9 From the Minerva. Mctfrs. Printert. (Concluded from Yesterday.) > We (hall dillir.guiih the passages which Argus cites from the Annual I Reglfttfi, and charges, us with omitting, b r Italics; his reflection., by double ! commas, and paffagtt from our addi'.ion by fir.gle conftrtias. Argu« acvufes tis with omitting, in the biyiuninjj of the second volume, some introdustoiy reflections, which he fay*, " are necetlary towards Under. Handing the fubfequcnt parts of the hil- | '.or)-. —-Tlicfe introdudsSry reflections begin thus ; With the Conjlhuent ni tty the fun of French liberty set. — Ine fun of French liberty has not yet set, and we hope neyer will until time shall be no more.—Our compilers then pro- : ceed to make some veiy f. vere (hitturcs upon the characters and abilitk* »f the assembly, which appears to be didWted by prejudice and party fpirir. They close their aluife by representing there puMifcan philofopbers of France as irre ligious. There it, fay they, femething in true religion ivbich fufteiu the ferocious fUi/'ans of man ; it can arrefl the hand of the affnffm, it can whiff er peace to the perturbatcd spirit. It r-jtfts the attain ment of its end bv unlawful means, and follows rather tU difiates of confcienct and immediate dity, than the n/oft splen did vi/ions which the imagination may for*m of diflant perfeßion. BeautTrut sentiments, and pertinently expressed j bu: here introduced for a very wicked purpose. And we think them complete mockery, in the mouths of the abetters of that government, who are tiling every p» iTiblc means to aifliit a whole nation with the calamities of famine, fire and sword.—For what of fences ? because their sentiments of go vernment, and religion are different fiom their own. And this they pretend, is the cause of the meek and lowly Je fut. These refle&ions then, which were calculated and intended to prejudice the reader againlt the French nation, and the sacred cause of liberty ; the editors (as they wished not to be accessary in this lin of deception) thought it a duty they owed to humanity to suppress.— . Ajrd not thinking themselves authorized to hazard auy reflexions of their own, they have commenced their fecoud vo lume with tbe opening of the assembly. In thetirft volume the reader is inform ed that the conttituent assembly Jiad diif'lved itiif. And with refpeft to the name of this new body, it is gener ally, throughout the English compila tion, denominated, the Assembly. Flow ever, in the firft line of the contents, prefixed to the second volume, we_ noti fied the reader that it was called, the Legislative Assembly. The affertioti of Argus, therefore, on this head is not true. (For the words omitted, the reader i* referred to the Minerva of the 23d instant.) Original, page 116. In the paifage, here omitted, the compiler* endeavor to prepoflefs (he reader against the future proceedings of the Aflembly. The editors have faith fully recorded their ads, and the reader can judge of their propriety. Original, page 124. Copy, 33. Gentlenrjt bf difpnfition and Undtrnefs charaScr, are epithets not applicable to the name of Louis XVl.—The his tory of the French revolution prove this aflertion, a work entitled, the crimes of the Kings of France, adduces stubborn lad* in juftificatisn of it. Original, fame page Copy 34. And their innocent monarch would never have fallen a facrifice to a relentless mob. Ha* Argus the hardiness to contend that Louis XVI. fell a facrifice to a mob i Had he not the faireft trial that 'tis poflible for an individual to have ? being tried by the Representatives of tlie whole nation, of which he was a member. And have not the nation u niversally approved of their decilion ? Original, page 126. Copy 38. Is it poffiMe to conceive the ftate meiit here given to be true, when we consider the unanimity of the nation in this revolution j and that they have not only shaken off their prejudices refpefl ing the mode of worfliip, but even be come profefled deilts; The Clergy were opppofed to the revolution, the people universally for it. All our accounts from France contradi& the above ftatc mtnt, in Hie Annual Register. That it is trne, when applied to the depart ment of La Vendee is mod probable. Original, page 130. Ktre is a paradox, which American Republicans would never have under ftuod 5 that a society set up in opposi tion tp the rcfmblitan j>arty, »nd the