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 %
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