chair, and , r Adams by the fame p ar .,. J gm, Chaiies Cotefworth p ;r y ney. A gentleman who has furnish, cd ihc editor with a ropy of J letter, relates that during the U* (rffion of Congrefs in this city Mr. Thomas Pinckney bavin? *een a copy ot this letter, mer T, nor.ed it to Mr. Adams who t ,s faid. alfured Mr T Pinckney har he did not allude to him ■>ur to C. Pinckney the fenator •* a Carolina member of t ongrefs —and a very furious federalifi * ho was prelent on this occafion* (aid it was as rafcally an apology as he had ever heard r n f a ft except the coarlcnefs of the epi thet. it was true for C harUs Pinckney of the fenate, who is a derided republican has never been out of America, never had any corrcfpondence with the duke of I eeds, or any other duke; and the other two who u* not republicans, were edu* caiedin Fngland, and clafs mates ol the duke of Leads. , General Pinckney being new he Hamiltonian and Pitkerc f ian candidate, oppotecl to Mr; Adams for the piefidencial chair, it may not be amifs to give a trait of his obfequioufnefs to the grand lcad< r. in military affairs there is a certain point of honor which is undoubtedly neceflaty to the luppon of military diftin&ion. Jn the ftruggles for promotion on the eftablifbment of the late ftarding army general Knox would not fubmit to ferve under Hamilton, who had been only a deutenant when he was a ma joi general. General Pinckney however, wh© was fo faftid'.ous at Pans, and whole ariftocraticaJ hautm«fs gave fo much difguft was not fo auftre as Knox: he was by many yeais the fenior of Hamilton, but he rondefcenCed to accept a fubordinate rank; and actually ferved as junior to Hamilton. From this view of general mckney we mod inevifably draw thefe conclufions. Hamil ton «as to the pacific u ifhonpiopofed by Mr. Adams; he was the pi incipal author and iupporter of all the mmous ,m alure> which have encrcafed our public debt, and our taxes; eneial Pinckney is fet up for prelidentby Hamilton, and it is no more than fair to infer that the late, but few meafurcs for which thepublic have applauded Mr, Adams, would be oppoled by general Pinckney, and that in fadl Hamilton would rule as ffedlually and fatally as if he was Prefident, The third point of Mr. A dams's letter wc mufl peftpone till next publication. National Magazine* Subjcnbers to the ’National Magazine are rtfptftjully informed that the i jl 2d. r>d and numbers are juft received , and read) to be delivered at this OjJicc t September 9,