of Burgundy, i•• order to be trans mitted 10 the Houies of Aultria and I,allay. . A Captain General of the Uniretl Provinces, petitioned by the tlatcs, is become your matter—yvur ty rant ■ and thus it is thaT you have Jolt all ill givingyour confidence to one man. Your anceltors law iu your S;adiholder only the firlt fub jedt of the Rate ; the guardian of vour liberties: but even in ihofe goodly times •your Prince was none other than a despot. The' heredi tary chief of a republic is her natu ral and mod formidable enemy. The firll act, therefore, of the French Republic, will be to oettroy the ancient government. It is ne cellaiy to deltroy totally the roots »f ihe Stadtholderare, if you v illi to prevent their fli-jdting forth,with new vigor. There is in your annals a folenin editft of adjuration and of independence, which put an end to the tyranny of Philip. You said, " Men were net made for Princes, but Princes for Men they out to be calhiered, when, instead of defend ing them, they become their ene mies. Let the people proclaim the declaration of rights, to aboliih the Stadtholdei fliip, to recover i 111 menfe funis which your venal magiflrates have, under a thousand pretexts, prodigalized to the house of Naflau, to deltrpy the ancient ariftocracy,to aboliih the sale of mankind, prac tiled in the midlt of joii, in the name of your Eaft-lndia company, a traffic more infamous than prcfiing iu England, to organize a Ample and economical government, to mo dify or to suppress unjust taxes on the firft neceflaries of life, to main tain their immense credit, to which all Europe is associated, to consoli date public faith ; —fuch are the articles of peace and alliance which the French Republic offers to you, such are the benefactions of liberty and equality ; such are the conditi ons which we flipulate for the hu man race, proclaiming its omnipo tency, and aliening its rights. In facl, what is your Stallholder ? —a Captain General becomes a mo narch, a fubjetft grown into a maf rer, a tribune swelled into a tyrant, a pupil, an ally of those Brunf wicks, one of whom devours your commerce in India, whilst the other has enslaved your Republic, and dared ro pollute your territory. What is your Stadtholder then ? — a servile Parasite ofthe Englifli,who dictate their laws to hini, and to you also ; a vaflal of Pruflia, who obeys her bayonets & her intrigues ; is it such an authority as this that you would maintain ? Re-trace the honorable pages of your hilfory, and fay, if theliigheft degree of your glory and prosperi ty does not date from that epocha when you firft had a republican ad mintftration ; fay, if it was not that free form of government which ex cited the envy of foreigners, whet ted the hatred of the House of O range, and lighted up the war of Kings ? That epocha, for you will this day be renewed. Courage and virtue will be a better defence for you than a Stadtholder. Liberty, courage, and virtue, such are the true chiefs of Republicans, which can never be fatal or dangerous to them, To destroy all the vestiges of ihat hereditary authority, created firft by gratitude, and terminated by ty ranny, will not be fufficient ; liber ty cannot permit the hideous traces of feudality, of nobility, or roagif terial aristocracy, to dwell amonoft yon. The liberty of persons is no thing, without the liberty of lands ; they mull he enfi anchifed. The pealants are every where the most zealous defenders of republics. The momentary exercise of the revolu tionary power cannot alarm the Ba tavians. How can those who have jiot been afraid of eternizing the despotism of a Stadtholder, not for a moment confide in a great and free nation, who will but regulate the firft emotions of liberty, CTulh every party that would opptefs it, and tender abortive the birth of anarchy. You will not liftentothe calumnies of your enemies ; they know that it is the intention of *Vance neither io domineer over, or enilave any nation, but torcitore its sovereignty to it. Revolutions, to be productive of good, ought well tp be organized, and we bring to you but the fruits of our experi ence. To every resolution a provi sional power is uiay well temper the excels and of perfdhal interest, and ttep the rapiSwy of the diforganizaiion of the ancient order of things, replace for a flioit time eclipsed authority, and check the devaluations oi anar chy. Commercial jealousy if one oftfce courgcs of e;irth, and we will de- Iroy it.—Lilten to your brave an eflors, you, the proud fellow coun rymen of Ruyter, ceal'e to bow tin ier the yoke of a foreign power,or nider the weight of doineltic op jreflion. deteflation of slave y ought to ferment in every Data ■ iari heart. For you to enjoy the idvnntages of civil liberty, is not "ufficient ; for it cannot be secure without political liberty also.—Seize his epocha, when a great people is jroclaiming the Rightsof Man, and >f nations—and learn to unite your elves to your brethren, that you nay seize again poflTefiion of your ights; Slavery has ages of duration, li >erty offers but moments of oppor unity. Break, iienceforth, that mpious alliance, formed with the '3 mi lies of tyrants. —The shout «f iberty has harrowed up their fools. Toarins, generous Batavians ! those who (hall spill their blood and ex pend their treasures, will be true creatures of your independence.