V ,1 f. of rrz'iti'tV, and the
<1 oil tn\o..jui k ruium,
Iloi Sir.
V \>r malt obedient
mail humble fcrvant't,
x he Sub&nhers in be hall ot ourfclves, and
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do. |
1 793
do.
<y uLtam Penrofe, do.
'1 Imothy Newman, do.
M*>fes Morfc, do.
J f ph Ingrakaru, </<?.
Michael Smtih, do.
\Sf///iam Furnafs, do.
John Burn ham, do.
• Jfahn M* Shane, do.
;rs.
Richard O'Brien,
lj age Sicph /is 9
Jwriqr TtijLr,
William Wallace,
Sam tel Colder,
To David Humphreys, Esq. &.c,
To Capt an O'B'ien. and the other Captains,
. of tot United States, ritzu prtjoners in
jilgicrs*
Madrid, Jan. 12th, 1794
My d?ar Sirs,
I HAVE been favored by the receipt of
your joint Tetter, d&Jed 29th Dec. and , as I
um about to set out immediately for Lilbon,
I ihali be able to do little more than allure
you that your to,the Senate and
Houic of Reprdentajives of the United States
iha! be forwaried to them in the earlicftand
lai ciV njajiner ppiTible.
Having communicated to Mr. CaVmichsel,
and Mr. Shorr, y'aAr apprehension that the
plague may be again introduced to Algiers,
from adjaccnt,countries, where it is al
ready £ajd to prevail ; .we have not herniated
to concur with you In sentiment, that in cafe
oM^ia:: dreadful event, it rmght Be ufefulfor
ybu to have a house hired in the country;
in order to endeavor by al! human precauti
ons, to prevent your falling victims to that
te. r ,'e disorder. Whereupon Mr, Robert
Montgomery, Coniul of cue United States,
at 1 leant, has been empowered, in ca e that
dreadful event fnould happen, to ftirnifh iuf
fte: nt,irnn<y to pay for the hire oi a house,
if the mrliner, and'frtV the purpofc you yro
p r. This -proviftoiio] arrangement to con
ti iue in : -»rce) until Mr. Montgomery, shall
re. eive a : rior inilrudt torts from the govern
ment oi' - United States, for continuing or
fu pcudiu -.if i.
I enirea r you wJi be perfu axled, my dear
and i\iifort, nate countrymen, that I receive
with iitisfadlion the marks jpF your- ap
probation," of the honest, but ineffectual ef
fe-ts I have made in your favor. Would to
Heaven, they toad been as fuccefsful, as they
were difmterefted and fincrre:
I have or.ly to repeat, that you may at all
ti>ne» , -irl on all occasions, count upon the
fy.-pathetic r gard, and esteem of yout. real
friend, Ulil afiSSWhatt fellow-citizen,
P. S. Thotlgh I have repeatedly remark-
it may perhaps, (for particular rea
lpss) be inexpedient for me to keep up a
regilar corref'iundence with you ; yet it is
primer ! ihonid add, that I Oil'l always be
glad to heir from you ; and (hat it may be
particularly intereiling to the government of
oar country, to receive at the earliest possible
period, all intelligence of importance. I lhall
tnereforo always be ready to communicate
llich intelligence, until fimie nearer, and bet
ter channel of communication can be efta
btilbed.
from the Southern Centinel—pub
liflied in G«orgia—re-publifhed by re
quest.
AUGUSTA, April 24.
/fa a meeting of the citizens of Augufla and
its vicinity, at the Church, on IVednefday
i);e 16.'i nf jlprtl, 1794, for the pur
pojc of taking into confiAeration the present
Jituation of puLUc affairs,
Doctor John Poitri,l, in tie Chair
The following proceedings were submit
ted to and adopted by the meeting
" WHEREAS upon all- questions of
a publ .iture, and especially upon occa
sions so important as the prcfent, it be
c. r'CB the duty of the citizens to assemble
and exprelt their fentimentt, in an order
-1 , free and independent manner, there
in e
Resolved, That a committee of ten ci
tizens be appointed and iuftru&ed by the
p. tlent meeting, to prepare resolutions
e>., iTive of the opinions of the citizens
of Attgufta and county of Richmond, to
be iirmutted to the conhderation of a fu
ture rr-ct ::ig to be held at the fame place,
on Saturday the 19th infj. at li o'clock."
