%i)t (gazette.
PHILADELPHIA, !*£
SXTT'RDAY EVENING,* NOVEMBER 15. ' turit
foun
SUBSCRIPTIONS. you ,
—" _ menl
Amount of subscriptions receiv- thcit
ed, for the use of the Sick difp<
Poor of the City and Liber- Shal
ties of Philadelphia, continu- not I
ed from the 2nd of November Dlls. Cts. port
1797 * 9 1 who
Received since, and
Of John Rediger his fubfeription 3 o vial
Of Matthew Clarkfon, late May- cha:
'or of Philadelphia 35 0 the)
OfHuy Cr.Vanvagenenof New- hoo
ton Long I(land, his Ditto f om
by Hilary Baker the present will
Mayor 5° 0 gon
Of Thomas Leacock by Tho- }
mas Parker 333 Enj
• Of Joseph Haberfham Esq. re- tab]
unitted him from Portsmouth ter
Ncw-Hampfhite, viz. Iqft;
ThefuWcriptionsof fun- dan
dry inhabitants there 220 o win
Ditto of a small religi- gar
ous focietycalled In-- of
dependents, of the anc
fame City 44 2 5 rat
Ditto the donation of Lo
the south Parish of Sw
Portsmouth 5° 0 p°'
314 25 f or
Tatal received from the 24th of II illi;
August to the 23d of No- ' zo:
vember 1797, is 349 2 49 "
Publifhcd by order of the Committee. Ai
SAMUEL COATES, 7J\sasvkbk. 17
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For th GAZETTE #/ tie UNITED STATES, bd
M*. ri»s»,
Seeing in your paper of F.riday lad, an thi
extraA from the Columbian Centinel, con- an
taining ftri&ures on a sermon preached by l* l
the Bishop of Norwich at the church of ra <
Saint Mary le Bow in Loudon, on (lie 17th ur
February lad, before the foeiety for propa- gr
gating the golpel in foreign parts 5 and con- of
ceiving that the author (who signs himfelf gr
"an American") has fallen full as short in po
candour, evinced as much partiality, and nu
deviated as widely from rectitude as the , no
English bifhwp, I, as an Englifhraan think | cu
myfelf entitled to animadveit upon him hi
with the mod unreserved freedom, not with j be
pevfonal inveftire, nor with any intention to , fel
undervalue the state of this country, but to of
pt event any one from Jlrutting in borrowed ln
plumes, and afluming that as exclusively their ed
own, which more rightfully belongs to a- an
nother. |
The love of our country as well as the
love of ourselves individually, is not only al- g 1
lowed as a privilege, but enforced as a du- I ''
ty, while it exceeds not those boundaries b<
which the general consent and welfare of "1
mankind have established : but nations en- t0
croaching on the rights and reputation of P<
nations, are as criminal as individuals de
fnmding caoh other ; and it is necefiary for w
" the preifervation of moral juftiee in the world | u
that every such attempt be checked before j ™
it has time to operate. *
To open the avenues and facilitate the j 11
progress of knowledge, to promote the dif- c
covery and display the beauties of truth, to w
dissipate the fogs of prejudice and obftruft nr
the progress of error, ought to be the chief ll
objea of him who fuffers his fentimepts to ci
appear before the public : but I fear these »
purposes have been but little attended to by «
the American.
