" Amidst these outrages offered to the monarch, to his august family, and in their pcrfons to the whole nation, what has become of the monarchy ? The decrees of the national assembly have cen tered in themselves all the royal power ; the seal of the state has been deposited on their table ; their decrees are rendered execu tory without requiring fan&ion ; they give direfl orders to all the agents of the executive power; they iinpofe, in their own name, oaths, in which Frenchmen do uot even find the name of their king ; commiflioners, who have received their million from them alone, traverse the provinces, in order to receive oaths which they exatt, and give dire&ions to the army ; thus at the moment at which the inviolability of the king was annulled, monarchy wasdeftroyed; the appearance of royalty no longer exists : a re publican interim. " Far from all those, who are acquainted with the rules of our conduct [and, we believe, there are very few Frenchmen who do not rightly appreciate them] be the idea that we could concur in such decrees. They are not less unpleasant to our feelings than repugnant to our principles.—Neverhavc we more fevcrely felt the rigor of our duty ; never have we more lamented the fatal consequences resulting from the miflion with which we were charged, than when forced to remain witnesses of acts, which we regarded as culpable attempts, while those who are mod frequent ly our organ, become timid, for the firft time condemned them selves to silence, that they might not involve the faered cauffe in that unpopularity which hasfo ingeniously been contrived to be thrown upon our party. Without doubt, if we were guided by common rules ; if we yielded to the horror with which we were inspired by the idea of being thought to approve, by our presence, decrees to which we were so averse, we would fly without delay ; we would without hesitation separate from an assembly, who have been able to break through principles which they had been forced to preserve. But in circumstances so similar, we can neither as sume common rules, nor our own sentiments as the bias of our own condutt. When our principles, our honor, may perhaps in the opinion of a great number, command us to fly, motives more im perious still exa£b of us a painful facrifice, that of remaining, in a situation where we preserve the hope of preventing greater evils. " Before the calamitous epoch at which we are arrived, we could at least grasp the shadow of monarchy : we fought upon the wreck ; the hope of preserving it juftified our conduct. Now, the last blow has been given to monarchy ; but in addition to that great motive, we were bound by other duties. The monarch ex ists, he is captive ; it is for the King's fake that we ought to rally our strength ; it is for him, it is for his family, it is for the preci ous blood of the Bourbons, that we ought to remain at the post, where we can watch over a deposit so valuable. " We will discharge then this sacred duty, which alone ought be our excufe,and we will prove, that in our hearts the monarch and the monarchy can never be separate. " But whilst we comply with this urgent duty, let not our con stituents expect to hear us come forward on other fubjc£ts. While one interest only can force us tb fit with those who have raised a mis-shapen republic upon the ruins of monarchy, it is to that in terest alone that we are wholly devoted. From this moment, the mod profound silence, on whatever (hall not relate to this fubjedt, (hall express our deep regret, and at the fame time invariable op poiiticn to every decree that niay be passed. " In fine, let our constituents turn their attention to the cir cumstances in which we arc placed ; if, in the present moment we have not gloried in marching toremoft in the path of honor, our situation now imposes both with regard to them and to ourselves, duties which do not go beyond ourselves alone. For us, honor lies no 1 onger in the common track ; our sole obje£l is ihe triumph of thefacred cause with which we are entrusted : But let them be beforehand assured, ihat whatever may happen, to whatever ex tremities we may be reduced, nothing wiil efface from our hearts the unalterable oath which irrevocably binds us to the monarch and to monarchy. " After these confutations, which appear to us founded upon the true interest of the nation, and the eternal advantage of the people, essentially dependent on monarchy, wc declarc to all Frenchmen : " That alter having constantly opposed all the decrees, which in attacking Royalty, either in its eiTence or in its privileges, have prepared the people to receive without indignation, as without ex amination, the anti-monarchical principles to which thefc days of anarchy have given birth : " That after having defended till the last moment, monarchy, undermined in its foundations : lt That afjer hiving seen its ruin completed by the deliberations of the National AfTembly; for to attack, the person of the monarch, is to annul monarchy ; to suspend monarchy, is in fine to destroy it : " Nothing can