friend* of order and virtue i Who, I fay, can | anticipate that solemn crisis, of which this is | only the prelude, without devoutly w.iflring to| the present beloved Incumbent the years ot the Patriarchs who lived before the flood ? A CONSISTENT FEDERALIST. Annafotii, OSaber .19,17^- FROM TIIE l ITI SIItfHGH GAZEtTK. Mr. Scull, (aeries in your lajl.Jiom the Albany Gazette, lead me ' to nuke the Jolhuwg vCjcrvatmis, WHAT has proouied the present war with the Indians > Is it not the claim of tin.' United States to tlie country weft of the Ohio > Cede this, and we have peace. Shall it l.c fiid, that tne oijett of the forces 1 ailed is the pro teftion of these settlements!— The fa ft is, if at the trcatv of Fort M'lntofti in the year 1 784, the coniraitiioners had laid, we relinquith all claim beyond our former purchase, and are fa tisfied with the Ohio as a boundary, we (houkl have had no war. Tiie contrary was the language—it was fain, that territory is ours; we claim it by corn] uc(t; and you must givp it up, allowing you only a Small cofner as a hunting ground and fettle msnt, and a few goods as a bounty, not as a price. Surveys and settlements under the United States of this territory, has.-bee 11 an inforcc ment of the claim, and has provoked the Indians, and has engaged them in continual war. The older fett'emenls have been the victims of this claim of the public. Shall it then be said, tlut' it is to protect the western country that the army is 011 foot ? Let the Congress instantly an-■ nounce to the Indians a relinquiftiment of claim! to this territory, and we shall aflc no troops to protest us: we Ihall have no trouble. ! But the Congress claim it; and have made, and wilh to make sales; and the frontiers njultj bear the incursions of the savages provoked on account of this; they must be harrafled with militia lervice; taken from the labour ps their farms at times uhieafonable ; and yet be told by uninformed peifons abroad, that tliey con tribute nothing towards the experce of a war, which is thus brought on them by the public— What i because they do not submit to an excise; when by submitting to if they would pay more than teu times their proportion of the revenue. We have seen the Prelident's proclamation, which is all right; and he has seen ours, which is, that we will neither eat nor drink with an ex cise officer. Let the Preftdent do his duty, and we will do ours. It is his to enforce ; it is ours to defeat. We hope to have no difference on the occasion, but each to carry his point if he can. We flatter ourselves the power of opi nion is stronger than the laws; and when a tax is unequal, unjust, unpopular, opprefTive, in a free government, it cannot cx.it long, or be earried into complete effect. Z. Milkr's Run, OBobcr 16, 179 '. Foreign Affairs. PARIS, August 21. Mde NARBONNE, the gallant . and gay Narbonne, has been taken into cullody :—we do not hear, however, that any weighty charge is laid to his account. When he llio't the King in danger he halted to his aid ; he had on a national uniform, and was found under arms at the door of the apartment allotted 10 the King and his family. We rank his proceedings among the pice fraudes, more worthy of compassion than ol condemnation. The Prince de Poix was reported to have been in tbe fame predica ment ; but we find, 011 closer enqni ry, that he has hitherto escaped tht Argus eye of the Police. M. de Biron, in order to encouragt defeitlon among the enemy's troops, sent them the translation of the de cree, which is so well calculated to allure them to the standard of liber iy, on account of the Angular advan tages it holds out to them.