— Unite yourselves to France in the combat of defpotifni ; the Republic will defend your liberty like her own, and will never lay down her arms until it shall be confirmed. There is a holy coalition between all nations worthy of liberty, until every species of royalty shall be a bolished by the unanimous consent of the human race. March «4 The commifTaries in lielgia h3ve Tent to the Convention. 3 decrees, the fir ft of which orders General Miranda to present himfelf immediately to the Convention, to give an account of his conduct—and they have direct ed Dumourier to take the proper Heps on the occasion—by the second decree, they have considered the army of Louvain as under a diforp;anization, through the means of some difaffedted persons. The army in general re quires, that penal laws shall be passed, and the cmnmiiPries sent citizen Danton to Paris to solicit the Convention on,this subjeCt—by the third decree they have sent to Paris, and have suspended the colonel of the 73d regiment of infantry, who for several days was ordering the volunteers and sundry battalions of the army, to disperse from the main body, con trary to the dire&ions of Gen. Dumourier. The Convention has confirmed the fa d three decrees, and ordered Miranda and the said colonel to be brought to their bar. The niinifter of war has sent to suppress the insurgents who infect the department of Mayenne and Loire, 22 battalions of infantry, 2 regiments of cavalry, ij general officers, and 53 pieces of ordnance. These are in ftrufted not to answer to the conspirators in any other way than by the fire of their guns, aad not quit their posts until they have exter minated them. Three adminiftratlve bodies of Nantz, in form, that for ten days past the country was opprelTed with insurgents. The cityofNantz alone has been preserved. These insurgents were in number near 4000, and covered a space of three leagues near the environs of Nantz. A letter from the commandant of the na tional guards at Nantz, was since received and read in the Convention, which mentions, that the insurgents had been puriued, and their chief was killed with many others, so that the whole body was dispersed. AMERIC A. ST AUNTON (Virginia) April 23. Exlratl of a letter jrom a gentleman of this & tale, to his friend in Kmxvitte, dated .Maich 14 " 11 with no small degree of concern, that I hear of diflentions taking place among you, and a spirit bf opposition to the g'overninenTT It may be said that felf prefervatioji is the fiift law of" nature ; that you cannot with folded arms stand flill and fee your friends and neighbours taken off by degrees, by the tairhiefs savages, without endeavoring to re taliate. Let me ask, if you can in a niopifh way efFectually chastise your enemies, or by that means bring about a peace. Every man, on cool reflection, must answer in the nega tive. Then why such unadvised attempts; and why not wait the iflue of the meafuies oftlje general government. • Congrels is not inattentive ; the executive of the United Stares, and of some of the individual State", are anxiously solicitous about the v.eftern frontier. GreDt plans cannot he in an hour, tier in a few davs. Have patioine, my countrymen, and we (hail ioon f«, it wv 398 act like got>d citizen: »f a great tepublie, that things will be better ordered than if our nar row schemes bad taken place. In the mean time be well prepared, and ast upun the dt fenfive with vigor j never be oft your guard klways be ready to repel force with double blows. If, like Lions mlibed of their young, you turnetl out and cut off Watts ar.d his party, on tlisir retreat, you would have at chieved fometliing worthy of brave and ex perienced men. Had Captain Handley's men flood by him and fought, vk>ory would l ave tieen certain. All your other misfortunes Jiave proceeded in a gieat degree, l - om a fa tal felf-fecurity, Look baik my countrymen bn your own conduct ; be ready to blame fvhere amiss—stand ready at the call of legal •authority, to turn out, and do ydur part in defence of your fellow-citizens —scorn the 'baife plan of hiring substitutes—do your own proportion of service ;it will make yon a band of patriots and heroes, and secure the lading prosperity and liappineft ofyour coun try. " One word more—This I can affurt you, and all our friends over French-Broad, that a<ft-s of violence, contrary to public authority, will be prejudicial to them in having the land office opened on an unfavorable footing to their views and interests." PETERSBUGH, (Vir.) May 3. By Capr. Morris of the ftiip Bland ford, arrived at Bermuda Hundred from Glasgow, which place he left the 2jth of March, we learn—That orders have been sent to the Gover nors of the federal counties of the kingdom of Ireland, to seize the ordnance belonging to any military ' within their diftri<fts, Government •'having deemed it ex pedient, as the (landing army in Ireland is adequate to its defence, that armed bodies, not of the ap pointment, or under the coiuroul of his Majesty, fliall no where be fuf fered to appear in force.