T HU>M THE I L.U i- RAI-'CAZt.r I £ AT a meeting of the General Council of tlie Commons of Paris", 011 the 22d April 179 r, M. de la Fayette delivered the following address : Gentlemen, I COME in the Commons' Hotife where foniany agreeable remembrance'sllrike me, to acknow ledge these lall initances of your goodness, with all the lenlibility of ai> heart, whole firlt «i(li is, after that of serving the people to be loved bj them; and who is altonilhed at the importance ascribed to an individual in a free counti j , where nothing ought to be of importance but the law. If my condatft on this occalion, gentlemen, were to be directed only by thole sentiments which 1 feel of tenderness and of gratitude, 1 Ihould only make reply to the regrets with which you and the national guard have honored me, by obeying your requeils ; but as in this business I have listened to no personal motive, so amidst the tumults which agitate us, it is not by the suggestions of private feelings that 1 am to be de termined. I do not think that the national guard, the ma jority of whom were ever deaf to the voice of faction and of party, can have seen with indif ference the cause of my difcourugement—The conftirutional authorities set at nought—their orders def'pifed—the public forces oppufed tothe execution of the law, whose defence was entrust ed to it. We are citizens, gentleman, we are free ; but without obedience to the law, there remains only conftifton, anarchy, defpotifin ; and if this capital, which has been the cradle of the revolution, instead of ftrrrounding with its light and its refpedt the depositories of the na tional power, fliall besiege them- with tumults, or fatigue them bv violence, it will cease to be an example for Frenchmen ; it will be in danger of becoming their terror.—Eefides, gentlemen, in the striking tokens I have received of affec tion, too tnnch has been done for me—too little for the law ; 1 have felt with the tendered emo tion thatmy'fellow (oldiers love me ; but I have not yet learned how far they cherish the princi pies upon which liberty is founded. I deposit in your hands, gentlemen. this fmeere avowal of my sentiments; be pleal'ed to make known to the national guard, whose tokens o( friendlhip I have received with so much fenfibi lit}', and to whom 1 fliall be ever a brother as af feiftionare as grateful. I acknowledge, to command them I warned to b'e afl'ured that they firmly believed the fare of the conftitntion as depending on the execution, oftlie law, the only fovereigu of a free people ; that the liberty of individuals, the fafety of liotifes, religious liberty, refped: for legitimate authority; that these, without exception, would be held by them as facreel as by me. We not only want courage and vigilance, but also una nimity in the principles I have just laid down ; and I have thought and Hill think the constitu tion will be better served by the deliberate re llgnation I have given in, than by my acquies cence with the invitations with which you have deigned to honor me. Fur the GAZETTE of the USITED STATES. Qnoufque tandem akuterc pat'untia 'noflral HOW long, Sir, are we to be bored with the idle speculations of endless writers about (he British constitution ? Of what concern, ] should be glad to know, is it to us, whether Great Britain has or has not a written conflitu tion, or whether it has certain principles in the nature of a constitution, or whether it has only a form of government instead of a cor ftitution? The celebrated Mr. Burke lamented, that France in her revolution had not more closely attended to the British constitution ; Mr. Paine thereup on gets in a rage, and writes a dozen pages to prove a negative, that is, that Great Britain has no constitution.— Publicola is displeased at this, and infills that it has, and Brutus and Agricola again contend that it has not. The three firft of these writers having managed the subject with ability, a patriot reader might peruse their publications wijh tolerable attention, but I can not help wishing that Agricola would attend to his fields and his plough ; and when 1 saw the fir 11 number of Brutus, I involuntarily exclaim ed, Et tu, Brute ! Indeed, Mr. Printer, I dont fee the neceliity of fluffing the newspapers day gftei' day. morning and evening, with all these pros cons, and 1 recommend to these great politicians, who are so fond of writing, to turn their thoughts and their hands to some other i he people of England have sense enough to take care of themselves, and if i rhev have not, its no business of onr's. Every body acknowledges our constitution to be a good one, and that under it the people of the Ui7ited States are happy and growing rich. Whar then is the tendency of these numerous diflertatiuns about revolutions, new constitutions, abolitions, informations and so forth ? Tqueftion whether it be 3 salutary one. These authors had bettet write fomeufeful treatise on agriculture, or fug some improvement on our domcftic manu factures: Indeed they would, in my opinion, render more service to society, if they were to invent some mode of getting rid of the flies at this troublesome season, or discover how wem ight keep ourselves cool in this city. A. B. