CONTINUATION OF Foreign Intelligence. From London papers by the laic arrivals. ______ ' <tk THE CONSPIRACY. % O*OUET, RFTRESENTATIVE OF THE fEOPLE, TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. CITtTKNS, t'l On the zi ft of FloreaV flioon^i I was arretted in a house with five othiy .petfijWe, who had niet by appointment to breakfTd. lam ignorant of the motives which have induced the Minister of the General Police to apprehend these Citizens, whom I met for the sole purpose of con futing on a letter which I had wiitten the evening before, to the President of the Executive Directo ry. The answer of this letter I had not then re ceived, though I expc&ed it with impatience, that • I might determine upon the coarse which I ought . to pursue. My intention was toconfult these citi zens on what was most conventent, to be done for the public tranquillity, and at the fame time For vin dicating the honour of the National Representati on, which I considered to have been violated in my person, on the 19th of this month, at 11 at night Otfght I to make a formal denunciation to the Legislative i Ic-rt a copy of my letter and my complaints in the i ;iblic papers ? Such wad the question I piopofed to fuhmi tn Citizens Laignelot and Ricords, whom 1 bad formerly known, and with whom I had lived in habits of friendfliip be fore hiy captivity in Aulria. We had i\ot met above a quarter of an hoiir, when I had scarcely finifhed the reading of my letter, when an armed force surrounded the house, and arrelted Citizens Laignelot, Ricords, Dai'e, and two others, whose names I do not remember, as well as the proprie tor of the house, whose name, I believe, is Du four. The commander of the aimed force invited me to follow him to the house of the MiniJter of the General Police, from whence i was condu&ed to the house of the said Commander, and after* wards to the prison of the Abbaye, in which I .was'(hut up without knowing the caufe v of my ap prehension, though those who conduced me there said it was a measure of general fafety. If the public tranquillity demands my imprisonment, J am fatisfied ; and 1 love my country too much to complain of that which may be ufeful to it. It matters not tome how 1 serve it, whether in shed ding my blood in its defence, or in languishing in whether in the field of honor, or as now in the abode of infamy, provided that my country be free and happy—l am contented. I (hall not make the air resound with the accents of indigna tion, nor the complaints which 1 might form against the legality of my arrest, — the good and the evil of this affair are too indifferent in my eyes to give me either joy or sorrow. But bsfore I know the eaufe of my imprisonment—at tfie moment when the public opinion is suspended Over me, I will ex plain franklv rhe sentiments which have animated me in all the events, i■» which I have a£t«d a part. Because no confiderat ion, nopoiveron earth is ca pable of deterring me from openly declaring my sentiments ; and bejeaufe the portion of the people who named me for their R. prefestative, and who probably know me well, have not said, 'hat under these circumftamts I (houid ever diminiflq or aug ment the enthusiasm for public liberty which they seen me always earnedly profefs. This was the reason of their choice, and foi which they ho nored me with their confidence in 1791, 1792, and again on the last renewal of the Legislative Body. I hope that when my correfpondeiice, my papers, my Speeches and my actions (hall be examined with " attention and impartiality, the Legislative B"dy will be convinced, that my whole life has been but one continued pursuit of the mod pure philosophy, and the mod ardent patriotism.—But these words do not fufficieatly idea—for there.are also a philosophy and patriitifm peculiar to Lon • don, Vienna, Peterfburgh and Condantinople. The difference anfes from the manner of Viewing things. I (hall explain myfelf more clearly. From the age of sixteen, the epoch at wlviqh i believe I began to think, I have oiffeffed a heart inHamed with the most sublime enthusiasm for the political liberty and n equality of the body jocial. 