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For the Gazette of the United States.
Mr. Fewno,
IT hat been said that no government,
unless it be supported by main force,
can fafely reft ort any other foundation
than the confidence and attachment of
the citizens. Oui clubs and insurgent
newspapers fiave laboured, and they
boast with some success, to place our
own government on another bottom ;
on the jealousy and hatred of the peo
ple. No words of abuse have b.en spa
red to stigmatize the men who profefs
refpeft and confidence in the adininiltra
torsof the national affairs. The clubs,
&c. boast of jealojify as a virtue, and
claim merit and credit for featuring the
feeds of it in every pait of the country;
hatred of ministers, sycophants and
courtiers, for they use these imported
names, is with them independence of
spirit. Nothing can exceed their blind
haired of what is American, ex?ept
their blinoei servility for what is foreign.
Are these slanderers rtiiegsdc-Ameri
cans, or the stum of Europe ? For,
fur-.lv, true blooded citizens would not,
and could not, (hew fivch traiterous ar
dor to vilify and embroil their own go
vernment. Every one knows that the
welln-n infurrediion was made by falfe
hookj and lying. The artificers of re
bellion inlufed into the uninformed and
credulous multitude, in the; back coun
try the opinions inculcated in the Gene
ral Advertiser, the B>>fton Independent
Chronicle, and the New-Yotk Patriotic
I Register. If the citizens really did put
O Jght they not to abhor and to destroy
such a government as they have exhibi
ted. What honest mad or good patri
ot could or would lole a moment's time
to stab the vitals of a fyftero founded as
they have pretended in artifice and des
potism, and admirjaftefed oil the princi
ples of usurpation and plunder. The
conduct C>f our insurgents is not to be
Juftifk'd'i but no man knowing human
nature will doubt that the errors of their
correspond with the errors of
tlifir opinions. It- is time for plain
d.aliug—lt is time to profit by the lef
of expeiience. If clubs awl news
papers, the known and lately the fuc
crfaiul inflruments of sedition are not
d feu itenancedj tliere will be more fe.
dition., The ps clubs and
the gross and inceifafit mifrgprcfeuta
tiuiu of newspapers, will again produce
error, prejudice, jealousy, hatred of au
thority, and a deiire to controul and re
fill it—and finally, afhial refinance.—
This progress is natural and inevitable,
and if we had not experience to con
found all unbelitf, it would be ahfurd
to look for any other consequence. Do
those who sow only tares cxpedt wheat ?
Tliofe who sow sedition may expeCl to
reap rebellion. More infurre&ions will
spring from the fame ground ifitfhould
be sown and tilled a second time in a fi
niilar manner witli that which made the
fir ft crop vegetate and ripen beyond the
mountains.
Vtoiat is the remedy ? Shall the free
dom of the lying press s be restrained ?
No, by no means ; let the press be free.
But let the citizens be free also—and
let them frown the incendiaries, clubs
and printers into lafignificance. It is the
abuse of the public patronage —it is the
encouragement of infamous newspapers,
which is afforded from pity, from wcak
nefs or from nuttaken generosity, that
nurse* these vipers and ilores them with
poison which they iacefTantly transfiife
into the veins of the nation. Why are
gazettes devoted to calumny and falfe
hood, and a foreign Cataline encoura
ged ? Is it to abuse our unrivalled chief
magi ft rate, to misrepresent the admini-
Ilration of the laws, to garble speeches,
to sow the feeds of foreign and civil
wais? No, the patrons of the scanda
lous gazettes have no such designs.
The number of incendiaries throughout
the United States is very inconsiderable,
and they are chiefly employed in lin
king fire in our capital towns. The
great body of our citizens are prosper
ous and happy, full of confidence and
attachment for the government, rejoic
ing that the tneafures of peace have pre
vailed, and that the laws are enforced
against the insurgents. This i> known
to be the cafe by every man—the senti
ment is bteathed in the addreifes to the
Ercfident, and confirmed by his anfwerjj
if appears in the flyie of our governors
and state legislature's. Yet the industry
of our malignants Is not slackened by
events. The stream of calumny is ft ill
full, and the fountain-head seems unex
liauftcd.