authorise us any longer to take part in delibe rations, which become in our eyes guilty of a crime which we do not wifhto participate. " But that monarchy existing in the person of the monarch, from whom it is inseparable; that his misfortunes and those of his augtift family impofmg upon us a stronger obligation always to surround his august pet fori and defend it from the application of principles which we condemn ; we place our sole honor, our most sacred duty in defending with all our might, with all our zeal for the blood of the Bout bons, with all our attachment to the principles which our constituents have transmitted to us, the in terest of the king, and the royal family, and their indefeafible rights. " That in consequence, we (hall continue, from the sole motive ef not abandoning the intcrelts of the person of the king, and the royal family, to alfift at the deliberations of the National AfTem bly; but being neither able to avow their principles, or recognize the legality of their decrees, we will henceforth take no part in de liberations which have not for rheir objedt the only intercft which it now remains lor us to defend." Paris, June 29, 1791. All to God, and all to the King. Signed by nearly 300 members. ALBANY, September 5, We have the pleasure of now being able to inform the public that from the survey lately made by the Surveyor General of the intended jun&ion oi the waters of Lake-Champlain and the North River, it appears that that object will be much more easily ac compliftied than could be expe&ed. The whole distance from Fort-Edward to the Wood-Creek not exceeding 6 miles, nearly one half of which being up the creek that empties into the Hud son at Fort-Edward, and can be made navigable with a little ex pence, the remainder of the dillance being nearly on a perfe6t le vel, without a single spot of intervening high-ground, and having every circumstance in its favor to facilitate the opening of a canal. The advantages which will arise from opening this avenue of trade, from the northern parts of the state, mud strike every one in so obvious a point of view, that we trnft our leg'.flature will, at their next meeting, embrace those favorable opportunities which nature has pre fen led, and make provision for putting it into exc- cution. N E W-Y O R K, September is. A correspondent who has just arrived in town from Philadel phia, in justice to the hoyt of that city and ils liberties, declares— that tho' he traversed the Itreets by night and by day, thoroughly and universally, generally and paiticularly, on foot and on horse back, in fair weather and in foul, he did not meet with any of those formidable battalions of the " Rising generation," which arc spoken of with so many alarming circumftsnces of terror and affright in some length) paragraphs o! one of their late papers j and that excepting a small cut in the face, from the carelessness of a barber's boy, near Pewter-platter alley (w'no was /having him by candle light) he received no injury whatever either in his flefli or bones, his goods or his chattels, from those far famed combina tions of puerile light infantry. He was well informed that the few instances of outrage that have been committed, have chiefly arisen frorp the want of a little common resolution on the pait of such gentlemen as have been attacked ; and, upon the whole, he is convinced from his own as well as from the experience of ma ny pet (ons of his acquaintance, that there is no city in the United States where a man may conduct his frail tabernacle thro' the flreets in greater fafety, than in the celebrated metropolis known by the name of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, September 17. FURTHER EUROPEAN ACCOUNTS, By the Hope, arrived at New-York. THE Anniversary of the French Revolution was Celebrated in many parts of England and Ireland. At the Crown and Anchor Tavern, London, nearly a thousand persons were alTemblcd and dined together on this occasion. A number of patriotic toasts were given—An Ode, written by Mr. Merry, was recited, and the following Stanzas, accompanied by a band of music, sung in the gallery by Mr. Sedgwick : — FILL high the animating glass, And let the elettric ruby pass From hand to hand, from foul to foul; Who shall the energv controul, Exalted, pure, reftn'd, The Health of Human lyind. Not now a venal tribe shall raise The song of prostituted praise, To fov'reigns who have feiz'd their power ; But at this gay, this iib'ral hour. We blcfs what Heaven defign'd, The Health of Human kind. We turn indignant from each cause Of man's difmay—from partial laws— From Kings who vainly seek by flight To shun the blaze of moral light; We bless what Heaven defign'd, The Health of Human kind. CHORUS. Assert the hallow'd Rights which Nature gave, And let your last best vow be, Freedom or the Grave. The ensuing Toajis were : The Sovereignty of the People, a&ing by a free representation in every nation. The increased, increasing and sacred flame of LIBERTY. Perfe£l Freedom, instead of Toleiation, in matters of