„d may afterwards be defrauded without dan- CI" In re!', tto she f.rft charge, and any ratio or candid inference to be derived from it, j. ~,-..'. co , d not ...van that Mr. Jeiferlon was frier. .1 - to, '•id' re mended the adoption ot t u e (•„ - ■ , lt ;. a ; and vet, Inch is the plain and fi m p!c i'.i r. v. kh writer for bis own mli i\ to.rua ; into an inference, that M l ' wr. opp,.':d to the constitu tion, ar.d is yet an eneivy to that, and to the American Union. Let tho'b w! o re, ' d the truth, recur to the Dibates of the Virginia Convention, pages 100 an d i oi—where, in the fpee'ch of Mi. Pcndle ton, the President of thatConventipn, they wil. find the following fentiinents : " I was surprised when I hea'd introduced the opinion of a gentleman (Mr. jefferfon) whom 1 highly refpeft. I know the great abilities of that gentleman. Providence has, for Me good of mankind, accompanied thole abilities with a di'pofition to make u<i of them for the good ot his fellow beings; and I wilh, with all n.v heart, that he was here to assist us on this intereftmg occasion. As to his letter, imprefled, as I am, with the force of his authority, X think it v is improper to introduce it 0.1 t is occasion. The opinion of a private individual, however en lightened, ought not to influence our decision. But admitting, that this opinion ought to be conclusive with us, it strikes me in a different manner from the honorable gentleman. I have seen the letter, in which this gentleman has written his opinion upon this fubjeft. It ap pe ir ;'that he is pofleled of that Constitution, and has in his mind the idea of amending it.— He has in his mind the \ ery question of ttbfe nu-nt or previous amendments, which is row und?- consideration. His fentiinents 011 this fubjet are as follow : —" I wilh with all my foul, that the nine firft Conventions may accept the Xew Constitution, because it will secure to us the good it contains, which I think real and important. I wilh the four latest, whichever they be, may refule to accede to it, till amend nieuts are secured." He then enumerates the amendment', which he wilhes to be fecuieil,and add —'• we inuft take care, however, that nei ther this, nor any other objection so the form, produce a schism in our Union. That would be an incurable evil; because friends falling out, neve • cordially re unite."—Are the r e fen tiinents in favor of those who wilh to prevent it" adoption by previous amendment? He wilhes the firft; nine States to adoot it. What are his reasons ? Because it wil! r ecure to us the good it contains, which, he thinks,great and important; and he wilhes the other four mav refufe it, be cause he thinks it will tend to obtain necelfory amendments. But he would not wilh that a schism Ihould take place in the Union, on avx conjrdoation. If then we are tcbe influenced by his opinion at all, we will ratify it, and secure thereby the good it contains." The public will observe, that this part of Mr. Pendleton's speech was made in reply to another member of that Convention, who then made the fame attempt to pervert Mr. Jeffer fon's sentiments, which the present writer has now done—and that the unexpected quotation of Mr. Jefferfon's letter, with the jnft and judi cious comment upon it, made by Mr. Pendle ton, arretted the influence of the poison, in that instance, as I trust it will now do, to the fatis feftion of an enlightened and impartial public, to whom, without farther animadversion, it is submitted. In re'peft to tlie other charge of the advice given by Mr. Jefferfon to the former Congress concerning the French debt, it is worthy re mark, that the accufcr skulks from the charge, when, in a note subjoined to his publication, Ire favs—" The precise terms are not now recol lected, but the fubltance maybe depended upon; the poor Hollanders were to be the victims."