Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1794-1795, August 28, 1794, Image 2
ft, e & a&ii e 4 the United States. Mr. F** », IT is f"v , diifemblf ; the oppofi i••.ill to go Lii fit in the v.'eltern parts Pe: lifyl'/an: < fltty j"(tty be to i with men of wh ,m we had rr ifojy t<> <pe6f othenyife; ho.ve v r !'iey w.u i. ir friends among us, may a" -t ti irapit it toother causes. It is > t e, that portion of ihc people 11 -.-re a!' ays unfriendly to order I id jjf»< .-rnment, and even to the tineas ol the state; ever si nee re -tic"; ind their numbers have "Hi lamented of late, by - '-8 n Europe, cis people 'g in .'.te Ipole fibm bondage', io 'ujdr. landing or poffelGiig the m <r r virtues that are tleceffa :?.j t\ 't'. '-He Repitllicar.s, are too ttf this all . eitraint j andjoirt ...so' ! i._ iiufnefs.* u l atdv a great number j r lot' • fluential characters in ; ti : cr, .ing always opjiofcd to t' ne .1 .eirirrient and its mea fu uitage of exiiting pre juUic> 'i.l "i : soured to excite others, to ; l r private pufpofes and iitoi ■ tiie. . irty. Whereas if the Jan e had . ,: ied a contrary part and exer the* ii.iiuence to attach the pe< tn: iws, the're can be no du'.' it tf counties would have C i ito i jmit to the government :rc -i •ir.eii peace and quietuefs. I wil! v -.. lurthey, and do not hesitate fay, ha) v n yet, if iotrte ten or ; ftefch . .t' f;:;is n those parts, that could he naouc v. ui. . unite and rifle their j popni'.u it; , tli y could bring,- the ped pie tt : :eu :o .Ci-fon. r i.'. However is fcarccly to be hop ed ;th ere i , to be a competition •nn ig.tl.en ting men for the favors o - truli,l ie ; more efptcially as th. perhi'p, look forward to be an •.'tiide:.; .tdte, and all want to be rulers. I . .ittiv, I had charity enough to Suppoii th.-t rot the met! who coun tenance : i i ■ pofitioi) to the excise, h d little m>r i view than to gain po- J , ilarity i' itterhig the prejudices of ■ people i.twsr eledtioneet.ing pur ges, and" ;..e a repeal of the law ; . h<.:;t a vv 11; that matters (hould be ried fu i.f ■< . .hey have been. The I I 'e condu£t of certain hewever in the late scenes, 1 e ' ccl doubt I was millaken, id thai tnefe virtuous repfefenta hive been long paving the wav, iirten.l to take a part in the farce .sib. lilt to be a^fcft^+sy"(lit) 1 eSTunr ■i en, rn atter ,:As at overturning the ion of the government. But we !;. '. -.-iter able to form an opinion, i know ',>e part they have ac it itioss to he Commiffionexs. in/idii is pieces have lately ■ed i i me of the Daily Pa cing fiul: as ufu-.tl with the : sHe Executive in propoling f ce, and evidently intended ige a compliance on the part milit'.t with the late requisition. t Prefrclent ;sdire£ted by the Con •wii'e'i i ? has sworn to support, fe the ;aw to be duly'executed, ; . eir.poe.--re;! in cell forth the mi ll) aid of the ' ivil authority, when judgment i? '' all become necelTary. : 1 the Gove ior of the state have add. ."el ti : insurgents in the jlen n rtar.:. r, ordering and re g that, they .-.'ill difpqrfe and lub ■ the lawi ; v. hile.at. tne fante-ttme I/: appointed cotnmilfioners to with ana ei deavaur to persuade : » l eiuw ro a sense of their-duty, 1 "■e:ib!e •aiie.eiis under the bell of ' -nnientsl 1 pp. rs to niif the President has no ' :ve . either he mud endeavor to j ! aw-i x cuted in tile way in I ' ■ dire tec', or be liable to im- ! ] >r iacrificing probably, the < 1 vils of his eonftituents ; however { 1 might declare those people ; ' ' protiftion of the 1 govern- 1 en bought that the ideas " I iberty by the Printer I 1 to, were, that every man ! it to do as he pleased; o weald not fuffer himfelf to j 1 > .nltr -uent to- give a curren- ' ofiigate doctrines and pal- 1 ods, 'is too frequently ap- 1 r O'er. ' "! : d-nt e«prefle»it, "the v • fee r '.en who hold refpeit- j t] in the i orr.munity, and who p >o;.. • i the eo ltry, have resided in ti ■a num r of .years, enjoying f, » 1 ir'-iLg tn clubs and ap " ' * mod lernit'ious resolutions :Tnlve et rv political obligati- C •n in fodetj, it, i rto he wondered at Vl ■jt the ;>e'-of h;. clais (hould think •liemfelves jiiiifu.L :e i- breaking out in afls pi JJ d-v 'atiuu lui ier. h, ' ) very exiftehce of government," without winch the tenuity of lite and propeity cannot exist, " and the fundamental principles of fecial order," arc to be put in jeopardy by :y( :t irf lawless men, s whose numbers aie comparatively final!, i 0 and they are j'uffered to lhfuit the maju rity of the people with impunity—olll (inntion is'tail', deplorable. The blood and treafilre expended fa the revolution : mult all go for nothing, and we are