That " we have led the Americans from "
the lowed date of barbarity, from the dark- P
ed dages of ignorance, to the highest flages «
of civilization and mental improvements, n
is certainly a very unwarrantable assertion of "
the bishop's ; but the attempt to controvert "
one falfe position by setting up another e- t
qually unfounded, is a mode not the mod n
likely to produce convidtion. I can by no 11
means acquiesce in opinion with him who "
asserts—" when in the early date of this d
country, we produced a Locke, a Newton,
a Pope and others of great reputation in the t
literary world, there never was a day from a
the fird emigration to" this country from "
Europe, that the body v>f the pepple oti our •'
ifiand possessed more light and information
in proportion to their numbers than the 11
people of these states colleftively. " A pro- ji
portionate number of the people of this <■
' country have never had the fame leisure and '
opportunity to make equal advances ; their t
time has been too busily emp.oyed 1
lifhing and fecuriiig thetnfelves in their pof- >
sessions, and in the pursuits of trade and ag- ;
riculture to pay a proportioned degree of t
attention to science and literature ; and even 1
now it is by no means a principal concern 1
among you; few are able to boad of a regu
lar academical education—the soldier thinks j
it not very eflential—the wealthy farmer "
can bring up his son« to the plough with- <
without it, and your merchants are perfeft
ly fatitßed if their children are qualified for '
a counting-house ; they think time spent in
the acquisition of farther knowledge as lod '
to trade and therefore ill employed. Where
as in England, not only the children of a ve- >
yy numerous nobility, and ft ill more nume
rous country gentlemen, but even of many
merchants are allowed fufficient time to com
pleat their collegiate studies, besides a vad
number more of whom it may be said learn
ing is their trade, who are brought up to no
other profeffion, and who depend solely up- 1
on their genius and their learning. There
are also more advantages arising from the
many large depositaries of antient wisdom ;
there are dronger inducements from fame,
and better profpe&s of reward ; for not
•withftanding what some (hallow hot brained
demagogues may fay of an English aridoc
racy, it may be judly affirmed, that they
have ever been proud to be the patrons of
genius, the promoters of science, the sup
porters of every mental exertion, and among
whom may be found many names who rank
. " S
foremoft in every walk of litetJ«ture« But , won:
in what part of this country (hall we look it is
j for the Jsatrons of genius, who bring for- notii
i ward humble merit, cherish the infant blof- vav\
j foms of tade, and p*»duce the fruit of rna-
'turity? I know not where they are to be mak
found ; those charafters who have adorned , let 1
you, are not indebted for much encourage- j iag
ment—they forced their way to eminence bv . iim't
their own native drength. Where is the irvor
disposition to promote arts and fcisnCes \ mea
Shall we seek it among those who know oier
not their value, who deem nothing of iat- but
*• portance but the pursuit of gain, and before the
whom the sublimed flights of imagination ipe;
and the nobled labours of intellect are tri- tha
5 vial matters compared with the news upon aflr
change. The Americans are yet too young, not
3 they are dill " but in the gridle of man- gee
hood," and till they shall have acquired exa
some dronger marks of national charadfer, it of
will be >6iiito e*pe£l many indances of vi- pai
3 gorous genius, or delicate refinement, am
His account of the state of literature in ch;
3 England at the time'when colonies were ef- th;
tablifhed here, is as erroneous as his charac- aw
ter of the fird settlers is exaggerated. Scho- cu
ladic jaigon and the perplexing rules of pe- raj
dantry in which learning was enveloped in
when it fird feebly dawned in Europe, be- to
gan gradually to be disused from the days co
of Roger Bacon in the v thirteenth century, C(
and continued wearing away with aecele- so]
rated rapidity as it approached the time of de
Locke, Newton, Boyle, Addifon, Pope, of
Swift, &c. See. when learning having over- na
powered the clouds that obfeured it, shone ga
■5 forth in meridian fpkndour ; when so many bi
illustrious names adorned the literary hori- pr
zon, that it has been emphatically styled the in
1-9 " Augudan age of England" : yet faysthe B
American, "it was not till about the year Si
mh. 1720 that a laudable liberality prevailed in Si
our country, and only from then have we b<
'ES. been cenfidered as an enlightened people." la
With refpeft to those who fird pvojedled rc
an the forcing of settlements in this country, Mn
