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