WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN F.ENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET,, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, [No. 50, of Vol. TIL] Wednesday, October 19, 1791. PLAN OF THE Gazette of the United States. I.Early and authentic accounts of the Proceedings <*j Covgrcfs, communicated !o as to form an iuftory of the traniaftiuns of the National Government. 11. Laws, &c. of ihe United State?. JIT. Impartial Sketches oj the Debates of Congress. JV. Etfa\s on the great iuhjf £fcs» of Government; also upon the local and national rights of the American citizens, as founded in nature, or on the national or state Constitutions; and on other fub ufts I'uitable for newspaper difcuilion. V. A [tries of Paragraphs, calculated to catch the " living- man ners as they rife," and to point the public attention to obje&s that have an important reference to domestic, social and public hap- pinefs. VI. 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TO THE PUBLIC AT this important crisis, the ideas that fill the mind, are preg nant with event# of the grcateft magnitude—to strengthen and complete the union of the States—to extend and pro.their commerce — to explore and arrange the nationalfunds —to rcttore and eftablifb the public credit-— will require the energies of the patriots and fajres of our counv y—H:r.ce the propriety of cncrc&fwg the me diums of knowledge, and information. AMERICA, from this period begins her national cxiftenre— l( the world is all BEFORE hek " —the wifHom and tolly— the misery and profpeiity of the empires,flates, and kingdoms, which have had their day upon the great theatre of time, and are now no more, the mod important mementos —these, with the rapid leries oF evt n'B. in which our country has been involv<d, have taught the enlightened citiz-nsof the United States, that Jrecdcm anil government, liberty and law*, are mfeparable. This conviction leci to the adoption of the new conflitution ; for however various the sentiments, refpe&ing the merits of this system, all good men are agreed in tne nectlTny of an efficient je itral government. A paper, therefore, upon national, independent, and impartial principle f—whtchfliall take up the pre mi Ted articles, upon a competent plan, it is presumed, will be highly inierefling, •nd meet with public approbation and patronage. The Editor of this publication is determined to leave no avenue *>f information unexplored :—He foliciu the afiiHance of peifonl ofleifure and abilities—which, united with his own afliduity, he flitters hinifelf will render the Gazette of the United States not un wortjtv encouragement and is, with due refpett, the public's humble servant, April 15, 1789. POS ISC RIFT, THE plan and execution of the Gazette of the United Sr at es, have received the app- obation ol a tribunal, from which the r e is no appea'. The subscriptions, which are encrealing, have long finre exceed ed the expectations of the publisher—a punflual compliance with the term-s would compeniate his labours, and animate his tuture exertions. The Government th?t an enlightened and free people adopt, is sacred confideranon—it knows no party —and its prosperity is "founded on the public g^od. While the people are just to themselves, the adminiflra»ion of their affairs will be committed to m<*n of integrity and competent abilities; and it will be the dutv of patriotism to lmprefs the pub lic mind with favorable sentiments of the mcalu.cs ot govern ment. Our country continuing enlightened <md free, the period can wot be anticipated v»h;-n a publication on the plan of this Gazette fcall involve a dereiifiion of thofc principles with which the li berties and happiness of the United SttWes are connected. With rcfu vt t-.» the circulation of this paper, the Editor regrets tnerecent difapr ointments which have unavoidably taken place— He has always been fully imprtflTed with the importance ot punc tuality. and cannot charge lumfelf with a si *i;lc inltance of rc mifTnc fs. ° b It is vrrv generally supposed that Congress, at the enfning icluon, wr!l take measure* to ensure the circulation of news papers i n the V.. :cd States; and particularly their tranfitiiffion roin the Scat ol Government to all parts o» tnc Union. Jullice, policy -inri p rioiifm, plead irrefutably in favor of fotne etfedual provision's ng made. The following pertinent and judicious obfWv.vions on this fuHje&, lately appeared in au'addrefs to the T l! • from the Editor of the Gazette of Maine. They ar ' 'übftituted rn preference to any whi h the edi.or ot this P*per m *s* l - further more particularly as coming from a 'remote quarter of the Union. Pernaps here is no country, in anv part of the world, the in •<i!!an.sot wh'ch are, (or maybe) fupplicd with public News pnnrrs jt a cheaper rate than ihofe of America. The Farmer and ' Irrchant, the Laborer and the Mechanic, tmy, by the means 1 when h retires from the bufitiefs and fatigues r - dav, take a view of the situation, the circumllances and the 3 '-jus revolutions of the several countries of the civilized woi !d — " it mnft be a oleafing circumftanoe, that this is theprivilf re y o icaUy the privilege of an American. et it inert lore be remembered, that by virtue of this pr v - * r » the body of the people cor.itamly obtain 2nd prefer vs such a degree of knowledge as shall he comoetcnt to the prevention of any attempt that be made by cunning and defigtnng men to sap the foundation of our mnft iuvaluable constitution. Bur, let the circulation of these Vehicles of Public Information becircum fcribed, and the people will at once become uninformed of public tranfa&ions, and the more enlightened Jew will engrolsthe privi leges, immunities and prerogatives, which in the nature and fitnefs of things, are the ir.defcafible right of the whole body ot the people. " It is presumed no American will need a ftimnlus of this na ture to furnifli himfelt with public information. The cheap rate at which it is offered, the love and glory of our country, will at all times promotefuc.il a mode of conduct, as Pnall forever bar the attempts of tyranny, ignorance and fupetilition." $dT Several of the firjt Volume of this Gazette are wanted— cajh, and the original coJl, witl be paid for themrby the Editor. I. r T I HE Royalty it indi\ifible, and delegated hereditarily to X the race or\ the tl rone from male to male, by order of primogeniture, to the perpe ual exclusion of women and their dcfcendants. Nothing is prejudged on the etteft of renunciations in the race •on the throne. 