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The Blefjlng! of--Nmnnnl Peace.
O'il,, I'&AC' .1 "jjfco it source and
" foul oif foci?)
>> '• '"'-tli who!*!r liri inipirivig influence
'Sek-rue i- s vieVs enlarges, art refines,
'Anj g c.nf..'ikvcv opens all her
ports.—
-> 'Is d be tii-.- man "xvlio'Vives us thee !
\v 'to fckls the trumpet hdh his horrid
'
Ci#;i
WiVicti bifws the giddy nSdoiis Into
Wr.ofi:. a. nt»s the murde'ous blade-; the
deadly gun ,
Into 'tie pii'J armoury returns \
HisTi'. . "try vjgtjar frott! the woik fcf
iie.T.fi,
To grat'eA»!-;M(iuftr.y converting, nlakes
'I'lk- count.-. iitsiirilln arid the city imile!
I;, 1 ; him the virgin fiajjg:
And nifih tT.e fe-.iltßg rnotaer to her
train.
()i him t!;c tiiepherd, in the peaceful
d'ie,
( hatmts ; fiii'ii iffvltim the husbandman,
'I'he treafure# 6*' his laboilr sure, as at
the plough
Or team he toils t With him the sailor
louths,
Beneath the ttembhng tneon, the mid
night .vavc ;
And trie full city, wairti, from street to
» street,
And (hor> to shop, reTpcJnfive, rings of
him. >
•Nor joys one land alone ; his praise ex--
■ tends
Far as the breeze can bear the gifts of
peace J . ,
Till all the happy nations tatch the
And then, with us, applaud their
WASHINGTON.
P. p.
Foreign Intelligence.
Received ly tfje Jhip William, in 53
Jays from .Liverpool.
Front the LONDON GAZETTE.
Whitehall, May 16. '
A letter, Ttrurnayj May 13,
1794, of which the following is an ex
trait,' was yesterday feceived from his
Royal Hig'hntfs the Duke of York) by
{lie Right Hon. Henry Dundas, his
Majefly's principal Secretary of State
fur the Home Department.
" Since my last letter 110 attempt has
been riiade by the enemy to hanafsi or
mo;eft any of my posts. On Sunday
morning, however, they attacked in
great foice General Claiifait's corps,
which had the night before crofted the
Heulc. The adtion lasted from one
o'clock in the afternoon till 11 at night,
when General CJairfavt succeeded in
completely driving them back into the
town of Gmrtrai, but not being able to
take poftVffion of the place, he retreat
ed firlt across the Heule, and after
wards belu. d the river Mandel, but be
ii.g still very closely pursued by the ene
my, he found himfelf under the necef
jity of continuing his march to Thielt,
where he has taken up a position in or
d 'I to cover Ghent, Bruges, arid Oftend.
His l«fs, 1 am sorry to fay, has been
vtry considerable." ' f
LONDON, May i>.
The jjrivy council were yesterday
fliorning employed in the further exa
mination of Mr. Hardy, Mr. Adams,
I'nd Mr. Thehvall; and to tlrefn was
added the Rev. Mr. Joyce, Tutor to the
Son of Lord Stanhope; Report fays,
that the latter refuted t6 answer the
queitions which were put to him.
The Rev. Mr. Joyce Was lately ap- 1
pointed Secretary to a meeting that
was to be held in London in the month
of June (intended to be called theßri
tifi Convention) which was to ccnfift of 1
a Delegate deputed from all the differ
ent Jacobin Clubs in various parts of I
England, fueh -as Sheffield, Norwich, ,
Manchester, Birmingham, &c. &c. This
Convention was to meet immediately on I
the prorogation of Parliament, when 1
they thought to have found the ex£cu- .
tjve Government withotit the assistance i
of the Itrong arm of Parliament. Luc- 1
kily the plot was discovered before the 1 j
completion of the plan;
Earl Stanhope and his friends were, f
we learn, in the utmost ,confufion on t
the apprehension of Mr. Joyce; and s
repeated applications were made by Earl a
Stanhope, in the Course of the day s (
tor permission to fee Mr. Joyce ; but f
the Council determined that no person t
jhould have access to him. a
A voluminous body of evidence is f
fa id to have been cclledtcd in the papers e
cf the different societies, and of the t
flitferetft persons who have been arretted J
upon this 1 occasion; arid from every si
thW we have yet heard upon this sub- ti
je&, we believe the public will think
, that it Svas full time to put a stop to
thafe tiieetings, the qbjecis ot which
we think it will he found were, under
various pretences of reform, &t. hostile
to our bappf eonftitution itfelf.