:on- and who obtained patents, and grants of it
by land, it mud be acknowledged " they were o
1 of men of learning and philosophy, and were b
7th urged by a aoble fpiritof enterpnfe, to effe& t
>pa- great and marvellous deeds But very few tl
: on- of those ever left England ; the real cmi- a
ifelf grants were principally compofcd of the fl
t in poor and the illiterate ; and a considerable g
and number of that puritannical race, who were 1;
the | not fuffered to propagate at home those pe- y
link I culiar religious tenets of which they were so n
him 1 bigottedly tenacious, and who, when they ii
vith became fufficiently powerful, proved them- j;
mto selves the furious and intolerant persecutors b
it to of others. These were they " whose learn- <]
>wed ' n g wa * nothing but fcholaitic duff, arrang- f
heir ed and improved to the firpport of bigotry I
o a . and fuperdition, in strong derogation'of phi- c
lofophy, and found reasoning." c
the It cannot be denied that this fydem has t
y al- given place lo more enlightened views, and 1
du- that a more general liberality of sentiment is j
aries becoming prevalent: but you began too late, r
eo f upon too confined a scale, and have met with i
1 en _ too many obftruftions, to have made a pro
n of portionate progress with the Englifli. Some
de- ' ew names, indeed, you have produced, of
f for whom you can never be blamed for thinking
,orld to ° highly, of whom, with a small number
efore more felefted from the ages that are pad,
j this worltU may exultingly cry among her
. the sister orbs, they were my inhabitants ! But I
. dif- ' cannot admit that the generality of those
h, to ' whom you hold up, are such as could claim
Iruft much attention in the world of literature ;
chief are certainly distinguished here, on ac
its to count of the paucity of eminent proficients, i
these *°d of that prudential principle which al
to by ways tries to make the mod of a moderate
stock. But where few think it neceflary to
from devote their lives to study, still fewer can
Hark- possibly approach perfedtion ; where great
lages learning is not often attained, acquisitions
ntS) >» not above mediocrity may be thought pro
on of found. When stillness prevails, fmallfoynds
overt may be heard didindHy at a didance,-and
ler e- twilight may seem like radiance to those who
mo st have been in darkness. Who has druek out
y no new and untrodden paths of knowledge? and
w ho who has raised a fuperftrudlure whose foun
this dation was not laid in England ?
wton. I would not be underltood to insinuate
n t he that you have nothing of your own, or that
from all you pofTefs is immediately derived from
from us * The world contains iiotaanother IVath
rf'our ington ! a man whose every virtue is imme
ation diately recognized in Europe, by the mere
1 the mention of his name, and whose charadler,
pro . no man, till he came to this country, could ,
• this believe that calumny would dare to point her
e and (hafts at. But, that " a prophet has not
their *h e honor he deserves, in his native land,"
eftab- is in no P irt °{ tlie g^ obe m 9 re strikingly
r pof- verified than here. You have those serpents
1( 1 a g. amongst you, who would ungratefully ding
cr 0 f their laviours ; who have heaped epithets of
1 even reproach on those whose services might com
mcern mand the highed honors ; who have, by
regu- broken quotations, and didorud inferences,
hjnks from his work, basely accused Him, of hold
armer ing principles holUle to your mod excellent
with- conditution, who of all others, has most a
•rfedt- bly defended it ; in whose work, as the A
ed for merican justly fays "are compleatly in
ent in vedigated all the forms and principles of all
is 101 l the governments which have . been in the
fhere- world.", A book in which is discovered
save- the most laborious research; in which the
nurae- comparisons arc mod impartially drawn ;
many which displays such an extent of erudition, j
> com- as is ftldom concentrated in one mind, how- ;
a vafl ever diligent and, retentive, and which is-the
learn- only one°l know of, of which it may be tru
to no ly said, that, from theferiousjludy of it atone, i
ly U n. the mind may be informed with compleat and
There accurate principles of the feience of civil govern
m the ment. I have ventured to speak my opinion j
fdom ; on this fubjeft, without presuming that I
fame, can give any addition to its celebrity. The ,
, r not - broad effulgence of day is not tobe augmen-' j
rained ted by the glimmering of a taper. _ Yet
ridoc- this work, which is in so many Americans' ;
t they mouths, either to criticise or condemn, how j
>ns of very few have done its author the judice, or j
ie sup- thetnfelves the service, to give it a candid _
imong and attentive perusal.
