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
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