I
*
sf ate paper.
ne'Stm* of Hoi Jnd and Weft-Frie'"-
landhsve publifhjd the
PROCLAIM \TION.
" THE States of Holland and Weft.
FrielUyid, $ic. make known, Whereas,
the circumltances of the war, so utijuft
ly 'declared by the French government
again ft the' Republic, have again taken
such aturn, that the frontiers of the State
are exposed a second time to the violence
of the enemy's inyafion, which can be
no wife refitted than by employing the
most Vigorous means : to this effect, ani
mated by the sentiments which his most
Serene Highnefsthe Prince Stadtholder,
exprefled, iji his address to the States-
Gener.il the 14th of lad month, we
have firmly resolved to facrifice our
properties and lives in defence of the
Sta», particularly of this province,
and in prote&ing eVery thing that is
dear to us in this country. We have
judged it necefiary, and our duty, to in
form the good citizens, of these our seri
ous intentions and views; and, at the
fame time to declare, that we are very
far from despairing of the fafety of the
State, tdgether with all its prerogatives,
both religious and civil, in cafe that the
means which Divine Goodness has given
and preserved to us, are employed with
that cordiality, concord, and true pa
triotism, which have at all times charac
terized tne free-born Belgic nation. It is
with this view, that we exhort every citi
zen, Who is not totally, degenerated from
the virtues of his ancestors, to renounce,
at this time, when the country is m dan
ger, all party fpi'rit, and to unite heart in
hand for the preservation of their own
interests, and to remember that every
man in his own fpherc is obliged to co
operate, fincc there is not a single perfou
who would not lose, in the fall of the
state, his own personal liberty, and his
ujireftrained means of subsistence ; but
above all, let every one think, that this
obligation becomes greater, in propor
tion to his pofleflions, or other relations
•ip this country, so favoured by Heaven.
« That amongst the means we judge
may,and oughttobeemploytdwithvigor
we reckon the local situation and the na
tural force of the country, strengthened
by forti'effes and by inundations,by mean*
of which our enemies have been so of
ten driven from our frontiers, as likewise
the augmentation and tne abundant stores
with which the army of the State is pro
vided, encouraged as it is by the immortal
glory it has acquired in the two last cam
paigns. But neither is it to be diffembledi
that in order to put every thing into the
most respectable situation it is capable of,
considerable sums are wanted. For these
wants, we have endeavoured to provide ill
time, as well by rcfolving upon different
means, as by irnpofing a tax after example
of like circumstances in the year 1747 ;
three proportions of which we, with all
other wcll-intentickled citizens, have al
ready paid, being obliged, by our he
celfities, to anticipate the last proportion
a month before the time. Nevertheless,
all the means of supply hitherto furnifh
cd fall greatly fhcsrt of the neceflities of
this expensive war, more especially at
the present moment, when the fafety or
the fall of the Republic defends upon
the prompt furnilhing of coin.
« fn the mean time we with pleasure
learn, that many good citizens, who have
the power of doing so, have declared them
lelvfis ready to succour the country effi
caciouily with all their powers, atthis con*
juncture, if a general call be made to
this effedl, and if a loan be opened on
such conditions as agTee best with the
present value of the interest of Money."
Purluant to the directions of
the Law tor incorporating the lnfurance
Company of North America, a Meeting
wil' be held at the Company'! Office, on
Ths> (il»y the day of November «nfu
inp, when Two Directors are to be
Ciiufcn lor the emaindef ot' the present
yeu>, to l'up ( )ly the places of two Oontlek
nien who have been Hefted Direftois of a
nother lnfurmce Company.
The Votes may be given by the Stock
holders either in person or by Proxy, but
no:e may vote " uolefs the (lock, (hall
have ftond in rheir names at leall three
jnonths preceding the time of Election."
JSv older of the Ptefident and Di'eftors
Ebenezer Hazard, See ry.
(jft. a 4 tuß^ti^N
Ptfl-'QJfce, Philadelphia, Sept. 22, 1794
The mail for Lancaftcr, Yorktown,
Carlisle, Shippen(burg, Chamberfburg,
Bedford, Greenfburg and Pittfcurg,
closes every Saturday precifaJy at half
pall 11 in the morning.
The Mail for Heading, Lebanon
Harrilburg and Carlisle, closes every
Tuesday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
® i<« miritrA.
To THOMAS OKEF.NLE.Af and JOHN PS.L-
lotrtijnr.