Jacobins, were to open the eyes of the public to their true inter ell. Tho we chearfully acknowledge the merits and virtues of this diitinguilhcd patriot and foldvr [La Fayette] yet we think the of a violent and iej'perate fatlion, applied to a great ma jority of the Assembly, and nation of France, highly improper. The accufatiows againtt the Briffof tine party, which we have subjoined to our second volume, will probably throw more light upon the fubjeti of General La Fayette's dcfedlion, than any other publication that has ytt appeared in A tneiica. "To suppress a fa6l or sentiment, ] because honorable to him, [La Fay ette] it the effedt of poor, pitiful, con temptible jealousy." This lentence contains a number of favorite epithets of our critic ; which jit probable some future compiler of his Works will think proper to omit ; as it will be difficult to conceive, how it weVe poflible that any jealousy should at this time subsist between the Editors, and General La Fayette. The circumltances of the affafiination of Mr. Berthois, we think too particu lar for a compendious history. Many hundred instances of equal cruelty per petrated by individuals, both of the French and of their enemies, might have been adduced. Betides the com ments attached to the relation of this fact tended to throw an odium upou the French in general; by representing them as a nation of barbarians. We | think the refle&ions illiberal and unnieri ted. The tranfaflions »f the loth of Au gust, and 2d and 3d of Sept. are so im portant that we have copied, verbatim, all the official papers relating to those events from the political state of Eu rope, a work of- great merit. The fadU are here stated without any coitt ments, which leaves the reader to form his own opinion. A' 3 Thomas Greeoleaf and John Fel lows, jun. are not the publishers of the ] ■ memoirs of the Queen of France, they t take no notice of the eriticifms of At -1 gus on ihis wotk. «' How long wiil you be fuffered thifS 'to proceed in spreading the poison of I the mod detelfable do&rines and opi ; nions ?" That is how long will you i>be firfFered to circulate democratic or | republican fentintents ? As long, Sir, as 1 our government remains the farfie as it now is, we expeflt that tfcefe fentimtnts will not be proscribed.' I In the United Snves Republican Prin ! ten and Boiifdhrs are in no fear of Bot any-Bay. But we a(k hovy long, Sir, will yiTu and othtr abettors of monar chy, be fuffered to insult freemen, by endeavors to introduce ftito this happy country, the poison of your detellable doctrines ? Blush, Sir, at yonif weak"- ness in thus attempting to impose on the understanding of Americans. You in the course of your ftru Aires leem very fond of applying to us, by way 1 of reproach, the term, Jacobin, and fometimts Democrat, Tho' you are not yet barefaced enough to atteitipt to llig matize us by the term Republican, yet you know there is no difference in the meaning of the words, Democrat, arid Republican. And, as we are not particularly attached to names, if you mean nothing more by Jacobins than Democrat or Republican— that is' a friend and supporter of a frtfe representative government —we have no objection to being called by that name. But if yoo attach to it any other ida&s, than those contained in the foregoing def finitioa, we deny the charge, and chal lenge you to cite acircumftanee in our con duct, inconsistent with the character of democrat, as explained above. You also accuse us of belonging to a de mocratic society, who are carrying on " the dark work of faction." Language fails us to chastize with fufficient Severity thisprefumption. How dare you call ds mocrati, in America, a party a fa&ion ? 16 not our goternment democratieal ? Ar» not the people of America, democrats ? Shall all other fpcieties be tolerated, in a free country, and that, whose objefl is political information, be proscribed ! Blu(h at thui endeavoring to impose on your countrymen, by representing democrats, in a democratical government, at carry ing on " the dark work of fadtion." It is not probable that you will be gratified in the fulfilment of your predi&ion, that our history will " moulder away in the neglected corners of our garrets,' for the demand for it has already exceeded owr moli sanguine expectations. And we are convinced, that an attack upon it, from a person of your principles, will increase