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ODE,
ON THE FOURTH JULY, 1790.
IN the regions of bliss where the majesty reigns,
Ten thousand bright Seraphim (hone,
Wing'd for flight, they all (land, haips of gold in each hand,
When a voice ilfu'd mild from the throne,
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Ye pow'rs and dominions, bright guardians of realms
Whose sway Europe's ions have revcr'd ;
Eastern monarchs no more, your aid shall implore,
To the Weil all your cares be transler'd.
hi.
That Vine which from Egypt to Canaan I brought,
With an out-ftrctch'd, omnipotent, arm ;
In America's foil, from Britaniu's bleak isle,
Shall flourifh—and brave ev'ry ftorni.
In vain persecution her wheel shall prepare,
The tyrant his scourge litt on high,
The wheel shall be bioke, the scourge and the yoke.
All (hattered in pieces lhall lie.
*To accomplish my pleasure, a hero I'll raise,
Unrival'd in counsel and might;
Like the prophet of old, wife, patient and bold,
Resistless as JoJlma in fight.
VI.
See the plains of Columbia, with banners o'erfpread,
Harks the roar of the battle's begun,
Like a son of the flues, when proud rebels arise,
He drives the dire hurricane on.
VII.
Him terrors, nor treafonsnor dangers shall daunt,
'Till his country from bondage reftor'd ;
Independent and free, all her greatness fhallfee
Due alone to his conquering sword.
VIII.
When the thunder is o'er, and fair pejce fpreais her wing.
The Chief still refulgent (hall beam,
Frefiding at helm, framing lawtlor the reilm,
Id Peace at in War still supreme.
IX.
Then the bright golden age (hall triumphant return,
Mi/lenium's new paradise bloom ;
Wkile from earth's distant end, their high state to attend,
AH nations withtraufport (hall come.
Hail, America, hail ! the glory of lands!
To theefuch high honours are given !
Thy stars still (hall blaze, 'till the moon veil her rays,
And the fun lose his path-way in Heaven.
AN AUTHENTIC STATEMENT OF
AFFAIRS IN FRANCE,
From the \Ji to the 12th of Sept. 1790.
THE great difficulties undei which the National Aflembly la
bours, seem rather to encreafe its energy than to depress its
coyrage. The last, and one of the mod important parts of the
constitution, is completed ; the chambers oj vacation are no more;
they were the last remnants of the parliaments ; they are replaced
by justices of the peace, diftrift and department judges.
The finances being now the immediate objett of national con
cern, a concise statement has been laid before the houte, by Mr.
Montefquioui member of the committee of finance. This is too
important not to intcreft an American reader.
" Mr. Monteftjuiou carries the actual amount of public contri
butions to 497 millions, which however, will not be fufficient tor
the expenditure : this will require an addition c 55 millions.
" He divides the public debt into two parts; the ancient debt
of the kingdom, and the debt lately contracted by the nation.
" t. As to the ancient debt, ifs reimbursement is not due, as
it consists principally in annuities ; therefore provifiou is only to
be made for the payment of these annuities.
" 2. The debt lately contra&cd is of a different nature,becaufe
the capital is immediately to be paid. This debt comprehends
the afTumption of the debt of the clergy, the reimbursement of
all officers of the ancient parliaments and of finance, anticipations,
debt of the king and queen's houdiold, public loans in Holland
and Genoa, and other loans. All these objetts amount to the
sum of 1900 millions.
" To pay the interest of these 1900 millions it would be neces
sary to raise the public revenue from 497 millions to 521, inde
pendent of the deficit of 55 millions above mentioned, and inde
pendent of the annual expence of public worship now payable by
the nation. To provide for this extraordinary debt, the nation
has acquired a fund of 2400 millions in domains and church
lands, which properly applied are more than fufficient to latisfy
its creditors, or rather to pay the expence of this great revolution.
14 The committee submits to the wisdom of the AiTembly three
different ways to complete this payment :
" 1. By certificates bearing an interest. 5 per cent, to be re
ceived in payment for domain and church land.
