£.
For the Guzett: of tht United States-
THE fall duel dcftru&irtn of Robes.
pierre ami hi: party* open A new field
for fpeculatiim.
It r-, that t'-iifib'cof his popm
mined to make a defptrate pulh to re
i(t» hit power. But unwilling ti
Ou ilnV.rs fiy halves, he refolvcs; will
th<* ti lie spirit 'if a Frenchman, to fetslt
matters at once, and denounces oik
l.iu.ditd m-mher* of the Convention
Thu inlemptiateneli, and impatiencc
to ge* ih! of hi? enemies, proved tin
dcltruttion ot 111 is great Oiacleot I);
inocracy.- Had he been contented t<
proceed gradually, his fupcrior talents
when tinned with their full vigour tt
any object, would have enabled him tt
a.y • ifen superior to any Sttempl
agarill hun ; hut so bloody and bare
faced a m'eafiue feeius ft ill more to hav<
iia'tled the JVputicS, who had ahead]
Mken the akirtn at his f«Hg«ijj»rJ[ pro
and had been for folfie limi
< n a Jawnab'e opportunity afforoed b;
the a!.fence of lome of his party, t.
d; it;v\ the confidence of the Gallerie
it; !,!to : and ijiiiuud Varenriis, eoniirij.
ho!d)v forward, denounces him for .
ti-itor, —he is vigonroufly fcconded bj
Pti c >•, Rou-.don de L'Oife and other:
—Tallien draWl his dagger, and threat
cbs to take the execution of justice o:
liinift'i"—that argument, wncfl hascoc
vineed to many, proved on this oecafioi
equally irrefil' able. But he did no
rietil to pilt his threat in execution—
Robeipierie and the others, aUemptin;
to dctend ihemielveF, arc fc v c ally refu
fed to be heard, and silenced by th<
Oallerits—Tin Convention, ovtiav-e<
by tire influence of Tallien, inllanth
determines his fate ; and fentcnces t>
the Guillotine, the man who had so i
Ion:' been aceuftomed to govern theie
with iibfolute sway. Thofc lesser lu-j No fftiort can be pleafng, or infiruß'm
minaries of Democracy, who may be J -which has not Jome ,refemblanctto re
Coufidekd as Satellites of Robespierre, \ *%> "oikM aJbMf *f pfMit,
t r j i ' i many modern -verih.ttswty llttu at
arc oblcnred by the greater importance . , , ~ ..
' 7 , r» i • ( lei., ion te this maxim. Toe dull i/i/tpi
of his _ chaiacter. Ihe Revolution, r ,j i(y of tMr mt , a f ureA p ro j e render .
which like Saturn, devout s its own chil id foil more difgufong by plagiarlfnu
drcu, lias swept off together with Ro- > from the absurd fables of antiquity. Trm
befpicTie, Coiltlrtjn, St. Just, De Lau- our heff modem poets generally rejectfuch
ne\ of Angiers,Robefpierre the younger ridiculous machinery, let absurd tirs,
and a number of others—all' of whom . °f* eecar **"
were dilHilgtiiflted men but involved.in ™ the Majesty of
the fate of Bobeipierre, i ihey pais before j mi > fiap „ Iw.vriteriH a certain Ptrio
onr eyes like meteors, and remain un- publication. Jove the Baal
distinguished from the crouds that have of the Assyrians, and, Baal tvas the
gone before them. pFVIi 1 He here nj objections to the gen-
Happy had it been tor Robefpiertv i'tdaii'sptiiniiig the majejly of the Devil !
to hav- fallen by the hands of L'Ami
, , - , , ... , , f-rtbe/, to tlx SUPRF.MK, nor bei-refneed
ral—lie might then like Maiat have been tn , m jg HO VAH /Jf J appear-
Worlhrppcd as a Uemi-God, and enrol- nnct <,f kvß& w Unfuringjficb impropri
ed in the Calendar of martyrs to the eties, ts admfjible, you <w>Upleafe ifljirt tU
revolution. But fate did not permit : following.
•leflined to fall by the plots he had lajd ,
for others, " like a woodcock caught ; SKETCHES HVDIBRASTIC;
his own springe he is jultly killed with [ On the abfirdity of invoking Heathen
his own treachery." " > I . Gods in poetry ; or checking the follies
Thus fallen before the invincible aim I of genius, by critical rules not founded in
of the Guillotine, low lies the migHtv ' Nature.