11. The per Ton of the king is sacred and inviolable : his only title is King of the French. 111. There is no authority in France fuperidr to that of the law. The kiiig reigns only by it, and it is only in the name of the law that he can require obedience. IV. The Kir.g, on his acceflion to the throne, or at the period of his majority, shall take to the nation in the presence of the le gislative body, the oath, " To employ all the power delegated to him, to maintain the conilitiltion decreed by the Constituent Na tional Ali'embly, in the years 1789, 1790, 1791, and to cause the laws to be executed." N If the Icgiflative body shall not be aiTembled, the king Pnall cause a proclamation to be iflued, in which shall be exprefTed •this oath, and a promifeto repeat it as soon as the Icgiflative bo dy shall be met. V. If the King refufc this oath after an invitation by the Icgif lative body, or if, after taking it, be shall retratt, he shall be held to have abdicated the royalty. VI. If the king put himft lf at the head of an army, and direct the forces of it against the nation, or if he do not oppose, bv a formal ast, any such enicrprize undertaken in his name, he (hall be hrld to have abdicated. VII. If the king go out of the kingdom, and if, aftrf being in vited by a proclamation of the legislative body,he docs not return, he shall be held to have abdicated. VIII. After abdication, express or legal, the king (hall in the rials of'c'ti/cns, and may be accufcd and tried like them, for a£ls poflerior to his abdication. IX. The particular cfFe&s which the king pofleflVs at his ac ceflion to the throne arc irrevocably united to the domain of the nation. He has the di fpofition of thole which he acquires on his own private account ; if he has not disposed of them, they are in like manner united at the end of his reign. X. The nation makes provision for the fplcndor of the throne, by a civil lift, of which the legislative bodv shall fix the sum at the commencement of cach reign, for the whole duration of that rei^n. XI. The king fliall npooinf an admimfirafor of the civil lift, who lhall inlHtute civil suits in the name of the king» and against whom petfonally (hall all prosecutions for debts, due by the civil lift, be brought, and judgments given and executed. THE EDITOR. Of tfie Regency. T. The King is a minor till the age of eighteen complete ; and during his minority, there fhail be a regent of the kingdom. 11. The regency belongs to the relation of the king, the next in degree according to the order of fucceflion to the throne, who has attained the age of twenty-five ; provided he be a Ficnchman, refidcnt in the kingdom, and not preemptive heir to any other crown, and has previously taken the civic oath. Women are excluded from :he regency. 111. The regent exercises till the kind's majority, all the func tion? of royalty, and is not perforially rcfponfible for tbe acts of his adminiltiaiion. IV. The regent cannot begin the exejeife of h:s functions till after taking to the nation, in the presence of the legislative body, an oath, " To employ all the power delegated to the king, and of which the cxercife is confided to him during the minority of the king, to maintain the constitution agreed to by the Conftituen National Assembly, in the years 1789. 1790, and 1791, and to cause the laws to be executed." II the legifiaiive body is not alTemblrd, the regent (hall can/e a a proclamation 10 be ifTued, in which shall be exprefiVd this oaih, and a promise to repeat it as soon as the legislative body shall b< met. V. As long as the regent U not entered on the exercise of his ftntfVions, the function of laws remains suspended ; the ministers continue to perform under their responsibility, ali the alts of the executive power. VI. As soon as the regent (hall take the oath, the lepiflative bo dy (hall fix his allowance, which (hall not be altered during his regency. VII. The regency of the kingdom confers no rights over the per fori of the m:nor king. VIII. The care of the minor kinij (hall be confided to his mo thcr ; and if he has no mother, or if (lie be married again, at the time of her son's acceOion to the throne, or if (he marry a^am du ring the minority, the care of him (hail be delegated by the legil lativc body. . . , l- j r For the care of the minor kinp, neither the regent, nor his del cendants, nor a woman can be be chosen. IX. In cafe of the kings mental incapacity nofoncullv admit ted, legally proved, and declared by the legislative body, after three fucceflive deliberations held monthly, there snail be a re geticy, as long asfuch incapacity continue. 197 CONSTITUTION OF FRANCE (Continued from No. 48, of this Gazette. J CHAPT E R IT. OJ the Royalty, the Regency, and the Mini fieri. SECTION I. Of the R (natty and the King. SECTION II [Whole No. 258.] SECTION TIL OJ the Roy-iil I. The prefumotive heir frail bear the name of Prince Royal. He cannot go out of the kingdom, without a decree of the If giftative body and thr King's confeni ; If he is gone out of it, and if, after being required bv a proc!a>» mation of the leg'flative body, he does not return to France, h« is held to have abdicated the right of fijcccflion to the throne. 