44 2. By ciffignats upon the said land, bearing no interest.
44 3. By delivering certificates for half the fuin due, and aflig
nats for the other half."
This plan presented towards the end of August, was strongly
supported by Mr. Mirabcau> who insisted upon the immediate
ernillion of aooo millions of aflignats, receivable ir. all payments,
as they a&ually represented the domain and church land. Th»s
measure, said he, would effectually convert the enemies of the
constitution, as by the cmiflion of so large a sum their fortune
would undoubtedly depend on the support of the national decrees.
>—The AiTembly having adjourned this important question to the
17th of September, the public have had time to consider it with
attention. Mr. Mirabeau's opinion has been adopted by the
Chamber of Commerce of Bourdeaux, who addressed the nation
al AiTembly on the fubjeft.—Many adversaries appear on the other
fide, amongst whom Mr. Ncckcr is the most eminent, (hewing,
in a pSrticular memoir to the Aflembly» how much commerce,
agriculture and administration would be injured by this immense
cmiflion of paper-money. Mr. Dupont supports the fame opin
ion in a pamphlet, and the city of Rouen in anaddrefs to the Na
tional AiTembly. The latter propofesthe firft alternative of the
committee as the most eligible, viz. to pay in certificates, bearing
an interest of 5 perccnt.
Mr. Necker's reasons against the emiflion of 2000 millions of af
fignats are indeed strong and weighty ; but it may be asked wha*
right this roinifter had to interfere in the deliberations of the Le
gislature ? Besides, Mr. Necker only disapproves the plan, but he
does not propose a better one. Bourdcaux and Rouen have open
ly declared themselves for and against the emi(lion of afligtiats ; the
public are almost equally divided, and the decision of the AfTem
bly, whofedebatesonthe fubje£t are to begin the 17th,uncertain.
The enormous debt of 1900 millions, incurred by the AfTem
bly, will not appear so exorbitant, when we consider that com
mon juflice required that the nation (hould aflume the debt of the
«lcrgy and royal family, provide lor the (übfiftence of bilhops and
monks, refund the capital formerly paid for judiciary and finance
offices, and make up the lolTes of the royal treasury fuft'ained by
the irregularity of contributions. Wc have seen that the means to
provide for thefeobjetts will be easy, but the mast eligible mode
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must be left to the wifdoro and enquiry of tbe Niuonal Atftui
b, 'fhe moderation and circumfpcdlion of this great
been lately evidenced in the delicate ijueftion o ■■
Avi-non. Mr. Trouchet,making a report on this luDjett, oblcivca
thdt°the Pope bcin« in pofleffion of Avignon fincc: 1348, h
rights were as refpcftable as any rights of property ~ that: the a
tiztrls of a particular diftria had not the faculty of gwg
selves to another power without the coufent o re w
nity to which they belong; that therefore Av.gnon could nobe
accepted bV France, unless all the States of the d collcc
tively consented to .his surrender, and that ever. ... that cafe the
negotiations (hould originate between the A.ng and Pope and
not between the Aflembly of France and the people «f Avignon.
The majority of the Aflembly feemeo to approve this repot t, but
deferred the ultimate dccif.on to another day.
M de U Tour clu. Pin, tninifterof the war department, has in
formed the Aflembly, that altho' the king had not the least fu -
picion with relpeft to the intentions of the King of Hungary, it.)
the great bodies of troops marching towards Brabant tendered it
necessary to quiet the minds of the people on the frontiers, by re
inforcing them with reeiments. This letter was .efcrred
to the military committee. The armaments at Bred, Rocheiott
1 and Toulon, are carried on with ihe greatest dispatch.
According to a decree of the National Aflembly, all parlia
mentary functions of ihf chambers of vacation were to ceale the
■joth of Sept. in the jyjjvinces, and the isth October at Parts.