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. Away- each (ast and lenddr bli-fs— The laugh of jiy—the glance of love— The gay dilcourfe—the heart of peace— The hours, winged with rapture, move. A friend, oncc wont to give and share Each Iranfport of the fleeting year, A femblant angel, good and fair. To every thought ancf feeling dear; Explored my heart In fmiFing Friendlhip r s faithlefs guise, Exulting found a tender part Where lives foft pcace and where it dies. Arid there—ah there ! her causeless hate Ifn pre fled an undeterved blow, That fcalc d with endlcfs grief my fate, And plunged me deep in hopeless woe. Then trufl npt, Youth, the melting air, The thrilling touch, refined embrace; Since Treachery has a 'form so fair, And Malice'wears fa sweet a face. On feeing Governor Paterson on board his Barge the Cirrielia-, at the late celebration of INDEPENDENCE. O.N Raritotflhfop,Ofh gliding (Iream we view, Eniaptur'd vijew the man whom we admire, On this aufpicions day, -with laurel crown'd, How gracefully the honor'd barge moves on ! See Neptuns's hardy sons.all clad in white, Timeing their oars to the melodious flutes; Not Cleopat racelebrated barge, When she full arm'd with cach bewitching charm, A tyrant bound in the foft chains of love, More elegant, or pleasing could appear; Nor did contain a jewel of such worth, Not freighted with a proud intriguing Queen; She nobly bears New- Jerfefs fav'rite fob, Our guardian chicf\ oui jfhnd> a Pate r s on. New-Brunfwitk, July 4, 1791. W A R S A W, May 3 "PHE new conflitntion has just parted in tlic S. Diet, by which the Eledtoi ofSaxony is declar ■d immediate fucceflyr to the Throne of Poland; afier whose demise, his daughter is to inherit ; and the choice of her husband, if she iwarries, is to he decided by 'lie States. Afier this Condi tution had pa(ll*d, the King, attended by the Marlhalsof the Dier, and a great number of the Members, went to the Cathedral, and took an oath to maintain it. f he Union of the Noblcffe with the class of citizens meets with daily encouragement. Prince Czartorvflci and Count Potocki.Marflial of Lithua >iia, are become burghers; Count Malachowflky, Marflial of the Diet, has also added himfelf to the class of citizens, faying at the fame time " that lie flionld think it an honor to be a magifV trare of Warsaw." One of [he magnates has declared his intention of opening a warehouse in his palace, to (hew that it is by no means degrading for a nobleman to be concerned in trade. The King himfelf has declared that the re eftablifhment of the rights of the citizens, re wards him for all the difficulties of his reign, and even gives him cause to rejoice at being a King. Q \ 6 O N, May 20. Wednesday Rear-Admiral Col"by lioifted liis flag at Spithead, on board the Impregnable, of 98 guns, Sir Thomas Bayard, Commander. There are now at Spithead five Admirals, and one in the harbour. Fourteen Pilots, acquainted with the naviga tion of the North Sea, particularly the Beit, are arrived at Portsmouth from London, and several others are daily expected. Orders are received in the dock-yard for all the gun-boats to be o- 0 t ready for immediate service. Lord Kawkefbury, on Tuesday, entered his Protest: in the Honfe of Peers against the vote of the preceeding evening, relative to the further prosecution of the trial of Mr. .Haltings. Sir Jothua Reynolds and the Gentlemen who are a Committee to superintend the ereiftion of monuments to the memory of eminent perfonsin St. Paul's Cathedral, had a meeting there vefter day, to fix on a prop er spot for the proposed mo numents of Mr. Howard, and Dr. Johnson. It is remarkable that with the late Dr. Price originated the plan now in adoption for reducino the_ National Debt—perhaps the only one in winch the sentiments of the Adminiflration and hnnfelf were united it is fervently wilhedrhat there may always be that clear underrtandino; and genuine integrity, in the ruling powers to gether with that anxiety for prcl'e rving theblef fings of peace, which (hall, enable them to carry this great design into full effect [—France, in ail her confufion, p.