the fate. If you fliould think proper to make any reply to these remarks, we request you, as a man, to throw oft the mask, appear in propria persona, meet U3 upon fair ground, and you will find us always rea dyto defend our democratic Sentiments, and to jullify our condufl. THOMAS GREENLEAF, JOHN FELLOWS Jun. '•>. '; v f. • Intelligence. PARIS, August 5. Ekt/rTION CVHtSVYtVS. We shall add to what vtfe havfc alrea dy related on the-eruption of Vesuvius, aii additional circumltanee which de serves notice, in the history of the re* volutions experienced by the furfirce of this globe. On the 19th of July, af ter a mod violent detonation, the conic top of the mountain, the furfmlit of which formed a crater, funk on a sud den ; the porous and fiery matter, una ble to resist the repeated (hocks, o'ccafi oned by the violent internal convulsions, precipitajt'ed itfeif into the iram<nfe gulph of the volcano. The mauntain lias U>ft a great deal of its height, by this uncommon accident; and that patt which was formerly least elevated, has now beaome the highest. The King desired a detailed account of all the circumstances, afid military engineers were sent in confcquence, to ■survey Vesuvius on all its fides. The following ie the result of their ope rations. The greatell elevation of the laVa, 36 palms, (hands^. Its width, 1 mile. Territory overflown by tiie lava, 5 miles. Inhabitants who took flight, 15,000 Men and women perished. 3^ Beads killed, 4,168 Space which the lava occupied in tbe sea, 76 palms, (hands). i'liey are now busy in repairing the damages occafipned by this scourge. Several hundred* are em ployed in mendingsha honfes of 1 one del Greco } a new road is made which affords a communication with the pro vinces j the destroyed houfesare a build ing up agait> here, as well as at Somma Ottojano, &c. The eruption has feri fibly diminished. /Vifgu 6. We read in ofitf of the last fitting* of the popular fociet* of the commune of Befanc'on the following passages : A member anr.punced that an aflignat of 1000 livr'es of tlie of Janu ary 1791 has been tolind. It runs as follows : Property of the Jacobins. Mortgaged for the liquidation of theft affignats according to tlie declara tion of the powers of Europe fautlion <d by tte Fmperof Leopold Dertm- Aifignat of one th'oufanef The bearer (hall be paid the sum of 1000 livres from the treasury of Extra ordinary confiscations upon proving that by the French Revolution he has loft as much, and that by buying national do mains to that amount he waji led to it -y the inlligation of clubs or adminhlra tive bodies. This afEgnat was Found ip the pock, et of a volunfee'r who had taken it from an Aiiftiian (lain in battle. FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION, August 14. The minuter from the United States to the French republic communicates to the Convention the wish of Iris fellow citizens for the prosperity of the nation and asks to whom he is to preient his credentials. Referred to the Goirmktee of publk fafety; Efchafleriaux reported on the letter of the miniffer plenipotentiary of the United States of America, referred in the beginning of the fitting of the cofti mittee of public fafety : " We have found, fa id he, ho other mode of announcing hi* diplomatic cha racter to the Republic, than by means of the friendfhip and fraternity which characterizes a free nation. The fall of the tyrant's throne has carried with it the remains of antient diplomatic forms and the memory of rite pofripous and ridiculous ceremonies which the pride of courtiers had invented. " Let the minister of the United States come iu the midst of the repre sentatives of the French Nation and fwearthe confirmation of that fraternal alliance which is to make liberty tri umph ; let him be admitted among you as a friend ; let all idle parade disappear at a moment when the lpirit of the two republican nations is about to unite ; let friendfhip be the only master of ce temonies ; let him receive in the bosom of the National Convention, when he has declared the objedk of his million, from the President the cxprtffion of the fraternal aifetlion of the French nation, and of their dtfire to cement an alliai*e which lay* tie bafu of the freedom of I the report of the committee ] of public fafirty the convention decrees, that the minifler plerUpoteutiary from the United States (hall be introduced into the bofoirf of the convention.