1 had my mind stored a with the principles of Rousseau, and Ray- c nal. 1 learned to signalize my zeal, for which I t wantfcd but an opportunity—lt may be seen if f ever 1 have omitted any one. v I (hall not attempt to retrace all the aflions 1 f have performed in the (hort space of my political v career, led I (hould seem desirous of calling to my (1 aid the gratitude of Republicans. Far from me f; be such an idea ! If I have done fqme good, it has n contributed to my own fatisfaftion and pleasure, b and I require no thanks from any one. If, acci- t dentally, I have commitied*fome evil, it has been n always by ignorance and without design ; for, nei- o ther vice nor ambition have innabited my heart, t Far from me also be every ultra and intra revolu- fl tionary idea ! I underdand nothing of those fludlu- n ations. 1 know only the Republican principles, I which guarantee to the people their rights and so- w vereignty. This is what my condiments willed in 0 1792, and it is this which I have always willed, I "because 1 have not had the insolence of fubdituting n my will for theits. At the moment when I was b made a prisoner of war, I had the happiaefs of n feeing realized in my country those ideas which c almod every author had treated as chimerical. I o saw, at length, in a corner of the earth, an im- a menfe, free, and fovercin people, giving tothemfelves the i»ws which they believed necessary for their ti fafcty. I saw them also in the midst of this revo- r; iutionary crisis, rending all tire efforts of their am- ri bilious neighbours ; und (haking off, in despite of ci their impotent rage, ali the prejudices ofprideanoi tl fuperdition. This idea co.ifoled me jn my capti- (1 vity, I congratula cj myfelf on having contributed R fometWwg towards tfee regeneration of my cotlntry ; I Bnd 1 felt myfelf honoured in belonging to a.peo- j ol pie whom I regarded as the molt energetic of the j A universe. j pi f , . S. After this dev<jf>pemrnt of my .principles, it is easy to imagine what mud have been my aftomin ment when arriving on the fror.iifts of France, I beheld the new order that was edablilhed in France. '« Ah }" exclaimed L in the prefcnce of my col leagues Qninette, Lamarc, and General Bournon villt, " was it worth wlfilc to mike so tr any fa?ri fices, and pour forth so much Wood for obtaining a fydem wl>ich appears to me a Itriking resemblance of the Government of the mod cruel and inverate ro of our enemies. They have got an Upper Honle and a Lower House, and they want only a Ring 10 render the likeness complete ! It is.to be Hoped that , Eiurlaiid will soon have the.goodness to give us one bfner own fort ; for at the period when I left jj* France, the Royalilts and the intriguers had pro -n posed to call the Duke of York to the overthrown ie throne of the Bourbons." fe Su h - were my sentiments on reading the present j. Conditution for the firlt time at Fribourg. I be g lieved my remaiks the more just, as I found that ). the Audrians praised this Conditution, and I have > never been able to support the idea of finding my it felf in unison with the enemies of my country. it On arriving in France, however, I altered iu i- some degree my language, because I found that r the patriots had been the fird to accept this Con -- ftitution, and that the Government appeared to use i- every means to raise them from the (late of degra y dation into which they had fallen after the 9th t Thermidor. I arrived at Paris full of confidente e in the good intentions of the Government. 1 pre 1 d fervejd for a long time this good opinion of the i)i ---e rectory, as may be seen by several letters 1 have < t written too.ie of its members, in which I did my i felf a real pleafute in pointing out to him those 1 • things that appeared inimical to the public good, t and for which I at different times received his j f thinks. It grieves the friends of (heir country ; I that the proceedings of the greater part of the a- - s gents of the government do not accord with the < ; odenfible obje&s of the Diie£}ory. In mod of ' ■ the offices of administration then? are to be seen 1 - only pert coxcombs, who, when addressed, tum j 1 about on their heel, or (hrug ( up their (houlders, , f and never pronounce the honorable word Citizen j 1 but with a sneer. They behave in the most re- i . pulfive manner to thofe,who bear »o other title than I I their civic virtues or their glorious wounds.