When yon rcpublilhed Rabaut's history
of th* revolution in France, you gave a
re»l pleafurc t'oall loversof truth and re
publican government. The high literary
chiraclier of thf author, which was known
in America, had prepared the public for a
f.ivni able reception of his work
This work you numbered as the firft vo
lume of a hiftoy, which, you informed
your readen, you intended to publtfh ; aud
many people supposed that they woe to be
favoured with a second volume from the
fame pen. On looking into what you have
numbered a* your second volume, we find
the titto page announces a very different
wolrk—."An Impartial H'ltkory of the late re
volution of Fiance." This word Impartial
in the mduthscf rank party meti; and a ti
tle which the modest Rabaut had not affum-
Ed led rtie to fu<pett all was not right. I
compared the title pages of your firft and
feeotid volumes, and found them very dif-
Cerent. J then began to rcadthe second vo
lume, «nd ft on found I h»d read it before.
I tunied to the New Annual Register for
w.etel found the original of Green
leaf and FelWe's history of the Revoluti
on in France.
This <lifcovery gave me some surprize,
efpicially when I on your utter
detfftation of the Englifli uation. I cou*d
not coneeivfe how it wa< pnflible that Tho
mas Greenleaf & John Fellowesftjou d have
given credit to a history of the French re
volution written by an Eng'ilhmah. I
turned to your advertisement, and here I
found some expressions tha- gave me a flue
to unravel the difficulty. Hrre you afiiire
you? readers, that''the ercthufi-ftic Kh»p
lodv of the euemies of liberty shall n»ve-
stain your prefc—aud that you will copy.thai
hi/lorx only which Jla'.ts JaSs impartially, fiet\
j,en 'illileral ahltfr Ihding to alienate our aJcßi
ousjrom thefacrtd ripjit, oj man."
This notice 1 undarftood at once to mean
th&t yoii would copy whatfivored one patlyA
and omit every tl>i;'£ as illiberal abuj t :
Therefore I have taken the pains to com-i
pare a part of your copy with 'lie original
history in the Annual4*egi<ter, *«n) this is
the reluit of my examination : That
firft 140 pigesof your 2ii volume r- copied
ft 6m the New Annual Register for
1792, with such alterations, omifiions
and mutilations, a« Grcenleaf and Fel-
Motfe's chose to make. The mutilations'
in these 14® P a g es amount to eighty
eight-, sometimes whole pages are 6tr.it _
te d i sometimes ftntences and not un.
frequently half sentence* and single epi
thels, The pillages omitted; in every
inftance, felate fa ft 5 unfavournlle to the
ruling Jacobins and their inftrumcfits,
the sanguinary populace of Paris. \ou
have not omitted a fiitgle fact that
lervcs to reprefettt the Jacobins and the
mob in a favourable light ; and the tnoft
notorious and acknowledgedyj&f, which
call a reproach on them, you have care
fully fupprefied. Siich is your Impar
tial HiJlory, which you arc attempting
to palm upon yoifr conntrymert sos
Tilth.
This charge then which you are to
answer before the ttibitnal of the public,'
goes dire&ly to impeach you of ill in
tentions—and a design to mifiead the
public* tf you copy » history, it is
your ditty to copy the whole. If yoti
ftleft important tails inly, you ought
to fcie£t them all, whatever party (hey
favor ; whatever' cause they difg'ace.
Purposely to omit any fa& that throw
light on the tranfaftions related," incurs
the charge of partiality ; but it is more ;
it is indeed a crime; for flight is the
moral difference between a wilfulfuppref-
Jion 6f the truth, and a positive declara
tion of falfehoodt
But the mutilated history ill your se
cond volume, does as little credit to
your judgment and industry, as to you 1
integrity of heart. By your injudicioui
omissions, you have more than once bio
ken the connexion of the narration, a
subsequent paragraph inserted refers to
foraething in a preceeding paragraph
omitted—and thus, parts of the work
are rendered unintelligible.
To (how the public what title your
history has to Impartiality, it is proper
to cite particular Instances.
I will therefore feleft a number of Pas
sages; and give them exa&ly as they
stand in the original and in the copy,
distinguishing the words omitted by Ita
lics; noting also the pages in the An
nual Register and in your copy, that
| my readers may easily detedt the least er
ror in tranfciibing.
In the outlet of the work, you have
omitted a great part of two pages of
the history in the Register, (pages 114
and 115.) This part of the work con
tains some introductory reflexions, very
neccffary towards understanding the fub
feqtient parts of the history. It gives
a general description of the troubled
state of France, at the meeting of the
firft Legislative Aflembly ; the weak
ne& of the Executive ; the ilrength of
the patriotic (bcieties, which contained
in them the feeds of anarchy ; and men
tions as a main cause of all the subse
quent troubles of France, that rath de
cree by which the members of the con
stituent Aflembly rendered themselves
ineligible to a feat in the legislative affetA
bly. This deer** and the character
I that Cotnpofed the it aflembly, are
material fa&s that thr much ligut on
their proceedings; a by omitting
thrfe introductory rtfrks, you have
left your own history perfect. Even
the firfl sentence of y( second volume
is dbfcure and work to be
mutilated. Itbeginshus. " The af
fenibly met on the I of October —
tho there is not a fyllle in this or the
preceding volume th*ells what afTem
! bly met, or prepares e way fort.iisre
lation of fans.
