flirting feene, exhibited in another nation amidit our prayers to the great Ruler oi tiie uni verse to avert the danger which hangs over 1 to ftili the rage of fift»on —harmonise the dilcordant councils, and protect, the hb;rty and happiness of so large and interesting a portion of mankind—it is incumbent upon us, as pru dent men, and citizens, to de'rive trom it a o leuin war.ung to ourielves —a lellori oi caution, circumlpection, and vigilance, for of our own conduct. , .... . It becomes every reflecting man in the Uni ted States, to alk himlelf this fcrious question, are tliere not among us too many ot a cna rafter exadtty similar & the men, who have plungettjhe Affairs oi' Franc* into the -ejrtieme dilorder aud kopardy, in which tiiey are now inyoiyed.» Are there not men among us, who feein difcon tented with every thing that bears the semblance of regular 'and (table government. who seem to have no other o'ject, than to keej tfie cominunity in an unfettlfcd, convulsed, and feverilh state ? who call all government tyian ..ny, reliftauce to constitutional and neceilarv laws, patriotism, the friends of the law's and ot rational liberty ariftocrates, conspirators, and despots I who seem to think the business of go vernment confilts in perpetual change ? that to utt'i"o and to do we//, .are things of fynonimous import ? and that the people can never be hap py or fafe, but when they are uneasy and a larmed ! If there are such men among us—for. the love of country, for the fake of peace, for the fake j of every thing that is dear and precious to us jis jnen, as fathers, and as citizens, let us be upon our guard against their machinations, let 1 us watch them with eagle eye ; let us listen with! • caution to their'fmodth and deceitful tales; let ijs withhold from them the means of doing mif chief; let us put our confidence in those whom we'tiave found the advocates for good governniint and nor p'rojtet'ty caii be fafe wTthout both. " The prefertt is a Very momentous crisis in the affairs of the United States—factious men are unusually aftive&noify—They proveby the violence of their efforts the violence of the dif- ease—Let the event teach them that the citi zens of these States have diiTcernmefit enough to detect their defijns, and steadiness enough to defeat them FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. Mr. Fenko, ] JT is too evident to be denied, that it has for j a long time been considered as a very light \ affair to abnfe and traduce the federal govern ment— fie meifures which have been adopted, 1 pursuant to the powers and principles of that government, and the mm' Who have been the prime agents in effecting the happy alteration in the affairs of this cotfntry—the motives that j have been imputed to these men, arid the epi , thets with which a cabal has attempted to ftig liiatize them, aye applicable only to the mod abandoned characters that have difgraeed the Ituman ijiecies wnder the my ft deteiiable tvran aiffi yet, the "authors of thdfe calumnies effrontery to complain in language peculiar to themftlves, when only _,au injfividnaLof, tfcis cabal is\ carivajfed in highroad cardinal's cap ! !" 808. FOR THE GAZtIfE Of IHL UNll ED STATES, ■ON THE BACKCOUNTRY RESOLUTIONS. NOTHING is more common than to find the word dafigns accompanied with the bed proteilions; not because hypocrily pays Tome respect to virtue, but because it secures a bet ter reception to its seducer. Even a ragged garment feeins to spare the blushes of a vaga bond; but now and then a lunatic ch to in sult the world in his nakedness. The authors of the Pennfylyanis back country resolutions agaimt the excise seem to disdain the little nice ties of decorum, _and all the attentions with which men in civilized life who have points to carry usually attempt to soothe the feelings of those who may be expected to oppose tnem. Not feeling much refpeft for law and order, they proceed in the firft instance to treat them with the extreme of outrage and contempt. They call those who ftiall attempt -to carry a law of the people into execution loft to all fe'nfe of virtue, unworthy of friendfhip and of the conversation even of such persons as the authors of the resolutions. They must be unworthy citizens indeed whom the fomenters of armed opposition to the law deem it difgraceful to as sociate with!