I.ISHED ..1.DN...,D„\.s AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENXO, No. 41, BROAD-STREET, NEAR THE EXCHANGE, NEW-YORK
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DISCOURSES ON DAVILA.
N'O. XXI. —— CONTINUED.
My foul ache*,
To know, when two authorities are up,
Neither fuprcme, how loon roniulion
May enter xl the ppol ooin , and take
J he one by the otitcr. ShakSjmU..
TN they.dft of thfffe irrefolntions, the Kind
-L sent them D<- Cru'lol a:u! i k to
g-,".c tutvi : .-n;.n ;o Crleahs. Tliele Lords re
inonftrated to tliem, that an AHembly lb refpeft
able, and which occasioned Co great an expcncc
to the King and the nation, had not been called
but on their account, and to fatisfy their com
plaints anil demands : 1 hat they were there to
deliberate oi! the means ot reforming the govern
ment, and appealing the disputes of religion ;
matters of so high importance, that they could
not be decided, without the ptefence and con
currence of the Princes of the blood. That if
the Princes of Bourbon, after having so often de
manded the reformation ofthe government, and
an examination of the cause of the Hugonots, re -
fufed to aflift at the States allenibled°for tliofe
purposes, it would seem that they meant to trifle
with the King, and insult the mijefty of an as
sembly which reprcfented the body ofthe nation.
That they ought hereafter, to impute to thein
felves alone, their exclusion from dignities and
governments, since they had nor deigned to come
and receive the authority which the King ap
peared dilpofed to grant them, with the concur
rence of the Stares. 'I hat this condudt proving
their little attachment to the service of the King,
and the good of the kingdom, they ought not to
be fur prized if the firmelt refolutiona (hoiild be
taken to extirpate the feeds of discord, and ma
nifeft designs to disturb the state. That if the
King was disposed to reward such as gave him
proofs of their obedience and fidelity, he was
i J 1 ■ *•* ,v- ti iwuva «/ui .a*
ceflhry fubmiflion, those who should attempt to
refill his will, and cxcite revolts in the cities and
Provinces of his kingdom; a crime of which he
would fufpecft tlie Princes of Bourbon, as long as
they should neglert to juftify themselves, and
their absence and obstinacy should confirm, the
injurious reports which were spread concerning
them. That hitherto neither the King nor his
Council, had given credit to them ; but that the
King desired that, for the honor of the royal
blood, the Princes would give proofs of their
fidelity and of their zeal for the good ofthe state,
and would juftify the sincerity of their intenti
ons in the eyes of France, whole attention was
attracted and fixed by the aflembly of the States.
These representations made little iinpreliion on
the Prince of Cond<?, who was resolved not to
risque his person, in a place where his enemies
could do all things. But his firmnefs was, in the
end, constrained to bend under the neceflity.
Cruflol returned to court, with an account of the
aversion of the Prince, to come to the States.
The Guises advjfed to employ force to determine
him. The Queen did not oppose it : and the
King took the resolution to constrain them by
force of arms. To this end they fend de Ther
mcs into Gafcony, and began to form under his
command, an army contpofed ofGendarmary and
al I the Infantry distributed in the neighbouring
Provinces.
The Bourbons were without troops, destitute
ef every thing, /hut up in Beam, a little Province
at the foot of the Pyrennees, wedged in between
France and Spain. They doubted not, that if, on
the one handthe troops of the King afl'em b led in
Gafcony, and on the other, those of the King of
Spain, who ardently wiftied to invade the feeble
remains of Navarre, ftiould attack them, they
fliould easily be subjugated and stripped of their
dominions. The infurredtions which the Prince
ofCondc had excited in France, had been attend
ed with no fuccef,. He was in Beam without
troops and without money. The King of Na
varre who would not expose the reft of his llates,
nor his wife and children, whom he had about
him, yielded to neceflity, more powerful than
any Counsels, and finally determined his brother
on thejourney to Orleans, in the general persua
sion, tiiat, especially during the fefiion of the
States, the ministry would not take any violent
resolution againftthem ; whereas, by obstinately
remainingat Beam, they would expose themselves
to the infamy which always accompanies the name
of rebels, and ruin tlieinfelves without resource.