" The king havin anriOuuced thai
he would repair to tliAflembly on Fri
day the 12th, it w: next debated in
what rtianner he Ihoiibe received. In
the decree that followed this debate the
mean and trip's ft"-'* fy th -
femlly was onwards to beachaeed, was
clearly eo'tnpd-
In the »opy pas« IJth l " e fcme ' K ' e
in I-fcis omitted. In the close of
the fair- paragraph the following sen
tence omitted. t ' . ..
Tlfe petty indignities were as impoli
tic a. they were undefined, ana were in
con ftcni with magnanimity, utterly
unbecoming a great nation." The -trinity
]~re alluded to was, the decree for feat
iig the king on the left hand ot tVe Pre
ident, &c. a drcree in which the French
not only laid aside all civility, a» w>-ll as
dignity, but treated *their conrtitation
with contempt. Yet this reflection on
the Aflembly you have thought proper
to suppress.
Original, page 124. Copy 34.
" The '.of the Royal veto on
this occasion (the decise of Nuvtftjber
9th against emigrants) was certainly an
imprudent (}ep ; though there is no rea
son to aUtibiitt-kto any perfidious mo
J tive, or to-acttsunVfor k on any ottjer prin
\ ciple r thon thai' getiileriefs of difpojltion,
I that t'tidertufs if character, by iukuh this
unfortunate monarch was so rr.wh dijlin
'/I / "
guijbcti.
.Here you omitted a very natu
ral rt flexion of the hiftovian, and one
that is warrantid by the known charac
ter of the late king; and the omission,
ail candid men will attribute.to a pitiful
desire of hiding from the world even
virtues attached t6 Royalty; With
Jacobins, every thing in and about a
Prince must be vicious—they stem to
think that a kfog or a noble or a prieil
cai.not pofTef3 a virthe ; and it is not
fufficient" to adhere to that excellent
maxim de thoftuls nil nif: bonutn ; but a
king, must not have credit for virtues
! which, lie actually pofTefled.
Original, fame page, copy 34.
" In contemplating the hiltory of
'this amiable atid unfortunate manarcl.."
—Here you ,have omitted the epithet
amiable ; for wliat reason, you bed know.
Same pages—" and their innocent
mnna!ch would never have fallen a fa'
crifice to a relentless moh"—Copy
« and their monarch Would nevir have
fallen a facfifice." It seems you cannot
hear a word in difappvobation of mobs,
as they are favorite instruments of go
vernment io the hands of Jacobins.
Original, page 126. Copy 38,
" And to complete the diltr"aCtion,
this body [the clergy] was poflefTed of
an influence over the minds of the jko
ple» which it was not easy to suppress.
In fad, the non-juring clergy were pof
fejfed of all the popularity, of all the cre
dit of the order. Their chapels were
crouded, while those of the confiitutional
or conforming clergy -were utterly deserted."
Here you'have fupprefied a most ma
terial fact j'one that throws great light
upon the tjanfaftiohs in France. The
attachment of the people to the non
juring clergy was evinced by their re
sorting to their chapels—this attach
ment of the people to the old supersti
tion was probably a principal cause of
the clergy's refufing 16 take the civic
oath—the taking of this oath was at
that time unpopular—and these facts
(how the difficultly which the revolu
tionists had to encounter, and probably
go far to account for the civil wars of
La Vendee. But you are incapable of
making reflections and dedu&ions like
these, and your want of inlelle&uals
competent to this purpose may peflibly
take off a part of the censure which
must otherwise fall upon the intentions
of your hearts.
In the feme page, you have omitted
several featencqi, containing some im
portant remarks on the severe decree,
baui(hing the non-juring clergy.
Original, rage 127.
" To these decrees, after some delay,
the king, from apparently the mojl hu
mane and confcienfious tnvtives, opposed
his veto, andthus unfortunately increas
ed the clamor which was inftdioufly ex
cited again ft him in every pait of the
kingdom."
Copy, page 40. "To these decrees,
after some delay, the king opposed his
yeto, and thus unfortunately increafcd
the Amor which WM indvjlriovjly ex-
cited against him in every part bf- the
ki sr g t;, P *.>?. Tta'<*»"f
important paragraph u wholly omitted.