—The de cree is conveyed into the allied camps in bottles of Itrong Nantz brandy, a powerful bait for a northern soldier ! In war, as in love, every wile that is practicable is fair. On i hurfday the Spccial Tribunal eftabhlhed by the,law of the i 7 ;h of Angult, palled sentence on Louis-D a . vid Connot, alias d'Aiigleinoni. As ter a trial of 39 hours, by a jury of his own country men, he'was convict. Ed of debauching the allegiance of several Frenchmen, and condemned to die 111 expiation of hit ciime. When judgment was pronounced M. Gflelin, Ptelident, thus energeti' cally ad die (led the culprit Con demned by a severe, though just law —go bravely to death j your life and lincere repentance are all that your country requires of you !" During the trial, the prisoner at the Wr urged very powerful and some lubtFe arguments in his defence. He a i Pl ?r ar ff W ' lh e,e i? aHCC - cafe, and in chilfical language ; bm his f o ni, u de abandoned him when lii, doom r „ pronounced. He w« executed a, after ten at night, on the square of the Carpuzel, by light of torches. Though the croud was ijpmeufe, not a lingle accident tcfdl: place. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. August 21. A petitioner came forward and ar raigned Gen. Arthur Dillon s con. duct. He laid, he was La Fayette's accomplice, and thought it advisable to onier his con efpondence to be seized upon. He was invited to lit within the bar. A member read a letter from the council of the district of Douay. The military commandant of Douay had handed them a letter, in which M. A. Dillon renewed his oatli to tlie narion, 10 the law, and 10 the King, exhon'-ng him to do the lame' Ihe general council, after having heard the lener read, resolved to (end a co py of it to the National Allembly. The Allembly decreed, that the proceedings of the general council should be mentioned with dilliniftion on thcjournals ; and, 011 M. Duhem's motion, they declared, for the second time, that General Arthur Dillon had lolV all public confidence. On M. La Source's motion, the fol lowing decree palled the lioufe : All Geneiels, General Officers,and fupei Ceded Officers, whether they be ftil'pended by die executive power, or by the legislative body ; Ihall be o bliged to remain ten leagues from the army in which they served ; and cannot go nearer than ten leagues to any of the other armies, under pain of being confined during the whole com fe of the war. M. Albitte moved, M. Rhnme se conded, and tlie Aflembly decreed, that all ftiperfeded officers Ihould be removed 20 leagues from the fron tiers ; and that they Ihould inform ihofe whom it concerned of the place they had chosen for their reiulence. Many citizens of the different lec tions, wished the Aflembly would au thorize thein to transfer the piiToil ers of Orleans to Paris. The petiti oners were admitted within the bar, and their requelt was referred to the committee. The Aflembly decreed, that three other Commilfioners should be fem to Luckner's army, in the room of those who were detained at Sedan. Mefl'rs. La Porte, Lamarck, and Bi uat, were' the comiuiflioners appointed. M. Brifibt brought up a report re lative to the treaties between Fiance and the Helvetic Cantons. In the year 1764, laid M. Briffot, 1 hole Cantons had engaged to fur nilh 13,784 auxiliaries, the 11 timber is' now reduced to 10,000 men, t he com mittee extraordinary' tho't it would be prudent not to continue the trea ty. Ihe alliance of the King of France with tbe Swiss, was nothing more 01 lefsthan a despotic contrail ; to break the treaty cannot be injuri ous to us, while we hrtve a millijji 0 f frenchmen armed for liberty ; we (hould therefore not hesitate to de c!aie, that the Swiss regiments are no longer in pay. Having thus pre nnfed, M. Brillot moved, that the le gislative body iflue the following de cree the National Aflembly, con (ldering it neceflary that the* late of the Swiss regiments should be speedi ly decided, and confidtring that the treaties with Switzerland are expir ed, decree, ' ill. The National Affenibly, steady 10 the principles of French liberty winch does not allow the defence of tneir freedom to be entrusted to fo -1 eign troops, decree that the Swift regiments, and the allies of the Swiss in the ferv.ce of France, cease to be 111 tbe service of France. 