And on motion* Tint the said com
mittee be avvt appointed—The following
pertviis jcere iiamrd and agreed to :
EDWARO TEJ.TA.K.'
THOMAS CJ^C&K.
• K>liN MfLTIN, '
i. •.) MASKXI v'MING>
IK . M< CARN£.S
AMASA JACKSO.>f,
rwi.ir CLAYTON, r
iOl-iN powfii.j., >
Wit,UAM UONOSTrtEET,
WHtIAM WiLLiAMSOM,
At a tn feting of /it citizens of Richmond
county, held in Augujla, on Saturday the
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WHEREAS the Government of
Greet-Britain has cruelly and invariably
made the proiperity of other nations a
mark fur the a (Faults of her naval and mi
litaiy preparations; (he has with an in
difcriminnte hand, pillaged'theiriend, and
plundered trom the ehemy, spreading de
valuation wherevei (he went, and gaining
the earth Vvith the blood of the innocent.
And whereas (he commenced a war
againlt America, contrary to the'princi
ples of nature, and carried it on ill viola
tion of all the sacred maxims of truth, hu
manity and jultice—has violated the ex
ptefs llipulations of her treaty of peace,
made with the United States, by refilling
to relinquish cur western poits j—.(he has
pluudered our property on the high seas,
captured our seamen, ' and barbarously
compelled them to bear arms against a
cause which they had previously defended
with their blood, thereby depriving us of
one of our moll valuable resources of na
tional and commercial itrength : .lhe has
defrauded us in our commerce, has excit
ed pirates and savages to harrafs and dis
turb us by sea and by land! In a word,
has in all her conduct avowed an iuplaca
ble enmity against us.
Rtfobvcd, Therefore, that we -eonfider
the measures of the Britiih government
ever hostile to the cause of liberty, and in
imical to the rights of mankind ; and that
we will at the risque of our lives and for
tunes, itand ready to support the/govern
ment of the United States, in whatever
measures {he may adopt to revenge the
injuries done to America by that nation.
And whereas, it appears to be the ge
nius and essence of our government, that
our Reprefeqtatives in ihould
meet together, with the lentiments and
temper, and ad: from the ienfe of their
conltituentStf
Refohed, Therefore, that we conceive
the government of the Union authorised
<5B principles of felf-defence as well as by
the laws of nations, not only te sequester
all debts due and owing from the people
of the United States to Great Britain, to
gether with all Britilh property within
the United States, but also to issue let
ters of marque and reprisals of their ves
sels on the high seas.
D. HUMPHREYS.
Refohed, That we highly approve of
the measure already adopted by the ge
neral government, to indemnify our na
tion aqd its citizens for the lofles sustain
ed by piratical robbers; and only lament
that such steps were not earlier taken to
check the insolence of our inveterate ene
my.
Refohed, That the people of Georgia,
as well as all others of the United States,
ought to imbibe the humane and generous
example of the inhabitants of Philadel
phia, in contributing with a bountiful
hand to the relief of those of our unfor
tunate fellow-citizens, who languish un
der the horrors of Algerine captivity.
Refo/ved, That we are imprefled with
a bigh sense of the spirited and patriotic
firmnefs with which Mr. Madison, Mr.
Dayton and others who have brought for
ward and supported measures calculated
to defend our dearest rights, and to re
venge the injuries done to us, by a na
tion who has carried her devallation to the
remoteil corners of the globe.
And whereas at a time when the def
truftive aimies of Great Britain had in
vaded our country, spreading horror, car
nage and. civil discord among our citizens,
the people of France engaged in onr
cause, aided us in our difficulties, partook
in our ftifferings, and held forth the hand
of assistance to save us from slavery.
And whereas, that people ltill continue
to ltruggle in the like glorious contest—
Resolved, therefore, That we deem the
cause of France the common cause of all
true republicans; and that we ought to
flee to the afliilance of our brethren to
whom we are bound in all the obligations
of gratitucL, friend/hip, and alliance, for
getting a neutrality which we have hither
to nnrtuittfljj but ineffectually, been care
ful to support.l
1 y./j of Apiil, 1 794, purfnant to the
order oj a preceding meeting held at the
fame place, Mr. Powell in the chair.
