PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS EY JOHN FENXa, No. 41, BROAD-STREET, NEAR THE EXCHANGE, NEW-YORK
[No. 32, cf Vol. ll.j
DISCOURSES ON DAVILA. No. XVI
(continued.)
Opposant, sans relache, avec trop de prudence
Lcs Guises itixCon(Us,ct la France a la France.
Ton jours piete a s'umr aycc fes cnneoiis
Et cnangcant d'inieier, de rivaux, et d'arais,
WHILE all minds, were held in agitation at
Court by these events, the Bourbons fuw
themselves, notwithilanding their proximity of
blood, and pretentions to the cro\j», contrary to
the ufjgeof the nation, excluded from employ
ments and honors. Except when the necellity
of a war, or the exercise of some office of little
consequence, which remained'to them, required
their presence, they appeared not at Court. It
is true, that the Count D'Aguien, on« of the
Princes ot this houfe,had advanced iiiinfel'fby his
merit and valour. The King had given him the
c'ommaud of his army in Piedmont. The battle
of Cerizolles, which he gained againlt the Spa
niards, had raised his reputation. But this ad
vantage was too tranlitory to raise the house of
Bourbon. This Prince died by accident, m the
flour of his age, and his brother, the Duke D'An
guien was killed at the battle of Sr. Quintin.
There remained therefore none of the children
of Charles of Bourbon, but Anthony Duke of
Vendome, and King of Navarre, by his marriage
with Jane of Albret ; Louis, Prince of Conde,
the Itock of the branches of Conde and Conti,
killed afterwards at Jarnac, and Charles, Cardi
nal Bourbon, proclaimed King afterwards by
the Leaguers, under the name of Charles the
tenth
The chiefs of the house, were now, Anthony
Duke of Vendome, and Louis Prince o>f Condc,
Lis brother, both Tons of Cbarles of Vendome,
■who, after the revolt of the Constable de Bour
bon, and the captivity of Francis the si rft, by his
moderation and difinterettedncfs, had somewhat
calmed the hatred which had Jwen viol tntly cu
iindted rhofeofhis blood*. Tb«efe Princ
es, deprefled by the Guifcs, whom t! icy called
Itrangers and new comer 9 from Lorr tiin, com
plained bitterly, that except the right of fuccef
«on to the crown, which 110 man couL 1 rake from
them, they were deprived of all their privileges,
auid especially ot the hopor of rcfidin g near the
person of the King. That they scarcely held
any rank in a court, where their t irth called
them to the fir lk places afier his jetty : arid
that such conuutfl was equally inconl iilent with
reason and equity. l"he King howc sver, main
tained with-inflexibility, thepoweroi 'the Guises
againlk all remonftrancea and compl. lints. The
Bourbons endured with less impatier ice, the ele
vation of the Constable Montmoren :y : on the
contrary, they were severely mortifi td to fee his
credit diminilh. United with him bj 'an alliance,
hv views and by interests, they flat lered them
selves they might obtain by his me Bn9 a decent
Tank, if they could not re-ascend r o that which
their ancestors had pollefled. But now,'depriv
ed of that hope which supports the unfortunate
l>y foftening the fentinient of thi sir ills, they
bore with (kill greater impatience tl leirdifgraces.
Anthony of'Vendome, a Prince ( if a mild and
moderate chara&er, appeared to fopport thairi
■with more tranquility than the ot Jiers, because
he meditated great designs. He had married
Jane of Albret, only daughter of Henry, King of
Navarre, ar.d afier the deat;h ofhir! father in law
he had taken the crown and title of King. His
-projecfl was to recover hirj kingdom of Navarre,
of which the Spaniards had nia<le themselves
masters, for several .yea ;s, durin:* the war, be
tween Louis the Xlldi, ' and Ferdinand the Ca
tholic. The Kings of France, to whole interest
-chisftate had been facr'ificed, had attempted feve
• xal times to reconquer it. The Spaniards, who
could ealil.y inarch tro< ips t6 its relief, had hither
to defended it. Butt- he two crown*, being then
npon the point of co; icluding a solid peace, the
King ot Navarre, hop ed to comprehend in the
treaty, arid to obtain ; i relkitution ot his heredita
ry lkutea, or, at leal t, an equivalent. lie ■was
confirmed in this the ught, by the birth of a son,
. to whom he gave the name of Henry, in memory
,of bis maternal gi'»n< llather. This is the Prince,
hom, the splendor of his vidtories raised, after
la "g and bloody wai *s, to the tfironeof trance,
der th« name of Henry the fourth, and whose
loirs and virtues t.ave merited the name of
'He was-born the I 3th of December, 1554.
a\ Pav-> the capital 0 if Bern. This birth, wh\ch
fiUedsV" 1 ' joythc-K Ing and Q;ieen of Navarre,
SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1790.