— ' - Throughout the whole extent of the Republic the j ; most energetic Republicans are never mentioned : without some odioits Qualifications: if a man of 1 I the most pure intentions declares himfclf boldly in 1 j favor of liberty, he is immediately ranked in the 1 t class of monlters—and, by a revolting contrad, ' - while the apodles of the revolution are persecuted, 1 i those who have always been distinguished as itsene- 1 1 r mies, ,tbe Egotijls, the Aeitators, the Prieds, and ■ f even the Emigrants, enjoy a (hameful predileflion. ; t Indeed, such observations as I had been led to make 1 - in various departments, were not calculated to left I fen the anguish I felt in feeing the pronenefnof the 1 1 Government towardsJvoyalty, or, at least, to A- 1 : riftocracy. My heart was at the fame time pene- j ■ trated by sorrow and by Republican zeal; and, j 1 unable to oppose fuffirient efforts to tlie retrogade , ■ motion of the revolution, I became desirous of giv- j I ing in my refigation, and returning to the obfeurity 1 , from which. J wae drawn 1" iJCji , that 'I might ' - not remain an ina&ive fpeftator of the downfall of ' r public liberty. I (hould long ere now haVc er.e- v ■ cuted this design, not my health obliged me > to drink the mineral waters. My fortune, ruined by % - my captivity, did not permit me to. undertake a c journey for this purpose at my own expence, and 1 until it (hould be completed I deferred my refigna c 1 tion. Let-my friends be interrogated— let th? let- c ters which I have written to my wife, to different 1 I citizens, to the Minider of Finance, and to the Executive Directorybe read ; they will prove, , , that 1 only delayed my departure until I received g , "what was due to me by the government, and that 1 I should have been on my way more than eight r days ago, inllead of being as now in prison. Not- ' withflanding, though I cannot judge bu. by ap i pearances, lam accused of conspiracy.—1 a con- £ fpirator !—Yes! Doubtlefi, I have sometimes con- 1, fpircd, but it was againd the enemies of tlv Re- t public; and it was openly with my sword in my 11 hand. 1 did not conceal myfelf at Varennes, at 0 Biefme, nor at Maubeuge. I have also conspired 0 secretly in favor of my health and my repose, which 1 was desirous of seeking in the bosom of my f«- mily ! Let all those who have seen or heard me, u all who have read my letters, come forward to ac- ' cufe me, if Ido not declare the truth. I expedl 1 them witb all the tranquillity of an upright con- I science. It cannot be believed, however, ?f;er I] what 1 have fajd, that I pretend never to have p spoken against the government. On the comrafy, v, whenever 1 thought its operatiofttf were in any q shape inimical to public 'happiness, I ,have never o failed to censure them. I was not fatl?fied with ft merely speaking, I have written also. There may tl be seen among my manuscripts mar.y papers to at- el ted the truth of what I fay ; and I feel myfelf ho- t! nored by it, because I think that a representative n of the people should be ever forvrard in defending o the intereds, the glory and the liberty of his con- tl ftituenti. I have announced that I (hall declare d my sentiments. I mud fulfil my engagement, (ince H m y' e lf exposed to the review of the- public tl which is ever impatient to deteimineon the conduct p of a citizen who occupies a confpictious fmiation. b I have formed also some plans which probably will 1 not please all the wmld, and which will doubtless be Wed by the greater nart of mankind as chi- fe meric4l and absurd. It ,'iatters not, since 1 have T conceived them, (ince 1 have fp,.ken of them, not in only to my int.mate friends, but eves publish I m am bound to letrace them here. Weary of hearing the complaiotgof opp,e(Ted pa. T tnoti, grieved to fee them reviled, reduced to mife- li. ry, and despised by those who are gorged with the la riches ot the Republic, I have endeavoured "to dif- m cover the cavife of this change ; and what might be m •ie iefl meansithat could be conveniently employed ie fttould the evil arrive at this height, and leave to ol Kepubhcan zeal no other resource than despair tr ! r \ Us crt q u '«, M«at is the cause of the decay Ir los thei nAace of patriot, on the public opinion? di political as well as physical bodies are liable to pi | periodical revolutions, which «> 0 human forcfight at can prevent, These evolutions tend to excite a ih- fermentation in the body, wb.ch serves to fepara e, I by a fort of fetictWH ail the hetetogenous or fu -e pe,abundant parts. The machine then relume.