who have ci mmifliona from ar.\ ot*ici !*< ••• P <'•<
Stair, in cm illy v*itn either eifjKn, to arm ;r
(hips in the }ortf of eilin rof (he law. two king
doms, to ft what tb' )' h«»e taken, or in any
other man tie whatever to exchange the (am ;
neither (hall they be allowed even to purcluk
vexcept fjih dj (hall be nenfliry foi
their going lo the neaicil pail oi that P.iijfcc
from whom thry have obtaiue.i coinniUions.
(onipure thu cuiih ike isth artide of Vu treat} of
Utrecht, above and the *:<1 article cf the
jrtwtypf amity una cvm*r:tce between Ftanu audlhe
United States
» A ft. 10. "It (hall be lawful, as well for the
(hips ot war ot their maj (lies, as foe privateers
belonging to their fahjetls, to carry w hither fo
ev< r they pi- ase t the (hips and goods taken from
their encm'rt, without being obliged 10 pay any
lee lo lbe officer* of the admiralty, or to any
judges whatever ; nor lhall the said prizes, when
they an ivc at and enter the pons of liicii (aid
wajefttes, be detained or Uized; neither (hall
the fearchcrf, or olhcr officers ot those places,
visit or take cognizance of the validity of such
prizes ; but they fball be at lib. rty lo hotft f a, l
at an.y t'.me, to dapart, and to can y their prizes
to the p'acc mentioned in the corrt millions or
parents, which the commanders of such (hips of
war lhall be obliged to (hew : on the cwntraiy,
fio (h'rhei or lefuge (hall be given in their ports
to such as have made a prize u,jon the fnbje&s
of niher of I heir maj ftus ; but il forced by
ft re fs of weaihtr, or the dangers ot the iea, to
enter therein, particular care shall be taken to
hasten thc:r departure, and to cause them to re
tire from thence as soon as pofliblc, as far as it
is not repugnant to former treaties made in this
refpeft with other loveieigns or dates.
Compare this article with the 36/// article of the
jormer treaty (oj Utrecht) and the 17th article of the
latter, _
»r
QUERIES.
Whether, tl the United States, under the
»2d article of the treaty ot amity md commeice
with Fiance, arc bound to admit the fitting out
ef French privateers, to the exclusion ojail others,
when Franve 19at war, and the Untied State* ate
neutral, Fiance is not equally bound, >>1
United States (hould be at war, and France
iliould be neutral, to admit the fitting out ot
American the txtlujxov oj alt others ?
2. Whether, if such be the coullruetion ol that
article of ihat treaty, a similar couftruflion mull
not be given to the r.5 l h a» lielc ol the tieavy
above mentioned, and the 16th article ot the
treaty Of 1786, belween Fiance and Great-Bri
tain. those articles being substantially the fame
with the 22d article of the treaty of amity and
commerce between the United States and
France ?
3. Whether, therefore, in cafe when the ob
ligation of thofc treaties was in full force, a war
had taken place between Great-Britain and the
United Sta'.es,"atui France had been neutral, the
corifequence of such a conitiufiion would not
have been, that France was bound bv htr trea
ties with Great-Britain to admit the /lUiug out oj
Britijh, to the excUJion oj American privdt<e>> ; and
by the treaty with the United States to admit
-it., fittim ir giitjq£ Amet ican, to .the cxclufioft.of\Blitifh
privateer* r — '
4. Whether that confttu&ion of those trea
ties be so neceflary and unavoidable, as to
juflify a charge of such duplicity upon one of
the contra&ing powers, and of the .grofleft folly
upon >he others, finer the treaties of Utrecht and
o f 1763 were well known before the treaty of
1778 was entered into, and that ot 1778 long
before the treaty of 1786 ?
5. Whether, it the conftru£lion be in other
tefpefls doubtful, such a one ought not to be
given, as is conlillent with the fuppofitton of
good faith in an ally to whom we owe such great
obligations, and ol a little prudence and com
mon f nfe in perfnns who were never remarka
ble for wanting either ?
FhiUdelphia, Augujl 16, 1793.
From the Columbian Centinel.
