Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1794-1795, October 16, 1794, Image 2
£. 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. i ' """" 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" A I tt V L!: Ij