We do not imagine that it will be
found, when the numbers composing
the societies whcfe menfures will fodn
riccupy the attention of parl.amc.it are
known, that they are canfider&lilc ; but
let it be remembered, that a lew ill di - j
posed persons, acting i't concert and |
upon fyltem, may, unless counteracted,
becpm'e formidable to the greatest nation ,
that ever exitteo.
It is but justice to Mr. Fox to'fav, I
that he was not in any degree implica- i
ted in the charge brought again ft Mr. ;
Stone. , '
Mi. Stone, the brother to the gen
i t'ifmatJ who has lately excited the ptib
' lie Attention here, has till now had his
liberty at Paris, altjiough all other Eng
lishmen have been confined. His oc
cupation, by means of which he acq'uir
-1 ed this indulgence, was, it is laid, to
print Englilh translationS of fitch
, French pamphlets as i t was tho't would
belt anfwtr the purposes of France, and
to convey thctii secretly into this coun
• -try.
Mr. Dundas managed the great lead
■ er of" oppotition very dexterously, in
not at once answering that leader's de
) mand to know whether the seditious
papers were really seized upon a fufpi
f cion'of high treason. Not getting an
answer at fu'Pc, the political champion
■ ventured on more rafiily in an officious
struggle for forms, at a moment of the.
f molt ierious alarm ; and thus evinced a
miferaSk: decay of powers, or a want
of due concern for the elfential interests
of the state.
All rational patriots mujl feel the Lnghejl
fatiffallion inJeeing toe vigorous and time
ly exertions- of government to cru/h the
schemes of dome flic traittrs. Butfor these
feajonaSle exertions of a wife and active go
vernment, perhaps we Jhould have groaned
under the bbrribh tyranny of a ''jacobin
Club in this capital, and the butchering op
i prejfjon offome Engl jh Robespierre.
' How came Mr* Stone io apply to the
present opposition to forward his flaps P
Did he think them the persons mofl likely to
support him, and to promote his -views ?
Is it not remarkable that this
should have conflantly treated all alarm for.
the fafety oj the conjlitutian as chimerical
! and absurd ? Could these -very persons know
■ niojl of the dangers that threatened the
. countryj and of the persons from whom
, those dangers ctrofe, while they were afjert
ing thai no dangers And no evil minded
persons exifled, and that the miniflers ex
cited alarriU for their own purposes ? Such
quejlions, and many other of afimilar tenden
cy, naturally arising out of Mr. Stone's ex
amination} have of late been repeatedly
afked —For the anfwefi ti>futh que/hons we
. mitfl appeal to ihe feelings ofthepubltb.
Lafl night, about nine <f dock, some of
the Bow-flreet ojfeers took Mr. Martin, at
torney, into cnflody, under ihi authority of
a warrant from the Secretaries if State.
Mr. Martin was a p'ifoner in the King's
Bench for debt. The officers seized the
papers which they found in his apartment in
that prijbn.
At a meeting of the New Unions a very
numerous Benefit Society, held at Tork lafl
week, it was unanimoitjly Resolved, that
any membersprofefjingany facobinpr'mcples,
or who fhzuld utter, at any time, difrefpell
ful exprefftons againjl the government or
conjlitution of the kingdom, should be expel
led, the club. It is hoped that this lauda
ble resolution will be adopted by every simi
lar inflitutioh.
On Saturday fe'night, as some workmen
were pulling down an old bouse near Zion
Chapel, in Leeds, they found a great number
of [liver coins, fame of them date 1604, of
our fames VI. and of Charles XII. and
Philip IV. of Sweden, ilfc.
From New Lloyd's Lift, March 11.
The Invincible man of war, Admiral
M'Bride with the squadron under his com
mand, failed from Weymouth for the
coast of France, the 6th inft. ,
PLYMOUTH, May 13. ;
Arrived this morning the Coloffuj, ,
of 74 guns, Captain C. M. Pole, from \
Portsmouth. She is to be attached to 1
the Squadron under the command of j
Rear Admiral Macbride. I
Sailed at noon the Incendiary Fire- ]
ship, Captain J. Cooke, to the east- (
ward.