About that time the juices and a.ttrift judges -wcrc to be
chosen by the fame electors who have the appointment of diftnfl
aflemblies. The fame electors were hkewlfe to cleft bishops and
curates. Thus we have seen, in the course of one year, a com
plete regeneration of an irnraenfe empire ; twelve large provin
ces divided into 85 departments, each department into diftrifts,
each diftria into parishes; a progreflive representation from the
smallest village to the whole empire ; a large body of nobles le
velled with the citizens ; some hundred thousand monks reltored
to the community ; hereditary judges replaced by ele£ted justices;
the road to honor and preferments opened to all ranks, to all reli
gions ; a domineering soldiery taught to obey the civil magistrate.
Whatever may be the defedls of individual members of the Na
tional Aflembly, we are at a loss to find in history a body of men,
who have displayed more courage, more firmnefs, more wisdom,
and who in a shorter fpaceof time have done greater things than
the Aflembly of I ranee.
Candour oblige* us to fay, however, that notwithstanding the
great prefeverance and afliduity of the national Aflembly, the
country is far trom being in a state of tranquillity* The enemies
of liberty are too numerous and too daring not to excite commo
tions, which though diftrefling for the immediate futferers, are far
from being prejudicial to that system which they wish to destroy.
From the beginning of the revolution to this day, every attempt of
the opposite party has been not only unfuccesful but ruinous for
them. While we deploie their blindness, we sincerely wish that
they may not wound the feelings of a patriotic and virtuous King,
b/ their pretended counter-revolution; luch an attempt would
4 *uin foi ever an ancient and yefpeftable nobility, which is still dear
to their country, tho' they are deprived of the empty iound of ti
tles, which like the names of Peter and John, have of late seldom
conveyed a higher opinion of the man to the ear ot a Frenchman.
Families are and will be always refpe&ed, if, by an imprudent ex
ertion, they do not forfeit the affection of their countrymen. We
acknowledge that they may bring on a civil war, a war which must
annihilate tnem, but we deny the practicability of a counter revo
lution. Separate attempts indeed are made in several parts of the
kingdom, but they always terminate in the deftruftion of the ring
leaders. The mod remarkable is the late commotion of Nancy,
where the Swiss regiment of Chateauvieux milled by falfe mfinu
ations, had taken arms against the commander, Marquis de Bouille,
a man distinguished by his conduct in the Weft-Indies,during the
late war. Supported by iome citizens, the rebellious regiment
actually attempted to defend the city against the approaching mi
litia, commanded by M. dc Bouille, who had given previous notice
of his expedition to the National Assembly. The militia having
forced one of the gates, a great slaughter ensued, in which about
300 men were killed on both fides : but M. dc Bouille proving ul
timately vi&orious, the prisoners were committed to a court mar
tial of their countrymen [the Swiss} who condemned every fe
; venth man to be hanged, and 64 of the reft to the galleys. During
the confli&an officer of the Kings regiment, perceiving that the
Swiss intended to fire a cannon on the militia, placed hirnfelf be
fore the mouth of the cannon, devoting himfelftoa gloriousdeath
to save his fellow citizen?. The conduct of Mr. Bouille, was high
ly approved of by the King and Aflembly; but the difafi'efted
party embraced with eagern.fs this opportunity to misrepresent
the conduct of the gene ral and ministers; they inflamed the peo
ple of Paris to such a degree as to render it neceflary for Mr. De
la Fayette to reinforce the guards of the National Aflembly and ot
the Ministers; it was (aid that the militia and the regiment had
been wantonly facrificcd to the fecrel views of M. dc Bouille, who
after having butchered those who were evidently attatched to the
constitution, would find it very easy afterwards to bringon a coun
ter revolution. Afperfionjs of this kind,however,have a momentary
efleft at Paris, and the commotions which they excite have folittle
influence in the Aflembly, that whilst the mob aflailed the house,
they continued the whole day to deliberate coolly on the ceflion
of Avignon. Nothing has yet been able to break the undaunted
spirit of that patriotic body. Smaller commotions of regiments
at Lisle, and in other places, hardly deserve to be mentioned, hav
ing been flopped immediately by the new created power of the
civil inagiftrate : A power which is daily ftrcngthened by the
fruitlefs struggles of a soldiery, unaccustomed to the controulof
civil law.
