THE ADDRESS, Qffired to the National A[fembly oj France, in the name of the citizens of the United States of America, on the 10th oj "July, 1 790, by Mijfrt Barlow, Jones, Black don, Swan, Vernon, Aptleton, Hud ■VTE L L, J A RV lS,a/ldG. WASH t N'GTO N GREENE. gentlemen, r "l~ , HEcitizens of the United States of America J- now resident in Paris, (truck with admira tion at the developement and extension of their own principles in your great country, beg leave to approach the holy altar of liberty, and ex press to the national afTembly that ardent grati tude and profound relpect, which are due to the fathers of the nation and the benefaiftorsofinan kind. The rays of the western liar, diffufed from a diitant portion of the globe, are now met, and reverberated by that riling fun of glory, which floods with light the dominions of France, and begins to illuminate the world. Irrefutable is the energy of truth ; and the ce lerity of her progress transcends calculation. We believed, and we earneltly wished, that the bleflings of liberty might oneday beunderitood ; that the nations might rouse from their lethargy, and aflert the rights us men, in a voice that men could not refill. We believed that enormous lux ury and domination would be disrobed of their unnatural charms ; that arbitrary kings and ru lers, thole gods of the earth, would be reduced to renounce their idolatrous diltindtions, to mingle with their fellow freemen, and rejoice in the fe licity of the race. We believed, that religion, themildeft daughter of heaven, would one day divert herfelf of the borrowed terrors of intoler ance, and change the sword of slaughter, to the fceptrc of peace. We now behold thofc events tnoft altonifhingly accelerated ; and we feel a dignifying fatista<flion, a new and unspeakable pleasure, in Handing before this venerable holt of the heroes of humanity, who have contended v-jth so much fucccefs in the field of truth and on the heights of virtue. May your efforts and achievements be recom pensed with aiteflations of an applauding consci ence, and the bleflings of a grateful country ; and may the patriot king, who has i'o generously fa crificed with you on the common altar of the pub lic weal, amply partake with you in all tbofe re wards which gratify the good and exalt the great. The Monarch who began his youthful career bv extending fuchfignal a<fts of heneficencc to a dillant Ration, then ltruggling to be free, was worthy to rejoice in thus voluntarily exchanging the splendours of prerogative, and the rod of despotism, for the homage of freemen, and the love and gratitude of fellosv citizens. In the ac clamations of regenerated France, he may in deed be called the firit King of the French ; but in the language of theextolling universe, he will be lliled the firftKing of men. And now, Gentlemen, we have but one request to make..—We beg leave to enjoy the honor of afliltingat that augull ceremony which promises to perpetuate the happiness of France. When the fiien of your nation, in our country, fought and bled with us under the itandard of freedom, they tauglu us to love them. At the present moment, when the ellablifhuient.of principles here, funilar to our own, invigorates the bonds of our union, and attach us to yon by new ties that dignify and strengthen society, exulting in your political elevation, we hail you brothers and fel low citizens ! and our hearts overflow with the foft fentimetits of a more endeared amity. At the foot of the fame altar where the repre sentatives and soldier-citizens of a great empire fliall take the oath ol fidelity to the nation, the law, and the King, we iliould fwe ir an eternal friendftiip to the French—yes, gentlemen, to all the French who remain faithful to the princi ples which you have consecrated ; for, like you, we cherish liberty ; like you, we love peace. THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER It was by aiding you in the acquisition of free dom, tliat the French learned to know it, and to love it. The hands that have broken the /hac kles of freedom are not made to wear them.— The French nation in this relpetfl, indeed, more fortunate than rhe American, owes her victory to the virtue and pntruotifni of her King ; while seas ofblood were the pricc ofyours. Courage burlt aliunder your chains—re;ifon has difl'olved our's. Your country was the firll throne of liberty—now Jliefupports herfelfontlie two worlds. At the fcaft, which will give to the liniverfe an affeifting fpeftacle of a great union of friends; The Allembly will rejoice to f°e tlie*citizens of the United States of America, who now prefer;t themselves before us. Let us 11 ill be brothers, and let the two nations form but one great peo ple. TRIESTE, July 7. I he Ruffian squadron which anchored here, failed for the Levant the 2iltoflaft month, to go to