«,. ji- equilibrium, i-nd that which gave it tne impulse, becoming no longer necessary, remains >n a state of ,j- inaAiun, and finks into oblivion, the approach $ of a revolutionary enfis, ail the felhfli, who,think ice onlv of their enjoyments, all the whose on! y He obietS it to take care of their wealth, and the timid ,fe who are (olely occupied about the prefcrvation of to their existence —Such men, I fay, who form always iat the majority of th? enlightened part of every na i,e tion, when the moment ot revolution arrives, (hun sft the temped, retit-e towards the centre, and lay * 0 . fjives down, to wait quietly until it "be appealed, v i On the contrary, men of impetuous fpints, of strong minds, of tranfcende.it genius, boldly meet the florm nt prelide ovei its movements, and guide the helm or , f . affairs. These men ftruggliug always in the midst at of danger, soon find their ftrcngtb exhaulkd, and vc numbers fall during the conflict. But before they v- have finished their work,-the multitude of moderate men, who concealed themselves at the height of ju thccrifis, so soon as they judge the veffe! is ready at to gain th* port, flock in crouds from the nothing* i). nafs to which they were condemned ; :ind, like i fe hungry drones, throw thcrnfelvp on the hive, to J a- drive away the bee?, an 2 fh*fe its spoils Such is I |) the cause of the of'illations and it'adfions << icri f 'e have taken place for almost two years. 1 lie moil * e energetic Republicans have exhaoHed the gresteft < part of their moral and physical powers, during the a re comfe of the revolution. t f . The men who have always, at a difhnce, regarded" them with ]eal«ufy, and have vowed to them impla , £ahlc hatred, prepai e now to diipute the pi'-ze, and would poflefs themselves of it exciulively. These hold 15 -in their hands tha means of" success—riches, leifuie, y ambition; and above ail, thic flexibility of,'chaia&er i- which is ib convenient to those who wiflj to Tupplant ie others. The patriots, to re(ift these last attempts, can ,f only oppose the antiquated reputation of fonre virtues now deluifed. There-r.etd th nbe uofarther ajlysifb* ' ment at the decline of the patriotic erithufialm which ]. r ' latelv elevated the' French people above all the natiotts , s > of Euiope. Still, however, the patriots exiit in great , n numbers. The remembrance < f their past glory, the ( e- (hame of being eclipsed by those who concealed them- *- in selves during the revolution, the l know ledge bf the _ evils which they have experienced, and the misery f which has opprefled them, excite in thejr fouls the most f; , lively indignation, and a itrfing desire of vengeance. L . All the violent meafures,That the government may " take, can serve only to retard for a time the bunt of n confined paflions. In vaia does it prevent Ute afTem- 1 te blingof citizens. In vain does it hire the most cele 1, bratrd journalitls. It w ill not succeed in breaking e ] that band of Sentiment which unites all patriots from f one end of the Republic to the other. The patriots \ will meditate all their liverthe means of resuming the influence which they have loft, and thousands will '• arise to avenge every zealous viflim who shall perish :c in the ente: prise. I have long since made this caleula -- tion, and have forefeen that torrents of blood were lc again about to flow for thirty or forty years, that is to fay, until the revolutionary generation fliould be ' extinct. This idea struck me with horror! and I con- . J fidered if there were not some means of averting the 11 '» scourge from my country. I saw only two, one of e which appeared to me impradtirable, viz. that the 0 r. government fn.iuld rally around it ail the patriots, and y ltave the aristocrats and royalists to complain at their t lcifure. Thefi- kind of men, who are neither nurae ,f energetic, are always ready to submit, though 1 with murmuring, Jo the laws that are accepted by the majority wbenwhey find them rigidly enforced. The e .