lia b!e to become a prey to the savages or r any nation who t.iay chufe to invrd.' us. Some of the communications from ' "the Infurgcnt», inform, tint if an at-' (j tempt i 3 made to reduce them 'oy force, thev will probably undertake to march so Philadelphia i and many of the letters. hter.tion that they Would join their _ northern neighbors, meaning the Bri ( tilh and savages, rather than be obh'cd 0 to submit to the laws of the Union, j Although the firft discovers tlieir good intentions, in other refpe£ts it can only r be considered as an empty threat ; and as to the latter, notwithstanding I am u tar from believing that such men would be trailed by either the one or the o ther, it is An evidence of their patriotism and attachment to republican forms ps 1 government, at the fame tune that the bare mention of such fa£ts is conceived j to be the heft appeal that can be made e to the good sense of such of our f-flow citizens as had any /hare in the eilablifll e merit of our independence. ,« . In addition to the excise, these peo ple have heretofore complained that they e were not protected against the Indians, did not enjoy the free navigation of the j Miffipppi, and were injured by the de tention of the western polls. On these points 1 (hall only observe on the present occasion, that the defence of the frontiers has colt the United States an imtnenfe film of money, and it is an undoubted truth that the people s of these very counties are greatly en- riched by the War. It is well known that the government is doing every thing in its power, (hort : of engaging in war, to remove the o- ! ther complaints ; and it is presumed ihat i no unprejudiced man will pretend to fay, j ' after serious reflection, that the obje&s j j- are ot fufficient magnitude to warrant ' the citizens of the United States to have recourse to so dreadful an alternative, at ' lead while there is a fair profpedt of ) obtaining our rights by negociation. Upon the whole, notwithstanding the advice of t'nofe who favor the proceed ' ings of " our western brethren," and ■ ' are disposed to find fault with every t ineafure of the Executive, I am fully of I ' the opinion that the only way to fccure ! - ,th» ~&F rtfc the > American character— prevent the ex pense of blood and treasure, and con vince the world that as a nation, we J have virtue enough, to maintain a re- ! publican form of governmen, is to pur- • sue with firmnefs the plan that ha 6 been i adopted. If a refpeftable force is sent into that j country, there can be little doubt but ' one half the citizens there will immedi- : ately join the standard of the United States. AN AMERICAN. From the American Daily Advertiser. To the People of the United States LETTER 111. IF it were to beafked, What is the molt sacred duty and the greatell foutce of security in a Republic ? the answer would he, A.u inviolable refpcct for the Constitution and Laws—the lir.'t grow- i ing out of the last. It is by this, in a 1 great degree, that the rich and the pow- 1 erful aie to be reftraiped from enter- 1 piifes ggainft the common liberty J operated upon by the influence of a ( general sentiment, by their inlereft in t J the principle, and by the obstacles ] which the habit itproduces erects against J | innovation srid encfoachment. It is by ' j this, in a (till greater degree, that cabal- J lers, intriguers, and demagogues are pre- , vented from climbing on the (houlders * of faction to the tempting feats of u- I furpation and tyranny. c Were it not that it might require too lengthy a discussion, it would not be difficult to demonstrate, that a large d and well organized Republic can scarce- j ly lose its liberty from any other cause than that of anarchy, to which a con- c tempt of the laws is the high road. si But without entering into so wide a '1 field, it is fufficieut to pvefenrto your w view a more simple and a more obvious 3 truth, which is this—that a sacred ref pedt for the constitutional law is the vi- ° tal principle, the sustaining energy of a it free government/ t} Government is frequently and aptly a < eluded under two delcriptions, a go- P' vernment of force and a government of latin ; the firft is the definition'-of des potism the last, of liberty But £ how can a government of laws exist th ut where the laws are difrefpe£ied and ty uiiooeytd Government supposes con a! :roul—— It is that power by which be individuals in society are kept from n, doing injury to each other and are 11, brought to co-operate to a 'common o- end. The inltruments by which it must ii' aft are either t;he authority of. the laws )d jr force. If the firft be deftroyeJ; ;jn the laic nujt