11. If the presumptive heir is a minor, the relation, of full age, and next in order to the regency, is bound to reside within the kingdom. In cafe of his going out of it, and not return:ng on the requisi tion of the legislative body, he shall be held to have abdicated his* right to the regency. 111. The mother of the minor King, having the care of him, or the guardian elect, if they go out of the kingdom, forfeit theirs cbarge : If the mother of the presumptive heir, a minor, goes out of the kingdom, Hie cannot, even after her return, h-tve the carc of her minor son, become King, but by a decree of the legislative body. IV. The other members of the family of the King are only to the laws common to all citi/cns. V. A law (hall be made to regulate the education of the minor King, and that of the minor hen piefumpt»vr. VI. No real apanage (in land) lhall be granted to the members of the royal family. The younger sons of the King shall receive, at the age of twen ty-five. or on iheir marriage, auannuitv, the amount of which shall be fixed by the legislative body, and (hall terminate with the ex tin&ion of their male heirs. SECTION IV. I.* To the King alone belongs the choice and diftniflion of miniflers. 11. No order of the King can be execu'ed, if it be not signed bv him, and countcrfigned by the miniitcr or comptroller ol the department. 111. The miniflersare responsible for all the offences commu ted by them againlt the national falety and the conftitu.ion—for every attack on individual property and liberty—Tor every abvfe of the money allotted forfche exp.nces of their department. IV. In no cafe can the written or verbal ord-'r of a King, dul ler a miniftcr from rfefponfibility, V. The tninifters are bound to present every year to the legis lative bodv. at the opening of the feflion, the amount of the ex pences of their department, to give an account of the cmp'.o) jnent of the Turns dcflined for that purpose, and to mention the abuses which bave<frept into the different part* of the government. VI. No miniftcr, in or out of place, can be criminally pr -fe cufed for any tranfa&ion of his administration, without a dccrec of the legislative body. CHAPTER 111, Of t':e Exercise of the Legislative Pou'fr. SECTION I Porvers and Fun3ions of the Legislative National Afffmbty. I. The Constitution delegates exclusively to the legislative bo dy, the powers and functions following : l. To propose and decree laws : the King can only invite the Legislative body to take an obje£t into conhderation. s. To fix the Public Expences. 3. To eftablifb the Public Contributions, to determine the na ture of them, the amount of each fort, and the mode of colle&ion. 4. To make the distribution of them among the several Depart ments of the kingdom, to watch over the application, and to de mand an account of it. To decree the creation or fuppreflion of public offices. 6. To determine the quality, the imprelfion, and the denomi nation of money. 7. To permit or prohibit the introdu&ion of foreign troop# into the French territory, and of foreign natal forces into the ports of the kingdom. 8. To vote annually, on the King'* proportion, the number of men and (bios, of which the lea and land'forccs (ball be composed ; the pay and number of each lank; the rules of admiflion and promotion ; the forms of enrollment and difchaige ; the forma tion of naval equipments ; the admission of foretg:i troops, or na val forces into the French service, and the pennons to troops on being disbanded. q. To regulatethe administration and the alienation of the Na tional Domains. 10. Til prosecute before the High National Court, the Minis. ters and Principal Agents of the Executive Power, on their k(- ponfibilitv : Toaccufeand prosecute, before the fame Court, IValt be charged with any offence or conspiracy against the Me ty of theStateorthe Constitution. 11. Toeftablifh the rules according to which marks of honor or decorations merely personal (hall be granted to those who have done service to the State. 12. The Legislative Hody has the sole right of decreeing pod humous honors to the memory of great men. 11. War cannot be resolved on but by a decree of the National ATemblv, paired on the lormal and necetTary proportion of the King, and fan&ioned by him : In cafe of hoftilitics, imminent or commenced, of an ally to be fuppoited, or a right to be maintained by force of arms, iho King (hall give notification without delay to the legiHative body, with an « zplanation of the reasons : If the legislative body decide that war ought not to be made, the King (hall instantly take mcafures to prevent or put a Hop to hostilities, the Miniftcrs being rcfponfible for all delays : Ift'ie legislative body find that the hostilities commenced are a culpable aggTeflion on the part of Ministers, or any other agent of the executive power, the author of the aggreflion (hall be piole ruted criminally : During the whole conrfe of war, the legislative body may re quire the to negociate peace, and the King is bound to yield to this rcquifition : On the immediate condufion of war, the legifiative body (ball fix the rime within which the troops, levied above the peace efta blrrmen;, shall be discharged, and the army reduced to it« ordu narv cft*bli(hm( nt. 111. It to the legiflativebody to ratify treaties of peace, alliance, and commerce; and no treaty (hall have effect, but bv this ratification. (To be continued.) Of Miniflers.
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