ilearly jutlyVet! by the ex rllisg of
things between the United States and
Great Britain, he would now -submit a
few remarks upon the policy of exereifing
the right at this time. Under the exist
ing circumstances of the United States,
he thought the policy of the measure, was
recommended by the clearest and most ob
vious principles. The relation of things
between the United States and Great Bri
tain, is filth, as to demand a final and
unequivocal explanation 5 whether the pro
posed measure be adopted or not. In all
parts of this committee, in all parts of the
United States, a definitive explanation is
called for. The present Rate of things
between the two nations, cannot long ex
ist.
It is to be hoped, that the tone of lan
guage to be used by the United States,
Will be adjulted to the nature of the inju
ries tliay have sustained. Acquiescence
and fu'omiflion, are no longer recsommend
ed. Hence matters are already reduced
to extremities, and all the irritations alrea
, dy exist, which can grow out of an ex
treme state of things. The proposed mea
sure can add nothing to these irritations.
The question therefore appears to be re
duced to this, Whether in demanding an
explanation and attempting negociation,
we (hall use all the means in our power, to
compel t favorable iflue ? Or whether we
(hall uiijoly supplicate for jmlice ; and
ftiffer the most effedlual means of compul
sion to elude our grasp ? He did not mean
here, to recapitulate the conduct of Great
Britain towards us, he hoped it was fuffi
ciently imprefied upon the mind of every
gentleman in the committee, but after the
recent experience of her conduct, it would
be madness, it would be folly, to address
our complaints to her justice or modera
tion.
He thought it would be wife to lay hold
of every thing in our power, and hold it
as a pledge for her good behavior. This
measure would put us in the belt possible
iituation for negociation. It would au
thorise an appeal to her ir.tereft, which Hie
cou'.d not rdift. He begged the commit
. tee to reflect upon,the argument which
had been used here, to prevent a late mea
sure which had been adopted, and which
had been renewed on the present resolution,
that a great value in property, belonging
to the citizens of the United States, was
in the power of the Britift, and that any
counteracting measures would place it in
extreme hazard. This feeined to him, to
have been the most prevailing argument
which had been urged, and for some time
was irrefiftable. If then the argument
{hall hrtve been applied with so much force
here, with h6w much more force will it
be applied in Great Britain, when they
find that the property of the individuals of
that nation is placed in jeopardy here, and
that it greatly exceeds in value the whole
of the property which they have infaniouf
iy detained and condemned. Belides, if
in the e\ent of aywar, it {hould be a war
of property, as is every where contempla-
V'd, Great Britain will find, that the war
will be commenced upon very unequal
ternis. Viewing this measure therefore,
as to its probable tendency to peace or
war, he thought the probability greatly
111 favor of its producing peace. When
Great Britain {hall find that (he is enter
ing into a contest upon unequal terms,
when fhc (hall find that it may terminate
in a permanent loss of the advantages of
her cotnmerce with the United States,
when {he (hall fee before her a precipice,
into which if {he (hould once enter, (he
never can return ; she would pause before
(he adted ; {he would take time to count
the probable loss and gain ; and peace
would be the infallible consequence of
ftich deliberate calculations. This mea
sure will convince Great Britain, that the
United States pofTefs a knowledge of their
rights, aconfidencc in their ability, and a
determination in their difpolition, to af
i rt and support them.
A gentleman (Mr. Smith, S. C.) ob
served yesterday, that a pacific fyltem,
would'probably attach the people of Great
Britain to the United States, and detach
them from their own government. The
gentleman ought to recolkft, that a puli
lanimous conduct, will not. It is with
nations as it is with individuals, to beref
pected by others, they {hould refpeft
themselves. The fame gentleman remark
ed, that a change of ministry might be
expe&ed, and advised waiting for the e
vent. The idea is as undignified, as it is
chimerical.
(To le continued. J
Foreign Intelligence.
FRANCE.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Saturday, Dec. 21.
The following letter was read from Le
quinio, Representative of the People at
Rochfort:
« Dec. 14th, 1793.
" 1 have just given orders, which the
Moderates will perhaps think barbarous.
I ought to give you an account of them.