The committee exhibited the following de
clarations and resolutions ; -which on mo-
Tim, were read and agreed to.
Resolved, That it is our opinion that
no 1 terms of rcftitution, accommodation,
or pacification be Illteiied to on the pa.t
of America, from the perfidious govern
ment of Great Britain/ until (lie withdraw
her fleets and armies from aiding in a Imf
tile manner against the people of France
—relinquish our Western Polls, call home
het'bloody incendiark a/from amongfl their
brothers the savages, and redeem our
countrymen, whom (he has basely sedu
ced into Algerine captivity.
Refelved, That copies of the forego
ing resolutions be transmitted to out De
legates in Congrrfs, »nd that they be also
piiblifhcd in the Gazette of the State :
And that John Milton, Abraham Junes,
and William Williamfon, be a Commit
tee' for that ptnpofe.
By Order of the Meeting,
JOHN POWELL, Chairman
Mr. M'Milan,
NOTWITHSTANDING the above
resolutions were adopted by a majority of
the Citizens prcfent on the igth inlianf;
yet as the foliowiug refojutions were pro.
duced at the meeting, but were by afmall
majority and by some means prevejitcd
from beiug fairly submitted in competi
tion with the others ; and as they are n6t
only more expreflive of onr own fetiments,
on the present occaiion, but of those of
a very large and respectable part of the
community, we conceive it our duty to
.have them pubjilhed along with the otheij.
—Becaufp, in exprefling our sense of tjie
injures our Citizens have .received from
any other nation, we pfcfef-the language
of firfnnefs and decision, to indilcnmi
nate and unavailing ribufe J and because,
we will not so far difiegard the true in
terest of our country, as to recommend
•war, if (he can preserve an honorable
peacc,
THOMAS GI, A SOCK,
AMBROSE GORDON,
THOMAS GUMMING,
AM ASA JACKSON,
mmr hammon,
WILLIAM COIVLES,
JAMES PEARRE,
WILLIAM RILEY,
JAMES TOOLE,
JOHN POIVELL. '
WHEREAS the United States of?
America have, tinee their etfiltencc as an >,
independent nation, mariifefted in th«r
intercourse with the witole world; a dis
position the molt friendly and liberal, and
especially in Shewing an inclination to for
get the injuries fullained in their glorious
Itruggle -tor independency, by allowing
the fubjgps of Britain tQ participate-equal
ly with others, in the moll valuable,
branches of their trade, unencumbered
withthofe reftri&ions and disabilities which
reftntment might have dictated. The
government of that country' difregardir.g
this gener6us and conciliatory conduit on
our part, has uniformly dilcovered the
molt deep rooted enmity again!! us :
By retaining poflefiion ol the weftcrn
polls, contrary to the itipulalionsLof her
treaty with us:
By refilling to enter into any arrange
ments, by which the advantages file de
rives fiom her commercial intercom fe with
us, might be reciprocated :
By lecretly fomenting discontents a
mong the Indian tribes on our frontiers,
and by encouraging and supporting them
in perpetual acts of hoftiliiy agaiuft our
defencelefs citizens:
By exciting the Algevines and the
other piratical States of Barbary to at
tack and destroy our trading vefiels,
whereby some of the most valuable and
important branches of our foreign trade
jirt almolt annihilated, and many of our
fellow citizens reduced to the moll wretch
ed captivity :
By having unfitly and piratically au
thorized the seizure of our (hipping on
the high seas, many of which, with their
cargoes, have been condemned and fold
without even the color of a pretence that
they were engaged in a traffic, consider
ed as contraband hy the known usage of
nations.
She has caused our feamcn to be im
prisoned, and in many inllances forced <>n
board her own ships of war, by which
means (independent of the unexampled
cruelty of the measure) we may, in cafe
•of emergency, be deprived of one of the
surest aud mod important means of nati
onal defence—therefore,
Resolved, That while we are sensible of
the bleltings of peace (provided it can be
secured to us by honorable and worthy
means) and though we wiih to avoid a
war ; yet wc are willing to ehcounter it
with all its attendant calamities, rather
than tamely submit to the uitjuft reftri&i
ons attempted to be imp olid on us by the
imperious spirit of the Britifti govern
ment.