-.vs off her debt fatter than when 94 SONG H F N R Y. [HY REOUEST.] /lie was said to be in tranquility and orofue • what difintereiled counfeliors flit tnuft hav at that time i e * la( ' To what causes do medical Gentlemen as . •, theincreafing number of paralytick cases '.Ij , lunatics and suicides ? The fact, it is to b e f ed, is indisputable, and the source of these alar"' ing evils requires a very lenous invelHeotio"" Are we to attiibute tlieni to the general iif' "p tea, wine, or spirits, or to those ledentaiy fures, which are now fubdituted in the roou "r active ones ? ' °' The Pope's Bull, which has Ice,, publi c ] ; i burnt at Paris, contains these words : " ti King would not have fancftioned the Cisii C dilution of the Clergy, had he not been c °,"~ drained, and even forced to it by .he 4flembly—as the letteis which die Kiiiir i written to us plainly teftify ! Pius the M This declaration has set new'fpirits at «o !' who publickly, though not very politely d C cl ,'<! —thar ei'her the French King, or the Itaj; Pope must have told a ! and they will ice which it is. These letters, therefore, are to be moved for in tlie National Aflembly, that »; Montmorin niayjudify himfelf on the fubj-c't On Thnrfday M. de Clermont-Tonnerre \v as marked by the mob, for having supported the intereds of the Pope againd the nat ion. Heform mtely took fl'ielter in a coffee-houfe. until! th e National Guards came to his refctte. Thev after wards attacked his house, which thcv' would have demtritfhed, but for the guards. The claims already colleded in, on account of a yoqng gentleman [duke of York] 1 itely em l barked for the Continent, amount to 240 000 l 127,000!. of which are unfunded debts Of the r,- fpefiable compaify of Bluck legs. Two thousand dram shops or whiskey houses have been (but up in Dublin finee the palling of 'he late ac r t of tlie Irish parliament, to prevent the alarming use offpiri'nous liquors in Ireland. The laie popular commotions in France, have been highly advantageous t< the enufe of liber ty, for the di;':ifFe<sied at iftocrates, and prelatical nonconformids. have been banished from about the throne ; the fove eign has c onfented to a public recognition of the French C'onditmion at foreign courts ; and the national guards tannin he danger of difobediencc by the refignaticn of their beloved commander, will hereafter e vince a fcrupalons attachment to their funeiior officers, and with M. de la Fayette once mote at their head, will become the defenders of their country, and the guardians of those laws which cliey have sworn to enforce. The 18th of*ttpril, 1791, will be therefore another p' oud day in the annals of Francc, e qually honourable for the Parisians, equally nfeful for the nation, and equally creditable to he Monarch as the 14th ot July, 1789 ! The impeachment of Mr. Hailing® niay no\» be Hud to have died a natural, The dif .inion of its conductors has palsied that accusing inn, that no effectual pursuit of the accufatiohs can any longer be expeifted. Mr. Burke has become the object of pity to his friends. The oppositionists fay he i* now mad—Common Sense aSlerrs that he has ,b:cn so—and the noble orator himfelf confelles " that his faculties are impaired through a long and severe attention to public business." The refuni ptio" of Avignon, and the Cotulat Venaiffin, will add nearly one million of inhabi- ants to the population of Francs Those Chevaliers of the order of Sr. Louis, who have merited that honor by their fervkes, ashamed of the spies, piyips and parasites who had been decorated with the Croix, have deter mined to relinquifli it i«n 1i 1 the refpedtive merits of the pofTefTors, ffiould be canvafled by the Na tional Aflembly. This is certainly the epoch for unaccountable revolutions in Church, as well as State—for what astrologer could have divined that in the year 1.791, the mild legislature of Britain would have been occupied in granting toleration and indulgences to the Rotnifh Church, at the pre cise moment that his Holiness the Pope was burnt in effigy at Paris, by the hand of the corn man hangman ! —Sic tranljt gloria Ecclefuc. The answer of his DaniSh Majesty, to the late communication from our Court, is said to liavs been, that he was in hopes his Britannic Majesty would not have asked any thing that mightconi mit him with BulTia. A veflel called the experiment arrived at Li verpool on Saturday fe'nnight, laden with linen, from Dundee, being the firll that has come to that port through the canal.—.She was only four days in her pafl'age from the east coast of Scotland ; a voyage which, when attempted round the land, has been known to take lip a} many months On Tuesday fe'nnight, after a litigation of e ight years, the claimants on the goods f'eized by Lord Rodnev and General Vauglian. at St. Euftatius, in the vear 1752. were paid the full amount of their several claims, pwrfuatit to a fi nal decision of the Lords of the Privy Council
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