be fubllituted ; and where :a- thjs becomes the ordinary instrument of or government there is an end to liberty, is. Those, therefore, Who pi each doc im triiies, or set examples, which under it- mine or subvert the authority of the :e, laws,-lead us from freedom to slavery ; eh they incapacitate us for a government of :ra laws, and consequently prepare the way :ir for one of force, for mankind mujl have I'i- government of our fort or another. Ed There are indeed great and urgent n. cases where t'nd bounds of the conftitu -3d tiitioii are manif>.ftly tranfgrefled, or its ly corrflitutional authorities so exercised as id to produce unequivocal opprelnon on m the community, and to render refiliance Id juftifiable. Dtit fach cases can give no o- colour to the refiliance by a compara nd tively iuconfidciable part of a coin pf munity, of cofiftrtutidnal lAws diftin be guifhed by no extraordinary features of "d rigour or oppreflion, and acquiesced in Ie by the body of the community. .v- Such a reljfiance is treason againfl fo il- ciety, against liberty; agarnft every thi:ig that ought to be dear to a free, a- enlightened, and prudent people. To •y tolerate it were to abandon yoitr inoft is, precious interest. Not to subdue it, were ie to tolerate it. Those who openiy or e- covertly difTiiade you from exertions a deql ate to the occasion arc your word ve enemies. They treat you either as :e fools or cowards, too weak to perceive ■d your interest and your duty, ortoodaf id tardly to pursue them. They therefore Ie merit, and will no doubt meet your 11- contempt. To the plaulible but hojlow har it rangues of such ye can rt 5 not fail to reply, Ho a long, ye Cati -- lines, will you abuse our patience, it T LILLY. 1, : ; ts it Foreign Intelligence. /e it FROM HAMBURGH PAPERS. >f —- Frontiers of the Netherlands. le June 4?. < The doleful account concerning the fur , j render oi Yprefl, has been already two 1 days ago fufftciehtly confirmed by letters 7 | fiom Dovnick and Bruges. The Aullrian J f I General Salis commander, ,of the garrifou "C '.jtogtAer whh ti.. prii,:.ei scf ivar ruMtm place are iranjpprted.to Liiic; the' dei'iLuy of a body of French emigrants, comprized in number, has been particular ly lamented ; the capitulation took place 4 on the 15th, and pofieffion of the town was taken on the 17th. The enemy com r- • inencing seriously to threaten Newport and n j Oltend, a decisive but melancholy expedi- j ( ent was thought of viz- a universal inun t j dation of the adjacent country: however £ » on the 21ft 5000 British auxilaries arrived at Offend, where General Stewart com ; mands ; the Hanoverian army moreover d under the Generals Walmoden and Hani merftein cover by their different posi tions Oflehd and Bruges. Notwithffand ing all these resources, to be the more secure against an hostile invasion, whole Maritime Flanders has. been overflowed, jufl as it happened in the 12th century, at which epocha the foil had been so dete riorated, that it took an interval of jo years, before it could be restored to its » pristine condition. In the mean time , Count Clairfayt had abandoned his posi tion to Thieldt, and withdrawn the body 1 ui'hia army at- Ghent, where helias now : fixed his head quarters. The enemy on • the other hand occupied the deserted iftati -1 on at Thieldt, and their movmentc seemed . to intimate their designs of croffig the rivers Lys and Scheldt and penetrate into the interior parts of Flanders. Their forces are stated to amount to 170000 men. , 1 On the 21ft they made an attempt upon . the post Vive St. Eloy, but were repulsed. Prince Cobourg having heard of Gen. Jourdan's advancing towards Bruflels, re- 1 his quarters to Ath, leaving the 1 English army under the command of the j Duke of York at Dorniefe, the headqqua- t ters of this Prince, while the Dutch army under the command of the Prince of Hcl's 1 Darmstadt marched towards Ghent in . order to form a j undtion wilh the army of 1 Clairfayt. On the 23d the arch-duke Charles arrived'at Brain le Comte with a a division of his troops toreinforcetheSambre army, and directed his march towards n Nivelles ; on the fame day a blofidy com- • bat ensued near Herlemont between the 1-' cavalry on both fides, wherein the enemy fuflfered and v/as driven back. On the22d thearch-duke Charjes and Prince Cobourg witn the 2 divlfions dt the main army, j| 3000 men strong, reached NiveHes, and united with the Sambre army. The enemy bombarding Charleroi with tlie greatest w vivacity, and in order to rescue the place, a< it seemed of the molt prefling neceflity, ci that the Austrian army should take an I a&ivepart, hence hourly a conflict is ex- re peeffed. The reason, that the enemv has a l become so dreadful in this quarter, origi nates from the junction, which the right f' wing of the northern army together with ' left one of the troops stationed along fide L the river Mofclle,has formed with the army cr in d oVi tJic Ardennes. The beautiful caftl? 