Resolved, That immediate ard effectu
al meafurcs ought to'be taken, to secure a
■full and complcat irldWhr,iiicOjt>n for the
lofles fuliained by our citizens in cor.fo
quence of the fu'zme and detention or
their vessels by the Britify cruizets, aud
that all debts due by the citizens of the
United States to Biitifh fubje&s, residing
in Great Britain and its dominions, ou>ht
'to'be fequtitered and held as aJjciin/j ior
the eventual reimbursement of the ftjf
fcrers.
llefolved, That we hate with much
'f .tiffnfiion, witntffed the embargo late
ly laid on all vessels within the ptirtfc of
the United States bound to
trics, as \\e eonfider it the full decilive Hep
taken by our government to enforce a le
paration of our lolTrs and a concession for,
the indignity offered to our flag.
And whereas, at the period of our
greati ft distress in contenting for nur liber
ties, the French nation with unexampled
magnanimity flepped forth with her pow
erful aid, and finally contributed to the
etlablif!imcnt of our independency, there
fore,
Resolved, That in grateful remem
brance of her important services 're'rtdfcred
to us, we fmcertly and cordially, unite
with our fellow-citizens throughout tl.f
United States,. Ip . recommendii g to our
government,- that every advantage and
confideratjon to which our Republican al
lies ase entitled, by the fplemn obi g.ttif n
of treaties and the ties of friendship, may
be enjtiyedby them in the fulleft extent.
For the Gazette of ihe United States
Mr. Fenvo,
If any individual of our family had'Wn
refufed an office, in order that a different
man tright have it, I could fee iiivifible
tilings and swear/to them as confidently as
any Antitedtral Printer can do-.—l wotjd
fil! rriy newspaper with abuse J>f the great
officer who refuted the office—l would
call tlie true friends'of government B'ritifh
agents, a paper junto, monarchy men. &c.
But as 1 haveafked nothing of t)ie Pre
sident, and of course he has refufed me
nothing, 1 fee in his character, the por
trait of the Firll Citizen in the World.
1 am one of the public, and have seen
with impartial eyes ttie villainous schemes
which have been praftifed to deceive and
infiame.us agsjinft. the tr.uly virtuous part
of Cpngrefs—to obstruCt negotiation, and
thereby to secure a cerjain war, and jil
to go on diforgacifing our govern
ment, and preparing our country tor such
a state of anarchy ,ps has but one known
example, and not one known remedy.
Thel e is a great deal of truth, which ought
to be told, refpefting this faitior—heir
hiltory in Mr. Luzerne's day should be told
—The fpriiigs of action lince that period,
and during this session, however hidden,
should be expiated. The mod vile and
wicked Press that has disgraced any city,
has poured forth 3 stream of calumrty and
lies ; but (Truth will prevail at last.
The cry of foreign influence has been
laifed by a party, the known, and proba
bly, the hired creatures and tools of a fo
reign eniiflary : A party who villify and
refill our own government ; who cxprefs
on all occr.fions, hatred, rage, and abhor
rence against it. Thefcarcthe men who
cry foreign influence.
Agaifift whom is the cry ? The "paper
junto, the monarchy-men, Britilh agents,
&c. Do&or Moore has obfervcd, that
in general, the only way to judge of the
IkJll of a physician, is his good sense on
common fubjefts. If he talks like a fool
on topics that every one ought to under
flar.d, we may he lure he not an Efcu
lapius in his profeflion. The fame mav he
laid, of political men : Their tenets and
views are often disputed, and there is no
tcil to t,rv them by. The supporters oF
public credit in Congress, are chiefly men
of unspotted private chara&ors, who prac
tice the social virtues, who enjov the con
tklcncc of their fellow-citizens where they
are With the exception of
two or three, they are poor men, that is,
poifcflecj of a mere trifle of fortune,. and
what is more, they hold a!moil nothing in
the Pufcjic Fundi. The slanderers arc
challenged to fticw the contrary. The
fort of men who are nHufed every day in
the Gazette of Ftf&ion, have au intereil
again ft monarchy, becuufc they are tco
poor for Noble®, and not in favor cf pa
per, influence, as they do not hold the