#> ond mean will prpbably appear chimerical to all the y world I corifider it, however, as the on:y one that a can save the patriots from the humiliation of bending d their heads under the yoke of their'enemies; or else 15 , the cruel neceflity of dipping their hands in the hlood _ of their fellow-citizens, to avoid a tyrannical domir.a- ri t tion. For it ought always to be remembeeed that, f< though citizens may not alw ays be of one opinion, they - e are still not the less brothers, the children of onecpm'- , mon mother. Upon the recollediion of this title, ail J good citizens will revolt at fhedduig the blood of t Frenchmen. Such was the sentiment which animated ll t me, when I formed in my mind the following plan i When Ariflocracy shall have completely etfabliihrd , l' er proud dominion, when there Aall remain no prof- Q of fatisfaciion or happiness in France for those de clared patuots who have accorapliihed the revolution, • let them rase as one man. They rnuft take with them - tneir moveable pr.perty, their provisions, their inftru r ®', nts °* husbandry, and their arms, their wives and t r U r e ?,' T hey ' nuA l ,roceed Awards the frontiers , ot the Repubiic, and abandoning a country that de- A tel.s them, burst as a d'efplaiing torrent on the fertile regions occupied by the enefties of the mother coun try. It is there they must eftablifo themselves as con , querors «.d legiflaturs. " tll . e ' c ' ,o " c that they can Itiily found the , t 1 nnity of Dertjpcraey— Equality, Liberty, and - Fraternity. They mull bear before them the ho r ly palladium of the Sovereignty of the People, and, r ; presenting witj, one hand the sacred code of reefon, L , with the other a terrific fcymetar, force the van quiflied to bow down before the divinity of the J" r rr?' 3 ; » In r r ttin e their counti\-, let them m i hake the dust of the foil from thejr feet, to shew ' that they will never re-enter it again. Let them ■ etlace every trace of the fetters which' enchained ' ■ them in Trance, so that the name of Frenchmen ' m f 3 ? om that morn ent he etazed from the column ; ot Liberty, and the emigrants resume the name of • their most early anccftors. It is thus I wifii the r , • defcendank ,of tliofe brave Gauls who (hook the to ! Koman Republic to its center, to hallen to avenee K , the rights of a Sovereign people, violated in the £* ; person of an assassinated ambassador ; and to re-eft a . bhfh the worfm'p of Liberty on the ruins of the th I 1 lirune ot lupcrftition. ry 1 liis-'projedt however Chimerical it may appear ■ leems to me likely to conciliate the interells of all! lc i he 1 atriOta'iyiU have <m opportunity of withdraw lng themselves from the domination of their crc- — mics, and they will find i„ their vast Tiumbers a fuf ficient pledge for their fafety in a foieign country. 1 he remaining part of the nation will had iifdf re' heyed from the fuperabtindance of a turbulent p'opu i,,i ation, which will otherwise continue long to tor ment it, and which would always be an impedi- so ment to thcoehgns of the aristocrats. The Sove teign people will wivhout any trouble be avenged 10 °rViilUt tr nt C I- 1 r d 31 Kome 5 and lils co " r! - ,vt 1 r i Vlth her children de- ~ I"'g her from those torrents of tears which their dissension, have occ*f 10E ed her to shed. These R e - P r f arc the proj -as I ' have formed , nt. on which i have often cor,~r. d , vkh o! „ lurp jha ea among my frjendn. If I speak not-Vthe trr.-Ji, te, tHem come forward and accuse me of ' fu- (hall expe&them 'o do so. Thus I have Hated t!; J its object of irv conlpiracy, and 1 may lay with en:,;; Ife, denco, that lam the only conspirator. This of jest, however, is not new. It cxilis in them..,, ich of all the opprefTed patriots that I hav- fee si i Ink fcrens departme2ts, who expect to fee the arri. nJy that fatal moment, when finding no longer ai. nid curity for their fa'ety in the ?o«ntrjf, they wilt ;, c of obliged to form what they call a Republican V . sys dee. I should have wilhed to have been abL , ia- render this design ufeful, whieh seemed to nt c f, ,un well calculated to diredt again the irnpetuolitv { ,f m . Republican zeal against the enemies of the e. ,i» ed. try. , This idea appeared to me fuhlimcy m.d I ng have cherished it in my imagination with a (mi ,j rm extacy. If it is a crime, Legislator's, punilh nse, of for I acknowledge myfelf guilty of it.— Rat if any dft one accuse me of having wished to embrue a patriot nd dal asm in the blood of my Fellow-ciu'zens; I m*i,. ey tain that he lies. Let the calumniator present ! 