30. of Marimont together with a contiguous [ c jj abbey have been reduced to ashes by the enemy. At Bruflels some of the out works 1 have been put in repair, that they might 3re be the better fhelttred from an invasion.— on By virtue of a manifefto all its inhabitants lift had been summoned to a general enroll ws J ment, that in cafe of emergency they ;J, ' would be obliged to take up arms. In , re j Brabant and Hennegau the enlisting of militia Jiave been attended with the best fuc.-efs, and there is no doubt, but in the former they will loon rnakfe up 25000 ,c " men. er- lie Extraß of a letter from Ghent, dated y ; June 25. The enemy lias attacked our position ay in 3 different columns,and has been every where repelled with loss.an uninterupted cannonading upon the 2 columns of the nt enemy's right wing and the centre con u" tinued from 2 till 5 in the afternoon. ,ts The column of the left wing plyed as their main effort against one of the gate 3 t>n of Bnlges, which poll the Hollanders ce and Hanoverians were entr>:fled with, no but the latter soon were compelled to ; ive way; whilst the enemy avail d himfel n " of" this critical juncture, to force the gate of the city ;nhat v»: 3 onh' defended by a division of the archduke Chailes's regi -111 ment, which fought with the greatest intrepidity, and alone refilled the enemy so long till it was succoured by Maj. 'y Mondet's division, w hen the French re s» ceived a violent check and drew back, " the cavalry was immediately dispatched 1 at their heels, that chafed them three R quarters of a league, and one company being overtaken was' cut in pieccs.— Howevei a circumfiant'al detail of this 1 interesting news we expeel to receive as (hortly. ve J !* LEGHORN, June 16. TC ur The English frigate, which had the engagement with two French frigates, lr _ was the Juno, which failed from hence n _ on the 30th of May, with provisions V for the fleet of vice admiral Hotham, then cruising before Toulon. Said fri | gate Juno had 24 oxen on board. When the French frigates attacked her, sHe had to throw these in the sea, and on the nearer approach of the French made such a terrible fire with grape shot upon j them, that they were thrown quite in confufion, and fhc by that means ef- S caped. It was this frigate which brought Lord Hood the account of the French ir- fleet's failing from Toulon, vo MANHEIM, Jun. 26. an Jt , On the 23d instant the French were -dt=£eat«f by the Prussians near Pirma he fens, with the loss of some cannon, and :s ' 160 prisoners, whereupon the Pruflians ir ~ retook Pirmafens. All the Prussian troops are in motion, these several days ' n past and have advanced in several parts, id The hereditary prince of Hehenlohe ! li- has taken his head quartet.' at Edigho -- fen. It is reported that the Austrian 1 troops and the troops of the Empire 1 have likewise advanced. _ r It is (uppofed, that this week yet a general attack will take place from Ger- 1 1- mcrfheim to Saar Louis. i- Judges contend that Germerfheim is ! " e at present much stronger than Landau, ' and that it would be an eaher matter J to take the lalt mentioned lortrefs, than c to take Germerfheim. t 0 ' :s ERUSSELS, June 26. J c Orders have been given, that the 1 ' greatest pait of tin: troops which are at ' 1 Valenciennes, Quefuoy, Conde, and n Landrecies, shall ,oin the army of the C i- Sambre the greatest speed. ? e From the second extraordinary fuppleinent c 0 to our Court Gazetiee n r According to letters from Ghent of a '• the 25th P. M. the French attempted 11 that morning to cross the Scheldt near C Gavre ; but were forced to retreat, the c _ regiment of Starray received them so o t well with some 12 pounders, loaded with p e grape fliot, they, made a.precipitate re- C - treat. ( ' " Our <hit posts and patroles have I n 1 been as far as Pataghom without meet- J d p ing any of the enemy." { p , "We expect new reinforcements [ p l and the aimy is in high spirits." Irn " The river Lys drifts full of French- j d; 1 men, which wei» cut to pieces yesterday Id( in their retreat, and the road from j c: Ghent to Courtray is covered with their J C dead bodies." * I dt th |S VIENNA, June 11. jar An Imperial and Royal Proclamation j ai will ( make its appearance in a short time, I according to which a frefh levy of re- ' '' cruits is to take place to consist of ca 130,000 men. The following three remarkable articles thereof are known already. 