Between 4 and 500 banditti taken prison
ers, cram theprifonsof Fontenay le Peu
ple. I just laarn by an extraordinary cou
rier whom the Administrators difpatehed,
that a part of the army of Charette, con
fiding of between 10 and 12,000 men,
and which forced some of our advanced
pods, was advancing against this canton,
and that they (the Adminiltrators) were
afraid left the rebels (hould make a second
attack upon their town. I gave orders
that all the banditti pi ifoners be (hot with
out any form of trial, as soon as the ene
my (hall make their appearance.
" I have founded this sanguinary or
der upon the following grounds : On the
20th inltant I was in the bosom of a
meeting of the Deputies of the adjacent
Popular Societies at Fontenav le Peuple,
who came hither to propagate Republican
principles, and to develops the patiiotic
fire necessary when the people indulged
mirth and fraternity. Those prisoners
were like? to have strangled the other per
sons who inhabited the prisons. The mu
nicipality informed me of the danger. I
hajtened to the spot, and went firit down
to the dungtons, where I blew out the
brains of the molt audacious: two others
fliall pay with their lives the alarm they
have occasioned—the reft of the order
behaved again quietly.
" I organized immediately a Military
Committee to judge all those ruffians,
much more expeditious than the Criminal
Tribunal, which in despite of itfeif, is
embarraficd by a thousand formalities :—
Because I thought it neceflary, in cafe of
an outward attack, to deltroy at the very
lift moment,' and without mercy, that
focus of iniurre&ion which was rendered
ltill more audacions and infinitely dange
rous by the vicinity of the army, especial
ly in tiiis city, where fanaticiim and aris
tocracy are fai from being annihilated.—
Tacte are the motives of my conduct: If
you blame it—do justice, at leak, to my
intention.
" 1 mult, in other projects, inform yon,
that unlcls you adopt such measures, you
Will never terminate the war of La Ven
dee ; it is the abominable moderatiim of 1
the Administrations which formed La
Vendee—and the moderatiim of the Ad
ministrators and the Generals, loiter it.—
I wrote every where to take no more pri
soners ; and if 1 may be allowed to speak,
1 Ihould with the fame measures to be a
dopted in all ihe armies. As our ene
mies would then \iie reprilalt, it would
then be impoiuble tor us to have any cow
ards. Such a decree would, I believe,
effect the salvation of France. I leave
you to judge if I am in the wiong.
" With regard to La Vendee, this
measure is indispensable, if you mean to
make an end of this war. Eveiy perlon
is chilled in that country, as all the Ad
ministrators are to be renewed : But you
ought ta fend Republicans thither; tor
there are none but Honest men to be
found, and those gentlemen advance like
a tortoise. Meanwhile, the people here
are what they are elsewhere, efl'entially just
and good; and since my lhort tour, I
have been able to discover that they are
willing to receive all the Republican im
prefiions, if they be inculcated by frank
nefs and true civifm.
(Signed) « LEQUINIO."
Reicired to the Committee of Public
Welfare.
From Charleston Papers to the Third
tnjlant.
MANHEIM, January 6.
Yesterday evening, after a brisk cannonad
ing, which took place between Irankcrua,
and Borbernheim, the Pruflians retired be
yond Worms. In consequence, the French
entered that place to day. It is believed that
the Duke of Bruniwick will pass the Rhine
at Oppcn-heim, in order to take the polition
on that fide of the river, and join the army
of General Wurmfer, which extends from
that city to the Brifgau.
January 7. Hj
We learn that the lrench haTe entered
Worms. Their advanced posts extend to
Orthofen, Werthoferi and Berthem. The
prince' of Hohenlohe is at Gunterblum, and
the Duke of Brtmfwick is at Oppenheim.
A part of his array has just recrofled "the
Rhine.
The French the day before yesterday en
tered Kiichtlm Bolentler, where they hnpo
fed a contribution of 90,0000 florins.—The
grand bailiwick of Neuftadt is to pay 400,000
livres. The beiutiful chateau of the elector
was yesterday entirely pillaged and laid waite.
