4* nVf thr plenfiv.g and Mtic'pat" n of heVeriod, wl.. •• ■>'! t e nations ot Europe •all wartake of- >ne bM SI V' s ■rf oniver.'al peace. Wnattier tliir may be .-'t"Kd by i l .- will «*' to await t..e trmnacion ol the otefvM Kuitopewi cminin ,olls, the fyltertr of feudal aVu'd.tj has r£ " eived an 1. recoveiaWe wcu d, and every Vmptotn indicates its approaching diflo'ution. rhe feed, ol" Liberty ire plentifully'own. However levere the climate, however barren ; lie foil of the regions in wMcti they have been rrcived, such it tiie native exuberai ce of the liant, that it ninft eventtnlly flour: fh with luxuriant pr«fof»»n. Tie cover..jxer.fs «1 Europe in nit fall S a.d '»* ««»* W* m "? •*" pedicnt in their pl»w*r, is to gathw up tl.cjr; garments.and fall With decency. The hords of civil fubjtftion rnuft be looiei.ed by tic dis cretion of civil authority, o> they « ill lie fln vered bv'he corvolfive cijbrt-. ot slavery it felf. The feelings of benevolence involunta rily m ike therofclves a party to every circum ltance that can a (feet the bappinefs «» man kind ; they are ever ready M realize the lan •uiue hope, that the governments to rife upon the ruins of the present fyftem< will be immu tably founded upon the ncp es ol t eednin, and admimflered by the genuine maxims of ] moral subordination and political equality. We cherish with a liindnefs which cannot be chilled bv tlie cold unannnated philofophv ol f.cpticifm, rhe delightful expectation that tie cancerof a:b trary power will be radically ex tracted from the human constitution ; that the foti'ces of oppreflion will he drained ; that the paffionj which have hitherto made the misery of mankind, will be disarmed of all their violence, and give place to the foit con troul of mikl and amiable feutiments, which (hall unite in social harmony the innumerable varieties of the human race. Then fliall nerveless arm of superstition no longer inter pose an impious barrier between the be-efi. cence of Heaven, and the adoration of its vo. taries : then (hall tlie mod distant regions of the earth be approximated by the gentle at t action of a liberal intercourse : then (hall the fair fabric of qniverfal Liberty rife upon the durable foundat 011 of fecial equality, and t le long-expecled sra of human felicity,which has been announced by prophetic inspiration, and defer.bed in tho inoft enraptured largur.ge of the Muses, fliall commence its piendidpro. grefs Viiions of bills ! with every breath to Heaven we speed an ejaculation thai the t;me may haflen, when your reality fball be no lon ger the gi ound of votive fupplicat.on, hut the I theme of grateful acknowledgment : when the choral gratulations of the liberated my riads of the elder world, in fymphonv, sweeter than the music of the Ipheres, lha'.l hail 1 our c-'U'itrv, Amercans! as the youngest daughter of Na'tu e, and the firft.born offspring of Freedom. The following Address frcm the Inhabitants of Alexandria, was pelented to the Prcfi dent of the United inft. States. The Address of the Inhabitants oj Alexandria and its Vicinity. Sir, THAT America should remain in peace and enjoy the blessings of her free government, undiftui ti ed by European concerns, we be lieve to be the earnest desire of eve ry well-winter 10 our country ; and vre feel the most cordial fatisfallion in expressing to you our convitftiun of the part you have taken to pre serve the public repose and happi ness. In declaring by your procla mation the condutft which ought to be pursued by the people of the United States towards the bellige rent powers of Europe, a new 111- stance was prefemed to yout fellow citizens of your vigilance in dis charging the important duties of your station, and } ou have exhibit ed to the nations of the world a striking proof of the candour and juflice which govern the politics of t he republic over which you preside. Sincerity, good faith, and 11 uih,are virtues belonging to the republican character. We rejoice that they have been cherished and praAifed in the adminiflration of our govern ment, and we confide that a Heady and manly adherence to them will furnilh an example of a people liv ing under a republican form of go vernment that will meet the appro bation of all mankind, and be pro ductive of univerfa) happiness. Accept, Sir, our aflurances, that individually our condoli shall be re gulated on every occasion by that I'pirit of amity and impartiality which you have enjoined. Bv order of the meeting. DENNIS RAMSAY, Chairman. Alexandria, July qth, 1793. To which the President returned the follwing Answer : To the IsHaer tan T s of Alexandria and its Vicinity > Ghntlkmen, DEEPLY impressed with the im portant advantages which the United States will experience byre- niaiiiino in pesce dm ingt'ne prtfeirt ton;ef\ among the p.»wers of rope, ii is with the h:gheft (atistae lion thai I receive this manifeilati -011 of your wishes for the preferva 11on of that invaluable blelnng, and the approbation which you express of the ineafures which ha*e been taken to secure a continuance of our prelent happy Gtuation. To com plete the American character, it re mains for the citizens of the United States tofhew tor the world, that the reproach heretofore ealt upon i publican governments, (or the!