— Thus (tabbing the reputation of an old merito rious publu servant, by an unwarrantable con clusion, whillt he disavows a recollection of the farts, on which lone tV conclusion could be jnftified. B.'t the pitiful evasion will not avail him; he has produced a falemn charge at the tribunal of the public—a charge, which, involv ing no fiuall de :rrr of moral turpitude, will render the accused, if guilty, unworthy the con fidence off his fellow citizens. It is his duty, therefore, to substantiate his charge, not b\ vague and unfounded inference, but by an ap peal to truth, a reference to plain and simple facts, and a recital of the preci'e terms of the advice given by Mr. Jeffe son; without a Knowledge of which, the public cannot be ena bled to render a just or impartial judgment — If he fails in this, the public will regard him as a ba e and wicked calumniator. I have no hop;, howeve', that he will ever attempt to bring forward the proofs of this charge—fatis fied with the time, manner and efleft of his ca lumny, he will now retreat behind an anonymous filature, and vent his flanders at the reputa tion of anv other honest man he meets, like a coward; affaflin, who strikes ia the dark, and securely v.ounds, because he is unseen.—l fav, he will retreat, because he well knows, notwith standing anv affected ignorance on the fubjeft, that bv an appeal to facts, the truth will appear that Mr. Jefferfon gave advice to Congress ex prefslv contrary to that which he has ascribed to him.—That this was the cafe, and that Mr. Jefferfon even pointed out a mode by which the honor and credit of t ie United States might be p e'erved, can and will be proved to the public, if the pre ont accuser (hall dare to bring for ward the proof in support of his charge. It ha; be?n faifl, Mr. Fenno, that a certain heid of a department is the real author o«- in itiator of this utiprovokecjand unmanly attack on Mr. Jefiferfo —and that the time of that gentle departure from this city, on a visit to his home, was considered as best foited to answer the tlefign it was intended to efteft Be that as it may, or whether the writer be of this or that state, or of th's or that partv, cer tain it is, that no *nan can envy the depravity ef heart he po.rclTes. Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1792 Foreign Affairs. VIENNA, June 23. THE King of Prnilia will command the army deftincd again It the French, in person, and the reigning Duke of Krunlwick will command under him. BRUSSELS, July 6. It appears, from the accounts which have been published by this govern ment,, that early in the morning of the 30th nit. the French troops, it at i - oned at Courtray, retreated from thence to Menin, where Monsieur Luckner had fixed his head quarters, and that the whole French aimy, al ter this junction, fell back to Lille, where they arrived ihe fame night, I having entirely evacuated theAuitri an Low Countries. The Duke of Brunfwick arrived at Coblentz the 3d inlt. and the firft co lumn of the Prussian army reached that place the fame day. BRUXELLES, July ir The interview between ihe Empe ror and the King of Pruflia, is fixed to take place on the 21 It inft. A Counsellor of the Paris Parlia ment has received an order ;o repair no 111 hence to Manheim, .where the Dukes and Peers of all the Parliaments of the French kingdom are l'ummon ed. The meeting is fixed for the 18th inft. OSTEND,, July 19 Yesterday we received an account of a battle between the French and Auftrians, in which the latter were vi&oiious. It is said, 1200 French were killed, and 600 taken.—ln con feqoence of this defeat, the town of Orchies is in pofleilion of the AulVri ans, with a great quantity of It 01 es of all kinds. On Monday the Austrian army was reinforced by 28,000 men, lately arrived from Germany. M. Valid,uiune has this moment arrived from Lisle—he was a f'pecta tor of the battle : it was between Lisle and Orchies. The body of French were 5000, who were going from Lille to Alsace : they were at tacked by 16 or 1700 Auftrians, who rather had the worll of it at fir ft ; but in the end made terrible havock, and drove the enemy into Lifle.whei e they were very badly received by the people. W A R S A W, June 20. Some days ago, the account of the Ruffians entering Wiloa, was made public here. Two battles have taken place, the one on the ioth of June, where we 101 170 men, and the second 011 the nth, which did not last long. We were obliged to retreat, which we effected in the bed order. Hoili bat tles were fought near Mire and Swer zen. The King will go this week to Ko ziniice, and from thence 10 the camp at Lubar, in otdei to adt in conjunc tion with General Poniatowfki. M. Bulgakow, Ruffian anibaflador, has not yet left this place. M. Ignace Potocki, grand Marshal of the grand Dukedom of Lithuania, arrived here from Berliu ; the an fwer he brought