At Frankental the French have exacted the
'following articles : 150 sacks of oats every
day; 3 waggons of hay, and jooo lbs. of
bread, besides a contribution of 150,000 li
vres. As this small town cannot comply with
so exorbitant a demand, it is probable that
it will be pillaged. At Oggerfheim the re
publicans made a general plunder of -every
thing they could lay their hands upon. They
have taken post at Mundenheim and Frifen
heim, where they have begun to entrench
themselves, but the Auftrians are ere<fting on
their fide formidable entrenchments in the
entrance of these pades, and it will be very
difficult for the enemy to support themselves
in this position.
BRUSSELS, January 7.
Letters from Germany confirm the total
defeat of the combined ai m es. General
Wurmfer had fixed his head quarters at
Schwefingen, four leagues from Manheini.
He has loft ,3 8 pieces of heavy cannon, and
an immense quantity of baireaee anil stores
About 7000 men fell or were made prisoners
in the last day of attack. His right and
centre were utterly broken. He tried in vain
to rally with his left, but they refufid to
obey him. Brunfwick's army in some de
gree covered the retreat of the Austrian
centre, and then retired with himfelf by
Oppeflheim to Mayence and Frankfort.
The defeat is ascribed to the error of Ge
neral Wurmfer, as the duke of Brunfwick
avers, that on the 25th he advif-d.the junc
tion of the t,wo armies, which Wurmfer re
fufed, and reposed with confidence on the
gallantry of his troops; the result of the
fatal 26th is we'l known.
The armies of Flanders are to be united,
and Cou tray is to be the head-quarters.
Every thing indicates alarm.
DUBLIN, January 23.
W; have altonifli ng success in the war.
We be it the French into Toulon—sixty miles
into Ger.nany, and into part of Italv. Bv
the last packet it appears, that we have re
cently succeeded in obliging them to accept
of Waterfqrd veiTels with provisions, and five
with linen from Belfaft. If we continue to
succeed in this manner, we shall certainly be
ruined by our good fortune.
There -i» n» - mwJnfiftmty whatever m
the speech from the throne. It alludes to
our fucce.s in running away.
LONDON, January 17.
Wcdnefday morning, two o'clock, fir Sid
ney Smyth arrived in town with difpatchts
from Lord Hood and fir Gilbert Eli.ot, da
ted Dec. *25, off che island of Hieres, not far
distant from Toulon. We lea. 11 the fallow
ing particulars: f.
1 lie republican party rer/iair.ing in Tou
lon, finding that lien e unl yineu.ad made
very near advances, and we e jojt to ltorm
tiic city, tc-ik advantage oi wiut was going
forward and declared themselves ior a coun
j ter revolution. This was on uie i;th. On
trie iiiiti, le.d Hood was informed, while at
b eaktaft, that some o. the ini&b.taiu* uad
b-guu to fire on our iroo;_/S, and were :n a
d t Ciar<.d ltate of iafurre-no.i. Orders wre
immediately given i. a t tiic town inouia be
evacuated by tlie atio lav., o. ihe loyal
inhabitants as che-le to embark oh' boarc ,-ur
ticet, should be carried off. '1 'i.e wnoie d»y
of the 18th, was employed in car.-yir.g tins
intention into effedl. What the number of
inhabitants is, who efesped, we do not ex
actly know ; but it may be iupf>oied to be
coiuiderable, when we ltate, that on beard of
the Robult man of war only, there are three
thouland pet pic,
It may ealily be supposed there was much
confulion in such a numerous ana ludd.n
embarkation j eipechlly as the inhabitants
hied on the allies as they attempted to get
away; but fewer accidents occurred than
could be reasonably expe<stcd, owing to the
very great exertions of our officers and fea
mcii, in affording every poiliblc afl'iltance;
nor would io many perlons have eifcaped, if
lir Sidney Smith, and other officers, had not
pointed cannon at the end of different flreets
to keep the republicans in awe; bv which
means the embarkation was made with much
greater fafety, less interruption. Strong
lymptorhs of treachery had been diicovered
in these people some days previous to the 18th
of December.
Of the 31 fail found within the harbour
of Toulon, the following is the abridged
summary, viz.