Manus of France—hisjot is much less ! SAY, can no of her power inspire
fortunate than his of Rome, as his Our frigid bards with heavenly fire,
,1 , , - But such as tUr.ed Ma.-oni.in lays,
crime. Were greater: arretted early in [ AnJ gaiut . a th(f Grwk inimol bays ,
us \ ar' cr cr vitarnr, cut off by his own j s t here no God, who rules above,
,nu.derous Heel, Robespierre scarce at- That poets chant their lays to Jove J
tallied the prime of lite : Marius after a Or (hall we bend the fervite knee,
'ife of (fifcord, in the 70th year of his To an old Pagan Deity !
and 7th Gonfulate, died of a pleu- That poet, who in modern days,
ify brought on by drunkenness. By antique rules attunes his lays,
No move fliall ihe bloody butcher of ™ay " with Arrowed w.t,
- ,»i l>ut has ot genius not a whit;
.ans cause to pour down her streets p or uant 0 f which, is doomed to.tread
" r M aQ£ L —which have The nath by ancient writers madt ■
been" depopulating tor" three''years part,
(he mt>lt delightful country in the world.
His dark plots and liecret artifices, his
Woody proscriptions, whereby he has
kcrrficed on an average thirty indivi
duals daily, are now at an end.
Robcfpieire is gone ! the last branch
of that famous Triumviratr, who laid
to deep their and seemed to aim
at nothing feis than the total fubvsrfion
us all the governments of the earth :
Marat milldered like CrafTus, Danton
vanquished by Ofar Robespierre ; and
he in his turn destroyed by Brutus Tal
lin, and the other Deputies, who may
be called the Caflius't, the Cafca's, the
Cimbcra, kct
Robefpieirc is gone! but there is too
tittle cautc for the friends of humanity
to rejoice : new Mariafes and new Syl
)>s will aiife from his allies, and those
Moody scenes which have already ft ruck
the world with horror, will be re-a&cd.
; here is however lome conlolation in
the idea that the ruthlcfs villain har
been caught in hit own snare.
Robespierre no doubt intended t<
! ave ma.le himfelf a Dictator ; in this
he Ic.is failed, perhaps only trt give room
for lome new candidate : he is probably
nt w gone to regions, where he will have
a 'u£rr scope for the display of his Re
volutionary powers.
J'or sU Gturtle cf the United States
Mr. Ffnno,
Wn Tocfday evening I tock a walk
■Ip tovards the State House, to give in
my vote, and to i)b: crv£ ihc itu'.tincr_ ill
which the EL-dlion was carried on ; on
ipproathiug near the place, 1 was ac
o ltd by a man who had a number oi
tickets in his fwid, wlio afktd me if I
was going to vote, on answering in the
affirmative, he immediately offered me a
ticket in favor of Mr. — who he rccofn
meilded in the Itrongefl tetms, and at
the fame tirr.e told me to step up to Mr.
O'EUeis's Hotel where I would get £
(hare of something that was good, and
free of expence.—l proceeded on a lit
tle further, when another prrfon offered
me a ticket of the fame defcriptiorf—
and whose empty stomach I imagined
had induced him to perform the service ;
this person had all the appearance of an
ignorant tool—crying out, " dam F—s,
we hare not forgot the Bc.rgo yst !"
and much more to the fame purpose,
not worth mentioning, were it not to !
fliew the folly and absurdity, of our •
fell'jw-cituens, in leaving a matter of :
the grcateit Importance to every free- i
tr.an of the United St.ites, to be decided j
bv perfon9, who #hr'e they suppose
t'lemfelves free, fell this glorious privi
lege fr>r a mess of Pottage, a flipc of
if am |or a drink of Grog. I fbotildbe
foiry to fay, the majority of the Citizens
who attended the Election were of this
cafl— no,' for I believe there were many
of the most refpeflAble thai after s,, jand
thin of found imderftandi'iig, who at,
tended } but 1 anri foiry to fay this most
important duty of efe£tiiig officers of
is too much heglefted by
our fellow-citizcns in gfcneial ; and if
not more closely attended so' ( corrupti
on of men and manners will certainly
be the confcquence ; from which and
(lie pest of Democratic Societies, may
we ever remain Free.
AN OBSERVER.
Prom the Eagle.
uame nature is
Then set pedantic rules aside,
Dcfpife the man, who would confine us,
To jlriftotle) or Longinns—
To learned f y irro or 'jintilian,
And other critics half a million ;
But nature's laws we'll ltilj prefer:
Who copies, nature cannot err.
Some lhyiinng dunce perlUps will Ciy>.
" Just let us poets have fair play,
Great Homer >tt invoiced his mule,
And we will do \/-. if werhufe.
The Mantuan Bard, in lavs divine,
Courted Aoollo, arid the Nine.
'Tis I'm fur* in modern ages.