2dly. The executive power is charg ed to leltify to tl,e Swiss Cantons the gratitude of Vranee for the military .ices performed by the Swiss re giments. . y. The National Aflembly wifl,. ''•S«o g.ve the Swiss a token of ef Li I '. r C,ee ,liat those amo "g them who desire to continue in the F.S erv.ce, and * iaU take 0 „ tegimems, or legions, fl,alj b e treat ed like French citizens clre « They (hall receive, M bounty-mo r° ~OWing : U-ldiers V o°l 1C3 ' C °'' po, als 2 °o and ii'iuiers i,o livres : thevfliilli,„ »'o.ed in,heir turn, a," "jl ft ,>roniouon they/hall receive their re 174 4t,1)1y. The executive power is 1 charged tD watch over the fafeiy of the Swiss officers #nd foldieis who fliall Jeave France-they cannot mar<ch out but by detachments of 20 men each, and without arms ; they lliall be paid for their arms. j Jthly. The executive power is charged (o fend commiliiouers to all the Swiss regiments to execute this law. 6thly. Tbe executive power is charged to declare co the Swiss Can tons, that France wishes to continue in peace and amity with them. 7-ihliy. The ininifter lhail give ast account of the flaie of the frontiers towards Mount Jm a and the neigh bouring departments. Two young «nd comely female ci tizens, with pikes in their hands, ap peared at the bar, forgetful of the weakness of their fcx ; they gene rously devoted themselves to the de fence of liberty and their own comi try. Commissaries from the fe«flion «>f L'Ule (a qtiarter ®f Paris) laid 3000 livre« on the table, and teflified their approbation of the Aflernbly's won derful labors. JACOBIN CLUB. August 17. A member of the federal commit tee communicated an address to the society relative to finances. The committee intended to present it to ithe National Aflembly. The address rested on the Follow ing basis I. To establish a prcgreflive value 11 the paper currency, from the nioft considerable to the lowed sum. 2. To lay a duty upon all notes payable to order. 2. To forbid the circulation of or lil*er coin ; but to encreafe the copper and bell metal currency. 4. To work the gold and silver mines belonging to the nation, in or der to keep up the balance of trade with foreign countries. j. To charge a committee to exa mine the political Rights of Women 6. To repeal ihe decrees that con firm, ani guarantee the royal loans 7. Totally to fupprels al! secret ex pences, a disgrace to a free people, who ftioold be candid, open, and Without difgoife. 8. To firpprefs every species of o peratirtn in finances for the national Treasury. The address concluded with an improved afferiion, " that the trade with the two Indies, and the potleiTion of the colonies, were infinitely more detrimental than ufe ful to the French nation." A member proposed, that the name of M. Rosderer (attorney-general- Syndicofthe department, of Paris) should be {truck out of the lift of Ja cobins, for having told '.he Swiss offi cers, on the ioth of August, to repel force by force, and fire 011 the peo ple, it found neceifary. M. Roederer's name was effaced. M. Montaut. " The three com niiflioners sent by the National As sembly to the central army went to wards the frontiers. They were re ceived every where with the molt un equivocal testimonies of regard, re fpe<fr and attention. The decrees of rhe National Allembly wereapproved of by all the citizens they met in all the towns tbey went through. At Meziei'es, however, they were not received with equally flattering marks of fatisfacftion. The inhabi tants wished for the constitution, the whole constitution, and nothing hut the constitution. The ioth of Au gust was represented to them as a day of crimes, carnage, and murder ; and the oaths which the commiflion ers proposed did not appear to them, as it really was not, agreeable to the constitution decreed in i 759. The general council of the depart ment aflembled that purpose, en tered into a resolution or putting the commilfioners under an arrest—they confined them in a citadel. — The le Riflative body decreed, that the mem bers who had voted for the illegal measure, should appear at the bar of the National Afletnbly. Three other commissioners were deputed to notify the decree, and to liberate Meflrs Kerfainr, Peraldi, and Antonelle, the detained coniuiilfionei s. M. Robcrtfpicrie.