Public opinion is the fafe, the gentle,
thc<r£BoMM»M» remedy for this inveterate
and deforming Biakdy- Let dubs,
thole vrork-(hops of fcdirion, be marked
ljl»n other places of ill-fame. Let the
gazette* that want confidence and cha
ta£tei, want patronage. Starve fedt
tion out. That devil is to be call out
ouly by falling. Then it will appear
that thofewhich are suggested to depend
on foreign gold, large fuitis of which
are known to have been scattered in o
ther neutral countries, are left to live
only upon their wages—the wages oi
infamy.
Latest L«ndon Intelligence.
> From papers by the Snnjum.
MAESTRICHT, Sept. it.
Every thing has been in motion here finre
Monday iaft. On that day izfqiudrons
and 8 battalions, commanded by General
'Alvinzy, came and encamped under the
cannon of our ramparts. This day 4000
Bohemian recruitsjarrived here to complete
the Auftriaii battalions. It is said that a
very eonfiderablc reinforoem-nt is expect -
ed. We arc aflured that the army will
I pass thS Meufe this night or to morrow
morning. >
The day before yesterday part or :h
garrison of Conde pafled by this place iii
the way to Germany.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 2.
An intercepted lcter of t! e Scno 1-
tan AmbafTador in Yinna, Ma- quia
Gallo, to Armfeldt, has b:en comrr.u.-
cated to the conrt, by which rensVrc
manifeft the protection which was given
Armfeldt by the court of Naples.
LEGHORN, Aug. 20.
The Spanish fquadrort under Admiral
in the MediteiTanc.iS,''cdo(.i"s
of 4 jhips of the line of 112 gum,
fourteen o' 74, seven frigates o( ;4, am!
2br gs. Another Spanish fqijadrcn oi 4
brigs, under command of Admiral Ora
vina, is stationed in the port of Roflas.—
The Spanish navy has joined the Bri
tish, in or-'.cr to form ablo.kide, exten
ding from Cape Mele to Marfcilles, which
rcjiders the (navigation of the French on
the'eoaft of Provence extremely critical.
This fleet has lately captured a Genoese'
veflel, bound from Ceuta, to Nice, laden
with wine, and four other vefTels, with
provisions, bound to Marseilles. The?
French, in order to escape froar. the vigi
lance of this fleet have hired all the Feluc
cas, several of-which, according to letr
ters from Genoa of the 13th, have left
that port under convoy of a cutter* and
two other armed FrencbvefTels sent on pur
pose, with orders to keep clefe to the coast.'
The fame letters from Genoa inforpi us
that the senate, at the request or the French
consul, citiien Lath aife, in the name of
the Frenth Republic, has given orders fojr
the arreftation of the ParifiiUi Ranker,
Haller, contradler-general for the French
army in Italy, implicated in the financial
dilapidations committed by several crea- I
tures of Robespierre j but the banker had I
found his way to Berne, his native coun
try, the day previous to the execution of
those orders.
i—
LONDON, Sept. 18.
Two foreigners have been aire fled
at Aix-la Chapelle, upon whom were
found aflignatsto the amount of jo:,ooo
French livres jfeveral letters, sealed 'with
the counterfeited coat of ai ms of a gen
tleman of high rank, a plan of the Aus
trian camp, a defcriptioti of its Itrength,
and a long lift of Dutch and German
Jacobins which will be very ufeful for
the difcoveiy of a great number of fe
crct enemies of the public order.
Thereportsof the Count D' Artois's
arrival in this country are without
foundation. His Royal Highness, and
the Duke D' Angoulemr, arc still at
Rotterdam, where they preserve the
ftri&eft incognito.
Accounts from Copenhagen of the
26th ult. informs us that the Govern
ment there has repealed the edict ifluecl
against the liberty of the press, with
regard to seditious publications, the
edict having only been a momentary
measure of police.
The French have laid the town of
Oftend under a contribution of two mil
lions of guilders, which mull be paid in
specie; at the fame time they tak(? what
goods they think proper from merchants
and (hopkeepers, for which they pay in
afiignats.
At Ghent a requisition was made of
sixteen hundred men to drain the water
from Sluys. It was complied with,
and the inha itants drew lot* among
themselves for that purpose.
Eight hundred men were required
from Bruges They were tefra&ory.
The consequence was, that fix thousand
troops marched into the town—The
tocsin was rung—the inhabitants a (fern
bled in great numbers in the Grand
Place, when they were instantly sur
rounded, and the number required ta
ken, without refpeft to rank or richcs,
and sent off to make the sanal between
Dunkirk and" Furnes navigable, that the
veflelt now lying at CHI end may be
brought round by an inland navigation,
because that haibor is completely block,
ed up by the Enfjlifh (hips cruizing be
tween that andNieuport.