•' The haPty difmifiion and impeach
ment of miners, in confluence of
inflammatory ha.angues from popuUr
orator., and without any hearing or m
veftigation, may be accounted among
the principal causes of the calamities of
France. The rapid fucceflion of mim
fters allowed them no time to remedy
abuses, or to make the necessary arrange
ments for the defence ot the kingdom>!
the fear of impeachment rendered them
cautious and timid, and directed their
attention rather to the arts of acquir
ing popularity, than to the performance
of their duty: rather to .ntr.gu.ng
with the defpicabk Journahlts who go
verned the mbb of Paris, than to the
aflual service of their king and coun-
try." ( ,
This paragraph throws odium and
infamy an the Jacobins and tHf leaders
of the Paris mob ; and this is realon
enough with you to suppress it, how
ever important the facts and ftmarks it
contains. , .
in the fame page the original htltory
applies to Mr. Bailly, the Mayor of
Paris, the epithets of judicious pa
triotic, which you ha\e omitted—for
this reason do'.ibtlels, he would not go
all lengths with the Jacobin club; he
was denounced and became unpopular
therefore you will not give him credit
for virtue*, which he d'iplayed during
his administration.
In relating fa&s refpeßing the Jaco
bins, you have carefully fupprefTed eve
ry expression that tends to cast reproach
on them. In speaking of their oppc
fers; you have as carefully fupprefTed
exprefiions tending to their credit. Ihe
original history speaks of the fuillans,
as some of the mod aflive and rc/peßa
ble members of the Conttituent A (Tern-
bly ; tli? words mojl refpeSable, you
have fuppreiTed 4 although Rabaud, the
av'thor of the Sift volume of your his-
Ujry, is one of the members mentioned.
Rabaud'was a mighty good and refptc•
tabic man,' till be opposed tlie Jacobin
club ; then, in your view, he defeived
no cfcdit nor reputation.
Original, page 130. " The Repub
lican party and the Jacobins could not
behold this new aflbcialion [the society
of fuillansj without secret disquiet. It
was evidently formed to disconcert their
confpimcies, and to open the eyes of
the public to their true intetejy" As
they defpairedof vanquifhinV it by the
force of reason and truth, tifcy deter
mined to employ that blind aip desper
ate inftruflient the fflle guidance of
which they had long be?n laboring to
acquire." That is the Mob.
Copy, page 46, after tliefirft fent«nce,
1 '• It was evidently formed to disconcert,
| their measures, by endeavoring to render
them odious to the people. They were
tberfore determined on its delfrudtion." —■
Here is a total alteration in the sense of the
have uniformly given credit
to this hillory in the Annua! Register,
when it relates fadts that you like—but
when it relates things that throw a scandal
on the Jacobins and the Paris mob, you
either omit the relation altogether, or
what is worse, you change the pallage and
give it a meaning that you like. Ihe lail
ientence you have omitted as tho' you
meant, and probably you did mean, to ap
prove of the conduCl of the Jacobins in
fending a body of armed ruffians to dif
£erfe their oppofers, the fuillans.
Original', page 137. The following
paragraph, of the death of Mr.
DelelVart, which fee ne opened the bloody
tragedy in France, you have also omitted.
" He was the firft viilim to that desperate
fadiion which since deluged France with
blood, and the Afiembly passing a decree
| ps accusation against a citizen withmitlirft
hearing him in lus own defence, having
fixed anS indelible blot upon their records,
and afforded a fatal fpecimenof that prompt
and hasty punilhmeiit which has since ex
hibited the judicial proceedings of that na
tion as an object of detestation and con
tempt to the world."
NeYer were remarks more just or better
merited ; yet they fix a stigma upon the
ruling fa&ion, and therefore you omitted
them.
In page 141 of the original, yeu have
omitted a column, containing I'ome excel
lent remarks on the absurdity and fatal
confequenees of admitting the populace to
the galleries, and permitting them to ap
plaud or censure the speakers—a pra«3ice
from which has flowed half the calamities
of the French nation.
In the paflage, page 141 of the original,
refpeiSling the indecent fccne of the bifheps.
you have fupprefled this line—many irreli
gious allufiwj vre indulged in.
In the next page the following sentence
is omitted—" Such at least we are allured
was the opinion of Mr. La Fayette, whose
judgment appears in general to have been
found, and vhofe patriotism, none, but a
violent and desperate fadlion, has ever pre
sumed to queltion." The omilfion of this
fa£V, so highly honorable to La Fayette,
could proceed only from a violent and des
perate No cai.did man ever yet
impeached the integrity or patriotism of
that unhappy man, and to suppress a fa£l
or lentiment, beoaulc honorable to bits,
is the efTedt of poor, pitiful Contemptible
jealousy.