1. That the nobility shall not ea enjoy during the war their prerogative, 011 by which their vafTals are exempted [ on from levies. 3. The levy of these re- ith cruits ie to fall chiefly on the citizens,« wl tlf coufcqumiy .-.11 maimfufturtr, to i, • z , s men being free from military confcrip ht tion. 3. Ihe Farmers to be spared £ _ much as poflible in this levy, i„ orde ' r |U that ;'g"culture may not be imoeded. 1- With .efpeft to the Confpi racv d ; t Z rdl,ll "„». werhave received ttW following accounts from Italy. & ft soon as the info.rc£lio.i ffipuW ~v e bro le ken out and succeeded, the Conftitutio,, ,o was to have been altered mm,*... ciy and made republican. Among the Corf fpirators were two members of the nj d vy Council, five Senators and a Kre at proportion of the kings guards. T l)ere n was a merchant among them, Who wai y , e treasurer of Confpiration, a million d of Zechines (Dutch) and fcveral mil e I'ons of afhgnats were found in his pof [efliorr. Since this discovery the enemy 1. 13 abfervt, d to be more on the defenfive d t » an on the offenfive, and is dofely ob .3 fcrved by the two Generals Devii/s and s Lolley, the l- !n g has taken inftcad of ~ guards, ifflperial .Uhlans and ftaff t EE P. I IN, June 21. y Yeilerdav wrninfj a roval courier ; ar c n 7 a hcr "' with the agreeable news t of tli- capture of the city ami foitref# y ot Cractuv. June 27. We know for certain that the Porte , has given the fulleit affnran e to the 1 Courts concerned, that she would not c meddle in any wife in the affairs of f land. UNITED STJTES, CHARLESTON, August 9. Wednesday, in the court of admi : rahy for this diftrift, the judge pro , nMi need his decree in the long contest : td cause of the Dutch brigantine the i Vrow Chrifliatia Magdalena, captnred , and brought into this port by the cap-' ■ tains Ballard and Talbot. &'■ ■■■ 1 The libel was on behalf of the cap • tain and owners of the said brigantine, 1 claiming restitution under the 1 jth and : 19th articles of the treaty with the U -1 j nited Netherlands. A plea was enter -1 I ed to the jurifdiftion of the court, un - ' der the 17th article of the treaty with t France, and the 6th feftion of the aft 1 of Congress of the sth of June lalt, entitled, " An additional aft to the aft for the punifliment of crimes and of' fences against the United States." . And a claim was interposed on be . half of Capt. William Talbot, as' a [ French citizen, acting under a com , mission from the governor of Guada. , loupe, and as having taken this vessel ; out of the pofieffion of Capt. Ballard,, the original captor, his prize-mafte* . producing no commifiion. The judge, on considering the argu ments in support of the plea to the ju lifdiftion, over-ruled the fame as irre levant— 1 ft. Because the 17th article of the treaty with France contemplates only French veffcls of war, or privateers le gaily appointed. 2d. Because the sth feftion of the aft of Congress of the sth June last does not leflen the jurifdiftion of the I diftrift courts, in any cafe of which I they had previous cognizance ; and th<; decree of the supreme court of the U nited States in the cafe of Glass and others against the fluop. having declared that every diftrift of the United States poffefles all the power of an admiralty court, whether considered as an inliance or a prize court. This cause was therefore cog nizable therein by the law of nations and the constitution of the court. • The Judge being of opinion, that Captain Ballard had aftea without any , commifiion authorizing him to cruize 'f or arm for war, and had not even the pretence of being a French citizen; that Capt. Talbot having armed his veflel (then an American bottom) in an A merican port, proceeded thence to Gua daloupe for the ex pre Is purpose, as ap peared in evidence, of changing the property, applying sor 1 a French coin miffion, obtaining the fame within two days after the sale of the vefTel, and un ! der colour of such commifiion, having captured the said brigantine Vro\y Christina Magdalena: which acts were deemed contrary to the 19th an (Vie of the treaty with t'oe United Netherlands, and in no way derogatory to the 17th article of the treaty with France as not being within the purview or intention thereof—Reftitution of the vessel and cargo was therefore decreed. August IJ. Messrs. Welt and Bignall, at a veiy early period, proposed to the commifu oners of the Orphan-house to perform one night, annually, for the.benefit 01 the inftitutioH, free of all expencei whatever- They carried thin promise