—-It is the pride of free citizens and the charafteriftic of a republic that the laws go vein ; yet those resolution makers who are willing to put the lives and properties of their brethren at rifle by combining the force of the back country against the excile, hold it a dif grice even to speak to such bad citizens as, having no sense of virtue, woyld keep the sword of rebellion 1,1 its scabbard, bv alfilting to carry the ast into peaceable execution. We mav judge how well they love liberty and whether they undarftand what it is, by their declared in tention to obftruft the operation of the law by every legal measure. We hear of the maiefty of the people, but did we ever know it more grossly insulted ? Flying in the face of the peo pie then "elves and most audaciously counlelline refill an« to their authority is not merely let ting down goyernment, it 'is attempting to re lax t.ie ties of society. The people would lole 411 power of acting as a body, and their forming society would be labor loft, if their solemn ast, or authority may be opposed and fcornfully trampled upon as the authors of the resolutions propose. Is it the grievance of the law that their mo whv (h 'w Pa ' d ? 1,1 a " equal S ov ei'nment why Ihould they n° t pay their part; And how little of the duties is drawn from them com Th W pald amon 6 thcm ! Thev Afltke the natureofthelaw. Let them point Agtwherem ,t „ exceptionable. The powers confined, the mode of trial is hi the due course of law- The mapy provi ■'ions of the ast to prevent ahufes, -and to afford remedy for the misconduct of oiricers, furnifii a lignal proof of the watchfulness < f Cougrefs to gttard again it any violation oi the pimeiples o liberty, or opprefl:ol of the citizens.* Let the fomenters of niifchiejjnanifeit as much refpett tor liberty. Tl.efe mock friends of liberty fliould be told what its real friends well know, that when law is made to lull by forcc, evei) thinp that law and order feeure, inuft fall witli : t ONE OF THE PEOPLE. Extras ej a publication tihic/i appeared in the Virginia (hiopic/e the i-'-td ult. IN the fecqud publication of MV. lip ; eems apprehensive that, il Olie (Uould withhold the recottrtii(sndfetion for a'con vetilion, the people may be forced to regenef;.";p their government by adireft aflumption of their original rights; that is, I presume, if,the Legtf latuve do not recommend a convention so be called, that they mult be annihilated, we lliall Call into a State of nature. But I want to know in what manner this is to be donej for I lee none, unless by open sedition. His ippre hen lions are groundiel's; the virtuous citizens of Virginia, are not disposed to commit fych an outrage on all go order and government, nor will they be ftimnlated by his seditious publica tions. Nor has he weight fufficient to, low the feeds of diflention between " the a&ive and in duftrioin sons of the mountain," and tho&, (as he emphatically and elegantly exprefles it) " whose stars have given them locality, near a fifhing (hore, oyster creek or crab cove." Public opinion may censure me for having ob truded on its patience remarks upon produc tions that rather merited silent contempt. I Feel the force of the reproof, nor fliould I have been induced bad these produftfons been con fined to Virginia : but they haveibeen reprint ed in a neighboring State ; for what end it is difficult to conjecture, unless the with which they treat the mealures of the general government afforded a gratification.—'l'heEdi tor ol the National Gazette, and the host of malcontents, mult be extremely hard pTelfed, when the aid of a writer is required, whose only merit is invective, and whose abilities and im portance are equally imaginary. CATO Foreign Affairs. MADRID, July 12.. THE Count de Florida Bla»ea,who since his disgrace has Lived in re tirement ai Ellin, a final) town of the 'kingdom of Murcia, was arrested the night before last, by order of the king, and conducted by an Alcaide, and an escort of fojdiers to the Gaftle of Pampeluna. The offences with whiqh he is charged are of a very se rious nature—abnfe of.autliority and Uiffipailcm of the national treasure. LISLE, July 17. Some little justice has been done here, ac length, to the alhes of the unfortunate Dillon. A man, called the &teur Vafleur, who was one of the molt active and principal in attack ing the ill fated General, and after wards burning his body, was tried lately,and condemned tolofe his head. The sentence was carried into exe cution on Friday lait,- ainidft an im mense number of fpe<ftators. Heap peared to be little affected at his ap proaching death, and walked with a steady step to the fcaftold, which was erected precisely oti the spot where the remains of the unfortunate Dil lon, were con fumed to alhes. Having ascended the fcaffold, he addrefled himfelf to the furroitndiug multitude, and