h»S feet, he it called a ftufitoCfc Patriot.—* When he advises and not uofretjuently abuse's the prefider.t, he becomes a Dvmoctt.—When he attends to every body's bufmefs but bis own, and consequently negletts liis wife and chil dren, he acquires the appellation of a good Citizen—k ut, when he has brought himfelf to approve of allaflrnafions—to consider religion and morality as of no importance-Mo puHlifh atrocious libels "U' der the signatures of 44 Vcri~ tas 9 " " Old Soldier&c. and has had his brows encircled with the famous red r travelling cap, then indeed and not till then is he con sidered as having reaci'cd t!»c summit of all earthly dignity r a Jacobin H ! Thus it is, that religion and liberty so wifely calculated properly underltood, to ensure the hap piness of thehuman race are by a ft range trans mutation made to consist in a few tabaliftical words and outri aclions, illy understood by tlie jugglers tnemfejves, who have therefo-e •(Turned a right to eonftrue them in all cases, as will best suit their own purposes. for the GAZETTE oj the UNITED STATES. Mr. Ff. nno, I READ >0 your last Garette the Declaration of a Committee oI Ihe Republican Society of Norfolk and P.infmouth, in Virginia—and ob. fervtd therein, with gieat plrafure, a conccfTvn to the following purport, viz.—That the citi zens of the United Suies, under favor of the Su preme Governor of i he Universe, enj"y " prefrnt ease, tranquili y and happ-inefs." This declara tion is of g'eat importance— it ought to make the mot giveful impreflions on every mind, »nd be held in everlafliog remembrance. The medium thro* which these favors have been conferred on us, is the general government. A government'which is. 1 trust, so dear to us all, that every individual citizen will be a (hield to defend it fromJecret or open enemies. It appears, however, somewhat odd, Mr. Printer, to talk of Republican Societies in the raidft of a Republican Government. The world at large supposes ih&people of the United States form one great Society of Republicans. The Norfolk and Portsmouth Society may however be Republicans of a superior class — double re fined! Some persons have expressed surprize at the attempts made to form political focie'ies in this country, under denominations so perfe£lly coin cident with the nature of the government and the fpiritof the people. In Great-Britain and other European countries, such societies may be established on patriotic principles—for there the governments diverge from the few republican principles which they contain, towards ftrongeT degrees of despotism—and every check to the encroachments of arbitrary power, is fomelhing gained by the people ; but here, the people are •• easy, tranquil and happy," under the mod petfeft system of republicanism the world ever jaw — I wish to fee measures pursued which have a natural tendency to preferveihis govern ment in its purity. There is but one effectual method — Make the people in principle Republi cans. In order to this, they must be enlighten ed—the foundation, must be laid in youth— .Education is the only preparative. Societies tor promoting the gr/*at woik of education among the poor, would be republican indeed— for without knowledge and information, rhe people are 1 he blind followers of fattious leaders, who combive merely to overthrow every inftitu lion that opoofes their ambitious projects. Your's, CHRISTOPHER. Itr the GAZLTTt of the UNITED STATIS. Mr. Fenno, HWING lately fecn in the public prints, a declaration of the (landing committee of ihc Republican Socic:y of Norfolk and Porifi mouth, at a meeting held on the 3d inft. I have taken the liberty of fumifhing you with the copy of another political creed, which in ray opinion is not destitute of merit. At a general meeting of the friends to order and good government, specially convened for the purpose— Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meeting, that a declaration comprising anexpo firion of the fentimems and principles which have uniformly influenced the friends to order and good government, be pubUflru d to all the world. DECLARATION. Citizens, declare as our unalterable opinion, that the bleflings of a just, mild and -equitable government, can only be perpetuated by a prompt obedience to the laws, refpeft for morality, and a fti itt adherence to the divine injunction of " doing unto all men as we would they should do unto us." That the attention which many of our fellow citizens discover towards chimerical systems of jurisprudence, card playing, hoife racing, &c. as well as ihe predile&ion which they evinc* in favor of other men's bufmefs in preference to their own, is to us a matter ps serious concern and regrci That altho' liberty is attainable by all nations, ret nevertheless we hold it for a truth—That a Free government can exist no where but »mong a virtuous and cnlightcni d people : Any attempt therefore to prorogate liberty at the point of the bayonet, is as