The King having been at St. Cloud about fix weeks, it can be
110 more aflerted by the enemies of the constitution, that his ac
tions are not free. He continues to co-operate with the National
Afleiubly in the raoft eflential points of their proceedings; for
their decrees can not be executed but under his authority. In his
name M. de Montmorin has informed the Aflembly, that every
necessary measure has been taken to support the family compact with
Spain, and that the Ambaflador at Madrid has received in
ftru6lions to renew thr; trertv under the name of a national compad.
Thus in the earliest pe»)jd of the French regeneration, the future
political connexions ot the kingdom will be defined, and the edi
fice gradually completed in all its parts.
By way of contrail to thefc great concerns of the nation, we
can not forbear mentioning the voluminous memorial lately pre
sented by threle&orof Triers to the States of the German Empire.
He com plains of thedecree, which by rendering the French church
entirely independent of foreign controul, deprives him of his cc
clefiaftical jurifdi&ionover Merit*, Toul, Verdun, Nanci,St. Deiz,
the Dutchy of Lorrain, and part of Luxembourg. His highness
claims the protection and afliftance of the empire against these
dangerous encroachments on his authority. If, in consequence of
his claims, thcjacrcd empire fends into France an army similar to
that which has lately attacked the Liegeois, we (hall remember the
cxpreflion of Mr. Mirabeau : •' We hope that the Germans will
not oblige us to bury some thousands of their soldiers upon our
frontiers."
The Pope continues his ncgociations with refpeft to Avignon,
and from the disposition of the National Aflembly, it is difficult
to fay what will be the result.
The declining health of Mr. Necker has at last induced him to
depart, but being unable to fettle li s accounts he left that bufiuefs
to M. Dufrefney and let out with his lady, about the 9th of Sept.
He was flopped by the militia of Arey, a small town in Champam,
who refufed to let him proceed without leave from the National
Aflembly. Mr. Necker wrote in consequence to the Aflembly,
who, alter some debate, ordered the municipality of Arey to fuf
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fir him to iepwt. It mull be coufclUd that notw.tl.ftanding the
crea't talents, intcg.ity and perseverance ot this great man, he w is
deficient piudence, by ii.terpofinj his authority in matters that
did not belong to his province. Byfuppouing the rights of the
Nobles againit the ooimou of the Xing » Council, he 101 l the la
vor of the people without acquiring the triendlhip and .good wth
of the nobles, who conltder him as the principal author of the re
volution Too often he pvefumed to give his advice when it was
not ailtcd, and, by his oppofmg the torrent of public opinion, he
injured his health and popularity. Ill* to be wiihed, however,
that Mi Necker, may loon be able to relume his bufiuefs, audio
endear himfclt to ius fellow-citizens by new exertions ot patno-
We cannot better conclude this short statement of the affairs in
France, than by mentioning the new tribute paid to the memory
oi a man, who, as a itatefman, as a ph.lofopher, but particularly as
an American, has for ever gained the applause and esteem of
the French natidn. The Academy lias decreed the highest pre
mium for the next year, on an encomium of Dr.FRANKLiN.
Thus the legiflaiure, the people, and the lanftuary of letter., have
combined to contribute to the iromo'tality of Franklin, bccaufc
joined to all his superior qualifications, he had the particular ad
vantage of being a distinguished citizen of the United States.
FROM THE NEW-YORK DAILY GAZETTE.
OBSERVATIONS, designed for the benefit of
those who barrel PORK ; which being the re
sult of experience, may certainly be depended
on> A Merchant.