said, with an audible voice, << that at the moment of his taking part against the deceased Ge neral, he atfted under a persuasion, according to the universal report 011 the occasion, that he had betrayed the army ; and however he might have since been convinced, that the General was mifreprdfented, he, nt verthelefs, frt>m the above-mentioned conviction, at the time, could not help considering himfelf, i„ f„ lne measure, as a martyr to the cauf'e of the nation. Consequences, he added, might have shewn his zeal a miltaken one ; but at the moment of his con duct, he confulered himfelf as taking a laudable part against one who wai jeprefenred, and whom he then be lieved to be a traitor." He then submitted himfelf to the executioner, who, by an apparatus, new, at least here, and called a Lou ifon, was decapitated in an inltant. PARIS, August i. The curious inanifefto of the Duke ot Brunl wick has made little I'enfati on on the public mind. Absorbed in our more important affairs of a petty broil jn the Champs Elyfees—of the great queltion, whether one of the walks in the Thuilleries ought not to be taken from the king for the amufe nient of the people—of t-he frails of 142 the federates—and of the conduct of, La Fayette—we have no time to give: to the 200,0c0 Aullrians and Pi nliians, who aie ready to bur't into the king dom. The Duke of Brunfw ick's ma nifefto might perhaps have engaged the actention of M. Briflbt, if a letter of more consequence to French liber ty had not come forili, viz. a letter from the miniller of justice, directing that foine allaflins who had committed muider, should be pi ofecuted accord ing to law. This inconteltable proof of the treason of the court, engages all l/is indignation, and he has nei ther patience nor time to devote to the enemies of his country ! Such, alas ! is the deplorable in fa tiity of France at the present moment ; and thus is the grand queltion of li berty utterly abandoned. Do not imagine that I fay this in the spirit of party. 1 abhor thein both ; for the intrigue, pride and obstinacy of the Feuillants are perhaps no lei's difaf ttous than the turbulence, lunacy, and idiotifm of the Jacobins. Nei ther of them will fuffer France to be saved but in their particular way. They will neither of them abate from' their principle, though by their maiiir tenance of it they fee the gulph open to receive them. Can a man, who like myfelf was a witness of the glo jrious efferts of union in America— i who know from experience, that even villi a tenth part of their resources they would be invincible if animated iby a common spirit, behold this exe crable discord without indignation My abhorrence is augmented when i 'fee that the spirit of the people is iquick—iheir ardor unabated by all 'they have fuffered—their confidence ; undiminifhed by all that they fee.— And that ihey only want wifdoin in the legifla'ure,&artivity at the helm, to direct their enthusiasm to its true obje<ft. Ten thousand leven hundred and fifteen volunteers have entered themselves in eight days, and actual ly set out yelterday for the camp. These were provoked by no bounty, 110 enlisting money whatever was giv en them,- —it was the working of the constitution on their hearts, and fimi jlar ardor burns in every department. Some perlons efFe<ft to distrust the authenticity of the tpa'njfefto, with the Duke of Brunfwick's name, "it is impossible," fays one writer, " that' even this man who lives on human fa crifice, should have publifyed any thing so savage, and so outrageous as this paper. That it was in the Bruf fells gazette, is no proof—lt may be the policy of Aultria, after having committed their new allies, to make them contemptible." A more saga« cious and temperate Editor., enume rates critical reasons fo\- disbelieving it, and then fays, " If after all it be true, that the Duke of Brunfwick has outraged to this degree the dignity and indepen dence of a great people, who desire only to be free, (hall not this cruel affront rewaken in the fouls of French men, the sentiment of National honor, and unite all the spirits and powers inj>ne central direction, which lhail have the sole view of saving us from the bafell of servitudes." In the mean time,we have at length got a foreign minister of sense and vigour. It is M. De St. Croix, whose condudl at Coblentz, as Minister Ple nipotentiary, every mail applauded. —He is active and brs.ve. With a fruitful mind, and an undaunted tem per, he takes to sea, as pilot of his country, in this perilous (torm. May he ride triumphant through the bil lows, and bring the National bark (afe and glorious into harbour.