inspired them with more ardor, to recover their
dominion. Anthony chose rather tointereft the
King of France, to demand this restitution in the
treaty of peace, than to finicit in quality of firft
Prince of the blood, governments and dignities
in the kingdom. It was this, which engaged
him todiflemble with more patience and mode
ration than the reft, the injullice done to his
house. The King, periiftiug in the design of
lowering continually the Princes of the blood,
or perhaps irritated at tbs reful'al of Anthony,
to exchange Beam and his other ftates,for cities
and territories lituated in the interior of the king
dom, had difinembered train Guinne, of which
the King of Navarre was governor, as firft
Prince of the blood, Lauguedoc and the city of
Toulouse, to give the government of it, to the
Constable. But the King of Navarre, ftiewing
little resentment of this injustice, pursued cou
ftantly his firft views. (To bs continued.)
(p- The reader is i fired to correS tie following errors of the press
in our lajl, " Dfcovifes tn Dmila* fourth line ftom the top Jirfi co
lumn, dele apofiropre front the " Utntmorencys"—nth lirefrom bot
tom f'Jl co'umn\ for " captive" read caplitfiie.
TRANSLATED
rOR Til'- GA7.ETTE C. THE. UNITED STATES.
instructions for-the colonies,
Presented to the National jfflembly, in the name of
the Committee appointed for that pttrpofe, the 23d
March, 1790.
By Mr. Bisstvt, Deputy from Daupliiny.
ARTICLE FIRST.
ift. HPHE decree of the National Assembly
A of the Bth of this month, refpe<Jting
the Colonies, and the prefentinftrudtions halving
been sent by tbe King, to the governor of the
colonies of St» Dorai«fgo> t&c ibadl be
bound iinmediately after their reception,to com
municate them to the colonialAflembly,fhould one
exiit already formed ; to notify thein in like man
ner to theprovincial Afleinblies, and to give legal
and authentic knowledge of them to the inhabi
tants of the colony, by proclaiming and fixing'
them up in all the pariihes.
2d. if a colonial Aflembly exists, it may if it
pleases declare that it judges the formation of a
new colonial Aflembly more advantageous to the
colony than the continuation of its own powers,
and in this cafe, they fliall immediately proceed
to new eledlions.
gJ. If on the contrary, it conceives its conti
nuation moil advantageous to the coloniesit may
commence its operations according t<o the mode
pointed out by the National Aflembly ; but with
out being capable of using the power granted to
the colonial Aflemblies to execute certain decrees,
until the intention of the colony with respeCt to
its continuation has been proved, agreeable to
the forms hereafter fee forth.
4th. Immediately after the proclamation and
fixing up the decreed institutions in each parifti,
every person who lhall have attained the full age
of 25 years, proprietors of real eltate, or for
want of such property, Ikall have been fettled
in the parilh for two years, and paid taxes ;
(hall ali'emble together to form the parochial As
sembly.
Sth. The parochial Aflembly being formed,
lhall commence by taking into full coniideratioi,
the decree of the National Aflembly of the Bth
inft. and the present inftruiftions, to procecd in
the execution, in the manner following.
6th. If no colonial Aflembly antecedently
eleifted, should exilt in the colony, or if that
which exiited has declared that it judges it molt
expedient to form a new one, the parochial As
sembly (hall immediately proceed to the election
of deputies to the colonial Aflembly.
7th. For this purpoie, there lhall be made
out a llatement and an enumeration of all the
persons ofthe parish, absent or present, poflefltd
of the qualities exprefled in the 4th article ot the
present inllrurtion, to determine in proportion
to their number, of the deputies which
ought to be fenttothe colonial AlTembly.
Bth. This enumeration being made, the num
ber ofthe deputies to be nominated, (hall be
determined, at the rate of one for one hundred
citizens ; observing, lit, that the lait hundred
lhall be judged compleat, if it amounts to the
number of fifty citizens, so that for ijo citizens
there fholl be two deputies ; tor a;o citizens,
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PdfllS.
CONTINVID,
three deputies, and so 011. ad, That no regard
(hall be had in the parishes where there Ihall be
more than 100 citizens, and the fractional num
ber below jo, so that for 149 citizens, there ihall
only one deputy be appointed, and so on. 3d, In
the parilhes where there Ihall be less than one
hundred citizens, a deputy shall nevertheless be
appointed, however small the number of citizens
Ihall be whichmay be found therein.
9th. After having determined the number of
deputies which they have to nominate, the pro
vincial Aflemblies Ihall proceed to this election,
in the manner which Ihall appear most luitable
to them.