Mr. Russel,
WHENlfawa prophetic intima
tion in your last Centinel, that
we might soon expedt to ha»e some of our
citizens denounced by a Jacobin Club, or
in the Jacobin mode ; I little thought
that the predi&ion would be verified in
the fame week. But the Jacobin party
in every country are so ardent, and are
in the habit so strongly of marching with
a quick step to the tune of Ca Ira, that
they progress much falter than we expec
ted. Their impetuofuy is so great, that
even here, they seem to proscribe with as
much facility and expedition, as they do
in Paris ; and may perhaps, sentence and
execute our citizens with as much celcii
ty as they have done in France. On
Thursday afternoon eleven of our ciii
zeru, some of whom are of the utmod
rsfpeftability in town, were denounced,
and their names displayed in large letters
on the mainmast of the French frigate
now in this harbour, as Aristocrats, un
friendly to the French revolution, and a
verse to having American citizens enter
on board French privateers. This was
the crime said to be dated on the paper
above the names j and it was confirmed
to be the crime for which they were de
nounced, by one of the officers of the
frigate to Americans who were on board.
Now, Mr. Rtiflel, I wi(h the noted
Expositor of laws and treaties, the would
be Marat for this Department, to (hew us
by what article of our treaty with France
the Fiench naval officers, or the agents
of the Jacobin Club in Paris, have a right
to proscribe our citizens, because.they
wish to live in peace with all the world.
The prediction in ynnr CentJnel of lad
I Weuucfday is now fuihlied. Eleven of
out citizens are now proscribed, and their
names announced on boatd the frigate,
becanfe they wi(h to preserve our neutra
lity, and have l>een opposed to our tak
ing a part in the piefent war. I wilh al
so to know what is to be their punish
ment, and who are to execute it ? Ate
they to fuffet by the .Lamp Cord or the
Guillotine here, or ar.t tbey to be sent in
irons to Paris, to fuller there ? If it be
not the latter, why was the profcHptiSVi
firft announced on boaid the French fri
gate ? If the former be intended, wby
was not process made in our own mode,
and through the medium of our ow«,
laws ?
Has the boaftcd freedom of American
citizens come to this—has our valued li
berty so foor» funk to a Hate of vassalage
to an European nation ! What other fo
reign nation, since the revolution, has
aflumed such a power over us ? And is
this to be viewed as evidences of their
friendliiip as allies, or their love of liber
ty and equality ?
Have we no chara£ler as Americans,
no laws, no government of our own, that
we mud be called to a foreign tribunal ?
Is it laudable and virtuous sot us to insult
the President and a!) others who adminis
ter the government of the Union ; and is
it criminal to be advocates for peace, and
promoters of public tranquillity and hap
piness ? What a mutable world is this,
what a perverlion of all good principles, J
of common sense, and of moral recti
tude!
But fear not, Mr. Ruflel, though you
are among the profctibed. We have a
faction, and they are known ; but their
wickedness will fall on their own pates;
they will yet probably fufFer by the naps,
which they have prepared for others.
A Free American.
Cj* It is but justice to Captain Van
Dongen, commander of the La Con
corde, to fay, that he holds in the high
est detellation the conduct above alluded
to, which was done in his abfcnce, and
that he is taking mcafures to discover the
writer of the paper.
A CARD.
THE gentlemen, whose names were
polled on the main Inaft of the frigate
La Concorde, on Thursday afternoon,
present their compliments to the captain
of that fliip, and request liim to enquire
ahd inform them through the Centinel,
who it was that did it, or by whose direc
tion or privity it was done, and what was
the objedt in doing it. They are inform
ed and believe, that the Captain had no
knowledge of the ast when done, and
was displeased with and reprobated it.—
But they know of no channel so clear and
direct of coming at the agent, as through
the officers of the {hip.
Boston, dug. io.
The French Patriotic Society,
Residing in Boston, beg leave to in
form the American gentlemen, whose
names have been polled up as Ariftoeraf s
that they hold with contempt and indig
nation the author of the fame, who with
out any provocation, has cruelly, and
(hamefully attacked their chara&ers; and
that in justice, which they owe to them
selves, they take this method to inform
them, that they are ashamed of it, sorry
for it, and will take every poflibie llep to
discover the author, and will expose him
to the public.