To imitate those ancient sages.
Ye* they went on, without reftri<stion,
Still heaping fi&iofl upon fiction."
Your argument,, though vain, I'll an
swer,
Convince your dulnefs if 1 Can Sir.
Perfection does to none belong,.
Those ancient Cages might do wrong,
To censure them we'll not be sparing,
When their absurdity is glaring,
Pcetic images they fought,
In tables their religion taught,
But sure a modern writer fails, *
Who introduces fitflious tales,
And makes old Heathen Gods, machines,
i o animate poetic scenes.
i.xcept sometimes in humorous pieces,
r heir agency our mirth increaf s.
Would you deicribe a drunken rout,
\ nd for expressions are put to't,
Then haul in that .old luatheri Bacchus,
And makehim rhyme with wine and crack-
ers.
Or when a lover's loft his heart,
'Twill oft afTefl some other part,
And this, I'm sure is very plain,
The heart's connected vith the brain ;
Pom wb'.di I bring tl'-is mferetlcSJ
That one ui love bus no pretence,
To tj&lf a of common Jenfe,
For him to introduce a Ciyid,
Will net appear to be To ftup:d,
Because, the little urchin blind,
Is but an emblem of bis nund.
But what bas that old bully MarS
To do with modern Indian wars ?
Or do you think, thai Midam Clio;
Can well describe t Ik,-broad Ohio. ?
Did wiii Auolle *vor dream
Of Miffljippi's mighty ilream?
Arcadan Pan e'er tune his voice
Or banks of rapid Illinois ?
Dianna ever lead the chace
Among the tawny savage race,
Who phJwl the wood in quest of pl'ey
Id regions of declining day ?
'Tit said the famous steed Pepnfus
Is metamorpholed to a Jackass !
For poetalicrs then, I ween,
The fitiefi beait that e'er wasfe*n,
A kind of friendfhip will fubuit
I Between the rider and the beast.
| Brutes of a species, they'll agree,
And jog alpng so cleverly,
1 T' oblivion's valley there to fiay,
Aspioiis Siernhokl used to fay
" T 'ntil forever, and a day."
Ye wto arc candidates for fame, .
Ambitious of i poet's name,
No more address the Pagan throng,
Nor stile Apollo god of song,
Columbia''! daughters sure arefair
As maids Pii-rian ever were,
And Bunker's hill by far furpaflei,
■The heights renown'd of mount ParnaJTils
*T!s folly then to sue for aid
To Phoebus or AoAian Maid j
For if one cannot write without,
Which often is the cafe no doubt,
'Tis time his labors to give o'er,
His fcraw! to Burn, nor scribble more,
For 'tis the truth, he tflight to know it,
'Tis nature's voice h£ rs no post.
Foreign Intelligence.
FRANCE.
NATIONAL CONVENTION,
Allgllft 2.
Addresses were presented from Tours
and Liflt, upon the late events"at Paris.
A leltfr was likewise read from the
Reprefcntr.tives of the people with the
armies (it the Rhine and the Moselle.
The deputies of the commune of
Cambray were admitted to the bar:
they c ame to denounce the Reprefenta
live Joseph Li'Soif, as an agent of Ro
bespierre and St.Just. Thev complain
ed of the tyranny which was exercised
i i the commune of, Gambray, where
money was diliributed, and plays given
gratis to the public, in orcfei; to roiflead
them.
Lebon, they said, inftitnted a tfibu-
-rul.-by v. fikirma-tfy innocent people pe
"rifliec!. On thefc occafiuiik lie li.td al
ways in his mouth the well known fay
ing of St. Jutt —" The Revolution is
lik a clap of thunder, we must flrike !"
He had convened the people on the
loth of this month, to harangue them,
as lie frequently did, and doubtlefe ex
pe£ted to appiizethem of the triumph
of his fa&ion ; but he had only to relate
its total difeomfiture, and the death of
its chief.
Lebon mounted the tribune.
Bourdon (del'Oifc) —"There is the
hangman Robefpiene made ufeof!"
Andre Dumunt—" Citizens, we have
heard unpleasant truths. Justice has a
long time been outraged in the depart
ments of the north, and Pays de Calais.
The hangman chosen by Robefpiene
has made rivers of blood. Lebon, this
sanguinary mortder, drunk with blood,
and covered with crimes and eurfes, has
dared to contaminate the tribune with
his piefence, that Ik might exhale the
venom of his infernal foul.—Not a mi
nute pasTes but he - meditates some new
crimc, and prepares a new afFaftm.
" I demand the report of the decree
by which you patted to the order of the
day upon the accusation of Lebon, I de
mand his arrest and fpeedv punifh'ment."