The Cardinal of Bourbon, their brother, contri-
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1790.
bated not a little to hasten this resolution. The
foftnefs and ductility of his c L , aratfter, his aversi
on to troubles, his tenderne{jy,br his brothers,and
the insinuations of the QueeJt, engaged him to
ride pod to Beam, 3s I'oon as'Jie learnt the inten
tions and preparations ot the.court, to force the
King of Navarre and the Pfiiiee of Condc to ap
pear at the States. lie .exaggerated, on one
hand, the nmr bewi.frmops . "Mined against them,
».j .urtc bi - v.... il • k'; nnd 011 the other,
he allured them that the ki ,£ nnd the Queen,
had discovered none, but fav< rable difpolitions,
and an earnetl zeal to re ellaldiih conccjrd and
public tranquility. They left, therefore, th?
Queen Jane and her children, at Pau, and with
iew attendants, all three together, took the road
to Orleans. To be continued.
FOR THE CA7.ETTE OF THE UNITED STATES.
ODE
COME ardent love, and fill mybreaft,
Come in toy varied vesture r refs'd ;
Coiled each fcattcr'd Haggling beam,
Awake the lambent fires,
And form one general, one deftroyh<g flame,
"1 ill fated Ilavoc finks, and with fa:i^ueexpires;
It comes—my labouring hofom fwc\hs,
I burn with strong dune,
Each weaker pailion love repels,
And lights a general lirr.'
' It comes—itcomcs—l feel thCheU
In every (Irong puliation bcatj
Quick through the veins its dart, ")
Kiom every pore irs fparklings start, v
And the red life-blood boils about my heart. }
Alas I rave J my {Wife and rcafon fly.
And wild confufion whirls around each eye.
*♦#***»
But peace, a lucid hour succeeds—
A fqori tranquility I feel ;
' My cooling heart in silence bleeds.
And the red ftr<ams in fccret fteat
Now o'er creation's ample round \
I eafl an r h'd '•je, y&t
i\o onjetts here tne protpe6t bound,
Save yon descending fXy.
The stream that winds through yonder vale,
The bark that courts the kindly gale,
i lie breeze that sweeps the dift<rnt plain,
And undulates the golden grain ;
N The light and (hade, that fwift succeed
Along the verdure of the mead,
Afford no pleasure to my jaundie'd eye,
But pall the fight, and force the deep drawn sigh.
My friend whose presence once could charm,
My every care 10 reft,
Whose heart, with purtft virtue war m,
Still warms a friendly breafl ;
Alas I fly ! his presence pains my foul,
And love, and black despair, each rending thought controul.
To Icenes of fol'tude I go,
Aud sigh unutterable woe;
Even rocks, yvith sympathy, behold me weep,
And tears refponfivc, flow adown the craggy deep.
But why! ah whv do I complain !
Why tell my paflion to the world in vain !
All hope of happiness is fled ;
My dreams of bliss are flown away,
A midnight tcmprft (hrouds my morning ray—
Dcfpair and darkness veil me in their shade.
If I poflefs'd a De l i a Crusca's pen,
An Anna's* ardour, and an Anna's art,
My magic muse, might move ***»**'s iicart,
And charm her ear, to hear the love-lorn strain ;
Then fliould my numbers roll sublime along,
And all my paiDon glow amidst the long.
Or if my pen in plaintive verse,
Would tell the pangs I know,
Slow as the fad funereal hearle,
The tale should sadly flow.
Or if foft pity, e'er diftreft'd
The heart that warms her "fpollefs breast,
Still as the fill nt streamlets glide,
Where fought impedes the downward tide,
The foften'd founds, should flily steal,
And learn her yielding foul to feel.
Or if reviving hope (hould smile,
And spread foft alluring wile ;
Gaily I'd raifc the lively lay,
In wanton measure flap, and wildly fly away.
Or if cold frufty fear my bread should fill,
And each young joy, each budding transport chill ;
C o'li'd with dcfpair my every note Ihould move,
And deep dcfpondeuce drown the dying dirge of love.
Sept, 20thy 1790.
* Anna Matilda ; the decant carrefpondent 0/ Della
CR usca.
DR. FRANKLIN.
