Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser

For the Gazette of the United States.
MR. FENNO,
The following articles afford a respectable
proof of the good disposition of the
people of North-Carolina and that
those who have calculated on a different
state of the public mind in that quarter,
have been incorrect in their opinions.
Yours, C. D.

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To the hon. James Iredell, Esq. one
of the Judges of the Federal Court.
The ADDRESS of the Grand Jury
of the Federal Court for the Circuit of
North-Carolina, held at the city of
Raleigh on the 2d day of June, 1794.
We the Jury aforesaid, impressed
with a lively sense of the exemplary pains
which you have taken in your charge
to point out to us our duty, as Grand
Jurors of this court consider ourselves
bound in gratitude to return you our
sincere and ardent thanks. The strong
and lively colours in which you have
painted our situation with the belligerent
powers, and the advantages we derive
from a state of neutrality, must convey
conviction to the mind of every person
who wishes the welfare of his country.
We are happy to observe that the
President's Proclamation has met with
the general approbation of the citizens
of this state; had it not been consonant
with the general opinion, we are apt to
believe some part of the attention of this
court would have been occupied in trials
of that description.
As your charge was particularly addressed
to us, and but a few of the inhabitants
were present, we request it as a favor
that you would grant us a copy thereof
with permission to have it published;
that the comprehensive view which you
have taken on the subject may be
generally disseminated.
That you may enjoy a long succession
of years, with the blessings of health
and prosperity added thereto, are the
sincere wishes of this Jury.

Signed for the whole,
Ambrose Ramsay, Foreman

ANSWER.

AMBROSE RAMSAY, Esq.
Wake Court-House, June 5.
SIR,
The business of the court put it out
of my power, before the Grand Jury
had dispersed, to express in the manner
I wished, the high sense I entertain of
the great honor of their address. Their
approbation of my sentiments on so interesting
a subject, accompanied with
the pleasing information they convey, is
the more agreeable to me as it convinces
me of what I had before every reason to
believe; that whatever may be the sentiments
of a few individuals, the great
body of the citizens of this state consider
the peace and reputation of their
country of no common value, and that it
is their indispensable duty to obey the
constitutional authorities, which they as
well as the citizens of the other states
have concurred in establishing; authorities
formed on the strongest basis of freedom,
and calculated without the slightest
distinction for the equal security and
happiness of all.
Whatever may be our future fate either
as to peace or war, such a disposition
can alone preserve us a united people,
give dignity and energy to our government,
maintain the character of a respected
nation, and convince the world that the
same sense of duty which dictated the
preservation of peace, when peace was
the object of our common counsels, will
equally lead to a vigorous support of any
war into which the aggressions of any
other nation may force us.
You will oblige me in communicating
this letter as you have opportunity, to
the several gentlemen who composed the
Grand Jury, assuring them at the same
time that I shall retain through life the
most grateful sense of their personal
kindness, and that I reciprocate in the
warmest manner the same wishes for their
health and prosperity, as they are so good
as to express for mine.
Such, Sir, I shall ever entertain for
yourself personally,
Being, with great regard,
Your faithful and
Obedient servant
JA. IREDELL.

The charge delivered in the Circuit
Court of North-Carolina, referred to in
the above address, is substantially the
same, which was delivered by the same
Judge in the Circuit Court of South-
Carolina, and which has already appeared
in this paper.