The severity against Bruges for its
difobedienec has -been conliderably em
bittered. As an example of terror to
otlitfr places, they have demanded four
million* of guilders, to be paid immedi
ately in specie ; and in cafe of non-com
pliance, they threaten to introduce a
mongst them that hitherto irrefillible
argument, the guillotine 1
The great Duke of Malborough,
when talking of subsidies, said, that it
wag U. he lamented that CJerman fteil
was to be (harpened only with British
gold.
•- September 20.
Lord Fitzwilliam's appointment to
the Lieutenancy of Ireland, is immedia
tely to take place. His lordship's ad
miniitration, it is said, is to commence
Avith rlic* bringing forward fcveial mea
sures which will Be highly gratifying to
the people of Ireland, fu h as the repeal
of the Convention •>., b- ri rapid e
emancipation ol ■ ioi:cs, and some
otiier, equ . "ires.
Gapt=»rn'B;. Ann tranf
- - i horn, the
, \V • i :,kJ- s •-f '■>' Wed
:.;i■, law twelve
; ;k> t inpoflcllion
-1 , \ie abo-e in
-1 ■ . . -ertived at
uLJo,*d*s • \
Bohemia
- -.1 here with
i,' ; oafyy enh
•'* is expect
«. . > , in the aii my
,r : 1 \ Piiiflian cou
lieri; . cneb on the 27th,
in iiii hen he was caution
rd'Or great (well of the
ri- r> J i to ve.it urc over a
liri !;•. . i v i!t» f a 'd, " that
sSif TTtf-n. si « iinrc importance than
his life."
ST;.TiI PAPER.
r The Mlowinj. ■, the copy of a note
jyhich hjs been tranfmittrd by the
.English Minilters to.the imperial
Court. J
Becaufeitis not equitable that the
states of Atitfrta alont-Bhotild bear the
expences of the war, England, through
nrtforefteu circumftam-es, finding itlelf
disengaged f;om other allinnces, it is the
intention of the King of Great Britain,
I. That, during the present and the
'fiicceeding Campaigns, ftibiidiei will be
granted for 10 ,0 0 men.
11. The above, mentioned rilini'lers
of Great Britain, are furnifhed with full
powci s for negociating for the capital of
lljis subsidy.
111. They will charge themfelvet
with tjlie incidental expences;
IV. That conijuefts will be made in
cortimon.
V. That arch Duke Charles shall fee
inverted with the principal command if
he chufes to accept df it.
VI. That England will be bound as
a principal for the payment of the sub
sidy. notwkhftanding'a thitd part of it
is chargeable to Holland.
TheEnglifh cniniik-rs add, that they
hope this conduit will tend to effect a
cloferand more pei tflanent alliance be-'
tween the house of Auitria and the
Maritime ppwers, an event which has
been longwifhed for, apd that, in rffpeft
to the importance ofthe Emperor's con
cern to prevent an incursion of the
French into Italy; England through
those motives alone, would continue the
payment of the subsidy to the king of
Sardinia.
In a short time the following number of
aen is to be in Britilb jay, viz.
Seamen 100,000
Emperor 106.000
I'rufiia 60,000
Emigrants 50,000'
Germanic Subsidiaries 50,000
Bvitifh 50,000
Militia and Fenciblei
4<>o,g»o
When we recollefi that eleven
were borrowed in February last, t]
has finer been a vote of credit of tl
that Parliament has been ordered '
early in November, to furnifh the
with more money,it is not difficult ti
an idea of the amount of the ensuing loan.
From the imraenfe increase of our military
eilabliihment, and the subsidy to be grant
ed to the Emperor, it is even probable that
it will much exceed that proportion, unlef«
miniflers, for fear of alarming the public,
fliould chufe to provide for part of the ex
pences of the next campaign by temporary
expedients.
MADRID GAZETTE.
[This public print of the 26th uli. which
rivals in the Marvellous, the ci-devant
Bruflels Gazette, has the following arti
cle :]
General La Union writes from his camp
near that city, that on the I.3th he.devid
ed his army into seven parts —fix of which,
eompofed of 9000 men each,had orders to
make feigned attacks upon the French on
all fides, while himfelf, with a choice bo
dy of 11,000, made a grand movement,
when he completely routed them driving
them from all their redoubts, 37 in num
ber, and killed their General.