— He will communicate the object of his mil lion; the President will give him the fraternal kiss, symbol of the fr.«id(h.p which unites the American and French 13 The p.efident of the convention (hall write to the president o f the American con K refs, and transmit the minute of the littitig. Aujjuft 15- Citizens, Representatives of the French People, My admittance into th'n A ffembly, in the pretence of the representatives of the French nation, and my being ac knowledged as American miniftrr, af fected my sensibility to a degree which I cannot expreis. I regard this as a new proof of the friendfhip and eftsem which the French nation has always ex prefled to their allies the United States of Artierica. Republics ought to be still more in timatfly connect ed than they are, for th<y have, on a multitude of accounts, the fame interest. This maxim is par ticularly true with the American and French Republics. Their governments have a great resemblance. Tlicy both are founded on the fame principles, and the fame basis, the equal and unaliena ble rights of mani The memory of their pall misfortunes willatigment their future happitiefsj and strengthen thHr union. America had htf day of oppref- fton, of dangei and of bloodfhtd ; but her son* were virtuous and brave. The ftorm t which had so long darkened her political horizon, is dispelled, and has given her the full enjoyment of peace; of liberty and of happiness. France she friend and ally of Ameri ca, afiilted her in the conflidt, and is now entered upon the fame honorable career. I rejoice to fay, that while the valour, magnanimity and heroism of her troopi a?tra& the wonder 1 and applause of the aQ6ni(hed work)* the wHfdornand tirrrinefs of her councils, give the faireft profpe£l of a fuccifsful termination to her efforts. America is not an' unin terested fpe<&atri& of the greSit crisis. As 3 certain proof of the zeal of my countrymen for the freedom, profpeiity and happiness of the French Republic, I a flu re you that the continental Con gress have requested the President to make knorVn to you this sentiment, and while a&ing agreeable .to the defirfe of the two houses, the President has en joined me to declare the congeniality of fiis sentiment tfitb theirs. As powers entruffed to me are now acknowledged by you, I proiriife to myfelf the Jiighcft fatis'faftion in the : performance of my duty. I afn per fettly convinced that while I follow the dilates of my o\frn heart, and offer up my earned wishes for the liberty and happiness of the French nation, I do express the sentiment* of my country men : and I shall do every thing which is in my power to prc'ferve and perpe tuate the friendfhip which subsists be tween the two republics. If I h'ave th'e hitppinefi to aft in fueh a manner as ac quires their efteerh, I (hall consider such an event as the most fortunate of my life, and feel that internal fatisfaftion which is due to an honest friend of the cause of liberty. rhis speech wfts, during its delivery, repeatedly interrupted by the applauses of the convention. The fame secretary then rtad the let ter of credentials. The president of the convention replied to this effedt: The French people have never for gotten thaf they owe to the Americans the imitation of liberty. They admir ed the fublirr.e infufreftion of the Ame rican people against Albion, of old so proud and now so disgraced, They sent their armies to assist th* - Ameri cans, and in strengthening the indepen dence of that country, tlie French, at the fame time learned to break the scep tre of their own tyranny, and' to erect the llatue of liberty 011 the roihs of a throne founded upon the corruption Cobourc. and the crimcs of fomteen centuriei. The President proceeded to remark that thealliance between the two Repub lics was not merely a diplomatic tranf afticn, but an alliance of cordial friend fhip. He hoped that this alliance would be indifibluble, and prove the scourge of tyrants, and the protection of the rights of man. He observed how dif ferently an American ambaflador would have been received in France fix years ago, by the ufurpcr of the liberty of the people; and how much merit he would have claimed for having graci ously condescended to take the United I States under hit protection. At this ■ - - tt day, it is the sovereign people itfclf, re. presented by its faithfi* deputies, that