absurd as it is wicked. That the security reluliing from out- remote fit nation from Europe can only be endangered by the machinations of a few icftlefs individuals, ■who, actuated by pride, envy, qr want, are en deavoring by all the, means in their power, to -destroy a government so wifely calculated to insure the happiness of the citizcns thereof. That it is ihe pshocativi of Firemen to (peak their fentimenis without reserve on the JubjeQ of all governments, whether eltSivc or -hereditary, fitnple or mixed, and to condemn or applaud the means taken to obtain such go vernments. That it is a truth, not lc fs notorious than it is to be lamented, that 111 the bosom of our coun try, we have men who exclaim against foreign and yet practice iomcjiu tyranny—who talk of morality, and ate guilty of enormous viefs— and who bellow continually about liberty and equality, sn<3 yet Grange to tell, are cit\?ens themiel«(s of the mod aristocratic ilate m tne union. Tpat although Hocus Pocui, the chief of the magician* and disciples of ihe new pbilofophy, has in hi* speeches and writings given us to un dcft-ind, that a clear skin is the only mark by which to ascertain the rjgbi« of men to the blcfTings of fieedom —Yet ntverthelefs be it known, and we hereby declaie, that we never have, or eve* shall fubferibe to the religious, po litical or moial creed of the said Hocus Pocus, a harlequin printer, or their aiders and abei tors. That strongly impressed with these sentiments, we have copceivt d :t to be our intcreji, and know it to be our duty, nocwithftanding the efforts of all pseudo patriots lo the contrary, to rill (atis fied with the cor-ftuutional mode of ?tyeringour own form of government, if called for by the people, and leaving to all nations the right of nrw modelling thtir's or not, as to them may feem meet, without abusing or reviling thetn for their determination. VIKDEX. Foreign Intelligence. HANOVER, April 3. THE second column of the »rmy of this Eletftorate, destined to a€l against France, begarvits march yesterday. Iw route is towards We fel, and thence along the Rhine. At the head of the 2d battalion of guards, is Prince Adolphus, {on td the King of Great-Britain. CARLSRUHE, April 4. Yeflerday the Imperial troops at tacked the French near Leimer chein, three leagues hence—39o of them were killed, and j©o ijiken prisoners. M A N H E I M, April 4; The head quarters of the Imperi al troops are still at Spires, and those of the Prussians at Gnnteif blum. A part of the combined ar mies, however, is near the frontiers of Alsace. His Majesty the King of Prussia arri*ed here yesterday at 2 o'clock A.M. preceded by a detachment of our citizens on horseback, am id ft the ringing of bells and the ' accla mations of the inhabitants. / , FRANKFORT, April 7. A very heavy cannonade Was beard yester day, during the whole day. We have learned lince, that the garrison of Caflel made ano ther sortie, hut were repulsed as before. "the Prussian advanced posts are very near Menti. The French have entirely evacuat ed the Duchy of Deux Ponts. AMSTERDAM, April 15. On the approach of the Pruflian troops un der the command of" Genera) Rombwg, the French evacuated the whole Duchy of Deux Ponts. General Cuftine is ported with his army be tween Landau and Wiflenbourg—according to authentic intelligence- it consists only of 24,000 men. Gen. Wurmfer, at the head of 12,000 Auftrians and 4003 troops of Hesse Dannfladt, who closely pursued them as far as Gemerlheim, has his advanced ports at Vergzahern. As General de Hohenloe is ap proaching through the defiles of Dorkheim, on the fide towards Newftadt, the French will find themselves between two fires, and be prevented both from throwing up entrench, ments, and from procuring aflirtance. In consequence of a resolution formed by their High Mightinesses, on the .fth ittli. his Serene Highness has been requeued to give orders to the captains of (hips of war, and of privateers, not to molest or capture, in open seas, French filhing vessels, equipped solely for that purpqfe, and not armed. They haye power, however, to search them in cafe of suspicion. These orders are to be in force as long as the fifheries of the state are not mo. lefted by French privateers. BRUSSELS, Aprill 13. A rapid movement made by our army a gainst Conde, gave rife to tlve premature re port of its being taken.—Notwitliftanding the defection of General Dumourier, the French still seem determined to oppose the efforts of the combined armies. HAGUE, April 11. The firit division of Hanoverians, confid ing rank and file, entered Antwerp this day. LONDON, April 23. The last advices from the continent inti mate an nnion of a lingular complexion be tween prince Ernest Augustus, the fifth son of his majesty, and lady Augusta Murray, the daughter of the Earl of Dunmore, now in Switzerland. They were united at Rome. His Royal Highnels is just twenty yearj of age, the lady turned of thirty. The defe