He pofiefied himfelf of all their camp
equipage, twenty picces of the heaviest ar-
titiery, si* howitzers, and a great nam
ber of smaller artillery.
The number of killed on the part of the
enemy was nt known, but conGdered.
frsm appearances, riot less than four thoi
The French retreated (fays the Gazet<
ten leagues bevond Bellegarde.
The Spaniih loss, including the I
tiigueze auxiliaries, is put down at five
hundred and fifteen killed.
(The Spanifft Gazette infills on the siege
of Bellegarde being completely raised.— I
Barrere, whose head would anfwerfor ' %
lie, states qui e rhe contrary.) \
\
-ft.
George WafhiwJton-, P reft dent of the
nited States of America,
To the Representatives of the French peo
ple members of the committee of pubi
Safety of the French Republic, the greo
and good friend and ally of the
nited States. ——■
On the intimation, of the ivifh of ihe
French' Republic, that a new mitoi/ier
JbouU.be sent from the United States, 7 re
folded tb manifefl my sense oj the readiness
with which my request was Fulfilled, by
immediately fulfilling the request of your
government. It was some time before a
charicler could fee obtained worthy of the
high office of exprcfiing the attathment of
the United States to the happiness of our
allies, aiid drawilig clofcrthe bands of our
friendihip. t have now made, choice of
James Monroe, one of Our diftinguilhed
citizens to reside near the French Repub
lic,in the quality of MinifterPlenipotentiary
of the t/nited States of America. He is
i jftrufted to bear to you Our sincere
solicitude for your welfare, and culi
vatewith zeal the cordiality ft> happily sub-
fiitin g between u«. Fron a knowledge of
his fidelity, probity and good conduit, T
have entire confidence, that he will render
himfelf acceptable to you, and give effedt
to our defi re of preierving and advancing
on all occasions the interest and connection
of the two nations. I beftech yon', there
fore, to give full credence to whatever lie
(hall fay to you on the part of the United
States, andmoftof all when he ft all allure
you that your prosperity is an 1 objeiSi of our
affection. And I pray God to have the
French Republic in his holy keeping.
Written at Philadelphia, this 28th
day of May 1794*
Go. WashincYon.
( Sealed with by the President of the
the great United States of America,
seal.) £dm. Randolph.
Secretary of State.
j UNITED STATES.
NEW YORK, November 13.
The report of the aflaffination of Barrere
mil Tal'.ieji is probably ill founded ; we
have a number of Paris Papers, some as
late as September 16, the latest received,
and nothing said on the fubjeift.
Reports by the! Sanfom fay, that the
King of Great Britain has had a misun
derstanding witb the ministry on account
of the supplies for the army, and that the
Fmperor has declined granf'Bj the troops
stipulated for by Earl Spencer.
A fiojb days ago, the ship Maty from
Ne'ajhuryport, bound to Wajhington on the
Potomak, loaded <witb ' lime and lumber
took fire in the C efapeak, and was totally
ccnfumed with every article on board.
The ciptain escaped in a boat. The Jhip
was chartered by Hon. Mr. Dalton, and
the cargo on board belonged to him. All
his furniture was dlfo on board. The lime
and lumber was injured to the full amount;
only four thousand dollars on his furniture
was insured, which is supposed to be much
less than its value. It is supposed the fire
waj occasioned by the .vcffels springing a
leak, and the water reaching the lime ; as
the ship had been on the middle ground.
TRENTON, November l».
In joint- Meeting of the Legijlature on
Thurfduy lafl, RICHARD HOWELL <was
re-tle3ed Governor of thisJlate.
JAMES MOTT, was unanimoujly re
tailed Treasurer.
PHILADELPHIA,
NOVEMBER 15,
Curious Climax.
A writer in the Boston Chronicle, who
fignj " No Tory," inveighing againftthe
supporters of Mr. Ames's ele&ion, fays,
" Have they not attacked Hancock and
Adams—and even the Town Clerk ?"
Extract of a letter received by a House in
New York, by the Sanfom, Captain
Smith, from a house of the firft respec
tability in London.
" We are happy to inform you that in
a late conVersation the American commit
tee had with Mr. Pitt, they were given to
understand, that all matters between mi
nistry and Mr. Jay were far advanced in
settlement, and would soon be finally ar
ranged. Mr. Jay will no doubt by the
Sanfom, officially acquaint your Executive
of the success of his million, and we hope
the Olive Branch will be hailed by Ameri
ca with the fame C rdiality and Heart felt
fatisfaftion that it is by all ranks in this
country.