receives the ambaflaidor with real at tachment, while affedted formality i$ at an end. He longed to ctown it with the fraternal embrace «I am char». Ed" said he " to give it in the name of the French nation. Come and receive it in the name of the American nation and let this scene dellroy the lad of the impious coalition of tyrautj." Anguft ii. Barrere appeared at the tribune. The army of the Wetiern Pyrenees, conti nues the successes, which the taking of Fuentarabia made us expect. On (he Ift inft. our heroes took 30 redoubts of the enemy ; on the 2d they diove the Spaniards from several formidable forts; on the 3d they presented themfelvca be. fore St. Sibaftian, and on the 4th the Alcaide [chief magistrate] delivered the keys of that fortrefs 2oco men laid down their arms, and*.are piifoneis of war. More than 180 brass cannon, im mense magazines, provisions of all kinds, and 25 Spanish vefTels.thcfe ate but one part, of the advantages which this vic tory offers. The very day of the taking of St. Sehaftitn, two Spanish velfcls entered its port. On {he other fide, the advanced troops of our army have made thcmfelves mat ters of Tolofa [the best town of Gui. pufcoa on the river Orio in the interi or.! The province of Guipufcoa, which seems to be the natural barrier between France antl Spain, has deflred, to forra part of (he Republic. . The National Convention being in fortned afterwards, that the Spauifh ge nerals, in spite of the sacred rights of I nations, had viola-ed the capitulation of Collioure, by refufing to rcleafe an equal number of French officers, for those Spanish officers sent away on their pa idle, has denounced to all Europe this heinous perfidy and decreed that, in cafe that treaty should not be executed, no quarter should be given to the Spani ards neither in battles, nor in camps. The Convention delivered at the fame time Spanish Cerdagne [part of Cata lonia] from feodality. Lastly it was 4ecreed, that the army of the Wcllern Pyrenees, did not cease to deserve wel' of their country. LIVERPOOL, August 2j. At the Quarter Sessions, for this Town, Themas Spur, of Liverpool, victualler, was found guilty of the fol lowing seditious expreflieni, viz. " G-d d—n the King;" and on being aflced wl\at King he meant, replied, " The King of England, George the Third ; G-d d—n him and for faying, " A speedy death to all Kings ; d—n the , King, and all that take hit part —and' should tlve French come into I will take their part." To be iinpri foned 18 months iu the Hou r e of Cor rection at Prellon j; to pay a fine of 501. to be bound over to his good behaviour for two years more, himfelf in 2001. and two ftiieties in rool. each. Mary Spur, filter to the above, was found guilty of the following seditious aCtfhntf and exprefiions, viz. That le leCting the Kings from a pack of cards, {he cut off their heads, faying " A spee dy death to all Kings, and the Duke of York a prisoner at Paris j and (hould the French carrv to England, I will fell my cloaths te procure them meat." To be impri'ontd 6 nSonths in rtie H buffi of Correction at Preston ; to be bound over to her good behaviour for one year snore, herfclf in 501. and tw® sureties in 251. each-. LONDON August 26j Married—A Mis» Fiji, the daugh tcr of 2 rieh Citizen ot .London, to ® Mr. Node, without a guinea—the la dy's fortune is 20,0001. which the bnf band drew at fight, and ttie draft nwf weH be called miraculous. ALARMING EMIGRATION. The emigration! from every part of this countiy to the United States of America are become generftl. The Fac-' tor, Captain Bowtn, failed for New- York on TneMayM, with eighty-four paflengeri, and the Mohawk, Captain Al en, which failed a Siort time since, car ried forty seven families from-the counfy ot Suffcx. Mi tjie American ihip» which failed from Liverpool and Bristol for the.e twelve months past have been crow ' with families, who have fought an afyluni m that hof P :table clime. The Hope d{»- Johnson, which left Liverpool lift Sunday fc'night, took Ralph Eddowef, -fq- Chester, with his wife and five children, ac companied with four other of the prific - pal families o£ that city. Mr. Eddqwes ba» taken with hinia property of twenty fix thousand pounds* and his friends poflefied an independent little inferior to this refpeflable citizen. Mr. Cooper of Manckefier, witfc % > * .1
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