Burnt 15
Eicaped the flames g
Brought oft by lord Hood 3
Burnt at Leghorn, Le Scipion I
Sent to Brcit with refractory seamen 4
. ... 3*
Previous to the allies quitting Toulcn har
bour, they ipiked most of the guns on the
batteries, and let the arsenal and other public
buildings on fire. This was done on the 19th}
and although the French accounts aflert that
the fire in the arsenal was extinguifbed be
fore all the stores .jvere burnt, it is believed
that this is untrue, and that the building is
wholly confumcd, as it was set fire to in fc
veral places, and burnt for several hours with
incredible fury. The other public edifices
were l»t fire to in the fame manner.
Sir Sidney Smith was the officer who
commanded the gun-boats, and the firing
of the enemy s ships, and it wasMn a great
measure owing to his exertions that so
many of them were burnt.
The fleet met with a violent storm on
the 19th of December, but weathered it
remarkably well; and none of the (hips re
ceived any material damage, except a Tar
tane, which funk during the gale.
We do not precisely know the loss of
our army ; but we believe that no officer
was killed above the rank of a Lieutenant.
January, 18.
By accounts from Weft.Flanders, dated
the 1 ith instant, we learn, that on the
10th the military hofpitalat Lisle was con
sumed by fire, in which there were 1,800
sick, of whom the greatest part perished !
Prom the intelligence received from the
Flanders mail of this morning, jt appears,
that the French are still in such force on
the northern frontier, that the Germans
have as yet been able to prefentno effectual
check to their progress. Different fkir
milhes have taken place, and Manheim,
Coblentz, and other places in the vicinity
are preparing to fultain a siege, should the
French approach.
Yelkrday died, Edward Gibbon, Esq.
so much diftinguilhed by his elegant writ-
I '"gs.
The horrible maflacres which are
daily multiplied at Lyons, do not abate
the rage ofthofe to whom that unfortunate
town has been given up. Couthon has
propufed to the Jacobins to tranlport all
the L vonefe to another foil, where nourish
ed by a better cultivated land, they may
produce the sweet fruits of Liberty. D'
Orfeuille, in announcing to the Conven
tion the execution of 140 Lyonefe, pro
posed to difputch 500 at a'fmgleblow,
and to celabrate the day of execution as a
National fete. The Conventipii directed
the inferiion of it in the Bulletin.
" We have to combat two great evils,
the want of materials to manufa&ure dif
ferent articles of clonthing, and a scarcity
of corn. The want of shoes is particu
larly felt by the armies. The deer":
vember 14, which orde ed all the (hoe
makers of the Republic to furnifh five pairs
per week, remains unexecuted ; but this
negligence is now made up, by a decree
which requires, from Dec. 21, to March
10, all fhoemakersto be employed exclu
sively in making shoes for the military in
actual fervlee. As it is feared that the
fo'.diers may fell them for bread, they must
be squared at the end, and all but soldiers
aie forbidden to wear shoes of this form,
under pain of punishment, as being consi
dered to have bought them from the de
fender of the Republic."
To the Pennfylvanla S .ciety, for promoting
the abolition of Jlavery t i*fc.
(circular.)
IT is with peculiar pleasure we inform
you, that the Convention of Delegates,
from most of the Abolition Societies
formed in the United States, met in this
city, have, with much unanimity, gone
through the bulinefs whieh came before
them. The advantages to be derived
from this meeting are so evident, that we
have agreed earnestly to recommend to
you, that a similar meeting be annually
convened, until the great object of our
aflfociation—the liberty of oul' fellow
men—(hall be fully and unequivocally ef
tablilhed.
To obtain this important end, we con
ceive that it is proper, constantly to have
in view the nc-ceflity of using our utmost
and unremitting endeavours to abolilh
ilavery, and to protest and meliorate the
condition of the enslaved, and of the e
mancipated. The irresistible, though fi-.
lent progrcfs of the principles of true phi
lofophr, will do much for us ; but, pla
ced in a situation well adapted to promote
these principles, it surely becomes us to
improve every occasion of forwarding the
great designs of cur inftttutions. For
this purpose, we think it proper to ie
queft you to unite with us, in the most
ftren lions exertions, to effe£l a compli
ance with the laws in favour of emancipa
tion ; and, where these are deficient, ref
peflful applications to the ilate-lcgilla
tures fiiould not be discontinued, however
unfuccefsl'ul they may prove—-Let us
remember, for our consolation and en
couragement in these cases, that, zlthou