Admiral Macbride is recovering very (
fa!t, and it is hoped hisfervices will not t
be so long suspended as Was at firll ima- (
'gined. f
The Dufee of Richmond arrived here
frota Bath on Saturdaylaft, and during r
this short period has taken a survey of 1
all the Forts, &c. at this place ; he ex- c
amined minutely into the state of the a
Citadel yesterday, and it is expedted
some majerial alterations will be made g
there. He has been in'defatigable in his v
attention to marking out the ground 1)
for the Camps at Roborough and Ma- e
er, 10 as it rriight be molt conducive to P
the health and convenience of the troops.
Much praise is also due to Lord Lenox t ;
for his great care and attention to the ti
troops in general. p
PORTSMOUTH, March io.
The Pilote cutter was dispatched late
ofi Saturday night after the Welt-India,
Mediterranean,. and Cork convoys', to
order tliern, back, the French fleet be
according to report, in the Chan
nel.
UNITED STATES.
ELIZABETH-TOWN, July 9.
1 The anniversary of the declaration
of American Independence was ccleora
-1 ted in this town 011 4th ind. with un
| usual demondrations.of joy.
' | The day was ushered in with a morn-
I > n £ g un - At 10 o'clock the citizens
; atfembled at Lyon's tavern and formed
a procefiion.
1. A company of Grenadiers.
2. A company of Infantry.
' j. Officers of the town and in the
neighbourhood not this, day on com.
' mand.
4'. Clergy.
' 5. Citizens.
' The procefiion moved in order fo
'* wards the Prelbyterian church, in the
' front of which waved the flag of the
' Union.
Public service was intrpdoced by an
" address to the Supreme being foi; a
1 blessing 011 the exercises of the day.
A psalm beings sung, and a prayer
5 suited to the occasion being made, the
" Rev. Mr. Ailftin pronounced an oration
' on the fubjedt of government, and oflaw
1 in general, making application bf ge
-5 neial and mod approved principles of
government to the conditution of these
1 United States.
[ From this oration we are allowed to
s make the following extracts, which, a -
mong many others, appeared to give
life and embellishment to the piece.
" The firft relates to a touch on the
■, charadter of the President as the chief
. magidrate of State.—And need I now
I in the concluding part of my difconrfe,
' at all dilate farther on the excellency
" of that government which the great
Protedtor and all bounteous Benefac
-5 tor of our country hath given us to en
, joy ? You fee in it, at a single glance,
> every character of government that is
1 upright, promising and fail. You fee
' foundation laid for cool deliberation :—
' and are the properties of secrecy or dif
' patch necessary, at once, to meet and
( frudrate the deligns of inlidious and
traiterous men ; you behold provision
I made for every trying exigency, in the
• ppwet-s you hold, in the firft organ, the
' chief magidrate of Hate.
"You fee the dignity, the honor,
the industry and the integrity with
which your ag«nt maintains his placer—
I call him your agent, he is your's by
r possession, the foremoft gift of Boun
teous Heaven ; he is the Jolhua, who,
under the standard of the God of ar
mies, hath given peaceful possession -of
this godly land. He hath led us in the
field, and he now counsels for us in the
cabinet: and though pressed by the
Canaanites of the land—/hot at by the
archers—calumniated by tliern that hate
him and Us; yet, O Walhington ! thy
nafhe lhall live ; thy virtues lhall Hand
on future record, long as men are fohnd
to write, or poderity remains to peruse
the historic page.
" I call this man youf's not only as
the gift of heaven, as an instrument of
political salvation to our oppressed coun
try } but he isyout's as an objedt of sin
cere affedtion ; he lives in the hearts of
his countrymen, and as one expresses it,
the hearts of this whole country afford
as it were, a volume, on which are in
fcrihed the political virtues of tjiis illus
trious chief. And ncrtwithftanding the
progress of Hander, 'of'calumny and of
mean detradtion, were he again to shew
the feather in his hat, or point witt his
sword to the fell monster, who would
undermine or mar the fabric on which
our political salvation Hands, we are
Jiot backward to fay that such a wretch
would fink, as in a moment, under the
indignant temped which tried patrio
tism, the love of our country, and the
love of our leader would at once enkin
dle.
" But, I would not wilh to lose sigh t
of my subject, to forget my course, as
though dazzled by the resplendent rays
of this fird constellation in this political
firmament."
