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.