The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser

[The following Petition, it is said, is handed about in the State of New-Jersey.]

To GEORGE WASHINGTON, President, of the United States of America.

The Petition and Remonstrance of the subscribers, citizens of the State of New Jersey.

Respectfully sheweth,

That your petitioners, sincerely attached to the interests of their country, have read with attention the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, entered into at London, on the 19th day of November last, which it appears hath been in part assented to by two thirds of the Senate; and upon due consideration (without troubling you with a detail of particular objections) would beg leave most respectfully to suggest, as our opinion, that the said treaty does not afford to the citizens of these states such terms as they ought to accept; and that if finally ratified, it will be a source of many disadvantages to the commerce, agriculture, and national prosperity of the Union, and of great discontent and uneasiness in the minds of the citizens thereof. In addition to this opinion, (which your petitioners believe to be the prevailing sentiment of the citizens of New-Jersey, and, as far as our information hath reached us, of the United States at large) a sincere respect and esteem for you, flowing from a recollection of numerous and eminent services, which gratitude hath indelibly engraven on our hearts, renders it a duty incumbent on us to represent the same for your information, lest our silence on the occasion might be construed into an approbation of the said treaty.

We therefore pray, that, so far as the same may be consistent with that discretion which we conceive is entirely vested in you by the constitution, your sanction may be withheld, until more equitable terms are acceded to on the part of Great-Britain.