Thefecond extract relates to the state of
religion and religious freedom in this coun
try, in comparison with the distress of
others—" Whilst we behold the concussions
among the nations of the earth, the con
vulfinns of church and state, the promised
lhakings of the earth and heavens.—How
grateful to the Author of our mercies ought ,
we to be, that religious liberty, on the
basis of Hniverfal toleration, here hath raif- 1
ed her glorious banner. May the princi- '
pies of unlverial toleration be inviolate.
May piety, virtue, and true religion in
all its different forms, ever enjoy the protec
tion of law, and undillurbed,' be allowed
to make its way, to embrace the glowing '
profpedts of the latter day. " ,
I. The time is come, welcome i thripe
welcome happy ihoment, when pure re
ligion, the religioftwhich inspiration teach
es, is left to stand on its own eternal basis 1
here unsupported and unopposed bj* any
human arm, the ifl'ue (hall be known of its
own' native power and saving effects.—
Fair trial is now to be had, whether our
holy religion is of God, or whether It will
come to nought; whether it has friends be
cause of its own innate charms, or whether,
when the ltorms of unbelief beat high, and
humanpower ceales to aid, its friends will
forfake the charge. No, thou htaventy
gift! celestial dove ! thy friends lhall not
iorfake thee ! l'o long as the fire on the alter
continues to burn—long as the angelic
choirs over-fhadew the ark and mercy ieat,'
long as the temple of God is open, and by
faith is seen in heaven—long as accel's
in the throne bf God, thro' the blood of the
crois, is preached and enjoyed—equally
long (hall the servants of the molt high
God own his naihe here on earth—equally
long maintain his fervict, plead his cause,
and labor to bear the favor of his name to
to earth's remoteit bounds."
" The third extract related to the
duty of the people of the United States*
to maintain with a steady hand their
prelent government ift view of the con
fulion which might ensue upon its in
fraction or dififolution.—" But lhall
these principles and effects apply to us ?
Are we so fraught with ignorance as
not to know, & so callous as not to feel,
and so impotent as to be Unable to de
fend the blessings we enjoy ? It will not
be pretended ! Then let insidious, offi
cious men, of extract foreign or domes
tic, cease the talk of pretended political
whillt their lessons are
fraught with deep laid schemes, with
dark dratagems -again!! the progress of
political freedom, and of religious order
throughout our land ! ■
" Will you permit, that a tyrant
from the confufion, even now threaten
ed by feme, (hall at a future day arise,
who, mounted, by means of deep laid
dratagems, of the keened edge, or of
the longell sword, upon your cringing
back's, lhall carve his way, yet more and
more to despotic rule ? Will you per
mit, that such an one lhall goad you
round the circus, or la(h you through
the race of slavery, until a more potent
despot than himfelf, a tyrant better
able to ride than the firit, lhall with?
growing fury again apply the lath,
and himfelf mounted on the heavy mov
ing," galling car of bondage urge you
to the talk ; until another, in their turn,
J pressed by indignant fury, and the pride
[ of domination uncontrolled,, lhall each
s goad you round, till helpless and hope
' Ids, you fink under the burthen of ti
, nilhed woe i
J "Is this the end to which you are
j disposed to come ? Is this the legacy,
the inheritance yoti wish to entail on
your riling offspring ? No! God forbid,
you will fay, rather let us die freemen,
than, throiigh foreign ordomedic broils,
be left to entail on ourselves and offspring
such complicated woe ?
" Then keep Heady the reigns of go
vernment—move dispassionately & mo
derately on—support with energy your
government! rather support yourselves!
be jealous of factious tempers seeking
private good, and Jet no inlidious foreign
or domeltic foe, jottle yi/u from your
feat, from the rank of freedom you now
hold ; nor through pretence of ktndnefs
fuffer him to seize the reins, and drive
for you the car of Hate."
" Thofcyour friends, who, by your
willing fuffrage now bear the burthen ;
now bear for us the political ark, for
ought we lee, or calumny can fay, per
form well their talk. Then let them
proceed moderately,yet.firmly on, until ;
others of equal talents, of equal virtues,
and with more than equal 'evidence of
honed deiigns can be'found."