from that court is laid to be unfavorable 10 our republic. Camp, near Zanjlaw, June 19. Fighting and marching for ihele five days pait, have left us no time to give regular accounts of our motion and fit uation. On the 14th inft. having perceived a column of Ruffian troops on the right of our camp at Lubar, and ano ther on the left, crofling the river bluez, our General, Prince J. Ponia towfki, ordered Gen. Kofciulzko,with four battalions of infantry, one bri gade of national cavalry, and one pulk of light hoi fe, to march towards Czartorija ; whillt General Urelhorf ki, with Ihe brigade of Mukzonow iki, went along the river Sluez, to recon' noitre the enemy towards Oftropol. The Prince hiinfelf soon followed with the sth regiment of Luboniirlki He found Gen. Urelhotfki already engaged with four battalions of chal (ems, two battalions of light horse and a pulk of Coflacks. Seeing our cavalry pre lied by superior numbers rhe Prince fell on the left flank of 1 he enemy, which put them into confuii- ARISTIDES. 114 Oil, and they retreated towards Uri niopol, where the vanguard of Gen. Kochowfki was eficamped, composed of* two battalions of grenadiers, two, chito of challffurs, two pulks of light horse, one piilk of cnrafiiers, and one 'ditto of collitcks. After having re connoitred ilie Hifiny, the Prince, returning towards Lobar, gave or ders to It) ike t lie camp, and the whole .u my began the liiari h at tour 111 the morning, leaving Gen. Urelboifki vo bring uptherear. The rear was con tinually liarraHed by 4000 Ruffians,' lill coiningto Corufzkowee, our march was interrupted by a fatal accident. I he wooden bridge gave way 1111 der the weight ot the cavalry. ihe enemy in the mean time brought up [heir main force, and their cannon began to play 011 the mill-dam which we had to pals. Two battalions, un- Col. Grochowiki and Capr. Bronikow ski, were thus left expol'ed to a furi ous attack, after a 1110 ft gallant relilt ance, having loft 200 infantry, and a bout 50 cavalry—the remainder re treated through the water, having firft funk their cannon. We loft in this action x major and 8 officers kill ed, and 2 milling. The main army finding the fortifi cations at Volonna untenable, on the 1 7th inft. marched lowards Zielime, where, being reinforced by some troops fromZanflaw, it halted to give battle to the enemy. They footi ap peared, confilting of about 8000 ca valry, 9000 infantry, and 24 pieces of cannon. The action began with 1 he greatest fury, and continued from 7 o'clock in the morning till five in the afternoon, when the enemy was obliged to retreat, leaving 11s the field of battle, whereon having rested for two hours,our army inarched toZanl law, near which it is now encamped. We cannot yet ascertain our loss— it appears to be about 800 infantry, and 300 borfe ; and that of the ene my about 4000. The Ruffian forces, when joined, under Gen. Kocholki, we hear, will be three times more nu merous than ours, to which we have only our courage and patiioiifm to oppose. LISLE, July 3 The army is eftablilhing itfelf at Fama and at Maulde—nothing re markable si.ice the affair of Couitray — Mr. Dumourier is arrived at Valen ciennes. July 7. The progress of the Belgic patriots seems at a Hand ; the pre parations for the equipment of a number who are still unclothed, are deferred, and they are in 2 Hate of general dejection. Immediately after the evacuation of Courtray and Menin, the Aulhi ans penetrated into all their former stations, though it was night, and o vertook a party of about fifty of the Belgic legion, who had not timely no tice of the French retreat, being up on guard at an out post. They fell into the hands of the enemy, and next day ten were hung on the public mar ket place. The reft have probably by this time experienced a similar fate. It is not yet known whether any part of Marlhal Lucklier's army will relume the pofiiion near this city, but notice has been given to the pea fa in s not to till the ground formerly occupied. Deserters from the Auftrians are constantly coming in ; ami our pa troles, sent out to scour the country at night, commonly return with pri foners. PARIS, July J. if any thing can save us from im mediate civil war, it is the variety of parties, which is so great, that among twenty persons, we scarce find two ot the fame disposition ; and confc quently no one party can judge where to fix a point of union. The number ot leifis in politics seem to be as great as that which pievails in religion, and every fetft is equally enthusiastic, violent, and intolerant. 