the relief of Major Lambro Cazioni, who has ryuglily treated. PARIS. A letter from Segna, dated. Jane 30, Ins brought us the following important intelligence. The TurklJh fortrefs of Czettin surrendered to the Auitrian troops on the iecond of July, LIVERPOOL, August 12. A seaman, a few'days since, fell over the fide of the Alligator frigate at Sheernefs :—Captain Coffin, the commander beheld, from the man's (icuation, that he mutt perish if not inftanily re lieved ; and we mult add, to the honor of this of ficer, that he did not pause a moment, but leaped from the quarter deck, with his uniform and boots on, and rescued the poor fellow from being drowned, —at the imminent rilk of hij own kfc ! Well may a Sailor boldly dare, And ardent follow martial (trife ; For when with death himfeli at war, He in a Coffiv meets with life. Our falhionable fair seem, by universal consent, to have discarded heels from their shoes ; this is one of the very raijp examples in which appear ance is facrificed to Conifort. < DUBLIN, June 26. This day, Mr. Cooney, printer of The Morn ing I'ofk, Itood in the priory ere&ed in College Green, for copying from a London paper the following paragraph : " The***'* "was formerly a very domeflic wotn.m, hit now gives up too much of her time to politicks !" The Ratnte of King William the 111. of glorious memory, appeared in mourning—and round the pedeltal was atlixed, the followinginfcription. IN MOURNING FOR THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AND THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. LONDON, July 8. NEW WAY TO BORROW MONEY A FARMER 111 Cumberland made his will, and in coming home, feetningly from market, he loft it at the doer of a very rich old fellow, whose whole thoughts were running upon mo ney. The old fellow found it at his gate, and began to read it. He there found the farmer was giving jool. to this person, and ioool. to ano ther, and a farm, in a diitant county, to the third. The old man went in and said " Aye, aye ! I always thought this fellow knew how to look about him." lu a few days tlie farmer came to tell him— " That he was about to set up a manufactory ; and if he could lend him 5001. it would much oblige him." Tke old fellow, who had the will in hit head, complied, without liefitation. 11l a few days afterwards the fellow broke, and tlie old man, oil enquiry, found iliac the will was au entire fabrication, and had been dropped at his gate on purpose. July 26. On the Sunday subsequent 10 the day of the National Federation, Sunday being the chosen day for mirth and feftivity in Roman Catholic countries, a grand feftival was given in Paris by the Municipality, or COl porarion, to the Depu ties from all the oilier parts of France. It began by a review of the National Guards of Paris, and was followed by a public dinner at the Corn Market, called Le Halle du Hi, which is an inimenfe Rotunda, covered with glass, shjd with galleries all round. The Hotel de Richhcit, which has extensive gardens, was also employed for this fete, and in the evening, that which par ticularly dilHngui/hed this joyful feaft, was a grand ball in the interior Court of the late Baf tile : the whole of the ruin was surrounded by a rail, and at the principal entrance there was a transparency with the following inscription : " hi l'on danfe aujourd'hui." They now dance Hers. No carriages of any kind were permitted to ap pear in the street on that day. In the afternoon there was a Regatta on the ri ver, which was very splendid, but in which there was an accident of the oTerturning of one boat, by which four persons weredrowned. Thercwas to have been an aerostatic exhibition after the re view, but the balloon burst. * Aug.* 6. Should the present negociation with Spain finally succeed, it will then be expected that our cabinet ftiould explain, why an expen sive armament (upwards of two millions, iter ling) was the firft step towards it, and what ad vantages have been obtained to counterbalance the expence ? Crowns and Diadems, from present appearan ces, will soon go a begging through Europe. It is certain that Leopold, Kmperor of Germany has refufed the crown of Hungary, in consequence of their deputies having on the i 3th of July pre sented him 24 articles to sign which he could not r<;lifli. He read them over, and positively refu fed to put his name to them, notwithstanding all the solicitations of the deputies, to whom he declared that he was not at all anxious to be crowned in Hungary, and that he had given or ders to recall tliofe who had been sent to prepare for the coronation.4— It is evident he is not so fo licitousat present about the Hungarian crown as the Imperial dignity.