0 rank All that Americans can juftlj claim, none j
t would more willingly allotv than myfeif, but seven
: it is against your interell to entertain falfe in th
- notions of yourselves, and to admit an o- and
- verweening pride, which will efTe&iMllv re- fione
- the projrefs it oftentatiou!ly affects to T
e maks;: if youpofTefsfomeillultiious examples, preft
d 1 let not the effect be exaggerated by boall- lefti
■- j iag ; but rather a llimulus to more frequent exec
y ; imitation, to more ardent, more libera!, ar;d the
ie more general endeavours to promote every Arn
J means that caivcontribute to the f iicourage- 1
w rnent of genius and the exaltation of virtue : wit!
1- but let not an American prefunu- to rejprrfs spec
re the arrogance of Englilhmen, till he can ell;
»n speak of his country in other language than mai
i- that of hyperbole ; for what else is jt, to ; I
>n affirm in the face of Europe', "Do you tain
g, not kuow thaLthsarlilUava been eneouri- j Art
n- ged in America, and as many extraordinary >of
td examples of geniua'fcwmd here as in any part j mot
it of the earth ? Where did the principal | whi
tfi- painters now in Europe receive their birth of t
and education ?" Are not the ufeful and me- live
in chanic arts deprefs'd as much as possible by the
ef- that commercial spirit which predominates acc
ie- a»d pervades all ranks of people, whose pe
-1- culiar and immediate intereit it is-to difcou- J anc
je- rage cviry attempt towards improvements j
led in manufa£tories, who have not mind enough I
t>e- to relish the elegant arts, and to whom a j e
tys coarser luxury is much more palatable. j
ry, Concerning natural and experimental philo- J
rle- sophy, none can fay you have not made con-1
of derable advances when they read the names I 3d
pe, of Godfrey, Frankjin and Rittenhoufe. In I thi
'er- naval architecture also, and in fkilful navi-1 thi
jne gators you need not yield the palm to any ; of
my but where throughout the continent can you bu
jri- producf classic tafteand knowledge in build- br;
the ing, except that single specimen, the new j no
the Bank of the United States ? where are your Jco
ear Sculptors, your Painters, your Engravers ? I dil
lin Some few firft rate painters were indeed Ihe
we born here, but they were educated in Eng- I at
e." land where they couldfludy the beil matters, j R
:ted receive the best inftruttion and meet with Jt«
try, more encouragerherit. I (hould not have jca
of mentioned these things had not there been Ibe
rere one weak enough to make such ridiculous |to
.-ere boalliugs, and perhaps many not unwilling Ith
feet to bilieve them. Who has ever expedted los
few that you (hould have much encouraged arts jar
:mi- and sciences, or that they should have much jol
the flottrifhed among you hitherto ? A high de- Ipi
able gree of perfe&ion in tilings is amongst the I w
rere last effefts of national opulence and power .I d<
pe- yet it is not too soon to have made a begin- Itl
efo ning, and to have shewn a stronger difpo-1 hi
hey fition than has hitherto appeared. The real 1 (I
em- grandeur of a nation is only to be eflimated 1h;
tors by the number of illustrious names it can I p
arn- deliver tn pollerity, and these are not to be Ici
ing- found amongst speculators and party fcrib- I o
otry biers, but only in the lift of those who have I h
phi- contributed to embellish and harmonize so- I I
ciety, whose labours have extended beyond I a
has themselves to the general benefit of man- Iti
and kind, whose excellent precepts and exem- I w
at is plary conduft has shewn to what degree of g
late, refinement and exaltatiou the humau mind d
with is capable of arriving. 1 f
pro- An ENGLISHMAN. b
ome ————————l 1
•" f FOREKJN INTELLIGENCE. b
e
nber LONDON,.September 22. 1
past, Frcmoun CORRESPONDENT at LISLE. t
her The following is said to be the Ultimatum *
itit I delivered by the French Comiflioner t
:hofe Treilhard to Lord Malmefbury, c
:laim The French Republic, ever desirous and e
ure ; willing to conclude a Peace with its Enemies t
n ac- and that all Europe may .judge of its Unceri
ents, ty, juflice, and moderation, ,has diredted M. I
1 al- Treilhard to deliver in the following Ulti
crate matnni of the terms of Peace between Great t
ry to Britain and France. a
can That Great Britain do restore to France c
jreat all the Conquests she has made during the I
tions prtfent war, and refund ail the expences of
pro- the French Republic in carrying it on. t
iunds That Spain and Holland, the Allies of >
■ and the French Republic, be reinltated in all
who their pofTeflions taken from theui by En-
It out gland.