John Duballet, Piefident.
By order of the Society,
S. Veron, Secretary.
80/ ton, -dug. y.
United States.
NEWBURYPORT, August to.
TO W N.M E ZT IN G,
AT a legal meeting of the town of
N'ewburyport, held by adjourn
ment, oil VVednefday, 7111 Aug.
• 793. 'he late Proclamation of
the Prefidentof the United States
was taken into serious confidera'
'•on :—andthekeupon
" "\TOTED unanimously, That in
* the opinion of this town, the
neutrality of the United States, du»
ring the war now waged by the fe
deral .belligerent powers in Europe,
is confillent wiih the honor and
good faith of our government, and
not repugnant to any treaties exit
ing between the United States, and
any of those powers.
-510-
Voted unanimonfly, That jji the
opinion of this town, a striCt and
uniform adherence to that neutrali
ty, is of the utinoll importance to
ihe heft interells and of
our country.
Voted unanitnoully, That in the
opinion of this town, the late Pro
clamation of the President, declar
ing that neutrality, was a conitim
tional and wife nieafnre, resulting
from his ardent affection for his
feliow-citizeps, his knowledge of,
and vigilant attention ro their just
rights and trtte imereft.
voted unanitn-oufly, That in the
opinion of this town, any infraction
of the laws of neutrality, by any of
;Lhe citizens of the United States,
fitting out, or being interested in
armed veflels, to cruise against the
citizens or fubjetfts of either of the
belligerent powers, or perlonally
engaging in such cruise, will natu
rally tend to injure eflentially, the
agricultural, manufacturing, and
commercial interests of this country.
THEREFORE,
Voted tuianimoufly, That to pre
vent any such breach of the laws of
the land, we will take every legal
method in our power, to discover
and prosecute to condign punifh
nient, any Citizen, who, regardless
of the duties be owes to his coun
try, may be guilty of f.icb danger
ous offences."
l'xtraft from tlie Records,
Attest,
Enoch TircoMß, jun.Town-Clerk
S A L V E M, August 13
LafV Friday arrived at this part,
the sloop Nancy, John Ingerf»l!,
matter, with the wreck of live (hip
" Albion, of Bristol," copper-bot
tomed, and coiiftru<fted for the
Guinea trade Capt. I. had been
out 8 days on his passage to the W.
Indies : on the 3d intt. early, in the
morning, saw the above wreck to
windward, and came up with her
in about 3 hours : on going 011
board, it appeared (tie had been left
some time by her crew, having been
run foul of by some other veflt-1,
and very much damaged, her star
board bow being (love in e*en with
her lower deck, inainmatt and fore
1110ft gone, her remaining fails torn
to pieces, and 6 feet water in her
hold. She appeared to be a prize
worth an effort : by the extraordi
nary exertions of the matter and
crew of the Nancy (only J men and
a boy) she was pumped dry,fome re
pairs made, and then taken in tow
for about 40 leagues, when they had
got her in a fittiation to make fail
herfelf before the fair wind with
which they were favored ; and both
arrived here the 7th day after meet
ing the wreck. Capt. J. supposes
some one had been on board before,
as there appeared to have been ta
ken from between decks a number
of bags of cotton, and large quan
tities were laying loose upon deck.
The /hip is about 200 tons ; her car
go is sugar, rum, cotton, mahogany
and logWood ; and she is supposed
to be one of the Jamaica fleet, which
failed in June. A Jamaica news
paper, and several private letters,
were the only papers found on
board.
Ait a meeting oF the freeholders and
other inhabitants of the town of Mavhle
head, convened on Thursday the Bth of
'August, 17513, adjournment from the
7tr> in(K
On considering the communication
from the meichants and tiadrrs of the
town ot Bolton of their resolution* at
their meeting on the 22<idayof July lad
upon the fubjeft of the neutrality of the
United Statc.6 in refpedi to the present
belligerent powers.
Voted, 'I hat the inhabitants of this
town do heaitiiy concur In the said reso
lution of the merchants and traders of the
town of Bolton, conceiving them to be
adapted to promote the public good.