In llrifl pursuance of your impartial
plan of hiding every thing that dilgrarti
the Jacobin* and the mob, you have ne
gledted to insert, from page 145, the hor
rid proceedings of the enraged foldieiv
near Lisle, immediately after the murdi'r
of Mr. Dillon. A party of the royal crs
vate, a regiment of cavalry, rulhiiig pre
cipitately towards Lisle overto ok Mr, ij rr _
thois, an officer of Engineers. Some of
those traitors." They instantly fell im r .„
him, he received several (hots, fell fc on>
his horse, and the body being fulpended
from a lamp iron, every soldier in the par
ty discharged his piece at it as he palled.
Why is this fa£t concealed ? Why
hash not a place in your impartial hiu
tory ? Answer this question, and blulh
for your daring attempts to impose on
your readers. Blush also for your care
leilhefs, which, in this very paragraph,
which mention* the word prifontrs, in a
way that can be explained only by the
preceding part which you have omitted.
In your zeal to suppress all difgraceful
facts, you have left this part of jour
history without connection and unintel-
ligible.
But in no part of the work have you
found such difficulty, as in relating the
mafiacres of the ioth of Augult, arid
2d and 3d of September. As the hor-,
ror» of those scenes w«re by
your favorite Jacobins, and were at
tended with such deliberate and outra
geous violations of all law, of decency,
of humanity, and of all virtue and jus
tice, that you have found it perplexing
to carry through a tolerable narrative of
the events, without intermingling some
reflexions on your dear friends, the ruf
fians who perpetrated the murderous
deeds. To save the instigators of these
horrid njaflacres from their merited in
famy, you have chopped and mangled
this part of the history in a molt (hame
ful manner; and finally so great a part
'■ of the narration in the original became
a 1 elation of the (hocking barbarities of
! your friends, that you were compelled
). _ A 1 D __ J t_ _
your friends, th;.. , t
to quit the Annual Register, and havi
recourse to some defpieable Journal, and
■elate a few events in the form of a Di
.rv. Your favorite plan of relating
aft* only on one fide, here rcduced you
o the necessity of omitting the moll im
jorta'nt, the most interesting narration
n the whole history ; and finally, for
jvant of talents to compile a hiftoriral
■elation out of the materials you poflef
ed, your history, in the midst of th?
noil interesting foenes that have marked
he revolution, and those which diftin
juiihed its crisis, finks down into the
"orm of a broken, pitiful Journal.
I have not examined the whole vo
ume. 1 am so much disgusted ai the
vork, and so much displeased with the
:ditors, that I have no patience to wade
hrough the whole performance. I have
lere told the world the truth so far as
ny ftriftures Extend ; but in the 140
examined, there are proLably fix
imes as many omissions, and mutila
ions as I have recited. The samples
lere given will fatisfy the public, as to
,-our motives and the demerit of the pub
ication ; and men will hereafter be on
heir guard against any attempts of yours
o impose on them, under the title of
mpartial, the most partial and imper
eft history that any man ever had the
rfFrontery to chriftcn by that dignified
lame.
Let me then alk you how you dare
jretend to be friends to the rights of
nan, when you thus attempt to impose
>n his understanding ?
One of you is a Printer, the other a
Bookfcller, and both have command of
:hannels by which informatior. is com
•nunicated to the public. What confi
lence can even your friends place in
■our publications ? If you can thus chop
o pieces a very well written, and so far
is we can judge, impartial history, to
erve the purposes ot your party and
■our prejudices, who can tell whetner,
-ou do not the fame in every booh or e
'ery paper you publish ? Have not the
nemoirs of the late Queen of France
>een publilhed in the fame mangled con
iition—a wotk, the truth of whieh is
mfupported by authority or proof too
ndecent in the original for the eyes or
an of common modeftv, and .mutila
ed and chastized as the American cdi
ion now is, yet altogether oflcnfive to
lelicacy and pernicious to morals
-low long will you be fuffcred thus to
)roceed in spreading the poifoii of the
nofl deniable doctrines and op.mons .
,Vhen will you ceafeto mislead the pub-
But you are Democrats —members
>f the society of pure patriots, who
•lofet themselves for the purpose «'♦ fl
uffing the conduct of rulers, and prea
ling political information.
Is this Impartial bjhry then the wo.k
>f democrats—friends to the equa rig
>f man ? Is such the information that
Democrats diffufe among the peop * •
Do you ejpeft to aid the cst'.fc of yova