—As to the Hungarians they 618 becftme every day more iufole-.u 111 their preteti fions—tumult iircreafes—-order is forgotten, del"- pifed—nothing is heard but demands and threat enings—under pretext of being tree eveiy indi vidual wilhes to be matter. riiercwere two men ordered for execution on last Saturday, one lor a rape, the other for a high way robbery. The former only was hanged, the latter respited, and it is expected will be par doned 011 account of his youth. Now molt o;' the newlpapers have taken the liberty of liahg ing both, regardless of the (aid respite. Ul' '~ lias not the unhanged gentleman a good action for a libel, or would he be nonfuitedon the plea of Lord Mansfield's repu:*d docftrine, " The llro tiger the truth, the greater the libel." It 110s being true that the man was hanged, as the laid liewjpapers have falfcly aliened. Yesterday Lieut. Macgnire was made Pofi Cap-, tain in the Briiilh Navy ; in consequence he immediately -entered into the poHellion of n,oool. per annum, which was left to him in liis infancy with the riihuftion, that he Ihould nor enjoy it until he iJiould have anainedthc rank of Foil Captain. The French at Vienna requested leave of the Auflrian Government to celeberate the National Fete, on the 14th July. It wasrefufed ; in con sequence of which they left the capital, and ef fected their purpose at Nufdorf, a final! town 011 the hanks of the Danube. The adlual place of interment of our imolorcal Milton was on Wednesday discovered ThtC workmen employed in the repairs of Cripplegate Church dug up a coffin, from the infeription on which, tkeieis undoubted-proof that the remains of that sublime bard were there deposited—a cir cumstance much fought for, but hitherto unknown to the world. August to. The people of Brabant appear to be determin ed to compleat their revolution on the plan ofthe National Aflembly of France : Their Congi-cia begins to be unpopular : The Duke d'Urfel wha was confined by afentence of the Council of Flan ders, has lately been set at liberty by the people, and declared Generalissimo. Died in the 87th year of his age, The Right Hon. Francis North, Earl of Guilford, father of the famous Lord North, by whom lie is fucceded in his titles and estates. 1 he affairs of France according tofoine recent accounts, wear a louring afpe<ft The armaments of England, Spain, and the King of Sardinia are supposed 10 have fonie refereuce to the posture ofaffai i s in that country. Letters from France announce an expedied change in the French ininiftry : Mr, Necker having cleared himfelf from the aspersions of M. Camus, who charged him with embezzling 600 millions of livres, thinks the pre feu t a favorable opportunity of retiring. M. St. Prielfc Hands publicly charged with being privy to all the plots for a counterrevolution. M. de la Tourdu Pin, hasexcited suspicions by weakening the garrisons on the frontiers—and has been severely handled by the committee militaire. The Keeper of the Seals, the Archbilhop de Bourdeaux is charged with remifsnefs in not forwarding the Decrees of the National Aflembly to the diilant provinces. M. de Montmorin is Unown to be a friend to the revolution ; but his silence for fix weeks respect ing the demands of Spain, has appeared lingular t He has his share of public odium—and the inflam atory writers are daily endeavoring to rouse and alarm the public mind refpe<fting these matters in such manner as induces an expectation of a ge neral change. The King of the French lias lately been indis posed—but he is so far recovered as to have loft every lymptom of fever. The Baron de Bender, the Austrian General, having presented to the King of the French, a re quell for liberty to inarch the Aultrian troops thro a part of France, obtained the King's consent, a gieeable to ancient ufuage eftabliihed between the two Rations : This being communicated to the National Aflembly, they decreed that conform ably to the deeree of 28th of Feb. lafl, foreign troops Jhall not be permitted to march through the French territories, except they be authorised by a Decree of the Legislature, fantlioued by the King ; therefore the orders ijfued from the War Office, and sent to the Cotnmanders in the name of the King, jhall be confi' dered as null and of no force. August 13 The press was generally what is called hot or the river yesterday-evening. The oldest water men don't know what to make of this business ; they lay, " that a peaceable negociation looks lik# a preparation for war." The coffee house politicians are all thrown out—for lec-theni talk as cooly as they will about peace over their cups, the next morning they find to their utter astonishment, that the press had been hotter than ever. Every poll confirms the account of the French naval armaments, but whether by immediate or der of the King and his Ministers, or the Nation al Aflembly,. seems equally dubious, as the real August 7,
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