Voted, That the inhabitants of this
town have been greatly encouraged in
the pursuit qf their fiflienes and torn
tnerce, by the Prefident'.s very seasonable
proclamation, declaring the difpolition of
die United States to puvfue a friendly and
impartial conduit toiva: the belligerent
powers refpe&ively, and warning the ci
tizens of the United States to avoid all
ads and proceedings which might in any
iranner tend to contravene ft:ch difpofi-
tions.
Voted, that t?i<r inhabitants of tk'i*
tt»wn fha'l view with peculiar alarm and
anxiety, and will Ptadilv oppose arisdirts
or proceedings «>l thecUizens of thilc
dales or of Any p?if,!iis wiihiii llii ,'an>e,
which may tend in any nieafure
veee the friendly and impartiafjilpotitii.ii
of the U. Slates towaids tlie uotveis ;it
war ; and w:U use their cDceavoui's tyf
detest and bring to j jllice all pcrfoitt who
by fuel) aifts and proceedings (hall vitiate
theUw of nations, andendanger the peace
and welfare of the United Siati s.
Voted, That a copy of the foregoing
resolutions of this'town (hall be fcr.t. :□
the Hon. Thomas Ruff.ll, and fha.'l be
printed in the Salem Gazette.
Cxtrad of a Istter Jram a refpetiable
Hwfi in Barcelun t, dated 16ih-
June, to a corrcfpondeHt in this citj .
" The Spani/h fleet is jult return
ed here, after having taken
island of St. Peter, and another final!
Ole adjoining, which is reltored to
the Sardinians ; drove ashore and
boint a French frigate, and has
broighthere another, of 36 giins
and 1 400 prisoners, who foriei.dei
ed at tlifcretion, without the ief»of
a man on either fide."
Copy of a letter written by his Ex
cellency Geo. Clinton, Efq Go
vernor of the lime of New-York,
to Nicholas Cruger, Esq. Chair
man wf a late wceiing of the ci
tizens of New-York.
I HAD the, honor to receive jour
police letter, enclosing certiiiir tefo
'hitions 'oj the citizcns';>f N. Yoi'k. •
As the approbation of a trie ftnd
enlightened people is the ninl) ho
notable and pleating reward that
can he conferred upon their public
officers ) I eiitreat you to allure -oac
refpeflable fellow citizens, that I
receive with the brighteil fatisfac
tion, their favorable opinion of oiy
ronduift on an occadon so interest
ing to the happiness of the United
States, as that to which their refov
lutions refer. Thefirm deierinina
lion of the citizens to support rhe
government of our country, in the
exei cifeof our important functions,
mult reflect honor upon their pa
triotifin and good sense.
1 am wuh great refpetl,
Your molt obedient fervatit,
GEO: CLINTON
Nicholas Cmger, Esq.
We are informed that the patrio.
tie society of this town, ar their Jaft
meeting,i-efolved.that the benefacli
ons given by the inhabitants of this
place, towards affording a tempora
ry relief to thediftrefied citizens of
Cape-Francois, shall not be tranf
mitced to the French minister,, Ge
net, as was proposed, but be at five
disposal of the commiitee, who ob
tained this charity, for the benefit
of these unfortunate people.
Marlileheai!,
Philadelphia, Aug. 21.
A large sum of money in dollars,
belonging to merchants in this city,
was 011 boai d an American fchopner
captured by the Little Democrat,
which the officer of the privateer
removed, put on board a pilot boat,
and Tent it up on Sunday last to their
agent here. It being discovered by
thole concerned, that the money
was contained in ilie pilot boat, the
vellel was immediately put under
the guard of a detachment of mili
tia, and Monday afternoon the mo
ney was delivered to the owners.
ExtraEl of a letter from Baltimore,
i Augufl 6.
" A gentleman arrived here from
Dominica fays, that the Solebay
man of war arrived there from
England with orders for the fleet,
which was not to retnrii to Europe
as was expe<Sed. The Solebay left
England the xjthof June, a: which
time little was (Uid to have been
done on the continent of Europe "
A true Copy from the Records,
W. ABRAHAM, T.Clcrtt.
NEW-YORK, Augu(i ,6.
. New-York, f 4th dugufl', 1
S I R,
NEWARK,' August 24.
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