Religion. The Liberty of the Press. The Trial by Jury, and may the Rights of Jurymen to protest the innocent, for ever remain inviolate. The Literary chara&ers who have vindicated the Rights of Man, and may genius ever be employed in the cause of Freedom. THANKS TO MR. BURKE FOR THE DISCUSSION HE HAS PROVOKED. An address was thert delivered to the company by a French gentleman of diftin£lion : After which, the company separated and retired home. In the evening some boys went about calling for lights, which were however soon extinguished by orders from the Magistrates. At Belfaft, in Ireland, the day was celebrated by the Volunteers and inhabitants at large, and by the Northern Whig Club —and the day palled in great conviviality and tranquility. The inhabi tants walked in proceflion through the town. After dinner a great number of toasts and fcntiments were given—and a declara tion highly approbating the Revolution of France unanimously agreed to, and voted to be sent to the National Aflembly. In the toasts drank at the patriotic meetings in England and Ireland, the United States, and those eminent chara&ers who have borne a conspicuous part in effecting the Independence of our country, are never forgot—but are always mentioned with peculiar refpeft.— The anniversary of the grand Confederation was celebrated with eclat in Paris, and the city splendidly illuminated. There are accounts in the London papers received via France, that the British army in India has defeated Tippoo Saib. The Britifn army consists of 23,000 fighting men—the followers ex ceed 200,000. The ground it covers in its march in general ex tends Bor 9 miles. The Empress of Ruflia is said to be danger ously sick. The negociations for peace between the Empiefs, the Empetor, and the Grand Seignior, having been broken off, hosti lities have again commenced. v The last Englifii meflenger from Peterfburgh brought no definitive intelligence. The Englifti naval armament is still continued. The English papers also contain a memorial from the Prince of Conde to the National Assembly, in answer to the Decree of nth June. In which he fays, " France (hall never again behold me, so long as reason and justice are banished from her, and so long as she is the prey of the faflious who mislead her."—Also a letter from the officers of M. Bouille's army at Luxemburg; in which they fay, " We swear upon our honor (the only thing that re mains to us) that we will die for the deliverance of our King."— £These articles in our next.J The ceremony of translating the body of Voltaire to the French Pantheon, was attended with great pomp and solemnity, on the 11th July. The last advices from Germany (under the London head of July 19) seem to confirm the idea of peace being soon established. With mobs and infurreftions we generally aflociate the idea of Tyranny and Oppression on the part of the Government—but when riots and outrages are committed on those who arc advo T catcs for a reform in the abuses of government, we may well ex claim—" The woild's turn'd upside down." There is one idea however connected whh this business that may be of use, and that is, that mobs may be excited without any, as well as by a just cause. As the several accounts received of the late riots in Birming ham bear one and the fame complexion, and are accompanied with no extenuating circumstances, it may justly be expeftcd that the whole truth is not yet told In Birmingham the great mass of the inhabitants are manufac turers and artisans—hundreds, perhaps thoufarjds ol them, are de pendant for their daily employment on a few individuals—the apprehensions probably excited in their minds, that the preva lence of French revolution principles would in their operation un hinge the present regulations ot government, and throw them out ol immediate employ, and confequcntly deprive them of subsist ence, gave rife to their opposition to the celebration of the anni versary of French Freedom. To fay that the agency of government was employed on this occasion, amounts to the fame as faying that either the people are mobbifhly attached to the government, or that the government pofleffcd in this instance an influence or power equal to controuU mg the popular opinion. It may be perhaps fafely aflerted, that no judgment can be formed of the predominant fcntiments of the people of England, from the Birmihghain fample—-for it is probable that, had the mobility in other places been excited to rife, a very different dc fcription of chara&ers would have been fufrerers. 