IT will be a monument of the vitfiory of philo'
sophy over prejudice, thatßp.NjAMiN Frank
lin, who jo years ago was a Compositor in London,
for 12s. a week, should have lived to be the au
thor of a Revolution, that emancipated a Conti
nent ; and that a solemn pnlilic mourning (hould
be decreed to his memory by the greateftnation
in Europe.
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ALMANZOR,
An account of th e ka mo us Gf.r ma n Gene-
ral LAUDOHN, lately deceased.-
GENERAL Laudohn died the 14th of July
last at Neuditfchein about two in tlie morn
ing, in consequence of 9 retention of urine, witii
which he was attacked 011 the Bth of June. His
death was supposed to be haltcned by his refufal
to have the neceflary cataplasms applied, before
the operation ot the pundlure which his furgeoi.s
were obliged to perform ; the consequence was
a fever, and inflammation of the bladder, which
carried liiin off. fie died ir. the 74th year ot his
age
The body was conveyed to Vienna to be in
terred ac Haderfdorf, in a vault which he built
himfelf in the pariOi church there.
Uen. Laudohn was born in 1716, and was a
native of Livonia. He made his firft cam pain
under Marftial Munich in the war of 1738, be
tween the Ruffians and thf 2'urks. He was at
the raking ofOczakow, Choczim, and Stawntf
chame, where the Turks were entirely defeated.
Frederic the great refufed in 1741 to take
young Laudoh m into his fervites, laying he did
not like his countenance: though this monarch,
who was conftdered as the greatest general of
his age, said, that lie often admired
the positions of other generals, but that he ever
dreaded the battles of Laudohn-
In the year t 756, when but just entered into
the (ervice of the House of Austria, with thera'.ik
of Lieutenant Colonel, he made such rapid pro
grcfs, that within less than a year, he was gene
ral of the Artillery, and within three years,
Commander in chief of the whole army.
He rescued Olniutz whenbefieged by the Prtif
fians, beat the King himfelf at Frankford upon
the Oder, and at Zoudorfftook general
prisoner, carried Glatz and Schweldnitz by as
sault and flopped the progress of Frederic in a
w,r wh-rb rti'gV bnv» n ov? f-rr.l :u 'he hr. ,r..
of Aoftria.
In the year i 775, when elevated to the rank
of JVlarflial, at the head of 60,000 men, he hin
dered Henry, brother to the King of Prussia
from joining his army to that of the King.—So
high was his reputation, that Frederic used to
fay, he feared nobody so much as ;
and at Dubicza, Novj, Gradifca, and Belgrade he
had but to present himfeM" before the place and
fay with Cefar, Kfni, vidi, vici. Th 2 command
of the army is given for the present to Field Mar-
Ihal Count Colleredo.
P A K 1 i, July 13.
The anfmer of the President of the National AJtmbly,
to the 600 Deputies of the National Guards of
France.
Gentlemen,
At the moment in which absolute power ceased
to exist, by the liberation of twenty-five millions
of men from the fetters of defpotiim, it was an.
objetft of jufl apprehension, that the invaluable
blelfings of liberty would be loft, and anarchy
prevail; at that awful crills, the National Guards
appear, and France fees in them the defenders
of National liberty.
What functions, Gentlemen, can be so great
and noble ?—The Jove of your country is at once
the motive and recompense of your labours.
What duty is so ufeful or honourable ? To
watch over the persons and properties of your
fellow citizens—to give to tbem that confidence
of their own security, without which 110 liappi
nefs can exist—to promote the free tranfportati
0111° j • ? ra ,' n ' corn > & c -and to fiipprefs tumults
and disorders among the people and, above
all, to enforce the collection of the taxes, with
out which no nation can exift_ A ß E obligations,
of the strongest kind. The National A trem
bly know, Gentlemen, that you fulfil them in all
points.—l hey have made repeated declarations
ot their confidence in your patriotism They
conhder you as their children This day they
receive your homage, to-morrow the Nation will
receive your oaths !—at all times you will enioy
the love, the gratitude of your fellow citizens.
You have exerted your utmost endeavours to re
(tore the public tranquility, and those endea
vours have been crowned with success. It will
he a happy day to the National Aflembly when
• hey shall transmit to their fucceftors, the talk of
preserving that majefticfabric, the French conflitu
lion, which we are hastening to comoleat.
Kappy to fee you at this meeting, the National
AHembly offer to you its honours*
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