— Alas! alas ! that in such a tempest, and with a (haltered veflel, the crew (hould be mutinous .' A Municipal officer is arrived from a village near Valenciennes..- He complains that on account of hi 9 be ing reputed a Jacobin, he hns very narrowly escaped being all'aflinated by the officers of a body of CJiafleurs. Ke fays, that he is no longer la his village. His cafe is referred to the cognizance of the Tribunals, & a de cree is pafled for taking him under the protection of the law. Sotne members of the Belgic com million demanded—l. That M. Jarry be punished —2. Succours forthe Le gions and Belgic Troops fervirgin the trench army. Their demand was lupported by M. Duhem, who iVid that iuftead of Urf,.-, „„ .. M. J airy ha. been appouuedTL nant-General. wumiea Ueo* M. Arena moved that the late mllry bepunifhed, without excepting one individual, as being guufy 's having betrayed the nftion. petition of the Belgian w as re {Jnl .f, extl ao, cllna, 7 e <»mmittee Th, M.ntlte, (haUbeio^nog^cdtoknow whether it be true that The eonflal ut Courtray has been the m „ n| of getting M. Ja. ry promoted to Z tank of Lieutenant-General. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY i a; J L ' LV 2> *' An officer appeared at the bar, and pi opofed that the coach and saddle horses kept by any perf 011 f or ~w s ure, fhouid all be seized for the use of the army ; and that the from line ot all the regular troops be armed with pikes. —Referred to the milia. ry committee. July 26. M. d'Averhoult gives Bp his feat in the Auguff Diet for ,h e pleasure of joining the army. M Payfaveaux thought, by f« doing, he guilty of peijury. Heard a project from the military committee, for encreafingthennmber of general officers by the admissi on of old officers who have retired: 1 he left-hand members disliked the projedt, because the old officers are, inolt of them, cidevant nobles. M. Dumas said that the nobles are hunted and perfecored rs if they were all in a ltate of proscription Hided by the galleries, and the prnjecft de creed. L O N b O N, Augiift io. The French National A trembly, by ilie lareft accounts, appear to be much less favorably difpoted towards the petition of M. Petion, for the depoft tion of the King, than was at lirlt ima gined. Many of those who till lately have been molt violent Jacobins, de claim against this petition, as uncon stitutional and detestable. Criminal juttice is now conducted in Paris, pretty nearly on the fame plan as in London. The fourth fet fiol) of their criminal tribunal ended on July 29, in which 6 prisoners were condemned to capital pnnilhment, 32 to iuiprifonment for different pe reiofls, and 33 acquitted. Among tlie cnrioflties going to Chi na with the splendid embafly,isafil ver swan, so light in its conrtruiftioi), and chafed in such a manner, as to appear at a very (null dillance per fectly natural. The head and tlie wings alio feern to have a natural mc- The real and personal property of the late Sir Richard Arkwright, isef tiniated at little short of half a milli on of money. From the humble Ka tion of a Barber at a village near Manchester, he gradually rose ill the acqtiifition of his vast wealth, by the accidental purchase of a single pitce of niechanifm called the Spinning jenny, the invention ofan ingenious carpenter, who, as report fays, offer ed it for sale from mere necessity. A morning paper yelterday inform ed its readers, that M. Defmettes, Adjutant-General to M. La tayette, was dead of the wounds civically in flitfted on him on the Terrace des Feuillans, a few weeks ago—and tins was repeated in an evening pa pet. M. Defmottes as we have already Hated in our accounts from the Frenc 1 army, was mortally wounded in fuccefsful attack made by La f ayette on the Aurtrians, near Lol)g u . , • Front this.specimen, the public mav judge of the fabrications to be imposed upon them, undei t ie title of authentic information from the correspondents of certain p 3 r cl in Paris. . .. A deficit of two millions of 1 has been diicovered in the accuU of the finances of the h rench enngf _ Princes—Calonne is in M. Mallet do Pin fills hi s place. On Thursday last, being tl>e - ' August, his Grace the Duke o ; borough presented a white French banner, ortiainente fiun de Us, to his Majesty 85 Caflle, according to annual u «, the service by which he >o 1 ' | {B . princely manor and de " ,e heim : by the cuftoni of rh« if a banner is not thns prefeme rv year before twelve o'clock a. n«. the whole estate lanles to t i V 'I
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