? and England to restore to France all the ships
foun- taken from her on the tft of June, ai well I
as at Toulon; and such as were burnt to i
luate be paid for.
that Gibraltar to be restored to Spain, agree- i
from able to a secret article in her Treaty with 1
Vafli- that nation.
lime- AH the ships. of War, Merchantmen, &c.
mere belonging to the Batavian Republic, de- I
ifter, tained in the ports of Great Britain, to be I
:ould .restored or compensation made. ]
ither The Tree of Liberty to be planted in I
1 not Ireland. <
ind," The King of England to discontinue the <
ingly Title of the King of France. 1
pents England toi change name of that Diftridl ;
fling in Westminster called Petty France, the I 1
eta of Republic having done so by that province 1
com- formerly called Britanny. - 11
by The Alien bill to be repealed.l French I ]
:nces, Citizens to be allowed to meet in London,
hold- or in any other part of Great Britain to dif- '
ellent cuss political or other fubjedts. > No inter- ]
oft a- rupticn to be given on account of any num- I
be A- ber of persons aflipTibled, whether French
y. in- Citizens or others.
Df all Fre« liberty to be given to French Citi- '
n the zens to write and publish their fentimentr 1 '
ivered j"n any language.
1 the The National Cockade of France to be h
awn ; worn by French Citizens ; and they are to I 1
iiu'on, ,be permitted to celebrate the feftivals of I
how- ; the 14th of July, 1789 ; 10th of August, |
is-the ' 1792 ; ?iftof January, 1793 ; and 4th of
e September
alone, \ The Miniftir fcStf'French Republic.to
it and have the precedence of all the Foreign En
ivern- voys.
>inion | Audience of the King or any of hij Mi
tat I nifters, to be granted on the day that the
The , Minister of the Republic shall appoint.
rmen- 1 j The French Minister shall have a right to
Yet demand, whether afly Communications made
icans' , from Foreign powers to Great-Britain are
, how J boltile to the Republic,
ce, or Great Britain is not to continue in any
:andid ' alliance, or form any other, that may be
| holtile to France or her Allies.
, none j France to havs choice of live out of the
: seven Painting!!, called called Cartoon!) in 1 feniin
: in the poffefl'lon of the King of England, I us th<
- . and roo others, to be feledted by Commif- fenta'
- fioners of the Republic. ap t ;'o
a The French Republic, in return, will be pi
, preferit to the English nation a superb col
- leftion of the mod magnificent Paintings,
t executed by the full Artists in France, of G
d the [plendid Vidtories obtained by the J4 vvhic
y Armies of the French Republic. tors,
The Bank of England to furnifh Franee done
: with a Loan of SCO millions of livreS, in cons
fa specie, to be repaid in 15 years, with inter- who
n ell; to be secured oii the National Do- eons
in mains. cree
:o ■: Asa fccurity on the part of Great-Bri- man
>u tain, for the performance of the foregoing moil
i- j Articles, France is to be put in poflcfflffn flill
-y |of the Fortrfcfles at Portfmoutlif and Ply- ry.