'n ite felf before'me, 1 (hall drip him of the maiks of of perfidy with which he would cover hitnfelf. i dy conclude with praying you to read my letter in the ,g- Council. If the Legiilative Body grani my kt mand, 1 (hall believe it is diipofed to judge me in to partially. If lam to experience a refuial, I ihail is have the melancholy fatisfa£tion of feeing tti.it i ch have not been deceived in my opinion, and that ,i( Ariltocracy triumph* in France. Then I (hall ex ?[t claim nunc dimittis, because I have lived long eno igr, tie and for tne nothing more to regret' ca i the earth. sd* (Signed) a- Drouet, Rrprefentative ofthe People. From the Prison of the ci-devant Abbaye Germain, 15 Floreal (14th 4th ' "year of tils French Republic. c r. — - .1 • ts F/.YETTEVILLE, (N.C.) Aug. 20. 3- .in L '.'•Uj Cx'of-'tht head men ofthe Catawba nation of Indians, viz.-— lS Major George White—Cfjfohiin John DAo—('.apt, Billy 'Redhead—Serjeant Billy Mtrr'fon —'J.dmet 1 Scott—and Patrick Brawn : after remaining two le days at the Wigwam of Sage (brother] Cochran, •y fmoaking the pipe of peacf and friendfhip, and per ft forming a number of feats ofarche -y and war dan c - ces, they fe: out on their way to Wilmington, on •_ a visit to hi? excellency the 'Governor, their bro» ' ther, and head meii of the State os-North •Carolina'. i c_ We hearthat the hon. James Gillefpip is rc-eledl ,g ed representative for congress, and Richenj Sfan ai ford,efq. in the room "J Abfnlom Tatom/cfij. t$ ie j}J SENTIMENTAL PERFUME nr. _ e A sentimental perfumer recommends if to the fine ; 8 Jadics, to furnifh.their toilets with the fullpwia'g ar ,e tides • Self Knowledge :—A mirror, Ihewing the full fhipe , e ip the truest light. - j* Innocence: —'A white paint, which will Can 1 for a considerable.time, if not ahufed. 1( j ModejlyVery belt rouge, giving, a becoming j r blocm to the chtefc. e _ Contentment :—An infallible fwotlicr of wrinkles in the face. ' lc Truth :—A salve, rendering the lips foft and pecu liariy graceful ie Good Humour An unwerfal Lcautifisr.' Jt Mildness :—Giving 2 tihflnre to the voice. Tears of Pity A water, (Ha; gives lustre ind bright pefi to the eye. 1( j N. B. The cor.ftant uft of these articles c..iinot fail j. rendering them quite agreeable to the sensible and dc t serving part ejf mankind. y - ' —. | 1] Tts Impostor Detected. 1 j In Bradford's free and independent Political Pref., and ON MONDAY WILL LE PUBLISHED, d The Impostor Deteded, f- Or a REVIEW of feme of the I'/RITINCS of u Peter Porcupine By TIMOTHY TICKLETOBY, n " Ke is a inciter of such horrid .mien, 1- "Asto be hated, needs but to be seen* * ; [ Pope."\ S TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, - A Refreshment for the Memory of ® William Cobbett: By SAMUEL F. BRADFORD. _ Sept. I. dj . . " 5 A Valuable PAPER-MILL, FOR SALE. > O ITU ATE in Lower Merion Towh/hip, , County, between ten and el j veil miles bom the. C^ty . of Philadelphia ; wpin fix.ty acres ef Land. The Mill u in good order, and on a never failing l\rcam of water. For c further particulars ; enquire of the Subfciiber on the pre tl mifes. v GEORGE ifELMBOLD. j September 1 ft, 1796. *to 3 Commonwealth of Pennfylvani'a, „ Versus NED CATOM, a NEGRO MAN. j- X THO was comu.itied tothe jail of dauphin county,on VV his confeflion of having the w. of a c certain ]ohn Grace, Copperfmiih an<} Tinman, belonging t* to Philadelphia, of Tin, Copper and Pewter ware, Spoons, e Knives and Forks, fomc of which was found on the said Negro ; alf , was found on him, a Morocco Leather Pocket Book, in which is wrote the name WILLIAM WESTON ; it contains sundry papes, which corroboi a e'the fufpicipn of , j c the book having been stolen ; amongil which arc $jjc Lotte- ry 1 ickeis, one in the Canal Lottery irfCharletton, one in Harvard.College, one in the Federal City, two in the Perm ' ftlvama Canal, and one in Lottery, Ncw- Jersey, all in the poffefiion of _ i ALEX. BIKRYHILL. 27th, 1 yq6« TAKE NOTICE. rHE fubferiber intends to make application for a rs. newa. of the following certificate, supposed to bt fr;, loft on the paflage to F.ngland in April 17y4 : Certificate No 103-35, dated 15th. November, 1793, . for 2830 dollars and 91 cents—Six per cent. clomcUic m _ debt, on the books of the 'i'reafury of the United States , , in the name of the Hon John Trevor. F ROBERT BIRD; at John Warder's. ■ Philadelphia, August 30th, 1796. 6v' A Habdfome, well-broke ; SADDLE HORSE, For Sale enquire at th& Coneftog® Stsble's, the o-rr. ' having no use for hiss.
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