163 The following beautiful ODE was fang at Liverpool at the celebratlcrt of the Anniverfdry of 14th July. O'ER the vine-cover'd hills and gay regions of France, See the Day-dar of Libeity rife ; Thro' the clouds of dejra&ion, unwearied, advance, And hold its new courfc thro' the skies. An effulgence so mild, with a lustre so bright, All Europe, with wonder, surveys ; And from defarts of darkness, and dungeons of night, Contends for a share of the blaze. Let Burke, like a bat, from its splendor retire, A splendor—too strong for his eyes ; Let pedants, and fools, his effufions admire, Intrapt in his cobwebs, like flies : Shall frenzy, and fophiflry, hope to prevail Where reason opposes her weight; When the welfare of millions is hung in the scale, And the balance yet trembles with fate ? Ah who 'midst the horrors of night would abide, That can taste the pure breezes of morn ; Or who, that has drank of the crystalline tide, To the feculent flood wou'd return ? When the bosom of beauty the throbbing heart meets, Ah who can the transport decline ? Or who that has tasted of Liberty's Sweets, The prize, but with life, wou'd resign ? —But 'tis o'er—high Heav'n the decision approves— Oppreflion has struggled in vain ; To the Hell she has form'd, Superstition removes, And Tyranny bites his own chain. In the records of Time a new iEra unfolds, — All Nature exults in its birth— His Creation, benign, the Creator beholds, And gives a New Charter to Earth. O catch its high import, ye winds, as ye blow! O bear it, ye waves, as ye roll! From regions that feel the fun's vertical glow, To the fartheft extremes of the pole. Equal Rights, equal Laws to the nations around, Peace and Friendship its precepts impart— And wherever the footileps of Man shall be found, May he bind the Decree on his heart. ExttaElof a letterfrom Danville.Kentucky, via Richmond, dated Aug. 22. " An express from Gen. Wilkinfon has this moment reached this place, informing of his success. He has destroyed a large In dian town situated on the Wabafh; also a Kickapoo town, con taining about 30 houses, and killed and taken 42 of the enemy. His loss, 2 men killed and one wounded, I have not as yet heard where the express left him, but expect he has re-pa fled the Ohio before this time." When it is coniidered that there are in France three millions of citizen-foldicrs, all armed in defence of the Constitution, the hopes of success in attempts to effect a counter-revolution must be built on a very slender foundation. Thursday afternoon, the President of the United States, his Lady and Suite, left this City on a tour to Mount Vernon. The Anniversary Commencement of Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N. H. was held the 24th ult. when the Degree of Ba chelor in Arts was conferred on forty young gentlemen. A GENERAL ELECTION is to be held for the City and County of Philadelphia, on Tuesday the iithday of October next, at the State-house. The Ele&ion to be opened between the hours of ten in the morning and one in the afternoon : The Elec tors of the City and County are to ehoofe— One Representative for the City and County^ of Delaware, ( t pr One Representative for the Counties ot Phila-f ° delphia and Bucks, J r ive persons for Reprefentativcs for the City, /In the General five persons for the County, ) Assembly. Two persons for Sheriffs, and One Commiflioner for the County. Died at Portland, Diftri£lof Maine, Mt.Samuel Dyer Deer ing, aged 22. A young gentleman who bid fair to be a ufeful and ornamental member of society. From PELOSI's MARINE LIST. ARRIVALS at the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Ship Delaware, Waters, Charleilon. Elizabeth, Peacbck, Liverpool. Brig Eliza, M'Kav, Jamaica. PRICE CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES. FUNDED DEBT. ao/6 pr. I 6 pr. Cents 3 pr. Cents Defered 6 pr. Cents UNFUNDED DEBT. Final Scttl. and other Certificates 2oj Indents 12f N. and S. Carolina debts, 15J Bank Subscriptions, IMPERIAL HYSON,SOUCHONG, and BOHEA TEAS, REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, & SPICES,&c.&c. Of the firft quality—by retail, No 19, Third-Street, between Chefnut and Market Streets. LOTTERY TICKETS. New-Jersey, ed Class—to commence drawing 26th inft. > Pofi- MafTachufetts Semi-annual, 2d Class, 13th O&ober. £ tively May be had as above. IF THOMAS FRANKS, lately of Little York, in Virginia, (but originally of Scarborough, in Yorkshire, Great-Britain) will make himfelf known, together with his present placc of rc fidence, either to his brother John Franks, who is now in this Port, or to the subscriber, he will hear of something greatly to his advantage. THOMAS ROBINSON. Portland, (Diftrifl of Maine) Augufl 29, 1791. P. S. In cafe of the dcceafe of Mr. Franks, his legal heir or heirs are requeftcd to forward their names and placcs ot abode to Mr. Rob 1 nson, as above. Georgetown, September 9,1791. THE Sales of the Lots in the Federal City will commence on Monday the 17th day of October next. The Commiflioncrs finding they may engage materials and workmen for the public buildings to any deferable extent; with a view to draw the fund into a&ion. so as to facilitate the work, instead of a deposit of 8 per cent, will require I.4th part of the purchase money to be paid down, the residue to be on bonds with security, pa/able with i.i tereft in three equal payments. The manner of improvement will be publiflicd at tbe falc. io2jpr. cent. 60 do. do. par 60 do. 12/6 138 Dollars, Thomas Johnson, f David Stuart, > Commiflianeri. DaniilCakoil,)
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