Claufri—•" 1 ain persuaded that Le
bon -is a vile trrctch, but I demand that
he Ihould bi heard."—Applause.
Lebon—" Since lam permitted to
speak, I am more lucky than yrheu I
was on the point of perilling by Robes
pierre, who would not permit me be
heard; for yoa mull know, citizens,
this infamous fellow plotted my dtfftruc
tion three decades ago.
I arrived at Arras just as the courier
brought the intelligence from Paris of
Robefpiene having fallen under the
sword of the law. t related and con
firmed the fa<3, and told the people to
look to the Rational Convention as a
rallying point. The inhabitants were
much surprised at the event, but I told
them of circumstances which fell within
my own knowledge, which enabled
them ta fee Robespierre in his true light.
The Difhidi directly aiTemblcd, and
came to relblutions, which I signed,
and transmitted to the Convention. Is
it not allonifhing that calumny fliould
follow a Representative of the People,
though for nine months past he has been
lweating ?
Poulnef—He sweat blood ! j
Lebon—A Rcprefentativeof the peo
ple, who for nine months has continu
ally labored for his country, and pre
ferred her fafety. to his owu. ■ All my
denunciators are my enemie6, and have
an intereil in iny downfall. 1 here is a
great difference between Robefpieire;
who plotted for himfelf, and him who
only followed the decrees of the Con
vention and orders of the Committee of
Public Welfare. You yourfelve3 sanc
tioned the report of St. Jufl, and every
order which tiie traitors gave to those
members who were sent on commissions,
and wc became responsible ifi confe
quencc.
Bourdon del'Oife—Thou dined with
the hangman.
Lebon—The Convention made ho
notable mention of a similar condudt in
Lequinio. You consecrated the words
of St. J ust. Without the severity I em
ployed, aristocracy would ft ill have sur
vived. The tribunal 1 inltituted was
under the orders of the Committee of
Public Welfare, and they maintained it,
though I wrote three or four times to
them, wishing them to discontinue it.
Poultier. I-ebon has told you that
he acted only under the ordtfis of the
Committee of Public Welfare. I have
proofs that when a courier brought or
ders from that committee, he tore the
orders, and put the courier in prison.
Lebon. I defy the proof of this
charge j I always followed the orders,
though sometimes repugnant to my own
sentiments. Dumont, my colleague, is
prejudiced against me on account of
some private difference between us.
Geoffroy is interested in my downfall.
Shall I describe in what manner ?
Turreau—Defcribe thyfelf, wretch.
Charles Lacroixi L«bon does not
answer to fads ; let him fay, did he not
keep a man, with nionftrous barbarity,
under the suspended blade of the guillo
tine, while he himfelf was reading news
which had just arrived ?
I,ebon. The man was not arrived
at the place of execution, and it was
a victory which 1 read to the public.
Lcgendre. Lebon is accused by eve
ry one. 1 demand his arrest, provision
ally, till a report on his conduct is made,
to which he shall have every means of
reply. Applauded.
Clauzel proposed that the committees
of General Safety and Legislation
fhoutd report on this tubjeti, ashejuf
tified himlelf under the orders of the
Committee of Public Wellare.
All these propositions were decreed.
The Convention then decreed the ar-
of the committee of general fafety, who
have occafioncd the complaints of vari
ous patriots on their million. It further
decreed, that the ci-devant priests and
nobles were excluded from every civil
and military function, and charged the
Committee of Public Welfare, to sug
gest a mode of replacing th«rn.
Barrere announced that the army of
the North applauded the fall of the new
co'nfpirators. The army, he said, was
on its way to Holland, and had taken
the Island of Cadfand, a poiition Very
ufeful for military operatibns, and where
they had found 70 pieces of cannoh and
various magazines.
Cambon. I fliould inform the Con
vention of a fact, which will prove the
precautions taken by the conspirators to
accomplifli their ambitious designs.
The commifiioners of the Treasury
and national revenues have been ordered
by the Committee of Public Welfare,
to have their accounts audited, relative
to the banks of the municipality of Pa
ris. Would you believe that municipa
lity, who were perpetually demanding
money, and clamored against such as
desired to know its expenditure, accuf-
ing them as counter-revolutionists, wi(h.
i»g to impede the public service, had at
their disposal fix millions and 100,000
livtes in afllgnats, and 45,000 livres in
specie. Notwithstanding, on the 4th
and sth of the month, they came to me
in particular, to obtain 3 or 400,000
livres for the charges of police and illu
mination.
