" 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.
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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,)