*" w ant of itability, is without found av lion, s when that government is the deliberate choice of an enlightened people ; and 1 am fuliy peifuaded, that every well-wifiter to the hap piness and prosperity of this coun try will evince by his contlutit, that we live under a government of laws, and that, while we preserve inviolate our national faith, we ate deliroos of living in amity with all mankind. G. WASHINGTON. United States. KNOXVILLE, June 15. On the morning oftheioth June, the South Welt Point, a loldier belonging to the 12th Company of infantry, in jdfub legion, was guil ty of the horrid deed of Suicide In a very deliberate manner heload ed tils inulker, and after seating him felf on a bench, tied a ftrjng to the tiip-yer of his gun and the other end'to his toe, (placing the muzzle diretSljr under bis left ear) and in a ftrcond commenced his march for the garrison of fpi'its.— His name was John Mtiller, an Englilhman— he w as generally fond of whiflcey to excess. Hail ye Wkijkey Drinkers and Jollow the Hero ! PITTSBURGH, July 20. Extrafl oj a Utter from the Comi'iitf on ers appointed to treat with the In dians, dated at Fort Erie, June 28, 1793, to a gentleman in this town. « We have received a letter from Mr. Wilson, dated at Detroit the WatiflWijrt? vniTrvegirfc ning to counsel among tliemfelves, at their general meeting at the Ra pids of the Miami of the Lake. We jhall fail with the fii ft wind to De troit l iver, and go to Sandufky as soon as we find the Indians are rea dy to procced thither from the Mi ami*" CHESTERTOVVN, (M.) July 26. Extratf of a litter front an amiable Lady of Baltimore, dated i%th July, to a friend in Cacil county. " The common newspapers must have informed you of the late aw ful carnage of Cape-t'rancois. Our town is full of the miserable fugi tives, and imagination can (carcely form an idea of the wretched situa tion in which they arrived here. " The Baliiinoreans, 1 think, with unexampled humanity and be nevolence have leceived and ad-.ni ntftered to their several necefliiies. At a meeting on 'Change a fubfcri p tion was immediately opened, and in the cotirfe of two days ir,ooo dollars were subscribed. Ten.mer chants alone at 300 a piece subscrib ed 3000 dollars ; and in addition to this generous donation, all rank's and denominations have opened their doors to receive and accom modate those unhappy fufFerers, without money, clothes, or the com mon necellaries of life. My Mr. subscribed 100 dollars to the general itock,and brought two gen tlemen home with liim, who are now become a part of our family, and who we mean to make as com fortable as we can, until they csm 1 form plans for their own accommo dation. They aie genteel, agreea ble men, rather palt the meridian of life, but very amiable and conci liating in their manners. Their health evidently fulfers from the wretched Itate of their minds : Yet they are happy compared to the si. tisation of fame. There are women of rank separated from their hus bands, uncertain whether they took refuge in a-ioiher \ellel, or fella facrifice to the infargtnts—Children ' «»tihou' parent*. " r '" l r<s »ccuutn of tfi e n»fj 1 v es—'"Slf 3 i i tiler, <I.oli>cr, brother or Gtier 101 l livery one hai friends and for tune to lament,and foroe ihcir <!eaf eft connections : yet from their misfortune* We may learn a leilon truly salutary, and, if attended to, may be a blefling to this country, thai it was not the power ot theii enemies that destroyed them, but jhe weaklier* occasioned by parly, fjtfion, and a want of unanimity. BOSTON, July 20. ] The tragical scene lately exhibit ed at Cape-Krancois, (hews the lie ceflity of govei rvment and subordi nation. There *« fawtwo au;h.< rities exist, antj we law (what the great deliueaior of nature, Shake speare, fays ever will take place} how loon disorder entered by the gap, and both devoured. The ciii zens of America may well rejoice, that their lines are cafl in fogoodly an inheritance. The Editors of the Briiifli VVeft India papers, seize every opportu nity to transcribe from American Gazettes every paragraph which ap pears holtile to the Engliftrgovern ment ; and to give them an exafpe rating colour : 1 hey fay " that the late Unite J States has become a French Department ; that Citizen Ger.et has virtually alTumed the reins ot go -vernuient, and that the will of the National Convention is the supreme law in America." _ • On language and insinuations like the above, no comment is necellat y. A Correspondent fays, It is rather fmgular that all the Captains of American veliels who have received infuhs and outrages from the Britilh cruisers, ihouKl be those who have arrived at Philadel phia and New-York A great num ber of naval commanders who have arrived here, mention their being boarded by those cruisers, but from them we have not heard of any plunderings or insults. As those accounts have appeared in papers capable of admitting the groflefl af fertious aimed at our beloved Prefi dent—they will receive but little at -* i * n» «C«iw ji 1 i n f'l * J been received ; if any American property has been plundered, there is spirit fufficient in the Executive of the United States to demand re i paration ; and if such reparation is denied, to make proper repril'als. The aflertion of a " Jacobin" in a late Philadelphia paper, that the President of the United States, i. e. "the Executive ofthe United Scares" is preparing " to join the league of Kings againtt France;" is one of those barefaced