rt j mouth, with the Dockyards, Arlenal, &c. tenc
1a) j which (hall be returned upon the ratification the
tli jof the Peace, in the fame ftatc as when de- p-:r1
le- livered to the French Commifiioners; but the
by the Republic will not be answerable for the font
:es accident of Fire, orotherwife. thef
>e- Fifth year of the French Republic one ligh
>u-[ and indivilible. (Signed) no 1
its! La Reveill\f.re Lepaux, President. lifhi
\gh j Lagrade, Secretary. evei
a j , 28th Frußidor. foci
- I tior
lo- j PARIS, September 17. tior
>n- j Between 10 and tl in the night from the Mo
nes 13d to the 4th September, a band of cut- Ber
In I throats attempted to surprise the guard of fioti
ivi-1 the diredtory, and make themselves matters of t
y;j of the directorial palace, by a coup de main, larj
r OU I but the fentinelswere upon their guard,and tifi
Id- I bravely defended the entrance; upon the firft was
ew noise, the horse guard rushed out of the lica
jur j court of the palaee, and pursued the ban- Soi
rs ? ditti who had betaken themselves to their wil
eed heels, and dispersed in the different streets pul
ng- lat the approach of the cavalry. Barras,'
ers, j Reubel and Reveillere Lepaux "afTcmbled af
•ith I terwards- to deliberate on the measures belt W
ave I calculated to prevent a new, and perhaps is 1
em I better combined attack. The deliberation
ous j took place in Retibel's Closet, and there Qv
ling I the order to arreil the infpedtbrs of the hall wli
;ted los both councils was expedited. An officer wh
arts I among those charged to execute the order, rit
uch I observed, that he knew the infpedtors to be
de-J prepared for such an attempt, and aflted,, TV
the I whether it would not be more advisable to
rer . I delay the arreftations of the conspirators to
gin- I the »ext day? Upon this, Reubel addrefled t fl
fpo- his colleagues aud said : " You may tarry the
real I still longer : as for me, lam unwilling to un
ated I hazard my life and the liberty of the Re- cv
can I public any longer. If you refufe to pro-
obe I ceed immediately to the neceflary measures ho
rrib- los fafety ; lam determined to mount my
have I horse and leave the theatre of civil war." ef|
; so- I Barras and Reveillerc applauded, and it was of
rond agreed that, that very night, the confpira
nan- tors (hould be attacked. They commenced
;em- I with arresting Barthelemy. The adjutant '
eof I general, who was ordered to arrest Carnot, f u
nind did not find him in his room, but Camot t e
I ex-member of the legislative afTembly, told re
>J. I him that his brother was in the upper (lory. »n
The Adjutant went immediately up flairs at
'JT [ but could not find him. When he return-
ed to the lower room he found nobody in it;
I the windows of the closet which opens upon
the Diredtorial palace, were open ; there ui
itum I was a brace of piltols and a light upon the th
ioner table. The twoCarnots, one of whom was it,
concealed in the room when the Adjutant
and enquired after him, had meanwhile made r
:mi?s their escape through the garden.
iceri- Sept. 23. T v
1 M. I Refolulion dated 2nd Vendtma'tre. th
Ulti- I " The Executive Diredtory resolves that ft
Jreat I the General of Division, Angereau, is
appointed Commander in Chief of thearmies
•aace of the Rhine and Moselle, and Sambre and
r the Meufe. , T
es of " The Minister of war is charged with r <
the execution of the prefeat Resolution,
es of which shall be printed. 01
1 all (Signed)
En- " REVELLIERE LEPEAUX, Pres. 11
" LEGARDE, Sec. Gen."
ships ft
well I General Sahuguet, commandant at Mar- iS
ut to | feilles, has been. dilmifTed by the Directory. ,v
Letters from the Lower Rhine, fay the "
grce- fame papers, state that the town of Rhein- c<
with hach had declared in favor of independence.
The Tree of Liberty was planted on the
, See. sth of Sept. in presence of forty deputies w
, de- from the other communes in the neighbor- ff
to be hood, who declared in favor of the fame in
principles.
td in We can venture to assert, without fearing ( .