1 liat a Itorni iuu(t m the end break over us is certain ; but it is impoffiUle to judge when it will happen ; for at present all the kingdom is invelo ped ina fog that the eye cannot pe netrate ; and all our politicians :ut continually j jftling again!* each o ;ther in the obscurity, without being lable to difiinguilli fiiend from let. The light receive from enr j . nous Artembly, lerveit>„ t «o f£t ouHdarknelsmorevfitle, as £*£ tfract of their Journals will st ew July 12. The country ig at leiiwk declared formally , 0 be i„ da„,S l f he nil Of Whom it 4, b ; found by the aflembly report,, h,J rehgned, avowed ti.emfe|V es total ! unequal tothe t«fkofrrt,deri»-, h g country any lervite. General Ja?ry, who is ft, mucl| „ fulyeA of conversation, a„d who i! to be tried by a Court Martial forrfU burmiigofCon.tray.i, not a O(licer, as fiated to the Afibmbly but a (Jalcogne Whether Mr meant to ievenge bimfelf U p O J J paity, or upon the Brabancons f or the cool reception he had originally received, is not known- but certain it is, that the burning of the fubmbs ofCourtray, containing warehotil'es and bleach (tores, from the different manufactories, so much etteemedall over Europe, was one of the molt wanton and cruel pieces of military authority ever pratftifed, and which perhaps will put a close, by an excm plary punishment, to this gentleman's career, and v/ipe the (tain it h,, thrown upon the French chara^er. 1 he forces of the emigrants sire stated to amount to 6,j00 horse, and 20,000 foot. NATIONAL ASSEMBLYf^ J ULY 4' This clay produced nothing rery rem a i kable—The King announced the nomination ot Mr. Dejoly totht place of Miniiter of Justice. M. Terrier demanded some fucconrj for tliofe French families who have been obliged to quit Spain, for refil ling to take the oath prescribed by government— Referred to the differ ent Committees. < M. Amelot announced tire burning of seven mjllioiiSof Affignats, making in the whole 561 millions dellroyed. July 5. M. Palloy communicated to the As sembly the piojedt of a public fefti val to be celebrated for the 14th July on the ruins of the Baftile. The order of" the day called the at< teiuioi) of the Atfembly, to the mea sures necell'ary to be taken for the general (kfety M. Forne fs-.id, That lie ascribed ill the evenis-which had lately oc :uri ed, to a project of degrading the Legi'lature, in order imperceptibly o cftecft its speedy diflolution. He juoted, as proofs, the Veto opposed by.the King; his proclamation to the dilbanded guard ; the choice of Mi niiiers ; the persecution excited a gainlt the friends of their country j the conduit of government ; the de nunciation of the sums of money dis tributed by the civil lilt ; the misfor tunes of St. Domingo ;»the dieadtul calamities of Aries and Avignon ; the necessitous Hate in which the ar mies have long been placed, the cir cumltaucei which have compelled Luckuer to (top in his march, and retreat backwards; the conduct of the itaic Mayor of Paris, the petition of M. La Fayette, his jourfiey to Pa ris, &c. This General, confirmed he, quits his army, in order to make war againlt the Patriotic Societies ; he blames every armed aflemblage, a»,n presents a petition in the name ot Jo,ooo mulkets ; Polterity, gratefu for all thele exploits, will not, out doubt, fail to bellow 011 bin) t e name of La Fayette, the Jcobin, as Scipio in Rome was ftiledthe A n canus. He then disclosed a p an > which he affirmed was in to abandon France to invasion, 1 membei merit, and profcripnon.- "" " You are all of you hall Enitg an (said he) you are falfely you are parties in this plot ; you p nuance with your mouth, the on tution or Death, and in your e ' the death of the people by tn« ftitution." , . i, nt These words occafioried a vio tumult. M. Lacuee wilhed tofp ' but could not be heard. „i 11( l,d The bifliop of Bo urges concl" bj proposing to decree, the country is n: dangei, f nll h That the Alietnbly Call o.ifuk l<> law but that of ihe 7 ' i 'l'e p .>ple. lij's ily applauded. U ided to be primed. „ n the M. Partoret and •.tnob'aitrtr coiitiary demanded mi't IC
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