It is the more extraordinary this
money Ihould be found in the' chest, as
the Committee of Finances had fcveral
months ago taken measures to prevent
the Municipality from receiving any
sums dirtß, referring all expences to the
National Treasury, that were admitted
by the Committee of Public Welfare to
be indifpenfible and necessary.
The Convention should be told ano
ther eitcumftance relative to the younger
Robefpicrre ; he, when sent to the
army of Italy, was cotine&ed with one
Haller, an old afTociate with d'E/pag
r.ac, and denoonccd a number of times.
This man iuggefted a Decree, by which
he was to procure twelve millions per
month in specie, for the Army of Italy.
The Committee of Public Welfare
alarmed at the danger, after a coufalta'
tion with that of Finances, annulled the
Decree.
Tliis attempt having failed, th>
younger Robefpitrre, in underftasding,
no doubt, with Haller, put in icqoifi
tion all the silks in the South of France,
to export them to Genoa. This mea
sure, when it was considered that France
drew annilallv great quantities from
Piedmont, alarmed us; and upon ebn
fulting with the Southern deputies, the
scheme was defeated in despite of the
attempts of the conspirator» to carry
it in the Senate;
Such wer« the financial operations of
he Tyrant. They will fuffice to put
, ou on your guard against voting money
jlindly, without proper indications of
ts employment.
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Upon Monmayau's proposition to ex.
dude ex-nobles, clergy, and (hangers,
from public tun£lions, a difcufiion a
rose. The Convention decreed their
exclusion, and palled the decree, which
gives the Committee of Public Welfare
clergy, and foreigners.
Atigufl 3.
The Convention ordered tlie infcrtion
of th« proceedings at the common lftll
in the bulletin. »
Caaibon caused the following decree
to be adopted.
Commercial Regulations.
Art. I. Sums due in foreign money
to the inhabitants of countries at war
with the republic by workmen, manu
fatturers, or merchants, for merchan
dize fubjeft to the maxiranm, fliall not
be calculated more than a third above ,
the current exchange, which (hall be
determined by Commiflioners from the
National Treafuiy, and approved by
the Committee of Finance.
Art. 11. Sums due to the inhabi
tants of Hamburg, Lubeck, Dantzic,
Bremen) and Augfbourg, (hall he ex
empt from depot ordonnt.
A ITT
Art. 111. The manufaAureis, &c..
debtors and creditors to the countries
at war, shall be admitted to the com
penfatlon, provided their credits ori
ginated after the ill of April, 179 2 »
epoch of the firtt declaration of war—
arjfing also out of merchandize of their
own fabric or accustomed iale.
Merlin-os Thionville. Ido not ap
pear in this tribune, to plead the caule
of Priefls and Nobles. I demanded
their expulsion from office the earliest,
and my sentiments upon the fubjeft are
well known to my colleagues. 1 speak
in favour of the public good, which
the Decree of yesterday will compro
iflife. 1 {hall not explain tuy motives.
I think my colleagues will easily diviu«
them. I demand the lufpenfion of th
dec res.
>.
After some little contest, in which
Bourdon de l'Oife, Royer Duco», and
Villers took part, tht Convention fuf.
pended the decree and charged the com
mittee of public welfare to present a
report on the means of employing such
of those citizens as could be ufeful to
the .Republic.
To felicitations for the enlarging
persons detained, Barrere thus replied:
The two Committees of genera! fafe
ty and public welfare are occupied in
ceflantly with restoring freedom to the
patriots, and great numbers are at li
berty. But the aristocracy must not be
fuffered to turn to its advantage the re
volution which is now operating; 'he
law of Sept. 17th, will be rigidly exe
cuted.
Barfere then presented for the ap
probation of the Convention three
citizens, to command the 17th military
division. Thierry, Commandant at
Lille, to command in chief; and as Ad
jutants General, Mathis, head of a Le
gion at Paris, and Remoiflenett; Com
mandant at So Moris, all old wounded
Officers, and who rendered eminent
services on the night from 9 to 10 "I her-
midor.
He then presented a new plan for tne
organisation of the National Guards of
Paris Thtf Convention ordered the
printing, and the adjournment of the
whole.
UNITED STATES.
HARRISBURGH, Oft. 6,
On Friday last, the Prefidentof the
United States arrived in this town.-—
The pleasure excited, iii beholding. ' or
the firft time, our Beloved Chief, in
this Borough, ii not easily described.
The following address was delivered to
him, by the burgesses, in behalf of t >c
inhabitants of the town,
To flit Excellency GEORGE WAS h-
TNG TON, Esquire, Prefxdent of the
United States of America.
SIR,
While we, the Burgesses and Ck'i
zeiw of Harri&uvgh, rejgicc *» °P"
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