I that the enemy will profit by the iuformati
le the on, that Buonaparte has caused the lmpe-
rial troops beyond Udina to be surrounded,
ftridt and that within ten days at fartheft he will v
, the be at the gates of Vienna, if the most hon- ft
vince orable and fatisfadtory peace as well for us 11
as the Italians, is not agreed to by his Im-
-ench perial Majesty. Cl
idon, In the fitting of the council of 506 of j
odif- tbe sth Complementary day, 21ft Sept. the u
inter- president addrefTed the council. e
num- He began with the epoch of the 10th of
rench August, when the Convention decreed the f
Republic, he pronounced an eulogium on *
Citi- the constitution, the happy diftributien of Q
nents the powers of which secured its permanence.
He then came to the ißih Frudlidor. Dif-.
0 be | affedtion began to agitate, and railed a ct"y ii
ire to I that the Constitution was violated.
alsofl "The eveat of the xßth Frudlidor, far
igutl, from being a revolutionary day, was an adl
.th of performed for the preservation of the confti- ,
tution. There wasnot adrop of blood shed: ,
ilic.to No, the constitution was not violated. It f
1 En- | will not be violated, and if we (hew the c
people the deposit hi all its perfedtion, when
i Mi- we are ready to die in its defence, we shall- |
t the have defcrved well of our country. There a
is a report which malignity labours to pro-. t
;ht to pagate,' that the Legislative body is about r
made to adjourn. <
in are " Who is the man, who in the circifm- 1
fiances in which we are placed, could eil
n any tertain the idea of suspending our labours ?
ly be It is the moment in which we ought to pro
secute them with more aftitivity than ever. ,
of the It is when a Republican majority agree in
fcnifment tfcat good liwj can be ml;. Let
us then continue our labours. Tu#ispre- IH
feiitative? of the people will chang; at the
appointed eras, but the representation (hall
be permanent." I
Sept. 18.
REVIVAL OF THE CLCBS,
Garat, in the Confervatcr, a journal of
which he, Chenier and Dannou are the edi
tors, aocufes the legislative body of having |
done ton much and too little to crush the royal f
conspiracy : too much, because some men,
who do not properly belong to the class of
conspirators, have besn included io the de
cree of transportation. Too little, because /»
many who were known to b& chiefs, aa the
mort aftive promoters of the conspiracy are
still fuffered to Affile the Republican territe- I
ry. It is certain that the ftorrr. his not ex
tended beyond the horizon of Paris ; and
the traitors dispersed like weeds over the de
partments, and the royal clubs, particularly
the society of philanthropes and legitimate
sons have ofcaped unhurt. To counteraft ' <
these numerous royal clubs, who (hun the
light and deliberate in secrecy, there can be
no measure more effe£hial than the re-eftab- (
lilhment of the coiiftitutiooal societies in
every part of the Republic. The dire&ing l
society of the capital, called the constitu
tional circle, Celebrated solemnly its feftora
tion on Saturday, in the garden of the Hotel
Montmorency,which the society has rented.
Benjamin Couftantpronounced on that ocea
fion, a fpeach well adapted to the solemnity
of th« day. In the evening the front of the
large building towards the Seine, wa» beau
tifully illuminated. The day. of refloration
was likewise celebrated by the other Repub
lican societies of the capital, at Versailles, <
I Soil Tons, Meaux, Rouen, Bcc. and the fame
will be done in every commune of the Re
public.
Boifsy d'Anglaj,who had concealed him
felf tince the 4th inft. has Leen detedted, and
is now or his way to Roehefort.
The a&refi Rancour eommonly called
Queen Rancour, has been arretted with her
whole suite, and the theatre of Louvoi*
■ where (he used to exercise her royal autho
, rity is now (hut.
. September 17.
The following is an extraft of a letter written
by the Executive Direilory, to each
seven minifteis.
' " The Executive Direflory, citizen
1 tei, charges you to render an exafl account of
r the -.morality and civifm of all those employed
> under, you, to expel with inflexible fe»erity,
every one who in this twofold view, cannot
sustain a rigorous examination, and to replace
them by citizens, who to their talents, join
3 honesty and irreproachable patriotism.