IT is well known that Irish provisions have been, and frill are
generally used throughout Europe : The quality is a good re
commendation, and the mode of preserving them contributes, in
no small degree, to their value; yet there is another point in which
they difFer from the fait provisions of almost every other country,
simple in itfelf, yet extremely ufcful, as it saves labor in thediftri
bution, and of course gives it the preference to those who have the
power of approving 01* dilcountenancing it. I mean, that they
are cut in pieces of a proper size to suit a small mets, both of a na
vy or army. If American Pork, of the firft quality (a cask of which
inthisftate, must now weigh 2001b5.) was manuta&ured in the
fame manner, viz. fifty pieces of about four pounds each in
barrel, it would command not only a ready sale at foreign mar
kets, but it vyouVd alio produce a better price ; and as this mode
of curing it can be attended with 110 poflible injury at any market,
it isearneftly recommended to all dealers in Pork, that they will
begin and promote a system which, ifpradlifed, mull tend to their
)wn emolument, and the good of their country.
New-York, 13, Nov. 1790.
John Francis,
Late of N£w-York, refpe&fully informs the public, that he
Commodious Boarding
No. 53. Fourth-Street, one door from Race-Street,
WHERE Gentlemen may be accommodated with
GEKTEEL BOARDING AND LODGING,
By the lleek, Month, or Year, and on the mod moderate terms.
Phila. Nov. 20, 1790 [2aw.3m._J
INTELLIGENCE-OFFICE,
No. 2cß, in Market, above 6th Street, Saith Jidc,
WI L L be negociated all kinds of PAPER
MONEY and
Public Securities,
BUSINESS tranfa&ed in public offices in the
city, and such Paper-Money and Certificates furnifhed, as will
make payment at the Land Office equal to Gold and Silver.
MONEY borrowed or loaned, and BILLS,
BONDS, and NOTES of HAND difcountea.
HOUSES, Farms, Lands, and Lots, bought
and fold, let or leafed, and Houses, Rooms, Boarding and Lodg
ing procured for Strangers, or others.
BOOK-KEEPERS, Clerks, School-Matters,
Waiters, Nurses, SeauiftrefTes, Chamber and other Maids, and
thofc of other profeffions, who come well recommended, may
hear of employ ; and Employers be supplied, bv applying to
FRANCIS WHITE.
Dealer in Paper Money, and Public Securities*
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,!
Otiober 14,1790. J
NOTICE is hereby given, That Profiofa/s -will be received at
the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the 30th day
of November next, inrlufive, for the, fuppiy of all Rations which
may be required for the use of the United States, from tlie firß day
of January to the thirty-iirft day of December 1791, both days in
cluiive, at Springfield, in the State ofMallachufetts, aud the Poftof
Wefl-Point, in the State of New-York.
The Rations to be supplied, are to consist of the following Arti
cles, viz. One pound of Bread or Flour,
One pound ef Beef, or J of a pound of Pork,
Half a jill of Rum, Brandy, or Whisky,
One quart of Salt, }
Two ouarts of Vinegar, f
, cc > pr. 100 rations,
1 wo pounds or Soap, ( r
One pound of Candles, j
Separate Piopofals may be made for each piace, fpecifying tufi
lowest price pr. ration. No credit is required.
Improvements and Additions to Mr. Bowen's
Exhibition of Wax-Work,
HIS Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esq. A Philadelphian
Beauty. Peace, (an elegant figure) with her Olive Branch.
Plenty, with wreathsof Flowers, baflcet of Fruit, Bcc.
TICKETS, atone quarter dollar, mav be had at M'
James Bkyson's, No. 4, Third, below Market Street ; where the
exhibition is open from 10 o'clock in the Morrfing, until 9 every Evening..
N. B. MINIATURE and PORTRAIT PAINTING
done at the fame place, on rcafonable terms.
Philadelphia, Oft. 30, 1790.
IO" SUBSCRIBERS in the City and State of
New-York—and to the Eajlward as far as B oft on,
will pie ast to pay their arrearages to Mr. P. Wetniore,
at the Pofl-Ojfici, New-York—who will also receive
fubfer'tptions jor the Gazette.
The price of this paper is 3 dolls, pr. an*. and sd. jingle nunicrt
has opeued a
House,
At the