10th. The parochial Aflemblies lhall be at
liberty to give inllrmftions to their deputies, but
they cannot charge them with any orders tend
ing to conltrain their opinions in the colonial
AlieujWy, and (till less to insert any clauses tend
ing 10 withdraw them from the sense ofthe majo
rity ; if a parish lhould give fuchordeis, they
(hall be decined null, and the colonial Aflembly
fliall pay 110 regard to them, but elections of
the deputies fball not be invalidated.
nth. The deputies elected by the parochial
Aflembly, fliall immediately repair to the town
of Leogine, and lhall there determine the place
where the colonial Aflembly ought to fit.
I To be continued.)
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July aoth, 1790.
In Obedience to the Order oj the House of Reprefcatatives,
OJthe twentieth oj January li/t,
TiV Secretary of the Treasury,
RtfpeVfully Reports,
THAT in the f jrmation of a plan for thr difpofuion of the vacant
lands of the United States, there appear to be two lead in *
object* of conftderation ; one, the facility of advantageous sales
according to the probable course of purchases ; the other, the ac
commodation or individuals now inhabiting the wellern coun
try, or who may hereafter emigrate thither.
The former, as an operation oi Finance, cUims primary atten
tion ; the latter is important, as it relates to the i'atisfacfion of the
inhabitants of the western country. It is 4sfirable, and does not
appear impracticable, to conciliate both.
Purchasers may be contemplated in three clafles—Moni.d in
dividuals and companies, who will buy to fell again—Alloca
tions of pertons who intend to make fettleinenis themselves—Sin
gle persons or families now resident in the weft:fn country, or
who may emigrate thither hereafter- The two Hi ft will be fre
quently blended, and will always want considerable tra6b. Trr
laft will generally puichafe small quantities. Hence a plan for
the sale of the wellern lands, while it may have due regard to the
last, (hould be calculated to obtain all the advantages which miy
be derived from the two firft classes. For this reason it fcems re
quisite that the General Loan-Office Chould be eftabhlhcd at the feat
of government. ' Tis there that the principal purchafrrs, whether f
citizens or foreigners, can most ealily find proper agents, and chat
contracts lor targe puichafes can be best adjusted.
But the accommodation ot the present inhabitants of the weft
em territory, and of unaffociated persons and families who may
emigrate thither, seems to require, that one office subordinate t<>
that at the feat of Congress fbould beopened in ttie north-wcilcrn,
and another in the iewth-weftern government.
Each of these officcs, as well the general one as the subordinate
ones, it is conceived, may be placed with convenience under the
fuperintendance of threC commiflioners, who may either be pre
eltabliflud officers of the government, to whom the duty may be
assigned by law, or persons specially appointed for the purpose.
The former is recommended by considerations ©f ceconomy, and
it is probable would embrace advantage which Could be
derived from a fpccial appointment;
To obviate those inconvcniencies, and to facilitate and enfure\
the attainment of those advantages, which may arise from new and
casual circumftjnces, springing up from loreign and domcftic cau*
fes, appear to be an object for which adequate provision should
be made in any plan that may be adopted. For this reason, and
from the intiinfic dilßculty of regulating the details of a fpecific
provision for the various obje£U which require to be consulted, so
as neither to do too much nor too little for either, it is refpeftlul
ly submitted, whether it would not be advifeable to vest a con
hderable latitude of discretion in the commiflioncrs of the general
fubutt to some such regulations and limitations as sol-
low, VIZ,
That no land shall be fold, cxcept such in refpe£l to which the
titles of the Indian tribes (hall have been previously extinguished.
That a fufficient tratt or tra£U lhall be reserved and set apart for
fatisfying the fabferibers to the proposed loan in the public debt,
but that no location (hall be for less than five hundred acres.
That conveniertt tratts lhall from time to time be set apart for
the purpose of locations by a£Uial f.ttlers, in quantities not ex-*
ceedingto one person one hundred acres.
That other tratts (hall, from time to time, be set apart for sales
in townlhips of ten miles (quare, except where they lhall adjoin
upon a boundary of some prior grant, or of a tract lo set apart; in
which cases there (hall be no greater departure from such form of
location, than may be abfolutcly necedary.
That any quantities may ntverthelefs be fold by special contra#,
comprehended either within natural boundaries or lines, or both.
That the price (hall be thirty cents per acre to be p*id, either
in gold or silver, or in public securities, computing those which
ihall bear an immediate interest of fix per cent, as at par with
j and filvtr, and thole which shall bear a future or less inlcreft,
any there (hall be, at a proportional valuer
That certificates iflued tor land upon the proposed loan, shall
operate as warrants w iihin the tra£l or tra&s whica (hall be spe
cially set apart lor fatisfying the fubfetibers thereto, and shall also
be receiveable in all payments whatsoever for land by way of dif-
acre for acre.
That no credit shall be given for any quantity less than a towrt
(hip often milfs square, nor more than two credit fpr any
t greater quantity*
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[Whole No. 136.]