Thursday la», Henry Fcnnakin, a Tailor
fell from the top of a House in Water
street,
while endeavouring to extinguiih a
fire, and was killed by the fall.
Philadelphia, 22 d Oftobtr, t7a ,
SIR, • '
AT a meeting of the merchants vtf
terday, they inftr«aed their committee
to inform the Secretary of State tW
it is the wish of the fuffarefs, by th
depredation of the British, thai Zq, *
be appointed for obtaining "the proof,
in the Weft-Indies, and for enteri™
claims and appeals if it fh u uld be found
necefTary, and also for prohcutinn thofc
claims in Europe, that they trull the
whole business will be prosecuted at the ' 1
cxpence of government, and that the
claimants will furnifh such documents
as they may be poflefled of to the pei .
sons appointed."
At the fame time that the committee
traufmit this resolution, th«y beg le ,v c
to state to the Secretary of State their
own opinions upon this important fub
je&, and what they believe to be the o
pinions of such of their fellow.fuffereri
as they have had an opportunity of con.
fulting.
import
, believe to be
liniors of such of their fellow.f u fFcrer»
is they have had an opportunity of con.
ulting.
They consider the communication of
Lord Grenville to Mi. Jay, as rend to
hem and since publiflied, to amount to
10' thing more than an extension of the
ime for entering appeals, and a diftai.t
•xpe&ation of some compensation from
rovernment in cafe the aggrefTors (hall
>e unable, and their being called upon
it this moment to bring forward their
rlaims, kads them to fear that .'lie A
nerican miniftermay be induced to ac
juiefce in some such arrangements as it
here held out.
If the neigociation should result in
iny thing like this, we are firmly per
uaded that a great proportion of the
Sufferers would rather abandon their
:laims than encounter so certain an ex- % '
pence for so uncertain a remedy. They
ire too well acquainted with the delays
ind cxpenfe of British courts, and in
s;reat in the aggregate, is divided into
so many hands at to vender it iinpofii.
in such a prosecution.
Indeed it the common process of the
courts are to be relied on, it tan only be
an object to those who have large pro
perty to pursue it, for after all the cx
pehce is incurred and the delay borne,
they cnuft have their remedy againlt the
owners of privateers or captains of men
of war who may not have the means of
compensation in their power, and then
only can they have recourse to the Bri
govrmment.
Under the influence of such opinions
J9 these, it is noMo be wondered at that
the merchants should be unwilling to
concur in any measure, that would biiid
them to a general contribution: th *
of them who think their claims of fuf
ficieut magnitude, and have the means
left, will prafecute their claims; while
a number of others will rely on (he jus
tice of their own country.
Fiom inquiry of the pcrfons met it
appears that there were but few who
had not alrendy obtained authentic co
pies of the proceedings of the courts,
though they were not many who had
entered" appeals. It was understood too
that the appeals may be entered in Eng.
land, without notice to the captors
from the appellants.
Should that opinion be well founded,
and that the government of the United
States think proper to take upon itfelf
the prosecution of the claims in Eng
land, it would be reasonable and proper
that the merchants should, at their ex
pence, obtain the proceedings of the
courts; and those who met authorifrd
us to inform you, that under that con
lition, they would do so. jS,/*
We have thought it better, on so im
•'cate to
portant a fubjeft, to commmu*-
you in writing the inltrud'tion given to
us and the opinion we entertain j at the
fame time to assure you fir, that we will
give every afiiflance in our power to go
vernment in the bufmefs for which we
are chosen, and will attend at all times
when you may think it ncceffary to call
upon us. In the discharge of the troll
reposed in us, we (hall probably find it
necefiary to correspond with the mer
chants in other states to .tolled their o
pinions upon this important business,
and will communicate, freely to you any
information we obtain that may be deem
ed ufeful. ' ifjp
In behalf and by ordei" of, the com
mittee, 1 have the honor to be fir,
your most humble servant,
THOS. FITZSjIMO
Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1794-
SIR,
Although from my knowledge of 'he
Piefident's ai,. iety to procure compen
sation for the iufferers under British de
predations, and of the measures which
he had pursued, I declare to you my
persuasion, that he would approve what
was proposed in your letttr of the 2;d
ultimo ; yet I could not fpeakdefinitive
ly until his return.
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