—That 011 the 12th of March, in the Britilh House of Commons, on motion of the Attorney-General, leave was given to bring in a bill on the sub jets of a traitcrous correspondence with France, in which it was proposed to make it high treason to fell,deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the per sons at present exercising the fo'e reign authority of France, their ar mies, navies, or fubjetSs, any naval or military (lores, coin, bullion, corn, clothing, or other neceflaries ; as also for any Britifli fubje# to 'purchase lands in France, or (lock in the French funds, or to lend mo ney upon lands in France, by way of mortgage. SALEM, Slay 7 By Capt. Byrne, from Martinique, we learn, that that island is (till un happy from its internal di(Tentionß. The Planters continue v eir attach ment to the ancient vnineut, and oppose by force the Patriots. On the ijth of April, a company of Whiles, and another of Blacks, were sent by the Ariflocrats to a place near Fort Royal, where they intercepted a boat, and took prison ers three Patriots of note ; they also seized and carried oft*a consi derable quantity of ammunition, in confequetice of this provocation, two columns marched from Fort Royal on the i6th, under Gen. llo chambeau and M. de St. Cyran,with a grasshopper in each column. At 9 o'clock the General's column at tacked, and a Ikirmifh of two hours ensued : they dislodged the Aristo crats from their out polls, and took their second in command prisoner. On the return of the patriots, M.de St. Cyran was shot dead by one "of his own detatchment, who alledged that he was ati Ariltocrat. Twelve of Gen. Kochambeau's men were wounded in the ikirmifl) with the Arillocrats, 3 of whom died before Capt. Byrne failed, which was on the t 7th. Tliere is 110 regular force at Mar tinique :—The Patriots do 15 days jtury in turns,and with.much cheer lulnefs and alacrity ; being deter mined to defend the island against any attack ; though ftiould the En glish make one, a diversion would be made in their favor by the Aris tocrats, whowifh.and probably have solicited, their protection. The Committee of Safety at St. Pierre is eon fiii uted upon ti ue equa lity principles, Toolifting of White, Mulatto and Rlnck members. NEW-YORK, May n. The brig Commerce, capt. Shurtliff, arrived here this forenoon, in 35 days from Amsterdam ; but lias brought no n<wfpap;rt, nor tny nsw , <*•„ later than we have already had ' We lean, by the capui,, and M,, pers, that in fever a! fevers ban!,, Z French and Austria,,, have feft g , m bers of men : that it w„ reported J re " C , were 0n thf relrcat ' and tbat they had given op, or was expeftea tfc fT would give lip tlie several conqueitj tb» wffV" ; wdthititwwS be difficult to make their reireai good, 1 ,, account of thevalt nnmbe.s of Dumounet had to contend with. 0 r mformant fay,, th.t V*| er , Cr Wi| killed afcvas reported, Ut ....lJ eJ to he gone to Paris. 1 hey report also, that in AmSad*. they are puzzled much by the contradictory reports they hear from day to day; that it was to leain with any degree of precision, which 0 f the armies had fuftered moll in the i'ever.l engagements ; but it was generally tho't by what they heard, that the F.en.-h had fuftered much, as it was believed they were on the retreat. BOSTON, March 8. Yesterday arrived the fcip Chirlottt, Capt. Mackay, from London. By this ship our attentive London corrcfp,,„d cIU has continued his communication of pa pers, &c. to the the 3 d of April, inch five. Extracts therefrom follow. i, HAGUE, March 2«. Official intelligence of the battle of the 18th is publiflied. Both fides fuff er . Ed much. The loss of the comhined for ces icoo killed, 3000 wounded. The French in killed, wounded and milling, loft 7000 men, 32 pieces light artillery. The capture of the artillery is of little confequtnce, except as evidence of vie tory. In thea&ion of the I rßih i2o,ooomen were at times engaged. Gen. Valence was rtot killed, but bad ly wounded in the head, in the battle of the 18th. He was carried to Brutfds. Counter Revolution in France. The entire stoppage of communication with France, which has jufl taken place, neccflarily deprives us of intelligence from that quarter. To what ciicumftance this sudden lefolution of the French rulers in to be attributed, we cannot fay. It is, however, probable, that the interruption of a communication so evidently advanta geous to themselves, has been occasioned by fbme circumstances of a domestic na ture, the knowledge of which they were desirous of withholding from us as long as pofiible. We know that in Brittany a very formidable infurre&ion has taken place, which was well conduced, and ap peared very likely to spread into other provinces of that unhappy kingdom. This may have occasioned a confidcrable fer ment at Pan's, and have produced in ad dition to the deplorable intelligence re ceived from the Netherlands and the banks of the Rhine, a frefli efftrvefcence and new scenes of desolation and raaflacrc. LEYDEN, March 26. We arc informed by advices from Heufdeii, that on the 22d intt. between 11 and 12 at night, a detachment of the Swiss regt. of Gumoens took by affsiik the strong battery which the French had eftablilhed at Raanfdenk ncai Gertruy denberg. r Fhe French abandoned ail their artillery and warlike ammunition, and had not eves time to spike up their cannon. This fuccefis will doubtless facili tate the attack against Gevtiuydenberg, which is said to have been invested on the 23d by the Piufiians and Dutch troops united. OSTEND, March 30. The French troops left this town for Dunkirk about three o'clock this after noou, and at four, one of his maiefty's cutters entered the port. Moll of the piizes had (ailed before the cutter arrived; the others, which were to have failed this day, are (lopped. Three to giifti brigs arc (till here, under t »e car of the Britilh consul. HAGUE, March 28- A letter was this day receive r0 " Captain Bentinck dated Boisle Due, containing " ,tcli \ cnC V Antwerp and Maeftricht that t e ced guard of the Aultrian .j e Bruffelson the 20th at noon: Th« » French was poised at Ha,!e : Tha.
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