— You have heard chat the diretlory of the department of Ardennes Usui ihe a ui l sc ; ttr <; - ] a <} ee . Comm ''ii ßl)er « of tie :vl°- | Adembly Under a,, arrej *; °' W ' \ very n r obable ' ,h9t *'w* ,ot : would iiave aded iliti*;! lT T 1 H ' llet" t ' and jf thry ,f/ Ud ' ml r 5 pea fuppoix from f„ u f e r * ts ' ■ r -«r hopes,,mow appears efiden e 2«V | Fayette was , 0 have fuppmed rt -La Fayette, who is ever feadvi/" 1 a. villainous deed i s l 0 be p e , D l* j* Gentlemen, have not die been fotficien.ly impofcd not La * ayeite know,, tob,"'.* traitor .' With the vvordi liber. 1 coi.ltiturfl.n,' doeg „„t (hehjLu vvilh to destroy the ,„e and equality ? Should La Fay,?," inarch against Paris, | an , sure > e «s one fide the National AflembU which is now alleep, but w o uld Co™. awaKe, if the hypocrite out any hopes of intei elt to Mi j Should the conlpirator co.no a®' 8 head of his troops to tfe capital beny would cease to exist j ,h e rot ten members of the legislative body would join him. Such are the dan gersyou have to fear ; but fuel, a re ihe dangers which you feeu, ~ot provide agamlt. M Simon—lt is reported that the people, whose patience is worn out mean to ring the alarm-bell this night, and excite some troubles, on der pretence of accelerating the exe cution of the culprits of the ioth of . Aoguft. Such n measure would wur, i be totally nfelefs : it would be dan. geious and impolitic j it would be dangerous on account of the detenti on of the laie king i;i the residence of the bankrupts (hankrnpts were formerly confined in the Temple ;) because it nirght be possible that.du'r ing a popular commotion, some sf the faithful servants of ihe Kirs might aflemble and carry the bank rupt off ! —it would be dangerous, as the falf'e reports, which would un doubtedly get into the departments,! might lead the people aflray as to: :he real cause of the very uft-ful, ve ry (acred inl'tirrmion o( the totli of Aoguft.—The alarm-bell, which it talked of for to-night, is therefore' an onjuftifiable measure, and all good citizens should oppose it, they fli'ould even, if nothing else could hinder' the peopte, go and cut the ropes of all the bells in Paris ; for there are a thonlknd and a ihoufand in Paris who, as they like to live by corrupti on, would wiih to fee the splendor of the Court leftortd. The king is not in such deep de (pstir as fotue may imagine ; for nor witlillaliding the vigilance of thole who }»ustt-d liini, he carries on a cor respondence, and he is flill called I)is majefly ; the letters are handed to him in different ways, sometimes in ail almond wafli-ball, sometimes in the told of a shirt, sometimes in a balloon-cake, which a municipal offi cer buys for the Prince Royal; there have been above twenty letters in tercepted in that manner—all that goes to prove that the Royalists, who hitherto have been tyrants, are now become lervanta, who ileep with one eye open, watching for the favorable inflant to rufli upon us. We mull, therefore, be resolute and circum fpetii, and not fuffer ourselves to be led into the snares laid for us, other* wife we (hall soon try 011 new fetters, heavier than thol'e we have so lately thrown ofF. Adjourned at half past eight. .September 3, The Duke of tirunfwick, Hpon I'is firft appearance before Verdun, lent in a summons to the following pis" port: " The Duke of Brunfwick fun* mons the town of Verdun, in the name of Their Imperial and Pruffiatt maieflies, to open its gates to the a'- hij «f their majellics. Tbe troops and the inhabitants of thi* town, v '' otherwise tender rhemfelvW 2"' - Y of all the e\ils produced by n "' lta . l J operations, which "will bepiifhed «>'' the extreme!! vigour, in order to je<ft the place to the powerof. isn, ' > christian majesty, its legitiu |3ie 0 , reign. The inhabitants >»*? " ' fnred of the protection of ibeir nip rial and Prtifiian mnjefties, and o brothers of his inoft cll> ill' 3ll lll ' if they surrender upon t' lll | niolis
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