falfehoods which defeat the intentions of their pro- mulga.ors : And is a species of am bitjh insult to the people of the United States, which none but a real " Jacobin" could commit. If we despise the fabricators of such falfehoods, we ought not neverthe less to Coffer them to deceive the world that knew them not. The 4th iudant has been more universally celebrated this year than in any preceding one. The blefl'- ings of Independence, Peace, Liber ty and Good Government, are uni versally experienced—and the ac knowledgoient is the fpontaneotis effufion of gratitudeand patriotism. Perdition catch the man who would to lellen (hei>le(Tings we enjoy. Of the Toasts of 1 his toalUng-lea son, if the following is not the rnoji elegant, it is the most original It 'was given in a neighboring (ta e, and is, May a hurfc's night-cap be the reward of every cue who wijhc;s to involve the United States in war." July 24. A letter fuxq a gentleman at Sr. Pierre, warmly inrereftcd in the Revolution of r ranee in favor ofthe patriotic party, dated June 27,1 793, and received by Capt. Tucker, in forms as follows: "On the 24th ult. I arrived at Trinirv, where the vefl'el and niyfelf were detained by the RoyclifUj until they were beat en attd the town taken by Gen. Ro chani beau's party. Several other Americans are placed in a momen tary dilemma (hecatife they had fold'to the RayalMts) payment of the carries : ! ha.i b.> ever tWSGeneral's promfe ■ 11 j, e> <•» «fl 911 receive fat:*/. *:icr>. Uti.;£i .i ii: iri 5y « tUI! aicif, i.« ii . i by <»»c yauy than r.riuiftjef. T»o •• I thirds ill Jeift, of the plantation? destroyed—Negroes in aims—Men, women and children of any refpe< r t«- ability driven off, plundered or uiaf facred. In lhorc, we want but an earthquake to fiil the measure of our misfortunes, and to biing upon us annihilation ; the lighted pu iiifhment which the people of this unhappy iflJnd ought to expetft at the hand of omnipo!ence. " 1 hree i!a»s lime the Engliih fqnadron evacnaied their port at tale Navite, and have disappeared. Thej cannot with their present force, take the llland, which feeius to be in the hinds or so many legi ons of devils, fay negroes and mu laltoes, fpteading ilcatli and de ftrmSion round them, under the specious, but much abused garb, of liberty and equality." [Ano her account fully confirms the reports refpe-fting the failure of the Englifb attack on Martinique— they have abandoned t he enter prize after having fuffei ed feverelv by one column of their own troops engag ing another, through mid tke — I. ap pears that ilie Englijli landed iboot 1200 regular troops— their lots is not particularized.] At a ve. y fuH aiid refjie :t'.b!e meeting of the Merchants and o thers, concerned in trade', r v li.g' in Bolton, and convened at r' • e wi'- Hall,by Public Notific uion.un Moil | day. Jily 22, 179;. Vo re t>, — That, in the opinion t f this body, the Preliden 's la'e Pro clamation. declaii g the L l- >i;ed Stales to be in a Hate of Neutrality, and calling on the citizens to con duct accordingly, was a wife and prudent meafui e, well-timed,found ed 011 fatft, and calculated to ("ecure the honor, and (o promote the true iitterefts and happiness of our coun try. . ... V'lttr!, —That in'oor opinion there fore, an attentive conformity to the laws of Neutrality, and the obliga tions of exilling Treaties, is the in dispensable duty of all good citizens; and we conceive that to promote it, -rmm. iht* primary objc<& of thai Pro clamation. And in order to preserve that ftnte of Neutrality, so important to the interest aiui honor of this coun try. Vot.'d, —That Should any Citizen of the United States, become inter ested in, or fit out any Privateer < r armed Vefi'el, to cruize ngaiiift ei ther of the Belligerent Powers, the other Citizens of the United States ought to use their endeavors, to bring him to condign punilhnient, for luch nefarious breach of the laws of Nations, and the rules of Neutrality, Voted, —That to prevent and dis courage, at far as we can, such cri minal eondu<ft, We will give our utmuit aid to dete<f and bring to legal ptmifliment, tkofe vtlio rtrail be guilty of ir. Voted, — That a Committee, con fiding of the Hon. Thomas Ru(?e'!, Stephen Higginfon, Julio C. Jones, Efq'rs. Mr. Nathaniel Fellows, Mr. Samuel Brown, Dr. Charles Jarvis, and Mr. Eben Parsons, be appointed to have these Refoluti.ons printed in the several newspapers ; and to tranftnit copies to the other f«a» ports in this state, desiring their concurrence, if they conceive them adapted to promote the public good, Per order of the Committee. Thomas H. Perkins, Sec'ry. The Kefolutions adopted by the citizens of this town jefterday, a correfpondcnt thinks, will have the happy tendency to avert those evils, which tlie envious principles of fame, the tetnpei of orhers, and the avarice of more, were likely to en tail on the United States. The;e cannot be a doubt, but that the citi zens of the several mercantile towns of the Commonwealth, as well as those of the inland counties, will join in refokirions, in the ex.enfion of the p: inciples of « hich they at e so much interested. It is now time thev came forward. If, ' 's a Correlpondenr, anv one ha a doubt on the fubjetft of the finality of the United States, let kim read " PACIFfCUS." He wffl '5#
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