More might be extracted of the fame
nature and purport, but as some hopes 1
are indulged that the whole may be pub- 1
lifted we forbear to make any farther
extracts. <
Service being concluded, the officers 1
and citizens with strangers present, re- '
tired to dfn'e, and were very handsomely '
entertained at Mr. Lyon's Inn. The
soldiers also enjoyed a social repalt in '
the field, and unity, harmony, and love '
feemfd to glow in every breait. 1
At five o'clock, the'found of the bell 1
invited the company into the church, 1
where from a 'stage erected, a number 1
of the young gentlemen of the town '
entertained the company by pronounc- '
ing a number of patriotic pieces ; and
the whole was concluded by an animat
ed piece from Mr. Crane. '
We have the plealure to declare that
very lingular order and decorum was
preserved through the day; a roiled
passion, a profane expression, or mark
of intemperance were fcascely discovered
in any, through the amufe'ments and c
entertainments of the day. c
- V
HARTFORD, July ii. 1
c
A large collection of gentlemen be
longing to the city, and some of the a
neighboring towns, dined at' Mr. Fre- v
e derick Bull's, with all the chesrfuliicfs,
and temperate conviviality, which the
; 4 th of July ought ever to inspire in the
breasts of American citizens. After
3 dinner, the following toasts were drank
- accompanied by a discharge of can4o
under the command of the Ealt-Hart-" 1
' ford artillery company :
i. The Constitution of the United
J States—unshaken by anarchy and un.
1 perverted by corruption, may the end
■ r of its existence be known only by the
t difiblution of nature.
r 2. The President of the Unittd
: States.
' .3- The Vice-Pitfident, and Congress
[ of the United States.
4. The Governor and State of Con
r neifticut.
i j. Sticcefs to our negociatibns with'
' foreign powers.
' ' 6: The Secretary of the Treafurj.
). American Commerce—may it e'er
be regulated by. the laws of immutable
juttice, and become as extensive as tire
[ boundaries of the globe.
8. Peace and good government to
the French.
9: The virtuoiis general La Fayette,
; the Unfortunate vidtirn of anarchy aid
defpotffm.
10. The Pojifh General Kofcui(k>,
may he prove the Washington of his
country;
11. A speedy 7 termination of the In
dian War, on principles of justice and
amity.
12. The agriculture and manufac
, tures of America.
13. The univeifal reign of freedom,
peace, fcienee and teligion.
14. The'female character in Ameri
ca—the brightest display on earth of
dom.eftic accomplifhmerits and virtues.
15. The 4th of July—may it ever
awaken in the minds of Americans those
sentiments of liberty and independence
which gave birth to our happy republic.
NEW-YORK, July 12.
We have authentic accounts that the
books and papers of the London'corref
ponding societies heve been seized by the
ministry ; that several of the principal
characters have been under examination,
and that Mr. Hoi fie Tooke has been ar
relied. Reports by the way of liilbon'
and the Weft Indies fay that Mr. Fox
and some members of Parliament are
arrested and committed to the Tower.
It is probable this will prove true, ai it!
is neCessary for government to try its
strength with the reformifts
The violence and opprefiions of the
British government have for a long time
been raising an opposition, and their late
proceedings in cases of libels cannot
fail to bring the opposition to a crifu.
We have repeatedly temaiked in this
paper that the opposition of the princetf
and nobles of Europe to the diffufion of
republican principles, will be the prin
cipal and direst means of spreading them.
The war against France will probably
accelerate the downfall of the privileged
orders in Europe at least half a century.
It is in vain to attempt to conqiier prin
ciples", or oppose military farce to light,
information or a feeling sense of injuries.
It is true, that the mass of people, who
have heretofore been deprefi'ed and des
pised, on their firft gaining an import
ant rank in society and experiencing,
their own strength, will*often run into
anarchy. They have done so in France/
and they will do so in all countries. But
they will find by experience the error 3
into which their enthutiafmhasled them,
and return to law and order.
The people, finding government in
the hands of oppreflors, wrest the pow
er from them and at firft attempt to go
vern themselves in person. All history
tcftifies, and the experience of every day
proves, that both these modes of go.
vernment arc oppressive, either by an
absolute individual or a sovereign multi
tude. Liberty cannot exist where ei
ther of' these have the< diredt exercise of
the powers of government.
A republic or representative demo
cracy, where the powers of government
are exercised by delegation is the only
form yet attempted that has not pro.
duced despotism. Such are the govern,
ments of America, and such mutt be
the governments of Europe, before the
people can realize the blelfings of free-'
dom.
PHILADELPHIA,.
JULY 15.
INDEPENDENCE—
Several important events,in the rjvolu
on of time hive served to difplaV the
chara&er of the Citizens of the Uniti.4
States in a (hiking point of view
none, more so, than the immortfl de
claration of Independence.
The iteps preparatory to that tranf.
aft ion were gradual—the public micd
was in a courfc of education sot