Y The Directory recommends to you more
' especially to exafl from all employed in your
,s offices, that they neither give nor receive any
I. appellation, except-that of citizf.n.
j The qualifications, .with which the repre
{ featatives of the people and the firft ma gilt rat y
arc honored, is forbidden in forae offices-,, with
'' such impudence, that some have rcfufed to lif
't ten to it, and others feigned not to hear th<
d republicau petitioners, who have intromited it
r. in their reqiiefts. The Executive Dire&ory
rs are poffefied of certain information relative to
!_ this fait, and it is an important point to which
it is their duty to call your mention ; citizen
' minister, order that the title of origin (hall
n be exclusively ufei in your office and re;>:;rd as
'C unvvnthy to tranfafl bufmefs with you,-all
e those Missituxs, who disdain to mike use < f
is it.
lt The republic ought not to have any hut
|„ friends in France, much Irfs ought jhe |o rt
ward Jier enemies by officf«.
In another letter of the ift Vendeiniaire,
the directory writes to the minister of police,
thus, " The directory charges>y6u expressly t<>
lit (hut up all the theatres, throughout the repub
;s lie, where pieces msy bereprefenH'd, tending
„ s to deprave the republican spirit, and to revive
■ the love of royalty ;it charges you instantly
to arrest and bring before the tribunals, the
managers of such theatres, and to suspend the
■h rcprefen tation of pieces calcu'sted to dillurfythe
| uMic tranquility; you will announce these
orders, in the mod precise m inner, to the
members of the centra! offices, and municipal
administrations, you will make yourfelf accoun
table for their inexecuiion, »nd you will in
iorin them, that in cafe of negligence or refu
fal to comply with these orders, the diredWy
r- irrefnlved to deprive them of tl|cir offices,
y. and that thev (hall be still amenable to the laws
)e in cafe it (hall appear that they have been ac
jji complices.
The iixecutive pirellory, citizen minister,
relies on your zeal, and devoted attachment to
ie the republic, and bopies that you will concur
£ S with it, by every method to raise the public
r- spirit, attacked in its source and even in the
ie institutions which ought to nouriffi it."
September 28.
„ The following is the lift of the brave and re
? fpeiftable soldiers, who have received thp civic ,
jjparland, the tft of this month, in the name of
the republic.
Etienne 'Jaron, captain, aged 30 years, ha
ill ving 101 l his two arms by a caiinon ball, at the
n- ftege of Huninguen, in the army of the Rhine
JS and Moselle.
Francis Marten, captain, aged 24 years,
having loft Jiis two legs and thighs in a naval
combat, which took place, the ijtlj Prairiil,
s * ,ad year, on board the Northumberland man of
ie war, in the fleet commanded by Villaret Joy
eufe.
0 f John Baptifle Gautfler, captain, aged 5S
le yeas*, having loft his eves a«d his cheek, and
also his upper jaw bioken, in the of Wif
f fertbourg, at the siege of Hagueuan. the 12th
0 of Frimaire, id year, in the army of the Rhine.
e - Sept-mber 39.
if- It will be recollected that a qaaker being fcre
ty Ttat at one of the fittings of the council of an
cients, kept his baton j in conlequence of this,
' ar a debate arose whether he (honld be permitted
r. to remain there, as h > perfiftid in not upcover
,. inghishead; it was determined in the negative
ancflte was obliged to withdraw. This person,
d: whose name is John Walker, has written the
It following curious-letter to the Prefid»nt of the
he council.
en " Thou canst not be ignorant that ti>ere ira
jj people who look upon the ceverartce of,ta!tiny
off the hat, in the fame j ight as other denomin--
re ations of christians view the be-ading of the knee
■°* that is to. fay, as an hommage due only to our
>ui creator. I cannot render such homage to my
equals, whosoever they be ; nor can I request
m _ of them, as to favor, to dispense with it; lince
,jj_ that would be acknowledging that they have
' ? a right to eitail a mark of homage which, ac
cording to my belief, is similar to adi/ration.
ro " I hepe, therefore, that my pcrieverinp to at
er - tend your fittings, without taking off my hat
iu will not be cenltrued as a mark of difrcfpc&.—